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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lawrence County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888.  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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Gabriel Boucher. Prominent among the men of Lawrence County, Mo., who have arisen from very meager circumstances to comparative wealth by their own indomitable energy and perseverance, maybe mentioned Mr. Boucher, who began life with little or no capital, and is now the owner of 400 acres of exceptionally fine land. He is a Kentuckian, born in 1822, and moved to Missouri with his parents in 1843. He is a son of Gabriel and Mary (Smith) Boucher, both of whom died of small-pox in 1862. [A history of his family may be seen in the sketch of John Jasper Spilman.] In 1851 our subject was married to Samantha Ferguson, a daughter of James Ferguson. She was born in Lincoln County, N. C., and died in 1872, having borne ten children, five sons and five daughters. In 1881 Mr. Boucher took for his second wife Mary Ann Price, daughter of Asa Wormington, and by her has two sons.

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