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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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JESSE HITCHCOCK, was born in Clark county, Ohio, March 8, 1846, and there raised and educated. When twenty-one years of age Mr. Hitchcock removed to Pike county, Ill. He enlisted in the Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry, serving two years and eight months. The subject of this sketch was married in September, 1868, to Lucinda Bradbury, who was born in Brown county, Ohio, Jan, 27, 1842. Their children are Lewis E., Minnie A., Mary J., and Murray. Mr. Hitchcock came to Jasper county Mo., in April, 1881, and owns a well improved farm of 40 acres, raising 160 bushels of wheat, 250 of corn, and has a fine orchard of 225 apple trees, and 400 peach trees. He is an engineer by profession. This farm is located in section 29, township 29, range 81, in Marion township. Mr. Hitchcock is an industrious farmer and commands the respect of the community.

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