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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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McLAUGHLIN, JOHN, hotel; P. O. Ursa; was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1826; was married to Miss Catherine Dougherty in 1868. They have two children, Annie and Daniel. He came to this country in 1835, and settled in New York; in 1838 he moved to Summit Hill, Carbon county, Pa., where he lived six years; then moved to this county, and has been a resident ever since. He owns eighty acres of land in Gilmer township in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, and very valuable. He is also proprietor of the Ursa Hotel, where the traveler may receive entertainment in the best of style. He is one of the most enterprising citizens of the town and township, and is now building and about to open a drug store in the new town of Ursa. Is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.
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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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