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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 SMITH. His farm consists of 320 acres of fine land, having settled where he now resides in October, 1865, from Bourbon county, Kan., having gone there in the spring of 1860 from Wayne county, Mo., and in 1856 from Sevier county, Tenn. He was born in Tennessee, in 1828, being the son of Nicholas and Kaziah (Engham) Smith, her father a native of South Carolina, born in 1797, and died in 1867; her mother a native of England, coming to America with her parents when two years old, being born in 1798, and died in 1831. They were married in South Carolina, and settled in Tennessee, having a family of eight children. Our subject was married May 23, 1850, to Miss Sarah Handley, a native of Sevier county, Tenn., born in 1828, being a daughter of James and Nancy (Richardson) Handley; her father was born in 1798, and died Nov. 3, 1871; her mother was born in 1799, and died June 12, 1854. There was a family of nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s family are as follows: James P., William H., John H., Catharine C., Sarah C., Martha and Nettie (twins), Allie A., and T. Edmond; and have lost E. J., Andrew, and Mary A. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both members of the Baptist Church.
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