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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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WILLIAM H. WEST, the subject of this sketch, so favorably known throughout Jasper county, especially among the milling fraternity, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, January 11, 1880. In the spring of 1850 he moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he enlisted in the Federal army from 1862 to June 17, 1865. He was married February 14, 1854, to Eliza J. Wiles, who was born near Dover, LaFayette county, Missouri. The children are Robert J., Fannie L., Walter M., Charles E., Elizabeth B., Willie May, and Grace E. Both Mr. and Mrs. West are members of the M. E. Church of Carthage. He is a Mason. He began the milling business at Springfield, Illinois, and is by trade a mill-wright, having built several of the Jasper county mills. Mr. West is a gentleman of integrity, public enterprise, and above all a man of sterling Christian character.
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