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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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GRAMMER, CHARLES M., farmer and stock raiser; sec. 35; P. O. Baylis, Pike county, Ill.; was born in Massachusetts, in 1827; came to the State of Illinois, in 1840, and to Adams county in 1847; was married in 1853 to Martha E. Harvey. She was born in 1834; have fifteen children living: Lydia A. (now Mrs. Phillips), Martha, Alice (now Mrs. Gay), Joseph, Angeline, Frank, Anna, Andrew, Morris, Edward, Marshall, Rufus, Florence, Effa and Stella. Mr. G. has represented his township as Supervisor for nine years, to the entire satisfaction of the people; owns 280 acres of land, under cultivation; is a member of the Masonic fraternity and one of the members of the Masonic Relief Association at Clayton, politically is a Republican.
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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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