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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 P. WARD was born Jan. 20, 1858, in Auglaize county, Ohio, and is the son of Daniel Ward, who was born and reared in Ohio, and died in March, 1881. His mother was also a native of Ohio. She married Jessie Heston. He was born in Bucks county, Penn., and moved from Ohio to Jasper county, Mo., in 1870. Young John worked on the farm until twenty-two years of age, and during that time got a good common school education. In 1879 he engaged in a drug store as clerk for Mr. Lewis, in Jasper, one year, and then went to keeping hotel, but did not keep that quite a year, selling out to Mrs. McFarland. He engaged in threshing some time. Next engaged as clerk for Prichard & Thompson, and is still with them, enjoying the esteem and confidence of his employers. Mr. Ward has a fine farm of ninety-three acres.
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