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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 GEORGE, grocer, was born in Tyrone, Ireland, June 11, 1828. His parents, John and Jane (Junk) George, were also natives of the Emerald Isle; his father was born at Tyrone in 1783, and died at the same place in June, 1855; his mother was born in County Derry about the year 1793. Our subject was reared on a farm, and educated in the schools of Ireland. He immigrated to America in 1849, sailing from Belfast to Liverpool, and from that city on July 22 in the Abbe Pratt, reaching New York after a voyage of thirty-three days; came west to Cincinnati, where he remained for two and one-half years; thence to Ogle county, Ill., where he engaged in farming about two years. He then came west to Iowa, locating in Chickasaw county, where he engaged in farming for eleven years. He then moved to Cherokee county, Kan., and engaged in agricultural pursuits for about sixteen years, being one of the earliest settlers in that county. He came to Joplin March 1, 1882, and in August following engaged in his present business. Mr. George was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Harris) Crooks. Mrs. G. was born Jan. 25, 1822, in County Derry, Ireland.
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