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Below is a family biography included in The History of Newton 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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John W. Whitlock, dealer in general merchandise at Granby, Mo., was born in Hart County, Ky., May 29, 1842, son of James B. and Elizabeth (Gill) Whitlock, who were Kentuckians by birth, and became the parents of three children. They located in Neosho, Mo., in 1852, and there the father followed agricultural pursuits, and John W. spent his early life. At the breaking out of the war the latter enlisted, under Col. Cravens, in the State service, and shortly afterward joined Col. Coffee’s regiment, following Gen. Joe Shelby in his varying fortunes until his discharge in the fall of 1865. He returned to Newton County, and was for a time occupied in mining, but afterward went to Kansas, where he remained two years engaged in the grocery business. He began merchandising in Newton County in 1874, and since that time has been numbered among the leading merchants of the town. June 10, 1871, Mr. Whitlock was married to Miss Nellie Frasier, of Granby. She was born in Fredericktown, Mo., and is the mother of four children: William F., Gibbon E., Hattie M. and Nora. Mr. Whitlock is a member of lodge and chapter in the Masonic order.
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