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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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JAMES M. VINCENT, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Holder; one of the old settlers of Blue Mound Township; was born in Hampshire, England, Nov. 14, 1825; came to the United States July 6, 1854; at the time of his coming to the United States, he was a single man, and for quite a number of years traveled in different parts of the United States and Canada, until, in the fall of 1856, he came to Bloomington, Ill., where he has since resided. On the 11th of April, 1858, he was united in marriage with Maria Ward; from this union there are six children, all of whom are living — Henry, Frank, William, Richard, James and John. Mr. Vincent has held a number of offices of profit and trust in the county, and is one of the influential men of the township in which he lives; owns 120 acres of land, all of which is under a good state of cultivation, which he has obtained by hard work and economy.
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