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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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ADEN, HENRY M., farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. La Prairie; was born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 28, 1841; came to this county in 1858. He owns 112 ½ acres of land, valued at $5,000. Married, for his first wife, Mary Lennis. She was born in Germany, in 1844, and died May 20, 1878, leaving three living children: Mann, Mary and Rankin. For his second wife he married Maggie Berhnes. She was born in 1848. They belong to the Lutheran church. Politics, Republican. He emigrated from Germany in 1858, on a sailing vessel, and was nine weeks and four days in reaching New Orleans; thence up the Mississippi river to Adams county, where he has resided since. Turns off twenty-five head of hogs, and raises thirty acres of corn.

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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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