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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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ROLLINS, WM. H., farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Fall Creek; was born in Crawford county, Ind., Jan. 6, 1825; at the age of five years he, with his parents, moved west and settled in Fall Creek township, this county, where he received his education; in October, 1846, he was married to Miss Nancy Blackwell, daughter of Wm. Blackwell (deceased), of this township. She was born in October, 1832, and died May 31, ‘77, leaving five children, four sons and one daughter. He owns about 290 acres of land, the greater part of which is in a high state of cultivation, well improved and very valuable. He is Democratic, and has been School Director for some six years. He is now one of the well-to-do farmers of the township, notwithstanding he began life poor. He is remarkably fond of a fox chase, and constantly keeps a pack of hounds, and has, in his time, caught a great many wolves and foxes.

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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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