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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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K. S. GEER was born in Licking county, Ohio, Oct. 16, 1834. He remained in the Buckeye State until manhood, coming west to Woodford county, Ill., in 1856. Being drafted into the service in Illinois, he furnished a substitute. In July, 1859, he was married to Caroline Dixson of Woodford county. They have a patriarchal family of twelve children, ten of whom are living, viz., Alice M., Cyrus F., Emma A., Martha E., Harvey C., Thos. E., William J., Carrie H., Wesley, Ory H., Fannie, and Ida. Mr. Geer and wife have always been prominently identified with the Methodist Church. From 1870 to 1874 Mr. Geer was one of two grocers in Oronogo, then a prominent business point with the miners. He gave the land where the hotel and Mr. Armstrong’s drug store now stands, to encourage public enterprises. He is at present farming near Oronogo and interested in mining.
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