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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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J. C. LEWIS, farmer and stock-raiser, a native of Jasper county, Mo., born Sept 4, 1847, was reared and educated on Center Creek. His father, Hiddons Lewis came here from Indiana at an early day. Mr. Hiddons Lewis lived on Center Creek where he died in 1853. During the war our subject, though young, was for the Union; his eldest, brother went into the Union army, thus leaving him and his brother, John, with the care of the family. They moved to Oregon for protection, and were there when that place was destroyed by Shelby’s command in 1864. Was married March 4, 1877, to Miss Nettie Breeze, a native of Ill. Of this union there are two children: Martha V. and Rhoda J.; Mr. Lewis is working his interest in the Lewis estate, 200 acres, situated five miles southeast of Carthage.
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