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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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MANGER, ANDREW, farmer and blacksmith. Andrew Manger is a native of Germany, where he was born on the 19th of March, 1833. At an early age he became apprenticed to the trade of a blacksmith, in due course of time becoming a skillful journeyman workman. In 1854 he crossed the Atlantic for the new world, and after the usual voyage landed in the City of New York, where he remained but a short time, when he directed his footsteps to Illinois, and first located at LaSalle, La Salle Co., subsequently making his home at Peoria, and other points. In 1856, he came to Greene Co., where he first worked as a journeyman, and afterward as proprietor of a shop. In 1857, he was married to Miss Nancy Wood, by whom he had four children. Mrs. M. died in 1864, and was laid at rest in Greene Co. The following year Mr. Manger was married to Mrs. Emily Martin, by whom he has five children. Mr. Manger is the owner of eighty-nine acres of land in this township, and is well known as a skillful workman.

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This family biography is one of 744 biographies included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published in 1879.  View the complete description here: The History of Greene County, Illinois

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