-M- '■ V %\ ft pF(Ep/} ~2t& +<*+■ must] ro ords, and taking therefrom dry statistical matter that can be appreciated by but few, oui AgS8gj?jvSSjK corps of Writer- have irono to the people, tllC 111(11 .'111(1 women who have, l>y tlicll I V:T ' enterprise and industry, brought the county to rank second to none among those 3.-: v 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 tlii- volume will be found a record <>f many whose lives arc worthy the imitation of coming generations. It Lells 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 J jjV influence extending throughout the length and lucadth of the land. It tells of nun who have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as state-nun. and whose names have become Famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and records how thai success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, verj many, who, nol Beehang the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their waj ." 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 manl d 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 (>r die.'* and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace once more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of ever] woman is a lesson thai Bhould nol l>c lost upon those who follow after. Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from tie fad that it contains so much that would never find its way into public record-, and which would Otherwise be Inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work and every opportunity possibu given to those represented to insure c or r ect ness in what ha- been written, and the publishers Hatter them seh as that they give to their reader- > work with few error- of consequence. In addition to the biograpl leal Sketches, portraits of a Dumber of representative citizens arc given. The faces of -..me. and biographical -ketches of many, will he mi— ed in t hi- volume I'd this the publishers are not to Maine. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to give the information necessary to compile a -ketch, while other- were indifferent ( Occasionally s member of the family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such Opposition the BUpporl of the intorestl d one would 1>C withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, though repeated call- were made at their residence or place of husiness. July, ISS3. ( || VPM \N BR( IS. m. ^fe^£*F^ OF THE or THE & ^ " — . c' T)'i , . -1, pVA^hV* I " : : FIRST P RES ID M m -, •. ■, -. •, •. '. •. ', ■. '. •. ». '. '■ '. '" :' .' >' •' i' 777' ■ ' : •■ ' i 1 *i'.' ■■' •' ■' ■ • BEDBBE AYASHEWtDK, 1 1 K Father of our Country wis l>orii in Westmorland Co., Va., 'Feb. 22, 1732. His parents were Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washington. The family 1 which he belonged has not ) been rily 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. itine and Mildred. A tine, the father of George, first married Jane Butler, who him four children, two of whom, Lawrence and Augustine, reached maturity. < >f sis children by ins id marriage, George was the eldest, the others being Hetty, Samuel, Joan Augustine, Charles and Mildred. Augustine Washington, the father of George, died in 174;,, leaving a large landed property. To his I, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vei and 1 I I lie left the parental resident- received only such education as the neighborhood for a short time after he left m in math H Uin» thet Ti<-< tiv« Remarkable stories are told of his great physica strength and development at an early age. He was an acknowledged leader among his companions, and arly noted for that nobleness of character, fair- ness and veracity which characterized his whole life. When t reorge wa S 14 J ears old he had a desi | sea, and a midshipman's warrant W d 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, gaming experience which afterwards proved verj essential to him. In 175 1, though only 19 years ol age, he was apiointed adjutant with the rank of major in the Virginia militia, then being trained foi active ser\ it the Krem h 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 GeOl U|)on the arrival of Robert Dinwiddle, as Lieuten- ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia wa- reorganized, and the province divided into four mili- I which the northern was .1 . adjutant general. Shortly alter this a very perilous mission was assigned him and cepted, whu h others had refused. This was I I to the French post near Lake Erie in North- im Pennsylvania. The distance to be trav< 1 is at hand, ■ be made « ilitary . through a territory occupied by Indians. The GEORGE WASHINGTON. irip 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 took 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 <-jf 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 10, 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 June 19, but upon the express condition that he receive no salary. He would keep an exact account of expenses and expect Congress lo 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, 1783, Washington, in .1 parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the army 10 to the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. IT retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed his occupation as a fanner and planter, shunning all connection with public life. In February, 1 789, Washington was unanimous!} 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 pan 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 lie 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 March, 1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- dent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there his few remaining yeais free from the annoyances of public life. Later in the year, however, his rei>ose seemed likely to be interrupted by war witli France At the prospect of such a war he was again urged to take command of the armies. He chose his sul - 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 his life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took a severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling in Irs throat, produced inflammation, and terminated fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eiuh- teenth his body was borne wi'h military honors to its final resting place, and interred in the family vault at 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 inleies', the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal- 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 being dull. I ,: w/ /7/rr/sj SECOND PRESID! : .i • -»«A3ta3?® -■ \y tt r* »Wr y'wt v JOHI* ADAMS. . ' V' 1 "'' - np^r w m||\ \n.\\IS, the second President and the first Vice- President of the United Slates, w.is l>orn in Braintree ( now Quincy).Mass., and about ten ; .ics from Boston, Oct i 1735. Elis great-grandfather, Henry Adams, emigrated from En about 1640, with .1 family of eight sons, and settled at Braintree. The parents of John were John "and Susannah (Boylston) Adams. His father was a fanner 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 ■ol of affliction," from which he endeavored to gain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the study of law. For this purpose lie 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 ecclesi.istii.il coun- iU. of 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 profession, possessing a cl oice, being ready and ilueiit of speech, and having quick pen ep- ive powers. He gradually gained practice, and in ;'■ 1 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, iml a lady of su|x-rior intelligent e. shortly after his marriage, (1765), the attempt of Parliamentary •ion turned him from law to i«>litii 3, He took initial steps toward holdin D a town meeting, ind the n tions he offered on the subject became very populai throughout the Province, and were adopted word fol word by over fort) different towns. He moved toBoa ton in r.768, and became one of the most couragi and prominent advocates of the popular cause, and hosen a member of the General Court (the lislature) in 1770. Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates from Massachusetts to the first Continental C01 which met ill 1774. Here he distinguished himsell by his capacity lor business and for debate, and ad- vocated the movement for independence against th« majority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved 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 vivei appointed June 1 1, to prepare a declaration of inde- pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but on Adams devolved the task of battling it through icss in a three days debate. On the day after the Declaration of Indc|>endence was passed, while his soul was vet warm with th-; glow 1 if exi ited feeling, he wrote .1 letter to his wile which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated by the spirit of prophecy. " Yesterdaj ." 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 | without one dissenting colony, 'that thee United States are, and of right ought to be, free and inde- pendent states ' The day is passed The fourth ol 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 annivi festival. It ought to be commemorated as the d deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, 1 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 the^e States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth 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 proposels. He sailed for France in November, from there he went to Holland, where he negotiated important loans and formed important commercial treaties. Finally 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 and despond- 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 :iis 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 17 96, Wash- ing hi retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was elected President,though not without much opposition. Serving in this office four years,he was succeeded by Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics. While Mr. Adams was Vice President the great French Revolution shook the continent of Europe, and it was upon this point which he was atissuj wuh 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 just 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 Ins 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 sup|)orting. 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 half 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, " Telferson survives." But he had, at ore 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 intellect iial ard expres sive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and hx 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 Jefferson. / t77Z llllNP I'RI.SIDENT. v» ■•& e .1 <£ |T MDMAvS .[KirivRSD.X, J ^i> ^r HOMAS JEFFERSON was horn April I, i J \ ;. ii Shad- lywcll, Albermarle county, Va. I [is parents were Peter and Jane ( Randolph) Jefferson, irmei a native ol Wales, anil the latter born in 1 don. To them were born six daughters and two so: whom rhomas was the elder. When t4 years of age his father died. He received a most liberal education, hav- ing been kept diligently at si hool from the time he was live years "I age. In 1760 he entered William Mid Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat of the Colonial Court, and it was theobodeol fashion a. id splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine horses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproai ha- able in his morals. It is strange, however, under Such influences,thal he Was not rimed. In the sec - ond year of his college course, moved by some un- explained inward impulse, he discarded his I,. v, and even 1. violin, to which he had previously given mill h time. Heoften devoted, fifteen I 1 .lay to hard Study, allowing himself for ex- en ise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out of the city ami back again, lb- thus attained very high intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso- phy .on) the languages. 1 he mosl diffi< n an. I - authors he read with facility. A more finished SCDOlftl bat seldom gone forth from college halls ; and there was not to be found, |)erhaps, in all Virginia, a mine pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. Immediately ti|x"m leaving college he began the of law. For the short time be continued in the practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin- guished himsell bj his energy and ai cutcness as a lawyer. Bui the times called for greater action. The policy of England had awakened the spirit of resistant: e of the American 1 lolonies, and the enl views whii h JetTerson had ever entertained, soon led him into active (xjlitical life. In 1769 he was 1 Ik , set a member of the Virginia House ol Burgesses !n 1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti- ful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow U|ion Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shadwell, th ire swell of land, called Montu ello,whi< I commanded a prosper t of wonderiul extent and beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected lor his new home; and here he reared a mansion of modest ye' nt architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon became the most distinguished lesoit in our land. In 1775 he was sent to the Cclonial Congl where, though a silent member, his abilities as .1 wiitei and a reasonei scon become known, and be w.is placed upon a number ol important committees and was chairman of the one appointed lor the draw- ing up of independence. Thiscom- mittei d of Thomas fefferson, John Adams. Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Roberl R. Livingston. Ji in, as chairman, was appointed to draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested a (i:w verbal 1 hanges before it was submitted to 1 On June z8, a few slight changes were made in it by Congress, and it was pis,, ned I llj I, 1776 What must have been the feelings ol thai 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 no other 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. At one time the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to Moniicello, 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 ^83. Two yeirs later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- tentiary to France. Returning to the United States j in September, 1789, he became Secretary of State in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned Jan. j, 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 :'jrty 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 Monticello. 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, f.ife at Monticello, 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 of 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 nc 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 to 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 courtenance intelligent and thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as well as personal courage; and his 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 discernable the care with which he formed his style upon the best models of antiquity. y czs ■■st{ tz^it c i c -. roiRTU I'M-MDl 3' PIQES IiyiDlSOU. VMES M VDISON, "Father of the Constitution," and fourth President of the United States, .ni Man h 1 6, i 757, and died at his home in Virginia, ie 28, 1836. The name of fames 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 he 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 "Mont|ielier,"( (range Co., Va. The mansion was situated in the midst of scenery highly pictur- esque and romantic, on the west side of South-wesl Mo Blue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the hon 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 .1 18 h to Princeton College, in New J Her.- he applied himself to Study with the most im- prudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, hut three hours' sleep out of the -'.). His health thus became SO seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor istitution. He graduated in 177 1, with a feeble body, with a character of utmost purity, and with a mind highly disi iplined and richly stored with learning which embellished and gave proficiency to his subs quent career. Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of law am seof extensive and systematic read This educational course, the spirit of the times in which he lived, and the society with which he ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong love of liberty, and to train him for his life-work 01 a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn ol 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 wis ,1 1 andidate for the General Assembly. He refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and piently lost his election; but those who had witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit ol the modes! young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, and he was appointed to the Exe< utive Council. Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson «ct; morsof Virginia while Mr, Madison remained member of the Council ; and their anpiei iation ol Ins 32 JAMES 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 uur 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 elected 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 Tas 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 81 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 i>ower 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. Madison. 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 his 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, 181 2, President Madison gave his approval 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, 18131 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 infan navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- pling with the most formidable power which ever swept the seas. The contest commenced 111 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 door 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, r8r5, the treaty of peace was signed at Client. 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 "f 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi son died July 12, 1849. .? ^/Ct^^^n^f 7 fa^&- ■' * * C^ FIFTH PRESIDl 35 * ■ :- -. - .I7Ui)KS iih)1)1,;oh. : ". '^e\ \MI - MONROE, the fifth .Presidentof The United States, was born in Westmoreland Co., V .! , Vpril » 8, 1758. His early life w is passed at the plat e • if nativity. His ancestors li id foi «> many years resided in the prov- ince in which he was born. \\ Inn, I at 17 years of age, in the process % of completing his education at William and Mary College, the Co- lonial Congress assembled at Phila- delphia to deliberate u[>on the un- just and manifold oppressions of tl Britian, declared the separa- tion uf the Colonies, and promul- gated the Declaration of Indepen- dence. Had he been l»rn 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 hi gloomy. The number of deserters increased from day to day. The invading armies came |Kiuring in; and the tones not only favored the cause of the mother country, bul disheartened the new recruits, who were Suffil ientlv terrified at the progpei I of con- tsnding with an enemy win 111 they had been taught to deem invincible. To su< h brave spirits as James Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through difficulty and danger, the United States owe their 1 ipation. The young cadel joined the ranks, and his injured country, with a firm determination to live o'. lie with her strife K for liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel- ancholy retreat from H.ule.ini Heights ami Whit* Plains, and .11 1 ompanied the dispirited arm) as it lied before its foes through New Jersey. In four month; alter 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. I le, however. receded from the line of promotion, by becoming Officer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the. sof 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy wine, Germantown and Monmouth, he com aid -de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his |iosition in the army, he exerted himself to coll, 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. |efferson, at that peiiod Governor, and pursued, with considerable Bldor, the study of common law. He did not, however entirely lay aside the knapsack tor the green but on the invasions of tin- enemy, served as a volun teer, during the two j cats of his legal pursuits. In 1782, lie was elected from K inly, .1 member of the 1 eglislature of Virginia, and b_\ that body he was elevated to a seat in the Executive Council. lie- was thus honored with the confide of his fellow citizens at 1 ; and ha\ at this early period displayed some of that abihtv and aptitude lor legislation, which were afterwards employed with unremitting energy foi the public good. 36 JAMES MONROE. he was in the succeeding year chosen a member of die Congress of the United States. Deeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old Confederacy, he was opi>osed to the new Constitution, Thinking, with many others of the 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, arrd 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 that 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 tight 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 witn 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 years. 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 out 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 of 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 years 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 thnt time the United States had recognized the independ- ence of the South American states, and did not wish to have European pow'ers 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 no' 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 the course of foreign governments, and has become the approved sentiment of the United States. At the end of his fecond term Mr. Monroe retired to his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830 when he went to New Vork to live with his son-in- law. In that city he died, on the 4th of July S31 5, 3. At !l\ QTJINCY VDAMS, the sixth President of the United I . u ,, born in the rural home of his honored father, John Adams, in Quint y, M the i ith cf July, 17^17. lbs mother, .1 woman ol 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 hat- lie on Bunkers Hill, and gazing on u|>on the smoke and flames billow- ing up from the conflagration of Charlestown. When hut eleven years old he took a tearful adieu of his mother, to s.dl with his fatner tor Europe, through 1 ilcct oi hostile Hritish cruisers. The bright, ..initiated boy sj>ent a year and a half in Paris, where in-, father was associated with Franklin and Lei minister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted >he notice of these distinguished men, and he received from them flatti ring m iks of attention. Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this iv, in 1770, err he was again sent abroad. Again Quincj accompanied his father, At Paris he applied himself with great diligence, for six months, dy; then accompained his fathet to Holland, where he entered, lirst a -,. hool in Amsterdam, then the University al Ley den, AIjoui a year from this time, in 1781, when the manlj Loj wa I urteen s was elei ted by Mr. 1 tana, our min- ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. In this s< hool of incessant labor and of enobling culture In- spent fourteen months, and then returned '.1 I lolland tin. I lenm irk, II UTlbui lire iien. This li ng juuriicv he took alone, in the winter, when in his sixteenth imed .Ms siudi'-s, undei 1 pt> w «te tutor, it Hague. Thence in the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father . traveling leisurely, and for:- with the most distinguished men on the Con': examining architectural remains, galleries ot pan/ and all renowned uorks ol art At Paris he a became associated with the most illustrious mi all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest u mporal themes which can engross the human mind, a short visit to England he returned to Paris, ano 1 rated all his energies to study until M when he returned to America. To a brilliant young man of eighteen, who had seen much ol the world, and who was familiar with the etiquette of court resilience with his father in London, under such cir- cumstances, must have been extremely attractive but with judgment very rare in oneol his age, he pre- ferred to return to America to complete his education ill an American college. He wished then to study law, that with an honorable profession, he might li- able to obtain an independent suii|kih. Upon leaving Harvard College, at the age of tvi he studied law for three years. In June, : 7 04 . be- ing then but twenty-seven y< pointed by Washington, resident minister at the. Netherlands. Sailing from boston in July, 1 Londo iber, where he was imm dmit- ted to the deliberations ol Mess is. Jay and Pinckne) assisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty witt Britian. After thus spending a fortnight i London, he proceeded to the 1 1 lu July, 17117, he lefl thi 1 1 I ortupa! as minister plenipotentiary. On hi- waj i" Portugal upon arriving in London, he met with 1 directing him to the c outl ol 1 ilin, but 1 him to remain in London until he should receive bit instructions. While- wciting he- was mairied to a* American lad) to whom he had been previous!} en ;. M : ss Louisa Catherine fohnson, daughta il Mr. Ic.shu.i John I ndon I en lownd with that beauty and tho iccom plishment which eminently i n tttt elevated sphere for whit h she w*» dU a * ii ed JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; where he remained until July, 1700. when, having ful- filled all the purposes of his mission, he solicited his recall. Soon after his return, in iSc, he was chosen to the Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then w.i^ elected Senator of the United States for si\ j 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- sul ting our Bag. 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, 1S09. 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 ol 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 ot" Europe, a more accomplished scholar could scarcel] be found. All through lire the Bible constituted an important part ot his studies. It was his rule to read five chapters o erj day. On the 4th of March, t S 1 7 . Mr. Monroe took the Presidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr. Adams Secretary of State. Taking leave of hismim- - friends in public and private life in Europe, he sailed in Jane, 1S19, for the United States. On the 1 Stb. of August, he again crossed the threshold of his home in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon- S administration, Mr Adams continued Secretary ot State. Some time before :he close of Mr. Mona">e's second term of office, new candidates began to be presented foi th( \ . The friends of Mr. Adams brought forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and sivtv electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re- ceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty- \s there was no choice by the people, the question went to the Ho ise ^( Representatives. Mr. Oa) gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and De was elected. The friends of all the disappointed candidates now ii led in a venomous and pers ssault upon Ml \ 1 mis. There is nothing more disgraceful in »K< V vist htston of our country than the abuse which was poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon tins high-minded, upright, patriotic man. 'There never was an administration more puie 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 heme 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, iSjo, Mr. Adams retired from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew Jackson. John C Calhoun was elected Vice I'roi- 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' tor 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 his seat in the evening. Not a measure could be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. I he battle which Mt. Adams fought, almost singly, against the proslavery party in the Government, was sublime in its moral dating and heroism. For persisting ting petitions for the abolition o( 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 ol fourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before he slept, the pr.ner which his mother taught him in his infant years. On the -Mst oi February. 1 848, he rose on the tltxir of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by pur.Jy sis, and was caught in the arms o\ those around him. For .1 time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to a in the rotunda. With reviving conscii - ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around aid said " This is tkt en.: sn after a moment's -e he added. "J mm ..• These were the last words of the grand "Old Man Eloquent.* YtZjO&^cJ; 6L^%£~crz.^ S£ VENTH PRESIDE A 1. AM)I,'I.U JAC.KSO.V M'kKU JACKSON, the seventh President of the United States, was l>om in Waxhaw settlement, N. C, Mar. h 15, 1767, .1 few days •r V after his Cither's death. His parents were i*x>r emigrants from Ireland, and took up their alnxle in Waxhaw set- tlement, where they lived in deepest poverty Andrew, or Andy, as he was universally called, grew up a very 1, rude, turbulent boy. I li-. features were coarse, his form un- g.iinh ; and there was hut very little iii his character, made visible, which was at- live. When only thirteen years old he joined the volun- teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 1 7 Si, 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 buy. The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate at the head 01 the helpless young pii Andrew raised his hand, and thus received tWO fear- ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other upon the head. The offil er then turned to his brother 1 with the same demand. He also refused, and le- d a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which. piite disabled him, and which probably soon alt hisdeath. They Buffered much other ill-treatment, and were finally stricken with the small-pox. Their ■other was successful i which Tennessee was then a part. This involved many long and tedious journeys amid dangl every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish witn the Sharp Knife. In 1791, Mr. 1 .11 kson was married to a woman who supposed herself divorced from her former husband. Great was the surprise of both parties, two years later, to find that the conditions of the divon e 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. 1 taring these years he worked hard at his pn sion, ami frequently had one or more duels on hand. ' whi( h, when he killed 1 li. kenson, « iall\ 'al. In I inu try, 1 796, tip- Territory of Tenriesse* then irly eighty thousand inhabitants, the people met in conventional Knoxville to frame stitution. Five were sent from each of the elev • . counties Andrew Jackson w I the deleg The new State was entitled to but one 1 the Natio i il I louse of Reprt Vndn * son was. hosen that member Mounting his ho' rode to Philedelphia, where I then 1 eld it* 44 ANDREW JACKSON. ins, — a distance of about eight hundred miles. Jackson was an earnest advocate <■<( the Demo- cratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr. Jackson took his seat, Cen. Washington, whose second term of office was then expiring, delivered his i.ist 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 171)7. but soon resigned and returned home. Soon ifter lie was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court 01' his State, which position he held for si\ years. Wheu the war of [8is 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 upon him. Just at that time Gen. Jai affeied his services and those o( twenty-five hundred volunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops were assembled at Nashville. \^ the British were hourly expected to make an at- tack upon New Orleans, where lien Wilkinson was in command, he was ordered to descend the river with fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The dition reached Natchez; and after a delay of sev- eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, the men were ordered back to their homes. But the energv 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 Stale. It was in this expedition that his toughness gave him the nickname of "Old Hickory." - 'a after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col. Thomas 11. Benton, for a remark that gentleman made about his taking a part as second in ,1 duel, in which a younger brother o( Benton's was engaged. he received two severe pistol wounds. While he was lingering upon a bed of Suffering news came that the Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set- ters, were committing the most awful ravages. De- cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in ;i 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 hail 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. With an army of two thousand men. Gen. Jackson traversed the pathless wilderness in a march o( eleven days. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or Horse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. 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 btva l- work ot logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, with an ample suplv of arms were assembled. The fort was stormed. The tight 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 striuk their heads as they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- rios were killed A tew 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 itstcrriftic slaughter, so appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants o\ the bands came to the camp, ! r peace. This closing o\ 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 lien. Jackson could have conducted this Indian campaign to so successful an issue Immediately lie 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 lYns.uvla. landed a force upon the beach, authored near the little tort, 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 o\ New Orleans which soon ensued, was in reality a very arduous campaign. This won for Cen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his troops, which numbered about four thousand men, won a signal victory over the British army ot about nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the loss of the British was two thousand six hundred. The name of Cen. Jackson -.ix>n began to be men- tioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824, lie was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was. however, successful in the election of iSjS. and was re-elected for a second term in 1832. In 1S20. 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 ot her death he never recovered. His administration was one of the most msmorabie 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. [845. The last years of Mr. lack- son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. / 7 ^ rf *z^/Ju*4^ ^ EIGHTH PRESIDl V^N* "K~ AKTIN VAN BUREN, the eighth President of the United States, was horn at Kinderhook, N. V., Dec 5, 1782. He died at the same [>!.u e, July 24, t86a. His body rests in the cemetery » at Kinderhook. Above it is a plain granite shaft fifteen feet high, bearing a simple inscription alxwt halt way up on one fa* e. The lot is unfenced, unbordered or unlwniuleil by shrub 01 fli There '• out little in the life of Martin Van liuren of romant S: interest He fought no battles, engaged in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those incidents which give /est 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 I [udso ■ His lather was a farmer, residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, also of Dutch lineage, was 1 woman of superior intel- e and exemplary piety. ,ie was decidedly a pre' ocious boy, developing un- usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the age of fourteen, he had finished his ai ademic Si in his native village, and commenced the study "I As he had not a collegiate education, seven vears of study in a law-office were required of him before he 1 idmitted to the bar, Inspired with J lolly ambition, and const ioilS ol his |K>wers, he sued his studies with indefatigable industry, spending six year* in an office in u ^j native village, he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his studies for the seventh year. In 1803, Mr. Win liuren, then twenty-one years ol age, commenced the practice of law in his native \il lage. The great conflict between the Federal Republican party was then at its height. Mr. Van liuren 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 eloquentl] : the cause of State Right-.; though at that time the I .'- eral party held the supremacy lioth in his and State. His success and increasing ruputation led him after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, ill. county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years constantly gaining strength by contending in th* courts with some of the ablest men who have ad- the bar of his State. Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi. Van liuren married a lady alike distinguished t'.u beauty and accomplishments. After twelve year, she sankinto the grave, the vii tim ol > onsuiTtp. tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep ovei her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van liuren was an earnest, Ful, assiduous lawyei ["he record oftho is barren in items "i public interest. In 181 a, when thirty years of age, he was .ho. en to the State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to Mr. Madison's adminstracion. In 1815, he was a|~ pointed Attorn ■ - I, and the next year moved to Albany, the capital of the Si While he was acknowledged ..s one of the 1 p. ominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had 4» MARTIN VAN BUREN. trie 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 he invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were »n some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue and some property interests in the welfare of the State. In 182 1 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 conspicuous position as an active and useful legislator. In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the Vresidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to .he Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- ermined opposer of the Administration, adopting the 'State 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 seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. Adams 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 supposed that no one knew so well as he how to touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all the wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to organize a political army which would, secredy 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 appointed Mr. Van P.uren Secretary of State. This position he resigned in 1S31, 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 the re-election of President Jackson; and with smiles for all and fiowns 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 al! 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 Esecu 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. Tlie 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. With 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 habits, 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. Wan 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 ; ears, he resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of culture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old age, probably far more happiness than he had before experienced amid the Stormy stenes ol his active life. fa. M fr&VL^ - pointed Se< retary of the North-western Territory. This Territorj .vas then entitled to but one member in ress ind Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that position. In the spring of 1S00 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." W'il 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 an) sovereign u|>on the globe. He- was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in- I 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 fai 1 that he was tour rimes appointed to this office first U John Adams, by rhomas Jefferson and afterwards b) I'rcsi- Madison. When he began his adminstration there were but three white settlemeiitsin that almost boundless region, dow 1 rowded with cities and resounding with all the tumult of wealth and traffic One of these settlements was on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the thud ■ French settlement. The vast wilderness over whii h Gov. liar reigned was filled with many tribes of Indiana Aboo' 5- WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. the year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of these 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 an orator, 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 an orator: 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 accourtrements 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 just 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 accompanied by a shower of bullets. The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- l>us 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 the foe. Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked to the utmost. The British descending from the Can- adas, were ot themselves a very formidable force , 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; but 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 1 S 1 6 , 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 1 Si 9, 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 ot 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 Presidency, 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 Webstei 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 b) a pleurisy-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. 'n v- y iVTL MJ (& 7 TENTH PRESIDEXT. 55 J I) I (A TYLEE OHN TV I ER, the tenth Presidentofthe United States. II '.is 1 k >rn in Charles-) ity '. u, Man h -•<). 1 790. I [e was the favored child of - sition. At the early .1. twelve, John entered William and Mary College and grad- uated with much honor when hut seventeen ye. irs old. Vfti 1 graduating, he devoted him- self with great assiduity to the stiiily of law, partly with his lather and partly with Edmund Randolph, one of the most distin- guished lawyers of Virginia. At nineteen years of age, lie commenced the practice of law. His >Ui ■ ss was rapid and aston- ishing. It is said that three months had not elapsed ere there scarcely a case on the dock- et of the court in which hi i»ot retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he was almost unanimously elected to .1 seat in the lature. He connected himself with the D . rati< party, and warmly advocated the mi Jefferson and Madison. For five successive years he d to the Legislature, receiving nearly the unanimous vote or ln> 1 ounty. When but twenty--.ix years of age, he was ell 1 member of C Here he ai ted earnestly and ably with the Democratii party, opposing a national hank, inte*"*! improvements by the General **overn. ment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strii 1 struction of the Constitution, and the most careful nee over State rights. His labors in 1 were so arduous that before the close of his si term he found ii necessary to resign and retire to his estate in Ch.nles-. ity Co.. to re< 1 uit his health. 1 1 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 constantly 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. Randolphs 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. Tyler was the victor. In accordance with his professions, upon taking his seat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the op|»si- tion. He opposed the tariff; he s|>okc against and voted against the bank as unconstitutional; he stren- uously opposed all restrictions 1 1 j k >ii slavery, resist- II projects of internal improvements by the l eral Government, and avowed his sympathy wil Calhoun's view of nullification ; he » 1 d Returning to Virginia, he resumed the pi his profession. Then- was 8 rplit in the Di JOHN TYLER. Jiarty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef- fersonian, 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; audit 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 took 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 7839. 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 North : 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 1 84 1, 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, hontit 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 Hanrison had selected to retain their seats. He reccommended 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 nis veto. He 'om in Mecklenburg i \. i '., v .-. 1795. His par- the eleventh *ta£y ents were Samuel and Jane (Knox) Polk, the former a son P of Col. Thomas Polk, who lo at the abuse ; 'lie of the first pioneers, in 1 735. In the year 1006, with his wife and children, ar.d soon after fol- lowed by most of the members of the l'olk farnly, Samuel Polk emi- grated some two or three hi miles farther west, to the rich valley of the Duck River. Here in the midst of the wilderness, in a region which was subsequently tailed 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. l'olk spent the early years of his 1 hildhood and youth. His father, adding the pur- suit cf a surveyor to that of a farmer, 1 gradually increased in wealth until he became one of the leading men of the region. 1 lis mother was a superior woman, of strong common sense and earnest piety. Very early in life, James develoj>ed a taste for reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain a liberal education. His mother's training had made him methodical in his habit-., had taught him punct- uality and industry, and had inspired him witli lofty principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his Esther, fearing that he might ;jot 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 Murl'reesboro Academy. With ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pn forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half years, in the autumn of 1S15, entered the sophomore) i) the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplar] of scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious ii >•. He graduated in r8l8, with the highest honors, be- emed 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 studii era short season of lion he went to Nashville, and entered the office of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mi. Polk renewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few miles from Nashville. They had probably beep 1 quainted b< tore. Mr. Polk's father was a Jcffersonian Republican and James K. l'olk ever adhered to the same 1 x >1 it i- ith. He was a popular publii Bpeaker, am IJtl) ( ailed upon to address the meetings of his part) friends. I lis skill • that he was popularly called the Napoleon "i the stump. He was a man of unblemished morals, gi Co /AMES K. POLK. courterus 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. 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 1S25, 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, 1839, 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 Weft 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 nearly 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 ana 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 LTnion. 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, 1S49, in the fifty-fourth year of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen. 7 a*Ay ,/r^y ^ y y El! EL E I It J- HE SID EX I . '•i >e ., Y.i. His lather, Colonel Taylor, was *y a Virginian of note, and a dis- t^ languished patriot and soldier of the Revolution. When Za< hary was an infant, his father with his wife and two children, emigrated j 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, young Zachary could enjoy but few social and educational advan- 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 » har- 11 ter He was strong, fearless and self-reliant, manifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight •he Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There- is little to he recorded of the uneventful years of his childhood on his father's large but lonely plantation. I.i 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 C.c-n. Wilkinson Soon after this he married Mi-.^ M irgaret Smith, a young lady r rom one of the first families of Maryland. Immediately after the dei taxation of war with I land, in l8t2, ('apt. Taylor (f<>r lie hid then been promoted to that rank) was put in command ol Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above Vim ennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- ness by Gen. Harrison,on 1 ii ^ march to Tippecanoe. It was one of the first points of attack by the Indians, led by Tecumseh. its garrison consisted ot a broken company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of whom were sick. Earl) in the autumn of 1812, 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. (apt. 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 tort, wavinga white flag, and informed (apt. Taylor that in the morning their chief would come to have a talk with him. It was evident that their objee t was merely ertain the state of things at the fort, and Opt. Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept them at a distance. 'The sun went down ; the savages disappeared, tht garrison slept upon their arms. One hour before midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips in the forest around, followed by the dischar. musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick and well, sprang to his ]>ost. Every man knew that deleat was not merely death, but in thi - 1 cap- ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- ture. No pen cm describe, no immagination conceive the scenes whi< h ensued. The savages su< - ceeded in setting lire to one of the block-house* Until six o'clock in the morning, this awful conflil t continued. The savages then, baffled .it every |>oint and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. (apt. 1 tyli 1. foi defence, was promoted to the rank of major by bl Until the close of the war. Major Taylor was placed in sin h situations that he saw but little more of at tive servii e. He was sent far away into the depths of the wilderness, to Ton ■ River, which empl: I B j Here tl ■ » I but little ■ lone but to wear away the tedtOUS hours asone best could. There were no no in- U 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, jln 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 tie.e secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated ic he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon ifter, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- mand of the United States troops in Florida. After two years of such wearisome employment imidst the everglades of the peninsula, Gen. Taylor obtained, at his own request, a change of command, .»nd was stationed over the Department of the South- west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters jit Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family >o a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. Here he remained for five years, buried, as it were, from the world, but faithfully discharging every duty jmposed upon him. In [846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed by the United States. Soon the war with Mexico ffa; brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la PaJma, 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 tiio Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and E uena Vista in which he won signal victories over icyces much larger than he commanded. His careless habits of dress and his unaffected simplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, -1 e sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready.' The tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista spread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The name of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The H hig party decided to take advantage of this wonder- fuf popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- •' "red, honest soldier as their candidate for the Piesidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an- nouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- claring that he was notatal! qualified for such an office. So little interest had lie taken in politics that. for forty years, he had net cast a vote. It was not wiihout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen who had been long years in the public service found ■!. ur 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 u( 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, che 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 woids 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 offender 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 Oil- 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. Inshoi* few men have ever had a more comf >>vw. saving contempt for learning of every kind/ 5S5S?? /, <*n f/ J I 't-i r / r crTj) TIIIR I EE X 1 II PRESIDED r 3* » 3K » : :.:--»: .>■*•" ':-- :-- * « MILLARD FILLIYIDRE. > :?t-:> — — S« ■■■::-■*■-: . < . » III \kl> FILLMORE, thir- teenth President of the United States, w.is Kirn at Summer Hill, Ca; Co., N. Y ., on the 7 th of January, 1X00. His father was a fanner, and ow- ing u> misfortune, in humble cir- cumstances. 1 >f his mother, the daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, * of Pittsfield, Mass , ii has been said that she possessed an intellect of very high order, united with mu< h personal lovelim tness of dis- position, graceful manners and rx- quisite sensibilities. She died in 1831 ; having lived to see her son a man of distinguished prom- ,se, though she was not permitted to witness the high dignity whii li he finally attained. In consequence of the secluded ho:ne and limited means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad- vantages for nine itio 1 in his early years. The com- mon .c hools, which he occasionally attended were institutions; and I ks were end expensive. There wis nothing then in his char- acter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he ter. He was a plain fanner's boy; intelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The s influences of home had taught him to revere the Bible, and hnl laid the foundations of an upright < ham ter. When founeen y< ge, his father sent him hundred miles from home, to the then wilds -if Livin i.tv, to leant the trade of a elothier. Neai ti»- mill there was a small villiage, when- some enterprising man had commenced the collection of a village library. This proved an inestimable Messing to young Fillmore. His eveni spent in read- ing. Soon every leisure moment pied with hooks. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate and the selections whii h 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 agi ot nineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance and cf gentlemanly demeanor. ll SO happened thai there was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample pecuniary means ami of benevolence, — Judge Walter Wood, — who was struck with the prepossessing pearance of young Fillmore. II made his acquaint- ance, and was so much impressed with his abilit) attainments that he advi ed 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 no friends to help him and thai In- previous educa- tion had been very imperfect B il I tdge 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 Mosl gratefully the generous offer v. i| ,1 There is in many minds a strange delusion a i a ■ ollegiate edu< ation. A young man is sup]*^ he liberally educated if he has graduate But many a boy loiters through university hal' «tnd then enters a law office, who is by no metUU »s t6 MILLARD FILLMORE. well prepared to prosecute his legal studies Millard Fillmore when be 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 1^3. when twenty-three years of age, he was admitted to the Court of Common Pleas, He then to the village of Aurora, and commenced the practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful K .. his practice of course was limited, and there was no opportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame. Here, in the year iS.*o, he married a lady of _ moral worth, and one capable o( adorning any station she might be called to till. — Miss Abigail Powers. His elevation of character, his untiring industry, his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, illy attracted attention ; and he was invited to enter into partnership under highly ad- circumstances, with an elder member of the bar in Buffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1839, he to < - sc it in the Assembly, of the State of New York, as a representative from Erie :y. Though he had never taken a very active part - -. his vote and his sympathies were with the W ■. The State was then Democratic, and he found himself in a helpless minority in the statute, still the testimony comes from all parties, that his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very- unusual degu e the respect of his associal In the autumn of 183a, he was elected to a seat in the Unite - gress He entered that troubled irena in some of the most tumultuous hoi national history. The great conflict respecting the national bank and the removal of the de; - - the-. - - _ His term of: 5ed; and he returned to tofession, which he pursued with increasing rep- utation and s sss. Mtei a lapse of he again became a candidate for grcss; was re- elected, and took his seat in 1S57. His rience as a repres gav< him >:iength and confidence. The first term of service in C i ■- e but little more than an introduction. He^ -active duty. All his ener- ■vere broug - upon the public good. Every meis'ire received his itnprc" M Fillmor. a man of wide repute, and his popularity filled the - i in the year 184] be was elected Comptroller o( the State. Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty->. years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in ,-ss 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 trumpet-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 names of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was - . illy triumphant. On the 4th of March, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard Fillmore Vice-President, of the U S :es. On the 9th of July, 1^50. President Taylor, but about one year and four months after his mat , tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By tin 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 ses. He did everything in his power to com iliate 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 npidl] g -. er 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 sent out. On the 4th of March. 1 $5 5. Mr Fill- more, having served one term, retired. In 1S56. 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 terri I of civil war. he was mostly silent. Il _ - posed that - 53 mpathies were rather with those who were en- deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without \ cordial words of cheer to the one party or the other. He was t • He lived to a ripe _.e, and died in Buffalo. N. V. March -. FOUR I t 1- X 1 II 1' RESIDE* / 7» BJ ™>~/~>- 'J.- ^FRANKLIN PIERCE.^ • • ■ ■ *t^rr»^* •• - -v s*»- ""r*ynyjjF^ i: INKLIN PIERCE, the fourteenth President of the ' United States, was born in Hillsborough, N. H., N 23, 1804. His father was a Revolutionary soldier, who, with his own strong arm, hewed out a home in the wilderness. He was a of inflexible integrity; of strong, though uncultivated mind, and an uncompromis- ing Democrat The mother of I iklin Pierce was all that a son ! desire, -an intelligent, pru- dent, affectionate, Christian wom- an. Franklin was the sixth of eight children. Franklm was a very bright and handsome boy, gen- erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the love of old and young. The hoys on the play ground loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors icx»ked upon him with pride and affection. He was by instinct a gentleman; always spe. iking kind words, doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tacl which taught him what was agreeable. Without de- veloping any precocity oi . or any unnatural devotion to books, he was 1 j'»«l scholar; in body, in mind, in affections, 1 finely-developed l*>y. When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he entered Bowdoin C Brunswick, Me He was one of the most popular young men in the college. 1 fiuritj f 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. 1 pon graduating, in the year iX^a, Franklin Pierce commenced the study of law in the office of Judge Woodbury, one of the most distinguished 1 • the State, and a man o( great private worth. Th« eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his father's prominence as a public man, and the brilliant |x>litical career into which Judge Woodbury was en- tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the f.ici- nating yet perilous path of [x>litical life. With all the ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen. Jukson for the Presidency. He commenced the practice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elec ted to represent the town in the State Legislature. Here he served for four yeais. The last two years In c hosen speaker of the house by a very large vote. In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elec ted a meinbei.it Congress. Without taking an part in debates, he was faithful and laborious ind and ever rising in-tlie estimation of t 'nose with whom , assoc iatad. In 1837, being then but thirty-three he was elec ted to the Senate of the United States; takinghisseat just as Mr. \'.m l'.uieli COmmi his administration. IK wis the youngest member in the Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane Vppleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- plishments, and one idmirably fitted to adi station with which her husband was honoied ( )f the 72 h RANK LIN PIERCE. three sons who were bom 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 27 th of May, 1S47. 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, =nd 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 I unanimity. Only four States — Vermont, Mas- sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pieice »;is therefore inaugurated President of the United States en the 4th of March, 1853. His administration proved one of the most stormy our country had ever experienced. The controversy be 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 gTew more violent, and threats of the dissolution of the Union were borne to the North on every 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 gTeat 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 lud 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 which 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 Gov- 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 of 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 ^zJu. n?iLj ( yicr fecw & */ /■ II- 1 l-.l. N J U PRESIDE \ l *mk- <«« »»> KM MS R 1 1 &RA i>f A N , ■ -m>- *» AMES BUCH WW, the fif- teenth President of the United St.it> >, was born in a small frontier town, at the foot of the eastern ridge of the Allegha- nies, in Franklin Co., Penn.,on the ; \d of April, 1791. The place where the humble cabin of his father st^od was called Stony Putter. It was a wild and ro- mantic s|»t 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 hail emigrated in 783, 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- staked his ' laim, realed Ills, log-hut, ope: clearing with his axe, and settled down there t<> per- form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se- 1 ludcd home, where James was 1mm, he remained for eight years, enjoying but (i I or intellectual advantage 1, When James was eight ) I e, his father removed to the vill Ige of Men erslmrg, where on was placed at school, and • ced a study in English, Latin and Greek. lli> pid, and at the age "i fourteen, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de velo|ie /■ O • £^v e//3^-^ SIXTEEA I'll PRESIDENT 71 »?o«x raaggxi < ABRAHAM 1 > ^i>f-:||^ 4 LINCOLN. )> | ( A mm': J BRAHAM LINCOLN, the ft sixteenth President of the tes, was bom in .... Co., Ky., Feb. i-\ ^gJ* 1809. About the year 1780, a ..