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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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YOUNGER, THOMAS, renter and hog breeder, Sec. 27, P.O. Athensville. Born in Morgan Co., Sept.16, 1848, removed to Greene County at an early age with his parents; married May 4, 1870, to Hattie M. Rowe, born in Greene County Nov. 22, 1847; two children have blessed this union, Hattie E., born Feb. 9, 1872, and Wm. T., born May 13, 1874. Mr. Younger gives his special attention to the raising of hogs, chiefly of the Berkshire variety, in which he is quite extensively and successfully engaged; rents 140 acres, which bears testimony of his industry on every hand.
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