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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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MIXER, SARAH, farming; Sec. 1; P. O. Beverly; was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1829; parents came to Adams county in 1836; father died in 1871; married to Daniel Mixer in 1849. He was born in New York in 1823, and died at Marshall, Ill., in 1865. Have had seven children; the living are: Jacob, born July 9, 1852; Michael, born Oct. 7, 1856; Alex. T., born Oct. 15, 1859; Tabitha E., born Sept. 11, 1862; Daniel, born March 22, 1865; Edna and David are dead. Mr. Mixer was drafted into the service during the late war, and died of typhoid fever at Nashville, Tenn., in 1865. Owns eighty acres of land, most of which is under a good state of cultivation, worth $1,200.
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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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