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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 W. GASPERSON was born in North Carolina, June 14, 1830, and moved to South Carolina; then to Tennessee and Kentucky, and then to Illinois, and in 1839 moved to Franklin county, Mo. He was married to Miss Martha Inman, Nov. 30, 1856. She was the second of five children. Her parents were natives of Illinois. In 1866 he moved to Lawrence county, Mo., and farmed nine years. He moved on his present farm of forty acres in 1876, and has eighty acres leased. Mr. and Mrs. Gasperson have the following children: John M., Benjamin F., Mary A., Christmond, Rachel J., and Louis E. Mr. and Mrs. Gasperson are members of the M. E. Church, and Mr. G. is a member of the Masonic order, and an honest, upright man.
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