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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 GUTHRIE was born in Richland county, Ohio, in March, 1825, and went to Kansas in 1857, and from there to Jasper county in the fall of 1882, and has been identified with the county for thirteen years. He was married in March, 1855, to Milison Ann Pike, of Putnam county, Ind., where she was born and raised. The names of their children, only five out of ten are now living, are as follows: E. F., Elizabeth, Joseph L., Mary Belle, and Cora May. Mr. Guthrie is an Odd Fellow, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church. With the exception of six years of mining in Cherokee county, Kan., farming has been his occupation. The farm on which he now lives is well improved, with good buildings, orchard, and barns, besides comprising some fine mining lands, which he and his son are gradually developing into profitable sources of wealth.
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