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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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WILLIAM CROWNER was born in Richland county, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1834, and was reared on a farm, his father being a native of Virginia and his mother a native of Ohio. Young William has a very limited education, and only attended school a very short time in the winter months. He left home and went to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1853, working on a farm at $10 a month, working there for three years. He then married Miss Eliza Farris, a native of Kentucky. He lived on his father-in-law’s place for two years, engaged in farming, and then bought a farm about eighteen miles from St. Joseph, and remained there until 1867, and then came to St. Joseph. He then settled on his present farm of eighty acres, and has a good house and granary, two good springs, and a good orchard. Mrs. Crowner is a member of the M. E. Church and Mr. Crowner of the Christian Church. They are highly respected by their friends and neighbors for their many good qualities.
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