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Below is a family biography included in The History of Wright County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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Thomas F. Henslee, retail liquor dealer, of Hartville, Mo., was born in North Carolina May 15, 1846, and is a son of Thomas and Betsey (Melton) Henslee, who were born, reared and married in North Carolina, the latter event taking place in 1838. To them were born three children, Thomas F. being the only one who grew to manhood. The mother died in 1848, and Mr. Henslee afterward married Mary Melton, by whom he became the father of one child, and is now living in Webster County, Mo. Thomas F. Henslee was reared and educated in Webster County, and was married in 1869 to Miss Eliza J. Dameron, who was born in North Carolina in April, 1845, and by her has one child, Anna B., the wife of W. H. Gorman. Mr. Henslee has farmed nearly all his life, and owns a valuable farm of 172 acres, but since engaging in the liquor business, in 1883, has rented his farm. He owns a good residence in Hartville, and is well fixed financially. During the late war he served in the Home Guards as forage master. He is a Democrat politically, and is Past Master in the Masonic fraternity.
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