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Below is a family biography included in The History of Barton County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  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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Prof. George F. Brous, trustee of North Fork Township, and one of the prominent educators of the county, was born in Brown County of the “Buckeye State,” in 1845, and is a son of L. N. and Catherine (Daley) Brous, who were born in Highland County, Ky., in 1823 and 1826, respectively. They were married in Ohio, and in 1871 came to Cass County, Mo., where the father was engaged in farming until his death, in 1876. He was a Democrat politically. The mother is still living in Cass County. The great-great-grandfather was born in Germany, and came to America and settled in West Virginia, where his son, the great grandfather of our subject, was born. The latter was a farmer, and was the father of four sons: John, who located in Portsmouth, Ohio, and reared a family; Adam, who moved to Indianapolis, Ind., and raised a family; Frederick, the grandfather of our subject, located near Hillsboro, Ohio; and Lewis, who also located near that place. Prof. George F. Brous is one of fifteen children (thirteen of whom lived to maturity) born to his parents, and resided in his native county until twenty-six years of age, receiving his early education in the common schools, supplemented by a course in the schools of Georgetown and also at Fayetteville. In 1864 he entered the teacher’s profession, and has continued that occupation ever since, with the exception of one year. In 1871 he came with his parents and located in Cass County, Mo., but came to Barton County at the end of four years, and has made this his home ever since. He was township clerk under the old organization, and has been trustee ever since, being now engaged in filling his fourth term. He owns a good farm of 160 acres, and is a member of the Farmers’ Alliance, and is secretary of Rocky Mount Lodge. He was married in Brown County, Ohio, to Miss Hannah Prine, who was born in that State in 1848. They have seven living children: Eddie, a teacher in the college at Carthage, Mo.; Kinney; Bertie, also a teacher; Callie; Cary, who died at the age of ten years; Delia, Mabel and Raymond. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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