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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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NIEWOHNER, WILHELM, butcher, 188 ½ South 8th street; residence, corner 12th and Ohio streets; was born in Westphalia, Europe, March 23, 1839; came to America, landing at New York City in 1864; from there he went to St. Charles, Mo., remaining two months, and thence to Quincy, Ill. He married Miss Reka Behrensmeyer in Quincy, April 28, 1866. She was born in Eidinghausen, Westphalia, Europe, in Dec, 1843. Have six children: Mathilda, 11 years; Paulina, 9; Emma, 7; Clara, 5; Wilhelm, 3 and Charles six months’ of age. He enlisted in Co. D, 148th Regt. Ill. Inf., in 1865, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of the war. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, Republican. He is a member of the Protestant Orphan and Benevolent Association, Adams’ Lodge No. 65, I. O. O. F. and Humboldt Lodge No. 61, A. O. U. W. Real and personal property valued at $1,500.
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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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