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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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THOMAS DAHILL, stone mason, Joplin, was born in County Warford, Ireland, in 1833. His parents James and Catharine (Fitzgerald) Dahill, were also natives of the Emerald Isle, Our subject grew to manhood in the county of his nativity, receiving a liberal education in the Irish schools. He immigrated to America in June, 1863, arriving at New York on the 15th day of that month. One year later he came to Missouri, locating at Pleasant Hill and engaged at his trade. He came to Joplin March 3, 1876, and engaged in mining, which he has continued with abundant success. Mr. Dahill was married in County Warford, Ireland, in 1860, to Miss Johanna Coleman of that county; Mrs. D. was born in 1846. From this union there have been ten children, James (deceased), Catharine (deceased), John (deceased), Catharine, James, John, Michael, Margaret, Thomas, and Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Dahill are members of Catholic Church.

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