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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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LORCH, CHARLES, groceries and notions, southwest corner State and 11th; residence 12th and Jefferson; born in Waldbrod, Regierungs-bezirk, Kaln, Europe, Jan. 8, 1844, and emigrated to America in 1859, landing in New York City. From there he went to Belleview, Jackson county, Iowa, and there enlisted in May 1861 in the 5th Iowa Inf., Co. I, serving until 1864 when he was honorably discharged. He took part in twelve battles, and was wounded in the right leg at the siege of Vicksburg, and now draws a pension. He married Miss Lena Eckstein at St. Louis, Sept. 18, 1867. She was born in Heghingen, Prussia, June 18, 1848, and came to America in 1865, landing at New York City, from there going to St. Louis, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Lorch came to Quincy, Ills., in 1874. Two children: Carrie, aged eleven years, and Ida, two years. Religion, Protestant. Politics, Republican. Property valued at $400.00.
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