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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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GRISWOLD, U. A., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 5, P.O. White Hall, born Dec. 29, 1828; was married Jan. 14, 1863, to Sallie E. Baker, who was born in 1836, in Kentucky, the daughter of C. B. Baker; have five children: George C. born Nov. 6, 1863; Mary E. born July 20, 1865; Elmer E. born Feb. 4, 1867; Louis M. born Sept. 6, 1868; Albert H. born July 25, 1874. The father of Mr. Griswold, Harry Griswold, was born Jan 9, 1790, in Vermont; came to Illinois in 1820 with but one hundred dollars, with which he bought land from the government, and as he accumulated money bought more land, and at the time of his death he owned a large tract of land. Was married Oct. 5, 1826, to Maria Post, who was born Jan. 1, 1804; have eight children, five of whom are living. The subject of this sketch lives on the homestead of his father and owns 335 acres of land, all of which his father entered from the government.
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This family biography is one of 744 biographies included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Greene County, Illinois
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