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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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JAMES C. PITTS was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 30, 1837. He is a successful farmer and prominent man in Preston township, takes a leading part in all church matters, and is a sincere Christian. He moved to Wisconsin with his parents in 1854 and worked at farming for eight years. He then enlisted in Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and was mustered out as a veteran at the close of the war. During the war he saw some of this country and concluded he would like to live here. In 1865 he married Miss Lucy A. Simpson, a lady of culture and refinement. She was born in Vermont and at the age of fourteen moved with her parents to Wisconsin and taught school for several years. Mr. Pitts came to Jasper county in May, 1866, and located on his present tract of 250 acres, in two farms. He has good buildings with three good orchards. He is dealing in stock and has about one hundred head of cattle and buys and sells horses and mules.
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