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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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ROBBINS, DANIEL, farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 18; P. O. Payson; was born Oct. 15, 1813, in the town of Plymouth, N. H., which was also the birth place of his parents, Asa Robbins and Jemima (Brainard) Robbins. He was reared on a farm, and his educational advantages were confined to the common schools until after he attained his majority, after which he earned money and attended at the seminary in Plymouth. He left school and came west to seek a home, in the Fall of 1839, and settled in Adams county. He married Mary A. Prince, daughter of Deacon David Prince, April 26, 1842, and settled where he now lives. Mrs. R. was born in Bloomfield, N. Y., April 19, 1820, and came to Payson with her parents in 1835. David Prince was one of the pioneers of the neighborhood, and one of the founders of the Congregational church in Payson, and its first Deacon. He died in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. R. have had seven children, five living. Their two oldest sons, Daniel E. and David Prince were in the Union army. The former as a member of Co. D, 7th Illinois Cavalry, lost a finger in a skirmish at Collierville; was promoted to Lieutenant and Commissary of the regiment, David was killed by a gun shot through the head at the battle of Altoona, Oct. 5, 1864. He was a member of Co. C, 50th Regt. Ill. Inf. Their other living children are: George B., Mary, Annie L., and Cephas P. Mr. and Mrs. R and family are members of the Congregational church, of which he is a deacon. They own 185 acres of improved land and twenty of timber, worth $75 per acre, in the home farm. He has engaged extensively in horticulture; shipped 7,000 boxes of peaches from his orchard in 1878.

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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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