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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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JACOB E. DOWNS, blacksmith and grocer, Medoc. He settled at Medoc in September, 1872, being a native of Clark county, Ohio, born Jan. 7, 1849, a son of Joseph and Louisa (Rall) Down, his father a native of New Jersey, but reared in Ohio. The family moved to Mahaska county, Iowa, where Jacob was principally reared. In 1862 he enlisted in the Fourth Iowa Battery and did service in Arkansas, being mustered out in 1865, at the close of the war. He then returned to Iowa and devoted his time to his trade, with the exception of two years. In 1868 he moved to Kansas, and then to Medoc. He was married Feb. 25, 1872, to Miss Isabelle Edwards, a native of Virginia, born June 20, 1855, a daughter of Charles and Martha Edwards, her father a native of England and her mother of Virginia. They moved to Jackson county, Mo., and afterwards to Miami county, Kan., finally settling in Joplin, Jasper county, where they both died. Mr. and Mrs. Downs have a family of three children: Charles M., born Nov. 19, 1872; William M., born March 25, 1875; and Claud, born Dec. 30, 1878. Mr. Downs was elected justice of the peace in 1882.
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