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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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WALDHAUS, GEORGE F., groceries and saloon, corner 6th and Washington streets. He was born May 23, 1819, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Europe; emigrated to America in 1837, landing at New Orleans, La.; came to Quincy in July, 1838; married Miss Mary Gasser, at Quincy, in 1840. She was born in Baden, Europe, in 1824. Seven children, named respectively: Henry W. Mary B., Katie, George F., Wilhelmina, Edward and Emma. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, Democrat. Was City Marshal of Quincy in 1854 and ‘55, City Collector in ‘56 and ‘57, City Treasurer in ‘58 and ‘59, Mayor one year, from ‘65 to ‘66; Supervisor of the 3d Ward five years in succession, from ‘74 until ‘79. Cooper by profession, which he followed from 1840 to 1860.
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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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