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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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COLLINS, FREDERICK (deceased), was born in Connecticut Feb. 24, 1804; at the age of 17 he united with the Presbyterian Church, of which he was afterwards an active and consistent member; in 1822 he came to Collinsville, this State, with his parents; on Jan. 1, 1829, he married Mary L. Allen, with whom he lived 49 years — till his death. He moved to Quincy in 1851; was Superintendent of a Sunday-school at the age of 20 years, and an Elder in the church at 25; he was a man of sterling principles, a firm and fearless abolitionist, and “dared to do right,” even at a sacrifice, as was exemplified in the destruction by his own hands and those of his five sons, of the copper stills, and razing to the ground of their own expensive distillery because convinced that the traffic in alcohol was a sin. He was a candidate of the Free Soil party for Lieutenant Governor of the State.
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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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