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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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CHINN, WM. D., farmer and stock raiser, Sec 36, P.O. Berdan, was born Sept 22, 1825, in Tennessee; married Jan. 30, 1855, to Mary Ann Dodson, who was born in 1837, having one child, Charles M., born June 12, 1858, who died Feb. 20, 1859. After death of his first wife was married to Abiah Dodson, Sept. 19, 1865; she died Sept. 11, 1878. By this marriage two children, George W., born June 25, 1866, and Christopher D., born May 17, 1870. The father of the subject of this sketch, James Chinn, born July 22, 1794, died Jan. 17, 1853; married Nov. 4, 1821, to Miss Sallie Williams, who was born Feb. 9, 1805; had ten children; emigrated from North Carolina to Greene County, Ill., in 1829, and entered 120 acres of land from the government. The subject of this sketch, at the age of twenty-one, started in life with a horse, which he sold for $75, and loaned $25 of the money to the man who bought the horse, then took his note for $100. He then bought an interest in a threshing machine, which he ran for a number of years. He now owns 487 acres of land.
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