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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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JAMES SMITH, general blacksmithing and wagon and carriage making, was born in Munfordsville, Hart County, Ky., in 1843, and learned his trade in Liberty, Clay County, Mo. He was identified with his profession principally in Liberty and Chillicothe till 1870, when he located here, where he has successfully carried on his present industry since. In 1870, he married Miss Clara E. Darlington, of Chillicothe, Mo. They have a family of two sons and three daughters— Maud, Agnes, Lillie, Oscar and Roscoe. Mr. Smith did service in the late war in the Eighth Missouri State Militia, and afterward in the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteers, Company I., from which he was honorably discharged.

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This family biography is one of 289 biographies included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883.  For the complete description, click here: Cherokee County, Kansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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