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Below is a family biography included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published by Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd 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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McCONNELL, ANDREW L. farmer, Sec. 29, P.O. White Hall. Mr. McConnell was born in Ohio Co., Va., June 13, 1830, fifth child of Samuel and Olivia McConnell, natives of Virginia and there married, a farmer by occupation; he died in Virginia in his twenty-third year; the subject of this sketch came west and located in Scott County, where he first worked by the month in a flour mill, receiving as pay $25 per month, high wages for that day; in 1855 Mr. McConnell was married to Miss Elizabeth Armstrong, daughter of Geo. Armstrong, a Kentuckian; one child born of this marriage died in 1857; March 22, 1859, Mrs. McConnell was also laid to rest; June 27, 1860, Mr. M. was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts, relict of Joshua Roberts and daughter of Vinas Hicks; there were born of this marriage eight children, six are living: Mary E., Elizabeth T., George G., Thomas J., Samuel N., and John L.; Mr. McConnell is one of our live, energetic men, who make the farm a success; he owns a nice property of 90 acres in township 12, range 12, one of the finest farms for its size in this township; for nine years school director.
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