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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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ROBT. D. ROSS, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Center county, Penn., Nov. 1, 1858, and removed to Montgomery county, Ill., when quite young. In the year 1881 he became a citizen of Marion township, Jasper county, Mo. His father, Robert, died in 1863, and his mother in 1870. On the death of his parents there were eleven children in the family, who were left orphans and wholly dependent upon him, and he only a mere boy. Mr. Ross is a young man of unusual energy, tact, and judgment, and is destined to become both wealthy and prominent in the community. He owns a fine farm of 160 acres in the northwest part of the township, with 120 acres improved, raising 1,500 bushels of wheat, 1,000 bushels of corn, and 600 bushels of oats, besides having a fine orchard. He is by trade a tanner, though now giving most of his attention to sheep and stock-raising. He is at present a single man and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. The farm is located in sections 12 and 13, township 29, range 32.
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