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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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JAMES RICKNER, Esq., farmer and stock-raiser, section 8, post-office Carthage, grandson of William Brown, the pioneer settler of Jasper county. His father, Jacob Rickner, came to the county in 1835, and married Miss Anna, daughter of William Brown, two years later. Our subject was born March 28, 1838. His youth was spent in assisting his father in a tannery, which business he established in 1840. His education was acquired at the pioneer schools. During the war of the Rebellion he was a staunch Union man, enlisting in 1862 in Company B, Ninth Regiment Missouri State Militia. His service was of a nature familiar to all old settlers of the Southwest. He was married in Jasper county Jan. 17, 1861, to Miss Jane McKelvey, a native of Pennsylvania. Of this union there are seven children: Francis S., born Feb. 2, 1862; Allie A., born May 30, 1863; Emma E., born April 25, 1866; Joseph M., born March 27, 1872; William B., born Dec. 12, 1874; Jacob A., born Feb. 18, 1878; and Rosa C, born May 22, 1880. Since the war Mr. Rickner has been a farmer. He has been honored by the people with the office of justice of the peace and other offices of minor importance.
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