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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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WARD, J. R., State’s attorney, west side Square, Carrollton, Ill. James R. Ward, is a native of Illinois, born in Madison County. At the early age of thirteen he began a course of higher classical studies, and also at sixteen he began a course of law studies under many leading attorneys, prominent among them being Phileman Bliss, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri, where the subject of our notice was admitted to the bar at St. Louis by the Supreme Court of Missouri; licensed to practice in the courts of Illinois June 5, 1874, by the State Supreme Court; was elected State’s attorney in 1876 by over 1,600 majority over his opponent; has acquired a large and profitable law practice under serious difficulties, and is a very able lawyer.
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This family biography is one of 744 biographies included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Greene County, Illinois
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