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Below is a family biography included in The History of Newton County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. 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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John W. Liles, farmer and stock dealer, of Newton County, Mo., was born in that county and State, August 16, 1851, son of Dr. Franklin and Martha (Davis) Liles, both natives of Missouri. John W. was reared in Johnson County, Tex., and in 1872 he returned to his native State, where he engaged in farming. He then chose for his companion in life the daughter of James Huffman, Miss Margaret Emma, who bore him two sons and four daughters: Mattie Lee, born in 1875; William Leonard, born in 1877; Mary Elizabeth, born in 1879; Eva May, born in 1881; Cora Eliza, born in 1883, and George Wesley, born in 1887. Mr. Liles has 120 acres of good, well improved land, eighty acres of which are prairie land and twenty are timber. Mr. Liles is a member of the Farmers’ Alliance, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, he being a steward in the same.
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