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 HE greatest of English historians, Macaulat, and one of the most brilliant writers of 
 the present century, has said: "The history of a country is best told in a record of the 
 lives of its people." In conformity with this idea the Portrait and Biographical 
 Record f tu i s coun ty has been prepared. Instead of going to musty records, and 
 taking therefrom dry statistical matter that can be appreciated by but few, our 
 corps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women who have, by their 
 enterprise and industry, brought the county to rank second to none among those 
 comprising this great and noble State, and from their lips have the story of their life 
 struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelli- 
 gent public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the 
 imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by 
 industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited 
 advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an 
 JK JC3^i influence extending throughout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who 
 have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have 
 become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and 
 records how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, very 
 many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way," content 
 to have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy — "they have done what 
 they could." It tells how that many in the pride and strength of young manhood left the plow and the 
 anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's 
 call went forth valiantly "to do or die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace 
 once more reigned in the land. Iu the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not 
 be lost upon those who follow after. 
 
 Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact 
 that it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which would otherwise be 
 inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work and every opportunity possible 
 given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the publishers flatter them- 
 selves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the biograph 
 ical sketches, portraits of a number of representative citizens are given. 
 
 The faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For this the 
 publishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to give the 
 information necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indifferent. Occasionally some member of 
 the family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested 
 one would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, though repeated calls were made 
 at their residence or place of business. 
 
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 , born in Westmorland Co., Va., 
 
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 ' Feb. 22, 1732. His parents 
 
 were Augustine and Mary 
 (Ball) Washington. The family 
 to which he belonged has not 
 been satisfactorily, traced in 
 England. His great-grand- 
 father, John Washington, em- 
 igrated to Virginia about 1657, 
 and became a prosperous 
 planter. He had two sons, 
 Lawrence and John. The 
 former married Mildred Warner 
 and had three children, John. 
 Augustine and Mildred. Augus- 
 tine, the father of George, fi.st 
 married Jane Butler, who bore 
 him four children, two of whom, 
 Lawrence and Augustine, reached 
 maturity. Of six children by his 
 second marriage, George was the 
 eldest, the others being Betty, 
 Samuel, John Augustine, Charles 
 and Mildred. 
 Augustine Washington, the father of George, died 
 in 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his 
 sldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on 
 the Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, 
 and to George he left the parental residence. George 
 received only such education as the neighborhood 
 schools afforded, save for a short time after he left 
 school, when he received private instruction in 
 mathematics. His spelling was rather defective. 
 
 Remarkable stories are told of his great physica ; 
 strength and development at an early age. He was 
 an acknowledged leader among his companions, and 
 was early noted for that nobleness of character, fair- 
 ness and veracity which characterized his whole life. 
 
 When George was 14 years old he had a desire to go to 
 sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured for him. 
 but through the opposition of his mother the idea was 
 abandoned. Two years later he was appointed 
 surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In 
 this business he spent three years in a rough frontier 
 life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very 
 essential to him. In 1 75 r, though only 19 years of 
 age, he was appointed adjutant with the rank of 
 major in the Virginia militia, then being trained for 
 active service against the French and Indians. Soon 
 after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother 
 Lawrence, who went there to restore his health They 
 soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence 
 died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter 
 who did not long survive him. On her demise the 
 estate of Mount Vernon was given to George. 
 
 Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as Lieuten- 
 ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was 
 reorganized, and the province divided into four mili- 
 tary districts, of which the northern was assigned to 
 Washington as adjutant general. Shortly after this 
 a very perilous mission was assigned him and ac- 
 cepted, which others had refused. This was lo pro- 
 ceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North- 
 western Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed 
 was between 500 and f>oo miles. Winter was at hand, 
 and the journey was to be made without rni'.itarv 
 escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. Ths 
 
GEORGE WASHINGTON. 
 
 trip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near 
 losing his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished 
 a full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment 
 of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com- 
 mand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was 
 commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was 
 then begun against the French and Indians, in which 
 Washington took a most important part. In the 
 memorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad- 
 dock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer 
 of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the 
 day with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock 
 were disabled early in the action, and Washington 
 alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter 
 to his brother he says : "I had four bullets through 
 my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped 
 unhurt, though death was leveling my companions 
 on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was 
 not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken 
 direct aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit 
 him. 
 
 After having been five years in the military service, 
 and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he 
 look advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the 
 expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, 
 to resign his commission. Soon after he entered the 
 Legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an 
 active and important part. January 17, 1759, he 
 married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy 
 widow of John Parke Custis. 
 
 When the British Parliament had closed the port 
 if Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces 
 that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." 
 It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con- 
 gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila- 
 delphia.Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties, 
 peaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash- 
 ington was sent as a delegate. On May to, 1775, the 
 Congress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of 
 England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- 
 cord and Lexington had been fought. Among the 
 first acts of this Congress was the election of a com- 
 mander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and 
 responsible office was conferred upon Washington, 
 who was still a member of the Congress. He accepted 
 it on Tune 19, but upon the express condition that he 
 receive no salary. He would keep an exact account 
 of expenses and expect Congress 10 pay them and 
 nothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to 
 trace the military acts of Washington, to whom the 
 fortunes and liberties of the people of this country 
 were so long confided. The war was conducted by 
 him under every possible disadvantage, and while his 
 forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every 
 obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion 
 and matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest 
 nation of earth. On Dec. 23, 17S3, Washington, in 
 a parting address of surpassing beauty, iesigned his 
 
 commission as commander-in-chief of the army to 
 to the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. Ik 
 retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed 
 his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all 
 connection with public lite. 
 
 In February, 1 789, Washington was unanimously 
 elected President. In his presidential career he was 
 subject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new 
 government ; trials from lack of confidence on the part 
 of other governments ; trials from want of harmony 
 between the different sections of our own country; 
 trials from the impoverished condition of the country, 
 owing to the war and want of credit; trials from the 
 beginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His 
 clear judgment could discern the golden mean ; and 
 while perhaps this alone kept our government from 
 sinking at the very outset, it left him exposed to 
 attacks from both sides, which were often bitter and 
 very annoying. 
 
 At the expiration of his first term he was unani- 
 mously re-elected. At the end of this term many 
 were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely 
 refused a third nomination. On the fourth of Man h, 
 1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- 
 dent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there 
 his few remaining yeats free from the annoyances of 
 public life. Later in the year, however, his re|X)se 
 seemed likely to be interrupted by war with France 
 At the prospect of such a war he was again urged to 
 take command of the armies. He chose his sub- 
 ordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat- 
 ters in the field, which he superintended from his 
 home. In accepting the command he made the 
 reservation that he was not to be in the field until 
 it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations 
 h's life was suddenly cut off. December 1 2, he took 
 a sevce cold from a ride in the rain, which', settling 
 in lis throat, produced inflammation, and terminated 
 fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh- 
 teenth his body was borne wi'h military honors to its 
 final resting place, and interred in the family vault ;it 
 Mount Vernon. 
 
 Of the character of Washington it is impossible to 
 speak but in terms of the highest respect and ad- 
 miration. The more we see of the operations of 
 our government, and the more deeply we feel the 
 difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest, 
 the more highly we must estimate the force of his tab 
 ent and character, which have ben able to challenge 
 the reverence of all parties, and principles, and na- 
 tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits 
 of the globe, and which we cannot but believe will 
 be as lasting as the existence of man. 
 
 The person of Washington was unusally tan, erect 
 and well proportioned. His muscular strength was 
 great. His features were of a beautiful symmetry. 
 He commanded respect without any appearance of 
 haughtiness, and ever serious without h*>ing dull. 
 
SECOND PRESIDENT. 
 
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 'President of the United States, 
 was born in Braintree ( now 
 ■jls. Quincy ),Mass., and about ten 
 **' miles from Boston, Oct. 19, 
 1735. H' s great-grandfather, Henry 
 Adams, emigrated from England 
 about 1640, with a family of eight 
 sons, and settled at Braintree. The 
 parents of John were John and 
 Susannah (Boylston) Adams His 
 father was a farmer of limited 
 means, to which he added the bus- 
 iness of shoemaking. He gave his 
 eldest son, John, a classical educa- 
 tion at Harvard College. John 
 graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the 
 school in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a 
 'school of affliction," from which he endeavored to 
 gain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the 
 study of law. For this purpose he placed himself 
 under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He 
 had thought seriously of the clerical profession 
 but seems to have been turned from this by what he 
 termed "the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun- 
 jils, cf diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,'' 
 of the operations of which he had been a witness in 
 his native town. He was well fitted for the legal 
 profession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being 
 ready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep- 
 tive powers. He gradually gained practice, and in 
 1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, 
 and a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his 
 marriage, (17^5), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa- 
 *jon turned him from law to politics. He took initial 
 steps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu- 
 
 tions he offered on the subject became very populai 
 throughout the Province, and were adopted word for 
 word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos 
 ton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous 
 and prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and 
 was chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg- 
 lislature) in 1770. 
 
 Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates 
 from Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress, 
 which met in 1774. Here he distinguished himselt 
 by his capacity for business and for debate, and ad- 
 vocated the movement for independence against tb° 
 majority of the members. In May, 1776, he mcved 
 and carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies, 
 should assume the duties of self-government. He 
 was a prominent member of the committee of five 
 appointed June 11, to prepare a declaration of inde- 
 pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but 
 on Adams devolved the task of battling it through 
 Congress in a three days debate. 
 
 On the day after the Declaration of Independence 
 was passed, while his soul was yet warm with th? 
 glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wite 
 which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated 
 by the spirit of prophecy. "Yesterday," he says, "the 
 greatest question was decided that ever was debated 
 in America; - and greater, perhaps, never was or wil 
 be decided among men. A resolution was passed 
 without one dissenting colony, ' that these United 
 States are, and of right ought to be, free and inde- 
 pendent states.' The day is passed. The fourth of 
 July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history 
 of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated 
 by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary, 
 festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of 
 deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty 
 God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows 
 
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 JOHN ADAMS. 
 
 games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations 
 from one end of the continent to the other, from this 
 time forward for ever. You will think me transported 
 with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of 
 the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to 
 maintain this declaration, and support and defend 
 these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the 
 rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is 
 Wurth more than all the means; and that posterity 
 will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I 
 hope we shall not." 
 
 In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a 
 delegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin 
 Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in 
 the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money 
 from the French Government. This was a severe trial 
 to his patriotism, as it separated him from his home, 
 compelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex- 
 posed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis- 
 ers, who were seeking him. He left France June 17, 
 1779. In September of the same year he was again 
 chosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi- 
 ness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce 
 with Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet 
 might be found willing to listen to such pioposels. He 
 sailed for France in November, from there he went to 
 Holland, where he negotiated imiortant loans and 
 formed important commercial treaties 
 
 FinaHy a treaty of peace with England was signed 
 Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, 
 toil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed 
 threw him into a fever. After suffering from a con- 
 tinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he 
 was advised to goto England to drink the waters of 
 Bath. While in England, still drooping anddespond- 
 ing, he received dispatches from his own government 
 urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to 
 negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was 
 delicate, yet he immediately set out, and through 
 storm, on sea, on horseback and foot,he made the trip. 
 
 February 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams 
 envoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face 
 to face the King of England, who had so long re- 
 garded him as a traitor. As England did not 
 condescend to appoint a minister to the United 
 States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom- 
 plishing but little, he sought permission to return to 
 his own country, where he arrived in June, 1788. 
 
 When Washington was first chosen President, John 
 Adams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at 
 home and abroad, was chosen Vice President, Again 
 at the second election of Washington as President, 
 Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash- 
 ington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was 
 elected President,though not without much opposition. 
 Serving in this office four vears.he was succeeded by 
 Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics. 
 
 TVTiile Mr. Adams was Vice President the great 
 
 French Revolution shook the continent of Europe, 
 and it was upon this point which he was at issue with 
 the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson. 
 Mr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people 
 in their struggle, for he had no confidence in their 
 power of self-government, and he utterly abhored the 
 classof atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it. 
 On the other hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly 
 enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or- 
 iginated the alienation between these distinguished 
 men, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ- 
 ized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies 
 were with England and Jefferson led the other in 
 sympathy with France. 
 
 The world has seldom seen a spectacle of more 
 moral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the 
 old age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling 
 had died away, and he had begun to receive that ju>t 
 appreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till 
 after death. No one could look upon his venerable 
 form, and think of what he had done and suffered, 
 and how he had given up all the prime and strength 
 of his life to the public good, without the deepest 
 emotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar 
 good fortune to witness the complete success of the 
 institution which he had been so active in creating and 
 supporting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled 
 to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest 
 station in the gift of the people. 
 
 The fourth of July, 1826, which completed the hall 
 century since the signing of the Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence, arrived, and there were but three of the 
 signers of that immortal instrument left upon the 
 earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is 
 well known, on that day two of these finished their 
 earthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as 
 to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. 
 Adams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning 
 of the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from 
 his bed. On being requested to name a toast for the 
 customary celebration of the day, he exclaimed " In- 
 dependence forever." When the day was ushered 
 in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, 
 he was asked by one of his attendants if he knew 
 what day it was? He replied, "O yes; it is the glor- 
 ious fourth of July — God bless it — God bless you all." 
 In the course of the day he said, " It is a great and 
 glorious day." The last words he uttered were. 
 " Tefferson survives." But he had, at one o'clock, re- 
 signed his spirit into the hands of his God. 
 
 The personal appearance and manners of Mr. 
 Adams were not particularly prepossessing. His face, 
 as his portrait manifests.was intellectual ard expres- 
 sive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and h'S 
 manners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous. 
 He had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor 
 the engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked 
 the manners and address of Tefferson. 
 
THIRD PRESIDENT. 
 
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 HOMAS JEFFERSON was 
 
 burn April 2, 1743, at Shad- 
 
 $well, Albermarle county, Va. 
 
 His parents were Peier and 
 Jane ( Randolph) Jefferson, 
 the former a native of Wales, 
 and the latter born in Lon- 
 don. To them were born six 
 daughters and two sons, of 
 whom Thomas was the elder. 
 When 14 years of age his 
 father died. He received a 
 most liberal education, hav- 
 ing been kept diligently at school 
 from the time he was five years of 
 age. In 1760 he entered William 
 r.nd Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat 
 of the Colonial Court, and it was the obodeof fashion 
 a.id splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 
 years old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine 
 horses, and much caressed by gay society, yet lie 
 was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha- 
 able in his morals. It is strange, however, under 
 such influences,that he was not ruined. In the sec- 
 ond year of his college course, moved by some un- 
 explained inward impulse, he discarded his horses, 
 society, and even his favorite violin, to which he had 
 previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen 
 hours a day to hard study, allowing himself for ex- 
 ercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out 
 of the city and back again. He thus attained very 
 high intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso- 
 phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and 
 Greek authors he read wi'.h facility. A more finished 
 scholar has seldom gone forth from college halls; and 
 
 there was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a 
 more pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. 
 
 Immediately upon leaving college he began the 
 study of law. For the short time he continued in the 
 practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin- 
 guished himself by his energy and accuteness as a 
 lawyer. But the times called for greater action. 
 The policy of England had awakened the spirit of 
 resistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged 
 views which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led 
 him into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen 
 a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses In 
 1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti- 
 ful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow 
 
 Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shadwell, thsre 
 was a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which 
 commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and 
 beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new 
 home; and here he reared a mansion of modest ye' 
 elegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon 
 became the most distinguished resort in our land. 
 
 In 1775 he was sent to the Cclonial Congress, 
 where, though a silent member, his abilities as a 
 writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he 
 was placed u[>on a number of important committees, 
 and was chairman of the one appointed for the draw- 
 ing up of a" declaration of independence. This com- 
 mittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, 
 Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. 
 Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointed 
 to draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested 
 a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- 
 gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made 
 in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 
 4, 1776. What must have been the feelings of that 
 
28 
 
 THOMAS JEFFERSON. 
 
 man — what the emotions that swelled his breast — 
 who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- 
 laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of 
 America, was also to publish her to the world, free, 
 soverign and independent. It is one of the most re- 
 markable papers ever written ; and did noother effort 
 of the mind of its author exist, that alone would be 
 sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. 
 
 In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to 
 Patrick Henry, as Governor of Virginia. Atone time 
 the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to 
 Momicello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five 
 minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- 
 ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses- 
 sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never 
 very good, was much injured by this excitement, and 
 in the summer of 1782 she died. 
 
 Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. 
 Two years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- 
 tentiary to France. Returning to the United States 
 in September, T789, he became Secretary of State 
 in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned 
 Jan. 1, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi- 
 dent, and four years later was elected President over 
 Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 
 1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity, 
 and George Clinton, Vice President. 
 
 The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- 
 tion was disturbed by an event which threatened the 
 tranquility and peace of the Union; this was the con- 
 spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election 
 to the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled 
 ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a 
 military expedition into the Spanish territories on our 
 southwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there 
 a new republic. This has been generally supposed 
 was a mere pretext ; and although it has not been 
 generally known what his real plans were, there is no 
 doubt that they were of a far more dangerous 
 character. 
 
 In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for 
 which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined 
 to retire from political life. For a period of nearly 
 forty years, he had been continually before the pub- 
 lic, and all that time had been employed in offices of 
 the greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de- 
 voted the best part of his life to the service of his 
 country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his 
 declining years required, and upon the organization of 
 the new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare- 
 well forever to public life, and retired to Monticelio. 
 
 Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole 
 families came in their coaches with their horses, — 
 fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and 
 nurses, — and remained three and even six months. 
 Life at Monticelio, for years, resembled that at a 
 fashionable watering-place. 
 
 The fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver- 
 
 sary of the Declaration of American Independence, 
 great preparations were made in every part of the 
 Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and 
 the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity 
 ot the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer. 
 and one of the few surviving signers of the Declara- 
 tion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill- 
 ness, which had been of several weeks duration, and 
 had been continually increasing, compelled him to 
 decline the invitation. 
 
 On the second of July, the disease under which 
 he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced 
 state that his medical attendants, entertained no 
 hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly 
 sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next 
 day, which was Monday, he asked of those around 
 him, the day of the month, and on being told it was 
 the third of July, he expressed the earnest wish tha': 
 he might be permitted lo breathe the air of the fiftieth 
 anniversary. His prayer was heard — that day, whose 
 dawn was hailed with such rapture through our land, 
 burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for- 
 ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble 
 life! To die on that day, — the birthday of a nation,- - 
 the day which his own name and his own act had 
 rendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and 
 festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, 
 as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, 
 was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. 
 
 Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- 
 dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear 
 him company, left the scene of his earthly honors. 
 Hand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of 
 freedom ; hand in hand, during the dark and desper- 
 ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and 
 animated their desponding countrymen; for half a 
 century they had labored together for the good of 
 the country; and now hand in hand they depart. 
 In their lives they had been united in the same great 
 cause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not 
 divided. 
 
 In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather 
 above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes 
 were light, his hair originally red, in after life became 
 white and silvery ; his complexion was fair, his fore- 
 head broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and 
 thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as 
 well as personal courage ; and i.is command of tem- 
 per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends 
 never recollected to have seen him in a passion. 
 His manners, though dignified, were simple and un- 
 affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that 
 all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver- 
 sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic; and 
 his language was remarkably pure and correct. He 
 was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is 
 discemable the care with which he formed his style 
 upon the best models of antiquity. 
 
 
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FOURTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 AMES MADISON, "Father 
 of the Constitution," and fourth 
 F President of the United States, 
 was horn March 16, 1757, and 
 died at his home in Virginia, 
 ^® June 28, 1836. The name of 
 James Madison is inseparably con- 
 nected with most of the important 
 events in that heroic period of our 
 country during which the founda- 
 tions of this great republic were 
 laid. He was the last of the founders 
 of the Constitution of the United 
 States to be called to his eternal 
 reward. 
 
 The Madison family were among 
 the early emigrants to the New World, 
 landing upon the shores of the Chesa- 
 peake but 15 years after the settle- 
 ment of Jamestown. The father of 
 James Madison was an opulent 
 planter, residing upon a very fine es- 
 tate called "Montpelier," Orange Co., 
 Va. The mansion was situated in 
 the midst of scenery highly pictur- 
 esque and romantic, on the west side 
 of South-west Mountain, at the foot of 
 Blue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home of 
 Jefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and 
 political attachment existed between these illustrious 
 men, from their early youth until death. 
 
 The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted 
 mostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of 
 18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. 
 Here he applied himself to study with the most im- 
 
 prudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, but three 
 hours' sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so 
 seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor 
 of constitution. He graduated in 177 1, with a feeble 
 body, with a character of utmost purity, and with a 
 mind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning 
 which embellished and gave proficiency to his subsr" 
 quent career. 
 
 Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of 
 law and a course of extensive and systematic reading. 
 This educational course, the spirit of the times in 
 which he lived, and the society with which he asso- 
 ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong 
 love of liberty, and to train him for his life-work ot 
 a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of 
 mind, and his frail health leading him to think that 
 his life was not to be long, he directed especial atten- 
 tion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind 
 singularly free from passion and prejudice, and with 
 almost unequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed 
 all the arguments for and against revealed religion, 
 until his faith became so established as never to 
 be shaken. 
 
 In the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he 
 was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to 
 frame the constitution of the State. The next year 
 (1777), he was a candidate for the General Assembly. 
 He refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and 
 consequently lost his election; but those who had 
 witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the 
 modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, 
 and he was appointed to the Executive Council. 1 
 
 Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were 
 Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained 
 member of the Council ; and their appreciation of his 
 
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 /AMES MADISON. 
 
 intellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not 
 a little to his subsequent eminence. In the year 
 1780, he was elected a member of the Continental 
 Congress. Here he met the most illustrious men in 
 our land, and he was immediately assigned to one of 
 the most conspicuous positions among them. 
 
 For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con- 
 gress, one of its most active and influential members. 
 In the year 1784, his term having expired, he was 
 elei ted a member of the Virginia Legislature. 
 
 No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the 
 utter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na- 
 tional government, with no power to form treaties 
 which would be binding, or to enforce law. There 
 was not any State more prominent than Virginia in 
 the declaration, that an efficient national government 
 must be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison 
 carried a resolution through the General Assembly of 
 Virginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis- 
 sioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss 
 this subject. Five States only were represented. The 
 convention, however, issued another call, drawn up 
 by Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their 
 delegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft 
 a Constitution for the United States, to take the place 
 of that Confederate League. The delegates met at 
 the time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island 
 was represented. George Washington was chosen 
 president of the convention; and the present Consti- 
 tution of the United States was then and there formed. 
 There was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac- 
 tive in framing this immortal document than the mind 
 and the pen of James Madison. 
 
 The Constitution, adopted by a vote Si to 79, was 
 to be presented to the several States for acceptance. 
 But grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected 
 we should be left but a conglomeration of independent 
 States, with but little power at home and little respect 
 abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven- 
 tion to draw up an address to the people of the United 
 States, expounding the principles of the Constitution, 
 and urging its adoption. There was great opposition 
 to it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and 
 went into effect in 1789. 
 
 Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- 
 sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the 
 avowed leader of the Republican party. While in 
 New York attending Congress, he met Mrs Todd, a 
 young widow of remarkable power of fascination, 
 whom he married. She was in person and character 
 queenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied 
 so prominent a position in the very peculiar society 
 which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. 
 Mndison. 
 
 Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under 
 Jefferson, and at the close of his administration 
 was chosen President. At this time the encroach- 
 ments of England had brought us to the verge of war. 
 
 British orders in council destioyed our commerce, and 
 our flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison 
 was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring 
 in Ins disposition, war had no charms for him. But the 
 meekest spirit can be roused. It makes one's blood 
 boil, even now, to think of an American ship brought 
 to, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser. 
 A young lieutenant steps on board and orders the 
 crew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal- 
 ance he selects any number whom he may please to 
 designate as British subjects ; orders them down the 
 ship's side into his boat; and places them on the gun- 
 deck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the 
 battles of England. This right of search and im- 
 pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce 
 the British cabinet to relinquish. 
 
 On the 1 8th of June, 1812, President Madison gave 
 his appioval to an act of Congress declaring war 
 against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter 
 hostility of the Federal party to the war, the country 
 in general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th 
 of March, 18 13, was re-elected by a large majority, 
 and entered upon his second term of office. This is 
 not the place to describe the various adventures of 
 this war on the land and on the water. Our infant 
 navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- 
 pling with the most formidable power which ever 
 swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest 
 by the appearance of a British fleet, early in February, 
 18 13, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole 
 coast of the United States under blockade. 
 
 The Emperor of Russia offered his services as me 
 ditator. America accepted ; England refused. A Brit- 
 ish force of five thousand men landed on the banks 
 of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa- 
 peake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens- 
 burg, upon Washington. 
 
 The straggling little city of Washington was thrown 
 into consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict 
 at Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the 
 metropolis. The whole population fled from the city. 
 The President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White 
 House, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to 
 await his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers 
 in a council of war He met our troops utterly routed, 
 and he could not go back without danger of being 
 captured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential 
 Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in 
 Washington were in flames. 
 
 The war closed after two years of fighting, and on 
 Feb. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of 
 office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair 
 to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau- 
 tiful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re- 
 mainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the 
 age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi- 
 son died July 12, 1849. 
 
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FIFTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 AMES MONROE, the fifth 
 Presidentof The United States, 
 was born in Westmoreland Co., 
 Va., April 28, 1758. His early 
 life was passed at the place of 
 \^.> /* ' nativity. His ancestors had for 
 '1^'aJLs many years resided in the prov- 
 n™fet| ince in which lie was born. When, 
 •'^''7'. ai 1; j ears of age, in the process 
 ^MsKf °'" completing ^ s education at 
 William and Mary College, the Co- 
 lonial Congress assembled at Phila- 
 delphia to deliberate upon the un- 
 just and manifold oppressions of 
 Great Britian, declared the separa- 
 tion of the Colonies, and promul- 
 gated the Declaration of Indepen- 
 dence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly 
 probable that he would have been one of the signers 
 of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left 
 school and enlisted among the patriots. 
 
 He joined the army when everything looked hope- 
 less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased 
 from day to day. The invading armies came pouring 
 in ; and the tories not only favored the cause of the 
 mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, 
 who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con- 
 uncling with an enemy whom they had been taught 
 to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James 
 Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through 
 difficulty and danger, the United States owe their 
 political emancipation. The young cadet joined the 
 ranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country, 
 with a linn determination to live o. iie with her strife 
 
 for liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel- 
 ancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White 
 Plains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled 
 before its foes through New Jersey. In four months 
 after the Declaration of Independence, the patriots 
 had been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of 
 Trenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg- 
 ing upon the enemy he received a wound in the left, 
 shoulder. 
 
 As a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was pro- 
 moted a captain of infantry ; and, having recovered 
 from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, 
 receded from the line of promotion, by becoming an 
 officer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam- 
 paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy 
 wine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued 
 aid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his 
 position in the army, he exerted himself to collect a 
 regiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed 
 owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon 
 this failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at 
 that period Governor, and pursued, with considerable 
 ardor, the study of common law. He did not, however, 
 entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag; 
 but on the invasions of the enemy, served as avolun 
 teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. 
 
 In 1782, he was elected from King George county, 
 a member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by thai 
 body he was elevated to a seat in the Executive 
 Council. He was thus honored with the confidence 
 of his fellow citizens at 23 years of age ; and having 
 at this early period displayed some of that ability 
 and aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards 
 employed with unremitting energy for the public good, 
 
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 JAMES MONROE. 
 
 he was in the succeeding year chosen a member of 
 ihe Congress of the United States. 
 Deeplyas Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old 
 Confederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution, 
 ihinking, with many others of *he Republican party, 
 that it gave too much power to the Central Government, 
 and not enough to the individual States. Still he re- 
 tained the esteem of his friends who were its warm 
 supporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition 
 secured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member 
 of the United States Senate; which office he held for 
 four years. Every month the line of distinction be- 
 tween the two great parties which divided the nation, 
 the Federal and the Republican, was growing more 
 distinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep- 
 arated them were, that the Republican party was in 
 sympathy with France, and also in favor of such a 
 strict construction of the Constitution as to give the 
 Central Government as little power, and the State 
 Governments as much power, as the Constitution would 
 warrant. The Federalists sympathized with England, 
 and were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- 
 stitution, which would give as much power to the 
 Central Government as tnat document could possibly 
 authorize. 
 
 The leading Federalists and Republicans were 
 alike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the 
 good of the nation. Two more honest men or more 
 pure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and 
 James Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In 
 building up this majestic nation, which is destined 
 to eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com- 
 bination of their antagonism was needed to create the 
 light equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de- 
 nounced as almost a demon. 
 
 Washington was then President. England had es- 
 poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi- 
 ples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn 
 into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. 
 Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be- 
 tween these contending powers. France had helped 
 us in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms 
 of Europe were now combined to prevent the French 
 from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse 
 than that which we had endured Col. Monroe, more 
 magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at 
 whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in 
 their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous 
 and noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres- 
 ident's proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in 
 magnanimity. 
 
 Washington, who could appreciate such a character, 
 developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, 
 by appointing that very James Monroe, who was de- 
 nouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister 
 of that Government to the Republic of France. Mr. 
 Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention 
 in France wit a the most enthusiastic demonstrations. 
 
 Shortly after his return to this countrv, Mr. Mon- 
 roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the 
 office for three yeais. He was again sent to France to 
 co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining 
 the vast territory then known as the Province of 
 Louisiana, which France had but shortly before ob- 
 tained from Spain. Their united efforts were suc- 
 cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen 
 millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and 
 district of Louisiana were added to the United States. 
 This was probably the largest transfer of real estate 
 which was ever made in all the history of the world. 
 
 From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob- 
 tain from that country some recognition of oik 
 rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those 
 odious impressments of our seamen. but Eng- 
 land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng- 
 land on the same mission, but could receive no 
 redress. He returned to his home and was again 
 chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned 
 to accept the position of Secretary of State under 
 Madison. While in this office war with England was 
 declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during 
 these trying times, the duties of the War Department 
 were also put upon him. He was truly the armor- 
 bearer of President Madison, and the most efficient 
 business man in his cabinet. Upon the return ol 
 peace he resigned the Department of War, but con- 
 tinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex- 
 piration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the elec- 
 tion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had 
 been chosen President with but little opposition, and 
 upon March 4, 1817, was inaugurated. Four year? 
 later he was elected for a second term. 
 
 Among the important measures of his Presidency 
 were the cession of Florida to the United States; the 
 Missouri Compromise, and the " Monroe doctrine.' 
 
 This famous doctrine, since known as the " Monroe 
 doctrine," was enunciated by him in 1823. At thar 
 time the United States had recognized the independ- 
 ence of the South American states, and did not wish 
 to have European powers longer attempting to sub 
 due portions of the American Continent. The doctrine 
 is as follows: "That we should consider any attempt 
 on the part of European powers to extend their sys- 
 tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous 
 to our peace and safety," and "that we could not 
 view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing 
 or controlling American governments or provinces in 
 any other light than as a manifestation by European 
 powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United 
 States." This doctrine immediately affected thecourse 
 of foreign governments, and has become the approved 
 sentiment of the United States. 
 
 At the end of his second term Mr Monroe retired 
 to his home in Virginia, where he lived until 7830, 
 when he went to New York to live with his son-in- 
 law. In that city he died, on the 4th of July. '831 
 
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SIXTH PRES1DRNT. 
 
 
 
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 OHN QUINCY ADAMS, the 
 sixth President of the United 
 ^States, was born in the rural 
 home of his honored father. 
 John Adams, in Qnincy, Mass , 
 on the i ith cf July, 1767. His 
 mother, a woman of exalted 
 3 worth, watched over his childhood 
 during the almost constant ab- 
 sence of his father. When but 
 eight years of age, he stood with 
 ' his mother on an eminence, listen- 
 ing to the booming of the great bat- 
 tle on Bunker's Hill, and gazing on 
 upon the smoke and flames billow- 
 ing up from the conflagration of 
 Charlestown. 
 
 When but eleven years old he 
 took a tearful adieu of his mother, 
 to sail with his fattier for Europe, 
 through a fleet ot hostile British cruisers. The bright, 
 animated boy spent a year and a half in Paris, where 
 his father was associated with Franklin and Lee as 
 minister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted 
 the notice of these distinguished men, and he received 
 from them flattering marks of attention. 
 
 Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this 
 country, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad Again 
 "John Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he 
 applied himself with great diligence, for six months, 
 to .-.•udy; then accom pained his father to Holland, 
 where he entered, first a school in Amsterdam, then 
 the University at Leyden. About a year from this 
 time, in 178 1, when the manly boy was but fourteen 
 yea's of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min- 
 ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. 
 
 In this school of incessant labor and of enobling 
 culture he spent fourteen months, and then returned 
 to Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and 
 Bremen. This long journey he took alone, in the 
 winter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed 
 xus studies, under a pri"ate tutor, at Hague. Thence. 
 
 in the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father i: 
 Paris, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintance 
 with the most distinguished men on the Continent 
 examining arcliitectural remains, galleries of paintings 
 and all renowned works of art. At Paris he again 
 became associated with the most illustrious men ol 
 all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal 
 themes which can engross the human mind Afte" 
 a short visit to England he returned to Paris, ana 
 consecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785, 
 when he returned to America. To a brilliant young 
 man of eighteen, who had seen much of the world, 
 and who was familiar with the etiquette of courts, a 
 residence with his father in London, under such cir- 
 cumstances, must have been extremely attractive 
 but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre- 
 ferred to return to America to complete his education 
 in an American college. He wished then to study 
 law, that with an honorable profession, he might be 
 able to obtain an independent support. 
 
 Upon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty- 
 he studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be- 
 ing then but twenty-seven years of age, he was ap- 
 pointed by Washington, resident minister at the 
 Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached 
 London in October, where he was immediately admit- 
 ted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney. 
 assisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with 
 Gieat Brilian. After thus spending a fortnight ii 
 London, he proceeded to the Hague. 
 
 In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal as 
 minister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal, 
 upon arriving in London, he met with despatches 
 directing him to the court of Benin, but requesting 
 him to remain in London until he should receive his 
 instructions. While waiting he was mairied to a» 
 American lady to whom he had been previously en- 
 gaged, — M'.ss Louisa Catherine Tohnson. daughter 
 of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in I ondon 
 a lady endownd with that beauty and those accom- 
 plishment which eminently fitted her to move in tm 
 elevated sphere for which she w;is c'.os'ir.ed 
 
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 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 
 
 He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; 
 where he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful- 
 filled all the purposes of his mission, he solicited his 
 recall. 
 
 Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to 
 the Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then 
 was elected Senator of the United States for six years, 
 from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his 
 ability and his experience, placed him immediately 
 among the most prominent and influential members 
 of that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern- 
 ment in its measures of resistance to the encroach- 
 ments of England, destroying our commerce and in- 
 sulting our flag. There was no man in America more 
 familiar with the arrogance of the British court upon 
 these points, and no one more resolved to present 
 a firm resistance. 
 
 In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres- 
 idential chair, and he immediately nominated John 
 Quincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign- 
 ing his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked 
 at Boston, in August, 1809. 
 
 While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu- 
 dent. He devoted his attention to the language and 
 history of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the 
 European system of weights, measures, and coins; to 
 the climate and astronomical observations ; while he 
 kept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and 
 Latin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a 
 more accomplished scholar could scarcely be found. 
 All through life the Bible constituted an importart 
 part of his studies. It was his rule to read five 
 chapters every day. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the 
 Presidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr. 
 Adams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num- 
 erous friends in public and private life in Europe, he 
 sailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On the 
 18th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his 
 home in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon- 
 roe's administration, Mr. Adams continued Secretary 
 of State. 
 
 Some time before :he close of Mr. Monroe's second 
 term of office, new candidates began to be presented 
 for the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams brought 
 forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. 
 Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and 
 sixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re- 
 ceived ninety nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; 
 William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty- 
 seven. As there was no choice by the people, the 
 question went to the House of Representatives. Mr. 
 Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and 
 he was elected. 
 
 The friends of all the disappointed candidates now 
 :ombined in a venomous and persistent assault upon 
 Mr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in 
 »J»e past history of our country than the abuse which 
 
 was poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this 
 high-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was 
 an administration more pure in principles, more con- 
 scientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun- 
 try, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per- 
 haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- 
 lously and outrageously assailed. 
 
 Mr Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab- 
 stemious and temperate in his habits; always rising 
 early, and taking much exercise. When at his home in 
 Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast, 
 seven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said 
 that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his 
 own fire and applying himself to work in his library 
 often long before dawn. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired 
 from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew 
 Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice ^resi- 
 dent. The slavery question now began to assume 
 portentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to 
 Quincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un- 
 abated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re- 
 main in retirement. In November, 1830, he was 
 elected representative to Congress. For seventeen 
 years, until his death, he occupied the post as repre- 
 sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to 
 do brave battle' for freedom, and winning the title of 
 " the old man eloquent." Upon taking his seat in 
 the House, he announced that he should hold him- 
 self bound to no party. Probably there never was a 
 member more devoted to his duties. He was usually 
 the first in his place in the morning, and the last to 
 leave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could 
 be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. 'I he 
 battle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against 
 the proslavery party in the Government, was sublime 
 in its moral daring and heroism. For persisting in 
 presenting petitions for ihe abolition of slavery, he 
 was threatened with indictment by the grand jury 
 with expulsion from the House, with assassination 
 but no threats could intimidate him, and his final 
 triumph was complete. 
 
 It has been said of President Adams, that when his 
 body was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of 
 fourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little 
 child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before 
 he slept, the prayer which his mother taught him in 
 his infant years. 
 
 On the 2istof February, r848, he rose on the floor 
 of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the 
 speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly- 
 sis, and was caught in the arms of those around him. 
 For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to 
 the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious- 
 ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and 
 said " This is the end of earth .-"then after a moment's 
 pause he added, "/am content." These were the 
 last words of the grand " Old Man Eloquent." 
 
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S£ VENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 
 
 
 NDREW JACKSON, the 
 seventh President of the 
 United States, was born in 
 Waxhaw settlement, N. (:., 
 March 15, 1767, a few days 
 after his father's death. His 
 parents were poor emigrants 
 from Ireland, and took up 
 their abode in Waxhaw set- 
 tlement, where they lived in 
 deepest poverty. 
 Andrew, or Andy, as he was 
 universally called, grew up a very 
 rough, rude, turbulent boy. His 
 features were coarse, his form un- 
 gainly; and there was but very 
 fittle in his character, made visible, which was at- 
 tractive. 
 
 When only thirteen years old he joined the volun- 
 teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 
 1781, he and his brother Robert were captured and 
 imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer 
 ordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. " I am 
 a prisoner of war, not your servant," was the reply of 
 the dauntless boy. 
 
 The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate 
 Dlow at the head of the helpless young prisoner. 
 Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear- 
 ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other upon the 
 head. The officer then turned to his brother Robert 
 with the same demand. He also refused, and re- 
 ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which quite 
 disabled him, and which probably soon after caused 
 his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and 
 were finally stricken with the small-pox. Their 
 mother was successful ; i\ obtaining their exchange, 
 
 and took her sick boys home. After a long illn_ss. 
 Andrew recovered, and the death of his mother soon 
 left him entirely friendless. 
 
 A idrew supported himself in various ways, such aa 
 working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and 
 clerking in a general store, until 1784, when he 
 entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, 
 gave more attention to the wild amusements of the 
 times than to his studies. In 1788, he was appointed 
 solicitcr for the western district of North Carolina, of 
 which Tennessee was then a part. This involved 
 many long and tedious journeys amid dangers of 
 
 every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear. 
 
 and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish' 
 witn the Sharp Knife. 
 
 In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman whc> 
 supposed herself divorced from her former husband. 
 Great was the surprise of both parties, two years later, 
 to find that the conditions of the divorce had just been 
 definitely settled by the first husband. The marriage 
 ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur- 
 rence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr. 
 Jackson into disfavor. 
 
 During these years he worked hard at his profes 
 sion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand, 
 one of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec- 
 ially disgraceful. 
 
 In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then 
 containing nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the 
 people met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con- 
 stitution. Five were sent from each of the elevu 
 counties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates." 
 The new State was entitled to but one member in 
 the National House of Representatives. Andre* lack- 
 son was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he 
 rode to Philedelphia, where CongTess then held its 
 
44 
 
 ANDR&1? JACKSON. 
 
 sessions, — a distance of about eight hundred miles. 
 
 Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo- 
 cratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired 
 Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr. 
 Jackson took his seat, Gen. Washington, whose 
 second term of office was then expiring, delivered his 
 last speech to Congress. A committee drew up a 
 complimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson 
 did not approve of the address, and was one of the 
 twelve who voted against it. He was not willing to 
 say that Gen. Washington's adminstration had been 
 " wise, firm and patriotic." 
 
 Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States 
 Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home. 
 Soon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court 
 of his State, which position he held for six years. 
 
 When the war of 181 2 with Great Britian com- 
 menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. 
 Aaron Burr sent word to the President that there was 
 an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who 
 would do credit to a commission if one were con- 
 ferred U|)on him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson 
 jffeied his services and those of twenty-five hundred 
 volunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops 
 were assembled at Nashville. 
 
 As the British were hourly expected to make an at- 
 tack upon New Orleans, where Gen Wilkinson was 
 in command, he was ordered to descend the river 
 with fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The 
 Expedition reached Natchez; and after a delay of sev 
 eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, 
 the men were ordered back to their homes. But the 
 energy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire 
 devotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him 
 golden opinions; and he became the most popular 
 man in the State. It was in this expedition that his 
 toughness gave him the nickname of " Gld Hickory." 
 
 Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col. 
 Thomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman 
 made about his taking a part as second in a duel, in 
 which a younger brother of Benton's was engaged, 
 he received two severe pistol wounds. While he was 
 lingering u[>on a bed of suffering news came that the 
 Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from 
 Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set- 
 tlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De- 
 cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with 
 his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in 
 a sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis- 
 tance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an 
 army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama. 
 
 The Creek Indians had established a strong fort on 
 one of the bends of the Tallapoosa River, near the cen- 
 ter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother. 
 vVith an army of two thousand men, Gen Jackson 
 traversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven 
 days. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or 
 Horse-shoe, on the 27th of March. r8ia. The bend 
 
 of the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of 
 tangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow 
 neck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast- 
 work of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, 
 with an ample suplyof arms were assembled. 
 
 The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des- 
 perate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When 
 bleeding and dying, they would fight those who en- 
 deavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn- 
 ing until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was 
 awful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the 
 river; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as 
 they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- 
 rios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam 
 the' river and escaped. This ended the war. The 
 power of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold 
 plunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter, 
 so appalled the savages, that lhe haggard remnants 
 of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. 
 
 This closing of the Creek war enabled us to con- 
 centrate all our militia upon the British, who were the 
 allies of the Indians No man of less resolute will 
 than Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian 
 campaign to so successful an issue Immediately he 
 was appointed major-general. 
 
 Late in August, with an army of two thousand 
 men, on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson came to 
 Mobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed- 
 a force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort, 
 and from both ship and shore commenced a furious 
 assault The battle was long and doubtful. At length 
 one of the ships was blown up and the rest retired. 
 
 Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken, his little 
 army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, 
 And the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued, 
 was in reality a very arduous campaign. This won 
 for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his 
 troops, which numbered about four thousand men, 
 won a signal victory over the British army of about 
 nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the 
 loss of the British was two thousand six hundred. 
 
 The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men- 
 tioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824, 
 he was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however, 
 successful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected 
 for a second term in 1832. In r82Q, just before he 
 assumed the reins of the government, he met with 
 the most terrible affliction of his life in the death of 
 his wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has 
 perhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of 
 her death he never recovered. 
 
 His administration was one of the most memorable 
 in the annals of our country; applauded oy one party, 
 condemned by the other. No man had more bitter 
 enemies or warmer friends. At the expiration of his 
 two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where 
 he died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack- 
 son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. 
 
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EIGHTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 M| iiprt'iui) Y^I] BOREI). 
 
 
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 ARTIN VAN BUREN, the 
 eighth President of the 
 United States, was born at 
 Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 
 1782. He died at the same 
 place, July 24, 1862. His 
 body rests in the cemetery 
 at Kinderhook. Above it is 
 a plain granite shaft fifteen feet 
 high, bearing a simple inscription 
 m about half way up on one face. 
 V The lot is unfenced, unlxjrdered 
 or unbounded by shrub or flower. 
 
 There U out little in the life of Martin Van line 1 
 of reman' 'c interest. He fought no battles, engaged 
 in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in 
 political and intellectual conflicts, and lie gained many 
 signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those 
 incidents which give zest to biography. His an- 
 cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, 
 and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland 
 to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, 
 residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, 
 also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- 
 ligence and exemplary piety. 
 
 .-fe was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un- 
 usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the 
 age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies 
 ai his native village, and commenced the study of 
 law. As he bad not a collegiate education, seven 
 years of study in a law-office were required of him 
 before he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with 
 d lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur- 
 sued his studies with indefatigable industry. After 
 spending six years in an office in u is native village, 
 
 he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his 
 studies for the seventh year. 
 
 In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of 
 age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil- 
 lage. The great conflict between the Federal and 
 Republican party was then at its height. Mr. Van 
 Buren was from the beginning a politician. He had, 
 perhaps, imbibed that -spirit while listening to the 
 many discussions which had been carried on in his 
 father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with 
 Jefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the 
 cause of State Rights; though at thai time the Fed- 
 eral party held the supremacy both in his town 
 and St.ite 
 
 His success and increasing ruputation led him 
 after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, tlu 
 county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years, 
 constantly gaining strength by contending in tin 
 courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned 
 the bar of his State. 
 
 Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi. 
 Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for 
 beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short 
 years she sank into the grave, the victim of consump- 
 tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep ovei 
 her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was: 
 an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record 
 of those years is barren in items of public interest. 
 In 1X1 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to 
 the State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to 
 Mr. Madison's adminstration. In 1815, he was ap- 
 pointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved 
 to Albany, the capital of the State. 
 
 While he was acknowledged as one of the most 
 p ominent leaders of th6 Democratic party, he had 
 
48 
 
 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 
 
 the moral courage to avow that true democracy did 
 not require that " universal suffrage " which admits 
 the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of 
 governing the State. In true consistency with his 
 democratic principles, he contended that, while the 
 path leading to the privilege of voting should be open 
 to every man without distinction, no one should be 
 invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were 
 in some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue 
 and some property interests in the welfare of the 
 State. 
 
 In 182 i he was elected :. member of the United 
 States Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat 
 in the convention to revise the constitution of his 
 native State. His course in this convention secured 
 the approval of men of all parties. No one could 
 doubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the 
 interests of all classes in the community. In the 
 Senate of the United States, he rose at once to a 
 -onspicuous position as an active and useful legislator. 
 
 In 1827, John Quincy Adams beirg then in the 
 Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to 
 .he Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- 
 termined opposer of the Administration, adopting the 
 'St;ue Rights" view in opposition to what was 
 deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. 
 
 Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof 
 the State of New York, and accordingly resigned his 
 >eat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United 
 States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. 
 ^danis from the Presidential chair, and placing in it 
 Andrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether 
 entitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re- 
 garded throughout the United States as one of the 
 most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians 
 It was sup[»sed that no one knew so well as he how 
 to touch the secret sptings of action; how to pull all 
 the wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to 
 organize a political army which would, secretly and 
 Stealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By 
 these powers it is said that lie outwitted Mr. Adams, 
 Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which 
 few thought then could be accomplished. 
 
 When Andrew Jackson was elected President he 
 ap]K,inted Mr. Van Buren Secretary of Sta'e. This 
 position he resigned in 1831, and was immediately 
 appointed Minister to England, where he went the 
 same autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, 
 refused to ratify the nomination, and he returned 
 
 home, apparently untroubled; was nominated Vice 
 President in the place of Calhoun, at 'he re-election 
 of President Jackson ; and with smiles for all and 
 downs for none, he took his place at the head of that 
 Senate which had refused to confirm his nomination 
 as ambassador. 
 
 His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of 
 President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor- 
 ite; and this, probably more than any other cause, 
 secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu 
 tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re- 
 ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. 
 Jackson as President of the United States. He was 
 elected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the 
 retiring President. " Leaving New York out of the 
 canvass," says Mr. Parton, "the election of Mr. Van 
 Buren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. 
 Jackson as though the Constitution had conferred 
 upon him the power to appoint a successor." 
 
 His administration was filled with exciting events. 
 The insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in- 
 volve this country in war with England, the agitation 
 of the slavery question, and finally the great commer- 
 cial panic which spread over the country, all were 
 trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at- 
 tributed to the management of the Democratic party, 
 and brought the President into such disfavor that he 
 failed of re election. 
 
 Willi the exception of being nominated for the 
 Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in 1848, 
 Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until 
 his death. 
 
 He had ever been a prudent man, of frugal h&b'ts. 
 and living within his income, had now fortunately a 
 competence for his declining years. His unblemished 
 character, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned 
 patriotism, and the distinguished positions which he 
 had occupied in the government of our country, se- 
 cured to him not only the homage of his party, but 
 the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 
 4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from 
 the presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald, 
 he still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics 
 of the country. From this time until his death, on 
 the 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he 
 resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of 
 culture and of wealth; enjoyirg in a healthy old 
 age, probably far more happiness than he had before 
 experienced amid the stormy scenes of hi? active life. 
 

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NINTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 5' 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 
 
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 . 
 
 M ILLIAM HENRY HARRI- 
 @) SON, the ninth President of 
 
 S) the United States, was born 
 
 at Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773. 
 His father, Benjamin Harri- 
 son, was in comparatively op- 
 ulent circumstances, and was 
 one of the most' distinguished 
 men of his day. He was an 
 intimate friend of George 
 Washington, u as early elected 
 a member of the Continental 
 Congress, and was conspicuous 
 amo'ig the patriots of Virginia in 
 resisting the encroachments of the 
 British crown. In the cejebrated 
 Congress of 1775, Benjamin Har- 
 rison and John Hancock were 
 both candidates for the office of 
 speaker. 
 
 Mr Harrison was subsequently 
 chosen Governor of Virginia, and 
 was twice re-elected. His son, 
 William Henry, of course enjoyed 
 in childhood all the advantages which wealth and 
 intellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- 
 ing received a thorough common-school education, he 
 entered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated 
 with honor soon after the death of his father. He 
 then repaired to Philadelphia tostudy medicine under 
 the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of 
 i'obert Morris, both of whom were, with his father, 
 rs of the Declaration of Independence. 
 Jpon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not- 
 withstanding the "-emonsttances of his friends, he 
 abandoned his medical studies ard entered the army, 
 ,iaving obtain*"! a commission of Ensign from Presi- 
 
 dent Washington. He was then but 19 yer.rs old. 
 From that time he passed gradually upward in rank 
 until he became aid to General Wayne, after whose 
 death he resigned his commission. He was then ap- 
 pointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This 
 Territory »vas then entitled to but one member in 
 Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that 
 position. 
 
 In the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory 
 was divided by Congress into two portions. The 
 eastern portion, comprising the region now embraced 
 in the State of Ohio, was called " The Territory 
 north-west of the Ohio." The western portion, which 
 included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and 
 Wisconsin, was called the "Indiana Territory." Wil- 
 liam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ap- 
 pointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana 
 Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of 
 Upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as 
 extensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He 
 was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in- 
 vested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now 
 rapidly increasing white population. The ability and 
 fidelity with which he discharged these responsible 
 duties may be inferred from the fact that he was four 
 times appointed to this office — first by John Adams, 
 twice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi- 
 dent Madison. 
 
 When he began his adminstration there were but 
 three white settlements in that almost boundless region, 
 now crowded with cities and resounding with all the 
 tumult of wealth and traffic . ( >ne of these settlements 
 was on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at 
 Vincennes, 011 the Wabash, and the thiid a French 
 settlement. 
 
 The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrison 
 reigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. Aho.i' 
 
s* 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 
 
 the year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, 
 of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of 
 inese was called Tecumseh, or " The Crouching 
 Panther;" the other, Olliwacheca, or "The Prophet.'' 
 Tecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man 
 of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit- 
 able perseverance in any enterprise in which he might 
 engage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm, 
 and had long regarded with dread and with hatred 
 the encroachment of the whites upon the hunting- 
 grounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was 
 anorator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored 
 Indian as the gale tossed the tree -tops beneath which 
 they dwelt. 
 
 But the Prophet was not merely anorator: he was, 
 in the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested 
 with the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a 
 magician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter 
 the Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went 
 from tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent 
 by the Great Spirit. 
 
 Gov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate 
 the Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tippe- 
 canoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. 
 October 28, 1812, his army began its march. When 
 near the Prophet's town three Indians of rank made 
 their appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was 
 approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a 
 short conference, arrangements were made for a meet- 
 ing the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. 
 
 But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with 
 the Indian character to be deceived by such protes- 
 tations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night's en- 
 campment, he took every precaution against surprise 
 His troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept 
 upon their arms. 
 
 The troops threw themselves upon the ground for 
 rest; but every man had his accoutrements on, his 
 loaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The 
 wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock in 
 the morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa- 
 tion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It 
 was a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In 
 the darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi- 
 ble, and j'ist then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all 
 the desperation which superstition and passion most 
 highly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the 
 little army. The savages had been amply provided 
 with guns and ammunition by the English. Their 
 war-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets. 
 
 The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the 
 light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- 
 pus yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a 
 speedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison's 
 troops stood as immovable as the rocks around them 
 until day dawned '■ they then made a simultaneous 
 charge with the bayonet, and swept every thing be- 
 fore them, and completely routing th^ foe. 
 
 Gov. Harrison now had alt his energies tasked 
 to the utmost. The British descending from the Can - 
 adas, were of themselves a very formidable fone ; but 
 with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the 
 forest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn- 
 ing, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier 
 was plunged into a state of consternation which even 
 the most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive. 
 The war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the 
 forest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra- 
 tion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made 
 the ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit. 
 Under these despairing circumstances, Gov. Harrison 
 was appointed by President Madison commander-in- 
 chief of the North-western army, with orders to retake 
 Detroit, and to protect the frontiers. 
 
 It would be difficult to place a man in a situation 
 demanding more energy, sagacity and courage; bill 
 General Harrison was found equal to the position, 
 and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re 
 sponsibilities. 
 
 He won the love of his soldiers by always sharing 
 with them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while 
 pursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a 
 valise; and his bedding consisted of a single blanket 
 lashed over his saddle Thirty-five British officers, 
 his prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle. 
 The only fare he could give them was beef roasted 
 before the fire, without bread or salt. , 
 
 In 1816, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of 
 the National House of Representatives, to represent 
 the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an 
 active member; and whenever he spoke, it was with 
 force of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested 
 the attention of all the members. 
 
 In 1819, Harrison was elected to the Senate of 
 Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors 
 of that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The 
 same year he was chosen to the United States Senate. 
 
 In 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him 
 forward as a candidate for the Presidency against 
 Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of 
 Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re-nominated by his 
 party, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated 
 by the Whigs, with John Tyler forthe Vice Presidenc v. 
 The contest was very animated. Gen Jackson gave 
 all his influence to prevent Harrison's election ; but 
 his triumph was signal. 
 
 The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster 
 at its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most 
 brilliant with which any President had ever been 
 surrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin- 
 istration more flattering, or the hopes of the country 
 more sanguine. In the midst of these bright and 
 joyous prospects, Gen. Harrison was seized by a 
 pleurisv-fever and after a few days of violent sick- 
 ness, died on the 4th of April ; just one month after 
 his inauguration as President of the United States. 
 
V 1 - 
 
TENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 55 
 
 ■ - - ,, %m 
 
 OHN TYLER, the tenth 
 Presidentof the United States. 
 He was born in Charles-city 
 Co., Va., March 29, 1790. He 
 was the favored child of af- 
 fluence and high social po- 
 sition. At the early age of 
 twelve, John entered William 
 and Mary College and grad- 
 uated with much honor when 
 but seventeen years old. After 
 graduating, he devoted him- 
 self with great assiduity to the 
 study of law, partly with his 
 father and portly with Edmund 
 Randolph, one of the most distin- 
 guished lawyers of Virginia. 
 
 At nineteen years of age, ne 
 commenced the practice of law. 
 His success was rapid and aston- 
 ishing. It is said that three 
 months had not elapsed ere there 
 was scarcely a case on the dock- 
 et of the court in which he was 
 tot retained. When but twenty-one vears of age, he 
 was almost unanimously e'ected to a seat in the State 
 Legislature. He connected himself with the Demo- 
 cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of 
 Jefferson and Madison. For five successive years he 
 was elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the 
 unanimous vote or his county. 
 
 When but twenty-six years of age, he was elected 
 a member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and 
 ably wuh the Democratic party, opposing a national 
 bank, internal improvements by the General Govern- 
 
 ment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strict con- 
 struction of the Constitution, and the most careful 
 vigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress 
 were so arduous that before the close of his second 
 term he found it necessary to resign and retire to his 
 estate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He, 
 however, soon after consented to take his seat in the 
 State Legislature, where his influence was powerful 
 in promoting public works of great utility. With a 
 reputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen 
 by a very large majority of votes, Governor of his 
 native State. His administration was signally a suc- 
 cessful one. His popularity secured his re-election. 
 
 John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed 
 man, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the 
 United States. A portion of the Democratic party 
 was displeased with Mr. Randolph's wayward course, 
 and brought forward John Tyler as his opponent, 
 considering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient 
 popularity to succeed against the renowned orator of 
 Roanoke. Mr. T\ler was the victor. 
 
 In accordance with his professions, upon taking his 
 seat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi- 
 tion. He opposed the tariff; he spoke against and 
 voted against the bank as unconstitutional; he stren- 
 uously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist- 
 ing all projects of internal improvements by the Gen- 
 eral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr. 
 Calhoun's view of nullification ; he declared that Gen. 
 Jackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had 
 abandoned the principles of the Democratic party. 
 Such was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress, — a record 
 in perfect accordance with the principles which be 
 had always avowed. 
 
 Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of 
 his profession. There was a rplit in the Deroocr^ic 
 
5* 
 
 JOHN TYLER. 
 
 Airty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef- 
 iersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli- 
 ments upon him. He had now attained the age of 
 forty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con- 
 sequence of his devotion to public business, his pri- 
 vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; and it was 
 not without satisfaction that he resumed the practice 
 of law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan- 
 tation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg, 
 for the better education of his children ; and he again 
 look his seat in the Legislature of Virginia. 
 
 By the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national 
 convention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in 
 '839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har- 
 rison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of 
 the South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili- 
 ate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the 
 convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres- 
 ident. It was well known that he was not in sympa- 
 thy with the Whig party in the Noith: but the Vice 
 President has but very little power in the Govern- 
 ment, his main and almost only duty being to pre- 
 side over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap- 
 pened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a 
 Democratic Vice President were chosen. 
 
 In 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi- 
 dent of the United States. In one short month from 
 that time, President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler 
 thus .cund himself, to his own surprise and that of 
 the whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential 
 chair. This was a new test of the stability of our 
 institutions, as it was the first time in the history of our 
 country that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler 
 was at home in Williamsburg when he received the 
 unexpected tidings of the death of President Harri- 
 son. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of 
 April was inaugurated to the high and responsible 
 office. He was placed in a position of exceeding 
 delicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been 
 opposed to the main principles of the party which had 
 brought him into power. He had ever been a con- 
 sistent, honest man, with an unblemished record. 
 Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should 
 he retain them, and thus surround himself with coun- 
 sellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or, 
 on the other hand, should he turn against the party 
 which had elected him and select a cabinet in har- 
 mony with himself, and which would oppose all those 
 views which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub- 
 lic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in- 
 vited the cabinet which President Haivrison had 
 selected to retain their seats. He reccomm .Mided a 
 day of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and 
 bless us. 
 
 The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the 
 incorporation of a fiscal bank of the United States. 
 The President, after ten days' delay, returned it with 
 his veto. He *ue£;ested, however, that he would 
 
 approve of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he 
 proposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and 
 privately submitted to him. He gave it his approval. 
 It was passed without alteration, and he sent it back 
 with his veto. Here commenced the open rupture. 
 It is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas- 
 ure by a published letter from the Hon. John M. 
 Botts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely 
 touched the [aide of the President. 
 
 The opposition now exultingly received the Presi- 
 dent into their arms. The party which elected him 
 denounced him bitterly. All the members of his 
 cabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs 
 of Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a 
 meeting and issued an address to the people of the 
 United States, proclaiming that all political alliance 
 between the Whigs and President Tyler were at 
 an end. 
 
 Still the President attempted to conciliate. He 
 appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and 
 Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party 
 men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign, 
 forced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus 
 the four years of Mr. Tyler's unfortunate administra- 
 tion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The 
 land was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs 
 and Democrats alike assailed him. More and more, 
 however, he brought himself into sympathy with his 
 old friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his term, 
 he gave his whole influence to the support of Mr. 
 Polk, the Democratic candidate for his successor. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the 
 harassments of office, tothe regret of neither party, and 
 probably to his own unspeakable lelief. His first wife, 
 Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842; 
 and in June, 1844, President Tyler was again married, 
 at New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of 
 many personal and intellectual accomplishments. 
 
 The remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly 
 in retirement at his beautiful home, — Sherwood For- 
 est, Charles city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in 
 his manners, richly furnished with information from 
 books and experience in the world, and possessing 
 brilliant powers of conversation, his family circle wis 
 the scene of unusual attractions. With sufficient 
 means for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he 
 might have enjoyed a serene old age with the few 
 friends who gathered around him, were it not for the 
 storms of civil war which his own principles and 
 policy had helped to introduce. 
 
 When the great Rebellion rose, which the State 
 rights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal- 
 houn had inaugurated, President Tyler renounced his 
 allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed- 
 erates. He was chosen a member of their Congress; 
 and while engaged in active measures to destroy, by 
 force of arms, 'he Government over which he had 
 once presided, he was taken sick and soon died. 
 
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 JAMES IK 
 
 l \ AMES K.POLK, the eleventh 
 ""BfcPresident of the United States, 
 was born in Mecklenburg Co., 
 N. C, Nov. 2, 1795. His par- 
 ents were Samuel and Jane 
 (Knox) Polk, the former a son 
 of Col. Thomas Polk, who located 
 at the above place, as one of the 
 first pioneers, in 1735. 
 
 In the year i3o6, with his wife 
 and children, and soon after fol- 
 lowed by most of the members of 
 the Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi- 
 grated some two or three hundred 
 miles farther west, to the rich valley 
 of the Duck River. Here in the 
 midst of the wilderness, in a region 
 which was subsequently called Mau- 
 ry Co., they reared their log huts, 
 and established their homes. In the 
 hard toil of a new farm in the wil- 
 derness, James K. Polk spent the 
 early years of his childhood and 
 youth. His father, adding the pur- 
 suit of a surveyor to that of a farmer, 
 gradually increased in wealth until 
 he became one of the leading men of the region. His 
 mother was a superior woman, of strong common 
 sense and earnest piety. 
 
 Very early in life, James developed a taste for 
 reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain 
 a liberal education. His mother's training had made 
 him methodical in his habits, had taught him punct- 
 uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty 
 principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his 
 father, fearing that he might not be able to endure a 
 
 sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the 
 counter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits. 
 
 This was to James a bitter disappointment. He 
 had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks 
 were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this 
 uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his 
 earnest solicitation his father removed him, and made 
 arrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon 
 after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With 
 ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed 
 forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half, 
 years, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomorei 
 class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel 
 Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of 
 scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing 
 himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious 
 service. 
 
 He graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be- 
 ing deemed the best scholar of his class, both in 
 mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- 
 three years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this 
 time much impaired by the assiduity with which he 
 had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of 
 relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the 
 office of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk 
 renewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who 
 resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few 
 miles from Nashville. They had probably been 
 slightly acquainted before. 
 
 Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican, 
 and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi- 
 cal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was 
 constantly called upon to address the meetings of his 
 party friends. His skill as a speaker was such that 
 he was popularly called the Napoleon of the stump. 
 He was a man of unblemished morals, genial and 
 
6o 
 
 /AMES K. POLK. 
 
 courteous in his bearing, and with that sympathetic 
 nature in the joy s and griefs of others which ever gave 
 him troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected 
 to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his 
 strong influence towards the election of his friend, 
 Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States. 
 I In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah 
 Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was 
 altogether worthy of him, — a lady of beauty and cul- 
 ture. In the fall of r825, Mr. Polk was chosen a 
 member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave 
 to his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that 
 for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con- 
 tinued in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, 
 only that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair 
 of Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious 
 member, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was 
 always in his seat, always courteous ; and whenever 
 he spoke it was always to the point, and without any 
 ambitious rhetorical display. 
 
 During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was 
 Speaker of the House Strong passions were roused, 
 and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr Polk per- 
 formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- 
 tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was 
 passed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of 
 March, 1839. 
 
 In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a 
 candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was 
 elected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo- 
 ber, rS39,took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, 
 his term of office expired, and he was again the can- 
 didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur- 
 ated President of the United States. The verdict of 
 the country in favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted 
 its influence upon Congress ; and the last act of the 
 administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- 
 nature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 
 3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to 
 the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas 
 as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, 
 Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and 
 left the country, declaring the act of the annexation 
 to be an act hostile to Mexico. 
 
 In his first message, President Polk urged that 
 Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- 
 ceived into the Union on the same footing with the 
 other States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent 
 
 with an army into Texas to hold the country. He was 
 sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the 
 western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent pearly 
 two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, 
 where he erected batteries which commanded the 
 Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on 
 the western banks. 
 
 The anticipated collision soon took place, and wai 
 was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The 
 war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration 
 with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first 
 called one of "observation," then of "occupation," 
 then of " invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. The 
 feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly 
 and awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement 
 alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. 
 It was by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration 
 that the war was brought on. 
 
 'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico was 
 prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands. 
 We now consented to peace upon the condition that 
 Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas, 
 all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal- 
 ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of 
 Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This 
 was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the 
 size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen 
 majestic States to be added to the Union. There were 
 some Americans who thought it all right : there were 
 others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution 
 of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and 
 more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this 
 money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. 
 
 On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from 
 office, having served one term. The next day was 
 Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated 
 as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the 
 same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even- 
 ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to 
 Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. 
 He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, 
 and his health was good. With an ample fortune, 
 a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties 
 of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years 
 of tranquility and happiness were before him. But the 
 cholera — that fearful scourge — was then sweeping up 
 the Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted, 
 and died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth 
 year of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen. 
 
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TWELFTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 /ACmAl^V TAYJkOiJ. 
 
 ACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth 
 
 f& President of the United States, 
 I) 
 was born on the 24th of Nov., 
 
 1784, in Orange Co., Va. His 
 %a father, Colonel Taylor, was 
 a Virginian of note, and a dis- 
 tinguished patriot and soldier of 
 the Revolution. When Zachary 
 was an infant, his father with his 
 wife and two children, emigrated 
 to Kentucky, where he settled in 
 the pathless wilderness, a few 
 miles from Louisville. In this front- 
 ier home, away from civilization and 
 all its refinements, yjung Zachary 
 could enjoy but few social and educational advan- 
 tages. When six years of age he attended a common 
 school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, 
 rather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char- 
 acter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and 
 manifested .1 strong desire to enter the army to fight 
 the Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There 
 is little to lie recorded of the uneventful years of his 
 childhood on his father's large but lonely plantation. 
 In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him 
 the commission of lieutenant in the United States 
 army ; and he joined the troops which were stationed 
 at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after 
 . this he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady 
 from one of the first families of Maryland. 
 
 Immediately afte'r the declaration of war with Eng- 
 land, in r8i2, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been 
 promoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort 
 Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above 
 Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- 
 ness by Gen. Harrison. on his march to Tippecanoe. 
 It was one of the first points of attack by the Indians, 
 ied by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken 
 
 company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of 
 whom were sick. 
 
 Early in the autumn of i8r2, the Indians, stealthily, 
 and in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Their 
 approach was first indicated by the murder of two 
 soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor 
 made every possible preparation to meet the antici- 
 pated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of 
 forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, 
 waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that 
 in the morning their chief would come to have a talk 
 with him. It was evident that their object was merely 
 to ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. 
 Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept 
 them at a distance. 
 
 The sun went down; the savages disappeared, the 
 garrison slept upon their arms. One hour before 
 midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips 
 in the forest around, followed by the discharge of 
 musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick 
 and well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that 
 defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap- 
 ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- 
 ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can 
 conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc- 
 ceeded in setting fire to one of the block-houses- 
 Until six o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict 
 continued. The savages then, baffled at every point, 
 and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. 
 Taylor, for this galiant defence, was promoted to the 
 rank of major by brevet. 
 
 Until the close of the war, Major Taylor was placed 
 in such situations that he saw but little more of active 
 service. He was sent far away into the depths of the 
 wilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which 
 empties into Green Bay. Here there was but little 
 to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one 
 best could. There were no books, no society, no in- 
 
64 
 
 ZACHARY TAYLOR 
 
 tellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful 
 years rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of 
 colonel. In the Black Hawk war, which resulted in 
 the capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor 
 took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. 
 
 For twenty four years Col. Taylor was engaged in 
 the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in 
 (employments so obscure, that his name was unknown 
 ■beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance. 
 In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel 
 the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re- 
 tire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, 
 iiac" promised they should do. The services rendered 
 dee secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of 
 the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated 
 :c he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon 
 after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- 
 ■nand of the United States troops in Florida. 
 
 After two years of such wearisome employment 
 imidst the everglades of the peninsula, Gen. Taylor 
 Villained, at his own request, a change of command, 
 ind was stationed over the Department of the South- 
 west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, 
 Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters 
 nl Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family 
 ra a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. 
 H«re he remained for five years, buried, as it were, 
 from the world, but faithfully discharging every duty 
 jn posed upon him. 
 
 In 1S46, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land 
 between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river 
 fbeing the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed 
 by the United States. Soon the war with Mexico 
 wr. 5 brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la 
 Pa Ima, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the 
 Mexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet 
 was then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name 
 was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in 
 the Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and 
 I uena Vista in which he won signal victories over 
 fc jrces much larger than he commanded. 
 
 His careless habits of dress and his unaffected 
 simplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, 
 tl /s sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready.' 
 
 The tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista 
 spread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The 
 n. , me of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The 
 H hig party decided to take advantage of this wonder- 
 fu/ popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- 
 
 ■" "red, honest soldier as their candidate for the 
 1'iesidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an- 
 nt uncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- 
 claring that he was not at all qualified for such an 
 oft ice. So little interest had he taken in politics that, 
 foi forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not 
 wuhout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen 
 vflio had been long years in the public service found 
 ? i.:ar claims set aside in behalf of one whose name 
 
 had never been heard of, save in connection with Palo 
 Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena 
 Vista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re- 
 marked, " It is a nomination not fit to be made." 
 
 Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine 
 writer His friends took possession of him, and pre- 
 pared such few communications as it was needful 
 should be presented to the public. The popularity of 
 the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri- 
 umphantly elected over two opposing candidates, — 
 Gen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren. 
 Though he selected an excellent cabinet, the good 
 old man found himself in a very uncongenial position, 
 and was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed. 
 His mental sufferings were very severe, and probably 
 tended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party 
 was pushing its claims with tireless energy, expedi- 
 tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was 
 pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery 
 stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found 
 the political conflicts in Washington to be far more 
 trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or 
 Indians 
 
 In the midst of all these troubles, Gen. Taylor, 
 after he had occupied the Presidential chair but little 
 over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of 
 but little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850. 
 His last words were, " I am not afraid to die. I am 
 ready. I have endeavored to do my duty." He died 
 universally respected and beloved. An honest, un- 
 pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the 
 affections of the people ; and the Nation bitterly la- 
 mented his death. 
 
 Gen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with 
 Gen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful 
 description of his character:—" With a good store of 
 common sense, Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en- 
 larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse 
 with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- 
 quence. The frontiers and small military posts had 
 been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his 
 rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim- 
 plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju- 
 dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the 
 tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, 
 chanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat 
 a little on one side of his head ; or an officer to leave 
 a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out- 
 side pocket, — in any such case, this critic held the 
 off .-rider to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse), 
 whom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase, 
 'touch with a pair of tongs.' 
 
 "Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- 
 worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a 
 sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter 
 unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. Inshor* 
 few men have ever had a more comfortable, '•»>"«. 
 saving contempt for learnirg of every kind." 
 
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THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 1 ^'MILLARn FILLfflnHE.^ | 
 
 *-*- 
 
 -'vum^ 
 
 ILLARD FILLMORE, thir- 
 teenth President of the United 
 States, was born at Summer 
 Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on 
 the -th of January, 1800. His 
 ^ father was a farmer, and ow- 
 ing to misfortune, in humble cir- 
 cumstances. Of his mother, the 
 daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, 
 of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been 
 said that she possessed an intellect 
 of very high order, united with much 
 personal loveliness, sweetness of dis- 
 position, graceful manners and ex- 
 quisite sensibilities. She died in 
 1 83 1 ; having lived to see her son a 
 young man of distinguished prom- 
 ise, though she was not permitted to witness the high 
 dignity which he finally attained. 
 
 In consequence of the secluded home and limited 
 means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad- 
 vantages for education in his early years. The com- 
 mon schools, which he occasionally attended were 
 very imperfect institutions; and books were scarce 
 and expensive. There was nothing then in his char- 
 acter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he 
 was about to enter. He was a plain farmer's boy ; 
 intelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred 
 influences of home had taught him to revere the Bible, 
 and had laid the foundations of an upright character. 
 When fourteen years of age, his father sent him 
 some hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of 
 Livingston Cour.ty, to learn the trade of a clothier. 
 Neai tlif mill there was a small villiage, where some 
 
 enterprising man had commenced the collection of a 
 village library. This proved an inestimable blessing 
 to young Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read- 
 ing Soon every leisure moment was occupied with 
 books. His thirst fur knowledge became insatiate 
 and the selections which he made were continually 
 more elevating and instructive. He read history, 
 biography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en- 
 kindled in his heart a desire to be something more 
 than a mere worker with his hands; and he was be- 
 coming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed, 
 educated man. 
 
 The young clothier had now attained the age 0/ 
 nineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance 
 and of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened tha* 
 there was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample 
 pecuniary means and of benevolence, — Judge Walter 
 Wood, — who was struck with the prepossessing ap- 
 pearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint- 
 ance, and was so much impressed with his ability and 
 attainments that he advised him to abandon his 
 trade and devote himself to the study of the law. The 
 young man replied, that he had no means of his own, 
 no friends to help him and that his previous educa- 
 tion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood had 
 so much confidence in him that he kindly offered to 
 take him into his own office, and to loan him such 
 money as he needed. Most gratefully the generous 
 offer was accepted. 
 
 There is in many minds a strange delusion about} 
 a collegiate education. A young man is supposed to 
 be liberally educated if he has graduated at some col-' 
 lege. But many a boy loiters through university hall i 
 <*nd then enters a law office, who is by no means as 
 
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 MILLARD FILLMORE. 
 
 well prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was 
 Millard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing- 
 mill at the end of four years of manual labor, during 
 which every leisure moment had been devoted to in- 
 tense mental culture. 
 
 In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he was 
 admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then 
 went to the village of Aurora, and commenced the 
 practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, 
 his practice of course was limited, and there was no 
 opportunity for a sudden rise in foitune or in fame. 
 Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great 
 moral worth, and one capable of adorning any station 
 she might be called to fill, — Miss Abigail Powers. 
 
 His elevation of character, his untiring industry, 
 his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, 
 gradually attracted attention; and he was invited to 
 enter into partnership under highly advantageous 
 circumstances, with an elder member of the bar in 
 Buffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, 
 he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the 
 State of New York, as a representative from Erie 
 County. Though he had never taken a very active 
 part in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with 
 the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, 
 and he found himself in a helpless minority in the 
 Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parties, 
 that his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very 
 unusual degn e the respect of his associates. 
 
 In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in 
 the United States Congress He entered that troubled 
 arena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our 
 national history. The great conflict respecting the 
 national bank and the removal of the deposits, was 
 then raging. 
 
 His term of two years closed ; and he returned to 
 his profession, which he pursued with increasing rep- 
 utation and success. After a lapse of two years 
 he again became a candidate for Congress; was re- 
 elected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe 
 rience as a representative gave him st»ength and 
 confidence. The first term of service in Congress to 
 any man can be but little more than an introduction. 
 He was now prepared for active duty. All his ener- 
 gies were brought to bear upon the public good. Every 
 measure received his impress. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and 
 his popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, 
 he was elected Comptroller of the State. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven 
 years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in 
 Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con- 
 siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to 
 find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi- 
 dent at the approaching election. Far away, on the 
 waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old, 
 soldier, who had fought one or two successful battles!, 
 with the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be 
 proclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But 
 it was necessary to associate with him on the same 
 ticket some man of reputation as a statesman. 
 
 Under the influence of these considerations, the 
 namesof Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became 
 the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for 
 President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was 
 signally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849, 
 Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard 
 Fillmore Vice-President, of the United States. 
 
 On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but 
 about one year and four months after his inaugura 
 tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con- 
 stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi- 
 dent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which 
 the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore had very serious difficulties to contend 
 with, since the opposition had a majority in both 
 Houses. He did everything in his power to conciliate 
 the South; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt 
 the inadequacy of all measuresof transient conciliation. 
 The population of the free States was so rapidly in- 
 creasing over that of the slave States that it was in- 
 evitable that the power of the Government should 
 soon pass into the hands of the free States. The 
 famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. 
 Fillmore's adminstration, and the Japan Expedition 
 was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr Fill- 
 more, having served one term, retired. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres- 
 idency by the " Know Nothing " party, but was beaten 
 by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in 
 retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, 
 he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that- 
 his sympathies were rather with those who were en- 
 deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President 
 Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any 
 cordial words of cheer to the one party or the other. 
 He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe 
 old age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874- 
 
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 RANKLIN PIERCE, the 
 fourteenth President of the 
 ' United States, was born in 
 Hillsborough, N. H., Nov 
 23, 1804. His father was a 
 Revolutionary soldier, who, 
 with his own strong arm, 
 hewed out a home in the 
 wilderness. He was a man 
 of inflexible integrity; of 
 strong, though uncultivated 
 mind, and an uncompromis- 
 ing Democrat. The mother of 
 Franklin Pierce was all that a son 
 could desire, — an intelligent, pru- 
 dent, affectionate, Christian wom- 
 an. Franklin was the sixth of eight children. 
 
 Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen- 
 erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the 
 love of old and young. The boys on the play ground 
 loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors 
 looked upon him with pride and affection. He was 
 by instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words, 
 doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact 
 which taught him what was agreeable. Without de- 
 veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural 
 devotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body, 
 in mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy. 
 
 When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he 
 entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was 
 one of the most popular young men in the college. 
 The purity of his moral character, the unvarying 
 courtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and 
 
 genial nature, rendered him a universal favorite. 
 There was something very peculiarly winning in his 
 address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de- 
 gree studied : it was the simple outgushing of his 
 own magnanimous and loving nature. 
 
 Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce 
 commenced the study of law in the office of Judge 
 Woodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of 
 the State, and a man of great private worth. The 
 eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his 
 father's prominence as a public man, and the brilliant 
 political career into which Judge Woodbury was en- 
 tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci- 
 nating yet perilous path of political life. With all 
 the ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen. 
 Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced the 
 practice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected 
 to represent the town in the State Legislature. Here 
 he served for four years. The last two years he was 
 chosen speaker of the house by a very large vote. 
 
 In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected 
 a member of Congress. Without taking an active 
 part in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty 
 and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom 
 he was associatad. 
 
 In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, 
 he was elected to the Senate of the United States; 
 taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced 
 his administration. He was the youngest member in 
 the Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane 
 Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- 
 plishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every 
 station with which her husband was honoied. Of the 
 
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 three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with 
 their parents in the grave. 
 
 In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame 
 and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his 
 residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. 
 President Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed 
 Mr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States; but 
 the offer was declined, in consequence of numerous 
 professional engagements at home, and the precariuos 
 state of Mrs. Pierce's health. He also, about the 
 same time declined the nomination for governor by the 
 Democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. 
 Pierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of 
 brigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his 
 troops, at Newport, R I., on the 27th of May, 1847. 
 He took an important part in this war, proving him- 
 self a brave and true soldier. 
 
 When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native 
 State, he was received enthusiastically by the advo- 
 cates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo- 
 nents. He resumed the practice of his profession, 
 very frequently taking an active part in political ques- 
 tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery 
 wing of the Democratic party. The compromise 
 measures met cordially with his approval; and he 
 'strenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa- 
 mous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious 
 sensibilities of the North. He thus became distin- 
 guished as a " Northern man with Southern principles.'' 
 The strong partisans of slavery in the South conse- 
 quently regarded him as a man whom they could 
 safely trust in office to carry out their plans. 
 
 On the 1 2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven- 
 tion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the 
 Presidency. For four days they continued in session, 
 and in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a 
 two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown 
 for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation 
 brought forward his name. There were fourteen 
 more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly 
 gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he 
 received two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all 
 other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was 
 the Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with 
 great unanimity. Only four States — Vermont, Mas- 
 sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their 
 electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce 
 was therefore inaugurated President of the United 
 States on the 4th of March, 1853. 
 
 His administration proved one of the most stormy our 
 country had ever experienced. The controversy he 
 tween slavery and freedom was then approaching its 
 culminating point It became evident that there was 
 an "irrepressible conflict " between them, and that 
 this Nation could not long exist " half slave and half 
 free." President Pierce, during the whole of his ad- 
 ministration, did every thing he could to conciliate 
 the South ; but it was all in vain. The conflict every 
 year grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution 
 of the Union were borne to the North on eveiy South- 
 ern breeze. 
 
 Such was the condition of affairs when President 
 Pierce approached the close of his four-years' term 
 of office. The North had become thoroughly alien- 
 ated from him. The anti-slavery sentiment, goaded 
 by great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all 
 the intellectual ability and social worth of President 
 Pierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad- 
 ministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also, 
 unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo- 
 cated those measures of Government which they ap- 
 proved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had 
 rendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be 
 able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped 
 him, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- 
 tired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two 
 had died, and his only surviving child had been 
 killed before his eyes by a railroad accident , and his 
 wife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of 
 ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The 
 hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left 
 alone in the world, without wife or child. 
 
 When the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di- 
 vided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr. 
 Pierce remained steadfast in the principles whii h he 
 had always cherished, and gave his sympathies to 
 that pro-slavery party with which he had ever been 
 allied. He declined to do anything, either by voice 
 or pen, to strengthen the hand of the National ( lov- 
 ernment. He continued to reside in Concord until 
 the time of his death, which occurred in October, 
 1869. He was one of the most genial and social oi 
 men, an honored communicant of the Episcopal 
 Church, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen 
 erous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al- 
 leviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns 
 people were often gladened by his material bounty. 
 
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 AMES BUCHANAN, the fif- 
 .teenth President of the United 
 States, was born in a small 
 frontier town, at the foot of the 
 eastern ridge of the Allegha- 
 nies, in Franklin Co., Perm., on 
 the 23d of April, 1 7 9 1. The place 
 where the humble cabin of his 
 father stood was called Stony 
 Batter. It was a wild and ro- 
 mantic spot in a gorge of the moun- 
 tains, with towering summits rising 
 grandly all around. His father 
 was a native of the north of Ireland ; 
 a poor man, who had emigrated in 
 1783, with little property save his 
 own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married 
 Elizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer, 
 and, with his young bride, plunged into the wilder- 
 ness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a 
 cleaving with his axe, and settled down there to per- 
 form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se- 
 cluded home, where James was born, he remained 
 for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual 
 advantagi s. When James was eight years of age, his 
 father removed to the village of Mercersburg, where 
 his son was placed at school, and commenced a 
 course of study in English, Latin and Creek. His 
 progress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he 
 entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de- 
 veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among 
 the first scholars in the institution. His application 
 to study was intense, and yet his native powers en- 
 
 abled him to master the most abstruse subjects wi '- 
 facility. 
 
 In the year 1809, he graduated with the highest 
 honors of his clas:.. He was then eighteen years of 
 age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of 
 athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with 
 an exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately 
 commenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster, 
 and was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was 
 but twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose 
 in his profession, and at once took undisputed stand 
 with the ablest lawyers of the State. When but 
 twenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc- 
 cessfully defended before the State Senate 01 e of the 
 judges of the State, who was tried upon articles ol 
 impeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally 
 admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and 
 there was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu- 
 crative practice. 
 
 In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as i 
 candidate for Congress. He was elected, and foi 
 ten years he remained a member of the Lower House 
 During the vacations of Congress, he occasionally 
 tried some important case. In 1831, he retired 
 altogether from the toils of his profession, having ac- 
 quired an ample fortune. 
 
 den. Jackson, upon his elevation to the Presidency, 
 appointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The 
 duties of his mission he performed with ability, which 
 gave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, ir« 
 1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States 
 Senate. He there met, as his associates, Webster, 
 Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas- 
 ures proposed by President Jackson, of xnalring repn- 
 
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 JAMES BUCHANAN. 
 
 sals against France, to enforce the payment of our 
 claims against that country ; and defended the course 
 of the President in his unprecedented and wholesale 
 removal from office of those who were not the sup- 
 porters of his administration. Upon this question he 
 was brought into direct collision with Henry Clay. 
 He also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging 
 from the journal of the Senate the vote of censure 
 against Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits. 
 Earnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the 
 District of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the 
 circulation of anti-slavery documents by the United 
 States mails. 
 
 As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he advo- 
 cated that they should be respectfully received; and 
 that the reply should be returned, that Congress had 
 no power to legislate upon the subject. " Congress," 
 said he, "might as well undertake to interfere with 
 slavery under a foreign government as in any of the 
 States where it now exists." 
 
 U|>on Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. 
 Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, 
 took his share of the responsibility in the conduct of 
 the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing 
 the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed 
 territory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross 
 the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration 
 of war. No candid man can read with pleasure the 
 account of the course our Government pursued in that 
 movement 
 
 Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with 
 the party devoted to the perpetuation and extension 
 of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind 
 to bear agdinst the VVilmot Proviso. He gave his 
 cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1S50, 
 which included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce, 
 upon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr. 
 Buchanan with the mission to England. 
 
 In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- 
 tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The 
 political conflict was one of the most severe in which 
 our country has ever engaged. All the friends of 
 slavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re- 
 striction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre- 
 mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re- 
 reived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 
 174, and was elected. The popular vote stood 
 1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On 
 March 4th. 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four 
 vears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and 
 ten. His own friends, those with whom he had been 
 allied in political principles and action for years, were 
 seeking the destruction of the Government, that they 
 might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a 
 nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. 
 In this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be- 
 wildered He could not, with his long-avowed prin- 
 
 ciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in 
 their assumptions. As President of the United States, 
 bound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws, 
 he could not, without perjury of the grossest kind, 
 unite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub- 
 lic. He therefore did nothing. 
 
 The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration 
 nominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer 
 in the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slaverv 
 party declared, that if he were elected, and the con- 
 trol of the Government were thus taken from their 
 hands, they would secede from the Union, taking 
 with them, as they retired, the National Capitol at 
 Washington, and the lion's share of the territory of 
 the United States. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan's sympathy with the pro-slaver)' 
 party was such, that he had been willing to offer them 
 far more than they had ventured to claim. All the 
 South had professed to ask of the North was non- 
 intervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu- 
 chanan had been ready to offer them the active co- 
 operation of the Government to defend and extend 
 the institution. 
 
 As the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders 
 claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow- 
 ing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of 
 the most pitiable exhibitions of governmental im- 
 becility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He 
 declared that Congress had no power to enforce its 
 laws in any State which had withdrawn, or which 
 was attempting to withdraw from the Union. This 
 was not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with 
 his hand upon his sword hilt, he exclaimed. " The 
 Union must and shall be preserved!" 
 
 South Carolina seceded in December, i860; nearly 
 three months before the inauguration of President 
 Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair. 
 The rebel flag was raised in Charleston : Fort Sumpter 
 was besieged; our forts, navy-yards and arsenals 
 were seized; our depots of military stores were plun- 
 dered ; and our custom-houses and post-offices were 
 appropriated by the rebels. 
 
 The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our 
 Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked 
 on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away, 
 and close the administration, so terrible in its weak- 
 ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver- 
 ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the 
 scepter. 
 
 The administration of President Buchanan was 
 certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- 
 perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with 
 pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame, 
 that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows 
 of flame and blood over our whole land, no word came 
 from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's 
 banner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion 
 He died at his Wheatland retreat, June 1, i863. 
 
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 BRAHAM LINCOLN, the 
 sixteenth President of the 
 ^United States, was horn in 
 Hardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12, 
 1 809. About the year 1 7 80, a 
 man by the name of Abraham 
 Lincoln left Virginia with his 
 family and moved into the then 
 wildsof Kentucky. Only two years 
 after this emigration, still a young 
 man, while working one day in a 
 field, was stealthily approached by 
 an Indian and shot dead. His widow 
 was left in extreme poverty with five 
 little children, three boys and two 
 girls. Thomas, the youngest of the 
 boys, was four years of age at his 
 father's death. This Thomas was 
 the father of Abraham Lincoln, the 
 President of the United States 
 whose name must henceforth forever be enrolled 
 with the most prominent in the annals of our world. 
 Of course no record has been kept of the life 
 of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among 
 the poorest of the poor. His home was a wretched 
 log-cabin; his food the coarsest and the meanest. 
 Education he had none; he could never either read 
 or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for 
 himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his 
 starving mother, and push out into the world, a friend- 
 e>s wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him- 
 self out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a 
 Jiborer in the fields of others. 
 
 When twenty-eight years of age he built a log- 
 1 ibin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the 
 daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi- 
 grants, who had also come from Virginia. Their 
 second child was Abraham Lincoln, the subject of 
 this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble 
 woman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn 
 a palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel. 
 "All that I am, or hope to be," exclaims the grate- 
 ful son " I owe to my angel-mother. 
 
 When he was eight years of age, his father sold his 
 
 cabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana. Whei- 
 two years later his mother died. 
 
 Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated 
 community around him. He could not have had a 
 better school than this to teach him to put thoughts 
 into words. He also became an eager reader. The 
 books he could obtain were few; but these he sead 
 and re-read until they were almost committed to 
 memory. 
 
 As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family 
 was the usual lot of humanity. There were joys ana 
 griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sisto 
 Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mai 
 lied when a child of but fourteen years of age, and 
 soon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr 
 Thomas Lincoln sold out his squatter's claim ; n 1830 
 and emigrated to Macon Co., 111. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age. 
 With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing 
 another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this 
 until he saw the family comfortably settled, and theii 
 small lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when 
 he announced to his father his intention to leave 
 home, and to go out into the world and seek his for- 
 tune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril- 
 liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value o( 
 education and was intensely earnest to improve his 
 mind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin 
 which ardent spirits were causing, and became 
 strictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi- 
 cating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in 
 God's word, "Thou shalt not take the name of the 
 Lord thy God in v .1,.;" and a profane expression he. 
 was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. Hii 
 morals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a 
 single vice. 
 
 Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired laboret 
 among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield 
 where he was employed in building a large flat-boat 
 In this he took a herd of swine, floated them dows 
 the Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mia 
 sissippi to New Orleans. Whatever Abraham Lir 
 coin undertook, he performed so faithfully as to giv, 
 great satisfaction to his employers. In this adven 
 
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 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
 
 ture his employers were so well pleased, that upon 
 his return tney placed a store and mill under his care. 
 
 In 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he 
 enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He 
 returned to Sangamon County, and although only 23 
 years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but 
 was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew 
 Jackson the appointment of Postmaster of New Salem, 
 His only post-office was his hat. All the letters he 
 received he carried there ready to deliver to those 
 he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon 
 made this his business. In 1834 he again became a 
 candidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr. 
 Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He 
 walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of 
 Mr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and 
 began his legal studies. When the Legislature as- 
 sembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back 
 one hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 
 1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it 
 was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re- 
 moved to Springfield and began the practice of law. 
 His success with the jury was so great that he was 
 soon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. 
 
 In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr. 
 Lincoln and Mr Douglas, on the slavery question. 
 In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, 
 in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became 
 one of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's 
 speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- 
 test in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most 
 notable part of his histoiy. The issue was on the 
 ilavery question, and lie took the broad ground of 
 :he Declaration of Independence, that all men are 
 created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con- 
 test, but won a far higher prize. 
 
 The great Republican Convention met at Chicago 
 on the 16th of June, i860. The delegates and 
 strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- 
 five thousand. An immense building called "The 
 Wigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven- 
 tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes 
 were - thrown. William H Seward, a man whose fame 
 as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most 
 prominent. It was generally supposed he would be 
 the nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received 
 the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then 
 dream of the weary years of toil and care, and the 
 bloody death, to whijh that nomination doomed him: 
 Andaslittledid he dream that he waste render services 
 to his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of 
 the whole civilized world, and which would give him 
 a place in the affections of his countrymen, second 
 only, if second, to that of Washington. 
 
 Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 
 electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, 
 constitutionally elected President of the United States. 
 The tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good 
 
 and merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was 
 greater than upon any other man ever elected to this 
 high position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started 
 for Washington, stopping in all the large cities on his 
 way making speeches. The whole journey was fraught 
 with much danger. Many of the Southern States had 
 already seceded, and several attempts at assassination 
 were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- 
 more had arranged, upon his arrivalio" get up a row," 
 and in the confusion to make sure of his death with 
 revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled 
 the plot A secret and special train was provided ta 
 take him from HarrisLmrg, through Baltimore, at an 
 unexpected hour of the night. The train started al 
 half-past ten ; and to prevent ai.y possible communi- 
 cation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con- 
 federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had 
 started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln 
 reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated, 
 although great anxiety was felt by all loyal people 
 
 In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave 
 to Mr Seward the Department of State, and to other 
 prominent opponents before the convention he gave 
 important positions. 
 
 During no other administration have the duties 
 devolving upon the President been so manifold, and 
 the responsibilities so great, as those which fell to 
 the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and 
 feeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in 
 hi; own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he 
 learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in 
 determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his 
 triab, bo'h personal and national Contrary to his 
 own estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the 
 most courageous of men. He went directly into the 
 rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, 
 witli no guard but a few sailors. From the time he 
 had left Springfield, in r86r, however, plans had been 
 made for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim 
 to one of them. April 14, 1865, lie, with Gen. Grant, 
 was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater. It 
 was announced that they would te present. Gen. 
 Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel- 
 ing, witli his characteristic kindliness of heart, that 
 it would be a disappointment if he should fail them, 
 very reluctantly consented to go. While listening to 
 the play an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth 
 entered the box where the President and family were 
 seated, and firtd a bullet into his brains. He died the 
 next morning at seven o'clock. 
 
 Never before, in the history of the world was a nation 
 plunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler. 
 Strong men met in the streets and wept in speechless 
 anguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was 
 in tears. His was a life which will fitly become a 
 model. His name as the savior of his country will 
 live with that of Washington's, iis father; his country- 
 men being unable to decide wi>i. U >s tl><; greater. 
 
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 teenth President of the United 
 States. The early life- of 
 Andrew Johnson contains but 
 the record of poverty, destitu- 
 tion and friendlessness. He 
 7 was born December 29, 180S, 
 in Raleigh, N. C. His parents, 
 belonging to the class of the 
 "poor whites " of the South, were 
 in such circumstances, that they 
 could not c".nf:r _/ei\ the slight- 
 est advantages of education upon 
 their child. When Andrew was five 
 years of age, his father accidentally 
 lost nis life while heiorically endeavoring to save a 
 friend from drowning. Tr nul ten /ecir* of age, Andrew 
 was a ragged boy abour the streets, supported by the 
 labor of his mother, who obtained her living with 
 her own hands. 
 
 He then, having never attended a school one day, 
 and being unable either to read or write, was ap- 
 prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman 
 was in the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- 
 ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often 
 read from the speeches of distinguished British states- 
 men. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more 
 than ordinary native ability, became much interested 
 in these speeches ; his ambition was roused, and he 
 was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. 
 
 He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and 
 with the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen, 
 iearned his letters. He then called upon the gentle- 
 man to borrow the book of speeches. The owner, 
 
 pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the booK 
 but assisted him in learning to combine the letters 
 into words. Under such difficulties he pressed 01. 
 ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours 
 at work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest 
 and recreation to devote such time as he could to 
 reading. 
 
 He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at 
 Greenville, where he married a young lady who pos 
 sessed some education. Under her instructions he 
 learned to write and cipher. He became prominent 
 in the village debating society, and a favorite with 
 the students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or- 
 ganized a working man's party, which elected him 
 alderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which 
 position he held three years. 
 
 He now began to take a lively interest in political 
 affairs; identifying himself with the working-classes, 
 to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a 
 member of the House of Representatives of Tennes- 
 see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. 
 He became a very active member of the legislature 
 gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in 
 1840 "stumped the State," advocating Martin Van 
 Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition to thos^ 
 of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much 
 readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased 
 his reputation. 
 
 In 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he 
 was elected a member of Congress, and by successive 
 elections, held that important post for ten years. In 
 1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and 
 was re-elected in 1855. In all these res]>onsible posi 
 tions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abi. 
 
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 ANDRE W JOHNSON. 
 
 ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work- 
 ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected 
 United States Senator. 
 
 Years before, in 1S45, he had warmly advocated 
 the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his 
 •reason, that he thought this annexation would prob- 
 ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable 
 50ns of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom, 
 jmd become merged in a population congenial to 
 themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com- 
 promise measures, the two essential features of which 
 were, that the white people of the Territories should 
 be permitted to decide for themselves whether they 
 would enslave the colored people or not, and that 
 the r ree States of the North should return to the 
 South persons who attempted to escape from slavery. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin: 
 on the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that 
 he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir," 
 said he on the floor of the Senate, " I do not forget 
 that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam 
 was a tailor and sewed fig leaves, and that our Sav- 
 ior was the son of a carpenter." 
 
 In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of 1800, ne 
 •was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the 
 presidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the South- 
 ern Democracy became apparent, he took a decided 
 stand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery 
 must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever 
 cost." He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly 
 imperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of 
 Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the 
 Union, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap- 
 pointed him Military Governor of the State, and he 
 established the most stringent military rule. His 
 numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 
 
 1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United 
 States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 
 
 1865, became President. In a speech two days later 
 he said, " The American people must be taught, if 
 they do not already feel, that treason is a crime and 
 must be punished ; that the Government will not 
 always beai with its enemies; that it is strong not 
 only to protect, but to punish. * * The people 
 must understand that it (treason) is the blackest of 
 crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole 
 administration, the history of which is so well known, 
 w»s in utter iawnsistency with, and the most violent 
 
 opposition to, the principles laid down in that speech. 
 
 In his loose policy of reconstruction and general 
 amnesty, he was opposed by Congress ; and he char- 
 acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly 
 defied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In 
 the beginning of 1868, on account of "high crimes 
 and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the 
 removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten- 
 ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre- 
 ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. 
 
 It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three 
 months. A test article of the impeachment was at 
 length submitted to the court for its action. It was 
 certain that as the court voted upon that article so 
 would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced 
 the President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces- 
 sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac- 
 quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against 
 him. The change of one vote from the not guilty 
 side would have sustained the impeachment. 
 
 The President, for the remainder of his term, was 
 but little regarded. He continued, though impotent!; - , 
 his conflict with Congress. His own party did not 
 think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi- 
 dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar- 
 alleled since the days of Washington, around the name 
 of Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. 
 The bullet of the assassin introduced him to the 
 President's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was 
 there presented to a man a better opportunity to im- 
 mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a 
 nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home 
 in Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in 
 politics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting 
 struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten- 
 nessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con- 
 gress, and took his seat in that body, at the special 
 session convened by President Grant, on the 5th of 
 March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President 
 made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter 
 Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was 
 apparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach- 
 ing the residence of his child the following day, was 
 stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. 
 He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 
 2 a.m., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun- 
 eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, 
 with every demonstration of respect. 
 
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 LYSSES S. GRANT, the 
 4!) eighteenth President of the 
 'United States, was born on 
 the 29th of April, 1822, of 
 Christian parents, in a humble 
 ' home, at Point Pleasant, on the 
 banks of the Ohio. Shortly after 
 his father moved to George 
 town, Brown Co., O. In this re- 
 mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses 
 received a common-school edu- 
 cation. At the age of seven- 
 teen, in the year 1839, he entered 
 the Military Academy at West 
 Point. Here he was regarded as a 
 solid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of 
 sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank 
 as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the 
 middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in- 
 fantry to one of the distant military posts in the Mis- 
 souri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary 
 solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating 
 Indians. 
 
 The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was 
 sent with his regiment to Corpus Christ!. His first 
 battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here 
 for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at 
 Resaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle 
 of. Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that 
 he performed a signal service of daring and skillful 
 horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- 
 munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along 
 a route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. 
 Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, 
 grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one 
 side of the aniroal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety. 
 
 From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, 
 to aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In 
 preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he 
 was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the 
 battle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a 
 first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- 
 pultepec. 
 
 At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re- 
 turned with his regiment to New York, and was again 
 sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The 
 discovery of gold in California causing an immense 
 tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. 
 Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in 
 Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im- 
 migrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. 
 Grant resigned his commission and returned to the 
 States; and having married, entered upon the cultiva- 
 tion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but 
 little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re- 
 munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into 
 the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga- 
 lena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings 
 of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears 
 of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — 
 "Uncle Sam has educated me for the army: though 
 I have served him through one war, I do not feelthat 
 I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge 
 my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my tword 
 and see Uncle Sam through this war too." 
 
 He went into the streets, raised a company of vol- 
 unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, 
 the capital of the State, where their services were 
 offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by 
 the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. 
 Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the 
 volunteer organization that was being formed in the 
 State in behalf of the Government. On the is* 1 * of 
 
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 UL YSSES S. GRA NT. 
 
 June, 1861, Capt. Grant received a commission as 
 Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol- 
 unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who 
 had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such 
 that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- 
 General and was placed in command at Cairo. The 
 rebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth 
 of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- 
 peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The 
 rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and 
 stripes were unfurled in its stead. 
 
 He entered the service with great determination 
 and immediately began active duty. This was the be- 
 ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond 
 he was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and 
 effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur- 
 prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry 
 won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight 
 at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the 
 victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was 
 immediately made a Major-General, and the military 
 district of Tennessee was assigned to him. 
 
 Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how 
 to secure the results of victory. He immediately 
 pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the 
 terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the 
 siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an 
 unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty 
 thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- 
 non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most 
 severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, 
 and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf. 
 
 Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with 
 Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- 
 ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from 
 his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he 
 was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid 
 <*fGens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and 
 by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas- 
 ures put the Union Army in fighting condition. Then 
 followed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout 
 Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels 
 were routed with great loss. This won for him un- 
 bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru- 
 ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- 
 general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. 
 He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials 
 ajid enter upon th« duties of his new office 
 
 Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge ot 
 ihe army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National 
 troops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal 
 capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- 
 stroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as- 
 sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole 
 continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these 
 majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. 
 Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains 
 were burdened with closely packed thousands. His 
 plans were comprehensive and involved a 'series of 
 campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en- 
 ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur- 
 render of Lee, April 9, 1865. 
 
 The war was ended. The Union was saved. The 
 almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. 
 Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal- 
 vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered 
 the country brought him conspicuously forward as the 
 Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. 
 
 At the Republican Convention held at Chicago. 
 May 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the 
 Presidency, and at the autumn election received a 
 majority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 
 electoral votes. 
 
 The National Convention of the Republican party 
 which met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, T872, 
 placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term 
 by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati- 
 cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 
 electoral votes being cast for him. 
 
 Soon after the close of his second term, Gen. Grant 
 started upon his famous trip around the world. He 
 visited almost every country of the civilized world, 
 and was everywhere received with such ovations 
 and demonstrations of respect and honor, private 
 as well as public and official, as were never before 
 bestowed upon any citizen of the United States. 
 
 He was the most prominent candidate before the 
 Republican National Convention in 1880 for a re- 
 nomination for President. He went to New York and 
 embarked in the brokerage business under the firm 
 nameof Grant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, 
 wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to 
 the penitentiary. The General was attacked with 
 cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like 
 manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as 
 General of the Army and retired by Congress. The 
 cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 
 1885, the nation went in mourning over the death of 
 ' the illustrious General. 
 
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 UTHERFORD B. HAYES, 
 the nineteenth President of 
 the United States, was born in 
 Delaware, 0., Oct. 4, 1822, al- 
 most three months after the 
 death of his father, Rutherford 
 Hayes. His ancestry on both 
 the paternal and maternal sides, 
 was of the most honorable char- 
 acter. It can be traced, it is said, 
 as far back as 1280, when Hayes and 
 Rutherford were two Scottish chief- 
 tains, fighting side by side with 
 Baliol, William Wallace and Robert 
 Bruce. Both families belonged to the 
 nobility, owned extensive estates, 
 and had a large following. Misfor- 
 tune cv.-r faking the family, George Hayes left Scot- 
 land in 1680,* and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son 
 George was bom in Windsor, and remained there 
 during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar- 
 ried Sarah L>;e, and lived from the time of his mar- 
 riage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, 
 son of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac- 
 turer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, 
 son of Ezekiel ai/d grandfather of President Hayes, was 
 born in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer, 
 blacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to 
 Vermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro, 
 where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- 
 erford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was 
 
 born. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia 
 Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- 
 grated thither from Connecticut, they having been 
 among the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich. 
 Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 
 1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders 
 of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers 
 in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 The father of President Hayes was an industrious 
 frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me- 
 chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock- 
 ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to 
 undertake. He was a member of the Church, active 
 in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con- 
 ducted his business on Christian principles. After 
 the close of the war of i8r2, for reasons inexplicable 
 to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. 
 
 The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day 
 when there were no canals, steamers, not railways, 
 was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was 
 first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter 
 mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived 
 in 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malarial 
 fever, less than three months before the birth of the 
 son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be- 
 reavement, found the support she so much needed in 
 her brother Sardis, who had been a member of the 
 household from the day of its departure from Ver- 
 mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted 
 some time before as an act of charity. 
 
 Mrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the 
 
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 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. 
 
 subject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he 
 was not expected to live beyond a month or two at 
 most. As the months went by he grew weaker and 
 weaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in- 
 quiring from time to time " if Mrs. Hayes' baby died 
 last night." On one occasion a neighbor, who was on 
 familiar terms with the family, after alluding to the 
 hoy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of 
 'him, said in a bantering way, " That's right! Stick to 
 him. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn't 
 wonder if he would really come to something yet." 
 
 " You need not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. " You 
 wait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him 
 President of the United States yet." The boy lived, 
 in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy 
 death; and when, in 1825, his older brother was 
 drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his 
 mother. 
 
 The boy was seven years old before he w^nt to 
 school. His education, however, was not neglected. 
 He probably learned as much from his mother and 
 fister as he would have done at school. His sports 
 were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being 
 his sister and her associates. These circumstances 
 tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo- 
 sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings 
 of others, which are marked traits of his character. 
 
 His uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest 
 in his education; and as the boy's health had im- 
 proved, and he was making good progress in his 
 studies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre- 
 paration commenced with a tutor at home; but he 
 was afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the 
 Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en- 
 tered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen, 
 and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. 
 
 Immediately after his graduation he began the 
 study of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq., 
 in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in 
 Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter 
 the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re- 
 mained two years. 
 
 In 1845, after graduating at the Law School, he was 
 admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly 
 afterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law 
 with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re- 
 mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, 
 and apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro- 
 fession. 
 
 Vi 1849 he rridved to Cincinnati, where his ambi- 
 tion found a new stimulus. For several years, how- 
 ever, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at 
 this period, had a powerful influence upon his subse- 
 quent 'ife. One of these was his marrage with Miss 
 'Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of 
 Chilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin- 
 cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its 
 members such men as n hief Justice Salmon j\ Chase } 
 
 Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many 
 others hardly less distinguished in after life. The 
 marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as 
 everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our 
 Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced 
 and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did 
 more than she to reflect honor upon American woman, 
 hood. The Literary Cluu brought Mr. Hayes into 
 constant association with young men of high char- 
 acter and noble aims, and lured him to display the 
 qualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and 
 modesty. 
 
 In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge of 
 the Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac. 
 cept the nomination. Two years later, the office ok 
 city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council 
 elected him for the unexpired term. 
 
 In 1861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at 
 the zenith of his professional VS.. His rank at the 
 bar was among the the first. But the news of the 
 attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take -id 
 arms for the defense of his country. 
 
 His military record was bright and illustrious. In 
 October, 1S61, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and 
 in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio 
 regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades 
 and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he 
 was made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle 
 of South Mountain he received a wound, and while 
 faint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude 
 that won admiration from all. 
 
 Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after 
 his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed 
 in command of the celebrated Kanawha division, 
 and for gallant and meritorious services in the battles 
 of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was 
 promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted 
 Major-General, "for gallant and distinguished services 
 during the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia." In 
 the course of his arduous services, four horses were 
 shot from under him, and he was wounded four times. 
 
 In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from 
 the Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem- 
 ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, 
 and after his election was importuned to resign his 
 commission in the army ; but he finally declared, " I 
 shall never come to Washington until I can come by 
 the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in tS66. 
 
 In 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, 
 over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat. 
 In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. 
 He was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. 
 
 In r876 he was the standard bearer of the Repub- 
 lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a 
 hard long contest was chosen President, and was in 
 augurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his 
 full term, not, hcwever, with satisfaction to his party, 
 but his administration was an average or*.; 
 
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 AMES A. GARFIELD, twen- 
 tieth President of the United 
 States, was born Nov. 19, 
 1831, in the woods of Orange, 
 Cuyahoga Co., O His par- 
 ents were Abram and Eliza 
 ^3 (Ballou) Garfield, both of New 
 England ancestry and from fami- 
 lies well known in the early his- 
 tory of that section of our coun- 
 try, but had moved to the Western 
 Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settle- 
 ment. 
 
 The house in which James A. was 
 born was not unlike the houses of 
 poor Ohio farmers of that day. It 
 ,tis about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be- 
 .ween the logs filled with clay. His father was a 
 nard working farmer, and he soon had his fields 
 jleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built, 
 f he household comprised the father and mother and 
 heir four children — Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and 
 'ames. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold con- 
 tacted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At 
 this time James was about eighteen months old, and 
 Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can 
 (ell how much James was indeLted to his brother's 
 toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc- 
 ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very 
 much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis- 
 ters live in Solon, O., near their birthplace. 
 
 The early educational advantages young Garfield 
 enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of 
 them. He labored at farm work for others, did car- 
 penter work, chopped wood, or did anything that 
 would bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed 
 mother in he' struggles to keep the little family to- 
 
 gether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his 
 origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug- 
 gling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they 
 ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor, 
 the humblest friend of his boyhood was as kindly 
 greeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the 
 sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness 
 of want and the sweetness of bread earned by the 
 sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain, 
 modest gentleman. 
 
 The highest ambition of young Garfield until hi 
 was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of 
 a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard 
 a vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She 
 finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the 
 understanding, however, that he should try to obtair 
 some other kind of employment. He walked all the 
 way to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city 
 After making many applications for work, and trying 
 to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with 
 success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos 
 Letcher, on the Ohio & Pennsylvania Canal. He re- 
 mained at this work but a short time when he wen" 
 home, and attended the seminary at Chester for 
 about three years, when he entered Hiram and the 
 Eclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in 
 the meantime, and doing other work. This school 
 was started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of 
 which church he was then a member. He became 
 janitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way 
 He then became both teacher and pupil. He soon 
 " exhausted Hiram " and needed more ; hence, in the 
 fall of 1854, he entered Williams College, from which 
 he graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hiv.- 
 ors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram 
 College as its President. As above stated, he early 
 united with the Christian or Diciples Church at 
 Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem- 
 ber, often preaching in its pulpit and places where 
 he happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of 
 Yale College, says of him in reference to his religion : 
 
9« 
 
 JAMES A. GARFIELD. 
 
 " President Garfield was more than a man of 
 strong moral and religious convictions. His whole 
 history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to 
 man and to God, anddevotion to Christ and life and 
 faith and spiritual commission were controlling springs 
 of his being, and to a more than usual degree. In 
 my judgment there is no more interesting feature of 
 his character than his loyal allegiance to the body of 
 Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent 
 sympathy whicli he ever showed in their Christian 
 communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty 
 and noble who are called' show a similar loyalty to 
 the less stately and cultured Christian communions 
 in which they have been reared. Too often it is true 
 that as they step upward in social and political sig- 
 nificance they step upward from one degree to 
 another in some of the many types of fashionable 
 Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the 
 church of his mother, the church in which he was 
 trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an 
 evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- 
 tarian charity for all 'who loveour Lord in sincerity.'" 
 
 Mr. Garfield was united in marriage witli Miss 
 Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. 1 1, 1858, who proved herself 
 worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and 
 mourned. To them were born seven children, five of 
 whom are still living, four boys and one girl. 
 
 Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 1856, 
 in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three 
 years later he began to speak at county mass-meet- 
 ings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he 
 was. During this year he was elected to the Ohio 
 Senate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, 
 and in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great 
 Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, 
 and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had 
 talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- 
 ceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty- 
 second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 
 14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser- 
 vice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action, 
 was placed in command of four regiments of infantry 
 and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the 
 work of driving out of his native State the officer 
 f ( Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of 
 those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given 
 to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- 
 ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres- 
 ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him 
 Brigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as "he had 
 been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years 
 before, so now he was the youngest General in the 
 army." He was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, 
 in its operations around Corinth and its march through 
 Alabama. He was then detailed as a memberof the 
 General Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John 
 Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- 
 crans, and was assigned to the " Chief of Staff." 
 
 The military history of Gen. Garfield closed with 
 
 his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won 
 the stars of the Major-General. 
 
 Without an effort on his part Gei? Garfield wa» 
 elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the 
 Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio 
 had been represented in Congress for sixty year* 
 mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and Joshuv 
 R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he 
 resigned his place in the army. At the time he en- 
 tered Congress he was the youngest member in that 
 body. There he remained by successive re- 
 elections until he was elected President in 1880. 
 Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since 
 the year 1864 you cannot think of a question which 
 has been debated in Congress, or discussed before a 
 tribunel of the American people, in regard to which 
 you will not find, if you wish instruction, the argu, 
 ment on one side stated, in almost every instance 
 better than by anybody else, in some speech made in 
 the House of Representatives or on the hustings by 
 Mr. Garfield." 
 
 Upon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to 
 the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the 
 same year, was nominated as the candidate of his 
 party for President at the great Chicago Convention. 
 He was elected in the following November, and on 
 March 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no ad- 
 ministration ever opened its existence under brighter 
 auspices than that of President Garfield, and every 
 day it grew in favor with the people, and by the first 
 of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre- 
 liminary work of his administration and was prepar- 
 ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams 
 College. While on his way and at the depot, in com- 
 pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind 
 him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. 
 The President tottered and fell, and as he did so the 
 assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the 
 left coat sleeve of his victim, but inflicting no farther 
 injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was 
 " the shot that was heard round the world " Never 
 before in the history of the Nation had anything oc- 
 curred which so nearly froze the blood of the peop!° 
 for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit- 
 ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and 
 was at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty 
 days, all during the hot months of July and August, 
 lie lingered and suffered. He, however, remained 
 master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent 
 bearing was teaching the country and the world the 
 noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the 
 very clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass- 
 ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. 
 19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of the 
 ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The 
 world wept at his death, as it never had done on the 
 death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. 
 The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- 
 cuted, in one year after he committ<»d the foul deed. 
 
TWENTY. FIRST PRESIDENT. 
 
 99 
 
 
 HESTER A. ARTHUR, 
 twenty-first PresKi-ni of the 
 
 United States, was born in 
 
 Franklin Courty, Vermont, on 
 
 the fifthofOc'ober, 1830, and is 
 
 the oldest of a family of two 
 
 sons and five daughters. His 
 
 father was the Rev. Dr. William 
 
 Arthur, a Baptist clergyman, who 
 
 emigrated to tb.s country from 
 
 the county Antrim, Ireland, in 
 
 his 1 8th year, and died in 1875, in 
 
 Newtonville, neai Albany, after a 
 
 long and successful ministry. 
 
 Young Arthur was educated at 
 Union College, S< henectady, where 
 he excelled in all his studies. Af- 
 ter his graduation he taught school 
 in Vermont for two years, and at 
 the expiration of that time came to 
 New York, with $500 in his pocket, 
 and entered the ofifice of ex-Judge 
 E. D. Culver as student. After 
 being admitted to the bar he formed 
 a partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, 
 Henry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing 
 in the West, and for three months they roamed about 
 in the Western States in search of an eligible site, 
 Out in the end returned to New York, where they 
 hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success- 
 ful career almost from the start. General Arthur 
 soon afterward nuu-rrd the daughter of Lieutenant 
 
 Herndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at 
 sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in 
 recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- 
 sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur's 
 nomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two 
 children. 
 
 Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity 
 in his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit, 
 brought to recover possession of eight slaves who had 
 been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior 
 Court of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon^ 
 athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with 
 his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when 
 they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided 
 that they could not be held by the owner under the 
 Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from 
 the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the 
 Attorney General of that State to assist in an appeal. 
 Wm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed 
 to represent the People, and they won their case, 
 which then went to the Supreme Court of the United 
 States. Charles O'Conor here espoused the cause 
 of the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs 
 Evarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward 
 the emancipation of the black race. 
 
 Another great service was rendered by General 
 Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, 
 a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth 
 Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare. 
 General Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a 
 verdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa- 
 ny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride 
 on their cars, and the other car companies quickly 
 
CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 
 
 followed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave- 
 nue Company ran a few special cars for colored per- 
 sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. 
 
 General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention 
 at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. 
 Previous to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the 
 Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov- 
 ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed him Engineer- 
 in-Chief of his staff. In 1 86 1 , he was made Inspec- 
 tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas- 
 ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered 
 great service to the Government during the war. At 
 the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the 
 practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. 
 Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney 
 of New Yoik, was added to the firm. The legal prac- 
 tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra- 
 tive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able 
 lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if 
 not indeed one of national' extent. 
 
 He always took a leading part in State and city 
 politics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of 
 New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc- 
 ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 
 20, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. 
 
 Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential 
 ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous 
 National Republican Convention held at Chicago in 
 June, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political 
 convention that ever assembled on the continent. It 
 was composed of the hading politicians of the Re- 
 publican party, all able men, and each stood firm and 
 fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their 
 respective candidates that were before the conven- 
 tion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re- 
 ceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur 
 for Vice-President. The campaign which followed 
 was one of the most animated known in the history of 
 our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of 
 the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his 
 party made a valiant fight for his election. 
 
 Finally the election came and the country's choice 
 .vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated 
 .vlarch 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President. 
 K few months only had passed ere the newly chosen 
 President was the victim of the assassin's bullet. Then 
 came terrible weeks of suffering, — those moment* of 
 anxious suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na- 
 
 tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re- 
 covery of the noble, the good President. The remark- 
 able patience that he manifested during those hours 
 and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf- 
 fering man has often been called upon to endure, was 
 seemingly more than human. It was certainly God- 
 like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. 
 Arthur's every move was watched, and be it said to hi? 
 credit that his every action displayed only an earnest 
 desire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to 
 serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi- 
 ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested 
 in deed or look of this man, even though the mos^ 
 honored position in the world was at any momen? 
 likely to fall to him. 
 
 At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar- 
 field from further suffering, and the world, as nevei 
 before in its history over the death of any othei 
 man, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty ol 
 the Vice President to assume the responsibilities ol 
 the high office, and he took the oath in New York. 
 Sept. 20, 1881. The position was an embarrassing 
 one to him, made doubly so from the facts that all 
 eyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do, 
 what policy he would pursue, and who he would se- 
 lect as advisers. The duties of the office had been 
 greatly neglected during the President's long illness, 
 and many important measures were to be immediately 
 decided by him; and still farther to embarrass him he 
 did not fail to realize under what circumstances he 
 became President, and knew the feelings of many on 
 this point. Under these trying circumstances President 
 Arthur took the reins of the Government in his o\\ . 
 hands ; and, as embarrassing as were the condition yt 
 affair? he happily surprised the nation, acting so 
 wiseiv hat but few criticised \iis administration. 
 He served the nation well and faithfully, until the 
 close of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was 
 a popular candidate before his party for a second 
 term. His name was ably presented before the con 
 vention at Chicago, and was received with great 
 favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity 
 of one of the opposing candidates, he would have 
 been selected as the standard-bearer of his partx 
 for another campaign. He retired to private life car- 
 rying with him the best wishes of the American peo- 
 ple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory 
 to them and with credit to himself. 
 

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TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDENT. 
 
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 TEPHEN GROVER CLEVE- 
 LAND, the twenty second Pres- 
 ident of the United States, was 
 born in 1837, in the obscure 
 town of Caldwell, Essex Co., 
 N. J., and in a little two-and-a- 
 half-story white house which is still 
 standing, characteristically to mark 
 the humble birth-place of one of 
 America's great men in striking con- 
 trast with the Old World, where all 
 men high in office must be high in 
 origin and born in the cradle of 
 wealth. When the subject of this 
 sketch was three years of age, his 
 father, who was a Presbyterian min- 
 ister, with a large family and a small salary, moved, 
 by way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to 
 Fayetteville, in search of an increased income and a 
 larger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most 
 straggling of country villages, about five miles from 
 Pompey Hill, wherj Governor Seymour was born. 
 
 At the last mentioned place young Grover com- 
 menced going to school in the " good, old-fashioned 
 way," and presumably distinguished himself after the 
 manner of all village boys, in doing the things he 
 ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of 
 all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he 
 arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the 
 capacity of the village school and expressed a most 
 
 emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this 
 his father decidedly objected. Academies in those 
 days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to 
 become self-supporting by the quickest possible 
 means, and this at that time in Fayetteville seemed 
 to be a position in a country store, where his father 
 and the large family on his hands had considerable 
 influence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services 
 the first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to 
 receive $ioo the second year. Here the lad com- 
 menced his career as salesman, and in two years he 
 had earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness 
 that his employers desired to retain him for an in- 
 definite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex- 
 hibit as yet any particular " flashes of genius " or 
 eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. 
 But instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette- 
 ville, he went with the family in their removal to 
 Clinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a 
 high school. Here he industriously pursued his 
 studies until the family removed with him to a point 
 on Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a 
 village of 500 or 600 people, r5 miles north of Utica, 
 N. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching 
 but three Sundays. This event broke up the family, 
 and Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a 
 small salary, the position of " under-teacher " in an 
 asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two 
 years, and although he obtained a good reputation in 
 this capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his 
 
10 4 
 
 S. GROVE R CLEVhLAJND. 
 
 calling for life, and, reversing the traditional order, 
 he left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going 
 to a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as 
 th^re was some charm in that name for him; but 
 before proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to 
 tsk the'advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted 
 stock-breeder of that place. The latter did not 
 speak enthusiastically. "What is it you want to do, 
 my boy?" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to study 
 law," was the reply, " Good gracious ! " remarked 
 ih* old gentleman ; " do you, indeed ? What ever put 
 that into your head? How much money have you 
 got?" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven't got 
 any. 
 
 After a long consultation, his uncle offered him a 
 place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a 
 year, while he could " look around." One day soon 
 afterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, 
 Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told ihem what he 
 wanted. A number of young men were already en- 
 gaged in the office, but Grover's persistency won, and 
 he was finally permitted to come as an office boy and 
 nave the use of the law library, for the nominal sum 
 of %i or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for 
 his board and washing. The walk to and from his 
 uncle's was a long and rugged one; and, although 
 the first winter was a memorably severe one, his 
 shoes were out of repair and his overcoat — he had 
 none — yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular. 
 On the first day of his service here, his senior em- 
 ployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him 
 with a bang that made the dust fly, saying "That's 
 where they all begin." A titter ran around the little 
 circle of clerks and students, as they thought that 
 was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans ; 
 out in due time he mastered that cumbersome volume. 
 Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland 
 exhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for 
 chasing principles through all their metaphysical 
 possibilities. " Let us quit talking and go and do 
 it," was practically his motto. 
 
 The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was 
 elected was that of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in 
 which Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell 
 to his duty to inflict capital pi'.ishment upon two 
 caiminals. In 1881 he was elected Mayor of the 
 City of Buffalo, ci the Democratic ticket, with es- 
 pecial reference to the bringing about certain reforms 
 
 in the administration of the municipal affairs of that 
 city. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff, his 
 performance of duty has generally been considered 
 fair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer- 
 reted out and magnified during the last Presidential 
 campaign. As a specimen of his plain language in 
 a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui 
 tous street-cleaning contract: "This is a time fo\ 
 plain speech, and my objection to your action shall 
 be plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of 
 a mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme 
 to betray the interests of the people and to worsa 
 than squander the people's money." The New York 
 Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve- 
 land's administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there- 
 upon recommended him for Governor of the Empire 
 State. To the latter office he was elected in 1882, 
 and his administration of the affairs of State was 
 generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if 
 any, were made very public throughout the nation 
 after he was nominated for President of the United 
 States. For this high office he was nominated July 
 ir, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention at 
 Chicago, when other competitors were Thomas F. 
 Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, 
 Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.; and he 
 was elected by the people, by a majority of about a 
 thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub- 
 lican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve- 
 land resigned his office as Governor of New York in 
 January, 1885, in order to prepare for his duties as 
 the Chief Executive of ihe United States, in which 
 capacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th ol 
 March, 1885. 
 
 The silver question precipitated a controversy 
 between those who were in favor of the continu- 
 ance of silver coinage and those who were opposed, 
 Mr. Cleveland answering for the latter, even before 
 his inauguration. 
 
 On June 2, 1886, President Cleveland married 
 Frances, daughter of his deceased friend and 
 partner, Oscar Folsom, of the Buffalo Bar. Their 
 union has been blessed by the birth of one daugh- 
 ter, Ruth. In the campaign of 1888, President 
 Cleveland was renominated by his party, but the 
 Republican candidate, Gen. Benjamin Harrison, 
 was victorious. In the nominations of 1892 these 
 two candidates for the highest position in the gift 
 of the people were again pitted against each other 
 and President Cleveland was victorious by an 
 overwhelming majority. 
 
^Q^oof C&& 
 
TWENTY-THIRD PRESIDENT. 
 
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 -"o♦o.■©X^©- ♦*■ 
 
 [ENJAMIN HARRISON, the 
 
 twenty-third President, is 
 the descendant of one of the 
 historical families of this 
 country. The head of the 
 family was a Major General 
 Harrison, one of Oliver 
 Cromwell's trusted follow- 
 ers and fighters. In the zenith of Crom- 
 well's power it became the duty of this 
 Harrison to participate in the trial of 
 Charles I, and afterward tc sign the 
 death warrant of the king. He subse- 
 quently paid for this with his life, being 
 hung Oct. 13, 1660. His. descendants 
 came to America, and the next of the 
 family that appears in history is Benja- 
 rrin Harrison, of Virginia, great-grand- 
 father of the subject of this sketch, and 
 after whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison 
 was a member of the Continental Congress during 
 the years 1774-5-6, and was one of the original 
 signers of the Declaration of Independence. He 
 wa three times elected Governor of Virginia* 
 Gen William Henry Harrison, the son of the 
 
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 distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a. suo. 
 cessful career as a soldier during the War of 1812, 
 and with -a clean record as Governor of the North- 
 western Territory, was elected President of the 
 United States in 1 840. His career was cut short 
 by death within one month :ifter Iiis inauguration. 
 President Harrison was born at North Bend, 
 Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. 20, 18S3 His life up to 
 the time of his graduation by the Miami University, 
 at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun- 
 try lad of a family of small means. His father was 
 able to give him a good education, and nothing 
 more. He became engaged while at college to tho 
 daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female schoo 
 at Oxford. After graduating he determined to en- 
 ter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin 
 cinnati and then read law for tvro years. At the 
 expiration of that time young Harrison received tb> 
 only inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left him 
 a lot valued at $800. He regarded this legacy as & 
 fortune, and decided to get married at once, 'aka 
 this money and go to some Eastern town an '. be- 
 gin the practice of law. He sold his lot, and with 
 the money in his pocket, he started out witc his 
 young wife to fight for a place in the world- M« 
 
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 BENJAMIN HARRISONS 
 
 decided to go to Indianapolis, which was even at 
 that time a town of promise. He met with slight 
 encouragement at first, making scarcely anything 
 the first year. He worked diligently, applying him- 
 self closely to his calling, built up an extensive 
 practice and took a leading rank in the legal pro- 
 fession. He is the father of two children. 
 
 In 1860 Mr. Harrison was nominated for the 
 position of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be- 
 gan his experience as a stump speakei He can- 
 vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a 
 handsome majority. In 1862 lie raised the 17th 
 Indiana Infantry, and was chosen its Colonel. His 
 regiment was composed of the rawest of material, 
 out Col. Harrison employed all his time at first 
 mastering military tactics and drilling his men, 
 when he therefore came to move toward the East 
 with Sherman his regiment was one of the best 
 drilled and organized in the army. At Resaca he 
 especially distinguished himself, and for his bravery 
 at Peachtree Creek he was made a Brigadier Gen- 
 eral, Gen. Hooker speaking of him in the most 
 complimentary terms. 
 
 During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field 
 the Supreme Court declared the office of the Su- 
 preme Court Reporter vacant, and another person 
 was elected to the position. From the time of leav- 
 ing Indiana with his regiment until the fall ot 1864 
 he had taken no leave of absence, but having been 
 nominated that year for the same office, he got a 
 thirty-day leave of absence, and during that time 
 made a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected 
 for another term. He then started to rejoin Sher- 
 man, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet 
 iever, and after a most trying siege made his way 
 to the front in time to participate in the closing 
 incidents of the war. 
 
 In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined r, re-election as 
 reporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 1876 
 i>e was a candidate for Governor, Although de- 
 feated, the brilliant campaign he made won lor him 
 a National reputation, and he was much sought, es- 
 pecia].y in the East, to make speeches. In 1880, 
 as usual, he took an active part in the campaign, 
 and was elected to the United States Senate. Here 
 ue served six years, anfj was known as one oi the 
 iWest men, bast lawyer^-nd strongest debaters in 
 
 that body. With the expiration of his Senatorial 
 term he returned to the practice of his profession, 
 becoming the head of one of the strongest firms in 
 the State. 
 
 The political campaign of 1888 was one of the 
 most memorable in the history of our country. The 
 convention which assembled in Chicago in June and 
 named Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer 
 of the Republican party, was great in ever}' partic- 
 ular, and on this account, and the attitude it as- 
 sumed upon the vital questions of the day, chief 
 among which was the tariff, awoke a deep interest 
 in the campaign throughout the Nation. Shortly 
 after the nomination delegations began to visit Mr. 
 Harrison at Indianapolis, his home. This move- 
 ment became popular, and from all sections of the 
 country societies, clubs and delegations journeyed 
 thither to pay their respects to the distinguished 
 statesman. The popularity of these was greatly 
 increased on account of the remarkable speeches 
 made by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through 
 the summer and autumn to these visiting delega- 
 tions, and so varied, masterly and eloquent were 
 his speeches that they at once placed him in the 
 foremost rank of American orators and statesmen. 
 
 On account of his eloquence as a speaker and his 
 power as a debater, he was called upon at an un- 
 commonly early age to take part in the discussion 
 of the great questions that then began to agitato 
 the country. He was an uncompromising ant: 
 slavery man, and was matched against some of the 
 most eminent Democratic speakers of his Statu 
 No man who felt the touch of his blade de; ired tc 
 be pitted with him again. With all his e!oq-'ence 
 as an orator lie never spoke for oratorical effect, 
 but his words always went like bullets to the mark 
 He is purely -American in his ideas and is a spies 
 did type of the American statesman. Gifted with 
 quick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue, 
 he is one of tfc» most distinguished impromptu 
 speakers in the Nation. Many of these speeches 
 sparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained 
 arguments of greatest weight. Many of his terse 
 statements have already become aphorisms. Origi- 
 nal in thought, precise in logic, terse in statement, 
 yet withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as 
 the sound statesman and brill Ian orator C tac day 
 
LAFAYETTE AND 
 
 SALINE COUNTIES, 
 
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INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 ^^^»;S^y[IK time lias arrived when it 
 becomes the duty of the 
 people of this county to per- 
 petuate the names of their 
 pioneers, to furnish a record 
 of their early settlement, 
 and relate the story of their 
 progress. The civilization of our 
 day, the enlightenment of the age 
 and the duty that men of the pres- 
 ent time owe to their ancestors, to 
 themselves and to their posterity, 
 demand that a record of their lives 
 and deeds should be made. In bio- 
 graphical history is found a power 
 to instruct man by precedent, to 
 enliven the mental faculties, and 
 to waft down the river of time a 
 safe vessel in which the names and actions of the 
 people who contributed to raise this country from its 
 primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly 
 the great and aged men, who in their prime entered 
 the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their 
 heritage, are passing to their graves. The number re- 
 maining who can relate the incidents of the first days 
 of settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an 
 actual necessity exists for the collection and preser- 
 vation of events without delay, before all the early 
 settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time. 
 
 To be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind 
 from remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough, 
 in spite of their best works and the most earnest 
 efforts of their friends to perserve the memory of 
 their lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion 
 and to perpetuate their memory has been in propor- 
 tion to the amount of intelligence they possessed. 
 Th : pyramids of Egypt were built to perpetuate the 
 names and deeds of their great rulers.-, The exhu- 
 mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from 
 buried .Memphis indicate a desire of those people 
 
 to perpetuate the memory of their achievements 
 The erection of the great obelisks were for the same 
 purpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the 
 Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu- 
 ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their 
 great achievements and carry them down the ages. 
 It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling 
 up their great mounds of earth, had but this idea — 
 to leave something to show that they had lived. All 
 these works, though many of them costly in the ex- 
 treme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac- 
 ters of those whose memory they were intended to 
 perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of 
 the people that then lived. The great pyramids and 
 some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity; 
 the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum- 
 bling into dust. 
 
 It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli- 
 gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating 
 a full history — immutable in that it is almost un- 
 limited in extent and perpetual in its action; and 
 this is through the art of printing. 
 
 To the present generation, however, we are in- 
 debted for the introduction of the admirable system 
 of local biography. By this system every man, thougr 
 he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, 
 his the means to perpetuate his life, his history, 
 through the coming ages. 
 
 The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the 
 physical man is left. The monument which his chil- 
 dren or friends may erect to his memory in the cemc, 
 tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his 
 life, his achievements, the work he has accomplished, 
 which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated 
 by a record of this kind. 
 
 To preserve the lineaments of our companions we 
 engrave their portraits, for the same reason we col- 
 lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we 
 think it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to 
 wait until they are dead, or until those who know 
 them a : -to do this we are ashamed only to 
 
 publish t ) the woild the history of those whose live." 
 are unworthy of public record. 
 
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 /^ APT. AI EDGAR ASBURY, President of 
 ((( ^ tlie American Bank of Higginsville, Chair- 
 ^^?/ man of the Advisory Board of the Con- 
 federate Home of Missouri, stockholder and Di- 
 rector of the Higginsville Milling Company, 
 Treasurer and owner of one-half interest in the 
 Corder Coal Company, at Corder, owner of one- 
 half interest in the Excelsior Coal Company, and 
 a one-third interest in the Y. S. A. Coal Com- 
 pany, of Higginsville, occupies a position among 
 the influential and eminent men of Missouri. An 
 energetic and thorough business man of undoubted 
 abilit}-, he is widely known as a promoter of finan- 
 cial organizations and benevolent enterprises. Capt. 
 Asbury was born in Pruntytown, Taylor County, 
 W. Va., August 16, 1836. He is of English de- 
 scent, and traces his ancestry back to a brother of 
 the renowned Bishop Asbury. 
 
 The paternal great-grandfather of our subject 
 was one of the heroes of the Revolution. Grand- 
 father John Asbury was a farmer in Fauquier 
 County, Va., where he died. His son, Col. John 
 Asbury, was born at the homestead in Fauquier 
 County, Va., and successfully followed mercan- 
 tile pursuits in the Old Dominion, where he served 
 efficiently as Judge of the County Court and Col- 
 onel in the Virginia Militia. In 1856, he took 
 his family to Richmond, Ray County, Mo., where 
 he farmed extensively, and also kept an hotel 
 until the war broke out, when he returned to Vir- 
 ginia. After the war was ended, he again came to 
 Missouri and located at Pittsburgh, Clinton 
 County, where lie engaged in general merchandise 
 until he died in 1882, aged over three-score years 
 and ten. Col. Asbury was an active member of 
 the Baptist Church and highly esteemed by all 
 who knew him. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Leah Bayly (Rogers) 
 Asbury, was a native of Fauquier County, Ya., a 
 granddaughter of Hon. Pierce Bayly, of Virginia. 
 and a daughter of Col. William A. Rogers, a soldier 
 of the Revolution, under the command of Gen. 
 Washington. Col. William A. Rogers wasasonof 
 Edward Rogers, who was of English descent, a sol- 
 dier and a man of courage and endurance. William 
 A. Rogers was an extensive agriculturist of Vir- 
 ginia, near Pruntytown, and held various official po- 
 sitions of trust, representing his constituents in the 
 Legislature and filling the important office of High 
 Sheriff. At the good old age of eighty years, he 
 passed away, leaving behind him the record of an 
 honored and upright life. The mother of our sub- 
 ject died in Plattsburgh in 1878 and left a large 
 family to mourn her loss. Of her ten sons and 
 daughters, eight grew to adult age, our subject be- 
 ing the sixth in order of birth. Two sons and 
 three daughters are now living. 
 
 William P., the eldest son, served in the Con- 
 federate army during a part of the Civil War, 
 and afterward practiced law for a time at Rich- 
 mond, Mo. Heremoved thence to Warren sburgh, 
 where he became a prominent attorney and re- 
 sided until his death. Mountjoy was a soldier in 
 the Confederate army, and served as Quarter- 
 master of a brigade with the rank of Captain, re- 
 maining in active duty until the close of the war. 
 He now resides in Anson, Jones County, Tex., 
 where he owns a large sheep ranch. The third 
 son is our subject. Virginia Bird is the wife of 
 lion. W. F. Davis, who was a representative in the 
 Legislature during his residence in Clinton County, 
 Mo., but subsequently removed to St. Joe, where 
 he now resides. Penelope M. has been twice mar- 
 ried. Her first husband, Zadock Shields, repre- 
 
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 sen ted his district in the Legislature of Virginia, 
 and was Sheriff of Taylor County, W. Va. After 
 his dciilh she married a cousin of the same name, 
 and they nowreside in Flemington, W. Va. Emma 
 is the wife of David S. Hall, and lives at Cripple 
 Creek, Colo. 
 
 Our subject was reared in Pruntytown, W. Va., 
 and received his education principally at Rector 
 College. For two years he clerked for his brother, 
 William P., who was a merchant of Wheeling, 
 W. Va. Later, he entered Alleghanj' College, at 
 Mead vi lie, Pa., where he prosecuted his studies for 
 one year. In company with his father, he then 
 came to Missouri, journeying by boal to Lexing- 
 ton, and thence coming overland to Richmond. 
 There lie entered the law office of Hon. C. T. dar- 
 ner, and Maj. Oliver, formerly a member of Con- 
 gress, and after a course of legal study under those 
 prominent lawyers, he was admitted in 1859 to 
 practice at the Bar of Missouri by Judge George 
 W. Dunn. He opened an office in Houston, this 
 State, where for one year lie practiced alone, and 
 then formed a partnership with Hon. William II. 
 H. Thomas, of the same place. 
 
 In the fall of I860 our subject was elected 
 School Commissioner of Texas County, and served 
 in this capacity until the war began, in the spring 
 of 1861, when lie was elected a delegate to the 
 Jefferson City Secession Convention, called to- 
 gether by Gov. Jackson. He was sent by the 
 Governor with three wagon-loads of powder, and 
 commissions for the Missouri State Guard to Gen. 
 Mcllride and his staff in Texas County. It was a 
 very hazardous undertaking, but at the time our 
 subject did not realize the whole dancer. When 
 he had safely delivered the powder and the com- 
 missions with which he had been intrusted, Gen. 
 Mcllride. appreciating his ability and courage, ap- 
 pointed him aji Aide-de-camp on his staff, with 
 the rank of Lieutenant-colonel in the Missouri 
 state Guard. From that time our subject carried 
 commissions to the other officers, and frequently 
 returned after having experienced many narrow 
 escapes from capture and death. 
 
 Captain Asbury was in the battle of Wilson 
 Creek and afterward at Lexington, where his horse 
 was shot under him. He also engaged in the bat- 
 
 tles of Prairie Grove and Elkkorn, on the staff of 
 Gen. Frost, of St. Louis. He remained with this 
 command but a short time, when he resigned ami 
 raised a company in Southern Missouri for (Jen. 
 McBride, who was forming a brigade for the Con- 
 federate service. Capt. Asbury recruited a com- 
 pany for Col. Shaler.and turned it over tohim. He 
 subsequently organized a company of cavalry for 
 Col. Cornell, being elected Captain of the company. 
 While taking his company out of Missouri, he was 
 Captured by the Federals at West Plains, and was 
 placed in the stockade at Springfield. Thence he was 
 sent to Gratiot Prison, in St. Louis, and after six 
 weeks was taken for exchange to Fortress Mon- 
 roe. Upon his arrival Gen. Butler refused the ex- 
 change of all the officers, and (apt. Asbury with 
 others was sent to Ft. Norfolk, where he was in 
 prison for six weeks. June 13, 1863, while being 
 transferred to Ft. Delaware, he and twenty-six 
 other Confederate officer- engaged in the capture 
 of the steamer "Maple Leaf." an account of which 
 is best told in the words of the Captain himself, as 
 follows: 
 
 "On June 13, 1863, myself and twenty-six Con- 
 federate officers, having been cooped up in a room, 
 12x18 feet, with but one window, and that barred, 
 in Ft. Norfolk, were surprised and much gratified at 
 the order to prepare for removal lo Ft. Delaware, 
 and at once were taken out into the fresh air and 
 placed upon the magnificent United States steamer 
 ••Maple Leaf," which was passing on her way from 
 New Orleans to Ft. Delaware. On board of the 
 boat were about seventy-live Confederate officers, 
 prisoners of war. from New Orleans, guarded by 
 about fifty United States soldiers. Among the 
 prisoners was the Captain of the Confederate ves- 
 sel -Star of the West," which had been recently 
 captured at New Orleans. When we went aboard, 
 we were cordially received by the Confederates, 
 and at once we passed out of the bay. and then 
 steaming 1>\ Fortress Monroe we were soon out at 
 sea. or out of the mouth of the Chesapeake. 
 Everything was still, and the evening shades had 
 begun to lengthen when, at the tap of the great 
 bell (the Confederate-' agreed signal to seize the 
 ship), every man from his station pounced down 
 upon his man, armed and unarmed, and a desper- 
 
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 ate struggle for supremacy ensued. Bach man to 
 his man. arm to arm, and "Freedom or Death," was 
 the word. The first to yield was the guard, and 
 each one yielding strengthened the attacking 
 party, for it gave them guns, sabers and pistols. 
 
 "The commanding officer was asleep in his cabin. 
 Two Confederate officers broke in his door and 
 commanded him to surrender. Waking from his 
 sleep, he drew his sword to defend himself. The 
 Confederates quietly told him that the boat was 
 ours, and that resistance was useless, and he gave 
 up his sword. Within five minutes from the tap 
 of the bell, the officers, guard and crew of the 
 ".Maple Leaf" were cowering under the guns and 
 pistols of the Confederates. Not a lick was given, 
 not a shot was fired, but, as it seemed, in a twinkle 
 the transaction was completed. Gray uniforms 
 took the place of the blue, and the vessel moved 
 on as if nothing had occurred. The course was 
 veered a little, a hurried council was held, and 
 the Captain of the "Star of the West" took com- 
 mand of the "Maple Leaf." We headed for the 
 Virginia coast, with the determination to land and 
 burn the vessel, but before this was carried out 
 milder counsels prevailed. The Federal officers 
 agreed to take an oath of parole, and also agreed 
 that they would proceed on their way to Ft. Dela- 
 ware, and that they would not communicate the 
 event of the day at any intervening point, or un- 
 til they reached their destination, upon the condi- 
 tion that the Confederates would parole them and 
 save the vessel. They also agreed to take care of 
 the sick Confederates who could not make the 
 journey' of one hundred or more miles through 
 the country to the Confederate lines. 
 
 "The Confederates stood guard over the Fed- 
 eral officers and soldiers until the last Confederate 
 was in the small boat, and near the shore, when, at 
 a signal, the vessel was surrendered to them. The 
 Confederates having taken all the arms and plenty 
 of ammunition, they gave a yell and salute and 
 were lost in the woods. The "Maple Leaf" was 
 then headed for Ft. Delaware, but night and dark- 
 ness being on us, I, being one of the sick that re- 
 mained, knew nothing of our course until we ar- 
 rived back at Fortress Monroe, to the very point 
 our friends were trying to prevent the Federal of- 
 
 ficers from going, knowing that the Federal cav- 
 alry would be put on them at once, and possibly in- 
 tercept them on their way. And true it was, for 
 before twelve o'clock that night, one thousand cav- 
 alrymen were after them, but did not intercept 
 them, for the whole company, without the loss of 
 a man, after great hardships, sore feet, hunger and 
 thirst and tired out, reached the Confederate lines 
 on the third day's journey. This last I learned 
 after mj- exchange in 1864." 
 
 Thus ends the thrilling relation of the "Maple 
 Leaf" and its capture as told by Capt. Asbury, 
 but he further continues the story of his captivity, 
 which we will chronicle in his words. "I reached 
 Ft. Delaware in July, 1863, and was sent to John- 
 son's Island, Lake Eric, where 1 was confined until 
 February, 1864. I suffered much from hunger and 
 exposure, but had endured most discomfort at Ft. 
 Norfolk, where my health was seriously impaired." 
 Capt. Asbury would have died on Johnson's Is- 
 land if it had not been for the Federal surgeon, 
 who kindly gave him attention and medicine as he 
 required. In 1864, he was sent to Fortress Mon- 
 roe, and remained there for sometime, or until he 
 was offered for exchange. There were twenty- 
 seven hundred officers on the island, one thousand 
 of whom drew lots, and only three hundred of that 
 number were selected. Being one of the fortunate 
 ones, Capt. Asbury was paroled in June, 1864, and 
 sent through the lines to Richmond, Va., from 
 which city he proceeded to the parole cam]) at 
 Demopolis, Ala. In August, 1864, he was ordered 
 to his command west of the Mississippi, lie trav- 
 eled the entire distance on horseback, swam the 
 horse across the Mississippi, while he paddled over 
 in a "dug-out," and then joined Gen. Shelby at 
 Batesville, Ark. lie then raised another company 
 for ( Jen. Shelby, but he was unable to get them out 
 of Missouri to Arkansas, and was obliged to so re- 
 port to Gen. Shelby, who sent two companies of 
 cavalry for I hem. 
 
 Gen. Shelby then desired our subject to become 
 a member of the company and stand his chance 
 for election as Captain, but under the existing 
 circumstances he declined. As a compromise he 
 accompanied Col. Rathburn to Missouri for the 
 purpose of recruiting volunteers. He was success- 
 
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 fill in securing about thirty men, whom he turned 
 over to the regiment, and then started to see his 
 family at Richmond, Mo., not knowing they had 
 meantime removed to Virginia. He swam the 
 horse across the river at Lexington, and went up the 
 Missouri to Clay County, as he could not make 
 Richmond on account of the soldiers. While he and 
 Capt. Henlj' were endeavoring to reach Richmond, 
 they were stopped on the Albany bridge by cavalry 
 in Federal uniform, and when they started to run 
 the soldiers yelled: "If you are Southern men do 
 not run." Our subject and his partner halted, and 
 found the leader was the notorious "Bill" Ander- 
 son, returning from a fight at Centralia, and with 
 him they went for safety. The command intended 
 to cross the Missouri at Sibley, but the Federal cav- 
 alry and infantry, six hundred strong, overtook 
 them, and a battle ensued. "Bill" Anderson 
 charged at the head of his men, and in the rush of 
 the conflict he was killed. 1 1 is men fell back in 
 line and waited to be attacked. The Federals also 
 withdrew, and there was no further battle. Lieut. 
 Arch Clemens then took command of Anderson's 
 men, and the company made a detour around the 
 Federals, crossed the Missouri at Brunswick, and 
 went south to Howell County, Mo. 
 
 Our subject was now in the company of desper- 
 ate men, and was anxious to get away from them. 
 After he arrived in Howell County, he stalled off 
 on a side road, taking a boy with him, who also 
 wished to leave the gang, but they were overtaken 
 by some of the party and forced to return. After 
 a series of explanations and a course of argument, 
 in which he agreed with them on several points, 
 he was allowed to depart. His entreaties and re- 
 quest were made to Arch Clemens, who escorted 
 him to the line out of danger. Immediately fol- 
 lowing this adventure, Capt. Asbury made his way 
 as quickly as possible to Gen. Kirby Smith's head- 
 quarters at Shreveport, La. With Maj. Beard he 
 took charge of the Clothing Bureau at Huutsville, 
 Tex., until the close of the war. When ( Jen. Kirby 
 Smith, his staff and wagons, came through on the 
 way to Mexico, our subject organized a company of 
 old Confederates and escorted him for two or three 
 hundred miles to protect his wagon-trains from 
 pillage. Having decided to resign the captaincv, 
 
 he tendered his resignation to Gen. Smith, who 
 accepted it. lie surrendered at Galveston, whence 
 he came to Missouri via NewOrleans and St. Louis, 
 and arrived at Dover .Inly 9, 1865. His posses- 
 sions at that time consisted of a twenty-dollar 
 gold piece, all that remained of what was paid him 
 in Texas for his horse and pistols. 
 
 Capt. Asbury could not practice law on account 
 of the iron-clad oath prescribed by the radical 
 government of Missouri. He therefore engaged 
 as clerk in a general store in Dover, where his 
 brother, W. 1'., was a partner, and continued there 
 for some time. At Dover. November '.*, 1865, lie 
 married Miss Ellen, daughter of P. 51. Gaw, an old 
 settler of Dover, in which place Mrs. Asbury was 
 born. Her father was from Virginia originally, 
 but now resides in Higginsville. Our subject con- 
 tinued as clerk until January 1, I860, when he 
 bought out the partner of his brother, and the 
 firm continued as Asbury Bros., doing an exten- 
 sive business. In 1868, he purchased his brother's 
 interest and conducted the business alone. Dur- 
 ing the next four years he made $16,000, and con- 
 tinued at Dover; he also started a branch store in 
 Higginsville, where he was in partnership with 
 II. (i. Smith, the business being conducted under 
 the firm name of Smith & Asbury. In 1878, he 
 sold out at Dover and removed to Higginsville. 
 He was much interested in securing the right of 
 way of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, and took 
 the first share in the road here. The company has 
 shown him many courtesies, and he is still a stock- 
 holder of the road. 
 
 In 1878, Capt. Asbury began banking with a 
 capital of $10,000. In 1880, he organized the 
 Asbury-Catron Banking Company with a capital 
 stock of $30,000, and for three years served as 
 President. In 1883, he changed the name to the 
 American Bank, and increased the capital stock 
 to $50,000, continuing as President. The Asbury 
 Bank, as it is often called, is the oldest and largest 
 institution of the kind in Higginsville, and does a 
 regular banking business, carrying a surplus of 
 $10,000. In 1801, Capt. Asbury built the Amer- 
 ican Bank Block, at the corner of Russell and 
 Brown Streets, one of the finest buildings in the 
 county, erected at a cost of $15,000, and occupy- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 121 
 
 ing a frontage of fifty feet, with a depth of one 
 hundred feet. For many years our subject has 
 been interested in mining with Capt. II. G. Smith, 
 their partnership having lasted twenty-five years. 
 Smith & Asbury opened the Corder Shaft, located 
 at Corder, a twenty-inch vein, and own six hun- 
 dred acres of coal land, employing one hundred 
 and twenty-five men. They are sinking another 
 shaft to furnish the Chicago & Alton Railroad. 
 There are twenty houses upon the property, and a 
 branch of the bank is also located at Corder. Capt. 
 Asbury opened the Excelsior shaft about a quar- 
 ter <>f a mile from Higginsville, and has mined it 
 successfully in partnership with .). II. Campbell, 
 who manages it. The company has eight houses 
 there and owns lots in the city. With Messrs. 
 Smith and Young, Capt. Asbury bought the old 
 Winsor shaft, which they reopened and named the 
 V. S. A. Coal Company, employing about seventy- 
 five men. 
 
 Our subject has been interested in farming and 
 real estate both here and in Kansas City, and has ever 
 been foremost in the promotion of all enterprises 
 of merit in this section of the State. He assisted 
 in the organization of the Higginsville Milling 
 Company, and is also one of its most efficient 
 Directors and stockholders. In 187'.), he laid out 
 Asbury's Addition to Higginsville, and has since- 
 sold the entire one hundred and sixty acres as 
 thus subdivided. In 1880, he erected his resi- 
 dence at the corner of Shelly and Brown Streets, 
 which is one of the most attractive homes in the 
 city. (apt. and Mrs. Asbury became the parents of 
 five children: Eva, a graduate of Hardin College, 
 at Mexico, Mo., died in Higginsville in June, 
 18'.>2, aged twenty-five years. Hugh (i., who was 
 educated at the William Jewell Col lege, at Liberty, 
 Mo., is teller of the American Hank. Leah B. was 
 graduated from Hardin College and afterward 
 from Hollins' Institute, at Roanoke, Ya., Class of 
 '89, and is now at home. Ai Edgar, Jr.. is a stu- 
 dent in the Missouri Military Academy at Mexico. 
 Harvey N., a boy of fourteen years of age. and 
 the youngest child, is at home. Capt. Asbury and 
 family are widely known, and are among the im- 
 portant factors in the social as well as the business 
 life of this part of the State. They have a large 
 
 circle of friends and acquaintances, and command 
 the esteem and confidence of the entire commu- 
 nity. 
 
 Capt. Asbury interested himself in the incorpor- 
 ation of the La Fayette County Fair Association, 
 and has been Treasurer of the organization ever 
 since. He has also materially aided in the educa- 
 tional advancement of Higginsville, and was one 
 of three (('apt. licit. Dr. Fulkerson and himself) 
 who secured the location of the Confederate Home 
 of Missouri at Higginsville, and received through 
 their labors the three hundred and sixty-two acres 
 needed for a site. In conjunction with these gen- 
 tlemen, he supervised the erection of the cottages 
 and also the main building and the laying out of 
 the grounds. He is a member of the Baptist Church 
 and one of its valued Trustees. He has been gen- 
 erous in his contributions toother denomination-., 
 and in various ways has contributed to their sup- 
 port. He is a prominent Mason, having attained 
 the rank of Knight Templar. His membership is 
 with Lodge No. 364, A. F. & A. M.; Chapter No. 106 
 in Higginsville, and De Molay Comraandery No. .'! 
 at Lexington. He belongs to the American Bank- 
 ers' Association and the State Bankers' Association. 
 In political affiliations, he is first, last and always 
 a Democrat, and with the immortal Jackson be- 
 lieves with his whole heart and strength in the 
 principles he advocates. As an earnest, energetic 
 and representative American citizen, he takes a 
 deep and abiding interest in the conduct of local 
 and national affairs. 
 
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 WOHN WILLIAM BROWNING, one of the 
 popular and well-known farmer residents 
 of Saline County, Mo., is one of the good 
 citizens that Missouri has produced, lie i> 
 a native son of the soil and is proud of his State 
 and country. Devoted to business, Mr. Browning 
 has but little time to dabble with State affairs, but 
 when he does express an opinion it is always on 
 the side of peace and order. The family is of 
 
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 English extraction and came to America in the 
 early days of the new country, settling in Vir- 
 ginia, where the grandfather of Mr. Browning was 
 born. This grandfather bore the family name of 
 William and was the father of six children, only 
 one of whom was a son. 
 
 The father of our subject also bore the name 
 of William and was born in Pulaski County. Ky., 
 but removed to Missouri when only nine years of 
 age, making the trip with his mother and family. 
 They all selected Saline County as their place of 
 residence and located east of Elmwood. In due 
 time Miss Nancy Logsdon became the wife of Mr. 
 Browning, Sr. Mrs. Browning was the daughter 
 of John Logsdon, of Saline County, where she 
 was born, reared, educated and married. When 
 the War of the Rebellion burst out with all its 
 terrible force upon the country, Mr. Browning 
 was one of the first to volunteer, and served faith- 
 fully throughout the entire struggle, being one of 
 the State Guards. In politics, he is an ardent Re- 
 publican and bravely supports and upholds the 
 principles of that party at any and ail times. In 
 1871, Mr. Browning, Sr., removed to Sweet Springs, 
 settling upon the place where he now resides and 
 works at his trade of a carpenter. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, John William Brown- 
 ing, was born near Sweet Water Spring, April 24. 
 1854, and was educated in the public schools of 
 the county, diligently pursuing his studies, hav- 
 ing early learned the importance and value of 
 knowledge. At the age of twenty-two he left the 
 home roof and began life for himself, pursuing 
 the occupation of farming. October 19, 1882, Mr. 
 Browning married Miss Mary S., daughter of Will- 
 iam and Mary Hickman, of La Fayette County, 
 and a native of Kentucky. The Hickman family 
 hails from Kentucky, but is of English descent. 
 The name of the grandfather of Mrs. Browning 
 was William, that being a family name in the 
 Hickman family also. He was bom in Kentucky 
 and married in that State, but later removed to 
 Missouri and settled near Lexington. The maiden 
 name of the grandmother of Mrs. Browning was 
 Ennis. 
 
 When the father of Mrs. Browning was a lad of 
 ten or twelve years, the family removed to a farm 
 
 four miles south of Alma, La Fayette County. 
 The family of which Mrs. Browning's father was 
 a member consisted of four boys and three girls, 
 who grew to years of maturity: John died in 
 California; Catherine, the wife of Henry Butler, 
 died in Seattle, Wash.; Betsy Ann, wife of Chris- 
 topher Mulker, died in La Fayette County ; Will- 
 iam, father of Mrs. Browning; Elnora died in 
 California; James resides in Cedar County, Mo.; 
 and Alfred resides at Higginsville, La Fayette 
 County, Mo. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Browning was born in La 
 Fayette County in 1836, and died in the same 
 county in 1886. Mr. Hickman was one of the 
 State Guards during the War of the Rebellion, 
 serving one year in that capacity in the Federal 
 arm}-. After this, he returned home and remained 
 until his marriage, when he settled on a farm 
 south of Alma. About 1868 Mr. Hickman removed 
 to a farm, which he improved, lying south of 
 Blackburn, in La Fayette and Saline Counties, 
 known as the William Hickman Farm. At the 
 time of his decease he was the owner of about 
 three hundred and twenty acres of well-improved 
 land. Throughout his entire life Mr. Hickman 
 was a farmer. In June, 1856, he secured a part- 
 ner in his toil, Miss Mary E., daughter of John 
 and Nancy Smelser, of La Fayette County. The 
 following children were born to the union of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hickman: Mary S., wife of our subject; 
 John A., who resides on the old homestead; Will- 
 iam F., who resides on the Grandfather Hick- 
 man farm, south of Alma; Addie N., wife of 
 Jesse Hitt, of Dover, La Fayette Count}'; and one 
 child who died in infancy. Mr. Hickman and his 
 family were consistent members of the Christian 
 Church. 
 
 The children born to the marriage of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Browning are as follows: Susie X., Mary E. 
 and John William. After his marriage, Mr. Brown- 
 ing rented a farm in Saline County until 1891, 
 when he purchased a farm of eighty acres known 
 as the Dr. Halley Farm, two and one-fourth 
 miles from Blackburn, and he here resides. On 
 this land he carries on farming and stock-raising, 
 being especially interested in Poland-China hogs, 
 of which breed he has a very fine drove, ranging 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 12.3 
 
 in value from the little suckling pig, worth $10, to 
 a veteran porker, for which Mr. Browning would 
 not take $100. His residence is pleasantly situ- 
 ated on a slight rise of ground, and is a very 
 substantial and imposing structure. In front of 
 this beautiful home stretches a velvety lawn, dot- 
 ted with large and shade-giving trees. 
 
 Mrs. Browning, the wife of our subject, was 
 educated in the public schools of the county and at 
 Camden Point Female Orphan School, in Platte 
 (ounly.au excellent institution, where young ladies 
 who are not orphans are also admitted. So thor- 
 oughly did this boarding-school impart knowledge 
 to Mrs. Browning, that for one term prior to her 
 marriage she was the efficient teacher of a dis- 
 trict school. Mr. Browning is a well-known man 
 in Ids portion of the county, and his upright life 
 reflects credit upon himself as well as on the State 
 that gave him birth. Mr. Browning came of a 
 good old family, and five of the ten children 
 born to his parents now survive, namely: Lucy, 
 wife of Henry Richardson, of Texas; John W., 
 our subject; Sarah, George L. and Nancy. One 
 brother, Henry O, died at the age of sixteen, and 
 four children died in infancy. 
 
 s^ft AMUEL L. SMITH, one of the most promi- 
 nent men of township 49, range 26, La 
 Fayette County, Mo., is presented in this 
 sketch. His birth occurred December 28, 
 182;"), in Hampshire County, W. Va., he being a son 
 of Lewis and Mary (Emmitt) Smith, the former born 
 in AVest Virginia, although his father was an Eng- 
 lishman and a minister of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. The mother of our subject was also a 
 native of West Virginia, and was of German 
 origin. Lewis Smith was a soldier of the War of 
 1812, and after the close of the Civil War re- 
 moved to Pike Count3', 111., where he remained 
 until the time of his death in 1879, the demise of 
 his wife having occurred two years previously. 
 
 Our subject grew to manhood in his native State, 
 obtaining an education in the district school-, 
 which prepared him for his life work. The teacher 
 of the log cabin school was a practical surveyor, 
 and seeing the eagerness of his pupil, readily im- 
 parted his knowledge, which was put to advantage 
 very soon afterward. For some forty years our 
 subject followed the business of sui veying in con- 
 nection with that of agriculture, and served at one 
 time as Deputy County Surveyor of Johnson 
 County, Mo. On the Nth of November, 1853, he 
 married Miss Lavina McCauley, who was born in 
 Hampshire County. \V. Va., August 10, 1832, a 
 daughter of John and Sarah (Smith) McCauley. 
 The paternal ancestors of Mrs. Smith were of 
 Scotch-Irish descent, the grandfather having served 
 in Colonial times as a soldier in the Revolutionary 
 War. 
 
 The maternal ancestors of Mrs. Smith came 
 from England, and of the nine children born 
 to her parents, she is the only one remaining. 
 Our subject and wife became the father and 
 mother of a family of live children, as follows: 
 Walter II. and John L., living; but Edward ( I.. 
 Mollie S. (who married J. A. Atterbury),and Gus- 
 tavus A. are numbered with the dead. In 1855, 
 our subject removed with his wife and children to 
 La Fayette County, Mo., but later went to John- 
 son County, where they remained until the break- 
 ing out of the Civil War. In this county he 
 served for some time as Justice of the Peace. At 
 the beginning of the war he started to make 
 preparations to join in the fray, and finally en- 
 listed in the fall of 1862, in Company I, Second 
 Missouri Cavalry, C. S. A., and participated in the 
 battles of Prairie Grove, Springfield, Hartsville 
 and Helena, beside numerous skirmishes, where the 
 danger was just as great, if the glory was not. 
 
 While with Shelby's brigade in the southern 
 part of Missouri, our subject was captured when 
 on a recruiting expedition, and was confined from 
 August until March, being exchanged at Rich- 
 mond, Va. After this experience he returned 
 home to Missouri, and in 1863 removed to La 
 Fayette County, at first renting land, later settling 
 upon a farm in township 48, range 26, where he 
 remained for some time, not locating upon his 
 
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 present farm until 1881. Our subject ha.>- two 
 hundred and forty acres in this and Davis Town- 
 ships, of which he holds the title deed, and has 
 made of the farm one of the finest in the neigh- 
 borhood. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are active 
 and devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South, he having served as Steward, while 
 Mrs. Smith is a member of a Foreign Missionary 
 Society, being one of the working members of that 
 denomination in this place. Mr. Smith has been 
 a successful farmer, believing in the best kind of 
 stuck, of which he has some line specimens. His 
 political views have led him to affiliate with the 
 Democratic party, in whose policy he firmly be- 
 lieves. 
 
 
 <fl fifclLLIAM THIEMAN is a prominent and 
 \ / tlnift\ farmer "I' La Fayette County, lo- 
 tyy cated upon section 27, range 25, township 
 I '.I, where he has one of the finest farms in this 
 part of the State of Missouri. His birth took place 
 in this county June 15, 1848, the son of John II. 
 and Sophia Thieman, natives of Germany. The 
 father of our subject was one of those worthy sons 
 of the Fatherland who came over to America about 
 1844, trusting that in this land of freedom there 
 would be room for the growth of the young brood 
 that was overflowing his hearth. After landing in 
 the United States, Mr. Thieman. with his family, 
 came immediately West to Missouri, where they 
 settled upon a farm in La Fayette County. 
 
 The farm upon which the father of our subject 
 settled was about two miles southwest of the pres- 
 ent site of the town of Concordia. There he en- 
 tered land from the Government and began in 
 pioneer style the development of it. This was at 
 that time a sparsely inhabited country; houses 
 were very far apart; the prairies were pathless, the 
 markets far away, and the wild creatures of the 
 country roamed at will. Those early days were 
 times of self-denial and trial. Sickness and death 
 invaded homes which often were not strong 
 
 enough or warm enough to shelter the weak; 
 while sometimes the strong, brave-hearted father 
 would be taken down; at others it would be the 
 mother, when truly the family heart would be 
 wrung. 
 
 Fortunately, no such trial came among the pio- 
 neer hardships of our present subject. A family 
 of live children survived these parents: Henry W., 
 Frederick. Lewis F. and August were the names of 
 the brothers of our subject. John Thieman was 
 one of the early German settlers and won the es- 
 teem of all with whom he came in contact. His 
 death took place in 1889, after years of devout at- 
 tendance upon the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 with which he had membership. The county lost 
 in him a good and peaceable citizen, who since the 
 war had been a member of the Republican party. 
 Always honest and industrious, he was an example 
 to the younger generation. His health and strength 
 were remarkable, and at the age of seventy-five 
 years lie was able to plow and hoe his corn. 
 
 Our subject was reared to man's estate upon the 
 farm of his worthy father, and attended the schools 
 of the neighborhood, such as they were at that 
 time. For a short time, Mr. Thieman followed the 
 trade of a carpenter, then for a number of years 
 he followed the business of saw -milling and thresh- 
 ing, but farming seemed to be the occupation which 
 best suited his tastes, and to that he finally settled 
 down. Our subject was united in marriage witli 
 Miss Lydia Rehkop, February 29, 1880. She was 
 a daughter of Henry Rehkop, of Concordia, Mo., 
 but was born in Canada. Six children have come 
 to bless the home of our subject, to whom the par- 
 ents have given the following names: Lewis W., 
 Daniel B., Melvin N., Laura B., Delia L. and 
 Irvin D. 
 
 In the spring of 1892, our subject settled upon 
 his present farm, consisting of three hundred and 
 twenty acres of land. He is what may be called a 
 self-made man, yet is so well informed and reliable 
 that his fellow-citizens have wisely elected him 
 School Director, his position upon all educational 
 matters meeting their approval. Progress and im- 
 provement he believes in and shows it by his 
 stock-raising. With him the best is none too good, 
 his cattle being of the best Shorthorn breed and 
 
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 his hogs the choicest Poland-Chinas. Before clos- 
 ing this brief sketch we wish to mention that Mr. 
 Thienian is an earnest worker and a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church and a man highly 
 respected in his neighborhood. 
 
 ■ S0> - " f#N 
 
 GEORGE B. BLANCHARD, a prominent ag- 
 riculturist and successful breeder of thor- 
 ^^!$( oughbred and trotting horses, has at various 
 times been engaged in leading mercantile inter- 
 ests, and is widely known in Marshall, throughout 
 Saline County, and in other portions of Missouri. 
 Asa member of business, religious and political 
 associations, he commands a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances, by whom he is universally re- 
 spected and esteemed. 
 
 Our subject was born in Lewis County, Mo., 
 near Monticello, August 1. 1839, and for over fifty 
 years has been an eye-witness of the growth and 
 progress of the State. His father, Hiram A., was 
 a native of Wheeling. Va., and was born in 1812. 
 His grandfather was a native of England, and was 
 married in the Old Country, and located in Vir- 
 ginia, where he worked as a carpenter, and after- 
 ward removed to Missouri, where lie died. In 
 later years he became a speculator and was success- 
 ful, dealing in real estate in Wheeling and, becom- 
 ing prosperous, loaned out money. His son, Hiram 
 A., was married in Virginia, removed to Ohio, re- 
 mained there a short time, and then located in Lewis 
 County, Mo., in 1837. Here he farmed and then 
 engaged in the merchandise business and finally, 
 in 1849, he located in Marion County, and again 
 engaged in farming and general business. In 1868, 
 he sold out and settled on a farm near Waverly, 
 La Fayette County, and resides there now, over :i 
 full four-score years of age. In politics, lie has 
 ever been a Democrat, and, in religious belief, he 
 is a Methodist of the good old kind. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Amanda. I. Steph- 
 ens, who was born in Stephensburg, Va., a daughter 
 of Joseph Stephens, a large farmer in the ( lid Do- 
 
 minion. She died in Waverly, leaving eight chil- 
 dren, of a family of nine. George B., the eldest, was 
 reared in Marion County from 1849, and there at- 
 tended the common schools, and at fifteen years 
 of age entered Central College, at Fayette, Howard 
 County, Mo., studying there four year-; he then 
 taught school two terms, after which he engaged in 
 farming. In I860, lie bought a farm of three 
 hundred and twenty acres near New London, 
 Ralls County, and engaged in general agriculture 
 for two succeeding years, and in 1865 came to 
 Saline County. Grand Pass Township, and bought 
 a farm of two hundred and eighty acres, and im- 
 proved it. In 187'.). he started in the lumber busi- 
 ness in Marshall, near the depot of the Chicago 
 & Alton, and successfully continued in the lumber 
 interest ten years, lie also conducted his farm 
 until 1891, when he sold it. 
 
 In 1886, Mr. Blan chard bought his present place, 
 one hundred and forty acres, and has farmed it 
 ever since. He also owns forty acres east of the 
 city, besides various houses and lots. In 1883. he 
 built a handsome and commodious residence on 
 the corner of Arrow and Elm Streets, one of the 
 finest and mt>st substantial improvements in the 
 neighborhood. Our subject owns some of the fin- 
 est thoroughbred horses raised in the State. He 
 gives his especial attention to the Ilambletonian 
 and Mambrino stock. He was the owner of "Don 
 Pedro." a bay stallion, time •->..">(>. Hisdeath wasa 
 great loss, as lie was an invaluable animal. He also 
 has "Loom is," sired by "Brown Wilkes," time 2.21 , . 
 a three-year-old brown stallion; and "Gambart," a 
 bay stallion, two years old, sired by "Gaumalion," 
 and he by "Gambetta Wilkes." "Hard Pine," five 
 years old, is another of his stud. Mr. Blanchard 
 raised the brotker,"G. 1!.." with a record of 2.204;, 
 one of the fastest horses ever produced in the 
 county, and which brought his owner a good 
 price. -'Marshall .Maid," record 2.23 .',. ^'Tornado," 
 and other valuable horses are housed in the capa- 
 cious and well-built barns on the farm, which ad- 
 joins the city and i- highly improved. Specially 
 noticeable among the other horses are the filly, "Bon 
 Ton." two years old, by "Wilton;" also the filly 
 "Rozze," two years () | ( i, by "Patronage," two of 
 the lines! bred horses in the county. There are in 
 
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 the stables from eighty to one hundred head of 
 handsome horses, beside some thoroughbred cattle. 
 Mr. Blanchard married in Warsaw, Ivy., May 17. 
 1865, Miss Enimeline Payne, a native of that State, 
 bom in Georgetown, Scott County. She was the 
 daughter of the Hon. Newton Payne, an ex-mem- 
 ber of the State Legislature. M r. and Mrs. Blanch- 
 ard are the parents of eleven children, of whom 
 ten survive: Estelle is a graduate of. the Elizabeth 
 Aull Seminary, of Lexington; Frank, a graduate 
 of the High School, is a stockman and represents 
 a commission house; Marcus is at home and attends 
 Normal College; Hiram is at home; Oliver, Sallic, 
 Bowman, Emma, May, and Tom complete the list 
 of the living; George, a beloved son, is lately de- 
 ceased. The entire family, sons and daughters, 
 occupy a prominent position in Marshall and are 
 important factors in the social life of the city. 
 Our subject was a Director in the County Fair 
 Association, has served as Alderman, and was a 
 School Director in Grand Pass, and in official duty 
 has been earnest, able and efficient. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Stallion Trotting Horse Association and 
 a thorough business man. He is a Trustee of the 
 Southern Methodist Episcopal Church, and has 
 long been a valued member of the same. He is a 
 Democrat and lends his influence lo the support of 
 the ticket. 
 
 *§ 
 
 T OSEPII M.KIM BARKS, editor of the Black- 
 burn Record, is a young man who is mak- 
 ing a success in the editorial Held in this 
 ' county. He is a man of ability, the son of 
 a minister who is still doing efficient work in his 
 chosen line. Mr. Barks was born in Benton County, 
 Mo., February 18, 186(1. His father, Joseph V. 
 Barks, is a native of Delaware County, Ohio, where 
 he was born September 17, 1817. His grand- 
 father, Solomon Barks, was a Pennsylvanian by 
 birth, while his great-grandfather was a native of 
 Germany. The grandfather emigrated to Ohio, 
 where he died. 
 
 The Rev. Joseph V. Barks is a graduate of Mari- 
 etta (Ohio) College, and taught school for the pur- 
 pose of earning means to defray his expenses 
 through college. He took up theological studies 
 in Lane Seminary, completed his theological edu- 
 cation in Massachusetts, and entered the ministry 
 in 1818, being an Old-school Presbyterian. 
 
 In October, 184'J, Rev. Mr. Barks married and 
 came to Warsaw, Benton County, this State, where 
 he began his work as a minister. He has always 
 preached in Missouri, has filled many pulpits, and 
 is still engaged in his chosen work. His wife was 
 Miss Diana Bancroft, of Granville, Licking County, 
 Ohio, and her parents were members of a colony 
 which came from Granville, Mass., in the early days 
 and settled in Ohio. Her father was a soldier in 
 the War of 1812, and became a prominent man of 
 Licking County, Ohio, being Associate Judge in 
 that county for several years. He died in 1871, 
 at the age of ninety-two. Mrs. Barks' mother is 
 now in her seventy-third year. 
 
 Joseph McKim was the fourth of seven chil- 
 dren, four of whom are living. He received his 
 preliminary education in the common district 
 schools, and afterward spent about two years in 
 Westminster College, Fulton, Mo. He was reared 
 on the farm, where he remained until he reached 
 his majority, and for several years afterward, man- 
 aging the estate for his father. 
 
 In 188'J Mr. Barks came to Blackburn and asso- 
 ciated himself with L. G. King, establishing the 
 Blackburn Record. Six months later, he purchased 
 Mr. King's interest, and since then has conducted 
 the work alone. The paper is a seven-column 
 folio, and is Democratic in politics. It follows 
 that Mr. Barks is a Democrat, and, as we have said, 
 he is a man of ability, and gives promise of still 
 greater power. He is a member of the Presby- 
 terian Church, being a Ruling Elder. Beside his 
 editorial work on the Record, Mr. Harks is asso- 
 ciated with Dr. Thomas M. Bridges in the publica- 
 tion of the Corder Gazette. 
 
 The editorial pen is a power in the country, and 
 if wielded aright may be a means of great good 
 and advancement. It has given to posterity the 
 beliefs of some of our strongest and clearest minds, 
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 extent, the character of the masses. With this in 
 mind, it behooves every controller of a paper to 
 see that its pages are of benefit to the readers of 
 them, and Mr. Barks' friends are confident that 
 such is and will always be his aim. 
 
 ■ NSON 15. DAVIS, tlic popular engineer on 
 '(?/ J the Chicago & Alton, Kansas City Divis- 
 ion, has been connected with the Chicago 
 & Alton Railroad ever since .Tune 13, 1866, 
 and there is but one man who has been longer in 
 the employ of the road as an engineer than he. 
 An enterprising and upright citizen, an expert in 
 his line of business, and a genial and courteous 
 gentleman, our subject has a host of true friends 
 and well-wishers. Mr. Davis was born in Medway, 
 Mass., April 13, 1847. His paternal grandfather 
 was a tiller of the soil in Maine, and an honest, 
 hard-working man and excellent citizen. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Townsend, 
 Mass., February 5, 1818, his father having removed 
 to the old Bay State and there settled in early 
 days. A. B. Davis, Sr., was reared in his native 
 place, and having attained to manhood became a 
 stage-driver, and started an express and coach line 
 from Medway to Boston, which he controlled and 
 managed for several years. He died of typhoid 
 fever in the year 1857. His estimable wife, Har- 
 riet Amanda, was born in Medway, Mass., June 28, 
 1820, a daughter of Ashel Barber, who was born 
 in 1796, and was a cutter of sole leather. His wife, 
 Harriet Haven, was born in Leicester, Mass., in 
 1796. 
 
 Mrs. A. B. Davis now resides in Foxborough, 
 and of her seven children but three are living; of 
 these our subject is the second. His mother reared 
 the family in Medway, and there Anson attended 
 the district school, and at the very early age of thir- 
 teen years began life for himself by serving an 
 apprenticeship to a machinist in Boston. He re- 
 mained learning his trade two years, and then en- 
 
 tered upon railroad work. Mr. Davis first began 
 life on the rails as a fireman on the New York & 
 New England Railroad, formerly the New York & 
 Boston Air Line, lie spent eighteen months there, 
 and then engaged with the Philadelphia, Wilming- 
 ton & Baltimore about eighteen months as a fire- 
 man; then, in 1866, came to Illinois, and found 
 employment with the Chicago & Alton, with head- 
 quarters at Blooinington, 111. 
 
 Upon October L0, 1869, oursubject began his suc- 
 cessful career as an engineer, and has since contin- 
 ued in this employment. In running on the Phila- 
 delphia. Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, he was 
 injured somewhat on the head in making a run- 
 ning switch. Mr. Davis was engaged on the Chi- 
 cago Division until 1879. In 1880, he was trans- 
 ferred to the Kansas City Division, and then 
 located in Slater. Since 187'J Mr. Davis has been 
 .■i passengei engineer, and in all that time has been 
 very fortunate, never having had a serious acci- 
 dent. Since 1883 lie has run the same engine, No. 
 224, and is much attached to the powerful machine 
 that obeys the touch of his hand. Mr. Davis is a 
 charter member of the Slater Building and Loan 
 Association. He owns an attractive home in 
 Northeast Slater, and the handsome house, with 
 its well-kept grounds, is much admired. 
 
 Mr. Davis was married in Roodhouse, in 1885, 
 to Mrs. Elizabeth (Hartwick) Sinclair, who was 
 bom in Jersey ville, III., and is a daughter of James 
 Hartwick, who was a brickmaker there. He was a 
 very earl}- settler in the State, and became an ex- 
 tensive farmer and stockman. He died in Jersey- 
 ville, aged seventy-four, lie was a member of the 
 New-school Presbyterian Church, and was a sin- 
 cere, Christian man. His wife, Eliza Skillman, was 
 born in Somerset County, N. J., and was a daugh- 
 ter of an Englishman. The mother of Mrs. Davis 
 resides in Carrollton, 111., and is eighty-three years 
 old. The wife of our subject is the third in a 
 family of seven children. Her eldest brother, 
 Uriah, was in the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, and re- 
 mained in the service until the close of the war. 
 He lives near Raymond. Mrs. Davis has been 
 twice married. Her first husband was Alex Sin- 
 clair, a farmer, and a native of the State of Illinois. 
 He died there and left three children: Ella. Mrs. 
 
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 Mclvcr, who resides in Roodhouse, 111.; Emma, 
 now Mrs. Grant, of Kansas City; and Dena, who is 
 Mrs. Noel, of Slater. 
 
 Our subject has received the honor of being one 
 of the Aldermen of the city, and has also been a 
 delegate to different conventions, and is, in po- 
 litical affiliations, a stanch Democrat. He is a 
 member of the Ancient Order of United Work- 
 men and the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- 
 gineers, in which latter he has been Chief. He is 
 likewise a Knight of Pythias, and Past Chancellor 
 in that order, and is a member of the Grand 
 Lodge, K. P., and has been a delegate for two 
 years to St. Louis and St. Joe. Mrs. Davis is a 
 member of the Pythian Sisters of Slater, of which 
 she is the manager. Mr. Davis is a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and, together with 
 his estimable wife, is among the earnest supporters 
 of the organization. Efficient in his daily and 
 dangerous duties, Mr. Davis is esteemed by all his 
 fellow-townsmen, and has the spotless record of an 
 honorable and upright life. 
 
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 ^S^EORGE OSBORN, a prominent citizen of 
 III La Fayette County, Mo., located upon sec- 
 
 V X\ tion 18, range 25, township 4'J, is the sub- 
 ject of whom we write. lie is essentially a self- 
 made man, one who is well and favorably known 
 in the county, where he has made his home and 
 has worked for the advancement of all public 
 matters since 1865. The birth of our subject took 
 place in Boone County, Mo., May 28, 1828. He 
 was a son of John and Rachel (Lemmon) Osborn, 
 who were well-known natives of Scott County, 
 Ky. The family trees upon both sides tell of 
 Scotch and Irish ancestors, and among the early 
 forefathers in this country can be found patriots 
 of the Revolutionary War. 
 
 In 1818 the father of our subject removed into 
 Boone County, Mo., and when George was sixteen 
 years of age, Mr. Osborn took the family to Davis 
 County, where they remained until our subject 
 had grown to man's estate. Although the advan- 
 
 tages for obtaining an education in those days 
 were very limited, our subject attended the best 
 
 sol Is, and received as much instruction as was 
 
 given any youth of the time and place. He was a 
 great reader and has so continued, being a very 
 well-informed man, just in his judgments and 
 wise in administering the affairs entrusted to his 
 charge. 
 
 September 20, 1855, our subject was united in 
 marriage with an estimable lady, Miss Susan O. 
 Rose, a native of Fleming County, Ky., who was 
 born March 2, 1839, a daughter of Charles and 
 Martha A. (Norman) Rose, the former a native of 
 Pennsylvania, and the latter of Kentucky. She 
 was reared in Buchanan County, Mo., and resided 
 there at the time she became the wife of Mr. Os- 
 born. To this worthy couple twelve children 
 have been born, and many of them have formed 
 connections of their own, showing to the world 
 the virtues they learned in the home circle. 
 
 The names of the excellent family in whom our 
 subject and wife have found reason to rejoice are 
 as we give below: John F.; Charles E.; Luebell, 
 the wife ot L. D. Coupland; Sanford, deceased; 
 Minnie R. L., the wife of Jasper Anson; Forest M., 
 the wife of Richard Jennings; Ruth, the wife of 
 Henry Lowrey; Ida A., the wife of Edward Jen- 
 nings; Ueorge, Alvin K., Floyd and Susan. In 
 1865 our subject came with his family to this part 
 of the grand old State of Missouri and located in 
 I.a Fayette County, settling upon the present 
 farm, and at this place the family has resided ever 
 since. The farm consists of two hundred and 
 forty acres of land under a good state of cultiva- 
 tion, witli comfortable buildings. 
 
 Mr. Osborn is a man of prominence in his local- 
 ity, having served for four years as Justice of the 
 Peace, fulfilling the duties of the otlice to the satis- 
 faction of all. Politically he is a Democrat, be- 
 lieving that the principles of Democracy are the 
 ones which will best carry the country through 
 any crisis that may be in store for her. In the 
 Missionary Baptist Church he is a prominent 
 member and active worker. His position in the 
 district is one to lie desired, as his friends and 
 well-wishers are among the best in the neighbor- 
 hood. 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 131 
 
 EUBEN B. EUBANK resides on section 33, 
 township 52, range 20, of Saline County. 
 * \ Mr. Eubank was horn in the town of Glas- 
 gow, Barren County, Ky., February 9, 1824, 
 He is the son of Henry and Maria (Garnett) 
 Kuhank, the former a native of Virginia, and horn 
 September 1 I. L795, the latter of Barren County, 
 Ky., and born May 19, 1807. Our subject's 
 father had a considerable knowledge of military 
 tactics and held the office of Captain and after- 
 ward Major in the State Militia of Kentucky, 
 lie was engaged in the merchandise and trading 
 business in Glasgow, Ky., until L829, when, on ac- 
 count of failing health he removed to his farm, 
 giving up active business and spending his latter 
 years in rural enjoyment. He was identified with 
 many public interests of his county, which he . 
 served as a successful and energetic business man. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was Jo- 
 seph Eubank, a Virginian, who was born May 9, 
 1763. He was a fanner and dealer in merchandise, 
 and besides owned and operated a tlouring-mill. 
 One of the sons of Joseph Eubank was the ac- 
 knowledged local genius of his day, and though he 
 never patented he claimed the honor of discover- 
 ing the principle of a self-feeder for a cotton gin, 
 and also invented the steam governor for engines. 
 He was a watch-maker by trade. Grandmother 
 Eubank bore the maiden name of Elizabeth 
 White, and was born in Virginia November 8, 
 1771. She was married to Joseph Eubank Novem- 
 ber 27, 1794, and they became the parents of ten 
 children, all of whom lived to years of maturity. 
 The family is of English origin, our subject's great- 
 grandsire having emigrated to this country in 
 1727. lie was one of four brothers and made 
 settlement in Virginia, and our subject still has in 
 bis possession a little account book kept by tins 
 first American founder of the family, which shows 
 by the accuracy with which it was kept that he 
 was a man of education and business ability. His 
 wife was Miss Margaret Lewis, whom he married 
 in Virginia. 
 
 Reuben Eubank is one of a family of seven chil- 
 dren, all of whom are living: America, who was 
 horn in Glasgow, Ky., May 11, 1^27. now lives in 
 Jackson, Tenn.; Margaret D., horn September 15, 
 6 
 
 1829, was married to Robert T. Graley, and they 
 reside in Saline County; James, who was born 
 April 27, is:;:;, and married Martha Thomas, now 
 lives in Texas, where he is a fanner and money- 
 loaner; Richard, who was born October 1, 1835, 
 and married Catherine Wolfskill, lives in Califor- 
 nia and is engaged in farming and in grape cul- 
 ture; Elizabeth, who was horn September 9, 1838, 
 married J. C. frby, and now lives in Tennessee, 
 where her husband is one of the faculty of a 
 Baptist school; Henry, who was horn March 28, 
 1844, married Miss Fishback and lives in Barren 
 County, Ky. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the common schools 
 of Kentucky. He left school "at the age of eigh- 
 teen years, and then engaged as clerk for David 
 R. Young, a bachelor who was store-keeper at 
 Glasgow. Our subject received only his board and 
 clothing, as he took the position rather to learn 
 the principles of conducting a business. At the 
 expiration of a year he entered the employ of Jo- 
 seph Glazebrook, in consideration of $100 per 
 annum with hoard and washing. He remained 
 with him three years and then went to Hopkins- 
 ville, Ky. After a few months in that place he 
 returned to his former employer. Thus he was 
 variouslj' engaged until his marriage, when he 
 went to farming, his wife having been presented 
 by her father with a tract of two hundred acres of 
 land. This was later traded for a money consid- 
 eration, and he went to tobacco-raising, devoting 
 live years to the improvement of the tract. Be- 
 coming dissatisfied with the narrow scope of his 
 life and opportunities, he sold his little farm for 
 $10 per acre including improvements, and in 1855 
 he moved to Saline County and rented a farm for 
 two years. He then purchased a tract of partially 
 improved land, which he bent his energies toward 
 clearing. From time to tune he added to his origi- 
 nal purchase until he owned thirty-seven hundred 
 acres. Part of t his is improved and all is well fenced 
 
 and in g I pasture condition. This beautiful and 
 
 well-improved home farm makes him the owner of 
 thirty-seven hundred acres of good land, beside 
 some eight hundred acres which he has given to 
 his children. 
 
 The original of this sketch was married October 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 80, 1848, to Martha Thompson, a daughter of 
 
 Robert S. Thompson, and a member of an old and 
 representative family of Hart County, Ky. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Eubank became the parents of three chil- 
 dren: Robert (deceased). Henry, and Reuben. The 
 first-born was a native of Barren County, Ky., and 
 made his advent into the world in 1849. He mar- 
 ried Miss Mary Bumbarger and until the time of 
 his death, which occurred December 24, 1875, lived 
 near Slater. He was a farmer and left one son 
 who now lives in Bourbon County, Ky. Henry, 
 who was born in Hart County, Ky., in t852, mar- 
 ried .lane Jenkins, Of Slater, this county; he now 
 lives in Chariton County, this State, where he is a 
 farmer and preacher. Reuben, who was born in 
 Saline County, married a Miss Campbell. They 
 live in Lexington, where be is engaged in busi- 
 ness. 
 
 Alter the death of his lirst wife, our subject was 
 ii second time married, his bride being Miss Eliza- 
 beth Whittaker, who was the daughter of John 
 Whittaker, of Boone County, Ky. she was born 
 May 18, L834, became the wife of Mr. Eubank in 
 Boone County, June 22, 1861, and died February 
 28, 1873. Their union was blessed by the advent 
 of three children: John, Ernest, and Jerome. 
 John was born On the 12th of April, 1863, in 
 Saline County, married Lucy Smith, and is now 
 engaged in farming in this county; Ernest was 
 born on the 6th of July, 1864, in this county, where 
 he married Lillie Gaines, and is now a farmer; 
 Jerome, who was born October 3, 1865, married 
 Zudie 1'urdom, and lives in Slater, where he 
 is engaged in stock buying. In July of 1873, Mr. 
 Eubank married Miss Anna, the daughter of James 
 Leeper, who was born in Lewis County, Mo. They 
 have been the parents of two children: Preston L. 
 and Katie M. 
 
 Mr. Eubank has been a member of the Christian 
 Church since 1858. In addition to his liberality 
 in church work, he is well known for his good and 
 charitable deeds. Impecunious young men with 
 ambition and talent have found in him a ready 
 sympathizer and helper. Politically, he was orig- 
 inally a Whig, but at the fall of that party he be- 
 Cime a Democrat of the lirst water, and, although 
 not an office-seeker, has always taken an active 
 
 interest in party affairs. Numbered among the 
 wealthiest and most honored citizens of Saline 
 County, we feel that it is still a far greater encom- 
 ium to pass upon our subject to say that his nature 
 is as broad as his heart and impulses are true and 
 kindly. 
 
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 I I'TI.ER MOORE, Si:. This venerable rep- 
 resentative pioneer of La Fayette County 
 resides upon one of the finest farms in this 
 part of the State, located in township ID, 
 range 26. He was born in Lexington, Ky.. Feb- 
 ruary 7, 1816, a son of Butler and Courtney ( Web- 
 ster) Moore, the latter a relative of Daniel Web- 
 ster. The father was a native of Virginia, who 
 came to Kentucky at an early day, and the mother 
 also was of Virginian birth, removing with her par- 
 ents to Grant County. Ky. Her father was a sol- 
 dier in the War of the Revolution, and also in the 
 War of 1812, where he was one of the daring pa- 
 triots under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans. 
 
 Our subject remained on his father's farm until 
 the age of eighteen years; then becoming anxious 
 to see the world for himself, he left the parental 
 roof and engaged at any work that he could find. 
 At one time he labored for a very penurious man. 
 who paid only twelve and a-half cents per day with 
 board, and our subject continued at very low wages 
 for several years, which prevented his accumu- 
 lating much money. His accumulation was prin- 
 cipally experience. At a later date, he received 
 the position of superintendent, overseeing hands 
 in the making of twine, bagging and rope. 
 
 In 1840, Mr. Moore came to Missouri and located 
 in La Fayette County, residing at lirst in Lexing- 
 ton, but later removing to a farm south of Lexing- 
 ton, which place is now owned by Mrs. Eckle. 
 Upon this farm he lived for four years, then came 
 to his present place in 1856, and here he has re- 
 sided ever since. In his youth, Mr. Moore had 
 few advantages to obtain even an ordinary educa- 
 tion. The subscription schools were held in rude 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 log houses at irregular intervals during the year, 
 with m change of teachers as suited the general 
 convenience, making any well-directed effort im- 
 possible. At the early age at which he wascut off 
 from home, his education was very limited, but in 
 this he showed the manner of man he was. 
 
 The biography of this fine old pioneer would 
 not be complete did we not emphasize the fact 
 that by his own efforts he overcame the obstacles 
 of every kind which appeared in his path, and 
 made of himself the honest, well-informed man, 
 the successful agriculturist, and the respected citi- 
 zen holding a place in the esteem of all the r< ssi- 
 dents of La Fayette County. When Mr. Moore 
 came to this county he found that he must work 
 out his way almost unassisted and alone. Those 
 were the days when labor-saving processes were 
 either not yet invented or not known in the unset- 
 tled parts of the Western States, and only by indi- 
 vidual effort could he reduce the wild land to a 
 state of productiveness. 
 
 After one year of lonely living, Mr. Moore in- 
 duced a loving woman to cast m her lot with his. 
 and in the long years since that time how often 
 has he blessed kind fate for the happy chance. 
 April 19, 1841, he was married to Mis* Mary A. 
 Hall, a native of Lexington, Ky., born July 15, 
 1 822, a daughter of William Hall, who was a na- 
 tive of Virginia. To the home in .Missouri Mr. 
 Moore took his bride, and with her came the com- 
 fort of his life. To her as much as himself he de- 
 sires all honor to be given, as her wise counsels 
 and ready sympathy and help have enabled him 
 to accomplish so much. Three children came to 
 bless this union: William F.; Mary .1., wife of ]'. 
 R. Kinchelol; and Butler, Jr. 
 
 In the early days in the county. .Mr. Moon took 
 great pleasure in hunting, going on long hunts for 
 bear, deer and turkey, camping out at night for 
 weeks at a time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Moore are 
 valued members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South, in which their interest, is active, 
 making of them living Christians, examples of the 
 truth of their professions. In political life. Mr. 
 
 Moore has always voted with the Dei -i-i t i< - 
 
 party, both from his education and belief in the 
 principles Of Democracy. Much change has come 
 
 over the county since he first came hither; life litis 
 become easier and times have changed for the bet- 
 ter; but we wonder if this good old pioneer and 
 his wife, if questioned, would not say that those 
 earlier days were among the pleasantesl in their 
 lives. 
 
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 M. CHAPPELL, whose post-office address 
 is Marshall, Mo., is one of the representa- 
 tive citizens of Saline County, and a man 
 of sterling worth and progressive ideas. To 
 go back two generations and trace the history 
 in brief of the Chappell family will, we think, 
 prove interesting in this connection. In the 
 year 1833 Elisha Chappell came to Saline County, 
 bringing with him eleven of his twelve children. 
 These children were: Ambros T.; Meucinda; Dan- 
 iel; Elisha W., who became a leading physician 
 and surgeon in De Kalb County. Mo., and was sur- 
 geon in Price's army; Chapman, Lorenzo I)., 
 Henry. Thomas \\\. Sarah A., Rachael, Joshua and 
 F. Caroline. All but one of the children grew to 
 mature years. Mr. Chappell came from North 
 Carolina, of which State he was a native. 
 
 Thomas W., the eighth of the children men- 
 tioned above, was twelve years old when he came 
 to this county, and was educated in the common 
 schools of the vicinity, lie was married in 1844, 
 taking for his wife Miss Atra. daughter of John 
 McAlister. The children of this union were five 
 in number, three of whom were spared to reach 
 mature years, namely: J. Madison, John E., and 
 Annie, wife of William L. Johnson, who resides 
 near Marshall. 
 
 J. M. Chappell. the subject of this article, was 
 born in 1-844, and was reared in this county, re- 
 ceiving a liberal education in the common schools. 
 In 1864, he enlisted in the Confederate army, re- 
 maining with it until the surrender at Shreveport, 
 La. He returned home in 1865, and engaged in 
 teaching, which occupation he has followed, more 
 or less, ever since. In 1867 Mr. Chappell married 
 
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 Miss Cynthia Bogart, of Tennessee. This union 
 was blessed with seven children: George L., who 
 is one of the progressive teachers of the county; 
 Leona A., Lulu M., Gertrude, Ethel V., Percy M. 
 and William M. 
 
 Mr. Chappell and family are members of the 
 Baptist Church. He is a member of the Ancient 
 Order of United Workmen and of the Farmers' Al- 
 liance. He helps to swell the ranks of that im- 
 portant and reliable class of citizens, the farmers, 
 from whom have sprung so many of our worthiest 
 and most, powerful citizens. Breathing in the 
 pure country air, drinking in. consciously or un- 
 consciously, the full, free beauties of the natural 
 scenery around him, living as independent a life 
 as it i- possible for dependent man to live, and re- 
 moved a greater or less distance from the con- 
 taminating influences Of crowded cities and towns. 
 the farmer boy has a better chance to grow up 
 pure-hearted and healthy in body and mind than 
 the city boy; he inhales strength with every 
 breath; he is early taught self-reliance and help- 
 fulness; he lives nearer to God; and we have 
 grown to expect, because we have so often found 
 it so, and because from the nature of things we 
 might reasonably depend upon its being so, that 
 the farm-reared boy will be more honest (other 
 things being equal) more willing to exert himself, 
 more likely to make his way against great difficul- 
 ties than will his brother from the city. However 
 just these conclusions may be, it is true that the 
 subject of this sketch is one of those who fulfill 
 our expectations as to the sterling worth of the 
 farmer. 
 
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 UILLIAM T. DUGGINS, a prominent citi- 
 zen of Saline County, resides upon his fine 
 farm on section 5, township 51, range 20, 
 near the town of Slater. He was born in Albe- 
 marle County, Ya.. in 1838, the son of Thomas C. 
 and Elizabeth W. (Jackson) Duggins, and is de- 
 scended from English ancestry. His great-grand- 
 father married an Irish lady from the city of Dub- 
 
 lin, and the one child born to them was the grand- 
 father of the subject of this sketch. After the 
 death of her husband, the widow, with her only 
 child William, emigrated to America and settled 
 in Fredericksburgh, Ya. There she afterward mar- 
 ried Robert Wilkinson, by whom she had three 
 children, and passed her last days in thai town. 
 
 When about twelve years of age the grandfather 
 of our subject went to Louisa County and learned 
 the trade of blacksmith and silversmith, and be- 
 came a first-class workman. At the beginning of 
 the Revolution he joined the Continental army, 
 and during tin' war his handsome fortune was dis- 
 sipated. He served until the end of the war, and 
 then married Miss Elizabeth, a daughter of William 
 Perkins, of the well-known family of that name 
 in South Carolina. They reared twelve sons and 
 one daughter. John, Lewisand Thomas C. settled 
 in this county; Fleming P. and Franklin A. located 
 in Texas; Pouncy made his home in Perry County; 
 Robert, Jefferson and James remained in Louisa 
 County, Ya., where all the children were born; 
 William removed to Hanover County. Ya.; and 
 John to Goochland County, of the same State; 
 and Jane married Joseph Cross, and remained in 
 her native count} - . 
 
 On the maternal side, the great-grandfather of 
 our subject was Thomas Jackson, a native of Vir- 
 ginia. The grandmother was Margaret, a daugh- 
 ter ot Daniel White, who was a captain in the 
 Revolutionary War, and was present at the sur- 
 render of the English troops at Yorktown. He 
 married Miss Elizabeth McGee, and they reared a 
 family of four sons and six daughters. He was of 
 Welsh and his wife of Scotch ancestry. Grand- 
 father Jackson was of Irish nationality, and was a 
 cousin of President Andrew Jackson. 
 
 The distinguished father of our subject, Thomas 
 C. Duggins, was one of the early settlers of the 
 West, and was a man of energy, with small capital, 
 who left the more densely populated sections of 
 country that he might obtain the ad vantages to be 
 found in the comparatively sparsely-settled regions 
 of the new States, lie was born in Louisa County, 
 Va., March 10, 1810, and was reared to manhood 
 within his native county. He received a liberal 
 education, embracing a thorough course in mathe- 
 
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 137 
 
 matics, astronomy, philosophy, etc., and a partial 
 course in Latin. He made a specialty of survey- 
 ing, in which lie figured prominently after becom- 
 ing a citizen of Missouri. Early in life lie studied 
 all of the details of the profession, the thorough 
 knowledge of which afterward gave him the rep- 
 utation of being the best surveyor who has as yet 
 laid out lands in this county. From 1829 to 1838 
 he taught school in Virginia. He was married in 
 1833 to Miss Elizabeth W., daughter of Thomas 
 and Margaret (White) Jackson. A man's wife is al- 
 ways his safest counselor, and such it proved to be 
 in this case, as it was in accordance with his young 
 wife's advice that Mr. Duggins left the endeared 
 scenes of home and friends, and set his face toward 
 the setting sun. They bade farewell to old Virginia, 
 September 19, 1838, and arrived in Boone County, 
 this State, November 4, traveling the entire dis- 
 tance by wagon. 
 
 Mr. Duggins and his wife remained nearly two 
 years in thatcounty, where he was chiefly employed 
 in surveying, having received an interest in a con- 
 tract obtained from the Government for surveying 
 the Piatt Purchase. His partner so managed affairs 
 as to allow Mr. Duggins to have all of the honor, 
 while he took all of the profits to himself. After 
 bearingall of the expenses, he never received more 
 than $2, thus incurring a loss of about $10,000. 
 This was a rather severe introduction to Western 
 life, but the lesson proved a salutary one. 
 
 In August, 1840, Mr. Duggins removed to Sa- 
 line County, and made location in the neighbor- 
 hood where he ever afterward resided. From 1 8 1 3 
 to 1845 he entered and located the lands compos- 
 ing portions of the present farm. After coming 
 here he spent some years in teaching, until his 
 election to the office of County Surveyor in 1843, 
 which position he held until 1859. In 1864 he 
 was re-appointed by the County Court, and served 
 until 1868. He passed through many vicissitudes, 
 experienced some heavy hisses, but as a final result 
 owned about twelve hundred acres of land, most 
 of which is under cultivation, and upon which 
 there are good improvements. This farm contains 
 large quantities of fine building sandstone, is un- 
 derlaid with an abundance of coal, has an inex- 
 haustible supply of water, and is in every respect 
 
 well adapted to stock-raising, for which it has been 
 successfully used for a number of years. 
 
 Altogether, Mr. Duggins was very successful in 
 life, and though he may not have realized in full 
 the extentof his youthful ambition, still he amassed 
 a sufficiency - of this world's goods. With his wife, 
 the companion of his youth, the sharer of his toils 
 and comforts, he passed his later years in peace and 
 plenty. In his domestic relations he was highly 
 blessed, and gave each of his children a good edu- 
 cation. He was a man to be remembered for many 
 noble traits of character, and was a devout Chris- 
 tian, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South. A strong-minded, active business 
 man, he accumulated property rapidly, and was 
 generous in his support of worthy enterprises. 
 
 William T. Duggins was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of Saline County, where he carried 
 on his studies until the age of eighteen. After- 
 ward he became interested in a store at Cambridge. 
 At the age of twenty-three he enlisted under ('apt. 
 Brown in the Rangers' Division, with which he 
 served until it disbanded. Later he entered Shelby's 
 Division. Company E, Williams' Regiment, and re- 
 mained there until the close of the war in 1865. 
 Among the severe engagements in which he partici- 
 pated were those of Lexington and Dry Wood. 
 lie was taken prisoner at Glasgow and was held 
 for six months in Boonville,in Southwest Missouri. 
 
 After the close of the war, our subject returned 
 home and began farming upon sections 1 and j, 
 where lie remained for a period of seven years. At 
 the expiration of that time he purchased the old 
 homestead for $3,500, and now has a well-improved 
 farm of two hundred and forty acres of land, 
 which is valued at $60 per acre. Here he grows 
 grain and hay, principally, and the gross receipts 
 amount annually to $2,500. Mr. Duggins and his 
 wife are consistent members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church South, and he is a liberal supporter 
 of the same. His family has been reared to re- 
 spect the church, and several, with their parents, 
 have become members of it. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place in 1866, 
 to Miss Anna Pulliam, who was born in Saline 
 County, Mo., and they became the parents of four 
 children. Katie, born in 1807; Mary, in 1871; 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 and Micajah, in 1874, are still under the home roof. 
 Dera D., who was born in 1869, died in 1884. The 
 mother of these children died February 9,1875. 
 
 Politically, our subject is a De crat, and has taken 
 
 a deep interest in political affairs, but has never 
 desired nor aspired to official honors. 
 
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 ffi AMES M. WILHITE, an able and energetic 
 agriculturist and successful stock-raiser, lo- 
 cated in township 51, range 20, Saline 
 County, near the town of Norton, is one of 
 the leading citizens of his neighborhood, and re- 
 ceives the respect of the people among whom he 
 dwells. His great-grandfather Wilhite emigrated, 
 from Germany in a very early day. and settled in 
 Tennessee. He fought in the Revolutionary War, 
 and lived to the remarkably advanced age of one 
 hundred and twelve years. Grandfather James 
 Wilhite was born in Tennessee, and removed to 
 Missouri in 1815. lie became one of the early 
 settlers of Saline County and located on the Mis- 
 souri River long before the Territory became a 
 State. 
 
 The paternal grand mot her was Charity Hayes, a 
 native of Tennessee, and a woman of strong char- 
 acter, and of Scotch-Irish descent. The sons and 
 daughters of this pioneer household were: Elias, 
 the father of our subject; Mary, Sarah, Martha, 
 Elizabeth, Naomi, .lames Franklin and William 
 Marion. James Wilhite fought bravely in the 
 War of 1812. The grandfather died December 12, 
 1872, aged eighty-six, and his wife died in January, 
 185',). When Grandfather Wilhite journeyed from 
 Tennessee to Missouri, he traveled hither by wagon 
 with his wife and her father's family, and it took 
 weeks to accomplish the long journey, (iame was 
 in abundance close by the wayside, and they killed 
 as much as they desired. Numberless Indians 
 were passed on their route, and the deeper they 
 penetrated into the wilderness, the wilder became 
 the scene. 
 
 Elias Wilhite, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Saline County in 181G, and passed the 
 
 days of his boyhood upon his father's farm. In 
 1835, he married Nancy Baker, of North Carolina, 
 whose father had emigrated to Missouri when she 
 was a little child. After his marriage, Elias 
 Wilhite remained upon his father's farm for two 
 or three years, and then bought land near Slater, 
 where he resided until his death in 18G8. His wife 
 died in 1858 and he married again in 1859, this 
 wife being M. C. Cott. The children by the first 
 marriage were: Mary Jane; James M., our subject; 
 Charity F.. William A., Daniel C, Finis R.; Nancy 
 F.. deceased; Laura B.; and Reuben K., deceased. 
 The second family consisted of Sarah A., Amos, 
 Luella, and Elias, deceased. Mary Jane marrisd W. 
 J. Colt, of Saline County; Charity married Amos 
 Cott; Laura B. is the widow of Jasper Morgan, 
 of Saline County ; Sarah A. became .Mrs. Richard 
 Elder, of Saline County. The father of our sub- 
 ject was always a farmer. He was a consistent 
 member of the Baptist Church, in which denomina- 
 tion he held the office of Deacon. He and his wife 
 were charter members of the Fish Creek Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 Our subject, James Montgomery Wilhite, was 
 bom in Saline County. Mo., in 1838, and remained 
 at home with his parents until he was about twen- 
 ty-three years old. His wife was Miss Elizabeth, a 
 daughter of David and Deborah (Compton) Ford. 
 David Ford, a Virginian of Berkeley County, came 
 to Missouri in 1841 with his wife and four chil- 
 dren, the wife of Mr. Wilhite being the eldest of 
 the family, which was afterward increased by the 
 birth of four other children. They were as 
 follows: Elizabeth, the wife of our subject; Mary 
 C; James 1!., who lives in Texas; Nancy E., Maria 
 L. and Amelia A. (all three deceased); Susan M., 
 who is married to 0. S. Ford, of California, and 
 William E., of Slater. The Ford family is of Eng- 
 lish descent. David Ford is still living and resides 
 with our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Wilhite have been 
 the parents of eight children, namely: Minnie D., 
 who married W. P. Willis and died July 29, 1891; 
 Dora, the wife of K. I. Flippen, of Hill County, 
 Tex.; James A., deceased; William Elmer; David 
 E., deceased; Amelia A. married to C. B. Bening- 
 ton, of Saline County: Samuel and Mertie E., de- 
 ceased. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 139 
 
 After the war, our subject established a perma- 
 nent home and settled upon a farm in September, 
 18G5. He now cultivates eighty acres, ami raises 
 excellent stuck. In political affiliations, lie is in- 
 dependent, and during the war was a Union man, 
 belonging to the Home Guards, lie and his good 
 wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, and the latter was a charter member of 
 what is now the Mt. Horeb Church. The daugh- 
 ter. Mrs. Willis, at her death left two children: 
 Le Roy ('., aged eleven, and Ota, aged eight, at the 
 time of their mother's death. James A., who died 
 September 19, 1891, left two daughters: Mabel, 
 aged three and a-half years, and Marietta, then 
 two. Their mother, who still survives, is Eliza- 
 beth (Trimble) AVilhite, daughter of .1. W. Trimble, 
 of Saline County, Mo. Our subject has numerous 
 descendants, all of whom occupy positions of 
 honor and usefulness. In the evening of his days, 
 he has the consciousness of having passed a well- 
 spent life and deservedly won the competence 
 which he now enjoys. 
 
 ROBERT S. DINWIDDIE, an honored and 
 upright citizen, and for more than a half- 
 century a successful general agriculturist of 
 Dover Township. La Fayette County, passed 
 away April 10, 1891, deeply mourned by his sor- 
 rowing family and a large circle of friends who 
 had known him for many years. Mr. Dinwiddie 
 was born in Madison County, Ivy., March 4, 1812. 
 The year of his birth was one of the most exciting 
 in the history of his native State, Kentucky — whose 
 sons have ever been noted for bravery and courage 
 — they taking an active part in the War of 1812. 
 I pwards of live thousand volunteers were called 
 into service, and more than seven thousand Iven- 
 tuckians are said to have been in the field at onGe. 
 The parents of oursubject well remembered those 
 dark days, when at the battle of Frenchtown and 
 the barbarous massacre that followed it, many of 
 
 the best citizens of Kentucky were killed and the 
 entire State became a land of mourning and 
 desolation. Our subject was named in honor of 
 his father, Robert Dinwiddie, a native of old Vir- 
 ginia, but for a long time a resident of Kentucky . 
 His wife was Miss Anna Harnett, a lady of worth 
 and intelligence. The early years of our subject 
 were spent upon the family homestead, where he 
 industriously assisted in the work of the farm, and 
 was trained into habits of self-reliance which were 
 a capital to him in after years. The schools of 
 those primitive times were mostly supported by 
 private subscription, and each family did all they 
 could to enable their children to gain at least a 
 rudimentary education. 
 
 At the age of twenty-one years, Mr. Dinwiddie 
 began to make his own way in life. For some 
 time he remained in his native State, variously 
 employed, but finally determined to try his chances 
 in a new location and came to Missouri. The home 
 of his entire future life was selected by him with 
 much thought and care, and at last he decided in 
 favor of La Fayette County, which seemed to him 
 a specially advantageous portion of the State. 
 From the period of his settlement here up to the 
 day of his death, he gave his attention to the pur- 
 suit of general agriculture, but was also successful 
 in raising stock, and thoroughly understood the 
 details of a farmer's life. 
 
 In 1859, nineteen years after he located in Mis- 
 souri, Mr. Dinwiddie was joined in the bonds of 
 matrimony with Miss Elizabeth T., daughter of 
 RobertC. Tevis, a native of Kentucky. The Tevis 
 family is of Irish descent, but their ancestors early 
 emigrated to America, anil have ever been among 
 the highly esteemed and progressive citizens of the 
 United States. The mother of Mrs. Dinwiddie was 
 Elizabeth (Stone) Tevis, a native of Virginia. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Dinwiddie became the parents of five 
 children, two of whom died in infancy, and Mary E. 
 passed away October I. 1876. The surviving chil- 
 dren, .lames and Elizabeth, were born and reared 
 in La Fayette County. 
 
 Mr. Dinwiddie had long been connected with the 
 Presbyterian Church, and for many years was 
 among the most active members of that religious 
 organization, always ready to aid in the advam i 
 
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 POxiTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 ment of its social and benevolent work. Though 
 not a politician or office-seeker, he took an active in- 
 terest in polities, and was an ardent Democrat. His 
 pleasant home was located upon section 30, town- 
 ship 51, range 2(i, and there, where he spent so many 
 years of his useful life, and made of his land one 
 of the best farms in this pari, of the count3', his 
 bereaved widow still resides. She is widely known 
 among a large circle of lifetime friends, who esteem 
 her for her excellence of character, kindly heart, and 
 consistent Christian life. Mr. Dinwiddie, a strict- 
 ly temperate man, throughout his life did unto 
 others as he would that they should do unto him. 
 An earnest, faithful and public-spirited citizen, he 
 greatly aided in promoting the best interests of the 
 community, and his fellow-citizens united in mourn- 
 ing the loss of this sincere and upright Christian 
 husband, father and friend. 
 
 
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 yADE IIICKLIN, an enterprising and pros- 
 perous farmer of La Fayette County, re- 
 siding upon section 32, township 51, 
 range 27, where he cultivates and owns a valuable 
 property containing four hundred and thirty-five 
 acres, all under fine cultivation, is numbered 
 among the substantial and progressive citizens of 
 the county. His entire life and history are closely 
 identified with the upward growth and develop- 
 ment of La Fayette County, within whose borders 
 he was born August 22, 1848. His parents, James 
 and Nancy (Patterson) Hicklin, were among the 
 very early pioneers of the State of Missouri, and 
 have ever commanded the respect and esteem of 
 the entire community. 
 
 James Hicklin, the father of our subject, was a 
 man well titled to overcome the difficulties of 
 pioneer life. Energetic, ambitious, and a man of 
 strong character and powerful will, his industrious 
 habits and excellent judgment enabled him to 
 successfully win his upward way unaided by 
 capital or influential friends. Moving from 
 Tennessee, the State of his nativity, to the Terri- 
 
 tory of Missouri in 1818, three years previous to 
 its admission as a State into the Union, he entered 
 into the details of the life of a settler upon the 
 frontier, and in making the improvements in the 
 wilderness, split the first rail ever used in La Fay- 
 ette County. His wife, a true helpmate, was a 
 native of Kentucky, and was educated in the sub- 
 scription schools of her birthplace, and readily 
 adapted herself to the duties of her new home. 
 
 Our subject was reared upon his father's farm, 
 and, aiding in the necessary duties of the home- 
 stead, passed his boyhood, attending dining a 
 portion of each year the little rude log school- 
 house, and continuing his studies until he had 
 reached his fourteenth year. Afterward he de- 
 voted himself to the work of tilling the soil, and 
 claimed his place among the self-supporting and 
 self-reliant farmer boys who are the nation's pride 
 and strength. In 1868, he resolved to try a new 
 field of action, and began life for himself upon a 
 farm in Saline County, Mo., where he remained for 
 eleven years constantly engaged in agricultural 
 duties, and successfully adding to li is store of 
 worldly goods. In 1877, circumstances induced 
 him to return to La Fayette County, where he lo- 
 cated upon 1 lis present farm, and has since re- 
 mained here. 
 
 Aside from the pursuit of general agriculture, 
 and the annual round of sowing, planting and reap- 
 ing, Mr. Hicklin has profitably engaged in raising 
 Polled-Angus cattle, and has long been known as 
 an extensive producer of this celebrated variety of 
 cattle, regarded by many experienced farmers as 
 one of the safest and best-paying investments for 
 all who handle stock. The fine farm is pleasantly 
 located, and is the happy home of a large family. 
 Our subject was married in 1873 to Miss Nannie 
 George, of Howard County, Mo. the daughter of 
 Calvin A. George, a native of Kentucky. Mrs. 
 Hicklin is widely known and highly respected, 
 and is the mother of six children, the light of the 
 household. 
 
 The bright and intelligent, sons and daughters 
 of the Hicklin home are: Mamie AV., James C, 
 Lulu, Loekev, Sallie C. and Thurman M. Attain- 
 ing manhood and womanhood amid the increasing 
 advantages of the neighborhood, the brothers and 
 
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 sisters may .-ill enjoy the benefit of excellent edu- 
 cations, and are already taking high places among 
 the youthful society and growing interests of their 
 childhood home. United and earnest in purpose, 
 the coming years will find them worthily tilling 
 positions of trust and influence. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hicklin arc ever ready to assist in all good work 
 of their locality, and engage in social, benevolent 
 and business enterprises with the characteristic 
 energy of all public-spirited citizens. Our subject 
 is an earnest and sturdy Democrat, defending 
 with zeal the principles of his party, and desires 
 in national and local issues the appointment of 
 men well fitted to satisfactorily discharge the 
 duties intrusted to their care and guidance. 
 
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 (tffH ANDF0ED T - LYNE. The pretty town of 
 ^^# Slater is an enterprising business place, 
 Ill/Ji) where a good deal of capital is in circula- 
 tion. Naturally the guardians of finance 
 take a prominent position in the affairs of the 
 town, and among the chief of these is our subject, 
 who is Cashier of the Slater Savings Bank. He 
 was born in this county December It!, 1861, and 
 is a son of the late Thomas Lyne, one of the early 
 settlers in the county, who came from Woodford 
 County, Ky., where he was born April 14, 1821. 
 
 Thomas Lyne was married in Boone County, 
 Ky., to Eliza G. Garnett, who was a native of the 
 same locality as himself and born December 16, 
 1828. They settled in Cambridge Township, Sa- 
 line County, Mo., in March, 1853, and continued 
 to make that their home until the time of the 
 death of Mr. Lyne, which occurred May 26, 1889, 
 in St. Louis, where he had gone for medical treat- 
 ment. He had given his attention exclusively 
 throughout his career to farming, and was a prom- 
 inent and enterprising citizen, to whom all local 
 interests assumed a personal aspect. At the time 
 of his decease his estate was considerable. He was 
 a stockholder in both the banks of Slater and had 
 numerous other large interests. 
 
 The Lyne family included twelve children, eight 
 of whom are still living. Of these, Sandford T. was 
 the eighth in order of birth. life was reared on his 
 father's farm and received the advantages common 
 to the district schools of the home locality, lb 
 remained with his father until nineteen years of 
 age, and then entered the Bank of Slater as book- 
 keeper and Teller. After a connection of about 
 a year in this capacity he went to Kansas-City, and 
 was there employed for nearly a year as book- 
 keeper in the Bank of Missouri. 
 
 On returning from Kansas City, Mr. Lyne at 
 once became a prominent factor in the organi- 
 zation of the Citizens' Stock Bank. He was ap- 
 pointed Assistant Cashier and retained that posi- 
 tion for about three years. He then resigned it 
 and spent the succeeding year in Kansas, during 
 which time he was engaged in the loan business. 
 On his return to Slater he organized the Slater Sav- 
 ings Bank in 1886, and has ever since been its 
 Cashier. Besides the duties incident to this posi- 
 tion, he has the entire management of his father's 
 estate, which comprises some eight hundred and 
 sixty acres of land. In the intervals of attendance 
 upon these business duties, he has found time to 
 be an active participant in and supporter of such 
 local enterprises as promise advancement to the 
 interests of the town and locality. 
 
 Mr. Lyne was married in Macon, this State. ( )<•- 
 tober 28, 1885, his bride being Miss Franky A. 
 Purdom, a daughter of Ilez Purdom. She was 
 born on the 17th of April, 1865. They have one 
 daughter, named Felicie, who was born in Slater, 
 March' 28, 1887. Mr. Lyne belongs to the Masonic 
 fraternity, is Past Master of Cambridge Lodge No. 
 63; Past High Priest of Slater Chapter No. 112; 
 Eminent Commander of Missouri Commandcrv 
 No. 36, of Marshall; Deputy Grand Master and 
 District Lecturer of the Twenty-fourth District, 
 and belongs to the Ararat Temple Oasis of Kansas 
 City. He. is also a member of the Ancient Order 
 of United Workmen. 
 
 Mr. Lyne does not immolate his whole talent 
 upon the altar of business, but keeps the best of it 
 for social life and religious obligations. He is an 
 active member of the Baptist Church, and has been 
 Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is a 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Director and the Treasurer of the Slater Young 
 Men's Christian Association, Director of the Slater 
 Loan Association, and the Slater Milling Company. 
 He belongs to one of the representative families 
 of this locality, and maintains well the family 
 dignity and honors in his own high position. 
 
 i|^ OX. HENRY s. VAN ANGLEN, a retired 
 merchant of Waverly, La Fayette County, 
 was born in the city of New Brunswick, 
 N. J., October 16, 1819, and is a son of Cor- 
 nelius and Sychc (Suydam) Van Anglen. He is 
 of Dutch descent, and his forefathers, two hun- 
 dred years ago, were among the early settlers of 
 New York and New Jersey. His father, who lo- 
 cated as a merchant in New Brunswick in 1799, 
 departed this life when our subject was about 
 three years old, and the remaining members of the 
 household removed to Kentucky in 1826. 
 
 The mother of our subject, upon removing to 
 Kentucky, purchased a farm north of Danville, 
 Mercer (now Boyle) County, near Ilarrod's Run, 
 and adjacent to the lands and home of Capt. James 
 llarrod. of pioneer fame. Upon this farm the fam- 
 ily settled, and there the subject of this sketch 
 grew to manhood, meanwhile receiving his educa- 
 tion in the common schools of the county. In 
 1836 he entered a store as clerk, and four years 
 later removed with his mother and brother Charles 
 and family to Missouri, where they purchased a 
 farm near Dover, La Fayette County, and settled 
 thereon. 
 
 For several years after coming to this county, 
 Mr. Van Anglen engaged in teaching school and 
 clerking, and in 1849 he entered the mercantile 
 business at Dover and at Waverly, being associated 
 with the late Col. George B. Warren and Dr. Isaac 
 S. Warren, from near Danville, Ky., as equal part- 
 ner-, in both houses. This venture proved very 
 successful and was timely closed out and settled 
 up before the war. Mr. Van Anglen did not en- 
 ter the army on either side. Since the war he has 
 
 resided upon his farm, west of Waverly, and has 
 been continuously engaged in general farming, 
 fruit-growing, bee-keeping, etc.. with satisfactory 
 results. He owns five hundred acres of unincum- 
 bered land near Waverly, of which more than 
 three hundred aires are well improved and in a 
 good state of cultivation, the balance being wood- 
 land. The land is underlaid with coal, being a 
 continuation of the Waverly bed, which shows 
 from forty to fifty inches in thickness where 
 mined. 
 
 In public affairs Mr. Van Anglen has for many 
 years been prominent and influential. In 1877-7)-!. 
 he represented lu> county in the State Legislature. 
 Being a thoughtful reader, he keeps posted upon 
 the current events of the period, and is a close ob- 
 server of men and things. He is fond of general 
 literature, and is the author of poems and prose 
 articles evincing much literary taste and ability. 
 Though by no means partisan, he is a lirm adher- 
 ent of the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy, 
 and cast his ballot for Grover Cleveland for Presi- 
 dent in November, 1892. Socially, he is a mem- 
 ber of Waverly Lodge No. ill. F. & A.M. He 
 has never married. 
 
 'ill 01 IN C. YOUNG. The gentleman whose 
 name is given above, is engaged in the 
 livery and transfer business in the city of 
 *$^-il) Lexington, La Fayette County, Mo., where 
 lie has been very successful. Mr. Young is a na- 
 tive of Madison County, Ky.. and was born Au- 
 gust 21. 1838. He is the youngest son of the 
 family that »as born to John C. and Margaret 
 (Mullens) Young, both of whom are natives of 
 Kentucky, and have been devoted throughout life 
 to the calling of agriculture. Our subject's ma- 
 ternal grandsire was John Mullens, and the family 
 is of Scotch extraction. 
 
 The original of this sketch was reared on a farm 
 in his native place and attended the public schools. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 145 
 
 He remained under the parental roof until reach- 
 ing his majority, and then embarked in the livery 
 business, having come to tin- city. Mr. Young 
 has been so engaged since 1864. When first here, 
 he "as in the undertaking business in addition to 
 tlif livery and 'bus business, and carried this on 
 until 1874. For the past three years he lias con- 
 lined his attention to the livery and transfer busi- 
 ness. 
 
 Mr. Young owns fifty-seven horses, and keeps 
 fourteen men constantly employed about the sta- 
 ble. He has four 'buses and live matched teams. 
 He also has a number of good carriages, and can 
 turn out as fine a display as any in his line in the 
 city; indeed, he has the monopoly of the livery 
 business in Lexington, and, being personally a 
 genial and whole-souled man. is popular with all 
 classes. 
 
 In October, 1862, our subject married Miss 
 Ellen, a daughter of Washington Johnson, of La 
 Fayette County. They have been the parents of 
 two children, a son and a daughter. The former. 
 who is known as John C, runs his father's Frank- 
 lin Street stable. Mamie E. is the wife of .1. R. 
 Moreland, of Lexington, Mo. In our subject's po- 
 litical views, he is a decided Democrat, and has 
 opinions of his own as to the men who vote the 
 opposition ticket. 
 
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 ,EV. ALBERT A. MOORE. The declining 
 years of one who has devoted his life to 
 making brighter and better the lot of his 
 ^) fellow-men should be filled with pleasant 
 recollections and a glad promise of reward. Such 
 an one has gathered to himself legions of dear 
 friends whose best wishes and prayers are in 
 his behalf. The life of our subject has been spent 
 in doing good. He comes of excellent stock. 
 his father, Peter Moore, a native of Maryland, 
 born in 1780, and his grandfather, Abram Moore, 
 a Revolutionary soldier, being both excellent men. 
 Abram Moore settled upon the eastern shore of 
 
 Maryland in the latter part of the eighteenth cen- 
 tury, where he died at the age of eighty-eight 
 years. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Sallie (McKnight) 
 .Moore, a native of North Carolina, born in 1780, 
 a daughter of William McKnight, whose ancestors 
 first settled in Virginia and, later, in North Caro- 
 lina. Both families are of Scotch-Irish descent. 
 The parents of our subject married in Ruther- 
 ford County, Tenn., in 1803, and the father fol- 
 lowed the occupation of a fanner until his death 
 in 1832. His widow, who survived him thirty 
 years, dying in 1862, was the mother of nine 
 children. The parents were members of the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church, the father being an 
 Elder. 
 
 Our subject was born March 31, 1811, in Ruther- 
 ford County, Tenn., where he grew to manhood, 
 remaining on the farm until he was twenty-one. 
 He finished his education in Central Academy, at 
 Milton, and was there trained for the ministry, 
 which he entered in the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church in 1834. His first work was done in a 
 mountain district as a supply, embracing Warren 
 and White Counties, Tenn.. where he remained 
 until he removed to Missouri, in 1837. He settled 
 in La Fayette County, near the site of Pleasant 
 Prairie Church, where he entered a piece of land 
 and resided for twelve years, the country being but 
 very sparsely settled at that time. He was pastor 
 of the Ilarrisonville Church from 1850 to 1854, 
 also had the pastorate of the Westport Church for 
 four years; later, returning to Ilarrisonville, he was 
 pastor thereuntil the war. Then he came to Well- 
 ington and has made that place his home ever since. 
 In 1857, he went to the Territory of Kansas, where 
 he remained as a missionary for three years. Dur- 
 ing the war he visited the camps, preaching to the 
 soldiers, and in other ways sought to benefit those 
 who were fighting to defend the principles they 
 espoused. 
 
 February 28, 1839, the Rev. Mr. Moore married 
 Miss Melissa E., daughter of Col. John Stapp, who 
 was one of the first judges of this county and held 
 the office as long a- he lived, being a very popular 
 and widely-known man. Mrs. Moore was born 
 March 5, 1817, in Kentucky, and died July 19, 
 
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 1880. She was the mother of four children, three 
 living, namely: Mary Harriet; Milton, and John 
 A., both of Kansas City, the last-named a real- 
 estate agent. 
 
 Rev. Mr.'Moore resigned his active work in the 
 ministry in 188fi, after fifty-five years of earnest 
 work. However, he still preaches occasionally, to 
 the satisfaction and instruction of his hearers. 
 He is a Democrat, cast his first vote for Andrew 
 Jackson in 1832, and has voted that ticket ever 
 since. When he came to Missouri he brought his 
 mother and two younger brothers with him, and 
 cared for them afterward. He represented his 
 Presbytery at the General Assembly of the church. 
 From the date of his first evangelistic work in 
 the mountains of Tennessee until his retirement, 
 he was a great worker and accomplished much 
 good. Now, living retired, his daughter keeping 
 house for him, his hours pass tranquilly and he is 
 happy in the love and respect of his neighbors. 
 
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 \|'<)HN HENRY BOLLMAN, for many years 
 a successful farmer and upright, energetic 
 citizen of Saline County, resided for a half- 
 score of years upon section 34, township 
 52, range 20, near Slater. Known to all the com- 
 munity as a man of undoubted integrity and real 
 worth of character, his death, January 7, 1891, 
 was deeply lamented by the general public as well 
 as by His family and large circle of friends. Born 
 in Hanover, Germany, in 1831, he was educated 
 in his native land, and there was early taught 
 those habits of thrift and industry which so ma- 
 terially aided him in his upward progress in life. 
 < )ur subject was the son of August Bollman. 
 and one of a family of live sons and three daugh- 
 ters. One sister and two brothers are at present 
 living. John Henry came to America in 1852, 
 and settled in St. Louis, where he worked as a day 
 laborer. He married in this Southern city Miss 
 Caroline Prasse, a native of Germany, a most ex- 
 cellent and worthy helpmate. Mr. and Mrs. Boll- 
 
 man resided in St. Louis for three years after their 
 marriage, when they removed to St. Clair County, 
 111., and there rented land, working upon this 
 farm for six years. At the expiration of that 
 time, Mr. Bollman returned to St. Louis with his 
 family and engaged in business as a teamster. 
 
 Finally, our subject located upon one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land in Saline County, and 
 paid for this homestead $55 an acre. For the 
 next nine years he devoted his time to the pur- 
 suit of general agricultural duties, and remained 
 upon the farm until his death. His marriage was 
 blessed with ten children. Six of the sons and 
 (laughters yet survive, and are widely known 
 and highly respected. Lizzie, who was born in 
 St. Louis, was married to Mr. Fishbeek, of that 
 city, and passed away in April, 1891. Henry was 
 a native of St. Clair County, 111., and married 
 and afterward engaged in farming; Charles, born 
 in St. Clair County, 111., is unmarried and resides 
 at home, working as a carpenter; Johanna is a 
 native of St. Louis, was united in marriage with 
 Fred Cline, and lives in Slater, where Mr. Cline 
 follows the occupation of a railroad fireman; John 
 was also born in St. Louis, is still single, and 
 makes his home in Slater, where he is engaged in 
 the railroad employ; Otto, a native of St. Louis 
 and the youngest son, remains at home with his 
 widowed mother, and is actively- engaged in farm- 
 ing duties; Elenora, born in St. Louis, is unmar- 
 ried and resides at home. 
 
 Our subject began life a poor boy and owed all 
 the wealth he accumulated to his industry, excel- 
 lent judgment, thrift, and good habits. He was 
 implicitly an honest man, paying full value for all 
 goods and benefits received. He was a most 
 worthy and valued member of the German Luth- 
 eran Church, and was numbered among the gen- 
 erous supporters of that religious organization. 
 In his political affiliations he was an ardent Re- 
 publican, but had no political aspirations, and was 
 far from a politician, simply taking an interest in 
 the national and local affairs, which interest is 
 shared by all good citizens. 
 
 The home of our subject, a modest but sub- 
 stantial house of six rooms, erected at a cost 
 of about $700, was soon filled with mourning 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 friends and relatives when it. was known that 
 tliis good man bad passed to his rest. At the 
 funeral services conducted at the family residence 
 grief was written upon the countenances of the 
 many citizens who had gathered, to pay the last 
 respects to the departed. Honored and esteemed, 
 his memory is preserved in the hearts of all who 
 knew him. and as a loving husband and father he 
 will ever be remembered by those of his house- 
 hold who shared his loving care and miss his daily 
 presence. 
 
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 y" ILLIAM II. LAND, a leading and prosper- 
 ous merchant, and enterprising and up- 
 right citizen of Gilliam, Saline County, 
 Mo., is widely interested in all social and benevo- 
 lent organizations of his home, and has for over 
 forty years been a valued member and promi- 
 nently connected with the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, a faithful and most important factor in 
 the extension of its good work and religious influ- 
 ence. Our subject is a native of the Sunny South 
 and was born in the year 1827, in Buckingham 
 County, in the good old State of Virginia, famed 
 in history as the home of our bravest ancestors 
 and the most patriotic defenders of our nation's 
 liberty. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of William II. Land 
 was one of the heroes of 1776, and fought bravely 
 in the War of the Revolution. The father and 
 mother of our subject were Robert and America 
 Land, both native Virginians. The father came 
 to Saline County in 1836, and served the people 
 of his county for many years as an able and \\ ise 
 magistrate. Mrs. America Land was blessed by 
 the birth of six intelligent and energetic children; 
 of the family of five brothers and one sister, four 
 survive. Stephen Land was born in Virginia, in 
 1829, and died in California in 1850. Ilarriette 
 Land, also a native of the Old Dominion, was 
 born in 1831. She married J. B. Smith, and at 
 
 present they are residents of Saline County, where 
 Mr. Smith prosperously engages in farming. Pe- 
 ter Land was also born in Virginia, married .Miss 
 Virginia Avers, and with his wife makes his home 
 in Gilliam. Robert Land, a native of the same 
 State, was united in marriage with Miss Josephine 
 Avers, and is located with his family in Cam- 
 bridge Township, Saline County, Mo, John Land, 
 born in the Virginia home, died in Texas, after 
 he had been an active participant in the late Civil 
 War. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the common schools 
 of his home neighborhood, but as he was early 
 obliged to aid his father in the support of the fam- 
 ily, his opportunities for an education were ex- 
 tremely limited. His parents assisted him in 
 keeping up with his clas* at school, and he im- 
 proved every leisure moment in study. At the 
 age of twenty-one years Mr. Land engaged in ag- 
 ricultural pursuits, but after three years of farm- 
 ing, accepted employment as a clerk with J. H. 
 Grove, and, giving faithful and efficient service, 
 was retained by the linn for eight years. At the 
 expiration of this length of time. Mr. Land, hav- 
 ing acquired a thorough knowledge of the busi- 
 ness, opened a mercantile establishment in Cam- 
 bridge, where he conducted a well-stocked store. 
 
 Mr. Land remained in Cambridge until the break- 
 ing out of the war, when he removed to the coun- 
 try, and once again resumed agricultural work. Af- 
 ter four years of busy industry and hard work upon 
 the farm, our subject honorably paid all debts con- 
 tracted in former financial difficulties by the firm, 
 and then went back to Cambridge, and there con- 
 tinued his former mercantile life for several years. 
 In 1883 he established his present store in Gilliam, 
 moving bis stock from Cambridge, and carries an 
 excellent stock of goods, valued at $12,000. 
 
 Our subject was married, in 1853, to Miss Mary, 
 a daughter of A. W. Gilliam, and a native of Vir- 
 ginia. This estimable lady was the mother of six 
 children, all of whom survive to bless the later 
 years of their father, who, after the death of his 
 first wife, married, in 1878, Miss Georgia Hagey. 
 Robert Land, the eldesl son of our subject, was 
 born in Saline County, Mo., in 1855, married Miss 
 Ida Richardson, and is engaged with his father 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 in business. Woodson G. married Miss Fannie 
 Bourner, and is a farmer in Nebraska. Mary P., 
 also a native of Saline County, was united in mar- 
 riage with Ed Davison, and with her husband en- 
 joys a pleasant home in Gilliam. John B., born 
 in Saline County, Mo., married Miss Chloris Spen- 
 cer, and is a druggist in the flourishing city of 
 Slater. America, the youngest daughter, married 
 E. J. Dunlap, a druggist of Gilliam. Charles W. 
 Land, a native of Saline County, is at present en- 
 gaged in business with lus father. 
 
 The sons and daughters were mainly educated 
 in the excellent public schools of their early 
 home, but two of their number received a thor- 
 ough course of instruction in the State College at 
 Booneville, while John attended Columbia College, 
 and later the School of Pharmacy, in Philadelphia. 
 Residing in various portions of our country, but 
 mostly adjacent to the home of their father, all the 
 sons and daughters take a high position in their 
 homes, and are numbered among the progressive 
 and enterprising citizens. Mr. Land, who has al- 
 ways been active in religious work, was Steward 
 in the Church, and was the valued Superintendent 
 of the Sunday-school, until his health forbade his 
 continuing in the discharge of the many duties 
 involved. He is a member of the Slater lodge 
 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and has 
 long been connected with this ancient and hon- 
 ored order. Our subject is a Democrat, and while 
 never aspiring to (ill a political office, is greatly 
 interested in the management of public affairs, and 
 believes firmly in the principles and platform of 
 the party with which he has affiliated all his life. 
 
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 J. VANMETER, one of the wealthiest and 
 
 C*7 J most popular farmers of Saline County, is 
 
 the subject of this sketch. He was born 
 
 |^ in Virginia in 1834, and was the son of 
 
 Abraham and Elizabeth (Parsons) Vannieter. 
 
 The mother was born in Hampshire County, Va., 
 
 and died at her home in the year 1863. The 
 
 father of our subject was born in Hardy County, 
 Va., in 1785. Grandfather Joseph Van Meter was 
 a soldier under Washington, and with his son, the 
 father of our subject, served through the War of 
 1812. The name of the grandmother was Hannah 
 Inskip. 
 
 The father of our subject came to Saline County 
 in 183;"), and located in the southern part, where he 
 rented a small tract of land. He remained on this 
 but a short time, and then removed to Miami 
 Township, where he remained up to the time of his 
 death. After coming to this State, he was obliged 
 to make a home in a dugout until he could build 
 a log cabin. lie was a successful farmer and ac- 
 cumulated a large amount of land. In religious 
 belief, he was a devoted member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church South, which he joined in Vir- 
 ginia. In lii> political faith, he was a strong sup- 
 porter of Democracy. His death occurred in 1866. 
 
 Our subject is one of a family of five children, 
 but only two of these are now living. David P. 
 was born in Hardy County, Va., married Miss M. F. 
 Nye. and resided in Saline County until the time 
 Of Ids death, which occurred in 1884; he had 
 been a successful farmer. MaryC.who was born in 
 Hampshire County, Ya., married J. P. Henning, and 
 resided in Missouri until 1850, when she and her 
 husband removed to California, where he engaged 
 in the fruit business. Rebecca A., a native of the 
 Old Dominion, married Joseph D. Proper, and they 
 resided in Saline County until the time of his 
 death in 1865. 
 
 At Lexington University, our subject carried 
 on his literary studies for a time, and since leaving 
 school has by close observation and reading at- 
 tained an extended knowledge and broad culture. 
 At the end of sixteen years, he commenced farm 
 ing, his first efforts being upon eighty acres of 
 land obtained from the Government. This was 
 located in Miami Township, which was at that 
 time in a wild condition. In 1874. Mr. Vanmeter 
 married Miss Christina A. Nye, a native of Ohio 
 and a daughter of George Nye. She died in 1883, 
 and in 1886 our subject married Miss Anna M.. 
 daughter of Charles Pitt man. 
 
 Working hard, our subject soon saw the results 
 in his cultivated land, fenced and planted with 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 trees, and in the neat buildings which soon arose 
 on the prairie. Before long lie was able to add to 
 his farm One hundred and sixty acres on Section 33, 
 for which he paid $18 per acre, and lie has contin- 
 ued to add to this until he has now a fine farm of 
 twenty-six hundred acres, which is valued at about 
 $20 per acre. The home of Mr. Vanmeter is a 
 modern two-story house of eleven rooms, which 
 cost him $1,600, and his fine outbuildings, almost 
 all built by himself, cost $5,000. The gross re- 
 ceipts from his farm amount to $6,000 per year. 
 The crops which he finds most profitable are wheat 
 and corn. 
 
 Mr. Vanmeter has made a success of breeding 
 fine cattle, particularly Durhams. lie also has 
 some fine horses, among them an"Almont" stallion 
 worth $500, and also a sorrel five-year-old, which 
 he values at $500. "Politically. Mr. Vanmeter is a 
 Democrat and has always been very actively inter- 
 ested in the affairs of his party, although lie has 
 never aspired to any official position. He is one 
 of the wealthiest men in Saline County, has hosts 
 of friends and is universally esteemed. 
 
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 ffiAMES A. EMISON. It is a slander upon 
 the American people to say that this is a na- 
 tion of office-seekers. There are thousands 
 and hundreds of thousands of wort by men in 
 this land of ours who could not be induced to take 
 a public position. Such an one is our subject, a 
 worthy farmer living on section 3, township lit, 
 range 28, La Fayette County, the son of Benja- 
 min Emison. a native of Scott County, Ky. The 
 latter, who was born November 18, 1800, was a 
 son of Ash Emison, a native of Ireland, whose 
 wife was Mary (Mitchell) Emison, a Scotch-bred 
 woman. Ash Emison was a soldier in the War 
 of 1812, and left for his children the record of a 
 worthy and brave man. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Catharine ( Bris- 
 coe) Em ison, a daughter of James M. and Marj 
 (Brunaugh)Briscoe,and a native of Maryland, bora 
 
 in 1802. She was married in Kentucky in 1818, 
 and died May 6, 1846. After her death the hus- 
 band again married, in 181K, taking as bis second 
 wife Mrs. Bethany Elgin. In the year 1850 Ben- 
 jamin Emison removed to Missouri, and settled 
 in La Fayette County, at Wellington, where he 
 resided for thirty-five years, when his wife died. 
 He then made his home with our subject until his 
 death, which occurred November 18, 1886, the an- 
 niversary of his birth. By his first marriage he 
 was the father of eleven children, three of whom 
 are living, namely: our subject, Martha A. Mc- 
 Hatton and .Joseph W.; his second wife bore him 
 no children. 
 
 The parents of our subject were both members 
 of the Christian Church, the father having been a 
 most efficient Elder in that body for sixty years, 
 being known as one of the earliest proselytes to 
 Alexander Campbell's doctrines in Kentucky. The 
 confidence of his neighbors led them to make him 
 a Justice of the Peace, which office he filled for 
 eighteen years. Possessed of a good common- 
 school education, he applied it to the study of the 
 Bible, of which book he was very fond. 
 
 Our subject was born January 15, 1821, in 
 Scott County, Ivy., where he received a good com- 
 mon-school education and grew up to manhood 
 on a farm, remaining at home until he took to 
 himself a wife. This latter event transpired Oc- 
 tober 2, 1851, his choice falling upon Rheubena 
 S., daughter of Lawrence and Mary Triplet), na- 
 tives of Kentucky, her father being a farmer. 
 She was born September 2, 1831, in Fleming 
 County. Ky., and was the mother of three children, 
 two of whom are living, namely: Mary Cathar- 
 ine, wife of Charles Ragland, having two children; 
 and Fannie R., wife of James Bumgarner, having 
 six children. This good woman died January :!. 
 
 1860, and our subject married again. April 11. 
 
 1861, the bride being MissAnna Mary, daughter of 
 Dr. O. II.. P. and Mary (Van Camp) Stone, both 
 natives of Kentucky. Dr. Stone was born June 
 12, 1817, and his wife June 20, 1820. The Doctor 
 was a man of superior education and a graduate 
 of Transylvania Medical College. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Stone were married at Lexington. Mo., whither 
 they had come in 1832, and spent the remainder 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 of their days there, her death having occurred in 
 1868, and his two years later. They were charter 
 members of the Christian Church at Lexington, 
 and the Doctor was Superintendent of the Sun- 
 day-school. Of their six children, three are living, 
 namely: Mrs. Emison, William D. and Iva Mas- 
 ters! >n. 
 
 Our subject's wife was born October 19, 1842, 
 at Lexington, and was educated there, first in the 
 common schools and then in the Baptist College. 
 She is the mother of one child, William 11. Mr. 
 Emison came to Missouri in 1850, and settled upon 
 his present farm, which he bought of Judge Na- 
 thaniel Price, and upon which he has lived for 
 forty-two years. It contains two hundred and fifty 
 acres, well improved and all under cultivation. 
 He has suffered nothing to interfere with his 
 chosen avocation, farming. Highly esteemed by 
 his brethren of the Christian Church, they have 
 retained him in office as Elder at Wellington and 
 Odessa for fifty years. An earnest advocate of 
 education, he has filled the office of School Trus- 
 tee and has carefully watched the instruction of 
 his children. William has been a student at the 
 Warrensburgh Normal School, and his daughters 
 have also been students at college. Our subject be- 
 longs to the Masonic fraternity, and evidently tries 
 to follow the precepts and teachings of that ancient 
 organization, lie takes an interest in politics and 
 supports the Democratic ticket, but has always 
 resisted the repeated attempts of his friends to in- 
 duce him to hold office. Two of his brothers 
 served in the Civil War, and one of them, John 
 B., was killed at Westport, leaving a widow and 
 two children. 
 
 James A. McIIatton, the husband of our sub- 
 ject's sister, was a minister of the Christian Church 
 for fifty-seven years. A native of Bourbon County, 
 Ky., he came to Missouri in 1848, and settled in 
 Greenton Valley, but preached as an evangelist all 
 over the State. Born May 7. 1804, he died June 30, 
 1887, having lived a useful and spotless life. By 
 the sister of Mr. Emison he had no children, but 
 a former wife gave him five, four of whom are 
 living, namely: William D., James II., Sarah A. 
 Chinn and Mary Lamkin. Mr. McIIatton 's re- 
 mains lie buried in Greenton Cemetery. The 
 
 grandparents of Mrs. Emison, Levi and Phoebe 
 (Shotwell) Ann Camp, were the first settlers of 
 Lexington, and the first-mentioned assisted in the 
 organization of the first Christian Church in that 
 place. 
 
 L. CARTER, M. D. Our subject is one of 
 the grand army of men who have conse- 
 crated their lives and abilities to alleviate 
 V\gi/ the sufferings of their fellow-creatures. He 
 is a native of La Fayette County, and at present 
 is practicing in the city of Dover. lie was born 
 October 19, 1856, and is a son of Joseph and Anna 
 F. (Spears) Carter, the former a native of Vir- 
 ginia, who came to Missouri in 1846, and the latter 
 a native of Kentucky, who came with her father, 
 Jacob Spears, to this State. 
 
 Our subject's paternal gr.-yidsire, Curtis Carter, 
 was a native of Virginia, but the family originally 
 came from England. Dr. Carter spent his boy- 
 hood in this county, and here attended the com- 
 mon schools. He early conceived an ambition to 
 distinguish himself in the medical profession, and, 
 with this end in view, entered the medical college 
 at St. Louis, Mo., in 1877. lie pursued his studies 
 there for two years, and in the fall of 1879 en- 
 tered the Ohio School of Medicine, located at Cin- 
 cinnati, from which he was graduated in 1880. 
 That same spring he hung out his shingle in Hig- 
 ginsville, this State, remaining there for two years, 
 with as much success as such a young physician 
 usually enjoys. 
 
 In 1882 the original of this sketch moved to 
 Dover, where he has conducted a general practice 
 up to the present time. He has met with gratify- 
 ing success in his professional career, and has a 
 large clientage with a wide country practice. He 
 is a member of the State Medical Association. In 
 politics he votes with the Democratic party. 
 
 In 1882 our subject was married to Miss Mary, 
 a daughter of E. C. Vivian, of this place, but a 
 native of Kentucky, having moved to Missouri in 
 
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 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Cartel- are the parents of two 
 daughters, hose names are Mary L. and Vivian. 
 Mrs. Carte, is a member of the Christian Church, 
 and is a refined and lovely woman. The family 
 
 residen ■ is a favorite resort for the best people of 
 the town. 
 
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 !(» ENRY C. TERRELL is a representative 
 
 i citizen of Saline County. He is prominent 
 
 and influential among the farmers in the 
 
 tm State, and is deeply interested in local mat- 
 ters of import to the community, as well as those 
 of more extended scope: altogether he is a man 
 tli.it the county does not wish to part with. He 
 owns two hundred and eighty acres of well-tilled 
 land, which is embellished by a large, substantial 
 residence, equipped with all modern improvements 
 and with outhouses exceptionally convenient and 
 far superior in arrangement to those usually found 
 on farms, together with a most complete water 
 system, and, m fact, everything necessary to the 
 thorough enjoyment of rural life. He is engaged 
 in general farming and stock-raising, making of 
 both a decided success. His home is situated near 
 Elrawood in the township of that name. 
 
 Mr. Terrell's birth occurred near Belleville, St. 
 Clair County, [II., November 18, L844. His father, 
 Isaac L. Terrell, was horn in Bourbon County. Ky., 
 October 11. 1820, and his grandfather. Jeremiah 
 Terrell, of Cumberland County, N. J., was horn in 
 1773. The latter was a weaver by trade and 
 emigrated to Kentucky at an early date, there 
 marrying a Mrs. Davis. To them were horn three 
 sons, two of whom are living. From Kentucky 
 the grandfather came to St. Clair County, 111., in 
 1829, engaged in farming, and died there in his 
 eighty-third year. 
 
