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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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HUDDLESTON, WM., farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Liberty; was born, July 15, 1839, in Brown county, Ill.; at the age of thirteen he came with his parents to Adams county; married Nancy Deselem, Nov. 5, 1863. She was born in 1838, in Ohio; died March 10, 1865. His second marriage was to Elleasy Cook, Jan. 24, 1867. She was born, Dec. 31, 1842, in Tennessee. Have six children: Mary E., Allen H., Chas. S., Emma N., Edith F., and William E.; lost Cora J. in 1873, aged four years, five months and ten days. Mr. Huddleston enlisted, August, 1861, in Co. B, 50th Regt. Ill. Inf.; served till Jan. 29, ‘63; was discharged on account of a wound received at the battle of Shiloh, for which he draws a pension. He owns eighty-five acres of land in Sec. 15, Concord township, valued at $2,000. He is Township Supervisor, and has been Assessor and Collector. Democrat, and a Baptist.
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