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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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CALVIN BARNES, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 31; P. O. Bloomington; one of the oldest settlers in McLean Co.; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., April 13, 1805; at the age of 21, he commenced work for himself; after working upon a canal packet for one year, he then commenced farming for himself, which business he pursued in New York until the fall of 1853, when he came to this county and purchased Sec. 29, this township, and has since added by purchase until he now owns 990 acres of land, upon which he has three good sets of farm buildings, which, together with the large amount of stock which he owns, is valued at near $60,000, and all of which he has accumulated by his own labor and good business management. His marriage with Lucinda Keyser was celebrated Jan. 26, 1837; she was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., May 16, 1816; they have four sons and two daughters by this union, viz., Elizabeth, Franklin, Alden, Monroe, Lucy and Calvin, Jr. When Mr. Barnes first located here, there were but two houses from his place to Bloomington.
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