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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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JOHN HARLAN. Mr. Harlan was born in Indiana in 1845. His father, Joseph Harlan, was a native of South Carolina. His mother, Elizabeth Leviston, was a native of Kentucky. In 1852 the family came to Lewis county, Missouri, where John was reared and educated. He learned the tinning business in his youth, and was in the stove and tin trade at Kirksville until about 1870, when he engaged in the grocery business, which he continued until 1881, when he came to Carthage and bought the stock of Isaac Perkins, on the north side of the square. This is one of the largest and most elegant store rooms in the city, and does a large and extensive business. Mr. Harlan is a member of the A. O. U. W. He was married in 1867 to Miss Lizzie Dodge, of Oxford, Ohio. She died in 1875, He was married the second time in 1878 to Miss Vesta Burk, of Quincy, Illinois. He is at present agent of the Adams Express Company.
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