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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 SANDERS was born in Greene county, Ill., Oct. 17, 1825, and is the son of William and Lydia Sanders, natives of Ohio. Of seven children Jesse is the fourth. His father died when he was six years old, and young Jesse went to live with his uncle. He remained there until twenty-two years of age, and then went to work in a mill in Greene county, remaining there seven years. He then went to Fulton county and bought a farm and engaged in farming. He was married to Ellen Berry on April 26th, 1850. Mr. Sanders engaged in farming for fifteen years, and then sold out and moved to Jasper county, locating on his present farm in October, 1880. He has three children: Deming, Curtis, and Margaret. Mrs. Sanders died in December, 1877. Mr. Sanders’s two boys are now living with him. The subject of this sketch is a good neighbor, and highly respected in the community.
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