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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. VANORDSTRAND, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Heyworth; is a native of Randolph Township, McLean Co., Ill., and was born on his father’s farm, near the village of Heyworth, Nov. 20, 1855, where he lived about twenty-one years, except two years he spent at school, in Lincoln, this State. Nov. 22, 1876, he married Miss N. M. Noble, who was born in Randolph Township, this county, Dec. 26, 1858. They have two children, viz.: Charley V. and Carl. In the spring of 1877, he came to his present place, which contains 160 acres, located two and one-half miles from Heyworth, on the main road to McLean.
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