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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. L. THOMAS, attorney and counselor at law, was born in Grant county, Wisconsin, in 1844. His father, Thomas Thomas, was a native of Wales, and settled in Wisconsin in 1828, where he still lives. His mother, Elizabeth, nee Tanner, was also a native of Wales. He was reared and educated in Wisconsin, at the State University at Madison. He was admitted at Madison, Wisconsin, in 1808, and in 1869 began the practice of law in Carthage, Missouri, and has continued here since. In 1871 he was appointed circuit attorney by the Governor, and in 1874 elected prosecuting attorney of Jasper county, Missouri. Mr. Thomas is one of the finest orators of the Jasper county bar. He was married to Miss Laura Franklin, in 1875. Only one of their two children is living.
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