 Isaac L. Terrell became a farmer and owned a line 
 piece of land in St. Clair County, 111. During the 
 war, hi' was SO patriotic that, although beyond the 
 stipulated age, he enlisted in the one hundred 
 days' service and remained with the famous Gray- 
 
 beards for six months, or until the close of the 
 war. lie sold his old farm ami moved to where 
 he now lives in Saline County in the fall of 1883. 
 The mother of our subject was. before her marriage, 
 Nancy ,1. Woods, of St. Clair County, 111., where 
 she was born in 1825. Her father was John 
 Woods, of Pennsylvania. There is an interesting 
 tradition in the family, which has the additional 
 merit of being believed to he true. The tradition 
 is this: A paternal ancestor of the lady of whom 
 we have been speaking, whose name was Patrick 
 Walker, came over with the British in Revolu- 
 tionary times, but after a while chose to leave 
 them. lie was halted .by a British lieutenant 
 while attempting to pass through the lines, and 
 his passport was demanded. Patrick promptly 
 knocked the officer down, took his passport and 
 also adopted his name (Woods), which has been 
 the family name ever since. 
 
 Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac 
 Terrell, eight of whom lived to maturity. All are 
 in this county except one. The mother died 
 July 5, 1889. Henry C. is the eldest of the chil- 
 dren and until eighteen years of age attended the 
 common district schools. At that age he entered 
 the Commercial College at St. Louis, from which 
 institution he was graduated. He remained at 
 home until twenty-four years old, after which he 
 engaged in fanning on the old homestead for 
 twelve years. In 1874 he bought eighty acres in 
 St. Clair County. In 1883 he sold his property 
 in Illinois at. an advance upon what he paid for it 
 and came to Saline County. Mo., purchasing the 
 valuable tract of land near Elmwood where he 
 now resides, and which he has brought to the high 
 State of improvement mentioned above. 
 
 In 1869, Mr. Terrell married Miss Nancy Carr, 
 of St. Clair County, 111., daughter of Jacob Carr. 
 The lady lost her parents when a small child and 
 was reared by a grandmother. Mr. and Mrs Ter- 
 rell have been the parents of nine children, as fol- 
 lows: Marian I... Sarah .1., George T.; Edith, John 
 A., Henry C. and an infant, deceased; Grant C, 
 and Mary V. Mr. Terrell is giving his children 
 good educational advantages. Our subject is a 
 candidate for the position of Judge of the Second 
 District, brought forward by the Alliance party. 
 
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 The office is not of his own seeking, nor has he 
 ever been a seeker for office in any place. He is 
 in tore^tf*] in the well-being of the community as 
 well as the Mate and country, and is ready to do 
 his pari toward advancing their interests, but he 
 does nol covel the high positions in the gift of the 
 people, understanding well that they are places of 
 trust to be entered upon with thoughts of self put 
 aside. He is earnest and reliable, keeping step 
 with the advancing thought of the day and hold- 
 ing his convictions honestly and sincerely, yet 
 with the broad charity that marks the most cul- 
 tured minds. 
 
 
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 FERRY NORDYKE, a popular and repre- 
 sentative citizen of Marshall, and the well- 
 known dealer in harness and saddlery, is 
 one of the leading young business men of 
 Saline County. Earnest, energetic and ambitions, 
 and withal courteous in his dealings, he has made 
 rapid upward progress, and now controls a large 
 and increasing trade. Although devoting his 
 time closely to business, he is prominent in social 
 circles, and affiliates with various benevolent and 
 political organizations, and is ever ready to ex- 
 tend a helping hand to any worthy enterprise 
 connected with the interests of his locality. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Mercer 
 County, Mo., where the paternal grandfather came 
 in an early day from Virginia and located on a 
 farm. Grandfather Nordyke engaged in the gen- 
 eral mercantile Inisincss in Mercer County for a 
 time, and in October, 186G, came . to Marshall, 
 where he continued m , general merchandising in 
 partnership with his son, John W, Finally the 
 elder partner. 1. S. Nordyke. retired from active 
 business duties, and is now a local preacher of the 
 Baptist Church, and one of the most highly re- 
 spected residents of Marshall. John W. continued 
 handling merchandise until some time later, when 
 he engaged in the drug business, hut afterward 
 disposed of his interest in the same, and accepted 
 
 a position as book-keeper in the Wood A- Huston 
 Hank. Having occupied a similar position in the 
 Saline County Bank in 1877, he was well adapted 
 for the efficient discharge of the duties entrusted to 
 
 his care. He is now book-keeper for the Metropol- 
 itan National Bank of Kansas City. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Miss Belle Rock- 
 well, a native of Rochester, Mo., and daughter of 
 Ferry Rockwell, an old settler of Missouri, born in 
 Maryland. He engaged in the mercantile business 
 in various parts of the State, and died in Calhoun, 
 Mo. Our subject, the eldest of three sons, was 
 horn in Marshall. November 28. 1*72. and was 
 reared to manhood in this city. Here he attended 
 the public and High Schools, and in 188'J became 
 an apprentice of T. P. Vawter A- Co., and was 
 rapidly initiated into the mysteries of his present 
 business. In January, 18!M>, he bought out 11. A. 
 Hardweli. and continued the business on La Fay- 
 ette Street until he was burned out, in February, 
 1891. He soon located again on La Fayette 
 Street, and has a finer store and larger accommoda- 
 tions than before. In his commodious quarters 
 he carries a full line of saddlery and a complete 
 assortment of all goods pertaining to his busi- 
 ness. 
 
 May 17, 1892, our subject married Miss Willie 
 J. Colder, born m Alma, and the daughter of J. 
 P. Corder, formerly an extensive farmer in La 
 Fayette County, until he retired from the active 
 duties of agriculture and came to Marshall. He 
 served in the Confederate army of Virginia, and 
 is a gentleman of courage and undoubted integ- 
 rity of character. Socially, Mr. Nordyke is iden- 
 tified with the K. of M. He is a member of the 
 Baptist Church, and with his estimable and at- 
 tractive wife is an important factor in the religi- 
 ous and social enterprises of that organization. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Nordyke are widely known through- 
 out the county, and all their early associations 
 bind them to the State of their birth. Their circle 
 of friends is large, and as yet no cloud dims the 
 horizon of their future. Our subject is the young- 
 est man in Marshall carrying on a business of his 
 own, hut naturally self-reliant and enterprising, 
 he is steadily winning his way upward and to-day 
 controls an excellent and profitable business, sec- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 157 
 
 ond to none in it* line, considering the brief 
 length of time since it was established. He is a 
 Democrat in sentiment, and, in common with all 
 true American citizens, is deeply interested in the 
 management of public affairs and is ever ready to 
 assist in local improvements and reform. 
 
 RANK L. BLACKMAN. No more practi- 
 D cal and enterprising man is numbered 
 among the Chicago & Alton engineers 
 than he of whom we write. The heroic strain 
 which should be in the character of every engineer 
 is predominant in that of Mr. Blackmail, and he 
 would not hesitate to stay by his engine, if there- 
 by, in a moment of peril to himself, he could save 
 the lives and property of others. 
 
 Mr. Blackman was born in Scott County, Iowa. 
 five miles west of Davenport, his natal day being 
 February 8, 1851. He is a son of L. S. and Susan 
 (Parker) Blackman, both parents being natives of 
 Canada, where thev married. They made the 
 journey Westward in an early day and located a 
 farm in Scott County, Iowa. The decease of the 
 father took place in 1883, and that of the mother 
 in 1851. 
 
 Of the eight children in the Blackman family 
 our subject was next to the youngest. lie had 
 three brothers who served in the Federal army. 
 Reared on a farm, he received ordinary educational 
 advantages, but longed to know more of the out- 
 side world, and with this end in view he took a 
 position in 1871 as a fireman on the Chicago it- 
 Alton Road between Louisiana and .Mexico. Mo. 
 Five years later, he became an engineer on the 
 same division. He was employed in the building 
 of the track until it was completed to Kansas City, 
 and after that was employed in pulling freight 
 trains until 1882, when, on account of ill health, 
 he laid off for two years. 
 
 Returning to Scott County, Iowa, our subject 
 was engaged in farming, but it is n fact that it is 
 dillicult to content one's self with other business, 
 
 once having been on the road, and in 1885 Frank 
 Blackman returned to the Chicago A- Alton and loca- 
 ted at Slater. Since then he has been steadily employ- 
 ed and has a run between Slater and Roodhouse. 
 lie has never had an accident, although some close 
 calls, lie takes as much pride in his engine, which 
 is No. 169, as a model housewife does in her domes- 
 tic domain. Mr. Blackman has secured a pleasant 
 home for his family in the town of Slater, and this 
 is presided over with great capability by his wife, 
 who was Miss Julia M. Hughes. They were mar- 
 ried in Cedar City, Callaway County, Mo., Feb- 
 ruary 20, 1874. Mrs. Blackman is a native of the 
 place in which she was married and is a daughter 
 of Absolom Hughes, a native of Virginia and an 
 early settler in Missouri. He was a soldier in the 
 Mexican War, and at the age of eighty-two years 
 is still a vigorous and hale citizen of Sioux City. 
 The maiden name of Mrs. Blackmail's mother was 
 Parthenia Boles, and she was also a native of Vir- 
 ginia. She died in Missouri in 1891. Mrs. Black- 
 man was next to the youngest of a family of 
 eleven children. She is herself the mother of two. 
 whose names are Edna and Fverette. 
 
 The original of this sketch is a member of the 
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and also 
 belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Iron 
 Hall. Mrs. Blackman is a member of the Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian Church. In politics, our sub- 
 ject is an ardent Independent. His liking for rail- 
 roading seems to be his natural bent, for he has 
 had a longing from childhood to distinguish him- 
 self in railroad work. 
 
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 TPVjUFI'S VOlNt;. a prominent agriculturist 
 and stock-raiser of La Fayette County, 
 owns a valuable farm of three hundred 
 § and thirty acres in township 50, range 26. 
 Born in Hawkins County. Tenn.. July 2, 1825, our 
 subject was but five years old when his parents re- 
 moved to Missouri, and in 1833 he came to La 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Fayette County, which has ever since been his 
 home. For over three-score years a well-known 
 
 resilient of this portion of the State, his life's his- 
 tory has been intimately associated with the prog- 
 ress and advancement of his immediate neighbor- 
 hood. Energetic and industrious, he has steadily 
 won his upward way, and, ever honorable and up- 
 right in his business dealings, possesses the confi- 
 dence of all who know him. 
 
 The paternal ancestors of Rufus Young were 
 remotely of Scotch and British birth. His grand- 
 father, John Young, made a home for himself and 
 family in Tennessee, and there the father of our 
 subject, Maj. A. G. Young, was born and educated. 
 Maj. Young served bravely in the War of 1812. 
 and was a man of courage and resolution. He was 
 an important addition to the business community 
 Of I.a Fayette County, when, in the early days of 
 1833, he was warmly welcomed among the pioneer 
 residents of the then sparsely settled district of 
 Missouri. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (McChesney) 
 Young, was a native of Washington County, Va., 
 and the daughter of Thomas McChesney, a promi- 
 nent and honored citizen of the Old Dominion. 
 
 In common with other farmer boys, our subject 
 in his youth assisted his father in the daily duties 
 of the farm, and soon became an adept in the 
 work of planting, sowing and reaping the abun- 
 dant crops. His habits of industry and thrift 
 early gave him self-reliance, and well fitted him to 
 cope with the labor of the coming years. At the 
 age of twenty-one years he began to make his own 
 way in the world, still continuing in the pur- 
 suit of agriculture, whose various demands fully 
 absorbed his time. His large farm is under a high 
 state of improvement, and produces excellent 
 crops, yielding a substantial income year by year. 
 This farm has long been noted for its excellent 
 stock, always in line condition and superior in 
 quality, the best of their kind to be found in the 
 limits of the county. Mr. Young makes a specialty 
 of raising Shorthorn cattle, and has also a choice 
 variety of blooded hogs. 
 
 February 12, 1846, Mr. Young was united in 
 marriage with Miss Pamelia A., daughter of Daniel 
 and Hulda C. Lankford, both natives of Tennessee, 
 who settled in La Fayette County in a very early 
 
 day. Six children blessed the home of Mr. and 
 Mis. Young. Sarah, the eldest-born, is the wife 
 of Jackson Bradley, a resident of La Fayette 
 County; James B. is a successful farmer; Martha 
 C. is the wife of David Rolston, and lives in La 
 Fayette County; Arthur P., George R. and Henry 
 A. complete the list of sous and daughters, who, 
 with their father and mother, have all worthily 
 tilled positions of influence in La Fayette County, 
 and who arc all well known as enterprising and 
 progressive citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Young are 
 among the valued members of the Presbyterian 
 Church, and have always been foremost in the pro- 
 motion and extension of the good work of that 
 religious organization. Our subject has never re- 
 fused a helping hand in any worthy cause, and is 
 earnest in his efforts for the improvement and lo- 
 cal advancement of educational interests. In po- 
 litical belief and affiliation, he is first and last a 
 pronounced Democrat, and votes with his party, 
 having cast his first ballot for President Pierce. 
 
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 S^pIELDING T. NORRIS is one of the repre- 
 
 |J-Wg) sentative business men of Slater, Saline 
 /Ii> County, commanding the trade of the sur- 
 
 rounding country as well as of the town in his 
 business, which is that of a dealer in harness and 
 saddlery. He has taken a front- rank among the 
 commercial men of this Locality, and his name is 
 to be found foremost in all enterprises that prom- 
 ise the advancement of local interests. 
 
 Mr. Norris was horn in Boone County, this State, 
 March 20, 1850. He was reared on a farm until 
 six years of age. when his parents removed to 
 Rocheport. of the same county, where he grew to 
 manhood. His boyhood days were occupied in ac- 
 quiring an education, which he secured in the pub- 
 lic schools of that place. He was seventeen years 
 of a<je on completing his school days, and then 
 served an apprenticeship of two years in learning 
 the harness-maker's and saddler's trade, serving 
 his apprenticeship in the village of Rocheport. 
 
PORTRAIT ANT) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 159 
 
 After completing his time of probation, he spent 
 one .year in working at the trade as journeyman, 
 Locating in Columbia and Baxter Springs, Kan. 
 He was in the latter place for nine months and 
 thence came to Arrow Rock, Saline County, in 
 1872. During the six months that he was there 
 he was employed in the milling business, and the 
 following live years he was in the same business 
 at Frankfort, Saline County, carrying on liis in- 
 terests in company with A. W. Gilliam. 
 
 Our subject came to Slater in 1878 and at once 
 entered the harness and saddlery business. After 
 carrying this on for two years he sold out his in- 
 terest, and the following three years he engaged 
 in the hardware and furniture business. He dis- 
 posed of that and passed one year in rest from ac- 
 tive participation in business, and then entered 
 the employ of Striker & Stearn, holdings position 
 as clerk three and a-lialf years. 
 
 In July of L891, our subject again opened his 
 present extensive house, and this has occupied 
 his attention exclusively ever since. He carries a. 
 first-class stuck of goods. His warerooms con- 
 tain all goods pertaining in the least to his line of 
 business. He enjoys the confidence and esteem of 
 those with whom he has dealings, and consequent- 
 ly commands their patronage. 
 
 In lisT'J Mr. Norris was elected to the otiice of 
 Mayor of the city. This position he lilled accept- 
 ably for one year, and since then has served as 
 Alderman for seven successive years. He has never 
 spared himself when the question of advantage to 
 the town was concerned, but has thrown himself 
 readily into whatever breech needed a personal 
 sacrifice. He has ever been an ardent advocate 
 of all measures which tend to the growth and 
 prosperity of the city. Fraternally he is a Mason 
 and belongs to Cambridge Lodge No. il:!. and to 
 Slater Chapter No. 112. He is also a member of 
 the Ancient Order of United Workmen. 
 
 The original of this sketch was joined in mar- 
 riage, on the LOth of December, 187 1. in this 
 county, with Miss E. C. Gilliam, a daughter of A. 
 YV. Gilliam, who lives near Frankfort. The lady 
 is a native of Virginia. She has brightened his 
 home with the most admirable feminine qualities. 
 She and her husband are ardent workers in the 
 
 Baptist Church. Their two children are named 
 Vera B. and Fielding T., Jr. Mr. Norris has erected 
 a beautiful residence in Slater, which is one of 
 the finest in the city. It is modern and attractive 
 in its style of architecture and its interior finish is 
 chaste and beautiful. 
 
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 y->> 1". BUCK, the 1 
 
 J' of the fine fa 
 1 L. township 51. ra 
 
 P. BUCK, the hospitable and genial owner 
 farm located on section 22, 
 . range 24, La Fayette County, 
 is the subject of this sketch. His birth occurred 
 in the city of Lexington in this State, March 23, 
 1832. His father. Dr. Perry G. Buck, a native of 
 New York, was one of the pioneers of Fa Fayette 
 County, and to him belongs the distinction of hav- 
 ing built the first house in the city of Lexington. 
 That was in the year 1819, and little did he think 
 lie was making a beginning that would prove SO 
 satisfactory years afterward. The mother of our 
 subject was, in her maiden days. Miss Rebecca, the 
 daughter of Anthony Thomas, a native of Mary- 
 land, of Scotch ancestry, who became one of the 
 pioneers of I. a Fayette County. 
 
 Our subject passed his boyhood days in Lexing- 
 ton, attending the common schools, and at the age 
 of eighteen he entered the Masonic College at Lex- 
 ington, where he pursued his studies for one year. 
 His studies ended, he learned the trade of carpen- 
 ter, at which he worked for several years, hut in 
 18G2 he began farming in La Fayette County, 
 where he has continued until the present time. 
 Mr. Buck feeds stock extensively in connection 
 with general farming, and has a line farm of eigh- 
 teen hundred and thirty acres, mOSl of which is 
 cultivated to a high degree, and all is under fenc- 
 ing. He may properly be termed one of the landed 
 men of (he State. 
 
 Mr. Buck i> a member of Waverly Lodge No. 
 CI. F. & A. M.. and is also identified with Mid- 
 dleton Lodge No. 186, A. o. I. YV. In 1869 he 
 married Miss Margaret E., daughter of F. R. 
 Pritehard, a native of Kentucky. Seven children, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 four sons and three daughters, have blessed this 
 union, as follows: E. (>., Nellie P., Mary E., Lucy 
 G., Dennis T., Grovcr C. and David F. Our sub- 
 ject is a member of the Presbyterian Church; Mrs. 
 Buck was reared in the faith of the Christian 
 Church, to which she adheres. The family is one 
 of the most highly regarded in this neighborhood. 
 
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 iperintendent of the Kan- 
 of the Chicago & Alton 
 his headquarters at Slater, 
 Saline County. Mr. Sanford was born in the vil- 
 lage of Canton, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., .lime 
 5, 1848. There the first ten years of his life were 
 passed, and then his parents moved West and set- 
 tled in Grundy County, III.', which was their home 
 for one and a-half years. They then went to Liv- 
 ingston County, and settled in the vicinity of 
 D wight. 
 
 Our subject remained at home until 1861, when 
 he first entered the service of the Chicago & Alton 
 Railroad Company as baggage-master at 1) wight. 
 He was employed in this way only six months. 
 The country was then in the fever of war, and in 
 April of 1862, although but fourteen years of age, 
 he enlisted !n Company B, of the One Hundred 
 and Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry. It is claimed 
 that he was the youngest enlisted soldier in the 
 army of the Cumberland, lie served continuously 
 about three years. On account of his youth he was 
 detached from his regiment and acted as Aide-de- 
 Camp to Gen. Smith, of the One Hundred and 
 Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry, and to Col. Case, of 
 the First Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army 
 Corps, and also to Gens. Ward and Hooker. For 
 one hundred and live days he was undei fire, and 
 took part in the following engagements: Perrys- 
 ville, Ky., Resaca, Snake Creek Gap, Buzzard's 
 Roost, Estell Farms, Kenesaw Mountains, Lost 
 Mountain, Big Shanty, Marietta, Chattanooga 
 River, Peach Tree (reek, and in the siege of At- 
 lanta. 
 
 At Dallas, Ga., the young soldier received a slight 
 wound. In the engagements enumerated above he 
 acted a- Orderly, lie enlisted in the service with 
 the consent of his parents, weighing eighty-seven 
 pounds on entering the army. On his return home 
 his weight was one hundred and fifteen pounds. 
 His father, Lewis W. Sanford, was a regularly en- 
 listed soldier, although he had but one arm, and in 
 consequence of that was on detached duty. He 
 was placed in charge of a hospital train, and while 
 in the discharge of his duty was attacked with 
 pneumonia, and died at Gallatin, Tenn. Father 
 and son were together at that trying time, and our 
 subject was called upon to pass through this ter- 
 rible ordeal. 
 
 After his father's death Mr. Sanford was offered 
 a furlough by the late Gen. Case, in order that he 
 might visit his mother. The General showed his 
 sympathy for the fatherless soldier boy by offering 
 him the necessary funds for the journey. The lad, 
 however, declined to accept the favor, and stuck 
 to his post. When the general order was given for 
 all enlisted soldiers to report to their regiments, 
 Mr. Sanford was specially detailed by Gen. Thomas 
 to remain at Nashville. Tenn.. and take charge of 
 the descriptive lists of the general field-hospital at 
 that point. 
 
 On receiving his honorable discharge from mil- 
 itary service, our subject returned to his widowed 
 mother, and soon afterward entered the employ of 
 the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. He was 
 employed as brakeman for two years, then as train 
 baggage-master, and later as extra passenger con- 
 ductor. In the latter capacity he served for four 
 years. He was then engaged as regular conductor 
 until 1882, when he received the appointment of 
 trainmaster at Kansas City. He held this position 
 until 1887. when he was appointed Assistant Su- 
 perintendent in charge of the Kansas City Division 
 of the Chicago A- Alton Railroad, with headquarters 
 at Slater. 
 
 Mr. Sanford has the honor of being the Secre- 
 tary of the Association of Superintendents on the 
 Kansas City Railroads. His military associations 
 are kept fresh in memory by his membership 
 with the George II. Thomas Post, G. A. R., at Kan- 
 sas City. He also belongs to the Conductors' Mu- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 161 
 
 tual Aid and Benefil Association. In church rela- 
 tions he is a Methodist. He has been President of 
 the Railroad iToung Men's Christian Association 
 of Kansas City for four years, and during that 
 time established a library in the Railroad Men's 
 Reading ami Social Rooms in the Union Depot at 
 that place. lie has been one of the members of 
 the State Executive Hoard of the Young Men's 
 Christian Association of Missouri. 
 
 As Mr. Sanford has been so intimately connected 
 with religious work among railroad men, it will 
 not lie out of place to speak of it more fully. The 
 reading and social rooms for the railroad men at 
 Slater are supplied with a good library. They also 
 have an organ, and the walls are adorned with 
 some fine engravings and other pictures, many of 
 which have been placed there by our subject. It 
 is bright with electric lights, and has the addition 
 of excellent bath-rooms. 
 
 Mr. Sanford was married in Mason City, III., 
 June 26, 1871, to .Miss Genevra, daughter of S. D. 
 Swing, of Mason City, who is a relative of the 
 noted divine of the same name in Chicago. Mrs. 
 Sanford was born in Mason City. They have one 
 daughter who is named Lulu M. Mr. Sanford is 
 a man of recognized executive ability, highly re- 
 spected and esteemed, and thoroughly liked be- 
 cause of his genial and sunny temperament, and is 
 the right man in the right place. 
 
 mt 
 
 M. ALEXANDER, M. I)., the successful and 
 able physician and surgeon, whose extended 
 ^ practice of many years gives him a pre- 
 eminent position as the pioneer among the medi- 
 cal practitioners of Saline County, Mo., has also 
 experienced the advantages arising from his pro- 
 fessional duties as an army surgeon. Col. Alexan- 
 der enjoyed in early youth the benefit of an 
 excellent education, and being a cultured gentleman 
 of literary attainments, has been an active and im- 
 portant factor in the professional and social world 
 of Marshall and the surrounding country. 
 
 In ancient times, a Scottish chief. McDonald, 
 received from the Earl of Stirling the name of 
 Alexander, which name he bequeathed to his de- 
 scendants, of whom our subject isone. The Alex- 
 anders came from Scotland in Colonial times, and 
 received from the Government a large grant of land 
 on the Potomac. Alexandria was named in honor 
 of the paternal great-grandfather of our subject, 
 John Alexander, who, together with his brother, 
 erected a Christian Church there. Charles Alex- 
 ander, the paternal grandfather, was educated in 
 the practice of the law, and was a native of Vir- 
 ginia. The father of Col. Alexander was William 
 15. Alexander, who was born in Alexandria, Va., and 
 completed an excellent education by a course in the 
 University of Pennsylvania, from which he was 
 graduated. He never practiced his profession, how- 
 ever, but attended solely to agricultural duties. 
 In 1842 he brought his family to Saline County, 
 north of Slater, in Cambridge Township, where he 
 had fifteen hundred acres of land, which he im- 
 proved and remained upon until his death, which 
 occurred when he was fifty-seven years of age. lie 
 had started to Virginia, but was taken ill and had 
 to return, and died soon afterward from exposure. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Susan P. Browne, was 
 born in Virginia in the vicinity of her husband's 
 birthplace. She was a daughter of John Browne, a 
 Virginia farmer, who went to Kentucky in the 
 early days, and died in Breckenridge County. 
 
 The Browne family was of Scotch- descent, and 
 the mother died in Virginia. The father of our 
 subject was an Episcopalian, and all the family 
 were religiously inclined, and attendants at var- 
 ious church organizations. Col. Alexander is a 
 native of Alexandria. Va., and was born April 23. 
 1832. Of the original property owned by the 
 Alexanders in Virginia, he still retains some lots. 
 Of the eleven children born unto his father and 
 mother, he was the eighth in order of birth. 
 Ten of the brothers and sisters who clustered about 
 the family hearth lived to adult age, and six of 
 them yet survive. During the Civil War two of 
 the brothers enlisted, and were both surgeons in the 
 Confederate army. 
 
 Our subject came to Missouri when only ten 
 years old, traveling by way of Louisville to what 
 
162 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 was then Old Jefferson, the county seat of Saline 
 County, now Cambridge. Soon after his arrival 
 in the new home, he was senl to Mt. Marina, a Cath- 
 olic school, which he attended for snme years, af- 
 terward finishing Ids course of study at Lex- 
 ington, Mo., in the Masonic College, in the senior 
 class. In 1849 he started overland to California, 
 but only went as far as Kansas and then returned 
 home. Col. Alexander at once began teaching 
 school, and busied himself in this avocation for 
 some time. He next studied medicine under the 
 supervision, of Dr. .1 X. Dunlap, of Miami, and then 
 read and studied with his brother. Dr. .1. 11. Alexan- 
 der. of Lexington. Mo. Finally our subject entered 
 the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, and 
 spent one year in the medical department. 
 
 In 1859 he graduated with honor from the Nat- 
 ional Medical College, Washington. 1). ('.. and re- 
 ceived the degree of M. D. He immediately en- 
 tered into the active practice of his profession at 
 Cambridge, where he remained a full score of years, 
 and enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. At 
 first he had to take long horse-back rides through- 
 out the surrounding country, but as time passed 
 his practice improved, and at one time he ran a 
 drug-store. He was at various times associated 
 with Dr. Reed and Dr. Wilson in business relations. 
 In 1879, Col. Alexander located in Marshall, and 
 continued in successful practice by himself until 
 1890, when he entered into partnership upon No- 
 vember 1 of that year with J. E. Harris. The 
 handsome home of our subject is on Odell Avenue, 
 while his office is in the Rainey Block. In 1861, 
 our subject entered the Confederate army as sur- 
 geon, with the rank of Major, and served under 
 Col. Edwin Price's command. As Division Sur- 
 geon, he afterward received the rank of Lieutenant- 
 Colonel, and really served as Brigade Surgeon of 
 the corps. Although left ill after the battle of 
 Lexington, he did faithful and distinguished ser- 
 vice upon the Held of war for four years, and as 
 surgeon earned the gratitude of the wounded by 
 his skillful handling of their various eases. 
 
 The war having ended. Col. Alexander went to 
 Texas, and practiced there a few months, then re- 
 turned to his former home. He was married in 
 Cambridge, in 18(17. to Miss Sarah H. Harris, who 
 
 was born in this county. Her parents were old 
 settlers of Missouri, and members of an old Vir- 
 ginia family. Dr. and Mrs. Alexander are the 
 parents of one child, Kate 1'., now Mrs. Strother. 
 of Fresno. Cal. This attractive and intelligent lads- 
 is a graduate of the convent school of her early 
 home. Col. Alexander is an honored member of the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also be- 
 longs to the Royal Arch. Masonic fraternity, and 
 is a member of the Episcopal Church, and one of 
 its valued and efficient Vestrymen. Politically a 
 Democrat, he is not a radical, but desires the best 
 obtainable conduct of national affairs. Our Sub- 
 ject is a member of the Saline County Medical 
 Society, and has been its President. He is also a 
 member of the National Medical Congress, and in 
 all things pertaining to his profession, and in the 
 active general interests of the world at large, is 
 well known as a progressive and leading citizen. 
 Among the other valuable pieces of property and 
 real estate owned by Col. Alexander is a finely 
 improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres in 
 Saline County, Mo. 
 
 ANIEL O'DWYER, a prosperous and lead- 
 ing citizen of .Marshall, is a genial and 
 cultivated gentleman, interested in all 
 matters pertaining to the best welfare 
 and progress of local and national affairs, and 
 since his residence in his present home has been 
 closely identified with various social, benevolent 
 and religious enterprises. Although a true Amer- 
 ican citizen, he is not a native of the United States, 
 but was born across the water in the ancient city 
 of Limerick. Ireland, in the year 1852. 
 
 The parents of Daniel O'Dwyer were both na- 
 ti\ esof Ireland. The paternal grandfather, Thomas, 
 who owned a farm in the suburbs of Limerick, was 
 born there, and died upon the farm where his busy 
 life was passed. The father of our subject, Michael 
 O'Dwyer. deceased, also spent his life upon the farm, 
 which still remains in the possession of the family. 
 

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 165 
 
 Kate (Costello) O'Dwyer, his wife, was a daughter 
 of Daniel Costello, a farmer of Erin's [sle. Into 
 the pleasant home near the old city of Limerick 
 came many sons and daughters. Eleven children 
 
 were reared to maturity, and of that goodly num- 
 ber Daniel, the namesake of liis maternal grand- 
 father, was the eldest. 
 
 Receiving early advantages for study, Mr. 
 o'liwyer completed his education in the Jesuit 
 Seminary and attended that institution of learning 
 for two years. Active, energetic and ambitious, 
 he then engaged in business as a wholesale grocer 
 in Limerick, managing a large establishment suc- 
 cessfully until 188.'?, when, in the month of .Inly, 
 he left his native land, and, embarking from Cork, 
 departed for America. The brief and uneventful 
 voyage, lasting only seven days, was soon safely- 
 ended, and the tine steamer "City of Rome" 
 landed Mr.O'Dwyer on our shores. He journeyed 
 at once to Kansas City, where bis brother Thomas 
 was in the grocery business. After a visit of three 
 days in that city, he came to Marshall to rejoin 
 his brother, Father M. J. O'Dwyer. 
 
 Father O'Dwyer was a parish priest at Marshall 
 and had been since 1882. He accomplished much 
 efficient work in the Sacred Heart Parish and built 
 the St. Savior Academy, at a cost of $10,000. In 
 1887 he took charge of the Sacred Heart Parish of 
 Kansas City, and in that flourishing city has done 
 much for the cause of religion and humanity. He 
 has been especially active and successful in paying 
 off the church debts, and has also been the princi- 
 pal factor in the erection and establishment of the 
 Sacred Heart, Academy, whose building cost over 
 $20,000. 
 
 Our subject located and married in Marshall 
 in the year 1883. His wife was the widow of 
 Col. Flynn, who was Postmaster and a business 
 man of Marshall. Mrs. O'Dwyer, an excellent 
 and highly-esteemed resident of Marshal], is a 
 daughter of Felix Hughes, and was born in 
 County Armagh, Ireland, where her father was a 
 farmer. Her mother, Mary Mullen, was also a 
 native of Erin. Mrs. O'Dwyer came to America in 
 1872. being under the care of Father Edward 
 Ham ill, the pioneer Catholic priest of Marshall. 
 
 Our subject and his wife have a pleasant and 
 
 commodious home and entertain many friends and 
 acquaintances. He is the owner of valuable city 
 property, including two brick town buildings and 
 two stores. He is an active member of the New 
 Era Building and Loan Association of Hannibal 
 and St. Joseph, a well-known and substantial 
 Building and Trust Company. As an energetic and 
 prosperous business man and a most excellent citi- 
 zen, our subject is highly respected and has a host 
 of well-wishers and earnest friends. He is a Demo- 
 crat and an ardent supporter of his party, which 
 he often represents in State and county conven- 
 tions. Religiously, he is a valued member of St. 
 Peter's Church and is ever ready to aid in all its 
 good work and enterprise. 
 
 11. SNODDY, M. D., the able physician 
 and successful general practitioner resid- 
 ing in Slater, is numbered among the 
 prominent and leading citizens of Mis- 
 souri. He is a Director of the Slater Savings 
 Bank, and a Director and Vice President of the 
 Slater Building and Loan Association. Largely 
 identified with benevolent and fraternal organiza- 
 tions, Dr. Snoddy has an extended acquaintance, 
 as well as a constantly increasing professional 
 practice. An ardent advocate of progress, he is 
 ever ready to aid in all local improvement, and is 
 widely known as a public-spirited man. 
 
 Our subject was born in Georgetown, Pettis 
 County. Mo., November 5, 1855. His father, a well- 
 known physician of early days in Missouri, was 
 born in Virginia, and came to this State when 
 young. He was reared on a farm and for a time 
 followed the pursuit of agriculture in Franklin 
 County, "but later entered the Eclectic College at 
 Cincinnati. Ohio, and was graduated from that in- 
 stitution, after which he began the practice of 
 medicine in Carthage. Mo. He afterward went to 
 Georgeton, and in 1858 removed to Lamonte, 
 where he engaged successfully in a large practice 
 
166 
 
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 until 1887. In that year lie located in Warrens- 
 burgh, and has now retired from active profes- 
 sional duty. 
 
 The mother of our subject was born in Frank- 
 lin County, and was Miss Ella Brown, a daughter 
 of one of the very early settlers of Missouri. Our 
 subject was the fifth in order of birth amongeight 
 children, lie attended the public school of La- 
 monte, and in 1873 entered the State Normal at 
 Warrensburgh, and continued his studies in that 
 institution until 1876. Later he taught school for 
 one term, and then began the study of medicine 
 under his father, and brother, Dr. A. P. Snoddy, 
 now deceased. In 1880 he attended the American 
 Medical College at St. Louis, a celebrated institu- 
 tion, from which in 1882 he was graduated with 
 the degree of M. D. Immediately after graduat- 
 ing he located in Slater and entered upon a most 
 prosperous career as a practitioner. He built an 
 attractive residence in the western part of the 
 city, and has his otlice at the corner of Main and 
 Emma Streets. From 1883 to 1885 he was inter- 
 ested in the drug business with Dr. Gaines, now of 
 Independence, the firm being known as Gaines & 
 Snoddy. 
 
 Dr. Snoddy was married in Warrensburgh,. Line 
 30, 1882, to Miss Millie Yankee, who was born in 
 Pettis County, Mo., and received a good educa- 
 tion at Warrensburgh. The pleasant home of our 
 subject and his estimable wife is blessed by the 
 presence of four children: Una, Vera, Fred W. 
 and Ella. Or. Snoddy is a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity and belongs to the home Chapter of the 
 Royal Arch Masons. He has been Secretary of 
 the Ancient Order of United Workmen for seven 
 years. For eight years he was Deacon of the 
 Christian Church, hut resigned from the position, 
 and is now Trustee of that religious organiza- 
 tion. 
 
 As above mentioned, our subject is connected 
 witli the Savings Lank, the Slater Building and 
 Loan Association, and was also for some time a 
 member and local Director at Slater of the Equi- 
 table Building and Loan Association of Sedalia. 
 A stalwart Republican and an ardent supporter of 
 the party, Dr. Snoddy has many times received 
 the well-deserved honor of representing his fel- 
 
 low-townsmen at various State and county con- 
 ventions. For two years he was a member of the 
 Republican Central Committee and was Chairman 
 of the Township Committee. He was appointed 
 by President Harrison a member of the Board of 
 Pension Examiners of Saline County, but on ac- 
 count of the inconvenience experienced in meet- 
 ing the other members of the Board at Marshall, 
 and also owing to the loss of time thereby occa- 
 sioned, he resigned the position. Continuing in 
 his usual round of professional work, he has but 
 little leisure time, yet he is always ready to do his 
 full share in all public work demanding the 
 attention of every true citizen, and is foremost in 
 kind and charitable deeds. 
 
 NM!-^- 
 
 [^ ON. I. S. PARSONS. Among the most in- 
 J lluential farmers of township 52, range 21, 
 is the gentleman whose name is quoted 
 above and who resides upon his finely im- 
 proved farm on section 9, near Miami. The events 
 of his life, here briefly chronicled, will possess for 
 our readers more than the ordinary interest at- 
 tached to biography. For seven generations our 
 subject is able to trace his ancestry- back through 
 a long line of honorable men and women, many 
 of the former having held offices of trust, and all 
 having been persons of note in some way. 
 
 The name of the great-grandfather of our sub- 
 ject was William Parsons, and his son was also 
 named William. He with his brothers cleared the 
 ground for the first settlement of the town of Nor- 
 way, Me., where the father of our subject, Henry 
 K., was bom in 1787. lie married Betsey Gross, 
 and engaged in business at South Paris, Oxford 
 County, Me., where the subject of our sketch was 
 born in 1825. The grandfather was a soldier of 
 the Revolution, and during the late war our 
 subject showed that the ancestral bravery was not 
 yet extinguished. 
 
 Our subject is one of a family of seven chil- 
 dren, six of whom are now living, all having been 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 167 
 
 born in Maine: William II. married .Miss Preston 
 and now resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.; Emetine is 
 married and still remains in her native Statu: 
 Sarah \Y. became the wife of \V. T. Hewett; Anna 
 married Elisha Morse, and resides in Maine; Oliver 
 married ('. Jewell, and makes his home in Minne- 
 sota; and Abbie, Mrs I. I). Gilkey, resides in 
 [owa. George died at the age of eight years. 
 
 During the early life of our subject he enjoyed 
 many advantages which the boys in frontier set- 
 tlements did not have. His education was ac- 
 quired in the schools of South Paris and was com- 
 pleted by the time he reached his twentieth year. 
 A period of five years of teaching followed, for 
 which his excellent education had prepared him. 
 At the end of that time he decided to seek a home 
 in the West, and made his first move into Indiana; 
 lie later went to Kentucky, and finally, November 
 7, 1847, he landed in the town of Miami, Saline 
 County, Mo., coming hither via boat up the Mis- 
 souri River. Here he resumed teaching, which lie 
 followed for some time. 
 
 Desiring a change of occupation, our subject 
 purchased a tract of land consisting of three hun- 
 dred acres, which had been partially improved, 
 and for which he paid $10 per acre. This he 
 further improved and sold a portion at a fair 
 advance, retaining, however, a snug home farm of 
 sixty acres, which is now well cultivated and finely 
 improved. The grove surrounding the place and 
 the beautiful shrubbery would instantly mark this 
 as a home of taste and refinement. 
 
 The estimable lady who directs the domestic 
 affairs and makes the sunshine of this home was 
 formerly Miss Kate Hill. She was born in South 
 Paris. Me., and is the daughter of Capt. Thomas 
 Hill, a veteran of the War of 1812. In 1850 she 
 became the wife of Mr. Parsons, and five children 
 have been added to the family circle, as follows: 
 Flora, born in 1851, married J. F. Burroughs, and 
 resides in Saline County, Mo.; Ella, born in 1855, 
 died at the age of twenty-six years; Betty, who 
 was born in 1858, married William S. Booths, and 
 resides in Dakota; Emma, born in 1860, and 
 Annie, whose birth occurred in 1807, remain at 
 home with their parents. The children were all 
 educated in their native town of Miami. 
 
 Politically, our subject is a Democrat. He has 
 hail the honor of representing the people of the 
 Ninth Senatorial District in the Legislature, to 
 which honorable office he was elected in 1*7!', by a 
 large majority. He also served in the Southern 
 army, enlisting from Saline County in Shelbj 's 
 regiment, in which he rose to the rank of Lieuten- 
 ant, and was the commander at the time of the 
 final surrender, the superior officers being in 
 Mexico. 
 
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 ERNARD V. MEAD. A railroad engineer's 
 life is so attended with danger that one 
 || needs to have a remarkably sunny and 
 sanguine temperament to be happy and at 
 ease in tilling such a position. Our subject is an 
 ideal member of the brotherhood. He is a clever 
 man and a genial, good-natured companion. As :i 
 teller of stories, either in the family, where, by the 
 way, he is most delightful, or on the road, he is 
 quite unapproachable. Located at Slater, Saline 
 County, Mo., Mr. Mead is the engineer of a pas- 
 senger train on the Chicago A' Alton Railroad, 
 running from Kansas City to Roodhouse. 
 
 Our subject was boru in Birmingham, Erie 
 County, Ohio, September 13, 1840, a son of Dr. 
 Alric 15. and Sallie (Warner) Mead. His father 
 was a native of Hartford. Conn., as was also his 
 grandfather, who was a manufacturer of iron, hav- 
 ing a furnace and foundry. Mr. Mead traces his 
 ancestry back to his Puritan fathers of English 
 origin. His father graduated as a physician at 
 Hartford, Conn., and on removing toOhio, studied 
 two years at Oberlin College. He began prac- 
 tice at Birmingham, Ohio, but in 1811 located at 
 Twelve-Mile (hove, 111., near Wilton Center. In 
 connection with his profession as a physician, he 
 carried on farming, being the owner of one hun- 
 dred and twenty acres of good land. In 1847, he 
 removed to Joliet, 111., where he practiced until 
 November, 1879, at which date his decease oc- 
 curred. He was a prominent man and a highly 
 
168 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 esteemed physician. He served as County Coroner 
 foi many years and also as County Physician. 
 
 Our subject's mother was born in Vermont, near 
 Montpelier, and was a daughter of Alfred Warner, 
 a farmer in the Green Mountain State, who early 
 settled in Ohio. His daughter Sallie graduated 
 from a college in Virginia and was engaged as a 
 teacher. She still survivesand makes her residence 
 at .Morris. HI. Of her six children our subject is 
 the second in order of birth. The others are: 
 Flavins .1., who is in the furniture business at 
 Georgetown, Colo.; Solon S., who resides in Indi- 
 anapolis; Melville, who is in charge of the library 
 at Joliet; Amanda, who is now Mrs. Bowers and 
 lives at Hennepin, 111.; and Theresa, who is Mis. 
 Field, of Morris, III. 
 
 Our subject was hut four years old when taken 
 by his parents to Illinois. The journey was made 
 with team and they located at Twelve-Mile (Jrove. 
 After a residence of seven years there, they re- 
 moved to Joliet, and in that early day Mr. Mead 
 shot more than one deer, beside other game, lie 
 attended the public and High Schools at Joliet. 
 and his ambition to get on in the world found 
 vent by working on the neighboring farms, for 
 which labor he received from ?7 to $14 per month. 
 lie later purchased a threshing-machine and a span 
 of horses, and did a good business with this outfit. 
 
 I'pon the breaking out of the war, our subject 
 enlisted in Company A. of the Fourth Illinois 
 Cavalry, in August, 18(51. He was mustered in at 
 Ottawa, at Camp Hunter, and marching to Cenlra- 
 lia took the train for Cairo. He participated in 
 the battles of Belmont and Ft. Henry, and in 
 March, 1802. was m the six days' siege at Donelson. 
 He was also a participant in the battles of Shiloh, 
 Corinth. Iuka, Holly Springs and Coffeeville. He 
 was then sent to Louisiana and joined the camp at 
 Milliken's Bend, where he was detailed to, scout 
 duty and engaged in several skirmishes. On re- 
 turning to Illinois, he was dispatched to the front. 
 and took part in the siege of Yicksburg. also in 
 the battles of Grand Gulf , Point Gibson, Raymond, 
 Jackson ( Miss.), Champion Hill. Black River, and 
 in the forty-seven days' siege at Yicksburg. He 
 then accompanied Gen. Custer on the Red River 
 expedition, and was taken sick at Alexandria, La. 
 
 After convalescing in hospital, he went to Galves- 
 ton in ISO."), and during the furlough home which 
 was granted him, received his discharge by general 
 oidei. He was made ( hderly-Sergeant, and while 
 lying sick at (ialveston received his commission as 
 Second Lieutenant. His term of service extended 
 from August, 1861, to April, 1866. Naturally, our 
 subject had many adventures and escapades that 
 would be interesting reading could they be here 
 given. 
 
 For a time after the close of the war. Mr. Mead 
 was very ill, and on recovering was placed in 
 charge of the cooper shop and chair factory in the 
 penitentiary at Joliet. While there one hundred 
 and fifty-eight convicts were working under him. 
 lli~ shop was an extensive place and his responsi- 
 bility was great. On one occasion, he discovered 
 a plot laid by the prisoners for the escape of all. 
 March 7. 1867, Mr. Mead was offered a position on 
 the Chicago >v Alton Railroad by John A.Mitchell, 
 the President. The position was that of a fireman 
 out of Joliet. In 1869, he took charge of engine 
 No. 12 and continued to run on that until Octo- 
 ber. 1871, when he came to Missouri. He ran a 
 construction engine at the time of laving the track 
 between Mexico and Cedar City. He then en- 
 gineered a passenger train for five years, and in 
 the fall of 1877 ran engine No. 165 on the Kansas 
 City Division. 
 
 In 187'J, our subject encountered a broken rail, 
 which whirled his engine around, heading it the 
 other way. The expressman was killed and our 
 subject received twenty-seven cuts on his body. 
 On recovering from his two months' sickness after 
 this catastrophe, he was given charge of No. 188, 
 while since 1880 he has run engine No. 222. Mr. 
 Mead has laid up a comfortable sum out of his 
 earnings, and owns some valuable real estate in 
 Kansas City, beside a residence in Slater that 
 makes a comfortable and pleasant home for his 
 family. He was married in Joliet. October 16, 
 1867, to Mis~ Mettie A. Campbell, who was born 
 in Quincy, Branch County, Mich. Her father, 
 Thomas Campbell, was a native of Schenectady, 
 N. V., and was a farmer in Michigan. He now re- 
 sides with our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Mead be- 
 came parents of three children, whose names are 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 169 
 
 Fred K., Louisa and Adell. The eldest [s a fore- 
 man on the Chicago & Alton Railroad. The elder 
 daughter died al the age of nineteen, at Cold- 
 water, Mich. The younger daughter, Adell. is at 
 home. 
 
 Our Subject belongs to the Brotherhood of Lo- 
 comotive Engineers, being a Chief, lie was a de- 
 legate to the National Convention in 1885, and to 
 that held in Chicago in 1887. lie is the General 
 Chairman of the Brotherhood Adjusting Com- 
 mittee on the Chicago A- Alton Railroad. He he- 
 longs to the Free & Accepted Masons and also to 
 the Royal Arch Masons, and to the Missouri Com- 
 mandery No. 36, of Knights Templar, Marshall, Mo. 
 In politics, Mr. .Mead is a Democrat. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Mead celebrated their silver wed- 
 ding on Tuesday, October 18, 1892 (their annivers- 
 ary falling on October 16, it being Sunday), when 
 they were the recipients of many costly presents 
 from their friends. 
 
 * 
 
 QUIRE J. FITZGEREL, one of the repre- 
 sentative pioneer citizens of La Fayette 
 County, Mo., is the subject of the present 
 writing. The changes which have taken 
 place in the forty years of his residence in the 
 county are almost startling. Many of these he has 
 taken part in, while he has witnessed most of them, 
 and feels that he has cause to rejoice, that, not- 
 withstanding the ravages of war and the visits of 
 storms and floods, the county of his choice has SO 
 bravely held her own in the match of civilization. 
 Mr. Fitzgerel was born in Shelbj County, Kv.. 
 November 27, 181*. a son of Silas and Susan 
 (Tyler) Fitzgerel. both of whom were natives of 
 Virginia who had removed into Kentucky at an 
 early day. 
 
 Several of the uncles of our subject were sol- 
 diers in the War of 1812, and his maternal ances- 
 tors can he traced back to William Tyler, who was 
 born December 27, 1717. in Virginia. Our sub- 
 ject was a mere child at the time of the death of 
 
 his father. At the age of sixteen years he was 
 doubly bereft by the death of his mother, and he 
 was thus early thrown upon his own resources. 
 For about one year he worked for his uncle Benja- 
 min on a farm, receiving $5 per month, and he 
 subsequently worked for a year and a-half for Dr. 
 R. .1. Spur, at $8 a month. Then he served an ap- 
 prenticeship of three years at the trade of a car- 
 penter and joiner, following this for some twenty 
 years. 
 
 The only education he received was a short term 
 in the early subscription schools, but all of his 
 life he has been fond of reading, and although he 
 is entirely self-made, a stranger would not imagine 
 it from any discoverable lack. The marriage of 
 Mr. Fitzgerel took place in September, 1840, when 
 he was united in wedlock with Miss Kmeline Car- 
 ter, who was born in Bourbon County, Ky. Of 
 her children the following survive: Frances, the 
 wife of Moses Anson; Henry O; Mary F., who is 
 the wife of .1. B. Santmyer; anil Anna, who is the 
 wife of William I!. Martin. Those deceased are: 
 .lames William, a soldier in the Confederate army, 
 who died leaving a wife and four children; and 
 John II.. who left at his death a wife and two chil- 
 dren. 
 
 The first wife of our subject died in 1872. and 
 in 1873 he married Mrs. Susan C. Seeber, the widow 
 of the late Dr. Seeber, of La Fayette County. By 
 this union two children have been added to the 
 family. Squire .1. and Evaline. With the family 
 is Cornelius W., the son of Mrs. Fitzgerel by her 
 former marriage. In the fall of 1851, Mr. Fitz- 
 gerel located in La Fayette County, and the next 
 spring he brought his family here. They settled 
 upon a farm a short distance northwest of Aull- 
 ville, where he first purchased one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land, forty of which were under 
 cultivation. 
 
 Our subject continued to add land to his orig- 
 inal purchase, until he had about eight hundred 
 acres. As Ins children married he gave each a 
 portion, bul remained upon the old place until 
 1*72. and the next year he came into the town. 
 His landed possessions are still large, as he has 
 been a vei'j successful business man, and has un- 
 derstood how to manage his financial affairs. Dm- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 ing the war his business was interfered with to 
 some degree, as lie joined Shelby's brigade and 
 was one of Capt. Bladso's battery, participating in 
 the battles of Carthage, Springfield and Lexing- 
 ton, suffering capture at one time by Lane's com- 
 mand, about twelve miles west of Clinton, Mo.; 
 but he was duly exchanged, and about two days 
 after the war ended he returned and resumed his 
 usual occupations. 
 
 Mr. bltzgerel is a Democrat in his political feel- 
 ings, and takes an active part in the deliberations 
 iif his party, although early in life he was an old- 
 line Whig. The church which accepted the re- 
 forms made by Alexander Campbell, and is now 
 called the Christian Church, has many good and 
 pious members throughout the State of Missouri, 
 and among them stands our subject. He is a man 
 of great intelligence, and very interesting are his 
 reminiscences of pioneer life. Looking over his 
 broad and well-cultivated fields and at his sleek 
 horses, it seems impossible to realize that there was 
 a time when these fields were broken and plowed 
 by the slow-moving oxen. Mr. Fitzgerel is spend- 
 ing his last years in peace and comfort, after a life 
 full of adventure and toil. 
 
 y->. A THAN M. COOPER, a prominent agricul- 
 
 [j ))/ turist and successful stock-raiser, located 
 Y A» upon section 16, township 50, range 26, 
 Lexington Township, La Fayette County, Mo., has 
 also profitably conducted the mercantile business, 
 and engaged extensively in buying and shipping 
 stock. For many years our subject has been inti- 
 matelv associated with the best interests of the 
 neighborhood of his present home, and, progressive 
 in his methods and ideas, and honorable in his 
 business dealings, has won and worthily holds the 
 esteem and confidence of the general public. Mr. 
 Cooper was born in Hussell County, Va., March 
 15, 1840. His parents were Jacob and Martha 
 (Mead) Cooper, both native Virginians. 
 The mother of our subject was the daughter of 
 
 Fielden Mead, a well-known citizen of the Old 
 Dominion. The ancestors of the Mead and Cooper 
 families were English and German, and early set- 
 tled m America, where they have ever since taken 
 an active part in the growth and upward progress 
 of the national Government. Among the iiio>t 
 distinguished statesmen and American Revolution- 
 ary soldiers was Richard Kidder Mead, who in 
 December, 1775, commanded a company at the bat- 
 tle of the Great Bridge, near Norfolk, Va., and who 
 was soon after appointed by Washington as one 
 of his confidential Aides, in which capacity, with 
 the rank of Colonel, he rendered signal service 
 throughout the war. The English branch of the 
 Coopers were especially distinguished for their 
 learning and ancestry, and their descendants in 
 this country have been noted for their talents and 
 general ability. 
 
 Nathan M. Cooper passed his boyhood in his 
 birthplace, and there attended the common schools 
 of his home neighborhood, also assisting his father, 
 who was a carpenter by trade and also engaged in 
 agricultural duties. Our subject remained upon the 
 homestead until he was eighteen years of age, and 
 then began farming for himself. In 1868 he re- 
 moved to La Fayette County, Mo., and for nine 
 years tilled the soil; in 1877, he embarked in the 
 mercantile business, in Page City. For the suc- 
 ceeding two years he handled general merchandise, 
 and in 187'.) located in Holden, Johnson County, 
 Mo., where he profitably continued in the same 
 line of business for one year. At the expiration 
 of this time, preferring a residence in Page City, 
 he returned there and employed himself in buying 
 and shipping grain and live stock. 
 
 In 1883 Mr. Cooper returned to the pleasures 
 and labor of fanning life, and, aside from the pur- 
 suit of general agriculture, engaged extensively 
 in stock-raising upon his present valuable farm, 
 which consists of four hundred and thirty-two 
 acres, all under a high state of cultivation. In 
 1883 our subject married Miss Virginia F.. daugh- 
 ter of Orlando Bradley, a native of Virginia, but 
 an old resident and early settler of Missouri, hav- 
 ing arrived within the borders of the State in 
 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are devoted members 
 of the Presbyterian Church, and are widely known 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
 171 
 
 and enjoy the esteem and confidence of a large 
 circle of friends. In the religious and benevolent 
 enterprises of their church they are among the lib- 
 eral givers, and are ever ready to aid in all good 
 work. 
 
 Our subject is active in the promotion of educa- 
 tional advancement and interests, and served with 
 ability and faithfulness as a School Director from 
 1883 to 181)1, and principally to liis earnest efforts 
 the schools of the county owe their high standard 
 of scholarship and instruction. Mr. Cooper lias 
 never been anxious for political promotion, bathe 
 nevertheless takes an abiding interest in all local 
 and national issues, and is in sentiment and prin- 
 ciple a strong Democrat. Upright and honorable 
 in his business dealings, energetic and efficient in 
 the work of life, and ever conscientious in the dis- 
 charge of duties intrusted to his care, our subject 
 is one of the important factors of our national 
 strength, an honored and useful American citizen. 
 
 i R. STAGNER, a prominent citizen and 
 
 I (®l honored resident of Marshall, Saline County, 
 
 J A Mo., was lor man) years one of the leading 
 
 stockmen of the State, and now retired from active 
 business duties, enjoys the confidence and esteem 
 of the many friends who know his worth and up- 
 right character. Maj. Stagner, as this genial gen- 
 tlenian is familiarly addressed, is a native of Ken- 
 tucky, and was born near Richmond, Madison 
 County, in December, 1824. His paternal grand- 
 father was a native of Pennsylvania, and was bom 
 during the Revolutionary War. He was descended 
 from German ancestry, and was a sturdy man and 
 a good citizen. 
 
 His son Thomas, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Kentucky, and was a very successful and 
 extensive farmer in the Blue Grass region 
 of that fertile State. He raised large numbers 
 of mules and drove them to the South. The 
 Indians were at times troublesome, and he was 
 called upon to take an active part in the Indian 
 
 wars in Ohio, and was under old Col. Dick John- 
 son during the battle in which the famous Indian 
 warrior Tecumseh was killed. Thomas Stagner 
 was a Whig, and a true American citizen. He died 
 in the year I860. The mother of our subject 
 was Nancy Moppine, born in Madison County, Ky. 
 Her grandfather, Thomas Moppine, was a native of 
 Albemarle County. \'a..and an early settler of Ken- 
 tucky. When a mere lad he served in the War of 
 the Revolution, bravely fighting for God and lib- 
 erty. The mother of our subject died in Ken- 
 tucky in 1846. 
 
 Thomas Stagner was twice married. By his first 
 wife he had two sons and three daughters, and was 
 the father of eight sons by his second marriage, of 
 whom our subject, was the eldest-born. He was 
 reared upon the old homestead, attended the dis- 
 trict schools, and worked upon the farm until 1848, 
 when he came to Missouri. He was prospecting 
 and traveling in Platte, Davis and Caldwell Coun- 
 ties for two years. In 1850 lie started for Califor- 
 nia, in company with six men, driving their ox- 
 teams. They journeyed slowly upon their way, 
 going by old Ft. Kearney, now Nebraska City; then 
 to the Platte River, near Ft. Kearney, by the way 
 of Laramie; then from North Platte to the head of 
 the Sweetwater, and thence to the South Pass down 
 the Humboldt River; then across the desert, forty- 
 five miles to Carson, south to the Grand Canon, 
 and upward to the summit of the lofty mountains, 
 and then downward to Hangtown. 
 
 The trip across the plains occupied the entire 
 time from May 7, 1851, to October 11 of the same 
 yeai. For eighteen mouths our subject prospected 
 perseveringly, and then engaged in freighting from 
 Sacramento to Grass Valley, Nevada County, a 
 distance of eighty miles. Mr. Stagner continued 
 freighting for two years, and then returned home. 
 Leaving California in 1851, he traveled to the 
 Eastward by way of Panama and New York. He 
 hail intended to buy cattle to ship to California, 
 but found they were loo high to make a profit on, 
 and abandoned the idea. He then bought a farm 
 in Caldwell County, of two hundred and forty 
 acres, and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture 
 until the war. In 1864 he sold out his farming 
 interests and located in St. Louis, where he en- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 gaged in the stock trade and commission business, 
 in the old Union Stock Yards, and continued ship- 
 ping for four years. 
 
 In 18G7 Mr. Stagner settled in Saline County, 
 Mo., but before locating permanently, engaged as 
 >tockman near Slater. Entering into business there, 
 
 hc> i established an extended reputation as an 
 
 enterprising and ambitious man. He first shipped 
 b\ boat from Cambridge, until the Chicago & Al- 
 ton built their line from Slater. In 1872 our sub- 
 ject was in the lumber business in Marshall, but in 
 1875 he quit the lumber business and again en- 
 tered in the slock business, which he continued un- 
 til 1883, when he retired from active business du- 
 ties. Always energetic and industrious, ami withal 
 possessing excellent judgment, Mr. Stagner has ac- 
 quired a competence, and has built three substan- 
 tial houses in Marshall, which he rents. His life 
 has been one of busy usefulness, and he now en- 
 joys the consciousness of the well-deserved regard 
 and confidence in which he is held by all who have 
 the pleasure of his acquaintance. Our subject is 
 a Democrat, and. as ever, believes the principles of 
 Ins party are founded upon truth and justice. 
 
 OBERT M. REYNOLDS, Public Administra- 
 tor of Saline County, Mo., is a well-known 
 resident of the city of Marshall, and is a 
 V0 promising young attorney, full of life, 
 health and energy. Thoroughly at home with the 
 duties of his profession, and taking an active part 
 in all public enterprises of the day, social, religious 
 and benevolent, he is rapidly identifying himself 
 with the advancement of the State and the county 
 which now claims his professional duties. A native 
 of Saline County, his acquaintance is limited almost 
 only by the number of the population, and he is 
 recognized by all as an earnest and progressive 
 citizen. 
 
 Our subject was born in Arrow Rock Township, 
 Saline County, Mo., January 17, 18G3. His father, 
 
 P. T. Reynolds, was also a native of Arrow Rock, 
 but the paternal grandfather of Robert wos a Vir- 
 ginian, and emigrated from the Old Dominion to 
 Missouri in a very early day. and was one of the 
 
 pioneer farmers of that section of the State, having 
 settled in Arrow Rock when the country round 
 about was little more than a wilderness. Cornelius 
 Reynolds was an honest, upright man, and was much 
 lamented when he passed away, after a long life of 
 busy usefulness. His son, P. T., was reared upon 
 the homestead farm, and for a portion of his early 
 life engaged in the duties of agriculture, but en- 
 tered upon mercantile business in Arrow Rock. He 
 remained there from 1 S7 jf until about 1882, when 
 he removed to Slater and continued in the same line 
 of business there until he retired from active work. 
 
 Mrs. P. T. Reynolds, the mother of our subject, 
 was Miss Martha Gilmer, and is also a native of 
 Saline County, having been burn at Arrow Rock. 
 She is the daughter of John Gilmer, a native of 
 Virginia, but an early pioneer in Arrow Rock 
 Township. He was a very hard-working and en- 
 terprising man, who was successful in accumulating 
 property, and farmed about one thousand acre-. 
 lie died in 1876, respected by all, at the good old 
 age of ninety years. The mother of our subject 
 still resides in Slater, and can claim descent from 
 the old Virginia families renowned in the early 
 history of this country. She is the mother of four 
 sons and two daughters, of whom Robert is the 
 second, and the only one who has acquired a pro- 
 fession. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds is essentially a self-made man. He 
 was reared in Arrow Rock, and attended the vil- 
 lage school, but determined to improve every op- 
 portunity to progress in life, and in 187!) he en- 
 tered the Central College in Fayette County, and 
 studied there one year. He then taught school 
 three years at Arrow Rock, as principal of the 
 school, and then began the study of law. In 1888 
 he was admitted to the Bar of Missouri by Judge 
 Field, and immediately opened an office and en- 
 tered upon the duties of his profession. In 1889 
 our subject located in Slater, as partner of the firm 
 of Heriden .V- Reynolds, and enjoyed a successful 
 practice, but in 1890 he was elected to his present 
 office as the Public Administrator of Saline County, 
 
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 W.T.Gilliam. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 175 
 
 and removed to Marshall, where he devotes his 
 time to the duties of official work and the practice 
 of his profession. 
 
 In 1885 Mr. Reynolds was married to Miss Sa- 
 rah I... a daughter of Williams Kddms.a farmer of 
 Howard County, and a well-known and successful 
 citizen. Mrs. Reynolds was born in I [oward ( iounty, 
 and is the happy mother of two children, William 
 T. and Catherine. Our subject and his estimable 
 wife have a large circle of friends and acquaint- 
 ances in Marshall, and are prominent m the social 
 gatherings of the city. Mr. Reynolds is a Knight, 
 of Pythias, and also a Knight of Malta. He is a 
 member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 
 and is an Elder of the church in Marshall, and is 
 known as one ever ready to extend his personal 
 assistance in behalf of all good work. In political 
 affiliations he is a straight Democrat, and has rep- 
 resented his party at State and county conven- 
 tions, ably discharging the duties thus reposed in 
 him by his constituents. Our subject and his fam- 
 ily reside in a pleasant and commodious home on 
 Vest Street, and there entertain many of the 
 prominent citizens of the State, as well as their 
 own county. 
 
 •£=SHN=i-^ 
 
 IDOL WILLIAM TAYLOR GILLIAM, the 
 honored founder of the town of Gilliam, 
 
 owner and operator of the grain elevator, 
 the Gilliam Mills, and the tobacco factory, 
 prominently connected with the lumber interests, 
 and President of the Gilliam Exchange Bank, 
 
 has long been tl nergetic and efficient finan- 
 cier of his neighborhood, liorn in Virginia on 
 the 1 1 111 of August. 1808, our subject was a 
 young man twenty-nine years of age, when, full of 
 hope. courage and ardor, he journeyed to, Missouri 
 and with rare ability began the successful and 
 prosperous career he has here enjoyed for over 
 fifty-five years. 
 
 During this long period of time the history of 
 Judge Gilliam has been intimately associated with 
 
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 the progress and advancement of Saline County, 
 to all of whose enterprises of importance, whether 
 social, religious, benevolent or purely business, 
 he has cheerfully extended a helping hand, and 
 fittingly occupied the position of leader in local 
 growth and improvement. His residence upon 
 section 34, township 52, range 19, is known 
 through all the surrounding country as the abode 
 of hospitality, and there both friend and stranger 
 find a ready welcome from the veteran pioneer 
 and genial host. 
 
 The father and mother of our subject, William 
 
 and Judith ( \V Ison) Gilliam, were Southerners, 
 
 the father being a native of Virginia, and a brave 
 man. who served his country faithfully in the War 
 of 1812. Judge Gilliam was one of a family of 
 twelve children, four of whom are yet living. 
 Anthony Woodson, who was born in Virginia in 
 1805, has been twice married and resides in Saline 
 County; James, born in the Old Dominion in 
 1816, lives in Chariton County; Fayette, a native 
 of Virginia, married Miss Ayres; Thomas, born in 
 Virginia, married Miss Watts. Judge Gilliam 
 carries his years so lightly and is so vigorous 
 mentally and physically, it seems scarcely possi- 
 ble that nearly eighty years have passed since he. 
 a little boy, was a pupil in the rude log school- 
 house in old Virginia. Acquiring there the rudi- 
 mentary education of those early 'lays, he has 
 built upon that substantial foundation an ex- 
 tended knowledge, and, self-reliant, self-educated, 
 and self-made. enjoys the proud consciousness that 
 he has ever used to the best of his ability the 
 talents with which a beneficent Creator so richly 
 endowed him. 
 
 At twenty-one years of age our subject entered 
 tin' store of Silas Biglow as a clerk, the contract 
 between the employer and his assistant being that 
 for «5tt per year and instructions in business our 
 subject should give daily service. A twelve- 
 month experience gave the clerk confidence in 
 handling the merchandise, and he then proposed 
 that he should peddle goods from a wagon to dis- 
 tant customers, carrying only such fabrics and 
 useful .articles as were largely in demand. This 
 venture was approved by Mr. Biglow, and proved 
 eat success, netting the Brsl year a profit of. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 $1,200, of which amount the employer received 
 two-thirds, our subjecl having as his share *100. 
 
 In the Old Dominion in 1830 our subject mar- 
 ried Miss Mary S. Stewart, who was born in Vir- 
 ginia in 1813. For the four years following bis 
 marriage he devoted himself to agricultural pur- 
 suits, and cultivated a farm given him by his 
 father. In 1837, believing there were larger op- 
 portunities for the advancement of young men in 
 Missouri, he came to Saline County, where he pur- 
 chased a tract Of three hundred and twenty acres 
 from the Government. He prospered beyond his 
 expectations and constantly added to his real es- 
 tate, until he owned and controlled twelve thou- 
 sand acres. The town of Slater is located upon 
 Seven hundred acres of land sold by him to Joel 
 Baker. A portion of his early possessions is now 
 covered by the flourishing town which bears his 
 name, lie continues the owner of three thousand 
 acres of highly cultivated land, and which is prin- 
 cipally in the hands of tenants, lie accumulated 
 a large amount of money from his interests in 
 live stock, and dealt in mules and cattle with 
 great success. 
 
 Possessing unusually clear discrimination and 
 excellent judgment, Judge Gilliam knew no such 
 word as fail, and it is safe to say. that had he 
 possessed lessfaith in the honor of his fellow-men. 
 to whom he lent money and the endorsement of 
 his name, he would have been to-day one of the 
 wealthiest men in the West. As it is. he possesses 
 abundant means, and is thrice blessed in the 
 wealth which is incorruptible and beyond all 
 earthly price. At the time of the money panic of 
 1875, he was engaged in the banking business in 
 Marshall under the title of the "Gilliam & Doak 
 Bank," and they were the only bankers in the 
 county who did not suspend business. After the 
 death of Mr. Doak. our subject paid all the bank's 
 liabilities and closed the business. 
 
 The death of his wife in 18,->1 left the .Indue 
 with the care of six children. The eldest son, 
 Anderson 11.. who was born in Virginia in 1834, 
 was murdered by an outlaw on a steamboat on 
 the Red River; Judith E., who was born in Vir- 
 ginia in 1837, married Edwin Guerin, of Saline 
 County; William 11., born in 1811, married Miss 
 
 Alice Boswell, and is a prosperous farmer; Mary 
 1'.. born in is HI and now the wife of John F. 
 Burroughs, resides neai Marshall; Sarah Ann, 
 born in 1 8 17. married II. D. Doak on the 2d of 
 ( (ctobcr, 1872, and died January 25, 1877, leaving 
 one child, a son, who is at present a student in the 
 
 military scl I at Boonville, Mo.; George, whose 
 
 birth occurred in 1851, passed away in 18(12. 
 
 Our subject married again in 1853, his present 
 wife having been Miss Martha .1. Swinncy. a Vir- 
 ginia lady, who was born in 1827. By this union 
 Judge Gilliam became the father of four children: 
 Thomas and James (deceased), Anna and Leta. 
 The last-named was born in 1865 and became the 
 wife of Dr. ('. I.. Lackey, a practicing physician of 
 Sweet Springs. Mo. She died on the 2'.lt h of De- 
 cember. 1892, leaving one child, a son, W. T., five 
 and one-half years old. The children were educated 
 principally in the common schools and two of them 
 were graduated at the Glasgow College in Mis- 
 souri. Judge Gilliam has already provided boun- 
 tifully for all his children, dividing over *1(MI,0(HI 
 among them, and still retains a handsome compe- 
 tence. He has been a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church South since 1832, and is widely 
 known as a munificent giver, not to one church 
 only, but to the majority of churches established 
 in Saline County, bestowing his generous dona- 
 tions without regard to creed or doctrine. For 
 twenty-two years he has been Steward in his 
 home church, and responds as readily in behalf of 
 educational advancement as he does in the exten- 
 sion of religious work. 
 
 Fraternally Judge Gilliam is a Freemason, and 
 also is a valued member of the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows. At one time he was connected 
 with the Know-Nothing Party. In early days he 
 was a Whig and later became one of the most 
 ardent supporters of the Democratic party. Al- 
 though never aspiring to official positions he has 
 always been actively interested in party manage- 
 ment and control. During the Civil War his 
 earnest sympathies were with his own kindred and 
 the people of the South, but in his home hundreds 
 and thousands of hungry soldiers were bountifully 
 fed, regardless of the color of the uniform they 
 wore. Years have passed, and in many a home 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 177 
 
 both North and South the memory of the kindly 
 hospitality of Judge Gilliam and his good wife 
 brings the unbidden tear to the eye of the veter- 
 ans of the blue and gray. Pleasant and instruct- 
 ive are the reminiscences of our subject, and 
 thrice happy must he be in the assurance that he 
 has worthily won the lasting esteem, confidence, 
 and honored remembrance of his hosts of friends 
 and fellow-citizens. 
 
 • nrrin 
 
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 ^? OHN TYLER is the subject of this memorial 
 sketch. During life he was one of the lead- 
 ing men of La Fayette County and became 
 well and favorably known here. Mr. Tyler 
 ■was born in Henry County. Ky., November 17, 
 1813, a son of Charles Tyler, who made a fine 
 record in the War of 1812 under Gen. Jackson. 
 Our subject grew to manhood in his Kentucky 
 home, enjoying only those educational advantages 
 which were afforded in the country schoolhouse, 
 conducted on the most primitive plan. Later 
 reading had supplemented this knowledge, making 
 of him a very well-informed man. quite equal to 
 any emergency in life. 
 
 Having been trained to agricultural pursuits, 
 our subject early in his young manhood tinned 
 his thoughts to the founding of a home, and, in 
 connection with it and for its support, the cultiva- 
 tion of a line farm. This laudable desire was ful- 
 filled when Miss Catherine V. Streit became his 
 wife, June 3, 1841. She was the estimable daughter 
 of William and Susan II. (O'liannon) Streit, and 
 was born in Fauquier County, Ya., January 24, 
 1818. Her father was a native of Virginia, of 
 German extraction, his father, with an uncle, hav- 
 ing been the first two Lutheran ministers who ever 
 came to Virginia. I'pon her mother's side .Mrs. 
 Tyler was of I rish blood. 
 
 The survivors of the ten children of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Tyler bear the following names: Charles; 
 Mary S.; John A. II.; Nannie S., wife of M. 
 Schoolev; Lizzie H. and George W. in 1848, 
 
 with his family, our subject decided to remove to 
 Missouri. Following this decision, they embarked 
 on a boat from Louisville.' Ky., and after a delight- 
 ful trip, landed at Boonville, Mo., making their 
 destination Pettis County. Several years were 
 spent at this place, when they came to the farm 
 upon which Mrs. Tyler now resides. This was a 
 new place, and the Tyler family were among the 
 pioneers, obliged to endure the hardships of the 
 time, but doing so bravely, and overcoming obsta- 
 cles which often seemed almost insurmountable. 
 The death of Mr. Tyler occurred November 5, 
 1890, when one of the most respected men of the 
 county passed to his final rest. His business life, 
 whether in tilling the soil or in buying and selling 
 stock, was characterized by a wholesome hon- 
 esty and industry, which stand as examples to his 
 family and friends. His political opinions made 
 him a follower of Democratic principles, and 
 during the time of the Civil War he did what 
 seemed to him to lie the dearest duty, by enlisting 
 in the Confederate service under Gen. Price. Mrs. 
 Tyler survives her husband, a lovable and intelli- 
 gent woman, residing in great comfort upon her 
 nice farm of one hundred and sixty acres. Re- 
 turning again to Mr. Tyler, we can say that he 
 left behind him the memory of a kind husband 
 and father, an upright man and obliging neighbor; 
 and who could desire a more extended tribute 
 than this? His honesty was proverbial, and, in 
 the words of one who knew him. ''John Tyler's 
 word was as good as his bond, and his word was 
 a- good as the best men's oath." 
 
 *=E*^EE* 
 
 s^IMON P. PFLEGER, a farmer, stock-raiser 
 
 ^! and prominent citizen of La Fayette 
 County. Mo., located upon his farm in 
 section 8, range 26, township 19, is the 
 very worthy subject of this sketch. UN birth oc- 
 curred in the state of Virginia. Floyd County, 
 October 1, 1840, the son of Benjamin and Mary 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND RI< 'GRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 (Wedle) Pfleger, both of whom were natives of 
 Virginia, and they were the parents of the follow- 
 ing children: Andrew M.; Ellen, who became the 
 
 wife of David Willis; our subject; Henrietta, who' 
 became the wife of Rev. Mr. Summers; John N., 
 who married the widow of George Smith; Dora 
 I..; Estella, who became the wife of Dr. Smith; 
 William and Mattie. 
 
 Our subject was reared until he reached man's 
 estate in his native county, where from his earli- 
 est youth he was accustomed to agricultural pur- 
 suits. His education was obtained at Jacksonville 
 Academy, in Virginia, but all thoughts of work or 
 school wen' banished when the call sounded for 
 troops to Sght lor the Confederate cause. April 
 l(>, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Fifty-fourth 
 Virginia, Confederate State- of America, fighting 
 under (lens. Johnston and Hood. At one time he 
 was under Brig.-Gen. Humphrey Marshall. 
 
 The battles in which our subject took part were 
 the important ones of Chickamauga and Mission- 
 ary Ridge, the siege of Atlanta, and the skirmishes 
 continually taking place between the Western ar- 
 mies. Continuing in the army until the surrender 
 of Johnston at < roldsboro, N. ('., he took part in the 
 battles of Resaca, Ga., Dalton, ISentonviile, and 
 others of minor importance, taking part in all in 
 about thirty-six engagements. Strange to relate, 
 he returned home without any wounds, although 
 sixteen bullet-holes through his clothing at Ben- 
 lonville Showed how close had been his call. 
 
 After the war our subject continued to reside in 
 Virginia until 1869, in which year he removed to 
 La Fayette County. Mo., and first located in Do- 
 ver Township, where he resided two years. Then 
 he removed into Saline County, where he remained 
 for a year, but later went back to La Fayette and 
 took up his residence upon his present farm, con- 
 sisting of seventy-five acres. The marriage of our 
 subject was celebrated in November. 1873, with 
 Mi— Rebecca Pfleger. a native of this, county and 
 State, the daughter of David and Nancy Ftleger, 
 who weic early settlers of the county, having 
 come here in 1828. when they made settlement in 
 Lexington Township. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Pfleger two children were born, 
 but only one survived, Maria, now residing at 
 
 home. In his political feelings our subject prefers 
 the Democratic party, and is active in its ranks. 
 His religious connection has long been with the 
 Evangelical Lutheran Church. In the community 
 where he has made his home and is best known, 
 Mr. Ptleger is regarded as an honest, enterprising 
 citizen and an important member of society. 
 
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 RS. ELIZABETH JENNINGS, a well- 
 known lady, residing upon a tine farm of 
 five hundred and forty acres of nicely 
 improved land, located in La Fayette 
 County, Mo., on section hi, range 26, township 
 19, is the subject of this sketch. Her birth took 
 place in Berkeley County, Va., August 15. 18:50, a 
 daughter of .lames and Mary (Wigle) Hobinson, 
 the father a native of Virginia, and the mother of 
 Ireland, the latter coming to America with her 
 parents when a young girl. Mrs. Jennings was 
 reared in Berkeley County, Va., receiving a liberal 
 education for the times, growing up into fail- 
 womanhood under the parental care. Her mar- 
 riage with Rev. .1. II. Jennings took place Janu- 
 ary 1, 1849. 
 
 The birth of James H. Jennings occurred March 
 1, 1813, a son of James and Phoebe (Sanford) Jen- 
 nings, in Shelter Island. X. Y., receiving his pre- 
 paratory education in Monson Academy, in New 
 York, later entering the theological school at 
 Hampden Sidney. Va. Receiving his license to 
 preach in 1842, he continued in the work for a 
 period of forty 3'ears. During the war Mr. Jen- 
 nings was a conscientious I'nion man, and found 
 it desirable to leave his home until the unhappy 
 time was over. The family remained in the old 
 home, hut Mr. Jennings removed to a more congen- 
 ial atmosphere in the State of Maryland. 
 
 In 18117 Mr. Jennings came with his family to 
 Missouri, locating upon the fine farm now owned 
 by his bereaved widow, remaining there until his 
 death, October 6, 1885. At this time not only 
 did the Presbyterian Church lose a faithful la- 
 
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 borer, the family a devoted husband and father, 
 but the community a man of sterling character, 
 who bore every test of life as does the true gold 
 the touch of the acid. He was true — what more 
 need be said"- The family born t<> Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jennings was a large and interesting one, reaching 
 the number of thirteen, but only eleven are liv- 
 ing, who arc as follows: Elizabeth, who became the 
 wife of J. T. Siler; James R.; Thomas; Sophronia 
 became the wife of A. Reed; William; Ella be- 
 came the wife of Lewis ('. Frey; Emma became the 
 wife of George W. Smith; Edmund, Sallie, Laura 
 and Minnie. Mr. .Jennings was well known in 
 this county and will lung be remembered. 
 
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 ERMAN SCHNIEDER, residing upon sec- 
 tion 9, township 49, range 26, is a native 
 of Warren County, Mo., and was born 
 April 7. 1841. His parents were Christian 
 and Anna M. Schnieder, both natives of Germany, 
 who, in 1839. emigrated to the United states. 
 They took passage at Bremen, and after a tedious 
 and uneventful voyage landed at New Orleans, 
 whence thej' proceeded up the Mississippi River to 
 Missouri and located in Warren County. The}' 
 were among the first German settler- of that por- 
 tion of the Stale, and made a home on what was 
 practically wild laud. We of this day can but 
 feebly imagine the condition in which those pio- 
 neer settlers found themselves, comingas they did 
 to a strange, wild country where dread dangers 
 lurked in the form of beasts and savages. 
 
 The father of our subjed was a man of great 
 energy. Soon his log cabin was sending its 
 wreaths of smoke to the sky, and beneath it- simple 
 roof thankful hearts reposed. Coming here with 
 limited means, Mr. Schnieder was obliged to work 
 hard and long, but before his death, m 1869, he 
 was able to see his family in comparative comfort 
 upon the farm he had struggled to obtain. The 
 lirst wife of Mr. Schnieder died in 1850, but the 
 second wife survived him and now lives on the 
 
 home farm in Warren County. The following 
 children survive: Minnie, who became the wife of 
 Rev. Henry Hoefer, of Higginsville, Mo.; Herman; 
 Frederick; Matilda, Mrs. Frederick Knopheide; 
 Mary, who married Frank Kroek; and Anne, who 
 became the wife of Charles Cook. The father of 
 this family was a good man. a member of the Ger- 
 mau Evangelical Church, and in his death Warren 
 County lost an excellent citizen. 
 
 Herman Schnieder was reared to maturity in 
 his native county amid the pioneer scenes of those 
 early days in Missouri. His first recollection is of 
 life upon a farm, and he became well acquainted 
 with agricultural pursuits before the war clarion 
 aroused within his breast feelings of patriotism 
 which did him honor. His enlistment took place 
 in August, USG2, in Company II, Thirty-third Mis- 
 souri Infantry, First Division, Sixteenth Army 
 ( oips. and the greater part of his service was per- 
 formed under the command of Gen. A. .1. Smith. 
 He took part in the battles of Helena, Ark.; Pleas- 
 ant Hill, La.; Yellow Bayou, La.; Lake Chicot, 
 Ark.; Tupelo, Miss.; Nashville; the siege of Span- 
 ish Fort, Mobile Bay, and other minor engage- 
 ments. For injuries received during his long and 
 dangerous service, he receives a pension of $12 per 
 month. Now, as always, a true and loyal Union 
 man, Mr. Schnieder is a valued member of the 
 Grand Army Post at Higginsville. The trying 
 events in which he bore so faithful and courage- 
 ous a part occurred before he established a home 
 in La Fayette County. 
 
 In the spring of 1869 Mr. Schnieder came to 
 this county, where for several years he farmed 
 upon rented land, and afterward bought a farm 
 near Page City, lie resided on that place until 
 1883, when be purchased his present farm, consist- 
 ing of one hundred and thirteen acres of land, 
 which he has accumulated by bis own efforts. The 
 marriage of our subject, which took place Decem- 
 ber 2 1, 1869, united him with Miss Lisette Brueg- 
 genjolin. of Warren County, Mo. Their happy 
 union has been blessed with twelve children, 
 eleven of whom are living, as follows: Elizabeth, 
 Louis, Minnie, Annie. Frederick. Frank. Mctia. 
 Emma, Pauline, Clara and Bertha. Benjamin is 
 deceased. Our subject is a man of influence in 
 
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 the community, an intelligent and progressive 
 citizen, and both he and his wife arc members of 
 the German Evangelical Church, which he supports 
 as liberally as hi* means permit. 
 
 y>ILLIAM DAVIS, an energetic and enter- 
 prising agriculturist and prominent citi- 
 \J^^ zen, owning and residing upon valuable 
 farming property located in township 50, range 
 19, Saline County, Mo., near Arrow Rock, is 
 widely known and highly respected for his business 
 ability and his sterling integrity of character. Born 
 November 9, 1823, in Sullivan County, Ind., Mr. 
 Davis belonged to a family who came originally 
 from near Guilford, England, and who at an early 
 date settled upon land which was then part of the 
 colony of Virginia. This branch of the family have 
 all been agriculturists from time immemorial. The 
 paternal grandfather, William, was born in 1741, 
 near Guilford Court House, Ya., and died in 1837, 
 at ninety-six years of age. 
 
 Grandfather Davis was twice married and his 
 children were all born in Virginia. By his first 
 wife he had two sons, John and Abraham. The 
 eldest child <>f his second wife was a daughter 
 Jane, who married Stephen Welch; Bethiah Jane 
 died unmarried; Guilford, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was born in the Old Dominion in 1795. He 
 removed to the Territory of Indiana in 1813 and 
 journeyed thither with wagons, crossing the Ohio 
 River at Lawrenceburgh, and camping out on the 
 journey. Three years later, when Guilford Davis 
 was about twenty-one years of age, he was mar- 
 ried to Miss Mary, a daughter of Thomas and Mar- 
 tha Gray. The wedding occurred in 1816, and soon 
 afterward the young husband and wife settled on 
 the Vermillion River, in Vermillion County, Ind., 
 and there they remained a few years, when they lo- 
 cated in Sullivan County, where our subject was 
 born. The maternal ancestors of William Davis, 
 the Grays, were of Scotch descent and were strong 
 
 Presbyterians, thrifty and prudent. The}' made 
 their early home in Pennsylvania, the old Quaker 
 State which furnished to the ranks of our soldiers 
 in the old Revolutionary days some of the bravest 
 and best of her people. 
 
 Grandfather Gray and his wife removed from 
 Virginia to Kentucky, thence to Indiana, arriving 
 in the latter Territory about 1816, where he died. 
 The widow removed to Iowa in 1852 and settled in 
 Wapello County, where she died at about the age 
 of ninety-three years. The grandfather of our 
 subject settled near Rlootiiington and died there 
 at a good old age. The mother afterward died at 
 her home in Wapello County, surviving to reach 
 her ninetieth year. William Davis passed the days 
 of his boyhood upon the Indiana farm, attending 
 the little log schoolhouse in winter and through 
 springand summer assisting upon the farm. There 
 was underbrush to lie cleared away and land from 
 which the wood was to be cut, and so the time 
 went on and at last our subject reached his twenty- 
 first year. To this time he had been looking for- 
 ward, and now it had come, and he began life for 
 himself, though with very little capital other than 
 a stout heart and a willing pair of hands. 
 
 The eldest of our subject's father's family was 
 Thomas; William, the subject of our sketch, was 
 the second born; the third son was Abraham, who 
 died in Wapello County. Iowa, in 1890; Bethiah 
 Jane, the eldest daughter, married Aaron Wood, of 
 Imvii; James lives in Iowa; Martha is married to 
 Ernest Miller, a resident of Iowa; Joseph makes 
 his home in Iowa, while John lives in Kansas; Nancy 
 resides in Highland Township, Wapello County j 
 Iowa: Benjamin is defeased. From this list of 
 brothers and sisters, it will be easy to see that the 
 homestead held a cheery group of young people 
 long after our subject had left its shelter. At first 
 Mr. Davis found employment on a farm, then he 
 entered a blacksmith shop at Terre Haute, and at- 
 tentively sought to gain an insight into so useful 
 a trade. He afterward made two trips to New 
 Orleans on a flatboat. going to that Southern city 
 in the spring of 1846 and 1847. 
 
 In the early spring of 1848, our subject removed 
 to Wapello Count}', Iowa. With the savings he 
 had carefully accumulated, he bought one hundred 
 
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 181 
 
 and sixty acres of land, and subsequent!}' added 
 thereto until lie had three hundred and thirty acres, 
 all under fine cultivation. In March, 1851, our 
 subject was united in marriage with Miss Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Green) 
 Major, natives of York County, Pa.,and of Scotch 
 ancestry. The children who have gladdened the 
 hearth and home of Mr. and Mrs. Davis are: Duane, 
 deceased; Andrew J.; Guilford, deceased; Simon, 
 Thomas J. and John G. These sons of our subject 
 assisted him upon his farm, as he had assisted his 
 father many years ago. In 1867, Mr. Davis again 
 returned to Missouri, settling in the spring in Pet- 
 tis County. During the same year he sold that 
 property, and came to Saline County in the spring 
 of 1868, locating on the farm where he now lives. 
 At present, Mr. Davis owns one thousand acres of 
 land and is engaged extensively in farming, besides 
 which he handles stock, being especially success- 
 ful in raising graded stock and line cattle. Pros- 
 pered in business, he finds time to interest himself 
 in the affairs of the day, and though never a poli- 
 tician, he is, as have been all the others, a stanch 
 Democrat. Mrs. Davis is a member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, and our subject is a cheer- 
 ful giver in behalf of all its good work. Pleasantly 
 situated in the evening of his days and surrounded 
 by his children and his children's children, Mr. 
 Davis cannot but contemplate with satisfaction the 
 reward which honest integrity, busy industry, en- 
 ergy and wise management have bestowed with a 
 liberal hand upon him and his household. 
 
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 'OSE1TI U. HUTCHASON, a prosperous gen- 
 eral agriculturist and successful stock-raiser 
 has for several years been an honored and 
 
 useful citizen of Dover Township. 1. a Fay- 
 ette County. Upon section 13, township 50, range 
 26, be profitably engages in the cultivation of his 
 farm, one of the most pleasantly located and gen- 
 erally productive pieces of farming property in 
 this part of the county. Our subject was born in 
 
 Greensburgh, Greene County. Ky.. July 13, 1823. 
 His father was Matthew Hutchason, a native of 
 Virginia, and his mother. Nancy Rogers, was also 
 born in the Old Dominion, whence she removed to 
 Kentucky, being among the early settlers of Boone 
 County. Our subject has a twin brother, who is 
 engaged in business at Higginsville, Mo. 
 
 Mr. Hutchason spent his youthful days in his 
 native State and count}'. He attended the dis- 
 trict schools of his home neighborhood during the 
 winter months, and also at other times when he 
 could be spared from the necessary assistance 
 which, in common with all farmer boys, he gave to 
 his father. The practical knowledge of agricul- 
 tural duties thus obtained was but the apprentice- 
 ship given to his future work in life. Thoroughlj 
 grounded in the sowing, planting and reaping of 
 the yearly harvest, he gained his capital, which he 
 afterward used to excellent advantage. In 1856, 
 he became a free and independent tiller of the 
 soil, farming for his individual benefit in the State 
 of Kentucky, where he has passed the most of his 
 years. 
 
 In the spring of 1881, our subject came to La 
 Fayette County and settled 11)1011 his present home 
 of eighty acres, a well-improved and valuable 
 farming property. Upon the Kentucky homestead 
 he raised stock extensively, dealing only in the 
 finer grades of cattle. In Missouri, he has given 
 his attention mostly to the care of Shorthorns. 
 Man}' years ago. now almost a half-century since, 
 our subject was united in marriage with Miss Em- 
 ily F.Carter. Her father. L. 15. Carter, a native 
 of Virginia, was one of the earl}' settlers of Ken- 
 tucky, locating with other Virginians in Greene 
 County. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hutchason was blessed by the birth of eleven chil- 
 dren, and of this largo family of sons and daugh- 
 ters, ten yet survive. 
 
 The brotheis and sisters who once gathered daily 
 around the family hearth and table are in the 
 order of their birth: Elizabeth, Benjamin M., 
 Louis E.. Zillia 1'... Ida R., Sara, Mattie M., Joseph 
 \V.. Bertha and Mabel C. Man\- of these children 
 have married ami formed family ties, and their 
 sons and daughters will worthily represent the 
 family name, as have their forefathers before them. 
 
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 They all occupy positions of influence and useful- 
 ness, and as good citizens, upright in principle and 
 
 energetic in character, are widely known and uni- 
 versally respected. Mr. and Mrs. IluUhason are 
 numbered among the active and valued members 
 of the Baptist Church, and are important factors 
 in the religious and benevolent enterprises of that 
 organization. 
 
 The first representatives of the Hutchason family 
 in the United States emigrated from the Queen's 
 dominions in the early history of this country, 
 took part in the Revolutionary struggles and have 
 through their descendants contributed to the rapid 
 advance and constantly increasing prosperity of 
 our nation. Our subject has not yet completed a 
 half-score of years in Missouri, but in his compar- 
 atively brief residence in the county of La Fayette 
 has won the entire esteem and confidence of the 
 farming community which surrounds him. He has 
 never aspired to political promotion, yet is ever 
 interested in local and national issues, and casts 
 his vote with the Democratic party. 
 
 AVID .1. POWELL, a prominent and high- 
 ly respected farmer of Washington Town- 
 ship, I. a Fayette County, was burn here 
 December 25, 1825, being the son of Rich- 
 ard and Rachel (.lames) Powell. His grandfather. 
 Joseph Powell, a farmer, born in Tennessee, came 
 with his wife to La Fayette County, Mo., about 
 the year 1835, and settled in Jackson County, 
 where he died. The father of our subject, also a 
 native of Tennessee, came to Missouri in 1820, 
 making the journey overland with a wagon and 
 team. He remained in Lexington until lands 
 were placed on the market, when he entered about 
 one thousand acres in Washington Township, 
 upon which he resided until his death in 1840. 
 lie was married three times. His first wife was 
 iMiss Rachel James, who bore him six children, 
 namely: Polly, Hannah, Ann, Jane, Joseph and 
 David J. By his second wife, whose maiden name 
 
 was Barbara McClellan, one child was born, 
 James. His third wife. Martha (Mays) Powell, 
 bore him three children, namely: Francis M. and 
 George W., both in Oregon, and Thomas J. He 
 was a member of the Methodist Church, and an 
 industrious, honorable man. 
 
 The mother of our subject, born in Tennessee, 
 was the daughter "f David James. David J. Pow- 
 ell, after the death of his father, removed to Jack- 
 son County, where he resided until the war with 
 Mexico. He then enlisted in Company A, Mis- 
 souri Mounted Infantry, participated in the battles 
 of Brazito and Sacramento, and after thirteen 
 months returned to La Fayette County. With 
 his brothers lie bought his father's homestead, 
 where he has resided since, owning three hundred 
 acres. He participated in the Civil War for a 
 short time, serving under (Jen. Price for three 
 weeks, and taking part in the battle of Lexington. 
 
 Mr. Powell has been married twice. His first 
 wife was Miss Nancy, daughter of John and Prude 
 (Rice) Ingraham, who were among the earliest of 
 the settlers of Washington Township. Her father 
 was a hatter prior to his removal to Missouri. 
 There were born to our subject by this wife eight 
 children, four of whom lived to maturity. They 
 were: Martha C, wife of Robert Ramsey; David 
 D.; Joseph and John R., deceased. Mrs. Nancy 
 Powell was a Presbyterian before her marriage, 
 but subsequently became a Missionary Baptist. 
 She died in the fall of 1865. 
 
 The lady who for many years has been the de- 
 voted helpmate and faithful companion of Mr. 
 Powell was known in maidenhood as Sarah A. 
 Basham, and was born near Louisville, Ky., the 
 daughter of Benjamin and Malinda (Mongold) 
 Basham, of Virginia, the father being a farmer 
 and carpenter. They removed from Kentucky to 
 Iowa, and thence to Jackson County. Mo., and 
 later to La Fayette County. He served through 
 the war under Gen, Price. Two sons and one 
 daughter by his first wife were reared to manhood 
 and womanhood. His second wife was Mrs. Bet- 
 sie (Ruby) Gibson, who bore him four children, 
 three sons and one daughter. In his religious 
 faith he is a Missionary Baptist. 
 
 Our subject and his wife have seven children 
 

 
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 living-, namely: Charles W.; Emma J., wife of Os- 
 car Fitter; Benjamin R.; William L.; James M.; 
 Elizabeth 1'. and Dixie C. One child died in in- 
 fancy. Mr. and Mrs. Powell are members of the 
 Missionary Baptist Church, which he joined when 
 but sixteen years old. He was one of the organ- 
 izers of the Greenton Church, and has been a Dea- 
 con for forty years. In politics he takes a lively 
 interest, and is actively identified with the Dem- 
 ocratic party. 
 
 BKAM HUPP, for nearly two-score years 
 an honored citizen of Saline County and 
 widely known as a prosperous agricul- 
 turist, resides upon section 4, township 
 52, range 20, near the village of Sharon. A na- 
 tive of Virginia, he was born in Shenandoah 
 County in 1805, and is the son of Abraham and 
 Elizabeth Hupp, both Virginians by birth. The 
 father was one of the courageous and faithful of- 
 ficers who fought bravely in the War of 1812. 
 Our subject was the third in a family of seven 
 sons. John Hupp, born in Virginia in 1802, mar- 
 ried Miss Circle, and was a farmer in Ohio; Sam- 
 uel, born in the Old Dominion in 1803, married 
 .Miss Grips and resides in Virginia; Israel, who 
 was born in Virginia in 1807, was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Barnes, and some time afterward 
 died in his native State; Michael, born in 1809, 
 married and afterward removed to Ohio; George 
 Washington married and located in Ohio. 
 
 Our subject studied in both the American and 
 < o-iinan schools of Virginia, and industriously ac- 
 quired all the book knowledge his limited time 
 for study allowed him to gain. He was present 
 at the laying of the corner-stone of the Baltimore 
 Railroad Depot. The first wages he received 
 amounted to $96 per year, and for a time he was 
 employed in driving cattle for a resident Vir- 
 ginian. Five years' steady occupation as a drover 
 gave him the munificent salary of 8100 each 
 twelve months. lie next became overseer of a 
 
 large slave plantation, and continued there until 
 he finally decided to locate in La Porte, Ind., 
 where he purchased forty acres of land, paying 
 for the property 813 per acre. Industrious, hard- 
 working and thrift}', he prospered and added to 
 his real estate until he had acquired by honest 
 toil one hundred and five acres, which he brought 
 under a high state of cultivation, and made his 
 permanent home for thirty years. 
 
 On account of business reverses Mr. Hupp set- 
 tled in Saline County, Mo., December 1, 1865, 
 and bought a tract of land containing six hun- 
 dred and fifty-eight acres, at that time worth 815 
 per acre, but now valued at *40 and upward. The 
 home of our subject is desirably located, and 
 could not be purchased for 811,000 with its ex- 
 cellent improvements. Aside from this property, 
 Mr. Hupp has given to each of his children a 
 quarter-section of tine land, or its equivalent in 
 money. Devoting his time to agricultural duties, 
 he raises mostly wheat and corn, and also is an 
 extensive stock-feeder. 
 
 Sharing Mr. Hupp's pleasant and attractive 
 home is his devoted wife, formerly Miss Louisa 
 Gardner, with whom he was united in marriage 
 June 9, 1837. Mrs. Hupp was born in 1814, and 
 was the mother of ten children, of whom there are 
 four boys and two girls living: Ann Elizabeth. 
 born in La Porte, Ind., in 1838, married William 
 Keplogle,and resides in her native city, where her 
 husband is a well-known banker and farmer. Or- 
 niond, born in La Porte, Ind., September 11, 1840, 
 married Mrs. Laura Campbell, and resides in Sa- 
 line County, where he owns nine hundred acres 
 of valuable land; he became the father of eleven 
 children, of whom there are nine living. Arthur, 
 born in La Porte, Ind., married Mrs. McAmis and 
 removed to Fairville, Saline County, where he is 
 a farmer and cattle dealer; Julia, born in Virginia, 
 married a Mr. Crane and died in 1880; Mary E., 
 whose native place is La Porte, Ind., is married 
 and lives in Wichita, Kan.; Theodore, born in 
 1857, married Miss Martha Davis, and they are the 
 parents of five children, two of whom now sur- 
 vive; he resides in Saline County, where he owns 
 three hundred and sixty acres of valuable land, 
 all under excellent cultivation. 
 
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 Mr. Hupp is a devoted member of the Baptist 
 Church, and a liberal supporter of that religious 
 organization located in Miami Township. Frater- 
 nally, he has been a Free Mason since 1839, when 
 In- joined that order in La Porte, and is now 
 identified with Lodge No. 85, at Miami. As a 
 pioneer settler in the West, he had many severe 
 and thrilling experiences. For a brief time dur- 
 ing the year 18:52 he lived in the wilderness of 
 Ohio, where he was once surrounded by wolves 
 and narrowly escaped with his life. Being nearer 
 his destination than he supposed, a friend heard 
 his cry for help and came to his relief. He has 
 had many hardships to surmount and obstacles to 
 overcome. Prior to his marriage he had $4,000 
 loaned out, and through the Bankrupt Act lost 
 every dollar of the amount. After his marriage 
 he suffered another heavy loss, as some scoundrel 
 poisoned eleven head of his best horses. Polit- 
 ically, our subject was in early days a Whig, and 
 later became an active supporter of the Repub- 
 lican party. In Indiana he served as Door-keeper 
 of the Legislature in 1845-46, one year in the 
 House and one year in the Senate when it was 
 Democratic. A true friend, a kind husband and 
 father, and a law-abiding citizen, he lias won and 
 retains the confidence of all who know him. 
 
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 ^ KS. EI'CY .1. DUVALL, one of the early 
 settlers of La Fayette County, Mo., now 
 residing upon the old place in township 
 4!), range 26, section 21, is an honorable 
 representative of the brave and cheerful pioneer 
 women of the State. Her birth took place Febru- 
 ary 14, 1830, in Jessamine Count}', Ky., a daugh- 
 ter of Dr. W. J. and Elizabeth (Tapp) Ballard, 
 both of whom were well-known and beloved resi- 
 dents of the localities where their last days were 
 passed. Dr. Ballard was a man whose life cannot 
 be passed by with only casual notice, as his was an 
 eventful career in many ways. Those who knew 
 him best remember that he was an honored citizen, 
 
 a skillful physician, and a noble Christian gentle- 
 man. He was born in Albemarle County, Va., 
 May 30, 1803, a son of .lames Ballard, who came 
 West when Dr. Ballard was but a lad of six years. 
 A common English education, such as was obtain- 
 able at that time, was the best that William re- 
 ceived, but when he left school he did not cease 
 studying. In fact, he was always studious, becom- 
 ing in time a man of superior culture and attain- 
 ments. Especially was Dr. Ballard noted for his 
 wonderful memory. 
 
 In connection with the above statement it may 
 be remarked that the greater part of the Bible was 
 at the call of Dr. Ballard, so thoroughly had he 
 read and studied the Sacred Word. For a period 
 of forty-six years he was connected with the 
 Methodist Church, having united with it in 1832, 
 in Jessamine County, Ky. Very early in his reli- 
 gious life, he became an exhorter and local 
 preacher. His sermons and addresses always com- 
 manded attention, not only on account of their 
 literary and oratorical merits, but also on account 
 of the vast fund of stories and anecdotes with 
 which he illustrated his remarks. A thorough 
 Methodist, he was still liberal in his views, and 
 often visited churches of other denominations. In 
 1822, Dr. Ballard married Elizabeth Tapp, near 
 Nicholasville, Ky., a lady who was but eight days 
 younger than himself. Their union was blessed 
 with nine children, those still living being as fol- 
 lows: Dr. L. J. Ballard, of Saybrook, 111.; William 
 A., of Clay County, Mo.; Mrs. Duvall, our subject; 
 Miranda E., wife of Dr. Hiram II. Rutlege, of 
 lliilsboro, III.; and Emily F., wife of Anderson 
 Brown, of Peoria, 111. 
 
 Dr. Ballard removed to Bloomington in 1855, 
 and, excepting for about one year and a-half, al- 
 ways lived in the house where he died. His medical 
 diploma was received from the Transylvania Medi- 
 cal School, of Lexington, Ky., in 1833, and for 
 about forty-five years he successfully practiced his 
 profession. The death of this good man, which 
 was presumably from some affection of the heart, 
 was not wholly unexpected, as he had been con- 
 fined to the house for some two months. The be- . 
 loved and honored mother of Mrs. Duvall was 
 Elizabeth Tapp Ballard, who was born in Culpeper 
 
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 County, Va., June 17, 1803, :i n <1 whose demise 
 occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Dr. 
 
 II. II. Rutlege, in Hillsboro, III., at the advanced 
 age of eighty-one years and ten months. In early 
 life, she removed with her parents to Kentucky 
 and settled in Jessamine County, where she was 
 married to the late Dr. W. .1. Ballard, November 
 [1, 1824. "Mother" Ballard, with her husband, 
 located at Nieholasville, Ky., where they resided 
 
 until IS.")."), when they removed to 111 iiiiigton, 
 
 111., and there lived most happily until June 26, 
 1878, when occurred the death of Dr. Ballard. 
 Some time after his death Mrs. Ballard decided to 
 spend the remainder of her days witli her children 
 in Saybrook and Hillsboro, 111. She had been a 
 faithful mother, had lived beyond her expectations, 
 and death found her ready and willing to go to 
 join those who had gone before. She was a 
 Christian wife and mother, patient, kind, intelli- 
 gent and true. 
 
 Our subject was reared in the pleasant town of 
 Nieholasville, Ky., where her father was a practic- 
 ing physician and minister of the Gospel. She re- 
 ceived a liberal education, growing to womanhood 
 an intelligent and fair daughter of a State noted 
 for its charming women, and there was united in 
 matrimony, May 1, 1851, with William P. Duvall." 
 The latter was a native of Woodford County. Ky., 
 born January 11, 1820, a sun of George II. and 
 Elizabeth (Price) Duvall, both of whom were na- 
 tives of Virginia. In his native State, he grew to 
 manhood, receiving a fair education, which he 
 supplemented through life with varied reading. 
 For a time following the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Duvall resided in Kentucky, but later removed to 
 the State of Missouri, locating in Lexington, La 
 Fayette Count}', where they resided for a quarter 
 of a century. 
 
 At this time Mr. Duvall was engaged in the 
 business of photographing, conducting it with 
 great success, but the confinement told upon his 
 health, and he found it advisable to seek a more 
 active employment. Hence, in 1869, the family 
 moved out to the pleasant farm where Mrs. Duvall 
 now resides, where the}- lived until just prior to 
 his death, when they moved back to Lexington. 
 His decease took place April 30, 1877, and he 
 
 passed from earth a man respected by all with 
 whom he had ever come in contact. The Christian 
 Church had always found in him a firm supporter, 
 for he loved its service, and was one of its most 
 efficient and valued Deacons. Always ready to 
 contribute to anything which his good judgment 
 told him was for the advancement of the material 
 interests of the town or county, he became one of 
 the prominent men of the community. Especially 
 was our subject known for his hospitality, and 
 many there are in the county who have partaken 
 of it. Mrs. Duvall is also an active worker, not 
 only in the Christian Church, but in all that con- 
 cerns the g 1 of the neighborhood. She is a 
 
 good neighbor, a kind friend, and one ever ready 
 and willing to afford assistance, if within her 
 power. 
 
 The family of Mr. and Mis. Duvall consisted of 
 nine children, four of whom are living, as follows: 
 Elizabeth, the wife of C. W. Kennedy; George W., 
 Charles .1.. and James R. John H., a son by a 
 former marriage of Mr. Duvall, is also living. The 
 farm upon which Mrs. Duvall makes her home, and 
 which is in her possession, consists of one hundred 
 and twenty acres of land, and this is in a fine state 
 of cultivation. Her life is a quiet, peaceful one, 
 devoted to the ordinary duties of her station, and 
 to the dispensing of the true hospitality which her 
 husband so dearly loved to show. Although but 
 sixty-three years of age, she has seen a wonderful 
 growth and development in the State and county 
 since her coming here. May her days be long and 
 pleasantly occupied, until her summons comes to 
 join those gone before. 
 
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 JHEODORE HUPP. The owner and occupier 
 
 of the excellent farm located on section 8, 
 township 52, Saline County, is the gentle- 
 man whose name is to be seen at the head of this 
 sketch. He is a native of the Iloosier State and 
 was bom in La Porte, November 5, 1855. He is a 
 son of Abraham and Louisa Hupp. Our subject was 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 educated at Huntsville (Mo.) Academy, and left 
 school at the age of nineteen years well equipped 
 to take upon himself the responsibilities of a busi- 
 ih'.-s life 
 
 Mr. Hupp was engaged in work upon his father's 
 farm and had a partnership in the same until the 
 place was cleared up and out of debt. He built a 
 good bouse and barn and greatly improved the 
 place in general. Later his father gave him a 
 tract comprising forty acres of land, which was 
 well worth at that time $1,200. Upon this he 
 ri.ited a snug little house, devoting to it the 
 savings from his hard labor. About that time he 
 married Miss Martha Davis, their marriage being 
 solemnized November 12,1879. She was a native 
 of Saline County and was born in 1861, being 
 the daughter of Tyre and Mary Davis. The young 
 couple immediately moved into the little home 
 which had previously been prepared for their occu- 
 pancy. They remained there one year and added 
 to the original tract one hundred and forty acres, 
 which was valued at $30 per acre. 
 
 This last addition to the property was purchased 
 on credit, but in the incredibly short space of three 
 years he had so managed as to have discharged 
 the entire indebtedness. It took Spartan energy 
 and the severest economy on the part of himself 
 and wife to accomplish this. At the same time he 
 was in partnership with his father and purchased 
 with him another tract of fifty-seven acres, for $19 
 per acre. This was sold at the expiration of three 
 years to a Mr. Watson Wood. About this time 
 Mr. Hupp purchased at sheriff's sale, of the Mc 
 Amis heirs, a tract of one hundred and seventy- 
 two and a-half acres, for which he paid *20 an 
 acre. This brought upon him new obligations 
 and incumbrance, but he paid off the indebtedness, 
 partly in work, lie had to resort to many make- 
 shifts in order to raise the money, growing wheat 
 and herding cattle to get together the payments 
 on the land, but at the expiration of four years he 
 was again free from debt. He now has an attrac- 
 tive and comfortable home, with barns and out- 
 buildings in keeping with the place. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hupp have been made happy by 
 the advent into their home life of live children. 
 Neither have they been spared sorrow, for only 
 
 two of their children are now living. The eldest, 
 F.rma. who was born in 1880, attends school in the 
 vicinity of her home. Roscoe was born in L887. 
 Mr. Hupp is. and has been since boyhood, an ener- 
 getic worker and a public-spirited business man. 
 Many men who find it necessary to devote much 
 time to the drudgery of business find the process 
 hardening to the better nature. Not so with our 
 subject, however, as witness his treatment of his 
 nephew, Walter Crane, who was left as a boy of 
 five years to the care of his grandfather. He made 
 his home with him twelve years and then came to 
 live with our subject, with whom he has since re- 
 sided, sharing equally in all the property with the 
 original of our sketch. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hupp are members of the Baptist, 
 Church, and the interest that he gives to religion 
 is of the most active sort. When the new Baptist 
 Church was. built some few } - ears ago, Mr. Hupp 
 was appointed Trustee and also one of the Deacons, 
 and has continued to be so associated ever since. 
 Politically, our subject is a Republican, and, al- 
 though he is not an aspirant for office, he takes a 
 verv active interest in local affairs. 
 
 
 ff AMES E. PAYNE, the editor of the Intelli- 
 gencer, published in Lexington, Mo., and 
 one of the oldest newspapers in this section 
 of the Shite, is a fluent editorial writer and 
 an excellent business manager, thoroughly posted 
 in all details of newspaper work. Our subject 
 was born in Christian County, Ky., January 21. 
 1841. His father. Edward Payne, was of English 
 descent, but was himself a native of Kentucky, 
 and a successful agriculturist of the State. His 
 wife. Mary Ann Callaway, was born in Kentucky, 
 and was a daughter of John Callaway, who served 
 with courage in the Revolutionary War. and was 
 a native of Virginia. Mrs. Edward Payne was al- 
 so a distant relative of Daniel Boone, of Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 Edward Payne died in Husseliville, Ky., in 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 189 
 
 1840, shortly before the birth of our subject, 
 whose devoted mother passed away in Cass County, 
 Mo. James K. Payne was the youngest of seven 
 children, two girls and five manly hoys compris- 
 ing the home circle. Our subject spent his youth- 
 ful days in the States of Illinois and Missouri. 
 and moved to Kansas City in 18.">7, attending a 
 
 private srl 1 one session. In 18G1 Mr. Payne 
 
 entered the Confederate service, and enlisted in 
 Company A. Sixth Missouri Infantry, Confederate 
 States of America, of which he was First Sergeant, 
 and participated in the following battles: Elkhorn 
 Tavern, Iuka. Corinth. Ft. Gibson, Champion 
 Hill, and Vicksburg,and in the various engagements 
 of the long campaign distinguished himself by 
 his courageous conduct upon the held of war. 
 Our subject was wounded in the conflicts of Cor- 
 inth, Champion Mill and at Vicksburgh, and 
 gave four years of faithful service. 
 
 At the close of the war, returning to Kansas 
 City, he engaged in business as a civil engineer, 
 and did work for the city, remaining in this place 
 busily employed for three years. In 1868 he be- 
 came connected with the Commercial Advertiser 
 and in 1*71 established the Cass County Courier, 
 which he successfully edited in Harrisonville, Mo., 
 for eight years. At the expiration of this length 
 of time, Mr. Payne purchased the Sentinel, which 
 he continued to publish at Independence until 
 1890, when he sold out his interest in the paper, 
 and in 1891 bought the Intelligencer, in Lexington, 
 which at the present time he edits and controls. 
 The readable paper, nine-column folio, issued 
 each week, is Democratic in politics, and has a 
 good circulation both in the city of Lexington 
 and in the surrounding country, and has been 
 established since 1871. The Intelligencer is attrac- 
 tive in appearance, and is most ably conducted, 
 and is surely winning its way into still more ex- 
 tended favor. 
 
 Our subject was married in 1878 to Miss Anna 
 Hickman, of Independence, Mo., her father, 
 Edwin Hickman, being a well-known resident of 
 that city. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Payne 
 lias been blessed by the birth of one daughter and 
 three sons. Katherine is the wife of Fred 1 1. Starr, 
 of the Kansas City Bank of Commerce; Robert 
 
 Emmet and John Howard, the two sons, arc well 
 known in Lexington, while the third son is dead. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Payne are among the members of 
 the Christian Church, and are identified with the 
 enterprises and good works of that denomination. 
 
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 AMES B. HOOK, an excellent business 
 man of the city of Lexington, Mo., is the 
 subject of this sketch. His occupation is 
 §^/' that of selling farm machinery, feed and 
 seed, the business having been established by his 
 father about 1868. He was welcomed into the 
 world in Lexington Township, La F^ryette County, 
 Mi>., January 19. 1850, a son of Joseph and Par- 
 thena Ann (Carlisle) Hook, natives of Virginia. 
 They came to the State of Missouri in 1843, and 
 lived in Livingston County until 1844, when they 
 came to La Fayette and located upon a farm, where 
 they remained until 1868, when Mr. Hook came 
 into Lexington and there started his store, which 
 our subject bought in 1889, and Mr. Hook, Sr., re- 
 tired from business and lives in this city. The 
 mother died here in 1884, in her sixty-fifth pear. 
 
 Our subject is one of a family of eight children, 
 six of whom are still living. James B. spent his 
 early years on the farm, then attended the Lex- 
 ington schools, and later took a business course in 
 Spalding's Commercial College, in Kansas City. 
 Following this he entered into the farm implement 
 business in Odessa, but returned to Lexington in 
 1884, when he formed a partnership with his father 
 in the implement trade, which he now conducts 
 alone. His marriage took place in Lexington, in 
 1 882, with Mis> Eliza Sand if er, of this city. a daugh- 
 ter of Roberl Sandifer, and two sons. Harry and 
 Omar, have blessed this union. 
 
 In his political opinions Mr. Hook is a Democrat, 
 and in 1890 was elected to fill the office of .Justice 
 of the Peace for a term of four years. Socially he 
 is a member of the order of the Knights of Pythias, 
 having joined in 1878. His religious connection 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 is with the First Baptist Church, in which he is a 
 valued member. The family residence is in a 
 beautiful part of the city, near Central College. 
 Our subject may he called one of the rising men of 
 Lexington, as lie has displayed those business traits 
 of character which insure success. 
 
 fi==*REDERICK R. NEET. Who has ever heard 
 ■Wgy of Southerners doing without the luxury 
 _i of ice? And this aid in the dainties, in the 
 
 making of which the Southern women are notable, 
 is the source of handsome revenue to many large 
 firms. Our subject, Mr. Neet, is a dealer in Lex- 
 ington, La Fayette County, in both natural and 
 artificial ice. He was born in Jessamine County, 
 Ky., and is a son of Jacob and Sarah (Robb) Neet. 
 They were a family of farmers, as the largest and 
 best portion of Blue Grass residents are. 
 
 Up to seventeen years of age our subject re- 
 mained at home and attended the common school. 
 He was then apprenticed to learn the carpenter's 
 trade, at which he worked until 1852, when he 
 came to Lexington and was employed at his trade 
 until 1861. In April of that year he enlisted in 
 the First Regiment of Missouri Infantry, com- 
 manded at that time by Frank Blair. lie was the 
 sixty-first man in the State of Missouri to enlist 
 in the Union army, and for three months gave 
 faithful service. He was then appointed Captain 
 to recruit a company, and was breveted Captain 
 of the First Regiment from New Mexico. 
 
 Mr. Neet was taken prisoner at the battle of 
 Lexington, Mo., but was exchanged and enlisted 
 in the Eighth Regiment of Kansas Infantry, with 
 which he served until after the battle of Shiloh. 
 In 1862 he was promoted to the office of Major of 
 the Tenth Missouri Cavalry, and remained with 
 them until the close of the war. Thus it may be 
 seen that Mr. Neet is of the liber of which heroes 
 are made. 
 
 Our subject engaged in the cultivation of fruits 
 and vegetables near Lexington, which business he 
 
 conducted until 1882. The demand for ice had 
 then become so great as to promise an important 
 industry, and the opportunity was seized by our 
 subject to develop the enterprise. He has been 
 very successful, and handles large quantities of 
 both the natural and artificial article. I n politics Mr. 
 Neet is a Republican, the principles of that party 
 having been his for many years. He is a member of 
 the James A. Mulligan Post No. 11, G. A. R., and 
 was Commander for four years. 
 
 In 1868 our subject married Miss Ella, a daugh- 
 ter of William A. Bethel, of this city. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Neet are the parents of one daughter, Aha 
 by name, and the light of the household. Aside 
 from his business as described, our subject pays 
 
 I -iderable attention to the raising of fruit, for 
 
 which he finds a ready market at home. 
 
 aHARLES W. HOUSTON. Among the pleas- 
 j, ant, genial residents of Saline County, none 
 ' are more favorably known than the subject 
 of this sketch. Although his birth took place in 
 the old Dutch county of Lancaster, Pa., upon June 
 27. 1826. his family originated among the dells 
 and glens of Scotland. The first representatives 
 of the Houston family in America came here 
 with a colony of Scotch-Presbyterians at a very 
 early day, and settled in Pennsylvania. There 
 were five brothers, of whom the great-grandfather 
 of our subject was one. They all did not remain 
 together, but two settled in the South, and there 
 reared families, from one branch of which de- 
 scended the Texan patriot, Gen. Sam Houston. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject, who bore the 
 name of Samuel, was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 and at a place locally known as '• The Gap," six- 
 teen miles from the thriving city of Lancaster, he 
 passed his last years. He had been a man of con- 
 siderable property and of influence in the county. 
 At that home the father of our subject, named Will- 
 iam, was born in 1800, and there passed his boy- 
 hood and youth. At the age of maturity, he en- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 101 
 
 gaged in the iron business in Bellefonte, Centre 
 
 i ity, Pa. He married Mi-s Elizabeth B. Noble, 
 
 a lady born in Philadelphia, July 24, 1803, who 
 died July 1. 1868, in Saline County, Mo. She 
 was the daughter of William Noble, of Chester 
 County, Pa. 
 
 In is 17, Mr. Houston discontinued his iron 
 business, and in 184!) went to California, taking 
 the Isthmus route. There lie died in 185!), having 
 made but one visit home during all those years. 
 His family consisted of five children, as follows: 
 Samuel N., deeeased; Charles W .. our subject; 
 Franklin, deceased; William, deeeased; and Henry 
 A., who lives near Grand Rapids. Mich. The sec- 
 ond son of the above-named Mi. Houston is the 
 immediate subject of the biographer's notice, and 
 if he had not been a prominent man in his county 
 his life would not have possessed the interest 
 which it does for the general reader. He has seen 
 life in several of the best States in the Union, hav- 
 ing grown up under his father's care and in his 
 business while residing in the Keystone State. 
 
 In the spring of 181'J, our subject came to 
 Waverly, La Fayette County. Mo., and at that 
 time he found but a wild, uncultivated stretch of 
 land. It possessed much natural beauty, but it is 
 not probable that this influenced the early settlers 
 as much as did the unmistakable fertility of the 
 soil and the salubrity of the climate. Here our 
 subject made his home, and often enjoyed the pas- 
 time of hunting, as the country at that time was 
 simply overrun with wild turkeys, geese, brant, 
 ducks and quail. This pastime was principally car- 
 ried on in the winter, as the summer brought more 
 serious duties. The love of sportsman-like enjoy- 
 ments has not yet left our subject, and it is no un- 
 usual sight to see him upon a brisk autumn morn- 
 ing, with gun on shoulder, accompanied by friend 
 and dog. on his way to some old haunts, although 
 he does not find game as plentiful as in the days 
 gone by. 
 
 In the spring of 1850, our subject, joining in 
 with a party of some sixty others, made an over- 
 land trip to California. The company formed at 
 Lexington, Mo., going by the way of Salt Lake, 
 a pari making the trip north of it, and the other 
 west of it, both parties re-uniting about one 
 
 hundred miles beyond Salt Lake, arriving within 
 a few minutes of each other. Our subject reached 
 California in August, 1850, and remained there 
 until the winter of 1851, when he returned home 
 by wa\ of Central America, spending the greater 
 part of the winter in that wonderful country, and 
 arriving at home in the spring of 1852. 
 
 The first marriage of our subject took place No- 
 vember 15. 1853, with Miss Margaret Major, and 
 the following children blessed this union: Laura 
 L., who became the wife of Henry Scearce, of La 
 Fayette County, and Noble M. Mrs. Houston was 
 the daughter of < >. T. and Nancy J. Major, and 
 died November 6, 1857. The second marriage of 
 Mr. Houston was celebrated < (ctober 12, 1858. with 
 Miss Fiances A. Fackler, in Leavenworth City, 
 Kan., and two children, Charles F. and Martha F., 
 have resulted from this marriage. 
 
 In the spring of 1855, our subject embarked in 
 business in Waverly, Mo., and later settled upon 
 the farm in Saline County where he now lives. 
 This is a fine piece of property, consisting of one 
 hundred and sixty-live acres. Until recently Mr. 
 Houston had been a Democrat, but he has be- 
 come a member of the Fanners' Alliance and 
 now votes the Third party ticket. The family of 
 Mrs. Houston has an interesting record, which we 
 take pleasure in giving below: The ancestors of 
 the Fackler family came to America from Ger- 
 many, and tin- father of Mrs. Houston, Jacob 
 Fackler. was born in Ilagerstown, Md. The fam- 
 ily name is an old one in the State of Maryland, 
 having been known there for over two hundred 
 years. ( )ne of its early members became l'resi- 
 dent of the second college that was founded in 
 this country. Grandfather Fackler, a Captain in 
 the Revolutionary army, later became a merchant 
 in Richmond. Va.. moving from there to Staunton, 
 Va., where he carried on the same business until 
 his death. During life he leased property for a 
 term of ninety-nine years, and upon this his de- 
 scendants lived until within three years of the ex- 
 piration of the lease. 
 
 Jacob Fackler, whose birth occurred in Maryland, 
 in 1771, died in Saline County, Mo., in 1855. 
 When he had attained his majority, he entered 
 into the mercantile business with his father in 
 
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 POxlTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Virginia, and there married Miss Matilda Morris, 
 of Louisa County, Va., in 1810. She was a daugh- 
 ter of Guthrie Morris, a prominent resident of 
 that county. When seventy-five years old, Mr. 
 Fackler came from Virginia to Missouri on horse- 
 back and bought a farm six miles south of Mar- 
 shall, where he lived until 1850. lie then, with 
 his son George, located on section 5, township 50, 
 range •-'•'!. The mother's death occurred in Sept- 
 ember, 1841. These worthy people had been the 
 parents of twelve children, of whom the following 
 survive: Mary C, wife of Thomas Gaines, of Sa- 
 line County; Elizabeth E., residing in Los Angeles, 
 Cal.; Martha L., the widow of Albert Major, of 
 Los Angeles; Frances A., Mrs. Houston ; Rev. D. M., 
 pastor of an Episcopal Church in New York City; 
 Dr. G. M., of Kansas City; and George J., also of 
 Kansas City. The rest of the family have passed 
 away. 
 
 siz^x APT. JOSEPH R. BARNETT, a well-known 
 ((( , n and prosperous agriculturist and successful 
 ^^&y breeder and stock-raiser of blooded cattle 
 and fine trotting horses, is numbered among the 
 prominent and progressive citizens of Lexington 
 Township, La Fayette County, Mo. His valuable 
 farm, highly improved and yielding, under the 
 excellent management of our subject,an abundant 
 crop annually, is located upon section 20, township 
 50, range 26. Capt. Barnett is a native of the 
 good old State of Kentucky, whose proud boast 
 has always been that no State in the Union has 
 ever produced more brave men or lovelier women. 
 Madison County was the early home of our subject, 
 and within its borders he was born in duly, 1829. 
 The paternal and maternal ancestors of the Bar- 
 nett family were of Scotch, English and Irish de- 
 scent. The grandfather of our subject. Judge 
 Joseph Barnett, was a member of the first families 
 of the Old Dominion and was born and educated 
 in Virginia, lie later became one of the earlyset- 
 tlers of Kentucky and was a man of eminence and 
 
 ability. The father and mother of Capt. Barnett 
 were Joseph and Elizabeth (Ryland) Barnett, both 
 natives of Virginia, who afterward removed to 
 Kentucky and reared their family in their adopted 
 State, where they were well known and highly re- 
 spected. Our subject spent the early days of his 
 boyhood in Madison County, and in attending 
 school and assisting his father the years went by 
 until reaching his eighteenth year, when he came 
 in the fall of 1848 to La Fayette County. 
 
 In 18t'j Capt. Barnett, allured by the fabulous 
 stories of the golden El Dorado of the West, started 
 on the overland trip to California, and. slowly 
 crossing the country by team, was six months on 
 the road. Reaching the Golden State our subject 
 at first devoted himself to mining and prospecting. 
 After a time he engaged in transporting Govern- 
 ment supplies, and a full decade had passed away 
 when, in 1859, he returned once again to Missouri 
 and successfully entered into the agricultural du- 
 ties which have ever since claimed his steady at- 
 tention. For some time he has profitably handled 
 thoroughbred Jersey cattle and also owns some es- 
 pecially fine trotting stock. His commodious sta- 
 bles hold thirty head of trotting horses of the 
 famed Hambletonian. Wilkes and Mambrino stock. 
 These finely bred horses have already established 
 a record as t':i>t trotters and give great promise of 
 speed on the track. The farm of one hundred and 
 fifty acres is thriftily managed, and its constantly 
 increasing harvest yields a handsome return for 
 the care and labor expended in enriching and cul- 
 tivating the soil. 
 
 Capt. Barnett took unto himself a wife in 1871, 
 at this date marrying Miss Clarice, a daughter of 
 Lawson Grant, a native of Marysville, Ky., who 
 made his home in Missouri when he wasayoungand 
 energetic man. Our subject's wife was born and 
 reared in Missouri, and both Captain and Mrs. Bar- 
 nett are widely known and highly esteemed. Our 
 subject has passed years of usefulness and honor, 
 and is numbered among the substantial citizens 
 whose best efforts in life are given in behalf of the 
 upward progress and rapid advancement of the 
 prominent interests of their immediate homes and 
 vicinity. Actively realizing the importance of 
 wise and efficient conduct of local and national 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 195 
 
 politics, Capt. Barnett is a strong Democrat and 
 rejoices in the success of that party whose princi- 
 ples and platform lus ancestors worthily sustained. 
 As for himself, never seeking political preferment, 
 lie is content to do hi- duty at the polls and abide 
 by the result with the calm certainty that the great 
 privilege is given to every true American citizen 
 to aid in the guidance of our glorious Ship of 
 State. 
 
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 ^f OHN J. GROSS is a prominent and highly 
 respected farmer of Saline County, and re- 
 sides on section 26, township 49, range 23, 
 where he and his amiable wife have estab- 
 lished a cozy home. He is well informed, and has 
 a store of knowledge gained by actual experience in 
 different portions of the country, having traveled 
 quite extensively, and seen not a little of the hard- 
 ships of life. His biography reads like a story- 
 book, and is more interesting than the ordinary 
 novel, because it is known to be true. His ex- 
 perience in the Western country as a gold-hunter 
 furnishes some thrilling incidents, as well as tales 
 of suffering and danger, that would fill a good- 
 sized volume if written out in detail. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was born in Bavaria, 
 Germany, on the 27th of March, 1830. His par- 
 ents, Conrad and Salome (Dather) Gross, were also 
 from Bavaria. The father, who was a farmer, 
 emigrated to America with his wife and two chil- 
 dren. Elizabeth and John, in the year 1830, sailing 
 from Havre, France, and landing in Philadelphia 
 after a voyage of more than two months. He 
 located in Warren County, Pa., and engaged in 
 farming, buying land there. In June, 1836, the 
 family moved to Naperville, DuPage County, 111., 
 where they bought land, and there the father died 
 in April, 1 850, at the age of fifty-four, lie had 
 been sick much of the time for years, having in- 
 jured his health when clearing land in Pennsyl- 
 vania, where lie was a pioneer among the Alle- 
 ghanies. When in the old Country he served six 
 years in the army in Bavaria, with head-quarters 
 at Londau, After coming to America, he joined 
 
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 the Whig party. In the Evangelical Association 
 he served as Class-leader, exhorter and Trustee. 
 The mother was again married, taking for her 
 second husband Jacob Schnavelcy. She died in 
 1864. 
 
 Of the live children of his father's family, our 
 subject was the second, and he with a sister, Mrs. 
 E. G. Morton, of Naperville, 111., are the only 
 survivors. A younger brother, Daniel N., served 
 in the late War, being an Orderly under Gen. 
 Sumner, and was wounded m the battle of the 
 Wilderness. He died in Yankton, S. Dak., in 1890, 
 being at the time of his death a hardware mer- 
 chaut of that place, and also County Auditor. He 
 had been Treasurer of I Hi Page County, 111., and 
 for thirteen years served as Postmaster of Naper- 
 ville, the same county. He was a prominent mem- 
 ber of the Congregational Church and a highly 
 esteemed man. Another brother crossed the plains 
 in 1852, and died in California at the age of 
 twenty-one. 
 
 John J. was reared on the farm. His education 
 was limited to the instruction received in the old 
 log school house of that day. His father's health 
 being poor, and he being the eldest at home, natur- 
 ally a great deal of care and work devolved upon 
 him. lie remained at home until 1850, and on 
 March 21 of that year left Naperville to begin a 
 journey across the plains to California, where he 
 wished to mine for gold. He went with a com- 
 pany of men with teams, and en route stopped at 
 Salt Lake City, and listened to the preaching of 
 Brigham Young. Toward the end of his journey, 
 his provisions gave out, and he suffered the lack 
 of food for many meals. 
 
 The party camped on the summit of the Sierra 
 Nevada Mountains on the night of July 23, and 
 there our traveler was obliged to leave his horse, 
 taking his pack upon his back. In crossing the 
 Greal American Desert he almost perished for 
 want of water, but meeting a few good Samaritans 
 received aid from them. Mr. Cross began mining 
 August 7. 1850, the second day after his arrival at 
 Placerville, Cal. At this time he was in debt to 
 
 the : mil of $54.50, bul was so successful that 
 
 he soon found gold enough to clear his indebted- 
 ness, and purchase a few tools beside. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 About that time, when everything seemed so fa- 
 vorable, our miner was taken ill with typhoid fever 
 and other complications, and here again he found 
 good Samaritans to care for him. But his sick- 
 ness cost him a large sum of mone3 - : he paid 818 a 
 week to be waited upon; his doctor's bill was $8 a 
 day. and at the end of his two months' illness, he 
 was about $1000 in debt. This was a discouraging 
 state of affairs, but he went to work bravely to 
 make good the loss, as soon as he was sufticientl}' 
 recovered, This time his work was in "Dead 
 Man's Hollow," and along "Muddy Springs." He 
 worked there during the winter of 1850-51, doing 
 well, and paying each week something toward his 
 debt. On Sunday he usually carried his little sack 
 of gold dust that he had earned during the week 
 to those whom he owed for caring for him. He 
 had to walk eight miles to do this, but continued 
 doing so until he had paid every cent of the debt. 
 The people who saved his life at the critical period 
 mentioned were James Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. 
 Alverson, all from Naperville, 111., and Dr. Clark 
 from Chicago. 
 
 After his debt was paid, Mr. Gross went to 
 Northern California and worked for a short time 
 in the mines at Weaverville, when his health again 
 failed. He then hired out to a company on the 
 east side of the Sacramento River to make hay. 
 He soon gained the confidence of his emploj'ers, 
 and was appointed overseer in charge of the men. 
 He was then twenty-one miles east of what was 
 called Reding Springs, and in a part of the country 
 where Indians were numerous and troublesome, 
 . necessitating the keeping of a guard during the 
 night for two months. He slept with his weapons 
 near him every night during this time. They 
 were attacked on several occasions about daybreak, 
 and were obliged to fire upon their foes. One 
 morning when the men were out at work, the 
 Indians sneaked into the camp and murdered the 
 cook, a tine young man of eighteen; they then 
 stole a good many useful things from the store of 
 the miners, and made their escape. Pursuit was 
 made, and tlte second day the Indians were found 
 and attacked, twenty of them being killed and two 
 taken prisoners. In the fall of 1851, Mr. Gross 
 and his comrade returned home by way of the 
 
 Isthmus. During his absence, his health had been 
 nearly ruined by drinking the alkali water from 
 the Humboldt River. On his return he took 
 charge of his father's property and engaged in 
 farming. 
 
 Mr. Gross was married December 23, 1852, his 
 bride being Miss Eliza Meyers, who was born in 
 Lancaster County, Pa., and came to Illinois in 
 1844 with her parents. They have had eight chil- 
 dren: John W., who is clerking in a store at Seda- 
 lia; Alice S., wife of August Eisner, a merchant in 
 Sweet Springs; Walter J., who married Maria 
 Parrish, and is a telegraph operator at Wheaton, 
 Minn.; Lydia F., wife of James Magness, of Sweet 
 Springs; Daniel W.. at home; Samuel J., deceased; 
 Milly A. and Edwin S., at home. All have had 
 good educational advantages, and the eldest 
 daughter has taught school several terms. 
 
 Mr. Gross remained on the old homestead in 
 Illinois until 1875, in the spring of which year he 
 came to Saline County, and purchased one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of land in Salt Pond Town- 
 ship, where he now lives. He has re-fenced the 
 property, and cleared and otherwise greatly im- 
 proved the land. In July, 1886, his house was 
 destroyed by fire; fortunately, he was insured, and 
 so rebuilt, putting up a substantial frame house. 
 He has one hundred and seventy acres of good 
 land, which makes one of the fine farms of the 
 county. He has all the more reason to feel satis- 
 fied with his work from the fact that he started 
 poor. He is a Republican, and a member of the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Missouri. 
 Both he and his wife are members of the Evan- 
 gelical Association. 
 
 /jf$s& USAN W. HAGOOD. It is a pleasure to 
 ^S^> indite a biographical sketch of the lady 
 \\m_)j) whose name appears above, and who lias 
 for many years been associated with the 
 growth and molding of the social part of this lo- 
 cality. Mrs. Ilagood lives in township 29, range 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
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 2G. She i> a native of La Fayette County, having 
 been born April 10, 1837, and has spent her whole 
 life here. She is a daughter of William and 
 Rhoda (White) Beatie, natives <>f Virginia. Her 
 maternal grandsire, Richard White, is said to have 
 been a Revolutionary soldier. 
 
 William Beatie, our subject's father, moved 
 with his family to .Missouri in 1833, locating at 
 first in Boone County; thence coming to La lay- 
 ette County. In the same year he settled on the 
 farm now owned by Mr. McMeeken. on section 1 1, 
 township 29, range 26, and was regarded as one 
 of the earliest as well as most progressive settlers 
 in this locality. His decease occurred in 1 m 7 ."> . 
 while on a trip to California. His wife survived 
 until March 12, 1881. 
 
 In her girlhood our subject attended the pio- 
 neer schools which the early settlers ambitiously 
 denied themselves many comforts in order to se- 
 cure, but which at best were poor makeshifts for 
 acquiring an education. The country was very 
 undeveloped at the time of her earliest recollec- 
 tions and she has frequently seen herds of deer 
 grazing where now there are well-cultivated farms. 
 Later she was sent to a private school at Lexing- 
 ton and was considered a highly accomplished 
 young lady. She met in her early youth William 
 F. Ilagood, whom she married September 30, 1857. 
 Mr. Ilagood was a native of Todd County, Ky., 
 and was born November 19, 1818. He was a son 
 of Robert and Harriet (Payne) Ilagood, natives of 
 Kentucky. The former is long since deceased; 
 the mother still survives and makes her home in 
 La Fayette County. Mo. Her husband was a sol- 
 dier in the War of 1812 and the aged lady, ninety- 
 five years of age, is still in the receipt of a pen- 
 sion from the Government. She is counted among 
 the oldest women in the count}-. 
 
 William F. Ilagood was reared in his native 
 State until twenty years of age, when with his 
 [parents he moved to Missouri and located in St. 
 Louis County. Thence he removed to Benton 
 County, where he lived for several years, and from 
 there came to l.a Fayette County about. 1848. 
 This continued to be his home until the time of 
 his death, which occurred in 1880, his obsequies 
 having taken place February 27. lie was a man 
 
 greatly esteemed by all who knew him and had a 
 high standard of honor, morality and business in- 
 tegrity. 
 
 Our subject has been the mother of >ix children, 
 whose names are: Joseph B., Mary V., Thomas II.. 
 Clara (Mrs. II. C. Baker), Florence G. and Mattie 
 
 R. Mr. Hag 1 was in politics a Democrat, his 
 
 opinions being molded after the Clay pattern. 
 He was a member of the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows at Lexington and was popular among 
 his confreres. He was a kind father and good 
 husband, always doing for his family all that was 
 in his power to develop the best that was in them. 
 For many 3'ears he and his wife were identified 
 with the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Ilagood still 
 lives on the home farm and owns about one hun- 
 dred and forty-two acres of land, which is under 
 srood cultivation. 
 
 ^ .KY. T. PEYTON WALTON is President of 
 the Elizabeth Aull Female Seminary, which 
 is located at Lexington. Mo. Before taking 
 ^p) up the personal history of the original of 
 this sketch, we will glance in a cursory way at the 
 history of the institution with which his name is so 
 prominently connected. The school, which is the 
 oldest in the State, was founded by the lady whose 
 name it bears, Elizabeth Aull, and is under the con- 
 trol of Trustees chosen by the Presbyterian Church 
 of Lexington and the Presbytery of La Fayette. 
 It was chartered March 12. 1859, and was endowed 
 by the Missouri Legislature with full collegiate 
 privileges. 
 
 The other officers of the Seminary at the present 
 time (1892) are S. (i. Wentworth, Vice-President; 
 Dr. P. II. Chambers, Secretary; W. G. McCausland, 
 Treasurer. Prior to the incumbency of the Rev. 
 Mr. Walton a- head of the institution, the follow- 
 in- Presidents in their chronological order wereat 
 the head of the institution : Rev. LewisG. Barbour, 
 D.D., 1860-1865; R. W. Finlcy. 18G5-1867; An- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 thony Ilavnes. 1867-1870; Rev. J. A. Quarles, 
 I). I)., 1870-1873; J. M. Chaney, D. D., 1873-1876; 
 A. II. Todd, 1876-1877; Rev. J. A. Quarles, D. D., 
 
 1877-1886; .1. I). Blanton, 1886-1892; our subject 
 
 completing the list of Presidents. 
 
 Rev. T. Peyton Walton was born in Cumber- 
 land County, Va., May 23, 1853. lie is the son of 
 the late Dr. Richard P. Walton, of Norfolk, Va., 
 his mother having been Miss Mary .1. Woodson. 
 Our subject's paternal grandsire was Thomas H. 
 Walton. The family is of English origin, the 
 originator of the American branch having settled 
 in Virginia at an early date. Mary Woodson's 
 family were French-Huguenots. 
 
 The original of this sketch spent his boyhood 
 days iu Cumberland County. Like most Virginia 
 youths whose parents were in comfortable circum- 
 stances, he was sent to a private school, where he 
 was prepared for college, and entered the college at 
 Hampden Sidney, Prince Edward County, in 1874. 
 In that old college, in which Christianity holds so 
 prominent a place, our subject diligently pursued 
 his studies and graduated in the classical course in 
 1877. He then entered the Union Theological 
 Seminary of Virginia, where he pursued his studies 
 for three years, graduating in 1880, and in the fall 
 of that year he was ordained by the Missouri Presbj- 
 tery at Mt. Olivet Church, Callaway County, and 
 immediately took charge of a mission field in 
 Chariton Count}'. Since then he has been succes- 
 sively in charge of churches at Brunswick; Ashley, 
 Pike County, and Court Street Church at Ports- 
 mouth, Va., also Mizpah Church, of St. Louis 
 County, Mo. 
 
 Being recognized in his church as a man of deep 
 scholarship as well as piety, Mr. Walton's value in 
 the educational work of the church was soon seen, 
 and he was summoned from Portsmouth, Va., to 
 take charge of Watson Seminary, which was located 
 at Ashley, Pike County, this State. He had sus- 
 tained his position with that school with marked 
 success for two years, when, on account of failing 
 health. In 1 was compelled to retire from educational 
 work and accepted the charge of the Mizpah Church 
 in St. Louis County, where he remained live years. 
 dune 1, 1892, lie was elected President of the 
 Elizabeth Aull Seminary, and the following day 
 
 entered upon his duties. In spite of his having been 
 so recently connected with the institution, former 
 knowledge of our subject enables us to speak reas- 
 suringly of the success that will undoubtedly attend 
 his labors. The Board of Trustees has selected the 
 right man for the right place. His energy and 
 ambition will supplement his scholarship most ad- 
 mirably m the educational work. 
 
 Mr. Walton is a Knight Templar, and a member 
 of Ashley Lodge. Bowling Green Chapter, and 
 Cyrene Commandery, of the A. F. & A. M. May 
 20, 1884. Mr. Walton married Miss Annie M., 
 daughter of Ferdinand and Lucy A. (Harrison) 
 Biliingsley, of Glasgow, this State. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Walton have been the parents of five children, the 
 following of whom are living: T. Peyton, Jr., Har- 
 rison Biliingsley. Annie Louise, and Lavinia Caro- 
 line. The family make their home at the Semin- 
 ary, and extend most delightful hospitalities to 
 both friends and those who are drawn to the place 
 through educational interests or curiosity. The 
 family are well fitted for the position they hold. 
 
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 II TS BIGELOW, a prominent and influ- 
 ential citizen and leading manufacturer 
 
 5 \V of tile, owning and managing the largest 
 v£) plant in Saline County, Mo., is located in 
 Gilliam, and resides upon section 34, township 51, 
 range 19. Born in St. Charles County, Mo., in 
 1824, our subject enjo3 - ed the confidence and es- 
 teem of his early associates and friends, and held 
 various official positions of trust. He was Assessor 
 of St. Charles County for two years, and there 
 discharged with honor and ability the varied and 
 arduous duties of a Justice of the Peace for a full 
 score of years. The Bigelows are of German de- 
 scent, but the parents of our subject, Moses and 
 Perthenia (Bogart) Bigelow, were natives of Penn- 
 sylvania and Kentucky, the father having been 
 born in the Quaker Slate in the year 1800. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of Rufus Bigelow 
 served bravely in the War of the Revolution, and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 the maternal grandfather, Daniel Boone, was num- 
 bered among tli<' early pioneers of Missouri, hav- 
 ing settled in the State in 1800. B Our subject was 
 one of a family of six children, having two broth- 
 ers and three sisters. The eldest sun, .lames Bige- 
 low, was born in St. Charles County, Mo., in 1822. 
 lie married Miss Hopkins, and engaged in the pur- 
 suit of agriculture. Phoebe Bigelow was born in 
 st. Charles County, and became the wife of Mr. 
 Costello, and resides with her husband upon a 
 farm in her native county. Rufus received his ed- 
 ucational training in the scl Is of St. Charles 
 
 County, early completing his studies and school 
 attendance, and beginning life as a farmer at the 
 age of twenty. 
 
 For ten years our subject industriously engaged 
 in the duties of agriculture, cultivating one hun- 
 dred and seventy-eight acres, and at the expira- 
 tion of half a score of years removed to .Saline 
 County, where he entered into the mercantile bus- 
 iness, which he prosperously conducted until the 
 Civil War. when, robbed by the opposing parties, 
 alternately, he was at last financially ruined. In 
 1847, Mr. Bigelow married Miss Henrietta E. Ev- 
 ersman, born in Warren County, Mo., in 1834, and 
 after the war once more turned his attention to 
 farming, cultivating a tract of land owned by his 
 wife. Beginning for the second time at the foot 
 Of the ladder, he has steadily climbed upward, and 
 is again enjoying prosperity. In 1889 he rented 
 his farm, and commencing upon a very small scale 
 in the tile business, has gradually extended its 
 proportions, adding improvements of value, and 
 now contemplates building a stoneware kiln, and 
 is also arranging for the establishment of exten- 
 sive tile works at Slater, continuing his interest in 
 both places as manager and President of the com- 
 bined enterprises. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow arc the parents of the fol- 
 lowing children: G. A. Bigelow, born in St. 
 Charles County. Mo., in 1848, married Miss Lou 
 Wilhite, and resides with his family in Texas: .1. 
 B. lligelow, born in 1850, was united in marriage 
 with Miss Lou Willard, and makes his home in 
 Colorado; E. C. Bigelow, born in Saline County 
 in 1856j married Miss Huff, and is farming near 
 Gilliam; .lames, born in Saline County in 1872. is 
 
 a Texas rancher; Rudolph, born in Saline County 
 in 1874, is yet a member of the home circle; Alice, 
 born in St. Charles County, Mo., in 1852, is the 
 widow of Charles King, and is now with her 
 parents: Eva, born in Saline County, in 1857, 
 married J. T. Goodman, a farmer near Gilliam; 
 Addie, born in Saline County in 1859, was mar- 
 ried to I.. L. Huff, a successful agriculturist, farm- 
 ing near Gilliam; Lena, born in Saline County, 
 in 1862, married Mr. Harding, who is engaged in 
 business in Gilliam as a painter. 
 
 Our subject, although he has never connected 
 himself with any religions denomination, has ever 
 been a cheerful giver to the maintenance of relig- 
 ious organizations, and has also interested himself 
 in educational advancement, his children receiving 
 the full advantage of the schools of their home. 
 A strong Democrat, Mr. Bigelow is a firm believer 
 in the principles of his party, and is a member of 
 the Farmers' Alliance, and is thoroughly posted 
 in local and national affairs of moment. Widely 
 known and highly respected, our subject and his 
 estimable family are in their various homes and 
 localities numbered among the useful, energetic 
 and prominent citizens of our country, and are 
 representative, self-reliant Americans, who, over- 
 coming all obstacles, steadily win their upward 
 way to fortune and prosperity. 
 
 R. MATI1EW W. HAL] ' Saline County, 
 
 comes of a family of professional men, 
 who trace their ancestry back through 
 professional men: and he himself is hand- 
 ing down the title to his sons, among whom are 
 three practicing physicians, a banker and a Circuit 
 Clerk. Dr. Hall's birthplace is in Washington 
 County, K'y., where he first saw the light of da\ 
 .May 15, 1817. He was reared in La Fayette 
 County, graduating in 1837 from the Transyl- 
 vania Medical College, at Lexington, under its 
 first Board of Instructors. Soon after graduation, 
 
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 POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 he went to Salem, 111., and practiced eight yearsi 
 and there married Miss Agnes Lester, a native of 
 the State of Virginia. 
 
 The Doctor came to Arrow Rock, Saline County, 
 Mo., in 1845, practiced here twelve years, then re- 
 moved to his present home, purchasing a farm of 
 three hundred and sixty acres of fine land, and 
 continuing his practice until his advanced age 
 made it advisable for him to lead a more quiet 
 life. 
 
 Dr. Hall's family consists of eight children: Dr. 
 C. Lester, a practicing physician of Kansas City; 
 William E., who is a banker of the same city: 
 Louisa F., wife of William W. Trigg, of Boonville, 
 Cooper County; .Tohn 1!., a practicing physician 
 of Marshall; Florida L., wife of Dorsey W. Shackle- 
 ford, of Boonville, a prominent lawyer of that 
 place; Thomas 1!., who resides on the old home 
 farm with his father, and is a practicing physician; 
 Mathew W., the present Circuit Clerk; and Effle 
 B., wife of Fred 15. Glover, a business man of 
 Kansas City. 
 
 Dr. Hall's parents, Rev. Nathan II. and Annie 
 (Crawford) Hall, were from Virginia and Ken- 
 tucky. The Rev. Nathan Hall preached at the 
 First Presbyterian Church at Lexington, Ky., for 
 twenty-seven consecutive years. His family con- 
 sisted of seven children, the four sons all being 
 professional men. Both Randall and Nathan Hall, 
 grandfather and great-grandfather of Dr. Hall, 
 were Revolutionary soldiers, and were with Wash- 
 ington at the surrender of Yorktown. 
 
 The Halls are of Scotch extraction, with the 
 strength for which that nationality is noted. The 
 Doctor's great-grandfather was at one time an 
 Fpiseopal minister, but did not continue in that 
 church, and his son became a Baptist minister, so 
 several denominations have been represented. 
 
 Dr. Hall's sons who are doctors are graduates 
 from the St. Louis Medical College, and the older 
 two have taken post-graduate courses in New 
 York. As has been noticed, one of his sons-in- 
 law is a lawyer, adding another professional man 
 to the family. Dr. Hall has been greatly blessed 
 in his children, all seeming to fulfill the expecta- 
 tions that might reasonably have been indulged 
 in with regard to them, and helping to prove the 
 
 theory of inherited tendencies, as indeed would 
 seem to be the ease with the Doctor himself. 
 
 In 1861, and again in 1875, Dr. Hall represented 
 Saline County in the Legislature, being elected to 
 that position on the Democratic ticket, having al- 
 ways been an ardent supporter of that party. Dur- 
 ing the war he was surgeon in Col. Robinson's 
 Regiment, and was taken prisoner on the Black 
 Water River, and sent to McDowell College, and 
 later transferred to Alton, 111., where, after three 
 or four months, he received his parole. His eldest 
 ; son, C. Lester, was taken prisoner at the same 
 time. His second son was also in the Confederate 
 army, and served under Joe Shelby. 
 
 Dr. Hall is a member of the Mt. Olive Presby- 
 terian Church, of which he is an Elder. His post- 
 offlce address is Marshall, while his farm is located 
 on section 7, township 49, range 20. It is a fine 
 place, and furnishes plenty of interesting occupa- 
 tion for all the time and strength that the Doctor 
 feels able or inclined to put upon it, and he him- 
 self, after a long life of usefulness, has earned the 
 right to take the part now of an interested 
 looker-on and adviser, living over again in the 
 lives of his children, and especially, perhaps, in 
 those of his sons who are following his own pro- 
 fession, the years of his own youth and middle 
 age. Respected in the community, and esteemed 
 by many friends, lie is going pleasantly down the 
 slope of this existence toward a new and larger 
 one. Mrs. Hall departed this life at her home. 
 September 17, 1883. 
 
 
 ON. LEONIDAS H. TUCKER, the Presid- 
 ing Judge of the County Court of Saline, 
 is one of the most prominent and influen- 
 <*j. lial citizens of the State, and for many 
 years has been constantly identified with every 
 interest of importance in his immediate locality. 
 He is one of the leading factors in the upward 
 growth and progress of various useful and benevo- 
 lent associations which have gathered into their 
 
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 201 
 
 membership the most cultivated and intelligent 
 citizens in the country, and he is distinguished by 
 the ability with which he conducts the daily busi- 
 ness of life. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was a 
 farmer in Virginia, of English descent. His son, 
 Joshua G., removed with his family to the South- 
 west, traveling all the way by team and arriving 
 in Missouri in 1838. At that lime the family 
 consisted of husband, wife and one child. They 
 first located in Saline County, on the Pinnacles in 
 Miami Township. The next year they moved to 
 Cooper County, where the father suffered heavy 
 losses from the great floods of 1844. Becoming 
 discouraged, he left the place, and in 1844 came to 
 Miami Township, Saline County, and bought a 
 far. n, where he was prospered exceedingly. A 
 man of resolution and energy, he also thoroughly 
 understood agricultural duties and was exceed- 
 ingly practical in thought and action. He was 
 a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 was a consistent Christian man. lie died when 
 about sixty-three years of age. 
 
 The mother of oitr subject, Elizabeth A. (Har- 
 per) Tucker, was born in Nodaway County, Ya., 
 and died in Miami Township. Her father died 
 when she was an infant, and she was reared by an 
 uncle, Dr. Harper, of Virginia. She was the mother 
 of three daughters and two sons, the eldest child in 
 the family being Leonidas, our subject. His Brsl 
 residence in Missouri was in Cooper County, but 
 from 1844 he has lived in Saline County. Judge 
 Tucker was born December 13, 1837, in Dinwid- 
 die County, Va. He attended the common schools 
 of Saline County, but as his father's farm was new 
 and required much cultivation to make it profit- 
 able, he was obliged to assist in the daily cares, 
 and sometimes was not able to go to the little log 
 schoolhouse. Subsequently he had the advantage 
 of instruction in Fairview Academy. His studies 
 there completed, he returned home and again en- 
 gaged in farming. 
 
 In 1861, at the first call, our subject enlisted in 
 the Confederate army under Gen. Parson. He 
 eras also under Gen. Price for about two years. 
 During the war he was in various parts of Mis- 
 souri, and was Orderly-Sergeant in (apt. Brown's 
 
 Company of Fairville. In about two years he re- 
 turned home, and was married in Miami, June 7, 
 1862, to Miss Sarah H. Mercereau, who Was born in 
 Union, Broome County, N. Y. Mrs. Tucker is the 
 daughter of Job L. Mercereau, a native of New 
 York, and a farmer in Broome County. She is a 
 graduate in music and taught seven years in the 
 South, and has also followed that profession here. 
 Judge Tucker and his estimable wife became the 
 parents of three sons and two daughters: Layton 
 G. was educated at Central College, in Fayette, 
 Mo., and is a farmer in Marshall Township; Frank 
 W. was also educated at Central College, and fol- 
 lows farming pursuits in Miami Township; Har- 
 vey E. and Minnie I. are at home. Ettie L. died 
 in infancy. 
 
 When Judge Tucker located on his farm he first 
 cultivated one hundred acres and engaged in rais- 
 ing hemp. Later, he devoted more time to stock- 
 raising and feeding cattle, in which he was so suc- 
 cessful that he increased his acreage, and now 
 owns a farm of four hundred acres, all finely im- 
 proved. The magnificent home farm is in Miami 
 Township, upon section 7. Judge Tucker has in- 
 creased his lauded estate, until he controls fully 
 $50,000 worth of farming property. He had six 
 hundred acres all improved, but has given two hun- 
 dred to his sons. The home farm is all fenced and 
 is improved with a handsome residence and well- 
 built and commodious barns. Aside from general 
 agriculture our subject is raising full-blooded and 
 grade Shorthorns, and feeds a large number of 
 cattle. He was in the Saline County Fair Asso- 
 ciation from its formation until its close, having 
 served as Director constantly, and for one year 
 was President. He has some line roadsters in his 
 barn, and the entire appearance of the farm de- 
 notes the energy, thrift and good management of 
 the owner. 
 
 Judge Tucker is very properly a member of the 
 Old Settlers" Association. Ahvay interested in 
 educational advancement, he was a school official, 
 and in 1886 was elected Presiding County Judge 
 and re-elected in 1890. lie is a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church and has been a Trus- 
 tee. Politically, he has frequently enjoyed the 
 distinction of representing his constituents in State 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 and county conventions, and in every instance 
 
 lias conducted his official duties in a manner must 
 satisfying to all concerned. Conscientious and 
 upright, lie has worthily won the good-will and 
 confidence of the general public. 
 
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 ^ UDGE B. 1). WEEDIN, the popular and 
 
 enterprising County Surveyor, and for- 
 merly Judge of the County Court, is a 
 prosperous agriculturist, possessing an ex- 
 tended experience in farming, chiefly upon section 
 18, township 50, range 26, La Fayette County. 
 Our subject engaged in military life, both in the 
 State militia of Missouri and as a brave and fear- 
 less officer in the late war. In the discharge of 
 the various official duties intrusted to his care he 
 has exhibited the clear judgment and faithfulness 
 which have ever distinguished his conduct upon 
 the bench and in the daily affairs of life. A citi- 
 zen of undoubted integrity of character, he has 
 worthily won the confidence of the general public, 
 and commands the esteem of all who know him. 
 
 Judge Weedin is a native of Glasgow, Ky., and 
 was born in 1831. His father, Caleb Weedin, was 
 a native of South Carolina, and when a boy re- 
 moved to Kentucky; afterward he came to Mis- 
 souri, when it was a Territory, and sojourned here 
 for some time, and then returned to Kentucky 
 and married Miss Eliza S. Moore, who was born in 
 that State. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, Ben- 
 jamin Weedin, was a veteran of the Revolutionary 
 War, a brave and patriotic man, ardent in the 
 defense of the Colonies, and a believer in the 
 Government of a republic. The youthful days 
 of Judge Weedin were passed in Kentucky, where 
 lie attended the common schools and aided his fa- 
 ther upon the farm until 1849, when he entered 
 Centre College at Danville, and, having completed 
 the classical course with honor, was graduated in 
 1853 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 
 
 Immediately following the completion of his 
 college course, our subject came to La Fayette 
 County and settled in Lexington, where he en- 
 gaged in surveying and civil engineering. He 
 served in the State Militia of Missouri, and in 
 1861 enlisted as Lieutenant in Ruffner's Battery, 
 remaining at the front until the close of the war. 
 Courageous and fearless, he participated in the 
 battles of Prairie Grove and Little Rock, and nu- 
 merous skirmishes. He was in the thick of the 
 conflict almost continuously, sharing perils and 
 daily privations year after year until the close of 
 the war. Returning then to La Fayette County, 
 he once more resumed the peaceful avocation of 
 earlier life, and, locating upon his present farm, 
 became again a tiller of the soil. 
 
 The farm of one hundred and sevent3 r acres is 
 under a fine state of cultivation, annually yield- 
 ing a bounteous harvest, and yearly increasing in 
 value. An adept in civil engineering and ac- 
 counted an expert surveyor, Judge Weedin has 
 most efficiently conducted the duties of County 
 Surveyor, being elected to the position in 1880, 
 and holding the office continuously ever since. 
 It is now nearly twenty-three years since our sub- 
 ject took his seat upon the bench as Judge of 
 La Fayette County, and for a term of two years 
 lie presided with honor and ability, his rulings, 
 ever in accord with law and evidence, displaying 
 the acquirements of a scholar and the legal knowl- 
 edge of a thorough jurist. 
 
 In the month of August, 1865, Judge Weedin 
 was united in marriage with Miss Martha A., 
 daughter of Daniel Lankford, an old and highly 
 respected resident of the county. The pleasant 
 home of Judge Weedin and his wife was blessed 
 by the birth of three children, two sons and one 
 daughter. Kirby, the eldest of the family, is a 
 civil engineer in Denver, Colo. William B. is a 
 medical student in Maxwell, Tenn. Katie S. is a 
 promising student in Elizabeth Aull Seminary, at 
 Lexington, Mo. The mother of this family died 
 in 1879. She was a faithful member of the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church, and an estimable 
 lady. Judge Weedin is an active supporter of 
 social, religious and benevolent enterprises, and is 
 identified with the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 
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 Church. Possessing an extended acquaintance, he 
 has long been recognized as an important factor 
 in local progress and improvement. He has al- 
 ways taken an abiding interest in political affairs, 
 and is a thorough and consistent Democrat. 
 
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 / OHN B. J< >NES. In presenting to our read- 
 ers the salient features connected with the 
 life of this prominent citizen of Aullville, 
 ^§g/ it may be well to first briefly revert to his 
 ancestry, which on both sides is admirable. It 
 united the traits of thrift, sagacity, enterprise, in- 
 dustry, patriotism, and, indeed, all the qualities of 
 the best manhood and womanhood. On the pa- 
 ternal side, Mr. Jones is descended from Welsh and 
 German ancestors, while on the maternal side he 
 is of Scotch-Irish and English descent. 
 
 During the Revolutionary War the grandfather 
 of our subject joined the Colonial army in its 
 struggle for liberty. Again, when patriots were 
 called for, in the War of 1812, both paternal and 
 maternal grandfathers were among those who en- 
 tered the ranks as soldiers. Great-grandfather 
 Boyd was for five years a prisoner with the In- 
 dians at Ft. Du Quesne, and was there at the time 
 of Gen. Braddock's defwat by the French. 
 
 Our subject was born in Brooke County, W. Va., 
 September 27, 1833, the son of Ellis and Hester C. 
 (Boyd) Jones, natives of West Virginia and of 
 Washington County, Pa., respectively. He was 
 reared upon his father's farm, and for a time at- 
 tended the common schools; he later entered Beth- 
 any College, where he completed bis education. 
 For a short time he taught school in West Virginia, 
 and as he lias always been a very extensive reader, is 
 well informed upon almost every topic. In 1858, 
 he came to La Fayette County. Mo., and in I860 
 began farming upon land which h* had rented. 
 Later he bought a tine tract of land a short dis- 
 tance south of Aullville. and upon that and an ad- 
 joining farm he remained until 1888. 
 
 During the late war our subjeel was a member first 
 
 of the enrolled militia, then of the provisional 
 militia, and later of the United states troops. 
 While with the latter he was First Sergeant of 
 Company E, Forty-fifth Missouri Infantry, and 
 was appointed to duty principally in this State, 
 although he also served some time in Tennessee. 
 About 18S.H, Mr. .bines came into the town of Aull- 
 ville, where he has remained ever since. He was 
 married June 15, 1871, to Mrs. O. P. Twiss, a na- 
 tive of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is 
 serving as Steward, which office he has held since 
 1868. 
 
 For many years our subject has been a stanch 
 Republican. lie has served his party on the County 
 Committee, and at present he is a member of the 
 State Central Committee for the Fifth District. 
 His connection with the Masonic order is of long 
 standing; he has served as Master of the lodge in 
 Aullville, and he is very active in all matters con- 
 nected with the order. He was a charter member 
 of the James A. Mulligan Post No. 11, G. A. R., 
 at Lexington, and later became a charter member 
 of the John P. McCluney Post No. 331, G. A. R., 
 Higginsville, Mo., of which he has been three 
 limes honored by being made Commander, and at 
 present holds that position. 
 
 Mr. Jones has been much interested in the de- 
 velopment of this county, and has assisted with 
 his means and influence to aid its progress. Al- 
 though lie has retired from active work on the 
 farm, he remembers the trials through which lie 
 has passed and by which he has attained to his 
 present state of peace and plenty. 
 
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 B. ROBERTSON is one of the leading 
 y and influential young farmers and stoek- 
 tf&P^ ra ' st ' ls "' Valine County and well deserves 
 representation in this volume. He re- 
 sides <ui township ■"> I . range 23. He was born in 
 Knox County, Mo., April Hi, 1859, and is of 
 Scotch-Irish descent, the family having been 
 
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 founded in America by ancestors who settled in 
 Virginia in Colonial days. His grandfather, Jo- 
 siah Robertson, was born in that Slate, from where 
 he removed to Ohio, but in the year L840 became 
 a resident of Marion County, Mo., where he en- 
 tered a considerable tract of land. His family 
 numbered two sons and three daughters: John M., 
 a lawyer and real-estate dealer of Kansas City; Al- 
 bert G., living near Mt. Leonard; Isabel, widow 
 of W. Moreland, who resides on the old home- 
 stead in Marion Count}', Mo.; Jane, wife of Robert 
 Hall; and Caroline, wife of Daniel Black. 
 
 A. (i. Robertson, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Ohio in 1822, and with his parents came 
 to Missouri at the age of seventeen years. He has 
 followed farming throughout his entire life and is 
 still engaged in that pursuit. He remained at 
 home until his marriage with .Miss Mary, daughter 
 of Randall and Rosa Black, both of whom are na- 
 tives of Ireland. Their daughter was born in the 
 Buckeye State. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson began 
 their domestic life upon a farm in Knox County, 
 Mo., which he had entered only a few months be- 
 fore their marriage. He at one time owned six- 
 teen hundred acres of land, but has sold to his 
 sons all but about five hundred acres. In 18(!5 
 lie removed to Hancock County, 111., where he 
 rented land for a short time, and then came to Sa- 
 line County, where he has since made his home. 
 While in Knox County he served as Judge of the 
 County Court. In politics he supports the Demo- 
 cratic principles, and during the war his sympa- 
 thies were witli the South. The Robertson family 
 numbered eight children, but George M. and 
 Annie are now deceased. Those still living are: 
 Josiah, John M., Dorothea J., Daniel B., Thomas J. 
 and Minnie. 
 
 The subject of this sketch acquired his educa- 
 tion in the public schools and was reared to man- 
 hood upon his father's farm. In 1887 he took a 
 trip to the Southwest, visiting New Mexico and 
 Colorado, and on his return he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss May, daughter of Jesse Van 
 Winkle, of Saline County, who is of German de- 
 scent. Two children grace their union, Minnie 
 and George. 
 
 Mr. Robertson purchased his present farm in 
 
 1882. In company with his father he bought 
 four hundred and forty acres of land, but has since 
 purchased his father's share and recently has be- 
 come owner of a tract of one hundred acres not 
 far distant. He is engaged in general farming 
 and stock-raising, and feeds cattle, hogs and sheep 
 epiite extensivel}'. He also breeds mules and 
 horses, and handles each year between three and 
 four hundred hogs and between two and three 
 hundred cattle. His landed possessions aggregate 
 Ave hundred and forty acres, and the well-tilled 
 fields and neat appearance of the place indicate 
 the thrift and enterprise of the owner. His home 
 is a commodious and handsome residence, beauti- 
 fully located, and stands as a monument to the 
 progressive spirit of the owner. Mr. Robertson is 
 acknowledged one of the active, prosperous and 
 progressive farmers of Saline County. 
 
 AMES II. STARR, a representative agricul- 
 turist and a highly respected citizen of La 
 Fayette County, Mo., resides upon his 
 finely cultivated homestead located in 
 section 16, township 48, range 27, and is widely 
 known as a man of sterling integrity of character. 
 Earnest, energetic and self-reliant, he has made his 
 own way in the world, and, successful in the pur- 
 suit of agriculture, is also an important factor in 
 local improvements and progress. Our subject 
 was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., near McFar- 
 lan Post Office, February 13, 1840, and is a son of 
 Sampson and Anna M. (Scaggs) Starr. 
 
 Sampson Starr, born near Bull Gap, Tenn.. was 
 long an honest, hard-working and intelligent far- 
 mer of his native State, but finally he determined 
 to try his fortunes in Missouri, and in the fall of 
 1853, with team and wagon, slowly made the 
 journey hither, being six weeks upon the way. At 
 last reaching his destination, December 24, he set- 
 tled in Sniabar Township, and two years later lo- 
 cated on one hundred and twenty acres in section 
 
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 207 
 
 5, township 18. range 27. where lie lived many 
 years, an industrious tiller of the soil, and after a 
 life of busj usefulness passed away in 1882. 
 
 Sampson Starr was twice married, and by his 
 first wife became the father of five children, all of 
 whom lived to adult age. The sisters and brothers 
 were William, James H., Ellen, Marian and Eme- 
 line. The second wife was Mary Simpson, a lady 
 well known and highly respected in the home 
 neighborhood and locality. The parents of our 
 subject were both members of the Cumberland 
 l'resl>\ terian Church, and were consistent Christian 
 people. In political affiliation, Sampson Starr was 
 in early life a Whig, and later a strong Republican, 
 The Starrs are of German ancestry, but numerous 
 members of the family have long been among the 
 honest, upright and law-abiding citizens of the 
 United States. 
 
 James II. Starr, reared upon a farm, was trained 
 into habits of energetic industry, and with but a 
 limited education, grew up manly and self-reliant, 
 and at nineteen years of age, enlisted in October, 
 1862, in Company A, First Missouri Cavalry, and 
 served bravely as Second Sergeant. The first bat- 
 tle in which he participated was at Kirksville, and 
 following that he took an active part in all the 
 engagements in which the regiment was called into 
 action. He was severely wounded in the left leg 
 at Lexington, and after facing perils and priva- 
 tions courageously, was honorably discharged from 
 the service in St. Louis, July 7. 1865, and returned 
 at once to agricultural duties. Upon September 2, 
 1868, our subject was united in marriage with Miss 
 .Mary . I. Martin, who was born in Johnson County, 
 Mo., the daughter of Joseph and Fizzy (Hunter) 
 Martin, who came from North Carolina to Mis- 
 souri, and were among the early settlers of the 
 State. They became the father and mother of ten 
 children. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. James II. Stan- became the parents 
 of six children, five of whom are now surviving. 
 They were as follows: Charles, who is married; 
 Fannie, the wife of John Edwards; George S., 
 Mcrril A., Lillie F. and Fred M. Our subject and 
 his esteemed wife are Baptists, to which denomina- 
 tion Mrs. Starr has belonged since childhood, bul 
 Mr. Starr, who formerly was a communicant of the 
 
 Cumberland Church (Presbyterian), has only been 
 a member of the Baptist Church the past twelve 
 years. The husband ami wife are both active in 
 all good works and benevolent enterprises of their 
 church, and are liberal supporters in the extension 
 of its good work. Politically, Mr. Stan- is an ac- 
 tive Republican, and an ardent advocate of the 
 part}'. Immediately upon his return from the 
 scenes of war. our subject rented land, and later 
 bought ninety acres adjoining his father's farm, 
 which he improved, and in April, 1885, profitably 
 disposed of, and then located upon the one hun- 
 dred and eighty acres of valuable land which now 
 comprise his fine homestead. Mr. Starr has won 
 success in life by honest effort, and is well worthy 
 of the regard which he receives from friends and 
 fellow-citizens. 
 
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 i S. McDANIEL, M. D., one of the oldest 
 physicians and also one of the most inllu- 
 i ential of the residents of Saline County 
 ||y Mo., is the subject of this sketch. His 
 
 location is upon section 19, township 52, range 
 20, and he is a native of the State and county, 
 having first seen the light here in 1847. 
 
 The parents of Dr. McDaniel were R. E. and 
 Delia (Richerson) McDaniel, both of whom were 
 natives of the State of Virginia. The family was 
 formed, before coming to America, by the union 
 of Scotch and Irish elements, but of their exact 
 location at that time we have no data. The family 
 home was in Virginia, and there the father of our 
 subject was educated in the common schools and 
 passed a part of his early life. In 1844. we find 
 him located in the county of Saline, one of its 
 most prominent citizens. At different times he 
 engaged in the mercantile business in Missouri — 
 at Boonville, and also at Miami, at which lat- 
 ter place he was located at the time of his death. 
 
 Mr. McDaniel had acquired a large amount of 
 property, having purchased some five thousand 
 acres in Saline ( 'ountv. the greater part of which 
 
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 POxiTRAlT AJSiD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 he retained at the time of his decease. This 
 land has since been divided between the heirs, 
 and by the terras of hi-, father'.- will our subject 
 was found to be one of the executors. The father is 
 still well remembered in the county, as he had iden- 
 tified himself with all matters concerning his State 
 and county, lie was elected to and filled with 
 credit the office of Judge of the County Court, 
 and was also one of the organizers and builders 
 of the Bethel Church. His convictions were firm, 
 and his adherence to the principles of Democracy 
 unwavering, and he was always warm in his feel- 
 ings for the cause of the Confederacy. 
 
 Our subject was one of a family of twelve 
 children, nine brothers and three sisters. At pres- 
 ent four of the lirotheis are living and two sisters. 
 The eldest of the family was Reuben McDanicl 
 (see sketch); Giles R. married Laura Gainett. and 
 resides in Kansas City, where he carries on a real- 
 estate business; B. F. married Martha Brown, and 
 at present practices law in the city of Pueblo, 
 Colo., near which city he is engaged in extensive 
 cattle and land interests; Mary married Mr. Bell, 
 a minister of the Gospel at Miami; and Flora E. 
 is the widow of Quincy Thomson, and now lives 
 north of Slater. 
 
 < >ur subject was reared on the home place, and 
 his early education was obtained at what is com- 
 monly known as the Bethel Schoolhouse. After 
 finishing here, he attended .school at Fairville, 
 completing the English branches of his education 
 at Huntsville, Mo., at the age of nineteen. This 
 had necessitated close application and a brilliant 
 understanding. He then commenced a course of 
 medical studies with Dr. Dunlap, a Miami phy- 
 sician, and remained with him for one year as 
 a student; he then went to the Medical Univer- 
 sity of Virginia, thence going to Bellevue College, 
 in New York City, from which institution he was 
 graduated in 1*70. 
 
 At the death of his beloved father, our subject, 
 with two brothers, took charge of the estate, to 
 which business he attended until the year 1873, 
 when he began the practice of medicine in Saline 
 County. Here he remained until his marriage 
 with Miss Hebe Scott. She was born in the town 
 of Miami, in Saline County, in 1855, and was the 
 
 daughter of John P. Scott. The marriage took 
 place in 1.S8G. and one child was born of this 
 union, Mary, born in 1KK7. At this time Dr. 
 McDaniel removed to Kansas City, where he again 
 resumed the practice of medicine and remained 
 three years, when he returned to Miami. 
 
 Our subject is the owner of the old McDaniel 
 homestead and the surrounding tract of land of 
 four hundred and twenty-five acres, all improved, 
 and which is at present valued at 865 per acre, 
 lie is a valued member of the Baptist Church in 
 Miami, and is a liberal supporter of the same. 
 As may be imagined, Dr. McDaniel is a Democrat 
 in his political belief, both from training and con- 
 viction. 
 
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 ' OSEPH II. PAGE, the progressive and en- 
 terprising founder of Page City. La Fay- 
 ette County. Mo., is numbered among the 
 ' early pioneer citizens of this State who laid 
 the broad foundation of the advancement and up- 
 ward growth of their localities, and has aided in 
 all the improvements that have been important 
 factors in the rapid settlement and development 
 of this portion of the United States. Our subject, 
 always ambitious, energetic, and withal possessing 
 excellent judgment, has accomplished results most 
 gratifying in retrospect. A self-reliant man, over- 
 coming obstacles with apparent ease, he was well 
 adapted to the requirements of the almost wilder- 
 ness into which he came in early boyhood. 
 
 Born in Warren County, Ky., in 1813, Mr. 
 Page is the son of Axel II. Page, a native of Vir- 
 ginia. His mother, born in the Old Dominion, 
 was a daughter of John Ennis, also "a native Vir- 
 ginian. The remote ancestors of the Page family 
 were of Scotch and English nativity, while the 
 English branch of the Pages early located in Vir- 
 ginia, and during the Revolutionary struggles and 
 triumphs rendered signal service to the Federal 
 Government. The paternal grandfather of our 
 subject, in whose honor Mr. Page received the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 209 
 
 baptismal name of Joseph, was a native of Vir- 
 ginia, and a man renowned for courage, wil and 
 ability. He was widely known and commanded 
 the est ccin of a large circle of friends and acquaint- 
 ances. 
 
 The early years of the life of Mr. Page were 
 passed upon his father's farm in Warren County, 
 Ky. His leisure moments were few. In spring, 
 summer and fall he assisted in sowing, planting 
 
 and reaping, and in winter went to Scl 1. Trained 
 
 to honest industry, he acquired habits of useful- 
 ness and independence of character, which were 
 his substantial capital with which to begin life for 
 himself. In 1827 the family hade adieu to old 
 Kentucky and removed to Missouri, settling in 
 Dover Township, La Fayette County. Our sub- 
 ject en joyed some further educational opportuni- 
 ties in his new home, where the subscription 
 
 schools of the neighborl d were conducted with 
 
 regularity. Passing through the days of boyhood 
 and arriving at twenty-one years. Mr. Page de- 
 termined to begin farming for himself, and lo- 
 cated upon his present homestead, which is on 
 section 23, township 50, range 27. 
 
 The three hundred and twenty acres, all under 
 a high state of cultivation, have ever yielded ex- 
 cellent returns for the labor and time expended 
 upon the fertile soil. In the year 1836 our sub- 
 ject was united in marriage witli Miss Elizabeth, 
 a daughter of Crislev Couch, a native of North 
 Carolina. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Page was blessed by the birth of fifteen chil- 
 dren. This exceptionally large fainih of brothers 
 and sisters were widely known for their intelli- 
 gent ability and self-reliance. Of the eight sons 
 and seven daughters who were wont to cluster 
 about the family table, the following survive, and 
 all occupy positions of honor and influence. Eliz- 
 abeth, named in honor of her mother, was the eld- 
 est child. Axel II., called by the honored name 
 of his grandfather, was the second child, and then 
 followed in succession Henry C, William I!.. Jo- 
 seph 1 1.. Francis, Bathsheba, Jessie .1.. Mary, Joshua 
 1!., Thomas II.. .lames M. and .Maria, the young- 
 est daughter. 
 
 Mr. Page is a strong Democrat, and has affili- 
 ated with that party since I860. 'Without desir- 
 
 ing political promotion himself, he is ever inter- 
 ested in the candidates for local and national 
 office, well knowing the prosperity of the whole 
 country depends upon the skillful guidance of 
 those who stcei- theShip of State. Fraternally, our 
 subject is a member of the Masonic order at Lex- 
 ington, Mo. Three-score and five years have 
 passed swiftly away since Mr. Page, then a boy of 
 fourteen, made his home not far from his present 
 location. The then unbroken land has since yielded 
 up its thousands of acres to culture, and blossom- 
 ing orchards have replaced the thick underbrush. 
 Modern dwellings, roomy barns, and commodious 
 Outbuildings stand where Stood the rude houses 
 fashioned of logs, and little is left to remind the 
 new-comer of the pioneer days. The work which 
 such unselfish and untiring citizens as Mr. Page 
 accomplishes lives after them, and the benefits 
 they confer on posterity are a lasting monument 
 to their lives of toil and usefulness. 
 
 T'OIIN PORTER SCOTT. Some mention of 
 the life work of this former prominent busi- 
 ness man of Miami, who has now entered 
 into his rest, will not be without interest to 
 our readers. He was bom in Salem. Inch, July 24, 
 1819. His father, OUey Scott, was born in Cul- 
 peper County, Va., April 11, 1789. Through him 
 the ancestry is traced back to John, then to Will- 
 iam, who emigrated from Derry, Ireland, (it is 
 thought from dates in the family record in the 
 year 1735) with Burden's Colony, who came over 
 as agents for Lord Thomas Fairfax on condition 
 that he had one hundred settlers on his grant of 
 land in ten years. 
 
 Records and traditions of the Scott family arc 
 meagre, consisting only of births, marriages and 
 deaths. They were known as an honorable, highly 
 respected race, and were generally thrifty and in 
 comfortable circumstances, .lames and John, the 
 latter our subject, were left orphans so early in 
 
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 life that they had little remembrance of their par- 
 ents. Their Scott relatives being in Kentucky, 
 they entered at once the family of their guardian, 
 Dr. Burr Bradley, from Boston, Mass., under whose 
 charge they remained until grown to manhood. 
 ( If their mother's family, named McKinney, living 
 not far from Salem, they have a more complete and 
 satisfactory record, which dates back, however, to 
 the same colony of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. As 
 early settlers of Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, 
 they were prominent in all work which tended to- 
 ward advancing civilization, building up institu- 
 tions of learning, and as ministers and leaders their 
 names often occur in the early history of those 
 times. 
 
 Dr. Bradley placed James and John Scott in 
 school, under the charge of John I. Morrison, a 
 prominent educator of Southern Indiana. James, 
 not being fond of books and not possessing an in- 
 tellectual turn of mind, chose to leave school early 
 for a business life. Shortly afterward he was mar- 
 ried to Adaline Shelbourne, a lady of rare execu- 
 tive ability and force of character. They reared 
 three children: Janie Smith, Lou Belle Tinner, and 
 Dr. Walter, who showed early in his profession a 
 high order of ability, but died while young. James, 
 the father, died in 18fi8. The following extract 
 was found in his record book, a fitting tribute to 
 his brother: "There is but one real, genuine re- 
 spectable service of God, and that is the service 
 which da}' by day shows itself in honest, earnest 
 and sincere living, which day by day endeavors to 
 free itself from unrighteousness, which day by day 
 endeavors to clothe itself in the beauty of unself- 
 ishness. All this I believe my brother endeavored 
 to do." 
 
 John' P. Scott continued in the Washington 
 Count}' Seminary through its course, having as 
 classmates many who afterward became prominent 
 in the history of that State. He was selected by a 
 Congressman of that district for a scholarship at 
 West Point. It was, however, decided by Dr. 
 Bradley that he was physically unfitted for the 
 drill, and Thomas Rodman, who became an able 
 engineer and also the inventor of the Rodman 
 gun, was selected to take his place. lie was then 
 urged by his teacher and friends to study law, for 
 
 which he had a decided preference and mental fit- 
 ness. He pursued legal studies for some time, and 
 was able through life to work up any case in which 
 he became interested. In the literary societies 
 connected with the school, he showed a high order 
 of ability, both as a writer and speaker. 
 
 It was here that the life mistake of Mr. Scott 
 was made. He was turned aside from his chosen 
 profession by the necessity of immediate effort for 
 a living. In a financial crisis in the town, his 
 guardian failed, and he thus lost the little remain- 
 ing of his patrimony. Resigning a life of congenial 
 brain work, for which nature had fitted him and of 
 which he always felt the want, he afterward lived 
 in a world cf books and beautiful ideals, apart 
 from the business to which he devoted his life and 
 energies for fifty years. For three years he was 
 book-keeper for a house in Salem, after which he 
 removed to St. Louis, and from there went to 
 Boonville, Mo., in 1841. Here he enjoyed his first 
 holiday, visiting the family of his uncle, William 
 Scott, a prosperous planter. In that city he ac- 
 cepted a position in a business house, remaining 
 three years. 
 
 While in Boonville, Mr. Scott formed the ac- 
 quaintance of Judge McDaniel, with whom he 
 agreed to go to Saline County and take charge of 
 a general mercantile and produce business. Saline 
 being at that time a large hemp-producing county. 
 The firm of McDaniel & Scott was established in 
 1844. Before taking charge of this business, Mr. 
 Scott went to Iowa and was there married to Miss 
 Elvira A. Weir, a schoolmate of former years, and 
 together they started life in Miami. The business 
 was heavy and laborious, requiring the closest care 
 and attention. The partnership was dissolved in 
 1847, and from that time Mr. Scott continued 
 alone in business through life. As a business man, 
 no other in the county left a fairer or more hon- 
 orable record. The business is still conducted un- 
 der his name. At his death, he left two children 
 and three grandchildren, namely: Mrs. Eva W. 
 Miller and her two children, Eva S. and Louise W.; 
 and Mrs. Hebe McDaniel and her daughter, Mary. 
 Eva W. was married, November 3, 1871, to Lewis 
 W. Miller, a voting lawyer of promise, who died in 
 January, 1S74. He was a son of Hon. John G. 
 
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 Miller, who was sent to represent liis district in 
 the Congress of the United States three times. He 
 died comparatively young during his third .term. 
 Hebe was married, in June, 1877, to Dr. A. S. Mc- 
 Daniel, son of Judge R. E. McDaniel, well known 
 in the earl}' history of Saline County. 
 
 During the horrors of the Civil War, and when 
 the country was so impoverished that bankruptcy 
 was almost, universal, Mr. Scott paid every dollar 
 of debt and made a new start in life, after his 
 prime was over. He devoted the more closely to 
 business his declining years, that might have been 
 spent in a leisure that would have given time for 
 the intellectual enjoyment he had been denied. 
 His writings were mainly historical and political 
 sketches. He also left many little poems that are 
 highly prized by his family and friends. The last 
 he ever wrote expresses his faith in the love of the 
 Father, and his belief and hope in immortality. 
 Every year he seemed to have conic up into a 
 higher plane, growing more and more patient, 
 strong and loving. Without a bodily infirmity, 
 with mind vigorous and clear, that for which he 
 had always longed — death suddenly and without 
 pain— came and he fell asleep. 
 
 James Weir, father of Mrs. Elvira A. Scott, was 
 born in Rockbridge County. Ya.. in 17!»7. His 
 father, Robert, born in 176',). was the son of .lames 
 Weir, Sr., who emigrated from County Down in 
 the North of Ireland. From him his descendants 
 possess two relics, his will and a memorandum 
 book with dates as far back as 171."). in which some 
 items indicate that he held a public ollice. There 
 are extant records of the Weir family dating back 
 to the sixteenth century, when this branch of the 
 family obtained their grant of land in the North 
 of Ireland. James Weir removed with his father 
 from Kentucky to Clarke's Grant, north of the 
 Ohio River. Indiana was then a Territory, full of 
 hostile Indiana. For a time they lived in a fort. 
 James Weir married Jane Dinwiddie, of Scoti 
 County. Ky. Her father. Thomas Dinwiddie. who 
 belonged to the family of that name known in 
 Colonial history, removed to Kentucky soon after 
 the Revolutionary War. James Weir lived in 
 Indiana until 1811, when he removed Mill further 
 West and located in Iowa, then a Territory, partly 
 
 in possession of the Indians. He settled in Wa- 
 pello County in the new reservation, with the his- 
 tory of which he was prominently connected for 
 ten year.- before his death. As a citizen and 
 friend, he was beloved and respected by all. 
 
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 epfNTHoNY W. DOUTHITT, residing upon 
 
 (@/-J| | a very good farm located in township 10. 
 
 /// lit range 26, section 32, in La Fayette County, 
 qJ Mo., may be named as one of the most suc- 
 
 cessful of the agriculturists of this part of the 
 State. Our subject was born in Beaver County, 
 Pa., February 13, 1828, a son of Robert and Phoebe 
 (Newkirk) Douthitt, both parents being natives 
 of Pennsylvania. The paternal ancestors of the 
 family came from Ireland, and the grandfather, 
 Joseph Douthitt, took part in the Revolutionary 
 War under Gen. Wayne. This grandfather was 
 a pioneer of Beaver County, Pa., and there the 
 father of our subject was born ill 1802. 
 
 ( )ur subject has two brothers and one sister liv- 
 ing: Shipman N., Robert J., and Mrs. R. A. Satter- 
 field,of Marshall County, Pa. Anthony was reared 
 to maturity in his native State, and, while early 
 accustomed to the duties of farm life, his education 
 was not neglected. After attendance at the sub- 
 scription schools of his neighborhood, he went 
 into the public schools, and from there entered the 
 Darlington Academy, at Darlington, Pa., where he 
 continued for some time. This excellent institu- 
 tion has always kept up a high standard of educa- 
 tion, and when our subject left there he was pre- 
 pared for the business of teaching, which he en- 
 gaged in for some time in his native State. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Douthitt took place May 1. 
 1851, with Miss Anna W. Welsh. a native of Beaver 
 County, bom April 30, 1*27. She was the estima- 
 ble daughter of William and Beulah (Coopei i 
 Welsh, her father a native of Pennsylvania and 
 her mother of New Jersey, of English ancestry. 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Douthitt six children were born, 
 as follows: Homer J.. Richard W.. Joseph B.. Rob- 
 
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 ert L.; Ella J., wife of Allen Brown; and Mary T., 
 deceased. Both of the daughters of Mr. Douthitt 
 followed the profession of teaching, one until mar- 
 riage, the other until called away by the summons 
 all must obey. The sons are all fine young men, 
 able to take their positions in life with credit to 
 themselves and the family. 
 
 In lxGG our subject removed with his family to 
 the State of Missouri and located first in Johnson 
 County, where he remained until 1868, then came 
 into La Fayette County. The farm upon which 
 Mr. Douthitt and his most excellent wife reside is 
 a very good one, in a fine state of cultivation, 
 yielding a handsome income, and lias proved a val- 
 uable investment. Success has crowned the efforts 
 of our subject, and now he and the companion of 
 his joys and sorrows are enjoying the comforts of 
 life in a quiet way, attending upon the services 
 of their church, the Southern Methodist, as oppor- 
 tunity offers, and living, in the meantime, lives of 
 Christian effort and example. 
 
 Mr. Douthitt is a Democrat in his political pro- 
 clivities, and has filled many of the local offices in 
 the gift of the people. His vote always goes in 
 the direction of improvement of any kind in the 
 county or State. As a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity, a Master Mason, he is widely known, 
 and is now connected with the lodge in Higgins- 
 ville. and is one of the most highly respected men 
 in the county, having so conducted his life as to 
 receive the esteem of all. Mrs. Douthitt is also 
 most favorably known to a smaller circle. She 
 lias one remaining sister, Mrs. Mary Barnes, of 
 Pennsylvania. 
 
 J/OSEPH I). EDWARDS, a prominent business 
 man of Fairville, Mo., and the present Post- 
 master of the place, is the subject of the 
 present notice. His parents were natives 
 of Virginia, and were named Joseph C. and Eliza- 
 beth (Harvey) Edwards, and both died there when 
 Joseph, Jr., was but a lad. He grew up in the kind 
 family of Maj. Harvey, who was the father of 
 
 Thomas R. E. Harvey, of whom a sketch appears 
 elsewhere. His education was somewhat limited 
 and was received in an old log schoolhouse, of 
 primitive pattern and design, of the kind now 
 rarely seen except in a picture, where its pic- 
 turesqueuess does not display its actual discom- 
 forts in real life. 
 
 In 1836, our subject came with Maj. Harvey to 
 Saline County, Mo., and this has been his home 
 ever since. He went into business for himself in 
 1847, when he began clerking in a store in St. 
 Louis, but remained there but a short time, when he 
 returned to Miami and engaged in business, where 
 he continued for three years, prospering all the 
 time. When in his twenty-first j'ear, he married 
 Miss Elizabeth, the daughter of James Baker. She 
 became the mother of one son, who is named 
 Marcellus and is now a real-estate broker of St. 
 Louis. Mrs. Edwards lived but a short time, and 
 in 1854 our subject married Mrs. Amanda Ilarl, 
 the daughter of Thomas Evans, and to them were 
 born seven children who are still living and one 
 which has been taken away. 
 
 After marriage, Mr. Edwards followed farming 
 as an occupation until 1875, when he established 
 his present business, which has proven very sat is- 
 factory. He seems peculiarly fitted for commercial 
 pursuits and is very popular. As soon as he had 
 established his business he was made Postmaster 
 and has directed the affairs of the office to the sat- 
 isfaction of all the community. • His mercantile 
 business has been very gratifying in its success, as 
 he keeps up with the times and is always pleasing 
 and obliging. 
 
 Politically, our subject is a Democrat and for 
 several terms has served as Justice of the Peace. 
 His religious convictions have placed him in the 
 Christian Church and he is a man highly esteemed. 
 He has had a long residence in the county, has 
 seen most of its development and lias been identi- 
 fied with its progress in the best sense of the term. 
 There are some who feel pleased if progress is 
 made and are glad to participate in it, but who do 
 not render much aid in that direction themselves, 
 but it is not to that class that our subject belongs, 
 as he encourages the improvements and helps to 
 push along the car. 
 
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 li. DAVIS, A. B., M. s.. M. I). Few, if any, 
 men are better known in Marshall than 1 1 1 < - 
 genial City Physician, and although he 
 unites the melancholy office of Coroner with 
 the aforesaid, that is a necessary evil that is for- 
 gotten in his pleasing personality and in the read- 
 iness with which he responds in hours of need to 
 
 the | r as well as the rich, lie is a native of 
 
 tins city and was horn March 29, 1*12. the son of 
 Isaac W. and Rebecca (Baker) Davis. 
 
 Members of the Davis family for the past three 
 generations have figured conspicuously in the pub- 
 lic life of Marshall. Our subject's grandfather, 
 Cornelius Davis, held the first .lust ice Court in 
 Saline County, and was one of the Commissioners 
 who located the county seat at that place. He was 
 a native of Ken lucky, where he married and where 
 his son, our subject's father, was born. In about 
 L820, he removed to Missouri, before it was made 
 a Slate, ami located in what i- now Saline County, 
 at Jonesboro, which was the first county seat. He 
 followed merchandising throughout his life. 
 
 Our subject's mother was born in Virginia, and 
 came here with her parents about 1822. Her fa- 
 ther, Michael Baker, also located near Jonesboro. 
 After Marshall was made the county seat, our suh- 
 je i - father moved here, built a -tore and carried 
 on a general mercantile business until his death, 
 which occurred in 1*44. The family which he 
 left compri-cd a widow and live sons: Cornelius 
 M., Henry. Thomas, Joseph 1'.. and Isaac. The 
 mother died in 1863. she was a devoted member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and reared her 
 children in the teachings of that faith. 
 
 As a lad. our subject was first sent to a public 
 school. Afterward he became a student in the 
 Central College, in Fayette, Howard County, 
 and in 1869 was graduated with the title of Bach- 
 elor of Art-. He then entered the Missouri State 
 University at Columbia and was graduated June 
 25, 1873, with the title of Master of Science. 
 Later, he took a course at the Missouri Medical 
 College in St. Louis, and there added the profes- 
 sional title to his other degrees in the Class of '83. 
 In the meantime he had disciplined himself and 
 hail doubtless learned many valuable lessons by 
 teaching. 
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 Thus equipped for the practice of bis profession, 
 Dr. Davis determined to hang out his shingle at 
 his old home, and consequently his professional 
 work has been confined to thisplace. He ha- built 
 up an extensive practice, and is widely known as a 
 profound student of the science, as well as being suc- 
 cessful in the practical treatment of his profession. 
 
 Three times he ha- been elected Coroner of the 
 county, and is the first and only City Physician 
 whom .Mar-hall ha- ever had. He is a member of 
 the Saline County Medical Society, and, fraternally, 
 belongs to Lexington Lodge No. 149, I-'. & A. M. 
 
 Our subject has given his undivided attention 
 to his chosen work, and in these days when science 
 is making such strides, and a hint may reveal 
 hitherto unknown world-, he finds that his time is 
 so taxed that he can give but little attention to 
 affairs not directly pertaining to his practice. Dr. 
 Davis is as yet in the bachelor ranks, but doubtless 
 some estimable lady will sometime make him happy. 
 
 
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 AMI l.l.l S BARNETT, Jr., one of the sue- 
 cessful farmers and stock-feeders of Mid- 
 
 -J dlelon Township, La Fayette County, Mo.. 
 is the subject of this -ketch. The fine farm of 
 which he is the owner is located in township 50, 
 range 24, section 22. and consists of three hun- 
 dred and twenty acre- of well-improved and cul- 
 tivated laud, beside which he owns another farm 
 of two hundred and fifty acre-. Mr. Barnett is a 
 native of the county, having been born in Lex- 
 ington Town-hip iu 1854. His parents were 
 Cam ill us and Martha (Young) Barnett, the latter 
 a daughter of Col. .lame- Young, natives of Ken- 
 tucky ami Tenness 
 
 Our subject -pent hi- boyhood day- in La Fay- 
 ette County, ami was afforded the advantagt 
 fered by the public school in Lexington. At the 
 age of twenty-one years, he desired to begin life 
 for himself and decided to make agriculture his 
 occupation. This has been a congenial business. 
 and in it he ha- found prosperity, and in eonnec- 
 
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 tion with cattle-feeding he has become a wealthy 
 and influential business man in this locality. His 
 many acres yield surprising crops, and the demand 
 for cattle never grows less. 
 
 In politics Mr. Harnett is a pronounced Demo- 
 crat, giving much thought to the great questions 
 of the day. February 17, 1880, was made mem- 
 orable by his marriage with Miss Minnie Goodwin, 
 a daughter of James W. Goodwin, of La Fayette 
 County, and two bright little sons, James and 
 Samuel, have graced this union. Our subject and 
 his good wife are both members of the Presbyte- 
 rian Church, and their community tind in them 
 true friends and kind neighbors, who are ever 
 ready to extend a helping hand to those who are 
 in trouble or want. 
 
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 /*pvN HRIST1AN ALTHOUSE, a leading and rep- 
 
 (I resentative business man of Marshall, Saline 
 
 ^^7 County. Mo., is a well-known and highly- 
 respected member of the substantial firm of C. 
 Althouse it Co., wholesale and retail dealers in 
 groceries and queensware. This prosperous house 
 also does a large business in the baking depart- 
 ment, and taken altogether has a wide-reaching 
 custom, extending its boundaries every year, and 
 now embracing the greater portion of the county. 
 Since 1869 a resident of Marshall, Mr. Althouse 
 has been for more than a score of years closely 
 identified with the growth and best interests of his 
 present home, and has aided in benevolent enter- 
 prises, being especially active and energetic in 
 church work and religious advancement. 
 
 Our subject was born in Prussia, Germany, April 
 25, 1843. His father, Christian Althouse, was a 
 native of Germany and followed the peaceful pur- 
 suit of agriculture, though he served his regular 
 time in the German army. He was a prominent 
 member of the Presbyterian Church and was for 
 many years Ruling Klder of that religious organi- 
 zation, and was universally esteemed and highly 
 respected by the entire community among whom 
 
 he lived, and died a true and sincere Christian 
 man. His wife, Mary E. (Lettermann) Althouse, 
 was born and died in Prussia and was a most ex- 
 cellent mother and devoted wife. The six chil- 
 dren, all trained to habits of thrift and industry. 
 are }'et living, and with the exception of our sub- 
 ject reside in their native land. 
 
 Mr. Althouse, the third child of the family, was 
 reared in the village of Arfeld. He received early 
 instruction in the common schools of the neighbor- 
 hood, and when fourteen years of age was appren- 
 ticed to a baker and thoroughly learned the trade. 
 After engaging in journeyman's work in differ- 
 ent parts of Prussia, he determined to leave home 
 and family and emigrate to America. In May. 
 1867, he left Bremen on the steamer "Metropolis," 
 and in thirteen days was safely landed in New- 
 York. His destination was Missouri, and he was 
 soon located in Randolph County, near Roanoke, 
 where he worked on a farm for eighteen months. 
 He then found more profitable employment in 
 Huntsville as a baker, and remained there until 
 1869, when he came to Marshall and started a 
 bakery of his own, also selling confectionery. 
 
 About 1871), our subject added groceries and 
 ran the two branches of business in partnership 
 with G. H. Althouse, who retired from the firm six 
 years ago. Mr. Althouse and his sons now pros- 
 perously conduct and manage the entire business. 
 He has built a brick block of two stores, forty 
 feet front and two stories high, and the firm uses 
 one store. The bake-shop, built separately, was 
 designed by Mr. Althouse, is very large and well 
 adapted for the purpose of its use. and is pleasantly 
 located on a corner fronting the lots built on and 
 improved with stores. Mr. Althouse also erected a 
 handsome family residence on Benton Avenue. 
 He was married in Randolph County in 1870 to 
 Miss Eliza Althouse, born in Randolph County 
 and a daughter of G. II. Althouse, a farmer of that 
 county. Mr. and Mrs. Althouse are the parents of 
 three children: George II.. attending the Missouri 
 Valley College; Mary, a member of the Class of 
 'i(4, studying music; and Reuben Y. 
 
 Our subject affiliates with and has been an 
 officer of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 and is now a most valued associate of the fra- 
 
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 teraity. He is also a member of the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church, and as one of the efficient 
 building committee did great service in the erec- 
 tion of two houses Of worship in .Marshall, anil 
 has ever been foremost in promoting religious 
 work. He and his family arc important factors in 
 the social and religious lifeof the church, and have 
 personally many true and faithful friends both in 
 the religious world and among the general pub- 
 lic. Our subject is no office-seeker, but he takes an 
 active interest in the management of local and 
 national affairs, and in common with all good 
 citizens emphasizes his opinion with his v< te, east- 
 ing his for the Democratic candidates on the party 
 ticket. Honest, energetic and upright in his daily 
 life and character, Mr. Althouse has fairly won 
 success in the country of his adoption and has the 
 hest wishes of all his fellow-townsmen. 
 
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 S^ICHARD BASTIN THORP, one of the early 
 L^i teachers of Missouri, and a successful agri- 
 lk: ■ * culturist, has held important official pos- 
 \£) itions in Saline County, where he is highly 
 respected as a man of sterling integrity of character, 
 possessing undoubted ability and self-reliant energy. 
 Born October 17, 1824, in Howard County, Mo.. 
 he has for many years been an important factor in 
 the progress and rapid advancement of the best in- 
 terests of his lifetime home. Grandfather Thomas 
 Thorp was a native of Virginia, his father and two 
 elder brothers having come from England at a very 
 early date. He died in Kentucky, to which State 
 he had removed with a portion of his family. 
 
 By Grandfather Thorp's second marriage, which 
 united him with Eleanor Jackson, a native of 
 Virginia, he became the father of the following 
 children: Thomas; Jackson, the father of our sub- 
 ject; Dorcas, who married John Warden, of Ken- 
 tucky; Mrs. Lucy Morris; Mrs. Wells; and Mrs. 
 Swift, of Madison County, Ky. Jackson Thorp, the 
 father of Richard Bastin Thorp, was born in Madison 
 
 County, Ky., in 1799, and having passed the days 
 of his boyhood in Kentucky, removed to Missouri. 
 After his father's death, he returned to Kentucky to 
 settle the estate, and remained there a little over 
 two years, engaged meanwhile in teaching school, 
 lie returned to Howard County in 1823, and in 
 July <>f that year married .Miss Harriet Bastin, who 
 was born in Lancaster, Ky., the daughter of Rich- 
 ard and Polly Bastin, who were Virginians. Mr. 
 Thorp had bought land in Howard County,Mo.,in 
 1820, and with his wife located upon that as yet 
 uncultivated farm. 
 
 Jackson Thorp was taught in the schools of those 
 early days in Kentucky, and was well informed, his 
 education surpassing that, of the average man who 
 has never attended college. With industry and 
 energy, he acquired about four hundred acres of 
 land. He was prominent in religious affairs, and was 
 longa Clerk in the church which he liberally assisted 
 in supporting. Until his death in November, 1849, 
 he retained his official position in .the house of wor- 
 ship which he attended for so many years. 
 
 Both the father and mother of our subject 
 were buried on the old homestead. Their chil- 
 dren in order of birth were Richard Bastin; 
 Thomas J., living in Texas; Jesse R., residing in 
 Quanah City, Tex.; Mary A., the wife of Reuben 
 T.Briggs, of Armstrong, Howard County; Matilda 
 Ellen, wife of Dr. W. 15. Glover, of Marshall; Mar- 
 garet L., deceased ; and Henry (lay. who resides 
 upon the home farm. Our subject remained at 
 home until twenty years of age. His father was 
 injured by falling into the mouth of a coal mine, 
 and from its effects afterward died of paralysis, 
 the elder sons being therefore obliged to aid in the 
 support of the family. Our subject taught school 
 in Clay and Platte Counties, and also was em- 
 ployed collecting for others. Returning to How- 
 ard County in 1846, he attended school, and after- 
 ward taught two terms in Sheridan County. 
 
 Our subject then taught in Pettis County for 
 two sessions, and in 1848 came to Saline County, 
 where he engaged in teaching for a short time. Oc- 
 tober 17, 1848. he married Miss Julia A., daughter 
 of Richard Marshall, of Saline County. Mrs. Julia 
 Thorp died in February, 1867. She was the mother 
 of these sonsand daugters: Mar) Louise, who mar- 
 
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 vied George T. Menefce; Joseph M., now of IIol- 
 lister, Cal; Richard J., of Saline County; Susan J., 
 who married Theodore Piper,- of Marshall; John B., 
 a resident o! Miami. Mo.; and Minnie, who mar- 
 ried Robert Clough, of Saline County. 
 
 In 1870, Mr. Thorp was elected Sheriff of Saline 
 County, and served with ability for two years. 
 During that time, he also conducted prosperously 
 a good farm, about six miles from the county seat. 
 He is an active member of the Baptist Church, and 
 has assisted in its social and benevolent enterprises. 
 In early times he was a Whig, and during the war 
 was a Union man. For a short time he was en- 
 rolled in the militia, but was exempted on account 
 of physical disability. He and his father and his 
 grandfather were all slave-owners until the slaves 
 were emancipated. 
 
 After the war, Mr. Thorp voted with the Repub- 
 lican party for the new constitution for the State 
 of Missouri, believing it then to be necessary. 
 In 1870 he co-operated with the Liberal party which 
 favored the removal of the legal disabilities of the 
 people. These sentiments accorded with his views. 
 for in fact before the movement gained force be 
 had advocated the removal of all disabilities, and 
 had prophesied that disabilities incurred by beliefs 
 or actions during the war must be removed. In 
 business matters he has prospered, and now owns 
 seven hundred acres of fine land, mostly under a 
 high state of cultivation, and has given much at- 
 tention to stock-raising, handling only the best of 
 its kind. As an instructor he was justly very pop- 
 ular and taught uninterruptedly until 1851, when 
 be purchased a farm. In 1860 he was elected 
 School Commissioner for Saline County, and held 
 the office until it was abolished in 1861. He was 
 appointed by the Probate Court as Public Admin- 
 istrator in 18C4, and from the County Court re- 
 ceived the position of Road and Bridge Commis- 
 sioner for Saline County, but resigned these offices 
 upon the death of his wife. In 1869, Mr. Thorp was 
 married to Mrs. Mary A. Marshall, widow of Will- 
 iam B. Marshall, a half-brother of Mr. Thorp's 
 first wife. One son blessed this marriage, Richard 
 B., Jr. Our subject and his excellent wife are 
 widely known ami highly respected as valued mem- 
 bers of the social circles of their community. In 
 
 all the various positions of trust which he has held, 
 he has discharged the duties with energetic fidel- 
 ity, and well deserves the confidence awarded him 
 by all his fellow-citizens. 
 
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 eHARLES II. BRADFORD, a prosperous 
 general agriculturist and successful stock- 
 raiser, now located upon section 35, town- 
 ship 50, range 20, Saline County, cultivates a 
 homestead of one hundred and sixty acres situated 
 near the nourishing town of Nap ton. He is a na- 
 tive of the State, having been born on the 13th of 
 June. L845, in Arrow Rock, Saline County. Stan- 
 dish Bradford, who came from England to America 
 in the " Mayflower," and who afterward became 
 Governor of Massachusetts, was one of the early an- 
 cestors of Mr. Bradford. The Governor married 
 Miss Louisa Slaughter, a lady noted in those early 
 days for her beauty and worth. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, Joel 
 Bradford, was born in New York State in 1753, 
 and died in 1836. lie was a lawyer of eloquence 
 and prominence, and was united in marriage with 
 Mis> Sarah Stockin, who became the mother of 
 three sons and two daughters. The uncles and 
 father of Mr. Bradford were, in the order of their 
 birth, as follows: Ilezekiah, George, and Charles 
 M., the latter our subject's father. Their two sis- 
 ters were Louisa and Helen. The three brothers 
 engaged in mining in Pennsylvania, and at length 
 ( leorge and Charles sold out to Ilezekiah, George 
 locating in Cuba, where be became a planter, and 
 ■Charles M. coming West, where in later days he 
 became an eminent physician. 
 
 Dr. Charles M. Bradford was born February 27, 
 1817, in East Iladdam. Conn. His parents moved 
 to New York and there he received an excellent 
 education, subsequently pursuing his medical 
 studies in Pennsylvania, graduating in 1838 with 
 the degree of M. D. from the University of Penn- 
 sylvania. In March. L839, with all the ambitious 
 ardor of an energetic and enterprising young man, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 he joined an emigrant train bound Wes1 from 
 Pennsylvania, and traveled by wagon, camping oul 
 on tin' way. 
 
 Large game was plentiful, and the rifles of the 
 emigrants supplied them with venison and bear 
 meat, and after crossing the Missouri River buf- 
 falo were often seen. The party reached the Mis- 
 sissippi at Alton, and now for the firsl tune the 
 eyes of t lie venturesome young men were glad- 
 dened by the sight of the broad Western prairies, 
 toward which they had for so many weeks been 
 steadily journeying. The new scenes were viewed 
 with special interest by the young physician, who I 
 was destined to carve out his future fame and fur- 
 tune in the Western wilds. The party, still con- 
 tinuing upon their way. crossed the river on rafts i 
 made of split logs, and upon these rude but sub- 
 stantial conveyances the household goods and 
 people were safely transported, the stock swim- 
 ming across. 
 
 Dr. Bradford came to Howard County, where he 
 engaged in teaching school, and in 1840 opened 
 an Office in Arrow Rock and began the practice of 
 medicine, succeeding from the first beyond his 
 early expectations. During his entire life he re- 
 mained among the people, who, when he passed 
 away, August 21, 1862, lamented him as a true 
 friend and public benefactor. Dr. Bradford was 
 married, October 26, 1811. to Miss l.avinia M., the 
 daughter of John and Eliza (Sappington) Pear- 
 son. She was born in Howard County. August 
 2:5, 1825, and was the granddaughter of John Sap- 
 pington, and the step-daughter of Governor ('. F. 
 Jackson. Dr. Bradford and his highly esteemed 
 wife were the parents of seven children, namely: 
 Helen, Charles M., Sadie, Isabelle, Ida, Louise and 
 George. Of these, George, Helen and Sadie are 
 dead. Helen was married to Thomas \V. Russell, 
 and Sadie was the wife of Col. Thomas Price. Ida 
 is married to W. EL Shaw, a Presbyterian minis- 
 ter. Isabelle is Mrs. Jesse T. Baker, and Louise 
 is married to Lewis Nelson. President of the first 
 National Bank of St. Louis, .Mo. 
 
 i >ur subject was educated in the scl Not Arrow 
 
 Roefc, St. Louis University, St. John's College, at 
 Fordham, N. Y., and also received instructions in 
 Poughkeepsie, N. V. UN education and early 
 
 training fitted him well for the battle of life, and 
 materially advanced his upward progress. In 
 
 1864, Mr. Bradford crossed the plains to Virginia 
 City. Mont., returning to his home in the fall of 
 
 1865. January 1, 1867. he was married to Miss Sue 
 Smith, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith, 
 of Cooper County, Mo. The wife of our subject was 
 born in 1 845, and educated in the schools of Cooper 
 County, and in Paris, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Brad- 
 ford have three children, Charles Ernest, Thomas 
 G. and Helen Louise. After his marriage, Mr. 
 Bradford settled near Arrow Bock, where lie con- 
 tinued to reside for fifteen consecutive years. At 
 the termination of this length of time, he removed 
 to his present home near Napton. His valuable 
 farm of one hundred and sixty acres is under a 
 high state of improvement, and annually yields a 
 most abundant harvest. As have been the ances- 
 tors of our subject, so is he numbered among the 
 upright and progressive citizens, who by word and 
 deed worthily identify themselves with the ad- 
 vancement of our great Republic. No name has 
 commanded greater respect and confidence of the 
 general public than the illustrious name of Brad- 
 ford, which is associated with the early history 
 of the triumphs and struggles of the American 
 nation. 
 
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 /p^RANYILLK ALLKN RICHART, M. D., of 
 
 [If (=, Elm wood. Saline County, is a very pol- 
 \_A ished and well-educated young man, and a 
 physician who thoroughly understands his business. 
 He has been in this county only a short time, but 
 has already made for himself a place in the confi- 
 dence of the people. 
 
 Dr. Richart was born at Sharpsburg, Bath 
 County. Ky.. June 21, I860. His father was Dr. 
 1). M. Richart, born in Bourbon County, Ky., July 
 27. 1832. His grandfather, Oliphant Richart, was 
 from Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather was a 
 Scotchman and came to America in Colonial times, 
 being one of Gen. Washington's spies. He settled 
 in Pennsylvania. The grandfather emigrated to 
 
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 Kentucky in early days and was a farmer there, 
 ending his days in the State at a ripe old age, in 
 1862. 
 
 Dr. Richart, Si\, became a physician, having 
 been graduated from the Kentucky School of 
 Medicine at Louisville. His practice was largely 
 at Sharpsburg, and during the war he was a sur- 
 geon with Gen. John II. Morgan. He practiced 
 about thirty years and died in 1882, at Sharpsburg. 
 lie was a Baptist in faith and was a prominent 
 man, having a good local reputation. 
 
 The wife of Dr. D. M. Richart and the mother of 
 our Dr. Richart was Mary .1. Allen, of Bath County, 
 Ky. Her death occurred in 1890. She was a sister 
 of Lieut. II. T. Allen, who made extensive explor- 
 ations in Alaska in 1888. lie is now a military 
 attache at St. Petersburg and is one of only two 
 Americans who have enjoyed the personal friend- 
 ship of the Czar of Russia. Mrs. Richart's father, 
 Sanford Allen, of Bourbon County, Ky., was a son 
 of Judge Allen, the first judge in that county. 
 The Aliens are an old Virginia family of Culpeper 
 County. Mrs. Richart's father was a wealthy 
 banker of Sharpsburg. Me died in 1M75. 
 
 Dr. Richart is the eldest of five children, all of 
 whom are living. He received his preliminary 
 education in the common schools and academy at 
 Sharpsburg, entered the Georgetown College in 
 1878, where he remained until 1880. In 1882 he 
 entered the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louis- 
 ville, and graduated from the University of Louis- 
 ville in 1886. He took post-graduate courses in 
 the New York Polyclinic in 1888 and 1889. His 
 firsl practice was near Mt. Sterling, Ky., and after- 
 ward in that place. He came to Elm wood, this 
 county, in April, 1892. Dr. Richart is ex-Presi- 
 dent of the Montgomery County (Ky.) Medical 
 Society, and is a Knight Templar. 
 
 The Doctor was married in 1886, his bride 
 being Miss Ella Grant, of Louisville, Ky., daugh- 
 ter of Capt. II. I!. Grant, of that city, author 
 of "Grant's Knight Templar Tactics," &c, &c. 
 This gentleman is now Grand Secretary of the 
 Grand Lodge of Masons of Kentucky. He was 
 formerly custodian of the Masonic Savings Lank, 
 of Louisvilie. Mr. Grant also served four years 
 in the Federal army during the war, that is, 
 
 all through the struggle. Mrs. Richart's mother 
 was Mallie Richardson, daughter of Samuel Rich- 
 ardson, a prominent contractor of Louisville and 
 very wealthy. Mrs. Richart received her educa- 
 tion in the High School of Louisville and Miss 
 Hampton's school for young ladies. 
 
 The Doctor suffered a great loss, September 25, 
 1892, when his wife was called from this earth, 
 and in his affliction has the sincere sympathy of 
 all his friends and neighbors. Dr. Richart is a 
 Democrat but is not actively engaged in polities. 
 He is thoroughly interested in his work and no 
 one can doubt that he will win a high position in 
 the front ranks of the profession, as he has already 
 made some long strides upon the chosen way. 
 The Doctor is a welcome addition to the citizens 
 of Saline Count}' and Elmwood, and although we 
 do not wish to invoke any new causes for work of 
 the nature that he is interested in, yet we do cor- 
 dially wish him a goodly share in the practice that 
 must inevitably be needed. 
 
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 JACKSON LONG, a resident on section 36, 
 township 52, range 21, Saline County, near 
 the Postofflee of Slater, is the subject of this 
 sketch. He is the owner of one of the good 
 farms in this county, and a man universally re- 
 spected and esteemed. The birthplace of Mr. Long 
 was in West Virginia, where in 1827 he was born 
 to Alexander Long,who was the son of Philip Long, 
 a native of Eastern Virginia. The family came 
 from Scotch ancestors and were among the earliest 
 settlers of the Old Dominion. The maiden name 
 of the mother of our subject was Catharine Yager, 
 and she became the mother of fourteen children, 
 seven sons and seven daughters, of whom four 
 sons are still living. One of these was a soldier in 
 the Confederate army. 
 
 Our subject grew up in an early pioneer home of 
 Virginia, and took advantage of all the opportun- 
 ities which were offered in the schools of that day. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 221 
 
 He remembers the log schoolhouse, with its split-log 
 seats, with holes in the wall in lieu of windows. 
 This accompanied the crude torn) of education of 
 the day. These same Localities are better equipped 
 in these daj'S, but perhaps they do not send out 
 any better men, nor those who will more thoroughly 
 perform the duties of life, than those who gradu- 
 ated from the log cabin. There .are few shrewder 
 men :in il better financiers in his line in the country 
 than the subject of this notice. 
 
 The first business venture of our subject was 
 that of conducting a small grocery store in his na- 
 tive place, but he abandoned this in a few months, 
 and in 1*52, left his native State and came to 
 Missouri, where he sttled in Knox County in a 
 wilderness. Here he purchased four hundred acres 
 of land from "Uncle Sam" at 81.25 per acre, and 
 with an ax upon his shoulder he started out to be- 
 gin the making of a home. With his own hands 
 lie cut and split, and also built, eleven miles of 
 fencing. His first house was one constructed of 
 logs, the doors of which were made by him out of 
 such material as the forest furnished. The only- 
 cash expended in the construction of this house 
 was $1, which went for nails with which to weather- 
 board the roof. 
 
 Mr. Long continued to improve his farm and 
 afterward added a modern frame house and a barn. 
 At this place he remained until 1869, when he sold 
 his farm for $20 per acre, therein- realizing, in the 
 advance of the real estate, over £7,000 for his fif- 
 teen years of work. Following this he moved to 
 Saline County, Mo., purchasing there three hun- 
 dred and forty-five acres of partially improved land 
 for which he paid $35 per acre. One can scarcely 
 believe upon visiting the farm of "Lucie .lack," as 
 he is familiarly called, that when he bought the 
 place in 1869 there was scarcely a shrub upon it. 
 
 Now the beautiful lawn surrounding the 1 e 
 
 of our subject is filled with trees of every kind, 
 from the graceful maple to the smallest of flower- 
 ing shrubs. Nature lias here blossomed like the 
 rose for its kindly owner. His residence is a con- 
 venient and modern structure, containing seven 
 rooms, and cost him $2,200 to construct, a striking 
 contrast to his first residence both in appearance 
 and price. He is a man of means, for besides his 
 
 homestead he owns three tenement houses and four 
 well-kept barns. His purchases of land have con- 
 tinued until now he has seven hundred and fifty 
 acres, which, at a rough estimate, would be valued 
 at from $65 to #70 per acre. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place in 185 I. 
 with Miss Jane Ann Summerville, who was born in 
 Mason County, Va., in 1836, and their union was 
 celebrated in the old State of Virginia, and has 
 been blessed with seven children, all but one of 
 whom have been spared to cheer the declining 
 years of their parents. The eldest son, William 
 E., was born in Knox Count}', Mo., in 1855, and 
 he married Miss Yan\Yinkle,of Saline County, Mo., 
 where they reside with their three children. Alex- 
 ander was born in 1857, in Knox County, and mar- 
 ried Miss Keffer, and is a farmer; James was born 
 in 1859 and is a farmer by occupation; Eliza was 
 born in 1869 and married Ed Hawkins, and they 
 reside in Saline County; George was born in 1873, 
 and Robert in 1876. Mr. Long has given his chil- 
 dren the best of educational advantages, three sons 
 having graduated at Kirksville, one daughter nt 
 Fulton and another at Marshall. 
 
 Although not a member of any denomination, 
 Mr. Long is a good man and sets an example of 
 virtue to the younger generation. There is no 
 man in the community who is more universally 
 respected, nor one whose integrity is less questioned 
 than that of our subject. He has never aspired to 
 office, but has upheld the principles of Democracy 
 upon all occasions. The late election of Mr. Cleve- 
 land as Chief Magistrate wreathed his face witli 
 smiles. 
 
 
 WHITE WADDELL, a prosperous farmer 
 and highly respected citizen of La Fayette 
 County, comes of old heroic Revolutionary 
 ^l>' stock, his grandsire having fought in that 
 great struggle. He resides on section 15, town- 
 ship 48, range 26, where he has a finely improved 
 farm of four hundred and thirty-one acres, all 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 under cultivation. John T. Waddell, a native 
 of Mason County, Ivy., born in 1798, was his 
 lather, and his grandfather was William Waddell, 
 a native of Virginia and a soldier of '70, who 
 gave an eye to the cause of liberty. The mother 
 of our subject was Nellie (Triplett) Waddell, a 
 native of Mason County, Ky., born in 1801, her 
 ancestors being from Kentucky. She was married 
 to John T. Waddell in Mason County, he being a 
 fanner and a manufacturer of plows. They came 
 to Lexington Township, La Fayette County, Mo., 
 in 1836, where they made a permanent home, and 
 at the time of his demise in 1842 he was engaged 
 in erecting a mill; his wife died ten years later, in 
 1852. They were the parents of ten children, all 
 of whom, except our subject, are dead. Alexander 
 Campbell, the founder of the Christian Church, 
 converted them to acceptance of his doctrines, 
 and both of them lived and died in that church, 
 the husband being a very active member. A 
 brother of John T., Maj. James W., served with 
 distinction in the War of 1812. 
 
 Our subject was born January IS), 1836, and 
 was brought by his parents to La Fayette County 
 in September of that year, and afterward educated 
 in the Masonic College at Lexington, which he 
 was finally compelled, to leave on account of ill 
 health. The tinning business was followed for a 
 short time, or until the outbreak of the war, when 
 he was appointed .Sergeant-Major of the Seventy- 
 first Missouri Enrolled Militia, under Col. Neill, 
 serving for a time under Gen. Yaughan. In the 
 year 1862 he was made Deputy Sheriff under 
 .Sheriff Jacob A. Price and served until 1865, and 
 in the following spring moved to the farm where 
 he now lives, then in a wild and rough state. 
 Resolutely he took hold, and by energy and indus- 
 try has brought the property to its present con- 
 dition of excellence. The residence was built in 
 1888 at a cost of $900 and a cozy barn is now be- 
 ing completed at a cost of $450. He gives his 
 best energies to the growing of grain and the 
 raising of stock, being especially interested in 
 Shorthorn cattle, and he is most careful that his 
 land shall be kept in a high state of cultivation. 
 
 This very early settler was married November 
 4, 1857, to Miss Betty M. Feree, a native of Ohio, 
 
 who died in May, 1859. He was again married, 
 January 3 i, 1861, taking as his second wife .Miss 
 Mattie G. Waddell, a native of .Missouri, daughter 
 of John J. Waddell; she died September 22, 1885, 
 leaving her husband one child, Hannah L.. wife of 
 Frank S. Groves, of Kansas City, Mo., who has one 
 child. Miss Belle Hunter became his third wife, 
 July 19, 1887, a native of Davis County, Mo., who 
 has borne him one child, James White, Jr. The 
 fellowship of our subject was with the Christian 
 Church at Lexington, until his removal to the 
 farm. His daughter is a graduate of the Baptist 
 Female Seminary at Lexington, she having taken 
 the full course in music. Our subject votes 
 with tin 1 Democratic party. 
 
 i 1 i ■ i - *—*-«■ 
 
 OBERT J. BROWN. To the restless, ad- 
 venture-loving American who seldom 
 stays long in one place, there is a wonder- 
 ^^) ing admiration for the man who is content 
 to spend his life in or near the place where he was 
 born. Such an admiration is awakened by our sub- 
 ject, who was born in Franklin County, this State, 
 near Marion, his natal day having been November 
 23, 1853. He is a son of the late James Brown, 
 who was numbered among the pioneer settlers of 
 that portion of the State. His mother was in her 
 maiden days a Miss Sarah Bridges, an estimable 
 woman, who reared her children to be loyal citi- 
 zens and men of sterling character. James Brown 
 died at his home in 1855. The family included 
 five children, there being three sons and two 
 daughters, and of these our subject is the fourth in 
 order of birth and the youngest son. He spent 
 the early years of his life up to sixteen in his na- 
 tive county. At that time he came to Saline 
 County and has ever since been a resident of the 
 town or vicinity. 
 
 Robert Brown received the advantages of a 
 common-school education. When the time came 
 for him to choose an occupation, he first engaged 
 in farming, which he followed until 1880. He then 
 
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 Seth Mason. 
 
PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL BECoRD. 
 
 22.'. 
 
 came to Slater and launched into the live-stock 
 business, and in 1886 he formed a partnership with 
 Frank L. Ayres, under the firm name of Brown & 
 Ayres. Prior to that time, from 1880, lie had been 
 in the emploj of Josiah Baker, Jr. The live-stock 
 business in Kansas has grown to such important 
 proportions that one who attends closely to the 
 
 duties can scareelv make a failure. Our own pop- 
 ulation ill the States calls for an immense supply in 
 this direction, while our exports to other countries 
 are not small. There is. therefore, every reason to 
 suppose that the same success which has hitherto 
 attended our subject in his business enterprises 
 will continue to reward his efforts hereafter. 
 
 Mr. Brown was married in Saline County, in 
 August, 1*74. The lady of his choice was Miss 
 Mary A., daughter of Benton Gwin, of this county. 
 She was born in June. 1*.">7, and is a ladv of rare 
 virtues. The domestic life of this couple is of a 
 very happy character. 
 
 ~5 KTII MASON was formerly a highlj es- 
 ^fe£ teemed citizen of La Fayette County, and 
 in his decease many lost a trusted friend 
 and one who was ever ready to lend a help- 
 ing hand in time of need. lb' was one of the 
 early settlers of this county, among whose pioneers 
 he held an influential position. Mr. Mason was a 
 native of Frederick County. \'a., and was born 
 July 19, 18l!'>. He was a son of Neth and .lane 
 (Mason) Mason, the former a patriot of the War 
 of L812. 
 
 Reared to manhood's estate in his native place, 
 Mr. Mason there received g 1 educational ad- 
 vantages and the added advantage of a home dis- 
 tinguished by intelligence and culture. He be- 
 came a student at the old and renowned William a nil 
 Mary College and was well versed in all the col- 
 lege lore then considered so essential to the schol- 
 arly man; that is, he learned his Latin so thoroughly 
 that he could repeat page after page from memor\ 
 
 longafterhe had left college. He took great pride 
 
 in keeping up with the advancement of the day. 
 but had no idea of becoming a professional man. 
 rather a country gentleman, and engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits all his life. 
 
 February 26, 1845, our subject married Miss 
 Amelia Earle, a native of Clarke County, Va., 
 born October 17, 1826. Her parents were Col. 
 John B. and Maria Miller Earle, both natives of 
 Virginia. The former was commissioned a colo- 
 nel of Virginia troops in the War of 1812. Mrs. 
 Mason's ancestors on the paternal side were Eng- 
 lish, and are said to have been Scotch-Irish on the 
 mother's side. She was reared to maturity in her 
 native State and was educated at a ladies' semi- 
 nary in Wi nchester, Va. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Mason became the parents of ten 
 children: Ida, Edward, Mary, Amelia, Lelia, Ella, 
 Leslie, Irvin, Effle and Frank. The eldest is Mrs. 
 J. II. Burns; Mary is .Mrs. Smith, a widow; Am- 
 elia is Mrs. W. E. Kellar; Effle is a teacher in the 
 public schools. Our subject removed to Missouri 
 with his family in 1854, and came to La Fayette 
 County and settled on the farm where the widow 
 now resides. That was before the present town of 
 Higginsville was known. Their first home was a 
 log bouse and their tract bore but slight improve- 
 ments, and it was Mr. Mason who brought the 
 farm to its present highly cultivated condition. 
 . Himself a scholar. Mr. Mason esteemed mosthigh- 
 ly the advantages of an education, and realizing 
 that such advantages would be the best feature in 
 inducing a good class of settlers to come here, he 
 was an ardent advocate of the most advanced educa- 
 tional methods; nor was his interest confined to 
 the mental evolution of children alone, but related 
 to advancement in every feature of public life. 
 While in Virginia he was a captain in the State 
 Militia anil during the war drilled a company of 
 Confederate troops for service, lie was a Dem- 
 ocrat in politics and although not rabid was de- 
 voted to what he considered the patriotic features 
 of bis chosen party. 
 
 The estate that Mr. Mason left comprised over 
 two hundred acres of land. Their first home, 
 above described, has been replaced with a commo- 
 dious and comfortable mansion, containing all the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 conveniences which ra:ike our present mode of life 
 so much easier than anything hitherto known. 
 This is occupied by Mrs. Mason, who is most highly 
 regarded among the matrons of the county. She 
 is identified with the Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
 Mason departed this life March 8, 1889. He stood 
 high in the esteem of all who had the pleasure of 
 his acquaintance. In the family life his demise 
 left a grief that can never be wholly assuaged, and 
 as a neighbor and citizen he will always be remem- 
 bered for the wood that he did. 
 
 '-••••^ 
 
 <fl MLLIAM PIPER, one of the early and hon- 
 \rJ/( ored settlers and most successful agricul- 
 Wy turists of Saline County, has been closely 
 identified with the business interests of his sec- 
 tion of the Stale for over fif t.3' years. A citizen 
 of upright character and ability, genial in manner 
 and liberal in sentiment, he is the soul of hospi- 
 tality and has a host of warm and earnest friends. 
 In Virginia, the early home of the patriotic ances- 
 tors and bravest defenders of our nation's liberty, 
 our subject was born, near Charlottesville, in Al- 
 bemarle County. His paternal grandfather, Will- 
 iam, and his father, Willis Piper, were both natives 
 of the Old Dominion, the latter born November 
 13, 1809. 
 
 Willis Piper was a merchant in Virginia, but in 
 1812 decided to try his fortunes in the newer State 
 of Missouri. The family made what was then a 
 tedious trip by team and wagon. A six-horse 
 wagon and several carriages were required to 
 transport them and their belongings, and they were 
 about two months on their uneventful journey to 
 Saline County. They first made their home in 
 Arrow Rock, later removed to Miami, then to 
 Blackwater Township, and finally settled in Jcf- 
 ferson Township. Here the father followed the 
 pursuit of agriculture, and, being an enterprising 
 man, dealt in land. He also engaged in merchan- 
 dising at Arrow Rock for eighteen months and was 
 the owner of valuable estates in various portions 
 
 of the county. He was a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church and a highly respected citizen, 
 and died much regretted in January, 18C7. passing 
 away in Cambridge Township soon after the war. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Mary S. Black, was 
 a native of Virginia and was born in Albemarle 
 County November 17, 181G, and was the daughter 
 of John Black, also a native and farmer of the Old 
 Dominion. He was a veteran of the war and 
 served his country faithfully in the War of 1812, 
 for which service his wife afterward received a 
 land grant from the Government. Mrs. Willis 
 Piper died in Arrow Rock Township October 2, 
 1852. She was the mother of nine children: Will- 
 iam, our subject, was the eldest and was born No- 
 vember 9, 1834; John B. was killed at Booneville 
 in the Civil War; James was with Gen. Marinaduke 
 during the war and died soon afterward from the 
 effects of privation and exposure; Martha P., Mrs. 
 Thorp, resides in Texas; Mary E. died at home; 
 Willis, also a participant in the Civil War, lives in 
 Oklahoma; Leonidas, born in 1842, died in 1872; 
 Joseph is a merchant in Texas; and Francis, who 
 is not permanently settled in any locality. 
 
 William Piper was eight years old when his par- 
 ents removed to Missouri. He had for a brief time 
 attended the neighboring school near his Virginia 
 home, and after his father had located in the pio- 
 neer settlement of the new country, he went to 
 the primitive school in the vicinity and wrote his 
 first exercises on a plank with a goose quill. In 
 later years he enjo3'ed the advantage of a course 
 of instruction at the University of Missouri, at 
 Columbia. He remained at home until twenty 
 years of age, when he became possessed of a 
 part of his present valuable farm, and there be- 
 gan life for himself. The farm contained about 
 one hundred and eighty acres, three miles south- 
 west of Marshall. Upon this fine piece of property 
 Mr. Piper settled and industriously engaged in 
 the pursuit of general agriculture. He added to 
 his real estate until he had here three hundred and 
 twenty acres of excellent land, all under cultiva- 
 tion. After two years' occupation, he rented it 
 during the war and lived with M. D. Gaines, his 
 father-in-law, in Clay Township. 
 
 After a time, our subject returned again to his 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX'ORD. 
 
 227 
 
 homestead and devoted Ids efforts to stock-raising, 
 handling only blooded cattle and feeding a large 
 herd on the range, lie succeeded reinarkabh 
 well, but the range was soon fenced in and lie 
 was obliged to buy more land, for which he paid 
 from $10 to $50 an acre, until now he has eleven 
 hundred acres in three farms, all fenced and im- 
 proved. Mr. Piper lias three sets of buildings 
 and as many tenants, and raises annually a line 
 crop, the land yielding from twenty-five to ninety 
 bushels to the acre. In 1875, two hundred acres 
 furnished eighteen thousand bushels of corn, and 
 although the soil and climate are favorable to the 
 culture of wheat. corn is the principal cereal raised 
 upon the finely improved place. In the spring of 
 1802, the wife of our subject died and he removed 
 temporarily to Marshall. 
 
 Mr. I'iiier had been united in marriage in 
 1862 to Miss Mildred L., a daughter of M. I). 
 Gaines, an old settler of the county and a pioneer 
 Settler of Clay Township, where he engaged in 
 farming. He was a man of sterling character and 
 of strong physique and lived to the advanced age 
 of ninety years. Mrs. Piper was educated in La 
 Fayette Seminary, Howard County. She died 
 February 9, 1892, and left four children: Morti- 
 mer is a farmer of Marshall Township; .lames is 
 also an agriculturist of the same township; Lula, 
 educated at Lexington and a fine musician, is at 
 home; and Charles, the youngest of the family, is 
 also at home. The home farm of our subject is 
 one of the most attractive in this portion of the 
 country. The extensive acres are within easy dis- 
 tance of the city and are especially noticeable for 
 the handsome and commodious residence and nu- 
 merous valuable buildings, among the rest an un- 
 usually roomy and convenient barn. The rich .--oil 
 is watered by the Phoenix Creek; the well-kept 
 orchard supplies a great variety of luscious fruit, 
 and the timber, a heavy walnut grove, diversifies 
 the scene and add- to the charming effect of the 
 whole landscape, which during the harvest months 
 is bright in coloring and animated m the extreme. 
 
 Mr. Piper has been one of the most extensive 
 stock-raisers in this section of country. He was 
 the pioneer in raising full-blooded Durhamsin this 
 Vicinity and has sent from his farm to the sur- 
 
 rounding States hundreds of head of horses and 
 mules. In 1858 our subject visited his old home, 
 always dear to him, in Virginia. Many and great 
 have been the changes in Missouri since he first 
 came to the State. In the early days hospitality 
 was the rule, not the exception. His father wel- 
 comed the stranger guest, and without reward as- 
 sisted him to locate land. People were social and 
 had confidence in each other, and even the crops 
 were different. Our subject long assisted in rais- 
 ing hemp and tobacco, and in the very early times 
 when game was plentiful has counted in one day 
 besides turkeys fifteen deer in a herd. Mr. Piper 
 has been a prom incut factor in the successful ter- 
 mination of various enterprises of Saline County, 
 lie assisted in getting the railroads to establish 
 themselves here, and raised $150,000 for the Chi- 
 cago & Alton, and also aided in the completion of 
 the line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad connect- 
 ing here. 
 
 Our subject is a member of the Agricultural So- 
 ciety of Saline County and is also connected with 
 the Fine Stock Association. He is a strong Demo- 
 crat and an able advocate of the principles of the 
 party, and has represented his fellow-townsmen in 
 county and State conventions, attending the large 
 gathering at Grand Eddy. Pettis County. Honest 
 and energetic, fearless and enterprising, Mr. Piper 
 has been an important factor in the business 
 growth and progress of his adopted State, and 
 through long years of intimate association has won 
 and firmly holds a high place in the affection and 
 esteem of the people among whom so many years 
 of his prosperous and useful life have been passed. 
 
 
 OHN K. THOMAS is one of the most exten- 
 sive farmers, if not the most extensive, in 
 Saline County. He is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity and the Ancient Order 
 of United Workmen, as well as the People's party, 
 and is altogether a most worthy citizen. The 
 Thomas family began here with Notley, Col. John 
 
228 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 D.,and Benedict Thomas, who came to what is now 
 La Fayette County in 1818, and settled close to 
 the line which al this time divides Saline and La 
 Fayette Counties. They took up large tracts of 
 land and became extensive land-owners. 
 
 These brothers were natives of Maryland, where 
 Notley Thomas had married a Miss Smith. The 
 children of this union grew to years of maturity. 
 They were: Dr. L. C, who was reared in this 
 county and was a graduate in medicine, with an 
 extensive practice in this and adjoining counties; 
 Nancy, who is still living; Maj. Baltimore; Oscar, 
 who was a merchant and also an extensive farmer, 
 and an active man, and one who stood well in the 
 community, as did all the family; Alonzo, a grad- 
 uate in law, afterward located in Santa Rosa 
 County, Cal.. where he became a Judge; Betsy, 
 who married John Patrick, and died in Colorado, 
 as did her husband; Rebecca, who became the wife 
 of David Palmer, of La Fayette County; Susan, 
 who married Benjamin Cooper, of La Fayette 
 County; and Notley, of Waverly, Mo. 
 
 Oscar Thomas married in 18:18 Miss Zerilda E. 
 North, by whom he had ten children, among whom 
 were: Lawson, who died just before graduating in 
 medicine, and who was unmarried; W. Scott, of 
 Waverly; Notley, deceased; .1. R. Thomas; and 
 Emma E., wife of II. C. Francisco, of Lexington. 
 
 John R. Thomas was born in 1852, and resided 
 in this county until he came to years of maturity- 
 lie was educated in the common schools here and 
 the Christian Brothers' schools of St. Louis. Mr. 
 Thomas married in 1873 Miss Bertie E. Gwatkin, 
 a native of Virginia, and a member of one of the 
 best families of the State. They have one child, a 
 daughter. Our subject was a stanch Democrat 
 up to the time of the formation of the People's 
 party, but was one of the Brst to advocate the 
 principles of that organization, and to work for its 
 advancement. 
 
 As has been said before. Mr. Thomas is an exten- 
 sive farmer and no one in the county does a larger 
 business in that line than he. He is a man of good 
 Standing in the community, strong in principles 
 and true to his convictions. He is clear-sighted 
 and sound in judgment, although he may, of 
 course, differ in opinion very frequently from 
 
 other men who are also worthy of being listened 
 to with respect, which must necessarily follow from 
 the fact that men have individual characters and 
 differing experiences. Mr. Thomas, however, is a 
 gentleman who commands the respect even of his 
 political opponents, and who has the cordial es- 
 teem of many friends. 1 1 is address is Mt. Leon- 
 ard. Saline County, Mo. 
 
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 ^-^jEORGE P.. FLETCHER, one of the prom i- 
 >' Middleton Township, La 
 
 ^p^EORGE B. FLET 
 If ,— nent farmers of 
 %j| Fayette County, 
 
 'Ns^l Fayette County, Mo., is the subject of the 
 present sketch. His excellent farm is located on 
 section 16, range 24, township 50, and consists of 
 three hundred and fifteen acres. Our subject was 
 born in Henry County. Mo., in 1837, a son of AVill- 
 iam and Rachel (Burroughs) Fletcher, the latter a 
 daughter of George Burroughs, all natives of Ken- 
 tucky. William Fletcher, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was born in Mason County, Ky., in 1813, a 
 son of John and Ellen Fletcher, of Virginia. 
 
 In 1829, William Fletcher came to the State of 
 Missouri, where he has since resided, and now at 
 the age of seventy-nine years still enjoys good 
 health. He has always been one of the well-known 
 Democrats of the township. Since 1840 he has 
 belonged to the Christian Church, an active 
 worker in its schemes of benevolence. In 1831, 
 he married Rachel Burroughs, by whom he became 
 the father of seven children, three of whom are 
 yet living, and are: our subject; Sara, the wife of 
 T. B. Warren; and Fannie, the wife of C. W. Mc- 
 ( ord, of Iligginsville, Mo. 
 
 When quite young, our subject removed with 
 his parents to La Fayette County, Mo., where he 
 entered the common schools, receiving there a 
 good education in the ordinary branches of learn- 
 ing. At the age of twenty-one j-ears, he began 
 farming on his own account with his father, which 
 occupation still engages his attention, and in 
 which he has been very successful, both in farming 
 and in raising cattle. His greatest success is in 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 229 
 
 raising wheat and corn and the breeding of high 
 grade Shorthorn cattle. Nol many farmers have 
 liner pieces of land than has our subject. 
 
 In 1868, Mr. Fletcher was united in matrimony 
 with Miss Lucy, a daughter < >f Stephen Catron, 
 
 one of tl ail\ settlers of Missouri. Five bright 
 
 and interesting children have been bora to Mr. 
 and Mrs Fletcher, as follows: Georgie, Stephen 
 \\\. Guy, John K. and Walker. Both Mr. Fletcher 
 and his wife are much respected members of the 
 community, and the latter is connected with the 
 Presbyterian Church, where site is known as a good 
 Christian woman. In his political feelings, Mr. 
 Fletcher is a decided Democrat, believing firmly 
 in the perpetuation of Democratic principles. 
 
 JAMES <>. HOGAN, a prominent pioneer of 
 La Fayette County and the owner of one of 
 the best farms within its limits, resides on 
 section 35, township 40, range 26. The 
 birth of Mr. Ilogan took place in Warren County, 
 Ky.. May 3, 1827, he being a son of Alexander and 
 Mary (Hatcher) Hogan, natives of Virginia. The 
 family is of Irish descent, its first representative 
 in this country having been his great-grandfather 
 Hogan, who after emigrating served as a soldier of 
 the Revolutionary War. When but thirteen years 
 
 of age, ■ subject, a motherless lad. was brought 
 
 to La Fayette County, Mo., by his father, who en- 
 deavored in every nay possible to fill the place of 
 the absent parent. 
 
 After reaching Missouri, Mr. Hogan, Sr., entered 
 Governmenl land in a portion of the county which 
 was entirely uncultivated, and thus became :\ pio- 
 neer, living here until his death in 1881. These 
 years were seasons of toil, and the lapse of time 
 represented the operations of nature, aided l>\ 
 those of this industrious man. which eliminated 
 the weeds and wire grass and brought the wild soil 
 into conditions favorable to the growth of rich and 
 bounteous crops. The work of the pioneer i an be 
 scarcely overestimated, with its toils, privations, and 
 
 sometimes its slight remunerations. Our subject 
 was One Of six children, but only two of them, 
 .lames O. and a sister, Cassandra, the wife of Henry 
 Slusher, remain of the family, sickness and death 
 having often invaded the home. 
 
 Our subject attended a country log schoolhouse 
 in his native State, and well he remembers the old 
 puncheon floor, the huge stick and mud chimney, 
 and the other primitive surroundings, as he con- 
 trasts them with the massive buildings in which Ins 
 grandchildren obtain their educations. Three 
 months more were devoted to the acquirement of 
 learning after he had made his home in Missouri, 
 but that was all the assistance he ever received 
 from the inside of a schoolhouse. Later read- 
 ing and communion with the world have taught 
 him many lessons, and he is considered a very well- 
 informed man. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Hogan took place in 
 Missouri and united him with Miss Sarah Warren, 
 a native of La Fayette County, and the daughter 
 of Anderson Warren, an early settler of the county. 
 The second marriage of Mr. Hogan united him, 
 September 1, 1858, with Miss Euphamy Slusher 
 daughter of Henry and Rebecca ( Robireson ) Slusher; 
 she was bom in La Fayette County. May 21. L840. 
 Her father was an old resident of Dover Township, 
 where he settled in pioneer times. Resulting from 
 his first marriage, Mr. Ilogan has two children. 
 Edward and Jeremiah, and from the second mar- 
 riage: Cecil; Johanna, the wife of John Longest; 
 James H. and Nora 1!. 
 
 Mr. Ilogan ha- lived so long in the county that 
 he has witiii-.se. 1 the -rent growth and development 
 of it- resources. His memory goes back to the 
 day- when he broke the ground with five voke of 
 e\en. and when every road was merely a path, upon 
 which the great lumbering wagons were slowly 
 drawn through deepest ruts, buried in pits of sand 
 or mud, or jolted recklessly over roughest stone-. 
 As he traverses the county behind his fast-stepping 
 horses upon the be-t of macadamised roads, or 
 rushes across the country ill the railroad ear. no 
 doubt he mentally contrasts t lie advancement made 
 in locomotion with the early days in the county. 
 His reminiscences of those days are very entertain- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Although our subject had his own way to make 
 in the world, he has done well and has gained 
 wealth and influence. lie has filled the offices in 
 his district to the satisfaction of all. In his poli- 
 tics, lie has long been a supporter of the tenets of 
 the Democratic party, latterly becoming interested 
 in and identifying himself with the Davis Grange, 
 in which he holds the office of Master. During 
 the war he did his part as a brave man. enlisting 
 in the spring of 1861 in Company F., Shelby's 
 Regiment, Confederate troops, and served princi- 
 pally in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas, 
 taking part in the battles of Prairie Grove, Lex- 
 ington, Marshall, Springfield and Hartsville (all in 
 Missouri), Helena, Ark., and was slightly wounded 
 in the right thigh in a retreat across the Boston 
 Mountains in Arkansas. He remained in the service 
 about four years and surrendered at Memphis, 
 Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Ilogan are now enjoying the 
 fruits of an industrious life, esteemed by their 
 neighbors and friends. 
 
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 K. R. W. McCLELLAND, an able and suc- 
 cessful physician of Saline County, Mo., en- 
 jo vs an extended and lucrative practice in 
 Arrow Rock and the surrounding country. Thor- 
 oughly versed in professional duties, and a man of 
 high attainments, Dr. McClelland was solicited to 
 become one of the professors in the medical de- 
 partment of the State University, and urged to ac- 
 cept the chair of the Theory and Practice of Med- 
 icine. He declined, the offered honor however, 
 as his constantly increasing practice demands his 
 closest attention, and scarcely allows him time for 
 needed rest or recreation. Our subject was born 
 December 24, 1835, in Callaway County, Mo., and is 
 of Scottish ancestry. He remained in his birthplace 
 until about fifteen years of age, when he removed 
 with his parents to Howard County, in the same 
 State. 
 
 The youthful days of Dr. McClelland were passed 
 upon his father's farm, engaged in the duties of 
 
 agriculture, or devoted to study in the little school 
 in the neighborhood, where he laid the foundation 
 of a higher education. He attended a High School 
 in Howard County, and at the age of twenty-one 
 began the study of medicine with Dr. J. B. Wilcox, 
 of Rocheport, Boone County, Mo. In 1859 he en- 
 tered the University of Virginia, graduating from 
 the department of medicine in 186(1, with the de- 
 gree of M. I). After a few months of practice Dr. 
 McClelland went to St. Louis, where he took two 
 courses of lectures in the St. Louis Medical College, 
 much of his time during this course being spent in 
 the hospitals. Graduating with honor from this 
 renowned institution, our subject, having com- 
 pleted his studies in 1861, established himself im- 
 mediately at Pleasant Green, Cooper County, where 
 he engaged in practice until the war disturbed his 
 relations with the people, when he went to Bell Air. 
 
 Dr. McClelland as a Southern man was in full 
 sympathy with the Confederacy, and as most of the 
 citizens of that vicinity favored the Union cause, 
 he removed to his father-in-law's place, near Col- 
 umbia, Mo. Here our subject spent the winter of 
 1861, and in the spring located in Millersburgh, 
 Callaway County, within a mile of his birthplace, 
 and purchased the old homestead. lie remained 
 amid the scenes of his infancy for one year, then 
 sold the farm, and in the spring of 1865 settled in 
 Arrow Rock, his constant home for the past twenty- 
 seven years of prosperous practice of his profession. 
 More than thirty years ago, upon December 18, 
 1861, Dr. R. W. McClelland and Miss Martha 
 Phillips were united in the bonds of wedlock. Mrs. 
 McClelland is the daughter of Judge Hiram and 
 Elizabeth Phillips, of Boone County, near Colum- 
 bia. 
 
 Two children, daughters, blessed this union. 
 Belle died at the age of one year and seven 
 days, and for a time the sunshine of life was 
 dimmed in the pleasant home. Nora Adella is at 
 home and is the central attraction in a large circle 
 of friends. She is now a young lady radiant with 
 the brightness of youth, an accomplished and at- 
 tractive graduate of Stephens' College at Columbia, 
 a Baptist institute, from which she received her 
 diploma in the summer of 1886. Judge Hiram 
 C. Phillips, the father of Mrs. McClelland, was a 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 231 
 
 man of superior ability and undoubted integrity 
 of character. He was a native of Albemarble 
 Countyj Va., but early removed from the home of 
 his childhood tn Cynthiana, Ky. His wife was Miss 
 Elizabeth Cave, daughter of Elder Richard Cave, 
 one of the pioneer preachers of Boone County, Mo. 
 The Judge moved to Boone County in L819, and 
 was Slate Senator for t lie term 1840-42. lie 
 was County Judge at the time of his death, and 
 had been the presiding Judge of Boone County 
 for tin- past thirty years. Judge Phillips died at 
 the age of seventy -six years, in 1869, universally 
 lamented by the entire community, among whom 
 he had dwelt so many years. His beloved wife 
 died in the same year, ai, r ed seventy-one years, 
 while on a visit at the home of our subject. "In 
 death they were not long divided." 
 
 James McClelland, the paternal grandfather of 
 our subject, was a Kentuckian by birth, and resided 
 in Bourbon County. A veteran of the War of 
 IS 12, hi 1 was widely known and highly respected, 
 and surrounded himself with a family of intelligent 
 children. His sons and daughters were: .lames, 
 William, Elizabeth, Arthur, Thomas, Elisha (the 
 father of our subject), and Joseph, all reared upon 
 the Bourbon County farm, near Paris, Ivy., wheie 
 the only surviving son, James, now resides, aged 
 ninety-three years. Elisha was born about 1808 
 and died in the fall of 1859. lie had devoted his 
 life to the pursuits of agriculture and stock-raising, 
 for twenty years trading in mules and horses, buy- 
 ing and feeding in Missouri, and shipping to 
 Southern markets. When about twenty-two years 
 of age he settled in Callaway County, and with 
 him came his brother Thomas, and three of his 
 sisters. lie married, in 183:5, Miss Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Thomas and Sarah West, Kentuekians 
 by birth, and long-time residents of Missouri. 
 
