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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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SEALS, DENNIS, farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Loraine. He is the third child and oldest son of James Seals, (deceased), who was the father of eleven children, all lived to be men and women, and married, ten now living. The subject of this sketch was born in Green county, Pa., Jan. 11, 1814; came to Clermont county, Ohio, in 1817, and to Adams county in 1837. He married Miss Mary J. Farmer, Jan. 21, 1838. She was born in Clermont county, Ohio, May 15, 1821. Ten children, six boys and four girls, seven now living. Mr. S. first settled on Sec. 22, then on 27, where he has resided since, and has seen the country from a wilderness up to its present state of cultivation. When he came here, done their harvesting with reaping hooks and cradles; used puncheons for floors, clapboards for tables. His parents died in Adams county.

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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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