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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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WILLIAMS, EDWARD, farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Beverly; was born in Adams county, Ill., in 1835. At that time the county was little more than a wilderness, his father was one of the first settlers. He married Maria Belee in 1859; she was born in Mercer county, Pa., in 1839. They have five children, Nettie, George W., Charley, Hattie and Rosa. Owns eighty acres of land under a fair state of cultivation, worth $12,000. Enlisted in the 78th Regt. Ill. Inf. in 1862, and served three years; took part in the battle of Chickamauga and Jonesborough, Ga., receiving a wound in the thigh at the latter place; was also engaged in several skirmishes; was honorably discharged in 1865. Politically is a Republican.

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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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