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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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JOHN J. DAVIS, post-office Maple Grove, has a fine farm of 159 acres, all under cultivation, and raises Northern sugar-cane. He has a molasses factory, and made in 1882 over 8,000 gallons, and has made some of the best sugar in the state made from sugar-cane. This enterprising man was born in Switzerland county, Ind., May 3, 1833, and was reared in Stark county, Ill., on a farm. When fifteen years of age he went to breaking prairie and followed that business for ten years. He then moved to Peoria county, Ill., and engaged in making molasses and has continued it ever since. He came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1871, and located on his present farm and engaged in making molasses on a small scale, but now has one of the largest factories in Missouri. He was married to Mary J. Albertson Nov. 9, 1854; she was born July 13, 1839, in Wayne county, Ohio, moved to Indiana, and was there reared and educated. By this union there are nine children: Nettie M., Adams, Mary C. Butler, Elsie Copeland, Eliza J., Zora A. Frazier, Rachel A., Edna B., John J., and Charles E. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are members of the M. E. Church and stand high in the community.

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This family biography is one of more than 1,000 biographies included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published in 1883.  For the complete description, click here: Jasper County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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