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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 W. HENRY, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Sarcoxie, was born in this county Nov. 4, 1841; his father, John Henry, was a native of Virginia; mother, Melina Henry of the Blue-grass State. Our subject was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools of Jasper county. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, First Kansas Cavalry, and served three months; then returned to Missouri and enlisted in Company G, Seventy-sixth Regiment, M. S. M., Col. Jno. D. Allen commanding, and served until the close of the war; participated in a number of important engagements; mustered out at Bower’s Mills, Lawrence county, in the summer of 1865, and returned home. Mr. Henry was married Feb. 6, 1866, to Miss Harriet Dickeson, of this county, but a native of Indiana; born July 16, 1847. From this union there have been six children: Orah Alice, born March 25, 1867; Julina Ann, born March 6, 1869; Brice W., born Dec. 23, 1873, died Dec, 1, 1879; Richard W., born April 14, 1875; Avonia Gertrude, born Oct. 28, 1878, and Emma V., born July 1, 1880. Mr. Henry is a man of good business qualifications and is considered one of the most successful farmers in Sarcoxie township; he and a brother, A. W. Henry, have an excellent farm near Cave Springs, well fenced and improved.
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