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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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KIEM, VALENTIN, farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Quincy; was born in Germany, March 6, 1828; was educated in the schools of his native country, and in 1847, emigrated to this country, and settled on his present farm in Melrose township. On the 23d of February, 1851, he was married to Miss Mary Ulrich, a native of the same place as her husband, and born Oct. 6, 1833. They have had five children, four of whom are now living, three sons and one daughter. He owns 160 acres of land, which, for fertility of soil and improvement, will compare favorably with any in the township. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church of Quincy, and is one of the old energetic and industrious citizens to whom the county looks for a continuance of its present prosperity.

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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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