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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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JOHN VIELE was born in Otsego county, N. Y., May 16, 1816, and reared on a farm. He is the son of Louis and Gertrude Viele, natives of New York. Of six children our subject was the fourth child, and was reared and educated in Otsego county, N. Y. At the age of seventeen he went to learn the carriage-making trade and worked at it fifteen years. He was married to Miss Smith, daughter of John and Ruth Smith, natives of Connecticut. Mrs. Viele was the youngest of twelve children, and was born in Otsego county, March 23, 1818, and was married September 27, 1843. In 1853 our subject moved to Herkimer county, N. Y., and worked in the Remington Armory until 1867, then moved to Jasper county, Mo., and bought a farm of 160 acres, which he has just sold, and is going to move to Sarcoxie. Mr. Viele has two children, Fayette and Ella. He has a house and lot in Sarcoxie, and thirty acres of timber in McDonald township. He and Mrs. Viele are members of the M. E. Church, and are old settlers and honored citizens.
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