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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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DYER, I. T., patent attorney; residence, 1117 Hampshire; born in Harding county, Va., in 1835, and moved to this county in 1838 with his parents; studied law two years in Chicago, and returned to this city in 1877; he married the widow of Major Wakefield, of New York, in 1870; they have two children: Isaac T. and John W. Mrs. Dyer had a son by her first husband, still living, Henry W. Wakefield. Mr. Dyer is a Democrat; he owns a one-half interest in the “Eagle Refrigerator;” he and his partner are inventors and sole owners, and are also inventors and owners of a self-glazing window sash; also a patent cam-bolt for fastening doors; he has invented and obtained patents for twenty-five useful inventions, most of which he has sold at a handsome profit to himself.

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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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