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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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CARRICO, LAFAYETTE T., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 33, P.O. Kane. Lafayette Carrico was born in Jersey County in 1843, and is the oldest child of John C. and Winnie Ann Carrico. In entering into a description of life and times in Greene County, and of the men who are actors therein, of those born in the State, it can only be said of those who followed agriculture for a livelihood, that little of the hardships of frontier life fell to their lot, and necessarily some of our sketches occupy more space than others. Lafayette Carrico passed his boyhood upon a farm, and received the usual district school education. In 1864, he was married to Miss Rosann Shanks, by whom he had two children: Clara, born in 1868, and Anna, born Dec. 8, 1864, died Jan. 13, 1866. Mr. Carrico is the owner of 100 acres of land, and is a thorough-going, successful farmer.
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