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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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JEREMIAH SANDT, born in Northampton county, Pa., Jan. 17, 1802, where he was raised. His father, Leonard, who was born in the same county, died in 1858. He went to St. Joseph county, Mich., in 1868, and came to Jasper county in Oct., 1880; was married May 25, 1844, to Susana Kline, who was born in Northampton county, Penn., Feb. 28, 1811, and there raised. His only child is a son named Frank; four are dead. He lives with his father, and married in Dec, 1864, Matilda Todshank, who was born in the same county. The children are Elizabeth S., Mary E., Victor I., Emma C., and Dottie. The farm comprises fifty acres, about thirty-six being improved; twelve acres in wheat averages twenty-five bushels, eleven and a half acres of corn averages sixty bushels, and 100 bushels of oats; there is also a small orchard on the farm. They have been members of the Lutheran Church. The farm is in section 17, township 29, range 31, five and a half miles northwest of Carthage. Mr. Sandt is of German descent, and of that hardy class of farmers who always merit universal esteem.
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