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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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QUIGLEY, RIEL, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 18, P.O. White Hall, was born in Greene Co., Ill., July 3, 1832; was married Nov. 6, 1862, to Susan Painter, who was born in Ohio in 1829, and is the daughter of John Painter, Sr. The father of the subject of this sketch, Samuel Quigley, was born in Ohio, Oct. 10, 1796, and deserves more than a passing notice, for he came to Greene Co., Ill., in 1808, when but few white men trod the soil of Greene Co.; was at St. Louis when it was called by the name of Vincands, and was held by the French at that time; was in the War of 1812; entered 80 acres of land from the government, and farmed most of his life, but was a shoemaker by trade.
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This family biography is one of 744 biographies included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Greene County, Illinois
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