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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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ISOM J. WOOD was born in Cherokee county, Ga., March 5, 1854. His father, Manley M., was a farmer in Georgia. The subject of this sketch was married Nov. 9, 1877, to Mrs. Eliza J. Alexander, who was born in Jasper county. Their children’s names are Alice S., Florence J., Thos. M., Mary F., Alexander, Effie, and Oscar D. Mrs. Wood is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wood has a farm of one hundred and fifteen acres, about fifteen acres improved, raising the past season some 400 bushels of wheat, 750 bushels of corn, and 300 bushels of oats; there is also a small young orchard on the place. This farm is located in sections 13, 14, and 23, township 28, range 32, Jackson township. Mr. Wood’s father, previous to the war, was a large slave owner and stock-raiser in Alabama, and died in 1862. Mr. Wood is a young man, energetic, industrious and prosperous.
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