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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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WILLIAM JOHNSTON was born in Scotland, Sept, 4, 1848, and immigrated to Illinois with his parents in 1851, and is the son of James and Mary Johnston, natives of Scotland, and of ten children our subject was the eighth child. He worked for his father on the farm until he was twenty-five years of age. He was married to Miss Lillie Wright, daughter of John and Nellie Wright, natives of Scotland. Mrs. Johnston was born in Sangamon county, Ill., in 1850, and was married March 27, 1873, and in 1876 moved to Vermillion county, Ill. Mr. Johnston bought a farm of eighty acres and farmed eight years, and then moved to Jasper county, Mo., and bought his present farm of eighty acres, which is well improved, with good orchard, and fair buildings. Mr. Johnston has two children, named Helen and Lizzie.
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