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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 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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ALEXANDER PERRY, deceased, was born in Kentucky in 1793, moved to Tennessee at an early day and settled in Warren county; afterward lived in other parts of the state. Was married in Warren county, Tenn., about the year 1813, to Miss Elizabeth Woodlee, a native of Virginia. Shortly after marriage volunteered in United States army for the War of 1812, and was engaged at the battle of New Orleans. Came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1848. During the war of the Rebellion, though too old for service, was an ardent Southern man, for which he lost his life while on his way south. Was killed by a band of Pin Indians, near Marysville, I. T., Sept. 11, 1864, in the seventy-second year of his age, leaving a wife and eight children. His widow died in Ark., in 1876, aged seventy-six years.
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