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Below is a family biography included in The History of McLean County, Illinois published by Wm. LeBaron, Jr. Co. 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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ARTHUR A. BISHOP, farmer; P. O. Downs; born in Randolph Township, McLean Co., Ill., April 10, 1855; he is a son of James Bishop, one of the old settlers who emigrated from Ohio, and located in McLean Co., at a very early day. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools in his boyhood, and assisted his father in farming until 22 years of age, when he was united in marriage with Susan Welch; she was born in Downs Township, Sept. 7, 1856; she was a daughter of George Welch, who was born in Vigo Co., Ind., in 1829, and emigrated to Illinois with his mother and located in Downs Township in 1835; he was married to Jane Miller; she was born in Ohio, in 1835; she died in Downs Township, Oct. 1865; Mr. Welch died Nov. 20, 1856. The children of Arthur A. and Susan (Welch) Bishop are two in number — George Welch, born Nov. 10, 1877, Charles E., born March 27, 1878. Upon the marriage of Mr. Bishop, he settled upon his present, place, where he has since followed farming; he has eighty acres of good prairie land, and ten acres of timber in Randolph Township.
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