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Below is a family biography included in The History of Moniteau County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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Thomas W. Smith may worthily be classed among the prosperous farmers and stockmen of Moniteau County, Mo. He is an Englishman by birth, and first saw the light of day on the 3d of March, 1851. His parents, W. H. and Phoebe Ann (Taylor) Smith, were born, reared and married in England, and there made their home until 1856, when they determined to seek their fortune in the New World, and accordingly came to the United States. They settled in Moniteau County, Mo., and here the father died March 2, 1886, still survived by his wife. Thomas W. Smith was reared to manhood on his father’s farm in Moniteau County, and was first married in 1876, to Miss Elizabeth Stowers, a native of Virginia, who died in 1885, leaving two children: Mamie and Willie. March 4, 1888, Mr. Smith married his present wife, whose maiden name was Lizzie Vernon, who was born in Miller County, and is a daughter of Wilbur Vernon. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He owns a fertile farm of 180 acres, all of which is under fence and is in a good state of cultivation, and besides this owns a large tract of timber land. He has a good two-story residence, a commodious and substantial barn, and a young orchard.
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