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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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POINTER, MARTHA MRS. farming, Sec. 16, P.O. Greenfield, was born in Garrett County, Kentucky, May 13, 1834, maiden name was Simms, daughter of Jas. and Mary Simms. At the time and place of Mrs. Pointer’s early girlhood she had no advantages that enabled her to secure anything of an education. In the Winter of 1853, she was united in marriage to James Pointer, a native of Kentucky. They have had seven children, six of them now living, viz.: Robert J., born March 24, 1854; James W., born March 24, 1856; Mary S., born Oct. 30, 1860; Mason, born Feb. 13, 1864; Carrie, born Nov. 13, 1869; Arthur, born Aug. 31, 1871. Oct. 24, 1866, the family came to this county and engaged in farming. Sept. 4, 1874, she lost her husband and has since remained a widow, and with the assistance of her boys she is engaged in farming and endeavoring to keep her family together, which she has succeeded in doing up to the present. Mr. Pointer, before his death, was a member of the Baptist Church, also a member of the Masonic order, Greenfield Lodge, No. 129.
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