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Below is a family biography included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published by Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd 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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CROUCH, ELBERT, farmer and stock raiser, Sec 25, P.O. Greenfield. Was born in Washington County, East Tennessee, in 1815; came to Greene County in 1843; married in 1843, to Mary Melon, who was born in Tennessee in 1825, and died in 1865; was married second time, June 7, 1868, to Mrs. Amanda J. Comes, who was born in 1844; has one child by her first husband, Edna A. Comes. Mr. Crouch has two children by his first marriage: John L., and Dicy E., deceased. Has been to Tennessee three times; came to Illinois the first time by wagon; owns 226 acres of land, which he has made by his own exertions.
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