 In 1817. Dr. McClelland 's father removed to 
 Howard County, and settled upon a farm near 
 Fayette, where he lived until his death. His ex- 
 cellent wife died in 1851. They were the parents 
 of eight children, of whom Dr. McClelland was the 
 eldest. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, now de- 
 ceased, was married to II. B. Redmond; Louisa, de- 
 ceased; Sarah was married to J.G. Wiseman, now in 
 a mercantile business in Ashland, Mo.; Thomas C, 
 
 engaged in the banking and mining business, in 
 Joplin, Mo., resides in Kansas City; Catherine, mar- 
 ried to Mr. DeMoss, a lawyer of Kevtesville, Mo.; 
 Martha and James, both deceased. 
 
 Dr. McClelland is a prominent Democrat, and 
 has been frequently solicited by his party to be- 
 come a candidate for office, but he has invariably 
 declined the honor, as he prefers to devote himself 
 to the duties of his profession. He is deeply in- 
 terested in the cause of education, and was for years 
 one of the Trustees of Stephens 1 College, and was 
 one of the members of the Board of Examiners, ap- 
 pointed by the Governor, of the graduating class 
 in the medical department at Columbia, Mo. Aside 
 from the practice of his profession, Dr. McClelland 
 has an interest with his brother at Joplin in min- 
 ing, and also owns four hundred acres of valuable 
 land in Saline and Cooper Counties. Our subject 
 and his wife and daughter belong to the Baptist 
 Church, and are foremost in the good work of that 
 religious organization. When Dr. A. L. Arnold, 
 who had so long been connected with the State 
 University, died, once again Dr. McClelland was 
 urged to accept the vacant position, but he was 
 firm in his denial, well knowing that with his large 
 practice any additional duty could not be under- 
 taken. Secure in the esteem and confidence which 
 his earnest efforts and skill entitle him to, our sub- 
 ject continues his professional rounds through 
 storm or sunshine, and in the hearts of those whom 
 he has faithfully attended, going almost down into 
 the dark valley to bring them back to sorrowing 
 friends, there can be but one grateful word spoken 
 — "He hath done what he could." 
 
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 "5^^ RNST HADER i^ one of the enterprising 
 ;fe) German-American citizens who, having 
 ImLs$ sworn allegiance to the flag of their adopted 
 country, have brought here that energy and the 
 best traits of character for which their countrymen 
 are noted, infusing it into the new conditions of 
 life here. Mr. Ilader resides on section 12, town- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 ship 49, range 26, La Fayette County, and his 
 farm is characterized by that neatness and thor- 
 oughness of cultivation which almost always are 
 noticed on a farm owned by a German. Mr. 
 Hader was horn in Prussia, August 28, 1849. lie 
 is a son of John G. and Wilhelmena Hader, both 
 of whom were natives of Germany. 
 
 The family hegira was made to the United 
 States in 1855. They look passage in a sailing- 
 vessel and after a voyage of six weeks landed in 
 New York, but proceeded almost immediately to 
 La Fayette, Ind., which was their home for some 
 time. Later they removed to Johnson County, 
 Mo., where they remained until the close of the 
 Civil War, when they came to La Fayette County 
 and settled near the present site of Higginsville, 
 though at that time the town had not been organ- 
 ized. The decease of the head of the family oc- 
 curred December 6, 1884, the mother following 
 him a few days later, her death taking place on 
 the 18th of the same month. 
 
 Of the family of children horn to our subject's 
 parents, the following survive: John, Frederick, 
 Henry, Ernst, August, Minnie (the wife of W. W. 
 Hertman) and Emma (Mrs. Henry Kuhlmann). 
 The children have been reared in the faith of the 
 Baptist Church. Their home life was pleasant 
 and they enjoyed many comforts, as their father 
 was a successful farmer, lie was much interested 
 in the politics of his adopted land, favoring the 
 Republican party. 
 
 Ernst Hader was reared to manhood's estate in 
 Missouri, and has devoted his whole attention to 
 fanning. He has had very few educational advan- 
 tages, having attended school only about six 
 months during his life, but has managed to pickup 
 a great deal of useful information and knowl- 
 edge of business affairs. March 18, 1875, he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah Brand. The 
 home which was then established has been blessed 
 by the advent of five children, whose names are 
 Lillie, William, Laura, Wallie and Mamie. Mi. 
 Hader is the owner of one hundred and ninety- 
 six acres of land, which he has fed with the ex- 
 pectation that it would feed him in return, lie is 
 much respected in the community and has held 
 several local offices. He is now serving as Direc- 
 
 tor of the Scl I District, and while he himself 
 
 has had hut few advantages he knows better how 
 to appreciate those which the younger generation 
 are enjoying. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are worshipers with 
 the Baptist denomination, lie has served as 
 Trustee of the church for a number of years and 
 is a liberal contributor to the support of the 
 same. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Hader 
 is one of the substantial men of the district, whose 
 worth takes on a most practical aspect. 
 
 USTAV II. FREITAG, the efficient manager 
 and book-keeper for the lumber firm of 
 V_>J Temple, Schoppenhorst iV' Co., is one of the 
 best business men in the city of Higginsville, 
 where he is an honored citizen. Mr. Freitag is a 
 native son of the soil, having been born in Warren 
 County, near Hopewell, August 9, 1864. His fa- 
 ther, Herman, was born in Lippe-Detmold, Ger- 
 many, where he engaged in farming, as did his fa- 
 ther, Henry. 
 
 In his native land, Herman Freitag married Miss 
 Fredericka Starke, who was born in Germany. In 
 1857 he brought his family, consisting of his wife 
 and three children, to Warren Count3-, Mo., where 
 he purchased a farm of eighty acres. That place 
 he operated until 1871, when he sold it and located 
 in Higginsville. He bought one hundred and 
 seventy-four acres on section 21, two miles north- 
 east of the city, and also purchased one hundred 
 and sixty acres near Mayview, which he operated, 
 until he retired from active life in 1889, and re- 
 moved to Higginsville, where he is enjoying the 
 fruits of his labors. Mr. and Mrs. Freitag are 
 prominent members of the Evangelical Church. 
 Seven children were born to the union of this 
 worthy couple, six of whom are still living. 
 
 Our subject was reared in La Fayette County, 
 where he received his primary education in the 
 district school. In 1887, he entered the Wesleyan 
 
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PORTRAIT A.ND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
 235 
 
 University at Bloomington, 111., where lie remained 
 one term, and then became a student .-it the Wes- 
 levan College a( Warrenton, Mo., where he carried 
 on iiis studies for two terms. His next place of 
 learning \\ :i> the Gem City Business College, from 
 which In' was graduated in the spring of 1889. 
 After completing his studies, he began to utilize 
 the knowledge thus acquired by acting as book- 
 keeper for O.V.Thornton, of l-Iigginsville. Mr. 
 Freitag remained with Mr. Thornton until the 1st 
 of January, 1800, when he started on .1 trip 
 through Kansas and Nebraska, remaining four 
 months. On his return, he entered the employ of 
 Messrs. Hawkins & Smith, with whom he remained 
 until February, 1891, when he formed the present 
 partnership and bought out his employer's lumber 
 business. 
 
 The lumber yards of the present firm are located 
 <>ii Russell & Patrick Streets, with one hundred 
 feet frontage on Russell Street. The firm carries 
 the most complete stock of lumber and building 
 material in the city, and the yards, which extend 
 back the entire block, are the most extensive here. 
 Mr. Freitag is of a social nature and affiliates with 
 the Knights of Pythias and the Uniformed Rank, 
 in which he is an important member. He espouses 
 the principles of the party that upheld the Union, 
 abolished slavery and has brought the country to 
 its present state of prosperity, — the great Republi- 
 can party. A young man of sterling traits of 
 character, the success of the business is largely due 
 to his efforts, and he also aids in whatever meas- 
 ures will promote the welfare of the city. 
 
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 OX. JOHN T. STOUFFER, Judge of Saline 
 County, combines agricultural pursuits with 
 those of a professional nature, and owns a 
 line piece of property, consisting of one 
 hundred and seventy-live acres of land, on section 
 3, township 49, range 20, Saline County. He 
 does an extensive business, having managed for a 
 time the Smith and Wm. Berkeley estates in addi- 
 tion to the supervision of his own farm. 
 
 Judge Stouffer was born in Frederick County. 
 Md., June 27, 1838, and in his childhood accom- 
 panied his parents to Augusta County, Va., where 
 he resided up to the age of eighteen. He then 
 came to Saline County, whither he was followed 
 by his parents cue year later. At that time he 
 was a carpenter and builder, and after coming to 
 Missouri worked at his trade until the date of his 
 marriage. December 19, 1858, at which time he 
 was married to Miss Elizabeth Jane Adkisson. 
 Twelve children were born to them, six boys and 
 six girls, all but one of whom reached mature 
 years. They were as follows: Laura Y.. who mar- 
 ried J. M. Buntin, of this county; John M., de- 
 ceased, a graduate of the St. Louis Medical Col- 
 lege; Sophia, who died in infancy; Ella, wife of 
 Charles Clough; Katie 1)., Kssie L., and Mary 1!., 
 all three deceased; ('. Lester, Robert W., Leon- 
 ard T., George E. and Carroll C. W. 
 
 The Judge's parents, Daniel and Sophia (Derr) 
 Stouffer, were both born in Frederick County, 
 Md., in the year 1800. They reared eight chil- 
 dren, of whom the Judge was the sixth, all but 
 one of whom came to Missouri. The3' were: Ann, 
 new the widow of EnOS Dull, of Kansas City; 
 Elizabeth; Jane R., of Virginia; Edward A., of 
 Saline County: Freddie, who died in infancy; 
 John T.; William II.; and Leah. John T.'s pa- 
 ternal grandfather, Jacob Stouffer, was born in 
 Pennsylvania in 17.");") and served in the Revolu- 
 tion, afterward removing t<> Maryland. The fam- 
 ily is of German descent, and has had representa- 
 tives in America for several generations. 
 
 In the fall of 1888 our subject was elected to 
 the office of County Judge ami served two terms 
 with such success that he was re-elected in 1892. 
 This fact tells the story and proclaims him a pop- 
 ular man. He is a stanch Democrat, and has 
 been true to his party all his life. A man of 
 clear insight and sound judgment, he (ills with 
 dignity and success the high position to which he 
 has been called b\ the will of the people of his 
 county. Socially, he i^ identified with the Masonic 
 fraternity. In their religious connections he and 
 his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South. 
 
 In tins connection it will be interesting to 
 
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236 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 touch more fully upon Mrs. Stouffer's family. 
 Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walker Adkisson, reared 
 seven children, all of whom lived to have families 
 of their own, namely: William, who died in Henry 
 County, Mo.; Warren, of Marshall; Sarah, wife of 
 B. G. Doyle, of Shelbyville; Maiy, who became 
 the wife of J. M. Smith and is now deceased; 
 Milton, of Lebanon, a minister of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church South, in which he has labored 
 since the fall of 1855; Mrs. Stouffer; and John, 
 who is now President of the Methodist Episcopal 
 School at Ft. Worth, Tex. Mr. Adkisson was a 
 successful business man. 
 
 Not only at Napton and throughout Saline 
 County, but elsewhere in Missouri is Judge Stouffer 
 well known as a man of ability, an enterprising 
 farmer and a wise judge. It is interesting to 
 trace the career of men who have made their way 
 up, as he has done, from small beginnings to where 
 they have a decisive voice in settling the affairs 
 of their fellow-men, and it is axiomatic that those 
 who have had the most to do for themselves are, 
 as a rule, better fitted in later life to direct others. 
 The latent power that makes possible an upward 
 growth against difficulties, and the determination 
 that presses forward to overcome all obstacles, 
 are sure to result in the attainment of success. 
 
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 ILMON A. H. CAMERON. The gift of life 
 is so mysterious, that when that other mys- 
 tery which we call death interrupts the 
 current of human hopes and aspirations, we know 
 not into what new channel the spirit may be 
 turned; but if the life has been characterized by 
 strength and vigor, everything that it has touched 
 in its onward passage must have received a benefi- 
 cent inspiration. Thus was it with the man whose 
 history we shall attempt to sketch in outline, and 
 whose every act in his everyday communication 
 both with his family and the business community 
 was characterized by honesty and uprightness that 
 made him esteemed and loved by all. After a 
 
 long life of usefulness and growth in the most de- 
 sirable directions, he died at his family residence 
 on section (i. township 51 and range 20, Saline 
 County, March 8, 1 X88. The honors that were 
 paid him in those last sad rites showed that he 
 held a firm hold on the affections of the people. 
 
 Mr. Cameron was born in Tennessee, October 
 14, 1822. He was the son of Joseph and Susannah 
 (Lowery) Cameron. His name suggests the heroic 
 strain which for many generations (lowed through 
 the ancestral veins. The American members of the 
 Cameron family have never been slow in giving 
 of their best to their adopted country in times of 
 need. Our subject was one of a family of twelve 
 children, in which there were four sisters, seven 
 brothers and a half-brother, lie received his edu- 
 cation in Tennessee, and came to Saline County at 
 the age of nineteen years. When twenty-two years 
 of age he settled at Am >w Rock. November 7, 1 84 1 , 
 Mr. Cameron married Miss Nancy Thorn ton, a na- 
 tive of this county, who was born March 5, 1824. 
 She was a daughter of Daniel Thornton, a native 
 of East Tennessee, and oneof the earliest settlers in 
 Saline County, being indeed the first, man that 
 settled in Ridge Prairie. He brought his family 
 up the Missouri River in boats, and for the first 
 year they made their home at the fort, so protected 
 because of the incursions of the Indians. Grand- 
 father Thornton was a Revolutionary soldier. 
 
 Mrs. Cameron was one of a family of four 
 brothers and eight sisters, of whom there are only 
 five now living. Our subject soon after marriage 
 purchased a tract of land from the Government, 
 and thereafter bent every energy to improving it 
 thoroughly. He added to it until at the time of 
 his decease he owned one thousand acres of land. 
 He was a carpenter by trade, and built his own 
 residence and outbuildings. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cameron became the parents of 
 seven children, live boys and two girls, named as 
 follows: Jerome II. , John. Daniel, Newton J. 
 Robert E., Mary E. and Leona K. The eld- 
 dot. Jerome II.. was born in the year 1845, and 
 on reaching manhood married Mary Reynolds; 
 they are residents of this county, and the parents 
 of eight children, carrying on quite extensive 
 farming interests. The natal year of John was 1849. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 237 
 
 He married Mis-; Virginia Reynolds, and is now 
 
 a farmer in Nebraska, and the father of four chil- 
 dren. Daniel L., who was born in 1851, married 
 Miss Cunningham, by whom he has four children; 
 he is a farmer in Saline County. Newton J., 
 born in 1853, married Miss Hawkins, and they 
 have live children; the3 f live in Slater, where he 
 is a merchant. Robert, born in 1856, makes his 
 home with his mother. The eldest daughter, born 
 in I: S58, is now Mrs. J. P. Brown, of Slater, and 
 has five children. Leona K.. who was born in 
 1861, lives with her mother. The children were 
 educated for the most part in the common schools 
 in the vicinity of home, although two of them 
 were collegians of Jacksonville, 111., and Ilunts- 
 ville, Mo., three sons were at Fairville, and the 
 youngest finished his education at Sunnyside. 
 
 Mr. Cameron never united with a church, but 
 was always a liberal supporter of Gospel teaching. 
 His wife is a member of the Christian Church, of 
 Slater. Fraternally, our subject was a Mason. 
 Politically, he favored the views of the Democratic 
 party, but had no aspirations to fill public office. 
 Few, if any, men in the same county have lived 
 a more reserved and honest life than he of whom 
 we write. He was a kind and loving father and 
 husband, and a tender and true friend, and in his 
 decease the locality lost a good and upright man. 
 
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 JAMES R. EDWARDS is one of the most 
 potent of the public educators in Saline 
 County. The town of Slater is fortunate 
 in possessing a sheet such as the Slater 
 Hustler, edited by so pure-minded a man as Mr. 
 Edwards. Before touching upon the paper with 
 whose fortunes he is so closely associated, we will 
 here give a short sketch of the personal history of 
 our subject. He is a son of the late Cornelius Ed- 
 wards, who was born in Fauquier County, Ya., in 
 1810, and removed to Missouri in 1833. lie was 
 a wagon and carriage maker by trade, which busi- 
 
 ness he followed until al t thirty-seven years of 
 
 age. He afterward devoted himself to farming in 
 Missouri. 
 
 Soon after coming to Missouri, Cornelius Ed- 
 wards went to old Mexico, where he remained for 
 four years. At the end of that time he returned to 
 Missouri, and married in Cooper County, in 1849, 
 Miss Mary A., a daughter of Robert Scott. The 
 young couple settled in Cooper County and en- 
 gaged in farming, remaining there until the death 
 of Mr. Edwards, which occurred July 5, 1887. 
 Mrs. Cornelius Edwards still survives. 
 
 The family of seven children born to the couple 
 whose history we have outlined consisted of three 
 sons and four daughters. Our subject was the 
 fourth in order of birth in the family, and he 
 made his entrance into this world in Cooper 
 County, Mo., November .">, 1859. He was reared 
 on his father's farm, and was educated in the com- 
 mon schools in the vicinity of the home. Later, 
 he spent one year at the Pilot Grove Collegiate 
 Institute, in Cooper County. 
 
 On returning after his boarding-school experi- 
 ence, our subject contributed his labor to the farm 
 development with his father, and remained with 
 the family until 1885, when he came to Slater, in 
 company with .Mr. C. Whit Williams, and estab- 
 lished the Slate Rustler. They continued together 
 until the year 1887, when Mr. Williams sold 
 out his interest to Ralord Layton. The partner- 
 ship with Mr. Layton lasted for three months, 
 when Mr. Edwards sold his interest and entered 
 upon the duties of a clerkship m the State 
 Legislature, to which he had been appointed in 
 the spring of 1887. The session that followed 
 was an extra session, and when the Legislature 
 adjourned he returned to Slater and re-purchased 
 the entire interest in the Rustler. Since that time 
 he has been sole editor and proprietor, and the 
 paper has greatly prospered under his manage- 
 ment. It now has a circulation of very nearly one 
 thousand, and receives "illy good word.- from its 
 patrons. It is newsy, well written and contains a 
 good digest of the political aspect of the country 
 at large. 
 
 Mr. Edwards has always taken an interested and 
 active part in the local affairs of the State. Fratcr- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Dally, lie belongs to Cambridge Post No. 63, G. A. 
 P.; to the Blue Lodge of the Masons; and to Chap- 
 ter No. 1 12, of Marshall, and Marion Commandery 
 No. .'ill, and the Shrine of Kansas City. The Rust- 
 Icr was the first newspaper in Central Missouri run 
 by electric power. 
 
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 I i;s. SUSANNAH McELROY. The poet 
 Wordsworth tells us of "an age serene and 
 bright," and of this we are reminded when 
 we meet the subject of the present notice, 
 who i> affectionately known as "Grandma" Me- 
 Rlroy. For seventy-six years she has battled cheer- 
 fully with life. and now stands a representative pio- 
 neer woman, commanding the respect due to a 
 good and worthy wife and mother, as well as the 
 reverence which beautiful old age inspires. She is 
 the widow of John A. McElroy, and a daughter of 
 a Virginia planter of English descent. She was 
 reared until her seventeenth year in the Old Do- 
 minion, and is now passing her declining years 
 amid relatives and dear friends. 
 
 .Mis. McElroy, now residing upon section 8, 
 range 26, township 49, La B\yette County, Mo., 
 was born in Grayson County, Va., July 25, 1816. 
 She was the daughter of John and Eve (Houk) 
 Pool, the former a native of North Carolina, who 
 removed later in life into Virginia, where he mar- 
 ried the mother of our subject, who was a lady of 
 German descent. Mis. McElroy was reared in her 
 pleasant Virginia home until the death of her 
 father in 1829. This caused many changes, and 
 resulted m the removal of the family to Missouri, 
 where they located in La Payette County, in town- 
 ship I'.), upon the farm now 'occupied by Charles 
 
 Pool. 
 
 At the place above named, the family resided for 
 a number of years. Mrs. McElroy had enjoyed 
 limited educational advantages in a little log school- 
 house in her native State, and after settlement in 
 Missouri she attended school for a short time, but 
 did not have the chance for advancement that 
 
 the children of the present time have. In 1845 
 she lost her mother, and, although at this time she 
 had been a wife for ten years, the demise of this 
 parent was no less a great grief. In 183."), our sub- 
 ject had married John A. McElroy, a sturdy young 
 Tennesseean. born June 12, 181 1. 
 
 The family of Mr. McElroy came originally from 
 Ireland. When he was about seven years of age, 
 the family came to the State of Missouri, and set- 
 tled in La- Payette County, upon the farm in town- 
 ship 49 which is now occupied by his grandson, 
 Benjamin F. McElroy, and there he and his wife 
 lived, and there their days ended, she having died 
 in 1832, and he in 1853. He had been a prominent 
 man in the county, one of the first settlers, and had 
 become a successful farmer. John A., the husband 
 of the subject of this sketch, was reared among the 
 Mines of pioneer life. Like other youths reared in 
 the far West, away from older civilizations, Mr. Mc- 
 Elroy early developed a practical knowledge which 
 enabled him to provide for the needs of his family, 
 and taught him how to combat the difficulties of 
 their surroundings. His learning was not that ob- 
 tained from books, but he became well posted 
 upon general topics, and served acceptably for 
 many years after his marriage as Justice of the 
 Peace. Until 1846 the residence of Mr. and Mrs. 
 McElroy was upon the old home farm, but at this 
 time a removal was made to the place where she 
 now lives. 
 
 LJpon the fine farm which Mr. and Mrs. McElroy 
 obtained, he passed the last days of his life, and 
 died August 26, 1855, leaving a record of which 
 his wife and children may well be proud. His pub- 
 lic-spirited character was well known, and the ex- 
 pressions of esteem at the time of his death were 
 many and sincere. At his demise the Baptist 
 Church lost one of its most devout members and 
 the county one of her best citizens. The family 
 of five children, the survivors of the nine born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Mc Elroy, grieved with their mother 
 over his loss. They are as follows: Benjamin F.; 
 Elizabeth E., who is the wife of Morris Roche; 
 Hugh L.; Margaret A., who is the wife of James T. 
 Jennings; and Mary A., who is the wife of William 
 Klapp. 
 
 Mrs. McElroy owns sixty acres of land, which is 
 
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 a portion of the estate that she and her husband 
 worked hard to obtain. She lives in the family of 
 In T ilc\ oted daughter F.li/.abeth, and takes great 
 interest in her two little grandchildren, John M. 
 and Chester Roche. Her life has been lilk'd with 
 
 good deeds. In the Baptist Church she is a Mother 
 in Israel, dearly heloved by old and young. The 
 quiet, unostentatious life of our subject possesses 
 interest lo all who realize that the best prosperity 
 of a community is derived from the influences 
 which go out from good and pious homes. 
 
 1 KYVIS A. SMITH is engaged in the business 
 I i@. of stock-raising, and there is probably not 
 J' 1 — ^, a man in the county of Saline, Mo., who is 
 better known than he. His home is situated on 
 section 29, township 52, range 20. His birth took 
 place in Clark County, Va., on the I5th of April, 
 1844, a son of W. O. and Marion (Adams) Smith, 
 both of the State of Virginia. Lewis A. Smith was 
 his paternal grandfather, and Capt. Peter Adams 
 bore the same relationship on the maternal side. 
 The latter was a captain in the Revolutionary 
 War, and both were natives of Virginia. Our 
 subject was the second son in a family of two sons 
 and one daughter. Edward W. Smith was born in 
 Virginia in 1842, married Miss McBride and re- 
 sided in the town of Slater, Mo., where he prac- 
 ticed medicine up to the time of his death in 1888. 
 The sister, Harriet 15., was born in Virginia in 
 1816, and married Samuel Rogers, and now resides 
 in Saline County. 
 
 Our subject was educated in what was known 
 in his neighborhood as the old Bethel School, and 
 there he remained until the breaking out of the 
 war, which time found him a lad of seventeen years. 
 Enthused with the Confederate cause, our subject, 
 with several young men of his vicinity, joined the 
 army under Gen. Price. His war record, however. 
 was short, for scarcely had he and his companions 
 donned the gray, when all of Price's command 
 were made prisoners. Succeeding in liberating 
 
 himself, he immediately made his way to the State 
 of Illinois and wisely remained until he was a 
 little older and more able to stand the life of a 
 soldier. In 1863 he entered the command of Gen. 
 Joe Shelby, where he remained until the close of 
 the war. 
 
 Like many of the youths of that unhappy time, 
 Mr. Smith found himself in almost destitute cir- 
 cumstances, but this was the fortune of war. The 
 question of what he should do was settled by his 
 contracting with a Mr. Booker of his neighborhood 
 for the cutting and marketing of a field of twenty 
 acres of wheat. First lie was fortunate enough to 
 secure a horse, perhaps not a Bucephalus, and from 
 another source an ancient mule, and with this well- 
 matched team, hitched to one of the first binders 
 that was ever patented, together with the as- 
 sistance of a stray negro woman and her boys, 
 he succeeded in fulfilling his contract. After he 
 had marketed his share of the wheat he realized 
 quite a neat little sum, and with this money he 
 purchased a span of mules, together with a plow 
 and a set of harness, and thus equipped he rented 
 a tract of land from Reuben McDaniel and com- 
 menced farming for himself. At the expiration 
 of two years, such had been his thrift and energy, 
 he was able to purchase for himself sixty acres of 
 land, for which he paid *•'!."> per acre. 
 
 In 1872 our subject moved upon the tract of 
 land where he now lives, and there he remained a 
 bachelor until 1*77, when he married and built for 
 himself a snug house of seven rooms at a cost of 
 $1,700. Here he lived with his congenial wife, 
 who in after years proved such a blessing to him, 
 in the two rooms which their limited means made 
 it necessary to con line themselves to; and while they 
 planned together their future prosperity, she worked 
 upon the carpets which were to adorn the lloors. 
 
 Mr. Smith had a natural love for fine stock, 
 and took an interest in them before he owned any. 
 and his instinct pointed out the way in which he 
 could and has succeeded. He has placed upon the 
 market some of the choicest of fat cattle which the 
 State of .Missouri has ever produced. His last fall 
 shipment was purchased by one of the finest restaur- 
 ants of Philadelphia at the fancy [nice of $6.50 
 per hundred, which was $1 above the market 
 
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 price. Twelve of these cattle in this shipment 
 weighed two thousand pounds apiece, and he is 
 to-da\ engaged in feeding a herd of thirty-eight 
 head of Polled-Angus cattle which are, without 
 exception, the finest herd it has ever been the 
 pleasure of the writer to look upon. Twenty head 
 of these have been estimated by expert cattlemen 
 to weigh from nineteen hundred to two thousand 
 pounds each. 
 
 Our subject is the owner of a well-improved 
 farm of four hundred and sixty acres of land, 
 which is valued at $65 per acre. Socially, he is a 
 Ma>on and a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 
 63, of Slater. Mr. Smith was married in 1877 to 
 Miss Martha M., a daughter of Junius Graves, who 
 was born in Jackson County, Mo., in 185!'. She 
 was a lady of rare tact and judgment and proved 
 to be a great helpmate while her life was spared. 
 Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, as 
 follows: Anna, born in Saline County, Mo., in 
 1878, resides at home, pursuing her educational 
 course at the town of Slater; Junius B., named for 
 his grandfather, born in 1880; Twyman, born in 
 1884, and Lewis A. in 1886, are all at home. The 
 mother of these children was removed by death in 
 1892. 
 
 In his political opinions lie belongs to the great 
 Democratic party and rejoices at the late success 
 of Democratic principles. November 17, 1892, 
 Mr. Smith married Mrs. Susie E. Saxton, a daugh- 
 ter of Lilburn P. and Louesa Agnes (Garnett) Ar- 
 nold. Her father lives in Boone County, Ky., but 
 the mother is deceased. 
 
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 ^^ EORGE QUISENBERRY, for many years one 
 ||( __ of the most enterprising, able and energetic 
 ^Jj[ citizens of Saline County, Mo., and a late 
 resident of section 25, township 52, range 20, was 
 a man of high charactei and unblemished reputa- 
 tion. As President of the Farmers' Savings Bank 
 of Marshall, and as President of the Citizens' Bank 
 Of Slater, his business methods and kindliness of 
 
 mannei gained him the esteem and confidence of 
 all with whom he came in contact. Ever inter- 
 ested in public improvements, and a leader in be- 
 nevolent and religious organizations, the death of 
 Mr. Quisenberry, which occurred on the 25th of 
 April, 1889, was a public loss, and one deplored 
 by the entire community. 
 
 Our subject was born in Orange County, Va., in 
 1813. His family were of Scotch descent, but 
 his father was a native Virginian, and served 
 bravely in the War of 1812, for which his family 
 afterward received a pension. The Quisenberry 
 family were well represented during the days of 
 the Revolutionary War, and did their duty nobly 
 on the field, participating in the decisive battles 
 of that struggle for liberty. Daniel and Mary 
 (Khoades) Quisenberry were the parents of seven 
 children, our subject being the eldest of the three 
 brothers and four sisters. Richard H. was born in 
 Virginia in 1816, and married Miss Mary Monroe, 
 who died; her husband was again married, and 
 the second wife is also dead. This son is a suc- 
 cessful agriculturist, and resides in Carroll County. 
 Thomas was born in the Old Dominion, married 
 and lost his wife by death in Tennessee. Daniel, 
 born in Virginia in 1826, married Miss Owens. 
 He made his home in Saline County, where he was 
 prospered, and after a life of usefuli ess, passed 
 away in 1887. Anna R., born in Virginia, was 
 united in marriage with E. D. Garrett, and made 
 her home in Saline County until her death in 
 1847, surviving her husband, a successful farmer, 
 who died in 1845, two years. Elizabeth, born in 
 1822, was the wife of William McDaniel, and re- 
 sided in Carroll County, where she died in 1849. 
 Mary S., born in 1831, married George Norvell, 
 who died in 1870. He was engaged in farming 
 in Saline County at the time of his death. 
 
 George Quisenberry was educated in the sub- 
 scription schools of Virginia, and while a mere 
 boy was working as an overseer of a plantation, 
 whose owner was a large slave-holder. He re- 
 ceived for his services $58 per month, and con- 
 tinued in tlits employment until in 1837 he 
 ambitiously set forth witli his mother and 
 brother for a long and wearisome journey to Mis- 
 souri, traveling by that sure but slow conveyance, 
 
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 241 
 
 a (Mil, and oxen. Arriving in Saline County with 
 
 a small a unt of money but a large capital of 
 
 energy, hope and self-reliance, George invested 
 his sayings in Government land, still known as 
 the old Quisenberry homestead, and his mother 
 added to his one hundred and sixty acres a like 
 amount of land, making their united farm three 
 hundred and twenty acres in extent. In a brief 
 time a primitive log house afforded the family 
 comfortable shelter, and the improvement of the 
 land was pursued with ardor. 
 
 In 181!), Mi-. Quisenberry, attracted by the glit- 
 tering gold of California, went to the Paeitic 
 Coast, but only experienced suffering and disap- 
 pointment, and was glad to return to his home in 
 1851. Entering again into the duties of agricul- 
 ture, it was but comparatively a brief time before 
 Mr. Quisenberry had made good his losses occa- 
 sioned by his trio, and from this date forward en- 
 joyed prosperity, and became one of the most ex- 
 tensive growers of hemp and tobacco, and was 
 especially successful in raising and fattening cattle 
 and other stock. Meantime, our subject had long 
 since married Miss Martha Kinnear. who was born 
 in Virginia, in 1811. .Mr. and Mrs. Quisenberry 
 were blessed with the birth of five children, of 
 whom but two survive. William Quisenberry, born 
 in Saline County, Mo., in 1812, served four years 
 in the army of the South, and died in 1878; 
 George, born in Saline County, in 1844, remains 
 upon the home place engaged in farming; Daniel, 
 born in Saline County, in 1818, remained at home 
 until his death; John, born in 1852, in Saline 
 County, married Miss Rose Wright, and follows 
 the pursuit of agriculture; < iusteen, born in 1850, 
 died in 1862. 
 
 Our subject was deprived by death of his first 
 wife, who died in 1872, and in 1871 he married 
 Miss Sarah E. Reynolds, who was born in Jefferson 
 County, Kv., in 1838. There were three children 
 bom of this union, two of whom are yet living: 
 Thomas E. Quisenberry, born in Saline County,in 
 1875, was educated in the common schools of the 
 town of Cambridge, and having there completed 
 his preparatory studies, is now (1893) attending 
 the William Jewell College; Betty Quisenberry, 
 bom in 1878, is an accomplished musician, and is 
 
 yet studying [in the home schools. Mr. Quisen- 
 berry and hisfamily have been important factors 
 in the social and religious world of their immediate 
 home and neighborhood. Our subject was a mem- 
 ber, and at the time of his death filled the position 
 of Treasurer, of the Baptist Church of Good Hope, 
 which sustained a severe loss in the decease of so 
 capable and upright a man and devoted Christian 
 citizen. He was a member of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, and politically, was a Dem- 
 ocrat, but always favored the best man for the of- 
 fice. At times, in early days, unfortunate in busi- 
 ness experience, the latter part of his life was full 
 of honor and continued prosperity. As President 
 of two flourishing banking institutions he com- 
 manded a leading position in the county, and was 
 numbered among the prominent and thoroughly 
 reliable business men of the State. Always the 
 same energetic, faithful, efficient and courteous 
 gentleman, ready at all times with word and deed 
 to help others on their upward way, his memory 
 will long endure. 
 
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 AMTJEL P. BASCOM. The old aphorism 
 "that blood will tell" is applicable to man 
 as well as the lower creatures. The quali- 
 ties, physical, mental and moral, are handed 
 down from one generation to another, giving bias 
 to the thought and action of the individual man. 
 The subject of our sketch is happy in his ancestors, 
 he having come from a good old stock of sturdy, 
 worthy and intelligent men and women. I lis 
 father was Alpheus Hascom, a native of New York 
 State. The family of Bascom is descended from 
 Huguenot stock, and came from England to Amer- 
 ica in 1650, settling in Massachusetts. The mother 
 of our subject was Cassandra (Cruet) Bascom, a 
 native of Brown County, Ohio, she being the third 
 wife of Alpheus Bascom. 
 
 The first wife of the latter was Hannah (Honk) 
 Bascom, by whom he had eight children, the sec- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 ond child being Bishop Henry Biddleman Bascom, i 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, one of 
 the most eloquent divines that ever lived in 
 America, who died i n the year 1850. The second 
 wife bore the maiden name of Rachel Ellis, and 
 by her he had one child, now deceased. Three 
 children were the product of the third marriage, 
 two of them living, .lames C, in California, and 
 our subject. Samuel's parents were members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, the father being 
 an earnest worker in the same. They were mar- 
 ried in Ohio, where they lived for many years. 
 Upon the death of the husband, in 1834, Bishop 
 Bascom took the widow and fatherless children to 
 Kentucky, where she died in 1842. Of the large 
 family, but two are now living. 
 
 Our subject was born August 27, 1*27, in 
 Brown County, Ohio, and accompanied his mother 
 and Bishop Ba scom to Kentucky. In the follow- 
 ing year he went to Lexington. Ky.. the Bishop 
 having been elected President of Transylvania 
 University. Here he had excellent opportunities 
 for instruction, but, as he says, did not always im- 
 prove them. At the beginning of the Mexican 
 War he enlisted in Capt. Beard's Company, First 
 Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, under Humphrey 
 Marshall. The company received arms at Louis- 
 ville and was then sent to Memphis, to Little 
 Rock, to Fulton (on the Red River), to Port Luxika 
 and on to Monterey. Mr. Bascom was taken sick 
 in Arkansas and sent back to Lexington, Ky., to 
 await further orders, lie remained in the service one 
 year and was honorably discharged at the expira- 
 tion of that time. Kentucky continued to be his 
 home until 1851, when he came to La Fayette 
 County. He raised one crop in Clay County, 
 then bought a farm one mile south of lligginsville, 
 in Davis Township, and lived in the latter place 
 about fifteen years. 
 
 Mr. Bascom has lived in nearly every township 
 in La Fayette County. In the year 1883, he made 
 final choice and settled upon a farm of his pur- 
 chase in section 22. township 49, range 28, and 
 has resided there ever since. In 18(iM he entered 
 the mercantile business at Aullville, opening the 
 first box of goods ever displayed there, keeping 
 the first railroad supply store in the village, and 
 
 maintaining it three years, when he retired to the 
 farm. It seems to be manifest that Mr. Bascom 's 
 forte lies in farming and stock-raising. 
 
 ( lur subject was married in December, 1850, to 
 Letitia Dinwiddie, a native of Lincoln County, 
 Ky.. and daughter of John Simpson Dinwiddie, a 
 native of the same county and State, and a son of 
 John Dinwiddie, a native of Virginia, and a de- 
 scendant of Governor Dinwiddie, of the latter 
 State. The mothei of Mrs. Bascom was Elizabeth 
 (Walker) Dinwiddie, a native of Lincoln County, 
 Ky.. and a daughter of Jesse Walker, an early 
 settler of that State. Jesse Walker married in 
 Kentucky and resided there all of his days; he was 
 a farmer and a soldier in the War of 1812, being 
 present at the massacre in the River Basin. Of 
 the four children of her parents, Mrs. Bascom is 
 the only survivor. She was born January 6, 1827, 
 in Lincoln County, where she received an excel- 
 lent education in the private schools. Her father 
 departed this life in 1830, while her mother lived 
 until 1845. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bascom became the parents of nine 
 children, eight of whom are living, as follows: 
 Walker, Cassandra, Belle. Jennie, Frank Dinwid- 
 die, Lee, Samuel, Jr., and Charles Andrew. All of 
 the children have received excellent educational 
 advantages. Walker is a graduate of the Uni- 
 versity of Michigan and also of the law depart- 
 ment of the same and is now practicing at Odessa. 
 Frank graduated at Westminster College and is 
 now in the senior year at the McCormick Theo- 
 logical Institute, at Chicago. Belle is a graduate 
 of the Normal School at Warrensburgh. Two of 
 the daughters of Mr. Bascom are teachers. Mrs. 
 Bascom is a devout member of the Old-school 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Our subject was an old-line Whig before the 
 war, but became a Democrat and has always been 
 very active in politics, being strong in his opin- 
 ions and having the courage to give expression to 
 them. He was elected County Assessor of La Fay- 
 ette County in 18<;o. receiving the highly compli- 
 mentary popular expression of twenty-seven hun- 
 dred majority. At the breaking out of the war 
 he enlisted in Capt. Bowman's Company, Missouri 
 State Guards, was made Commissary with the rank 
 
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 243 
 
 of Captain, served -ix months, and was discharged 
 in Arkansas because i>f illness. Mr. and Mrs. Has 
 com are peculiarly fortunate in this, thai they bave 
 reared eight children, the youngest of whom is 
 twenty-four years of age, and there lias nol been 
 a death in their family for forty years, nor lias 
 there been a marriage. They have en joyed almost 
 absolute immunity from sickness, every member 
 at the home gathering last summer, when all were 
 present, appearing tip in- the picture of absolutely 
 perfect health. 
 
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 i IK >MAS A. IK )( i AX, a representative citizen 
 and prominent business man, now control- 
 ling the extensive livery, feed, sale and 
 training stables in Slater, Saline County, Mo., 
 has been Kir many years an eye-witness of the 
 development of Missouri, and intimately associ- 
 ated with the business growth and progress of 
 his present home. He was born in Boone County, 
 Ky.. near Burlington, December 20, IS I I. His 
 paternal grandfather Hogan came from North Caro- 
 lina to Kentucky in a very early day . and settled 
 upon a farm, where he followed the pursuit of 
 agriculture. 
 
 David Hogan, the father of Thomas A., was born 
 in Kentucky, but in 1851 journeyed to Missouri, 
 coming b\ boat to Old Cambridge; he bought a 
 farm in Miami Township, and devoted himself to 
 farming, which in that locality then consisted 
 mostly in raising hemp. In later days he engaged 
 in general farming and stock-raising. In 1862, 
 he returned to Boone County. Ky.. and remained 
 there till the close of the war. lie afterward re- 
 turned to Burlington and ran a grocery business. 
 lb- was a good citizen, and an honest, upright man, 
 and passed away after a useful life in 1891, aged 
 seventy-nine years. 
 
 The mother of Mr. Hogan was a native of Ken- 
 tucky, and died there in 1863. Her maiden 
 name was Virginia Watts, and her grandfather 
 was a pioneer Virginia farmer. She was the de- 
 
 voted mother of five children, but two of whom 
 are now living. The daughter, Malvina, now Mrs. 
 
 Whittaker, resides near Miami. Our subject re- 
 mained upon his father's farm from 1857 to 1862, 
 and attended the district school, which was lo- 
 cated on the homestead. In 18G5 he engaged in 
 farming in Kentucky, and continued there until 
 1867, when he came back to Missouri and settled 
 near Miami. From sixteen years of age Mr. Hogan 
 has given much time to the training of horses for 
 the saddle, and has been especially skillful in break- 
 ing and training the most spirited and fiery ani- 
 mals. Many of the handsomest and finest step- 
 ping horses of the State owe their gait and general 
 carriage to his careful handling of them when 
 they were only colts. 
 
 In 1M75 Mr. Hogan was united in marriage with 
 Miss Martha Wheeler, who was born in Saline 
 County, a daughter of Stephen Wheeler, an old 
 settler and farmer of this locality. Our subject 
 owned two hundred and thirty acres of valuable 
 land about four miles eastof Miami, and cultivated 
 his farm until 1888, when he sold out and moved 
 to Miami, was there two months, and in the follow- 
 ing fall came to Slater and opened a fine livery 
 and sale stable, and has since conducted the busi- 
 ness successfully, and there as in the past he has 
 given the mostof his time to the training of valu- 
 able saddle horses. Mr. Hogan's first partner in 
 the business was George Dyer, who remained in 
 the firm until the mouth of August, 1890, when 
 our subject became sole owner and managed the 
 entire business himself, and, energetic and ambi- 
 tious, and thoroughly understanding his work, 
 prospered, and built a handsome and commodious 
 barn. 35x190 feet, intended solely for the accom- 
 modation and training of saddle horses. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hogan and their estimable family 
 are well-known residents of Slater, and enjoy a 
 large acquaintance. Of the six children born to 
 them, four bright and promising sons and daugh- 
 ters survive, as follows: Ethel, the eldest, a charm- 
 ing girl; Wheeler, Charles and Lucy. Mrs. Hogan 
 i- a member of the Baptist Church, and both she 
 and her husband are ready to assist in the good 
 work of that organization, and also take an active 
 part in all enterprises of general interest, whether 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, 
 
 they be benevolent, religious or social. Our sub- 
 ject is a Knight of Pythias, and a valued member 
 of that well-known organization. In political affili- 
 ations he endorses the views held by the Demo- 
 crats. He has never been an office-seeker, but is 
 interested in the management of public affairs, and 
 never shirks his duty as an American citizen, and 
 has served with ability on the petit jury. Our sub- 
 ject is an expert in his business, and trains more 
 horses than any other man in his section of the 
 country, and has had the satisfaction of seeing 
 numberless horses he has trained take the first 
 prizes at the fairs in different portions of the 
 State. 
 
 WA. REYNOLDS, assistant cashier in the 
 Slater Savings Bank, is distinguished as 
 being the youngest bank official in the 
 county. His shrewdness and ability in business, as 
 well as his reliability and activity, make him one 
 of the best men for the position that it would be 
 possible to procure. He is one of those young 
 men whom it is good to have in a growing town, 
 and the citizens of Slater recognize that fact. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds' ancestry is given elsewhere in 
 this volume in connection with that of his brother, 
 R. M. Reynolds, of Marshall. We will state here 
 that he was born December 25, 1868, near Sulphur 
 Springs, Saline County, Mo. He is a son of P. T. 
 and Mattie Reynolds, the former of whom was 
 born near Blackwater, in Saline County. W. A. 
 passed his childhood at Arrow Rock, receiving his 
 education in the public schools. In 1883, he be- 
 came a student at the Slater High School, com- 
 pleting the course there; at the same time he spent 
 the hours out of school in assisting his father in 
 the store which the latter conducted. At the age 
 of eighteen, he became book-keeper and teller in 
 the Savings Bank, remaining there four years. He 
 was also a stockholder in the institution. In 1890, 
 he became assistant cashier, which position he has 
 ever since held. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds has been agent for the Standard 
 
 Oil Company, the main office of which is in 
 Kansas City, and has the eastern part of Saline 
 County in his charge. He was one of the organizers 
 of the Missouri Guarantee Savings and Building 
 Association, of which he has been Secretary since 
 its incorporation. This is a branch of the main 
 association, which was established at Hannibal. 
 Our subject is the owner of the finest residence in 
 East Slater, the plans of which were his own. 
 
 February 3, 1892, at Marshall, Mr. Reynolds was 
 united in marriage to Miss RenaSappington, great- 
 granddaughter of Dr. William Sappington, one of 
 the organizers of Saline County. She is a daugh- 
 ter of William B. Sappington, Jr., now deceased, 
 and was reared at Marshall, receiving her educa- 
 tion at the St. Savior Academy. Mr. Reynolds is 
 a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, hold- 
 ing the office of Junior Warden; he is also a Royal 
 Arch Mason and belongs to the Knights of Pythias, 
 being Master of the Exchequer. He is the Treas- 
 urer of the National Union. In politics, he is a 
 Democrat. 
 
 It is indeed seldom that we find so younga man 
 occupying a position of so much responsibility as 
 that rilled by Mr. Reynolds, and the citizens of 
 Slater have good reason to feel proud of him, not 
 alone because he has been able to attain such a 
 place, but because he holds as a solemn trust the 
 interests of all concerned. He has proved himself 
 a thoroughly capable, keen, clear-sighted business 
 man, and it requires no great prophetic ability to 
 predict for him a brilliant career, and all who 
 know him feel sure that it will be as honorable as 
 it already is promising. 
 
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 AMUEL M. GREENE, a druggist and lead- 
 ing business man of Grand Pass, Saline 
 County, Mo., has spent his entire life in 
 this county, where he was born February 
 1850. The family is of Irish descent. The 
 grandfather removed from Virginia to Kentucky, 
 
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PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 •245 
 
 where he spent the remainder of his days. The 
 father of our subject, Alexander Greene, was born 
 in New Kent, Va., March 30, 1813, and with his 
 parents removed to Kentucky :it the age of eight 
 years, and located near Bowling Green. He had 
 two brothers. Fay and Edward, both now de- 
 ceased, and a sister, Julia, now the wife of James 
 Ilocker, of Cass County, Mo. 
 
 Alexander Greene left Kentucky at the age of 
 thirteen years, and in 1837 came to this State and 
 located in St. Louis County, where lie followed 
 fanning until 1840, when he came to LaFayctte 
 County. He was married March 20, l845,to Miss 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth 
 Owens. Soon afterward he enlisted for the Mexi- 
 can War and served until its close. At the time 
 of his death he was drawing a pension as a Mexi- 
 can veteran. He also received a laud warrant, 
 which he located near what is now Blackburn, Sa- 
 line County. He afterward removed to what is 
 now Sweet Springs and built one of the first houses 
 of that place, but subsequently removed to Black- 
 burn, where he resided for a quarter of a century, 
 lie owned considerable land in this county, and 
 dealt quite extensively in real estate. In March, 
 1890, he removed to Grand Pass, where he died 
 February 19, 1892. His wife died in April, 1888, 
 and they were laid side by side in the family ceme- 
 tery near Blackburn. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Greene was a Democrat and 
 sympathized with the South during the late war. 
 In 1819, he went to California in search of a for- 
 tune, but after a few months returned. From a 
 financial standpoint his life was successful, for he 
 accumulated considerable property. He had an 
 extensive circle of acquaintances, with whom his 
 genial nature rendered him popular. He was kind- 
 hearted and true, and for thirty-five years was a 
 faithful member of the Christian Church. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Greene had a family of ten children, of 
 whom two died in infancy: John A. is now de- 
 ceased; Julia A. is the wife of I). W. Small, of 
 Blackburn; William T. is deceased; Mary; Robert 
 E. resides in Grand Pass; Samuel M., our subject; 
 Elizabeth M. is now deceased; and Maggie is the 
 wife of Dr. T. M. Bridges, of Blackburn. 
 
 Samuel M. Greene was educated in the public 
 
 schools and the State Normal at Warrensburgli, Mo., 
 and for about eight years followed the profession 
 of teaching in the public schools of this county; 
 but desiring to enter a commercial life, he em- 
 barked in the drug business, which he carried on 
 for five years in Blackburn. In 1889, he came to 
 Grand Pass and established a drug store, which he 
 still owns. He also has a warehouse at this place 
 and is engaged in grain dealing and in the sale of 
 agricultural implements. He is a man of good 
 business ability, sagacious and far-sighted, and has 
 built up an excellent trade, receiving a liberal pat- 
 ronage from the best citizens of the surrounding 
 country. 
 
 In May, 1886, Mr. Greene married Miss Odie, 
 daughter of Carroll and Mary (Wilds) Logsden, 
 now of Marshall, Mo. Four children grace their 
 union: Georgie, Minnie, Mabel and Guy A. In 
 politics, Air. Greene is a stalwart supporter of the 
 Democratic party, and in his social relations is a 
 member of the United Workmen. He came to 
 Grand Pass about one year after the town was 
 started, and is one of its energetic young business 
 men and a valued citizen, who has contributed 
 largely to the growth and prosperity of the place. 
 
 
 
 JROF. OLIVER GUTHRIE, the efficient 
 I) and experienced Commissioner of Public 
 Schools of Saline County, and one of the 
 oldest ministers of the Gospel in the State 
 of Missouri, was also one of the pioneer instructors 
 of the Southwest, and has been a teacher of teachers, 
 carefully laying a broad foundation for the educa- 
 tional advancement of the coming generation. A 
 scholar of high attainments, earnest purpose, and 
 happy method- of instruction, he has successfully 
 guided many of the prominent and leading men 
 and women of Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi and 
 Missouri into the paths of wisdom and knowledge, 
 and with ready hand lifted them upward in their 
 search for knowledge. With old friends and ac- 
 quaintances in almost every quarter of the South, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 lie especially has a firm and sure abiding-place in 
 the hearts of the residents of Marshall, his pres- 
 ent home. 
 
 Oliver Guthrie was born in Virginia, seven miles 
 
 northeast of Lynchburg, Amherst County, Septem- 
 ber 26, 1818. His paternal grandfather, William 
 Guthrie, was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was a 
 native of either the North of Ireland or the South 
 of Scotland. William Guthrie, the father of our 
 subject, was a native of Hanover County, Va., and 
 was a fanner by occupation, but also owned a line 
 of boats on the James River, carrying freight from 
 Lynchburg to Richmond, and conducting a pros- 
 perous business. He was killed by his horse run- 
 ning away and dragging him by the stirrup. He 
 w as an excellent husband and father, and as a good 
 citi/.en was mourned sincerely when his untimely 
 death occurred at the age of tifty-two years. His 
 wife, Elizabeth (Winkfield) Guthrie, was born in 
 Albemarle County, and was a daughter of Dr. John 
 Winkfield. a physician and surgeon, also of the ( >ld 
 Dominion. She passed away in Amherst County, 
 Ya., September 26, 1828. 
 
 ( )ui' subject was next to the youngest of fourteen 
 children, of whom thirteen grew to mature years, 
 but only two are now living. During the early years 
 of his life Oliver Guthrie was a pupil in the log 
 schoolhouse, later receiving the benefit of a course 
 of instruction in the Lynchburg High School. At 
 nineteen years of age he began his life work by 
 teaching in Amherst County, Ya.,and for the next 
 live years taught there and in the adjacent coun- 
 ties. At the expiration of that time, he went to 
 Winston County, Miss., where he taught for two 
 years and was connected with Sharon College, un- 
 der Dr. Heard. He next taught in Alabama. In 
 1841, he returned to Virginia, where he taught for 
 five years. In 1846, he came West to Saline 
 County, located in Cambridge, and as Principal 
 took charge of a boarding-school in September, and 
 remained in that position for one year. He then 
 went to Monticello as Principal of a similar insti- 
 tution there, and in 1848 established a female 
 school in Lexington, which he controlled for two 
 years. 
 
 In 1850, accompanied by a party, Prof. Guthrie 
 started overland for California, journeyed on 
 
 horseback via Sante Fe, and helped to drive one 
 hundred head of milch cows thither. During the 
 trip he was thrown from his horse and slightly in- 
 jured. The company disbanded at Santa Fe, he 
 returned by train, and in September began teach- 
 ing at Westport, founding another female semi- 
 naiy, and successful^ conducting the institution 
 five years. Then having permanently established 
 another well-known institution of learning, he sold 
 out his interest and moved to a new field of work. 
 The select school which he opened in Harrisonville 
 prospered, but in two years his health failed him, 
 and lie was forced to abandon the pursuit of edu- 
 cation for a time. His next occupation was that of 
 merchandising at Morristown, at which he was en- 
 gaged for three years, when the war broke out and 
 injured the commerce of that locality. 
 
 Returning to this county, Prof. Guthrie located 
 near Cambridge, where he taught school, and after- 
 ward was Principal of the Men's Frankfort School 
 in Saline County for three years. In 1873 he set- 
 tled in Miami and for sixteen years remained as 
 instructor there. In 1884, after forty-five years of 
 untiring devotion to his profession, this prominent 
 educational promoter retired from the active duties 
 of a teacher, and in 188i> made his home in Mar- 
 shall. At nineteen years of age, while in Missis- 
 sippi, our subject was licensed to preach the Gospel, 
 and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church, in which he remained one .year; af- 
 terward he entered the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, with which he has been connected for five 
 years. He had charge of the Mt. Horeb Church 
 for six years, and built the Presbyterian Church at 
 Harmony. 
 
 In 1872 Prof. Guthrie was elected Superinten- 
 dent of the County Schools, and in 1874, when the 
 law changed the title to Commissioner of Public 
 Schools, he was elected to that office. Each suc- 
 ceeding two years, he has been the choice of the 
 people for the position, whose duties he so thor- 
 oughly understands and so efficiently discharges. 
 For the past score of years he has been the popular 
 and successful nominee of the Democratic party, 
 and holds grade certificates, testifying to the merit 
 and ability of their possessor. 
 
 In Amherst County, Ya., September 20, 1842, 
 
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 Prof. Guthrie married Miss Frances J., daughter of 
 Rev. Stephen Mead, of Virginia, a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Conference. Mrs. Guthrie, a 
 lady <>f great worth and fine character, passed away 
 in Miami in 1889. She was the mother of eight chil- 
 dren: William M. was wounded in the late war by 
 Montgomery's men, of the Kansas Fifth Regiment, 
 while Standing in his father's yard, and after seven 
 \ ears of suffering, died from the effects of the barbar- 
 ous deed; Anne E. II., now Mrs. Dolan, resides in 
 (ass County; Lucy V. died in Lexington; Mary F., 
 Mrs. A. ('. Burnham, lives in Marshall; Charles A. 
 is in the Asylum in Nevada; Walter S. is deceased; 
 Prudence 0. is Mrs. W. A. Marshall; and Ida M. is 
 at home. Prof. Guthrie has for years been a mem- 
 ber of the State Teachers' Association, and is Pres- 
 ident of the Teachers' Reading Circle. After years 
 Of arduous labor ill the educational field, he still 
 continues the honored incumbent of a most re- 
 sponsible position, to which he has been elected 
 continuously by his fellow-citizens. 
 
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 KA ILTON M( DANIELS, for the past sixty- 
 /// \V n ' ne .Y eai ' s a prominent and successful 
 ill lis agriculturist of LaFayette County, Mo., 
 * whose excellent farm, all under high cul- 
 
 tivation, is located upon section 5, township 50, 
 range 20, Dover Township, is one of the most sub- 
 stantial and thoroughly upright men in the State. 
 His ancestors were Scotchmen, thrifty and prudent, 
 and withal possessed an excellent judgment which 
 led them to bid their native land farewell, and 
 leaving behind them the shores of a monarchy, 
 seek in the broad field of America a home for 
 their descendants in the Land of the Free. Indus- 
 trious, frugal and honest, they early won the re- 
 spect of their fellow-citizens, and soon became in 
 heart and spirit true Americans. 
 
 Our subject was born in Brown County, Ohio, 
 in November. 1823. 1 1 is parents, John and Sylvia 
 (Trichett) McDaniels, were Southern born, and 
 both native Virginians. The paternal grandfather, 
 
 Samuel McDaniels. was well known in the Old 
 Dominion, and was a man of earnest purpose, 
 strong in his opinions, and clear in his judgment. 
 Milton passed the early days of his youth in the 
 Buckeye State, and attended the common schools 
 there, also working diligently as occasion de- 
 manded upon his father's farm. He remained at 
 home until twenty-three years of age, when he de- 
 termined to begin the work of life for himself, and 
 entered into the full control of a homestead, which 
 he cultivated for a number of years. 
 
 The home which our subject made upon this 
 farm was shared by another, Mr. McDaniels mar- 
 rying, in 184(5, Miss Ellen, daughter of John Wal- 
 lace, of Ohio. This estimable lady did not sur- 
 vive her marriage many \ ears, and upon her death 
 our subject was left comparatively alone in the 
 world. In 18;">4. he removed to La Fayette County, 
 Mo., and at once located upon his present farm 
 of seventy-five acres, which, under his excel- 
 lent management, yield him bounteous returns. 
 Although devoting his time and care to the pur- 
 suit of general agriculture, our subject has raised 
 some fine cattle and other live-stock, prospering 
 in the operation of the various interests which 
 center on his acres. 
 
 Six years after his arrival in Missouri, Mr. Mc- 
 Daniels married the second time, uniting his for- 
 tunes with Miss Michell E. Greer, of La Fayette 
 County, a lady possessing here a large circle of 
 friends. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniels are the parents 
 of two children, a son and a daughter. Thomas 
 is the eldest, and was born in La Fayette County; 
 Ellen, the wife of William White, was also a native 
 of La Fayette County. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniels 
 are highly valued members of the Christian Church, 
 and are ever active in the religious work of that 
 organization. During the thirty-two years of 
 their union our subject and his worthy wife have 
 been a unit in the promotion of good works, and, 
 liberal in sentiment, are foremost in aiding all local 
 enterprises, whether social, religious or purely 
 benevolent. 
 
 Mr. McDaniels has never experienced any desire 
 to occupy political positions of trust, but he is de- 
 termined to do his duty as a Christian citizen by 
 intelligently casting his vole in behalf of the can- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 didate who is fitted by training and natural at- 
 tainments for the responsible duties of office. < >ur 
 subject affiliates with the party which he believes 
 to be the sterling representative of honor and jus- 
 tice, and clings closely to the doctrines of the 
 Democrats. 
 
 JULIUS G. COE is the editor of the Odessa 
 Moon. He was born in Rockingham County, 
 N. C, September 24, 1859, and is a son 
 of .loseph P. and Nancy (Pearson) Coe, 
 both natives of the Tar Heel State. The father 
 was a carriage manufacturer at Warsaw, and the 
 grandfather, the Rev. John Coe, was a minister 
 of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was well 
 known as one of the founders and promulgators 
 of the doctrines of that church in his day. He 
 was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Our subject's parents were married in North 
 Carolina, where the father died at the age of fifty- 
 five years. His widow came to Missouri in 1882, 
 and died in this city at the age of sixty-seven 
 years. She was the mother of six children, there 
 being one daughter and five sons; two of these, how- 
 ever, died in infancy. The children were as follows: 
 William, Pinkney, Mary A., John F., Thomas and 
 Julius G. As will be seen, our subject is the 
 youngest of the family. His first school days were 
 passed in the district schools of North Carolina, 
 in the vicinity of his home, and he completed his 
 education at Reidsville (N. C.) College, securing 
 his certificate at the early age of seventeen. 
 
 In 1876, Mr. Coe engaged in the printing busi- 
 ness at Reidsville, having a position on Web- 
 ster's Dollar Weekly, lie remained on that paper 
 for four years, and then came to Missouri, locat- 
 ing at Warrensburgh. There he started a paper 
 which is now conducted as the Johnson County 
 Star, but was then known as the Warrensburgh 
 Star. Disposing of his plant there, our subject 
 came to Odessa in 1881. He was at first employed 
 
 as one of the reportorial staff, but later bought a 
 half-interest and ran the paper known as the 
 Odessa Democrat for two years. At the end 
 of that time he sold out and began to publish 
 another sheet, which he christened in February, 
 1891, the Odessa Moon. This has had all the suc- 
 cess that a paper published by so able an editor 
 as Mr. Coe would be assured of. 
 
 The original of this sketch was united in mar- 
 riage August 9, 1885, with Miss Eva A., daughter 
 of the Rev. T. P. Cobb. She was born and reared 
 in La Fayette County. Mr. and Mrs. Coe are the 
 parents of three children: Melvin, Bessie and 
 Mabel. Our subject is a member of Triple Alli- 
 ance No. 17. of this city. 
 
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 [JGH <i. ALLEN is the Recorder of Deeds 
 for Saline County, to which office he was 
 appointed to fill an unexpired term May 
 6, 1891. He was born in Jessamine County. 
 Ky., April 10, 1844. and is a son of George W. 
 and Eliza (Sals) Allen. Both of the parents were 
 born in Virginia, their removal to Kentucky tak- 
 ing place when they were children. There they 
 were married and engaged in farming, living in 
 that State until 1860, when they removed to a 
 place near Slater, in Saline County. The father 
 resided upon the farm where he then located until 
 the time of his death, and, although he himself was 
 not an active worker, he was an ideal superin- 
 tendent. 
 
 Our subject was one of a family of ten chil- 
 dren: Thomas Jefferson, James W., Elizabeth, 
 Sarah, John, Richard M., our subject, Samuel P., 
 George W.. Jr., and L. R. Elizabeth is the wife 
 of G. E. Darnaby; and Sarah is Mrs. James R. 
 Soper. The decease of the father took place in 
 January, 1876, and the mother died in April, 
 1878. They were both members of the Christian 
 Church. 
 
 Hugh G. Allen acquired his education in Ken- 
 tucky and Missouri. After he had finished his 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 own course he began teaching, and alternated 
 that work with farming for seven years, and 
 then launched into the mercantile business al 
 Marshall, conducting it for seven or eight years. 
 
 He sold mil his interest in this business in 1884, 
 when he made a set of new and complete ab- 
 stract books and engaged in the real-estate busi- 
 ness, both buying and selling for himself and 
 other parties. 
 
 At first -Mr. Allen worked with a partner under 
 the linn name of Allen & Graham, but for the past 
 few years has been alone and has carried on the 
 business in his own name, lie has the best set of 
 abstract books in the county, every transfer occur- 
 ring from the Government down being recorded, 
 and in consequence he has a very good patronage. 
 1 1 is real-estate business he now leaves largely in 
 the hands of other persons, and since his appoint- 
 ment he has devoted his entire time to the busi- 
 ness relating to his office, and so satisfactorily lias 
 he discharged the various duties that he has gained 
 the approbation of all the best people. 
 
 Our subject was married to Miss Virginia 
 Adams, of Lexington, Kv., February 9, 1871. She 
 has made him a delightful home, and has ever 
 been his cheering companion and helpmate. They 
 have but one child, a daughter, Minnie L. They 
 are members of the Christian Church. ( hir subject 
 is united fraternally with the Ancient, Order of 
 United Workmen. 
 
 
 TTNICIIAUI) W. NICOLDS, a well-known and 
 Inl res P ecte(1 citizen of Marshall, was born 
 JUV April 21, 18.35, upon the site of the present 
 town of (ihvsgow. Mo., where his parents 
 had located after their marriage. They were na- 
 tives of the Old Dominion and bore the names of 
 John F. and Elizabeth M. (Woodson) Nicolds. 
 The former was born in Henry County, in Febru- 
 ary of 1807, and was a descendant of Scotch-Irish 
 ancestors. 
 In Virginia, John F. Nieoldsgrew to manhood 
 
 and was very liberally educated. In those days 
 the young heirs of cultured Southern homes were 
 very fortunate individuals. Education wasalmost 
 universal, and few were the sons of wealthy Vir- 
 ginia planters who did not see the inside of col- 
 lege walls. When John was ready to start out in 
 life for himself, the great West offered such at- 
 tractions that he located in Missouri. Here he en- 
 gaged in manufacturing tobacco and in farming, 
 in both of which he showed good management 
 and business ability. 
 
 There was a time when the great State of Mis- 
 souri suffered from a disgrace which no Southern 
 gentleman could brook. The Mormons had settled 
 there, and gave promise of so thoroughly estab- 
 lishing themselves as to defy legislation for their 
 removal. When soldiers were ordered to remove 
 the unwelcome settlers by force, Mr. Nicolds was 
 made Captain of a company and assisted very ma- 
 terially in the good work. 
 
 In 1833, Mr. Nicolds married Elizabeth M. 
 Woodson, the daughter of a pioneer family who 
 had settled in the State as early as 1820. He be- 
 came one of the leading men in the county where 
 he resided, and took part in every enterprise which 
 promised good for his section. For many years 
 he was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 South, and assisted it with his purse and presence. 
 Until the close of that party, he was an old-line 
 Whig in his politics. Twelve children were born 
 into the family, four sons and eight daughters, and 
 seven of the children are yet living. 
 
 Our subject grew to manhood in Howard County. 
 and when the Civil War broke out he enlisted in 
 the Howard Grays, and was at the surrender of 
 Shrevesport, La. At that time he held a commis- 
 sion as Major of the Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry, 
 and took part in the battles of the Central South- 
 ern States under the command of Gen. Price. 
 After the unhappy struggle was over, our subject 
 bravely took up the lines which had fallen when 
 he entered the army, lie is a man of education, 
 having inherited his father's scholarly tastes, and 
 was graduated from Central College, in Howard 
 County. 
 
 In 18. r )7, Mr. Nicolds was united in marriage 
 with Miss Sallie A., the accomplished daughter of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Judge O. Hurt, and to them have been born six 
 children: Edward F.. who now is a resident of St. 
 Marcus, Tex., is a lawyer by profession and a tal- 
 ented young man; Fannie is the wife of Thomas 
 F. Montgomery, who has charge of the Brinker- 
 hoff & Farris Loan and Investment Company, 
 at Dallas, Tex.; Lorena B. is the wife of Joe James, 
 of Sedalia; Mary M. married Lee Wagner, of Mar- 
 shall; lone and Richard are at home. The chil- 
 dren have enjoyed exceptional educational ad- 
 vantages, graduating from good colleges. 
 
 Mr. Nicolds and his family are members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South. Socially he, 
 like his father, holds membership in the Masonic 
 order. He devotes his time to farming on his 
 land, which joins Marshall and lies but a short 
 distance from the city. He owns half a section 
 of valuable land in Saline County, besides farms in 
 the surrounding counties. In manner and ap- 
 pearance, he recalls the days of courtly Southern 
 chivalry. He is a man most highly respected in 
 his locality as a citizen, neighbor and friend. Al- 
 though not particularly active in politics, he be- 
 lieves in the principles of Democracy. 
 
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 ,^\\ ARTIN A. GAULDIN, one of the substan- 
 tial citizens of Saline County, residing in 
 Marshall, comes of an old family of Eng- 
 lish origin, which was established in Vir- 
 ginia in early days. Ilis father, Jacob Gauldin, was 
 born and reared in Buckingham County, Ya., and 
 died in Campbell County. He served as a soldier 
 in the War of 1812. By trade he was a wheel- 
 wright and manufactured cotton and flax wheels. 
 He was twice married, and by the first union had 
 three children, but all are now deceased. He after- 
 ward wedded Rachel Martin, daughter of Thomas 
 Martin, who was of Scotch descent. They became 
 parents of one son and four daughters, namely: 
 Martin: Sarah, who became the wife of Joseph Self 
 ami died in Missouri; Theresa, deceased, wife of Al- 
 len England; Mary A., who wedded James Wilson 
 
 and died in Bath County, Ky.; and Adeliza.who was 
 married and died in Kentucky. The mother of 
 this family died in 1837, and the father in 1838. 
 
 Our subject was born in Campbell County, Ya., 
 March 22, 1818, and remained at home until the 
 death of his parents, when he removed to Mont- 
 gomery County, Mo., and there worked for about 
 a month. He next spent a year in Lexington, em- 
 ployed at carpentering, after which he came to 
 Saline County and worked at his trade for several 
 years. In 1847 he built the Grand Pass Chapel, a 
 Methodist Church, which was rebuilt in L891. On 
 the breaking out of the late war he enlisted in the 
 Confederate service, but while his regiment was 
 on the way to join Oen. Price, he was captured at 
 Black Water and sent as a prisoner to St. Louis, 
 whence he was transferred to Alton, III., and was 
 released in March, 1862. The following winter, 
 while in his own home, he was again made a prisoner 
 and his captors look some horses and stock belong- 
 ing to an estate of which he was administrator. 
 Mr. Gauldin was sent to Jefferson City, where he 
 was incarcerated for two months. 
 
 On the 9th of July, 1846, our subject was united 
 in marriage with Nancy Riser, who was born in 
 Rockingham County. Ya.. and is a daughter of 
 Daniel Riser, of that State. Her father located in 
 Saline County, Mo., in 1828, accumulated a large 
 landed property here, and died in November, I860. 
 He had served as a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 Religiously, he was a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church. The Riser family numbered ten children, 
 but all are deceased with the exception of William 
 and Mrs. Gauldin. 
 
 Unto our subject and his wife were born twelve 
 children, nine of whom are yet living. Edmund 
 married Fannie Moore; Giles died in 1881; Adeliza 
 is the wife of Charles Carver; Mary Ann is the 
 wife of John Miner; Marcellus wedded Sarah Mc- 
 Keever; Joshua married Minnie Chrisman; Robert 
 married Maggie Clemens; Bettie is the wife of 
 Quincy Blosser; Martin resides in Sacramento, 
 Cal.; and Callie is a student in Hardin College, of 
 Mexico, Mo. The children, with the exception of 
 Martin, all reside in this county upon lands given 
 them by their father. 
 
 When Mr. Gauldin first came to this county the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 253 
 
 tax upon his property was about forty-one cents. 
 By liis energy and enterprise, he steadily in- 
 creased his possessions until he became the owner of 
 almost twelve hundred acres of land, and his taxes 
 amounted to between $300 and $400. On account 
 of his increasing years, and not wishing to be bur- 
 dened with the responsibilities that his possesions 
 brought him, he recently divided one thousand 
 acres of his land among his children, retaining 
 only a farm of two hundred acres for himself. His 
 entire possessions have been acquired through his 
 own efforts except about one hundred and sixty 
 acres inherited by his wife and a legacy of $800. 
 He may truly be called a self-made man and his 
 success is certainl}' well deserved. 
 
 
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 THOMAS O'CONNELL. The Chicago & Al- 
 ton Road is conspicuous for having among 
 its employes clever, manly men. One of 
 the most genial on the Kansas City Division is 
 the subject of this sketch, a passenger engineer lo- 
 cated at Slater. He was born in La Salle County, 
 111., near Ottawa, February 18, 1847, and is a son 
 of John and Elizabeth (Malloy) O'Connell, the 
 former a native of County Limerick, Ireland, and 
 the latter of Maine. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather brought his family to 
 America when his son John was a young man. He 
 first located in Maine, where our subject's father 
 was married, and then located in Kentucky, where 
 he had a pleasant residence near Frankfort, and 
 where he died. John O'Connell went to La Salle 
 County, 111., in 1844, and purchased some canal 
 land in Grundy County. This he improved and 
 lived upon until his decease, which occurred in 
 1853. His wife followed him one week later. 
 They were the parents of eight children, six of 
 whom are now living. One of our subject's broth- 
 ers, Daniel, is Treasurer of Grundy County, and 
 another brother is an engineer on the Chicago ,V- 
 Alton Road, and located at Springfield, 111. 
 12 
 
 Thomas O'Connell was reared in Grundy County 
 and his earliesl efforts were in the way of farming. 
 He attended the district school, but his advantages 
 in this direction were limited, as the school was a 
 distance of two miles from his home. On becom- 
 ing orphaned he went to live with his brother 
 Daniel, who gave to him the tender care of a fa- 
 ther. In 1864, our subject enlisted in Company 
 H, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Infantry. He 
 was mustered in at Ottawa, and his regiment was 
 sent to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. After remaining 
 there for five months, they went to Western Mis- 
 souri, and Mr. O'Connell was finally mustered out 
 at Springfield, 111. 
 
 On returning to his brother's home, our subject 
 was variously engaged until 1866. He spent con- 
 siderable time in bridge-building, and_then went 
 South and spent a year in Louisiana and Missis- 
 sippi. In 1871 he accepted a position with the 
 Chicago & Alton Road as fireman, having a run 
 between Alton and Springfield. In 1877, he was 
 promoted to the engineer's position, running be- 
 tween Bloomington and Chicago. He was sta- 
 tioned at Mexico and St. Louis until 1880, when he 
 was placed upon the Kansas City Division, and in 
 1882 he located his family at slater. He has been 
 a passenger engineer for eight years. During his 
 long career as a railroad man, he has had several 
 serious accidents. In one at Docksey Bridges his 
 engine was demolished and he was thrown down 
 a forty-foot embankment. Again, his engine ran 
 over a horse, and was thrown oft' the track. He 
 was laid up for two months as the result of this 
 casualty. He has run engine No. 226 for seven 
 years, and the five years pre] ions had engine No. 
 21)4. 
 
 Mr. O'Connell is a member of the Sedalia Build- 
 ing ^ Loan Association. He has accumulated a 
 nice little property, and owns a pleasant resi- 
 dence in Slater, lie was first married in Alton to 
 Miss Mary A. Graham, who was born in Schenec- 
 tady. N. V. She died at Alton, leaving her 
 husband one son. whose name is Frank G. Jan- 
 uary 1, l*8.'i, Mr. O'Connell was again married, 
 in Springfield, 111., the lady of his choice being 
 Miss Mary A. Kelly, who was born in Cincinnati. 
 Ohio. She was a daughter of Henry Kelly, a native 
 
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 of Ireland, and a prominent boot and shoe dealer 
 in Ohio. For ten years previous to her marriage 
 she was head saleswoman in two of the leading 
 millinery stores of Springfield, 111., namely: Kim- 
 ber, RagsdaleA- Co., and R. F. Ilerndon & Co., she 
 having in charge the purchasing of goods for both 
 firms in that line. Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell are the 
 parents of seven children: Annie M., Alice R. L., 
 Daniel Parnell, Jerome T. lI.,Emeline and Evaline 
 (twins) and Luella Agnes. Evaline is deceased. 
 ( tm subject belongs to the Brotherhood of Loeomo- 
 tive Engineers, and has been Chief for some time, 
 lie also belongs to the Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen and to the Knights of Pythias. In 
 their church relations he and his family are at- 
 tendants and members of the St. Joseph's Catholic 
 Church. Politically, he is a Democrat. 
 
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 ffi OHN KRANZ. Among the most intelligent 
 and typical German-American citizens of 
 La Fayette County, Mo., we take pleasure 
 ^i/ 1 in introducing the subject of the present 
 sketch to the interested readers of this Record. 
 Not only upon this side of the ocean is oursubject 
 known, but before his foot trod American soil he 
 had won laurels in the army of his native land, 
 lie was one of the brave and valiant soldiers of 
 King William who took part in the historic wars 
 known as the Austro-l'russian and Franco-Prus- 
 sian. These great struggles left so marked a result 
 upon Europe that their influence has reached every 
 shore of the globe. 
 
 John Kranz, now located upon section 4, town- 
 ship 49, range 26, was born July 20, 1835. He was 
 the son of Anton and Barbara Kranz, worthy and 
 honest natives of Germany. Their son was sent 
 to the best schools of his neighborhood, and read- 
 ily absorbed all of the learning there obtainable. 
 At the age of manhood he entered the regu- 
 lar army, where he continued for seven years, en- 
 gaged in active warfare against the enemies of his 
 country. Hi* was the Brandenburg Regiment, Num- 
 
 ber 2, Dragoons, which made a name at the great 
 battle of Koniggratz, in the Austro-Prussian war, 
 and continued to win fame in other engagements. 
 
 Our subject was an under officer at the battle of 
 Sadowa, and when the Franco-Prussian war came 
 on he was also at his post in the front rank, ready 
 for battle, taking part in the siege of Strasburg, 
 and that of several other fortified towns. He was 
 mobilized into the army with the Landwehr vet- 
 eran commander, Gen. Von Treskow, who was 
 commander of his division. The regiment saw 
 much hard service in that war, and many brave 
 men went out never to return. During his resi- 
 dence in Germany, in 1869, oursubject married 
 Miss Augusta Rassmann, and one son was born of 
 this marriage, to whom the name of Luza was 
 given. 
 
 In 1 K72 after the close of the war with the French, 
 Mr. Kranz, with his dear ones, made his way to 
 Stettin, and crossed to Hull, England, going from 
 there to Liverpool, England, by rail. Upon reaching 
 there the little family took passage upon the steamer 
 "England" and landed in New York City after a 
 voyage of about three weeks. For some three 
 months Mr. Kranz found employment upon a farm 
 in the State of New York, near Sing Sing, but later 
 removed to Wisconsin, in the lumber regions, where 
 he first obtained employment in chopping logs, 
 and then in a saw-mill. At this work he continued 
 for about a year. His army life had made him 
 stout and strong, and this hard labor did not at all 
 frighten him. 
 
 However, for various reasons, he removed the 
 next year to the town of Higginsville, Fa Fayette 
 County, Mo., where he remained for several years, 
 working on the Chicago ife Alton and Missouri Pa- 
 cific Railroads as a section hand, and for a short 
 time was boss of a section on the latter road. Mrs. 
 Kranz died in 1M74. and Mr. Kranz was united in 
 marriage in 1882 with Mrs. Louisa Schimdt, widow 
 of Christopher J. Schimdt, who was a soldier in 
 the late war. The following children have been 
 born of this marriage: John, Minnie, Emma, Lou- 
 ise. Cornelius and Flora. By her first marriage his 
 last wife had six living children, as follows: Annie, 
 Chris toph, Louis, William, Lizzie and Mary. 
 
 In 1882 Mr. Kranz came to his present farm, 
 
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 255 
 
 which contains two hundred and twenty-six acres 
 of land, under good cultivation. In his politics 
 our subject is a Republican, one of the progressive 
 men of the county, and much esteemed by all. His 
 German neighbors are very proud of his record 
 in the wars, and he has three medals which were 
 presented to him for meritorious conduct. As a 
 neighbor he enjoys the friendship of all, and as a 
 man of business his word is unquestioned. 
 
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 WJOHN H. C. FULTON was formerly one of 
 I the best-known and most extensive dealers 
 in cattle in the neighborhood of Malta Bend. 
 Vsg^' He was born in Loudoun County, Va., in 
 1828, of Irish descent. When about seven years 
 of age he accompanied the other members of the 
 family to Adams County. Ohio, where his boyhood 
 days were passed, attending the public school and 
 assisting in the labors suited to his age upon the 
 home farm. Later he had the advantages offered 
 by the High School in Greenfield, where he carried 
 on his studies for a period of two years. 
 
 Following his school life in Greenfield, our sub- 
 ject finished his education in one of the excellent 
 institutions of learning at Delaware. Ohio, thus 
 obtaining a thorough knowledge of books. 1 1 is 
 marriage occurred February 13, 1851, with Miss \. 
 I). Silcott, a daughter of Craven anil Elizabeth 
 (Taventer) Silcott. The young couple began their 
 domestic life upon the farm belonging to the father 
 of our subject, but which was afterward purchased 
 by the latter and sold by him prior to his removal 
 to .Missouri in the spring of 1869. 
 
 In October, 1868, our subject came to Missouri 
 with the intention of purchasing land, and subse- 
 quently bought a farm in Saline County: soon af- 
 terward he brought his family West and located 
 here March 15, 18011. At once he began to make 
 improvements, and the majority of the buildings 
 and other embellishments which now make tin' 
 place SO attractive, with the exception of tin- house, 
 were put here by him. He was of a very at ti ve ami 
 
 energetic nature, and he possessed good business 
 ability. SO that while he had his own way to make 
 unaided in the world, his land amounted to as 
 much as six hundred and forty acres at the time of 
 his death, lie had received a part of the estate of 
 his father, but this was a small part of his posses- 
 sions. During the war, Mr. Fulton was a Union 
 man. and responded in Ohio to the call for men 
 for one hundred days. Politically, he was a Re- 
 publican. 
 
 The death of Mr. Fulton was most distressing to 
 his familjr, occurring suddenly from heart disease, 
 December 20, 1886. Hisconnection with the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church dated from his twentieth 
 year, he having been always a consistent follower of 
 the principles of Christianity. In business his ven- 
 tures proved profitable, managed as they were with 
 
 g 1 judgment, and his position in the county was 
 
 that of a man of means, favoring all matters of 
 public weal. His place is vacant and cannot be 
 filled, either in the family or community. Besides 
 his bereaved wife, Mr. Fulton left the follow- 
 ing children: Laura Belle, the wife of Frank 
 Wright, of Saline County; Clarence K., who lives 
 upon a part of the farm; Nora, the wife of John 
 Houston, of Saline County; Charles I-].; Frances 
 Virginia. Mrs. Albert Payne, of Malta Rend; 
 Craven E., a student at college in Ada, Ohio; 
 Ashton, and Jessie Beatrice. Albert, the eldest 
 child, died at the age of thirty-one years. 
 
 The father of our subject was David Fulton, the 
 son of a Virginia planter. He was a farmer in Ohio 
 for many years, but in L851 he embarked in the 
 mercantile business at Loudon, Adams Countv, 
 that State, and continued thus e imaged until within 
 a few years before his death, which occurred in the 
 fall of 187."). The mother of our subject, Phoebe 
 (Gibson) Fulton, was a native of Virginia, and 
 died in 1853. She had seven children: Thomas 
 Dorsey, who lives in Illinois; George Gibson, who 
 resides in Ohio; Alfred; Sarah Frances, and Rebecca 
 Jane, the others dying in infancy. David Fulton 
 was a Kepubliian and a Union man. ami hi- son 
 Alfred was in the Union army for about three 
 \ ear-. 
 
 The family history of Mrs. Fulton goes back to 
 English ancestors. Grandfather Jacob Silcott re- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 moved from Loudoun County ,Va., to Ohio, in High- 
 land County, where lie died. His wife was named 
 Tabitha Cogel. The father of Mrs. Fulton, Craven 
 Silcott, was born in 1806 in Loudoun County, Va., 
 where lie married, removing in 1834 with his family 
 into Adams County, Ohio, where Mrs. Fulton was 
 born. Mr. Silcott was a farmer and died in July, 
 1868. During his residence in Virginia he engaged 
 in school teaching and taught the first school that 
 John II. C. Fulton ever attended. When Mrs. 
 Fulton was about twelve years of age she lost her 
 mother. Her brothers and sisters are as follows: 
 Ulysses, who lives in Adams County, Ohio, a mer- 
 chant at Youngsville; Victoria, the wife of William 
 Hoge, who lives in Morris, 111.; Craven E.; and 
 Virginia, the wife of Hendley Hoge, of Grundy 
 County, 111. 
 
 -SHOMAS G. GIBBS. The independence of 
 s>, the farmer's life and the possibilities of 
 fy comforts and enjoyment are aptly illus- 
 trated at the home of our subject. His farm is 
 situated on section 25, township 49, range 28, La 
 Fayette County, and is well improved and care- 
 fully cultivated. The father of our subject was 
 Pascal A. Gibbs, a native of Bedford Count}', Va., 
 born in 1808, and a farmer. The grandfather of 
 Thomas ('.. was Bird Gibbs, a native of the same 
 county and State, the son of one of three bro- 
 thers who came to America from Scotland and 
 settled in Virginia. The mother of our subject 
 was Cassie N. (Creasey) Gibbs, a native of the same 
 county as her husband and son, born in 1809, and 
 a daughter of Thomas Creasey, a native of the 
 same county as his daughter, his ancestors also be- 
 ing from Virginia. 
 
 The parents of our subject were married in the 
 county "f their nativity, resided there until 1838, 
 and then came to La Fayette County, journeying 
 across the country in a wagon. At this time set- 
 tlers were few in number, the country was wild, 
 and. Indians and wild animals abounded. The 
 
 father was a famous hunter, and killed large num- 
 bers of deer, wolves, wild turkeys, etc. He made 
 permanent settlement at once and diligently 
 cleared the land. He was the father of four chil- 
 dren, of whom two are living, our subject and 
 Mrs. Col. Ben. Elliott. They were members of the 
 Old-school Baptist Church, in which the husband 
 held an official position. He was a live, progress- 
 ive man and a hard worker, being known far and 
 wide as a very successful farmer. In politics he 
 was an avowed Democrat. Death removed him in 
 1883, his wife having preceded him three years. 
 
 Our subject was born November 30, 1843, on 
 the old home place, where he attended the com- 
 mon schools of the neighborhood, and grew up 
 to manhood. His education was interrupted by 
 the breaking out of the war, in which he took a 
 very active part, enlisting in 1861 in Capt. 
 Wether's Company, Missouri State Guards, as a 
 private, and participating in the battles of Spring- 
 field and Lexington, with the surrender of Col. 
 Mulligan. In February, 1862, he was transferred 
 to Company B, Capt. Sam Taylor, Sixth Missouri 
 Infantry, where he took part in the following 
 battles: Elkhorn, Ark., Corinth and Port Gibson. 
 He was made prisoner at the latter place and 
 taken to Alton, 111., and placed in the old peniten- 
 tiary building. His capture was effected May 4th, 
 and he was exchanged July 4lh following. 
 
 Again as private Mr. Gibbs was mustered into a 
 company of Independents under Capt. AVoodson, 
 at Richmond, Va., which was placed on scout duty 
 in the Shenandoah Valley and parts of Virginia. 
 He did duty as picket scout and as advance and rear 
 guard, operating chiefly inside the enemy's line. 
 While in this service he took part in the following 
 battles: Newmarket, Winchester and Martinsburgh, 
 and fought Sheridan up the valley. His company 
 was engaged in skirmishing nearly every day in 
 the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains. 
 Altogether he was a soldier for four years and 
 was never badly wounded, although he was hit by 
 a spent ball, and a six-pound cannon ball once 
 passed between his legs; he was always on duty 
 and never surrendered. He remained at home 
 with his father, after his return from the war, for 
 three years. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 257 
 
 Mr. Gibbs was married September 10, 1865, to 
 Fannie W. Lee, daughter of William Lee, of Vir- 
 ginia, who came to Missouri in 1840 and settled near 
 Lexington. She is a native of this county, and 
 was born in June, 1841. Our subject settled upon 
 his present farm of one hundred and sixty-nine 
 acres, which at that time was in a wild state, in 
 1868. He is the father of eight children, five now 
 living, the youngest of whom is sixteen years old. 
 They are: Ellie. Lillia, Samuel, Cassie and Sadie. 
 Mrs. Gibbs is a member in good standing of the 
 Baptist Church. Our subject has been a member 
 of the School Board for twelve years, and has 
 given all his children a good education. In pol- 
 itics he is a Democrat, prominent in the councils of 
 the party and a delegate to most of its conven- 
 tions. He had a brother to whom he was warmly 
 attached who was killed in the battle of Corinth. 
 
 
 ^f.'AMES DRAPER, the popular and efficient 
 City Marshal of Slater, Saline County, 
 Mo., has for many years been a prominent 
 ' and leading business man of the city, and 
 ever since his first location in the county has 
 identified himself witli the growing interests and 
 progress of his immediate neighborhood and vi- 
 cinity, and has been an important factor in the 
 completion of many needed and most desirable 
 improvements. Energetic and enterprising, he 
 gives to the duties of his position the earnest at- 
 tention and wise management which have charac- 
 terized his business. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was a 
 native of Virginia, and a very early settler in Mt. 
 Vernon, Ind., removing to the West when it was 
 little more than a wilderness. Capt. James Draper, 
 the father of our City Marshal, was born in Indi- 
 ana, and was a miller of Mt. Vernon, and was also 
 an attorney in the office of Judge Price. After 
 a time he started in the grocery business in Indi- 
 anapolis, and later engaged in manufacturing sash, 
 doors and blinds, and, an able and industrious busi- 
 
 ness man, prospered accordingty. In 1862 he en- 
 listed in Company K, Twenty-first Indiana In- 
 fantry, and as Captain served with gallantry for 
 three years, and then was honorably discharged 
 and came home. 
 
 In 1870 the Captain removed to Missouri and 
 located in Macon City, and there engaged in the 
 manufacture of sash, doors and blinds; he later 
 settled in Shannon County, where he died. He 
 filled various positions of trust during his useful 
 life, and served as Justice of the Peace most ac- 
 ceptably. The mother of our subject was born in 
 North Carolina, and died when her children were 
 all quite young. She left two sons and two 
 daughters, of whom three are now living. Mr. 
 Draper was the youngest of the family, born in 
 Mt. Vernon, Ind., March 6, 1852, and was reared 
 in the city of Indianapolis, and there attended the 
 public schools, and when he was old enough as- 
 sisted his father in his shop. 
 
 In 1872, he came to Macon City, and aided in 
 the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, and 
 thus became familiar with the machinery and the 
 business. In 1873 he began the work of a carpen- 
 ter, and soon found himself exceedingly apt in 
 the use of tools, and continued in the business of 
 building in Salisbury until 1878, when lie came 
 to Slater, and, working at the carpenter's trade, 
 was busy all the time. Industrious, energetic and 
 an excellent workman, he found no idle time, but 
 was constantly at work, week in and week out. 
 He was one of the very earliest of the carpenters 
 and builders who established themselves in Slater. 
 
 Mr. Draper was elected Marshal of Slater in 
 April, 1892, and immediately entered upon the 
 discharge of the duties of his office, and has proved 
 the wisdom of the people who voted him into the 
 position. Our subject was united in marriage in 
 1882 with Miss Mary Comer, a native of Ireland, 
 who emigrated to America with her parents 
 when she was but six years old, and has littie re- 
 membrance of any other home except the one in 
 which her parents settled in the New World. 
 Three intelligent, bright and promising children 
 bless the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Draper. 
 Edith, Blanche and Anna are the trio of young 
 sisters, who are now enjoying the excellent educa- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 tioual advantages of the Slater schools. The at- 
 tractive and commodious residence of our subject 
 is in the northern part of the city. Mr. Draper is a 
 member of the Slater I. nan and Building Associa- 
 tion, and is fraternally connected with the Inde- 
 pendent Order of < )dd Fellows, and is a valued 
 member of thai social and benevolent organiza- 
 tion. In politics, our subject is a stalwart Repub- 
 lican , and an earnest advocate of the party plat- 
 form and principles, but is liberal in sentiment, 
 and, essentially a self-made man, is always earnest 
 in his endeavors to uplift and assist others less 
 fortunate than himself. 
 
 ftjOEL SCOTT, deceased, for many years a 
 prominent agriculturist and energetic and 
 progressive citizen of Saline County, Mil, 
 ' was a man of exemplary character, upright 
 and honorable in all his business dealings, and 
 when upon December 21. 1884, he passed from 
 earth to the better world beyond, his death was 
 mourned by friends and neighbors as a loss to the 
 community. Born in Georgetown, Scott County, 
 Ivy., on the 28lh of February. 1829, our subject, 
 was but a very little lad when, in 1832, he came 
 with his parents to Missouri. The trip was made 
 overland by wagons, and was long and tedious. 
 The Scotts arc of Scotch-Irish descent. Ezekiel 
 Scott, the father of our subject, was a native of 
 Scott County, Ky., and his wife, Dorothy, a 
 daughter of Nicholas Hawkins, of Madison 
 County, Ky., was also a native of the State. 
 
 Ezekiel Scott in 1833 purchased a tract of six 
 hundred and fifty acres near Arrow Rock, Saline 
 County, Mo., upon which homestead his son Joel 
 afterward died, and where the widow, the son Joel 
 B., and other members of the family still reside. 
 Mi. Scott received his education in the schoois of 
 Arrow Rock and Jonesboro, and at an early age 
 undertook t lie management of his father's large 
 farm, and was successful in all the details of agri- 
 cultural work. In 1 850 our subject, in company 
 
 with friends and neighbors and thousands of seek- 
 ers after sold, adventurously crossed the plains 
 to the far distant State of California. He engaged 
 in the Golden State first in mining, and then traded 
 between the camps and Sacramento, thus accumu- 
 lating several thousands of dollars. After some 
 time Mr. Scott returned to the Southeast by the 
 way of the Isthmus and New York, and settled on 
 the old homestead, where he afterward resided 
 until his death from paralysis. 
 
 Mr. Scott was a prosperous farmer and a most 
 successful stock-raiser. He added to the original 
 Scott homestead until the acreage exceeded one 
 thousand. In political affiliations he was a Demo- 
 crat, and during the Civil "War he sympathized 
 with the Southern cause. He had four brothers 
 in Missouri, all older than he. They were Samuel 
 B., Nicholas II., William R. and John C. There 
 wire also three sisters: Ilulda C, who married Da- 
 vid Gordon, of Boone County; Dollie P., now the 
 widow of II. S. Mills, and who resides in Kansas 
 City; and Hester, who married Henry Cook and 
 also makes her home in Kansas City. 
 
 November 3, 1857, Joel Scott and Miss Nannie 
 M. C. Townsend, daughter of Sanders W. Towns- 
 end, of Cooper County, were united in marriage. 
 Six children gladdened with their presence the 
 hearth and home of Mr. and Mrs. Scott. William 
 R., of St. Louis, married Miss Mo Hie Gibson, of 
 Cooper County. This young and estimable lady- 
 died in 1887, leaving one child, a son, Gibson 
 Scott. John C, the eldest son of our subject, 
 married Miss Annie, a daughter of James Wright, 
 and they have two daughters, Ethlene and Lil- 
 lian, and live near Marshall. Nellie, the third 
 child, is married to S. W. Wilkinson. Hettie Viola 
 married D. A. Hancock. Cynthia E. is also mar- 
 ried, and her husband is G. II. Amsbury. Joel B. 
 was united in marriage with Miss E valine Mar- 
 shall, daughter of Joseph Marshall, of Saline 
 County, in the month of June, 1891. They are 
 now residing upon the old Scott homestead, and 
 have one little daughter, Mabel. 
 
 Mrs. Joel Scott was born in Cooper County, 
 Mo. Her father, Sanders Ward Townsend, was 
 the son of Benjamin Townsend, a Virginian, and a 
 Revolutionary soldier, in which patriotic service 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 259 
 
 he was wounded and crippled for life. lie after- 
 ward removed from Virginia to South Carolina. 
 The Townsends are of Scotch-Irish descent, and 
 the great-grandfather of Mrs. Scott came from 
 "old Scotia" to Virginia. Sanders Ward Towns- 
 end was a native of Virginia, and moved with his 
 parents to South Carolina, and when seventeen 
 years old went to Logan County, Ky. He there 
 married Susan Xowlin, daughter of Peyton Now- 
 lin, who subsequently removed to Missouri, and 
 was the first ordained minister who preached in 
 Saline County. S. W. Townsend moved from 
 Kentucky to Cooper County, Mo., in 1818, and 
 died in 1878, at the age of eighty-seven years. 
 He was a successful farmer; he reared a family of 
 thirteen children, of whom the surviving are Will- 
 iam, Sanders, Nathaniel, Permelia (wife of Dr. 
 Hardeman, of Franklin County, Mo.) and Mrs. 
 Scott, the wife of the subject of this sketch. A na- 
 tive of the State where she yet resides, Mrs. Scott 
 has been an eye-witness of the wonderful growth 
 and rapid advancement of her life-time home, and, 
 closely identified with its progress, she is widely 
 known and highly esteemed as one of the pio- 
 neers who shared the privations of early days that 
 their descendants miyht inherit the land. 
 
 xfcgsHARLES N. BEALE. Life in the camp 
 
 ( • f jL seems to have served but as a stimulus to 
 ^^7 renewed energies in other lines in most of 
 the soldiers of the late war, it being undeniably 
 true that Americans are lovers of peace and haters 
 of strife. Our subject, although a brave and gal- 
 lant soldier, has shown himself since the war a 
 skilled and most successful farmer. His father, 
 John Beale, was horn in Virginia in 1801, and was 
 the son of Charles Beale, also of that State, in 
 which section the family is an old and representa- 
 tive one. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Ophelia (Wood) 
 Beale, born in Virginia in 1801, afterward re- 
 
 moved to Kentucky, but was married in her native 
 State, and then settled with her husband on a farm 
 in West Virginia. In the fall of 1843 thej came 
 to Lexington, Mo., lived in (ireenton two years, 
 and later settled upon the present farm of our 
 subject, which was then unimproved, the entire 
 locality, in fact, being in a wild state and ver\ 
 sparsely settled. Hard work soon brought the 
 acres in condition, and when the father died in 
 1878, he had the satisfaction of leaving a finely 
 improved property. His wife, who died in 1867, 
 bore him two children: Mrs. Tidball, residing at 
 Wellington, this county, and our subject. The fa- 
 ther, as well as his wife, was a member of the Pres- 
 byterian Church, in which body both were active 
 and influential. He had been named :\ Justice of 
 the Peace in Virginia and served in that capacity 
 for several years, and at (ireenton served effici- 
 ently and to the public satisfaction as Post- 
 master. 
 
 Our subject was born October 4, 1S.">2, in Poca- 
 hontas County, W. Va., attended district schools in 
 that State, as well as in Missouri, and was eleven 
 years old when he accompanied his parents to tin- 
 latter State, lie supplemented his public-school 
 instruction with attendance one session at Chapel 
 Hill College and two years at the State University, 
 with a course in Prof. Jonathan Jones' Commer- 
 cial College at St. Louis. He graduated from this 
 latter institution March 2, 1851, with the degree of 
 Master of Accounts. Following this, he took 
 charge of his father's farm, having been given a 
 half-interest in it. At the outbreak of the war 
 he enlisted in ('apt. Withers' Company, Price's 
 army; he took part in the siege of Lexington, and 
 was present at the surrender of Col. Mulligan; was 
 then taken sick and returned home, having re- 
 ceived his discharge. 
 
 In the spring of 1863, our subject went to Illi- 
 nois, thence to Iowa in the fall, remaining until 
 May, 1861, then home for a short visit, and after- 
 ward to California by a steamer from New York. 
 His return journey in November, 1865, was by way 
 of Nicaragua, since which time he has given bis 
 undivided attention to the management of the 
 farm. The latter consists of three hundred acres, 
 all under cultivation except twenty acres in tim- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 ber, and with excellent improvements. The resi- 
 dence was built by bis father, while the barn which 
 he erected in 1883 cost him $600. He believes it to 
 be beneficial to the land to vary the crops, although 
 wheat and corn are his principal products. lie 
 was married in 1870 to Miss Jennie, daughter of 
 Thomas Lee, an early settler here. She was born in 
 Kentucky in 1830, and became the mother of three 
 children, only one living, Arthur L., a student at 
 Odessa College. Mr. and Mrs. lleale are members 
 of the Presbyterian Church, in which body he is 
 an ettieient Deacon. Our subject is a member and 
 Vice-President of the Central Protective Associa- 
 tion, and was for a number of years a member of 
 the Grange. Politically, he is a Democrat and is 
 faithful to the principles of that party. 
 
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 ylLLIAM II. SWAN is one of the most pop- 
 ular and best-known railroad men in this 
 section of the country. He has for many 
 years held the responsible position of foreman of 
 the Chicago & Alton roundhouse at Slater, and is 
 esteemed for his genial good-nature and manly 
 characteristics. 
 
 Mr. Swan was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 
 21st of September, 1858. His father was Charles 
 A. Swan, a natives of Lowell, Mass., where he was 
 engaged in the iron business, but after removing 
 West he accepted a position as foreman in the 
 round-house there for the road now operated by 
 the Lake Shore it Michigan Southern. 
 
 In the year 1861), Charles A. Swan moved from 
 Cleveland to Jacksonville, 111., where he held the 
 position of roundhouse foreman until 1871, when he 
 was removed to Roodhouse, 1 11., where he occupied 
 a similar position for eight years. Mr. Swan has 
 now retired from active life and is enjoying the 
 fruits of his active years in Roodhouse, where, at 
 the age of sixty-five, he is still active and in pos- 
 session of all his faculties. The mother of our 
 subject was Maria Hill, also a native of Massachu- 
 setts, who died in Jacksonville, 111. She was the 
 
 mother of six children, of whom our subject is the 
 youngest. 
 
 William II. Swan, of whose life we here give a 
 brief sketch, was eleven years old when his parents 
 removed to Jacksonville, 111., and after graduating 
 at the common school he entered the High School. 
 When only fifteen years of age, he accepted a po- 
 sition as machinist in the roundhouse of which his 
 father was foreman, and worked m this capacity 
 for a year, then entered the Illinois College at 
 Jacksonville, where he completed his freshman year 
 but left the year following to return to his trade 
 at Roodhouse. 
 
 In the year 1882, our subject came to Slater and 
 commenced work as a mechanic in the roundhouse. 
 After occupying this position four years, lie was 
 promoted to the position of foreman. In 1889, 
 Mr. Swan went to Jacksonville, 111., where he 
 worked at his trade one year, after which he as- 
 sumed his old place as foreman of the roundhouse 
 at Slater. 
 
 Those acquainted with the details of railroad 
 work when emanating from that center of mechan- 
 ism known as a roundhouse can form some idea of 
 the responsibility assumed by one who undertakes 
 to direct the workings of so responsible an adjunct 
 to the railroad service, and when it is taken into 
 consideration that the subject of this sketch has 
 seventy engines to oversee, it can be taken for 
 granted that his work is labor requiring no in- 
 ferior skill. 
 
 In 1880, Mr. Swan obtained the consent of Miss 
 Annie Scruby, of Carroll ton, 111., to be his life 
 partner. This lady was born in Sparta, VV r is., but 
 received her education in Carrollton, where she 
 made many friends in the years spent there pre- 
 vious to her marriage. She is the mother of six 
 childen: Gracie, Minnie, Harry, Carrie, Nellie and 
 Lillian. Socially, Mr. Swan is a member of the 
 Knights of Pythias, in which body he held the 
 position of Past Chancellor. Politically, ho stands 
 by the Republican banner in weal and woe. He 
 is a man of sterling principles and has attained his 
 present position, both socially and in his business 
 life, by the qualities of heart and mind which have 
 endeared him to his associates and brought him 
 the. love and good-will of his fellow-citizens. A 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 bright, keen, intelligent and broad-minded man, 
 
 it is hardly necessary to add thai subject 
 
 keeps posted on the leading subjects of the day, 
 and for a man in his position has contributed his 
 full quota toward the growth and advancement of 
 the town in which he has made his home for so 
 many years. 
 
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 ENRY BLOSSER, an extensive and pros- 
 ^- perous agriculturist, residing in township 
 51, range 22, Saline County, is a progress- 
 ive citizen, widely known throughout his 
 section of the country and universally respected for 
 his ability and integrity of character. Our subject 
 was born in Virginia March 2 4, 1831. The Blos- 
 sers are of Swiss descent, and at an early day set- 
 tled in Virginia. Grandfather Jacob Blosser was 
 born in Virginia January 13, 1756, and died Oc- 
 tober 6, 1 842, in Shenandoah County. His wife, 
 a Miss Beary, was a member of an old Virginia 
 family. Joseph Blosser, the father of our subject, 
 a native of Shenandoah County, was born at five 
 o'clock in the morning of the 2d of March, 1795. 
 lie spent the days of boyhood in Virginia, and be- 
 came a miller, as had been his father before him. 
 He owned and operated for many years a mill on 
 the Hawksbill, a small stream emptying into the 
 Shenandoah River. This mill he finally traded 
 for three hundred and twenty acres of land, lo- 
 cated in Pike County, Ohio. 
 
 Removing with his family to this purchase in 
 1831, they found the land almost an impenetrable 
 forest, and were obliged to live in a rail pen until a 
 log cabin could be erected. They wintered in a 
 cabin without a door, but of these pioneer scenes 
 our subject remembers nothing, as he was at the 
 time but an infant six months old. The wife of 
 Joseph Blosser was Sarah Jane Bacy, the daughter 
 of Henry- Bacy, of Culpeper County, Va., The 
 maternal grandfather of Henry Blosser was a vet- 
 eran of the Revolutionary War, and a man of en- 
 ergy and resolution. Joseph Blosser, after remov- 
 
 ing to Ohio, did but little farming, but operated :i 
 mill, and as the boys grew to manhood they cleared 
 the land and unproved the farm. In politics, the 
 father was a Whig. He died December 17, 1863, 
 in Pike County, Ohio. His wife passed away in 
 Mercer County, Ohio, November 7, 1876. Their 
 children numbered nine: Elizabeth Ann, widow 
 of Aaron Saylor, of Malta Bend, Mo.: Susan, de- 
 ceased; Barbara, widow of Joseph Gee, of Ohio; 
 Jacob, who lives in Ohio; Henry, our subject; 
 Joseph, who resides in Kansas; John, deceased; 
 Daniel, who lives in Kansas; and Mary, the wife 
 of Valentine Roach, whose home is in Mercer 
 County, Ohio. 
 
 Our subject was but three months old when his 
 parents moved to Ohio, traveling in an old cov- 
 ered wagon, and camping out by night during the 
 two months which the journey required. Mr. Blos- 
 ser remained at home on the Pike County farm 
 until twenty-one years of age, when he worked 
 out for himself, first at farm work, earning $13 
 per month, the first money he had ever received 
 for himself. He next took a lease of fifty acresof 
 bottom land, heavily timbered, belonging to his 
 father. This he cleared and seeded to grass, and 
 then sold his lease for $300, which sum gave him 
 his first start in life, about the year 1856. 
 
 Upon March 18, 1858, our subject was united in 
 marriage with Miss Sarah Baker, a daughter of 
 Josiah and Emma (Schooley) Baker, of Ross 
 County, Ohio, and Virginians by birth. Mrs. Blos- 
 ser was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1839, and 
 was one of seven children, four sons and three 
 daughters, five of whom are living. A devoted 
 wife, Mrs. Blosser has also by her refined and cul- 
 tured manners, drawn a large circle of friends into 
 an intimate acquaintance with the family. She is 
 always ready to aid the needy, to comfort the sor- 
 rowing and to sympathize with the distressed, and 
 it is her delight to lend a helping hand to those 
 who need assistance. 
 
 In 1860, Mr. Blosser bought in Ross County, 
 Ohio, two hundred and forty acres of land for 
 $11,000, although at the time he had only $2,000 
 of his own. After three years he exchanged the 
 place for a smaller farm, receiving the difference, 
 and selling the last purchase in 1865 for $11,000. 
 
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 Having disposed of his property in Ohio, he at 
 once departed for Saline County, Mo., with $5,500 
 in his possession. At first lie bought two hundred 
 and forty acres of land, which he industriously im- 
 proved [or three years, adding other tracts mean- 
 time, and finally selling all for ¥12,000. He then 
 bought six hundred and forty acres where he now 
 resides, paying therefor the sum of 814,400. 
 
 The extensive acreage was then all prairie land 
 unimproved, but has since received an addition, 
 now making in the large and highly improved 
 farm a total of nearly nine hundred acres. Mr. 
 Blosser also owns in Republic County, Kan., live 
 hundred acres of land, which he bought in 1883. 
 At about the same time he purchased a tract of 
 thirteen hundred acres of bottom land for about 
 $14,000, and in the spring of 1884 he sold eight 
 hundred acres of the same for $12,000. The re- 
 maining five hundred acres he has since improved, 
 and the land now yields from ten to fifteen 
 thousand bushels of corn per year. 
 
 Upon the home farm Mr. Blosser and his sons 
 engage in general farming, raising wheat exten- 
 sively, their acreage of that cereal sometimes pro- 
 ducing ten thousand bushels per year. They use 
 their own threshers, having on the place two steam 
 threshing-machines of the most improved patented 
 make. The intelligent family of our subject is 
 composed of one daughter and six sons. Erskine, 
 the eldest-born, married Annie Otte; Mary, the 
 wife of Ward Ilaskett, lives in Saline County; 
 Joseph is married to Ruby Sprague; Quincy mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Gauldin; Henry I. married Clara 
 Heskett; William and Louis are at school. Joseph 
 has the management of the Kansas property, and 
 the other sons are settled on the home lands. 
 
 As a boj', Mr. Blosser had a passion for hunting, 
 and he is yet an enthusiastic follower of that sport. 
 When he first came to Missouri he found abund- 
 ant use for his rifle, quantities of wild game being 
 plentiful, but now he is obliged to go farther in 
 their pursuit, and every August or September for 
 the past five or six years he has gone to Wyom- 
 ing or Colorado, remaining for two months at a 
 time. In this health-renewing and delightful ex- 
 cursion, he is accompanied by his wife and sons, 
 who take with them a full camping outfit. As 
 
 trophies, the hall of the commodious family resi- 
 dence contains the head of an elk, and in the sit- 
 ting-room is a specimen of the head and neck of a 
 magnificent elk. In another room, the walls are 
 decorated with the heads of blacktail deer, shot in 
 Wyoming. The home dwelling is a large, artist- 
 ically designed and finely finished mansion of 
 three stories, including the mansard, which con- 
 tains several rooms. The house, surrounded by 
 beautiful foliage and stately old trees, makes a 
 picture not easily forgotten. 
 
 Mr. Blosser has accumulated his property by 
 self-reliant industry and enterprise. lie is a man 
 of strictly temperate habits and believes in the pro- 
 hibition laws. In business transactions his word 
 is considered as good as his bond. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Blosser and their family are all members of the 
 Christian Church, and are prominent in all good 
 works of their locality. Our subject has been an 
 Elder in the church for many years, and has been 
 most liberal in the support of that religious or- 
 ganization, and is also known as a generous giver 
 to those less fortunate than himself. He and his 
 sons are ardent Republicans. During the war he 
 was a stanch Union man, and three of his brothers 
 served in the Federal army. Although his in- 
 vestments have all been most profitable, and incon- 
 sequence of his excellent judgment and superior 
 business ability, he has been exceedingly pros- 
 pered, Mr. Blosser is unostentatious and genial, 
 and exhibits in his mode of living the simplicity 
 and kindness of heart which distinguish the true 
 American citizen. 
 
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 <'/fi^f IIARLES HOEFER, an influential and pros- 
 (l(^-, perous citizen, well known throughout 
 ^^J/) Central Missouri as Cashier and one of the 
 organizers of the Bank of Iligginsville, La Fayette 
 County, is a man of sterling integrity and charac- 
 ter, and has won his upward way by self-reliant 
 energy and honest industry. A leader in business 
 circles, our subject is also interested in benevolent 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 265 
 
 and social enterprises, and enjoys the respect and 
 confidence of the entire community among whom 
 his busy life has been passed. 
 
 lie is a native of the principality of Lippe-Det- 
 mold, Germany, and was born August 25, 1840, 
 the youngest of six children. Five of the sons 
 and daughters grew to maturity, but of them onlj 
 three now survive: Rev. Henry Hoefer, the es- 
 teemed minister of the Evangelical Church of 
 Higginsville; Charlotte, the widow of Mr. Adolph 
 Wehrmann, residing in Higginsville; and Charles. 
 
 Our subject received his early training and pri- 
 mary education in the Fatherland, hut upon reach- 
 ing his fifteenth year emigrated with his father to 
 America. The family left Bremen on the sailing- 
 vessel "New Orleans," and after tossing about the 
 broad Atlantic nine weeks and three days, landed 
 at New Orleans, La. From that city they steamed 
 up the Mississippi to St. Louis, Mo., which jour- 
 ney took another week. From St. Louis the weary 
 travelers proceeded by rail to Washington, passing 
 over the Missouri Pacific, the only road then com- 
 pleted and in running order in the State. At 
 Washington the family and their goods were 
 loaded into teams ami wagons, and slowly wended 
 their way to Warren County, where they made 
 their home. 
 
 The family were in comfortahle circumstances, 
 the father Herman Hoefer, having sold his farm 
 in Germany for the sum of $10,000. He was a na- 
 tive of Lippe-Detmold, and there acquired a com- 
 petence. From the date of his arrival in Warren 
 County until his death in I860, live years later, be 
 remained a constant resident of his first home 
 here. The mother of our subject, whose maiden 
 name was Wilhelmina Korsmeyer, was a native of 
 the same vicinity as her husband, and died in 
 ( reman y in 1855. 
 
 Charles Hoefer worked upon a farm in Warren 
 County until 1859, and then entered the Evan- 
 gelical College, where he pursued the course of 
 study two years, afterward completing his educa- 
 tion in the Methodist Episcopal College at Quincy, 
 111., graduating with honor from that excellent 
 institution of learning. Our subject then engaged 
 in teaching at Hopewell, Warren County, where he 
 was a most successful instructor for six years. 
 
 He then experimented with merchandising in the 
 same place, and continued in the business for two 
 years. In 1870 Mr. Hoefer came to La Fayette 
 County, and bought a farm of two hundred acres 
 adjoining the land where Higginsville now stands, 
 and which place had then only a few scattering 
 houses. Here he was successfully engaged in the 
 duties of general agriculture and stock-raising un- 
 til 1878, when he located in Higginsville and be- 
 came a stockholder and book-keeper of the Amer- 
 ican Bank, as it is now known, then the Asbury- 
 Catron Banking Company. 
 
 In 1880 Mr. Hoefer severed his connection with 
 this corporation and organized the Bank of Hig- 
 ginsville, with a capital stock of «30,(>(i<>. and has 
 ever since been its popular and efficient Cashier. 
 The prosperity of the bank is attested by the divi- 
 dends, which pay annually 10 per cent., besides 
 which it has accumulated a surplus of $3,000. 
 Our subject has been especially fortunate in hand- 
 ling real-estate speculations, and owns much valu- 
 able property acquired by energy and excellent 
 judgment in investing. Mr. Hoefer was married 
 in Warren County, in 1868, to Miss Levina Hack- 
 niaiin, a native of the same county, and a daugh- 
 ter of Hon. Henry Hackmann, a native of Ger- 
 many, but an early settler of Warren County, and 
 an extensive and successful farmer. He is a prom- 
 inent Republican, having served in the State 
 Legislature of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Hoefer are 
 the parents of nine children, of whom eight arc 
 living. Daniel graduated from the .Methodist 
 Episcopal College at Warrenton, and is a banker; 
 Frank A., is a graduate of the same college, and is 
 a book-keeper in the Bank of Higginsville; 
 William is attending the Warrenton College ; 
 Edward 1- is Deputy Postmaster at Higgins- 
 ville ; Samuel, Benjamin, Oscar and Karl are 
 attending school, and arc all bright and intelli- 
 gent young people. One little one, Albert, died 
 at three years of age. 
 
 ( lur subject is a church member and one of the 
 most active supporters of the Evangelical Church 
 of Higginsville. He was the first German settler 
 of the place, and has ever been foremost in assist- 
 ing his nationality, giving his services freely to aid 
 them in any way, and proffering needed financial 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 help or advice. Politically he is a Republican, 
 and has been a popular delegate to various State 
 and county conventions, discharging the duties re- 
 posed in him in a most faithful and efficient man- 
 ner, and is known far and wide as an enterprising 
 and public-spirited citizen. 
 
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 eAPT. JOSEPH P. ELLIOTT, the popular 
 Sheriff of Saline County, Mo., from 1866 to 
 1890, and a prosperous general agricultur- 
 ist and stock-raiser, now residing in township 50, 
 range 20, is widely known and highly respected 
 as a citizen of courage, honor and integrity. Born 
 in Richmond, Va., May 27, 1830, our subject is of 
 English descent. His father, Benjamin Elliott, 
 was a native of the Old Dominion, born in Hen- 
 rico County, Va., and his demise occurred in Sa- 
 line County, Mo., in 1844, at about forty years of 
 age. He was mariied in Hanover County to Miss 
 Angelina, a daughter of Walter A. Crenshaw and 
 Elizabeth (Fretwell) Crenshaw. The mother of 
 Capt. Elliott died at the age of sixty years in 
 1864. 
 
 The brothers and sisters of our subject were as 
 follows: Cornelius, the first-born, now deceased; 
 Capt. Elliott was the second child; Edmund V. is 
 dead; and Benennais married to William McCros- 
 key, of Cooke County, Tex. The three paternal 
 uncles of Capt. Elliott were as follows: John Ell- 
 iott, now President of a bank in Richmond; Sam- 
 ple II. and William, now deceased. Our subject 
 located in Saline County, Mo., with his parents 
 when only three years of age, and has been a con- 
 stant resident of this portion of the State ever 
 since, having therefore been an eye-witness for the 
 past three-score years of the growth and rapid 
 upbuilding of his neighborhood and county. 
 Capt. Elliott was educated in the common schools 
 of Saline County, and has been a farmer, as was 
 his father before him. 
 
 Our subject served in the State Guard as a pri- 
 
 vate under Capt. Brown in the late war, and then 
 joined the Confederate army under Gen. Joseph 
 Shelby, and was appointed First Lieutenant of his 
 company upon its organization in August, 1862. 
 Fearless by nature, our subject distinguished him- 
 self by his brave and gallant bearing upon the 
 field of war. Wounded at the battle of Spring- 
 field while cheering his men on to victoiy, he was 
 carried to Ilartsville, Wright Count}', where Capt. 
 Garret of his company was wounded and died, our 
 subject then being promoted to the position of 
 Captain. Recovering from his wound, Capt. Ell- 
 iott, in April, 1863, took command of his com- 
 pany, which was E. Shelby's old regiment of cav- 
 alry. Our subject remained in the service until 
 June, 1865. when he was among those who surren- 
 dered at Shreveport, La. 
 
 Capt. Elliott participated in the following en- 
 gagements and battles: Wilson's Creek, Booneville, 
 Carthage, first and second engagements at Dry 
 Wood, Lexington, Coon Creek, Cane Hill, Prairie 
 Grove, Springfield, Helena, Osage, Independence, 
 Westport, two fights at Ncwtonia and at Fay- 
 etteville, Ark. Three times Capt. Elliott was 
 wounded during the war, and three times he had 
 his horse shot under him, and constantly and un- 
 flinchingly faced danger and death. Since leav- 
 ing the office of Sheriff in 1890, Capt. Elliott has 
 devoted himself entirely to the peaceful avocation 
 of farming his one hundred and forty acres of 
 valuable land and raising fine graded stock. 
 
 In December, 1869, our subject married Miss 
 Mary T. Ross, daughter of James and Leah Ross, 
 of Howard County, Mo. The pleasant and happy 
 home of Capt. Elliott and his excellent wife has 
 been blessed with the presence of two children. 
 Mamie and Josie. Mrs. Elliott attended the com- 
 mon schools of Howard County, and also received 
 a course of instruction at Fayette College, in Fay- 
 ette, Mo. Our subject and his wife are both mem- 
 bers of the Christian Church, and always aid in 
 its various social and benevolent enterprises, and 
 are justly considered important factors in all the 
 good work of their home locality and neighbor- 
 hood. Capt. Elliott fraternally belongs to the 
 Knights of the Maccabees, and he and Mrs. Elliott 
 and the two daughters have a host of tried 
 
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 267 
 
 friends and true, and command the respect and 
 esteem of all who know them. Our subject is a 
 standi Democrat and a (inn adherent of the Jack- 
 sonian party, which has now (1892) just enjoyed 
 a signal victory. 
 
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 SP=^ 
 
 RANKLIN C. M( REYNOLDS, a wide-awake 
 (• and enterprising young agriculturist, was 
 (1*> born March 11, 1853, on the farm which is 
 
 still his home, and which adjoins the town of 
 Grand Pass. The McReynolds family is of Irish 
 descent. The grandfather, Joseph McReynolds, of 
 Virginia, removed with his family to Tennessee 
 and from there to Saline County, Mo., about 
 1819, becoming one of its first settlers. He en- 
 tered nine hundred acres of land from the Gov- 
 ernment and gave his attention to farming. In 
 Virginia he married Elizabeth Logan, and unto 
 them were born five children: John, Allen, Logan, 
 David, and Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Webb, of 
 Saline County; all are now deceased. 
 
 Allen McReynolds, father of our subject, was 
 born in Tennessee in 1812, and with the family 
 came to Missouri, the journey being made by 
 wagon. He married Amanda A., daughter of 
 AVilliam and Na*icy A. (Holt) Cooper, who were 
 of Scotch descent, and in an early day immigrated 
 with their family to La Fayette County, Mo. 
 Mrs. Cooper, the grandmother of our subject, is 
 still living at the advanced age of ninety-seven 
 years and makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. 
 Stark, in La Fayette County. 
 
 After his marriage Allen McReynolds located 
 on the farm where F. C. now resides and built the 
 house which is still standing. In politics he was 
 a Democrat, but was never in favor (if secession. 
 On the 24th of December, 18(54, he was killed by a 
 band of Kansas and Missouri militia under cir- 
 cumstances peculiarly atrocious. Several men 
 rode to his house, where he and his daughter were 
 alone, the other members of the family being ab- 
 sent at Waverly making Christinas purchases, as it 
 
 was Christmas Eve. The men asked for dinner, 
 which was supplied them, and after they had been 
 thus hospitably entertained they rode away, but 
 in a few moments some of them returned, and on 
 pretext of having Mr. McReynolds show them the 
 way, called him out. He went down the road a 
 few rods with them and was shot dead. The 
 daughter and a neighbor's girl, hearing the shots, 
 hurried down the road, and meeting some of the 
 murderers riding back were coolly told that the 
 father was dead, and if they wanted his bod3 T they 
 would find it beyond. Mr. McReynolds was 
 known by all to be a peaceable and law-abiding cit- 
 izen and this cruel deed caused wide-spread dis- 
 approval, for all felt that if such men as Allen 
 McReynolds were to be killed, no one was safe. 
 He was a member of the Methodist Church and a 
 man held in the highest regard throughout the 
 community. His wife died in the spring of 1879. 
 
 Unto this worthy couple were born ten children: 
 Elizabeth, wife of John Robertson, of Kansas City; 
 William, deceased; Angeline, wife of William 
 Kennedy, of St. Clair County, Mo.; Samuel, of 
 Carthage, Mo.: Samantha, wife of John Blanchard, 
 of Saline County; Franklin O; Nannie, wife of 
 O. M. Thompson, of Fresno, Cal.; Lulu, a school 
 teacher of Carthage, Mo.: Charles, deceased; and 
 Ida, wife of Abram Kimble, of Kansas City. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of our 
 subject, who spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth in the usual manner of farmer lads. His 
 early education, acquired in the public schools, was 
 supplemented by study in the State Normal School 
 at Kirksville. He then returned to his home and 
 has since engaged in agricultural pursuits. He now 
 owns and operates two hundred and twenty acres 
 of land, a valuable farm, the neat appearance of 
 which indicates his thrift and enterprise. 
 
 On the 19th of February, L880, Mr. McReynolds 
 was united in marriage with Miss Alice, daughter 
 of Charles Sill, of La Fayette County. Their 
 union has been blessed with two children, Virgie 
 and Lovie, the latter deceased. Their household 
 is the abode of hospitality and in social circles 
 they hold an enviable position. In his political 
 affiliations, Mr. McReynolds is a Democrat, and in 
 his religious belief is a member of the Christian 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Church. His farm extends to the village of 
 Grand Pass, and his home is pleasantly located on 
 a bluff. He is a successful and enterprising farmer 
 and is a worthy representative of one of the hon- 
 ored pioneer families of the county. He well de- 
 serves representation in this volume and with 
 pleasure we present his sketch to our readers. 
 
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 \|(ACOB II. BURGAN, a popular citizen and 
 prominent manufacturer of granite and 
 marble monuments in Higginsville, has 
 for the past twelve years been identified 
 with his present business and intimately associ- 
 ated with the best interests of the city. Upright 
 in character, honest and industrious, he is highly 
 respected. As a proof of his popularity, it, may 
 be mentioned that in the spring election of 1891 
 he was the only Republican elected on the city 
 ticket to the responsible office of Alderman, the 
 duties of -which position he is discharging to the 
 utmost satisfaction of the general public, who ap- 
 preciate his energetic and able service in their 
 behalf. 
 
 Our subject was born in Bluffton, Wells County. 
 Ind., January 1, 1852. His paternal grandfather, 
 Jacob Burgan, was a native of Westmoreland 
 County, Pa., and when a young man settled in 
 Wayne County, Ohio, and there improved a large 
 farm and continued the pursuit of agriculture 
 until his death at seventy-live years of age. He 
 was a good citizen and an earnest, resolute man, 
 of Welsh and German descent. His wife. Mary 
 Brown, was a native of the Quaker State and a 
 most worthy woman. Their son, George F., fa- 
 ther of our subject, was the second in a family 
 of nine children, and was born in Wayne County- 
 Ohio, in 1820. He was reared in his native 
 county, and afterward located in Wells County, 
 Ind., in 1K48, purchasing a farm, upon which he 
 resided many years, but finally retired to Bluff- 
 ton, that county, where he still lives. He intro- 
 duced the first sawmill used there, and planted 
 
 the first shade trees in Bluffton. His wife, known 
 in her maidenhood as Sarah Widmer, was a na- 
 tive of Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, and was 
 the daughter of Frederick Widmer, a native of 
 Switzerland-, and an early settler of Wooster, but 
 later a resident of Orrville. lie died in VanWert 
 County, Ohio, at a good old age. 
 
 The mother of our subject, after a long life of 
 usefulness, passed away in June, 1892. She and 
 her husband were members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, and were highly respected. Of their 
 nine children, seven are now living. The eldest 
 son, Arthur, enlisted in the One Hundred and 
 Thirtieth Indiana Regiment and served faithfully 
 two years, remaining in active duty until the 
 close of the war. He was only r fifteen years of 
 age when he became a soldier, and was distin- 
 guished by his courage and gallant bearing upon 
 the field of battle. Jacob II., the fourth child in 
 order of birth, was reared upon his father's farm and 
 attended the public schools, completing his course 
 of study in the Bluffton High School. He remained 
 at home until he was nineteen years of age, and 
 was then apprenticed to learn the marble business 
 at Bluffton. He remained in the shop for three 
 years and then worked in Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, 
 Nebraska, Texas, and traveled through the South, 
 spending his time principally in the large cities. 
 
 In 1879, Mr. Burgan returned to Indiana, and 
 was married there to Miss Rebecca Suter, a native 
 of Bluffton and the daughter of Jacob Suter, who 
 was born in Pennsylvania and was a farmer by 
 occupation. Our subject resided in Bluffton until 
 L88I, when he came to Missouri and engaged in 
 business. Upon locating in Higginsville. he bought 
 out L. M. llebner, and has continued in the 
 marble business ever since. Beginning with a small 
 capital, he has steadily increased his business, and 
 has prospered accordingly. His stock is the larg- 
 est in this section of the State. In 1889, he 
 erected on Russell Street a handsome stone front 
 block, 21x70 feet, and two stories in height, the 
 upper story being a hall used by the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. 
 Mr. Burgan superintends the business and keeps 
 three workmen constantly employed, besides hav- 
 ing two men on the road. He transacts the prin- 
 
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 c-i pal business in that line in La Fayette, Johnson , 
 
 Jackson and Saline Counties, and has the finest 
 blocks of marble in this portion of the country. 
 
 Mr. Burgan resides in a beautiful residence on 
 Grand Avenue. He and his wife are the parents 
 of seven children. Nettie !>., Fannie, George, 
 William, Howard, Wade, and an infant unnamed, 
 are the bright group who make sunshine in the 
 happy home. Mrs. Burgan is a valued member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject 
 is fraternally connected with the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, and is Past Grand. He 
 is also Prelate of the Uniformed Rank of the 
 Knights of Pythias, and is a Woodman of the 
 World. Politically, he is a stalwart Republican, 
 and has ably represented his constituents at vari- 
 ous county and State conventions. As above 
 stated, he was elected to the Board of Aldermen 
 from the Third Ward, and is on some of its most 
 important committees. He is numbered among 
 those officials who spare themselves neither time 
 nor expense to accomplish their public duties in 
 an energetic and efficient manner. 
 
 „ AMUEL II. JOHNSTON, a prominent resi- 
 ^^£ dent of Saline County, makes his home in 
 li township 51, range 22. lie is of Irish de- 
 scent, his grandfather, Samuel M.Johnston, 
 having been born in Cork, Ireland. The latter 
 emigrated to Virginia, from there went to Ohio, and 
 after his sons had made homes for themselves in 
 Missouri, in his old age he joined them, and died 
 when eighty-three years old. By trade he was a 
 shoemaker, and also engaged in contracting for 
 making levees. 
 
 The father of our subject, Thomas P., was born 
 in Virginia, and his death occurred in April, 1872, 
 at the age of fort3'-four years. At an early age he 
 
 made his way to Ohio, and gained his livelih 1 
 
 by working on a farm; in the fall of 185(3, he came 
 as far West as Missouri, rented land near Marshall, 
 
 and engaged in buying and selling stock. Later 
 he removed to a farm near Malta Bend, which he 
 first rented, and in the spring of 1 865 purchased 
 the property, consisting of four hundred and 
 eighty acres, where our subject now makes his 
 home. Until his death Mr. Johnston carried on an 
 extensive business in farming and stock-feeding. 
 In polities, he was an ardent Democrat, having 
 imbibed the principles of Democracy in his native 
 State. He improved the place to a great extent 
 during his life and built the comfortable home 
 where our subject how resides. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Eliza .1. llin- 
 son, a daughter of Micajah and Elizabeth Ilinson, 
 of Pike County, Ohio, where she married Mr. 
 Johnston in June, 1868. Her ancestors were of 
 Scotch origin, and the first representatives of the 
 family in this country located in North Carolina. 
 Mrs. Eliza Johnston died July 2, 1872, and both 
 she and her husband now rest in the beautiful 
 cemetery at Mount Olive, near Marshall, Mo. The 
 parents of Thomas P., the father of our subject, 
 had a family of four children, as follows: Thomas 
 P., James S. and William B., all deceased; and Isa- 
 bel A., wife of D. M. Baker, of Marshall. 
 
 The Johnston brothers, Thomas and James, came 
 together to Missouri, locating on land near Malta 
 Bend, where they had everything in common and 
 accumulated considerable property. They were 
 good business men, successful in their operations, 
 and made money rapidly. Subsequently their 
 brother William came to the State and joined 
 them. James died in January, 1876, unmarried; 
 William died, leaving a family; and Thomas left 
 but one son, our subject. The large and valuable 
 Johnston property was divided among the children 
 of William and Thomas. Our subject now owns 
 the old homestead, upon which he has recently 
 placed a great many modern improvements. 
 
 Samuel Johnston was born June 1, DsG'.t, and 
 was the only child of his parents. He attended 
 the public school, and later an advanced school 
 in Marshall, spending much of his time at his 
 aunt's home. March 19, 1891, he married Miss 
 Ada A. Day, a daughter of John Day, of Malta 
 Bend, who came here from Ohio, and is of German 
 ancestry. Immediately after his marriage Mr. 
 
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 Johnston settled on the property which lie had in- 
 herited, and now devotes his time to the cultiva- 
 tion of its four hundred acres, upon which he car- 
 ries on farming and stock-trading. He and his 
 wife have one child, a son, Samuel T. In his po- 
 litical opinions, Mr. Johnston is a Democrat, and 
 is a very active worker in the party ranks. 
 
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 < f^! RNST TEMPEL, a representative German- 
 |is] American farmer of La Fayette County- 
 J* — -5 Mo., located upon his Hue farm situated on 
 section 29, range 26, township 49, is a_ self-made 
 man, having carved out his own fortune, and 
 beat's the reputation of being one whose word is as 
 good as his bond. His beginning here was that of 
 a poor man, but now he owns one hundred and 
 twenty well-improved acres of land, which he has 
 earned by his own perseverance and. energy. 
 
 Our subject is of German birth and parentage, 
 having been born in Prussia, Germany, July 25, 
 1815. His parents were Germans and they have 
 lived always in their native country. They bear 
 tin' names of Herman and Minnie Tenipel, and 
 are good and worthy people, who reared their son 
 and sent him to the schools of his province, where 
 he received a verj' fair German education. Since 
 coming to this country he has adapted himself to 
 our waj'S of speech, and thus has two languages at 
 his command. 
 
 In 1869, Mr. Tenipel emigrated to America. 
 taking passage on a steamer at Bremen, and after 
 a stormy voyage of fifteen days landed in New 
 York City. His destination was the State of Mis- 
 souri, and he shortly after reached Warren County. 
 For three months he continued at work in Warren 
 and there received $16 per month as a farm hand, 
 but later came into La Fayette County, where he 
 worked on a farm for about three years, receiving 
 as wages 8200 per year with board. 
 
 About this time Mr. Tenipel began to think of 
 forming domestic ties and of having a home of 
 his own. His choice of a companion was ;\li>> 
 
 Frederica Tolle, a native of Germany, and their 
 marriage took place August 1, 1872. Ten chil- 
 dren have blessed this union, as follows: Minnie, 
 Annie, Lena, May, Theodore, Gustavus, Fritz, 
 Edward, and Louis. One child died young. Af- 
 ter his marriage Mr. Tempel rented land for a 
 number of years, gaining means and experience, 
 but he finally purchased his present home and has 
 lived upon it since 1882. 
 
 At the present time our subject owns one hun- 
 dred and twenty acres of well-improved land and 
 has upon it some very good buildings. In relig- 
 ion, he is a member of the German Evangelical 
 Church, and is very highly esteemed in that con- 
 nection at Mayview. As a politician, Mr. Tempel 
 is ranked with the Republican party, in which he 
 is an important factor in his neighborhood. His 
 influence is always given in favor of educational 
 matters, and in every way our subject is a man 
 much esteemed by those who have his acquaintance. 
 Any matter affecting the public weal is sure to en- 
 list his interest, and he is credited by his neighbors 
 with being governed by honest convictions in the 
 side which he espouses. 
 
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 AVID ('. SLDSHER isa native and pioneer 
 of La Fayette County, and was born April 
 7, 1837. He is a son of Roland and Lockie 
 (Trigg) SI usher, the latter a native of 
 Tennessee. Roland Slusher moved with his par- 
 ents to La Fayette County in an early day and 
 they were among the earliest settlers in the county. 
 ( im subject's father died when David was a boy 
 of but ten years of age. 
 
 As is readily seen, the original of this sketch 
 has acquired nearly all his ideas of life in the im- 
 mediate neighborhood of his present place of resi- 
 dence. He was reared amid scenes of pioneer 
 life with all its hardships, and has done his share 
 in the developing process of the county, both in 
 the improvement of laud and in local political or- 
 ganization, as well as in social interests, As a boy, 
 
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 273 
 
 he first learned his three R's in the log cabin school, 
 which was conducted on the subscription plan. 
 He cleared sixty acres of the farm on which he now 
 lives, developing it from a heavily timbered forest 
 strip to its present agricultural perfection. He 
 has devoted himself throughout life to his farming 
 interests and is an accepted authority on all mat- 
 ters pertaining to his calling. 
 
 In 188G, Mr. Slusher went to Wallace County, 
 Kan., and was for a time engaged at the carpenter's 
 trade there. He also ran a stationary engine for 
 a railroad company and spent about three and a- 
 half years there. He was some little time in Col- 
 orado, although his place of residence remained in 
 Kansas. 
 
 The original of this sketch was married March 
 25, 1861, his bride being Miss Rachael A. McCor- 
 miek, a native of Covington, Ky., and a daughter 
 of John H. and Mary McCormick. They have be- 
 come the parentsof the following children: Roland 
 F., Pearl M., Cora F. and Katie D. Mr. Slusher is 
 the owner of one hundred acres of well-improved 
 land. He is practically a self-made man, having 
 had no advantages superior to those of the major- 
 it}' of the youth of his day. For a number of 
 years he has served as School Director, and favors 
 any advance in educational methods. He is both 
 public-spirited and enterprising and does not 
 withhold his encouragement from any progressive 
 plans. Politically, he is a Democrat and is num- 
 bered among the most prominent native pioneers 
 of the township. 
 
 ^p^REEN I). SATTERFIELD was born on the 
 (If ^— Cumberland River, in Sumner County. 
 %J$ Tenn., December 10, 1X22, and so has 
 reached his three-score years and ten. Reared 
 under the Southern sky and of Southern nativity, 
 it is but natural that ease, versatility, chivalry, and 
 love of the beautiful should be lii~. ami these <piali- 
 ties distinguish him while even the snows of years 
 have whitened his head. 
 
 13 
 
 In the spring of 1838 our subject moved with 
 his parents to La Fayette County. Mo. His fa- 
 ther and mother, .lames and Frances «). Satterfield. 
 were both natives of North Carolina, who had 
 moved to Tennessee in 1817. The family num- 
 bered twelve children, as follows: Henry, Mary, 
 John, Elizabeth. James II., Green 1).. William 15., 
 Frank, II. ('., Sarah, Thomas and Amelia. James 
 II., who was a soldier in the Mexican War under 
 Gen. Sterling Price, was appointed Wagon-master, 
 and in fulfilling his duties -ickened and died at 
 Santa Fe. N. M. 
 
 Our subject started out in life for himself at 
 the age of twenty-four years. He was educated 
 at Chapel Hill College, which was burned during 
 the late war. After finishing his course, he was 
 engaged for three years in teaching. In 1851, he 
 married Miss Nane}' II. Joyce, a native of Virginia, 
 and they soon after moved to Jackson County, 
 Mo. On coming to La Fayette County, they set- 
 tled on the farm where they now reside. Here 
 they have reared a family of five children, an in- 
 teresting group, who are as follows: Sarah. Vir- 
 ginia, James A., Mary and Jessie F. Sarah mar- 
 ried Jesse Cave in 187!), and James A. was 
 married to Miss Maggie Long in 1881. Both live 
 in Missouri. The other children are still at home. 
 
 .Mr. Satterfield is the owner of two hundred 
 acres of fine farming land, which he has im- 
 proved himself. On locating here the place was 
 a wilderness, and both large and small game still 
 abounded. It was not rare to see deer following 
 the streams, and wild turkeys kepi the larder of 
 the family supplied with meat. The township 
 had but thirty voters when our subject first be- 
 came a citizen. It now has six hundred. The 
 assessed value of the township was then between 
 $50,000 and $60,000. II is now about $600,000, 
 so that the rapid strides the locality has made in 
 every way are so plain that he who runs may read. 
 
 Mr. Satterfield held the office of Constable for 
 two years, and was afterward elected Justice of 
 the Peace. He was nexl appointed Deputy Sheriff 
 of the county, and was Notary Public from 1x72 
 to 1X7X. He was a Director and the Secretary 
 of the Board of Directors of the old Lexing- 
 ton Lake A- (iulf Railroad, and. as he had learned 
 
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 civil engineering, his service? were in requisi- 
 tion the county over, and lie can say that lie 
 has surveyed almost every tract of land in the 
 county. lie laid out the city of Odessa and lo- 
 cated the Lexington branch of the Missouri Pa- 
 cific Railroad through the county. He is at the 
 present time candidate for County Surveyor on 
 the Republican and People's party ticket. Polit- 
 ically, he was a Democrat until the breaking out 
 of the late war, when he became a Republican. 
 He is not connected with any church, but inclines 
 to the Protestant faith, in which he was reared. 
 
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 I ON. CI. MILLER. The man who has held 
 public trusts and come out of them with the 
 full confidence of his constituents merits 
 the reputation of strict integrity, and this 
 i- said of Squire Miller, a farmer living on section 
 15, township 49, range 28, La Fayette County, 
 lie is a son of John W. Miller, a native of Virginia, 
 a harness-maker by trade, and a soldier of the War 
 of 1812. The family is of old Virginia stock; 
 its first representatives there emigrated from Ger- 
 many as early as 1701. The mother of our subject, 
 Julia Ann (Shafer) Miller, a native of Virginia, 
 was the daughter of a Hessian soldier, who was 
 captured at Trenton and afterward remained in 
 this country. She was married in Virginia and 
 died there in 1863, her husband following her in 
 1869. They had eight children, five boys and three 
 girls, all of the former living. 
 
 Our subject was born August 17, 1820, in Fred- 
 erick County, Va., where he grew to manhood and 
 attended the common schools in all about nine 
 months. He completed his studies at Frankfort 
 under John P. Crothers. an undergraduate of Mi- 
 ami University, qualifying himself for teaching. 
 He entered the ranks and taught school fora num- 
 ber of years. In the year 184 1, he went to La 
 Porte, Ind., and made his home in that State until 
 the close of the war, in 1865. He was married in 
 1847 to Sarah Xoung, a native of Indiana, who 
 
 bore him one child, Virginia, a widow. living in 
 
 Texas and the mother of seven children. Mrs. Sa- 
 rah Miller died in 1861, and Mr. Miller married 
 again in May, 1862. his second wife being Mary 
 Imlcr. a native of Pickaway County. Ohio. They 
 became the parents of nine children, namely: Ada 
 B.; George B. McC, now deceased; Andrew John- 
 son. Lee Spcese, Fannie, Cornelius, Ina, Lida and 
 Mabel Clare. 
 
 During his residence in the Iloosier State, our 
 subject worked at his trade of brick-laying and 
 also owned a farm, which he managed. In 1865, 
 he came to Missouri, and settled in La Fayette 
 County in January, 1886. making his home on his 
 present farm, which consists of eighty acres of cul- 
 tivated land. He is a member of the Christian 
 Church and frequently addresses congregations by 
 expounding the Scriptures and exhorting his hear- 
 ers. As a member of the Independent Order of 
 Odd fellows, he has filled all the chairs in his lodge 
 and has been a member of the Encampment. A 
 friend of education, he has been made Director and 
 Clerk of the School Board and has given his chil- 
 dren good practical educations. He is unable to 
 remember a time when he was not an all-round 
 Democrat, and cast his first vote for James K. Polk. 
 His first experience in politics began in Virginia, 
 when he aided his party somewhat in the Van 
 Buren-IIarrison campaign of 1840. and ever since 
 that time he has never failed to take an active in- 
 terest in every campaign. 
 
 As soon as Mr. Miller settled in Indiana he be- 
 gan to make public speeches, and gained a wide 
 experience and reputation which enabled him to 
 answer, in I860, a speech of the President of the 
 United States. II is political career in that State 
 extended over twenty years. At one tune he was 
 Librarian of Clinton County. Ind., and in 1850 
 waselected delegate to the Constitutional Conven- 
 tion, which held a live-month session. In attend- 
 ance upon it at Indianapolis, he became acquainted 
 with Hendricks, Robert Dale Owen, Schuyler Col- 
 fax, Jesse 1). Bright and others. The Thirteenth 
 Article of the Constitution of Indiana originated 
 with Mr. Miller, who aided in its adoption. After 
 holding the position of Swamp Land Commissioner 
 for some time, he resigned it. In 1852, he was 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 275 
 
 elected Recorder of Clinton County, and later was 
 re-elected to that position. 
 
 In 1863, Mr. Miller was elected a member of the 
 state Legislature and re-elected in 1865, when lie 
 resigned his seat. In the Legislature, he was Chair- 
 man of the committee on county and township bus- 
 iness. Again and again he was elected delegate to 
 county and State conventions. Since coming to 
 Missouri, Squire Miller has stumped the county and 
 aided in reorganizing the Democratic party here, 
 and has taken part in all the Presidential campaigns; 
 has also been a member of the Township Board of 
 Education, and has been Township Treasurer and 
 Collector of Clay Township. In 1869, he was 
 elected to the Missouri Legislature. His scat was 
 contested by Mark L. De Mott, but our subject held 
 the place, being the only Democrat in that Legis- 
 lature who, having his seat contested, held it. 
 During the past twelve years, he has held the office 
 of Justice of the Peace, and during the last cam- 
 paign, although more than seventj'-two years of 
 age, he took a very active part, making speeches 
 and otherwise working to secure its triumphs. 
 
 /^p\\ Y. FORI), a prosperous farmer residing in 
 (l( township 49. range 28, La Fayette County, 
 
 ^^^7 was born in Boyle County, Ky., Apiil 12, 
 L843. His father, John P. Ford, a native of the 
 same county, was born in 1801, a son of Charles 
 Ford, who settled in Kentucky at a very early day. 
 The mother of our subject, Carrie (Foster) ford. 
 was born in Mississippi in 1814, and was the daugh- 
 ter of a soldier, a Colonel on the staff of Gen. Jack- 
 son in the battle of New Orleans, and Postmaster 
 at Natchez. Miss., during President Jackson's ad- 
 ministration. 
 
 The parents of our .subject were married at 
 Natchez, where the father was a planter. Thence 
 they went to Kentucky, where they lived upon a 
 plantation, and afterward removed to Pettis 
 County, Mo., in 1858. They finally came to Lex- 
 ington Township, this county, where they still 
 
 live, the father being an interested observer of all 
 passing events and public affairs. He and his 
 wife are members uf the 1 'i e-l iy tcrian Church, he 
 having been an Elder in it for fifty years. They 
 are the parents of nine children, eight of whom 
 are living. Four of their sons served in the Civil 
 War; one. John R., Jr., was accidentally killed in 
 
 a skirmish near B leville, Miss., and another, 
 
 James, was shot through both thighs in the battle 
 of Gettysburg, while fighting under Gen. Long- 
 street. 
 
 When the war broke out our subject, who had 
 received his education in the schools of Kentucky 
 and Missouri, was then just eighteen years of age. 
 On account of his youth, however, he did not re- 
 main at home; on the contrary, he enlisted in May, 
 1861, in Magoffin's company of independent cav- 
 alry, under Gen. Price, and participated in the 
 battles of Sugar Creek and Pea Ridge, Ark. The 
 term of service of the company having expired, 
 he re-enlisted in Company G, Second Missouri 
 Cavalry, in Van Dorn's Division, and later served 
 under Forrest. The four years in which he was 
 in the army were spent in active service. He 
 took part in the following engagements: Farming- 
 ton, Tenn.; a Dumber of skirmishes before Corinth, 
 Holly Springs, and Tallahatchie River; made raids 
 under Armstrong in Northern Alabama, and took 
 part in a sabre light; was in the battles of Iuka and 
 Corinth, and fought against A.J. Smith in Missis- 
 sippi. He was sent to Mobile on picket duty and 
 from there to Columbus, Miss., and surrendered. 
 Enlisting as a private, he was made Corporal and 
 came home with the record of a brave and faithful 
 soldier. 
 
 Returning to I. a Fayette County after the war. 
 Mr. Ford commenced active operations aa a 
 farmer. In the month of October, 1870, he mar- 
 ried Miss Sarah, daughter of Rochester Beatty. a 
 native of Mason County. Ky., where he died. 
 Mis. Ford was born September 5, 1848. The farm 
 belonging to Mr. Ford consists of two hundred 
 and forty acres, all under fence, and two hundred 
 of it under cultivation, lie owns one of the finest 
 barns in the township, which was recently erected 
 at a eosl of $1,600, and he also has an interest in 
 a cattle ranch in Wyoming. No children have 
 
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 been born to our subject and his wife. Their re- 
 ligious convictions are in harmony with the teach- 
 ings of the Christian Church and they hold 
 membership with that church at Odessa, in which 
 Mr. Ford is a Deacon. He is a member of the 
 Masonic order and manifests much interest in 
 the welfare of that fraternity. A lifelong Demo- 
 crat, he is an active worker for that party and is 
 frequently a delegate to its conventions. He has 
 an abiding concern in all matters relating to the 
 welfare of his community, where he is highly es- 
 teemed. 
 
 GEORGE W. WILSON, train dispatch 
 . the Chicago & Alton Railroad, Kans: 
 Division, at Slater, one of the most 
 
 y^KOHOK \V. WILSON, train dispatcher for 
 
 isas City 
 can-fill 
 
 and most successful operators, as well as one of 
 the oldest as regards length of service, is a very 
 agreeable and accommodating man, ready to do a 
 favor without acting as if it were a favor, and al- 
 together the kind of man that every one likes to 
 know. He holds a very high position for his age, 
 and fills it better than most older men would do, 
 better, iudeed, than such positions are usually filled. 
 He is a close observer, and attends strictly to his 
 business. It is greatly to his credit that he can 
 say he has never been the cause of an accident in 
 all the time of his service. 
 
 Mr. Wilson was born at La Fayette, Ind., August 
 12, 1865. His father, Thomas K., was born in Can- 
 ada, and was reared to the work of farming. W r hen 
 fourteen years old, he went to the Lakes to buff as 
 a cabin-boy. After a while he came to Ft. Wayne 
 and learned the shoemaker's trade. Later he went 
 to Logansport, Ind., where he was married. Still 
 later we find him at La Fayette, Ind., working at 
 his trade, and subsequent to this at State Line, in 
 lupines;; for himself in a retail shoe store. While 
 at La Fayette in 1*61, he enlisted in the Thirteenth 
 Indiana Infantry as a private for three years. He 
 was wounded in the service, in the calf of the leg, 
 while with his regiment in battle. He was in the 
 army three years and four H)pntl)S, 
 
 In 188(1 Mr. Wilson, Sr., removed to Newport. 
 Ark., and was engaged in business there till the 
 fall of 1881, when he located in Mexico, Mo. lie 
 is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church, and of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 His father came from Ireland, and was a Scotch 
 Presbyterian. The mother of our subject, Minna 
 (l'funder) Wilson, was born at Baden-Baden, Ger- 
 many, on the picturesque Rhine. Her father, George 
 l'funder, emigrated with his family to America. 
 and settled at Huntington, afterward moving to 
 La Fayette, I nd. He was a farmer, and also a shoe- 
 maker. His son, George W.. was killed in the 
 Civil War, having been shot through the head. 
 Another son, Fred, also served in the war. 
 
 George W. Wilson is the eldest of nine children, 
 seven of whom are still living, five boys and two 
 girls. He was reared in La Fayette until four years 
 of age, when the family removed to State Line. 
 In 1880 they went to Arkansas, mid the following 
 year located in Mexico, Mo. George was educated 
 in the public schools, and clerked in a confection- 
 ery store in Arkansas. In November, 1 <s M 1 , he be- 
 gan to study telegraphy in Mexico with the Chi- 
 cago A- Alton and Wabash Railroads. Nine months 
 later he became assistant ticket agent in Moberly 
 for the Wabash and Missouri. Kansas <V Texas 
 Railroads. After three months thus spent, he went 
 to St. Louis, and was at the coach yards for one 
 month as operator, when he went to Mexico as 
 operator for the W'abash Railroad; then to Clark, 
 on the Chicago & Alton and Wabash, for fifteen 
 months; then to Iluntsville, Mo., on the Wabash, 
 for one year: again to Mexico as operator there for 
 nine months; and finally to Slater in June, 1887, as 
 dispatch ei and operator, remaining here about a 
 year; after that to Roodhousein the same capacity 
 for fifteen months, then back to Slater as dis- 
 patcher, in which position he has remained ever 
 since. He works on the day - trick, and has been 
 train dispatcher for the longest period of time of 
 any man here, with the exception of the chief 
 dispatcher. He can be depended upon every time, 
 and has the entire confidence of every one with 
 whom he is in any way associated. 
 
 Mr. Wilson has a fine residence in the North 
 , Addition here, one of the prettiest homes in the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 277 
 
 city, and in an excellent locality. The house is 
 very nicely arranged, and lias no superior in that 
 respect in the city. He is interested in Slater prop- 
 pert}', and is a member of the Building and Loan 
 Association. The subject of this sketch was mar- 
 ried in Perry, Halls County, Miss Cornelia Galla- 
 gher becoming his wife. She was born near Perry, 
 and is a daughter of James Gallagher, a pioneer 
 farmer of Ralls County. There are two children, 
 Lulu and James K. Mr. Wilson is a member of the 
 Knights of Pythias, Uniformed Rank, also a Na- 
 tional Unionist and a true-blue Republican. In his 
 religious connections he is a member of the Cumber- 
 laud Presbyterian Church, and served as Sunday- 
 school Superintendent in Roodhouse. He is a 
 popular man, and one who can be relied upon to 
 do his duty faithfully and fully, than which no 
 higher compliment could be given him. 
 
 * 
 
 LBERT C. BENNETT, residing on section 
 13, township 51, Saline County, Mo., 
 where he owns a fine farm of eighty acres 
 of land, is the subject of this sketch. He 
 was born in Northbridge, Mass., in November, 
 1820. His parents, Rufus and Mary (Wood) Ben- 
 nett, were also natives of the grand old State of 
 Massachusetts, where they reared nine children, of 
 
 wl i pur subject was the youngest, and one and 
 
 all of these children grew to maturity and reared 
 families. The grandfather of our subject was a 
 seafaring man, who bravely aided the colonists in 
 their struggle for independence by enlisting in 
 the Colonial arm}-. He proved himself a brave 
 soldier and did credit to the Irish ancestors from 
 whom he sprang. 
 
 Albert C. Bennett was reared in his native 
 town to manhood, receiving only a limited educa- 
 tion. He learned the trade of a boot and shoe 
 maker and pursued that calling until about thirty- 
 five years of age. When he reached the year 1858 
 he decided to leave the East, and therefore emi- 
 grated to the Prairie State, where he located in 
 
 Hancock County and engaged in farming. As he 
 knew nothing about agricultural pursuits he had 
 much to learn, but has been so successful in it 
 that he has followed that business ever since. 
 Although a poor man when he began life, he has 
 reared a large family, and now is the owner of 
 eighty acres of land on which he resides. 
 
 Mr. Bennett was married in 1847 to Hannah 
 M., daughter of George Kempton, who bore her 
 husband eight children, seven of whom they 
 reared, one having died. The names of the chil- 
 dren were as follows: Rufus, of Neosha County, 
 Kan.; L}'dia, who died when sixteen; Lucina, wife 
 of Hawey Mismore, of Montgomery County. Kan.; 
 Sarah and Joanna (twins), the former Mrs. Mar- 
 tin, the latter wife of William Southers; Albert 
 N., Robert B., and Sarah, who died in infancy in 
 Massachusetts. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were 
 members of the Union Baptist Church in Illinois. 
 The parents of Mrs. Bennett, George V. and Han- 
 nah (Andrews) Kempton, were natives of [p- 
 bridge, Mass., and England, respectively. The 
 grandfather of Mrs. Bennett, Ezra Kempton, was 
 a native of Massachusetts, of Irish extraction. 
 
 Mr. Bennett has been independent in politics 
 all his life, not voting for party measures, but for 
 the man he considers the best man for the posi- 
 tion. He has always been an honest, upright 
 man, and now enjoys the evening of a well-spent 
 life, surrounded by the comforts his labors have 
 procured for him. 
 
 OlIN A. LEWIS, one of the prominent citi- 
 zens of Saline County. Mo., is the subject 
 ! of the present sketch. He is a representa- 
 ^gir tive of an old and prominent family in 
 America, who came to the country ui Colonial 
 times, when they received large tracts of land 
 from a grateful monarch in Rockingham, Augusta 
 and Bath Counties, Ya. Later, in the historic list 
 of valiant Revolutionary generals may be found 
 the names of Charles and Andrew Lewis, near in 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 command to their great chief, Washington, and 
 one of these was the great-grandfather of our sub- 
 ject. The military spirit descended to the next 
 generation, for there, in the grandfather of our 
 subject, we find another officer, Capt. John Lewis. 
 
 One of the early settlers had brought with him 
 a body of emigrants, whom lie settled upon the 
 lands, and he built a fort for their protection from 
 the Indians on a river in his territory, called the 
 Cowpasture. This old building still shows to the 
 lover of historic spots a part of the walls, and our 
 subject has vivid recollections of seeing the an- 
 cient fort with its loopholes in quite a good state 
 of preservation. Grandfather Lewis was a farmer 
 by occupation, and raised some stock upon the 
 broad Virginia hillsides and rich meadows. He 
 died in the old homestead at about the age of 
 seventy-five or six years. This old home is lo- 
 cated thirty miles from Staunton, and ten miles 
 from Warm Spring, the county seat of Bath 
 Count}', Va. 
 
 The grandmother of our subject was a Miss 
 Miller, a lady whose ancestors came over from 
 Ireland. The father of our subject was one of 
 twelve children. His life was passed on the old 
 place in Rath County where he was born, and 
 there he married Miss Eliza, a daughter of Col. 
 Dickerson, of Bath County. The first settlement 
 of the family was upon a plantation in Greenbrier 
 County, Va., but later they returned to Bath 
 County, where they remained a few years, and 
 then, in 1836, removed to Saline County, Mo. 
 
 The first settlement made here by Mr. Lewis 
 was upon a place near what is now known as 
 Fairville, but he sold this and found a fine piece 
 of ground upon the Missouri River near Miami, 
 where he remained until the death of his wife in 
 1844. Later, John Lewis, our subject's father, 
 went to Virginia to look after his property there, 
 and decided to remain in the old State. There he 
 remained until the close of the Civil War and re- 
 married, the union being witli a Miss Jury, by 
 whom he reared a family of four boys and one 
 girl, namely: James, William, Henry, Marcus and 
 Margaret. He was a Democrat in his political 
 belief, always consistently supporting the princi- 
 ples of that party. The family of John Lewis was 
 
 brought up in the faith of the Presbyterian 
 Church. The children born of the first marriage 
 were as follows: Adam, deceased; John A., our 
 subject; Charles S., residing in Pueblo, Colo.; and 
 Mary, who was the wife of A. M. Francisco, but is 
 now deceased. 
 
 Our subject was born in Virginia, in 182G, and 
 at about the age of ten years he accompanied his 
 parents to Missouri, going overland to the Ohio 
 River, thence by boat to St. Louis, and finally 
 reaching Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo. Sev- 
 eral families were in this party, bringing along all 
 of their household goods and chattels, including 
 their slaves. Our subject received his education 
 in the common schools of both Virginia and Mis- 
 souri, remaining at home until the outbreak of the 
 Mexican War in 1846. At that time he volun- 
 teered at Marshall and was a member of the com- 
 pany of Capt. John Kecd in Doniphan's regiment 
 of mounted volunteers, scrying twelve months. 
 
 After the close of this war our subject returned 
 to Virginia on a visit for one and a-half years, 
 Starting in 1848 and remaining until 1850, when 
 he made a trip to California overland, in com- 
 pany with fourteen others. Seven years were 
 spent in that country, principally in raining, and 
 the return trip was made by the way of the Isth- 
 mus and New York. Mr. Lewis is a pensioner of 
 the Mexican War, and a man of influence and re- 
 spectability in the county where he has made his 
 home since 1867. Here he located upon what is 
 known as the Washington Lewis farm, near Grand 
 Pass, which place he has improved. The marriage 
 of Mr. Lewis took place in 1863 witli Miss Jos- 
 ephine, a daughter of George Crutsinger, of Saline 
 County, and seven children have blessed this mar- 
 riage, as follows: Charles, George; Eliza, who is 
 the wife of G. S. Smith, of Grand Pass; Mary, 
 Clara, Annie and Josephine. The sons are happily 
 married, one of them being Rev. Charles Lewis, 
 pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 
 in Kansas City. George lives with his family in 
 Oklahoma County. Our subject is a Democrat, 
 and during the war was a Southern sympathizer. 
 Ihs farm consists of one hundred and sixty acres, 
 where is carried on a system of general farming. 
 Mr. Lewis is a much respected member of the 
 
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 Methodist Episcopal Church South. The post- 
 offlce address of the family is Malta Bund, a 
 pleasant Little village of Missouri, where our sub- 
 ject is well and favorably known. 
 
 _ > E. RICI1ART, an energetic and extensive 
 v^r/ agriculturist, and highly respected citizen 
 of Saline County, Mo., resides upon his 
 large farm near Napton, township 50, range 
 20, where he owns seven hundred and fifty acres 
 of land, mostly under a high state of cultivation. 
 Our subject was born in the State of Kentucky, 
 April 15, 1822. His paternal grandfather, James 
 Richart, was of German descent, and bum in Penn- 
 sylvania, and was seven years engaged in the Rev- 
 olutionary struggles of our country, in which he 
 faced all the privations and dangers of those 
 troublous times. The veteran soldier afterward 
 pursued the peaceful avocation of farming, and 
 died in Rath County, Ky. 
 
 The paternal grandmother, Jane (Oliphant) 
 Richart, was born in Pennsylvania and died in 
 Kentucky, and botli she and her venerable hus- 
 band were buried from the Springfield Presbyte- 
 rian Church, in Rath County. The children who 
 had gathered together in the olden days at the 
 fireside of this father and mother were ten in 
 number. They were William, Andrew, James, 
 John, Duncan, Martha, Ann, Jane. Lydia and 
 Mary. These brothers and si.-ters were of adult 
 age when they all, with one exception, removed 
 with their parents to Kentucky; Martha, who 
 married James Shannon, remained with her hus- 
 band in Northumberland County, Pa. Duncan 
 Oliphant Richart, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Pennsylvania, and was about twenty-two 
 years of aye when he came to Kentucky. He 
 married Miss Martha, a daughter of Moses and 
 Elizabeth Sharp, of Sharpsburgh, Bath County. 
 Ky. The Sharps were an old Virginia family 
 of distinction, and Grandfather Sharp had also 
 fought bravely in the War of the Revolution, ac- 
 
 tively remaining in the ranks for seven years, at 
 the expiration of which time our independence 
 was declared. 
 
 The mother of our subject was the fourth of 
 seven children, and had four brothers and two 
 sisters, Mary and Elizabeth. The sons were 
 Richard, William, Joseph and Thomas. The older 
 brothers were prominent physicians of Rath 
 County. The parents of our subject were married 
 in Bath County, Ky., and when our subject was 
 two years old they removed to Bourbon County, 
 and there reared their family of eight children, 
 who, with one exception, lived to mature age. 
 John, the eldest, died in infancy; Joseph II. re- 
 sides at Owensville, Batli County, Ky.; William S. 
 lives at Mt. Sterling, Ky.; the fourth child is our 
 subject; Elizabeth, wife of John A. Judy, of 
 Mexico, Mo.; Martha died unmarried, at the 
 age of twenty-seven; Dr. D. M. Richart, who 
 died at Sharpsburg, Ky., was a surgeon in a 
 regiment of J. C. P. Breckenridge and Morgan's 
 Brigade; and Mary Ellen died in Kentucky, leaving 
 two small children to the care of her husband. 
 James Hazelrigg. 
 
 Mr. Richart having attained years of maturity 
 married a most estimable lady. Miss Sarah A., a 
 daughter of Robert and Sarah (Davis) Meteer.and 
 settled on his father's old farm in the eastern part 
 of Bourbon County, Ky. In the spring of 18f>4 
 he sold the homestead and came to Audrain 
 County, Mo., where he remained with his family 
 two years, and in the spring of 1866 purchased 
 live hundred and ten acres of land in townships 
 43 and 50, range 20, Saline County. Mo., and 
 brought his family here in October. 1866. Our 
 subject subsequently purchased land to the 
 amount of ten hundred and forty acres, and 
 now retains seven hundred and lift}'. The home 
 has sheltered ten children: William Robert; Anna 
 Bell; John, a resident of California; Elizabeth, 
 married to Joseph Field, Jr., of Saline County ; Jo- 
 seph I)., who died at the aye of seven years, seven 
 months and seven days; Edwin, who died at the age 
 of six years and six months; Thomas. who is in Cali- 
 fornia; Mattie D., Sarah M.and Tobias complete the 
 li.-t of the brothers and sisters, and of the survivors 
 all are occupying positions of influence and honor. 
 
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 Mr. Richart was during the Civil War an up- 
 holder (if the National Government, which both 
 his patriotic grandfathers had given so many 
 years of their lives to sustain. 
 
 Politically, our subject is independent, and 
 gives his vote to the man he believes best adapted 
 to the requirements of each office. Mr. Richart 
 and his excellent wife are valued members of the 
 Presbyterian Church, have ever been active in the 
 good work of that religious organization, and 
 materially aided in the extension of its influence. 
 Upright in the daily walk of life, a kind friend 
 and neighbor, Mr. Richart enjoys the high regard 
 of the community among whom so many years of 
 his life have been passed. 
 
 EN 
 
 llXiK HERMAN II. ELLING, one of the 
 
 best-known and most distinguished men of 
 La Fayette County, Mo., is the subject of 
 this sketch. Although a District Judge of 
 known ability, he .has not confined his attention 
 to legal business. Since 1875 he has lived upon 
 one of the Lot cultivated farms of the county, and 
 there finds both pleasure and profit in the raising 
 of fine stock, together with liis agricultural efforts. 
 Judge Elling was born in far-off Prussia, June 6, 
 1 845, and was the son of William and Mary El ling, 
 Datives of Germany. He was reared in his native 
 country until he was twelve yearsof age, attending 
 the German schools, but at that time he and his 
 brother, two years older, decided that they would 
 emigrate to America. 
 
 An older brother of our subject was then living 
 in La Fayette County, and the brave lads thought 
 it would be but a simple matter to find him if the}' 
 could but get across the great ocean. Probably 
 Judge Filing would hesitate quite a long time be- 
 fore he would permit two of his own lads of twelve 
 and fourteen to start alone upon that great journey, 
 but, nevertheless, the two little German boys found 
 their way to Bremen, where they took passage for 
 America. One can imagine how their childish 
 
 hearts swelled with pride as they realized that they 
 were really on the way to that great country of 
 which they had read and heard so much. The 
 sailing-vessel, after a trip of seven weeks, safely 
 deposited them in New Orleans, and from there 
 they managed to reach St. Louis and communicate 
 with their brother in La Fayette County. 
 
 Our record tells us of the energy of our subject 
 and of his determination to master the strange 
 English language, also of his close application at 
 night school, which he attended for a period of two 
 months in St. Louis. For about one year Herman 
 remained with his brother Henry in this county, 
 and then began to learn the trade of a blacksmith. 
 In 1858, he entered the shop of Julius Vogt, which 
 was then located upon the site of the present town 
 of Concordia, remaining with him for about eight 
 months, when he went to Lexington. There he 
 continued working until 1860, and in the fall of 
 1861 he enlisted in the Home Guards, which com- 
 mand was subsequently merged into Company E., 
 Fourteenth Missouri Infantry. He was in the bat- 
 tle of Lexington, where he was taken prisoner, but 
 was soon released. 
 
 Subsequently our subject slarted a blacksmith 
 shop in Concordia, but at that time party feeling 
 was running high, and he found himself obliged to 
 change his location. At St. Louis he found em- 
 ployment as a journeyman and worked thereuntil 
 1861, after which he went to Nashville, Tenn., and 
 worked there at his trade in the employ of the 
 Government for six months. Then he came to 
 La Fayette County, Mo., and here he started a shop 
 within one and one-half miles of Concordia, which 
 he conducted until he began farming upon his pres- 
 ent place in 1874. This fine farm contains two hun- 
 dred and fifty-five acres of as fine land as ever the 
 little German lad could have pictured to himself 
 in the old days in Germany, and it is well im- 
 proved and well stocked. 
 
 The marriage of Judge Filing took place in 1869. 
 with Miss Martha Helms, who was born in La Fay- 
 ette County, a daughter of George Helms, one of 
 the early settlers of the county. To this union 
 eleven children have been born, and their happy 
 parents have given them the following names: 
 David, Sophia, George, Samuel, Martin, William, 
 
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 Lottie, Rosa, Arthur, Clara and Mabel. Judge 
 Elling is now serving lite third term as Judge of 
 the Eastern District of the county with great credit 
 to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his con- 
 stituents. In his politics he is a Democrat, and lie 
 has been very active in conducting the workings 
 of Ins party through the county. He is a member 
 of the Masonic order, of Aullville, and lias served 
 as Treasurer of the lodge, and is also a member of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic Post of Concor- 
 dia, of which he has been Treasurer. 
 
 HILLIP TUCKER, Jr., an enterprising cit- 
 izen of Slater, and a prosperous merchant 
 tailor located on Maine Street, is one of 
 the leading business men in his section of 
 the State. An expert cutter and fitter, thoroughly 
 at home in all the details of his work, and withal 
 a genial gentleman, he has rapidly extended his 
 trade from a comparatively small beginning, until 
 he now controls a valuable custom throughout the 
 county. Energetic, ambitious and progressive in 
 his business methods and ideas, he owns and man- 
 ages one of the finest tailoring establishments in 
 the Southwest, and carries a complete line of piece 
 goods second to none in this part of the country. 
 Our subject was born in the eastern part of 
 Wales, April 9,1848. His father, Phillip Tucker, 
 was a native of London, and in that noted city 
 grew to manhood, and there for several years en- 
 gaged in business as a merchant tailor. Having 
 served a long apprenticeship, beginning when he 
 was but nine years old, .he was successful in his trade, 
 but finally decided to make a change of residence, 
 and removed to Wales, in which portion of 
 Great Britain his wife, Susan (Hope) Tucker, was 
 born. In 1852, when Phillip, Jr., was but four years 
 old, his parents emigrated to America, and landing 
 safely in New York, journeyed thence to Keokuk, 
 Iowa, and finally located in Hannibal, Mo. En- 
 gaging immediately in business, the father soon be- 
 came known as a thoroughly competent and reliable 
 merchant tailor. 
 
 The mother of our subject died in Hannibal, and 
 his father afterward married a widow, Mrs. Mary 
 Cooper. This good lady is a devoted Baptist, and 
 spends most of her time in church work. Phillip 
 Tucker, Si., is also a member of the Baptist denom- 
 ination, and both he and his wife are much re- 
 spected. She is a daily visitor to the poor and 
 needy, and also while relieving their physical 
 wants urges them to accept the Christian doctrine, 
 and ministers to their spiritual needs. Our subject- 
 is the oldest now living of seven children, and was 
 reared in Hannibal, where he attended school. 
 
 When a mere lad he enlisted in the Government 
 service as a drummer, but his tender age unfitted 
 him for the long marches and arduous duty, and 
 his father brought the young patriot home. For 
 the next two years our subject attended the col- 
 lege at Columbia, Mo., and when his studies were 
 ended he entered his father's shop and learned his 
 trade, working with him until 187:5, when he 
 began business for himself in Paris, Mo. The firm 
 of which he was a member was known as McBride 
 & Tucker, but our subject remained in Paris only 
 one year, removing thence to Moberly, where he 
 carried on business successfully for three years. In 
 1877 he decided to try his fortunes in California, 
 and in Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, started a 
 newspaper, the Lompoc Record, published in the 
 cause of temperance and the local interests of the 
 valley. The venture, under the excellent manage- 
 ment of our subject, was a prosperous one. and he 
 continued to conduct the paper for four years. 
 
 At the expiration of that time, Mr. Tucker en- 
 gaged in the merchandise business fora while, and 
 afterward was employed in Santa Barbara as book- 
 keeper. The longing for his old home and early 
 associations doubtless influenced him to return to 
 Missouri, where he settled in Macon City, and oper- 
 ated a merchant-tailoring house. In 1889 he came 
 to Slater, and his success here has more than met 
 his expectations. Through an unvarying course 
 of fair and honest dealing he has won the confi- 
 dence and esteem of the public, and annually in- 
 creases his already extensive patronage. 
 
 In 1870 Mr. Tucker was united in marriage with 
 Miss Ella B. Hammer, a native of St. Louis, and a 
 lady highly- esteemed in social circles. Mr and 
 
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 Mrs. Tucker are the parents of one son, Clarence, 
 who in connection with Ernest Paulson has an ele- 
 gant merchant-tailoring establishment at Marshall, 
 the only one of the kind earning a full line of 
 goods in that city. The pleasant home of our sub- 
 ject in the eastern part of the city is the scene of 
 many social gatherings and the abode of hospital- 
 ity. As members of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, he and his wife activelj' engage in relig- 
 ious enterprises, and are valued as ready aids in 
 every good cause. Mr. Tucker is Past Chancellor 
 of the Knights of Pythias, a member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and is Past Grand. 
 and also a member of the Encampment. Politi- 
 cally he is no office-seeker, but votes the Republi- 
 can ticket, and is interested in all that pertains to 
 the growth and progress of the American nation. 
 
 eHARLES K. ANDERS* >N. Whether as a cit- 
 zen, quietly at work on his farm, or a sol- 
 dier fighting for what lie considered to be 
 the right, our subject has shown himself to be a 
 wortln' man, entitled to the respect and confi- 
 dence of his neighbors. Charles R. Anderson, a 
 farmer on section 22, township 48, range 26, La 
 Fayette County, Mo., is a son of William H. An- 
 derson, a native of Warren County, Ky., who 
 was born in 1806, a son of Abraham Anderson, 
 a soldier in the War of 1812. The mother of our 
 subject was Didama (Dyer) Anderson, a native 
 of Warren County, Ky., born in 1807, a daugh- 
 ter of Abner Dyer, also a soldier in the War of 
 1812. She was married in Kentucky, and moved 
 with her husband to this county in 1828, where 
 they opened up the farm now owned by Mr. Hader, 
 near Higginsville. 
 
 After Mr. Anderson sold out, for several 3'ears 
 they lived in various portions of La Fayette 
 County. Pioneer settlers in that county, they re- 
 mained here until their demise, Mr. Anderson's 
 death having occurred in 1851, and his wife's in 
 
 1883. They were the parents of nine children, 
 those now living being our subject, James, Harri- 
 son, and Theresa, now Mrs. Fox. The parents were 
 members of the Christian Church, having joined it 
 at a very early date. The father was an active 
 man in politics, and an old-line Whig. He was 
 captain in the State Militia in this county, and was 
 a soldier in the Osage War against the Indians. 
 
 Charles R. Anderson was born November 1, 1830, 
 in La Fayette County, Mo., just two miles south 
 of Higginsville. He was reared on the farm there 
 and received a good district-school education. In 
 1850 his father and he crossed the plains to Cali- 
 fornia, striking out from Independence, Mo., with 
 a party of twenty-one, consuming six months 
 in their journey. They reached Sacramento, and 
 from there went to the gold mines, where they re- 
 mained for three and one-half years, and met with 
 fairly good success. Returning home by way of 
 Panama, our subject went to work on the farm, 
 continuing at it until the beginning of the Civil 
 War, when lie enlisted in Capt. Newton's Company. 
 First Missouri Guards. He was present at, and 
 participated in, the following battles: Carthage, 
 Crane Creek, Wilson's Creek and Lexington, and 
 the surrender of Mulligan. 
 
 Discharged from the guards, Mr. Anderson en- 
 listed in April, 18(12, in Company I, First Mis- 
 souri Cavalry, under Col. Gates, and was com- 
 missary for his company, lie fought in the bat- 
 tles of Baton Rouge, Baker's Creek and Big Black, 
 Miss., where he was taken prisoner and was con- 
 fined twentj'-one months in Camp Morton, Ft. 
 Delaware, Point Lookout and Elmira. before he was 
 finally exchanged. Mr. Anderson, referring to 
 this period of his life, says that while a prisoner he 
 received rough treatment ami passed through all 
 stages of suffering. After his release he joined his 
 regiment at Mobile and took part in the battle of 
 Blakeley, the last fight of the war. He was dis- 
 charged in the spring of I860, after a severe ser- 
 vice of four long years, and after a short stay in 
 Alabama returned home. 
 
 Mr. Anderson was married in 1872, to Mary E., 
 daughter of Robert Mathews, born May 22, 1852, 
 in this township. After their marriage the young 
 couple settled on the farm they now occupy, hav- 
 
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 ing lived there ever since. They are the parents 
 of live children: L. Price, Didama T., N. 1011a, Rob- 
 ert M. and Ernest G. Our subject opened up and 
 improved his farm, which consists of two hundred 
 and twenty-five acres, one hundred and eighty be- 
 ing under cultivation. The residence was built in 
 1881, at a cost of $1,500, and he has his farm well 
 supplied with hams and other needful buildings. 
 While raising grain largely, Mr. Anderson devotes 
 considerable care to stock, especially Shorthorn 
 cattle and Poland-China hogs. He is a Deacon iu 
 the Christian Church, and himself, wife and chil- 
 dren take an active part in the Sunday-school, the 
 husband and wife being teachers. Mr. Anderson 
 takes pride in giving his children a good education, 
 Didama being now a student at the Normal School 
 at Warrensburgh. He has been a member of the 
 School Board; also of the Grange, of which he was 
 Treasurer. Our subject is a Democrat, and always 
 has been, his face being a very familiar one at the 
 several conventions of his party. 
 
 * 
 
 HILIP MILLER GAW, a retired mer- 
 y chant of Higginsville, is one of the oldest 
 
 settlers of La Fayette County, lie has 
 been an important factor in the devel- 
 opment of his adopted home, and passed through 
 many of the exciting incidents of the perilous times 
 when Missouri was a border State. A sketch of 
 his life will therefore be of unusual interest to his 
 fellow-citizens and of value to posterity. 
 
 Mr. Gaw was born in Woodstock, Shenandoah 
 County, Va., on the lstof November, 1811. His fa- 
 ther, John Gaw, a native of Ireland, emigrated to 
 Virginia and settled in Woodstock, where he en- 
 gaged in merchandising. In 1817, he made a 
 trip to Missouri, and so much did the country 
 please him, that in 1818 he removed his family to 
 this State and opened a store at Old Franklin, 
 where he continued in business until his death. 
 His wife, Mary (Miller) Gaw, was born in Penn- 
 sylvania and was a daughter of Philip Miller, also 
 
 a native of the Keystone State, who engaged in 
 farming in Virginia, and there died. Mrs. Caw 
 died at Rocheport, Mo., at the advanced aye of 
 ninety-one years. She and her husband reared a 
 family of two sons and five daughters, only one 
 of whom is now living. Two of the children died 
 on the trip to the mountains. 
 
 Our subject accompanied his parents to the 
 State of Missouri in 1818, and during a large 
 part of the two months which the overland trip 
 consumed he walked and assisted in driving the 
 stock. Upon his arrival in the new country, he 
 found it very wild, with the exception of a fort 
 here and there along the river, with the little 
 clearing surrounding it. As wild game of all 
 kinds abounded, he was accustomed to spend a 
 great deal of his leisure time in hunting, and be- 
 came a famous shot. Indians were numerous and. 
 much care had to be exercised to guard the few 
 possessions of the little family from their thieving 
 fingers. 
 
 While attending a private school in Franklin, 
 our subject met Kit Carson, the famous trapper, 
 and the acquaintance thus formed developed into 
 a friendship that lasted until the death of the lat- 
 ter. At an early age Mr. Gaw began to clerk in 
 his father's store, which was then conducted by 
 his brother. In 1832, he went to Rocheport and 
 clerked for his brother, whom he afterward bought 
 out and conducted business alone, procuring his 
 goods from St. Louis. In 1839, he removed to 
 Dover, this county, and rented a store from Judge 
 Cox, in which he embarked in the mercantile busi- 
 ness. The town of Dover was a new one, and 
 Mr. Gaw prospered greatly. In 1850, receiving a 
 good offer for his business, he sold out and there- 
 after interested himself in farming and loaning 
 money. 
 
 In KHS0, Mr. (law located in Higginsville, where 
 he bought property and built a line north-front 
 residence on Fair Ground Avenue. He is a stock- 
 holder in the American Lank. In 1833, while re- 
 siding in Rocheport, Mr. (law was united in 
 marriage with Miss Mary Harnett, who was born 
 in Mercer County, Ky., the daughter of Zachus 
 and Nancy (Jachman) Barnett, both natives of 
 Kentucky. The father engaged in farming in 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Mercer County until 1818, when he came to How- 
 ard County, Mo., and improved a farm on the 
 State road between Franklin and Columbia. He 
 and his wife both died in Missouri. Mrs. Gaw 
 was the second in a family of nine children, and 
 is the only survivor. She was born February 15, 
 1812, and was brought to Missouri in 1818 by her 
 parents, who made the trip with team and wagon. 
 Her childhood years were passed on a farm, where 
 she received the training which has made her a 
 capable wife and mother. Two children were born 
 of this union: Eliza, a graduate of the Baptist 
 Female College at Lexington, is the wife of Rev. G. 
 W. Hyde, of Lexington, a Baptist minister; Ellen, 
 a graduate of Chillicothe Academy, is the wife of 
 Capt. Ai E. Asbury, President of the American 
 Bank. 
 
 In their religious conviction, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Gaw are Baptists, and he was made a Deacon in 
 that denomination about fifty years ago. In 
 politics he is a stanch Democrat, and upholds the 
 principles of his party upon every occasion. The 
 various scenes through which he has passed have 
 been so stirring, and his memory so good, that he 
 has a fund of valuable information concerning 
 pioneer days, and his friends find great pleasure 
 in listening to the delightful stories and thrilling 
 incidents which he narrates. 
 
 m= 
 
 \TP^ICIIARD SEWARD, or "Dick" Seward, as 
 !u*i[ he is familiarly known, is one of the most 
 (AS \\\ popular men in Slater, and that is saying 
 \^) a great deal, for those who read these 
 pages will find that our city boasts of many popu- 
 lar men and does so with good cause. The sub- 
 ject of this sketch is an Alderman from the Sec- 
 ond Ward, and is a successful engineer. He has 
 passed through some thrilling accidents and 
 wrecks, for which, however, he was in no way to 
 blame. He seems so far to bear a charmed life, 
 and his friends most sincerely hope that this may 
 continue to be true of him. Physically, he is a 
 
 large, well-built, finely proportioned man, good 
 looking, and with a personal magnetism that wins 
 friends without effort on his part, these friends 
 J being kept by the real worth of the man. He is 
 an engineer on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, 
 Kansas City Division, having held his position 
 since March, 187H. He runs on the new exten- 
 sion and is the oldest engineer in the division. 
 
 Mr. Seward's native State is Ohio. He was born 
 in Richland County, near Mansfield, August 3, 
 1852. His father, Dennis Seward, was born in 
 County Meath, Ireland, and was a stock-dealer 
 and trader in graiu and other products in the Old 
 Country. He was married there and came to this 
 country in 1847, locating at Bridgeport, Conn., 
 being for a time in the employ of P. T Barnum. 
 In 1849 he moved to Ohio and located in Mt. 
 Vernon, Knox County. At - that time he went 
 into the employ of the Sandusk3', Mansfield & 
 Newark Railroad as fireman, remaining in this po- 
 sition till 18(51, when he changed to the Erie Rail- 
 road, now the Atlantic & Great Western. He was 
 engaged in work for the road under construction 
 till 1864, when he bought a farm consisting of 
 two hundred and ten acres of improved land 
 three miles from Mansfield. He then engaged in 
 farming and stock-raising and money-loaning, 
 which he still continues. He is a Democrat in 
 politics and is well off. His wife, who was before 
 her marriage Miss Mary White, of Ireland, died in 
 1865. 
 
 Mr. Seward is the third of nine children, eight 
 of whom grew to maturity, and six are still liv- 
 ing. He was educated in the common schools, as 
 have been so many of our ablest men, and re- 
 mained at home until he reached the age of 
 eighteen, when he went into the employ of the 
 railroad, beginning as fireman on the Lake Shore 
 & Michigan Southern, and continuing there till 
 1873. Afterward he went to Canada as fireman 
 on the Canada Southern Railroad, working in that 
 capacity eight months. From there he came as 
 far West as Chicago, engaging as fireman on the 
 Baltimore & Ohio, between Chicago and Chicago 
 Junction, Ohio, continuing there till July, 1877, 
 at which time he participated in the strikes then 
 in progress, leaving the road entirely. Subsequent 
 
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 to this lie took a trip through the Western States 
 ami Territories. In March, 1878, lie entered the 
 employ of the Chicago >V- Alton Railroad as fire- 
 man on the new extension, taking care of the en- 
 gines at the branch in Glasgow till fall, when he 
 was made engineer, which position he has since 
 held. 
 
 In 1881, Mr. Seward came to Slater and has 
 made his home here since then, with the exception 
 of one summer in Kansas City. He has been 
 through several accidents as before stated. Decem- 
 ber 8, 1881, he had a collision on Independence 
 Hill, with a freight coming up the hill. This de- 
 molished both engines and wrecked eighteen cars, 
 but no one on his train was killed. The cause of 
 the accident was the fact that the other, train was 
 out of its limits. Our engineer saved himself by 
 jumping, but was hurt about the head and limbs 
 and was laid up for two months. This was the 
 worst wreck that he encountered. In 1883 he 
 was running a passenger train and collided with a 
 freight, which this time, also, was out of its own 
 limits. The engine was jammed and the engineer 
 on the other train badly hurt, but fortunately no 
 one was killed. At one time he had an engine 
 blow up, collapsing in the firebox. With all these 
 accidents he is still safe and sound, seeming to 
 bear a charmed life indeed. He has been running 
 in the pool between Slater and Kansas City, Slater 
 to Roodhouse, for eight years. One of his engines 
 is No. 217. 
 
 Mr. Seward is a member of the Mutual Home 
 Building and Loan Association of Kansas City. 
 He is interested in real estate in that cit^-, and 
 owns his residence here and a farm of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres at Garden City. He is a 
 member of the Knights of Pythias, also of the 
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, being 
 Third Assistant Engineer of this Division, No. 8, 
 and is on the Legislative Committee. In April, 
 1891, he was elected Alderman for the Second 
 Ward, and has been on the Sidewalk Committee 
 and others. In politics he affiliates with the Dem- 
 ocratic party. 
 
 March 25, 1878, Mr. Seward and Miss Maggie 
 Conner, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, were married in Chi- 
 cago. The lady is a daughter of John and Isa- 
 
 bella (McBride) Conner, natives of Ireland. After 
 coming to America and locating at Mt. Vernon, 
 her father engaged as railroad foreman and con- 
 tractor on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He 
 now lives at Whitley, Ind. His wife died in the 
 fall of 1891. Mrs. Seward, the fourth of nine 
 children, spent her childhood years at Mt. Vernon. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Seward have five children: Harry, 
 Mary, Lillie, Isabella, and F. Leo. Mrs. Seward is 
 a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church. It 
 is a pleasure to write about men of whom so much 
 good might be said as about the gentleman whose 
 name heads this sketch; at the same time, he is so 
 well and favorably known that an extended arti- 
 cle under this head seems superfluous, as his 
 friends are one and all ready to speak in his 
 praise. 
 
 ^ OBERT K. THOMSON, a prosperous agri- 
 ■c cultunst and successful stock-raiser and 
 lis \\\ breeder of Shorthorn cattle, also owner of 
 the celebrated stallion, "Crane," who holds 
 the race record of a three-year-old of Missouri, is 
 one of the most enterprising and energetic resi- 
 dents of Saline County, and makes his home upon 
 section 36, township 52, range 20. He was born 
 in 1829, his birthplace being almost within astone's- 
 throw of his present home. His father, R. Y. 
 Thomson, born in 1803, was a native Kentuckian 
 and in 1821 came to Missouri. Two years later 
 he located in Saline County, on one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land, which he entered from the 
 Government. Being prospered, he continued to 
 add to his property until he possessed twenty-five 
 hundred acres, fifteen hundred acres of which 
 have been divided among the children. 
 
 In addition to the daily duties of agriculture, 
 the father of our subject was a Baptist minister, an 
 earnest and convincing preacher of the Gospel, and 
 a man of upright character, strong in argument, 
 and wise in judgment. While not a politician, he 
 was interested in public affairs and held the office 
 
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 of Justice of the Peace for a short time. His wife. 
 an excellent helpmate and devoted companion, 
 was born in 1809, and was the mother of ten chil- 
 dren, of whom eight are yet living. Lucy A., born 
 in Saline County, was married to William Thom- 
 son and now resides in Texas; Elizabeth married 
 Squire Jenkins, and lives in Slater, Mo.; Quincy 
 A., who married Miss McDaniels, enlisted in the 
 Confederate army, was taken prisoner in 1862 and 
 confined in McDowell College, in St. Louis. Mo., 
 where from exposure he contracted pneumonia and 
 died. in 1862; Asa P., who married Miss Sal tonstall, 
 enlisted in 1861, under Col. Brown, and was killed 
 in Kansas, in the last battle attending Price's inva- 
 sion of Missouri; Leona V. was born in Saline 
 County, and is the widow of Col. William Brown, 
 who was killed in the service of the Confederates 
 in 1861; Mary E. married William G. Fowler and 
 makes her home near Slater; Alvin W., born in 
 Saline County, is a business man of Slater: Susie 
 M. married Dr. Ford and resides near Slater; Zack 
 T. lives on the old homestead. 
 
 Robert K., our subject, was married in 1867, to 
 Miss Mary M. Plant, who was born in 1844 and is 
 the mother of eight children, all of whom are liv- 
 ing: E. T., born in 1868; Ernest R.; V. V., born in 
 L873; Y. P., in 1*76; Sue May. in 1878; Berta, in 
 1879; G. Roy, in 1881; and Lillie, in 1886. Now, 
 engaged in the peaceful pursuit of farming, and 
 surrounded by a bright and interesting family, 
 the time seems long in the past since our subject 
 was actively devoted to the scenes and dangers of 
 the battle-field. A mere boy completing his edu- 
 cation in an excellent Kentucky school, he was 
 among the first to respond to the call for Confed- 
 erate volunteers. 
 
 Enlisting in 1861 under Col. Brown, Mr. Thom- 
 son gallantly served through the entire war, where 
 he suffered great privations and was constantly in 
 danger. He was captured at Boonville, in the 
 first engagement in the State of Missouri. He was 
 soon paroled by (Jen. Lyons, but at that critical 
 juncture came near losing his life by an almost 
 fatal blunder. Through some mistake he was 
 thought to be a Camp Jackson prisoner and was 
 sentenced to be shot, and it was only after a most 
 thorough investigation that he was finally paroled. 
 
 After a severe illness, he returned to the service 
 and was again captured, near the close of the war, 
 at Cane Hill, and was once more paroled, this 
 time by Gen. Curtis. At that date he was First 
 Lieutenant under Col. Gordon in Shelby's Brigade, 
 and was distinguished for his courage and meri- 
 torious conduct on the battle-field. 
 
 I'pon the conclusion of the war, Mr. Thomson 
 located in Lewis County, Mo., and taught school, 
 and there met the lady destined to be his future 
 wife. Soon returning to his old home he built a 
 house and began industriously to improve three 
 hundred and twenty acres of land, which have for 
 many years yielded him an abundant harvest. 
 Among the valuable horses upon his fine farm is 
 a handsome Hambletonian mare. The record of 
 the well-known stallion, "Crane," is 2:2'.)], and 
 this noble animal is one of the most noted in the 
 State. Our subject, like his father, is in religious 
 belief a Baptist, and has been a member of the 
 church ever since he was fourteen years old. 
 While not a politician, he is a sturdy Democrat 
 and deeply interested in the public conduct of af- 
 fairs. He and his family are all well known and 
 highly respected, and possess a large circle of sin- 
 cere friends. 
 
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 .sss=& AMUEL J. KLEINSCHMIDT, an enter- 
 ^^^ prising citizen and well known as the ed- 
 "^/^uj itor of the Advance, published regularly 
 by the firm of Kleinschmidt & Schwartz, 
 is also Secretary of the Home Building and Loan 
 Association, and one of the prominent business 
 men of Higginsville. He is a stockholder of the 
 American Bank, and V ice-President of that flour- 
 ishing institution. Connected with social and re- 
 ligious enterprises, and interested in all that per- 
 tains to educational advancement and local im- 
 provements, he is progressive in his ideas, and, as 
 a man of intelligence and culture, commands the 
 respect and esteem of all who know him. 
 
 Mr. Kleinschmidt is a native of Missouri, and 
 
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 was born near De Soto, Jefferson County, March 
 15, I860. His father, Charles Kleinschmidt, was 
 born in Germany, and there received his educa- 
 tion, and was married. He was in the shoe busi- 
 ness, and, being an energetic man. determined to 
 try his fortunes in the United Males, which offers 
 to her citizens so many mi paralleled advantages. 
 Aboul L845, he emigrated to America, and lo- 
 cated near St. Louis, but finally settled in DeSoto, 
 and there engaged in the boot and shoe business, 
 which he continued until his death in 1869. His 
 wife, Mary Moehlman, was horn in Germany, and 
 passed away in De Soto, leaving eight children, 
 four sons and four daughters, all now living. 
 
 Our subject is the youngest child, and was reared 
 in De Soto, where he attended the public schools, 
 lie further enjoyed the advantage of a thorough 
 course of instruction in the Central Wesleyan Col- 
 lege, at Warrenton, and was graduated with honor 
 from that institution in 1881. lie then engaged 
 as Principal of the Marthasville school, where he 
 taught for two years, and was foi four years en- 
 gaged as teacher in Hermann, Mo. In educational 
 attainments and excellent method of instruction, 
 he was peculiarly adapted for the duties of a 
 teacher, and it was a matter of regret to those 
 who had enjoyed the pleasure of his read} aid in 
 the upward path of progress, when they knew he 
 had abandoned the profession of teaching and was 
 going into a new field of business. 
 
 This decision Mr. Kleinschmidt made in the year 
 1887, when he came to Higginsville, and at first 
 engaged in the grocery business. His new occu- 
 pation demanded his service one year, at the ex- 
 piration of which time he disposed of his interest 
 in the business. Then, in partnership with II. C. 
 Schwartz, he purchased the Advance, and having 
 reformed it politically by changing it from a 
 Democratic paper to a Republican organ, has since 
 most successfully conducted the editorial depart- 
 ment of this well-known publication. .Mr. Klein- 
 schmidt finds himself at, home in his new work. 
 and is as facile in the use of his pen as he was 
 gifted in making- explanations to his pupils of 
 other days. The press is a great instructor of the 
 day, and our subject ha-- now a broad field in which 
 he can do much to educate Hie men and women of 
 
 to-day up to a higher standard of work and duty. 
 The Advance is an excellent weekly paper, a >i\- 
 COlumn quarto, and furnishes much bright., read- 
 able matter, and is constantly gaining in popularity 
 and circulation. 
 
 Mr. Kleinschmidt was married in St. Charles 
 County, Mo., at New Melle, in August, 188.5, to 
 Miss Lizzie A. Hiske, a native of Missouri, who 
 was educated at the Central Wesleyan College, at 
 Warrenton. Mr. and Mrs. Kleinschmidt are the 
 parents of three children: Virgil, Edith M. and 
 1. eland. Mr. and Mrs. Kleinschmidt attend the 
 German Methodist Episcopal Church, and are 
 among the active workersof the organization, ever 
 ready to assist in its benevolent or social enter- 
 prises. 
 
 Mr. Kleinschmidt is a Knight of Pythias, Uni- 
 formed Rank, and is also a mem her of the Ancient 
 Order of United Workmen. When the General Con- 
 ference was held at Omaha in 1892. our subject 
 was the delegate of his church, and represented 
 the organization with ability. Mr. Kleinschmidt 
 is a straight Republican, is Chairman of the County 
 Republican Central Committee, and has decided 
 views with regard to the National and local con- 
 duct of public affairs. He is a good citizen, and, 
 thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the times, 
 cannot fail to be an earnest and important factor 
 in the uplifting and education of the masses. 
 
 KOROK W. ROBERTS, a prominent grain 
 merchant and leading citizen of Aullville, 
 is the gentleman whose brief sketch we 
 place before the public. His high character and 
 hiisiness abilities have brought him prominently 
 before the public, and he is considered one of 
 the most enterprising citizens of the town. In 
 this short notice we will he able to give but an 
 outline of his career as a man of business and as a 
 brave Confederate soldier. Mr. Roberts is a native 
 of Johnson County. Mo., horn November 22, 
 1839, and is the son of John and Sarah Roberts, 
 
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 natives of Kentucky, who were among the early 
 settlers of Johnson County. They had lived for 
 a short time near Lexington, Mo., before locating 
 in Johnson County. 
 
 Our subject was the fourth son in 'his father's 
 family, and was reared upon a farm in his native 
 county. There he was educated in the common 
 schools, where he gained the necessary rudiments 
 of an education, and from that groundwork he 
 educated himself by systematic reading and ob- 
 servation. When the call came for troops, he put 
 aside his temporary duties and discontinued farm- 
 ing in order to do battle for his State. Joining 
 Company F, First Missouri Cavalry, C. S. A., he 
 took part in the battles of Cape Girardeau, Cane 
 Hill, and others of minor importance, but which 
 tried the courage of the volunteer as much as did 
 the great struggles in which whole armies took 
 part. At the battle of Springfield, Mo., he was 
 wounded, and after a year and a-half of service 
 was obliged to return home. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Roberts was celebrated 
 in 1874, when Miss Nannie Littlejohn became his 
 wife. Four children were added to the family 
 circle, three of whom are now living: Robert A., 
 Pearl and Forrest. After the death of his wife, 
 Mr. Roberts again married, this time espousing 
 Miss Jennie Littlejohn, a cultured and estimable 
 lady. In the fall of 1874, the family removed 
 from Johnson to La Fayette County, where they 
 Incited upon a farm near the village of Aullville, 
 and later moved into the town, Mr. Roberts en- 
 gaging in the hardware business here. 
 
 Together with Messrs. Downing & Barnes, our 
 subject embarked in the grain and hardware busi- 
 ness, which he conducted for several months, rep- 
 resenting the company in the firm. After a short 
 time Mr. Downing, withdrew, and the firm name 
 was changed to Barnes, Roberts A- Co., continuing 
 thus for several years. Subsequently Mr. Roberts 
 went into business for himself and is now engaged 
 in a grain and mercantile trade. A stanch Demo- 
 crat in his political convictions, he has been an ac- 
 tive worker in the party, although he has not 
 been desirous of office. His religious connection 
 has been with the Christian Church, and there he 
 is most highly regarded. Socially, he is connected 
 
 with the Masonic fraternity, and is much inter- 
 ested in everything which promises to be of ad- 
 vantage to his count} 7 or State. He is the owner 
 of ninety acres of fine land, and also a nice resi- 
 dence property in Aullville, where he is esteemed 
 very highly in all the relations of life. 
 
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 jJL^ENRY C. DUNCAN, a prominent farmer 
 of Saline County, Mo., resides upon his 
 fine farm located in township 51, range 19, 
 near the town of Gilliam, lie is a native 
 .of Saline County, Mo., born here July 22, 1860, 
 and his parents were George and Charlotte (Shu- 
 mate) Duncan. The paternal side of the family 
 came from Virginia. Our subject was one of a 
 family of eight, all but one living: William, born 
 in Saline County, Mo., in 1858; James and Charles, 
 all residing at home; Lena, born in this county in 
 1866, married Mr. Cott, a farmer in the county; 
 L. Alice, born here in 1868, died at the age of five 
 years; George, born here in 1870, is a pupil at 
 Quiney, 111.; and Ida, born in 1872 at this place, 
 remains at home. 
 
 Our subject was reared in the county of Saline, 
 Mo., and had the advantages of the country 
 schools. At the age of eighteen years he left 
 school and engaged in farming, having a fine op- 
 portunity right at home. Here he continued 
 until he was four years older, and then changed 
 to the drug business. This he was very success- 
 ful in, but was obliged to resign it as he found 
 there was some trouble with his lungs which the 
 confinement of the store would aggravate. Hence 
 he returned to his agricultural pursuits. 
 
 From the Government our subject obtained his 
 first land seven years ago, consisting of a farm of 
 one hundred and sixty acres located in Kansas. 
 Farming has agreed with him; the touch of the 
 soil and the turning of the sod, with the fragrance 
 of the growing grain, and the fresh air and exer- 
 cise have restored him to health. The marriage of 
 our subject to Miss A.Crosslin was celebrated Feb- 
 

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 ruary 22, 1883. She was a native of Missouri, 
 born in Saline County in 1864. Three children 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, as fol- 
 lows: G. C, born June 27, 1885; Lillian, born in 
 Saline Count}', March 20, 1889; and Julia, burn 
 November 1, 1890. 
 
 Mr. Duncan is not a member of any religious 
 body, but his wife and family belong to the Bap- 
 tist Church. Politically, our subject is a Demo- 
 crat. He was elected to the office of (unstable in 
 the First District in 1890, and in attendance on 
 this he did a large collection business. In the 
 contest our subject proved his popularity by re- 
 ceiving a majority of two hundred and fifty 
 votes. 
 
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 I LI J AM II. ROBERTS, a prominent citizen 
 not only of Saline County, but of Mis- 
 souri, was born in Hartford, Conn., June 
 25, 1810. His grandfather and father, both of 
 whom bore the name of John Roberts, were natives 
 of England, and the latter emigrating to America 
 settled in Hartford, Conn., and served in the Rev- 
 olutionary War. He married l'riscilla, daughter 
 of John Henry, who was of Welsh descent. In 
 1811 they removed from Hartford to New York 
 City. Mr. Roberts was a coach-maker and is said 
 to have made the first coach that ran between New 
 York and Philadelphia. He died at the age of 
 sixty years, and his wife died at the age of sixty- 
 five. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood 
 days in New York, and was educated in the schools 
 of that city and Brooklyn. In 1835, he went to 
 Mobile, Ala., where he did business as acontractor 
 and builder. In 1843, he went to St. Louis, and 
 for a short time engaged in carpentering, but aban- 
 doned that work to become Superintendent of the 
 city hospitals, which office he held for nine years 
 under the different political administrations, al- 
 though he himself was a strong Democrat. He 
 had charge of the hospitals during the cholera cpi- 
 
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 demic, and for his care extended to the children 
 of the Orphans' Home during the prevalence of 
 
 that disease was presented with a beautiful Bible, 
 winch he still has in his possession. 
 
 While in New York and Mobile, Mr. Roberts 
 was an active member of the lire brigades, and in 
 the Fifth Ward in St. Louis he organized a fire 
 company, which was called the Franklin Fire Com- 
 pany after his old company in Mobile; of this he 
 was made captain, and was prominently identified 
 with it for some time, lie now belongs to the 
 veterans of the Volunteer Fire Department of St. 
 Louis. He has been a Mason for nearly fifty years, 
 and is now connected with Mathtali Lodge No. 25, 
 A. F. & A. M., of St. Louis. 
 
 Mr. Roberts was married in Brooklyn, June 27, 
 1831, to Miss Henrietta E. W. Hyde, of that city. 
 She was born in Glencoe, L. I., October 2,1813, 
 and was the eldest of twelve children. The Hyde 
 family is of English descent, and the family 
 records trace the genealogy back to Dudley Hyde, 
 second son of the Earl of Clarendon, who was the 
 great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Roberts. John 
 Uyde emigrated from England to New York City, 
 and built a fulling-mill at Glencoe. Of his seven 
 children, William, the third son. was the grand- 
 father of Mrs. Hyde, lie married a lad\ r of South 
 Carolina, of French descent, and they had eleven 
 children, of whom Peter B. was the third son. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Roberts was bom at Glencoe, 
 and in 1812 married Cornelia, daughter of Jacob 
 Brower, who was one of the first settlers on Long 
 Island. They had twelve children, of whom four 
 arc yet living: Mrs. Roberts; Mary L., wife of Ed- 
 ward Nilson,of Croton Lake, N. Y.; William; and 
 Fannie, wife of Samuel Oser, of Croton Lake. Mr. 
 Hyde was a veteran of the War of 1812. In early 
 life he followed milling, but at a later period 
 owned and operated a vessel on the Hudson River. 
 After leaving the hospital in St. Louis, Mr. 
 Roberts became general agent for the Mound City 
 Fire and Marine Insurance Company, serving in 
 that position for thirty years, when, in 1888, he 
 and his wife came to Saline County in order to 
 make their home with their daughter, Mrs. Thomas 
 Edwards, the only surviving child. They had 
 losl three children, one of whom. Cornelia 1'ris- 
 
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 cilia, wife of Prof. Lewis H. Freligh, of St. Louis, 
 died in 1881. Edwardanna, the surviving daugh- 
 ter, was married on the 20tli of May, 1850, in St. 
 Louis, to Thomas J. Edwards, who was born in 
 Northumberland County, Ya., in 1823. His fam- 
 ily was of English and Welsh descent. The grand- 
 father, Thomas Edwards, settled in Northumber- 
 land County, at the mouth of the Potomac River, 
 where was born Joseph C. Edwards, father of 
 
 Tl las J. lie married Miss Elizabeth Harvey, 
 
 and both died at an early age, leaving five young 
 children: Thomas .1.; Americus A., who died in 
 Baltimore; Marcellus Ball, who was resident phy- 
 sician of the City Hospital in St. Louis in 1849, 
 during the cholera epidemic, of which disease he 
 died; Joseph I)., who is now Postmaster of Fair- 
 ville, Mil; and Sarah Elizabeth, deceased wife of 
 Granville Harvey. 
 
 In 1836, with his uncle, Maj. T. II. Harvey, 
 Thomas Edwards came to Saline County. In 1846, 
 he enlisted for the Mexican War, leaving Leaven- 
 worth under (Jen. Turney. At the capture of 
 Santa Fe, his regiment was the first to enter the 
 place. He participated in the battles of Brazito 
 and Sacramento and the capture of Chihuahua, 
 where the Mexican troops five times outnumbered 
 the United States troops. After his return he lo- 
 cated on the land which is still his home, receiv- 
 ing a warrant from the Government in recognition 
 of his services during the Mexican War. During 
 the late war he was in sympathy with the South, 
 and joined the regiment which intended to unite 
 with Price, but was raptured at Black Water. 
 The prisoners were sent to St. Louis, and in Decem- 
 ber, 1862, were transferred to Alton, 111., where 
 liny were released the following March. Mr. Ed- 
 wards then spent three years in St. Louis on ac- 
 count of the dangerous condition of the country 
 in his part of the State. He now votes the Peo- 
 ple's ticket, and he is a well-known and prominent 
 farmer of Saline County. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ed- 
 wards was born a daughter, Isabel, who became 
 the wife of ('. W. M. Randall, of Boston, Mass., 
 and died July 1, 1 .s S 7 , in St. Louis, leaving three 
 children: Clarence Walter, Lillian Irene, and an 
 infant, who died at the age of five weeks. 
 
 .Mr. and Mrs. Roberts of this sketch are now ad- 
 
 vanced in years. They have witnessed much of 
 the growth of this country. He has picked berries 
 almost in the heart of New York City, and his wife 
 remembers gathering (lowers from her aunt's gar- 
 den, opposite Trinity Church. They were present 
 at the celebration of the opening of the Erie Canal, 
 and Mr. Roberts saw Chicago in the days of its 
 earliest infancy, in fact he has witnessed the 
 greater part of the country's advancement. On 
 the 27th of June, 1891, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts cel- 
 ebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary, and 
 many friends participated in the happy festivities 
 on that occasion. This worthy couple now reside 
 with their daughter and her husband. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Edwards. Removing from St. Louis, they erected 
 a handsome and commodious residence in citj 
 style, and here, surrounded by the comforts of 
 life and loving friends, they expect to spend their 
 remaining days. 
 
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 H. 15. ISII, a resident of section 2, town- 
 Y ship 5 1 , range 20, near Slater, Saline County, 
 
 sa*' Mo., is the subject of the present sketch. 
 He was born February 15, 1839, in Saline Count}', 
 Mo., the son of William L. and Mary L. (Wilhite) 
 Ish. The father was born in Saline County, Mo., 
 which was also the birthplace of the mother, both 
 born in the year 1819. The grandfathers on both 
 sides were soldiers of the War of 1812 and drew 
 pensions. The ancestors of the Ish family were of 
 German descent, mixed with a French line when 
 the great-grandfather married a lady from that 
 country. This is the oldest family in Missouri, 
 and Grandfather Jacob Ish was the first white man 
 to cross the La Mine River, which he did in 1816 
 on a log raft, on his way to the rich bottom lands 
 of the Missouri River. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Saline 
 County, on the farm which was known as the 
 Morrison Farm, near Glasgow, the family having 
 been driven out of the low lands along the Mis- 
 souri during the great overflow of 1844. The 
 
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 father came to what was then known as Santa IV. 
 now the town of Slater. Here he purchased one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land and from Other 
 parties three hundred acres, and upon this line 
 farm lie went into the business of stock-raising 
 very extensively, making it profitable until the 
 breaking out of the war. 
 
 In 1862, Mr. William Ish and our subject en- 
 listed in Capt. Garrett's company under Comman- 
 der R obertson. of Miami, and marched from Grand 
 Pass south, camping on the Blackwater at Horse 
 Shoe Bend, which was on the main road from 
 Sedalia to Warrensburgh, where they were taken 
 prisoners by the Union troops. They were taken 
 to McDowell College, and kept at St. Louis for 
 six weeks, were then paroled and both came home, 
 although the father was kept for some weeks longer 
 because he would not take the oath of allegiance 
 to the Government. Later our subject was out as 
 an assistant to Dr. Alexander, of Marshall, who 
 was an army surgeon. 
 
 The education of our subject was obtained at 
 McGee College, in Missouri, and after completing 
 his collegiate course he took up the science of 
 medicine under the wise guidance of Dr. L. M. 
 Alexander, and completed his professional studies 
 at the St. Louis Medical College in 1863. After 
 this date, he practiced in Carroll County. Mo., and 
 in Miami, this county, and continued until 1866. 
 At that time occurred the marriage of Mr. Ish to 
 Miss Margaret Ish, his half-cousin, and four chil- 
 dren have been burn into the family from this un- 
 ion, three of whom are living. 
 
 The eldest child of the family was named Logan, 
 born in Missouri July 13, 1867, but died August 
 30, 1868. Margie was born August 30, 1868, 
 upon the day of her brother's death. She grew to 
 womanhood and married Allen B. Super, and re- 
 sides in Saline County, where he is a farmer. 
 Ernest J. was born in Saline County in I860, and 
 resides at home; and Clarence, born in 1872, also 
 lives at home. The\ were educated at the home 
 schools. After marriage, our subject engaged in 
 farming about two hundred acres of land given him 
 by his father. Here he resided fur a time, then 
 sold out and purchased a tract south of Slater. 
 Afterward he sold again and moved to Slater. 
 
 where he engaged in the agricultural implement 
 business and remained at this a year or two and 
 then went into the grocery business. Finding 
 this not quite to his taste, he sold and moved 
 upon a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty 
 acres, which was turned over to luni by his father. 
 Mr. Ish is a member of the Christian Church, as 
 also is his estimable wife and two of the children. 
 For years he has been an Elder in the church and 
 has assisted it with his presence and means. In 
 the Sunday-school, too. lie has been an active 
 worker. Socially, he belongs to the Masonic order, 
 and in his politics he is a Democrat, although he 
 has never sought office. 
 
 eONRAD OSER, one of the most popular 
 and efficient officers of Saline County, is 
 the subject of this brief notice. Since 1880 
 he has been Superintendent of the Poor Farm, and 
 under his charge the place has improved, and he 
 has gained the commendation of all. His life 
 affords an illustration of the power of self-help. 
 and the force of courage and industry in enabling 
 a man to surmount early difficulties of no ordinary 
 kind. The paternal grandfather of our >ubject 
 was a native of Germany, and near the beautiful 
 city of Strasburg he first saw the light. There he 
 married, and thence with his wife he came to 
 America, and made settlement among the rich 
 meadows of Pennsylvania, where people of his 
 nationality have built up flourishing towns and 
 prosperous industries. In the State where his 
 parents found a home, Martin Oser, the father of 
 our subject, was horn; there also he met and mar- 
 ried .Miss Barbara Brown. 
 
 Our subject was born at Ripley, hid., in 1845, 
 and he was the fourth in a family of seven chil- 
 dren. In his boyhood he gamed a practical coili- 
 mon-school education, and when ready to choose 
 an occupation learned the trade of a carpenter. 
 In 1862 he went to Kentucky, and there remained 
 
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 until 186'J, when Miss Isadora Lowden, of that 
 State, became his wife. After their marriage, the 
 young couple came to Saline County, and there 
 Mr. Oser engaged in fanning and also followed 
 his trade. 
 
 In 1880 the citizens of the county testified to 
 their appreciation of Mr. Oser by making him the 
 Superintendent of their Poor Farm. This is a 
 position which requires many sterling traits of 
 character, and in his wise administration of the 
 affairs of the institution. Mr. Oser has shown that 
 the confidence of his fellow-citizens has not been 
 misplaced. He manages with good judgment the 
 one hundred and eighty acres which are contained 
 in the farm, anil has the land cultivated to the 
 lust interests of the county and inmates of the 
 Home. 
 
 In his religious convictions, our subject is a 
 member of the Roman Catholic Church. Politi- 
 cally he is a firm Democrat, always ready and glad 
 to uphold Jefferson ian principles. Six children 
 have been born to Mr. and Mis. Oser: Emma, who 
 is the wife of George Collier; Susie, Mattie, Will- 
 iam. Lucy and Alberta. The children have been 
 all well educated, and two of them are graduates 
 of the convent in Marshall, Mo. 
 
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 TJDGE ASHBURY F. BROWN, one of the 
 
 prominent agriculturists of Saline County, 
 has also served with ability as County 
 Judge, and now retired from the bench, de- 
 votes his time to agricultural pursuits. He owns 
 a fine farm, located in township 51, range 22, near 
 Malta Bend. Our subject was born in Bucking- 
 ham County, Va.. in August, 1X2'J. His family is 
 of English descent, Buckingham Brown having 
 emigrated from England to Virginia in the early 
 history of the colonies, and settled in what is 
 now known as Buckingham County. Grandfather 
 Brown was born and died in Virginia. The ma- 
 ternal grandfather, Charles Palmore, was a Revo- 
 lutionary soldier an d served in the Colonial army. 
 
 James Brown, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Buckingham County. Va., March L9, 1783, 
 and died in Saline County, Mo., in 187."!, his home 
 being near Malta Bend. lie was married in Vir- 
 ginia to Miss Mary R., a daughter of Charles and 
 Jane (Caldwell) Palmore. Immediately following 
 his marriage he settled in Cumberland County, 
 later removed to Buckingham County, and in 
 1831 came to Saline County. Mo., making the 
 long triii ' n wagons. They crossed into Ken- 
 tucky at the mouth of the Big Sandy, at Louisville 
 crossed the ( )hio. and at St. Louis reached the Mis- 
 sissippi. Soon afterward they crossed the Mis- 
 souri at St. Charles, and finally located in 1832 on 
 thirteen hundred acres of land near what is now 
 Malta Bend. 
 
 Mr. Brown, Sr., brought with him his negroes, 
 and though they could have escaped there were no 
 desertions. He and his wife were members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South, and were up- 
 right and conscientious Christian people. Their 
 children were all born in Virginia, viz: Sarah, 
 Elizabeth, W. J., Mary S„ Royal F., Spencer W., 
 Addison P. and Ashbury F. Rev. W. .T. Brown, 
 who resides near Higginsville, Mo., has for fifty 
 years been a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South; Royal F. lives one and a-half miles 
 southwest from Malta Bend, upon the old home- 
 stead; Dr. Spencer Brown makes his home near 
 Waverly, La Fayette County. The only other sur- 
 vivor in the family is our subject, who resides 
 upon his farm adjoining Malta Bend, his land ex- 
 tending to the edge of the corporation. Addison 
 P. Brown was in his life-time a practicing physi- 
 cian of Malta Bend. These sons have all been dis- 
 tinguished for lives of honor and usefulness, and 
 well might it be written of each "He hath done 
 what he could." 
 
 Our subject came with his parents to Missouri 
 when epiite young, and received his education in 
 the primitive subscription schools of the county, 
 which he attended dun Qg the winter months, while, 
 in common with other farmer boys, he worked 
 upon his father's farm during the busy time of 
 summer. In 1855, he married Miss Ann Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of Rev. John R. and Elizabeth 
 (Langhonies) Bennett, of La Fayette County. Both 
 
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 the Bennetts and the Langhornes were old Vir- 
 ginia families, and the Rev. John R. Bennett was 
 a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 South, and for many years Presiding Elder. This 
 worthy pastor and true Christian citizen spent his 
 last days in Kansas and passed to liis rest in 1883. 
 
 Judge Brown lived upon the old homestead 
 until 1859, when his father divided up the land 
 among the children, and in 1860 he moved upon 
 that portion which was given to him, a tine farm 
 of three hundred and forty acres, all under excel- 
 lent cultivation and adjoining Malta Bend. In 
 1874, our subjeel was elected County .ludue and 
 served witli fidelity and efficiency for one term. 
 Politically, he is a stanch Democrat. He is a con- 
 sistent and faithful member of the Methodist 
 Gpiscopal Chinch South, and for the past twenty 
 years has been a Steward of the church, in all 
 of whose good work he has ever liberally aided. 
 
 The pleasant home of Judge Brown has been 
 blessed with the presence of children. The eldest 
 son, Dr. J. R., is a practicing physician at Malta 
 Bend; Elizabeth and Mary are twins, the former be- 
 ing married to J. E. Coleman, of Malta Bend; Wes- 
 ley is the second son; Laura is a teacher in the Cen- 
 tral Female College, at Lexington; Sarah, Addie, 
 Anderson F. and Royal complete the list of the 
 children who were wont to gather around the fam- 
 ily table in days of yore. Active, energetic and 
 intelligent, these sons and daughters take high 
 place among their fellow-citizens, and self-reliantly 
 win their way upward and onward. 
 
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 yll. C. Mc MAIIAX, a representative agri- 
 culturist and large land-owner of Saline 
 County, Mo., owns seven hundred and 
 sixty acres of land located upon township 50, 
 range 20, and all in one body, with the exception 
 of about twenty acres. Ambitious and energetic, 
 he has won his way steadily upward, and, a na- 
 tive of the State, has been identified witli the 
 growth and rapid advancement of Missouri his 
 
 entire life. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Mc- 
 Mahan was a native Virginian, who early removed 
 to Kentucky, but finally settled in Cooper County, 
 Mo. He was of Scotch descent, and — a wealthy 
 man — was. in the early days, a slave-owner. 
 
 The paternal grandmother's name Mas Jones, 
 and presumably of German descent. Grandfather 
 McMahan and his good wife were married in 
 Kentucky and had six children. The eldest son, 
 Samuel, was killed in the War of 1812 by the sav- 
 age Indians. James, the second son. and Thomas, 
 the father of our subject, were the other sons. 
 There were also three daughters in the household. 
 Thomas McMahan was born in Virginia, later re- 
 moved with his parents to Kentucky, and finally 
 located, in 1810, in Missouri, lie was an ardent 
 and patriotic man who fought bravely in the War 
 of 1812, and, engaging in various conflicts with 
 the Indians, was present in the fort in Howard 
 County when Col. Cooper was killed. He was 
 married aftercoming to Missouri, and his wife, the 
 mother of our subject, was also a native of 
 Virginia. 
 
 Our subject was the fifth child of the numerous 
 sons and daughters, who were named in the order 
 of their births as follows: Amelia, Jeannetta, La- 
 menda, Samuel G., our subject. Susan. .Tames. 
 Louisa, Jesse X. and Jane. Mr. McMahan is a na- 
 tive of Cooper County, and was born in 1825. He 
 received his education in the subscription schools 
 of his early home, but when a young man was at- 
 tracted by the glittering stories of the fabulous 
 wealth easily attainable upon the Pacific Coast, and 
 was among the thousands who, in 1852. journeyed 
 to California, going overland and consuming four 
 months upon the way. In 1856, he returned by 
 the peninsula route, after a four-year absence 
 from the familiar scenes. 
 
 In 1858, he married Martha Ellen, a daughter 
 of Rudolph and Ellen Hawpe. of Saline County, 
 Mo. The father of Mrs. McMahan was born in 
 Pennsylvania, while her mother was a native of 
 Virginia. Mrs. McMahan was born in Saline 
 ( ounty, and enjoys the friendship of a host of old 
 acquaintances. The happy home of our subject 
 and his highly esteemed wife has been blessed 
 by the birth of nine children, two of whom have 
 
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 passed away. The seven living sons and daugh- 
 ters are Adelia, the widow of John Lawless; Har- 
 vey, Edward, Hawpe, Margaret Lillian, Mattie 
 Kate and Mary L. James and Cora arc the two 
 little ones who died in infancy. The bright and 
 earnest children of Mr. and Mrs. McMahan have 
 lives of honored usefulness before them, and are 
 universally respected by all who know them. Our 
 subject is not an aspirant for public office, but he 
 takes an active interest in all the national and lo- 
 cal political events, and affiliates with the Demo- 
 cratic party. For nearly two-score years a resi- 
 dent of .his present home. Mr. McMahan has been 
 actively identified with the many important inter- 
 ests of his locality, and, ever ready to aid in local 
 progress and improvements, is justly numbered 
 among the leading and progressive citizens of 
 Saline County. 
 
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 , OBERT E. LEE SMITH, the affable and pop- 
 ular druggist of Marshall, Saline County, 
 Mo., is senior member in the firm of Smith 
 V§) & Hardin, proprietors of the largest and 
 most finely appointed pharmacy in this section of 
 the State. Refined, courteous, and thoroughly 
 skilled in the duties of his profession, our subject 
 has made a success of business, and always actively 
 interested in the current events of the day, and 
 ever ready to assist in church, social and religious 
 enterprise, has won the esteem and confidence of the 
 general public. 
 
 Our subject was born in Leesburg, Ya., January 
 6, 1863. Ilis grandfather Burke was a merchant in 
 Virginia, and died in his native State. His father, 
 William P. Smith, was a native of Warren County, 
 and was a mechanic, and engaged in the manufac- 
 ture of wagons, and articles requiring similar skill, 
 during the war in Leesburg. Afterward he held 
 official positions of trust, serving as assessor, con- 
 stable and public officer in discharge of various 
 duties, and in the daily business of life was ever 
 
 upright, energetic and efficient. In politics be 
 was a Democrat, strong in his belief in Jackson ian 
 principles, while in religious faith he clung firmly 
 to the tenets and doctrines of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church South. lie passed away peacefully 
 after a long and useful life. He was of English 
 de>< ent, and clearly traced his ancestry back to the 
 famous John Smith of Pocahontas fame. 
 
 The mother of Robert E. Lee Smith was Annie V. 
 Burke, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of Rich- 
 ard S. Burke, who was of English descent, and who 
 lived and died in Leesburg. Mrs. Smith died when 
 our subject was young. She was the mother of 
 nine children, of whom five are yet living. Rob- 
 ert, the third in the large family, was raised in Lees- 
 burg. and attended the excellent public schools of 
 his native place. Having decided upon his future 
 course in life, he entered a drug store at the age 
 of sixteen years, and after four years" training in 
 the practical duties of the profession, entered 
 the Maryland College of Pharmacy in 1884, from 
 which he graduated in 1885, with the degree of 
 Ph.G. Our subject continued to clerk in the drug- 
 house in Warrenton,Va.j until 1886, when he came 
 to Marshall. 
 
 Arrived in his new home. Mr. Smith found em- 
 ployment with P. II. Franklin, and handled drugs 
 there until 1888, in which year he started m busi- 
 ness for himself in a new store with R. L.Bernard. 
 This partnership lasted until February, 1891, when 
 Dr. S. S. Hardin succeeded Mr. Bernard. The pres- 
 ent firm are located in the finest business portion 
 of the town, and, aside from drugs, carry a complete 
 line of paints, oils. glass, etc. .also perfumeries, and 
 a variety of handsome toilet articles. Upon Oc- 
 tober 5, 1887, Mr. Smith was united in marriage 
 with Miss Sail ie E. Goodwin, a charming lady, who 
 was born in La Fayette County, Mo., and a daugh- 
 ter of J. W. Goodwin, a large farmer and land-owner 
 near Alma, La Fayette County, and President of 
 the Bank of Saline. Mrs. Smith was educated in 
 Lexington, Mo., and possessing many accomplish- 
 ments and a genial disposition, is a favorite in the 
 society of Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the 
 parents of three bright children : Robert Lee, James 
 ( ioodwin.and Virginia Lee. 
 
 Mr. Smith is a member of the Ancient Free audi 
 
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 Accepted Masons, and Past Master of his lodge, 
 and is also King of the Chapter <>f Royal Arch Ma- 
 sons and Generalissimo of the Commandery, K. T. 
 He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and 
 an officer in thai religious organization, holding 
 the position of Deacon, and discharging the duties 
 which pertain to his office with the same ability 
 which distinguishes his secular work. Mr. Smith 
 is also an active member of the Missouri Pharma- 
 ceutical Association. His political afliliations are 
 with the party that is Democratic in both principle 
 and name, and he is a firm believer in the justice 
 of the broad platform reared by the patriots of 
 the olden days. Liberal in sentiment, and gen- 
 erous in thought and judgment, our subject is 
 a fair-minded and progressive Christian citizen. 
 
 ^j| AMES E. BRUCEj one of the most successful 
 farmers and stock-raisers of Saline County, 
 Mo., is the pleasant gentleman to whom we 
 ^J/J call attention in this brief article. Mr. 
 Bruce was born in Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania 
 County, Va., in 1831, but was reared to maturity 
 in Carolina County, the same State. His parents 
 were William II. and Harriet (Gravatt) Bruce, 
 both natives of Virginia, although the Bruce fam- 
 ily in this country is descended from the old royal 
 family of Scotland. This family is worthy of the 
 good blood in its veins, and all the members of it 
 have ever proved themselves true and good citi- 
 zens, faithfully fulfilling all obligations to State 
 and society. 
 
 Our subject left the State of his nativity upon 
 reaching manhood, and emigrated Westward to 
 Platte County, Mo., making tbe trip in 1854. Here 
 he remained for one year, when, in the fall of 1 .s.V>, 
 he again traveled Westward, and this time made a 
 settlement in Leavenworth County, Kan., and re- 
 mained in that county and in Wyandotte County. 
 the same State, until the fall of 1869, when he re- 
 turned to Missouri and located on the farm where 
 he now resides. His farm was mostly covered 
 
 with brush when he located upon it, but he lias 
 now developed it into a line farm, and at presi nt 
 he is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of 
 good land, on which he has carried on general 
 farming and cattle and hog raising to a large ex- 
 tent. It affords him much pleasure to look over 
 the acres of line land that his own unaided efforts 
 have brought to such a state of perfection. He 
 has worked very hard to bring about such a state 
 of things, but is amply rewarded by the returns 
 from his acres. 
 
 In ]H.~><), Mr. Bruce decided that the married es- 
 tate was the happiest, and that no man's home i- 
 complete without a wife, and therefore married 
 Miss Sarah E., daughter of George Brawner, of 
 Brunswick, Sheridan County, Mo. Bight chil- 
 dren were the result of their union, only two 
 of whom are now living: Charles and Mollie. 
 both of whom are at home with their parents. 
 Politically, Mr. Bruce is a stanch Democrat, and 
 in politics, as in business matters, is a straightfor- 
 ward, honorable gentleman, who scorns to do any- 
 thing unworthy of a descendant of the noble 
 family of Bruce. He and his interesting family 
 are prominent members of the Christian Church 
 of Marshall. 
 
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 ^ ENRY F. KLEINSCHHIDT is a dealer in 
 
 1 hardware, stoves, tinware and agricultural 
 implements at ('order, and is an active ami 
 energetic business man. He was born in 
 St. Louis, December .'I. 1856, and is a son of Frank 
 and Mary (Moeller) Kleinschmidt, both natives of 
 Prussia. 
 
 Our Subject is the eldest son of five children. lb- 
 spent his boyhood in the cosmopolitan city of 'St. 
 Louis and attended the common schools. After 
 acquiring a good practical education, he learned 
 the tinner'- trade, at which he worked for eight 
 
 years. Ambitious to become > ething more than 
 
 a journeyman workman, in 1878 he embarked for 
 himself in the hardware business at Higginsville, 
 
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 having formed a partnership with H. L. Klein- 
 Schmidt, his cousin. The firm continued doing 
 business until 1880, when our subject removed to 
 Colder and launched into the business of which he 
 is now the head, and which is conducted with much 
 ability and to the satisfaction of a large class of 
 patrons. 
 
 Our subject's marriage took place October 6, 
 I8KH, when he united himself to Miss Louisa, a 
 (laughter of Henry Rosen garn, a native of St. 
 Louis. The institution of a pleasant home imme- 
 diately followed their marriage, and into this has 
 been welcomed four children, three sons and one 
 daughter, as follows: Oliver II, Leila Lillian, 
 Charles G. and Alvin A. Mr. Kleinschmidt is a 
 Republican in politics and is ever loyal to the prin- 
 ciples of his chosen party. In business his stock oc- 
 cupies a large building which is "22x80 feet in dimen- 
 sions and two stories in height, with a wareroom 
 22x60 feet. The stock is carefully selected with a 
 view to the needs of his patrons. Mr. Kleinschmidt 
 is in his religious belief a member of the German 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. The family residence 
 is a comfortable and attractive place, centrally lo- 
 cated in the town of Corder. 
 
 *^OL. JOHN BROWN 
 
 (I prominent men of Sal 
 
 V_y his ability, kindness < 
 
 JOHN BROWN was one of the most 
 ' Saline County, noted for 
 of heart, and interest 
 in every worthy enterprise. lie was just the kind 
 of man needed to help build up a community, to 
 interest others in its growth and prosperity, and 
 to give it a basis of general solidit}-. He was 
 ever ready to extend a helping hand to those in 
 need, and justly stood high in the respect and re- 
 gard of a host of friends and acquaintances. 
 
 Col. Brown was a native of Hath County, Ya., 
 having been born there in the year 1788. lie was 
 a soldier in the War of 1812, his rank showing that 
 then, as later, he was true to the duties devolving 
 upon him, and that he fought for his country as a 
 
 brave man should. There is ever an added inter- 
 est attaching to the life of a soldier, if he has given 
 himself freely for the saving of a cause in which 
 he honestly believes, and all who have risked their 
 lives for the salvation of Columbia have a warm 
 place in the heart of every true American. 
 
 (HI. Brown came to Saline County, Mo., some 
 time in the '30s, and entered and purchased land 
 until at one time he owned several sections, all 
 of which he had accumulated himself. He had 
 been a lawyer in Virginia, and after coming to 
 Missouri served as County Judge, and also repre- 
 sented the district in which he resided. 
 
 The Colonel was twice married, having three 
 children by his first wife, and four by the second. 
 In this second marriage, he espoused Mrs. Julia A. 
 Carthrae, widow of Charles Carthrae and daughter 
 of Tyre Brown, of Virginia. The children of this 
 marriage were: Kate, wife of Arthur C. Baldwin, 
 of Sedalia; Charles 1)., Joe M., and May, deceased. 
 
 Charles D. was born in 1854, in this county, and 
 has resided here all his iifc. He received a com- 
 mon school education, and in 1883 married Miss 
 Lillie (waves, daughter of T. C. Graves. Mr. 
 Brown owns a good farm of seventy acres, where 
 he does a general farming business. His post-oltice 
 is Fairville, this county. Mr. Brown is a man who 
 understands his business and is successful in it. 
 He is pleasant to converse with, and holds the 
 memory of his father in reverence, which of itself 
 is much in his favor, however justly it is held in 
 these days of rapid and perhaps necessarily some- 
 what selfish living. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown are 
 members of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Col. Brown was a Whig before the war, and, in- 
 deed, up to the time of his death, the latter event 
 occurring in 1861. He was earnest in politics, as 
 in everything else, but was willing to allow eveiy 
 man his honest belief, knowing that others, al- 
 though they differed with him, might be true at 
 heart. He was a Royal Arch Mason, and perhaps 
 no higher compliment can be paid him than to say 
 that he endeavored faithfully to live up to the re- 
 quirements and vows of that order; for all who 
 are at all familiar with Masonry know that it re- 
 quires a high manhood and strict observance of 
 those virtues that are the foundation of a Christian 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 life. Parity, charity, and faith in God, — these 
 virtues lie at the foundation of all others, and 
 when a man has pledged himself to these, and hon- 
 estly tries to keep that pledge, he is on the broad 
 road to the highest manhood possible in this exist- 
 ence. 
 
 
 ARTIN ZIMMERMAN, a successful far- 
 mer and stock-raiser of Saline County, re- 
 sides on section 36, township 51, range 
 21. He was born in Beuren, Baden, Ger- 
 many, November 8, 1831, and grew to manhood 
 in his native land. His parents, Wendall and 
 Chriscentia Zimmerman, were natives of Germany, 
 and the father was a farmer and an honored citi- 
 zen of that country. 
 
 When Baden rebelled in 1846, our subject took 
 part in the strife. At the age of twenty-three, 
 he emigrated to America and made his first loca- 
 tion in Kentucky, where he remained about three 
 years. In the spring of 1857, he came to Saline 
 County, Mo., and engaged in farming for a Mr. 
 Willis. He was industrious and economical, and 
 in 1859 felt justified in asking Rosetta Suppie to 
 share his fortunes. The following spring, he 
 rented land and engaged in farming for himself, 
 which occupation he has successfully followed ever 
 since. 
 
 During the war, our subject, like many others, 
 lost all he had accumulated, and at the close of 
 hostilities had to begin over again. He now owns 
 three hundred and seventy-three acres on sections 
 25 and 26, beside nine hundred and sixty acres in 
 Texas, which are managed by his son Frank W. 
 Ten children have blessed the union of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Zimmerman, namely: George W., who married 
 Laura Scarrett; Thomas II., who married Emma 
 Sheldon; Frank W.; Annie M., wife of John Sheer, 
 residing near Slater; Wendall M., a resident of 
 Riverside, Cal.; Willie F., Minnie C, Ernest R., 
 Eddie II. and Lizzie N. All are industrious 
 young people, of whom their parents may be justly 
 proud. Mrs. Zimmerman is a kind-hearted, ami- 
 
 able lady, and is the daughter of German parents, 
 her father, William Suppie, having been bom in 
 Saxony, as was also his wife. 
 
 In politics, our subject embraces the platform 
 advanced by the Republican party and upholds it 
 upon every occasion. His wife and children are 
 members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 
 but he is a Roman Catholic in religion. Upon his 
 fine farm he carries on general fanning, but not- 
 withstanding his extensive agricultural interests, 
 he assists in all public enterprises and takes a deep 
 interest in school matters, having been instru- 
 mental in securing the establishment of the school 
 near his home. His district is two miles square, 
 and through his efforts is one of the best in the 
 county. No one else has done more than he to- 
 ward building up the school system in this county. 
 
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 'LEXANDER CHAPMAN CAMPBELL, 
 
 our subject, is a man with an indexible 
 sense of right, strong in his convictions of 
 duty, fearless in the expression of his opin- 
 ions, and upright in all his dealings. He is a 
 farmer living on section 18, township 49, range 28, 
 La Fayette County. His father. Aaron Campbell, 
 a native of Virginia, was a son of Moses Camp- 
 bell, who was a soldier in the French and Indian 
 Wars. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Grace (William- 
 son) Campbell, a native of Virginia and daughter 
 of James Williamson, who was likewise born in the 
 Old Dominion. The father of our subject was an 
 overseer in the iron works of Col. Callaway, of 
 that State, for a number of years, and afterward 
 removed to Logan County, Ky.. where the mother 
 died in lHJ.'i. In the follow inu year Aaron Camp- 
 bell removed to Missouri and bought over eight 
 hundred acres of land, but lived with his sons, 
 Henry, James and Joshua, who hail come hither at 
 a very early day. lie was a faithful member of the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and an honor- 
 able man. Here he died five years afterward. Our 
 
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 subject bad ten brothers and sisters, three of whom 
 are living, he being the youngest of the family. 
 
 Our subject was born in Logan County, Ky., 
 November 8, 1816. There he received a common- 
 school education and remained until 1836, when 
 he came to La Fayette County and lived with his 
 brother-in-law, Robert Ewing, near Lexington, 
 and there attended school. Some time after this 
 he went to Louisiana, Mo., and entered the mer- 
 cantile store of his brother, remaining thus em- 
 ployed for seven years, when he returned to his 
 father's place, and managed the slaves and large 
 farm for one year. In 1847, he migrated to Texas, 
 where he was a clerk for two and one-half years 
 for another brother, who owned a store there. On 
 his return to Missouri he became a merchant at 
 Wellington. Some time later he took in a partner, 
 William Ward, but sold out after two and one- 
 half years thus spent. 
 
 We next find Mr. Campbell engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits. For twelve years he operated a 
 farm, which he sold, and then purchased his pres- 
 ent farm of two hundred and seven acres. At 
 present he has one hundred and fifty-seven acres 
 of improved land, on which there may be noticed 
 a nice residence, substantial barns, an orchard, 
 good fencing, etc., all the improvements having 
 been made by himself. Formerly he engaged ex- 
 tensively in sheep-raising, but now devotes his at- 
 tention to the raising of wheat and corn, although 
 he has some very fine cattle. 
 
 October 2, 1849, Mr. Campbell married Margaret 
 F., daughter of Thomas II. Oleas, an early settler 
 of Saline County. Mrs. Campbell died January 
 1, 1859, having been the mother of four children, 
 namely: lone, Louisa S., Thomas H. and Nancy 
 Eleanor. Mr. Campbell married again, April 26, 
 1868, the maiden name of this wife being Louisa 
 M. Bratton. Her parents, David and Charlotte 
 Matilda (Cobb) Bratton, were natives of Tennes- 
 see and South Carolina respectively, and her father 
 was a soldier in the War of 1812. After his mar- 
 riage, Mr. Bratton lived first in Tennessee, later 
 in Kentucky for four years, then removed to Mis- 
 souri in 1839, and settled in Sniabar Township, 
 where he died in 1863. His wife was called hence in 
 1876. Of the eleven children of that marriage. 
 
 Mrs. Campbell is the only survivor. She was born 
 in Sniabar Township June 28, 1841. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Campbell are the parents of six children, namely: 
 Matilda Grace, Eugene L., Charles Alexander, 
 Mary Elizabeth, David Bratton and Patrick Henry. 
 In their religious belief, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell 
 are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, in 
 which he is an active worker, and was at one time 
 a teacher in the Sunday-school. He is a • warm 
 friend of education, has served 11)1011 the School 
 Board, and is giving his children efficient school 
 instruction, his two eldest sons being students at 
 Odessa College. In the old days he was a Whig, 
 and afterward a Democrat in the time of Clay and 
 Webster. He was much opposed to the Civil War, 
 being outspoken in his denunciation of it; yet he 
 continued to live in La Fayette County during its 
 progress, when it was dangerous for anyone to re- 
 main who held similar opinions. 
 
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 Gpf II. w. SULLIVAN, M. D. The County of 
 C-/ Saline, State of Missouri, numbers a ng 
 
 til A her most honored and eminent citizens 
 tig// many whose ancestors either first saw the 
 
 light in the Land of the Shamrock, or are di- 
 rectly descended from ancestors who emigrated 
 from the green shores of Ireland. In this number 
 belongs Dr. Sullivan, who traces his lineage to the 
 Emerald Isle. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject, Samuel Sullivan, 
 was born in Pennsylvania, and he and his nine 
 brothers entered the Colonial army, serving through 
 the Revolutionary War. At a later day he mar- 
 ried Miss Mary May field, who was a native of 
 Virginia. Of this marriage, in 1820, was born the 
 father of our subject, S. W., in Virginia. In 1829 
 he was brought to the State of Missouri, and in 
 early life he identified himself with the progress 
 of the country and township in which he found a 
 home. 
 
 For eight years S. W. Sullivan lias held the 
 office of Justice of the Peace, and for a long time 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 he was active in religious affairs. Now. although 
 advanced in years, lie is still hale and hearty. 
 Be married Elizabeth Keifer, a native of Virginia, 
 born September 30, 1822, and they became the 
 parents of thirteen children, six of whom are yet 
 living. 15. F. was born in Saline County, Mo., in 
 1844, married Miss Elizabeth Witt, and they re- 
 side in Miami Township, where he is engaged in 
 farming; S.J. was born in Saline County, married 
 Miss Mary McLain, and they reside in Saline 
 County, where he is a farmer; T. W. was born in 
 Saline County, married Miss Mary Millsap, and 
 engages in farming in Saline County; P. G. was 
 born in this county, and resides with his father; 
 .lane Hannah S. was born in this county in 180 1 
 and married John Witt. 
 
 The birth of our subject took place in Saline 
 County, Mo., in 1841. lie was educated in the 
 schools of that place, and then engaged in the 
 study of medicine. He was not permitted at that 
 time to continue his study, on account of the dis- 
 turbed condition of the country. In 1862 be 
 joined the State militia, remaining with them 
 a year, and m the spring of 1863 he volunteered 
 in the Ninth Missouri Regiment of cavalry under 
 Col. Oden Guitar and Capt. II. S. Glaze. His 
 company was reported at Mitchell and Lexington, 
 and they remained a year engaged in the different 
 skirmishes around the country, among which was 
 the battle of Fa.yette. 
 
 Until 1865 our subject served his country in 
 the field, and was then detailed to the hospital to 
 practice. After the close of the war he practiced 
 medicine for five years in Saline County, and at 
 the expiration of that time he attended a course 
 of medical studies at the University of Iowa at 
 Keokuk; lie was graduated in 1871, when he again 
 returned to his native place, and engaged in the 
 practice of his profession. In 1883 he entered the 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Louis. 
 and there remained six months, when he again re- 
 sumed practice at his old home. 
 
 Dr. Sullivan is President of the Board of United 
 States Pension Examiners at Marshall, and a mem- 
 ber of the Society of Physicians and Surgeons. In 
 addition to the practice of medicine, he devotes 
 considerable attention to the management of his 
 
 large and well-improved farm of twelve hundred 
 ■nil-. He is a member of the Cumberland Presby- 
 terian Church, as are also his wife and four chil- 
 dren. Dr. Sullivan is a liberal supporter of all 
 charitable^institutions, ancUa man who stands well 
 with all classes. Socially he is a member of the 
 Masonic order, and of the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, and in the latter he has filled all of the 
 chairs. Politically he is an earnest Republican, 
 and while never an aspirant for office, he has 
 taken an active part in the political affairs of the 
 county of Saline. 
 
 July 20, 1866, Dr. Sullivan married Miss Man- 
 Cooper, a native of Saline County , ".Mo., and the 
 daughter of Tobias and Mary (Woolscale) Cooper, 
 early residents of this State,' Cooper Fort being 
 named in honor of his grandfather. Mrs. Mary 
 Sullivan died Augusl 13, 1866. The Doctor took 
 for his second wife Miss Mary Andsley, to whom 
 he was married on the 23d of December, 1866. 
 This lady was born in Saline County, April 13, 
 1851, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (White- 
 head) Andsley, natives of England. Of this union 
 nine children were born, as follows: Tempest E. J. 
 born September 28, 1867; Amos W., March 21, 
 1870; Frank II., June 2, 1872; Belladonna, Feb- 
 ruary 17, 1875; Mary E., October 25, 1876; Bertha 
 <;.. September 25, 1880; Hazzard, February 25. 
 1884; Boyd L., December 16, 1886; and Lloyd 
 W. March 18, 188'J. All the children are living 
 with the exception of Belladonna, who died at 
 her birth. 
 
 /p^EORUF A. CAMPBELL is a prominent 
 III (=- farmer in Washington Township. LaFay- 
 
 V_J ette ('.unity. A native of Washington 
 County. Va., he was born September 10, 1843, and 
 came to LaFayctte County in company with his 
 father in 1854. The elder Mr. Campbell was a man 
 of considerable note and influence in Virginia, so 
 much so thai in 1890, many years after leaving 
 
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 bis Virginia home, his name was carved in the 
 corner-stone of the new Presbyterian Church that 
 was built in his native town. 
 
 J. N. Campbell married Miss Sallie McChesney, 
 of the same locality as was he. They were the 
 parents of eleven children, six boys and five girls. 
 Our subject's great-grandfather on the paternal 
 side was a Brigadier-General in the Revolutionary 
 War. and was breveted for gallantry at the battle 
 of King's Mountain. He died at Yorktown just 
 before the surrender. 
 
 On entering manhood, George A. Campbell 
 joined the Confederate army in 1862. He was in 
 Gen. Joe Shelby's Brigade, and followed him until 
 October 28, 1864, when he was wounded at the 
 battle of Newtonia. He was left on the battlefield 
 for dead, but on recovering consciousness was 
 taken prisoner and confined at Alton, 111., until 
 the following June, when he was released. Mr. 
 Campbell still has the bullet with which he was 
 wounded in his possession, keeping it as a memento 
 of the Second Colorado Cavalry. 
 
 Our subject was married at the age of twenty- 
 four years to Miss Jennie Barnett, the eldest daugh- 
 ter of Judge F. E. Harnett, of La Fayette County, 
 and one of Nature's noblemen. Mrs. Campbell is 
 one of a family of seven children, there being four 
 sons and three daughters. After the war Mr. 
 Campbell started out in life with very little money. 
 but he was possessed of an unmeasured amount 
 of ambition. He has made a pronounced success 
 of the calling to which he has devoted his atten- 
 tion, and has amassed a comfortable competency. 
 Although not a college graduate, be acquired in 
 the common schools a good, practical education 
 that has enabled him to hold his own with men of 
 brains. 
 
 A leader in the People's part}', Mr. Campbell has 
 always been a friend of labor and of laboring men. 
 He was elected delegate to the National Convention 
 of the People's party which met at Omaha, and at 
 which Gen. Weaver was nominated for the Chief 
 Executive, but at his request Mr. Siusher took his 
 place. He is purchasing agent for the members of 
 the Farmers' and Laborers' Union of this county, 
 and in that position handles thousands of dollars 
 annually, but such is his reputation for probity 
 
 that he has never been asked to give a bond for 
 the faithful performance of his duties. Mr. Camp- 
 bell has a tine farm, comprising three hundred and 
 twenty acres, which has upon it most excellent im- 
 provements. His home is as attractive as the ef- 
 forts of a model housewife can make it. Their 
 union has been blessed by the birth of eight chil- 
 dren, of whom five are living, namely: Sallie, 
 Thomas L.. Fiudley K., Susie and Rosie. 
 
 *7|rt;i'ST[S W. WILLIS. In looking 
 i@/u| l through a volume like the one in hand, 
 
 / ' the cursory reader cannot but wonder as 
 <^j) to the circumstances and reasons that have 
 
 brought together in one loealit\ - representatives of 
 so many States and nations. Our subject, who is 
 a resident of section 14, Dover Township, Lafay- 
 ette County, is a native of Carroll County, this 
 State, and was born August 2, 1847, a son of John 
 and Flizabeth (Spencer) Willis, both natives of 
 Maryland. His parents married in their native 
 State, and soon afterward moved to Missouri, for 
 what reason we do not know. 
 
 Doubtless the newness of the country filled our 
 subject's boyish mind with wonder, but there were 
 passable schools, where he acquired the foundations 
 of a good education, and he spent much time in 
 helping his father on the farm. At the age of 
 twenty-one, he began farming on his own account 
 and has ever since conducted a general agricul- 
 tural business. He is now the owner of two hun- 
 dred and eighty acres of excellent land, all of 
 which is highly cultivated and well improved. 
 
 On the 24th of December, 1868, Mr. Willis mar- 
 ried Miss Susan V., a daughter of John W. Eppes, 
 a native of South Carolina, who moved to Missouri . 
 in 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Willis are the parents of 
 five sons and three daughters. Their names are: 
 Edward S., John W., Claude R., Elizabeth S., 
 Blanche M., Forest L., Louis F. and a baby girl, 
 not jet named at this writing. They are all in- 
 teresting young people who promise to become 
 
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 valued citizens in whatever portion of the coun- 
 try their Iota may lie cast. 
 
 Mr. Willis is in politics a stanch Democrat, and 
 through the years during which his party was in 
 eclipse until the present time,, when they are still 
 rejoicing in their brilliant success, has had the 
 strength to abide by his convictions. Mrs. Willis 
 is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South, and in all the good works con- 
 nected with the body in which she is interested 
 is ready to act in any capacity. 
 
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 OBERT L. HARVEY is one of the citizens 
 ( who have ever striven for the besl interests 
 ^ \\\ of Slater, where he has been a resident for 
 V£) a number of years, and whose loyalty and 
 single-mindedness have been rewarded by his fel- 
 low-citizens by an election to the highest office 
 which is m their power to confer, that of the May- 
 oralty of the city. Since assuming the duties be- 
 longing to the office Mr. Harvey has proved 
 himself entirely worthy of the high trust and con- 
 fidence which are reposed in him. He was horn in 
 Fayette, Howard County, this State, November l. 
 1834. He was reared in Boonville, which was his 
 home until nineteen years of age. He there re- 
 ceived the major portion of his education, and 
 later attended the Howard High School in Fay- 
 ette. 
 
 (>n leaving Boonville, Mayor Harvey came to 
 Saline County, and, entering the family of an 
 uncle, made his home on that uncle's farm for 
 about two years, lie then learned the carpenter's 
 trade, to which he served a full apprenticeship. 
 He followed that trade until 1884, and during the 
 time was very successful in his business undertak- 
 ings. Since then he has given his attention en- 
 tirely to the public interests. 
 
 Mr. Harvey was elected Mayor of Slater in 
 April of 1883, and has held the office ever since. 
 At the same time he performed the duties of Jus- 
 tice of the Peace holding that otlice from March, 
 
 L885, to November, 181)0. lie has always taken an 
 active interest in local affairs. In 1861 Mr. Har- 
 vey enlisted in Col. McCowan's Battalion in the 
 Confederate service, and gave about two years to 
 the lost cause, lie was taken a prisoner near Ft. 
 Scott, Ivan., in 1864, and was confined in St. Louis 
 until the close of the war. 
 
 Fraternally, our subject was a member of Cam- 
 bridge Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons, 
 belonging to Lodge No. 63. lie was .Master of 
 the lodge for fourteen consecutive years, belong- 
 ing to Slater Chapter No. 112. He also belongs 
 to the Order of United Workmen. Mr. Harvey 
 of Slater was married in Cambridge, this county, 
 October 13, 1857, his bride being Miss Sarah E., 
 a daughter of the late Rev. William II. Porter, 
 who was an old settler and clergyman in Saline 
 County. Mrs. Harvey was born in St. Louis, Mo. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Harvey have been the parents of six 
 children. The eldest son, George W.. died in 
 childhood. Emma is the wife of James M. Watts. 
 The other children are: Sidney J., Mary II., Rob- 
 ert W. and Bessie II. Mary became the wife of 
 T. II. Gibbs, and died in Mexico at the age of 
 twenty-two years. 
 
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 ylCIIARD P. WALL, a successful farmer of 
 Saline County, owning a good farm and a 
 tfc \\\ substantial residence, all of which he can at- 
 tribute to his own energy and skillful labor, 
 was born in Shelby County. Ky.. October 24, 1831. 
 His father was Preston II. Wall, also of Shelby 
 County, and born in 1800; while his grandfather, 
 William Wall, was of Southern birth and earlj 
 settledin the county mentioned above. He was 
 a farmer, also a soldier in the War of 1*12. and 
 died at a ripe old age. 
 
