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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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RICHARDSON, JENNETT, farming; sec, 10; P. O. Beverly; was born in Ohio in 1839; maiden name Jennett Thorburn; married to Thomas Richardson. He was born in New York, in 1826, and died in 1872. He first married Mary E. Huben, in 1856, who was born in Massachusetts in 1840, and died in 1865. He had four children by the first marriage: Benjamin W., Mary E., living; Elizabeth and Jane L., dead. He had one child by second marriage, Alvin L. Mr. R. came to Adams county in 1835, when Beverly was quite a wilderness; followed farming until his death. Mrs. R. is a member of the Congregational church. She owns 160 acres of land, worth $8,000.
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