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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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DURECHT, FRANK, farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Fowler; was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 20, 1825; came to this country in 1852. He has 143 acres of land, valued at $5,720. He married Mary Grum. She was born in Baden, Germany, Oct. 22, 1830. They have five children: Mary, Margaret, Katie, Bertha, John. They are members of the Lutheran church. Politics, Democratic. He emigrated from Baden; came across in a sailing vessel, was forty-eight days on the water; landed in New York, thence to Buffalo where he stayed a short time, and thence to Cincinnati, where he worked in a stone quarry four years, thence to Quincy one year afterward. He rented for six years, then bought a farm in Gilmer township, where he has resided since.

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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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