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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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JOHN GALLEHUGH, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 1; P. O. Lexington; born in Madison Co., Va., Dec. 25, 1826, where he resided until 1859, when he removed to Illinois, locating in Lexington, this county, in the spring of that year, and the following year removed to Money Creek Township where he engaged in farming; served two terms as School Director in that township; he removed, in 1871, to his present home; served as Assessor in Lexington Township seven years, and is the present incumbent. Married, in 1851, to Miss Mary A. Weakley, who was born in Rappahannock Co., Va.; five children by this union — John M., Thomas J., Elizabeth A., (wife of William Morris), Lucy E. and Noah F.
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