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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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ROBBINS, JOSEPH, Physician and Surgeon, office 419 Hampshire; residence same; born in Worcester county, Mass., September 12, 1834, and located in Quincy, in 1858. After reading medicine, he graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1861, and commenced the practice of medicine, in Quincy, the same year. He married Miss Louisa A. Norris in 1863. She was born in Boston, Mass., and died in 1876. He is a member of the Unitarian Church. A Republican in politics. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and has completed his second year as Grand Master of the State of Illinois, and retired from the office — also member of K. of P. He has been Examining Surgeon for the United States Pension Department in this city for the last fifteen years, or since 1865. Is President of Adams county Medical Society, and of the Medical Pathological Society, and is a member of the American Medical Association. He was President of the Quincy Library Association, and is now a director. He was a candidate for Congress on the Republican ticket in 1876.
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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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