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Below is a family biography included in The History of Phelps County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  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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D. T. Lenox, farmer, stock dealer and raiser, and a native of Phelps County, Mo., was born in 1847, being a son of David and Elizabeth (Brown) Lenox, who were natives of Kentucky, the former’s birth occurring in 1797. He was ordained a minister of the Baptist Church in the early part of his career, and throughout life was an influential and highly respected citizen. He died in 1863, at the age of sixty-six years, and his wife, who was born in 1801, died in 1868. They were the parents of twelve children, D. T. Lenox being the ninth of the family. He remained with his parents until their respective deaths, and in 1867 was married to Miss Sarah Burkitt, a daughter of Wheeler and Catherine Burkitt, by whom he became the father of six children: Bessie, Hamilton, Catherine, Kenard and Isaac (twins) and Madge. Mr. Lenox resides on the old home farm, which was entered by his father about 1825, and which now consists of 700 acres of good land, with 400 acres in a fine state of cultivation and well improved. He ships from two to three car loads of cattle annually, and two car loads of hogs, all of which are raised on his farm. His buildings are all in good condition, and he has a fine cattle barn, 60x80 feet. He keeps from sixteen to twenty mules to work his farm, and is a man of good business qualifications, as his success shows. His farm is principally bottom land, located on Dry Fork Creek. In 1879 he was elected by the Democratic party of Phelps County as collector, and served one term. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Masonic fraternity.

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