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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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NORRIS, WILLIAM F. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 2, P.O. Greenfield, was born in 1842, in Greene Co., Ill.; is the son of Alexander Norris, who was born in Indiana, in 1820, came to Illinois in an early day, was married twice, first in 1841, to Rachel Noble, who was born in 1820, and died in 1854; Mr. Norris married again, in 1859, to Mary Pickard; four children by his first marriage, and two by his last. The subject of this sketch is the son of the first marriage; was married in 1867 to Nancy E. Bilderback, who was born in Blunt Co., East Tennessee; have six children: Olivia (deceased), Ada, Newton, Luther, Minnie, and Marshall. Mr. Norris owns 80 acres of land; was in the late rebellion; enlisted Aug. 14th, as private in Co. C, 124th Ill. Infantry, was in the battle of Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Jackson, and siege of Vicksburg; mustered out Aug. 19, 1865, at Camp Douglas, Chicago.
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