-r_r° man hy the name of Abraham Lincoln Lit Virginia with his c family and moved into the then wilds of Kentucky. Onlj two years after this emigration, still a ) 1 man, while working one da] field, was stealthily appro iched by an Indian and shol 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 Si whose name must henceforth forever lie enrolled with the most prominent in the annals of our world. t »f course no record has been kept of the life of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was an the |K>orest of the |>oor. His home was a wretched bin; his food the coarsest and the meanest. Education he had none; he could never either 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 "'it into the world, a friend- wandering boy, work He hired him- self out, and thus spent the whole of his youth fcborer in the fields of others. When twenty-eight ye e he built a cabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi- ts, who had also come from Virginia, Their second child was Abraham Lincoln, the 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 tc. 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 scon bee ame the sc libe of the unedui ated Community around him. He could not have had c better school than this to teach him to put thoughts into words. He also became an c der. The books he could obtain were few ; but these he and re-read until they were almost committr^ u memory. Vs the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly tan. >l v was the usual lot of humanity. There were joj . weddings and funerals. Abrahams sisu > Sarah, to whom he was tenderly altac bed. was ma I ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, ant soon died. The family was gradually scattered. M- Thomas Lincoln sold out his squatter's claim ! n 1S30 and emigrated to Macon Co., III. \ iraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age. With vigorous hands he aided his father in firing another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligent!) al this until he saw the family comfortable, settled, and then small lot of enclosed prairie planted with com, when he announced to his father his intention to leave home, and into the world and seek hi tune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bill liant that fortune was to be. II w the vali education and was intense!) earnest to improve his mind to the utmost of his power He saw the ruin which ardent spirits were 1 ausing, and bee ame strictly temperate; refusing to allow a dropol 1 eating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read it word, "Thou shall not take the name of the Lord th) God in v .1I1 ;" and a profane expression he was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. Hil morals were pure, and he was uncontaminated .ic e. Voung Abraham wc irked for a time as a hired la!>ore among the Farmers. Then I where- he was employed in I nihil- I | In this he took a herd of swine, floated them do* the Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the sissippi to New Orleans. What \ bam I.ii coin undertook, he performed so faithfully j> to giv. latisfacticn to his employers. in this adven So ABRAHAM LINCOLN. ture his employers were so well pleased, that upon his return they 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 [ackson 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 1S39 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 history. The issue was on the slavery question, and he 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- live 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 nrominent. 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 which that nomination doomed him: xnd aslittledid he dream that he was to render services to his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of (he whole civilized world, and which would give him .1 place in the affections of his countrymen, second i.uly, if second, to that of Washington. Klei tion day came and Mr. Lincoln received 1S0 electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, 1 .institutionally 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 hi . way making speeches. The whole journey w.t. trough with much danger. Many of the Southern State-shad already seceded, and several attempts at assassination were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- more had arranged, upon his arrival to" 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 p-ovided to take him from HarrisL-urg, through Baltimore, at an unexpected hour of the night. The train s'nrted at half-past ten ; and to prevent any possible communi- cation on the part ol the Secessionists with their Con- federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train hau 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 his 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 trials, bo f h personal and national. Contrary to his own estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one ot the most courageous of men. He went directly into the rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, with no guard but a few sailors. From the time he- had left Springfield, in i86r, however, plans had been made for his assassination, and he at la>t fell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Cen. Grant, was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater. It was announced that they would be present. Cen. Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel- ing, wiili 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 fired 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; hisc <-;ntry- mer. being unable to decide which is the neater. >^-^u/ ??^ieh*- SE VEXTEENTH /' RESIDED T. 2^t V-fc •.♦UN I) \< W, W A i\i NDREW JOHNSON, seven- « A teenth President of the United ^2? States. The early life of km Andrew Johnson contains but tJlf* the record of poverty, destitu- *'' tion and friendlcssness. He ..5..., "7 was born December 29, 1808, 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 ;n!*r :/er. the slight- est advantages of education upon their child. When Andrew was five years of age, his father accidentally lost nis life while herorically endeavoring to save a friend from drowning. ''nril ten years of age, Andrew ,ed boy abour the streets, supj>orted 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 1 tailor in his native town. A gentleman I . the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- ally, and reading to the Ijovs at work there. He often read from 1 lished 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 iplied himself to the alphabet, and with the a ■■( some of his fellow-workmen, learned In He then called u|*jn the gentle- man to boi look of The owner, pleased with his zeal, not only gare him the boots but assisted him in learning to combine the letters into words. Under such difficulties he pressed 1. ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve houi> 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 a - Greenville, where he married a young lady who pus sessed some education. Under her instructions hr learned to write and cipher. He became prominent in the village debating society, and a favorite with the students of ( Ireenville College. In 1828, he or- ganized a working man's party, which elected him alderman, anil 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-cla>scs, 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 o' He became a very active member of the legislature gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in 1840 "stumped the State," advocating Martin A .mi Buren's claims to the President y,in opposition tothos^ of Gen. 1 [arrison. In this campaign he acquired much readiness as a speakeT, and extended and increased his reputation. In 1S.11, he wis elected State Senator; in 1S43.be was elected a member of Congress, and bj succesim elections, held that important [»st for ten u irs In 1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and' was re-elected in 1855. In all these responsible posi lions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abi". ANDREW 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 wannly 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, and become merged in a population congenial to :hemselves. " In 1S50, he also supported the com- promise measures, the two essential features of which »vere, that the white people of the Territories should oe permitted to decide for themselves whether they would enslave the colored people or net, and that the *"ree States of the North should return to the Soiuh 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, r862, 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 nunished ; that the Government will not always beat 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, was in utter inconsistency 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 twt 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 out 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 resi« i I EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT. >r i& *2 .x-V- :■■: \ J^^^^J^^^mJ^^ fLYSSeS IMS* 5C *^V- 8 -VW^W^«crformed a signal service of daring and skillful horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- munition. A tl must be sent fi >r more, along te exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. (".rant, adopting an expedient learned of the Italians, grasped the mane >t his horse, ind hanging upon one side of the aniroal ran the gauntlet in entire 1 'rom 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 ppointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the battle ol M .lino del Key, 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, (apt. 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, (apt. Grant resigned his commission and returned to the States; and having married, entered upon the cultiva- tion of a small farm near St. Ixmis, Mo. He had but little skill as a fanner. Finding his toil not re- munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga- lena, III. This was in the year [860. As the tidings of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, lie said, — "Uncle Sam has educated me for the army: though I have served him through one war, I do not fc.-lthat Ihavi id the debt I am still ready to discharge my obi f shall therefore buckle on my tword and see Uncle Sam through this 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. Van s. The < tovernor, impressi the zeal and straightforward cxe< utiveabilit] Grant, gave him a disk in his office, to assist in the. volunteer organization that was being formed in the State in behalf of the Government, On the \y^ o( 58 VLi'SSES S. GRANT. 6, 1 86 j, Capt. Grant received a commissk 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 3nd 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- .d 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 e was ever pushing the enemy with g r and effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later. K prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight at Fort Ponelson. The nation was electrified by the rv. a:id the brave leader of the boys in blue was immediately made a Major-General, and the military listrict 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 Kttsbmg Landi \ :dthe siege 1 f Vicksborgi 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 Yicksburg was by far the most severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, and opened up the Mississippi fa->m Cairo to the Gulf. Gen. Gi next ordered to co-operate with Gen. Banks in a movement upon Tt i pro- ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he .rid up for months. He then rushed to the aid ,<_!. i ware, <_>., ( tat. 4, 1S22, al- most three months after the death of his father, Rutherford Haves. 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 1 280, 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- cne overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scot- and in 16S0, and settled in Windsor, ('nun His son George wai lnirn in Windsor, and remained there during his life. I >aniel II lyes, BOn of the latter, mar- ried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar- riage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezektel, son of Daniel, was liorn in 1724, and was a manufac- turer of icy the. it Bradford, Conn. Rutherford II son of F.z.ekiel ai/d grandfather of President I! bom in New Haven, in August, 1756. II rrner, blacksmith and tavern-kee|>er. He emigrated to Vermont at an unknown date, settling in Kraltle!><>ro, where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- erford Haves the fltther of President Hayes, was born. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- d 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 .it Norwich. I loth of her grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The father of President Hayes was an industrious 1 and opened-hearted man. He was of a me chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stoi k- 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 lose of the war of 1 Si 2, 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, noi railways was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection w.i^ firsl made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayts deter mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived in 1 S 1 7 . He died July 22, [822, a victim of malarial . 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 Vei mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted some time before as an act of charity. Mrs. Hayes at this period was vcr\ weak, and the 9* 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 iast night.'' On one occasion a neighbor, who was on Tamiliar terms with the family, after alluding to the boy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of him, said in a bantering way, " That's right! Stick to him. Vou have got him along so far, and I shouldn't wonder if he would really come to something yet." " Vou reed not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. " Vou wait and see. Vou 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 1S25, his older brother was drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his mother. The boy was seven years old before he went to school. His education, however, was not neglected. He probably learned as much from his mother and sister 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 kn 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 Weslevan 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 1S42. 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. ^ji 1 S49 he moved 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 tqon his subse- quent 'ife. One of these was his marrage with Miss Lucy Wire Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of Chilicothe; the othev was his introduction to the Cin- cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its members such men asOiief Justice Salmon fi Cha se, Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many others hardly less distinguished in after life. The marriage was a fortunate one in ever)- respect, as even body 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 thf qualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and modesty. In 1S56 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 oj city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council elected him for the unexpired term. In 1S61, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at tne zenith of his professional li5.. His rank at the bar was among the the first. But the news of the attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take 10 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, h* 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 Maj.ir-General, "for gallant and distinguished services during the campaigns of 1S64, in West Virginia." In the course of his arduous services, four horses were shot from under him, and he was wounded four times In tS64, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from the Second Ohio District, which had long been I >ein- 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 1S66. In 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a populai Democrat. In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. He was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. In 1876 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 _ -;ted Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his full term, not, however, with satisfaction to his party, but his administration was an average or>.~ H I'Rl 95 \,i\ JAMES A. <|AIyFIEL ^'AVTFF ej LUES A. GARFIELD, twen- tieth President of the United States, w.is l>orii V 1831, in the woods of Orange, .11 I lis par- ents were Abram ami Eliza C (Ballou) Garfield, both of New ;land ancestry and from fami- lies well known in the c.irly his- v lory of th.it section of our coun- try, l>ui had moved to the Western Reserve, in < >hio, 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 about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be- iWeen the logs filled with clay. His father was 1 :iard working farmer, and he soon had his fields d, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. ("he household comprised the father ami mother and their four children — Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and "ames. In M the father, from a cold con- tracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. V this time James was about eighteen months old, and rhomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, rell how much James -v. is indeLted to his brothers nil .mil self-sacrifice during the tw< ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis- ilis live in Solon, ( ) , near their birthpi 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' ■tpigglei to keep the little family to- gether. Nor n \a Gen. Garfield ever asham dof his origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug- gling childhood, youth and manhood, 1 either did the) ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor the humblest friend of his boyhood was as kindly greeted as ever. The poorest laliorer was sure 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 \ears old was to be a captain of a vessel on Lake Erie, He was anxious to go aboard a vessel, which his mother opposed. She finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with th • understanding, however, that lie should try to obtaii some other kind of employment. He walked all the way to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city \i 1 making many applications for work, and Irving to get aboard a lake vessel, aid not meeting with 1 as a driver for hi 1 KtttOS I.eti her, on the ( >hio & Pennsylvania Canal. He re- mained at this work but a short time when he wen home, and attended th I 1 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 wa\ He then became both teacher and pupil. He soon " exhausted Hiram " ; hence, in the fall of [854, heentered Williams College, from whi !■ he graduated in 1 856, hesl ho .- 1 1 ids let 11 1 1 ed '■> Hiram College as its President \ led. he e united with the Christian or Diciples Church at Hit. 1111. and was ever utter a devue.l, /e ilous mem- Ipil and places where he happened to be. Dr. Noah I' sident of tyi •:" 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, and devotion 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 which 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 with 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 •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 member of 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 wort the stars of the Major-General. Without an effort on his part Ge» Garfield was elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio had been represented in Congiess for sixty years mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and Joshvu. 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 whici, has been debated in Congress, or discussed before a tribunel of the American people, in regard to whict 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, 18S1, was inaugurated. Probably 110 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 nofurthei 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. Fur 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 Sepl 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 committed the foui deed. £*. v} TWEM T Y-FIRS T I' RESIDENT. M HESTER A. ARTHUR, twenty-first PresKLm of the United States was born in Franklin Cour ty, Vermont, on the fifthofOdober, 1830, and is the oldest of a family of two sons and five daughters. His father was the Rev. 1 >r. 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, nea) 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 locket, and entered the office of ex-Judge E. I >. Culver as student. After being admitted to the bar he formed a partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, Henry l>. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing in the West, and fur three months they roamed about lii the Western States in search of an eligible site, (>ut in the end returned to New York, where they hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success^ I nl career almost from the start. General Arthur •con afterward 'TMUT'd the daughter of lieutenant Hemdon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at sea Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in uition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthurs 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 empi to represent the People) and they won theil • which then went to the Supreme Court of the United States. Charles < > "Conor here espoused the cause of the slave-holders, but he too was beaten b) M 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 .1 Fourth Avenue car with violence after she had paid her t.iti General Arthur sued on her behalf, and seen; verdict of $;oo damages. The next day the compa- ny issued an order to admit colored p< to ride on their cars, and the other car companies 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 1861, 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 York, 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, ?o, 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 'wading 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- ctived 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. (V 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 his 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 most honored position in the world was at any moment 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 0/ the Vice President to assume the responsibilities o) the high office, and he took the oath in New York, Sept. 20, i88r. 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 Ms cm hands; and, as embarrassing as were the condition yl affair.= he happily surprised the nation, acting so wiseh hat but few criticised lis 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 party 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. T^rLgs? C/-C>isCoint on Black River known as the " Holland Patei village of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica, M. V. 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 1 small salary, the position of " under-teacher " in an asylum for the blind. He taughl faithfully lor two . and although he obtained a good reputation in this capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his t04 S. GROVE R CLXVELAMD. 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 thire 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 lav," was the reply. "Good gracious!" remarked t h« 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 ne was finally permitted to come as an office boy and nave the use of the law library, for the nominal sum of $3 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 l>ossibilities. " Let us quit talking and go and do t," 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 10 his duty to inflict capital punishment upon two criminals. In 1881 he was elected Mayor of the City of Buffalo, on 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 worse 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 ot 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. r\ tt^^ A- U^^t^^C TWENTY-THIiil) PRESIDENT. UJ — «H»@ ^ 8 ■!■' V» CNJAMIN 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 zemUi ,'f ( i well's power it became the duty of this Harrison to participate in tne trial of Charles I, and afterward tc sign the leath 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 ap|»-urs in history is Benja- min Harrison, of Virginia, great-grand- father of the subject of this sketch, and ■ftn 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 thnc times elected Governor of Virginia. '•^en William Henry Harrison, the sou of the distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a suc- 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 »ftcr lis in uguratiou. President Harrison wa<- born at Nov ' Bond, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. "0, 1833 His lite upto 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 th I 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 two years. At the expiration of that time young Harrison received tt only inheritance of his life; bis mat dying left bin: a lot valued at $800. lb regarded this legacy nth fortune, and decided to get married . the tbiesl men, bast lawyer ~ud 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 ana named Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer of the Republican party, was great in every 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 hir 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 agitate the country. He was an uncompromising anti slavery man, and was matched against some of the most eminent Democratic speakers of his Stau, No man who felt the touch of his blade derred tc be pitted with him again. With all his e'oq-'ence as an orator he 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 spier did type of the American statesman. Gifted with quick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue, he is one of the 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 bnii lau orator c Uk aay Buchanan and Clinton Counties, (DI SSOU R I. INTRODUCTORY.! -e-f * -S-* |HE time has arrived when it mea 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 he made. In bio- graphical history is found a power to instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental faculties, and to wafl down the river of time a safe vessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise- this country from it , primitive state may he preserved. Surely and rapidly the ureal and aged men, who in their prime entered the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their rep issing to their graves. The number re- maini m in relate the incidents of the first days I ttlement is becoming small indeed, so tl actual necessity exists for the collection and preser- vation of events without fore 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 pro|>or- tion 'o the amount of intelligence they |k>ss. I'll ! pyramids of Kgvpt were built to perpetuate the names and deed, of their great rulers. The cxhu- bv the archeolog ypi from buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people to |>erpetuate the memory of their achievements The ere* tion of the great obelisks were for tie same purpo ' l ng 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 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 charai - 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 m in, th he has not achieved what the world calls gi has the means to perpetuate his life, his In through the < oining ages. The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the physical man is left. The monument which his < hil driii or friend-; m iv en < t to his memory in the Ceme tery will crumble into dust ami 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. I erve the lineaments of our companion ve their portraits, for the same reason w< lei I the attainable facts of their history. N'onl think it necessary , as we s|>eak only truth of them, to waii iiinil ihej are dead, or until those who know them are gone: to do this we \ t.' publish to the world the history "i those » are unworthy of public re< ord. w. V ♦<• J\MI.S ILFBED <)U EN was one of the group of suoceseful men who have grown ■ >1 « i together in St. Joeeph, Bachanan County, and who, oven in the early days of t ln-i r pro feeeional career as members <>f the liar of the newly established county Beat, gave evidence of the impression which their lives were destined to make in the historv of northwestern Missouri. Our subject was the son of Nelson Ueed Owen, a prosperous farmer, and his birth occurred May 20, 1822, on his father's estate in Benrj County, K\ Mis paternal grandfather, whose Christian name was Lawrence, was the founder of thefam ily in Kentucky. Prom conscientious motives, be freed bis slaves before leaving Maryland. After settling in the new state, be was obliged to pay twice for his large amount of property, owing to a defect in the title to the first purchase. There fore be could not leave to bis sons and daughters rast means, but their inheritance was a moderate ■hare of this world's g Is, an untarnished repu tation, and tl umple of a man who placed con science before policy in ever] crisis of a long and eventful life. Nelson It I. the third -on of Lawr ■>• and a younger brother of < in May 10, 1M7. he came to Kucha nan County and at once began his law studies with Judge Solomon L Leonard. The following fall he was admitted to the bar after passing ■> rigid examination, His preceptor beet te of his truest friends and often referred t" him ill terms ,.f the highest com mendat ion On the 8 I of August. 1888, Mr Owen was lis PORT KA IT AND BKKi K A PI 1 [CAL RECORD united in marriage with Agnes Jeanette, the beauti ful daughter of James Gargill, a wealthy farmer and mill owner, who had formerly been a prominent merchant of Wheeling, W. Va. The succeeding years, up to the breaking out of the Civil War. were marked by steadily increasing financial bug i-. ~^; owing partly to his exertions in his profea sion and partly to the good judgment he displayed in the purchase and sale of real estate. The only shadow on his life at this time came from the bit- terness of political controversy. He hail then and always the courage of his convictions and spoke his opinions boldly. One of his strongest beliefs was concerning the sacred rights of sovereign states. Though not a Freesoiler. he many times lifted his voice in solemn protest against the determination - me of his state's most prominent citizens t.> dictate the policy of Kansas. He said "Remain forever pro slavery if you choose, but spare Mis BOUT] the disgrace of attempting to make Kansas her outlying province. If the anti-slavery major- ity of Kansas elect to have a free state their will in the matter is the right guaranteed them bj the Constitution of the United States." In 1855 Mr. Owen was even more vehement when his old friends, carried away by the perni- cious doctrine that the end justifies the means, went by hundreds into Kansas and voted against the Freesoil movement. In I860, still faithful to the principle of state rights, he was (he opponent of those whose cause he had championed live years previous. Though he deprecated secession, he maintained that states had the right to secede if they so desired, a position taken at that time bj the New York Trilmiu- and other publications after ward classified as loyal. In 1861 he was offered a Federal Brigadiership, which he at once declined. and from that time was the favorite target for the spite of certain petty officers. But through the more generous spirit of those higher in authority, who. like himself, respected honest difference of opinion, he escaped anything more serious than annoyance. Mr. Owen found his health so impaired in 1864 that he was forced to retire from his professional practice, and henceforth devoted himself to the management of his private business and to the stud] of financial problems. In 187t*> he whs the Greenback nominee for Lieutenant Governor, an honor in name only, as the party had little strength in the state. If his election had been at all possi ble he would have declined the nomination on ae count of ill health, hut as it was, he resolved, as he said, to place himself "on record as one who lie Lieved that the greenback should be in circulation as long as its originator, the public debt, endured. " A- a student Mr. Owen was noted even in his youth. He always possessed sagacity, wit nud the faculty of brilliant repartee, and in his ad- vancing years developed profound reasoning powers. His reading was voluminous and exhaust- ive, and his writings on various questions of pub- lic interest were widely copied in the leading newspapers of the northwest. Though for years a sufferer from bronchitis and asthma, death came at last unexpectedly to Mr. Owen. After an acute attack of ten days' dura tion, he passed quietly away in his Bleep on the morning of May 13, 1890. His wife and live of his children survive him. The latter are as fol- lows: Herbert A.. Mary A.. LuellaA., Juliette A and Florence A., wife of William B. Orr of Pitts burs. 'Two sons Nelson Heed and James Arthur. preceded their father to the "undiscovered conn try." The character of Mr. Owen is best summed up in tbt* words of an intimate friend. "As a man. no one dared to assail his sterling qualities, for In- possessed remarkable probity, decision, method, energy and self reliance, and he was intensely practical. Toward his enemies, who were few, he was implacable, but toward the needy and die tressed he was always a generous and sympathizing friend. There is in all cases the affirmative, the negative and the middle ground. In his case the last was rarely large enough for him long to stand Upon. He was quick to perceive the logic of events held high in his standard of business mol- ality, and was the last man to make apologies from motives of fear or favor. His utterances were bold, which often caused misconception of his meaning and character, but he wore all his faults on his sleeve and of him it might be truly- said. POBI i;\l l \M' BIOGH \ I ' 1 1 1 « \l. KECOHD 1 1 '.i ••.In.) nil'-, i ii manm I i lolenl If, »lxii the publl <>. \l . imI Bowi mm and eager f r- >m m Bnt in nothing did the disposition of Mi Owen thou it — « - 1 r mora intensely than in Hi'- tendei ,.f his love for his home and family. maoBOBtht ■'. i. ■'. % *zb0& »j-> l I I s |. MoDONALD ia one of Hi-- larg L-\ eel wholesale dry goods merchants in St. I \^ Joseph, find indeed <>f t !»• ■ went He - < also an I'xti'iiMvo mannfaotnrer "f gentle men's furnishing goods, operating ■■ large be tory. This bouse i- one of the oldest west of tli.- Mississippi, having been founded in 1846. In 1853 Mr. McDonald became a member "f tin' firm, and three years later the business pa 1 entirely intu Lis hands. He is one of St. Joseph's most eminent merchants and public spirited citizens, and lii- business, which lias continued for thirty six years, is one of the great ami invaluable facton in this oity'B mercantile prosperity. Our subject is \ ,-.• president of the Schuster Hai Hank ami a Director in tie- Merchants' Bank. Mr. McDonald's birth occurred May 1'.'. 1832 in Harrodsburg, Mercei I ranty, By. His father, Daniel, was born and reared in Washington Count] ■ ■f that -tat<'. while hi- paternal grandfather, Alex audi i McDonald, was l>orn in Virginia He was one of tie- earliest settlers in tin- Blue tlra-s region, where he entered a tract of land ami engaged in ral farming. He was of Scotch descent and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dan iel McDonald was also a fanner and for some years was a merchant in Harrodsburg. In 1866 he re- moved to Andrew County, locating on a farm eight mih^ northeast of St Joseph, where his death irred at the age of seventy three yean. The maiden oame of our subject's mother was Martha McMurtry; Bhe was born m Washington County, Ky., and was a daughter "f one of the pioneers of that count] I: 1. McDonald, whose came heads this -ketch, i- the oldest of his fa tiler's family, and was reared on a farm. In l s ~>l he struck out for himself and came to St Joseph, where for two < a ohai kship He then obtained an interest with tin- firm of Donnell t dr_\ goods merchants, and t was the foundation of his latei snoot In Si Joseph Mr MoD maid wedded Mi-- Marj Wilson, who was born in Randolph County, and i- a daughter of Qen. Robert Wi early settlers of Howard County, Mo., when- be located in 1818. He afterward removed to Ban dolph and later becami lent of St Joseph. II.- served f--r several termi oator and was also a United state- Senator Our subject and wife have six children: John L, a graduate of Yale College, and now manager of the factory; Robert W., who is in the wholesale department. M wife ..f H. I. i, rge, also connected with the firm; Mattie L., wife of John Dobnan, Jr. ; Annette and Maria, who are attending Bohool in Maesachu setts. The family are members of the First I byterian Church, of which Mr. McDonald is a Ruling Elder. In politic- he supports tie- I' cratic party. GOL \ N s. HI STEB. incut business men "f subject who i- at I he 1 Among the prom if St. Joseph is nut I of tie- larg clothing house in the west and ha- been very successful in hi- various commercial enterpi Mi Schuster was born in Rhenish, Prussia, and educated in the BChools of hi- native land lb- came tn A me i ioa in 1857 when he was j u-t twenty one veais 'if age and proceeded at once to Savau nah, Mo., the county seat of Andrew County. There he entered the employ "f an uncle, August Schuster, a thrifty merchant, and applied himself earneatl] to the acquuiti f oui language. His diligence and perseverance were unremitting, these traits having I a apparent through his • □ tire career. lb- 1 aim- proficient in English be fore much time had elapsed aud 1 a -p.-aks it without the slightest foreigu acc< In those earl) days in Savannah then- were do amusements nor an) place of recreation to which a young man of exemplary habits oould ;,'". so a mock legislature was I in the town in 120 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. which questions of the day were discussed, and as it was during the war and the members differed in politics, the questions were serious ones, which were argued with great warmth oftentimes. Young Schuster was called a black Republican on account of his pronounced Union sentiments and was known as the " Senator from St. Louis" that district being strongly Republican. The debates of this body assisted him very much in attaining a fluency in English. His business success also was imme- diate and he had advanced so far by May 1, 18C>2, that he felt sufficiently justified in sharing his joys with another. The lady of our subject's choice was Miss Lu- creti Price, the accomplished daughter of W. A. Price, a man of prominence in the state, and a rep- resentative merchant of Savannah. To this union were born three daughters — Luda, wife of Mr. Judson Cole Clay, of St. Joseph; Florence, and Edna, deceased. In 1865 the Colonel removed to St. Joseph and took charge of the United States Reveuue Collector's Office for the District, which now includes two Congressional Districts. He was made Deputy Collector, his father-in-law being the Collector. With great credit to himself he performed the duties of the office for about a year, when he began merchandising on his own account in St. Joseph, and for six years following was actively engaged in retail, mercantile pursuits. In addition to his St. Joseph business he had estab- lishments in three other towns, and at the end of a few years went into the wholesale trade. Not- withstanding his immense trade and exacting de- mand on his time he was appointed in 1869 as col- lector of Internal Revenue to succeed Gen. James Craig, and successfully and satisfactorily conducted business in that office for a district embracing twenty five counties, until 1871. In 1872 the Colonel was a member for his dis- trict of the famous Electoral College, which dis- oussed so strongly the question of enfranchising the ex Confederate element. He warmly and zeal ously advocated enfranchisement, although he was and always has been an intense Republican, politically. His views were antagonized by some of his colleagues whom he has since had the satis factiou of having fully endorse his views. Col. Schuster has always beeu a public-spirited man, ready and anxious to advance the interests of St. Joseph. He was one of eight men, who, from their private means built and equipped the St. Joseph & Des Moines Railroad, then a narrow gauge, but since changed to the standard width b/ the Chicago, Burlington & Qui ucy Company. Be- sides managing the establishment of A. N. Schuster & Co., he is the principal owner in that concern of wholesale clothing, and gives also some attention to the business of the Schuster & Hax National bank, of which he is President. In the past he has been president of several banks in Kansas. In church and philanthropic work the Colonel takes an earnest interest, and is exceedingly liberal with his means as well, in relieving the necessities of the poor and destitute. Many a struggling man and woman have been helped onward and upward by the kindly sympathy or timely assistance ren- dered by him, and those who know him well are his devoted friends. The Young Men's Christian Association building in St. Joseph is one of the handsomest structures of its kind in fhe country, beautiful in architecture and imposing in dimen- sions. It is furnished with libraries, school, gym- nasium, and all modern appliances, and has a lecture hall capable of seating one thousand per- sons. This superb building was erected with our subject as its master spirit, for he furnished many thousand dollars from his own fortune toward its construction, and succeeded in obtaining donations from his fellow-citizens toward the good work. He was the President of the Association for nine years. He is universally regarded as a model man in private life, and his example has been felt in society, particularly among the young people. A long history could be written of instances showing the goodness and kindness of the man, but space and his own modest v forbid. UDGE HENRY S. KELLEY, LL. D., ex Judge of the Circuit Court and attorney at iJj law, ranks among the very best in his pro- fession in this state, and has as much prac- tice before the Supreme Court as any other lawyer J I ■« « I i I i: \l I Wl> l.h'iiKAriHCAl, ItECORD I J I in St Joeepb. He lias been n resident of Missouri -i August, 1866, at which time he located in Savannah 1 1 •- ha- I n prominent for thirty years in legal circles and lias also taken an active part in the polities of his county and stud' Moreover be is an author, having written im portent treatises on law ainoe 1868. Bis work on ■■('i\il Law" baa pasaed through three editions; bis volume, "Kelley's Probate Guide," written in t — ■ T 1 . has bad two editions, as has also the one published in 1877, "Kelley's Criminal Law and Practice," which is considered one of the beal compilations on the BubjeoL In 1873, on tln> organization of tint Department of Law in the University of Missouri, Judge Kelley was ap pointed lecturer on Criminal Law hh«1 Practice, and on Pleading and Practice, and continued to lecture upon those subjects in that institution for sixteen \ cars. Our subject's birth occurred near Cincinnati, Ohio. His hither, Samuel, a native of Ohio, was a mechanic, having a cooper -hop and employing about fourteen workmen. After selling this he removed to Hamilton County, where he engaged in farm i ne;, ami about 1840 wenl to Wayne County, End., later to Henry, and -till later to Grant County, in the same state. During all of this time he engaged in agriculture. Our subject's paternal grandfather, William, emigrated when a young man from his native Kmerahl Isle, near Dublin, first Battling in Pennsylvania, and later going to Ohio ami being one of the earlj settlers near Cincinnati. In the War of 1812 he was iii active service with his U'iujiius, Jnlui hihI David, all of whom were in Hull's surrender. The wife of William Kei|e\ was before her marriage a Mie Wallace, an annl of Gen. Lew Wallace's father. Mr. Kelley, who was a well to-do man in this world's goods, was one of t] abactors for the Miami Canal, ami was prominently con ted with manj public entei prist Our subject'- father engaged in farming in In diana until his death in 1878. He was a membei of the Christian church, and a man of upright life and exemplary conduct. His wife, formerly Mi-- Marv Holder, was born in Cincinnati, her parent- having emigrated therefrom Pennsylvania Ib-r death -lined in Grant County, Inil., in tho same _\ear a- that of her hn-haml. Of ber eleven children ten grew to adult years, and five brothers of our subject were in the Civil War. two of these, Samuel and William, dying while in the service The others, Jonathan, Abraham and I laniel, servi i until the close of the < Hid and are -till living. of the si\ Burvivorsof the large family our Bub j.-c-i i- the fourth in order of birth, His boyl I was pa-sed in farm work and attending District school. He assisted hi- father in clearing his land after his removal to Grant County, and about that time attended the Marion select schools, working for his board and thus earning his tuition. The last winter he attended the school he became well acquainted with Mr. James Brownlee, the county auditor, and boarded at his house. That gentle man assisted him in his stud] of law, as bewasau attorney, while our subject helped him in the office. About this time be was assistant to the postmaster, all the time, however, keeping ap bis studies. He was admitted to the bar in 1854, having pract iced a little pre\ iously, and being then only twentj years of age He was elected District Atttorney for the county, serving one term, and in L856 was elected District Judge of Blackford, Delaware and Grant Counties, the youngest Judge in the United States. He served in that pof for four years, being only twenty three at the time of his election. In l^i'd Judge Kelley went to Dakota, locating at Vermillion, and being on the -talf of Gen. James Bouge. He engaged in the practice of his profession, located ami Burveyed a road from Lake Shetoc, Minn., to Sioux Falls, So. Dak . establish ing a mail route. He also, in 1862, located on a claim, but on account of Indian mas-acres and depredations, returned to Grant County, Ind.. his former home, after remaining the winter of 1868 in SioUX City, Iowa His particular object in return big was to assist in the prosecution of a oase Poi a line- he resided in Marion, Ind , engaged in the practice of law, ami in the fall of 1864 located in Wabash, where be built up a good practice and edited the Wabcuh Tribune. In August, 1866, the Judge removed to this -tate, practicing in Savannah, and in 1868 Was u PORTRAIT ANL> IUOGKAPHICAL RECORD. elected Alderman oi the oity. Iu 1870 he was a candidate tor the Circuit Judge on the Republican ticket, but was then defeated. In the spring of 1872, at a special election, he was nominated on the same ticket for the same i>rtiee. his opponent being Judge Thomas Collins, and was elected Judge of the Twenty ninth Judicial Circuit by a majority of over four hundred votes: was re elected in 1^74. and again sis years later. Iu 1SS4 he was nominated on the Republican ticket as a can didate for Congress, running' against James X. Burous. but was defeated. Since 1SS7 he has made this city his home and has Ikvu actively engaged in general law practice. The department of law in the University of Missouri conferred upon Judge Kelley the degree of LL. D. iu 1882 He gave up his post as the lecturer iu that iusti tutiou iu 1889 on account of the pressing demands of his business. He owns a couple of farms iu Andrew County aud also owns city real estate. In Sturgis, Mich.. Judge Kelley was married iu 1855 to Miss Adelia Harlan, who was boru iu Marion, Iud.. aud is the daughter of the Hou. Andrew Harlan, ex member of Congress and a prominent politician iu Indiana, having served two terms in Congress and for seven years in the State Legislature. For two terms Mr. Harlan was Speaker of the Missouri House, aud for one term Speaker of the House in the Dakota Legislature. Though now seventy-eight years of age he is tilliug the position of Postmaster at Wa Keeney, Kans. His wife, formerly Miss Delilah Hendricks, has reached the age of seventy one year- Mrs. Kelley was reared and educated in Marion, lud., and also attended the St. Augustine Convent at Fort Wayne. Ind. By her marriage she has become the mother of seven living children: David 1!.. who was educated at the University of Mis souri. wa- born in Grant County, Iud.. aud is a practicing attorney iu this city. Under President Arthur he was Postmaster at Savannah, and was married to Miss Flora Boss. Samuel H., a gradu- ate of Columbian College of Washington. D. C from which he received the title of Bachelor of Laws, was Judicator of Claims in the United States Treasury Department from 1882 to l ss o. aud was then appointed Chief Clerk of the United States Land Office at Wa Keeney. November 1. 1886. He resigned his position and removed iu l ss ',' to Scott City, Kans. .where he engaged iu practice aud is also editor of the Scott County .Whs, later practicing with his father in St. Joseph, Mo. In 1888 he was uoiuiuated for the Legis lature from Scott County, Kans., but was defeated. Two years later he was uomiuated on the Republi- can ticket in St. Jo-eph. Mo., for the Legislature, but was also defeated. Iu 1802 he was united iu marriage with Miss Julia Graham, who was boru iu Berrien Springs. Mich. Henry S. graduated from the Ensworth Medical College in the class of '93. John M. is carrying on a farm iu Andrew County. Mary is now Mrs. S. M. Marshall, of Loury City, Mo. Ralph aud Thalia, who are at home, complete the family. Mr?. Kelley is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, aud is an active worker iu all its various departments. The Judge is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Select Knights, aud is a stanch Republican. ^fc>fcsfc-£^s^fc. ^* ifc ^ s -^-kSk^-^ THOMAS W. EVANS is one of the best known and most popular citizens of St. Joseph, being cashier iu the Merchants" Bauk of St. Joseph, and being Presi dent of the Citizens" State Bank of Conway Springs, Kans. From 1^>"J to l ss 4 he was City Treasurer of St Joseph and funded the city debit $919,000 in bonds, for which he was responsible. He is a veteran of the late war. having been in active service from September, 1861, till January a Mr. Evaus was born iu Guernsey County. Ohio, iu the village of Cambridge, April "21. IS Jo. aud is a son of the Hon. Nathan Evans, whose birth occurred ou June 24, 1804, in Belmont County, of the same state, and who was a member of Congress from 1>4 S to 1852, being a contemporary of Clay. Webster. Calhoun and the other famous statesmen, whose uames have gone down in history. Our subject's paternal grandfather. Ezra, was born iu the Old Dominion aud was a farmer iu Loudoun POM i;\l I \M> BIOGRAPHK M. KJ < <)KD 123 Oouotj until the earl] part of 1804, when be re moved to 1 {• -1 1 1 1 • >t 1 1 county. Ohio Hie tree "f Welch descent, treeing his anoeetrj beck to old Christian Evana of colonial fame. Hie wife was of s Quaker family. The 1 1 < » 1 1 Nathan Evana dnoated in the old 1"^' ichoolhonae "f pio near daya, irhieh be attended not more than a month nil told. Thongfa he waa reared farmer he took np law, beginning preetiee aa an attorney in Oambridge, Ohio. He was political!) a Whig, and later a Republican, and waa eli ta Judge of the Common Pleaa Court. 1I«< wan almoel entirely aelf educated, being well read and. id on different points pertaining to law, and baying many a time, while a boy, studied at night for bonra. He was jusl aa a Jndge and was bou- nd respected. In his political belief he was an active Republican and religiously, a member of the Christian church, in the faith of which he died in 1ST'.' Our subject's mother who waa before her mar la ■ Elizabeth I Way, was born inBelmonl County, Ohio, where her father was an agrioull nrist This estimable lady was called from this life in 1850. She waa the mother of six children, only two of whom grew to maturity and are yet living, Alfred 11 . who enlisted for three mouths in the Sixteenth Ohio Infantry as Sergeant, was later made Captain of the One Hundred and Se\ entj Eighth Ohio, serving until he waa obliged to resign on account of the loss of his eyesight. II - now an attorney in aft. Vernon, Ky. Our subject's father was again married, having one son by hie second unit i Q rge E , who is Buperin tendenl of Transportation on the Louisville >v Nashville Kail road with beadquai ten at Louisville, Ky. Thomas W. Evana paaaed hi- boyhood in bis native town, which i- situated on the old National turnpike. Mis education waa derived from the common and high schools, and when the War ol the Rebellion came on he enlisted, on September 6, 1881, In Company B, Fifteenth Ohio Infantry, being mustered in al kfanafield, and at one.' to Kentucky, joining Gens. Buell and Rosea The following year be took part in the battles of Sbiloh Siege of Corinth and Stone River, in the la-t mentioned engagement receiving a flesh wound in his Iff t lee;, and after remaining in the hospital for some time went home on a furlough and was detailed to the Proi -■ U bal's offioe In ( iolumbua, < Ihio. After the battle of Chickamaug ■ Hi Evana waa ordered to join his regiment, and on bis waj detailed on the gunboat "' Rosh tot thirty daye, going hack and forth on the Cumberland be tween Nashville and Port Donelson. He joined his regiment at Chattanooga two day- after the battle of Mission Ridge thence marched to Straw berrj Plains, when he with the others veteranized, having a furlough to return borne for thirty days Returning to Chattanooga he joined Sherman on the Georgia Campaign, participating in the fol lowing named battles: Buzzard's Roost, Pumpkin Vine Ridge, Reeaca, Dallas, Kenneaaw .Mountain, Snake Creek, and Peach Tree Creek, being under are all the time to Atlanta and never off duty. In that city he was in the Fourth Army Corps and then returned to Nashville, taking part in the bat tie of Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin and Na-h ville, following Hood through Jonesboro, Eastern Tennessee, then hack to Nashville, remaining in the service until the close of the war, being mua tered out at San Antonio, Tex., November, l s, '>~>. and recieviug an honorable discbarge on his re turn home at Columbus, < >hio, al t December 28i Mi Evans soon after this went to work as ■ clerk in a drug store in Cambridge, where be waa foi four! i months, and then in 1867 wenl on a trip to Minnesota. In December of thai year be made another western trip, going to Plattemoutb, Neb . where be took a position aa I kkeeper in the banking firm of Tootle. Hannah & Clark, remain ine; with them until 1S7I when the hank was changed to the Firal National and he was made its Lssistanl Cashier, which position he held until when be resigned. He waa for >i\ weeks Cashier of the State Bank of Nebraska, at Crete, when he left in order to take the plat \ ant Caahier in the Firal National Bank of SI ' seph, with whom be wa I until they sold out in l^TS The Merchant-' Bank sin dine; the Firal National Bank of St Joseph, he waa 124 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. made Assistant Gadder, was with them for two voars as such, and then became its Cashier. Iu the latter capacity heserved until the bank changed hands in l^ s 7. when he retired from acti\e busi ness for a time, traveling for three years iu Idaho, Oregon and Kansas. Iu 1888 he went to New York aud iu the following year came to this city. In July. 1890, he bought an interest here and was made Cashier of the Merchants" Rank which has li capital stock of $200,000. Iu Memphis, Tenn.. was celebrated the mar- riage of Mr. Evans an 1 Hiss Mary C. Tenable, in 1869. Mis. Evans was born iu DeKalb County. Mo., and is the daughter of Joseph Veuable. who was well known iu that locality. Our subject is au elder iu the First Presbyterian Church, and is Commander of Custer Post. No. 7. Grand Army of the Republic. Officer on staff of Hiram Smith, Jr partment Commander in 1888 He was Chief Mustering who was De- ****** Sfc3K*5*Bfc I I ON. WILLIAM M. SHhTHEUP is the p - ! present mayor of St Joseph. Buchanan 1 County, and is now serving his fourth year •r as such. One rather remarkable feature iu connection with this period is that the first year there was a tie in the city council, there being eight Democrats and eight Republicans, the second year a Democratic majority of one. and the last two \ears again a tie in the council. To the initiated this statement alone is sufficient to show how very discreet and cautious must be the line chosen by the chief executive. Notwithstanding this, he has proved entirely satisfactory and has made one of the best mayors this enterprising city has ever boasted. He is very popular as a mau ami by his pleasant and affable ways has won hosts of friends. Mr. Shepherd's birth-place was Medina. Lena wee County. Mich., and the date of his birth July 3, 1 S4«>. His grandfather. Alexander Shepherd. S totch-Gennan descent, was Kirn in Pennsyl- vania and removed to Seneca County. N. Y.. where he was married and engaged in farming. Our sub- ject's father. Rev. Paul Shepherd, was boru in ;_vette township. Seneca County. N. Y\. where red to manhood. He studied medicine with Dr. Bryaut. of Vtiea. N. Y".. and aftei a short time engaged in practice, weut to Oberliu, assisting in building the College, and was associated with President Mahau and President Finney. After the College was built he eutered the theological course and at the end of three years graduated and bewail the work of a Presbyterian miuister It was his idea to tit himself for missionary labors. He went to Michigan as au evaugelist to the Otto. - and Chippewas on Lake Michigan, being stationed at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River for several years. Thence going to eastern Michigan, he took charge of the church iu Mediua. of which he was pastor for teu years. Subsequently he went to Dover iu the sameeountv and there preached for riv,- years. In 1855 Rev. Mr. Shepherd took his family to Kansas and organized the first Presbyterian Church iu Topeka. At the end of two years he returned to Dover. Mich., and had charge of the church there until his death, in 1860, at the age of fifty eight years. He was a member and chaplain of the Old Free State Legislature at Topeka. and in ls."iii was one of the delegates to the convention at Osawatomie, Kans., where the Republican conten- tion was held. His wife. Asenath. daughter of Johnathan Mack, was born in Cauandaigua County, N Y. The father wis an early settler and enter- prising farmer of the Empire State. Mrs Shep herd died iu Dover, Mich., iu 1S77. Of her tive children, who attained to adult years, our subject is the fifth in order of birth. James H. is a farmer near Dover; Jane F. deceased, was the wife of Samuel Benharu of Topeka: Martha, widow of Re\ Robinson, is a resident of Nashville. Tenn. : Saunders R. is a real estate dealer in Leavenworth. Kans. He was Secretary of State under Got. Robinson of Kansas and for uiue year^ was editor of the Topeka Tribune. William Shepherd was reared and educated in Dover and Adrian. Mich. He attended the Adrian College. Afterward he accepted a position in a drag store of the place and held the same for five years. In 1ST0 he came to the west, opening a drug store iu Troy. Kans.. which he carried on for FORI l;\l l \M> BIOGRAPHICAL l;l « ORD 125 nl i tl -v • • years. Next oomiog (•• St Joseph, be yielded to the wishes of Colonel Tracy and became business manager of the //• raid, and as such run tinned under the several different editon 11 the 10th of June, 1880, our subject gave ap liis position on the newspaper and l ame aasiatanl postmaster under ('"I Traoj as the latter was nn invalid, tin' reepoDsibility of tin- postal service fell almost entire]] to Mr Shepherd. In 1884 In 1 returned as business manager t" the //• ralii, which was then controlled bj Col. J. W. Strong, who wan the following year killed bj Doctor Richmond. A year later he assumed the mspagen t <>f that paper, whioh position he held for two years. In 1890 he was nominated on the Republican ticket .-i- Mayor, being elected by a good majority, and two yean later was re-elected by :i still greater majority. The duties of tl»i- — position he lias ably discharged, and the people feel that in him the] bave one on whom thej may safely rely to advance their intei Mr Shepherd is tin' father of one son, Warren (a talented young man), who is a graduate of the Rasieu Academy of Michigan, and was a student at the St.-it<' Agricultural College, which is located in Lansing. He is now teaching in the village of Ousted, Mich. Fraternally Mr. Shepherd belongs to Charity Lodge, N". 831, Anoienl Free and Accepted Ma sons; st Joseph Chapter, No. II. Royal Arch Mas. .1 is. of which he is scribe; Council No. '•'. R. & s. M.j St Joseph Oommandery, No. I, Knight Templars, of which he is Past Eminent Commander; i Moila Temple Mystic Shrine, in which be holds the office ol Chief Rabban; and t" St Joseph Royal Arab Chapter, No 198, 0. E. 8. J/UD(iK SAMUEL l» COWAN Bince 1878 lias been clerk of the Circuit and Criminal Courts of Buchanan Count] He is oi tl nrlv Bettlers, having resided in the Bounty sine- 1 - .". 3 His borne in in St. Joseph, where he is well known and highly esteemed His birth occurred in I'uln«Ui County, Ky . in 1825 Sis father, Hon John W . who was born in \>i ginia, was re >r.-.l to agricultural pursuits sod earlj settled in Pulaski County, Ky. For two terms he was a member of the Kentuokj Legislature and also served as jnsti. f the peace and aherifl or Pulaski County. In the War of I s I _' he was actively engaged, as was also the father of his n if.-, whose maiden name was Fannie Dysart, a native Kentuckian. Her father, James Dysart, was one of the early settlers of Hoik Castle County, a he owned large tracts of land. Our subject i- one of eleven children, being one of the seven horn of his father's first marriage, Three of each familj are yet living. As have I d so many of onr great American statesmen and professional men, Judge Cowan was reared on a farm. He i ame deputy clerk oi the I'nlaski Count] Court, when still quite young, and in IM»'>. entered the service in the war with Mei He) ame Second Lieutenant in Com puny II, Fourth Kentucky Volunteers. He was in the city of Mexico when the news reached the armj that peace bad been declared. In 1848, after being mustered out at Louisville, Ky., be returned home, where be remained about two yean In 1850 he started foi California, going by boat and other menus of i veyanoe to Arrow Rock, Saline County, M -. where be fitted up oi teams and Btarted on the overland route h_\ the old California frail, touching Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, ate On landing at Hangtown be engaged in prospect ingand mining on the middle fork of the Ameri can River, remaining until 1858, when be staite.i for home bj way of the [sthmus. In the fall of 1 S.".:{ Judge Cowan came to liu ohanan County, locating in Washington Township, where he purchased and improved a farm Be was Dfputy sheriff under Morgan and Ainsworth, and as such was acting when the WBI came on During that time of business uncertainty he en gaged in freighting aoross the plains !