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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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JAMES FINLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 33; P. O. Lexington; born near Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio, July 15, 1826, but removed in early childhood to Clinton, Co., that State; he followed boating four years on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; in 1842, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained twelve years; in the fall of 1857, he removed to Illinois, locating in Blue Mound Township, this county, where he followed farming six years; then moved to Marshall Co., Ill., bought land there (123 acres), which he sold in 1876, and returned to this county and purchased the Haner farm, where he now resides. Married in March, 1849, to Miss Harriet Owens, who was born in Ohio; eleven children by this union, seven of whom are living Mary, Joseph W. C., Stephen A. D., Matilda B., Richard C, General D. and Maggie L.; lost four - Benjamin M., Ruth A. and Vallandigham; one died in infancy.
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