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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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ERDMAN, JOHN, blacksmith, Payson ave. north side of 3d street, west of 12th street; born in Prussia in 1844, and came to the United States in 1851, locating at Quincy; married Mary Bruening in 1869; she was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1851; have three children: John F., Henry W. and Ida M.; he learned his trade in Quincy with Henry Glaser; went to California in 1864, going overland by wagon, and located in Marysville, Yuba county; having heard of his father’s death he returned in 1866; he worked with W. T. & E. A. Rogers eleven years, till 1878, when he bought an interest with Mr. Vaughn in the hardware and steam gas fitting business, and sold out again in 1878.
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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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