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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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SPEILBUHLER, JOHN G., grocery store, northwest corner of 7th and Ohio streets; residence, same. He was born in Thurnau Ober Franken, Bairen, Europe, Feb. 12, 1815, and emigrated to America, landing at New York City, July 25, 1848; going from thence to Nashville, Tenn., where he remained five years, and arrived at Quincy, Ill., in 1854, where he followed his profession of stone cutter. He married Miss Theresa Surlage in Quincy, Feb. 15, 1856. She was born in Waterslo, Westphalia, Europe, June 28, 1825. She came to America, and landed at New Orleans in 1854, staying one year in St. Louis, Mo., and then came to Quincy, Ill. Four children; three dead, one living, named Anna. She was born in Quincy, Dec. 4, 1861. He is a Lutheran. Mother and daughter are Roman Catholics. Politics, Independent. Was a soldier in the Albert Papenheim Regiment of Bairen from 1836 till 1842. Property, real and personal, not estimated.
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