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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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AMOS B. STEVENSON, cooper, Carthage, Missouri, was born in Boone county, Indiana, January 20, 1837, and there reared and educated. His father, Henry, a farmer, died in 1843, a Scotchman by birth, coming to America in 1814. The subject of this sketch was married in December, 1865, to Levina Goodwin, who was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, in 1840. Their children are Addie, Al. C., Thomas E., Orvil, Cora, and two deceased. He is a member of the G. A. R. Enlisted in Boone county, Indiana, in 1861 in the Tenth Indiana Infantry for three months, and for three years in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana. He was wounded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 28, 1864, and is a pensioner. He emigrated to Marion county, Iowa, in 1866, and engaged in coopering at Knoxville. He came to Jasper county in 1869 and engaged in farming. He is now, as for some years past, foreman of a cooper shop in the manufacturing of flour barrels. His residence is on Chestnut Avenue. Mr. Stevenson earns a good living and is generally respected.
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