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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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CHAPMAN, LUKE, farmer and stockraiser, Sec. 16, P.O. Roodhouse. Mr. Chapman was born in Western Virginia, Jan. 29, 1826, fourth child of Luke and Grace Chapman. During the early childhood of Luke, his father died. In 1835, Mrs. Chapman, accompanied by her family, traveled west to Illinois, settling in Greene County, where land was purchased, and here young Luke helped very materially toward the family maintenance. At twenty-three he married Miss Clarinda Lorton, a daughter of Thomas Lorton, who settled in Greene County in 1818. Prior to his marriage, Mr. Chapman had purchased 100 acres of land, and now set to work to prepare a home, and after many years of hard labor, now finds himself comfortably situated in life; one child, Cornelia, born in 1851.
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