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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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RIGNEY, REV. AMOS, residence, Fowler; son of Joseph and Nancy Rigney; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1851; came to this State in 1867; married Catherine Loop, Sept. 16, 1873. She was born in Schuyler county, Ill., June 10, 1849. One living child: Alta May. Members of the U. B. church. He emigrated from Ohio direct, and located in Lima township, where he engaged in farming until 1869; then attended school in Augusta, Hancock county; was called to Schuyler and McDonald counties to preach in 1873, and was there one year; then to Pike county for two years; and in 1876 came to Fowler, where he has charge of the Elm Grove, Rigney Chapel, and Indian Grave Lake congregations.
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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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