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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 McFERRAN, Jr., was born in Lafayette county, Wis., June 5, 1846, and there raised. In 1867 he made a trip to California, where he remained two years engaged in mining. The year 1870 finds him a citizen of Jasper county, located at Oronogo in the mining business. He married Ella Huff June 25, 1876, who was born in the Yankee State of Maine, Washington county, Dec. 25, 1849, immigrating to Massachusetts in 1853, and in 1874 came to Jasper county, Mo. Thomas H. is their only living child, as Virginia Louise died at the age of two, May 8, 1880. Mrs. M. has formerly worshiped at the Episcopal Church, and Mr. McFerran was raised a Catholic. Mr. McFerran is one of two—with Mr. James Lillie—who discovered and opened up the mines south of Carl Junction, known by some as Blende City, or facetiously “Skeeterville.” He is one of the mining firm of McFerran, Hendrickson & McFerran, operating one engine of forty horsepower and another of ten horse-power. Mr. McFerran is a man of thrift and business enterprise.
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