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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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WHITLOCK, GREENBERRY E., physician; res. Columbus; is the son of Derrick and Rachel (Elliott) Whitlock, and was born in Butler county, Ohio, Oct. 12, 1850. Derrick Whitlock is the son of John and Lydia (Howell) Whitlock, and was born in Sussex county, N. J., April 2, 1817; the following summer his parents moved to Butler county, Ohio, where he was brought up, and married Miss Elliott, Dec. 18, 1839. She was born in that county on March 13, 1818. His early life was spent in tailoring; and, after coming to Adams county in 1853, he engaged in a general mercantile business for fourteen years in Columbus, from 1857 to 1871. He has filled the office of Town and Police Magistrate since 1859. They have two living children: Dr. G. E. and Mrs. Louisa McNeall. The Doctor was educated at Abingdon College, and Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware), from which he graduated in 1874. He read medicine one year with Dr. Williams, of that city, and a year with Dr. Henry, in Columbus, Ill.; attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and received his degree from that institution in 1876. He has been practicing in Columbus since. He married Frances Booth, Dec. 4, 1877. She was born in Adams county, March 4, 1854. They own a residence and lot in the village.
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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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