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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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YOUNG, JAMES F., farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Richfield. He was born in 1803; came to Adams county in 1839. He married Sally Conkright in 1826. She died in 1850. Has four living children by first marriage. He afterward married Jemima R. Cox, who was born in 1829; has four children by second wife: Albert W., Ada F., Scott L., and Benjamin B. All the children of the first wife are married. He owns 132 acres of land, under a fine state of cultivation, worth $40 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Young are members of the Christian church. He is, politically, a Greenbacker.
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