 The father of Richard P., a fanner by occupation, 
 emigrated to Andrew County. Mo., and settled 
 aear St. Joseph in 1*12. moving to Texas in 1844, 
 and back to Missouri m 1846, this time locating 
 
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 near Boonville. He returned to Texas on a visit 
 in 1853, and died there, being buried in Grayson 
 County. He was a member of the Baptist Church. 
 The mother of Richard was, before her marriage, 
 Miss Elizabeth Brown, of Shelby County. Ky. She 
 was themotherof thirteen children, eight of whom 
 lived to maturity. After her death, which occurred 
 in IS lit, the father again married, and one child 
 was born of his second union. 
 
 Mr. Wall has three brothers and three sisters liv- 
 ing. The eldest brother, John B., now a farmer 
 near Pomona, Cal., served in the Confederate army 
 during the war. Another brother, Henson D., lives 
 in Cass County, Neb., and is now a farmer, but was 
 a photographer for many years having gone to 
 Nebraska at the close of the war. Harrison I... of 
 Pierce City, Lawrence 1 County, Mo., is a plasterer 
 by trade. Harriett J. became the wife of George C. 
 Dugan, and in pioneer days they located in Texas, 
 where he fought the Indians and in time became 
 very wealthy. Ann E. is the wife of Charles Miller, 
 of Grayson County. Tex., a very successful fanner. 
 Mary E. is the wife of Richard Smith a farmer in 
 Cuss County. Mo. Preston D. served in the Con- 
 federate army and was killed in the siege of Vicks- 
 burg. 
 
 The school advantages enjoyed by our subject 
 were limited to about three months each year. 
 The country here was very wild in his boyhood 
 days, and deer and other game abounded. The 
 subject of our sketch started out as a farmer in 
 1852 in Cooper County, one year later removing to 
 Arrow Rock, Saline County, and in 1857 locating 
 in Kansas City. In I860 he crossed the plains to 
 Mexico, and returning in the fall of the same year 
 purchased his present farm on section 28, township 
 19, range 22, where he has since resided. Almost 
 every acre was covered with brush, and the clear- 
 ing necessitated a great amount of hard work, 
 which he has not hesitated to put upon it, clearing 
 and improving very extensively. 
 
 May 19, 1853, Mr. Wall married Eliza .1. Ilawpe, 
 of Saline County, who died in 1854. Twochildren, 
 twins, were born of this marriage, but both died of 
 scarlet fever, when about one year old. Mr. Wall 
 married for his second wife Amanda F. (lark, of 
 Cooper County, this State, the marriage occurring 
 
 March 21, 1861. The children of this marriage 
 were: Ida M., deceased, who left a child, Harry H. 
 Miller; Ella, wife of James Clark, a lumber mer- 
 chant of Lainonte, Pettis County; Hattie A., and 
 Richard L. 
 
 Mr. Wall owns two hundred and eighty acres of 
 land, which is in good condition. He raises mules 
 extensively, but deals also in other stock, and, 
 starting with nothing, furnishes another example 
 of what it is possible for a man to do for himself. 
 He participated in the Price raid, and carries a 
 bullet in his leg to this day as a memento of it. 
 lie was wounded in the battle of Mine Creek, and 
 was a member of the escort of Gen. Marmaduke. 
 He is a Democrat. Socially, he is a member of 
 Friendship Lodge No. 40, I. O. O. F., also of the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen. Both he and 
 his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South, of which he is Trustee, and has served 
 in the capacity of Steward for several years. 
 
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 ^ AMES LOPER. a well-known farmer, and 
 one of the prominent citizens of Saline 
 County, claims Indiana as the State of his 
 nativity, lie was born in 1845, and is a 
 son of Napoleon Bonaparte Loper. The family 
 was founded in America by emigrants from Hol- 
 land, who settled in this country in Colonial days. 
 The grandfather of our subject, James Loper, Sr., 
 removed from New Jersey to Indiana about 1817. 
 He was an extensive' farmer and speculator, and 
 on removing to the Buckeye State located first in 
 Cincinnati, which was then a small village. Sub- 
 sequently he removed to a farm and established a 
 tavern, and around him sprang up a little town, 
 to which the name of Fairfield was given. He 
 and his wife there died, leaving several children, 
 one of whom, John, resides in Fairfield, Ind.,atan 
 advanced age. 
 
 N. B. Loper was born in New Jersey, in 1811, 
 about fifty miles from Philadelphia, and ac- 
 companied his parents on their removal to Indiana. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 309 
 
 He married Mary Paty, daughter of James Paty, 
 of Tennessee, and after his marriage encaged in 
 teaming from Fairfield to Cincinnati. He after- 
 ward engaged in farming in Decatur County, 
 where he reared li is family. When our subject 
 was a lad of fourteen years, the father removed to 
 Lawrence County, 111., where he carried on agri- 
 cultural pursuits for six years, and then became a 
 resident of Davis County, Mo., where he spent the 
 succeeding four years of his life. His next place 
 of residence was in La Fayette County, where he 
 spent four years, and was then called to the home 
 beyond. His wife had died in Indiana about 1853, 
 and he had been married a second time, the lady 
 of his choice being Mrs. Cox, and by that union 
 was born a daughter, Josephine. By the first mar- 
 riage were born ten children, of whom three are yet 
 living: William L., a resident of Nebraska; James, 
 of this sketch; and Margaret, wife of George Pur- 
 vis, who is living in Indiana. 
 
 Under the parental roof the subject of this 
 sketch was reared to manhood, and to farm work 
 he devoted much of his time during his boyhood 
 days. With his parents he came to Missouri. 
 Having attained to mature years he was married 
 in Illinois, September 19, 1861, to Miss Mary E., 
 daughter of David E. Appling, of Kentucky. Her 
 grandfather was Joel Appling, a native of Vir- 
 ginia, who at an early day removed to Ken- 
 tucky r . His wife bore the maiden name of Sarah 
 Breadlove. They had a. family of eight sons and 
 three daughters. David Appling married Sarah 
 A. Morgan, daughter of Joseph Morgan, of Logan 
 County, Ky. They were of the same family as 
 Gen. Morgan, the noted Southern cavalryman. 
 For many years Mr. Appling engaged in farming 
 in Kansas. He died in June, 1882, but his widow 
 is still living and makes her home in Wichita. 
 They had a family of seven sons and live daugh- 
 ters, of whom the following are now living: Win- 
 field, a resident of Kansas; Wesley, who makes his 
 home in Nelson, Mo.; Fillmore, a resident of Kan- 
 sas; Sidney, who is located in Nebraska; Ella, 
 wife of William Dominy, of Nebraska; Mattie, who 
 is living in Kansas; and Mary E.. wife of our miI>- 
 jeet, who was born in Logan County, Ky. 
 
 On leaving Illinois, Mr. Loper returned to In- 
 
 diana, where he engaged in operating a sawmill 
 for two years. In 1867, he removed to Davis 
 County, Mo., where he spent one year, and then 
 went to LaFayette County, where he remained un- 
 til 1880. In that year he came to Saline County 
 and leased the farm on which he now resides. It 
 comprises two hundred and forty acres of land, 
 and in 1892 became his by purchase. Almost the 
 entire amount is under a high state of cultivation 
 and well improved, and our .subject is now suc- 
 cessfully carrying on general farming. 
 
 During the late war, Mr. Loper supported the 
 Union, aud in 1861 enlisted in the One Hundred 
 and Thirty-fifth Illinois Infantry, in which he 
 served for about live months under (Jen. Rosecrans. 
 In politics, he is a supporter of the People's party, 
 and socially, is a Knight Templar Mason, belong- 
 ing to Missouri Commandery, No. 36, K. T., of 
 Marshall. He also holds membership with the An- 
 cient Order of I'nited Workmen. Unto Mr. and 
 Mrs. Loper have been born two children: Amaziah, 
 who married Miss Carrie Price, and now resides on 
 the old home farm; and Albert L., who wedded 
 Miss Nellie Young, of Nebraska. The parents are 
 both widely and favorably known in this com- 
 munity, and by their large circle of acquaintances 
 and friends are held in the highest esteem. 
 
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 '| SRAEL G. DYER is another of the prominent 
 and successful farmers of Saline County whose 
 ; parents came from Virginia and Kentucky. So 
 well are those Stales represented in this county, 
 and so fully have (heir representatives proven 
 themselves strong and worthy citizens, that we are 
 ready and anxious to welcome any number of 
 newcomers from the same section. 
 
 Mr. Dyer owns a valuable farm of one hundred 
 and ninety-six acres, located in section 3, town- 
 ship 50, range 22. The land has been brought to 
 its present nourishing condition by himself and 
 family, which fact makes the home all the more 
 interesting. A pari of this property was pur- 
 
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 chased by Mr. Dyer in January, 1868, at which 
 time he first came to Saline County. He became 
 the possessor then of one hundred and sixty acres 
 of unimproved land, which he proceeded to break. 
 Having added to that later, the result of his in- 
 dustry and good management is seen in his present 
 farm. 
 
 Mi. Dyer is of English descent, his grandfather 
 Dyer having been a native of England. The lat- 
 ter gentleman was an only son, and came to Am- 
 erica probably a single man. His home subse- 
 quently was in Virginia, where he reared a family of 
 live sons and one daughter. These children were: 
 Samuel, William, John, Frank, Robert and Nancy. 
 The latter married a Mr. Payne. All but Frank 
 and the sister came to Missouri and reared families. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this sketch 
 was burn in Callaway County, Mo., in 1836, being 
 the eighth in a family of ten children, whose par- 
 ents were John and Evaline (Warren) Dyer. The 
 mother was a daughter of William Warren, of 
 Virginia. The senior Mr. Dyer came to St. Louis 
 about L820, when it was a small French village. 
 and soon located in Callaway County, where he 
 and his wife met and married. His family consisted 
 of Sarah, who married John Ellis; Helen, wife of 
 William Bloomfield, of New Orleans; Samuel W., 
 who died in New Orleans; Minnie, deceased, who 
 was the wife of Frank Huntington, now also de- 
 ceased, and both of whom died in Callaway 
 County; Emily, wife of Henry C. Wells, of 
 Columbia, Mo.; Nan 113-, wife of E. H. Manchester, 
 of California; a child who died in infancy; the 
 subject of this sketch; Celia 1!., whose husband is 
 Theodore Harvey; and one other who died young. 
 
 Israel G. Dyer grew to manhood in Callaway 
 County, and in I860 went to Nevada, where he re- 
 mained six years, engaged in timbering and freight- 
 ing. In 1866, he returned to Callaway County, 
 and in January, 1868, came to Saline County, as 
 mentioned at the beginning of this sketch. In 
 L870, Mr. Dyer followed the Bible teaching that 
 " it is not good for man to be alone,'" by marry- 
 ing Miss Bell, daughter of James Irvine. They 
 have been the parents of eleven children, eight of 
 whom are still living. These children were: War- 
 ren, Anna, and an infant, all deceased; Gertrude, 
 
 Nellie, John, Ernest, Roy, Emmet, Lester and 
 Helen. 
 
 Mr. Dyer does a general farming business, and 
 is the owner of one of the finest pieces of property 
 in the county. He is a Democrat, as were all his 
 family, and is a man who stands by his convictions 
 and is true to his beliefs. He has the strength 
 and solidity that might be expected from his an- 
 cestry, and is a worthy citizen of this flourishing 
 county. He and his family are members of the 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
 aHARLESE. MEINKRSIIAGEN. Our sub- 
 . ject belongs to a little colony of Ger- 
 man American farmers who spied out the 
 goodly lands of La Fayette County, and have 
 there become prominent citizens. Mr. Meiner- 
 shagen resides on section 2, township 49, range 26, 
 where he devotes his attention to general farming 
 and stock-raising. He is himself a native of this 
 State, having been born in Warren County, May 
 15, 1847; but his parents, William and Minnie 
 Meinershagen,are both natives of Germany. When 
 a young man, our subject's father emigrated to 
 the United States, our subject's mother also hav- 
 ing come hither in her girlhood. After their mar- 
 riage they settled in Warren County, and later 
 came to La Fayette County, where they now re- 
 side. 
 
 Beside our subject, his parents had the following 
 children: Henry, Herman, Frederick Charles, Cath- 
 erine (Mrs. H. A. Schoppenhorst), August, and An- 
 nie (wife of Charles Shaffer). Charles was reared 
 to man's estate in his native county. He was 
 early taught the secrets of husbandry, and has de- 
 voted his life thus far to reaping a competency 
 from mother earth. As a boy he received the ad- 
 vantages of the public schools in his native county, 
 and for a short time was a student at the Cen- 
 tral Methodist College, at Warrenton, this State. 
 Ilis is a keen and well-balanced mind, and like 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 313 
 
 most of our American citizens, lie is thoroughly 
 posted in both national matters and local affairs. 
 The original of this sketch was married March 
 29, 1871, to Miss Hannah Ilackmann, a daughtei 
 of Henry Ilackmann, of Warren County. She has 
 made him a good wife, and is a capable and pru- 
 dent head of the household. They have been the 
 parents of eight children, whose names are Will- 
 iam, Samuel, Charles. George, Mate, Clara, Nettie 
 and Lama. Our subject came to La Fayette 
 County in the fall of 1872, and has made his home 
 here ever since. lie has a fine farm, which com- 
 prises one hundred and fifty-eighty acres of land, 
 all of which is well-cultivated. He has been elected 
 to several responsible positions in the township. 
 He has served as School Director for several years, 
 and is greatly interested in the new methods that 
 are raising our present system so far above anything 
 before known in an educational way. In politics, 
 he is a Republican. He is a member of the Evan- 
 gelical Church, as were his parents before him. 
 
 
 
 bURNER WILLIAMSON, the well-known 
 and honored President of the Citizens' 
 Hank of Iligginsville, is among the able and 
 representative citizens who, settling in Missouri at 
 a very early day, have been closely identilied with 
 the progress of the Southwest. A full half-century 
 has passed since our subject came into the then 
 new and sparsely populated locality destined to 
 be his lifetime home. The store of reminiscences 
 possessed by Mr. Williamson is of great interest 
 and incalculable value, as illustrating the wonder- 
 ful advancement of our Nation, and clearly indi- 
 cating the resolute endurance, self-reliance and 
 heroic sacrifices of the pioneer men and women of 
 America. 
 
 Our subject was born near Georgetown, Scott 
 County, Ky., November la, 1820. The Williamson 
 family is of Welsh descent, their ancestors haying 
 been honest, industrious people, who early settled 
 in America. Grandfather Williamson was an ex- 
 tensive farmer in Kentucky, widely known and 
 
 15 
 
 highly respected, who for many years had made 
 his home in Virginia. There Anderson Williamson, 
 father of our subject, was bom, in Culpeper County, 
 and was but a little lad when he removed with his 
 parents from the Old Dominion and settled in 
 Scott County, Ky. In the latter State he lived 
 and died, passing away in Paris, after a long life 
 devoted mainly to agricultural pursuits. He was a 
 brave man and a good citizen, and fought in the 
 War of 1812. His wife, Hester Johnson, was also 
 a native of Culpeper County, Va., and came with 
 her parents to Kentucky, where they resided until 
 their death. She was the mother of eleven chil- 
 dren, of whom ten survived to adult age. 
 
 Turner Williamson was reared upon his father's 
 farm in Scott County until seven years of age, 
 when the family removed to Paris, Bourbon 
 County. He attended private schools, and when 
 fifteen years old was apprenticed to a millwright, 
 in whose service he remained for five years. At- 
 taining his majority in 1841, he determined to 
 try the Western field of Missouri, and first went 
 to Glasgow, Howard County, and later settled 
 in Lexington, then a small town in La Fayette 
 County. Here, and in the immediate neighbor- 
 hood, he remained fifteen years. He built a large 
 mill in Lexington, also erected several in Ray 
 County, and one in Utica, Livingston County. Af- 
 ter a time he bought a farm in Clay Township, and 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits, still continuing 
 his trade as occasion demanded. During the gold 
 excitement, he made an overland trip to Cali- 
 fornia in 1852, spending four months en route. 
 
 Upon his large farm of one thousand acres, located 
 within one mile of the Missouri River, our subject 
 raised hemp and tobacco, and dealt in stock, raising 
 and selling many fine horses. He suffered severe 
 losses during the war, as did so many citizens, tint 
 was undaunted by misfortune. Always ready to 
 assir,t in local improvements, he gave the right of 
 way to the" Missouri Pacific Railroad. He built 
 some of the first houses in Wellington, and was 
 among the chief promoters of the Wellington 
 Bank, in which he still continues to hold stock. 
 Mr. Williamson was also one of the organizers of 
 the Mercer Rank, at Lexington, in which he is a 
 stockholder, and has served as one of the Bank Di- 
 
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 rectors. In 1890 he disposed of his farm and re- 
 moved to Independence, whence, after a sojourn of 
 but six months, he came to Higginsville and organ- 
 ized the Citizens' Bank with a capital of $30,000. Of 
 this flourishing financial institution he is President, 
 as well as one of the Directors, and has been the 
 chief factor in its present prosperity. Mr. William- 
 son was married in Jackson County, Mo., in 18.">2, to 
 Miss Dicy Cox, a native of that county. A large 
 family of children blessed their home, and nine sons 
 and daughters are yet living. William resides near 
 Emporia, Kan., and is an extensive farmer of that 
 stale. Richard is a merchant in Buckner, Jackson 
 County; Lee is also a merchant, and is engaged in 
 business in Saline County; Thomas follows mer- 
 cantile pursuits in Buckner; Renick is a druggist of 
 Higginsville; Burt is at home; Lizzie, Mrs. Ragland, 
 resides in Higginsville; Lena remains with her par- 
 ents; and Sally, Mrs. Thurman, lives near Lexing- 
 ton. Our subject and his family occupy leading 
 positions in the business and social enterprises of 
 their various homes, and have ever commanded 
 the respect and high esteem of the general public. 
 Mr. Williamson served ably as Highway Commis- 
 sioner of his township for four years, and has been 
 a most efficient School Director for the same length 
 of time. He is a prominent Democrat, has been a 
 member of the County Committee, and has repre- 
 sented bis political friends at State and county 
 conventions. He was present on the morning 
 when the now prosperous city of St. Joseph, Mo., 
 was surveyed and staked out, and, an intelligent 
 observer of the rapid growth of the broad West, 
 has materially aided in the prosperous advance- 
 ment of his adopted State. 
 
 eHARLES NIEMEIER, a prosperous agricul- 
 turist and highly respected citizen, resides 
 in township 50, range 19, near Arrow Rock, 
 Saline County, Mo. Our subject was born June 2, 
 1850, in Hildesheim, Hanover. He is a stone-ma- 
 son and brick-layer by trade, and worked at that 
 business in the (lid Country, bunding in Boston, 
 
 April 3, 1870, our subject went to St. Charles, Mo., 
 where he remained six years, working at his trade. 
 In 1876, he came to Saline County, near Saline 
 City, and bought land, which he cultivated until 
 1883, when he purchased the old Benjamin Hus- 
 ton place, three and a-half miles from Arrow Rock, 
 and now resides there. 
 
 Mr. Niemeier married, September 14, 1877, Miss 
 Mary Brend, at Sweet Springs, Saline County. Our 
 subject ami his wife have six children, three sons 
 and three daughters: Fritz, Henry, August. Lena, 
 Annie, and {Catherine. All of the family are 
 at home, and the older ones are now acquiring 
 their education in the excellent home schools of 
 the neighborhood. Mr. Niemeier now owns and 
 cultivates two hundred and twenty-two acres of 
 excellent land. Through his ability and energy, 
 he has won liis way upward. Arriving in St. 
 Charles with only fifteen cents in his pocket, he 
 has gained an ample competence and now enjoys 
 the fruit of his labor in the satisfaction which 
 honest industry is sure to confer upon its posses- 
 sor. The handsome acreage, yielding to the intel- 
 ligent and patient culture of our subject, increases 
 in value year by year. His practical knowledge 
 of stock-raising has made him much money, and 
 he is now numbered among the leading farmers of 
 the county. 
 
 The father of our subject was August Niemeier, 
 who was born and died in Waldesheim. His mo- 
 ther was Doras and is now living at home. The 
 father died February 22, 1884. Mr. Niemeier had a 
 brother, Fritz, who died at the age of seven years. 
 Of his sisters, two, Augusta and' Lena, live in 
 Lincoln County, Mo., and three, Bett3 r , Johanna 
 and Bertha, still reside in Germany. Augusta is 
 the wife of John Steffen, and Lena is the widow of 
 Fritz Mier. Few of the farming properties of Sa- 
 line County present a more attractive appearance 
 than the homestead of Mr. Niemeier, which shows 
 the results obtainable by thrift and energy. The 
 residence is commodious and well planned, and the 
 outbuildings are all in line order. The Short- 
 horns and Polled-Angus and his superior breed of 
 hogs are noted throughout the county as the best 
 of their kind. Comfort and plenty abound, and 
 all that our subject owns has been gained by his 
 
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 own self-reliant work and excellent management. 
 An :ible, earnesl and law-abiding citizen, .Mr. Nie- 
 meier has worthily won the esteem and friendship 
 of the neighbors and the general community 
 among whom he has passed so many long- years. 
 
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 ANI EL SNIDER. Among the fanners 
 and stock-growers of La Fayette County, 
 Mo., our subject occupies a prominent 
 position. His fine farm of eighty-two 
 and one-half a< res is located in township 79, range 
 26, where he engages in farming' and stock-raising 
 very successfully. The birth of our subject tools 
 place in Rockbridge County, Va., June 23, 1825, a 
 son of John and Sallie Snider, his father a native 
 of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Virginia. To 
 the latter State, John Snider came with his Ger- 
 man parents when but five years of age, remaining 
 there until the close of his life. 
 
 Our subject grew up a Virginian youth and 
 schoolboy, imbibing those principles which made 
 of him a good Confederate soldier through one 
 important year of the Civil War. He took part in 
 the battle at Hatchie's Run, and while lighting 
 bravely in front of Petersburg was wounded, 
 necessitating a confinement in the hospital a short 
 time before the surrender of Richmond. After the 
 giving up of this stronghold of the Confederacy, 
 our subject returned home. His prospects in his 
 native State were not very flattering, and in 1868 
 he decided to remove with his family across the 
 Mississippi River. 
 
 The marriage of our subject was celebrated Feb- 
 ruary 17, 1848, with Miss Elizabeth Golladay, a 
 native of Augusta County, Va., born in 1824, a 
 daughter of John Golladay. This union was 
 blessed with nine children, only three of whom 
 have been spared to their affectionate parents. 
 These are John; Ida, the wife of Andrew Foster; 
 and Newton E. Mr. Snider has become one of the 
 well-known men in the county and from his ex- 
 cellent methods of managing 1 1 1 — farm produces 
 
 more satisfactory results than many enjoy from a 
 much larger acreage of land. 
 
 The removal of our subject and his family to 
 Missouri took place in 1868, when he located first 
 in Carroll County, where he remained for three 
 years; then in 187] he entered La Fayette County, 
 and settled upon the farm where he has since made 
 his home. There seem to be no two opinions 
 concerning this fine old county. The people are 
 good and honest, the climate healthful and bracing 
 and the land as fertile as any in the State. The 
 political opinions of our subject are of the Stanch- 
 es t Democratic brand. He firmly believes in these 
 principles, upholding them upon every necessary- 
 occasion. Mr. Snider is a self-made man, and as 
 such deserves the credit which is everywhere ac- 
 corded him. 
 
 DEMPLETON C. McMAHAN, whose wife is 
 
 the founder of the well-known academy of 
 instruction, the McMahan Institute, located 
 in Arrow Rock, is highly respected in the com- 
 munity among whom lie lias dw r elt fully two-score 
 years, lie is a native of Cooper County, Mo., and 
 was born October 1(1, 1830. The McMahan family 
 is of Scotch-Irish descent. Three brothers of the 
 family, born in Ireland, separated in early youth, 
 one of them going to France and there founding 
 a family, from which sprang the illustrious de- 
 scendant, lien. McMahan. upon whom Napoleon 
 III conferred on the battle-field the rank of Mar- 
 shal of France, and the title of Duke of Magenta- 
 The two young Irishmen who came to America 
 -el t led in Kentucky. 
 
 Grandfather Samuel McMahan came to Missouri 
 from Kentucky in the fall of 1810, and located in 
 Cooper County, then in the heart of a wilderness. 
 Soon after his arrival in his new home, he drove 
 a herd of cattle to ( oles Fort, and while on his re- 
 turn trip to his family, was brutally waylaid and 
 -lain by tin- Indians, about two miles from Boon- 
 
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 ville, Cooper County. He was the father of five 
 sons: William ('.. the father of oursubject; Samuel 
 W., Thomas, John W.. and Jesse. William C. Mc- 
 Mahan was born in Madison County, Ky., in 1803, 
 
 and removed to Missouri with his father when but 
 a lad of seven years. He married Miss Sarah Hus- 
 ton, a daughter of Benjamin and Polly Huston, of 
 Cooper County, Mo. After his marriage he settled 
 upon land of his own near his old home, and died 
 in the place where his children were born, and 
 where all the associations of mature life were en- 
 joyed. He passed away in 1866, universally la- 
 mented, and his good wife died in Arrow Rock in 
 is 7 2. 
 
 The children of these early pioneers were: Ben- 
 jamin F.; Sarah. Mis. Warren Adkisson, residing 
 in Marshall, Mo.; Templeton ('., our subject; Mary 
 .lane, deceased; William P.; John II.; Jesse and 
 Adeline deceased. The surviving children are 
 widely known as citizens of undoubted integrity 
 and honor. Our subject received his early educa- 
 tion in the subscription schools of his county, and 
 in his boyhood worked upon his father's farm. 
 At twenty years of age he went to Arrow Rock, 
 and obtained a position in the store of his uncle, 
 Jesse McMahan. in 1849. lie next taught school 
 for a few years in Cooper and Saline Counties. 
 
 In 18f>8, Mr. McMahan was united in marriage 
 with Miss Sarah E. r daughter of W. W. and Sarah 
 MeJilton. By this marriage three children were 
 born: William E.; Nina, the wife of Coleman Kib- 
 ler, of Saline County; and Joseph, deceased. Mr. 
 McMahan settled in Arrow Rock about the time of 
 his marriage, and was competent to handie mer- 
 chandise or pursue^ his trade of carpenter and 
 builder. He was also an instructor of merit and 
 ability, and for some years after his marriage 
 profitably engaged in the commission business. 
 
 The first wife of our subject died in 1862, and 
 Mr. McMahan was married to Miss A. M. Reid in 
 1870. This estimable lady is the daughter of Jesse 
 and Margaret P. Reid, of Cooper County. The 
 children of this union are Carl T., Aster R. and 
 Marc E. The Reid family is of Irish descent. 
 The paternal grandfather of Mrs. McMahan was 
 William Reid, a Virginian, who settled in Ken- 
 tucky, and engaged in the Wnrof ]<S12. He after- 
 
 ward removed to Missouri, locating in Cooper 
 County, two miles below Arrow Rock. His wife, 
 Anna, was the daughter of David Jones, who was in 
 the American army at the surrender of Cornwallis. 
 The father of Mrs. McMahan, Jesse Reid, was one 
 of a large family of children, and the first white 
 child born in Cooper County, the date of his na- 
 tivity being March, 1813, and the place of his 
 birth the old Reid homestead. While he was an 
 infant his parents were forced at times to take 
 refuge at Cooper's Fort from the hostile Indians. 
 The wife of Mr. Reid was Margaret Kineheloe, 
 daughter of Joseph and Martha (Edwards) Kin- 
 eheloe. of Breckenridge County, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jesse Reid were married In September, 1833, and 
 resided on their farm in Cooper County and in 
 Arrow Rock. Their five children were daughters: 
 Anna, Mrs. Reid; Susan, deceased, formerly the 
 wife of Christy Turley; Rebecca, Mrs. John Baker, 
 of Nelson, Saline County; Miranda, wife of Will- 
 iam Tyler, of Arrow Rock; Jessie, the widow of 
 John Kibler, and a resident of Arrow Rock. Mr. 
 Reid died March !». 1873, and his wife passed 
 away September 23, 18!tl, in Arrow Rock. 
 
 The McMahan Institute was organized in 1871, 
 at Arrow Rock. Here the youth of both sexes 
 have the advantage of a thorough course of in- 
 struction in all studies of a High School, together 
 with vocal and instrumental music. Pupils fin- 
 ished here are well prepared to enter universities 
 and colleges ami have taken a high stand in 
 various celebrated institutions of learning, which 
 they have attended after graduating here. The 
 McMahan Institute gives special attention to 
 preparing scholars for teaching, and employs ex- 
 cellent talent in every department. The institute, 
 which opens the second Monday in September, is 
 under the management of Mrs. A. M. R. McMahan, 
 the wife our subject. In laying firmly the broad 
 foundation for a higher education this well-known 
 school excels, special attention being paid to 
 mathematics and elocution. Parents may safely 
 intrust their children to the care and training of 
 the McMahan Institute. 
 
 Mr. McMahan was elected a Justice of the Peace 
 in November, 1890, and has in the discharge of 
 the duties of this office given universal satisfaction. 
 
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 317 
 
 He looks after his farm, which is rented, and does 
 a little building, but lias mostly retired from active 
 duty, lie is now Chairman of the Town Board, 
 and in botb public and private life commands the 
 respect and high regard of all who know him. 
 Among the coincidences of life is the fact that 
 the grandparents of Mr. and Mrs. McMahan came 
 in the same company from Kentucky to Missouri, 
 little anticipating that in the future their fami- 
 lies would be united by the marriage ties. The 
 beautiful residence occupied by Mr. McMahan is 
 made even more attractive by the profusion of 
 lovely flowers which he and his wife enjoy culti- 
 vating. 
 
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 y;ILLIAM J. WALLACE, one of the lead- 
 ing and most influential citizens of Black- 
 Wy/ burn, Saline County, Mo., was born in 
 Lancaster County, Pa., June 18, 1828. His great- 
 grandfather, Robert Wallace, came from Scotland 
 at an early day and settled in Pennsylvania, and 
 in Lancaster County, that State, bis son, John 
 Wallace, was born, and died in the same place 
 about 1850. at the age of eighty-seven years. His 
 business was that of merchandising in East Earl, 
 Lancaster County, Pa., and before his marriage he 
 made two trips to Ireland with cargoes of flaxseed. 
 John Wallace married Lydia Smith, a native of 
 Pennsylvania, and reared a large family, all of 
 whom he settled in business and made comfortable. 
 At one time he represented Lancaster County in 
 the State Legislature. 
 
 The mother of our subject was a daughter of 
 Ebenezer Henderson, of Washington County, Pa. 
 Her grandfather, Mathew, was a graduate of the 
 Edinburgh (Scotland) College, a seceding minister, 
 who joined the Covenanters at an early day. and 
 came to America as a missionary. Afterthe death 
 of her first husband, Grandmother Henderson mar- 
 ried Dr. Robert Agnew, of Lancaster Counts', Pa., 
 and their only son was the distinguished physican, 
 Dr. De Hays Agnew, so widely known in profes- 
 sional circles, and who became celebrated as one 
 
 of the surgeons in attendance upon President Car- 
 field. His recent death caused wide-spread regret. 
 
 The father of our subject was Davies Wallace, a 
 native of Lancaster County. Pa., a prominent Re- 
 publican, who during the administration of Presi- 
 dent Lincoln held an official position in the Custom 
 House in Philadelphia. In early life he entered the 
 mercantile trade in Last Earl Township. Lancaster 
 County, and continued there for nearly fifty years. 
 Some time before his death lie removed to Phila- 
 delphia, where for live years he acceptably filled 
 the office spoken of above. His death occurred in 
 Philadelphia, July 13, 1866, in his sixty-ninth 
 year. The whole business career of this gentle- 
 man was remarkable for strict integrity and fair- 
 ness of dealing. For forty-five years he had been 
 a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cedar 
 Grove, Lancaster County, and at his death a wide 
 circle of friends mourned his loss. The mother of 
 our subject still resides in Last Earl, Lancaster 
 County, Pa., at the old home, crowned with the 
 honors of eighty-eight years of righteous living. 
 
 The brothers and sisters of Davies Wallace were 
 as follows: Harriet, deceased; Dr. William E. mar- 
 ried a sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, a .Miss 
 Todd, and resided during life in Springfield, 111; 
 John P., a merchant in Franklin County, Pa., de- 
 ceased; Mary, deceased, married C. S. Jacobs, a 
 lawyer of Burlington, Iowa, but her death occurred 
 in Harrisburg, Pa.; Robert died in Franklin 
 County, Pa.; George died in Lancaster County, 
 Pa.; Dr. Edward, deceased, an officer during the 
 administration of President Lincoln in the Cus- 
 tom House at Philadelphia; and Lydia M., de- 
 ceased, married Nathaniel Kintzer, of Pennsyl- 
 vania. The brotheis ami sisters of our subject 
 are as follows: Henderson Agnew, who died at the 
 old home place in 1892; John S., a merchant in the 
 old store, which his father and grandfather before 
 him kept: Mary Ann. widow of II. C. Falls, of 
 New Castle. Lawrence County, Pa., who during life 
 was a member of 'he state Legislature; and Ed- 
 ward B., who resides on the old home place. 
 
 Our subject spent his boyhood days on the old 
 place in Lancaster County. After attaining his 
 majority, he worked on the farm there a number 
 of years, not coming to Missouri until 1869. He 
 
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 and his brother John were engaged in the mercan- 
 tile business for about five years in Lancaster 
 County, at the end of which time he sold out his 
 interest to his brother, and removed to South Her- 
 mitage, where lie conducted :i store for two years, 
 but returned to Plist Earl in 1863, and bought out 
 his brother. The marriage of our subject oc- 
 curred October 16, 1862, to Miss R. V. Wilson, a 
 daughter of John D. Wilson, of Lancaster County. 
 The children that have blessed this union are as 
 follows: Josephine R., now the wife of Walter B. 
 Buck, of Kansas City; Mary Henderson, the wife 
 of E. W. Dowden, of Kansas City; Rachel W., 
 Lydia M., John P. and Sarah D. The older mem- 
 bers of the family were all Whigs, but subsequently 
 became Republicans, our subject being one of the 
 stanchest supporters of the part} - in the family. 
 He is a valued member of the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows, in which lie takes a great deal of 
 interest. Mr. Wallace has eighty acres of excel- 
 lent farm land, which he has under a fine state of 
 cultivation, and upon this he has a neat, comfort- 
 able home, in which he and his family reside. 
 
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 FREDERICK PRICE. The record of the life of 
 this former prominent citizen of Blackburn, 
 who is now deceased, will lie of interest to 
 the people of Missouri among whom he lived and 
 labored for many years. Before presenting, how- 
 ever, the events of his life in detail, it may be well 
 to mention briefly some facts with reference to his 
 ancestry. 
 
 The Price family originated in Wales, and the 
 grandfather of our subject, James Price, settled in 
 Augusta County, Ya., about the year 1750. He 
 married Miss Martha Ilutchins, of South Carolina, 
 and of their union were born two children, Fred- 
 erick and Risdon Ilutchins. Grandfather Price 
 was a merchant and ship-owner and was a man of 
 influence in the Old Dominion, where the closing 
 years of his life were passed. He suffered loss by 
 French privateers, and a claim has since been pre- 
 
 sented by the heirs before the authorities on the 
 French spoliation claims, but nothing resulted, on 
 account of loss by fire of some necessary papers. 
 
 Risdon Ilutchins Price, father of our subject, 
 was born in Virginia in June, 17.su, and came to 
 St. Louis in 1804 from New Orleans, rowing up 
 the river the entire distance accompanied by his 
 slaves. Upon locating in St. Louis he engaged in 
 the general mercantile business and also carried on 
 an extensive hade in furs. He was interested in 
 the Potosi Lead Mines, and in public and private 
 affairs was alike irreproachable and influential. 
 In the year L808 lie assisted in founding the St. 
 Louis Republic, which still lives, a monument to 
 the perseverance and energy of its founders. 
 When the famous Marquis de La Fayette revisited 
 America, Mr. Price was one of the committee ap- 
 pointed by the mayor of the city to welcome him 
 to St. Louis. 
 
 In August. 1815, Mr. Price married Miss Mary 
 G, daughter of (Ten. Daniel Bissell, of the United 
 Stales army, and at that time Commander of the 
 Department of the West, with headquarters at 
 Belief on taine, above St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Price became the parents of the following-named 
 children: James, Frederick, Risdon, Anna, Martha, 
 ami Eliza. James went to California in 1810 and 
 still resides in that State: Frederick. Risdon and 
 Martha are deceased. Anna, widow of J. O. 
 Price, lives in Baltimore, as does her sister Eliza. 
 Risdon Ilutchins Price died in St. Louis, in De- 
 cember, 1845; his wife had passed away in Janu- 
 ary of the same year. 
 
 The late Frederick Price was born in St. Louis 
 in August, 1818. He received his education in 
 his native city and at Staunton, Ya., where he 
 had lieen sent to live with an aunt and attend 
 school. After reaching mature years he engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits for a few years at Staunton, 
 Ya., after which he returned to St. Louis, in 1844, 
 and engaged in farming near that city. Novem- 
 ber 1, lX. r >2, he married Miss Virginia, daughter of 
 Dr. T. J. Minor, of St. Louis. In 1882 he removed 
 to the place where his family now resides and 
 where he died November 3 of the same year. 
 
 The family of Mr. and Mis. Price included five 
 sons and three daughters, as follows: Risdon 
 
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 Hutcbins, of Blackburn; Thomas Edwin, a resident 
 of St. Louis; James Bissell, who makes his home 
 in Wichita, Kan.; Jefferson Davis and Burtis, who 
 are at home; Mary, wife of J. II. Ashurst, of 
 Marshall, Mo.; Carrie, who married Amaziah Lo- 
 per, of Saline County; and Corinne, who is at 
 home. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Price was stanch in his adherence 
 to the principles of the Democratic party. He was 
 an adherent of the Episcopal Church and a generous 
 contributor to all religious causes. In his manner 
 he was quiet and unassuming, ever genial, courteous 
 and hospitable. His friends were many and his 
 kindly nature invariably made of an acquaintance 
 a personal admirer. It was his custom to help 
 young men who were just starting in life, for he 
 considered that was the period when they most 
 needed assistance. He was buried at the Bellc- 
 fontaine Church, in St. Louis County, beside his 
 three children who died in infancy. 
 
 The old Price homestead in St. Louis included 
 an orchard which occupied the land on the corner 
 of Third and Olive Streets, where stands the old 
 post-office building. An interesting heirloom 
 now in the possession of Mrs. Price is an old Bible 
 bearing the date 1750, which has been in the 
 Price family since its publication. It is a quaint 
 volume, bound in leather, printed in the old style 
 of t3'pe and of unusual size, measuring" 16x10 
 inches. 
 
 The Minor family came from Fairfax County, 
 Va., to St. Louis at an early day. Dr. T. J. Minor 
 was the youngest of eleven children, ten sons and 
 one daughter. He received his education in a 
 military academy and among his classmates was 
 his cousin, afterward famous as Gen. Robert E. 
 Lee. Dr. Minor was first a lawyer and afterward 
 a physician, which profession he practiced in St. 
 Louis during most of his active life and until his 
 death in 1850. 
 
 Mrs. Virginia E. Price was born in St. Louis 
 and was educated at the Convent ol the Sacred 
 Heart at Plorisant, Mo. She was lift motherless 
 at her birth, and has only one own sister, Mildred, 
 now tlic widow of A. Putnam, a grandson of Gen. 
 Putnam of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Price owns 
 three hundred and thirty-six acres on sections I 
 
 and 5, township 50, range 2:!. and with her are 
 two sons, .1. D. and Burtis, each of whom has re- 
 cently purchased land adjoining the home farm, 
 their property amounting to about three hundred 
 and sixty acres. They are engaged in general 
 farming and stock-raising, in which they have met 
 with success. The home of the family is in a large 
 and substantial residence, set in the midst of a 
 fine grove of trees, and pleasantly located. The 
 sons are loyal in their adherence to the Demo- 
 cratic parts' and are men of influence in their sev- 
 eral communities. The eldest son, Risdon Hutch- 
 ins, is a graduate of Washington Lee University 
 at Lexington, Va., where he graduated at the age 
 of nineteen years with the highest honors of his 
 class. In her religion, Mrs. Price is an earnest 
 member of the Methodist Church, and a lady of 
 noble character, whose sincerity of religious belief 
 i- proved by the beauty of her life. 
 
 if^EORGE W. OSRORN. The gratification 
 
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 I ss; *hat comes of success honestly earned can- 
 ^Jj not fail to be more pleasing than the for- 
 tune itself, especially when the subject of it has 
 
 the hearty g 1- will of his neighbors. Such is the 
 
 ease with George W. Osborn, a farmer living on 
 section P.), township P.i, range 28, La Fayette 
 County, Mo., son of Cyrus and Sarah (Walker) 
 Osborn, residents of this township. His parents 
 have four children living, namely: our subject, 
 Eliza Wooldridge, P. Walker and Lula. 
 
 Our subject was born January 2, 1847, in Lex- 
 ington Township, grew up on his father's ranch. 
 
 and attended the public scl Is of the township. 
 
 He remained at the old home until he was thirtv- 
 two years of age, but worked for himself after at- 
 taining his majority. November 2s. 1S78, he 
 married Miss Rosie, a daughter of Charles McKay, 
 an early settler of the county, who now lives in 
 Nevada. Mo.; her mother is deceased. Mrs. Osborn, 
 One of five children living, was born in Welling- 
 
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 ton in the year 1860, where she grew to woman- 
 hood and received an education in the district 
 schools. She is the mother of six children, five of 
 them living, namely: S:i! 1 'u-. Willie, Jessie, Ruby 
 and Leroj . 
 
 Mr. Osborn has lived upon the farm all his life 
 and is successful alike in the growing of grain and 
 the raising of stock. His farm consists of six hun- 
 dred and eighty acres, two hundred of which lie 
 received from his father, earning the remainder by 
 his own labors; all of this except thirty acres is 
 in cultivation. Corn and wheat are grown princi- 
 pally upon this land, but he feeds a very large 
 number of cattle. In uses and hogs. Some of his 
 land is rented out to tenants, who are required to 
 keep it up and are not permitted to neglect its 
 proper cultivation. 
 
 Mr. Osborn is Deacon and Treasurer of the 
 Christian Church at Bates City. His wife is also 
 a member of that church and both of them take an 
 active part in the Sunday-school. He is a member 
 of the School Board and is resolved to give his 
 children a good education, believing they can 
 start out with no better capital. In politics, he is 
 a Democrat, and takes the interest of a good citi- 
 zen in all political matters. The family of Mr. 
 Osborn occupies the best house in the township, 
 which was built in 1886 at a cost of 12,200. The 
 farm is supplied with all necessary outbuildings, 
 including a barn built in 1K7'J at a cost of $400. 
 The land was all fenced in when he settled. 
 
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 Jjfl 1 NDREW J. DAVIS, a prosperous, energetic 
 and enterprising agriculturist of Saline 
 County, Mo., is pleasantly located upon a 
 fine farm in township 50, range 19, near 
 Hardeman, lie is a native of Iowa and was born 
 in Wapello County, March 22, 1855. The paternal 
 grandfather, Guilford Davis, was born near Guil- 
 ford Court House, Va. lie early removed to the 
 Territory of Indiana and settled in Sullivan 
 County. The Davis family is of Welsh descent, 
 
 its members being resolute, self-reliant and earnest 
 people, as were their ancestors before them. The 
 father of Andrew .1. was born in Sullivan County, 
 Ind., November 9, 1823. In 1848, he removed to 
 Iowa and settled on a farm obtained by a Mexican 
 land warrant. 
 
 Mr. Davis there married an Iowa lady. Miss 
 Elizabeth, a daughter of Andrew Major, well 
 known in his portion of the State. The parents 
 of our subject were blessed by the birth of six chil- 
 dren, of whom four sons are living: Andrew J., 
 Simon, Thomas J. and John 6., all of whom have 
 attained positions commanding respect and esteem. 
 After a time, the father and mother, with their 
 family, removed to Missouri and settled in 1867 in 
 Pettis Couuty, and the succeeding year, 1868, 
 located in Saline County. The father was an 
 ardent Democrat and firmly believed in the princi- 
 ples of the part}' which he conscientiously main- 
 tained. Mr. Davis enjoyed the benefit of a course 
 of instruction in the public schools of Iowa and 
 also attended the State University for one year. 
 
 Our subject profitably cultivates two hundred 
 and forty acres of land, all under a high state 
 of improvement; he is also an extensive stock- 
 raiser, handling choice and well-paying varieties 
 of cattle and horses. Thoroughly trained in all 
 agricultural duties upon his father's farm, he was 
 especially well fitted to begin life for himself, 
 when at an early age he left the homestead. Ac- 
 tive and industrious and withal possessing excel- 
 lent judgment, Mr. Davis is numbered among the 
 progressive young farmers of this part of the 
 country and is steadily winning his way upward 
 to future independence and greater prosperity. 
 Succeeding in life, he very soon found some one 
 to share his home and was, December 20, 1882, 
 united in marriage with Miss Mary E., a daughter 
 of James X. and Edmonia (Huston) Jamison. 
 
 Into the pleasant and cheery home of Andrew J. 
 Davis and his estimable wife have come four bright 
 and intelligent children: Emmet K., Jamison, Guil- 
 ford G.and Minnie May, who if they live to adult 
 age may enjoy the best educational advantages of 
 their home schools and colleges. Mrs. Davis is a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 both in the church and among the general public 
 
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 has a large circle of earnest friends. Our subject, 
 as did his father before him, votes the Democratic 
 ticket and upholds the good old party which has 
 just achieved a signal victor} 7 , both local and na- 
 tional. Although not connected by membership 
 with any religious denomination, Mr. Davis is a 
 cheerful giver and is ever ready to assist in all the 
 good work of his locality and immediate neigh- 
 borhood, and is in every sense of the word a liberal- 
 spirited citizen. 
 
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 ENRY W. FOGUS, electrician, engineer and 
 manager of the City Electric Light Plant, 
 is the finest machinist in Saline County, 
 an inventor of real genius, and a thor- 
 oughly agreeable man. He has done much for the 
 city of Slater, which is appreciative of the fact, 
 and he is held in high esteem by the people of the 
 place. Mr. Fogus was born in St. Louis, May 4, 
 1850. His father was born in New York 1 City, 
 while his paternal grandsire came from France. 
 
 Our subject's father was a carpenter by trade, 
 and after marriage moved from New York to St. 
 Louis. In 1852, he Located in Carlinville, Ma- 
 coupin County, 111., and afterward moved to Hills- 
 boro, where he took work as a contractor and 
 builder. Thence he went to Litchfield in the same 
 county. His decease occurred in 1886. Annie 
 Fogus, his wife, was born in New York City, of 
 English descent, and died in 1863. There were 
 six children in the family, two of whom are now 
 living, three sons and one daughter having died. 
 Our subject was the third child. His eldest 
 brother, Frank, served in an Illinois regiment 
 from 1863 to the close of the Civil War. Annie, 
 now Mrs. Davis, uf Litchfield, 111., is the only sur- 
 viving member of the family beside our subject. 
 Henry Fogus resided successively at Carlinville. 
 Hillsboro and Litchfield, receiving his education 
 in the public and High Schools. At the age of 
 fourteen, he began work as a machinist's appren- 
 tice in the Illinois and St. Louis shops at Litch- 
 
 field, and served for three years, then continued 
 for three years after his apprenticeship was com- 
 pleted. During the latter part of tlie time, he 
 was -in assistant foreman in a machine shop. After 
 that he went to .Mound City, and there took 
 charge of a large stave and barrel factory, manag- 
 ing the whole business for four years. He then 
 became manager of the Willard Double Stave and 
 Barrel Manufacturing Company. at Parker Station, 
 Mo. This was an important organization and had 
 an incorporated capital of $300,000. At the expi- 
 ration of a three-year stay there, he resigned his 
 position on account of ill health, and went into 
 the mercantile business at Piedmont, Mo., continu- 
 ing in that for three and a-half years. The out- 
 come of it was a disastrous fire, in which he lost 
 everything he had invested. 
 
 In January, 1879, our subject took charge of the 
 Water Department of the Chicago & Alton Road 
 from Slater to Kansas City, and from Slater to 
 Louisiana and Cedar City, having control of the 
 lines this side of the Mississippi River, with head- 
 quarters at ( ilasgow, Howard County. In 1881, 
 he located in Slater as Superintendent of the 
 Water Department, Fourth and Fifth Divisions, 
 and of the Department of Stone Crushing at P>lue 
 Springs and of Bridge Engineering at Louisiana. 
 He was on the road constantly, and put in all the 
 pipes on the new division between Mexico and 
 Kansas City, in three roundhouses, and in all the 
 truck and stock yards. All his work was done in 
 good shape, and no trains were delayed on ac- 
 count of inability to get water on time. 
 
 March 24, 1890, our subject was called to Pearl, 
 111., to assist the Superintendent of the Water 
 Department with the stone-crusher. At that time, 
 owing to carelessness on the part of some one. 
 Mr. Fogus was seriously injured while removing a 
 large balance-wheel. It overturned, striking him, 
 but glancing off just enough to prevent a fatal ac- 
 cident. The injured man had bravely exerted all 
 his strength to prevent the great wheel striking 
 the Superintendent, which it would have done had 
 he permitted it to go over. It bruised his chest, 
 right arm and right foot, took off the great toe of 
 the latter and fractured all the joints, lie was laid 
 up six months, and the accident left him crippled. 
 
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 As soon as lie was well, he was employed by the 
 City Council as electrician, and began by assisting 
 to put in the electric light plant, which he has 
 managed ever since. The ]de Engine, of seventy- 
 borse power, and the Evans Boiler of eighty, arc in 
 use iii the place, with the Western Electric Arc 
 twenty and thirty lights, and the Hawkeye incan- 
 descent light, one hundred and thirteen lights. 
 
 As we have mentioned before, Mr. Fogus is the 
 finest machinist in the county, and he does not 
 hesitate to use bis knowledge and skill for the 
 good of any enterprise in which he engages. 
 Since entering upon his present position, he has 
 made several improvements in the works, and 
 while on the road he invented different appli- 
 ances, automatic contrivances for handling the 
 water to better advantage, etc., which are now 
 used by the company, and are of gieat service. 
 One of these was for regulating the supply in the 
 tank by shutting off the supply and keeping it 
 from running over, the back pressure in the pipe 
 shutting off the steam pump. The same invention 
 is used in the roundhouse, and thereby saves the 
 expense of one man for washing out boilers. 
 
 Mr. Fogus arranged and put in the attachment 
 for pumping water with the electric light engine 
 from the public well into the tank for public use 
 on the streets. The well is two hundred and fifty- 
 three feet deep, part consisting of a four and 
 a-half inch drill in soapstone. The cylinder of 
 the pump is one hundred and fifty-nine feet in 
 length, and the water is two hundred and three 
 feetdeep. He has invented an oil filter, also a self - 
 lubricator with the proper adjustments. He was 
 appointed by the city to investigate different 
 plants and systems, it being left to him to make 
 the choice. This confidence, which the business 
 men repose in him, is well placed. After running 
 the place for two years, he has never yet burned 
 out an armature. The light has always been re- 
 liable and up to the expectations of the people. 
 
 Mr. Fogus has, by prudence and economy, accu- 
 mulated a comfortable fortune, lie owns a half- 
 interest in a brick store in Slater and a thirteen- 
 rooin boarding-house in the city and another in 
 Marshall, beside one hundred and sixty acres of 
 land in Graham County, Kan. He is a Free and 
 
 Accepted Mason, a member of the Eastern Star 
 1 .1 idge; also a Royal Arch Mason, and belongs to the 
 Odd Fellows of Slater and to the Knights Templar 
 at Marshall. 
 
 In 1876, our subject was united in marriage with 
 Mi" Sallie Newbury, of Parker. She was a native 
 of Fredericktown,Mo. In .luly, 1881, they moved 
 to Marshall, but the new home was suddenly made 
 desolate by the death of the wife, whose decease 
 immediately followed their settlement there. They 
 were the parents of two children, both of whom 
 are deceased. Mr. Fogus is a Congregational ist 
 and a Republican, but is not radical in his views. 
 He is thoroughly interested in his work, giving it 
 the strictest attention and is ever on the lookout for 
 improvement and advance in his chosen profes- 
 sion. Personally, as well as professionally, he is 
 regarded as one of Slater's most popular and 
 thoughtful men. 
 
 ffi HERBERT SMITH, M. D., the enterprising 
 
 | and energetic County Coroner, and able 
 i and successful medical practitioner of Slater, 
 ' Saline Count}', Mo., is admirably adapted 
 to conduct the official business intrusted to his 
 care. A native of the county and its youngest 
 public officer, our subject is widely known by a 
 hosl of life-time friends and old acquaintances, and 
 is closely identified with the growth and history of 
 his resident portion of the State. 
 
 The immediate paternal ancestors of Dr. Smith 
 were natives of Kentucky, in which prosperous 
 State both his father and paternal grandfather 
 were born. The grandfather, Gervas S. Early, set- 
 tled in Missouri, and buying a farm near Napton, 
 there entered upon the pursuit of agriculture. The 
 father, .lames M., born in Henry County. Ky., was 
 also a farmer, and in the early days cultivated 
 hemp. He served in the Confederate army, and 
 was in Price's raid and different skirmishes and 
 battles. He has ever been distinguished for his 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 325 
 
 courage and resolution, and now resides near Nap- 
 ton, on the old homestead of three hundred and 
 forty acres. 
 
 The mother of our subject was horn in Saline 
 County and is the daughter of William Adkisson, 
 a native of Virginia and an early settler of the 
 county. .Mrs. Mary (Adkisson) Smith was a lady 
 of worth and intelligence, and was deeply mourned 
 when, in 1872, she passed away, learing a large 
 family of children. She was the mother of ten sons 
 and daughters, of whom eight are yet living. Dr. 
 Smith, the fifth child, was reared upon his father's 
 farm, and attended the public schools, but was early- 
 trained in the duties of agriculture, and initiated 
 into the sowing, planting and reaping, and the 
 never-ceasing round of daily farming life. 
 
 The home schools were excellent and our subject 
 well improved his advantages, and himself taught 
 school for four months at Salt Branch Schoolhouse 
 until at twenty-one years of age he went to Marshall 
 and there clerked for RaderA Burke, grocers. He 
 remained with this linn for seven months, and then 
 began the study of medicine under John R. Hall, 
 M. D., a well-known physician of Marshall. In 
 1885 Dr. Smith entered the Medical College at St. 
 Louis, and graduated with honor in 1887, receiving 
 the degree of M. I). His first location was at 
 Shackleford. where he remained engaged in pro- 
 fessional duties until October, 1889, when he settled 
 in Slater, and entered at once into a successful 
 practice. He thus continued his round of ever-in- 
 creasing professional duties until 1890, when in 
 the fall of that year he was elected on the Demo- 
 cratic ticket County Coroner of Saline County, 
 to serve from November 15, 1890, to November 15, 
 1892. 
 
 Dr. Smith has, a pleasant and commodious otlice 
 in the Gilliam Building, on Main Street, and re- 
 sides in the best portion of the residence district, 
 lie was married in Shackleford, October 1. L888, 
 to Miss Minnie Tickemyre, a native of Shackle- 
 ford, and a daughter of a prominent farmer of the 
 same place. Dr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of 
 one child, a promising little daughter, Enid L. Our 
 subject is prominently connected with the Knights 
 of Pythias and is Past Chancellor of Diamond 
 Lodge No. 65, of Slater. He was the representa- 
 
 tive to the Grand Lodge at St. Louis in the fall 
 of 1892. lie is also Secretary of the Fourth Regi- 
 ment of Missouri, with the rank of Major. Our 
 
 subject is also a member of the Knights of the 
 Maccabees, and the examining physician of the or- 
 der, lie is the Medical Examiner of the I!. R. 
 T. and I!, of L. F. and Endowment Rank 
 Knights of Pythias. Dr. Smith is a valued 
 member of the Saline County Medical Society, 
 and is the First Vice-president for 1892 and 1893. 
 In religious belief he is a Southern Methodist Epis- 
 copalian, and is an active promoter of the growth 
 of the organization. He and his wife enjoy a 
 large circle of friends both within the church so- 
 i iet j and among the general public, and are highly 
 respected. Our subject is a Democrat, and has al- 
 ways been, and takes a lively interest in all that 
 pertains to public affairs, and is ever foremost in 
 advancing loeai progress and improvement. 
 
 
 
 1 OHN W. HOLMAN. Leading a life worthy 
 of being followed, and in doing good where 
 opportunity offers, should fill the measure 
 of any man's ambition. Such an example 
 has the life of our subject proved according to 
 the testimon3 r of those who know him. He was 
 born January 29, 1840, upon the farm where he 
 now lives, on section 27, township 49, range 28, in 
 l.al'ayette County. His lather. Hardy Ilolman. 
 was boi'n in 1809, and for a time followed the oc- 
 cupation of a tanner, but later engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits. The trouble with the Mormons 
 greatly excited his interest, and he took an active 
 part in the war that followed. Nancy (Finlej ) 
 Holman, the mother of our subject, a native of 
 Virginia, and. a sisfer of Judge W. H. Finley, of 
 Saline County, Mo., was bora in 1808, and died in 
 L891. she was the mother of eight children, five 
 of whom are now living. In religious belief, the 
 father was a Missionary Baptist, while the mother 
 was a Cumberland Presbyterian. 
 
 Our subject was reared on the home farm, at- 
 
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 tending Hie public schools and working in the in- 
 tervals of vacation until the outbreak of the Civil 
 War, when he enlisted in Capt. Withers' company 
 and took part in many memorable battles, the Srs1 
 of which were tliu>e of Carthage and Wilson's 
 Creek. When the battle of Lexington occurred 
 he was down with the typhoid fiver. Recovering, 
 he re-enlisted and fought in the battle- of Pea 
 Ridge, Corinth, Grand Gulf, Baker's (reek, and 
 the siege of Vicksburg, all in the state of Missis- 
 sippi. At the place last named be surrendered, 
 was paroled and sent to Camp Morton, Indian- 
 apolis, where he remained eight months, being 
 finally released through an intercessory letter writ- 
 ten by his sister Kate. Suffering and in prison, he 
 wrote to her and she immediately addressed a let- 
 ter to Gov. King, who promptly proceeded to 
 Washington and handed it to President Lincoln, 
 and our subject was set at liberty at once. Gov. 
 King said, -It was the most powerful and con- 
 vincing letter I ever read in my life." 
 
 Fur a long time afterward Mr. Ilolman was in 
 poor health, and suffered from an attack of illness 
 each succeeding summer for five years. Ever since 
 that period of war, be lias lived quietly upon his 
 farm. In 1868, he married Emma Christian Fickle, 
 daughter of Ilclva Fickle, an early settler, now de- 
 ceased. Mrs. Ilolman died June 27, 1883. She 
 was the mother of five children, three girls and 
 two hoys, the latter deceased; the daughters are: 
 Frances Gertrude; Julia Ella, wife of Walter Drum- 
 iiiiiikI; and Emma Pearl. Mr. Ilolman is a con- 
 scientious farmer, who gives his entire time to the 
 business of managing his farm of three hundred 
 and forty acres, all under fence and well culti- 
 vated. One year's experience as a merchant at 
 Odessa satisfied him that the farm is the happiest 
 of all places. An advocate of education, he has 
 been careful to give his children the benefit of good 
 schooling. A Deacon in the Missionary Baptist 
 Church, he is quite active in furthering its inter- 
 ests. He is a member of the Masonic order, being 
 acting Master of his lodge, and has filled all of the 
 Chairs up to that of Senior Warden ; he is also Chap- 
 Iain of the Eastern Star. The Farmers' Alliance 
 for along time was the object of his care, which he 
 served as its first President, also as Chaplain, and 
 
 likewise filled the latter position in the Central 
 Protective Association. Politics interest him 
 greatly, and he exercises much influence among 
 the Democrats, being frequently chosen a delegate 
 to the conventions of that party. 
 
 OBERT II. WILSON, M. D., a prominent 
 and highly successful medical practitioner 
 of Saline County, and widely known as 
 
 ~)) one of the most influential, prosperous 
 and public-spirited citizens of Gilliam, possesses 
 the esteem and confidence of his friends and 
 neighbors, and is ever ready to aid in all matters 
 concerning public progress and improvement. 
 Our subject was born in Rockbridge County, Va., 
 March i, 1829, and is a descendant of illustrious 
 ancestry. His paternal grandfather served bravely 
 in the War of the Revolution, and was a half- 
 brother of James Wilson, a signer of the Declara- 
 tion of Independence, who was born in Scot- 
 land, and died in August, 1798. Under the Fed- 
 eral constitution, lie was appointed by President 
 Washington one of the first judges of the Supreme 
 Court of the United States. 
 
 Dr. Wilson is the son of David S. and Margue- 
 rite Wilson, whose forefathers were of English, 
 Irish and Scotch descent. The father of David 
 Wilson, the Revolutionary hero to whom we have 
 before referred, was a native Virginian. Our sub- 
 ject was one of a family of eight children, five sis- 
 ters and three brothers. A. G. Wilson was born in 
 Saline County in 1837, and continues his resi- 
 dence here. Julia, bom in Saline County in 
 1842, married G. A. Cannon, and with her hus- 
 band resides in her native locality. One of our 
 subject's brothers served in the Confederate army 
 for three years under Gov. Shelby. Dr. Wilson 
 attended the common schools of Missouri, and at 
 ten years of age began farming upon his father's 
 land, and until nineteen years old gave bis time 
 industriously and successfully to the duties of ag- 
 riculture. His first departure from home was 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 327 
 
 made to the distant State of California, where he 
 remained six years, when on account of failing 
 health he returned to the farm in Missouri. 
 
 After a time our subject began the study of 
 medicine under Dr. Alexander, and afterward 
 completed a course of study in the Nathan Med- 
 ical College at Washington, where he remained 
 two years, graduating with the degree of Doctor 
 of Medicine in 1861. Immediately after receiving 
 his diploma he began the duties of hi- profession, 
 and soon enjoyed an excellent practice in Cam- 
 bridge, Mo., where he remained for a full score of 
 years. In 1880 he came to his present home in 
 Gilliam. 
 
 Attention to his medical duties and other busi- 
 ness of his active life have absorbed the time 
 of Dr. Wilson, hut he is nevertheless willing to 
 aid all public measures of known value, lie is a 
 valued member of the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, and is ever ready to assist in social, be- 
 nevolent or religious enterprises of his neighbor- 
 hood or vicinity. Dr. Wilson is an ardent advo- 
 cate of educational progress and reform. He has 
 never aspired to official positions, nor been a pol- 
 itician in the wider significance of the term, but is 
 a sturdy Democrat, his father having been a Whig. 
 lie takes a lively interest in the conduct of local 
 and national affairs. An excellent and skillful 
 physician, ministering to the wants of suffering 
 humanity, he has long since won and worthily re- 
 tains the confidence of the general public. 
 
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 ffiOHN E. CONNELL, M. 1)., a talented gen- 
 I eral medical practitioner and skillful sur- 
 geon, now located at Little Rock, has a 
 brilliant future before him and is rapidly 
 winning his way upward. Our subject was bom 
 April 20, 1865, in La Grange, Lewis County, Mo. 
 His great-grandfather was Samuel Council, a Yir 
 ginian, who passed his life principally in his na- 
 tive State and died there at a good old age. He 
 was a .Major in the War of 1812, serving in the 
 
 Ohio militia, and started to the relief of Detroit, 
 but before reaching that post heard of its sur- 
 render by Hull to the British forces. The Con- 
 nels are of Irish descent, and the first representa- 
 tives of the family in America came from the 
 Emerald Isle at a very early period in the history 
 of our country. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our Subject, Eph- 
 raim Connell, was born in Brooke County r , Va., in 
 1802. In 1824 he married Miss Artemesia Rob- 
 erts, at her home in Ohio County. Va. They soon 
 afterward removed from Virginia to Belmont 
 County, Ohio, and the town of Connellsville is 
 named in honor of the family. The grandparents 
 had the following-named children : George W., 
 father of our subject; Mary, the widow of John 
 Blackwood, of La Grange, Mo.: Emily, the widow 
 of Coleman Biggs, of Kansas City; and Mattie, de- 
 d. Dr. George W. Connell. father of our 
 subject, was born March .'50, 182;"), in Belmont 
 County, near Connellsville, Ohio. There he lived 
 until sixteen years of age, when he came with his 
 father's family to Lewis County, Mo. His educa- 
 tion was mostly obtained in the common schools 
 of the State, and when a young man he taught 
 school, and with the money thus earned paid his 
 way through college, graduating in 1850 from 
 the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis. 
 
 For the succeeding six years after his gradu- 
 ation. Dr. George Connell practiced in California. 
 and established the first drug store in Marysville. 
 Returning finally to Missouri, he located in his 
 old home in La Grange, where he resided until 
 1877, when he went to Quincy, 111., and then in 
 1881 to Ilallsville, Boone County. Mo., and there 
 engaged in the practice of his profession. He is 
 to-day a prominent and leading physician in that 
 part of the State. On June 25, 1*61, he married 
 Mi-- Virginia Fowler, who was born in Prince 
 George County, Md., in 1839, ami became the 
 mother of three children: Mary 1..: John E., the 
 Subject of this sketch; and Margie. Mrs. Virginia 
 Connell died in 1870, and the Doctor afterward 
 married Miss Susan, daughter of Dr. Fowler, of 
 Saline County. Our subject's mother was a niece 
 of Gen. George B. Mead, of Virginia, and the 
 daughter of James Fowler; of Maryland, who 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 owned the site of the Capitol Building, it being 
 purchased from him by the State for its present use. 
 
 Dr. Connell was primarily educated in the pub- 
 lic schools of his home, and afterward completed a 
 course of instruction in the High School of 
 Quincy, 111., from which he was graduated with 
 honor in 1881. He then began the study of med- 
 icine under his father's instructions, and later en- 
 tered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at 
 St. Louis, graduating in 1888. His life had not 
 been all an uninterrupted study, for in common 
 with all boys who reside upon a farm, lie assisted 
 in agricultural duties and was familiar with the 
 work of sowing, planting and reaping. 
 
 Soon after graduating, Dr. Connell began to 
 practice with his father in Hallsville, from which 
 place he came to Little Rock, where his success in- 
 dicates that in this nourishing town he may make 
 his future home. Thoroughly versed in the sci- 
 ence of his profession and bred as it were to the 
 duties of a medical practitioner, he devotes him- 
 self to his calling, and is fast gaining the confi- 
 dence of the community and winning their high 
 respect and esteem. Alike in storm or sunshine, 
 the family physician goes his daily rounds, and 
 when he devotes his life and service to his fellow- 
 citizens, as does our ardent and energetic subject. 
 Dr. John E. Connell, it is just that he should meet 
 with the fitting reward of success and public ap- 
 preciation. 
 
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 w OIIX H. ACHAMIRE, of section 35, Salt 
 Pond Township, half a mile north of Sweet 
 Springs, Saline County, is another enter- 
 prising and successful farmer, whose line 
 piece of property and pleasant home may well 
 excite the envy of people less comfortably situated. 
 He owns one hundred and eighty-six and a-half 
 acres of land, mostly in Salt Pond Township. This 
 land he has improved and brought to a line state 
 of cultivation, He started here with about $400, 
 
 which he had saved from his salary as a soldier in 
 the Civil War, and with that nucleus has made for 
 himself an independence. 
 
 Mr. Achamire was born in Holmes County, Ohio, 
 September 21, 1840. His father was Michael Ach- 
 amire, born in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1815, and his 
 grandfather, John Achamire, was also a native of 
 Pennsylvania. The great-grandfather emigrated 
 from Germany, and settled in Pennsylvania, where 
 he followed the occupation of a miller. He took 
 part in the Revolutionary War. The grandfather 
 was also a miller, but subsequently became a far- 
 mer, emigrating to Holmes County, Ohio, in early 
 times, and taking a farm in its wild state, clearing 
 and improving it, and living upon it until his 
 death at a ripe old age. 
 
 The father of our subject was also a farmer, buy- 
 ing heavily of timbered land in Holmes County, 
 Ohio. After clearing and improving it, he sold 
 out and moved to Knox County, Mo., in 1880, 
 and bought there. He died in 1891, at the age of 
 seventy-six years. His wife was Miss Anna Bixler, 
 of Maryland, and her demise occurred in 1870. 
 John II. is the eldest of their family of eight chil- 
 dren, four sons and four daughters, four of whom 
 are in Missouri, two in Ohio, and the youngest sis- 
 ter is deceased. He was educated in the common 
 district schools, which were of the old-time style, 
 — log schoolhouses, with slab seats, etc. 
 
 Mr. Achamire remained at home until the day 
 that he was twenty-one, September 21, 1861, on 
 which day he enlisted in Company B, Sixteenth 
 Ohio Infantry, under Col. DeCorse, for three years' 
 service in the Federal army. December 17. the 
 regiment went to Lexington, Ky., and June 18, 
 1862, took possession of Cumberland Gap. Au- 
 gust 6 occurred the battle of Tazewell, Tenn., the 
 first in which our subject was engaged, and where 
 he was captured, being held ten days. September 
 8, they began a march from Manchester. Ivy., reach- 
 ing the Ohio River on the 3d of October, fighting 
 their way through, and having little to eat and al- 
 most nothing to wear. October 2 1 , they started for 
 Charleston. In November, they returned to the 
 Ohio River and embarked to join Sherman's army 
 at Memphis. In December, they re-embarked for 
 Vicksburg. December 27, 28 and 29, they en- 
 
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 329 
 
 gaged in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou, where Mr. 
 Achamire was wounded in the thigh, necessitating a 
 stay of three months in the hospital. He rejoined 
 his regiment just after the capture of Vicksburg, 
 joining in the pursuit of Johnston. At Vicksburg, 
 he wasdetailed by the Division Surgeon, and placed 
 in charge of about one hundred sick, lie took them 
 subsequently to New Orleans and reported to head- 
 quarters. After this he did a good deal of march- 
 ing and suffered many hardships. In the latter 
 part of 1863, he was sent down to Texas, and 
 later joined Gen. Bank's army on the Red River 
 expedition. He was one of those who helped to 
 construct the famous Red River dam at Alexan- 
 dria. May 13, 1864, he began the retreat from 
 Alexandria. The last fight was Morgan zia Bend, 
 from which place the regiment was sent home. 
 They were mustered out at Camp Dennison. Ohio, 
 October 31, 1861, making his term of service a 
 little over three years. 
 
 Mr. Achamire remained at home until February. 
 1865, when he came to Missouri on a prospecting 
 tour, returning home the following summer. March 
 15, 1866, he married Miss Phoebe Hall, of Holmes 
 County, Ohio, daughter of George W. and Eliza- 
 beth (Gilham) Hall, both of Ohio. The father was 
 a farmer in Tuscarawas and Holmes Counties. Both 
 parents died years ago. Mrs. Achamire's paternal 
 grandfather was from Kentucky, while her grand- 
 father on the other side was from Virginia. 
 
 Mr. Achamire was engaged in farming in Holmes 
 County for ten years, coming to Saline County, 
 this State, in March, 1875, and settling in S:ilt 
 Pond Township, where he had purchased land two 
 years before. At this time the county was largely 
 unimproved, and Mr. Achamire has done a great 
 deal of work on his land to bring it to its present 
 flourishing condition; but he has persevered, and 
 now owns one of the good farms of the county. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Achamire have one child, Carlton 
 
 Edgar, born April 29, 1867. He received a g 1 
 
 education, standing at the head of his class at the 
 Sweet Springs High School at the time of his 
 graduation, and subsequently attending an acad- 
 emy for one year, lie afterward became Cashier 
 in a Kansas City bank, and later head book-keeper 
 in a large establishment. He is now in the West. 
 
 Mr. Achamire is a Republican politically, but is 
 no office-seeker. He is a member of the Ancient 
 Order of United Workmen and of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic. In Ohio, both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Achamire were English Lutherans, to which church 
 belonged also the parents of our subject. Mr. 
 Achamire owns, beside the land mentioned above, 
 a farm in section 34. He has reason to be well 
 satisfied with what he has done for himself and 
 family, and with his home, which is graced by the 
 presence of a cultured and refined wife. 
 
 /p^iEORGE A. ALBIN, a member of the firm of 
 ((((=- Horner A- Albin, druggists of Alma. La 
 
 \^A Fayette County, Mo., is the subject of this 
 brief notice. This gentleman was born in Frederick 
 County, Va., in 1847, a son of .1. T. and Margaret 
 (Brent) Albin, natives of Virginia, who located in 
 Missouri in I860. His happy boyhood, free from 
 care, was spent in his native county, attending the 
 common schools until the age of twelve years, 
 when he accompanied his parents to the new home 
 in the State of Missouri. 
 
 In October, 1889, our subject entered into part- 
 nership with a well-known gentleman of this sec- 
 tion, Dr. J. W. Horner, and together they opened 
 up a business in drugs, which has been continued 
 until the present time. The business is one which 
 fillsa want in this vicinity, they carrying not only 
 a full line of drugs, but also of paints, oils, and 
 other articles usually found in the first-class places 
 of business in this line the country over. The 
 partnership has resulted in a very prosperous 
 trade, both gentlemen possessing the confidence 
 and esteem of the citizens. 
 
 The Alma Creamery Company is the name of 
 one of the important organizations of the town, 
 and our subject holds a large share of the stock in 
 this business. In his political belief Mr. Albin is 
 a stanch Democrat, believing firmly in the tenets 
 of the Democratic party. His marriage was cele- 
 brated in i§89, with Mi" Florence, daughter of 
 
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 11. B. Harris, a native of England, and two bright 
 Little boys have blessed this union, namely : 
 Thomas Field and Stanley. The handsome resi- 
 dence of our subject is in the pleasant little town 
 of Alma, Mo. 
 
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 firp^)RNEST D. MARTIN, the popular and enter- 
 ic prising Mayor of Marshall, Saline County, 
 'JL^^J; Mo., is a prominent attorney-at-law and one 
 of the most successful legal practitioners of the 
 Stale. A true and independent American citizen, 
 he has acquired an excellent education and won 
 his way steadily upward through the ambitious 
 energy which has distinguished him in the conduct 
 of business matters and public affairs. Ardent for 
 right and justice, his judgment is well tempered 
 with liberality of sentiment, and, ever foremost in 
 all enterprises tendiug to progress and local im- 
 provement, he has earned and holds the confidence 
 and esteem of the general public. 
 
 The Hon. Ernest 1). Martin was born in Ver- 
 sailles, Woodford County, Ky., June 28, 1865. His 
 grandfather was born in Virginia, of English de- 
 scent, but earl}' became one of the pioneers of 
 Kentucky and fought bravely in the War of 1812. 
 A loyal and patriotic citizen, he bequeathed to his 
 descendants a love of country and an indomitable 
 will and strength of character. 
 
 In 1883, Mr. Martin began his studies in the 
 University of Missouri, at Columbia, and took the 
 scientific course of two years, and then, in 1885, 
 began the study of law under C. Peebles, now 
 Comptroller of Currency in the Treasury Depart- 
 ment at Washington, D. C. Our subject afterward 
 pursued his legal reading under the Hon. Mr. Dug- 
 gins, and in 1889 was admitted to the Bar of Mis- 
 souri, and entering into practice in Marshall has 
 here continued it ever since. 
 
 The father of our subject was a native of the 
 Blue Grass region of Kentucky and was born in 
 Woodford County, lie was a graduate of the 
 Transylvania Medics] College at Lexington, and 
 
 engaged in the practice of the medical profession 
 for a score of years. Dr. Martin was a skillful 
 physician and extremely successful in practice and 
 was much regretted both in Georgetown and Ver- 
 sailles when in 1856 he made a change of location, 
 and came to Missouri and settled in Grand Pass, 
 where he built up a prosperous practice. A brave 
 and fearless man, he entered the Confederate army, 
 and enlisting as a private aided to form a company 
 and acted as Surgeon, but was captured and sent 
 to prison. He then took the oath of allegiance, 
 was released and returned to Kentucky and again 
 practiced medicine at Versailles. In 1869, Dr. 
 Martin journeyed once more to Missouri and took 
 up the practice of medicine in Sedalia. In 1879 he 
 permanently located in Marshall and has a most 
 excellent practice. He is a consistent member of 
 the Christian Church. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Miss Catherine 
 Pinkerton, a native of Virginia and a daughter of 
 the Rev. William Pinkerton, a minister of the 
 Christian Church in the Old Dominion. The 
 Pinkerton family is noted in the church here, 
 seven brothers being ministers of the Christian 
 Church. The maternal grandfather of Ernest D. 
 Martin was a native of Virginia and died in the 
 Old Dominion. Dr. Martin and his estimable wife 
 are the parents of eleven children, of whom three 
 daughters and four sons yet survive. Our subject 
 is ninth in order of birth, but the fifth of those 
 now living. In 1869, when he was but four years 
 old, he came with his parents to Sedalia and there 
 attended the common and High Schools. 
 
 Our subject devoted his time to his legal busi- 
 ness, which was extremel}' successful, until 1892, 
 when he was elected to his present prominent and 
 responsible public position. He waselected on the 
 Democratic ticket and was victorious in a most 
 exciting campaign. He has also received other 
 official trusts and is ex-officio Police Judge, and 
 has actively engaged in an energetic and able con- 
 duct of the administration, exerting a constant 
 influence in behalf of public progress and local 
 improvements. 
 
 The Hon. Ernest Martin is a member of the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows and is a Knight 
 of Pythias and a member of the Uniformed Rank. 
 

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 He is a member of the Christian Church. Always 
 a strong and ardent Democrat, lie has frequently 
 represented his friends and neighbors in State and 
 county conventions and has never failed to do bis 
 duty in a faithful and efficient manner. 
 
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 aW. HAMISFAR, M. I)., a highly success- 
 ful, energetic and talented physician and 
 surgeon of the school of homeopathy, is 
 numbered among the most prominent citizens of 
 Higginsville. Although he has resided here a 
 comparatively brief period, his affiliations with 
 leading benevolent, social and religious organiza- 
 tions, and his manifest interest in the progress of 
 local enterprise, together with his acknowledged 
 professional skill, have secured for him a foremost 
 position in the community. 
 
 Dr. Ilamisfar is a native of Ohio and was born 
 in Perry County, near Somerset, May 26, 1829. 
 His paternal grandfather, Abraham Ilamisfar, was 
 born in Germany, and, appreciative of the advan- 
 tages offered by the United States, emigrated from 
 his native land to America, where he first located 
 in Maryland, and afterward became a pioneer of 
 Ohio, in which State he died. The father of our 
 subject, C. W. Ilamisfar, was born in Prussia, and 
 came to America when only eight years of age. 
 He was reared upon a farm in Ohio, and during 
 the War of 1812 served his adopted country as a 
 teamster. His large farm was mostly unimproved 
 when it came into his possession, but lie resolutely 
 began to clear the place and brought the land to 
 a fine state of cultivation. He also kept a gen- 
 eral store. After long years of industry he died 
 in 1855, aged sixty-seven years. 
 
 The mother of our subject, a most estimable 
 and worthy woman, was a native of Uniontown, 
 Pa., and bore the maiden name of Mary C. Miller. 
 Her father, David Miller, was born in the Quaker 
 State, of English descent, and was an early settler 
 in Perry County, Ohio, later residing in Coshoc- 
 
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 ton County. lie was a molder by trade, and was 
 the inventor, patentee and manufacturer of the 
 ■■Franklin Fireplace," and also made various other 
 useful articles. A patriotic man, he engaged val- 
 iantly in the War of 1812. The mother of Dr. 
 Ilamisfar died in Sedalia, Mo., in 1879, aged 
 seventy-five years. Of her six sons, our subject 
 was the youngest, and is the only one now living. 
 
 The subject of this notice was reared ou a farm 
 and was early (rained in agricultural duties, also 
 assisting in his father's store. He attended the 
 common schools of his home, later completed a 
 course of study in the academy of Somerset, and 
 when a mere boy studied medicine under his uncle, 
 a botanic doctor. Undecided which profession to 
 choose for his future life work, our subject com- 
 menced to read law in 1853 at Circleville, with 
 the well-known legal firm of Page <fc Renick, and 
 for two years he continued the study of law. 
 But not liking the practice of that profession, he 
 resumed the study of medicine under Drs. McEl- 
 wee and Adams, allopathic physicians of Somerset. 
 For five and a-half years he continued in the office 
 of these physicians, practicing under them, and 
 became thoroughly acquainted with the details 
 of this school of medicine. Not being satisfied 
 with the harsh and baneful practice of the allo- 
 pathic school, he began to investigate the teach- 
 ings of Hahnemann, and finally read for twelve 
 months in the office of Dr. Wilson Stanley, a cele- 
 brated homeopathic physician of Somerset, after 
 which he read and practiced for some time with 
 Dr. I). 11. Beckwith in Zanesville, also a homeo- 
 pathic physician. Dr. Ilamisfar then began homeo- 
 pathic practice in Perry County. Afterward he 
 located in Auglaize County, Ohio, and engaged 
 in professional duties with great success. Having 
 decided upon a still more extended course of 
 study, he entered the Cleveland Homeopathic Col- 
 lege, being graduated from this institution in 1870 
 with the degree of M. D. 
 
 Locating at St. Mary's, Dr. Ilamisfar soon estab- 
 lished a most successful practice there. In 1879, 
 he came to Sedalia, Mo., and entered into practice. 
 After a time he went to Oswego, Kan., and was 
 busih engaged there in professional work until 
 the spring of 1886, when he settled in Jackson, 
 
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 Tenn. During the eighteen months that he re- 
 mained there he had a large practice, but cir- 
 cumstances induced him to return to Oswego, 
 Kan. In 1891, he came to Higginsville, nnd al- 
 ready has an excellent practice. 
 
 Our subject was married near Somerset, Ohio, 
 in 1855, to Miss Mary E. Ritchey, a native of the 
 Buckeye State, and a niece of the late ex-Congress- 
 man. Thomas Ritchey. Dr. and Mrs. Hamisfar be- 
 came the parents of seven children, of whom six 
 are now living. Florence >>\, a graduate of the 
 University of Massachusetts at Boston, received 
 the degree of M. I >. from the medical department 
 Of that widely known institution, and is now prac- 
 ticing medicine at Lexington: C. W. died in 1888; 
 Anna (i.. Mrs. Russell, resides in Higginsville; 
 Leroy B., Inez E., Madie R. and Edward E. are at 
 home. 
 
 Our subject and his family are members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and are among the 
 valued workers of that religious organization. 
 Dr. Hamisfar is a Mason and Knight Templar. 
 He is a member of the American Institute of 
 Homeopathy, and is also connected with the Ohio 
 state Medical Society of Homeopathy. In polit- 
 ical affiliations he is independent and votes for the 
 best man regardless of party, considering only his 
 fitness for the position. 
 
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 S. HOPKINS. The Hopkins family is of 
 V English descent, and was first represented 
 - in America in 1703, by ancestors who lo- 
 gjj cated in Maryland. Joseph Hopkins, an 
 English ancestor, married a Miss Fox, the daugh- 
 ter of an Knglish officer. He was a farmer, living 
 on an estate which remained in the family until 
 the death of the grandfather of our subject. 
 Great-grandfather Joseph Hopkins had but one 
 -mi. l!iul>\. who lived and died in Talbot County, 
 on the eastern slime uf Maryland, on a point of 
 land extending into Chesapeake Bay, known as 
 Ray's Point, where the first Joseph Hopkins settled. 
 
 Grandfather Rigby Hopkins married Miss Mary 
 Brown, December 16, 1798, and the children re- 
 sulting from this marriage consisted of five daugh- 
 ters and live suns, of whom we record the fol- 
 lowing: Joseph Hopkins, the fourth of that name, 
 born February 19, 1801, died in 1820; Solomon 
 S., the father of our subject; Eliza. Margaret, 
 Susan. Annie and Mary, all of whom died in 
 Maryland. The death of the grandfather of our 
 subject occurred in the same State in 1813. 
 
 The first of the family to leave Maryland was a 
 son of the second Joseph Hopkins, and he directed 
 his steps toward the South. The first Joseph Hop- 
 kins uf whom we have record m America was 
 born in 1680, at Kay's Point, on Broad Creek 
 Neck, near the town of St. Michael's, Talbot 
 County, Md.. June 26, 1704. A son was born to 
 Joseph Hopkins, who in 1721 married Elizabeth 
 Skinner, and they had a family of sixteen chil- 
 dren. Andrew S. Hopkins, a son of Joseph, emi- 
 grated tu Ninth Carolina. Joseph Hopkins, the 
 third, married Eleanor Rigby, January 26, 17(1(1, 
 and died May 28, 1800. This last-named gentle- 
 man had a family of seven children, one of whom 
 was Rigby Hopkins, the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, born December 3, 1775. 
 
 The father of our subject, Solomon Sharpe Hop- 
 kins, born September 1. 1807, was the second 
 child in the family, and married Hester Ann Seth. 
 March 18, 1831, a daughter of James Seth, of 
 Talbot, Md., and a family of eight children re- 
 sulted, as follows: Joseph, the fifth of the name, 
 died in June, 1892, on the old farm; James, a mer- 
 chant in Baltimore; Henry S., our subject; Edwin 
 W„ a resident of Talbot County, Md.; Alexander 
 R., of Talbot County, born in 1812, killed May :'., 
 1863, at Fredericksburg, in the same battle in 
 which his beloved commander, Stonewall Jackson, 
 lost his life; Sarah, wife of William II. Seth. of 
 Talbot County; Hester Ann, wife of J. C. Kemp, 
 of Talbot County; and Mary ('.. deceased, who 
 married James McDaniel, of Talbot County. 
 
 The mother of our subject died October 1 1, 
 1856. The father died in April, 1889, in his na- 
 tive county, having there bought a farm after 
 marriage and always lived upon it. In polities he 
 was a stanch supporter of the Democratic ptinci- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 335 
 
 pies. As his father was one of tbe foundersof the 
 Methodist Protestant (lunch in Maryland, he 
 very naturally became connected with that religi- 
 ous denomination. His death occurred at the age 
 of eighty-three years, he being at that time pos- 
 sessed of property amounting to some 1150,000. 
 The subject of this sketch, II. S. Hopkins, was born 
 January 22, 1829, in Talbot County, Md. In 
 October, 1867, he came to Missouri, buying and 
 Locating where he now lives. His place contains 
 one hundred and sixty-eight acres of line land, 
 which he devotes principally to grain-growing. 
 Formerly our subject belonged to the Democratic 
 party, but later he has become interested in and a 
 member of the Farmers' Alliance. His religious 
 connection is with the Christian Church, which al- 
 ways finds in him a liberal supporter. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place in Octo- 
 ber, 1870, to Miss Mary R. Martin, daughter of 
 Dr. S. D. Martin, of Missouri, and the children 
 who have been added to this household have 
 been as follows: Hester Ann; Jennie May, now a 
 student in Missouri Valley College, at Marshall; 
 Harry II.; Lula L. M. and Willie R. The Martin 
 family is of Scotch descent. The father of Mrs. 
 Hopkins was born in Scott County. Ky., and was 
 graduated from a medical college, at George- 
 town, Ky. He married Miss Kate Pinkeiton, a 
 daughter of William l'inkerton, of Kentucky, of 
 Irish descent. Dr. Martin practiced medicine in 
 Kentucky, but in the year 1 853 removed to 
 Missouri. During the war. while on his way to 
 join Gen. Price, he was captured at Black Water, 
 sent a prisoner to St. Louis, later to Alton, 111., 
 but was released the following March. In 1864 he 
 returned to Kentucky, remained there for three 
 years, and in the fall of 1867 he returned to Mis- 
 souri, locating three miles east of Sedalia. In 
 October, 1891, he moved into the city of Mar- 
 shall, where he is now engaged in the practice of 
 his profession. Dr. and Mrs. Martin were the 
 parents of the following children: Mary, Mrs. 
 Hopkins; Elizabeth, Mrs. William Unit, of Mar- 
 shall; Jennie, deceased; William, a residenl of 
 Kansas; Annie, Mrs. D. B. Allen, of Carrollton, 
 Mo.; Fannie, deceased; Ernest, a resident of Mar- 
 shall; Samuel, a resident of Chicago; and Solon, 
 
 in Texas. As a reminiscence of the days before 
 the war, we may mention that Grandfather Rigby 
 
 Hopkins was the man to whom Frederick Douglass 
 was hired when he ran away to the North. 
 
 NDREW OLSON, a thorough and enter- 
 prising business man and stone contractor 
 
 of Marshall, Saline County, Mo., has done 
 more to beautify and improve the ex- 
 ternal appearance of the city and surrounding 
 neighborhood, than any other citizen in the county. 
 Understanding every detail in the requirements of 
 his business, our subject has not only built sub- 
 stantially, but, handling skillfully a variety of 
 stone, produces harmonious and artistic outlines 
 and effects. Thus identified with the advance- 
 ment and rapid growth of city, county and State, 
 Mr. Olson has also become a prominent and effi- 
 cient factor in the development of the leading re- 
 ligious, benevolent and social organizations of his 
 adopted home. 
 
 Our subject is a native of Sweden, and was born 
 on the 27th of December, 1846, in Orebro Laen. 
 His paternal grandfather, OlleOlesen, was a worker 
 in wood, and, possessing fine mechanical genius, 
 was a foreman. He was a Lutheran, and after a 
 life of usefulness, died in his native land. Olive Lar- 
 son, hisson, the father of Andrew, was a skilled me- 
 chanic. His wife was Bettie Pearson, daughter 
 of Ole Pearson, a fanner and miller of Sweden. 
 Mrs. Larson lived and died in her native land. She 
 was the mother of eight children, of whom seven 
 grew up to years of maturity. Five of the sons 
 and daughters are now living, and of these Mi'. Ol- 
 son is next to the youngest. 
 
 Our subject went to the good common schools of 
 his native land, and, much in the company- of his 
 father, learned rapidly the details of the iron, 
 wood, brick and stone trade, and under the skill- 
 ful training of his parent's master hand gained a 
 thorough knowledge of stone-masonry. At first 
 Mr. Olson was undecided as to which branch of the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 building business to engage in permanently, but 
 Anally determined upon his present work, in which 
 he bas been most successful. He early resolved 
 to ii> bis fortunes in the broader and better paid 
 held of labor in America, and in 1869 left Gotten- 
 burg on the steamer "Victoria," and landed in 
 New York after twelve days upon the broad At- 
 lantic. He went Brst to Will Count3', 111., stop- 
 ping at Cherry wing, and later at Momence, in Will 
 County, and in the fall of 1869 came to Missouri, 
 lie located iu Georgetown, and assisted in build- 
 ing the bridge across the Muddy at Lexington, 
 which work was being done for the Missouri Pa- 
 cific Railroad. 
 
 Mr. Olson also worked as stone-mason at La 
 Mine, in Cooper County, and found employment 
 in the building of several bridges. In the spring 
 of 1871, he settled in Marshall, and was soon busily 
 working for Contractor Thompson. During this 
 time he worked under skilled railroad engineers 
 and mechanics, and for two years worked with 
 bosses in railroad contracting, and then began 
 business for himself, contracting for the building 
 of bridges, culverts, and the foundation of houses. 
 He contracted for the building of the bridge of the 
 .Missouri Pacific Railroad, and the Keokuk & 
 Kansas City Railroad, which latter road was never 
 finished. lie successfully did the stone work of 
 the Chicago & Alton Railroad for eight miles, 
 and had a large contract with the Missouri Pacific 
 Railroad, and contracted in various localities and 
 different counties with great success. He now 
 owns and operates the Sand Rock Quarry, two 
 miles east of Marshall, which quarry he himself 
 opened. Our subject built all the fine stone work 
 now to be seen in Marshall, and has been pros- 
 pered from the first day of his arrival in the South- 
 west. 
 
 Mr. Olson is a Director and stockholder in the 
 bank of Saline, and owns much valuable real- 
 estate. He has a handsome residence at the corner 
 of English and Jackson Streets, and owns and 
 rents other houses, lie built the substantial and 
 commodious Young .Men's Christian Association 
 building, two stories in height, and in every part 
 of the city he has been busy at various times. Mr. 
 Olson was married in Chicago, in 1869, to Miss 
 
 Caroline Boman, who was born in Sweden. Four 
 children have blessed their union: Emily, a gradu- 
 ate of the High School, died November 27, 1892; 
 Tillie Lee, attending the Missouri Valley College; 
 William, also in the Missouri Valley College; and 
 Griffith, the youngest of the promising sous, now 
 attending the public school. The family are 
 widely known, and have a large circle of friends. 
 Mr. Olson is interested in all enterprises tending 
 to the advancement and uplifting of the masses, 
 and is in every way an earnest citizen, but lie has 
 no desire for office or political preferment, but de- 
 votes much time to church work. For fifteen years 
 he has been a Ruling Elder, and foi a long time 
 one of the Trustees, and is one of the most promi- 
 nent supporters of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, and was a member of the Building Com- 
 mittee of the new church. He, however, does not 
 confine his attention or liberality to one organiza- 
 tion, us he has assisted in building other churches. 
 Mr. Olson and his partner, Mr. L. W. Scott, ma- 
 terially improved the business portion of the citk 
 when they erected a substantial brick building on 
 the west side of the square. In connection with 
 George II. Althouse, he owns the building on the 
 east side of the square occupied by Rose <V* Buck- 
 ner. Self-reliant and energetic, our subject has 
 experienced the prosperity which America awards 
 to the honest toilers in her midst, without regard 
 to creed or nationality. Identifying himself witli 
 the interests of the people of this great country, 
 Mr. Olson has not only won a fortune, but has 
 gained the priceless confidence and esteem of all 
 with whom he has been associated. 
 
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 AI.DWIN HARL, a well-known resident of 
 Saline County, Mo., is the subject of this 
 sketch. His birth took place December 29, 
 1790, in Loudoun County, Va., but when 
 about six years of age his parents emigrated to 
 Mason County, Ky., and there he grew to mature 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIHCAL RECORD. 
 
 337 
 
 years and received a common-school education, as 
 that was understood at that time. He was first 
 married to Miss MaryGates, who died, leaving him 
 one child. John P., whogrew to mature years, mar- 
 ried, and died in Kentucky, and left two children, 
 one of whom, Mary, became the wife of Thomas 
 Boatwright, of Marshall; the other was John B., 
 of Barton, Mo. 
 
 After the death of the first Mrs. Ilarl, our sub- 
 ject married Elizabeth, the daughter of David 
 Evans, and to this union one son was born, Baldwin 
 E., whose birth occurred in Kentucky in 1852. 
 Soon after this Mr. Marl came to Saline County and 
 settled on the farm where he lias since resided. His 
 life has been one of hard work, but through it all 
 he has remained a temperate, Christian gentleman. 
 Many years ago he became one of the pious fol- 
 lowers of the reformation established by Alexander 
 Campbell, and has eversince been a good and con- 
 sistent member of that denomination. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Hail was originally an old-line 
 Whig, but upon the organization of the Republican 
 party, he joined the ranks of the Democratic party, 
 and has been its stanch supporter ever since. He 
 is now a feeble old man, but has borne well his 
 part in life, and when the great call comes which 
 must be obeyed by all, he will pass from earth la- 
 mented by many. 
 
 Baldwin E. Ilarl, the son of the above-mentioned 
 subject, grew up in Saline County, Mo., and was 
 given every opportunity for education in the com- 
 mon schools, and then entered the William Jewell 
 College at Liberty, from which place he entered 
 the ministry of the Baptist denomination in 187 , 
 and has so continued eversince. Previous to this 
 time he had married Miss Maxcy Campbell, and to 
 them has been born one daughter. In January, 
 1885, Mr. Ilarl became the beloved pastor of the 
 Baptist Church of Fairville, and has officiated in this 
 pulpit ever since. He is the Secretary of the Ex- 
 ecutive Board of the County Association of that 
 church. 
 
 Mr. Ilarl has been actively connected with the 
 County Board of the Association since 1884, and 
 has had charge of all of the correspondence and is 
 thoroughly acquainted with the workings of the 
 bodv in everv field of usefulness. His liberal and 
 
 progressive manner of thought has made him 
 very much esteemed in other denominations and in 
 secular life. Socially he is a member of the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity, and has been thus connected for 
 some years. His field of work in Fairville is a 
 large one, and under his wise guidance has been 
 very prosperous in the past. 
 
 <« / II. LI AM B. MILLER, merchant and Post- 
 \/-J// master at Blue Lick, is a man whose busi- 
 V*/™ ness experience has been quite varied, and 
 who has been successful in the different pursuits 
 in which he has interested himself. He was born 
 in Danville, Ky., in 1832, and came to Saline 
 County with his parents in May, 1837, so he may 
 almost be claimed as one of Saline Count \ 's own 
 children. 
 
 Mr. Miller's parents, Gen. William and Elizabeth 
 (Gaines) Miller, were natives repectively of Ken- 
 tucky and Virginia, the father having been com- 
 mander of the militia of twelve counties in his na- 
 tive State, and having held that position until he 
 came to Missouri. For thirty years he was engaged 
 in dealing in hogs across the mountains into the 
 Virginia Valley, and after coming to Missouri he 
 was a successful farmer and stock-raiser, adding 
 one more to the list in that honorable and inde- 
 pendent calling. His family was of German de- 
 scent. William B.'s maternal grandfather, (apt. 
 Gaines, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. 
 
 As has been indicated before, the subject of this 
 sketch grew up in this county. In 1856 he mar- 
 ried Rachel A. Way land, of Clark County, and to 
 them was born one child, John (t., who is now Jus- 
 tice of the Peace at Marshall. The Millers have 
 been Democrats si nee I860, previous to which they 
 
 were Whigs. John G. Miller e of the brothers 
 
 of William I'.., served three terms in the Missouri 
 State Congress, so that the family have been well 
 represented in Governmental positions. 
 
 Mr. Miller has been engaged in the mercantile 
 business for twenty-five years, for the past Inn 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 years having been located at Blue Lick. He is also 
 the Postmaster, as stated before, combining the two 
 occupations very happily. He is interested in 
 church work, being a member of the old-school 
 Presbyterian Church. It is not necessary that a 
 man's life shall be full of exciting incidents in or- 
 der that it may be interesting and influential, as is 
 shown by the life of our subject, for every one who 
 goes on in the even tenor of his wa}- honorably 
 and strongly is a power in the community and an 
 important factor in the life of a nation. 
 
 
 ¥D. WOOLDRIDGE, one of the honored 
 pioneers of Missouri, an energetic citizen 
 and excellent business man, and later a 
 successful agriculturist, now retired from the act- 
 ive labor of life, is numbered among the promi- 
 nent and influential residents of Cambridge, Sa- 
 line County, Mo. Horn in Nelson County, Va., 
 in 1833, our subject was the son of Francis M. and 
 Jane K. (Land) Wooldridge. Both his father 
 and mother were native Virginians, and there 
 reared the eldest of their family of eight children. 
 The paternal grandfather was also of Southern 
 birth, and served bravely in the War of 1812, 
 about six months after the termination of which 
 he died. 
 
 But three of the children who blessed the mar- 
 riage of Francis M. and Jane K. Wooldridge now 
 survive. Martha Wooldridge, the eldest daughter, 
 born in Virginia in 1820, married B. F. Ayers, a 
 carpenter, and resides with her husband in Cam- 
 bridge; Amanda, born in Virginia in 1822, was 
 married to George P. Norvell, and died in 1849; 
 Mary Ann, also a native of the Old Dominion, 
 born in 1821, was married to B. F. Ayers, and 
 died in 1848; J. B. II. Wooldridge was born in 
 the State of Virginia in 1826, and was united in 
 marriage to Miss Booker, who died in 1849, her 
 husband afterward marrying Miss Sarah Long. J. 
 B. H. Wooldridge was a Methodist preacher for 
 forty-two years, and the reverend minister of the 
 
 Gospel was also a teacher in Jefferson Prison. The 
 other brothers were William, Robert, Frank and 
 our subject. Robert N. Wooldridge was born in 
 Virginia in 1826, ancl journeyed to California in 
 1850, dying in the Golden State the same year. 
 Francis M. was born in the Virginia home in 
 1828, married Miss Sarah Norvell, and with his 
 wife resided m Saline County, where he was profit- 
 ably engaged in the trade of carpenter and builder, 
 but is now deceased. William was born in Virginia, 
 and died there in 1872. 
 
 Our subject was but four years old when he 
 came, a little buy, with his widowed mother to 
 Missouri. He was carefully reared and educated 
 in the best schools the State afforded in those days, 
 and devoted much of his time to study, until at 
 the age of fifteen years he determined to work his 
 own way upward, and to that end engaged in 
 business, first in Cambridge, then in New Frank- 
 fort, and afterward in Glasgow. The ambitious 
 and energetic young lad had many trials and diffi- 
 culties to overcome, but he was resolute and stead- 
 ily persevered, reaping prosperity and success as 
 the reward of honest, manly self-reliance. In 
 1879 Mr. Wooldridge engaged in the pursuit of 
 agriculture, purchasing one hundred and twenty- 
 five acres, which he brought to a high state of cul- 
 tivation, and has been able to rent it to excellent 
 advantage. 
 
 The pleasant home of our subject is one of the 
 most attractive in Cambridge, and contains all 
 the modern improvements. Five commodious, 
 well-arranged rooms, broad hall and porches, or 
 galleries, are the main features of the convenient 
 house. Mr. Wooldridge was married in 1854 to 
 Miss Mary K., a daughter of James A. and Sarah 
 (Guerent) Norvell, all of Cambridge, where the 
 marriage occurred. Mrs. Wooldridge was born in 
 1832. and became the mother of five children. 
 The eldest child, .Mary A. Wooldridge, was born 
 in Saline County, Mo., in 1854, and married Wal- 
 ter Burke, now deceased, and continuing to reside 
 in Gilliam, is at present Postmistress there. James 
 M., born in Saline County in 1850, married Miss 
 Powell, and the}' now live upon a farm in Gilliam. 
 Martha J., also a native of Saline County, born in 
 1868, was educated in Cambridge, and now teaches 
 
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 school in Gilliam. Susan A., born in Saline 
 County in 1862, is also a successful school teacher 
 and resides in Cambridge, where she enjoyed the 
 advantage of an excellent course of instruction. 
 Beulah. born in Saline County in 1865. is mar- 
 ried to T. W. Swinnev. and with her family lives 
 in Cambridge Township. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wooldridge are highly esteemed 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 together with their sons and daughters deservedly 
 command the confidence and regard of the public. 
 They are all ready to aid in every good cause. and 
 our subject and his wife are among the liberal 
 supporters of their church. .Mr. Wooldridge has 
 for a full quarter of a century been connected 
 with the Masons, and is a valued member of the 
 order. He is also fraternally associated witli the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in politics 
 is a Democrat, adhering to the principles of his 
 party. Mr. Wooldridge has experienced no desire 
 for political preferment or office, but he takes an 
 active interest in the local and national conduct 
 of various responsible positions. As an early set- 
 tler of Missouri, he has been an eye-witness of her 
 rapid growth and improvement, and has himself 
 materially aided in the educational advancement 
 and upward progress of his adopted State. 
 
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 EDWARD T. SMARR, one of the large land- i 
 owners and prominent farmers of La Fay- 
 ette County, resides on section 32, range 
 26, township 19, where he lias a farm of three hun- 
 dred and twenty acres of land, upon which he is 
 engaged both in farming and stock-raising. The 
 birth of Mr. Smarr took place in Marion County. 
 Mo., April 2, 1831). The great-grandfather of our 
 subject came from Ireland to America, settling in 
 Virginia, where the father of Edward was born. 
 The latter became a pioneer of Marion County, 
 Mo., having settled near Hannibal when the coun- 
 try was all woodland. The usual trials of pioneer 
 life followed, as at that time the country was wild 
 
 and sparsely settled. So wild was it. that our 
 subject remembers seeing deer upon his father's 
 farm in his childhood years. 
 
 The mother of the subject of this sketch was 
 Elizabeth Smarr, a native of Kentucky. Four 
 children of Mr. and Mrs. Smarr. Sr., survive, as 
 follows: Mrs. T. C. Wilson. Mis. Thornton Ham- 
 mack, Mrs. Garland C. Graham and Edward T. 
 Early in the '50s Mr. Smarr brought his family 
 to La Fayette County, settling at first upon rented 
 land in township 48, range 26, and here he was 
 also an early settler. Later lie located upon the 
 farm where our subject now resides. The death 
 of Mr. Smarr occurred in 18(11, after a life of great 
 hardship and honest industry in opening up land 
 and making possible the improvements which have 
 since taken place in the county. 
 
 The beloved mother of our subject still survives, 
 and bears her weight of eight \ years with surpris- 
 ing ease. She is regarded as one of the pioneer 
 women of the county and many and interesting are 
 her accounts of those early days, when if life was 
 hard for the -'men folks," it was doubly so for the 
 weaker sex. Our subject was reared to manhood 
 among scenes which would probably fill the hearts 
 of his grandchildren with dismay. As civiliza- 
 tion increases and life becomes easier, people be- 
 come more luxurious in their tastes, until the 
 former luxuries become necessities. However, Mr. 
 Smarr grew to vigorous maturity upon the farm, 
 and after a short season devoted to acquiring an 
 education, such as could be gained in the old log 
 schoolhouse, he was prepared to begin life for him- 
 self, and to put into practice those lessons of thrift 
 and economy in managing a farm which lie had 
 learned from his father. 
 
 Our subject remained with his father until lie 
 was ready to establish a home of his own. In Sep- 
 tember, 1869, he married Miss Sarah .1. Greer, a 
 daughter of Alexander and Sarah J. Greer, and 
 by this union was reared a family of seven chil- 
 dren, five of whom are yet living, namely: Will- 
 iam A., Rovilla, George G., Robert L. and .lames 
 E. Those who have passed away were named Ed- 
 ward R. and Ella L. In the fall of 1862, our sub- 
 ject enlisted in Cockerill's Battalion, and was senl 
 t.> Arkansas, where he was connected with Hine- 
 
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 man's Confederate army, being detailed on courier 
 duty. Subsequently becoming a member of Shel- 
 b3 r 's Division, he took part in the battles of Perry 
 Grove, and other engagements of minor import- 
 ance. 
 
 After the close of the war, our subject returned 
 to La Fayette County, and resumed his occupation 
 of farming on the homestead where he has since 
 remained. At this place he owns three hundred 
 and twenty acres of land, called the home farm, 
 and in Freedom Township lie has one hundred and 
 forty-eight acres. Mr. Smarr is a well-known man, 
 one who is noted for his strict attention to his own 
 affairs, although at all times ready to respond to 
 calls upon his time or means, if convinced of the 
 advantages which will accrue to his township or 
 county. His views have made of him an active 
 Democrat, and in that party he sees the redemp- 
 tion of the country from all the ills which afflict 
 her. 
 
 ENRY SLUSHER, a prosperous and enter- 
 prising farmer and representative citizen 
 of Dover Township, La Fayette County, is 
 one of the oldest residents and earliest pio- 
 neers of his neighborhood and vicinity. A con- 
 stant dweller within the limits of Missouri since he 
 was a little boy, and living in La Fayette County 
 for sixty years, he has been engaged in the pursuit 
 of agriculture upon his highly improved farm of 
 one hundred and sixty acres on section 9, town- 
 ship 50, range 25, for the past forty-five years. 
 Well known to all the settlers of his portion of 
 the State, he enjoys the confidence and regard of 
 the surrounding community, with many of whom 
 he has labored in the common cause of local prog- 
 ress and much-needed improvement, which within 
 the last half-century have transformed the almost 
 unbroken wilderness into smiling villages and 
 farming country rich in harvest. 
 
 Mr. Slusher is a native of Virginia and was born 
 in Montgomery County, March 16, 1816. The 
 
 SI usher family is of German descent, its members 
 having been thrifty people, intelligent and pro- 
 gressive. The freedom of the new world across 
 the seas, and the better opportunities offered here 
 for the education and advancement of their de- 
 scendants, were the arguments which drew our 
 subject's forefathers to America in early Colonial 
 days. Law-abiding, industrious and thoroughly 
 upright in their character, the Slushers have long 
 been numbered among the substantial men and 
 women of our great republic. The parents of 
 Henry Slusher were both born and reared in the 
 Old Dominion, and there married and settled 
 in life. Christopher and Hannah (Meyers) Slusher 
 gave their children the training in habits of ener- 
 getic industry which made them earnest and self- 
 reliant, and when our subject was old enough to 
 assist upon the farm his father instructed him 
 patiently in the lessons of daily duty, which 
 through after years were of value and inestimable 
 profit — a veritable capital in life. 
 
 In the common schools of Virginia, Mr. Slusher 
 received a rudimentary education, and was but, 
 twelve years old when his parents removed to Mis- 
 souri, locating on a farm in La Fayette County. 
 From that time, 1828, until he reached twenty- 
 one years of age, our subject remained upon the 
 family homestead, but in 1837 located upon his 
 present farm and began the world for himself. 
 The soil has yielded to culture, and the then 
 mostly wild land is now finely improved and an 
 example of what may be wrought by intelligent 
 toil. Mr. Slusher has been twice married. His first 
 wife was Miss Rebecca Robinson, whom he married 
 April 11. L839. She was the daughter of John 
 Robinson, a well-known resident of La Fayette 
 County. She survived her marriage but a few 
 years, leaving at her death three motherless little 
 ones, of whom two are now living, Euphemia and 
 Christopher. 
 
 The second marriage of Mr. Slusher was solem- 
 nized January 23, 1815, when he was married to 
 Miss Cassandra M. Hogan, the daughter of Alex- 
 ander Hogan, a native of Kentucky, but a settler 
 of 1837 in La Fayette County, arriving in the 
 month of Ma}'. Mr. and Mrs. Slusher are the 
 parents of a large family, twelve children having 
 
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 blessed their hearth and home. Ten of the brothers 
 and sisters yet survive: Alexander B., Elizabeth. 
 John, Thaddeus W., Emma J., Addie W., Cassandra, 
 Beauregard, Lulu, and Henry. The children of 
 our subject have all reached mature age and most 
 of them are now caring for families of their own. 
 They occupy positions of influence and are widely 
 known as upright and industrious citizens, worthy 
 of all due respect and honor. Mr. and Mis. 
 Slusher have a large circle of friends and neigh- 
 bors and now, passing adown life's vale, enjoy the 
 happiness which a well-spent life confers. Mr. 
 Slusher is a Democrat, firm in his belief in the pop- 
 ular party, which embodies the principles of right, 
 justice and truth. 
 
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 REDERICK BEERMANN,oneof the promi- 
 
 j) nent and wealthy old settlers of Freedom 
 /JLj Township, La Fayette County, is the sub- 
 ject of this notice. His record for liberality in 
 educational and religious interests is an enviable 
 one. Ever since the adventurous Henry Hudson 
 steered his bark up the river which bears his name, 
 other natives of Holland and her sister, Germany, 
 have shown the same spirit, and have sought a 
 home in this land, which they have made better by 
 their citizenship. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Hanover, 
 Germany, February 8, 1818, the only son in a 
 family of six children, and was reared on a farm 
 in his native land. His father died when Fred- 
 erick was seven years old, and he was reared by 
 an administrator. lie remained in his native 
 country until the age of twenty-four years, when 
 he decided to cross the ocean to the United 
 States and there carve out a fortune in a way that 
 was impossible in his own country. After a 
 voyage of nine weeks he reached New Orleans, in 
 November, 1844, and was obliged to make that 
 city his home for four months, as the river was 
 frozen and navigation therefore impossible. As 
 soon as navigation was opened in the spring of 
 
 1845, he made his way to La Fayette County, Mo., 
 and immediately secured work by the month. 
 Wages were good, and for four years he faithfully 
 pursued whatever work came in his way. 
 
 In the spring of 1847 our subject obtained :i 
 commission from the Government to haul pro- 
 visions to Mexico. Starting out with a load, he 
 successfully accomplished his purpose, and relumed 
 home in safety, with money in his pocket, having 
 been absent five months and three days. In 1848, 
 he purchased forty acres of his present place, on 
 which was a log cabin; however, there was very 
 little broken land. His home was located almost 
 in a wilderness, as at that time the country was 
 sparsely settled. Wolves were numerous, but they 
 never annoyed him as much as the deer, and he 
 found it necessary to keep a watch on the latter or 
 they would have devoured all his corn. He never 
 engaged in regular hunting, but it is safe to say 
 that when he found deer in his corn one night, 
 there was venison in his larder the next. At that 
 time all the trading and milling had to be done by 
 team to Lexington, some twenty-five miles dis- 
 tant. 
 
 Our subject was united in matrimony. May 6, 
 1848, with Miss Sophia Bookhart, a native of 
 Hanover, Germany, and twelve children, six boys 
 and six girls, were born unto them. Only three 
 of this large family are now living, namely: 
 Henry; Sophia, who married John Viber, a farmer 
 in Saline County; and Mary, who married Will- 
 iam Slater, a farmer of this locality. The be- 
 ginning of our subject's life in this country was 
 at the very bottom of the ladder, but it is pleas- 
 ant for him to look back on those days of hard- 
 ship and realize that by his own efforts he has ac- 
 complished so much. He now looks over four 
 hundred and forty acres of finely cultivated land 
 which he is able to call his own. On this he has 
 engaged in mixed farming, raising stock and grain; 
 formerly lie raised wheal, which he hauled to 
 Lexington and sold for twenty-five cents a bushel; 
 but in these days of quick transportation and 
 Boards of Trade he has no difficulty in disposing of 
 all that, his land will produce, at prices that are no 
 doubt gratifying. Since 1879 he lias not engaged 
 actively in work on the farm, as his son is capable 
 
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 of managing the entire business. The home place 
 is a comfortable dwelling, and the barn is commo- 
 dious and convenient. 
 
 Mrs. Beermann died April Hi. 1880, and her loss 
 was a heavy bereavement to the family, she was 
 a good Christian woman, and a member of the 
 Lutheran Church, with which Mr. Beermann is iden- 
 tified. The latter has always contributed Liberally 
 to religious affairs, and has been instrumental in 
 the organization and building of Ave churches. 
 In politics, he i- Republican, and during the war 
 suffered for his principles. Many times he was 
 shot at by bushwhackers, and at one time he had 
 forty-live head of cattle stolen, which he had 
 entirely given up, when nine days later they 
 returned to him, with the exception of one yoke 
 of oxen. Those were exciting times in this border 
 State, but SO well known was he for his peaceable 
 and kindly disposition that his property was re- 
 turned to him by those in authority, although 
 they did not agree with him in politics. That 
 was the place and those were the times when it 
 cost something to be a Republican. He has seen 
 almost all of the development of the county, and 
 what he takes the most pleasure in is the fact that 
 but for him the churches probably would not have 
 been built. The first one erected was a log 
 church. He has willingly given to all, and to the 
 last edifice built contributed $235 in cash. 
 
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 TRWKLL STARKE, a retired agriculturist 
 and honored pioneer of Missouri, now lo- 
 | catcd upon section 10, township 50, range 
 25, Dover Township. La Fayette County, 
 was born in Hanover County. Va., upon May 27, 
 1806, and has been a resident of Ids adopted State 
 for the past forty-five years. The parents of our 
 subject were Thomas and Elizabeth (Talley) 
 Starke. John Starke, the paternal grandfather, 
 was a native of Virginia, and there the father of 
 Burwell was born and married, having passed his 
 earlv manhood in his native Stale. 
 
 Our subject attended the subscription schools of 
 those early days in his boyhood, and assisted his 
 father in the work of the farm. Ambitious and 
 energetic, he desired a more extended education, 
 and in 1825 entered the university at Charlottes- 
 ville, Ya., being the first student to matriculate at 
 the now time-honored institution. His father, 
 widely known as the Hon. Thomas Starke, repre- 
 sented Hanover County in the Legislature for a 
 number of years, and was a man of more than 
 ordinary ability and unusual integrity of charac- 
 ter. Our subject came to La Fayette County in 
 1847, and, engaging in the pursuit of general ag- 
 riculture, prospered, and identifying himself with 
 the growing interests of his new home has ever 
 actively aided m local progress and improve- 
 ments. 
 
 In 1828, Mr. Starke was. at the age of twenty- 
 two, united in marriage with Miss Amanda True- 
 heart, a native Virginian, and a daughter of Will- 
 iam Trueheart, a well-known citizen of the Old 
 Dominion. By this wife Mr. Starke became the 
 father of six children, two of whom are now liv- 
 ing: Elizabeth, the wife of William White, of La 
 Fayette County, Mo., and Benjamin F., who re- 
 sides in La Fayette County. Mrs. Amanda (True- 
 heart) Starke died in 1837, and our subject again 
 married, in 1889, the lady of his second choice be- 
 ing Miss Anna B., a daughter of Rev. William 
 Hatchett, of Virginia, a minister of eloquence and 
 natural ability. The second wife was the mother 
 of six children, three of the sons and one daugh- 
 ter yet surviving. E. T. Starke is a business man 
 of Memphis, Tenn. Virginia is the widow of C. 
 V. Voorheis, of West Virginia. Rev. J. 15. Starke 
 is well known throughout La Fayette County, his 
 present residence. Edward B. makes his home in 
 Springfield, Mo. In 1851 our subject was again 
 left alone with the care of his children. 
 
 In 1853, Mr. Starke married the sister of his 
 second wife, Miss Fannie L. Hatchett, and into 
 their pleasant home came seven little ones, and of 
 these three are now living: Lewis N., R. Lee, and 
 Lucy G., the wife of William Fleet. The third 
 wife of our subject, widely known and highly re- 
 spected, passed away in 1891, mourned by a large 
 circle of friends and relatives. The sons and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 345 
 
 daughters of Mr. Starke all occupy positions of 
 influence, and in their several localities are among 
 the important social and business factors of the 
 communities in which they make their homes. 
 Mr. William Fleet, who married Lucy G., the 
 youngest daughter of our subject, is a native of 
 Virginia, born in 1862, a son of William Fleet, 
 of the same State. Mr. Fleet came to La Fayette 
 County in 1880, and settled upon a farm which he 
 has prosperously conducted ever since. 
 
 Our subject has been a member of the Baptist 
 Church for many years, having united with that 
 denomination in 1835. Always active in the 
 good work of that religious organization, he has 
 officiated as Deacon with great usefulness, and 
 aided in the extension of its influence and minis- 
 try. Mr. Starke has never been troubled with po- 
 litical aspirations, hut does his duty at the polls, 
 and as his ancestors believed, so does he support 
 the principles of the Democratic party. Upright 
 and honorable in the daily walks of life, our sub- 
 ject has won the esteem and confidence of count- 
 less friends and neighbors, and in the evening of 
 his days enjoys the consciousness of a life well 
 spent. 
 
 NDREW J. BLACKMAN is a veteran in 
 the railroad service, being the oldest en- 
 gineer on the Chicago & Alton Road in 
 Missouri. He has been in service with 
 this company since 1864, taking his present posi- 
 tion two years later. Mr. Blackmail is a nativeof 
 Davenport, Iowa, and was born May 11. 1843. He 
 is a son of L. S. and Susan (Parker) Blackman. 
 The former was born in Vermont, but was reared 
 in London, Canada, his father being a farmer near 
 that city. In 18:51, L. S. Blackman went West to 
 Scott County, Iowa, making the journey by wagon, 
 and two years afterward he took his family there. 
 He followed farming until the time of his de- 
 cease, and owned three hundred and twenty acres 
 of good land, now in and adjoining the city. This 
 
 was handsomely improved and made him a com- 
 fortable home until his death, which occurred in 
 1884, he being then seventy-four years of age. 
 
 ( )ur subject's mother was the daughter of Ethan 
 Parker, who did gallant service in the War of 
 1812. For a time he followed the occupation of a 
 farmer in New York State, but later removed to 
 Canada and settled near London. Susan Parker 
 was born in New York, and was reared, educated 
 and married in Canada, and died in Iowa in 1855. 
 Our subject is one of eight children born of his 
 father's marriage. Two of his brothers served in 
 the war. The elder, Hiram, who was in the Second 
 Iowa Cavalry, died while in the service. Andrew 
 Blackman was the second eldest son and third 
 child. He remained on his father's farm until 
 eighteen years of age, enjoying the ordinary school 
 advantages, which meant at that time that for 
 three months out of the winter he conned what 
 studies he chose to take in a log schoolhouse, 
 which was located at one corner of his father's 
 farm. 
 
 In the spring of 1862, the original of this sketch 
 enlisted in Company C, of the Twentieth Iowa 
 Infantry, having been mustered in at Clinton, 
 Iowa. His regiment was at once sent South, and 
 the}' engaged in the battles at Springfield, Mo., 
 Prairie Grove, and took part in many skirmishes 
 through Kansas and Missouri. On being sent 
 down to Mobile he contracted a serious sickness, 
 and in February, 1864, was mustered out of ser- 
 vice because of general disability. 
 
 On returning home Mr. Blackman accepted a 
 position with the Chicago it Alton Road in the 
 fall of 18G4. His work was first that of braking 
 from r.loomington to Chicago. He then became fire- 
 man and later was promoted to the engineer's posi- 
 tion. He has been on the road constantly, with 
 the exception of eight months when he was ac- 
 corded leave of absence to recuperate his health. 
 
 It would be strange if in so long an experience 
 in railroading Mr. Blackman had escaped all acci- 
 dents, lie has had three collisions, and in the first 
 one he went through the side of a freight train. 
 his own train going at the rate of forty miles an 
 hour. His engine was entirely demolished, but 
 although he was in it at the time of the collision. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 hi' was not injured. The second collision occur- 
 red at Higginsville. In January of 1885, his en- 
 gine ran into another train,- and in this accident 
 Mr. Blackman broke an arm and leg. In the third 
 accident, which occurred in May. 1885, at Camp, 
 Mo., he sprained both ankles. 
 
 In October of 1871, oui subject entered upon 
 his duties in the Missouri Division, his run being 
 between this point and Louisiana. He was also 
 engaged in building the road from Louisiana to 
 Mexico. Mr. Blackman has been of a provident 
 disposition, and his earnings have been invested in 
 three good residences which bring him in a com- 
 fortable income, lie located in Slater in 1883 and 
 owns a pleasant home here. 
 
 Our subject was married in Mexico, Mo., in 
 1882, the lady of his choice being Miss Maggie 
 Bartletl, who was born at Shackleford, this county, 
 but was reared in Mexico. They are the proud 
 and happy parents of six children, who are named 
 as follows: Susie, Kstdla, Levi, Robert, Ward and 
 Alice. Both parents spare no exertion or self- 
 denial in giving these young people all the ad- 
 vantages that will enable them to take a promi- 
 nent position in social and business life. Fra- 
 ternally, Mr. Blackman is a member of the Knights 
 of Pythias. He also belongs to the Brotherhood 
 <>f Locomotive Engineers, and that of the Loco- 
 motive Firemen. lie has been much interested in 
 and an active member of the Iron Hall League. Po- 
 litically, he is a follower of that party which has 
 guided the ship of State SO successfully for the 
 past thirty \ ears. 
 
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 \|7 ESLIE A. McMEEKIN. The number of 
 I (73) citizens in La Fayette County who are na- 
 ,(*J — ^s tives of Kentucky is noticeable, and they 
 nearly all belong to the agricultural class, who 
 make stock-raising and breeding a specialty. This 
 indeed speaks well for their adopted county and 
 would almost indicate that it rivals the noted Blue- 
 Grass region in its agricultural advantages. Among 
 
 this class is our subject, who is a prominent and 
 representative resident on section 11, township 49, 
 range 26. He was born in Scott County, Ky., April 
 23, 1. ^ I (i. and is a son of John and Margaret A. 
 (Graves) McMeekin. The familj' has long been 
 identified with the history and growth of Ken- 
 tucky, although the first American representa- 
 tive on the paternal side was of Scotch ancestry. 
 Our subject's grandsire on the maternal side was a 
 soldier in the War of 1812. 
 
 Mr. McMeekin was reared to manhood's estate 
 in his native place, and from his earliest youth he 
 has been brought up to a practical knowledge of 
 agricultural pursuits. He was educated at the 
 Georgetown College in Scott County, an institu- 
 tion that is notable for having turned out many 
 prominent young men, and as that in which the late 
 .lames <;. Blaine first began his career as a teacher. 
 
 Like most Kentuckians, our subject married 
 young, his bride being Miss Florence Rees,of Car- 
 roll County, Ky., a daughter of the Rev. Farmer 
 Rees. formerly a Baptist minister. Their marriage 
 was solemnized January 2, 1868. They have been 
 the parents of eight children, five of whom are 
 living. They are: Anna M.. who is the wife of 
 George Schooling; William C, Joseph M., Florence 
 and Leslie.' The three who are deceased were 
 named as follows: Charlie, Laura B., and Edinonia 
 A. In the fall of 1868, our subject with his family 
 migrated to Missouri and settled in La Fayette 
 County, where they still live. 
 
 In his youth Mr. McMeekin had imprinted upon 
 his mind high ideals of a farm life and comforts, 
 the country about his home in Scott County, Ky., 
 being noted for its aristocratic old homes, built in 
 the Colonial style, and with farms improved to the 
 highest possible degree. Such a place as those he 
 has reproduced in his Missouri home, developing 
 it in every direction, and at the same time preserv- 
 ing every pleasing feature of home life and com- 
 fort. The place reminds one of the purse of For- 
 tunatus, for having developed it in an agricultual 
 way, it was discovered to have a rich coal vein, 
 and this proved so valuable that in 1888 he leased 
 it to the Rocky Branch Coal Company and it has 
 ever since been quite productive. 
 
 Mr. McMeekin is one of the progressive men of 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 this locality who seeks to extend every resource in 
 the county as far as possible. He is himself a pub- 
 lic-spirited man, generous toward all worthy causes. 
 He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church 
 and are workers for the cause of religion, contrib- 
 uting both of their time and means. 
 
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 . LBERT R. GREGSBY is a member of the 
 1* 7 I same political partyas were Rufus Choate, 
 
 I li) Abraham Lincoln, Grant, Poster, McKin ley, 
 Blaine and Harrison, and haying the 
 strength of his convictions that under the guid- 
 ance of such men as these, Republicanism, with its 
 protective tariff platform, its honest money and 
 clean record, is the policy for the country, he 
 has the temerity to promulgate its theories in 
 his locality through the medium of a sheet known 
 as the Saline County Republican, of which he is 
 sole proprietor and editor. The Republican has 
 a good circulation, as it deserves to have, and 
 is a clean, bright and newsy sheet, which the 
 head of a household need not fear to place in the 
 hands of his children. Before enlarging more up- 
 on this journal, let us consider briefly the personal 
 history of the man who makes the paper. 
 
 Albert Gregsby is a son of Alpheus O. and 
 Amanda Gregsby, the former a native of New York 
 and the latter of Louisville, Ky. The decease of 
 the father occurred in Logan. Kan., in 1878, after 
 an extended career of usefulness. The mother 
 died in Minnesota in 1888. They had six children, 
 and of these our subject is the eldest. He was 
 born in Noble, Richland County, 111., June 24, 1865, 
 and enjoyed the privileges and advantages to be 
 obtained in the public schools which our Federal 
 Government has placed within the reach of every 
 child in the Union. He learned the printer's trade 
 in Nebraska. 
 
 Having acquired this key to the treasure house 
 of knowledge and fortune, our subject applied it 
 at various places m Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. 
 When a lad of seventeen he precociously estab- 
 
 lished a paper at Holdrege, Neb., which was known 
 as the Equity, and it was a well-printed and credit- 
 able sheet in spite of the youth of the editor. This 
 he continued for a year, and was then taken in on 
 the Alma Times as assistant editor. After remain- 
 ing on that paper for two years he followed his 
 trade in various places in Kansas until 1888, when 
 he came to Missouri. For three and a-half years 
 lie was employed in the various branches of work 
 known in a printing-office. He then located at 
 Slater and founded the Saline County Republican. 
 It now has a circulation of eight hundred and is 
 accorded a hearty welcome in all the homes of its 
 patrons. 
 
 Mr. Gregsby was married in Slater, March 29, 1888, 
 to Miss Minnie E. Teter, a daughter of John A. 
 Teter, of this county, where the lady was born and 
 reared. Mr. and Mrs. Gregsby arc the parents of 
 two children whose names are Clara A. and Claude 
 R. Our subject is a progressive and wide-awake 
 young man to whom the future is full of promise. 
 
 ARTIN II FILER. The rapid and sub- 
 stantial growth of the city of Slater has 
 brought (Hit the best and most original 
 and artistic tastes of that class of artisans 
 who build our houses and public buildings. 
 Among these Mr. Ileiler is one of the largest and 
 most successful contractors, and a builder noted 
 for his thoroughness and faithfulness. He is 
 also a good architect and does a really high 
 grade of work, and has erected the majority of the 
 most notable buildings in town. Personally, he is 
 a man who is thoroughly agreeable, pleasant and 
 affable, and has, as he deserves, the cordial liking 
 of all. 
 
 Mr. Ileiler was born at Mannheim, Baden, 
 Germany, February 9, 1843. His father, Robert 
 Ileiler, was born in the same town and was also a 
 carpenter and builder. His grandfather Ileiler 
 was a participant in Napoleon's famous but disas- 
 
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 trous march to Russia. Robert Heiler spent three 
 years in Australia in mining during the gold ex- 
 citement. His business in Mannheim was of im- 
 portance and be was very successful. His wife, 
 our subject's mother, whose maiden name was 
 Katherine Heilich, a daughter of George Heilich, 
 also a contractor and builder, was a native of the 
 same place as was her husband. She was the 
 mother of five children, four of whom are now 
 living, and of these Martin was next to the young- 
 est. 
 
 Our subject spent his youth on the banks of the 
 beautiful Rhine, gaining his education first in the 
 common schools and later becoming a student at 
 the gymnasium. From the time he was old 
 enough to stand at the bench until sixteen, he 
 spent his spare hours working under the direction 
 of his father, lie then went to Switzerland and 
 was employed at his trade in various cantons, 
 spending much of his time in Zurich, the cele- 
 brated seal of the old university. There he as- 
 sisted in the building of the large polytechnic 
 school, and during the winter time he went to 
 Munchen. giving his attention to the study of 
 architecture. For three years he studied drafting 
 and all branches of his chosen profession, remain- 
 ing in Switzerland until twenty, and while there 
 experienced the satisfaction of an Alpine excur- 
 sionist. At the age of twenty he took up the 
 millwright's trade at Bruchsal, Baden, remaining 
 there two years, after which he came to America, 
 in the fall of I860. In the trans-Atlantic voyage 
 he took the steamer "Limerick" from Liverpool to 
 New York, and on landing went to Highland, 
 Madison County, 111. He there worked at the 
 millwright's trade until 1868, when he came to 
 Salisbury, where he began contracting and build- 
 ing for himself. His business prospects were very 
 satisfactory and he erected mills, business blocks. 
 etc., his high-grade work always giving the great- 
 est satisfaction to his patrons. 
 
 In 188(1. the subject of this sketch came to Slater, 
 which was then a new town, and at once began 
 contracting and building, and superintended the 
 setting up of the machinery in the first mill that 
 was built here, and when it was burned he erected 
 the second. Mr. Heiler has a great sense of fit- 
 
 ness, as is seen from the many classes of buildings 
 which he has put up. All the churches in the 
 town, with the exception of one, were raised un- 
 der his superintendence, and all the large brick 
 blocks, save about three, are the work of his brain 
 and design, and of his superintendence in erection. 
 He has at the same tune done considerable con- 
 tracting in other cities. His own residence is a 
 tasteful and attractive home of his own construc- 
 tion and he also owns three other residences in 
 this city. He started the Slater brick-yard, which 
 is located two miles southeast of the city and 
 which supplies most of the brick used in the city 
 and vicinity. This is run under the firm name of 
 Bruckman & Heiler. They turn out about one 
 million bricks a year. 
 
 Mr. Heiler was married in Mascoutah. St. Clair 
 County. 111., in 186'.). Miss Carrie Hetter becoming 
 his wife. She is a native of Prussia, having come 
 to this country four years prior to her marriage. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Heiler are the parents of five chil- 
 dren: Lucy, now Mrs. Manaker, of Slater; Katie, 
 Lena. Oust and Deno, who are at home. Our 
 subject served as City Alderman for three terms, 
 and was on the committee which put the electric 
 lights in the city. He is a Republican in politics, 
 of the true-blue sort, and has been sent as a dele- 
 gate to county and State conventions. 
 
 ffi OHN T. GOODWIN, one of the prominent 
 I business men of Alma, La Fayette County, 
 Mo., is the subject of the present sketch. 
 Here he carries on an extensive trade in 
 lumber, hardware, wagons, buggies, and farm im- 
 plements, filling the demands of the trade in this 
 section very successfully in his line. The birth of 
 our subject took place in Rappahannock County, 
 Va., in 182'.), a son of James and Elizabeth J. (Cor- 
 der) Goodwin, natives of Virginia. When but 
 ten years of age, he accompanied his parents to 
 Missouri and became a pupil at the public school, 
 continuing at intervals there until the age of 
 
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 349 
 
 twenty-one years, when be began farming upon his 
 own account and continued at this vocation until 
 1852. 
 
 In the latter year, our subject removed to Cali- 
 fornia to enter the gold diggings, where be re- 
 mained for two years, and in 1854 he returned and 
 recommenced farming, which he continued until 
 1881, when he embarked in the dry-goods business 
 and in general merchandising, including lumber, 
 which lie carried on until 1889. At that time he 
 sold his slock of general merchandise and then 
 embarked in the hardware and implement business. 
 At the same time he is conducting an extensive 
 lumber business at Alma. Mr. Goodwin is also a 
 stockholder in the Alma Creamery Company, one 
 of the growing interests of this place. In politics. 
 he is a pronounced Democrat, active in the party 
 ranks. 
 
 Our subject married, in 1859, Miss A.J.Gog- 
 gins, a daughter of Christopher Goggins, a native 
 of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin have become 
 the parents of eight children, but only three of 
 these are living, as follows: Lily, Elizabeth M., and 
 James C. Their handsome residence is in this 
 pleasant little city, where they are well known and 
 most highly respected. Their religious connec- 
 tion is with the Presbyterian Church, and they are 
 active in all good works, Mr. Goodwin always 
 favoring everything looking toward the improve- 
 ment of the city or county. 
 
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 J/^ ON. JEROME I). EUBANK. The flower of 
 Southern chivalry is not by any means in 
 the sere and yellow leaf, although the vast, 
 domains, with their regiments of dusky at- 
 tendants, are things of the past. The old-time 
 chivalry has taken upon itself a higher and more 
 earnest ideal of the good that the future will 
 develop. As a token of this we present to the 
 reader a sketch in outline of the gentleman whose 
 name is quoted above, who, although still in the 
 first enthusiasm of early youth, has already ac- 
 
 quired honors from the public, not by inheritance 
 nor through compliment, but because of bis own 
 unquestioned merit. 
 
 The affable and courtly subject of this -ketch 
 was born in Jefferson Township, Saline County, 
 October 3, 1865. He is a son of Reuben 15. Eu- 
 bank, a native of Kentucky, who is a farmer in 
 Jefferson Township. His mother, prior to her 
 marriage was Miss Elizabeth Whitfaker, who died 
 when our subject was about eight years old. 
 After completing his course in thecommon schools, 
 Jerome Eubank entered the High School of Slater, 
 and finished his course there with great credit to 
 himself, lb- was reared on his father's farm, which 
 continued to be his home until about 1885. 
 
 At the date above mentioned, the original of 
 this sketch came to Slater, and here he has lived 
 ever since. Since that time, he has been engaged 
 in the live-stock business and is at present con- 
 nected with the Chicago Live Stock Commission 
 Company. lie has taken a prominent part in all 
 local affairs and is enthusiastic in political work. 
 He was elected to the .Missouri Legislature on the 
 Democratic ticket in the fall of 1890, and has the 
 honor of being the youngest member of the pres- 
 ent house, and probably the youngest who has 
 ever served in the house. He was Chairman of 
 the Committee on Ranks and Banking, also a 
 member of the Committee on Municipal Corpora- 
 tions. 
 
 Mr. Eubank is a member of the State Breed- 
 ers' Association, and was also Secretary for a year 
 of the Missouri State Farmers', Shippers' and Busi- 
 ness Men's Association. Mr. Eubank has found 
 that his fraternal associations have been of great 
 service to him in his business connections and he 
 takes great pride in his membership with the Ma- 
 sons. He is a member of Blue Lodge No. 63, and 
 Saline Royal Arch Chapter and Missouri Com- 
 raandery of Marshall No. 36, and Ararat Temple, 
 of Kansas City. He reflects great credit in his line 
 of conduct not, only upon his home training but 
 the State to which he owes allegiance. 
 
 Mr. Eubank was married November 13. 1890, 
 to Miss Zudie R. Purdom, a native of Macon. 
 Macon County, Mo., who is the daughter of Heze- 
 kiah Purdom, a Missourian by birth, and a jour- 
 
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 nalist by profession but now retired from business. 
 Mrs. Eubank 's mother was formerly Miss Theo- 
 dosia Hudson, a native of Pike County, Mo. 
 
 i \l;( I s L. BELT, Jr. The firm of Belt & 
 Hendricks is composed of our subject and 
 1 his mother-in-law, a,nd they conduct a 
 very profitable livery and transfer busi- 
 ness in Higginsville. Mr. Belt was born in St. 
 Louis, Mo., June 6, 1863, and is the son of Capt. 
 Marcus L. licit (see his sketch). He was reared 
 in Dover. La Fayette County, until eleven years of 
 age, and then moved to Carrollton, Carroll County, 
 Mo., where lie remained until he was fifteen. At 
 that age he was sent to St. Louis and there at- 
 tended the city High Schools. 
 
 In 1882 Mr. Belt went back to Carrollton with 
 J. B. Smith and there started a drug store, which 
 he conducted for two years. In 1881 he removed 
 to Marshall and there engaged for a short time as 
 a clerk with his father in the grocery business. 
 During the above-mentioned year he went to 
 Texas, and for three years was Superintendent on 
 a ranch there. His work was of such a nature that 
 it required the most arduous exertion on his part, 
 for the ranch was large and was stocked with an 
 immense number of cattle. In his wanderings he 
 traveled throughout the entire State of Texas. 
 
 In 1MK7 our subject returned to La Fayette 
 County and became book-keeper for the Rocky 
 Branch Coal Co., located in Higginsville. A year 
 later he engaged in farming, and in 1890 embarked 
 in the livery business, which he now conducts in 
 addition to his farm labors. July 1, 1891, he 
 bought his present barn, which is 50x140 feet and 
 is the most commodious in the city, containing 
 everything needed in a first-class enterprise of 
 this kind. 
 
 In shipping horses Mr. Belt conducts a very prof- 
 itable business. He has sixty head of fine horses 
 and owns some of the finest stallions in the State. 
 We may mention in this connection "Fashion," 
 
 No. 4149, by "Stranger," the only son of "Gold- 
 smith Maid;" "Norton." a bay stallion, sired by 
 "Idle Wilkes," first dam by "Clark Chief;" "George 
 Vest" is a bay stallion sired by "Steele," first dam 
 "Dame Parradeen," by "Al West;" "Florence Ba- 
 shaw," a four year old mare, sired by "Beemer's 
 liashaw," being standard bred; "Calula," by "Jay 
 Gould," first dam "May Day," by the great sire 
 "Aberdeen." 
 
 Mr. Belt was united in marriage December 24, 
 1890, to Miss Clara Hendricks, who was born in 
 La Fayette County, the daughter of the late James 
 1'. Hendricks, a prominent farmer. Our subject is 
 a member of the order of the Knights of Pythias 
 and the Uniformed Rank. He is a stockholder 
 and Director in the Rocky Branch Coal Company, 
 which has proved a very profitable investment. 
 In politics he is a Democrat, and takes an active 
 interest in the advancement of that party. So- 
 cially he is very popular in his neighborhood. 
 
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 tj OHN F. FLOYD is a man who proves that 
 "nothing succeeds like success." He has 
 worked his way steadily and quickly to a 
 responsible and remunerative position, and 
 shows himself thoroughly competent to fill it 
 well. He is a man of ability, clear-headed and en- 
 ergetic. Mr. Floyd is a native of Somerset, Pulaski 
 County, Ky., where he entered upon this'mundane 
 sphere November 7, 1865. His father, Monroe 
 Floyd, was born in the same State and town. His 
 grandfather was a farmer in Kentucky and owned 
 a plantation there during the War of 1812. Mon- 
 roe Floyd was also a planter, although at one time 
 he was engaged in a dry-goods business at Somer- 
 set. Later, he was a farmer in the same county, 
 and was in the Confederate army during the Civil 
 War, filling the office of Lieutenant for over a 
 year. 
 
 In 1871, the father came to Saline County, Mo., 
 and located in Salt Pond, near Sweet Springs, re- 
 maining there for one year and removing thence 
 
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 353 
 
 to Blackburn. He has a farm of one hundred 
 and sixty acres that is in a good locality, and there 
 deals extensively in cattle. He is a member of the 
 Baptist Church, and a Democrat in politics. He 
 married Mai y A., daughter of Andrew Cain, both 
 of whom were born near Sweet Springs. The fa- 
 ther was a farmer in Saline County and there died. 
 The daughter visited in Kentucky, where she met 
 her husband, the father of John F. She is living 
 at the present time and has been the mother of 
 eight children, seven of whom survive. Of these, 
 our subject is the eldest. 
 
 Mr. Floyd was born in the famous Blue Grass 
 region and was reared on the farm, attending 
 the public schools of the vicinity. At eighteen he 
 learned telegraphy under an operator at Blackburn, 
 this State, and in 1884 he was made night operator 
 at that city, continuing to lill that position until 
 removed to Gilliam, where he filled the same posi- 
 tion. He was then changed to Grain Valley, 
 whence Jie moved to Laddonia. After this he 
 went to Blackburn for a time, thence to Marshall, 
 later to Odessa, then to Higginsville, and finally 
 returned to Blackburn, where he remained for sev- 
 eral months. In all these various changes he was 
 engaged as a telegraph operator and was highly 
 considered on the force. 
 
 In 1887, our subject went to Kansas City and 
 became night operator on the Chicago it Alton 
 Railroad, serving in that capacity for eighteen 
 months, after which he came to Slater as operator 
 for the dispatcher here, serving six months and 
 then returning to Kansas City, where he was em- 
 ployed as day operator. In January of 1890, he 
 came to Slater again as operator for the chief 
 dispatcher, and served for two years. In January 
 of 1892, he became train dispatcher, which posi- 
 tion he has since filled to the entire satisfaction of 
 the company in whose employ he is. He has al- 
 ways been successful and is faithful to his work 
 and the responsibility it involves. 
 
 Mr. Floyd was married at Blackburn, June .">. 
 1889, Miss Nettie S. Burk being his bride. She 
 was born in Sedalia, Mo., and reared in Pettis 
 County, and is a daughter of Elisha Burk. a car- 
 penter in Blackburn. This union has been blessed 
 by the advent of one child, Herbert M. The fam- 
 
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 ily residence is situated in the northern part of 
 Slater. 
 
 Mr. Floyd is a member of the order of Railway 
 Telegraphic Operators, Kansas City Division, of 
 which society he has been Secretary. He and his 
 wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, and, in politics, he is a Democrat. Slater 
 is pleased to name him as one of her representative 
 citizens. 
 
 G 
 
 ^EORGE FARRAR. The pressed brick in- 
 -, dustry which is carried on in Lexington 
 i^4 nas assumed important proportions, giving 
 employment to large numbers of men and putting 
 into circulation large amounts of capital. Our 
 subject is the proprietor of one of the most im- 
 portant of these yards, which is known as the 
 Farrar Pressed Brick Works of Lexington. 
 
 Mr. Farrar was born in the manufacturing town 
 of Leeds, England, January 14, 1825. lie is a son 
 of Thomas and Mary (Davis) Farrar, the former a 
 merchant by calling. George Farrar spent his 
 boyhood in his native place and attended the 
 common schools until fifteen years of age. He 
 was then apprenticed to learn the brick maker's 
 and layer's trade, at which he worked until 1857, 
 when he came to America, landing at Quebec, 
 Canada. From Canada lie proceeded to Chicago, 
 where he was employed for one and a-half -years. 
 
 In the fall of 1858, Mr. Farrar moved to Lex- 
 ington, where he was engaged in working at his 
 trade. In 1861 he began contracting for the erec- 
 tion of dwellings and business blocks. In 1 HG(> he 
 began the manufacture of brick, which he has 
 found so profitable that he has ever since con- 
 tinued in it. During the war he was very success- 
 ful in dealing in hemp, purchasing here and ship- 
 ping abroad, where it was manufactured. Many of 
 the most notable buildings in this locality have 
 been erected by the original of this sketch. He 
 built the Went worth Military Academy, the Ger- 
 man Church, the Commercial Hotel, the First 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Presbyterian Church, St. John's Colored Church, 
 the Centra] Female College, beside many other 
 handsome and costly structures in the city. In 
 politics Mr. Farrar is an ardent Republican, believ- 
 ingthe tenets of that party to redound to the finan- 
 cial as well as governmental welfare of the coun- 
 try at large. 
 
 April 26, 1848, Mr. Farrar was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Elizabeth Boothman. She became 
 the mother of three daughters, two of whom are 
 living. Mary is the wife of Charles Kriehn, of 
 Marshall, Saline County: Emma is the wife of 
 Thomas Tibbs, of La layette County; the de- 
 ceased daughter was Carrie, wife of Charles Kid- 
 well, of Parkersburg, \V. Ya. Mrs. Elizabeth Farrar 
 died July 24, 1*70. Our subject was again married 
 September 24, 1872, this time to Miss Mary A. Hol- 
 land, a daughter of George Holland, of Texas. 
 She has proved herself to be a capable matron and 
 an admirable wife and mother. Their family in- 
 cludes four children, two sons and two daughters, 
 whose names are: George T., Walter C, Katie M., 
 and Hannah L. 
 
 Pressed brick is now so much used in our supe- 
 rior class of buildings that it is easy to see that 
 the brick turned out from Mr. Farrar's yards is of 
 the best quality, being hard, free from cracks, and 
 of a good color. Thirty-five men are employed 
 in the yards and the capacity of the works is about 
 two million in a season. He ships throughout the 
 adjoining counties. The family residence is lo- 
 cated on South Street: and is a pleasant, homelike 
 dwelling. 
 
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 i S. ANDREWS. Men are known by their 
 fruits as well as trees, and judged by this 
 * I standard our subject would never be cen- 
 V£) sured because of a failure to yield a good 
 and large crop. Faithful in the small things of 
 life, he has reached a point where he commands the 
 respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens. His 
 father, Rev. Milton Eldridge Andrews, a native of 
 
 Bedford County. Ya.. was born in 1806, being the 
 son of Wyatt Andrews, a soldier of the Revolu- 
 tionary War. Our subject's mother, Keziah (Ar- 
 nold) Andrews, a native of Campbell County, Ya., 
 is living at the age of seventy-two years. She was 
 married in the State of her birth, and has always 
 lived there. Of her nine children, our subject was 
 the fifth, though live of them only are now living. 
 She and her husband, who died in 1861, were zeal- 
 ous and devoted members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church South. 
 
 Our subject was born October 22, 1851, in Camp- 
 bell County, Va., where he received an excellent 
 academic education, and left there at the age of 
 nineteen years to come to this county, where he 
 settled on a farm in Clay Township, upon which 
 he remained until 1890. lie had three brothers in 
 the Southern army, one of whom was killed while 
 lighting under Gen. Lee's command, in an engage- 
 ment just before the surrender. Mr. Andrews was 
 married December 27, 1877, to Miss Ida May Lee, 
 daughter of Richard Lee, now deceased, one of 
 the earliest settlers of La Fayette County. She 
 was born September 8, 1858, in Clay Township, 
 and received a superior education, completing it 
 at Central Female College. Mrs. Andrews became 
 the mother of four children, namely: Ressie Lee, 
 Eugene Leslie (deceased), Carrie Virginia and 
 Maud Arnold. 
 
 Our subject has been a Steward and Trustee in 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of which 
 his wife as well as himself is a member. For a 
 number of years he filled very creditably the im- 
 portant station of Superintendent of Sunday- 
 schools of Clay Township. He is a member of the 
 Masonic order, and is First Lieutenant of the order 
 of Woodmen, both of Odessa. The political affil- 
 iation of our subject is with the Democratic party, 
 in whose deliberations and campaigns he always 
 takes a very active part, and as a reward for his 
 services and in appreciation of his merits he was 
 nominated and elected County Court Judge in 
 1890, and re-elected in 1892. A warm friend of 
 the public schools, in his position as member of the 
 School Board he is able to render very efficient 
 help to the cause of education. His farm of one 
 hundred and sixty-live acres in Clay Township is 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
 355 
 
 well improved and a valuable piece of property. 
 The home of our subject is a very neat residence, 
 built in 1891 at a cost of 1 1,200, and has a fine lo- 
 cation just west of Odessa, and overlooking that 
 picturesque village. 
 
 U.I. POLLARD, the subject of this bio- 
 graphical sketch, born in Lincoln Count}-, 
 Mo., in January, 1847, and son of G. W. 
 Pollard, a native of Virginia, is President of 
 the Alma Creamery Company, Alma, La Fayette 
 County, Mo. The father of W. J. was an early 
 settler of Missouri; the mother, Serepta (Blancks) 
 Pollard, was a native of Virginia. His paternal 
 grandfather was named John Pollard. The ances- 
 tors of the family came over from Scotland and 
 settled in Virginia in the last century. 
 
 The education of our subject, until his sixteenth 
 year, was obtained in the common schools of 
 Lincoln County; then followed one year's course 
 at the Mexico Academy, Mexico, Mo. After an 
 interval of two years, or when at the age of nine- 
 teen, Mr. Pollard spent a year at college in .Wentz- 
 ville, Mo. Now fully equipped by education for 
 any business, he chose the occupation of a farmer, 
 a calling he followed until 1884. At this junc- 
 ture the season seemed favorable for embarking in 
 mercantile trade; so our subject went into the 
 grocery business in Laddonia, Mo., continuing in it 
 for four years. 
 
 From 1888 until 1891 Mr. Pollard was a travel- 
 ing salesman for F. Smith & Sons, of St. Louis, 
 a position he filled with great credit. He was 
 elected in March, 1892, President of the Alma 
 Creamery Company, a position he yet holds. In 
 May, following, the creamery was put in operation, 
 and under the management of Mr. Pollard has 
 made steady- progress, until now it is one of the 
 leading institutions of its kind in this part of 
 Missouri. The creamery is fitted out with the 
 latest improvements in the way of machinery and 
 
 creamery apparatus. Fine cold storage is also 
 connected with the plant. The creamery lias a 
 capacity of sixteen thousand pounds of butter per 
 day, pronounced to be of the most superior qual- 
 ity, and for which a ready market is easily found. 
 
 Good, solid men compose the list of stockhold- 
 ers, and the institution is flourishing. A inostex- 
 perienced butter-maker, J. W. Nelson, is employed, 
 and the success of the enterprise is largely due to 
 his skilled business methods. The officers of the 
 company are: W. J. Pollard, President; I. P. Tay- 
 lor, Vice-president; James Goodwin, Jr., Secretary; 
 William Lohoefner, Treasurer. 
 
 Mr. Pollard was married in 1871 to Miss Fannie 
 II., daughter of John K. Lindsay, of Ken tuck}'. 
 Three children bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Pollard, namely: Henry N., Josie and Elizabeth. 
 Our subject is a Democrat, holding strongly to the 
 principles of that party. Mr. Pollard's home at 
 Alma is a good frame residence, nicely located and 
 with beautiful surroundings. 
 
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 *ROVE YOUNG, one of the most successful 
 - and wealthy men in La Fayette Count}', was 
 born in Freedom Township, this county, 
 August 26, 1843. His father, Joseph L. Young, 
 was born in Morristown, N. J., and the grand- 
 father, Maj. Grove Young, was also born in New 
 Jersey, where he was a successful farmer. His title 
 of Major was bestowed upon him in the War of 
 1812. He died in his native State. 
 
 The father was an extensive manufacturer of 
 carriages in Newark, X. J., where he was extremely 
 successful, having the largest manufacturing estab- 
 lishment in that vicinity. In the panic of 1836, 
 he, like others, had to close up business. In 1837 
 he came to St. Louis, where he worked at the trade 
 of blacksmith, in which he was a skilled mechanic, 
 until 1840, when he located in La Fayette County, 
 entered Government land in Freedom Township, 
 and improved it. 
 
 In 1849, during the gold excitement of that 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 time, lie went to California, across the plains, and 
 engaged in trading very successfully for two 
 years, when he returned homo via the Isthmus of 
 Panama and New Orleans, and resumed his agri- 
 cultural labors. In 1858 or 1859, he started West 
 to California, taking a herd of cattle with him, 
 but the Indians were so troublesome that he traded 
 bis stock for land in Shawnee County, Kan., 
 and there improved a large farm near Topeka. 
 This valuable land is now owned by our subject 
 and his brother. The father died aged seventy- 
 three years. The mother, Lydia Rogers, was born 
 in Newark, N. .1., of English descent, from a very 
 prominent family both in England and the East. 
 She died in Kansas after bearing her husband six 
 children, five of whom are now living, four boys 
 and one girl. 
 
 Our subject was reared on a farm in Freedom 
 Township and enjoyed the advantages of a com- 
 mon-school education in the district schools; he 
 also attended the school at Sweet Springs and the 
 academy at Richmond, Mo., but at the first tap 
 of the drum in 1861, when he was only seventeen 
 years old, he enlisted in Company F, Fifth Kan- 
 sas Cavalry, being mustered in at Ft. Leavenworth 
 as a private. The regiment served in the Trans- 
 Missouri army, and Mr. Young participated in 
 nearly every engagement of his regiment until his 
 three-year term of enlistment expired and he was 
 mustered out as a Second Lieutenant. 
 
 At the close of the war, Mr. Young began farm- 
 ing and stock-raising in Freedom Township, this 
 county, until 1875, when he engaged in merchan- 
 dising in Aullville, in which he remained until 
 1879, and then located in Iligginsville and en- 
 gaged in the same business, in which he has since 
 carried on a very active trade. In addition to his 
 fine store in Iligginsville, he has established 
 branches in some of the near villages. In Hig- 
 ginsville, he has a large double store, in which he 
 carries the largest stock of dry goods, cloaks, etc., 
 in the city. 
 
 In addition to the business mentioned, Mr. 
 Young has been interested in other enterprises, 
 among which are the platting of the south side 
 addition of sixty acres, which he built up almost 
 all himself, his interest in some of the most valua- 
 
 ble coal mines in the State, and his farming lands 
 in this county and Kansas. He is one of the larg- 
 est real-estate owners in the city. 
 
 In 1873, Mr. Young married in Johnson County 
 Miss Ella L. Greer, a native of that county. This 
 lady has ever been a faithful, loving wife and one 
 of her husband's most enthusiastic admirers. Mr. 
 Young is a Master Mason and Odd Fellow socially , 
 and one of the county's most stanch and loyal 
 Democrats. He is a man of sterling worth, who 
 has carved his way to fortune through many 
 difficulties, but now has reached an eminence from 
 which he can look down and offer encouragement 
 to those still struggling up the ladder of fame. In 
 spite of his wonderful success, Mr. Young is a quiet, 
 unassuming gentleman whom it is very pleasant 
 to meet, and his many friends unite in pronounc- 
 ing him one of the most esteemed citizens in Hig- 
 grinsville. 
 
 KWIS PHILIP KNOBLE, a prominent and 
 successful coal operator, and proprietor of 
 iaL-- the well-known Bruce & Knoble Coal Com- 
 pany, is the subject of this writing. He was born 
 in Lexington, Ky., February 1, 1854, the son of 
 David Knoble, who was a native of Germany, and 
 followed the occupation of a tailor. He came to 
 America when a young man, and located at Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., and after marriage opened a tailor 
 shop there, but later moved to Kentucky, and 
 went into the nursery business near Lexington. 
 He is a man well regarded by his neighbors and is 
 a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Charlotte Myers, 
 who was born in Central Port, Ohio, and was the 
 daughter of John Myers, a farmer of Ohio. The 
 mother of our subject died in 1875, having been a 
 devoted parent to nine children, six of whom 
 grew up. Edward entered the Twenty-first Ken- 
 tucky Infantry, Union army, and later was trans- 
 ferred to the staff of Gen. Rosecrans as an Aid, 
 
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 357 
 
 with the rank of Major from that time to the end 
 of the war. IK' was made a prisoner and confined 
 in Libby Prison for six months. He now resides 
 in Washington State and is engaged in the hard- 
 ware business. John was in the Fifth Kentucky 
 Artillery from 18(53 for a space of eighteen 
 months, and now resides in Kansas. Florence is 
 employed upon the railroad; David is a Govern- 
 ment gauger at Lexington; and Annie is at home. 
 
 Our subject was reared in Lexington to the age 
 of fourteen years and attended the public schools. 
 In 1868 he came with his brother John to the 
 State of Missouri, and brought some cattle through 
 for John C. Young, who became his employer for 
 two years at Dover. Later he returned to Ken- 
 tucky, and there went into the employ of Capt. R. 
 Todd, and remained in that State until 1880. 
 During this time he developed into a horse trainer 
 and breaker, and in the last-named year located 
 in Higginsville, and opened a breaking and train- 
 ing stable on the fair grounds. 
 
 The love of a man for a fine specimen of the 
 equine family is something not to be wondered at, 
 but not all have the peculiar power of subduing 
 the fiery temper, nor of quieting the nerves, of the 
 thoroughbred. It seems strange to remember that 
 horses were unknown in America before 1493, and 
 that our own great Columbus, to whom we are 
 doing tardy honor in these late days, was the in- 
 troducer of these noble animals on his second voy- 
 age to the West Indies. A shipwrecked Spanish 
 vessel on the coast of Florida in 1527 is supposed 
 to have distributed a part of its cargo of horses 
 upon the mainland. 
 
 This dissertation upon the horse was only an 
 introduction to the statement that our subject 
 had that love and admiration for horses which 
 gave him the gift of being able to succeed with 
 them. After locating here he became very pros- 
 perous, and engaged in raising standard breeds of 
 horses, and can point to some very famous ones, 
 among which we may name: "Bessie Mambrino," 
 with a record of 2.26, and "Allegro," with a 
 record of 2.37 at three years. Notwithstanding 
 his success, Mr. Knoble decided to make a change 
 in his business, and in 1886 went into the coal- 
 mining business. 
 
 When our subject went into this new interesl 
 he associated Robert Beatty with him as partner, 
 and the firm operated the present shaft until 
 1888, when J. 1). Bruce bought Mr. Beatty out. 
 This paying mine is located one and one-half 
 miles south of Higginsville, and is known as the 
 W. C. Beatty farm ; it is on the belt line which 
 connects with the Chicago & Alton and Missouri 
 Pacific Railroads. The depth of the mine is forty- 
 five- feet, with double shaft, and horse power. 
 The vein is of eighteen inches and is full quality, 
 as good as any in La Fayette County. The pres- 
 ent capacity of the mine is four ears per day. and 
 sixty men are employed. 
 
 Since 1888 the firm has had a retail market in 
 Kansas City, which consumes the whole output. 
 Mr. Knoble manages the business at the mine, and 
 Mr. Bruce at Kansas City, and they find a ready 
 market for their produce, as it is regular furnace 
 coal. Mr. Knoble has built a residence at this 
 place. In 1883 he married Miss Julia Higgins, 
 who was born, reared and educated near here. Her 
 father is Harvey Higgins (see sketch). Four chil- 
 dren have been added to this family, Harvey L, 
 Edgar II., Myrtie S. and Annie F. 
 
 Mr. Knoble is a Deacon in the Presbyterian 
 Church, which he helped to build, and is very 
 much respected in this connection. In his politi- 
 cal opinions, Mr. Knoble inclines toward Democ- 
 racy, believing in the principles of that party. 
 He is a very enterprising and progressive man. 
 and has done much for the development and ad- 
 vancement of this county. 
 
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 'Tj'OHN R. VANCE, a prominent member of 
 the Saline County Bar, and a leading and 
 influential citizen of Marshall, Mo., re- 
 ceived in 1892 the distinguished and de- 
 served honor of being appointed from the Seventh 
 District as delegate to the National Republican 
 Convention held in Minneapolis. For over a 
 quarter of a century closely identified with all the 
 
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 best interests of his county and State, our subject 
 ably represented his constituents in the great po- 
 litical gathering in Minnesota, and through his 
 fidelity and energetic service in behalf of their in- 
 structions has won the esteem and confidence of 
 the general public. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of John R. Vance was 
 born in the North of Ireland, and was the purser 
 of the first vessel which sailed after the close of 
 the Revolutionary War. James Vance, this worthy 
 ancestor of our subject, built the first house 
 erected in Martinsburgh, Ya., and there engaged 
 at his trade of cooper. Later, he became one of 
 the early settlers of Ohio, and named Martins- 
 burgh, Knox County, where he gave his time to 
 agricultural duties until far advanced in life. An 
 energetic, enterprising and upright man and 
 worthy citizen, he passed peacefully away in his 
 eighty-seven tli year. 
 
 James Vance was a consistent member of the 
 Scotch Presbyterian Church all his life, and gave 
 to all religious duty and work the conscientious 
 and earnest effort of a true Christian. His son, 
 Andrew Vance, was born in Martinsburgh, Ya., 
 April 29, 1 808, and removed to Martinsburgh, Ohio, 
 when that country was little more than a wilder- 
 ness. He was trained in agricultural duties upon 
 his father's farm, and. arriving at manhood, im- 
 proved a homestead of his own. He held ollicial 
 positions in the county, discharging the duties 
 with honor, and served as Captain in the militia in 
 the boundary trouble between Ohio and Michigan. 
 Politically, he was a Democrat, and in religious 
 affiliation a Presbyterian. He died October 8, 
 1887, of old age. 
 
 Mary J. Agnue, his wife, was born in Pennsyl- 
 vania April 27, 1809. She was the daughter of 
 Capt. Agnue, who was born in Ireland, and who 
 was a sailor in his youth, and also a master of a 
 vessel, and who settled in Knox County in a very 
 early day, and was engaged in farming when he 
 died. Tli is grandfather of our subject was of 
 Scotch descent, and possessed a strong and earnest 
 character. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Vance were the 
 parents of six children: Joseph M., the eldest son, 
 lives in McLean County, 111.; James S. is a resident 
 of Ohio; William was killed by the Indians on the 
 
 plains in 1858; John R. is our subject; Rowland 
 is a broker in the grocery business in Columbus; 
 and B. Eastburn is a resident of Columbus, in 
 a general merchandise business. The mother of 
 these sons died September 11, 1886, just thirteen 
 months prior to the death of her husband. The 
 excellent couple both attained an advanced age, 
 and commanded the respect and esteem of all who 
 knew them. 
 
 Our subject was born July 9, 1835, upon a farm 
 in Knox County, Ohio, near Mt. Vernon. He at- 
 tended the district school of the neighborhood 
 when a little child, and afterward studied in Hayes- 
 ville, and taught school, meantime ambitiously 
 preparing himself for college. In 1862, after a 
 full classical course in Kenyon College, at Gam- 
 bier. Ohio, he graduated with the degree of A. B., 
 and immediately began the study of law in the 
 Buckeye State. After a time he accepted the su- 
 perintendence of the schools of Columbus, Ind., 
 and was thus engaged one year, when he entered 
 the law department of the University of Ann 
 Arbor, Mich., and graduated in 1865 with the de- 
 gree of LL. B. Mr. Vance then began the study 
 of law in Columbus. 1 > vi t upon July 9, 1865, lo- 
 cated in Marshall, and has practiced his profession 
 here with great success ever since. A part of the 
 time he has been in partnership with T. J. Yerby, 
 associated in the general practice of law, his office 
 being on North Street. 
 
 Upon April 9, 1868, Mr. Yance was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Annette Wilson, a native of Mar- 
 shall, and a daughter of William A.Wilson, a Colonel 
 in the Federal army, and attached to the Seventy- 
 first Regiment, E. M. M. Mrs. Yance was reared 
 and educated at her home, and possesses a large 
 circle of friends and acquaintances. She is the 
 happy mother of three bright, promising young 
 people, all preparing to fill positions of honor and 
 usefulness. Minnie is a Post-graduate of the 
 High School; Rufus A. is in his junior year in 
 the Missouri Valley College; and Berenice is at 
 home. Our subject is Trustee and Vestryman in 
 the Episcopal Church, and has been Superinten- 
 dent of the Sunday-school. He and his interest- 
 ing family are among the important factors in the 
 social, benevolent and religious enterprises of 
 
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 Marshall, and are universally respected and es- 
 teemed. Mr. Vance has always taken an active 
 part in the national and local conduct of political 
 affairs, lie has represented his constituents at State 
 and county conventions, as wellasat the National 
 Convention of 1892, and in all the duties of each 
 position has clearty demonstrated his ability, 
 energy, intelligence and integrity of character. 
 
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 /ip^A AMUEL McMAHAN, an enterprising and 
 ^^£ energetic citizen and well-known and pros- 
 Vvw J») perous business man of Arrow Rock. Na- 
 line County, Mo., has, during his entire 
 lifetime, identified himself with the prominent in- 
 terests of the State. Born in La Mine Township, 
 Cooper Count}', February 4, 1833, our subject has 
 been successfully engaged in various pursuits, boat- 
 ing, merchandising and fanning, and, possessing 
 the confidence of all his friends and neighbors, 
 received his elective appointment as Justice of the 
 Peace in Cooper County, an office whose duties he 
 discharged for many years with signal ability. 
 
 The paternal grandfather. Samuel McMahan, was 
 born in Kentucky, and in 1810, with his wife and 
 family, removed to Missouri, and in 1811 located 
 in Cooper County, and went into the fort built in 
 those early days for protection from the Indians. 
 The paternal grandmother was Miss Sarah Clark, 
 daughter of Daniel Clark, a Kentuckian, who lo- 
 cated in Boone County, Mo. The paternal grand- 
 parents were married in Kentucky and journeyed 
 from that State to Missouri, traveling by wagon, 
 and consuming many weeks on the way. After 
 about one year's residence in Missouri, Grand- 
 father McMahan was killed by the savage Indians 
 on his return home from Boonville, whither he 
 had gone on important business, lie was shot 
 down by the Indians concealed in ambush. His 
 body was found the next day faithfully guarded 
 from the wild beasts by his two noble dogs, who 
 kept their lonely vigil until the remains were 
 discovered. It was supposed the Indians were 
 
 creeping toward two men who were cutting honey- 
 out of the trees, and who ran for their lives when 
 they heard the report of the shot-. 
 
 A widow and live sons were left by his death 
 without their nearest protector and friend. The 
 sons were William, Thomas, Samuel W., John W. 
 and Jesse. Twice had their home been reduced 
 toash.es by the barbarous Indians, and each lime 
 the family had escaped to Cooper's Fort, and there 
 taken refuge. The grandmother remained upon 
 the old homestead until her death, and many times 
 assisted in preparing the buckskins, which in 
 those pioneer days were dressed largely for cloth- 
 ing. The father of our subject, Thomas McMa- 
 han, was born June 15, 1805, in the State of Ken- 
 tucky, and, when Only live years old, came with 
 his parents to Missouri. He died in Cooper 
 County in the spring of 1890, at the advanced age 
 of eighty-five years. His wife was Miss Lucy, a 
 daughter of Samuel Ridle, of Maryland. He 
 resided upon the place where his father had lo- 
 cated early in the history of the Territory of Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 The extensive farm, constantly increasing in 
 value, is still in the possession of the McMahans, 
 and was held by father and sou from 1811 until 
 the death of the father of our subject, who, after 
 living upon the old homestead nearly his entire 
 lifetime, was buried there. His faithful and de- 
 voted wife passed away in May, 1867, and wa? in- 
 terred beside her beloved husband. The farm is 
 five miles below Arrow Rock and well known to 
 all the residents of the county. The children of 
 this pioneer couple were Erasmus, who died at the 
 age of six years; Samuel, our subject; Sarah, who 
 married William J. Harris, of Cooper County, 
 and died in 1861; Margaret, married to Edward 
 Brown, of Cooper County. La Mine Township; 
 Robert, residing in Cooper County, three miles 
 from Arrow Rock; and Benjamin, steam-boating 
 on the Missouri River, owner and pilot, who lives 
 in Cooper County. 
 
 Samuel McMahan, our subject. was married May 
 16, 1866, to Miss Alice J., a daughter of William 
 and Edmonia (Turley) Tyler, of Cooper County. 
 Mr. McMahan 's early life was passed upon the old 
 farm and boating upon the Missouri River. Our 
 
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 subject was in the wood and boating business for 
 a number of years, nearly a score. The buying of 
 land and cutting wood and selling it for fuel 
 were then most profitable, and a business in which 
 Mr. McMahan largely engaged. For about ten 
 years of his early life, he farmed upon the old 
 homestead and aided in caring for the large fam- 
 ily of his parents until he was twenty-four 3'ears 
 of age. He then built flat-boats and ran them. 
 Our subject now owns shares in a gasoline ferry 
 boat, at Arrow Rock, the first of its kind in 
 existence. 
 
 In 1882, he engaged in the mercantile business 
 also in Arrow Rock, to which place he moved 
 from his farm. Mr. McMahan sells dry goods, 
 clothes, notions and fancy goods. During the 
 war he enlisted with two of his brothers in Price's 
 command; they were all captured in the southwest 
 part of Missouri, and were imprisoned at Rock 
 Island for six or seven months. Released in the 
 spring of 1805, they made their way home. Mr. 
 McMahan was with Price in his raid through Mis- 
 souri, and was in Wood's Battalion, Marmaduke's 
 Division. After the war he again resumed the 
 handling and sale of wood. Mr. McMahan and 
 all of his family are members of the Christian 
 Church, of which he has been an honored Deacon 
 for twenty years. 
 
 In political affiliations, our subject is an ardent 
 Democrat, and has always been an active advocate 
 of his party, ever taking a deep interest in local 
 and national affairs. He was elected to the office 
 of .lust ice of the Peace upon the Democratic 
 ticket, and he was almost the unanimous choice 
 of his fellow-citizens. The children of Mr. and 
 Mrs. McMahan are Lena and Nora B., who. with 
 their parents, are widely known and highly 
 esteemed. 
 
 The McMahans were among the very early pio- 
 neers of the Territory of Missouri, and their his- 
 tory is interwoven with the history of the State 
 and nation. Grandfather McMahan was engaged 
 in the Indian War of 1812, and was in Ft. Cooper 
 when Cooper himself w r as killed. Thomas Mc- 
 Mahan was a skillful veterinary surgeon, and had 
 an extensive practice, and his services were sorely 
 missed after his death. No family in this region can 
 
 point with more pride to their record than the 
 McMahans. But for such pioneer men as were 
 the father and grandfather of Samuel McMahan, 
 America now would not be inhabitable. For their 
 children and their descendants they shared un- 
 complainingly toil and privations, and we to-da}' 
 reap the glorious harvest sown by brave ancestors 
 amid sacrifice and death at the hands of the mer- 
 ciless savage. 
 
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 ILTON DRUMMOND, editor of the Odessa 
 , Democrat, was born in Dover Township, 
 La Fayette County, this State, September 
 15, 1831, and is a son of James and Sarah 
 (Farrar) Drummond, the former a native of Ken- 
 tucky, born in 1 71)5. He came to La Fayette 
 County in 1819 or 1820, and located where Lex- 
 ington now stands, taking up a tract of land from 
 the Government. He was one of the earliest set- 
 tlers in the county. He was married in Kentucky, 
 in 1816, to our subject's mother, who was a Vir- 
 ginian by birth, but reared in the Blue Grass State. 
 Grandfather John Drummond was one of the pio- 
 neers of Kentucky, and was of Scotch descent. 
 His death occurred in the Fiench and Indian War 
 while in Canada. 
 
 Our subject's father died in 1852. His wife 
 passed away in 1864. They were the parents of 
 eight children, there being five sons and three 
 daughters, all of whom grew to manhood and 
 womanhood, but only three of whom are now liv- 
 ing: William S., who is a resident of Brookston, 
 Tex.; Jane, who is the wife of Edmund Joslyn, 
 of Newton County, Mo.; and our subject. 
 
 Milton Drummond was the seventh in order of 
 birth of his father's family. He was reared in his 
 native county and received his education in the 
 subscription schools, that were maintained by the 
 people. He remained at home until twenty-one 
 years of age, assisting his father on the farm. His 
 first marriage occurred in 1855, when he was 
 united in marriage to Mary T. Graves. Her com- 
 
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 panionship was granted him, however, for only two 
 
 years. The one son to whom she gave birth died 
 in infancy. 
 
 December 7, 1859, our subject again married, his 
 bride being Miss Millie A. Lyon, a native of Cass 
 County, this State, and a daughter of John Lyon, 
 one of the earliest settlers of that county. By this 
 marriage there have been born, eight children: 
 James, who is in the office of the Democrat; Robert 
 L., a clerk in a hardware store in Odessa; William 
 F., residing in Colorado; Walter W., in the Demo- 
 crat office; Beattie, at home; John Milton, Nellie, 
 and Mattie R., who died at the age of four years. 
 
 In his first domestic experience Mr. Drummond 
 located at Monegaw Springs^St. Clair Count} - , and 
 engaged in merchandising. He then located in 
 Cass County, and served in the Confederate army 
 for three years, being under the command of Em- 
 mett McDonald. After the war he returned to 
 La Fayette County, and settled on a farm, where 
 he remained until 1891, when he removed to 
 Odessa to take charge of the Democrat. Mi'. Drum- 
 mond is a Democrat in politics, as the name of his 
 paper will indicate. Both he and his wife are 
 members of the Christian Church. 
 
 T. SYDENSTRICKFR, an energetic, en- 
 terprising and highly respected citizen, 
 and for several years one of the most suc- 
 cessful farmers of the State, now retired 
 from agricultural duties and engaged in other 
 business, resides in Frankfort, Saline County, Mo. 
 A native of Missouri, and born in the county 
 where he still makes his home, the entire life of 
 our subject is interwoven with the history and 
 growth of his native State. As a School Director 
 he served faithfully two years, promoting educa- 
 tional advancement and aiding materially in the 
 betterment of all the leading interests of his neigh- 
 borhood and vicinity. 
 
 Mr. Sydenstricker was born not far from his 
 
 present home in the year 1862, and is therefore 
 yet in early manhood. He is the son of T. L. and 
 Sallie Sydenstricker, both native Virginians. The 
 paternal grandfather served bravely in the War of 
 the Revolution as a Hessian soldier, and was cap- 
 tured by Washington at Trenton. The maternal 
 grandfather, Page, was also a heroic veteran of 
 the early wars, and for his gallantry upon the field 
 received deserved promotion to the office of Cap- 
 tain. The mother of our subject, a most worthy 
 and highly esteemed lady, died in 1871. 
 
 Mr. Sydenstricker 's father, born in 1830, sur- 
 vives, and is living at Henleyville, Cal. He de- 
 voted much of his early life to agricultural pur- 
 suits, and was prospered in general farming and 
 stock-raising, and also succeeded in the business 
 of merchandising, his various ventures bringing 
 him excellent returns. He enlisted in the Civil 
 War under the command of Capt. Robinson, and 
 remained in active service upon the field during 
 the entire period of the struggle. He was taken 
 prisoner and sent to St. Louis to the Gratiot Street 
 Prison, and later to Alton, 111. Our subject is one 
 of a family of nine brothers and one sister, all of 
 whom are yet living. 
 
 Mr. Sydenstricker was, in 1888, united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Minnie E. Hawkins, a native of 
 .Saline County, Mo., born in 1857. The marriage 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Sydenstricker has been blessed by 
 the birth of one bright, and promising child, 
 Thomas A. Their commodious and pleasant home 
 is delightfully located, and is the scene of many a 
 happy gathering of the large circle of friends and 
 acquaintances with whom they are great favor- 
 ites. Our subject and his estimable wife are ever 
 ready to aid in social or benevolent enterprises of 
 their locality, and are known to be progressive 
 and liberal in thought and action. Mr. Syden- 
 stricker is essentially a self-made man. Educated 
 in the schools of the county, he began at a very- 
 early age to rely entirely upon his own exertions, 
 and upon starling out in life first engaged in 
 fanning, having previously served an apprentice- 
 ship to agricultural duties. Intelligent, hard 
 working and a shrewd observer, profiting by the 
 experience of others, our subject was prospered 
 from the beginning of his labors as a tiller of the 
 
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 soil, and lias accumulated a handsome property. 
 Continuing unweariedly in the same line of busi- 
 ness, lie remained until the 1st of October, 1891, 
 upon the profitable farm which year after year 
 yielded him so abundant a harvest. When he left 
 his farming property in the fall of 1891, he en- 
 gaged in merchandising. 
 
 Mr. Sydenstricker is now in business, and in 
 whatever line of work he may engage, it is safe to 
 predict him successful in his ventures. Our sub- 
 ject is a strong Democrat and believes in its party 
 principles and platform, but while taking an ac- 
 tive interest in all matters, of the day, has no de- 
 sire to hold political office. He served for two 
 years most acceptably upon the School Board, and 
 it is to be hoped may be induced in the near 
 future to again aid as a public-spirited and up- 
 right citizen in behalf of educational progress. 
 Positions of trust and honor will undoubtedly 
 claim much of his attention in the coming years, 
 and in the discharge of such duties he cannot fail 
 to give most valuable and efficient service. 
 
 AMES GILMER,a representative, prosperous 
 farmer, and well-known and highly-respected 
 citizen of Saline County, Mo., owns a fine 
 farm of two hundred and five acres located 
 upon section 15, township 50, range 20, near Mar- 
 shall. Our subject was born in Kentucky, August 
 11, 1821. His paternal grandfather was a native 
 Virginian, of Irish descent, and later in life re- 
 moved to Kentucky, in which latter State he died. 
 He and his good wife were the parents of eight 
 children, six sons and two daughters: Thomas; 
 .lames; John , the father of our subject; Campbell, 
 who engaged in the War of 1812; Alexander; 
 Robert; and the two daughters, Esther and Martha. 
 John Gilmer was born in Virginia in 1792, and 
 when a boy went to Kentucky with his parents, 
 remaining there until 1838, when he came to Mis- 
 souri, and in 1834 settled upon the land where 
 our subject has resided since he was ten years old. 
 
 His wife, whom he married in Green County, Ky., 
 was Miss Elizabeth Phillips, a lady well adapted to 
 the pioneer life which she bravely shared with her 
 family. The sons and daughters who came into 
 the primitive- home of those early days were 
 eleven in number and comprised seven boys and 
 four girls. The eldest of this large family was 
 William T., deceased; the second-born was our 
 subject, James; Campbell is living in Montana; 
 Maj. A. died in California, in 1871; Robert in Cal- 
 ifornia; Squire A. resides in Arizona; Mary Jane 
 married Benjamin Steele, of Saline County; Sarah 
 Ann is deceased; Martha S. is the wife of Peter T. 
 Reynolds; Bettie P. lives in Montana. 
 
 Mr. Gilmer was but a little lad when he jour- 
 neyed to Missouri with his parents and their family, 
 who, together with a few other families, traveled 
 by wagons, camping out on the way, and consuming 
 several weeks in the trip. Crossing the Missis- 
 sippi at St. Louis, and the Missouri at St. Charles, 
 they finallj' reached their destination, Arrow Rock. 
 Arrived in the then almost wilderness of the State, 
 the children old enough to go received a brief 
 education in the little subscription schools of their 
 immediate neighborhood. The father of Mr. (iil- 
 mer was a lifelong farmer, and upon the old home- 
 stead where he has passed his life our subject was 
 early trained in the duties of agriculture. His 
 mother, who was of English descent, died in 1866, 
 and the father, who survived her, passed away in 
 1872, both remaining upon the farm until the day 
 of their deaths. 
 
 Our subject was married in 1855 to Miss Cather- 
 ine A., daughter of James Francis Harvey, of Sa- 
 line County. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer 
 was brightened by the presence of eight chil- 
 dren, six sons and two daughters: Elizabeth 
 Frances married E. I). Haynie, of Saline County; 
 William T. is the eldest born and is married; Wal- 
 ter J. resides in Montana; Mary Jane is the wife 
 of Edward Peterson, of Saline County; James W., 
 John M., Robert and Wade Hampton; all oc- 
 cupy positions of respect and honor among their 
 fellow-citizens. Mrs. Gilmer died July 23, 1880. 
 
 Mr. Gilmer belongs to no secret society, nor has 
 he been a member of any religious denomination, 
 but as an earnest and law-abiding citizen, liberally 
 
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 363 
 
 aids in the march of progress and improvement, 
 and has worthily won and firmly holds the respect 
 and esteem of all who know him. In political 
 affiliations, he is a Democrat, and is actively inter- 
 ested in the national and local conduct of offices 
 of trust, but has been content to do his duty as a 
 private citizen, never seeking political preferment. 
 
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 IEORGE A. CHAMBLIN, Chairman of the 
 j. City Council, and County Judge of the 
 >^/| District Court of La Fayette County, is well 
 adapted by character and attainments to fill with 
 dignity and ability any position of trust to which 
 he may be called. His past relations to his fellow- 
 citizens, and his hearty interest and ready aid in 
 public progress and local improvement, made him 
 long ago one of the most prominent and influen- 
 tial citizens of Higginsvillc, La Fayette County, 
 Mo. Born in Rose Hill, Johnson County, Mo., 
 March 2, 1844, our subject has been a resident of 
 the State for nearly a half-century. His grand- 
 father Chamblin was a merchant of Lexington, 
 Ky.. and died in that city. He was from one of 
 the oldest and most honored Virginia families. 
 
 Coleman Chamblin, the father of our subject, 
 was born in Bourbon County, Ky., but was reared 
 in Lexington. He came to Missouri when a young 
 man, and was an early settler in La Fayette County, 
 locating in Dover, then Warrensburgh. He handled 
 general merchandise in Dover, and afterward in 
 Rose Hill, continuing in the mercantile business 
 until his death in 1861. In politics, he was a 
 Whig, and in religious affiliations he was a mem- 
 ber of the Christian Church. His wife, Eliza Lov- 
 ering, was a native of St. Charles, Mo., and did 
 not long survive her husband, passing away in 
 1861. Her father was a farmer of St. Charles 
 County, and died there. Coleman Chamblin was 
 twice married, his first wife being Miss Vivian. She 
 was the mother of five children of whom only one 
 is now living, Anna, Mrs. J. B. Pemberton, whose 
 husband is County Recorder of Johnson County. 
 
 Seven children, of whom our subject \v:is the 
 eldest, blessed the second marriage of Mr. Cole- 
 man Chamblin. George was reared in Johnson 
 County, and during the war assisted about the 
 store. His first schooling was in a little log school- 
 house in the farming neighborhood, and after- 
 ward he attended the schools of Rose Hill. Im- 
 mediately following his father's death, he went to 
 a select school in Pleasant Hill, Cass County, and 
 remained there until in 1862 the annoyance from 
 jay hawkers became unbearable and he went home. 
 He started South, and enlisting in a company of 
 two hundred, reached St. Charles County, Mo., 
 and had a skirmish with a party of Union sol- 
 diers. The company got scattered, and with oth- 
 ers Mr. Chamblin was captured by an Iowa regi- 
 ment and taken to Clinton, Mo. 
 
 He was well treated by the Iowa men, and after 
 a week was removed to Sedalia, and in a few 
 days was sent to Jefferson City, remaining there 
 three weeks. He was next removed to St. Louis, 
 Gratiot Street Prison; then was sent to Alton, im- 
 prisoned there and afterward lodged in Indianap- 
 olis, Ind., one night; lie was taken thence to John- 
 son Island, Lake Erie, where he arrived in December 
 and met some of Morgan's men, who like himself 
 were prisoners. Our subject's journeyings were 
 not yet over. He was again removed, first to San- 
 dusky City, afterward to Cairo, 111., and from 
 there, after three days' sojourn, to Vieksburg on a 
 boat, at which time the poor worn-out prisoner. 
 our subject, was sick unto death, but recovered suf- 
 ficiently to land with the other prisoners at Milli- 
 ken's Bend, where the exchange of the captured 
 was made. Mr. Chamblin was then forwarded to 
 Jackson, Miss., where Jefferson Davis talked with 
 the prisoners, with some of whom our subject went 
 back to Vieksburg Landing, and then walked to 
 Delhi to take the train. The train started two 
 hours early, and thus evaded a reception. The 
 soldiers, released from confinement, then journeyed 
 by boat to Camden, on the Ouachita River, then 
 proceeded to Little Rock, where he again joined 
 the Confederate forces. 
 
 Mr. Chamblin then enlisted in the Sixteenth 
 Missouri Infantry, C. S. A., and remained in the 
 vicinity through the winter until the spring of 
 
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 1863. Upon July 4, 1863, he engaged in the bat- 
 tle of Helena, Ark., fell back to Little Hock, light- 
 ing gallantly all the way. and, still retreating, 
 reached Camden, where the command wintered. 
 Our subject was made Orderly-Sergeant at Helena, 
 and, in constant service, next fought at the battle 
 of Pleasant Hill, La., in which engagement a num- 
 ber of the Federals were taken prisoner, and with 
 them the regiment marched back to Arkansas. 
 Again the forces fought near Camden, in the battle 
 of Saline River, the Northern troops commanded 
 by Gen. Steele. Here again the Confederates cap- 
 tured a number of the enemy and returned to 
 Camden, then went to Shreveport, La., where 
 Sergeant Chamblin was granted a furlough, which 
 he spent in Northern Louisiana. When the lime 
 of his leave had expired, he heard of Lee's surren- 
 der, and returning to his command at Shreveport, 
 surrendered with them and immediately came 
 home via St. Louis. 
 
 The war ended, our subject located in Dover, 
 La Fayette County, and for a time was employed 
 in a mill. He learned his trade with the Flavel 
 Vivian Mills at Dover, and within two years 
 had charge of the mills. In 1871 Mr. Chamblin 
 bought the Higginsville Mill and settled here, op- 
 erating the establishment for some time, and then 
 sold it. One year later our subject and the man 
 to whom he had disposed of his interest became 
 partners and built the City Mills, hi 1878 or 1879, 
 Mr. Chamblin and Mr. Smile}' started the Roller 
 Process, which business in 1884 was conducted by 
 a stock company, called the Higginsville Milling 
 Company, and was incorporated with a capital 
 stock of 130,000, and is still running most success- 
 fully, but Mr. Chamblin close* out his interest in 
 the business about four years ago. The mill, which 
 is the largest in the county, has a capacity of 
 two hundred barrels per day. 
 
 Our subject owns a large amount of real estate, 
 and has successfully handled an immense acreage. 
 He laid out Chamblin 's Addition to Higginsville, 
 one block, and then laid out Chamblin 's Exten- 
 sion, four acres, west of the addition previously 
 surveyed. He resides in a handsome residence in 
 the city, a valuable piece of property, and has 
 twenty acres in the city limits; aside from his own 
 
 home he owns a number of houses and lots in Hig- 
 ginsville. Six hundred and eighty acres of excel- 
 lent farming land, two adjoining farms in Dover 
 Township, six miles south of Higginsville, have 
 been until lately used by Mr. Chamblin in raising 
 cattle, full-blooded and grade Shorthorns. He is 
 one of the charter members and a Director of the 
 old Farmers' Association, and was connected with 
 the organization until it was sold out. Mr. 
 Chamblin and his wife own five hundred and 
 twenty acres of land in this county, and have in 
 all over twelve hundred acres. Among the other 
 public enterprises in which our subject engaged 
 was the organization of the Bank of Higginsville, 
 in which institution he continues a stockholder 
 and Director. At one time he was a stockholder 
 in the Chicago & Alton Railroad. 
 
 Mr. Chamblin was married near Dover, in 1870, 
 to Miss Nannie, daughter of George \V. and Mary 
 E. Vivian, old settlers here, and originally from 
 Kentucky. The father was a fanner, but now re- 
 sides in the city, although he still continues his in- 
 terest in Texas Count}', where he is in the milling 
 business. Mrs. Chamblin was partially reared in 
 Texas, but completed her education here. She be- 
 came the mother of eight children, of whom five arc 
 living: Frank E., educated at Warrensburgh; Neli- 
 son, a daughter; Coleman, Katie and Osborne, the 
 three latter yet at home, and among the bright 
 young people of the city. Higginsville had but 
 two or three houses when the Missouri Pacific Rail- 
 road was completed the year after Mr. Chamblin 
 came here, and he was among the first to go over 
 the line, lie assisted in the incorporation of the 
 city, and was one of the first Aldermen of Hig- 
 ginsville. He was re-elected in 1890, and again 
 in 1892 without opposition, being the unanimous 
 choice of the people. He has served on the Street 
 and Finance Committees, and since 1890 has been 
 Chairman of the Council, always actively and 
 efficiently engaged in advancing the interests of 
 Higginsville. One of the substantial brick blocks 
 on Main Street was erected and owned by Chamb- 
 lin & Smiley, but they have since disposed of it. 
 
 Mr. Chamblin was one of the first School Direc- 
 tors and was a member of the Board when the first 
 public schools weie built, but is not on the Board 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 365 
 
 now. Our subject received a call from one hun- 
 dred and eighty citizens to make the race for 
 County Judge of the Eastern District of LaFayette 
 County, and the nomination was almost unani- 
 mous. Mr. Chamhlin is connected with the An- 
 cient Order of United Workmen and is a valued 
 member of the society. He was interested in se- 
 curing the site of the Confederate Soldiers' Home 
 at Iliggiusville. and was among the most liberal 
 contributors in behalf of the project. He also 
 .lidcd in founding the La Fayette College connected 
 with the Christian Church, which institution is not 
 now in existence. Our subject assisted in build- 
 ing the Christian Church, of which his wife is a 
 member, and has been prominently connected with 
 every leading enterprise of his home. In poli- 
 tics, he is a straight Democrat, and ardently inter- 
 ested in the local and national conduct of affairs. 
 As an energetic and progressive citizen, he has 
 from his earliest years been one of the important 
 factors in the upbuilding and advancement of all 
 the leading interests of his native State, and pos- 
 sesses the esteem of all who know him. 
 
 ERNEST L. EUBANK, a prominent and 
 prosperous agriculturist, and an energetic 
 and progressive citizen, now residing upon 
 section 4, township .31, range 20, adjacent to Slater, 
 Saline County, Mo., is a native of the State and 
 county, and was born .luly 6, 1864. He is an 
 honored representative of our ambitious, self-reh- 
 aut and intelligent young men of to-day, who are 
 in fact the coming power in American govern- 
 ment and independence. Always a resident of the 
 State, our subject is widely known, and has been 
 active in local progress and improvement. He is 
 one of the leading Masons of Slater, and in the 
 ranks of that ancient society and among the gen- 
 eral public lias a host of warm friends. 
 
 Ernest L. Eubank is a son of Reuben and Bettie 
 (Whitaker) Eubank, early residents of Missouri. 
 The mother is a native of Kentucky, and a most 
 
 estimable and finely cultured lady. Our subject 
 has two brothers, John F. and Jerome I). John F. 
 Eubank was born in Saline County. Mo., in the 
 year 1861, and was united in marriage with Miss 
 Lucy Smith, who is the happy mother of two 
 bright and promising children. He is a successful 
 agriculturist and a highly respected citizen. Jerome 
 D. Eubank is also a native of Saline County, and 
 was born in 1866. He married Miss Zudie Pur- 
 dom, and with his wife makes his home in Slater, 
 and transacts the business of a stock-dealer. Our 
 subject was educated in the excellent schools of 
 Slater and at twenty-one years of age engaged in 
 the duties of agriculture, and aside from profit- 
 able fanning has been successful as a trader. 
 
 A valuable homestead of one hundred and sixty 
 acres was received by Mr. Eubank from his father, 
 who purchased the land, located on the Lexington 
 Road, some twenty years ago, paying for it then 
 $16.66J per acre. The estate, which is pleasantly 
 situated, has increased in value, and could not now 
 be purchased for $75 per acre. Mr. Eubank was 
 married, .May 7, 1890, to Miss Lillie Gaines, a na- 
 tive of Kentucky, born in 1868. She is a daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin Gaines, and a most attractive and 
 accomplished young lady. After a long course of 
 instruction in music, under the supervision of one 
 of the celebrated teachers of the art in Kentucky, 
 Mrs. Eubank graduated with honor, and is a thor- 
 oughly skilled musician. 
 
 The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Eubank is 
 modern in construction and artistic in design and 
 finish. The ten commodious and conveniently ar- 
 ranged and finely furnished rooms are finished in 
 Georgia pine, and the effect is in keeping with the 
 tasteful decorations and furnishings. The house 
 is two stories in height, and cost $3,500. A barn, 
 handsome in design and well finished, is a com- 
 modious and reall}' ornamental as well as useful 
 structure, and is thirty feet gable, and twelve feet 
 post, and 50x00 feet in extent and cost the sum 
 of $1,200. The surrounding grounds and yard are 
 kept in exquisite order, and form a pretty setting 
 to the residence. 
 
 The valuable farm, all under a high state of 
 cultivation, produces principally corn, wheat and 
 a variety of choice grasses. Mr. Eubank devotes 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 much of his time to the raising of a good quality 
 of stock, horses, cattle and hogs, and has been 
 especially successful in this department of general 
 agriculture. The net proceeds of the farm annu- 
 ally reach $2,500. Our subject lias been a member 
 (if the Christian Church, but his wife is a member 
 of the Baptist denomination, and in both religious 
 organizations they number many friends. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Eubank are both prominent in the social 
 world of Slater, and receive and entertain with 
 cordial hospitality. Our subject has been a mem- 
 ber of the Blue Lodge since December 1, 1888, and 
 advanced to the Royal Arch in 1889, and in 1890 
 became a Knight Templar. Politically, Mr. Eu- 
 bank is a thorough Democrat, and has represented 
 the party and his political friends and neighbors 
 at various State and county conventions, ever dis- 
 charging the duties intrusted to his care with ef- 
 ficiency and fidelity. 
 
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 55 
 
 ... LBERT G. ROBERTSON, a very success- 
 ful farmer and stock-raiser, who is located 
 near Mt. Leonard, Saline County, is one 
 more of that honorable, substantial and 
 helpful class of citizens — the cultivators of the 
 soil. In the Old Country a land-owner is regarded 
 as a more important adjunct to society than a man 
 who does not own land can be, and there is some- 
 thing in that old feeling which has been handed 
 down through the generations that are the descend- 
 ants of Old Country people, as we nearly all are 
 more or less, because there is something definitely 
 solid in real estate, something reliable, and which 
 can not fluctuate as some other forms of prop- 
 erty do. 
 
 Mr. Robertson comes of a good old family who 
 trace their ancestry back to Scotland and its sturdy 
 people, than whom there are none stronger in 
 mind or body. Albert G. was born in Wyandot 
 County, Ohio, February 20, 1821. His father, 
 Josiah Robertson, was born in Virginia in 1789, and 
 his grandfather, also Josiah Robertson, was of 
 
 Scotch descent. The grandfather served in the 
 Revolutionary War, while his brother was a Cap- 
 tain in that war, and was killed at Norfolk, Va. 
 
 Mr. Robertson's father was a farmer, and emi- 
 grated to Ohio before 1820, locating temporarily 
 in Highland County, but after his marriage moved 
 to Wyandot County, where he purchased land and 
 improved a farm. He came to Missouri in 1837, 
 locating in Marion County, where he bought land 
 and lived about sixteen years. After this he 
 moved to Knox County, where he died in 1863. 
 He served in the War of 1812, was Judge of what 
 was Crawford County, Ohio, at the time that he 
 lived there, and vvas a prominent man, very soci- 
 able and well liked. The mother of the subject of 
 this sketch, Eliza (Terry) Robertson, of Virginia, 
 moved to Ohio with her parents when she was only 
 seven years of age. She died in Saline County in 
 1889, in her eightieth year. 
 
 Albert G. is the second child and eldest son of 
 five children, three of whom are living. I lis edu- 
 cational advantages were necessarily limited, as 
 the school facilities of that time were meagre; we 
 know of the old log school houses with their rude 
 accommodations, yet many of our ablest men have 
 received all their school education in just such 
 educational institutions, proving that " where 
 there's a will, there's a way " to gain some knowl- 
 edge as a nucleus for future acquisition; and this 
 Mr. Robertson did, using the advantages that he 
 had to the fullest extent possible. 
 
 Mr. Robertson was seventeen years of age when 
 his father came to Missouri, and he remained with 
 him ten years, during which time he and his 
 brother managed the farm. In 1848, he located in 
 Knox County on a piece of land which his father 
 gave him, and lived there sixteen years. In 1865, 
 just after the war, he came to Saline County and 
 bought his present farm, located in section 24, 
 township 50, range 23. This section was quite 
 new at the time and but few improvements were 
 seen. He purchased quite an extensive tract of 
 land, and now owns three hundred and twenty 
 acres of as fine farming property as can be found 
 anywhere. He has always been actively engaged 
 in stock-raising and has made a success of it. 
 
 May 3, 1849, Mr. Robertson married Miss Mary 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 367 
 
 Black, of Perry County, Ohio. Her people were 
 natives of that State and were a fine family. The 
 following children blessed this union: Josiah 
 .1.; George M., deceased; John M., married, a 
 farmer near Grand Pass, this State and county; 
 Dorothy J.; Daniel B., married, and a farmer near 
 here; Thomas .!., Minnie, and two deceased. Min- 
 nie is a teacher in the convent in Springfield, Mo. 
 All the children have been given good school ad- 
 vantages. The gentleman of whom we are writing 
 affiliates with the Democratic party, but is not an 
 active politician. He is one of our best citizens, a 
 statement that means much when we take into 
 consideration the number of fine men we have in 
 the county. 
 
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 "\|JAMES W. BELLES, living upon a beauti- 
 ful farm of one hundred and sixty-six 
 acres of land, located on section 17, town- 
 ship 41), range 25, in La Fayette County, 
 Mo., is the subject of this sketch. He is one of 
 the prominent and thrifty farmers of this vicinity, 
 and was born in this county November 2, 1850. 
 His parents were William II. and Caroline V. 
 Belles, both of them natives of Kentucky. The 
 father of our subject emigrated from Kentucky to 
 La Fayette County, Mo., at an early day, when 
 still a young man, and later settled upon a place 
 about two miles east of the present site of Hig- 
 ginsville. There he became one of the early 
 settlers. 
 
 The death of William II. Belles took place in 
 October, 1854, in this county, but the beloved 
 mother lived until 1883, when she, too, passed 
 away at about the age of seventy years, a devout 
 member of the Christian Church. Mr. Belles had 
 embraced the Baptist faith, and with their deaths 
 passed away two of the real old settlers who 
 were pioneers of the State. Our subject was 
 reared upon the farm of his father and early 
 learned the duties pertaining to agricultural life. 
 His education was rather limited, being only that 
 
 to be obtained in the district school, but he was a 
 youth with natural intelligence and has become a 
 man of superior information. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Belles was solemnized 
 February 16, 1888, with Miss Roberta Graham, a 
 native of La Fayette County, and a daughter of 
 Charles Graham, of Aullville, Mo. She was a 
 bright and intelligent maiden, and has made a 
 sensible and congenial wife, the thoughtful and 
 fond mother of two children: Virginia, born 
 March 1, 1889, and little Graham, July 28, 1891. 
 Our subject had originally six brothers and sis- 
 ters, but four of these are the only ones left. 
 They are all in homes of their own and are as fol- 
 lows: Nancy B., who is now the wife of F. M. Ila- 
 good; Martha; and Elizabeth R., who is the wife 
 of R. F. Warren. 
 
 Mr. Belles, of this notice, is the owner of one 
 hundred and sixty-six acres of land and takes 
 pride in them, knowing that his own untiring 
 efforts earned them. His district has entrusted 
 him with the position of School Director, and he 
 has shown himself to be in favor of all those in- 
 terests which will advance the county. In the 
 Democratic party our subject takes a prominent 
 place, being quite active in its ranks in this town- 
 ship. His church connection is with that denom- 
 ination known as the Christian. Altogether, in 
 looking through the county, there is no family 
 more deserving of the high esteem in which it is 
 held than that of James W. Belles. 
 
 WW justi 
 
 ILLIAM O. SMITH, deceased. There is 
 Subject to which it is so difficult to do 
 ustice as to the memory of the distin- 
 guished dead, yet we cannot refrain, in a biogra- 
 phical work, from the mention of those citizens 
 who have been so closely identified with the early 
 settlement aud growth of our county, though they 
 may have long since taken their departure from 
 among the living. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Among those men of prominence who deserve 
 mention at the hands of the truthful biographer, 
 and who will never he forgotten, stands that of 
 William (). Smith, who departed this life in 1880. 
 Although years have passed since he was called 
 away from the things of life, his memory is ver- 
 dant in the hearts of his friends. 
 
 Mr. Smith was born in Clarke County, Va., and 
 was a son of Louis and Malinda Smith, who were 
 also born in the Old Dominion. He was a member 
 of a family of three, the only brother. His first 
 marriage took place in 1841 to Miss Marion 
 Adams, but she was removed by death, and left 
 three children, Edward, Louis and Hariette. The 
 second marriage of Mr. Smith took place in Har- 
 riet, when he chose Miss Mary Ad kins to become 
 his wife, but she too was called away, and at her 
 death, in 1858, left also three children, W. O., 
 Mildred J. and Mary A. Again Mr. Smith sought 
 a companion, and in 1860 Miss Martha B. Winston 
 consented to become his wife, and one child was 
 born of this union, J. W. Smith, who now resides 
 upon the home farm. 
 
 Our subject came to Saline County in 1847, 
 having resided for one year in Howard County, 
 Mo. Looking backward, that seems a long time, 
 and, judging by the wonderful growth and devel- 
 opment of the country, seems still longer, but 
 many yet live who can tell of a pioneer life like 
 that of Mr. Smith. He was a poor man at that 
 time, and brought almost no money with him,Juut 
 was able in after years to look backward to this 
 time and realize how all of the advancement he 
 had made was by his own efforts. 
 
 Mr. Smith owned a few negroes during the war, 
 but lost them, and when he reached this place he 
 bought such land as his limited means would al- 
 low. This he improved until he owned a tract 
 much larger, having added to it from time by 
 judicious purchase, and at the time of his death 
 owned three hundred and eighty-six acres. This 
 is all highly cultivated and would sell for $65 to 
 $70 per acre. Our subject was a member of the 
 Bethel Baptist Church from 1858 up to 1876, 
 when he became a firm believer in the Hope Puri- 
 tan Baptist faith, and was baptized into that 
 church. 
 
 Mr. Smith had many good qualities, and in the 
 times of his pioneer life these were strongly 
 brought forth. There was none more willing to 
 help a neighbor, or to lend a hand in any enterprise 
 for the good of the church, school or community. 
 He is remembered as always liberal to the religi- 
 ous bodies and a contributor to all charitable pur- 
 poses. Socially he was a member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and politically he 
 was a Democrat, and most naturally a Southern 
 sympathizer. 
 
 G. NIEDERJOHN. We are pleased to 
 present to the readers of this work the 
 intelligent gentleman and prominent poli- 
 tician, as well as substantial farmer, whose 
 name opens this sketch. His fine pkee is located 
 on section 2, township 50, range 24, in La Fay- 
 ette County, where he has one of the best farms 
 in the neighborhood. Since 1873 he has been a 
 resident of La Fayette County, and by his good 
 judgment and practical good sense has become 
 known as one of the most reliable citizens of the 
 community. 
 
 The birth of our subject took place in Warren 
 County, Mo., December 11, 1847. He is a son of 
 H. H. and Florentine (Koelling) Niederjohn, the 
 former a native of Germany, and one of the early 
 settlers of Warren County, Mo. The boyhood of 
 our subject was spent similarly to that of other 
 lads of his age, in attending the common schools 
 and doing the "chores" which so naturally fall 
 to the boys in a family. Not being satisfied with 
 the advantages afforded at the common schools, 
 our subject at the age of twenty-one years en- 
 tered the Central Wesleyan College, at Warren- 
 ton, Mo., where he remained one year. 
 
 After leaving school, our subject went into a 
 general merchandise business in Warrenton, con- 
 tinuing there for two and one-half years. In 1873 
 he removed to La Fayette County, and obtained a 
 line farm of two hundred and seventy-five acres, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 371 
 
 upon which he has since engaged in general fann- 
 ing, having two hundred and forty-six acres well 
 cultivated and improved. In his political life Mr. 
 Niederjohn upholds the principles of the Repub- 
 lican party, believing that those are the best for 
 the management of a great country like this. He 
 has become a prominent factor in the ranks of his 
 party in this section. 
 
 In connection with the above statement, we 
 may mention that Mr. Niederjohn was nominated 
 upon the Republican ticket this fall (1892) for the 
 position of County Judge from the Eastern Dis- 
 trict of LaFayette County, Mo. Our subject is 
 a member of Middleton Lodge No. 186, A. O. U. W., 
 m which he takes a lively interest. In 1876, he 
 married Miss Amelia, daughter of E. II. Koenig, 
 of Concordia. La Fayette County, and seven in- 
 teresting children gather around his hearth, as 
 follows: William H., Flora II.. E. W., Benjamin 
 F., Horace G., Lydia May, and an infant babe. 
 Our subject and his wife are valued members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which 
 Mr. Niederjohn holds the position of Steward. 
 For many years he has acceptably filled the office 
 of School Director, and is a man who is esteemed 
 by the community. 
 
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 ON. WILLIAM T. GAMMON, elected to 
 an honored position upon the Judicial 
 Bench of Virginia, served with ability as 
 Judge of the County Court, and afterward 
 made Judge of the Probate Court in LaFayette 
 County, Mo., discharged the responsible duties of 
 his vaiious offices with energetic efficiency. An 
 enterprising and progressive citizen, he has suc- 
 cessfully engaged in various lines of business. 
 Our subject was born August 6, 1826, and is the 
 son of Thomas and Jane (Bradshaw) Gammon. 
 His paternal grandfather, Anderson Gammon, was 
 of Scotch-Irish descent, by occupation a fanner. 
 and lived and died in Louisa County, Va. Grand- 
 mother Gammon, who was a Miss Strong, became 
 
 18 
 
 the mother of four sons and one daughter: Will- 
 iam, Thomas, Harris, Oeorge A. and Mary. The 
 Gammons were of the Baptist persuasion, and up- 
 right, earnest. Christian people. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Louisa 
 County, Va., and was a successful farmer and a 
 carpenter by trade. In 1*20, he moved to Poca- 
 hontas County, and with two Others built the 
 fust court house. After his marriage he devoted 
 himself entirely to agricultural duties. His wife, 
 born in Augusta County. Va., was a descendant of 
 Judge John Bradshaw, who was the presiding 
 Jurist at the trial of King Charles I, of England. 
 The maternal grandfather of our subject, John 
 Bradshaw, was born in Virginia, and was num- 
 bered among the wealthy planters of the State. 
 He served with distinguished bravery in the Revo- 
 lutionary War, and participated in the battle of 
 Cowpens. His wife was Nancy McCamey, and the 
 children who gathered in their home were James, 
 John, 'William, Thomas, Elizabeth, Nancy and 
 Jane. In religious belief, the Bradshaws were 
 Presbyterians. 
 
 In political affiliation, Thomas Gammon was an 
 ardent Whig. He was an active worker in the 
 Presbyterian Church and a leader in the promotion 
 of its enterprises, lie was a sincere, earnest, Chris- 
 tian man, and. when he died in 1851, was deeply 
 mourned by a large circle of true friends. The 
 sons and daughter of his household were John A., 
 William T., Thomas Franklin. Cyrus S. and Martha 
 J. The mother of our subject had been twice 
 married. Judge Gammon was reared upon a farm, 
 received a good English education, and at seven- 
 teen years of age began the management of his 
 father's business, superintending slaves. When 
 twenty-four years of age he engaged as a clerk in 
 the mercantile business, and two years later was 
 admitted into the firm as a partner, but lost all his 
 property- by fire. Immediately succeeding this 
 misfortune he taught school for two winters, also 
 engaged in farming, ami devoted himself to agri- 
 cultural duties until the breaking out of tin- war. 
 
 In the fall of 1861. Judge Gammon was elected 
 Captain of Company I, Twenty-fifth Virginia 
 Regiment, and was a participant in the retreat 
 from Laurel Hill. lie was afterward made Captain 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 under Col. Walker, and was with Gen. Jackson in 
 the battles of the Shenandoah Valley. I Io was 
 wounded in the battle <>f Cross Keys by the ex- 
 plosion of a shell, and. his left leg being severely 
 injured, was obliged to remain in the hospital at 
 Lynchburgh lor six months. Recovering from his 
 wound, he removed with his family to Georgia, 
 where he made his home for four years. In April, 
 1869, our subject came to La Fayette Count}-, and 
 remained here one year, and in 1871 boughteighty 
 acres of land on Texas Prairie. In 1874, lie was 
 elected Judge of the Probate Court, and held the 
 position for six years. In 1880, he removed with 
 Ins family to where he now resides on two hundred 
 acres purchased in 1879, and pleasantly located 
 upon section :5l, township 19, range 27, La Fay- 
 ette County. To the original purchase a son of 
 Judge Gammon has added eighty acres, all the 
 land now being under a high state of improve- 
 ment. 
 
 Our subject was married March 14, 1850, to 
 Mi^s Elizabeth A. Slaven, born in Pocahontas 
 County, Ya.. and the daughter of Jacob G. and 
 Eleanor ( Lockridge) Slaven. The father of Mrs. 
 Gammon was an extensive farmer and stock-raiser, 
 in politics, a Democrat, and lived and died in Vir- 
 ginia. His father, also a native of the Old Do- 
 minion, was a farmer and a soldier in the War of 
 the Revolution. II is wife, Elizabeth Warwick, 
 was the mother of two sons, William and Jacob, 
 and reared six daughters. The family name was 
 formerly spelled Lochridge. The Slaven family 
 is of Scotch-Irish descent, and its members were 
 among the early and most patriotic of our Ameri- 
 can citizens. 
 
 Judge Gammon and his wife are the parents of 
 eight children, but only five of the sons and daugh- 
 ters lived to adult age. Massie A., the eldest, is 
 the wife of G. P>. Chamberlin; Ella F. is the wife 
 of II. C. Armstrong; Thomas E., William L. and 
 Minnie A. complete the list of the children, who 
 are now numbered with the prominent and influ- 
 ential residents of their various communities. 
 Judge Gammon and his wife and family are among 
 the valued members of the Presbyterian Church, 
 and enjoy the confidence and esteem of a huge 
 circle of friends. Our subject lias passed through 
 
 various changes of fortune with brave courage 
 and the unfailing resolution and fortitude inher- 
 ited from a long line of distinguished ancestry. 
 In Virginia, holding various official positions of 
 trust, a Judge upon the Bench, and serving as 
 Commissioner in Chancery, he never lost an op- 
 portunity to gain practical knowledge, and was an 
 excellent surveyor and civil engineer. Left at 
 the close of the war without means, he self-reli- 
 antly again won his upward wa}', and worthily 
 gained the prosperity and undoubted success 
 which have crowned his later efforts in life. 
 
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 IIAHI.KS A. ROBINSON, formerly engineer 
 of the Excelsior Mines, was born in Craw- 
 V ford County, near Washington, Ohio, Sep- 
 tember 20, 1M48. His ancestry traced back to his 
 great-grandfather finds Dr. John Robinson a na- 
 tive of Georgia, where he was a successful physi- 
 cian and a large planter and slave-owner. After 
 a time, however, he became imbued with anti- 
 slavery views, sold his farm and freed the slaves. 
 From Georgia he removed to Vermont and prac- 
 ticed medicine there. Later, he moved to Ohio 
 and located in Crawford County. The grand- 
 father was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was 
 a farmer and the owner of a large sawmill in 
 Crawford County, whence he moved to Green Bay, 
 Wis., and there died. 
 
 The father of our subject, George Robinson, 
 was a harness-maker by trade and conducted an 
 establishment. He was in the Mexican War as 
 one of the officers, and then went to California 
 with stock, freighting back and forth. His wife 
 was one of the plucky women of the day, and 
 drove a four-horse team to and from California 
 twice along with the train. She learned the use 
 of a rifle, and had many encounters with the In- 
 dians, in which she did not come awa}- second 
 best. Her maiden name was Laura Grant, and she 
 was a native of Ohio. Her father was Josiah 
 
jPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Grant, a connection of the family of Gen. Grant 
 and a pioneer in Ohio. Mr. Robinson crossed the 
 plains a number of times, but finally tired of this 
 life of danger and adventure, and bought a farm 
 in St. Joseph County. I nd., and devoted his atten- 
 tion to the improvement of the place. He was a 
 Republican in his political belief. 
 
 The only child in the parental family is our 
 subject, who was reared in Crawford County until 
 he was six years old. Later, he resided at' Cold- 
 water and Grand Rapids, Mich. For three years 
 he lived with his uncle, A. I!. Grant, in Elkhart 
 County, and then went back to St. Joseph County, 
 Mich., near Sturgis and Coldwater. where he re- 
 mained until he entered the army, when but six- 
 teen years of age. Mr. Robinson inherited much 
 of the determination of his father and the bravery 
 of his mother, and three times did he make the 
 effort before he was accepted. In 1864, he suc- 
 ceeded and volunteered in Company E, Twenty- 
 fourth Michigan Infantry. He was mustered in 
 at Kalamazoo and joined the regiment at Camp 
 Butler. Springfield, 111. He remained on guard at 
 the camp tj.ere until he was mustered out, June 
 25, 1865, and then he returned to Indiana to St. 
 Joseph County and aided his father on a farm 
 for one year. 
 
 From this place our subject wentto MifHintown, 
 Juniata County, Pa., and there engaged in farm- 
 ing for one year. Next he moved to Connells- 
 ville, and became fireman on the Pittsburgh, 
 Washington ,1- Baltimore Railroad. While thus 
 engaged he suffered from an active experience of 
 several wrecks, and at one time received a deep 
 wound in the chest, while at another time he had 
 to save his life by jumping off his engine into the 
 river. In 1872, he came West to Kansas City 
 when it had but thirty-two thousand inhabitants. 
 He was employed by the Missouri River, Ft. Scott 
 A- Gulf Railroad as a fireman, and later became 
 fireman on the Missouri Pacific Railroad and after- 
 ward on the Sedalw Division. Still later he was 
 employed on the main line, and was engineer and 
 switch engineer until the panic of 1873. 
 
 After that unhappy and unsettled period, our 
 subject assisted in building the addition of |no x 
 100 feet to the Plankinton & Arm,,,,, Packine- 
 
 373 
 
 house in Kansas City. In 1874, he came to La 
 Fayette County, and in Dover Township engaged 
 in farming and also operated a threshing-machine 
 his being one of the first in use in the county. I„ 
 the summer of 1876 he went to Weeping Water, 
 Neb., to recuperate his health. The following 
 winter was spent in Lawrence, Kan., putting up 
 ice.and in Napoleon, this county, rafting logs and 
 running them down the river to Lexington. He 
 was successful in this business until, on account of 
 a collision, the raft was broken, and he lost over 
 ten thousand feet of lumber. 
 
 After that disaster our subject located near 
 Dover and engaged with J. II. Campbell to oper- 
 ate a threshing-machine, which he did until 1879. 
 He then went on the Atchison. Topeka A- Santa Fe 
 Railroad as brakeman, and two years later became 
 conductor, remaining thus employed without a 
 single accident until 1882. In that year he ac- 
 cepted the position of engineer of the City Mills 
 at Higginsville, Mo., and in the fall of 1883 be- 
 came engineer of the Excelsior Mines. Later he 
 superintended the putting in of the boiler, 'the 
 hoisting and weighing machinery, and the large 
 boiler and air compressor of eighty-horse power. 
 Mr. Robinson is a member of the Higginsville 
 Building and Loan Association, and is a Director 
 in the same. He is a member of the Knights of 
 Pythias, Uniformed Rank, and in his political be- 
 lief he votes as he thrnks best, prefernng men to 
 party. His connection in religious affairs is wit h 
 the Baptist Church. He is a popular and promi- 
 nent youngman of this city.genial and good .,.-,- 
 lured, and the friend of every one. 
 
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 yll.LIAM T. SYVINNL1 
 ergetic Superintend,-, 
 iyv Mill ami Elevator, am 
 
 ILLIAM T. SWINNEY,the able and en- 
 
 tendent of the Gilliam 
 
 d also a Director of 
 
 the Gilliam Exchange Bank, is an en terpris and 
 
 leading citizen of Saline County, Mo., and makes 
 his home in Gilliam, where he holds a high place 
 '» the confidence and esteem of the entire com- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 m unity. Accustomed to handling important and 
 extended business interests, our subject is also 
 ready to aid in local enterprise, and is ever ready 
 to assist in social, benevolent and religious work, 
 especially interesting himself in behalf of educa- 
 tional progress and the betterment of the world at 
 large. Mr. Swinnej is a native of the State, and 
 was born in Howard County. October 13, 1853. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject served 
 in the War of L812, and died when Mr. Swinney 
 was very young. The maternal grandfather, Will- 
 iam Jones, was a Virginian by birth, and a most 
 excellent man. The father and mother of our sub- 
 ject were James E. and .Mary A. (Jones) Swinney. 
 .Mrs. Swinney was born in 1830, and is now resid- 
 ing in Gilliam. Her husband was a tobacco raiser 
 and shipper, and passed away in 1868. Mrs.Swin- 
 nev became the mother of nine children, but of all 
 this large family who once gathered in the happy 
 household only three survive. John Swinney, 
 born in Howard County, Mo., in I860, lives in 
 Kansas, where he is in the employ of a railroad 
 company. Kate, born in Howard County, Mo., in 
 1867, is the wife of B. 11. Cheatham, and resides in 
 Gilliam, where her husband is engaged in mercan- 
 tile business. Mr. and Mrs. Cheatham are the 
 happy parents of two bright and promising chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Our subject received excellent educational ad- 
 vantages in the public schools and collegeof Glas- 
 gow, and after completing a course of instruction. 
 engaged in the tobacco business in Howard County. 
 shipping extensively, with profitable results. In 
 1881 Mr. Swinney entered into the same line of 
 business in Gilliam and continued in the shipping 
 of tobacco until 1888, when he sold out, and then 
 devoted his time to the grain business and man- 
 agement of the mills and elevator, of which he is 
 the superintendent. Success has generously crowned 
 the self-reliant efforts of our subject, and he has 
 the consciousness that it is well deserved. He was 
 married in 1883, to Mi>s Anna Hawkins, a native 
 of Saline County, born in 18(12. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Swinney became the parents of two little ones. 
 Edward died at the age of four months and Bessie, 
 i!i young daughter, was born in 1886 and gives 
 promise of a noble character. 
 
 Our subject is among the most valued members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but he is not a 
 rigid sectarian in doctrine, and his wife being a 
 member of the Baptist denomination, he is a liberal 
 supporter of both churches. Politically, Mr. 
 Swinney is a Democrat, but he has neither desire 
 nor time to give to official positions, and is absorbed 
 in his business pursuits, although, in common with 
 all good citizens, he is interested in the public con- 
 duct of positions of trust and office. In matters 
 of local interest and advancement our subject, is 
 numbered among the leading and influential citi- 
 zens, who are always ready to aid in the march of 
 improvement, and a->ist in the growth of prog- 
 ress and reform. He was an efficient member of 
 the Town Hoard, and an important factor in the 
 planning and completion of much needed work 
 beneficial to the city of Gilliam and il> immediate 
 vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Swinney are widely known, 
 and have a host of warm and devoted friends and 
 well-wishers, who appreciate the sterling qualities 
 of our subject and his excellent wife. 
 
 ANIEL PERRY ALDRICH. One of the 
 
 inoM popular among the men on the Chi- 
 cago iV- Alton Road is the genial engin- 
 eer whose name is given above. Aside 
 from his profession, he has financial interests that 
 have brought him in handsome returns. lie is 
 very active in the Brotherhood of Locomotive 
 Engineers, and in May. 1892, acted as delegate to 
 the National Convention, which was held at At- 
 lanta, Ga. Mr. Aldrich, who is on the Kansas 
 City & St. Louis Division of the Chicago & Alton 
 Road, reside- in Slater. Saline County, where he 
 has a pleasant home and a charming family. 
 
 Our subject was born in Adrian, Mich., June 23, 
 1849, a son of Amos and Mary (Force) Aldrich. 
 His father was a native of Massachusetts, born near 
 Lawrence. The paternal grandfather, also named 
 Amos, was a manufacturer of cotton goods in 
 Massachusetts. It was he who brought his family to 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 Michigan and entered a large tract of land, which 
 he improved and a part of which is now within 
 the limits of Adrian. The family was a large and 
 a busy one. Our subject's father learned the cab- 
 inet-maker's trade and was engaged in the manu- 
 facture of furniture at Jonesville, Mich., being in 
 partnership with his father and a brother, until he 
 retired from active business to the city of Jackson, 
 where he died at the earh age of forty years. 
 Our subject's mother, who was born in Adrian, 
 now resides with her son, Daniel Perry, and is 
 sixty-four years of age. Of the two children that 
 she brought up, our subject is the elder, while the 
 other, Lucy S., now Mrs. ('. S. Keen, lives in Boston. 
 
 Mr. Aldrich was reared in Adrian. lie attended 
 the public schools of that town and graduated 
 from the High School at the age of twenty-one. 
 In 1870 he began work as a machinist under .1. K. 
 Taylor, superintendent of the machine shops of 
 the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Road. He 
 remained there until he was conversant with all 
 the branches of mechanical engineering, and then 
 became a fireman on the road between Adrian and 
 Elkhart and between Adrian and Toledo. He was 
 later promoted to a position as engineer on the 
 same road. He then went to Sturgis and was en- 
 gaged in the construction of the Grand Rapids & 
 Indiana Railroad. He then engineered the laying 
 of ties and rails, and in that summer by his capital 
 management effected the completion of one hun- 
 dred miles of road. He remained on this road 
 until 1879, and was then transferred to the Chicago 
 <fe Alton Division, having a run between Rood- 
 house and Mexico and between Roodhouse and 
 Bloomington. After eighteen months with this 
 road he took a run on the Chicago, Minneapolis 
 & St. Paul River Division from La Crosse to Min- 
 neapolis, remaining there for two years and after- 
 ward going upon the Northern Pacific. 
 
 In 1884, Mr. Aldrich returned to the Chicago & 
 Alton Division with his headquarters at Slater. 
 and Engine No. 189 has been his charge since 
 coming here, lie has always been fortunate, both 
 in the discharge of his duties as a railroad man and 
 in financial directions. He has dealt quite exten- 
 sively in real estate in Grand Rapids, Mich., and 
 owns considerable tine property. Mr. Aldrich was 
 
 married in Grand Rapids in 1*77. His bride was 
 Miss Etta Phillips, a native of that city anil a 
 daughter of J. W. Phillips, an old settler there. 
 The Aldrich home is a very pleasant one and 
 wife is a most estimable and popular lady. Fra- 
 ternally our subject belongs to the Free & Accepted 
 Masons, is a Royal Arch Mason, and also belongs 
 to the Knights Templar. He belongs to Division 
 8 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. 
 
 ON. WILLIAM M. WALKER, the enter- 
 ijj prising and energetic ex-County Collector, 
 having served three terms, and a member 
 of the Legislature in 1885 and 1886, Thirty- 
 third Genera] Assembly, has not only been a prom- 
 inent factor in the business world of Marshall and 
 Saline County, in furnishing the (inest bituminous 
 and cannel coal in the stale of Missouri, but is 
 preparing for public use Blue Lick Springs, eight 
 miles south of Marshall, as an attractive summer 
 resort. The eight health-giving springs, entirely 
 different in the composition of their sparkling 
 water, will eventually draw thousands of invalids 
 and pleasure-seekers thither, and at no very distant 
 day matchless accommodations will be offered all 
 guests who tarry in this beautiful resort. At pres- 
 ent some substantial buildings have been erected 
 and more will soon follow. 
 
 The Hon. William M. Walker resides in one of 
 the most attractive homes in Marshall. Addition 
 18, within the city limits. The highly improved 
 farm of three hundred and twenty acres recently 
 owned by him is seven miles northeast of the city. 
 Our subject was born October 22. 1833, near Car- 
 thage, Smith County, Tenn. His paternal grandfa- 
 ther, Samuel, was a native of Virginia, and be 
 longed to the F. I". Vs. of the Old Dominion 
 Locating in North Carolina, be became a planter 
 there, but emigrating to Tennessee in an early day, 
 tilled the soil of that fertile State, and after many 
 years of care and usefulness, died there. 
 
376 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 The father of our subject, named after his fa- 
 ther, Samuel, was born October 20, 17'J9. in Wilson 
 County, N. C, and was a farmer engaged in the 
 duties (if agriculture in Smith County, Tenn. He 
 married in the latter State a North Carolina lady, 
 and in 1836 journeyed to Missouri, traveling to 
 that State by team and wagon, and, slowly mov- 
 ing forward, were several weeks on the way. 
 Their destination was Moniteau County, and there 
 the father entered five hundred acres from the 
 Government, and devoted the rest of his life to 
 general farming and stock-raising. When almost 
 four-score years of age he passed away, dying in 
 his seventy-seventh year, June 16, 1865. In poli- 
 ties, this early pioneer was a Democrat, and in re- 
 ligious affiliation a prominent Baptist, a Deacon 
 and active worker in the organization. He held 
 with great honor the official position of Justice of 
 the Peace in Moniteau County, where he was 
 familiarly known in the latter years of his life as 
 "old Squire Walker." 
 
 The mother of our subject was Miss Agnes Brad- 
 ford, born in Wilson County, X. C, a daughter of 
 Booker Bradford, a native of old Virginia, and an 
 early pioneer of North Carolina, and afterward a 
 settler of Tennessee. Mrs. Agnes (Bradford) 
 Walker died in 1857. She was the mother of 
 four sons and four daughters, all of whom grew 
 up to mature years, but of whom only two broth- 
 ers and three sisters now survive. Brother Bird, 
 now deceased, served in the war, also his three 
 sons; Thomas Walker died in the Civil War; Sam- 
 uel was engaged in the conflict, and now resides in 
 Texas. The brothers fought in the Confederate 
 army. 
 
 Mr. Walker was reared upon his father's farm, 
 and at the tender age of ten years worked side by- 
 side with the hired men. working steadil}' in the 
 field, and assisting in the cultivation of corn, wheat 
 and tobacco. Occasionally he was spared to at- 
 tend the log schoolhouse of the district, and seated 
 upon the rude slabs would carefully con his lessons 
 over. Three winter months weregiven the young 
 boys for schooling and study, and the memory of 
 the greased-paper windows, and the puncheon 
 desk below, where our subject industriously learned 
 to write with a goose-quill, are yet as fresh in his 
 
 mind as though they were of yesterday. The 
 schools gradually improved in character, and slowly 
 made their upward way into broader fields of edu- 
 cation and progress. 
 
 Mr. Walker remained at home until the close of 
 the war to attend to his father's business, and at 
 the age of twenty-two years began teaching school 
 in the fall and winter months, raising a crop on 
 the home farm in the summer, and thus employed 
 himself for five years. In 1864, making a new de- 
 parture, our subject went to Virginia City, Mont., 
 and engaged in mining there. He made the trip 
 with an ox-team via Ft. Laramie, Bridger's Cut-off, 
 and had the charge and management of the train, 
 which he brought through safe and sound. After 
 mining and working hard until the fall of 1864, 
 he started on his return trip home. He traveled 
 by mule train via Salt Lake City to Nebraska 
 City, and suffered much from the intense cold and 
 severe storms he encountered; when he arrived 
 at Nebraska City at Christmas time, on his return, 
 he was detained there two weeks, when he came 
 directly back to Saline County. Mr. Walker and 
 his wife liked the country and the people, and as 
 Mrs. Walker's relatives were settled here, they de- 
 cided to make this locality their future home, and 
 upon our subject's arrival from the West, be sent 
 for his family, and soon they were united once 
 more. 
 
 In those days there were no railroads in this 
 section of the country, and few improvements, but 
 the people, many of them, moved about as though 
 journeying were an easy task. The Walkers lived 
 first in Marshall Township, remained one year, and 
 then located in Jefferson Township; they next set- 
 tled in Arrow Rock, sojourning there two years, and, 
 finally taking possession of the three hundred and 
 twenty acres now so finely improved, made that 
 portion of the State their permanent home. At 
 one time Mr. Walker had four hundred acres, 
 raising wheat, corn, cattle and hogs. In the year 
 1877 the farm was rented out, and the family re- 
 moved to the comfortable and commodious home 
 in Marshall, which Mr. Walker bought and im- 
 pioved. The handsome grounds about the family 
 residence occupy eighteen and one-half acres. In 
 the same year our subject took charge of the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 county collections, and has been twice re-elected. 
 He made collections in every part of the county, 
 and gave $250,000 bonds. While Mr. Walker was 
 serving in the State Legislature, he was a member 
 of the important Committees on Ways and Means, 
 Roads and Highways, and also of the Committee 
 on Accounts. 
 
 In 18111 our subject sold his farm, and has since 
 beautified the home acres, adorning them vari- 
 ously, and planting some of the land to choice 
 varieties of fruit, so that to-day an orchard in full 
 bearing is the result of well-planned improvement. 
 During the existence of the County Agricultural 
 Society, Mr. Walker was among the members, and 
 with all his old-time interest engaged in raising 
 Shorthorns, taking numerous premiums at the 
 fairs. The old farm was the school district of the 
 vicinity, and Mr. Walker always interested himself 
 in educational advancement. Fraternally, he is a 
 prominent Mason, being a free and Accepted Ma- 
 son, a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight Templar, 
 all in the lodges of Marshall. In religious connec- 
 tions, he is a Baptist, and in politics a straight 
 Democrat, and has been a member of the County 
 Democratic Central Committee, and attended the 
 Grand Council in June. 
 
 The Hon. William Walker was married in Saline 
 County, Jefferson Township, in 1855, to Miss Mary 
 I. Garrett, a native of the county, a daughter of 
 Col. Laban Garrett, who was born in Virginia, 
 and was an early settler of Saline County, having 
 arrived here in 1818. He was a Colonel in the 
 militia, and taught the first school here. He was 
 also a large fanner and a very successful tiller of 
 the soil. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are the parents of 
 seven children: Narcissa, Mrs. J. P. Pemberton, re- 
 sides in Marshall Township; Mary H., now Mis. 
 Rose, lives in this city, engaged in the boot and 
 shoe business; Samuel, at home, is Superintendent 
 of the Blue Lick Springs Resort; William M., Jr., 
 is Deputy Collector; Viola B., Thomas B. and 
 Nannie S. are at home. The entire family hold a 
 hi*h place in the regard and esteem of the entire 
 community. 
 
 Coal Mountain, owned by Mr. Walker, is a most 
 valuable piece of property. The quality of the 
 coal is unsurpassed, and there is a deposit of over 
 
 fifty feet. The fine Blue Lick Springs will be the 
 continued care of our subject, and in the develop- 
 ment of their resources, Mr. Walker will not only 
 benefit himself and the city of Marshall, but will 
 confer health, life and pleasure upon the general 
 public. Always a true and earnest American citi- 
 zen, our subject knows no disappointments or dis- 
 couragements, but, persevering, has conquered ob- 
 stacles and won success. 
 
 i i i '» > i > ' 
 
 H. ALEXANDER. In the days of the 
 Ptolemies the office of embalmer was con- 
 sidered as sacred as that of the priest, and 
 no unsanctified hand might touch the body 
 in which the spirit should be re-incarnated. To- 
 day only science enters into the profession, and he 
 who has best mastered the art is most regarded. 
 Mr. Alexander has certainly acquired a high repu- 
 tation in this respect, and in the sad but necessary 
 capacity of a funeral* director he has shown him- 
 self to have great tact and all regard for the pro- 
 prieties. Aside from this, he is the owner of large 
 sale stables at the corner of La Fayette and Morgan 
 Streets. His business connections in this city be- 
 gan ten years ago. 
 
 The original of this sketch was born in Augusta 
 County, Va., July 9, 1857. He is a son of William 
 and Sarah (Maxwell) Alexander, the former being 
 by calling a manufacturer of furniture and an 
 undertake]'. M. 11. received his education at his 
 home town, Waynesboro, and after that lie learned 
 the trade with his father, who still remains in his 
 native place, although retired from active business 
 affairs, baring sold out to two Of his sons, who now 
 cany on the business in Waynesboro, lie is a na- 
 tive-Virginian, and for manj years has been a 
 member of the City Council. His wife died in 
 1801, leaving a fajaiily of nine children, who had 
 been brought up in the teachings of the Presby- 
 terian Chinch. 
 
 Our subject remained with his father for some 
 time, finally going on the road as a commercial 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 traveler for a Richmond firm. Me then entered 
 the mercantile business, which he conducted for a 
 
 year, when be decided to come West, and after 
 prospecting through various cities determined to 
 locate heir. He first established the undertaking 
 business, later adding the livery to it. He is an 
 expert embalmer, having been graduated in the art 
 under Prof. J. Clark, of Kansas City. As he is the 
 only one in Saline County who is familiar with 
 the business, he is naturally kept constantly em- 
 ployed. He began his livery business in 188.5, and 
 keeps a full line of vehicles, ranking from the ordin- 
 ary carl to the finest coupe and 'bus. lie also has 
 fine riding and driving horses. Aside from these 
 interests Mr. Alexander is the owner of the County 
 Agricultural Fair Grounds, upon which is a veiy 
 fine track. He uses this for training his own 
 horses, and has some thoroughbred animals in his 
 stables whose blood is of the best, while in this sec- 
 tion he is a well-known breeder, and has a number 
 of line trotting horses. He lias a farm of two hun- 
 dred and forty acres on section 21, township 52. 
 
 Mr. Alexander possesses a beautiful home, which 
 was built to his own order and design at No. 544 
 North Jefferson Street. This" is presided over very 
 graciously by his wife, who was Miss Eliza Guthrey 
 and to whom he was married October 10, 1883. 
 She is a daughter of John G. Guthrey, of Miami, 
 which is her former home, although she is a native 
 of Yonkers, N. Y. Their family numbers four chil- 
 dren: William G, Sarah S., Mary G. and M. Har- 
 vey. Both Mr. and Mrs. Alexander are members 
 of the Episcopal Church. 
 
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 yf C. JOHNSTON, proprietor of the feed, 
 COrn-meal and mixing mill of this city, 
 has been a resident of the county from 
 the time that he was a boy, having been engaged 
 in farming and threshing up to the year 1891, 
 when he located in Slater. He is dojng an excel- 
 lent business here and is a man who has many 
 friends. 
 
 Mr. Johnston's birthplace was near Chillicothe, 
 Ross County, Ohio, and the date of his birth was 
 June 17, 1858. He is a son of Thomas Johnston, 
 a native of Northport, Ireland, and his Grand- 
 father Johnston, who was also named Thomas, was 
 a farmer in Ireland, where he ended his days. 
 The father owned an interest in a bleaching mill 
 in the Old Country. He was married in Ireland 
 and came to this country about 1844, locating in 
 Ross County. Ohio. He was a wheelwright at 
 Kingston, working at his trade two years, and was 
 a thorough workman who could make anything in 
 wood. 
 
 In 1872, Mr. Johnston, Sr., came to Miami 
 Township, Saline County, Mo., having retired from 
 business, and lived with his suns until his death, 
 March 29, 1889. He belonged to the old Whig 
 and Republican parties in Ohio, and was an at- 
 tendant at the Presbyterian Church. His wife, 
 Eliza (Anderson) Johnston, was born in Ireland, 
 and was a daughter of James Anderson, a farmer, 
 who died in the home country. The mother is liv- 
 ing in Miami Township. There were nine children, 
 eight of whom are still living, three sons and five 
 daughters. The eldest son, James A., was in the 
 Civil War, in an Ohio regiment. He is now living 
 on a farm in Miami Township. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the youngest son 
 of the family and the third of the children. 
 Until the age of fourteeu his home was in Ohio 
 and he lived on a farm. He attended good district 
 schools until the year 1872, when he came to 
 Laynesville, Mo., by boat from Cincinnati. The 
 family located on a farm near Malta Bend, remain- 
 ing there for five years. They rented for two 
 years in Miami Township, then W. C. and his 
 brother, J. A., bought a farm of three hundred and 
 eighty-six acres of good improved land. Here 
 they resided, farming and stock-raising, until Sep- 
 tember, 1891, when the younger brother sold his 
 share and, in the spring of 1892, came to Slater. 
 The brothers had been running engines for thresh- 
 ing-machines for fifteen years and had done some- 
 thing in the milling business. Mr. Johnston built 
 the mill here, which is run by steam, with fourteen- 
 horse power, and was the first to introduce a 
 mixed feed for cattle, consisting of ground cotton- 
 
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 seed, bran and ship stuff, making an excellent 
 feed. It had never before been made in tins 
 county. The mill has a capacity of ten tuns per 
 day. Mr. Johnston sold an interest, in the mill in 
 1892, and it is now operated by K. J. Brown & 
 Co. 
 
 Mr. Johnston chose for his wife Miss Mary, 
 daughter of I. N. Craves, an old settler and real- 
 estate man of Miami Township. The marriage 
 occurred November 1, 1881, in the township 
 mentioned. Mrs. Johnston was born in Illinois 
 Her father died in Cedar County. The gentle- 
 man of whom -we write is a Republican of the 
 kind that the party can rely upon, and has 
 been a delegate to county conventions. He is a 
 good business man, owns some property in West 
 Slater, and is reliable and accommodating, the 
 latter being a noteworthy characteristic in these 
 days of rush and hurry after the wealth which to 
 many seems the great desideratum of existence. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Johnston lost their only child, a 
 daughter named May, who died at the age of 
 seven years. 
 
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 THOMAS SHELBY, a leading and prosperous 
 
 ( (T\ agriculturist of La Fayette County for two- 
 score years, has now retired from active 
 duties as a tiller of the soil, but still retains the 
 ownership of one of the model farms of the county, 
 whose broad acreage is all under a high state of 
 cultivation. Energetic and progressive, our sub- 
 ject, from comparatively small beginnings, self- 
 reliantly won his upward way, and to-day in his 
 pleasant home in Lexington enjoys t lie competence 
 gained by years of honest industry. Mr. Shelby 
 was born in Marion County, Ky.. September "-'■">. 
 1818. The Shelliy family isof Welsh descen t, and. 
 inheriting the sturdy virtues of their forefathers, 
 the immediate ancestors of our subject have oc- 
 cupied positions of honor and influence in the 
 Land of Liberty to which the early emigrants from 
 Wales came so many generations ago. 
 
 Ex-Gov. Shelby, of Kentucky, was a brother of 
 the paternal grandfather of our subject, who was 
 John Shelby, a man of sterling integrity of char- 
 acter and excellent, business ability. The parents 
 of Thomas Shelby were William and Nancy (Ed- 
 mondson) Shelby, both native Virginians. Will- 
 iam Shelby was a stock-trader and removed with 
 his family to La Fayette County in 1836, locating 
 upon a farm, where he passed his days in agricul- 
 tural pursuits. He died in 1854, but his wife sur- 
 vived until 1862. Useful and honored in life, 
 their deaths were universally regretted by all who 
 knew them. Thomas Shelly was one of a family 
 of four children, three sons and one daughter. 
 ( )ur subject spent his early youth in Marion County, 
 Ky., and attended a private school in his birth- 
 place. Later removing with his parents to La 
 Layette County. .Mo., he here made his home for 
 forty-one years, and then went to Ohio, remaining 
 three years in the Buckeye State. 
 
 Again returning to La Fayette Count3 r , Mr. 
 Shelby located upon a farm of seven hundred 
 acres and engaged in general agriculture. His 
 natural ability and well-directed energy soon 
 brought prosperous returns, and by constantly add- 
 ing to his farming property, he soon owned one 
 thousand acres of valuable land. He devoted 
 much of his time to stock-raising and the feeding 
 of cattle and hogs, and for many years was one of 
 the leading shippers of live-stock. In 1883. he 
 left to the care of others the tine farm of seven 
 hundred acres, which is one of the most valuable 
 and highly-improved homesteads ill La Fayette 
 County. Mr. Shelby has always been a patriotic 
 citizen, and during the war was so situated that he 
 could, candidly and without prejudice, estimate 
 the claims and mistakes of both the contending 
 parties. Without being offensive to either, he de- 
 plored the terrors of Civil War. and such power 
 had his sterling integrity of character that he 
 commanded alike from blue coats and gray the 
 confidence and esteem which lie richly deserved 
 for his liberality of sentiment and his excellent 
 judgment. 
 
 A few years more than a half a century- ago, 
 Thomas Shelby and Miss Nancy II. Gordon were, 
 on January 18, L838, united in marriage. Mrs. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Shelby was a native of La Fayette County, her 
 father. G. H. Gordon, being among the early and 
 substantial settlers of this part of Missouri. Hon. 
 Lin Boyd. ex-Speaker of the House of Congress, 
 was the uncle of Mrs. Shelby. She passed away 
 April 21, 1876, deeply lamented by a large circle 
 of sorrowing relatives and friends. She was a 
 woman of genuine nobility of character, and the 
 mother of nine children, of whom live are yet liv- 
 ing. Adia; Mattie II., wife of S. J. Houston; 
 Joseph B., a farmer; Lin B., a prosperous tiller of 
 the soil; and Forest L.. who is also engaged in ag- 
 ricultural duties. These sons and (laughters oc- 
 cupy positions of influence and worthily represent 
 the family name. They are all members of the 
 Christian Church. Mr. Shelby was married in 
 1878 to his present wife, who was Miss Margaret 
 Houston, daughter of Samuel J. Houston, a well- 
 known citizen of Ohio. The family residence in 
 Lexington is attractively located, and is a com- 
 modious brick structure, handsomely finished and 
 of modern design. 
 
 Our subject is a member of the Church of Christ 
 and for forty-five years has been connected with 
 this denomination and one of the leaders in the 
 extension of its good work. Politically. Mr. Shelby- 
 is a Democrat, and has been an ardent advocate 
 of Grover Cleveland, whom the people have a sec- 
 ond time called to the Presidential Chair of this 
 great American nation. The county of La Fayette 
 numbers many substantial residents, but there is 
 not within the limits of its territory a more up- 
 right or public-spirited citizen than our subject, 
 Thomas Shelby, whose unostentatious life has 
 wrought much of good for his less fortunate fellow- 
 men. 
 
 ENRY SKIMS. Among the excellent and 
 " public-spirited German-American citizens 
 of La Fayette County is the subject of this 
 sketch. His record as a soldier is without 
 blemish, and his present standing in the community 
 
 is one of considerable prominence. His home is 
 located upon section 14, range 26, township 49, 
 where lie resides on his farm of one hundred and 
 twenty acres of land. 
 
 The native country of our subject is Prussia, 
 where he was born in April, 1837. He was the 
 son of Christian and Elizabeth Seims, natives of 
 Germany. In the public schools of that country 
 he received a fair education in his native language, 
 and since his residence in America he has become 
 sufficiently acquainted with the English language 
 to make his conversation in it a very easy matter. 
 It was in the year 1858 that Mr. Seims left Ger- 
 many, taking passage in a sailing-vessel at Bremen, 
 and after a rough voyage of sixtj'-seven days 
 reached New Orleans. From that city he came 
 north to Gasconade County, Mo., and engaged in 
 work on a farm. 
 
 During the early part of his life in Missouri, our 
 subject received only $12 per month, and with this 
 he was content and continued laboring until the 
 breaking out of the Civil War. In September, 
 1861, Mr. Seims enlisted at St. Louis in Company 
 F. Second Missouri Light Artillery, and thus be- 
 came a part of the Fifteenth Army Corps, com- 
 manded in turn by those great generals, Sherman 
 and Logan. The regiment to which our subject 
 was attached was engaged in the battles of Pea 
 Ridge and Chattanooga, the sieges of Vicksburg 
 and Atlanta, and other less important, although 
 just as dangerous, engagements. 
 
 Mr. Seims received his honorable discharge in 
 the fall of 1864 and returned to Missouri, but a 
 few months later he re-enlisted in Company F, 
 First Veteran Corps, under Gen. Hancock, and was 
 appointed to do guard duty at Washington, Win- 
 chester, Cincinnati and Louisville. He received 
 his final discharge after the assassination of Presi- 
 dent Lincoln. At that time he was at Cam)) Stone- 
 man, near Washington City, on the Potomac. To 
 Mr. Seims, Gasconade County, Mo., was home, and 
 hither he made his way as soon as he was relieved 
 of his duties as a soldier. For some time he con- 
 tinued there engaged in farming, but later moved 
 to Osage County, Mo., where he pursued for many 
 years the same vocation. 
 
 In the spring of 1880, our subject removed to 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 383 
 
 La Fayette County, and in this place he has re- 
 mained ever since. His farm of one handled and 
 twenty acre- has given him employment and en- 
 joyment, and success as a farmer lias made of him 
 a prominent man in the township. In his political 
 belief, he has espoused the Republican party, and 
 is a very well-informed and progressive men. In 
 1868,our subject was united in marriage with Mi-s 
 Elizabeth Feak, who is a native of Baden, Ger- 
 many, and eight bright children have been born of 
 this union, namely: William, Edward, Emma, 
 Henry, Lydia, August, John and Oscar. The 
 members of the family belong to the German 
 Evangelical Church and are highly respected. 
 
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 'JIJAMES M. ASHLEY, a representative busi- 
 ness man and leading citizen of Marshall, 
 Saline County, Mo., is a senior partner in 
 the widely known firm of James M. Ashle\ 
 & Company, dealers in poultry and eggs, com- 
 manding the most extended trade of any firm in 
 the county in their special line of business. Ac- 
 tive and energetic in the daily round of toil, our 
 subject has achieved success, and with prosperity 
 has gained the experience of years of upward prog- 
 ress thoroughly identified with the growth of his 
 present home. Upright and honorable in his deal- 
 ings, he has won the confidence and regard of the 
 business public, and in private life has a host of 
 friends. 
 
 Mr. Ashley was born in Casey County. Ky., 
 September 29, 1834. His father, John Ashley, was 
 also a native of Kentucky, but his paternal grand- 
 father was born in England, near London; he 
 emigrated to America, and settled first in Vir- 
 ginia, where he farmed, afterward locating in Ken- 
 tucky, where he died much lamented. His sun, 
 the father of our subject, winked on a farm in 
 Kentucky in early boyhood, and at seventeen years 
 of age enlisted in the service of the Government 
 under Gen. Harrison, and fought bravely in the 
 War of 1812. He was a tiller of the soil in Casey 
 
 and Lincoln Counties until 1851, when he settled 
 in Illinois, first in McLean County, then in Pike 
 County, spending two years in the State; he then 
 returned to Pulaski County, Ky.. and died there in 
 1857. lie was a Whig in political affiliations, and 
 was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 The mother of Mr. Ashley was in maidenhood 
 Elizabeth Montgomery; she was born in Virginia, 
 flic daughter of Ezekiel Montgomery, a native of 
 the Old Dominion, and a farmer of that State. He 
 was a patriot, and was wounded while fighting in 
 the Revolutionary War. He died in his native state 
 after long years of usefulness. Mrs. Ashley passed 
 away in Illinois, after becoming the mother of 
 thirteen children, two of whom died 3'oung. Our 
 subject was the eleventh child of the large family, 
 lb' attended the public schools in Kentucky, and 
 at seventeen years of age accompanied his parents 
 in their various change of residence, going first to 
 McLean and Pike Counties, and then back to Pu- 
 laski County, Ky., where he learned the carpenter's 
 trade. In 1861, he went again to Illinois, and lo- 
 cated in Winchester, Scott County, and worked at 
 his trade, soon finding ready and lucrative em- 
 ployment as a contractor and builder. From 1856 
 to 1858, he was busy in Arney, Ind., then returned 
 to Scott County. 111., and was appointed Deputy 
 Sheriff of the county under Horace Stewart, and 
 held that position in 1869 and 1870. At the lat- 
 ter date he took up his former business there until 
 he went to Roodhouse, in Greene County, where, 
 engaged in building, he remained for a time, then 
 returned to Winchester, but later "cut to Rush- 
 ville, 111., in which place he remained five years. 
 
 In 1886 our subject journeyed to Kansas and 
 lived in McPherson two years. In 1883 he came 
 to Marshall and resumed his occupation of con- 
 tractor and builder, but in June. 1890, opened his 
 present place of business and has succeeded be- 
 yond hi- expectation-, building up a fine trade in 
 a comparatively short time. The first of the suc- 
 ceeding year he bought out his nephew, who had 
 been in business with him, and then commenced 
 buying and shipping poultry. The trade, which 
 is rapidly increasing, amounts to from i.'ht.illKl 
 to $40,000 per year, and is by far the largest of its 
 character m this section of the State. The firm 
 
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 pick and dress the poultry and ship a car everj 
 week lo Boston, and also handle immense Jots of 
 eggs, and run five wagons. The business location 
 of James M. Ashley .v- Co. is upon LaFayette Ave- 
 nue, one of the Ernest Cor the purposes of trade in 
 town. Mr. Ashley erected his own handsome and 
 commodious residence on North Fourth Street. 
 
 Our subject was married in Tennessee to Miss 
 Nannie Hubble, a native of Kentucky, who came 
 to Indiana with her family and died in this West- 
 ern State. She left four children: Alonzo, resid- 
 ing in Marshall, a carpenter, contractor and builder; 
 Mary E., now Mrs. Albert Darling, of Marshall; 
 Eva !>.. at home; and James L., who is in business 
 with his father. Mr. Ashley's second marriage 
 was in Winchester, the bride being Miss Anne L. 
 Summers, who was born in Illinois. This estima- 
 ble lady is the mother of three children, Tessie I., 
 Ernest II. and Myrtle. Our subject is a member 
 of the Baptist Church, and with his family is ever 
 ready toaid in all good work. He is a Republi- 
 can, and is earnest in his convictions and sound in 
 argument, and in the few years of his residence in 
 Marshall has ever been an active and public- 
 spirited citizen. 
 
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 ft) RA M. RILEA is well known to the traveling 
 public who frequent the Chicago ,V- Alton Road 
 /i\ on the Kansas City Division, being a conduc- 
 tor whose eagle eye passes no passenger by whose 
 silver can swell the coffers of the railroad com- 
 pany. He has been in the employ of the road more 
 Or less since the fall of 18(58. 
 
