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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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ERVIN COLLIER, farmer, post-office Brest. His farm consists of 250 acres of improved land. The above subject is a native of Monroe county, Ind.,born Jan. 8, 1831, being a son of Levi and Phoebe (Bales) Collier, both natives of Kentucky, and when quite young, with their parents, moved to Indiana, where they married and settled in Monroe county. His father was born in 1801, and died in 1880; his mother was born in 1802, and died in 1853. There was a family of nine children, our subject being the fifth, and was reared and educated in his native county. In 1853 he went to Clarke county, Iowa, remaining there until 1856, and then moved to Lyon county, Kan. During 1863 he served in Company C, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Militia, and participated in the defense of Westport, Mo., Paola, and Mound City, Kan., when General Price was making his raids through western Missouri and eastern Kansas. In 1866 he settled where he now resides. Oct. 1, 1872, he married Miss Anna Wilson, a native of Greenup county, Ky., born March 12, 1844, being a daughter of E. A. and Deborah (Cain) Wilson. Her father was a native of New York, and when quite young, with his parents, moved to Ohio, and afterwards to Kentucky, where he grew to manhood and married in the course of time, settling in Jasper county, Mo., where they now reside. The above gentleman’s family consists of six children: Winora, Mary E., Ervin, Ellis, Myrtie, and Jessie.
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