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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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BIMSON, ROBERT, dairyman; Sec. 26; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in England, Nov. 11, 1830; was educated in the schools of his native country, and in 1847 emigrated to the United States and settled in this county. In 1850 he was married to Miss Jane Carlyle. She was born in Carlyle, England, April 15, 1830. They have seven children: four sons and three daughters. After coming to this county, he began the manufacture of lumber in the old primitive way with a whip-saw, in which business he continued some twelve years, and for the next six years he watered the streets around the square in Quincy, and then began the dairy business in which he is now engaged. He owns and occupies a beautiful suburban residence property containing six acres, splendidly located on the 12th street road, one mile north of the city limits. He is one of the most extensive and prosperous dairyman of the county notwithstanding he began life on a small scale. He has one son, Wm. H., in Co. “ G” of the 15th United States Infantry; he has been in the service for the past seven years. Mr. B. is Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. 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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