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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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REV. JAS. S. COLTON, rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Carthage, Missouri, known as Grace Church, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1843, He was educated at Princeton College, graduating in 1865. He attended the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1868. His father, Rev. Asa S. Colton, was also a clergyman of the Episcopal Church of Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Colton was married September 10, 1873, to Sophia Neely, who was a resident of New York City. Their children are William, Flora E., and Asa. Rev. Mr. Colton’s first pastorate was at Harrisburg. Pennsylvania, St. Paul’s Church. He came west in 1873, and did parochial work in Nebraska and Kansas, and took charge of the Carthage church in August, 1880.
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