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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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MILES MARTIN, born in Morgan county, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1837, and there raised. He removed to Davis county, Iowa, in 1857, coming to Woodson county, Kan., the coming May. He enlisted at Iola, Kan., Oct. 19, 1861, in the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, serving three years and four months. He was married June 13, 1867, to Nancy E. Nash, who was born in Nodaway county, Mo., Feb. 4, 1847, and raised there. The children are Timothy D., Sallie J., William, Alta G., and four not living. Mr. Martin owns a farm of 60 acres, where he resides, and 240 in Cherokee county, Kan., just across the state line from his Missouri farm. Forty acres sown to wheat averaged 20 bushels, and seventy-five acres of corn averaged 40 bushels to the acre. There is a small orchard started. Mr. Martin has one of the best farm-houses in this part of the country, and although comparatively a new farm is making rapid substantial improvements. It is located in sight of Smithfield, in township 28, range 34, and section 3.

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