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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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DYER, WM. J. farmer, Sec. 1, P.O. Glasgow, Scott Co., was born in Granger Co., East Tenn., Nov. 2, 1820. He came to Morgan Co., Ill., in 1862, where he lived seven years; he then moved to this county, where he lived six years, and then moved to Scott County and again moved to this county in 1874, and has resided here ever since. His father was born in Virginia Sept 29, 1786, and died in Cass Co., Ill., Feb. 23, 1873; his mother was born in Tennessee and died there about twenty-five years ago. He was married in Tennessee June 15, 1843, to Amanda Gibson, daughter of Dennis and Priscilla Gibson; she was born in Jefferson Co., Tenn., Feb. 27, 1825. They have ten children: Theresa C., born Jan. 8, 1845, she was married to George Warden Jan. 16, 1866; Artie L., born March 22, 1847, she was married to Thomas J. Summers Dec. 29, 1864; Parlee, born Nov. 14, 1849, in Granger Co., Tenn., she was married to John C. Langford, Aug. 4, 1866; Eliza Adeline Texann Josephine, born in Jefferson Co., Tenn., Feb. 4, 1852, was married to John A. Summers Nov. 28, 1867; Mary E., born in Morgan Co., Ill., July 14, 1854, was married to James Garrett April 9, 1872; Amanda A., born in Morgan Co., Nov. 28, 1856, was married to James Brown Dec. 28, 1876; Wm. H., born in Scott Co., Ill., Jan. 28, 1860; James H., born in Scott Co., Oct. 4, 1862; John G., born in Scott Co., Jan. 16, 1865; George Oscar, born in this county Sept. 29, 1869. He has five sisters living: one in Morgan Co. Ill., two in Cass Co., one in E. Tenn. and one in Kansas. Mrs. Dyer’s mother was born in Jefferson Co., Tenn., Aug. 25, 1810, and died in Oswego, Kan., Sept. 28, 1872. She was married twice; first to Dennis Gibson and second to W. S. Dyer, father of Wm. J. Dyer.
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