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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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KEMP, HENRY STEWART., farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Quincy; was born in Bourbon county, Ky., August 18, 1812. His father and several of his uncles served in the war of 1812. He came to this county in the spring of 1831; Lieutenant of militia during the Black Hawk war; has filled numerous local offices in the county, and has always been numbered amongst the most enterprising, as well as the early, settlers who have labored so energetically to make the county what it is; was married to Miss Caroline V. Laughlin, of Clark county, Ky. They have four children, three boys and one girl. He has about 700 acres of land in this county, in a high state of cultivation; improved, and well stocked with fruit. He has always been an old line Whig up to the birth of the Republican party, which he joined, and has given it his support ever since. He is a member of the Christian church.
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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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