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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883. 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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ARTHUR C. PERRY, superintendent of mercantile department of Keith & Perry Shafts, was born in England, 1861, coming to United States in 1879. He received a mercantile education. He was at Oscoda in coal business one year, was for next eighteen months engaged in bookkeeping for coal firm at Fort Scott, and in 1882 came to Scammonville. He here took charge of his business. He owns Shafts 102 and 103. Owns mines at Oscoda and Mulberry Grove and at Rich Hill. They mine about 200,000 bushels each month, employing from 250 to 300 men. He owns one and a half sections of fine coal land, which is inexhaustible. The company store sells about $4,500 worth per month. The company owns about fifty tenement houses.
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