■• Colorado and Montana. At this time the Indians proved very troublesome as thej took advantage of tie- fact that the soldiers were employed on southern battlefields and had little time to keep them in check The dusky foes were a constant aiuiowince to the unlucky freighters, and like all who ventured 126 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. to cross the plains. Jmlge Cowan bad some very narrow and wonderful esCBj - Iu 1865 Judge Cowan returned to his farm in this county which he operated for nearly ten years. In November. 1^74, he was elected a member of the County Court and served for two terms of two vears each. In l^TS he was made clerk of the courts and has held that position continuously since. The Judge and his accomplished wife, who - formerly Miss Bettie Langford. have long moved iu the best social circles of the city and are highly esteemed. FRANK M. ATKINSON. Postmaster at St. Joseph, is numbered among the prominent and popular young business men of this enterprising city. He was boru in Lexing- ton. Mo., January 31, 1863, and is a member of a family whose representatives for years were promi neut iu the Old Dominion. His paternal grand father was one of the pioneer farmers of Ohio, where he passed the closing years of his life. Dr. Jesse Franklin Atkiuson, father of our sub ject, was boru uear Gallipolis, Ohio, and after com- pleting his literary education entered the Cincin- nati Medical College, from which institution he was graduated. He engaged in the practice of his profession at Warreusbnrg. Mo., until the out- break of the Civil War. at which time he received the appointment of Surgeon at Jefferson Barracks. Mo. Afterward he located at Lexington, this state, where he was successfully engaged as a general practitioner until his death, in 1SS2. He was prominent in various medical associations and also in the Republican party. His religions belief was iu sympathy with the doctrines of the Meth- odisl Episcopal Church, of which he was a faith- ful member. The mother of our subject, Harriett i Pie' - Atkinson, was born and reared in Lexington. Mb . where she died iu 1863. Her children were four in number, who attained to maturity, and of these our subject is the youngest. Hi- childhood days wrre passed iu Lexington, where he received a high school education and afterward clerked in a clothing store. For a time he was traveling sales man iu Missouri and Nebraska for a clothing house of St. Louis. In 1>ST, when St. Joseph was iu the midst of its real-estate "boom," h^ came to this city, and, in partnership with John Williams, embarked in the real estate business The firm of Williams & Atkinson occupied pleas ant quarters ou Frances Street, and conducted a general real-estate business with enterprise and efficiency. The organization of the Lincoln Club, in l vvs . was the direct result of Mr. Atkinson's exertions and he was honored with the office of first Presi dent. In 1 S9"2 he was elected Secretary of the Republican City Ceutral Committee. His efforts have been largely instrumental in promoting the progress of the Republican party iu St. Joseph, and perhaps no citizen of the place wields a more potent influence among the young men than he. In June. 1892, he was elected to represent the Third Ward on the School Board, of which he is member at the present time. Septeml>er 1, 1892, upon the death of the postmaster. C. F. Ernst, he was appointed to that office by President Harrison, and is now serving in that position. Several times he has been a delegate to the Republican Stat.- Convention. When we consider the fact that he has not yet attained to life's prime, the honorable positions to which he has l>een called prove the possession of abilities of no ordinary nature. What the future has in store for him, what honors will come to him with the passing years, we leave to the biographer of the next generation to reeonl Withont doubt, however, he will add lustre to the position already attained by St. Joseph as the home of ruanv of the eminent men of Missouri. XcSrvr"' -> > > -«' astastsK I ¥ [RAM CHRISTOPHER. M. A.. M. D.. r*^ Deau of the Eusworth Medical College and 1^ Professor of Chemistry, has gained promi- < nence. not only in the scientific circles of St. Joseph, where he resides, but also is widely known throughout this section of Missouri I'OKTKM I \\l> r.liitii;.\|-!lic.\l. RECOHD 127 *l mlist ,.f rare powers an. I wide range of infor tiiation concerning the subjects to whiofa he has devoted a life time of study. Aside from his pro anal <1 « it i r--i. he has become wall known in literary oiroles aa th litor of the Medical ll> raid a monthly publication devoted to the interests "f the aeiei f medicine, founded in June, 1891. At Louisville, Ky . Eliram Christopher was born August 22, 1819. His father, Ebenezer, was of eastern birth, and resided Bucoessively in New York. Maryland and Kentucky, being a pioneer farmer of the last-named state, where he died in 1826. Mar> Sturgias, as the mother of onr sub joi-t was known in maidenhood, was born in Somerset County, Md.. and died in Kentucky, after having become the mother of eleven children. Hiram, the tenth in order of liirth, is the only one now living. He was reared in Louisville, where, at the age of eighteen, he was appointed Assistant Postmaster and occupied this position until he was twenty-two, The literary education of Dr. Christopher was gained in Bethany College, W. Va., which be entered at the age of twenty two and from which he was graduated in 1845, with the degr f Bachelor of Arts. Later he was honored with the degree of Master of Arts After graduating, he entered the Medical Department of the Univereit] of Louisville and was graduated from that institu tion in March, ls|7. with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He opened an office for the praoti >f his profession at St. Louis, Mo., where he re mained until 1859, meanwhile establishing a g 1 practice and becoming known as a conscientious and skillful physician. In the year above named Dr Christopher was called to the Chair of Chemistry and Natural History in Bethany College, and this responsible position I ncupied with distinguished ability until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. The strife between N'Tth and South resulted in the dosing of the college. The Doctor then came to Lexington, Mo., where he again commenced an active round of professional duties. In August, 1864, he resumed the praoti f hi~ profession at St Louis, where for fourteen ensuing years he was continuously engaged as a physician and siir geon. In 1*7* he was honored bj aleotion to the Professorship of Chemistry, Philosophy aid I. an giiagi-s in Woodland College, located at [ndepend ence, Mo., and for three years he filled this p..s| tion. In 1882 l>r Christopher located in 81 Joseph, where he soon acquired an enviable repu tation as a s| ialisl in diseases of the throat, nose and ear. In l*7'.i he I mi" Professor of Chemis try in the St. Joseph Medical College, and ten years later a pted a similar position in the Bins worth Medical College, which is one of tin. beat institutions of the kind in Missouri, and has an average of sixty five students in attendance. Of this college the 1 1. 1. 'tor was elected Dean in 1891 and is still serving in that capacity. At Fayette, Mo . occurred the marriage of Dr. Christopher to Miss Nannie MoGarvey, who was horn in Kentucky. They are the parents of three children: Mary, the wife of Doctor West over, of St Joseph; Sallie, Mrs. J. A. Lea, of Independence, Mo.; and Fannie, who married Mr. George Bradford, and resides in Independence, Mo. The religions connections of the family are with the Christian church, and they are prominent in that denomination as active workers and gener ous ( tributors. The Doctor affiliates with the Democratic party politically. His office is located in the Ballinger Building at St. Joseph. He is a charter member of the Buohanan County Medical Society, and has always been influential in its moils. For two \cars. 1*77 78, he Idled the position of Associate Editor of the St Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, in 001 ction with Thomas I'\ Komi. old ■ K***1 k ^ •^v-v- G-OL. ELIJAH GATES, ol St Joseph, who has held several important official positions. ' is verj popular, and in the late war was a prominent colonel in the Southern Army. Ane.ng other positions he has tilled with gre.it credit to himself are those of State Treasurer and SheriJT, having held the former place from 1*77 to ISM and the |;,tt,. r from |s7:: !■■ 1877 Our BUD- 128 PORTRAIT AND F.IOGKAPHIC VI. RECORD ject vras born in Garrard County, Ky . December IT. I > "J 7 , and passed bis boyhood in Lincoln County. His grandfather, Elijah Gates, was a prominent farmer in Kentucky and a native of Virginia. Our subject's father. John, was also l>oru in Garrard County, where he was engaged in farming until his death in 1829, Elijah Iving then only eighteen months old. The mother, whose maiden name was Mary Maupin. was horn in Madison County. Ky . and was a daughter of Thomas, an old Virginian and a Revolutionary soldier under Washington. He lived to be nearly one hundred years of age and was one of the early pioneers in Kentucky. Mrs tines after her tirst hnsbaud"s death was agaiu wedded, still making her home in Kentucky, until her death in Lexington, when she was about sixty tive years of age Bj her tirst marriage she had three children, and by her second union, one. I Qates was reared on a farm in Kentucky until his nineteenth rear, attending the district subscription schools of the old-fashioned log kind. His sister died in Kentucky in 1891, and his brother John, who was a private in our subject's regiment, was killed at the battle of Elk Horn. Ark. In 1S4S the Colonel came to Missouri by way of the rivers and for a few mouths worked on a farm in Platte County and then removed to Liv- ingBton County, purchasing a farm of one hundred and sixty acres for $4 an acre. This he greatly improved and during those early days experienced life on the frontier. He has often riddeu between his home and St. Joseph and thought the prairie would certainly never be settled. In l s ">7 he sold his former place, buying a farm of one hundred and seventy acres in Freemont Township, to the cultivation of which he gave his attention until the war. making a specialty of raising hemp. In May. of 1861, our subject entered the state militia as Captain of Company A. for three months' service, taking part in engagements at Can': Drj Wov\l. Lexington aud Spriugtield. He after- ward organized a regiment at Lexington, known ■ •..'!'.'■; Regiment of the State Militia, and was commissioned Lieutenant colonel. Three months later he assisted in organising ■ regiment for the Confederate service at Springfield. Mo., and was commissioned Colonel of the same. beiug iu a parole camp until his regiment was exchanged. Mr Davis then went with Gen. Coekrell. tak ing part iu the siege of Atlanta, which continued for forty days and nights. After participating iu the battle of Jonesborohe proceeded toward Nashville in a roundabout way and was engaged in the battles of Spring Hill and Eranklin. On the way to Atlanta he was wounded iu the left shoulder, but it soon healed, and when iu command of his regiment, as Gen. Coekrell was in the hospital, when charging the breastworks at Franklin he was shot with a minie ball in the left arm aud was wounded iu the right arm below the elbow at the same time. He was sent to the field hospital where it was found necessary to am putate one of his arms. He was captured by the Eederals and at the end of thirty-five days when nearly well was ordered north to prison. Just be fore starting from Franklin he escaped from the cars, it being night, and made his way to Mobile where his regiment was stationed. He took charge of tliem and went to Ft Blakely. The command was eapt ured iu April. 1865, and sent to Ship Island as prisoners of war. remaining there for three weeks when they were sent by way of New Orleans to Vieksburg. The Colonel's war record is very thrilling, as he was wounded five times and three times captured, twice making his escape. During the war he had three horses shot from under him. Iu 1865 Mr. Gates located in St. Joseph start ing in the livery business on Fourth street, aud continued it until he was nominated and elected ^m J?utZr /Zu>*iC PORTRA] I LND BIOGRAPHICAL UF.cnllh 181 Sheriff in I^T'J. on the Democratic ticket I »-i i >lt re-elected and serving until L877. In the full of 1876 Mr dates waa Dominated and eleoted State tr e as urer, leading the tioket, and receiving the largest majority of anj man Bver eleoted in the state He was in office until January, ISM, when heboogbl an interest in 1 1 » ♦ - omnibus and transfer line, the firm having been since known as Piner A Qatee. Thej handle nil mails t" the trains and have an exclusive business. In December, l^ s ">. the Colonel was appointed United States Marshal i>f the Western District of Missouri, comprising eeventj tw unties, holding that place until March, 1800, and in the meanwhile traveling nil over bis territory. At one time he was interested in coal mini's, being President of the Iowa and Missouri Coal Mining Company for two years, when be -"lil .ml . In the spring of 1862 our Bubjeol was united in marriage in Livingston County, Mo., to Miss Ma ria Stamper, a uative of Monroe County, Mo. To them have been born twelve <-h i 1.1 rt>n nine of whom are living: Blmina, wife of H. K. Lyon, of Kansas City; John I... who is manager of the omnibus line; Joel E , County Recorder of Deeds; Luella, who became the wife of John 1). McCarthy, and liv.s in tin's city; Elijah, Jr., Charles l. Railroad was being sur veyed, Mr Angel was on the survey corps in 1849, and was the first surveyor of the railroad in the state b e t we en St Joseph and Hannibal, camping out fm two inoiitlis I '. amor Stewarl was al-.. in the party, and solicited as well as took Borne stiwk to gel it through r** BORGE I'.l BLL, Presideul ol the Buell - kfanufaoturing Company, of 81 Joaepb, was \X horn in Jefferson County, N ^ . and when ft* seven yeara of age removed to Illinois. where he was reared and educated, spending the greater pari of Ins time in the woolen mill be longing to liis father; bei bul little attention was given to his education. Al the age of eight sen yean Mr Bnell l ame the manager of i Factor] eighteen miles north of Quinoy, Ul., and in 1848 removed to St. Joaepb when, he engaged in the flouring business, at the same tin Derating two custom Boale cards In 1852 bia father bnill a small woolen null in this city, which was then the only one west of the Mississippi river, and four years after, erected a saw mill, which be operated verj sm aafnlly until I860 In his choice of a companion and helpmate on life's journey, our subjeol chose Miss Juliette Bancroft*, a native of Missouri, who waa born in Clay County. Mo., and died in 1 S 7I, leaving children. In 1875, Mr. Buell married Miss Clara Mapstone, a native of Michigan, who I ame the mother of two children. Our subjeol has held verj important positions in hanks and other incorporations associated with such men as W N Buell, J. W. I'-aily ami .1 S Lemon. The Buell Manufacturing Company, which without doubl conducts one of the most im portanl factories in Bl Joseph, is the most extensive plant manufacturing woolen goods in the uest. In I860, iii connection with his father, be established a two set woolen mill, which was iii creased to a four set mill. This was located on North Third street. The father of ..in subject, Norman Buell, came from Jefferson County, N ■» to St. Joseph in 1848, and was II riginal pro prietor of this mill In I860 Norman and his s..n Qeorge built the second woolen mill on North Sec on. I street, with two sets of maohinerj and twelve looms On the death Of his father, which urre.l in 1871, George I ame sole proprietor of the mills, taking into his partnership his cousin. William N. for live years In connection with their possessions at that time the] purchased the woolen mill at Blue Rapids, Kans . ami the Buell Compau] was i rporated in theyeai 18 #7 The 134 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. present plant was built iu 1882 with mostly im- proved machinery, and the Buell Rapid Mill was discontinued in 18U0, the machinery being brought to this city, and used advantageously iu the mills here. The company of Buell & Co. has a capital stock of £200,000, the principal stockholders being John S. Lemon, William G. Fairleigh, Dr. J. S. Logan, Tootle Estate and George W. Buell. The prod- ucts of this mill comprise large numbers of blankets, robes and flannels, all first-class goods in every respect, and a large assortment of over fifty styles, which they design, of blankets. The thirty years' experience which this firm has had insures the best blankets made, the annual pro- ductions amounting to about $250,000. They trade extensively with both eastern and western terri- tories, and from Dnluth, Wis., to Galveston, Tex., and keep one hundred and seventy live employes, three-fourths of whom are skilled laborers, earn- ing from one dollar to five dollars per day, making the pay roll amount to about $5,500 per month. The wool used in this factory is nearly all grown in Missouri, of which about one million pounds are used annually, amounting in all to about $80,000. The plant is an immense one on a tract of about twenty acres of land, and cost not far from $250,000, including the machinery. Mr. Buell has been manager of the woolen mills since I860, and president of the company since the time of its organization. **«*^**||f§:|******** (r*b EORGE WARREN SAMUEL is one of the w, oldest settlers of the "Platte Purchase" and t^I has been one of the most prominent mer- ■^ chants in the state. He is one of the wealthy citizens of St. Joseph, with the prosperity of which he has been most intimately connected from the early days. He is a director in the Com- mercial Bank, of which he was one of the organ- izers, and is also a stockholder in the Nebraska National Bauk at Omaha. Mr. Samuel's birth occurred June 4, 1810, at Newcastle, Henry County, Ky. His father, Reuben Samuel, of Carolina County, Va., was a son of Judge William Samuel, an early settler of Caro- lina County, Va. The family is of Welsh descent, and numerous members have been promineut in different parts of the Union. Our subject's father is one of nine children: William, Jr., Reuben, John, Robert, Nancy, Elizabeth, Agnes, Fanny and Phoebe. These children all married well. The oldest son became a wealthy fanner; John was both prominent and rich, and often served his county in the Legislature; and the third son settled in Newcastle, Ky., where he owned a valuable farm. A son of the last-named was High Sheriff of Henry County, Ky., before his eighteenth year. Reuben Samuel and his four sons may be justly claimed as among the early settlers of Randolph County. The former was a carpenter, builder and contractor. He once was prevailed upon to ask of the Elective Magistrates, of which he was one, the office of Recording Clerk of the Circuit and County Court. His opponent's father had held the office for forty years. The result of the election was a tie, and Mr. Samuel himself held the deciding vote, and cast it for his opponent, Edmond P. Thomas. With his large family, Mr. Samuel sought a home in Missouri and seeing the prospective greatness of St. Louis, invested his limited means in lots. The value increased rapidly and after selling the properly he bought a cargo of Hour and chartered a boat, which was the second or third that had ever ascended the Missouri river, but the boat was sunk and his fortune with it. His life was saved only by swimming ashore. After these reverses he returned to Kentucky and was given a good official position. Our subject's mother, Martha Bartlett before her marriage, was born in Newcastle, Ky. Her father was a farmer and a colonel in the War of 1812. Mrs. Samuel was the mother of eight children, two of whom died iu infancy. They were Thomas J., El. Madison, Sarah, our subject, Clinton (who died from the effect* of his service during the Mexican War), and William R. The eldest son, Thomas J., was a noble and most duti- ful son, and cared for his aged parents with filial care until their death. Sarah, the only sister, was noted for her energy and perseverance. She was I'OKTKAI I \M' r.KKiKArillCAI. RECORD 185 ili.iriial.li' to tli«' degree thai Bhe robbed benelf of t lie very comforts of life. Bdward Ifadieon, the ,.| bod, was moal cloeelj oonneoted with the bistorj of Missouri; shaping itapolioj when the state was id its infancy. 1 1 • > waa an able writer ainl a good speaker. Be was "in- "f tin- mo.it wealthj and eztenaiTe merohantaof northwestern M ~ 'iiri. He ostahlished the Commercial Bans of St Louis of which he was president al the time of his death. Hon. William B., the youngest of the family, engaged in the merchandising business in Buntsville. Be afterward earned on a tobacco bnsineee and later turned his attention to real estate. In 1852 he was elected to i h<- State Legis- lature by the Whigs, and four years later was sleeted Circuit Clerk ami County Recorder, serving a- Bach for ten years. We will now take u]> more specially the history .if Qeorge Warren Samuel, of this sketch. At the Bge ..f seventeen, be left school, not being able for want of means to obtain a collegiate course. Though not in robust health be started out to seek his fort line in the west, ami in November, 1828, reached Howard County, Mo., with only fifty cent- in In- pocket. Be entered the mercantile bouse .>f Harrison, QlasgOW A Koss, then the largest dealers in the west ahovo St. Louis. After remaining with them for two years he gained the implicit oonfidenoeof hi- employers ami with their aid em barked in business for himself in Chariton, Mo. (»n acoounl of the nnhealthiness ..f the locality he removed t.. Buntsville, Randolph County, hut that sparsely Bottled region not affording suffioieni trade, he removed to Colombia in 1884, forming a part nershi|i with the Lammea, and ereoting a mill Which was the first paper mill wc-t ..f the Ohio. This was unfortunately consumed by tire. To add t.. the discouragement of Mr. Samuel at this time, his health wa- c. .n-tant ly declining and it seemed necessary for him to take a sea voyage. Be accordingly did so. hut the fate- still pursued him for the vessel wa- wrecked near IJemini Island ami though Mr. Samuel managed to get back to ouri, be waa a mere skeleton and penniless. !!.• erected the t'n-t bouse ever erected in the Platte Purchase by a i banio. This bouse was afterward occupied by David It Atchison, who wa- President pro tern ..f tie- United States f-r . .lie day. Thomas Smith, of Kentucky, assisted him to embark in the packing business, bu( the experiment waa unfavorable. Another venture Beeming i • s.iiv. and steamhoat ing promising to he remunei ative. he liuilt a steamhoat, hut this speculation proved disastrous. In 1888 oui Bubjeol removed to Platte City. Seeing tho place when. St Joseph now stands he at once believed a < • 1 1 y would he there founded. He was eager !•• p..--..-- th,- li tot and was one of a company formed to buy the pre .nipt ion right for J 1 ,l'.(li I. A. trivial thing, however, prevented the consummation of this plan. In Savannah, Mo., Mr. Samuel next embarked in the mercantile business, continuing until I860, when he found his fortune again restored lie was obliged to stop on account of the war, being crip|. led financially, and removed to St. Joseph, where in IM'iS he organized the St. Joseph Fire & Marine Insurance Company, of which he was for a time President. In the course of time he he came interested in stores in six or eight different (•..unties, and for over half a century success has crowned his ell In ls:iS Mr. Samuel married Rebecca T. Todd, daughter of the late .1 u,l_'e T, .. I< i . who was a cap tain under ( ion. Harrison in the War of 1812. He was a leading member of the bar in St. Joseph for fort _\ years. On .Inly 26, 1865, our subject was bereft "f hi- wife and ju-l ..ue month later his only s..n, Col |). Todd Samuel, wa- killed at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, and buried with the honor- ..f war at Atlanta. .f tl xeilement of the hour. The last words spoken to hi- fat her were: •'Father, 1 would lather fall in battle than forauke m\ com rades with whom I have enlisted." A- major, assisted bj Col, Jeff Patton, be raised a small regi in. lit, with winch he fought al Bind Mills, I.exing ton. Pea Ridge, Corinth, Viek burg, Kenesaw, luka, Atlanta nil I JonPRVille At the time of his 136 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. death be was colonel of the Third Confederate States Army and was the youngest officer in rank west of the line of the southern states. Our sub- ject's oldest daughter is Eliza B., Mrs. H. W. Yates, of Omaha, her husband being President of t lie Nebraska National Bank. His other children, Florence T. and Insley J., are residents of St. Jo- seph. The former is the wife of J. T. Johnson and the latter is Mrs. John S. Lemon, her bus- baud being a banker. His biography may be found in another part of this work. Mr. Samuel was interested in building the Han- nibal & St. Joseph Railway and also the Kansas City line. He is a stockholder and director in the Rock Island Road, and was a stockholder and helped to build the first railroad west of the Alle- ghany Mountains. This line was run by horse- power between Booneville and Franklin. Mr. Samuel was at one time a partner of ex-Gov. Clay Jackson. Peter Birney, who became Governor of California later, and ex-Gov. Conways and ex- Gov. Elias of Arkansas were all his employes. Mr. Samuel has had the pleasure of seeing all of the Presidents from John Qnincy Adams down to the present time, with the exception of five. He built the library building on the corner of Sixth and Charles streets, and has backed up the enter- prise with generous contributions. Our subject was trained in business under John T. Cleveland, an uncle of President Cleveland. It was during this period that our subject wrote a petition to Congress asking the protection of Santa Fe traders, and a company of soldiers was sent out and threw up mounds or hills by means of which the teams could follow one course and keep together. Ml Mi ON. OLIVER MARTIN SPENCER. There IpSl is a wide difference between biography and I eulogy. The biographer is in duty bound ■wJ to himself, to the man about whom he writes, and to the general public not to overesti- mate or underestimate the character of a citizen. Fulsome flattery, in nine cases out of ten, over- reaches itself and is more injurious to those it attempts to elevate than to any one else. There is such a widespread practice at the present time, especially among those of the journalistic profes- sion, of indulging in indiscriminate and extrava- gant eulogy when the lives of public men are being considered, as to provoke caustic criticism and lessen the effects of honest and legitimate biog- raphy. Therefore, in dealing with the salient points in the life and character of Judge Oliver Martin Spencer, the author of this sketch (who has known him intimately for many years), will endeavor to adhere to these important truths. It is doubtless proper to inform the reader at the outset that amoug the most intimate friends. of Judge Spencer, those who have known him from his earliest boyhood, no story is told of his having ever, in the most remote degree, attempted to imi- tate the Father of his Country by cutting down a favorite cherry tree aud then frankly acknowledg- ing to his proud father that he did it, but could not tell a lie. Those who know both the Judge and his illustrious father are disposed to'rather com- pliment the sagacity of the boy for not endeavoring to play such a prank upon the practical old gen tleman, for he well knew his ulterior design would have been promptly penetrated and trouble would have immediately ensued. It is true, nevertheless, that the Judge was a pretty shrewd sort of boy and averaged well among his youthful acquaintances. At a very early age he developed the fact that his destiny, whatever it might prove to be, was not to begin and end upon a Buehanan County farm. It is true that he plowed many acres of ground, hoed corn year after year during the long summer days, and went home at night with a severe backache but a very aggressive appetite. He also chased the hogs out of the paternal cornfields, built "stake and ridered" fences, chopped wood, and was a good farm " hand," but he did not like the work, and was Dot backward in saying so. Judge Spencer comes from one of those promi- nent pioneer families of the west who have left such worthy examples and honorable names to their posterity. He was born on the old Spencer homestead in Crawford Township, Buchanan County, Mo., August '_!:), 1S49. Not being partial l«'i;n;\ii \\l> i;io(ii;M'llU'Al. RECORD 187 to farm work, and having rather praotioal views ii] x hi the sale and handling of stock, his Father permitted him, el the age of twelve yearn, t" buy end Bell in thai line, at which he made some money. During the winter months li«' attended school at the old Spencer school house, and now and then had rather painful experiences with his teacher There is one story t « • I » 1 of him that all his friends religiously believe. His father had a mill and a still house "ii his place, and the present Judge was de puted to do the chores around both. Bomehow or other he managed to perform his deities at the mill in rerj short order, bul the choree around the still house appeared to !><• much more laborious. An incident occurred in 1865 thai determined the career of young spencer. The pedagogue who was teaching \n- "yonng ideas how to Bhoot" con oluded one . l;i\ thai his pupil would have to be die ciplined on account of a fight he had engaged in with /.eke Whittington. The youngster, however. differed with his instructor alxnit the necessity for such a proceeding, and while the teacher went after the Bwitoh With which to bestow the chastisement, " li'iii." as he was then nicknamed, took French leave, and when the teacher returned he had to be satisfied with whipping Zeke. The next morning Ins father sent him to the Baffington school at St. ■I ph. where he remained for a year and made rapid progress in his studies Be has often said that he owes bis present vocation in life to Zeke Whittington, wl for maoj wars he has counted i- i me of hi~ best friends. In 1868 our subject attended the St Joseph Bigh School, and during the following \ ear entered the university at Columbia, Mo. In 1870 he he came a student in the Christian University at Can ton. Mo., from which he was graduated with the honors ..f the institution in 1^7'J. Until 1878 he read law at Leavenworth, residing with his parents, who in the meantime ha. I removed to Kickapoo. Kans . six miles north of Leavenworth. To reach tl Ilice, he was in the habit of riding to the city each morning on horseback and returning home in the evening, in 1878 he entered the law school at Harvard, where lie tirst met Ins present law partner, Hon I). |). Burnee. During the following year he opened an oilice for the practk f Ins profes aion at St Joseph. Judge Spencer was married in 1876 to Mi-. Lillian, daughter of Joseph Tootle and a niei the late Milton Tootle Her motbet wis a of James HcGord, Br. She was a ladj of , ire accomplishments, hut died in 1880 al the age of twenty four years, when her youngest child was only twelve nt hs. old. Two bright boys were born to Jndge ami Mis. Spencer: Harry Saddens, horn July 20, 1^77. an, I K.lwiii (). M . bom July I 1879. Their fat her has taken great pains with their rearing ami education, ami hoth give promise of developing into capable and useful men. The tirst office held by Judge Spencer was that of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney under Judge Henry M. Kamey, who was Proeeouting Attorney at that tune. His tirst important case was the defense of t ho Well- ktlOWU Hohert W . Black, who was indicted for the killing of James Bates. Judge Spencer, although a young attorney, was chief counsel for the defense, and in the conduct of the case he developed that ability as a lawyer which enabled him to take his place nt once in the front rank of the leading attorneys of St. Joseph The highest encomiums were passed upon him by hoth the city press and the general public for the adroit manner in which he tried and won this celebrated case. The jury, after being OUt thirty live minutes. returned a verdict of "not guilty," and the friends of Mr. Black greeted the young attornej with an ovation. In the fall of ]S7'.» our suhject was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Buchanan County and served from January. 1880, to 1882. In 1886 he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court on the I loeratic ticket, hut the Republican lawyers paid him tin' high compliment of joining in the call and refused to nominate a candidate against him. On the bench he served for four years and made a record as a most capable and impartial judge. S. \ei.il ,,f tin' most prominent lawyers in St I sepb, who were approached upon the subject, agi I in saying that tin' decisions of Judge Spei r stood as bigh as those of anj preceding judge of tin' Buchanan Count i Circuit Court. 1 1 • ■ had no 13s PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. sympathy with the "technical" lawyer, but be- lieved iu the principles of humanity and justice. " Being as young as he was, I think he made a re- markable record on the bench," said one of the best-known lawyers iu St. Joseph, "and I think he was the fairest, most courteous and equitable judge the Circuit Court ever had." At the end of four years our subject resigned the judgeship to accept the position of General Solic- itor of the Burlington Railroad lines in Missouri, of which the young and capable W. C. Brown is the general manager. At the same time he organ- ized the law firm of Spencer, Burnes & Mosman, which is one of the strongest legal firms in the northwest. It was Judge Spencer's good fortune to see much of life and men when he was a boy. His father, who was one of the leading citizens of this section, resided near the line of Platte County, in the "hot-bed" of southeru sympathizers. Him- self and his four brothers were one day in the com- pany of the rebels, commonly called " bush- whackers,'' and the next with the Union troops. The boys inclined toward the cause of the Confed- erates, but their father determined that his sons should neither fight to destroy the Union nor oppose those with whom he sympathized, and accordingly sent the older boys across the plains to Denver with a wagon train of freight. Tom, being too young, remained at home to do active field duty — that is, in the cornfield. He was old enough to assist his parents iu their efforts to preserve their lives and property from the ravages of war. In his dealings with his fellow-men Judge Spencer does everything ex anim.0, and in his bus- iness affairs he adheres to the principles of experto iTtn considerable attention. Iu 1888 he was appointed curator for the minor heirs. In 1889 the Tootle, Lemon & Co.'s bank was started, and of that concern our subject is the present President. Iu addition to home banks he is also interested iu a number outside the city. The first street railway, now known as the People's Line, was furthered by him, he being one of the in- corporators. He is a member of the Board of Trade and is ever found iu the front rank of those agitating reform and all measures for the improve- ment and prosperity of the city. On January 13, 1870, a marriage ceremony, pel formed in St. Joseph, united the destinies of Mr. Lemon and Miss Annie I., daughter of George \V. Samuel. The lady was born in Savannah, Andrew County, and is possessed of fine educational and literary attainments, being, moreover, active in church and society work. She is a member of the Episcopal denomination, our subject also attend- ing the church to which she belongs, though he is - PORTKU I \M> lUoiii; Al'lin AL KECORD II nut himself a member. The anion "f Mr. and Mi- Lemon baa been blessed with a family of four children: Floriel., Mary IS.., Henry V and Let Lie B J\< OB GEIGER, If. I> . of St Joeepb, is one of the most Famous surgeons inthe \\ est, and is favorably known both here and in St. Louis. II.' is In-art and bou! in his work and is actively oonneoted with runny < if tin' most prominent medical associations. He ie President "f the Ensworth Medical College ami Hospital of tli is place and is professor "f surgery. In 1800 he belped to organize the Marion Sims College of Medicine Si Louis where he is professor of sur gery, delivering lectures once a week, during the College year from September to March. Thi now connected with the College the 1{«1>< pital where the doctor treats patients. The birthplace of Dr. Qeiger was Wurtemberg, Qermany, the date being July 25, 1848. Bis father. Anion, was also horn in the same city ami real estate dealer. Grandfather Qeiger was a manufacturer of the place in his .lay. Our BUb jeet's father died in 1851. His mother, who was formerly Maria G. Eberhart, was horn in IMiOand was the daughter of a miller. She was the mother of five children. '1'wo of the Bons emigrated to America about 1854, first locating in Pennsylvania and later in Champaign County, 111. <>nr subject and his mother came to America in the fall of 1856, leaving Havre in a sailing vessel which took forty -eu days on the voyage. They joined the brothers in Illinois, remaining there until the spring of 1858, when OUT subject came to 1 oepb. The family almost immediately went to Brown County, Sans., Bottling on a faun where the death of the mother occurred the following November. A short time after this event the doc tor returned to Bl Joseph where he mad.' his own living by working for a milkman. In I860 be went to Illinois, Bpending the summer in farm w.ik and attending the district schools during the winter. He then entered Homer Seminary, where he remained until the war ■- !■ .-.-. i In 1865 Jacob Geiger returned to St Joseph, clerking in a grocery b! for his brother. In I860 be graduated from Bryant's Business College and in the winter of the following \f.ir was a clerk al a Pork House and weighmaster there. In this way he mad.- sufficient money to take up the study of medicine, ami in the fall of 1868 was in a druo Btore. Prom 1865 until 1868 he studied medicine with Or. Galen E. Bishop, and in the latter year h.' hung out hi- sign on Francis Street, between Second and Third Street- He practiced until the fall of 1ST' 1 when he entered tin- l'ni\er-it\ of Louisville, K\ . and was graduated from themedi oal department two years later. Returning, be opened his oldoffioe and carried on a general prac tice until 1800 when he became a surgeon, ei clusively. In IS7X the St. Joseph Hospital Medical Col lege was organize, I, onr subject being one of the prime movers. He filled the chair of Anal \ during the first year, and two war- later, in com pany with Dr. Heddens and other-, organized the St. Joseph College of Physioians and Surg being elected to the chair of Surgery, and Seer. tary of the Faculty. In 1888 the two colleges were consolidated, the new institution being know n as the Si. Joseph Medical College. The Doctor was again elected to the chair of Surgery and was also made Dean of the Faculty, which position he held until 1880, when the nan f the oollegl changed on account of the bequest of Samuel Bnswortb, Tbey put up g I buildings and in 1880 the school w;is opened, our Bubjecl being Dean, and Dr. Heddens, President, The latter po -ition was assigned Dr. Geiger in 1801. He is a life Trustee of the College, which has a larger hoe pital connected with it than any western college Dr. Geiger started the Medical Herald in l ss l ami has been editor or associate editor of the same ever Binoe, He has dealt considerably in real e-tate, owning huge tract- both here and in St Louis, He owns the Geiger Block, including the Nicolett Hotel. He belongs to the following Medi oal Associations Dha Missouri Valley, 'The State M oal, The Western Association of Obstetrics, The Grand River, The Northern Kansas, The District Medical of Northwestern Missouri, \V1 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Buchanan Medical, The St. Louis Medical, anil American Medical Association. In 1887 Dr. Geiger married Louise Kollatz, who was born in Atchison, Kans. , and grew to woman- hood in this city. Our subject is an active politi- cian of the Republican party, having been for two terms Alderman of the Third Ward. He was also President of the Board of Health for two terms, and served for two years as President of the Coun- cil. He is a Master Mason, and in religion is a Presbyterian, belonging to the First Presbyterian Church of the city. ^&^^^^^\ v \ ^\^> x V^-\*\ y >; v \^ fli BNER COPELAND. The old saying that // \\ industry brings reward as surely as does jr\_ virtue, is proved in the life of the gentle •€/ man whose name opens this sketch. He began at the bottom of the ladder of fortune, but now is regarded as one of the financial pillars of St. Joseph. Besides being the proprietor of nine hundred and thirty six acres of valuable land, six hundred and forty of which is a rich Minnesota soil, he is a prominent stockholder and director in the Saxton National Bank, and holds the same position iu the Park Bank. The father of our subject, John Gopeland, was born in North Carolina, whither his father, the grandfather of Abner. located before the Revolu- tionary War, in which struggle he took part, together with four of his brothers. Our subject's mother, Zana (Lasater) Gopeland, was also born iu the above-named state, where she was married to John Gopeland in 1828. Soon after that event the young couple made their home iu Wilson and Rutherford counties, Tenn., respectively, until IS 10, when they came to Missouri, locating in Raj County. Remaining there but a few months, however, they moved to the claim near Sparta, Mo., owned by our subject, where they spent the closing years of their lives, the mother dying in lSl'.t and the father in 1S73. They were both consistent members of the Baptist Church, the latter being one hundred years old when submitting to the ordinance of baptism. Of the parental family of ten children two sons and two daughters are living, viz.: Mrs. Cynthia Jones, Mrs. Fannie Patterson, our subject and Lasater. The father of our subject was a strong Democrat in politics and believed that all who opposed that party were descendants of the Tories. He lived to the remarkable age of one hundred and five years, and at the time of his death possessed all his faculties unimpaired, hav- ing been confined to his bed but three days pre- vious to his decease. Abner Gopeland, of this sketch, was born August 27, IS 18. iu Chatham County, N. G. There he was reared on a farm, being permitted to attend school only six or eight months. At the early age of eleven years his father bound him out and he was thus obliged to work for others until reaching his majority. Then coming on horseback to this state, he landed at Camden, Ray County, Decern ber 1, 1839, and locating a claim of one hundred and sixty acres of timber laud in Center Township, he began the work of its improvement, erecting a log shanty thereon and making it his home until IS 411. In 1849 Miss May, the daughter of Col. Thomas Wright, and our subject were united iu marriage. Mr. Wright was a native of Surry County, N. C.i which he served iu the capacity of Sheriff for many years, and where he was also a prominent merchant. Mrs. Gopeland was born in L828 in North Carolina, and received an excellent educa- tion at Salem, in her native state. Of her union with our subject one child was born, who is now- deceased. Mrs. Gopeland passed away November 1. IS'.IO, greatly mourned by a large circle of friends. He of whom we write, soon after his marriage, located upon Section :'>,">, Washington Township, which had been the property of his father in law. and where he continued to reside until 1886. In the above year he moved to St. Joseph, where he has eight acres of beautiful land upon which he has erected a handsome brick resilience costing s:',.400. February 29, 1892, Jfr, Gopeland was married to Miss Bethinia, the daughter of Judge Henry M. Voorhees. He was a native of Kentucky and was POB I I : \ I I \M> BIOUB \IIIK \l. RECORD I 13 mm \ prominent in public affairs, baring I n Judge ol the Bnpreme Comi and at one time candidate For Oongresi Mi^ Copeland was born Uaj 13, 1846, al Sparta, Bnohanan County, this state, and was given an excellent edncation in St. Joseph, where Bhe attended a private nhooL Bhe is .i verj proficient performer on the piano, and for three years taught in the St Joseph public schools. Both Mr and Mrs. Copeland are members of the Wvetb Park Baptist Church. In 1^71 our subject aided in the organisation <>f the Missionary Baptist Church, in Center Township, "f which congregation be wa D( icon for many years. He In- always taken an active part in Sunday school work, and in many ways lias aided the religions development of this locality. Socially, Mr. Cope land is a demitted member of the Masonic fra- ternity and at oiu> time was a Granger. He takes great interest in politics and lias always i fur Democratic candidates. As before stated, he is the possessor of nearly a thousand acres of land, nil of which has 1 n accumulated by bis own thrift and g I management. It goes without saying that be possesses splendid business ability, which i- Bhown by Ins wis" investments and marked advancement, and as such we are -.-.1 to place hi- sketch among those of the prominent men of Buchanan and Clinton counties. *•>■■■■ **.* SI CABPEN l BR, M D . is a practicing physician and Burgeon of St. Joseph and i-. Professor of Anatomy in the Northwest era Medical College. He was born in Ln ray, Page County, Va . November 25, 1845, and n of Lewis P., who was a native of Loudoun Countj of the same state. Our subject's paternal grandfather, who also bore the Christian name of Lewis, was born in Maryland, and was an exten ■ive farmer and stock raiser in Loudoun County, where Ins death occurred. He rose to the rank of captain in the War of |s|'_', and did valiant sen ice for the Colonies u his father 'li'l before him. The latter ua- a Colonel in the War of the B I mil ni ;mil w.is present al the surrender of Corn wallis in Vorktown. II.- wac of English descent, early settling in Mar] land. Our subject's rather was a manufacturer of wag one, plows and machines of all kinds, being one of the first to manufacture the useful threshing machine. He was interested in iron mini's ami Bmelting works at Lnray, where be waa isidered one of the leading business men. In 1854 be sold out his eastern interests and re ved with his family to St. Joseph, where, for a year, be en gaged in his former business of wagon and plow making, after which he located on a farm, four teen miles from the city in Marion Township, where be engaged in farming until he was called to his final rest March 21, 1889. He was prominent in Masonic fraternities having l n Master. <>ui subject's mother, who was born in Page County, Va.. was before her marriage Elizabeth, danghh i of Henry Varner. The latter was born in the Keystone state and waa of German descent, his father having emigrated from the Fatherland, In-- ning a farmer in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Carpen ti-r, though seventy years of age, is still li\ing on the ohl homestead. En a family of nine sons and one daughter, S P. Carpenter is the Becond. His oldest brother, t'a|it. William II . who was in the Confederate se r vice, is President of the Phoenix Loan .\. Building Association of St. Joseph. Beared in Virginia until 1854, our subject was then brought bj his parents to St. Joseph, making the journey l>.\ boat a large Khan- of tin' win The conntrj was quite wild and Indians often camped in the vicinity of the farm. He received such education as was afforded bj the pioneer school of the period, and remained on his father's farm until entering the army. He enlisted in September, 1868, in Com pan] B, Eighty first Missouri Infantry, whiohwaa raised bj General Baasett, of St. Joseph. The) were employed on campaigns in the state, protect mi,' th untr\ from maurauders, and bad oocas ionnl skirmishes until tl lose of l s, '>~', when then were mustered out. Doctor Carpentei then entered Mastin's Acad amy at Eaaton, Mo., where I ntinued until oommenoing the study of medicine in 1866 under HI PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Dr. B. H. Cox, of DeKalb County. At the end of three years he entered the University of Louis- ville, Ky., in the Medical Department, pursuing one course and then engaging in practice for a year at Osborne, Mo. Returning to the University, he was graduated in the spring of 1871 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, engaging again iu practice at Osborne until January 1, 1874, when he settled in St. Joseph, and has since then been engaged iu practice here. He has met with suc- cess and is justly counted among the best physi- cians of the city and county. His specialties are surgery and chronic diseases. In 1879 the Doctor was one of the organizers of and was made Professor of Chemistry in the old College of Physicians and Surgeons, which insti- tution continued to flourish for two years only, be- ing discontinued in 1881. He was also one of the founders of the justly famed Northwestern Medi- cal College, which is the oldest and largest institu- tion of thekindin thispartof thestate. TheDoctor is a member of the Board of Directors and is Profes- sor of Anatomy and Clinical Surgery. During the summer of 1873 he went to Philadelphia and New York for a few mouths of practical experi- ence in the celebrated hospital work of those cit- ies. Our subject is a member of the Buchanan County Medical Society, of the American Medical Association, aud of the District Medical Association of Northwestern Missouri, having been the Vice president. In the different medical journals the articles of Doctor Carpenter have been printed from time to time, and at present lie is associate editor of the Western Surgical and Medical Reporter. Politically he is a Democrat, having been active in the work of the party as a delegate to county and state conventions; was a member of the County and City Central Commit- tee and President of the City Council for two years from the Third Ward. Fraternally he is a member of St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, of the Ancient, Free aud Accepted Masons, of which he is now Master. The pleasant home of Doctor Car- penter is on Francis street, and is presided over by his amiable wife, who was formerly Miss Fan- nie Nash, to whom he was married September 1, IS74, in Parkville, Platte County, Mo. Mrs. Car- penter was born in that village and is a daughter of John H. Nash, an early settler and well known business man of that locality. Our subject aud wife have one child, a daughter Annie, who is now attending the Putnam Seminary at Zanesville, Ohio. **^#*^^;£$;^^^*** AMUEL A. GANN, a retired agriculturist k and real estate owner of St. Joseph, is a veteran of the Mexican War, in which he did valiant service, and is one of the very oldest settlers of the Platte Purchase. Our sub- ject was born in eastern Tennessee, in Washing- ton County, twelve miles from Jonesboro, January 12, 1819. His father, Isaac, was also born in that locality, where his father, Nathan, a native of Scotland, was an early settler and a large planta- tion-owner. The latter was a captain in the Revo- lutionary War and died in Tennessee. Our sub- ject's father, who took part iu the war of 1812, was a farmer by occupation, and in 1832 removed with his family from Tennessee to Missouri. In the spring of 1833 he made the distance on horse- back of over one thousand miles, locating iu the southern part of La Fayette County on a good farm of one hundred aud sixty acres. After rais- ing one crop there he settled on a larger farm in Johnson County, and in 1838 bought a claim of one hundred and sixty acres in Buchanan County. where his death occurred some eight years later, he then having reached his sixty second year. Politically he was a Democrat, and in his native state was united in marriage with Ann Clark, whose father was a silversmith and a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Gann did not long survive her husband, passing away some seven weeks after his death. In a family of thirteen children, twelve grew to mature years ami only three are living, our sub- ject being the ninth in order of birth. He was reared on the old Tennessee homestead until his fourth year, when his father located in Newport, Teun. He had no school advantages, and iu 1833 made the journey to Missouri on horseback. Five years later he became a resident of Buchanan P0RTRAT1 \M> BIOGRAPHIi \i REt ORD 1 1 r. County, where wild game aod Indiana were Mill numerous. II. ■ had frequent visit- from the Sioux, Foi and Kiekapoo Indiana, and learned t" speak some of their languages. In 1830 he went on n prospecting tour to Texas, going throngh Arkansas <>n horseback. II- was made overseer mi a large plantation near Jefferson, where he was for eight mont hs. In 1846 Mr ( liin n, after hia return home, volun l and enlisted in the Mexican War. ander Capt Jesse Moran, of Platte Oonnty. 1 1 • - was mastered in ami drilled nt Leavenworth, and on August 9 Btarted on a Bii weeks' march to Santa We, joining Price, Be took pari in man; import ant battles nf the campaign, often fighting with the bayonet hand to hand. In the battle of July B, lMi. they Inst abont one-eighth of their men, as tln> 1'niti'il stati 's troops fought under great disadvantages. Our Bobjeot was made Corporal, and was mustered ont in the fall of I s I ^ Previous to the war Mr. Qann had owned an eight] acre farm, which he sold before hia return and then purchased one of about the Bame size in Crawford Township, where he built a log house ami engaged in farming until 1840, when he Btarted fur California, with oxen and wagons, going by way nf Port Kearney and the North Platte. Later be traded his outfit for mules, When crossing the Hiimliulilt Range he nearly Btarved to death, and on the Smith Platte was obliged to li^ht t )■«> Indians. On 1» i — ; arrival at his destination ln> obtained employment at teaming for $16 per day, which business he left after a while, engaging in trading in Btook. Qoing to the Bouthern part "f the stati- he bought and drove Btook and engaged in freighting. In 1850 Mr Qann opened a stun. on Deer Creek, at Nevada City, which, after run ii ini,' it nine days, be -old fur more then be had in vested, and bad moreover sold $000 worth of j Is. II.' then opened a Btore on Yuba river, where I ntinued - essfully, and next invested in cattle, selling them to g I advantage, lie returned to Missouri in steamers by waj of tint Isthmus and New Orleans to St. Louis, In 1853 he went tn Texas in a wagon, locating within twenty One miles .,f Austin, where he purchased three hundred scree "f land, and for the following three years engaged in raising cotton. In I860 be returned to this county, buying land in Crawford Township, where be baa sinoe I n engaged in agricultural pursuits, Be waa an extensive dealer in land during all these years, owning at one time eiijht hundred acres, three hundred of which waa within five miles of tl itj ami well improved Iii l s ^s he retired from business cares, and has since made his home at No. 2010 Bdmond -tie. t In Texas, on Ma) 20, ls.">l, Mr. Qann and .\li--s Martha BrOOKB were married. The lad] was born in Johnson County, Mo., where Bhe waa reared, and remove. I t.. Texas with her father. John Brooks, who was a far r. <>f the eleven chil dren born to our worth] Bubjeol and wife, only -i\ survived to reach mature years, and onl] three are now living. Breckenridge, Robert I'. Lee. and Prances (the wife of J. \Y Mitchell) are all de cea.sed. Victoria, the wife of Samuel Crumpley, lives in St. Joseph; Julia is the wife of John a Plournoy, a lawyer of this city, who was born in lia\ County, where he studied law under ('..I John Doniphan, being admitted to the bar in 1800 Josephine, who lives at home, completes the family. In 1SS7 our subject was waylaid on the night of August IS when he had g s,, m ,- -i X |\ yards from his door to ^et a bucket of water. When under the shadow of the trees be waa ai Bted by two men armed with re vol vera Though he was shot twice through the lungS he belabored them witli the bucket and succeeded in gaining tl taa tery. Mr Qann formerly raised bi led horses, ami for some time was engaged in packing and shipping pork. Por nine years be waa Scl I Trustee and was ,-,t one time Supervisor of Roads In politics he is a Democrat, having I n a del.. gate to several conventions, and fraternal 1] Royal Arch Mas. m. *** JOSI I'll II SN1 Ml;. M It \t the head of the medical fraternity of Cameron -lands the n ai 1 1>' otor Snyder, v\ hose devotion to hi- profession and talents of an linu-ually high order have resulted in the attainmei 140 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. broad knowledge ami widely recognized skill. He is a whole-souled genius, quick iu speech and movement, and ever ready at repartee, which characteristics have contributed to his popularity. Born in Schoharie County, N. Y., July 17, 1833, our subject is the son of Juhn W . Snyder, a successful farmer of German parentage, although born in New York state. He spent the years of his boyhood until seventeen on the home farm, after which he entered the office of Doctor Chase, at Gardnersville, Schoharie County, N. Y., and continued his medical studies with that gentle- man until be entered the Syracuse Eclectic Med i cal College, graduating from that institution in 18JU, at the age of twenty-one. He opened an office for the practice of his profession at East Springfield, N. Y. , where he remained for fifteen years, meanwhile conducting a lucrative practice. On account of ill health, Doctor Snyder decided to remove west, and accordingly, after a thorough investigation of western cities with a view to loca- tion, settled in Cameron, and has never had occa- sion to regret his decision. Upon coming here he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and upon that place he resided for sixteen months, removing thence to the oity in 1871. He is one of the most successful representatives of the Ec- lectic system of medicine in this country and is a member of the National Eclectic Medical Associa- tion, also of the State Medical Society. His suc- cess as a surgeon entitles him to the foremost position among the surgeons of the county, and his articles on surgery in the various medical jour- nals are of the greatest value. The Doctor finds a pleasant relaxation from his duties as a physician iu the occupation of a breeder of lino horses. His stallion, Whifcefoot, by Alcyone, has a record of 2:22| on a half mile track and has shown a speed of '2:14, being probably the fastest stallion on earth. In the season of 1891, when four years old, lie was entered at thelndependence races, hut was injured in a tendon and has not since been trained. Doctor Snyder has refused $40,000 for this horse. He has also several fine colts and brood mares. He has a most extensive acquaintance with all leading horsemen and is thoroughly posted in regard to horseflesh. In his political connections Doctor Snyder is a firm Democrat and has always been a stanch sup porter of the party, but never an office-seeker. He is a Thirty- second Degree Mason, Past Mas ter of Evergreen Lodge, Springfield Centre, N. Y. ; Eminent Commander of Kadosh Command ery, No. 21 ; and a member of Moila Temple, A. A. D. N. M. S. at St. Joseph, Mo. He has taken all the Scottish rite degrees to the Thirty-second, taking all from the Fourteenth at the Third Con vocation at Kansas City, in November, 1892. He 1 attended the three National Conclaves of the Knights Templar at St. Louis, Chicago and Wash- ington. For four years he was Patron of Adah Chapter, No. 17, Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Snyder is quite prominent in the last-named Or- der and is Past Grand Matron of the state, and their daughter, Kittie M., has served as Ruth in the Grand Chapter of the state. In 18< r >4, when twenty-one years old, Doctor Snyder married Miss Sarah M. Mereness, a native of Schoharie County, N. Y. , and they are the par ents of one daughter, Kittie M. Mrs. Snyder is a lady of culture and combines a rare executive abil- ity with sweetness of disposition. As above stated. her work iu the Order of the Eastern Star lias brought her into prominence throughout (he state and her influence has been felt for good in the various Chapters. For years she has served ac- ceptably as Matron of the Eastern Star Chapter and for one year has tilled the responsible posi tiou of Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter, her duties in the latter office requiring her to visit Chapters already organized and to institute new ones. ALVIN FLETCHER BURNES was born in Morgan County, Ind., February 18, 1830, and when eight years of age accompanied his parents to Platte County, Mo. He was graduated from the University of Missouri in 1850, and immediately afterward entered upon the stndy of the law, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws at Harvard College in 1853, For one year thereafter he remained in Boston, making himself PORTH \l I Wl> BIOGRAPHICAL KKl'ORD 147 familiar a it h the practice of the courts "f thai city. Upon lii- return t<> Platte Count} in 1854, he en tend upon the active practice of law in il ouris of Platte, Clay ami Bnohanan counties in partner ship with bis brother, Boa lames N Barnes, who at n later day serve I Missouri with distinction in the Congress "f the United Btates In the 'year 1855 oar subject moved to St. Louis and almosl immedistely found himself growing into a viT_v large practice in the Federal and State eonrta of that city. Be became counsel for the Hank of the State of Missouri, and sunn afterward i the struggle between that hank and the numerous Baring institutions of thai city, which culminated in the celebrated suit of the Boatmen's Savings Institution against the Hank "f the State .if Missouri, the plaintiff acting on the advice of several of tin- ablest lawyers of Missouri. This suit enlisted the best efforts of James 11 Lackland, John C. Richardson, Henry S. Qeyer, Samuel T. Qlover and John ft. Sbepley. After many years the Supreme Court of Missouri sustained every position aasnmed by Mr. Barnes in his original advice to his client, as well as in his brief filed in that court Several unsettled questions of law concerning garnishments and maritime jurisdiction wer ade clear and final in cases submitted b) him wherein the rule before that time was unoer tain. Upon the division of the state into two l'uil»>il States Court Districts, Calvin 1'. Barnes was ap pointed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. Until this time the new United States Attorney had oevei appeared in the trial of any criminal case, Among the earl] cases of importance, it became his duty to prepare in dictments for manslaughter against the officers of the Bteamet "Ocean Spray,'' for negligence under the judiciary Btatote of 1789. Nearlj a hundred oases had been tried under this law without a Bingle conviction in the United Btates, was the unwillingness of juries to punish as a felonj an act whioh was admitted to be onlj negli genoe, Trial Wright and Luther M Spreve, two of the ablest criminal lawyers of their day, defended these enses. Justice Catron and Judges Wells and Treat presided in the trial Aftei a con test of four days the United States Attornej Becured ■ verdiol of guilt} as oharged in the indictment The court fixed the punishment at the minimum allowed by the law, one year in the penitentiary Baring thus secured conviction and judgment, Mi Barnes immediate!