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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 S. NEIGHBOURS was born in Washington county, Ill., June 7, 1839, and also raised in that county. In 1863 he went to California, remaining there until 1875, when he came to Jasper county, Mo. He was married, the first time, to Elizabeth Maxwell, of his native county. There was one son, whose name is Thomas. In 1876 he was again married to Mary Rice, of Perry county, Ill., who died in May, 1878. Mr. Neighbours has 223 acres of land, about 100 of it being under cultivation. Seventy acres sown to winter wheat in 1882, averaged 20 bushels; five acres of oats averaged 50; and thirty acres of corn averaged 30 bushels per acre. There is a fine orchard of about three acres producing some very fine fruit. Mr. Neighbours sold his interest in a store at Waco, and is now living upon his farm about three miles south of the thriving new town of Waco, which is one of the best shipping points on the Joplin & Girard Railroad.
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