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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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STANTON, W. H. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 2, P.O. Carrollton. William Stanton is a native of Garrett County, Ky., where he was born on the 27th of September, 1839; the youngest son of Reuben and Cynthia Stanton; he spent the days of his boyhood upon the old farm homestead; in his eighteenth year he made his way to Greene County, where he has since been identified with agricultural pursuits, and where he married, in 1863, Miss Susan A. Gaffney, a daughter of Jas. Gaffney, of Kentucky; of this marriage six children were born: John, James, William, Samuel, Jennie, and Claude J.; Mr. Stanton ranks among our more energetic farmers, and through indomitable will has succeeded well in the battle of life, and is the owner, at the present writing, of 130 acres in township 9, range 12.
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