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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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BROWN, SAMUEL C., farmer and railroad contractor; Sec. 11; P. O. Fairweather; was born in Montreal, Canada, 1822. His father died in 1840; mother is still living at Peoria, Ill. He married Mary M. Collins in ‘50. She was born in Canada in 1829. He came to United States in ‘43; located in Richfield in ‘77. Mr. Brown has followed railroad contracting in Pike and Adams counties, Ill., and in Missouri and Wisconsin, and is acknowledged to be a first-class man in that line of business; owns 114 acres of land, under a fair state of cultivation, worth $25 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Baptist church at Kingston. He is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity at Barry, and is in politics 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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