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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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O. Johnson, proprietor of a livery and feed stable at Lamar, Mo., is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, where he was born, on the 20th of January, 1845, his parents being Almon S. and Mary Johnson, the former born in the “Green Mountain State,” and the latter in York State. Having moved to Ohio, they made that State their home until 1847, when they took up their abode in Boone County, Ill., and two years later in Dane County, Wis. The father was a trader by occupation, and in his political views was first a Whig and then a Republican. His wife was a worthy member of the Methodist Church, and died in the prime of life, leaving four sons and one daughter to mourn her loss. After her death Mr. Johnson married a second time, becoming the father of four children by his last wife. He lived to be about sixty-nine years of age. O. Johnson is the eldest child by the first wife, and received his education in the common schools. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Third Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. A., and joined his regiment at Fort Leavenworth, serving nearly three years in Arkansas and the Indian Territory. He was neither wounded nor taken prisoner, and after the close of the war returned to Wisconsin, where he was married in 1867 to Miss Lorinda Loveland, a native of New York. No children have blessed this union. Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Congregational Church. In 1867 Mr. Johnson moved to Kansas, and until 1880 was engaged in farming, trading, and the livery business in that State. At the latter date he came to Lamar, Mo., and built the stable where he is now doing business. He also owns a good home in the town. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and in his political views is a Republican.

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