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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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G. M. ROPER, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Reeds, was born in Trigg county, Ky., May 20, 1830. His parents, H. C. and Nancy W. Roper, were natives of Virginia. His father was born Aug. 26, 1796, and died May 13, 1882; his mother was born March 8, 1793. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. When twenty years of age his parents moved to Montgomery county, Ill., and there engaged in farming. In the spring of 1867 he came to Missouri, locating in Jasper county, near Sarcoxie. He moved to Spring River in March, 1876, and three years thereafter to his present location. Our subject was married Aug. 12, 1852, to Miss Mary M., daughter of Wm. and Margaret Jones, of Illinois, but natives of Kentucky. From this union there are nine children: Wm. H., born Jan. 27, 1853; David M., born Nov. 28, 1855; Alvin C., born July 9, 1858; George Griffin, born April 29, 1861; Lewis F., born Oct. 7, 1863; Lowry B., born March 13, 1866; Mary E., born Jan. 7, 1869; Leroy C., born May 20, 1871; and Stella B., born September 11, 1874. Mrs. R. was born April 1, 1832, in Montgomery County, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. R. are both members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which our subject was elected an elder in 1867; he is also superintendent of Sunday-school, and takes an active interest in all church and educational matters. He is a member of the Masonic order.
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