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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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WM. E. BRIGGS, grocer merchant at Medoc, located here in 1868. In 1869 he went to Kansas, and returned to Jasper county, Mo., in 1876, where he has since resided. He entered his occupation in 1880 in company with Mr. J. E. Downs. He is a native of Preble county, Ohio, born May 7, 1843. His parents were natives of Ohio, the father of Columbiana county and the mother of Butler county. There was a family of five children. Our subject was married Nov. 4, 1870, to Miss D. E. Bassow. She was born Nov. 15, 1852, and principally raised in Washington county, Ark. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania and her mother of Virginia; they married in Arkansas and settled in Medoc, Jasper county, in 1866. The father at one time was one of the leading general merchants. During the late war Mr. Briggs served in Company H, Ninety-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered in in August, 1862, and mustered out May 24, 1865, participating in the battles of Stone River, Mission Ridge, Nashville, and many others. Since 1880 he has been postmaster at Medoc and served several terms as justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the Christian Church.

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