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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. R. LARRICK. One of the leading stores in the live and thriving village of Jasper is carried on by Waller & Larrick. They have a general store, and keep dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, etc. The subject of this sketch was born April 19, 1851, in Noble county, Ohio, and is the son of Raymond R. Larrick, who was born in Virginia and followed farming. Young Larrick attended the public schools and obtained a good education by going to school winters. He had to work on the farm summers until nineteen years of age; then engaged in teaching and followed that for ten years. During that time attended the Colwell Normal and the college at New Concord, Ohio. Was married to Maggie E. Spade Sept. 8, 1874. She died July 15, 1879, and Jan. 5, 1882, Mr. Larrick was again married; this time to Mary E. Kern, a lady of culture and refinement. Mr. Larrick is a pleasant and courteous gentleman, and has the esteem and confidence of his patrons, and bids fair to soon become one of the most successful merchants in Jasper city.
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