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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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A. F. RAY, agriculturalist, post-office Joplin, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, July 1, 1847. His parents, Abraham and Elizabeth (Fisher) Ray, were also of the Buckeye State. During infancy subject moved with his parents to Illinois, locating near Chicago, where the father, being a carpenter, engaged at his trade. Three years later the family moved to Dallas county, Texas, and in the spring of 1855 returned north, locating in Leavenworth county, Kansas. Young Ray received a very fair common school education. Came to Jasper county in 1867, stopping at Carthage, where he engaged in the livery business. Came to present location in 1873, and has since improved an excellent small farm. Mr. Ray was married in Carthage, Mo., April 14, 1874, to Miss Hannah Eleanor, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth McLear, formerly of Ohio. From this union there are two children: Henry M., born April 14, 1875; and Ernest W., born March 28, 1883.
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