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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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PARKER, W. B., dealer in groceries, queensware, glassware, woodenware, etc. William B. Parker, from whom this sketch is obtained, is the leading grocer of Kane. As related elsewhere, this place was platted and founded as a town in 1865. Mr. Parker has transacted business only for the short space of two years, but during this time has built up, through his business tact and honorable dealing, a successful trade. Mr. Parker is the only son of William P. Parker, deceased, a native of West Virginia, where he was born March 31, 1799. On his removal to Pennsylvania, having arrived at mature years, he was married to Miss Maria Backman; in 1848 he purchased property in Greene County, where some years later he settled upon a farm some four miles northwest of Kane, where he has since followed farming, and has also been extensively engaged as a stock raiser, ranking among the more prosperous farmers of Greene County. He is the owner of 473 acres of land that will compare favorably with any in the west. The subject of this sketch was born in Greene County in 1850, but passed his early years in Pennsylvania; in 1860, becoming a resident of Greene, where he received a liberal education; while the war was in progress he devoted his time to farming, his first business venture being made at Kane. Mr. Parker is married, having united his fortunes to Miss Fannie Tolman.
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