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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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THOMAS HOLT, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Smithfield, is a native of England, born Jan. 16, 1814. His parents, Henry and Ann Holt, were also natives of England. Our subject grew to manhood in the country of his nativity, and immigrated with his parents to America when nineteen years of age, settling in Marshall county, Ohio, where he engaged at blacksmithing. This he followed for at least a quarter of a century in Illinois, Iowa, and Tennessee. He came to Jasper county in 1868, locating on his present farm. He was married in Zanesville, Ohio, May 29, 1851, to Jane, daughter of James and Amy Ford, natives of England. Mrs. H. was born Feb. 14, 1823. The have six children: Harriet E., born April 5, 1852; James Thomas, born July 12, 1861; and Charles Edmond, born Sept 23, 1865, are living. Caroline S., born Feb. 19, 1855, and died Aug. 12, 1860; George Henry, born Dec. 26, 1857, and died Jan. 8, 1858; and one who died infancy July 12, 1861. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Methodist Church.
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