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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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GEORGE A. MALTBIE, post-office Golden City, farmer and stock-raiser, section 14. The subject of this sketch was born in Warren county, Ohio, June 7, 1844, and was reared on a farm and was educated in Warren county. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Seventy-ninth Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in at Camp Denison, joining the Army of the Cumberland. He was honorably discharged on account of sickness in October, 1863, returning to his old home, and for a year he was unable to engage in any kind of business. In 1868 he moved to Missouri, and finally bought and settled in Bates county, living there until 1861. In 1882 he bought his present farm of 320 acres, 240 under cultivation. The stream South Fork runs through his farm, and a party of miners are now digging there for lead. The prospects are flattering for finding lead in paying quantities. Mr. Maltbie is an enterprising and energetic man, and is universally respected.

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