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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps 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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KENDALL, LEWIS, farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Quincy; was born in Louden county, Va., in 1810, came to this county in 1843, and settled east of Quincy; in 1844 he moved to the place he now resides on; was married to Miss Sarah Watson in 1831, She was born in Claremont county, Ohio. They have eight children, seven girls and one boy. He has about eighty acres of land in a high state of cultivation, adjoining the city of Quincy, well stocked with the different varieties of fruit. Republican in politics. He started out as a Whig of the old line order when Henry Clay began advocating those principles and still adheres to those political doctrines.
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This family biography is one of 1444 biographies included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Adams County, Illinois
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