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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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JAMES M. HICKEY. Mrs. Lou Hickey, the wife of Mr. James M. Hickey, who is doing business in California, was born in Overton county, Tenn., Jan. 31, 1833. Her father, Dr. Bolen, came to Missouri when she was ten years old, and practiced medicine from 1850 to 1873, when he died at Granby; he was the first physician to return to Carthage after the war, building a boarding house and drug store. Her maiden name was Lou Bolen, and was married Sept. 7, 1857, and born in Cooper county, Mo., March 2, 1833, but raised in Jasper county. Their children are Wm., B., John J., Mary Lou, James M., Middleton, and Murray. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hickey are members of the Christian Church; Mr. Hickey is also a Mason. For some years he was engaged in the grocery business in Fidelity. Has a farm of 160 acres, 100 acres of it improved, and six acres of orchard. Mrs. Hickey operated very successfully the Webb City Hotel and boarding house, some seven years with her son. Mrs. Hickey was previously married to Benjamin Murray, Oct. 7, 1850, who was born in 1826, March 5. They have a son Charles, a civil engineer in California. Mr. Murray was an early settler of Jasper county, Mo., and died on his farm Oct. 17, 1856. The farm is located in sections 9 and 16, township 27, range 31 of Jackson township.
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