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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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HUGH B. PORTER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Osman; an early settler in the southeastern portion of McLean Co.; was born in London, Eng., Jan. 14, 1845; came to the United States in 1854, and settled in McLean Co., Ill., in 1863. He was married, in 1875, to Miss Eliza Walker, who was born in Liverpool, Eng., Sept. 1, 1853; his farm consists of 172 acres of land, valued at $6,000. He served a short time as teamster in the late war, in a pressed gang from Tennessee; being a Union man, and loyal to the U. S. Government, this was forced upon him against his will. He is the first settler in this part of the county, coming here when transportation was done with horse and mule teams, and his nearest post office was twelve miles distant; game was plentiful in those days, consisting of deer, geese, etc., and, in the year 1867, he had 200 bushels of cribbed corn destroyed by them. Mr. P. has lived to see and take part in the construction of the public roads all over this vicinity; he has traveled nearly this whole world over, and this to him is the best of all countries.
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