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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 R. SCOTT, machinist and engineer, is a native of Jasper county, Mo,, born at Sarcoxie, March 26, 1851, and is the son of Wm. R. and Sarah M. Scott, both of St. Clair county, Ill. On his father’s side the family are of Scotch descent, and were formerly from Virginia, and in that state his ancestors were among the early settlers. George R.’s parents came in 1848 to Jasper county, where Wm. R. engaged in mercantile business when the town was founded. There George was raised and received the rudiments of his education. He attended the high school of Carthage for a number of years, and graduated there in 1872. In 1877 he went to Pennsylvania and learned the machinist’s business with Phillips Bros, at Titusville, remaining in that state until 1881. Mr. S. is a member of Lawrence Lodge No. 239, I. O. O. F. In politics a Democrat, though liberal in his views, and a young man who devotes himself to the enjoyment of his friends as well as himself.
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