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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Putnam 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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William B. Jones, farmer, stock raiser and carpenter, was born in Christian County, Ky., in 1821, and moved to Cooper County, Mo., with his parents, Henry and Nancy (Flint) Jones, in 1835, where the latter died. He was the eldest of a family of five children born to them, and they were natives of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively, and of English-Irish descent. The father was a son of Samuel and Wilmotte (Lewis) Jones, natives of Virginia, who afterward moved to Kentucky, where they died. Mrs. Nancy Jones was a daughter of William Flint, a native of Virginia. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. William B. Jones, our immediate subject, moved to Putnam County, Mo., in 1854, and until that time was exclusively engaged at the carpenter’s trade, which he had learned when sixteen years of age. He began life for himself a poor boy at the age of eighteen, owning nothing but a slave, who received his freedom after the late war. He, however, possessed energy, and was a good manager, and so has become a well-to-do farmer and stock raiser, in which business he has been engaged since 1854, and is the owner of 600 acres of land, nicely improved and cultivated. In 1841 he married Miss Dimaretta Ogle, a native of Kentucky, and daughter of David and Nancy (Smith) Ogle, also of that State. This union has been blessed with the following children: Thomas H., Nancy A. (deceased), James N., George H., Samantha (deceased), and Samira W. (twins). Mr. Jones was formerly an Old-line Whig, but since the extinction of that party has voted the Democratic ticket.

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This family biography is one of 139 biographies included in the Putnam County, Missouri portion of the book,  The History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri published in 1888 by Goodspeed Publishing Co.  For the complete description, click here: Putnam County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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