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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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AARON, CALEB, miller; residence, Coatsburg; (son of Wm. and Hester Aaron); was born in Warren, Kent county, Del., March 2, 1840; came to this county in 1864; married Mary C. Judy. She was born in Adams county, Ill., May 12, 1852. They had four children: Philip J., William H., Annie Maud, and Edna V. His father and mother were natives of Delaware. His mother is still living, at the age of fifty-seven. His father died in 1857, at the age of sixty. At the time Mr. Aaron came to this county, he was engaged for three years in teaching school, and in 1869 went into merchandising as the firm of Judy & Co., until 1874, when he engaged in the drug business for two years, (style of firm, P. S. Judy & Co.), and in 1876, engaged in the milling business. Their capacity is 31,000 bushels, 6,000 barrels of flour or thirty barrels per day. He turns off on an average, seventy-five head of cattle, and 200 head of hogs, and does a business of $45,000 per year. Mr. Aaron is one of the live men of the town.
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This family biography is one of 1444 biographies included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Adams County, Illinois
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