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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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William W. Pacey, dealer in agricultural implements, was born in Geneva, Ontario Co., N. Y., February 22, 1843. His parents, Thomas and Maria (Simpson) Pacey, natives of England, after coming to the United States were married, and settled first in New York, and then in Wisconsin, where the subject of this sketch was principally reared. Our subject enlisted first in the Thirty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and afterward in the One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois Infantry, serving until the close of the war. In 1867 he came to Newton County and learned the trade of plastering and bricklaying, which he followed chiefly until he engaged in his present business, and in connection with the same he also handles sewing machines, etc. In 1870 Mr. Pacey married Miss Sarah F. Dolby, a native of Wisconsin, and to this union were born six children: Cora A., Estella, Ira, Roxie, Bertha and Clara W.
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