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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. WHITE, proprietor of furniture factory and planing mill, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1838, where he was raised and learned his trade. His father, Barnerd, lived and died in Pennsylvania, in 1839. The subject of this sketch was married to Jennie Black, December 27, 1861, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in December, 1840. Their children are Nettie A., Anna C, and Edwin Lee. He is a member of the M. E. Church (South) and Masonic order. He emigrated in 1860 to Newark, Ohio, and to Carthage, Missouri, in 1876. Mr. White is a cabinet-maker by trade, and has recently opened the furniture factory on the corner of Mound and Meridian streets, where he does an extensive business in turning, planing, general jobbing, and manufactures furniture for the wholesale trade. He began in November, 1881, and runs five hands, and is rapidly building up a thriving and paying business.
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