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Below is a family biography included in The History of McLean County, Illinois published by Wm. LeBaron, Jr. Co. 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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NATHANIEL PERRY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Stanford; was born in Jessamine Co., Ky., Sept. 24, 1817, and came to McLean Co., with his parents, in 1836; his father, John Perry, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., Feb. 22, 1790; he married Charity Pew July 25, 1815, in Mercer Co., Ky.; she was born in North Carolina March 10, 1800; she died April 10, 1863, and he died Aug. 12, 1865. Mr. Nathaniel Perry married Polly Margaret McCullough July 30, 1846; she was born in Fleming Co., Ky., Jan. 10, 1825, and, with her parents, came to Dry Grove Township in 1826; her father, Peter McCullough, that year erected the first house built by a white man in Dry Grove Township, McLean Co. They have had twelve children — Mary E., born April 24, 1847 (she married Wm. A. Shields); Mary F., born Dec. 4, 1848 (she married Abraham Crist); Edmond R., born June 18, 1851 (he married Sallie A. Harrison); William R., born March 22, 1853; Jessamine Y., born Jan. 15, 1855 (married Kemp James); Milburn B., born Jan. 27, 1867; Nathaniel R., born Jan. 20, 1859; Charity M., born April 20, 1861; Hetty Ann, born Sept. 8, 1863, died Aug. 4, 1864; George O., born March 26, 1865, died March 21, 1866; Frank, born June 23, 1869, and Gabrilla, born May 19, 1871. He owns 642 acres prairie and timber land. Is a Democrat, politically.
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