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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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DAVID LANDERS (deceased), was a native of Kentucky, born March 5, 1826, and came with his parents to southwest Missouri about 1840 and settled on Center Creek in Jasper county. He was married July 10, 1851, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Francis and Nancy Whitehead. Two years after their marriage they moved to where the family now reside. During the civil war they went to Nodaway county, Mo,, where they remained until peace was proclaimed, when they returned to their home in Jasper county, where he died Oct. 27, 1869, leaving a family of four sons and three daughters: George W., born June 22, 1852; Nancy E., died May 6, 1878, aged 23; John, born Feb. 14, 1855; Sarah A., wife of W. E. Maxwell, born Oct. 14, 1856: William, born Sept. 23, 1859; Amanda J., born Sept. 29, 1861; and James D., born June 6, 1864. Mr. Landers during life was a very quiet, inoffensive, industrious man, a much respected citizen, and a kind and indulgent husband and father. His widow, who still survives him, is managing the farm in connection with her sons, and all getting along nicely. The farm is well situated five miles northeast from Carthage, near Spring River.
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