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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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JACOB RICHWINE. Among the early settlers of Sheridan township none are more worthy of entering these pages than the above named citizen. He was born March 15, 1819, in Rockingham county, Va., and moved to Indiana and settled in Wayne county in 1829, and bought a farm in the timber. He was educated in the common schools of Indiana. It was a log school-house, and they used benches made of slabs; for their windows they removed a log and set in glass, and a blackboard was something unknown in those days. When he was of age his father gave him a farm in the timber and he moved upon it and cleared it. He was married to Clarissa Hoover, and had three children, two of whom are now living, Lucinda A. Chance, and Martha Orbaugh. Mrs. Richwine died in 1854. He then sold and moved to Hamilton county, where he bought 160 acres of land and a fourth interest in a saw-mill. He married for his second wife Mrs. Phebe Fonts, nee Harris. She was married to Silas Fonts in 1850, and had one child named James M. Mr. Fonts died in 1850. Mrs. Fonts was married to Mr. Richwine in April, 1855, in Wayne county. Mr. Richwine then returned to Hamilton county, and in 1868 sold and came to Jasper county and located on his present farm of 135 acres. They have two children, William A. and Phebe. Mr. Richwine is a good farmer, and has an excellent farm and good buildings. Mr. Richwine was raised a Democrat, but is now a staunch Greenbacker. Mrs. Richwine’s mother is now living with them at the advanced age of eighty-one years, and is enjoying excellent health. She retains her strength and vitality remarkably for one of her years. Mr. Richwine and family are held in high esteem by his friends and neighbors.

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