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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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HARTE, HENRY, blacksmith, 306 South 8th street; residence, Washington, between 11th and 12th streets. He was born in Horn, Lippe-Detmold, Europe, on July 2, 1838, and emigrated to America via Baltimore, in October, 1866; from there he went to Muscatine, Iowa, where he remained one year, then going to St. Louis, Mo., staying two years; from there to Perry, Pike county, Ill., where he remained four years, following his trade; then came to Quincy. He married Miss Justina Carolina Hoecker, in St. Louis, Mo., April 11, 1868. She was born in Oldenhagen, near Herford, Prussia, Europe, in 1844, and emigrated to America with her brother Philip, in 1867. Three children: Wilhelmina Carolina Frederika, born March 16, 1873; Lydia Frederika, born March 5, 1875, and Philip August Heinrich, born Dec. 24, 1877. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, Democrat. Is a member of the Protestant Widows and Orphans’ Society of Quincy. Property, real and personal, estimated at $3,000.
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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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