 The original of this sketch was born at Sardinia. 
 Brown County, Ohio. November 8, 1849. He is a 
 son of Joshua I), and Naomi (Kincaid) Ri lea, both 
 of whom were natives of the same place. Grand- 
 father Hilca was a member of an old Eastern fam- 
 ily who moved to Brown County in an early day, 
 and in L832 went to live in Fulton County, 111.. 
 and engaged in farming near Canton. He was 
 One of the '49ers who made the overland route 
 
 to California, but although he secured quite a 
 good deal of the precious metal he was robbed of 
 it on his way back. On returning to his Illinois 
 farm he cultivated it until his death, which oc- 
 curred when he was eighty-five years of age. 
 
 Joshua Rilea was a carpenter and builder, and 
 had a good many contracts for putting up large 
 buildings. He went to Illinois in 1832 with his 
 father, but returned to Ohio, where he married and 
 lived until 18.J7, when he again went back to Illi- 
 nois and located in McLean County, being there 
 employed at his trade. In 18G2 he enlisted in the 
 One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry, 
 serving until the close of the Rebellion, when he 
 resumed Ins t rade and was thus employed until 
 1889. Ho then located on a farm in Kansas, home- 
 steading a claim in Logan County, where he now 
 resides. 1 Ie is a member of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic. Our subject's mother was the daughter 
 of Robert Kincaid, who was a merchant in Sardinia. 
 Her family were all Scotch Presbyterians. 
 
 Of the six children born to Mi', and Mrs. Rilea, 
 our subject is the eldest. He passed eight years of 
 hislifeon the farm in Illinois, and attended public 
 school. In 1868 he entered the employ of the 
 Chicago & Alton Road as baggage agent at Chenoa. 
 both for that, road and the Toledo, Peoria & Wa- 
 bash. He was thus employed until the spring of 
 1870, when he became line repairer, which position 
 he held until the fall of 1880. During the ten 
 years he was thus employed he lost only twenty- 
 five days, and was in charge of certain divisions, 
 having his headquarters at Alton. In 1879 he was 
 placed in charge of the men that put up the sec- 
 ond wire from Mexico to Kansas City over the Al- 
 ton Railroad. 
 
 In the fall of 1880 our subject located on a farm 
 in Woodson County, Kan. It was upon section 1, 
 and this he operated for live years, during which 
 time he gave his chief attention to stock-raising. 
 Five years of this, however, were enough for the 
 man who had been so accustomed to the active 
 lite of railroading, and he returned to the road 
 which he had first been employed upon, accepting 
 the position of brakeman, with his headquarters 
 at Slater. Nine months later he was made con- 
 ductor, and has run continuously since that time 
 
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 385 
 
 on through freights. When serving as telegraph 
 repairer he had a velocipede which he named I lurdy 
 Gnrdy, and which -.till goes by that name. 
 
 Mr. Rilea was married in Kirksville, Aid., March 
 22, 1876, to Miss Clara A. Foster, who was born in 
 Racine. Wis., a daughter of Edward Foster, a na- 
 tive of Lincolnshire, England, who came in Amer- 
 ica at theage of twenty-two. Mr. Foster first io- 
 cated al Montpelier, Vt., engaging in the harness 
 and saddlery business. Later he located at Ra- 
 cine, and added trunks to his former stock. Dur- 
 ing the Civil War he was a • Government contractor, 
 and later became a wholesale dealer, supplying 
 knapsacks, can teens,'etc. Mrs. Rilea 's mother was 
 before her marriage a Miss Isabel Williams, a na- 
 tive of Montpelier, Vt. She still lives, making her 
 home with a son at Webb City, this State, and has 
 reached her tour-score years. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are the parents of three 
 children, whose names are Walter I., Howard E. 
 and Eugene F. Mr. Rilea is the Secretary of Slater 
 Division No. 212, of the Western Railroad Con- 
 ductors' Association. He is a Deacon in the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church. We are happy to 
 chronicle of him that, he is a true-blue Republican. 
 
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 i SAAC SPONSLER has had a pleasantly varied 
 experience and has traveled extensively over 
 J) the States, perhaps not always cumbered with 
 a great amount of worldly wealth, but always pos- 
 sessed of a happy, genial spirit, which awoke by 
 very contagion the kindliest interests on the part 
 of those witli whom he was thrown in contact. 
 Mr. Sponsler was born in Frederick County, Md.. 
 in the town of Emmetsburgh, August 12, 1825. 
 There he passed the early years of his life until he 
 left home and went to Pennsylvania. 
 
 On making the change in his place of residence, 
 as above stated, our subject increased his store of 
 knowledge by learning to make children's shoes. 
 He was employed at this business in Butler and 
 
 Allegheny Counties lor two years. On leaving 
 Pennsylvania he went to Louisville, Ky., and there 
 the water-way proved too fascinating, and he made 
 
 several trips on the river to New Orleans, engaged 
 as a deck-hand in order to pay his passage. Some- 
 time afterward lie enlisted in the regular army at 
 St. Louis, and was a participant in the Mexican 
 War and served his full term of enlistment, which 
 was five years. 
 
 After his discharge from the military service our 
 subject made a brief visit to his old home in Fred- 
 crick County, Aid., and soon afterward started 
 overland for California to seek his fortune. Not 
 realizing his golden expectations, lie returned to 
 Frederick County, and some months later entered 
 the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com- 
 pany, with which he remained about two years. 
 
 At this time, Mr. Sponsler went to Butler County, 
 Pa., and engaged for a while in the printing busi- 
 ness, which did not, however, prove as remunera- 
 tive as he had anticipated, so he abandoned that 
 pursuit and took up the shoe business, in which 
 he continued for seventeen and a-half years, being 
 located during that time at Prospect, Pa. He came 
 to Missouri in I860 and purchased a farm in 
 Cooper County, upon which he settled. After a 
 residence of three years there, in which he im- 
 proved the place to some extent, he sold the farm 
 and removed to Clarksburg. Moniteau County, 
 Mo. This continued to be his home for several 
 years, and he was engaged very successfully in the 
 shoe business, lie was also in partnership with 
 
 John D. \V Is in filling a contract for furnishing 
 
 ties to the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. 
 From Clarksburg Mr. Sponsler came to Slater, 
 where he has ever since been an honored and re- 
 -] ted resident. 
 
 The original of our sketch is President of the 
 slater Milling Company, ami for several years has 
 been one of the Directors of the Slater Sm \ m^s 
 Bank. - Our subject was married in Prospect. Pa., 
 to .Miss Mary, a daughter of Edward and Prudence 
 
 Kennedy. She was born in Butler ( t\. Pa., 
 
 and there passed her early womanhood. She and 
 her husband are devoted members of the Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian Church. They have had their 
 full share of sorrow, for death came to their house- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 hold .ind cut down in the flower of womanhood 
 their only child and daughter, Estella, who was 
 the wife of Dr. Ward Switzer. She died at the 
 residence of her parents in Slater March 20. 1889, 
 leaving two children, Mary and Frank. 
 
 
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 ANIEL T.GUTHREY. Shakespeare tells 
 „ us in his incomparable "Julius Caesar," that 
 (Gi3r the good that men do is oft interred with 
 their hones, but there are too many ex- 
 ceptions to this rule to make it a discouraging 
 truth. The few extracts which may be placed be- 
 fore the public in a brief sketch such as the follow- 
 ing will possess interest, but cannot tell the whole 
 story of a life, even if it were not rilled with more 
 adventure than falls to the common hit. 
 
 The good citizen, the honest lover of his State. 
 the honored parent of a large family, whose influ- 
 ence is still felt in his community, although he has 
 been called hence, is the subject of whom we now 
 write. Daniel Guthrey was born in Buckingham 
 County, Ya., in 1817, and grew to maturity in his 
 native place. When he was twenty-one years old 
 he made his first visit to this State, then went back 
 to his own home, but in 1836 he returned to the 
 county, became a pioneer here, and made this his 
 home for the remainder of his life. His first loca- 
 tion was about six miles east of Fairville, where he 
 resided for a short time, then came to his place 
 one-half mile northwest of Fairville, and in this 
 home he reared his family of eleven children. All 
 of these grew to maturity and went out into the 
 world to battle for themselves, bearing with them 
 the influence of a good example. 
 
 The wife of our subject was the daughter of Col. 
 John Brown, a resident of this county. The an- 
 cestors of both families were natives of England, 
 who later became residents 'of Virginia. At the 
 breaking out of the late war, Mr. Guthrey was the 
 owner of six slaves. He had always been one of 
 the firm supporters of the Government, but when 
 th p war came on and the States seceded he attached 
 
 himself to the Confederate cause. Two of his 
 brothers were members of the Black Horse Cavalry. 
 Always dining life a Democrat, although a Con- 
 servative one, so he continued until his death. His 
 attention to business was great, and he became a 
 wealthy and successful man. 1 1 is death occurred 
 in 1880. 
 
 The eldest child of Mr. Guthrey is the subject of 
 the following notice: John W. Guthrey was born 
 in 1841, grew to manhood in this county, and had 
 reached only the age of nineteen years when the 
 Civil War broke out, putting to rout all of his 
 plans for the future. Immediately John W. en- 
 listed in the company commanded by Capt. Ed. 
 Brown, and joined the Confederate army at Boon- 
 ville under Gen. Price, but in the fall of the next 
 year he was so unfortunate as to suffer capture, and 
 was kept in prison until the close of the war. 
 
 In 1863 John W. Guthrey was married to Miss 
 Belly, the daughter of J. G. Tucker. She lived 
 until 1878, and then passed away, leaving two 
 children. Willie II. and Claud W. In 1880, Mr. 
 Guthrey married Miss Mary E., the daughter of 
 Rev. T. L. Austin, and to them have been born five 
 blight and interesting children. These are Ollie, 
 Austin, Harvey, Clarence and Ida. Mr. Guthrey 
 might be called a "dyed-m-the-wool" Democrat, so 
 firm is he in his allegiance to the principles of that 
 party. The members of his family are Methodists, 
 and in that connection are held in high esteem. 
 Mr. Guthrey owns two hundred and sixty acres of 
 valuable land, which he accumulated by his own 
 toil. 
 
 /*pj\ HARLEN J. IIADER. The present sketch 
 (II is a memorial of one who in life was a 
 
 ^^T good neighbor, kind friend, a faithful fa- 
 ther and husband, and a prominent and public- 
 spirited citizen of La Fayette County, Mo. Mr. 
 Ilader was a native of Germany, where he was 
 born August 1. LSI I, and was a brother of Henry 
 and Ernst Hader, whose biographical sketches ap- 
 pear in other parts of this Recokd. While still a 
 
Portrait and biographical record. 
 
 387 
 
 lad, our subject came to America with his parents, 
 and with them located in Indiana for a short 
 time, later accompanying them to La Fayette 
 County, Mo. 
 
 As our subject grew to maturity, he obtained 
 both a German and an English education, and at 
 an early day became accustomed to work upon his 
 father's farm. This occupation he followed all of 
 his life, and at the time of his death left his wife 
 and children a tine farm of eighty acres. Better 
 though than this he left to them the memory of 
 a good and kind husband and father, and a repu- 
 tation of spotless integrity. In these days it is 
 no light thing to say that a man's word is as good 
 as his bond, but this could truly be said of our 
 present subject. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Hader occurred when 
 he was united with Miss Paulina T. Guenther, and 
 they were the parents of three children: James, 
 Albert and Joseph, the last-named having passed 
 away. The second marriage of our subject took 
 place March 28, 1880, the bride being Mrs. Lou- 
 isa, the widow of the late William Fetter, of War- 
 ren County, Mo. By this union of Mr. Hader was 
 born a family of seven children, as follows: Caro- 
 line, Meta, Charles, Benjamin, John and Daniel, 
 the last two remaining at home to the present 
 time. The second daughter, Alvina, was removed 
 by death. 
 
 The birth of the present Mrs. Hader took place 
 March 22, 1859, in Warren County, Mo. She was 
 the daughter of Henry and Christiana Wagner, of 
 Warren County. By her first marriage Mrs. Hader 
 became the mother of two children, only one of 
 whom, William, is living. Mr. Hader was a man 
 of great energy and soon won the confidence of 
 his neighbors and friends. He was. always in 
 favor of any measures which he felt convinced 
 would advance the interests of township or 
 county, and held with great good judgment the 
 office of School Director for a long time. In his 
 politics lie was a stanch supporter of Republican 
 principles. 
 
 Mr. Hader was for many years a good and de- 
 vout member of the Baptist Church, to which he 
 contributed as liberally as he felt his means per- 
 mitted. In this connection he was well known 
 
 and highly esteemed. His death occurred July 1, 
 1891, lamented by the whole community. His 
 widow resides on the home farm, which she directs 
 with care, showing her capability in this direction. 
 She, too, is a member of the Baptist ( 'lunch, and 
 with her children makes a pleasant and hospitable 
 country home for their friends. The memory of 
 the kind husband and father is kept green, and 
 this slight memorial is a testimonial to the esteem 
 and affection in which he was held by them. 
 
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 Ife CLIFF KAPP. The name of the paper 
 
 %wfl ° f wll ' c '' our s,1D J ect is proprietor aud 
 WW editor, the Slater Weekly /uric,-, is very 
 significant of its character, being truly an index- 
 to the local and general news of the country. Mr. 
 Lapp, although one of the younger editors of the 
 county, ranks among the foremost in his work 
 as a public and popular educator. All homes into 
 which his weekly sheet finds its way are benefited 
 thereby, the news being written up in a thoroughly 
 agreeable and entertaining manner. 
 
 Mr. Kapp was born in Clarion County, Pa., De- 
 cember 5, 1867. His father is A. W. Kapp, and 
 his mother was in her maidenhood Lvdon A. Mahl. 
 They are both natives of Pennsylvania, but of 
 
 German ancestry. Our subject was but six n ths 
 
 old when his parents went to Livingston County, 
 Mo., and there he grew to manhood. Until theage 
 of fifteen the intervals from his school duties were 
 passed on a farm. He later went to Aralon Col- 
 lege, at Avalon, Mo., whence he graduated in 1887. 
 About 1883 Mr. Kapp went to Alabama and se- 
 cured a position in the Birmingham Business Col- 
 lege, « here he taught book-keeping and penman- 
 ship for two years. He was recognized as a first- 
 class master and a highly accomplished cultured 
 gentleman. Afterward he made arrangements to 
 perfect himself in the art of printing, and was em- 
 ployed until June. 1890, on the ( 'hillicothe Con- 
 stitution. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 In 1890, he purchased the State Weekly Tndex, 
 lis former proprietor having been Mr. Hez Purdom. 
 since thai time his whole attention has been given 
 to the sheet for which he is responsible. It has a 
 very good circulation, its subscription list num- 
 bering between eight and nine hundred names. It 
 is Democratic in its political conceptions, and terse 
 and spicy. Mr. Kapp was married in Moulton, 
 [owa, .March 24, 1891, to Miss Ella Singley, who is 
 a native of that town. 
 
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 /--v LIVER J. STALKY, an en 
 ;( ) popular young attorney of 
 v ^^ County, Mo., is a nativi 
 
 LINER J. STALKY, an energetic, able and 
 
 >f Marshall, Sali nc 
 ive of the Empire 
 Stale, but for half a score of years has resided in 
 Marshall, and all the interests Of his early man- 
 hood are interwoven with the progress and ad- 
 vancement of his present home. Identified with 
 a religious organization, and a prominent member 
 of the Young Men's Christian Association, act- 
 ively engaged in lending a helping hand to the 
 less fortunate, our subject has made a good start 
 in the religious, benevolent and professional works 
 of life, and possesses the esteem of many friends. 
 
 Mr. Stalev was born near Pattersonville, Schen- 
 ectady, County, N. Y., March 8, 1869. His father, 
 Jacob, and his paternal grandfather, Oliver, were 
 both natives of New York, and bom in the same 
 county as our subject, but his great-grandfather, 
 George Stalev, was a native of Switzerland and 
 was brought to America by his father. Ilendrick, 
 before the War of the Revolution was declared. 
 They located in Schenectady County and this 
 patriotic great-grandfather fought bravely in the 
 battle of Saratoga, under ( I en. < Jat.es. He served as 
 a private in that struggle for independence, and was 
 a protector and friend of the Oneida Indians, who 
 respected him and always aided him whenever it was 
 in their power to do so. He did the Government 
 great service as a scout, and was fearless and un- 
 tiring in the discharge of duty. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather, Oliver, for whom he 
 
 was named, was a farmer, and also owned and op- 
 crated a sawmill. The family were all Protest- 
 ants, and in the Old Country Lutherans. The 
 father of Oliver J. was a well-to-do farmer, and 
 pursued the peaceful business of agriculture in his 
 native State until 1880, when he came West and 
 located in Missouri, at Chillicothe, then Blackburn 
 Htll. Here he was in the insurance business, but 
 has now retired from active duty. In politics he 
 is a strong Democrat, and is an upright man and 
 an honored citizen. The mother of our subject 
 before her marriage was Miss Sarah M., a daughter 
 of John Hoffman, and was born in the same 
 county where she married. Her father, when 
 about twenty-one years of age, engaged in land 
 speculation, and handled the Mohawk Ditch Stock, 
 and established a ferry across the Mohawk River, 
 and ran it for some years. Mr. Stalev 's mother 
 now resides here in Marshall. 
 
 Our subject was one of two brothers who com- 
 prised the family of their parents. Silas II. is a 
 resident, of Marshall, and is a well-known business 
 man, and a book-keeper in a store. Oliver .1. was 
 reared upon the farm in the Empire State until 
 eleven years of age, and then came to Missouri, 
 locating in Marshall in 1882, in the month of 
 February, lie continued his studies in the public 
 schools of his new home, and finally entered a 
 dry-goods house, and clerked there one year. He 
 then obtained employment in a telegraph office, 
 and at the age of nineteen years began the study 
 of law, under the tutelage of the well-known 
 Judge Strother, now of California. In 1890, Mr. 
 Stalev was admitted to the Bar of Missouri, and at 
 once opened up an office, and has been very suc- 
 cessful in his practice of law, being an excellent 
 pleader at the Bar, and also learned in the techni- 
 calities of the profession. Although but compara- 
 tively a brief time in the round of professional 
 duty, our subject has won the confidence and es- 
 teem of many clients, whose cases he lias con- 
 ducted with skill and judgment. 
 
 Mr. Stales is a regular attendant at the Old- 
 school Presbyterian Church, and is a consistent 
 member of the same. Always efficient and faith- 
 ful in church work, and a most earnest aid in the 
 Young .Men 's Christian Association, he finds em- 
 
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 ployment for the ability he has ever shown in the 
 management of any duty entrusted to his care. 
 A Democrat in political affiliations, he is alive to 
 the needs of the hour, and is an earnest advocate 
 for progress and reform, lighting the good fight 
 of a true American citizen. 
 
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 \|? OIIN CAEMEAN. Prominent anion- the 
 farmers of township 49, range 23. Saline 
 County, is the successful agriculturist and 
 influential citizen with whose name this 
 sketch is introduced. The owner of five hundred 
 and lift}' acres, Mr. Carmean has brought his land 
 to a good state of cultivation, and in his work of 
 general farming and stock-raising has met with 
 more than ordinary success. 
 
 Born in Green Township, Ross County, Ohio, 
 January 4, 1813, our subject is a son of John Car- 
 mean, a native of Holland, who came to America 
 an orphan boy, settling in the eastern part of 
 Maryland, and in time becoming a farmer. He 
 removed to Ross County, Ohio, in 1805, and be- 
 came an early settler of Green Township, his 
 home being near Kingston. There he lived up to 
 the date of his death in 1847, at which time he 
 was seventy-six years old. He served in the War 
 (if 1812. In religion he and his wife were mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The 
 
 mother of our subject was known in maiden] d 
 
 as Nancy Gray less, and belonged to an old Alary- 
 land family. Her death occurred in 1837. 
 
 Our subject was the youngest son, and is now 
 the only survivor, in a family which consisted of 
 six sons and three daughters. His childhood days 
 were passed in the log cabin where he was born, 
 and which was situated just west of Adelphi. < »hio. 
 His educational advantages were limited, consist- 
 ing of about two months' schooling each winter. 
 The schoolhouses (which were also utilized as 
 churches) were built of logs, and contained slab 
 seats and other primitive furnishings. The boy- 
 hood days of our subject were passed upon the 
 
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 farm, which was located in a section where deer, 
 bear and other wild animals were to be found. He 
 remained at home until he reached the age of 
 twenty-two. when he began working out by the 
 month, earning about fifty cents a day and some- 
 times $12 per month. He continued to work out 
 for about five years, part of the time at the carpen- 
 ter's trade. 
 
 October 6, 1810, Mr. Carmean married Miss 
 Susannah Dehaven, whose home was one mile east 
 of Kingston. Airs. Carmean was born December 
 I'll, is I 9, and was a daughter of Ilarman and Mag- 
 daline (Gerhart) Dehaven, of Pennsylvania, who 
 came to Ohio soon after their marriage in 1804, 
 becoming early settlers of Ross County. The 
 father died at the age of forty-three; the mother 
 lived to the advanced age of eighty-two. There 
 were six children in the family, four daughters 
 and two sons, but Mrs. Carmean is the only one 
 now living. After his marriage Mr. Carmean 
 rented a farm for five years, and subsequently' 
 purchased the place on which his wife was born 
 and reared. In the spring of 186b' he sold his 
 property in Ohio and came to Missouri, making 
 the long journey by water from Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 to Waverly, Mo. 
 
 Mr. Carmean arrived in Elmwood Township 
 April 1, 1866. He had been here during the fall 
 of the preceding year and purchased two hundred 
 and sixty-eight acres on section 8 of this town- 
 ship. The land had formerly been the property 
 of a slave-owner and contained very few improve- 
 ments, but through his efforts has been brought to 
 a high cultivation. On buying the farm he paid 
 125 per acre, but its valuation has since materially 
 increased as the result of the embellishments and 
 improvements it now contains. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Carmean have had six children: 
 Liza Ellen, wife of John II. Coulter, whose life is 
 sketched elsewhere in this volume; Magdaline, 
 wife of Samuel II. Clinard. a farmer of Sumner 
 County. Kan.: Baxter, who died November 15, 
 1874; Millard F., who is married, and resides in 
 Elmwood Township; Flora J., wife of Rev. W. Ar- 
 nold, who is a Baptist minister, and also engages 
 in farming near Grand Pass, thiscountj ; Lester, a 
 blacksmith by trade, who is married, and resides in 
 
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 Idaho. Mr. Carmean was a Henry Clay Whig, 
 voted for William Henry Harrison in 1836 and 
 1840, and is now a Republican. Both Mr. Car- 
 mean and his wife are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, with which they have been con- 
 nected for many years. The children have homes 
 of their own, and altogether the record is that of a 
 very prosperous family. 
 
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 f OHN [. PEAVLER combines several 
 branches of agricultural life. Not only is 
 he known as a successful farmer and stock- 
 raiser, but he also has been fortunate in the 
 management of fruit and apiaries, lie was born 
 in Knox County, Ky.. and there in his childhood 
 and youth attended the district schools. His 
 memory carries him back, when the subject is men- 
 tioned, to the log cabin, with its dirt floor and 
 slab benches, to which he trudged in those primi- 
 tive times. At the age of nineteen, the influence 
 of the Westward tide was felt in the quiet old 
 county of Knox, and his parents decided to join 
 with others who were also turning their faces to 
 the fertile lands beyond the Mississippi River, and 
 he accompanied them to Sullivan County, Mo. 
 
 The father of our subject was Lewis Peavler, a 
 native of Tennessee, who married a Virginia lady 
 by the name of Kate Head. From the union 
 with this excellent woman were born eight chil- 
 dren, of whom but six are living. Elizabeth 
 is the wife of Thomas Standiford, of Oklahoma. 
 .Matilda became the wife and is now the widow of 
 John Stuffelbean. Isaac died during the war, hav- 
 ing been in service for some time before his death. 
 William now resides in Texas; .lames, in California, 
 and Thomas resided in Oklahoma, while another 
 is deceased. Our subject was third in order of 
 birth. Although sixty years of age, Mr. Lewis 
 Peavler would not allow a younger man to take 
 his place, but went into the ranks himself, and was 
 discharged for disability during the war. 
 
 John 1- Peavler enlisted, in August, 1861, in 
 
 Company H, Seventh Kentucky Infantry, and took 
 part in the battles at Wild Cat, Ky., Vicksburg, 
 Champion Hill, Arkansas Post, and Big Black 
 Water; he also had the satisfaction of seeing the 
 surrender of Vicksburg. Although he took part in 
 sonic of the severest battles of the war. Mr. Peavler 
 was fortunate enough to escape without wound or 
 having served imprisonment. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place in 1864, 
 when he was united in the bonds of matrimony 
 with Miss Louisa, the daughter of William Bull, 
 of Kentucky. To this union were born three chil- 
 dren: Alice, who became Mrs. .John Logan, of 
 Montana; Florida Jane, who became the wife of 
 Douglass Logan, and resides at Durham, 111.; and 
 Pascal L. After the death of his wife. Mr. Peavler 
 married Miss Mary, the daughter of George Davis, 
 and to them have come three children, but only- 
 one of these, Delia, is living. 
 
 Politically. Mr. Peavler is a Republican of the 
 stan chest kind, and lives up to his convictions. He 
 is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic 
 post at Marshall. In 1878, he began to give at- 
 tention to bee culture, and has made the same very 
 profitable. There never seems to be an over- 
 crowded market for honey, and Mr. Peavler may be 
 laying the foundations of an immense income in 
 this business. The farm of our subject consists of 
 forty acres, and his fruit ventures take up a great 
 portion of his time. He is an honest, pleasant 
 gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet. 
 
 ffiOHN FREDERICK RITTER, the leading 
 hardware merchant of the city of Higgins. 
 ville, La Fayette County, is but another 
 \~£/' example of what hard, persistent labor will 
 accomplish, inasmuch as he started out a very poor 
 boy and worked his waj- to his present position by 
 his own unaided efforts. 
 
 Mr. Ritter was born near Hopewell, Warren 
 County, Mo., June 4, 1863, His father. Simon 
 
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 395 
 
 Ritter, was born in Germany, in Lippe-Detmold, 
 while the grandfather of our subjecl was a brick- 
 maker, who came with his family to Missouri and 
 located in Warren County, where lie died. His 
 son. father of our subject, came to Missouri in 
 18f>7, and engaged in farming, by which means he 
 amassed a large quantity of land in Warren County. 
 In 1887 lie sold his property and located in La 
 Fayette County, three miles easl of Higginsville, 
 where he bought two hundred and eighty-six 
 acres of land for $35 per acre. '1'his land lie i in - 
 proved and operated until he sold it for *75 per 
 acre and removed to Higginsville. He is a local 
 preacher of the German .Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. In politics he is a Republican, and has 
 always advocated the principles of that party. 
 His wife, Sophia Brinkmeyer, was born in Hillen- 
 throp, Germany, and was married in the same coun- 
 try. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Simon Ritter, six of whom grew to maturity, viz.: 
 Gust, a farmer of Dover; John F., our subject; 
 Sam, clerk of our subject; Gerhord, attending 
 Centra] Wesleyan College, at Warrenton, Mo.; 
 Louisa and Martin at home. 
 
 Our subject was reared on a farm, but. unlike 
 many other farmer boys, he enjoyed the advan- 
 tage of a good education, for, in addition to 
 the learning he obtained at the district schools, 
 he attended the Central Wesleyan College, at 
 Warrenton, Mo., for three years, graduating in 
 1880. After graduating, he formed a partnership 
 with S. W. Brondon, and they started a hardware 
 and implement business. This partnership con- 
 tinued until 1887, when our subject bought him 
 out and added stoves to his other supplies. Later 
 he bought the place he now occupies and built a 
 fine store and improved the adjoining property. 
 He now owns two stores. 12^x80 feet, and a ware- 
 house one hundred and twenty feet long. Here 
 he carries on an extensive business in buggies, 
 harness, hardware and implements of all kinds. 
 He commands the leading and best trade of the 
 city, and is very successful. 
 
 Mr. Ritter was a member of the corporation that 
 built the Merchants' Hotel, but afterward Mild his 
 interest. He also was a stockholder in the Grangers' 
 Store. Mr. Ritter married in York, Neb., Decem- 
 
 ber 31. 1890, Miss Amelia Klineselum, who was 
 born in Marthasy ille. Mo., a daughter of the Rev. 
 William Klineselum. a minister of the German 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. Two children have 
 blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Ritter. namely: 
 Atlanta and Minnetle. Mr. Hitter is a member 
 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in 
 which he has passed all the chairs. He is also a 
 member of the Knights of Pythias, and is the 
 Banker of the Modern Woodmen of the World. 
 Mr. Hitter is a member of the German Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, ami i- Assistant Superintendent 
 of the Sunday-school. In politics he takes an im- 
 portant part in the councils of the Republican 
 party. Mr. Ritter has been very successful in his 
 business affairs, and is a very pleasant young man. 
 By his own endeavors he has built up his present 
 large patronage, and for that and his many ster- 
 ling traits of character he enjoys the esteem and 
 respect of all who know him. 
 
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 ILAS A. WRIGHT, a prominent business 
 □can, and oneof the largest dealers in pianos, 
 organs, and sewing-machines in Central 
 Missouri, and a long-time and highly re- 
 spected residenl of Marshall, Saline County, isalso 
 a popular member of the People's Party, and Chair- 
 man of the County Central Committeeof that live 
 political body. Our subject is a progressive citizen 
 and keenly interested in all that pertains to Na- 
 tional and local Government, ami has been identi- 
 fied with the cause of progress ami reform since his 
 early manhood. 
 
 Mr. Wright was born in Jersey ville. Jersey 
 County, 111.. March ■'>. 1850. Hi- father. Silas W. 
 Wright, was burn near Buffalo, N. Y.,and was reared 
 on a farm. He afterward lived a short time in 
 Kentucky, but went to Illinois in 1812, and located 
 on prairie land near Jacksonville, and later farmed 
 the homestead. In 1851 he journeyed to Wiscon- 
 sin, and settled in Pierce County, on Lake St. Croix. 
 and there engaged in agriculture until 1867, when 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 he located in Johnson County, Mo. Here he 
 bought a farm, and remained adjacent to Knobnos- 
 ter for many years, finally going to Clackamas 
 County, Ore., and there farming until his death in 
 1887. He was a member of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church, and a most excellent man and a good 
 citizen. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Mary (Redmond) 
 Wright, was a native of Ohio, and came with her 
 parents to Illinois when very young. .She became 
 the motherof a family of twelve children, of whom 
 Silas A. was the sixth. Seven of the brothers and 
 sisters yet survive. Silas enjoyed the advantages 
 of public school instruction mainly in Prescott, 
 Wis., where the family resided for a time until, in 
 I860, the farm was rented. In 1*68 our subject 
 went to St. Louis County, Mo., and there operated 
 a sewing-machine business for one year; then re- 
 moving to Springfield, Greene County, conducted 
 the same line of business there for five years. He 
 handled sewing-machines in Johnson County for 
 a time, and did business all through Southwest 
 Missouri, locating at Sedalia, Pettis County, on 
 ( mio Street. 
 
 With Sedalia for headquarters, Mr. Wrightspent 
 several years on the road, wholesaling, but still ran 
 the home business, lie represented the Domestic- 
 machines, widely known throughout the United 
 States, and achieved success as their agent and as 
 proprietor of his store. In 1 8*4 he settled in Sa- 
 line County, and in 1885 removed his family to 
 Marshall, and opened a sewing-machine establish- 
 ment here. During 1886 and 1887 he devoted 
 much of his time to selling at wholesale through- 
 out Missouri, and visited eveiy county in Western 
 Missouri. In 1886 lie also went to Nebraska, and 
 journeyed throughout the length and breadth of 
 that Western State. At this time our subject in- 
 terested himself in and handled the Howe machine, 
 and now represents all first-class sewing-machines. 
 
 In 1890 Mr. Wright included pianosand organs 
 in his stock of merchandise, and handles the fol- 
 lowing various makes: Schumacher, Bradbury, 
 Sterling. Beohning, and the Mason & Hamlin pianos 
 and organs, in live or six different styles; he also 
 is well stocked with numerous makes of organs. 
 Our subject does the largest business in sewing- 
 
 machines, pianos and organs of any house in Cen- 
 tral Missouri, and the sales are constantly increas- 
 ing, and in the last eight years the business has 
 prospered beyond all early expectation. 
 
 In the year 1874 Mr. Wright was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Ella Heckendorn. a native of Penn- 
 sylvania. The marriage was solemnized in Webster 
 County, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the parents 
 of three children, Una, Ora and Baby, bright and 
 promising from the little one to the eldest of the 
 sisters. The family resides near the West School 
 Building and enjoys all the comforts and pleasures 
 of a happy and prosperous home. 
 
 Our subject is a member of the Knights of the 
 Maccabees, Triple Alliance, and is a Master Mason. 
 In politics a member of the People's Party, Mr. 
 Wright has served as delegate to various conven- 
 tions. Successful in his business, our subject has 
 exhibited his goods at the various fairs and cap- 
 tured coveted prizes and premiums. He is an ex- 
 pert operator on machines of every make, and does 
 embroidery, fancy stitches and name-writing in the 
 most attractive styles. He also thoroughly under- 
 stands repairing of the machines, and makes a 
 specialty of the work. Take it all in all, few States 
 can show a more energetic and enterprising busi- 
 ness man and thoroughly good citizen than Silas 
 A. Wright 
 
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 (ev- 
 en ry L. STARKEBAUM, of the firm of 
 i Bear & Starkebaum, is one of the leading 
 
 citizens of Higginsville, and is regarded as 
 one of the most enterprising young busi- 
 ness men of the place. He was born in Warren 
 County. Mo.. September 3, 1867. His father, Fritz 
 Starkebaum, was born in Lippe-Detmold, where 
 he engaged in farming until he came to America 
 and located in Warren County, Mo., where he pur- 
 chased a farm of two hundred acres. In 1876, he 
 came to La Fayette County and located on a farm 
 of one hundred and sixty acres, one and one-half 
 miles south of Higginsville, that he improved and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 397 
 
 on which he still resides. In religious matters, lie 
 inclines toward the Evangelical Church of his 
 country. His wife, Wilhelmina Biesemier, was 
 also born in Germany. She bore her husband 
 eight children, of whom our subject is the fifth. 
 
 Henry L. was reared in Warren County until 
 nine years of age, when he came to La Fayette 
 County, and remained on the farm until he had 
 attained his twentieth year. His education was 
 received in the common schools of that section. 
 In 1888, he accepted a position as clerk in the 
 furniture store of Mr. Wade, where he remained 
 for two years, and then engaged with Mr. Moiling 
 for one year. His next departure was at La Crosse, 
 where he engaged in the lumber business for one 
 year; he then returned to Iligginsville and formed 
 his present partnership, under the firm name of 
 Bear & Starkebaum. They commenced business in 
 a one-room store, 22x80 feet, but soon the stock 
 became too large for that and they rented their 
 present place, where the}' have a double store, 
 Hixl33 feet, in which they carry on an extensive 
 furniture, draping, decorating, upholstering and 
 undertaking business. They also carry the Mason 
 & Hamlin pianos and organs, Standard and White 
 sewing-machines and leading bicycles. The high 
 grade of their goods and work has convinced the 
 people that this firm is one that can be trusted to 
 the fullest extent, and in consequence Messrs. Bear 
 & Starkebaum do a nourishing business. 
 
 Our subject was married, October 22, 1891, to 
 Miss Louisa Hoehn, who was born in Franklin, 
 Mo., but reared in this city, a daughter of J. P. 
 Hoehn, a retired farmer of Iligginsville, and a 
 stockholder and Director of the Bank of Iliggins- 
 ville. Like his father, our subject is an earnest 
 member of the Evangelical Church. In politics, 
 he votes with the Republican party upon occasion. 
 Mr. Starkebaum is a born musician and plays both 
 the piano and organ as only an artist can. So 
 thoroughly does he understand these instruments, 
 that his aid is invaluable in tuning and repairing 
 either pianos or organs. When young and at 
 home, he built himself a blacksmith shop and manu- 
 factured all the tools and did all the work of that 
 nature required on his father's large farm. 
 
 Mr. Starkebaum has invented several mechanical 
 
 contrivances that he uses himself, and is never so 
 happy as when at work at the forge. There is no 
 doubt but that he is a genius, and had he devoted 
 his attention to mechanics, he would without ques- 
 tion have made his mark in the world of inven- 
 tion, and he may still do that, as his active brain 
 is always busied in contriving new inventions 
 calculated to benefit the human race. He is the 
 genius of the firm, and his artistic taste is well 
 shown in the decorating and draping department. 
 The partner of our subject, Mr. Frank R. Bear, 
 was born and reared in Lexington Township, and 
 comes of one of the oldest families in that section 
 of country. He is a graduate of the St. Louis 
 School of Embalming, and understands his busi- 
 ness thoroughly. lie attends to this branch of the 
 business and every order received by the firm is 
 promptly attended to. Mr. Bear is a member of 
 the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias. 
 
 
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 (•^^TIOMAS D. HAMMOND, a prominent citi- 
 ((f((S$\ zen t of the town of Mayview, is the subject 
 ^s^ of this sketch. At present he is holding 
 the office of Postmaster of the thriving town and 
 is giving excellent satisfaction to all parties. He 
 is a native of this State and county, his birth hav- 
 ing occurred March 29, 1853. His parents were 
 John and Elizabeth (Kimbler) Hammond, residents 
 of Odessa. John Hammond grew up in his native 
 State of Kentucky, whence lie came with his father 
 in 1811 to Lincoln County, Mo., remaining until 
 1848. He then removed to Odessa, in La Fayette 
 County, and became one of the early settlers. At 
 that time his life was one of toil, but he did tin' 
 best he could for his large family of nine children, 
 educating them in the public schools, and, where 
 practicable, sending them to higher institutions 
 of learning. 
 
 Mr. Hammond was a prominent man in the 
 county many years ago. and for several years, both 
 before and after the late war, served a- ( onstable, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 an oflice of great importance in those times, and 
 he gave satisfaction during his whole official career. 
 Now. he at the age of eighty years, and his good wife 
 at the aire of seventy, are living a peaceful life in 
 the town of Odessa, highly regarded and respected 
 as the oldest pioneers of the county now living. 
 Their places in the Christian Church are seldom 
 vacant, and when the sad time comes when those 
 places shall know them no more, great will be the 
 sorrow among relatives and friends. 
 
 The brothers and sisters of our subject bear the 
 following names, familiar one.- in the localities in 
 which they have found homes: Robert S.; Mollie, 
 now the wife of Charles Mattingly; Maggie, now 
 the wife of Clay I >elaney ; and Susan ; the rest of the 
 family have passed away. Our subject was reared 
 in this county on the farm and was educated in the 
 public schools. Later, he went to the State Normal 
 School at Warren sburgh, remaining there pursuing 
 a studious life for a term of two years. After 
 closing his text-books Mr. Hammond commenced 
 teaching school, meeting with such flattering suc- 
 cess that he made it a profession for many years, 
 directing youthful minds throughout the- various 
 parts of Missouri and Kansas. 
 
 In one of the fair daughters of the county our 
 subject found a bride, and on May 13, 1885, was 
 united in marriage with Miss Anna Ilerr, a native 
 of La Fayette County, and a daughter of John P. 
 and Sarah II. (Fitzpatrick) Heir, both natives of 
 this State. Mrs. Hammond was reared in Lexing- 
 ton and educated in the public schools, afterward 
 teaching for several years during the winter terms. 
 In political belief, our subject is a Republican, and 
 always favors all measures which promise good 
 for the county or neighborhood. Socially, Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hammond are important factors in the 
 village, they nearly always having a hand in 
 anything the least entertaining. 
 
 I n the lodge of Odd Fellows Mr. Hammond is 
 an important member, and takes an active part in 
 the workings of the order. A line farm consisting 
 of seventy acres of land is in his possession, but 
 his official duties prevent him becoming an agri- 
 culturist at present. In the spring of 1890 our 
 subject was made Postmaster of May view, a posi- 
 tion which he fills with great efficiency. Before 
 
 closing this article, it is only meet to record a few 
 lines concerning another of the pioneer settlers of 
 the county. John P. Heir, the honored father of 
 Mrs. Hammond, was the founder of the pretty lit- 
 tle town of May view, where so man}' excellent peo- 
 ple now find pleasant homes. He was born in Wash- 
 ington County, Md., April 6, 1818, a grandson of 
 a Revolutionary patriot. In 1836, John Herr jour- 
 neyed to Missouri, and in 1837 located in La Fay- 
 ette County, where he followed the trade of house 
 builder and carpenter for many years. Sometime 
 during the 'fids, he laid out the village of May- 
 view, making that his home for some time, and 
 while there founded the Christian Church at that 
 place. During his whole life he was noted for his 
 integrity and his interest in improvements of 
 every kind. 
 
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 /p^EOROF W. OFACKENBUSH. Our suh- 
 'II <_, ject is one of the most popular men on 
 
 V_A the Kansas City Division of the Chicago 
 A- Alton Railroad. Genial and cordial in his man- 
 ner by nature, many are the favors sought at his 
 hand. Mr. Quackenbush was born in Winchester, 
 111.. April 28, 1863. He is a son of G. M. and 
 Alvira (Wells) Quackenbush, residents of Murray- 
 ville, 111. Their family comprised three children, 
 of whom our subject is the only surviving one. 
 He was reared in his native place, and in addition 
 to his public school advantages received an excel- 
 lent training in the business colleges both at Jack- 
 sonville and Qui ncy. 
 
 Equipped for active operations in the practical 
 work-a-day world, Mr. Quackenbush first put his 
 ability to the test in the insurance business, in which 
 he was engaged with his father. In 1880 a posi- 
 tion was offered him on the Chicago A Alton 
 Railroad. He accepted it and became the operator 
 and agent at Mason City, 111. He was afterward 
 employed m the same capacity at different stations 
 until 1886, when he accepted the offer of the posi- 
 tion as general agent with a route between St. Louis 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 399 
 
 and Alton. He remained on that line for a year, 
 and then located at Venice, where he was em- 
 ployed as agent for another year. Six months 
 were subsequently passed at Marshall, and in 
 1889 he came to Slater to fill the position of As- 
 sistant to the Superintendent, since which time 
 he has been a resident and an active citizen of 
 this city. 
 
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 ^fl' AMES P. DE PEW, chief clerk in the ma- 
 chinery department of the Chicago >V- Al- 
 ton Railroad Company at Slater, and one 
 of the most highly valued employes of that 
 substantial corporation, is one of the energetic and 
 enterprising citizens who are continually aiding 
 in the growth and local improvement of their 
 neighborhood and vicinity. For many years 
 identified with the prominent interests of Missouri, 
 and especially of Saline County, our subject has a 
 wide acquaintance, especially among the Knights 
 of Pythias, in which society he has long been a 
 leader. 
 
 The paternal grandfather. James De Pew, was 
 born in Virginia in 1800, and removed from his 
 birthplace in an early day, first to Ohio, and then 
 to Illinois, and settled near Blooming Grove, as it 
 was then called. He entered land, improved it, 
 and farmed there for thirty years, and died in 
 1890. He was a member of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church, and was a most excellent citizen, kind 
 friend and good neighbor. The father of our sub- 
 ject, William S. De Pew, was born in Ohio, and 
 came with his parents to Illinois when he was 
 twelve years old. Firsta cabinet-maker, and then 
 a carpenter and builder, he found a ready business 
 in Bloom iugton as a carpenter and builder, and 
 there still continues in profitable employment. He 
 is a Republican, and always one of the firm sup- 
 porters of the party. 
 
 The De Pews are of French descent, and trace 
 their ancestry back to Benjamin Budon. The mo- 
 ther of our subject was Fannie M. Schaum, a na- 
 
 tive of Indiana, and a daughter ol Jacob 1'enal- 
 ton, born in Pennsylvania, and a hatter by trade, 
 lie was an early settler of Indiana, and from there 
 went to Sangamon County, 111. He enlisted in the 
 Mexican War. and remained in the service until 
 peace was declared, when he engaged in business 
 at Springfield, III., as a hatter; be then located in 
 Bloomington, still remaining in the same kind of 
 work. In 1862, this patriotic citizen enlisted in the 
 Ninety-fourth Illinois Regiment as a private. He 
 served faithfully three years, and veteranized. He 
 was severely wounded in the head during a fierce 
 battle, but returned to his regiment, and at the 
 close of the war was breveted Captain, and soon 
 after engaged as a decorator until he retired. He 
 died in Bloomington in 1890. His wife now re- 
 sides in Bloomington. 
 
 The parents of our subject had four chil- 
 dren, all of whom survive. William was edu- 
 cated in Bloomington, in the public and High 
 Schools. When Mr. De Pew was but seventeen 
 years of age, he entered the service of the Chi- 
 cago & Alton Railroad as a clerk in the store- 
 keeper's department in Bloomington. Then he 
 left that work, and for seven years engaged in 
 Bloomington as a decorator. In 1879, he located 
 in Mexico, Mo., and became the chief clerk in the 
 machinery department of the Chicago & Alton 
 Division there. In 1881, when the division was 
 located in Slater, he came here, and continued in 
 his present business, which has increased two hun- 
 dred per cent. Our subject has been constantly 
 connected with the Chicago it Alton Railroad 
 since 1879, and has been chief clerk of two divi- 
 sions. — between Kansas City and Roodhouse-, and 
 from Roodhouse to St. Louis. 
 
 Mr. De Pew was married in Bloomington, in 
 1876, to Miss EmmaHesser, born in Hillsboro, Mo., 
 but reared in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. De Pew are 
 the happy parents of three promising children, one 
 young daughter and two sons. Mabel E., Earl R. 
 and Joseph \V. are the light and joy of the pleas- 
 ant and attractive home of their parents, and will 
 have all the advantages of an excellent education. 
 Long connected with the Knights of Pythias, our 
 subject was Captain of Slater Division. Uniformed 
 Rank, and is Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourth 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Regiment, Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias, 
 of Missouri. 
 
 Mr. De Pew represented the Knights of Pythias 
 State Lodge at tlie last .session of the Grand 
 Lodge, and is a member of the Knights of the 
 Maccabees. He is interested in the local and na- 
 tional management of affairs, and votes the Re- 
 publican ticket. In church affiliations, lie is a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, 
 and is a worker in the cause of religion, and has 
 been Secretary of the branch of the Young Men's 
 Christian Association located in Slater, and takes 
 an active interest in the conduct of its affairs. Mr. 
 and Mrs. De Pew are among the important factors 
 in the various benevolent, social and religious en- 
 terprises in Slater, and enjoy the confidence and 
 regard of man} - true friends. 
 
 ^^)EORGE A. BEELER, a prosperous agricul- 
 III __ turist and highly respected citizen now re- 
 ^^K siding on section 20, township 52, range 
 20, Saline County, near the thriving city of Slater, 
 has served with ability as Director of the School 
 Board and is widely known as one of the most en- 
 ergetic, industrious and upright men of this region 
 of the country. Born in Germany in the year 1817, 
 lie received his education in his native land, and 
 there was early trained in the habits of thrift and 
 taught the wise management which has ever dis- 
 tinguished his exertions in life and materially 
 aided him upward into paths of prosperity and 
 success. 
 
 The father and mother of our subject were hard- 
 working and intelligent Germans. Born and 
 reared in the Fatherland, they married there and 
 surrounded themselves with a family of bright, 
 ambitious children, but soon realizing the larger 
 opportunities for their sons and daughters in a 
 new country, emigrated to America in 1833 and 
 located in Marion County, Mo., in 1836, where the 
 father first obtained regular employment in the 
 
 brickyards as a day laborer. There were in this 
 industrious and happy family four brothers and 
 one sister. Each member of the household cheer- 
 fully did his or her daily share of the toil, and 
 thus all were prospered. Years have passed and 
 but three of the family who gathered in the home 
 in Marion County now survive. 
 
 Our subject was especially self-reliant and took 
 up the burden of his life with ardent hope. Start- 
 ing in America for himself, he was at first a laborer, 
 continuing in this employment eight years with pa- 
 tientand unwearying devotion to the amassing of 
 a small capital with which to engage in an occu- 
 pation more congenial and remunerative. At last 
 he had acquired enough money to warrant him in 
 the investment of a small tract of land purchased 
 at a low rate from the Government. He improved 
 these acres and met with profitable results, but 
 when he had reached his twentj'-eighth year, he 
 removed to Schuyler County and there bought a 
 valuable farm and constantly added to its value 
 by improvements, and as he was prospered added 
 to the acreage. 
 
 In the meantime, Mr. Beeler had entered into 
 the marriage relation, wedding in 1847 Miss Adel- 
 ine Palmer Gibbs, whohas borne him five children, 
 but two of whom now survive. Rebecca C. Beeler 
 was born in Saline County in 1848, and is well 
 married and now a resident of Arkansas; Mary E. 
 was born in Missouri in 1853 and married Mr. 
 Holt. Mrs. Beeler added to her husband's prop- 
 erty her one hundred and sixty acres of valuable 
 land, located in Schuyler County, and he increased 
 this acreage by the purchase of forty additional 
 acres. Upon this land, the family remained until 
 1850, when Mr. Beeler sold a portion of his well- 
 improved farm and returned to Marion Count}'. 
 
 Our subject next purchased eighty acres of 
 farming land here and continued his agricultural 
 duties, sowing, planting and reaping year by year, 
 from 1862 until 1870, when he finally settled in 
 Saline County, and purchased an excellent farm of 
 three hundred acres. Here his wife passed away, 
 in 1875. Mr. Beeler sold and traded off a portion 
 of this property, retaining two hundred acres, all 
 finely improved and under a high state of culti- 
 vation. In 1874, Mr. Beeler married Miss Susan- 
 
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 403 
 
 nah Riker. The family are well known and oc- 
 cupy a position of usefulness and honor in the 
 community where they have resided continuously 
 for nearly a score of years. Our subject is a mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian Church and is one of the 
 valued Elders and most liberal supporters of that 
 religious organization. 
 
 In political affiliations, Mr. Beeler is a Democrat, 
 is public-spirited, and in common with all good 
 citizens desires the appointment of the man best 
 adapted to fill the official position with honor and 
 integrity. Mr. Beeler has never aspired to polit- 
 ical office, but when lie was made a Director in the 
 School Board he gave his earnest and intelligent 
 efforts in behalf of educational advancement and 
 was ever faithful in the discharge of the duties 
 intrusted to his care. Asa useful, law-abiding and 
 worthy" citizen, our subject is interested in all mat- 
 ters pertaining to the public good, and is ready to 
 aid in the establishment of any enterprise of merit, 
 being especially anxious to assist in local improve- 
 ments and progress. 
 
 .'JOHN McNEEL. The death of this well- 
 I known and honored pioneer settler of La 
 Fayette County was deeply mourned as a 
 '^/ public loss, when upon April 3, 1892, at a 
 good old age, he passed peacefully away. Mr. 
 McNeel was born in Pocahontas County. Va., Sep- 
 tember 7, 1810, and was the son of Abram and 
 Elizabeth (Bridgers) McNeel, natives of the Old 
 Dominion. John McNeel, the parental grand- 
 father of our subject, was a pioneei farmer of 
 West Virginia, and his marriage was blessed by 
 the birth of two sons. Isaac and Abram. He was 
 also the father of three daughters. Nancy, Miriam 
 and Martha. His family were all members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Abram McNeel was a native of Pocahontas 
 County, Va., and resided all his life in the home 
 of his childhood. He was a Class-leader in the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and was bighh re- 
 
 spected as a man of ability and integrity. He was 
 thrice married. His first wife was Miss Lamb, who 
 became the mother of one child, Elizabeth Hannah, 
 and died in early womanhood. The second wife 
 of Abram McNeel lived to share the home of her 
 husband several years, and bore him seven chil- 
 dren: Margaret, Martha. Nancy, Polly, Miriam, 
 John and Abram. The third wife was Magdalene 
 Kelly, who survived her husband, and was the de- 
 voted mother of two sons, Hemy W. and Will- 
 iam L. 
 
 Our subject was reared in the Virginia home, 
 and in the fall of 1837 journeyed slowly by wagon 
 and team to La Fayette County. After forty-two 
 days of constant travel the tired and wearied fam- 
 ily located upon section 27, township 48, range 
 27, and soon began the improvement of the land, 
 two hundred and forty acres of which our subject 
 had bought, and at the same time entered from the 
 Government two hundred and seventy additional 
 acres, in all five hundred and ten acres, which he 
 cultivated; he afterward owned another valuable 
 farm of one hundred acres. A man of more than 
 ordinary ability, lie made his upward way, and, a 
 kind husband and father, an obliging friend and 
 neighbor, had a host of true and earnest friends. 
 Like his paternal ancestors, he was a consistent 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 
 political affiliations he was in early life a Whig. 
 and later became a strong Democrat. 
 
 Mr. .McNeel was united in marriage October 24, 
 1833. with Miss Nancy Gilliland, who was born in 
 Greenbrier County, W. Va., March 7, 181 G, the 
 daughter of George and Martha (Hill) Gilliland, 
 who were long-time residents of the sunny South. 
 The father, George Gilliland, was a native of 
 Greenbrier County, born in 1793, and served with 
 distinction in the War of 1812. He was Presiding 
 Elder of his church for many years, and was by 
 occupation a farmer and prosperously engaged in 
 the duties of agriculture. His sons and daughters 
 were seven in number: Richard, Nancy. Lydia, 
 James, Elizabeth, Samuel and John. He had held 
 positions of trust and served with efficiency as 
 Justice of the Peace, and his deatli in 185.'! was 
 widely mourned. His good wife was born Jan- 
 uary 24, 179 1, and passed away January 8, 1875. 
 
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 They had come to Missouri in 1852 and were well- 
 known residents of .lohnson County. 
 
 The grandfather of Mrs. McNeel, James Gilli- 
 land, was born in Greenbrier County, W. Ya.. 
 where he died, leaving a family of six sons and 
 six daughters, who lived to adult ages and mar- 
 ried. Their mother in maidenhood was Miss Lydia 
 Armstrong. George Gilliland, the father of Mrs. 
 .McNeil, was the youngest of the family. Grand- 
 father Gilliland was an Elder in the Presbyterian 
 Church, an excellent man and an enterprising citi- 
 zen. Mrs. McNeel is of Irish descent, the Gilli- 
 lands having come originally from the Emerald 
 Isle. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. McNeel were the parents of two 
 children. Georg« W. enlisted in the Confederate 
 service and was killed in the battle of Wilson's 
 Creek. He was a brave and gallant young man, 
 and gave his life in behalf of his convictions. 
 Martha E., the daughter, is the wife of George 
 Fox. Mrs. McNeel retains and ably manages the 
 homestead, and in the daily round of her life dis- 
 plays excellent judgment and more than ordinary 
 business ability. 
 
 itL^ ARVEY ,L HIGGINS, the enterprising 
 j founder of Higginsville, in La Fayette 
 
 County, Mo., well known as a progressive 
 and public-spirited citizen, also a promin- 
 ent Director of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, has 
 been a leading and efficient factor in the rapid 
 growth and local improvement of the nourishing 
 city which bears his name. A constant resident 
 here for over half a century, his ability and native 
 energy have been wisely directed to the advance- 
 ment of surrounding interests, and the develop- 
 ment of many social, benevolent and business enter- 
 prises is directly traceable to his untiring efforts 
 
 The Iliggins family is of English, Irish and 
 German descent The paternal grandfather of 
 Harvey J. was a farmer in New Jersey and a 
 settler in La Fayette County a hundred years ago, 
 
 when the hostile Indians so harassed the early 
 pioneers that they were obliged to seek refuge 
 with their families in the nearest forts. He was 
 engaged in the war against the murderous tribes, 
 and after along residence in Kentuck}- died there. 
 The father of our subject, Azariah, was a native of 
 New Jersey, and became a prosperous farmer in 
 Kentucky, where he died at sixty-three years of 
 age. He was a Democrat in politics, and in religi- 
 ous convictions was a Baptist and a missionary of 
 that denomination. His wife, Eliza K., was born 
 in Kentucky, and was the daughter of a Revolu- 
 tionary veteran and hero, who served his country 
 faithfully. He was wounded in the battle of 
 Monmouth, and bravely engaged in other decisive 
 encounters with the British troops. He was an 
 early settler in Kentucky, and was of Scotch de- 
 scent. The mother of our subject was an ener- 
 getic, callable and most excellent woman, and a 
 loving wife and mother. 
 
 Harvey J. Iliggins was born on a farm in La 
 Fayette County, near Lexington, Ky., September 
 19, 1812, and was the fourth in the famil}- of thir- 
 teen children, nine of whom grew up to mature 
 age. Dr. W. W. Iliggins, of Deer Lodge City, 
 Mont., retired from active practice, is the only liv- 
 ing representative of the large family other than 
 our subject. Mr. Iliggins enjoyed but limited 
 educational advantages, and studied mainly by 
 himself. Having attained his majority, he jour- 
 neyed in 1835 to Liberty, 111., where his brother, 
 the Doctor, was located. Here he became a part- 
 ner in a general merchandise business, and con- 
 tinued there until 1840, when he decided to re- 
 move to Missouri, favorable reports of that country 
 having reached him in the fall of 1839. On 
 March 18, 1840, he arrived at Ilillman Landing, 
 Mo., now Berlin, this county, having journeyed 
 hither by the old Leavenworth boat. 
 
 Mr. Iliggins bought over four hundred acres of 
 land, and entered eighty acres from the Govern- 
 ment. He built a substantial log house, and in 
 partnership with his brother continued to clear 
 the land and otherwise improve it for two years, 
 when they divided the farm, and our subject re- 
 ceived three hundred and twenty acres, to which 
 he afterward added more land. Mr. Higgins 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIITCAL RECORD. 
 
 405 
 
 cultivated hemp, wheat and corn, and devoted 
 much time to raising valuable stock. The pro- 
 duce of tlic farm was hauled to market in Lexing- 
 ton by oxen, and it took :i whole day and part of 
 the night to reach there. Before the war our sub- 
 ject owned seven hundred and twenty acres, 
 which were in the home farm. He was also the 
 owner of twenty-one valuable slaves. During the 
 war he lost 825,000. 
 
 In L859 the Lexington Branch of the Missouri 
 Pacific Railroad, then the Lexington A- St. Louis 
 Railroad, was begun, and our subject became a 
 stockholder, but the war ended all improvements 
 for a time, and the old company failed. After the 
 war the company was re-organized, and Mr. Hig- 
 gins became a Director and stockholder. He se- 
 cured a depot and bought two hundred and live 
 acres here, and the town was by unanimous con- 
 sent named Higginsville. The road finally com- 
 pleted, he built a small hotel, laid out the main 
 part of the town, fourteen blocks, and later laid 
 out McMeekin's Addition, and in partnership with 
 his son-in-law continued in the real-estate busi- 
 ness. When the Chicago & Alton Railroad was 
 talked of. or rather the Kansas City. St. Louis & 
 Chicago Railroad, our subject was a corporator 
 and Director, and has continued as such ever since. 
 This road was completed and was a success, and 
 Higginsville grew rapidly. Mr. Higgins has dis- 
 posed of nearly all of his original property here, 
 but has one-third interest in Asburv's Addition. 
 The town, which at first had a hard struggle for 
 existence, is now one of the most nourishing in 
 the count}'. 
 
 Our subject remained on the farm until 1883, 
 when he erected a handsome and commodious res- 
 idence on the corner of Shelby and Talmage 
 Streets. The lot is 200x125 feet, and with its 
 well-kept grounds and large two-story brick 
 house, is one of the most attractive homes in the 
 city. Mr. Higgins has had four wives. He was 
 tirst united in matrimonial bonds in Kentucky, on 
 May 8, 1839, wedding Miss Susan Tyler, a native 
 of the State. This estimable lady died suddenly. 
 when on her way back to Missouri, after a visit to 
 her childhood's home in Kentucky. Attacked 
 violently with cholera, she expired on July :'.. 
 
 1854, while traveling between Jefferson City and 
 Boonville. She was the mother of five children: 
 Sarah E., married and resides in La Fayette, Ala.; 
 Jennie (Mrs. McMeekin) lived in Lexington, Ky., 
 and died there; William W., who served gallantly 
 in Shelby's Brigade during the latter part of the 
 war, now farms upon a portion of the old home- 
 stead, and is a successful stock-raiser; Emma S. 
 (Mrs. Moriis) makes her home in Lexington, Ky.; 
 Benjamin is located upon a part of the old home 
 farm, which our subject long since divided among 
 his children. 
 
 The second marriage occurred in St. Louis, the 
 bride. Miss Llenora Holland, being a native of St. 
 Louis County, Mo., though her parents were from 
 Maryland. This lady left two children, of whom 
 but one survives, Julia M., now Mrs. Knoble, of 
 Higginsville. In 1868 our subject contracted his 
 third marriage, wedding Mrs. Carry F. Young, who 
 was born in Higginsville and died here, leaving 
 no children. The present Mrs. Higgins was Mrs. 
 Sarah (Suffine) Field, widow of Col. Frank Field. 
 This well-known lady is a native of Ilarrodsburgh, 
 Ky. Our subject served as Justice of the Peace 
 in Davis Township for years, and so wise and in 
 full keeping of the law. were his decisions, they 
 were never revoked. For eleven years he was one 
 of the City Fathers of Higginsville, and effected 
 many needed local improvements. He has been 
 extremely liberal to all church denominations 
 here represented^ giving them lots, and aiding 
 them in the construction of their houses of wor- 
 ship. 
 
 Mr. Higgins has been a member of the Old- 
 school Presbyterian Church for forty years, and is 
 one of its Elders, and has been Superintendent of 
 the Sunday-school. In political affiliations our 
 subject is a Democrat, and has represented that 
 party at various State and county conventions, 
 and has also been Chairman of the County Demo- 
 cratic Central Committee, ever discharging the pol- 
 itical duties entrusted to his care with the same 
 resolution, energy and ability which have distin- 
 guished the entire labor of his life. Mr. Higgins 
 has served both upon petit and grand juries with 
 integrity and excellent judgment, and has de- 
 servedly won a high place in the confidence and 
 
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 esteem of friends and neighbors. He was an or- 
 ganizer of the American Hank, in which he is a 
 stockholder and Director, and was at one time a 
 stockholder and Director of the Morrison & 
 Wentworth Bank at Lexington, but withdrew 
 from that business enterprise. Our subject is a 
 stockholder and Director in the Higginsviile 
 Milling Company, and lias stock in the Grange 
 Store. The oldest settler in this vicinity, and a 
 pioneer of Davis Township, Mr. Higgins has been 
 prospered, and has achieved success by his own ef- 
 forts and self-reliance. 
 
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 /^EORGE NORTON OREAR, the popular and 
 (If efficient Deputy Clerk of the Circuit and 
 s^K Criminal Courts of Saline County, Mo., is one 
 of the best accountants and finest penmen in the city 
 of Marshall. A genial gentleman, and ambitious 
 and energetic citizen, he has won an abiding-place 
 in the confidence and esteem of all who meet him 
 in either social or business relations. A native of 
 the State of Missouri, our subject is at home any 
 where within its borders, and go where he ma}' is 
 sure to find a welcoming hand extended. 
 
 Mr. Orear was born in St. Charles, St. Charles 
 County Mo., February 18, 1869. His paternal 
 grandfather, Thomas C. Orear. was a native of Vir- 
 ginia, and an extensive and wealthy planter in the 
 Old Dominion. His son, Nelson C, the father of 
 our subject, was also born in Virginia, but early 
 emigrated to Kentucky, and there practiced law, 
 having prepared himself for the profession by a 
 thorough course of study. He succeeded in legal 
 work, but removed in 1»4 1 to St. Charles, where 
 he engaged first in the real-estate business, but af- 
 ter having resided in Missouri for some time, be- 
 came an editor and publisher of a newspaper. He 
 finally returned to his original occupation of farm- 
 ing and raising tobacco. 
 
 Manufacturing and wholesaling his crop, he re- 
 tained his interest in St. Charles County, but was 
 located most of the time in St. Louis. He met 
 
 with reverses in his real estate, and soon afterward 
 the family came to St. Louis, but in 1878 returned 
 to Saline County, this time making their home in 
 Clay Township. Here the father of our subject 
 engaged in farming at the place now named Orear- 
 ville, where he still resides. He is about sixty-eight 
 years of age, and is now serving as Justice of the 
 Peace, giving his earnest attention to the duties 
 of the otlice and farming, and enjoying the esteem 
 and friendship of the entire community of the 
 township and count}'. He has always been a Dem- 
 ocrat, upright and honorable. The mother of 
 George Norton is about fifty-seven years old, and 
 was Miss Anna Orear, no relation of her husband's 
 family, although she bore the same name. She was 
 born in Kentucky, and was the daughter of Thomas 
 C. Orear, who was for years a prominent citizen of 
 Lexington, Ky., and a well-known druggist of that 
 city. He died at the advanced age of ninety-four 
 years in Ma}', 1892. His wife. Anna Norton, a 
 native of Kentucky, passed away in July, 1892, 
 aged eighty-nine years, so the venerable, couple 
 united in life, were not long divided by death. 
 
 Our subject was the fourth Son and the sixth 
 child in the family of ten sons and daughters. 
 The family was located in St. Louis when Mr. 
 Orear was seven years old, and he then began his 
 education in the public schools there, but soon re- 
 turned with his parents to the farm in Orearville, 
 and there assisted in the duties of agriculture, at- 
 tending the district schools meantime, and later re- 
 ceiving instruction in the Marshall High School. 
 During the session of the State Legislature of 1887, 
 Mr. Orear held a clerkship on one of the House jour- 
 nals, and also served in the same official position in 
 the session of 1 889. He then was appointed by Mr. 
 Matt Hall to his present position as Deputy Clerk 
 of the Circuit and Criminal Courts of Saline County, 
 and entered upon the duties of the position March 
 13, 1889. Our subject is fraternally associated with 
 the Knights of Pythias, and is a valued member of 
 the order. Mr. Orear is a sturdy Democrat, and 
 an active worker for his party, whose Jackson ian 
 principles he firmly advocates. He is Secretary of 
 the County Democratic Central Committee, and 
 has been a delegate to various important county 
 and State conventions, and has in every instance 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD. 
 
 407 
 
 expressed the wishes of his friends and constituents 
 in a most able and convincing manner, using strong 
 argument, and managing well the duties intrusted 
 to his care. 
 
 OIIX HOLTCAMP, a representative German- 
 American citizen and a leading agricultur- 
 ist of La Fayette County, Mo., is the subject 
 of this sketch. His location is upon section 
 26, range 25, township 49, where he has lived since 
 1880, upon a fine, well-cultivated farm of four 
 hundred and fifty-seven acres of land. Our subject 
 is a native of Prussia, born March 2, 1832, and his 
 parents were Casper II. and Catherine Holtcamp, 
 natives of Germany. When he was but eleven 
 years of age his mother was removed by death. 
 This broke up the family, and his bereaved father, 
 with himself and a sister, started to America, there 
 to begin life over again among new scenes. At 
 Bremerhaven the little family went aboard a sailing- 
 vessel bound for New Orleans, and after a passage of 
 six weeks and two days, they reached their desti- 
 nation. From there it was eas}' to reach St. Louis, 
 where were many honest German citizens, and 
 among these the strangers remained for some 
 months, later moving into La Fayette County, and 
 settling in Freedom Township, near the present site 
 of Concordia. 
 
 The farm upon which Casper Holtcamp settled 
 was new land, but upon it was a log cabin which 
 served for a shelter, and before long signs of im- 
 provement began to show that the owner of that 
 place was a man of energy and industry. His 
 death occurred May 18, 1871, near Higginsvi He, Mo., 
 at the age of seventy-four years. lie had endured 
 many pioneer hardships, and had lived a quiet, 
 peaceful life. Upon this farm our subject, John 
 Holtcamp, was reared to manhood. His exper- 
 iences were those of the pioneers of the new 
 country, and he remembers well the monotonous 
 life of the farm in those days, when the breaking, 
 
 and plowing of the land were all done by oxen 
 and when the wild creatures roamed over the 
 cultivated fields. The meat of the family usually 
 «:is venison or wild turkey, both delicious and 
 nutritious enough, but apt to become palling to 
 the taste without variety. 
 
 The country log school, generally erected in a 
 bit of burned clearing, was our subject's temple of 
 learning and here he was taught the rudiments. This 
 primitive school was in great contrast to the educa- 
 tional institutions which have been erected in the 
 same locality since, but at the time they were con- 
 sidered adequate. During the excitement of 1849- 
 50, our subject became interested in California, and 
 in the latter year was one of those who started to 
 the Golden State. Leaving Waverly, Mo., with a 
 number of others, the party crossed the plains with 
 mule teams; consuming about one hundred days 
 in the trip, they finally reached Hangtown, Cal. 
 In this State our subject continued for six years, 
 engaged in gold mining, at which he was moder- 
 ately successful. 
 
 In 1856 Mr. Holtcamp turned his eyes toward 
 home. How inbred that longing is! The gentle 
 poet struck the right sentiment when he sang, 
 "There is no place like home." The journey was 
 made by the Nicaraguan route, and after a trip 
 of adventure and of new sights, our subject once 
 more reached the pleasant borders of La Fay- 
 ette County. Before taking his long trip, he 
 had managed the running of a Hat boat for the 
 accommodation of passengers between Waverly, 
 Mo., and a point in Carroll County, but he con- 
 sidered an agricultural life his occupation. In the 
 spring of 1880 he settled upon his present place, 
 which he has improved and made a fine home. 
 Mr. Holtcamp naturally feels a just pride in his 
 well-arranged farm, knowing that he has won it all 
 for himself, for these broad acres did not come to 
 him by inheritance, as witnesses of another's in- 
 dustry. 
 
 In connection with his excellent farming, Mr. 
 Holtcamp raises Shorthorn cattle and Poland- 
 China hogs. lie is very progressive, and is 
 considered one of the best fanners of this neigh- 
 borhood. The marriage of our subject was cele- 
 brated in February, 1857, with Miss Anna Louisa 
 
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 Kuhlman, a native of Germany, and eight living 
 children now call them parents. These are: II. 
 ('.: I.vdia. the wife of Frederick Brand; John E.; 
 Joseph; James; Sarah, now the wife of Milton 
 Harris; William and Mary. Sarah and Captain are 
 deceased, making a family of ten. For nine months 
 our subject served in the militia during the Civil 
 War in the Union service, and was engaged prin- 
 cipally in hunting bushwhackers. 
 
 Our subject is a prominent man in his locality. 
 now serving as School Director, which position he 
 lias held for many years, his ideas of progress suit- 
 ing his fellow-citizens. The Missionary Baptist 
 Church of Concordia is the religious denomination 
 to which Mr. Iloltcamp belongs, and which he 
 supports with presence and purse, and in which he 
 is now a Deacon. In politics he is a Republican 
 and is active in support of that party, and has 
 great faith in its possibilities. In summing up the 
 character of the above subject, we may say that he 
 is a man of sound principles, and his actions are 
 governed by an intelligent understanding. 
 
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 ffiOHN II. COULTER is an intelligent and 
 I thrifty farmer of section 2, Elmwood Town- 
 ship, Saline County. He is a successful 
 man in his chosen work, being engaged in 
 general farming and stock-raising, and having a 
 good farm and pleasant home. He is one of those 
 who served as a soldier, and he cannot fail to in- 
 terest many because of that, as well as for what 
 he lias done in other lines. 
 
 Mr. Coulter started a poor boy, and has made 
 his way to independence by his own exertions. 
 lie owns a farm that anyone might be proud of, 
 and is prominent in church work, having been Sab- 
 bath-school Superintendent for five years. He 
 was made candidate for County Judge in 1888, 
 against his wishes, and, although not elected, was 
 ahead of his party ticket, being defeated on ac- 
 count of the overwhelming Democratic majority 
 in the county, that majority numbering fifteen 
 
 hundred. These statements show the esteem in 
 which he is held, and need no added words to 
 make them stronger. 
 
 Mr. Coulter, whose address is Elmwood, was 
 born in Crawford County. Ohio, October 11, 1836. 
 His father was John Coulter, born in Pennsylvania 
 in 1803. His grandfather emigrated from Ire- 
 land and was of Scotch-Irish extraction. John 
 II. V father removed to Crawford County, Ohio, 
 with his wife and one child. at an early date, being 
 one of the old settlers of that county. He bought 
 land and cleared a farm, working against many 
 disadvantages, as may well be imagined. The In- 
 dians and game were plentiful, and were not al- 
 ways agreeable, but he persevered with the strength 
 that characterized SO many of the first comers to 
 the different States, and trained a home for him- 
 self. He died in 1878, at this home. 
 
 The family of John Coulter, as well as himself, 
 were Presbyterians. His wife, formerly Jane Kerr, 
 of Pennsylvania, is of Scotch-Irish descent, and 
 was bom in 1809, and is still living. There were 
 nine children, four of whom are deceased; the 
 subject of this sketch is the second and the eldest 
 of the living children. An older brother died 
 in a hospital in New Orleans during the war. 
 
 John II. was born in the house built by his fa- 
 ther, which is still standing. His school days were 
 limited, being confined to a few months each 
 year. He remained at home, assisting in clearing 
 the land, etc., until twenty-three years old, after 
 which he worked out b\ the month for two years, 
 and subsequently engaged in farming. 
 
 When the war broke out, Mr. Coulter enlisted in 
 Company K, Eighty-first < )hio Infantry, under Col. 
 Adams, August 21, 1 802. He joined the regiment 
 just after the battles of Corinth and Shiloh. when 
 it was badly cut up. He did duty on the rail- 
 road, guarding and destroying bridges, and was 
 in the Atlanta campaign. Being taken sick July 
 4. 1864, lie was confined to the hospital for three 
 months, then returned to his regiment at Rome, 
 Ga., and joined in the march to the sea, and 
 thence through the Carolinas home. He witnessed 
 the burning of Columbia, S. ('., and participated 
 in the Grand Review in Washington, D. C. Al- 
 though a Don-commissioned officer, he held the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 highest position in that class, that of First Ser- 
 geant. His discharge came in 1865. The record 
 that we have so bravely traced is an honorable 
 one, and between the lines we read of duty con- 
 scientiously dune and dangers bravely faced for 
 the sake of a beloved country. We remember 
 that this service was given freely and nobly for 
 the cause in which he believed, and for this we 
 honor him, as we must honor all who have risked 
 their lives for the sake of a cherished belief, 
 whether they wore the blue or the gray. 
 
 After the war. Mr. Coulter came home and 
 worked out for a time, engaging in farming. No- 
 vember 20, 1866, he married Miss Eliza E. Car- 
 mean, of Ohio, daughter of John and Susannah 
 (Dehaven) Carmean, both of whom were from 
 Ohio, and whose biography is given elsewhere in 
 this volume. Mr. Coulter came to Missouri for 
 his wife, then returned to Ohio and engaged in 
 farming for two years, at the end of which time 
 he removed to Missouri, and located in Elmwood 
 Township, Saline County, where he purchased two 
 hundred acres of land, all of which was unim- 
 proved with the exception of having a log cabin, 
 14x14 feet, and there he proceeded to houskeep- 
 ing, living in this cabin six years. His farm was 
 quite extensively overgrown with hazel brush, 
 but he proceeded to clear it up and improve it, 
 gaining year by year, until in 1882 he built a sub- 
 stantial house. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Coulter have four children: James 
 F., Llewelyn B., John E. and Olin H. Both he 
 and his wife are members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, the former since the age of twenty- 
 three, and, as we have stated, Mr. Coulter is Sun- 
 day-school Superintendent and an active worker. 
 The subject of this sketch has never cared for of- 
 fice, although his party, the Republican, as before 
 indicated, has wished to honor him, and has, in 
 truth, insisted upon so doing. He is a member 
 of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a solid, 
 substantial man. He owns, in addition to his home 
 farm, which consists of four hundred and twenty 
 acres, three hundred and twenty acres in Sumner 
 County, Kan. When it i> remembered that this 
 has all been gained by his own exertions, starting, 
 as he did, with nothing, our youth of the present 
 
 day should feel encouraged to go forward bravely 
 against any number of difficulties toward the suc- 
 cess that must surely come if rightly sought, un- 
 less, through the wisdom of an over-ruling Provi- 
 dence, it should be mysteriously withheld. 
 
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 V 
 
 I M. SHAW, the eldest son of Fieldin 
 Shaw, was born in Kentucky, and came 
 W^ to Missouri with his parents in 1839. Ib- 
 is one of the best farmers in this county of good 
 farmers, making the business a profession, and 
 proving that by so doing the most satisfactory- 
 results may be obtained. Mr. Shaw was liberally 
 educated, as might be inferred from the above 
 statements. When the war between the sections 
 broke out, he was one of the tirst to espouse the 
 cause of the Confederacy, believing, as did so 
 many true and noble men, that in so doing he 
 was best serving the interests of all concerned 
 and maintaining the just rights of the South. 
 Our subject was wounded at the battle of Baker's 
 Creek (Miss.), losing one-half of his right foot. 
 
 While in the South, Mr. Shaw met and married 
 Miss Ophelia Hendrick, whose father was Gran- 
 berry Ilendrick, of Hinds County, Miss. Their 
 family consists of seven children, viz: Sadonia, 
 wife of L. G. Tucker; Theodosia, Katie, Celia, 
 Bettie, Willie and Ophelia, the last two being 
 twins. 
 
 In 1867, Mr. Shaw came to Saline County, hav- 
 ing been preceded by others of the family. His 
 address is Fairville. He is recognized as one of 
 the leading business men of the county, being a suc- 
 cessful feeder of cattle and a tine farmer, one who 
 proves that in this occupation, as in every other, 
 brains and good judgment tell, and is altogether 
 a more than ordinarily capable man. He is :i 
 citizen that any county might well lie proud of, 
 and one whom Saline County appreciates, ac- 
 cording him a place in the foremost, ranks, as an 
 example of what she most desires in her represent- 
 ative men. His farm makes one wish to "go 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
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 do likewise," so fully is it an example of what 
 fanning should be. 
 
 Mr. Shaw was formerly a Democrat, bat when 
 the People's party bad its birth in Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, in 1891, he became a prominent member of 
 that organization, believing that in leaving his 
 former Democratic affiliations he was acting for 
 the good of the greater number. Whatever party 
 feeling may be, all who know the gentleman 
 whose life we are portraying in brief will freely 
 admit that he is ever governed by his convic- 
 tions of right and duty, and that whatever he 
 does is done honestly. More of such men would 
 be a blessing to the community, and would raise 
 the standard of citizenship to a higher plane, 
 while party feeling, however high it might run, 
 would always be governed by judgment and the 
 clearest insight that could be brought to bear upon 
 it. Mr. Shaw's ancestry is more fully given in 
 the sketch of his father, a noble man, and one 
 whom any son might be proud to pattern after, 
 and who has now passed to a fuller life. 
 
 /^EORGE W. SHUMATE, residing on section 
 fff (=- 12, township 51, range 2(1, in Saline 
 \$^|l County, was born in the State of Virginia 
 in 1822, the son of James and Jane (Conway) 
 Shumate. The former was born in Virginia in 
 1799, and the hitter was a native of the same 
 State. The paternal grandfather was George 
 Shumate, and his eldest son was a soldier in the 
 War of 1812, in which struggle the maternal 
 grandfather, Peter Conway, also participated. 
 
 The parents of our subject came to Missouri in 
 1837 and settled in Warren County. Early in 
 1849 they came to Saline County and remained 
 there until the death of the father in 1881. The 
 family consisted of four sons and two daughters. 
 James was born in Virginia, there married Miss 
 Ella Baskett, and resides in Lewis County, Mo., 
 where he is a farmer. Mary was born in Virginia 
 
 and married David Hunter. Thomas Conway 
 married Miss Elizabeth Duncan, and resides in 
 Texas County, Mo. Virginia married Mr. Hunter, 
 and resides in Kansas. John Oscar married Mrs. 
 Evans, and resides in San Francisco, where he is 
 Mayor of the city. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place in Lewis 
 County, March 1, USUI, to Miss Hannah Dale, a 
 native of Kentucky. Eight children have been 
 born to them, as follows: John Preston, born in 
 Lewis County in 1.H41), married Miss Evaline 
 < (dell, and resides at Greeley, Colo.; George W., 
 was born in 1852, married Miss Morgan, and 
 resides in Saline County; Hannah, who was born 
 in 1855, married Mr. Gaume, and resides in 
 Sacramento, Cal., where he carries on a canning 
 factory; Mary E., who was born in 1857, married 
 Mr. Kellcv.a farmer residing in Saline County; 
 Samuel G., who was born in 1859, married Miss 
 Davidson, and resides at Ft. Morgan, Cal.; James 
 Oscar, born in 1862, married Miss Goodman and 
 is a farmer of Saline County; David L., born in 
 1864, resides in Saline County; Saliie, born in 
 1867, married Mr. House, and resides at Ft. 
 Morgan, Cal.. where he is engaged in the cattle 
 business. The children of this family were educa- 
 ted in the schools of Lewis County, until they 
 removed thence in 1868. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the common 
 schools of Ohio and Missouri, and the school 
 houses were of the pioneer kind, with puncheon 
 floor and split logs for seats, and a latch-string 
 hung out of the door. At the age of twenty 
 years he came to Saline County and worked for 
 his father. When he was twenty-three years old 
 he left home and engaged as a carpenter for a 
 time. Later he settled on a farm of one hundred 
 and twenty acres in Clark County, where he 
 secured Government land at |1.25 per acre. After 
 remaining there for some time, he sold the prop- 
 erty to A. Barber, a country merchant, and lost 
 $2,000. 
 
 After this our subject purchased a tract of one 
 hundred and sixty acres, which he improved and 
 then sold. In 1868 he moved into Saline County 
 where he purchased one hundred and twenty 
 acres, paying therefor $3,000. This land is now 
 

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 413 
 
 worth $3,500, and is well improved, and upon it 
 our subject raises wheat, grass, corn and fruits. 
 Mr. Shumate is a member of the Baptist Church 
 and has been thus identified since he was nineteen 
 years of age. For many years lie lias been a Dea- 
 con in the church, to which his wife also belongs. 
 Socially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, of 
 which he has been a member for forty years. In 
 politics he is a Democrat, but has never accepted 
 an official position, except that of School Director, 
 in which capacity he has served as President of 
 the Board. 
 
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 <fl SALTER RAWLINGS is one of the most 
 \rJf popular engineers on the Chicago & Alton 
 W§(/ Railroad, belonging to the Kansas City 
 and St. Louis Division. His genial kindness and 
 courteous manners proclaim him a perfect gentle- 
 man. Mr. Rawlings was born at Hindon, Wilt- 
 shire, England, March 25, 1861. His father, Mor- 
 ality Rawlings, was also a native of the same shire, 
 having been born on Pertwood Farm, near Hin- 
 don, which had been in the family for about sixty 
 years. His grandfather, Stephen Rawlings, was 
 the youngest son of ten children, whose names 
 were as follows: William, Richard, Thomas, John, 
 James, Joseph, Doctor, Stephen, Jane and Ann. 
 Thus it may be seen that the family is one of 
 many ramifications. Stephen Rawlings was a farmer 
 in Wiltshire, and there lived and died. 
 
 Morality Rawlings was the youngest of a fam- 
 ily of five children, who were as follows: Justice, 
 Fortitude, Temperance, Hope, and Morality, the 
 only survivor being Fortitude, who lives in South 
 Missouri. Our subject's father was a farmer in 
 England, and came to Canada with his wife and 
 four children, leaving Liverpool May 26. L864, by 
 the Allan Line steamer "Damascus," Landing in 
 Quebec fourteen days later, and from there proceed- 
 ing to London, Canada. He engaged in farming 
 near the latter city until 1870, when he came to Mis- 
 souri and located in Howard County, remaining 
 
 20 
 
 there one .year, after which he removed to Saline 
 County, near Orearville, where he lived for two 
 years. He then bought one hundred and twenty 
 acres a quarter of a mile west of Slater. He died 
 September 7, 1890. Politically he was a Democrat. 
 
 The mother of our subject was known in maiden- 
 hood as Mary Maria Bailey, and was born in 
 England, being one in a family of six children, 
 viz.: Henry S., deceased; Sarah, Mrs. J. Adams, 
 also deceased; Mary Maria; Bessie, Mrs. William 
 Corbin; Annie, the wife of William Chambers; and 
 Maria, who married William Short. The surviv- 
 ing children, with the exception of Mrs. Rawlings, 
 all make their home in England. The father of 
 this family, Henry S. Bailey, was a farmer in Eng- 
 land, and also followed the occupation of maltster 
 and brewer. Mrs. Rawlings still resides at the 
 old home in Saline County. She is the mother of 
 nine children: Austin, who is engaged, in the 
 general mercantile business at Napton; Emily, 
 Mrs. L. C. Warner, of Slater; Walter, of this sketch; 
 Albin M., who is in partnership with his elder 
 brother at Napton; Esmeralda, who is at home; 
 Mary M., the wife of J. J. Lienhard, of Slater; 
 Minerva, Louise and Elian, who are at home. 
 
 In the public schools near his home, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch received his education. At the 
 age of twenty-one he went to Gunnison City. Colo, 
 where he was employed in a warehouse for one 
 year. He had gone thither hoping to rid himself 
 of the malaria with which he suffered, and returned 
 home in December of 1882 fully recovered. He 
 then entered the employ of the Chicago <fe Alton 
 Railroad as fireman, February 8, 1884, and in May, 
 1887, took a position as engineer, which he has 
 since held. He runs a freight train between Kan- 
 sas City and Roodhouse, and his engine number is 
 158. Delias gained the confidence of the com- 
 pany as a reliable and capable engineer, and dur- 
 ing his entire service lias never had a serious acci- 
 dent. 
 
 Near Forest, Canada, November 4, 1890, Mr. 
 Rawlings married Miss Lillie O. Whvte. They are 
 the parents of one child. Yerna W. Mrs. Rawlings 
 is the daughter of Hugh and Levenia (Rawlings) 
 Whvte, natives of Scotland and England respec- 
 tively. Her father was a school teacher in an early 
 
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 PORTRAIT ANT) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 day, but eventually became a farmer, and was thus 
 engaged at the time of his death. The mother 
 afterward married Simon Blundcn, and now re- 
 sides near Forest, Ontario. Of the first marriage, 
 Mrs. Rawlings is the onl3' child; six children 
 were born to the second union, namely: Sandford 
 C, Alinda Lcvenia, Bertie A., Alma, Florence L. 
 and Lena A., all of whom live in Ontario, Alinda 
 Levenia being the wife of William Hill, of Plymp- 
 ton, Ontario, Canada. 
 
 In the Brotherhood of Engineers, of which Mr. 
 Rawlings is a member, he is serving as an officer 
 in Division 8. He also belongs to the Knights 
 of the Maccabees and is one of the Trustees of 
 Finance. He is a member of the Slater Building & 
 Loan Association and of a like association at Se- 
 dalia. Besides his comfortable residence in Slater, 
 he is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and 
 sixty acres in Rawlins County, Kan. Mrs Raw- 
 lings is the owner of a farm of one hundred acres 
 near Forest, Ontario. In his religious connection, 
 our subject is a member of the Baptist Church, and 
 is active in the support of all measures which are 
 for the benefit of the people. Politically he is a 
 Democrat. 
 
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 jL-ARRISON LUTTRELL. 
 
 K)j) country, and an honest 
 Dhzs achievements, are char 
 
 Ardent love of 
 honest pride in its grand 
 laracteristics of our 
 vS©) subject, who also exerts himself to lift men 
 above the degradation of drink, and place them 
 upon the plane of virtuous citizenship, lie resides 
 upon his farm .on section 2, township 48, range 
 26, in La Fayette County, Mo., and was born Feb- 
 ruary 3, 1839, in Clinton Comity, Ohio. His father 
 was Richard Luttrell. a native of Virginia, and his 
 mother was Polly (Groves) Luttrell, also born in 
 Virginia, where they were married, near Winches- 
 ter, and whence they went to Ohio, about the year 
 1830. They settled in Clinton County, upon a 
 raw farm, covered with timber, but energetic work 
 Cleared the land, and in time produced a nicely 
 
 improved place. Eleven children came to them, 
 six of whom are living. Death removed the 
 mother in 1842, and the father in 1851, both dy- 
 ing as they had lived, earnest members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Our subject remained at home with his parents 
 until the time of his enlistment, October 10, 1861, 
 when he joined Company D, Forty-eighth Ohio 
 Infantry, and was made Corporal. After -drilling 
 at Camp Dennison, he joined Sherman's army at 
 Paducah. The following is a summary of his ser- 
 vices in the army: He took part in the battle of 
 Shiloh under Gen. Grant; was in all the battles of 
 the siege of Corinth and aided in the building of 
 seven lines of breastworks; marched to Memphis, 
 and there did provost duty, beside helping to 
 throw up breastworks; then to Vicksburg under 
 Sherman; fought in the battles of White River, 
 Arkansas River and Kansas Post; was wounded 
 in the shoulder at the latter place, and was sent to 
 Lawson Hospital, St. Louis, remaining until the 
 following fall, when he was placed in Company 
 A, Fifth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, and sta- 
 tioned at Indianapolis; was mustered out in Octo- 
 ber, 1864, after serving three full years, and re- 
 turned home to settle upon the old farm. 
 
 Mr. Luttrell was married October 26, 1866, to 
 Margaretta Smith, a native of Fayette County, 
 Ohio, born in 1841, and a daughter of Evan Smith 
 and wife, Quaker-. After marriage he removed to 
 Johnson County, Mo., near Warrensburgh, in 1867; 
 three 3'ears later he came to La Fayette County, 
 and settled upon a rented farm for one year, when 
 he bought the farm where he now lives, taking 
 possession in 1871. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Luttrell are the parents of five 
 children, as follows: Leoni, Anna, Georgiana, 
 Katie and Euphemia. Leoni is the wife of F. W. 
 McClure, of Oklahoma, having one child; and 
 Georgiana is the wife of W. B. Wheatley. living 
 at Oklahoma, having one child. Our subject has 
 one hundred and sixty-five acres of land, and car- 
 ries on general farming, growing grain and raising 
 stock, taking especial interest in the raising of fine 
 horses. He appreciates the benefits of education, 
 having served as a member of the School Board, 
 and has given his children excellent schooling, 
 
Portrait and biographical record. 
 
 415 
 
 supplementing that in the home district by an at- 
 tendance at the Higginsville public schools. As 
 are most old Union soldiers, he is attached to the 
 Grand Army, of which he is a member. His Pro- 
 hibition views arc widely known, his voice and his 
 vote being with that party. 
 
 VIMLLIAM L. ISH, a representative pioneer 
 ill and honored resident of Slater, Saline 
 ij County, Mo., was born in this State. 
 and has resided here almost his entire lifetime. 
 Active, energetic and ambitions, always extending 
 his aid in behalf of educational advancement and 
 general public progress, our subject commands the 
 respect and confidence of the general public. 
 Born January 4, 1819, in Cambridge Township, on 
 the Big Bottom, over three score and ten years 
 have passed since Mr. Ish began to be an eye- 
 witness of the wonderful growth and improve- 
 ments in the State of his birth. 
 
 John Ish, the paternal grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was born in German}-, but earl}- immigrated 
 to America, and settled in White County, Tenn. 
 where he made for himself and family a home. 
 Jacob, the father of our subject, was born upon 
 the farm in White County, Tenn., and when lie 
 was but a lad his father was killed by the Indians, 
 while he was engaged in plowing in the Held. 
 Jacob Ish was raised in Tennessee, and fought 
 bravely in the War of 1812. Like his father 
 before him, he pursued the peaceful avocation of 
 farming. He was an ambitious man, and with his 
 wife and children traveled from Tennessee by 
 team to Missouri, and settled permanently in the 
 Big Bottom. They crossed the La Mine River by 
 cutting a cotton wood tree and making a raft. 
 
 Jacob Ish was one of the first persons to cross 
 the La Mine River, and lived in the Big Bottom as 
 a squatter until the land offices opened at Frank- 
 lin, Howard County, January 4. 1819, when lie 
 located. A log house sheltered the family at first, 
 
 and the surroundings were rude, but the land 
 returned a rich harvest and they were happy. The 
 father was the first Justice of the Peace appointed 
 here, and the only one in the county. He served 
 in this capacity, giving great satisfaction to the 
 general public for a score of years, and was three 
 .times Assessor of the county. In 1832 Mr. Ish 
 located on the Bluffs, in the same township, then 
 after a time removed to Miami Township, and 
 finally settled in Holt County with his son, Judge 
 John B. Ish, where he died, aged seventy-four 
 years. He was a member of the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church, and a true Christian citizen. 
 
 The first wife of Jacob Ish died in the early 
 part of 1817, and he married again. The mother 
 of our subject was Mrs. Hindi, a widow, formerly 
 Parthenia Gibb, who was a native of Kentucky, 
 and a daughter of Samuel Gibb, also born in 
 Kentucky, but an early farmer of Howard County 
 Mo., and for a short time of Pettis County, at Cold 
 Neck, where he died. The mother married first 
 in Kentucky, came to New Madrid, and after the 
 earthquake there settled in this county, where she 
 subsequently was united in marriage with Jacob 
 Ish. She had two children by her first marriage, 
 and, a good and loving mother, passed to her rest, 
 in April, 1872, aged seventy-live years. The 
 children of the father's first marriage were five in 
 number, all of whom are dead. Of the four chil- 
 dren of the second wife, two survive. William 
 was raised upon the farm, and early was called 
 upon to assist in the daily round of agricultural 
 work. 
 
 The district schoolhouse which he attended was 
 built of logs, and there were slabs for writing- 
 desks. Three or four months a year was the length 
 of time the boys of those pioneer days could attend 
 school. In June, 1838, our subject married Miss 
 Mary L. Wilhite, a native of the Big Bottom, 
 and a daughter of James Wilhite, born in White 
 County, Tenn., and who served in the War of 
 1812. Mr. Wilhite married in his native State, 
 but came to Missouri in 1815, and drove the 
 entire way by team. He settled first in Howard 
 County, but afterward lived in Big Bottom. In 
 1832, he located on the Bluffs, and after farming 
 some time, died there. The maternal grandfather, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Reuben, was born and died in Tennessee. The 
 mother, Charity Hayes, was also a native of 
 Tennessee, and a daughter of William Hayes, 
 born in Tennessee, and a very early settler here. 
 They dug a well at the foot of the bluff, and it is 
 Still in use. Mrs. Ish is the second of eight 
 children, and was educated in the district schools. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Ish bought a farm of one 
 hundred and sixty acres, four miles south of 
 Slater, and first farmed with oxen, and hauled 
 rails nine miles to fence in his land. He also 
 put up a log house and lived there until 1 ,H4 4 , 
 when he sold out and entered land south of Slater, 
 i 'iic hundred and sixty acres, and improved it. 
 Our subject farmed this land many years, being 
 exceedingly successful in agricultural work, which 
 demands the energy, industry and careful judg- 
 ment liberally possessed by Mr. Ish. In 1868, he 
 forsook the peaceful farm for the battlefield, and 
 enlisted in the Confederate army, at the first 
 call, and was in the Robinson Regiment. At the 
 battle of IJlack Water, upon December 10, he was 
 captured and sent to St. Louis, and camped at 
 McDowell College; lie was then sent to Alton, and 
 kept until March, 1861, when, by taking the oath of 
 allegiance, he was allowed to return home. Our 
 subject then began trading in stock, and continued 
 shipping to St. Louis by boat until the close of 
 the war. He sometimes drove the cattle through 
 to St. Louis himself, and succeeded in making his 
 ventures profitable. 
 
 Our subject then began to buy more land, pay- 
 ing as high as 120 an acre. He owned some four 
 hundred acres, and farmed upon it, until he 
 retired from farming duties. In 1889, Mr. Ish 
 located in Slater, where he now resides. He owns 
 other valuable real estate, among the rest one 
 hundred and fifty-two acres one mile north of the 
 city, improved with substantial buildings, on 
 which he has raised as high as twenty mules and 
 sixty head of fine cattle a year. Mr. Ish gave 
 $100 to the Chicago A' Alton Railroad. He is a 
 Director in the Savings Lank and a stockholder in 
 the Citizens' Stock Bank. He and his wife are 
 the parents of three children: Thomas II. B., a 
 farmer of this township, and a graduated phy- 
 sician from McDowell College; Margery, Mis. 
 
 Willis, resides in Clay Township; and J. C. B., a 
 graduate of McDowell College, a traveling man, 
 living in Springfield, Mo. Mr. Ish belongs to the 
 I ndependent Order of ( >dd Fellows here, Dodge No. 
 3 lit. He also belongs to the Old Settlers' Society, 
 of which he is Second Vice-President. He is the 
 oldest settler in this locality, and is possessed of a 
 host of warm friends here. He is an Elder in the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and was when 
 that organization built the Missouri Valley Col- 
 lege. Our subject is in political affiliation an 
 ardent Democrat, and is at all times and on all 
 occasions a thoroughly upright and true American 
 citizen. 
 
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 |f^ARVEY S. TUCKER, whose genealogy will 
 be found to a fuller extent in the sketch of 
 L. II. Tucker, is a good, strong citizen of 
 Saline County, a man who has sense to 
 back all his actions, and who takes a practical 
 view of life, and does well the work that he finds 
 to do. Just such men are needed everywhere — 
 men who can go forward calmly and steadily, 
 without excitement and without chimerical fan- 
 cies. 
 
 Mr. Tucker's birthplace was a short distance 
 from his present home, and his natal day came in 
 the year 1848. His parents were Joshua G. and 
 Henrietta A. (Harper) Tucker. He is a true son 
 of the county, having grown up here and received 
 his earlier education in our common schools, al- 
 though later he attended the Central College, of 
 Howard County. 
 
 In 187.5 Mr. Tucker married Miss Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Field in Shaw, whose biography is 
 given in these pages, and who was so well and fa- 
 vorably known in the county. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Tucker have been the parents of seven children, 
 but have suffered the loss of three of them. Those 
 who arc still living are ; BettlO M., Luther L., 
 Claudia 1. and Floy B, 
 
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 117 
 
 Mr. Tucker was reared a Democrat, and up to 
 the time of the inauguration of the People's 
 party endorsed the principles of Democracy. lie 
 still believes in the Jefferson ian Democracy, but 
 not that of the present day. He is now an adher- 
 ent and active advocate of the doctrines of the 
 People's party, believing them to come nearest to 
 the needs of the many who look to the Govern- 
 ment of the United States for protection, both to 
 themselves personally and their interests, financial 
 and otherwise. Mr. Tucker is not rabid in his de- 
 fense of the principles of his party, — he has too 
 much sense for that, but he is in earnest and fully 
 believes what he advocates, while he has the good 
 of all at heart. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is 
 an extensive farmer and stock dealer, feeding and 
 shipping cattle each year. He owns a beau- 
 tiful home, situated on the same place where his 
 father resided from 1850 till the time of his death, 
 his post office being Fairville. Mr. Tucker is prac- 
 tical in his farming as in all else, and the fruits of 
 his industry and good judgment are plainly seen 
 all around him, attesting far more than words can 
 the truth of what we have said of him in this 
 brief sketch. 
 
 ffiOHN FRANKLIN PEN NOCK, an engineer 
 on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, Kansas 
 City Division, is a very agreeable and com- 
 panionable man, well educated and fully 
 abreast of the times. He is a man of wonderfully 
 good judgment and great presence of mind. Un- 
 der the most exciting and trying ordeals, he was 
 never known to be lacking in cither respect. He 
 takes in the situation, makes a decision, and acts 
 upon it at once. His quickness of perception has 
 brought him safely through many a danger, for he 
 has had more than one narrow escape. 
 
 There has been a sad tragedy in the life of Mr. 
 Pennock, his father having been murdered in cold 
 blood while returning with his wife from a visit to 
 
 Canada, June"20, 1890. Mr. Pennock, Sr., whose 
 christian name was', William, was the descendant 
 of an Eastern family, and was born in New York 
 State. He remained on a farm there untiljie was 
 a young man, when he went to Ontario, Canada, 
 and located in London; he ran the old Mont- 
 gomery House in the latter place for a while and 
 afterward engaged in farming, the two hundred 
 acres of his farm now being in the city of Toronto. 
 In 1870, he came to Missouri and located in Clay 
 Township, Saline County, where he bought one 
 hundred and forty acres of land from Capt. W. S. 
 Ish, about half a mile south of the present city of 
 Slater, and was engaged in farming up to the time 
 of his death. He was a well-educated and well- 
 posted man, a member of the Presbyterian Church 
 and a Democrat. He was a Magistrate for years 
 while he lived in Canada. On the occasion of his 
 first visit to Canada, with his wife, in 1890, the 
 tragedy above mentioned occurred. They were 
 returning from the visit and were on the bridge at 
 Louisiana. The train had stopped at the draw- 
 bridge to let a steamboat pass through, and Mr. 
 Pennock left the coach and never returned. He 
 was murdered and robbed and his body thrown 
 into the river. The murderer has not been appre- 
 hended to this day. 
 
 Mr. J. F. Pennock was in Kansas City and was 
 telegraphed for at once, responding immediately. 
 He instituted a search which lasted from Saturday 
 until Monday night, at which time a message came 
 from forty-three miles below Louisiana, saying 
 that the body of a man was there awaiting identi- 
 fication. The son proceeded to the point named 
 and found the body ol his father. At this time 
 there was but sixty-five cents in the pockets of the 
 murdered man; this the robbers had probably 
 overlooked in their haste. The head and face 
 were bruised, as though a blow had been struck 
 willi a link or coupling-pin. The son had gone 
 down from Louisiana in a skiff with two men, and 
 after finding his father's body he telegraphed for 
 a tug from the city and also sent orders for a cof- 
 fin. An inquest was held before the removal and 
 the verdict was to the effect that the murder had 
 been committed in cold blood and the body thrown 
 into the river, as stated above. The body was 
 
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 brought hack to Louisiana, thence to Slater, where 
 the funeral was held. Deceased was seventy-nine 
 years, eleven months and sixteen days old at the 
 time of his death. 
 
 The lady who was so cruelly widowed was be- 
 fore her marriage Miss Eliza Montgomery, of Can- 
 ada. She was of Scotcli descent, her father having 
 been born in Scotland. He removed to Canada 
 and was the owner of a large farm there, and also 
 the keeper of an extensive hotel, the Montgom- 
 ery, near London. He was a McKenzie man and 
 took part in the Canadian Rebellion, the first gun 
 being fired at his hotel, for which he was obliged 
 to go into hiding. He was a Magistrate in Canada 
 up to the time of his death. His great-great- 
 grandfather was Lord Montgomery, of the High- 
 lands of Scotland, so that he was directly descended 
 from the nobility. The mother of our subject still 
 resides at the old home in Slater, at the advanced 
 age of seventy-six. 
 
 Mr. Pennock was the fifth in order of birth of 
 six children, five of whom are now living. He was 
 born in Toronto, Canada, October 31, 1852. When 
 he was two years of age, the family moved to near 
 London, where he was educated in part, finishing 
 his studies at the colleges at Hamilton and St. 
 Thomas and the Commercial College in London. 
 
 In 1870, the young man came with his parents 
 to this vicinity,- remaining at home and assisting 
 his father until lie reached the age of twenty-two, 
 when he engaged in farming for himself. After a 
 time, he went into the meat-market business here, 
 keeping this up until 1881, when he was engaged 
 by the Chicago & Alton Railroad as fireman on 
 this division, where he has worked ever since. In 
 1887, he became engineer, and is the oldest freight 
 engineer on the division west of Kansas City, lie 
 has never had an accident and has never laid off a 
 day. lie has engine No. 145, a six-wheel Mogul, 
 which he has run for four years. He has had 
 some hair-breadth escapes, but his carefulness and 
 clear-headedness have stood him and others in 
 good part. 
 
 Mr. Pennock was married in Marshall in 1876, 
 taking for his bride Miss Ella .lenkins, who was 
 born in Cooper County, Mo., and was reared in 
 Marshall. They have one child, Lottie. The gen- 
 
 tleman whom this sketch but poorly portrays is a 
 member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin- 
 eers, Branch 8, and politically is a Democrat; he is 
 a very popular man and everyone likes him and 
 speaks well of him. He has been here in Slater a 
 long lime, and has made for himself a warm place 
 in the hearts of man}' friends, as well as a high 
 position in the respect and esteem of all who know 
 him. 
 
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 | WILLIAM H. HOLLIDAY, an honored and 
 \/\/// re P re sentative citizen, and President of 
 ffiif/ the Slater Savings Bank, Saline County, 
 Mo., is one of the very early pioneers of the State, 
 and to his enterprise and personal exertions many 
 of its prominent improvements are mainly due. 
 He was one of the leading factors in the early 
 growth of Monroe County, and platted out and 
 literally founded the town of Holliday, named in 
 his honor. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Hol- 
 liday was a North of Ireland man and emigrated 
 to America in the latter part of the last century 
 and settled in Kentucky, where he pursued the 
 peaceful avocation of farming. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Kentucky 
 in 1792, and was, like his father, a farmer. He 
 was a brave and patriotic citizen, and served the 
 Government of his country in the War of 1812, 
 and fought under the victorious command of 
 Gen. Harrison. In 1817 this veteran of the war 
 came to Pike County, Mo., traveling all the way 
 by team, and located near (larksville. In 1818 
 he bought land and settled at Elk Springs, in the 
 same county. He fanned there seventeen years, 
 and then removed to Monroe County, near Paris, 
 where Holliday now stands, and engaged in ex- 
 tensive and profitable agriculture. lie was an 
 Elder in the Piesbyterian Church, and was up- 
 right in character, and when he died in 1870 he 
 was lamented as a good man and honest citizen. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Nancy McCune, was 
 a native of Kentucky and a daughter of a farmer 
 of the same State. Her father came to Missouri 
 
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 in 181 7, and located in Pike County, and fanned 
 there until his death at McCune Station: he was 
 Over eighty years of age when he passed away. 
 Mrs. Nancy (.McCune) Ilolliday died in 1834. 
 She was the mother of eight children, of whom 
 our subject was the eldest. \V. H. Ilolliday was born 
 August 9, 1817, near Paris, Ky. He assisted on his 
 father's large farm and attended the little log 
 schoolhouse, and afterward went one y r ear tp the 
 Masonic College, one of the best in the State. 
 Mr. Ilolliday spent one year in this institution of 
 learning, and then returned home, and remained 
 there until twenty-two years of age, when he came 
 into possession of three hundred and twenty acres 
 of land in Jackson Township, Monroe County. 
 and improved the farm, on which he raised grain 
 and stock. He also raised a fine large quality of 
 mules and took them South to the number of one 
 hundred, and disposed of them in the Red River 
 country. 
 
 This stock-raising enterprise was a successful 
 venture, but it was an expensive trip and required 
 considerable capital. In 1868, when the branch 
 from Moberly to Hannibal was built, our subject 
 became a Director and stockholder in the line 
 called the Missouri Central Railroad. This road 
 was completed and business started upon its line 
 in the spring, and then it was handed over to 
 the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, to make 
 it a through line. On this road a station was 
 built near the farm of our subject, and was named 
 in his honor Ilolliday. 
 
 In 1876, .Mr. Ilolliday engaged in general mer- 
 chandise in the town of Ilolliday, and was pros- 
 pered, lie owned all the land when the depot 
 was located there, but devoted forty acres to 
 starting a town, and built the first houses and 
 store, and established a lumber yard; he was Post- 
 master, express agent, and manager of a general 
 store, and after a successful termination of his ef- 
 forts to found a town, retired from active busi- 
 ness and came to Slater in 1.S82. In 18,h."i he was 
 one of the organizers of the Slater Savings Rank, 
 and has been its President ever since. Mr. Ilolli- 
 day built a handsome residence in Slater, and also 
 owns other valuable real estate in this city, and 
 has property in Ilolliday. 
 
 In 1849, our subject was married, in Monroe 
 County, to Miss Jennie Harper, a native of Wood- 
 ford County, Ky. She was reared in Monroe 
 County, Mo., and is a most estimable and excellent 
 lady. Our subject is a member of, and a ruling- 
 Elder in, the Presbyterian Church, anil has always 
 been especially active in forwarding its religious 
 interests. He has always been a Democrat, and 
 has frequently represented his party at State and 
 county conventions. In all the relations of life, 
 whether social or business, Mr. Ilolliday is always 
 the same consistent and upright man, and com- 
 mands the confidence and esteem of all who know 
 him. 
 
 ^p^)EORt4E W. DEAL was one of the repre- 
 II <^w" seiltat i ve raen °f Saline County while liv- 
 ^^M in o» anc l the memory of his just and honest 
 life still remains with his family and friends. He 
 was born in Augusta County, Va., in 1812, and 
 was the first-born in his father's family. He was 
 afforded the advantages of a very liberal educa- 
 tion in the common schools and academy of his 
 native place, and in 1833 he chose Miss Rebecca 
 Coyuer to be his wife. To them were born eight 
 children in Virginia, and one after coming to this 
 State in 18.37. Mr. Deal had learned the trade of 
 saddle and harness maker and this employment he 
 industriously followed at Waynesboro, Va., where 
 he owned an extensive establishment and manu- 
 factured his own goods. 
 
 After coming to Saline County, Mo.. Mr. Deal 
 purchased a farm near Mt. Leonard, which con- 
 sisted of two hundred and forty acres, and to this 
 land he continued to add until lie had at one time 
 almost more land than any one in the county; He 
 thoroughly understood business methods and did 
 general farming with success. His neighbors re- 
 cognized him as one of the representative men of 
 the county and his word always carried weight 
 with it. The death of Mr. Deal occurred in 1883, 
 when he passed away in the faith of the Lutheran 
 
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 Church, with which he had connected himself in 
 Virginia long years before. 
 
 In his political preferences, Mr. Deal was a Whig 
 until the formation of the Republican party, and 
 then he enrolled his name under the Democratic 
 Hag and continued a member of that party until 
 the time of his death. He was possessed of more 
 than ordinal'}' determination, and when he under- 
 took a task he never turned back nor abandoned 
 it until it was completed. 
 
 The seventh child of this most excellent man 
 was named George M. for his father. His birth 
 occurred in Virginia in 1849, and he accompanied 
 his parents to Saline County, where he grew to 
 manhood. His education was liberal in the com- 
 mon schools of the district and in Lexington, and 
 when he had reached the age of twenty-four years 
 he married Miss Mary, the daughter of J. R. Colvert, 
 of La Fayette County. 
 
 Mr. Deal has followed farming as an occupation 
 all of his life. In March, 1891, he sold his prop- 
 erty near Mt. Leonard and purchased three hun- 
 dred and twenty-five acres of land of Thomas R. E. 
 Harvey in sections 17, 18, 19 and 20, all of town- 
 ship 51, range 21. He manages the whole farm, 
 having some of it in grass. Four children com- 
 piled the interesting family of Mr. Deal: George 
 R., William L, M. Roy, and Erma K., who died 
 November 10, 1892. Our subject and his excel- 
 lent wife are members of the Mt. Carmel Methodist 
 Episcopal Church South. As did his lamented fa- 
 ther, Mr. Deal supports the principles of the Demo- 
 cratic party. 
 
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 RS. M. C. YANCEY, for fifty-three years 
 a constant resident of Missouri, and well 
 known in Wavcrly as a lady of culture 
 and intelligence, is a native of Virginia, 
 and was born in Rockingham County in the year 
 1831. Her father, Col. David Ilenton, was born, 
 reared and educated in Virginia, and located in 
 Missouri in 1889, making his home in Waverly, 
 
 where for many years he was an important factor 
 in the upbuilding and local advancement of that 
 progressive city and its immediate neighborhood. 
 He was a man of superior business ability, ener- 
 getic in all the duties of life, temperate in his 
 habits, and withal possessed excellent judgment 
 and honesty of purpose. A citizen of rare integ- 
 rity of character, liberal and public-spirited, he 
 commanded the respect and confidence of all who 
 knew him, and when he passed away his death was 
 mourned as a public loss. He was a loviug hus- 
 band and father, a kind friend and neighbor, and 
 was among the tried and true pioneersof theearl}' 
 days, whose memory will be enshrined in the hearts 
 of the coming generations. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Elizabeth (Me^yers) 
 Ilenton, was a native of Virginia, and was reared 
 and educated among the scenes of her early youth. 
 She accompanied her husband to Missouri more 
 than a half-century ago, and is well remembered 
 as a lady of worth and a devoted wife and mother. 
 The Ilenton family is of Scotch-Irish origin, and 
 some of its members crossed the broad Atlantic in 
 the early part of the last century. They made 
 their home in the good old State of Virginia, 
 where the paternal grandfather of our subject, 
 Benjamin II. Ilenton, was born. The Meyers fam- 
 ily originated in Germany. The maiden name of 
 Grandmother Meyers was Barbara Hart, and her 
 parents were from Switzerland. 
 
 Mrs. Yancey was seven years old when she came 
 with her parents to Missouri, and here she received 
 such educational advantages as the community 
 afforded. In 1855 she was united in marriage with 
 Dr. John F. Yancey, a native of Virginia. Dr. 
 and Mrs. Yaneey became the parents of four chil- 
 dren, namely: Eola II., Paul W., Lay ton and 
 David. Mrs. Yance}' is an extensive land-holder, 
 owning twelve hundred acres of valuable land, all 
 under a high state of cultivation. An energetic 
 and capable woman, possessing fine business attain- 
 ments, she ably manages her landed estate, and pre- 
 sides with generous hospitality over her attractive 
 home in the city of Wavcrly. For many years 
 she has been one of the valued members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South, and is num- 
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 organization. Taking an active interest in public 
 enterprise, benevolent and social, and always 
 deeply interested in the progress of educational 
 advancement and the welfare of the young, Mrs. 
 Yancey has a host of lifetime friends and ac- 
 quaintances. 
 
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 F. LYON was, at the time of his death in 
 
 E1882, the owner of one of the largest farms 
 in Saline County, and a very prosperous 
 man, making one more of the farmers of this vi- 
 cinity who have proven that the calling of the 
 agriculturist is a remunerative as well as an in- 
 dependent and honorable one. 
 
 Mr. Lyon was born in Boone County, Mo., in 
 1836, his parents having come there at an early 
 day from Bourbon County, Ky. The son re- 
 mained in Boone County until he reached the es- 
 tate of manhood, and about the year 18(51 came to 
 Saline County, where he married Miss Sarah J., 
 daughter of John Hunt, who was a pioneer of the 
 county. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Lyon reared seven children, and 
 lost three at an early age. The family consists of 
 Dovie, wife of R. M. Fountain, of Bonne County; 
 Jesse II., whose address is Woodson Post-office, Sa- 
 line County, and who resides on the old home; 
 Irvine, engaged in teaching school in Saline 
 County, and who was educated in the Central 
 Business College of Sedalia; Henry J., of Warrens- 
 burgh; Edgar, Mary E. and Robert. Jesse IT., who 
 manages the old farm, was born in this county in 
 1865, having lived here all his life, and received 
 a common-school education. He was married in 
 January, 1890, choosing for his wife Miss Minnie, 
 daughter of Thomas R. Stamper, of Randolph 
 County. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon have two children, 
 Mary F. and Conue. 
 
 The Lyons have always been agriculturists SO 
 far as any record has been kept. E. F. Lyons 
 brought but little property to the county with him, 
 beginning, as so many of our solid men have done, 
 
 as a poor man. Through good management and 
 skill in farming, however, he was enabled to ac- 
 cumulate a goodly share of this world's goods, 
 his farm being very large — five hundred and 
 sixty-live acres, most of which was plow and pas- 
 ture land, making in all a piece of property that 
 any man might well be proud of, and doubly so 
 because of the fact that it was gained through his 
 own industry and ability. 
 
 Mr. Lyon was a member of the Baptist Church, 
 and had been a stanch Democrat all his life. He 
 was also a member of the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows. He was a man of worth, and left 
 many friends as well as relatives to mourn his loss. 
 
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 ENRY SCHOWENGERDT is a promi- 
 nent citizen of La Fayette County, and a 
 native of the State, having been born in 
 Warren County, Mo. His birth occurred 
 September 26, 1842, and he is a son of Frederick 
 and Louisa Schowengerdt, both of whom were 
 natives of Germany, and were among the first Ger- 
 man families to settle in Warren County. The 
 father still survives, although he has reached the 
 ripe old age of seventy-five years and past. The 
 mother died in 1889. 
 
 Our subject is the third in order of birth of his 
 father's family. He was reared in his native 
 county, and received an education in the public 
 schools of that district, but, as may be imagined, 
 the system and methods as then employed fell far 
 short of what we consider good educational ad- 
 vantages to-day. On reaching manhood, our sub- 
 ject followed the example of the great majority, 
 and May 1 I. 1869, he was married, his bride being 
 Miss Louisa Schoppenhorst, also a native of War- 
 ren County. Mo. She is a daughter of Henry 
 Schoppenhorst, an early settler in Warren County. 
 From this union seven children have been born: 
 Louis F., William, Albert, Ernest, Lizzie, Robert 
 and Emma. 
 
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 In 1884, our subject came to La Fayette County 
 with his family, and lias since resided on the farm 
 where he now lives. He owns two hundred and 
 forty-nine acres of well-improved land, having a 
 pleasant residence and good supplementary build- 
 ings. The fertile lands of Missouri arc well 
 adapted to repay the intelligent cultivation of the 
 farmer bred with ideas of the thrifty German 
 methods of cultivation, under which an acre is 
 made to yield several crops during a single season, 
 and all refuse matter is used for underplowing and 
 fertilizing. In this way our subject has been able 
 to accumulate a comfortable fortune, and can equal 
 an}' of his neighbors in the advantages he is able 
 to give to his children. He is a Republican in 
 politics, although he takes but little active inter- 
 est outside of the right of franchise. In church 
 relations he, as well as other members of his family, 
 worships with the German Evangelists. He is a 
 well-known man in this district, whose reputation 
 for honesty and integrity would stand him in 
 eood stead at any time. 
 
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 AVID GROVES, .lit., a widely and favor- 
 ably known farmer and stock-raiser of 
 Middleton Township, La Fayette County, 
 Mo., was born of highly respected par- 
 ents in the county named, in the month of May, 
 1850. David, his father, a native of Tennessee, 
 was one of the early pioneers of La Fayette 
 County; his wife, the mother of our subject, Eliza- 
 beth (Hutchins) Groves, a native of Kentucky, 
 was of Scotch-Irish descent. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a man of superior 
 intelligence and most excellent judgment. The 
 days of his boyhood and youth were spent at 
 home in his native county, where he attended the 
 public schools, in the intervals of vacation work- 
 ing upon the farm. When eighteen years of age, 
 Mr. Groves entered Spalding's Business College, 
 at Kansas City, Mo., applied himself diligently, 
 and was graduated with distinction. His first ven- 
 
 ture in life for himself was as bookkeeper and clerk 
 in the storeof Mr. Ardinger,at Lexington, Mo., and 
 he continued in that place six months. During 
 all this time he felt that selling merchandise was 
 not his proper vocation, and hence he gave it up 
 and became an agriculturist, a calling he has fol- 
 lowed ever since. 
 
 The residence of Mr. Groves is located on a 
 finely improved and highly cultivated farm of 
 three hundred and twenty acres, situated on sec- 
 tion 12, township 50, range 24. Besides general 
 farming, he devotes especial attention to exten- 
 sive raising and feeding of stock, particularly 
 Hereford, Shorthorn and Polled-Angus cattle. 
 Industrious as is Mr. Groves, and faithfully as he 
 attends to the arduous duties of his personal busi- 
 ness, he finds time to discharge the obligations of 
 a Director in the Farmers' Savings Bank of Mar- 
 shall, Saline County, Mo., and also to look after 
 the interests of the church, to which he is de- 
 votedly attached. Our subject is a stockholder in 
 the Blackburn Bank, at Blackburn, Saline County, 
 Mo., beside having other interests, all of which 
 are carefully attended to. 
 
 The brightest day in the life of Mr. Groves was 
 that in which Miss Ida Catron became his wife. 
 This happy event transpired in the year 1877, and 
 the fruits of that union are five most interesting 
 children, as follows: David G., Nannie V., William 
 L., Roscoe C. and Emmett A. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Groves are consistent and upright members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South, the former be- 
 ing a Steward in that body. Mrs. Groves is a 
 daughter of Christopher Catron, a native of 
 Cooper County, Mo., born December 5, 1817, he 
 being the son of a father bearing the same name 
 as himself and of Euphemia (Jones) Catron, both 
 natives of Virginia. The father of Mrs. Groves 
 died April 5, 1880. Nancy II. (Gordon) Catron 
 is the mother of the wife of our subject, she being 
 a daughter of Thomas Gordon, a native of Ten- 
 nessee and still living. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Groves have a most attractive and 
 desirably situated home that well may excite ad- 
 miration if not envy. They are a couple, who, in 
 the light of intelligence and of consciences quick- 
 ened by the Gospel, realize that happiness and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 425 
 
 contentment may be found in this life. The in- 
 fluence of their bright and sunny Christian na- 
 tures is felt throughout the neighborhood, where 
 they are held in the highest estimation. In pol- 
 itics Mr. Groves is a Democrat, and, being a man 
 of strong convictions, is decidedly pronounced in 
 his views; but his love of justice makes him lib- 
 eral toward those who differ from him. 
 
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 ffi OHN D. MASTERSON, the well-known and 
 j very popular farmer who resides on section 
 ,~. I 1. township 50, range 24, Middleton Town- 
 v$§£J ! ship. La Faj'ette County, Mo., was born in 
 Marion County, this State, in the year 1836. His 
 father was Hugh Masterson, a native of Kentucky, 
 who removed to Missouri the year preceding his 
 son's birth, and is said to be the first man that 
 crossed the plains from Missouri, in the year 1849. 
 The mother of our subject was Isabella (Hall) Mas- 
 terson, a native of Kentucky, and a most estimable 
 woman, greatly beloved by her family and friends. 
 The paternal ancestor of John D., whose name 
 also was John, was a soldier of the War of 1812, 
 and was descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors. 
 
 The childhood, youth and younger manhood of 
 John D. Masterson were somewhat uneventful, be- 
 ing passed quietly at home, attending the public 
 schools, or working upon the farm, until grown 
 up, when he took up regular agricultural pursuits. 
 Now the tocsin of war sounded. Prompt to 
 obey its call was our subject, who, in the year 
 1861, enlisted in Company C, Gordon's Regiment, 
 Shelby 's Brigade, Confederate States army. Ann mg 
 the first to enlist, he was among the last to stop 
 fighting for a cause he believed to be just and 
 right. After four years of faithful service, Mr. 
 Masterson came to La Fayette County, and began 
 farming, an occupation he has followed very suc- 
 cessfully ever since. The farm of three hundred 
 and twenty acres upon which he resides is all un- 
 der cultivation and well improved. 
 
 Being domestic in his taste, it was not to be ex- 
 
 pected that Mr. Masterson would long remain a 
 bachelor. In the choice of a wife he displayed ex- 
 ceptionally good taste and judgment, his life part- 
 ner being Miss Sallie, daughter of R. II. Jones, 
 a native of Kentucky. The children of this 
 happy marriage are as follows: William, Linwood, 
 John II., Zelda, Daisy and Elizabeth. A worthy 
 and law-abiding citizen, Mr. Masterson takes, 
 naturally, an interest in public affairs, and while 
 it would not be proper to term him a politician, 
 he is a Democrat, holding that that party best 
 studies the interests of the country. In all the re- 
 lations of life Mr. Masterson aims to be just and 
 faithful, neglecting no known duty, and seeking 
 to do to others as he would be done by. His 
 neighbors hold him in esteem for his many sterling 
 qualities of head and heart. The home of our 
 subject is a happy one, tilled with what is calcu- 
 lated to complete the sum of an ideal American 
 home. Mr. Masterson is a member of Oriental 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Masterson is a most 
 worthy and acceptable member of the Christian 
 Church, in the prosperity of which she feels an 
 abiding and active concern. 
 
 \r^^RITZ HASENJAGER is a representative 
 |iWqS> farmer, whose place is located on section 
 ■lj> 13, township 49, range 26, La Fayette 
 
 County. He is a native of Germany, and was 
 born October 25, 184 I. a son of Christian and Lot- 
 tie Hasenjager, both of whom are natives of Ger- 
 many. When our subject was but three years of 
 age the family started for America on a sailing- 
 vessel. They embarked at Bremen, and after a 
 tedious voyage landed at New Orleans. 
 
 From New Orleans the Hasenjager family pro- 
 ceeded up the Mississippi to St. Louis, and thence 
 up the Missouri River to Washington. Mo., whence 
 they proceeded to Warren County. There they 
 located upon a farm, and were among the earliest 
 German settlers in that county. They came while 
 
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 the country was still new, and found a very differ- 
 ent condition of affairs from that they were accus- 
 tomed to in the Fatherland. The parents still live 
 on their home place. 
 
 Of the children of whom our subject is one, the 
 following survive: Ricka, Fritz, William, Henry, 
 Minnie, Herman, Caroline. Annie and Louisa. 
 These children have been brought up in the faith 
 of the Evangelical Church, of which the parents 
 are both members. Our subject was reared to man- 
 hood in this locality, and was brought up to be 
 thoroughly familiar with all the branches of farm- 
 ing. He received his education in the public 
 schools of Warren County, and also attended a 
 German school conducted under the auspices of 
 the church. He was married October 13, 1870, his 
 bride being Miss Annie Neimenn, who was born 
 in Warren County, a daughter of William Nei- 
 menn, an early settler there. 
 
 Our subject and his wife have been the parents 
 of four children: Amanda was born August 18, 
 1872; William, July 27, 1875; Ida, September 15, 
 1882; and Otto, December 15, 1888. In March, 
 1881, Mr. Ilasenjager came to La Fayette County, 
 and has been a resident here ever since. His farm 
 comprises one hundred and twenty-five acres of 
 land, all of which is well cultivated. He is one 
 who believes that the industrious unit makes 
 a thrifty, prosperous commonwealth, and in ac- 
 cordance with this idea gives his first and best at- 
 tention to his own affairs. He is a Republican in 
 politics, and a member of the German Evangelical 
 Church. 
 
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 ENRY C. MEYER. Prominent among the 
 farmer citizens of German birth located in 
 La Fayette County. Mo., we find the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, living in great comfort 
 on his farm of one hundred and twenty acres of 
 land in township 49, range 26, section 5. Our 
 subject is of good German birth, having been born 
 in the kingdom of Hanover, Germany, December 
 
 3, 1842. John and Anna M. (Schnieder) Meyer 
 were his parents, worthy and respectable people, 
 who spent all the days of their lives in the Father- 
 land. 
 
 Our subject was reared to young manhood in 
 Germany, and attended the common schools there, 
 obtaining a very fair education in his native 
 tongue. For two years he served in the army, 
 according to the law of the country, and had vari- 
 ous experiences, having been one of the soldiers at 
 the time of the occupation of Holstein. In 1866, 
 our subject came to America, by way of a German 
 port, on a steamer of the same name, the "Bremen." 
 a name so familiar to the German ear, and after a 
 voyage of sixteen days across the Atlantic, landed 
 in New York City. 
 
 The destination of our subject was the State of 
 Missouri, to which so many of his fellow-country- 
 men had come and found home and fortune. For 
 a few months he worked as a laborer at gardening 
 in St. Louis, but later went into Warren County, 
 where he obtained employment on a farm, and 
 continued there for several years. In 1876 he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Louisa Brueggen- 
 johann, and five children have been added to this 
 happy home, as follows: August, Annie, Lydia 
 and William, the living ones, and one who died in 
 infancy. 
 
 In 1872, our subject came into La Fayette 
 County, and remained long enough to find out 
 what good people lived within her borders, and 
 also to get a notion of the fine land for sale. 
 Therefore it was to La Fa}ette he came after his 
 marriage, and here he has remained, finally set- 
 tling upon the present farm in 1881. This con- 
 sists of one hundred and twenty acres of land, and 
 he has been busy converting it into what he con- 
 siders a fine place, fencing, building and planting 
 trees, besides cultivating the ground. 
 
 Mr. Meyer is one of those public-spirited men 
 who do any neighborhood good. His ideas upon 
 progress and advancement are worthy to be con- 
 sidered at all times, as his opinions upon farming 
 and kindred matters are based upon experience, 
 since he began here with very limited means, and 
 has become well off, and is still steadily advancing 
 his financial condition. He will tell those who 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 427 
 
 ask, that the sure road to success lies in the ex- 
 ercise of energy and honest endeavor. Our sub- 
 ject and family are faithful attendants upon the 
 services of the German Evangelical Lutheran 
 Church, of which they are members. 
 
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 JOHN W. GOLLADAY is one of the drivers 
 of an eight-wheel engine on the Chicago & 
 Alton Railroad, and has been running be- 
 tween Kansas City and St. Louis since 1884. 
 He is a man of great concentration of interest 
 and purpose, and finds that in the close attention 
 to his railroad duties is the surest means of suc- 
 cess. Mr. Golladay was born in Galion, Craw- 
 ford County, Ohio, March 1), 1851. He is a son of 
 Henry and Nancy (Ogden) Golladay, both Ohio- 
 ans. 
 
 Henry Golladay was born in Stark County, and 
 was for many years a farmer near Mansfield, in 
 Richland County. He is now a horticulturist, and 
 a prominent member of the Horticultural Society 
 of Ohio, (Jrandfather Golladay, who was of Ger- 
 man descent, was born in Pennsylvania, but made 
 an early settlement in Ohio, while Indians were 
 still their most frequent visitors. He improved a 
 farm there, but located later in Crawford County, 
 where he died. Our subject's father was a de- 
 voted Methodist and a licensed exhorter and 
 Class-leader. His mother, Nancy Ogden, was born 
 at Massillon, the daughter of an early settler there. 
 Her death occurred when our subject was only 
 eight years of age. She left six children, three 
 boys and three girls, all of whom are living, the 
 boys being all employed on the railroad. 
 
 John W. was reared on the farm until twenty- 
 one years of age. He attended the public schools 
 in the winter time, and on reaching his majority, 
 which occurred in 1*72, he was employed on the 
 Ft. Wayne Railroad in laying track. May 1st of 
 the next year he was appointed foreman on the 
 same road between Crestline and Alliance After 
 spending two years and eight months there he was 
 
 transferred to the Atlantic & Great Western Rail- 
 road, with a run between Kent and Dayton. In 
 this employ he served as fireman, bis promotion as 
 engineer on the same division taking place in 
 1880. In 1881 he came to the Chicago & Alton, 
 locating at Bloomington, 111. After one month he 
 was transferred to the Kansas City Division. He 
 has thus far been very fortunate, never having 
 suffered a serious accident. His run is now be- 
 tween Slater and Kansas City, also Slater and 
 Roodhouse. 
 
 Our subject was married in Galion, Ohio, Janu- 
 ary 25, 1877, his bride being Miss Emma, a daugh- 
 ter of Joseph C. Wonlen, a native of Coshocton, 
 Pa. Mrs. Golladay's father was proprietor of a 
 saddlery and harness establishment. His wife's 
 maiden name was Margaret Pensinger. Mrs. Gol- 
 lady is a lady of decided taste and refinement, 
 and is very devoted to her family. She is the 
 mother of three children, whose names are Estella, 
 Clyde II. and Maudie B. In a fraternal way our 
 subject belongs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive 
 Engineers, being a member of the Eighth Divi- 
 sion. He is also a member of the Knights of 
 Pythias. In his religious belief Mr. Golladay is a 
 Methodist, while his wife is a Presbyterian. In 
 politics he votes for the party whose record for 
 thirty years will go down to posterity without a 
 blemish. 
 
 /£p)\ ALVIN PFLEGER, a highly respected citi- 
 (l( n zen of Grand Pass, has the honor of being 
 
 Vi/ a native of Missouri. He was born in La 
 Fayette County January I, 18.34, and comes of an 
 old Virginian family. His grandfather, who was 
 of German descent, died in Virginia. His father, 
 David Plleger, was born in Floyd County, Va., 
 about 18(17, and was one <>f a family of three >"i^ 
 and two daughters. His sister Lydia was the 
 only one who came to Missouri. In his native 
 State he married Nancy, daughter of Christopher 
 Slusher, and on the 28th of October, 1828, they 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 reached La Fayette County, Mo., having come 
 hitber in company with his father-in-law. He en- 
 tered land, which he improved, and at his death 
 owned a valuable farm of four hundred acres. In 
 August, 1871, he started to Virginia on a visit, and 
 the day before reaching his destination was taken 
 sick. He died on the old homestead in that State 
 on the 19th of November and was laid to rest in 
 the family burying-ground, where his father and 
 mother were interred. Before leaving home, he 
 had settled up all of his affairs, thus leaving all 
 free and unincumbered. He was a member of the 
 Lutheran Church. His wife is still living on the 
 old farm in La Fayette County. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pfleger were born eleven 
 children: Allen; Elizabeth, widow of John Staley; j 
 Calvin; Susan, wife of James Plleger; Mary Jane, 
 deceased wife of S. H. Moore; Rebecca, wife of 
 Simon Pfleger; Lydia, now deceased; Maria, who 
 married William Patterson; Mahala, who wedded 
 W. C. Slusher; Martha, wife of F. Thornton, who 
 is living on the old farm in J,a Fayette County; 
 and William C. 
 
 The schools of his native count}- afforded our 
 subject his educational privileges. His boyhood 
 days were quietly passed in the usual manner of 
 farmer lads. After attaining to mature years, he 
 was united in marriage, on the 17th of October, 
 1858, with Miss Margaret, daughter of Joel Wilds, 
 of La Fayette County. Their union has been 
 blessed with four children: William, who is now 
 living in Butte City, CaL; Elizabeth L.,wife of 
 Willam Taylor, a fanner in Saline County; Mary, 
 wife of Abrani Hart, of Franklin County, Kan.; and 
 Annie, wife of Charles Younger, of Slater. Mo. 
 
 After his marriage, Mr. Plleger engaged in the 
 sawmill business for fourteen years, after which he 
 turned his attention to farming. He owned and 
 operated two hundred and forty acres of land, 
 which he improved and cultivated, making it a 
 valuable and desirable tract. After carrying on 
 agricultural pursuits for a number of years, he 
 at length determined to sell out, and in February, 
 1890, removed to Grand Pass, where he has since 
 resided. He built a comfortable residence, pleas- 
 antly situated on the bluff, with :i charming back- 
 ground of natural forest trees. He invested part of 
 
 the proceeds of his laud in bank stocks and a part 
 he put out at interest. His children have now all 
 gone to homes of their own and he and his wife 
 only are left. They are highly respected citizens, 
 whose many excellencies of character have won 
 them the high regard of all. Mr. Plleger votes the 
 Democratic ticket, but takes no active part in poli- 
 tics. His life has been well and worthily spent 
 and his success is the just reward of his efforts. 
 
 c« WILLIAM M. WILIHTE, a prosperous 
 \pjfi iarrnei ' °f Saline County, near Gilliam, is 
 WW located on his tine farm of three hundred 
 acres on section 13, township 51, range 19. He 
 was born in this county in 1837, and is the son of 
 James and Charity ( Hayes) Wilhite. His father 
 was born in the year 1796, and was eighty-live 
 years of age when he died. His grandfather. 
 Reuben Wilhite, was a Tennesseean by birth. The 
 father of our subject was in the War of 1812, 
 through which he served. He became one of the 
 first settlers in Saline County, coming here when 
 it was wild land. He purchased from the Govern- 
 ment a tract of land, which he at once began im- 
 proving, and at one time he owned over one thou- 
 sand acres. The family of children consisted of 
 three brothers and five sisters, of whom the sisters 
 are still living. The}* are well known in their 
 neighborhoods and we give a brief mention of 
 them as follows: 
 
 Mary was born in this county, married W. L. Ish, 
 and they reside at Slater, where he is a farmer; 
 Martha was born in Saline County, married Mr. 
 Willard. and they reside in Colorado; Elizabeth, 
 whose birth occurred in Saline County, married 
 James Johnson, and they reside in this county; 
 Sarah B. was born here, became the wife of Charles 
 Dennis, and they reside in Texas; Naomi F. was 
 born in this county and married P. Duncan, a 
 farmer of this locality. Our subject was married 
 in this county to Miss Mary F. Morrison in 1862; 
 thej' have no family. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 429 
 
 Mr.Wilhite was educated in the common schools ! 
 and later attended Mc Gee College. lie left school | 
 at the age of twenty years to engage in farm- 
 ing upon a line three hundred acre farm, a portion 
 of which was given him by his father. lie has 
 made many improvements here, among which may 
 be mentioned a new barn that cost §700, and the 
 outbuildings compare very favorably with those 
 in the surrounding country. Mr. Wilhite is an 
 agriculturist of a high order, and his grain, hay 
 and stock are the best in the market, lie thinks 
 that the best always pays. 
 
 In local religious matters, Mr. Wilhite is al- 
 ways interested, and he and his good wife are con- 
 sistent members of the Baptist Church, in which 
 they have been active for several years past. Po- 
 litically, our subject affiliates with the Democratic 
 party, believing that in the success of it the coun- 
 try will make its best progress. Both he and his 
 wife are much esteemed in the neighborhood where 
 they have so long resided. 
 
 
 THOMAS C. SAWYER, a progressive agricul- 
 turist and extensive stock-raiser of Lexing- 
 ton Township, La Fayette County, is one 
 of the ambitious and enterprising citizens of the 
 State, who, ever ready to assist in the march of 
 improvement, are the important factors in all local 
 enterprise — social, benevolent, religious, or purely 
 business. Born in Lexington, Mo., in 1853, our 
 subject is the descendant of an intelligent and 
 prosperous ancestry. His paternal forefathers were 
 Scotchmen, his maternal ancestors Scotch-Irish. 
 Grandfather Locke Sawyer was born in New 
 Hampshire, and was a typical New England man, 
 earnest and resolute. 
 
 The father of our subject, lion. Samuel L. Saw- 
 yer, was born in New Hampshire in 1813, and 
 when a young man moved to La Fayette County, 
 Mo., locating in his new home in 1838. He had 
 received excellent educational advantages, and 
 
 having successfully prosecuted his legal studies. 
 entered upon the practice of his profession. A 
 popular and able citizen, he was elected to the 
 honored position of Judge, and upon the bench 
 so efficiently discharged the duties of his office, 
 that he gained the confidence of the entire com- 
 munity, and afterward ably represented the con- 
 stituents of the Fifth District in Congress. His 
 wife, Mary (Callaway) Sawyer, was a daughter of 
 Thomas Callaway, a native of Virginia, but an 
 early resident of Missouri, having settled in La 
 Fayette County in 1820. Mrs. Sawyer, like her 
 father, was born in the Old Dominion, but was 
 very young when her parents removed to the 
 State destined to be her lifetime home. 
 
 Thomas C. spent the days of early boyhood in 
 Lexington, and attended the common schools un- 
 til twelve years old. At about this period of his 
 life he entered the preparatory department of the 
 Westminster College, at Fulton, Mo., and after 
 some years of study, was graduated in 1872 with 
 honors from the scientific course. He then made 
 his home in Maryville, Nodaway County, and en- 
 gaged in the grocery business for the succeeding 
 five years. In 1882 Mr. Sawyer located in Lex- 
 ington Township, La Fayette County, and upon 
 his present farm has since successfully conducted 
 the various duties of a general agriculturist, and 
 has handled a large amount of stock most profit- 
 ably. 
 
 In 1877 Mr. Sawyer married Miss Rena, daugh- 
 ter of Granville I). Page, a native of Virginia, 
 who was educated in the Old Dominion, and was 
 there married, and partially reared a family be- 
 fore coming to Jackson County, Mo., in the year 
 I860. The maiden name of Mrs. Sawyer's mother 
 was Natildia Ashby; she was a lady of refinement 
 and culture, born and educated in Virginia. The 
 Page family is of English descent, and its mem- 
 bers are among the honored citizens of the Amer- 
 ican nation. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer are the parents 
 Of three children: Samuel I'., the eldest of the 
 family, is a manly lad; Fannie and Mary, the two 
 sisters, complete the happy home circle. The fam- 
 ily residence, located upon section 9, township 50, 
 range 27, is a handsome and commodious brick 
 structure, artistic in design and finish, and is at- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 tractively situated. The surrounding grounds, 
 beautifully arranged, form an excellent setting to 
 the fine dwelling, the abode of hospitality, where 
 the large circle of friends finds ready welcome and 
 cordial greeting. 
 
 Mr. Sawyer is not a politician or an office- 
 seeker, but he is a true American citizen, and has 
 always been deeply interested in the local and na- 
 tional conduct of affairs. As was his father be- 
 fore him, lie is an ardent Democrat, and a firm 
 believer in the principles and platform of the 
 party. Widely known as a public-spirited and 
 energetic citizen, he has ever been prominent in 
 all enterprises of his locality, and is a special ad- 
 vocate of the advancement of educational inter- 
 ests. He and his wife are among the leading and 
 influential members of the social world of the com- 
 munity, and also posses-s a large acquaintance 
 throughout their portion of the State. 
 
 -*- 
 
 ylLLIAM DAVIS. January 3, 1891, Mr. 
 Davis entered upon his duties as Post- 
 master at Slater, which responsible posi- 
 tion he has filled with the greatest efficiency and 
 success, aided in the work by his son and daugh- 
 ter, James R. and L. Willie, the latter serving as 
 clerk. Mr. Davis owns the largest apiary for 
 many miles around, having eighty colonies of 
 bees and all in fine condition. Previous to ac- 
 cepting the position of Postmaster, he was engaged 
 in gardening in connection with his apiary, and 
 before that he had been a farmer for some years. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is one of the boys in 
 blue that always have a claim upon our hearts. 
 He was born near Fayette, in Howard County, 
 November 26, 1839. His father, Edward S. Davis, 
 a native of Kentucky, came with his father when 
 eleven years old and settled nine miles east of 
 Fayette. His grandfather, Edward Davis, was 
 a farmer in Kentucky, afterward moving to 
 Missouri and taking up the same pursuit in 
 Howard County, where he died. Edward S, was 
 
 also a farmer in this State, where he owned eighty 
 acres of land. He died at the home of his son, in 
 Chariton County. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Minerva (Lawrence) 
 Davis, came from Kentucky to Boone County 
 when a child, and died in Howard County. She 
 was the daughter of George Lawrence, a Kentucky 
 farmer and millwright, who had a mill on his 
 farm and operated that in connection with his 
 other work. Mr. Davis is the third of seven chil- 
 dren, four of whom are living. There were three 
 boys in the family, all of whom were in the war. 
 Two of the brothers were in the State militia. 
 William was reared on the farm, and attended a 
 public school three miles away. He learned the 
 duties of farm work in connection with his school 
 studies, and remained at home until he enlisted 
 in the war, in February, 1862, as a volunteer in the 
 Ninth Missouri Cavalry, Company A, under Gen. 
 O. Don Guitar. 
 
 They were mustered at Columbia and served in 
 the State of Missouri in the battles of Kirksville 
 and Moor's Mill, as well as several skirmishes. 
 Our subject served as bugler, and remained in 
 service until February, 1865, when he was mus- 
 tered out at St. Louis. After his discharge he 
 stayed at 1 le until March, when he raised a com- 
 pany, of which he was made Second Lieutenant, 
 this being in the Missouri militia. He remained 
 till the close of the war, then returned home and 
 engaged in farming on eighty acres of land in 
 Howard County. This property he cultivated un- 
 til 1869, when he sold it and located in Saline 
 County, five miles east of Marshall, renting for 
 some years, but eventually purchasing thirty-four 
 acres near Slater, which property he improved and 
 worked till January, 1880, when he moved to 
 Slater. 
 
 After coming to this city, Mr. Davis was en- 
 tjao-ed in running well augers and drills for eight 
 years, and conducted a successful business in that 
 line until 188*, when he changed to gardening 
 and bee culture, which occupations he followed 
 until January, 1891, when he was appointed Post- 
 master, as before stated. Since his incumbency 
 the Old office was burned out and. entirely new 
 fixtures have been put in, 
 

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 4315 
 
 In December. 1864, Mi-s Cornelia C. Ross, of 
 
 Howard County, became Mrs. Davis, the ceren 3 
 
 taking place in the above-mentioned county. 
 Three children have blessed this marriage: James 
 K.. who is Assistant Postmaster, as mentioned be- 
 fore; L. Willie, clerk in the postofflce; andThomas 
 M., «lii> died at the age of twenty-one years. The 
 residence is in East Slater, the grounds consisting 
 of four lots. Mr. Davis is a member of the Gen. 
 Geo. <■• Crook Post No. 170. He is Past Com- 
 mander and was Firs) Commander and an organ- 
 izer. Politically he is a Republican, and has been 
 a delegate to county and State conventions. He 
 is a member of the St. Louis Building and Loan 
 Association. In his religious convictions lie ad- 
 heres to the doctrines of the Christian Church, of 
 which he is an active member, and has served as 
 Deacon. 
 
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 |^()N. WILLIAM MORRISON. The life of 
 this gentleman furnishes an excellent ex- 
 ample of what may be accomplished by in- 
 dustry and untiring energy. Withoutany 
 aid but his own indomitable will. and with but lit- 
 tle education, he has fought his way from obscurity 
 and poverty to his present prominent position as 
 one of the most solid and influential men of Lex- 
 ington. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., August 7, 
 1817, being the elder of two children born to John 
 and Nancy (Barns) Morrison. The Morrison fam- 
 ily is of Scotch descent, the ancestors having set- 
 tled in Wingham, N. II.. in 1719, stanch repre- 
 sentatives of the old Presbyterian faith. The 
 grandfather of our subject was one of the firsl set- 
 tlers of Columbiana County, Ohio, having gon< 
 there in 1798. The father was a tinner and COp- 
 per-smith by trade. His brother and himself served 
 as good soldiers in the War of 1812, under Gen. 
 Harrison. 
 
 Both the father and mother Of our subject died 
 when he was quite young, his mother when he was 
 but two years old. When William was bul a youth, 
 
 21 
 
 his father removed to New Lisbon, Ohio, where 
 our subject attended school until he was twelve 
 years of age, when he was compelled to leave; so 
 that his education is chiefly a practical one, being 
 what he has been able to pick up (luring a very 
 
 busy life. The ly legacj he received from his 
 
 father was his expressed desire that the son should 
 learn the trade of the father. In obedience thereto, 
 the lad went to Steubenville, Ohio, where he ap- 
 prenticed himself for live years as a tinner and 
 copper-smith. Terminating his apprenticeship in 
 1836, he went South and worked at his trade in 
 Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana until 1840, 
 when he went to St. Louis. Once before he had 
 started for the same place, but the steamer on 
 which he sailed sank and he lost everything he 
 had; returning to New Orleans, he worked dili- 
 gently until the necessary funds for the trip had 
 been again acquired. 
 
 The next move of our subject, after a brief stay 
 in St. Louis, was to Lexington, Mo., where with 
 another gentleman he began business, his savings 
 supplying him with a start. The co-partnership 
 thus formed continued four years, when he began 
 business alone and continued thus engaged for two 
 years. Then again taking a partner, the two did 
 business together for seven years, when this con- 
 nection was dissolved and our subject again con- 
 ducted his business alone until the outbreak of the 
 war. In the meantime demand for his goods be- 
 came so great that he erected a foundry in 1858, 
 operating it with very decided success until 1861. 
 During the continuance of the war, he was a pro- 
 nouueed Union man. and a very generous contrib- 
 utor to its support. 
 
 In early days, .Mr. Morrison was accustomed to 
 purchase his stock of goods in New York. To 
 reach that city he traveled by steamer to Cairo, 
 then to Pittsburgh, at which place he embarked in 
 a stage and was thus conveyed to the east side of 
 the Alleghany Mountains. A railroad journey via 
 Philadelphia to New York completed the tedious 
 trip. The goods purchased in the East were 
 shipped on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico 
 to New Orleans, and from there up the Mississippi 
 and Missouri Rivers, railroads in the West being 
 then an unknown quantity. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 In 1852, our subject established a branch store 
 
 in Kansas City for the sale of his goods, where 
 fur ten years lie largely supplied .Mexican traders 
 with stoves, camp equipage, etc. During the war, 
 his foundry was destroyed by the Government of 
 the United States, in order to prevent its falling 
 into the hands of the rebel forces. He rebuilt it 
 in 1862 and it is still in operation. In 1865, Mr. 
 Morrison sold out and turned his exclusive atten- 
 tion to banking, in which he has been engaged 
 ever since. In 1844, Gov. Austin A. King ap- 
 pointed him a Director on the part of the State in 
 a branch of the Bank of Missouri, located at Lex- 
 ington, which position he held until the extinction 
 of the bank. Immediately succeeding it was the 
 Farmers' Hank of Missouri, with branches at Lib- 
 erty and Paris, he having during his attendance 
 on the Legislature rendered valuableaid in obtain- 
 ing the charter. During the twelve years of its 
 existence, Mr. Morrison was a stockholder and one 
 of its Directors. Owing to the ten per cent. Gov- 
 ernment tax, banking operations were terminated 
 without the loss of a cent to any one. 
 
 Mr. Morrison then associated himself with Mr. 
 Wentworth and opened a private bank in 1864 s 
 under the firm name of William Morrison A- Co., 
 he being Cashier. In February, 1875, the firm or- 
 ganized under the State law as the Morrison-Went- 
 worth Bank. From its beginning the bank has 
 done a large and profitable business and is con- 
 sidered one of the safest and most reliable in the 
 district. Our subject was elected Mayor of the 
 city soon after its charter was obtained, and in 
 1857 and 1858 he represented his county in the 
 Legislature. He has been President of the Board 
 of Curators of Central Female College since its or- 
 ganization in 1868; he also assisted in organizing 
 the company which furnishes coal for the Pacific 
 Railroad, being President of the Board; likewise 
 Cashier of the Morrison- Wentworth Bank, as well 
 as one of its principal stockholders. His travels 
 have extended over most of the United States and 
 Canada. He has been a Methodist for thirty years. 
 Politically, he has always been a strong Democrat. 
 
 Our subject wns married at Lexington, in 1844, 
 to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Funk, of 
 Illinois. Four children have been born to Mr. and 
 
 Mrs. Morrison, all living, one daughter and three 
 sons. The daughter is the widow of Henry C. 
 English, who was a teacher in the School for the 
 Deaf at Fulton, Mo. The eldest son resides in 
 Kansas City; the second and youngest are engaged 
 in the coal business at Lexington. Mrs. Morrison 
 died November 28, 1889, in the sixty-sixth year 
 of her age. She was a devoted member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, a good and faithful 
 Christain mother and sympathetic wife, to whom 
 Mr. Morrison ascribes much of his success in life. 
 being profoundly grateful for her kind advice and 
 interest in all his affairs. 
 
 The city of Lexington owes more to Mr. Morri- 
 son for its growth and prosperity than to any one 
 person. He has conducted a large business ever 
 since he settled there, and for nearly twenty years 
 employed continually at his foundry from forty 
 to sixty men. The building of the St. Louis & 
 Lexington Railroad is due mainly to his efforts 
 and he has shown himself to be a public-spirited 
 and leading citizen in every enterprise of the city. 
 A conscientious and reliable man in every respect, 
 and upright and honorable in all his dealings, Mr. 
 Morrison has the confidence and esteem of evcr\ 
 one. He has amassed a fortune in business by the 
 most industrious, energetic and painstaking care. 
 
 ( )ur subject is liberal in all his charities, his do- 
 nations to churches and educational institutions 
 being especially generous. In all benevolent 
 schemes, he is the first to be called upon for advice, 
 and his hand is always seen in the perfecting of 
 such enterprises. Socially, he is amiable and agree- 
 able, and his manners are easy and pleasing. In 
 his home, a substantial brick house, well furnished 
 and supplied with all needed comforts, he is seen 
 at his best, being a model of affection, sympathy 
 and liberality toward the members of his house- 
 hold. 
 
 CHOMAS M. CHINN, one of the leading 
 /g\\ stock-dealers of La Fayette County, and a 
 
 V ' resident of the pleasant little village of 
 
 Mayview, was born in Shelby County, Ky., March 
 8, 184'J. His parents were among the well-known 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 435 
 
 people of their locality in the State of Kentucky, 
 Hector A. and Harriet (Wells) Cliinn both being 
 descendants <>f English ancestors. 
 
 In 1859 I lie family migrated to La Fayette 
 County, Mo., where the mother dieil in I860, the 
 father surviving her until 1886, when his life 
 closed in Higginsyille, Mo. He had been twice 
 married, his second wife having been Mrs. Sarah 
 Barton, and the children that survive are as fol- 
 lows: Mrs. Eliza Lindsay, Thomas M., George W., 
 Benjamin S., Alice and Sallie. In Shelby County, 
 Ky., Mr. Chum served as Circuit Clerk for sixteen 
 years: he was elected School Commissioner of La 
 Fayette County. Mo., about 1867 but was disfran- 
 chised by the Fletcher administration of that year. 
 For a number of years prior to his demise he en- 
 gaged in the practice of law, and was a man of en- 
 erg}' and force of character, qualities which ad- 
 mirably adapted him for the legal profession. 
 
 Our subject was reared upon the home farm in 
 this county, where he attended the public schools 
 and passed his time in much the usual manner of 
 farmer boys until he became old enough to think 
 of engaging in business for himself. The stock 
 business presented to him opportunities of which 
 he was not slow to take advantage. For three 
 years he served as General Live-stock Agent of 
 the Chicago & Alton Railroad for the State of 
 Missouri, and for a short time carried on a busi- 
 ness of this kind in Kansas City. At the present 
 time he is the owner of two farms, besides being a 
 stockholder and Director in the American Bank of 
 Iligginsville, and this prominence he has achieved 
 for himself, having had little assistance in climb- 
 ing the ladder of fortune. 
 
 In L879 our subject married Miss Ottie V., a 
 daughter of Mayor A. L. Benning and sister of T. 
 B. Benning, a prominent citizen of Mayview, 
 whose sketch appears in another part of this vol- 
 ume. One child. Bessie Bell, has been born of this 
 union, a bright and charming little girl. Mr. 
 Chinn is a member of the Village Hoard of Trustees, 
 having been Chairman of the same, and is consid- 
 ered one of the stanch supporters of all measures 
 for the public good. A Democrat in bis political 
 opinions, he is always willing to give his time and 
 means to. support that party, and has sen ed on its 
 
 county committee. In his business ventures, Mr. 
 Cliinn has been unusually successful, and if a 
 man's happiness depends upon his popularity in 
 his home neighborhood, then he should be a very 
 
 happy man indeed. 
 
 SILAS WRIGHT NORVELLwas for many 
 years one of the most energetic, able and 
 successful business men of Saline County. 
 An enterprising and self-reliant citizen, 
 ever interested in matters of "public interest and 
 local improvements; a liberal supporter of relig- 
 ious organizations, and always ready to assist the 
 unfortunate; a kind father and devoted husband, 
 our subject passed away lamented by the entire 
 community, and most deeply mourned by his sor- 
 rowing relatives and a large circle of friends. 
 Few there be who can meet death as fearlessly as 
 he, and dying leave behind them the lasting mon- 
 ument of an unblemished reputation, and the 
 spotless record of an upright Christian life. 
 
 Mr. Norvell was born in Saline County, Mo., in 
 1844, and at the time of his death was residin<j 
 upon section 16, township 52, range 19. His 
 fit her was Daniel Norvell, an early resident of 
 Missouri, and a man highly respected. Our sub- 
 ject was one of a family of six children, four 
 brothers and two sisters, all of whom are yet liv- 
 ing, with the exception of Silas, the second-bom, 
 who was educated in the common schools of his 
 home neighborhood, and in early life assisted his 
 parents. 
 
 Having passed the twenty-first anniversary of 
 his birth, and now master of his own tune, Mr. 
 Norvell was in 1866 united in marriage with Mis> 
 \\ ood,a native of Kentucky, and a most estimable 
 and worthy lady, born in 1.S44. The marriage was 
 a happy one, and the pleasant home was blessed by 
 the birth of three children, al I of whom are yet liv- 
 ing: Joseph D.. born in Saline County in 1868, 
 married Miss Flora Barnes; Mary, born in 1869 and 
 a native of Saline County, is also married; Ollie, 
 
436 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 born in Saline County in 1871, is married to 
 James I'.. Hawkins, who is engaged in business in 
 the town of Slater. 
 
 The son and two daughters were educated in 
 
 the excellent schools of Saline County, and have 
 well improved their educational advantages. They 
 enjoy positions of influence and possess undoubted 
 ability and integrity of character. Marrying 
 early in life, our subject entered ardently into 
 the daily toil of agricultural duties, beginning his 
 work upon a farm belonging to his father, and lo- 
 cated in Saline County. Prospering from the 
 first, he soon added forty acres to his property, 
 and built for himself and wife a cozy little house, 
 where they resided for three years. 
 
 At the expiration of this period of time, Mr. 
 Norvell had an excellent opportunity to dispose 
 of his land to advantage, and sold this property 
 and purchased land near Gilliam, a valuable home- 
 stead of two hundred and forty acres. Removing 
 at once to his new possession, he immediately be- 
 gan the improvement of the place, and his first 
 care was to plan and commence the erection of a 
 commodious and attractive residence, which was 
 nearly completed when he was taken ill, never to 
 he well again in this world. Mr. Norvell was a 
 member of the Baptist Church of Good Hope, was 
 one of its most liberal supporters and aided ma- 
 terially in the extension and influence of its relig- 
 ious and benevolent work. 
 
 The sterling qualities and irreproachable charac- 
 ter of . our subject had ever been apparent in his 
 business dealings .and daily walk in life, and at 
 his funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Mr. 
 Bolton, this fact was made plain in the eloquent 
 address, which depicted him as he was, a true, sin- 
 cere and unselfish Christian man. Mr. Norvell 
 was never a politician in the sense of the word as 
 it is popularly understood. He had no desire to 
 fill oflicial positions, but was always deeply inter- 
 ested in the affairs of the day, and deemed it most 
 essential that worthy men and good citizens should 
 alone fill positions of trust and importance. He 
 was in party affiliations a sturdy Democrat, and 
 was an ardent supporter of his party. He believed 
 in educational progress and the advancement of 
 the masses, and throughout his entire life was 
 
 ever ready to assist those less fortunate than him- 
 self. ( If him and in loving remembrance it might 
 be truthfully written, "He hath done what he 
 could."' 
 
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 .ILLIAM T. HILL. These few lines are 
 intended as a brief memoir of one of the 
 sterling men of Saline County, Mo., now 
 passed away, he having died July ■">. 1892. During 
 life he led an upright existence, and his memory 
 i- tenderly preserved in the hearts of his family 
 and friends, as well as in the record of prominent 
 men of his section. William Hill was a native of 
 Missouri, and was born in 1843, a son of E. P.and 
 Malinda Hill. He was sent to the schools of his 
 neighborhood, but at the age of eighteen, he left 
 school books behind and offered his young life on 
 the altar of his country. 
 
 War calls were sounding at that time, in 1862, 
 and under the command of Gen. Price our subject 
 enlisted in a Missouri regiment and served three 
 years. Though never wounded, he was taken 
 prisoner and confined for one season in prison at 
 St. Louis. After the war, he found in Miss Sarah 
 Daniels a congenial companion, and they were 
 married in 1866. Eight children have been born 
 to them, all of whom but two remain to mourn 
 with their mother the loss of a kind father and hus- 
 band. The children are as follows: Elsie P., born 
 October 14, 1867, resides at home; Mary .1.. born 
 in 1869, married C. W. Franks; .lames T, born 
 here in 1871, died in 1872; Dasie, born in 1874, 
 died in 1877; Susan, born in 1877; Willie, in 1879; 
 Samuel, in 1882, and Lemuel, in 1887. reside at 
 home. 
 
 After his marriage, Mr. Hill bought some one 
 hundred acres, well-improved land, from Bowlen 
 Swinney, and became one of the most successful 
 farmers in Saline County. This land was situated 
 on section 2. township 51, range 19, and here by 
 hard work he accomplished much. Mr. Hill was a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 
 and was a liberal supporter of the same. He never 
 
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 held any offices of the church, bul hi* interest in 
 church matters was deep and lasting. 
 
 The order of Odd Fellows claimed our subject 
 as a member. Politically, he was a Democrat, but 
 this last year he was :i Farmers' Alliance man. lie 
 was honest in all his business transactions, re- 
 spected by all who knew him. A kind and loving 
 father, and a devoted husband, Mr. Hill left in his 
 own family great grief, for his place can never lie 
 filled. His example, if followed by his six chil- 
 dren, will make of them good and worthy people, 
 an honor to the State of Missouri. 
 
 CRT S. SANDIDGE is the proprietor and 
 litor of the Weekly Progress, of the city of 
 larshall. Aside from his superior ability 
 as the moulder of public opinion, he is 
 a whole-souled man who commends himself to the 
 good graces of his patrons and fellow-townsmen. 
 He has that hearty friendship and intuitive sym- 
 pathy which appeal at once to the liking of the 
 stranger. 
 
 Our subject was born near Greensburgh, Kv.. in 
 1838. He is a son of Aaron and Polly (Thompson) 
 Sandidge, the formera nativeof Albemarle County, 
 Ya..and the latter of Kentucky. Grandfather John 
 Sandidge was a planter in Virginia, and declared ' 
 his patriotism in early days by taking part in the ; 
 Revolutionary War. lie served as Captain under 
 Washington, and at a later (late went to Kentucky, 
 where he was employed as a large farmer until his 
 death. Our subject's father lived and died in 
 Kentucky, and followed the calling which his 
 father had inaugurated for him there. Mrs. 
 Polly Sandidge was a daughter of John Thompson. 
 a representative of a prominent family in Virginia, 
 who later located in Kentucky, and there carried 
 on an extensive farm. 
 
 Robert S. is one of the youngesl of a large 
 family. Orphaned when a lad of fourteen, the 
 new period in his life then began, He was reared 
 
 on a farm and educated in the common schools. 
 After his father's death he came to Marshall. Mo., 
 and became an inmate of the family of his uncle, 
 John W. Sandidge, his coming hither taking place 
 in March of 1855. For three years he was in the 
 employ of Col. George W. Allen, of Saline County. 
 He then entered college, becoming a student in 
 the Miami Institute, from which he was graduated. 
 He then taught school in the county until 1860, 
 when he bought the paper known as the Saline 
 County Standard. This lie edited until the war so 
 depressed work of this kind that it seemed best to 
 discontinue. 
 
 In July, 1862. Mr. Sandidge volunteered and 
 enlisted in the I 1 . S. Missouri Cavalry, joining 
 Company E, and was mustered in at Lexington. 
 Meantime three of his brothers were in the Con- 
 federate army. He took part in the engagements 
 at Prairie Grove and Little Rock. He was ap- 
 pointed Sergeant under Gen. Steele on his expe- 
 dition to Shreveport, La. During that time they 
 were lighting every day and night. In 1864 and 
 the spring of 1 86."). he served at department head- 
 quarters. His advancement to the rank of 
 Captain was recommended, but he did not receive 
 his commission until the close of the war. 
 
 Mr. Sandidge was mustered out of service at Lit- 
 tle Rock in June 1865, and the following month 
 he returned home and at once started the Weekly 
 Progress, which he has edited ever since. He has 
 taken an active part in politics, especially during 
 what was known as the reconstruction period. One 
 of the best services which he has done this Sena- 
 torial district was the influence he brought to bear 
 with Col. Ritter to remove the old Registrars and 
 appoint a new set. whom he recommended as 
 honorable and fitting subjects for the work. In 
 1889, Mr. Sandidge estabished the Daily Progress, 
 which is devoted to Saline County and the policy 
 of the Democratic party. IK- lias a good job 
 office in connection with this and does a large 
 amount of business. He owns some valuable real 
 estate, both at Marshall and at Sweet Springs, and 
 has several pieces of residence property in this 
 city. 
 
 In 1874, the editor of the Progress was married 
 to Miss Alice Chastian, who was born in Christian 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 County, Ky. Although they have never had 
 children of their own, they have reared to honor- 
 able maturity two homeless ones, giving them the 
 love and advantages of a beautiful home life. 
 They are Robert and Alice Dunn. For two years 
 Mr. Sandidge was Mayor of the city. Fraternally, 
 he belongs to the Independent Older of Odd 
 Fellows. In spiritual matters, he and his wife 
 believe with the members of the Christian Church. 
 Politically, he is a Democrat, and for years has 
 served as Secretary of the County Central Com- 
 mittee. 
 
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 |yj\ INOS ADAMS, M. D. Prominent among 
 the physicians and capitalists of Lexing- 
 ton is the subject of this brief notice, who 
 by his honorable life is adding lustre to 
 the name he bears. He is descended from patri- 
 otic ancestors. His grandfather, Edward Adams, 
 who was born in 1731. became one of the patriots 
 of the Revolutionary War. The son of Edward 
 was Minos Adams, born May 1, 177C. in the State 
 of Maryland, where he became a merchant and 
 farmer. He was a Captain during the War of 
 1812 and, like his father, was a man of undaunted 
 valor and patriotism. The mother of our subject 
 was Margaret, daughter of James AVilson, whose 
 birth occurred in England. Mrs. Adams was born 
 in Maryland, where she married, and died at the 
 age of eight}' years. The father of Dr. Adams at- 
 tained his ninety-third year before death. 
 
 In Dorchester County, Md., July 1G, 1826, our 
 subject was introduced upon the stage of life. 
 His happy boyhood and youth were passed in his 
 native place, where he attended school and grew 
 to manhood under the care of a wise and prudent 
 mother. He was the seventh in a family of ten 
 children, all of Whom grew to maturity, married 
 and established homes of their own. The name is 
 known in almost every State, everywhere in con- 
 nection with the higher walks of life. At the age 
 of twenty-two years, our subject became a student 
 of medicine under the able tuition of Dr. J. B. 
 
 Eavens, of Clarksburg, Ross County, Ohio, and in 
 1849 entered the Starling Medical College, at Co- 
 lumbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 
 1854. 
 
 Previous to his graduation, our subject prac- 
 ticed medicine for two years in Arkansas, but after 
 taking his degree he removed to Missouri and lo- 
 cated at Pleasant Hill, Cass County, where he 
 built up a good practice. At the opening of the 
 Civil War. he returned to Ohio, where he contin- 
 ued in the practice of his profession until 1866, at 
 which time he removed to Lexington, Mo., and 
 here he has since resided. Although not at the 
 present time engaged in active medical work, he 
 has been too well known as a skillful physician to 
 permit him to entirely lay aside professional du- 
 ties, but he is more particularly interested in the 
 management of his excellent farm of five hundred 
 and fifty-five acres of land in Clay Township, 
 and his farm is in a fine state of cultivation, and 
 at present he has it rented. 
 
 The marriage of Dr. Adams in December, 1847, 
 united him with Miss Miranda Clark, of Clarks- 
 burg, Ohio, a sister of Judge Milton L.Clark, of 
 Chillicothe, Ohio. The two children resulting 
 from this union both passed away in infancy. In 
 politics, the Doctor was an old-line Whig, casting 
 his vote for Bell and Everett while first residing 
 in Missouri, but later he affiliated with the Demo- 
 cratic party. The pleasant residence of Dr. and 
 Mrs. Adams is located upon Third Street, and is a 
 modern brick dwelling, elegantly furnished and 
 supplied with all the comforts of life. 
 
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 Ip^OBERT 1!. BERRIE is the contractor and 
 superintendent of the Lexington Triumph 
 Pressed Brick Company. Mr. Berrie is a 
 native of that aristocratic old Kentucky 
 town which James Lane Allen has made so well 
 known in bis pen pictures of Lexington life and 
 society. Mr. Berrie was there born September 16, 
 1854. He is a son of Thomas and Christina 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 439 
 
 (Brown) Berrie, and his father was a machinist by 
 trade. The Berrie family is of Scotch origin, its 
 first representative in this country having settled 
 in Kentucky at a very early date. 
 
 While our subject was still very young his par- 
 ents removed to La Fayette County, Mo. Here 
 Robert B. spent his boyhood and attended the 
 public schools up to fourteen years of age. lie 
 then began to learn the trade of a brick mason, at 
 which lie was employed until 1882: at that time he 
 began contracting, which business lie now carries 
 on in connection with the superintendency of the 
 Pressed Brick Company. 
 
 September 6, 1882, the original of this sketch 
 was married to Miss Jennie Chandlier, of Lexing- 
 ton. Thus a happy family was inaugurated, the 
 members of which have been increased by the ad- 
 vent of three children. Their names are: Amelia 
 G., Elona B. and Mary N. In politics Mr. Berrie 
 is a strong Republican, lie is a member of Orion 
 Lodge No. 45, I. O. O. F. 
 
 The Triumph Pressed Brick Works, of which 
 Mr. Berrie is superintendent, are located at the ter- 
 minus of Lewis .Street and have a capacity for turn- 
 ing out thirty-five thousand dry pressed brick per 
 day. This is one of the important industries of 
 the town and supplies its output for most of the 
 public works in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Ber- 
 rie are devoted members of the Presbyterian 
 Church. The family residence is located on 
 Twenty-fourth Street. 
 
 ^OHN WALL, a prosperous and representa- 
 tive agriculturist, a citizen of unflinching 
 integrity of character, and widely known 
 a> an excellent business man, now resides 
 in township 51, range 20, near Norton, Saline 
 County, Mo. lie was born January is. 1819, in 
 Montgomery County, Ya. The paternal great- 
 grandfather of our subject emigrated from Ger- 
 many and settled in South Carolina. The pater- 
 nal grandfather was a native of South Carolina, 
 
 and served bravely in the War of the Revolution. 
 and was one of Marion's men. He removed to 
 Virginia, where he lived to a good old age, and 
 died in 1824, having survived to see the Govern- 
 ment, for whose liberty he had fought, prosper and 
 increase yearly in influence and power. 
 
 Samuel Wall, the father of John Wall, was born 
 in Montgomery County, Ya., November 22, 1790. 
 His brothers were Adam, John and Daniel. Adam 
 served his country faithfully in the War of 1812. 
 In 1811 Samuel Wall married Miss Margaret Utt, 
 whose father, Henry Utt, of Montgomery County, 
 Ya., was of German descent. In 1833 the hus- 
 band and wife moved to Missouri, locating in 
 Saline County in November, and in 1835 settled 
 upon land where John Wall now resides. Samuel 
 Wall was an energetic and upright man, and in 
 political belief was a Democrat. He died August 
 15, 1865, at seventy-five years of age. 
 
 John Wall was but fourteen years old when he 
 came with his parents to Missouri, driving a four- 
 horse team and wagon all the way. The trip be- 
 gan the 15th of September, and they did not 
 reach their destination until November 3. The 
 party passed safely over the < )hio below Louisville, 
 Ky., near the last town in Virginia, Arlington, 
 Washington County, at the Tennessee line, cross- 
 ing the Mississippi at St. Louis, and the Missouri 
 at Arrow Rock. 
 
 Accompanying the Wall family were their old 
 neighbors the Triggs. The party brought with 
 them one negro, and camped out all the way. The 
 three hundred and twenty acres Mr. Wall now 
 owns were then taken up by his father. Two hun- 
 dred and forty acres are in the home farm, and 
 eighty acres are in the timber lot near. The mother 
 of our subject died in August, 1885. at the advanced 
 age of eighty-five years. The brothers and sisters 
 of Mr. Wall were as follows: Klvine, the wife of 
 William I.. Brown, resides in California; Eliza- 
 beth, the widow of John Ryan, lives in California; 
 the third child was our subject: Henry, a resident 
 of Colorado; Mary Jane married Andrew Jackson, 
 and is now deceased; Margaret is the wife of Will- 
 iam Clark, and has a pleasant home in Marshall. 
 Mo.; and William lives in Indian Territory. 
 
 John Wall and Miss Mary Cault, a daughter of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 John and Salome Gault, of Saline County, Mo., 
 were united in marriage in 185(5, and six sons 
 have brought joy and sunshine into their pleasant 
 home. They are Edward E., John E., Samuel G., 
 Henry W. and George C, all men of usefulness 
 and influence in their several homes and locali- 
 ties. Charles G. died at the age of four years. 
 In May, 1846, our subject volunteered in the 
 Mexican War, and went to Ft. Leavenworth, where 
 he was mustered into the United States service 
 Mr. Wall served in Company I), First Regiment 
 Missouri Mounted Volunteers. The regiment was 
 commanded by Col. A. W. Donithan at the battles 
 of Brazito and of Sacramento. Our subject was 
 mustered out in June, 1847, at New Orleans, lie 
 was at first under Gen. Kearny, afterward being 
 in the command of Col. Donithan. Upon return- 
 ing from the war, our subject came to his father's 
 farm, and in the spring of 1849 went to Califor- 
 nia with the great tide of travel which moved 
 toward the setting sun. The company in which 
 Mr. Wall journeyed was composed of fifty-four 
 men, who with their outfit of sixteen wagons 
 crossed the plains, starting from Marshall, Mo.; 
 they tarried for a brief time at Grand Pass, Sa- 
 line County, were there reinforced, and journeyed 
 on, taking the old Oregon trail, striking the river 
 at Ft. Kearney, then going via Ft. Laramie, South 
 Pass and Ft. Hall, to the head of the Humboldt 
 River, then down its current and by a certain pass 
 across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and then to 
 Sutter's Fort, in Sacramento Valley, where the 
 party scattered and went their several ways. At 
 this time Sacramento was a tent-town, boasting 
 only one house. 
 
 Mr. Wall prospected and mined in different 
 places for three years — first on Wood 's Creek 1 , then 
 on the Yuba River, and at a mining town called 
 "Rough and Ready," and lastly at the Chinese 
 camp. Finally returning to the East in 1852, 
 our subject settled in Saline County, Mo., and en- 
 gaged in both the saw and flour milling business. 
 He afterward handled merchandise in Cambridge, 
 Saline County, and in 187* located where he now 
 resides. During the Civil War Mr. Wall was in 
 the State service in the Federal cause, from 1862 
 to 1865, and liable to call at any time, but did 
 
 not leave the State. He served in what was called 
 the Missouri enrolled militia. He now draws a 
 pension for his services in the Mexican War. Mr. 
 Wall is a stalwart Republican in political affilia- 
 tion, and held with ability the office of Sheriff 
 from 1866 to 1*70. Universally respected by the 
 community of his neighborhood, our subject, up- 
 right and straight-forward in character, may be 
 literally said to have won friendship from politi- 
 cal enemies, who appreciate the virtues of their 
 candid fellow-citizen. 
 
 &I^£XL<^D^I 
 
 ICIIARD M. BARLEY is a farmer in Dover 
 Township. La Fayette County, and is 
 greatly esteemed as a man of excellent 
 V£) parts by his friends and neighbors. He 
 was born in Winchester, Ya., that old town which 
 during the late Rebellion was the battlefield and 
 meeting-ground of North and South. Mr. Bar- 
 ley's natal day was November 22. 1822. He has 
 now reached that age that he can afford to look 
 back with pleasant reminiscence over the years 
 checkered by success and failure, happiness, and 
 the usual modicum of trouble. 
 
 Mr. Barley is a son of John and Sarah (Marsh) 
 Barley, both natives of Virginia. His paternal 
 grandsire, Frederick Barley, emigrated from Scot- 
 land and settled in Frederick County, Ya. The 
 maternal grandsire was John Marsh, also a native 
 of Virginia. 
 
 The original of this sketch spent his boyhood 
 days in his native State and there attended the 
 public schools, lie also helped his father on the 
 farm and in that way acquired a good knowledge 
 of agricultural duties in a practical way. In 1849 
 he started across the country on a trip to Califor- 
 nia in search of gold, and remained on the Pacific 
 Coast for seven years. He returned to Virginia 
 in 1856, and three years later moved to Missouri 
 and settled on his present place in La Fayette 
 County. He has a good farm of two hundred and 
 forty acres of land, all of which is under cultiva- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
 441 
 
 fcion. Although he reaps the advantage secured 
 in scientific methods of farming, he finds thai his 
 practical knowledge of the calling is worth most 
 to him. In politics he is a standi Democrat. 
 Fraternally he is a member of La Fayette Lodge 
 No. 137, of the A. F. & A. M. 
 
 In L864 our subject was appointed Justice of 
 the Peace, and lias held the oflice continuously 
 until the present time. In 18.06 Mr. Barley mar- 
 ried Miss Anna E. Nelson, a native of Virginia. 
 She died in 1861, leaving two sons. L .X. and .1. II. 
 Both are married and living on the home farm. 
 In February, 1862, Mr. Parley married his present 
 wife, who was Miss Mary V. Cooper. She is a 
 thorough lady and an admirable Christian woman, 
 a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. 
 Mr. Parlej- is an equally devoted worshiper with 
 the Methodist Church. Their present home is lo- 
 cated on section 2 of the township above-named. 
 
 HARLES H. VANSTONE, the energetic 
 and successful proprietor of the Marshall 
 /' Mills and Elevator, is an important factor 
 in the business world of Saline County, and is well 
 known in various portions of Missouri as an enter- 
 prising and self-reliant man, who, through excel- 
 lent judgment and rare ability, has won his upward 
 way unaided by capital or influential friends. Mr. 
 Vanstone was born near Plymouth, in Devonshire, 
 England, upon August 20, 1844. 1 lis father and 
 paternal grandfather were both native-born Eng- 
 lishmen, and farmers in the Queen's dominions. 
 In 1810 Samuel Vanstone, the father of our sub- 
 ject, brought his family to Canada, and located 
 near Goderich, on Lake Huron, where he bought 
 a large tract of heavily timbered land, and. dwell- 
 ing in a humble log-cabin, industriously began the 
 clearing of the four hundred acres which were in- 
 deed a homestead in the wilderness. The family, 
 which consisted of father, mother and ten chil- 
 dren, had been seven weeks in crossing the ocean 
 to Quebec, and many an hour upon the slow sail- 
 
 ing-vessel was passed in discussing the probabilities 
 and possibilities of their new home. Industrious. 
 honest and ambitious to get on in life, the little 
 hand of pioneers worked sturdily together to re- 
 claim the land and bring it under cultivation. 
 There was hard work in abundance, but as they 
 from time to time burned the stumps and refuse 
 to clear the land, the dancing flames lit up the 
 merry, happy faces of tin' children clustering about. 
 A few brief years went by, and in 18.02, when the 
 father was hut fifty-two years old. he died. He was 
 a religious man, a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, and was mourned by friends and 
 neighbors when he passed away. 
 
 The wife and mother survived her husband un- 
 til 1883, when, at the advanced age of eighty 
 years, she was called to her long rest. Her maiden 
 name was Mary Stephens, and Devonshire, Eng- 
 land, was the place of her nativity. Her father, 
 Thomas Stephens, an English farmer, emigrated to 
 Canada in 1810, and settled within a short distance 
 of the locality where his daughter and her family 
 afterward resided. Mr. and Mrs. Vanstone were 
 the parents of eleven children, and of the ten sons 
 and daughters who came with them from the mother 
 country, hut three survive. Our subject was next 
 to the youngest, and was reared upon the farm, 
 but after the death of his father lived with his 
 brother Richard, who was a miller at Egmondvillc. 
 He went to school there, and worked in the mill, 
 and when he was sixteen years of age was ap- 
 prenticed to Samuel Platte, proprietor of a large 
 water-mill, and one of the most prominent and 
 successful men in that .section of the country. Mr. 
 Platte discovered the first salt found in Canada, 
 and was everywhere regarded as an enterprising 
 citizen. 
 
 After an apprenticeship of nineteen months. Mr. 
 Vanstone received wages, and remained seven 
 months longer with Mr. Platte, afterward engaging 
 as a journeyman-miller in several mills in that part 
 of the country, and in the adjoining counties. At 
 the end of about two years of experience in mill- 
 ing for others, he bought a water-power grist, flour 
 and sawmill, with a capacity of seventy-five barrels, 
 and located at Bayfield, on Lake Huron. Here he 
 successfully manufactured flour and lumber, and 
 
442 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 had put in a large circular saw, when a great freshet 
 did much damage to the mill. In 1868, our sub- 
 ject sold nut tn his brother James, now of Malta 
 Bend, Saline County, and in the spring of the 
 same year came to Lexington. Upon April 7 he 
 engaged as miller at Dover, remained there four 
 months in the employ of Flay Vivion, then went 
 to Waverly, where he worked at milling by the 
 day for W. F. Robinson, a Kentuckian, with whom 
 he stayed ten months. 
 
 Mr. Vanstone then settled in Laynesville, and 
 bought a half-interest in a steam-power sawmill, 
 and in eighteen months purchased from his part- 
 ner, Mr. Layne, his share of the business, and con- 
 tinued industriously for eight years to saw fifteen 
 thousand feel a day of cotton-wood; he can lie 
 truthfully said to have fenced in the whole county 
 with the product of his mill. During this time, 
 in about 1872, our subject built a tine fiouring- 
 mill, and ran both together. In 1877, he com- 
 menced shipping grain from Laynesville and Malta 
 Bend Landing, on the Missouri River, where he 
 built houses to receive if, and also erected a ware- 
 house in Laynesville. He had previously removed 
 his mill to Malta Lend, and sold out to his brother 
 .lames, lie also gave a portion of his time to agri- 
 cultural duties, and improved several tarms. 
 
 In 187C, Mr. Vanstone built a mill on the pres- 
 ent site of the Rea .V Page Milling Co., and in 
 1878 made his permanent home, in Marshall. One 
 year later, he bought out his partner, Mr. Holmes, 
 ran the business alone one year, then took in as 
 partner Mr. McCormick, but in 1881 sold out to 
 Mr. Johnston, and started a lumber-yard on his 
 present site. In 1882, he purchased an interest in 
 a mill on his present site, having a capacity of 
 fifty barrels. Mr. McCormick remained as his 
 partner one year after he opened the lumber-yard, 
 which was a successful venture. In 1883, our sub- 
 ject built an elevator, and in 1««;"> put in mill ma- 
 chinery. The well-known Marshall Mills, with a 
 fifty-horse power steam-engine, and a capacity of 
 one hundred and fifty barrels, roller system, is lo- 
 cated upon four acres adjoining the Chicago ife 
 Alton Railroad and manufactures Sweet Sixteen, 
 High Patent, Crystal, Extra Fancy and King 
 Fancy, as well as corn-meal. The elevator has a 
 
 capacity of fifty thousand bushels and is an im- 
 portant factor in the business of buying and ship- 
 ping grain. 
 
 Our subject owns and operates a fourteen hun- 
 dred acre farm in the Bottom, and there raises 
 stock, feeds cattle, and conducts general farming, 
 planting five hundred acres in wheat; lie is also 
 the proprietor of two hundred and twenty well- 
 improved acres at Malta Bend. Aside from this 
 valuable property, - Mr. Vanstone owns a fifty-acre 
 tract at Raytown, seven miles from Kansas City, 
 and also has four hundred and eighty acres in the 
 State of Kansas. Our subject was married in 
 Laynesville, November 8, 1871, to Miss Mary E. 
 Blaine, who was bom in Ohio, and died January 1, 
 1880, leaving four children, of whom Ethel, Ida, 
 and Samuel survive. 
 
 Upon September 10, 1884, Mr. Vanstone was 
 united in marriage with Miss Lula, born in Win- 
 chester, Ky., a daughter of Willis Sphar, born in 
 the same vicinity. Her paternal grandfather, Capt. 
 James Sphar. was the first male child born in Clark 
 County, Ky.. his birthplace being Strodes Fort. 
 His parents came from Virginia, and were early 
 settlers and farmers in the State. Capt. Sphar 
 farmed in Clark County, as did also his son, the 
 father of Mrs. Vanstone. Willis Sphar entered the 
 Confederate service in 1862, and held an official 
 position. He was a member of the Christian 
 Church, and an upright man and useful citizen, 
 and passed to his rest in Monticello, Ky., dying of 
 brain fever. The grandmother, Mary (Tracy) 
 Sphar, was a native of Kentucky, and a daughter 
 of Col. Tracy, who served in the Mexican War 
 and in the Civil War, and who was an early set- 
 tler in Winchester, Ky. Her mother, Mary, born 
 in Kentucky, was a daughter of Roland Suther- 
 land, born in Virginia, of Scotch descendants, and 
 large planters of the South. 
 
 Mrs. Vanstone's mother resides near Marshall and 
 is now Mrs. Coats. Mrs. Vanstone is the youngest 
 of her parents" children, was born in 1863, and 
 came with her mother to Missouri, but went back 
 to her native State and was educated there at Mt. 
 Hope College, Midway, and graduated from that 
 institution of learning in 1881. She is an accom- 
 plished lady, and a fine music teacher, and is the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 443 
 
 mother of two sons, Dearborn S. and Charles N. 
 The family reside in a handsome residence, No. 
 326 Eastwood Avenue, have a large circle of 
 friends, and arc among the prominent members 
 and attendants of the Christian Church, and Mr. 
 Vanstone is a member of the Building Committee. 
 Mrs. Vanstone is a member of the Chautauqua So- 
 ciety of Music, and the Arion Musical Society. 
 Our subject affiliates with the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows and in politics is an independent, 
 using his judgment in the selection of the candi- 
 date for the place. 
 
 RNEST Y. HARVEY, the second of the 
 family of four children born to Thomas R. 
 E. Harvey and wife, saw the light for the 
 first time in the house where he now resides, in 
 September, 1861. His ancestry is more fully given 
 in the biographical sketch of his father, which will 
 be found elsewhere. Mr. Harvey was reared on 
 the farm, educated in the subscription schools of 
 the county, and afterward at Central College of 
 Howard County. About 1882, he was graduated 
 from the Gem City Commercial College of Quincy. 
 
 In 1885, Mr. Harvey married Miss Ora Marma- 
 duke, daughter of M. M. and Mollie Marmaduke, 
 and engaged in farming for a short time, then re- 
 moved to Kansas City, and after another brief 
 period to Ft. Worth, Tex. In September, L890, 
 he returned to the old home, where he has since 
 lived, managing the farm and doing a successful 
 business. 
 
 Mr. Harvey espoused the cause of the people 
 when the People's party was in its infancy, and 
 has been true to the cause ever since. He is a 
 man of earnestness and power, and lias done a 
 greal deal of active work for the party with which 
 he alliliates, having made several speeches in its 
 interests, besides doing general work, and the 
 numerous little things that go to make success. 
 lie was appointed Assistant Lecturer of the County 
 Alliance in the summer of 1892, and as such has 
 
 found plenty to do. lie is honest in his convic- 
 tions, and whatever personal beliefs may lie op- 
 posed to him. he commands the respect of all. 
 
 Mr. Harvey has one brother, Thomas II., who is 
 Prosecuting Attorney of Saline County, and an- 
 other, Horace G., who is a physician and surgeon 
 of Denver, having been graduated from the St. 
 Louis Medical College. He was assistant surgeon 
 in the hospital there. Previous to this he was 
 graduated from Central College, of Howard Coun- 
 ty, as was also Thomas II., and both, at different 
 periods, occupied the Chair of Languages there. 
 
 Mr. Harvey comes of an influential family, and 
 is himself a man of power in the community, 
 and a citizen whom Saline County points to as 
 one of her ablest. A young man, he is in a por- 
 tion of responsibility and trust in the public gift, 
 and in a business sense he is prosperous and fully 
 equal to the duties devolving upon him. 
 
 EREMIAI1 GRAVES, a prominent farmer 
 
 of Saline County. Mo., resides upon a fine 
 farm of two hundred acres on sections 21 
 and 22, township 51, range 21. The par- 
 ents of our subject were Edward and Nancy 
 (Willis) Craves, both of whom were natives of 
 Virginia, where they were married. They became 
 the honored parents of nine children, as follows: 
 Polly; Hannah, who married the Rev. William 
 Whit taker; John W., who died near St. Louis 
 when the cholera raged there; Sallie, who became 
 the wife of Owen Curtley; Ann, Emily, our sub- 
 ject, and two babes who died. Mr. Craves of this 
 notice is the only one of the family now living. 
 
 Grandfather Graves was a native of Virginia 
 and an old Revolutionary soldier. He reared a 
 family of twelve children, all of whom had good 
 constitutions and grew to maturity. These chil- 
 dren became in turn heads of families, and, no 
 doubt, the numerous persons of this name in the 
 United States came from this beginning in the 
 Virginia home. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Our subject was bom in Boone County. Ky., 
 January 1, 1818, and lived there until 18f>3, when 
 he came to Saline County, Mo. In 1M7 he mar- 
 ried Marietta F., a daughter of Robert Willis, of 
 Virginia, in which State the marriage took place. 
 In the fall of 1853 our subject and his wife came 
 to this county, and here bought a farm of three 
 hundred and forty acres; lie continued to accu- 
 mulate land until he was the owner of six hundred 
 acres. Here this couple have reared the following 
 children: Laura E., who died at the age of seven- 
 teen years; John W.; Ralph T., of Oregon; Hugh 
 I.. Susan E.; M. Lena, who became the wife of the 
 Rev. D. C. Bolton, of Miami; Edward L.; Emma; 
 Nannie, who became the wife of E. K. Stevens, 
 of Boone County, Ky., and is located on a part 
 of the old farm; and Albert S. 
 
 Mr. Graves has accumulated his valuable prop- 
 erty since coming to this State. At one time he 
 owned twelve slaves. Nov,- his land comprises 
 many acres in this county, and a fine place of two 
 hundred acres in Florida, where for the past seven 
 years he has spent the winter. All of the family 
 belong to the Missionary Baptist Church, and are 
 much thought of in that connection. The politics 
 of the family have been Democratic for long 
 years, and Mr. Graves is a stanch supporter of 
 that party. He is highly respected in every quar- 
 ter, but especially so in his church relations, as he 
 has been liberal and active in all matters per- 
 taining to her advancement. He is one of, the 
 men the county could not well spare. 
 
 fl IfelLLIAM HARRIS is a native of the beau- 
 \/\/// ^iful State of Tennessee, in which the 
 VW diversity of Nature's pictures is as great 
 as that of Switzerland. With its cloud-capped 
 mountains, its tumbling rivers and waterfalls, and 
 palisaded banks, it vies in picturesqueness with 
 any portion of the country. Mr. Harris did not, 
 however, remain in his native State long enough 
 
 to become imbued with the sense of its superiority, 
 
 for in 1828, one year after his birth, he was 
 brought to Missouri by his parents. His father 
 settled in Sniabar Township, La Fayette County, 
 on land that is now in possession of our subject, 
 and which is his place of residence. 
 
 Mr. Harris' father was a native of old Virginia, 
 and was born in 1804. He removed to Tennessee 
 with the family when only twelve years old, and 
 in 1821 married Miss Catherine Smith, a native of 
 his adopted State. In 1828 the family removed 
 to La Fayette County. Of his parents' nine chil- 
 dren, our subject is the eldest now living. Grand- 
 father Harris was a private in the Revolutionary 
 War. 
 
 After acquiring a practical education in his boy- 
 hood days, William Harris started out in life for 
 himself at the age of twenty-four. He then mar- 
 ried Miss Mary Joyner, a native of North Caro- 
 lina, who was born November 7, 1830. The young 
 couple began housekeeping on the farm which is 
 still the family home. It is located on section 32, 
 Sniabar Township, La Fayette County. Here he 
 owns two hundred and twent}- acres, which are 
 under excellent cultivation. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Harris are the parents of five chil- 
 dren; they are all grown and are married, and 
 have families of their own. A pleasant feature of 
 their family life is that the children all live with- 
 in a radius of a few miles of the parents. When the 
 Harrises first settled in Sniabar Township, there 
 were only nine voters, while the original inhabi- 
 tants of the land — the turkey, deer and other small 
 game — were still in possession, not having been 
 frightened as yet away by the encroachments of 
 the lords of creation. Mr. Harris has seen as 
 man}' as fifteen deer browsing in a herd near the 
 neighboring streams. Now there are nine hundred 
 voters in the township, and the farming locality is 
 well cultivated and nearly as garden-like as the 
 best agricultural district of old England itself. Mr. 
 Harris was elected Justice of the Peace, and has 
 held the office for twelve consecutive years. Dur- 
 ing that time he has married six couples, and the 
 humorous feature of this duty has been that he 
 has started them in life by paying the Recorder's 
 fee, never having received a fee for himself. In 
 
PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 politics our subject is a Democrat, and the Baptist 
 Churcb is the one with which he is connected in a 
 religious way. 
 
 LARK W. ROBINSON, a well-known resi- 
 dent of LaFayette County, Mo., located 
 '{! upon his large and productive farm of four 
 hundred and fifty-six acres of land on section 8, 
 township 19, range 26, is the subject of this no- 
 tice. He was burn in the same county, Novem- 
 ber 1, 1827, the son of John and Euphemia (Jones) 
 Robinson, both of whom were natives of Virginia. 
 John Robinson went from his old Virginia home 
 into the wilderness of Missouri some time in the 
 '20s, before many settlers had crossed the great 
 Father of Waters. His choice of home was in La 
 Faj'ette County, where he located a short distance 
 east of the present site of Lexington, thus being 
 one of the earliest inhabitants. 
 
 At this pleasant home John Robinson resided 
 for many years, and then removed into township 
 49, range 26, on section 8, where he lived for 
 many years more, lie became one of the largest 
 farmers of the county, but later removed to Texas, 
 where his death occurred shortly after the close 
 of the war. Of his family of four children, our 
 subject is the only remaining member. His early 
 days were passed on the farm. At that time there 
 was but little improvement around his home. 
 Farming was still done by the use of oxen, mar- 
 kets were far away, and game was plentiful over 
 the country. 
 
 The education of our subject was received in 
 the schools called ''subscription," but at that time 
 it was difficult to have even these carried on, and 
 one might say that for all practical purposes Mr. 
 Robinson has been self-taught, and sometimes in 
 the sad school of experience. 11 is early life was 
 passed in agricultural pursuits, and since that time 
 he has not cared to make any change. To the 
 real farmer, the upturned earth, the opening buds, 
 
 the growth of cereals, responding to the labor of 
 the farmer, and showing great fields of waving 
 grain, are truly delightful, and would not be ex- 
 changed for the vicissitudes of life in any other 
 path. 
 
 In this locality Mr. Robinson grew up as a pio- 
 neer, and has seen with pleasure the development 
 which has taken [.lace all over the county. Where 
 once was but the unbroken prairie, green in spring 
 with wild grasses and sprinkled with brilliant 
 flowers, he hears the church and school hells and 
 the hum of the railroad engine or manufacturing 
 machinery. In his political faith our subject is a 
 follower of Democratic principles, and is one of 
 the most highly respected men in the community. 
 His integrity is unquestioned, and his simple 
 promise goes as far as does the sworn word of 
 many. 
 
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 i 1,'S. ELIZA PEARSON, a lady of intelli- 
 gence and worth, an early settler of Mis- 
 souri and widow of ( ). 15. Pearson, a man 
 of sterling integrity of character, was 
 born in Halifax County, N. C, November 8, 1819. 
 She is the daughter of John D. and Elizabeth 
 (Hutcherson) Eelbeck, who were of English de- 
 scent, and it is supposed that the paternal grand- 
 father of Mrs. Pearson was a native of England. 
 He was Henry Mumford Eelbeck and well known 
 in North Carolina, where he settled in an early 
 day in the history of this Republic. The children 
 of Henry Eelbeck were John D., his only son and 
 the father of our subject, and three daughters, 
 Sarah, Dorothy ami Elizabeth. John D. Eelbeck 
 was born December 29, 1783, and died in Halifax 
 County, N. C, November 15, 1820. His children 
 were Daniel. Henry J., and Eliza, our subject. 
 
 ( ). B. Pearson, the husband of our subject, now 
 deceased. was one of the prominent and enterpris- 
 ing citizens Of Saline County, and highly respected 
 for his energy, ability and upright life. His death 
 was mourned as a public loss by the entire com- 
 munity among whom he had so long dwelt. Mr. 
 
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 Pearson was bom iu South Carolina, October 22, 
 1794, at Spartanburg, and died May 10, 1871. 
 The father of Mr. Pearson died when O. B. was 
 a mere boy, and soon after the death of her 
 husband the widowed mother took her children to 
 Louisiana and there made her home. Her children 
 were William, O. B., Lucinda and Keziah. After 
 attaining to manhood, Mr. Pearson went to Nor- 
 folk, Ya., and there spent a number of years. lie 
 was a successful trader and soon made himself a 
 home, marrying for his first wife Miss Sarah Wight, 
 by whom he had five children: Austin W., Amanda 
 D., Harriet W.. Elizabeth P. and Sarah B. 
 
 Soon after his marriage, Mr. Pearson removed 
 to Mississippi and located near Vicksburg, where 
 his mother was then living. Mr. Pearson's first 
 wife died December 28, 1841. lie then brought 
 his mother from Mississippi to Arrow Rock, and 
 here his faithful and devoted parent passed away, 
 December 5, 1851. lie engaged in merchandising 
 upon his removal to Arrow Rock, and bought the 
 land where the family now resides. In time he 
 oave up his business and located upon the land, 
 which consisted of some six hundred acres in town- 
 ship 50, range 19, which he afterward brought 
 under high cultivation, the value of which has 
 been doubled and trebled since its purchase so 
 many years ago. After the death of his mother 
 Mr. Pearson returned to Virginia and traveled 
 upon business throughout that State and Ninth 
 Carolina. 
 
 Mr. Pearson met the subject of our sketch, 
 Miss Eliza F. Eelbeck, when in North Carolina, 
 and they were married February 26, 1845. and 
 with her he returned to Missouri and there settled 
 upon his farm. The children who blessed with 
 their presence the home were George F., Richard 
 Z., Henry C. and Roxana,all well known in Arrow 
 Rock and esteemed by a large circle of lifetime 
 friends and acquaintances. Mr. Pearson was never 
 an active politician but had an abiding interest in 
 both national and local issues, and was a Democrat 
 stanch and true. He firmly believed in the right 
 and justice of the Southern Confederacy, and al- 
 though his advanced age prevented his taking an 
 active part in the scenes of those troublous days, 
 his heart was iu the cause, and Richard Z., a lad 
 
 of tender years, enlisted in the service of the Con- 
 federate Government and was distinguished for 
 his gallant conduct and bravery amid scenes of 
 danger and death. 
 
 Mr. Pearson was a member of the Southern 
 Methodist Episcopal Church and was a liberal 
 giver in its support and church extension. He 
 suffered great financial losses by the war, as he 
 owned a large number of slaves, but with his native 
 ability and energy he adapted himself to the situ- 
 ation and did the best to make good what he had 
 lost. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson enjoyed the esteem 
 and confidence of a host of true friends, and when 
 death deprived our subject of her husband and 
 companion of many long years, she had the full 
 sympathy of all the community and surrounding 
 neighborhood. Descending into the vale of years, 
 Mis. Pearson rests content, knowing that in that 
 better land the tears are wiped from all eyes and 
 all will be well with God's beloved. 
 
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 EV. HENRY HOEFER, the pioneer minis- 
 ter of the city of Higginsville, is pastor of 
 the German Evangelical Church. He is a 
 Vf) native of Germany, having been born in 
 Lippe-Detmold, September 25, 1836, and his father, 
 Herman lloefer, was also a native of Germany. 
 (For further history of the family, see sketch of 
 Charles lloefer.) Our subject is the fifth of six 
 children, and was reared on his father's farm until 
 he was eighteen years of age. During that time 
 he enjoyed the school advantages of other boys, 
 and in the fall of 1854 came to America from Bre- 
 men on a sailing-vessel, which was named "Diana." 
 He landed in New Orleans, and from that city 
 made his way to Warren County, Mo., where he 
 entered the Evangelical Missouri College, at 
 Marthasville (at present at St. Louis), from which 
 he was graduated in 1858. He was then ordained 
 and stationed near Evansville, Ind., as a minister 
 of the Evangelical Zion's Church, and there he 
 remained seven years, during which time the con- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 447 
 
 gregation increased rapidly and built a school at 
 that place. In 1866, he was called to the pastorate 
 
 of the German Evangelical st. John's Church, at 
 Freeport, 111., and remained there for four years. 
 In 187D, he came to this city and organized the 
 German Evangelical Church here. 
 
 As soon as he arrived, Mr. tlocfer began his 
 work of organization, and a small church was 
 built under his management. Moving to Con- 
 cordia, he organized a congregation there and 
 built a church, but in 1877 returned to Higgins- 
 ville, and has since continued to till the pulpit of 
 the church his efforts built. Not satisfied with his 
 work in the church, Mr. Hoefer taught in the par- 
 ish school here while it was still in its infancy, 
 and gave religious instruction to the children of 
 the congregation. He is so popular a preacher 
 that very soon the congregation outgrew the old 
 building, and in 18S2, on the old site, a new edifice 
 was erected, which is the largest church in the 
 city. In 1892, the congregation built a fine par- 
 sonage for their minister, at a cost of *-_'.■_'! hi, and 
 this commodious residence is situated on grounds 
 comprising half a block. 
 
 When Mr. Hoefer began his work of organiza- 
 tion in 1870 there were about eight families; now 
 his congregation numbers sixty-five families. In 
 the Sunday-school he is doing a great deal of good, 
 as he has about one hundred and fifty-five pupils 
 at present, and the attendance is constantly in- 
 creasing. This earnest pastor teaches a Bible class 
 every Sunday and preaches two sermons on that 
 day. In addition to the work already mentioned, 
 he organized a congregation and built a church at 
 Mayview, this county, in 1<S7*, but when they he- 
 came self-supporting he withdrew. In politics, he 
 is a stanch Republican, and, next to his religious 
 duties, he regards his responsibilities as a citizen 
 most binding. He has been honored by his Synod 
 with several offices, among which was that of Vice- 
 president of the West Missouri District of the 
 Evangelical Synod of North America, and he is 
 now serving as Cashier of the same. 
 
 The Rev. Henry Hoefer was united in mar- 
 riage in Warren County, Mo., in 18;V.>, to 
 Miss Minnie Schnieder. a native of Germany, 
 who was reared in Warren County. This lady 
 
 bore her husband four children, who are liv- 
 ing now, namely: Theodore, a graduate of Elm- 
 hurst College, and at present a teacher in the Ger- 
 man school; John, Emelia and Martin, who are at 
 home. Mr. Hoefer is an earnest worker, and has 
 accomplished much good during his long pastor- 
 ate. He has gained the hearts of his people, and 
 is worthy of the esteem and confidence he inspires 
 in all. 
 
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 vip^DWIN HAY NIK, the subject of these me- 
 1W| moirs, was one of the pioneers of Saline 
 I t — v County, Mo. He came of good Scotch an- 
 cestry, and his parents, Lawrence and Judy Haynie, 
 were natives of Virginia, where the}' were engaged 
 in farming. 
 
 Oursubject was born in Northumberland County, 
 Ya.. in January, 18<>:?. He grew to maturity in 
 his native county and received his education in 
 the common schools there. His first marriage was 
 with a young lady who lived but a few months 
 afterward. January 22. 1836, he took for a life 
 companion Miss Polly, the daughter of Nathan 
 Moore, and one son, Rufus W.. was horn of this 
 marriage. In the fall of 1836, the family landed 
 in Saline County. Mo., a few miles southwest of 
 Miami, and took up and bought forty acres of 
 land, afterward proving up and securing another 
 eighty acres. On that farm were born three sons, 
 Edwin M., Austin II., and Ethelhert, all of whom 
 are good, substantial farmers. 
 
 Mrs. Haynie died here in January, 1852, and 
 our subject afterward married Lurany, the widow 
 of John Williams, anil to this union were born six 
 children, as follows: Lurany, who hecamethe wife 
 of Charles Heisel, of Miami: James B., of Florida; 
 Elizabeth I... who married Thomas Bankhead; 
 William 11.. of Nelson; Lawrence: and Annie L., 
 who married Patrick Duty, of Nelson. In his po- 
 litical convictions, Mr. Haynie was a Democrat. 
 and boldly upheld* the principles of that party. 
 Rufus W., Edwin M. and Austin all served in the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Confederate service, the first-named taking part 
 all through the war. Edwin M. enlisted in May, 
 1861, and was under Gen. Marmaduke, in Com- 
 pany E, of the cavalry. He was afterward with 
 Shelby in Company E, First Missouri Cavalry, 
 and was captured at Cape Girardeau, and taken 
 hi Camp Douglas, where he was held for seven- 
 teen months, lie received a four-ounce minie- 
 ball through his leg, but the wound soon healed 
 and he became perfectly well again. At the close 
 of the war Edwin came home, and in 1867 en- 
 gaged in farming on a rented farm; in August 
 lie married Miss Sara E. Grayson, although at this 
 time he was over $300 in debt. 
 
 However, Edwin Haynie was not easily discour- 
 aged, and after marriage entered with added energy 
 into the business of farming. His first purchase of 
 land was in 1871, when he bought one hundred 
 and fifty-four and one-half acres where he now 
 lives, and has since added to this until he now owns 
 six hundred and five acres in the county, all of 
 which he has made by his own efforts. He raises 
 cattle and hogs, and has been in all of his under- 
 takings visited with the most signal success. Mrs. 
 Haynie is a member of the Baptist Church, hut 
 Mr. Haynie affiliates with the Christian denomina- 
 tion. His choice in political matters is the Demo- 
 cratic party, and he is ready at all times to give 
 good and sufficient, as well as convincing, reasons 
 why it is so. An interesting family of eight 
 bright children have grown up about his hearth, 
 and they are named Edwin II., John R., Robert 
 I,., Elmer J., Sarah E., Price G., Mary J. and 
 Angie F. 
 
 
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 yWLLIAM GRIFFITTS, a farmer and stock- 
 raiser on section 12, township 51, range 
 '^fl 21, Saline County, where he owns eighty 
 acres of land, was born in Morgan County, 111., 
 February 11, lS.'i.'i, and lived in that and Hancock 
 County until lie reached maturity. He is the eld- 
 est of five children who reached mature years, and 
 
 were the offspring of John and Mary (Stanley) 
 Griffltts, who were natives, respectively, of Ken- 
 tucky and Tennessee, and were born in the years 
 1807 and 1809, respectively. These children are: 
 William and Richard, of Illinois; James, of Iowa; 
 George, of Illinois; and Susan, wife of John 
 Shanks. 
 
 William's paternal grandfather, James Griffltts, 
 was probably a native of Virginia, and served 
 four years in the Revolutionary War, under Gen. 
 Wayne, and also in the War of 1812, at the latter 
 time being under Gen. Jackson for three years. 
 He was in the battle of New Orleans, that mem- 
 orable battle in which the British lost their gen- 
 eral and about seventeen hundred men, killed and 
 wounded, while the American loss was only eight 
 killed and thirteen wounded. James Griffltts was 
 a son of German parents, and was a successful 
 farmer, as was also his son, the father of William. 
 The family have, in fact, been farmers all down 
 the line. 
 
 Mr. Griffltts was married in January, 1858, 
 choosing for his wife Miss Martha J., daughter of 
 John Stanley. They remained in Hancock County 
 after their marriage, the latter event having oc- 
 curred there, until 18(59, when they located where 
 they now live. Mr. and Mrs. Griffltts have a fam- 
 ily of eight children living: Ambros G.; Mary 
 A., wife of Thomas Burke; Nancy J., wife of C. 
 C. Mrller; Susan V., whose husband is John Yates; 
 Virginia G; Mrs. George Brown; John T., and 
 James R. 
 
 William Griffltts came to Saline County a poor 
 man, and has made his way up to a position of 
 prosperity and security through his own exertions 
 and by his own ability. Not every farmer suc- 
 ceeds, for the profession of agriculture, and it is, 
 if properly conducted, a profession, — one that re- 
 quires skill arrd good judgment just as truly as 
 that of law or medicine, — is beyond the scope of 
 many who engage in it. It is satisfactory to 
 trace the progress of men who rise, unaided by- 
 others, to independence and a place in the history 
 of anv section of our country. America fosters 
 and encourages such striving toward a self-sus- 
 taining and influential life, and she is ever ready 
 to give the deserved meed of commendation to 
 
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 tin who so rise. A self-made man is not partic- 
 uls -ly rare, and yet the d umbers of those who 
 mi .»• little or no effort toward advancement in 
 thi besl ways arc so much greater, that everyone 
 wl o wills for himself more than an ordinary post- 
 bit n is worthy of note, and in these sketches of 
 the men of Saline County we find many such. 
 
 Mr. Griffitts is a member of the Old-school Bap- 
 tist Church, and politically is a Democrat, as are 
 the majority of the prominent men of this 
 county. He is not an aggressive politician, but is 
 firm in his convictions as to the right of his side. 
 Hi post-Office address is Norton. 
 
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 6C. ROSS, one of the wealthiest and most 
 progressive farmers of Saline County, re- 
 sides on section 23, township .">2, range 21, 
 near the town of Miami. His farm, which is fa- 
 miliarly known as Locust Grove contains first-class 
 improvements, and its value has been greatly en- 
 hanced by the high cultivation to which it has 
 been brought, as well as by the substantial buildings 
 with which it is embellished. 
 
 The ancestry of our subject on his mother's 
 side is traced to England, while his paternal fore- 
 fathers were Scotch. He is the son of John and 
 Nancy (Ellis) Ross, natives of Virginia, and is one 
 of a family of nine children, all of whom were 
 born in the (lid Dominion. Mary A., whose birth 
 occurred in 1812, married Philip Ellis, and now 
 resides in Davis County, Mo.; Sutherland was 
 born in 1814 and died in Missouri: our subject, 
 the next in order of birth, opened In- eye- to the 
 light in 1816; John was born in 1818, married Re- 
 becca Johnson, of Virginia, and tin \ now reside 
 in Kentucky; Armstead, who was born in 1820, 
 married Catherine Johnson and died in Virginia; 
 Derinda, whose birth occurred in 1822, married 
 Mr. Arnot, and died in Virginia; Nancy, bom in 
 1826, became the wife of a Mr. Colter, and after 
 his death married Robert Blunt, and now resides 
 in Richmond, Ya.; Ellen, whose birth occurred in 
 
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 1828, married a Mr. Bobbitt and resided in AVest 
 Virginia; and Robinson, born in 1830, married 
 Miss Ellen Maddy, and died in Texas. 
 
 After having gained a limited education, our 
 subject left school at the age of sixteen and de- 
 voted his attention to agricultural pursuits upon 
 his father's farm, lie early displayed a talent, for 
 architecture and building, and no doubt if it, bad 
 been properly cultivated he would have become 
 celebrated in that line. His first attempt was the 
 designing and building of a modern house upon 
 the farm. There he lived for a short time, and 
 then went into partnership with his brother in the 
 business of carpentry and building, lie was very 
 successful even in his early attempts, one of which 
 was the construction in Virginia of a tlouring-mill 
 for Joe Aldeson, where, although he had never 
 learned the trade of millwright, he performed the 
 difficult operation of placing all of the machinery, 
 constructing the pulleys, and setting up the entire 
 shafting for running the mill. 
 
 Becoming dissatisfied with the opportunities for 
 advancement in the Old Dominion, our subject 
 and his brother determined to seek a new field, 
 where more extensive operations could be con- 
 ducted. Accordingly, armed with their carpen- 
 ter tools, they bade adieu to friends and hopefully 
 started out to seek a new home. The journey was 
 made with carriage and horses, and on April 17, 
 1837, they anchored in Lexington, Mo., where our 
 subject embarked in business as an architect and 
 designer. In that city he remained until 1841, 
 when he came to Saline County and continued to 
 follow his trade of a carpenter here until 1844, 
 when he made his first purchase of land. 
 
 Our subjeel and his brother went into partner- 
 ship in buying from the Government a farm, for 
 which they paid $1.25 per acre. The place con- 
 tained live hundred and sixty acres of land, which 
 Mr. ROSS has improved and added to until he to- 
 day owns a well-cultivated farm of six hundred 
 aeies. valued at $65 per acre. His residence, 
 erected at a cosl of $6,000, is one of the finest and 
 mosl elegant iii the county, and is placed upon an 
 eminence which commands a view of the surround- 
 ing country. 
 
 After iikiii\ year- of -ingle blessedness, our sub- 
 
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 ject married on the 31st of October, 18<;i, Miss 
 L. F. McDaniel, the estimable daughter of R. E. 
 McDaniel, one of the foremost citizens of Saline 
 County. Their union was blessed with four chil- 
 dren, only <nie of whom survives. One died in 
 infancy, another at the age of two years, and in 
 the year 1891 Stella Price was taken away. She 
 was born in the year 1872, was a beautiful and 
 accomplished girl, and her death was a sad blow 
 to the family. Uallie, born in 1870, is the only 
 one left to cheer and comfort her father's declin- 
 ing years, and nobly does she perforin this duty. 
 In his political belief, our subject clings to the 
 principles of the Democratic party, but has never 
 had any aspirations to serve his party in any 
 i 'Dice. 
 
 ^ANIEL BIXLER is one of the most ex- 
 )}) tensive stock-raisers in Saline County, 
 owninga line farm in section 15, Salt Pond 
 Township, lie is an enterprising and suc- 
 cessful man, a good financier, with a superior head, 
 which is full of progressive ideas. He is Republi- 
 can nominee for County Treasurer, a position 
 wholly unsolicited by him, and the nomination to 
 which came to him as a complete surprise. 
 
 Mr. Bixler is a native of Holmes County, Ohio, 
 where he was born April 27, 1815. His father, 
 George Bixler, who is now a resident of Holmes 
 County, is a native of Maryland, having been bom 
 at Baltimore in 1806, but removed to Ohio with bis 
 parents at the age of seventeen. The grandparents 
 of the subject of this sketch. .1 oh n and Elizabeth 
 Bixler, were from Maryland and Pennsylvania, re- 
 spectively; the great-grandfather was a native of 
 Germany, from which country he emigrated to 
 Maryland; while the grandfather, John, was a 
 farmer and an early settler in Holmes County. He 
 died at about the age of ninety, and his wife at 
 about eighty years of age. 
 
 The father of Daniel has always been a farmer. 
 He has been a member of the Evangelical Lutheran 
 
 Church for many years. The mother, Elizabeth 
 (Close) Bixler, was born in Pennsylvania and is 
 nf ( rerman descent. She is still living and is eleven 
 years younger than her husband. 
 
 Daniel is the only son left of the three that were 
 born to his parents, although he has three sisters. He 
 was reared a farmer, attending the common schools 
 until sixteen years of age, with the exception of a 
 period at the Vermillion Institute, of Hayesville, 
 ( )hio. When he was sixteen he went to Springfield, 
 Ohio, and entered the Wittcnburg College there. 
 
 At the age of eighteen Mr. Bixler commenced 
 teaching school, which occupation he followed 
 during the winter seasons fur thirteen years, in the 
 fall of 1865 coming to Illinois and teaching one 
 term in Champaign County. In September, 186B, 
 lie came to ftl ISSOUri and located near Sweet Springs, 
 purchasing land in the fall of that year in section 
 15, Salt Pond Township. His purchase consisted 
 of two hundred acres of partly improved land, 
 upon which he settled, teaching school winters and 
 farming summers. He has done nearly the whole 
 of the improving of his property, showing much 
 ability in the work. His postoffice is Elmwood. 
 
 May 22. 1878, Mr. Bixler married Miss Lybbie 
 J. Houston, who was born in California. Her par- 
 ents, John and Ellen Houston, are of I rish descent. 
 The father was born in Columbus, Ohio, moved to 
 Illinois when unite young, and subsequently to 
 California, where he remained for a time, coming 
 to Saline County, Mo., in 1870. He is now a 
 farmer of Elmwood Township and does quite an 
 extensive business. 
 
 Mrs. Bixler is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. Mr. Bixler is a Mason, and in poli- 
 tics a Republican, as suggested before. That he 
 is a popular man, is shown by the fact that his fel- 
 low-Republicans of the County have chosen him 
 to act for them in a public capacity, and that they 
 have done so independently of any effort on his 
 part to win the appointment. He is no office- 
 seeker, but being elected, there is no doubt that he 
 will do well and faithfully the duties that devolve 
 upon him. 
 
 Mr. Bixler is very successful in stock-raising, 
 which he makes his specialty. It is interesting to 
 visit his farm, and note the nourishing condition 
 
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 453 
 
 of everything that meets the eye. A Bne stock 
 farm presents a scene of animal life thai is instruc- 
 tive to him who wishes to learn, n ml that is beau- 
 tiful to <me who views it simply from an artistic 
 standpoint; both of these conditions are fully met 
 on the farm of Mr. Bixler, and in that his work 
 and judgment are clearly and characteristically 
 shown. 
 
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 LARENCE VIVION, the popular and suc- 
 cessful general practitioner of law in Higgins- 
 
 /' ville. La Fayette County. Mo., is well versed 
 in professional duties, and is widely known as a 
 skillful and experienced lawyer. During his ten 
 years of residence in Iligginsville, our subject has 
 identified himself with the interests of the city, and 
 is numbered among its leading men and represen- 
 tative citizens. His paternal grandfather, Tl las 
 
 Vivion, was a native of the Old Dominion, but in 
 early manhood left Virginia, and located in Ken- 
 tucky, where he was one of the pioneers of Clarke 
 County, and there passed a useful and busy life, 
 and died in that State. 
 
 Willis D. Vivion, the father of our subject, was 
 born and married in Kentucky, but later removed 
 to New York City, where he engaged in mercan- 
 tile business with the firm of Lathrop, Luddington 
 & Co., wholesale and retail dry-goods dealers. 
 With this linn he remained until L869, when he re- 
 moved to Mexico, Mo., and brought his family 
 from Kentucky to this State. For seven years he 
 devoted his attention to the grocery business, which 
 he successfully conducted in Mexico until 1876, 
 when he retired from active business duties, and 
 spent his last years in Audrain County. His death 
 occurred in 1891, at the home of his son Clarence 
 in Iligginsville, at seventy-one years of age. lie 
 was an earnest Christian gentleman, and was highly 
 respected by all who knew him. 
 
 Xannie'S., the mother of our subject, was a native 
 of Mciccr ( ounty. Ky., and a daughter of John 
 Woods, who was born in Virginia, hut was an early 
 settler of Kentucky, and a successful agriculturist. 
 
 Mrs. Nannie S. ( \Y Is) Vivien died in Kentucky 
 
 in I860, leaving four children, all of whom now 
 survive. Clarence, the second, was reared upon 
 his father's farm in the Blue Grass Region and at- 
 tended the private schools of the neighborhood un- 
 til ten years of age, when he went to Harrodsburgh 
 Ky., and studied in the excellent schools of that 
 city. Lorn in Winchester, Clarke County, Ky., 
 August 27. 1 855, our subject was but fourteen years 
 of age when he went with his father to Mexico, in 
 1869. Energetic, ambitious and industrious, he 
 worked in the store during vacations, and after a 
 full course df instruction, graduated with honor 
 from the High School in Mexico. At eighteen 
 years of age he began teaching school, and was suc- 
 cessively Principal in the schools of New Bloomfleld 
 and Cedar City, in Audrain and Callaway Coun- 
 ties. 
 
 During this time, Mr. Vivion studied law under 
 Kennon A- Mclntyre, a prominent legal firm, and 
 in 1881 devoted his entire time to acquiring a 
 thorough knowledge of the profession. In June, 
 1882, he was admitted to the Missouri Bar by Judge 
 Elijah Robinson, now of Kansas City. Mr. Vivion 
 remained for a few months in the office where he 
 had prosecuted his studies, and then went to Pleas- 
 ant Hill, where he spent six months. In the sum- 
 merof 1883 he came to Higginsville, which had at 
 that time about seven hundred inhabitants, and has 
 continued to reside here ever since. Mr. Vivion 
 has an excellent practice here, and has especially 
 distinguished himself by the expert handling of 
 desperate criminal cases, being mostly employed 
 for the defense. He has established more than a 
 local reputation in this particular branch of his 
 profession, but is also an unusually able and suc- 
 cessful general legal practitioner, and occupies a 
 convenient office on Russell street. 
 
 Our subject was married in Higginsville, in 1885, 
 to Miss Jennie Warren, who was born in La Fay- 
 ette County, a daughter of .lames L. Warren, a 
 respected and a prominent citizen of the State. 
 Mrs. Vivion was educated in the home schools, and 
 is a highly esteemed lady, a favorite in social cir- 
 cles, and the mother of three children, Warren, 
 Nannie, and Clarence I... bright and promising 
 little ones. Mr. and Mrs. Vivion are members of 
 
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 the Christian Church, ami are ever ready to aid in 
 the benevolent and social enterprises of that relig- 
 ious organization. Mr. Vivion is a member of the 
 Democratic County Committee from Davis Town- 
 ship, and always takes a deep interest in both na- 
 tional and local politics. An eloquent advocate 
 for educational advancement, progressive in his 
 logic and arguments, he is an important factor in 
 the upbuilding and growth of public enterprise and 
 improvement. Occupying the position of City 
 Attorney for two years, our subject has given ju- 
 dicious advice and valuable assistance to his 
 adopted home, and has well earned the confidence 
 of his fellow-citizens. 
 
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 ETER A. CHAMBERLAIN, deceased. This 
 I) lamented gentleman was one of the worthy 
 
 •^ and prominent farmers of Saline County, 
 Mo., where his death occurred. Mr. Cham- 
 berlain was a native of Kamouraska County. I Que- 
 bec, Canada, his parents being Noel and Lucy 
 Chamberlain, both French-Canadians. Our sub- 
 ject resided in the place of his birth until his 
 eighteenth year, when he emigrated to the State 
 of Missouri, and settled in Saline County in 1852. 
 Here lie worked at the trade he had learned in his 
 native place, that of carpenter, until I860, when 
 he purchased a farm and engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. 
 
 Mr. Chamberlain was a poor boy when he landed 
 in Miami, his cash in hand consisting of but 
 twenty-five cents, but by persistent effort he ac- 
 cumulated enough to purchase a good farm. That 
 same year he had the pleasure of gaining the hand 
 of Mary A., daughter of Michael Langan, and to- 
 gether they began the struggle of life on a farm 
 in the wilds of Missouri. Hard, persistent labor 
 and close economy enabled them to purchase ad- 
 ditional land, until at the time of his death they 
 were the owners of two hundred and forty acres 
 of valuable land, which the widow now manages. 
 
 Ten children were added to this family during 
 
 the years of happy married life, as follows: Emily, 
 wife of James Mitchell; Einiiiett, a resident of 
 Kansas City; Nora, wife of Robert Bennett; Noel, 
 a resident of Illinois; Peter A., of California; 
 Mary, wife of Frank Campbell; Salina, George, 
 Lucy and Chester. Mr. Chamberlain's death oc- 
 curred in 1882, and he is still mourned by his 
 faithful wife and loving children as a good de- 
 voted father and husband. All his friends miss 
 the kindly, honest neighbor, who never hesitated 
 to aid anyone who desired his assistance in any 
 way. 
 
 Mrs. Chamberlain was the fifth child in the fam- 
 ily of twelve children born to Michael and Mary 
 (Moran) Langan, both natives of North Carolina. 
 The grandparents of Mrs. Chamberlain, .lames and 
 Margaret Langan. and John and Mary Moran, were 
 all from County Mayo, Ireland. Mr. Langan was 
 a merchant in South Carolina, but after coming to 
 Saline County in 1*4C>, he followed agricultural 
 pursuits, and at the lime of his death was the 
 owner of seven hundred acres, on which was a 
 large number of stock. He was a very popular 
 man, and one who never had a difficulty with 
 anyone. His death was much lamented, not only 
 by his family, but by all who knew him, on ac- 
 count of his many good qualities. The whole 
 family, root and branch, were and are firm adher- 
 ents of the principles of Democracy. 
 
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 J. McMAHAN. For twelve years our sub- 
 ject has held the responsible position of 
 jE\V Clerk of Saline County, and during that 
 time has established himself not only in the 
 liking and confidence of the people, but high in 
 their esteem, because of his diverse and thorough 
 ability. He was first elected to the office in 1880, 
 and after a service of two years was re-elected, and 
 served four years, and in 1890 was re-elected for 
 another term of four years. 
 
 Mr. MeMahan was born in Cooper County, near 
 the line, January 23, 1833. He is a son of James 
 
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 and Helena (Jones) Mr Mai mi, both natives of Ken- 
 tueky, win i came to Missouri while the Indians 
 were still possessors of the land. They first went 
 tu Cooper's Fort, and later took up some new land 
 which the father bent his efforts in improve, and 
 to which he added until he had a farm of five hun- 
 dred and eighty acres in Cooper County. There 
 he made his home until his decease, which occurred 
 in 1857. He and his wife were the parents of nine 
 children, named as follows: Araminta, Asenath, 
 Jesse, Jane, Melissa, Laura L., Mary, Sophia T. 
 and Robert J. The eldest daughter is now Mrs. 
 John H. Sutherland; the second is Mrs. Robert K. 
 Taylor; Jesse is deceased; Jane married W. II. Wal- 
 lace, but is now deceased; Melissa is .Mrs. W. H. 
 Wallace, having married her brother-in-law on the 
 decease of her sister Jane; Laura I,., who became 
 Mrs. Howard, is also deceased; and Sophia is the 
 wife of George A. Murrell. The mother of this 
 famil3 r died in 1867. 
 
 Mr. McMahan was educted in Cooper and Saline 
 Counties and remained under the parental roof 
 until 1854, when he joined a company who went 
 to California by the overland route. On returning 
 from the Pacific Coast he remained at bnme until 
 the war.when he enlisted in the Confederate serv ice. 
 under Robinson, being first Aid to Col. Brown, at 
 Boonville. He was captured at Black Water, and 
 was sent to McDowell College and later to Alton, 
 where he remained in prison forseven months. On 
 the Doctor's advice he finally took the oath and 
 came home. In the meantime his father had 
 traded his farm in Cooper County for one in Mar- 
 shall Township. This continued to be his home 
 until 1865, when he went to Montana with a mer- 
 cantile stock, and was engaged in freighting goods 
 for a year. On coming back he engaged in farm- 
 ing until 1871. 
 
 At the last-named date our subject went to Arrow 
 Rock and was engaged as a merchant there until 
 the fall of 1880, when he was elected County Clerk. 
 During the interval between his election and tak- 
 ing office, he was in the grain business, in which he 
 still continues. He is interested m the Marshal) 
 Elevator, on the Chicago & Alton track, which has 
 a capacity for thirty thousand bushels. He is a 
 member of the Masonic lodge at Arrow Rock. 
 
 Mr. McMahan was married November 1, 1859, to 
 Sarah E. Wing, of Cooper County, a daughter of 
 Freeman Wing. They are the parents of live 
 children, who are named as follows: Virginia 
 C, Helena R., Stella 15., Robert W., Jr., and Sophia 
 A. The only son is now at college at Quincy, HI. 
 
 ENJAMIN M. LEWIS. A stranger visiting 
 La Fayette County in search of the home 
 'iM I of the subject of this sketch, would only- 
 have need to make inquiry of the first per- 
 son he encountered, so widely is Mr. Lewis known. 
 He is a well-to-do farmer, residing on section 19, 
 township 50, range 24, and was born in Wood 
 County, W. Va., in 18:53. His father, Charles Lewis, 
 a native of Loudoun County, Va., was born in 1803, 
 and resided with our subject until December 22. 
 1892, when he passed quietly away. The mother 
 of Benjamin was a most estimable woman and bore 
 the maiden name of Elizabeth Mayberry. She was 
 a daughter of Benjamin Mayberry, a native of 
 Virginia. The paternal grandfather of our sub- 
 ject was Jonah Lewis, whose ancestors came to the 
 United States from England. 
 
 The worthy subject of this life record has but 
 little recollection of the mountain-locked county 
 where he spent the first six years of his life. At 
 this immature age he became a traveler, journeying 
 with his parents from Wood County to .Marion 
 County, Mn. Subsequently his home was made in 
 La Fayette County, where he now resides. The 
 schools of his youth were not so thorough as those 
 of the present time, nor were the terms so long, 
 still our subject realized that he attended them for 
 something besides plaj',and by faithful application 
 
 obtained a fairly g 1 com n-school education, 
 
 one that has served him well in his business life. 
 
 Our subject was married to Miss Anna E. Lewis 
 in L871, and by this union two children have 
 blessed their home, namely: Robert L. and Margaret, 
 the latter being a student, at Central College. Mrs. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Lewis is a daughter of George V. Lewis and is a 
 native of the State of Virginia. The affiliations of 
 our subject are with the Democratic party, whose 
 principles he strongly endorses. 
 
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 \| J. WARDEN, who resides on section 11, 
 township is. range 26, La Fayette County, 
 Mil, is a farmer who believes in the dignity 
 of labor and the value of husbandry to a 
 nation. He is a son of John Warden, a native of 
 Kentucky, born in 1801, son of Elijah Warden, a 
 native of Virginia, and a soldier in the War of the 
 Revolution, his ancestors being from Virginia. 
 The mother of our subject was Martha (Kelly) 
 Warden, a native of Kentucky, born in 1801, and 
 daughter of Giles Kelly, a native of Virginia. 
 
 The parents of our subject were married in 
 Kentucky, always lived there on a farm, and had 
 nine children, seven of whom arc now living. The 
 father died in 1845 and the mother in 1865. Our 
 subject was born on the 9th of February, 1834, 
 in Allen County, Ky., was reared on the farm, 
 and received a fair district-school education, and 
 anally left his home at the age of twenty-three 
 years, lie was married in 1857 to Miss Mary Mor- 
 gan, a native of the same county as he, born in 
 1838, and whose demise occurred in 1870. She was 
 the mother of five children, four of whom are now 
 living, as follows: Mary Anna, wife of Calvin 
 Smith, has three children; Lycurgus, married to 
 Lillie Woods, has one child; Mattie, wife of Jona- 
 than Smith, has four children; and Charles, who 
 lives in Texas. 
 
 Our subject was married a second time, in 1871, 
 taking as his wife. Mrs. Nancy Jane Melton, a 
 daughter of George and Elizabeth (Wallace) 
 Hodge, both natives of North Carolina, but who 
 removed to Alabama. The father died in 1834, 
 and the mother in 1875. Of their three children, 
 Mrs. Warden is the only survivor. Mrs. Warden 
 was born May 12. 1841, in Perry County, Ala., 
 and has borne her husband four children: William 
 
 T., Eddie II.. Bennie E. and James L. After his 
 first marriage our subject settled on a farm in Al- 
 len County. Ky., but in 1859 removed to Barren 
 County; then, in 1863, returned to Allen County. 
 where he remained for three years: he then went 
 to Warren County and remained until 1882, when 
 he settled in La Fayette County, Mo., upon his 
 present farm. 
 
 This farm consists of one hundred and fifty-four 
 acres, which are under good cultivation and all well 
 improved, Mr. Warden being a careful and clever 
 farmer, carrying on general farming. He is a 
 Deacon in llic r.aptisi Church, where he is greatly 
 esteemed, while his wife is also a member of 
 and much beloved in that body. The cause 
 of education is always dear to him, and when 
 elected a member of the School Board, he served 
 with great efficiency. This, however, is the only 
 position he has ever accepted, although he has 
 been frequently nominated for office and pressed 
 to run. He is a stanch Republican, yet cast his 
 first vote for Bell and Everett; but, as he saj s, 
 came up all right in 1864, when he voted for 
 Abraham Lincoln, and has cast his ballot for Re- 
 publican«ominees ever since. Mr. Warden finds 
 pleasure in the field of politics. In Warren Count} . 
 Ky., he was a member of the County Central Com- 
 mittee of his party, and has been frequently elected 
 a delegate to conventions of his party in Missouri. 
 Mrs. Warden has one daughter by her first mar- 
 riage, Lizzie, now Mrs. Joseph Johns. She is the 
 mother of two boys, Herbert, five years old, and 
 Watson, two years of age. 
 
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 \fl AMES W. GOODWIN, a farmer and stock- 
 raiser of Middleton Township, La Fayette 
 County, Mo., born in Rappahannock 
 ' County, Va., in the year 18:if, is the son of 
 James Goodwin, a native of Virginia, who settled 
 in Missouri in the year 1839. The father of our 
 subject, a retired farmer and a venerable and 
 highly respected citizen of Waverly, La Fay- 
 
PORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 457 
 
 ette County, Mo., was born in Prince William 
 County, Va., January 9, 1804. He was a son of 
 
 John Goodwin, a native of Virginia, and Eliza- 
 beth (Adams) Goodwin, a daughter of Goven 
 Adams, a native of .Scotland. The Goodwins who 
 emigrated to this country in the eighteenth cen- 
 tury were originally from England. 
 
 James Goodwin at the age of two years re- 
 moved with his parents to Fauquier County, Va., 
 where he attended the common schools and as- 
 sisted his father on the farm In the year 1828 he 
 began merchandising at Flint Hill, Rappahannock 
 County, Va., in which business he continued until 
 183:1, when he came to La Fayette County, .Mo., 
 where he settled upon a farm, and continued the 
 vocation of an agriculturist until the year 1868. 
 Mr. Goodwin then returned to the mercantile 
 trade in Waverly, and remained in it twenty 
 years, when he retired. 
 
 James Goodwin was united in marriage in the 
 year 1828 with Miss Elizabeth J., daughter of 
 Vincent Corder, a native of Virginia, who came to 
 Missouri in 1839. By this marriage there were 
 live children, namely: John T., George E., Eliza 
 J., Elizabeth II. and James W. The second wife 
 of Mr. Goodwin was Miss Evaline, daughter of 
 Martin Corder, of Virginia, whom he married in 
 1837, and by whom he had five children, namely: 
 Robert Russell. Martin C, Calvin, Virginia and 
 Henry II. On the Kith of January. 1848, he 
 was wedded to his present wife, whose maiden 
 name was Martha Marshall, and who is a 
 daughter of Louden Marshall, of Virginia. She 
 has borne him seven children, f'o.ur of whom are 
 living, namely: Alice, Walter, Albert and Birdie. 
 In politics, Mr. Goodwin is a very pronounced 
 Democrat, taking a lively interest in all matters 
 relating to the National and State administration 
 of affairs. Mi-, and Mrs. Goodwin are devoted 
 members of the Presbyterian Chinch. 
 
 James W. Goodwin, the subject of our sketch, 
 was but a little child when his mother, Elizabeth 
 (Corder) Goodwin, died. lie came to Missouri 
 with the family in the year 1889, when but live 
 years old. His boyhood and youth were spent in 
 going to school and in assisting his father upon 
 the farm. When he attained his majority, he 
 
 went to farming upon his own account. Our sub- 
 ject is an extensive breeder of high-grade cattle, 
 and also buys and feeds extensively. His resi- 
 dence is located on section 15, township 50, range 
 21. Middleton Township, upon a splendid tract 
 of sixteen hundred and twenty-five acres of 
 good land, all of which is under cultivation or 
 in pasture. Besides caring for his extensive farm- 
 ing interests, Mr. Goodwin gives strict atten- 
 tion to the business of the Bank of Saline 
 County, of which he is President. He married in 
 the year 1857 Miss Lucy (order, daughter of 
 John (order, a native of Virginia, who came to 
 Missouri in 1839. By this union there are three 
 children, namely: John G.; Minnie, wife of Cam- 
 illus Barnett, Jr.; and Sarah E., wife of R. E. L. 
 Smith. As all good citizens should, Mr. Goodwin 
 takes a lively interest in governmental affairs, and 
 from honest conviction is a pronounced Demo- 
 crat. Both himself and wife are devoted members 
 of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
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 \ F. GARRETT, an enterprising and promi- 
 nent business man, and the well-known 
 proprietor of the Waverly Livery Stables, 
 came from the Southland to Missouri more 
 than a quarter of a century ago, and, engaging since 
 in various occupations, has for some time past re- 
 sided in La Fayette County, where his integrity of 
 character and honorable methods of business have 
 won him many friends and well-wishers. Oursub- 
 jecl was born in Loudoun County, Va., February 
 23, 1851). The Garrett family is of English ances- 
 try, but some of its members located in the Col- 
 onies of America prior to the struggle for indepen- 
 dence and figured in the War of the Revolution, 
 and many of their descendants are numbered 
 among the useful and law-abiding citizens of the 
 United Stat<<. 
 
 The father of our subject was Joseph Garrett, 
 who was born and educated in the Old Dominion. 
 
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 His wife, Elizabeth Hardin, w:is connected with 
 the Hardin family, which has been well and favor- 
 ably known these many years in the South. The 
 name of Hardin has been perpetuated in the United 
 States in the naming of Ave counties in as many 
 States. Hardin County, 111. .was named in honor of 
 that brave and gallant soldier, John J. Hardin. who 
 was killed when courageously facing the enemy at 
 the battle of Bnena Vista. Mr. Garrett passed his 
 boyhood among the familiar scenes of his early 
 life, and attended the common schools of Loudoun 
 County, also assisting his father. At sixteen years 
 of age, he removed with his parents to Missouri, 
 locating in his new home in 1866. 
 
 For twenty years our subject unweariedly tilled 
 the soil of Missouri, and from a comparatively 
 unbroken acreage brought his farm under a high 
 state of cultivation. He also raised some excellent 
 stock and continued to successfully conduct the 
 duties of general agriculture until 1886, when he 
 embarked in mercantile pursuits. He entered into 
 partnership with W. E. Fry, which connection 
 lasted four years and a-half. At the expiration of 
 this time, Mr. Garrett sold out and began in his 
 present business, which has been an assured success 
 from its opening, supplying a ready and reasona- 
 ble service to the residents of Waverlyand enjoy- 
 ing an extensive transient custom. 
 
 In 1879, our subject was united in marriage with 
 Miss Mollie E., daughter of Joseph Woolfskill, a 
 native of Missouri. By this marriage, Mr. Garrett 
 became the father of four children, of whom 
 but one child, a daughter, Mary L., survives. 
 Our subject contracted a second marriage in 1889, 
 his present wife having been Miss Anna De Moss, 
 a lady highly esteemed and possessing a large cir- 
 cle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Garrett are the parents of two children, James F., 
 Jr., anil Milnor, bright little ones whose presence 
 gladdens the pleasant home of their father and 
 mother. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett are devoted mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and 
 are aetive in the social and benevolent work of 
 their denomination. In political affiliations our 
 subject is an earnest Democrat, and while never 
 anxious for political office is deeply interested in 
 national and local issues, and in common with all 
 
 good and loyal American citizens desires that the 
 reins of Government shall be placed in worthy and 
 able hands, thus forever insuring our national 
 prosperity. 
 
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 ^S AMl'EL M. AYRES. For very nearly two 
 years our subject has been Sheriff of Sa- 
 line County, to which office he was elected 
 in November, 1890, and qualified January 
 1, 1891. Mr. Ayres is a native-born Missourian, 
 his birthplace being near Slater, and the day of his 
 nativity November 27, 1857. lie is a son of Ben- 
 jamin F. and Martha J. (Woolbridge) Ayres, the 
 father being a farmer and stockman, and a native 
 of Buckingham County, Ya., as was also his wife, 
 but their marriage took place in Missouri. 
 
 Benjamin F. Ayres came to Saline County when 
 nineteen years of age, and his father, with whom 
 he came, who was born February 27, 1821, was one 
 of the earliest pioneers. He died February •!, 
 
 1889, leaving a family of three sons. He and li is 
 son had improved their farm until it was one of 
 the best cultivated tracts about Slater. Our sub- 
 ject's father held the office of Constable for 
 twenty years. His farm comprised six hundred 
 acres of land. 
 
 Samuel M. acquired his education in the public 
 schools of Saline County, and then gave his time 
 to the development of the farm until he was 
 twenty-one years of age. At the age of twenty- 
 two, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of the 
 county, and at the age of twenty-three ran for 
 the office of Sheriff and was known as the "boy 
 candidate." Although he failed in securing the 
 fust office he ran for, the vote was very much of a 
 compliment to him. He served as Deputy until 
 
 1890, and then, although there were live other 
 nominees in the field, he was elected over them all 
 by a majority of live hundred. The duties of the 
 office were familiar to him by virtue of his work 
 as Deputy, and since enjoying the full honors of the 
 office he has in no wise ceased hiscarefuland pains- 
 
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 taking policy, and lias filled the office with great 
 credit to himself. He devotes his whole attention 
 i" the affairs of his official appointment, allowing 
 no outside interest to distract him, and has the 
 municipal welfare thoroughly at heart. Mr. 
 Ay res was re-elected November 8, 1892. 
 
 Sheriff Ayres was married to Miss Allie Winning, 
 whose home was near Miami. She is a daughter 
 of Thomas J. Winning,a prominent farmer of that 
 locality. Their marriage was solemnized February 
 24, 1886, when they inaugurated a happy home. 
 •It now contains two children, whose names are 
 Lester Lageal and Nevore M. Mr. Ayres belongs 
 to the fraternity of the Knights of Pythias. 
 
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 /p^EOROF W. BREMZER, M. I)., an early 
 III g— -, and successful physician and surgeon of 
 \^A Saline County, has returned to Slater after 
 an extended absence. His departure from the 
 county in 188,? was felt by his fellow-citizens to 
 be an irreparable loss, and numerous friends of 
 other days as well as a large circle of new acquaint- 
 ances welcomed back this most trusted and effici- 
 ent medical practitioner when he returned in 1891. 
 
 A native of Pennsylvania, our subject was born 
 in Silver Springs Township, Cumberland County, 
 March 10, 1834. He is of German descent. His 
 great-grandfather, who was born in Germany, emi- 
 grated to America in an early day and settled in 
 the good old Quaker State, where the family re- 
 mained and prospered. The grandfather, George, 
 and the father, David, were born and reared in 
 Pennsylvania, and there received such educations 
 as were possible in their locality. David Brenizer 
 for a long time followed the pursuit of agriculture 
 and was also a contractor and builder. In politi- 
 cal affiliations, he was a Democrat and was a most 
 worthy and respected citizen. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Mary (Trimble) 
 Brenizer, was born in Pennsylvania and now re- 
 sides in Cumberland County, that State. Her fa- 
 ther, who was of Irish descent, was born in the 
 
 Keystone State, where he followed the calling of a 
 farmer. Our subject is one [of six children, 
 namely: Mrs. Elcetta Hemp, of Cumberland 
 County. Pa.; Emily, Mrs. Shawl, deceased: Oliver, 
 who was a wagon-master in the Army of the 
 Potomac during the Civil War and now resides in 
 Decatur County. Iowa; Theophilus, a physician, 
 and Winfield. a farmer, both of whom served as 
 teamsters under their In-other Oliver in the war; 
 and our subject. 
 
 George W. Brenizer was reared on his father's 
 farm, and there learned the carpenter's trade. In 
 early boyhood, he attended the primitive log 
 schoolhouse of the neighborhood. In 1852, he 
 went to Dayton, Ohio, and after working there at 
 his trade for a short time returned home. Sub- 
 sequently, he again went to Dayton, where he pur- 
 sued the study of medicine under one of the best 
 physicians of the city, and afterward studied un- 
 der Dr. Frieze, of Mechanicsburgh, Pa. Later, he 
 entered the old Homeopathic College in Phila- 
 delphia, from which he was graduated, receiving the 
 degree of Doctor of Medicine, and at once began the 
 practice of his profession in Cumberland County, 
 Pa. In I860, he located in Wapello County, Iowa, 
 and made that place his home for nine months. He 
 then settled in Decatur County of the same State, 
 and engaged in successful practice there for three 
 years. 
 
 In 1869, (he Doctor journeyed to the South, and 
 when the legal examination was passed in Mis- 
 souri, he became a registered physician, and opened 
 an office in .Marshall. Saline County. In 1871. he 
 located on a farm near Orearville. and still con- 
 tinued his practice. In 187s, he began to practice 
 his profession in Slater, where he built one of the 
 first dwelling houses. His professional duties were 
 very wearing here and he had but little rest. At 
 one time he worked nine days and nights without 
 removing his clothes for the sleep which seemed 
 so necessary for the preservation of his own health. 
 In 188.",, hi. greatly over-taxed strength failed 
 him. and he went to Vernon County, thence to 
 Hume, Bates County, afterward to St. ( lair Count v, 
 then to Deepwater, Henry County, and finally, in 
 1888, located in Kansas City and started a prac- 
 tice at Centropolis, Fifteenth Street. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 During the month of June, 1891, Dr. Brenizer 
 
 was called to Slater to see a patient, and was pie- 
 vailed upon to again resume practice here among 
 the many friends who thoroughly appreciated his 
 skill and excellent professional judgment. His 
 office is located over the Savings Bank and his 
 time is closely occupied with his practice. Dr. 
 Brenizer was married in Cumberland County, Pa., 
 in the 3'ear 1850. to Miss Ann Catherine Beck, a 
 native of Maryland. Our subject and his wife are 
 the parents of eight children: Loamma A., a car- 
 penter and builder; Lovell T., also a carpenter by 
 trade; Clara L., Mrs. Nolen, who resides at home; 
 George, Grace, Zinnie. Mary, and Annie, who arc 
 at borne. The Doctor and Ids family are among 
 the important social and religious factors of Slater. 
 They are attendants at and members of the Meth- 
 odist Church, and are active in the benevolent and 
 social enterprises of that organization. Never an 
 office-seeker, our subject yet takes an interest in the 
 local and national conduct of public affairs, and 
 votes the Democratic ticket. Faithful in profes- 
 sional duties, an able and intelligent citizen, Dr. 
 Brenizer has a high place in the esteem and respect 
 of the entire community. 
 
 EDWIN THEODORE GUERIN, well known 
 for many years as a prominent money- 
 r loaner of Saline County, was a citizen of 
 unusual honor and integrity of character. For 
 four years he served the public faithfully as Jus- 
 tice of the Peace, and was ever wise and just in 
 his legal decisions, discharging the official duties 
 of the position with satisfaction to the commu- 
 nity and with credit to his efficient and able con- 
 duct of the numerous cases intrusted to his care. 
 Interested in public improvement and progress, a 
 kind friend and generous benefactor and a devoted 
 husband and father, his deatli was an an irrepar- 
 able loss to the family and the general public. 
 Born in Lexington. Ky., January 22, 1823, Mr. 
 
 Guerin was long a resilient of Saline County, 
 and passed away July 20, 1880, upon section 
 33, township 52, range L9, his home for many 
 years. 
 
 Our subject was the son of (Ten. Bertrand A. 
 and Frances (Hiekcy) Guerin. The mother was a 
 daughter of Judge Hiekev. a well-known jurist of 
 Kentucky. The father was a native of France 
 and did service in the army of Napoleon Bona- 
 parte. Their family consisted of four children. 
 the others beside our subject being Bertrand, who 
 was born in 1831; Thomas; and Maggie, now 
 Mrs. Nise. Edwin Theodore Guerin was a grad- 
 uate of St. Mary's (Ky.) College. After complet- 
 ing his studies there, he became a dealer in mer- 
 chandise in lluntsville. Mo., and remained in 
 business there from 1815 to 1855. About this 
 time he met Miss Gilliam, and after their union, 
 in the spring of 1855, they immediately removed 
 to Glasgow. He there engaged in the mercan- 
 tile business until the breaking out of the war in 
 1861, when he removed to Cambridge, Saline 
 County, and made this latter place his home until 
 1865. 
 
 Our subject then settled upon a tract of land 
 which now forms a part of the town of Slater. 
 and actively engaged in agricultural pursuits for 
 three years, at the expiration of which time he 
 embarked in business at Cambridge as a private 
 banker and money-loaner. For four years he re- 
 sided in Cambridge, and then located upon a 
 farm of eight3 - acres adjoining the place given to 
 him and his wife by his father-in-law, William 
 Taylor Gilliam. To this gift Mr. Guerin added 
 other tracts of land until he had increased his 
 acreage to four hundred. He also continued to 
 act as a private banker and money-loaner. as his 
 capital enabled him to conduct a safe and profit- 
 able business. He was noted for his generosity 
 and justice in business dealings. In the thirty- 
 three years of his life devoted to mercantile trans- 
 actions, lie was never sued, nor did he ever have 
 to result to law with any of his numerous debtors. 
 Although not a church member, he was ever ready 
 to assist in the support of religious organizations, 
 and encouraged all aids for the betterment of his 
 fellow-men. 
 
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 463 
 
 Mrs. Guerin, formerly Judith Elizabeth Gilliam, 
 and daughter of thai enterprising and pioneer 
 settler of Missouri, William Taylor Gilliam, and his 
 wife, Mary (Stewart) Gilliam, was a native of 
 the good old State of Virginia, and was born in 
 the year 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Guerin were blessed 
 with a large family, eleven children gathering 
 around the hearth of their pleasant home. Six of 
 the sons and daughters are yet living, namely: 
 Fannie, Lucian, Rollie, Hairy. Gustine and Aubrey. 
 These children, bright, intelligent, and already oc- 
 cupying positions of usefulness and honor, were, 
 with two exceptions, educated in the excellent pub- 
 lic schools of their home and immediate vicinity. 
 Fannie is a graduate of a female college, and is an 
 accomplished and attractive lady. 
 
 Few faces could have been missed out of the 
 community more than was the kindly one of 
 Edwin Guerin. He was an acknowledged just 
 arbitrator in matters of dispute in his section of 
 the country, and many a young and ardent man 
 to-day blesses his memory for assistance given him 
 in an hour of boyish trouble. To aid. comfort 
 and relieve others of sorrow and suffering was for 
 him one of the most precious privileges of life, 
 and it may be truthfully said that none knew him 
 but to love him for his grand and noble traits of 
 character. 
 
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 tf-s^ EVERHART. Each man is the builder of 
 ^^4 his own fortune, and our subject clearly 
 'v^UP built his, for he started out in the world 
 with nothing but his head and his hands. 
 He i-. a farmer, living on section 10, township I'.i, 
 range 29, La Fayette County, and is tin- son of 
 William and Catherine (Axline) Everhart, both 
 natives of Virginia and who lived and died there. 
 The Everharts are of German descent, the grand- 
 father having come over from that country. The 
 father of our subject was a farmer and a soldier in 
 the War of 1812. He died in 1835, and his wife in 
 1815. They were the parents of five children, 
 
 three of whom are now living, the eldest eighty- 
 four years of age, the next eighty-two, and our 
 subject seventy-nine. Lawrence Everhart, an un- 
 cle of our subject, wa> a prominent soldier in the 
 Revolutionary War. 
 
