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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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GORDON, GEORGE, farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. Augusta, Hancock county, Ill. He was born in York county, Pa., Sept. 16, 1804; has 150 acres of land valued at $6,000. He married Louisa Molan Rutan, who was born in 1817, and died April 29, 1862, leaving eight children: Elizabeth S., Thos. J., Sarah A., Mary J., and Eliza S., who are living. He emigrated from Pennsylvania to Maryland when he was six years old; lived there sixteen years; thence via Philadelphia to New York, where he lived five years; thence to New Orleans, where he resided ten years, and from there to this county in 1839. He built a shanty the same year; put up posts in the ground; sided it up and filled in with brick; was a brick-layer by trade; served as apprentice eleven years. Mr. Gordon took up the raw prairie; broke it himself, and has made a fine farm and home.
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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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