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Below is a family biography included in The History of Barton 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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James T. Gealy, of the real-estate and loan firm of Gealy & Harlow, of Golden City, Barton County, Mo., was born in Mercer County, Penn., October 8, 1835, and came to Barton County in May, 1881, where he has since resided. He is a son of William J. and Matilda (Thoine) Gealy, both natives of Pennsylvania. James T. Gealy was reared to farm life, receiving his education in the common schools, and at Westminster College, in Pennsylvania. He studied law, and was admitted to the Venango County (Penn.) bar in 1875, and was admitted and licensed at the city of Lamar to practice law in the several courts of the State of Missouri, at the fall term of 1881. He has been three times married; first, in February, 1857, to Miss Lettice Perry, a native of Pennsylvania, who bore him four children: James I. (deceased), Calphurnice (deceased); Ettie, wife of T. A. Heady, of Springfield, Mo.; and Carrie. He was married the second time to Miss Lizzie Gray, a native of New York City, August 30, 1876. One child, Freddie (deceased), was born to this union. He was again married, in September, 1888, to Miss Emma Conrad, a native of Michigan. Mr. Gealy is an ancient member of the I. O. O. F. He has been city attorney since the origin of the city of Golden City; owns city residence, house and lot in the city of Lamar, Mo., and also property at Peabody, Kan.
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