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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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SPINK, WALTER R., farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 34; P. O. Barry, Pike county, Ill.; born in Madison, N. Y., in 1823; came to Pike county, Ill., in 1850, and to Adams county, in 1854, and located on Sec. 34; was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Hosmer, who was born in 1823. They have two children: Harvey, born Dec. 3, 1855; Milly, born Jan. 4, 1866. Mr. S. owns 168 acres of land in Adams county, and forty-five acres in Pike county, its probable value being $10,000. He has his farm under a good state of cultivation, with substantial buildings, and is well to do. During the late war he was drafted, but was discharged from the service on account of disability and poor health. Both he and Mrs. S. are members of the M. E. church at Northcut, and in politics, he is a Republican.
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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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