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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 J. MOODY, post-office Dudenville, farmer, section 4, Lincoln township, was born in North Carolina, Haywood county. When five years of age he moved to Georgia. He is the son of Wm., and Malinda Moody. When six years old his father died and his mother moved to Arkansas; lived there three years; then came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1848, and has been in Jasper county most of the time since. Our subject then went to work on a farm by the month until he was married to Mary Kilpatrick. She was born in Benton county, Mo., in 1840. Her parents were natives of Tenn. Her father died in 1851 and her mother moved to Jasper county, in 1854, and was married to Mr. Slinker in 1851. He was a very early settler of Jasper county; he died in 1859 and Mrs. Slinker is making her home with Mr. Moody, who has three children, named Willie, Julia, and George. Mr. Moody has engaged in farming ever since he was married. He was in the Missouri State Militia. Mr. Moody is an honest, upright farmer, a good citizen, and a good neighbor.
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