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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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BOEHL, JOHN M., farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Prussia, Nov. 14, 1835. At the age of eight years he, with his parents, emigrated to this country, and settled in this county, where he received his early education, and in 1856 was married to Miss Wilhemina Wagner. She was born in Prussia, and died in 1866. By this marriage he has four children, three sons and one daughter. In 1867 he was married to his second, and present wife, who was Miss Eva Becker. She was born in Prussia, Sept. 3, 1843. By this marriage there are four children, two sons and two daughters. He owns sixty-three acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, well improved, supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church.
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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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