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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 ORNDUFF, farmer and stock-raiser, born in Coles county, Ill., June 22, 1839, and at six years of age went to Jefferson county, Iowa, with his father, John, where he still lives, having settled there in 1846. In 1862 he went to Idaho and engaged in mining, returning to Iowa and soon migrated to Lafayette county, Mo., in 1870. The subject of this sketch was married in January, 1860, to Mary McBurney, who was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1838, where she was raised, and is of Irish descent. The children are Ida C., Samuel W., Charles William, James R., Maggie H., and an infant. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ornduff are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ornduff became a citizen of Jasper county, Mo., in March, 1882. His farm comprises 245 acres, about 100 acres improved, raising in 1882 some 2,600 bushels of corn, 600 of oats, besides an orchard of apples and peaches. This is one of the finest farms and best farm-houses in the county, and is located in section 33, township 29, range 31, in Marion township, just outside the corporation, near the iron bridge on the west road. Mr. Ornduff is a practical farmer and is a good citizen, generous and obliging.
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