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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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DAVID SVANCE, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Columbus, was born in Illinois April 13, 1831. He was raised on a farm and continued that business for himself, commencing at the age of twenty-one and continued it in Illinois until 1855. He was then in Iowa on a farm until 1869, then in Missouri in the same occupation until 1881, at which time he came to Kansas and bought his present home, consisting of a farm of 160 acres, which he is now improving, and growing stock, grain and fruit. He also has two farms of eighty and sixty improved acres in Missouri, containing fine grain land. He was married to Miss Louisa Farno, of Illinois, in 1852. They have five children—Lizzie J., Mary J., Sarah, Amanda and Harvey.
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