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Below is a family biography included in The History of Barton 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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Moses L. Barth, the leading clothier of Lamar, Mo., was born in Germany March 8, 1865, being a son of Solomon and Caroline (Lyon) Barth, also natives of Germany, where they are still living, the father being engaged in stock shipping and trading. Moses L. Barth received an excellent German education, and, when fifteen years of age, started for America, and, after arriving in Columbia, Mo., entered the State University, which he attended one year in order to acquaint himself with the English language. He then began clerking for his cousins, J. and V. Barth, in Columbia, and soon became head clerk. In 1887 he came to Lamar, where he has the largest clothing and gents’ furnishing establishment in the city. He is a Knight of Pythias, a member of the I. O. O. F., and in his political views is a Democrat. On the 15th of February, 1888, he was married to Pauline Barth, who was born in Germany, and came to America when ten years of age. Her parents reside at Boonville, Mo.
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