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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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GEORGE C. HENRY, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Sarcoxie, was born in Sangamon county, Ill., July 10, 1834; his parents, John and Melina A. Henry, were natives respectively of Virginia and Kentucky. When three years of age our subject came with his parents to this state, locating in what was then Barry county, near the Cave Springs; subject grew up and engaged in the quiet pursuits of the farm and received a fair education. In 1861 he moved to Allen county, Kan., but at the close of the war returned to Jasper county, and has since made this his home. Mr. Henry was married in Lawrence county, Mo., Dec. 14, 1805, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of A. C. and Elizabeth A. Shepherd of that county. Mrs. H. was born in Greene county, Mo., March 2, 1844. This union has been blessed with seven children: Lavina F., born Nov. 18, 1866, died Dec. 26, 1866; John Alviss, born Nov. 29, 1867; Orange F., born March 25, 1869; Corda Emily, born April 11, 1871; George Elmer, born April 5, 1873, died May 29, 1875; Wm. Jones born July 20, 1874; and Nora Ellen, born Nov. 25, 1879. Mrs. Henry is a member of the M. E. Church. They have a pleasant home, farm consists of eighty acres of excellent land, well improved, fenced, watered, etc.
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