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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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KNIGHT, F. L., city butcher. Mr. Knight was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1846. His parents were A. S. and Luvia C., natives of Massachusetts and Vermont. In an early day the family moved to New Hampshire, where the husband secured work on the city police force; from here the family went to Vermont, where young Knight received his education. In his nineteenth year he removed to New Hampshire, where three years of his life were passed in a butchering establishment as an apprentice. Moving to Illinois nine years ago; he first located at Manchester, Greene County; in White Hall, where he afterwards moved, he entered into partnership with E. C. Clement as butchers; this was a decided success; two years later he moved to Greenfield, following the same occupation with flattering success. Now a resident of Roodhouse, engaged in the same calling, he transacts a large and constantly growing business. In White Hall Mr. Knight married Miss Anna Langdon of Manchester, who departed this life the following year and was laid to rest in Manchester.
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