} addressed an earnest appeal to the Attornej General of the United States foi the pardon of tl ndemned. This request was joi 1 by a Bimilar petition signed by the jm of the court, members of the bar and man) lead ing citizens of Missouri, on receipt of which a full pardon of the condemned was granted by President Bnohanan. < >n retirement from this, the only public office ever held by Mr. Barnes, he continued his prai in the courts of St. Louis. His services were in special request by corporations and large mercan tile bouses, hut his most profitable practice was in the final adjudication of imperfect land title-, which final 1} led him oul of the active practice of law in St. Louis, where his real estate investments very materially interfered with his professional duties. Convince. I that In' must al.an.1 06 01 the other of these interests, he retired from the law and joined his brother, -lames, at St Joseph, Mo., in 1ST:', where thej together organized the present National Hank of St. Joseph, o f the mosl successful and enterprising hanks of the West. In 1S77 the National Hank of the State of Mis Bouri, in St. Louis, closed its doors and passed in to the hands of a r liver with more than a half million dollars therein to the ere, lit of the National Hank of St Joseph. This destroyed the credit and seemed to threaten tl \ist.nce ,.f the St Joseph Hank. The two brothers, James and Cal vin, thenceforth acted as one man with the Bole purpose of protecting their own honor and the in tegritj of their hank This the] did ao suci fully that no creditor was ever delayed for a single hour in the payment of his demand. The seem ingly overwhelming disaster produ I such action on the part of the brothers thai the result was not only a protection from loss, hut in fact, produ I an ultimate profit to them of nearlj $1,000,000 Hon. James N Bournes was five times elected t.. 148 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Congress from the St. Joseph district, and died before entering upon his last term. The immense business then devolved upon Calvin, who promptly organized a corporation called " Burnes Estate," to which all of the property of both brothers was transferred. It is now controlled by Calvin Burnes, President; Calvin C. Burnes, Vice-President; James N. Burnes, Jr., Secretary; Lewis C. Burnes, and Daniel D. Burnes, Directors. The last- named, D. D. Burnes, is now Congressman from the district so long represented by his father. The National Bank of St. Joseph continues prosperous as heretofore, with Calvin F. Burnes its tirst and only President, but the management of the bank is almost entirely in the hands of Cal- vin C. Burnes, the Vice President, as the real es- tate interests of the Burnes Estate have grown to such magnitude in St. Louis as to require very much of the time of the elder Calvin. He also has large interests in Southwestern Missouri, in- cluding a controlling interest in the Granby Min- ing & Smelting Company, one of the largest lead and spelter- producing companies in the United States. ffOHN MONTGOMERY. The career of this w. I gentleman has been one of perseverance and \J integrity, and has been crowned with the success which those meet who steadily pursue their way, doing always that which their hand tindeth to do. Mr. Montgomery is an expo nent of the fact so frequently stated and which so many young men seem to doubt, " that in act- ing well one's part, there all the honor lies." Thomas D. Montgomery, the father of our sub- ject, was a native of Virginia, whore he followed the occupation of a farmer. He was a prominent man in his locality. His mother, who was known in her maidenhood as Sarah Morris, was a native of the Blue Grass state and the daughter of Thomas Morris, who also served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Thomas Montgomery and his wife were married in Madison County, Ky., and made their home in Greene County, Ky., until 1839, in the spring of which year they came to this state, making their journey overland with teams, the trip consuming forty-eight days. They were among the first to locate on Contrary Creek and remained there until their death. It was heavy timber land, upon which only one acre had been broken. The family passed through many hard- ships and privations during those early times and were often visited by the Indians, who, however, were friendly, but would often carry off all they possessed in the way of eatables. At his death, which occurred in 1873, the father of our subject had seventy five acres of his quarter-section placed under the plow and nicely improved in the way of buildings and implements. Together with his wife, who followed him to the better land two years later, he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The parental family of our subject included fourteen children, six of whom are living. John, of this sketch, was born December 3, 1823, in Greene County, Ky. , where he remained until reaching his sixteenth year, when he accompanied the family in their removal to this state. He had but limited advantages for obtaining an education, but by systematic reading has gained a fair knowl edge of men and things. Young Montgomery re- mained home, aiding his father in placing their new home under cultivation until reaching his majority when he started out in life on his own account. Jaley Ann White, the daughter of Silas and Melinda (Bartley) White, became the wife of our subject in 1846. Mrs. Montgomery's parents were natives of Kentucky, in which state they were married in Madison County, and in the fall of 1845 came to Missouri and made their home near that of our subject's father. Mr. White departed this life in August, 1804, his wife having preceded him to the better land in 1850. They were the parents of seven children, only two of whom are living at the present time. Two sons served as soldiers in the Civil War, while another boy, Jef ferson, died in 18l>4 in a military prison in Alton, 111. The parents of Mrs. Montgomery were mem- bers of the Hard Shell Baptist Church, and in politics the father was a stanch Democrat. Mrs. Montgomery was born February 2, 1829, POH l i: M l \\l> BIOGRAPHICAL 1:1 '< ORD ■ l in Madison County, Kana sin- has proTed a most valuable assistant to her busband when starting out in life, as after their marriage t h<>ir worldly effects were represented bj 16. They obtained lodging witb a neighbor, free of obarge, and our snbjeei pr ded to operate his father's farm on shares. In the fall of 1840 he was enabled t.> pnr abase one hundred and sixty aeres in ever] Bense of the word, and l>> judicious investments and oareful management he has acquired a goodly amount "f property, and his record in all the relatione of lif,. unci in the duties devolving apon him as an honorable man and faithful citizen is of the highest April 11, 1887, Mr. Montgomery moved u|m>h Imb present farm of eighty acres and that same spring erected a beauti fnl reeidense at the cost of $8,500. It is built of brick and contains eleven rooms, all tastefully Furnished. The only child of our subject, Maitha Jane, wna born September 28, 1847, and is now the wife of Hiiir\ ('. Register of Los Angeles, Cal., where Mr. Register is engaged in the real estate busi- they have one son, William Lee, who hail his birth August 28, 1868. II" married Sarah B h oady and makes his home in Center Township, Buchanan County. They have one child, Pear] I Begiater, born January '2.1, is'.ci Mr. ami Mrs Montgomery am meinliers in good standing of the Missionary Baptist Church. In politics our subject is a stanch Democrat. Together with his wife, he is enjoying the fruits of his early toil and industry in his beautiful home near the Hannibal a St. Joseph Bailrosd. His career through life has remained untarnished and he rejoices in the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends, whose good will In- has won by his straightforward course, gen erosit] and natural kindness of heart He assisted in building the tirst court house ever erected in Buchanan County, which is now standing at Sparta. 7 JOSEPH PI I II I I l; a retired capitalist of St. Joseph, lias been For about twelve yean largely interested in, ami is rice president of the PfeifFei Stone Company, which owns quarries at Warrensbnrgb and I; well, Ma, and in It Scott, Kane., and controls a large business in the surrounding States of Iowa. Kansas and Nebraska. As a business man our subject was remarkablj successful and is a moon in. ii t to what qualities of industrj and strict attention to business can do for a man determined to succeed. He is a native of Bingen, Hohencol lem, Sigmaringen, Germany, Ins birth havini curred March 'J:'.. |s|7. He learned stone catting and carving in the Fatherland and wa- successfully engaged in business there For man] years After serving an apprenticeship at lus trade, our subject spent two years in a practical schooloFdrau ing and was engaged in business in his native town from 1842 until 1848. The latter year being that of the Revolution he concluded to leave Germany and try to make his way in the New World. Dpon landing in New York City be engaged in DUE there for about a year and a half, thence going to Philadelphia, where he worked for three Mars. subsequently making his home for live years in Chicago. In I860 he landed in this city, his first work being for DonnellA Saxton, on the State Na tional Bank, which was finished that fall. Little building being done dining the troublous and un settled conditions of war times, be was not verj s essful in those years and turned his hand prin oipally to marble cutting. It is now. however, main years ail the successful climax of his busj aesa career was at all doubtful, for besteadilj ad vii I both financially and in tl stimuli f Ins fell, iw business men In Germany occurred tbe marriage oFonr subject ami Mias Lucy Waldscbutz, their wedding being celebrated February 18, 1 — -II To them have been born the following obildren: Pauline, who is the wife of Frederick William Gensen; Charles \ who is now President of the Pfeiffei Stone Company, and John J., wlnr \h also a member of the same concern. The] have lost two obildren, who died in infancy The hoi >f Mr Pfeiffer is at the cor hit of Twentieth ami I binciin streets, in a beautiful 152 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and picturesque portion of the southeast portion of the city. The house, which was erected at a cost of about $10,000, is made of cut stone and is situated on an eminence, commanding an extensive view of the Missouri river and overlooking much of the city. Both house and grounds are well kept and the place is considered one of the finest in this city of beautiful homes. Mr. Pfeiffer who is not a politician, however, in an earnest Republican and for many years has been a member of the Catholic Church. He has a fine and well chosen library where can be found the choicest classics in both the German and the En- glish languages, as well as books on scientific, his torical and miscellaneous subjects. After a brief conversation with Mr. Pfeiffer, who still possesses much of the enthusiasm of youth, one readily per- ceives that his library is his special pride and delight, and the effects of his many years of close study are made manifest in his speech, which be- speaks him a gentleman of intellectual attainments thoroughly posted on all the important questions of the day, as well as a student of the history of past times. GAPT. JARYIS S. ROGERS, one of the prominent and wealthy citizens of Cameron, Clinton County, has been a very extensive traveler and is one of the foremost men of this county. His parents, Asa and Rebecca Rogers, emigrated to Ohio from New Jersey in 1810 and made a settlement in Miami County of that state. Our subject was born in that county and was the fifth son in a family of eleven children. He was reared on a farm until fifteen years of age and at tended the district school at such seasons as he could be spared from the duties of the farm. When in his sixteenth year he commenced teaching school, receiving for his services the munificent sum of $15 per month. From this date, by his parents' consent, he became master of his own time ami then commenced to carve his fortune. For the succeeding five years he taught school a portion of the time, in the intervals between terms attending such schools as he could with profit. For some time he was a student at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio, and before three years had passed, commanded a salary of $50 per month as a teacher. He selected his studies with reference to the medical profession and read under the direction of I. S. Meeks, M. D., attending a course of lec- tures in the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, during the winter of 1849-50. Stimulated by a love of adventure and the gold mining excitement of that period, Mr. Rogers, in company with a few acquaintances, left his father's home in Miami County in March, 1850. They proceeded to Cincinnati, thence by steamer to St. Joseph, Mo., where they arrived on April 1, and went into camp. His companions were all young men with limited means and without knowl- edge of frontier life. They purchased four yoke of cattle and a wagon, which they loaded with sup plies, and proceeded on their trip across the plains. They crossed the Missouri river, April 20th, and just three days later left the banks of the I Jig Muddy for California. They arrived 'at their des- tination, Placerville, Cal., on the '23d of August, having spent four months in the trip. Young Rogers walked the entire distance of about two thousand miles, gained twelve pounds in weight. and on the whole much enjoyed the adventures and novelty of the trip. Until December of that year Mr. Rogers worked in the gold mines and then went to San Francisco, from which city he went by steamer to Oregon, visiting Astoria, Portland, Oregon City, Salem, and many other important points in that state and what is now the state of Washington. Returning to San Francisco in February, 1851, by way of the Columbia river and the Pacific Ocean, he went to Sacramento City where he found himself without money but with good health and an abundant resolution to succeed nevertheless. He found em ployineut in unloading freight from a vessel at S I per hour, and by that means obtained enough money to pay his expenses to the mines on Yuba river. He mined from the Yuba river to Sonora in the south until February, 1853, and was fairly successful. In February. 1S5:{, Mr. Rogers' spirit of advent uro and love of travel led him to embark on a POR I i:\l I \M> BIOOR \lill< \l. Kl .« ORD 168 reuse] ai Sun Francisco, bound for Australia. On the voyage li" visited Honolulu in the Sandwich [alands, which, at the present < i,-«t •■ of writing (1803), are demanding annexation to the United States and are likely to plaj i verj important pari in our country's history. The vessel also Btopped at Porl Apia (Samoa) on the [aland of Dpola, one of the Navigator Islands, since well known t<> the world at large and people of the United States from the great Btorm and wreckage <>f various men of-war and the consequent diplomatic con troversy. After passing ill" Fwjee Islands they arrived at their destination, Sidney, New Smith Wales, Australia, on the 1st of May. thence going bj stea r directl] to Melbourne, the oapitol and Beaporl of Victoria, Australia Prom that oitj Mi Rogers went to 1 1 1 « - gold mini's where be Bought the precious metal until April, 1S.M. On llili day of May following, he took passage for Panama on the American Bteamer "Golden Age," which Btopped for -i\ days on the trip at Tahiti, Society Islands, arriving in Panama in June, where, after remaining for two weeks, our subject crossed the [sthmua and, on •Inly 1-t. left AspinwaU for New Fork by wa) of Havana, Cuba. He lauded in New fork Citj at Hi id <>f ten days and at oi took his Australian gold to the Qovernment mint at Philadelphia t" be assayed. He arrived at the home of his child bood in the mi. nth of .Inly, IS54, after an absence ■ if four years, fmir months and three days. In the Bpring of 1855 Mr. Rogers traveled through Indiana, [Hindis and [owa, where he in rested in land-. In March, 1856, he left Cincin niiti for southwest Texas, going by wa} of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers i" New Orleans, From the lent Citj across the Gulf of Mexico to Galves ton, then t.i Port Lavaca, Tax. Between the Gua leloupe and San Antonio rivers he purchased large numbers of native cattle which he drove t" Illinois ami -old during that fall. This occupation he pursued for three years, ln-in^ one of the pioneers in the business, In the Bpring of 1859, going to Leavenworth, Kans., he contracted to take a company of Ohio young men across the plains lo Denver, and accordingly fitted out a train. In June he camped on the bank of Clear Greek, the it Bite of Golden City, where he opened a trading post and located a ranch. In October our subject rctnr 1 to Ohio bj waj of St Joseph In ill, spring o( I860 he retnr 1 to that city, where on April : '"l of that scar he witnessed the depart me of the "Pioneer Pony" of the oelebrated pom express then being established between St. ih ami California. In this year he disposed of his landed interest- in Colorado and returned to Ohio with a view of resuming his trade in I- cattle. On the breaking out "f the Civil War in 1861 Mr Rogers was one of the first to come to the de fense of the -tar- and Btripes, and enlisted on April is at Troy, Ohio, for three months, in answei to the President's call for seventy live thousand men. He became a member of Company D, Eleventh Ohio Voluoteei Infantry I pon receiving his discharge in August 28, 1861, he again enlisted a week later in Company E, Forty fourth Ohio Volunteer fnfantry, and wa- elected h_\ the <'"m panj First Lieutenant He was afterward pro moied to a Captaincy ami participated in various battles in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. II' was in Gen. Burnside's arm] in the siege of Knoxville, east Tennessee. On May 25, 1864, occurred the marriage of Mr Rogers and Miss Louisa M. Paxton, of Clermont County. Ohio. Thej have two daughters and one son. In hi- religious view- our subject is a Pro! estanl but not sectarian. being liberal and tolerant. I n politics he i- a Republican, and thongh often solicited to be a candidate for office he has always resolutely declined. So.m after his marriage Mr Rogers in company with other- established a d achine shop and foun drj in Baton, Ohio, which two yearn later he sold, ami in October of 1867, removing to Missouri, he located in Cameron. For -eveiai years I gsged in agricultural pursuits which be -till carries ou to some extent March I. 1871, h« established the Park Bank, which is a solid institution and of which he i- chief manager, since I860 he has been a member of the Masonic Order. In his ai tensive travels he has visited nearlj everj state in the Union, the British possessions in this continent Mexico, Central America and Pern, in addition to 154 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the Islands in the Pacific. He has been very suc- cessful in his dealings in stock, agriculture and hanking. He possesses an ample fortune and is in the enjoyment of robust health. He is a man of uniformly temperate habits and has a fine physique, being five feet, eleven and a half inches high and weighing one hundred and eighty pounds. His thrilling personal adventures, verified by the diary he has kept since March, LS50, have given him an extensive fund of knowledge and he is a most instructive and entertaining conversationalist. *>NKN^«; **sk****;* f | CAVAN WYATT is Secretary and Treasurer w. I of the Townsend & Wyatt Dry Goods Com- \J) pany, the largest and finest retail business house in St. Joseph. He is the son of an old pioneer and prominent man and is a native son of St. Joseph, having been born here August 11, 1845. His life history and work has been closely connected with the history and progress of this city, and few have taken such great interest in this western metropolis as he. Among the most worthy citizens of St. Joseph was for many years Elder J. J. Wyatt, who was born in Sinclair County, III., July 13, 1819. When only two years old his mother and father removed to Fleming County. Ky., where his youth was spent. He was an apt student and early formed a taste for law. He entered the office of John Ca- van, an able attorney, and after thorough prepara- tion was admitted to tho bar. March 2S, 1844, he married Miss Emily M. Gooding, who, now over sixty-nine years of age, resides with our subject. Twelve children were born to them, only three of whom are now living. In June, 1845, Elder Wyatt came to St. Joseph, engaging in the practice of law. He filled the position "f Probate Judge ami Judge of the ('Mint of Common Pleas, and during the years of 1850 and 1857 was Postmaster of St. Joseph. In what- ever capacity he served the public he was always found conscientious and faithful to an eminent de- gree. In November, 1850, he became identified with the Christian church, and at once began preaching the word of God. He was called to take pastoral charge of the Christian church of which he was the founder. Their first meetings were held in a little log church on the hill where the present stately court-house now stands. For a number of years he was shepherd of the little flock, and saw the congregation increase from a mere handful to a large number, rich in material wealth and in in- fluence and exercising a power for good in St. Jo- seph. During the past twenty-one years of his life Elder Wyatt has hail charge of Union Church, near Taos, in Buchanan County, and for fifteen years preached steadily at Bethel. At the time of his death he also had charge of congregations at Camden Point and Antioch. The best part of his life was passed as a Christian worker, and he took earnest and great delight in the task. He was one of the founders of the college at Camden Point, of which he was a Trustee. His public and pri- vate life were above reproach, and all who knew him were warmly attached to him. The pastors of the city, after his demise, passed most compli- mentary and touching resolutions in regard to the sad event. Death came to him suddenly April 9, 18S1, but he was entirely prepared for the silent messenger. J. Cavan Wyatt is the oldest of the three living children of his father's large family. His brother, William, lives in Kansas City and George is a res ident of St. Joseph. Our subject was given a pub- lic school education ami in 1800 began his busi- ness career as clerk with A. G. Mansfield. After two years he entered the employ of Nave & Row- ley, dry goods merchants. He was successively with the following firms: Rauth & Oppenheimer, John Townsend. and Wyatt & Wyatt. When with the latter firm he was located at Centralia, Boone County. Remaining there until 1873, he returned, and for two years was with the dry goods firm of I'alles & 4'rice. In company with Mr. Townsend and .1. D. Richardson, Jr., he bought the last men- tioned firm out and continued to do business at No. 319 Felix street. They were later located at the corner of Fourth and Felix streets. In 1890 our subject bought out his partners ami COnsoli dated with Mr. Emery, under the name of Town I < ► I : I I : VI 1 \M> lilOiiKVI'HICM. RECORD i :.:, Bend, Wyatl \ Emery Dry (i la Company, with a oapital stock of $200,000, [a Jane, 1891, the ti mi l> iught oal Mr Emery aud became Townasnd a Wyatt I »r_\ Qoods Company. <>f tbis J. Town -end ia President and C I'. Townsend Vice presi denl The dry g I- firm to which our Bubjecl belongs controls thebeatoity trade. The fine store block waa built in 1800, at il ler of sixth and Ed mond ~t rt-. -t -, It i- L20 by 120 feet, five stories and basement in height. On the first floor may be fonnd retail dress g Is, notions and olotbing; on the second, millinery, cloaks and shoe-; mi the third, orookerj, wall paper, carpets and draperies; while the fourth and fifth are duplicate store room- lip basement is need for shipping rooms, kitchen mid house furnishing supplies Entrance to the Btore is effected from l> ith streets cm which it front-, and the m.>-t modern appliances Bteam heat, gas, and electric lights, elevators, etc —are here found. In the year 1875, near Gentralia, Mo., Mr. Wyatl and Bliss K ite Garrard were married. She was born in Lexington, Ky . and her father, James I 1 Garrard, who died February I. 1893, was a farmer and owner of the ground where the battle of Centralia was fought Mrs. Wyattdiedin l^ s '-». leaving three children : Cavan, Aubrey and Jennie. The pleasant familj residence, which was built by our subject, i- located at \o. 1309 Felix Btreet. Mr. Wyatl i- a member of the Ancient Free and Lccepted Masons, of the Royal Arch Masons (of which he is past Bigfa Priest), of the Council and Knights Templar. Be oasts his ballot in favor of ih.< Democratic party, and iii religious belief is a member of the Christian church, iii which he ia an elder. GBBI8T1 W \ III BACKER hasl prom inently identified with many of St. Joseph's business interests and i- a respected and highly esteemed gentleman, both in busi- ness and other circles. Mr. Bnbacher waa born in Fraubrenen, Can Berne, Switzerland, January 27, 1848, and came to the United States with his parents, Christian and Catherine Bubaoher, when only four years of age. They landed in New Or leans in IMS and Boon aftei pnx led np the Mississippi river to SI Louis In 1849 they came to St. Joseph, where our subject received bis edn oat ion. When only thirteen years ol age Mi Bubaoher started to make hia own living, working for some years as a clerk with the grocery firm of Bell ,v Qoodlive, and later was for seven \ear- in the em- ploy of II. R. \\ Bartwig. For three years he lived in Montana, going to Virginia City in com pany with James Wilson, with whom be kept a Btore for about a year. During this time, though he was not a member of the committee he acted with the Vigilanta and witnessed the hanging of Slade as well as fiv i who were hung at one time. He -pent a few weeks in Sail Lake City, and then returned to Montana where he engaged iu business, re entering this State in 1865. After leaving the employ of Bartwig \ Company he was manager of the Eagle Mills for eight years for the stale'- Saving Hank. Afterward, in company with E. M. Kay. our subject purchased a lumber yard, attending oloaely to tin- business for three \ ears and then retiring. In company with R. II Fancetl Mr. Bubaoher purchased the Eagle Mill ami was a junior member of the firm of the R. II Faucet! Milling Company for two years, during Which time they remodeled and rebuilt the mill. At tl lot that time our subject retired from the business, this being May 15, 1890, when he became manager of Buttig Bros Manufacturing Company, Saab, Doors and Blinds. This company has it- headquarters at Muscatine, Iowa, with warer is and distributing points for Kansas Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri With this concern fa mtinued until February 1, 1893, when he retired from themanag nt In Holt County. Mo. , ooourred the marriage of Mr Bubaoher and Miss Bannah L. Schmidt on May ■'!. 1869. Mrs. Bnbacber.who ia a native of si I. mis, has become the mother of nine children, of whom -even are living, namely: Theodore B Barry, Charles I', who ia with the firm of Hnttig . Albert, who is engaged with Richardson, Roberta, Byrne & Company; Edith, Clara. Bertha, 156 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Edna and Edward. The family are members of the German Presbyterian church. Our subject is a director in the Saxton National Bank; is politi cally a Republican, and was formerly active in local affairs. He was made a Mason in the St. Joseph Lodge, No. 7S, which was the first lodge organized west of St. Louis, this being in 1800. He is Past Master and attended Grand Lodge. In charitable work he has been much interested and is President of the Board of Relief of St. Joseph. He holds membership with St. Joseph Chapter, No. 14, and St. Joseph Council, No. 'J, being also a charter member of the Pride of the West Lodge, No. 12, Ancient Order United Workmen, one of the first to obtain prominence in this locality. ItXt X^ Xv x; Xs XvX\ :\\ d| H. FULLERTON is manager of the Fuller- ton Lumber Company of St. Joseph, which ' succeeded the Chicago Lumber Company in January, 1891. Our subject has attended to all the particulars of the business, superintend- ing the laborers in the yards, the bookkeepers and clerks, and keeping track of the purchases and sales. This concern has built up an extensive trade in this part of the West, making sales in all of the surrounding country. Robert Fullerton, of Des Moines, Iowa, and S. H. Fullerton, of Atchi sou, Kans., were proprietors of the Chicago Lumber Company and had yards at St. Joseph for about ten years, or until it passed into the hands of the Fullerton Lumber Company. The Chicago Lumber Company owns about seventy yards in Kansas and Nebraska with headquarters at Atchison. The lumber company of which our subject is manager is composed of the following: James ( r. Fullerton, of Sioux City, Iowa; Thomas Fullerton, of Mitchell, S. Dak., and George Fullerton, of St. Paul. The central point of the company is at Sioux City, Iowa. They have from twelve to fif- teen lumber yards in Iowa and Dakota, and the one at St. Joseph is the only yard belonging to t he firm in Missouri. The Fullerton family are natives of Ireland. having been engaged in the lumber trade since 1800, starting in La Cygne, 111., and for nine years have conducted their business at Atchison, though they have carried on a Kansas trade since lsTl. They have considerable money invested in stock at St. Joseph, and carry everything usually kept by first class lumber firms. J. H. Fullerton was born in Lame, County An- trim, Ireland. August 8. 1864, and passed his boy hood and early youth in the Emerald Isle. When seventeen years of age he crossed the broad At- lantic, and soon after his arrival in the United States went to Des Moines, Iowa, where he ob- tained employment with the Chicago Lumber Company. After a time he entered Simpson Col- lege at Indianola, Iowa, taking a classical course, but left college when in the senior class. Going to Mitchell, Dak., where a brother was engaged in the lumber trade, he remained there for a while and then became manager of a similar concern at Woonsoeket, Dak., for two years. Next goiQg to Sioux Falls he was in the employ of the same company for a year ami then joined the Chicago Lumber Company at Atchisou, Kaus., where he held a position for three years and later was made genera] purchasing agent. Mr. Fullerton is considered one of the enter- prising and pushing young business men of St. Joseph, and judging from what he has accom- plished in the past few years, it is safe to predict that he has a future of great promise before him. He evinces unusual ability and good practical judgment as applied to all departments and branches of the work coming under his control. The company surely made no mistake when they assigned him this important position, for he has more than justified the confidence bestowed on him. In politics Mr. Fullerton is a stanch supporter of the Independent party. He has become quite interested ami a believer in the great future which is Mill in store for this rapidly advancing western city, ami as long as he is a resident of the place will use his best endeavors In the furtherance of her plans for development. POB I l; \l I \\h UIUUR \riltc\i. UKCOKD I II < ill I BOWEN, one of the mil known r— i l)Ubiiii>xs uii'ii "f 81 Joseph, Buohanan 1 County, i- general manager of theGonlej ■f \ Wolfe Improved Kiln Company This important position be baa on!) held unoe tbe bra) .if January, 1893, bnl baa beoome thorough I] fa miliar with the details of the bnainesa and is alreadv branching oal in newdireatiooa to inoi the trade. .Mr Bowen waa born in the small town of Bowen, Granger County, Tenn., in 1859, and ■ d bis boy hi od days on the (arm of his father. The latter, John P. Bowen, waa a native .if Ten ■ and a wealthy farmer, and he is quite influ- ential in his oounty, and it was owing to liim that the postoffioe, named in his honor, was established. I!.' baa acceptably filled the position of poetmastei si ■ Grant's lirsi term, being left undisturbed during tbe changed of administration. His wife, formerly Virginia Jones, was also born in Tennea see ami is .i sister of W. I' Jones, who is well know n in St Joseph. The gentleman of whom wi> write i- the oldest .'f aeven children, all of whom are living. He attended the "old Field School " until 1879, when with the ambitions -pint which i- a part of his character, be undertook the severe competitive ex animation for a oadetship al the West Point afili tarj Academy, and ranked very high, defeating thirty seven applicants. Unfortunately, however, • hi ai mil of illness, he failed tn complete the course, and afterward attended the Eastman Musi in--. College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from which In- graduated in 1881. At once c ing to St. Joseph, be a< pted a position as I kkeeper for the lirninf Jones, Townaend .^ Sherman, During President Cleveland's lir-t term he was appointed assistant Postmaster, under John 0. Evans, which post he In-Ill for three years, and then resigned to ge in business for himself. Mi Bowen has always been active in Democratic circles and greatly interested in the success of the party. 1 1 •■ is a charter member of the Jefferson Club. In September, 1892, he was elected Secre tary of the Commercial Club, which position be held until New Fear's daj of 1893, when an op portunitj offered of bettering his financial and future prospects, and he therefore resigned. Be is a member of the nfasonic fraternitj ami of th«« Knights nf Pythias On the LOth of October, 1888, Ifi Bowen waa married to Mi-s Millie Wakefield, who is a daugh ti'i ..f tin. late Dr. M. !•' Wakefield, a leading pbj sii-ian uf Savannah, Mo. A little son and daugh ter grace the union of mir subject and wife, their names being Hugh Wakefield and Luella Virginia Mr Bowen is a worth] citizen, and numbers many frii'inls in this locality who hold him in high ea teem fur his integrity and uprightni JAMES DRAIS. Lmongthe moat noted agri ciiltui ists of Buchanan Count] Btands James Drais, whose high reputation and material proaperit] came as the rewards of onuaual natural abilities industriously applied. He is one of the ulil settlers of this locality, having as t.. this oounty when a 1ml of seventeen yeare. Prom that time to the present he has so identified him- self with tin. affairs of the plaoe that their history cannot !><• recorded without according him a con Bpiouous and honorable part . He baa assisted verj materially in the development and progreas of his county and lb entitled, with others, to feel a just pride over the result of efforts which have brought forth such wonderful changes Jacob Drais, the father of our subject, waa born in Hardy Connty, W. Va., and was in turn the s..n of David l>rai- After hi- marriage tolfiaa Ignea Maxwell, a native of Rappahannock County, Va . In' i tinned to reside in tin- <>l.l Dominion foi many yeara. Id. »as a blacksmith l>y trade ami died in Tennessee in 1886, one year after migral ing thither. The mother, who departed this lift- in I s 'ii I, reared a family of nine children, only four of whom are living al the preaent time. The eld eat i* eight] eight years and the youngest - • "v • - 1 1 « _\ \ ears of age. Be whose name beads I hie sketch was born in Hardy Comity. W Va , Sept.-inl.er 12, 1821 He received a thorough training in all the duties per taining to farm life and during tln> .lull w Inn permitted to attend school, bad to walk tbn e 158 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. miles to the Louse of learning. He was very am- bitious to learn, however, and making the best of his limited opportunities, gained a good insight into the common branches of study. Young Drais was seventeen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Platte County, the trip being made overland with four yoke of oxen and wagons. The journey consumed four weeks and on arriving there April 30, 1838, they located on Section 9, Greene Township. Their neighbors were few aud far between, and as there had been but little corn raised in that vicinity the previous year, the family of Mr. Drais were compelled to go to Sniithiield, Clay County, for their breadstuff's. After locating here the family found they had but fifty cents in money, and our subject immediately hired out at $10 per month, driving ox teams and breaking prairie. In 1839 he went to Fort Leavenworth where he was variously employed for a twelvemonth. At the expiration of that time, returning to Platte County, he entered into part- nership with his brother Jackson and purchased property on Section 4, Greene Township, which they placed under good improvement. The fertility of the soil is shown in the fact that one day his brother picked up a small potato and white bean from the ground, and after carrying them in his pocket for some time, planted them, only to reap a peck of potatoes and a hatful of beans. Young Drais remained on the above claim until 1850, when the brothers sold out and purchased another farm adjoining. In 1849 he was married to Miss China, the daughter of William and Mary (Bentley) Richardson, natives of West Virginia. .Mr. and Mrs. Richardson emigrated in an early day to Kentucky, where they resided in Madison County until 1843, the date of their advent into this state. Being impressed with the farm lands of Platte County they made their permanent home in that section, the father dying in 1858 and the mother in 1S72. Of their family of eight children, four are now living. Mrs. Drais was born March 12, 1N28, in Madi- son County, Ky. ; she was married to our subject January 19, 1849. They made their home for fifty years, to a day, on one farm. In 1888, how- ever, Mr. and Mrs. Drais took up their abode on their present farm, which, prior to dividing it among his children, amounted to fourteen hundred acres. Our subject and his wife have been blest by the birth of nine children, viz. : Mary E., Eliza A., William T., Hattie A., John F. aud Rose (twins), Anna Lee, Aloiizo and James Harvey, the last- named dying in infancy. The entire household are members of the Christian Church and are numbered among the most honored residents of Buchanan County. Mr. Drais has always been actively interested in education, which fact led him to be placed on the School Board, where he has done very efficient work. He has also served his fellow townsmen in the capacity of Road Overseer, and in whatever position he has fulfilled every duty imposed upon him in a faithful and praiseworthy manner. Mr. Drais settled in Platte County prior to its organ- ization aud is one of the few settlers who are still living. It fjARRY D. FOSTER, of St. Joseph, is the l?H popular and efficient ticket auditor for the 1 Missouri lines of the Chicago, Burlington T/ & Quincy Railroad, an office for which his natural ability peculiarly adapts him. His life affords another illustration of the power of self- help and an example of what may be accomplished by industry, perseverance and energy. From the humble position of an office boy he has risen to a post of honor and trust, and as he is a young man it is safe to predict that coming years will bring him added honors. Mr. Foster is a native of Downer's Grove, 111., and was born October 24, 18<»<3. He conducted his studies in the common and high schools of that city, being graduated from the latter at the age of sixteen. In Chicago, April 4, 1888, he married Miss Lizzie M., daughter of DeWitt C. and Isadora (Freeman) Wheeler, aud they are the parents of two children (twins), Lawrence Judson aud DeWitt Clinton, who were born June 22, 1890. The family is well known in the social cir- PORTRAIT AND BIOGR \rilic\l. KECORD If, | olee o( 81 Joseph, and is highly regarded by the I |'1<' "f thai eitj At tin- age "f sixt i Mr. Foster Beoured a position as office boy In tin' departs I of the ticket auditor "f the Chicago, Burlington a Qninoj Railroad, and after working in Unit way fcr u few months lie was promoted t" a clerkship, in which oapaoitj In' was employed f"> nine Afterward he was chosen chief clerk and held thai responsible positii n for one year, having fort) men in hia employ. July 1, 1892, he became tiokel auditor al St. Joseph, and now has under his supervision twenty clerks and assistants. Hi- is a young mun of abilitj aud genial manners, which win for him a liost of warm personal friends wherever he goes. JOHN 8DBLETTE LOGAN Probably no citizen of St. Joseph has taken a more promi nent part m farthering her besl interests, "i has 1 n more active!) identified with her rariona enterprises for the past twenty \ears than hi- the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. His birth occurred in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky., June 25, 1838. His father. Thomas Logan, \ \ .- 1 - . > r Scotch frisfa parentage and was a success fnl dry goods merchant. He married Prances Sublette "f Woodford County, Ky., March 18, 1834, and died April l\ 1840. Our subject's pa ternal grandparents were natives of Count} Done gal. Ireland. John Logan, the great grandfather "f John s. Log, in. "in- aubjeot, desoended from that Logan "I i; tstalrig, in So itland, whose estates were confia oated foi connection with the Qowrie conspiracy against King James VI. In the seventeenth cent nry the name was quit imon in Scotland. It had an honorable antiquity, first appearing about tin- year 1 I s " with one John ds Logan, who mar ried a daughter of Tankard, a Flemish settler on Lanark, the charter from Tankard's son for land in frank marriage with his sister being mentioned 1 Ionia. Sir Robert Logan oompanied "good Sir lame- I glas" in his journej with the heart of Bruoe, and with him was killed bj the Saracens in Spain, after which the family -bore as a Coat of Arms three passion nails piercing a man's heart. Sir Robert Logan, of Restalrig, married a daughter of King Robert II, and beoa Admiral "f Scotland, ami Ins son, Sir Robert, married Oeillea, daughter of Lord Sommerville. The baron) "f Restalrig, "i Les terrick. was obtained b) a Logan in the reign of King Robert Bruce. Our subject's father, Thomas Logan, was also born in Donegal County, Ireland, August 7. 1801, and after removing to the Dnited State- occupied a leading place an ^ the merchants of Shelly ville, Ky. Our subject's mother, Prances, wasthe daughter of Lewis, Jr., ami Susan (Coleman) Sub lette, the latter being the daughter of Thomas ami Susan (Strother) Coleman. The aistei "f the last mentioned lady. Sarah, married ( '..I Richard Taylor, and became the mother .,f den. Zaohary Taylor, the twelfth President of the United States Our subject's maternal grandfather, Lewis Snb lette. Jr., with his three brothers William. James and John were soldiers in the Warof 1812, John being killed in the battle "f Dudley's Defeat. Their father. Lewis. Sr., and his five brothers Arthur, William, .lames. Miraham and Little Berr) participated in the Revolutionary War. were al the siege of Yolkt"W'll. and al llie surrender "f Lord Cornwallis. Our subject's great grandfather, Lewia Sublette, Sr., married Mi-- Mary, daughter of John Trabue and Olympia (Dupuj i Trabue, The latter wasthe daughter «>f John James Dnpuy, whose father, Bai tholomew Dupuj and his wife. Susan (LaVillan) Dupiiv, aided by then relatives, the Fontaines, made their escape from religious persecution in Prance and emigrated to Virginia in 1700. John James Dnpuy and Susan LaVillan were the children of Bartholomew and Susan (LaVillan) Dupu) Susan LaVillan was a countess of much inflnenoe and distinction and sprung from a race who were Eugnenots in faith. John Sublette Logan was educated in Shelby College and the Kentuokj Military Institute in Franklin County. luding to become a pbysi oian he studied with that end in view and gradu 162 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECOKD. ated in the class of 1859 from the Kentucky School of Medicine, and during tbe late war served surgeon in the United States Army at tbe different hospitals of Louisville, St. Louis. Jeffersonville, I Intl.), Camp Joe Holt (near New Albany, Ind.), and Gamp Gamble (near St. Louis), being actively engaged for about three years. He tirst located in this state in November. 1857, at St. Joseph, having come here with his mother and step-father, James L. O'Neill, and his sister, Mrs. Mary Lykens, and step-sisters, Mrs. Milton Tootles, Mrs. W. G. Farleigh and Mrs. Virginia Weakley, all at that time single. At Madison. Wis.. Mr. Logan read medicine with Dr. Alexander Seliue. formerly of Kentucky, who was a pupil of the famous German chemist. Leiliig, with whom he read until entering college. After attending Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, our subject enlisted in the United States service as a surgeon, but on tirst coming to St. Joseph, entered the Buchanan Insurance Co. Bank as its teller, his step father being cashier. Previous to his army career Mr. Logan was in partnership with Major T. J. Shew in the iusur- ance business for a short time, and while with him saw Gen. Jef. Thompson, then a dealer in real es- tate, cut down the United States rlag from the postoffice, which has been placed there by John L. Bittenger, the postmaster, now editor of the Herald. While an army surgeon. Dr. Logan made a valuable discovery in the treatment of hos- pital gangrene, tin 1 bromine treatment, which was afterward used extensively in both armies in the treatment of hospital gangrene, and was consid- ered a valuable discovery. After the war Dr. Logan engaged in farming for about six years in this county, and then re moving to Andrew County in 1S7H. He purchased the largest apple orchard in northwestern Missouri and made a large income selling fruit to people of the four neighboring states. He was appointed fish commissioner of the state by Gov. Crit- tenden, with whose family his own had remained on intimate terms for many years. He was also appointed by Gov. Mannaduke, serving for three years with headquarters at St. Joseph. Mr. Logan is one of the administrators of the Milton Tootle estate, his associates being John S. Lemon and Isaac T. Hosea. The estate is valued at about $4,000,000, its proper administration be- ing necessarily a large responsibility. In addition to his various other enterprises, Mr. Logan owns large interests in agricultural and mineral lands in Missouri and Texas, and commenced dealing extensively in cattle in ISTi*. and is now in- terested in cattle in Wyoming and Texas. He is one of the Board of Directors in the Buell Woolen Mill Manufacturing Company, and has handled a large amount of real estate in this city, buying in this vicinity laud at $100 per acre, which he afterward sold at from SliOO to $1,000. He owns about fourteen thousand acres of land in southern Missouri in the mineral and fruit belt in the southern slope of the Ozark, and has largely speculated elsewhere. In Texas he has an interest in one hundred and thirty six thousand acres of laud, fifty-two thousand of which is underlaid with six foot veins of coal. A Pittsburg Company have recently leased fifty two thousand acres of it and are now engaged in developing the coal, and build- ing thirty miles of railroad to same, to connect with the Southern Pacific and Texas Pacitic rail roads. On November 20, 1S6'J. was celebrated the mar- riage of John S. Logan and Miss Emma P. Cot ton. who was born February 'Jt>, 1841, being the daughter of Charles Cotton, of Woodford County, Ky., who was of English descent, and was born October 3, L781, in Loudoun County, Va. He re moved with his pareuts, William and Frances, to Fayette County, Ky.. in the year 1787, where their deaths occurred in 1^'-V>. Mrs. Logan's mother was before her marriage Miss Sarah Blackburn Pnryear. born May 1, 1804, and married in 1S37. She was called from this life September 17. 1843. She was a daughter of William and Mildred (Bohannon) Pnryear, the latter being a daughter of Richard and Sarah (Blackburn) Bohannon. both of Virginia, who were early settlers of Shelby County. Ky. William Pnryear was of old French Huguenot ancestry, which numbered many able men and women in the line of descent, the family being noted for its pub- lic men. including such famous nanus as the Ne roi; 1 1; \i i \\h r.hu.i; \rinr\ i;ih n;i> 103 villes, Fountainee, etc. The Logan famil] have in their possession a genealogical table dating bach to the lini" of Franeia 1 and aa early aa 1500. One of Mra Logan's noted ancestors waa Jamee de la Fountaine, who served in the household of Pranoia 1 and in the aame capacity in the reigna of 1 1 • •■ i r \ II. Pranoia II and until the aecond year of Charlea IV when, in the year 1585, he and bia Father became converts to Proteetantiam. On ae count of his belief he resigned bia position in the court, retiring with his famil) to the paternal eatatea in Maine, near the borders of Normandy. Be bad long I watched and hated "n aooonnl .•i In- pietj and his aeal fur the pure worship "f Qod, and one night in 1568 li>'. In- wife, oldesl son, and a faithful valet, were dragged oul and murdered bj a number of ruffians who had I n dispatched from the citj of Le Mans. His two twelve and fourteen years of age, made their escape, and it is through the elder James thai Mrs. Logan i s descended. Among her ancestors waa the K'-\ -l ■ > 1 1 1 1 Cotton, who came to America in 1032 and Bettled in Sbowmut, tdajss., now the city of Boston, the name changed in bia honor. He bad been th>' minister at St. Botolph's ( >ld Boston, the most stately parish in England. The ii ii mil of Mr and Mrs. Logan has been ied with a family of six liri^'lit ami enterpria ing -nils. Charlea Cotton, Thomas Trabue, John Snblette, Jr., Frank Puryear, Lewis Bnblette and Milt. mi Tootle, all residents of and educated in tln< St. Joseph public schools. For over thirty years .air Biibjeof and hia estimable wife lia \ • ■ been con nected with the Firsl Presbyterian ohurcb, and both arc active in many benevolent and oharitable enterprises, Ura Logan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Borne for the Friend and is prominent in the Young \\ au'a Christian Association work and in the Miasionar) Band, a well organized Booiety and charity of the First Church. Politically Mr. Logan is a Democrat and -••i\ -d as a delegate to 1 1 « » - Stat'- conventioua which nomi naked Qov. Crittenden and Gov. \\ Ison Mr Logan has a line collection of Indian relics ami geological -| imena Bia career through his long life in st Joseph has done him greal credit since he baa been a friend to over) worth] entei prise and has greatl) a a man] prom industries. JtMIN BRODER occupies the important posi tii I Chief of Police in the beautiful and prosperous city of St. Joseph. In I^M be was appointed Depot) Sheriff ler John Carey and two yeara later was appointed t" the position be now holds, in which be has been tinned by Mayor Doyle and later bj the Board "f Commissioners. The police foroe in tin- citj con sisls ..f fort] four men. with two Bergeants and a captain, and tl spenses of the department arc about $56,000 per annum. F<>r the past BU yeara the metropolitan system haa been in and for their convenience they have fort) independent telephi nee. In the beautiful Green Mountain Btate Mr Broder was horn, in the village of Middleburg, on July II. 1830. His lather. William, wa- a native of Ireland. His mother's maiden name wa- M ir) McGee, and when a child with her parents re moved to New fork state. On leaving borne out subject went to Canada, where he remained until seventeen yeara of age, when, going to Massaohuf ett-. he worked For about three years aa a farm hand, and later on the Bost ^ Worcester Rail road. At the age of twent) be went to Ohio where, for three and a half years, be was em ployed on the construction in Stark and Wayne counties. In Is.M he wa- engaged in railway const met ion in Illinois on the Ohio & Mississippi Railway. At the end of one Beaaon in the em plo) of the latter company, b ved to Si Louis, where be engaged in the yards of the Ohio g Mississippi Railroad for a few i tha in oh of the wrecking tram Later he wis foremai on the Alt ttenaion from Si Louie to Alton. the first road betw i those citii ll next move to Tennessee where from 1855 to l s,;u he waa engaged as foreman of railroad construction, aud in the spring of the last mentioned year landed in St. Joseph. Mi Broder' a lir-t work in this local it) waa in 164 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. helping to lay four and a half miles of track on the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad, this being the rirst track laid west of the Missouri river. Jefferson Thompson was then president of this important system. In the spring of 1860 the rirst spike was driven into this railroad which has since opened up a large territory, adding greatly to the wealth of the country and its development. In the fall of that year Mr. Binder was employed on the old Valley Road, working south of Atchison, where he remained until 1866. In the meantime he had the houor of running the first construction traiu on the Kansas Pacific, going from Wyandotte to Lawrence. Then returning to St. Joseph, for about a year and a half he ran the construction train ou the Valley Road. In 1866, going to Atchison, Mr. Broder super- intended the laying of one hundred miles of track OB the Central Branch of the Union Pacific, the first track laid out of Atchison, and remained in the employ of the compaTiy uutil October, 1868, when he took the place of roadmaster on the Val- ley Road with headquarters in St. Joseph, remain- ing in that position for some eight mouths. Branching out in a little different direction Mr. Broder then took the contract for laying track south of Leavenworth to Kansas City, and from Savannah to Marvsville. In the fall of 1S70 he laid the track of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Road, superintending the work. For thirteen mouths he was roadmaster on the St. Louis & St. Joseph Railway, now the branch of the Santa Fe to Lexington. Returning to the employ of the St. ■Joseph & Grand Island Road, he was with them for a year, and in the fall of 187'J laid the track for the Hannibal & St. Joseph from this city to Atchison. After two years of well earned leisure Mr. Broder went to Marshall in 1ST), and then for two years engaged in lead mining in Jasper County. Mo. Failing in this to any marked de- cree, he took a contract for laying track on the narrow gauge from New Stark to Albany, which was the last of his railroad business, as in l^M.a~ stated in the beginning of this sketch, he com menced tilling public positions, in which he has served up to the present time. The pleasant and substantial home of Mr. Broder, which is situated at No. 1014 South Eleventh street in this city, is presided over by his amiable wife, who makes a charming hostess. Iu her girlhood days she was Miss Florence C. Cole, and her marriage with our subject was tele brated September 15, 1S6 1 J. For sixteen years Mr. Broder has been a member of the School Coard, and for many years has been greatly inter ested in civic societies, having been active in all the Masonic bodies and belonging to the follow- ing: Charity Lodge, No. 331. of which he is Past Master; Grand Lodge, No. 14, St. Joseph Chapter; Council. No. 9,and St. Joseph Commandery, No. 4. He is a member of the Moila Temple. A. A. O. N. M S.. and the St. Joseph Chapter, O. E. S. ^n^*****: SJSJSK5JSKSSJSK JAMES H. 0. ROBINSON. M.D., is Presi- dent of the St. Joseph Milling. Co. , which is located at the corner of Tenth and Jackson streets. St. Joseph. This company has a capital of $32,000 and its business is over $60,000 per annum. The Doctor had previously been connected with the milling business for some fifteen years, with R. H. Fancett of this city, and was also one of the incorporators of the B. T. Davis Milling Company, being one of its principal stock holders. Dr. Robinson was born in Boyle County, Ky., January 15, 1832, and when seventeen years of age came to Missouri with his parents, .lames and Elizabeth (Crow l Robinson, natives of Kentucky. They located on a farm iu Jackson Township, in Buchanan County, fifteen miles south of St. Jo- seph. The father died ou a farm in Crawford Township about 1882, in his eighty-fifth year, his wife dying four years later, ao;ed seventy seven years. He had been actively engaged in farming for many years, owning a place of three hundred aud twenty acres. Joining an overland company, he went to California in 1850 with his two brothers. Harvey N. and Joseph \\\. both now deceased. After remaining in the Golden State for about one year, mining at Plaeerville, our subject returned by way of the Isthmus with a little I'oi: Ti;\l I \NI> BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD nir, money over ami above In- expenses For two In- remained mi the home farm and then began to read medicine with Dr. Oharles L.Crow, hi- uncle, who was practicing in thai vicinity. In 1850 l>r. Bobinson began practice, having pre riously taken a medical course at the Transylvania Dniveraity al Lexington, Ky. The Doctor began hi- praotice at Bloomington in this oonnty, al which In- was actively engaged (or twenty-eighl years. In 1858 In' wenl to Wbitesville, Andrew Oonnty, for a year, then returning to this county, I in Halleck, where he remained until retir tog mi coming i<> this city. II'' was very success ful a- a physician and bnill up a very extensive genera] practice. In tlii> fall of 1890 I'r Bobinson came t" si Joseph, but i- still called in consultation with other physician-, especially when the patients are his old Friends of former years. Boon after i ing here I cored an interest in the St. Joseph Milling Company and was at once elected it- Presi dent. In 1856 was celebrated the union "f th<» Doctor and Mi-- J ispphinc Finney of this county, who was called to her final rest in IsT'J. A year later the I' otor married Mi-- Sarah EL, daughter of Elijah Meadows, al-" of this county. Hv his tir-t union Mr Bobinson has tin- following chil dren: Margaret s . . widow of W. !•'. Baker; Eliza lii'th S. now Mr-. James A. Campbell of this oonnty; Mars I . Urs l K Graham, whose bus band i- a physician; I I>, a physician and sue i to tl |,1 practi. f our subject, ami .Ian I'- ll (' . .1 r A -on and daughter have been born of thf Beoond marriage: Plato W ., who i- a student in a business college, ami I tella •! I)r. Bobinson i- active in politic-, being anil iated with the Democratic party. Since L856 he ha- I n a member of tin' Masonic Fraternity and now belongs to Halleck Lodge ami Chapter and the St Joseph Commandery. He has been an active member of tin. Blue Lodge and Chapter, Moiia Temple, \ \ M s. and also identified with other fraternities, among which are Truth Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Hal leek, having served for fifteen years a- its Treasurer and having taken all tin- degrees, and is also a member of tl noampment, Patriarchs Militant. In this county ih.' Doctor own- four hundred of land, which is in two farm-. He holds membership with the Christian Church al Wyat| Park, and numbers many friends on account of his genuine worth ami hi- genial ami Bocial qualities During tic many years of his residence in this county he ha- made a wide acquaintance, and bi all who know him hi' i- justly held in tin- greatest respect IiOSEPH BARNES RILEY, M D, who- of v I Gee is located at No. 1810 South Sixth sti {J St Joseph, i- considered one of the ablest men the Northwestern Medical College has produced. He ha- been remarkably successful in building up a large and paying practice and is a specialist in certain lines. In I888he was elected t" t In- ( 'hair of Chemistry and Toxicology in the Northwestern Medical College, in which position h>' remained for two years ami was then elected t" tin' ( 'hair of Physiology and Hygiene in tin- same institution ami i- -till holding that plnc<». This requires daily lectures during tin- school term, and in addition to his lar^,. general practice it keeps him vi'iv busy. Doctor Biley i- a member of tin- st Joseph Medical Society, of tin- Northwestern Missouri Medical Society, and also of tin- Missouri Valley Association, taking an active part in each one of these organizations, though In- has probablj taken greatest interest in the Northwestern Missouri So ciety. 'I'h.' Doctor has unit. mi oonsiderabl) on various medical subjects and was al onetime pro prietor ami one of the editors of the "Western Medical ami Surgical Reporter," hi- writings foi that magazine being largely on obstetrical sub i'ii-, a- hi- praotice tends much in that direction. Doctor Biley iaone of tl nterpriaing physicians of Ih.- .lay, who makes it on.' of lii- greatest objects to keep thoroughly abreast of all discoveries or treatmentsof disease, and to that end careful!] •■% amines the latest medical reviews and works of able physicians ami surgeons, In addition to mak ing Constant reference to and careful study of Ins tine and comprehensive medical library 166 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was bora in Valparaiso, Ind., July 26, 1850, anil resided there until ten years of age, when he re moved to Kansas with his father, H. W. Riley, who located in Paola, where he became a large stock-grower and shipper. Our subject passed his youth in Kansas and received his education in the county schools and the Kansas State Normal at Leavenworth. When only seventeen years of age he commenced teaching school and taught for about five years. His tastes tending in the di- rection of the profession, he concluded to become a physician and to that end began reading and studying with S. L. Brooking. M. D., who is now a banker, but- was then engaged in medical prac- tice at Paola. Mr. Riley after this preparatory work entered Rush Medical College, and later at- tended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. He did not, however, complete his coarse in that institution, but, coming to Missouri, entered the Northwestern Medical College, gradu- ating in the class of 1887. In the meantime he had engaged somewhat in practice at Paola, and on the completion of his course in this city, en- gaged in practice, this making his fifth year. Politically, as his father before him, he is a Dem ocrat. He holds membership with the following fraternities: Priscilla Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Springfield, Kans. ; Juaniata Lodge, No. 171, K. of P., in this city, and St. Joseph Lodge, No. 249, Ancient Order United Workmen. At Paola, Kans., was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Riley and Miss Charlsie W. Eaton, who was born in Indiana. The wedding ceremony was performed March 9, 1883, and there have been born two bright little ones: Patti, aged seven years, and Joseph H., aged eighteen months. Tin- Doctor ami his wife move in the best social circles in St. Joseph, and are well worthy the high esteem in which they are held by all. *^*^***: \ \ A T . > ^^5J8K»SK GEORGE DIXON BERRY is Purchasing , Agent and Secretary to the General Man- ager of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad, which responsible position he has h- held for the past year. He began railroading in 1880, when only fourteen years of age, in the office of the freight auditor of the Burlington Route and remained there for five years. He then became stenographer of the general agent of the same system at Atchison, but that same year returned to St. Joseph as Secretary to the Gen- eral Manager, D. McCool, of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad, and has continued in that position up to the present time, though five gen- eral managers have come and gone as his supe- riors. Mr. Berry was born in Texas January 28, 186f>, and is a son of George Dixon Berry, M. D. , a native of Kentucky, who emigrated to Missouri in the early thirties, locating near Savannah. At the outbreak of the war he went to Texas, where he engaged in practice, and soon after the close of the Rebellion returned to this state. Our subject's mother, who was before her marriage Miss Eliza- beth Dysart, was also born in Kentucky. The father, for many years, was a very successful phy- sician, and built up a large and remunerative practice. Our subject was educated in the com- mon schools and was for six months a messenger boy. about that time learning telegraphy. From lsTti to 1885 he was engaged as carrier for the Oa- -.litr and Herald, and was much interested in news paper work generally. On April 16, 1890, Mr. Berry was united in marriage with Miss Annie M. Roberts, whose birth place was in this city. Mrs. Berry is a daughter of Thomas C. Roberts, a prominent business man and real estate dealer, who for many years has been a respected citizen of St. Joseph. Though still quite young our subject has already attained a good position and one which is of great respon- sibility. Progress in railroad circles is proverbially slow, and it usually means the work of years to rise to any position of great trust, and when a man is thus honored more than others it must be on account of unusual alertness, energy and capability. Thus it has been with Mr. Berry, who lias not neglected any opportunity to post himself in the details of railroad work, and has brought to bear on tin- subject every quality of his mind. It is safe to prophesy that he has a successful and bright future before him, and if he continues OS mi; i i; \| I \m> BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 16" be has done in 11m put, be will ultimately rank among the best railroad men of the country. Jo BTBPHENS is n. w President and the principal stock bolder in the Btephena Ice & Fuel Company, which 1ms a oapital stock of 1100,000, and is Vioe pcasidenl of the Con Bolidated toe Company. For Borne yean past he 1 1 .