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Below is a family biography included in The History of Newton County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. 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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Van Riper & Rogers. This firm represents one of the important industries of Southwest Missouri, and are practical business men, devoting their whole attention to the foundry and machine work business. Charles Van Riper, the senior member of the firm, was born in Washington County, N. Y., May 3, 1826, and is a son of Jacob and Roxanna (Mitchell) Van Riper, natives respectively of New York City and Deerfield, Conn. Charles is the youngest of their eight children, and was reared in New York, where he learned the machinist’s trade, an occupation he has followed all his life. He located in Rock Island, Ill., in 1851, and resided there and in the vicinity for about six years. He then went to Brooklyn, Iowa, where he lived until 1877, when he came to Missouri. Mr. Van Riper was married in 1856 to Elizabeth Shaw, a native of Sullivan County, N. Y., and by her is the father of two children: Esther (Mrs. Rudey) and Agnes E. (Mrs. J. A. Rogers). [see also, biography of: John A. Rogers]
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