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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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FINLEY PRUTSMAN was born in Taylor county, Ill, Nov. 6, 1857. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of Illinois. When sixteen years of age he went to Iroquois county, Ill., and worked out on a farm by the month; he then went to Vermillion county, and then to Jasper county in 1876. Dec. 25, 1879, he was married to Mary E. Ferris, daughter of John and Mary Ferris, who were natives of Missouri. Mr. Prutsman has one child, named Edna Isabell. He is now living in Sheridan township, engaged in farming, and intends to make Jasper county his permanent home.
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