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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 W. PINKSTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, P. O. Baxter Springs, was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., in 1822, and was reared in Washington County, Va., where he followed the pump carpentering trade. After spending six months in travel through Texas and the Indian Territory, he located here in 1868, and has been very successfully connected with the farming and stock-rearing industry here since. He has a family of three sons and two daughters living—Martha Jane, now Mrs. Zimri B. Carr, of Humboldt; Mrs. Mary Jones, of this township, James W., John B. and Lincoln. Mr. Pinkston began his life here upon a comparatively small capital, and by dint of steady and persistent industry, accumulated a handsome property for himself, and has settled upon his family a goodly amount to each.
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