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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps 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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ABEL, ADAMS (deceased); residence of widow, 640 Jersey street; was born in Frankfort on the Rhine in 1833; came to the United States in 1848 and located in Quincy; married Miss Mary Schrader in 1851. She was born in Prussia in 1827. They had one child, Amelia, now married. He was a tailor by trade, which he followed for ten years, then went into the wine business in Warsaw, where he lived five years and cultivated a vineyard, then moved to Quincy and opened a wine house. He died in 1876, leaving his widow comfortably provided for.
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