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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Putnam 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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J. C. McKinley, member of the firm of Christy & McKinley, attorneys at law, was born November 20, 1859, in Lincoln Township, Putnam Co., Mo., and graduated in the college of law at the State University, at Columbia, Mo., March 25, 1886. He opened an office in Unionville the following April, and began the practice of his profession alone, but in June, of the same year, formed a partnership with Mr. Christy, of which firm he has since been a member. He is the second of ten children, of whom six sons and two daughters are still living. The parents still reside upon the old homestead in Putnam County. The paternal grandfather, James, was born in America, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Our subject is a prominent lawyer, and one of the public-spirited and energetic business men of the town.
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This family biography is one of 139 biographies included in the Putnam County, Missouri portion of the book, The History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri published in 1888 by Goodspeed Publishing Co. For the complete description, click here: Putnam County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps
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