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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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HOLTON, JOHN H., retired; residence, 431 York street; born in Palmer, Hampden county, Mass., in 1804; moved with his father to Tolland county, Conn., in 1811; thence to Quincy in 1835. He married Vilena Stevens in 1845. She was born in Maine in 1814. He was elected Recorder of Adams county in 1839; re-elected and held the office ten years; was elected Magistrate in 1849, and held that office until 1861. He was Alderman four years; was appointed Mail Agent from St. Louis to Keokuk, under Pierce’s administration, four years, and Gauger and Inspector, under President Grant, in the Quincy district, which he held three years. He was Deputy Grand Master of Illinois Masons, and Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Illinois. He raised Co. D, of the 118th Ill. Inf., and took command as Captain during the late war of the Rebellion; mustered out in Mississippi, in 1863, through disability.
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