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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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MOSES J. GRESHAM was born April 12, 1831, in Kentucky, and lived on the farm until the age of fourteen. He then moved to Jasper county with his parents. He is a half-brother of George Gresham, and they married sisters. Moses Gresham married Miss Amelia Shoemaker in 1855, and moved on their present farm of 260 acres, 210 of which is under cultivation; has forty acres of timber, a good orchard, good improvements, good buildings, situated in section 33, and also has eighty acres in section 22, which is also improved. Mr. Gresham is a member of the Cumberland Church, and one of Preston township’s time-honored citizens and well respected. He has four children, named Seth W., John C., Asinath M., and William R.
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