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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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REV. JOHN M. WATSON, pastor of the Orthodox Friends Church, was born in Ohio, December 30, 1829. He was reared on a farm, and received a partial high school education, and followed farming to the age of thirty-five years in Ohio, at which time he began missionary work in Mississippi. He next engaged in the manufacture of farm implements, which he continued eight years, since which time he has again engaged in missionary and church work in Ohio, Indian Territory and Kansas. He has always taken an active part in the church and Sunday school work, and since coming here has established schools among the Cherokee and Shawnee Indians, and has assisted in establishing four churches among the Orthodox Friends.
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