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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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LYLE, JOHN, farmer, stock and lumber dealer; Sec. 32; P. O. Keokuk Junction. He was born in Ireland in March, 1839; emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1847; lived there two years, and came to Adams county in 1849. He married Eliza J. Simpson in 1861. Six children, four living: John C., Willie, Mary H., and Dora Maud; two died in infancy. He owns 880 acres of land, valued at $16,800. He held the offices of Supervisor and Justice of the Peace for eleven years. Is at present engaged in the lumber and stock shipping business in company with Oltman & Shone; are the leading shippers in the township. He started out when he was twenty-one years old with $700, and has accumulated a fine property, and is one of the sound business men of the county. He enlisted in Co. I, of the 119th Regt. Ill. Inf., Captain May — guarding bridges in Tennessee; contracted, by exposure, sinovitis in the knee joint; was laid up two weeks in the hospital, when he was captured by Gen. Forest, and was paroled and sent to Benton Barracks, St. Louis; was discharged by being unfit for the service, in 1862.
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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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