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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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YINGLING, JAMES A., farmer; Sec, 3; P. O. Quincy. He was born in Bourbon county, Ky., Oct. 25, 1829. In 1831 he emigrated to this county with his parents, and settled in Fall Creek township. His father, Joseph Yingling, was born in Lehigh county, Pa., May 9, 1792, and died in this county, Dec. 21, 1864, leaving his widow, who still survives him, and four children, of whom James A. is the oldest son living. He was educated in the schools of this county, and on the 9th of April, 1874, was married to Miss Martha E. Brown, daughter of Stephen Brown, of Adair county, Mo. She was born Sept. 17, 1856. He owns 134 acres of land, which, for elegance of improvement and fertility of soil, will compare with any in the county. He is Republican, and one of the old, energetic and industrious citizens who have been so conducive to its advancement and improvement, and to whom it looks for a continuance of its present prosperity. Is one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county.
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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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