Biographical Sketch of Alfred M. McGown, Greene County, Missouri, Boone 
Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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This gentleman is the son of Luther and Mary F. McGown, and was born
August 10, 1860, in Greene County, Missouri.  His father was a native
of Tennessee, and died near Ash Grove, Mo., in November, 1860.  His
mother was a native of Kentucky, and is still living five miles south-
west of Springfield.  Alfred was educated in the common school at and
near Ash Grove, and as soon as large enough began farming, which has
since been his occupation.  His parents moved to Illinois when he was
a small boy, where they lived several years in McLean County.  Return-
ing to Ash Grove, Alfred farmed for about ten years, five miles south-
west of Springfield, and in July, 1882, he purchased a farm of forty
acres of land three miles south of Ash Grove.  He was married November
23, 1879, to Miss Martha A. Wood, daughter of Benjamin Wood, Esq.,
formerly a farmer near Springfield, who died during the war.  Her
mother was Nancy E. Abney.  Mrs. McGown was born March 15, 1826, in
this county.  They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
and enjoy the confidence of all.  They are blessed with two children,
Myrtle B., born November 22, 1880 and Estella F., born February 27,
1882.

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