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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William Poland is of Irish descent, and is one of seven children born to the marriage of Arthur Poland and Jennie Toal. The father was born in Ireland, but was taken to Scotland when eight years of age, and was there educated and afterward married. He and his wife came to the United States and settled on a farm in New York State, but in May, 1863, they located on a farm near Antrim, Mich., where they resided until his death, which occurred in 1871, at the age of seventy-one years. He was a Roman Catholic in his religious views, and a Democrat in politics. His children are Isabel, Arthur, Jennie, Sarah, Charles, John and William, all born in Scotland except William, who was born in Manchester, Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1858. He (William) was educated in the common schools, and was reared on a farm. At the age of twelve years he went to Lansing, Mich., where he worked in a sash and door factory for eleven years. In 1881, on the 7th day of August, Mr. Poland married Alice, daughter of Joseph and Harriet (Loomis) Cochrane, and by her is the father of two children, Mark and Carl. Mr. Poland came to Missouri in March, 1884, and bought a farm of eighty acres in Newton County, where he located and still resides. He is neutral in politics, and in religious views is a Catholic.
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This family biography is one of 220 biographies included in The History of Newton County, Missouri published in 1888.
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