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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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CURRAN SWAIM, farmer and carpenter, was born in Randolph county, N. C., Feb. 3, 1826, where he was reared and educated. His father, Moses, was born in North Carolina in 1788, and immigrated to Indiana in 1843. He was a lawyer by profession, though formerly engaged in farming; he died in 1870. The subject of this sketch was married in November, 1854, to Miss Mary Waite, who was born in Lewis county, N. Y., in 1830. Their children are as follows: Lucy, David, and Mary. Mr. Swaim removed to McHenry county, Ill., in 1870, and came to Jasper county, Mo., in the fall of 1878. His farm, comprising one hundred acres, is located within one mile of Fidelity; about sixty acres are improved, which produced good crops of grain and fruit the past season. Mr. Swaim is a cabinet-maker, wagon-maker, and carpenter, and a man of general versatility; at times devoting his attention to art. He has a daughter who is quite gifted as an artist, and most of the family are musicians. The farm is located in sections 9 and 16 of township 27, range 31, of Jackson township, on the Joplin and Sarcoxie road.
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