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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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BASSETT, MOSES F., physician and surgeon, office, 629 Hampshire street; residence, Tremont House. He was born in Windsor county, Vermont, June 27, 1821. At the age of fifteen he chose the medical profession, and went to Albany, New York, pursuing the necessary literary and medical studies at Albany, and Worcester, Mass. Practiced medicine in Barnstable county, Mass., from 1841 till 1853; came to Quincy in 1853 and has been actively engaged here in his profession ever since. During the war of the Rebellion he was surgeon in the Government service for the fourth district of Illinois, and afterward for several years Pension Surgeon. He is not in any sense a politician and devotes all his time and energies to his profession.
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