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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 ROYER, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Carthage. Mr. Royer is a native of the Keystone State; was born in Center county, May 19, 1832. While he was quite young his parents moved to Clinton county where he was reared and educated. His father was a farmer and our subject spent his youth in assisting in the farm duties; he was married in Clinton county, Pa., Oct. 31, 1854, to Miss Frances Custard, who is also a native of Pennsylvania. In 1858 he moved back to Center county, and engaged in cattle droving for the eastern market, and later in farming. In 1867 he made a prospecting tour through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri, and finding no place in his travels that suited his idea of a future home as well as the fertile prairie and attractive woodland of Jasper county, he resolved to cast his fortune here. Consequently, returning to Pennsylvania he disposed of his interests there and moved his family and household goods to southwest Missouri the following year, since which time he has been a permanent and very prominent citizen of Jasper county; his purchase was raw prairie, upon which he made some fine improvements. His family consists of four sons and two daughters; viz., Thos. A., a farmer near Oronogo, William H., Mary A., Clark, Franklin, and Emma. Mr. Royer is of German decent. His grandfather came from Germany at a very early day, and settled in Berks county, Pa., being one of the pioneer settlers of that county. Mr. Royer is one of the most prominent farmers in this county, is enterprising, progressive, and takes an active interest in public affairs and anything that effects the public weal; his time and means are ever ready to further the interests of the community.
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