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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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HANKS, JOSEPH, farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Crawford county, Ind., May 14, 1825. His parents moved the same year to Sangamon county; Ill., where they lived three years, and in the fall of 1828 removed to this county, and settled in Melrose township; was educated in the schools of this county, and on the 14th of May, 1851, was married to Miss Martha Bartholamew, a native of Indiana. They have had ten children, nine of whom are now living — seven sons and two daughters. He owns sixty acres of land, which, for fertility of soil and improvement, will compare favorably with any in the county. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the M. E. church. He is at present Commissioner of Highways; has been Constable for eight years, and held other offices of trust and importance.
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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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