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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. S. WRIGHT, farmer, post-office Smithfield, was born in Adair county, Ky., Nov. 15, 1815. His parents, Isaac and Elizabeth (Ownby) Wright, were natives of Virginia. Our subject remained in the Blue-grass State until twenty-one years of age, and then went to Iowa, locating in Van Buren county, near Keosauqua. Two years later he moved to Clark county, Mo., and engaged in farming, near Chambersburg, for a time. Then went to Washington county, Ark, but after a stay of several months returned to Missouri and took a claim on what was and is yet known as Oliver’s Prairie. He came to Jasper county about the year 1841, locating where the little village of Bellville now stands. Mr. Wright was married on Turkey Creek, a short distance below Bellville, to Miss Eliza, daughter of David Wheeler, one of the pioneer settlers of this county. There have been five children: Elzadah, John M., Olive E., Henrietta, and David. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the M. E. Church.
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