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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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MILLION, MARCUS W. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 15, P.O. Greenfield, Ill., was born in Stafford County, Vermont, in 1817; his father, Elijah Million, was a native of Vermont, living there till 1823, then moved to Kentucky, remaining there till 1830 then came to Illinois; was married in Vermont to Elizabeth Jemison; was in the Black Hawk War in 1832; was a carpenter by trade, but followed the occupation of a farmer most of his life; died in Greene County in 1875, his wife dying a few days previous to his death. The subject of this sketch was thirteen years of age when he came to Illinois; was married at the age of twenty-four, in 1842, to Miss Mary Drum, who was born March, 1817, in Madison County, Ill.; by this union eleven children, six living: Larenia, Hester A., Emma, Tempy, Eliza, Eleanor, and five dead: Lucean, Mary, Eliza, and two infants. Mr. Million’s farm consists of 200 acres of well improved land, which he has made by his own exertions.
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