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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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SMYTHE, REV. NEWMAN, pastor First Presbyterian Church, residence, 909 Broadway; born in Cumberland county, Maine, 1843. He studied Theology at Andover College and graduated, and was ordained in Providence, R. I., in 1867. He organized Co. A. of the 16th Regt., Maine Inf.; went out as 1st Lieutenant. He served until the close of the war. He was detailed for duty and served as Quartermaster during the latter months of his service. He was present and took part in the grand review at Washington at close of the war; married Miss Anna M. Ayer, in 1870. She was born in Bangor, Me., in 1850. Two children: Mary W. and Nathan A. Mr. Smythe came to Quincy and took charge of his congregation, May, 1876.
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