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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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HENRY LINEBARGER, grain-buyer and shipper, Stanford; was born in Jackson Township, Will Co., Ill., June 22, 1840; his father, Henry Linebarger, was born in Lincoln Co., N. C., Dec 24, 1807, and emigrated to Will Co., Ill., in an early day, where he died in the latter part of 1842. Henry L., the subject of this sketch, moved to Stanford in October, 1869. He married Miss Jane Phillips June 4, 1862; she was born in Strasburg, Germany, Oct 10, 1844, and came to this county with her parents, who now reside near Bridgeport Madison Co., N. Y., in 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Linebarger have three children — Joseph O., born March 11, 1864; Ida May, July 4, 1866; Almond, Feb. 21, 1869. Mr. L. and two brothers own two grain-elevators in Stanford, at this time filled with corn. His son, Joseph O., is publishing the Stanford Tribune, a young weekly newspaper, established in February, 1879.
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