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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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HARP, W. N. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 4, P.O. Roodhouse. Mr. Harp is a native of Tennessee; born January 8, 1836; second child of Hubbard and Sarah Harp; the head of the family died in Kentucky; his wife passed the remainder of life in Tennessee, where the subject of this sketch followed agricultural pursuits until 1854, when he moved to Hancock County, Ill.; afterward returned to Tennessee. On his next trip westward he settled in Bond County; thence to Greene. At this time the mining excitement ran high in California, and thither he directed his footsteps. On his return to Greene County he was united in marriage to Miss Lavina Rawlings, a daughter of James Rawlings, one of the most enterprising men in Greene County. Here Mr. Harp has since resided, owning 250 acres of valuable land, in township 12, range 11. Of eight children, born of this marriage, six are living: Luella, William M., Benjamin F., James H., Otis F. and John A.
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