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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 L. GALBREATH, physician and surgeon, was born May 14, 1837, in Butler county, Pennsylvania. His father, Joseph, and his mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Trimble, were both natives of Pennsylvania. Dr. Galbreath was reared and educated in Pennsylvania at Washington College. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D of the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania, serving nine months, when he re-enlisted in Company L, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving until the close of the war; he was captured in the Shenandoah Valley, and served two months in Libby Prison. He also served as second sergeant. He then took up the study of medicine in 1865, studying until he entered the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, Soon after leaving the college of medicine he began the regular practice at Glenwood, Schuyler county, Ohio. In the summer of 1881 he came to Carthage, Missouri, where he has since been in constant practice. In the spring of 1882 he formed a partnership with Dr. W. A. Cormack, with whom he is still engaged in practice. From 1870 to 1874 he served as superintendent of public instruction in Moniteau county, Missouri, having been engaged in teaching for a number of years, and while superintendent of schools served also as deputy county clerk of Moniteau county. He married Miss Jemima Smith, of Butler county, Pennsylvania. They have one child. His wife died August 8, 1869, and he was married again in October, 1875, to Myra W. Campbell, of Ohio. Dr. Galbreath is a member of the I. O. O. F. He enjoys a good practice, and commands the respect of his patrons as a good physician and citizen.

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