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Below is a family biography included in The History of Webster 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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R. Jason White, merchant, of Seymour, Mo., is a son of Moses and Amanda J. (Freeman) White, both of whom were born in Tennessee. They were married in Wright County, Mo., and have since been engaged in farming in that county. R. Jason White, whose name heads this sketch, grew to manhood in Wright County, and at the age of twenty years began clerking in a drug store in Hartville, and in 1881 came from that town to Mansfield, and followed the same occupation in that place for some time. In February, 1884, he came to Seymour, and for four years was a clerk in the general mercantile establishment of S. C. Trimble, and at the end of that time engaged in the general grocery business, which is proving quite a success. He was married in Webster County, on the 11th of October, 1885, to Frona Goss, a daughter of Jacob Goss, of Webster County. She was born, reared and educated in the county, and is the mother of two children, Charles H. and Verba. She is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. White served as a member of the town board in 1887, and was town treasurer in 1886.
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