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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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HIBBARD, ROBERT B., farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Stone’s Prairie; is the oldest of two sons and two daughters of Roger and Phebe (Barns) Hibbard. His father was the third of five sons of Roger Hibbard, and was born in New Hampshire. His first wife was a Miss Bixby, who died, leaving him one child. He married Miss Barns in Orange county, Vt., where the subject of this sketch was born, March 29, 1817. He was brought up there on a farm till nineteen years old, when he came with his parents and settled (where Nauvoo now is) in Hancock county, in 1835. In 1842 he removed to his present farm. April 3, 1845, he married Julia A. Merrill, who was born in Vermont. Her parents removed to Pennsylvania when she was seven years old, and, five years after, to Adams county. Have had eleven children, eight of whom are living: Roger M., George W., Story M., Otis B., Levi N., Jasper B., Nathaniel B., and Julia A. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbard are members of the Free Baptist church, of which he is a deacon. He owns 220 acres in home farm, worth $65 per acre. He was town clerk.
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