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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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CAIN, ENOS, farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. La Prairie; was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1808; came to this county in 1847. He owns 134 acres of land, valued at $6,000; married Miss Nancy Wiling. She was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1810. They have ten children: Henry, Hannah, Thomas, Mary Ellen, Aaron, Rebecca, John, Martha, Benj. Franklin, and James, who are all living. Hannah, his eldest daughter, married Wm. A. Pyle, a Methodist minister, who took a great interest in the Union cause. He recruited a company, and was commissioned as Captain, and afterward Colonel of the regiment, and, by the recommendations of Gens. Thomas and Seigel, was commissioned as Brigadier General; was afterward elected to Congress from the First District of Missouri; received the appointment as Governor of New Mexico; also, Minister to South America. At the first election attended by Mr. C., there were only twenty-two voters; came here in limited circumstances, but, by industry and economy, he has made himself and family a good home. When he first came to this county, he rode from La Prairie to Carthage without seeing a fence or piece of ground broken.
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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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