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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps 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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JOHNSON, C. H., billiard parlor, northwest corner 6th and Maine; residence, 92 S. 8th; born in Sweden in 1843; came to the United States with his mother and brothers in 1852, and located on a farm in Payson; went to Galesburg in 1866; was in the grocery business, and located in Quincy in 1876. He has the largest and most thoroughly equipped billiard hall in the West, not excepting Chicago. He has thirteen elegant tables, floor carpeted, walls decorated with fine engravings and paintings, with all the other requisite accompaniments. It is really the “Gem of the West.”

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This family biography is one of 1444 biographies included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879.  View the complete description here: The History of Adams County, Illinois

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