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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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HATLER, F. M., renter, Sec. 32, P.O. Athensville. Born in Barren County, Ky., Feb. 28, 1833, and removed to Sangamon County, Illinois, with his parents in March, 1834. His parents were both stricken with fever shortly after arriving there, and died in June of that year, leaving the infant son, the subject of our sketch, an orphan in a new settlement. He was the youngest of three children thus left without a parent; he was raised by his uncle, John M. Hatler, who had lately settled in Greene County, where they have lived ever since. Mr. Hatler was married March 9, 1854, to Sarah C. Overby, a daughter of Andrew and Rachel Overby, of Greene County, born Sept. 10, 1837; this union has been blessed by five children, three of whom are living, viz.: James W., born May 11, 1856, Albert M., born May 21, 1861, and John Alonzo, born Dec. 13, 1867. Mr. Hatler has devoted his industries solely to agricultural pursuits; rents 300 acres.
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