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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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WILLIS H. CRUTCHER was born in Hardin county, Ky., Feb. 8, 1839, where he was reared. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861, under Gen. Bedford Forest, in Company A, Boone Rangers, Forest’s old regiment, of Hardin county, Ky. He also served with Gen. John Morgan the remainder of the war, being captured with him at Buffington’s Island, Ohio, remaining in prison two months. The subject of this sketch came to Jasper county in 1866, and was married Nov. 10, 1870, to Fannie Workizer, of Jasper county, Mo., where she was reared, but born in Chester county, Penn., Jan. 24, 1849. The names of the children are Una M., William H., Margaret A., Minnie, and Frank. Mr. Crutcher is a Mason, and owns 380 acres of land in Mineral township. There was 150 acres in wheat which averaged 22 bushels per acre. Being the son of a planter when war was declared, 70 acres was the lot falling to him, which he sold for $800 and invested in quinine, so that when the war closed he had $10,000 in Confederate scrip. Because of its depreciation he was left without a cent, and all he has he owes to application and hard work.
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