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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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WILLARD, MADISON, farmer. and stock raiser; Sec. 10; P. O. Bowensburg. He was born in Clay county, Mo., Jan. 17, 1820; came to this county the year before the Black Hawk War. He has 600 acres of land, valued at $24,000. He married Lucina Taylor, who was born in the State of New York, and was mother of two children, Almira, and one which died in infancy. His father emigrated from Tennessee to this county, where he raised a family of six boys and three girls. He was what would be considered a frontiersman; came here when there was but a few families in the township. When he came here he had but two yoke of cattle and no money; was among the earliest settlers, and can well claim as being one of the pioneers of the county. He is one of the solid farmers of the county.
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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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