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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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MORRIS T. FULLER was born in Crawford county, July 23, 1839. After living here until he was sixteen years of age he went to Clinton county, Ill., and subsequently to Wilson county, Kan., in the fall of 1872, coming to Jasper county in March, 1873. He married Catharine Billingslea in March, 1861, at Trenton, Ill., where she was raised. The names of the children are John L., Elias E., Emma J., Franklin, Joseph, James, Aaron, and a babe who died before being named. Mr. Fuller enlisted in 1862 in Company E, One Hundred and Seventeenth Illinois Infantry, and was mustered into the service at Springfield, Ill. Mr. Fuller has never joined any organization other than the Grange. He has a well improved farm of 120 acres, 47 acres of which averaged 29 bushels of the best winter wheat. Everything indicates plenty and prosperity, as the writer was shown into the cellar which abounded in frames of honey, bins of apples, and barrels of sweet cider well calculated to cheer the soul and satisfy the taste of an epicure.
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