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Below is a family biography included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888.  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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Lafayette D. Rennaux, M. D., was born in Stone County, Ark., in 1857, and is the eldest of the three children of Stanislus D. and Polly A. (Hudson) Rennaux. The parents died within eight days of each other, when Lafayette D. was but five years of age, who, with his younger sister, was taken by an uncle, Jerry King, of Crawford County, Mo. When but eleven months of age the sister was separated from her brother by death, and Lafayette D. is now the only surviving member of the family. When eighteen years of age he left his uncle, up to that time having received no education, but seeing the necessity of study he industriously applied himself, working on a farm and doing any honorable business for wages, and studying at any available moment He later attended school eight and one-half months at Salem, Mo., and taught seven terms in the country school. In 1879 he began the study of medicine under M. M. Hamlin, M. D., at Gray's Summit, and in 1880 entered the American Medical College at St. Louis, Mo., from which institution he received a diploma in 1883. He began the practice of his chosen profession in Robertsville, Franklin Co., Mo., where he has met with well-merited success as a rising young physician. In 1885 he was married to Sarah A., daughter of William R. and Somira A. (Davidson) Davis. One son, Courtney F., has blessed this union. The Doctor is a stanch Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for James G. Blaine. He and wife are highly respected members of the United Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 117 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published in 1888.  For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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