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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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ROBT. C. FITZPATRICK, was born March 14, 1846; was raised and educated in New York; came to Missouri in 1869, and settled in the northern part of Jasper county in 1879, and has since been here; has been most of the time engaged in mining, and for one year was marshal of Webb City, and one year constable of Joplin township, and is now engaged in prospecting in one or two localities. Is an enterprising, pushing gentleman, and a man of keen foresight and business ability.

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This family biography is one of more than 1,000 biographies included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published in 1883.  For the complete description, click here: Jasper County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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