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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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LUKER, JOHN C., proprietor Hampton House, Clayton: son of William C. and Mary (Shrader) Luker; the father born in New York, the mother in Pennsylvania. He was born in Alleghany Co., Penn., March 5, 1818; moved to Ohio in 1833, to Missouri in 1876, and to Clayton, Adams Co., Ill in 1878. For many years he conducted a chair manufactory in New Concord, Muskingum Co., Ohio; went on a farm in 1848; removed to Hocking Co., Ohio, in 1850; thence to Knox Co, Mo. Has been in the hotel business six years. He married Caroline E. White, Nov. 3, 1842, who was born in the State of Delaware, in 1822. They have two living children: Joseph Henry and Mamie (Luker) Sells. He and wife are both members of the Presbyterian church. Politics, Republican.
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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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