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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cedar 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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J. P. Brasher, M. D., who is one of the successful practicing physicians of Jerico Springs, Mo., is a native of Christian County, Ky., born May 6, 1850. He has been identified with the interests of Cedar County since 1856, at which time he came with his parents, I. S. and R. E. (Petty) Brasher to Missouri. The father is of Irish ancestry, a prosperous farmer, and was born on Kentucky soil in 1810. His wife was born in Tennessee in 1814, and died in Cedar County, Mo., on the 20th of June, 1887. Five of their nine children grew to maturity, and are yet living, of whom J. P. Brasher is the third. He resided with his parents until he reached his majority, and received his education in the public schools of Kentucky and Missouri. In 1871 he took a course of lectures in the Missouri Medical College of St. Louis, and afterward entered the medical department of the University of Nashville, Tenn., from which he was graduated as an M. D. in 1874, and in 1881 received a diploma from the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis. He resided on a farm and practiced his profession near where Jerico now is, till the village was established, when he moved to his present residence. He is one of the successful physicians of the county, and keeps thoroughly posted in his profession, and in social as well as his professional capacity is a genial and accommodating gentleman. He is a Democrat in his political views, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Masonic fraternity. In 1876 he was married to Miss Laura L. Mitchell, who was born in Missouri in 1856 and is a daughter of M. W. and Mary Mitchell. Mrs. Brasher is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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This family biography is one of 92 biographies included in The History of Cedar County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Cedar County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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