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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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JOSEPH P. BEDINGER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 18; P. O. Normal; one of the old settlers of McLean Co.; born in Nicholas Co., Ky., July 6, 1841; in 1856, he emigrated to Illinois with his parents, and located in Towanda Township, before the organization of the township. He located upon his present place in 1858, at which time there were only two houses within a distance of seven miles; he has 200 acres upon his home farm, which he has brought from its wild prairie condition to its present high state of cultivation, by his own hard labor. His marriage with Paulina Dimmitt was celebrated Dec. 16, 1864; she was born in McLean Co., Ill., June 17, 1842; they have three children now living, having lost four by death; the living are George, Rosa and Alice. Mrs. Bedinger was a daughter of William Dimmitt, one of the early pioneers of McLean Co.
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