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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 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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J. C. MURDOCK, hardware merchant, was born in Canada April 7, 1842. He received a classical education, graduating at Regiopolis, Canada, and in 1865, went South and engaged in the stock business, afterward going to Council Bluffs. Iowa, where he remained four years, and then went to Leavenworth, Kan., and to Fort Scott, where he was engaged in the same business. He then located at Seneca, Mo., where he was in general merchandise eight years, and came to Galena in 1878 and engaged in the hardware business. He has an interest in property in Missouri and in Galena, Cherokee County, and owns a half interest in forty acres of mining land, and has other mining property. He also owns three business houses and one residence in Galena. He was married to Miss Lizzie Byrne, of Kingston, Ontario, in 1867. They have five children—E. John, Robert E., Oscar F., Anna and Walter Stanley.
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