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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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GOVE, C. S., corn meal and hominy mill, 24 North 7th street; residence corner of 12th and Vermont streets; born in Troy, N. Y., 1827; moved to Morgan county, Ill., 1840, and to this city, 1847; married Fannie Monroe, 1855. She was born in this city, 1832. They have two children, Frank J. and Charles H. He is a Republican. He was Captain of the supply boat, “Collonna,” chartered by the Government on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, up to 1862, when he sold her and went out as sutler of 101st Illinois Inf., and was mustered in as Quartermaster of same Regt., June, 1863. He acted as brigade and assistant division Quartermaster with General Sherman; mustered out at the close of the war, at Springfield, Ill.
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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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