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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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Perry B. Harns is a son of Charles S. Harns, who was born in New York State, and married, in Pennsylvania, Aurilla Perkins, a daughter of Joseph and Ann (Irish) Perkins. The following are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hams: Emery W., Mary L., Perry B., Olive O. and Ensley C. Charles S. Harns purchased land in Michigan in 1852, and there resided for thirteen years, after which he came to Newton County, Mo., homesteaded eighty acres of land, and bought eighty acres more. Here he resided until his death, which occurred in 1887, at the age of sixty-three years. He was a Republican in his political views, and was esteemed by all who knew him. Perry B. Harns was born in Pennsylvania in 1852, and when an infant was taken to Michigan, where he was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools. He came to Newton County in 1866, and in 1876 was married in this county to Amayetta E. Marquiss, daughter of William and Anna (Tolman) Marquiss, and she bore him three children: Charles W., Nathaniel V. and Birdie. Mr. Harns, like his father, is a stanch Republican in politics, and is a young man of integrity and industry. He comes from an old family, who fought for American independence, and is justly proud of the race from which he sprung.
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