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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. W. SILVEY, farmer, post-office Joplin, was born in Oldham county, Ky., Dec. 8, 1840. His parents died when he was quite young. When he was about twelve years of age he came north with an uncle to Johnson county, Ind., and two years after moved to Kansas, locating in Douglas county, near Lawrence. He enlisted Aug. 20,1862, in Company E, Twelfth Kansas Infantry Volunteers, Colonel Adams commanding, and served until the close of the war, and was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., in June, 1865, and shortly after returned to Douglas county, Kan., and engaged in farming. He came to Missouri in 1867, and located in Newton county, three miles southeast of the present city of Joplin. He came to his present location in 1869, and has since remained engaged at farming and stock-raising. Mr. Silvey was married in Douglas county, Kan., in Oct., 1866, to Miss Mary G. Taylor. They were blessed with seven children: John W., James H., deceased; Willis F., Nancy E. M., Dora E., Lula May, and an infant. Mrs. S. died March 8, 1883. She was a consistent member of the Baptist Church.
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