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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Knox County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. 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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Sylvester W. Saunders, M. D., a resident of Edina, was born in Macon County, Mo., September 15, 1851, and is a son of George W. and Ardena O. (Arthur) Saunders, natives of Pulaski County, Ky., and Virginia, near Jamestown. The father immigrated to Missouri from Kentucky, in 1842, and located on a farm in Macon County, where our subject was born. In 1880 he removed to Randolph County, where he now resides, being a well-to-do and upright farmer citizen. Our subject was reared to manhood in his native county, where he received a good public school education, which he completed in the State Normal School at Kirksville. In 1872 he began the study of medicine with the view of following that profession, and read under Dr. R. H. Dunning, who was then a successful medical practitioner of Atlanta, Mo. Later he attended the American Medical College, of St. Louis (Eclectic), and graduated from that institution in 1877. He then began to practice in his native county, but soon removed to Millard, Adair County, where he established a large and lucrative practice. In the spring of 1887 he came to Edina, where he is meeting with good and well merited success. March 13, 1879, he was married to Miss Lou Lantz, a native of Adair County, Mo., by whom he has two children: Earl and Blanche. In politics the Doctor is a Democrat, and himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
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This family biography is one of 204 biographies included in the Knox County, Missouri portion of the book, The History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri published in 1887. For the complete description, click here: Knox County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps
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