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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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JESSE O. RUDDICK was born Aug. 26, 1852, in Jackson county, Ind., the son of Jesse Ruddick, an old settler of Preston township. They had eight children, the subject of this sketch being the sixth child, and was raised upon a farm. Moved with his parents to Jasper county, Mo., and at the age of nineteen went to work by the day and did job work, and took a trip to Arkansas and one into the Indian Territory. Traveled some in southwestern Missouri. He was married to Miss Martha Shoemaker Nov. 5, 1877, and located in Preston township and followed farming and threshing. Has two children: Edward J., born Sept. 13, 1873, and Lula M., born Aug. 27, 1881. Mr. Ruddick is an energetic, pushing man, and is bound to become successful and prominent.
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