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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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ALBERT B. SMITH, born in Tippecanoe county, Ind., March 17, 1849, where he was raised. He came to Jasper county in the fall of 1870, with his father Jeremiah, who is now a very old man and lives with him. Married August 11, 1872, Cornelia Corkins, who was born in Tippecanoe county, Ind., and raised there. The subject of this sketch has a farm of 91 acres, on Spring River, about 60 acres being under the plow; 30 acres the past season averaged 25 ½ bushels of wheat; and 30 acres of corn, averaged 35 bushels; there is also a good orchard on the farm. Mr. Smith’s farm comprises a good share of the tract of land where the recent big mines of blende and lead ore have been discovered. There are already five good shafts, turning out big quantities of ore. Great excitement exists and no doubt there is good reason for it, and which will probably continue to grow. Mr. Smith little thought that his farm was to produce ores as well as grain when he made his purchase or that he would reap so handsome a profit.

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