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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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STEPHEN N. McFERRAN, born in Ralls county, Mo., Nov. 28, 1887, but spent most of his early life in Lafayette county, Wis. He has been twice married: first in Lafayette county, Wis., in the fall of 1864, to Jane McNulty, who died in September, 1865; was again married to Levina Myers in June, 1880, who was born in Webster county, Mo., but raised in Texas. He became a citizen of Jasper county in the winter of 1868, and has been engaged in the dry goods business nine years; is now proprietor of the largest store of Carl Junction, carrying a stock of goods from $6,000 to $7,000. He is also engaged in the zinc and lead works at Blende, two miles south of Carl Junction, with his brother James, and Ulysses Hendrickson. This is the pioneer firm in these mines, and they are already realizing a handsome income from their large investment. He is a notary public, a member of the Odd Fellow fraternity, and a citizen of general enterprise.
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