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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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McCLELLAN, MRS. MARY A., farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Quincy; born in Knox county, Delaware, Aug. 10, 1824, and was married to Samuel McClellan in 1842. He was born in Pennsylvania. She came to this county in 1835. She has eleven children, three boys and eight girls. Mr. McClellan, with the other early citizens, labored hard to make the county in its present prosperous condition; was Democratic in politics, and a member of the Methodist church, and died in August, 1869. Mrs. McClellan still resides on the homestead, which contains 205 acres, of which she owns forty-five, in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, stocked with fruit, and valuable. She is a member of the Methodist church.
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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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