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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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BARR, NEWTON H., farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Quincy; born on the place where he now resides in 1853. His father emigrated from Lancaster county, Pa., to this county, in 1840. He held various local offices in the county; was independent in politics, and was numbered amongst the early and enterprising citizens who worked so nobly to make the county what it now is, and died after attaining his 61st year, in 1876. The subject of this sketch and his brother, Geo. F. Barr, are now cultivating the old homestead which contains 120 acres, in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit. He is Democratic in politics, and usually attends the Methodist church.
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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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