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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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EDWIN SHOEMAKER, son of Seth Shoemaker, who was born in Virginia in 1790, and was quartermaster in the War of 1812; and was one of the pioneers of Ohio, where he moved at an early date and settled in Adams county. Edwin was born there Dec. 29, 1822. At the age of twelve he moved with parents to Indiana, and in 1839 came to Missouri, and the next year settled on his present farm. He was married May 3, 1826, to Julian Stockton a native of Kentucky, and daughter Nuberg Stockton, an old pioneer, who was in the Black Hawk War. They have the following children living: Elizabeth S., Thersa M., James S., John N., Martha S., and William R. During the war he was scout for the Union army for a short time. He moved to Kansas, and there joined the Kansas Militia, and was in the battles of the Blue, when Price made his last raid. He returned to Jasper county after the war and improved his farm. Mr. Shoemaker sometimes sighs for the old pioneer days, and thinks he had pleasanter times then than now. He is a sociable and enterprising man, and very highly esteemed by all his friends and neighbors.
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