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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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ISAAC LAUDERBAUGH, farmer, post-office Brest, was born Jan. 16, 1842, in Columbia county, Penn., and raised on a farm. At the age of twenty-one he went to Berwick and farmed and teamed two years. He was married to Mary C. Fowler, in December, 1865, who is a native of the same state, and returned to his birthplace and engaged in farming, and during that time met with a loss of $235, by losing his pocket book. In 1869 he moved to Illinois, and from there came to Jasper county. Farmed three years before coming to Preston township, which he did in 1878, and bought his present farm of 116 acres. He kept store and post-office at Preston two years before moving on his farm. Has four children: Emma E., Willie F., Maggie J., and Elmer I. Mr. and Mrs. Lauderbaugh are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are much esteemed for their many good qualities. Mr. Lauderbaugh has a good farm, with good buildings and good orchard, and has a good home.

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