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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883.  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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EDWARD C. CROW, attorney at law. Mr. Crow is a native of Holt county, Missouri. His parents moved to Carthage, Missouri, when he was but a child. His father, Judge George W. Crow, was one of the attorneys of Jasper county for several years. Mr. Edward C. Crow graduated from the Carthage high school in 1878 as first in a class of seven; in June, 1880, he graduated from Washington University, St. Louis, and was fourth in a class of twenty-five, and was admitted to the bar when but nineteen years of age. He removed to Oregon, Holt county, in the spring of 1883, and is now engaged in the practice of law with his father and is rapidly building up a good business.

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This family biography is one of more than 1,000 biographies included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published in 1883.  For the complete description, click here: Jasper County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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