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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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WILLIAM McGOWAN, engineer and superintendent of Pleasant Valley Lead and Zinc Mines, was born in Licking county, Ohio, April 15, 1839. His father, Archibald, is a blacksmith by trade, and still lives in Indiana. He enlisted from Indiana in the Twenty-fifth Indiana Infantry, serving three years. The subject of this sketch was married Oct. 20, 1864, to Mary T. Jones, who was born in Jackson county, Ind., in October, 1843. Mrs. McGowan is a member of the Christian Church, Mr. McGowan came to Jasper county in 1869 and has been engaged in mining at different places in various capacities; he is by trade a machinist and engineer, and now is superintendent of mines. He was formerly engaged in superintending the construction of railroads in Jasper county, with marked success. Under his directions and supervision these mines are being profitably worked and rapidly developed. Mr. McGowan is a genial accommodating man, and possesses a faculty of dealing with men.
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