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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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HOKE, LEONARD G., farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Camp Point; (son of John A. and Eunice Hoke, of Jefferson county, Ky.); was born in Adams county, Ill., Aug. 12, 1848; married Alice B. Funk, Dec. 10, 1874. She was born in Jefferson county, Ky., Dec. 11, 1852. Have three children: Minnie E., born Nov. 14, 1876; Walter A. and Warren H. (twins), born Dec. 10, 1877. The twins were exhibited at the Quincy Fair Exposition in September, 1878, in competition with others from various parts, and drew a prize of $40 in gold, as the handsomest twin babies. He has spent all his life on a farm. They are members of the Christian church. He owns 150 acres of improved land in Clayton township, valued at $40 per acre; eighty acres pasture and timber in Concord, worth $25 per acre, and 100 acres in Columbus township, worth $20 per acre.
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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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