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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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MOORE, HON. IRA M., Attorney-at-Law; office, 433 Hampshire; residence, 930 Hampshire. He was born in Fabius, Onondaga county, New York, March 25, 1834; studied law in the office of James W. Nye at Hamilton, N. Y., in 1853 and ’54; was admitted to the bar in 1855, commencing practice at Hamilton, N. Y.; came to Quincy, Ill., in 1868; married Miss Helen Root in Hanover township, Chatauqua county, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1862. She was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1837. Protestant. Politics, Liberal Republican. Was elected to the Legislature of the State of Illinois in 1872, and re-elected in 1874. Real and personal property valued at $5,000.
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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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