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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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DR. W. M. WHITELEY is a native of Kenosha county, Wis., born Sept. 19, 1845. His father, Joshua Whiteley, is a native of Yorkshire, Eng., born in 1803. His mother’s maiden name was Mary Roberts, a daughter of Dr. Richard Roberts, of New York City, and a cousin of Commodore Perry. Dr. Whiteley was educated at the University of Michigan and received his medical education at the Missouri Homeopathic College in St. Louis, where he graduated in 1874. He began practicing in his native county in Wisconsin, and for four years he practiced in Joplin, and then removed to Webb City. He was married March 10, 1875, to Miss Evadney Myers, in Joplin. They have three children: Albert, Daisy, and Nora Gray. Dr. W. is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a liberal Republican.
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