 Our subject was born December 19, 1813, in 
 Loudoun County, Va., where he was reared and re- 
 ceived his schooling, but left there when seventeen 
 years of age to learn the carpenter's trade, which 
 he followed nearly all his life. In 1835, he was 
 married to Mary A. Wenner, a native of Loudoun 
 County, Va., and daughter of William and Eliza- 
 beth (Shcrt) Wenner. both natives of Virginia. 
 The father was a farmer and a soldier in the War 
 of 1812. They were the parents of eight children, 
 two of them yet living. After their marriage, Mr. 
 and Mrs. Everhart remained in the county of 
 their nativity until 1857, when they came to this 
 county and settled at Napoleon, remaining for six 
 yeais and then going to their present home. The 
 farm was wild land, and Mr. Everhart has placed 
 the improvements on the one hundred and sixty 
 acres which are now all under cultivation. He 
 worked hard, conducting the farm and working at 
 his trade as well. The wife during his absence at 
 work carried on the farm industriously and satis- 
 factorily. 
 
 The residence of our subject is a very neat one. 
 costing 19(10, and the barns and other outbuildings 
 are ample for their requirements. The wife, who 
 was born .Ian nary '.», 1814, became the mother of 
 nine children, six living: Betty, Marietta, Jennie, 
 George R., Adelaide 15. and Sallie. One son, W. B., 
 an inspector of public buildings at Kansas City, 
 Mo., died in July, 1892, leaving a widow with 
 seven children. Our subject and his wife are 
 members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church 
 and have been for a great many years, he being an 
 Elder in the same; the children likewise are mem- 
 bers of that church. lie is a Democrat, having 
 cast bis first vote for .Martin Van Linen, and from 
 that time forward lias unwaveringly stood by his 
 ticket through good and evil report. It has been 
 his good fortune to see many of the older Presi- 
 dents of the United states. Mr. and Mrs. Ever- 
 hart started in life poor and have had to work hard, 
 but the}' have given their children good educations 
 
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 and now have ample means for their wants. They 
 
 lived on their farm during the war, but Mr. Ever- 
 hart took no part in the great struggle. The 
 golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Everhart was 
 celebrated seven years ago, and it is the wish of 
 their hosts of friends that they may he spared for 
 many years in health and happiness. 
 
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 eUARLKS STRASBURG, a prominent 
 German-American citizen of La Fayette 
 County, Mo., resides upon his farm of one 
 hundred and forty-five acres of land located in 
 township 49, section 7, range 2(i. His birth took 
 place in Prussia April 16, 1838, he being a son of 
 Charles and Minnie Strasburg, both of whom were 
 natives of Germany. In that country he passed 
 a happy boyhood and youth, and in 1857 accom- 
 panied his parents to America. The great city of 
 Hamburg is a favorite place of embarkation, and 
 from C'uxhaven, its port, Mr. Strasburg and fam- 
 ily took passage in a sailing-vessel for their new 
 home. After landing at New York City, having 
 passed eight weeks upon the ocean, they went 
 across the country until they readied Jefferson 
 County. Wis. Oftentimes while traversing the 
 broad green prairies of Illinois or Iowa were they 
 reminded of their own country, near Hamburg, 
 and possibly the owners of many of the familial' 
 looking farm houses had been former residents of 
 the Fatherland. 
 
 In the State of Wisconsin, our subject remained 
 until 1861, when, by enlisting for her defense, 
 lie proved most forcibly his affection for his 
 adopted country. In September of that year, he 
 became a member of the Thirteenth Wisconsin In- 
 fantry, and subsequently re-enlisted in the same 
 regiment, taking part in the battle of Nashville and 
 several others of minor importance. lie was sent 
 to Texas after the surrender of Richmond and re- 
 mained from .Inly, 1865, to the following January, 
 when he went to Minnesota, where he resided until 
 1873. Since that time; Mr. Strasburg has been a 
 
 resident of La Fayette County. Mo. .where lie owns 
 the tine farm mentioned at the opening of this ar- 
 ticle. As Mr. Strasburg is a self-made man, hav- 
 ing had no wealthy or powerful relatives to push 
 him up the ladder of life, he may well be proud 
 of the position of influence and prominence he 
 has gained by his own efforts. 
 
 One of the most judicious ventures of the life 
 of our subject was his marriage, March 13, 1804, 
 with Miss Henrietta Drager, a native of Germany. 
 She has been a careful, worthy helpmate, and lias 
 become the good and faithful mother of nine chil- 
 dren, who will ever remember her love and care. 
 They are as follows: Charles, Henry, Edward, 
 George; Lizzie, who is now the wife of Charles 
 Daggs; William, Herman, Albert and Arthur. This 
 is a noble array of sons, and if they make as fine 
 men as their excellent father, the county of their 
 residence may well be proud of them. As far as 
 possible, Mr. Strasburg will bring them up to follow 
 the principles of the Republican party, for in that 
 party our subject has been an active member for 
 many years. As Road Commissioner. Mr. Stras- 
 burg has given his township the utmost satisfac- 
 tion and has shown himself one of the intelligent 
 and progressive citizens of the place. Both Mr. 
 and Mrs. Strasburg are connected by membership 
 with the Methodist Episcopal Church, where they 
 are very highly esteemed. The war record of our 
 subject is an honorable one, he having entered the 
 ranks as a private; he was promoted two years later 
 to be a Corporal, serving as such until the close of 
 the strife. 
 
 
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 i NDREW M. DICKERSON, an energetic 
 L*7 J! and successful general agriculturist and 
 
 Stock-raiser, is located in township 51. 
 Qj range 20. near Orearville. Self-reliant 
 
 and industrious, he lias won his way upward and 
 commands the esteem of all who know him. Mr. 
 Dickerson was born in Jessamine County, Ky., in 
 1811. and is of Scotch descent. His paternal grand- 
 
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 father, John Dickerson, was also bom in Jessamine 
 Countj .and .spent his boyhood and youth in his na- 
 tive State, where he married .Miss .Mary Sisson, also 
 a native Kentuckian. He was a lifelong farmer, and 
 (lied in the State of his nativity in 1841. 
 
 The father of our subject, named in honor of the 
 paternal grandfather, John, was the eldest in a 
 family of six children, four sons and two daughters, 
 lie was born in the year 1806, in the county of 
 Jessamine, on the old Kentucky homestead. Hav- 
 ing reached man's estate, he began life for himself, 
 settling upon a farm four miles from his birthplace, 
 and was both a farmer ami carpenter by trade. He 
 married Miss Paulina Cravens, a daughter of John 
 and Elizabeth Cravens, of the same county. Of 
 this marriage were born seven children, two sons 
 and five daughters. Mary E. is deceased; Virginia 
 ('. is married to Robert Bibb, of Jessamine County; 
 Sarah is the wife of William Mackey, of Kentuck}'; 
 our subject is the fourth child; Louise is the wife 
 of B. F. Super, of Boyd County, Ky.; John resides 
 at Nicholasville, Jessamine County; and Ann is the 
 wife of R. P. Soper, of Nicholasville, the county 
 seat of Jessamine County. 
 
 In 1864, Mr. Dickerson was married to Miss Lucy 
 M. Young, a daughter of Richard Young, widely 
 known throughout Jessamine County. After the 
 death of his faithful companion and devoted wife, 
 our subject removed in 1881 to Missouri, and lo- 
 cated at first in Pettis County, remaining there two 
 years. He then settled upon the farm where he 
 now resides. The seventy acres are under high 
 cultivation, and yield a bounteous return for the 
 tilling of the soil. The improvements are all of 
 the best, and the home is attractively located. 
 Thrift and industry have wrought a change in 
 I he acres, which are yearly increasing in value. In 
 April, 188.3, Mr. Dickerson was a second time mar- 
 ried, his present wife having been Miss Nannie C. 
 Smiley, daughter of Sylvester Smiley, <>f Polk 
 County, Mo. 
 
 Aside from the duties of general agriculture, our 
 subject is raising graded Shorthorn cattle, and has 
 achieved success in this venture. Mr. Dickerson 
 has never aspired to political promotion, but is in- 
 terested in the disposition of local and national 
 olHces, and is a Democrat, lie and his wife are 
 
 members of the Christian Church, and are among 
 the valued workers of that religious denomination. 
 A useful and honored citizen, Mr. Dickerson is also 
 enterprising and progressive, ever ready to aid in 
 the good work of his home neighborhood, and is 
 numbered among the important factors in the de- 
 velopment of the leading interests of his portion 
 of the State. 
 
 fl'ACKSON CORDER, a representative citi- 
 zen of La Fayette County, is a man who has 
 taken an active and hearty interest in the 
 s/ upbuilding of his township, has been a wit- 
 ness of almost all of the improvements that have 
 taken place here, and is now one of its most pros- 
 perous citizens. His line stock farm is located 
 upon section 1, range 2.1, township 49, where he 
 owns over five hundred acres of cultivated land 
 and is engaged in raising Denmark horses, regis- 
 tered Shorthorn cattle, and Poland-China hogs. 
 
 Our subject was born in Rappahannock County, 
 Ya.. October 28, 1837, and is the son of Nathan 
 and Nancy (Holloway) Corder, both of whom 
 were natives of Virginia. Nathan ('order, in 1839, 
 thinking to better his condition, packed up his 
 household goods, and with his family and quite a 
 large number of slaves removed to this county, 
 where he Located on the farm now owned by Maj. 
 G. P. Gordon. At that place Mr. Corder remained 
 for some time, but subsequently settled upon the 
 farm which our subject now owns, and which was 
 obtained from the Government. He was one of 
 the pioneer settlers of the place and built the 
 house in which our subject now lives. This was 
 erected in the '50s and was the third house be- 
 tween Lexington and Sweet Springs, a distance of 
 thirty miles. At this time there was nothing to 
 he seen but boundless prairie, and no prophetic 
 sight had yet revealed to them the thriving little 
 town which should arise near this site and should 
 bear the name of (order, in honor of the family. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Maj. Corder, as the father of oiir subject was 
 familiarly known, was a man of high intelligence 
 and possessed a wide acquaintance. His influence 
 in the county was very marked, and when death 
 called him away in March, 18.59, La Fayette ( mini v 
 lost <me nf her best citizens. The mother of our 
 subject survived him until 1886, when she passed 
 away at the age of eighty-four years. 
 
 Our subject has but one brother, Nathan, and he 
 was reared to manhood in this county. At that 
 time the educational advantages were few in this 
 vicinity, although in almost all of the pioneer 
 towns the schoolhouse is erected among the ear- 
 liest buildings. The country was then overrun 
 with game, and our subject has seen as many as 
 eighteen or twenty deer in a herd upon his farm. 
 lie became acquainted with all of the trials of 
 pioneer life, such as long distance from markets, 
 rough forest and prairie roads, unbridged streams 
 and depredations of beasts and savages. Through 
 all these scenes of struggle he passed unscathed 
 and now enjoys peace and plenty. 
 
 Before settling down to the business of an agri- 
 culturist our subject took advantage of the sub- 
 scription schools, taught near by in a little log 
 cabin, and later went as far as Lexington for a 
 short time. Since then he has kept abreast with 
 the times. The lady who became the wife of our 
 subject bore the maiden name of Bessie Wall, 
 the marriage ceremony taking place July 5, 1860. 
 She is the daughter of Benjamin and Susan Wall, 
 and a native of North Carolina, but was reared in 
 Johnson County, Mo., where her parents resided. 
 By this happy union, Mr. and Mrs. Corder have 
 become the parents of the following-named chil- 
 dren: Susan, now the wife of W. II. Walton; 
 Leona A. and Henry F. The family resides upon 
 the tine farm of live hundred and forty acres of 
 choice Missouri land, respected by their neighbors 
 and esteemed by the whole county. 
 
 Not only has Mr. Corder made a success of his 
 fanning and stock-raising, but he also has a fine 
 record as a brave soldier. For three of the best 
 years of his life he was a soldier in the Confederate 
 army under Gens. Shelby and Marmaduke, be- 
 longing to Col. Gordon's regiment. The conflicts 
 in which our subject bore a pari have become a 
 
 part of history. Long will be pointed out the 
 spots where were fought the battles of Lexington, 
 Cane Hill, Cape Girardeau, and many other en- 
 gagements of minor note, where danger was just as 
 imminent. At Hcntonville, Ark., our subject was 
 captured just before the close of the war, but he 
 was soon exchanged and returned to La Fayette 
 County. In his political convictions, he isa Dem- 
 ocrat, and exerts quite an influence in the county. 
 Both he and his wife are esteemed members and 
 hearty workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 South. Socially, he is connected with the Ma- 
 sonic order, and in the community he is regarded 
 as one of the most prominent of its citizens. 
 
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 IL_^ON. J. W. DANIEL, elected to the Bench 
 
 |f )), of Saline County in 1890, and again al- 
 most unanimously returned to the honored 
 position of County .bulge in 1892, is not 
 only one of the most popular citizens of Missouri, 
 but is distinguished by his ability and efficiency 
 in the discharge of the duties entrusted to his care. 
 Possessing a strong character, energetic and wise 
 in judgment, he is well fitted to become a leader, 
 and now commands the confidence and esteem of 
 the entire community among whom he has resided 
 many years. Deeply interested in all matters per- 
 taining to public progress, and a liberal giver in 
 behalf of religious and benevolent enterprises, 
 Judge Daniel is widely known as a thoroughly 
 unselfish, true-hearted, Christian gentleman. Born 
 in Virginia in 1846, he removed to Missouri in 
 very early life, and is an old-time settler of his 
 present locality, upon section 3, township 51, range 
 19. contiguous to the flourishing town of Gilliam. 
 E. J. Daniel, the father of our subject, was a 
 man universally beloved and respected, and was 
 deeply mourned when he departed this life in 
 1869. He had two brothers who served in the 
 War of 1812, and was himself made Captain under 
 the administration of William Henry Harrison. 
 The mother, S. H. Daniel, was a lady of culture 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 467 
 
 and worth, and became the mother of seven chil- 
 dren, four sons and three daughters, all of whom 
 were born in Virginia. S. V., Harsh I,., .lames R. and 
 Sarah Hill reside in Saline County; the second 
 daughter, Etta Lesley, resides in Chariton County; 
 and Jennie Lncas makes her home in Carroll 
 County. In 1870, our subject was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Anna Lucas, who was born in 
 Carroll County, .Mo., in 1849. Four children have 
 blessed their happy home, and one by one enter- 
 ing school, have proved by their bright intelli- 
 gence their adaptability for the useful and pro- 
 gressive work of life. 
 
 Judge Daniel attended the common schools of 
 both Virginia and Missouri, and at twenty years 
 of age engaged in Carroll County in the pursuit 
 of agriculture; he also was a trader. Although 
 unassisted in the battle of life, he prospered from 
 the very beginning of his business career, and in 
 a comparatively brief time owned three farms in 
 Carroll County. His present home farm in Saline 
 County is pleasantly located and extensive in 
 area, comprising five hundred acres, all under a 
 high state of improvement. Aside from the pur- 
 suit of general agriculture, Judge Daniel has been 
 very fortunate in handling large droves of cattle, 
 accumulating handsome returns from his various 
 investments in live stock. He has also given 
 special attention to the raising of fine blooded 
 stock, principally horses, and has owned some of 
 the best thoroughbred racing horses in the State. 
 Everything upon the farm is in exquisite order, 
 and well portrays the energy and thrift of the 
 owner of the valuable property. The home is an 
 attractive and modern house, commodious and 
 well arranged. The outbuildings correspond in 
 size and exterior finish, and the general appearance 
 of the farm denotes prosperity and success. 
 
 Judge Daniel and his family enjoy an undoubted 
 position of influence, and are prominent factors 
 in the social world of their neighborhood. Fra- 
 ternally, our subject is a member of the Independ- 
 ent ( trder of Odd Fellows, and politically, is first 
 and last a Democrat, a firm believer in his party. 
 and an advocate whose sound arguments have 
 strengthened the wavering forces at various times, 
 and, as it were, has frequently assisted the ticket 
 
 to "win victory from the very jaws of defeat." 
 It is not everyone who has the tact and happy 
 faculty of making friends of former foes, but in 
 this branch of diplomacy Judge Daniel excels, not 
 by the force of logic alone, but also by the sterling 
 integrity and upright walk of daily life which 
 distinguish the eloquent pleader for pure and 
 honest Democratic rule. 
 
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 F. LEMMON, a prosperous and well-known 
 resident of Saline County, one whose 
 
 sympathy for the Southern cause was very 
 earnest, resides upon his fine farm located 
 on section 8, township 52, range 21, near Miami. 
 He belongs to a family whose members have beer 
 noted for valor. His maternal grandfather, Clai- 
 liorn Chandler, was a brave soldier under Gen. 
 Washington in the Revolution, and also served in 
 the War of 1812. lie. was of German origin, a 
 man of great determination of character. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was Taylor, was con- 
 nected with the family of ■'( >ld-Rough-and-Ready,'* 
 President Taylor. 
 
 Benjamin and Emily (Chandler) Lemmon, pa- 
 rents of our subject, had a family of seven chil- 
 dren, all Datives of Kentucky, and live of whom 
 are yet living. John died at the age of forty 
 years; Thomas married Miss MeMillin, and they re- 
 side at present near Marshall, Saline County. .Mo., 
 where he is engaged as a farmer; (ieorge married 
 Miss Thomas, and they live in Jackson County. 
 Mo., where he is the manager of a large feed .-ta- 
 ble; .lames is at present residing in the State of 
 Illinois, where he follows the trade of carpenter; 
 Mary married a .Mr. Coleman, and they reside in 
 Sandoval, 111., where he is a railroad employe; and 
 Claiborn died at the age of thirty-five years. 
 
 The education of our subject was acquired in a 
 little log schoolhouse with furnishings of a primi- 
 tive kind, but he had meagre advantages, for his 
 time was mostly devoted to farm work. Afterthe 
 death of his father, which occurred in 1849, his 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 mother again married, and he remained with li is 
 stepfather until 1852, when lie rented a place in 
 thai vicinity, and began fanning fur himself. In 
 1876, he came to Saline County, Mo., where he 
 purchased one hundred and forty acres of land, 
 and to this added another purchase of one hun- 
 dred acres, for which he paid 837.50 per acre. 
 
 At present our subject has a beautiful and well- 
 improved farm of two hundred and forty-five 
 acres, with a modern two-story frame house of 
 seven rooms, which was erected at a cost of $2,000. 
 lie has also a very fine barn, 40x40, which is 
 worth §1,000. The land has a valuation of $50 
 per acre, and the owner takes a pardonable pride 
 in its fine improvements. In farming he has been 
 very successful, his wheat averaging thirty-two 
 bushels to the acre, and the gross receipts from 
 this last year were $4,500. 
 
 Our subject was first married in Grant County, 
 Ky., to Miss Lizzie McDowell, by whom he had 
 four children: M. F., W. F., Lola G.and Robert H 
 His second union took place March 13, 1873, also 
 in Grant County, Ky., when Miss Lizzie Berry be- 
 came his wife. Mrs. Lemmon is a native of Har- 
 rison County, Ky. For many years Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lemmon have been members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church South, and he has contributed 
 most liberally of his means for the spread of the 
 Gospel. Politically, our subject is a Democrat, be- 
 lieving in the great principles of Democracy'. He 
 takes an active interest in the affairs of his party, 
 but, aside from being a member of the School 
 Board, has accepted no office at its hands. So- 
 cially, he is much respected in his neighborhood. 
 
 r 
 
 ENRY HEMME is one of the leading Ger- 
 man citizens of Saline County. He takes 
 great interest in church and educational 
 matters, and has given liberally of his 
 means to his church, the Lutheran, which is located 
 near his farm ; also to St. Paul College at Concordia 
 
 La Fayette County, this State, of which institution 
 he is a Trustee. He has been an Eider in his church 
 for two terms of six years, and is closely identified 
 with its interests. 
 
 Air. Ilemme was born in Hanover, Germany, 
 June 15, 1833. His father, John Hemme, was born 
 in (lie same place in 1799, and was a plasterer by 
 trade, also owning a small farm. He emigrated to 
 America in 1849, with his family, sailing from 
 Hanover, and reaching New Orleans after a voyage 
 of eight weeks and two days, in which a severe 
 Sturm was encountered. The travelers went up 
 the Mississippi to St. Louis, and up the Missouri 
 to Lexington, this State, and located in La Fayette 
 County, where the husband and father engaged in 
 farming. Subsequently, in 1853, he settled in Saline 
 County, in Salt Pond Township. He died in June, 
 1886, at the age of eighty-six. He was one of the 
 early settlers of this county, and was a member of 
 the Lutheran Church. 
 
 Henry's mother died when he was an infant of 
 six months, he being the youngest of three chil- 
 dren. The father married again and had two chil- 
 dren by his second wife, only one of whom is liv- 
 ing, while of the first wife's children but two re- 
 main. Our subject attended school in Hanover 
 until he was fourteen years of age, coming to this 
 country with his father at the age of fifteen, and 
 remaining with him, buying his land in 1863, and 
 taking care of him after that until the time of his 
 death. 
 
 August 26, 1859, Mr. Ilemme married Miss Mary 
 Borfind, who was born \n Hanover July 14, 1838. 
 She came to America with a sister in 1858, her 
 parents having died in the Old Country. She, as 
 well as her husband, is a member of the Lutheran 
 Church. Mr. Ilemme is a general farmer and ex- 
 ceedingly prosperous. He started in life without 
 means, and his present position is due to his energy 
 and ability, lie has served as administrator three 
 times, the last being for the Jacob Pepar estate in 
 1891, and is quite familiar with the settlement of 
 estates. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 Mr. Hem me 's children are well educated, both in 
 German and English, which alone speaks well for 
 the good judgment of the father. These chil- 
 dren are eight in number, and are: Henry L.; 
 
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 471 
 
 Louis, married, and a farmer in this township; 
 George, who i- married, andresides on section 7; 
 Sophia, wife of Claus Wienberg, living near the 
 parental home; Martin, Theodor, Mary and Martha, 
 all at home. To each of the married children has 
 been given at the time of marriage 12,000. Large 
 tracts of land have also been purchased for the 
 children, so that they are abundantly provided for. 
 During the war. Mr. Ilemine served seventeen 
 days on the Union side, but was discharged on ac- 
 count of physical disability. That he entered the 
 service although unable to continue in it. proved 
 the spirit of the man, and should win for him 
 the gratitude and respect of his fellow-men. His 
 life has been a successful one. He owns one bun- 
 dled and thirty acres of land on sections 5 and 32, 
 Salt Pond Township. This land lie purchased in 
 1863, settling upon it the following year, and has 
 since that time made it his home, lie has made 
 new purchases from time to time, giving land to 
 his children, as stated above. His land has cost 
 him some $1 1,000. 
 
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 j OBERT RUXTON, a prominent citizen of 
 
 Miami and a native of Scotland, brought 
 
 ' \ with him to this country the perseverance 
 
 \£> and thrift which in any land make the 
 name of Scotland respected. In that country our 
 subject was born in the year 1820, a son of James 
 and E. Allen Ruxton. lie is one in a family of 
 seven children, six of whom arc living, scattered 
 over the world as follows: One in Canada, one in 
 Australia and three yet in Scotland, while our sub- 
 ject is the only member of the family in the 
 United States. 
 
 Coming early to the state of Missouri, our sub- 
 ject received his first instruction in the schools of 
 
 tjiis neighborh I, Boonville being the nearest. 
 
 and he was graduated from the Kemper School of 
 that place at the age of twenty-five years. In 
 1S3'.», lie came to Saline County, and here taughl 
 school until IS 111, when he made a tiip to Califor- 
 
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 ma. In that state he remained for three years, at 
 the expiration of which time he came to Miami 
 and embarked in the mercantile business, in which 
 he continued until 1855. At that time, he saw an 
 opening in the warehouse and grocery business and 
 in L856 he conducted a large and prosperous trade 
 in that line, and at one time carried a stock val- 
 ued at $4(1,00(1, beside a large amount of hemp. 
 
 This business flourished until the breaking out 
 of the war. when every branch of trade was para- 
 lized. Our subject entered the army, volunteering 
 under Col. Mitchell, where he served a short time, 
 then came home to do recruiting duty. He suc- 
 ceeded in raising a company of infantry at Miami 
 and was made Captain, hut was taken prisoner and 
 removed to McDowell College and from there was 
 taken to Alton, 111., where he remained for nine 
 months as a prisoner. After he was exchanged, he 
 returned to Price's command in Arkansas and re- 
 mained there until the close of the war. When 
 the struggle was ended, our subject returned to 
 Saline County and embarked in the dry-goods 
 business, continuing thus engaged for one year. 
 Afterward he was employed in a flouring-mill for 
 a short time. His good judgment assured him that 
 the grain business would bean increasing one in the 
 State, and, acting upon his judgment, he built two 
 warehouses, one 80x43. and the other 80x3(1. where 
 he engaged in buying and shipping grain. This 
 has proved most profitable and he sold as high as 
 seventy thousand bushels a year. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took plaee»in 1853 
 in Saline County to Miss Mary, the daughter of 
 William Brown, who was born in Virginia. The 
 union was blessed with three children, two of 
 whom survive and are highly respected and enter- 
 prising men. Alvan K., horn in Saline County in 
 1854, received a good education in Miami and is 
 still unmarried. At present he is acting as pilot 
 and captain on a river steamboat which runs on 
 the Missouri River. Spencer P. was born in Saline 
 County, and died there in 1876, at the age of 
 twenty years. William P. was horn at the family 
 home in I860; he married Miss Lucy Guthrie, and 
 their place of residence is Springfield. Mo., where 
 he is engaged as a clerk in a wholesale hardware 
 business, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Mr. Ruxton is a member cf the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church South, as is also his estimable wife, 
 and they are generous contributors to the various 
 enterprises originated and carried <>n by their de- 
 nomination. Politically, he is a Democrat. In 
 1860, he was nominated for Sheriff but was de- 
 feated, although he made a splendid run. Few 
 residents of the county are more respected than 
 the subject of this notice. The fearless champion 
 of the cause of justice, the unswerving adher- 
 ent of what is true and right, loyal as a friend and 
 citizen, honored as an enterprising business man, 
 the position which he occupies is among those who 
 have most largely contributed to the country's 
 progress and rendered most efficient service in the 
 community. 
 
 II. HANLEY is one of those Christian 
 gentlemen of whom enough good can not 
 be said, and about whom it is always a 
 grateful task to write. The only trouble 
 is that the sketch will be too feeble to do justice 
 to the subject of it. Mr. Ilanley is a farmer and 
 stock-raiser of Saline County, his farm being lo- 
 cated in township 18, range 21, on sections 15 and 
 [6, making over three hundred acres of good land 
 which he has accumulated and successfully carried 
 on. He docs a general farming business and has 
 always kept a good grade of stock. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this sketch 
 was horn in Monroe County, Va., in March, 1819, 
 and grew to maturity in that county, receiving 
 his education in the common schools, kept in old 
 log schoolhouses, with slab benches, seatid upon 
 which Young America was to imbibe a love for 
 learning that should go with him all through the 
 years, and, in addition to that, a store of useful 
 information that should be of service to him in 
 waging the battle of life. That these old schools, 
 rude as they were in outward appearance, did, in 
 many instances, the work that they were intended 
 to do, we have too many instances to allow of 
 
 doubt or contradiction; for some of our grandest 
 and most powerful men owe to them the entire 
 school education that they have ever received. 
 
 Mr. Ilanley married, in 1843, Miss Flora Clark, 
 and that same fall came to Saline County and 
 settled on a farm of forty acres, which he proved 
 up from the Government with money earned at 
 fifty cents a day. When he reached his destina- 
 tion in this county, he had but $12 in his pocket, 
 but so frugally and wisely did he manage his af- 
 fairs that he succeeded from the first. In 1853 
 Mrs. Ilanley died, leaving four children, only two 
 of whom grew to maturity. These are Mary Jv, 
 wife of Austin Jones, of Bates County; and John 
 C, a resident of the same county. 
 
 Mr. Ilanley's second wife, who, before her mar- 
 riage, was Julia A. Claycomb. lived only four 
 years, and left one child, who died at seven years 
 of age. For his third wife Mr. Ilanley married 
 Phoebe E. Claycomb, and to them were born six 
 children: Yirgie, wife of Henry McDaniel, of Ilig- 
 ginsville; James M., of Beaumont, Kan.; Lillie 1!., 
 wife of R. A. Marshall, of Pitts County; George 
 W., who died while in school at Columbia; R. E. 
 Lee, who is still at home; and Daisy D. Mr. Ilan- 
 ley's post office is Wanamaker. 
 
 Archibald and Susan (Kinkaid) Ilanley, the 
 parents of our Mr. Ilanley, were both natives of 
 Virginia. Their family consisted of eleven chil- 
 dren, of whom A. II. was the seventh. His grand- 
 father was born in Virginia, but was of Irish de- 
 scent. So far as known, the family have always 
 been agriculturist-. 
 
 Mr. Ilanley came to the southern part of Saline 
 County when there were few houses there, and 
 put the first rail and broke the first piece of ground 
 on the prairie in that part of the county, lie was 
 instrumental in organizing the Christian Congrega- 
 tion near his home, and in 1870 started the church 
 building. He was a charter member when the de- 
 nomination had its birth, and is the only one of 
 those now living. He has been a Democrat all his 
 life, as were both his father and grandfather. He 
 is a member of the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, and has been District Deputy Grand 
 Master for the past twenty years, attending all the 
 national meetings. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 473 
 
 Mr. Hanley's mother was buried in the cemetery 
 at the church near his home, :i fitting resting- 
 place, and one that must seem more than ordin- 
 arily appropriate to the son whose life is so true an 
 exponent of the teachings of that sacred place; for 
 Mr. Hanley is a model Christian gentleman — one 
 who is always doing good wherever he can, always 
 trying to follow, in every walk of life, the teach- 
 ings of the Master. Than this, nothing higher 
 can lie said of any man, and all who know Mr. 
 Hanley feel sure that he will hear the ''Well done, 
 good and faithful servant," for which all true 
 Christians are waiting. 
 
 
 
 AMES A. METCALF, a successful and enter- 
 prising general agriculturist and stock-raiser 
 of Saline County, is located near Slater and 
 is well known in that flourishing town as 
 an energetic and intelligent citizen interested in 
 the affairs of the day and ever ready to aid in the 
 advancement of any good cause. Born August 
 25, 1858, in Adams County, 111., our subject was 
 but ten years of age when he came to the State 
 of Missouri with his parents and settled in Saline 
 County. His father and mother, George and Ma- 
 rinda (Midline (Nichols) Metcalf, were native 
 Kentuckians, born and bred in the Blue Crass Re- 
 gion of that famous old State. 
 
 George Metcalf was from early youth an excel- 
 lent judge of the qualities and speed of horses, and 
 when a young man became a horse dealer and 
 trader. Leaving his native State, he sojourned 
 with li is family for a time in Illinois, removing 
 thence to Missouri, where he arrived in 1870, and 
 purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, 
 for which he paid 820 per acre. Working indus- 
 triously and investing all that he could spare of 
 his income in real estate, the father of our subject 
 soon increased his possessions until he owned a 
 valuable tract of land, three hundred and fifty 
 aires in extent. Until lus death, which Occurred 
 in .Inly, 1890, he continued to improve his prop- 
 
 erty, gradually bringing his farm up to a high 
 state of cultivation. Prior to his death lie dis- 
 posed of a porti f lii- hind, and when lie died 
 
 owned hut one hundred and thirty acres. 
 
 father Metcalf never aspired to political office 
 but was an ardent Democral and always interested 
 in the outcome of local and national issues. He 
 was a most excellent citizen and a kind husband 
 and father. Married in Bourbon County, Ky., to 
 Miss Marinda Caroline Nichols in 1846, they first 
 lived upon a Kentucky farm, but in 1849 located 
 in Illinois, where they were blessed by the birth 
 of their son, the subject of this sketch. Their en- 
 tire family was composed of hut two sons ami tun 
 daughters. David Metcalf was born in Adams 
 County. 111., and died at the age of six years. 
 ■lane Metcalf was horn in Kentucky and was mar- 
 ried to an excellent business man, G. X. Nichols, 
 and now resides with her husband in Kansas City. 
 Melissa Metcalf was also a native of Adams County, 
 111., and lived to become a wife but died in 1881. 
 Her husband, who survives her, is Lewis Miller, a 
 farmer of Saline County. Mo. 
 
 The home farm in Saline County. Mo., was soon 
 cleared and in a brief time one hundred and 
 forty acres were transformed from a wilderness 
 into a productive and sightly farm. Our subject 
 
 attended the common -d Is of his new home in 
 
 Saline County, and at the age of eighteen devoted 
 his entire time to agricultural pursuits, remaining 
 upon his father's farm until the death of this par- 
 ent, lie now owns one h Ired and sixty acres 
 
 of valuable land, all finely improved, and raises 
 principally wheat and corn and also engages mOSl 
 profitably in stock-raising. He is an experienced 
 horse trader and at present owns ten line head of 
 horses. His farm has materially increased in value, 
 now being worth at least -SGII per acre. Mr. Met- 
 calf's first wife was Miss l.illie Lawson, the mar- 
 riage taking place September Is, I s s 1 . They had 
 one daughter,* bi lie, who resides al I) ime with her 
 
 father and is receiving a g 1 education. The 
 
 widowed mother of Mr. Metcalf lives with him and 
 his family. Mrs. Metcalf, an attractive and most 
 estimable lady, was Mrs. Allie (Hatfield) Monroe, 
 and was married to Mr. Metcalf in 1886. She was 
 born in Missouri in I860 and i< the daughter of a 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 well-known citizen, Thornsbury Hatfield. Mr. find 
 Mrs. Metcalf have a large circle of friends and ac- 
 quaintances and are important factors in the social 
 element of their neighborhood and immediate 
 vicinity and are held in esteem and high respect 
 by the entire community which surrounds them. 
 
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 _V 
 
 
 ^ OHN HYLAND. The gentleman whose bi- 
 ography it is our pleasure to present to the 
 readers of this volume was one of the sons 
 that England has contributed to aid in the 
 upward progress of the United States and to pro- 
 mote its welfare by their upright lives and enter- 
 prising disposition. Mr. Hyland was born in Rye, 
 Sussex County. England, in 1802. In his native 
 land, he grew to man's estate and there married 
 Ruth Hunt. Two children were born to them in 
 England before they left their native country to 
 make a new home in Virginia in 1833 or 1834. 
 Mrs. Hyland was not destined to enjoy her new 
 home very long, for death claimed her for its own 
 soon after arrival. Mr. Hyland afterward married 
 Isabella Denison, and soon after marriage, in 
 1837, came to Saline County. 
 
 Although a poor man when he came to this 
 county, by hard and determined labor Mr. Hyland 
 secured enough of this world's goods to enable him 
 to rear his children in comfort and provide for his 
 declining years. Mr. Hyland was blessed with 
 three sons: William A. S., John II. and Washing- 
 ton 1). The children born to him in England 
 were: Mary A., who became the wife of Mr. Wood- 
 worth; and Ruth II., Mrs. Samuel Perry, who now 
 resides in Vernon County, Mo. William enlisted 
 in the State militia in 1802 and served for a little 
 more than a year under Gen. Neal; John II. served 
 three years in the Missouri State Volunteer Regi- 
 ment; and Washington D. died during the war 
 soon after enlistment. 
 
 William A. S. grew to mature \ oars in this 
 county and received a common-school education. 
 
 In 1863, he married Mary E, daughter of Samuel 
 Sullivan, one of the old settlers of the county. To 
 this happy union were born four children, only- 
 one of whom still survives, John W. In political 
 matters Mr. Hyland continues to adhere to the 
 principles of the party for which he fought so 
 gallantly during the late war and is an ardent 
 and prominent Republican. He owns a farm of 
 four hundred and ten acres, most of which has 
 been accumulated by his arduous efforts, aided by 
 the cheerful co-operation of his wife. He and his 
 family are members of the Cumberland Presbyte- 
 rian Church. His father was in early life a Baptist, 
 and later became a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. 
 
 Mi-. Hyland, Sr., was a man of sterling worth and 
 his decease was greatly lamented, not only by his 
 immediate family but by all who knew him. This 
 event occurred in 1888, and the sad gap his death 
 left in the family circle has not been filled nor will 
 it be for many years to come. The family Mr. Hy- 
 land left behind him is one of which any father 
 might veil have been proud; the sons upright, 
 honest business men: the daughters faithful, loving 
 wives and mothers. 
 
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 'SI AMES .1. BOARD. Among the many farm- 
 I ers in Dover Township, La Fayette County 
 ^. I none are more favorably known than the 
 t}5gi/y original of this sketch. He has done much 
 in making the aggregate of farming i ise to a high 
 level, in that he has perfected his individual inter- 
 ests to the greatest possible degree. Mr. Hoard 
 was born in Clarke County, Ya., October 1, 1827. 
 His father, William, was a native of the same Slate, 
 as was also his mother, who prior to her marriage 
 was Miss Matilda, a daughter of James Oliver. 
 
 John Board, who was our subject's grandfather, 
 was a native of England and emigrated to America 
 in 1812. (>ur subject's maternal gran dsire came 
 to this country about the same time and took part 
 in the Patriots' War. James Hoard spent his boy- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 475 
 
 hood days in his native county and acquired his 
 education in the common schools near his home 
 and helped his lather with the farm work. At the 
 age of twenty-iine he learned the carpenter's trade, 
 at which he worked for a number of years, and in 
 April of 1857 he came to Missouri and settled mi 
 his present farm. Before the war. he engaged 
 quite extensively in raising hemp, but since then 
 has found labor to be so unreliable and expensive 
 as to make this industry less profitable. Mr. Board 
 is the owner of a good farm comprising two hun- 
 dred and eighty acres, all of which is under culti- 
 vation and bearing excellent improvements. 
 
 March 4, 1851, our subject married Miss Mary 
 A., daughter of Mason Oliver, of Virginia. She 
 has since been his faithful companion through 
 weal and woe. They are the parents of four sons: 
 John M., .lames Clay, Thomas F. and Walter L., 
 all vigorous young men who are bound to make a 
 name and fame in the world. The family still oc- 
 cupies the home in which they settled on first com- 
 ing to the place. It has undergone changes but is 
 a lapted to the needs of its occupants. It is hardly 
 necessary to state, considering the latitude in 
 which our subject was born and that in which he 
 has spent the greater portion of his life, that he is 
 a Democrat. 
 
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 \f>OHN PERRIE, M. I). Emerson has said, 
 "I would know how the other half of the 
 ^ world lives, although 1 cannot and would 
 i^g^ not live with them." lint the family physi- 
 cian learns not only how the different classes live, 
 but also has often the necessity of so sharing the 
 griefs and joys of his patients that the result is al- 
 most the same as if he were one of the family. 
 The tried and trusted family doctor becomes the 
 friend as well as the physician, and in no part of 
 the land more so than in the country localities, 
 where his daily or weekly visit becomes an event 
 of the greatest importance. The subject of this 
 sketch, Dr. John Perrie, was born in Montgomery 
 
 County, Md., June 19, 1840, a son of Dr. John and 
 Catherine Y. Perrie, both natives of Maryland, to 
 which State the paternal ancestors had come from 
 France. 
 
 Our subject was about eight years of age when 
 his parents removed from their old home into the 
 Stale of Missouri, and, selecting La Fayette County 
 as their place of residence, began the founding of 
 a home in the town of Lexington. Shortly after 
 this, Dr. Perrie, Sr., took his family out of the 
 town to a farm, but later returned to Lexington, 
 that he might the better educate his children. At 
 this place his death occurred in 1854, after a long 
 season of successful practice. The children who 
 survive are as follows: Mrs. J. W. White, of May- 
 view; Mrs. C. R. Wolf, of Bates County, Mo.; Mrs. 
 R. 1). Bledsoe, of Lexington, Mo.; and the subject 
 of tli is sketch. 
 
 John Perrie bears his father's name, and upon 
 him seems to have fallen his father's mantle, in- 
 heriting as he does the taste and talent for the 
 profession of medicine. His first education was 
 received at the old Masonic College at Lexington, 
 Mo.; later he attended Jones' Commercial College 
 at St. Louis, from which he was graduated. His 
 reading and study were all in the direction of 
 medical science, and his first lectures were taken at 
 Columbia College, in Washington, D. C. Whether 
 his life would have been materially changed ex- 
 cept for the breaking out of the late war, is a ques- 
 tion which we may not solve, but when our sub- 
 ject was prepared for his final lectures, the call 
 came for State troops. 
 
 To the call for soldiers, our subject responded, 
 became a member of the State troops for six 
 months, and then enlisted in the Ninth Missouri 
 Infantry. C. S. A., which was in Col. Clark's old 
 brigade, well known to all Missourians, and this 
 connection was kept through three and one-half 
 years. Six months of this time were spent as a 
 Union prisoner at St. Louis and Alton, 111. When 
 Dr. Perrie first enlisted, he held the office of Or- 
 derly-Sergeant; but soon afterward his ability as 
 an embryo physician was recognized, and he was 
 transformed into a Hospital Steward, remaining 
 thus until the close of the war. In 18G(>, our sub- 
 ject married Miss Mollie, the accomplished daugh- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 ter of Dr. J. M. Keith, deceased, a resident of this 
 
 c ity, and by this union became the father of 
 
 three children: Eva, Claude K. and Bettie 15. 
 
 In 1867, Dr. Perrie was graduated from St. Louis 
 Medical College, and was located for several years 
 at Mt. Hope, Mo., practicing his profession, but 
 subsequently removed to Butler, Bates County, 
 where he remained cue year and two months, then 
 came to the village of Mayview. Since May, 
 1883, our subject has enjoyed a Lucrative practice 
 in this vicinity, although hi^ old patients in other 
 neighborh Is so value his skill that they still re- 
 quire his care and advice in serious rases. Dr. 
 Perrie has been one of the members of the Village 
 Board of Trustees, and ever since his residence 
 here has taken a prominent part in the life of the 
 town. His political views are in harmony with 
 the principles of the Democratic party, and in the 
 deliberations of the Solons of that organization 
 he is always to lie found. Dr. Perrie is a member 
 of the Episcopal Church, of Lexington, and is a 
 good and consistent Christian, well deserving the 
 success lie has attained, having proven himself the 
 friend of rich and poor, as his skill has been re- 
 quired. 
 
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 sjj^X.ATIlAN ('ORDER, a leading and represent- 
 jlj ative agriculturist and extensive stock- 
 1 L. raiser, has been a highly-respected resident 
 of La Fayette County, Mo., for the past forty-nine 
 years. Born in Rappahannock County, Ya., July 
 1 5, 1839, our subject was hut a little hoy five \'ears 
 of age when his parents removed from the 01(1 
 Dominion and located in Missouri. The Corder 
 family was originally of English birth, but in a 
 very early day settled in the colony of Virginia, 
 which for many \ cars after the adoption of the 
 Federal Constitution retained its supremacy as 
 one of the original States of the Union, and was 
 the predominating influence in the affairs of the 
 nation for many long years. 
 
 Nathan ('order, the father of our subject, was a 
 
 native of Virginia, was there educated and married, 
 and was well along toward middle life when he 
 came with his family to Missouri and settled in 
 La Fayette County upon a farm. His good wife 
 was Nancy Halloway, also a native of Virginia, 
 and who, like her husband, had passed her entire 
 life within the boundaries of her native State until 
 she accompanied her family to Missouri. The pa- 
 ternal grandfather, an upright and hard-working 
 man, lived to the extreme old age of ninety-one 
 years, and had a store of interesting reminiscences 
 and experiences, having been an eye-witness and 
 active participant in man} - thrilling scenes and ad- 
 ventures of pioneer life. He was also a contempo- 
 rary of many eminent men in the early history of 
 our country, and lived to see the wonderful growth 
 and national advancement of nearly a century. 
 
 Our subject enjoyed superior educational ad- 
 vantages. Having first obtained the benefit of 
 a preparatory education in the public schools of 
 La Fayette County, he next, at the age of sixteen 
 years, entered the Masonic College at Lexington. 
 Mr. ('order spent two years of study in that well- 
 known institution of learning, and afterward at- 
 tended the Sweet Springs College, at Sweet Springs, 
 Mo. Completing in two years his course of study 
 there, he returned home and soon after engaged 
 extensively in farming and, prosperously adding 
 to his original homestead, now owns and controls 
 nine hundred acres of fine land, all under high 
 cultivation. Our subject successfully handled a 
 superior grade of Shorthorn cattle for years, rais- 
 ing, feeding and selling large numbers of this 
 favorite breed of live stock. 
 
 Mr. ('order has assisted in the organization of 
 various prominent and leading interests of his lo- 
 cality and vicinity and is a stockholder of the 
 Farmers' (Savings Bank, at Marshall. Mo. He also 
 has stock in the Middlcton Bank, located in Wav- 
 erly, Mo. In ltsf>7. our subject married Octavia, 
 a daughter of Henry Hill, a native of Kentucky, 
 but of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Corder have 
 lived to bury a number of their family of children. 
 Of the eight sons and daughters whose presence 
 brightened the homestead, but three now survive: 
 Nannie, the eldest, is the wife of William B.Steele; 
 Arrenah is the wife of Logan 1!. Chapel, of Saline 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 County; while Lou la is a promising student at 
 the Central College, situated in Lexington, Mo. 
 These daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Corderare bright, 
 
 intelligent ladies and enjoy the confidence and 
 friendship of a host of lifetime friends. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Corder are both devoted members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and 
 have always aided in the social and benevolent 
 enterprises of that denomination. The commo- 
 dious and pleasant home in Waverly is fre- 
 quently the sceneof gatherings of old friends and 
 acquaintances and is the abode of hospitality. Our 
 subject is actively engaged in politics only to the 
 extent of easting his vote. He has never desired 
 a political office, but is always interested in the lo- 
 cal and national conduct of affairs, and casts his 
 vote with the Democratic party. 
 
 ^? RVIN G. UTZ, a popular and enterprising 
 ^) citizen of Marshall, and well known as the 
 Z* 1 — ^ proprietor of the Saline County Carriage 
 Works, is prominently connected with many of the 
 leading benevolent and social organizations of the 
 community. A native of the county, he has from 
 earliest childhood been a witness of the growth 
 and progress of the State, and long since became a 
 most important factor in local interests and im- 
 provements. Our subject was born near Blackburn, 
 September 14, 1861. His paternal grandfather was 
 a native of Germany, whence he emigrated to 
 America and became a planter in the Old Domin- 
 ion. 
 
 John H. Utz, father of our subject, was born in 
 Madison County, Va., where he learned the trade 
 of an architect and builder. About 18. r >;i, having 
 determined to try his fortunes in a new field, lie 
 came to Marshall, Saline County, Mo., and was one 
 of this enterprising city's earliest pioneers. He 
 followed his profession of architect and builder here 
 with great success, and was a partner of Mr. ISuckncr. 
 and at various times associated with others in busi- 
 ness relations. lie went South to do contracting, 
 
 and died in Shreveport, La., in 1887. lie was an 
 
 ardent Democrat, and an honored and useful citi- 
 zen. The mother of oursubject, Anna M. (Krwin) 
 Utz, was a native of La Fayette County, and the 
 daughter of William B. Krwin, who was born in 
 Tennessee. For a time he followed the occupation 
 of a farmer in La Fayette County, near Blackburn, 
 but afterward removed to Jackson County, and 
 then, moving from the State of Missouri, settled 
 in Linn County. Fan., and finally went with a 
 son to ( tklahoina, where he died, lie was of Scotch- 
 Irish descent, and a man of excellent character 
 and business attainments. His wife resides in < )k- 
 lahoma. 
 
 There were eight children in the family, and five 
 are now living, Ervin G. being the eldest-born. 
 Adah E. is Mrs. Green, of Kansas City; Delia, Mrs. 
 Yowelle, resides in Saline County; Elmo D. and 
 John II. are in business with our subject. Ervin 
 G. Utz was reared in .Marshall and received the 
 benefit of the city's excellent public schools. In 
 1875 he began an apprenticeship to his present 
 trade with Ransberger & Lantz, and remained in 
 their employ for one year. Later he followed his 
 trade in different places in the county, and also 
 spent one season in Kansas City as foreman in the 
 gear department of the Calvin Toomy Carriage 
 Works. He then returned home and worked two 
 years for the Saline County Carriage Company, in 
 which he purchased a halt'-iuterest January 1, 1888. 
 In 1889 he purchased the entire interest, and be- 
 came sole proprietor and manager of this prosperous 
 enterprise. The business establishment is located 
 two hundred and twenty feet south of Jefferson 
 Avenue, is two stories in height, has a frontage of 
 twenty-two feet, and is one hundred and twenty- 
 five feet in depth, with aside building, 20x50. 
 
 The first floor is the carriage repository, wood 
 department, shop and blacksmith shop. The store- 
 room is in the side building and repository. The 
 second floor is occupied with the finishing, pol- 
 ishing, drying and trimming rooms, and also con- 
 tains a storeroom. This is the largest and most 
 complete carriage shop in the county, and the 
 largest manufacturing establishment located in this 
 section of the State. Fight men are furnished 
 with steady employment, and others are fre- 
 
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 quently employed during busy seasons. They 
 average fifty jobs a 3'ear, and turn out most .sub- 
 stantially built and finely finished surreys, spring 
 wagons, buggies and road carts. Mr. 1'tz has been 
 prospered in his business from the first. A skilled 
 workman himself, he is thoroughly competent to 
 direct the labors of his employes, and semis out 
 from his house only the best of its kind, guaran- 
 teeing quality of material and workmanship in 
 every instance. His energy and business applica- 
 tion are bringing him excellent returns, and he is 
 prosperously situated. 
 
 Our subject was married in Cooper County, in 
 May. 1X89, to Miss Emma Tucker, a native of 
 Cooper County, who was educated in Marshall. 
 Mrs. Utz is an attractive young lady, and enjoj-s 
 the personal regard of a wide circle of friends and 
 acquaintances, she is the mother of one child, Win- 
 field Hoy. Mr. Utz isa member of the Knights of 
 Pythias, and is Past Chancellor of the Subordinate 
 Lodge, Uniformed Hank. He is also fraternally 
 associated with the Knights of the Maccabees. lie 
 and his wife are members of the Cumberland Pres- 
 byterian Church, and he is a Deacon of that relig- 
 ious body. Although not an office-seeker, betakes 
 an interest in the conduct of political affairs, and 
 affiliates with the Democrats, voting the ticket of 
 that party. 
 
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 lh^^ ASON FRYE, an energetic and representa- 
 I \l\ live agriculturist of La Fayette County. 
 I \. and for many years a highly respected 
 * citizen of the State, resides upon sec- 
 
 lion 28, township 49, range 27, where he has 
 since 1880 successfully devoted himself to the 
 improvement of his line farm of one hundred and 
 eighty-two acres. The Frye family were Virginians, 
 and the immediate ancestors were in the early days 
 large land-holders and slave-owners, the grand- 
 parents, both maternal and paternal, being among 
 the most highly esteemed of the old families of 
 the State. 
 
 Our subject was born in Hardy County, W. Ya., 
 in June. 1 s I I. and was the son of Isaac L. and Mary 
 (Frye) Five, natives of West Virginia. The sons 
 and daughters who brought sunshine into the 
 pleasant Southern home were George Benjamin 
 Mason, of this sketch; Gertrude, Rachael, Jemima, 
 Jennie, Alice, Sallie, Martha. Mollie. Willie, Min- 
 nie and Lulu. Isaac Frye was one of a family of 
 eight children, four sisters and four brothers. He 
 was a member of the Lutheran Church, and a thor- 
 oughly upright Christian man. lie was but sixty- 
 live years of age when he died in 1889. His 
 faithful helpmate still survives him. During the 
 Civil War his sympathies were naturally with the 
 South, and he served in the Confederate State 
 Militia for about one year, participating in sev- 
 eral engagements. 
 
 Upon a farm, and amid rural environments, our 
 subject passed his boyhood and youth. He re- 
 mained at home until February, 1870, when with 
 $85 capital, he left his native State to make his 
 own way in the world. He came to La Fayette 
 County, and worked by the month for five years, 
 when he rented a farm of Sam Smith, and with 
 his newly wedded wife located thereon, and en- 
 gaged profitably. in the duties of agriculture. In 
 1880, he bought his homestead, which is one of 
 the most highly cultivated farms in this section of 
 the country. Aside from the pursuit of general 
 agriculture and stock-raising, he has given much 
 time to the cultivation of fruit, and has an exten- 
 sive orchard of twenty acres bearing a large va- 
 riety of native fruits. 
 
 In 1864, our subject enlisted in the regular 
 Confederate army and served with brave fidelity 
 for one year, taking an active part in the battles 
 of Strasburg and Manfield, in which latter engage- 
 ment he was wounded in the thigh, and was 
 obliged to retire from the Held. Recovering from 
 this wound, he returned to martial duty and par- 
 ticipated in the battle of New Town. He was 
 married in November. 187."). to Mi>< Emma, daugh- 
 ter of Henry Morrison. The union of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Frye was blessed by the birth of four children, 
 bright and promising little ones, but one son is 
 now the only survivor, Mason, the namesake of 
 his father. Samuel lived to be five years old. 
 
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 The wife of our subject, an earnest Christian 
 woman, died September 20, L883, deeply regretted 
 by sorrowing relatives and friends. She was a 
 consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyte- 
 rian Church, and with her husband was numbered 
 among the liberal supporters of that religous or- 
 ganization. Mr. Frye has been connected with 
 this denomination since 1870, and is an active 
 worker in the church. lie is essentially a self- 
 made man, and with honest industry amassed a 
 comfortable competence. lie is a citizen of un- 
 blemished reputation and high integrity, and com- 
 mands the confidence of the entire community. 
 
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 /^*\ HARLES M. NEET. Entrusted with the 
 (l( _ city records, Mr. Neet is one of the well- 
 \-S known and popular residents of Lexing- 
 ton, La Fayette County, Mo. He was born in the 
 heart of the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, Jes- 
 samine County having been his first home. He 
 was born October 20, 1828, and is a son of Jacob 
 and Sarah (Robb) Neet. His first remembrance is 
 of life on the home farm, a blissful remembrance 
 to most natives of the aristocratic Line (Irass sec- 
 tion. Mr. Neet's grandfather was John Nect, sup- 
 posedly also a farmer. 
 
 Our subject spent his boyhood up to twenty-one 
 years of age in Jessamine County, and until six- 
 teen years of age attended the subscription school. 
 He then entered the White Oak Seminary, where 
 he pursued his studies for three winters, after 
 which he taught school one winter. In 1851 the 
 Neet family removed to Missouri, making their 
 entrance into Lexington April 10th. 
 
 After coming to Missouri, our subject learned 
 Ihe carpenter's trade, at which he worked for ten 
 years. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in the 
 Fourteenth Missouri Infantry, which was com- 
 manded by Col. Robert White, and in the battle of 
 Lexington, Mo., was taken prisoner by Gen. Price, 
 but was allowed to go at large on parole and was 
 finally exchanged. He was then appointed to 
 
 recruit a regiment for Col. Graham, whose troops 
 had been badly disabled in the battle of Shiloh. 
 
 After contributing valuable serviee'he was b< r- 
 
 ably discharged. Mr. Neet is a member of the 
 James A. Mulligan Post No. 11, of Lexington, of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 After returning from the war, the original of 
 this sketch learned the printer's trade, at which he 
 was employed for about fifteen years. In 1877 he 
 accepted a position as Weigh master of the City of 
 Lexington, and continued in that olfice for nine 
 years. In 1888 he was elected City Recorder for 
 a term of two years. In 1890 he was re-elected 
 and again in 1892. In politics Mr. Neet is an ad- 
 vocate of that party which for thirty years has so 
 ably held the reins of Government. 
 
 Our subject was married September 30, 1856, to 
 Miss Anna, a daughter of John Davis, of Mary- 
 land. She died in 1857. Mr. Neet is a member 
 in good standing of the Presbyterian Church, 
 and has been a generous upholder of all its work 
 and charity. 
 
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 OHN M. GAMBLE. The original of this 
 sketch is a well-known farmer, residing on 
 section 35, range 26, Dover Township. He 
 ^gj^ is a native of that State which has given so 
 many noted men to the service of its country, and 
 which is now proud to claim as citizens William 
 McKinley and Secretary Foster, as he was born in 
 Holmes County, Ohio, September 22, 1845. 
 
 John M. is a son of James and Nancy (Wood) 
 Gamble, both natives of the Buckeye State. His 
 mother was a daughter of John Wood, who was a 
 native of Maryland. Comparatively little is 
 known of the ancestry of either side of the 
 family, but our subject's paternal grandfather, 
 Maj. Gamble, was a native of Ireland, and he has 
 mixed Scotch and Irish blood in his veins. 
 
 When John Gamble was eight years of age, his 
 parents removed to Springfield, 111., or the imme- 
 diate vicinity. That was our subject's home until 
 
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 1*76, and during the interval he attended the 
 common school and helped his father to develop 
 the home Farm. At the date last mentioned, Mr. 
 Gamble removed to Missouri and settled in La 
 Fayette County on a farm, and has devoted him- 
 self to the improvement of the same until the 
 present time. His tract comprises two hundred 
 and sixteen acres, all of which is under cultivation, 
 and which hears the impress of modern agricult- 
 ural evolution. The best agricultural machinery is 
 here found, and the methods employed in culti- 
 vating and fertilizing are such as are approved by 
 the latest science. His house and barn are well 
 built and answer all requirements. 
 
 It is fitting, considering his birth and bringing 
 up, that Mr. Gamble should be a follower of that 
 party which since the war has developed the 
 resources of this country and produced an un- 
 paralleled affluence. In May of 1886, our subject 
 married Miss Ida, a daughter of James T. Camp- 
 bell, of Higginsville. this county. She has "since 
 presided over her home with dignity and cap-, 
 ability, and has brought into it a happy influ- 
 ence, which only the presence of a woman can dif- 
 fuse. 
 
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 <| IVILLIAM A. LA BERTEW, a prominent 
 |nf business man of Lexington, Mo., born at 
 ^\y Dover, in this county, October 4, 1846, is 
 the subject of this sketch. He is the only son 
 of Peter 15. and Cyntha A. (Sutfield) La Bertew, 
 both of whom are still living. The father was 
 born in Kentucky, in 1K20, a son of Ashcr La Ber- 
 tew, of French descent, and grew up in his native 
 State, where he married, and in 1842 came to La 
 Fayette County. Mo. His trade is that of tailor, 
 which he followed for a number of years, then en- 
 gaged in the mercantile business. The mother of 
 our subject is a native of Kentucky, and a daugh- 
 ter of Jacob Sutfield, of that State. 
 
 William A., the subject of this notice, passed his 
 early boyhood days in the schools of Dover, but 
 
 later attended the State University at Blooming- 
 ton, Ind., where he remained one year. When he 
 had turned his back upon his school days, our sub- 
 ject decided to enter into business for himself, and 
 selected Jersey City, N. J., as the first scene of his 
 labors. Here he became a clerk in the dry-goods 
 store of T. C. & G. G. Brown, with whom he re- 
 mained for a term of three years, at the end of 
 which time he returned to his old home in Dover, 
 but soon afterward came to Lexington, where he 
 was employed by Hugh T. Wilson as clerk for one 
 year. 
 
 Returning to Dover, our subject engaged in the 
 grocery business, associating with him E. S. Van 
 Anglen. under the firm name of Van Angles & La 
 Bertew, which partnership lasted for about four 
 years, during which time they- conducted a lively 
 stable in connection with their other business. 
 They then dissolved by mutual consent, and our 
 subject came to Lexington to enter the employ of 
 .McCauseland A Bedford, and remained with them 
 four years. At this time farm life seemed attrac- 
 tive, and he removed to his place near Lexington, 
 where he continued until 1888. Returning to 
 Lexington he engaged there in clerking for W. S. 
 Clagett for eighteen months; later, buying out Mr. 
 Clagett, he continued in the same store building, 
 as it is well adapted for the purpose, being 22x75 
 feet, and to his grocery stock he has added queens- 
 ware and woodenware. 
 
 The year 1866 was an eventful one for our sub- 
 ject, as that year he established a home for him- 
 self and wife, his marriage with Miss Mildred C. 
 Bedford taking place that year in Lexington. She 
 is a daughter of E. W. and Elizabeth L. (Burton) 
 Bedford, of this county. Five children have been 
 given to Mr. and Mrs. La Bertew, as follows: Lucy 
 B., the wife of J. II. Lothrop, of Kearney, Neb.; 
 Asher W., deceased, having passed away from life 
 in 1800, when in his twenty-second year; Bed- 
 ford W., now of Pittsburgh, Kan.; Mary B., at 
 home, and Bessie C, also at home. Mr. and Mrs. 
 La Bertew are valued members of the Methodist 
 Church South, in which he is one of the Stewards. 
 
 Public life has called our subject to the front in 
 this city, as lie is now serving as a member of the 
 City Council from the Third Ward. He has taken 
 
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 an active interest iii politics, being one of the ac- 
 tive members of the Democratic party in this 
 county, ami is also a member of Lodge No. L49, 
 A. F & A. M., of which he is Junior Deacon. His 
 interest in education has been very expressed. 
 The residence of Mr. LaBertew is located on the 
 corner of Maine and Eighteenth Streets, in the 
 city of Lexington. 
 
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 — » MI SON CHANSLOR, a prominent business 
 man of the city of Lexington, Mo., is the 
 
 ^-ji] subject of the present sketch. His honor- 
 able position is that of Assistant Cashier of the 
 Lexington Savings Bank, which place he has held 
 since 1886. Our subject was born in Wellington, 
 in this county, August 3, 1861, a son of William 
 A. and Malissa J. (Emison) Chanslor. The father 
 of our subject, a native of Kentucky, became one 
 of the early settlers of La Fayette County, Mo., 
 and was a son of Isaac Chanslor, who died in this 
 county in 1883. The maternal grandfather, 
 Benjamin Emison, came to this State from Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 The father of Emison Chanslor was a man of 
 strong personality and sterling integrity, being 
 noted for his uprightness and honesty. His busi- 
 ness in later years was that of a dealer in real 
 estate. His death occurred in L884. The mother 
 of our subject lived until 1888, passing her last 
 days in Lexington. The boyhood and youth of our 
 subject was a happy one, he enjoying the sports 
 of the young and attending both public and pri- 
 vate schools, where his application prepared him 
 early for a course at the State University at 
 Columbia, following which he took a course at 
 Bryant & Stratum's Commercial College, at St. 
 Louis, graduating from it in 1880. 
 
 For the four following years our subject engaged 
 in the mercantile business as a clerk with M. W. 
 Conkling; but in 1883 he became interested in the 
 Lexington Savings Bank, and soon became Col- 
 lector in the same. From this position he was 
 
 promoted to be Teller, and in 1886 to be Book- 
 keeper, which position he holds at the presenl 
 time. Mr. Chanslor has demonstrated his ability 
 as a man of business, and his rapid promotion has 
 proven that his qualifications have been recog- 
 nized by his employers. The position of Cashier 
 in any bank is one of great trust, and is usually 
 carefully considered by the Directors before any 
 appointment is made. 
 
 The marriage of our subject was celebrated in 
 1885, with Miss Nina Li m rick, the charming 
 daughter of William Limrick, an old settler, and 
 one of the first bankers of this city, lie is widely 
 known through this whole country, and much 
 esteemed. The happy marriage of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Chanslor has been blessed with one little son, 
 named in honor of his grandfather William L. 
 Our subject is a member of the Builders' and 
 Loan Association of Lexington, in which organi- 
 zation he tills the office of Treasurer. In politics, 
 Mr. Chanslor is a believer in the principles 
 which govern the Democratic party, and is always 
 ready to assist that cause. The elegant residence 
 of our subject is located upon one of the best 
 streets in the city, and in its appointments is 
 second to none in Lexington. 
 
 ■■■•*•■:■•!&*.■. 
 
 R. S. F. SMITH, a successful medical prac- 
 titioner and skillful surgeon of Lexing- 
 ton Township, La Fayette County, Mo., 
 while he has enjoyed a large practice and 
 been highly esteemed in his profession, also occu- 
 pies a high position among the prominent and 
 prosperous agriculturists of the State. Gaining 
 the well-deserved degree of M. D. some forty years 
 ago, Dr. Smith has been one of the most useful 
 and highly-honored citizens of La Fayette County, 
 his ability, energy and excellent judgment, com- 
 bined with his extended knowledge of the various 
 duties of his professional position, commending 
 him to the confidence and regard of the entire 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 community, aiming whom his services have been 
 in constant demand for a period of full two-score 
 years. 
 
 Our subject was born near Nashville, Tenn., 
 September 27, 1^23. His parents were William 
 and Margaret E. (Warnick) Smith, whose ancestors 
 were of Scotch, English and Irish origin. Grand- 
 father Cunningham Smith was a native of Ninth 
 Carolina, and was an active and brave participant 
 in the Revolutionary struggle for independence 
 of our great country. His son William was also 
 born in North Carolina, but his wife, the mother 
 of our subject, was a native of Tennessee, and spent 
 the early part of her married life in her native 
 State. Dr. Smith was but two years old when his 
 parents moved to Missouri and located on the 
 present homestead. Our subject received the ben- 
 efit of the subscription schools of the sparsely set- 
 tled neighborhood, and soon began to asMst his 
 father in the work on the farm. 
 
 Dr. Smith remained upon the farm, engaged in 
 the various duties of agriculture, until he had ar- 
 rived at twenty-eight years of age, when he de- 
 termined to acquire a profession. In 1849 he be- 
 gan reading medicine with Drs. Calhoun A- Pear- 
 son, and continued in their office for two years. 
 At the expiration of this time, our subject entered 
 the medical department of Washington Univer- 
 sity, at St. Louis, and continued his studies for 
 one year in this well-known institution of learn- 
 ing. Later he attended the Jefferson Medical Col- 
 lege, at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated 
 with honor, receiving, in the spring of 1851. the 
 degree of M. I). Returning to La Fayette County, 
 he at once entered into the practice of medicine 
 and surgery, and from the first received his full 
 share of patronage. At the same time he devoted 
 a portion of his time to the pursuit of agriculture, 
 in which duties he had been so thoroughly trained. 
 
 Dr. Smith owns an excellent farm of three hun- 
 dred and ten acres, all under a high state of culti- 
 vation and desirably situated, its location being 
 upon section 8, township 50, range 27. Our sub- 
 ject has been twice married. His first wife was 
 ,Mi« Evaline Chambers, to whom he was united in 
 marriage in 1852. Upon July 3, 1882, Dr. Smith 
 married his present wife, Miss Georgia, daughter 
 
 of Judge II. Young, a native of Tennessee. Dr. 
 and Mrs. Smith are the parents of six children, 
 five daughters and one son. Margaret J. is the 
 eldest of the family; ' William L. is the son; and 
 then follow Helen M., Laura R., Catherine and 
 Lucy C. Dr. Smith is a valued member of the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and has been an 
 Elder of that religious organization for thirty 
 years. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, and both husband and wife are 
 actively interested in the advancement and exten- 
 sion of religious work, and are also leading factors 
 in social and benevolent enterprises of their 
 neighborhood and vicinity. 
 
 Dr. Smith is a member of the La Fayette County 
 Medical Association, and keeps pace with the 
 march of improvement, which even extends to the 
 learned professions. In political affiliations, our 
 subject is a sturdy Democrat, and after an adher- 
 ence of half a century to its principles and plat- 
 form, sees no reason now for changing his belief. 
 Many years have passed since our subject came, a 
 very little child, into the wilderness of Missouri, 
 and with the changes and progress of the State 
 he also changed from 3011th to manhood, but 
 throughout his life he has ever preserved intact 
 the integrity of his character and retained the con- 
 fidence of the general public. 
 
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 ARON G. CAMPBELL, a man of long ex- 
 perience, great industry and final success, 
 is a farmer of Bates City, and a son of 
 Henry Campbell, a native of Bedford 
 County, Va., who, when a boy. went to Logan 
 County, Ky. The father was born in 1797, a son 
 of Aaron and Grace Campbell, both of Scotch-Irish 
 ancestry. The mother of our subject was Nancy 
 (Asliburn) Campbell, also a native of Bedford 
 County, Va., who, when a girl, removed to Logan 
 County, Ky., and married there; later she came to 
 Missouri with her husband and settled on section 
 21, Clay Township, La Fayette County. They 
 
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 lived outside the range of other settlers and were 
 surrounded by virgin forests, filled with game, 
 where Indians wandered about undisturbed. 
 
 The land had just been opened for entry and 
 the claim was a raw one. eighty acres in all. and 
 when paid fur but seventy-live cents was left in 
 the family. The father of our subject was one of 
 the earliest settlers of the county and resided on 
 the homestead for forty-live years, giving his ex- 
 clusive care to the farm, although finding time 
 for hunting and fishing, of which he was very 
 fond. He was a jolly, whole-souled man, popular 
 with everybody, and successful withal. Before 
 his death he was the owner of five hundred acres 
 of land. His wife was the mother of twelve chil- 
 dren, two of whom, John and William, served in 
 the Civil War, while the first-mentioned died in 
 Texas during his term of service. These worthy 
 parents were church members, she of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal, he of the Cumberland Pres- 
 byterian. The father was much concerned in lo- 
 eal and national matters, being originally an old- 
 line Whig and later a Democrat. He aided in the 
 organization of the school district and the town- 
 ship. Of the children five only are now living. 
 
 Our subject was born October 10, 1827, on sec- 
 tion 21, this township, in a log cabin, where he 
 was reared until after his twenty-first birthday, 
 attending through several years the district school. 
 In his youth he learned the carpenter's trade, which 
 has served him in good stead throughout his life. 
 In 1856, November 20, he married Mrs. Mary 
 Swearingen, nee Gleves, a daughter of Harvey and 
 Ellen (Ewing) Gleves, of Virginia, who located 
 here the same year as our subject's father, in 
 1823. Her uncle. Finis Ewing, was a founder of 
 the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Dixon 
 County, Tenn. she was born November 28, 18.33, 
 in Lexington Township, and received a good edu- 
 cation. After her marriage she settled with her 
 husband on section 18, where the latter built a 
 house in 1856. This was their home until 1861, 
 when they made a permanent residence on section 
 7. which has been their continuous home for over 
 thirty-one years. The farm consists of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of fine land, well improved 
 and carefully cultivated. Although our subject 
 
 remained at home during the war, he passed 
 through all the horrors of border and guerrilla war- 
 fare. A number of his slaves were taken away 
 without compensation, other property was de- 
 stroyed, and the household was kept in constant 
 fear of bodily injury. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell 
 never had any children, but they reared one child, 
 Nellie, now the wife of Benjamin Fishback, who 
 has four children. Our subject is Ruling El- 
 der in the Pleasant Prairie Cumberland Presbyte- 
 rian Church, and was a member of the building 
 committee. His wife is also a worthy member of 
 the same organization. He takes an active inter- 
 est in school matters and was Director in his 
 school district for a period of ten years. Gen. 
 Taylor received the first vote Mr. Campbell ever 
 east, although now he is a Democrat, and manifests 
 much interest in political matters; having the 
 courage to act for himself, he does not accept ad- 
 vice from others when making up his mind for 
 action. His farm is rented out and he ox peels 
 soon to retire to a residence in Bates City, this 
 township. 
 
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 *EV. WILLIAM BUEHLER, the well-known 
 and popular pastor of the Zion German 
 
 Evangelical Church of Mayview, was bom 
 y£) \u Gibson County, Ind., April 22, 1861. 
 His parents were Rev. .Jacob and Matilda Buehler, 
 natives of Germany, who came to this country 
 about 1848. The father is a retired minister of 
 the denomination to which he belongs, and now 
 makes his home in Marshall, 111. When William 
 was about seven years of age. his father took 
 charge of a church in Loudonville. Ohio, where 
 the family resided for a short time; subsequently 
 they removed to Marshall, III., where he was 
 reared to manhood. 
 
 In the public school of Marshall our subject re- 
 reived an elementary education, and also had the 
 benefit of the scholarly instruction of his father, 
 which prepared him for a course in the German 
 
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 Evangelical Seminary at St. Louis. From that in- 
 stitution of Learning he was graduated in 1 885, 
 after a course of three years. Although but twenty 
 years cf age, he was so well qualified for minis- 
 terial duties that the church of Cottleville, St. 
 Charles County, Mo., gladly welcomed him as 
 their pastor, and retained him until in 1887, 
 when he was transferred to his present important 
 charge at May view. Gifted in many ways, he has 
 become one of the powers in the church. Not 
 only has he discharged his duties as pastor with 
 great singleness of purpose, but he has also taken 
 upon himself during three months of the year the 
 management of the German school connected with 
 the church, teaching the ordinary branches and 
 also instructing the pupils in music. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Buehler was celebrated 
 December 10, 1885, with Miss Emma Hoefer, the 
 amiable daughter of the late Herman Hoefer, of 
 this county. Two bright children enliven the 
 happy home, and in their society are forgotten the 
 cares which press upon every conscientious clergy- 
 man. Although not an active politician, our sub- 
 ject is a member of the Republican party, and is 
 always in favor of any measures which promise 
 benefit to his county or State. In addition to his 
 labors at Zion Church, Mr. Buehler has charge of 
 St. Paul's Evangelical Church at the village of 
 Blackburn, preaching alternately and attending 
 to the pastoral work at both places. His ministry 
 has been blessed, and he lias won the affection 
 and esteem of the citizens of both places, who ad- 
 mire his noble character, genial disposition and 
 unselfishness of purpose. 
 
 ElfeN 
 
 ^^EORGE W. FOX, a prominent citizen and 
 ||| <_ successful general agriculturist and stock- 
 ^jiji raiser residing upon section 30, township 
 
 19, range 27. La Fayette County, is widely known 
 as an enterprising man, and of sterling integrity 
 of character. Our subject was born December 5, 
 1844, in Greenbrier County, W. Va., and is a son 
 
 of Matthias and Lydia (Gilliam) Fox. Grandfa- 
 ther Fox was of German descent, and was born in 
 Pennsylvania, removing thence to Greenbrier 
 County, W. Ya.. in an early day. 
 
 Matthias Fox, the father, was horn in Virginia, 
 in the memorable year of 1 H 1 2. and still survives. 
 In 18(57 he removed with his family to La Fayette 
 County, and settled in Washington Township, lie 
 and his good wife, who have outlived the changes 
 of three-fourths of a century, were the parents of 
 twelve children, nine of whom lived to adult age. 
 The sons and daughters whose presence blessed the 
 old homestead were Martha E., Hannah, .lames A.. 
 George W\, John H., Joel C, Charles \\\, Samuel 
 AY.. Mary E., Dalton. Maggie V. and Crampton. 
 The mother of these sons and daughters was born 
 in Greenbrier County. W. Va., and was the daugh- 
 ter of George ami Martha (Hill) Gillilin, natives 
 of Virginia. Mr. Gillilin served bravely as an 
 Ensign in the War of 1812. This maternal grand- 
 father and grandmother were the parents of four 
 sons ami three daughters: Richard, James, Samuel, 
 John, Nancy, Lydia and Elizabeth. 
 
 In 1853 the Gillilina came to Missouri, and lo- 
 cated in La Fayette County, but removed in the 
 fall of the same year to Johnson County, where 
 the father and mother, after many years' residence. 
 died. Grandfather George Gillilin received vari- 
 ous official positions of trust, ami served efficiently 
 as Sheriff of the county, and Justice of the Peace. 
 He was a Presbyterian, and his wife was a member, 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Gillilin 
 family are of Scotch origin, but the maternal an- 
 cestors of our subject early settled in Virginia, 
 where great-grandfather James Gillilin was born 
 and twice married, bequeathing his name to num- 
 erous descendants. The father and mother of our 
 subject are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and widely known as intelligent Christian 
 people. 
 
 George W. Fox, reared upon a farm and edu- 
 cated in the district schools, was an energetic self- 
 reliant youth when he enlisted in February, 1863, 
 in Company F. Sixtieth Virginia Confederate 
 Regiment. Our subject bravely participated in 
 the battles of Fayette Court House, (loyd's Mill, 
 Piedmont, Manicosa Junction (Md.), Winchester, 
 
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 Fishers Hill, Waynesboro and Floyd's Mountain. 
 He was wounded in the left arm in the latter en- 
 gagement, and wounded in the right arm at Fish- 
 ers Hill. March 6, our subject was captured, but 
 six days later made his escape, and returning to 
 his company, resumed service as a Corporal. 
 
 In the spring of 1866 Mr. Fox came to Missouri, 
 and began working by the month on the farm 
 where he now resides. December 13, L876, our 
 subject was united in marriage with Mrs. Martha 
 E. Hill, daughter of John and Nancy (Gilliam) 
 McNeal. Mr. McNeal was born in September, 
 1810, in Pocahontas County, Ya.. and in 1837 
 came to Lexington, Mo., and settled upon a farm 
 of six hundred and ten acres, which he improved 
 and later brought to a high state of cultivation. 
 Mr. McNeal passed away deeply mourned, April 3, 
 1892, but the faithful wife still survives her hus- 
 band. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. McNeal were the parents of two 
 children, George W. and Martha E. The father 
 and mother were both members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, and contributed liberally to its 
 support and the extension of its good work. The 
 McNeals were of Scotch-Irish descent, and from 
 generation to generation were members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. Abrani McNeal, the 
 paternal grandfather of Mrs. Fox, was a farmer of 
 Pocahontas Count} 7 , Ya., and was there born and 
 reared. He was thrice married. His Hist wife 
 bore him one daughter. His second wife, Eliza- 
 beth Lamb, was the mother of three sons and five 
 daughters. The third wife, Magdaline Kelley, was 
 the mother of two sons by her marriage with Mr. 
 McNeal, her first husband having been a Mr. 
 I Iayes. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are the parents of two 
 children, Calvin E. and Lillie F. By her marriage 
 with Samuel P. Hill, Mrs. Fox has two surviving 
 children, Thomas W. and Maggie D. Mr. Hill 
 was born in Virginia, and in early days was a 
 member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 
 but in the latter portion of his life a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject and 
 his family have a wide circle of friends and ac- 
 quaintance, and their hospitable home is the scene 
 Of man} - a social gathering. They are active in 
 
 good work, and ever ready to assist in benevolent 
 or religious enterprise, and take a high place 
 among the leading and public-spirited citizens of 
 the county. 
 
 . BRAHAM M. STANFIELD, an energetic 
 &'/l J ;uid successful farmer and stock-raiser. 
 / ! and a highly respected citizen of La Fay- 
 ette County, Mo., resides upon a valuable 
 and finely improved homestead located on section 
 16, township Irt, range 27, where he devotes him- 
 self mainly to the prosperous pursuit of general 
 agriculture. Our subject was born near Pine Mi- 
 lage, Warren County, Ihd., October 19, 1842. and 
 is a son of Jonathan and Margaret (Metzker) 
 Stanfield. The father was a native of Ohio and was 
 born near Spring Valley, Greene County, Decem- 
 ber 29, 1814. In 1837 father Stanfield journeyed 
 to Warren County, Ind., where he purchased 
 and improved a farm of three hundred and 
 twenty acres. In November, 1866, he came to 
 Benton County, Mo., and in January, 1867, re- 
 moved to La Fayette Count}-, and, settling upon 
 one hundred and sixty acres of excellent land, lo- 
 cated on section 17, township 4 8, range 27, made 
 this homestead his abiding-place for a number of 
 years. Since 1882 he and his wife have lived in 
 Odessa, where they enjoy the society of a large 
 circle of friends. 
 
 The children who gathered around the family 
 hearth of Jonathan and Margaret Stanfield were 
 seven in number, and all lint one survived to ma- 
 ture age. John, who was the eldest of the fam- 
 ily, enlisted in Company G, One Hundredth In- 
 diana Regiment, and died in 1863, in Memphis, 
 Tenn.; A. M., our subject, was the second son; 
 then came Samuel A., Mary M.. E. Wakeman, 
 Francis II., and Hester E., now Mrs. l'roctor. 
 The parents of our subject have been members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church ever since their 
 location in Missouri, and are devoted Christians, 
 ever ready to assist in the extension of good 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
 work and benevolent enterprise. In his political 
 affiliations the father was an old-line Whig, but 
 since the Civil War lias been a strong Republican. 
 His wife was a daughter of Jacob Metzker, who 
 served bravely in the War of 1812, and re- 
 moved from Pennsylvania to Greene County, Ohio, 
 and then in 18:37 came to Warren County, Ind., 
 where his wife died. They were members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and ardent suppor- 
 ters of that religious denomination. Mr. Metzker 
 was in early life a Whig, and later a Republican, 
 lie and his good wife reared a family of four sons 
 and live daughters. The sons were Abram, Isaac, 
 George and Alex. The daughters were Hester, 
 Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret and Ann. 
 
 Abraham M. Stan field was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools of the home neighborhood, and, early 
 trained in agricultural duties, arrived at twenty 
 years of age a self-reliant and earnest young 
 man. It was then that the Civil War called the 
 farmer boys from their peaceful avocation, and 
 among the others who volunteered was our sub- 
 ject, who enlisted in July, 1862, in Company I, 
 Seventy-second Indiana Regiment, and, immedi- 
 ately sent to the front, engaged in the numerous 
 battles and skirmishes in which his regiment dis- 
 tinguished itself, beginning with the fierce encoun- 
 ter of Chickainauga. Mr. Stan field was constantly 
 facing danger and death, but never received a 
 wound. He was discharged from the service at 
 Springfield, but was mustered out with the rank 
 of Corporal at Nashville. 
 
 Soon after the close of the war Mr. Stan field 
 came with his parents to Missouri and again re- 
 sumed his agricultural duties, and in March, 1867, 
 located upon his present homestead, which con- 
 sists of two hundred and forty acres, one of the 
 most highly improved farms in the vicinity. Our 
 subject also owns two hundred and ten acres in 
 Linn County, which he purchased in 1888. Ener- 
 getic and industrious, he has with his own hands 
 wrought a great change in the farm, which from 
 the virgin prairie he has cultivated until its acres 
 are rich with a golden harvest. 
 
 September 23, 1866, Mr. Stan field was united 
 in marriage with Miss Harriet A. Wakeman, who 
 was bom in Warren County, Ind., a daughter of 
 
 William and Valitta (Stow) Wakeman, natives of 
 New York, who went to Greene Count}-, Ohio, 
 a.id thence to Warren County, Ind., where Mr. 
 Wakeman died in 1881, at the age of seventy-one. 
 His wife yet survives him. The wife of our sub- 
 ject died in 1891, and left one child, Wade S. Mrs. 
 Stan field was a lady of worth and intelligence, 
 and her death was mourned by a large circle of 
 relatives and friends. 
 
 Fraternally, Mr. Stan field is a member of the 
 Independent Order of Odd Eellows and the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, and within and without 
 these orders he has a host of true friends and well- 
 wishers. Politically, our subject is a Republican, 
 but he is liberal-minded, and in all things pertain- 
 ing to the public welfare is always the same pub- 
 lic-spirited, enterprising and upright citizen who 
 so many years ago periled his life in behalf of na- 
 tional existence. 
 
 
 
 jj^ICHOLAS HAERLE. It is pleasant to find 
 If) in a man who has passed the meridian of 
 .l\,Zfc) life that he still retains a taste for the 
 lighter and more artistic touches that relieve life so 
 wonderfully of its monotony. It is one delight- 
 ful feature of our subject's nature that his love 
 for music, poetry and the drama is as strong now 
 as ever. Mr. Hacrle, who is a retired businessman 
 living in Lexington, was born in Cochem, Prussia, 
 October 4, 1831. 
 
 Mr. Haerle is a son of Frederick and Margaret 
 (Michels) Haerle, the father being a tailor by trade. 
 The family included five children, and of this 
 number our subject was the eldest. He attended 
 school until fourteen years of age, and was then 
 apprenticed to the tailor's trade, at which he 
 worked up to 1854. He then came to America, 
 landing at New York City, whence he proceeded 
 to Chicago, remaining in the Windy City for 
 two years. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Haerle moved to Boonville, Mo., 
 where he remained two years, and then came to 
 
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 189 
 
 Lexington and opened a cigar and tobacco store, 
 of which be was the proprietor for two years. At 
 the expiration of that time he assumed the man- 
 agement of the Lexington Turner Hall, which he 
 conducted until 1861. At that time lie went to 
 St. Louis and was employed by the board whose 
 duty it was to distribute rations throughout the 
 city. After the war he returned to Lexington 
 and became proprietor of tlie Franklin House, 
 which he conducted for a number of years. 
 
 To Mr. Ilaerle belongs the honor of organizing 
 and originating the Liederkranz Society, of Lex- 
 ington, lie is a member of the Turners, and his 
 name appears in the charter membership of Gut- 
 emberg Lodge No. 323, 1. 0. O. F. lie is also a 
 member oi Erwin Lodge No. 121, A. F. & A. M. 
 
 The original of this sketch was married May 4, 
 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Leonard, daughter of 
 Nicholas Leonard, of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Ilaerle are the parents of three sons: Frederick R. 
 and ( rustav reside in Lexington ; William F. lives in 
 Salt Lake City, Utah. Our subject has always taken 
 a great interest in the development of home talent, 
 and has been in requisition in getting up theatri- 
 cal entertainments, conceits, tableaux, etc. He is 
 also a contributor to several county papers, writing 
 both prose and poetry. Beside this, he has ar- 
 ranged several plays and concerts for the people 
 of Lexington, showing marked talent in this direc- 
 tion. Politically, he is an ardent Republican. 
 
 of real estate and insurance, whose field 
 1 \ of operations is the thriving Missouri 
 \£) town of Odessa, is well known to the citi- 
 zen-, of his community. He is a native of the 
 State which is said to produce more "Colonels' 
 than any other in the Union, namely Kentucky, 
 and made his entrance into this world March 21. 
 1830, in Bourbon County. His father. Dr. Robert 
 S. Russell, also a native of Kentucky, was born 
 
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 October 27, 1807. He was reared with all the ideas 
 of Kentucky chivalry and was a graduate of the 
 Transylvania College, being a pupil under the cel- 
 ebrated educator, Dr. Ben Dudley. 
 
 Our subject's mother, also a. native of that State 
 which is noted for its beautiful women, was before 
 
 her marriage Miss Sallie C, daughter of Th p- 
 
 son Ware, who, as did most of the best families 
 of Kentucky, came from Virginia. The Wares 
 were of English descent. The senior Mr. and Mrs. 
 Russell located in Kentucky after their marriage. 
 and removed to Callaway County, Mo., in 1836. 
 Our subject's father was a physician and contin- 
 ued in the practice of his profession until the time 
 of his death, which occurred in 1840. Grandfather 
 Robert S. Russell was a native of Culpeper County, 
 Va., having been there born in 1762. He was a 
 General in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 After the death of Dr. Russell our subject's 
 widowed mother with her five children, four 
 daughters and one son, returned to her native 
 State, where she still resides at the age of eighty- 
 six years, making her home with her eldest daugh- 
 ter, Mrs. Sallie R. Wasson. Only three of the 
 family are now living. They are the daughter 
 whose name we have just mentioned; Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth F. A 11 nu tt, of St. Louis; and the original of 
 this sketch, who is the only son and second child. 
 He was reared in his native place and from ten to 
 fourteen years of age was one of the household of 
 his uncle, Thomas A. Russell. At the age of four- 
 teen, he commenced to clerk in a general store with 
 Wasson A- Son. of Leesburgh, K\'. He remained 
 with them for four years, and then commenced 
 trading in stock, buying horses and cattle in Ohio 
 and selling them in Kentucky. He continued al 
 that business until twenty-three years of age. 
 
 As our subject grew older he felt the need of a 
 broader education and in 1849 he went to Louis- 
 ville, where he entered a commercial college, from 
 which he was graduated. He then accepted a po- 
 sition as clerk in a dry-goods house and remained 
 there until 1851, when he went to Centervillc, K v., 
 and opened a general store for himself. After 
 conducting that business for two years, he sold out 
 and joined the caravan that was crossing the plains 
 to California. He joined the Blanton and Taylor 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 party, driving with linn a herd of cattle and hav- 
 ing charge of thirty-three head of horses. They 
 look the mute via Salt Lake City, stopping in 
 that haunt of the Mormons for three or four 
 days, and thence proceeded to Grass Valley, Cal., 
 where Mr. Russell engaged in mining, and he was 
 also al Roung Tent and Iowa Hill. 
 
 It was while our subject was at the last-named 
 place that he met Mrs. Rebecca (Jordin) Cox, the 
 widow of Daniel Cox. and they were married in 
 I8t55. Mrs. Russell wasborn in Pocahontas County, 
 Ya., October 26, 1829. When six months old she 
 was taken to Davis County by her parents, Isaac 
 and Mary Jordin, the former of whom was a Vir- 
 ginian and of Irish descent. After his marriage, 
 Mr. Russell continued his mining operations for 
 three years, moving from place to place and build- 
 ing his own home of logs, the chinking of which 
 was mixed with gold dust. The household furni- 
 ture consisted of a stove and iron bedstead, blan- 
 kets and a few cooking utensils. 
 
 In 1857, Air. Russell and hLs wife located at the 
 foothills of the mountains in Yuba County. Cal. 
 There he was engaged in ranching and herding 
 stock; he also kept a hotel. In the spring of 1859 
 lir sold his ranch and with his wife started back 
 for the States, shipping on the vessel known as the 
 old "John I.. Stephens" via Panama ami Aspinwall, 
 where they took the ••Star of the West" for New 
 York City, thence to Philadelphia over the Balti- 
 more & Ohio, and from Wheeling to Cincinnati; 
 there they crossed the river to Kentucky, where 
 there was a glad reunion with his mother and 
 three sisters. 
 
 After remaining with tic family a short time, 
 Mr. Russell came to Missouri and located on a 
 farm in Davis County. This he improved and 
 lived upon until 1865, when he removed to Cov- 
 ington. Ky., and engaged in the grocery business, 
 living there until the following fall, when he sold 
 out and hieated where he now lives. He was en- 
 gaged in farming until 1882, and part of the town 
 of Odessa stands on what was his old farm. He 
 has made four additions to the city and is the lead- 
 ing real-estate man in the place, having done as 
 much as any man to advance its interests. 
 
 A Democrat in politics, our subject has been 
 
 awarded by his constituents the highest positions 
 in the local political calendar, he having been Al- 
 derman and Justice of the Peace. He is a leading 
 member in the Methodist Episcopal Church South 
 and was one of the organizers of the church here. 
 He has been a Steward for twenty-five years and 
 also Superintendent of the Sunday-school. Fra- 
 ternally, he is identified with the Mt. Hope Masons, 
 being a charter member of Lodge No. 47G. He was 
 Master for two years and is Secretary of the Triple 
 Alliance. He was Vice-president of the Farmers' 
 Bank of Odessa and is now one of the Directors. 
 
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 V(5) B. SWISHER, a leading agriculturist and 
 \ / successful stock-raiser of Saline County, is 
 
 V pleasantly located in township 51, range 20, 
 near Norton. For the past thirty-five years a 
 constant resident in the immediate neighborhood 
 of his present home, our subject has been closely 
 identified with all the marked improvements and 
 progressive advancement of his locality, and has 
 lono- been known and highly respected by the entire 
 community among whom his life of busy useful- 
 ness is passed, lie was born September 21, 1840, 
 in Berkeley County. Va. (now W. Ya.). 
 
 The paternal grandfather, Henry Swisher, went 
 from Pennsylvania to Berkeley County, Ya., in an 
 early da v. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, 
 and was at the bombardment of Ft. Mcllenrv. 
 which celebrated event was the inspiration of the 
 national poem, "The Star Spangled Banner." He 
 was a farmer by occupation, and died at tin- ad- 
 vanced age of ninety-two, near Leavenworth, 
 Kan., where he lived with some of his children. 
 The father of our subject, also named Henry, was 
 born in Berkeley County. Va., May 25, 1809. He 
 was one of a large family of children, and until 
 twenty-one years of age. assisted his father upon 
 the farm. He also learned the carpenter's trade, 
 and helped to build the court house at Charleston, 
 Ya., where John Brown subsequently had his trial. 
 
 The mother of Mr. Swisher was Elizabeth, a 
 
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 491 
 
 daughter of Michael and Phoebe (Tabler) Barnes, 
 and a native of Berkeley County, Va. The par- 
 ents Of Our subject continued to reside in Virginia 
 until is.">7. when they removed to Saline County, 
 Mo., ami located upon section 20, township 51, 
 range 20. Henry Swisher here continued his trade 
 as a builder, and also did farming, but in the latter 
 years of his life he withdrew from active business, 
 and. although remaining on the farm, he gave up 
 the management of the place to his sons. He was a 
 
 man of strong character, I est and upright, and 
 
 was a worthy member of the Cumberland Presby- 
 terian church. In politics, he was a Democrat and 
 an ardent advocate of his party. For many years 
 he had been an Odd Fellow, being one of the 
 charter members of the Iledgesville Lodge, of 
 Hedgesville, Berkeley County. Ya.. and with this 
 lodge he maintained his connection until the day 
 of his death. He was a prosperous man, an enter- 
 prising and honored citizen, and when he died, 
 upon December 12, 1ST"), his demise was mourned 
 as a loss to the community. He left a widow and five 
 sons: Adam Tabler. Vineyard B., Michael S., Frank- 
 lin L. and Mathias D. These sons are all now 
 living upon the land bequeathed to them by their 
 father, except Adam, who resides in Marshall. 
 
 Three of the five sons were in the Confederate 
 army, in which service their courage and fearless- 
 ness were remarked. The mother of our subject 
 died May 18, 1885, and in her death the sons lost 
 a loving and unselfish friend, whose greatest hap- 
 piness had ever been to do for others. .Mrs. Swisher 
 had two brothers: Adam died in Mississippi; and 
 William Barnes is a highly respected citizen of the 
 county, and lives on land adjoining the Swisher 
 estate. The Barnes family is of German descent. 
 V. 15. Swisher, our subject, was born in Berkele3" 
 County, Va., where he remained with his parents 
 until the family removed to Missouri, in March, 
 1857, traveling by rail to Wheeling, then by boat 
 to Cambridge, Saline County. lie lived with his 
 parents until his marriage, when he settled upon 
 the land where he now resides. He was married 
 April 28, 1870, to Elvira, daughter of Harvey and 
 Catherine (Miller) Hedges,of Saline County. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Swisher have been the parents of four chil- 
 dren: Early, the first-born, is deceased; Sarah Al- 
 
 len, Charles V. and Alma are all at home with their 
 parents, and arc entering upon life with bright 
 prospects. 
 
 Mr. Swisher is a pronounced Democrat, lie en- 
 tered the Confederate army in November, 1862, 
 and belonged to Company K, Shanks' Regiment, 
 Shelby's Brigade, Missouri Cavalry, and bravely 
 remained in constant duty until June 19, 1865, 
 when he was paroled at Shreveport, La. Mr. 
 Swisher was twice severely wounded, first at Big 
 Blue. Jackson County, Miss., and later at Ft. Scott. 
 Kan., where he was shot through the leg. and later 
 his horse under him was hit three times, but not 
 mortally hurt. Our subject was chiefly in the bat- 
 tles and skirmishes of Arkansas and Missouri. 
 
 Mr. Swisher participated in all the conflicts in 
 which his regiment engaged, except one skirmish, 
 when his wound incapacitated him from active 
 duty. After the war he returned home and once 
 more engaged in the peaceful occupation of farm- 
 ing and busily devoted himself to the caie of his 
 two hundred and twenty acres. His live-stock is 
 a prominent feature of his successful ventures. 
 and his Galloway cattle are pronouncd to be of a 
 high grade. Earnest and energetic, he takes a deep 
 interest in all that pertains to local progress and 
 public advancement, and generously aids in social 
 and benevolent enterprises. 
 
 J.POWELL, proprietor of the Lexington 
 I Saturday Herald, published at Lexington. 
 / .Mo., is one of the rising men of this city. 
 His paper is a handsome eight-page, six-column 
 journal. Republican in its politics, and enjoying 
 a good circulation through the best parts of the 
 Stale, reaching almost every home in the city. 
 Xot only is it newsy, but clean and wholesome in 
 its presentation of the news of the day, never pan- 
 dering to low or vicious tastes; hence its welcome 
 at the firesides of the most cultivated people of 
 the place. 
 
 The Herald was started in August. 1889, and has 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 all of the latest improvements, a cylinder press 
 buill in Cincinnati, Ohio, and also a job office 
 which turns out excellent work. The editor of 
 this newsj sheet, < >. J. Powell, is a native of. Wash- 
 ington County, Md., whence he emigrated to Ohio 
 in 1862, and from that State to Indiana in 1877. 
 In the tatter State he conducted the Garrett Herald. 
 Mr. Powell isa veteran newspaper man, having been 
 engaged in the business for twenty-nine years. 
 He is a member of the Grand Army post, having 
 been a soldier in the Union army, belonging to 
 the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio Regiment. 
 The marriage of Mr. Powell with Miss Sophia 
 Smith was celebrated at Upper Sandusky. Wyandot 
 County. Ohio. She is a daughter of Samuel and 
 Catherine Smith, early setl lers of the State of ( )hio. 
 Mr. and Mis. Powell have become the parents of 
 live children, as follows: Ella M., the wife of J. B. 
 Mountjoy, "f St. Louis, Mo.; Mary. Florence. 
 Sophia and Willis 1')., of Cleveland, Ohio. The 
 family enjoys the esteem of the community where 
 Mr. Powell is laboring toward the upbuilding of 
 the county, and endeavoring to make known to the 
 outside world how pleasant and desirable a place 
 is La Fayette County, Mo. 
 
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 eAssilS MELVIN CLAY JAMES, a reprc- 
 sentative American citizen, energetic, am- 
 bitious and enterprising, is a practicing at- 
 torney-at-law in Higginsville, and although com-. 
 paratively a new-comer within the State, is con- 
 ducting a successful legal practice in his present 
 home. A thorough student and well versed in the 
 knowledge Of the law. he enjoyed an excellent 
 practice in the far West, and justly Occupied a 
 leading position among the prominent legal talent 
 of that portion of the country. Our subject is a 
 native of Indiana, and was born November 13, 
 L856, in licit Township, Vermillion County, in 
 which locality his paternal grandfather had settled 
 upon a homestead when the State was little more 
 1 han one vast wilderness. 
 
 The James family originated in Wales. In I 7 7 ."> 
 three brothers by that name emigrated to this 
 country, located in the Old Dominion and founded 
 the city of Jamestown, near which Grandfather 
 Zachafiah James was born in the year 1809. This 
 resolute and energetic ancestor of our subject early 
 left Virginia, and, settling in Vermillion County. 
 1 nd., entered from the Government five hundred 
 and fifty acres of land, which he farmed success- 
 fully for some time. Afterward lie engaged in 
 the sale of merchandise in Montezuma, Parke 
 County, Ind. Later, he returned to the vicinity 
 of his old home and resided in Bono, Vermillion 
 County. lie was an active member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, and a most worthy man. 
 In early life he was a Whig in politics, and after 
 the formation of the Republican party he joined 
 its ranks. 
 
 John S. James, father of Cassius Melvin Clay, 
 was born upon the old homestead in Helt Town- 
 ship, Vermillion County, Ind., in the month of 
 October, 1833. He successfully tilled the soil of 
 the home place until in 1882, when he removed to 
 Danville, 111., and became a merchant. In 1892 
 he retired from active business and still resides in 
 the above-named city. His wife, Matilda (Ford) 
 James, was a native of Helt Township, Vermillion 
 County. Ind., and a daughter of Richard Ford, 
 also born in the same township. He was a thrifty 
 man and prosperous farmer, and when he died in 
 1845, at thirty-three years of age, was worth $15,- 
 000. The mother of our subject was a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church and a lady of in- 
 telligence and upright character. She died at fifty- 
 nine years of age in 1892. 
 
 The children of the family were four in num- 
 ber, two daughters and two sons, all of whom are 
 living. Cassius, the second in order of birth, was 
 reared upon the old home farm, and early trained 
 to work. He attended the common school held in 
 the little old log schoolhouse, and when nineteen 
 years old began teaching at Horace Station, Edgar 
 County. 111. He continued in this avocation for 
 six years, and taught in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. 
 At twenty-one years of age he began the study of 
 law with Ilogate & Blake, of Danville, Ind., and 
 while afterward located in Newport of the same 
 
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 493 
 
 State, road law under .Martin (i. Rhoads, and was 
 admitted to the Bar of Indiana April 1. 1881. 
 He then journeyed to Oskaloosa, [owa, and was in 
 the office of Lafferty & Johnson, two of the most 
 prominent members of the legal profession in the 
 Male. November 1, 1 88 1 , Mr. .lame.- was admitted 
 to the Iowa Bar. He returned to Danville, 111., 
 with William A. Young-, and taught school until 
 February 1, 1883. when he was employed by D. M. 
 Osborne & Co., of Auburn. N. V., as traveling 
 collector through the States of Illinois, Wisconsin 
 and Minnesota. For several years our subject 
 faithfully and energetically pursued this line of 
 business, and then removed December 1, 1888, to 
 Saguache, Colo., in the San Luis Valley. There he 
 opened an oflice and was soon enjoying a most 
 successful practice as an attorney -at-law. 
 
 In February, 1891, Mr. James was obliged, on 
 account of the health of his wife, to make a change 
 of climate, and located in his present quarters at 
 Iligginsville. His office is in the American Bank 
 Building and his practice is large and important. He 
 takes an active part in politics as a pronounced Re- 
 publican and is Chairman of the Republican League 
 of Iligginsville. Mr. James was united in marriage 
 in Paris, 111., October 1, 1883, to Miss Josie Dollar- 
 hide. This lady was born in Ohio, reared in Edgar 
 County, studied law under Col. Henry Van Sellar, 
 of Paris, and after having been admitted to the 
 Illinois Bar, practiced there with her brother until 
 her marriage. She is the mother of two children, 
 Mabel and Etelka. Mr. and Mrs. James are both 
 important factors in the social world of Iliggins- 
 ville, and are ever ready to assist in the proino- 
 tion of all good enterprises. 
 
 TEPIIFX W. BARKER, a representative 
 
 and prosperous general agriculturist and 
 stock-raiser, and a prominent citizen and 
 leading business man of La Fa \ die ( 'ounty. 
 has self-relian tly won his upward way in life, and 
 through honest industry and earnest effort has 
 
 successfully gained a competence and enjoys the 
 esteem and confidence of a host of friends and 
 neighbors. Born in Estill County, Ky., January 
 28, 182."). our subject is a son of Flias and Eliza- 
 beth (Warner) Barker, both natives of the State 
 of Kentucky. Grandfather Stephen Barker, who 
 was a native Virginian, was among the earh pio- 
 neers of Kentucky, having settled in Estill County, 
 from which part of the country he emigrated to 
 Missouri in 1831, and, traveling by wagon, reached 
 LaFayette County and located in Washington 
 Township, upon section 7. where he resided until 
 his death, in 1839. 
 
 The wife of Grandfather Barker was Elizabeth 
 Allenbaugh, a lady of worth and intelligence. 
 She remained a widow for many years and devoted 
 herself to raising her family of seven children. 
 Her three sons were Elias, John and William. The 
 daughters of the household were Roily, Nancy. 
 Margaret and Lucinda, all of whom accompanied 
 their parents to Missouri, where one of the daugh- 
 ters has since died. Flias Barker, the father of our 
 subject, wasa native of Estill County. and remained 
 in his native State some five years after his father 
 and mother had gone to Missouri, but in 1836 he 
 journeyed with his family to La Fayette County, 
 and here settled in range 28, township 49, upon 
 forty acres which he purchased, at the same time 
 entering from the Government one hundred and 
 twenty acres of excellent land. At the date of 
 his death he owned six hundred acres, about four 
 hundred of which he had entered from public 
 lands. 
 
 Elias Barker was a man of more than ordinary 
 ability. Able, energetic and industrious, he was 
 also a large slave-holder, and was killed in 1862 
 by a party of bushwhackers and was buried upon 
 the home farm, lie was about sixtj years of age 
 at the time of his death and was an influential 
 citizen and a highh esteemed member of the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His wife sur- 
 vived him until 1886, and passed away in her 
 eighty-seventh year. She was born in Madison 
 (ounty, Ky., and was a daughter of William War- 
 ner, who died in Kentucky at over ninety years 
 of age. He was twice married and was. in relig- 
 ious belief , a Baptist. Our subject was one of a 
 
494 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 family of seven children, of whom lie was second 
 in order of birth. Anna was the first-born; next 
 came our subject. Stephen W.; then William, John 
 W., Elizabeth, Sallie A. and James. 
 
 Stephen W. was reared upon a farm and received 
 Only a primitive education, but was early trained 
 into habits of industry and self-reliance, which 
 were his main capital in life when, at the age of 
 twenty-three years, he settled upon an eighty-acre 
 farm and began life for himself. He still resides 
 where he began his successful career so modestly, 
 upon section 18, township 49, range 27, but now 
 owns nine hundred acres of valuable land, and has 
 already given to his children nine hundred and 
 eighty-four acres, still retaining with his other 
 real estate the original forty acres in the woods. 
 Our subject .early displayed exceptional business 
 ability. He dealt in stock, and with wise judgment 
 invested liberally in various lucrative ventures. 
 Before the war lie was a Democrat, but since that 
 epoch in national history has voted the Republican 
 ticket. He was elected Justice of the Peace and, 
 filling the position with efficiency, was re-elected, 
 but at the expiration of two years resigned the 
 duties of the office. 
 
 Mr. Barker was twice married. His first wife, 
 Miss Martha Cooley, was a native Kent uck ian and 
 was the daughter of William and Mrs. (Franklin) 
 Cooley, and survived her marriage but one year. 
 The second wife of our subject was Miss Mary A. 
 llattun, who was born in Estill County, Ivy., a 
 daughter of Jos-ph and Millie (Ashcraft) Hat ton, 
 who came to Jackson County. Mo., in 1838, re- 
 moved to La Fayette County in 1842, and, finally, 
 settled in Johnson County, where the father and 
 mother of Mrs. Barker both died. They were 
 Missionary Baptists in religious faith and ever 
 lived consistent Christian lives. The Ilattons were 
 Of Irish-German descent, John Ilatton, the grand- 
 father, having been an Irishman, while his good 
 wife was of German birth. The sons and daughters 
 who have bessed the home of our subject are nine 
 in number, eight of whom lived to mature age. 
 
 Martha, now deceased, was the wife of Benton 
 liaker; Matthew was the eldest son; then followed 
 George; Mary, wife of John P. Durbin; Lama, 
 wife of John 1'. Shipley; Robert; Zibe; and Stephen 
 
 W. Our subject and his wife have been members 
 of the Christian Church for thirty-live years, and 
 have ever been liberal supporters of that religious 
 organization, aiding actively in the extension of 
 its good work and influence. Mr. Barker has long 
 been identified with the growth and progress of 
 his State and county, and is highly esteemed as an 
 upright, liberal-minded and public-spirited citizen. 
 
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 OBERT TAUBMAN, the able and energetic 
 President of the Commercial Bank at Lex- 
 1 \ ington, Mo., lias long been prominently 
 ^ connected with the financial interests of 
 La Fayette County, and, holding at various times 
 official positions of trust, is widely known, and 
 possesses the esteem of the general public. He was 
 born on the Isle of Man, April 7,1834. His father, 
 Kermode Taubman, was a native of England, and a 
 miller by occupation, and resided about sixty-live 
 miles from Liverpool. He was extensively inter- 
 ested in several large mills, but a sudden strin- 
 gency in the money market so affected his business, 
 causing a swift break in the prices of produce, that 
 he was obliged to close his mills. Speedily wind- 
 ing up his business affairs, he removed with his 
 family to the United States, and landing upon 
 American shores immediately located in Lexing- 
 ton, where he died soon afterward and left his 
 family strangers in a strange land. 
 
 The mother of Robert, Elizabeth (Clague) Taub- 
 man, was born in England, and died in her home 
 in Lexington. Our subject was the fifth of seven 
 children, four of whom died in infancy, three of 
 the family accompanying their parents to Lexing- 
 ton. The boyhood of Mr. Taubman was passed in 
 La Fayette County, where he enjoyed the benefit 
 of the common schools. Like his father, he learned 
 the trade of a miller, and followed the occupation 
 for several years, when the Civil War interrupted 
 the peaceful tenor of his life and business. It was 
 not long before our subject joined theinion army, 
 enlisting in Company B, Fifth Regiment of Mis- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 495 
 
 souri, Col. .Mills commanding, and did duty mostly 
 in t lie State of Missouri. Promoted Cor his gal- 
 lant conduct upon the field, Mr. Taubman became 
 the Captain of Company 11, and in this rank served 
 courageously during several severe battles and 
 numerous skirmishes. 
 
 Our subject was captured by the forces under 
 Gen. Price, but was soon paroled and returned to 
 duty. After the close of the war in 1865, Mr. 
 Taubman was united in marriage with Miss Amelia 
 Kramer, of Lexington, a daughter of B. Kramer, a 
 well-known merchant tailor. Soon after his mar- 
 riage, our subject removed to Oregon and located 
 in the Willamette Valley, there engaging in the 
 milling business, which he conducted successfully 
 for three years. Neither Mr. Taubman nor his wife 
 liked Oregon, so they returned to their old home 
 in Lexington in 1868. In 1870 our subject was 
 elected on the Republican ticket to the official po- 
 sition of Sheriff and Collector of La Fayette 
 Count}', his term of office lasting two years. Dur- 
 ing this period of time he became connected with 
 banking interests and was one of the charter mem- 
 bers of the Morrison <fe Wentworth Rank, and as 
 one of its active organizers, received the position 
 of Vice-President, in which capacity he served 
 until 1884. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Taubman, in connection 
 with others, organized the Commercial Bank of 
 Lexington, of which financial institution he was 
 immediately made President, and B. R. Ireland 
 was appointed Cashier. Under the skillful guid- 
 ance of our subject the bank was an assured suc- 
 cess from its very inception. The Commercial 
 Bank receives the county deposit, and does a gen- 
 eral banking business. Mr. Taubman is also largely 
 interested in real estate and fanning properties, 
 which he leases to others, and owns various pieces 
 of city land, and has also valuable real estate in 
 Jackson County and Kansas City. Our subject is 
 Treasurer of the Board of Curators of Central 
 Female College, and is deeply interested in the 
 cause of educational advancement, and was one of 
 the founders of the college .-it Lexington. His 
 handsome brick residence, artistic in design and 
 elegantly finished, is one of the most beautiful 
 dwellings in the city of Lexington. Four chil- 
 
 dren, two sons and two daughters, bring youth 
 
 and gaiety into the home circle of Mr. Taubman 
 and his esteemed wife: Fd win M.. the second-born . 
 is a book-keeper in the Commercial Bank, and 
 Robert M,, the third, is an assistant book-keeper in 
 the same bank. F. May, the eldest, and Daisy M., 
 the youngest, arc the sisters. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Taubman have long been members 
 of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 are ever foremost in the promotion of its goi d 
 work, and with their family are prominent factor- 
 in various social and benevolent enterprises of 
 Lexington. In his political views, our subject is 
 usually conservative. Before the war he was a 
 Whig, and since in State and National matters has 
 voted the Republican ticket. A public-spirited 
 and progressive citizen, Mr. Taubman has won his 
 way upward through energetic efforts, and, self- 
 reliant by nature and upright in character, worth- 
 ily commands the regard of all who enjoy the 
 pleasure of his acquaintance. 
 
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 ON. WILLIAM T. Wool). There was a 
 time in the settlement of the American 
 Colonies when isolated and individual 
 ,j effort made the first impression in the wild- 
 erness. Among the English strangers who estab- 
 lished pioneer homes in the county of Albemarle, 
 Va., were two brothers by the name of Wood. From 
 them descended the projenitorsof the subject of this 
 notice. No member of the original English family 
 now survives, the last representative having died 
 some forty years since, leaving an estate estimated at 
 from £12,000,000 to £20,000,000 sterling, but none 
 of this vast sum was ever realized by the Ameri- 
 can family, owing to some mismanagement and 
 blunders of the agents to whom it had been en- 
 trusted. 
 
 William T. Wood was born on the farm of his 
 father at Gordon Station, Mercer County, Ky., 
 March 25. 1809, a son of William and Sallie 
 
496 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 (Thomas) Wood, the former a native of Albemarle, 
 and the latter of Culpeper County, Ya. The 
 Thomas family was represented among the early 
 emigrants from England to Kentucky. At the age 
 of nineteen years, in December, 1828, our subject 
 was licensed a- a lawyer, and about the 1st of 
 January, 182'.i, left Kentucky on horseback for 
 Missouri, reaching the home of his brother, Gen. 
 Jesse T. Wood, in Columbia, Boone County, on 
 the 15th of the same month, after a fatiguing jour- 
 ney. Here he remained until the month of July, 
 when he made a business trip to Liberty, Clay 
 County, arriving there on the 29th. Clay County 
 was then on the western border of the State, and as 
 it had an important trade and was a good business 
 point, Mr. Wood determined to locate there. 
 
 In 1830, at the age of twenty-one. Mr. Wood 
 was appointed Clerk of the County Court of Clay. 
 The duties of his office were not incompatible with 
 the practice of his profession, and it was to follow 
 this occupation that he had come to Missouri. Af- 
 ter holding this office for four or five years he re- 
 signed, but was soon appointed by Gov. Lilburn 
 W. Boggs, as Circuit Attorney of that judicial dis- 
 trict, which office he filled with great acceptability 
 for several years. In 1837 the "Platte Purchase" 
 was annexed to the State of Missouri by act of 
 Congress, this act having been passed on the peti- 
 tion of the people, of Clay County. At the meet- 
 ing of 'the citizens, Gen. D. R. Atchison, Col. A. 
 W. Doniphan, Peter II. Burnett and William T. 
 Wood were appointed a committee to draft a peti- 
 tion to Congress, and Mr. Wood was elected to 
 prepare this document, which duty he satisfac- 
 torily performed. 
 
 This territory was afterward divided b}- the 
 Legislature of Missouri, and of it the counties of 
 Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway and 
 Platte were constituted. This country is noted 
 for its wonderful fertility and was a valuable ac- 
 quisition to Missouri, but, as emigrants began to 
 seek it and settle upon its productive lands, as 
 towns and trading-posts were established, Liberty 
 lost much of its former trade, thus becoming less 
 important as a business point. Mr. Wood still 
 continued to reside there, practicing in the courts 
 of all adjacent counties until 1815, when he re- 
 
 moved to Lexington, Mo., where he lived until 
 1856. A few years previous to his removal from 
 Clay County, our subject, with Col. Doniphan 
 and Maj. Dougherty, was elected to the Legisla- 
 ture, gaining the first Whig victory, and beating 
 Cen. Atchison, Col. Thornton and ('apt. Wallace, 
 the Democratic nominees. Such was Mr. Wood's 
 popularity that he stood first on the list of can- 
 didates. 
 
 After locating in Lexington, our subject con- 
 tinued the practice of law, retaining most of 
 his old clients and gaining many new ones, 
 and his practice and popularity increased as the 
 years progressed, he being regarded as a ster- 
 ling citizen, able lawyer and honest man. In 
 1854 he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court, in 
 this position displaying eminent prudence and 
 legal ability, his decisions being clear and forcible, 
 based upon the highest principles of law and 
 equity. In 1856 he resigned the position of Judge, 
 removed to St. Louis, and re-entered the practice 
 of law, here as elsewhere maintaining his high char- 
 acter at the Bar. 
 
 There were two tickets in the field for delegates 
 to the State convention in 1861, and Judge Wood 
 came within a few votes of being placed upon both 
 tickets. Between the two tickets, the vote was 
 close, but the one upon which his name appeared 
 was unsuccessful: he, however, was one of those 
 who received the highest vote on the defeated 
 ticket. In the early part of January, 1861. just 
 preceding the commencement of the Civil War. 
 there was fearful excitement in St. Louis, seriously 
 threatening the peace of the city, and producing 
 general apprehension and alarm. Many citizens 
 carried arms, and there was danger of a general 
 street tight, liable to commence any hour. Opin- 
 ions were not fixed, and purposes were unsettled. 
 It was felt that to preserve peace, some public ac- 
 tion w r as necessary, 3'et there was good ground to 
 fear that a public meeting would he attended with 
 danger, the occasion demanding prudence and wis- 
 dom. 
 
 A measure was adopted for the appointment of 
 a committee to prepare action for a general and 
 public meeting, and Judge Wood was selected as 
 one of this committee, in which position he ren- 
 
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 197 
 
 dered efficient help in its delicate and difficult 
 Labors. The committee having succeeded in agree- 
 ing on a preamble and resolutions, called the 
 meeting for the 12th of January in front of the 
 court house. Neatly the entire male population 
 of the city was out on that day; thousands were 
 armed with pistols and ready for emergencies. 
 The result was most fortunate; the preamble and 
 resolutions reported by the committee were adopted 
 with acclamation; and the vast crowd retired in 
 peace. In 1*0;">, Judge Wood determined to re- 
 turn to Lexington, where lie immediately took his 
 Old position, standing foremost in his profession. 
 Twice since that tune he has been elected Judge of 
 the Sixth Judicial Circuit. 
 
 Judge W 1 has been three times married. His 
 
 first wife was Miss Eliza Ann Hughes, 113- whom he 
 had one son. Gen. Carrol II. Wood, Adjutant- 
 General of Arkansas under Gov. Garland. The 
 second Mrs. Wood was Miss Maria II. Payne, who 
 bore him two sons: Payne, now deceased: and T. 
 C. a resident of Iowa. The third wife was Miss 
 Mary E. Broadwell, and the issue of this marriage 
 was .1 sun, M. L. Wood, Lieutenant in the United 
 States Navy, now on the war ship '•Alliance," and 
 a daughter. Miss Maria, at present residing with 
 her father. 
 
 Judge W 1 is in politics, a Democrat, and for 
 
 many years has been an important factor of that 
 party in the State. He was Master of a Orange, 
 and a valued member of the Masonic fraternity. 
 For many years he has been connected with the 
 Old-school Presbyterian Church. When the Civil 
 War commenced, and during its continuance, he 
 was a member Of the Pine Street Church in St. 
 Louis, in which he held the position of Elder. 
 Perhaps no religious organization in the whole 
 country had more trials to encounter than had the 
 Pine Sheet Church. Its minister was expelled by 
 the military from his pulpit, banished from the 
 State, and his church put in charge of a commit- 
 tee; a fragment of the Presbytery, claiming to be 
 the Presbytery, joined the military in its persecu- 
 tions. The church in the interests of religion and 
 liberty had to contend with the military and church 
 courts combined, and during the whole contest 
 Judge Wood was -lead fast for the right. He at- 
 
 tended the general assemblies of the church in 
 1863-64, and openly and fearlessly before the 
 whole country asserted the rights of the minister 
 and the church, and exposed and denounced the 
 wrongs under winch they suffered. 
 
 -Mr 
 
 gs$§ W. BROWN, M. I)., a retired physician 
 and farmer, living on section 28, township 
 51, range 24, Middleton Township, La 
 Fayette County. Mo., born in Buckingham 
 County. Ya.. in the year 1824, is a son of James 
 Brown, a native of Virginia, and one of the pio- 
 neers of Missouri, and of Mary R. (Palmore) 
 Brown, also a native of Virginia. The ancestors 
 of the Browns were from England, and settled in 
 Virginia at an early day. Our subject enjoyed 
 excellent educational advantages, attending the 
 public schools of Saline County, Mo., after his re- 
 moval there with his parents at the age of seven 
 years; subsequently, at the age of sixteen, entering 
 Fayette College, at Layette. Mo., where he pur- 
 Sued his studies for four years. Mr. Brown then 
 read medicine under Dr. John L. Taibott, of How- 
 ard County, Mo.; afterward, at the age of twen- 
 ty-two, entering the medical college at Louisville, 
 Ky., where he remained one year. 
 
 Subsequently, Dr. Brown attended the Jefferson 
 Medical College, of Philadelphia, from which he 
 was graduated in 1850. Not content with this 
 course of preparation and training, which is 
 much more than many practicing physicians have 
 had, he went to St. Louis in 1854 and there took 
 a post-graduate course. Our subject began in the 
 year 1850 the general practice of medicine anil 
 surgery in Waverly, where he continued until the 
 outbreak of the war, when he was appointed sur- 
 geon of the First Regiment of the Trans-Missis- 
 sippi Division of the Confederate States army, in 
 which he served until the close of the war. Dr. 
 Brown's service- were arduous and distinguished. 
 and he wa- engaged in many of the severe and 
 bloody battles of the war. 
 
498 
 
 PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 When the foui years of strife were over, he re- 
 turned to Waverly and resumed the practice of 
 medicine, continuing in it until 1871, when, on ac- 
 count of failing health, he removed to his present 
 place of residence, where he has earned on farm- 
 ing upon a very extensive scale up to the present 
 time. Dr. Drown has two thousand acres of hind, 
 much nf which is under cultivation, and has dem- 
 onstrated the profitableness of agricultural pur- 
 suits when conducted intelligently and on busi- 
 ness principles. 
 
 Our subject was married thirty-six years ago, or 
 in the year 18.J6, to Miss Elizabeth A., daughter 
 of Col. David Hen ton, an early settler of Missouri. 
 Four children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. 
 Brown, namely: Mary E., wife of Samuel Dyer, of 
 Texas; Spencer I... Benjamin II. and William P. 
 A careful student of current history, Dr. Brown 
 takes a deep interest in national and State affairs, 
 and in political affiliations lie is a Democrat. Mrs. 
 Brown is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South. 
 
 OIIN II. GRUMKE. The earth is a gener- 
 ous mother, and, after all, man goes to her 
 for his supplies of the necessities of life; 
 hence it is that the vocation of a farmer is 
 among the most important of all the callings, and 
 the industrious agriculturist invariably commands 
 respect. Our subject, a patient, faithful worker, 
 has by the labor of his own hands, with upright 
 conduct, amassed a competency, and, at the same 
 time, won for himself the confidence and esteem 
 of his neighbors. lie was born in St. Charles 
 County, Mo., December 20, 1843, his father being 
 Henry Grumke, a native of Prussia, who came to 
 this county in 1833, and settled in the county 
 where our subject was born. 
 
 In Germany, Henry Grumke pursued the calling 
 of a farmer, it being interrupted only by his ser- 
 vice in the army, and after settling in Missouri, lit; 
 again became a tiller of the soil. His wife bore 
 
 the maiden name of Catharina Hack man, and was 
 born in Prussia. Their marriage was celebrated in 
 .Missouri, and their place of residence was St. 
 Ciarles County until their death, the husband 
 passing away in 1849, and the wife in 1869. They 
 were the parents ot nine children, four of whom 
 are living, and one of them was in the Missouri 
 Home Guards during the late war. The parents 
 were members of the Evangelical Church, the fa- 
 ther having been an official in the same, his long 
 residence here, .he having been a pioneer settler, 
 together with his excellent character, causing him 
 to lie a man of much influence in that body. 
 
 Our subject was brought up on the home farm, 
 which he ; i ~ - i - 1 1 * < 1 in cultivating throughout his 
 youth, although in no way neglecting his educa- 
 tion, which was imparted to him in the German as 
 well as the English language. He remained on 
 the home farm until he was thirty-three years 
 of age, with an interval of absence in the army; he 
 having enlisted in 1864, in Company E, Col. 
 Crekel's Regiment, to guard the Wabash Railroad. 
 After six months' service he was discharged and 
 resumed his labors as a farmer. 
 
 In the year 1866 Mr. Grumke married Katie 
 Rehmeier, a native of St. Charles County. Eleven 
 years later, in 1877, he removed with his family to 
 La Fayette County, and located on a farm on sec- 
 tion 29, township 50, range 28, where he has re- 
 sided ever since. The original tract consisted of 
 one hundred and sixty-seven acres, but he has 
 added to it from time to time, until he now has 
 six hundred and sixty acres, all except sixty being 
 under cultivation. Industriously and persever- 
 ingly he proceeded with the work of improve- 
 ment, building a residence at a cost of S800, and 
 erecting suitable outbuildings, fencing, etc., until 
 now the farm presents a pleasing appearance. The 
 home was burned in 1891, but has been replaced 
 by another. Mr. Grumke carries on general farm- 
 ins, arrowing various kinds of grain and raising 
 stock, paving especial attention to good graded 
 animals. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Grumke are the parents of twelve 
 children, nine of them living, namely: Otto, Eliza, 
 Annie, Charles, Meta. Willie, Alice. Augusta and 
 Emma. The children have been carefully reared, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 490 
 
 and their parents have particularly considered in 
 their eases the important element of education. 
 Mr. Griimke is a member of the Evangelical 
 Church at Wellington, as also is his wife, he being 
 a charter member, and having served as a Director, 
 or leader, for six years; lie likewise has been an 
 efficient teacher in the Sunday-school. His inter- 
 est in the cause of education led his neighbors t" 
 elect him a member of the School Hoard, a posi- 
 tion filled by him very creditably. He is a Repub- 
 lican, in politics, and a firm believer in the prin- 
 ciples laid down in the platform of that party. 
 From the old estate he received the sum of $400, 
 which was all the assistance received by him from 
 any source, the remainder of his fortune being the 
 result of his own labors. 
 
 WILLIAM WALKER, one of the most emi- 
 nent practitioners of the legal profession 
 in Lexington, La Fayette County, was 
 born in Aurora, Ind., September 1, 1822. He isa 
 son of James and Elizabeth (Nichols) Walker, and 
 is the third in order of birth of a family number- 
 ing ten children. Mr. Walker's father, James, was 
 one of the patriots of 1812, while his grandfather, 
 Benjamin, was a Revolutionary hero. 
 
 Up to fifteen years of age William Walker was 
 occupied in his native place much as other boys 
 in ordinary circumstances are, with the usual 
 modicum of mischief, and busy in acquiring a 
 good rudimentary education in the common 
 school. In 1837 he moved with his parents to 
 Mason County, 111., where his father settled on a 
 farm. It is still the place of family residence, and 
 in a beautiful locality, quite widely known as 
 Walker's < Srove. 
 
 Our subject remained on his father's farm until 
 he reached his majority, lie then went to Spring- 
 field, and with Col. Edward Raker, of that city,as 
 preceptor, studied his Blackstone. After a stay of 
 two and a half years there, he was admitted to the 
 Bar in 1843, and began practicing in Mason and 
 
 adjoining counties, carrying on a general law- 
 practice until November 16^ 1865, when he moved 
 to Lexington, Mo., and opened an office. Here he 
 has continued in the practice of his profession un- 
 til the present time. 
 
 In 1807, the original of this sketch was appointed 
 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Lexing- 
 ton, and the following year was elected to the 
 same position, and held it until 1872. In politics, 
 he is and has always been a stanch Republican. He 
 cast his first vote for Henry Clay, and in 181! 1 was 
 elected Presidential elector from Mason County. 
 111., and had the honor of casting his vote for 
 Abraham Lincoln in February of 1865. 
 
 Judge Walker was married in 181.1 to Miss 
 Catherine, a daughter of John Wheeler, of Ken- 
 tucky. They had two sons and one daughter; 
 of these, John W. is deceased; William is a resi- 
 dent of Nebraska; and Elizabeth is the wife of 
 Joseph Smith, of Mason County. 111. Mrs. Cath- 
 erine Walker died in 1864, and November 4, 1865, 
 our subject married Rachel Wilson, of Havana, 
 111. She has been the mother of two sons and 
 one daughter, who are: Arthur C, of La 
 Fayette County; Robert II., a farmer of this 
 county; and Alice, the wife of Thomas Yates, of 
 La Fayette. Mrs. Rachel Walker died in 1871, and 
 in 1872 our subject married Mrs. Margarel I,. 
 Downing, a native of Kentucky. 
 
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 WILLIAM II. LANDRUM, the well-known 
 and enterprising carriage and wagon man- 
 ufacturer, and dealer in windmills and 
 steam-threshers, whose business interests have been 
 located in Waverly. La Fayette County, Mo., for 
 over a score of years, bears an enviable reputation 
 as a man of ability and unblemished character. 
 Lorn m Campbell County. Va., our subject came of 
 a family for several generations back of American 
 birth, their personal history and lifework inter- 
 woven with the record of the Sunny South. The 
 father of our subject. .1. J. Landrum, was born. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 educated and married in tlie State of Virginia. 
 His wife, Mary C, a daughter of Richard Landrum, 
 was also a native of Virginia. In the Old Domin- 
 ion was likewise born the paternal grandfather, 
 Burton Landrum, a man of ability and earnest 
 purpose. 
 
 Mr. Landrum spent his boyhood in the county 
 where he was born, and attended the common 
 schools of li is birthplace until he was fourteen 
 years of age, when he industriously began the ac- 
 quirement of his present trade, that of a carriage- 
 maker. Having thoroughly mastered the details 
 of carriage and wagon manufacturing, he afterward 
 removed to Missouri, and settled in 1870 in the 
 city of Waveily. opening a wagon and car- 
 riage manufactory and repository here, and success- 
 fully engaged in business, Mr. Landrum advan- 
 tageously combines the handling of pumps, wind- 
 mills and steam-threshers with his other line of 
 work, and meeting from the first year of his 
 establishment in Waverly with an excellent pat- 
 ronage, has prosperously continued his business, 
 which, rapidly extending its limits, embraces a 
 custom second to none in the county. 
 
 Among the excellent investments our subject 
 has made since his residence in La Fayette County, 
 is a fine farm of three hundred and twenty acres 
 of land in Kansas, partially improved. The home 
 residence of Mr. Landrum is in Waveily, and is 
 well known as the scene of many a hospitable gath- 
 ering. Oursubject was united in marriage in 1876 
 with Miss Laura, a daughter of Robert S. Din- 
 widdle of Waveily. Mrs. Landrum is a lady of 
 worth and culture, and has a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances in the home of her youth. Mr. 
 and Mis. Landrum are the parents of two blight 
 and intelligent children, Clayton W. and Lolla E., 
 who are receiving their primary education in the 
 excellent schools of Waveily. Our subject and 
 his wife are both esteemed members of the Metho- 
 dist Church, and have long been active workers in 
 that religious organization. 
 
 Mr. Landrum is a member of Waverly Lodge, 
 A. !■'. A- A. M., and is extremely popular among the 
 fraternity. In political affiliations be is a stanch 
 Democrat, and although not a politician in the 
 generally accepted sense of the term, and never 
 
 an office-seeker, is always deeply interested in both 
 local and national affairs. During his many years 
 residence in Waveily. our subject, prominent as a 
 business man, has also materially aided in the ad- 
 vancement of the various local enterprises of his 
 home and county, and an energetic, able and pub- 
 lic-spirited citizen, has been an important factor 
 in the upward growth and prosperity of Waverly. 
 
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 II. BENTON. There is no country upon 
 earth that can offer a parallel to the scene 
 witnessed in the United States at the close 
 ^i of hostilities in the year 1865. Men who 
 had been arrayed against each other for four 
 years in deadly feud quietly laid down their arms 
 and promptly returned to their several avocations. 
 Whether fighting for the South, or for the union 
 of the States, one and all accepted the situation, 
 and the sound of contention was hushed forever in 
 the land. The subject of our sketch bravely did 
 his part, fighting according to his conscience, and, 
 following the line of duty just as resolutely, re- 
 turned to the farm, acting his part as well there as 
 on the field of battle. 
 
 R. II. Benton is a well-to-do farmer living on 
 section 10, township 49, range 28, La Fayette 
 County, being a son of Levi T. Benton, a native 
 of Georgetown, Ky., born in 1797. The latter 
 was a son of Samuel Benton, born in Maryland. 
 The Benton family is an old English one, which 
 originally settled in Maryland. The mother of our 
 subject, whose maiden name was Harriet H. Chinn, 
 and who was a native of Harrison County, Ky.. was 
 a daughter of John Chinn, one of the pioneers of 
 Kentucky. The parents of our subject were mar- 
 ried in Kentucky; they came to Missouri in March, 
 1853, and settled on the farm on section 10, then 
 consisting of one acre with a small log cabin for a 
 home. His death occurred in 1873, his wife dying 
 in 1885. 
 
 Levi P. Benton and his wife were the parents of 
 five children, the only son being the subject of 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 501 
 
 this sketch. They were consistent members of the 
 Christian Church, the husband being an Elder and 
 a very efficient helper in that body. He was 
 brought up to the trade of a carpenter and was 
 quite skilled in the use of edged tools. Politics 
 always had an attracticn for liiii'; the magic of 
 Henry (lay nave him enthusiasm in the old-line 
 Whig party, and earnest Americanism made him 
 just as zealous, later, in the Know Nothing party. 
 Our subject was born at Lexington, Ky., Septem- 
 ber 28, 1841, and he and hi- two sisters are the 
 only survives of the family. During the Mexi- 
 can War, when but five years old, he ran away 
 from home and spent some days in the camp of 
 the American volunteers. 
 
 At the age of eleven our subject accompanied 
 his parents to Missouri, and grew to man's estate 
 on the home farm, where he lias always lived, re- 
 ceiving his education in the home district schools. 
 In November, 1874, he married Alice .Johnson, 
 daughter of Wesley Johnson, the latter a native of 
 this county, li is father having come here in 1820. 
 Mrs. Benton was born March 21, 1856. at Waverly, 
 in this county, studied at the Elizabeth Aull Sem- 
 inary in Lexington, and afterward taught school. 
 She has been the mother of seven children, five of 
 whom are now living, namely: Carlton R, a student 
 at Odessa College; Hattie ('..Carrie 11.. Mary Zoe 
 and Richard Horace. Mr. and Mrs. Benton are 
 members of the Christian Church, the former being 
 a Deacon in the church at Odessa. He is a Demo- 
 crat, active in all party movements and frequently 
 a delegate to its conventions and was honored by it 
 in being elected Judge of the County Court, in 
 which position he served from 1886 to 1890. An 
 earnest advocate of the schools, lie has served as a 
 member of the School Board. 
 
 Our subject enlisted in April, 1861, in the Mis- 
 souri State Guards for a period of six months; 
 then re-enlisted for the war in Company A. Ell- 
 iott's Cavalry Battalion, serving as Second Ser- 
 geant. His record as a soldier is a very creditable 
 one, he having borne a brave part in the follow- 
 ing battles: Carthage; the siege of Lexington and 
 it- surrender: Independence, Lone Jack, Cane 
 Hill, Prairie Grove, second battle of Carthage, 
 llart.-ville and a number of skirmishes. After the 
 
 surrender of Lexington he also fought in the bat- 
 tles of Pea Ridge and Ncwtonia. then was sent 
 to Memphis, Tcnn., after which he was sent back- 
 to recruit for the battalion. 
 
 Returning to his command, our subject partici- 
 pated in all the battles named above, beginning 
 with Cane Hill and ending with Ilartsville. At 
 Brownsville, Ark-., he was captured, in September, 
 1863; was taken to Little Rock, Ark., then to St. 
 Louis, and later to Camp Morton. I nil.; he remained 
 therein prison until March, 1865, when he was ex- 
 changed. and went to Richmond, Va.,by way of the 
 Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama. Below Natchez he 
 was captured for the second time and placed in the 
 yards at Vicksburg, where he was held until the 
 surrender of Johnston's army. Being forwarded 
 with others for St. Louis, he left the boat at Hel- 
 ena, where he remained and put m a crop. In 
 September, 1865, after a war service of more than 
 four years and a further absence of nearly six 
 months, he returned to his old home. Our subject 
 was wounded twice, — at Lone Jack, in the head, 
 and at Springfield, Mo., January 8, 1863, by a rifle 
 ball in the left thigh. 
 
 '^ ENRY B. TICKEMYRE. This wealthy far- 
 
 | mer and stock-raiser of Saline County was 
 
 born in Allegany County. Md.. Augusl 25, 
 
 (§£)) 1842, and is the son of Casper and Minnie 
 (Christopher) Tickemyre, natives of < ■ermanv. Cas- 
 per Tickemyre and his father-in-law emigrated to 
 America, but Mrs. Tickemyre did not come until 
 some time later, when her husband had made prep- 
 aration for her comfort. 
 
 The family of Casper Tickemyre and his wife 
 consisted of six children, of whom the eldest was 
 our subject. The second child was Frank, who 
 now resides on a farm near LongWOOd, Mo.: Eva- 
 line married Michael Walk; Mary died and left 
 one son, George Teunel; Caroline became the wife 
 of George Chance, of Kansas City; and I.ettie mar- 
 
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 ned Frank (lark, of Kansas. Our subject came 
 with his parents to Saline County, Mo., in 1854, 
 
 and here he has spent the greater part of his life. 
 lie received his education in the common schools 
 of tli is county, and the training received in hoy- 
 hood was such as to prepare him for a career of 
 honor and usefulness. 
 
 At that time party feeling ran high in Missouri. 
 The location of the State contributed somewhat to 
 this; touching Iowa on the north, and Illinois on the 
 east, where anti-slavery feeling was highj and Kan- 
 sas on the west, where border ruffianism had been 
 rampant so long, and adjoining the slave State 
 of Arkansas on the South, the people were neces- 
 sarily made up of all shades of political feeling. 
 In the spring of I860 occurred one of lhose„blots 
 upon civilization which future residents of Saline 
 County may feel ashamed to have incorporated in 
 her history. Mr. Tickemyre was a witness to, al- 
 though he took no part in. the hanging of two 
 negroes and the burning to death of a third, for a 
 further account of which see history of the county. 
 
 In 1861 our subject was still a schoolboy, a 
 student in a school near the Will .1. King place, 
 south of Marshall. At that time recruiting officers 
 were raising troops for the Confederate army, and 
 our subject witnessed the distribution of twelve 
 hundred kegs of State powder, which had been 
 freighted there from Jefferson City. This powder 
 was given to those who favored the Confederacy, 
 but the Federal troops, learning of it. finally se- 
 cured a large portion of the powder. In August, 
 1862, Mr. Tickemyre enlisted in the United States 
 service, joining Company F, of the Seventh Mis- 
 souri Cavalry, at Lexington, lie served in the 
 lights at Prairie Grove, and aided in driving Mar- 
 rnaduke out of the State. The regiment went to 
 Clariugton, crossed the White River, and engaged 
 in the battlcat Brownsville. From there they went 
 to Little Rock, where they participated in the en- 
 gagement with Price. 
 
 [n February, 1863, our subject's company was 
 sent to Pine Bluff to re-enforce Gen. Powell Clay- 
 ton. The army here had hard work, and our sub- 
 ject was in the fight at Monticello, and then, with 
 his company, fell back to Fine Bluff, where they 
 remained to guard the fort. He was a member of 
 
 the cavalry that remained to guard the supply 
 trains from Pine Bluff to Camden, and was in the 
 fight known as Mike's Mills, where they lost their 
 tram, which was empty. Our subject was kept in 
 active service until the close of the war in 1865, 
 when he was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., 
 and afterward came home and began farming on 
 his own responsibility. With a part of themonej 
 which he had earned in the service, he bought 
 eighty acres of land in Saline County. 
 
 In 18(!7 Miss Ellen Hicks became the wife of Mr. 
 Tickemyre, and five children were born of their 
 union, as follows: Minnie, the wife of Dr. Smith, 
 of Slater; Mattie; Florence; Lulu, and one that died 
 in infancy. Mrs. Ellen Tickemyre died February 
 21, 1878. Mr. Tickemyre married a second time in 
 October, 1880, Lucretia Weaver being the lady of 
 his choice. Our subject is a member of the Cumber- 
 land PresbytcrianChureh of Marshall, in which he 
 is very highly esteemed. With his old comrades- 
 in-arms he talks over the thrilling war times in 
 the Post meetings of the Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic at Marshall. Politically he is a stanch Republi- 
 can, and ardently supports the principles he fought 
 to strengthen. 
 
 P » !■ » ! ■» H i ■ ■ ■ 
 
 LFRED F. RECTOR is one of the promi- 
 nent members of the Saline County Bar, 
 having practiced the legal profession at 
 Marshall since 1885. Mr. Rector is a na- 
 tive of Campbell County, Ya., and was born March 
 26, 1852. He is a son of William B. and Susan I). 
 (Frost) Rector, the former an attorney at Lynch- 
 burgh for several years prior to the war. The pa- 
 ternal grandfather of our subject was Alfred Rec- 
 tor, of Fauquier County. Ya. 
 
 On the breaking out of the war, William B. Rec- 
 tor entered the Confederate army as Captain of 
 Company I, Forty-second Virginia Infantry. He 
 was wounded at the battle of Kernstown, Ya., 
 March 23, 1802, and died at Winchester. Va., on 
 the 26th of that month, leaving a widow and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 503 
 
 eight ehildren to mourn his loss. He was com- 
 paratively a young man, being only thirty.-seven 
 years of age when he was killed. Our subject's 
 mother was a member of the old Frost family of 
 New England fame, and a daughter <>f Dr. Elias 
 Frost, of Meriden, N. 11. She remained at the 
 old home in Virginia, and devoted herself to the 
 education of her ehildren. who were named as fol- 
 lows: Sal lie, Alfred, George K., William I!., Robert 
 ( >., John T., Mary Virginia ami Susie 11. The eld- 
 est is the wife of David Franklin; Susie is Mrs. 
 .lames (arson: .John T. is a merchant at Slater. 
 Mo.; William B. died in 1885. The mother now 
 resides at Concord, Va., twelve miles from I.vneh- 
 burgh. She has reared her children in the doctrine 
 and faith of the Methodist Church. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the common schools 
 of Virginia, receiving good practical training, and 
 in 1*7(1. at the age of eighteen, he went to Chari- 
 ton County, Mo., and worked on a farm for two 
 years. Afterward he entered the service of the 
 Wabash Railroad Company as station agent, and 
 was thus employed for six \eais. In 1878 hecame 
 to Slater and took charge of the agency under the 
 Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, with whom 
 he remained until February, 1882. Meantime he 
 was studying law and formed a partnership with 
 John A. Rich, of Slater. He was admitted to the 
 Bar by .Indue John 1'. Strother, at Marshall, in 
 February, 1885, after which he continued to prac- 
 tice at Slater until the spring of 1886. 
 
 At the last-named date Mr. licet or was nominated 
 by the Democratic party to the office of Prosecu- 
 ting Attorney of Saline County, and after election 
 removed to Marshall, qualifying for office Jan- 
 uary 1,1887. In 1889 he was re-elected and served 
 until January I. 1891, having filled the office in a 
 satisfactory manner, and in such a way as to prove 
 beyond a doubt his ability. Since the last-named 
 date he lias continued in private practice, and now 
 has a large and lucrative business. With less ad- 
 vantages than most professional men enjoy, by in- 
 domitable energy he has gained his way step by 
 step to a high position in the law. lie is also in- 
 terested in farming ami stock-raising, and owns a 
 tine place in this county. 
 
 The original of this sketch married Miss Lucy 
 
 Venable in Chariton County, Mo., January 10, 
 1*77. Thej arc the parents of three children, 
 whose names arc George Nest, liaylis J. and Susan 
 I). Fraternally, M". Rector is a member of the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen an 1 Knights 
 of the Maccabees. 
 
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 <Sp^)RNST HOFFMANN, proprietor of the Lex- 
 ilUi ington Brewery, is the subject of this 
 ' -> sketch. His birth took place in Darmstadt- 
 Germany, March 5, 1834. For many \ears the 
 fathei of Mr. Hoffmann was Postmaster of his native 
 place, also carried on successful farming, and was 
 a man of good business qualities. His connection 
 with the mail service continued for many years, 
 to the satisfaction of the Government. In the 
 prime of life he died, regretted by a large circle of 
 friends. The mother of our subjeel bore the 
 maiden name of Catherine Sohwinn, and she was 
 born in Germany and spent her life there. 
 
 The boyhood of our subject was passed in his 
 native town of Brainsbach, until he was fourteen 
 years of age attending school. At this age he en- 
 tered a cooper shop to learn the trade, which he 
 followed for two years, leaving it to engage in the 
 brewery business at ( tppenheim, on the River Rhine, 
 where he remained for twelve months. After this, 
 followed aseason in his life when he traveled from 
 town to town in the.brcwery business, also visiting 
 some cities. 
 
 In 1853 Mr. Hoffmann sailed for this country, 
 and, after landing in New York, engaged with 
 Brown & Co., later entering the employ of F. & M. 
 Schafcr for six months. Tin- next city where our 
 Subject entered into business was Allegheny City. 
 Pa., but later he went to Birmingham, Pa. After 
 this he removed to St. Louis, Mo.. -till following 
 his line of business for various parties, continuing 
 for two years and one-half. Our information does 
 not permit us to say that at thi- time home-Slck- 
 neSS overcame our worthy subject, but thai or some 
 other good reason induced him to again tempt fate 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 upon the ocean l>.v makings visit to the Father- 
 land. His vi-.it covered four years, then in 18G1 
 he returned to America. 
 
 When Mr. Hoffmann again came to this country, 
 
 he made his way to Pckin. 111., where he had a 
 brother, and with him he engaged in farming for 
 two mi miners, in the winter time following his trade. 
 For six months our subject resided in Havana, 
 III. Looking about, and finally deciding upon that 
 town as a good location, he opened up business. 
 there and continued for eleven years. In 1875 
 Mr. Hoffmann came to Lexington, Mo., where he has 
 built a brewery which has a capacity of forty bar- 
 rels per day, and enjoys a line trade. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Hoffmann was celebrated in 
 1 si;:;, with Miss .lennette Stockert, of Pekin, III.. 
 and a family of seven children was born into this 
 household, as follows: Albert, who married Miss 
 Kate Larry, now deceased; Km ma, the wife of 
 John Frederick, a tailor by trade; George, deceased; 
 Carl, of Chicago, 111.; Edith, at home; and Ernst, 
 who assists his father in the business. One child 
 is deceased. Mr. Hoffmann is the owner of some 
 very good property, his brewery also being large 
 and commodious. In politics our subject is inde- 
 pendent, always voting for the man he considers 
 the best, apart from any party lines. 
 
 ENRY C. EWING. Prominent among the 
 Y J enterprising agriculturists of La Fayette 
 County is the gentleman with whose name 
 we introduce this sketch, and who operates 
 a finely-improved farm on section 24, township 49, 
 range 27. His landed possessions consist of four 
 hundred and forty acres, the most of which is 
 highly cultivated. In conducting farming oper- 
 ations, Mr. Ewing uses modern improvements in 
 the way of machinery, and it needs but a glance 
 at his estate to convince the passer-by that he is a 
 man of energy and of a progressive nature. 
 
 Born in La Fayette, Mo., on the 22d of June, 
 
 1838, our subject is a son of Chatham S. and Mary B. 
 (Young) Ewing, natives of Kentucky and Tennes- 
 see. When a boy Henry C. came with his parents 
 to Missouri, where for a time he resided in Howard 
 County; he afterward removed thence to Henry 
 County where lie was reared to manhood. Mr. 
 Ewing of this sketch received the rudiments of his 
 education in the common schools of the district, and 
 afterward supplemented the knowledge there ac- 
 quired by attendance at the old Chapel Hill Col- 
 lege, in Suiabar Township, LaFayette County. 
 Having become familiar with farm work in his 
 youth he naturally chose that occupation when 
 starting out in life. 
 
 December 8, 1874, our subject was united in 
 marriage with Miss Isabelle .1.. a daughter of K. M. 
 Harrelson, and they are the parents of two living 
 children: Chatham M., now a student in the Mis- 
 souri Valley College, at Marshall, Mo.; and Flor- 
 ence B., who is at home. One child, James II.. is 
 deceased. Mrs. Ewing is a member of one of the 
 well-known families of Missouri. Her maternal 
 grandfather, Gen. J. II. Graham, was among the 
 first settlers of Lexington, this State, and is still 
 living at that place, having attained to the vener- 
 able age of ninety-live years. 
 
 Mrs. Ewing has three surviving sisters, namely: 
 Mrs. Eliza Barton, whose home is in Kates County, 
 Mo.; Mrs Edward S. Butt, a resident of La Fay- 
 ette Count}-; and .Mrs. Warner Duvall. of Colo- 
 rado. The father of this family came to La 
 Fayette County in the '50s and settled in Davis 
 Township. During the last year of the Civil War 
 he removed to Washington Township, where for 
 a number of years he made his home. From that 
 township he removed to Rich Hill, Mo., where he 
 now resides, lie is a prominent citizen, a stanch 
 adherent of the principles of Democracy and for 
 many years has served as Justice of the Peace. In 
 his religious connection, he is a member of the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 
 
 The political opinions of Mr. Ewing lead him 
 into line with the Democratic party, of which he 
 has always been an ardent supporter. Having 
 spent all of his life in Missouri, he has witnessed 
 its progress and aided greatly in promoting its 
 interests. Mrs. ICwing is a faithful member of the 
 
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 Cumberland Presbyterian ('lunch and an active 
 worker in both the Home and Foreign Missionary 
 Societies, she i> a capable housekeeper, devoted 
 to the interests of her family, and is highly re- 
 garded in the community. 
 
 
 
 <& » I I.I.I AM GRANT FOWLER, a farmer and 
 \fijl stock-raiser of Saline County, residing 
 V^y upon section 12, township 51, range 20, 
 near Slater, is the subject of the present sketch. 
 He was born in Boone County, Ky., in the year 
 1834, and is the son of .1. B. and Mary (Stillwell) 
 Fowler, both of whom were native Kentuckians, 
 he having been born in 1800, and she at Maysville 
 about the same time. Both grandfathers were 
 soldiers in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Our subject was one in a family of seven chil- 
 dren. John, his eldest brother, was born in Ken- 
 tucky, May 23, 1824, and died in that State in 
 184 ( J; Daniel 1!. was born in Kentucky in 1836, 
 married Miss Wolgamot, and died in Colorado in 
 1884, leaving four children; Robert was born in 
 Kentucky in 1840, married .Miss Huston, of Scot- 
 land County. Mo., where he is a physician, and they 
 have a family of seven children; Elizabeth, who 
 was born in Kentucky in 1830, married John "Win- 
 ston, became the mother of six children, and re- 
 sides in Saline County, Mo., where Mr. Winston is 
 engaged in fanning; Sarah J. was born in Kentucky, 
 married Dr. Asbury, of Lewis County, Mo., and 
 they had a family of four children. 
 
 In Saline County, in 1865, our subject married 
 Miss Mar\ F. Thomson, who was born January 7, 
 1838, on the farm where she now lives. They are 
 the parents of six children: Robert, born in 1866; 
 Susie in 1870; Donald, born in 1872. now teaching 
 school in I, a Fayette County; Effie, born in 1875; 
 Celliein 1877; and Mamie in 1879; all are at home. 
 The eldest daughter finished her education at 
 Hardin College, in Mexico, Mo., in 1889. 
 
 Our subject is a man of broad knowledge, hav- 
 ing acquired an excellent education at the Morgan 
 
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 Academy, Burlington, Ky. His schooling ended, 
 he went to Texas, where he engaged in trading 
 stock between that Staleand Mexico for some three 
 years. After driving a large herd of cattle to 
 Chicago, where he sold them, he came to Missouri. 
 His first business venture in this State was that of 
 cattle trading, but at the outbreak of the war he 
 enlisted in the arm}- under Martin Greene, who 
 was the commander of the Greene Regiment. 
 They were stationed for some time in Monticello, 
 Mo., and their first battle was at Athens, Iowa, 
 whence they went to join Price, and also took 
 part in the Lexington fight. Our subject was 
 taken prisoner at Cane Hill, Ark., in Price's last 
 raid and was paroled. 
 
 In 1865, Mr. Fowler retired from the army and 
 resumed his business of farming and stock-raising. 
 At the present time, lie has a farm of three hun- 
 dred and thirty-five acres, situated on the high- 
 way running east of Slater, and the land to-day is 
 worth $65 per acre. The principal productions 
 arc corn, wheat and hay, in raising which Mr. 
 Fowler has met with success. While not a mem- 
 ber of any church, he is a liberal supporter of all 
 religious measures. His wife and four of the chil- 
 dren are connected with the Baptist Church. So- 
 cially, our subject has been a Mason for some 
 twenty-five years. He is a member of the Board 
 of Trustees of the Sappington School Fund for 
 the education of poor and orphaned children of 
 Saline County. Mo., which position he has held for 
 twenty years. Politically, he is a Democrat, and 
 takes an active interest in the affairs of his party. 
 
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 jps^ AMIT.I. SMITH, a well-known and promt- 
 
 ^s& nent pioneer resident of this locality, resid- 
 
 \£/' '■"" "'""' Sl ''' ,i " n '•"'' township 111, range 
 
 27, is the gentleman of whom we write. 
 
 His birth took place April 6, 1831. in La Fayette 
 
 County, Mo.. where hi- parents, Charles and Naacy 
 
 (Ferguson) Smith, had long been residents. Charles 
 
 Smith, a native of Virginia, married a lady from 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Tennessee, and in the early '20s, with his widowed 
 mother and other members of his family, made 
 the long trip from the Old Dominion to Missouri 
 and settled in La Fayette County. He had re- 
 ceived his adventurous spirit from both sides of 
 the family, botli grandparents having been brave 
 soldiers during the Revolutionary War. 
 
 The family of Mr. Smith took up their residence 
 upon what is known as the Capt. Calloway farm, 
 where they remained for a number of years, but 
 finally removed to the farm where our subject now 
 lives. The family of Mr. and .Airs. Charles Smith 
 consisted of but two children, namely: Samuel, 
 who is the subject of this sketch, and one sister, 
 Luvenia, deceased. Charles Smith died July 2, 
 1842, after having spent nearly twenty years in 
 arduous toil, a brave pioneer preparing the way 
 and making it easier for those who came after. 
 This worthy man lived to see the desert places 
 bloom, and the aforetime forests superseded by 
 fields of golden grain, and to hear the wheels of 
 the iron horse that was destined to hasten the set- 
 tlement and civilization of the great West. 
 
 Our subject grew up amid the changing scenes 
 of the drama of developing civilization at too 
 early a period in its rendition to reap those ad- 
 vantages of education and culture which now ap- 
 pertain to the children of parents in any condition 
 of life. At the best, all that was offered was the 
 old log cabin school, with its brief winter terms, and 
 teachers who, as a rule, were unacquainted with the 
 curriculum of the college. Even this meagre in- 
 struction was in a gnat degree denied our subject, 
 because from his eleventh year he was the main- 
 stay in his mother's family, his father having died 
 three years before. Still the draughts taken, light 
 as they were, gave him thirst for more knowledge, 
 and throughout his life he has been an earnest 
 reader. Mr. Smith lived to see the deer and other 
 wild animals his father delighted to hunt disap- 
 pear, and has witnessed the development of La 
 Fayette County from a dreary waste meagrely set- 
 tled to its present high state of civilization. 
 
 Mr. Smith married Mrs. Martha McLoughlin, 
 widow of Henry McLoughlin, who was a daughter 
 of W. M. Whitsett, and she bore him two children, 
 Charles and Albert, both deceased, The second 
 
 marriage of Mr. Smith occurred February 19, 1878, 
 hi- selection having been Miss Matilda Morrison, 
 who was born in Virginia, a daughter of II. A. 
 Morrison, of La Fayette County, Mo. She lias 
 borne him the following children: Fannie C, Mary 
 L., Samuel 15., Emma M., Hettie B., Betsy M., and 
 Naomi, who died in infancy. Mr. Smith has served 
 in various official capacities in the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church, in which he is a highly es- 
 teemed member, his wife happily sharing his views. 
 Having a fine farm of three hundred and six- 
 teen acres. Mr. Smith is independent in most 
 things, but in politics he chooses to ally himself 
 with the Democratic party, of whose principles and 
 history he is proud. Widely known and having 
 lived a life of integrity and uprightness, Mr. 
 Smith is held in highest esteem by all who know 
 him. A man of great public spirit, thoroughly 
 identified with the party of improvement and 
 progress in his neighborhood, and possessed of 
 read} - apprehension to discern that which is right 
 and best for the community, he wields an influ- 
 ence second to none in this part of La Fayette 
 County. 
 
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 ON. .1. .1. FERRIL. In Saline County, of 
 |l which he is an honored citizen, our subject 
 was bom January 1. 1K22. He is the son 
 of Henry and Martha (Jones) Ferril, na- 
 tives of Kentucky. The paternal grandfather was 
 John Ferril, and the family is of Irish descent. 
 The great-grandfather came to this country at 
 an early day and was killed by the Indians while 
 moving from Virginia to Kentucky. The grand- 
 father served in the Indian War and participated 
 in the Ohio expedition under Cen. Clarke. The 
 family came to the State of Missouri in 1808 and 
 settled at Suter Island. In 1809, they removed 
 to Howard County, when the father of our subject 
 was but fourteen years of age. During the War Of 
 1812, he was one of the men in the expedition that 
 
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 tooh ili«' .Miami Indians from the town of Miami 
 to the shawncc Indians' reservation. 
 
 Our subject is one in a family of seven children, 
 all of whom are yet living except two. .lane, who 
 was born in Missouri, married William ('. Hill and 
 both have passed away; John, who was horn in 
 Saline County, Mo., married Miss Casebolt, and 
 now resides in California; where he is engaged in 
 farming; Robert, also a native of this county, mar- 
 ried Miss McDermitt, and is now engaged in farm- 
 ing; David married Miss Wheeler, who died in 
 California; Hiram, who was born in Missouri, mar- 
 ried Eliza X. Cruzen, and they reside at Marshall; 
 and Josephine, who is the widow of E. W. Scott, 
 resides in Tulare, Cal. 
 
 In the subscription schools of Saline County, 
 our subject acquired his education, and as his fa- 
 ther was a poor man his advantages in youth were 
 very limited. After leaving school, he devoted 
 himself to his chosen trade, which was that of a 
 cabinet-maker, and many a good wife of Saline 
 County in the olden days spun her tlax and yarn 
 upon wheels which he manufactured. During the 
 summer, lie made brick and also engaged in the 
 manufacture of furniture at Miami. In 1853, he 
 embarked in business as a furniture dealer, in 
 which he continued until the opening of the war, 
 and as he was energetic and enterprising his suc- 
 cess was assured from tin- start. 
 
 Our subject entered the army and served in the 
 State militia for three months, after which he re- 
 turned home and engaged in the manufacture of 
 spinning-wheels. In 1862, he was elected to the 
 position of County Judge and served until 1866. 
 At present he has a line slock of furniture and also 
 owns considerable property, including a business 
 block in the tow r n of Miami, which has been in his 
 possession since 1846. His residence is an elegant 
 two-story frame dwelling, whii h cosl $2,500. Po- 
 litically, Judge Ferril is a Democrat and previous 
 to his present party affiliation he was an old-line 
 Whig. lie was elected to the posit ion of To wn- 
 ship Clerk of Miami, which he held for two terms 
 under the old school law of Is 111, and served for a 
 long time as Notary Public. 
 
 When the site of the present thriving town of 
 Miami was but a wilderness, Judge Ferril was 
 
 then, as now, familiar with the entire country, a nd 
 during the fifteen years in which he served as 
 Mayor of Miami was instrumental in securing 
 many improvements and effecting many reforms. 
 Probably there is no man in the county of Saline 
 who more fully enjoys the confidence and esteem 
 of his neighbors than does he. I lis straightforward 
 and fearless adherence to duty during the war won 
 for him the respect of both sides. Warm-hearted 
 and charitable toward all, his watchword on the 
 Bench and in private life has been "Duty." 
 
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 <jp^y, ( (BERT A. HARNETT. Our subject is one 
 of the old settlers in La Fayette County, 
 
 \V where he has a fine farm, comprising fifty- 
 '^) one acres on section 6, township 50, range 
 2.">. lie has >pent over a half-century in this vicin- 
 ity, and the time has been fraught with changes 
 here as in every other portion of the Union. The 
 railroads have extended their shining rails in 
 every direction, fine houses have taken the places 
 of log cabins and dug-outs, splendid roads inter- 
 sect the country, which was before a broken tim- 
 ber-land, and these are the least of the changes 
 that might be mentioned. 
 
 Judge Harnett is a native of "Old Kaintuck," 
 and was born in Madison County. August 1, 1814. 
 He is a son of Alexander and Elizabeth M. (Din- 
 widdie) Barnett, both natives of Virginia. His pa- 
 ternal grandfather. John Barnett, who wasalso born 
 in Virginia, was one of the early followers of Boone 
 in Kentucky. The first representative of his fam- 
 ily in America came hither from Ireland. Ills 
 mother's family came from England. When the 
 original, of tin- sketch was twenty-one years of 
 age, he left Kentucky and removed to La Fayette 
 County, this Stale, at once settling on a farm. 
 
 The hemp industry, which is most extensively 
 cultivated at the present time in Kentucky, was 
 one with which our subject, was very familiar, and 
 on migrating to La Fayette County, he at once be- 
 gan raising i in large quantities. Until the war 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 he found plenty of negro help to "break" the 
 
 hemp, but since then has given up the work and de- 
 voted himself to general farming. For many years 
 he has been a pronounced Democrat, and it would 
 lie foreign to his nature to be inactive in anything 
 concerning public interests. He was elected one 
 of the Judges of La Fayette County shortly after 
 the war, and served eight years, reflecting great 
 credit upon himself during his incumbency of that 
 office. 
 
 March 15, 1842, Judge Barnett married Miss 
 Mary C, daughter of Joseph Barnett, of Madison 
 County. Ky. They were the parents of nine chil- 
 dren, four of whom are now living: Alexander, 
 Joseph, Robert A. and Katie T. Mrs. Mary Barnett 
 died January 9, 1879. The present Mrs. Barnett 
 was formerly Mrs. Mary B. Allison. She is an ac- 
 complished housewife, and an excellent lady. The 
 Barnett farm comprises fifty-one acres of well-im- 
 proved land, all of which is under cultivation. 
 They have a pleasant residence which is entirely 
 adequate to the family needs and comfort. For 
 many years Mr. Barnett has been a member of the 
 Presbyterian Church, and his wife worships with 
 the Christian denomination. More than the allot- 
 ted three-score years and ten have been permitted 
 to our subject for the enjoyment of well-earned 
 comforts, and we supplement the wish of his many 
 friends that he will be spared fm- years to come. 
 
 * AVID LYONS, an honored and upright citi- 
 zen, and for the past twenty-five years a 
 constant resident and successful agricultur- 
 ist of Lexington Township, La Fayette County, 
 Mo., is pleasantly located upon section 19, town- 
 ship 50, range 2G, and has a tine farm, all under a 
 high state of improvement. Our subject was the 
 namesake of his paternal grandfather. David Lyons, 
 a native of Ireland. An enterprising and ener- 
 getic man, intelligent and ambitious, he early de- 
 termined to emigrate to America, and. crossing 
 the broad Atlantic, settled in the United States 
 
 and made for himself and his descendants a pros- 
 perous home in the land of liberty. His son 
 James was born and reared in the good old Quaker 
 State, and, leaving Pennsylvania to locate in Tenn- 
 essee, there met and married his wife, Anna Max- 
 well, a native of Hawkins County, Tenn. 
 
 Our subject was born upon his father's farm 
 in Hawkins County, in February, 1820, and re- 
 mained in his birthplace until he arrived at a ma- 
 ture age. In his boyhood days he assisted in the 
 agricultural duties of the farm, and attended the 
 subscription schools of the immediate neighbor- 
 hood. His father was an extensive stock-raiser, 
 and he gained an accurate knowledge of this 
 branch of farming, which has since materially 
 aided him in successful ventures. Remaining in 
 Tennessee until 1865, Mr. Lyons was variously 
 employed. At sixteen years of age he began clerk- 
 ing in a variety or general store, and performed 
 the duties intrusted to his care so satisfactorily 
 that he continued in the business until he was 
 twenty years of age. Our subject then began 
 buying and selling horses, and profitably con- 
 tinued in the same line of business for some years. 
 
 In 1848, Mr. Lyons embarked in mercantile 
 pursuits on his own account, and, devoting him- 
 self with his accustomed ability- and energy to his 
 business, he built up a fine trade, which, rapidly 
 extending, yielded him a comfortable income for 
 ten years. In 1860 he retired from mercantile 
 life, and in 18(15 settled upon his present farm of 
 one hundred and twenty acres, which under his 
 excellent management is constantly increasing in 
 value. In the month of December, 1813, our sub- 
 ject was united in marriage with Miss Julia Amos, 
 a most estimable lady and a daughter of James 
 Amos, a native of North Carolina, and a well- 
 known and highly respected citizen. Mrs. Julia 
 (Amos) Lyons did not survive her marriage man}' 
 years, and dying left to the care of her husband 
 four children, one son and three daughters: Anna 
 is at home; Mary is married and is the wife of 
 John Lyons; James lives in La Fayette County; 
 and Julia is deceased. 
 
 In 1852, Mr. Lyons was married to his second 
 wife. Miss Matilda Looney. who passed away in 
 1866, after becoming the mother of six children, 
 
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 now living: Clinton resides a1 home with his 
 father; John L. is living in Lexington Town- 
 ship; David J. is a grocer of Lexington Township; 
 Elizabeth is at home; Rosa is the wife of Frank 
 Lankford, of Bates County, Mo.; and Rachael is 
 married and is Mrs. Walker. Our subject was again 
 married, in 1875, to .Mrs. FulkerSOn, liis present 
 wife, and a native of Massachusetts. 
 
 Mr. Lyons is a man of temperate habits and 
 strong character, decided in his views, and, pos- 
 sessing undoubted integrity, has worthily won, 
 and firmly holds, the esteem and confidence of 
 friends and neighbors. A strong Democrat, well 
 able to defend the parly principles with sound ar- 
 gument and unanswerable logic, he has never 
 himself desired political promotion, but considers 
 it the duty of every good citizen to do his best 
 to see that all the offices, both local and national, 
 are worthily filled. Our subject is notably inter- 
 ested in educational advancement, and is one of 
 the foremost promoters in local progress and im- 
 provement. 
 
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 r~Y I.X.IAMIN C. RIDGE is a farmer on section 
 
 XzsL 35, Dover Township, La Fayette County. 
 ft") I lie is a native of Adair County, Ky., and 
 
 was bom September 20, 1833. 'His father, 
 William Ridge, who was a native of Maryland, 
 emigrated from Kentucky to Missouri in 1836, 
 and, as he brought his family with him, our sub- 
 ject knows but little of his native State by actual 
 residence therein. His mother was. prior to her 
 marriage, Miss Sophia Dillingham, a native of 
 Kentucky. 
 
 When the Ridge family moved to Missouri they 
 at once settled on the farm where our subject now 
 lives. As a lad, he attended the common schools 
 in the vicinity of home, helping his father, as was 
 the custom in those days, in the Intervals of school 
 life with the farm work. In 1861 he enlisted in 
 Company I, of Gen. Shelby's Regiment of Cavalry, 
 and served until the close of the war. During 
 
 thai time he took part in the following battles: 
 \\ ilson Creek, Lexington (Mo.), Springfield (Mo.), 
 Iluntsville (Miss.), and other minor engagements, 
 lie was wounded at Westport, this State, in 1804. 
 
 At the close of the war, Mr. Ridge returned to 
 La Fayette County, and resumed his career as a 
 farmer, which he has carried on up to the present 
 time. He has paid considerable attention for the 
 lasl few years to raising Shorthorn cattle, and, like 
 the native-born Kentuckian that he is, his delight 
 is in tine trot ting' horses. His horses of the best 
 pedigree are from "Mambrino," "Wilkomont" and 
 •Red Eagle." 
 
 In politics, Mr. Ridge belongs to the successful 
 party at the present time, and has been loyal to it 
 through its long years of patient waiting for the 
 present day. In 1866, he was married to Miss 
 Winnie Warren, a daughter of Anderson Warren, 
 who was a native of Kentucky and was one of the 
 early settlers of Missouri, having moved here in 
 1818. Our subject and his wife have been the par- 
 ents of seven children, and still number six of 
 their grown-up sons and daughters, there being 
 four of the former and two of the latter, who are 
 named as follows: Clarence, Benjamin F., Winnie 
 II., Sophia L., William A. and George C. 
 
 The farm of which our subject is the owner 
 comprises two hundred and fifty acres, which are 
 all under cultivation and well improved. The 
 home is a model of comfort and convenience, and 
 the outbuildings, especially the barn for his fa- 
 vored trotters, is after the most approved style for 
 that kindof a building. The place is beautified 
 with trees, both shade and fruit. Loth our subject 
 and his wife are devoted members of the Christian 
 ( liurch. 
 
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 ■JOHN C. COBB. Success in life attained 
 through honorable means is a mark of high 
 distinction in this age of competition, when 
 desire for wealth too often prompts irreg- 
 ular practices. The general testimony of the peo- 
 
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 pie of Odessa is that John C. Cobb is the soul of 
 honor, whose wealth has been won without the 
 sacrifice of a single principle of right. In his 
 responsible position as President of the National 
 Bank of Odessa, he is art important factor in fi- 
 nancial circles and exerts a wide influence through- 
 out the community. A brief review of his life 
 will, therefore, be of interest to the reader and 
 will encourage those who are dependent upon their 
 own exertions for advancement. His father, Al- 
 fred F. Cobb, was reared in his native State, 
 Tennessee, where he followed the trade of an iron- 
 maker. The grandfather of our subject, a native 
 of North Carolina, of Welsh descent, and also an 
 iron-maker by trade, settled in La Fayette County, 
 Mo., in 1838, and in his removal hither was accom- 
 panied by his son Alfred F. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Louisa (Hoskins) 
 Cobb, was a native of East Tennessee, where she 
 grew to womanhood. Mir was married to Alfred 
 F. Cobb in La Fayette County. Mo., and bore him 
 eleven children, ten sons' and one daughter, all but 
 one of whom grew to maturity, married and still 
 survive. Our subject, the eldest of the eleven, was 
 born in La Fayette County, Mo., March 18, 1843, 
 and was reared there, attending the only school of 
 his district. At the age of eighteen, he crossed 
 the plains and engaged in hauling freight with an 
 ox-team. In 1879, he embarked in the grain busi- 
 ness, and in the following year organized the Bank 
 of Odessa, which was merged into the National 
 Bank. This institution is the largest bank in the 
 county, and has also the distinction of being the 
 only National Bank in the county. 
 
 In 18(58, Mr. Cobb married Miss Louisa Hobson, 
 a native of Jackson County, and they are the 
 parents of three children: Dora Lou, Harvey C. 
 and John Libert. In the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, Mr. Cobb is held in highesl esteem and is 
 Deacon, as well as a most influential member of 
 that organization. In politics, as may be supposed, 
 he takes a leading part and is a prominent Dem- 
 ocrat. He is a member of the Board of Trustees 
 of the Missouri Valley College, at Marshall, and of 
 the Cumberland Presbyterian Board of Missions 
 and Church Erection, located at St. Louis, Mo. 
 As one of the most prominent and reliable business 
 
 men of the city, he takes a leading part in all 
 public enterprises and his advice is frequently 
 sought on matters of importance by his large cir- 
 cle of friends and acquaintances. His name is a 
 synonym for all that is honorable and upright, 
 and by integrity and sound business principles he 
 has won a most enviable reputation in the com- 
 munity. 
 
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 T-MKlMAS R. E. HARVEY, A. B., an active 
 and honored member of the Old Settlers' 
 
 Society of Saline County, and for many 
 years a leading and representative farmer of the 
 State, has now retired from the pursuit of agricul- 
 tural duties, and makes his home in the city of 
 Marshall. A resident of Saline County since 1836, 
 our subject has been intimately associated with 
 the growth and history of Missouri for the past 
 fifty-five years. Born in Northumberland County, 
 Ya., between Baltimore and Richmond, December 
 16, 1827, he was a boy of but nine years when his 
 parents left the Old Dominion and with their fam- 
 ily settled in the vicinity of his present home. 
 
 Thomas II. Harvey, father of our subject., was of 
 English descent, and was a native of Northumber- 
 land County, Ya.. where he became well known as 
 a prominent agriculturist. An earnest and intel- 
 ligent citizen, lie was appointed by President Ty- 
 ler as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and so 
 efficiently conducted this department of public 
 work, that he was re-appointed to the official posi- 
 tion by President Polk. Some time after estab- 
 lishing his home in Missouri, Thomas Harvey was 
 elected to the State Legislature and was Speaker 
 of the House. He also served with honor in the 
 Senate of his adopted State. An honest, useful 
 and highly respected citizen, he was from early 
 youth connected with the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and after a life of unblemished Christian 
 integrit}', passed away from earthly scenes in 
 1852, lamented by all who knew him. 
 
 Reared upon his father's farm, Mr. Harvey re- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 ceived a preparatory education in the neighbor- 
 ing schools, and afterward completed a classical 
 course of instruction in the university al St. Louis, 
 graduating with honor in 1850, and receiving the 
 honorary degree of Bachelor of Arts, lie further 
 enjoyed the advantage of a session in the law 
 school of the Virginia University at Charlottes- 
 ville. Returning to Missouri, he engaged in the 
 study of law in Spaulding it Shepley's of lice in St. 
 Louis, until the death of his father necessitated 
 his immediate return home, when he at once took 
 charge of, and superintended, the estate of his de- 
 ceased father. Until 1891 our subject actively en- 
 gaged in general farming with success, then, hav- 
 ing earned a rest, removed to Marshall, built a 
 commodious and attractive residence, and now 
 makes his home among a large circle of old friends 
 and neighbors, whose confidence he has won by his 
 honorable life. 
 
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 eHATHAM E. LANKFORD, a prosperous 
 general agriculturist and successful stock- 
 raiser of La Fayette County. Mo., residing 
 upon section 24, township 50, range 27, is well 
 known as a useful, energetic and upright citizen. 
 Born in the immediate neighborhood of his pres- 
 ent home October 26, 1829, our subject has for 
 sixty-three years been intimately associated with 
 the growth and rapid development of the various 
 leading interests of the county. His father, Dan- 
 iel Lankford, was a native of Virginia, but early 
 left his native State and, journeying to Missouri, 
 became one of her early pioneer settlers. His wife, 
 Ilulda Young, was the daughter of Adam Young, 
 who removed to this portion of Missouri when 
 the Slate was an almost unbroken wilderness, and 
 thus the entire family history of our subject is in- 
 terwoven with the changes, vicissitudes and later 
 prosperity of this particular locality. 
 
 The boyhood days of Chatham Lankford were 
 passed mainly upon the farm, where he, as SOOH as 
 his years would permit, assisted his father in the 
 
 daily duties of agriculture, and was taught the 
 lessons of honest industry and thrifty manage- 
 ment which in after life made him a thoroughly 
 self-reliant, man. The schoolhouse to which he 
 took his way through the winter months was a 
 rude structure, but the patient teacher thoroughly 
 grounded the pupils in the common branches of 
 reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography. 
 and, hardest of all, gave them lessons in grammar. 
 Only a very brief time for study had the farmer 
 boys of those early days, but in lessons of endur- 
 ance and patriotism they had their full share, and 
 no coming generation will ever produce a more 
 sturdy race of citizens than the ancestry from 
 which our subject is descend* d. 
 
 In 1849, when the Western plains were trailed 
 by miles of slowly moving wagons, all bound for 
 the golden land upon the Pacific coast, our sub- 
 ject, not then twenty years of age, joined in the 
 cavalcade, and drove through to California with 
 a mule-team. Varied and novel were his experi- 
 ences in this his first long journey from home. 
 Determined to win success in the far West, he pros- 
 pected and engaged in mining, and the boy who 
 had ventured so far from home returned again in 
 1857 a man in years and knowledge of the great 
 world toward the setting sun. Once more in La 
 Fayette County, he entered anew into the duties 
 of farming, and as a tiller of the soil and an ex- 
 tensive stock-raiser has gained a competence. The 
 farm of one hundred and forty acres upon which 
 he then settled is his present homestead, and is to- 
 day one of the most finely cultivated pieces of 
 land in the county. The buying, feeding and 
 shipping of cattle has also profitably occupied the 
 business attention of Mr. Lankford, and still 
 yields him a handsome income. 
 
 In 1877, our subject was united in marriage 
 with Miss Cecilia Smith, daughter of Dr. T. S. 
 Smith, of Lexington. A bright, promising family 
 of seven "children blesses the pleasant home of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Lankford. The sons and daughters are: 
 Mary II.. Chatham I-:.. Jr.. Elizabeth K., Baxter 
 Y., Susie S., Florence A. and Sidney M. Our sub- 
 ject is a member of the Baptist Church, but his 
 wife is connected with the Christian Church, with 
 which religious denomination she was early asso- 
 
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 ciated, having been one of its most valued mem- 
 bers. Liberal in their various beliefs, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Lankford are ever ready to assist in the en- 
 terprises of either organization. In political atlil- 
 iation our subject is a strong Democrat, and takes 
 an active interest in the issues of the day. He 
 is an ardent advocate of educational advance- 
 ment, and as a member and Director of the School 
 Board is an efficient and able worker, and during 
 his term of oflicc will prove an invaluable pro- 
 moter in the upward progress of the already ex- 
 cellent public schools of La Fayette County. 
 
 ,., RCIIIBAU) A. JONES, President of Cen- 
 tral College, at Lexington, Mo., was born 
 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., September 22, I860. 
 His parents were John A. and Mary V*. 
 (Scott) Jones, the former a native of North Caro- 
 lina, but reared in Alabama, and the mother a na- 
 tive of the latter State. Our subject was reared in 
 an intellectual atmosphere, his father having been 
 an educator for a number of years, teaching in the 
 State of Alabama, and later becoming Professor of 
 Latin and Creek in the State I Diversity. In 1889 
 he came to Lexington, Mo., and accepted a posi- 
 tion in Central College, which he still holds. 
 
 Our subject passed his youth in his native State 
 and at an early age became a pupil in the private 
 schools of his town. The knowledge then acquired 
 was sufficiently extensive to enable him to enter 
 Webb's School at Culleoka, Tenn., and afterward 
 he became a student in the University of Ala- 
 bama, from which institution he was graduated in 
 1882. As soon as practicable after graduation, he 
 hastened to put his store of knowledge to the test, 
 first in New Jersey, where he remained for a space 
 of three years. At that time the Dalton Female 
 College called the distinguished father of oar sub- 
 ject to become its President, and Prof. A. A.Jones 
 accompanied him as Assistant, which position he 
 acceptably filled for several years. 
 
 In 1881) the Trustees of Central College looked 
 about them for a progressive and energetic J'oung 
 man to become the presiding officer of their insti- 
 tution. Choice fell upon the subject of the present 
 sketch: accepting the offer, he became President of 
 the college in the same year. Since then, this 
 place of learning has made rapid strides upward, 
 and the active young President has made numer- 
 ous advantageous changes. The buildings are 
 now arranged to accommodate one hundred and 
 fifty boarders, and a late registration discloses the 
 gratifying fact that the list of pupils includes 
 students from fourteen States. 
 
 The corps of teachers and special professors is a 
 fine one, President Jones having determined to 
 surround himself with an able faculty. The musi- 
 cal department is under the direction of Prof. A. 
 (). Bauer, who is one of the most gifted pianists in 
 America, and the art department as well as all 
 others is filled with the best available talent. The 
 pupils from this college are graduated from both 
 classical and scientific courses. In 1888 President 
 Jones was united in marriage with Miss Kate Ilar- 
 ben, of Dalton, Ga., a daughter of Nathan Ilarben, 
 of that city. The President and his wife are mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 
 and are important factors in Lexington society. 
 His scholarly attainments and broad knowledge 
 entitle him to a position among the foremost 
 educators of the State, and future years will un- 
 doubtedly add fresh Iauiels to the distinguished 
 name lie bears. 
 
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 J7--7RFD H. BARTMAN, one of the popular 
 
 I— ^5) and well-liked merchants of Concordia, 
 (L> Mo., is a member of the firm of Bartman 
 Bros., dealers in general merchandise in that city. 
 Cord Bartman, the father of the subject of this no- 
 tice, was born in Prussia, and came to America in 
 184 I, but his wife, Sophia (Blotcvogel) Bartman, 
 did not come with the children until 1857; but 
 the father, who had so faithfully worked as a 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
 515 
 
 laborer in St. Louis, lived only six months to en- 
 joy their companionship. Mrs. Bartman came to 
 America on a sailing ship, and was nine long and 
 weary weeks on the way. The family resided in 
 St. Louis, .-ind there our subject wenl to both Ger- 
 man and English schools, and as soon as he was of 
 sufficient age learned the trade of a stove-molder, 
 and then clerked for three years in that city. 
 
 In March, 1870, Mr. Bartman opened a store in 
 Concordia, and in L874 built his present two- 
 story brick building, 42x70 feet, and a double 
 store. His stock consists of dry goods, clothing, 
 hats, caps, groceries, queensware and notions, and 
 he carries $15,000 worth of goods, and does a 
 large and profitable trade, there being but one 
 other merchant who has been longer in the place. 
 October 17, 1871, our subject became the husband 
 of Miss Anna Meineckc, who was horn in St. Louis, 
 and eight children have been born into the family, 
 as follows: William, Rosa, Fred, Alvin, Theodore, 
 Nora, Laura and Edgar. Our subject and wife are 
 members of the Lutheran Church. 
 
 Mr. Bartman lias seen life under many phases. 
 In 1863 he enlisted in the Missouri Enrolled Mili- 
 tia, and did guard duty on railroads and bridges 
 in Missouri until he was mustered out in 1865. In 
 polities, he is a Republican, and his efforts for his 
 party have been appreciated by the people of his 
 city, as is shown by their having elected him to 
 the honorable position of City Alderman, and a 
 member of the School Hoard, as well as Treasurer 
 of the town. Ever since his settlement in the 
 place in 1870, his influence has been directed in 
 favor of those enterprises which have seemed to 
 promise most for the prosperous town in which he 
 has made his home, lie is an active and valued 
 member of the Grand Army Post of Concordia. 
 Although he did not incur as much hardship in 
 the service as did some of his comrades, yel his 
 work was just as valuable and necessary,and often 
 quite as dangerous as if it had been in the front 
 
 line of battle. 
 
 Mr. Bartman has seen almost the entire growth 
 of the town since he located here. This growth 
 has been almost phenomenal, and the name of the 
 town ~uits it well, for while there are no doubt op- 
 posing opinions, still upon the whole there are 
 
 few places of its size which contain so much kind- 
 ness and good feeling. Mr. Bartman came here 
 with very little means, hut he adopted the. rule of 
 paying cash for everything, therefore he had no 
 debts, no interest to pay, and lias built up a line 
 business and is a very popular and prosperous 
 man. Mr. Bartman is a stockholder in the Con- 
 cordia Savings Lank. 
 
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 ylLLIAM AULL, a prominent citizen of 
 Lexington, holding the position of Prose- 
 cuting Attorney of Lafayette County, 
 Mo., is the subject of this sketch. Mr. Aull was 
 born in this place, August 17, 1857, a son of John 
 and Mary (Mateer) Aull, now of this city. Mr. Aull, 
 Sr., was born in Ireland, butcame in early life to this 
 country, and finally located in La Fayette County, 
 Mo., where he became a prominent merchant and 
 a very successful business man. For many years 
 he was connected with railroad corporations in 
 the transportation line, and later was engaged in 
 banking in Lexington, accumulating a handsome 
 property. Mr. and Mrs. Aull, Sr., were the parents 
 of nine children, of whom our subject is the sec- 
 ond son and third child. 
 
 William Aull passed his boyhood and early 
 youth in La Fayette County, where he attended 
 the public and private schools, evincing before his 
 majority a desire to study the intricacies of the 
 law, and spend his succeeding years in unraveling 
 the knotty points of Coke and Blackstone; so in 
 1880 he entered the University of Virginia, where 
 he attended the regular and several special courses 
 in law, and in 1881 the school of history, literature 
 and rhetoric, and the German language and litera- 
 ture, graduating from that institution in 1882, in 
 the law department. Returning to Lexington, our 
 subject opened a law office, and soon after formed 
 a partnership with a Mr. Craves, under the firm 
 name of Graves & Aull, which continued until 
 June, 1891. 
 
 Politically. Mr. Aull has become prominent in 
 
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 the county, having been a member of the Demo- 
 cratic Congressional Committee from 1888 to 
 1892. In 1890 lie was elected Prosecuting Attor- 
 ney for LaFayette County for the term of two 
 years, and received the nomination, and was 
 elected for the succeeding two years. In 1885, 
 Mr. Aull married Miss Annie Q., daughter of Col. 
 George A. and Margaret (Chandler) Goodman, of 
 Gordonsville, Ya. Mr. Aull and his excellent wife 
 are members of the Presbyterian Church, and the 
 former is a member of the Board of Trustees of 
 the Elizabeth Aull Seminary. Mr. Aull has been a 
 very successful man in his practice, is considered 
 a rising man in the city, and possesses the esteem 
 of his fellow-citizens. 
 
 ellARLES S. MITCHELL. Few men are 
 busier than is the well-known gentleman 
 wIkp bears the above name. Beside exten- 
 sive individual interests pertaining to his farm and 
 stock-raising business, he is ex-Sheriff of La Fay- 
 ette County. Mr. Mitchell was born in Mason 
 County, Ky., November 19, 1833, a son of Charles 
 II. and Elizabeth (Fowhe) Mitchell. He is the 
 fourth in order of birth in their family of thirteen 
 children. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather, Ignatius Mitchell, was 
 a hero of the Revolutionary War, and his father 
 was a Colonel in the War of 1812. Charles Mitch- 
 ell remained in bis native State and county until 
 his twenty-third year. He attended an excellent 
 private school and had exceptional advantages. 
 His father was a farmer, which means in Kentucky 
 that he belonged to the aristocracy of the land. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Mitchell came by water to Cald- 
 well County, this State. He remained there for 
 two years, and in 1858 removed to Ray County, 
 where he was successfully engaged in farming. In 
 1862, he again moved, and settled on a farm in 
 Cla\ Township, La Fayette County. He remained 
 there until 1888, and then removed to the city of 
 
 Lexington, being at the same time elected County 
 Sheriff for a term of two years. At the expiration 
 Of that time he was re-elected and served two years 
 more. 
 
 In polities, our subject i> a pronounced Denio- 
 crat. He is a member of Wellington Lodge No. 
 81, I. 0. <). F. March 10, 1857, Mr. Mitchell mar- 
 ried Miss Frances, a daughter of William Norris, 
 of Mason County, Ky. By her he became the fa- 
 ther of four children, there being two boys and two 
 girls. Of these. Joseph N. lives in Clay Township, 
 La Fayette County; Charles W. is at Napoleon, 
 La Fayette County; and Nannie F. is the wife of 
 Crosby Goodloe, of Lexington Township. Mrs. 
 Frances Mitchell died in March, 1866. 
 
 The present Mrs. Mitchell was before her mar- 
 riage Miss Martha P. Benton, and her union 
 with our subject was solemnized September 15, 
 1868. She is a daughter of William Benton, a na- 
 tive of Kentucky, who is still living at the ripe 
 old age of eighty-five years. By this second mar- 
 riage Mr. Mitchell has been the father of eleven 
 children, nine of whom are living, there being six 
 sons and three daughters. Of these Richard W. 
 lives in Clay Township, while David R., Elizabeth 
 D.. Laura A., Harry W., Lloyd B., Virgil, Cathleen 
 M. and Charles are all still at home. 
 
 Mr. Mitchell is the owner of a line farm, com- 
 prising two hundred acres, which is located in Clay 
 Township, LaFayette County. It is well im- 
 proved and upon it our subject has quite a large 
 amount of line stock. 
 
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 AVID C. REED, a prosperous farmer and 
 stock-raiser, and a lifetime resident of La 
 Fayette County. Mo., is one of the most 
 enterprising and progressive citizens of 
 his locality, and justly commands the high regard 
 of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Our 
 subject was bom January 6, 1855, in Sniabar 
 Township, near Odessa. His parents, David M. 
 and Eliza (Summers) Reed, were long known and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 517 
 
 highh esteemed settlers of Missouri. The paternal 
 grandfather, Charles Reed, engaged in the duties 
 of agriculture, and was also a minister of the 
 Gospel and a leader in the " hard-shell '" Baptist 
 Church. He was an energetic and progressive 
 man, and came to Missouri in L833 and entered 
 land in the southeastern part of Sniabar, which he 
 improved. He is remembered as an industrious and 
 earnest pioneer of the early days, and passed away 
 many years ago. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Grainger 
 County, Tenn., in 181(1, and came to Missouri in 
 1839. He first settled in Jackson County, then 
 moved to Cass County, and in 1843 to this county, 
 where he settled on one hundred ami sixty acres and 
 improved them. He was prosperous in his farm- 
 ing, and added to his possessions until at the 
 time of his death, in May, 1888, he owned over 
 two hundred acres, and had given to various mem- 
 bers of his family another two hundred acres. In 
 common with many of the residents of Missouri, 
 he lost heavily during the Civil War. In political 
 affiliations, Father Reed was a strong- Republican 
 and an earnest advocate of the party. lie was 
 twice married, and became by his lirst union the 
 father of seven children, six of whom lived to 
 adult age. The sisters and brothers were: Ari V., 
 James I., who died in infancy; Mary M.. Cornelius 
 II.. Sydney E., David C. and Caleb S. The mo- 
 ther of our subject died in 1858. She was a most 
 excellent woman and a devout member of the 
 Christian Church. She was born in La Payette 
 County, and was the daughter of Caleb and Mary 
 (Whitsitt) Summers. Thesecond wife was Cynthia 
 Turner, nee Meador. 
 
 David C. Heed was brought up On a farm, and 
 was educated in the district scl 1 of the neigh- 
 borhood. At twenty-five years of age he began 
 life for himself on rented land, and in 1879 set- 
 tled on one hundred and twenty acres near Mt. 
 Hope, with his wife, who now owns three hundred 
 acres in the same body of land. In the fall of 
 1SSS, Mr. Peed located upon one hundred and 
 fifty acres in section 7, township 18, range 27, this 
 last property now yielding an abundant harvest 
 in return for his patient and intelligent cultiva- 
 tion. The wife of our subject was Harriet Lee 
 
 Gann, born near Mt. Hope in 18(13, a daughter of 
 Oliver and Susannah (Green) Gann, who were 
 early pioneers, having come from the State of 
 Tennessee in 1834. 
 
 The home of Mr. and Mrs. Peed has been blessed 
 by the birth of three children, Eliza M., David 
 C. and ( )pie Lee. Mrs. Reed has been a valued 
 member of the Christian Church for the past ten 
 years, and is among the workers of that religious 
 organization. Mr. Peed is politically an earnest 
 Republican, and ever aiding in all good work, is an 
 advocate of local progress and improvement, and 
 is esteemed by all his friends and neighbors as an 
 honest, liberal-minded and progressive citizen. 
 
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 50 
 
 
 ffi ARKIN NORFLEET, a prominent agri- 
 I (©i culturist and stock-raiser of La Fayette 
 
 County, owns a fine farm of two hundred 
 and forty acres of cultivated land. The place, 
 which under his care has been brought to a high 
 state of improvement, is pleasantly located on 
 section 20, township 49, range 26. It contains a 
 substantial set of farm buildings and is embel- 
 lished by the numerous conveniences which so 
 largely increase the value of farming property. 
 
 The parents of our subject were James and 
 Elizabeth Norrleet. natives of Virginia, who re- 
 moved to Kentucky at an early day. In Wayne 
 County, in the latter State, our subject was bom 
 September 30, 1815. His youth was spent in his 
 native State, anil he grew to manhood upon his 
 father's farm, meanwhile attending the subscrip- 
 tion schools of the period. When old enough to 
 be entrusted with the management of business, he 
 engaged in stock-raising, and, with his brother 
 Ivy, he carried on an extensive and profitable 
 business for many years. As there were no rail- 
 roads at that time, the two brothers would drive 
 their stock overland to Montgomery, Ala., a dis- 
 tance of five hundred miles, and this was con- 
 tinued for a period covering twelve years. 
 
 One of the wisest steps which Mr. Norfleet ever 
 
518 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 i.xik was his marriage, in 1839, with Miss France-. 
 the estimable daughter of Thomas and Frances 
 Cairn, natives of North Carolina, who had settled 
 in Kentucky at an early day. The maternal 
 grandfather Richardson was a well-known man in 
 his own State, and was a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. His wife lived to the advanced 
 age of one hundred and fifteen years. Mrs. Nor- 
 fleet was born in Wayne County, Ky., October 24, 
 1818, and was reared in her native State. From 
 tins happy union Mr. and Mrs. Norlleet became 
 the parents of ten children, many of whom have 
 gone out into the world and made respected 
 names for themselves. 
 
 The family of our subject and his good wife was 
 as follows: Elizabeth E., the widow of F. M. Wheat- 
 ley, and now residing with our subject; Julia A., 
 the wife of J. M. Bell, a resident of Cherokee 
 Nation, Indian Territory; Rosa, the wife of the 
 Rev. La Fayette Blevins, of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church South, in Council Grove, Kan.; 
 James, residing in Independence, Mo.; Frances 
 J., deceased; Rev. Levin P., Pastor of the Brook- 
 lyn Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church South, at 
 Kansas City; Verlinda B.. the wife of the Rev. L. 
 M. Phillips, Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South, at Gum City, Mo.; Thomas I., re- 
 siding upon his father's farm; Dr. Abrain I,., of 
 Kearney, Mo.; and Leona, the wife of Walter 
 White, residing in Kansas. James was a soldier in 
 the Confederate army with Gen. Price during the 
 entire war, and fought in many battles, at one 
 time receiving a very serious wound. 
 
 In 1852, with his family, our subject removed 
 into Miller County, Mo., and there accumulated a 
 very comfortable fortune, but the war caused him 
 to have great losses. About the close of the war 
 he removed into Johnson County, and in 18(>9 
 came to good old La Fayette, where he has made 
 his home ever since. His farm is a splendid piece 
 of ground, and in acquiring it Mr. Norfleet had 
 the advice and counsel of the good woman who 
 for over half a century has been his helpmate. 
 They are both devoted members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church South, in which connection our 
 subject has been a licensed exhorter for years, 
 and has served as Class-leader. The Prohibition- 
 
 ist party seems to him to be the one which prom- 
 ises the best Government for the country, and 
 with this party he casts his vote. Both he and 
 his wife have passed long lives filled witli good 
 deeds and kindly acts, and together they are con- 
 tentedly waiting the Master's call. 
 
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 ASCHAL H. CHAMBERS. M. I)., a suc- 
 cessful physician and skillful surgeon, en 
 joying an extended practice in Lexington, 
 La Fayette County, is also widely known 
 throughout Missouri. Dr. Chambers is a native 
 of Kentucky, and was born in the city of Louis- 
 ville, February 6, 1824. His father, Gen. George 
 W. Chambers, also a native Kentuckian, was a 
 prominent lawyer of the State, and a man of un- 
 usual ability and extended legal knowledge. The 
 paternal grandfather of our subject, Dr. James 
 Chambers, was born in Ireland and enjoyed the 
 benefit of an excellent education, and afterward 
 became an eminent physician, practicing for many 
 years in Bardstown, Ky. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Sarah Hickman, 
 a daughter of Paschal Hickman, of Revolutionary 
 renown, a brave and daring man, who was killed 
 at the battle of River Raisin. Dr. Paschal H. 
 Chambers spent the greater part of his youthful 
 days in Louisville, Ky., and there attended a pri- 
 vate school conducted under military discipline, 
 and, having completed his preparatory studies, 
 entered Hanover (Ind.) College, and from there 
 went to Miami University, of Oxford, Ohio, from 
 which institution of learning he was graduated with 
 honor in 1845. During the same year our subject 
 came to La Fayette County, Mo., and taught 
 school, at the same time pursuing his medical 
 studies with Dr. Alexander. He afterward at- 
 tended the lectures of the medical department of 
 the University of Louisville, Ky., graduating in 
 the spring of 1850 with the degree of M. D. He 
 then located in Camden, Mo., but soon afterward 
 made his home for a brief time in Lexington, 
 
PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 519 
 
 finally settling in Waverly, where he successfully 
 engaged in practice for two years, and was num- 
 bered among the leading physicians of that city. 
 
 Dr. Chambers was offered inducements to re- 
 move l<> Dover. La Fayette County, and after due 
 consideration located there, and, warmly wel- 
 comed by the citizens, entered at once upon a 
 lucrative practice, in which he continued for 
 seventeen years. At the expiration of this time, 
 our subject sundered the many lies of friendship 
 which bound him to Dover, and removed to Lex- 
 ington, where he entered into partnership with 
 Dr.. A. V. Small, now of Sedalia, Mo. Later, 
 Small & Chambers took into partnership Drs. .1. 
 B.Alexander and G. W. Young, which partner- 
 ship continued several years, and was only dis- 
 solved by the departure of Dr. Small, who went 
 to Trinidad, Colo. Since this dissolution of part- 
 nership, which was by mutual consent, Dr. Cham- 
 bers has been alone, with the exception of the 
 brief time when lie was associated with Dr. P. S. 
 Fulkerson. 
 
 Dr. Chambers lias been one of the corps of sur- 
 geons of the Missouri Pacific Railroad for the past 
 ten years. He is also a member of the United 
 States Bureau of Pensions and one of the Surgeons 
 of Lexington District. Our subject held the po- 
 sition of President of the Kansas City District 
 Medical Society from September, 1890, to Septem- 
 ber, 1892. The Doctor has been thrice married, 
 his first wife having been Miss Margaret, a daugh- 
 ter of Henry Wallace. This estimable lady died 
 much regretted, and left to the care of her hus- 
 band lour children, three of whom are now living: 
 Paschal II. is a leading dentist of Denver, Colo.; 
 Caleb W., Pastor of a Presbyterian Church at 
 Troup, Tex.; and Kenl Kane, a commercial trav- 
 eler for the firm of Zeigler Bros., dealers in boots 
 and shoes at Philadelphia. The eldest, George 
 W. Chambers, is deceased. The second union of 
 our subject was with Miss Antoinette Shewalter, 
 who survived her marriage but a few months. 
 
 The present wife of Dr. Chambers was Miss Au- 
 gusta Stokes, of Dunklin County, Mo. Dr. and 
 Mrs. Chambers are the parents of three children: 
 Sara IL, a missionary, now in Brazil; Lucretia 
 Childs, ai home; and .lames i,;., Professor of Math- 
 
 ematics in Wentworth Military Academy. Dr. 
 Chambers and his wife are members of the Old- 
 school Presbyterian Church, in which religious 
 organization the Doctor has been an Elder for 
 many years, ably assisting in the influence and ex- 
 tension of its gooil work. In political belief and 
 affiliations our subject is a Democrat and ever in- 
 terested in the local and national issues. 
 
 Though absorbed mainly in his professional 
 duties, to which he has prosperously devoted liis 
 life, Dr. Chambers lias also found time to aid in 
 local enterprises of merit, and is an ardent advo- 
 cate of local progress and improvement. Bank- 
 ing among the leading physicians of to-day, he is 
 ever mindful of the duties of a true American 
 citizen, and by his sterling integrity of character 
 has won the esteem and confidence of the general 
 public. He has been an active Mason for many 
 years, having at different times held all the im- 
 portant offices in the lodge, chapter and com- 
 mandery, and is now Secretary of the lodge and 
 chapter, and Recorder of the commanderv. 
 
 ENRY B. CORSE is a man who has the 
 )li confidence of the entire community be- 
 cause of his probity and upright dealing, 
 and is President of the Wellington Bank, 
 of Wellington, Mo. He is a son of William Corse, 
 a native of Delaware, born December 24, 1809, a 
 son of Hanson Corse, also a native of Delaware 
 and a brother of Capt. Jack Corse, of Revolution- 
 ary War fame. The great-grandfather of our sub- 
 ject was Seth Corse, a native of France, who set- 
 tled in Delaware. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Cornelia ( Black- 
 iston) Corse, a native of Delaware, born August 
 20. 1810. She married m Delaware iii 1833, and 
 in 1836 came to Missouri, resided in St. Louis 
 seven years, and in 1843 removed to Wellington. 
 Her husband was a printer by trade, but after 
 reaching this place engaged in mercantile pursuits, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 and built up a good trade and remained in the 
 business until his death, forty years afterward, 
 September 19, 1887. The widow still lives, aged 
 
 eighty-three, in good health and with faculties 
 unimpaired. They were the parents of live chil- 
 dren, our subject being the only survivor. These 
 parents were members of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church Smith, both being very active in it, 
 and the husband holding the office of Steward, 
 lie was a finely educated man. a clever historian, 
 and an admiring student of Shakespeare and 
 Macaulay. lie enjoyed the distinction of being 
 Assistant Clerk in the Legislature of Delaware 
 when but nineteen years of age. 
 
 ( )ur subject was born December 8, 1813, at Well- 
 ington, soon after the arrival of his parents at 
 that place. Here he attended the public schools, 
 • but completed his education at St. Louis. His 
 career opened as a merchant, and he was associ- 
 ated with his father for twenty-seven years. The 
 Bank of Wellington, which he aided in organiz- 
 ing in September, 1888, has had him for its Presi- 
 dent since that date. The bank has a capital of 
 $10,000, and dues a general banking business under 
 the laws of Missouri. Our subject was manied in 
 .June, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of 
 Thomas W. Ridings, who was the founder of 
 Chapel Hill, this county, she was born Decem- 
 ber 19, 1847, at Chapel Hill, went to school there. 
 and finished her education at Elizabeth Anil Semi- 
 nary, at Lexington. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs.Corseare the parents of five children : 
 Mattie May, Thomas R and John L. (twins), Will- 
 iam W. and Martha Virginia. William and Martha 
 are students at Warrensburgh Normal School, while 
 Mattie May is a fine musician and a graduate of 
 Central Female Seminary, at Lexington. John 
 L. has taken a full course in a business college at 
 Kansas City, Mo. Two of the sons are in business 
 in Wellington and doing very well. The younger 
 one has been for two years engaged in learning 
 the drug business. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Corse are members of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church South, of which he has 
 been Steward, and both are active in Sunday- 
 school work, having always been teachers, and he 
 has been Secretary for years, Mr, Corse is a mem- 
 
 ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 having filled all the chairs, and was permanent 
 Secretary for thirteen years, lie is a Democrat 
 in political beliefs, and takes an interest in pro- 
 gressive politics, attending all rallies, speeches, 
 etc. Our subject is a member of the Council, and 
 has been ever since its second election. He is a 
 progressive and enterprising man. highly respected, 
 an extensive reader, and well informed on a great 
 variety of subjects. His family occupies the finest 
 residence in the city, and it is a house where peace 
 and happiness dwell. 
 
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 ELIJAH HARVEY, a successful and enter- 
 prising general agriculturist, residing in 
 township "ill, range 20, Saline County, has 
 a beautiful home about three miles from Marshall, 
 and is widely known as a man of sterling integrity 
 of character and undoubted business ability. Our 
 subject was born in Virginia, February 17, 1838. 
 His maternal grandfather, William Harvey, was of 
 Irish descent, but a Virginian by birth, and was a 
 man of energy and strong character. In his early 
 days Grandfather Harvey hauled freight from 
 the Blue Ridge Mountains to Richmond and was 
 well known throughout the surrounding country, 
 and by his native wit and honesty won the regard 
 of all with whom he came in contact. 
 
 In early manhood, William Harvey married Miss 
 Alice Wood, after which he bought land in Greene 
 County, and with his wife entered upon the daily- 
 duties of agricultural life. In their pleasant home 
 the mother of our subject was born. She was a 
 woman of superior character and was highly es- 
 teemed. A devoted mother, she gave to our sub- 
 ject the loving care which brightened his youth- 
 ful days, and which in after life he well repaid by 
 filial word and deed. In 1853, during the fall 
 months, Mr. Harvey, then but fourteen years old, 
 in company with his mother, grandmother and a 
 young man named Henry Mitchell, started upon 
 the long journey from Greene County, Ya., to the 
 
 
PORTRAIT AND I'.IOCRAPMICAL KF.CORD. 
 
 521 
 
 State of Missouri. They traveled in the primitive 
 style <>f those early days, their vehicle being a 
 wagon drawn by two stout horses. Proceeding 
 stead ilj forward by way of Staunton, Va., they 
 crossed the Ohio River by ferry-boat, and safely 
 landing upon the other side pursued their journey 
 to Missouri, whieh they entered at, the city of St. 
 Louis. 
 
 Leaving behind them this commercial centre. 
 the travelers crossed the Missouri River at si. 
 Charles, ami. still journeying on, they went to Co- 
 lumbia, the county seal of Boone County. After 
 six weeks of constant and wearisome travel by day 
 and camping out by night, they located upon forty 
 acres of land not far from Columbia. The mother 
 and grandmother of our subject were entirely de- 
 pendent for support upon his efforts, aud bearing 
 the responsibilities of manhood upon his shoulders, 
 the brave and energetic hoy toiled unweariedly 
 and cared for the dear ones tenderly, until stern 
 Death called both to the land beyond. In the 
 spring of 1876, Mr. Harvey made his permanent 
 home upon a portion of the land which In' now 
 owns near Marshall, Saline County. 
 
 Some years prior to this date, our subject had, in 
 December, 1861, entered into the bonds of matri- 
 mony with Miss Lucinda, a daughter of John and 
 Eliza Pritchett. Mrs. Harvey is a native of Albe- 
 marle County, Va., and was born April 15, 1*12. 
 She was the second in a family of eleven children, 
 all of whom are now living with the exception of 
 three: John Allen, Lemuel, and one that died in 
 infancy. The pleasant home of Mr. and .Mrs. 
 Harvey has been blessed by the birth of six chil- 
 dren, namely: James T.; Eliza Ann, the wife of 
 Daniel Carrol; Mary Frances, John Y., Charles 
 Earnest and Geneva Emma, all of whom reside 
 with their parents excepting the eldest son and 
 daughter, who are married and reside upon ad- 
 joining farms. 
 
 Our subject enjoyed but scanty advantages for 
 schooling, so early had he to begin the battle of 
 life, hut through manly and self-reliant energy 
 and patient industry he has gained a comfortable 
 competence. lie owns three bundled acres of 
 valuable land near Marshall, and no home in this 
 portion of the country is more attractive or more 
 
 pleasantly located than his. Mrs. Harvey is a 
 member of the Christian Church, and has liberally 
 aided in the extension of its work and religious 
 influence. Our subject and his entire family are 
 prominent factors in local enterprises, social and 
 benevolent, and command the esteem and confi- 
 dence of a large circle of friends and acquaint- 
 ances. In political affiliations, he is a Democrat, 
 and an ardent advocate of his party. Interested 
 in local and national issues, he does his duty as a 
 true American citizen and casts his vote conscien- 
 tiously and intelligently. 
 
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 OC. EWINGr, who passed away universally 
 I lamented after a life of busy usefulness, 
 January 11, 1888, was widely known and 
 highly esteemed for the integrity of his character 
 and the kindliness of his heart, which ever prompted 
 him to do unto others as he would have them 
 do unto him. For many long 3'ears a success- 
 ful agriculturist, he resided continuously in I In 
 same neighborhood, and was the promoter of 
 all enterprises of worth, and liberally aided in 
 local improvements. During the last thirty years 
 of the life of our subject he was one of the effici- 
 ent Deacons of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, and was among the most active of the' 
 members in extending the influence and held of 
 work of that religious organization. 
 
 Mr. E wing was a native of La Fayette County, 
 and was born September 21. 1830. His parents, 
 Roberl and Elizabeth (Campbell) Ewing, were 
 both natives of Kentucky. The father of our 
 subjeel came to La Fayette County when the Ter- 
 ritory of Missouri had not attained to the dig- 
 nity of Statehood. The year of his arrival was 
 ISIS. The remote ancestors of the F.wing family 
 were <>f Scotch and Irish descent, and early in 
 the history of the Colonies emigrated to this coun- 
 try. Our subject spent his boyhood, as did the 
 majority of the farmer lads, in aiding in the 
 work on the. farm, and when he could be spared, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 especially in the winter months, attended the little 
 subscription schools of his neighborhood, and 
 sometimes studied at home. 
 
 Energetic, ardent and ambitious, Mr. Ewing de- 
 sired more extended educational advantages than 
 the home Schools offered him, and when sixteen 
 years old entered Chapel Hill College, in La Fay- 
 ette County, and pursued his studies there for 
 two years. At the age of eighteen he attended 
 the Masonic College at Lexington, from which he 
 graduated with honor upon the completion of the 
 course. He then returned home, and the death of 
 his father soon after ensuing, he received in 1853 
 full control of the home farm, pleasantly located 
 upon section 21, township 50, range 27, La Fay- 
 ette County. Mr. Ewing was married, in 1856, 
 to Miss Catherine Wilcoxon, a daughter of Hora- 
 tio Wilcoxon, a native of Maryland. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Fwing were the parents of three children. 
 Anna II. is the wife of John Eggleston, of Lex- 
 ington, Mo.; Joel II. resides on the farm; and 
 Youn« Ewing is a prosperous grocer in Lex- 
 ington. The mother, the wife of our subject, is 
 still living, her declining days blessed with a con- 
 sciousness that she has done what she could to 
 advance the "good cause." Both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Ewing were very regular attendants at the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church, and for long years 
 the most active and substantial supporters of the 
 organization in whose membership they were early 
 enrolled. During the long and efficient term of 
 Deacon Ewing his heart and hand were engaged 
 in behalf of all who needed his attention and 
 ministration. 
 
 The late home of our subject is attractively lo- 
 cated and surrounded by a beautiful grove of 
 walnut trees, and. look where one may, the thrifty 
 and prosperous appearance of the I m iad-sprcading 
 acres and excellent improvements suggesl the en- 
 ergetic and skillful management of the master 
 hand, now stilled in death. Four times the chang- 
 ing seasons have come and gone since this hon- 
 ored citizen and most excellent husband, father 
 and friend passed away, but he is nol forgotten, 
 and lives, and will live through many years, in 
 the lcarts and memories of old-time friends and 
 the community whom his kindly presence blessed 
 
 SO long. Mr. Ewing was never a politician in 
 the ordinary acceptation of the word, but he was 
 alive to the needs of the hour. Since I860 he al- 
 ways voted the Democratic ticket. In the death 
 of our subject the county lost one of the earnest 
 promoters of all its best efforts. Unostentatious, 
 sincere a devoted Christian, Mr. Fwing lived and 
 died in the faith which overeometh all evil and 
 winneth the victory. 
 
 AMKS F. GLADISH. Among the repre- 
 sentative men of La Fayette County is 
 
 classed the subject of this sketch, who is lo- 
 cated upon a line farm in township 49, 
 range 26. A native of Warren County, Ky., he 
 was born July 22. 1836. His parents were Elijah 
 and Elizabeth (Cooke) Gladish, the father a na- 
 tive of Warren County. Ky.. and the mother of 
 Virginia. In is ll, they emigrated from Ken- 
 tucky to La Fayette County, Mo., and settled on 
 section 36, township -l!>, range 26. Here Mr. 
 Gladish entered land, and became one of the pio- 
 neer settlers of the county. His life is yet spared, 
 and, at the age of eighty-three, he still possesses 
 his faculties and enjoys narrating reminiscences 
 of those old days of hardship, bravely borne and 
 safely passed. 
 
 The beloved mother of our subject died in 1873. 
 She had been the mother of eight children, the 
 six surviving ones being James E., Mordecai, 
 Marv A., Frank M., Edwin and John. Mr. Glad- 
 ish is a member of the Baptist Church, one of the 
 good old men whose seat is seldom vacant in the 
 sanctuary. His lines have not all been cast in 
 pleasant places, but in the main he may call him- 
 self a successful business man. Our subject has 
 been reared in this county, and at an early day 
 took part in the hard work and privation of pio- 
 neer lib'. The education of the fanner lads Wafi 
 not then as closely attended to as at the present 
 day; perhaps those pioneer boys possessed keener 
 
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 523 
 
 menial faculties, for seldom do we find one of the 
 lads of those times who have made less of them- 
 selves, when thrown out into the world, than have 
 tlmse who have enjoyed much superior advan- 
 tages. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Gladish was celebrated 
 April 12, 1863, with Miss Isabella M. Burnett, a 
 native of Boone County. They reared a family 
 of four children, as follows: Edwin B., Cora S., 
 Charles II. and John G. The Gladish family al- 
 ways possessed uncompromising I'nion sentiments, 
 and continued so during the war, when one's po- 
 litical opinions were not safe to utter, as those 
 were times to try men's souls. In the summer of 
 1861, our subject enlisted in Company K, Four- 
 teenth Missouri Infantry, whose operations were 
 eon lined to the State. He took part in the battle 
 of Lexington and other skirmishes. With many 
 others, he was captured by the enemy, but after a 
 space of two weeks was paroled. 
 
 Mr. Gladish then went into Pettis County, and 
 there engaged as a dealer in hemp until 1866, 
 when he returned to his farm and has remained 
 here ever since. His land comprises two hundred 
 and sixty- acres, which he has not only gained by 
 his own exertions, but has brought to a fine state 
 of cultivation. He holds membership with the 
 (Jrand Army post at Iligginsville; also the Davis 
 Creek (Jrange, and at one time filled the position 
 of Master of the Grange. 
 
 
 ^. ON. ROBERT L. BROWN. The subject of 
 ) the present notice is a well-known repre- 
 sentative of an old pioneer family of Saline 
 County, and far beyond its limits is known 
 and honored. In 1888-81) he represented the cit- 
 izens of Eairville in the State Legislature, and 
 such was the fidelity and efficiency with which he 
 served his constituents that he added luster to the 
 enviable reputation he had already established. 
 
 The father of our subject was William Brown, a 
 native of Cumberland County, Va., born in 1796, 
 
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 and the son t>( a Revolutionary patriot. He grew 
 up to the life of a farmer and served in t lie War 
 of 1812. Upon coming to this State and county, 
 he entered land, and before his death became the 
 owner of considerable property, although at the 
 
 lime of his arrival he was cpiite [ r. His was the 
 
 first farm opened on the prairie between Glasgow 
 and Grand Pass, and it was predicted at the time 
 that he was so far from civilization that he would 
 never have any neighbors. 
 
 The first marriage of William Brown was with 
 a Miss Palmore, by whom he reared seven children: 
 William, Edward J., John K.,Sallie. Martha, Mary, 
 and Marian. In l.s.">2. while on the way to Saline 
 County, the wife and mother died. About 1836 
 Mr. Brown married Lucy A., daughter of Henry 
 Gutherie, of Virginia, and unto them were born 
 four children, only two of whom grew to mature 
 years, and these were Henry J., and Robert L., the 
 subject of this sketch. Politically, Mr. Brown was 
 a Democrat and the last vote he cast was for Sam- 
 uel Tilden for President. He was permitted to 
 live until December 25, 1876, and witnessed the 
 development of the country which had been so 
 wild and uncivilized at the time of his settlement. 
 
 Our subject was born in this county. May 3, 
 1841, and here he grew to mature years, with the 
 advantages of an excellent education. When the 
 war broke out, in 1861, he, in company with three 
 brothers, enlisted in the State Guard, in a company 
 commanded and raised by his brother, E. J., and 
 in March of that year entered the Confederate 
 service. One brother, John R., died in St. Louis, 
 while in prison. Another, II. J., was also captured, 
 but survived the imprisonment and hardships of 
 war. 
 
 In 1863, occurred one of those distressing events 
 which clouded the fair fame of both armiesat differ- 
 ent times. Wcrefer to the cruel assassination of < lol. 
 Brown at his home near Eairville. in this county, 
 by a band of Federal troops who came for that 
 purpose. The service of our subject continued 
 under the brave Gen. Price until the close of the 
 war. lie was a member both of the State Guards 
 and the regular army, and during his entire ser- 
 vice was neither wounded nor taken prisoner. 
 The surrender was made in June. 1865, after which 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Mr. Brown returned to Ms old Missouri home 
 with the proud consciousness of having valiantly 
 and faithfully defended what he believed to be 
 right. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place October 
 1. I scs, to .Miss Annie, the daughter of Thompson 
 Tucker, and one son has been born of the marriage. 
 Since the beginning of the Republic the family has 
 been one of the stanch and consistent supporters 
 of the Democracy. The ancestors of both families 
 came from English counties and their descent can 
 be traced to theF. F. Vs. The Methodist faith lias 
 upheld them in times of trial and trouble. The 
 family now resides upon the fine old homestead 
 which once belonged to their pioneer grandfather, 
 and is the more highly valued by them for that 
 reason. It lias always been the home of our subject, 
 who is now the owner. The farm is a beautiful 
 place of two hundred acres, and here our subject, 
 wife and son have a delightful rural home. 
 
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 eAPT. MARCUS L. BELT, the enterprising 
 and efficient manager of the Confederate 
 Home of Missouri, and also Secretary and 
 manager of the Rocky Branch Coal Company, has 
 long been prominently identified with the leading 
 interests and upward progress of the State. For 
 the past six years, he has been numbered among 
 the representative and energetic citizens of Ilig- 
 ginsville. Capt. Belt isa native of Kentucky, born 
 September 16, 1837, in Lebanon, Marion County, 
 but was only four years old when he went to Rich- 
 mond with his parents, who then made their resi- 
 dence in Missouri. 
 
 Dr. William M. Belt, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was a native of Jessamine County, Ky. 
 The family was of English descent, but had 
 long been prominently associated with the his- 
 tory of our country and occupied a position 
 of social distinction. Dr. Belt followed the pur- 
 suit of agriculture in early life, but soon aban- 
 doned farming for the medical profession and 
 
 afteralong course of study was graduated in Ken- 
 tucky with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and 
 entered upon the duties of a medical practitioner 
 in Lebanon. In 1811.be removed to Richmond 
 and engaged in the practice of his profession here, 
 but although in a comparatively short time he es- 
 tablished a successful practice, lie decided to lo- 
 cate in Independence, Jackson County, where for 
 twenty-four years lie went his daily rounds and 
 enjoyed an extensive practice and the full confi- 
 dence of the general public. 
 
 At the expiration of nearly a quarter of a cen- 
 tury's service here, Dr. Belt settled in Denver, 
 Colo., when that now large city was a mere hamlet. 
 When the war broke out he entered the service as 
 a surgeon of a Colorado regiment under Gen. 
 Canby, and died in 1862 at Peralta, X. M., and 
 was buried there. The mother of Capt. Belt was 
 born in Caroline County. Va., and was a descendant 
 of an old Virginian family; she now resides in 
 Mexico, Mo., and is a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church and a lady highly esteemed as a 
 Christian woman. She became the mother of twelve 
 children, of whom four daughters and one son now 
 survive. Our subject is the second oldest in the 
 family and came to Richmond with his parents in 
 1841; he afterward resided in Independence, there 
 attending the private schools and completing his 
 studies in the Buchanan Academy: he also clerked 
 in a general merchandise store. 
 
 In 1 8.50, accompanying his father to Denver, 
 Colo.. our subject enjoyed an overland trip thither, 
 traveling by slow mule-team, and occupying a full 
 month's time in the journey. During the Pike's 
 Peak excitement, he prospected and engaged in 
 mining, but when the war broke out he returned 
 home by overland stage, and in Springfield, 
 Mo., joined Gen. Price's command and remained 
 with the Confederate army until the close of the 
 war, surrendering at Lexington with the rank of 
 captain. < >ur subject then received employment in 
 a St. Louis hat and cap wholesale store, and after a 
 time came to Dover, where he successfully engaged 
 in the general merchandise business for twelve 
 years. At the expiration of this length of time, 
 (apt. Belt engaged in railroad contracting, and 
 now has the same partner, Charles Erskine. They 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 525 
 
 furnished supplies for building the Memphis & Kan- 
 sas City and Missouri Pacific 4 Lexington Branches 
 
 and had three stores along the line; they also had 
 an interest with t lie principal contractor of the 
 road. Our subject went to Texas for A. Tahnage 
 ,V- Co., and engaged in the cattle business, and as 
 a member and representative of the Missouri Land 
 .V- Cattle Company, fenced seventy-five thousand 
 acres of land, forty-eight miles in circumference, 
 managed Mr. Talmage's interests, wound up the 
 business, and came to Higginsville in 1887. 
 
 Capt. Belt then bought and leased the coal mine, 
 opened the bed of coal and worked it. building a 
 railroad first to the Chicago & Alton Railroad and 
 then to the Missouri Pacific Railroad, eight miles 
 long, with side tracks to all the mines. There are 
 two mines in the company's property, which fur- 
 nish steady employment to a large number of skilled 
 miners. The coal is bituminous. The railroad ex- 
 tends to other mines and carries the employes to 
 and from work and also the coal, they receiving 
 for the latter fifteen cents per ton. The Rocky 
 Branch Coal Company hold the key to five or six 
 thousand acres of as fine coal as ever was mined 
 in the State of Missouri. There are fourteen 
 dwellings at the mines, two boarding-houses and 
 two blacksmith shops, engine house, etc. The 
 company has a lease of two hundred and seventy 
 acres of coal, and in all gives employment to over 
 four hundred men. The railroad has a capacity 
 of over sixty cars a day and cost with the engine 
 $100,0011. The mines have a deposit of twenty- 
 two inches of black coal, which overlies a bed rock 
 from six to thirteen feet, and is underneath two 
 and one-half feet of fire claj . 
 
 In 1889, the company was incorporated as the 
 Rocky Branch Coal Company, and since then ('apt. 
 Belt has been Secretary and Manager. Mr. Erskine 
 is President and Treasurer, and these two enterpris- 
 ing gentlemen are the sole owners of this valuable 
 business. The two together planned the railroad, 
 bought the right of way and built the line. ( >ur sub- 
 ject resides in Higginsville and here has a pleas- 
 ant and commodious home. lie was married the 
 first time in Davis Township, La Fayette County, 
 in 1857, to Miss Mary S. Burton, who whs born 
 in Randolph County, Mo., and died in Dover. 
 
 leaving four children: William R., a resident of St. 
 Louis; George M., weigh master at the mines; Jo- 
 seph Shelby, a book-keeper for his father; and Mark 
 L.. who is in the livery and transfer business. Our 
 subject was married the second time in Lexington. 
 in 1885, to Miss Jennie E. Burton, a native of this 
 county and a sister of the first wife. This estima- 
 ble and well-known lady is the mother of two 
 children, Mildred and Alfred E. 
 
 Our subject is a member of the Fnc & Accepted 
 Masons and enjoys a well-deserved popularity 
 among the fraternity. I n politics, he is a Democrat 
 and has served as delegate to numerous State and 
 county conventions. He is now filling a second 
 term as Alderman of the First Ward and is on 
 various important committees, giving his earnest 
 efforts in behalf of local improvements. Our sub- 
 ject was among the leading factors in establishing 
 the Confederate Home here. He raised money to 
 buy the land, was mainly instrumental in securing 
 its location upon the farm, and was appointed its 
 Superintendent from the day of its opening, lie 
 assisted in planning the Home and built the cot- 
 tages. The site covers three hundred and sixty- 
 two acres, one and one-half miles from the Chicago 
 A- Alton depot, and is all finely improved. There 
 are eleven cottages, hospital, one main building, ten 
 rooms, and a new chapel. It is almost self-sustain- 
 ing, this latter fact being principally clue to the 
 efficient management of the judicious and ener- 
 getic Superintendent. Higginsville is fortunate in 
 having as a dweller in its midst a citizen so pro- 
 gressive and public-spirited as our subject, much 
 of whose life has been given to lending a helping 
 hand to those less fortunate than himself. 
 
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 JOHN H.MILLER is the local conductor on 
 the Kansas City Divison of the Chicago ,v 
 Alton Railroad, having a run beween Kan- 
 sas City and Slater. He came to Slater Sep- 
 tember 6, 1884, and has since been a resident of 
 
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 this city. Mr. Miller was born in Hardin County. 
 Ohio, in t lie town of Patterson, June 24, 1 855, and 
 is a son of Nicholas and Barbara (Stall) Miller. His 
 father, a native of Germany, came to the United 
 States when fourteen years of age, and settled iii 
 Hardin County, where he was employed on a farm. 
 Later he was married there and farmed for himself. 
 lie now owns eighty acres of good land at a dis- 
 tance of only three-quarters of a mile from Patter- 
 son, also another farm of one hundred and sixty 
 acres. He is still an active and hale man. and in 
 politics is a strong Republican. Religiously he is 
 a member of the Christian Church. 
 
 Our subject's mother, who was born in Pennsyl- 
 vania, was a daughter of Jacob Stall, an early 
 settler in Champaign County. Later he removed 
 to Indiana, where he yet resides. < >ur subject's par- 
 ents had ten children, three girls and seven boys, 
 of whom one of the daughters is now deceased. 
 Six of the sons are railroad men, and four of them 
 are conductors. Of these, our subject is the eldest. 
 
 The boyhood days of John Miller were passed 
 on a farm. He attended the public schools only 
 in winter and was early set to work. He remained 
 at home until twenty years of age. and then was 
 employed as a brakeman on the Cincinnati. San- 
 dusky & Cleveland Railroad. The six months 
 followingthe severing of his connection with that 
 company were spent in the employ of a lumber 
 and stave company. In 1X78 he became brakeman 
 on the Baltimore & Ohio Road, and after tilling 
 that position for six months, he was made conduc- 
 tor to run a local train, in which capacity he served 
 until May 8, 1884. He then had leave of absence 
 for ninety days and took that opportunity of com- 
 ing West to visit a brother who was living here, 
 and who had a run between Argentine and Ottawa. 
 
 Mr. Miller secured a position without difficulty 
 on the Chicago & Alton Road, acting as brakeman 
 until February. 1885, since which time he has 
 acted as conductor, and since 1890 he has run 
 the local. He has never had any serious accidents 
 and has found his work congenial. Mr. Miller 
 has a very pleasant home on .Main Street in this 
 city, which is presided over by his wife, who is an 
 affable and interesting lady. They were married 
 in Slater. 1 iceeiuber 23, 1**7. Mrs, Miller was 
 
 formerly Miss Ida M. Hoover, and was bom in 
 
 Pike County, 111. She is a daughter of Josiah 
 Hoover, a native of White County, 111., and her 
 grandfather, David Hoover, was a native of 
 Maryland, who came West and settled in White 
 County as early as 1820, later removing to Pike 
 County and making a settlement in 18-27. His wife 
 was a native of Kentucky. Mrs. Miller's mother 
 was before her marriage Mis> Caroline Smith, and 
 was of English ancestry. Our subject and his 
 wife are the parents of two children, whose names 
 are Avonelle and Walter 11. Fraternally Mr. 
 Miller belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and is a 
 charter number of Slater Division Xo. 212 of the 
 Order of Railway Conductors. In his political 
 belief, he is a Republican. 
 
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 'Y'y/ of sectu 
 
 S. MEAD, a prosperous agriculturist and 
 respected citizen, is now a resident 
 section 3, township 50, range 26, Lex- 
 ington Township. La Fayette County, Mo., and 
 has been a constant dweller within the borders of 
 the State for almost two score of years. Dur- 
 ing this period of time he has ever been identified 
 with the best interests of his home and vicinity, 
 anil has lent his willing aid in behalf of local prog- 
 ress and improvements. Our subject was born m 
 Lynchburgh, Va., June 2-1. 1823, and was the son 
 of Stith anil Prudence (Wadkins) Mead, who were 
 both native- of the Sunny South, their earliest 
 home in Virginia, the mother having been born in 
 Richmond, noted as the home of the old aristo- 
 cratic families, and the F. F. Vs. of the Old Do- 
 minion. 
 
 The paternal grandfather was during the early 
 days an extensive cotton-grower, and owned a 
 large plantation in Georgia, where he took a posi- 
 tion among the leading men in his portion of the 
 State. The first ancestors of the family to emi- 
 grate to this country from England came to the 
 New World about the time the far-famed William 
 I'enn [aoded upon the shores of America. Seven 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL liFCORD. 
 
 527 
 
 of the States of the I Dion now 1ki\ e cil ies bearing 
 the name of Meadville, and throughoul the coun- 
 try the Meads are prospered and arc ever known 
 as excellent, law-abiding citizens. The father of 
 our subject, Stith Mead, was a Methodist Episcopal 
 minister, and a most worthy and upright man, 
 widely known and highly respected. 
 
 Mr. Mead spent his early life in Lynchburgh, 
 Va., and there received his education and prepared 
 himself to meet the duties of life in an able and 
 self-reliant manner. At the age of seventeen he 
 was apprenticed to a carpenter and builder, and 
 for eight years devoted his time to this trade, 
 which was in the new countries then especially 
 valuable. In 1849, our subject came to La Fayette 
 County, and found ready business as a carpenter, 
 and was steadily employed until he decided to 
 make the overland trip to California. The gold 
 craze of 1848 had not yet subsided, and thousands 
 were on their way when he joined the army of 
 travelers, and, slowly proceeding, reached after 
 countless incidents — amusing, serious and instruc- 
 tive — the golden El Dorado of the West. Many of 
 the trains had started with horses, others had ven- 
 tured across the desert with mule-teams, but most 
 of the majority favored the style of conveyance 
 adopted by .Air. Mead, whose oxen were just six- 
 months on the road. 
 
 Arriving in California, our subjeel lost no time 
 in endeavoring to reach some of the far-famed 
 -yellow dust" for which countless thousands have 
 periled their lives. For nearly sixteen years lie 
 toiled unweariedly in the pursuit of wealth. First 
 he prospected, and then mined, and afterward en- 
 gaged in work in a sawmill. The years passed. 
 and finally he decided to return to Missouri, in 
 which State he located permanently in 1866, and 
 settled upon the farm which he yet prosperously 
 conducts. The ninety acres are all under a high 
 state of cultivation, and yield an abundant harvest 
 year by year. Mr. .Mead devotes himself to the 
 duties of general agriculture, but also owns some 
 tine stock, and is successful in his methods and 
 ideas. In political affiliations, he is a Democrat, 
 hut can scarcely lie called a politician, as he has 
 never held nor desired public office, hut he 
 the interesl shared by all good citizens in the out- 
 
 come of national and local elections, and realizes 
 the necessity of giving the responsible conduct of 
 affairs into the hands of intelligent and upright 
 men and worl by citizens. 
 
 OsvOO 
 
 
 l— ! DWTX 1 . and FRAJSTKG. BOWMAN,of the 
 j— « firm of Bowman Bros., the enterprising and 
 is energetic editors and proprietors of the 
 well-known Lexington News, established in 1889, 
 and the official organ of the city and county, are 
 both men of excellent business ability, progressive 
 in their ideas and intelligent in their handling of 
 the direct issues of the day. Their attractive paper 
 is Democratic in politics and contains thirty-two 
 columns of neatly printed matter, readable and 
 newsy. The Bowman Bros, are the sons of John 
 P. Bowman, a native of Kentucky, and an early- 
 settler of Missouri, who located in Lexington. La 
 Fayette County, in is 1 1. 
 
 The father of our subjeel served six years as 
 Sheriff of La Fayette County, and for four years 
 was Circuit Clerk. which official position he held at 
 the outbreak of the Civil War. Possessing unusual 
 ability, and energetic and faithful in the discharge 
 of all duties intrusted to hiscare, John P. Bowman 
 was also courageous in character and decisive in 
 action, and, responding to the sentiment of his 
 heart, entered the Confederate ranks, and as Col. 
 Bowman distinguished himself by his gallant 
 beaiing upon the field of battle. He encaged in 
 numerous battles and skirmishes, and fell a vic- 
 tim to constant exposure in inclement weather, 
 contracting a severe cold, and finally dying of a 
 congestive chill. His death was mourned as a 
 public loss., and his memory is yet green in the 
 hearts of all who knew him well. 
 
 The mother of Edwin and Frank Bowman was 
 Mary F. Chinn. of Lexington, Ky., a daughter of 
 Dr. Joseph G. Chinn, who lived to the advanced 
 age of ninety-seven years, and was married three 
 times. His last marriage occurred at the age of 
 ninety-four, and his wife, who was ninety-six when 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 she married him, died in her ninety-ninth year. 
 Mrs. John Bow man is still living, ami is now in her 
 
 seventieth year, and resides in Lexington, where 
 the Bowman family i> represented by four succes- 
 sive generations. The Bowman brothers are both 
 married, and their pleasant homes are Messed 
 with the presence of children. Edwin 1". has been 
 in the printing business for twenty-live years, and 
 Frank G. has been engaged in the same occupa- 
 tion for twenty years, both being thoroughly at 
 home in every detail of their work, and, in every 
 sense of the word, practical printers. They run 
 several job presses of large power, and turn out 
 fine specimens of typographical work. 
 
 Frank G. Bowman holds the State medal of- 
 fered by the Missouri Press Association, which was 
 held in St. Joseph in 1882, and which medal was 
 given for the champion office, the swiftest and neat- 
 est in job printing. Our subjects, the Bowman 
 Brothers, have an extended circle of warm friends, 
 and enjoy the esteem and confidence of the gen- 
 eral public, among whom they have passed almost 
 their entire lives. Together with their families 
 they are important factors in the promotion of all 
 the best interests of their city, and with word and 
 deed sustain its worthy enterprises, be they re- 
 ligious, benevolent or purely business. The power 
 of the press in the hands of such men as our sub- 
 ject is always effectively used in behalf of progress 
 and reform, and its value cannot be overesti- 
 mated. 
 
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 eHARLES L. ELGIN, a successful and repre- 
 sentative agriculturist of Saline County, 
 Mo., is a man of unusual integrity of char- 
 acter, and is highly respected as a citizen of worth, 
 ability, and self-reliant energy. Located in town- 
 ship 19, range 19, he has for many years prosper- 
 ously conducted his fine farm of three hundred 
 and twenty acres, pleasantly situated near the 
 flourishing town of Napton. Our subject is of 
 Southern nativity, and was born in Prince William 
 County. Va., April 7, 1833. His paternal grand- 
 
 father, William Elgin, was of English descent, and 
 was widely known in Loudoun County, "V a., where 
 he passed the greater portion of his life, and died, 
 deeply regretted by a host of true friends. 
 
 John C. Elgin, the father of our subject, was born 
 in Loudoun County, the Old Dominion, in Feb- 
 ruary. 1806, and there passed his early day>. and 
 continued to be a resident of Virginia until he had 
 reached middle life. He came to Saline County in 
 1856, and about one year later was joined by his 
 family, who finally located on a farm. Mr. Elgin 
 had been an overseer in Virginia, and for a time 
 followed the same occupation in Missouri, but dur- 
 ing the latter portion of his life devoted himself 
 to agricultural pursuits. He was married in 1825, 
 to Miss Julia Macatee, who was Lorn in November, 
 1805, and died in November, 1878. 
 
 The sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John C. 
 Elgin were all born in the hospitable old State of 
 Virginia, and are as follows: Mary Jane, the eldest- 
 born, is the wife of James Keys, of Saline County ; 
 Delila Ann, married to Charles W. Foley, of Henry 
 County; Eliza, is the wife of William Skinner, and 
 resides in Loudoun County, Va.; Charles L. the 
 subject of this sketch; Harriet, the widow of W. 
 Remmington, lives in Sedalia; James L. lives in 
 Pettis County, Mo.; Susan A., the wife of William 
 Nordyke, of Parsons, Kan.; Catherine, married to 
 Robert Riggins, of Ft. Worth, Tex.; .Martha, the 
 widow of Thomas Sellers, lives in Bates County, 
 -Mo.; Julia, wife of Adam Clarkston, lives near 
 Marshall; and John C, who is a resident of Bates 
 County, Mo. The father of our subject was in 
 earlv life a Whig, later a Democrat, and during 
 the Civil War his sympathy was with the South. 
 He was a man of sterling integrity of character, 
 and passed peacefully away in 1870, at the home 
 of a daughter, near Marshall. 
 
 Charles L. Elgin enjoyed the advantages of a 
 brief schooling in his native State, and soon after 
 the family had settled in Missouri left home, and 
 at the age of twenty-two years began the battle of 
 life for himself. He immediately engaged in farm- 
 ing in Maryland, where he hired out by the year, 
 and continued in the same occupation for eleven 
 years. Upon February 6, 185G, he married his first 
 wife, Miss Eliza Arabella, a daughter of James Fos- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 529 
 
 ter, of Maryland. In 18G(> he removed with his 
 family to Saline County, Mo., and rented land un- 
 til 1879, when he bought the fine property where 
 he now resides. His wife died March 21, 1874, 
 leaving a large family to mourn her loss. She had 
 borne nine sons and daughters, and dying, be- 
 queathed to her husband's loving care and tender- 
 ness a family of children, all young, while one was 
 a helpless infant. 
 
 The eldest of the children was Millard L.; then 
 followed Lucius C, John II., George B. McEls worth, 
 William B., Viola G., Amanda D. (deceased), Charles 
 J. (deceased), and Walter Vincent, who passed away 
 in 1891. Upon October 19, 187 1, .Mr. Elgin mar- 
 ried Miss Margaret Ann Grady, whose family was 
 of English descent, but whose grandparents, Will- 
 iam and Jane Grady, were native Virginians, who 
 soon after their marriage settled in Kentucky, in 
 which latter State all of their children were born, 
 and which State was also the birthplace of their 
 granddaughter, Mrs. Elgin, who is a native of 
 Adair County. Her father and mother were Thomas 
 L. and Cynthia (Carrington) Grady. The Car- 
 ringtons were among the old families of North 
 Carolina. Mrs. Elgin was the eldest of her parents' 
 children, who were three in number. The sister 
 Nancy still lives in the old Kentucky home with 
 the venerable father. Ephraim, the only son, en- 
 listed in the Confederate service, and when with 
 Morgan on his raid north of the Ohio liiver, was 
 captured, and while a prisoner in Chicago, died at 
 the youthful age of seventeen years. lie was a 
 brave and gallant lad, and his untimely death car- 
 ried the anguish of bereavement into the pleasant 
 Southern home. 
 
 By his second marriage our subject had no chil- 
 dren, but the noble-hearted woman who shares his 
 life has been a mother indeed to the helpless ones 
 committed by their father to her care and atten- 
 tion, and deep was her grief when death claimed 
 the youngest of the family, the idol of father, 
 mother, brothers and sisters. Walter Vincent, who 
 passed away in the dawn of early manhood, at 
 nineteen years of age, was a most lovely character, 
 amiable, generous, and withal possessing strong 
 principles and deep religious convictions, which 
 sustained and cheered him, asheneared his earthly 
 
 end. No "Valley of Shadows" awaits his coming, 
 for even before the last farewell to earthly scenes, 
 and while the soul yet lingered in the frail tene- 
 ment, Walter Vincent Elgin beheld, as in a vision, 
 "the land that is fairer than day." 
 
 For some time the health of our subject has not 
 been of the best, and although he still superintends 
 the management of his valuable farm, his labors 
 are materially lessened by the active aid of his two 
 sons, who yet reside upon the old homestead. Mr. 
 Elgin has never been an ardent politician, but has 
 always taken a great interest in the national and 
 local issues of the day, and affiliates with the Dem- 
 ocratic party. He is in religious belief a Baptist, 
 and has been a liberal supporter of the extension 
 of the good work of that denomination. Our sub- 
 ject and his wife, and their sons and daughters in 
 their various homes, enjoy the esteem and con- 
 fidence of friends and neighbors, and have a high 
 place among the industrious and self-reliant citi- 
 zens of their locality. 
 
 UGH M. GILI1A.M, one of the extensive 
 | land-owners of Saline County, who is liv- 
 ing on section 9, township 51, range 23 
 was born in La Fayette County, Mo., March 
 18, 1830. The grandfather of our subject, Will- 
 iam Gilham, emigrated from his native England 
 to America at an early day and settled in Floyd 
 County, Va. He was a stonemason G3- trade, but 
 through much of his life followed the occupation 
 of farming. He wedded Mary Goodkoontz, a lady 
 of German descent, who lived to the advanced 
 age of ninety years. Mr. Gilham died in Virginia 
 man}' years previous to the death of his wife. 
 They had a family of eight children, namely: 
 David. Isaac, Ezekiel, Levi. Naomi. Lydia. Dru- 
 cilla and Leah. All are now deceased except 
 Levi and Leah, who reside in Floyd County, Va. 
 The latter is the widow of Eden Eperly. 
 
 Isaac Gilham, the father of our subject, was 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 born in Floyd County, V:i., in 1802, and in 1827 
 was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Chris- 
 topher and Ann (Myers) Slasher. Her people 
 were of German descent, and hei family removed 
 to La Fayette County, Mo., in 1828, where her 
 parents died. Her father there entered land and 
 in his business undertakings was very successful, 
 accumulating about nine hundred acres of valu- 
 able Land in La Fayette ( < unity. At the time of his 
 death, in 1858, he was estimated to be worth 
 about $100,000. Isaac Gilham was the owner of 
 a good farm of eighty acres, and was a stonemason 
 and bricklayer by trade. In politics he was a Dem- 
 ocrat. His death occurred in 1840, and his wife 
 departed this life six years later. They had a fam- 
 ily of six children: W. W., who died in Califor- 
 nia in 1871; Hugh, of this sketch; Eliza, who 
 became the wife of W. -I. Byars, and died in this 
 county; Maria I... widow of W. K. White; Mary 
 Jane, who became the wife of John Shaw, and is 
 now deceased; and Nancy, wife of Matthew Wake- 
 field. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent the first seven 
 years of his life in the county of his nativity, and 
 then came with his parents to this county. He 
 was educated in the subscription schools during 
 the winter season, while in the summer months he 
 worked in the fields. At the time of his mother's 
 death he was sixteen years old. and upon himself 
 and his brother William, two years his senior, de- 
 volved the care of four younger children. In 1849 
 Mr. Gilham went to California, his brother stay- 
 ing with the family, but returned in 1851. Two 
 years later William went to that State, where he 
 spent the remainder of his life, while Hugh took 
 charge of the business and family. One of the sis- 
 ters had already married, and in 1858 the last one 
 married and went to a home of her own. Since 
 that time Mr. Gilliam's home lias been under the 
 charge of housekeepers, and is now cared for by 
 his niece. 
 
 Our subject bought the interest of the brothers 
 and sisters in the home farm of one hundred and 
 twenty acres, where he resided until 1806. lie 
 then removed to the river three miles north and 
 did a general warehouse and trading business in 
 stock and grain for about ten years. Previous to 
 
 this, for nine years he had operated a sawmill, 
 which he built in 1858. On leaving the warehouse 
 he returned to his farm, and has since carried on 
 agricultural pursuits. From time to time he added 
 to his possessions until he owned thirteen hun- 
 dred acres of land, but, not wishing so much on 
 his hands, he sold eight hundred acres. Of the 
 live hundred acres remaining he has rented the 
 entire amount except a small plat, upon which his 
 home is located. His house is one of the finest in 
 the township, being quite imposing in appearance. 
 He has ever had his farms under a high state of 
 cultivation and, in consequence, they have yielded 
 to him a golden tribute in return for his care and 
 labor. Mr. Gilham has led a busy and useful life, 
 and his honorable career has made him a highly 
 esteemed citizen, with many friends throughout 
 the county. 
 
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 NDREW J. ALLISON, well known for 
 many years as a leading carpenter and 
 builder of La Fayette County, now suc- 
 cessful! y devotes his time to agricultural 
 duties and resides upon his homestead, pleasantly 
 located upon section 18, township 48, range 27. 
 Mr. Allison was born June 14, 1829, in Augusta 
 County, Va., and is a son of John II. and Sarah 
 (Neavis) Allison. Grandfather Andrew Allison was 
 born in "Bonnie Scotland" and early emigrating 
 to America settled in Augusta County, Va., where 
 lie industriously tilled the soil and made a comfort- 
 able home for his wife and the sons and daughters 
 who in time clustered about the family hearth. 
 The children were seven in number: Andrew, 
 John II., William, Thomas, and three sisters. John 
 II., the father of our subject, was born in Augusta 
 County in 1812 and, like his grandfather, decided 
 to make a change of residence, so when twenty- 
 one years of age traveled with team and wagon to 
 Logan County. Ohio, and, arriving in the Buckeye 
 State in 1833, purchased a farm and settling 
 thereon lived several years in Ohio. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 531 
 
 In the year L839, John II. Allison came to La 
 Fayette County, and Ideating- on land aboul 
 two miles east of Odessa lived in this commu- 
 nity until his death in April, 1862. Politically, lie 
 was aWhig,and in religious convictions a Presby- 
 terian. His wife, who died many years before 
 him, passing away in 1846, was the mother of five 
 suns: Andrew J.; William M.; John N., of El Do- 
 rado, Mo., who served from August. 1862, in Gen. 
 Shelby's Cavalry, Confederate service; Clayborne 
 T., who served in the same command: and James F. 
 also in the same command of Washington; all 
 three came home without a scratch. Our subject's 
 mother was born in Rockbridge County, Ya., and 
 was the daughter of John Xeavis.a Virginia farmer 
 and a citizen well known and highly respected. 
 Our subject, Andrew J. Allison, spent his boyhood 
 in busy industry and received a primary education 
 in the district schools, and in starting out in life 
 worked by the month on a farm. In 1853 he made 
 a trip to New Mexico with a Government train, 
 and returning home engaged in the business of a 
 carpenter and builder and continued in the active 
 work of his trade for fifteen years. 
 
 In 1866, Mr. Allison located where he now re- 
 sides upon eighty acres of excellent land, which 
 under the intelligent cultivation of its present 
 owner yields an abundant harvest. In 1858, our 
 subject purchased fifty acres and then added 
 twenty-six more and has himself made all the im- 
 provements of the well-kept farm. Mr. Allison 
 has been three times married. Mis first wife was 
 Jane Radford, a daughter of John B. and Rebecca 
 (Radford) Radford. This estimable lady was a 
 member of the Christian Church and died in Octo- 
 ber. 1859. The second wife, Miss Sallie Saunders, 
 was born in this county and was the daughter of 
 William and Sarah (Wood) Saunders, who came to 
 Missouri about 1840. There were four children 
 born of this second union: John W., Jesse P., Ar- 
 thur A. and Fred J. The second wife died June 
 13, 1882, aged forty-four years. The third wife 
 of our subject was born March II, 1844, and was 
 the daughter of William F. and Susan J. (Hender- 
 son) Frakes. The Frakes were from Bourbon 
 County, Ky., where the father was a farmer. They 
 came to La Fayette County on the Johnson line 
 
 in 1839 and entered and bought three hundred 
 and fifty acres of land. Mr. Frakes was a Stock- 
 trader and removed to Odessa in the fall of 1882, 
 and died in 1891, at seventy-nine years of age. 
 His wife survived him until January 10, 1892, and 
 was the mother of eight children: Mary E., Lu- 
 cinda M.; Anna (.'., who died and left two children ; 
 Rachael W., who died young; Andrew E., Susan A., 
 James G. and Joseph A. Mr. Frakes and his wife 
 were members of the Christian Church and polit- 
 ically in early days he was a Whig, and later a 
 Democrat. Mrs. Frakes was the daughter of Will- 
 iam and Elizabeth (Stark) Henderson, natives of 
 Virginia, who earlj- emigrated to Kentuck}' and 
 from there some time afterward came to Missouri, 
 settling in 1839 in Columbus, Johnson County, 
 where Mr. Frakes died. 
 
 Mr. Allison has been a prominent member of the 
 Christian Church for thirty years and has been one 
 of the honored officers of that religious organiza- 
 tion, serving faithfully as a Deacon. His wife has 
 been connected with the same denomination since, 
 her childhood. Our subject is an active Democrat 
 and deepty interested in local and national issues, 
 and in all things pertaining to the advancement 
 of the public good is an earnest and progressive 
 citizen. 
 
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 OSEPH A. WIIITSITT, a prosperous agri- 
 culturist and stock-raiser, is one of the most 
 able and energetic business men of I. a Fay- 
 ette Count}', Mo. He was born June 7, 
 1819, in the western part of Washington Township, 
 and has spent his life within the borders of his 
 native county, where he has self-reliantly won his 
 way upward and is now a large land-holder. Our 
 subject is a son of James and Sydney (Noland) 
 Whitsitt, early settlers and honored residents of 
 Missouri. The paternal grandfather. James Whit- 
 sitt, lived and died in Kentucky, and in that good 
 Old State the father of our subject was also born, 
 and at seventeen years of age, a brave and fear- 
 
532 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 less lad, fought in the War of 1812, under the 
 skillful guidance of Gen. Harrison, lie made his 
 home in 1816 in La Fayette County, Mo., and 
 was one of the pioneer citizens who laid the broad 
 foundations of the future prosperity of the State. 
 
 Arriving in his new home when it was an al- 
 most unbroken wilderness, Father Whitsitt entered 
 a farm, and in time owned six hundred acres of 
 valuable land, much of it under a high state of 
 cultivation. The father and mother of our subject 
 were members of the First Cumberland Presby- 
 terian Church, of Kentucky, and were ever dis- 
 tinguished for their Christian conduct and honest 
 integrity. The father died in the early part of 
 1861, and the faithful wife, the mother of twelve 
 children, passed away in 1880. The sons and 
 daughters of the pioneer household who reached 
 maturity were Nancy A. Shaw; Burrilla C. Robin- 
 son, deceased; Thomas, who served in the Mexican 
 War; Joseph A.; Elizabeth, who died at sixteen 
 years of age; Fidelia Barton, who died in 18C0; 
 and FJpton, who died at twenty-one years of age. 
 
 Our subject was reared and educated in the little 
 subscription schools of those primitive days, and 
 resided with his parents until their death. He has 
 made but three moves in his life, and is now lo- 
 cated upon section 8, township 48, range 27, and 
 is the owner of the highly improved homestead of 
 three hundred acres, and also possesses other val- 
 uable farming properties, owning in all about eight 
 hundred acres of excellent land, most of which he 
 has acquired by his energetic industry. Mr. 
 Whitsitt was united in marriage in March, 1865, 
 with Miss Mary C, a daughter of William and 
 Rachael (Beeier) Powell, who came to La Fayette 
 County in 1820, and were associated with the 
 early struggles of Missouri. Mrs. Whitsitt was 
 one of five children of her father, William Powell. 
 The mother married a second time, her husband 
 being John Daniel, unto whom she bore one child. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Whitsitt are the parents of one 
 child, who bears the family name of James A. 
 Whitsitt, and who is a useful and honored citizen. 
 Our subject is a lifelong Baptist, and, in political 
 belief, is a strong Democrat. The son of one of 
 the brave and fearless early pioneers of Missouri, 
 he received as inheritance the sturdy independ- 
 
 ence of those days when the pioneers were obliged 
 not only to work extremely hard for their own 
 sustenance, but had to protect themselves from the 
 Indians, who were their too frequent visitors and 
 carried away, without leave or license, whatever 
 they desired as edibles, and constantly menaced 
 the lives of their white brethren. Early trained 
 into habits of industry and self-reliance, James A. 
 Whitsitt has been an important factor in the local 
 progress of the best interests of La Fayette County, 
 and is to-day one of the most highly esteemed cit- 
 izens within the limits of its territory. 
 
