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John Anderson Truman
(1851–1914)
BIRTH
December 5, 1851
PLACE
Jackson County, Missouri
DEATH
November 2, 1914
PLACE
Grandview, Missouri
FAMILY
CHILDREN
Harry S. Truman
(1884-1972)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
John Anderson Truman was Harry S. Truman’s father. He traded livestock and farmed in Missouri, and he and Martha Ellen Young raised three children.
EARLY LIFE
After marrying Martha in 1881, he moved to Lamar, where he traded livestock. The family later worked land near Grandview; Harry returned in 1906 to help run the farm.
CAREER
DEATH
The Truman Presidential Library dates his death to November 2, 1914. A National Park Service account attributes it to complications of an injury sustained during farm oversight duties.
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