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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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WOOD, JAMES A. farmer, Sec. 30, P.O. Berdan, was born Nov. 1, 1833, in St. Lawrence County, Mo., son of George and Sarah M. Wood, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Kentucky. When quite young he came to this county. In Dec. 18, 1856, was married to Sarah Ann Pinkerton, a native of this county, by whom he has had nine children, viz.: George A., born Jan. 11, 1858; Isaac L., born Sept. 11, 1859; Sarah E., born Aug. 19, 1861; Minnie J., born June 13 1863; Henry R., born Feb. 20, 1865; Lotty A., born May 22, 1867; John G., born Sept. 9, 1869; Willie O., born Nov. 5, 1872; Martha M., born Nov. 4, 1874. Mr. Wood has 200 acres of land, which is well improved, and upon which he intends to spend the remainder of his days in peace and quietness, and to hand down to his posterity a name and character unsullied.
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