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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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DRIVER, GREENE, Sr. farmer and stock raiser, Sec, 35, P.O. Berdan; born in 1809, in North Carolina; was married twice, first to Margaret G. Hazlewood, Aug. 25, 1835, who was born Oct. 21, 1816, died March 17, 1849; had six children: Lillias A., born July 28, 1836, deceased; William A., born May 13, 1838; infant child, born Oct. 22, 1840, deceased, Plesant, born May 17, 1842; Robert P., born March 12, 1844, Greene, born Feb. 3, 1847. Married the second time to Polly Ridings, a native of North Carolina, who died Nov. 10, 1872, at the age of fifty-one. Mr. Driver came to Greene County, Ill., in 1830, and labored by the day, farming and helped to make the brick for the court house at Carrollton; followed the occupation of a farmer most of his life, and now owns 275 acres of land. His two sons are connected with him in running the farm.
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This family biography is one of 744 biographies included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Greene County, Illinois
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