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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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ALYS MOORMAN, farmer, was born in Orange county, Ind., Dec. 16, 1839, where he was reared and educated. Zachariah, his father, died in Indiana when Alys was quite young. Having come to years of discretion he enlisted at Camp Noble in Company E of the Sixty-sixth Indiana Infantry, serving three years. Mr. Moorman came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1868, and settled on his farm seven miles northwest of Carthage, in Marion township. He raised in the season of 1882, 400 bushels of wheat, 400 of corn, 280 of oats, besides some fruit, from his farm of 80 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Moorman are members of the Protestant M. E. Church, in good and regular standing. He was married to Mrs. Moorman Oct. 10, 1865, Her maiden name was Fannie E. Bowman. She was born in Tennessee, in 1842. Their children are Robert E., Luella R., Annie, and Courtland. Mr. Moorman was formerly engaged in mercantile pursuits in Morgan county, Ind. The farm is located in section 12, township 29, range 82.
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