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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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ROBERT FAITH was born in Jefferson county, Ind., Aug. 30, 1838. At the age of twelve he moved to Illinois, and there worked on the farm and teamed until 1862; then volunteered in Company B, Seventy-third Illinois Infantry; then went to Louisville, Ky., and was in the battle of Crab Orchard. He then went to Nashville, Tenn., and was in the battles of Murfreesborough and Chickamauga. After that he drove a team in the supply train some time, and was appointed wagon-master. He was that until mustered out. Just before the war he took a trip across the plains to New Mexico, and drove a team in a freight train. After the war he returned to Illinois and from there went to Kansas and farmed one year. He was married to Maria Owens, on Nov. 4th, 1866. They had six children, named Stephen S., Sylvia, Chas., Mahala, Lucy, and Daniel R. He moved to Illinois from Kansas and then to Jasper county, Mo., in 1871, and bought his present farm of 40 acres; he has a fair orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Faith are members of the Christian Church and well respected by their neighbors.
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