- 1 ~ 1 a the largest dealer in ici in St. Joseph, nix I baa made a great saocesa of his bnainess The last mentioned cop] pan] which he helped t gan ise li.is a capital Btock of $45,000. He was tin- first president of the company, the plant being located on the corner of Fourth and Frances ntreetc M Stephens located in this citj in 1875, and for about one year engaged in keeping a meat Bhop, afterward carrying on a wholesale fish and oyster business on Edwards street. Having made ,i good Buoceas of his ander takings thus far, he winded t ■ > embark in the ioe business and there f.ir.' Imilt seven ice-house?, a portion <>f them being in the city. On a tract of sixteen acres adjoining the city on the north he lias several ice- 1 -'- and each year stores an immense quantity of the commodity, the Btorage houses having a oa pacity of ii ft » -• * 1 1 thousand tons. Mr. Btephena owns one-half block of land on Levie street where he has three ioe-houses. The companj waa incorporated in 1800 as the Stephens ! & I'n.-l Company, M r. Stephens being the principal Btock holder and President since that time. In 1880 he also embarked in tl oal and w 1 bosineas, the offit f that branch being located at No, 324 North Main street The loe Company does a wholesale business exclusively, while the Consolidated fee Company, In which be baa also largely invested, retails the same, The rabjecl of this sketch waa born near Bloom n. Monroe County, Ind., November 20, 1844, and I-. a s.m of the Rev David II. Stephens, who wis a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fbe latter was born in Ohio, r ived hi~ ednca lion, nnd wen! to Indiana while still a young man in addition to his ministerial duties he engaged in farming in Monroe Oountj and at the time of hia death, in 1847, was presiding elder of the Indiana Conferem f the Methodist Ep pal Church. Our subject's paternal grandfal the Rev. John Stephens, waa a descendant of one of three brothers who emigrated from Wales at a earl] day, settling in the east He was born In Kentucky and was one of the early pioi rs and ministers both in Kentucky and Ohio. n,,. mother of our subject, who was born in Indiana, was in her girlfa 1 Miss Sitha, daughter of John Burton. Her father wns from Kentucky and was f the pioneers of Monroe County, Ind . where he owned a large farm and gave propertj to each of his children, of whom he had nine. He waa a' Boldier in the War of [812 and was a leading and prominent man in his community Mrs. Stephens, after hei first husband's death. wedded P. B McCoy and with him removed to Missouri in 1855, Bottling in Holt County, and in the following year went to Salem, Neb. , thence i" Kulo in the same state in 1857. Returning to Missouri the) resided here for a time I tl went to Kansas Foi Borne years Mr. McCoy was engaged in merchandising at Iowa Point and then went into business at Watheua. During the war he was a sutler in the service and received a Be vere sunstroke at Nashville, Tenn., from tl fleets of which he never fully I wred. it being the cause of his death some years later. After that event Mrs. McCoy made her home with our subject, .1 O. Stephens, the Bubject of this sketch, is one of three children and with bia parents came west In L855. Three years later he returned to Indi ana by way of St. Joseph, taking up his residence with an uncle on a farm and attending school for three months In I860 he went to Iowa Point in Kansas and was employed on n farm near that place in December, 1862, when he donned the blue, becoming b member of Companj E, Tweut) fifth Missouri Infantry, in the regiment command ad by Col. Peabody, He was mustered in at St Joseph and was at once sent to the front, wheie he took part in the battle of Shiloh and sieg Corinth, being then returned to St Louis Hi next a mpanied the expedition into Arkansas 108 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. under Gen. Davidson, after which he returned to this city for recruits. Mrs. Stephens was then sent to New Madrid, Mo. , campaigning in this state and in Arkansas and Kentucky. Under Sherman he took the march to the sea and was in the battle of Jonesboro. After Lee's surrender lie went to Washington, taking part in the grand military review, which was one of the most inspiriting and wonderful marches of triumph the world has ever witnessed. He was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., and at once re- turned to Missouri. In June, 1865, he went to Wathena, Kans. , where he engaged in keeping a meat shop and later entered the hotel business. As lief ore mentioned lie became a resident of St. Jo- seph in 1875, since which time he lias been actively engaged in business in this place. In Wathena, Kans., in the year 186(5, Mr. Stephens was united in wedlock with Miss S. J. Dinkle, who was born in the Old Dominion and is a lady possessed of many amiable and womanly qualities. Our subject is a member of the Associ- ated Free & Accepted Masons, Royal Arch Masons, and the Knights Templar of St. Joseph, and is also a member of Meola Shrine and of Custer Post, Grand Army of the Republic In politics Mr. Stephens is a supporter of the Republican party and has for many years been prominently counected with all measures tending to promote the welfare and development of this city. ^^^*^J££;£^******** \ILLIAM R. WOMACH, Constable for Washington Township, Buchanan Coun- 1/ ty, with hiH office at the Court House at St. Joseph, is an enterprising and public- spirited citizen and a son of one of the honored Mini early pioneers of this county. For several years past our subject has held various important positions within the gift of the people, and has at all times discharged the duties of the same with great zeal and fidelity. He is a native of Bloom- ington Township, Buchanan County, his birth hav- ing occurred New Year's Day, 1853. His father, who bore the name William, was a native of Vir- ginia, in which state his grandfather, Abrani Wo- mach, was also born. The latter afterward went to North Carolina and then came to Missouri, being called from this life in La Fayette County. Our subject's father, William Womach, settled in Missouri in 1837, entering land in Bloomington Township, which property he afterward sold, buy- ing the fine farm belonging to ex-Governor Stew- art, one mile north of DeKalb, on which place our subject was born. Tbe father was a large farmer and a thoroughly progressive one. In 1866 he located in Omaha, engaging in freighting between that city and Denver until 1870, when he returned to his farm, where his death occurred two years later in August. He was a devoted member of the Christian Cliurch and politically was a Democrat. Our subject's mother was, before her marriage, Miss Martha Rector, being a daughter of Alfred Rector, one of the early settlers of this locality, who pre-empted' a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is now located within the limits of St. George. During the Mexican War he volunteered as a Government Wagon Master and went to Mex- ico, in which country his death occurred. Mrs. Womach, who is a native of Indiana, is still living, residing in St. Joseph at No. 207 South Fourteenth street. Of her five children, three, one son and two daughters, are now living. William R. Womach is the oldest of his father's family and passed his boyhood and youth on his father's farm until the year 1876, when he went west. He engaged in freighting in the employ of his father, traveling back and forth with the latter to Missouri about twice a year and having many thrilling experiences. At Bovies Ranch, on the Platte river, he was once driving a Government wagon with the supplies and command of ('apt. Gilmore, when those composing the party were at- tacked by savages. They at once formed a barri- cade with over one hundred wagons drawn up in a circle, but in spite of all precautions many of their animals were stampeded and were driven away by the enemy, and at another time, when in cam]) near Fort Julesburg, the Indians molested them, lint were driven away. Mr. Womach made trips as far west as Black Hawk and Central City, Nev. , but ultimately re- wvo 7xM2)? PORTRAIT \M> BIOQB \llll« \I, RECORD 171 turned to tin' farm where his Father died, tab ing tin' entire charge of the homestead, running it fur a year, and in 1874 renting tin' Bame Looating in DeKalh, be obtained employment in » drugstore for tin' succeeding four years, the] ooming to Si Joseph. Se s...m Btarted in tin- mer eantile busineas at this point on the corner of Boutfa Sixth and Hiokorj Btreete In (880 he erected a large brick store, carrying on l>n^ i 1 1.---, until 1882, when be ranted it and moved his stock of goods to King City, Ma Returning to St Joseph in 1884, be entered the employ of the J. W. Bailey Mercan tih< Drj Qoods Company* being with them until 1886 In l^s^ln- became Deputy Sli >• ri IT under EL II. Spratt. remaining with him until 1800, when hi- himself was nominated ami elected Con stable from Washington Township, being re elected two years later. His term of office will not expire until November, 1804, ami be has nnder his direc tion two deputies. 1 1 «» owns considerable real estate in different parts of the city, ami a pleasant residence at N'o. 111'.' Felix street On Hay '-'.">. 1882, Mr. Womach led to the mar riage altar Miss Man E. Worst, who was horn in Bremen, Ohio, ami whose father, a largo mann facturer, is now retired from business, making his borne in this city. The union of our subject ami wifo has I i blessed with a daughter, Fannie. Mr. Womach is much interested in various civic societies, being a niemlx-r of the Ancient Free ., f ~1 was a member of tho Brat Legislature of I Kansas and was obosen Speaker of the v Bouse. Ho ia a learned physician and pro fossor of Hygi«ne in tho Northwestern Medical College, and an oarm-t believer in tin. old maxim tliat "an on f prevention is worth a pound of cure." Our subject wa-- horn in Onlpeper County, Va . November I. 1819, and is a son of Robert String fellow, a native of Fauquier Count] of the -am.' stale. Tho Doctor's paternal grandfather, who was a native of England, emigrated from that land at an earl) day, settling in Virginia. Tin' fathei of our subject participated in the War "f 1812 ami was a merchant at Ra< mi Ford on tie- Rapidan river, when, he continued in business until 1884 He then purchased on.- thousand acres of land to which In- gave hi- attention, making one of the sons a partner in Hie store, and when our Bubject reached his twentj first year be received a hall interest in the same. The father farmed COntinO OUsly until h.- was called from this life in lS.'iT at the age of eighty-five years Political!] he wasa Whig, ami religiously belonged to Hi.- Episcopal Church. His wife, former]] Marj Plunkett, was born in Orange County, near AjQardsville. II- i father, Jesse, was born in Ireland, of Scotch ai tors, who were ri-lativ.-s ,,i Lord Plunkett of the famous old Norman Protestant family. Our Bub ject's maternal grandfather settled in Virginia where he owmd a large plantation and was a man ufacturer of tin- arms ami farm implements. The Stringfollow family are of German descent, their ancestors having located iii England. Grand father Plunkett was remarkable physically, and during the War of ISTJ when he was in the army, had a reputation which extended for strength far and wide. The mother of ..nr BUbjeol died in IM I She had ten children who grew to maturity. Of these our BUbjeot is now tl ily one living. bTis brother, Gen B, !■'.. tin- youngest ol the family. Was \tt ornej general of Missouri, and made a trip around the world. In his native stale on the Rapidan river our Bubject was reared, attending the academy and the Columbian ('..liege at Washington, I' C On reaching his majority he was made half partner with his brother in the mercantile business Some time after this he went BOUth with his brother and then returning remained at hone- until his twentj POKTlt.UT \NI> BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. fourth year when he began the study of medicine. From 1ST.! until 1845 he read under preceptors, next entering the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in the Medical Department gradual ing therefrom in ISJii. Coming west he located in Jefferson City. Mo., where he engaged iu prac tioe for one winter, when he went to Brunswick, continuing there until 1848. We next find him in Carrollton, where he practiced until 1852, next locating at Platte City, for the following two years. In company with about a dozen citizens he started the town of Atchison, selecting the site and mak- ing the first improvements there. After the death of his father Mr. Stringfellow went hack and purchased the old farm, which he carried ou during the war. Again coming to Missouri he took up a homestead which he traded for another afterward, finally owning over one half the sight of Atchison. He was one of the men who built the Missouri Pacific Railroad from Atchison to St. Joseph, having secured the endowment at the National Capital and having the road well under way when the war interfered with the plan*. He was also interested with Mr. Pomeroy in secur- ing the Pony Express. When the State Legisla- ture was organized Mr. Strintrfellow was the first member of the Territorial Legislature and was elected Speaker of the tirst House, meeting at Ft. Riley. In Atchison, which place he had the honor of naming, he started the tirst newspaper, which was called the Squatter's So v ere i gn. He was ten dered the nomination as a candidate for member of Congress but refused it. When in Virginia both armies foraged on his farm, and at the battle of Rapidan he served as surgeon. In 1STT our subject located in St. Joseph, where he has been engaged since in the practice of his profession. Two years later he was made Pro'' -- of Materia Medica in the College of Physicians and Surgeons and in 1 S M was made Professor of Hygiene in the same institution. A year later he took the Chair of Professor of Materia Medica in the Northwestern Medical College, which place he held for eight years, in 1890 becoming Prof of Hygiene. Fraternally, the Doctor is an Ancient Odd Fellow and is a Master Mason, being a Royal and Select Master of the Roval Arch M BE During Cleveland' s first administration he was Secretary of the Board of Examining Surgeons in the Pension Department, being a strong Democrat. The Doctor belongs to the Buchanan County Med ical, the Missouri Valley Medical, and the District of Northwestern Missouri Medical Societies. Re- ligiously he is a member of the Episcopal Church. In the year 1846, in Jefferson City. Dr. String- fellow wedded Miss Ophelia J. Simmons, who was born in New Franklin, Mo. Her father, also a physician, was an old settler of that locality, and her uncle is Gov. John C. Edwards, of this state Six children blessed the union of the Doctor and his wife: Benjamin F. and J. T.. railroad men, l>oth now deceased; Robert E„ a bookkeeper in Omaha; Horace and John H., Jr.. the former being a mem ber of the firm and the latter an employe of Gra- ham. Stringfellow A Lake, dealers in agricultural implements in St. Joseph; and W. F... who is a practicing attorney in this city. SSt8i8tSJS fcSSJSSiSKi - KN.1AM1N FRANKLIN LOAN was born in Hardinsburg. Breckinridge County. K\ . October I. 1819, was educated in the best s sho >ls of his native state, and after a resi deuce of two years in Illinois, removed with his father and family in 1838 to Missouri, tirst set- tliug in Jackson County and afterward in Platte County. For two years he applied himself to the study of law under the instruction of Isaac N Jones, and after obtaining his license he located in St Joseph, where, in October, 1843, he opened a law office. From the beginning his practice yielded him a fair support and numbered among his clients were many of the citizens whose name- are prominent in the records of this city. Prior to the war he took but little interest in politics, the Whig party to which he belonged being in a hopeless minority in this part of the state. After the tiring on Fort Sumter. Mr. Loan promptly took a stand for the Union and from that time until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox etive in the cause. During the summer and fall of 1861 he engaged actively in raising and PORTRAIT AND BKHilt \ III h' \ I. RE< ORD IT:: orgnnizine tro..ps. proooriag arms iin.l ammunition from l',.rt Leaven worth and privately distribnting them among the loyal citizens lor Belt-defense While the Journal newspaper >>( St. Joseph was under the management "f the patriotic Governor Stewart, daring 1861, Mr. Loan oontribnted arti el. ■- in snppori of the Qnion and advanced eon siderable sams to keep the paper in existence In December, 1861, he was appointed Brigadier Gen era! "f tin' Missouri State Militia, anil was assigned t" tin' < niRinl nt two dissenting votes, the Senaton Wade and Chandler. The radical Re publicans of tin- Bouse believed it would be nse • try to defeat it and proposed to let it pass without opposition, but General Loan would not consent, and a- tlm result of hi- work, bu< led in preventing tlm passage of tin- resolution. In the Thirty-eighth Congress Mr Blow, of this state, had charge "f tlm hill granting $5,000, 000 to indemnify Missouri for tlm war debt, but tin' measure was lost. In the next Congress Gen fral Loan presented the bill in tlm House, tlm sum having been inoreased t" $7,500,000 ami it was passed He failed to accomplish all that he de sired for tlm benefit of hi- district on account of tin- want "f co-operation in tlm Senate After tin' war In' w.i- offered by the President tin- mission to Venezuela and Ura/il, the governorship of New Mexico and judgeships in the territories, all of which he declined, preferring In- home life and chosen profession. In 1869 the General was appointed by President Grant as "i f the Hoard of \ i-ilor- to West Point. In 1876 as Republican delegate-at large from Missouri, he attended the presidential conven tion at Columbus, Ohio. After bis retirement from public life be resumed the practice "f the law. his old clients and friends returned t" him regardless of politics, ami at the time of bis death. March 30, I S M . few men had happier surround ings or more thorough 1 j enjoyed life. In Ins honor has been named the Grand Arm] of the Re public Postal Kingston Mo., and tl amp of the Son- ..f Veterans at Savannah, Mi i in December 5, 1M\ General Loan married ESmeline Eleanor, daughter of William Fowler. Mr- Loan comes of a family who were among tin- old ami highly respected citizens "f Buchanan i nty. Sim lives in a pleasant home in o f the pretties! parts of SI Joseph, and while -he is wealthy, she is entirelj unostentatious 174 PORTRAIT AND RIOC.RAPHTCAL RECORD. AMUKL M, CLE1.LVN ADSIT. General Freight and Passenger Agent of the St. Joseph \ Grand Island Railroad, whose headquarters are in St. Joseph, is a well- known railroad man in this and adjoining states. This railroad comprises four hundred and fifty two miles and is a part of the Union Pacific system. It passes through the most fertile parts of the states of Kansas and Nebraska and does an exten- sive amount of freight as well as passenger busi- ness. Onr subject is a son of the late Silas P. Adsit, a native of Otsego County. X. Y. He was born May 1. 1863, at Springfield. Otsego County. X. Y. on the hanks of the beautiful Lake Otsego. With his parents he removed to St. Joseph. Begiuning with 1876 he has been a clerk in local depart ments of the Hannibal & St. Joseph, the St. Jo- seph & Western and the St Joseph A Grand Island Railroads. In 1SST he left the local de partment of the last named Hue and became con tractiug agent at St. Joseph for the same com pany, and a year later was made Chief Clerk to General Freight and Passenger Agent W. P. Robinson. Jr. Mr. Adsit was promoted to his present position on January 1. 1892. He was married in this city on May 31, l s ^»>. to Mary L. Groscup. > > ^ , X N N > S*S*S*SK* X ■ t a \ > t; v x^ *f~ \ ODEBTCE MONROE ARERCROMBIE Y\ ' 9 Secretary and Manager of the Aber- 1^ crombie Stone Company, which is incorpo- ▼ rated. He has been a resident of St. Jo- seph for a number of years and is numbered among the prominent business men of this city. He was born in New York City, January 14. 1856, and is a son of James Abererombie, whose birth occurred in Aberdeen. Scotland. The grandfather of our subject was a fancy weaver of tine cloth in Aber- deen. Our subject's father was from early years a -•tone cutter, and in 1852, while still young, emi- grated to Xew York, where he worked at his trade in different part- of the state. He has had work in the principal large cities of the United States as Foreman of Construction and occupied such a position when the Quincy bridge was built. When the Rebellion broke out he went as a member of the Seventy ninth Xew York Highlanders, of which he had been a member for eight years, dnrine which time the company succeeded in quelling several riots. He rose lotheiank of first sergeant and was taken prisoner three days before the battle of Fredericksburg, being sent to Libby Prison. and at the end of three months was paroled and exchanged. He next entered the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Xew York Fanthinsham Rifles. In 1866 Mr. Abererombie, Sr., came to St. Jo- seph and engaged in the stone business with John- stone A Brothers on Tenth street for one year and one half, after which, for a short time, he en gaged in farming near Rreckenridge. where he later was employed in the marble business. In 1878 he returned to St. Joseph and entered into partnership with our subject and Max Erath and A. Johnstone. Eighteen months later the father and son bought out Mr. Johnstone's and Max Erath's interests, and in February. 1893, the Abererombie Stone Company was incorporated with a capital stock of (7,500, our subject's father being President and William Hamilton Vice-presi- dent and foreman. Onr subject's mother, who was born in Aberdeen. Scotland, was Agnes. daughter of Roderick Monroe, who was a shoe maker. He emigrated to Xew York and later to Rreckenridge. Ma, where he died at the age of eighty two years. Mrs. Abererombie, who was the mother of two children, departed this life in April. 1892 He whose name heads this sketch attended school in Holbrook, Long Island, Xew York City, Mon- treal, St. Joseph, and the high school at Breekeii ridge. He engaged in business with his father until 1873 when he became Deputy Postmaster at Rreckenridge and Assistant Express Agent of the American Express Company, continuing with them until 1878, when he came to this city and has since been engaged in business. Ho does the road work and has the general management. The company has one fourth of the block at the corner of Fourth and Angeliqne streets. The factory is well equipped with necessary machinery, among these being two stone saws, engines and granite polishing ma- POR1 l;\l I \M» BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD it:, obi nee The stone is obtained from Warrensbarg, \l . Bedford, tad., Ashland and Portage, Wia, Mini various other places, and tli" products arc shipped t . eastern Kansas, southeastern Nebraska, - >uthej ii lows and Missouri. The stone in ths Commercial Hank and in the residence "f N P Ogden and other buildings numbered among the ii the citj was fnrnished b_\ this company, doing a business which ranks among 1 1 1 « - leading industries of the city. \i the home of Bamael P. Bailey, in Brecken ilebrated the marriage of Mr. Aber orombie and Miss Rosaline M. Bailey, who was born in Clearmont, N. II. Mr. Bailej is still li v in^ near Breckenridge. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Abercrombie, namely: James K. Roderick M. Jr., Rose M. Bonibel, and Julius \ Mi Abercrombie is an enthusiastic member of the Independi r of Odd Fellows. He be- - to Enterprise I. Ige, So. 232, has filled every focal office, and is dow Deputy Grand Master ol the Grand Lodge of Missouri. He was Grand Marshal and Grand Warden From May to Decern ber, 1892, being then elected Deputy Grand Mas for In |sM be was elected a representative to the (irand Lodge from St. Joseph, and served as such until 1892. He had the great honor of being elected t" the office In- now tills on the tiist ballot, such a thing not having occurred f'>r twenty two years before. In politics our subject in an active Republican and is now Secretary of the City <'.>m mittee and also Secretary of the CongressiooaJ Committee. While a president of Breckenridge, he was there also a member of the Citj and County Republican Committees and was for the s|ia f two Mar- <'in Clerk of Breckenridge. !!'• was als.. elected April, 1893, member of the City Coun- cil of St. Joseph, Mi ********^££J>****-*** JOSEPH U BTOl nil; i~ a member of the firm of Stouffer A Wyatt, wholesale dealers in grain, feed, hay, etc. Thej also do ■ gen ••ml commission business in their fine store at Nos 706 and 708 Met mie street Our subject is also interested in the drug business of W ebb a Company, at the corner of Tenth and Pacific street- He is prominent in local politics, and in the spring of 1892 was nominated and elected i iii-il ni.in from the Seventh Waul of St. Joseph, on the Republican ticket His majority of two hundred and fortj eight votes bespeaks the pei al worth and popularity of the man, as the Seventh Ward invariably goes Democratic The birth of Mr. Stouffer occurred in the bean tifnl Shenandoah Valley, February 27, I s "'"'. II - paternal grandfather was a fanner in Pennsylva nia. Our subject's rather, whose Christian name \lir.im, was Imrn in York County, l'a. In Ids native state he was married, and after farming for some years went to Carlisle, where he started oat in the foundry business. His health failing, he re- lieved to the South ami engaged in farming and milling in the Shenandoah Valley, where he died at the beginning of the war. He was a life-long member of the Lutheran church. Our subject's mother, a native of Carlisle, was, before her mar riage, .Julia Dinkle. She married in Virginia a Mr. Conrad Conrad, whose death occurred only a short time afterward. She then moved to Penn- sylvania and there became the wife of her first husband's brother. After she had lost her third husband she removed to Adams County, where she died, of her five Bona and one daughter who are living, the subject of this sketch is next to the youngest. One brother, A I' was sevent wars old when he was pressed into the rebel service. He made his escape, swam the Potomac, and was wounded In tl nemy, but managed to join the Union Army, serving until the close of the war in the Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment Ib- is now a resident of St Joseph and i- employed in the terminal shops |'| th,.,- brother-. < ' 0., i \ and s. i... also live in this < • i t \ . Their only sister, Addie. is the wife of Edward LeRew, of Adams Count] . Pa In the spring of 1865, as the mother had lost everything sin- possessed during the war. our sab jeel was obliged to start frmn home to make his own livelihood. Me worked for farmers during the summer, attending Bohool in the winters until In Harrisburg he leai I the carpenl 17(3 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. trade. The year of the Centennial Mr. Stouffer determined to seek his fortune in the West, aud going to Abilene, Kans., bought a farm of 160 acres of unimproved school laud, for which he paid *N per acre. He entered into partnership with Andrew Kaffensburger and engaged in breaking prairie. They made <]uite a financial success of this business, running some ten plows and having one hundred head of cattle. In 1878 he disposed of his property aud came to St. Joseph. For the following five years he was foreman of bridge car- pentry on the Kansas City Road, after which he turned his attention for a year to the ice business of J. O. Stephens & Company. In 1884 Mr. Stouffer engaged in general mer- chandising on the site of his present store aud continued at that business successfully until 1892, when he sold his stock and rebuilt the store which he reuts. In 18'Jl he purchased an interest in the drug business now run by Webb & Company, aud in January, 1893, embarked in the wholesale grain, feed and commission business, to which he gives his principal attention. The present firm succeed- ed that of Brady iV Wyatt. The first marriage of Mr. Stouffer occurred in Parkville, Mo., in 1882, when Miss Mattie Sum- mers, a native of that place, became his wife. She was called from this life in Minneapolis, leaving two children, Ethel G. and Clyde S. The lady who so graciously presided over the pleasant home of our subject, at No. 2018 South Tenth street. was, prior lo 1892, Miss Mary C. LeRew. She was born in Adams County, Pa., and was married in Plattsburg, Mo. As formerly stated, Mr. Stouff- er is an active Republican and has served on a num- ber of leading committees. He is a charter mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to St. Joseph Lodge, No. 432, and is also a member of the Woodmen of the World. *****-e** \ X X "S "■( ******** GLAUS J. SIEMENS, M.D. This gentle- man needs no introduction to our readers, for his name is a household word in St. Jo- seph and the surrounding country, where his skill a^ a physician and surgeon is universally recognized. He was born in the island of Heligo- land, at the mouth of the Elbe river, in Germany, which was ceded to that country from England in 1891. The date of his birth was December 14, 1828. His father, Jacob, was lx>rn and passed his entire life on Heligoland, where he followed the occupation of a sail maker. He w r as one of the family to which the people of his name in Berlin belonged. In his religious belief he was a Luth- eran, as was also his wife, Tuedtje (Franz) Siemens. At the present time (1S93) five of the parental family survive, aud of these Claus J. is the oldest. On the island of his birth he remained until he was twelve years old, when he entered the Gym- nasium at Ausfresland and there carried on his studies until 1850. Having resolved to follow a medical career, he became a student in the medi- cal department of Goettingen University, from which institution he was graduated in 1853 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He commenced the practice of medicine on the island of Heligo- land, which was then a recruiting station for the English. He was appointed on the staff to assist the surgeons in charge of the hospital and to ex- amine the recruits for the Crimean War. Three years later, in 1858, Dr. Siemens be- came surgeon on the steamer "Bavaria," Ham burg Line, running between Hamburg and New York. While filling this position, he made thir- teen trips across the ocean. In 1859 cholera broke out on the ship, three cases developing on the first day, but the Doctor, through the use of chloride of lime, was able to prevent an epidemic, and for his prompt and effective measures received high praise. In February, I860, the Doctor resigned his position as ship physician and located at EDaston, Pa., where he entered upon a round of professional duties. At the first tap of the drum, in ISfil, the Doc- tor was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, the appointment being made by the Governor of the state. After three months in that regiment, he became Assistant Surgeon of the Seventy-Sixth Pennsylvania In- fantry, and three months afterward was commis- sioned Sergeant of the Fiftieth Pennsylvania In- PORTRAI'l Wl' i:|tttii;\rill< \l. RECORD 171 fantry, with the rank of Major. In 1864 hie regi mi-ill veteranized, and he resigned and returned I l rtoD kmong the engagements in wbieh he participated maj be mentioned 1 1 » » - following: Eiltou Bead, N C . Porl Royal bland, Port Hon Bull's Run, Frederiokabnrg, Kentucky, Mis I'i. Jackson and the siege of Knoxville. Dp 'ii c iming wes( in 1864, Doctor Siemens I" rat.'. I in Jefferson City. Mo . where In- practiced until 1865 and then came to St, Joseph. Bare he has since been engaged in tin- practice of Lis pro ii. making a specialty of chronic catarrh and diseases "f tin' throat. For year In- occupied a ohair in the St Joseph Medical College, where In- lectured on tin- diseases <'f children. Hi- is prominently identified with tin- Missouri Valley Medical Society and is also a member <>f tin- State Medical Society. As a physician he is careful in tin- diagnosis of diseases and sucosesful in their treatment, while as a surgeon he ranks second to Done in this part of the state. His executive ability and rank in the profession led to hi- elec tion to tin- Presidency of the Northern Missouri Medical Society, and he has also lieen a potent fac- to]- in the upbuilding of the Buchanan County Medical Society. In Ottenaon, Germany, in 1860, occurred the marriage "f 1 >r. Siemens to Miss Helen Mellen, who was born on the island of Heligoland, They sure the parents of six children, as follows: Clan-- J., Jr., who is in the employ of the Bannibal .\ St Joseph Railroad Company; George M.. an arohi ti-ct residing at home; Benry, a machinist in Topeka, Kans .; Frank, who is al present in the (i ivernmenl emplo] at Osage River, Mo.; Louis, ring teller in the German American Hank, and Mellina, who is with her parents. The !'• otor was a Director in the German-American Bank and fox ten years Berved as President of the German School Association of St. .hi-. -ph. While occupy i i > _c the last named position In- was instrumental in securing tl notion of the German American School, which has since been transferred to the city. Politically he is a stanoh adherent t" Re- publican principles, If'' has Berved as President -if the Turner Society and as post Surg lof the Dnion Veteran Legion at Si Joseph Socially he is identified with the Knights --I Bonor and the Chester Barding Post, Grand Army of the Be public. t v> ^ z k'RXt'RX'^JCJa&R JACOB WIOKENHOEFER is proprietor of the Queen City Carriage Works in St. Jo si-ph, Buchanan County, Mo. This manu factory turns out all kinds of vehicles — oar- riages, spring wagons, etc .and i- tin- Largest busi neBs of the kind in this part of the state. Our Bnbjecl is ,-i s.-lf ma le man. having amassed his own fortune entirely through his well directed efforts, working his way upward steadily year bj year. The birth of Mr. Wickenhoefer ooourred March 25, 1855, in Kur Hessem, Germany. Bis father. whose Christian n nine was Michael, was a native of the same province and was a farmer by occupa- tion. He was a soldier in the German Army, a members "f tin- Second llussm-s in the war of 1848. Hi- died in German] in IsnT in tin- faith of tin- Lutheran Church. His wife, formerly Eliz- abeth Miller, died about 1 s 7 : '» . Of her five chil- dren, four are living: -Jacob, Herman, who is in the employ of his older brother; Marie, who lives it Farmington, Iowa; and Gertrude, still a resident of Prussia. Our subject was reared on a faun and attended school. When of a suitable age he worked for neigh- boring farmers and was for a while employed in a dairy at Klderfeldt on the Rhine. When only teen la- determined to come to America, and leav ing Bremen on the steamer " Main," after a pleas ant voyage of thirteen days he landed in Nevt York. lb- at once proceeded to Iowa, where his ancle, Jacob Miller, resided. The latter was a merchant in Parmington and for ,-i year I mployed his nephew The young lad next Berved an appren tioeship to a wagonmaker, learning the trade at the end of three j ears About the year 1876 Mr. Wickenhoefer went to Quincy, 111. , where ha was in the employ of various carriage companies for some bi'x j I < few months thereafter he worked at his trade in Kings- ton, Mo., and in l s 77 came to this city, for four being in the employ of William Tape a 178 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. carriage manufacturers. In 1881 he started out for himself in business on Charles, between Third ami Fourth streets. He took in as a partner Mr. Hesse, whose interest he bought out at the end of three years. In 1887 Mr. Wickenhoefer located in his present large building, at the corner of Charles and Fourth streets, where he has a first-class manufactory. He occupies a four-story building, 40 by 140 feet in dimensions, and here may be found the different departments — the blacksmith shop, woodwork, paint shop, trimming room and sales rooms. He makes a specialty of two grades of carriages, those ranging in [nice from $185 to $300 and those sell- ing at from $300 to $400. About twenty- five men are employed in the factory, which is run by elec- tric power. In addition to a pleasant residence at No. 018 Bon Ton street, Mr. Wickenhoefer owns other real estate of value. On March 28, 1882, at the home of the bride's father, J. J. Mas, was celebrated the marriage of our subject and Miss Carrie Max. They have two children: Arthur and Carrie. Mr. Max was for some years engaged in business in St. Joseph, but is now living a retired life. Our sub- ject is a member of Humboldt Lodge, No. 130, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was an offi cer of Minnehaha Tribe, No. 18, Order of Red Men. He is now Great Guard of the Forest of the Great Canal of Missouri, and occupies a prominent posi- tion in this order. He belongs to the German Evangelical Church and in politics is a Republican. ****»***! ***** ******** / HC ARRY CURTIS is General Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of St. \ Joseph and has been largely interested in making the work prosperous. He is thor- oughly imbued with the spirit of the work and is Secretary of the Buchanan County Bible Society, which has its otlice in the building. Our subject was born in Canaan, Wayne County, Pa., August 22, 1858. He is a son of Spencer and Mary (Emery) Curtis. The father was a merchant tailor in Canaan, Pa., until, believing his health would be improved, he located on a farm where he still resides. He is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church, and fraternally is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having been sent as a representative to the Grand Lodge at Pennsylvania. Our subject's paternal grand- father, Thomas, was born in New York City and was a merchant tailor. Grandfather Emery for- merly lived in New Jersey, where he owned a number of mills and farms. Later he removed to Pennsylvania and became the possessor of large tracts of timber and farm lands. Harry Curtis is the oldest in a family of seven living brothers and sisters. His boyhood was passed on a farm and his education was acquired in the common schools and Normal School of Canaan and Way mart. When seventeen years of age he commenced teaching. In 1879 he went to Manchester, N. H., and took a full course in Gas- kell's Commercial School. For the two succeeding years he taught school in Luzerne Couuty, at the end of which time he became agent for six mouths for one of the National Temperance Societies traveling in different parts of Pennsylvania. He was made assistant manager of the society in New York City, and finally, in 1882, became connected with the Young Men's Christian Association work. He was Assistant Secretary of the Harlem branch in New York City for two years. In 1884 Mr. Curtis came westward, locating as Secretary of the association at Council Bluffs, Iowa, for three years, during which time a large society sprung up. In December, 1S87, our sub- ject came to take charge of the St. Joseph's Asso- ciation, in the new building, which had been completed only four months. At that time the membership was less than five hundred. At the present time there are seven hundred and fifteen enrolled. This Young Men's Christian Association build ing is one of the institutions of the city, ami the good that is being done is incalculable. The building is one of four stories, 50 by 120 feet in dimensions, and is provided with gymnasium, reading room and all other accessories, including educational classes in the evening, and amuse- ments, lectures, concerts, etc. The auditorium has a capacity of five hundred and fifty persons. VviAsftis'VV t to *& IRK v ^ SsyxX P0RTRA1 l \M> BIOGRAPHK \l. Rl CX)RD 183 In Brooklyn, N. Y . in Jane, l s v",, Mr. Curtis and Mi-s Sadie 11. White were united in marriage. She was bora in Hen York and is a member of the UethodiBt Episcopal Church. One child, Harold, has oome to bless this anion. In politics M>" t'ari i- rapports the Republican party. He in pleasanl and affable in manner, and baa bostsof warm Friends among the business □ of St. Joseph as well as with the young men c leoted with the Young Men's Christian Association. ******>-f v , r , r' , c , r i r > > > ' > > > > WILLIAM BALLEE. among the earliest pioneers of Buchanan Count] is this gen tleman, who is very well known, and who Las lived since L839 '>n a good farm, lo oated "ii section 15, Washington Township. This property, consisting of two hundred and seventy acres, is well improved, and is very valuable, as it adjoins the city limits of St. Joseph. In addition bo this, Mr. Sallee owns two hundred ami fort] nine acres in Dauphin County, Kans. , and four hundred and forty acres in Platte County, M o II. wits here at tin- organization of the township and also at the tirst meeting, at which time the county Beat was changed from Sparta to St. Joseph. Mr Bailee, who was born in Green County, Kj . Ma] 6, 1823, is the grandson of John Bailee, a native "f the < >l0 wrote a series of brilliant articles for the Boston Atlas in reply to Francis Bowen's attack on the Hungarian Revolutionists. He was active in the Free Soil party and with the consent of the State Committee, of which he was Secretary, called a convention in the summer of 1S54. A short platform drawn up by him was adopted, together with the name "Republican," and on his motion a committee of six was appointed to organize a new party. In 1855 Mr. Carter was an associate editor of the Boston Telegraph, the following year edited the Atlas, and from 1857 59 was the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune. His next, work was with Messrs. Ripley & Dana on the first edition of the American Encyclopedia, in which were many important articles from his pen. In January, 1864, Robert Carter was appointed HH.TKUl \M» l!l(t(ii;\l'im \l RECORD Private Secretary of the Treasurj Agent, whose headquarters were at Beaufort, S 0., and from Joij of thai year until October, 1869, he edited the Rochester, N X ,DemoeraL When news came of id" assassination of President Lincoln be wrote an article, without consulting any book or m oranda, of ever] celebrated case of regicide in his tory. From 1870 73 he was editor of Appleton's •I mhI, ami then became associate editor for the revision of the American Encyclopedia In 1^71 impaired health compelled bim to discontinue lit erary work, and in the next three years lio made three tour- to Europe. II" was 1 1 j • - authoi of "A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England," published in Boston in 1864. This passed through several editions. The first wife of Robert Carter, Ann Augusta Gray I »• fore her marriage, was l>oni in Newport, H I., and died in New Jersey in 1863. She was a successful writer of poems and tales for the young. Susan Nichols became the Beoond wife of Mr. Car ter Fdr over twenty years she was principal of the Woman's Art School of the Cooper Institute. Charles M. Carter is the second child of his fatli er's firal marriage. James L., tl Ider son, is transfer agent of the Burlington Road in Boston. Alice, the only sister, is a resident of Cambridge, M 98 Our subject was eduoated in the Cain bridge, Haas., and Rochester, N. 7., schools. On completing his studies he was for one year in the wholesale grocerj bnsiness in Rochester, N 1 Be worked up to the position of head clerk in a oonnting room in a wholesale mercantile establish inent in Boston. In 1876, coming west, he was for a time in Omaha, and (Inn first took up rail roading, being a clerk in the Assistant Treasurer's offi f the Burlington >v Mis.. i Road in Ne braska. In IS77 he was made Assistant Ti nrer of the Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque £ Minne- sota Road, at Dubuque, Iowa, continuing in thai capacity until 1880, Be was then appointed to a similar position with the Kansas City, St Joseph & Council Bluffs, and iii |sM became acting audi tor of the Hannibal A St Joseph Road. On the lir-t of January, 1885, he was made assistant audi tor of the Causa; City, St. Joseph A Counoil Bluffs Road and the Hannibal & Bl Joseph Road, and on the Ural of July, 1801, assumed the duties of the position which he now occupies. Be has eighty men under his supervision in the office, and !-. unquestionably, one of the most valuable men in the employ of the railroads mentioned. [n Dubuque, in the year 1870, Mr. Carter and M -- Ada P. Hunter were united in matrimony Mrs Carter is the daughter of John Hunter, who is engaged in the insurance business in Dubuque The lady was born in Oshkosh, and brought up in Dubuque She has three children; Majorie, Dorothy and Barbara, The familj are members of the Congregational Church, this city, and ooou py an enviable position in social circles. Mr. Carter is a linn Republican and Booiall) be longd to the Commercial and Benton Clube, "f which he has been Vice president and Secretary. He i-i a member of the American Association of Railway Accounting < Mfioera K * l ■* X ?C*N*R?R JOHN BAKER CORBITT, Among the hon v I or.Ml earl> settlers of Buchanan Count) and \J numbered with the leading I democrats of this region is Mr Corbilt, who has been called upon several times to till important public positions of trust and honor. lie is now discharging the duties I f Treasurer of Buchanan County, making bis home in St Joseph, September 1. l ss 'i. he was appointed Superintendent of the Count) I' Farm by the County Court and engaged in oarrj in"; that on for six years, retiring in March, 1892. He endeavored faitbfullj to perform tie- duties de rolving upon him, and ^a\e general satisfaction to his constituents and the oitizens of the county. In the fall of 1892 he was nominated and elected r\,. a- County Treasurer, and assumed the duties of that office January 1. 1898, his term to continue for two years. His office and genera] headquarters are in the Saxton National Bunk. He has always been greatly interested in eduoa lional mailers, and BBTVed as a member of the school board while a resident ol I township, lieine; also .Justice of the Peace for some time. Mr Corbitt was born in Virginia, in w 186 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. County, ou the small Kanawha river, January 15, 1839, and he is a sou of James and Sarah (Baker) Corbitt. Our subject's paternal grand- father, James, was a native of the Emerald Isle, emigrating with his parents to Virginia and be- coming a small farmer in Wood County. James T. Corbitt was an agriculturist in the Old Dominion until 1852, when he emigrated westward, believing that his opportunities would be greater in the newer country. Going to Iowa he located in War- ren County, where he was one of the early settlers, entered land near Indianola and there engaged in fanning until nearly eighty two years of age, his death occurring July 7, 1892. He was throughout life an active member of the Democratic party. His wife was born in Virginia, near Morgan town, on the Monongahela river, her father, John Baker, being of German descent. His ancestors emi- grated to America previous to the Revolutionary War, in which they took an active part, and were early settlers in the Old Dominion. Her father participated in the War of IS 12, and was a witness of Hull's surrender in Detroit. He was a farmer and cooper in his native state, where his death occurred. The mother, who is still living, resides on the old homestead with a son. In a family of nine children who grew to man- hood and womanhood our subject is the third in order of birth, and passed his boyhood, until reaching the age of thirteen years, in Virginia, re- ceiving a common school education. His birth- place was near Burning Springs, now the oil region of the state. In 1852 he went by boat to Keokuk, then by team to Indianola, where he helped improve a farm and remained with his parents until reaching his majority. Mr. Corbitt had had but little schooling up to the age of eighteen years, and is almost entirely a self-educated as well as a self made man, having winked his own way to the top through many difficulties. On leaving home he obtained work as a farm hand, receiving only $12 per month, and going to school each winter season. After some time lie engaged in teaching school, receiving at first $18 per month, and continued as a teacher during the winter time until the close of the war. His last term of school closed daring the winter of 1805-66 in Adair County, Mo. In the spring of the latter year he first located in Buchanan County, obtaining work at contracts and furnishing railroad supplies, at which business he was very successful. Until 1N72 he engaged in farming to some extent, and in that year purchased a farm in Agency Township, starting in a small way and gradually adding to his farm, machinery and stock. He is still the owner of one hundred and sixty acres, which is well cultivated and very fertile. In 1872 Mr. Corbitt and Mrs. Emma Womach were joined in wedlock. Mrs. Corbitt is a native of this couuty and is a daughter of Alfred Coates. At the time of her marriage she was a widow with one child, F. M. , who is now engaged in carrying on our subject's farm in Agency Township. Since her union with our subject she has become the mother of six children: J. R. , who is a student in the Christian Brothers' College; Lenore, Calla, William B., John B. and Benjamin H. Mr. Cor- bitt is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Ancient Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in politics is a stanch Democrat, having served as a member of the County Commit- tee until receiving his appointment as Superintend- ent of the Poor Farm. ^,S*N^N^ *******& SMON B. CAMPBELL is a leading phy- sician and surgeon of St. Joseph, having acquired considerable reputation, particu- larly as a surgeon, and having one of the largest practices in this city. He is Professor of Materia Medica in the Northwestern Medical Col- lege, of which institution he is himself a graduate, as well as of the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pa. The Doctor was born in Al- liance, Stark County, Ohio, March S, I860. His father, the Rev. D. B. Campbell, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1815, while his paternal grand- father, a native of Argyleehire, Scotland, was one of the early settlers in Pennsylvania, entering land in Weston, near Pittsburg, where he lived until called to his linal rest. D. B. Campbell entered the Methodist Episco PORTRAIT AM" BH »< i II \ I'llH ! \ I. RECORD 18* pal Oniversitj in 1886 and was ■ circuit rider over the < iumberland Mountains, establishing and build in<,' numbers i'f churches in the Pittsburg Circuit, which embraced a part of Ohio. ll<' made his headquarters a! Alliance Ohio, for many years, and returned to Pennsylvania in 1869. About thai time he removed to Donophan County, neai High land, Sana,, buying land and passing I j i — l.-i-t years in Robinson, where bis deatl curred in June, l^ s \ at the age "f sevent] three years. Our subject's mother, whose maiden name was Martha Dodson, was born in 1820 at <*il City, l'oim . and was married in 1835. Her father was Ixirn in Germany, settling early in the oil regions "f Pennsylvania, where 1 ngaged in farming. Be was a member of the Lutheran Church, and a much respected citizen in the neighbor! I .>f 1 1 1 • - b Mrs Campbell is now living in Robinson, Kuns. Our subject is one of seven living children, two having deceased. A brother, Philip D., was in a Pennsylvania reei at in the cavalry service, and at the battle of Winchester was wounded with a Baber thrust on liis head, from the effects of which he died after the war. Dr. Campbell, of this -ketch, »a- the youngest member of the family, and was reared in his native Btate until 1869, when he came west, acquiring his education in a Presbyterian Bohool at Highland University. When only nineteen he began the study of medi oine under the tutelage of the late Dr. D. J. Hol- land, of A-htoii, after which he entered the North western Medical College of this city, graduating in the first olaes in 1 S M. He at on mgaged in practice in Rising < * i t _\ , Neb., staying there only nntil the fall of 1881, when be located at FSaston, Buchanan County, and there Buooeeded in gaining a large and Buocessful clientage; but preferring a larger field of labor, he removed to St. Joseph in the fall of 1887, and it is now said on good author itj that he has the largest practice of any one fn the Bit J l>i Campbell's success has been assured from the first, for hi' ha- spared no pain-, hard work or • application to his studies to beoome thor- oughly conversant with everything pertaining to medicine. For the year ending December, l^'.t'J. be finds bj In- rd that bis whole business has amounted to 115,000, tl ash receipts footing np to about $9,000. Hi- office i- located in the Pape Building on Frederik avenue While at FSaston, in 1888, the Doctor entered and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, taking a Bpecial course in surgery ami diagnosis. In l^^7 he be came a professor in the Northwestern Medical Col lege, ami is a member of the Board of Directors, being one of seven who advocated ami secured a three-year term Hi- reputation i- more than local as a Burgeon, for he i- frequently called t.. perform difficult operation- and treat chronic rlis ea-e- indifferent part- of the adjoining counties His success is owing to his pluck and energ well a- to his thorough familiarity with the branches in which he is a specialist. In September, 1881, Dr Campbell wedded Miss I'aralie, daughter of Dr. J. P. Cbesney, of St. Joseph. The latter i- Professor of Obstetrics in the Northwestern Medical College, Mi- Camp hell was reared and educated in St. Joseph, though Platte County was the place of her birth. Two children have blessed this union: Osmon B., .Ir., and Forrest 0. The Doctor own- a beautiful residence, containing fourteen rooms, at the corner of Twentieth and Faraon street-, which is -nr rounded by one of the finest lawns in the city. Our subject is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and i- examining Burgeon for the Lodge " Pride of the West" and of the Knights of the Maooal - He belongs to the Missouri Valley Medical Society, the District Medical So piety of Northwestern Missouri, of which he was at one time Secretary, but now President; the Buchanan Count] Medical Society ami the State Medical Society. In regard to politics Dr. Camp bell is a loyal supporter of the I »et tratic party. JAMES \v. AMBROSE, who was for man] years ot f the enterprising business men of St Joseph, Buchanan County, and President of the Ambrose Manufacl uring Company, «as a native of Lancashire, England, "here his -- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. father was a miller. This business James W. be- came master of in his youth, and when about eighteen years old came to America, learning the trade of a mechanic. He worked at various places and was employed in the Chicago ft Alton Railway shops in Bloomington for some time. He afterward ran a machine shop for himself in Lincoln. 111., and about twenty years ago became identified with the welfare of St. Joseph. In 1 ST 1 Mr. Ambrose came t" this city and started a small machine shop and foundry for manufacturing purposes. The busi- ness gradually grew and was extended until, in L883, the present company was incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000. Of this Mr. Ambrose was made President, and had the controlling in- terest and the charge of the same until his death. which occurred December 26, 1891, at which time he was about sixty two years old. The maiden name of Mrs. James W. Ambrose was Hannah S. Rowley. She was born in Eng land and came to America with her parents. Her father, William Rowley, was formerly a resident of Bloomington, now deceased. Mr-. Ambrose is still living in St. Joseph. Of her six children, one son and four daughters are living. Her eldest horn. James R., died in his eighteenth year. The daughters are as follows: Jessie, wife of J. H. Johnson, lives in this city: Mary E. is Secretary aud Treasurer of the Ambrose Manufacturing Com- pany: Grace and Jeanette are at home. - F. Ambrose, the only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Ambrose, was born in Bloom- _ a, 111., September 9, 1866, and received the benefits of a good common-school edncation. aJ-o attending the high school for several years. He then became a machinist, working under his fath- er's direction, and s.> thoroughly did he make him- self familiar with the details and various branches of the trade that, when, upon his father's death, Deceiul>er, 1S91, the management fell upon his shoulders, he was able to assume the duties with out fear of failure. Though only two years have --•■•1, he has shown that he has naturally admir- able business qualifications and that he will make an even greater success of the enterprise than ever, there being a constant demand for such good work as is turned out from this establishment. The Ambrose Manufacturing Company's shop is located on Montery aud Eighth streets and is one block long. There are large moulding rooms, machinists' shops, store-rooms, and a pattern shop where they make all their own patterns. In the plant is a forty-horse power engine and boiler and a seven ton moulding cupola. In addition to mak- ing railway castings and bridgework. they do all sorts of large castings for various purposes. Work is done in all kinds of metals— iron, brass, copper, etc. — and employment is given to thirty five hands. The company is jnstly regarded as one of the lis ing industries of St. Joseph, and if its business iticreases during the next few yt-ars in the same ratio as during the years preceding, as there seems every prospect of its doing, a largely increased force of men will be necessitated. Mr. S. F. Am- brose is a member of the Builders' and Trades' Association and in politics is a Republican. 5BrS*S^^BS«^^^»PJSfS*S(sii9S* WILLIAM H CARPENTER, a very promi- nent and popular business man of St. - ph, is now President of the Phoenix Loan Association and President of Dil- lon Cement Plaster Co., the plant of the latter l>eiug at Dillon. Kans.. but having its headquar- ters in this city. This is a large and promising concern having a capital stock of $ 100,th in this and foreign countries, as in l^VIl he wasa member of the Knight Templar excursion which visited important places in Germany. Austria. Italy. Switzerland. France. England and Wales. Mr. Carpenter was born in Luray, Page County, Va.. July l't, 1S44, and is a son of Lewis F.. who was l>orn in Loudoun County, in the same state. Both parents of the latt.r wnre also natives of the POR I I: M I' \M> i:ii"ii;Ai'|||('\l. RECORD 180 same county, the father being an extensive stock h and farmer in thai region. He and his brothers participated in the War of 1812 and prominent in the earlj bistorj of the Btate. Lewis V was married in Page County I" Miss Elizabeth Varner, who was born in that Bounty, ami whose father, Daniel, of Qerman descent, was a farmer bj occupation. Mr. Carpenter n wagon maker and mannfaotnrer of threshing ms chines, doing all tin 1 forging and detail work him self In 1854 he came to Missouri, coming on the Ohio from Wheeling to St. Louis bj boat, and thence np the Missouri river to tliis city, where he located and engaged al his trade. In the follow ing spring he located on a farm in Marion Town ship, which h<' improved and on which he resided fur nearly forty years, bis death there occurring in April. 1880, at tin n^'r nf seventy nni> years. His wife is -till living on the old homestead, now hav ing reached the g 1 old age of seventy years. Mi- Carpenter has been fur many years past a member of the old school Baptist Chnrch. Our subject is nt f ten children, nine of whom were sons and six of whpm are now living. The other members of the family are: 8. I' . who is a promi nent physician of St. Joseph, anil whose Bketcb may be found on another page of this work; Dan iel I'. who is engaged in farming in Andrew County; Thomas J., an extensive agriculturist near Hutchinson, Kans. ; Robert 8., manager of the clothing department with the firm of Town send A Wjratl Drj Q 1- Company; Bedford I'.. who owns a farm in Andrew County, and Mary lv , now Mrs. \\\ c Hamilton, who makes her lion n ti Id place in Marion Township. Our subject's boyhood was spent in hia native state and he was abonl ten years of age when be came with bis parents by waj of the rivers to tin- nt_\ He resided on his father's farm, receiving a com moil school education. \' the first tap of the dram Mr Carpentei en listed in the < Ion federate Army, he then being only seventeen years of age He became a member of Company II. First Missouri Calvary, under Col. Call's, and participated in the battle of Pea Ridgi at which he was taken prisoner; was paroled l>ut held until the nexi summer Returning, be took part in the battles ol B Creek, Champion Mill and Black River, and was nexl engaged in the important siege of Vioksburg, after which he was paroled until November, and wenl to Meridian, Miss . thence to Lauderdale Springs, thence to Mobile, where, after a short time be was ordered to reinforce Johnson, and was in the battle of Kene saw Mountain, where Gen. Polk was killed Prom that place he wenl to Atlanta, taking part in the sirjM. of that rit_\. his next battle being that ■ . r Jonesboro. After the battle of Alt ta Mount aina be was in the skirmish of Reeeca, being ordered from there to Decatur, then to Tuscnmbia, thence north to Columbia. In the battle "f Frank- lin, which sun led, he was wounded with grape shot, which shattered his ri^ht hip, and for nix weeks he was obliged to remain in the hospital; then going to Mobile be remained until spring, when with his regiment he surrendered in April. 