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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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CANNELL, ROBERT, farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Mendon. He was born in the Parish of Kirk Braddan, Baldwyn, Ballawellen, Isle of Man, Dec. 18, 1830; came to this country and settled in Quincy in 1853, where he remained one year; then went on the C., R. I. & P. R. R. as locomotive engineer for about fifteen months; after which he returned to the county, and lived in Ellington township till the breaking out of the war, when he was employed in the Commissary Department for about six months. He then returned to the county and has made Mendon township his home ever since. He was married to Miss Ellen Shoaf in 1867. She was born in Elizabeth township, Alleghany county, Pa. They have three children, one boy and two girls: Mary A., born Jan, 10, 1868; Nevada, born Oct. 31, 1869, and Robert A., born March 25, 1878. He owns eighty-five acres of land, in a good state of cultivation, stocked with fruit and valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Episcopal church. He is one of the enterprising citizens, always looking after the county’s prosperity and advancement.
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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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