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 r=™ RAN CIS J. O'NEILL, the reverend father of 
 [a^gi St. Peter's Catholic Church at Marshall, 
 \ is well known as a gentleman of education 
 and culture, earnest and energetic in his pastoral 
 duties, and withal an excellentand progressive citi- 
 zen, liberal and intelligent in public affairs, and in 
 social life genial and kindly. Our subject was born 
 in County Tyrone, Ireland. His paternal grand- 
 father, Neill O'Neill, was born in a house made 
 famous by the Irish Rebellion. His parents, Francis 
 and Catherine (Sweeney) O'Neill, were both natives 
 of Ireland, where the father lived and died upon 
 a farm which he had industriously cultivated for 
 many years. His mother is still living there at the 
 advanced age of ninety-seven years. 
 
 Father O'Neill was the youngest of seven chil- 
 dren, of whom four are now living. He was well 
 grounded in the primary studies at an early age, 
 and learned Greek and Latin in a classical school 
 preparatory to entering All Hallow College in 
 Dublin. He became a student in that institution 
 of learning in 1875, and remained there for one 
 year. Having long since determined to make 
 America his future home, he bade his native land 
 farewell, and in 1879 made a swift and pleasant 
 voyage across the Atlantic, leaving Londonderry 
 by the steamer " Europia," and arriving safely in 
 New York after ten days upon the ocean. Re- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 533 
 
 maining in the Empire Si:ite, he entered the Theo- 
 logical Seminary of St. Bonaventure, at Cattar- 
 augus, and studied there three years. He received 
 numerous orders and a Sub-Deaconship in the Buf- 
 falo (N. Y.) Catholic Church. A Deaconshipin the 
 College Seminary of our Lady of Angels, Canada, 
 was conferred upon him. He was ordained priest 
 June 21, 1882, by Bishop Ryan, of the Buffalo 
 Diocese. 
 
 Father O'Neill was ordained for the diocese of 
 Kansas City. After spending some time in Phila- 
 delphia, in August, 1882, he went to Springfield, 
 Mo. There he was assistant priest under Father 
 S. IC. Kussman for about seven weeks, and then 
 took charge of the Church of the Sacred Heart in 
 Springfield. He was thus engaged until the fol- 
 lowing November, when the church was destroyed 
 by a cyclone. Without delay our energetic sub- 
 ject set about making good the great loss the parish 
 had sustained. His efforts met with a ready re- 
 sponse from other congregations who sympathized 
 with the parish of the Sacred Heart, and he also 
 received encouragement from the general public, 
 who appreciated his energy, courage and deter- 
 mination. 
 
 Almost entirely owing to the work of Father 
 O'Neill the church was rebuilt the same year, and 
 the new edifice was even more substantial and 
 commodious than its predecessor and was unin- 
 cumbered with debt. Our .subject continued in 
 that pastorate until February 6, 1887, when he 
 came to receive the charge of St. Peter, succeed- 
 ing Father M. J. O'Dwyer. St. Peter's Church 
 was built by Father Ilammill, who gathered to- 
 gether the people in the parish and labored ear- 
 nestly to establish a church in their midst. The 
 first priest of St. Peter's was Father Murphy. Father 
 O'Neill lias accomplished much good since he took 
 charge of his present parish, and the people of St. 
 Peter's Church appreciate his constant efforts in 
 their spiritual behalf. 
 
 No matter what the weather or the time of day 
 or night, the reverend father is always ready 
 to attend the sick, suffering and dying of his dock. 
 Advising them ever for their best earthly and 
 spiritual good, ready with acts of self-sacrifice and 
 words of cheer for those cast down and in afflic- 
 
 tion, he receives in return the esteem and confi- 
 dence of all who know him. It may be said of 
 him that he is liberal in sentiment, generous in ex- 
 pression and just in judgment. In common with 
 all good citizens of this great republican Govern- 
 ment, he is in full sympathy with reform and 
 progress, and is in every sense of the phrase a true 
 and loyal American. Aside from the other valu- 
 able work he has accomplished in Bishop Hogen's 
 Diocese, he has improved the pastorate by an ex- 
 tensive addition, and is always vigilant in the care 
 of the church possessions. 
 
 
 ON. JOHN J. HALL, the popular Mayor 
 ' of TVaverly, La Fayette Count}', Mo., is a 
 pioneer resident of the State, and has been 
 a leading business man of this locality for 
 many years. Efficient in the discharge of public 
 duty, he commands the esteem and confidence of 
 his fellow-citizens, and has received various offices 
 of trust and has been one of the important factors 
 in the growth and rapid advancement of his 
 present home. Mayor Hall is a native of Ken- 
 tucky and was born in Scott County, in 1814. 
 His father, Braxton P. Hall, was also a Kentuck- 
 ian, and a man well known and highly respected 
 throughout his neighborhood and county. The 
 paternal grandfather, John Hall, was born in Vir- 
 ginia, but was numbered among the early settlers 
 of Kentucky, being one of the most enterprising 
 and progressive citizens in his part of the State. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Miss Catherine 
 Shroyer, a daughter of Jacob Shroyer, a native of 
 Maryland, but a pioneer of Kentucky, where he 
 made for himself and family a permanent home. 
 The boyhood of John J. Hall was passed in Scott 
 County, Ky., and here he attended the subscription 
 schools and received the training in habits of self- 
 reliance and honest industry which has been his 
 main capital in life. At the age of seventeen 
 years our subject removed with his parents from 
 Kentucky to Missouri, and locating at first in La 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Fayette County, engaged in farming, and for three 
 successive years continued in the duties of agri- 
 culture. At the expiration of this time, he went 
 to Henry County and embarked in a mercantile 
 business, which he prosperously conducted from 
 1834 to 1837. 
 
 In the meantime he engaged in the manufacture 
 of rope, and for a few years retained his interest 
 in this successful venture, which Brsl claimed his 
 attention in 1836. In the latter pari of 1837 Mr. 
 Hall returned to La Fayette County, and engaged 
 m the manufacture of rope until 1840, then mi 
 to Miami. Saline County, and engaged in the 
 same business, continuing about four years. He 
 then returned to La Fayette County and engaged 
 in farming for four years, and then devoted himself 
 to the general merchandising and commission busi- 
 ness. "When the thriving town of Waverly was 
 incorporated as a city. John J. Hall became at once 
 one of the "City Fathers," and through his ability 
 and wise management of the prominent interests 
 intrusted to his care secured the regard of the gen- 
 eral public, and was in ls7;s elected Mayor of 
 Waverly. retaining this position for some years. 
 After four years' retirement from this honored 
 office, Mayor Hall was in 1891 again elected to 
 take charge of the city government, and hi- ac- 
 ceptance of this responsible position gave general 
 satisfaction to the community, who, regardlessof 
 politics, know their Mayor to be a man of sterling 
 integrity of character and excellent business at- 
 tainments. 
 
 Mr. Hall has ever been a stanch Democrat, and 
 was elected upon the party ticket in 1867 as Jus- 
 tice of the Peace, an office which he has held for 
 the past twenty-six years, his legal decisions in the 
 various cases brought before him being uniformly 
 sustained by the judgment of the upper courts. 
 The duties of public life do not detract from the 
 enjoyment of the home pleasures shared by our 
 subject with his family. It is now a little more 
 than a half-century ago, since, in 1841, John J. 
 Hall and Lucretia M. Craig were united in the 
 bonds of matrimony. .Airs. Hall was the daughter 
 of Robert Craig, of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Hall j 
 have been the parents of seven children, and of then- 
 bright and intelligent family of sons and daugh- 
 
 ters, four now survive: Blanche, Elizabeth, Dixie 
 
 and Ella. Mr. and Mis Hall arc valued members 
 of the Christian Church and have always been ac- 
 tive workers in the social, benevolent and relig- 
 ious enterprises of that denomination. Mayor 
 Hall ha- been aii eye-witness of the remarkable 
 growth and rapid development of Waverly and 
 the surrounding country, and has the proud satis- 
 faction of having materially assisted in the prog- 
 ress of local affairs and the ultimate advancement 
 of the State of Missouri. 
 
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 ENRY MEIER. The individual to whom 
 this memoir is dedicated was a native of 
 Germany, born there in 1848, the son of 
 Henry and Caroline Meier, both of whom, 
 with their family of five children, reside in that 
 country at the present time. Henry Meier was 
 educated in the village of his birth and came to 
 America in 1869, and Brsl took up his residence 
 in the city of Qurncy, 111., where he hired out as 
 a farm hand. He was strong and willing, and 
 had formed the determination of having some of 
 these broad acres for his own, if honest and persis- 
 tent effort could procure them. 
 
 Mr. Meier was attracted by the superior advan- 
 tages which the State of Missouri held out to the 
 
 | ■ man with no capital. So. in 1871, he came 
 
 here. For ten years he worked by the month and 
 saved his scant earnings until he was able to pur- 
 chase a tract of eighty acres of land in Saline 
 County, Mo. A portion of this first trait he after- 
 ward sold and bought one hundred and sixty 
 acres, which, added to the original purchase, made 
 him a snug farm of two hundred and ten acres. 
 This is located in township 52, range 21, and is 
 one of the nicest pieces of properly in the neigh- 
 borhood. Had the life of Mr. Meier been spared, 
 no doubt the farm would have been much more 
 improved. 
 
 Our subject was certainly a successful man. From 
 the time of his landing upon these strange shores, 
 
PORTRAIT AND E-IOGR U'HK AL RECORD. 
 
 535 
 
 among people of a different tongue, some of them 
 always ready to betray the innocenl stranger, to 
 the time of liis demise, in 1892, our subject was 
 always occupied, never giving himself time to re- 
 grel what be did not have, and always anxious to 
 proA ide well for bis family. 
 
 In 1879, Mr. Meier married Miss Mary Deibel, 
 who was born in Wisconsin in 1859, of German 
 parents, and to this union three children were 
 horn. Henry. Lawson and Anna May, all of whom 
 are yet spared to their mother. During life Mr. 
 Meier merited and received the respect and esteem 
 of all with whom he was brought in contact. He 
 was a good man in all the relations of life, a lov- 
 ing husband and a kind father. His connection 
 with the Lutheran Church was very dear to him, 
 and to its support lie contributed as his means 
 permitted. Politically, Mr. Meier was a Demi 
 and took an active interest in the party affairs, al- 
 though he never desired any office. In his death 
 the community suffered a loss, and the bereaved 
 family had the sympathy of all. 
 
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 >g IIARLKS X. MARTIN, a prosperous and in- 
 I iluential agriculturist of Saline County, has 
 
 V_x for nearly two-score years resided upon his 
 homestead in township 50, range 20, near Mar- 
 shall. Our subject was born in Shelby County, 
 Ky., January 24, 1815. Hi- paternal grandfather, 
 Peter Martin, a native of Virginia, whose ances- 
 tors were originally from Holland, died at an ad- 
 vanced age in Shelby County. Ky. His children 
 were: Phoebe, Moses, Joseph, .lames, Abner and 
 the father of our subject, Peter Martin, who was 
 born in the old Dominion, and wlen a boy re- 
 moved with his parents to Shelby County, "Ky. 
 He was a tiller of the soil, and fanned upon the 
 old homestead where the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject died. 
 
 The mother of our subjeel was Sarah Xeal. the 
 daughter of Micajah Neal, of SU< Ihj I ounty, Ky., 
 
 and both she and her husband lived to their eighty- 
 third year, the good wife surviving her life-part- 
 ner for two or three years. A large family gath- 
 in their home, namely: Elijah, Micajah, 
 John, [ra, Charles, Luther, Ambrose Dudley, Peter 
 B., Eliza, Lucy and Sarah. Of these. Luther, Ira, 
 Eliza, Lucy. Elijah and Micajah are deceased. The 
 father was actively interested in politics, and 
 was an ardent Whig. Charles Martin, our sub- 
 was married November 2l>. 1846, to Levenia 
 S., daughter of Gervas and Mary B. (Sibley) Smith, 
 of Henry County. Ky. Mrs. Martin was born 
 August 31, 1827, and came with her husband to 
 Missouri in 1854, settling November 8 upon land 
 now owned by him. The family traveled by 
 wagons, bringing ten head of horses, and crossed 
 the Ohio River at Louisville, Ky., and the Missis- 
 sippi at st. Louis, camping out by the way. 
 
 The parly was composed of Mr. Martin, his 
 wife, two children, and two brothers and two sis- 
 ters of Mrs. Martin. During the journey their 
 wagons were reinforced by other conveyances, 
 and the train of travelers thus increased in size 
 and numbers, pursued steadily their onward way. 
 Starting upon their long journey in October, 1854, 
 they were twenty-six days in reaching the place 
 on Blackwater to which the father of Mrs. Martin 
 had preceded his family, coming by water and 
 bringing with him his slaves. Having purchased 
 two hundred and ninety-four acres of excellent 
 prairie and timber-land where he now resides, 
 Mr. Martin entered upon the daily duties of agri- 
 cultural life and soon brought his farm to a high 
 slate of Cult i vation. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are the parents of six 
 children, three sons and three daughters, namely: 
 Gervas P., born September 18, 1847; James J,., 
 November 5, 1851; Mary E. Alice, who was born 
 October.'!. IS,",;,, and is now the wife of J. T. 
 Jones, of Saline County; Lucy C, who was bom 
 in February, 1861, and married J. 1!. McFadden; 
 John C. 1'... born July 25, 1 8H1: and Mignonette, 
 who was bom November II. 1866, .and is the 
 wife of G. W. Walker, of Henry County. Ky. The 
 eldest -on. 1 1-ervas, was in the ( 'on federate sen ice, 
 and bravely faced the dangers of the prison pen 
 and battlefield, Mr. Martin and his wife are 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 both members of religious denominations, the 
 former being a Baptist and the latter a Method- 
 ist. Libera] in sentiment and upright in charac- 
 ter, our subject has aided both churches in their 
 g 1 works, and. ever ready to promote local prog- 
 ress and improvements, is numbered among the 
 public-spirited citizens of Saline County. In pol- 
 itics he is a Democrat and a devoted adherent of 
 party principles and platform. 
 
 m 
 
 
 
 Ifi^ ENRY RECHTERMANN,oneof the promi- 
 
 fl nent German-American farmers of La Fay- 
 y ette County, located upon section 18, range 
 \ 26, township 49, is of German birth and 
 parentage, having first seen the light of day in 
 the province of Hanover, Germany, October 15, 
 [824. He grew up in his own country, where 
 he attended the common schools, and there ob- 
 tained a good German education. When he had 
 reached a proper age he was given duties about 
 the farm, and in time learned the principles of 
 agriculture, which have been of great advantage 
 to him in this country. 
 
 In the year 1858, the subject of this sketch 
 came to America, taking passage on a sailing- 
 vessel at the port of Bremen, and after a voyage 
 of six weeks landed in New York City. His des- 
 tination was the city of Cincinnati, within which 
 and its vicinity lie remained for several years. 
 In 1866 our subject removed to La Fayette County, 
 Mo., with his family, and located upon his pres- 
 ent farm. While in Ohio he had been united in 
 marriage with Miss Rosena Welker, a young lady 
 residing in that State. Two children blessed this 
 union, William F. and Carrie, who is now the 
 wife of Augustus Rabeos. 
 
 Our subject was married a second time, in 1867, 
 in La Fayette County, Mo., the year after mak- 
 ing his home there. The present Mrs. Rechter- 
 mann was Miss Anne Knopf, a native of Prussia, 
 who was born December 25, 1839. When about 
 twenty-five years of age she came to this county 
 
 with her brother from their native land. Five 
 children have been born of this union, as follows: 
 Augustus; Matilda, who is the wife of John Herr; 
 Mollie, Henry and Louis. Our subject is the 
 owner of two hundred and sixty- acres of land, 
 which are under a fine state of cultivation. His 
 early training in agricultural pursuits gave him a 
 practical knowledge, which he has made available 
 upon his present farm. 
 
 Both our subject and his excellent wife are mem- 
 bers of the German Evangelical Church, and in 
 this connection they are well and favorably 
 known. In politics Mr. Rechtermaun is a Repub- 
 lican, having early decided that the principles of 
 that party were the ones to which he could best 
 give his allegiance. He has been a strong advo- 
 cate of all educational measures, and for some time 
 has been one of the School Directors of his district. 
 This family is well known and much esteemed in 
 the neighborhood. 
 
 ' ollN WILLIS. Our subject takes great 
 pride in the development of the agricul- 
 tural interests in this locality, more so, per- 
 haps, as he is a native of this State, having 
 been born in Carroll County, June 3, 1844. His 
 interests are now mostly concentrated on the 
 breeding of fine stock, although he also engages 
 in general farming upon his fine place, which is 
 located on section 36, Dover Township, La Fayette 
 County. 
 
 Mr. Willis is a son of John and Elizabeth 
 (Spencer) Willis, the former a native of Maryland, 
 who moved to Missouri and settled in Carroll 
 County in 1841. The mother was a daughter of 
 Jonathan Spencer, a native of Maryland. When 
 the original of this sketch was but ten years of age 
 bis family moved to La Fayette County. Here he 
 was in attendance at the common schools, and 
 helped his father on the farm. We must not 
 think, however, that his boyhood life was one of 
 drudgery entirely, for Missourian youth are noted 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 537 
 
 for the many vigorous sports and gallantries in 
 which they indulge. Ambitious to acquire a good 
 education, in 1864 he entered Desperes Institute, 
 which is located in St. Louis County. There he 
 pursued his studies for eighteen months, and made 
 excellenl progress. His love for bucolic life, how- 
 ever, was as strong as ever, and in 1877 he began 
 fanning on his own account, engaging in general 
 farming until 1884, when he began breeding fine 
 stock, devoting the greater part of his attention to 
 trotting horses. 
 
 In 1888 Mr. "Willis bought four blooded mares 
 and one thoroughbred stallion. He has given the 
 preference to the Hambletonian and Mambrino 
 breeds. He now owns a two-year-old filly which 
 lias already made a record of 2:48. This promising 
 animal is named "Leona Ilardpine." He also has 
 a two-year-old pacer, "Tesin," which has a record 
 of 2:50, and "Lalla Rookh" trots half a mile in 
 1:23. She was sired by "Ily Azum." Mr. Willis 
 also has several good yearlings and two-year-old 
 colts. Our subject is at the present time having 
 graded a fine private track, which is half a mile in 
 length, and which he expects to complete by 1893. 
 Here he intends to train his own horses, after the 
 style of the noted Kentucky stables. 
 
 In addition to the trotters above named, our 
 subject also breeds thoroughbred Polled-Angus 
 cattle and Chester-White hogs. He has been very 
 much interested in raising the standard of stock 
 bred in this locality. lie has a good farm of two 
 hundred and eighty acres which is all under culti- 
 vation and finely improved. The home is a frame 
 residence of a very attractive style of architecture, 
 beautifully located and surrounded with all that 
 will please the eye. Its interior finish and furnishing 
 are in keeping with the whole establishment and 
 speak well for the taste and culture of its owner. 
 His barns are models of shelter for domestic 
 creatures. 
 
 February 16, 1871, Mr. Willis was united in 
 marriage to Miss Jennie, daughter of Dr. R. II. 
 Con-in. who is a native of the Isle of Man. .Mis. 
 Willis herself was born and bred in the Isle of 
 Man. She is an estimable lady, who seconds the 
 efforts of her husband admirably in elevating the 
 tone of their social circle. They have one son, 
 
 who is named AVilliam C. Our subject and his 
 wife are divided in their faith as to the tenets of 
 religious belief, Mr. Willis being a devoted Meth- 
 odist and Mrs. Willis a member of the Episcopal 
 Church, but in the fundamental principles of 
 Christianity and in the higher duties of man to 
 man they are one. 
 
 4€h 
 
 H&*- 
 
 ETER B. LA BERTEW. Our subject, who 
 is a retired merchant now residing in the 
 town of Dover, La Fayette County, is a 
 native of Ilarrisburg, Mercer County, Ivy., 
 where he was born December :>, 1820. After a 
 long and eventful life, he can look back with satis- 
 faction over years marked by industry and grati- 
 fying results. He is a son of Asher and Bethsheba 
 (Brokaw) La Bertcw, both natives of New Jersey. 
 He is, however, a descendant of French ances- 
 tors, his grandfather, John G. La Bertew, having 
 been born in France. The latter emigrated to 
 America and settled in New Jersey. The name was 
 formerly spelled La Boyteaux. 
 
 Our subject's bo3iiood days were spent in his 
 native place. He attended the public schools near 
 his home and at the age of fourteen years entered 
 the college at Bloomington, Ind.. and there pur- 
 sued his studio for three years. His father was a 
 merchant by occupation, but had an idea that, all 
 his sons should have a trade to fall back on incase 
 of need. Thus our subject was apprenticed after 
 leaving college to learn the tailor's trade, and 
 worked at the same for a number of years. 
 
 In 1842, Mr. La Bertew came to La Fayette 
 County and was employed at. tailoring until 1850, 
 when he began merchandising, and was thus occu- 
 pied until 186 1, when he retired from active busi- 
 ness pursuits. His success in a business way may 
 be traced to several sources. Not only has he 
 ability and foresight, but Ins career lias been 
 marked by a constancy of purpose that could not 
 well have done otherwise than yield him success. 
 In politics our subjeel i> a Democrat and now in 
 
538 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 his later years takes great pleasure in the sweeping 
 success that his party has enjoyed during the last 
 campaign (1802). 
 
 The original of this sketch was fraternally a mem- 
 ber of Dover Lodge No. 122, A. F. & A. M., and 
 his membership dates from the sealing of the char- 
 ter, 1850. The family life of our subject has been 
 marked by the harmony that has also pervaded his 
 business relations. February 28, 1841, he was mar- 
 ried to Miss Cynthia A. Sutlield, a native of Ilar- 
 risburg, Kv.,and the half-century and a little more 
 that they have passed together has been a shining 
 testimony to inquirers that marriage is not alwa3'S 
 a failure. Mr. and Mrs. La Bertew have been the 
 parents of three children, two of whom are living, 
 William A., and Addie, who is the wife of E. S. 
 Van Anglin, of La Fayette County. In church re- 
 lations, our subject and his wife are associated with 
 the Baptist denomination of Dover. Their home 
 is a pleasant residence, centrally located and with 
 charming surroundings. 
 
 LSl'P BROOKS LANE is a popular en- 
 gineer on the Chicago cv Alton Road, hav- 
 ing a run between Kansas City and Rood- 
 house. There is no engineer quicker to 
 grasp a point or to seize an opportunity to inform 
 himself on any desired subject than he is. He is 
 master of his trade, being not only thoroughly 
 will "rounded in the workings of the monster of 
 which he is master, but conversant with all tech- 
 nical points. He has once, at least, run the gaunt- 
 lei in the chances that a railroad man takes when 
 embracing the profession. His engine was entirely 
 demolished and he himself nearly killed. 
 
 Mr. Lane was born in Hamilton, on the Fox 
 River, in Wisconsin, October 11, 1851. He is a son 
 of .1. IS. and Ann (Reynolds) Lane, the former a 
 native of Ohio, and an early settler in Kenosha, 
 Wis., near which town he owned a farm. Later 
 he went to Hamilton, where he was employed as 
 
 a stone mason and in teaming, and hauling goods 
 between Ripon and Princeton. Afterward he lo- 
 cated on a farm near Kenosha and followed the 
 agricultural calling until he retired from active 
 labor and took up his residence in the town of 
 Kenosha, lie is an ardent Republican. 
 
 Our subject's maternal grandfather was Owen 
 Reynolds, a native of Wales, who came to the 
 United States and located in Kenosha at an early 
 day. The Lane family comprised six boys and 
 one girl. The eldest brother was in the navy and 
 belonged to the Mississippi Squadron. Our sub- 
 ject is the second in order of birth and was reared 
 on his father's farm. He enjoyed the advantages 
 of a district school until thirteen years of age, and 
 then started out in life for himself, being vari- 
 ously employed until eighteen. 
 
 For a time Mr. Lane was a telegrapher at Keno- 
 sha, and later became a brakeman on a passenger 
 tram between Kenosha and Chicago. Remaining 
 thus employed for two years, at the end of that 
 time he became a fireman on the Chicago & North- 
 western Road and was thus employed for five years. 
 He then entered upon a run between Chicago and 
 Green Lay, keeping that for two years. Later he 
 was promoted to a position as an engineer on the 
 Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, being a switch 
 engineer in Milwaukee, and then had a run from 
 Chicago to Milwaukee and also from Chicago to 
 Janesville. In 1881 he went to Montana and 
 spent one delightful year in traveling and hunt- 
 ing buffaloes and bears. 
 
 On returning to Chicago our subject took a 
 position on the Chicago & Alton road as engineer, 
 with a route between Chicago and Braidwood. 
 After a connection of six months, he went to 
 Bloomington in the employ of the same road, and 
 in September of 188.'! came to this division and 
 located at Slater. He runs the engine that is 
 known as the "first extra passenger." His magician 
 of the silver rails is No. 221, and he has presided 
 over its throttle for more than two years. It is a 
 passenger engine, as the greater part of his engi- 
 neering work has been on passenger trains. 
 
 In ISM! Mr. Lane had an accident between 
 Shackleford and Alt. Leonard. His engine struck 
 some cattle on the track, ran over two of the an i- 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 raals, and was then thrown from the track. In 
 this accident the fireman was killed. In April of 
 1890, a serious collision occurred between Laddonia 
 and Farber, in which our subject was severely in- 
 jured. His engine was completely wrecked and he 
 only saved Ins life by jumping. The engine was 
 rebuilt and is the one he now runs. 
 
 Mr. Lane was married in Kenosha, Wis., July 
 16, 1874, his bride being Miss Ella Reeve, who was 
 born in Salem, of the same State, but reared and 
 educated in the city where her marriage was sol- 
 emnized. She is a daughter of S. P. Reeve, who 
 is a carpenter there. Mr. and Mrs. Lane are the 
 parents of two children, Adelhert and Ethel. Our 
 subject belongs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive 
 Engineers, being a member of the Eighth Division, 
 and is also identified with the Brotherhood of 
 Locomotive Firemen. In religious matters he is 
 liberal and his wife is a Presbyterian. Mrs. Lane 
 has made a very pleasant home for her husband 
 and family, and is no small contributor to the so- 
 cial harmony of the home locality. 
 
 iii i 
 
 ps^TROTHER RENICK. The man of s 
 ^^? ous impulses is a blessing to his co 
 \/Jyi uity, even if at times his kindness 
 
 TROTHER RENICK. The man of gener- 
 
 commu- 
 
 lesses aie 
 misplaced. A frank manner and cheery 
 disposition, with honesty of life, combine to 
 make an individual popular among his associates. 
 ( >f Mr. Renick it may be said that he was a whole- 
 souled man, generous to a fault, utterlj unselfish, 
 modestly refusing' office, kindly giving counsel, 
 and yet a leader of men, because they respected 
 him and were glad to follow his wise and judicious 
 directions. 
 
 Our subject was the sou of William and Betsj 
 (Renick) Renick, natives of Maryland, who re- 
 moved to Kentucky and made their home in Barren 
 County, near Glasgow. The father was born Sep- 
 tember ,"), 1762. The grandfather was Samuel 
 Renick, also a native of Maryland, where he died. 
 The eight children born to William Renick and his 
 
 27 
 
 good wife have been called from earth. The father 
 was a sincere and consistent member of the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church. His ancestors were 
 Scotch-Irish people, some of whom took part in 
 the Revolutionary struggle. 
 
 Strother Renick was born in Barren County, 
 Ky., January L9, 1804, and remained on a farm 
 until fifteen years of age. In 1820 he removed 
 to Missouri, following his father, who had come 
 in 1819, and made a claim near the site of Wel- 
 lington. In 1822, having attracted the attention 
 of Gen. McRea, a man of means and enterprise, 
 our subject was employed by the latter to take a 
 small stock of good- on pack mules over the then 
 trackless prairies to Mexico, known in those days 
 as the -Spanish country." During this trip, while 
 detained and snowbound on the banks of the Ar- 
 kansas River, he attained the nineteenth annivers- 
 ary of his birth, January 19,1823. Proving suc- 
 cessful on this trading expedition, he returned to 
 Missouri and afterward made several similar trips 
 for himself. He was absenl on these expeditions 
 to Mexico some six years in all, during which 
 time he accumulated the money that laid the 
 foundation of the large fortune afterward acquired. 
 In this way he learned to speak the Spanish lan- 
 guage with fluency, which knowledge was after- 
 ward called into requisition by the Circuit Court, 
 when he acted as interpreter in the trial of a Span- 
 iard for murder at the Court House in the old 
 town of Lexington. 
 
 In November, L839, Mr. Renick married Miss 
 Rebecca II. Livesay, daughter of Fountain ami 
 Mary (Handly) Livesay, both natives of Virginia, 
 the father being a fanner and blacksmith. In 
 1833 the latter brought his family to Missouri and 
 settled in Lexington. Nine years later, in 1842, he 
 located on a farm one mile east of his first pur- 
 chase, where he died at the age Of sixtv vcars. 
 His widow survived him many years, dying when 
 she was niuetv-two years old. 1 U ner religious 
 belief she was a member Of the Old-school I'resbv- 
 
 terian Church. They were the parents of eight 
 children, four boys and four girls, three of whom 
 are now living. Mrs. Renick was born March 18, 
 1813, in Greenbrier County. Va., where she was 
 reared and received a fairly good education. 
 
542 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Renick located on section 
 25, township 50, range 2:». where he had purchased 
 four hundred and eighty acres of school land, 
 paying therefor $2 per acre. In addition to gen- 
 eral farming, he operated as a trader of mules 
 and horses in the South, and made trips there 
 every other year. <>n his place he made a speci- 
 alty of raising hemp, in which he was very suc- 
 cessful. From time to time he added to his prop- 
 erty until he became the owner of over two 
 thousand acres of land, but sold off at various 
 times, and at his death retained in his possession 
 eight hundred and thirty-five acres. No children 
 were born to this wedded pair, but, with gener- 
 ous and noble impulse, they reared five little ones 
 to maturity. The children of their adoption are: 
 Mary R. Renick, wife of Samuel W. Creasey, and 
 the mother of one child; C. R. died May 5, 
 1867; Bettie Livesay is the wife of James W. 
 Renick;" Joseph Lightner married Anna, daughter 
 of John C. Handly, and they have four children: 
 Florence R., Kittic 1!., Willie Belle and Strother 
 R.; Belle Lightner, wife of William II. Poindex- 
 ter, has eight children; and Kate Lightner, Mrs. 
 II. II. Corbin, is the mother of two children. 
 
 Our subject and his wife were both members of 
 the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. lie be- 
 came a very active worker in that society and 
 gave more to churches than any other man in La 
 Fayette County; in fact, lie aided all the large 
 churches, as well as colleges, in this county. Dur- 
 ing the Civil War he remained at home, declin- 
 ing to take any active part in the conflict. His 
 sympathies were with the South, and he was fre- 
 quently threatened with injury because of his 
 well-known sentiments. His kindness toward crea- 
 tures in general is shown in the fact that his 
 slaves, of which he owned many, positively re- 
 fused to leave him and had to be taken away by 
 force. lie was a decided loser by the war. his 
 losses aggregating 130,000. After the war, and 
 until his death, he was an active and influential 
 member of the Democratic party, having been a 
 very earnest member of the Whig party as long 
 as it had an existence. Again and again did he 
 positively refuse to accept office, which his admir- 
 ing fellow-citizens sought to thrust upon him. 
 
 Charitable to a fault, a friend to the cause of edu- 
 cation, a leader whom the people were glad to 
 follow, and friendly to all, he passed away De- 
 cember 10, 1891, in the faith of the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church. His remains lie buried in 
 Arnold Cemetery, one and one-half miles east of 
 his old home place. 
 
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 JETER UPIIOl SF.,:i prominentand wealthy 
 old settler and retired farmer of La Fayette 
 County, Mo., was born in the province of 
 | \ Westphalia, Germany, April 11, 1818, and 
 is a son of Henry Uphouse, a native of Germany. 
 a farmer of that country, and also a soldier of the 
 War of 1814, who died there at the age of eighty- 
 nine years. The mother of our subject was named 
 Mary Horsmann, and she lived to the remarkable 
 age of one hundred and five years, four months 
 and fifteen days, and at the age of one hundred 
 years was able to carry a pail of water with ease. 
 On that day she celebrated her birthday, and peo- 
 ple came from far and near to see a relic of those 
 olden days. She reared six children: William, 
 Emily, Peter, Harmon, Casper and Anna, and one 
 child died when young. Both parents came to this 
 country, and after becoming settled they joined 
 with the Baptist denomination, as at that time 
 their own church, the Lutheran, was very small. 
 Our subject was reared and educated in the Old 
 Country until he was fourteen years old, and came 
 with his parents to this country in 1848. Two 
 and one-half months were spent upon the ocean in 
 the voyage, and the party endured many hardships 
 upon the way. They landed at New Orleans, 
 came up the river to St. Louis, and spent the win- 
 ter there. The winter was very severe, and the 
 river froze; there was no chance for any agricul- 
 tural work until spring, and it was a case of neces- 
 sity for them to remain. Our subject had 1150 in 
 money when he settled at this place. Neighbors 
 were two miles away, and no doubt he would very 
 often have been a convert to the ancient faith 
 
TOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 543 
 
 which kepi a vestal lamp burning, when, on the 
 darkest and coldest of winter'mornings, he had to 
 turn out Cora tramp of two miles to the nearest 
 neighbor for some live coals to start the kitchen 
 lire. 
 
 Mr. Uphouse buill a Log cabin in the wilderness. 
 In these late days it is the pleasure of the artistic 
 cavilers of other less favored lands to declare that 
 the architecture of America has sprung from the 
 log hut. In a measure they may speak the truth, 
 lint that unpretentious structure has been the germ 
 of a series of woodland cottages, villas and retreats 
 which arc not oniy comfortable, but at the same 
 time are picturesque. It is not probable that the 
 artistic side of the subject struck Mr. Uphouse 
 when he erected his cozy cabin on the lonely 
 prairie. Deer at that time were so plentiful that 
 a part of his first year was spent in driving them 
 from his corn, and one neighbor killed sixty- three 
 in one season, and dried most of the meat. 
 
 The nearest mills at that time required three or 
 four days' travel to reach, and there the corn was 
 ground into meal in a mortar made in the top of 
 a stump. The nearest trading-station, when it was 
 desirable or necessary to do a little shopping, was 
 at Lexington, twenty- five miles away, and with no 
 roads to follow, only Indian trails, and sometimes, 
 in cases of freshet, streams to ford. In 18 411 Miss 
 Catherine Westerhouse, a native of Germany, came 
 to lie his wife and share his pioneer life. No chil- 
 dren have been born of this marriage, but the 
 warm hearts of our subject and his wife were 
 opened to four orphan children, who have found 
 a home at their hearth. Mrs. Uphouse died in 
 1882, when she had reached the age Of sixty 
 years. In 1888 Mr. Uphouse married a second 
 time, in the month of May, and his wife was Mrs. 
 Lena Winkleman, who had been married twice be- 
 fore. She was horn in Germany, and had lived 
 for eleven years in Liverpool, England, and came 
 to the United Stales in 1881. 
 
 Our subject settled upon his present farm before 
 it became the site of a town. He bought firstone 
 hundred and twenty acres, improved that, and 
 then bought more, until now he has live hundred 
 and twenty-five acres, all improved land. In 1881 
 he retired from active life, and rents his lam). In 
 
 former days he raised much stock, and his first wife 
 sold $40 worth of butter per month, which was 
 sent to St. Louis. In his political belief, Mr. I'p- 
 house affiliates with the Democratic party. His 
 wife belongs to the Baptist Church, while he is a 
 member of the Methodist. They are highly re- 
 garded citizens of the town of Concordia. 
 
 eHARLES C WALLACE, now County Re- 
 corder of La Fayette County, located in 
 Lexington, Mo., was born in Woodford 
 County, Ky., October 10. 1835. He was a son of 
 Henry and Elizabeth (Carlyle) Wallace, the former 
 a native of Kentuck3' and the latter of Virginia. 
 Charles C, the youngest of a family of ten chil- 
 dren, accompanied his parents to La Fayette County 
 when eight years of age. His early education was' 
 received in the subscription schools of his State, 
 supplemented by attendance at the Masonic Col- 
 lege in Lexington, the name of which now is Cen- 
 tral Female College. 
 
 When our subject closed his school life he began 
 his business career by becoming a clerk in a general 
 store, in which capacity he served until the break- 
 ing out, of the Civil War. The clamor of war 
 awoke in his heart an enthusiasm which resulted in 
 his becoming a member of a Missouri company 
 under Capt. II. A. Bledsoe, and serving as a Gun- 
 Sergeant in his army under Gen. Price. For four 
 years he faithfully performed his duty, enduring 
 many hardships with heroism and having mam- 
 narrow escapes from danger and death. For a 
 time, he served under the noted Confederate Gen- 
 erals Joe E. Johnston and .1. 15. Hood, and in Har- 
 dee's Corps in Claiborne's Division, A.rmy of the 
 Tennessee. 
 
 After the war, Mr. Wallace returned to Lex- 
 ington, where he clerked for differenl parties, 
 as the ravages or war had left, him with lim- 
 ited means. In his political opinions, he was r 
 1 lemocrat, active in the ranks of the party, and in 
 
544 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 June, 1884, was elected City Register and Treas- 
 urer for a term of two years; upon the expiration 
 of this time he was re-elected, thus serving four 
 years. In November, 1890,his election took place 
 to the oilice of County Recorder for a term of four 
 years, on the Democratic ticket, with a handsome 
 majority. 
 
 In June, 1874, Mr. Wallace was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Lizzie M. Kennedy, of Lexington, 
 Mo. She was born in Kentucky, a daughter of 
 George Kennedy, a resident of La Fayette County. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have a family of six chil- 
 dren, four boys and two girls, as follows: Bessie II., 
 Charles ('., Jr., Lilburn, E. Carlyle, George K. and 
 Margaret C. Both our subject and his wife have 
 been members of the Baptist Church for a number 
 of years, active in its interest and finding work 
 within its walls. Mr. Wallace has become well 
 known in the county for the efficient manner in 
 which he has conducted the offices of the county, 
 giving satisfaction to both parties, a very difficult 
 feat to perform. 
 
 
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 ) AMES W. RENICK, a prosperous and en- 
 ergetic farmer, located upon his homestead 
 of one hundred and sixty acres, section 27, 
 township 48, range 27, is one of the repre- 
 sentative and progressive citizens of La Fayette 
 County, and is the first Postmaster of Broadlands. 
 A native of the State, and all his lifetime closely 
 identified with the growth and advancement of 
 La Fayette County, he was born near Wellington, 
 ( October 1, 1842. Our subject is a son of Andrew 
 and Sabina (Livessay) Renick. Andrew Renick 
 came to .Missouri from Virginia in 1835, and lo- 
 cated near Wellington, and later, in 1842, settled 
 upon section 34, township 48, range 27, and bought 
 six hundred and seven acres of excellent land, 
 which, with three hundred additional acres, he 
 owned at the time of his death. He was attacked 
 with the cholera while driving stock to St. Louis, 
 and died at St. Charles in 1852. 
 
 Andrew Renick was a successful agriculturist 
 and stock-raiser, and was widely known as an en- 
 ergetic and upright man. His wife survived him 
 until 1874, and was a devoted mother to her fam- 
 ily of three sons and five daughters, who were: 
 William S., Robert F., James W., Mary R., Sarah 
 I., Emma Y., Amanda S. and Josephine A. James 
 \V.. our subject, received a common-school educa- 
 tion, and, though not having yet attained his ma- 
 jority, enlisted in the fall of 18(11 in the First 
 Missouri Regiment, Company E, and gallantly 
 participated in many of the most decisive battles 
 of the Civil War. He took an active part in the 
 engagements of Elkhorn, Corinth (Miss.). Yieks- 
 burg, Baker's Creek, Grand Gulf, luka, Atlanta, 
 Peach Tree Creek, Altoona (Mo.), Columbia and 
 Franklin (Tenn.) 
 
 Mr. Renick was almost continuously, during the 
 entire period of his military service, at the front, 
 and, constantly exposed to danger, received severe 
 wounds. He was injured in the left arm at Cor- 
 inth, and wounded in the right arm at Kenesaw 
 Mountain, both of his arms having been broken. 
 The last two battles in which our subject engaged 
 were Mobile and Spanish Fort, and he was dis- 
 charged from service in Mississippi in July, 1865, 
 having with courage and fidelity given four years 
 of his life to the dangers and privations of active 
 warfare. Once again a civilian, Mr. Renick re- 
 turned to agricultural duties, and now owns six 
 hundred acres of fine land all in one body, with 
 the exception of eighty acres of timber-land. 
 Upon December S», 1875, our subject was united in 
 marriage with Miss Sal lie A. Green well, who was 
 born in Columbus, Johnson County, a daughter of 
 Ralph and Nancy (Williams) Green well, who came 
 to Missouri from Fa3'ette County, Ky., about 
 1852, and who were highly regarded by their 
 friends and neighbors. The happy home of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Renick has been blessed by the birth 
 of six children: Nannie S., William A., James R., 
 Mary B., Robert L. and Clarence G. 
 
 Our subject and his estimable wife are members 
 of the Christian Church, and are numbered among 
 the active workers and liberal supporters of that 
 religious organization. Politically, Mr. Renick is 
 a strong Democrat and ardent advocate of the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 545 
 
 party founded by the immortal Thomas Jefferson. 
 Winning his way upward with honest energy and 
 sterling integrity, he lias ever been a prominent 
 promoter of all objects <>f enterprise and an advo- 
 cate of educational advancement, and has liber- 
 ally aided in local improvements, lie and his 
 wife and family of bright, attractive young people 
 are social favorites, and enjoy the confidence of a 
 large circle of friends. 
 
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 -Vl I.KX W. LAUGH LIN, a prosperous agri- 
 culturist, taught school in the early days, 
 and has also served with efficient ability as 
 v)j Justice of the Peace. He is now actively 
 
 engaged in the cultivation of his valuable home- 
 stead located in Washington Township, La Fayette 
 Count3', Mo., and is well known and highly re- 
 spected as an energetic, intelligent and upright citi- 
 zen. Our subject was born March 8, 1840, in Coles 
 County, III, and is the son of Harvey P. and Eliza 
 M. K. (Newman) Laughlin. The paternal grand- 
 father, Alex Laughlin, was a native of Tennessee, 
 and a farmer by occupation, and bravely assisted 
 the Government in the War of 1812. His wife 
 was Miss Lavina King, a daughter of William 
 King, owner of extensive salt works in West Vir- 
 ginia. In 1833, Grandfather and Grandmother 
 Laughlin moved to Coles County, 111., and later 
 both husband and wife passed away in Jefferson 
 County, Iowa. They were members of the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church, and devoted Chris- 
 tian people, who were highly regarded by all who 
 knew them. 
 
 The sons and daughters who gathered around the 
 family hearth were William, John. Harvey, Alex, 
 Jonathan, Mary, Virginia, Amanda. Evaline and 
 Melvina, and all were trained to religious observ- 
 ance, their father having been in the early part of bis 
 life an Elder in the Old-school Presbyterian Church. 
 Great-grandfather Laughlin was born in Ireland, 
 but early emigrating to this country, married a 
 German lady, and thus bequeathed to his descend- 
 
 ants the virtues of both nationalities. The father 
 of our subject was born in the Tennessee home- 
 stead, and, locating with his parents in Illinois, re- 
 moved with them later to Jefferson County, Iowa, 
 and with his wife, who was born in Tennessee, 
 made his permanent home in this latter State. The 
 eight children who blessed their home were Alex 
 W.; William M., who served in the Thirtieth Iowa 
 Infantry; Thomas S., Floyd K., Sarah J.. Margaret 
 L., Mary ('. and Blanche L. 
 
 Alex, the eldest of the family and our subject. 
 was reared upon a farm, and received instruction 
 in the district and select schools. At eighteen 
 years of age, he began life for himself, teaching in 
 the winter schools and during the fall for about 
 twenty terms, at the same time farming upon his 
 father's homestead. In 1806, he with his two 
 brothers bought, unc hundred and fifty-five acres in 
 Iowa. In 1888, .Mr. Laughlin removed to Saline 
 County, where he raised a crop, and in the same fall 
 came to his present location, settling upon eighty 
 acres, to which he has since added, now owning 
 one hundred and fifty-seven acres. Our subject 
 served bravely in the Federal army, enlisting 
 April 4, 1862, in Company I, Seventeenth Iowa In- 
 fantry, and participated in the siege of Corinth, bat- 
 tles of Iuka, Corinth, Port Gibson, Jackson, Cham- 
 pion Hill, siege of Vickburg, Chattanooga, and 
 Missionary Ridge, and was stationed at Tilton. ( .a.. 
 where he was captured in October, 1864. and sent 
 to Anderson ville, Cahaba and Lawton.Ga. He was 
 discharged in 1865 from Andersonville, and re- 
 turned to his home after years of danger and pri- 
 vation, and after experiencing the full horror of 
 being captured and held a prisoner of war. 
 
 Entering the service of the Government a private, 
 Mr. Laughlin received well-deserved promotion, 
 first being detailed as Orderly, then made Third 
 Sergeant, later made First Sergeant, then Sergeant- 
 Major, and though giving three years of faithful 
 service and almost constantly at the front, es- 
 caped even a slight wound. Our subject has been 
 twice married. His first wife was Elvira J. Lyons, 
 daughter of David and Mary Lyons. This esti- 
 mable lady died in 1875, leaving a family of five 
 children, four of whom lived to mature years: 
 Myrtle M., married to Mr. Hoc: Lillian C. Alden 
 
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 II. and Warren L. The second wife, Sarah M., is 
 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Whitaker, 
 
 natives of England, as is also their daughter, Mrs. 
 Laughlin. The maiden name of Mrs. Wliitaker was 
 Jane Wood. This well-known and highly respected 
 lady is the mother of one child, a daughter, Ruth. 
 Our . subject and his present wife have been ac- 
 tively connected with the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, he being an Elder. The first Mrs. Laugh- 
 lin was also actively connected with that church. 
 Fraternally, Mr. Laughlin isan honored member of 
 the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons and takes an 
 active interest in politics, both national and local. 
 A firm supporter of educational advancement, and 
 desirous to assist in the promotion of the best in- 
 terests of the community, our subject is justly 
 ranked among the public-spirited and progressive 
 citizens of to-day. 
 
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 ~RANK M.GRAY. A half-century ago the 
 
 PGray family, which was then located in 
 Marion County, this State, was made happy 
 by the advent of a son and heir, who is the subject 
 of this sketch and now a resident of township 49, 
 range 26. He is the son of the Rev. Fincelius R. 
 and Margaret (Ferguson) Gray, the former a na- 
 tive of Kentucky, who emigrated with his father 
 to this State in the '30s. 
 
 After remaining for a time in Missouri our sub- 
 ject's father returned to Kentucky and there made 
 his home until 1859, when he came back to Mis- 
 souri and settled on a farm in La Fayette County, 
 whereon our subject now lives. He there died, 
 August 17, 1890. lie was one of the pioneers of 
 this Locality, having settled in the woods when the 
 country was unbroken by roads. Being so iden- 
 tified with the early growth of this region, he 
 knew and was known by all the settlers hereabout. 
 He was the father of eight children, four of whom 
 are now living: Leticia; Mary A., who is the wife 
 of J. P. Bear; Susan C. and Frank M. Fincelius 
 
 Gray was a minister in the Presbyterian Church 
 and an organizer of churches of that denomination 
 in this locality, and when a resident of Northern 
 Missouri he was one of the first preachers to min- 
 ister to the people in that part of the country. 
 He was at one time identified with the Odd Fel- 
 lows' Society. In his death the country lost one 
 of its representative and best citizens. His wife 
 departed this life in the year L851. Frank M. 
 Gray grew up in this locality where he now lives. 
 He acquired his education under the supervi- 
 sion of his father, who was a scholarly man. As 
 was the custom in his youth, he was brought up to 
 think more of the man who worked than of the 
 one who lived in idleness, and was well drilled in 
 agricultural duties. He was married September 3, 
 1872, to Miss Martha E. Gray, a native of Ken- 
 tucky and a daughter of James and Mary Gray. 
 By this union there have been born five children, 
 whose names are Cathline, Florence, James, Fan- 
 nie and Fincelius. 
 
 Our subject is the owner of one hundred and 
 twenty acres of land, which he has himself devel- 
 oped. Politically he is a Democrat, and although 
 he has no aspiration for public office the interests 
 of the country lie close to his heart. He is a man 
 whose standard of honor and culture is high, 
 and, living with this constantly in view, his own 
 character has ever approached his ideal. 
 
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 ON. ELISHA M. EDWARDS, the well- 
 known, energetic and enterprising lawyer 
 and ex-State Senator, of Waverly, was born 
 in Cabell County, W. Va., January 26, 
 1823, but for more than a half-century has been 
 closely identified with the prominent and growing 
 interests of La Fayette County, Mo., and has held 
 various official positions of trust in his adopted 
 State. The father of our subject, Joseph Edwards, 
 was a native of Pennsylvania, and the paternal 
 grandfather, Edward Edwards, was also born in 
 the Quaker State. The mother of Elisha M. Ed- 
 
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 wards was Sara McComas, who was a descendant 
 of the McComas family who settled in Virginia in 
 1620. The Edwards are of Welsh ancestry, and 
 
 inherit the sturdy virtues of their forefathers. 
 
 Mr. Edwards remained in West. Virginia until 
 he was seven years old, when he removed with his 
 parent- to Kentucky, where he received an educa- 
 tion in the private schools and passed his youth. 
 Arriving at an age when he desired to be self-sus- 
 taining, our subject learned the tailor's trade, in 
 which he found ready employment, and at the 
 same time ambitiously read law. Determined to 
 try his fortunes in a new home, Mr. Edwards came 
 to Missouri, and upon November 2, 1839, made 
 his home in Johnson County and engaged in busi- 
 ness as a tailor, though he also continued the study 
 of law. In 1861, our subject was admitted to the 
 Bar, and began the practice of law in Waverly, Mo. 
 
 In 1857 Mr. Edwards received the appointment 
 of Postmaster of Waverly, and held the position 
 for one year, when he resigned. Our subject, as- 
 sisted by Charles II. Collins, of Waverly, drafted 
 the charter for the incorporation of Waverly, which 
 charter was approved and accepted December 23, 
 1859. Mr. Edwards was one of the first Aldermen 
 of the city of Waverly, and also ably occupied the 
 Mayor's Chair for four years, materially aiding 
 by his excellent counsel in the progress and local 
 improvements of his home city. In 1876, Mr. Ed- 
 wards was elected to the Missouri Senate, efficiently 
 serving a term of four years, and was rewarded by 
 his constituents with a re-election in 1880. Since 
 1884 our subject has devoted himself to his excel- 
 lent legal business, but is still active in politics 
 and was a delegate to the two last Democratic Slate 
 Conventions, where, by convincing logic and sound 
 argument, he successfully sustained the wishes of 
 his political friends and neighbors. 
 
 Fraternally, Mr. Edwards has, since 1849, been 
 a member of Waverly Lodge No. 61, A. F. & 
 A. M. In 1849 he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Mary 15.. daughter of Peter F. Lyons, a native 
 of Kentucky. By this estimable lady our subject 
 had eleven children, of whom but one child, a son, 
 now survives, (i. W. II. Edwards. In May, L871, 
 Mr. Edwards married his present wife, then Mrs. 
 Frances R. Berryman, a daughter of R. F. Rollins, 
 
 a native of Kentucky. < )f the three children whose 
 presence has blessed the pleasant home of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Edwards, one only is living, Frank R., who 
 attended Wentworth Military Academy, at Lexing- 
 ton, Mo., and St. Benedict College, in Atchison, 
 Kan., for two years. This son, now in the dawn 
 of early manhood, gives promise of a bright and 
 successful career. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Edwards are among the valued 
 and honored members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South, and are ever active in the good 
 works and various enterprises of that denomina- 
 tion. Our subject owns fine farming property, 
 and is extensively and profitably interested in 
 agricultural pursuits. His legal duties, however, 
 occupy the most of his time, and aside from a large 
 private practice, he is, and has been, City Attorney 
 for the past six years. For one year he was also local 
 attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railroad on the 
 Boonville Branch. An upright, useful and honored 
 citizen, always interested in progress and reform, 
 Mr. Edwards has ever wielded a powerful inlluence 
 in behalf of right and justice, and has won a high 
 place in the esteem and confidence of all who 
 know him. 
 
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 'JlJ OI1N R. SMITH, an honored and represen- 
 tative citizen of La Fayette County, Mo., 
 residing upon his farm located on section 
 1, township 49, range 27, was born in War- 
 ren County, Ohio, June 3, 1840. He is a son of 
 Hugh and Sarah (Rogers) Smith, the former a na- 
 tive of Maine, and the latter of New Jersey. This 
 worthy couple were early settlers of Warren 
 County, and both died in the year I860, in that 
 State. John was reared to manhood in his native 
 county, early learning the duties of farm life, and 
 receiving his education in the public schools of 
 Warren County. Upon the breaking out of the 
 Civil War, Mr. Smith hastened to place his name 
 among those ready to defend their country's tlag, 
 and in the summer of 1861 became a member of 
 
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 Company A, Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and was 
 assigned to duty in the army of the Cumberland, 
 (hiring his service being under the distinguished 
 Generals, Thomas, Rosecrans and Buell. 
 
 That our subject became acquainted with the 
 horrors and honors of war may be inferred when 
 it is known thai he took part in the fearful battles 
 of Perryville, Corinth. Chickamauga, missionary 
 Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain and the siege of Atlanta. 
 At this time his term of service expired, and he 
 was discharged in Louisville. Ky.. in September, 
 1864. He returned at once to Ohio, and in the 
 fall of 1865 came to La Fayette County. Mo. The 
 class of settlers who had preceded him to this 
 county promised to become the best of citizens. 
 therefore Mr. Smith decided to locate permanently 
 here. His first settlement was made in Lexington 
 Township, where he remained until 1881, when he 
 located upon his present farm, where he has suc- 
 ceeded in developing the land until the place is 
 considered second to none in Ihe county. 
 
 In this desirable part of the county Mr. Smith 
 Owns three hundred ami fifty acres of land, so well 
 improved that the stranger need wander no far- 
 ther to decide upon the capabilities of the soil of 
 La Fayette County. His buildings, fences, or- 
 chards and farm implements are such as might be 
 expected upon a place of this kind. The marriage 
 of Mr. Smith took place June 1". 1870, when Miss 
 Aniri Ferguson became hi- happy wife. She was 
 born in Adams County, Miss., a daughter of Will- 
 iam 1. and Elizabeth (Brabston) Ferguson, the 
 former a native of Frankfort, Ky.. and the latter 
 of Mississippi, the ancestors of the families having 
 come to America from Scotland and Wales. In 
 1850 William Ferguson migrated from Mississippi 
 to Missouri, settling upon the farm where our sub- 
 ject now resides, and was an early settler in the 
 county. His demise occurred here December 20, 
 1876, his wife surviving him until May 20, 1889. 
 
 Mrs. Smith is not the only one of her family 
 now living, as her brothers and sisters are yet left, 
 and are well known and respected in their several 
 
 neighbor! Is. They are as follows: Dr. .lames 
 
 Ferguson, of Mayview, Mo.: William, a resident of 
 Vernon County, Mo.; Alice, the wife of Dr. S. 
 Ilardman. of Kansas City, Mo.: and Clifton, a 
 
 resident of Jackson, Miss. William Ferguson was 
 one of the best-known men of this locality during 
 life, and left to his family a spotless name and the 
 record of a life of good deeds. In the Old-school 
 Presbyterian Church he was a valued member, his 
 walk in life agreeing with his profession. In his 
 political feelings Mr. Ferguson was a Democrat, 
 aud when he died La Fayette County lost one of 
 her strongest citizens. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Smith have an interesting family, 
 only one of whom, Ltinsford, has been taken out 
 of the family circle. The remaining five arc as 
 follows: Hugh, Grace. Clifton, Roger and Laur- 
 ence. Both Mr. Smith and his excellent wife are 
 active members of the Missionary Baptist Church. 
 and in its communion and services they find a 
 broad field for influence and work. In his politi- 
 cal faith Mr. Smith is a Republican, as earnest in 
 that body as in all of the affairs of life. 
 
 • FY. GEORGE W. HYDE, a prominent and 
 C influential resident of Lexington. Mo., was 
 V bom in Chaucellorsville, Spottsylvania 
 County, Va.. March 25, 1838, a son of 
 Richard and Eliza D. Hyde. The grandfather 
 Hyde was of English birth, and during his life 
 made frequent visits to his native country. The 
 family traces its descent to Edward Hyde, Earl of 
 Clarendon, in honor of whom the celebrated Hyde 
 Park in England was named. The father of our 
 subject removed to Chariton County, Mo., in 1839, 
 and there reared a family of eight sons and one 
 daughter. Both he and his wife were valued mem- 
 of the Old-school Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Our subject was but one year old when his 
 parents came to Missouri and settled near Keytcs- 
 ville, where he was reared. Mr. Hyde was 
 converted at Keytesville, and connected himself 
 with the Baptist Church there in May, 1853, and 
 he has continued a faithful member of that de- 
 nomination ever since. After his conversion he 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 549 
 
 felt called upon to enter the ministry, and in pur- 
 suance of this idea entered the Missouri Univer- 
 sity in September, 1855, where, after taking a full 
 course, he graduated in July, 1859. The follow- 
 ing October lie entered the Southern Baptist Theo- 
 logical Seminary, then located a1 Greenville, S. C, 
 where he took the full course, graduating there- 
 from in May, 1862. He was the only student 
 from Missouri in this seminary until it was closed 
 during the war. While a student there he held 
 his membership in the Columbia Baptist Church, 
 and was made Superintendent of its Sunday- 
 school, and was licensed to preach by the same. 
 Our subject was ordained at the l'eterville Church, 
 Powhatan County, Va., in August, 1863, 
 
 From 1862 to 1865 Mr. Hyde preached at a 
 military post in Powhatan County, Ya.. called 
 Huguenot Springs, the Rev. J. B. Jeter having 
 procured him a Chaplaincy in the Confederate army. 
 At this place his labors were much blessed, many 
 of the soldiers professing com ersion and being bap- 
 tized, and it was during this period of his life thai 
 he was ordained to the full work of the ministry. 
 After the war Mr. Hyde returned to Missouri, and 
 in September, 1866, engaged in an agency for the 
 Sunday-school Board of the Southern Baptist Con- 
 vention, and prosecuted this work for some time. 
 In October, 1867. he married Mi-- Anna, the only 
 child of Judge B. C. Clark, of Cooper County, 
 Mo., but she died in July, 187m, having been the 
 mother of four children, and in March. 188(1. our 
 subject married Mrs. E. G. Garnett, of Dover. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Hyde spent one year as pastor of the 
 churches at Keytesville and Brunswick, but the 
 greater part of his ministerial life has been spent 
 with the churches at Mt. Nebo, Concord, Mt. Her- 
 man and Boonville, all in Cooper County, and for 
 many years in the Concord Association. Mr. Hyde 
 has twice been agent of William Jewell College, 
 and for one year was one of the general mission- 
 aries of the General Association. He w.a- one of 
 the original eight who founded the Jeremiah 
 Vardeman School of Theology in William Jewell 
 College, for which purpose he gave $5,000, and 
 beholds the position of Visitor to the Vardeman 
 School. For twenty-two years he has been a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Trustees of the college, and 
 
 for eight years has held the honorable position of 
 Curator of Stephens' College; he is also a Trustee 
 of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. 
 While a student at Greenville, S. C, he superin- 
 tended a large colored Sunday-school, which met 
 Sunday afternoons in the gallery of the Baptist 
 Church. In this work he was seconded by the 
 church, and had for teachers some of the best 
 students in the seminary. While in attendance 
 upon the meeting of the Southern Baptist Con- 
 vention at Greenville, in May, 1882, Mr. Hyde 
 met a colored man who was then, and is now, a 
 member of the Sunday-school, who said, "Thank 
 God I see you, my brother! Those were golden 
 seeds you sowed among us, and they have yielded 
 a blessed harvest." 
 
 For a number of years our subject has been a 
 member of the Board of Trustees of the Baptist 
 Female College, at Lexington, Mo., and served as 
 its President for a period of eight years. In 1890 
 the William Jewell College conferred upon him 
 the degree of Doctor of Divinity. For five years 
 he was assistant corresponding secretary under Dr. 
 W. Pope Yeaman, Corresponding Secretary of the 
 General Association of the State of Missouri, after 
 which he organized and conducted the work of 
 the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist 
 Convention for about six years, being so success- 
 ful m his labors that he turned over to the Board 
 a large amount of money. At present he is the 
 General Agent for the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, 
 located in St. Louis, and for several years he has 
 served with efficiency as Vice-President for Mis- 
 souri of the Home Mission Board of the Southern 
 Baptist Convention. 
 
 OSEPH SCHIESZER, a successful general 
 agriculturist and an energetic citizen of Sa- 
 line County, is pleasantly located in town- 
 '\^J : ship 5(1, range 19, upon what was formerly 
 known as the Hardeman place, near the Hardeman 
 post-office. Our subject was born on the banks of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 the Rhine, in Wurtemberg, March 14, 1832. His 
 father, Anthony Schieszer, was born in Wurtom- 
 berg, where lie passed his entire life. Joseph 
 Schieszer was the eldest of nine children, all of 
 whom remained in Germany but himself. Heemi- 
 grated to America when only nineteen years old, 
 and, landing in New York June 2, 1851, found 
 himself a stranger in a strange land. 
 
 Willing to accept any respectable work, our 
 subject was variously employed, although princi- 
 pally engaged in railroad work, and in a brief 
 time had journeyed through nineteen States, 
 tramping on foot over much of Ohio, Indiana, 
 Tennessee, Kentucky and Minnesota. He was en- 
 gaged in the construction of the Illinois Central 
 Railroad from the time the first spadeful of soil was 
 turned, and also worked on the Missouri Pacific, 
 when its construction was begun at St. Louis. In 
 1857, he settled on land in Minnesota, and experi- 
 enced the privations and dangers incidental to life 
 on the frontier, surrounded by Indians, hostile to 
 the advance of civilization. In 18C1, our subject, 
 having been deprived of his wife by death, rented 
 his farm and stock, and took his little daughter to 
 Chicago. 
 
 During the temporary residence of Mr. Schieszer 
 in the Garden Citj', the Indians rose en masse and 
 committed the fearful massacres and terrible atro- 
 cities which destroyed so many homes and lives 
 of men, women and children in the remote parts 
 of Minnesota. While the absence of our subject 
 and his child from their former home mercifully 
 preserved their lives, Mr. Schieszer lost all of his 
 property but the bare land itself, — house, barns, 
 stock and farming implements, all were destroyed, 
 and of the labor and accumulation of years, noth- 
 ing was left, save the desolated acres, whose 
 abundant crop was also a total loss. After remain- 
 ing in Chicago about one month, our subject went 
 lo St. Louis. Mo., and for the succeeding twenty 
 years made that city his home, or perhaps we 
 should say his headquarters, as during a greater 
 portion of this time he was engaged in teaming 
 and business which necessitated frequent absences 
 from the city. 
 
 Mr. Schieszer was in the service of the Federal 
 Government daring the Civil War, and was en- 
 
 gaged on board supply boats, on the Mississippi, 
 Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. He was 
 present at the taking of Yicksburg, and was an 
 eye-witness of many thrilling and historical scenes 
 of those exciting days in our national existence. 
 In March, 1880, he removed to his present loca- 
 tion, and purchased about two hundred acres of 
 1 land — the old Hardeman farm. Here he prosper- 
 ously devoted himself to the duties of general 
 agriculture, and, identifying himself with all the 
 best interests of his new home, has won the respect 
 of the community, to whom he is well known as 
 an honest, industrious and law-abiding citizen. 
 
 Our subject has been married three times, enter- 
 ing into the bonds of wedlock first with Miss Car- 
 oline Ostwold in 1856. His second wife, whom 
 he married in 1865, was Miss Agnes Gardiner. Sep- 
 tember 7, 1870, he was united iu matrimony with 
 Mrs. Barbara Keller, his present wife. The chil- 
 dren of the second marriage are: Frank, Joseph, 
 John and Katie; the daughter and sons of the last 
 union are Annie, Robert, Matthew, Edward and 
 Lawrence. The maiden name of Mrs. Schieszer 
 was Barbara Witt, and she has by her first marriage 
 two children, Frederick and Michael Keller. The 
 intelligent sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Schieszer are taking place among the useful and 
 respected citizens of our great republic, and enjoy 
 the esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaint- 
 ances. 
 
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 yilLLIAM EVERT, a prominent and pro- 
 gressive citizen of Concordia, La Fayette 
 Wy/ Count}', and a member of one of the fam- 
 ilies who first settled in Freedom Township, is the 
 subject of this notice. He was born here Novem- 
 ber 30, 1849. His father, Louis, was a native of 
 Germany, having been born in the province of 
 Hanover, at which place he was reared to agricul- 
 tural life and there married. Like many others, 
 he became tired of the hard life in the contracted 
 space which falls to the lot of the German farmer 
 in the closely settled portions of the Fatherland, 
 
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 and eagerly drank in the wonderful tales of the 
 great green prairies of the Western World which 
 were waiting for settlers. Consequently, in 1829, 
 he set sail from Germany, and after thirteen long 
 and weary weeks he landed upon American soil 
 in the city of New Orleans, whence he came up the 
 mightj .Mississippi and landed in Lexington. 
 
 Our subject's father was not long in entering 
 four hundred acres of tine land, and settled in the 
 place when his only neighbor was also a German. 
 The log cabin which Mr. Evert erected at that 
 time stood until 1S44, when he was able to replace 
 it with the comfortable house which sheltered him 
 in his old age. One of the most American feat- 
 ures of the new home was the visits of the cop- 
 per-colored savages who were not slow in making 
 their appearance at the doors of the settlers" 
 cabins. All trading was done at Lexington, 
 though later Waverly offered the same facilities. 
 (Tame was abundant, and until the appetite palled, 
 the venison was a welcome addition to a not very 
 varied bill of fare. 
 
 Mr. Evert developed a large tract of land and 
 died here at the age of sixty-eight years. He had 
 married Dorothea Rade, who was born in Hanover 
 also, and she became the mother of three boys and 
 one girl. Their names are: Christiana. Fritz, 
 Louis and William. Loth Mr. and Mrs. Evert 
 were consistent and pious members of the Evangel- 
 ical Church, and it was through their instrument- 
 ality that the present church was erected in 1854. 
 She is still living and quite active at the age of 
 seventy-eight. 
 
 Our subject was reared upon the farm and at- 
 tended both English and German schools. The 
 first of these temples of learning were made of 
 logs, and were perfect in nothing but ventilation. 
 The slab benches were like those of all the pio- 
 neer schoolhouses, and the teachers were often as 
 primitive as the houses. They often appeared to 
 be of the opinion that their powers were unlim- 
 ited, and proceeded to improve the manners and 
 tempers of their pupils as well as to enlighten their 
 understandings. 
 
 July 4, 1868, Mr. Evert married Miss Chris- 
 tiana Meyer, who was born in Saline County, Mo., 
 and eight children have been added to the family 
 
 in the years that have followed, though onl\ six 
 of them are yet living. The children were named 
 as follows: Otto, Lizzie, Amelia (deceased), Rachel, 
 
 Laura, Henry (deceased). William and Anna. Mr. 
 Evert settled upon his present farm after his mar- 
 riage, and there was then not much improvement 
 on the place except a log house. There were only 
 one hundred and fifty acres in the place, but now 
 he has two hundred and fifteen acres and all are 
 finely improved, and this work he has done him- 
 self, lie carries on stock and grain farming, and 
 buj'S hogs and cattle, which he ships to Kansas City. 
 Mr. Evert and his good wife are members of 
 the St. John Evangelical Church. In politics, he 
 was for long a Republican, but has lately been 
 converted to the principles enunciated by the Peo- 
 ple's party, and has become a member of the 
 Farmers' Alliance. Mr. Evert has seen most of 
 the growth of the county, and is a man of much 
 prominence here. 
 
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 ffiOHN CATRON, for over three-score years 
 and ten a continuous and honored resident 
 ^=J i of La Fayette County, Mo., and a lifetime 
 '\^/' and prosperous agriculturist of Lexington 
 Township, located upon ranges 26 and 27, town- 
 ship 50, has but a faint remembrance of his early 
 home in White County, Tenn., where he was born 
 February 211, IS 12. Having removed with his 
 parents to Missouri when but five years old, the 
 associations of his entire life are interwoven with 
 the scenes and incidents, the progress and improve- 
 ments of his adopted state. Our subject is de- 
 scended upon the paternal side from German an- 
 cestry, while his mother's forefathers were sturdy 
 Welshmen. Grandfather Jacob Catron was born 
 and bred in the Fatherland, but came to America 
 and made his home in Virginia, where he reared 
 his family. 
 
 John Catron is a son of Christopher and Eu- 
 phemie (Jones) Catron, for a long time resi- 
 dents of Mis. Catron's native state. Tennessee, 
 
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 where her husband was a prosperous farmer; 
 but Christopher Catron was born in Grayson 
 County, Va., and in the old Dominion received 
 the rudimentary education which the schools of 
 those early days afforded. Mr. and Mrs. Chris- 
 topher Cation removed with their family to the 
 Territory of Missouri, and located in Saline 
 County, where they remained one year, but early 
 in the fall of 1818 made their permanent home in 
 La Fayette County, which was formerly Lillard 
 County. SO named in honor of an early settler, who 
 was a member of the convention that formed the 
 Constitution of the State. The latter became dis- 
 satisfied and moved back to Tennessee and wrote 
 an unfavorable account of Missouri, and the people 
 changed the name of the county to La Fayette. 
 Settling' upon a farm, our subject's parents experi- 
 enced all the privations and discomforts of pio- 
 neer life, but, energetic, industrious and enterpris- 
 ing, they aided their neighbors to la3 - the broad 
 foundation of the future State of Missouri, which, 
 however, did not arrive at the full dignity of 
 Statehood until three years after the Cations came 
 within the borders of La Fayette County. 
 
 Our subject attended the little subscription school 
 at a very tender age, but brief was his school- 
 ing, for his father died August 19, 1819, when our 
 subject was only seven years old, and he was even 
 then compelled to assist his widowed mother to 
 the best of his ability, lie was the third of five 
 children, and as the two younger were naturally 
 unable to do anything for their own support, John, 
 child as he was, was obliged to begin the struggle 
 of life. In 1828, he was apprenticed to a brick- 
 layer, and, working steadily two years, acquired the 
 trade, but since that time he has engaged in the 
 duties of agriculture, which he has made a profit- 
 able occupation, and from the tilling of the soil 
 and stock-raising lias amassed a competence. His 
 valuable farm of five hundred and thirty acres is 
 desirably located, and over four hundred and fifty 
 acres are under a high state of improvement. 
 
 In 1833 Mi" Mary A. Fletcher, a most estimable 
 lady and a native of Virginia, became the wife of 
 our subject. She is a (laughter of James Fletcher, 
 a native of Virginia, who settled in La Fayette 
 County in the year 1818, and continued his resi- 
 
 dence in this portion of Missouri until his death, 
 in 1860. Mr. Fletcher was an excellent citizen 
 and a good friend, and his death was most sincerely 
 mourned as a public loss. The home of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Catron has beeu blessed by the birth of 
 eight children, seven of whom are yet living. 
 These sons and daughters are: George M., James 
 F.. Thomas B.; Elizabeth, the wife of James A. 
 Gordon, a successful business man of Marshall. Sa- 
 line County, Mo.; Carry, married to Jesse Nave, 
 who lives in Bates County, Mo.; John, a resident 
 well known in Henry County, Mo., his present 
 home; and Mary Jane, the widow of John P. Good- 
 son. The various members of the family are im- 
 portant factors in the social and business elements 
 of their several localities, and enjoy the confidence 
 and esteem of their friends and fellow-citizens. 
 
 Always a leading promoter in the many inter- 
 ests of his home neighborhood and vicinity, Mr. 
 Catron has been content to accomplish what he 
 could of good quietly and unostentatiously, and 
 has never aspired to official positions or honors. 
 Although he is not a politician in the common ac- 
 ceptation of the term, he is an ardent and lifelong 
 Democrat, and enjoys the success and triumphs of 
 his party, desiring always that in both local and 
 national issues the best men for the place shall 
 head the ticket. Our subject's father had the first 
 twenty-seven acres of prairie broken in the county. 
 and had the first shingles made and the first plank 
 sawed in the county. 
 
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 cf^p^HOMAS R. LANDRUM, a leading business 
 «f»§§^ man and a well-known dealer in saddles. 
 ^jsg? harness, and farming implements, enjoys an 
 excellent and rapidly extending trade in Waverly 
 and the surrounding country of La Fayette 
 County, Mo. Our subject came to Waverly about 
 a score of years ago, and with intelligent energy 
 and ambition, identified himself with the growing 
 and important interests of his home and county. 
 and well merits the esteem and confidence be- 
 
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 553 
 
 .stowed upon him by the residents of the nourish- 
 ing city. Mr. Landrum is a native of Campbell 
 County, Va., and was born in 1849. His father, 
 J. J. Landrum, was also a native Virginian, and 
 passed the entire early portion of his life in the 
 Old Dominion, having received his education and 
 formed his family ties there. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Mary C. Lan- 
 drum, a daughter of Richard Landrum, also a resi- 
 dent of the Sunny South. The paternal grand- 
 father, Burton Landrum, was widely known in 
 Virginia, and was esteemed as an -honorable and 
 upright citizen. Our subject remained in his 
 early home throughout his boyhood, and attended 
 the common schools, and assisted his father in the 
 daily round of duty. At the age of eighteen 
 years he self-reliantly began to prepare himself for 
 the active work of life, and learned the carriage- 
 maker's trade, immediately receiving ready and 
 profitable employment, in which he engaged for 
 several succeeding years. In 1873 Mr. Landrum 
 made his home in Waverly, and here worked ui a 
 wagon and carriage manufactory up to 1889. 
 
 In the latter year our subject devoted himself 
 to his present business, and handles a complete line 
 of farming implements, wagons, saddles and har- 
 ness. Thoroughly understanding the details of 
 his business, and carrying a fine stock, second to 
 none in this locality, Mr. Landrum has succeeded 
 beyond his most sanguine expectations, and is 
 still further extending his trade into the adjoining 
 neighborhoods of the county. In 1883 our sub- 
 ject was united in marriage with Miss Nannie 
 Wakefield, a lady of worth, and highly esteemed 
 by a widening circle of friends and acquaintances. 
 The commodious and pleasant home of Mr. and 
 Mis. Landrum has been blessed by the birth of 
 one son, Hugh C. Landrum, a boy of promise and 
 ability, and one daughter, Mary Marguerite. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Landrum have long been members 
 of the Christian Church, and are valued as earnest 
 laborers in the work and benevolent enterprises of 
 that religious organization, and are ever read] to 
 assist in any good cause which presents itself to 
 their notice. Fraternally our subject is a member 
 of Waverly Lodge No. 61, A. F. & A. M., and is also 
 associated in active membership with Waverly 
 
 Lodge, A. O. U. W. In political affiliations Mr. 
 Landrum is a prominent Democrat, deeply inter- 
 ested in the success of his party and the manage- 
 ment of national and local affairs, but he has never 
 been an office-seeker, and is content to do his 
 duty, as an humble and faithful American citizen, 
 at the [mils. A man of sterling integrity of char- 
 acter, public-spirited and progressive, our subject 
 has materially aided in the best interests of Wav- 
 erly. and in the city and throughout the county 
 has a host of friends and well-wishers. 
 
 ffiOHN B. BURBRIDGE, M. D. Residing in 
 I the town of Dover, La Fayette County, few 
 //^sa I are better known than our subject, who, 
 <$§£jJ having been a prominent physician of this 
 locality, has now retired from the practice of his 
 profession and gives himself up to the social en- 
 joyment derived from meeting his old friends. 
 Dr. Burbridge was born in Clarke County, Ky., 
 March 10, 182G. lie is the son of Thomas and 
 Elizabeth (Ferguson) Burbridge, the former of 
 Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. The pater- 
 nal grandsire was Litchfield Burbridge, a native of 
 Spottsylvania, Va.. and a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. The maternal grandfather was 
 Nathan Ferguson, a resident of Kentucky. 
 
 Dr. Burbridge passed his boyhood in his native 
 State and county. He attended the public school 
 and helped his father on the farm. At the age of 
 sixteen he became a student, in Bacon College, at 
 Harrisburg. Va., and there pursued his studies for 
 two years. He then entered Transylvania Col- 
 lege, which was and is still located at Lexing- 
 ton, Ky. There he remained four years and in 
 1847 completed the medical course and received 
 his diploma. That same year he began the prac- 
 tice of his profession in Garrard County. Ky., but 
 continued it for only a year. 
 
 Preferring the life of a country gentleman, Dr. 
 Burbridge took up farming in Shelby County, and 
 remained there until I860, at which time he re- 
 
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 moved to La Fayette County, Mo., and settled on 
 a farm. lie lias carried on general farming until 
 the present time. He has a good farm comprising 
 two hundred acres, which is all under cultivation 
 and well improved. 
 
 Our subject's first marriage took place May 11. 
 1848, the lady of his choice being Miss Emma 
 Buchanan. She presented him with five daughters, 
 four of whom are living. They are: Mart, Eliza- 
 beth, Sallie and Emma. Mrs. Emma Burbridge 
 died May 6, 187."), and September 19, 1876, the 
 Doctor was united to his present wife, who was 
 Miss Emma Ililyard, a resident of La Fayette 
 but born in Kentucky. Dr. and Mrs. Burbridge are 
 both devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church South. They have a pleasant and com- 
 fortable home in Dover, and, surrounded by con- 
 genial friends, are passing in comfort their declin- 
 ing years. 
 
 ~N IIILI1' F. AYRES, a leading and reprcsenta- 
 ) tive citizen of La Fayette County, occupies 
 
 •S a pleasant home in township 49. range 26. 
 There, upon a fine farm of four hundred 
 and sixteen acres of land, which he has brought 
 to its present state of perfect cultivation, he enjoys 
 the life of a successful agriculturist of the great 
 State of Missouri. The birth of Mr. Ayres took 
 place in Jefferson County, Ky., December 27, 
 1836, and he is a son of Thomas II. and Elizabeth 
 (Ebert) Ayres, both of whom were natives of 
 Virginia. Reared to agricultural pursuits in his 
 native State, he early became acquainted with the 
 different and best modes of cultivating the soil, 
 which knowledge he has applied upon his own 
 land. 
 
 The education of our subject was above the 
 average of farmer boys, as he not only attended 
 the private schools of the nearest village, but in 
 addition studied for two years in the High School 
 at Ilardinsburgh, Ky. To the knowledge acquired 
 
 in school he has added by general reading upon 
 topics of public interest. When a boy he re- 
 moved with his parents to Hancock County, Ky., 
 and in that county grew to manhood, and re- 
 mained until he came to La Fayette County, Mo., 
 in 1869, and settled upon his present place. The 
 marriage of Mr. Ayres took place March 7. 1859, 
 with Miss Adalaide C. Brown, a native of Jefferson 
 County, Ky., who was bora in April, 1840, the 
 daughter of James and Ann (Cannon) Brown. 
 This union has been blessed with a family of four 
 children, as follows: Annie E., the wife of W. W. 
 Higgins; Lulu; Katie, the wife of G. Twyman; 
 and Ebert E. 
 
 The farm belonging to Mr. Ayres would excite 
 admiration from any one, with its cultivated 
 fields. its meadows and timber-land, its orchards 
 and comfortable buildings. The fine residence 
 was erected several years since, and all the sur- 
 roundings are in harmony with its modern style 
 of architecture and appearance. Our subject is a 
 prominent man in his county, and has served as 
 Justice of the Peace for no less than twelve years, 
 taking part actively in the deliberations and 
 councils of the Democratic party, and always per- 
 forming his share in all public enterprises prom- 
 ising advantage to county or State. He is actively 
 identified with the Masonic fraternity and the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In his relig- 
 ious belief he is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church South, in which he has acceptably 
 served as Steward for many years. 
 
 ^'OIIN WALTON. a prosperous and enterpris- 
 ing general merchant of Waverly, La Fay- 
 ette County, Mo., has for the past thirty 
 years successfully conducted his present 
 business, which from small beginnings hasextended 
 its custom into the surrounding neighborhoods 
 and farming localities. Our subject was born in 
 Yorkshire, England, in the year 1815. His pa- 
 rents were John and Betty ( l'histlewate) Walton, 
 
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 555 
 
 born and bred in the Queen's dominions, and sub- 
 stantial members of the farming- community of 
 England. The father and mother thriftily trained 
 
 their sons and daughters to habits of industry 
 and self-reliance and thus well fitted them for the 
 battle Of life. 
 
 Mr, Walton spent his youthful days in his na- 
 tive land, and attended a private school, and 
 worked upon his father's farm. Arriving at ma- 
 tun' years, he began the battle of life for himself, 
 and when able to make a home for another mar- 
 ried. It was in 1841, that he married Bliss Esther 
 Allen, a daughter of John Allen, an Englishman 
 by birth and education. Mrs. Walton was born 
 in England and reared and educated in the home 
 of her ancestors. Mr. and Mrs. Walton have been 
 the parents of four children, three of whom now 
 survive, John E., Christopher and William J. 
 
 I n the early part of 1849, Mr. Walton decided 
 to leave behind him the pleasant associations of 
 early life and try his fortunes in a new country. 
 He therefore embarked with wife and children 
 for America, and crossing the broad Atlantic, was 
 landed with his worldly possessions safe and 
 sound upon American shores. Reaching New 
 York March 15, 184 ( .», the family journcj'ed di- 
 rect to La Fayette County, Mo., and here located 
 upon a farm, where our subject industriously 
 sowed, planted and reaped a harvest for a full 
 half-score of years. In I860, he made a departure 
 from the line of agricultural work and entered the 
 mercantile field, where lie still profitably remains. 
 Engaged in merchandising, he has made an ex- 
 tended acquaintance and many friends, who ap- 
 preciate his fair dealing and kindly courtes} - . 
 
 In polities our subject is a strong Democrat, and 
 firmly advocates the principles of the party which 
 receives his vote. Appreciating a republican gov- 
 ernment, Mr. Walton is always interested in the 
 outcome of local and national issues, and identify- 
 ing himself with the growth and progress of our 
 great republic, is a true American citizen. Our 
 subject and his family arc attendants at the South- 
 ern Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Walton 
 has been an active member of the same for many 
 years, liberally assisting in the benevolent, social 
 and religious enterprises of the denomination. 
 
 For a number of terms Mr. Walton held the im- 
 portant official position of City Treasurer, and dis- 
 charged the duties of the office with marked abil- 
 ity. A Christian gentleman of sterling integrity 
 of character and more than ordinary business abil- 
 ity and intelligence, he lias been an important 
 factor in the upbuilding of the progressive inter- 
 ests of Wavcrly, where he is widely known and 
 regarded with esteem and honor. 
 
 "jfOHN T. TAYLOR. The city of Lexington 
 affords plenty of employment for the taste 
 and skill which our subject brings to bear 
 in his chosen calling, which is that of a 
 contracting painter, doing all kinds of both plain 
 and ornamental work. Mr. Taylor was born in 
 Lancashire, Englaud, September 30, 1843, and 
 spent his boyhood in the "tight little isle" until 
 eleven years of age, when he emigrated with his 
 parents to America. After a long voj r age the 
 family landed at New Orleans, and soon after pro- 
 ceeded up the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to 
 Dover, then crossed the river and went on a farm 
 for a while, when they came to Lexington, La 
 Fayette County, Bio. 
 
 Mr. Taylor's parents were George and Elizabeth 
 (Clark) Taylor, the latter of whom still survives, 
 and resides in Lexington. George Taylor was a 
 cotton spinner by trade, and was later interested 
 in mining for coal, having little or no use for the 
 first mentioned trade after coming to America. 
 John T. attended school in Lexington until four- 
 teen years of age. and then set himself to learn 
 the painter's trade, to which he has been constant 
 until the present time. He has finished some very 
 large and difficult pieces of work in Lexington. 
 and as a painter has no superior. He contracts 
 for the painting of bouses, churches and buildings 
 of every description, and docs a great deal of 
 fancy and decorative sign painting. 
 
 In his political belief Mr. Taylor is a pro- 
 nounced Democrat. Fraternally he is a member 
 
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 of Orion Lodge No. 45, of the Independent Order 
 
 of < »dd Fellows, and has been quite active in his 
 lodge connection. January 28, 1869, he married 
 Miss Mary B., a daughter of Jacob Neet, of Lex- 
 ington, Mo. They have been the parents of five 
 children, there being two sons and three daughters, 
 who arc as follows: Hettie M., who is the wife of 
 "William Cullein.of Lexington; George J., Sarah E., 
 Susan S., and John T., Jr. These children have 
 been carefully reared and educated, and have 
 promising futures. Mr. Taylor is a member of 
 the Episcopal Church, while his wife is a member 
 of the Christian Church. The family residence is 
 a very pleasant, home on Third Street. 
 
 In 1SG 1 Mr. Taylor enlisted in the Confederate 
 army for six months, after which term of service 
 he crossed the plains to Mexico, and from there 
 went to Leavenworth. After his return home 
 from there he made a trip to Salt Lake by way of 
 Ft. Laramie, frrmi there back to Nebraska City, 
 then to Denver, where in 1864 he joined the 
 Union army for one hundred days to tight Indians. 
 He served as a member of the Third Colorado 
 Cavalry. 
 
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 («ps*T. SAVIOR'S ACADEMY, conducted by 
 >^5 the Sisters of the Loretto Institute, is lo- 
 MOp) catcc ' on English Avenue and Jefferson 
 ' Street, in the western part of Marshall. 
 
 The school, designed for the education of girls 
 and young ladies, was established mainly by the 
 efforts of the Rev. M. J. O'Dwyer, a pioneer priest 
 of the parish of St. Peter, at Marshall. Aided 
 by the hearty co-operation of many of the best 
 citizens of the town, the untiring and energetic 
 Father O'Dwyer persevered until in September, 
 1884, this institution, now one of the largest of its 
 kind in Central Missouri, was opened for the recep- 
 tion of pupils. 
 
 Conducted by the Sisters of Loretto, the Acad- 
 emy has from the very first day received excellent 
 patronage, not only from the Catholics, but from 
 
 all, without distinction of creed; one positive rule 
 of the institute being that as pupils are received 
 without distinction of creed, no influence what- 
 ever will be used to change their religious convic- 
 tions. The course of study embraces all the ordin- 
 ary and higher branches of a thorough literary 
 and polite education. Especial attention is also 
 paid to the arts of music, drawing, and painting, 
 the Corp.* of teachers containing talent of the high- 
 est order. The buildings are spacious and well 
 ventilated, and in 1892 a large addition was made 
 to the original building, which had not sufficient 
 rooms to accommodate all the pupils who desired 
 to enjoy the benefit offered by the course of this 
 excellent school. 
 
 Boarders as well as day scholars arc in constant 
 attendance and parents living at a distance can 
 thus secure a good home for their daughters, where 
 their health and mental improvement will both be 
 considered. Few cities of the size of Marshall 
 possess an institution of the standing and real ex- 
 cellence of character to which the Academy of St. 
 Savior has attained. The buildings are substantial 
 and most complete in their appointments. The first 
 building is fifty feet long by sixty feet in width 
 and is three stories high. The new and commodi- 
 ous structuie lately erected is 56x80 feet in dimen- 
 sions. It contains a fine exhibition hall, with a 
 seating capacity of five hundred, and has a large 
 stage, the whole lighted by gas and heated by 
 steam. 
 
 The pleasant location of the school and the at- 
 tractive surroundings are the admiration of the 
 passer-by, and have undoubtedly been factors in 
 the assured success of the educational enterprise. 
 From the opening da} - the attendance was over 
 one hundred in number, and the roll of students 
 has been constantly increasing. The Sisters of 
 Loretto are widely known for their self -sacrificing 
 devotion to the cause of education and for the 
 high order of their knowledge and attainments. The 
 mother institute, in Marion County, Ky., has en- 
 rolled upon the list of pupils many names now 
 famous among the noble and gifted women of to- 
 day. The Sisters in charge at Marshall are most 
 energetic and efficient in the discharge of their 
 duties. 
 
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 559 
 
 The First Sister Superior was Sister Dolores Jack- 
 son, who retained the supervison of the work for 
 two years, when her health failed and she was ap- 
 pointed to a position where the duties were Lessse- 
 vereand trying. This excellent womanand devout 
 Christian was a native of St. Louis and died in Ken- 
 lucky. The faculty of Sisters whobegan the work 
 in this school were Sisters Mary Kevin. Annette, 
 Mary Berchman, Alberta and Laura. The last 
 three named remain in the institution, and are 
 highly valued and beloved by their pupils. The 
 students are required to dress in a neat uniform, 
 and in all matters that pertain to the conduct of 
 affairs the utmost decorum is rigidly enforced, but 
 each pupil is at all times sure of a ready interest 
 i" her prosperity and happiness, and the utmost 
 cordiality and good-will always prevail between the 
 teachers and pupils of this celebrated institution 
 of learning-. 
 
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 &HOMAS B. CAMPBELL, a prosperous and 
 representative general agriculturist, and at 
 one time a leading stock-raiser and breeder 
 of Shorthorn cattle, now devotes much of his at- 
 tention and capita] to the breeding, care and man- 
 agement of fine-blooded trotting horses, and han- 
 dles the Hambletonian, Mambrino, and American 
 Star breeds. Lorn in Huntsville, Ala., on the 
 16th of June, L 829, our subject came with his par- 
 ents to the state of Missouri, in the very early 
 
 ,,a - vs " f his °oy' d, and has tor many years been 
 
 closely identified with the prominent business in- 
 terests of Lexington Township, La Fayette County 
 ILs highly improved farm of six hundred acres is 
 pleasantly located upon section 3, township 50 
 range 2.;. and is .me of the most productive and 
 valuable agricultural properties in this section of 
 the Mate. 
 
 The remote ancestors of .Mr. Campbell were 
 
 Scotch, but the immediate branches of his f am . 
 
 ily, patcnal and maternal, were American-born 
 
 citizens. ll,s parents were James and Eliza A. 
 
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 (Jennings) Campbell ; the father was a native 
 Kentuckian, but removing when a little lad to 
 Tennessee, was reBred ,„ ,,,,, [attel S|;ih , , mi| mar 
 
 iicd. the marriage occurring in La Fayette ( ounty, 
 Mo., his wife, who was the daughterof David Jen- 
 nings, also born in Tennessee. The father of our 
 subject served bravely in the War of 1812, and 
 engaged in the conflict in Florida, when the Semi- 
 nole Indians were finally subdued. When a trifle 
 more than four years of age, our subject remove,] 
 from Alabama to his future lifetime home, lo- 
 cating with his parents, in 18.3-1, in La Fayette 
 County, Mo., and while a little lad attended the 
 private subscription schools, and assisted his father 
 upon the old home farm. 
 
 In 1850 Mr. Campbell entered the University of 
 Missouri, located at Columbia, and graduated with 
 honor in 1852. His studies ended, our subject 
 applied himself to agricultural duties, and vet re- 
 mains upon the farm where he first made his ;„_ 
 dividual start in life. Among the other stock 
 cared for on the large acreage are a large number 
 of excellent mules, a profitable invest,,, cut. and an 
 animal whose raising is well repaid by future 
 gains. Many of the blooded horses on the place 
 are Kentucky highbred trotters. Among the horses 
 is "Billy Bolton," with a record of 2.24, a valu- 
 able and handsome animal, and one of the finest 
 in this part of the State. At the head of the .stud 
 is"Ingomar," No. 7872, by -Aberdeen." 27. dam 
 "Princess," by "Mambrino Patchen," second dam. 
 "Queen Vic," by "Mambrino Chief." He is a beau- 
 tiful bay, sixteen hands high, and bids fair for a 
 sire trotter. Xexton the Hsl is "Edinborou; 
 No. 9821, by '-Aberdeen," 27, dam "Allie Thomp- 
 son," by "Almonte- 33. He also has a lot of choice 
 bred brood mares. In 1882 Mr. Campbell secured 
 two deer, and has raised a large number of fawns 
 now owning quite an extensive deer-park, a most 
 attractive addition to the cultivated fields, and 
 "lie that elicits much admiration from the pass 
 
 by. 
 
 Mr. Campbell was married in [856 to Miss Sallie 
 M. Ilix, a daughter of < >. B . Hix, a most estimable 
 Citizen. Mrs. Campbell is the mother of t] 
 children, two sons and one daughter. Frank \V 
 i5 "" eldest-born ; Bird II., the second child! 
 
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 Caltlia, the youngest, and the daughter of the 
 house and home. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are de- 
 voted members of the Christian Church, and are 
 
 ever foremost in the good work of that religious 
 organization, and are among the earnest support- 
 ers of social, benevolent and religious enterprises. 
 Our subject is a sturdy Democrat, and maintains 
 the principles of the party, giving his vote and in- 
 fluence in behalf of the platform reared by his 
 American ancestry. As a true and faithful citizen 
 of the United States, he is always in favor of the 
 best man for the place, and believes that worth 
 and merit should be ever considered in the selec- 
 tion of local and national candidates for all public 
 offices of trust. 
 
 
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 W^ILLIAM II. P1LKINGTON has for many 
 years been prominently identified with 
 the principal interests of La Fayette 
 County as one of its most successful and enter- 
 prising farmers. The highly improved estate 
 which he owns and operates is located on section 
 9, township 48, range 26, and is embellished with 
 all the buildings necessary tor the successful prose- 
 cution of agricultural work. The residence was 
 erected by Mr. Pilkington atacost of about$l,400, 
 and is substantial and complete in every detail. 
 The barns are commodious, the wheat bins have a 
 capacity of eight hundred bushels, and the corn- 
 cribs, which are double, hold sixteen hundred 
 bushels. The orchards contain a large number of 
 trees bearing fine grades of fruit, and everything 
 about the place shows careful oversight and pru- 
 dent management. 
 
 The father of our subject, William Pilkington, 
 was born in Lancashire, England, in 1803, and in 
 his native country was united in marriage with 
 Miss Hannah Towers, a native of the same shire 
 as himself, and born in 1806. In 1829 they came 
 to America and settled at Lowell. Mass., whence 
 they removed to Stockport, N. Y., and there re- 
 sided for thirteen years. Afterward they removed 
 
 to the West and settled on a farm near Providence, 
 Bureau County, 111., the trip hither being made 
 from Albany to Chicago via canal and the Lakes. 
 William Pilkington commenced to clear and im- 
 prove the taw prairie land which he had purchased, 
 and. in order to erect a suitable structure for the 
 abode of his family, was forced to haul lumber a 
 distance of one hundred and eighteen miles. 
 
 After residing in Illinois for twenty-seven years, 
 during which time he engaged as a tiller of the 
 soil, AVilham Pilkington came to Missouri in 1866 
 and settled in La Fayette County. For some time 
 he owned and was proprietor of a store in town- 
 ship 48, range 26, and, both as a business man and 
 in a social way. he became well known throughout 
 this section of country. His death occurred in 
 1870. His widow still survives, making her home 
 in Bureau County, 111. They were, in their re- 
 ligious connections, members of the Episcopal 
 Church, in which he was an active worker. In 
 politics, he was a Whig until the formation of the 
 Republican party, with which he afterward alrlli- 
 ated, and his fellow-citizens often called him to 
 service in official capacities. By trade he was a 
 calico weaver, but the most of his active life was 
 spent in farming and merchandising. 
 
 The parental family included ten children, of 
 whom six now survive. Our subject, who is the 
 only member of the family now residing in Mis- 
 souri, was born in Lowell, Mass., November 
 25, 1830. His childhood days were passed in New 
 York State, and he accompanied his parents in 
 their removal to Illinois, where he was for a time 
 a pupil in the district schools of Bureau County, 
 and also attended a select school there. He re- 
 mained at home until he was twenty-two years of 
 age, meanwhile aiding his father in the work of 
 breaking the soil and harvesting the grain on the 
 home farm. 
 
 In 1852, Mr. Pilkington went to California by 
 the Nicaragua route to San Francisco, and for one 
 year worked for his uncle, who had a trading-post 
 at the Third Crossing of the Calaveras River. 
 Thence he removed to Santa Cruz, on the Bay of 
 Monterey, where he engaged in farming pursuits 
 for two years. He then returned to Illinois and 
 farmed a portion of the old homestead, which he 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 5G1 
 
 had purchased from his father. In 1868 he came 
 to Missouri and located on his present farm, 
 which was then only partly improved. He now 
 lias two hundred acres, all under cultivation, and 
 there engages in general farming and stock-raising. 
 Sheep, hogs, cattle and horses of good grades may 
 be seen on his farm, and he has met with success 
 in this line of agriculture. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Pilkington in 1858 united 
 him with Miss .Mary, daughter of Richard Ware, 
 of Crooke, North Tawton, Devonshire, England, 
 who settled in Bureau County, 111., April 2, 1859. 
 Mrs. Pilkington was born in England July 1~>, 
 1833, and is a lady of refined character and great 
 kindness of heart. Although having no children 
 of their own. Mr. and Mrs. Pilkington have taken 
 into their home and reared to maturity three chil- 
 dren: William R. Corscr, Annie Ware and Sue 
 Ware. The adopted son has been given the bene- 
 fit of a good, practical education and is fitted for 
 a position of usefulness and honor. Annie is a 
 student at Warrensburgh Normal School. The re- 
 ligious home of the family is in the Episcopal 
 Church, in which denomination they are earnest 
 workers. In his political belief, .Air. Pilkington is 
 a Republican, loyal at all times to party principles, 
 lie was Road Commissioner in Stark County, 111., 
 for six years, and has also served as Road Over- 
 seer in this county. Socially, he is a member of 
 the Grange, of which he has been Master for eight 
 vears. 
 
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 E\ . TIIOMAs M. COBB. One who has 
 been interested in ministerial work is al- 
 ways more or less of a scholar, and when 
 ^©) scholarly attainments are united with bus- 
 iness tact and ability, the combination is a most 
 happy one in its commercial relations, and this is 
 why the Triumph Pressed Brick Company of Lex- 
 ington is to be congratulated on being so well 
 officered. Its President, who is our subject, is a 
 man of the highest mental attainments and withal 
 
 a gentleman having marked acquisitive faculties. 
 Mr. Cobb was bom in La Fayette County, October 
 17, 1842, and is a son of .lames M. and Mary | Pet- 
 ers) Cobb. 
 
 Our subject's father came to Lexington in April. 
 1835, and is still living in La Fayette County. 
 He is a native of North Carolina. His father. 
 Morris Cobb, also a native of North Carolina, was 
 engaged for many years in the iron business in 
 Tennessee. The ancestry of the American branch 
 of the Cobb family can be traced to its founders. 
 who came over from England with Sir Walter 
 Raleigh and made settlement in North Carolina. 
 Our subject's mother is of German ancestry, her 
 American forefathers having settled in Virginia at 
 an early day. 
 
 Mr. Cobb spent his boyhood on a farm in La 
 layette County, and was sent to a private school. 
 Later he entered Chapel Hill College, this county, 
 where he pursued his studies until the breaking 
 out of the war. He then entered Elliott's Battal- 
 ion in the State service of Missouri in 1861, and 
 enlisted in the Confederate army, joining the Sec- 
 ond Missouri Infantry, which was commanded by 
 F. M. Cockrell. He served under him in the Con- 
 federate army until the close of the war. in A [nil 
 of 1865. lie was in the battles of Pea Ridge, 
 Farmington, Iuka, Corinth, Ft. Gibson, Champion 
 Hill, in the siege of Vicksburg, Kingston (Ga.), 
 New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw 
 Mountain, Franklin and Nashville (Tenn.). He was 
 twice wounded and was taken prisoner at Vicks- 
 burg. While being sent by boat up the river to 
 Alton, 111., in June, 1863, in a moment when lie 
 was free from the observation of the guards, he 
 jumped overboard and made his escape but was 
 re-captured the same night. 
 
 After the close of the war Mr. Cobb went to Ft. 
 Laramie, Mont., and while there was engaged as a 
 guard on a freighting expedition, thai office being 
 necessitated by the hostility of the Indians. On 
 returning to Missouri in May, 1866, the principal 
 of thissketch entered the ministry of the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church South, and took charge of 
 the pastorate of Westport, Jackson County, this 
 State. After remaining there three vears be 
 served in various other cities, having been scut to 
 
562 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Springfield, Jefferson City, Harrisonville, Inde- 
 pendence and Lexington. In the fall of 1878 he 
 was appointed Presiding Elder of the Springfield 
 District, and thus officiated for three years. 
 
 In 1886 the Rev. Mr. Cobb was appointed Pre- 
 siding Elder of the Lexington District of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South and discharged 
 the duties of the office until December, 1889, when 
 on account of failing health he left the ministry 
 and has since been unable to perform ministerial 
 duties. Mr. Cobb has been a delegate to four Gen- 
 eral Conferences of his church. While enthusias- 
 tic in his chosen work, our subject felt it to be en- 
 tirely worthy of the cause to employ his business 
 and executive talents in business enterprise. He 
 was one of the organizers of the Exchange Bank of 
 Springfield, Mo., and also one of the organizers of 
 the Midland National Bank at Kansas City, at the 
 present time being a stockholder in both of these. 
 He also owns a finely improved farm in Johnson 
 County. 
 
 In politics the original of this sketch is a stanch 
 Democrat. In 1881 he was appointed Chaplain of 
 the State Legislature. He is a member of Golden 
 Square Lodge No. 102, A. F.& A. M.,of Westport, 
 Mo. He is also a member of the Westport Lodge, 
 I. O. ( >. I •'. 
 
 May 15, 1866, Mr. Cobb was married to Miss 
 Mary A. Wagoner, a daughter of Amos Wagoner, 
 a native of Kentucky. She died January 14, 
 1867. The following year he was married to the 
 present Mrs. Cobb, who was a Miss Cameron 
 Houck, a daughter of Solomon Ilouck, a native of 
 Virginia. She was born in Cooper County, Mo. 
 They have been the parents of six children, live of 
 whom are living at the present time. There are 
 three daughters and two sons. Helen C. is a grad- 
 uate of Central College Conservatory of Music, 
 having taken the highest honors in the Class of 
 '89. In L889 and 1890, she took a post-graduate 
 course and now is first assistant of the musical 
 department in Hamilton College, Lexington, Ky. 
 Her sister, Mary C, who is a painter and vocalist 
 of marked talent, is at home, while Bessie is still a 
 student at Central College. Thomas M., Jr., is also 
 studying at Central College, while William B. isa 
 member of the High School. The family resi- 
 
 dence is located at the corner of Twentieth and 
 Mam Streets and is a commodious and homelike 
 place. The members of the family are each taught 
 to look for and bring out the best features in the 
 natures of others. 
 
 SA BKKUITMAN HATCH. 
 
 a prosperous 
 
 and representative farmer and well-known 
 and highly respected citizen of La Fay- 
 ette County, Mo., is pleasantly located 
 upon section 32, range 27. township 4 l J, where he 
 cultivates a valuable farm of one hundred and 
 fifty-four acres. Mr. Hatch was born in Aurora, 
 Erie County, N. Y., February in, 182*, and was 
 the son of Wilder and Hannah (Tabor) Hatch. 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, and in 
 whose honor he was named, was Asa Hatch, a na- 
 tive of New Hampshire, and a soldier of the Revo- 
 lutionary War. who served his country faithfully 
 in her struggle for national independence. He 
 was by occupation a farmer, and immediately 
 after the close of the war settled in Jefferson 
 (Ounty. N. Y., and removed after a time to Erie 
 County, finally locating in Steuben County, where 
 he [iassed away, deeply regretted by all who knew 
 him. His estimable wife was Sarah Wilder, who 
 reared four children: Susan, Jeremiah, Wilder, and 
 one other whose name is not recorded. In religi- 
 ous belief the grandparents were both Presbyteri- 
 ans and earnest Christian people. 
 
 The father of our subject, Wilder Hatch, was a 
 native of New Hampshire, and removed with his 
 parents to New York, where he lived in Jefferson 
 and Erie Counties. Raised upon a farm, he en- 
 gaged in the duties of agriculture as the business 
 of his life, and deciding to try a new field of labor 
 went to Walworth County, Wis., in 1810. During 
 the latter part of the gold excitement in Califor- 
 nia, he started for the Pacific Slope, in search of 
 the glittering treasure of the Golden State. Many 
 years have passed and never a word from him has 
 ever reached his family, who have long mourned 
 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 563 
 
 him as dead. Wilder Hatch was twice married, 
 and by his first wife became the father of a daugh- 
 ter, Sarah, and one son, Wilder. The second wife 
 was the mother of our subject, and bore her hus- 
 band but one living child. She survived her hus- 
 band's disappearance a number of years, and at 
 the age of sixty-three died in 1856, in Porter 
 County, Ind. She was a most estimable lady and 
 a member of the Baptist Church. Her father. 
 Earl Tabor, the maternal grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was in early life a Connecticut farmer, and 
 removed to Saratoga, N. Y., and from there to 
 Erie County, where he died at the age of eighty 
 years. 
 
 The wife of Earl Tabor, Susannah Brightman, 
 became the mother of these sons and daughters: 
 James, Bradford, Phoebe, Susannah, Hannah, 
 Jesse, Helen and Fannie, who gathered a bright, 
 merry band around the family hearth nearly a 
 century ago. Grandmother Tabor was the daugh- 
 ter of an English officer, who received his commis- 
 sion from King George the Third, of "Merrie 
 England." Asa Brightman Hatch was reared upon 
 a farm, and like his paternal ancestors, has fol- 
 lowed the occupation of a tiller of the soil all his 
 life. He has been a bread-winner from almost his 
 earliest remembrance, and had but very little op- 
 portunity tn gain an education. He accompanied 
 his parents to Wisconsin, and remained there 
 eleven years, and at the expiration of that length 
 of time went with his mother to Porter Count}-, 
 Ind., and resided there until the fall of 1865, when 
 he located in Missouri, and purchased two hun- 
 dred and forty acres uf land. For twenty-eight 
 
 years he has lived in his present neighbor!) I, 
 
 and has been closely associated with the upward 
 growth and progress of his part of the county. 
 Our subject was married to Laviuia Arundel, a 
 native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John 
 and Eliza (Patterson) Arundel, of Scotch parent- 
 age. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch have been the parents of 
 five children, three of whom survive: Viola is the 
 wife of Ira Sigman; Charlotte is the wife of 
 Samuel Dunn; Maude is the youngest. Cora E. 
 died at twenty-three years of age. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hatch are Unitarians in belief, and are ever ready 
 to assisl in all worthy enterprises. Mr. Hatch n:i- 
 
 in early days a member of the Free Soil Party, 
 but in later life has been an ardent Republican, 
 and an earnesl advocate of the principles and 
 platform of the party which now receives his vote. 
 A self-made man, conscientious, upright, energetic 
 and faithful in the performance of duty, he enjoys 
 the respect and confidence of a large circle of true 
 friends, who thoroughly appreciate his sterling in- 
 tegrity of character. 
 
 •§^HN=€~^ 
 
 y^ILLIAM L. SMITH, a prominent agricul- 
 turist of La Fayette County, Mo., resid- 
 W^/ ing upon his farm in township 49, section 
 10, range 27, is the subject of this sketch. His 
 parents were Lawson and Sarah (Riley) Smith, na- 
 tives of Kentucky and Maryland, respectively, 
 both good and worthy people, who, in 183!». re- 
 moved to La Fayette County, Mo., from Nicholas 
 County, Ky., and in 1842 settled upon the farm 
 where our subject now resides. Mr. Smith, Sr., 
 was a farmer, and, upon coming into Missouri, de- 
 cided to engage in that business to the exclusion 
 of all else, selecting a tract of Government land 
 in a county where there was but little settlement 
 prior to his coming. La Fayette County offered 
 many advantages to the pioneer settler, which lie 
 was quick to take advantage of, and here made his 
 home until his death in 1885. The cheerful, help- 
 ful wife, the mother of our subject, survived' her 
 husband but one year. 
 
 Our subject's brother and sister are Wesley I... 
 and Gcorgie, the latter now the wife of Dr. Amos 
 Graves, of San Antonio, Tex., where he was one 
 of the pioneers of thecountry. William L. smith, 
 our subject, was born in Nicholas County. Ky., 
 September 27, 1834, being a child of tender years 
 when his parents came to this State. His child- 
 hood and youth were passed in the pioneer home 
 in the new country, and he remembered main- 
 scenes of those times, especially the tiresome modes 
 of farming when only ox-teams were used as beasts 
 
564 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 of burden. William early displayed signs of un- 
 usual intelligence, and was afforded the advantages 
 offered at the Chapel Hill High School of this 
 county, and also a term at the old Masonic College 
 at Lexington, Mo. He thus obtained the founda- 
 tions of a good education, and as he has always 
 possessed a thirst for knowledge, has become a 
 well-informed man from later diversified reading. 
 One of the most important events in the life of 
 our subject was his marriage, April 27, 1867, with 
 .Mary O., daughter of John Young, an early settler 
 of Lexington Township, La Fayette County, a son 
 of ex-Gov. Young, of Missouri. The mother of 
 Mrs. Smith was of the family of Bellas, early set- 
 tlers of the county. The wedded life of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Smith has been productive to them of nine 
 children, namely: James Y., Riley, Forrest, Upton 
 B., William, Nannie, Orlena, Matilda and Bettie, 
 the latter deceased. During the "late unpleasant- 
 ness," Mr. Smith served in the army for four 
 months in Company I. commanded by ('apt. With- 
 ers, in Price's Division, and took part in the bat- 
 tle of Lexington, Mo. Mr. Smith was reared a 
 Democrat, taught to believe that the principles of 
 that party arc the ones best suited for the govern- 
 ment of this country; hence has always followed 
 his early instruction, and votes with the followers 
 of Jackson and Cleveland. Almost all of the 
 growth of the county has come under his eye, and 
 with much of it he has been prominently identified, 
 having always favored all interests which had for 
 their object the advantage of his home county. In 
 Mr. Smith La Fayette County has a citizen of in- 
 telligence and influence. 
 
 JfeN 
 
 OSEPH D. MILLER, for nearly two-score 
 years a highly respected resident anil a 
 well-known builder and contractor of Wav- 
 erLy, La Fayette County, Mo., has now re- 
 tired from active business duties, and, in the eve- 
 ning of his life, enjoys the competence gained by 
 years of energetic industry. Arriving in Wftverly 
 
 in the infancy of this flourishing city, he at once 
 engaged in business, and erected many of the most 
 substantial and best stores and dwellings of the 
 place. Energetic and efficient in the daily work 
 of life, and thoroughly upright and reliable in 
 business transactions, our subject gained the con- 
 fidence of the general public, and received various 
 offices of trust, whose duties he ever performed 
 with able and conscientious fidelity. 
 
 Mr. Miller is a native of Franklin County, Ky., 
 and is a son of Aaron Miller, who was born and 
 reared in the Quaker State, but who made his 
 home later in Kentucky, and there married Miss 
 Mary Zook, the mother of our subject, and a most 
 devoted wife and loving parent. Mr. Miller at- 
 tended the common schools of Kentucky through 
 his boyhood, and at seventeen years of age pre- 
 pared for future independence and usefulness by 
 apprenticing himself to a carpenter. It was not 
 very long before he became skilled in the use of 
 the various tools of the trade, and relf-reliantly 
 determined to seek a new field of work and win 
 his way to future prosperity and success. Locat- 
 ing in Missouri in 1856, he made his permanent 
 home in Waverlv, and soon identified himself 
 with the growing interests of the town. From 
 the date of his arrival until 1872, he was one of 
 the busiest builders and contractors in that por- 
 tion of the State. 
 
 In 1872 Mr. Miller was appointed Postmaster of 
 Waverlv, which position he held most acceptably 
 for the succeeding ten years, when he resigned of- 
 ficial duties and again entered into his old busi- 
 ness as a builder and contractor. He however did 
 not long continue in business, as in 18.S.'! he retired 
 from active work. Our subject can point with 
 pride to his handiwork, not only in Waverlv, but 
 throughout the surrounding country, main' of the 
 finest residences in the county having been 
 erected under his supervision. In 1845, before 
 coming to Waverlv, Mr. Miller was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Mildred, a daughter of David 
 Haggerty, a native of Kentucky, in which State 
 Mrs. Miller was born, educated and married. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Miller are the parents of two children, 
 Margaret N. and David S. Our subject is a de- 
 voted member of the Christian Church, and with 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 565 
 
 his good wife has ever been prominent in the 
 leading- work and benevolenl enterprises of that 
 religious denomination. 
 
 Mr. Miller is a prominent and stanch Repub- 
 lican, and an earnest advocate of his party. He 
 has been an Alderman of Waverly two terms, and 
 while occupying the position of a "City Father" 
 materially aided in Local progress and improve- 
 ment. As a citizen of integrity of character and 
 intelligence, he is conscientiously opposed to the 
 manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, and 
 strongly favors legislative prohibition. Keenly 
 alive to the needs of the present hour, our subject 
 ever casts his influence into the balance of right 
 and justice. 
 
 * 
 
 ffi OHN KROENCKE, one of the most promi- 
 nent financial and social factors of the town 
 of Concordia, Mo., is engaged there in the 
 handling of dry goods, groceries, clothing 
 and notions. His place of business is on South 
 Schiller Street, where he is located in a handsome 
 two-story brick building, of which he occupies 
 three rooms. The lower ones are 24x60 feet, and 
 the upper one, which is used for carpets and gen- 
 eral surplus stock, is of the same size. Our subject 
 is the oldest merchant in Concordia, having lo- 
 cated here when there was not a house in the place. 
 The birth of Mr. Kroencke took place near Bre- 
 men, in the province of Hanover, Germany, De- 
 cember 4, 1841. His father, Herman, was a native 
 of the same place, while his mother, whose maiden 
 name was Mary E. Shu maker, was also a native of 
 that province, and there this worthy couple reared 
 seven children. Our subject was the last of the 
 line, and came to this country with his parents 
 when he was thirteen years of age, in 1854. He 
 was old enough to remember the pleasures and 
 ill -comforts of that long journey, and gladly stepped 
 ashore in the city of New Orleans. Another water 
 trip was necessary to bring the family to Benton 
 County, Mo., and there the father, being an edu- 
 
 cated man, secured pupils and taught school. At 
 this place Mr. Kroencke. our subject, attended 
 school until he was eighteen years of age, and in 
 the spring of 1857 he came here and worked on a 
 farm in the summers, and went to school in Ben- 
 ton County during the winters. 
 
 About this time the Civil War broke out, and 
 our subject enlisted in the army, June 13, 1861, in 
 Company B, of the German Missouri Regiment, 
 under Col. Cook, and was discharged September 
 13, 1861. During his term of service our subjeel 
 had been in the battles of Cold Camp, Lookout 
 Station, and in several skirmishes. After his re- 
 turn he operated a hemp factory here, in 1862, 
 which he continued until 1869, when he opened 
 his present store. At that time the town was in 
 the future, but the good judgment of Mr. Kroencke 
 told him that every indication pointed toward the 
 growth of this section. 
 
 On October 9, 1865, our subject married Miss 
 Sophia Brockman, who was born in La Fayette 
 County, Mo., and they have four children, as fol- 
 lows: Annie, now Mrs. Meyer; George, Mary and 
 Sophia, deceased. Mrs. Kroencke was taken away 
 in 1870. Mr. Kroencke was again married, March 
 13, 1873, taking for his second wife Miss Sophia 
 Frerking, who was born in this county, and nine 
 children were born of this marriage, but only 
 seven are living. The children were as follows: 
 Herman, who is deceased; Ida, William, Arthur, 
 Martha (deceased), Alfred, Ella, and Edwin and 
 Carrie, twins. 
 
 Our subject erected the present fine store build- 
 ing in 1876, and carries from $10,000 to $15,0Q0 
 worth of stock, anil has always a trade to warrant 
 so great an investment, lie is a very prominent 
 man here, a stockholder in the Concordia Savings 
 Bank, and has been Vice-president of the hank for 
 the past twelve years. Our subject and his fam- 
 ily are active members of the Evangelical Lutheran 
 Church. When the town was first incorporated he 
 was a member of the first Board of Trustees, and is 
 now an Alderman under the new corporation as a 
 town of the fourth class, and has served many years 
 as a member of the School Hoard. Iieside having 
 served in many minor capacities, which have fully 
 illustrated the public confidence and esteem in 
 

 PORTRAIT AM' RhV.RATHR Al. RECORD. 
 
 - In his | 
 eal opinioi - I has always been an ardent 
 
 and 
 
 - 
 
 ATHEW W. HALL. The position that 
 
 - s a 
 
 1 s. He has 
 
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 fair 
 fice. Ho must 
 be an account;, s ing is a burg 
 
 aiuou' ■ _ He 
 
 .«d wiih him 
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 nty, 
 Hon. M. W. 
 M. IX. «as born jus ; v • ..March 
 
 N .:han H. Hall. 
 
 was for t. - :*res- 
 
 :an Church of Lex 
 
 fatht and was educated at Lex- 
 
 ■ere he acquired his r of 
 
 in the old medical college. Later he 
 
 here he was engaged in the 
 
 f his profession for I ears, and 
 
 while there he was married 
 
 - he moved I S Count v. 
 
 ;ere he was 5 
 in re - -.enccd physician. In 
 
 1 to his present 1 ve miles 
 
 k. and has practiced con tin u- 
 f a short time when he 
 was a prisoner at Alton during the late war. hav- 
 ing been captured at the Black - jrrender. 
 • ■ fine farm. of which he acquired the pre- 
 emption pape - from • eminent. 
 This has been the family home sine-. 
 
 Mathew Hall spent his boyhood days on the old 
 home farm, and acquired the rudiments of his ed- 
 
 Later, be entered 
 
 M>'.. and then re- 
 turned to Saline County to engage in farming, his 
 
 Stant from the old home- 
 
 I. where he still lives. IK was elected to his 
 
 sent position in 1886, and in 1890 was re- 
 
 - ond time. It goes without say- 
 
 : his re-elections, that his incumbency 
 
 of the office has been highly satis 
 
 Mr. Hall was married February 15, 1883, to 
 : .s. a daughter of the Rev. C. C 
 W Is, f the Mi thod slEpis pal Chiurch South, 
 ro children whose names are John 
 and Woods, and these they are bringing up to a 
 : manhood and in the faith of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject is one 
 oily of eight children, of whom three 
 of the boys became physicians. The eldest is Dr. 
 C. Lester, of K . - - :\ ; W. K. is an attorney in 
 Kansas City: John R. is a physician at Marshall: 
 Louis - Mrs. W. W. Trigg, of Boonville, 
 
 en W., is next in order: 
 Pr. T. B. is p: _ :ul: Flor- 
 
 ida is tin S . ekelford. of Boonville; 
 
 and Elbe is Mrs. Fred W. Glover, of Kansas City. 
 Our - - er was a member of the S 
 
 361 during the memorab. - -• 
 Miss iri out of the Union. 
 
 'AMES - >HER. an encr. : ter- 
 
 prising and na: <-n of Loxir. gl 
 
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 N . •■ of 
 
 the a - - ssful general agriculturists and ex- 
 
 --aisers in his portion of I 
 Prog, ss d his methods and ideas, our subject 
 
 has, with but comparatively little capital to I . 
 life with, won a competence, and upright in char- 
 acter and daily walk. g usiness with 
 honor and integrity, commands the e steem of the 
 community among whom he has been a constant 
 dweller all his life. Our subject is the son of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 nicipal burgh, which has furnished to America 
 thousands of lii'r most loyal and upright citizens 
 of to-day. Grandfather Ewing emigrated to the 
 United States during the eighteenth century, and 
 at once identified himself with all the interests of 
 his adopted country and nave to its service a use- 
 ful citizenship. The parents of our subject were 
 .Tames and Hannah (Ewing) Mallory, the latter a 
 daughter of John Ewing, of Virginia, in which 
 State both the husband and wife were born. 
 
 Mr. Mallory spent the days of early boyhood in 
 his birthplace, attending the common schools of 
 Rockingham County and assisting his father in gen- 
 eral farming duties. Before our subject was twelve 
 years of age his father died, and in. 1837 he re- 
 moved with his widowed mother to LaFayette 
 County, Mo., where he has ever since been success- 
 fully engaged in farming. The homestead of Mr. 
 Mallory contains two hundred acres, all under ex- 
 cellent cultivation, and is one of the most valuable 
 pieces of farming land in this portion of the 
 county. In 1859 I. X. Mallory and Miss Rebecca 
 ('.. a daughter of Samuel Hodges, of Norfolk. Va.. 
 were united in marriage. The happy home of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Mallory has been blessed by the birth 
 (if two children, both daughters, Lilian and Han- 
 nah B. 
 
 The family residence is attractively situated in 
 a beautiful grove of walnut trees, the admiration 
 of every passer-by, which during the warm days 
 of summer make a cooling shade and lovely bit of 
 waving verdure, softly shadowing the lawn and 
 the broad approach to the house. Mr. Mallory is 
 a sturdy Democrat and deeply interested in the 
 -in cess of the party of which he is a lifetime ad- 
 herent. He and his family are well known and 
 have a large circle of friends, acquaintances of many 
 long years. His brother, .lames H. Mallory, is also 
 numbered among the reliable citizens and useful 
 agriculturists of Dover Township, La Fayette 
 County, Me 
 
 Many years older than our subject, James Mai- 
 ling was born in Rockingham County, Va., Sep- 
 tember 5, 1811, and also attended the neighboring 
 schools and was early trained in agricultural duties 
 upon his father's farm. In 1837 he came with his 
 mother and brother t<> l.a Fayette County, and has 
 
 from that time to this remained a tiller of the soil 
 within its borders. Nearly fifty-six years have 
 elapsed since Mr. Mallory, a young and energetic 
 man, jounced to the then sparsely settled State 
 of Missouri, and wonderful has been the growth 
 and progress of these changing years. The un- 
 broken prairie and the heavy timber have suc- 
 cumbed to the tide of settlement, and the rude log 
 cabins, the early home of the pioneers, are now no 
 more, save where now and then they have been 
 preserved as landmarks of the past. 
 
 James II. Mallory is located upon section 34, 
 township 51, range 25, and owns an excellent 
 farm well improved, and yearly increasing in 
 value. He has been ever highly respected for his 
 sterling traits and undoubted integrity of charac- 
 ter. As is our subject, so is he an ardent Demo- 
 crat and a firm believer in the principles and plat- 
 form of the party to which he and his family lend 
 their earnest support and active aid. Fraternally, 
 Mr. Mallory is a Mason and a member of Dover 
 Lodge, A. F. ife A. M., and inside of the order and 
 throughout the community where his life has been 
 passed, he has a host of warm friends. 
 
 | iVILLIAM M. IIFTCIIERSON. Conspicuous 
 
 \/\i/i am011 o tue sons °f tue Old Dominion who 
 ffiif/ came to Saline County at an early date, 
 and did their part toward the advancement of its 
 interests, ma}' be mentioned the name of the gen- 
 tleman of whom we write, and who now, his 
 busy life ended, has passed to his final reward. 
 
 Mr. Hutcherson was born in Culpeper County, 
 Va., and came to this State and county in 1855. 
 He worked at his trade, that of a carpenter, until 
 the year 1869, and then married the widow of 
 (apt. Ed Brown, who resided near Fairville. Mrs- 
 Hutcherson bore the maiden name of Willis, and 
 traced her ancestry to England. Two brothers, 
 William A. and Robert II. Willis, came to this 
 county in the fall of 1857 and 1859, respectively. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 569 
 
 Robert served as Sheriff of Saline County for two 
 terms, and William entered the ranks of the Con- 
 federate army in 1861, and was killed in the battle 
 of Boonville during the same year. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ilutcherson had a family of four 
 children: Edwin M., Lelia, Lester W. and Garnett 
 R. The mother died in 1889. She united in her 
 character the virtues of her Virginian ancestors, 
 and possessed to an unusual degree their graces of 
 disposition, which win and retain friends. Her 
 grandfather. Benjamin F. Willis, was a native of 
 Virginia, and was a son of (apt. Isaac Willis, who 
 served as Captain in the War of L812. 
 
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 \f AMES II. SYDENSTRICKER has for nearly 
 a quarter of a century been numbered 
 among the successful agriculturists of La 
 Fa3 r ette County, Mo., and resides upon his 
 well-cultivated homestead on section 9, township 
 48, range 27. Our Subject is a native of West 
 Virginia, and was born in Greenbrier County, 
 near White Sulphur Springs, November 27, 1842, 
 a son of Michael and Hannah (Hapstonstall) Syd- 
 enstricker. His paternal grandfather, Henry Syd- 
 enstricker, was a native of Germany, but early 
 emigrated to America and settled in Virginia, 
 where he died at a good old age. His wife was 
 a worthy and industrious German housewife, and 
 the devoted mother of the sons and daughter who 
 blessed her home with their presence. The chil- 
 dren were Michael, Lewis, Samuel. Henry, James 
 and Catherine, who grew up honest, upright and 
 hard-working citizens. Grandfather and Grand- 
 mother Sydenstricker were faithful members of 
 the Old-School Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Michael Sydenstricker. an energetic tiller of 
 the soil, was born in Greenbrier County, where 
 he spent his entire life and died in 1868, aged 
 about sixty. Samuel, his only living brother, re- 
 sides in Vinton County, Ohio, .lames died dur- 
 ing his service in the Confederate army. The 
 father of our subject was a member of the An- 
 
 cient Free and Accepted Masons, and belonged 
 to the Presbyterian Church. His wife, born in 
 Greenbrier County, W. Va., still survives, and is 
 now eighty years of age. .lames II. Sydenstricker 
 is a self-educated man, and early began to make 
 his own way in the world. In June, 1861, he en- 
 listed in Company I). Fourteenth Virginia Cav- 
 alry, and was an active participant in the battles 
 of Cannafax Ferry, Roanoke (N. C), Fisher's 
 Hill, Winchester, Martinsburg, Gettysburg, Spen- 
 cerville, Opequan, Harris burgh and Front Royal. 
 He was captured in November, 1864, and taken 
 to Point Lookout, Md.. and discharged from 
 prison the last of May. 
 
 Constantly exposed to dangers and privations, 
 our subject was never wounded, but was captured 
 four times during the fearless service which he 
 rendered in those troublous times. He was a Cor- 
 poral when taken prisoner first at Roanoke, N. C. 
 He was paroled after fourteen days and exchanged. 
 Later he was captured at Lewisburgh, but escaped; 
 then made a prisoner at Lynchburgh, but again 
 escaped, and in the last encounter had six bullet 
 holes shot through his overcoat, and his horse 
 shot from under him. The war having ended, Mr. 
 Sydenstricker entered upon the duties of agricul- 
 ture and farmed until 1866, when he came to Car- 
 rollton and worked in a furnace for six month-, 
 making oil. In July, 1866, our subject went to 
 Vinton County, Ohio, and worked upon a farm 
 four 3 r ears. 
 
 In September, 1869, Mr. Sydenstricker came to 
 La Fayette County, Mo., and settled near May- 
 view in 1875, buying and locating upon eighty 
 acres where he now resides. Prospering steadily, 
 our subject is now the owner of a valuable farm 
 of two hundred and nineteen acres, pleasantly 
 situated, and I In- home of a happy family. Mr. 
 Sydenstricker married Miss Sallie E. Wtiitsitt, born 
 in Jessamine County. Ky., a daughter of Preston 
 and Catherine (Hunter) Wnitsitt, who were native 
 Kentuckians, but removed to Missouri and settled 
 in La Fayette County in 1858, where they both 
 died. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. S\ denstricker have been the parents 
 of eight children, seven of the sons and daughters 
 now surviving. Vernon is in college, studying 
 
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 for the ministry; Josie M., Minnie L., demons, 
 Mary, Lily and Albert. James is deceased. Our 
 subject and his estimable wife were formerly 
 members of the Christian Union Church in Ohio, 
 but since 1871 have been connected with the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which they 
 are both valued members and active supporters in 
 the benevolent enterprises and extension of its 
 Christian influence. Politically, our subject is a 
 strong Democrat, and is deeply interested in all 
 that pertains t" the welfare and prosperity of his 
 fellow-citizens. 
 
 [EY. GEORGE D. WILLINGHAM, B. E. D., 
 
 A. B., pastor of the Cumberland Presby- 
 terian Church of Slater, and a man who is 
 loved and respected by his people, as indeed 
 by all who know him, was born in Audrain 
 County, Mo., near Mexico, February 22, 1852. 
 IIi> father, George Willingham, was a native of 
 Henderson County, Ky., and was born in 1818. 
 
 Mr. Willingham. Sr.. was four years old on com- 
 ing to Missouri with his parents, who at that time 
 located in Warren County, where he was reared. 
 Later, he moved to Audrain County, thence to 
 Macon, Randolph, Chariton and Saline Counties 
 successively, remaining at Blackburn, in the latter 
 county, three years. While in Randolph County, 
 he engaged in farming. In 1885, lie removed to 
 Prcscott, Ark., and was there connected with the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South. His wife was 
 Permelia A. Wilson, daughter of David Wilson, a 
 native of Tennessee but one of the early settlers 
 in Boone County, Mo., and later a resident of Au- 
 drain County. The daughter was born in Boone 
 County, in 1824, and was the mother of twelve 
 children, there being seven girls and five bO} - s, of 
 whom ten are still living. The three older broth- 
 ers served in the war — John in the Tenth Illinois 
 from 1863 to the close of the war, and Thomas and 
 Warren in the State Militia at Macon. 
 
 George l>. Willingham was reared, in Macon 
 
 County near Blooinington and remained there un- 
 til sixteen years of age, attending the district 
 school, which was a log edifice in the forest with 
 most pioneer appointments. At sixteen lie came 
 to Randolph County and was engaged on a farm 
 for four years, after which he attended the State 
 Normal School at Kirksvilleand graduated in 1875 
 and received the degree of B. E. D. After this lie 
 taught, and then attended the Normal until he be- 
 came a candidate for the ministry, having been 
 converted in 1874, at which time he had become a 
 member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 
 In March, 1879, he received his license to preach 
 in the McGee Presbytery, and in the fall of the 
 same year he entered the Lincoln University at 
 Lincoln, 111., and graduated in 1882 with the de- 
 gree of Bachelor of Arts. His first charge was m 
 supplying a pulpit at Bethany, Moultrie County. 
 111., until September, 1882, when he entered the 
 Union Theological Seminary of New York City. 
 While there he served as a supply and did mission 
 work in the city and on Long Island to defray his 
 expenses. During this time he was ordained, the 
 ceremony taking place at Waynesburgh, Pa., in 
 1884, while he was supplying the church there. He 
 graduated from the Theological Seminary in May. 
 1885. 
 
 After graduation the Rev. Mr. Willingham re- 
 ceived a call from the church at Mclveesport, Pa. 
 This he accepted and remained there two years 
 and two months, lifting from the church at that 
 time an indebtedness of 12,600. In September, he 
 resigned to accept a call to Garden City, Kan. 
 There he took charge of a young and thriving 
 church, whose pastor he continued to be for two 
 years and eight months, or until coming to Slater. 
 
 During the first two years that Mr. Willingham 
 was in Slater, in addition to his work here he 
 preached at Mt. Horeb, three miles away, but that 
 church has since become self-supporting. lie was 
 called to this church in April, 1892. and was in- 
 stalled by the New Lebanon Presbytery the third 
 Sunday in June, 1892. Since he has been here 
 the membership of his church has grown from 
 sixty-seven to one hundred and five, and a new 
 parsonage has been built. 
 
 Mr. Williii'diam was one of the three who came 
 
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 from the Kansas Synod and located the Missouri 
 Valley College at Marshall. He was elected a 
 Trustee by the Synod, but on moving to this place 
 could no longer serve. He has organized various 
 church societies and gives his devoted attention to 
 his church work. 
 
 Our subject was married at La Grange, Mo., 
 February '22, 1887, to Miss Clara L. Cook, whose 
 birthplace was Amboy, 111. She was reared in 
 Obio and is a daughter of James M. Cook, of that 
 State, his residence being at Findlav. She is a 
 graduate of the High School of Ravenna, Ohio, and 
 later entered Wellesley (Mass.) College, and then 
 Lincoln University, at Lincoln, 111. She is a highly 
 educated and cultured woman, whose advantages 
 are of great assistance to her husband in his work. 
 They have one child, who is named James Cook. 
 
 Mr. Willingham is a member of the Free and 
 Accepted Masons of Madison, Mo., belonging to 
 Lodge No. 91. He is also a member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Garden City En- 
 campment. In politics, he is a Prohibitionist, lie 
 is a pleasant, affable gentleman, having that royal 
 gift of magnetism which brings him into harmony 
 with the sinner as well as the saint. He is a 
 learned man, an eloquent preacher, and a pastor 
 witli whom Slater will be very sorry to part and 
 whose place could not readily be supplied. 
 
 /^gj OL. HENRY C. CHILLS, a prominent resi- 
 flf^L dent of .May view, Mo., is the subject of the 
 
 V_y present notice. The birth of Col. Chiles 
 took place in Montgomery County, Ky.. July 6, 
 1818, and he is a son of William and Nancy (Pugh) 
 Chiles, the former a native of Virginia, and the 
 latter of Kentucky, both families having descended 
 from sturdy Scotch and Welsh stork. In his na- 
 tive State our subject passed a happy boyhood. 
 growing to man's estate with the strength and 
 vigor Of perfect health, and he soon outstripped 
 his companions in the little log sehoolhouse, as he 
 
 also excelled them in the manly sports of the 
 times. Before the attainment of his sixteenth 
 year Col. Chiles had displayed those military 
 tastes which have clung to him since, making of 
 him at one time in his career a prominent member 
 of the State militia. 
 
 Although the advantages offered by the schools 
 of his time were very inadequate, our subject was 
 a youth of quick perception and readily absorbed 
 all the mental food which was provided, later sup- 
 plementing it with much reading and association 
 with cultured society, so that Col. Chiles has never 
 felt any educational deficiency, whatever the posi- 
 tion he has been called upon to assume. The first 
 marriage of Col. Chiles was with Miss .Maria Wil- 
 son, November 4, 1810, in the State of Kentucky, 
 and two children resulted from this union: Will- 
 iam H., now an attorney at Lexington, Mo., and 
 George P., now a resident of Colorado. Mis. 
 Chiles was removed by death from her family in- 
 1845, and in 1858 our subject became the hus- 
 band of Mrs. Ruth Fearing, of Helena, Ark., and 
 one son, Walter, a resident of this county, was 
 born to them. The mother passed away in 1865, 
 and three years later, in October, 1868, Col. Chiles 
 married Mrs. Levinia C. < Waves, of Lexington. Mo., 
 and one daughter. Mrs. 15. II. Campbell, was born 
 of this marriage. 
 
 In 1859 Col. Chiles came to La Fayette County, 
 settling upon section 1, township 49, range 27, 
 where he remained until 1889, and then removed 
 to the village of May view, which has been his 
 place of residence ever since. For many years the 
 Colonel has been a prominent man in the political 
 life of the county, and in 1862-63 he was called 
 upon to represent his district in the State Legisla- 
 ture. His election was upon the Democratic 
 ticket, in which party his influence has been felt 
 all over the State. Much of the progress of the 
 county has been made since his residence here. 
 and with almost all of the important measures 
 Col. Chiles has been in sympathy. 
 
 Col. Chiles is one of the Directors of the Amer- 
 ican Bank of Higginsville, and is also a Trustee of 
 the Village Board of Mayview. Formerly he was 
 a strong Democrat, but latterly has become inter- 
 ested in the new issues started by the People's 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 party, taking a deep concern in the workings of 
 the Grange and Farmers' Alliance. Whatever 
 Col. Chiles undertakes he does with his whole 
 heart, and to his progressive and enterprising 
 spirit many of the advances made in this county 
 and part of the State may be directly traced. 
 His character is above reproach, his social and 
 commercial standing of the very best, and among 
 the citizens of La Fayette County he is pointed 
 out as one of the most popular and prominent in 
 the community. 
 
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 eAMILLUS BARNETT, a prosperous farmer 
 and highly respected citizen now residing 
 upon section 10, township 50, range 26, 
 Lexington Township, La Fayette County, Mo., has 
 been for fifty-seven years a daily observer of 
 the growth and improvement of his adopted State. 
 Earnest, energetic and progressive, he has mate- 
 rially aided in the advancement of the leading in- 
 terests of his neighborhood and vicinity, and been 
 an important factor in the upward tendency and 
 broad development of enterprise. Our subject 
 was born in the State of Kentucky, Madison 
 County, March 7. 1821, and is a son of Alexander 
 and Elizabeth M. (Dinwiddic) Burnett. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Barnett were both native 
 Virginians, and were reared and educated in the 
 Old Dominion. The Dinwiddies are of Scotch 
 descent and claim a prominent place in the early 
 history of our country. Robert Dinwiddie, Lieu- 
 tenant-Governor of Virginia, arrived in the colony 
 in 1752, and remained until January, 1758, when 
 he went to England. His administration covered 
 a stirring period in Colonial history, and he had 
 the sagacity to discern the capacity of Washington, 
 whom, in 1753, he appointed Adjutant-General of 
 one of the four military districts of Virginia. 
 The county of Dinwiddie is named in honor of 
 Governor Dinwiddie, and numerous descendants 
 perpetuate the name, not only in Virginia, but 
 throughout the North, South, East and West. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Barnett made their 
 home in Kentucky and there our subject spent 
 hi- boyhood, attending school and assisting his 
 father in the duties of agricultural life. In 
 the year of 1836, his father having in the 
 meantime died, Cam ill us came with his widowed 
 mother to Lexington Township, where they set- 
 tled upon a farm, and he, assisting in the culti- 
 vation of the soil, still found time to attend the 
 winter school, and thus increased his stock of 
 knowledge. At the age of twenty-one years he 
 began life for himself, and from that day to this 
 has prosperously continued a general agriculturist. 
 and stock-raiser. II is valuable farm of six hundred 
 and twenty-five acres is one of the best managed 
 in this portion of the State. Mostly under high 
 cultivation, the acres annually yield an abundant 
 harvest, and are a shining example of the success 
 which hones; and well-directed energy can achieve 
 in the production of the necessities of life. 
 
 The pleasant home and the comforts which the 
 broad acres afford are shared by Mr. Barnett with 
 a family widely known and highly regarded for 
 their intelligence and native worth. The mar- 
 riage of our subject occurred in 1843, during which 
 year Camillus Barnett and Miss Martha Young 
 were united in the bonds of matrimony. Mrs. 
 Barnett was the daughter of James Young, a na- 
 tive of Tennessee, an upright man and excellent 
 citizen. The home of Mr. and Mis. Barnett was 
 blessed by the birth of ten children, eight of 
 whom, four sons and four daughters, now survive. 
 These brothers and sisters are Martha, the wife of 
 Ben Higgins; Camillus, Jr., married Minnie Good- 
 win; Margaret, the wife of William Waddell; Rob- 
 ert D. married Rose W. Young; Samuel W. mar- 
 ried Mary A. Yancey; Hattie, the wife of Charles 
 L. Glascock; Carrie F; and Edward M. married 
 Mary Bennett. Occupying positions of respect 
 and influence, and each and all honest and re- 
 liable citizens and worthy representatives of Amer- 
 ican manhood and womanhood, our subject may 
 rejoice in the descendants who will preserve his 
 name and honor in the coming generation. 
 
 Mr. Barnett and his wife have a large circle 
 of friends and are numbered among the pioneers 
 of the county, for so many long years their per- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 573 
 
 manent home. Our subject has never sought po- 
 litical office, but nevertheless is deeply interested 
 in the political situation, and in the management 
 of both national and local positions deems it most 
 important that such grave interests should be 
 only intrusted to the hands of men of tried in- 
 tegrity and upright principle. As have been all 
 his family, so is he a stanch Democrat, and au 
 ardent advocate of party principles. 
 
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 [JGUST G. MEINERSHAGEN is a farmer 
 
 and stock-raiser living on section 1 ^town- 
 ship 19, range 26. He is a native of War- 
 ren County, Mo., where he was born March 
 12, 1852. His parents, William and Minnie Mei- 
 nershagen, both of whom are natives of Germany, 
 are now residents of this county, where the father 
 is a successful farmer. 
 
 The Meinershagen family comprise the follow- 
 ing named children, of whom our subject is one: 
 Henry; Herman; Frederick; Charles; Catherine, 
 wife of II. A. Schoppenhorst; August (1.; and 
 Annie, wife of Charles Shaffer. These children 
 were reared in the teachings of the Evangelical 
 Association, and the principles of the highest type 
 of manhood and womanhood were early inculcated 
 in their youthful minds. Our subject was reared 
 to man's estate in the county where he was born. 
 He received the educational advantages enjoyed 
 by the youth of his home district, and the inter- 
 vals in school work were Idled with the duties in- 
 cident to his farm life. He has always been a 
 farmer, and being one who is enthusiastic in his 
 chosen calling, his efforts have been crowned with 
 success. 
 
 The original of this sketch was married April (I, 
 1877, to Miss Louisa, daughter of Henry Hackman, 
 of Warren County, Mo. They have become the 
 parents of six children, whose names are: Paulina, 
 Edward, Albert. Annie, .Mamie and Lizzie. Mr. 
 Meinershagen came to La Fayette County in 1S77. 
 and has since carried on his farming operations 
 
 here. He now owns one hundred and sixty-seven 
 acres of land, and has wrested from adverse cir- 
 cumstances a success that shows his efforts to have 
 been energetic and sustained. The family home 
 is all that could be desired, a line brick residence 
 with all the comforts and conveniences that are a 
 pari of our modern homes. It is finished inside 
 most tastefully and furnished in keeping with the 
 house and the station of its owner. Good fruit 
 trees embellish the place, and the whole surround- 
 ings are of the best sort. 
 
 Our subjeet is a Republican in politics, but ir- 
 respective of part}' or office incumbents he desires 
 the greatest good to the greatest number. He is a 
 member of the church in which his parents reared 
 their family — the Evangelical Association. 
 
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 B. BENNING,a prominent and well-known 
 
 resident of the town of Mayview, Mo., is 
 lf^ the subject of this notice. As President of 
 the Bank of Mayview Mr. Benning is well known 
 in commercial circles, and the large business he 
 conducts by himself in lumber, white and yellow 
 [line, building materials, hardware, farm imple- 
 ments and harness, testifies to his success a- a 
 merchant. Mr. Benning is a native of La Fayette 
 County, Mo., having been born here September 
 16, 1853, a son of Anthony I), and Bettie Ben- 
 ning, early settlers of the county. They were the 
 parents of the following children, beside our sub- 
 ject: James A., Taylor 1!., John G., Ottie V., Rob- 
 ert L. and Thomas E. 
 
 Our subject was reared to farm life, but a- he 
 grew older developed tastes which made of him a 
 merchant, although the owner of a line farm of 
 one hundred and sixty acres. The hardware bus- 
 iness has been a very profitable one. necessitating, 
 to accommodate the business in all its branches, a 
 building 20x80 feet. Since 18.su Mr. Benning has 
 been located in his present quarters, and carries a 
 stock valued at about $8,000, while he docs a bus- 
 
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 iness which will average perhaps 820,000 per year. 
 His education was received in the schools of Lex- 
 ington, and such was his ability that upon the or- 
 ganization of the hank in Mayview in February, 
 1891, he was made its President, and has served 
 since then with credit to himself and all con- 
 cerned. 
 
 The marriage of our subject was celebrated Feb- 
 ruary 25, 1886, with Miss Maggie Logan, and four 
 bright and interesting children have come into the 
 family, namely: Murray G., Bettie, Mary L. and 
 Marguerite. The father of Mr. Beuning was a 
 prominent man in this neighborhood, and was 
 the Postmaster of Tabu fur some time, and an 
 early settler. Our subject has also taken a front 
 place in polities in the county. His adherence is 
 to the Democratic party, and in it his influence is 
 felt throughout the neighborhood. Mr. Benning 
 is a member of the Baptist Church, in which he 
 finds active and congenial companionship. He 
 is regarded as one of the successful business men 
 of the county, and possesses the esteem and con- 
 fidence of the community. 
 
 5, for the past twenty- 
 general agriculturist 
 l\ [ — *} and stock-raiser of La Fayette County, Mo., 
 and widely known as an upright, energetic and en- 
 terprising citizen, now resides upon his highly im- 
 proved homestead located upon section 3, town- 
 ship 48, range 27. Our subject was born in Bed- 
 ford County, Va., May 21, 1820, and is the son of 
 William and Polly (Page) Thomas. His paternal 
 grandfather, Isaac Thomas, was born in Maryland, 
 and tilled the soil of his native State, but later re- 
 moved to Bedford County, Ya., where he died 
 upon New Year's Day of 1825, passing away very 
 suddenly after his dinner. His wife was Miss 
 Polly DeWitt, and a member of an old Southern 
 family. She was the mother of a large family of 
 sons and daughters, who grew up to lie useful, in- 
 dustrious and honored citizens. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in January, 
 1790, in Bedford County, and in 1828 removed 
 with his family to Kanawha Comity. W. Va. In 
 1850, William Thomas again removed his home, 
 this time journeying to Missouri and settling in 
 Jackson County, which he made his permanent abid- 
 ing-place until his death in 1862. It was thought 
 that his life might have been much prolonged 
 if he had not taken a walk from Kansas City to 
 his home, a distance of seven miles. In religious 
 belief he was a Baptist, and politically gave his 
 preference and vote to the Democratic party. 
 William Thomas was twice married, and by his 
 first wife became the father of thirteen children, 
 eleven of the brothers and sisters reaching adult 
 age. Elizabeth was the eldest-born, and then came 
 Polly. William. James, Nancy, Matilda, Ed A., 
 Abigail, Millie and Catherine. John died young, 
 but ten of the children married and reared families 
 of their own. 
 
 The second wife of the father of our subject 
 was Mary Ilandshaw, who bore her husband one 
 child, a daughter, Rebecca, who died at sixteen 
 years of age. The mother of Edmond A. Thomas 
 was a native of Bedford County, Ya., and was the 
 daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Gutridge) 
 Page, the maternal grandfather of our subject 
 being a Virginia farmer. Edmond A. Thomas was 
 mainly self-educated, and was reared to the salt 
 w r ork, and at nineteen years of age began life for 
 himself, boating salt down the river, and continued 
 in this business until June, 1865, when, after fol- 
 lowing the river business from April 3, 1837, he 
 retired to a small farm and there entered into the 
 duties of agriculture, industriously improving his 
 one hundred and eighty-eight acres until in 1867 
 he sold out his interests there. Coming to Mis- 
 souri in the month of March, he settled where he 
 now resides and bought two hundred and twenty 
 acres, a portion of which land he has since given 
 to his children, reserving for himself one hundred 
 and forty acres, all highly improved. 
 
 When Mr. Thomas came to Missouri he hail 
 $5,000 which he had himself gained by industrious 
 toil, and having won his way upward is literally a 
 self-made man. Our subject has been twice mar- 
 ried. His first wife was Miss Mary A. Thrush, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 575 
 
 daughter of George and Elizabeth (Boggus) 
 Thrush. Mr. Thomas is the father of four chil- 
 dren, of whom but two now survive, William W. 
 and George R. His first wife, a most estimable 
 lady, died July L3, 1878, aged fifty-six years. She 
 was born in Kanawha County, W. Ya. The sec- 
 ond wife was Mrs. Mary J. Hill, nee Dulmg. Mr. 
 Thomas and his family and both of his wives have 
 been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 South, but our subject was formerly a member of 
 the Christian Church. An earnest, upright and 
 intelligent citizen, ever striving to assist those 
 less fortunate than himself, and always ready to 
 aid in the march of local improvement, and for- 
 ward the advancement of facilities for a liberal 
 education which he was himself denied, our subject 
 is a true American citizen and enjoys the esteem 
 of the entire community, among whom his busy 
 life has been passed. 
 
 /^gj\ ORNELIUS A. WILLIARD is manager of 
 ([( r the agricultural department of the Confed- 
 
 V ' crate Home, which is located on section 25, 
 
 Dover Township, La Layette County. He is a na- 
 tive of Erederick County, Md., and was born July 
 ."., is is, ;l son of Israel and Lavina (Her) Williard, 
 both natives of Maryland. Comparatively little 
 is known of the ancestry of the family, but this 
 much has been ascertained, that English and Ger- 
 man blood are mingled in our subject's veins. His 
 paternal grandfather, John Williard, was a native 
 of Maryland. It is not known In us who was the 
 founder of the American branch of the family. 
 
 Our subject spent his boyhood in his native 
 county, laying the foundation of a good education 
 in the common schools in the vicinity of his home, 
 and learning many practical Lessons concerning 
 farming, with his father as director. He remained 
 at home until twenty-one }'ears of age. and then 
 began farming on his own account. 
 
 In February, 1883, Mr. Williard moved to Mason 
 County, 111., and there remained for three years. 
 
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 That locality, however, failed to fulfill his expecta- 
 tions, and in December, 1886, he moved again and 
 located in this county, where he farmed until 1890. 
 He then accepted the position of manager of the 
 department of the institution as above mentioned. 
 and still holds the position. 
 
 In 18G8, our subject married Miss Harriet, a 
 daughter of Enoch Kepner. of Adams County. Pa. 
 They have been the parents of four children, three 
 sons and one daughter, who arc a- follows: Anna, 
 John, William and Elmer. Mr. Williard is a mem- 
 ber of Higginsville Lodge No. 448, I. O. 0. E. In 
 politics, he is a Jefferson ian Democrat, and is 
 greatly regarded by his constituents as a firm ad- 
 vocate of his party's principles. 
 
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 AVID M. SMITH, a well-known and suc- 
 cessful business man of the city of Lex- 
 ington, Mo., is the subject of the present 
 writing. The birth of Mr. Smith took 
 place in this city, July 5, 1852, and he was the 
 third son in the family of five children born to 
 Harrison and Martha (Groves) Smith. The father 
 was a very prominent man in Lexington, at one 
 time having been elected to the honorable position 
 of Ma3'or of the city for a period covering five 
 terms, and took part actively in the movement^ of 
 the Democratic party throughout the county. His 
 business in early life was that of a distiller, but 
 later he removed to La Eayette County, in 1844, 
 there became a farmer, and died in lsSG, in his 
 seventy-second year. He was a son of John Smith. 
 The mother of our subject was in her maiden- 
 hood Martha .1. Cloves, of Tennessee, a daugh- 
 ter of William Groves, and is now living in Lex- 
 ington, in her sixty-fifth year. David, our subject , 
 was reared in his happy home in Lexington, at- 
 tended the public school, and at the age of eigh- 
 teen years, entered the mercantile business in the 
 capacity at first of clerk. Growing ambitious, our 
 subject began a business of his own, commencing 
 in a small way at first in the old market-house. 
 
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 whore he continued for eight years. Honesty in 
 dealing and close application to business brought 
 its own reward, .and he was enabled in a few years 
 to build up a first-class trade in fine groceries. 
 
 In 1891, our subject removed to Ins present 
 stand, on Franklin Avenue, where may lie found 
 one of the best and most carefully selected stocks 
 in the city. The marriage of our subject took 
 place in 1892 to Miss Maria E. Wilson, who was 
 born in Clark County, Mo., a daughter of L. Wil- 
 son, and they reside in a comfortable brick resi- 
 dence upon one of the pleasant streets of the city. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the 
 Christian Church, active in good works, and held 
 in the highest esteem by the community. In his 
 political opinions, our subject follows the example 
 of his worthy father, supporting the principles of 
 Democracy. 
 
 ,EV. NATHANIEL PEACHEE, ordained to 
 the ministry of the Christian Church full 
 toily-seven years ago, and universally es- 
 ^@ teemed by all who know him, is now en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits, and successfully 
 conducts a line farm located upon section 4, town- 
 ship 50, range 27, Lexington Township, La Fay- 
 ette County, Mo. ( >ur subject was born in Davis 
 County, Ind.. June 1, 1822, and is the son of 
 .lames and Mary (Rigdon) Peachee. The family 
 is descended from English ancestry, and the pa- 
 ternal grandfather, Benjamin, fought ardently and 
 bravely under the immediate command of Gen. 
 Washington during the Revolutionary War. The 
 father of our subject was born in Maryland, and 
 the mother was a native of Tennessee. 
 
 In early boyhood our reverend subject received 
 only the educational advantages offered by the 
 little subscription schools of Davis County, Ind. 
 He well improved every opportunity to increase 
 hi* stock of knowledge and is mainly self-edu- 
 cated, as have Been numerous of the eminent men 
 
 of our country. Devoting himself to the duties 
 of general agriculture upon his farm, the time 
 passed and he arrived at the thirtieth year of his 
 life without making any change in the even tenor 
 of his way. In the fall of 1851, he removed from 
 his birthplace, and locating in La Fayette County, 
 Mo., settled upon his present farm in 1880, where 
 he remained continuously until the present time. 
 After due preparation, Mr. Peachee was, in 1847, 
 ordained to the ministry of the Christian Church, 
 of which religious denomination he has been a 
 faithful and honored member for over half a cen- 
 tury. At present he is an Elder of the Lexington 
 Christian Church, and is ever among the foremost 
 in promoting the good work of that religious or- 
 ganization. 
 
 In 1871 Rev. Mr. Peachee was appointed Super- 
 intendent of the Poor Farm of La Fayette County, 
 Mo., and ably conducting the affairs of the refuge for 
 the unfortunate and indigent of the county, retained 
 the position for seven years. Attending to the 
 physical wants and spiritual needs ot all who came 
 under his kindly care, our subject was peculiarly 
 well adapted to accomplish much of good during 
 these years. In 1845 Mr. Peachee was united in 
 marriage with Miss Martha J. Ward, a daughter of 
 William Ward, an old resident and prominent cit- 
 izen of North Carolina, his native State. Our 
 subject and his excellent wife were the parents of 
 the following children: Minerva is the eldest, 
 Zilpha .1. is the second daughter, and then accord- 
 ing to their birth are Martha E., Emma J., Lucy 
 W.. William A., Alice, Fannie M., Ella and Ollie. 
 In the family is also a grandson, Louis. The 
 Rev. Mr. Peachee and family all occupy posi- 
 tions entitling them to respect, and are re- 
 garded as representative, earnest, true and loyal 
 American citizens, ever ready to aid in all good 
 work, and assist in the social or benevolent enter- 
 prises of their homes and localities. The wife 
 and mother of the family passed from earth June 
 8, 1891. Our subject is a strong Democrat, stanch 
 in his political convictions and belief, and has al- 
 ways voted the ticket, as did his father before him. 
 Never taking a prominent or leading position in 
 the political world, and never desiring promotion 
 to official duty, Mr. Peachee has ever been extremely 
 
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 interested in the local and national conduct of af- 
 fairs, intelligently realizing the necessity of pre- 
 serving the power and strength of our great 
 Republic only through the wise and judicious 
 management of those who guide the Ship of State. 
 During the forty-one years of his residence in Mis- 
 souri, our subject has ever used his invaluable in- 
 fluence in behalf of the best interests of his neigh- 
 borhood and vicinity, and that he has effected 
 much of good who can doubt. In his unselfish 
 labors for others, he has gained the lasting grati- 
 tude and kindly remembrance of scores of others 
 less fortunate than himself, and won the generous 
 commendation and high regard of every true cit- 
 izen. 
 
 'J^ON. JOHN S. BLACK WELL, an able and 
 \l successful legal practitioner of Lexington, 
 Mo., and from 1888 to 1882 the Prosecut- 
 ing Attorney of La Fayette County, has 
 held several positions of trust, and, ever discharg- 
 ing the several duties committed to his care with 
 efficient fidelity, enjoys the esteem and confidence 
 of the general public. Our subject was born in 
 Anderson County, Ky., January 8, 1832. His 
 father, John Blackwell, was a native of Fauquier 
 County, Ya., and was a planter and trader of the 
 Old Dominion. The paternal grandfather was 
 Robert Blackwell, whose direct ancestry were En- 
 glish born, members of the family coming to 
 America in the year 1600. The maiden name of 
 Mr. Black well's mother was Rachel Lawrence, a 
 native of Kentucky, and a daughter of Samuel 
 Lawrence, who was born in Virginia. 
 
 The Lawrence family were originally from the 
 Queen's dominions, and were of English nativity. 
 The early life of our subject was passed in Ander- 
 derson and Franklin Counties. Ky. At the age 
 of eighteen years, attracted to the Pacific Coast by 
 the fabulons stories of the golden wealth of Cali- 
 fornia, Mr. Blackwell. leaving behind him home 
 and friends, took the long journey thither and 
 there engaged in mining and trading. Remaining 
 
 in the Golden State for a number of years,he 
 read law in the office of Atty.-Gen. Thomas II. 
 Williams and John .1. Musser, and was admitted to 
 the Bar of California at Placerville, El Dorado 
 County. Later our subject went to Nevada Ter- 
 ritory and entered into partnership with John 
 Reed, of Lander County, and successfully engaged 
 in the practice of law for three years. 
 
 After an absence of fifteen years Mr. Blackwell 
 returned to his early home, but remained only a 
 brief time in Kentucky, soon locating in Welling- 
 ton, La Fayette County, Mo., where he opened an 
 office and at (nice entered into a prosperous prac- 
 tice, continuing in the same until his election to 
 the position of Prosecuting Attorney of La Fay- 
 ette County. His duties then required his resi- 
 dence in Lexington, and since 1878 he has bsen 
 an honored and well-known citizen of the county 
 seat. In 1886, retiring from the office to which 
 he had been elected four years before, he con- 
 tinued the practice of law, and has prosperously 
 continued in the same from that time to this. 
 Our subject is a prominent Democrat, especially 
 interested in the county and State elections and 
 the general conduct of local affairs. 
 
 While Prosecuting Attorney Mr. Blackwell was 
 Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee, 
 and is now Chairman of the Democratic County 
 Committee, and has been prominent in the politi- 
 cal gatherings in various portions of the State 
 since 1872. He also received the honor of bein°- 
 sent as a Delegate to the National Convention, 
 which, meeting in Chicago in June, 1892, nomi- 
 nated G rover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson to 
 the high positions of President and Vice-Presi- 
 dent. It is a little more than a score of years 
 since, upon May 7, 1872, our subject entered into 
 the bonds of matrimony with Miss Bettie M. Rog- 
 ers, a daughter of Elijah and Sarah F. Rogers. 
 Mrs. Blackwell is a native of La Fayette County, 
 and has a large circle of friends in her lifetime 
 home. Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell are the parents of 
 three children: Horace 1'.. a graduate of Bethany; 
 George Pattenburg and Mary K. Our subject is 
 an ardent advocate of educational advancement, 
 and the sons and daughter of his household have 
 ample opportunity to receive an extended course 
 
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 of instruction. Actively and efficiently aiding in 
 in all social, benevolent, religious and business en- 
 terprises of his county and home neighborhood, 
 Mr. Blackwell has been among the most liberal 
 supporters of the several colleges located in the 
 city, and is numbered among the public-spirited 
 citizens, whose pleasure it has ever been to pro- 
 mote the best interests and local improvements of 
 the State. Progressive in his ideas, energetic in 
 bis methods, and withal possessing excellent judg- 
 ment, our subject is thoroughly adapted to occupy 
 with ability and honor a leading position in the 
 ci immunity, whose confidence and esteem he long 
 ago won, and yet worthily retains. 
 
 Fraternally Mr. lilaekwell is associated with the 
 Masons, and is a member of the De Molay Com- 
 mander}' No. 10, K. T. He was Master of the 
 Blue Lodge three terms, and for two terms was 
 High Priest of the Chapter, and was also twice 
 Eminent Commander of the Commandery. The 
 friend of others less fortunate than himself, ex- 
 tending a ready relief to all worthy objects of his 
 beneficence, and socially genial and liberal in sen- 
 timent, our subject has a host of friends and well- 
 wishers throughout Missouri, Kentucky, and the 
 far West. 
 
 <s|p*HOMAS II. HITCHINGS, an energetic and 
 
 i/(F~\ enterprising agriculturist, successfully con- 
 vey ducting a fine farm, located pleasantly in 
 Washington Township, La Fayette County., Mo., 
 is one of the substantial citizens of the State, and, 
 a good friend and neighbor, upright in character, 
 commands the confidence of the community among 
 whom his busy life is passed. Our subject was 
 born in South Wales, county of Pembroke, Octo- 
 ber 12, 1830, and was the son of Thomas and 
 Sarah (Points) Hitchings. The father was a farmer 
 of South Wales, and was twice married. Thomas II. 
 was the only child of his mother, and was reared 
 by his paternal grandfather, George Hitchings, a 
 tiller of the soil. When but a young lad ten or 
 
 twelve years of age, our subject began to be self- 
 supporting, and, making his own way in the world, 
 at seventeen years of age entered the British 
 army, and served as a soldier for two years and 
 eight months, being honorably discharged in the 
 fall of 1852. 
 
 Mr. Hitchings then decided to try his fortunes 
 in the United States, and arriving safely in New 
 York, at first made his home in Albany. From 
 there he went to Rochester, and in 1854 journeyed 
 to St. Louis, thence by river to Kansas City, and 
 with his wife and thirteen associates located on 
 Seven Mile Reserve, taken from the Pottawatomie 
 Reservation, and settled upon a claim of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres. He was one of the original 
 settlers of Ocwattama, and prominent among its 
 founders. His wife died here in 1855, and in 
 1856 the Border Ruffians forced him to leave 
 his home. Entirely destitute after being driven 
 from his homestead, he came to La Fayette County, 
 Mo., and hired out by the month. The old 
 neighbors and friends in the vicinity of his late 
 home endeavored to induce him to return and 
 assist them to make Kansas a slave State. He, 
 however, remained in Missouri, and continued to 
 work (Hit by the month until his marriage, when 
 he rented a farm for three years and was prosper- 
 ing, when the war broke out, and for the second 
 time he lost all the accumulations of hard labor. 
 
 In the fall of 1862, Mr. Hitchings enlisted 
 in the State Militia, Federal service, Company 
 F, Seventy-first Missouri Regiment, which later 
 was consolidated with Company I, Fifth Pro- 
 visional Regiment. Our subject served as Cor- 
 poral, and later was honorably discharged. He 
 immediately enlisted in the twelve-month volun- 
 teers, and was made Sergeant, serving with effi- 
 cient ability and bravery until the close of the war, 
 in 1865. He was in the detail used by the Govern- 
 ment in hunting down the guerrillas and numer- 
 ous desperadoes who then infested that portion of 
 the country. The war ended, our subject located 
 upon forty acres where he now resides, and which 
 he has improved and added to until he now owns 
 one hundred and ten acres of valuable property, 
 which lie has industriously and successfully brought 
 from timber-land into a high state of cultivation. 
 
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 Mr. Hitchings married his first wife, Sarah Thomas, 
 a native of England, while lie was in the British 
 
 army. She was the mother of one son, who died 
 at five years of age. As before stated, this estima- 
 ble woman died in Kansas. 
 
 On the .'id of August. 1859, our subject was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Starr. 
 daughter of Sampson and Anna Mary (Scaggs) 
 Starr. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchings are the parents of 
 the following children: Charles resides in Wash- 
 ington; John II. is a citizen of Portland, Ore.; 
 Sarah .1. is the eldest daughter; Anna E. is the 
 wife of Sherman Kinnamon; and Mary E. is the 
 youngest. The two sons who died are James W. 
 and Walter Mc. Our subject, his wife and the 
 daughters, are all valued members of the Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian Church, and are ever foremost 
 in the promotion of the good work of that relig- 
 ious organization. Our subject was one of the 
 original John Brown men in his county, and par- 
 ticipated in the early border war. In political 
 affiliation, Mr. Hitchings is an ardent Republican, 
 and earnest advocate of the principles of the part}'. 
 He is always read}' to assist in local improvement, 
 and is a friend to educational advancement, and 
 in all things pertaining to the best interests of the 
 State and county is a public-spirited and enter- 
 prising citizen. 
 
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 XL ^^ ENRY CONRAD, a prosperous general 
 
 *^ agriculturist and successful stock-raiser re- 
 siding upon section 21, Washington Town- 
 '§}) ship, La Fayette County, Mo., is an intelli- 
 gent, industrious and uprighl citizen, and com- 
 mands the esteem and high regard of all his friends 
 and neighbors. Our subject was born July 12, 
 1842, in Hesse-Darmstadt, and is the son of George 
 and Catherine (Kile) Conrad. John Conrad, the 
 paternal grandfather, was a carpenter by trade 
 and an enterprising man, emigrating to the United 
 States in 1<S4<'.. He was accompanied by his wife, 
 
 Elizabeth, and his son < teorge and the latter 's family, 
 
 hut led behind him one daughter, who c fcinued to 
 
 reside in the Fatherland. TheConrads were twen- 
 ty-one days upon the broad Atlantic, and safely 
 landing in New York, proceeded upon their waj to 
 Beardstown, 111., where the mother of our subject 
 had two uncles living. 
 
 Grandfather Conrad died in 1864, and his good 
 wile survived him about four years. This worthy 
 couple were faithful members of the Lutheran 
 Church, and were ever consistent Christians. 
 George Conrad learned his trade of wagon-maker 
 in his native land and followed this occupation 
 during his comparatively brief life, dying in 1854, 
 at about thirty-six years of age. He left a widow 
 and three children. Henry, our subject, was the 
 eldest; the second son. John, is a resident of Mis- 
 souri; and the little daughter passed aw.ay at two 
 years of age. The mother afterward married 
 Lewis Zemme, and bore her second husband two 
 children, Margaret and Lewis, and is still living 
 and makes her home with her husband in Illinois. 
 ( )ur subject was reared upon a farm, and received 
 his early education in the Lutheran Church School, 
 finally completing his studies by a two-winters 
 course of instruction after he had worked for two 
 years at the blacksmith's trade. 
 
 At seventeen years of age, Henry Conrad began 
 the struggle of life for himself, working out by the 
 month until the 19th of August, 1861, when he 
 enlisted in Company D, Twenty-sixth Illinois In- 
 fantry. Our subject was a brave and ardent sup- 
 porter of the Government of his adopted country, 
 and faithfully engaged in the battles of Island 
 No. 10, siege of Corinth, Iuka, Missionary Ridge, 
 Corinth, and was present at the engagements 
 of Jackson, Miss., and the siege of Vicksburg. 
 Severely wounded at Missionary Ridge, he was 
 captured and imprisoned in Libby and Belle Is- 
 land, and from March to August experienced the 
 horrors of Andersonville. He was then taken to 
 Charleston, S. ('.. and from the 1st of September 
 in February was imprisoned there and in Florence, 
 N. ('. Finally Mr. Conrad was inarched to Rich- 
 mond, and was paroled, and came to St. Louis, 
 where his health received attention for four weeks 
 in the hospital, lie was then given a month's 
 
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 furlough, at the expiration of which time he re- 
 ported at Springfield, and in June, I860, received 
 from the Government his honorable discharge 
 from military service. 
 
 Soon after our subject engaged in work upon 
 a farm, and in the spring of 1807 came to Cass 
 County, Mo., and for two years farmed upon 
 rented land, and then removed to Jackson County, 
 which part of the State he made his home for seven 
 years; he then traded his stock for ninety acres of 
 laud, added fifty acres in the spring of 1880, and 
 sold this property, and located on his present val- 
 uable homestead. Mr. Conrad married Miss Susan 
 Pierce, born in Bertie County, N. C, and the 
 daughter of George W. anil Phoebe (Meazel) Pierce. 
 George Pierce, the grandfather of Mrs. Conrad 
 was a planter of North Carolina, and her father, 
 George W. Pierce, was a prosperous merchant and 
 highly respected citizen of the same State, lie 
 died early in life, and left one child. Mrs. Pierce 
 married Thomas Hardin, and bore him a son and 
 daughter, and came with her family to Illinois in 
 an early day. The Pierce family were of the 
 Baptist persuasion, but our subject and his wife 
 are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Conrad are the parents of nine children, seven 
 of whom are now surviving. The sons and daugh- 
 ters are: J. May, George H., William II. and Ed- 
 ward E. (twins), Orville, Ollie and Bertha. 
 
 .Mr. Conrad is politically a Republican, and 
 takes an active interest in the outcome of local 
 and national issues. He has won his way upward 
 by energetic effort and is an earnest, self-reliant 
 and patriotic American citizen. 
 
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 ON. I1ENKY C. WALLACE, of Lexington, 
 Mo., was born August 18, 1823, in Wood- 
 ford County, Ky., a son of Henry and 
 Elizabeth Wallace, the latter a daughter of 
 George Carlyle, a soldier of the Revolutionary 
 War,a native of Virginia and a resident of Wood- 
 ford County. Our subject is a descendant of one 
 
 of the oldest and most honored families of the 
 ■•dark and bloody ground." His ancestors are 
 traced back to Scotland, but in this country they 
 made their first settlement in Pennsylvania and 
 later in Virginia. His grandfather. Caleb Wallace, 
 was among the first settlers in that portion of Vir- 
 ginia which was afterward taken into the State 
 of Kentucky. In the year 1792 he was a member 
 of four successive conventions at Danville prepar- 
 atory to the separation of Kentucky from Virginia. 
 
 Caleb Wallace, grandfather of our subject, was 
 also a member of the Constitutional Convention 
 which formed the first constitution of Kentucky 
 at Danville in 1 7:»2. as well as a member of the 
 Constitutional Convention that framed the second 
 constitution of Kentucky at Frankfort in 1797; 
 also a Presidential Elector from Kentucky in 1797, 
 when John Adams was elected President, and was 
 one of the first Judges of the Court of Appeals of 
 Kentucky, appointed in 1792, soon after that State- 
 was admitted into the Union. He served for 
 twenty years in the latter capacity, associated with 
 the most distinguished jurists of Kentucky's early 
 history, and resided successively in Lincoln, Fay- 
 ette and Woodford Counties. 
 
 The father of our subject, (apt. Henry Wallace, 
 was born in Kentucky March 24, 1792, soon after 
 the admission of the State, and is supposed to have 
 been the first male child born in the State after 
 its admission into the Union. Capt. Wallace was 
 a soldier of the War of 1812 with England under 
 Gen. William II. Harrison, and served with that 
 officer in the North, which was then known as the 
 Northwest Territory, against the hostile Indians, 
 who were incited to deeds of violence by British 
 emissaries. He participated in the battle of Mas- 
 sissinway December 18,1812. After the war, Capt 
 Wallace became a farmer and a prominent and in- 
 fluential citizen of Woodford County, Ky., until 
 the spring of 1844, when he removed to Missouri 
 and settled in Lexington and resided in that vicin- 
 ity until his death. May 27, 1875. He was a man 
 of high moral character and unspotted integ- 
 rity, a useful member of society and long con- 
 nected with the Baptist Church. At his death at 
 the advanced age of eighty-three years, he was 
 mourned by his numerous children and grand- 
 
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 children, as well as by many of bis fellow-citizens. 
 The Hon. Caleb Wallace, the eldest brother of the 
 subject of this sketch, was a member of the Senate 
 of Kentucky, from Boyle County, in 1850 and 
 1851. 
 
 Henry C. Wallace enjoyed the advantages of 
 Sinking Spring Academy in bis native county and 
 was attending Center College at Danville, Ky.,when 
 bis father emigrated to Missouri, but was forced by 
 impaired health, resulting from a long and severe 
 attack of typhoid fever, to leave college in 1844. 
 Although his health gradually improved after he 
 removed to Missouri, it did not permit of his re- 
 suming his collegiate course, but he continued to 
 prosecute his studies during several years with 
 such assistance as he could then secure at Lexing- 
 ton. In 1847, he commenced to teach school in 
 that town, which calling he continued for a year 
 and a-half, after which he began the study of law 
 with F. C. Sharp, his brother-in-law, now deceased. 
 This gentleman afterward became a prominent 
 member of the St. Louis Bar and is remembered 
 for his legal ability. Mr. Wallace was admitted to 
 practice in 1849, and after pursuing his profession 
 for eighteen months with good success he attended 
 the law school at Louisville, Ky., being graduated 
 from that institution in 1851. He then returned 
 to Lexington and has ever since been assiduously 
 engaged in the study and practice of law. 
 
 Although often solicited by his fellow-citizens 
 to become a candidate for Representative and 
 Senator in the General Assembly, and by the Bar 
 to suffer his name to be used as a candidate for 
 Judge of the Circuit Court, he has always declined, 
 preferring the practice of his profession to the 
 emoluments of office. Other than having held the 
 Office of Justice of the Peace and that of City At- 
 torney, each from 184!) to 1853, he had never until 
 his election to the Constitutional Convention, 
 which met in 1875, desired to hold official posi- 
 tion. The large vote he received when elected to 
 the Constitutional Convention, in the three coun- 
 ties composing the Seventeenth Senatorial District, 
 La Fayette, Pettis and Saline, evinced the estima- 
 tion in which he is held by bis fellow-citizens. 
 The proceedings of that convention will best attest 
 the extent of his labors and the influence that he 
 
 exercised in forming the organic law of the State. 
 In religion our subject is a Baptist, belonging 
 to the First Baptist Church of Lexington, and is 
 and has been for twelve successive years Modera- 
 tor of the LaFayette and Johnson Association. 
 He is also a Knight Templar Mason. Politically, 
 he was an old-line Whig, bu1 since the dissolution 
 of that party he has affiliated with and is a warm 
 supporter of the Democratic party. Mr. Wallace 
 married. June 4, 1863, .Miss Lizzie Sharp, sister of 
 I". C. Sharp above mentioned, and daughter of 
 Absalom M. Sharp, of Christian County. Ky. By 
 her he has live children surviving, three boys and 
 two iiirls, the eldest being in his twenty-seventh 
 year. In stature. Mr. Wallace is somewhat below 
 the medium height, but of compact build and ath- 
 letic form. His face corresponds with his physique, 
 indicating earnestness and strength of character. 
 In his social intercourse he is geniai, polite and 
 entertaining, at all times affable and gentleman^- 
 in his demeanor. While giving due attention to 
 the amenities of life and to his duties as an earnest 
 Christian, he may be said to have devoted himself 
 mainly to his profession. 
 
 Selecting the law as his sphere, early in life Mr. 
 Wallace had devoted his energies to that, ignoring 
 other aspirations to make himself what he is to- 
 day, a thorough master of legal science in all its 
 ramifications. The common law, the statutes of 
 Missouri, the history, progress and growth of jur- 
 isprudence, as well as the higher and more abstruse 
 principles of equity, are all completely at his com- 
 mand, constituting him a leader of the Bar, which 
 position is readily conceded him by his associates. 
 As a practitioner he is cautious, vigilant and inde- 
 fatigable, contesting every point with unyielding 
 tenacity and employing his vast store of legal 
 knowledge in sustaining his positions and attack- 
 ing those of his adversary. In argument. Mr. 
 Wallace is clear, forcible, logical and convincing, 
 his irreproachable personal character and untarn- 
 ished honor giving him great weight with juries, 
 and his known ability and learning equally im- 
 pressing the Bench. In the Supreme Court of 
 Missouri, where he enjoys a large practice, no one 
 has achieved greater successes than he. his years of 
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 place. He attended a private school until fifteen 
 years of age, and then prepared for college at 
 Pleasant Hill Academy, where he spent two years. 
 In 1872 he entered William Jewell College, 
 where he pursued his studies for six years, gradu- 
 ating in 1878 from the classical course. In the 
 fall of 1878, having fitted himself for the minis- 
 try, our subject took the pastorate of the Baptist 
 Church of Lamar, in Barton County, this State, 
 where he remained for two years. In the fall of 
 1880, he was elected to the chair of Greek and 
 Latin in the Southwest Baptist College, at Bolivar, 
 this State, and held the position for four years, at 
 the same time performing the pastoral duties of 
 the First Baptist Church of that place. 
 
 In 1884, the Rev. Mr. Wilson was elected to the 
 Presidency of the Pierce City College, and for 
 four years maintained his connections with that 
 institution, during which time it advanced greatly 
 in comparative standing, and his severance with it 
 was attended by the regret of Trustees and patrons. 
 He came to Lexington in 1888, and for three years 
 held the position as Principal of the college. In 
 the fall of 1891 he became President of the Baptist 
 Female College, which position he still holds. 
 This institution has at the present time an enroll- 
 ment of about one hundred and thirty-five stu- 
 dents, and the faculty numbers thirteen members. 
 It is one of the oldest institutions of the kind in 
 the West, having been founded in 1855. 
 
 Such branches as tend to the development of the 
 more refined side of woman's character receive 
 special attention at the Baptist College, and art 
 and music are departments which rank in thor- 
 oughness with many Fastern institutions. In 
 1880, President Wilson married Miss Carrie (.'.. 
 a daughter of Mr. Jesse Smith, of Illinois. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Wilson are the parents of four children. 
 They have but one daughter living, Grace J. 
 
 The family residence is in the college building, 
 and the taste which Mrs. Wilson brings to the ar- 
 rangement of the house adds greatly to its attrac- 
 tiveness. The school has made a steady and sub- 
 stantial growth since its founding, and now ranks 
 among the first in the State. President Wilson is 
 a noble gentleman, beside being an enthusiastic 
 educator, ami i> an earnest, faithful Baptist minis- 
 
 ter. His cultured and genial wife is especially 
 adapted to fill the important and responsible posi- 
 tion of foster-mother to the man)' young women 
 who are brought into more or le>s close relations 
 with her. She is virtually matron of the institu- 
 tion, and her admirable and ladylike bearing and 
 her Christian examplecannot but be of inestimable 
 value, and will be felt in the lives of the young 
 ladies who go out from this institution for long 
 years to come. The grade of scholarship is of the 
 very highest order, and the mental and moral 
 training of the pupils is of the best kind. 
 
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 \17 EWIS W. COX. Our subject is one of the 
 I (7S| thrifty and successful farmers of La Fayette 
 J-— >v\ County, whose success redounds not only 
 to the splendid condition of the country, but to 
 his own good qualities. Mr. Cox now resides on 
 section 28, Dover Township. He is a native of 
 this county, and was born in 1884. His father, 
 Solomon Cox, who was born in Virginia, moved to 
 Missouri in 1817. His mother was before her mar- 
 riage Miss Deborah Collins, also a native of Vir- 
 ginia. 
 
 Mr. Cox passed his boyhood in his native place, 
 laying the foundation of a good education in the 
 public schools near his home. He was reared 
 as a farmer's boy, with a practical knowledge of 
 the duties incident to farm life. At the age of 
 twenty-four he began farming on his own account, 
 and since that time has been continuously en- 
 gaged in general farming and stock-raising. 
 
 The tract of which our subject is the owner com- 
 prises three hundred and twenty-five acres of as 
 good land as there is in the vicinity of Dover. It 
 is all under cultivation, and well improved. While 
 the gold fever was still at its height, in 1852, Mr. 
 Cox went to California by the overland route, and 
 after a long and tedious trip, in which, however, 
 he saw more of the country through which he 
 passed than it is possible to see in the present mode 
 of travel, he reached the Golden State, where he 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 spent eighteen months in prospecting. In 1854 he 
 
 retraced his steps and returned to La Fayette 
 County. That same spring, however, he again went 
 to California, and again remained two years, in 
 
 1856 returning to La Fayette County. 
 
 November 17, 18.38, our subject was married to 
 .Miss Eliza Fletcher, a daughter of .lames Fletcher, 
 a native of Virginia, and one of the early settlers 
 in Missouri. The years that they have passed to- 
 gether since have been tilled with the content that 
 follows happiness. They have been the parents 
 of nine children, there being four sons and five 
 daughters, whose names are Rovella, Nancy D., 
 Lillie B., May. William I).. Charles, Fletcher, Frank, 
 and Pearl. 
 
 In his political views Mr. Cox gives the weight 
 of his vote and influence to the Democratic 
 party, and his fidelity- has been demonstrated by 
 the fact that he has been content to wait for years 
 for their moment of triumph. In their religious 
 preference, both our subject and his wife are de- 
 voted members of the Christian Church, and kindly 
 in disposition and generous with their means, they 
 have been found to be most helpful factors in the 
 social part of this community. 
 
 ENRY C. SCHWARTZ, the accommodating 
 } and ellieient Postmaster at IIigi>insville, 
 was born in Warren County, Mo., near 
 Hopewell, October 10, 1855. His father, 
 Frederick, was born in Prussia, near Minden, and 
 the grandfather was a wealthy farmer of Prussia, 
 where he died. The father was a farmer in his 
 native land, and in 1835 came to America, pro- 
 ceeding via New Orleans and St. Louis to Warren 
 County, Mo., where lie became one of the early 
 settlers of Smith's Creek, and improved a farm of 
 several hundred acres. At this place he died in 
 1862, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, of which denomination lie was a faithful 
 member. In politics lie adhered to the principles 
 
 of the Republican party. His wife, Fredrecka 
 Ilasenjaeer, was born in Prussia, and died in 1863 
 in Warren County, Mo. Four children yet living 
 were born of this union, of whom our subject is 
 the second. The others are: Charles, a farmer of 
 Davis Township, this county; Caroline, now Mrs. 
 Schlechte, residing near Worden, 111.; and William, 
 a resident of Lowell, St. Louis. 
 
 Our subject was reared to farm life, and at the 
 age of seven or eight was apprenticed to Adolphus 
 Wehrmann, with whom he remained until the age 
 of sixteen years. He was among the first Ger- 
 man settlers of Dover Township, this county. 
 In 1869 he came to this place and engaged on a 
 farm. His educational advantages had not satis- 
 fied him, and he continued working in this local- 
 ity until he earned enough to pay his expenses at 
 school. In 1875 he entered the Central Wesleyan 
 College, at Warrenton, Mo., where he remained 
 for two years, taking the academic course. Dur- 
 ing the summer he taught school, and in 1877 he 
 entered the University of Missouri at Columbia 
 and continued there in the classical course until 
 the spring of 1880, which brought him to the sen- 
 ior year, and then he left the university to com- 
 mence the study of law. This study he pursued 
 two years, but did not continue it, as he found it 
 was not to his taste. 
 
 At this time Mr. Schwartz was made Principal 
 of the Higginsville public schools. In 1882 he 
 entered the Bank of Higginsville as Assistant 
 Cashier and continued there until August, 1881. 
 At that time he purchased the 3fissouri Thalbole at 
 Concordia, which he published for three years. In 
 L888 he returned to Higginsville and resumed the 
 study of law, but in -Inly, 1889, he was appointed 
 Postmaster of the city by President Harrison and 
 immediately took charge of the office. He owns 
 | a one-half interest in the Higginsville Advance, a 
 weekly Republican paper. His residence is in 
 North Higginsville. 
 
 At Concordia m 1888, Mr. Schwartz married 
 Miss Charlotte Mueller, who was born in La l'ay- 
 i ette County, and is a daughter of Adam Mueller, 
 a prominent farmer. One child, Herbert, is the re- 
 sult of this union. In political matters our subject 
 is a true-blue Republican and has been very active 
 
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 Y i ' i i i i i 
 
 in political affairs in the county. For the past 
 seven or eight years he has been Secretary of the 
 Republican County Committee, both in county and j 
 State Conventions. In 1888 he was Republican 
 nominee for Representative from La Fayette 
 County, and although he was not elected he ran 
 considerabl}' ahead of his ticket. Me has also been 
 nominated for other county ollices. Since he be- 
 came Postmaster the business of the office has in- 
 creased to a large extent. He is one of the most 
 accommodating officials in the county and is well 
 liked by all who know him. 
 
 ENRY IIADKR is an old settler and a 
 prominent agriculturist, living in town- 
 ship 49, range 26, La Fayette County. 
 
 j©) He is a native of Prussia, and was born 
 April 2, 1841, his parents being John G. and Wil- 
 helmena Hader, both natives of the Fatherland. 
 The Hader family emigrated to the United States 
 in 1855, taking passage at Bremen on a sailing- 
 vessel, and after a tedious voyage, such as one 
 usually had to endure on a sailing-vessel, landed 
 in New York City and thence proceeded to La 
 Fayette, Ind., later coming to this county. The3* 
 first located smith of Concordia and there lived 
 for a number of years, and then moved to the 
 farm which our subject now occupies, coming here 
 in 1866. Both parents died in 1885. Of their 
 children the following survive: John, Frederick, 
 Henry, Ernest, August; Wilhelmena, wife of Will- 
 iam Ertmann; and Emma, wife of Henry Kulh- 
 mann. 
 
 Our subject's father was a member of the Baptist 
 Church, and he and his wife were both devoted 
 workers in the same. Their decease was greatly 
 mourned among the best people here, for both were 
 esteemed for their sterling traits of character. They 
 were very successful in their business affairs and 
 brought up their children in comfort. 
 
 Our subject received a fair education while still 
 a resident of his native land. Since coming to 
 
 America he has picked up a fair knowledge of 
 English and a good practical knowledge of busi- 
 ness methods. He has been a lifelong farmer, 
 whose methods in his work are dominated by in- 
 telligence and a broad study of the best systems 
 employed by others. 
 
 Henry Hader was married October 20, 1866, to 
 Miss Caroline Breipohl, and by her he has become 
 the father of the following children: Minnie, who 
 is the wife of Lewis Johnson; Lewis, Martha, 
 August, Bertha, Otto, Paulina, Theodore and Wal- 
 ter. Mr. Hader is the owner of two hundred and 
 fifty-seven acres of good land. He has placed 
 upon it excellent improvements and has made of 
 it a valuable tract. During the war he served 
 about ten months in the Union army, being a 
 member of the State Militia. In politics, he is a 
 Republican, and is a member of the Baptist Church, 
 in which he has served as Clerk. As a citizen our 
 subject is highly esteemed, and his opinions are 
 held in respect by his friends and neighbors. 
 
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 , J. SLUSHER, a large land-owner and a 
 prosperous agriculturist, located upon sec- 
 tion 22, township 51, range 26, Lexington 
 Township, La Fayette County, Mo., is num- 
 bered among the prominent and influential citizens 
 of the State. Born March 5, 1829, in the same 
 township and county where he now resides, he is 
 thoroughly familiar with the history and detail of 
 the growth and upward progress of his portion of 
 the State, and always public-spirited and energetic, 
 has materially aided in the advancement of local 
 improvements and valuable enterprise. Our sub- 
 ject is the son of Christopher and Anne (Miles) 
 Slusher, both of his parents being of German de- 
 scent. 
 
 Christopher Slusher was a native of Pennsyl- 
 vania, and when eleven years of age removed to 
 Virginia, where he received his education and early 
 training, settling in La Fayette County, Mo., Oc- 
 tober 8, 1828, and, afterward dying in his new 
 
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 home, was deeply regretted by all who knew him. 
 An upright and useful citizen, lie always com- 
 manded the respect and esteem of old friends and 
 new, and was ever a kind husband and father. His 
 wife was a faithful companion and devoted mother, 
 and was also a native of the Quaker State. Our 
 subject passed his youthful years upon his father's 
 farm, and busily worked in the fields during the 
 spring and summer months, in winter attending 
 the subscription schools of the neighborhood. The 
 old homestead was blessed with the presence of 
 eleven children, of whom A. J. was the youngest. 
 Five of the brothers and sisters yet survive, and all 
 are filling positions of respect and honor. 
 
 Mr. Slusher, at the age of twenty-three years, 
 began to work for himself, and has made a life- 
 long business of farming. He now owns twelve 
 hundred and ten acres of valuable land, eight hun- 
 dred and fifty of which are under a high state of 
 cultivation, yielding an abundant harvest year by 
 year. Our subject has profitably devoted much of 
 his attention to handling" and raising stock, and 
 has been successful in his various ventures, adding 
 to his real estate from time to time. Mr. Slusher 
 was married to Miss Susan J. Woods in the month 
 of December, 1851. Mrs. Slusher is the daughter 
 of Archibald Woods, an old-time resident and na- 
 tive of La Fayette County, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Slusher have been the parents of ten children, of 
 whom seven are yet living, two sons and live 
 daughters. Anna E. is the wife of John Jones, of 
 Davis County, Mo. Lily Jane, the second daugh- 
 ter, is the -widow of "Robert Mason; Martha mar- 
 ried James Styvers, and resides in Saline County; 
 Lee J. is a citizen of La Fayette County; John D. 
 is still a member of the home circle; Nancy C. and 
 Bertie are both residing in the home of their par- 
 ents in La Fayette County. 
 
 Widely known and highly respected, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Slusher and their family are prominently 
 connected with local improvements, and actively 
 engage in social, benevolent and religious enter- 
 prises of their various homes and localities. In 
 political affiliations our subject was with the Dem- 
 ocratic party for many years, but now from prin- 
 ciple and conviction votes with the People's party. 
 and believes that the day will come when the party 
 
 he now advocates will be the coming power in both 
 State and national government. Nevera politician 
 in the common acceptation of the term, and never 
 desirous to hold public positions of trust, our sub- 
 ject, in common with all good citizens, realizes 
 the importance of entrusting great responsibilities 
 only in the hands of worthy and upright men. who 
 shall so conduct affairs of state that we may ever 
 be assured of peaceful, prosperous and constantly 
 advancing national existence. 
 
 *=pS>RAYIS IUFORD, of the firm of Buford & 
 m^\ Dysarf, proprietors of the Mammoth Liv- 
 v^sZ? ery Stable of Lexington, is a native of La 
 Fayette County, and was born October 1. 1847. 
 He is a son of Manvil T. and Elizabeth (Shelby) 
 Buford. The ancestry on both sides of the house 
 were Englishmen, who first settled in Virginia. Our 
 subject's grandfather. Simeon Buford, was the first 
 native Kentuckian in the family. His son, who is 
 also our subject's father, came from Woodford 
 County, Ivy., and located in La Fayette County 
 among the first settlers in this locality. 
 
 The original of this sketch spent his boyhood 
 days on the farm in La Fayette County, and there 
 attended the district school up to the age of ei°h- 
 teen. He contributed his quota to the develop- 
 ment of the farm and remained with his father until 
 twenty years of age, when he began farming on his 
 own account, also raising slock quite extensively. 
 
 Our subject was employed as above stated until 
 L880, when he came to Lexington and engaged in 
 the grocery business for three years. He then sold 
 out his business and returned to the farm, upon 
 which he lived until March, l<s;n, when he again 
 returned to Lexington and launched into the busi- 
 ness which he now conducts. The firm doe> a 
 general livery business, also furnishes teams, hacks 
 and hearses for funerals. Their barn is a roomy 
 building, 50x140 feet in dimensions, and in it 
 they keep forty head of horses. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRATHICAL RECORD. 
 
 In polities, our subject is a standi Democrat. 
 He is a member of Dover Lodge No. 122. A. F. & 
 A. M. He is also a member of the Royal Arch 
 Chapter, and a member of Orion Lodge No. 15. 
 I. 0. 0. F. In the winter of 1867, Mr. Buford 
 was married to Miss Alice Shelby, daughter of 
 Thomas Shelby, of this county. They had one 
 son. William B., now a resident of Richmond, Ray 
 County, this State. In 1871 Mrs. Alice Buford 
 died, and two years later Mr. Buford married his 
 present wife, who was a Miss Mattie E. Cordon, of 
 this city. They are the parents of two sons, Linn 
 B., who is a student of Wentworth Academy in 
 this city, and Manvil T., an interesting and mis- 
 chievous school boy as yet. The family residence 
 is a pleasant place, located on Franklin Avenue. 
 
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 D. RAGLAND, M.D., has been engaged in 
 active practice for forty-four years and, as 
 I 1 he says, "expects to die in the harness." 
 S-^< He was born in Hanover County. Ya., No- 
 vember 3, 1826, and is a son of Evan ( ). Ragland, 
 who was also born in that county, August 17, 
 1799. Our subject's grandfather, Evan Ragland, 
 was a native of South Wales, and the latter 's wife, 
 who was before her marriage Judith Turner, was 
 born in Scotland. The mother of our subject, who 
 bore the maiden name of Calvary Hope, was a 
 daughter of Benjamin B. Hope, a native of Wales, 
 while her mother was born in England. 
 
 Evan O. Ragland participated in the War of 
 I « I :', and was with Gen. Jackson at New Orleans. 
 He was married in Virginia and emigrated to 
 Tennessee in 1835, settling on a farm in AVilson 
 County, where lie resided until his death in 1850. 
 His wife survived him several years, departing this 
 life in 1865. To this worthy couple was born 
 a family of twelve children, seven sons and live 
 daughters. Three sons and a daughter are now 
 living, and during the Civil War four sons were 
 in the service. Luther was killed at the battle of 
 Franklin, and Evan 0., Jr., met his death in the 
 
 battle of Lookout Mountain. The parents were 
 faithful members of the Christian Church, in which 
 the father held the office of Elder. He was act- 
 ively interested in politics, being a Jefferson ian 
 and Jackson Democrat of the deepest dye. 
 
 Dr. Ragland, whose name heads this sketch, is 
 the eldest child of his father's family, and removed 
 from his native State to Tennessee at the age of 
 eleven years. He received superior educational 
 advantages, his primary schooling being that of the 
 district. He afterward attended Irving College 
 near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn. In the 
 winter of 1846 and 1847 he took a course of lec- 
 tures at the Louisville Medical College, from which 
 institution he graduated in the spring of 1848, and 
 at once began practice at Gallatin, Sumner County, 
 Tenn. In 1852 he landed in Missouri, coming at 
 once to La Fayette Countj T , where he located six 
 miles southwest of Wellington, and from there, in 
 November, 1860, removed to this place, having 
 made this city his home up to the present time. 
 He is the oldest doctor and has a more extensive 
 practice than any member of his profession in this 
 portion of the county. 
 
 In 1847 the Doctor was married to Miss Laura 
 Ann Buler, who was born in Jefferson County, 
 Ky., November 9, 1829, and was the daughter of 
 Charles I). Buler. To the Doctor and his wife 
 nine children were born, only two of whom are 
 now living, Charles Drydcn and John Edwin. 
 The mother of these children was called to her 
 final abode in April, 1869. In 1872 Dr. Ragland 
 married Miss White Embree, a native of Cooper 
 County, Mo., and daughter of George W. Embree. 
 Mrs. Ragland was born in May, 1853, and is the 
 mother of one daughter. Georgie Hope. Our 
 subject has given his children good educations, 
 his son, Charles D., being at present County School 
 Commissioner, and said to be the most efficient 
 one this county has ever had, and John Edwin 
 was educated at the Warrensburgh State Normal 
 School. 
 
 On the breaking out of the Civil War our subject 
 was Assistant Surgeon in Joe Shelby's regiment 
 and after the battle of Carthage remained with the 
 wounded till the battle of Wilson Creek. He then 
 proceeded with the army to Lexington and was 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 Assistant Hospital Surgeon at that point. He con- 
 tinued with his regiment until after the battle of 
 Jackson and bore the rank of Major. He has al- 
 ways been much interested in politics, having been 
 a Democrat since attaining his majority and hav- 
 ing served as delegate to many conventions, 
 county, State and congressional, lie has made 
 many public speeches and is an orator of no small 
 ability. He is President of the Cleveland Stone 
 Democratic Club of Wellington, and also Vice- 
 president of the Ratification Club at Lexington. 
 
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 LVTN KENSLER, a representative and ex- 
 tensive agriculturist and energetic and 
 successful business man, now residing upon 
 a highly improved farm of five hundred 
 and thirty-five acres located on section 27, town- 
 ship 51, range 26, Lexington Township, La Fayette 
 County. Mo., is numbered among the progressive 
 and enterpiising citizens of the State. Our sub- 
 ject was born in Knox County, Ind., November 30, 
 1840, and is the son of David and Anna (King) 
 Kensler, both natives of Virginia and bom in 
 Wythe County. Alvin passed the first eleven years 
 of his life in his birthplace and then removed with 
 the family to Lawrence County. 1 11., making his 
 home in the latter State, where he remained until 
 twenty-five years of age. 
 
 The boyhood days of our subject were spent 
 upon his father's farm and in attending the 
 district school of the neighborhood. In the year 
 1870, Mr. Kensler went to Montana for change 
 of climate, and having materially improved in 
 health, at the expiration of one year located in 
 La Fayette County, Mo., which had immediately 
 previous to his departure been his home. July 
 22, 1871, he began work in a sawmill conducted 
 by W. II. Robnett and remained in this employ- 
 ment four years. Our subject next devoted his 
 time to buying grain for L. W.Womwag, of Berlin, 
 La Fayette Count}*, one of the largest shippers in 
 that portion of the State. At the expiration of 
 
 four years as a grain buyer, Mr. Kensler, in the fall 
 of 1878, took a contract for all the timber within 
 ten miles of the Chicago & Alton Railroad. Our 
 subject also engaged in the grocery business, and 
 for a time kept a saloon at Higginsville, La Fay- 
 ette County. In the fall of 1881, he removed I" 
 Odessa, where he then had an interest in a saloon. 
 In June, 1883, he engaged in a partnership with 
 Grove Young in the dry-goods business in Odessa 
 for one year. 
 
 In 1884, Mr. Kensler entered into business rela- 
 tions with James Petticord, which continued for 
 some time, and in 1886 engaged in the milling busi- 
 ness, which he profitably conducted the succeeding 
 four years. Among the interesting events in the life 
 of our subject occurring prior to this period was 
 his purchase of a lottery ticket January 9, 1882. 
 which subsequently drew from the Louisiana Lot- 
 tery the magnificent sum of 875,000. In 1891, 
 Mr. Kensler removed to his present home and has 
 been devoting himself since to the improvement 
 and culture of his valuable and extensive farm, 
 one of the best located and most productive in the 
 vicinity. The pleasant and commodious home was 
 shared by his estimable wife and one son. The 
 wife died July 12, 1885. Our subject was married 
 January 22, 1884, to Miss Belle Jane, a daughter 
 of Thomas Slusher, one of the early residents 
 and most highly respected citizens of La Fayette 
 County. Mrs. Kensler was reared and educated 
 near her present home and has a wide acquaint- 
 ance and many earnest friends. The young son, 
 Thomas Earl, was born October 6, 1884, and is now 
 a bright and promising lad of eight years. 
 
 Although Mr. Kensler is mostly engaged in the 
 pursuit of general agriculture, some very fine stocls 
 can be found upon his large and finely conducted 
 farm, which in every part shows excellent and 
 thrifty management. Our subject affiliates with 
 the Masons and is a member of Odessa Lodge. 
 A. F. & A. M., and is widely known among the 
 order. In political association he is a Democrat, 
 having always been connected with the party, and 
 although never aspiring to political distinction is 
 interested in the national and local issues of the 
 day. Always ■■> law-abiding, industrious and able 
 citizen, Mr. Kensler is ever ready to assisl in enter- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
 prises benevolent, social or business of his imme- 
 diate neighborhood and vicinity, and is an im- 
 portant factor in local progress and improvement. 
 
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 yl\ MILNOR, a prominent business man 
 and dealer in lumber, building materials, 
 lime, cement, blinds, and various minor 
 articles used for constructive purposes, has been a 
 resident of Waverly for nearly twenty years and 
 is now one of the most popular -'City Fathers" of 
 this enterprising town. Since the location of our 
 subject in La Fayette County he has been prosper- 
 ously connected with many of the leading inter- 
 ests of Missouri, and is widely known as an ener- 
 getic and progressive citizen. The place of his 
 nativity was Washington County. Va., where he 
 was born in lM-s. His father, W. P. Milnor, was 
 born in Pennsylvania and received his earl}' edu- 
 cation in the staid old (Quaker State. His wife was 
 Miss Laura A. White, a daughter of Joseph White, 
 of Virginia. The paternal grandfather, John P. 
 Milnor, was a native of New York, an excellent 
 man and worthy citizen. 
 
 The Milnors were of Scotch-Irish descent, and 
 combining the characteristics of both nationalities 
 have ever been among the law-abiding and highly 
 esteemed citizens of this great Republic. Mr. Mil- 
 nor spent the days of his boyhood in the Old 
 Dominion and received his primary education in 
 the subscription schools of Washington County. 
 After leaving school he fitted himself for business, 
 and in 1867 accepted a position as foreman of a 
 corps of hands engaged in the construction of 
 bridges in Virginia. Possessing indomitable en- 
 orgy, ability and determination to succeed in all 
 work in which he might engage, our subject re- 
 tained this position four years. 
 
 In 1874, Mr. Milnor came to Missouri and 
 finally settling in Waverly, operated a sawmill, 
 continuing in this business for eight years. Our 
 subject then entered into the business of con- 
 
 tracting, and prospering in this line of work added 
 to his other interests in the year 1890 by open- 
 ing an extensive lumber-yard. His trade, large 
 from the first, is rapidly increasing, and as he car- 
 ries an immense stock he is able to fill all orders 
 without loss of time, a fact highly appreciated by 
 his many customers. Mr. Milnor lias a commodi- 
 ous and attractive home in the city, and has been 
 twice married. The first wife of our subject was 
 Miss Susan M. Fulcher. to whom he was united in 
 marriage in 1874. Mrs. Susan M. (Fulcher) Mil- 
 nor was the daughter of William Fulcher, a native 
 of Kentucky . 
 
 Mr. Milnor was united to his present wife in 
 1883. This estimable lady was Miss Virginia, a 
 daughter of William R. White, a well-known resi- 
 dent of Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Milnor are valued 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 South and are among the active aids in the vari- 
 ous benevolent and social enterprises of that re- 
 ligious denomination. Mr. Milnor is a member of 
 Waverly Lodge No. 61, A. F. & A. M., and is also 
 connected with Middleton Lodge, A. O. V. W. 
 Our subject has been prominently associated with 
 the Democratic party, and, possessing the esteem 
 and confidence of his fellow-citizens, was elected 
 Alderman from the Second Ward, and discharges 
 the various duties of his official position with effi- 
 ciency, distinguishing himself in behalf of local 
 improvement and reform. Progressive in his 
 ideas and business methods, our subject is prompt 
 in action, public-spirited and reliable and justly 
 deserves the sincere regard awarded him by a host 
 of friends and accpiaintances. 
 
 
 I.I.I AI 1 TRUE, an honored and prominent 
 |U| citizen, familiarly known throughout the 
 JL_v state of Missouri as Maj. True, has been a 
 resident of Marshall, Saline County, for many 
 years, and numbers his true and earnest friends by 
 the score. In early days our subject was a success- 
 ful agriculturist, and through excellent manage- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 591 
 
 ment acquired a competence, and now retired from 
 active business duties enjoys the pleasing con- 
 sciousnessof a well-spent life. Maj. True was born 
 in Fayette County, Ky., near ( bilesburgh, January 
 17, 1K27. His paternal grandfather was a native 
 of Virginia, and a prosperous farmer in the Old 
 Dominion. He was of English descent, and early 
 removed to La Fayette County, Mo., and died 
 there. 
 
 Grandfather James True was the father of a 
 large family, one of whom, the father of our subject, 
 William, was born in Albemarle Countj', Va. He 
 was reared in Kentucky, and served in the War of 
 L812, and was wounded in the arm while defend- 
 ing himself from the attack of an Indian, lie was 
 a strong Whig in politics, and followed the pur- 
 suit of farming up to the time of his death, in 
 1835. His wife, Ellen White, was born in Fayette 
 County, Ky., and was a daughter of John White, 
 a farmer of Kentucky, but a native of Virginia. 
 He passed away in Kentucky, and his wife died in 
 1856. The parents of Maj. True were the father 
 and mother of five children, of whom but two sur- 
 vive. 
 
 Our subject is the third child of the family, and 
 was reared on the homestead, and attended private 
 and boarding schools for several years. In 1845 
 Maj. True first came to Missouri to invest, and 
 traveled throughout the State, and this time made 
 the trip from Kentucky by water. lie then re- 
 turned home and remained there until 1851, when 
 he again journeyed to Missouri and spent one 
 year in this State, trading in large bodies of land. 
 Among the property he then owned was some in 
 the vicinity of Slater, but there was no evidence 
 of the future town then. In 1N.32. in company 
 with a partner from Marshall, he took a drove of 
 cattle and mules to California. Twenty or thirty 
 men were in the party, and they journeyed slowly 
 to Laramie, Salt Lake City and South Pass to 
 Marysville, and were three months on the way. 
 
 Maj. True did not at once dispose of his cattle 
 and mules, but kept them about seven months, and 
 then sold out, and returned by the way of Santa 
 Fe and Panama and New Orleans to Missouri, 
 and thence back to Kentucky. Our subject 
 now remained some time in Kentucky with his 
 
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 mother, and farmed there in the Blue Grass !>'<- 
 gion. In 1862 he entered the Confederate service 
 under the command of John Morgan, Eighth Ken- 
 tucky Cavalry, acting as Serjeant-Major for a 
 time, and was in a number of raids. He was 
 taken sick and on the advance at Owensville 
 was made prisoner and paroled and sent to John- 
 son Island. He remained there several months, 
 being on the sick list, then went to Virginia. 
 and soon rejoined the men, who were reorgan- 
 ized under Gen. Morgan. There were some 
 of the Eighth Cavalry in the command, and our 
 subject was soon in the thick of the battle again, 
 and was on the field at Greenfield when Morgan, 
 mortally wounded, breathed his last. In one 
 day alone Maj. True was engaged three times in 
 battle and was wounded at Bull's (Jap. lie was 
 shot in the head, badly hurt in the right arm. and 
 lacerated in the muscles, and was now obliged to 
 remain in the hospital for some time. 
 
 Soon after this the Confederate army surren- 
 dered and our subject was paroled and sent home, 
 arriving in 1865. His mother had died in the 
 meantime, and Maj. True now had nothing to 
 keep him in Kentucky, and soon found his way to 
 Missouri and located near Slater, on a farm lie 
 owned there.' At the close of three years, hi' 
 rented his farm and came to Marshall, and since 
 then has bought several different places. His 
 farm contains about five hundred acres, and is 
 situated close to the river, near Old Cambridge. 
 It is highly improved and has excellent and com- 
 modious buildings upon it. The Major rents the 
 farm on shares and stocks it himself. His resi- 
 dence on Odell Avenue is one of the most attrac- 
 tive in Marshall. Our subject was married in 
 Saline County, near Slater, on December 20, 1867, 
 to Miss Fannie I). Richardson, born in Saline 
 County, and a daughter of li. I). Richardson, a 
 native of Virginia, and an early settler and 
 farmer in Missouri. Maj. True and his accom- 
 plished and highly esteemed wile have one child, 
 a daughter. Mary J. 
 
 The family attends the Baptisl Church, and our 
 subject is among the valued members and workers 
 of that religious body. Maj. True is interested 
 always in the advancement of public improve- 
 
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 ment, and was mainly instrumental in inducing 
 the Chicago & Alton to locate and bring a con- | 
 tinuation of their line to Marshall. In political 
 affiliations our subject is invariably a Democrat, 
 and faithful to the principles of the old leader, 
 the immortal Jackson, believes that right and 
 justice will prevail. 
 
 
 55 
 
 JAMES F. SMITH. La Fayette County has 
 a reputation throughout the State of Mis- 
 souri for its well-cultivated farms and fine 
 class of citizens. Among the independent 
 farmers who have achieved considerable success, 
 we take pleasure in mentioning the subject of this 
 sketch, who is located on section 18, township 49, 
 range 26. A native of Linn County, he was born 
 February 9, 1854, and is therefore at the present 
 time in the full vigor and prime of his useful 
 life. 
 
 Jeremiah and Jane (Clark) Smith, the parents 
 of our subject, were both natives of the South, the 
 father having been born in Kentucky, and the 
 mother in South Carolina. The family removed 
 to Schuyler County, Mo., during the '40s, and re- 
 sided there for several years; thence they removed 
 to Sheridan County, Mo., where they remained for 
 some time, afterward locating in Linn County, 
 where they made their home for a number of 
 years. In 1868 Mr. Smith removed with his fam- 
 ily to La Fayette County, and in the fall of 1869 
 he settled upon the farm of Rev. J. II. Jennings, 
 where he died in 1882. He had been married four 
 times. Of his first union one son, Madison L., sur- 
 vives; Thomas J. is the onty living child born of 
 the second marriage; the children of the third 
 union are: William I)., James F., George W. 
 and Alonzo L. In his political opinions, Mr. 
 Smith advocated Democratic principles, and was 
 one of the most public-spirited men of his sec- 
 tion. 
 
 Since 1868 our subject has been a resident of 
 La Fayette County, and continuously so with the 
 
 exception of several months spent jn Colorado 
 prospecting and mining, and about eleven months 
 when he was traveling through the States of Texas, 
 Illinois and Iowa. Although he was afforded the 
 best advantages of the common-school system in 
 his locality, he is practically self-educated, and is 
 a well-informed and intelligent man. 
 
 The first marriage of our subject Vas with Miss 
 Martha, a daughter of the late Rev. J. H. Jen- 
 nings, of this county. By that marriage there 
 was but one child added to the family, Ida 
 M. His second union was with Miss Lillie, the 
 daughter of Monroe Pool, formerly of this county, 
 luit now deceased. Six children have blessed this 
 marriage, as follows: Albert O., Nellie M., Ruby, 
 Arthur, Ernst and Walter; of these four are now 
 living. The fine farm of Mr. Smith contains one 
 hundred and eighty and three-fourth acres, which 
 is in an excellent state of cultivation. 
 
 Our subject is a Democrat in his political faith, 
 believing in the principles enunciated by the lead- 
 ers of that great party so many years ago. In his 
 church relationship he is highly valued, and is a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. 
 The considerable degree of success which has 
 crowned his earnest labors may well be the source 
 of deep gratification. Among the agriculturists 
 and stock-raisers of the county, Mr. Smith occu- 
 pies a foremost rank. 
 
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 *OHN D. ROBINSON, a successful farmer, 
 began agricultural duties upon his own ac- 
 count in his present location, section 1, 
 township 50, range 27, in Lexington Town- 
 ship, La Fayette County, Mo. His father, William 
 Robinson, was of Irish descent, but was a native of 
 Virginia. A man of courage, endurance and reso- 
 lution, he became, in 1818, one of the very early 
 pioneers of the Territory of Missouri, which was 
 not admitted into the Union until three years later, 
 assuming the dignity of Statehood in 1821. At 
 this time the State claimed a white population 
 
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 of about .sixty thousand souls, mainly located in 
 the larger cities, the farming districts and small 
 towns being very sparsely settled. 
 
 The mother of our subject was in her girlhood 
 Mis* Rebecca Nelson, a native of Tennessee and 
 an excellent wife and mother, who, unmurmuringlj 
 sharing the privations and laborious toil entailed 
 upon the pioneer women, aided her family upward, 
 caring for her children tenderly and encouraging 
 them in all possible educational improvement. 
 John Robinson was horn February 5, 1826, and 
 enjoyed the limited schooling attainable in the 
 little log house, where a few months of instruction 
 in the winter was all the teaching the farmer boys 
 received in those days. Their time was mostly 
 occupied in sowing, planting, and reaping the 
 harvest of their year's toil. The industrious habits 
 of Mr. Robinson's early life gave him the self- 
 reliance which well fitted him to battle man fully 
 with the cares of existence at a very youthful age. 
 
 In the year 1849, our subject, in company with 
 thousands, journeyed across the Great American 
 Desert, attracted to California by the fabulous 
 stories of the gold there attainable. Every inci- 
 dent of the interesting trip, each novel experience, 
 and the many peculiar people he encountered, are 
 all a store of interesting reminiscence, never to be 
 forgotten by Mr. Robinson. After several years 
 of labor in the Golden State, in which his time 
 was principally devoted to mining, our subject re- 
 turned to his home, reaching his native State in 
 L855. One year later, in 1856, he began the im- 
 provement of his home farm of two hundred acres, 
 and in the thirty-three years of continued resi- 
 dence has brought the land into a high state of 
 cultivation, and in a comfortable competence has 
 reaped the rich reward of energetic industry The 
 line stock raised upon the farm is a paying invest- 
 ment. 
 
 During the year 1857, Mr. Robinson was united 
 in marriage with Miss Caltha Cole, a native of La 
 Fayette County and a daughter of Jesse Cole, who 
 made his home in I he Territory of .Missouri when 
 it was in its early infancy. He arrived in the al- 
 most unbroken wilderness in l <s 1 7 , the date when 
 tlie Assembly applied for permission to frame a 
 stale Constitution preliminary to the admission 
 
 
 into the Union of Missouri. The population of 
 the farming country was scattering, and few 
 and far between were the towns and cities, but 
 about this time began the steadily increasing in- 
 flux of immigration from the surrounding Stale*. 
 and all were welcome. 
 
 Mr. and .Mr. Robinson, as natives of the county 
 which has been their lifetime home, enjoy the ac- 
 quaintance of an unusually large circle of friends, 
 and possess the esteem and confidence of all 
 who know them. Eye-witness of the growth ami 
 progress of Missouri, our subject has been ident- 
 ified with its best interests, aiding with intelligent 
 ability in local enterprise and improvement. Mr. 
 Robinson is a Democrat, and always a firm sup- 
 porter of the party, and is especially desirous to 
 secure for the management of local affairs the best 
 man for the place. An excellent and honored cit- 
 izen and worthy representative of the pioneers 
 who, braving all dangers, established their homes 
 upon the frontiers of the country, and by their 
 efforts made our nation what it is to-day, our 
 subject takes a foremost place m the early history 
 of Missouri. 
 
 "S^OBERT \V. KEENE, a prosperous agrieul- 
 lU^T turist and stock-raiser, handling :i higb 
 dv\V grade of cattle, is located upon section 23, 
 township 50, range 27. Lexington Township. 
 La Fayette County, Mo., and is well known as a 
 progressive citizen interested in all matters of local 
 improvement, but especially devoted to the cause 
 
 of educational advancement. Horn in G ge- 
 
 town, Scott County, Ky., November 21. 1821, our 
 subject is a descendant of the Revolutionary vet- 
 erans. The Keenes came from England in the Co- 
 lonial days, and soon established a reputation for 
 courage and patriotism, by bravely defending the 
 cause sacred to the American heart. 
 
 Thomas Keene was a man of sterling integrity 
 of character, and. fearless i, v nature, passed through 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 the privations of that wondrous campaign, the 
 Revolutionary War. He married, and became the 
 paternal grandfather of Robert W. Our subject 
 is the son of Richard T., a native of Maryland, 
 and a very early settler of Kentucky. The mother 
 of Mr. Keene was originally Miss Priscilla, daugh- 
 ter of Robert A. Wilmot, a native of Virginia. 
 Mr. Keene spent his youth in his birthplace, and 
 there received the advantages of a common-school 
 education, and was likewise emplo3 r ed in various 
 duties which occupied much of his time until, at 
 twenty years of age, he went to Louisiana, and 
 there engaged in the mercantile business for four 
 years. 
 
 In 1844 our subject returned to Georgetown, 
 Sec itt County, Ivy., and resumed the mercantile 
 business, which he successfully conducted until 
 seven years had elapsed, when, in 1851, he retired 
 from the active duties of that calling. In the 
 fall of 1852 Mr. Keene moved to La Fayette 
 County, Mc, and bought a farm of two hundred 
 and eighty acres, which has proved an exceedingly 
 profitable investment, the fertility of the soil 
 quickly responding to culture. Large numbers of 
 famous horses and cattle are raised annually upon 
 the productive farm, and have ever proven, when 
 intelligently handled by such men as our subject, 
 a source of increased revenue and future pros- 
 perity. 
 
 In 1845 Mr. Keene married Miss Catherine Will- 
 iams, a daughter of .John Williams, a native of 
 Kentucky, and granddaughter of Virgil Mc- 
 Crackan, who was killed at the battle of River 
 Raisin. Mr. and Mrs. Keene are the parents of 
 five children, four daughters and one son. The 
 son and daughters in the order of their birth are: 
 Virgil W., a prosperous business man, connected 
 with the house of D. G. Bernard & Co., of St. 
 Louis, Mo.; Bodie, the wife of Joseph S. Laurie, a 
 practicing attorney-at-iaw in St. Louis; Mattie A., 
 still in the pleasant home of her parents; Katie 
 W. and Fannie, who are also with their parents. 
 All of the family in their several homes are 
 well known and highly respected, and are among 
 the active factors in benevolent enterprise and 
 social re-unions. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Keene have been members of the 
 
 Christian Church for the past forty years, and dur- 
 ing this length of time have devoted themselves 
 to the advancement of all good work of that re- 
 ligious organization. Our subject and his excel- 
 lent wife are unostentatious Christians, doing with 
 zealous fidelity all that their hands find to do in 
 behalf of their less fortunate fellow-men. Politi- 
 cally, our subject is a strong Democrat, and cast 
 his first vote for James K. Polk. For many long 
 years an adherent of the Jacksonian party, he now 
 sees no reason for changing his views or changing 
 his vote, which has always been conscientiously 
 cast in accordance with the principles of right, 
 justice and honor. 
 
 to ii p>» i > ■ i m 
 
 AMES R. DANIEL, a prominent farmer of 
 Saline County, residing on section 2, town- 
 ship 51, range 19, is numbered among the 
 representative and public-spirited citizens 
 of his community, and by his upright life has won 
 the confidence of his fellow-men. Mr. Daniel was 
 born in Rockbridge County, Va., February 12, 
 1857, and is the son of E. J. and Susie R. (Tur- 
 pen) Daniel, natives of Virginia. Four brothers 
 and sisters with our subject comprise the parental 
 family. 
 
 Upon the home place our subject was reared to 
 manhood. At the age of nineteen years he left 
 school, where he had acquired a practical educa- 
 tion. California still presented charms to the 
 seeker after wealth, although this was not by any 
 means all that Mr. Daniel sought, for he wished 
 also to get out into the world and see things for 
 himself. During the three years in which he re- 
 sided in the far West he followed the occupation 
 of a cattle herder. Upon returning to this State he 
 purchased fifty acres of land in Carroll County 
 and embarked in the cattle business. Six months 
 later he sold out and returned to Saline County. 
 Here he and his brother bought two hundred acres 
 for $19 per acre, and after a residence of eight 
 years upon that place, they sold out at $30 per 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 
 
 595 
 
 acre. In 18"J1 our subject purchased from W. C. 
 Kelly two hundred acres of land at $30 per acre. 
 This place he has improved and brought to a fine 
 state of cultivation, and here he raises principally 
 grain and hay. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Daniel was celebrated in 
 Missouri, in 1871), with Miss Nettie Lucas, a daugh- 
 ter of Bazil Lucas. Mrs. Daniel was born in this 
 State in 1862. Three children have blessed the 
 union, as follows: Marvin, born in Saline County 
 in 1882, died in 1885; Sasie was bom in 1884, and 
 died when only two years of age; Julia was born 
 in Saline County in August, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Daniel are very prominent in their neighborhood, 
 and are active workers in the interests of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South. From train- 
 ing and deep conviction, our subject is a supporter 
 of the principles of Democracy. He has not de- 
 sired office, but has unselfishly worked for the ad- 
 vancement of his party in every way. 
 
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 ff/ OUIS F. THIEMAN is the junior member 
 I (@ °f lne fi rrn °f Thieman Bros., dealers in 
 JIL^ hardware in the town of Concordia, Mo. 
 He is a representative of an old family in the 
 county, a very successful and pleasant gentleman. 
 The father of our subject was John Henry Thie- 
 man, a native of Hanover, Germany, whose father, 
 also named John Henry, was a native of the same 
 place, where he was engaged in farming, and died 
 full of years. The father was reared upon a farm 
 and lived there until he married, and was the 
 father of two children when he decided to come 
 to this country. After a voyage of eleven weeks, 
 he reached the United Stales and landed at New 
 Orleans. The winter was spent in St. Louis, and 
 in the following spring Mr. Thieman, Sr., entered 
 one hundred and twenty acres of land, southwest 
 of here, from the Government. 
 
 At that time all of this country was wild and un- 
 cultivated, the prairie blossomed with wild Sowers 
 of every hue, and the deer roamed in droves OV< i 
 
 tin very farm of Mr. Thieman. There were no 
 roads, no bridges pver the streams, no houses and 
 no markets. He came here with limited means, 
 and after his land was entered there was little left. 
 However. Mr. Thieman was made of the true kind of 
 pioneer material, and with his pluck and energy he 
 combined great hopefulness. His log cabin soon 
 sheltered his wife and little ones, and, despising 
 no honest work, he went to work at first for but 
 twenty-five cents a day and submitted to being 
 paid in trade, but fought his way out through the 
 difficulties. 
 
 All of the trading and milling had to bedoneat 
 Lexington with teams, but he worked on and de- 
 veloped that farm, and in time added land to it, 
 and at the time of his death he owned one hun- 
 dred and sixty-five acres of land, and he was per- 
 mitted to live to pass his eighty-first birthday. 
 The mother of our subject was Sophia Wilhelniina 
 Baar, born in Boehme, Hanover, which is now a 
 part of Prussian Germany. She reared five boys 
 out of nine children, and they were named as fol- 
 lows: Henry W., Fritz D., William J., Louis F. and 
 August D. The children who died were August, 
 Sophia, Dora, and an infant. The mother died 
 at the age of sixty-eight years. Both parents 
 were Lutherans in Germany, but became Method- 
 ists in this country, while in polities the father 
 was a radical Republican, and was a man of great 
 memory and strong natural ability. 
 
 The birth of our subject took place near Con- 
 cordia, June 15, 1850, and he was reared on the 
 farm until he was twenty-one years of age, and 
 received his education in the district schools, not 
 only in English but in German also. When only 
 nineteen years of age he helped to run a sawmill 
 and also a threshing-machine, and at these employ- 
 ments he kept himself busy until the fall of 1877. 
 In 1871 he purchased a half-interest in the saw- 
 mill three miles south of here, and in 1871 he and 
 two of his brothers bought and ran the threshing- 
 machine until the fall of 1877. At this date our 
 subject bought out the partner of his brother in 
 the hardware store at this place. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place January 
 2'J, 1882, when he took for his wife Miss Emilie 
 K. Meyer, who was born in St. Louis, July 30, 
 
596 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 1857, and of their seven children six are living to 
 fill the home with life and glee. .They were named 
 as follow-: .lohn II.. Kmina S.,- Milton W. (de- 
 ceased), Alvin W., Lillian C, and Walter and 
 William, twins. 
 
 Mr. Thieman carries a general line of hardware 
 and agricultural implements, and the store is 24x 
 60 feet, two stories, with a buggy warehouse 20x 
 60 feet ; another warehouse, which is 34 x 100 
 feet, two stories in height, is used for imple- 
 ments, and there is a brick warehouse which is 
 24x60 feet. This is one of the largest firms in the 
 county, its trade extending over four counties, 
 and it handles a good many threshing-machines. 
 Our subject has considerable mechanical ability, 
 and is a good practical engineer. He and his good 
 wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and are highly regarded in that connec- 
 tion. In commercial circles Mr. Thieman is re- 
 garded as a good business man. lie owns twenty 
 shares in the Fanners" Bank, which was organized 
 Septembers, 1891, and of which he is Secretary 
 and one of the Directors. 
 
 Our subject has real estate in Kansas City, which 
 is very valuable. In his political opinions he is a 
 Republican, and for six years has served as Alder- 
 man of the city. For two months he served as 
 Constable and then resigned. When he started 
 out in life he had but little except his land, but 
 honesty and energy always open a way to suc- 
 cess. 
 
 KA A.I. GEORGE I'. GORDON. This prom- 
 ///l\\ inent citizen of '- 1 Fayette County resides 
 / lli on section 18, range 24, township 49, 
 * where he owns almost two hundred acres 
 
 of line land. The birth of our subject took place 
 in Henry County, Tenn., August 8, 1828, and he 
 is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth W. (Brooks) 
 Gordon, the former a native of Kentucky and the 
 latter of -South Carolina. As early as 1830, the 
 parents left their Tennessee home and with teams 
 
 and wagons conveyed their household goods to 
 the State of Missouri, locating in the county of 
 La Fayette. 
 
 In this county, Mr. Gordon bought from the 
 Government a tract of land about four miles east 
 of Lexington, paying $1.25 per acre for the prop- 
 erty, and here he developed a fine farm. He was 
 one of the earliest settlers of this community and 
 his death in Lexington January 22, 1852, was 
 widely mourned. Of his children, four survive, 
 as follows: Emily II., who is the widow of W. II. 
 Spratt, of Kansas City, Mo:; Nancy II.. the widow 
 of Christop her Catr on, of Saline County, Mo.; 
 Thomas B., who resides in St. Joe, Mo.; and George 
 P., our subject. 
 
 For several years, Mr. Gordon, Sr., had served 
 as Presiding Justice of the County Court, and was 
 filling that position at the time of his death. He 
 was well known throughout the county as a ster- 
 ling citizen, worthy of esteem and confidence, and 
 was a member of the Whig party, with which he 
 took an active part. His religious feelings made 
 of him a Methodist, and in eveiy relation in life 
 he was a man above reproach. 
 
 Our subject was reared on his father's farm and 
 resided there until after his marriage. He was 
 educated in the subscription schools and had the 
 advantage of two years at Lexington. Since that 
 time he has maintained such interest in public af- 
 fairs that he is one of the most intelligent men in 
 the county. The first marriage of our subject 
 took place February 12, 1857, with Miss Susan A. 
 Corder, who was a daughter of Nathan Corder 
 (deceased), an early settler of the county. Of the 
 eight children resulting from this union, but three 
 survive: Nathan J., residing near Alma, Mo.; John 
 P., living in Lexington, Mo.; and Bird, the wife 
 of D. G. Jackson, of Corder, Mo. For his second 
 wife, Maj. Gordon chose Mrs. Nancy Corder, the 
 widow of the late Addison Corder, of this county. 
 Her maiden name was Thompson, and she was 
 formerly of Lewis County, Mo. This marriage 
 was solemnized March 31, 1874, and from the 
 union one daughter, Lulu, was born. 
 
 Maj. Gordon located upon bis present farm in 
 1858 and has resided here ever since. His land 
 consists of one hundred and ninety-two acres, and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 597 
 
 each one of his children lias received a fine start 
 in life through the thoughtfulness of the father. 
 A prominent Democrat in the county, lie has 
 served his fellow-citizens as Clerk and as School 
 Direct »r f< »r many terms. The Presbyterian Church 
 is his religious home, and to this denomination he 
 liberally contributes of his means. Although the 
 whole State of Missouri is dear to the heart of 
 Maj. Gordon, this county is especially so, as he has 
 seen its growth and development from the begin- 
 ning He is identified with the Masonic order at 
 Corder, and is one of the popular and prominent 
 men in this vicinity. 
 
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 ENRY FICKEN, one of the leading men of 
 Concordia, Mo., is the subject of this sketch. 
 He is the Cashier of the Concordia Savings 
 
 7)) Bank, stands high in the esteem of every 
 one, and is a wealthy, influential man. 
 
 Our subject was born in Oldendorf, Hanover, 
 Germany, August 8, 1843. The father of Mr. 
 Ficken was a native of the same place, and the 
 grandfather, Henry, was also born in the well- 
 known town and province. By trade he was a 
 farmer and this occupation he followed all his life, 
 and died of old age about the time our subject 
 was born. The father learned the trade of carpenter, 
 which he followed all his life, and died at the age 
 of eighty-one years. The mother of our subject 
 was named Charlotte Peters, and was reared in the 
 place of her birth, the same as that of her husband. 
 She became the mother of four children: Annie, 
 Henry, Catherine and Margaret. The mother died 
 at the age of seventy-eight years, having been an 
 i tunable woman, and with her husband a mem- 
 ber of the Lutheran Church. 
 
 Our subject was reared in his native place and 
 educated in the village school. His father desired 
 to make a school teacher of him, as he displayed 
 quickness at learning and was of a studious mind. 
 and at the age of fourteen Henry was sent to the 
 academy :it Stade, Germany, and spent one year 
 
 there and then taught school in the villages of 
 Lohe and Welle for two consecutive years. After 
 this he assisted his father in the carpenter trade 
 until he was twenty years old and was then drafted 
 into the army to serve in the war against Den- 
 mark. This was not at all to his taste, and soon 
 his wits were put to work, which resulted in the 
 desertion of himself and cousin, Dick Khlen, from 
 the service of the Emperor, and together they came 
 to America, the home of the free. 
 
 The youths set sail in 1864 from Liverpool, 
 England, and spent thirty days in a sailing-vessel 
 on the ocean. Afterlanding our subject obtained 
 employment in a cracker factory in New York City 
 and then clerked in a grocery store until the fall 
 of 1 8 (J G . lie then came to the home of his uncle, 
 Henry Peters, in Benton County, Mo., and re- 
 mained there until February, 1867, when he came 
 here and took a job at breaking hemp in the winter 
 and worked on a farm in the summer by the month 
 until 1861). For one year our subject clerked m 
 a general store for Henry Detert, of this place, but 
 this seemed too slow a way to become rich and in- 
 fluential. Hence, he rented land and went into 
 farming, and two years later felt justified in ask- 
 ing Miss Louisa Klingenberg to become his wife, 
 and April 1, 1872, the marriage took place. Three 
 little lads died in infancy, but Mr. and Mrs. 
 Fickeu have three bright children left: Herman II., 
 Mary and Bertha. 
 
 Our subject became Assistant Cashier of the 
 bank in the spring of 1875, and in 1876 he was 
 elected Cashier and has held that responsible posi- 
 tion ever since to the satisfaction of all. The 
 bank is capitalized at $50,000, and is incorporated 
 under State laws, and has done a line business 
 with the exception of an unfortunate occurrence 
 which took place August -Jit, 1878. We copy 
 from a local paper, as giving an account more suc- 
 cinctly than can lie obtained elsewhere: "Mr. 
 Ficken .stands high in the public esteem and is 
 Mayor of the city. He can recount a most inter- 
 esting and thrilling experience, dating back some 
 eleven years. On the 29th daj of August, 1878, 
 soon after he had returned to the bank from din- 
 ner, it being then 1.30 P. M., three men entered 
 the bank, one of them remaining near the door. 
 
598 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 The other two advanced to the center of the room, 
 and one of them laid a live-dollar bill upon the 
 counter, asking for change. Mr. Ficken turned to 
 comply with the request, but was instantly grabbed 
 from behind by one of the men, who had jumped 
 over the counter, and was commanded to open the 
 money drawer. This he did under the persuasion 
 of drawn revolvers, and in turn the safe. The 
 two men proceeded to stow away what they found 
 in a Hour sack' and hacked out of the bank, cover- 
 ing Mr. F. with their revolvers, while their accom- 
 plice, who had been watching from the entrance. 
 hurried around the coiner to get their horses in 
 readiness. As soon as possible Mr. Ficken raised 
 an alarm, but they got away with about 14,169, 
 which was the amount of surplus at this time. It 
 was supposed at the lime that these were members 
 of the James gang, but later Mr. Ficken learned 
 from the confession of one of them that it was 
 .McCoy, Cummings and Miller, well known by rep- 
 utation at least as members of this band of desper- 
 adoes." The money was never recovered. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Chinch and take an active 
 interest in its work. He is a good Republican 
 and is the efficient Mayor of the city and has held 
 the office for several terms, also that of Clerk of 
 the Public School Hoard. In L888 he was the 
 candidate on the Republican ticket for County 
 Collector, but as the Democrats have twelve hun- 
 dred majority he was not elected. He is Notary 
 Public and agent for the North German Lloyd 
 Hamburg-American 1'acket Co., and also the White 
 Star line of steamers. 
 
 
 E. DOWNS, the well-known and enterpris- 
 . ing manager of the Waverly Coal and 
 /1\ Mining Company. Waverly, Mo., has for 
 
 many years been one of the prominent and lead- 
 ing agriculturists of the state. An energetic and 
 progressive citizen, and a representative business 
 man, our subject is one of the important factors in 
 
 the advancement and promotion of many import- 
 ant interests of La Fayette County, and fully pos- 
 sesses the confidence and regard of his fellow- 
 townsmen. Mr. Downs was born in Ross County. 
 Ohio, on June 15, 1850. His father, John W. 
 Downs, is a native of Ohio, and after having 
 passed his youth and early married life in the 
 Buckeye State, removed to Missouri, and now re- 
 sides at Malta Bend. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Hannah Burke, 
 daughter of Abram Burke, and a native of Ohio. 
 The paternal grandfather, William Downs, was a 
 native of Virginia, and well known in the Old Do- 
 minion as a man of sterling integrity of character. 
 Our subject passed his early youth in his native 
 State, ami attended the common schools of Ross 
 County, and assisted his father in the agricultural 
 duties incidental to the work of a large farm. 
 Trained in the daily' and annual round of tilling 
 the soil, and also obtaining much practical informa- 
 tion regarding the raising and care of live stock, 
 Mr. Downs served an apprenticeship upon the 
 old homestead which well fitted him to obtain 
 the prosperity to which he has since attained. 
 
 December 'J, 1869, our subject arrived in Saline 
 County, Mo., and settled upon a farm near Malta 
 Bend, where he profitably engaged in the cultiva- 
 tion of the soil, and remained for seven years. At 
 the expiration of this length of time, Mr. Downs 
 made a change of location, removing to La Fayette 
 County, and making his home near Waverly, but 
 still continuing the pursuit of agriculture, which 
 vocation he followed until the spring of 1890, 
 when he removed to Waverly, and although re- 
 taining his interests in the farming of his home- 
 stead, devotes most of his attention to the milling 
 and mining business. Mr. Downs is not only 
 Manager of the Waverly Coal and Mining Com- 
 pany, but he is also President of the Waverly Mill- 
 ing Company. 
 
 The tine farm of four hundred and eighty acres 
 owned by Mr. Downs has been largely devoted to 
 the cultivation of wheat, which has, season after 
 season, yielded an abundant harvest of the golden 
 grain. Our subject resides in one of the pleasant- 
 est and most attractive homes in Waverly. lie 
 was married February 1, 1879, to Miss Annie B 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 599 
 
 Younger, a daughter of James Younger, a native 
 of Kentucky, but a resident of Missouri since 
 1859. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Downs Las 
 been blessed by the birth of four children: James 
 \Y.. Friend E., Jr., Anna Hell and Russell. These 
 young sons and daughter, bright and intelligent 
 children, have an apparently happy future before 
 them, and will each receive the best of educational 
 advantages. Mrs. Downs is among the valued 
 members of the Southern Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and is an active worker in the same, and 
 ever ready to aid in social and benevolent enter- 
 prises. She enjoys the society and esteem of a 
 large circle of friends and acquaintances. 
 
 In political affiliation, Mr. Downs is a stanch 
 Republican, and for the past eight years has been 
 a member of the Republican Central Committee, 
 and also of the Congressional Committee, and 
 is held in such high esteem by his party, that 
 four years ago he was honored with the nomina- 
 tion for Representative to the Legislature from La 
 Fayette County. He always takes an active part 
 in politics, being deeply interested in the local and 
 national management of affairs. Fraternally, he 
 is a member of Waverly Lodge, A. < ). 1". W., and 
 is one of the most popular and thoroughly public- 
 spirited citizens of La Fayette County. 
 
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 ylLLIAM S. THOMAS, the first Mayor of 
 Waverly, and an early shipper and suc- 
 cessful merchant of La Fayette County, 
 has long been identified with the growing inter- 
 ests and rapid advancement of the State of Mis- 
 souri. For a full score Of years our subject was 
 financially interested in the building and running 
 of four ferry-boats, a most profitable venture. He 
 is also the owner of some of the best store build- 
 ings in Waverly, and, a public-spirited and liberal 
 citizen, commands the regard of his large circle of 
 acquaintance and towns-people. Mr. Thomas was 
 born in Scott Count} - , Ivy., and was the son of 
 
 Benedict Thomas, a native of Maryland, and an 
 early settler of Kentucky. The Thomas family 
 was originally from Wales, and inherited the 
 sturdy virtues and honest self-reliance character- 
 istic of that substantial nationality. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Mi's. Nancy (Smith) 
 Thomas, was a native Kentuckian, and was born 
 in Bryan's Station. The early days of boyhood 
 were spent by Mr. Thomas in his birthplace in 
 Scott County, and later he enjoyed the educa- 
 tional advantage of an extended course of instruc- 
 tion in the seminary at Georgetown. While vet a 
 mere lad, he removed with his parents to Missouri, 
 and in the year 1831 the family settled perma- 
 nently in Lexington. At a very 3 T outhful age 
 our subject ambitiously engaged in business for 
 himself, and in 1844, locating in Waverly, en- 
 tered into merchandising and shipping on the 
 river. He continued prosperously in this line of 
 work for six years, when, with the great exodus of 
 1850, he joined the immense army of travelers, 
 who, slowly journeying toward the Pacific Coast, 
 trailed their way for many weeks across the plains 
 of the almost hitherto unknown American Desert. 
 Arriving safely in the land of gold, after many 
 new and peculiar experiences, Mr. Thomas at once 
 devoted himself to prospecting and mining, and 
 remained in California until 1853, when he re- 
 turned to Waverly, for which city he had an espe- 
 cial attachment, having been accorded the honor 
 in 1847 of the Mayoralty, and was the first incum- 
 bent of an office whose duties he discharged with 
 ability and faithful efficiency. Once again located 
 in Waverly, he busied himself in the erection of 
 a fire-proof warehouse, where hestored hemp, which 
 at this time he handled profitably. Immediately 
 succeeding the Civil War, he built the four ferry- 
 boats previously mentioned, and for twenty yearg 
 was widely known as the owner and manager of 
 this excellent investment and successful business 
 venture. In 1866 he was elected Count\ Judge 
 of La Fayette County, and served four years, 
 from 1866 to 1*7o, retiring with a highly credit- 
 able record. 
 
 Our subject owns a valuable farm of four hun- 
 dred acres, situated in Carroll County, Mo., and 
 has considerable real estate in Waverly. owning 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 several unimproved lots ami a number of build- 
 ings. In the year 1 84 n Mr. Thomas was united in 
 marriage with Mis* E. J. Hall, a daughter of Brax- 
 ton P. Hall, a native of Kentucky, and in early 
 years a prominent citizen of the State. The cheery 
 home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas was blessed by 
 the birth of ten children, and of this large familj- 
 of sons and daughters, eight yet survive, and all 
 aic occupying positions of respect and influence 
 in their several homes. Mary, the eldest child, is 
 the wife of Dr. William M. Webb; William H. is 
 the second-born ; then follow Catherine L.; Brax- 
 ton II.; Nellie, the wife of Dr. Samuels, of Carroll 
 County; Joseph D.; Minnie, the wife of Charles 
 Palmer; and Jelfle L., wife of Lewis Heston. The 
 pleasant and commodious family residence in 
 Waverly is well known to a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances, who have long enjoyed its 
 generous hospitality. Mrs. Thomas is a devoted 
 member of the Christian Church, and with her 
 husband and family has always been active in 
 works of social and benevolent enterprises. Pol- 
 itically Mr. Thomas is a firm Democrat, and re- 
 joices in the success of the old-time party. He is 
 and has ever been an energetic and progressive 
 citizen, and through his excellent management 
 : i i i < 1 valuable assistance has materially aided in 
 the advancement of various local improvements 
 within Waverly and the adjoining neigborhood, 
 and is widely known and highly esteemed for his 
 business attainments and sterling integrity of 
 character. 
 
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 AJ. JOHN E. RYLAND, Judge of the 
 Criminal Court of the Fifteenth Judicial 
 Is Circuit and the county of Johnson, of the 
 State of Missouri, Lexington, Mo., the 
 fifth child of Judge Ryland by his first wife, was 
 born near Fayette, Howard County, Mo., July 8, 
 1830. A full account of his parentage will be 
 found in the sketch of his father, Judge John F. 
 Ryland, published in this volume. 
 
 John E. received his education in the old Ma- 
 sonic College, Lexington, an institution of deserv- 
 edly high reputation, from which he graduated 
 July 2, 1852, taking the usual classical and math- 
 ematical course, of which latter study he was par- 
 ticularly fond. In 1852, he commenced teaching 
 school in Kansas City, continuing his work there 
 during 1853, after which he returned to Lexing- 
 ton and taught as first assistant in the primary 
 department of Masonic College until October, 
 1855, when he became Principal of that depart- 
 ment, a position which he held for two and a-half 
 years. 
 
 In the meantime our subject had been studying 
 law and was admitted to the Par in 1858, when he 
 immediately entered upon the practice of his profes- 
 sion in Lexington, being a partner with his father 
 until the death of the Judge, in 1873, when he asso- 
 ciated his brother Xenophon with himself, under 
 the firm name of Ryland & Ryland. In 18(!2 he 
 was enrolled with the Missouri militia and served 
 a little over a year in the Seventy-second Regiment, 
 with the rank of Major. The same year he was 
 appointed Circuit Attorney for the district, to fill 
 a vacancy, and in 1864 was elected to that office 
 for four years. In May, 1865, all officers of the 
 State were required to vacate their offices in ac- 
 cordance with the Constitutional Amendment 
 adopted at that time, and for political reasons 
 Maj. Ryland was not appointed to fill his old office. 
 In 1876 he was a Democratic Elector for the Elev- 
 enth District of the State, casting the ballot of his 
 district for Samuel J. Tiiden. 
 
 In 1852, he was made a Mason in Heroine Lodge 
 No. 104, Kansas City, and has been Junior Grand 
 Warden and Deputy Grand Master of the State. 
 He has always been deeply interested in educational 
 matters and intimately associated with the scholastic 
 institutions of Missouri. In 1874, he was appointed 
 by the Southwestern Missouri Conference of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South Curator of the 
 Central College at Fayette, and of Central Female 
 College, Lexington. In 1863 he was elected 
 .a member of the Board of Education for his own 
 city, and served as such ten years. In 1868 he 
 was elected Mayor of the city and declined a 
 re-election. He served as a member of the City 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 Council in L866. In State and national polities 
 he acts with the Democratic party, but in all 
 liii al matters he is independent, supporting the 
 best men, irrespective of party. lie was brought 
 up a Presbyterian, but since 1850 has been a com- 
 municant of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. 
 Maj. Ryland was married, December 10, 1860, to 
 N. P., daughter of Isaac Palmer, of Lexington, 
 and lias a family of six children, four sons and 
 two daughters, healthy and active. He enjoys a 
 high professional reputation and has a large and 
 increasing practice in the courts. He has inherited 
 not only the legal talents, but the courteous man- 
 ners, of his late father, who for more than fifty 
 years held an honored place among the first law- 
 yers and judges of the State, and was esteemed 
 by all who knew him for the kindness and benev- 
 olence of his character. Maj. Ryland is following 
 in the footsteps of the deceased Judge and prom- 
 ises fair to leave behind him a record worthy of 
 his name. 
 
 L. WAYMAS. Among the prominent far- 
 l— fa mers of La Fayette County is the gentle- 
 1 man whose name heads this sketch, and 
 
 whose farm is located on section 9, township 50, 
 range 27. During the late war he saw much act- 
 ive service, the date of his enlistment being in the 
 early part of 1861, when he became a member of 
 the State Guards of Missouri, in Gen. Rainger's 
 Division, where lie served for a short time, and 
 then enlisted in Gen. Shelby's Brigade of Volunteer 
 Cavalry, remaining with them until the close of 
 the war. He participated in a number of impor- 
 tant battles, and various minor engagements. lie 
 was actively engaged in the battles Of Prairie Grove, 
 Lexington, Helena (Ark.), Westport, Springfield 
 and Ilartwell, and in the first-mentioned engage- 
 ment was wounded three times. 
 
 Mr. Wayman was born in (lark County, Ky., 
 in August, 1838, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah 
 ( ( liin) Wayman. The father was a native of Ken- 
 
 tucky, while his wife was born in Virginia. The 
 paternal grandfather of our subject, Joseph Waj - 
 man, was a native of the Old Dominion, and one 
 of the early honored settlers of Kentucky. The 
 first twelve years of our subject's life were passed 
 in the county of his birth, where he attended the 
 subscription schools, and helped his father in car- 
 rying on the homestead. The latter was an ex- 
 tensive stock-raiser, and an influential man in that 
 region. In 1853 Mr. Wayman removed to La 
 Fayette County, and settled on a farm near Odessa, 
 where he resided until 1881, when he located on 
 his present farm, to the cultivation of which he 
 has since devoted himself. 
 
 In 1875 Mr. Wayman wedded Miss Letitia Mc 
 Causland. Her father, William McCausland, of 
 Lexington, Mo., was a native of the Emerald Isle. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wayman are the parents of two sons 
 and two daughters: Eugene T., Anna S., Julia M. 
 and William S., who are being given excellent ed- 
 ucational advantages. 
 
 Since becoming a voter Mr. Wayman has cast 
 his ballot in favor of the nominees and principles 
 of the Democratic party. In a business way he 
 has been more than ordinarily successful, which is 
 owing entirely to his industrious and well-directed 
 efforts. As a man he is upright and honorable to 
 to one and all, making friends of those who have 
 the good fortune to make his acquaintance. 
 
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 U SCOTT THOMAS since April, 1890, at 
 which time he was elected to the position 
 ^"^ of City Marshal, has made a most efficient 
 officer. For the last thirteen years he has been 
 engaged in buying, selling and shipping grain 
 quite extensively, and is an enterprising and pro- 
 gressive business man of Waverly, La Fayette 
 County. His paternal grandfather. Nbtley Thomas, 
 was an early settler of Saline County, Mo. Our 
 subject, who was born in 1849, is a native of that 
 county, and is a son of Oscar and Zerelda (North) 
 Thomas, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 When only six years of age, with his parents, Mr. 
 Thomas removed to Franklin County, where he 
 acquired his common-school education. 
 
 Though only fourteen, years of age, in 1863 
 Mr. Thomas enlisted in the Confederate army and 
 served until the close of the war, when he then 
 engaged in farming, following agricultural pur- 
 suits for about eleven years. Since becoming a 
 voter he has affiliated with the Democratic party, 
 and socially, is a member (if Middleton Lodge No. 
 186, A. (). 1". W., and of Waverly Lodge No. 
 60, W. W. 
 
 In 1870, Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Alice, 
 daughter of Albert Cheathem, of this State. Of 
 their union five children have been born, three 
 sons and two daughters, who are as follows: Oscar, 
 Mabel, Frederick, Ester, and an infant, who is yet 
 unnamed. The family of our subject holds an en- 
 viable position in social circles, and has the re- 
 spect and high regard of all. 
 
 ibdi\ ARK WH1TAKER. There arc some men 
 ide themselves upon the special 
 ievements of their forefathers as states- 
 ™ men, warriors or financiers, but our sub- 
 
 ject points with pride to his ancestors, who for 
 generations past have been preachers of the Gospel, 
 and, strange to say, both paternal and maternal 
 grandfathers were Old-school Baptist preachers, as 
 also were five of his uncles. Our subject was born 
 January 18, 1832, in Boone County, Ky., the son 
 of John and Frances (Connors) Whitaker. The 
 father was born in Boone County, Ky., in 1781, 
 and the mother in the same State in 1800. The 
 paternal grandfather, Thomas Whitaker, was born 
 in North Carolina, and the maternal grandfather 
 was John Conners, a native of Virginia. Both 
 men were good and holy supporters of Christianity. 
 The father of our subject, together with his 
 brother, fought through the entire period of the 
 War of 1812, and they were discharged together. 
 
 Of his three children the eldest, John, was born in 
 Boone County, Ivy., in 1830, married Miss Mary 
 Nixon, and resides upon the old home place, which 
 
 was entered by his grandfather from the Govern- 
 ment; Elizabeth, who was born in Boone County, 
 married Reuben Eubank, and resided in Saline 
 County, Mo., until her demise. 
 
 Our subject was reared on the old homestead 
 and received his education in the common schools 
 of Boone County, Ky. At the age of twenty he left 
 the old home farm, engaging in farming upon land 
 owned by his uncle, where he remained until 1854. 
 In that year, induced by the superior advantages 
 which Missouri offered to the tiller of the soil, he 
 removed to Saline County, bringing with him some 
 of his slaves. In 1855, he located upon one hun- 
 dred and sixtv acres of laud, which was partially 
 improved and which cost him $25 per acre. Not- 
 withstanding the heavy losses which resulted from 
 the war he has been a successful man. 
 
 In 1871, our subject erected a modern frame 
 house, containing eight rooms and two stories in 
 height, the residence costing $2,500. Among the 
 productions of this fertile soil are corn and wheat, 
 the former of which deserves especial mention. 
 Mr. Whitaker has studied the soil adapted to that 
 cereal, understands perfectly the secret of success 
 in raising it, and in that department of farming 
 stands second to none in Saline County. 
 
 Mr. Whitaker is a member of the Old-school 
 Baptist Church of Miami, with which he has been 
 identified since 1876, and has served as Clerk ever 
 since its organization. His wife and children be- 
 long to the Missionary Baptist Church. In poli- 
 tics, our subject is a stanch Democrat, and while 
 a Southern sympathizer and a firm believer in 
 slavery, he was not an advocate of the secession of 
 the States. In other words, he believed in fighting 
 to the death for the protection of his property, but 
 not for the destruction of the Union, lie started 
 for the defense of the cause, but was taken prisoner 
 on the Blackwatei with many others and con- 
 veyed to McDowell College, in St. Louis, Mo.; 
 while there he dug the first chunk out of the wall 
 to make himself a tobacco pipe. Thence he was 
 removed to Alton, 111., where he remained for 
 some time and was afterward liberated. He was 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 one of tlie founders and is one of the present 
 stockholders in the Miami Savings Rank. In 
 1859, he was elected Road Supervisor, in which 
 position he served until 1862. For fifteen years, 
 he filled the responsible office of School Director, 
 and (lining twelve years of that time was Clerk. 
 Our subject was married April 5, 1855, to Miss 
 Melvina W. Hogan, who was bora in Boone 
 County. Ky.. and they have had a family of nine 
 children: William II. was born April 13, 1856, and 
 died in infancy; Thomas A. was born August 22, 
 1858, and died in 1865; Virginia Frances was born 
 September 4, 1862. and married James E. Baker, 
 a farmer residing near her father's home; Mark, 
 Jr., was born in 1865, and resides at home; Lillie, 
 born September 28, 1868, died in September, 186',); 
 John H., born April 20. 1871. passed awa} r Novem- 
 ber 22, 1873; Mary E , born Match 9, 1874, died 
 in infancy; Lester was born June 23, 1876, and re- 
 sides at home; and Nellie P. was born November 
 17, 1880, and died in infancy. 
 
