Ray County, Missouri Biographies - James Vandeveer (b. 1850)

Source: History of Ray County, Missouri 1881; p. 626


JAMES VANDEVEER

James Vandeveer is a native of Ray county, Missouri. He was born September 28,1850, and has
lived all his life, in this county. His father, Louis Vandeveer, is a native of Kentucky, and
settled in this county in the year 1839. Mr. Vandeveer has been engage, since leaving school,
at farming. He owns a fine farm of two hundred acres, half o which is in cultivation, and well
improved and stocked. He is engaged, to a considerable extent, in raising good breeds of
live-stock. He also deals in stock. Mr. Vandeveer was married in this county, February 27, 1873
to Miss Ann Offutt, a native, also, of Ray county, Missouri. They are the parents of five
children, living: Perry, Cora, Esley, and Charles. Mr. Vandeveer is a rising and prosperous
young farmer and stock-raiser, and a valuable member of the community.


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