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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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HAHN, BENJAMIN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 8, P.O. Breese. For nearly half a century Mr. H. has lived in Greene County; born in the county in 1833, he grew to manhood on the old homestead of his parents, David and Mary Hahn; he received but little education, as the principal studies were then a speller and the New Testament. In his twenty-second year he was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Wells, a daughter of John Wells of North Carolina; about this time Mr. Hahn was worth but little; he first rented property, and after a time became able to buy 120 acres at $18 per acre, adding to this year by year; he now owns 398 acres, nearly all under cultivation. There are eight children, John, Anderson, Lewis, Ellis, David, William, Mary F., and Matilda E.
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