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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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R. P. MARTIN, station agent, Frisco Road, Sarcoxie, was born in Casey county, Ky., Feb. 27, 1853. His parents, Jesse and Eliza Martin, were also natives of the Blue-grass State. When five years of age our subject moved with his parents to Missouri, locating in Camden county, where he grew to manhood and engaged in agricultural pursuits and attended the common schools. He finished his education in the Lebanon High School, graduating in the spring of 1874. After quitting school he engaged to learn the art of photography, but three years later commenced to learn telegraphy at Lebanon. In Nov., 1879, he took charge of the telegraph office at Neosho, Newton county, and six months after he went to Stoutland, Camden county, and took charge as station agent and operator for a time; he then engaged as night operator at St. Clair, Franklin county. He then went to Fredonia, Kan., and shortly after came to Sarcoxie, taking charge of the station as agent and operator, Aug. 14, 1881. Mr. Martin was married in Neosho, Newton county, this state, Feb. 6, 1879, to Miss Fannie Jordan. They have one child: Virgil Edward, born April 11, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have a very pleasant home in Sarcoxie, and are surrounded by a wide circle of friends. Mr. M. is a member of the I. O. O. F.
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