1865. At Atlanta he was shot In a spent hall but from tin- effects of this he soon recovered. Returning from the service Mr. Carpenter wenl to Groene ('utility. Ark., where he taught bcI I much oT the time for the sue ling two rears. He also purchased a farm in that locality of two hundred and forty acres, where be bdi ssfnlly engaged in raising cotton. In 1868, returning to si. Joseph, I ntered the employ of B l> Bu fonl A, Co., of Rook Island, 111 , as their repre sentative in Missouri ami Kansas, and remained with them for seven years. He was next employed by l> M Osborne & Co., manufacturers "f reap ing machines, their factory being located al An burn, N. V Our Bubjecl traveled for that firm for nine years as general agent in Missouri ami is. being located at Kansas Cit_\. In l v v", be was engaged with the Milwaukee Harvester Co as general Bgenl in Missouri, Kansas and N< braska, with headquarters ;ii 81 Joseph, and was with that li r tn for four years when he .put travel ing, In 1880 Mr. Carpenter helped to organize the Pboanix Loan Association, with a capital of 14,000, , of which be was made President, tl tVn f the i i"»u\ being located in the Qerman Lmeri can Hank, and also, as previously stated, has quite i ntl\ become interested in the Dillon Cement 190 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Plaster Co. Our subject built a fine brick build- ing on a lot of 80 feet front in a good location, No. 2223 Felix street, and also owns other property and real estate in this city. Mr. Carpenter is a member of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, of the Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar, be- ing a member of the Grand Council of the Stale, and is the High Priest of St. Joseph Chapter, No. 14. In Arkansas Mr. Carpenter was married in 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Clark, who was born in Tennes- see and who died two years later, leaving one son, Aubrey, whose death occurred in Texas at the age of twenty years. Our subject was again married in Forest City, Holt County, in 1869, at which time Miss Martha E. Sedgwick became his wife. She was born in Virginia, her father being an early settler of Holt County. Mr. Carpenter is an act- ive worker and an elder in the Christian Church, and both he and his estimable wife well deserve, the high esteem in which they are held by all who have had the pleasure of making their acquaint- ance. as^****^ ^ X X X X SJSKSSfSJSiSKSK 1/ If ON. ABRAHAM DAVIS is a member of r^l the legislature from the First District of 1 Buchanan County, his associates being {/ Granville Atkins, of St. Joseph, and B. F. Stewart, of a place near Rushville. Our subject was first elected in 1888 on the Democratic ticket, his opponent being Maj. J. L. Bittinger, a Repub- lican nominee, who had served before. After a closely contested campaign Mr. Davis was elected by a majority of three in his district. Mr. Bittinger entered a protest on the grounds of illegal voting but after a hearing before a justice abandoned the case. During his first term Mr. Davis was on the Committees of Roads and Highways and In- terior Improvement, taking an active part in both. He also assisted in securing the new charter for St. Joseph and in other ways proved the wisdom of his being sent as a representative of the people to the legislature. In the election of 1890 Mr. Davis' opponent was John Adams, a candidate of the Alliance Republi- cans. Mr. Davis was again elected by a majority of over six hundred. While a member of the Thirty-seventh Assembly he served on the Interior Improvement Committee and on Roads and High- ways. He attended the special sessions in the winter of 1 891— 1)'2 when he was placed on the im- portant Committee for Redisricting the State and was Chairman of the Committee on Retrenchment and Reform. At the special sessions the matter of rebuilding the State University at Columbia, which had been recently burned, was passed upon by the Committee of Interior Improvement, Mr. Davis taking an active part in the matter. Various cities had petitioned for the University, but he clung to Columbia as the more suitable place. In the present Thirty-seventh Assembly he is on the Committee of Internal Improvement, Chairman of the Com mittee on Militia and acting on two Union Com- mittees. In this last election the Republican can- didate who ran against him was David Marshall, but our subject was elected by a majority of one hundred and seventy- four. He was a strong advo- cate for making Mr. Stewart, of Buchanan County, Speaker pro tem. The subject of this sketch is a native of St. Joseph, where his birth occurred July 5, 1M4. His parents were Joseph and Sarah (Sheckell) Davis, natives of Kentucky and Indiana respect- ively. Their marriage was celebrated in Indiana, and soon afterward, in 1840, they emigrated to Missouri, settling near this city. The mother died at the age of seventy-one years in 1892, her hus- band having died three years previously, aged eighty-six. On their arrival in this county they located on a farm where the early years of our subject were spent. The farm comprised one hundred and ninety acres, a portion of which still belongs to Mr. Davis. When a youth he ran on a steamboat to New Orleans. As he was one of a family of eleven children he early commenced making his own living, though given a good educa- tion. Five of the family circle are yet living: John Prescott, who is a farmer in Arizona; our subject; Joseph, who resides on the old homestead as does his younger brother Richard; and Eliza, who is the wife of Alexander Miller of Andrew County. George died at the age of twenty-two PORTRAIT ANI> BIOGK U'lllCAI. RECORD 1118 in St. Joseph; William and Rebecca both died al the age of twenty four yeara; Mary, who was the •rife of A. IV Ditto, died when twentj Biz years of ■ge, and Martha when twentj two departed tlii- lifi- in Kansas. Bhe \\a^ the wife of Thomas A Mill, i A pari "f Mr. l>a\is' father's farm 1ms been platted .hi. I added to the oitj One mile north of the oitj ball onr Bnbjeei bos platted a traol of twelre acres oo St. Joseph avenue, whioh is rapidlj increasing in ralne. Boon after leaving school, in the winter of 1864 65, Mr. Davis wenl to Colorado and Montana, spending abort seven years in the mines with moderate success. Since Ins return to this I'iiy he baa l d engaged in wholesale ice packing. Tliis winter (1892 93) he has Btored three thouaand tons ,.f this commodity for the summer's use. In St. Joseph on the 16th of Sep tember, 1879, was celebrated the marriage of Mi and Miss Jennie Bobbins, who was born in the Empire State, but who lias been a resident of tin- citj for several yeara The estimable oonple are members of the Baptist Churoh and active in all good works. Mr, Davis is a member of the In surance Order, the W Imen of the World. He baa dealt considerably in real estate in this oitj atnl baa erected about twenty houses in the Davis Addition. Be lias also loaned monej and lias been interested in various enterprises in tliis localit) ****** fir* J\MI s WEIR BEDDENS, M D In the front ranks of the medical profession of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, stands oni sub- ject, who has a large and successful practice, a skillful Burgeon and a faithful, unti physician So stndj oi research is too arduous for his ambitions tl ^ r lit. and liis medical work i- imili upon a firm f tdation of scientific and general knowledge. Be was born in Barb villi', Claj County, Kj . in 1857 to the late Dr. William I Beddens, who was one of the leading physicians of St Joseph for many yeara When onlj two yeara old, our Bnbjeei was brought to this oitj bj lii> par. nis ami here bia education was ac quired While st ill a \ • ► 1 1 1 b, ' in liis n cal studies and in 1878 graduated from the J< s.m Medical College, of Philadelphia, taking the in anatomy. Be continued bia Btudies un der the directi f the world-renowned l>i- Panoost, and served for a term in the hospital after his graduation. As soon as be bad com pleted bis college and hospital o -.■ be began teaching anatomj in the Medical College of St. Joseph and continued in tins position until 1891, when be was prevailed upon to accept the chair i f Operative Surgerj and Gynecologj in the Bus worth Medical College, of which be is also oi f tin- trustees and secretary of the board Dr. Beddens lias held the position ..f oommis si r of the State Lunatic Asylum, No. '-'. undei three administrations, being first appointed bj Marmaduke, then bj Gov, Francis, and re cently by Gov. Stone. The Doctor is always presidenl of the board ..f managers ol the Asylum. As ii surgeon, be is especial I j noted, and In- sue oess in performing difficult operations has given him wide oelebritj in the medical world Be ie an able and forcible writei and bis Btrong articles on various matters pertaining to lii- profi have 1 n favorablj received and commended bj the members of t be fraternitj . Although on 1 j thirty four years of age, Dr Bed dens has alreadj attained an enviable place, and one which manj able practitioners have labored .i lifetime to achieve. Though bis success might verj naturallj make him an egotist, the grave and responsible duties of b on and liis natural freedom from ostentation have saved bim from iIihI mistake. Be is possessed of every facility f"i ..l. taining i lern ideas advanced in medicine and Brj and for den si rat ing i beii il ap plication and usefulness His mail... I skill in the past compels the belief that he will bave manj professional triumphs. In the year I ss 7 I >i I [eddens and M Barret, of Henderson, Ky., were united in mai riage Their happj home baa been blesssed with a beautiful babj boy, Barrett S|>encer, the -• ■ name being in honor ol I'r Beddens' friend, -I udge M Speni I >i William I Beddens, •! lased, the father 194 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of our subject was bora in Preble County, Ohio, February 14, 1828, his parents being of Pennsyl- vania and South Carolina birth. He was a gradu- ate of the Jefferson Medical College and began his practice in Kentucky. When three years had expired, he came to St. Joseph, where he engaged in practice until his death. His record as an en- terprising citizen and prominent professional man is one which sheds lustre upon his life and charac- ter. He was a member of the International Medi- cal Congress, the American Medical Association, served as Vice-president and President of the Northwestern Missouri Association, and was also President of the St. Joseph Medical Society. He secured a large practice and amassed a handsome fortune. The senior Dr. Heddens was the editor and owner of the first medical journal published west of St. Louis. In 1879 he organized the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in this city, of which, during its entire existence, he was President and Dean. After its consolidation with the St. Joseph Hospital Medical College, he was still the President. Two years later, when the college was reorganized, becoming Eusworth Med- ical College and Hospital, he was made President of the Board of Trustees and Dean of the Faculty, continuing as such until his death July 8, 1891. It is well known to many of our citizens that it was due almost entirely to the influence of Dr. Heddens that the late Samuel Eusworth donated the principal of his large estate to the erection and endowment of the Eusworth Hospital, at the cor- ner of Seventh and Jule streets, which is recog- nized as one of the most important institutions of the kind in the northwest. For thirty or more years, the father of our subject was a conspicuous figure in the social and professional life of St. Jo- seph, and no citizen ever passed away more deeply honored and regretted. Fraternally, he was ;i Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Independ ent Order of Odd Follows. In Barboursville, Ky., Dr. William Heddens wedded his first wife, Miss Catherine Adams, who died in June, 1874, leaving six children. He afterward married Miss Mattie D. Offutt, of She] hyville, Ky., who is still living. 'fp'jDMOND J. ECKEL is the first and leading I^-J architect in St. Joseph, having made this ' city his home since 18(59. He has won a well-deserved reputation in his line of bus- iness and under his supervision the finest speci- mens of architecture in St. Joseph and neighbor- ing cities have been erected, and together with Mr. Maun, his partner, he has been extremely suc- cessful, and outside of this city was the architect of the Council Bluffs Court-house and of the court- houses at Marysville, Maysville, Brockport and Albany in this state. The firm have also super intended the erection of school buildings in various cities, store-houses in Fort Worth, Tex., and a large wholesale grocery house at Pueblo, Col. In 1890 they drew up plans that were accepted for the new City Hall at St. Louis, winning the pre- ference over some thirty-seven competitors. In addition to this they were architects of the Union Depot of St. Joseph and the Union Depot of Han nibal, Mo. Many of the finest church edifices and public buildings, as well as the beautiful mansions and homes of many western capitalists and other prominent citizens, bear the marks of their genius. Mr. Eckel was born in Sfrasburg, Alsace, Ger- many, June 22, 1845. His father P. J. Eckel, was also born in that city and was a large manu- facturer there until his death in 1852. The grand father of our subject on the maternal side, M. J. Schweighaeuser, was a native of the same town, where lie afterward became a manufacturer also. Our subject's mother, who bore the Christian name of Caroline, reared her little family, surviv ing her husband many years. In 1870 she came to America, making her home with our subject until her death in 1886. The family were in re- ligious belief Lutherans, and Mr. Eckel's ances tors emigrated from Saxony to Alsace about 1630, but the Schweighaeusers were an old and promi nent German family from Strasburg. Of six children only two sisters of Kdmond J. Eckel are yet living. He received a good educa- tion in his mother tongue and when fourteen years of ago began the study of architecture with a rela- tive, preparatory to entering a school of line arts in Paris. Later going to that famous center of art, he was a student at the Ecole des Beaux Ails, PORTRAIT Wl> I : I < »< ; | ; \ i • 1 1 1 . \ i . RE< o|;i> I'.':. whicli is ili.- I tost institution of its kind in the world, iiinl there he panned hie studies diligently fin four and one half wars. Soon after liis gradua tion be oonolnded to try liis fortunes in America and accordingly, in September, 1868, left Bavre on the steamer "Ville de Parie," landing in New York City and coming west bj way of Cleveland, t Ihio, where he obtained work us a draftsman, re maining there for about eight months. On Jul] 8, 1869, Mr. Bekel landed in St. Joseph, having oome bj waj of Omaha and being on bis waj to Kansas Oity. It was by Ike mereel chance that be oonolnded to cast in his lot with the inhab i t ant ^ of this favored place, and on account of an accident on the railroad be was obliged to Bpend Sun. lav here and was so favorably' impressed that he with wise jadgment decided to remain here, if be could obtain employment. With liis past ex perienee this «a~ more easily obtained than he feared, for be was at once made a draftsman in the tirm of Stickers \ Boettnor, with whom he continued for nearly three years, until in 1872 he was iuii.lt> n partner in the firm. The senior mem ber retiring, the tirm then became Boettner & Eckel, and remained as such until 1880, when Mi. Mann was ma le a partner in the linn. In the spring of 1891 the members of the firm diss, lived pai t nership and Mr. Eckel is now in bus alone. Since 1880 he lias drafted and been architect of the principal wholesale houses and reeidei a in St. Joseph, and many of a truly creditable construction bavebeenpul up. A g the numerous ones in which his handiwork is plainly shown are the following: The handsome Commercial Bank building, the Irish American building, Saxton National Bank, Central Block, Tootle & Ho-ea store building, Smith Drug Com jiany and Nave, Mc( 'old stores, I'msworth Medical College, Steele <& Walker's building and those of Richardson, Roberts, Byrne i Company, \i. L. McDonald, hoard of Trade, (ierman American Bank, Hughes Blookand the fonng Men's Christ iau Association Building The large wings on the SIM.- Asylum were pla I bj bim and of the following residences be was the architect: N P Ogden, a N Schuster, A. I. Smith, .lames M.- Cord. Samuel Nave, George l> Perry, Charles Saunders. ,l. \\ McAllister, C. C Burns, John B Lemon, I'.. Lindsey, •! I'. Moss, l> I Bartletts and II. Bartletts snd Jndgi II M Barney. In 1875 Mr. Eckel was united in the bond matrimony with Mi-s M I, , daughter of (i,.,,r^e 1 1. Schroera, a retail mannfaclnrer of tins city Mis. Eckel is a native of St. Joseph, and b] her marriage has become the mother of font children Edmond G., Minnie A., Elvie E. and Qeorge I: Socially Mr. Eckel is a Km-lii Templar ami a member of MoilaShrii f St. Joseph, also of the Independent Order of odd Fellows, has passed all the Chairs in the Encampment, and i~ a mem ber of the Knights of Honor, fie belongs to the American Institute of Lrchiteoture and to the Benton and C meroial Clubs of this oity. OSWALD M GILMER. Few citizens of St. Joseph are held iii higher esteem and are m, .re popular than he whose name heads tin- sketch He was elected in the Bpring of L890 on the Republican ticket as Citj Auditor, and after a two year term in that re sponsible position his career was considered in so favorable a light that he was again elect.. I Mr. Gilmer is an old newspaper man, having .1.' voted the most of his life to printing ami editorial work. In political circles he is prominent, i- chairman ol the Republican Count] Central Com untiee, in 1886 was Secretary of the Count} Republican Executive Central Committee, ami two years previous to that was Secretary of the Count] Central Committee. He has stumped the Congressional District for Warner and Crowther, and in I ss I was candidate from the Second I 1 tricl for the Legislature, though he was not elected. In his business as a newspaper man he has made a wide acquaintance in various parts ,.f the -tale, and is considered local!] a thoroughl] enterprising and business man. Mr. Gilmer was born in Red Oak, Brown County, Ohio, Februarj 2, 1850, and ia the s >f the Rev, Daniel Gilmer, a native of Alleghen] County, Pa Daniel Gilmer was of Scotch de 196 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. scent and learned the printer's trade in the state printing office at Columbus. He graduated in the Miami University of Oxford, Ohio, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and then entered the theo- logical school in the same place. In 1851 he be- came a minister in the Presbyterian Church, lo- cating then in Granville, 111. Then, for a time, he was in Indiana, thence removing to Iowa, and later returning to Illinois, making his homo in Sandoval until he was called from this life in I860. He was an Abolitionist, and later a Re- publican. When the Presbyterian Church divided on account of the feeling on the slavery question he joined the newschool.of which he was a founder, anil afterward was a member of the Free Presbj terian denomination. He was fifty two years of age at the time of his death. The wife of Daniel Gilmer, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Strain, was born in Ripley, Ohio. Her father, John Strain, was born in South Carolina, where his parents were planters and slave-owners, but on account of opposition to slavery he removed north. Mr. Strain was en- gaged in farming and milling near Ripley. In 1851 he located in Granville, 111., where his death occurred. He was of English descent and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Gilmer, who is now nearly eighty years of age, makes her home with our subject, who is the fifth in a family of six children, all of whom are living. Dr. John G., a brothei, was in the Thirty second Illinois In- fantry, being Assistant Surgeon, and now is a resi- dent of Clearwater Harbor, Fla. Nellie (}.. now the wife of S. E. Mannon, lives at Los Angeles, Cal., in which city Mary C, wife of William H. Carpenter, also resides. Rebecca F. is a teacher in the public schools of St. Joseph; Rev. U. Z. is a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Denver; Agnes, the youngest in the family, died at the age of fourteen. Mr. Gilmer was reared principally in Illinois, attending the common schools of Sandoval until his fifteenth year, and in lSfiTi attended the High School at Monmouth, 111. In ISfi'.t he was appren- ticed as a printer in the office of the Galesburg Free Prea8, and later was in the employ of the Galesburg Republican. When he had learned his trade he went to Springfield, working on the State Journal. In 1873 he removed to Concordia, Kans. , on account cf his health, near which place he resided, remaining a year, then going to Leav- enworth, Kans., working in the 'limes office of that city for three years. In the year 1876 he came to this city, working for a few months as printer on the Gazette, and was then made the city editor of the paper. For two years he was connected with the News, and in the fall of 1889 was made city editor of the Herald. A few months later he was nominated and elected to the position of City Auditor, as before men tinned, in which capacity he is still serving. At Carlisle, 111., Mr. Gilmer was married in I s7 I to Miss Emma D. Hill, who was a native of Macoupin County, 111., and reared in Jerseyville, Jersey County, 111. Four children grace the union: Frederick E., Grace A., Ernest H. and Margaret. Our subject is a worthy member and trustee of the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church. ss***^**!!!!!!*******:* ILLIAM DONIPHAN HOOKADAY. the i energetic and prosperous proprietor of the Plattsburg Flouring Mill, known as the Merchant and Exchange Mills, is a native of Plattsburg, and is quoted as a man of extended business experience and an excellent financier. He was born August 5, 1855, and is the son of Isaac N. and Fannie Lincoln Hockaday, His father was a merchant in Plattsburg in the days of 1856, and was also a merchant in Atchison. He was a native of Greenup County. Ky.but came to Clay County, Mo., settling in Liberty in 1842. In L845 he located in Clinton County, and there engaged in farming. He started the first lumber yard, the first hardware store and the first bank ever located in Plattsburg. He organized the ( Minion County Savings Association before the war, i lie same 1 being at present the bank of (Jay & Funk houser. A citizen of worth and broad intelligence, he was universally lamented when lie passed away in A ] nil. 1N73. His widow, who is still living, is a POR I I; \l I Wl> BIOUR M'llH \I. HE ORD I '.iT oative Mi~--.nn i. in. and was united i" her husband in Libert) , Mi Hockaday was reared in Plattsburg ami attended the home — *-1j« *« >t— -. afterward receiving a bnaineas coaree at Spaulding's College in Kansas Citj Engaging in business, li«' firs! clerked in a hardware store four years. He then became a bookkeeper in Claj A Funkhouser's bank, remain ing witli tin- financial institution three) ears, at the expiration of which time he op< I a hardware store, which be oonduoted successful!) until he bought the mill. He was burned out in January, 1890, and the mills which he oow controls have a capacity of one hundred barrels a day, their spe cial brand being High Patent No LI, although the) also furnish choice oornmeal and various kinds of feed, l'.ivi.l Walker, the proprietor I >»>f< »r>* the mills pasaed into the hands of their present owner, had Ed. 1'. Alii-- put in the roller system, in Sep tember, 1890. rhe capacity of the mills lias -inc.- been increased and warehouses erected. Aside from the excellent local trade which these mill- enjoy, their manufactured produce is shipped t.i Memphis, Tenn. Mr Hdbkada) was united in marriage July 29, 1886, to Mi-- Louise Canby, a native of Missouri, who was fur four or five years a teacher in the '"I lege. She was educated in a SL Louis academy, from which Bhe graduated uiili honor. Her father i brother of Gen. Richard Canby, who was killed by the Indians during the Modoc war and is well remembered as a brave Federal officer of Mol le Mi- Hockaday's father was a man of abilit) and fine education. Graduating from Wa bash College, he at udied law with Alexander Thorn ton, "f Crawfordsville, fnd., and was an intimate friend of ex ■im- aiul Lew Wallace. Mr-. Canby came from the famous Kentucky Breckenridge familj and is an accomplished lady and a most interesting oonver dial The Hockaday family claim- man) illustrious names, among whioh is that of 1 1 1 • • re rered Col I iphan, who was a brother of the maternal grandfather of Mr. Hockaday. Mi Hockaday and his wife are the parents ol obildren, a son, William Doniphan, Jr., and Fannie, the little daughter of 1 1 » » - household He and all his family fur a generation li.is <■ been nected with the Christian Church, '>f which hi prominent member, liberal in aiding the . norks of the denomination Mr and Mrs Hooka da) an- intimatel) associated with the social and benevolent enterprises of the cit) and enjo) the confidence and esteem ol a large circle of frienda Our subjeol takes an abiding interest in local ad ■ ii in nt, a m I has ver) material!) aided, as did his father before him, in extending the improvements of his home locality. He is widely known as a public spirited citizen, progressive, energetic and enterprising. >v w ^ x "T" "^KJf. 3f« *f\ JOHN GEORGE f the principal Bohool-ho Kirchinan'ti Hall and the German English school. In |s7l h mmencrd railroading for the SI Ji sepfa .\ Den vet Road He was placed in ol of the cabinet work and held that position till l^ s '_\ With ih mpan) he was transferred to Grand Island at that time to superintend the 198 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. placing of machines and getting the shops in order for business. He was injured by the fall of a piece of timber and after a few weeks had elapsed recovered enough to attend to the supervision of affairs but has not since been so actively engaged. He is a member of the firm to which our subject also belongs. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, as is also his wife. In a family of twelve children, eight of whom are living, our subject is the eldest living, being the fifth born. He was educated in the public schools and when twelve years old was appren- ticed as a cigarmaker to Theodore Textor. After learning his trade he became a clerk for the same man and was with him for four and a half years. He then entered Bryant's Business College, from which he graduated in 1879. He then became an employe of John Demon I and studied pharmacy with him for three and a half years. He regis- tered as a pharmacist on August 1, 1881. In No- vember, 1882, the present partnership was formed of Geiwit/. & Company, and the business location was purchased of Edward Sleepy, who was a mem- ber of the firm for three years. His interest was then purchased by our subject and his father, and in 1889 they built a tine brick block three stories in height and 40 by 175 feet in dimension. The pharmacy is situated in the corner store, while the basement is used for storage and barber shop. The second floor is divided into ten rooms and closet, being rented for offices: top floor is used as a ball by different societies and is one of the finest in the city. In Conway. Iowa, Mr. Geiwitz wedded Miss Ida N. Hagan in May, 1885. She was born in Mu-ca tine, Iowa, and by her marriage has become the mother of two children, Edna P. and Elmer E. For two years Mr. (ieiwitz had a contract with the city for dispensary supplies. He is a member and Treasurer of the St. Joseph Pharmaceutical Association. He is much interested in civic soci elies, being a member of the following: St. Joseph Lodge, No. 'Jilt, Ancient Order of United Work men, of which he is Past Master and for about seven years has been receiver; was the first char- ter member of Eureka Council, National Union, and their first ex President, and charter member of the Juauita Lodge, No. 171, Knights of Pyth- ias. He also belongs to St. Joseph Council, No. 36, Mystic Circle, and is a charter member of the following: D. of H. , No. ■i. Ancient Order of United Workmen; F. A. A. No. 56, W. of W. No. 1. He claims to be one of the pushers for Patee- town and South St. Joseph, being a firm believer in the future of that part of the city of St, Joseph, as shown by his actions. JOSEPH R. GOOD is President of the St. Joseph Show Case Works, which is the largest and most extensive of the kind in the city. He is doing a paying business and is very successful in his investments. The birth of Mr. Good occurred in Berks County, Pa., near the city of Reading, October 19, 1832. He is a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Auspach) Good. The former was a native of Pennsylvania and fol- lowed the occupation of a miller in Berks County. In later years he turned his attention exclusively to farming. He participated in the War of 1812, and was Captain of a company of cavalry. He was of German descent, and was a Lutheran in re- ligious belief. His wife was a daughter of a well to do farmer and prominent man, and during the Revolutionary War her grandfather had taken a leading part. Of her eight children only six are now living, of whom our subject is the youngest son. He was reared in his native state on a farm, and for three years attended the Strasburg Acad emy. On completing his studies Mr. Good went to Philadelphia, when' he obtained employment in a retail drug store, and in 1852 entered the College of Pharmacy in the Quaker City, graduating there- from with the degree of Graduate of Pharmacy in the year ISot. He continued clerking until 1857, when he came west, and after traveling three months in Kansas, located in St, Joseph in the fall. He was employed as a clerk in a retail drug business about two years, and then going to Adair County, in this state, he located near Kirksville, where he engaged in farming until 1863. He then POB I I; \l I \NI> BIOOR \llll< \l. RE( I IRD 100 enlisted as a member of t ' ■ • i • 1 j ■ 1 1 1 1 \ B, Thirtj ninth Missouri Inf. miry, and was mustered in at Hanni l>al as First Lieutenant, bnl bef leaving Macon was commissioned Captain bj * M, who is engaged in the drug business in this city; Kate, now Mrs, [Tidier (residing near Read ing, Pa.), who was a graduate "f the Dr. Martin Institute; Nellie, now Mrs Wald, a graduate of the high school of St. Joseph and making her I !>• in St. Louis; and Ella, who resides at home. In the fall of I s '' 1 "' Mr. Good brought his family to Si. Joseph, at iir-t clerking for Penniok .V Lov in<;. and Boon after becoming a partner in tin- linn. In 1875 he sold oul his interest and bought out Samuel Hay.-, on Market Square, running that business for si\ months and then returning to his former employers fur n short time. Again be tart. .1 oul for himself under the name of M. Good, Smith & Co . carrying on a wholesale drug Imsi in the corner of Third an. 1 ESdmond streets, and there built np a large trade. \i tl ml of the year In- sold .ml to Samuel I!. Smith & < !o . clerking fur them for six years or bo. Tl oncern was then merged into the Van Nulla & Linda Drug Company, and for them h« made special trips, as salesman, and in 1 sst I ame a Block holder in the St. Joseph Show Case Company, Inning a one-eighth interest in the works, He was elected President, but took no active part until April, 1801, when he beoa general man 11J.'.T In the following spring, in partnership with his son, Mr. (i.ui I purchased the remaining stockhold Ms son, Edward S., being Treasurer and -I \. Aukerman, Secretary. The businesshsa gradually I milt up and has doubled in the last two years An addition of 20 by I" feel was added t" the building whiol \>-rs a spa f thn 10 by II". The company was incorporated and is .hi a lirm financial basis. The plant, which is located al No 718 Fifth street, is furnished with eleotric power and all lern improvements Em ploymenl is given to twentj men, who are kepi verj busy in order t>. till the orders The] also make genera] office ti\i ui Mr. (l I is a member .>f the St. Joseph Lodge, No. B6, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; of Humboldt Lodge, [ndependent Order of Odd Fel lows, and of the Knights of Honor, II" is a member of Cheater Harding Post, (Iran. I Army of the Republic, and of the Westminster Presbyte rian Church. Politically he is a Republican, and is justly eateemed on.' ..f tin bI honorable gen tlemen engaged in business in this city. Both he and his family arc held in the highest respect iii social circles and have many friends. ■ VjILLIAM It. HOFFMANN has served as [/ Judge Advocate of Sons of Veterans for „ ■, District of Missouri, is now the Citj \t torney of St. Joseph, and for many years baa been prominently before the public. He was elected on the Kepll I ll ica II ticket. April 1802, for a two years' term to sue 1 Peter Carolua, llis office being at Central Station, comer of Seventh and Messunia street- Mr Hoffmann was horn in New Albany, End., I> mber II. 1857. and was reared to mature years in this state Hi- father, John Hoffmann, was a veteran "f the late war in the command of (Sen Sherman. He met his death by drowning in the Neuse river, N 0., after Sher mail's raid to the sea, while engaged in construct ing a pontoon bridge. Our subject's mother died when he was only five years of age He is the youngest of the family and on the death of liin mother was Bent lo relatives in Holt County, Mo the brothers and sisters being widelj -epar.ii.-d When twelve or thirteen years "f age Mr. Hofl maim became self- supporting and has since made hi- own way without assistance. Mi II iffmann attended tl onntj Bchools and was for one w inter in the Not 1 S.I 1 at Oregon, 200 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Holt County, where he had Professor Hill, a noted educator, for an instructor. Though his advan- tages in the educational line were not very great, lie made the most of what he had, and when only twenty-three began teaching school, continuing for five terms in Holt County. He had to work harder than his pupils in order to keep ahead of his class, but nevertheless he succeeded aud man- aged the school remarkably well. At the end of a few years he concluded to study law and began to read with the assistance of Judge Thomas I'ar- rish, who was an able lawyer and one well worthy and capable or imparting instruction aud of being of great assistance to our subject. Mr. Hoffmann was admitted to practice at the bar before Judge Kelly, in Savannah, Mo., in L883. He commenced practice at Oregon and was soon elected Mayor and Justice of the Peace, the former of which he remained for two terms. Though he succeeded in building up a large prac- tice he desired a wider lield for his energies, and consequently came to St. Joseph, arriving here in 1 888, since which time he has been engaged in prac tice before all the courts. He is particularly well lilted for the profession to which lie has devoted himself, as lie possesses good judgment, a quick and retentive memory, and is able to cite good au- thority and precedent for each separate step he takes in the disposal of a case. He has already seen the wisdom of his choice in selecting this rapidly-growing metropolis as his place of work, for though he has resided here for only about live years he has already achieved a good standing among his legal brethren aud in the estimation of his fellow citizens. On .March 3, 1885, at Oregon, Mo., a marriage ceremony united the fortunes of Mr. Hoffmann and .Miss Philophena Spoerle. To them has been born i son, Harold, who is a bright little boy of six years. The mother is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is a well-educated lady and a line vocalist, having given much attention to the study of that branch of music. Our subject is Past Master of the Ancient, Order of United Workmen and Past Chancellor C immander of the Juanita Knights of Pythias of this city and also holds membership with the Modern W'oodi ff\ EOKGE M. HOHL, who is now occupying - the very important position of superintend- ^wl! ent of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Coun- ^ cil Bluffs Railway, is stationed with his headquarters at St. Joseph, Mo. This place he tills with great credit to himself aud to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers. He is very gentlemanly in manner, and being so courteous, wins the respect of all who have business dealings with him. The birth of our subject occurred in Nuremberg, Bavaria, June 11, 1S49, and when only two years old he removed with his parents to the United States. Locating in Buffalo, the father entered upon the practice of his trade of boot and shoe maker, and after awhile removed to the west. The boyhood of our subject was mainly passed in Milwaukee and La Crosse, Wis. In the latter city he acquired his education in the private and public schools. He sold newspapers for some time in the streets and on the wharf at La Crosse, aud about the year 1859 engaged as a messenger boy in a railroad office, remaining in the employ of the company for two years in that position. His next situation was that of clerk in the freight depart- ment of the railroad at La Crosse, and there in 1864 he learned telegraphy. In April, 1865, Mr. Hold was stationed as tele- graph operator at Hannibal, in the employ of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. For the next few years he was in charge of stations at various points on that road, being at Macon City and Pal- myra among others. From 187") to 1877 he was located iu St. Joseph, and then entered the service of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad as operator in the shops aud general offices of the company. In the course of time he became train dispatcher, aud afterward the chief train dispatcher, the date of his appointment being in Juue, 1880, aud as such he served most ably for seven years. In the year 1883 the duties of superintendent of the telegraph system of the Hannibal A; St. Jo- seph Railroad were added to Mr. Hold's work, but he managed to carry it on until June. 1S87, when he was promoted to his present position. It is owing to his close attention to the interests of his PORTRAIT AM> BIOGR M'MU \l. RE< ORD superiors and the painstaking care be exercises in even the minutes! details pertaining t" his branoh ■ » f the system that he has won the favorable a uiendation >>f the oompanj and all others »ln> know him. At Palmyra, Ho., on Beptember 22, I860, Mr. Sohl waa united in wedlock with Mies Mildred Glover Bosley. Four children, a daughter and il -on-, all of whom lived to maturity, were born t" their anion. Martha Augusts is the wife of E. 11 Nash, a "••II known citizen "f St. Joseph; John I., is ohief clerk of the Chicago, Rook Island Railroad, being stationed at St. Joseph; George and Leonard, who are at borne, are -till panning their b todies In regard to the question "f politics Mr. H"U 1-. and always ln^ l a a Bturdj Democrat, and usee his influenoe in Bupport of tin mil a and measures advocated bj that party. Though born in another land, be is a trulj patriotic citizen of t Ii «» United State-, and is ever t<> l>e found on the side of progri x -C x x ■< x x X."J 1 I ENR1 II u HARTWIG is a retired mer r~*| chant "f St. Joseph and during the bite 1 war in the summer of 1861, enlisted in the ■f first company of enrolled Missouri Militia at St. Joseph. Gov, Gamble promoted bim i" the rank of First Lieutenant, August 21st, 1862. In 1868 he was commissioned by <■"* \\ . r Hall to organise an Artillery Company, ol which he was made Captain. This Company was known as Hartwig's [ndependent Artillerj < '"in panj i: M. M On June 29, 1865, Gov. Fletohei promoted him i" the rank of Major of the First Regiment ol Buchanan Count] Militia In April, 1870, our subject was elected Cit] Collector "f St. Joseph, and baa Bioce held various public positions "f responsibility and trust In 1867 ut ln> was unable t" accept the honor owing t" the Bick •c — and subsequent death of his eldeel son. He baa been prominently identified with man] "f the noteworthy industries and enterprises of the oity, and is accounted one "f her representative and honored citizens In l^M Mr Hartwig was elected Mayor, being the regular Republican nomi and won the vie tory after a Bpirited contest. The Democratic candidate, Joseph A. Piner, was ?erj popular and had a large following, bo that the majorit] bj which our subjecl won was a marked testimonial nf the esteem of his fellow-citizens During his two j ears' terra St. Joseph changed its charter and became one of the cities of the second class, Mr I lartu ig taking the initiative in this movei it. and Blrongly advocated the important change. Indeed, prior to this, the oity had labored under financial embarrassment because tl 1>1 charter gave man] opportunities f"i the squandering "f public moneys. The Buooess of St Joseph has been marked Binoe that time and the wisdom "f the move baa I □ proven beyond a doubt. All "f its floating . 1 • •) > t has Bince been cai lied, and it- bonded indebtedness reduced one half, and great improvements have been made in other important direct i"tis. The subjecl of this sketch was born in Nieder Moell rich, near Hessen-CasBel, Prussia, April 11. I viT. .in. I received instruction in his mother tongue in the public schools of that country. At the age ■ if seventeen years he emigrated t" the I nited States Landing in New York Cit] In the Bpring ol 1854, Mr Sartwig remained there a few days, until, moving as far west as Cleveland, Ohio, he «;h employed in that city, where be remained three vears as clerk in a retail drj goods boUBe. He had been reared t<> farm life, bul concluded t" devote bis attention t" mercantile pursuits. In Iv"i7 he went west, locating near Council Bluffs at cent City, where he remained about one year. The panic of 1857 ooming on at that ti he had injudiciously invested bis mone] in real estate, at that point, and being abort <>f means In' worked during the latter part <<\ the bud r in a brick and that winter in a saw mill in order t<> ({el mone] to leave the pit In the Bpring <>f 1858 our subjeol first landed in St, Joseph and found himself In possession of some seven or eight dol i- his sole capital, Entering a clothing bouse as olerk al $35 a month he remained there foi a 201 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. sbort time, when on account of stringent times be lost his position and had to seek employment else- where. He procured a situation as second clerk on the steamer "D. A. January," plying on the Missouri between St. Louis and Omaha. He re- mained on the river until that unfortunate vessel ran aground one time at midnight, soon sinking to the bottom, having tirst, however, lauded all her passengers safely. The steamer was afterward raised and during the war was in service as a hospital boat. Returning to St. Joseph Mr. Hartwig embarked in the wine and liquor trade on the corner of Market and Felix streets, where he continued in business until 18fi3. Then selling out, for eight months he was in the grain and commission busi- ness on Second street. This, however, was neither very profitable, nor attractive to him. Accordingly, in the spring of 1SG4, he embarked in the whole- sale and retail grocery and liquor trade on Fourth street, where he continued for live years. His next venture was on Third street where he became an exclusive wholesale liquor dealer, importing wines and cigars. His brother, Ernest F., afterward became a partner in the firm of H. R. W. Hartwig & Co., which continued in existence until July, 1S87. At that time our subject retired from active business and the firm became E. F. Hartwig, which is still doing business at the old stand. Among the many positions held at various times by Mr. Hartwig were those of President of the P>oard of Trade, and President of the St. Joe Exposition Association, with which he was con- nected for many years. At the present time he is President of the Chamber of Commerce, the build- ing where the Board of Trade holds its sessions. In 1888 he was a nominee of the Republican party of the 4th Missouri District Congress against James N.Burnes, Democrat, and after a hot canvass, with the Democratic majority largely reduced, his opppnent was elected. Mr. Hartwig is a Director of the Benton Club, the finest social club in the city, and is a member of the Lakeshore Company, a line suburban resort four miles south of St. Joseph on the banks of LakeContrary. The com- pany owns one hundred and fifty acres of wood land and lawns along the banks of the beautiful little lake, which is a mile in breadth by three in length. There are three well conducted hotels near the lake on which one hundred pleasure boats ply back and forth. There is a large driving park and race track adjacent, of which our subject is the President, being also Vice president of the Lake Shore Company. He is a Director and one of the original stockholders in the Central Sav- ings Bank and has been much interested in the bankiug business since 1868, when he was Vice- president of the German Saving Bank. He is largely interested iu city real estate, and has erected a number of houses in St. Joseph, Wichita, Denver and other western cities. In these cities he is the owner of considerable real estate and is stockholder iu a gold mine at Central City, Col. On the 1st of March. 1860, Mr. Hartwig was married in St. Joseph to Miss Caroline Kuechler, by whom he had two sons, George Henry and Ernst C. , the latter being First Assistant Cashier in Sinister, Hax National Bank. Mrs. Hartwig was called to her final rest December 2, 1885, after a severe illness of five months, the immediate cause of her death being heart trouble. Mr. Hart wig lias made four trips to his Fatherland, the last one having been made in the spring of 1892 when he was in Europe for four months. Since 1861 he has been identified with the Republican party, be- fore which time he had voted the Democratic ticket. As before mentioned he was actively en- gaged during the late war in the State Militia, act- ing in the various capacities of Sergeant of In- fantry, First Lieutenant of Artillery, Captain of Artillery, and later, Major of Infantry. He is a wide-awake and public spirited citizen and has al- ways taken an active interest in all things calculated | to advance the iuterests of his community. X > ^ X\ T^ A\X\X\X\X\ ^ SK M* M^ "Ji *J£ ^ *A£ fjOSIAH B. MOSS is Vice president andTreas- w. I urer of the Dougherty & Moss Lumber Com \^/ pany, is Vice president of the Commercial Bank, of which he was one of the organizers, and is a leading citizen of St. Joseph. He is pub- lic-spirited, liberal and influential, being devoted PORTRAIT AND IU< >( i I; A I'lIK ' \l, RECORD to tin- c-it \ "- interest and baring larov investments ;n real estate there. .Mr. Moss mi born and reared in St Joseph, his birthplace being where the Pacific Hotel i- now located at the corner of Third ami Felix streets, and tin' date of the event was Jnlj '-"••. 1849. His paternal grandfather, James I . was a farmer In Kentucky ami removed to this state with his family at an early day, locating near Columbia, a ( ' ■ • 1 1 1 1 1 \ , where he improved a large farm ami passed tin- remainder >>f his life. Our bud ject'B father, PrestOD T . was also a native of the Blue Grass region, his birth having occurred near Shelbyville and he being only an infant when he .■mi.' to Missouri. At tho aov of t.'ii years h" be came a resident of Buchanan County, living at tin' h i" of Robert I Boyd, on his farm at Kin", Hill. later being a olerk in that gentleman's Btore in Sparta until 1MI. when In' removed to Si. Joseph ami entered into partnership with Mr. Boyd in his -ion' at til-- corner of Jule ami Main Btreets, then the commercial part of tin- city. They engaged in general merchandising under the firm nam.' of Boyd a. Moss ami had considerable trade withthe Indians. The] continued in business until 1858, when Mr (loss retired from the firm on account of ill health, his death occurring some two years later. II.' was a member of th.' Christian Church ami a citizen held in th.- greatest respect. Our subject's mother, formerly Mi-- Susan Beattie, was a native of Abingdon, Ya.. anddaugh ter of Col. Joaiafa Beattie, who was an agricultur i-t in that state and an earl] Bettler in Missouri, being engaged in running the Cit] Hotel at 8a vaiuiah, which hi' built ami which is still standing. While making the journe] on a steamboat from Si. Louis he was taken ill and died of obolera. Mrs. Moss departed this life in l^ s .">. After her tii-t husband's death Bbe became th.' wife of Capl I, V Fleming. She was the mother of nine ohi! lin-ii. of who ir subject is th.' second horn an. I tl nly on" living. Her father platted the Boyd a M .-- \ 1 litiou to St. Joseph, winch has since been replatted Mr Boyd died in 1866 or 1867, and his wife. Mr- Edwards, -'ill makes her home w itfa our subject Mr Moss was reared ami educated in the high schools of St. Joseph ami is ;i graduate ..f Bryant a Stratton's Business College He ha-- for many years been inleresieil in the real estate business, ami in L871 I ame a member of the linn of Dougherty, Baj A Company, lumber dealers, at the corner of Eighth and l'..lm I streets Later they removed their plant to tl rner of Seventh and Patee Btreets, and in l^ sv . Mi Ray having withdrawn, the company was incorporated as the Doughert] a Moss Lumber Company, with a cap ital stock of $38,000. In 1891 they again re moved their quarters, locating at Tenth ami Mitch i>ll streets, where they I up] the whole I. lock an. I have the largest business and yards in the city. Our subject is interested in the cattle investments In Texas and was one of th ganizers of the Com mercial Bank ami of the COmpanj which built the fine buildings occupied by the same. In St. Joseph. 111 the year 1891, a marriage ceremony was performed which united tin- fort unes of Mr Moss and Miss Mary Leach, whose father was a wholesale dealer in Kaneaa City, Mo Mr. Moss own-- a pleasant residen i the corner of Ninth and SyU.inic Btreets and also own- other residence property in si. Joseph. He baa traveled extensively, having made i wo t rips to Europe and having visited Egypt and the Holj Land, his last journey being made in 1889. In his political faith our subject is a stanch ally of the Democratic party. ROP. CHARLES EMMETT Mill I the popular and efficient principal of the high school of St. Joseph, Buchanan Counts. His interest in education is not confined to the school room alone. For many yean he has been a member of the State Teachers 1 lasociation of Missouri and in l ss 'l was sleeted on.- of its Vice president-. Hi- elforts before that association have been marked bj profound seholai -hip. One of hi- contribution'- to the work of that bodj was a paper In roplj t" Prof. Fisher's " Three Pronunciations of Latin." His answer was pub lulled in pamphlet form at th.' request ami expense of the association and baa I d highly praised in •_'iir, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. all tbe educational journals of this country. The professors of Harvard and Yale and other colleges have recognized his success as a teacher of Latin and Greek, with which studies he is thoroughly familiar and as an instructor in which he has few equals. The Professor was born at B;ith, N. Y., April 12, 1853, and came to St. Joseph with his parents when only twelve years old. He received his early education here and, eutering the high school in 1868, completed the course in 1871. After pur- suing a post-graduate course he entered the Phillips Exeter Academy at Exeter, N. H. , grad- uating in that institution in 1873. Returning to St. Joseph he was then appointed assistant teacher in ancient and modern languages in the high school. About this time Mr. Miller married Miss Luella Robbius, who is the daughter of Hon. William Bobbins, a prominent Ohio statesman nearly re- lated to the family of Daniel Webster. He was Secretary of State in Ohio at the time of his death and had occupied the position of Attorney-General. His father was one of the early settlers of the Buckeye state and his wife, whose maiden name was Camelia Salmon, was a descendant of Gen. Salmon, a hero of the Revolution. Her father was a captain in the War of IS 12 and helped lay out the city of Monon, Ohio. Mrs. Bobbins was a lit- erary lady and wrote editorials and articles for various journals. To the Professor and his wife have been born two children, Maud and Hattie, who are now stu dents in the high school. In 1887 the Chair of Ancient Lauguages was left vacant on account of the incumbent's depart ure for Europe to recruit his health, and Prof. Miller was promoted to that position, which he held up to the fall of 1892, wheu he was made principal of tin- bigh school. His brauches nov? an- psychology, civil government. United States history and political economy. He is responsible for all the Literature that goes into the library of the school, as he purchases all of its books and equipments. The graduates of the St. Joseph high school are known to be so well trained that they are admitted to Harvard, Yale, Yassar and Widlesley unconditionally. Prof. Miller is an Elder in the First Presbyte- rian Church and has been Sunday-school Superin- tendent and active in the work. Edwin Miller, our subject's father, was born in Connecticut, as was also his father, Henry Giles Miller, who was of English descent. He was a farmer by occupa- tion and died at the age of eighty years. Edwin Miller was engaged in the jewelry business for some years at Bath. He removed to Doniphan County, Kans., in 1857, and farmed during the time of the border troubles. In 1861 he enlisted in the Seventh Kansas Cavalry and was captured at Lex- ington. He re-enlisted in a Kansas regiment and was First Lieutenant until, on account of failing health, he was obliged to resign in the fall of 1863. John Brown stayed at his house the' night before he went to Harper's Ferry. In 1864 Mr. Miller removed to Colorado, where he engaged in stock- raising near Boulder City. In 18f)5 he located in St. Joseph and engaged as traveling salesman for the firm of Pinger & Brown for several years. He was an anti-slavery man and a Republican. His death occurred in 1881 in St. Joseph. He was a Deacon in the First Presbyterian Church. The mother of our subject who, before her mar riage, was known as Miss Fanny Graham, was born in Plattsburg, N. Y. One of her brothers. Hon. George Graham, a prominent Kansas poli- tician, was State Treasurer and a member of the Legislature in Kansas. Mrs Miller, who is a member of the Baptist Church, still makes her home in St. Joseph. Her son, Ernest, is in the employ of Brittain, Smith & Company, with which firm George, the youngest of her family, is also connected. IiOHN MUEHLEISEN, senior member of the w. I firm of Muehleisen & Company. Wholesale \J) and Retail Dealers in Lumber at St. Joseph, was born in Oberwaelden, Wurtemberg, Ger- many. January '1, 1839. He is a son of Fred and Regnia Muehleisen, the latter of whom died in rnlM'KUT \M> l-K > Si. Joseph ami made liis borne with oarsabjeel until Iti^ •l*-ntli at the age of seventj two years. The parental family oonaisted <>f seven children, II- and one daughter, of whom onr subject i- tlit- third in order of birth. Be remained in hi- native country until 1854, and meanwhile Berved an apprenticeship of eight years to tli" trade of a blacksmith with his ancle. Leaving tin' Father land he took passage al Havre on the Bailing vea -••I "Havre," and after an nneventful voyage "f thirty four days arrived in New Fork City. Thence he pr ided westward i<> Racine, Wis., where be secured employment at his trade-, ami for one year was thus employed, receiving a salary of 11,000. A severe sickness following, he was dined to his room for several months, but npon r rvering at look charge of tin- li^'ht house al Racine and was keeper fur one war Later he engaged as clerk in a grocer) store He realized that hie edu rati' mi was insufficient for the demands of the active commercial 1 i f** - npon which he desired to enter, and therefore attended a night sol 1 whenever opport nnii \ offered. The Pike's Peak fever having seized Mr. Muehl sisen in the spring of I860, be started to tin- far west On reaching St. Joseph he fitted out b mule team and proceeded to Colorado via Fort Kearney. He was not pleased with the intry, however, and 1"-) no time in returning to St. Jo- seph, where be engaged as a clerk in the grocer) business. In December, 1861, be returned t" Racine, where I dieted in January, 1862, for Bervioe in the Onion Arms, becoming a member of Company F, Nineteenth Wisconsin Infantry, under Col Saunders. He participated with his rc^i men! in manj of the engag nts of the arm] >>f shell through the right hip. HewBHconfi I in a hospital at Portsmouth fur five months, and apon his n rerj rejoined his regiment jnsl prior t>> the Biege of Riobm I. Hi' witnessed the surrender of Gen. I- m the 9th of April, ami in May following marched eight} miles in Fredericksburg, thence to Warrington, where he remained a ahorl time He was i i from that place t" Riohmond, where be was mus tered out of si rvioe in August, 1865. He was 'lis charged al Madison, Wis., as Firal Sergeant, and returned t" Raoine, where he received bis s,.| dier's pa} on the s th "I September. < hi the next • lav be rami- to St. Joseph, where be accepted a olerkship in a grocery, and was there engaged until I^i'iT At that date h<» embarked in the lumber business with the linn uf Lowell & Bell, which was afterward changed to Waterman .^ Lowell, then tu Waterman & Bernard. Mr. Muehleisen remained in their employ for eleven years, until tin- partnership was dissolved. Afirr severing his connection with the firm above named, Mr. Muehleisen went to Racine and northern Wisconsin, where be t<>"k orders for lum ber and made shipments to Missouri, One yeai afterward he embarked in the lumber husine Fourth street, under the lir aim' uf Muehleisen & Company, which has Binoe become known as one nf the reliable and enterprising organizations of St. Joseph. In I^M Mr. Muehleisen located on the corner of Eighth and Patee streets, where he purchased about one half of the block and built shells for lumber. Hi' also enlarged his bus including both wholesale and retail, and it is -an I of him al present that he has madesomeof the largest Bales of lumber ever consummated in Si Joseph. His partner, J. L. Unangst, is a man uf progressive spirit, and one of the leaders in tlu> lumber business "f St. Joseph \t Racine, while on a furlough in 1864, Mi Muehleisen married Miss Christie Cress, who was born in Germany and emigrated to America when v i^. Three daughters and one son have blessed this anion, viz.: Flora, Mrs w \ I nans, of SI Joseph; Minnie, Mrs John Francisco, residing in Si Louis; Stella, Mrs Herman Libbe, Marcel i tie, M . and Winfield Soott, who is at home The family residei is pleasant 1) located at N Si ii it I. Ninth -i t, and is oi f tl osiestof Si. ph's man) elegant I tee In his political ■Ji»s PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. connections Mr. Muehleisen is a Republican, but has never actively participated in political affairs. He affiliates with Custer Post, Grant! Army of the Republic. "■ft >n *FT ^ ^fT^N ^Tn^R THOMAS M. ELLIS, an early pioneer agri- culturist of Clinton County, Mo., settled upon a farm near Plattsburg a full half century ago, and for many years was num- bered among the leading farmers of the state, but removing to the city in 1S7G, has since profitably engaged in haudling valuable real estate, and is widly known as a successful and energetic business man. He has also been an important factor in the progress of local improvements and in the general advancement of the best interests of the county. Mr. Ellis is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Mason County, April 3, 1823. He came to Missouri in the fall of 1 S40 with his mother, who soon returned to Kentucky, but later in the same year both made their home in Fredericktown, Madison County, Mo., where their stay was brief, Mr. Ellis with a brother aud two sisters removing in the spring of 1841 to Clay County. In 1st:! our subject settled in Clinton County, locating eleven miles west of Plattsburg, where a widowed sister had a half section of land. Mr. Ellis im- proved the place aud resided with this sister until her death, in IS 17. He then remained in charge until the estate was settled and the farm Bold. In 184S Mr. Ellis was united in marriage to Miss Susan Harris, a daughter of John Harris, the first Sheriff of Clay County. From this event until 1850 Mr. Ellis aud his wife remained upon a farm, four and one half miles east of Plattsburg, and for the next few years he was successively occupied in Cultivating four different farms, bringing them up from raw prairie land to a high state of im- provement. These farms were all iu the immediate vicinity of Plattsburg, and Mr. Ellis and his family resided constantly within easy access of the town. In 1867, after selling his fine homestead of two hundred acres, Mr. Ellis removed to the city ami baying land of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Bail- road, improved another place. This latter farm is highly cultivated and contains four hundred and forty acres of excellent land. Since 1876 Mr. Ellis has confined his business mostly to handling town property and valuable inside real estate. In 1890 he erected the Ellis Opera House, at a cost of $8,000. The building contains upon the ground floor a commodious store, occupied by the hard- ware company of Gordon Brothers. The upper floors are all devoted to the purposes of the Opera House, which is the only structure of this kind ever built in the city. Mr. Ellis was early taught the full value of American citizenship, and, reared a Whig, cast his first vote for Henry Clay. He was a Know Nothing, afterward assisting in the election of a representa- tive from this county. He has since stood firm with the Democrats, but is not an active politician nor did he ever desire political preferment. His wife has been an invalid aud confined to her home for nearly thirty years. Of the children who have blessed the parents with their presence, but one survived to maturity, Elizabeth, now Mrs. Stephen Collins, of Plattsburg, with whom the father and mother have made their home for many years. Mr. Collins is a carpenter aud builder and an excel lent business man of upright character. He is widely known aud highly respected. Mrs. Ellis has been a member of the Christian Church from early girlhood, and Mr. Ellis has been connected with the same denomination for forty years. Mr. Ellis was in an early day a breeder of tine saddle horses, which he occasionally sent to market, but he raised them principally for his own use as a sportsman, and has a varied store of remi- niscences about the times when he hunted elk, deer and wolves near his present home. He also en- joyed other exciting experiences as the first Mar shal of Plattsburg. Yet, although adventure had charms for him, he never desired to engage in war or join the throng who crossed the plains to Cali fornia. During the Civil War Mr. Ellis lived upon a farm and remained at home, but was arrested at one time by the county militia, iu company with seven or eight men from the same neighborhood. A young man named Dunnigan, a soldier in Capt, P0RTRA1 I LND BIOGRAPHICAL i;l UORD. ett'a Company, while <>n the road li to his father's boose and mounted upon a fine bone, was >h"t r r. .in unlui-.il and instantlj killed bj a brutal man named Qibsont Qibaon was ooooealed In the brush witli 11 oompanion, McCorkle, to whom he remarked a~ Duunigan passed, thai be intended to li a.' thai horse, (iili^.m then fired and Dunnigan fell dead. < > i 1 >-■ >i ■ escaped bul was pursued to Missouri by the militia. Tin' neighbors arrested with Mr. Ellis were taken to Camp Calherw I. three milee from Ml. Carmen, and oarefnllj guarded fur a month, when of the party was killed, Boon after the arrest two men were hung to make them confess Am br Davis and Dudley UcWilliams. The son of Davis, who had some home from Harris County just at tliis time, m- killed as be was making Ins escape near Cameron. I>a\i~. wl (pressed a desire t.> see bis ~"u buried, v\as escorted by a man who said he woflld take him lo his Bon, bul a~ they were joornej ing to Cameron, the prisoner was shot fr..m amliiisli and killed. It was the intention to kill all the party, l>ut the officer of the day, learn ing of tliis. -i.nt the r.'st of the party to St. Joseph, onder a guard ..f Bixtj men. Bere the entire partj w.-is k.'jit for nearlj a month, when the] were ilis charged without further molestation or injury, ami no further inquiries were made, it having been ascertained in the meantime who tin- true murder- era were. Once afterward Mr. Ellis was arrested in town. A detail had been Benl to tell him to bring h load of woo, | f.H the use of the militia, and otm of the detail being drunk lost bis |.isto| and accused Mr. Ellis of having taken it The provost marshal therefore arrested the accused and placed him under guard until the next morning. Be waa also arrested bj the quartermaster for destroying the voucher for Borne corn, the sai.l voucher bearing apon one oorner the word "disloyal." Mr. Klhs was released the next morning. His house was also Frequent]] searched for a fine gun a neighbor coveted, and another scoundrel tried hia beet to secure b fine man' belonging t ir subject bul railed in the attempt. It was learned thai Mr Ellis was an uncle of a young m. in named Bartpeck, who was in ivici'- army, an, I who .