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Below is a family biography included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published by Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd 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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KING, AQUILA, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 14, P.O. Greenfield, was born in Kentucky, March 14, 1825; emigrated from Kentucky with his father, A. King, sr., to Missouri in 1835, who was a native of Georgia, living in Missouri for twenty years, then came to Illinois in 1855; was married, in 1805 to Pamelia Gatewood, who was a native of Georgia, and died in Missouri in 1850; the father died in Illinois in 1870. The subject of this sketch was married, in 1861, to Miss P. T. Larimore, who was a native of Morgan Co., Ill.; have three children by this marriage: Austin, Mary (deceased), Emory (deceased); wife died 1867. Mr. King married again in 1873, to Mrs. Mary Hodge, who was born in Greene County, May 4, 1838; two children by this marriage: Thomas R., Charles A. Mr. King owns 160 acres of land, has followed farming all his life, except one year, when he was in the lumber business in Greenfield.
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