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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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MERKER, NICHOLAS, farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Quincy; was born in this township, on his present farm, March 27, 1842. He received his education in the schools of the county, and in 1865 was married to Miss Elizabeth Voth, a native of Germany. They have two children: Casper Geo. F. and Mary. He owns about 130 acres of land, which, for soil and improvement, will compare with any in the township. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the German Lutheran church. He has been School Director for nine years, and is now one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county, and one of those to whom it looks for a continuance of its present prosperity. His father, George Merker, came to the county, from Germany, in a very early day, and settled the farm on which Nicholas now lives.

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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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