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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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ULYSSES HENDRICKSON was born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1832. The subject of this sketch came to Linn county, Iowa, in 1846, and to Fayette county, Iowa, in 1866. Becoming tired of the cold winters of Iowa he soon determined to try his fortunes in a warmer climate, and Jasper county, Mo., seemed to present the suitable inducements. Mr. Hendrickson, who is familiarly known as “U. S.,” or “Brick,” was appointed sheriff of the county from 1874 to 1876, making the best of public officers. For the most part he has devoted his attention to farming, though more recently to the development of mines, of which more will be said presently. He married Miss M. J. Cochran, of Linn county, Iowa, in September, 1854, who was a native of Ohio. The names of the children, six in number, are C. P., John P., Icantha J., Minerva, Grace, and Cole Younger. Mr. Hendrickson is a member of the Masonic order. The mines, in which he has spent some $30,000, are now yielding a fine quality of zinc blende ore at the rate of two car loads daily.
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