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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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Z. FREEMAN, fruit-grower, post-office Joplin; he was born in Washington county, Ill., April 10, 1846. His parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Eubank) Freeman, were natives respectively of Georgia and Tennessee. His father was born in 1811, and died Jan. 9, 1861. His mother was born in 1818, and is now living in Washington county. Ill. Our subject remained in Illinois until twenty-one years of age on his father’s farm and attending school. He came to Jasper county in 1867 and two years later to his present location, being one of the earliest settlers in this part of the country. Mr. Freeman was married Sept. 24, 1871, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Eli and Nancy (Webb) Glasscock, of this county, but formerly of Tenn. Mrs. F. was born Nov. 11, 1853. They have had five children: Zulu E., born July 15, 1873. and died July 21, 1875; Maggie A., born May 19, 1875, died March 23, 1877; Fred Z., born Oct. 27, 1877; Mamie M., born Jan, 1, 1880; and Eliza E., barn Sept. 28, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman are members of the M. E. Church. They have a delightful home and an excellent fruit farm, situated three miles west of Joplin, Seventy acres of this farm is in orchard. Almost every variety of apple, peach, plum, cherry, grape, and other small fruits is grown in abundance.
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