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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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PURL PARKER, liveryman, Carthage, Missouri, though a young man, has already made considerable distinction in his calling, both as a man of excellent business qualities and accommodating and obliging in every capacity. He was born April 1, 1855, in Lincoln county, Missouri. His father, Eldridge Parker, was born in Kentucky in 1813, and is now living in Webb City, this county. Purl came here in September, 1882, and has already secured a large and growing patronage. He was married April 2, 1877, to Flora B. Abington, who was born in St. Charles county, January 3, 1856. The names of their children are Purley and Roy. Mr. Parker has all the improvements and equipments of a first-class stable; his stock of horses is first-class, and his barouches and buggies are new and elegant. By gentlemanly conduct and fair dealing he has become popular and highly esteemed.
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