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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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GROVER, B. F., merchant; P. O. Liberty; was born Feb. 2, 1817, in Sidney, Maine, in 1840; came to Carroll county, Ky., in 1851; came to Liberty two years later, and commenced his present business. There was but one store when he came here. He has been County Superintendent of schools, Town Supervisor and Treasurer, Justice of the Peace, etc.; married Mary Nighswonger, in Oct. 1854. She was born in 1821; died Jan. 1856. Second marriage to Anna E. Ferguson, Sept. 20, 1856. She was born in 1837, in Madison county, Ill. Have seven children: Cora, Edith, Ferguson, Leanore, Hatchel, Blackman, and Donald; lost four children in infancy. Is a member of the Free Masons and Odd Fellows’ societies. Politics, Democrat. Mrs. Grover is a member of the Presbyterian church.

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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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