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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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NEUMAN, JACOB, proprietor Neuman Hotel, Camp Point, is the son of George and Catharine Newman, of Germany. He was born in that country, Nov. 2. 1826, and came with his parents to America the next year, and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained till 1840, when he came to Adams county, Ill. He settled in Camp Point in 1855; was formerly a wagon and carriage manufacturer. He began keeping hotel in 1873, and purchased the Neuman Hotel two years later; was married, Sept. 5, 1854, to Martha J. Cox. She was born in Illinois. They have had three children; two living: William Henry, born Jan. 12, 1859, and Emma Luella, born Jan. 1, 1863.
The Neuman Hotel is centrally located; contains nineteen rooms. It is a frame building, mostly erected by Mr. Neuman.
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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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