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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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SYKES, JAMES, Physician; P. O. Beverly; was born in Adams county, Ill., May 22, 1844. After four years’ study of medicine, the last year being employed as dresser in a military hospital, he graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, May 21, 1864, being then but twenty years of age; was immediately commissioned Surgeon in the army of the Cumberland. After serving two years in the South, was transferred to Custer’s Cavalry, and served one year in the campaigns against the Indians on the plains, and was finally mustered out at Fort Dodge, on the Arkansas river, March 1, 1868. Returning to Beverly, he located there, and has attained a large and lucrative practice; was married to Miss Helen H. Godfrey in 1872. They have four children: Mary F., Eliza, Howard J., and Helen.
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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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