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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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RANDALL DRYDEN, attorney and counselor at law, was born in the year 1849, in Indiana. His father, Thomas Dryden, was a native of Tennessee, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth M. Daniels, was a native of North Carolina. Randall Dryden was reared for the most part in Iowa, and educated at the State University, located at Columbia, Missouri, receiving the degree of A. B., in 1873, as well as the degree of M. A. from this institution. He was admitted to the bar at Keokuk, Iowa, in June, 1874, and practiced with his brother, J. H. Dryden, until the spring of 1882, when he came to Carthage, Missouri, where he formed a partnership with Mr. William Thompson, with whom he is now engaged in practice. He was married in October, 1880, to Miss Clara Lemons Knapp, of Clarksville, Missouri. He is still engaged in the practice of law, and enjoys his share of the legal patronage.
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