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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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JAMES A. SHERIDAN, Mason, was born in Kentucky, December 31, 1823. He was raised on a farm, received a business education and learned the mason’s trade, in which he was engaged in Kentucky until 1859. He then went to Illinois and worked at his trade ten years; thence to Missouri, where he worked at his trade a short time, coming to Kansas in 1869, where he took a claim and farmed two years. He then went to Fort Scott and remained a short time and where he still owns a residence, and then resided in Crawford County until 1879, at which time he came to Columbus, where he has worked at his trade since that time. He is a member of the Congregational Church. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Cofferm, of Ohio in 1851, who died in 1871. Their six children were Sarah, Cornelia, Lottie, Sophronia and O11a, and Eva, deceased. He was married to Mrs. Mary F. Swinney, of Missouri in 1876. They have had three children— Eddie, Carl and Clyde, twins.
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