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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps 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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NORTON, ANNIE F., Physician, 624 Jersey street; born in Kane county, Ill., in 1847. She moved to Cleveland in 1870, and after a thorough course of reading and study of medicine she graduated in Detroit, Mich., in 1872. She practices in the Homeopathic school. She located for one year at the Seilg cure, in Cleveland, Ohio; went then to Indianapolis, Ind.; and to Earl, Ill., in 1874. She practiced there one year, and then moved to Quincy, where she has a liberal and lucrative practice which she is gradually building up.
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This family biography is one of 1444 biographies included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Adams County, Illinois
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