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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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EUGENE L. WARD was born July 1, 1855, in Auglaize county, Ohio. He has lived with his grandfather, John Ward, almost all his life. His grandfather was born in Perry county, Ohio, April 5, 1810, and was one of the pioneers of Ohio. He has cleared up three farms in the big woods; has cut his four cords of wood many a day, and then gone home and chopped until 9 or 10 o’clock at night. He moved to Henry county, Mo., in 1869, and lived there twenty-two months, and then moved to Jasper county and settled on his present farm of forty acres, well improved, with a good orchard. The subject of this sketch is now living with him and carrying on the farm. He was married to Ella A. Griffin Dec. 30, 1879. She died July 17, 1881. Mr. Ward bids fair to become a leading man.
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