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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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ALFRED C. THARP, farmer and stock-raiser, section 4, post-office Carthage, is a native of the Buckeye State, born in Licking county, Oct. 9, 1846. When he was twelve years old his parents immigrated to Illinois, locating in Fulton county, where they died and were buried. Our subject immigrated to Missouri in 1865, locating in Buchanan county, and engaged at farming; was married there Feb. 18, 1866, to Miss Angaline Harliss, a native of Cass county, Mo. From there they moved to Arkansas in 1870 where they lived two years, coming to Jasper county in 1872; engaged in tenant farming in Union township. Purchased the farm on which he now lives, in 1881, consisting of ninety acres, well situated on Center Creek, three and one-half miles from Reeds Station, and nine miles from Carthage, sheltered on three sides by natural timber. He has a family of eight children: William H., Elizabeth E., Malinda I., Lula E., Viola, Alfred C., Philip E., and Carrie B. Mr. Tharp is well known and respected in this community as an honest, industrious citizen, a self-made man to all intents and purposes; gives Jasper county the meed of praises it so richly deserves.
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