 ^^^lEORGE HALL, the popular and obliging 
 jj (=, depot agent at Page City, who has most 
 
 \^Sl acceptably tilled his present position in the 
 employ of the Missouri Pacific Railroad for the 
 twelve past years, is also a successful general agri- 
 culturist and stock-raiser, and is widely known as 
 a genial, energetic and progressive citizen. A con- 
 stant resident in La Fayette County. Mo., for the 
 last sixteen years, our subject has identified him- 
 self with all the leading interests of his home, and 
 serving with ability as School Director from 1882 
 to 1891, materially aided in the educational ad- 
 vancement of the neighborhood and county. His 
 parents. William II. and Eliza (McFarland) Hall. 
 were early settlers of Platte County, Mo., and in 
 that portion of the State their son. George Hall, 
 was born January 28. is 17. The father of our 
 subject, a prosperous brick manufacturer, was a na- 
 tive of South Carolina, in which Southern State 
 the paternal grandfather of our subject, David 
 Hall, was also born. 
 
 The Hall family was very intimately associated 
 with the early history of our nation, and none of 
 the name were mote illustrious in the annals of 
 the struggles and triumphs than the Halls of South 
 Carolina. Dominick Augustine Hall, the eminent 
 American jurist, born in South Carolina in 1765, 
 was appointed by President Jefferson District 
 Judge, and afterward resigned to accept a seat on 
 the Bench of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. He 
 was a man of decision and unusual strength of 
 character, attributes of success shared by the 
 branch of the family to which our subject belongs. 
 When George Hall was but nine years of age, his 
 father died, passing away in August, 1856. His 
 wife, who was a native of Kentucky, kept her lit- 
 tle family together, and our subject enjoyed the 
 advantages of the public school instruction until 
 he was fourteen years old. 
 
 In 1876. Mr. Hall located upon his present home 
 in La Fayette County, and owns a finely improved 
 farm of one hundred acres, which yields annually 
 an excellent income, its harvests well repaying the 
 tiller of the soil for the care expended in seedtime. 
 Our subject has enjoyed an extended experience 
 as a stock-raiser, handling Shorthorn cattle with 
 great success, and now owns several head of valu- 
 able thoroughbred Jersey rows. At present he is 
 also largely interested in raising a number of line 
 trotting horses, of which one especially promising 
 two-year-old is of Mambrino stock. The duties of 
 depot agent are discharged with fidelity and ef- 
 ficient care, and naturally absorb much of Mr. 
 Hall's time, but his energetic habits enable him to 
 accomplish a large amount of business. Upon 
 May 8, 1880, he accepted his presenl position, 
 tendered to him by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, 
 and has since had but little opportunity for an ex- 
 tended vacation. 
 
 In 1880, Mr. Hall was united in marriage with 
 Mrs. George A. Page, a daughter of William John- 
 son, and then the mother of four children, oik 
 son and three daughters. These brothers and sis- 
 ters art' Willie. Ollie, Stella, and Walter, and each 
 and all have had ample opportunities to enjoy the 
 training and instruction of the excellent schools, 
 in whose upward progress Mr. Hall was, as a School 
 Director, interested for fully nine years. As Ion-. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 time residents of Page City, our subject and his 
 wife are widely known, and occupy a high posi- 
 tion in the social element of their town and neigh- 
 borhood. Their marriage has been blessed by the 
 birth of one son, Birch, a manly boy, bright and in- 
 telligent. Mr. Hall is in political sentiment a pro- 
 nounced Democrat, and an earnest adherent of the 
 party favored by his immediate ancestors. Our 
 subject has, however, no aspirations for political 
 Office, and only desires that our nation, wisely gov- 
 erned, may continue prosperously to hold her 
 power among the mighty nations of the earth. 
 
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 AVID GROVES, Si;. Among the honored 
 pioneers who have done so much to open 
 up the broad prairies of the West, and 
 have made the formerly uninhabited wil- 
 derness a place where the thrifty homes of farmers, 
 schoolhouses, churches and prosperous villages — 
 the centers of industry and commerce — have sprung 
 up on every hand, no one has taken a more inter- 
 ested and zealous part in forwarding the work 
 than has our subject. For fifty-five years he has 
 made his home on section 7, in township .50, range 
 25, in a substantial residence, which was the third 
 brick house elected in La Fayette County. 
 
 The birth of Mr. Groves occurred in Sumner 
 County, Tenn., in the year 1806, his parents being 
 Thomas and Anna (Denning) Groves, both na- 
 tives of the same State. Until reaching mature 
 years, our subject assisted his father in caring for 
 the farm, and in 1835 concluded to seek his for- 
 tunes further West, in accordance with which ele- 
 ction he removed to Missouri, locating upon the 
 farm, to the cultivation of which he has for over 
 half a century devoted his time and best energies. 
 During the long years of the past his property has 
 yielded to him an abundant income in return for 
 the care and labor he has bestowed upon it. 
 
 In 1832 a marriage ceremony united the destin- 
 ies of David Groves and Miss Eliza Ilutchins. 
 To this worthy couple were born eleven children. 
 
 of whom the six following now survive: Thomas 
 A., James F., Jane, Eliza A., David, Jr., (whose 
 sketch is to be found elsewhere in this volume.) 
 and William K. In 1859 Mr. Groves was again 
 married, his union being then celebrated with 
 Miss Elizabeth Handy, to whom was born a son, 
 Franklin S. Mrs. Groves was called to the home 
 beyond in 18G2, and two years later our subject 
 married Miss Docia Garner, a native of Virginia, 
 who by her marriage became the mother of four 
 children, namely: John G., I. L., Hiram J. and 
 Elizabeth D. Mr. and Mrs. Groves are devoted 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South 
 and are active in all branches of church work. 
 Our subject bears an enviable reputation as a man 
 of honor, strict integrity and sterling worth. He 
 has a host of friends in this vicinity, whom he has 
 made during his long years of residence, and who 
 hold him in the highest regard. In all circles, 
 whether social, religious or financial, the family 
 has been ever found on the side of right and 
 justice, which undoubtedly accounts for the high 
 respect in which they are held. 
 
 s-~* EOROE R. KKILL, a prominent farmer and 
 [|| (— , fruit-grower of Ea Fayette County, resides 
 ^\^]J(( on section 18, township 51, range 24. Mr. 
 Keill was born in Cooper County, in April, 183(1, 
 and is a son of Christian Keill. who was born in 
 Copenhagen, Denmark. The mother of our sub- 
 ject was named, in her maiden days, Mary Bran- 
 non, and was a native of Virginia, a daughter of 
 Richard Brannon, of that State, who settled in 
 Missouri in 1817. The boyhood of our subject 
 was passed in Cooper County, Mo., and he had the 
 educational advantages afforded by the Kemper 
 School, at Boonville, Mo. 
 
 In 1858, our subject removed to his present 
 place, where he began the business of farming, lie 
 still follows this occupation and with it has engaged 
 extensively in the raising of fruit, having large 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 orchards of apples, peaches, grapes and berries. 
 This place comprises one hundred and twenty acres 
 of good land, all of which is under good cultiva- 
 tion and is well improved. In his political opin- 
 ions, Mr. Keill is a stanch Democrat, having cast 
 his vote with that party ever since he has exercised 
 his right of suffrage. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place in 1856, 
 to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Chrisman, 
 a native of Virginia, who settled in Missouri in 
 1837. One daughter blessed this union, Jane. 
 The family of Mr. Keill is connected with the 
 Presbyterian Church, where they are most highly- 
 regarded. Mrs. Keill died May 30, 1892, and her 
 death was widely mourned. Among the agricul- 
 turists of the country Mr. Keill has a good record 
 as a farmer, and there is great hope that in the 
 future he will develop many new and important 
 facts concerning the raisins; of fruit in this State. 
 
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 R. F. J. C. WALKER, one of the influ- 
 ential citizens as well as clever physicians 
 of Liberty Township, Saline County, is 
 familiar with pioneer life in Missouri, 
 having come here with his parents when the coun- 
 try was new, and deer and other game abounded. 
 He learned that all was not as romantic in real 
 life as in stories of early settlements, his own ex- 
 perience not being at all times either easy or agree- 
 able. He has experienced all the trials of a physi- 
 cian residing in a new country, as well as the diffi- 
 culties of a student anxious to fit himself for the 
 profession of medicine and to win a thorough ed- 
 ucation. 
 
 Dr. Walker was born in Casey County, Kv., De- 
 cember j, 1826. His father, Hon. James T. Walker, 
 was a native of South Carolina, where he was born 
 in 1795. His grandfather. Willis Walker, was also 
 a native of South Carolina, and came of an old 
 Southern family. Hon. .lames Walker was a sad- 
 dler by trade and emigrated to Kentucky when a 
 young man, working at his trade there and also 
 
 engaging in fanning. He came to Missouii in 
 1843, locating in Pettis County, where In- pur- 
 chased land and became quite an extensive farmer. 
 He died in June, 1858. While in Kentucky he 
 served in the Legislature of the State for two 
 terms, and after coming here was Judge of the 
 Pettis County Court. He was a prominent and 
 influential man, and a member of the Christian 
 Church. 
 
 The Doctor's mother was a Miss Carter, of Vir- 
 ginia, and was born in 1800. It is a noticeable 
 and pathetic fact that she died the same year and 
 month in which her husband's death occurred. 
 She. also, was a member of the Christian Church. 
 Our subject is the sixth of fifteen children, but 
 three of whom are living. He was only sixteen 
 when he came with his parents to this State. 
 Previous to that time he attended the common 
 schools, in the old log schoolhouscs with slab seats 
 and a log cut out of one side of the building to 
 serve for windows. 
 
 Our subject began to read medicine with Dr. 
 William N. Lowrey, of Georgetown, Pettis County, 
 continuing with him for two years, after which he 
 spent a year as clerk in a store in Georgetown. 
 lie studied medicine under Dr. Wilkins Watson in 
 1854, and continued under his instruction for 
 about six years, during which time he practiced 
 some. In 1860, he entered McDowell Medical 
 College at St. Louis, and was graduated in 1861. 
 In 1862 he located at Longwood, Pettis County, 
 but removed during the fall of the following year 
 to Liberty Township, Saline County, where he has 
 practiced for thirty years. During a part of this 
 time he had a large circuit, being called to attend 
 patients at a distance of fifteen miles. This, as 
 well may be imagined, made no easj life; but the 
 Dodor was faithful to his trust, knowing well that 
 his profession is one thai calls for self-sacrifice 
 and the constant jeopardy of the life whose own 
 comfort is sacrificed to aid a little the suffering 
 ones of earth. At that early time there were no 
 fences to interfere with travel in any direction. 
 
 Dr. Walker was married November 8. 1866, to 
 Miss Sallie M. Davis, of Saline County, whose par- 
 ents came to Missouri from Virginia at an early 
 day. Six children were born of this marriage: 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 .lames A. married Gab ri 11a Grayson, both of them 
 being teachers; Charles. Maggie, Mary, Nellie and 
 Kate. The Doctor is a member of the Saline 
 County Medical Society, and was one of i Ls 
 founders. Politically, he is a Democrat. He is a 
 member of the Christian Church, while his wife is 
 a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 The farm which belongs to Dr. Walker consists 
 of two hundred and thirty acres on section 26, 
 township 49, range 22, this county. He has made 
 extensive improvements since purchasing, and 
 now has a fine piece of property. He formerly 
 gave considerable attention to raising a fine grade 
 of stock, but of late years has given that up, not 
 having sufficient time to devote to the work. In 
 his successful life he proves what a man may do, 
 although with only limited means, when he works 
 with a fixed determination to succeed, and to 
 make for himself a name aird position in some 
 special line of work, as well as to win a compe- 
 tence. He has struggled against difficulties all 
 along the way, but has risen superior to them, and 
 has accomplished that for which he worked. He 
 has been successful as a physician, and continues 
 to hold the confidence of a large circle, who look 
 to him for advice and attention in illness; while 
 at the same time, he owns an excellent farm, and 
 occupies a high place in the respect of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 
 ffiOHN W. TOMPKINS, the popular and effl- 
 I cient Postmaster, also the leading merchant 
 I and proprietor of a large general store in 
 'JJJ Page City, La Fayette County, is widely 
 known as an energetic and able business man and 
 a citizen of undoubted integrity of character. 
 pressing the confidence and esteem of the gen- 
 eral public, our subject was elected in 1882 to the 
 office of Justice of the Peace, and aside from 
 other interests has discharged the duties of this 
 position with honor and judgment. In 1890 he 
 represented his political friends as Delegate to the 
 Democratic State Convention held at St. Joseph, 
 
 and successfully sustained the interests of his 
 constituents. He is an extensive buyer and ship- 
 per of grain and hogs, and is one of the busiest 
 men in the county, having but little time for 
 amusement or relaxation from daily cares. 
 
 Our subject was born in Lexington, Fayette 
 County, Ky., October 1, 1843. He is the son of 
 Whitefield Tompkins, a native of Jessamine County, 
 Ky., and his wife, Elizabeth (Ingles) Tompkins, a 
 daughter of James Ingles, an extensive Kentucky 
 fanner. Whitefield Tompkins was an industrious 
 and intelligent citizen, and one of the substantial 
 business men of Lexington, where he was a well- 
 known builder and contractor. The remote ances- 
 tors of John W. came from England in Colonial 
 times, hut the paternal grandfather was born and 
 bred in Culpeper County, Va. Mr. Tompkins passed 
 the days of his boyhood in his birthplace, where 
 until twelve years old he attended the public 
 schools; then, entering the university at Transyl- 
 vania, there continued his studies two years. He 
 finally completed a two-years course of classical 
 instruction in Bethany College, West Virginia, 
 from which institution of learning he was gradu- 
 ated at sixteen years of age, carrying away the 
 first honors in a class of forty-three students. 
 
 Having won an enviable position as a graduate, 
 our subject began the battle of life by teaching in 
 the public schools of Kentucky. After twelve 
 months' experience in the city, be accepted a re- 
 sponsible position as instructor in the country 
 and taught there the succeeding three years. In 
 1863 he became one of the faculty of Sayre Insti- 
 tute, of Lexington, Ky., and remained in thai 
 work for three years. In 1866 he removed with 
 his mother and sister to Scott County, Ky., and, 
 locating upon a farm, entered energetically into 
 the pursuit of agriculture. For five years he suc- 
 cessfully tilled the soil of Kentucky, but in the 
 spring of 1*71 he journeyed to Saline County, 
 Mo., and resumed his farming duties there. In 
 1871 he came to La Fayette County, and taught 
 school in Lexington Township. In 1873 he began 
 a double business, farming in spring, summer anil 
 autumn, and teaching school in the winter, and 
 continued these employments the succeeding seven 
 years. 
 
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 In 1882 Mr. Tompkins settled in Page City and 
 opened the general store which he lias so prosper- 
 ously conducted, and whose business, rapidly ex- 
 lending, now covers a large territory, and yields 
 to its enterprising manager and owner a handsome 
 return for money and time invested. In 1882 
 our subject received his appointment as Postmas- 
 ter at Page City, and although there have since 
 been changes in the administration, he still retains 
 his position as dispenser of the mail, discharging 
 the duties of this position with great satisfaction 
 to the citizens of the town. His legal decisions as 
 Justice of the Peace are seldom questioned, and 
 in eases carried to the higher courts his rulings 
 are almost invariably sustained. As a buyer and 
 shipper of grain and live stock, our subject en- 
 joys the reputation of understanding the condi- 
 tion of the markets and when to buj' and when to 
 sell, thus making the business a profitable venture. 
 As a finely educated man and an experienced edu- 
 cator, lie takes an especial interest in all matters 
 pertaining to the instruction of the young, and 
 was a most efficient member and Director of the 
 School Board from 1882 to 1891. 
 
 Our subject was first united in marriage with 
 .Miss Nannie Shelby, a daughter of Thomas Shelby, 
 of La Fayette County, entering into the marriage 
 relation with this estimable lady on February 13, 
 1872. Mrs. Nannie (Shelby) Tompkins survived 
 her union with our subject eight years, passing 
 away January 19, 1880. In the month of May, 
 1882, Mr. Tompkins married his present wife, 
 Mrs. Virginia Scott, a daughter of Henry Crox- 
 ton, of Bourbon County, Ky. Mrs. Tompkins is 
 a sister of Gen. Croxton, who received an official 
 appointment as Minister to Bolivia. .Mr. and 
 Mrs. Tompkins have a pleasant home in Page City 
 and have a large circle of friends and a wide ac- 
 quaintance throughout the county. They are 
 members of the Christian Church, and are among 
 tin.' most liberal supporters of that religious denom- 
 ination. They are invaluable aids in all good 
 work, are foremost in social, religious and benevo- 
 lent enterprises, and arc both highly esteemed and 
 respected. Our subject is an earnest Democrat, 
 and rejoices in the success of that [ arty, but is in- 
 telligently anxious that cinly men adapted to the 
 
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 honorable and able discharge of official duty shall 
 ive positions of trust. A thorough, conscien- 
 tious and upright citizen, he is an important fac- 
 tor in local progress and national prosperity, and 
 is the leader of his fellow-citizens in weighty mat- 
 ters of advancement and reform. 
 
 ^p<)L. BENJAMIN ELLIOTT. The verdict 
 
 (li ffl ° f P opular a PP roval afte r one has lived 
 ^^^ years of faithful adherence to duty is eal- 
 culated to fortify a man against adverse condi- 
 tions. When the approval of conscience and the 
 confidence of the community are supplemented i>\ 
 the favor of fortune, then adverse circumstances 
 can scarcely force themselves in. Col. Elliott is 
 peculiarly fortunate, in that all these blessings are 
 his. The following review of his life cannot fail 
 to be instructive as well as entertaining. 
 
 The father of our subject was John M. Elliott, a 
 native of Frederick County, Va., and born in the 
 latter part of the eighteenth century. Grandfather 
 Benjamin Elliott was a native of Virginia and a 
 Captain of the War of 1812. He was descended 
 from good old English stock. Our subject's 
 mother was Lucy (Bryarly) Elliott, a native of 
 the same county as her husband and the daughter 
 of Samuel Bryarly, of an old Virginia family. In 
 thai State she married John M. Elliott, and there 
 she passed her entire life. They were the parents 
 of three children, two of them living, our subject 
 and John S., of Oregon, Recorder of Deeds of 
 Union County. The mother was an Episcopalian, 
 and was identified with tin' church at Orange 
 Courl House. The father, a farmer, died in Sep- 
 tember, 1847, and the mother followed him three 
 \ ears later. 
 
 Our subjecl is the elder of the living children, 
 and was bom Augusl 8, 1830, in Frederick, now 
 Warren County, Va. He was reared on the home 
 farm, attended neighboring schools, and at ( -i -h- 
 teen entered tin' Military Academy at Lexington, 
 
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 where he took the full course and was graduated 
 in 1851. lie then traveled from Winchester, Va., 
 to the Pacific Ocean <>n horseback, at a time when 
 the cholera was in America. Reaching his destin- 
 ation, he engaged in mining, also for a time was 
 proprietor of an hotel and had a stage line. His 
 return was by steamer, and after a brief stay in 
 Virginia he took his slaves across country to Mis- 
 souri and settled on the John Kelly farm of four 
 hundred acres near Bates City, which was in a 
 wild state, but with his slaves he soon put it in 
 excellent condition. 
 
 At the breaking out of the Kansas Border War, 
 he was First Lieutenant in Capt. Boyce's company 
 and went from Lexington to Westport and Bull 
 Creek. Returning home, he gave his full time to 
 his farm duties until the spring of 1861, at the 
 outbreak of the war, when he raised a company, 
 drilled it at Chapel Hill, took it to Camp Holla- 
 way, near Independence, on to Lexington, Mo., and 
 attached it to Graves' regiment, Missouri State 
 Guards, part of which went with Price and the re- 
 mainder disbanded. What remained of our sub- 
 ject's company joined Capt. James M. Withers' 
 company, and the Colonel was made Drill-mas- 
 ter of the whole. He took part in the battle 
 of Carthage, Mo., journeyed to Cowskin Prairie, 
 camped there and then marched to Springfield, 
 taking part in the battle, in which he was Adjutant 
 of the regiment which supported Woodruff's bat- 
 tery. His company marched to Lexington, Mo., 
 joined Rout's command at the fair-grounds and 
 opposed Col. Mulligan, (braves' regiment then 
 went to Index and reorganized into a new regi- 
 ment, of which our subject was made Colonel in 
 September, 181! 1 The regiment was attached to 
 Price's army at Index, then proceeded to Warrens- 
 burgh, and followed Mulligan to Lexington, his 
 regiment being in the advance. It took part in 
 the siege of Lexington and helped in the capture 
 of Mulligan's command, then marched to Neosho, 
 then to Osceola and went into winter quarters. At 
 the expiration of its time, the regiment was dis- 
 banded. 
 
 Gathering up a number of recruits from La 
 Layette County, Col. Elliott joined Capt. Sam 
 Taylor at Stockton and inarched to Cove Creek, 
 
 Ark. They formed a company, electing Taylor as 
 Captain, the Colonel being a private through 
 choice, and joined Price's army, the company be- 
 ing attached to the Sixth Missouri Infantry under 
 Col. Eugene Irving. The Colonel was severely 
 wounded in the right side of his head by a minie- 
 ball while on the skirmish line at the battle of Pea 
 Ridge, Ark. Dr. William Gordon assisted him 
 upon his own horse and took him twelve miles to 
 a private house, where he found Gen. Slack, for 
 whom some one had performed the same kind office. 
 It was deemed necessary in order to deceive the Fed- 
 erals that a substitute for Gen. Slack should lie pro- 
 vided. This our subject volunteered to be, and he 
 was taken to a point twelve miles distant, where he 
 was tenderly cared for, being hidden part of the 
 time in the woods and cliffs of White River. 
 When about recovered, he started to join Price, 
 supposed to be at Frog Bayou, near Van Buren, 
 Ark., but on reaching Little Clifty learned that the 
 army was moving toward Des Arc on its way to 
 Memphis; so the Colonel and his party changed 
 their course, making for Buffalo, on White River, 
 others joining them on the way. They bought a 
 ferry boat with a Confederate ¥20 note and floated 
 down the river to Des Arc, then followed Price to 
 Memphis, but finding himself unable to do active 
 duty the Colonel stopped at the house of the Rev. 
 Mr. Davis to regain his health. 
 
 Just as soon as he was sufficiently strong, the 
 Colonel joined Price at Tupelo, when, at the sug- 
 gestion of Capt. Taylor, Price ordered our subject 
 west of the Mississippi to raise another regiment. 
 The Colonel traveled across country on the back of 
 a mule to Helena, Thomas llinkel and Thomas 
 Johnson being his companions, and there he found 
 a number of men under Joe Shelby who formed 
 the nucleus of a regiment. Journeying to Van 
 Buren, they met an expedition under Col. Vard 
 Cockerill, also Cols. Jackman, Tracey and Coffey, 
 each having a command. At Newtonia they en- 
 countered a body of ITnion troops under Mai. 
 Hubbard. Reaching Lone Jack, they learned that 
 Maj. Emory Foster was coming from Lexington 
 and our subject was sent out as a spy to learn the 
 number and movements of his troops. Between 
 Lexington and Lone Jack he counted the men three 
 
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 times, first from the brush, next from a treetop, and 
 then from a hill, discovering that there were eight 
 hundred and twenty-five soldiers and two pieces of 
 artillery, which fact he induced William Safterfield, 
 a citizen, to report to Cockerill. Our subject re- 
 joining the command after the battle of Lone 
 .lack, then joined the command of Shelby in Ar- 
 kansas, and formed a regiment of which Shelby was 
 made Colonel and he the Captain of Company I. 
 Sent with his company by Shelby to fight the Pin 
 Indians near Carthage, Mo., he charged them, kill- 
 ing nearly two hundred and putting the others to 
 flight. After this he was given command of two 
 companies and made Major, being in charge of 
 Shelby's permanent advance guard. 
 
 Col. Elliott was in several battles with the In- 
 dians, always whipping them and sometimes kill- 
 ing large numbers. In the battle of Prairie Orove 
 he had a battalion known as "Elliott's," with which 
 he charged upon Maj. Hubbard in command of the 
 advance of the Federal army, capturing him and 
 four hundred men, and also thirty-six wagons of 
 the train, but, meeting the Federal infantry, they 
 fell back. During a charge his horse slipped and 
 fell upon him, disabling him for several days. At 
 the battle of Springfield, Mo., he assisted Col. Mc- 
 Donald and others to capture the stockade and 
 drove the enemy into its last breastworks. In this 
 battle, where Marmaduke commanded, the Colonel's 
 regiment was under heavy fire, six bullets being 
 shot through his horse, three of which went 
 through his saddle-skirts and one through his hat. 
 Col. Elliot was ordered to hold a certain street at 
 all hazards, which meant death for some one. Part 
 of his men were under cover of the houses and 
 part were to be kept across a street where the bul- 
 lets were raining like hail. In trying to form his 
 line amid this hail his horse was shot, and while 
 in this predicament a soldier cried, "We are out of 
 ammunition." From Elliott came back the response, 
 '■Catch it in your hats," and, suiting the action to 
 the word, he waved his hat above his head and got 
 a bullet through it. When asked afterward why 
 he acted so foolhardily he replied, "I knew that 
 the cry of want of ammunition was demoralizing 
 and feared a stampede." 
 
 A council of war was held, composed of Gen. 
 
 McDonald. Col. Porter, John M. Winner, Col. Gor- 
 don, Col. Shanks, Col. Thompson, and other brave 
 and experienced officers, in which all advised go- 
 ing to Missouri except Col. Elliott, who voted in 
 favor of Arkansas, giving as a reason the fact that 
 the Federals rode shod horses and those of the 
 Confederate army were mostly unshod. Gen. 
 Marmaduke followed the advice of our subject 
 and proceeded to Haitsville, where was fought a 
 drawn battle. The Colonel and his little command 
 were left to meet the enemy, while the main army 
 was taken away, Marmaduke telling him that some- 
 body must be sacrificed and he knew of no one 
 who could stand it better than he. 
 
 While expectantly awaiting the attack, it was 
 learned a retreat had been made by the enemy 
 and our subject seized a lot of camp equipage, 
 ammunition, medical stores, etc.. to the value 
 of about •'SKI. (KM). With characteristic humanity, 
 he caused the dead to be laid away in the bosom 
 of mother earth. Our subject was encamped near 
 Arkadelphia during the battle of Mark's Mill, 
 which took place while (Jen. Steele was marching 
 from Little Rock to Camden. Col. Elliott pro- 
 ceeded to Mark's Mill, where he intercepted a de- 
 tachment on its return journey to Little Rock. 
 Sent to guard a ferry on the Saline River at St. 
 
 Elmo, he found the enemy in possession of the 
 
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 ferry. A battle was fought across the river and 
 
 his command killed a goodly number of the enemy, 
 beside from fifty to sixty horses, and put the 
 others to rout. In an expedition formed to pro- 
 ceed against Gen. Clayton at Line Bluff our sub- 
 ject had Company A, of Gordon's regiment, two 
 companies from Col. Rob Wood's regiment and two 
 companies from Col. Lawther's regiment, with or- 
 ders to draw Steele from Little Rock. 
 
 Having often tested the Kansas steel, our sub- 
 ject knew that his little command of less than four 
 hundred men could never successfully cope with 
 one thousand well-disciplined cavalry, especially 
 with Powell Clayton at their head, and he at once 
 resolved to try the 'jFabian" method of tactics, 
 viz: light in detail, fall back. and form in ambush; 
 (ire and fall back again. In this way he led them 
 on ten or twelve miles with very few casualties, 
 but on approaching Monticello, where they had 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 considerable stores and some Federal prisoners, 
 Col. Elliott was ordered by a superior officer to 
 make a precipitate retreat and fall in with the 
 forces at Monticello. This he knew was an im- 
 possibility and so reported to the commanding 
 officer, adding that he was not Losing any men and 
 believed the enemy was losing heavily. The aid-de- 
 camp returned witli this message, but the answer 
 came that the order was imperative. 
 
 When the messenger caine the second time, Col. 
 Elliott said to him, "I know if the commanding 
 Colonel knew how well we are getting along here 
 he would let us stay. I cannot be disobedient to 
 a superior officer, but will you please go with me 
 and look at my line of battle?" Half protesting, the 
 messenger consented. They went to the top of an 
 eminence overlooking the field, and just as they 
 had taken their position, their left, which was com- 
 manded by Capt. Tuck Thorp, had charged and 
 were beating back the right of the enemy. Thorp 
 was noted for his dressy appearance and wore 
 a long, black plume. "Do you see that black 
 plume yonder waving majestically in the charger" 
 "Yes," replied the aid, "whose is it?" In great 
 triumph, Col. Elliott answered, "Sir, that is Tuck 
 Thorp, my 'Marshal Key.' Sir, go back and tell 
 your superior officer that as long as that black 
 plume waves on the battle-field and I have such 
 men as Bob Tucker on my right, and Snavle 
 and Walton and Holt and Dorse}', I never retreat 
 precipitately." No one ever heard anything said 
 about a court-martial after that, and the Federals 
 retired to Pine Bluff. After helping in capturing 
 a gunboat on the White River the Colonel, worn 
 out by arduous work, retired from active duty for 
 one month, when he joined his command and took 
 an active part in Price's raid, capturing the posts 
 at Doniphan and Irondale, Mo., and burning the 
 stockade. He aided in taking Potosi and Boonville, 
 after which his battalion was augmented to a full 
 regiment anil he was made its Colonel. 
 
 Col. Elliott's regiment was in the advance on the 
 march to Sedalia and was ordered to drive in the 
 Union pickets; he formed fours, and gave his orders 
 through his bugler, .Joseph B. Major, whom Elliott 
 always called his right arm. The charge was 
 sounded and the Colonel with his brave soldiers 
 
 went into the fort with flying Federal pickets. Four 
 of his companies got into the fort with him, but 
 six remained outside, and he captured all the cav- 
 alry, at least two thousand of them. The Federal 
 infantry surrounded the fort and although the 
 Colonel had the arms of the Federal cavalry, the 
 Federal infantry had him. A Federal soldier 
 seized the bridle of his horse and ordered him to 
 surrender. In hot indignation the Colonel struck 
 him down with the barrel of his pistol and got 
 away, and later found the man dead. Escaping 
 by himself, he charged through the Federal lines 
 unscathed and joined his men. one bullet passing 
 through his valise, spoiling his "good clothes," and 
 another bullet striking his mare. In the battle of 
 Lexington, fighting against Blunt, Lane and other 
 Kansas troops, a victory was won. Col. Elliott 
 saw Col. Merritt Young killed duriug the battleof 
 Independence. He fought the battle of Westport, 
 being in charge of the brigade; drove the enemy 
 across Brush Creek, and then retreated to New- 
 touia, keeping his men in line of battle nearly the 
 entire distance, although they had a hard time, 
 some of them being obliged to eat horse and mule 
 flesh. 
 
 The wife of the Colonel's Quartermaster, Capt. 
 William Boone Majors, accompanied him, and after 
 the enemy had driven them into retreat it attacked 
 his wagon train, which was blocked in a narrow lane 
 by a dead mule. Mrs. Majors sprang out from her 
 ambulance, cut the hame string, freed the dead 
 mule, and the wagon drove on with but three mules, 
 her courageous deed thus saving to the Confeder- 
 ates over $100,000 worth of property. When the 
 Colonel reached Newtonia they formed a line of 
 battle and drove back the enemy, lie then 
 marched through the Indian Territory to Texas by 
 Boggy Depot, crossed the river at Colvin's Ferry, 
 and went into winter quarters. Col. Elliott's 
 record throughout the war is one of which he may 
 well be proud, his regiment having been a veritable 
 lighting one, which seemed never so much at 
 home as whin m the midst of a battle. Skirmishes 
 were of almost daily occurrence and it fought over 
 a large territory. With becoming modesty and char- 
 acteristic big-heartedness, Col. Elliott with his voice 
 and pen testified to the heroism and daring of orti- 
 
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 cers and men associated with him, ascribing full 
 credit to their deeds. While declaring all of his men 
 to be heroes and worthy to have their names re- 
 corded on plates of imperishable brass, he has men- 
 tioned by name a number of them, among whom are 
 Henry Day, who in the retreat over Boston Mountain 
 remained lighting after beng twice wounded; Capt. 
 Tuck Thorp, heroic in a charge; the boy soldier, 
 Bob Tucker, a Captain at seventeen, once daring 
 death in his effort to secure a furlough, and never 
 wounded; Snavle, now a civil engineer in Arkan- 
 sas, but then the best of soldiers and a practical 
 joker; Capt. .Toe Holt and his brave Lieutenants, 
 lies and McCue, whose daring exploits would All 
 a volume; Pleasant Hicklin, ready to do all the 
 tamp duty and brave as a lion in battle, and many 
 others. The Colonel is always a good conversa- 
 tionalist, but surpasses himself when on the war 
 theme, and when Joe Shelby's command and 
 Price's army are subjects under consideration. 
 
 In mentioning brave deeds on the part of sol- 
 diers, Col. Elliott stated that by far the greatest 
 act of heroism he ever saw was at the battle of 
 Prairie de Ann. On that occasion Capt. Dick Col- 
 lins, with four pieces of artillery, stood a cannon- 
 ading from (Jen. Steele's three batteries of six 
 pieces each. The position chosen by Capt. Collins 
 was the only advantage he had. His battery was 
 on an elevation, with the cavalry supports in 
 front of the pieces, and so great was the elevation 
 that they flred over the heads of the cavalry. El- 
 liott's battalion was directly in front of the battery. 
 Steele was with his batteries, superintending the 
 movements in person. The distance was not great 
 and occasionally a command could be distinctly 
 heard by the opposing force. Steele fust ordered 
 canister, and they came whirling and sizzling in the 
 face of the Confederates. Finding this did not move 
 the men he tried the grape shot, with as little effect. 
 Then he called, "Try solid shot!" The former exper- 
 ience had been terrible, but when solid shot came it 
 was simply murderous. ( >wing to want of space, the 
 Confederate line was wedged in, every man boot 
 to boot, and when a solid shot came but few missed 
 its mark. Whenever a man lost his life and the 
 horse remained untouched, one of tin- dismounted 
 men in the rear readily took his place and occu- 
 pied the dead rider's horse. 
 
 Col. Elliott had a famous old soldier, aged forty- 
 five or more, and named Sam Wilson, who came 
 from Polk County, Mo. The Colonel offered to 
 give him an easy place where he could be shielded 
 from the hardships of the march, and if he chose 
 could also excuse him from the fight. This offer 
 he always refused disdainfully, but pleasantly, 
 saying that he wished to share with the boys 
 equally. It was the misfortune of this good old 
 man to be struck by one of these terrible missiles 
 of death. His horse was killed, and one leg was 
 shot off and in some way his other leg was also 
 shot and hung by a shred. Col. Elliott, being on 
 the spot, had him extricated from among the dead 
 and dying and ordered two strong men to carry 
 him from the field. The wounded man protested 
 against being taken away, and the only argument 
 he would listen to was that he would be in the way 
 if he remained. As he was borne away, with one 
 leg entirely gone and the other dangling around 
 the limbs of the men who supported him, he re- 
 quested his bearers to stop, and appealing to the 
 Colonel, said, "Sir, can I say just one?" "Say any- 
 thingyou choose, Uncle Sam." At that he raised 
 his old white wool hat in the air, and looking to- 
 ward the enemy, he cried out. ••Hurrah for Col. Ben 
 Elliott and his brave little battalion!" Every man 
 within hearing of his voice was overcome by the 
 spectacle and though formed in line of battle and 
 looking more as though they were made of steel 
 than flesh and blood, they cried like little children. 
 At 12 o'clock the same night the brave man 
 passed away. 
 
 After the war was over. Col. Elliott went to 
 Mexico, where he remained eleven years before he 
 returned to his old Missouri home. He was mar- 
 ried in January, 18(11, to Miss Susan, daughter of 
 Pascal A. Gibbs. She was bom September 26, 
 1840, on the farm upon which she and her husband 
 now reside. This union resulted in the birth of 
 one child, Benjamin, Cashier of the Farmers' Rank 
 of Odessa. Col. Elliott turned his sword into a 
 plowshare and became a farmer, having four hun- 
 dred and twenty-nine acres of land, which he 
 manages with ability and profitably. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Elliott are consistent members of the Baptist 
 Church. ( tin- subject is a member of the Farmers' 
 
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 Alliance, and although he had previously affiliated 
 with the Democratic party, voted for Gen.Weaver 
 
 in the election of 1H!»2. The confidence and es- 
 teem of his fellow-citizens was shown in his nom- 
 ination and election to the office of Sheriff of La 
 Fayette County, a position he filled most credita- 
 bly through a term of four years. He resides in a 
 comfortable house on his farm near Odessa, where 
 he passes in serenity the evening of a life whose 
 morning and noon were crowded with turbulent 
 and heroic events. 
 
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 JEORGE W. HALL, a retired and wealthy 
 farmer, whose place of abode is in Waverly 
 V_A La Fayette County, was born in George- 
 town, Scott County, Ky., in the year 1816. His 
 paternal grandfather, John Hall, was a native of 
 Virginia and of "Welsh descent, while his father, 
 Braxton P. Hall, was born in Kentucky. In that 
 State the latter was united in marriage witli Miss 
 Catherine Fultou, who became the mother of our 
 subject. 
 
 "When twelve years of age, George "W. Hall came 
 with his parents to Missouri, where the father pur- 
 chased a farm in Saline County. The country 
 was very wild, civilization had yet erected few 
 monuments to its progress, and game was very 
 abundant. In his youth our subject was very 
 fond of hunting deer, and relates that he has 
 killed as many as thirteen in one day. His educa- 
 tion was necessarily of a very limited order, as 
 school privileges on the frontier were not of the 
 best. However, he has always been a great reader 
 and has endeavored to keep himself well posted 
 on all of the important and leading questions of 
 the day. Like a dutiful son he assisted his father 
 in clearing and improving his new farm until he 
 reached an age when he found it best for him to 
 branch out for himself. Having been reared on a 
 farm, it is therefore not strange that he concluded 
 to become a farmer on his own account. Coming 
 to La Fayette County he purchased a farm, and 
 
 year by year, as his finances permitted, kept add- 
 ing land to his original purchase until he owned 
 six hundred acres. For a number of years he was 
 engaged in raising stock quite extensively and 
 brought his land under good cultivation, making 
 many improvements upon it. This valuable farm 
 is still in his possession, though he has not been 
 actively engaged in conducting it for a number of 
 years. 
 
 In 1844 Mr. Hall was united in marriage with 
 Miss Eliza M., daughter of Charles W. Hall, who 
 was a Colonel in the War of 1812. Eight chil- 
 dren blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hall, 
 three of whom are deceased. Those surviving are 
 as follows: Charles W.; George W., Jr.; Gavin D.; 
 Susan, wife of M. C. Shewalter; and Jennie, wife of 
 William Glenn. Mr. Hall, who has always been 
 devoted to furthering all measures for the ad- 
 vancement of this community, is a stanch Demo- 
 crat, and is truly esteemed by all as a man of 
 honor and upright walk in life. He is one of the 
 worthy pioneers who have done so much to make 
 this county and State what it is to-day, accounted 
 one of the most prosperous and progressive por- 
 tions of the Union. 
 
 
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 /^\ C. COOPER. The name at the head of 
 (l this sketch is that of a practical farmer re- 
 
 ^^/ siding on section 26, township 51, range 24, 
 in La Fayette County, Mo., he having commenced 
 farming in this county in 1877. Our subject was 
 born in La Fayette County, Mo., in 1854, a son of 
 Benjamin Cooper, a native of Alabama, who was 
 among the early settlers of Missouri, and of Susan 
 (Thomas) Cooper, a daughter of Notley Thomas, 
 Sr., a native of Kentucky. 
 
 At the age of eight years, C. C. Cooper removed 
 to his guardian in Saline County, where he at- 
 tended the subscription schools, and so well did 
 he employ his time that by the time he had 
 reached the age of sixteen years, he was prepared 
 
POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 to enter college in St. Louis, where he remained 
 for eighteen months, spending nine months more 
 at Kemper's School. At the age of twenty-one 
 years be engaged in farming in Saline County, re- 
 maining there for a period of two years, but in 
 1877 he removed to La Fayette Count}-, where he 
 has conducted a business of farming and stock- 
 raising until the present time. 
 
 In connection with his business of agriculture 
 C. C. Cooper has engaged in the breeding of fine 
 trotting horses. At this place he has a farm of 
 three hundred and twenty acres of good land, two 
 hundred and forty of which are under a line state 
 of cultivation. This is saying a great deal, for the 
 farmers of Missouri require considerable excellence 
 before they acknowledge that their land has reached 
 a complete state. In his politics, Mr. Cooper is 
 an adherent of the Democratic party, believing 
 that the principles of this party are those most 
 suited to a Government where freedom and per- 
 sonal liberty are supposed to be sovereign. 
 
 Upon the 5th of May, 1875, C. C. Cooper mar- 
 ried Miss Luetta, daughter of Charles Van Anglen, 
 a native of Ken tuck}-. This marriage has been 
 blessed with four children, as follows: Charlotta, 
 Ella, Homer and Etlie P. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper 
 are highly esteemed in the neighborhood, where 
 they have many friends. 
 
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 JH^EY. WILLIAM M. BELL, a resident of 
 Saline County, located on section 5, town- 
 t ship 52, range 21, and one of the oldest 
 ministers in the count}-, is a man of schol- 
 arly mind and great versatility of genius, lie 
 was born in Richmond County, Ya., on the 23d 
 of June, 1823, and is the son of Thomas V. 
 and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Bell, the former a na- 
 tive of Richmond County, Ya., born on the 26th 
 of April, 1704, and the latter born in Northum- 
 berland County, Ya., September 23, 1801. The 
 grandfather, Charles Bell, also a native of Rich- 
 mond County, Ya., married Miss Winnefrcd Rust, 
 
 who was born in Westmoreland County, Ya. At 
 the age of two years our subject was left an or- 
 phan, and the biographer has failed to learn much 
 more of the family genealogy. Facts and dates 
 are really of little value in a sketch of this kind, 
 because the authenticated life of the subject tells 
 its own story. Our subject needs no long line of 
 ancestors to speak for him; his own busy and use- 
 ful existence lias proved the stability of his charac- 
 ter and the measure of his capacity. 
 
 That two of the great uncles of our subject 
 were veterans of the Revolutionary War, and 
 that Grandfather Hell was for many years a 
 preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, are 
 honorable facts to record, but they do not cast 
 any addional lustre upon the name of a man who 
 has borne so well his part before his fellow-citi- 
 zens. At the age of two years, our subject was 
 taken by his grandmother to Richmond County 
 and remained with her for four years. From that 
 time the life of the lad was not as pleasant as that of 
 one whose parents are ready to surround him with 
 protecting care. He found a home with different 
 relatives and spent his first school days at North- 
 umberland Academy, in Virginia, completing the 
 course there in 1836. One year was spent with 
 other relatives, and then he came with his guar- 
 dian to Cooper County, Mo. 
 
 The name of this guardian was Robert E. Down- 
 ing, and by him our subject was placed in school 
 at Boonville, Mo., where he remained for two 
 years. This brought him to the age of seventeen, 
 and then he began life for himself. At Clinton, 
 Mo., he engaged as a clerk in a dry-goods store for 
 B. F. and T. B. Wallace, and from there he went 
 into the store of his uncle, where he remained for 
 another twelvemonth. At this time he was en- 
 gaged by Reuben McDaniel in his store, and in 
 1843 was sent by his employer to Saline County 
 from Boonville to start a country store. In the 
 spring. of the following year he opened a store 
 for his employer at Marshall. 
 
 While conducting this store for his employer, 
 Mr. Bell became of age, at which time he returned 
 to Virginia and spent the summer in his native 
 State. In the fall of 1814 he returned to Saline 
 County and was united in marriage with Miss 
 
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 Polly N. McDaniel, tlie daughter of his former 
 employer. Their union was blessed with thirteen 
 children, six sons and seven daughters, as follows: 
 Thomas K.. William M., Robert E., Samuel D., 
 Alfred N., Charles I... Delilah E., Delia M., Mary 
 F., Flora A., Lily, Rose ami Priddy .M., all of 
 whom are living excepl one 
 
 Two of tliese intelligent children were educated 
 in part at Huntsville College, State of Missouri. 
 William was sent to the University of Virginia, 
 and is a graduate of medicine from the St. Louis 
 Medical College. Two were students at William 
 Jewell College in Liberty, and three others at the 
 Female College at Lexington, Mo. Our subject 
 united with the Baptist Church called Bethel in 
 1846, and was licensed to preach in November, 
 1848. He was ordained by Elders W. C. Ligon 
 and Robert Y. Thompson, and in 1850 he became 
 the pastor of the first church of Miami. In De- 
 cember, 1850, he succeeded Elder W. C. Ligon as 
 pastor of the Bethel Church. 
 
 In 1852 our subject saw an encouraging open- 
 ing at Arrow Rock, Saline County, and there he 
 organized a church ami was made its pastor. For 
 some five years he officiated in this connection, 
 and then, on account of sonic small differences of 
 opinion, of no moment to the general reader, this 
 church wa- dissolved, and he became pastor of the 
 Good Hope Church, in Saline County, in April, 
 1852. With this body he has continued in pleas- 
 ant and profitable relations (with the exception of 
 six years) for a period of thirty-four years. An- 
 other church organized by this good and energetic 
 man was the Union Church, in August, 1860, 
 and for twenty-eight years he served as its pastor, 
 carrying the griefs and rejoicing in the pleasures 
 of his congregation in the near relationship of a 
 beloved pastor. 
 
 For four years Mr. Bell preached for the Fish 
 lieek Church, and for several years served as pas- 
 tor of the First Baptist Church at .Marshall. In 
 1858 be resigned bis pastoral duties in the Bethel 
 and Miami Churches, t" become the agent of the 
 Ministerial Board of Education in connection 
 with William Jewell < ollege, in winch capacity 
 he raised in notes and cash, by subscriptions, 
 more than $10,000. He also became financial 
 
 traveling agent for that college in 1860 and 
 conducted the work with success until the unset- 
 tled condition of the country rendered it impos- 
 sible, on account of the war, to proceed further 
 with the work. After finding his efforts unprofit- 
 able, lie resigned. lie has been Trustee of Wil- 
 liam Jewell College for the last twenty years. 
 Mr. Bell has filled many other offices of honor 
 and trust in his church and has been Moderator of 
 the Saline Association for twenty-three years. 
 
 While lie has passed his sixty-ninth year, lie 
 is hale and sound physically, as well as mentally. 
 His great heart is in the work of the Gospel, and 
 his services have been accepted, as has been testi- 
 fied by the many conversions under his preaching 
 and prayer. Such are the men who give to Saline 
 County its good name before the Commonwealth. 
 
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 /p^EORGE W. STEALY, a succei 
 [|| g— , mine owner, located in Higginss 
 NiJJi is the manager of the Stealv & Fc 
 
 ^p^EOROK W. STEALY, a successful coal 
 
 sville, Mo., 
 \iwler Coal 
 
 Company, which operates three mines. Mr. Stealy 
 was born four miles west of Ashland, Ohio. Janu- 
 ary 16, 1847. His father, John Stealy, was born 
 in Lancaster County, Pa., and his grandfather, 
 Israel Stealy. was born in West Virginia, and was 
 descended from English parentage. He was a 
 blacksmith in Lancaster Count} - , Pa., and later re- 
 moved his family to Ohio, where lie engaged in 
 blacksmithing and later in farming. The grand- 
 father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and lived 
 to the ripe old age of ninety-one, not dying until 
 1889. In religion, he was a Lutheran and was a 
 firm supporter of the tenets of his church. He was 
 an old-line Whig until the dissolution of that politi- 
 cal organization, when he embraced the principles 
 of the Republican party, to which he adhered until 
 his death. 
 
 The father of our subject was a farmer near 
 Ashland, Ohio, where lie remained until 1853, 
 when he removed to Elkhart County, Ind., and 
 there In mght a farm. Here he died in 1866, aged 
 
PORTRAIT AM) BI< (GRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 615 
 
 forty-five } r ears. 1 1 i — wife, the mother of our sub- 
 ject, was before her marriage Miss Elizabeth Knot, 
 she was born iii Lancaster County, Pa. Her fa- 
 ther was a blacksmith and farmer in Wayne 
 County, Ohio, where lie became very wealthy and 
 also engaged in stock-raising. Mrs. Stealy was 
 reared in t thio and after the death of her first hus- 
 band she married a Mr. Zehner, who is now also 
 dead. She bore her first husband the following 
 children, all of whom are living, namely: Amos, 
 who served his country during the late war in the 
 Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, and continued in ac- 
 tive service for four years, now resides in Pea- 
 body, Kan.; Emeline, now Mrs. Landis. is a resi- 
 dent of Gratiot County, Mich.; Albert is a resident 
 of Ohio, where he is a railway engineer; Alice, now 
 Mrs. Gangway, is a resident of Ashland, Ohio; and 
 our subject. 
 
 George W. Steal}' was reared in Ohio until he 
 was six years of age and then removed to Indiana 
 with his parents, making the trip by team and 
 wagon. He was brought up on the farm and re- 
 ceived his education in the district school of that 
 section. When he reached the age of eighteen he 
 removed to Goshen, End., where he remained for 
 two years, attending school, after which, so tine 
 had been his record as a pupil, he was engaged to 
 teach the schools of Elkhart and Goshen, and was 
 finally made Principal of the different schools. 
 Here he remained for six years, giving satisfaction 
 to everyone, but in 1 s77. to the great sorrow of 
 his pupils, he resolved to remove to Peabody, 
 Kan. Here he built and operated a fine hotel, 
 called the Stealy House, for four years, when he 
 sold out, in 1881, and located in Higginsville; Mo.. 
 where he bought a building, to which he added 
 and called it the Arcade. This building he ran 
 for two years, when he was so unfortunate as to be 
 visited by fire and to have his fine structure 
 burned to the ground. 
 
 This misfortune did not discourage our subject, 
 however, for he immediately built a large brick 
 hotel ami operated it for one j'ear, when, receiving 
 a good offer for it. he parted with if and leased the 
 building now known as the Arcade Hotel, which 
 he operated until 1888, when he disposed of it 
 also, so as to he able to engage in the coal busi- 
 
 ness. The firm of Stealy & Eowler was then 
 formed. They sunk two shafts, one of which is 
 located one mile from the city on the Belt Line or 
 Rocky Branch Railroad. It is fourteen feet to the 
 coal vein, which is eighteen inches in thickness 
 and is easily mined, and is among the best coal in 
 the State. The mine is run by horse power. The 
 firm have a lease of two hundred and sixty acres 
 for twenty j-ears, and employ in their three mines 
 the large force of one hundred men, and mine six 
 car-loads of coal per day. Steam power is used to 
 pump out the water from the mine. The second 
 shaft is located one and one-fourth miles from 
 Higginsville, and it is twenty feet to the eighteen- 
 inch vein. Here they have eighty acres leased, 
 and all the mines are doing a large and flourishing 
 business. The mine is run nearly the whole year, 
 and the product is sold at wholesale. 
 
 Mr. Stealy was married at Goshen, Ind., Janu- 
 ary 14, X866, to Miss Rose Ehret, who was born in 
 Stark County, Ohio, but reared in Indiana. She 
 is a daughter of Elias and Sophia (Ilenning) Ehret. 
 Mr. Stealy and his wife are members of the Baptist 
 Church. He has been a prominent Republican, 
 and has served as a member of the Republican 
 County Committee and as a Delegate to the county 
 and State conventions several times. Mr. Stealy 
 and his wife reside in a pleasant home on Fair 
 Ground Avenue, where they dispense a generous 
 hospitality to many friends. Mr. Stealy is re- 
 garded as one of the pleasantest men in the city, 
 while his many admirable qualities have won for 
 him not only success in business, but the esteem 
 and friendship of all with whom he comes in con- 
 tact. 
 
 [RAM F. CAMPBELL. Cashier of the Aroer- 
 | ican Bank, City Treasurer of Higgins- 
 ville and Secretary of the Higginsville 
 Building and Loan Association, is one of 
 the most prominent young business men in this 
 section of Missouri. A brief review of his life and 
 some account of his ancestry will therefore be of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 general interest. His father, Granville Kelley 
 Campbell, was born in Huntsville, Ala., June 22, 
 1 *'_'•"., and was the son of .Tames Campbell, who 
 came of Scotch parentage, although lie was born 
 in the Slate of Kentucky. The latter carried on 
 cabinet-making and later removed to Huntsville, 
 Ala., where he engaged in farming. His record 
 in the War of I 8 1 "-' was a good one, and he also 
 took part in the Indian troubles. At an early day 
 he moved to .Missouri and settled in La Fayette 
 County, where in 1820 he was married near Dover. 
 After the ceremony, he and his bride traveled on 
 horseback to Huntsville, a distance of eight hun- 
 dred miles, and in that city he engaged in cab- 
 inet-making and farming until 1836. 
 
 June 1, 1836, James Campbell brought his family 
 by team and wagon over the old route to Dover, 
 arriving there after a month's journey. Here he 
 bought some six hundred acres of laud, where he 
 engaged in farming and stock-raising, and was also 
 a large slave-holder. He resided in Dover, where 
 he died in August, 1872, at the age of eighty-one 
 years. For many years he was a consistent mem- 
 ber of the Christian Church. The noble woman 
 who became the grandmother of our subject was 
 Anna Jennings, and was a native of Kentucky, a 
 daughter of David Jennings, who was one of the 
 first settlers near Dover, and engaged there in farm- 
 ing as early as 1818. Mrs. Campbell died in Sep- 
 tember, 181)2, in Dover at the residence of her 
 daughter, Mrs. Mary Taylor, at the advanced age of 
 mnet3'-five years. 
 
 Of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. James 
 Campbell, live are still living, and the father of our 
 subject was the eldest. He was reared near Hunts- 
 ville, Ala., until he was thirteen years of age, when 
 he came to Missouri and grew to manhood on the 
 farm. At that time the country was still full of 
 game, and young Campbell became an expert with 
 his ride. The meats which are now considered 
 dainties in his neighborhood were then, staples. 
 Venison in every form, pigeons, wild turkeys, 
 and even bear meat, were not rare. Until he 
 had reached, his majority, Granville Campbell re- 
 mained with his parents. His education was re- 
 ceived in the logschoolhouse, where the slab benches 
 and earthen lloors may have been picturesque, but 
 
 were not always comfortable. When he started out 
 in life for himself, he became possessed of two hun- 
 dred acres of land, and built a pioneer log house. 
 He began a life of toil on his farm, where lie raised 
 hemp until the close of the war, and in connection 
 with his other farming interests he was engaged in 
 raising mules. Later he traded for a large farm of 
 four hundred and fifty acres in the same vicin- 
 ity, and upon this he engaged in raising cattle, 
 stock and wheat. The land has a line location, 
 four miles southeast of Dover. In 1884 he rented 
 the property to one of his sons and moved to Hig- 
 ginsville. 
 
 After moving into the city, Granville K. Camp- 
 bell built a home on Fair Ground Avenue, anil 
 became a stockholder in the American Lank, also 
 a stockholder and Director in the Higginsville 
 Milling Company. His first marriage occurred in 
 Dover Township in 1849 to Miss Louise Walker, 
 who was born in La Fayette County, and was a 
 daughter of Samuel Walker, an early settler and 
 farmer of the county. Of their children we note 
 the following: Samuel W., a resident of Saline 
 County, where he carries on farming and stock- 
 raising; James II., a coal operator in Higginsville; 
 Robert L., a resident of Henry County, Mo., where 
 he engages in farming aud stock-raising; Hiram F., 
 Cashier of the American Bank; and Iron K., who 
 died in infancy. The mother of our subject died 
 in June, 1865, and Granville K. Campbell subse- 
 quently married Mrs. Maria Johnson, of which 
 union one son, named Alexander Proctor, was born. 
 
 Hiram F. Campbell was born near Dover, Mo., 
 December 14, 1860, and received the rudiments of 
 his education in the district schools. Then he en- 
 tered the University of Missouri at Columbus, 
 where he prosecuted his studies for two years, leav- 
 ing at the close of the Sophomore year. In 1882 
 lie became connected with the Asbury-Catron 
 Banking Company as Teller, the circumstances of 
 which were that Capt. Asbury, knowing his sterling 
 qualities of 'character, sent for him, and from the 
 wheat field lie was installed in the bank. The 
 splendid business ability which he displays illus- 
 trates the sound judgment of Capt. Asbury and 
 his knowledge of men. In 1886, Mr. Campbell 
 became Assistant Cashier, and in the spring of the 
 
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 617 
 
 following year he waselected Cashier of the Amer- 
 ican Bank, the name having been changed from 
 the Asbury-Catron Banking Company. If is proba- 
 ble that at the time of his election he was the 
 youngest Cashier in the State of Missouri. lie has 
 been a stockholder in the hank since the organiza- 
 tion, and is also one of the Directors. 
 
 Our subject was one of the original stockholders 
 of the Higginsville Milling Company, which he 
 serves as Treasurer and also as Director. In 1886, 
 he engaged in an insurance business and carries 
 ten of the leading American and foreign lire insur- 
 ance companies, doing the largest business in that 
 line in the city. In April, 1887, he became one of 
 the organizers of the Higginsville Building and 
 Loan Association, and was later made its Secretary. 
 Jn this, $60,000 of capital is represented. For sev- 
 eral years he has been City Treasurer. 
 
 The present home of our subject is upon Maine 
 Street. His marriage took place October 20, 1886, 
 in Higginsville, to Miss Jennie ( ;. Wyatt, who was 
 born in the city of Lynchburgh, Va. Her father is 
 George Wyatt, a contractor and builder of this 
 place. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have two children, 
 whose names are Karris and Lyman L. Socially he 
 is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights 
 of Pythias. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, 
 and is actively identified with the party of his 
 choice. He is a member of the Christian Church. 
 
 /—>; PANY1LLK K. PAGE, an early and hon- 
 (l[ (=, ored pioneer and extensive agriculturist 
 V_^l of Dover Township, La Fayette County. 
 Mo., owns a finely cultivated farm of three hun- 
 dred and twenty-one and a-half acres, located 
 upon section 13, township 50, range 26. Uprighl 
 in character, temperate in habits, and public-spir- 
 ited in action, our subject has always been identi- 
 fied with the march of improvement, and ever 
 taken a leading part in the local enterprises of 
 his neighborhood. Widely known and highly 
 respected, he is thoroughly at home in the his- 
 
 tory of the early days, and the progressive ad- 
 vancement of each prominent interest i-- as fa- 
 miliar to him as the daily recurring events of the 
 pasl year. 
 
 The Page family were among the early immi- 
 grants to America, and are of Scotch and English 
 descent. The first representative of the branch of 
 the Pages to which belongs Granville R. settled 
 in Virginia in the latter part of the sixteenth 
 century. John Page, the American statesman, 
 bom in Virginia in L743, was an intimate friend 
 of Thomas Jefferson and a member of the Colo- 
 nial Council. During the Revolutionary struggle 
 he rendered important service to the Government 
 and freely contributed from his private purse to 
 the public cause. In 1802 he was elected Gov- 
 ernor of Virginia, and during his lifetime occu- 
 pied many positions of trust, and passed away in 
 1808, his death being mourned as a national loss. 
 
 The parents of our subject. Axel H. and Sarah 
 (Ennis) Page, were both native Virginians, as 
 were the paternal and maternal grandparents. The 
 maternai grandfather was John Ennis, well known 
 as a man of influence and position in the Old Do- 
 minion, while Grandfather Joseph Page had also 
 a large circle of friends, whose respect and esteem 
 he fully possessed. Axel II. Page made his home 
 in Kentucky, and in this latter State Granville R. 
 was born in the mouth of January, 1817, his 
 birthplace being Warren County, where he re 
 mained until ten years of age, when, with his par 
 ents, he removed to La Fayette County, Mo. The 
 family settled in Dover Township, and here, nearly 
 sixty-six years ago, our subject went to school in 
 the little log house where the scholars received 
 their early instruction. 
 
 At nineteen years of age Mr. Page, who had 
 been trained to agricultural duties at home, be- 
 gan farming on his own account, and in 1836 lo- 
 cated in Platte County. Mo., where he remained 
 eighteen months. In 1838 our subject returned 
 t.. La Fayette County, and in the fall of 1841 set- 
 tled upon his present farm, and for the first two 
 years lived in a log cabin, but then built a more 
 modern and commodious abode. During the first 
 years of his agricultural experience in his present 
 location Mr. Page raised hemp extensively, but 
 
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 after the war devoted himself more to general 
 fanning anil stock-raising, handling chiefly graded 
 Shorthorns. For some time he bought and shipped 
 large numbers of stock, and, year after year, has 
 increased his possessions by industry and capable 
 management. Our subject, while a kind friend 
 and true neighbor, is opposed to secret organiza- 
 tions, and has never affiliated with any order. 
 ( >nce a Whig, later a pronounced Democrat, he 
 voted for Henry Clay, and is a firm advocate of 
 the time-honored Jefferson ian Democracy. 
 
 July 23, 1835, occurred the first marriage of 
 Mr. Page, who was then united with Miss Mary 
 A. Kidge, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter 
 of William Kidge, who was born in Kentucky, 
 but who removed to Missouri with his family in 
 the fall of 1834. Mrs. Page became the mother 
 of quite a family of children, five of whom are 
 now living: William A., John (deceased). Sara 
 F., Nancy, Mary E., Eliza J. (deceased), and Alice 
 L., the youngest daughter, who still survives. 
 January 1, 1856, our subject contracted his sec- 
 ond marriage, his present wife having been the 
 sharer of his joys and sorrows for thirty-seven 
 years. Mrs. Lucinda (Johnson) Page is the daugh- 
 ter of William Johnson, a native of Tennessee, 
 who came to Missouri in 1819, and who experi- 
 enced the struggles and triumphs of the early set- 
 tlers in the Territory. The ancestors of Mrs. l'age 
 were of English descent, but her paternal grand- 
 father was one of the Revolutionary heroes who 
 fought for God and liberty. 
 
 Mr. and .Mrs. Page have been the parents of 
 nine children, eight of whom are living: Lou Ella, 
 Jennie B., George A., Ida L, Benjamin L., Heber, 
 Joseph J. and Temple R. Mr. and Mrs. Page and 
 their family, now variously located, are all num- 
 bered among the useful and energetic citizens who 
 are important factors in tlie upbuilding and perma- 
 nent advancement of national interests, and are 
 all esteemed for their upright and honorable 
 methods in the daily business of life. Many of 
 the early settlers of Missouri have passed away, 
 and the remaining pioneers now and then gather 
 togethei to once more recount the experiences 
 of yore, and among the organizations of La Fay- 
 ette County is the Old Men's Club, of which asso- 
 
 ciation Mr. Page is an active and honored member. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Page are both valued members of the 
 Christian Church, with which religious denomina- 
 tion our subject has been actively connected for 
 fifty-six years. 
 
 0^)EORGE B. CHAMBERLIN, a successful 
 III (—-, agriculturist and influential citizen of La 
 \^JJ Fayette County, Mo., has for a number of 
 years been identified with the development and 
 growing interests of his township and immediate 
 locality, and is highly esteemed as a public-spirited 
 and useful citizen. He was born in Hampshire 
 County, W. Va., July 14, 1840, and is a son of 
 George E. and Martha (Brundell) Chamberlin. The 
 paternal grandfather of our subject, Elijah Cham- 
 berlin, married Miss Mary McPherson, and unto 
 them was born a family of sturdy sons and (laugh- 
 ters: James, John, Franklin, Jonas, George E., 
 Jane and Mary. The family were members of the 
 Presbyterian Church and lived consistent Christian 
 lives. The grandfather died in Cabletown, Jeffer- 
 son County, W. Va., in which place his son, George 
 E., the father of our subject, was born. The grand- 
 mother May died near Hedgesville, Berkeley 
 County, W. Va., about 1861. George E. Chamber- 
 lin was a successful merchant in Cabletown, and 
 devoted his entire life to mercantile pursuits. 
 In after days he removed to Capon Bridge, Hamp- 
 shire County, where he died. 
 
 The mother of our subject survived her husband, 
 and died in 1875, in Cooper County, Mo. She was 
 a daughter of Philip Brundell, and was born in 
 London, England. Her father came to the United 
 States in 1825, and was a maker of mathematical 
 instruments, and located in Norfolk, Va. He was 
 married twice, but only reared one child to matur- 
 ity. Mrs.Martha (Brundell) Chamberlin, whose mo- 
 ther's maiden name was Sarah Toolej-s, was a mem- 
 ber of John N. Duncan's Church (Presbyterian), 
 of the city of Baltimore. She was an earnest, con- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 scientious wife, and the mother of eight children, 
 six of whom lived to adult years. These sons and 
 daughters were, Sarah, John A. R., George B., Ida 
 V., William McPherson and Cora S. The twin chil- 
 dren died in infancy. John A. R. served bravely in 
 the Confederate army. Our subject was reared 
 upon a farm, and after his brother went into the 
 army took charge of the homestead, being then but 
 fourteen years of age, consequently he enjoyed but 
 limited educational advantages. 
 
 In 1873 Mr. Chaniberlin came to Missouri, and 
 worked in a mill for two years, locating at 
 first in Cooper County, where his mother and bro- 
 ther settled nearly two years before. In 1880 our 
 subject made his home upon the eighty acres where 
 he now resides, and has for the past thirteen years 
 devoted himself with energetic industry to the 
 duties of general agriculture and stock-raising. 
 The farm is under a high state of cultivation, 
 and annually yields an abundant harvest. Mr. 
 Chamberlin was united in marriage with Miss 
 Massie A. Gammon, a daughter of William T. and 
 Elizabeth A. (Slaven) Gammon, March 18, 1884. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlin are members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South, with which 
 our subject has been connected since 1865, and his 
 wife for the past seven years, having formerly 
 been a member of the Presbyterian Church. The 
 pleasant home has been blessed with one child, a 
 bright little daughter, Bessie. Mr. and Mrs. Cham- 
 berlin are widely known and highly respected, and 
 are prominent factors in the good work and social 
 and benevolent enterprises of their home neighbor- 
 hood and locality. 
 
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 ■ji/ ESLIE KEITH, a successful farmer, widely 
 I («) known and highly respected, and a leading 
 J — A resident of La Fayette County, was born 
 Decern tier 20, 1853, upon the farm which he now 
 owns, section 20, township 18, range 27. Having 
 spent nearly two-score years in the county, he has 
 been intimately associated with the progress of 
 
 his neighborhood, and, an industrious and ener- 
 getic citizen, has materially aided in the advance- 
 ment of the Slate. 
 
 Our subject is the son of James M. and Lizzie 
 (Perry) Keith. < Grandfather James W. Keith, who 
 was born in Virginia, located in Kentucky during 
 the early pioneer days and settled near Winches- 
 ter. He engaged in the pursuit of agriculture 
 nearly all his life, and was also a successful mer- 
 chant. The father of our subject, James M. Keith. 
 was born in Winchester. Ky., December 7, 181.0. 
 
 He received an excellent education and < ipleted 
 
 a course of study in Center College, at Danville, 
 Ky., graduating from this celebrated institution 
 when he was but eighteen years of age. 
 
 In a comparatively brief time this energetic and 
 talented man began the practice of medicine in 
 Missouri, and in 181.") came to La Fayette County 
 and located upon section 2(1, township 48, range 
 27. Beginning with two hundred and eighty 
 acres, the gift of his father, he rapidly increased 
 his holdings, until he owned eight hundred and 
 foity acres of valuable land, all in one body, 
 which he energetically cleared and improved. At 
 a cost of $8,0(10 he erected an elegant residence, 
 which was burned to the ground in 1880. Dr. 
 Keith died on the 9th of March. 187;». He was an 
 active member of the Presbyterian Church, and 
 one of the organizers and Elders of Mount Hope. 
 Dr. Keith was a lifelong Democrat, and was quite 
 prominent in political affairs. He entered the Con- 
 federate service, raised a company, and was made 
 Captain. He participated in the battle of Lex- 
 ington and various skirmishes, but on account of 
 his health resigned. Later he went to Saline 
 County, where he engaged profitably in trading. 
 and also had a large practice, and remained until 
 the close of the war. 
 
 Dr. Keith was an extensive slave-holder, and 
 was thus a heav\ Loser by the Civil War. He also 
 made an unprofitable venture about the close of 
 the war, when he sent a large tram of stock and 
 provisions across the plains, much of which outlay 
 was an entire loss. The soul of generosity and a 
 liberal-minded man. he too frequently assisted his 
 friends even at a greal personal sacrifice, lie was 
 sixty-three years of age at the time of his death, 
 
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 and was beloved by his friends and highly re- 
 spected by all who knew him. He was twice mar- 
 ried, and by his first wife became the father of 
 nine children, eight of whom lived to reach years 
 Of maturity. Thesonsand daughters who brought 
 joy and sunshine into the beautiful home were: 
 Belle Taylor, Perry, Mollie Perry, James, Felix, 
 Bettie; Woolf, deceased: Pauline, who died in in- 
 fancy; Leslie, our subject; and Frank, who is in 
 business in Kansas City. The mother of our sub- 
 ject was born in Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn., and 
 now resides in May view. Mo.; she is a daughter of 
 James Perry, an enterprising merchant and a well- 
 known citizen of ability and worth. She is a 
 member of the old-school Presbyterian Church, 
 and a sincere and devoted Christian. At the age 
 of sixty-eight years she now resides in Kansas 
 City. 
 
 Leslie Keith was reared upon a farm, and edu- 
 cated in the district schools of his immediate 
 neighborhood. At twenty-three years of age, in 
 1876, he located upon one hundred and ninety 
 
 acres of the original I lestead, and, devoting 
 
 himself to the duties of general agriculture, has 
 brought the land up to a high state of cultivation. 
 April 27. 1876, he married Miss Ruth Rice, who 
 was born near Columbus. Johnson County, the 
 daughter of Pleasant and Linnie (Hay) Rice. Mr. 
 Rice was a native Tennesseean and was born in 
 1803. At fifteen years of age he came with his 
 parents to Saline County, then after a short time 
 went to Greenton Valley, and from there jour- 
 neyed to Johnson County, where he lived for over 
 sixty years, dying May 10, 18!>2. He was a 
 wealthy farmer, and the father of thirteen chil- 
 dren, five sons and six daughters living to mature 
 age. His wife, who was a native of Jefferson 
 County, Ky.. passed away two years prior to the 
 death of her husband. They were both members 
 of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Grand- 
 father Dangerfield Rice, who came from Tennessee 
 and remained a short time in Missouri, was of di- 
 rect Scotch-Irish descent. 
 
 The pleasant home of our subject and his estim- 
 able wife has been blessed by the birth of six chil- 
 dren, of whom five are yet surviving. The sons 
 and daughters are : Pleasant, Turner, Lizzie. 
 
 Courtney and Rodger. Mrs. Keith is a valued 
 member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 
 and actively aids in the support of its good work 
 and benevolent enterprises. Politically our sub- 
 ject is a Democrat, and an earnest advocate of the 
 party. lie has been an important factor in the 
 promotion of the best interests of the community, 
 and is highly esteemed as an upright and progress- 
 ive American citizen. 
 
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 ^pv OL. JOHN Di IXALDSON, a prominent and 
 i'l ~\ well-known farmer and stock-raiser of La 
 \^y Fayette County, Mo., was born in County 
 Down, Ireland, October 27, 1822, a son of Joseph 
 and Mary (Nicholson) Donaldson, who were en- 
 gaged in farming in their native country. Our 
 subject was the third son in a family of six chil- 
 dren and grew up to man's estate in his native 
 land, where he attended the common schools. 
 In 1846, he came to America, landing in New 
 York City. From that great metropolis he made 
 his way to Eastern Tennessee, where he began 
 merchandising, which he continued for two years. 
 
 In 1849, our subject decided to make a change, 
 hence removed to Missouri and located his business 
 in l'lcasant Hill, Cass County, where he remained 
 but one year, then settled in Lexington, Mo., 
 where he continued the same line of trade until 
 L859, when he came to his present place to begin 
 the life of a farmer and stock-raiser. In June, 
 1861, Mr. Donaldson left the peaceful pursuits to 
 which he had so lately settled and entered the 
 Confederate army, in which he served until the 
 close of the war. The rise of this officer was rapid, 
 he being successively commissioned Captain, Major, 
 and Lieutenant-Colonel. 
 
 Our subject was one of the brave soldiers of the 
 siege of Vicksburg, besides making a record at 
 other points, and is well remembered among his 
 comrades for his gallantry. After the war, he re- 
 turned to his agricultural pursuits and has con- 
 ducted an extensive business in slock, dealing 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 621 
 
 principally in mules. His land comprises seven- 
 teen hundred acres, arid the most of it is under 
 g< »i(l cultivation and all of it is well fenced. He 
 is one of the landed gentry of the State. In pol- 
 itic-. Col. Donaldson is a prominent and pro- 
 nounced Democrat, outspoken in his preference for 
 the party of his belief. 
 
 In the year 1857, the brave Colonel was united 
 in marriage with Miss E-ettie M., the only daugh- 
 ter of John B. Webb, a native of Kentucky, who 
 removed from there into La Fayette County at an 
 early day. Mrs. Donaldson was born in this State 
 December 23, 1839. The only living issue of this 
 marriage is Pinkie, now the wife of George S. Ma- 
 grew, of St. Louis. Col. Donaldson was bereaved 
 of his wife March 8, 187IK lie is a member of 
 Waverly Lodge No. 61, A. F. & A. M.. and one of 
 the most prominent men in this part of the county. 
 His great farm is located on township 51, range 
 24. Had every resident in the State of Missouri 
 as large a farm as our subject, the number of voters 
 would very considerably decrease. 
 
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 \fj OHN W. FN DLY, ex-Postmaster and member 
 of the School Board in Higginsville, Saline 
 County, is one of the most successful busi- 
 ng/ ness men in the city, and is engaged in 
 carrying on a general grocery trade in his large 
 store building, which is located on the corner of 
 Hustler and Hoggs Streets. He was born in Guern- 
 sey County, Ohio, near Senecaville, April 30, 1847, 
 his father being John Endly, a native of Wash- 
 ington County, Pa., who emigrated with his par- 
 ents to Ohio, setling in Guernsey County at an 
 early day. He was engaged in merchandising,and 
 also ran an hotel for sonic lime, lie was of Eng- 
 lish descent and was quite a successful business 
 man at one time, packing and shipping tobacco 
 quite extensively. He was summoned from this 
 life in 1817, having been taken sick in Philadelphia, 
 and dying after but a brief illness. The mother 
 of our subject bore the maiden name of Isabella 
 
 Morrison. Her father was a Colonel in the War 
 of 1812, a native of Virginia and Sheriff of Lou- 
 doun County for two terms. 
 
 Mr. Endly of whom we write was reared by his 
 grandfather, Col. Morrison, a1 Senecaville, receiv- 
 ing a common-school education. At the beginning 
 of May, L862, he volunteered in the Union service, 
 becoming a member of Company E, Eighty-eighth 
 Ohio Infantry, and was mustered in at Camp 
 ( !hase, where he remained until May. 1864, when he 
 re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-sec- 
 ond Ohio, in Company E. With his regiment, he 
 was sent into Virginia, going to Petersburgh and 
 Mouocacy. and then to the Shenandoah Valley mi 
 Hunter's raid. He received an honorable discharge 
 from the army in September, 18G4, being mus- 
 tered out at Galliopolis, Ohio. Returning home, 
 he served an apprenticeship at saddlery and harness- 
 making with an uncle for two years and then, cm- 
 barking in business for himself, opened a shop in 
 Norwich, Ohio. 
 
 In 1868, Mr. Endly was united in marriage 
 with Miss Frances Whittaker, a native of Norwich, 
 where their marriage was celebrated. Her father. 
 Daniel I. Whittaker, was a leading merchant and 
 fur dealer. She was called to her final rest during 
 her residence in this city. The four children who 
 were born of their union are Benjamin, a graduate 
 
 of the High Scl lot' this city; Thomas; Mary. 
 
 who is attending the Alcdo Academy; and Nola. 
 In 1886, Mr. Endly was married in Senecaville to 
 Miss Sarah H. P. Urdum, who was born in Fred- 
 erick County. Md.. and educated in Ohio. A 
 daughter, Isabel, a charming little girl, has come 
 to bless her parents' home. 
 
 In 18G'.» Mr. Endly came to Missouri, settling in 
 Warrensburgh, where he built a house and worked 
 at his trade for about a year. In 1870, lie went 
 to Orrville, there opening a harness and saddlery 
 shop. For several terms he was a member of the 
 
 City Council and of the Scl I Hoard of that city. 
 
 In 1875, he was appointed Postmaster under lien. 
 Grant, which position lie resigned four years later, 
 selling out his genera] store, where he kept in 
 stock groceries, boots and shoes, dry goods and 
 saddlery. In L879 he made a location in Higgins 
 ville, starting a butcher shop on Hustler Street in 
 
622 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 company with B. I'. Tudor,and continued in busi- 
 ness one year only, on account of being appointed 
 Postmaster in 1880, by President Hayes, without 
 his solicitation. In order to properly fill the du- 
 ties of this position, he sold out his store, and un- 
 der the administration of Gen. Garfield was re- 
 appointed Postmaster, serving until July of 1885. 
 He has taken a prominent part in local affairs, and 
 in 1890 was elected Alderman of the First Ward. 
 During the time of his service the First Ward 
 Building was erected at a cost of t7,000 and vari- 
 ous other improvements were made in other por- 
 tions of the city. He served as a member of the 
 street Committee and saw to it that many of the 
 streets were graded and put in much better condi- 
 tion. He was one of the first Trustees of the city, 
 serving for one term. In 1886, he became a mem- 
 ber "f the Sehool Board, and three years later was 
 made President of the Hoard, which position he 
 still occupies. 
 
 Mr. Fndly is a member of the Independent Or- 
 der of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed all the 
 (hairs, and a member of McCIurg Post No. 'ill. 
 G. A. R., of which he was the second Commander. 
 He owns real estate in this city and lias purchased 
 the old homestead where he was reared in Ohio. 
 His residence is a pleasant one situated on Main 
 Street. In politics, he is independent, and, relig- 
 iously, holds membership with the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, at Orrville. In his possession is a 
 parole of honor signed by Gov. Bruff, Secretary- 
 of-War Stanton and President Lincoln. 
 
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 eOL. WILLIAM BROWN" was for many 
 years an honored settler of Saline County, 
 Mo., living on his farm, situated on section 
 30, township 52, range 26. His career m life was 
 marked by honorable conduct, and his genial 
 warm-hearted way made him friends of one and 
 all. His birth occurred February 5, 1828, at Elk 
 Hill, Fayette ( ounty, Kv., his father, Samuel S. 
 Brown, being a prominent lawyer and honored 
 
 citizen of that State. His mother before her mar- 
 riage was Miss Anna Harrison, daughter of Robert 
 C. Harrison, who was one of the Revolutionary 
 
 heroes. 
 
 The education of our subject was obtained in the 
 public schools near the place of his birth, and at the 
 age of sixteen years he commenced studying sur- 
 veying with Capt. Liotz. The article which was 
 written by Col. Fremont at that time tired his en- 
 thusiasm, and in 18 1G he joined the company 
 of (dl. W. Russell at Independence, Mo. In this 
 company were Capt. A. .1. Cobbs, of Louisville, 
 Bryant, the author of "What I saw in California." 
 Messrs. Nothalland Brookley, of Kentucky. Currey 
 and Ilohlin. of St. Louis, McClary, of New Oilcan-. 
 and Capt. Wells, formerly of the army. They 
 traveled by way of the Southern end of the great 
 Salt Lake, arriving at their destination on the 1st 
 of September. The exposure and hardship inci- 
 dent to such a triii overland brought on a severe 
 fit of sickness and our subject was advised to re- 
 cuperate his health in the Sandwich Islands. He 
 went on the steamship '-James" with Capt. Givens, 
 who was very kind to him and took him to his 
 home in Honolulu, where he remained until fully 
 restored to his usual robust health. For two 
 months after his recovery he visited the different 
 points of interest on the islands, which contain 
 many picturesque and rare sights. 
 
 In February, 1817. Mr. Brown returned to the 
 United States, only to find the country in a turbu- 
 lent condition, and immediately on his arrival he 
 was appointed Second Lieutenant of Company A, 
 California Battalion, Of which Capt. Owens was in 
 command. Mr. Brown was detailed with six men 
 as escort to Col. W. II. Russell, who was sent 
 with a dispatch to Washington, and for thirty-live 
 days this little band of men lived upon the meat 
 of the broken-down mules. They arrived safely in 
 Washington m October, 1847, where Mr. Brown was 
 promoted to the rank of Colonel. While in Wash- 
 ington he improved every opportunity of storing 
 hi- mind with useful knowledge, and returned to 
 his native State in February. 1848, being again 
 ready to start to the Golden State in the following 
 month. Nine young men were his companions on 
 this triii, which was made on pack mules. This 
 
PORTRAIT AN']) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 623 
 
 marie his third trip across the plains before he was 
 twenty-one years of age. Dpon arriving in Cali- 
 fornia he took up a claim and was associated in 
 mining and fanning with two young men from 
 Lexington, Ky. Mr. Brown was afterward elected 
 Surveyor, in which capacity he served for two years. 
 
 In February, 18.52, the Colonel came to Missouri, 
 as his mother and brother had settled upon a farm 
 here. In the spring of the following year, in com- 
 pany with his mother, he returned to Kentucky on a 
 visit, where they spent the summer. In February, 
 18,53, our subject was married to Miss Leora V., 
 daughter of Robert J. Thompson, of Saline County, 
 this State. The latter was a large farmer and took 
 great interest in the development of his extensive 
 farm and the raising of fine stock. In the fall of 
 185(1 Mr. Brown purchased three hundred and 
 twenty acres of land near Leavenworth, Kan., which 
 he highly improved and cultivated until 1860. He 
 then sold his farm, and returned to make his home 
 with his mother, to whom he was a devoted son; 
 to his amiable wife he was a loving husband, and 
 to his three children was a truly affectionate and 
 considerate father. 
 
 In 1861, when the Government called for troops, 
 Col. Brown responded and was at once elected as 
 Captain of the Missouri State Guards. He partici- 
 pated in the first battle of Boonville, and the en- 
 gagements at Carthage and Wilson Creek. In the 
 latter part of April. 1861, he returned home and 
 remained for about one week on a flying visit. 
 One and a-half miles south of his farm was an en- 
 campment of three hundred men under Col. Bucher, 
 who implored him to join them on the expedition 
 to Boonville. He complied with their request most 
 unfortunately, for there, September 13, 1861, he 
 met his death. He was a devoted Christ ian, his 
 last words being, "Rear my children for Christ. 
 Teach them that religion is a pearl above price." 
 Many were the expressions of heartfelt sympathy 
 which his family received in this hour of their 
 deep affliction. 
 
 The brother of our subject. Mason, was born in 
 1824, and in the Mexican War was a valiant and 
 faithful soldier, taking part in many of the most 
 prominent battles. While at Buena Vista, during 
 the progress of the battles, his Captain was taken 
 
 32 
 
 prisoner and the command fell on him as he was 
 Second Lieutenant of the company and the First- 
 Lieutenant was absent. lie was highly compli- 
 mented for his daring and gallantry. He returned 
 to Kentucky, where he engaged in farming and 
 where he was married to Miss Sallie A. Alexander. 
 In 1850 he located in Saline County, Mo., where 
 he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits 
 and raising fine stock. 
 
 ^fl'OIIN WELBORN, a prominent attorney-at- 
 law and enterprising business man of Lex- 
 ington, is a loyal Republican, and has been 
 called upon to fill various important posi- 
 tions in this city during the past ten years. In 
 1882 he was elected City Recorder for a term of 
 two years, was re-elected in 1884 and again in 
 1886 without opposition. In 1888 he was elected 
 Mayor of the city, which important place he held 
 for two years, discharging its duties with prompt- 
 ness, fidelity and zeal. He has ever had the besl 
 interests of the city at heart, and for that reason 
 and his many worthj' qualities is held in the 
 highest esteem and respect by all who have the 
 good fortune to know him. 
 
 Mr. Welborn was born in La Fayette County, 
 Mo., November 20, 1856. and is the son of David 
 N". and Catherine (Bodenhammer) Welborn. being 
 the youngest son in a family of twelve children. 
 His paternal grandfather, whose Christian name 
 was David, was a native of North Carolina. David 
 N. Welborn was a prominent and leading farmer 
 of Freedom Township, l.a Fayette County, and 
 there were spent the boyhood days of Our Subject. 
 He assisted his father in cultivating the home farm 
 during a portion of the year, and attended the 
 district schools of the neighborhood up to the age 
 of seventeen years. In 1 875 he entered the Nor- 
 mal School at Warrensburgh, in this state, grad- 
 uating from the Normal course two year.- later. 
 
 In 1877 our subject c< lenced the study of 
 
 law. reading under the tutorage of John .1. ( ock- 
 
624 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 rell, of Warrensburgb, and was admitted to the 
 Bar under William T. Wood, August !), 1879. He 
 at once began the practice of his profession in Lex- 
 ington, before all the courts. Though much of 
 the time since he commenced practice has been 
 spent in public offices, he has nevertheless ac- 
 quired a large and lucrative practice and an en- 
 viable reputation as a lawyer. He possesses to an 
 eminent degree the necessary qualities for success 
 in a gentleman of the legal profession, as he is an 
 able advocate and possesses an excellent memory, 
 being able to cite examples and precedents iu 
 every given case. lie is intelligent and widely 
 read, keeping thoroughly posted on all decisions 
 rendered by courts in various parts of the coun- 
 try, and in various ways keeping himself thor- 
 oughly abreast of the times. 
 
 In 187'. I, soon after being admitted to the Bar, 
 Mr. Wei born was united in marriage with Miss 
 Georgia A. Little John, who is a daughter of Robert 
 T. Littlejohn, a prosperous farmer of Freedom 
 Township. Our subject and his accomplished and 
 charming wife have a pleasant residence on Main 
 Street, where it is their special pleasure to welcome 
 and entertain their many friends. During the 
 time Mr. Welborn was .Mayor many important im- 
 provements and wise measures were enacted for 
 the benefit of the city, which was duly prospered 
 under his regime. 
 
 4^ <► St. 
 
 1 (II IN II. PEACOCK,a prosperous agricul- 
 turist, large land-owner and enterprising 
 citizen of Iligginsville, La Fayette County. 
 Mo., is one of the most public-spirited and 
 liberal residents of the State. His efforts in behalf 
 of local improvements have been notable, and he 
 has also been an important factor in the prosperity 
 of various religious and benevolent enterprises. A 
 constant dweller within the borders of Missouri 
 since 1847, her upward progress and rapid advance- 
 ment are intimately associated with the history of 
 
 his life. Few there are of the immediate neighbor- 
 hood or surrounding country who do not know 
 our subject well, and all who know him give him 
 their full respect and utmost confidence. 
 
 Mr. Peacock is a Virginian, and was born No- 
 vember 16, 1816, in Loudoun County, about nine 
 miles from Leesburgh. His paternal grandfather, 
 John, was also a native of Virginia, and in early 
 days a settler of Springfield, Ohio, where he indus- 
 triously tilled the soil, but finally returned to the 
 Old Dominion, and died there. He was of English 
 ancestry, a man of courage, resolution and will, 
 and was highly esteemed. Elijah Peacock, the 
 father of our subject, was also a native of Loudon 
 County. Ya.,and with other patriotic sons of the 
 Old Dominion served in theWarof 1812. He was 
 at Baltimore under Gen. Douglas, and was one of 
 the defenders of Washington, when that city was at- 
 tacked by the enemy. He was an extensive agri- 
 culturist and noted stock-raiser of Virginia, and 
 owned a gristmill located on the Potomac, beside 
 which he also successfully handled merchandise, 
 doing a large business in a general store. When 
 the bankrupt law was passed many people repudi- 
 ated their debts, and he was almost financially 
 ruined. 
 
 A courageous and self-reliant man, Elijah Pea- 
 cock began again to build up his business interests, 
 and prospered, erecting both a saw and grist mill, 
 and, engaged in other enterprises, was ever actively 
 employed up to his last illness. Energetic, industri- 
 ous and upright in character, he passed to his rest, 
 lamented by all who knew him. Nancy, bis wife, 
 born in Virginia, was a daughter of John Huff, an 
 Englishman, who built the first house in Waterford. 
 Va., and who afterward became very wealthy. He 
 dealt in merchandise, engaged in milling, and 
 bought and sold real estate. He owned large bodies 
 of land in Ohio, beside valuable property in Alex- 
 andria, and was greatly prospered, lie was a Quaker, 
 and died in Waterford at a good old age. This 
 maternal grandfather was a man widely known 
 and greatly respected, and devoted much of his 
 time to the pursuit of agriculture. 
 
 .Mrs. Peacock, the mother of our subject, died in 
 her native State. Bight sons and three daughters 
 survived her. and ten of these children arc now 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 625 
 
 living. John was the eldest-born, and was reared 
 upon the farm, where he was early trained into 
 habits of industry. He assisted in running the 
 store, and was soon able to manage the sawmill 
 upon the Potomac River. He also enjoyed the 
 educational advantages of must excellent public 
 schools, but overworked himself by severe mental 
 labor and bard study, so tried clerking, but his 
 health was so impaired, he was obliged to recuper- 
 ate upon the farm. Active and energetic, our sub- 
 ject sought work in a blacksmith shop, and soon 
 regained his former vigor and strength. For the 
 next two years he sold goods in East Loudon, but 
 such work was too confining, and he once again 
 engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, this time 
 buying a farm of four hundred acres, which he im- 
 proved successfully, until, in 1847, he came to Mis- 
 souri, traveling by train toParkersburgh,and from 
 there by boat to Lexington. 
 
 Mr. Peacock spent one year in Odessa, and then 
 settled here, buying one hundred and sixty acres 
 of land, about half a mile from Iligginsville, and 
 located upon sect inn 29, range 25, township 50. 
 The land was in Dover Township, and was entirely 
 unimproved, but with characteristic energy, our 
 subject began its cultivation. He engaged in raising 
 hemp, and was among the first residents of that 
 vicinity who ploughed with horses. As he pros- 
 pered be added to his landed interests until he had 
 about one thousand acres. After the war he raised, 
 fed, bought and sold an excellent grade of cattle, 
 and became an extensive shipper of stock. In 
 1884 he removed to Iligginsville, settled here 
 permanently, and erected a handsome home. Our 
 subject has of late sold quite a numberof valuable 
 properties, but still retains ten hundred and forty 
 acres of land, all in Dover Township. 
 
 Eight hundred and forty acres are all in one 
 huge farm, which is well arranged for three tenants, 
 having besides one commodious residence, three 
 houses and three good barns. The large acreage 
 is all under fine cultivation, the soil watered fcn 
 springs, the ground thoroughly drained bj tiling, 
 and much of the land well shaded by Cottonwood 
 trees. Everywhere one may look, thrift, and wise 
 management are plainly indicated upon this valu- 
 able property. Mr. Peacock has seldom failed to 
 
 succeed in any enterprise, and has won a compe- 
 tence, but during the war was plundered bj both 
 parties. He was a Director in the I lank of Higgins- 
 ville, and also occupied the same position in the 
 Milling Company, but retired from active partici- 
 pation in those business enterprises. 
 
 Our subject gave the right of way through his 
 farm to the Chicago <fc Alton Railroad. The right of 
 \\:i\ covered three-quarters of a mile and was worth 
 two thousand dollars. Mr. Peacock also gave a 
 quarter of a mile right of way to the Missouri Pa- 
 cific Railroad. The firs! coal shaft sunk in the 
 county on the Chicago & Alton Railroad was on 
 the farm of our subject, which contain- valuable 
 deposits, and has been mined, but not to any great 
 extent. Mr. Peacock owns twelve acres of land 
 anil four lots in and adjoining Iligginsville, this 
 property being finely located and increasing in 
 value. Mr. Peacock was married in Virginia to 
 Miss Sarah Purr, born in that State, where she died, 
 leaving a family of three sons and four daughters. 
 Mary E., Mrs. Hagood resides here upon a farm; 
 Rose, Mrs. Mitchell, died here; Frank lives on one 
 of his father's farms; Virginia is at home; John is 
 em the home farm; Sally. Mrs. Burr,resides in Vir- 
 ginia; Robert is a citizen of Iligginsville. 
 
 Our subject married for his second wife Miss 
 Rachael Furr, who was born in North Carolina and 
 who died in Marshall. Again marrying, Mr. Pea- 
 cock was united in the bonds of matrimony with 
 Miss Margarel J., a daughter of John Wolford, 
 born in Virginia, also the birthplace of Mrs. Pea- 
 cock and the scene of her marriage, which was 
 solemnized in May. 1886. Her paternal grandfather. 
 William, was born in Pennsylvania, and fought 
 bravely in the Warofl812. He settled in Virginia, 
 and was a prominent farmer of the State, as was also 
 Mrs. Peacock's father, who died in the Old Domin- 
 ion. His wife, .lane Huff, was a native of Virginia, 
 and a daughter of John Huff, previously mentioned 
 in this sketch. Mrs. Peacock was next to the eldest 
 of four children. Our subject has always been in- 
 terested in educational advancement, and was for 
 
 many years a Scl 1 Director, and built the first 
 
 scl lhouse in the neighborhood on his land, and 
 
 afterward erected other buildings for the same 
 purpose, lie gave the land upon which theschool 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 building was erected, and this first temple of learn- 
 ing is Still employed as a place of instruction. Mr. 
 Peacock has served on both petit and grand juries, 
 and is ever ready t<> d«> his duty as a good Amer- 
 ican citizen, but lias never aspired to political of- 
 fice. He is, however, a strong- Democrat, as was his 
 father before him. Our subject is a valued member 
 of the Baptist Church, and is one of its most ear- 
 nest and efficient aids and supporters. Having en- 
 gaged ardently in a long life of usefulness, Mr. 
 Peacock, now retired from active dut3 r , may con- 
 template the result of his life-work with satisfac- 
 tion. Honored and regarded by all as a faithful 
 friend and true Christian citizen, his days are blest 
 in the consciousness of a well-spent life. 
 
 S. WEBB, the well-known editor and pro- 
 prietor of the Waverly Times, one of the 
 leading newspapers of La Fayette County, 
 was born June 5, 1832, and in the follow- 
 ing year removed with his parents to this Stale. 
 They settled near the eastern boundary line of this 
 count} 1 , within two and one-half miles of Webb's 
 Landing, then a shipping point on the Missouri 
 River. Our subject's father was John V.Webb, form- 
 erly of Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., while his 
 mother, who bore the maiden name of Almira M. 
 (I. Buford, was the daughter of Maj. Simeon Bu- 
 ford, and was from Woodford County, near the 
 town of Versailles in the same State. 
 
 The education of J. S. Webb was acquired in the 
 county schools of the vicinity and in the Masonic 
 College, of Lexington, Mo., where he continued 
 his studies for three and one-half years. His mar- 
 riage was celebrated February (i, 1861, in the last- 
 mentioned city, at which time Miss Lucy J. Webb 
 became his wife. She was formerly of Lexington, 
 Ky., and by her marriage became the mother of 
 seven children, three sons and four daughters. 
 John W., Maurice L. and Frank V. are all practical 
 printers, Maurice L. being at present engaged 
 with the Gazette, a paper published at Corder, this 
 
 State, while his two brothers are able assistants to 
 our subject in editing and carrying on the Times. 
 The second daughter,. Margaret, died in infancy. 
 Jennie II. married II. L. Tucker, a druggist of 
 Butler, Bates County, in this State; and Daisy ('., 
 the youngest child of the family, is attending 
 school. 
 
 The Times, which is recognized as one of the 
 influential papers of the county, was established 
 in 1877 and has constantly increased in circula- 
 tion. It is one of the best advertising mediums in 
 La Fayette County, which is the banner agricul- 
 tural and coal-producing county of the State. 
 The town of Waverly is located upon a bed of coal 
 four and one-half feet in thickness and within 
 ninety feet of the surface. Mr. Webb is an able 
 editor and has made a marked success in carrying 
 on the paper, devoting his energies to making it 
 one which will be a potent factor in the upbuild- 
 ing of city and county. Though he has so re- 
 cently taken hold of it the journal takes the lead 
 in advocating whatever may be for the highest 
 good of the community, and his efforts have been 
 abundantly blessed. In all matters pertaining to 
 the advancement of society, education and politics 
 our subject takes a keen and discriminating inter- 
 est, and through the columns of his paper, which 
 has a wide circulation both in this and surround- 
 ing counties, he has many times been instrumental 
 in securing for this locality various advantages of 
 a nature more or less important. 
 
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 6p^>lIOMAS A. YANCEY, M. 1)., deceased, for 
 |/fjN^ about thirty years was engaged in the prac- 
 ^|gy tice of his profession in Saline County, and 
 at the same time managed and resided on a farm 
 which was given to his wife by her father, and on 
 which she is still living. He was a native of 
 Buckingham County, Va., his birth having oc- 
 curred November 10, 1831. His grandfather, Lay- 
 ton Yancey, and his wife were both natives of that 
 county in the Old Dominion, and his old home- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 627 
 
 stead, which is picturesquely Located on the Shen- 
 andoah River, is still in possession Of the family. 
 The Yanceys are of French descent, the original 
 founder of the family in the United Stales having 
 located in Virginia in Colonial days, and at that 
 time erected the rambling old Virginian style of 
 residence which is still standing. 
 
 The father of our subject, Charles L. Yancey, 
 married in Madison County, Va., Miss Lucinda 
 Graves, the ceremony being performed October 15, 
 1820. The former was an extensive farmer in his 
 native county, where his death occurred in 1851, 
 at which time he was fifty-two years of age. His 
 wife's family were of Scotch descent. 
 
 Dr. Yancey passed his boyhood days in Virginia, 
 receiving his education mainly at home under the 
 tutorage of a private teacher, and being graduated 
 from Jefferson College, Philadelphia, in 1853. Af- 
 ter practicing for about seven years in Harrison- 
 burgh, Va., he came to Missouri in the latter part 
 of the '50s. On October 19, 1859, was celebrated 
 the Doctor's marriage with Mary C. Snodd}^, 
 daughter of Daniel F. and Elizabeth .1. (Brown) 
 Snoddy. The latter was a sister of Judge A. F. 
 Brown, of Malta Bend. The father of Mrs. Yancey 
 entered land in Saline County at an early day, and 
 at his death in 1849 left about seven bundled acres 
 of land, which was divided between his four chil- 
 dren: John J., William C, Calvin P. and Mary C. 
 lie was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and 
 an influential man in this locality. He was of 
 Irish descent, was born in Buckingham Count}', 
 Va., and came to this State when a young man of 
 twenty-five years. 
 
 To the Doctor and his estimable wife were born 
 five children: Charles F.; Elizabeth < !., who died 
 February 17, 1886; Mary A., wife of Samuel Bar- 
 nett, of La Fayette County; Thomas C. and Daniel 
 L. Thomas C. is a practicing physician of Malta 
 Bend. He was graduated in 1890 from the Mis- 
 souri Medical College of St. Louis, and though so 
 young in his profession, has already acquired a 
 large and lucrative practice. 
 
 Dr. Yancey was a member of the Masonic fra- 
 ternity, and politically, was a Democrat. He was 
 possessed of great firmness of character and strong 
 convictions of right and duty. An affectionate 
 
 husband, a kind and considerate father, he was also 
 friendly and benevolent to all. His death occurred 
 June 1 1, 1888, his loss being sincerely deplored by 
 the many friends and acquaintances whom he bad 
 made during the longyears of his residence in this 
 county. 
 
 HHOMAS I.YXK. At the time of his death, 
 our subject resided on section 3, township 
 51, range 20, Saline County, where he was 
 a successful farmer, and became known outside of 
 his own neighborhood as an intelligent writer on 
 religious subjects and other matters. He was born 
 in Woodford County, Ky., in 1821, a son of 
 Thomas and Mary (Connelly) Lyne, and the 
 grandson of Thomas and Mary (Padgett) Lyne. 
 He was one of twelve children, of whom only 
 three sisters are still living, namely: Mary, now a 
 widow, born in 1810, married Rev. Elijah Neal; 
 Martha, born in 1823. married Joseph A. Gaines; 
 and Frances, born in 1837, married George Goode. 
 These were all born and now reside in Kentucky. 
 The eldest brother, Judge Sandford Lyne, was a 
 volunteer in the late war. 
 
 Thomas Lyne was reared in his native county, 
 and attended the common schools there. Early in 
 life he engaged in the business of farming, but 
 resided with his father, a well-to-do farmer, manag- 
 ing his business affairs until his marriage with 
 Miss Eliza G. Garnett, who was bom in Boone 
 County, Ky., in 1828, a daughter of Maj. Joel and 
 Catherine B. Garnett. The marriage took place in 
 Kentucky in 1818. and the union was blessed with 
 twelve children. After spending five years of 
 their married life in Boone County. Ky., they 
 moved to Saline County, Mo., in the spring of 
 1853, and settled on what is now a portion of the 
 old homestead. Possessing great energy and per- 
 severance of character, our subject put forth every 
 honest effort to secure a good home, and bj 
 hard work and good management was soon able 
 to procure one of the most desirable homes to be 
 found in the county. He continued adding to his 
 
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 land until at the time of his death lie was the 
 owner of a well-cultivated and finely improved 
 farm of nearly one thousand acres, probably one 
 of the best in Saline County. It would readily 
 sell for from *7."> In £100 per acre, as it is situated 
 on the ( bicago & Alton Railroad, is well tilled, 
 and has about eight miles of good hedge fence; all 
 its improvements are of a good character, and it is 
 kept in good repair. 
 
 The children of Thomas Lyne were as follows: 
 Alpheus G., educated at William Jewell College, of 
 Liberty, Mo., and the University of Virginia, a fine 
 student, and of strict moral habits and good busi- 
 ness ability, died in Washington, D. C, October 19, 
 188,1; Mary E. died April 15, 1851; Luella B.. widow 
 of Thomas M. Fled, of King and Queen County, 
 Va., now resides at Slater. Mo.: Catherine B. resides 
 at the old home, as does also Martha A.; Thomas 
 S. died January 1, 1862; Eliza S. married Dr. F. A. 
 Howard, and resides at Slater, Mo.; Sandford T. 
 married Miss Franky l'urdom, and resides at 
 Slater, Mo., where he has been engaged in the 
 banking business since quite a youth; Carrie A. 
 married Robert L. Bernard, and resides at Kansas 
 City, Mo.; Leonard L. resides at the old home, 
 giving the farm his personal supervision, and car- 
 ina for his mother and sistei>; and Mabel C. mar- 
 ried John <i. Reynolds, and resides at Slater, Mo. 
 These children were educated principally at Lib- 
 erty, Mo.; Stephens' College, Columbia, Mo.; and 
 the Baptist Female College, Lexington, Mo., two 
 having graduated from the latter institution. The 
 youngest of the children possesses a fine musical 
 talent, and graduated in that department. 
 
 During nearly all his life, our subject was a 
 faithful member of the Baptist Church, whose teach- 
 ings he embraced at an early age, while most of 
 his children were and are members of the same de- 
 nomination. His interest, in all religious matters 
 was unabating, and his liberal support of the 
 church was cheerfully given, beside contributing 
 largely of his means for the spread of the Gospel, 
 and all charitable objects. His family kn«w not a 
 want but that was liberally and readily supplied 
 from his hands, as he was kind and indulgent to a 
 marked degree. Politically, he was a Democrat, 
 but never aspired to office. Aside from his life as 
 
 a farmer, he was a deep thinker, and was well posted 
 on religious affairs and Biblical matters. In his 
 articles on "Communion," and "The Perseverance 
 of the Saints," he sets forth very conclusively, in 
 clear and concise language, the birth and growth 
 of his belief, and we can truly say that he was a 
 man without reproach, and one of the most re- 
 spected and beloved of the citizens of Saline 
 County. 
 
 " On the 26th of May, 1889, Mr. Lyne was freed 
 from the wiles and cares of earth to meet the 
 loved ones gone before, and to dwell in the pre- 
 sence of his Maker through the ceaseless ages of 
 eternity. The faithful wife still lives. Her fa- 
 ther was a man of large estate, and was in the War 
 of 1812, through which he served with honor. 
 Her parents were noted for their hospitality-, and 
 were both born in Virginia, as were the parents of 
 our subject. 
 
 F. ALEXANDER. The members of the 
 legal profession in Lexington, the county 
 seat of La Fayette County, arc numerous, 
 and among the best known is the gentle- 
 man who is the subject of this sketch. Though a 
 native of Virginia, he has been a resident of Mis- 
 souri nearly the whole of his lifetime. When quite 
 young his father, William. B. Alexander, removed 
 from Virginia, where his progenitors had resided 
 ever since the early Colonial period of the State, 
 and settled with his family in Saline County, 
 Mo. 
 
 Mr. Alexander isagraduate of the Masonic Col- 
 lege at Lexington, and was admitted to the liar 
 in 1862, and has practiced his profession in that 
 place ever since. He is in the prime of life, is 
 one of the brightest mathematicians of the State, 
 and, possessing a fine classical education, has always 
 been a student of history and the law, and is a 
 man of sterling integrity. Mr. Alexander has 
 never been an office-holder, but has proved him- 
 self an able counselor and successful practitioner, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 a profound student of the law, a strong advocate 
 of natural justice and a zealous partisan of Chris- 
 tianity. 
 
 Our subject has ever been prominent in the 
 cause of truth and right. His legal attainments 
 are known and have been recognized by the Bar 
 of the State, as is shown by the fact of his having 
 been appointed as Special Judge to deliver the 
 opinion of that tribunal in the case of Johnson 
 County vs. Wood, reported in the eighty-fourth 
 volume of the Missouri Reports. The opinion 
 delivered by him in the case is indicative of the 
 character and ability of the man and well worthy 
 to be placed alongside the decisions of the past, 
 which have sustained the dignity of the highest 
 judicial tribunals in the State. 
 
 'tfifSfl G. PHETZING. It is astonishing to note, 
 / upon glancing through a biographical 
 
 ^^1\ record of the States of the Union, how 
 many of the prominent men of all sections have 
 come from the State of Ohio. That intelligent and 
 progressive State, which has furnished some of the 
 most famous statesmen of our day. is the one in 
 which our subject first made hi* appearance upon 
 the stage of life. Mr. Phetzing was born in North- 
 ern Ohio, in September, 1 855, a son of John and 
 Mary (Berlaw) Phetzing, natives of Prussia. The 
 father was a good and holy man, a minister in the 
 Methodist Church, traveling through the State. 
 Both the parents are yet living, residing in Lex- 
 ington. 
 
 Our subject passed his youth in Ohio, attending 
 the best schools at various places where his father's 
 appointments located the family, thus gaining a 
 very good foundation upon which to erect a more 
 extensive course, which he took later at the State 
 University at Columbia, Mo. From youth the de- 
 sire of our subject had been to become an ex- 
 pounder of the law; perhaps even vague visions 
 of the woolsack had Moated through his boyish 
 dreams, and it was with pardonable pride that he 
 
 received his final graduation diploma from the 
 law department of the University in 1*80. 
 
 In the above-named year our subject was ad- 
 mitted to tin' liar at Lexington, in the beginning 
 of his practice forming a fortunate partnership 
 with the well-known Judge Walker, which con- 
 nection lasted lor a term of nine j'ears. During 
 all of that time the firm did business and became 
 known throughout the State as one of the most 
 reliable and strongest of combinations. Since this 
 time he has practiced alone, making a very suc- 
 cessful record climbing upward. From'1890 to 
 1892 he served as City Attorney, and has become 
 a prominent factor m political life, being at the 
 present time a member of the Republican County 
 Committee. 
 
 In 1882 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. 
 Phetzing with .Miss I.i/.zie Franz, of Warsaw, 111., 
 daughter of Rev. J. Franz, a minister in the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, and one bright little 
 daughter, four years old, Anna, fills his home with 
 sunshine. Both our subject and wife are members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, being active 
 and useful in this connection. Socially, they are 
 prominent in Lexington, where Mr. Phetzing has 
 made his home and reputation. His residence in 
 this county has been of long enough duration to 
 
 have enabled him to note many and great changes 
 
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 for the better in the county, and doubtless another 
 
 decade will mark as many more. 
 
 \| OIIX W. WADDELL, President of the Lex- 
 ington Savings Bank, at Lexington, Mo., is 
 an enterprising citizen, alive to all the busi- 
 ness in'' ds of the hour, and withal a repre- 
 sentative agriculturist and extensive stock-raiser 
 of La Fayette County. Horn in Mason County. 
 Kv., August ■_';,. 1831, our subject made his home 
 in early youth in Missouri, and for the past two- 
 score years has been prominently identified with 
 the leading and financial interests of this portion 
 
630 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 of the State. William B. WaddeU, the father of 
 John W,, was a native of the Old Dominion, and 
 a direct descendant of one of the first families of 
 Virginia. He was a man of superior business 
 ability, and a member of the noted firm of Russell, 
 Majors & Waddell, who were the most extensive 
 freighters in the West, with headquarters at 
 Omaha. Neb., and Leavenworth, Kan. William B. 
 Waddell was one of the principal men connected 
 with the Pike's Peak Stage Line, of which enter- 
 prise he was Superintendent several years. After 
 a life of busy usefulness, he passed away, univer- 
 sally lamented, in 1872. 
 
 The mother of our subject, Susan C. AVaddell, 
 the daughter of Maj. William By ram, still survives, 
 and has reached the venerable age of eighty-seven 
 years. John W. Waddell is the eldest of eight 
 children, five of whom survive. He spent his 
 early days in Lexington, and having received a 
 preparatory course of instruction in a private 
 school, he entered the old Masonic College at Lex- 
 ington, and graduated with honor in 1851. For a 
 time our subject read law, but soon embarked in 
 the mercantile business in company with his 
 brother, Milton B. Waddell, and William G. Mc- 
 Causland, the linn name being WaddellsA MeCaus- 
 land. The partnership lasted some years, and dur- 
 ing its continuance Mr. Waddell bought and sold 
 hemp, bis profitable dealings being conducted upon 
 a large scale. At this time in the commercial history 
 of our country, especially in this portion of the 
 United States, the culture and handling of hemp 
 was an important interest, and one which occupied 
 the attention of many of the wealthy capitalists. 
 
 Our subject has also bought and sold grain, be- 
 ing an extensive shipper of the same to St. Louis, 
 and Western points. His fine farm of five hundred 
 and thirty acres is under a high state of cultiva- 
 tion, and he feeds large numbers of horses, mules, 
 cattle and hogs. At present there are some eighty 
 mules on the homestead, which is entirely under 
 the immediate supervision of Mr. Waddell, whose 
 live stock in the different varieties is among the 
 xwy best in the Slate. As one of the organizers, 
 and for many years Manager, of the Lexington 
 Coal Company, our subject was widely known. 
 Mr. Waddell was also a stockholder and Director in 
 
 the Farmers' Jiank of Missouri, at Lexington, and 
 continued his interest in the institution until the 
 bank went out of existence during the war. In 
 company with Col. John Reid, William Morrison 
 and S. ( ;. Wentworth, our subject then bought out 
 the assets of the bank, and wound up the business. 
 In 1870, Mr. Waddell aided in the organization of 
 the Lexington Savings Bank, which under his 
 skillful guidance as stockholder and President has 
 become one of the substantial institutions of Lex- 
 ington, and now transacts a large general banking 
 business. 
 
 At one time our subject was a stockholder in the 
 banking house of William Morrison & Co., which 
 interest he disposed of when he identified himself 
 with the Lexington Savings Bank. Mr. Waddell 
 is Vice-president of the Buford and George Imple- 
 ment Company, at Kansas City, which firm also 
 manufactures harness. It is now about two score 
 of years ago, since, upon March 8, 1852, John W. 
 Waddell was united in marriage with Miss Eliza- 
 beth R., daughter of Dr. William W. Austin, a 
 prominent physician of Carroll County. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Waddell became the parents of five children. 
 Fannie W. is the wife of William Barton, who with 
 his brothers owns a wholesale boot and shoe store, 
 doing business in Kansas City. Alice A. is the 
 wife of E. B. Wingate, of Kansas City, a wholesale 
 dealer in furnishing goods and manufacturer of 
 clothing. Walter B. is a partner with Wingate, 
 Stone & Wells, manufacturers and dealers in fur- 
 nishing goods at Kansas City. Susan C, deceased, 
 was the wife of Henry B. Duke, who is in the 
 wholesale implement and harness business in Kan- 
 sas City. Betlie R., the youngest daughter, is at 
 home in Lexington, Mo. The finely kept grounds 
 and handsome and commodious family residence 
 are well known to every passer-by and are the 
 scene of many a social gathering, the generous hos- 
 pitality of our subject being proverbial. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Waddell are valued members of 
 the Baptist Church, and actively connected with 
 the religious and benevolent enterprises of that 
 denomination. Mr. Waddell is one of the Trustees 
 of William Jewell College, at Liberty, Mo., and 
 in his official position was one of the most im- 
 portant factors in the advancement and prosperity 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 631 
 
 of that well-known institution of learning and 
 one of the board of eight Visitors who endowed 
 the theological chair connected with that institu- 
 tion. Fraternally our subject is associated with 
 the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and is a 
 member of La Fayette Lodge. Politically, Mr. 
 Wad dell affiliates with the Democrats, and takes 
 an active interest in both national and local issues 
 of the day. Public-spirited and progressive in the 
 upbuilding of the educational, business and reli- 
 gious interests of his State and county, he has 
 done his full duty as a true American citizen, and 
 reared for himself and his posterity an enduring 
 monument of remembrance in the hearts of his 
 fellow-citizens. 
 
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 ]i-^ ERMAN F. HOLKE. Industry brings its 
 V own reward and when joined witli a frugal 
 spirit is sure to result in the amassing of a 
 Wj competency. Our subject has been a hard 
 worker all his life and now owns a comfortable 
 home on a desirable farm located on section 26, 
 township 50, range 29, La Fayette County, Mo. 
 He is the son of Benjamin Holke, a farmer and a 
 native of Prussia, who was born in 1811. The fa- 
 ther married in that country and came with his fam- 
 ily to America, settling in St. Charles County, Mo., 
 in 1835, on a tract of wild land, being among the 
 earliest of the settlers and having to go ten miles 
 to reach the nearest town. Wild game abounded 
 and served as food at many a meal. His farm 
 consisted of two hundred and sixty acres and with 
 hearty good-will he went to work, soon having 
 the gratification of seeing it well improved. His 
 wife dying in 1853, he married again, but had no 
 children by his second wife. 
 
 The father had nine children by bis first wife, 
 six of them living and live residing in this 
 county, they being a> follows: Henry II.. living in 
 this township; William II., living at Napoleon; 
 Mary Stallman, living in Jackson County; Eliza 
 Oruinke, living in Jackson County; our subject, 
 
 and Rev. Fred Holke, minister of the Evangelical 
 Church, living at Washington, Mo. The parents 
 
 of these children were good, Christian people, the 
 father being an Elder in the church, dying in 
 1878 in the simple faith he had lived. Having 
 received an excellent education himself, he was 
 careful to bestow equally good instruction upon his 
 offspring. Devoted to the country of his adoption, 
 he took an active part in political matters and al- 
 ways discharged that duty of citizenship involved 
 in voting. Our subject was born November 1 I. 
 1846, in St. Charles County, Mo., was reared 
 upon the farm, attended the district school and 
 later the St. Charles public schools, completing 
 his course at Prof. Jones' Commercial College of 
 St. Louis. Returning to his father's farm, he re- 
 mained there until his marriage, February 26, 
 1869, with Miss Eliza C. Woestemeyer, daughter 
 of Benjamin and Mary (Schuester) Woestemeyer, 
 both natives of Prussia, he being born in 1812, 
 and she in 1816. They came to America about 
 1837 and settled upon a raw farm in Warren 
 County, Mo., where he died in 1852. His wife 
 married again and died in 1880. They were the 
 parents of five children, all living, as follows: 
 Mrs. Lizetta Larbery; Henry II., living at Napo- 
 leon; Fred, living at Bethel, Kan.; and Josephine, 
 living on the old home farm. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Holke were worthy mem- 
 bers of the Evangelical Church, her father having 
 been very active in that body. Mrs. Holke was 
 born June 26, 1849, in Warren County, Mo., 
 where she received a good education in both 
 English and German. After his marriage our 
 subject settled in Warren County, where he re- 
 mained seven years. In 1876 he removed to this 
 county and settled on section 29, Clay Township, 
 improving the farm greatly during the six years 
 that he remained on it. He then sold out and 
 bought a tract on section 25 from Strother Renick. 
 This In- improved to the extent of one hundred 
 arn-, put up a house, barn and other outbuildings, 
 and then disposed of it, it now being owned by 
 August Schlapper. Five years ago he settled upon 
 his present farm, known as the James D. Ish place, 
 where he now owns five hundred and twenty 
 acres of good land, four hundred and eighty acres 
 
632 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 of it under cultivation, part of which is rented 
 out and the remainder is operated by him with 
 the help of one son and two or three hired men. 
 He carries on the business of general farming, 
 growing gram, and raising stock, to which he 
 gives his exclusive care. There are seven chil- 
 dren in this household, namely: Willie II.; Amelia 
 ('.. wife of Gustaf Oberhelman; Lydia F.. Annie 
 I... Daniel II.. Alfred W. and Oscar F., all of 
 whom have received a good education, and ali of 
 them, like their parents, are members of the Evan- 
 gelical Church, in which the father has been a 
 Trustee. The father, our subject, was once Super- 
 intendent of the Sunday-school and is now a 
 teacher in it, while all the children have been ac- 
 tive in like work. 
 
 Our subject has been a Director in the District 
 School for years, displaying the same zeal and in- 
 dustry in the discharge of his official duties that 
 lie lias always shown in managing his private 
 affairs, and Mr. Ilolke has always been a hard 
 worker. A Republican in politics, he has always 
 been relied upon to do his full duty by that 
 party. When he began life for himself he had 
 but little, and his success is due to his own efforts. 
 In 188(i he made a pleasure trip to Calfornia, this 
 journey being one of the very few recreations he 
 has permitted himself to take in his busy lifetime. 
 
 1 
 
 
 K. GARDNER has until very recently 
 been a member of the firm of .1. E. Gardner 
 .V Son. editors and publishers of the Inde- 
 pendent Watchman, which was established 
 in Marshall, Saline County, March 12,1891, under 
 the name of the Alliance Watchman. Although 
 yet in it- infancy. this paper has already become 
 popular in the State. He of whom we write was 
 born in New Brunswick, in the vicinity of Calais, 
 Me., October 6, L830. 
 
 (apt. William Gardner, the father of our suh- 
 ject. was a sea-faring man for many years, and 
 was lost on the ocean. His wife was before her 
 
 marriage Miss Eliza McClosky, of County Derry, 
 
 Ireland. In his early youth the home of our sub- 
 ject was on the coast of Maine, but in 1842 he 
 removed to Cincinnati, subsequently going to Rip- 
 lev County, Ind.. and in 18o. r > to Osceola, Iowa. 
 In the meantime his father had been lost with his 
 vessel on the Pacific Coast, and the widow, with 
 her family of children, went to Nebraska to live, 
 but later returned to Iowa, where her death oc- 
 curred. She was the mother of ten children, of 
 whom our subject is the fourth in order of birth. 
 The family life during our subject's boyhood days 
 was of such an itinerary nature that his educa- 
 tion was not long continued in any one place. 
 Picking up what he could from place to place, he 
 learned enough, however, in practical ways to en- 
 able him to hold his own in the world. 
 
 Mr. Gardner began his active life on the Pacific 
 Coast, having crossed the plains in 1852, making 
 the journey with an ox-team. On arriving m the 
 Golden State, he at once engaged in trading, and 
 during his four years' stay in the West saw much 
 of frontier life in its rudest aspect. Mr. Gardner 
 first engaged in the ministry in 1858, and in the 
 capacity of a traveling Elder of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church came to Missouri, where for six- 
 teen years he held pastorates at St. Catharine. 
 I'tica. Lancaster, Edina, Memphis, Tipton, H olden, 
 Lee's Summit. Grant, Ilumansville, Springfield 
 and Buffalo. At the end of that time he was placed 
 upon the list of supernumeraries, and afterward 
 was relegated to the list of superannuated preachers. 
 He then retired to a farm which he owned near 
 Ilolden, in Johnson County. From there he went 
 to that city, where he took charge of a restaurant 
 and grocery for a year and a-half. He next en- 
 gaged as a traveling salesman and collector for 
 George Moody, of the Appleton City Marble 
 Works. 
 
 In April, 18.">8, Mr. Gardner was united in mar- 
 riage with Mrs. Amanda Newell, of Newton, Iowa. 
 They have two living children: Charles E., and 
 Mary Gertrude, wife of Howard L. Whitehead, of 
 Oakland, Cal.; they have also lost three children. 
 In 1890, Mr. Gardner, with his son, Charles E., 
 established the Ilolden Independent, which they 
 continued to publish for one year, and then re- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 633 
 
 moved the plant to Marshall, establishing the -4?- 
 liance Watchman. Until becoming editor of the 
 former paper our subject had been a lifelong Re- 
 publican, but since thai time lie has been inde- 
 pendent and a member of the Farmers' Alliance. 
 
 We will now take up the history of Charles 
 E. Gardner, who was born in Memphis, Scotland 
 County, Mo., March 13, 1864, and is the eldest 
 son. His education was largely acquired at the 
 public schools in Ilolden and Mon t rose, and by 
 indomitable effort he graduated from the High 
 School of the latter town in 1882. When only 
 nineteen he secured a certificate and taught in 
 the district school in Henry County for a year. 
 later accepting a school near Johnstown, in Hates 
 County. In the meantime he zealously pursued 
 his own education, and his intelligent and wide 
 range of studies has since been of inestimable 
 value to him in his editorial work. His next 
 charge was the Harness School, near Montrose, in 
 Henry Count}-, which school had the reputation 
 of making it decidedly unpleasant for all teachers, 
 men and women alike. Though he was about as 
 young as a number of the older boys, who had 
 been particularly obstreperous, l'\ his good judg- 
 ment, tact and discipline he, won the mastery and 
 continued to teach the school through the term, 
 refusing a call for the succeeding one in order to 
 learn the printer's trade. After serving a short 
 apprenticeship on the Ilolden Herald, he accepted 
 a position as printer and "localist" on the Ilolden 
 Enterprise, going from there in 188S to Grant 
 City, where he was made foreman of the Grant 
 ( ' i tv Star. 
 
 While in the last-named city Charles Gardner 
 met the lady who afterward, in January, 1887, 
 became his wife, Miss Ida A., daughter of John 
 J. Hunter, of Albany, Mo., and an accomplished 
 and charming young lady. Their union has been 
 blessed with two sons, Howard E. and Dick Ma- 
 cunc. In October, 1886, Mr. Gardner accepted a 
 position on the Kansas City Journal as proof- 
 reader, remaining with them until March, 1891, 
 at which time he severed his connection with that 
 paper to assume the management of the Alliance 
 Watchman, of this city. 
 
 In May, 1891, Charles Gardner attended the 
 
 Labor Conference at Cincinnati, and was made 
 Chairman of the Seventh Congressional District. 
 Later he attended the St. Louis conference, where 
 he was chosen state Secretary of the People's 
 Party Committee. In May. 1892, he was re-elected 
 Chairman of the Seventh District, and a month 
 later, at the State convention of the People's 
 party, was re-elected Secretary of the committee. 
 In November, 1892, J. E. Gardner severed his con- 
 nection with the firm, and his son is now sole edi- 
 tor and publisher of the paper, which is in a 
 healthy and flourishing condition. 
 
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 yi E. FRY, a successful and representative 
 business man and dealer in general mer- 
 ^^ chandise in Waverly, La Fayette County, 
 Mo., is an energetic and able citizen, largely inter- 
 ested in various financial enterprises and an im- 
 portant factor in the upbuilding and local im- 
 provement of his home city. At present he is the 
 Alderman of tin' first Ward and one of the most 
 thoroughly reliable and progressive of the " City 
 Fathers." Our subject is a native of Virginia, and 
 was born in Madison County, in 1848. Henry 
 Fry, the father of our subject, was also a native of 
 Virginia, and a man widely known and highly es- 
 teemed. The mother of our subject was Elizabeth 
 Webb, a daughter of John Webb, born in the 
 Quaker State of Pennsylvania. Both the paternal 
 and maternal ancestry were of English birth, and 
 the Frys and Webbs are among the best people of 
 the United States. 
 
 The early youth of Mr. Fry was passed in his 
 birthplace, where he received his education and 
 also worked upon his father's farm and became 
 familiar with the daily labor of agricultural life. 
 At twenty-one years of age our subject began 
 farming for himself, and in 1870 removed to Sa- 
 line County, Mo., and there successfully conducted 
 the improvement and cultivation of an extended 
 acreage until 1K75, when lie located in La Fayette 
 County, and in his new home tilled the soil profit- 
 
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 ably. In 1887, he determined to try his fortunes 
 in the mercantile business and opened a store in 
 Waverly, which lie still conducts. Carrying a com- 
 plete line of goods, Mr. Fry has experienced no 
 difficulty in extending his business far beyond the 
 limits of the city, much of his custom coming from 
 the surrounding country. 
 
 Aside from his other business relations, Mr. Fry 
 is Secretary and Treasurer of the Waverly Milling 
 Company, and is also the Financier of Middleton 
 Lodge No. 186, A. O. U. W., and one of the most 
 valued members of the order. In 1877, Mr. Fry 
 was united in marriage with Miss Florence De- 
 Moss, a most estimable lady, and a native of 
 Missouri, in which State she has passed her en- 
 tire life, receiving her education and early train- 
 ing in the home of her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Fry have been blessed with the gift of seven chil- 
 dren, four of whom are living: Florence, Homer, 
 Wesly and Bessie M. The commodious and at- 
 tractive home is the scene of many a pleasant 
 gathering of friends old and young, the bright 
 sons and daughters having an extended circle of 
 friends and acquaintance. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fry are members of the Southern 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and are foremost in 
 the benevolent and religious work of that de- 
 nomination. Politically, our subject is a Demo- 
 crat, and always interested in the management of 
 local and national affairs. Doing his duty at the 
 polls without reward or favor, his efforts are ever 
 in behalf of national success and prosperity, and 
 thus he is worthily enrolled among the true and 
 earnest American citizens. 
 
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 REUBEN McDANIEL, whose post-office is 
 
 Slater, Saline County, resides on section 
 25, township 52, range 27. lie received as 
 ) a portion of his father's estate a tract of 
 three hundred and twenty acres of well-improved 
 and very fertile land, now valued at $65 per acre. 
 His property is kept up in the best possible man- 
 
 ner, and surrounding his beautiful residence, which 
 was erected at a cost of $3,000, and is modern in 
 all its appointments, is a beautiful lawn dotted by 
 large shade trees. The barns and necessary farm 
 buildings are models of thrift and neatness, and 
 altogether present an attractive appearance to the 
 passing observer. 
 
 Mr. McDaniel is a native of the Old Dominion, 
 born in 1836 to Reuben E. and Delia McDaniel. 
 The family on both sides were Virginians, and his 
 grandfather served as a volunteer in the War of 
 1812. Our subject is one of a family of ten chil- 
 dren; those living are as follows: G. R., residing 
 at present in Kansas City; A. S., a physician in 
 this county; Frank, who is at present in Pueblo, 
 engaged in the legal profession ; Polly, who resides 
 in Miami, Mo., where her husband is following 
 the trade of a painter; Flora, who makes hei home 
 in this county; and our subject. The father of 
 these children was one of the most prominent men 
 of Saline County, taking up land from the Gov- 
 ernment, and at the time of his death being the 
 owner of some five thousand acres of land, which 
 was all well improved. lie was Judge of the 
 County Court for several terms, was one of the 
 strongest Democrats of the county, and for years a 
 member of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Reuben McDaniel was educated in the schools of 
 Saline County and in the Columbian University at 
 Washington City. He pursued his studies until 
 reaching the age of twenty years, and in 1868 was 
 united in marriage with Miss Kate White, of St. 
 Louis, Mo. Their union has been blessed with 
 five children, who are as follows: Edwin, born in 
 1870, resides at home, and is attending the Mili- 
 tary Academy at Lexington; Maud, who was born 
 in 1872, was educated in a private school, and is a 
 very fine musician; Reed Kenneth, born in 1878; 
 Aubrey, born in Saline County in 1.S7!>; and 
 Lacy, whose birth occurred in 1881. 
 
 Under Henry C. Bell, Mr. McDaniel started to 
 learn the business of a steamboat pilot soon after 
 the completion of his education, and took charge 
 of various boats for fifteen years. lie had num- 
 berless narrow escapes, one of them being the sink- 
 ing of the boat "Carrier," when, in attempting to 
 cross a bar in the river, a rent was made in the 
 
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 bottom of the vessel, and she almost instantly 
 sank. Fortunately all the passengers and crew were 
 saved. At the end of fifteen years of life on the 
 river cur subject returned toSaline County, decid- 
 ing to take up the life of a farmer, on the prop- 
 erty which was his inheritance, lie has been very 
 successful as an agriculturist, and raises large 
 crops Of wheat, oats and hay. He also is quite an 
 extensive stock-dealer, raising cattle and hogs, and 
 is much interested in hi* fish hatchery. 
 
 In the year 1890', our subject was called upon to 
 mourn the loss of his wife, who had been a faith- 
 ful member of the Baptist Church for some years 
 and was a thoroughly lovable Christian woman. 
 rhough not an aspirant for office, Mr. McDaniel 
 takes an active interest in political affairs, and is 
 an ardent Republican. He is numbered among 
 the leading and progressive farmers of this county, 
 in whose welfare he lias ever been deeply con- 
 cerned. 
 
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 y>lLLIAM NYE, one of Saline County's 
 most influential and enterprising farmers, 
 ^^ is a native of the Buckeye State, and was 
 born in Ross County in 1812. His father. George 
 Nye, was born in Germany in 181 1. and at theage 
 of eighteen emigrated to America and settled in 
 Ohio, near Waverly. On account of his youth he 
 had not served in the German army, and his par- 
 ents were obliged to pay the Government a consid- 
 erable sum of money in order to have him re- 
 leased from military duty so as tn accompany 
 them to the United states. The grandfather of 
 our subject, Andrew Nye, came to America in 
 L829, bringing his family of four girls and two 
 boys with him. and settled in Ross County, Ohio, 
 where he died in 1840. His wife survived him 
 until 1854, when she passed away in the State of 
 Missouri. 
 
 George Nye remained under the parental roof 
 until his marriage in 1838, when lie was unite. I 
 with Miss Lucinda Warren. Mrs. Nye's people 
 
 were North Carolinians and were highly respected 
 throughout their section of country. After mar- 
 riage Mr. Nye embarked in agricultural pursuits 
 on his farm in Koss County, but subsequently sold 
 the place, and in 1853 removed to Saline County. 
 Mo. More than three weeks were consumed in 
 making the journey by boat from Portsmouth to 
 St. Louis, and thence to Miami, where they located 
 on a rented farm near the city. In 1858 Mr. Nye 
 purchased a farm in the river bottom near Lanes- 
 ville, where he lived until his death, July 9, 1888. 
 At that time he owned eight hundred and forty 
 acres, and had given one hundred and sixty acres 
 to each of his sons. He was a thrifty, prosperous 
 farmer and an extensive cattle-raiser. He and his 
 good wife were the parents of the following- 
 named children: Andrew, deceased; William, the 
 subject of this sketch; Rhoda, Mrs. William Mul- 
 lens; Christina, deceased; Margaret, wife of Will- 
 iam Bates; Felix, deceased; George, who resides 
 on the old homestead; and Louisa, wife of John 
 Blackburn, of Saline County. All but the two 
 last-named children were born in Ohio. The be- 
 loved wife and mother died May 11, 1889. having 
 survived her husband one year. 
 
 When about eleven years old the subject of this 
 sketch accompanied his parents to Missouri. He 
 received his education in the public schools of 
 Ohio and Missouri, attending to his studies in the 
 winter and farm duties in the summer. In 1802, 
 like other brave Union boys, he enlisted for ser- 
 vice, joining the Missouri Enrolled Militia, Seven- 
 ty-first Regiment, in which command he remained 
 six months. They were then organized into the 
 Fifth Provisional Regiment and he was appointed 
 First Sergeant, in which capacity he served until 
 the regiment was disbanded November 27, 1863, 
 when he returned home. He had tasted the de- 
 lights and terrors of warfare, and home seemed 
 tame after the exciting scenes he had passed through, 
 so in the spring of 1864 he joined a company of 
 Saline County Home Guards and served as First 
 Sergeant until the close of the war. At the time 
 of the surrender of Glasgow, Mo., he was in the 
 cavalry, and with some thirty-five others escaped 
 without being captured. 
 
 After the close of the war Mr. Nye returned 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 h e ti> his father's farm. January 13, 1867, was 
 
 an eventful day in his life, for then it was that he 
 married Margaret < >., daughter of John 1). Mc- 
 Kown, of Saline County, who was born November 
 15, 1818, and came from Baltimore, Md., to Mis- 
 souri. His wife, ('aniline Bayley, was born in Bal- 
 timore, October 10, 1823. Mr. and -Mrs. McKown 
 were first cousins, their mothers being sisters, who 
 were born in Baltimore. The grandfather of Mrs. 
 Nye. Capt. James B. McKown, was horn in Scotland, 
 1 hi t came to America and made a settlement in Balti- 
 more. Later he removed to St. Louis. Mo., where 
 be died in 1863. Capt. McKown had a factory 
 where were manufactured blacksmith bellows. His 
 wife, whose maiden name was B. P. Donaldson, 
 was also born in Baltimore. John D. McKown 
 was married in 1811 in St. Louis, where Mrs. Nye 
 was born in 1*42. 
 
 In 1852 Mr. McKown removed to Saline County 
 and settled in Marshall, where his death occurred 
 April 1<i, 1883. By trade he was a bricklayer, 
 stone mason and plasterer, and was a worthy 
 man. Mrs. McKown is still living and resides at 
 Marshall. Mrs. Nye is the eldest of ten children, 
 of whom eight are living, namely: Margaret O., 
 wife of our subject; Jennie, wife of G. L. Burnside; 
 .lames li., William, Kate, Annie, Mary and Eugene. 
 Charles L. and Arthur II. are deceased. Mrs. Nye 
 has borne her husband five children, namely: Car- 
 rie L, John (J.. Clara l'>., Louis (). and William 
 L. Two of these bright and interesting children, 
 Clara I'., and William I... are deceased, the former 
 dying at the age of eleven years and the latter at 
 live year-. 
 
 After his marriage; Mr. Nye began work for 
 himself on one hundred and sixty acres of land 
 belonging to his father. This property was lo- 
 cated in the river bottom, and was subsequently 
 given to him by his father and is still owned by 
 himself. In the spring of 1883 he removed to 
 another farm, which he rented for five years, leas- 
 ing his own farm. In 1887 he removed to his 
 present home, consisting of fifty acres on the bluff, 
 located on sections 7 and 18. This land he lias 
 since improved and erected on it a nice residence 
 in which he now lives. In the winter of 1891 he 
 purchased two hundred acres of the home farm 
 
 near Lanesville, and now owns four hundred and 
 ten acres of land, on which he raises grain as his 
 principal crop. The present home is two miles 
 from Malta Bend, and here in their country resi- 
 dence Mr. and Mrs. Nye dispense a generous hos- 
 pitality to their friends. Mr. Nye and family are 
 firm members of the Presbyterian Church, with 
 the exception of one daughter who is a Methodist. 
 In politics, he is a Republican and is warm in his 
 convictions, lie is a member of Arthur Crochett 
 Post No. IOC, G. A. R.. located at Marshall, Mo. 
 He is one of the reliable men of Saline County, 
 and he and his good wife occupy a prominent 
 position in the community in which they reside. 
 
 T. McGINNIS is a very successful general 
 (j merchant in Slater, Saline County, and 
 carries the largest stock of goods in the 
 city. He is a popular citizen and has 
 served as Alderman from the Second Ward. His 
 birth occurred in Oswego, N. Y.. on the 10th of 
 August, 1856. His father, a native of County 
 Meath, Ireland, emigrated to the New World 
 when in his youth, locating at Oswego, where he 
 lived until 1858, at that time removing to Ot- 
 tawa, in the same State; his mother, who bore the 
 maiden name of Isabel Lynch, was also a native of 
 the Emerald Isle, her birth having occurred in 
 County Clare. Her father was a merchant, deal- 
 ing in ship supplies in Ottawa, Ontario, on the 
 ( Htawa River, after his arrival in the New World. 
 Our subject is one of six children, of whom five, 
 all sons, are living. 
 
 Mr. McGinn is received his education in the 
 common and High Schools of Ottawa, N. Y., and 
 was graduated from the latter when sixteen years 
 of age. He then entered the Notre Dame Univer- 
 sity, from which institution he graduated in the 
 Class of '76, with the degree of Master of Science. 
 In the meantime he had picked up considerable 
 knowledge of telegraphy and accepted a position 
 at a point in Illinois on the Rock Island Railroad 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RE< ORD. 
 
 637 
 
 as operator and agent, occupying similar positions 
 at La Salle and Ottawa, in the later place being in 
 the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 
 Road. With the latter company he was for a 
 time train-dispatcher in Aurora, and in the year 
 1 s s I filled a like position for the Chicago & Alton 
 Road in Slater, lie was on this division of the 
 railroad fur six years steadily, being considered 
 one of the most reliable employes of the company. 
 In 1890 he resigned finally from railroading, and 
 purchased the interest of Mr. Wood in the firm of 
 Wood a- Conuers, general merchants. 
 
 In 1879 Mr. McGinnis and Miss Mollie Carlin 
 were united in marriage. The lady is a native of 
 Illinois, and is a daughter of Daniel Bernard Car- 
 lin, a prominent farmer of that State. Three 
 children have graced the union of Mr. and Mrs. 
 McGinnis, who are called Marion, Ella and Dan- 
 iel. Their home is commodious, pleasant and 
 well furnished, and is the abode of good cheer. 
 Our subject has been very successful in his busi- 
 ness undertakings, and has displayed unusual abil- 
 ity as a merchant, having entered that line of 
 trade so recently. He is personally very popular, 
 courteous and friendly to all, thus making his 
 customers feel that he is very desirous of keeping 
 their good-will and dealing with them justly. 
 
 Mi^ilM 
 
 <fl WILLIAM HARRISON. M. I). One of the 
 \rj// most eminent medical practitioners in the 
 yvy city of Marshall is the gentleman whose 
 name appears above. As his name will suggest, 
 he is a member ot that eminent family which has 
 twice received at the hands of the Nation the, 
 greatest honors that can be conferred upon an in- 
 dividual. Dr. Harrison was born in Fayette County, 
 Ohio, near Madison Mills. .Inly 8, 1850. lie is a 
 -on of (apt. scott Harrison, who was born in Fay- 
 ette County. Ohio, in 1817, and served during the 
 late war as a member of the One Hundred and 
 Fourteenth Ohio Infantry. 
 
 The ancestrj of our subjeel is distinguished and 
 
 includes the names of many of the most patriotic 
 men our country has ever had as citizens. Tracing 
 his lineage back several generations, we find Ben- 
 jamin Harrison, who served as Captain in the 
 Revolution under Gen. George Washington. He 
 was bom in Sweetbrier County, Va., married a 
 Miss Vance, moved to Wheeling, W. Va., and in 
 1783 came down the Ohio River and settled where 
 now stands the town of Cynthiana. which was 
 named in honor ol his daughters. Cynthia and 
 Anna. Harrison County. Ky., was named for him. 
 
 The children of Benjamin Harrison were Will- 
 iam, Cynthia. Anna. I'.alteal and Aristodes. Will- 
 iam Located in Crawford County, Mo., and hail a 
 large family. Batteai was born in Virginia in 
 1780, and was three years old when his parents 
 moved to Kentucky. As the Indians were trouble- 
 some and very hostile, he was left at Wheeling 
 with his Qncle Vance, with whom he remained un- 
 til he was eighteen. Then removing to Belmont 
 County, Ohio, he there remained until 1811. He 
 enlisted in the United States army at Chillieothe, 
 Ohio, and was commissioned by President .Madison 
 first Lieutenant of the Nineteenth Infantry, United 
 States Army, the commission being dated July 12. 
 is 12. lie served with ability in that position un- 
 til March 17. 1814, when he was commissioned 
 Captain of the Second Company of Riflemen, 
 United States Regular Army, and served in that 
 capacity until peace was declared in 1815. He 
 married Miss Elizabeth Scott, of Lexington. Ky.. 
 whose brother, M. T. Scott, was Cashier of the 
 Northern Bank of Kentucky for years. 
 
 At an early day Gen. Harrison moved to Fay- 
 ette County, Ohio, and located a large tract of 
 military land in the wilderness on the waters of 
 Paint Creek, which is now Madison Township. 
 He erected the first cabin in that section of the 
 country, and by industry in a short time had one 
 of the best stock farm- in Hie country. In 1817, 
 he was elected Associate Judge of the Court of 
 Common Fleas for Fayette County. He was also 
 elected Representative to the Ohio Legislature, and 
 was an efficient member of that body, lie was a 
 powerful writer and a good thinker. Gen. Harri- 
 son was elected and commissioned Brigadier-Gen- 
 era] in L838, and served until the repeal of the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 military law. The following are the names of 
 Gen. Harrison's children: Benjamin Scott, William 
 II., David X., Joseph and Mary M. John, who 
 served in Company I). One Hundred and Four- 
 teenth Ohio Infantry, died in theCivilWar. Scott 
 was a Captain in the late war and David was a 
 Lieutenant. 
 
 The father of our subject was a fancier of fine 
 stork, and raised thoroughbred horses. His wife, 
 who was Miss Fannie Young,of Pickaway County, 
 Ohio, is the mother of eight children, whose names 
 are. Annetta, Batteal Y., .1. V., Elizabeth, William, 
 Belle, John and James Cook. Scott Harrison came 
 to Cooper County in 1865, and the following year 
 located on a farm near Marshall. After improv- 
 ing a large farm he died in 1875. His wife still 
 lives and is a resident of this city. 
 
 Dr. Harrison was educated in Fayette County, 
 Ohio, and at Newton's Private School in Marshall, 
 Mo. He began reading with Drs. Tucker and An- 
 derson, now of Colorado Springs, and attended 
 lectures at the St. Louis Medical College, from 
 which he was graduated in 1871. On seeking a 
 location he determined to return to Marshall, and 
 since coming here, nineteen years ago, has estab- 
 lished himself in the good graces of scores of pat- 
 ions. Because of his wife's ill health he has 
 traveled considerably over the Western States, and 
 in these peregrinations practiced for six months 
 at Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Dr. Harrison is a member of the Saline County 
 Medical Society and is its President. He is also a 
 member of the State Medical Society and an ex- 
 member of the American Medical Association, 
 having been a delegate to the Medical Congress 
 held in Washington City. He is local surgeon for 
 the Chicago A- Alton Railroad. Our subject owns 
 a good farm three miles east of Nap ton that com- 
 prises two hundred and sixty-live acres, and also 
 owns a farm of one hundred and ten acres, just 
 north of Nelson. The family home is a beautiful 
 cottage located at No 230 Arrow Street, this city, 
 and its interior arrangement with books and dainty 
 appointments indicates the scholar and man of re- 
 fined tastes, lie is a member of the Masonic order, 
 belonging to Tridumni Lodge No. 205, Chapter 
 No. 7 1, and .Missouri (oinniandery No. .'it;. 
 
 Mrs. Harrison was before her marriage Miss Sal- 
 lie Akin Marmeduke, and a daughter of Col. Yin- 
 cent Marmeduke of this county. They were mar- 
 ried October 4, 1881. Mrs. Harrison was educated 
 in St. Louis, and also attended Monti cello Semin- 
 ary at Godfrey, III., then went to Lexington, Mo., 
 where she carried on her studies in the Methodist 
 Episcopal College. She is a member of the Epis- 
 copal Church 
 
 J. ALLISON, a farmer and stock-raiser of 
 ! some prominence in Clay Township, Sa- 
 line County, is the subject of the present 
 sketch. He was born in Cooper County, 
 Mo., in 1828, where his father had located at a 
 time when there were few settlers in the county, 
 and indeed in the State. A. J. was the third in a 
 family of seven children born to Thomas and 
 Lvdia (Jones) Allison, the former of whom had 
 been born in North Carolina and the latter in Ken- 
 tucky. The mother of our subject had a frightful 
 experience at an early day, as she was one of the 
 women in Ft. Cooper during an Indian uprising. 
 
 Thomas Allison came to Missouri with his parents, 
 whose names were well known in that day, Ephraim 
 and Elizabeth (Coffey) Allison, who were natives of 
 Carolina and Yirginia, respectively. The occupa- 
 tion of the family had always been agriculture and 
 in the new home Thomas followed the same life. His 
 family consisted of seven children, viz.: Josephine, 
 who became the wife of Wdliam Claycomb, and 
 still lives in the county ; Salinda became the wife 
 of William Adkinson; our subject; Ephraim, a 
 namesake of his grandfather, who resides in Clin- 
 ton; Sarah J., the wife of Thomas Dysart, of this 
 county; Matilda, who married Thomas Terry; and 
 William, who is a resident of Clinton. Salina and 
 Matilda are deceased and both left families. 
 
 Our subject came to Saline Count}' in 1848, ami 
 in 1850 married Miss Mary Frances, the daugh- 
 ter of James S. Ingrahain, and to them the fol- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 lowing children were born: Sarab M., who be- 
 came the wife of Frank Kidd; Mary J.; James T.; 
 Edwin B., of California; Addie. Lenore and Terry. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Allison is a Democrat, and has 
 been one of the active winkers Cor his party in the 
 County. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic 
 order, in which he is highly regarded. His tine 
 farm of four hundred acres is in a fine state of 
 cultivation, and he has kept himself occupied 
 upon it ever since locating here. 
 
 Mr. Allison has found that he can make profit- 
 able both grain and slock and has given much at- 
 tention to the best methods in both branches of 
 business, lie has seen much of the growth of the 
 county, and has assisted everything of public in- 
 terest to the best of his ability. 
 
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 AMES R. AvTTT, a wealthy and retired 
 farmer, who makes his home in Higginsville, 
 has been very successful as a dealer in farm 
 V^y property. In 1890 he located in this place, 
 building a fine residence on Grand Avenue the 
 following year, which, as regards location, style of 
 architecture and well-kept grounds, is the finest in 
 the city. He is also a stockholder in the Citizens' 
 Bank. 
 
 Our subject's paternal grandfather was a farmer 
 in Kentucky. In that State the father of our sub- 
 ject. Andrew Avitt, was born and passed his entire 
 life, lie was an extensive farmer, miller, distiller, 
 and also a boat-builder on the Ohio. Heowneda 
 farm of several hundred acres situated in the val- 
 ley, while his residence was on the bluffs. He was 
 very successful, a great friend to the poor, and 
 generous to a fault. In his political belief he was a 
 Henry Clay Whig, and in religious faith was a fjni- 
 versalist. He departed this life in 1846. The 
 mother of Our subject, who bore the maiden name 
 of .lane Helm, was also born in Kentucky. Her 
 grandparents, John and Sallie Helm, were natives 
 of Virginia, where their parents, who were of Scotch 
 and English descent, respectively, were early pio- 
 
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 ueei'S. The grandfather participated in the Indian 
 War with Gen. Hardin, and was in a battle with 
 the noted chief, Tecumseh, and was defeated. He 
 was wounded severely, and traveled sixty miles 
 to getaway from the enemy. Later he engaged 
 in farming on the banks of the Ohio River, and 
 was the owner of large tracts of land, comprising 
 thousands of acres. In his youth he was a civil 
 engineer, and surveyed the whole county. He was 
 called from this life at Elizabethtown, at the age 
 of over eighty years. His wife departed this life in 
 Kentucky, in the year 1829. 
 
 .Air. Avitt, whose name heads this >ketch. was horn 
 May 10, 1826, in Breckinridge County, Ky., and 
 was reared on his father's large farm on the banks 
 of the Ohio River. He received good school ad- 
 vantages at Mt. Morma College, and then engaged 
 in teaching for a few terms, but did not enjoy that 
 occupation, and for a time was clerk in a store. 
 Desiring to see more of his native country, he next 
 engaged in boating on the Ohio and Mississippi 
 Rivers on steamers running to Memphis. During 
 this time he became the owner of and improved 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land, and in 1853 
 landed in La Fayette County, locating near the 
 town of ('order, where he entered one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land. He erected a log cabin 
 and variously improved the property, which he 
 afterward sold. For many years thereafter he 
 continued to buy, improve and sell lands, hav- 
 ing been the owner of a great many farms in 
 La Fayette County. Atone time he was located 
 at Brownsville, now Sweet Springs, where he im- 
 proved a place and where he lived on account of 
 his health. Returning to La Fayette County, he 
 there engaged in his former occupation of buying 
 and selling real estate until 1890. when he practi- 
 cally retired from business, and since has made his 
 home in Higginsville. Before became to Missouri 
 he was at one time owner of seven hundred and 
 forty' acres in Kentucky, and has since owned as 
 high as four hundred and fifty acres in this Mate. 
 During the Civil War he went to Illinois, remain- 
 ing in Warren County for a year, and then visited 
 his native State. On his return to Missouri he 
 found his fortune much impaired, was the owner 
 of very little land, but with energy he proceeded 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 to build up his finances, and was for some time in- 
 terested in growing hemp and raising live stock. 
 
 In Kentucky Mr. Avitt was united in marriage, 
 in 1847, to Miss Frances N. Van Miles, who was 
 also a native of that State, her father being a large 
 farmer. Eleven children graced the union of our 
 subject and his wife, seven of whom grew to ma- 
 ture years. The eldest, Isaac W„ is a real-estate 
 dealer and capitalist in Kansas City; Howell is en- 
 gaged in the drug business at Orville; Sarah K., 
 Beauregard and Lewis II. died when young; Mis- 
 souri, wife of Mr. Welbourn. died in La Fayette 
 County; Laura J. is now deceased: Malcolm resides 
 in Higginsville; George is a resident of Buchmer, 
 Iowa; Oliver is Cashier of the bank in the same 
 place; and Mona died in infancy. Our subject isa 
 member of the Baptist Church, and though a stanch 
 Whig until the war, has since that time been a sup- 
 porter of the Democratic party. He is very pop- 
 ular and influential, and a man who has made hosts 
 of friends wherever he has gone. 
 
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 OVER & S()N is the name of a well-known 
 C firm of con tract i us and builders in the 
 
 l))|) town of Higginsville, Mo., where they not 
 only carry on the hading business in these 
 lines, but are also the most prominent architects of 
 the place. Ezra Boyer, the elder member of the 
 firm, was born in Montgomery County, Md., De- 
 cember 27, 1827, the son of Peter Rover, who was 
 a farmer of Frederick County, Md.,and died there 
 at the age of sixty-three years. Ezra was reared 
 on the farm and attended private schools, but 
 when sixteen years of age was apprenticed to 
 a carpenter and remained at that trade until he 
 was twenty years of age, when he spent one year 
 en the farm. In 1850, he came to Missouri by 
 way of the Mississippi and landed at Lexington, 
 where he remained four years working at his trade. 
 
 At Lexington, our subject married in 1854 and 
 then located in Dover Township and engaged in 
 his trade and also built some and did farming. He 
 spent the year 1882 in the lumber business in 
 
 Higginsville, the firm being Boyer & Asbury, but 
 
 since that time he has carried on alone his business 
 of building and contracting. At this place lie has 
 taken a prominent position in the affairs of the 
 town. — was Alderman one term, was on the Dover 
 School Board, and was a charter member of the 
 Christian Church at Higginsville, of which he is a 
 Trustee. In his political faith, he isa Prohibition- 
 ist, and is a man of known temperance and honor. 
 He is also a Director of the Home Building and 
 Loan Association. 
 
 Mr. Rover married Miss Elizabeth Wainwright, 
 who was bom in Kentucky, a daughter of William 
 I). Wainwright, -a native of Maryland, of English 
 descent, who removed to Kentucky but became an 
 early settler in La Fayette County, having Located 
 here in is Is. He resided at Lexington and died 
 at the age of eighty-five years. Five children 
 were born to Mr. and Mrs. Boyer, as follows: Will- 
 iam; Leslie E.,in business in St. Joseph, Mo.; Rob- 
 ert L., in partnership with his father; Jesse, an 
 architect and contractor in Colorado; and Henry, 
 a hardware clerk here. 
 
 William Boyer, the son of the above-named 
 gentleman, is the junior member of the firm of 
 Rover & Son. He was born in Dover Township, 
 September 21. 1*57. and attended both primary 
 and High Schools, and when a boy took a great in- 
 terest in the work in his father's shop. At the age 
 of sixteen, he went to learn the trade and particu- 
 larly interested himself in architecture. In this 
 Mr. Boyer appears to have great talent and draws 
 up his own plans and those of others. 
 
 In 187S, our subject located here and in 1886 
 he formed his present partnership with his father. 
 This (inn has built almost all of the fine buildings 
 in this city, among which may be mentioned the 
 Brick Block, the American Rank Building, the 
 Merchants' Hotel, Run van's Rlock and the Arcade. 
 In these buildings maybe found some of the finest, 
 work in the county. The firm employs a force of 
 fifteen men and the business is on the highest tide 
 of success. Mr. Rover is a member of the Home 
 Building A- Loan Association. The home of Mr. 
 Boyer, Sr., is a tasteful one on Fair Ground Ave- 
 nue, while Mr. Boyer, Jr., has a pleasant one on 
 Russell Street. 
 
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 641 
 
 William Buyer was married in 1883 to Miss 
 Lizzie A. Kinsley, born in Hillsboro, Montgomery 
 
 County. 111. She is a lady of culture, bavins); been 
 educated in Eastern schools. One child has been 
 born to the family and is named William. Mr. 
 Boyer is a member of the Ancient. Free and Ac- 
 cepted .Masons, and is Conned Commander of the 
 Woodmen of the World, and is Vice-chancellor of 
 the Knights of Pythias. He was a charter member 
 of the Christian Church here and is in that denom- 
 ination a Deacon and Sunday-school Superintend- 
 ent. Our subject is a member of the Democratic 
 (lull of this place and in every way is a young man 
 of great promise. 
 
 eHARLES II. HAMMER during the late war 
 was a valiant soldier, as were his forefathers 
 for several generations, his paternal grand- 
 father having served in the Revolutionary strug- 
 gles of the Colonies, his father having risen to the 
 rank of Major in the War of 1812, while his ma- 
 ternal grandfather was also one of the heroes of 
 the Revolution. Our subject resides on his well- 
 kept and improved farm, situated on section 21, 
 township 50, range 2S. La Fayette County. 
 
 His father, Henry Hammer, was born May 4, 
 1794, in Rockingham County, Va., being a son of 
 Henry Hammer, a native of the Fatherland. Our 
 subject's mother before her marriage was .Miss 
 Christina Gibbons, who was born August 10, 1801, 
 in Woodstock, Va., and whose father, [saac Gib- 
 bons, was of Welsh descent. After his marriage 
 Henry Hammer resided for a short time in the 
 Shenandoah Valley, where he had been united in 
 marriage, and then, returning to his native county, 
 there resided for a period of sixteen years. In 
 1843, he removed to the West, locating in Cooper 
 County. Mo., where he carried on a farm and en- 
 gaged in blaeksmithing. At the expiration of 
 live years he came to this county, living for a 
 short time in Dover, and afterward purchasing a 
 
 farm, which was partly improved, five miles south- 
 west of Wellington. He was called to the Better 
 Land March is. L864, while his wife was called 
 to her final rest October 7, 1858. 
 
 They were the parents of five children, f our sons 
 and one daughter, the record of whom is as fol- 
 lows: Samuel (i., born November 2, 1823; Charles 
 II., our subject; Benjamin F. married Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Walker Stapp, an early settler here, 
 and has two living children: Florence and Me- 
 dora W.; Josephus, bom December 17. 1831, mar- 
 ried Letitia ('.. daughter of Dr. Nathaniel C. 
 Mitchell, and of their union have been born six 
 children: Fmniitt M., Laura I., Clarence M., Bessie 
 Irene, Henry Buford and Katie Myrtle. The 
 daughter, who is now deceased, was Susan Ellen, 
 wife of R, A. H. Hill, of Bates City, and was the 
 mother of three children, only one of whom is now 
 living, Charles H., who married Miss Lutie Foster, 
 and lives in Independence. Mrs. Hill, who was 
 born in 1838, died March 5, 1864. 
 
 Henry Hammer, the father of these children, was 
 a man of good education, one who took an active 
 interest in politics, and at various times made 
 speeches in favor of his party. He was always a 
 Democrat, and both himself and wife were active 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 
 to which denomination his four sons also belong, 
 Benjamin having been 'steward and Superintend- 
 ent of the Sunday-school; Joseph, a Class-leader 
 and Superintendent of the school, also conduct- 
 ing many public meetings in the church, and 
 Charles, our subject, having served as Steward. 
 In 18111, the father fell from a load of hay, and 
 from the injury received was a cripple during the 
 remainder of his life. 
 
 Charles II. Hammer, who was born August 21. 
 IS'.';,, on arriving at man's estate married Miss 
 Susan Medora. a daughter of Dr. Nathaniel CoffVy 
 Mitchell, who was born in 1801, in Cook County, 
 Tenn.. emigrated to Cooper County. Mo., in 1816, 
 and eight years later located in this county, where 
 he engaged in the practice of Ins profession. He 
 was a leading public man, a member of the Legis- 
 lature in 1832. and of the Second Constitutional 
 Convention held in 1845. He was a County Judge 
 and a Douglas Democrat. .Mrs. Hammer, who was 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 born November 2, 1846, is one of five brothers 
 and sisters, who arc living, and by her marriage 
 became the mother of two children. One is 
 deceased, and the other is Ubert S., who lives in 
 Sedalia, and who married Miss Grade Whitsett. 
 During the late war our subject and his brother, 
 Benjamin F., were members of Company E. of the 
 regiment which was known as Col. Elliott's, and 
 were in service for one year. Tlie Hammer family 
 has long taken an important part in the history, 
 growth and progress of the county, and arc es- 
 teemed among its most respected citizens. 
 
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 FXRY C. EWING is a leading farmer and 
 influential and wealthy citizen, his farm be- 
 ing situated on section 24, township 49, 
 range 27, La Fayette County. He is a na- 
 tive of this county, born June 22, 1838, and is a 
 son of Chatham S. and Mary B. (Young) Ewing, 
 the former a native of Kentucky, and the mother 
 of Tennessee. When a young man the father of 
 our subjeel emigrated to Missouri with his parents, 
 settling about the year 1821 in La Fayette County, 
 tour mdes south of Lexington, being numbered 
 among the early pioneers of this region. He later 
 removed to a farm near Mt. Hebron Church, and 
 there entered Government land, also purchasing a 
 tract at private sale. The farm was undeveloped 
 and entirely in a state of nature. He made many 
 improvements upon it and there resided until his 
 death in September, 1 S72. His wife had died 
 liiriii \ years previously, in L841, and of her chil- 
 dren i>ut two now survive, our subject and Mrs. 
 W. A. Ewing, of this county. Previous to the 
 war. the father was a Whig, and in his deatli his 
 fellow-citizens suffered an irreparable loss. He 
 had a wide acquaintance and was a typical repre- 
 sentativi of the old school of gentlemen. He held 
 membership with the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church for many years. 
 
 Henry C. Ewing, whose name heads this sketch, 
 was reared to man's estate in La Fayette County, 
 
 and on arriving at mature years was united in 
 marriage with the daughter of Kinsley M. and 
 Julia A. (Graham) Ilandson. Mrs. Ewing is a na- 
 tive of Henry County. Mo., her birth having oc- 
 curred October I5j 181.J. Both of her parents 
 were born and reared in Kentucky, emigrating to 
 Missouri at an early day. Since his marriage, Mr. 
 Ewing has been engaged in farming with good 
 success. He uses the most approved modern 
 methods in carrying on his farm work, and keeps 
 well posted on all the leading subjects pertaining 
 t< i agriculture. 
 
 John Monroe Ewing lived for over fifty years 
 in this county, and was one of the honored early 
 settlers. Like his brother, our subject, he was 
 reared among the grand old pioneers of Western 
 Missouri, men of strong minds and unswerving 
 integrity. His many friends, as with one accord, 
 testify to his sterling qualities as a neighbor and 
 friend. He had been a member of the Mt. Hebron 
 Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church since its organization thirty-eight years 
 ago. He made it his chief aim in life to follow 
 the narrow path marked out by the Golden Rule, 
 and when nearing the end of life's journey, with 
 eyes doubtless lixed on the other shore, he repeated 
 with faltering breath and feeble voice, " Though 1 
 pass through the valley and shadow of death, I 
 will not fear, for I know He is with me." He was 
 laid to rest by the side of his wife in Hebron Cem- 
 etery, where but a little over two months previ- 
 ously she was placed in the quiet grave. 
 
 MM! 
 
 I P TAYLOR is an extensive and progressive 
 farmer of Middleton Township, La Fayette 
 
 1 County, his farm being situated on section 36. 
 He is also Yicc-president of the Alma Creamery 
 Company, and is a successful stock-raiser, owning 
 a fine Hock of pure-blood Shropshire Down sheep, 
 and a herd of Shorthorn cattle. He was born in 
 this county in 1850, and is a son of the Hon. Sam- 
 uel I*'. Taylor, a native of Kentucky, who removed 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 643 
 
 t<> this State in 1849, and made a settlement in 
 this county. In 1858 he was elected to the Housi 
 of Representatives of Missouri, and served for one 
 term. He was a son <>f Samuel Taylor, a progress- 
 ive farmer in Kentucky. The mother of our sub- 
 ject before her marriage bore the name of Frances 
 Simpson, her father being James Simpson, also of 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Our subject spent his boyl d days in this 
 
 county, attended the common schools of his dis- 
 trict, and later entered the Winchester High School, 
 where he pursued his studies foi two years. In 
 1871 he went to the Rocky Mountains, where he 
 remained for eight years, and while there saw 
 much of the wonders and natural beauties of that 
 region. In 1879 he returned to this county, and 
 has since engaged in general fanning and stock- 
 raising. His farm, which has within its boundaries 
 some six hundred acres, is all under fine cultiva- 
 tion, and is a model one in every respect. 
 
 Soon after his return to Missouri in 1879, was 
 celebrated the marriage of Mr. Taylor and Miss 
 Sallie, daughter of John W. Dean, a native of the 
 Old Dominion. Three bright little ones have come 
 to bless their home: Fannie J., Sarah I), and I. P., 
 Jr. Both Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the 
 Presbyterian Church, in which the former holds 
 the office of Deacon. Our subject casts his vote 
 in favor of the Democratic party, and is a member 
 of Oriental Lodge No. 518, A. F. A- A. M.. and of 
 Blackburn Lodge No. 267, A. O. I*. W. 
 
 UILLIAM TILLARD HAYS was n in 
 Barnesville, Montgomery County, Md., in 
 WW 1821, and was the second son of Abram S. 
 and Elizabeth (Tillard) Hays. The family was of 
 English origin, the father being a son of Leon- 
 ard, and he a son of William Hays, who came to 
 America in 1740 and settled in Montgomery 
 County. Md. The mother of Mr. Hays was a 
 daughter of Lieut.-Col. Edward Tillard. a native 
 of Maryland, who also settled in Montgomery 
 
 County, and who equipped and commanded a 
 regiment in the War of the Revolution. lie was 
 taken prisoner by the British, and confined on 
 Staten Island. 
 
 Mr. Hays spent his boyhood in his native State 
 and county, and employed his time in helping his 
 father on the farm, where he remained until his 
 majority. Commencing in 1844, for live years 
 he was engaged in transporting goods on the 
 Chesapeake and Ohio (anal, whereby, by economy 
 and strict attention to business, he was enabled to 
 save sufficient money to purchase a tract of land 
 in I. a Fayette County. .Mo. He began farming for 
 himself with the same vim and energy that he had 
 displayed in his earlier life, and continued his busi- 
 ness successfully until I860, when he reluctantly 
 suspended his fanning operations to become an 
 agent at Ft. Keaine\ . Neb., for the firm of Major.-. 
 Russell .V Waddell, who had a contract for trans- 
 portation of Government supplies. This position 
 he satisfactorily filled until 1865, when he resumed 
 the more congenial occupation of fanning, in La 
 Fayette County, continuing his agricultural pur- 
 suits until the time of his death, which occurred 
 January 3, 1887. 
 
 Mr. Hays was married in July. 1865, to Miss 
 Alice Bell Ward, daughter of Allan Donaphan 
 Ward, of Mason County, Ky., he being the youngest 
 son of John Ward, who was also of Revolutionary 
 fame, serving in Capt. Parson's company in the 
 Third Virginia Regiment. By this marriage there 
 were four children, whose names arc as follows: 
 William Tillard, now residing in New York City: 
 Frank Ward, farming on his ancestral estate near 
 Lexington, Mo.: Carl Wilson, a student of Went- 
 worth Academy, of Lexington; and Catherine 
 Theodosa, who i- under the care of her mother. 
 
 Mr. Hays was always a consistent memberof the 
 Episcopal Church, it being his choice a- well as in- 
 heritance, and in this he was encouraged and sup- 
 ported by his wife. In politics, he was an earnest 
 and anient Democrat, although never having held 
 office, yel always active in promoting what lie con- 
 sidered the besl interests of his country and party. 
 Although death has destroyed the personality of 
 this good man. yet hi- name will endure as a 
 synonym for all thai is good and noble in charac- 
 
644 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 ter; Lis kindly words and manly deeds will ever 
 be remembered by nil who came in contact with 
 him, and. may we hope, will have their influence 
 in shaping the lives of many to follow him. 
 
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 EDWARD S. BUTT, a leading citizen and 
 representative fanner of La Fayette County, 
 Mo., living on section 15, township 49, 
 range 27, was born in Schuyler County, Mo., Feb- 
 ruary 20. 1851, and is a son of Thomas and Mar- 
 garet (Tadlock) Butt. His father was a native of 
 Greenbrier County, W. Ya., and his mother was a 
 native of East Tennessee. The grandfather of our 
 subject is said to have been a worthy and brave 
 soldier of the Revolutionary War. He died when 
 his son Thomas, father of our subject, was but 
 eleven years old, and two years later Thomas, with 
 his mother and two brothers, left West Virginia for 
 Ohio, thence moved to Illinois, and from there to 
 Schuyler County, Mo. This was in the '40s, when 
 Indians were still in Schuyler County, roaming 
 where they pleased, as they were altogether peaceful. 
 
 Land was entered in Schuyler County, and 
 Thomas remained there until the fall of 1865, 
 when he came with his family to La Fayette 
 County, Mo., and in the following spring settled 
 upon the farm where our subject now lives. He 
 died there in August, 1882, leaving a widow, 
 who still lives at the age of nearly seventy-six. 
 Of the children only two survive: Edward and 
 Lydia V., the latter the widow of Mr. Green, liv- 
 ing at May view. Mo. Thcdeceased was a Demo- 
 crat in polities, and favored everything calculated 
 to advance the interests of the county and the 
 State. He left a good estate, and passed away in 
 the fold of the Christian Church, with which he 
 had been connected for many years. 
 
 The subject of our sketch grew up to man's es- 
 tate in this county, meanwhile attending the com- 
 mon schools first, and afterward the Normal School. 
 working 141011 the farm during vacations. Sub- 
 
 sequently he taught school several terms, and after- 
 ward engaged in merchandising for a short time 
 at May view. Mo. Mr. Butt was married April 22, 
 L884, to Miss Delia Ilarrelson, sister of Mrs. H. C. 
 Ewing, of this county. By this union there is 
 one child, Lydia B. Our subject has a fine farm 
 of two hundred and thirty acres, which he culti- 
 vates with care and skill. Mr. Butt casts his vote 
 uniformly for Democratic candidates. A firm be- 
 liever in the teachings of the Gospel, he holds 
 membership in the Christian Church at Mayview, 
 Mo. Our subject is an eminently intelligent and 
 highly respected gentleman, who enjoys the re- 
 spect and confidence of the entire business com- 
 munity. Mrs. Butt is a member of the Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian Church. 
 
 <fl 1MLLIAM COOPER, deceased, was an early 
 \rJ/l and respected settler of La Fayette County, 
 \y§!/ owning and operating a farm on section 
 31j township 51, range 25. He was a native of 
 the Old Dominion, his birth having occurred in 
 Amelia County in 1792. His ancestors were na- 
 tives of Scotland who emigrated to the United 
 States in the early Colonial days. The boyhood 
 and youth of our subject were passed in the 
 county where he was born and in the neighbor- 
 ing one of Cumberland, his time being employed 
 in the usual occupations of farmer boys. He at- 
 tended the common schools of the neighborhood 
 and assisted his father in carrying on the farm un- 
 til he reached manhood. In 1827 he came to this 
 State, settling in La Fayette County, where he lo- 
 cated on a farm, which he engaged in conducting 
 until his death, which occurred in 1838. Politic- 
 ally, he was a pronounced Democrat and was a 
 devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 In the year 1813 Mr. Cooper was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Nancy Holt, a daughter of Rich- 
 ard Holt, who was born in Virginia. The mother 
 of Mrs. Cooper was before her marriage Miss 
 Mary Failer. a native of Prince Edward County, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 645 
 
 Ya. Our subject and his estimable lady were the 
 parents of ten children, only three of whom are 
 now living: Anna, wife of John 1). Winter, of 
 Jackson County, Mo.; Mary, wife of Richard M. 
 Bailey; and Adeline, who became the wife of Will- 
 iam T. Stark, of Dover Township, this county. 
 
 Mrs. Cooper, widow of our subject, is a consistent 
 member of the Baptist Church, with which she has 
 been connected almost a lifetime. She is now in 
 her ninety-eighth year and still in the enjoyment 
 of good health. It is certainly remarkable to find 
 a lady of her age who is so active and robust and 
 who, as she often does, takes great delight in rid- 
 ing on horseback. She is making her home in her 
 declining days with her daughter, Mrs. William 
 Stark, who with filial care and love endeavors in 
 every way possible to make life pleasant and 
 smooth for her aged mother. 
 
 KA A.I. HENRY A. PEED, editor of the Sweet 
 I V IV Springs Herald, of Saline County, is an in- 
 I lis fluential politician and public-spirited cit- 
 ® i/.en. He has been actively before the 
 
 public for a great many years in various positions 
 of greal responsibility and trust, the duties of 
 which he has discharged most acceptably to his 
 constituents and to all concerned. 
 
 The ancestors of our subject crossed the stormy 
 seas from England in the famous "Mayflower" in 
 1620. The father of our subject, Harrison Peed, 
 was born in Virginia in 1820 and early in life fol- 
 lowed the trade of brick-maker and brick-layer. 
 About the year 1850 he emigrated to Southern 
 Indiana, where he turned his attention to agricul- 
 tural pursuits, and is now making his home on a 
 farm in Davis County. He has been a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church since his youth 
 and is a much respected citizen, lie has been 
 twice married, his first wife, the mother of our 
 subject, before her marriage being Miss Alice 
 Pollard, a sister of Mr. E. A. P.illard, the well- 
 known author of "The Los1 Cause." After the 
 
 death of his first wife, Mr. Peed remarried and 
 had a family of six children, four sons of whom 
 are living. 
 
 The subject of this sketch received his education 
 largely in the district schools and passed his boy- 
 hood days on his lather's farm. He attended the 
 High School at Richmond, Ya., where he was at 
 the time of the tiring on Ft. Sumter, after which 
 he immediately returned to Indiana, where he 
 spent a year in Franklin College. On September 
 25, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred 
 and Thirty-second Indiana Regiment, for a year's 
 service and was actively engaged in the Atlanta 
 Campaign, participating in a number of leading 
 battles, such as Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, etc. 
 Returning to Indiana at the expiration of his term 
 of service, he assisted in raising the One Hundred 
 and Forty-eighth Regiment and received the com- 
 mission of Sergeant-Major. In April, 1865, he 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy, and received a 
 (-..in mission as Major September 22 of that year, 
 at which date he was discharged. After the close 
 of the conflict he returned to Columbus, Ind., and 
 read law in the ollice of Hill & Richardson for 
 two years. 
 
 The Major soon after went to Dover Hill, Mar- 
 tin County, and was admitted to the Bar, engaging 
 in practice there. During that time he purchased 
 the Martin County Herald and conducted it suc- 
 cessfully. It was the first newspaper which had 
 succeeded up to this time in the county, and this 
 he continued to edit until 1870. At that time he 
 \\a> chosen County Superintendent of Schools, 
 serving in that capacity for three years. In 1872 
 he was elected Joint Representative for the coun- 
 ties of Martin and Dubois, and the following year 
 was chosen State Senator for those counties, to- 
 gether with Orange County, serving for four 
 years and holding a prominent position in both 
 Legislative bodies. In 1883 he was appointed 
 Chief Clerk for the Committee of Invalid Pensions 
 in the United States House of Representatives, and 
 held the position until Mr. Cleveland was inaug- 
 urated. He was then appointed Special Examiner 
 in the Pension Office and was Supervising Officer 
 for nine months, being subsequently assigned to 
 duty in Missouri, with headquarters at Sedalia, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 where he remained from May, 1887, until the in- 
 auguration of President Harrison, when he re- 
 signed. 
 
 On April 13, 187C, the Major and Miss Kate El- 
 lis were married. She was reared at Montgomery 
 City, in this State, and was graduated from the 
 Higli School, after which she studied elocution 
 under private instructors and attended the Colum- 
 bian Law School at Washington, where she pur- 
 sued her studies through two sessions. Afterward 
 she took private lessons in elocution in Boston, 
 and became a verj' successful reader. She has 
 traveled in several States giving recitations and 
 readings and is at present one of the faculty of 
 the Marmaduke Military Academy in this city. 
 
 In political circles Maj. l'eed has ever been act- 
 ive; was a member of several State committees in 
 Indiana, and in 1876 was a member of the Demo- 
 cratic State Executive Committee in that State. 
 Socially, he is a member of the Masonic fraternity 
 and is a Knight Templar. Both he and his accom- 
 plished wife are devoted members of the Christian 
 Church. 
 
 HRISTOPHER C. BOOTH, one of the lead- 
 ing farmers and stock-raisers of Saline 
 County, resides on his farm situated in 
 township 50. He is the owner of a well-improved 
 farm, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres of 
 valuable and arable land, situated only a short dis- 
 tance from Marshall. For many years he has made 
 a specialty of breeding fine Merino sheep and now 
 has a number of line animals of the Shropshire 
 grade. Though formerly interested in standard- 
 bred horses, he does not at present own very many, 
 but nevertheless has several of the Wilkes and 
 Electioneer breeds. 
 
 Mr. Booth was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 
 1832, and emigrated with his parents to Adams 
 County, 111., about 1834, and in that county- 
 passed his boyhood days. He acquired his primary 
 education in the common schools and in the fall of 
 
 1848 entered Bethany (W. Ya.) College, where lie 
 remained for two years, and there had the privi- 
 lege of hearing the noted Christian preacher, Alex- 
 ander Campbell, many times in sermons and lec- 
 tures. He returned to his home by way of the 
 Ohio and Mississippi Rivera as far as Quincy, as 
 there were no railroads in the West at that time. 
 For some years lie continued to reside under the 
 parental roof, assisting his father in caring for the 
 homestead. 
 
 In 1856 Mr. Booth and Miss Hancock were 
 united in wedlock. To them were born eight chil- 
 dren, namely: William S., a resident of North Da- 
 kota; Henry S., a prominent lawyer of Cenfralia, 
 Mo.; George E., a practicing lawyer in Carthage; 
 Robert, who is a book-keeper in Kansas City; Emma, 
 a graduate of Lexington; Annie, who attended the 
 Pritchard Institute at Glasgow; John M., who has 
 just entered Columbia College; and one child who 
 died in infancy. The four sons first named were 
 all graduated from the Columbia College and have 
 already made their mark in the world. 
 
 Mr. Booth wrote the first letter in regard to the 
 building of a railroad which has since been con- 
 structed through Saline County, through the towns 
 of Springfield, Sedalia, Marshall and Miami. In 
 all local enterprises he has ever taken an active and 
 interested part, using his best abilities for the ad- 
 vancement and progress of the count}'. In his po- 
 litical affiliations lie is a stanch Democrat, and, 
 religiously, holds membership with the Baptist 
 Church. The family of which he is a member has 
 always been noted for its strict integrity and 
 high sense of honor. They have also been more 
 than usually intellectual, and in almost every pur- 
 suit or calling which they have entered they have 
 been very successful, and have rarely met witli 
 failure. 
 
 Mr. Booth wae one of the eight children whose 
 parents were Stephen and Mary (Congleton) Booth, 
 the former a native of Bedford County, Ya., 
 whose birth occurred in 1786. His father, William 
 Booth, probably a native of the same State, was 
 a man of superior education and a large slave- 
 holder. The family is of English origin, the great- 
 grandfather of our subject having emigrated to 
 this country from England. The brothers and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 647 
 
 sisters of our subject are: Armilda wedded Will- 
 iam Hedges, and died in Adams County, 111.: 
 Clarinda married Miner Hedges, of Illinois; Will- 
 iam was a successful business man in Adams 
 County; Elizabeth became the wife of Davis Co 1- 
 vin; Judith married John S. Johnson, of Adams 
 County; Emily is the wife of John T. Turner, of 
 the same county: Mary, wife of John Duncan, re- 
 sides in Adams County; Sarah, who became the 
 wife of Thomas Sibley, is now a resident of Saline 
 County: and Frances is the wife of John I, 
 .Moore. 
 
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 | < IHN F. EUBANK. Our subjectis a farmer 
 
 in Saline County, having a fine place on 
 township 52. He was born in this locality 
 April 12, 1863, and is a son of Reuben and 
 Elizabeth (Whitaker) Eubank. He was one of a 
 family of three that blessed the union of his par- 
 ents. Himself the eldest, his brothers are Ernesl 
 and Jerome, both of whom arc residents in this 
 State, and are prosperous business men. 
 
 Elsewhere in this book will be found a sketch 
 containing a more lengthy account of the geneal- 
 ogy and family history of the Eubank family, there- 
 fore it will be unnecessary for us to dilate upon 
 our subject's parentage. We will rather confine 
 ourselves to the personal history of the man, who. 
 if he has not made himself distinguished by his 
 honor and integrity in a locality where there is 
 
 not much scope for distinctii f this kind, is 
 
 at least recognized as one of the foremost men of 
 the locality, whose future is capable of almost any 
 advancement. 
 
 John Eubank was educated in his native Stale 
 and county. He attended the High School until 
 twenty years of age, and at the age of twenty-two 
 began farming for himself, renting from his father 
 one hundred and sixty acres, which he devoted 
 himself to clear and improve. The land was worth 
 about *12 an acre, and the change that he lias 
 wrought in it may be estimated from the fact that 
 
 it is now worth Slid an acre. He purchased eighty 
 acres, which, in addition to the land he manages 
 for his father, gives him a well-improved tract of 
 t wo hundred and fi irty acres. 
 
 Our subject was married to Miss Lucy Smith, 
 like himself a native of this county. They have 
 a charming little home of six rooms, which .Mr. 
 Eubank erected at a cost of $1,000. He also has 
 good barns and supplementary buildings necessary 
 in the conduct of the well-equipped farm. He 
 feeds considerable stock, and is well known as a 
 trader. The social relations of our subject and his 
 wife are the most agreeable. In church matters 
 they are Christians. Fraternally our subject is a 
 Mason and a Knight Templar. In politics he is a 
 Democrat. His aspirations have never been in the 
 direction of political emolument, as his legitimate 
 and individual affairs monopolize his time and at- 
 tention. 
 
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 ffiOHN JOSEPH LILLY is a pastor of the 
 Church of the Immaculate Conception in 
 Lexington, Mo. He is devoted to his charge 
 ' and is one of the ablest advocates of the 
 Catholic Church in this county. He was born in 
 Nelson County, Ky., and is a son of John II. and 
 Mary C. (Moore) Lilly. The Lilly family were 
 early settlers in Maryland, emigrating from Eng- 
 land about two hundred years ago. The paternal 
 grandfather of our subject, who also bore the name 
 of John Lilly, was a prominent man in political 
 circles and a pioneer of Nelson County, Ky. Our 
 subject's mother was born in Georgetown, Md.. 
 and is a daughter of Alexander Moore who was a 
 leading early settler of that State. On the ma- 
 ternal side, our subject's grandmother before her 
 marriage was Miss Warren. Though now in his 
 eighty-fourth year, John II.. the father of our sub- 
 ject, is still living, making his home in New Lon- 
 don, Kails Count\ . Mo. The mother has also at- 
 tained the same extreme old age. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Lilly passed his boyhood m the 
 
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 county of his birth, attending school in Bards- 
 town and later going to St. Joseph College. He 
 afterward attended the St. Vincent Theological 
 Seminary at Cape Girardeau, where he pursued his 
 ministerial studies for four years. 1'pon being 
 ordained a priest, he was assigned a parish in this 
 Stale, which he held for eight years, being pastor 
 of the church of the Immaculate Conception. In 
 1878 Mr. Lilly came to Lexington, and for two 
 years had entire charge of the parish, which com- 
 prises all of this county and a portion of Saline 
 County, including the town of Sweet Springs. In 
 L880 the parish was divided and our subject was 
 given charge of the western portion of this 
 county, having sixty congregations, comprising 
 German, Irish, French and Italian families, under 
 his supervision. In the year 1886 Mr. Lilly was 
 appointed a member of the Hoard of Ecclesiastical 
 Examiners, Consulters and Promoters. He has 
 always taken an active and zealous part in pro- 
 moting the best interests of his church, and always 
 uses his right of franchise in favor of the nominees 
 of the Democratic party. 
 
 /->, AIT. JAMES M. WITHERS, the subject of 
 II this sketch, was one of the representative 
 
 \^S< men of this part of .Missouri. At the time 
 of his decease, he was a resident upon section 24, 
 township 40, range 27, La Fayette County. His 
 birth occurred in Jessamine County, Ivy., March 
 •'!, 1824, a son of Peter and Evalina (Price) With- 
 ers, both of whom were born in Virginia of brave 
 Revolutionary War ancestry. When but a small 
 boy his father removed to McLean County, 111., 
 about the year 18.32, and lie was there reared to 
 manhood. His school privileges were limited, and 
 hi 1 had the usual experiences of pioneer life. His 
 was an ambitious spirit, however, not satisfied with 
 the humdrum existence of life on a farm, so, in 
 1846, in his twenty-second year, he went to Mex- 
 ico :i< :i Lieutenant in Col. Foreman's Fourth Reg- 
 
 iment, Illinois Infantry, and participated in the 
 capture of Vera Cruz and the battle of Cerro 
 < i-ordo, in April, 1847. 
 
 The regiment to which our subject was attached 
 was discharged in June or July prior to the series 
 of engagements that resulted in the capture of the 
 City of Mexico in September. Returning home, 
 he visited his old home in Kentucky, and while 
 there was united in marriage, January 29, 1841), 
 with Miss .Mary Drysdale, a native of Jessamine 
 County also, born July 1. 1825, a worthy daugh- 
 ter of Reuben and Mary (Walker) Drysdale, both 
 natives of Virginia. She, like her distinguished 
 husband, came from a grandfather who bore his 
 part bravely in the war of the Colonies with Great 
 Britain. In 1851 Capt. Withers, with his little 
 family came to this State, and first settled upon a 
 farm a short distance from Odessa, and resided 
 there a number of years, but finally, in 1867, lo- 
 cated permanently upon a farm in Washington 
 Tow r nship, south of Mayview, where he resided at 
 the time his useful career was cut short. 
 
 In the war between the North and South, Capt. 
 Withers commanded a company in Col. Ben Ell- 
 iott's Regiment, Missouri State Guards, C. S. A., 
 participating in the battles of Carthage, Wilson's 
 Creek, Dry Wood and Lexington, and at Spring- 
 field was captured. This was in 1862, and he was 
 taken as a prisoner to Gratiot Street Prison, St. 
 Louis, then transferred to Alton, where he re- 
 mained some time, but was finally paroled. In 
 1853 our subject made a trip to California over- 
 land, and remained there a period of seven months, 
 then returned by way of the Isthmus of Panama: 
 He continued a business of freighting across the 
 plains for a number of years. In this way he be- 
 came well acquainted with the resources and capa- 
 bilities of vast sections of land, and in 18(11 went 
 north of Denver and started a cattle ranch there 
 among the Indians, remaining for some time. Ten 
 years later, in the fall of 1871. Capt. Withers took 
 his family and with them resided for a space of 
 two years in Northern Texas, but returned to the 
 old home in La Fayette County, where he died 
 October II, 1891, lamented by the whole commu- 
 nity. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was a man to whose 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 649 
 
 memory the short space in a volume of this kind 
 can not do justice. His position in his county 
 was one of influence, he having long served his 
 fellow-citizens in the various offices of his district, 
 and being always known as a kind neighbor, a 
 good husband and father and a most loyal friend. 
 Capt. Withers became a Democrat even before the 
 disruption of the Whig party, and was never neu- 
 tral in any thing, either politics or friendships. 
 In his young manhood days, while still a Whig, 
 he became well acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. 
 Judge Davis, Senator Douglas, and other Illinois 
 politicians. At that time Mr. Lincoln "rode the 
 circuit" as a practicing lawyer, and Capt. Withers 
 would often tell of the large crowds which would 
 assemble in the hotel at night upon court day. 
 where the great martyr would keep them in good 
 humor by the jokes and amusing stories which he 
 never failed to have at call. 
 
 The estate of two hundred and seven acres of 
 land which our subject left to his family had been 
 principally accumulated after the war. Beside his 
 sorrowing wife, Capt. Withers left six children to 
 lament the loss of a father and guide. These are 
 as follows: Mrs. J. G. Worthington, of Lexington, 
 Mo.; Mrs. Powell Van Meter, Misses Sallie and 
 Jessie; Irvin, of May view; and William, of Texas, 
 ('apt. Withers was :i member of Mound Prairie, 
 now May view, Missionary Baptist Church, and 
 with his wife was prominent in sustaining its en- 
 terprises. Mrs. Withers now resides in the village 
 of May view, surrounded by care and comfort, but 
 the place of her lamented husband can never be 
 filled. His was a retiring nature, one thai was not 
 always understood by Strangers, for he was a man 
 who would never thrust himself into public atten- 
 tion, nor be familiar with strangers or casual ac- 
 quaintances. 
 
 Our subject was strong in his likes and dislikes; 
 an attachment once formed was not likely to be 
 disrupted, an aversion not ea>ily eradicated. 
 Always an active partisan in politics, he was never 
 self-seeking, but earnest and alert for his party. 
 At the time of his death, * apt. Withers was aged 
 sixty-seven years, seven months and -i\ days. His 
 life is over, his battles all fought, but his friends 
 now cherish a kind recollection of his unswerving 
 
 attachment to them, and of his uncompromising 
 
 devotion to duty as he understood it. Fr such 
 
 characters come the great heroes of the world. 
 Green is now the sod above his grave, and the peace 
 which passeth all understanding is his in the home 
 beyond. 
 
 ffi OIIN T. BUSH. ( nir subject is an English- 
 man by birth, but his interests and associ- 
 ations are so identified with the growth of 
 the locality in which he lives, which is 
 Lexington, La Layette County, that one would 
 hardly know, unless so assured, of his British 
 origin. Mr. Bush was bom in Yorkshire, England, 
 March 2(1, 1849. At the early age of three years 
 he was brought by his parents to the United States. 
 They landed at New York, and thence went to 
 Wisconsin, where they settled on a farm. 
 
 As a lad, our subject attended the common 
 schools in Wisconsin until fourteen years of age, 
 and after that was self-supporting, being for a 
 time employed in a stone quarry. In 1869 he 
 went to Kansas City, Mo., and was there emplo3-ed 
 in a sawmill, and in 1.S72 removed to Kay County, 
 where he also worked in a sawmill until 1877. 
 At that date he became the proprietor of a mill of 
 his own, and operated it for one year. 
 
 In the fall of 1878, Mr. Bush removed to La 
 Fayette County, and there engaged in the sawmill 
 business until 1K82, when he sold out and bc^m 
 farming, which he continued for four years. He 
 then engaged in the sawmill business again, but in 
 the spring of 1892 sold out and invested in the 
 Triumph Pressed Brick Company. Aside from 
 Lhese manufacturing interests, he owns a good and 
 well-improved farm, comprising one hundred and 
 seventy-five acres in Lexington Township, LaFay- 
 etle ( ounty. 
 
 In politics Mr. Lush is a stanch Republican, 
 which demonstrates the fact that he has grown 
 far awaj from the Mother Country and her inter- 
 ests. In November, Cm, 7. the original of this 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 sketch was united in marriage with Miss Josie 
 Dickey, of Ray County, this State, and a daugh- 
 ter of David and Mary (Dickey) Dickey. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Bush are the parent- of two sons, John 
 R. and Joseph L. The family residence is located 
 at the corner of Twentieth and Washington Street-. 
 
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 S. HUGHES, M. D. The unselfish improve- 
 ment of one's mind, and the advancement 
 of one's material interests without infringe- 
 ment upon the rights of others, are the 
 qualifications of a character far above the aver- 
 age. Yet such a man is the subject of this sketch. 
 who, amid trials that would have subdued a less 
 courageous spirit, pressed onward to the goal of 
 his praiseworthy ambition. The study of such a 
 life cannot fail to be instructive to all classes of 
 people. Dr. Hughes is a son of -lames H. Hughes, 
 a native of Barren County, Ky., who was the son 
 of Rowland S. Hughes, a native of Virginia. The 
 ancestors of Dr. Hughes came from Wales; there 
 three brothers, banished by inexorable law, left 
 the home of their people to find a country where 
 freedom of conscience was allowed. They settled 
 in Virginia, but presently scattered into Mary- 
 land and Kentucky, pursuing the avocation of 
 farmers. 
 
 The mother of our subject was Matilda (Viers) 
 Hughes, a native of Maryland, who went to Lo- 
 gan County, Ky., when a girl, and was there reared 
 to womanhood. There she met and married James 
 11. Hughes. They remained in Logan County 
 until 1820, when they removed to La Fayette 
 County. Mo., settling on section 22, Clay Town- 
 ship. The husband bought a chum of a man 
 named Jones, the land being then prairie, but 
 since grown up in heavy timber. Hands of In- 
 dians roved about at their own pleasure, while 
 wild animals abounded. The country was very 
 sparsely settled, there being no near neighbors, 
 and but a single bouse standing south of his. 
 Subsequently he entered and bought more land. 
 
 to the amount of seven hundred and eighty acres, 
 all in a body, excepl forty acres of timber-land. 
 It was here thai lie made for himself a permanent 
 home by building a double log cabin, one of the 
 finest then in the county. In 1853 a frame build- 
 ing was put up in the good old-fashioned way — 
 big rooms, wide halls and huge fireplaces, it being 
 by general consent the besl residence in La Fay- 
 ette County. The old log bouse still stands. 
 
 After forty years spent upon this farm, the fa- 
 ther and husband died in I860. The wife fol- 
 lowed him thirteen years later. This couple were 
 the parents of eleven children, but two of whom 
 arc now living, the eldest, Catharine, dying De- 
 cember 31, 1890. Of this large number of children, 
 all but two grew to maturity, while three of them 
 served in the Civil War. The father took an active 
 part in the Mormon War. which resulted in the 
 banishment of the followers of Smith. The father 
 and mother were members of the Old-school Bap- 
 tist Church, he being a Deacon in that body, very 
 devout and exceedingly active in Christian work. 
 The lively interest he manifested in schools was 
 scarcely equal to that displayed in political affairs. 
 An old-Hue Whig, a disciple of Henry Clay, he 
 predicted the war long before the firing on Ft. 
 Sumter. So honest was he, and so gentle his na- 
 ture, that he was termed "the arbitrator," because 
 he was called upon to settle all neighborhood dif- 
 ficulties. His success in farming was due to the 
 concentration of all his energies upon that work, 
 lie was thoroughly systematic and had the finest 
 kept farm in the county. 
 
 Dr. Hughes was the ninth child, and is the elder 
 of the two now living, the remaining brother 
 being Hardy II. Our subject was bom in the log 
 house on section 22, November 29, 1810. He was 
 educated in the common schools of the district, 
 completing his course at Porter Seminary, at Lone 
 Jack, Mo. When the war broke out, he enlisted 
 in Company 1, Graves' Regiment of Missouri State 
 Guards, for six months; was made Corporal and 
 took part in the battles of Carthage, Wilson's 
 Creek and Lexington. From that place he went 
 to Neosho, thence to Osceola, and was discharged 
 there in November, 1861. Returning home, he 
 again enlisted in Company 1, First Missouri Cav- 
 
PORTRAIT AMI BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 651 
 
 airy, Gen. Joe Shelby's Brigade; was Acting Or- 
 derly-Sergeant, and participated in nearly all the 
 engagements of that famous command without 
 being once wounded. Made a prisoner near Hel- 
 ena. Ark., duly 26, 1864, he was confined in the 
 county jail for three weeks, and then taken to 
 Camp Morton, at Indianapolis, where he was held 
 until after the close Oi the war, being a prisoner ten 
 months in all. Released in April, L865, he went 
 to Kentucky and remained until the following 
 August. 
 
 Home duties demanded the presence of the Doc- 
 tor, and he returned to Missouri, remaining upon 
 the farm until the estate was settled, when he re- 
 sumed the study of medicine, which had been in- 
 terrupted b) the war. In the years 1866-67 he 
 attended the Eclectic .Medical Institule.nl Cincin- 
 nati; returning to Missouri, he practiced medicine 
 in Platte County for live years, and then went 
 hack to college and was graduated in the session 
 of 1872-73. Located on the home farm in the 
 following year, he sold a portion of the estate and 
 devoted his time to the improvement of the 
 remainder, but in 1875 lost his entire crop by 
 the ravages of grasshoppers. He then went to 
 Texas and located for the practice of medicine; 
 but, suffering greatly from poor health, was finally 
 seized with a fever, which broughl him danger- 
 ously low; ultimately recovering, he went hack 
 home after an absence of two years. Soon after 
 his return he purchased the home and practice of 
 Dr. Herendon, at Greenton, this county, and 
 formed a partnership with Dr. M. M. Robinson, 
 now deceased, the association continuing two 
 years. < lur subj< ct then made his borne at * Idessa, 
 conducting a drug store and practicing medicine 
 for a period of two years, his time being de- 
 voted after that exclusively to the drug business. 
 
 Order is a strong element in the Doctor's char- 
 acter, and the general verdict is that he kept the 
 cleanest ami best-arranged, as well as tin' largest 
 and best drugstore in the county, having increased 
 
 the valueof the stock from $800 to $6,1 A few 
 
 years ago hedisposedof a-half interest to Dr. \\.( . 
 Goodwin, the linn name being changed to Hughes 
 & Goodwin. He was married August 18, 1868, 
 to Miss Mary A. Solleder. a native of laic, Pa., 
 
 and a daughter of Mathias Solleder, a native of 
 Saxony, Germauy. Mrs. Hughes received a very 
 
 fair education in the scl Is of Leavenworth. 
 
 Kan. 
 
 Dr. and Mrs. Hughes have been the parents of 
 seven children, four of whom are living, as follows: 
 Winifred Tracy, wife of W. S. Stanfield, having 
 one child; Josie O., Emmett Me I)., and Raymond 
 s. Tin 1 two daughters are graduates of Odessa Col- 
 lege, Josie being the youngest graduate of that 
 institution since its foundation. .Airs. Hughes and 
 the elder daughter arc members of the .Mission- 
 ary Baptist Church. Our subject is identified with 
 many organizations and interests of the city, 
 being a member of the Anti-Thief Association; the 
 Order of Woodmen, of which he is examining 
 physician; the Knights of 1'ythias, of which he is 
 ■i ch'arter member and at present Treasurer, and 
 in whichhe has held all tin offices, being a member 
 of the Grand Lodge; the Ancient Order of United 
 WOikinen. of which he is a charter memberand ex- 
 amining physician since its organization; and the 
 Masonic fraternity, being Past Master, member of 
 the Grand Lodge, and a Royal Arch Mason. 
 
 (lur subject is a Democrat and manifests an ac- 
 tive interest in furthering the objects and aims 
 of that party, having frequently been a delegate 
 to its county, district and State conventions. He 
 has always taken an active interest in school mat- 
 ters, and has served as a member of the School 
 Board. He has been a Director of Odessa College 
 ever Since its organization, and is now President ,,f 
 the Hoard. He is a Director and Secretary of the 
 Board of Directors of the Odessa Canning Com- 
 pany; also a Director of the Odessa National Lank, 
 and Secretary of the Board. Dr. Hughes' active 
 duties have not prevented him from showing a 
 respectful consideration for the dead. Quite re- 
 cently he has improved the family cenietei \ on 
 
 l! Id farm and has caused to be erected a line 
 
 monument there for himself and all the familv. 
 He has a sister buried at Oregon, a brother in 
 Texas, and another brother at Greenton. One of 
 his brothers served throughout the war and was 
 killed at Ft. Blakely, the last battle of the war. 
 
 During a trip made for his health Dr. Hug 
 wrote a number of letters for his home paper, the 
 
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 TORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Democrat, descriptive of the beautiful scenery and 
 commenting upon the various incidents of the 
 journey. In company with J.C.Cobb, he left 
 Odessa November t, 1891, proceeding to Kansas 
 City, and i hence to Springfield. He visited Os- 
 ceola, a fine, picturesque place, nestling among the 
 hills <>l' St. Clair County,andof especial interest 
 to the Doctor, as there he was discharged from 
 the State service after serving six months under 
 Gen. Price, just thirty years before, and he had 
 never seen the place since until his visit. 
 
 Dr. Hughes also visited the battleground of 
 Wilson Creek, of which he writes as follows: 
 ■•standing here with the lays of the autumnal sun 
 mildly blending' with the hazy atmosphere of 
 mystic Indian summer — the smoke from a camp- 
 fire on the creek rising languidly on the even- 
 ing air. with everything reposing quietly and 
 peacefully, it is hard to bring one's self to realize 
 that here was enacted one of the bloodiest dramas 
 of the Civil War. and thai yonder, north on 
 'Bloody Hill.' in early morn. Lyon hurled his men 
 on the surprised Confederates like the brave man 
 lie was; and here, well to the front, was Totten's 
 Battery awakening the echoes of the surrounding 
 hills and sleeping Confederates by the roar of its 
 guns, as it threw shot anil shell into the fast 
 formingand opposing lines: and there to the right 
 was Woodruff's Arkansas Battery going quickly 
 into action with its brave commander and no 
 [ess brave men. standing true to their amis — and 
 yonder south one mile, Sigcl with his Germans 
 surprising and capturing some Arkansas troops. 
 killing many in their tents before they were aware 
 that the enemy were on them. 
 
 •'Now, accompanied by .Mr. Steele. I again as- 
 cended 'Bloody Hill,' for the first time in thirty 
 years. No dead men with mangled bodies and dis- 
 torted and lil ly countenances greet me now. 
 
 The low scrub oaks scattered on the hillside of 
 that day have been removed and the land is now 
 under cultivation. Hack further to the north the 
 brush remains as it was. Our camp was exposed 
 to Lyon's battery across the creek, with only a 
 stunted tree here and there intervening, and re- 
 ceived the first lire from his guns. The whole hill 
 is covered with a heavy growth of forest trees, now 
 
 in the 'sere and yellow' leaf of approaching winter, 
 reminding me that I. too, am in the -sere and yel- 
 low' leaf of approaching age. and that soon I will 
 follow those who crossed over the river on the 
 Kith of August, 1861." 
 
 At Forsyth the party built boats and floated 
 down the river, stopping now and then in quest 
 of quail, ducks and turkeys. Many and exciting 
 were their experiences, and the hunting expedition 
 was not only successful, but are unusually pleasant. 
 and will never be forgotten by the participants. 
 At P.atesville they landed, and ended their voy- 
 age and hunt. The letters written by the Doctor 
 concerning this trip possess decided literary merit, 
 and we regret that the limited space of this vol- 
 ume forbids lengthy extracts from them. 
 
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 3 *-5«5"5- '^gSS? ♦•!••!■ 
 
 
 THOMAS AUDSLEY is a prominent farmer 
 orT\ resi ding "" section 7, township 52, range 
 20, Saline County. He was born in this 
 county in 1857, his parents being Joseph and 
 Martha (Whithead) Audsley, who were both born 
 in England. The father was born in 1812, and 
 emigrated to this country at an early day, settling 
 first on land entered from the Government. He 
 afterward purchased two hundred and ten acres, 
 to the improvement of which he devoted himself 
 until Death called him from his labors. For nine 
 years he served his fellow-citizens as Constable. 
 Of his eight children, who are living in Carroll 
 and Saline Counties, one son is County Clerk in 
 the former county, while two of the sons were 
 valiant soldiers in the Union army. 
 
 Thomas Audsley was educated in the common 
 schools and completed his studies at the age of 
 eighteen years. A year later he found himself in 
 possession of a well-improved farm of two hundred 
 and eighty acres of land, which is now in an ex- 
 cellent state of cultivation and valued at 140 an 
 acre. The principal products of this farm are 
 grain and hay, but at the same time Mr. Audsley 
 is quite an extensive raiser of high-grade cattle. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 653 
 
 In 1879, Mr. Audsley and Miss Victoria Olger 
 were united in marriage. The lady was born in 
 Tennessee in 1858, and by her marriage lias become 
 the mother of four children. The eldest, born in 
 1880, resides al home; Harry was born in 1882, 
 while Alice and Pearl complete the family. They 
 arc receiving the benefits of a good education, and 
 arc more than usually bright and intelligent 
 children. 
 
 Mr. Audsley and his estimable wife are both 
 members of the Columbia Presbyterian Church, 
 where they arc both active workers, and of which 
 our subject is one of the most liberal supporters, 
 and is now tilling the office of Deacon. He uses 
 his right of franchise in favor of the Republican 
 party, of which he is a strong adherent, and while 
 he is not an aspirant to official positions of trust 
 and honor, he has always taken great interest in 
 the affairs of his party. lie numbers many friends 
 in this county, as does also his amiable wife, who 
 i- a thoroughly lovable and intelligent lady. 
 
 V. 
 
 <•==*=* 
 
 r— TiKI.DIX L. SHAW, deceased, was one of 
 [—(g) those men whom it is well to know, for his 
 [\ influence had power to aid the straggler 
 along the devious pathway of life, and his sym- 
 pathy was ever ready for all who found that path- 
 way a weary one. A straightforward, unassum- 
 ing man, the good that was said of him during 
 his life was said by others rather than himself, 
 and now there are many friends and relatives who 
 are ready to speak for the lips that could not if 
 they woidd, and that if they were able to do so 
 would be very modest, in their claims for the 
 noble man whom we desire to give due honor in 
 these pages. 
 
 Mr. Shaw was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 
 1811, and was the youngest in the family, who 
 were as follows: Baker, who lived and died in 
 Kentucky, where he reared a family; Jefferson, 
 who came to Platte County in L839, and resided 
 
 there until 1851, when he moved his family to 
 Oregon, where he lived many years; Sadonia B.; 
 Nancy, who married a Baptist preacher: Anna, 
 wife of Mi-. Mills; and Fieldin 1... who came to 
 this State in 1839. Mr. Shaw was married in 
 Kentucky, his bride being Catherine Miller, whose 
 parents, brothers ami sisters, all came to Platte 
 County, Mo., in 1839, the year of Mr. Shaw's re- 
 moval there. 
 
 Until 1843Mr.Shaw remained in Platte County; 
 after that year he located in Andrews County, 
 where he lived till 1862, when he went to IllinoN 
 and remained there until 1866, then came to Sa- 
 line County, where he purchased two hundred and 
 sixty acres ,,f land and engaged successfully in 
 farming. During the war he lost all his property, 
 but this misfortune had no power to make him 
 misanthropic or selfish; in spite of it he continued 
 the same generous hearted, kindly man, whom to 
 know was to respect and esteem. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Shaw counted nine children 
 among the blessings that God gave them. Three 
 of these children were born in Kentucky, and all 
 reached maturity. On the family tree we find: 
 Sadonia 11., the eldest ; William M.. of Saline 
 County, whose biography is given elsewhere; Jef- 
 ferson R., who was killed in the battle of lVa 
 Ridge, in Arkansas, being with Price at that time; 
 Joel <;., now a successful fruit-grower in San 
 Diego, (al. ; Samuel M.; David P., of Washburn, 
 Tex.; Elizabeth, wife of H.S.Tucker; X. Jennie, 
 wife of Robert Irvine; and Jonathan M., of Wash- 
 burn, Tex. William M. and Jefferson were both 
 in the Confederacy during the war. 
 
 Samuel shaw was born m Platte County, Mo., in 
 December, 1844, and was with his father until 
 nearly twenty-three years of age. aiding in the 
 support of the family, lie and his brothers 
 helped to paj lor the home. Samuel was educated 
 at the William Jewell (nil,-,', and was married in 
 1880, Miss Mollie Kobnet, of Boone County, be- 
 coming his wife. Her father, Noah II. Kohnet, 
 was a pioneer of that count) . 
 
 Mi. shaw. Jr., taught school ten years after 
 leaving college, devoting all his time to his pro- 
 fession, and proved himself a worthy son of an 
 exceptional father, for it was one of Fieldin 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Shaw's characteristics that he was faithful in all he 
 did, and there is no more unselfish and no 
 grander calling than that <>f the earnest, conscien- 
 tious teacher. Mr. Shaw now owns a farm of one 
 
 hundred acres of good land. His children are 
 three in number: Annie (_)., F. Parker and Mar- 
 ion A. 
 
 S. M. Shaw became interested in the People's 
 party in the fall of L890, and has since been ac- 
 tively identified with it. He and his wife are 
 members nf the Baptist Church, of which denom- 
 ination tin.' father was also an active member. 
 
 Fieldin Shaw was a Democrat in politics, but 
 was not active in party work. He was a liberal 
 supporter of schools and churches, as well as all 
 other benevolent institutions, and. indeed, was 
 ready to give a helping hand to every worthy 
 cause. He was a man who could be relied 11)1011 
 under all circumstances, whose word was as good 
 as his note, whose influence was always on the 
 side of right as he believed it, and he was clear- 
 sighted and charitable at all times; his friend- 
 ship was true and lasting, and his faith in God 
 lead him down to the verge of the river, and, we 
 doubt not, safely across to the other side. 
 
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 ps^a ABASTIAN A. ALUS. The Chicago & Al- 
 \^2 ton Railroad is noted for the splendid fel- 
 
 xJ-Jj) ' mvs ,M:l1 ' l ' ias on ' ts f" R '°- an< ^ our * u,, ~ 
 ject is numbered among the small army, 
 
 being an engineer on the Kansas City Division. 
 
 lie is one who thoroughly understands his busi- 
 ness, and, what is more to the point, conscientiously 
 attends to it. lie is genial, kiud-hearted and al- 
 ways ready to help a friend out of difficulty, and 
 prodigal with sympathy in time of trouble. 
 
 Mr. Ahis was born in St. Landry Parish, La., No- 
 vember 2.">. 1855. His father. Saiiastian D. Allis, 
 was a native of Hartford. Conn., while his Grand- 
 father Allis was born in England and removed to 
 Hartford, in which city he died. Sabastian D. Al- 
 lis was a farmer upon a Louisiana plantation at the 
 
 time of the Civil War, raising cotton and doing a 
 flourishing business. In his earlier days he had 
 been a clerk on steamboats running from New Or- 
 leans. At the beginning of hostilities he enlisted 
 as a volunteer in the Confederate army and served 
 through the greater part of the war. After the 
 destruction of the levees, his plantation, which was 
 in the rich swamp-lands, was Hooded with water, 
 and in 1867 he came as far North as Mounds, Ver- 
 non County. Mo., where he engaged in farming. 
 After a time he removed to Texas and ran a store 
 at Columbia, Brazoria County. He there died at 
 the age of fifty-seven, a devout Episcopalian in 
 his religious belief. 
 
 The mother of Sabastian A. was Caroline Single- 
 ton before her marriage. She was born at St. Lan- 
 dry Parish, and was a daughter of Seth Singleton. 
 a native of South Carolina, who settled in Louisiana 
 at an early date and was a stock-raiser upon a large 
 plantation. The mother died at Kansas City. Mr. 
 Allis was the third of eleven children, sixof whom 
 are still living, three boys and three girls. Both 
 of his brothers are engineers on railroads. Our 
 subject's home was in Louisiana until he was twelve 
 years of age, his education being carried on under 
 the governess system, as was so usual throughout 
 I lie South. 
 
 In 1867, our subject came to Mound, Mo., ten 
 miles from Nevada, and remained there until 1875. 
 He then went to Rio, Knox County, 111., and 
 worked upon a farm until 1877, when he went to 
 Kansas City and entered the employ of theKan-as 
 City. Ft. Scott & (Julf Railroad as fireman. After 
 this he worked on the Union Pacific until l«7'.t. 
 and then on the Kansas City Division of the Chi- 
 cago & Alton as fireman until 188."), at which time 
 he was made engineer. He has never had a serious 
 accident,, although having been in two collisions. 
 The first was with a rock train between Mount 
 Leonard and Shack leford, the accident occurring 
 through no fault of his own. The second was be- 
 tween Independence and Glen dale, and was with 
 a freight train that was out of place. No one was 
 injured in either case. His run is from Roodhouse 
 to Kansas City on a passenger, and from Rood- 
 house to Slater on a freight. 
 
 Mr. Allis was married at Kansas City October 7, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 655 
 
 1885, to Miss Susie Seddon, a native of Berlin, 
 Sangamon County, 111., and a daughter of Alfred 
 Seddon, an Englishman by birth, who settled in 
 Sangamon County, and was a fanner and brick- 
 maker. Thence he removed to Kansas City, where 
 lie died one year later. His wife, Elizabeth (Tay- 
 lor) Seddon, was also born in England, there mar- 
 ried, and died in Kansas City in 1 880, leaving four 
 children, of whom Mrs. Allis is the youngest. She 
 was reared in Kansas City. She is the mother of 
 one child, Hazel Parr. 
 
 Mr. Allis is a member of the Masonic fraternity. 
 In his church relations, he is a Cumberland Pres- 
 byterian, and in politics, a Democrat. He is one 
 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. His 
 residence at P^ast Slater was erected by himself, 
 and he also owns real estate in Kansas City. He 
 is a young man whose history it is a pleasure to 
 chronicle, for his life has been an honorable one, 
 full of industry, and he has reached a vantage 
 ground of prosperity. 
 
 ,*s^ EBASTI AN W. BRANDAU, the manager of 
 ^^. and a partner in, the Bonanza Coal Com- 
 V^O/ l ,an , v " at Higginsville,aud with an office at 
 Kansas City, is the gentleman of whom we 
 write. He was born at Koenigswald, in Kur- 
 hessen, Germany. January 29, 1847, and his fa- 
 ther, Adam, was also born in the same place, where 
 Grandfather Brandau was Superintendent of For- 
 estry, and his son, the father of our subject, was 
 the assistant in this superior office. After the 
 death of his father, Adam married and became As- 
 sistant Mayor of the city until 1854, when he 
 came to America, bought a farm, and located in 
 Cook County, 111., at a place called New Bremen. 
 Here Adam Brandau bought a farm of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres and improved it, but in 1868 
 sold out and removed to Charles City, Iowa, and 
 there he still lives at the age of seventy-eight 
 years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. The mother of our subject was Elizabeth 
 
 34 
 
 Sipple, who was born in Germany, and her father, 
 William, was the honorable Mayor of the same 
 place as was the father of our subject, ami there 
 he died at the age of sixty-two, a member of the 
 Reformed Church. The mother of Sebastian still 
 lives, at the age of seventy-five years, in Iowa. 
 There were eight children born in the family, and 
 of these five are yet living. William was a sol- 
 dier m the Fifty-seventh Illinois Infantry from 
 1863 to the close of the war. Paul was in the 
 One Hundredth Illinois Infantry and was wounded 
 at Franklin, from the effects of which he died. 
 
 Our subject is the youngest son in the family, 
 and was reared in Germany until his seventh year. 
 The family came to America on the sailing-vessel 
 "Anna Lange," and landed at Baltimore after a 
 voyage of eight weeks and three days, and came 
 to Cook County, III. Our subject was reared upon 
 the farm and learned the business, and attended 
 the common schools. Later he was sent to Bald- 
 win University, at Berea, Ohio, for one year, and 
 then taught school for one winter. In 1869 he 
 went to Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, and 
 started in the grocery business, but, on account of 
 the failure of crops, he could not collect his bills, 
 and was forced to close out this business. 
 
 After this experience our subject'went to work 
 for a publishing house in Burlington, Iowa, trav- 
 eled in Missouri in 1880, and then returned to Illi- 
 nois. He traveled a little in Illinois, and then 
 gradually drifted into the agricultural implement 
 business, and traveled in 1882 for the house of 
 William Deering & Co., but one year later lo- 
 cated in Iligginsville and went into business for 
 himself. This venture was in agricultural imple- 
 ments, with Fred Hitter as his partner, carrying it 
 on under the style of Brandau, Ritter & Co., and 
 the business continued until our subject decided 
 to go into the eoal trade. Mr. Hitter bought him 
 out, and for two years our subject traveled for 
 William Deering as expert and salesman. 
 
 In 1888, John Cook and our subject engaged 
 in the coal business and opened a mine. They 
 prospected somewhat in the fall, then sunk the 
 shaft ^and opened the mine. The company is 
 known as the Bonanza Coal Company, and owns 
 six acres and the coal under one hundred and 
 
656 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 twenty-live acres, located one mile and a-quarter 
 from the city. The mine is seventy feet deep 
 with a twenty-inch vein. The coal is of a fine 
 quality and gives satisfaction. The capacity is 
 three to four carloads in eight hours. Until Sep- 
 tember, 1891, the coal was sold in lots, but then 
 a yard whs established in Kansas City, and to this 
 all the coal is shipped. The location is Third 
 street and Grand Avenue, and is one of the 
 most convenient yards in the city. The mine 
 gives employment to about fifty-live men. Our 
 subject is the manager at this point, and he has 
 just put in six hundred feet of side track. Their 
 property in this city is valuable, and their com- 
 mercial standing is of the best. The coal from 
 this mine is as good as any in La Fayette County, 
 and has given great satisfaction in domestic uses. 
 Mr. Brandau was married in Wisconsin, in 1867, 
 to Miss Johanna Babette Kuhn, who was born 
 in Switzerland and educated there. Four children 
 have been born to the family and bear the names 
 Of Louis. Walter, Bertha and Katie. The family 
 are members of the German Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. Our subject is a temperance man in all 
 things and votes the Prohibition ticket. 
 
 ' AMES M. RYAN, pastor of St. Joseph's Par- 
 ish, including St. Joseph's Church, in Slater, 
 All Saints' Church, at Glasgow, and the 
 Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin 
 Mary, or St. Mary's Church, at Frankfort, all in 
 Saline County, has been constantly engaged in the 
 arduous labors of his sacred profession in this lo- 
 cality for the past nine years, during which time he 
 ha- never been absent from his post of duty. At- 
 tending closely to the spiritual needs of the vari- 
 ous missions under his special care, he is recog- 
 nized by all who know him as one of the most un- 
 tiring and efficient workers in the religious field. 
 Our subject was born in the town of Peter- 
 
 borough, township of Monaghan, county of Peter- 
 borough, Province of Ontario, Canada, upon Au- 
 gust 23, 1857. His father, James Ryan, was 
 born on the Island of Guernsey, in the English 
 Channel, while his paternal grandparents were re- 
 siding temporarily there. His paternal grand- 
 father, Patrick Ryan, was a native of Bruff, 
 County of Limerick, Ireland, and was reared in 
 the Old Country; he entered the English army as 
 a soldier, and served for several years. It was 
 during the time that his regiment was stationed on 
 the Isle of Guernsey that his son James was born. 
 After Grandfather Ryan retired from the army, 
 he resided in County Limerick for some years, and 
 about the early '30s brought his family to Canada, 
 and remained for a brief period in Kingston, but 
 shortly afterward settled permanently in Peter- 
 borough, where he ran a tannery. Me was a man of 
 resolute character, ambitious and energetic, and 
 served with honor as a magistrate. The father of 
 our subject did business as a general merchant in 
 Peterborough, and also engaged in the commission 
 business in the latter part of his life, but retired 
 from business some years before his death, which 
 occurred at about the age of sixty years. 
 
 Our subject's mother was Mary Brophy, a native 
 of County Tipperary, Ireland, and a daughter of 
 Michael Brophy, who brought his family to Can- 
 ada and farmed near Peterborough, and for sev- 
 eral years before his death lived there retired. 
 Father James M. Ryan was the eldest of eight 
 children who blessed his parents' home, but four of 
 whom are now living. Our subject was educated 
 in the parish and public schools of Peterborough. 
 In 1876, he entered the classical course at Mont- 
 real College, was always under the direction of the 
 Fathers of St. Sulpice, and completed the four 
 years of study. Then entering the School of 
 Philosophy at Nicollet College in the Province of 
 Quebec, he remained there as a student one year. 
 In 1880 Father Ryan came to Missouri and entered 
 the Diocesan Seminary at Conception, Nodaway 
 County, where he continued the study of theology 
 until he was ordained, March 12, 1883, by the 
 Rt.-Rev. Bishop Marty, of Sioux Falls, S. Dak., 
 for the Diocese of Kansas City and St. Joseph. 
 Our subject was first appointed assistant pastor of 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 657 
 
 St. Patrick's Church of St. Joseph, where he served 
 two months, when the vacancy at Slater occurred, 
 and he was made pastor of St. Joseph's congrega- 
 tion May 17, 1883, appointed by the Rt.-Rev. 
 Bishop John J. Hogan,of the Kansas City Diocese. 
 
 Father Ryan came immediately to Slater, whose 
 parish had only previously enjoyed the temporary 
 services of a priest. The Slater congregation was 
 organized by Rev. F. Murphy, of Marshall, previ- 
 ous to the building of the church. He at once 
 took active charge of affairs, and finding the 
 church heavily in debt, never rested until with 
 persevering patience and untiring energy and de- 
 termination, he had gathered enough money to- 
 gether to pay off the debt of §1,000, build a com- 
 .fortable parsonage, and add another lot to the 
 church property for the future erection of a much- 
 needed school building. This parish now has the 
 finest church property in the city of Slater, so that 
 Father Ryan really was the organizer and blessed 
 instrument in building up St. Joseph's Catholic 
 congregation, which now numbers forty families. 
 
 In 1885 our subject organized and built the 
 church at West Glasgow, called All Saints' Church, 
 and has served there ever since, and has now a 
 thriving congregation of thirty-five families. In 
 the year 1888 he built the parochial school at 
 AVest Glasgow, which is destined to bear good 
 fruits. In 1885, the Church of the Nativity of 
 the Blessed Virgin at Frankfort was added to the 
 list of his missions, and he has had charge of it 
 ever since. The chinch was built in the year 1868 
 by Rev. Father Meurs, of Boonville, after which 
 it was attended by Revs. Meurs, Zechenter, Bush, 
 Willenbnck and Panck, of Glasgow, successively, 
 and has a congregation comprising fifteen fam- 
 ilies. The work of Father Ryan has been won- 
 derfully prospered, and the people to whom lie 
 has ministered so long and devotedly trust that 
 in God's good providence their faithful pastor 
 may be with them through many coming years. 
 His friends, earnest and true, are not confined to 
 the members of his creed or religious belief. As 
 an earnest and enterprising citizen, lie is highly 
 respected by the general public, and holds the con- 
 fidence of the entire community among whom his 
 life of self-sacrifice is passed. 
 
 OIIN W. BLANCHARD is engaged in gen- 
 eral farming and stock-rai^inu on his well- 
 ~ cultivated farm of two hundred and seventy 
 (^f ; acres in Saline County, lie was born Oc- 
 tober 21. L853, in Marion County, Mo., his educa- 
 tional privileges being those of the public schools of 
 Rails County, and of the Central College at Fay- 
 ette. In 1872, he located on a farm nine miles east 
 of where he now resides, which he engaged in culti- 
 vating until the spring of 1890, when he purchased 
 and removed to his present farm. 
 
 William Blanchard, grandfather of our subject, 
 was a native of England, and emigrated to Vir- 
 ginia, settling in Winchester. To himself and wife 
 were born four sons and a daughter, who were as 
 follows: William, living near Dayton, Ohio; 
 George, whose death occurred in Kansas; Hiram 
 A., the father of our subject, who lives in Waverly, 
 Saline County; Martha, widow of Mr. Martin, of 
 Dayton, Ohio; and Isaac, deceased. After coming 
 to America Mr. Blanchard was not actively en- 
 gaged in any particular calling. He was a man 
 of strong Union sentiment, and after the birth of 
 the Republican party became one of its stanchest 
 supporters. He was called to his final rest in 1869. 
 
 Hiram A., our subject's father, was born in Eng- 
 land in 1812, and with his parents removed to 
 Virginia when about two years of age. From the 
 Old Dominion he removed to Zanesville, Ohio, 
 about 1834, where he engaged in his trade of har- 
 ness-making and coach-upholstering. In Virginia 
 he was married to Miss .lane, daughter Mai tin 
 Stephens, of Newtown. She was a native Virgin- 
 ian, and soon after her marriage went with her 
 husband to Ohio, from which State they later re- 
 moved to Missouri. For a time Mr. Blanchard was 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits, but, afterward 
 became a merchant in Philadelphia. Marion County. 
 Upon their first arrival in this State they located 
 in St. Louis County, this "being about the year 
 L836. The wife departed this life in 1879, leaving 
 eight children, Angeline. now deceased; Gei 
 a resident of Marshall; Amanda, wife of Joseph 
 Spencer, of Shelby County; I.uverine, wife of 
 Henry Foreman, of Shelby County; Caroline, who 
 became the wife of John Asher, of Kansas Cit\ : 
 Emily and Lydia (twins), the former the wife of 
 
658 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 R. B. Wright, and the latter the wife of W. Spencer; 
 and our subject. 
 
 < >n June 22, 1875, John W. Blauebard wan married 
 to Miss Samantha, daughter of Allen McReynolds. 
 Two children grace their union, whose names are 
 Lula and Marvin. Our subject is a loyal supporter 
 of the Democracy, and socially, is a member of 
 Blackburn Lodge No. 86, A. (). V. W. He holds 
 membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 South, to which his fath "r also belongs, and of 
 which the latter is Steward. Our subject is one of 
 the leading fanners and successful business men of 
 the county, and is much esteemed and respected 
 by all who have had the pleasure of making his 
 acquaintance. 
 
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 . 
 
 E. STARKEY, a pioneer of Missouri and 
 an honored citizen of Slater, is undoubt- 
 (fi edby the most venerable resident in his 
 region of the country. Although he is 
 nearly one hundred years of age, his mental vigor 
 is unimpaired and his bodily health excellent. He 
 is still able to attend to daily duties and manage 
 his business affairs and property. A most interest- 
 ing conversationalist, he possesses a valuable store 
 of historical reminiscence. His experiences of early 
 days, and vivid remembrance of notable and dis- 
 tinguished characters he has seen, prominent among 
 whom is Napoleon Bonaparte, are thoroughly ap- 
 preciated by many eager listeners. 
 
 Born in the month of June, 1793, in Lohr, in the 
 kingdom of Hanover, Germany, our subject will in 
 a few months arrive at the centennial anniversary 
 of his birth. His parents, Casper and Mary (Falk) 
 starkey, were natives of Germany, where his fa- 
 ther lived, and after years of patient toil, died. He 
 is the youngest child and the only son in a family 
 of four children. He was reared on a farm and 
 trained to habits of thrift, and gained a primary 
 education in the schools of the Fatherland. Grown 
 to man's estate, he married, and in his native land 
 began the support of a family of his own. 
 
 In 1829, Mr. Starkey determined to try his for- 
 tunes in America, and making the venture alone, 
 sailed from Bremen and safely landed in New 
 Orleans, thence voyaged up the Mississippi River 
 and located in Louisville. He found immediate 
 employment working on the streets, and never ex- 
 perienced anj' lack of work or money. As soon as 
 he was sure of making a comfortable living for his 
 family in the New World, he sent for them, and 
 three years later rented land in Warren County, 
 and successfully engaged in farming. After a 
 time he purchased one hundred and sixt}' well- 
 improved acres of land, and there engaged in the 
 duties of general agriculture. 
 
 In 1870, Mr. Starkey went to West Glasgow, 
 this county, where he bought two hundred acres 
 of farming property, and devoted his attention to 
 the cultivation of the soil for five years. In 1884, 
 he removed to Marshall, and after a four-year 
 residence there, settled in Slater, where he invested 
 in land^and houses. Mr. Starkey has been thrice 
 married. His first wife, Gertrude (Hodhoh) Star- 
 key, was born in Germany and died in her native 
 land. His second marriage occurred in Germany, 
 and the first name of this lady was also Gertrude. 
 She joined her husband in America, and died soon 
 after he settled in West Glasgow. 
 
 The third aud last marriage took place in West 
 Glasgow, where our subject and Mrs. Mary Gul- 
 zue were united in marriage. Mrs. Starkey, a 
 most estimable and worthy lady, was born in 
 Montreal, Canada, and was the daughter of Louis 
 Bezourlte, a native of Montreal, and a farmer. Her 
 mother was I'hillis Chockers. Mrs. Starkey was 
 first married in Chicago to P. Mueshion, who kept 
 a grocery store in Galena, 111., where he died. Her 
 second marriage was to Judge F. A. Cutzue, a 
 Judge and attorney of Gasconade County, who 
 died in Portland. Mrs. Starkey is the mother of 
 five children: F. A., a prominent business man of 
 Slater, a grain dealer, representing a large commis- 
 sion house; Minnie, Mrs. Cook, residing in Kansas 
 City; Mollie, Mrs. Ross, who lives in Marshall 
 County; Josie, Mrs. Beiesonf, who resides in Calla- 
 way County; and Jennie, Mrs. Bochart, who lives 
 in Moberly. Mr. Starkey has a son by his first 
 wife, located in Ray County. By his second mar- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 659 
 
 riage, he lias a daughter, Mrs. Mary Reed, resid- 
 ing in Warren County, and a son, Henrich, in the 
 dairy business in Ohio. 
 
 Our subject has ever been a true, earnest and 
 energetic citizen, and served with ability as a mem- 
 ber of the grand jury convened in St. Joseph. He 
 is an attendant and devout member of the Roman 
 Catholic Church, and has always promptly assisted 
 in religious and benevolent work. For over sixty- 
 two years a resident of the United States, and an 
 eye-witness of the wonderful changes in his 
 adopted country, Mr. Starkey also retains a vivid 
 remembrance of the stirring scenes of his earl}' life. 
 One remarkable incident of his boyhood was his 
 seeing Napoleon Bonaparte, the once great Em- 
 
 peror of France, on his way to Russia. Our sub- 
 ject has passed through a century which has been 
 remarkable for the progress of our great Republic 
 among the nations of the earth, and, an honest, 
 law-abiding and highly respected citizen, he has 
 meatrially assisted in her advancement. Always 
 energetic, hard-working and prudent, he amassed a 
 competence, and in his old age has been independ- 
 ent and prosperous. In politics, Mr. Starkey has 
 never taken part as an office-holder, but he is in- 
 terested in the conduct of the CJovernment, and 
 votes the Democratic ticket. Advanced in years, 
 he can look back upon a well-spent life, and rest 
 content in the high respect and esteem of many 
 friends and all good citizens. 
 
BI0(3I^F)I(gpLL 
 
 &s&4K*$s>G^=t- 
 
 Aehamire, J. H 328 
 
 Adams, John 23 
 
 A<l. mm, John Q 39 
 
 Adams, Minos, M. D 438 
 
 Albin.G. A 329 
 
 Aldrich.D.F :!74 
 
 Alexander, A. F -628 
 
 Alexander, L. M., M. D lfil 
 
 Alexander, M. H 377 
 
 Allen, H. G 248 
 
 Allis, S. A 654 
 
 Allison, A. J 638 
 
 Allison, A. J 530 
 
 Altbouse, Christian 216 
 
 Anderson, C. K 284 
 
 Andrews, Judge R. s 354 
 
 Arthur, Chester A 99 
 
 Asbury.Capt. A. E 117 
 
 Ashley.J.M S83 
 
 Audsley, Thomas 65! 
 
 Aull, William 515 
 
 Avitt, J. R 639 
 
 Ay res . P. E 554 
 
 Ayres.S. M 458 
 
 B 
 
 Barker, S. H 4113 
 
 Barks, J. McK 126 
 
 Barley, R. M 440 
 
 Barnett, Camillus 572 
 
 Barnett, Camillus, Jr -.'15 
 
 Barnett, Capt. J. R 192 
 
 tt, Judge R. A 509 
 
 Bart man, F. II 514 
 
 Bascom.S. P 241 
 
 Beale, C. N 259 
 
 Beeler.G. A 400 
 
 Beermann, Frederick 343 
 
 Bell, Rev. W. M 613 
 
 Belles, J. W : ''«7 
 
 Belt, Capt. M. 1 521 
 
 Belt,M.L.,Jr 350 
 
 Bennett, A. C 277 
 
 Benning, T. B 573 
 
 Benton, R. H 500 
 
 Berrie, R. B 438 
 
 Bigelow, Ruins 198 
 
 Bixler, Daniel 452 
 
 Blackmail, A. J 345 
 
 Blackman, F. L 157 
 
 Blackwell, Hon. J. S 577 
 
 Blanchard, G. B 125 
 
 Blanchard, J. w C57 
 
 Blosser, Henry 263 * 
 
 Board, J. J 471 
 
 Bollman, J. H 146 
 
 Booth, (J. C 6(6 
 
 Bowman, E. F ."127 
 
 Bowman, F. G 527 
 
 Boyer &Son 610 
 
 Bradford, C. H .218 
 
 Brandau, S. w 655 
 
 Brcnizer, G. W., M. D 461 
 
 Brown, Hon. A. F 298 
 
 Brown, Col. John 302 
 
 Brown , R. J 222 
 
 Brown, Hon. R. 1 523 
 
 Brown, S. W.,M. D 497 
 
 Brown, Col. William 622 
 
 Browning, J. W 121 
 
 Bruce, J. E 301 
 
 Buchanan, James 75 
 
 Buck, N. P 159 
 
 Buehler, Rev. William 483 
 
 Buford, Travis 587 
 
 Burbridge.J. B., M. D 553 
 
 Burgan.J. H 268 
 
 Bush, J. T 649 
 
 Butt.E. S 644 
 
 Cameron, T. A. H 236 
 
 Campbell, A. C 303 
 
 Campbell, A. G 482 
 
 Campbell, G. A 305 
 
 Campbell, H. F 615 
 
 Campbell, T. B 559 
 
 < 'armean, John 393 
 
 Tarter, J. L. M. D 150 
 
 Catron, John Sr 551 
 
 Chamberlain, P. A 454 
 
 Chamberlin, G. B 618 
 
 Chambers, P. H., M. D 518 
 
 Chamblin, G. A 313 
 
 Chanslor, Emison I s l 
 
 Chappell, J. M 133 
 
 Chiles, Col. H.C 571 
 
 Chinn.T. M 1SI 
 
 Cleveland, S. Grover 103 
 
 Cobb, J. C 511 
 
 Cobb, Rev. T. M 561 
 
 Coe, J.G 218 
 
 Connell, J. E„ M. D 327 
 
 Conrad, Henry 579 
 
 Cooper, C. C 612 
 
 Cooper, William i>4 1 
 
 Cooper, N. M 170 
 
 Corder, Jac kson 465 
 
 i . m d< i , Nathan 470 
 
 Corse, H. B 519 
 
 Coulter, J. H 408 
 
 Cox.L. W 584 
 
 D 
 
 Di I.J. R 594 
 
 Daniel, Hon. J. W 466 
 
 Davis, A. B 127 
 
 Davis A. J 320 
 
 Davis, J. B.,M. D 215 
 
 Dm is. William 430 
 
 Davis, William 180 
 
 Deal.G. W 419 
 
 DePew, J. P 399 
 
 Dickerson, A. M 464 
 
 Dickey. R. B 582 
 
 Dinwiddle, R. s 139 
 
 Donaldson, Col. John 620 
 
 Douthitt, A. W 211 
 
 Downs, F. E 598 
 
 Draper, James 257 
 
 Drummond, Milton 3'iO 
 
 Duggins, W.T 134 
 
 Duncan, II. C 290 
 
 Duvall, Mrs. L.J. 
 Dyer, I. G 
 
 E 
 
 ...186 
 
 . . .309 
 
 Edwards, Hon. E. M 546 
 
 Edwards, J. D 212 
 
 Edwards, J. R 037 
 
 Elgin, C. L 528 
 
 Elling, Judge II. H 280 
 
 Elliott, Col. Benjamin 607 
 
 Elliott, Capt. J. P 266 
 
 Emison, J. A 1411 
 
 Endly, J. w 621 
 
 Eubank, E. L .• 365 
 
 Eubank, Hon. J. D 349 
 
 Eubank. J. F (H7 
 
 Eubank, R. B 131 
 
 Everhart, S li;:; 
 
 Evert, William 550 
 
 Ewing, H. (' 504 
 
 Ewing, N. C 521 
 
 Farrar, George 353 
 
 Ferril, Hon. J. J 508 
 
 Ficken, Henry 597 
 
 Fillmore, Millard 67 
 
 Fitzgerel.S.J 169 
 
 Fletcher, G. B 228 
 
 Floyd. J. F 350 
 
 Fog-us, H. W 323 
 
 Ford, C. Y 275 
 
 Fowler, W. G 507 
 
 Fox.G. W 484 
 
 Freitag, G. H 232 
 
 Fry, W. E 633 
 
 Frye, Mason 478 
 
 Fulton, J. H.C 255 
 
INDEX. 
 
 G 
 
 Gamble, J. M 47ft 
 
 Gammon, Hon. W. T 371 
 
 Gardner, J. F. <J:i2 
 
 Id, .Tames A 95 
 
 Garrett, J. F 157 
 
 Gauldin, M. A 250 
 
 Gaw, P. M 286 
 
 Gibbs, T G 258 
 
 Gilliam, H M 529 
 
 Gilliam, Judge W.T 175 
 
 Gilmer, James .362 
 
 Gladish.J. E 522 
 
 Golladay.J. W 427 
 
 Goodwin, J. T 318 
 
 G Iwin, J. W 456 
 
 Gord Maj. G. 1' 596 
 
 Grant, Ulysses S 87 
 
 Graves, Jeremiah 443 
 
 Gray. F. M 546 
 
 Greene, S. M -J44 
 
 Gregsby, A R .117 
 
 Griffltts, William 148 
 
 Gross, J.J 195 
 
 Groves, David, Sr 604 
 
 l ,n>\ es, I'a\ id, Jr 424 
 
 Grumke, J. H ins 
 
 Guerin, E. T 462 
 
 Guthrey, I). T 386 
 
 Guthrie, Prof. Oliver 245 
 
 H 
 
 Had,!. C.J 3S6 
 
 Hader, Ernst 231 
 
 Hader, Henry 586 
 
 Haerle, Nicholas 186 
 
 Hagood, Mrs. S. XV ins 
 
 Hall, George 603 
 
 Hall.G. W 612 
 
 Hall, Hon. J.J 533 
 
 Hall, 51. W 566 
 
 Hall, M. W..M. D 199 
 
 Hamisfar, C. W., M. D 333 
 
 Hammer, C. H in 
 
 Hammond, T. D 597 
 
 Hanley, A. II 472 
 
 Harl, Baldwin 336 
 
 Harris, William 444 
 
 Harrison, Benjamin 107 
 
 Harrison, William. M.I) 637 
 
 Harrison, William Henry. ... 51 
 
 Harvej . Elijah 520 
 
 Harvey, E Y 443 
 
 Harvey, R. L 307 
 
 Harvey, T. R. E 512 
 
 Harwood, J. \ 58.3 
 
 Hasenjager, Fritz 425 
 
 Hatch, A. B 562 
 
 Hayes, Rutherford B 91 
 
 Haynie, Edwin 417 
 
 Hays, W.T 043 
 
 Heiler, Martin 347 
 
 Hemme, Henry 468 
 
 Hicklin, Wade 140 
 
 Higgins, 11. .1 101 
 
 Hill, W.T 136 
 
 Hitchings, 'I'. II 578 
 
 Hoefer, Charles 264 
 
 Hoefer, Rev. Henry 146 
 
 Hoffmann, Ernst 50:s 
 
 Hogan.J.O 220 
 
 M. . in.T. A 243 
 
 Holke, H. F 631 
 
 Holliday, W. II 418 
 
 Holman, J. W 325 
 
 Holtcamp, John 407 
 
 Hook, J. B ISO 
 
 Hopkins, H. S 334 
 
 Houston. C. W 100 
 
 Hughes, K. S., M. D 650 
 
 Hupp, Abram 185 
 
 Hupp, Theodore 187 
 
 Hutchason, J. U 181 
 
 Hutcherson, W. M 568 
 
 Hyde, Rev. G. W 548 
 
 II via ml, John 474 
 
 Ish.T.H.B 2116 
 
 Ish, W. 1 415 
 
 Jackson, Andrew 43 
 
 James, C. M. C 492 
 
 Jellerson. Thomas 27 
 
 Jennings, Mrs. Elizabeth. ... 178 
 
 Johnson, Andrew 83 
 
 Johnston, S. H 269 
 
 Johnston, W. C 378 
 
 A. A 511 
 
 Jones, J. B 205 
 
 K 
 
 Kapp, W. (' 387 
 
 Ceene, R. W 50:1 
 
 Koill.G.R 604 
 
 Keith. Leslie lilu 
 
 K'-n-U-r, Al\ in 5s; ( 
 
 Kleinschmidt, 11. F 301 
 
 Cleinschmidt, B.J 288 
 
 Knoble, I.. P 356 
 
 Kratiz, John 251 
 
 ECroencke, John 565 
 
 La Bertew, P. B. . 
 La Bertew, « \ 
 
 ...537 
 ...480 
 
 Land, W. H 117 
 
 Landrum.T. R 552 
 
 Landrum, W. H 409 
 
 Lane, A. B 538 
 
 Lankford, C. E 513 
 
 Laughlin, A. W 545 
 
 Lemmon, B. F 467 
 
 Lewis, M 51 155 
 
 Lewis, J. A 277 
 
 Lilly, J. J 6(7 
 
 Lincoln, Abraham 79 
 
 Long, Jackson 220 
 
 Loper, James 308 
 
 Luttrell, Harrison 114 
 
 I.yne.S.T 143 
 
 Lyne, Thomas 627 
 
 Lyon.E. F 423 
 
 Lyons, David, Sr 510 
 
 M 
 
 Madison, James 31 
 
 Mallory, I. N 567 
 
 Martin, G. N 535 
 
 Martin, Hon. E. D 330 
 
 Mas. .11, Seth 225 
 
 Mastrrson, J. I> 425 
 
 M.L'l.llainl.R. W, 51. D 230 
 
 McDaniel, A. S., 51. D 207 
 
 M. -Daniel, Reuben 631 
 
 HcDaniels, Milton 247 
 
 McElroy, 5Irs. Susannah 238 
 
 McGinnis, D. T 636 
 
 McMahan, R.J 454 
 
 McMahan, Samuel 350 
 
 McMahan, T. G 315 
 
 McMahan, W. H. C 290 
 
 UcMe< kin. L. A 346 
 
 McNeel, John 403 
 
 McReynolds, F. G 267 
 
 Mead, M. V 167 
 
 Head, W.S 526 
 
 Meier, Henry 531 
 
 Meinershagen, A. G 573 
 
 Meinershagen, < '. E 310 
 
 Metcalf, J. A 473 
 
 Meyer, II. C 426 
 
 Miller, Hon. C. J 274 
 
 Miller, J. II 564 
 
 Miller, J.H 525 
 
 Miller, W. B 337 
 
 Milnor, W. P 500 
 
 Mitchell, C. s 516 
 
 .Monroe, James 35 
 
 U 'e, Rev. A. A 115 
 
 Mi " ire, Butler, Sr 132 
 
 Morrison. Hon. William 433 
 
 N 
 
 Neet, CM 470 
 
 Neet, F. R 190 
 
 Nicolds, R. W 249 
 
 Niederjohn, H. G. 368 
 
 Niemeier, Charles 314 
 
 N ike, J.F 156 
 
 Norfleet, Larkin 517 
 
 Norns.F.T 158 
 
 Norvell, S, W 435 
 
 tfye, William 
 
 
 
 1 I'Connell, Thomas 
 
 O'Dwyer. Daniel 162 
 
 Olson. Andrew 335 
 
 O'Neill, Rev. F. J 530 
 
 Orear, G. N 406 
 
 Osborn, George L28 
 
 Osborn. G. XV 319 
 
 Oser, Conrad 207 
 
 Page.G. R r.17 
 
 3 H 20s 
 
 Parsons, Hon. 1.8 166 
 
 Payne, J. E i s s 
 
 Peaehee, Rev. Nathaniel 576 
 
 Peacock, B. F 5^2 
 
 Peacock, J.H goj 
 
 Pearson, Mrs. Eliza 445 
 
 Peavler, J. 1 394 
 
 Peed, Maj. H. A 1115 
 
 Pennock, J. F 417 
 
 Perrie, John, M. D 175 
 
 Pfleger, Calvin 127 
 
 Pfleger,S.P 177 
 
 Phetziug, r. G 620 
 
 Pierce, Franklin 71 
 
 Pilkington, W.H 660 
 
 Piper, William 226 
 
 Polk, James K 59 
 
 Pollard. W. J 355 
 
 Powell, D.J isj 
 
 Powell, O. J 491 
 
 Price, Frederick 3X8 
 
 Q 
 
 Quackenbush, G. w 398 
 
 Quisenberry, George 240 
 
 R 
 
 Ragland.B. D, 51. D 
 
 Rawlings, Walter .413 
 
 Rechtermaiiii, Henry 536 
 
 . A. F 502 
 
 Reed, D. C 516 
 
 Renick, J. W 
 
 Renick, St rot her 541 
 
 Reynolds, R. 51 172 
 
 Reynolds, W. A 244 
 
 Richart, G. A . M. D 219 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Richart, K. E 279 
 
 Ridge, B. (J 511 
 
 Rilea.I. U 384 
 
 Bitter, J. F 894 
 
 H irts.B. W 889 
 
 Roberts, W. H 295 
 
 Robertson, A. G 866 
 
 Robertson, I>. B 206 
 
 Robinson, C. A 372 
 
 I!, .bin-.. ii, ('. W 145 
 
 Robinson, J. I' 592 
 
 Ross.C. C 151 
 
 Russell, R.T 189 
 
 Ruxton, Robert 471 
 
 Ryan, Rev. J. 51 656 
 
 Ryland, Maj.J. E SCO 
 
 Sandidge, R. S 437 
 
 Banford, K..T 160 
 
 Batterfield. G. D 273 
 
 Sawyer, T. 429 
 
 Schleszer, Joseph 549 
 
 Scbnieder, Herman 179 
 
 Schowengerdt . Henry 42:! 
 
 Schwartz, H. CJ 585 
 
 Scott, Joel 25s 
 
 Scott, J. P 209 
 
 Selms, Henry 382 
 
 Seward, Richard 286 
 
 Shaw, F. I (153 
 
 Shaw, W. M 409 
 
 Shelby, Thomas 381 
 
 Sh ate, G. W 410 
 
 Slusher, A. J 586 
 
 Blusher, D. (' 270 
 
 Blusher, Henry 340 
 
 Blusher, J. M 560 
 
 Smarr, E.T 339 
 
 Smith, D. M 575 
 
 Smith, J. F 592 
 
 Smith, J. 11., M.I) 324 
 
 Smith, J. R 547 
 
 Smith, L. A 239 
 
 Smith, R. E. L 300 
 
 Smith, Samuel. 507 
 
 Smith, 8. F., H.D 181 
 
 Smith, S.L 128 
 
 Smith, W.O 367 
 
 Smith, W.L 568 
 
 s er, Daniel 818 
 
 Snoddy.A. II.M.I) 165 
 
 Sponsler, Isaac 385 
 
 Stagner, L. R 171 
 
 Staley.O.J 388 
 
 BtanBeld, A. M 485 
 
 Starke, Burwell 314 
 
 Stark. -y, A. E 658 
 
 Stark. banm. II. L 396 
 
 Starr, J. H 206 
 
 Stealy.G. W 614 
 
 Stouffer, Hon. .1. T 235 
 
 St rasburg, Charles 464 
 
 St. Savior's Academy 550 
 
 Sullivan, A. H. W., M. D 304 
 
 Swan, W. II 260 
 
 Swlnney, W.T 373 
 
 Swisher, V. B 490 
 
 Bydenstricker, D. T 361 
 
 8j . lenstricker, J. H 569 
 
 Ta nl. man, Robert 494 
 
 Taylor, I. P 642 
 
 Taylor, J. T 555 
 
 Taylor, Zachary 63 
 
 Tempel, Ernst 270 
 
 Terrell, H. C 155 
 
 Thieman, L. F 595 
 
 Thieman, William 124 
 
 Thomas, E. A 574 
 
 Thomas, J. R 227 
 
 Thomas, W. Scott 601 
 
 Thomas, W. s 599 
 
 Thomson, R. K 287 
 
 Thorp, R. B 217 
 
 Tickemyre, H. B 501 
 
 Tompkins, J. W 606 
 
 True, Maj. Elijah 590 
 
 Tucker, li. S 416 
 
 Tucker, Judge L. H 200 
 
 Tucker, Phillip, Jr 283 
 
 Tyler, John 177 
 
 Tyler, John 55 
 
 u 
 
 Uphouse, Peter. 
 Utz, E. G 
 
 .542 
 
 .477 
 
 Van Anglen, Hon. H. S 144 
 
 Van Buren, Martin 47 
 
 Vance, J. R 357 
 
 Vanmeter, A. J 148 
 
 Vanstone, C. H 441 
 
 Vivion, Clarence 453 
 
 w 
 
 Waddell.J. \V 221 
 
 Wadded,.!. W 629 
 
 Walker, F.J. C..M.D 605 
 
 Walk.-r, Hon. W. M 375 
 
 Walker, William 499 
 
 Wall. John 439 
 
 Wall.R.P 307 
 
 Wallace, C. C 543 
 
 Wallace, Hon. H. C 580 
 
 Wallace, W.J 317 
 
 Walton, John 554 
 
 Walton, Rev. T. P 197 
 
 Warden, J.J 456 
 
 Washington, George 19 
 
 Wayman. F. L 601 
 
 Webb.J. S 62S 
 
 Weedin, Judge B. D 202 
 
 Welborn, John 623 
 
 Whitaker, Mark 602 
 
 Whitsitt, J. A 531 
 
 Wilhite, J. M 138 
 
 Wilhite, W. M 428 
 
 Williamson, Turner ..313 
 
 WilliardjC. A 575 
 
 Willingbam, Rev. G. D 570 
 
 Willis, A. W 306 
 
 Willis, John 536 
 
 Wilson, G. W 276 
 
 Wilson, R. H., M. D 326 
 
 Wilson, Rev. W. A 5S3 
 
 Withers, Capt. J. M Ma 
 
 Wood, Hon. W.T 495 
 
 Wooldridge, W. D 338 
 
 Wright, S. A 395 
 
 Yancey, Mrs. M. C 420 
 
 Yancey, T. A., M. D ..620 
 
 Young, Grove 355 
 
 Young, J. C 144 
 
 Young, Rufus 157 
 
 Zimmerman, Martin. 
 
 POBTBAITS . 
 
 Adams, John 22 
 
 Adams, John Q 88 
 
 Arthur, Chester A 98 
 
 Asbury, Capt. A. K 116 
 
 Beermann, Frederick 342 
 
 Blosser, Henry 262 
 
 Brenizer, Dr. G. W 160 
 
 Buchanan, James 71 
 
 Carmean, John 191 
 
 Carmean, Mrs. Susannah 390 
 
 . Hei ela n. 1 I Irot er LOS 
 
 Davis. J. IS.. M. 1) 211 
 
 Eubank, R. B.. 130 
 
 Farrar, George 852 
 
 Fillmore, Millard 66 
 
 Dugglos, W.T 
 
 Fogus, H. W 322 
 
 Garfield, .lames a 94 
 
 Gilliam, Judge W.T 174 
 
 Gross, J. J 194 
 
 Grant, U. S 86 
 
 Ham. star, 0. W., M. D 832 
 
 Harrison, Benjamin IOC 
 
 Harrison, W. H 50 
 
 U. < es, R.B 90 
 
 Hupp, Abram 184 
 
 Jackson, Andrew . 42 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas 20 
 
 Johnson, Andrew 82 
 
 Jones, J. B 201 
 
 Lincoln, Abraham 78 
 
 Lytic, S. T 
 
 Madison, James 
 
 Mason, Seth 
 
 fdcNeel, John 
 
 Monroe, James 
 
 Morrison, Wliliam 
 
 O'Connell, Thomas 
 
 Pierce, Franklin 
 
 Polk, J. K 
 
 Raw lings, Walter 
 
 Renick, Strot tier 
 
 Roberts, W. II 
 
 Roberts, Mrs. H. E. W. 
 
 Ross, C. C 
 
 Russell, R.T 
 
 .142 
 . 30 
 .224 
 .402 
 . 34 
 .432 
 ..252 
 
 VIEWS. 
 
 . . 58 
 ..112 
 ..540 
 ,.292 
 
 . .293 
 ..450 
 
 Ruxton, Robert .470 
 
 Shelby, Thomas 380 
 
 Snoildy, A. H., M. I) 164 
 
 Stouffer, Hon. J. T 234 
 
 Taylor, Zachary 62 
 
 Terrell, H. C 152 
 
 Terrell, Mrs. Nancy C 153 
 
 Tucker, Phil, Jr 282 
 
 Tyler, John 54 
 
 Van Buren, Martin 46 
 
 Washington, George 18 
 
 Williamson, Turner 312 
 
 St. sa\ ior's Academy 557 Wilhite, J. M... 
 
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 Yancey, Mrs. M. c. . . 
 
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