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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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CALEB FOX, the subject of this sketch, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1839. Both he and his wife, Eliza Shaffer, were born and raised in Fairfield county. The names of their children are Joseph, Sallie, John, Durward, and Fannie. Enlisting from his native county in Feb., 1864, he served the remainder of the war with the Forty-third Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Peace being declared by the immortal proclamation of freedom, he returned home to the Buckeye State, removing in 1867 to Jasper county, Mo. Mr. Fox is the owner of two good farms, one of 160 acres in Mineral township, and one of 210 acres well improved, and good buildings, in Marion township, 200 acres of which are sown to winter wheat. Mr. Fox is a member of the Masonic order, and one of Jasper county’s best citizens.
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