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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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SHAW, JOHN, farmer and stock raiser. Sec. 4, P.O Roodhouse. The above named gentleman is a native of Virginia, born in 1835, oldest son of J. C. and Rebecca Shaw. He was but two years of age when his parents emigrated to Illinois, locating first in Scott County, and two years later in Greene on the farm property now owned by J. C. Shaw. John, on attaining his majority, rented a farm of Wm. Andrews, for six years, afterwards renting of E. M. Husted. During the flush war times he here procured his first start in life, having purchased a tract of 100 acres in 1868, he moved on to it, in after years becoming successful through great industry; his present farm comprises 200 acres, on which he has lately erected a handsome farm residence. His wife was Miss Sarah E. Allman, a daughter of Nelson Allman, a native of North Carolina.
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