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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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WILLIAM M. HENLINE, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 10; P. O. Lexington; born in Money Creek Township, this county, July 3, 1838, and now resides on the farm where he was born; his father, George Henline, who was a native of Madison Co., Ky., removed to Illinois in the fall of 1828, and settled in Lawndale Township. The subject of this sketch has resided in Money Creek Township since birth, a period of over forty years; he owns 405 acres of land in Money Creek Township; served as Collector for four years. Married in 1858 to Miss Sarah C. Steward, who was born in Indiana July 13, 1839; died April 10, 1872; two children by this union — Stephen A. D. and William A. R.; was again married, Dec. 5, 1872, to Eliza A. Griffith, who was born in Fayette Co., Penn.; two children by this union, one living — Noah O. A. Mr. H. is a member of McLean Lodge, No. 206, I. O. O. F., and Lexington Encampment, No. 161.
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