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Below is a family biography included in The History of Morgan County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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Josiah Riffle. The reputation of a community is dependent almost wholly upon the character of its inhabitants. Industrious, law-abiding people give to a locality the reputation which they themselves have created. The village of Gladstone is among the most thrifty in Morgan County, and among its most useful and foremost citizens is the subject of this sketch. Born in Cambria County, Pa., in the year 1815, Josiah Riffle has endeavored to live the life of a man whose record is one well worthy of emulation. He immigrated to Missouri in the year 1866, and by the practice of economy and industry has secured a sufficient of this world’s goods to enable him to live in comfort through his declining years. Besides a fairly improved farm, he owns a good store at Gladstone, and also a saw mill. A large family of children have been born to him and wife, and these are all happily married and reside in the same neighborhood as their parents.
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