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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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PATTERSON, T. S. farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Athensville; born Madison Co., Ky., March 25, 1812; removed to this State in 1832, and settled in this county in Spring of 1836, where he has resided ever since; married Oct. 19, 1837, to Mary Wood, of Carrollton; this union was blessed by eight sons and seven daughters, eleven of whom are living. Mrs. Patterson died Sept. 9, 1868, aged forty-eight years. Mr. P. married again Aug. 20, 1872, to Sarah Jane Florence, born Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Sept. 23, 1838; two children have been born of this union, viz.: Perry Florence, July 9, 1874, and Laura Almeda, Oct. 7, 1876. Mr. Patterson has been a prominent business man in Athensville; he kept the leading grocery and general store for twenty years, was justice of the peace and post master for many years, and has always been a zealous Republican; he retired from active business about two years ago, and now devotes his attention to the direction of affairs on his farm, which consists of 283 acres.
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