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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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DODD, WILLIAM D., farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clayton; was born July 5, 1813, in Madison county, Ill.; son of Michael and Anna Dodd. His father came to Illinois in 1809, mother in 1806. His father married Anna Brown in 1810; they had seven children, five boys and two girls, none now living in this county except the subject of this sketch; he came to Adams county in 1827; first settled in Quincy; were the ninth family in the place. The subject of this sketch married Julia Ann Richardson Aug. 2, 1836. She was born in Elizabethtown, Ky., Aug. 14, 1820. The fruit of this marriage was fifteen children, eight boys and seven girls (three girls dead); three of the boys and one girl are in Iowa. Has a farm of seventy-eight acres of land; followed blacksmithing for a good many years until broken down in health. Are living in peace at home and with God, and most of their neighbors; are waiting for their change to come; are members of the M. E. church. 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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