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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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GRUETTER, GEORGE, farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Quincy; was born in Germany, Oct. 26, 1826; came to this country in 1844, and settled in Baltimore, Md., where he lived three years, and removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, for ten months; then to St. Louis, Mo., where he was married, in 1851, to Miss Louisa Tribbe, a native of Germany. They have five children, three sons and two daughters. In 1860 he removed to this county, and settled on the farm on which he now resides, which contains about sixty-six acres in a high state of cultivation, well improved, and supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the German M. E. church. He has held the office of School Director eleven years, and is a man possessing great energy, and among the most enterprising citizens of Melrose township.
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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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