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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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BALLOW, HON. CHARLES, Justice of the Peace, Clayton; was born in Williamson county, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1818. He is the son of William H. and Priscilla (Manier) Ballow; the former born in Virginia, Oct. 10, 1783, the latter in Kentucky, March 4, 1788. He came with his parents to Morgan county, Ill., in 1827, and to Adams county, in November, 1837. He married Araminta P. Berry, Oct. 3, 1848, who died Jan. 13, 1870, leaving two children: Charles B. and Martha Jane. Mr. Ballow was elected Justice of the Peace in 1850, and has held the office most of the time since. He was elected a member of the House in the General Assembly of Illinois, for the year 1873 and 1874; served as postmaster in Clayton, from 1855 to 1860. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian church for many years. Politics, Democratic.
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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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