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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 S. CARSON, treasurer of Jasper county, Missouri, was born in Washington county, Missouri, March 11, 1839, where he was raised until eighteen years of age, when he removed to Granby, Newton county, Missouri. His father, Thomas M., was a farmer by occupation, and has been dead since 1869. His mother, Charlotte, nee Carson, was born in Tennessee, in 1810, and is now a resident of Newton county. Mr. Carson has been twice married; first in 1869, to Miss Roundtree, a native of Missouri, who died in 1874. In 1875 he married for his second wife Miss Mary S. Horn, who is a native of Missouri; both are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Carson is a member of the Masonic order—Blue Lodge— and A. O. U. W. He enlisted at Ft. Smith in the Ninth Battalion of Sharp-shooters, serving three years. In 1872 he became a citizen of Joplin, and engaged in mercantile pursuits, also in mining at Granby. Mr. Carson was elected county treasurer in 1882, and is an efficient and obliging public officer as well as respected for his social qualities.
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