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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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ELGIN, WALTER W., Physician and Surgeon, 326 Hampshire street, residence 238 North 5th street; born in Woodford county, Ky., 1812; located in Warren county, Mo., 1830, where he studied medicine, and graduated in Cincinnati, 1848, and located in this city, 1864. He married Miss Zeralda A. Louis, 1853; she was born in Elizabethtown, Ky., 1813; have four children—S. Catherine (now Mrs. Chase), Emma J., Thomas H., Annie E. (now widow Buckly). They are members of the Christian church. He is a Democrat. Mrs. Elgin died April, 1869. He had one boy, William J., killed by bushwhackers in 1861, while a newsboy on the Hannibal & St. Joe railroad train; also a son, Charles A., died in 1875.
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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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