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Below is a family biography included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published by Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd 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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McCLURE, ROBERT N., blacksmith, Sec. 29, P.O. Kane. Robert N. McClure is a native of Missouri, born at St. Louis County in 1843, youngest son of Jas. and Lydia McClure, natives of North Carolina and Virginia respectively. Robert was quite young when his parents settled in Jersey County, this State, where he became apprenticed to the trade of a blacksmith; becoming in due time a workman. On the 12th of December, 1867, he was married to Miss Catherine Haynes, a daughter of Adam Haynes, by whom he has two children: James and Anna. In 1867 he moved to Greene County, where he has since resided, and where he transacts a good business at his trade.
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