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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 NEIGHBOURS was born in Washington county, Ill., Jan. 22, 1844, where he was raised until eighteen years of age. Enlisted in the One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Infantry in July, 1862, serving until 1865. During his service he was a prisoner in Andersonville prison for about two months, until exchanged. After the war he immigrated to Labette county, Kan., and came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1866, the first time, returning to Illinois and to Jasper county to stay in 1879. He married Caroline Lane Feb. 26, 1871, who was born in Washington county, Ill. The names of the children are Mary and Maud May. Mr. Neighbours has a farm of sixty acres, about fifty acres under cultivation; thirty-three acres in wheat averaged eighteen bushels to the acre, and ten acres of corn averaged fifty bushels. There is a small young orchard on the place, the farm joining the new and prosperous mining camp on the Smith and Vivion land. Both have been members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Neighbours is somewhat broken down in health by his prison life, although able to carry on his own farm.
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