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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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MERLE H. RAYBURN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 35; P. O. Towanda; born in Madison Co., Ohio, Jan. 22, 1845, where he resided until 1851, removing to Illinois in the fall of that year, stopping at Bloomington until the spring of 1852, then located in Money Creek Township. He served as Town Clerk one year. Enlisted in the 145th I. V. I., in 1864; mustered out in the fall of the same year. Married, in 1872, Miss Emma Overman, who was born in Fulton Co., Ill.; two children by this union — Merle I. and David Q. Mr. R. owns eighty acres of farm lands in Money Creek Township.
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