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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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JOHN L. GERNSEY, post-office Maple Grove, farmer and stock-raiser, also an inventor. Our subject was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., May 14, 1834, and in 1844 moved to Michigan, and was there educated, and worked on the farm until 1862; he then went to Kansas, and from there he went to Idaho, and engaged in mining for five years. In 1869 he came to Jasper county, Missouri, and located on his father’s farm, who came to Jasper county soon after the war and bought his present farm, and has lived here ever since. His wife is an invalid, and has been for some years. Our subject was married to Miss J. E. Culley. She was born in De Witt county, Ill., Jan. 21, 1857, and moved to Lawrence county, Mo., in 1876, and was married to our subject July 18, 1880, in Lawrence county. By this union they have one child, named Annie. Mr. Gernsey has invented a new sulky plow that is designed to be the plow of the future. It runs a third lighter than the ordinary sulky plow and saves one horse. Mr. Gernsey has just got a patent on it but has not got it before the public; he has so much to do that he cannot attend to introducing his plow or to manufacturing it, and is going to sell. Anyone can see a sample by calling at his residence.
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