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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883.  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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LEWIS PRILL, grain dealer, was born in Bavaria, Germany, 1836, and came to America in 1852. After spending a few years in the East he came West and engaged at merchandising in Illinois, as clerk till 1859, when he went to Colorado and engaged at mining and merchandising which he successfully carried on for seven years. In 1866 he located in Fort Scott, Kansas, and carried on grocery business till 1873, when he came here and has been engaged in his present industry since. In 1874 he married Miss Mattie Hill, a native of Illinois. They have one little girl, Fannie Bertha. Mr. Prill has worked actively in developing this point as a grain market. He has a large steam elevator in connection with his business on the K. C., Ft. S. & G. R. R., 80x28, with a capacity of holding 40,000 bushels of corn and a sheller run in connection, capable of shelling 8,000 bushels of corn in a day, also an elevator on the St. L. & S. F. R. R. 75x18, with a capacity of holding 10,000 bushels of corn. He also carries on a farm of 240 acres in Pleasant View Township, well improved and containing about 1,500 fruit trees of different kinds.

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This family biography is one of 289 biographies included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883.  For the complete description, click here: Cherokee County, Kansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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