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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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FRANK A. DUNN, traveling auditor of the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad; P. O. Chenoa; was born in Androscoggin Co., Me., Sept. 9, 1850; in 1864, his parents removed West, settling in Richmond, Ind., where they still reside; in 1867, he entered the office of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad as message-boy to learn telegraphing, and, in 1868, was appointed operator at Bradford Junction, Ohio, and continued in the employ of that road at different points until 1871; he then went to St. Louis as train-dispatcher for the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad Co., which position he held until 1873, when he went to Peoria and took a like position with the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Company; in 1874, he took the Chenoa Station as agent for the same road, and continued as such one year, when he was appointed traveling auditor of the road; he is one of the most faithful and efficient officials in the employ of that company. He was married Sept. 19, 1875, to Miss Addie W. Payne, a daughter of J. D. Payne, of Chenoa. and has two children.
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