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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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RITTLER, F. W. JOHN, Physician and Surgeon, 804 Maine street; residence same; born in Altonburg, Saxony, in 1828, and located in the United States in 1853, in Florence, Mass.; moved to Alleghany Mountains, Brownsville, Pa., in the fall of 1854, and to Quincy, June, 1856. He married Ida Amelia Rossmassler in 1855. She was born in Leipzig, Saxony, Sept. 18, 1836. They have one child, Johanna, now Mrs. C. H. Henrice, married Aug. 24, 1875. She was born Aug. 24, 1856. The Doctor graduated in Prague, Austria, in the Spring of 1853, and commenced practice immediately, and has now a very extensive practice in Quincy. On Christmas night, 1876, his house and office were burned, in which he lost his furniture, library, and other valuable relics, worth some $5,000. Mrs. Julia Rittler was the oldest daughter of Professor E. A. Rossmassler, the well-known Naturalist, Leipzig, Saxony.
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