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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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CHITTENDEN, HON. SAMUEL R., may with propriety be regarded as one of the prominent citizens of Adams, county. He was born at Guilford, Conn. Oct. 2, 1817, and was the second of seven children of John B. and Eliza Chittenden. He came to Illinois, with his parents, in the fall of 1831, who, in March following, settled in the immediate vicinity of the present village of Mendon, in which village he has been a successful merchant since 1840. On the 2d of January, 1844, he was married to Caroline B. Frisbie, of Mendon, by whom he has three sons: John R., Samuel F., and George R., all now living. Mr. Chittenden is one of the substantial, solid men of the county, and is highly esteemed for his general intelligence and moral character, as well as for his social qualities and generous hospitality. Politically he is a decided Democrat, and his party have shown their appreciation of his ability and political integrity in various ways, more particularly in making him State Senator, and also a member of the National Democratic Convention at St. Louis.

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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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