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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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W. H. SCHUREMAN, banker, Saybrook; was born in Green Valley, Tazewell Co., Ill., Sept. 11, 1853; when he was 17 years of age, he became engaged in the mercantile business with his father, Samuel Schureman, under the firm of Schureman & Son, in Green Valley, Tazewell Co., Ill., and continued the same for seven years, and, in the year 1877, commenced the banking business in the same place, known as the “Farmers’ Bank,” in connection with his father, Samuel Schureman, and his uncle, Jonathan Schureman, and continued it up to his removal to Saybrook, where he has since been engaged in the banking business as successor to W. H. Riggs & Bro., under the name of W. H. Schureman & Co., composed of his father, Samuel Schureman, Jonathan Schureman and himself, representing a capital of $75,000, all in real estate.
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