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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 J. SEYMOUR, farmer, Avilla, is a native of Jasper county, Mo., born Jan, 29, 1860. His father, Robert Seymour, was a native of Kentucky and was among the early settlers of the county. He owned and operated a farm in McDonald township for some years. During the war of the Rebellion he was a member of Captain Stemmons’s Company of the Seventy-sixth Regiment E. M. M., and was killed in the line of duty near Carthage, Mo., July 20, 1864, by Rusk’s band of rebel bushwhackers. Our subject obtained his education at the schools of the county and spent the greater part of his life in his native town. He went to Texas in 1875, with the intention of locating, but returned the following year and engaged in the mercantile business at Avilla in 1882. Being dissatisfied with the business he sold out his interest, and hereafter intends devoting his time and energy to the tilling of the soil.
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