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Below is a family biography included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published by Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd 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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MURRAY, A. W. REV. farmer and pastor M. E. Church of Barrow, was born in Monroe Co., Ill., March, 1821; while still a youth, his mother died; at seventeen, he concluded to go it on his own hook, so to speak, and accordingly made his way to Greene Co., locating near what is now the flourishing town of Roodhouse, procuring board with Thos. Thompson; for some time he worked as a farm hand; January, 1842, he was married to Miss Amelia Watson, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Watson; for a period of years he rented land, and then entered 80 acres. Mrs. Murray died in 1857, the family, on the decease of the mother, consisting of four children: Thomas J., Elizabeth, James, and George; in 1858, Mr. Murray was united in marriage to Miss Delila Thompson, a daughter of Thomas Thompson, of this county; there were two children born of this marriage: Elihu W., and Mason L.; after a residence of thirty-five years in Greene County, moved to Macoupin Co., where he owns 8 acres of land; for many years he has been pastor of the M. E. Church of Barrow.
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