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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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DICK, JACOB (deceased). He was born in Germany, October 9,1834, and emigrated to the United States when nineteen years of age, locating at Belleville, Ill., and came to Quincy in 1857. He married Miss Margaret E. Redmond in Quincy, on July 24, 1861; she was born in this city, October 1, 1840. Six children, three dead; living are, Anna M., Katie C. and August Redmond Dick. Mr. Dick engaged in the brewing business soon after he came to Quincy, in company with his two brothers, under the firm name of Dick & Bros. These men built one of the largest brewing establishments in the West. Mrs. Dick was the general business manager, and book-keeper. He died December 22, 1876.
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