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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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RICHARD Z. EARL, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Carthage, was born in Elk county, Penn., Oct. 14, 1844, and was there reared and educated; son of Josiah and Hannah Earl, natives of Pennsylvania. Our subject was the second of five children, and in 1864 he moved to Illinois. He was married to Miss Carrie E. Dickerson, who was born in Calhoun county, Mich., July 4, 1849, and reared in Illinois, where our subject lived some time. He then moved to Indiana and lived there five years and came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1879, locating on his present farm which consists of 225 acres, which is well fenced and under cultivation, with forty acres of pasturage; well watered, good orchard and fair buildings. Mr. Earl has six children: Orville, born Oct. 2, 1867; Marshall, born June 25, 1870; John, born June 10, 1873; Richard, Jr., born Dec. 16, 1875; Osmer, born Dec. 24, 1877; Josiah, born Dec. 12, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Earl are members of the Baptist Church and stand high in the community.
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