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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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BENTON, DANIEL C., horticulturist Sec. 8, Range 8; P. O. Quincy; was born in Mendon township, May 24, 1844, moved to this township with his parents in 1852, and settled on the place he now owns and occupies; was married to Miss Ellen T. Furness in 1864. She was born in this county, also. They have four children, three sons and one daughter. She died in September, 1877. His place, which contains over 100 acres, is known as “Fruit Hill Farm,” and nurseries, to which he devotes his entire time and attention, and has brought it up to a state of perfection rarely equaled, and not surpassed, in this county. The productions of this place have taken first premiums at the State Fair on two occasions, and several times at the county fair. He is 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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