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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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DOSSETT, THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 34, P.O. White Hall, was born in Hopkins Co., Ky., May 11, 1824. He came to this county in 1842 with his father, who was born in North Carolina 1790, and died in this county in 1843; his mother was born in Virginia in 1799, and now lives with him. He has been married three times, first, Dec. 4, 1845, to Lydia Naylon, who was born in Jersey Co., Ill., Nov. 4, 1823, and died May 8, 1861. By this marriage they had nine children: Margaret E., born Aug. 12, 1847, died Oct. 24, 1875; James W., born Aug. 12, 1850, died Jan. 20, 1874; Catharine, born Sept. 25, 1852, died June 14, 1877; Martha, born March 7, 1857; others died young. Married second time Jan. 23, 1862, to Mary McClenning, who died in 1863; she had one child, which died small. Married third time Sept. 20, 1863, to Elizabeth McClenning, born in this county Oct. 12, 1844. By this marriage they had four children, but only two are living; Nancy V., born Sept. 8, 1872, and Thomas F., born Dec. 21, 1875. He has been living during the last four years south of Happyville, on forty acres of land, to which he has a tax title.
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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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