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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. 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 P. CRISTY was born April 4, 1845, in Bartholomew county, Ind., the son of James and Annie Cristy. His father was born in Kentucky and his mother in Indiana. James F. is the youngest of three children, and is carrying on his father’s farm of 240 acres. He was married to Emily Gividen Aug. 17, 1869. She was born in Johnson county, Ind., Feb. 10, 1851. Mr. Cristy moved to Jasper county with his parents Nov. 7, 1869, and bought a farm in Sheridan township. Lived there five years, then went to Short Creek, Kan., and worked in the mines some. Then rented for two years; then bought eighty acres and lived on that until he sold and came to his father’s farm, which joins Jasper town on the south. Mr. Cristy has one child, Arthur M. Mr. and Mrs. Cristy are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and Mr. Cristy belongs to the order of Free Masons. He is an old settler and pioneer of Preston township and is highly respected.
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