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Below is a family biography included in The History of McLean County, Illinois published by Wm. LeBaron, Jr. Co. 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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ANTONE MEYERS, brewer, of the firm of Meyers & Wochuer, Bloomington; was born in Baden Baden, Germany, in 1833; at the age of 19, he came to America, and landed in New York City; here he was engaged in the brewery business, which trade he had learned in Germany; from New York he went West, and first located in St. Louis, where he was foreman of one of the leading breweries; from there he went to Rock Island and remained three years; thence to Springfield, Ill., where he lived four years; in all those places he was connected with the brewing business. From Springfield he came to Bloomington, and commenced the brewing business in 1862.
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