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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 MANKER, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Clinton county, Ind., Jan. 8, 1833, where he was reared and educated. The subject of this sketch was married April 1, 1855, to Mary E. Gibson, who was born in Brown county, Ohio, July 18, 1834, and raised in Indiana. Their children are John A., Celestine, Samuel, Andrew J., and two deceased. Mrs. Manker is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Manker came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1867, and lives on a farm of 176 acres, raising in 1882, 3,200 bushels of wheat, 1,600 of corn, besides he is growing a fine young orchard. There are found upon this farm, which has remains of breastworks, the skeletons of some unfortunate soldiers, and marks of bullets and shells upon the trees and old log huts. This farm if situated on the fertile bottom-lands of the river, and is in section 34, township 29, range 31, of Marion township, Mr. Manker is a genial gentleman, a good neighbor, and prospers by hard work and industry.
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