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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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CHITTENDEN, ABRAHAM, Sr., farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Mendon. He was born in Guilford, Conn., Dec. 15, 1824. He was married to Miss Letitia Barclay, in December, 1852. She was born in Lyons, N. Y. They have three children: Henry F., Sarah E. and Abraham, Jr. He owns 155 acres of improved land, abundantly stocked with fruit; was Republican in politics up to the passage of the Resumption Act, which measure he did not consider conducive to the best interests of the country. He left the party and joined the American National Greenback party. He is also a member of the Congregational church. His father, John B. Chittenden, came to this county in December, 1831, and was, during life, one of the most energetic and enterprising of its citizens, to whom it owes its present prosperous condition, and died in 1863.
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This family biography is one of 1444 biographies included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Adams County, Illinois
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