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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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KENT, HENRY, farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Quincy; was born in Schenectedy, N. Y., April 22, 1797 and came to this county, April 1, 1838; was married in Danbury, Conn., to Miss Nancy C. Spear, of Springfield, Pa., in 1825. He has been engaged in packing pork and beef since 1843, and in that year made a trip to New York by water, via New Orleans, and in 1848, in company with his wife, in his carriage, made a trip overland to Pennsylvania. He has traveled a great deal, having visited nearly every state in the Union, and down nearly all the navigable water courses. Is Democrat in politics and has always taken a firm stand in advocacy of those principles. Owns 250 acres of land, elegantly improved; member of the Episcopal church.
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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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