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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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WALTER B. McCORMICK, farmer, P. O. Columbus, Section 29, was born in Kentucky in 1816. He received a practical and medical education and began the practice of medicine in Kentucky at the age of twenty-two years, continuing to practice in that State until 1867, at the same time carrying on a farm. He came to Kansas in 1867, and located on his present farm, which he opened and improved. He has 210 acres and raises stock, grain and all kinds of fruit He is a member and Ruling Elder in Cumberland Church, and was married in 1842 to Miss Patsey N. Coleman, of Kentucky, who died in 1855, leaving five children-Theodore A., Christian J., Roscoe (deceased), Nancy M. (deceased), and Rebecca Ann. In 1856, he was married to Miss Isabel Holcomb, of Kentucky. They have six children— John S., Walter A., Esther F., Mary E., Lucy Emma (deceased), and Martha J. (deceased).
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