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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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MINER J. WILKS, farmer and mine superintendent. Was born in Sumner county, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1822, the son of Wm. and Mary Wilks, who were natives of Tennessee, and moved to Perry county, Ill., in 1829, where our subject was reared and educated. At the age of sixteen he left home and farmed one season; then lived with his brother three years. In 1843 was married to Miss Eliza A. Jones, and by this union have four children living, Mary E., Nancy E., Martha J., Serena V. Mrs. Wilks died in 1861 in Illinois. In 1862 Mr. Wilks married for his second wife, Martha Wilburn. By this union they have seven children, named Sarah E., Charles P., Bernetta, Miner H., James E., Emma J., and Richard C. Mr. Wilks has followed the ministry for many years and is a Baptist minister. In 1868 he moved and located on his present farm of 219 acres, 80 acres under cultivation, and 50 acres thrown open for mining purposes; has just opened a good mine. Mr. Wilks has been preaching for the last forty years, and devotes all his leisure time to preaching.
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