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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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PERRINE, ISAAC N. farmer and stock raiser, Sec 9, P.O. Roodhouse. Mr. Perrine is a native of New Jersey, born in 1844. In his ninth year, his parents, Joseph and Margaret Perrine, emigrated to the west, locating in Greene County, remained one year; moved to Sangamon County; resided in Springfield two years when they returned to Greene County, where Joseph Perrine passed the remainder of his life. He merited the respect of his many friends in this community, was a native of New Jersey, born in 1815. In 1851 he married Miss Margaret Myers, who with her children resides in township 12, range 11, where the subject of this sketch owns 100 acres.
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