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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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SAMUEL SHAW was born in Franklin county, Ind., Oct. 3, 1829, and raised in the Badger State, his father’s name being Hamilton. Was married in Vigo county, Ind., Nov. 23, 1850, to Harriet Henry, who was born in Vigo county, April 1, 1839. The children’s names are Nancy M., Clarence, Mary, Frank, Hattie, and Samuel Jr. Both are members of the Free Will Baptist Church. The subject of this sketch came to Jasper county in 1879, and settled near Smithfield, on a farm in township 28, range 34, a forty acres situated on the state line, and going to the west line of section 2. Mr. Shaw is procuring rock, with the intention of putting up a stone house on his farm this season. He is a man of enterprise and a valuable acquisition to any community.
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