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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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BERGMANN, HENRY, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Prussia, Aug. 14, 1824. He received his early education in the schools of his native country, and, at the age of nineteen years, emigrated to this country with his parents, and settled in Marion county, Mo., where he lived about one year; and, in 1846, he enlisted in the Mexican Volunteers, in Capt. Willock’s company, under Col. Price, who was afterward made Brigadier General, and Capt. Willock was made the regiment’s Colonel. Mr. B. served about two years, and then returned to Missouri, but, after remaining at home about one year, he again started off — this time to California, where he lived one year. In 1850 he moved to this county, where he has lived ever since. He was married in May, 1852, to Miss Lizzie Schneider. She was born in Prussia, Feb. 10, 1831, and came to this country in 1846. They have five children, four sons and one daughter. He owns 187 acres of land, the most of which is in a high state of cultivation; the home place is elegantly improved, supplied with fruit, splendidly located, three miles south of Quincy, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He has been school director for about twelve years, and has held other offices of a local nature.

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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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