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Below is a family biography included in The History of McLean County, Illinois published by Wm. LeBaron, Jr. Co. 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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FRED S. PHOENIX, book-keeper, Bloomington; was born in Illinois, and is a son of Franklin K. Phoenix, who was born in Perry, N. Y.; when a young man, he came West and located in Delavan, Wis.; there he commenced the nursery business on a very small scale, but with good management and hard work he was successful; from Delavan he came to Bloomington in 1856; here he started with only ten acres of ground for his nursery; but, from year to year, he gradually improved it, and at one time owned over 600 acres of land in nursery stock, this being, perhaps, the largest nursery under one management in the United States; he has had as high as 450 men at one time at work in the nursery, and the sales amounted to over $250,000 in a year; he shipped goods to all parts of the United States, Canada, Europe, and other countries.
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