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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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HORACE A. WEBSTER was born in La Grange county, Ind., Sept. 29, 1855, where he was raised, and remained there until he took up his residence in Jasper county, in 1871. He married Mary Manlove, Oct. 18, 1875, who was born in March, 1855, and raised in Henry county, Ind. The names of the children are Pearly M. and Dora C. His farm of seventy-four acres has good buildings, young orchard, and some indications of mineral, being so near the mines adjacent to Carl Junction. Fifty acres harvested twenty-five bushels per acre of fine winter wheat the past season, and more wheat is sown for the next season.
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