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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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Cyrus F. Pelsue, of the above firm, was born July 7, 1856, in Lee county, Iowa. He was also raised on a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits and attending school. In 1859 he came with his parents to Monroe county, Mo., and remained there until 1879, when he went to Sandwich, Ill., and engaged as salesman in a mercantile establishment. One year later he returned to Monroe county, and in 1878 went to Kansas, engaging in the drug business with a brother, J. W. Pelsue, Walnut, Crawford county. He afterward went to Cherry Vale, same state, and continued in the drug business with his present partner. He came to Lawrence in the spring of 1881 and has since made this his home. Mr. Pelsue was married in Barton county, Mo., Oct. 18, 1882, to Miss Callie, daughter of John Sims, of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Pelsue have a very pleasant home in Sarcoxie. His business is on the southwest corner of the square; he carries a complete line of drugs, medicines, paints, oils, brushes, etc., in fact everything usually found in a first-class establishment.
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