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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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AUSTIN, PETER Q., farmer; Sec. 19; P. O Mendon; was born in Wayne county, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1837; married Miss Phoebe J. Ely, April 7, 1864. She was born in Adams county, March 10, 1842. They had four children. Mr. A.’s father first settled on section 8, Honey Creek township, in April, 1839. Mr. A. can remember well when they did plowing with an ox team; went to mill near Quincy (Leonard Mill) with oxen usually, taking two days to make the trip (Quincy, at that time, was their only market); remembers his father carrying white beans there, and only being offered twenty-five cents per bushel, informed them he would live on bean soup awhile before he would sell them at that price; owns 127 acres of land, 100 under cultivation, worth $5,000.

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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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