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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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BLAKESLEY, ASA W., Justice of the Peace. Residence, corner 9th and Spring streets. Was born in Madison county, N. Y., in 1818. Located in Hancock county, Ill., in 1841, and in this county in 1846. He took charge of the female department of the public school of this city in 1847, which position he held until April, 1854, when he was elected City Clerk, which he held five years. He was County Superintendent of schools in 1856-7. In Nov., 1859, he was appointed Superintendent of the Quincy and Toledo R. R., and served till 1861. He was a member of the Board of Education seven years, and Superintendent of Public Schools in the city in 1861, and elected Police Magistrate in 1862, and also in 1866, and re-elected in 1877. He has been Notary Public twenty-four years in succession. He married his present wife, Mary L. Watson, in 1850; his three children are Martha A., Marion and Belle; they attend the Unitarian Church. He is a Democrat.
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