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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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ISAAC J. IMHOFF was born in Green county, Wis., Sept. 13, 1855, and reared on a farm. He came to Jasper county in 1872 and engaged in farming or working by the month, for four years. He then returned to Jasper county, Mo., and was married to Lizzie Leffler, May 25, 1873, in Lawrence county, Mo. She was born in Wisconsin, July 31, 1856. She is the daughter of Henry and Caroline Leffler. Her father was born in Germany; her mother in Wisconsin, where Mrs. Imhoff was reared and educated. She moved to Lawrence county, Mo., in 1872. By this union there are three children, named Zama, Johnnie, and Gracie. Mr. Imhoff is an industrious, pushing farmer, and strictly honest, and soon bids fair to make one of the substantial farmers of Jasper county.
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