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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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CHARLES E. KRAUSE, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 29; P. O. Bloomington. The subject of this sketch was born in Prussia May 4, 1844, and came to the United States when a boy 10 years of age; resided in Bloomington until 1860, at which time, he moved to Towanda Township, where he remained for a period of ten years; he was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, and served one year; was in Co. A, 150th I. V. I.; enlisted in 1864, and was discharged in 1865. He has been a resident of Blue Mound Township nine years; owns 160 acres of nicely improved land. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Fletcher Dec. 24, 1867; from this union there were six children, four of whom are now living — Ida A., born Nov. 3, 1870; Charles F., June 26, 1872; Mary, Aug. 16, 1874; and Reinhold, July 29, 1878; the names of those deceased were Elizabeth E., born Sept. 1, 1868, and died Oct. 12, 1873; and Emil, born Feb. 9, 1877, and died March 1, 1877. Mrs. Krause was born in Hampshire, Eng., Dec. 28, 1850; her father, John Fletcher, is one of the large land-holders of Blue Mound Township.
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