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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 R. CLOUSER was born in Berks county, Pa., Dec. 24, 1836, and is the son of John and Hester Clouser, natives of Pennsylvania and descendants of Pennsylvania Dutch. They had four children, Mr. Clouser being the third child. He went to work in his father’s shoe-shop at nine years of age. He has a common school education in both English and German. At the age of twenty-two he was married to Catharine Froanheiser, in August, 1857. Her parents were also natives of Pennsylvania. From the time Mr. Clouser was seventeen years of age he worked on a farm in Berks county. In 1866 he moved to Vermillion county, Ill., remaining there one year; then settled in Ripley county, Mo., and farmed twelve years. In September, 1878, he settled on his present farm of 120 acres, which he has improved with fine buildings, good orchard, and everything around him bears the mark of thrift and prosperity. He has four children: William, John, Mary A., and Irving. Mr. and Mrs. Clouser are members of the Evangelical Church, and take a very active part in the affairs of the church and Sunday-schools, and stand high in the community.
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