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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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KINGMAN, LUCIUS, real estate dealer, 4th and Maine; residence, 1801 Maine; born in Plymouth county, Mass., in 1803; moved to Montgomery county, Ill., in 1835, and to Quincy in 1836, when he went into the real estate office of Robert Tillson as manager. He married Miss Letitia Holmes in 1835. She was born in Kingston, Mass., in 1806. Their children were: Lucius, Jr., born in 1841, Eugene, born in 1844, and Lucia Maria, born in 1847, the latter marrying John W. Rowland in 1877. Mrs. Kingman died in 1845. He married Mrs. Lucy M. Starr in 1847. She was born in Connecticut. One child, Letitia M.,was the fruit of this marriage. Mrs. Kingman is a member of the Union Congregational Church. He is a Republican. He has been in the real estate business on his own account since 1860. His family is of the sixth generation from the Mayflower, and the cradle that came over in that celebrated ship is an heirloom in his family now, and was exhibited at Philadelphia, at the World’s Fair, 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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