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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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MRS. MARIA MALEY was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, June 14, 1833, where she was raised, and married April 3, 1856, to William Maley, who was also a native of New York. Sept. 21, 1866, they arrived in the then “Far West,” settling in Linn county, Iowa. Concluding that the winters of Iowa were too long, and partly for the somewhat impaired health of Mr. Maley, they immigrated south to the more congenial clime of southwestern Missouri, claiming citizenship in Jasper county, dating from July 13, 1869. Purchasing a farm two miles north of Oronogo of 160 acres he made a desirable home for his children and wife, who was destined to become his widow June 10, 1878. The names of the children are Augusta, Frederick, William, Helen L., Sarah Eliza, and Herbert. The farm is in section 30, township 29, range 32, and has a fine orchard of apple, peach, and cherry trees, besides showing good indications of paying mineral.
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