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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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HENSLER, LEWIS, manufacturer and dealer in Wagons, Buggies, Plows and Farming Machinery. All kinds of repair work promptly attended to. The subject of this sketch is a native of Indiana; born on the 1st of May, 1850; fifth child of John and Harriet Hensler, natives of Germany and the State of Indiana respectively. Young Hensler grew up in Indiana, where he became, apprenticed to the trade of a blacksmith and wagon-maker. On completing his trade Mr. H. proceeded to St. Louis, where he worked nearly a year; finding times hard in St. Louis, he now directed his footsteps to Carrollton, Illinois, where he embarked in the same calling, and through his superiority as a workman, soon began to build up a large trade, and now transacts a large and constantly increasing business. He was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Howard, of Greene.
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