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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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W. M. WILLIAMS, grocer, Bloomington; was born in Montgomery Co., Tenn., Aug. 11, 1839; his parents removed to Christian Co., Ky., in 1843, where he was raised and educated; he came to McLean Co. in 1856, and, for a time, was engaged in agricultural pursuits; in 1808, he emigrated to Washington Co., Tex., where he began mercantile life, and, after a time returned and resumed farming. In August, 1862, he enlisted with the 108th I. V. I., and was in many of the most severe battles of the war; at the expiration of his enlisted term (three years), he returned to Bloomington; in 1866, he removed to La Fayette, Ky., where he embarked in the grocery business in which he continued until 1868, when he returned to Bloomington and opened a grocery store; he is located at 204 East Front street, where he keeps a fine grocery, in which is offered a well-assorted stock of goods, sold at bottom figures. He married Miss Sarah E., daughter of D. J. Livingston, Esq., an early settler of this county, Nov. 5, 1868.
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