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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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SCOTT STIERS was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, Oct. 16, 1836. His father, John Stiers, was one of the very earliest settlers in Jasper county, coming here in 1847, and settled on what is known as the Cooley farm, paying $100 for the squatter’s right. Mr. Scott Stiers came to Jasper county when only eleven years of age. He was married Dec. 22, 1870, to Hattie E. Holt, who was born in Dresden, Ohio, April 5, 1852, and raised in Iowa and Illinois. The names of the children are Lucy J., Vinny K., Charles D., who died Nov. 11, 1876, E. A., Lolla G., and George Frederic. Mr. Scott enlisted at Paola, Kan., in the Sixth Kansas Volunteers, and served during the war. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are both members of the M. E. Church of Smithfield. He owns a farm of 40 acres, about 33 under cultivation. About 14 acres in wheat the past season averaged 23 ½ bushels, 8 acres of corn averaged 40 bushels. There is a small young orchard on the place. Mr. Stiers has done something at the carpenter’s trade although a good farmer.
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