Just a little more.
What Lisa is saying is true. However, there is one step further that you need to consider and a few details.
The additional thought is this. Besides the specific wording, you would also be violating copyright if you repeat the same "structural" elements.
For example, if you were to write an article on "John Smith" and it was clear that you copied the same five divisions of information from some specific source (even if you made it six by copying the five and adding one) it would be a violation even if the wording were different.
Also, if you find the same information in two or three independent sources (not based on each other) that information does not need to be documented. That becomes, as Lisa describes, common knowledge. If it is only in any one source, especially if it is unusual information, it should be documented.
It is not that hard to document and in fact it adds credibility to your work. This is especially so with biography, where it adds authority to have good footnotes to real sources (books, newspapers, etc.).
Don't worry. No one owns facts unless they have access to information no one else has. And if you use your own wording and structure you should have no problem.
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