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Below is a family biography included in The History of McLean County, Illinois published by Wm. LeBaron, Jr. Co. 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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J. WALLACE JOHNSON, farmer and stock-dealer; P. O. Danvers; was born in Monroe Co., W. Va., Aug. 27, 1847; he is the son of Caleb and Louisa (Beard) Johnson; in 1856, his father came West to Illinois, and settled upon the farm now owned and occupied by his son; he purchased about 600 acres of land in Danvers Township, McLean Co.; this he improved and brought to a fine state of cultivation; Wallace was raised a farmer’s son. In addition to his common-school education, he attended for the space of one year Lincoln College, but owing to ill health was obliged to relinquish his studies at the end of that time; he returned to the farm and has since devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. He now owns 440 acres of the old home stead secured to him by his father-in-law, Richard Rowell. He was married Feb. 7, 1878, to Lois Rowell, a native of Illinois; her father is a very prominent and highly-respected citizen o£ McLean Co.; they have one child — Homer. Mr. Johnson bids fair to became a very successful farmer, and will doubtless follow in the footsteps of both his father and father-in-law in becoming one of McLean Co.’s wealthy farmers at no distant day.
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