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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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NICHOLS, HARRISON L., Superintendent of the manufacturing department of E. M. Miller & Co., carriage manufacturers; residence, Tremont House. He was born in New York in 1836; moved to Chicago, where he became interested in the Coan & Tenbroke Carriage Manufacturing Company, and continued in that concern ten years; located in Quincy in 1877, and assumed control of the manufacturing department of E. M. Miller & Co.’s carriage manufactory as Superintendent. He married Mrs. Harriet Morton in 1868. She was born in Deerfield, Mass. She has one daughter, Harriet E. (Hanover), by a former marriage. He also has one daughter, Helen. A., by a former marriage. Mrs. Nichols is a member of the Congregational Church. He is a Democrat; has been practically connected with carriage manufactory since 1860. He is a member of a the A. F. & A. M.
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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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