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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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MEYER, HENRY, groceries dry goods, etc., 832 State street. He was born in the province of Hanover, Prussia, Europe, April 9, 1825; landed at New Orleans, La., in 1846; from there he went to St. Louis, Mo., and remained twelve years; married Miss Charlotte Sponeman in 1849. She was born in Europe, in 1825; came to Quincy, Ill., in 1858. Mrs. Meyer died in 1859, leaving one child: Eliza. Married for second wife, Miss Hannah Pape, in 1861, who was born in the province of Hanover, Europe, in 1827. Two children, named respectively: Lidia, aged seventeen years, and Amelia, aged sixteen. Religion, Lutheran. Has been in the present business and same location for eleven years.
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