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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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THOMAS KENNEDY, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Padua; owns 290 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. The subject of this sketch was born in Dumfries Co., Scotland, Nov. 22, 1816; remained with his father on the farm, assisting him until 33 years old, when he emigrated to this county in 1851, having been previously married in Scotland to Ellen Johnston Nov. 18, 1850; she was born in Dumfries Co., Scotland, in June, 1850; they have five children - William, Walter, Robert, Mary J., and Ellen A. Mr. Kennedy has held the office of School Director two years; notwithstanding all the losses he has sustained in this country, including $4,000 by loaning money, and $1,200 from destruction of his barn by fire, he has property to the amount of, perhaps, $25 000, though having but $500 when he arrived in this county; he has accumulated this property by farming and raising stock, and is a very industrious man.
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