•am.- int., the neighborh I with a couple of other young men. The three were iusl starting back to Claj County, where there was a rendezvous, ami on Christmas ••\>- came to the house of Mr Ellis intending to staj there all night Bul ho knew thai Bartpeck ha, I been recognized bj a man named Bnow, who was passing with a drove of hogs, ami immediately apprised bin nephew of this fact The young men knowing that the militia would he after them before morn ing, as soon as it was dark anted their hoi es ami rode for their lives toward their own camp. Jusl before daybreak a sijuad of militia came from Cameron, a part of ('apt. Plum's Company, ami made a thorough examinati f the premises, an, I not finding the men thej Bought, demanded break fast Many years have passed since these exciting scones were ,,f almost dail) occurrence 111 this pari of Missouri, hut years of continued prosperity have aided in atoning for tin- Bufferings ami financial l,,~ses of those troublous time-. Mr. Ellis has been verj prosperous, ami now, a- one ,,f the leading •■ill/., mis of Plattsburg, recalls tins.- memories of the past only t,, contrast them With the peaceful ami harmonious national existence of to daj . which insures to each dweller within the cou fines of our great republic the widest possibilities for useful ness ami honor, ***V?/,>.^j J>. v ■ *T~) i:\ (ii \i;i,i:s m mm in. m i» Few rK cities are bo fortunate a- St Joseph in 1^ their educational institutione \ i rule T/ they are of the highest oriler. ami ai ig the best is the Young Ladies' [nstitute, conducted b) the gentleman whose name heads this sketch For over thirty years he has i n heart and soul in e, In, ■at i, ,n.-ii work, an, I founded thiB institution in 1869. lie purchased the aite on tl rner of Fifth ami Antonio BtreetB, erected a substantial building at a cost "f $3,1 , an, I opened the scl I in Beptember with seventeen pupils He has l n verj Bucoessful ami always baa enroll* bis students representatives of the verj best families 210 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in St. Joseph and vicinity. The pupils pursue a regular collegiate four year course of study, classical and musical, with the various branches of art, elocution, etc., as optional studies. In 1882 Dr. Martin erected the elegant structure which now serves as the college at a cost of some $35,000. The situation is exceptionally pleasant and everything essential is provided for the com- fort of the inmates. The Rev. Dr. Martin was born in Montgomery County, Pa., January 11, 1812, his father, George, being also a native of that state. But his pater- nal grandfather, Frederick A., was a native of Berlin, Germany. The latter was a well edu- cated man and graduated from the University of Berlin with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1742 he came to America as traveling com- panion of Dr. Henry M. Muhlenburge, who lo- cated in Montgomery County, Pa. The Doctor, who was a member of the Lutheran Church, also settled in Montgomery County, Pa., where he engaged in the practice of his profession until his death. His father was a physician, as were also three of his brothers. Our subject's father was a graduate of the University Medical Col- lege, and engaged in practice near Norristown, Pa., until 1S14, when he located in White Marsh, now a suburb of Philadelphia, until reaching four score years of age. He was called from this life in 1802, being then eighty-four years of age. The mother of our subject, who was born in Le- high County, Pa., was before her marriage Miss Hannah Steinberger. Her father having enii grated from Hanover, Germany, was a farmer in the Keystone state. Her death occurred in 1866> she then being seventy eight years of age. Of her seven children only two are now living, our subject being the third in order of birth, and two of his brothers graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, in the Medical Department. It is a fact worthy of note that so many members of his family were worthy representatives of the healing art. Dr. Martin was reared within sight of the Independence Hall of Philadelphia and attended private schools and academies. In 1S27 he en- tered the academy at Allentown, completing the classical course, and when only eighteen began reading medicine, entering the University of Penn- sylvania and graduating from the Medical De- partment in 1833. He at once commenced prac- tice at White Marsh, Pa., removing to Mechanics burg, in the same state, where he remained until 1834, at that time retiring from the profession. That year he entered the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, and in September of 1836 was or- dained to preach, still remaining at the institution and continuing his studies until the following spring. He received an appointment at Martins burg, now in West Virginia, and continued there as pastor of the English Lutheran Church until 1842. In the fall of 1842 Dr. Martin was called to the English Lutheran Church in New York city, where he served faithfully for ten years, during which time he was influential in building a church. and in 1852, going to York, Pa., also built a church there, where he remained for four years. For the following two years he represented the American Tract Society in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, presenting its claims to the different churches. He was uext placed in charge of the Lutherville Female Seminary, near Baltimore, and there continued to labor in connection with the home missionary work until 1858, when he came to Chicago. His continued studies ami anxiety broke down his health and nervous system, and he was obliged to retire for a time. In Warren, Jo Daviess County, 111., Dr. Martin began his educational work, starting a female seminary, which he carried on until I860, then returning to his original pastorate at Martinsbuig. Va., where he preached until the breaking out of the war. The very week after the riot at Balti- more he removed to Philadelphia, where lie spent a year, and then returning to Warren, 111., he en- gaged in the practice of medicine with Dr. B. (r. Pierce, as he was anxious to become ;i Burgeon in the army. In September, 1862, he was coinniis sioned by Gov. Dick Yates as Surgeon of the Ninety sixth Illinois, with the rank of Major, and was with them in the field until they arrived at I>an ville, Ivy., when, on account of a nearly fatal sick- aess, lie was obliged to resign. In the spring of 1863, at which time Dr. Mar POR i i; \i i wii lilGGR \rin< \i. RECORD 213 tin resigned from Bervioe, he exchanged pli r with l'i l if Warren, 111 , and oontinned in praotioe there forayear, when he went to Halt i more and became pastor o I bd Eoglish Lutheran Choroh, continuing ther itil 1806. Going tc. rstovt n. Md. , he took charge of a female b i r i : 1 1 \ . which he carried on until 1869 One ban dred and filly pupila were enrolled, and it was a wi_\ sin ---fill andertaking, but in Jul). I860, our subject same to thia citj and eatabliahed tli«' Bohool, aa before mentioned. Bis Bpeoial branches of teaching arc mental and moral science Mis-. Pal i teaobea English and Mrs. Brown teaches the ClaaaioB, while Mrs Martin Bnperintenda the social duties and acts the part of a kind and sym pathel i"- mother. hi Martin was first married in Maryland to Miss Eliza Carlcton, a oative of Frederick, Md., who was called from this life in New fork oitj in 1846, leaving tlir ihildren: George T., now a resident of Arizona, engaged in mining; Eliza both, now Mis II II Ring, of Chicago, mid Gbarltt E , engaged in bnaineaa in thai city with the firm of Felix, Mat-ton, A Go. The present wife of Mr. Martin was formerly Mi-s I, I' Rob iii-oii. who was born in Talbol County, Md., and educated io College Hill College, in fork, I'm. They have three children: Maggie R. , "Io is ,i graduate of this institution ami i- a teacher of music and physical culture; Mortina W., prinoipaJ of the Primary Department, and Eudora L., a member of the elaaa of '93 For lift years l>i Martin waa pastor of the English Lutheran Church at F.a-t Norway, Doniphan County, Kan- , and -me- I v. 1 has been a member of the Sons of Temperance He is a strong Republican, ami in 1MI met with the original Waabingtonian Society in Baltimore, Md OBER I 9TEVt AJtT, M D among the leading physicians of St Joaeph, Im.iIi as regards professional standing and ezten sive praotioe, is our subject, who. with one exoeption, is tl Ideal phyaioian in the oity, bav ui^ located herein 1856 Re waa born in Bio bury, N l . Lugual I, 1885, Ins father, Thomas ( i. . being of Scotch ana Btry, and having emigrated from the laud of Burns and Wallace to New .l.i BB) at an earl] da\ He was a fanner and miller m the East and removed to Bl Louis in 1854, en gaging in general merchandising al the cornei oi Pine and Main streets for a Dumber of years, but failed in the financial crash of 1857, after which he retired from business life, ami the following year came to Si Joseph, residing here until his death in 1872. The mother of OUr Bubject, who I lore the maiden name of ( 'In isl lanna Bobbins, was likewise a native of New Jersey and daughtei of John Robbins, a farmer, of Irish Scotch il. -cent. who lived to the extreme old age of one hundred and eight years. The mothei waa called from tin- life in 1858. <>f her famih of thirteen ohildren, twelve grew to mature years The Doctor is the youngeet bod and the third in order of hirth iii hi* father's family, and pas-. .1 Ins early years in New Jersey. In l v ll became weal to Si Louis and afterward attended the ChriB tian Brothers College in St. Louis, having located there in 1858. When onlj Bixteen he began Btudj ing medicine nndei Dr. Joseph M MoDowell, aud then entering the MoDowell Medical College gradn ate. 1 1 herefrom in 1 856, with the degn f I toot f Medicine, being then not yet twentj one yeara of age He began the practii f his profession in St. Joaeph, ami of the numerous physicians here at that time l>r. Knight and our subject are the onlj ones remaining. In 1859 Mr Stewart went to Texas, making the journej bj team and prac tioed in Webberville, fifteen miles from Austin, until the opening of the war Be then volnn teered as a aurg i in Col Donell's Texas Regn lar-. Hi- regiment being capture, I at \il Post, he went to San Antonio and was placed in charge of the southwest district of Texas, extepd ing from the Rio Grande to Brownsville. Though bearing the rank of major and serving until the dose of the war, he. however, reoeived no more than one month's pa) daring his entire term o( service Returning to St Joeeph, I'r Stewart again re sinned his practice ami continued -ucce-sftilh in inisiiie-s until 1881, w) he removed t.. Stewarts •J 1 4 I'lMM'iail - \M> IM«mii;\|'HICAL RECORD ville, DeKalb County. After practicing in thai Tillage for m\ years he returned to St. Joseph ami up to the present time has conducted a large and lucrative practice. His office is at No. L619 !'>u chanan avenue. He lias been particularly success ful in surgery, as while in the army, especially, he received practical experience in that line. Polit ioally his sentiments are in aCCOld with the Demo- cratic platform, ami his ballot is always deposited in fav.>r of the nominees of that party. He i- a member of the First Presbyterian Church and act ively concerned in its welfare. The Doctor has been twice married, his first union being with Miss Mar\ Radford, who was born in St. Genevieve, Mo., and was a niece of old Gen. Kearney. She died in San Franci-co. Cal.. where she hail gone, hoping to recover her health. Or. Stewart afterward wedded Miss Jennie Tolin. who was horn in St Joseph, her father being an old settler in this locality. The family of Dr. Stewart comprises t'ne living children , namely : Thomas, Addie, Jesse, August and George F ^^^^j;^;^**^*** ORACE W. WOOD is a member of the City Council from the First Ward of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, and is one of her prom Uient business men. For a number of years he has been engaged in buying stock for packing companies and at the present time is sen iii£ in that capacity for the Henry Krug ami the North Packing Companies. The former concern is one of the largest of the kind in the West, and is located in this city. The other company has its offices in Boston. Mr. Wood is a practical buyer of large experience and good judgment, and is eon sidered one of the best men in the employ of the Companies with which he is connected. Mr. Wood was born in Chautauqua County, N. V.. in tho village of Dunkirk. September 7. 1854. His grandfather. John Wood, tir~t saw the light in Rhode Island, where he engaged in farming, and passed his entire life. The great-grandfather of our aubject was a Captain of a Rhode Island Com pany during the Revolutionary War. He was of English descent and came from an old New Eng laud family. John W.. who became the father of our subject, was born on the Rhode Island coast, lb' was Mill in his youth when he removed to New York, and was there united in marriage with Sarah Lake, a native of the Empire State. Her father. Salomon Lake, was tin' son of a Baptist minister, and was himself a great Bible student. He was a weaver by trade, and while working at the loom. Concluded he wished to study the Scriptures in the Original tongues He therefore studied the class ios with seal and became a tine scholar. He was of Scotch Irish descent and lived until his death in Chautauqua County. John and Sarah Wood became the parents of eight children, who are all living. In IStjS the family removed to Missouri, tir-t locating in Savan- nah. Andrew County, and soon after settling on a farm near that place. Mr. Wood is still living on the old homestead and is a man of prominence in that region. He has been for a great many years a supporter of the Democratic party. Horace W. Wood was brought up on a farm on the shore of the beautiful Lake Erie. He received a good education, and in 1868 came to the West with his parents. He worked on the home farm until l^To, in which year the grasshoppers played havoc with the crops. This took away his enthu siasm for agricultural pursuits, and he concluded to branch out in some other direction. Going to Utah, he engaged in mining and prospecting at Cottonwood and Bingham. In the fall of ISTti he returned to the old farm and there remained until 1878. Since that time lie has been eugaged in Commercial ventures and in the employ of the Henry Krug Packing Company. Until the mar kets were established here he was traveling buyer for the firm, after which he accepted a position in the office, having charge of the freight department In 1889 lie was made a buyer at the St Joseph stockyards. He is thoroughly posted concerning his work, and is valuable to his linn. In the spring of 1898 Mr. Wood was nominated on the Democratic ticket for Alderman from the First Ward, and was elected by a majority of forty. His success was rather remarkable as this ward usually has a Republican majority of about two POR I i:\l I \M' !'• R M'MK'M. RECORD band red lb W 1 is on several of 1 1 » « - leading committees, is chairman "f the Auditing and "ii«' • if the Finance Committees. Socially be belongs deof tli-- Weal Lodge, No 12, Ancient ' i ■ if United Workmen. Religiously he is connected w nli ( !hi iat's Episcopal ( Ihuroh. In tin' war 1882 Mr W I and Kiss Marj \ iiin-f were united in wedlock She was born in Mi Morris, Genesee County, N V. and i- a daughter of William Vance, an early settler an. I well known citizen "f Bl Joseph, where In- has been engaged in the sand business for a number of years Mr* \\ I graduated from the St. Jo seph Bigb School, and was fur Beveral years a teacher in tin- public scl Is of thai city. Two children grace the uni f our subject and wife, namely, Lettie V and Mary Helen, OI.IN I \ AN M.\ ENTER, a prominenl and successful young business man of Si. Joseph, Buchanan County, runs a plumb ing establishment ami carries a line of k'as and electric light fixtures He also puts in pipes ami equipments for steam and hot water heating. lie i- on., drill'' "l.l residents of Bt Joseph, liav ing lived here since 1 Ki'\ i I Van Deventer, onr subject's father, was born in Loudoun County, Va Be is of 1 1« »1 land descent, was a minister in the Metbodisl Episcopal Cliuroh, and when that denomination divided be became identified with the southern branch. About IM<> he located in Qlasgow, M ami became a traveling circuit preacher, oi f the | leers of the "Platte Purchase." Be was a minister for nearly one half n century. In 1852 be removed i" St. Joseph, and after remaining three years went to Louisiana, Ho., where be re sided until after the war. In 1805 lie mire more reiur I in St Joseph, ami i* now livings retired life at bis home, No. 1816 Francis street II now nearly seventj years "f age, and ha- i !■<• honor of having been the first Methodist Episcopal minister in tbiscity, then a re trading post Be the most c plete history ol his denomination in Nortbwp lorn Missouri. Elizabeth A I • was the nam ir snh mother bore in her girlhood Bei birtl in Bfillersburg, Bourbon County, K\ 1 1 • ■ i father, John J. Grimes, ;, native of the blu< followed the trade of a saddler. In the earl) daj she came to this state, locating in Pike < Sountj . where he was in business until I s, 'i7. after which he became a resident of 81 Joseph. Of the three children born to the Rei I I and Elizabeth Van Deventer, mir Bubjeol is the see. iii, I ami only one living. 11,' v. Lugual ii, 1852, in Glasgow, Mo .ami was brought to BL Joseph while in infancy In IM'iT he attended Pardee College, in Louisiana, M In IsT' 1 he graduated from the Si Joseph hi^h school ami then went into business as i shipping olerb in the wholesale boose "f I! L Mc I kmald & Co After clerking for two years Mr. Van Deventet assumed the management of the wholesale gi business in Maoon City, Mo I f i — next pa was as a teller in the I i i National Hank < to act nt of ill health he was forced to resign and in 1^7"i went to Denver, <',.|o., and spent the next si\ years as traveling -ale-man f"i a wholesale grocery business in Kansas with his headquarters in Denver. During this time he was mainlj in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. The change of scene and pure mountain air restored his health prettj thoroughly, and in l ss l be returned I,, St. Joseph Be engaged in the fire insurance business with 'lames Mull for ~i\ years, being then appointed steward of the State Lunatic As} 1 1 1 1 1 1 l,_\ the Board ,,f Managers Aftei serving in that official capacity for four year- be resigned In 1800 Mi Van Deventer formed a partnei Bhip with M B. Berber), and started a plumbing business at No, 610 Pelii Btreel \t the end of ayeai he bought out his partner I has since carried on bis trade a] ■ Since 1802 be hu- ll located at his present place, N rancis street Bere he ha- two floors, 22x80 feet in dimei Phe workshop is in the basement, while the fixtures and -lew rooms are ,,n the mam floor. Employment is given to from twelve to twenty men In Greenleaf, Kans., a oeremonj perfon I Decembei 29, 1870, united the fortunes of Mi 216 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Van Deveuter and Miss Carrie B. Truesdell, who was born in Belvidere, 111., and educated at the Rock ford Female Seminary. Two children a son and daughter, have come to bless this marriage. They are called Olin H. and Mary B. While an employe of the bank Mr. Van Deven- ter was Deputy City Treasurer for two years. He belongs to the National Association of Master Plumbers and also to the State Association. Fra- ternally he is Past Secretary of Charity Lodge, No. 331, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; of Mitchell Chapter. No. 89, Royal Arch Masons, and Hugh De Payen Commandery, No. 51, Knights Templar. He is a charter member of Hugh De Payen Commandery, No. 51, of which he is the Prelate. In Moila Temple Shrine he is a charter member and Assistant Rabban. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In politics he is a Democrat and has served his party as a delegate to county and state conventions. *****«;*«: > > t X r *****;**^ 1/ N. MILLER, M. D., is a member of the St. Joseph Medical and Surgical Institute, has an extensive practice, and is a thoroughly intelli gent gentleman. He makes a specialty of the diseases of women and the rectum. He was bom Dear Greenfield, Hancock County, Ind., Septem- ber 18, L857, and is a son of Benjamin Miller, a native of Michigan and one of the early settlers in Hancock County, where he became the possessor of a large and valuable farm. During the Mexi- can War he enlisted from Indiana and in 1861 came to the defense of the old Red, White and Blue. He was a fine cook and was detailed to serve in that capacity entirely through the war. On his retain he located in Nodaway County, Mo., retir- ing from active work, and died in 18fiU while on a visit, aged about seventy years. He was a Repub lican and Abolitionist, and a member of the Metli odisl Episcopal Church. Our subject's mother, whose maiden name was Angeline Taylor, was born in Ohio and died in 1S7I> at the good old age of seventy three years. Her paternal grandfather was a cousin of Zachary Taylor. The Doctor was an only child of this union and was reared in Indiana until reaching the age of nine years when, with his parents, he removed to Missouri and received such school privileges as wire afforded in Nodaway County at that day. He lived at home until his mother's death and then engaged as clerk in a drug store in Mound City, Mo. . until reaching his majority. During this time he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Ross, and had to work his own way through by the greatest self-denial. In 1869 he entered the Keokuk Medical College, where be took three courses, and during the Bummers worked as a clerk in Mound City in order to gain sufficient money to pay his tuition for the coming term. With the same object in view and with the desire of obtaining practical knowledge, he as sisted the professors in the college from which he graduated in 1SS2 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For the following eight years Dr. Miller was a practicing physician in Mound City.' and for two years of that time he was a member and Secretary of the Examining Board of Pensions, as the United States Surgeon of Holt County, having to resign when lie removed to St. Joseph. In 1890 he es tablished an office at No. 518 Frances street, in this city, and was engaged in practice for two years alone, but in April, of 1892, formed a part nership with Dr. Boyd and in March, 1893, in company with Drs. J. H. Walker and •). K. Egbert, organized the St. Joseph Medical and Surgical In stitute, which is incorporated. In Mound City Dr. Miller and Miss Ella Hyatt were joined in marriage, the ceremony being per formed in 1877. Mrs. Miller, who was born in Illinois, is the daughter of W. T. Hyatt, who runs an hotel at Mound City. The Doctor and his amiable wife are the parents of two living chil dien: Ralph M. and Carrie A. They are members of the Presbyterian Church and the Doctor be longs to the Ancient Order of American Mechanics. He was a member of the American Medical As80 ciation and in 1 SS7 was a delegate from this state to the convention in Chicago. In political faith he is a Republican and earnestly supports the principles and nominees of that party. He has PORTRAIT \M> |:k»(;i;\i-|||<'\i. LtECORD 'I made for bimsell a I • • -?—t .if Friends in this city and among bis professional brethren, who .1" bim no more bouoi than is his just desert ■ J I |x, I rAMESlD FCHELL has been Justice of the Peace ,>f Washington Township, Baohanan County, the district including St Joseph, Binoe l s 7\ and baa I □ a resident of tbia looalit) sinoe 1868. Be is now the oldest justice of the peace serving in the township and county, his office being located ;it the corner ol Bdmond and Fourth atreete. Judge Mitchell was born in Ireland, County Leitrim, where his rather, Patrick, was a well known merchant, and also was for some time a resident of Count] Roscommon. In 1N4H he left his native isle and, crossing the Atlantic, soon after his arrival located in Pitts burs;, where be was shortly called from this life. Our subject's mother, who whs in her girlhood days \Ii-~ Rose Gannon, whs born in the same i ii t _> as our subject and was a daughter of Darby Qannon, ;i farmer in Ireland Mrs Mitchell died in Pittsburg when over ninet] years of age. Our subject is the sixth in order of birth in a family of eleven children, only four of whom are now 1 » x iii {_T- He was reared in the Emerald 1-1. • until attaining the a^i' >,f twelve years, when he a opanied hi- parents to Liverpool, taking passage in a sailing vessel, the "Huntress." \tt.T a voyage of seven weeks be landed in New Y"il> city, where he remained with a brother who bad previously crossed the ocean and who was engaged in the grocery business there. Latei Mr Mitchell went to Brooklyn where he secured employment aa a clerk. In 1858 he became a partner in the publishing firm of Thomas D. McGee, editing the American Celt for about four -. when, on a< ant "f ill health, Mr Mitchell ibliged I,. Bell "in bia interest In 1858 he came t,, St Louis, Mo., there engaging in publish iti «_c the Western Banner with B, l» Killian. This waa a weekly journal and was bu< sfully carried on until they were • >1 >I iu'< •• ' to discontinue i>n ai mt i » f the war in May, 1 ' — * "• 1 In December of thai year Mr Mitchell obtained aa clerk in a booh store, where be engaged in business until 1 v, '>\ when he tii-t found himself in the beautiful and enterprising citj "f St Joseph, whioh was then, however, a town of onlj nineteen thousand For three yeara he waa engaged in th" book business with Mr M Crawford and then served aa clerk for the Citj Recorder, M Thompson, for three yeara In be was elected i" the position ol Justice of the Peace and was re-elected to the res] Bible place three consecutive times He is a membei of Branch No. 208, Catholic Knights of America, and is a member of the Catholic Cathedral, In political sentiments he is affiliated with the Democratic party 1 I ON JAMES c ROBERTS, deceased. r-H There is in the development of ever) sue I[ oessful life a principle which is a lesson to < ever] man following in its footsteps — a lesson which leada to higher and more honorable positions than the ordinary. Let a man be indue triously ambitious, and honorable in his ambitions, and In' will rise, whether having the prestige of family or the obscuritj ,,f poverty, rhese reflec- tions are oalled forth by a Btud] of the life of the Hon, Ja s ('. Roberts, who was not only a promi unit pioneer farmer of Buchanan County, but one of her most active and public-spirited citizens, promoting ber best interests in ever] waj He was a man of uiiiisiialh good jndg nt, and had any amount of push and energj Mi Roberts was born January 19, 1881, in Davidson County. Tenn., and was the son of Will lam and Sarah (Chowning) Roberts, natives, re spectively, ,,f Com ticut and Tennessee The eldei Mr and Mrs. Roberts were farmers bj occu pation, and became residents "f Tenness* early aa IMS. where fhej were classed Bmong the in,, t honored and respected citizens of Davidson County. TI riginal of this sketch was reared on bia father's farm in the above named state, and when old enough entered Franklin College in Da^ County, from wh'cb institution be was erad •.'IS PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. with the class of 1850. Later taking up the study of law, he read Blackstone diligently in the office of .J i dm A. M. Ewen, of Nashville, and was ad milted to the bar in that city in 1853. When ready to open an office of his own young Roberts moved to Dover, now known as Fort Donelson, and there engaged in the practice of his profession nutil 1855, the date of his advent into this county. Locating upon a beautiful farm on Section 1, Washington Township, our subject was engaged in its cultivation for a few years, or until he saw an excellent opening for him to take up again his law practice in the city of St. Joseph. Removing thither he was very successfully employed until 18(30, when he was elected to represent Buchanan County in the Missouri Legislature. That- body was broken up the following year by Gov. Jack- son, and our subject, being a southern sympathizer, was disfranchised. Going to Tennessee he re- mained for three mouths, and then receiving a from Gen. Schofield, returned home. The following July, however, he again went to Tennes- see, and after a residence there of another three months came north and permanently established himself on his estate in Section 1, this township. Mr. Roberts during his life figured very promi- nently in public affairs, and in L875 was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, which met at Jefferson City, with which body he sat un- til their work was finished. He was prominently mentioned as candidate for Congress in 187f), but did not secure the nomination. Mr. Roberts was a proficient linguist, being a complete master of Greek and Latin. He also possessed fine literary tastes, wielded a vigorous pen and was an orator of marked ability. At his death our subject left a valuable estate comprising five hundred and eighty broad acres. He was one of the county's most prominent citi- zens and occupied a high station among his fellow agriculturists as well as being a shining light in the legal profession. October 28, 1855, Mr. Roberts, of this sketch. and .Miss Margaret Cornelia, daughter of Jesse ('. and Margaret (Kay) Ingram, were united in mar- riage. The mother w;is born in Virginia in lNl 1, and the father in South Carolina, November 11, 180G. They resided for many years in Tenn< where the mother departed this life in 1835. Mr. Ingram in iv'il removed to this state and made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Roberts, until his decease, which occurred January 21, l s 7'_' He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, while his good wife held membership with the Baptist denomination. William Roberts, the father of our subject, wa- a very influential and prominent man in his locality and at one time was Presiding Judge of this county. He enjoyed the respect and esteem of every one who knew him, and, as he was in a position to become acquainted with all people, his circle of friends was extremely large. The parental fain ily of our subject included nine children, only five of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts have been blessed by the birth of five children, one of whom is deceased. The mother was born July 16, 1833. at Dover, Tenn., and completed her studies in the Clarkes- ville Female Seminary and the Nashville Female Academy. Her eldest son, Jesse L, married Eva M. Donovan, and makes his home in St. Joseph. They have three children. James C. married Anna L. Van; they also reside in St. Joseph and have one child. Frank K. married Melissa Hayward and resides on the home farm and has one child. Charles W., the youngest, assists his brother in carrying on the home place. The Hon. James C. Roberts departed this life at his home April 4, 1885. His death was very unexpected, for, although he had been ailing for a week prior to his decease, his health was generally good. Socially he was a Royal Arch Mason and in politics was a stanch Democrat. He was also President of the Board of Managers of Asylum No. 2, and was active in the organization of the State Grange. As before stated he was a man of high attainments, and while a member of the Legislature in January, 1861, made a telling speech on a bill for calling a state convention. He discharged his public duties with a promptness and fidelity which won him the commendation of all, and as a friend lie was true as steel. The two younger sons of Mr. Roberts conduct the home place for their mother, while Jesse I. is POR I'l: Ml \M» BIOGH M lilt M. KM' >KD •jr.i ..i f the prominent grocers of Si Joseph, being ii Vice preeideol of the tirm of Qeorge A Ken nard ( Irooer Co Jami - • ' b< ilda a p ini and Collection Teller in Ihe Schuster Box National Bank in Bl Joseph ********$! - II M Al WILLI \M I' STRING! l.l.l.oW ia 1^/1 Mh i of the Second Battalion of the 1 Fourth Regiment, National Guards o( ■€/ Missouri, and is a practicing attorney at law. Be is one oi the youngest members of 1 1 1 • » legal profession in St. Joseph, but possesses Buch poized ability and qualities of mind thai he takes rank with the best Be comes of a well known and respected family of this city, his father being the Bon. J. EL Stringfellow, M I' . whose Bketch appears on another page of this work. The latter, a native of the Old Dominion, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and practiced in tlii— Btate • I ii ri ii <_j tlit> early days. Be went to Atchison and was Speaker in the first Legislature of Kansas :nnl Colonel in command of the forces ..l thai Btate In 1859 be returned to Virginia, there making hi* home until 1873, when be re turned to the west, living for ti\>' years in Atchi son, and then removing to Si. .lose]>h. The Major was born in Richmond, Va., Septem ber I. 1868, but retains little memory of his lif«' there, as he was only four years old when liis father brought him west. Be is the yoangesl of i be family and was educated in the St. Joseph com in "ii ami high srl Is, continuing in the bitter until the senior year, when li«' returned to Virginia ami entered the Military Aoadem] al Bethel. This was in l s ^7, and during his two years' stay he was commissioned Captain 1 > % ( ; . >\ 1'itzlln^h Lee. In 1889 Major Stringfellow entered the University of Virginia, where.he pursued a year's course of atndy, and then, under the tutorage of Stanber & Cranball, commenced law. Be waa admitted t" the bar in 1892 and al on< pened an office in the German American Bank Building, where he al read] numbera among I « i -> clients the best] pie of tl ity. Maj Stringfellow ia a member of Ihe Greek Letter Society, the BetaTheta Pi of the Univei .■f Virginia, the third largest fraternity in the United States. The Maji ir is a straight Democrat Ho was a member of Compan] a Cadets about 1 ^^ I and while in the Bethel Militar] School was promoted from the ranks l>_\ regular grades to a oaptainc] . When the Wickham Rifles were i irgan i ..I in August, 1891, he was elected First Lieu tenant, holding that rank until June, 1892, when he was elected Major ol the 1 th Regiment, in command of the S ind Battalion. In i In* fall of 1892 be laid out 1 1 1 • » oamp at Brookfield and al tended the dedication of the World's Fair at Chi cago in October of thai year, being the Major in command of the S I Battalion. In religious belief our subject is an Episcopalian. V-^-' *** ^TA "V X^ "'l 'T' \ "\ Jo STARES, of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, is the Secretary and Treasurer of the St. Joseph Gas and manufacturing Company. This company, which has a capital Btook of $5130,000, is our of the largest concerns in the city and gives employment to a large number of men. The] manufactur al gas, coke, ooal lar. i'ii- . and Bince May, 1890, our Bubject lias been connected in Ins present capacity with the com- pan] The birth of Mr. Starks occurred March 21, 1842, in Scotland County, Mo His father, Judge Price Starks, was born in Fayette C ity, Kj . and was the Beoond Bettler in Scotland County, where he engaged in operating a farm. !!«• waa presiding Judge of tin' Court of Scotland County and there continued to live until 1856, when he located in Platte County, where be continued to follow agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in August, 1 ss I Our subject's mother, whose maiden name waa Miss Emerine Ellis, was born in Kentucky, and died while living in Scotland Count] Sin- was Ibe mother o I leu children, ■ Bubject being the fifth' Dr N F. , the eldeht of the family, a grad nut.' of the St. Lonis Medical College, waa a anr g i of Gates' regiment, Confederate States Army, during the war. 220 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. J. O. Starks was given an ordinary common school education until about 1800, wbeu he went (ci Kentucky, entering the State University at Har- rodsburg, where he completed the classical and literary course. In 1864 be went to the mountains of Montana overland, and after remaining there one year returned to Platte County, where he en- gaged in teaching. He was elected School Com- missioner of Platte County in 1883 and continued to train the young idea until 1885, when he was appointed clerk to the Superintendent of Construc- tion of the Government. Building at St. Joseph, Mo. This position he held for five years, when he assumed his present duties. Mr. Starks has been twice married, his first al- liance having been formed in Kentucky with Miss Ida B. Mark, of Montgomery County. She died July 5, 1889. In November, 1892, in Saline County, Mo., he wedded Miss Maggie Hamilton, who is also a native of Kentucky. Mr. Starks is an Elder in the Christian Church and is Superin- tendent of the Sunday-school. Iu his political faith he sides with the Democracy. He is well known and justly esteemed in the business circles of St. Joseph as a man of correct principle and high moral worth. ******;** V. V V, V, V *.******^ OLIVER A. SANDUSKY is the proprietor of ] the oldest commission house in St. Joseph. ' This, with the exception of the one belong- ing to A. L. Charles of Kansas City, is the oldest of the kind on the river. Our subject is als igaged in general merchandising at Hamlin, Brown County, Kans., and is a stockholder in the Llano Live Stock and Laud Company, an exten- sive concern owning thirty thousand acres in Texas. He is considered one of the most enter prising and prosperous business men of the county and has been blessed with great success in what ever business he has turned his hand to. Oliver A. Sandusky was born near Lexington, Ky., on February 7, 1832, and is a son of Jacob E .. who was born in the same locality in 1808. Our subject's paternal grandfather, who bore the Christian name of Ephraim, was also a pioneer in Kentucky, while his father, in turn, had emigrated from the Old Dominion with Daniel Boone, set- tling in the Blue Grass region, where he improved a farm. The country was extremely wild and un- settled, and while with a surveying party at a place called Salt Licks he was attacked by Indians. The parly believing that "discretion was the bet ter part of valor" made for the woods, hiding in bushes and finally making their escape. He was truly one of the pioneers of the corning civiliza- tion, and his services were of inestimable value. He helped survey the country and in after years, indeed, when he was over eighty years of age, he was called upon to testify in a suit as to the sur- veys and location of old lines, made so many years previously. His memory was clear aud decisive and his opinions were held with marked respect. Our subject's paternal grandfather participated in the War of 1812 and was the owner of seven hun dred acres of fiue farming land, only ten miles from Lexington. Jacob E. Sandusky, our subject's " father, was also an extensive farmer near Lexington, where he engaged in extensive agriculture. He pur chased land in 1838 in Clarke County, Mo., with the intention of locating upon it, but gave up that plan, settling in Shelby County, which is still his place of residence, though he is past eighty-five years of age. The family are originally from Vir- ginia and in the early days the name was spelled Sodowsky, the cognomen being of Polish origin. Our subject's mother, who was also a native of Kentucky, was before her marriage Miss Hannah Middletou. Her father, Joseph, was born in Mary- land and was an early and respected settler in Kentucky, locating on the old Shelby Pike in Shelby County, between Franklin and Louisville. Both parents of our subject were personal friends of Henry Clay and were old Line Whigs back to the early days. The mother, who died in Shelby County, Ky., had a family of three children, two of whom are living. After her death her husband was again married, Miss Nancy Bladyes becoming his wife. Of (heir union five children were born, all of whom are living. Janes M., our subject's own brother, is in his employ as a salesman and during the [ate war was in the Confederate Army. i CZ4 POUTB \l I \M» liHMii;.\rilli \l. KECOKD Tin- boyh I days "f Oliver Sandusk) wore • 1 in lii— Birth place ton milea from Lexing inn Ho removed with his parents when Beven \ >-iir~ .J age to a farm in Shelby County, near Shelbyville, and from the age "f eight years was Bd to hard farm labor. At thai time he waa -.•t .it plowing and until the age "i twenty three In- worked faithfully and untiringly on his fath er'a homestead. Such education a- he acquired waa obtained iliirin^ tin' three months' winter term in th" did fashioned log school bouse with its accompanying conveniences. In 1855 became bj wa) of boat to this state on the "Polar Star" and Ian. If. I .it St. Joseph, near whioh city he tool: charge of a two-hundred acre farm, fifteen miles north in Andrew County. In that county itx the year l s .>7 occurred ili>' marriage of Mr. Sandusky ami Serelda Potter, who wa- born in Caldwell County, Bio., ami whose father, John Potter, was an early Bettler in this -tat.-. Our subject local.'. I on a farm of eighty in Lndrew County, which he purchased ami operated until tin- war. He then enlisted in the Ninth Ifissouri Cavalry, Company M. being mue tored in al St. Joseph ami campaigning in thin state under > hi- farm, which In. -o.n Bold, and in tin. fall of 1865 engaged in th.' grocer) business at th.- inrinT of Sixth ami K.liuou.l st iv.-l-. St Joseph, for about eight years. II.- graduallj worked into tin. general produce business and was \.-n successful. In 1^7:1 Mr Sandusky located on Market Square and hain Hi-. I ;i- ,-t -| ialt) certain lines of fruit, particular!) apples Be now buys ami s.'lls from two hundred to two hundred ami fiftj oars of ap pies i Beason, Bhipping to various points in Mis aouri, K rasas ami Nebraska, doing all business from this office. II. ■ has in- men begin packing tlm fruit in August, ami hi- expert workers in that line, a- in order to have the fruit keep perfectl] it must l>" exceeding!) carefully dealt with. This firm al-.. deals extensive!) in eggs and I. utter, ..f tin- formet commodity Bending as man) a- twent) cars east in a season. They deal in potal in carload lots ami general farm produce, ben onion- ami various -mall fruit- Thej have large -al.- in all pari- ol the country ami are among the most enterprising firms in th.- count) The) occupy a brick Btore 20 by I I" ' • rtl M i lot Sipiar.-. which i- admirab!) titt.-.l in every wa) for their special lii f trade In L891 Mr. Sandusky started a general mei chandising Btore in Hamlin, Kan- . ami has placed a nephew in charge of it 11.- has erected a pleas ant residence at No T'Jn South Tenth -tret. Po litically h<> is a Democrat ami personall) heisver) popular, a- he i- of a jovial ami friendly disposi t i. in. being very fond <>f good jokos or flashi wit ami humor. -r^^-r^-r-r^^^-^^ * JOSEPB PORTEBGB1 BBis tbeoldesl active practicing attorney of St. Joseph ami has Berved for more years as Judge of the Cir ouil Court than an) other man in Bucbauan County. He is said to be tin- best posted attornej in tin' cit) in regard to ti listinotions in law. am! is justly considered a very impartial ami righteous judge Mi Qrubb was horn in Pike County, 111., Februar) :'.. 1833 His parents were Alfred and Eliza i (Porter) Qrubb, natives of Bedford •County, V*a., ami Pulaski County. Iw respectively. Hi- paternal grapdfather, Jacob Qrubb. was of Baalish descent, ami raised tobat extensive!) mi In- plantation iii Virginia Hi- ma t.-rnal grandfather, Joseph Porter, wa- i civi! en gineer and surveyor, who taught those branches, Judge 8. I> Cowan, of this city, being numbered among hi- pupils. Out subject's father followed agricultural pm -nit-, u.i- married in Virginia and removed to Kentucky, going west in a wagon in true pi ■ style in 1880 he took bis family to Illinois with teams, locating on nen land in Pike County. He was on.' of tin- pioneers and in 1882 took part in the Black Hawk War About eight years later be admitted to the bar ami praotiosd at Pittofield 224 P0KTliA.1T AND B10GKAPHICAL RECORD. For several years he was sheriff of the comity, and iu the winter of 1846—47 was a representative in tlic Legislature. He later served as County Judge for a number of years, having probate and civil business. He continued iu practice until 1867, when lie died at the age of sixty six. In polities In 1 was a Democrat, and both lie and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The latter, who was the mother of twelve children, died in 1873. Seven of these are now living, our subject being the third in order of birth. By his first marriage Alfred Grubb had four children, two of whom are deceased. The school advantages of Judge Grubb were limited in his youth, but in later years this defi- ciency was amply atoned for. He lived on the homestead farm in Illinois until seventeen years of age, when he became a clerk in a country store and there continued for several years. In 1S53 he came to Weston, Mo., by boat and entered the service of D. & T. D. S. McDonnell, general mer- chants and dealers in produce. Fortius company lie was bookkeeper for a year. They were largely engaged in shipping hemp, and at that time Wes ton was the largest point for the shipment of this product in the world. Mr. Grubb was engaged in the general commission business in St. Louis during the following year. In 1855 Judge Grubb began reading law with ex-Governor Silas Woodson and the late Bela M. Hughes, of Denver, Colo. He was admitted to the bar iu the following year, and at once began the practice of his profession, being elected in I860 to the city attorneyship, to serve one year. Tlir following year he was appointed Circuit At- torney of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, which then embraced the entire "Platte Purchase," and which now constitutes the Fourth Congressional District. II iutinued in the difficult position during the border troubles and until January 1, 1865. He then resumed his general practice, in 1868 being elected City Attorney for two years. In Novem- ber, 1S7'_\ Mr. Grubb was nominated Judge of the Circuit, on the De cratic ticket, to till an un- expired term, while holding this office having charge of the civil and criminal cases of Buchanan and DeKalb Counties. In 1871 he was reelected without opposition, but when he ran for the posi- tion in 1SN0 he was defeated by William H. Sher man. The successful candidate, however, soon died and Judge Grubb was again chosen to till the unexpired term, which he held until the end of 188(5, when he declined further service. In 1869 he revised the laws and ordinances of St. Joseph, and the'great assistance he lent toward strengthen ing the foundations of law and order in this dis trict by his numerous and practical suggestions, can scarcely be over estimated. In October, 1857, a marriage ceremony per- formed in St. Joseph united the destinies of Judge Grubb and Miss Cora A., daughter of Dr. Daniel G. Keedy, who was a prominent pioneer physician of this place. Two children grace the union of mir subject and wife, namely, Joseph and Cecelia K., wife of C. A. Taney, a wholesale dealer iu teas. If If O. SNOWDEN is one of the earliest |p^| settlers of the ''Platte Purchase" now 1' living. He came here in 1821, when a T/ lad of only seven years, and grew up in Andrew County, eight miles north of St. Joseph In that, county he was afterwards assessor for about six years, and has ever used his best endeavors to promote the welfare and prosperity of this region. He is the owner of considerable valuable real estate in this city, iu addition to which he has a well improved farm. Mr. Snowden was born in Fairfield, End., April '.•. 1834, ami is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Deakins) Snowden, the former a native of Ken tucky and the latter of Indiana. Grandfather Jacob Snowden was also a native Kentuckian, and was one of the pioneer farmers of Franklin. Ind. He participated in the Revolutionary War and was of Welsh descent. He lived to an advanced age, being nearly ninety years old at the time of his death. Benjamin Snowden was a Captain in the War of 1812. He was married in Indiana and had live children by that union. Two of these are now living, one in Kansas City, and the other in Indiana. His second marriage was with our subject's mother, by whom he had nine children. PORTRAIT AM» BIOGH M-lllfM. |;| .. <>|;n Seveu survived, and their record ie as follows James, a soldier of the Mexican War and one oi the fort} ninera, operates a good farm in Andrew County; Francis ax., who went to Oalifomia in IS50, is now .1 resident of Silverton, Colo.; II. who went lo California in 1849, ia engaged in farming in Andrew County; Jonathan, a farmer in the same county, served in tin' Missouri Artillery, and went to California in 1850; our subject is nexi in order of birth; Martha lives in 3 Joseph; and Perry, the j igest of the family, enlisted three times in the war and was honorabl) disoh irged each time. Ho lives mi a farm adjoin mil; liis brothers in Andrew County. Benjamin Snowden was a miller by trade and owned a large flour-mill at Fairfield, I tut. . which supplied with six burrs, Be was also an extensive farmer in Andrew County, Mo., and was considered the finest drill master in the state. In 1M I lie lost liis property and with lii-. ten children came to the weat. They were six weeks on the wbj and camped onl at night The) crossed the M ssissippi at Quinoy, and when they arrived in Andrew Couut) they entered land. The father, who was a prominent Mason, died January 16, 1801, and was buried with Masonic rites. Be was a xtrong supporter "f Lincoln and a Free Soil Republican. II 11 Snowden remained on the old homestead until the death of bis father. Be went three miles to an old log schoolhouse where the chance of obtaining an edncation was extremely limited. Be ia large!) Bel f- educated, and was u -indent ai Chaple Hill College in La Fayette County, Mo., for one year, tu I S 'V I he was appointed by the couut) court as assessor, and held the position during the war. or for six years At that time he knew about every man in iudrew County. In I860 b< tool the census of the district, after which I ugaged in building bridges, giving bis own bond I'ndei his supervision four large bridges were built, two across the One Hundred and Two river, one across 1 1 » . - Platte and one on Dillon creek. This task ocoupied two or three ami at the Bame ti he carried on his farm and -n Bsfull] engaged in stock raising. Be became the owner of a farm on One Hundred and Two river at ile exact -- 1 « - ■ t where In- fatbei sed 1 he 1 i\er in IM I In I80S Mr Snowden caiui to Si Joseph, tvhi re he made his borne for one year and then returned to the farm. In l^il In. .a more took up bis residence in this oity; and this has I □ his pel manent home up to the present time. For two war- he was on the police force, aftei which, for a lilve period of time, he wa a secret Bervioe man under Major Bai 1 wig. On the 20th of September, 1801, Mi Snowden wa- united in marriage to Miss Fr - ffivana, who was born in thi- OOUut) on her father's farm The following children grace this union: Cora, a graduate of the high Bchool and now principal of the Steinooker School of this oity; Ida. who graduated from the high school in the same class as her eldei Bister, and is now the wife of De G -I. a wholesale confectioner in Atchison, Kan : Bertie and Battie, graduates of the Si 1 ■|'h Female Academy, the latter being the wife of Charles Sherwood, manager >>f the George ( >. Richardson C pany ol St Joseph; and Trne, a student in the high Bchool, The plea-ant home of the famil) i- fiuely situated on the con Washington and Twent) fourth street- Tin' building was erected iu l ss < Mr. Snowden is a K' publican in polities. ■■ *. -^ C\i;i. \\ EIGEL Couspiouous alike foi thi extent and variet) ol its stock and the vol in I its transactions, the Wei gel & Roth Furniture Com pan] is one of the most pros perous and extensive of the commercial establish menta of St. Joseph. The Company enjoy nnanr passed facilities in ever) way for the prompt I efficient transaction of business in their line, and the house possesses the oonfidei »f the trade as a merited result of the uniforml) honorable meth ode by which ever) detail of the business lias l iharacterized from ii- 1 iptiou until the present time. The bnsini aducted perfect and accurate system, and its management 1- in the hands of substantial and successful bnsi neaa men, to whosi ius methods it owes the prominence it has achiei 1 220 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. The President and Treasurer of this company is Carl Weigel, whose name is a very familiar one to the citizens of St. Joseph. He is a German by birth and parentage, and was born in Duerkheim, Bavaria. His parents, Carl and Caroline (Rebe- nack) Weigel, were also natives of that place and the father was for many years an officer in the Civil Service and Government Counselor. Carl is the third in a family of four children, and is the only one residing in America. He was born on January 28, 1844, and was reared to manhood in Germany, where he attended school. After hav- ing graduated from the Latin School, he entered the Polytechnic school at Karlsruhe and completed the course there. In 1804, setting sail on a vessel at Bremen, Mr. Weigel crossed the broad Atlantic and landed in New York, whence he came directly west to St. Louis. He secured a position as bookkeeper in a machine shop in that city, where he remained for two years. In 1806 he came to St. Joseph and engaged as bookkeeper for Louis Hox in his furni- ture establishment, where he remained for thirteen years. After occupying a clerical position for some years, he became interested in the business and for a time rilled the position of manager. The Weigel & Roth Furniture Company was organized in 1SS:S, with a capital stock of $30,000 with Mr. Weigel as President, The establishment was first located on Third street, but in 1892 was removed to the present location at No. 214 210 South Sixth street. The building is 4(1 by 100 feet in dimensions and six stories in height. In addi- tion to this, there is a warehouse 32 by 80, two stories in height, The main building is entirely used for retail display rooms and is fitted up with a complete line of goods. Mr. Weigel selects his stock in New York and other eastern points, and through his shrewd business judgment is enabled to buy at the lowest wholesale prices, which per- mits him to sell at prices lower than any of his i ipetitors. In St. Joseph in 1870 Carl Weigel was married lo Miss Mary L. Carolus, a native of New Jersey, who was reared in St. Joseph. Their family con- sists of five children: Carl. Jr., a graduate of the high school and Secretary of the Company ; Frank, head salesman for Weigel & Roth; Henry, who is an upholsterer; Oscar, who is a member of the St. Joseph Drug Company, and Eugene. Fraternally our subject is connected with the Knights of Pythias, of which organization he is Master Ex- chequer; the Knights of Honor, being Past Dicta tor of the lodge; the Woodmen of the World and the Order of Maccabees. In his political con nee tions he is a stanch Republican. *asfc***ssf^HI$****& *** I yi F. WEYMANN, M. D., occupies the im yjf/\ portant Chair of Physiology and Oph- 41 thalmology in the Ensworth Medical Col- v lege of St. Joseph. He is a practical oculist and aurist, making a specialty of those two important branches. The Doctor is a member of the Missouri Valley Medical Society, the Bu- chanan County Medical Society and the Council Bluffs Medical Association. His office is located at the corner of Seventh and Felix streets. He is a graduate of and has studied in some of the best medical colleges in this and foreign countries, and is a thorough and practical man in his special departments. Dr. Weymann was born in Saxony, Germany, near the town of Grimma, April 23, 1Sti:i, bis father, Jacob William, being a well-kuowu mer- chant of that place. He was united in marriage with E. Wilhelmina Wiesner, who was born in Burkartshain, Saxony. The Doctor received his education in his native tongue iu the common schools, and later entered the Gymnasium and graduated from that institution at the age of eighteen. Soon afterward he began the stud\ of medicine and entered the University of Leipsic, in the Medical Department. Pursuing his studies there until 1881, in Noveni ber of that year Dr. Weymann set out for the United States. After a a stormy voyage he ar rived at his destination and went direct to Mil- waukee, Wis., where he entered the Literary School of the German- American National College. graduating therefrom in 1SS3. In the fall of 1SS1 he entered the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons of Indianapolis, where he pursued POM i;.\l I \M' r.Hn.i; \rnir\i. i;i .« OHD Ins medical studies, graduating in 1 ^sT with the tor of Medicine and taking the fad ultj prize (gold medal) for the highest general av erage,hi8 average ninet) uine and seven elevenths being the highest ever known in the history of ili<' ins) itution Liter gradnaling from tin' Indianapolis Gollege Dr rVeymann t iluded to become a s| ialist, in Furtherance of which intention he went abroad for special research and Btndy, In Paris he con tinued hisstadies in the Boole de Medicine, taking two semesters in the Eye and Bar Department as h private strident of Prof, de Wecker. Returning to Lmerioa in INSS, tin- Doctor located in Oincin nati, Ohio, where he remained f< >r about a yeai ami then went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he was Professor of Languages in the high sol 1 for iwn years. At this time, however, he did not give u|> his profession but practiced, having certain office hours outside ol his bcI I duties. In June, 1891, ,.nr --nl ij.M-t finally Imc.-iI.mI in St. Joseph, lip inj-J appointed to the iirof.---.ni--.liip mentioned above In 1886, while pursuing bis studies in Indian apolis, the Doctor was joined in wedlock with Miss Kmnia L Eteis, a native of Germdny. of this union has been born a little daughter, Flora, who is the joy and pride of her parents' home. The Doctor's practice is constant!} increasing and he has won f..r himself a truly enviable position among the large and enterprising circles of his professional brethren in this oitj JONATHAN l' CI STKK. who is superintend i-nt of the Buell Manufacturing Company of St Joseph, Buchanan County, understands his business thoroughly and is rapidly bring ing the woo Inn mills of tliis city t.. the front. This company is well known in the western states ami turns ..in a superior grade of woolen goods. They employ in the manufacturing department over one hundred and sixtj five bands, and the mill consumes annuall) over one million pounds of the raw material. Mr. Custer is an experienced buyer and is a clever designer of new patterns In 1888 the new mill was started and our robjecl drew the original plana which were then completed i'\ eastern architects ll- was superintendent for four years, when, on account ol | r health, be was obliged to j^i \ «• u|> bo arduous an emploj men! Prom 1885 to I s '.'! be simplj attended to buying the necessarj wool, there being no I •< *t i • ■ r judge of this article in the Btate. In the fall of 1891 be again assumed the Buperintendentahip of the company's manufactory, though be still continues to do t he buying. Our subject was bon ar Montrose, I < lountj . Iowa, Ma) '•'. 1846, and is a -on of -l L. and Orpha (Brown) Custer, both natives ol P isyl vania, the former of Fayette County. Bis paternal grandfather, Jonathan Ouster, was also born in the Keys! Btate, and was of English descent Be located in Highland County, Ohio, in the earlj days, ,iinl was ,-i Buooeasful farmer near Bills! Our subject's father was a natural genius ftiul mechanic AI Danville, Ohio, he was r.n aomi years engaged in the manufacture of plows Later in life lie removed to Decatur County, Iowa, where he entered and improve. 1 a farm, ami was anione/ the early settlers His next move was to Lee County, in the same state, where he carried on ii farm until 1848, then returning to Highland Count] where be was ..nee more employed in the manufacture of plows In 1854, again coming west, lie returned to Ins former occupation as a farmer in Van Buren County, Iowa He is now living at Bonaparte, Iowa, having reaohed his seventy third year, Be is a member of the Gei man Baptist Church. His wife, who died in l^ s -'.. waa a daughter of Richard Brown, of Pennsylvania, who was a farmer an. 1 one of the pioneer- of Lee Count] . Iowa. Jonathan B. Ouster is the a ml in a family of eight children, five ol whom are living. In Ins eighth year, with his parents, he became a resident of Iowa, and tor nine years lived on his father's farm, receiving only common district school advantages. Be afterward entered the Mount Pleasant Academy, where be pursued . course of study. In 1864 he branched out toi himaell and Boon obtained employ menl as a spinner in the woolen mills at I'.oiiapai te. Iowa 228 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. In the fall of 1805 Mr. Custer came to St. Joseph, entering the employ of Mr. Buell in his woolen factory as a linisher and sometimes acting as a clerk in the office. From 1881-83 he was superintendent of the old mill and so well did he manage things that he was given a like position when the new manufactory started. In 1 -S - *< » he built a pleasant home at the corner of North Second and Isabella Streets. The amiable hostess, whose maiden name was Martha McKown, became our subject's wife in St. Joseph in 1867. She was born in Buchanan County, and is a daughter of Jeremiah McKown, an early settler of this region. Two children, a son and daughter, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Custer: Charles E., who is employed by Richardson, Roberts, Byrne & Com- pany; and Dora, who lives in St. Joseph and is the wife of Harry Ellershaw. Socially Mr. Custer is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and also belongs to the National Union. He is a true blue Republican, and religiously is a member of the First Baptist Church. He possesses many sterling qualities and well merits the esteem of his fellow men. If I L. McDONALD. Among the prominent n"""! and enterprising young business men of JL St. Joseph is this gentleman, who is presi t/ dent of the McDonald Hardware Company. This firm deals in light and heavy hardware, farm- ers' tools and general supplies, their place of busi ness being located at No. 106 Fourth street, where they have a three story building, 20 by 12i> feel in dimensions. The company was started in February, 1888, by W. McDonald, now of St. Louis, and by W. O. and E. R. McDonald, who are both now deceased. The company was incor- porated with a capital stock of $10,000, and for the past live years has carried on an extensive and lucrative trade. Our subject comes rightly by the taste for the business in which he is engaged, as his grandfather was a machinist and hardware man in Philadelphia, in which city, E. R., our subject's father, was also in the same trade. Mr. McDonald, who is a native son of St Joseph, was born October 26, 1869, and is a son ol E. R. and Mary B. (Reed) McDonald. Our sub- ject's paternal grandfather, Aaron McDonald, who was born in Philadelphia, Pa., was the first hard ware merchant in the Quaker City. He came to St. Joseph about 1804, being connected with the Kansas City shops. E. R. was also a hardware man in Philadelphia, in the company of Rus-ell & Irwin. He was married in the Quaker City, and in 1864 engaged in the hardware business in St. Joseph. He was a member of the firm of Will iam M. Wyeth & Company until 1880. This con cern then dissolved partnership, and he helped to form a corporation known as the Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Company, of which he was Sec retary and Treasurer. This became one of the leading houses in the West, but Mr. McDonald's death occurred only a few months after it was started. He was an active member and deacon in the Baptist Church. Mrs. McDonald, who is still living in St. Joseph, is the daughter of Joseph A. Reed, who was a pattern-maker and of English descent. Our subject is the fourth in a family of live children. W. O. was Vice-president of the Mc Donald Hardware Company until his death, in 1891. E. It., Jr., was Secretary and Treasurer of the s;ime company until he was called from this life, in 1892. Mamie is the wife of Rev. W. 1. Cole, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lex ington, Mo., and A. L., the youngest of the family, is Secretary and Treasurer of the company in which our subject is President. The youth of the latter was passed in this city, where lie attended the public and high schools. In 1887 he entered the employ of the Wyeth Hardware Companj as an order clerk and was gradually promoted until he became clerk in the buyer's office. In Febru ary, 1893, in company with his brother A. L., he became the proprietor of the McDonald Hard ware Company, which is one of the largest con Corns of the kind in the West. The responsibilities of life have early fallen upon the shoulders of Mr. McDonald, lint he has already shown himself to be thoroughly capable of discharging his duties in a manner worthy of a much older and more experienced financier. Me POB n; \l l \\l» BIOGRAPHICAL i;l CORD naidered bj all who have bad dealings with him to be a young man of great commercial prom - he possesses a level head, ^.