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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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HUNSAKER, ALEXANDER merchant and miller; Sec. 11; P. O. Burton. The subject of this sketch was born in Kentucky, Oct. 16, 1824, and, with his parents, moved to this county in the fall of 1829, and settled in Liberty township; was educated in the schools of this county, and in 1845 was married to Miss Mary L. Freeman, a native of New York. They have had eleven children, ten of whom are still living, one son and nine daughters. At the age of sixteen he began learning the blacksmiths’ trade at Liberty, and worked at it up to 1864, when, owing to impaired health, he was forced to abandon his trade, since which time he has been engaged in general mercantile and milling business, at what is known as Havanah Mills, in Melrose township. His father, John Hunsaker, born Dec. 17, 1794, is still living, and a citizen of Burton township, enjoying excellent health for one of his advanced years. The subject of this sketch is Democratic in politics, has been township collector for two terms in Melrose, and one term in Burton, and has been school director for twelve years. He owns eighty acres of land which, for location, fertility of soil, and improvement, will compare with any in the county.
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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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