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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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JOHN B. SERAGE, liveryman, was born in Lorain county, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1843, His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Burdette) Serage, were natives of England, They immigrated to America in 1835. Our subject was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools. In the summer of 1863 he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry Volunteers, Colonel Lendsley commanding, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Cumberland Gap, Nashville, Pulaski, and others of importance. He was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, in June, 1865, and returned home and engaged in farming for about two years; then came west to Kansas, locating in Lawrence, where he engaged for seven years in the stock business. He then went to Chetopa, same state, but shortly after came to Joplin, and established his present business in July, 1877. Mr. Serage was married in Chetopa, Kan., Dec. 1, 1872, to Miss Marian Embree, of that city. Mrs. Serage was born in Platte county, Mo., April 15, 1853. From this union there are three children: Allie B., born May 27, 1876; Fred, born Feb. 23, 1879, and Charles B., born Feb. 28, 1882.
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