>.>il judgment and executive talent Be is in politico a firm iiinl loyal supporter "f the Republican partj ,'v^v-^.r- *SS ■>+ + ■)■ GHRISTl \N F. MEYER, ol St Joseph, Bachanan County, where he baa made liis home since 1860, is Secretary "f the Retail Merchants' , Protective Association, which organized in October, 1889. He has I i :i witness of miit-li of tin' development of tins city anil in the earl] days engaged in freighting across tin' |iljiin> On his arrival here, there were bridges mi Edmond and ESighth straws acn^s Smith Greek, which is now a paved Btreet anil there was also a mill on tli»> corner of Felix ami Eighth \1i Meyer has long been nnmbered as "i f tin' enterprising business men "f this place. Mr. Meyer was born June '-', 1840, in Wesl plialia, Prussia Hi-- father, Henry John, was bom in the same house in the village near Min den, as were his son ami father, Henrj John, Sr. Our subject's great-grandfather, Anton ius Meyer, erected this structure in 1577, ami >■■ substantially was it imilt that it is still in a good Btateof pree ervation ami is now owned by Henrj J., a brother of Christian 1''. The Meyer family for a number • if generations were s.,Mi<-rs in the Prussian Army. Grandfathei Meyer, who wa- a farmer, lived to the age of eighty four years. Henry John, Jr., who operated a farm on the banks of the river Weser, died when forty two years of age in the faith ■>! tin' Lutheran Church. His wife, Bllen, daughter < ■ f Charles Shackle, was born in tin' -ami' locality. Her father was a farmer ami a merchant He was in tin- German service, went on the march I" Russia, and took part in the battle of Waterloo. Mi- Bllen Meyer died March L 1889. Her eight children an' all living and thrt f tin' number are located in America. Reared on a farm, Mr. Meyer became a sturdy youth of fine physique ami good constitution He learned t>> Bwim in the neighboring river ami was loeallj noted for tin- part he t'».k in athletic s|i..rts. He received a g I education and waa a Btudenl in tin' gymnasium f"i Borne time In 1 860 he concluded to trj hi- fortune in the N«« World, and on the 15th "f August Bailed from Bremen on the "Goethe." The voyage was a severe one, storms ami contrary winds impeding their progress, and when they finallj arrived in Ni'\\ York city, thej had been nine weeks ami three days on the way Mr. Meyer ;it once pro oeeded to Indianapolis ami booe obtai I a place mi a farm at the munificent Balarj "f $13 a month. After Learning English, going i" si-hi.nl for on< winter, In- taught in an English ami German Bchool in Hancock Count] f"i -i\ months. I.'' turning t" Indianapolis, In' olerked in a grocer] Btore until tin' fall of 1864. In tin' Bpringof 1865 in' returned t" the Fatherland on a visit ami pleasantly Bpent tlm next six months. In the spring of 1866 Mr Meyer arrived in Si Joseph. After staying here a month, be went t" Nebraska City, where he worked a few weeks in a mill. Preferring St. Joseph, he returned, and as In- could get nothing else to do, he worked in a brick-yard until July 6, 1866. In company with ten young men In' then Btarted with ..\ teams across tlm plains to Fort Sedgewick, Colo., in the employ of the Government. On his arrival there, In' w as made t ranspoi tation clerk for near!] a \ ear Then going t" Fort Laramie, Wyo . he was con nected with the commissar] department until tin' end of 1 sCi 7 . Once more returning to St Joseph, Mr. Meyei took a business course in Bryant's Commercial College ami in the fall obtained employment with the wholesale grocery bouse ol ('. I' Smith, with whom he continued for three years. In I — • T 1 be engaged in teaming, starting with a two wheeled draj ami finall] running four truck wagons \' this business he made considerable mone] ami therefore worked .-it it until 1884, when be sold out ami purchased a farm "f 1 * v< ► acres, nine miles south nf this city, in Andrew Connty. Aftei carrying mm this place for three .\ ears, In- embarked in llir gr ry businees on Tenth Btreet St h. ami ran that establishment for three years Si 1889 |,,. baa devoted In- entire time 230 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. to forwarding the interests of the Retail Mer- chants' Protective Association and to his efforts is mainly due its success. Mr. Meyer is agent for the Nassau Investment Company of Council Bluffs, Iowa. In the spring of 1892 our subject was nominated and elected on the Republican ticket to the City Council from the Second Ward. He is one of the committee on public buildings and is President of the Board of Health. He is a member of the Ger- man Evangelical Church, was Treasurer for four- teen years, Trustee for seventeen years, and was Chairman of the building committee. The church to which he belongs is owner of the' Ashland Cemetery and Mr. Meyer is Treasurer of the Asso- ciation. He is a member of St. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and (if St. Joseph Chapter, No. 14, Royal Arch Masons. He is Secretary of the board of trustees of King Hill Lodge, No. 19, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The home of Mr. Meyer is at No. 1 1 10 Powell street. He was married here in 1871 to Miss Mag dalena Schneider, a native of Canton Berne, Switzerland. When she was a child of seven years she came to America with her parents. Our subject and wife are the parents of six children, as follows: Fred J., who is in the employ of the Wyeth Hardware Co. ; Edward Charles, a clerk for the Burgess, Frazier Hardware Co. ; Oscar O. , who died at the age of fifteen years; Annie, who lives at home; Paul, now attending school at Indianapolis; and Frieda. ******** ***** ***** ******** W: ILL M. SHIRLEY comes from an old Virginia family. His parents were For lunatus and Elizabeth (Brother) Shirley. He is a Kentuckian by birth and eduoa tion. In 1879 he moved to St. Joseph, where he lias since been engaged in the printing industry. Mr. Shirley is an experienced printer, having been in the business fifteen years. He began at the lowest round of the ladder and is thoroughly conversant with every part of the art (if printing. He is senior member of the firm of Will M. Shirley & Brother, commercial job printers, Nos. 014 and 010 Edmond St. They do the finest and most artistic work of the kind in the city, giving special attention to copper-plate engraving and printing to half-tone illustrations, etchings, color printing, commercial stationery, catalogues and pamphlets. The office is abundantly supplied with type faces and labor-saving appliances, and well equipped with modern machinery, run by electricity. These advantages, combined with Mr. Shirley's knowl edge and experience and his prompt filling of orders, cause a constantly increasing demand for the high grade of work done at his office. Mr. Shirley is an enthusiastic military man. In April, 1893, lie was elected Captain of Company F, Fourth Regiment, National Guard of Missouri. This company is one of the oldest in the regiment. Mr. Shirley was the leadiug promoter of the well known Wickham Rifles, which company was or ganized in August, 1891. He was made Sergeant and held that rank until his election as Captain of Company F. In October, 1892, he was one of the detail from the Wickham Rifles to go with Com pany H, of the Fifth Provisional Regiment, National Guards of Missouri, to take part in tin- dedicatory ceremonies of the World's Fair at Chicago. In politics Mr. Shirley is an ardent Democrat and is a member of the famous Jefferson Club. He is active in philanthropic work and is n g nized as a most useful and popular citizen. ******** *< v **^ dj A. GORE, M. D., is one of the oldest prac- ticing physicians of St. Joseph, to which city / he came in 1801. His birth occurred in Nelson County, Ky., November 27, 1823. His father, the Hon. Henry Gore, was a member of an old Virginia family, was born in the Old Do minion, and when a boy removed to Kentucky with his father. Jonathan Gore, who became a planter in Nelson County, Ky. Our subject's father was also owner of largo plantations and a prominent public man, being Sheriff for over twenty five a^^/r n '§/ja4^, PORTRAIT \M> BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD s, and for two terms a member of the Kentucky 31 ite Legislature Be waa State Benator for one term and died in Kentucky at 1 1 1 • - age of seventy He sjaa ;i «l-\...t«-.l in' nii.fi "f tin' Baptist Church and a man whose 1 i f * - was in nil re Bpeets worth] of oommendation. The ther of ..in subject, who waa born in Virginia, waa in hei maiden] 1 Miss Ann Qlasw I>. Her parents removed to Kentucky, where her girlhood was passed and her education acquired. In a family of nine children, of whom five liviog, Dr, Gore i- the fifth in order of birth. Hit* boy hood day - were passed in lii- native state on lii* father's farm, where he received a common school education. Possessed of an active and intelligent mind, he pursued 1 1 i — ■ studies with seal and olose attention, determining early to adopt the medical profession. When only eighteen years he com menced hi- -indies under the direction of I'r tier rilielil and Dr. Bemiss, of Bloomfield, and in the winter of 1848 14 took one term at the Louisville Medical College. He it w began praol re Biding in Kentucky until l s l">, when he concluded to ^< farther west as the field "f liis future labors. Locating at l'aris, Monroe County, Mo., Dr. ( I. ire engaged in practice in that neighborhood fur a Dumber of years and in 1854 removed to Gentry ville. where he remained until 1861. His labors in lhi> new field were extremely arduous, as he was obliged in ride eight ami day over a district of about ninetj miles. His practice was extremely large, a- there were few physicians in this portion nf the west, and he was sometimes even called into luwa. During the war be waa the only doctor who bad the courage to rid it after night, and did the principal Burgery in this portion of the country in those early day - In Paris, Mo. , the Doctor was united in marriage, in 1848, to Miss Oerelda Vaughn, who was born in Madison County, Ky., and by her marriage has I the mother Of three children: Tin Unas, Walter ().. a train dispatcher at Topeka, in the service of the Rock Island Railroad, and Annie, who is now M'- John Brady of Omaha. Our sub jeel was a member of the State Medical Society fur many years, and fur three terms was Health < officer iii Si Joseph Be is b member of the An ii oient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Chris tian Church Politically he is a Democrat, and professionally is cumbered among the leading phy Bicians of St Joseph G\ I • I JAMES II l>A\ IS, as a linn r in a new country, baa literally seen ihe wilder in---, blossom a H the rose, for in bis recol lection he has watched tin- wi-t state develop from a wild prairie, where Bavage beasta and Indian-, a thousand time- more dangerous than any animal, roamed, into the great Common wealth of to day. Cap! Davis was the son of William Davie, who was horn in Montgomery County, Ky., August B, IT'.is. He in turn was the son of John l> Davis, a native of the north of Wales, who, after coming to America, fought as a soldier under Washington After residing for Borne time In Virginia he went to Kentucky about 1797, win-re hi- decease -iirred. The mother of our subject, who. prior to her marriage was known as Miss Annie Smith. had her birth in Clark County, Ky., in I s " 1 Her father, who bore the name of William Smith, was likewise a native of the Blue Grass Slate and a farmer by occupation. The parent- of our Bubjecl were residing in Montgomery County, Ky., when the father was killed by lightning in 1829. Mrs Davis again married, her second husband being William Nelson, she became the mother nf eight children bj ihis union and died in that OOUUtj in 1868, Capt. .lames II. Davis was ..lie in a family of -i\ children, thr if wl are living. His birth occurred August 22, 1821, in Montgomery County, Ky . where he was reared to usefulness "ii his father's farm, alternating the work thereon by attendai at the subscription bo] I He re mained under the parental i""f until reaching bis ninetieth year, when he left I ie ami learned the business of a wool carder, which occupation wa- in- fur thirty yean and in which trade he became ail e\|iert lingual 1 :!. 1850, Ca|it Davis was united in 234 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. marriage to Miss Lucinda White, who was born in tbe same county in Kentucky. Mrs. Davis was the daughter of Thomas and Polly (Jones) Wliite, likewise natives of the Blue Grass State. Her paternal grandparents were John and Grace (Roberts) White, while on her mother's side she was descended from Joseph and Lucy (Foster) Jones, natives of North Carolina. Thomas White followed the occupation of a farmer in his native county, where he resided until his decease. His wife later came to this state, where she passed away June 3, 1881, at the age of eighty years. Mrs. Davis, who was one in a family of seven children, was born June 4, 1823. After her mar- riage she removed to this state with our subject in 1851, and located upon the farm which is their present beautiful estate. It was then in its primi- tive condition, and the work of clearing and improving it fell to the lot of our subject, who set himself industriously and cheerfully to the task. His property, which in that early day comprised one hundred and thirty two acres, has been added to from time to time until now Mr. Davis is the proud possessor of two hundred and thirty two broad and fertile acres, from the proper cultiva tion of which he reaps handsome returns. In 1882 he added to the value of the place by erect- ing thereon a commodious residence, which cost $2,500, and which is a model of neatness and comfort. He carried on farming and t lie raising of much grain, besides devoting considerable attention to the breeding of good grades of stock. In ISO'.! Mr. Davis organized a company of militia, of which he was made Captain, and which was first known as Company K, Twenty-fifth Mounted Infantry, but later consolidated into the Eighty-first Mounted Infantry. Our subject served until the close of the war, rendering efficient service under Col. Williams and Gen. Fiske as a scout, and was the last man to be dis- charged in the county. Of the four children born to our subject and to his estimable wife only one is living, Annie, Mrs. George Galbroath of Atchison, Ivans. She was given an excellent education, being a graduate of the St. Joseph High School and a student at Camden Point. Capt. Davis takes an active interest in politics, voting the Democratic ticket. In 1804 he was that party's candidate for Sheriff and was defeated by a very small majority. He is prominent in Masonic circles, being connected with Blue Lodge, No. 22, at De Kail). With his wife he is a member of the Christian church, and is a man whose habits and character are above reproach. li ¥ ATHON G. GETCHELL, the gentleman tp^l whose name heads this sketch, is a promi- 1] nent and influential business man in St f/ Joseph, Mo.; he is the senior member of the lirm of H. G. Getchell & Co., street paving contractors; also Vice-president of the St. Joseph Paint it Roofing Co.; he is also interested in the insurance business, in the form of life and acci- dent; lie is a member of the St. Joseph Board of Education, Director and Secretary of the St. Jo- seph Free Public Library; ho is also Secretary and General Manager of the Empire Loan" Association, which has a capital of $1,000,000; he is also the inventor and patentee of what is known as " Get- chell's Composite Pavement," which is being ex tensively used for street paving in this section of the country. Mr. Getchell was born August, 185a, in Bath, Me. His father was a native of New Brunswick and a member of the old American family who emigrated to Maine in an early day. The grand father of our subject, Capt. Getchell, was a ship- builder in New Brunswick and brought his son. our subject's father, up in a knowledge of the same trade. There he followed his chosen vocation un- til the family moved to Bath, Me., after which he engaged in ship building until 1858. At this period he moved to New Orleans, La., where he purchased a market house and later rented it that he might engage in contracting ami building. He sneceeded in escaping the Confederate A run at the time the Civil War broke out, but when (ien Butler went through Louisiana this patriotic young man joined this branch of the northern army and was given a position on the stall' as Cap tain, where be remained until the close of the war. POR PRATT \\l> BIOGR \ ill l< \ I. RE< ORD Alter bis retain li the father of "iir Bubject i tinned in contracting till he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, when In- now resides, engaged in steamboat in;; an. I boose roofing The Bite "f his residence - Walnut Hill. 'I'lif mother "f our subject, whose name was Betsy, was born in Maine, where Bhe was married nu«l reared two bora, Bathon, onr Bnbject, who was two years old when his mother died, and M. EL, who i- tin. Assistant Superintendent of Build- ing "f Kansas ( ily, M . Bathon Qetchell was reared ami edncated prin oipally in tlic city, attending tin- high schools and supplementing this bj taking a course at Grundy's Business College. IF. acquired a knowledge of tin- roofing business, ami when he had reached liis majority his fattier took him in partnership ander the firm name "f Z Qetchell & Son. In I NTs In. located in Memphis, Tenn., where he engaged in roofing. When the yellow fever came in all its fury, sweeping thousands of lives into eternity, he was for 1 to remain in tl itj for some time \- -.'.>n as an opportunity presented itself he made his escape with twenty live others, leaving the oitj by way of the Oohoma refuge slpniiier, which was cut loose up the liver. By flagging the tram mi the Ir..n Mountain Bail road this hand of twenty six came t.> St Louis, hut as soon as the police were notified they searched the entire citv for them, hiit our subject was crafty and so evaded the law and made his nay to Cincinnati, After the fever was over Mr. Qetchell returned t.. Memphis, where he contii 1 in his former business till l^M. when he came to St. Joseph anil .'•■■I with the Si Joseph Qas Company, sell ing their product In 1885 he fori 1 the st Joseph Roofing Company, in partnership with C II N ' i - 1 1 . and remained in COmpanj with this gen tleman fur two yean, after which he worked as overseer in the St. Joseph Grading and Paving Association. About two years later he fori l the at lirm of Qetchell a Company, his partner being Mi l \I Borneo, .1 r This company i u'.iu'cd in all kinds of street paving, ami since 1802 has been known as the si Joseph Roofing Com pany, of which our snl.ji.ct is 9*ice president and Manager. In December <>f 1891 he was instm mental in organizing tin- Empire Loan Company, having a capital of $1,000,000. Mr Qetchell was the Genera] Manager of this company during the lirsl year, and since ,1m f 1892 he has I n Qeneral Manager and Secretary. February 10, 1880, ..ur subject was united in marriage !•• Miss Minnie, daughter of Hon Thomas I,. Whetstone. e\ Slate Senator of Ohio, ei Representative, ami a prominent politician of Cincinnati. He was also a pioneer of the Buck eye state. Mrs. Qetchell was horn in Cincinnati, <>hi... in the year 1866, and bore her husband four children, namely: Sadie I,., Fanny \\ '., Clarence H and H. (1., .Ir. Mr. Qetchell was ..iieuf the first to agitate the institution of the free libraries, ami was secretary for three year- He i- a charter member of the Moila Temple Post of Illinois, also has a membership of the Misba Lodge at Memphis. Tenn. He is president of the Blaine Club at St Joseph, the largest pol it ical club in Missouri. Tin. Commercial and Benton Clubs claim him as an in fluential and prominent member. In religious affairs the gentleman of whom we write is a zealous worker in the Methodist Bpisoo pal Church. Politically he is a stanch Republican ami has I n sent to every st at .• c. .n viMit ion. In 1889 he was appointed Internal Revenue Collector, I. iii after eighteen months' service in this line be resigned in order to engage in more profitable business G VIM'S SAXTON. One of the good farmers in the fertile Township of Washington is the subject of our sketch, who is residing imi Section 28. His tine property of two hundred ami fort] acres shows to the stranger tin' effect ..f sensible management and good farming He is not led away bj any foolish notions, l.ut keeps straight on and i.aises crops of wheat and corn that cannot fad t" prove that In- understands hi- business lame- .1 Sax ton, the father of our BUbject, wa- i.oin April s , 1786, In Vermont, and was the son of \aion Sazton, also a native of the Green Moun tain stat^ The former was n farmer by OOCUpa 236 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tion and during the War of 1812 was a soldier in the ranks. Rosetta (Schellhous) Saxton, the mother of our subject, was the daughter of Martin Scliellbous, who came from his native Holland to Vermont when only six years of age. He was likewise a cultivator of the soil and was well edu- cated. Mrs. Saxtou was born October 12, 1792, and received all the advantages for obtaining an education which the primitive schools near he r home furnished. The elder Mr. and Mrs. Saxtou were married in Vermont in ISO? and six years later came west as far as Ohio where they located in Lorain County This was during the early days in the history of that state and Mr. and Mrs. Saxton passed through many hardships and privations in thus opening up a new farm. The mother still lives at the advanced age of one hundred years and it is very interesting to hear her relate the thrilling scenes of those early days in which she and her husband were the prominent characters. During t In battle of Lake Erie she could hear the booming of the cannon eighteen miles away. She is a most lovable Christian lady and is a member of the Seventh Day Advent ist Church. In 1834 the parents of our subject moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and six years later again took up the march westward, their destination beintr Ra- cine County, Wis. There Mr. Saxton died in 1856. In early life an Old Line Whig, he later joined the ranks of the Republicans, and while a resident of Lorain County was elected by that party to tie- office of Sheriff. Of the large family of eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. James Saxton, only four are living, viz.: James, who makes his home in Buchanan County; Aurilla, now Mrs. J. An drews, who lives in Andrew County; Mary A. Kirbey. residing in St. Joseph, and our subject. He of whom we write was born February 0, 1834, in Lorain County, Ohio. He pursued his studies in the little old log schoolhouse of his dis tricl and remained under the parental roof until the death of his father. Then, in L856, he was married to Mahala C. Fisher. Mrs. Saxton was the daughter of Josiah and Caroline (Clark) Fisher, natives respectively of Vermont and Massa ehuselts. The father, who was a carpenter by trade, came west to Wapaca County, Wis., in 1854, where he plied his calling until 1SS1, the year of his decease. Mrs. Caroline Fisher dying in 1839, the father of Mrs. Saxton was married to Emily Williams, who is also deceased, and by whom he became the parent of five children. In early life a member of the Christian Church, with which body his wife was also identified, Mr. Fisher later joined i lie Seventh Day Adventists, in the faith of which religion he died. Mrs. Saxton, who was one in a family of four children, was born March 20, 1834,rn Chautauqua County, N. Y. when- her parents were married and where her father held the office of Town Clerk. In addition to following the trade of carpenter he taught school for many years and at one time held the responsible position of County Superintendent. To our subject and his estimable wife have been born a son, Elwin F., who resides at home. Onr subject, who removed to Kansas in 1859, located on a farm in Dauphin County, and on coming to Buchanan County in 1876 purchased the two hun- dred and forty acres where he has made his per manent home. In addition to this valuable piece of property he is the pjssessor of fifty acres mi the Platte in this county. In religious affairs both Mr. and Mrs. Saxton are Seventh Day Adventists. and socially our subject is a member of the A. H. T. A. In politics he votes the straight Republican ticket. Albe M. Saxton, the deceased brother of our sub ject, was born February 12, 1821, in Lorain County, Ohio. In addition to attending the dis trict school he took a course of instruction in the Commercial College at St. Louis. He began for himself at the early age of fourteen years, engag ing as clerk in one of the stores of Cleveland. In 1842 he was similarly employed In St. Louis, and two years later, coming to this state, began clerk ing for Middleton & Perry. After a twelvemonth thus spent young Saxton came to St. Joseph and launched out in the grocery business on a small .scale. Being very successful in this enterprise, he soon developed an excellent business, and tak- ing into partnership one Mr. Donnell. the firm being known as Donnell tV Saxton, they enlarged their establishment, adding thereto a well assorted P< (KTBAI'J \\l> i;i<»(il; AI'HK \l. RECORD 237 Btook of drj g la, During the gold excitement tfessrs Donnell & Saxton owned and operated the steamers "Omaha" and " Silverheels," trading extensively between St Joe and St. Louie In ls.v.1 the above firm disposed of their genera] merchandising business and opened the tir-t bank in St. Joseph, which was known as the State Savings Bank. This was later merged into the Saxton National Bank, of which Mr. Saxton waa made President, holding the position until In-* death. In 1857 he was married to Mi-- Emma Flint (net Donovan), a sister "f Col John Donovan The) were devoted members of the Episcopal Church and moved in the best cirolea "f iv ill the city. In polities Mr Saxton wa- a Democrat He was a liberal contributor to every worth] cause, and in his death, which occurred ■I u 1 1 « ■ *J 7 . 1889, St .1. seph iosl one "f its wealthiest ami moat valued citizens I I KNKY L ELMENDORF i- theCit) Libra p-H rian in the St. Joseph Public Library, to 1 which ]>■ >sit i»m he W8S elected in .Inly. < 1892, b) tli'' Board <>f the institution. This library, which is aituated on tin- tirst floor with reading rooms on the floor above, is in the building at tin- corner of Tenth ami Sylvauie Btreeta There an- about nine thousand books, and the annual circulation is about one hundred thousand. Mr. Elmendorf was born in the citj "f Brook lyn, N ^ . October I 11 . 1852, ami is a sou "f the Hen Antli.'iiy Blmendorf, who was ,i graduate of tin' Rutgers College at New Brunswick, N l . from which he i ived the degrees of Bachelor "f Arts and Blaster of Arts. He also was graduated from the Theological Seminar] "f tin' same place, ami entered the ministry "f the Reformed Church He had charge -f churches at Hurley, N 5 Hyde Park, N. Y , and for about (went) years was located in Brooklyn, where hi- death occurred at the age of fiftj three years, He was a native of Kingston, DUter County, N Y . and a - M in Blmendorf, likewise a native ol Dlster County, and .d direct descent from some Holland ii lenot refugees, who went from a place near St Remi, Prance, to Holland, settling near Elmen dorf, which name was given to them, and latai re moved to the United States Phe grandfather of our subject was a mechanic ami blacksmith, bav ing a large ahop He was a participant in the War of the Revolution. The mother of our sub- ject, who was horn in New Brunswick, N. J., bore the maiden nan f Sarah Clink Her father, Mahlon. who was also of New Jersey, was ,i -on of John, who ran the old stage line between New York ami Philadelphia in tl arly part of this oentnr] He was of English origin. Mrs. Elmen dorf was the mother of ten children, only three of whom are now living. Our Bubjeol is the seventh child and son ,,f thi- number, and wa- reared in Brooklyn ami New Brunswick, N i . remaining in the former city until his thirteenth year. His education was acquired ill the Polytechnic In>ti lute of Brooklyn. In 1872 Henry Blmendorf branched out for himself in business and for about live years was located in New York city, carrying insure lines. He traveled for a uumber of years representing the tii in of Janewaj & Company, manufacturers of wall paper. In tin- he continued until he hi' came Assistant Librarian for Gardner Sage at New Brunswick, in 1881, which position he held for about one year. Hi- next venture was to trj his fortunes in the west, ami local ing in Iowa he was engaged in the real estate business for some three years in Corning In 1 ss > I he finall) came to St. Joseph ami wa- travel ing representative of the iron and hardware busi nese belonging to .1. H. Robiuson After travel mt,' for that house for three years he I ante a clerk in the auditor's oflu f the Burlington ->- tern, which place he retained until elected to bis pie-' nl position. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church ami i- public-spirited and well thought of. He thorough!) understands everything pertaining to hi- branch of the work .iml ha- shown himself to !"■ »erj efficient Hi pleasant and accommodating to those who avail themselves of the library privilege?, though at the same time he keep- a watchful e\e over tie h. oka ami proper!) belonging <■■ the city 238 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. d(OHN CORBY, deceased, of St. Joseph, was Mayor of the city and many times a member ' of the Council, in both of which positions he not ouly gave entire satisfaction to his con- stituents, but at the same time advanced the lust interests of this locality. In his public position he brought to bear the same wisdom, sagacity and honesty which in private life made him respected, honored and successful. The gentleman of whom we write was born in the city of Limerick, Ireland, on June 24, 1808. He was the second child and oldest son in a family of ten children whose parents were John and Bridget (Shehau) Corby, who in 1820 with their family emigrated to America and settled on a farm in Beaver County, Pa., where our subject remained only a few years, and then starting out in the world to find an honest means of obtaining a livelihood. His industrious and frugal habits soon enabled him to become an employer instead of being employed, and in a few years we find him a contractor on the Baltimore & Washington Rail way, one of the first railroads built in the country. He afterward took and carried out large contracts on the Pittsburg & Erie Canal, on the Grand Slack Water Navigation project for Lickiug river, Ky., on the Madison & Indianapolis Railroad, and also contracts for railroad pike and levees in Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. During a trip to the west Mr. Corby arrived in St. Joseph in October, 1843, and with wise fore- sight felt assured from the first that this would become a commercial city of note. It was then a mere trading post, but with keen judgment he read the future in store for it and purchased a Dumber of lots from Joseph Robidoux. In the following spring he brought out a large stock of goods, commenced merchandising and erected the fust brick house in the town. For a number of years he carried on the largest retail business in the vicinity, investing his profits in real-estate which have ever proved remunerative. In 1857 he retired from the dry goods trade, opening a banking house, in which line of business he con- t iniied until his death. Mr. Corby w.is one of the originators of the Hannibal \. St. Joseph Railroad, taking an active part in securing its charter and franchises; also, in order to determine the best route for the road, he made several carriage and horseback trips across the state. He was one of the lirst directors, which position he resigned to become a contractor, and as such constructed twenty-five miles of the road. The Roseport & Maryville or Palmetta Railroad Company was organized in 1S57, with Gen. Jeff Thompson as President, and John Corby as Vice president. Later our subject became the President of the company, and under his administration it was con solidated with the Northern Railroad of Kansas under the name of the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad Company. By this act the company secured one hundred and twenty-five thousand acres of laud, granted by the State of Kansas to the Watheua (Kansas) Railroad Company, which thus secured the success of the enterprise. In those early days Mr. Corby was also a director in the St. Joseph & Topeka Railroad" Company. In 1856 he was elected Mayor of St. Joseph, being always foremost in every enterprise from which benefit could accrue to the city of his home. In 1858 he was one of the incorporators of, and a director in, the St. Joseph branch of the bank of this state, and when this was in 1801 merged into the State Natioual Bank he became a director and so continued until a short time before his demise. On May 30, 1852, Mr. Corby was united in marriage with Miss Amanda Musiek, youngest daughter of the late Hon. Joel L. Musiek, of Florissant, St. Louis County, Mo. After a life of constant activity our subject was attacked with heart disease in 1807, and consulted some of the best physieiaus in the United States with but little benefit. In 1861) he visited Florida where he spent a part of the winter, returning to St. Joseph on February 2, 1870, and residing here until his death on the 9th of May following. In many respects he was a remarkable man, and though by nature he was given to the accumulation of wealth his methods were characterized by strict integrity, a practical piety and a warm, kind hearted and wise charity. He made libera] donations to St. Joseph Seminary of the Sacred Heart and other institu- tions in earlier years, and one year gave to the St. POU I i; \l I \M' BIOGBAPUICAL RECORD Joseph Hospital between $4,000 and $5,000; in tin' -..mi.' m;h beg • 00 to a female seminary to In- located on Si. Joeepb avenue an. I Albemarle Btreet, $10,000 and lota foi building the St Joeepb Cathedral, and one hundred an. I sixty acres of hud valued at about $10,000 tor a Catholic oeineterj near tin- oity, thus making a total of about 130,000 dispensed during one year for religious, educational and charitable pnrp Ten Hi.- VMM.- reserved in tin- center of the one hundred and sixty acre tract, about three miles from St Joseph, which were donated to the cemetery. Upon this reservation, which is oo^ ered with a beautiful growth of forest trees, Mrs, Corby ha- erected a memorial chapel, which in point of architectural beauty ami ohastenesa i adornment excels anything in the wesl Phis af feotionate memento tells by its solid walls, ii- artistie design, its emblematio frescoes and bj its BBOred purpose that the love of a true woman Phis chapel is built in tin 1 Gothic style of the thirteenth century, in form an irregu- lar cruciform, a pentagonal sanctuary forming one aim It is 12 feet. It) inches front; 55 feet-, 5 inches through the transept, and has a total length of si feet and :i inches. The massive wall-, with numerous buttresses are entire!} of limestone, laid in rough, Woken ashlar style, and an- richly ornamented with cut and carved I u roll Count] Bandstone dressings The strength, durabilit) and sublimity of the exterior are In per .■cord with the artistic and elegant interiot of the structure. The frescoing, beautiful in de gigs and elaborate in execution, is the admiration of those whose culture enables them fully to ap preoiate it- merits. On the left of the altar and facing the auditorium is a beautiful fresco of the Madonna ami Child, whih the right is the vault in which are deposited the rtal remains of John Corby. This i- an open Bpaoe witb a highly ornamented arched entrance looking toward the altar. Upon a deeplj recessed tablet on the outside of tic- north wall of the vault, which is ornamented with two beautiful columns, carved and chased to Bymbolize mourning, i* insoril l letters, "To the memory of John Corb On the western wall of the interior of the vault i- a fine painting of the Holy Bepuloher, and on the oanopj above is a painting of "Our Saviour." On the outer or northern wall of the intei represented the "Ascension," and between the windows are the fourteen " Stations of the ' i representing t'lnist going from the Judgment Hall in Jerusalem to Mount Calvarj without the I | the walls of the nave above are basso relievos, life size, ..f the twelve Apostles These various scenes areof superior artistic merit, are beautifully set in appropriate moldings, and the spaces about them are bighlj ornamented with Qothio tracery. The chapel, which will seat about three hundred people, is indeed a gem of beauty, and is a fitting and lovely expression of the genu ine piety and tender affection of bet who thus practical!] pays loving tribute to him whom it is built t.. commemorate. Mrs. Corby has led a quiet, unassuming life, but has been always liberal and kind hearted, re lieving the sufferings of the poor and dispensing her ans for their benefit. She is bighlj re Bpected and is probably the wealthiest lady in this vicinity, as b) her husband's will she became the sole and unconditional heir to his vast estate If J B \ i; v (i \ i; woo D Bl CKINGB \m Ir^ There are few business men in the city of 1. St. Joseph more active and enterprising in v all their methods than is our subject He is of the incorporators of the German ameri can Bank, of which he has b ie of the Direc tor- up to tin- present time. He wa- tin' financial agent of the German a rican Bank Building Company and also Secretary and Iffanager, being one of ,-i commit I f three to superintend the erection of the building at the southwest corner of Sixth and l'V|i\ streets which was put up at a OOSt of $1 |ii, iiihi flu- i- bj all an- Hi., finest offioe building in the oity, being attractive and elegant both on the exterior and interior Our subject ha- an elegant Buite of office rooms in the German- American Bank Building, where be is engaged in negotiating loanB, and I of the Insurance Company of North America, the Pennsylvania Fire 240 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Insurance Company, the Travelers' Life and Accident Insurance Company, the Hartford Fire of Hartford, the Franklin of Philadelphia, Michi gan Fire Marine of Detroit, and Citizens' of Penn- sylvania. Mr. Buckingham was horn in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, May 6, 1847, and is a sou of Samuel and Julia A. (Camp) Buckingham. Sam uel Buckingham with two brothers located at Nor- walk, Ohio, having been reared near New Haven, Conn. , and was a descendant of the original Thomas Buckingham, who on June 25, 1 037. with two London merchants, lauded in Boston, and the next spring located at Quinnipack, now New Haven, Conn. H. G. Buckingham was reared in his native county, his school privileges being those of the common schools on the Western Reserve. He afterward attended the Normal School at Milan, Ohio, after which he entered the Western Union Telegraph Office, at Norwalk, Ohio, learning the business as an operator. When only twenty years of age he was stationed as operator of the general office of the company at Cleveland. Just prior to this he had worked on the Lake Shore Railroad as an operator at different points for two years. In the Forest city Mr. Buckingham remained for several years and in 1870, in company with John McConuiff, of Montreal, Canada, was selected to come to St. Joseph by the recommendation of Arthur Cole, who was Superintendent of Teleg- raphy of the Council Bluffs Railway, and was lo- cated in this city, though having since removed to Austin, Minn. Mr. McConniff was an operator ou the Grand Trunk Road at Montreal and both he and our subject were selected by the railway man agement to come here as train dispatchers. This was at the time the Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley roads were consolidated, and made the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Rail way. Mr. Buckingham continued for little over a year as I rain dispatcher and then accepted a posi tion as Chief Operator of the Western Bnion Office of St. Joseph, remaining in their employ about two years and resigning in 1873. In the latter year Mr. Buckingham engaged in the insurance and loan business, being made De- partment Secretary of the old Life Association of America, the central office being located at St. Louis, and with that company he remained until it passed out of existence. Iu 1874 he engaged in the lire insurance business, securing an old estab- lished agency, and has carried the same companies ever since, being the agent of six leading concerns. He also does an extensive business in loans and has given his entire attention to this business for nineteen years. He is Secretary and Treasurer of the Buchanan County Road Association and at tended the state convention at Seilalia. In the con- vention of 1893 Mr. Buckingham was named on a committee of seven to assist the Legislative Com- mittees in preparation of (lending road improve went bills. He is a member of the St. Joseph Fair Association and is the owner of a team of three year old fillies of Hambletouiau and Strath- more stock. Mr. Buckingham was united iu marriage May 7, 1872, to Miss Rebecca, daughter of David Hull and sister of George and James Hull of this city. Mrs. Buckingham was called to the home beyond, October 12, 1877. On November 1, 1881, our subject led to the marriage altar Miss Annie Clagett, of Lexington, Mo., and a graduate of the Lexington Seminary. Three sons have blessed this union, namely: Thomas H., Samuel J., and Henry G., Jr. Mr. Buckingham's pleasant resi- dence is just outside the city limits on Frederick avenue, their home being a handsome and elegant structure. He is a member of Christ Episcopal Church and is a man of noble and conscientious purpose. GART. F. M. POSEGATE was elected May- or of St. Joseph in 1882, on the Republic an ticket, by the unprecedented majority of one thousand and twenty. In that position he served his fellow citizens faithfully and well and inaugurated many important measures bearing on the welfare and improvement of this city. Dur- ing the term of President Hayes he was appoint ed Postmaster of this place and served his full term of four years, and in July, 1892, was ap- pointed by Secretary Foster Assistant Inspector of Public Buildings, serving until March 15, 1893,and it POK i i; \i I \Nl> iiioiiiJAl'lllcAi. i;K( <>i;i> iinl I. since 1850 be baa been .1 prominent pub lie man, well known and verj popular in 81 l" Bepb. Tbe -uliji'ct of this Bketcfa was boru in La fa yette, [nd . < totober II, 1837; removed with his par .•ni- t" Liberty, Mo., iu 1840, and from thereto I! lev ill--, same state, three years later In the year IM S he went i" Des Moines, [owa, there aol iug as carrier boj and devil on the Iowa Star, (li«> first oewspaper ever published in that city, and from tli came to St Joseph, £wo years later. During the succeeding ten years he established the first job printing offioe in Si Joseph, as also the Daily Memphis, Tenn., taking a position on the Eagle and Enquirer, a Bell and Everett uewspaper, bat becaase of his oatspokeo Union sentiments was compelled rery bi "ii to leave the oil ) Ciipi Posegate then pr led t" Eligbland County, Ohio, where he enlisted in Company A. Forty eighth Ohio Infantry, under President Liu coin's tiist call for three-year troops Upon the organization "f the regiment he was appointed Second Lieut int; was promoted to First Lion tenant before leaving the state, and acted .is Adju taut of the regiment daring Sunday, at th«' battle of Shilob. In the aften n of that day he was severely wounded, and for his gallant and merito rious Bervioee on that famous battle t i « ■ 1 < 1 was pro moted to the rank of Captain. He served faith fully in all the campaigns and battles iu which the Port) eighth was engaged, up to and including the capture of Vioksburg, when he was compelled i" resign on account of failing eyesight. After a season of rest and care tbe latter was greatl) restored and Capt Posegate then ax pted a reoraiting Lieuteuant'a commission from Gov BrOUgfa and Adjl. (i.-n Cowan, assisting ill the organization of the One Hundred and Seventy fifth Ohio Infantry. On account of the yet deli ndition of hi- eyes he accepted the position ol Regiment Quartermaster, in which capaeitj be Barred during the remainder of the war, being mustered ont at Camp Denniaon in Jul) of 1865 Although In- waa simply the Regiment Quartet master ol the One H Ired and Sevent) fifth, be did much service in th<' field daring the oanipuign from Columbia to Nashville, espeoiall) at Thoiup son's Stat ion and Franklin Capt Posegate was married in New L< Uighlaud County, Ohio, to Miss Sallie Johnson, on the Oth da) of September, l v -"^ She was called from the Bhores of time Jul) -'■'•, 1878, iu St 1 seph, leaving two little daughters. The Captain was united in marriage with .Miss Emma P Cush man, in Taunton, Ma-.-. Jane II, I 882, and l>\ this marriage has two children, a son and daugb ter, 1 1.' 1- a charier member of Custer Post, \ 7, Department of Missouri, which be has served as Commander, and baa ever been active and zealous in all matters pertaining to the good of il dei In IM17 he returned to St. Joseph, M . becoming .me of the proprietors of the Daily ll< raid, Belling his interest in that paper two years later, and ee tablishiug the St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, of which he was for many years the President In 1889 he made the race for Congress ou the Re publican ticket and carried the citj of St. Joseph bj 1 majority of twelve hundred and fifty and five out of the six counties iu the district, reducing the Democratic majority in the district from thirt) three hundred to lesa than six hundred r> o\ CII.MiliBS [NGLES, aa our honored _ aubjecl is familiar!) known to a host of old \J[ lime friends and acquaintances, baa been Z* numbered among the leading and influen tial citizens of Plattsburg for full thirt) eight years. Be was born in Auburn, Cayuga County, \ ■> . February '_'*',, 1826, and 1- the son of Ln thony Ingles, a native of New Jersey and a prom iiient merchant ol Clinton, N. Y. The mother of our Bubjeol waa a Miss Chrystler, of Poughkei | and passed aw.i\ m early life She was tl wuei of large tracts of laud in Ohio At fourteen years ol .iu r| ' Mr. Ingles entered Skaneatelea Academ) ami at seventeen began a course in Hudson I *ol later completing hi- studies in Twinsburgb Institute, a Presbyterian college of Ohio, from which he was graduated with honor in 1846, re ceiving the degi f A 1! Among hie olasa 244 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. mates were Cud), afterward Secretary of State in Minnesota, anil Dr. A. O. Risley, of Cameron. The father of our subject and the father in law ol ex Gov. William H. Seward endorsed notes for a man named Leech, said notes being of the value ,it' $80,000. A judgment was rendered against Leech, who was an extensive miller, but he ab- sconded and Anthony Ingles was obliged to pay must of the debt. After leaving college Mr. In- gles removed to Kentucky and read law with Judge Pryor, who was a professor in the Louisville Law School, While pursuing his legal studies he also hud charge of an academy four miles from Carroll- ton, whore he taught until 1853. In 185 1 he passed a law examination with Henry Crittenden, brother of T. T., before Chancellor Pyrtle and Judge James A. Pryor. Entering at once upon the active du- ties of his profession, he remained one year in Kentucky, and then came in 1M55 to Missouri. Locating upon six hundred and forty acres of land east of Lathrop, Mr. Ingles remained there for one year and added to his original real estate three hundred and twenty acres of Government land lying due oast twelve miles from Plattsburg. In the meantime he industriously taught school. When the United States laud office was reopened in 1856, the original receiver, Judge Brown, had died and the office had been closed until a new re- ceiver, H. VV. Whittington, was appointed. Mr. Ingles then became connected with the office as a lawyer and claim litigant, and removing to Platts- burg sold his farm and invested in other lands. Thomas E. Turney and T. 1). W. Yonley, later 141011 the Supreme Bench of Arkansas, and Col. James H. Birch, Jr., and his brother, C. C. Birch, were among the attorneys here during that busy time. Mr. Ingles located largo tracts of land for eastern parties who would send him either land warrants or the cash and he would buy the warrants in Washington and locate the land. For a time he acted with Col. M. Jeff. Thompson, the famous Swamp Angel of the war. Charles C. Birch died in the latter part of 1859, having g< insane during the trial of a murder case in which he and Charles Ingles were counsel for the defense. A young lady of the county had two suitors, o if whom was visiting her, having come from his home in Stewartsville. While there he was one day called to the door whore he was without warning shot instantly through the head. This atrocious murder was laid to the other suitor for the hand of the young lady, who at mice raised a purse and ton men were arrested for the crime. The result was that no one was convicted of the awful deed. Mr. Birch became insane upon the second day of the trial, which lasted seven days. He was afterward committed to an asylum in Fulton and six weeks later passed away. In lSCi'J John Huston, of Clay County, was made Receiver of the Land Office and our subject became his assistant and had charge of the office, C. W. Porter being Registrar. Mr. Ingles continued in the active duties of Receiver until in 1861 the of- fice was removed to Boonville and consolidated Mr. Ingles and T. D. Yonley went to Boonville and closed up the busiuess for the district, remain- ing there until all litigated cases weVe disposed of and acting as attorneys for the litigants. In 1859 the United Stales Registrar at Washing ton ordered two hundred thousand acres of land in Mercer and Grundy counties that had been im- properly sold by the state to be restored and placed with the Plattsburg office. This was col lege land donated by Congress to the Slate Com inissiouers, who had sold for $1.25 per acre two hundred thousand more acres than the state was entitled to and the mistake discovered twenty years after promised to be most disastrous to a large number of settlers who had purchased their homes in gooil faith and in many cases highly improved the land. T. D. Ballew told the excited people that Mr. Ingles could and would assist them and work For their interest and about two hundred men fully armed came down a week in advance of the adver tised sale. These two hundred men employed Mr. Ingles to make two complete abstracts of the laud tu be sild and ranging t hem-elves in front of the Office Upon the advertised day of the sale threat cued to promptly shoot down any man who would bid on any of the laud The town was full of gold brought thither to buy the much advertised farms and homesteads fur three days previous the (wo POH II; Ml' \M» lilOOR M'llK'M. KECOltD hundred men keeping Btriol watoh and ward bad Thomas E. Turney did the lailk <>f the legal wik camped before the office and Ballcu as doorkeeper in thai locality admitted them four ut a time. All being bound to Poi many yean Mi [ogles devoted liimaelf t" secrecy, Mi [nglea assisted them to a description business and duriug tbal time bandied many im .>f their homes, marking ap the same apou the portanl cases and made ii handsome income, re maps which he had made. This continued until ceiving exoellenl pay for services rendered. J. all bad dearly identified their land, when Mr. Marion Brooks, a brilliant attorney dow id l."~ [nglea made out the several applications f aob Ingeles, Cal.,'studied uodei Mi [nglea, receiving in. in and bad one map entirely marked up with the the benefit of his extended experience and wise exception "f -i\ hundred and forty acres "I the suggestions. Mr. [nglea actively engaged in prac large body "f land. tioe until about two years since, and has I oou The morning o( the sale rami', the office was nected with uearly all of the leading litigants of "l'i d and the Registrar declared the land open thecircuit. for entry. Mi [nglea at once handed in his t\\>> Although at onetime Prosecuting Attorney, Mi hundred applications foi the two hundred men [ngles made a s| ialty of defense and was ooun who answered promptly to their names and handed Belfor defendants in twenty seven murdei oases, in their money. The other attorneys made ap and but one of his olieuts was bung and only ten plication, but were disappointed Mr. [ngles ■"'"• to the penitentiary. Oursubjeol was counsel mounted bis horse and rode out into the country for Ool. James N. Burnes, ol St Joseph, in a case where he spent three dayB for hia health, aud then involving $110,000. In this, the famous Biden returning received abuse from the h< attorneys, bangb case, Mr [ngles chose as assistants Sum Inn was upheld by the voice of the public and to Gr i and Judge Henry Ranney The oast) had this day is held in loving remembrance by the been in the courts for years and many prominent homesteaders who, through his helping band, re men of the state were witnesses The final trial tained the property endeared to them l>y lln> labor .•f years and old family associations. Th itire affaii |>as^,-,l ,.iT without the Bring of a single Bhot, but after the close of the exciting day the victors loudly celebrated their \ ictory \t the tin f the Civil War Mr [ngles issisted in raising the Home Guards and in company with many others was anxious to join Gen. Price at wa> held at Plattsburg and resulted in success f"i Col. Burnes, a change of venue having first been obtained. A pronounced Democrat, altl gl vei a can didate tor official position, Mr. [ngles has evei taken a lively interest in l'"tli local and national elections and frequently Btumped the < try f"i li i ^ friends. His time is now mostly occupied with Lexington, but having earnestly endeavored to do the care of hi~ real estate and numerous invest so, was obliged i" return borne, finding it an utter impossibility to cross the river. He was soon after arrested by the [federal authorities and placed in jail. tlin old college building. Finally he and twenty "i there were takenjo Platte City by Col Kimball and held there -i\ weeks as hostages for the Bafety of Judge James II Birch, who bad I a arrested by the Confederates and carried t<> Price's Army, Judge Birch and Gen. Price were old friends and the Jndge fared well. After his re lease the twenty two hostages were also Bel Civ... Mi [ogles was never molested again, but at once ments. He own- about three thousand acres of fine farming land in Miasouri, and has also oonsid erable valuable real estate in Los Angeles The home faun upon which Mr. [ngles has re Bided for twenty sii years > tains three hundred acres, the commodious residence standing just in side the city limits The t'>v\n proper extended ■ nit to the place but has bad Bixty acres vacated. During bis busy life be baa engaged in general fanning and been especially successful in raising good horses, and feeds cattle, li"^- and othei stock. The faun is all underlaid with a bed "f "'-' ' ,l "' praotii f In- profession, and he and coal ol superior quality and gives evidence ol '246 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. oil and gas, and many experienced Pennsylvanians have pronounced the prospects fine. Preparations have been made to siuk shafts for coal and work will soon begin. Meantime the farm boasts one of the most productive vineyards in this part of the state. In 187 ( J Mr. Ingles bought a mineral tract near Joplin, Mo., sank shafts, and sold one hundred and twenty six acres which had cost $1,500 for more than $20,000. This property has since changed hands at a valuation of more than $200,000. Mr. Ingles is also interested in a zinc company at Joplin. For one summer he operated the Dan- ville silver group in Colorado, then one of the most promising mines in the state, but which needed more capital to carry the ore to market. Mr. Ingles entered into the bonds of marriage in Carroll County, Ky., November 28, 1848. His wife was Miss Polly Ann O'Neal, a native of Car- roll County. Her parents, James and Sarah (Craig) O'Neal, were both from Virginia families widely known in the Old Dominion. Grandfather Craig married the sister of the wife of Razor Boone, brother of the celebrated Daniel Boone. The parents of Grandmother Craig were among the first families of Virginia, and her grandfather was imprisoned for preaching in the very early days. Two members of the family were numbered among the signers of the Declaration of Independ- ence, and a numerous family connection was actively engaged in the War of the American Revolution. Anderson O'Neal, the brother of Mrs. Ingles, married a sister of James Allcoru, United States Senator from Mississippi. Mr. ami Mrs. Ingles lost a little one at fifteen mouths of age, but two daugh- ters survive to cheer their declining years. Mary is a graduate of the New England Conservatory iu Boston, and is there teaching the Rudersdorf Sys- tem of Music. Annie is the wife of Mason S. Peters, of Peters Brothers, Live Stock Commie sioners of Kansas City. She was educated in Vas sar College, where she spent two ami a half years, and at the tine' of her marriage was studying music in Boston. She is now studying Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo., under Dr. A. E. Still. Mr. Peters was Clerk of the County Court. Mr. and Mrs. Peters were married at the home of Dr. Lorimer of Boston, and afterward removed to the west. Mrs. Ingles, a most estimable and accomplished lady, was educated iu a private school, and for twenty live years has been a member of the Mis- sionary Baptist Church, and ever responded with ready aid in the good works of that denomination. She is a Prohibitionist aud defends her views with eloquent argument aud logic. Mr. Ingles is not connected with any religious organization, but al though very liberal in his views is a stanch sup porter of the best interests of society and is esteemed a generous giver in social aud benevolent enterprises. The members of the family have a wide acquaintance, occupy an enviable social position and command the high regard of all who enjoy the pleasure of their acquaintance. ***.*****: *£**«*** CHARLES KEARNY, a sou of the celebrated Gen. Stephen W. Kearny, who built, and named the old fort at Nebraska City which was afterward moved to its present, site, is an old settler of St. Joseph and has been for many years a clerk in the Pacific Hotel. He is well known to commercial travelers and has been a wit- ness of the great changes, not only in this city but in the surrounding country. In March, 1878, he assumed the position of clerk in the Pacific House, which was then run by Kitchen Bros., who man aged it for five years afterward. E. A. Hammond was the next proprietor, and he iu turn was sue ceeded by Irvin it Bailey, who sold out to R. L. Duvall. Murray & Hinies are the present pro prietors. During all these years our subject has been day clerk, hardly missing a day. Our subject was born iu Jefferson Barracks, Mo., March 7, 1834, and is a son of Gen, Stephen and Mary (Radford) Kearny, the former born in Newark, N. J., and the latter iu Virginia. His paternal Grandfather, Mr. Kearny, who was an Episcopalian, was a native of Ireland. The birth of (Jen. Kearny occurred August 30, 1794, aud when the war broke out in 1812 with Great Britain he abandoned his studies at Columbia College, en PORTRAIT AND I'.K >< i I; \ I'll K \ I. KF Jni f that year, In' was Governor of California. Joining the arm] in Mexico he was Governor of Vera Cruz in March, 1848, and in the following Ma] was Governor of the Cit] of Mexico. For his services he was brevetted Major- General He died in St. Lonis, October 31, 1848 The Genera] was the author of a "Manual for the exercising and maneuvering of I ' r i i t • •■ 1 States dra goons'' "OrganicLaw" and " La ws f or the Goi ernmenl of the Territor] "f New Mexico." Phillip Kearny, a nephew of Gen. Stephen W. Kearny, was bun in New fork in Jane, (815, graduated in Columbia College and in 1837 ac cepted a lientenantcy in the First Dragoons, bis nncle being Colonel of the regiment. Soon after, be %. i — i t » - . 1 Europe nuder government orders to ex amine the tactics "f the French cavalrj Bervice. He rolnntereed for thai reason t" go as a soldier with French troops to Algeria, winning the I of 1 1 1 « - Legion "f Honor. In 1840, returning to the United States, he was attached to the stalT of Genera] Scott, serving with great gallantr] in the Mexican War He was made Captain of dragoons in. I later was brevetted Major. In the final assanll mi I li«' < 'it v of Mexico he lost an arm. Subsequentl] he served in various expeditions againsl the In ilians Mini then returned t" Europe. In the Italian War if 1850 he was a volunteer aide I" Oen. Mourier of the French army, being engaged in the battles "f Magenta and Solferino, and for bravery was a a ind time presented with the Cross of the Legion of Honor < hi the fust ramors "f the late Rebellion be returned to tin- United States and was made Brigadier General ovai some New Jerse] troops. His services in the Peninsular Campaign of 1802, when be commanded a division, and in the Becond battle of Hull Run as well uh others, were brilliant ami valuable, He was mail'' Major General at Harrison's Landing, and at Chantilly, while reoonnoitering in advani f his troops, was killed September I. 1862. < ) 1 1 r subject's grandmothei . after the death <>f heT husband, married Gov. William Clark, who was one "f the tirst governors "f Missouri, lb- was in the Louis and Clark expedition thai discovered the headwaters "f the Missouri river Both grand parents are now deceased, Mrs. Stephen W Kearny is tl mther "f nine children, of whom Charles, our subject, is the b I Until fourteen years of age he was brought np in the regular army, at which li his father's death occurred He attended a private school in New Haven, Conn.. and engaged in clerking in a grocer] store in St Louis In 1855 Mr. Kearn] came to St. Joseph, where he entered into a retail grocery business, and Imilt the second brick house in the place <>n ac ml of the wildcat mone] and the corresponding de pression in financial circles, be left the business al tl ml of two years, and then went to Texas where h< v engaged in running a ranch, raising horses and Bheep until the war brok it For the following two years be was in St Louis ami othei cities Going to Leavenworth, Kans., I ogaged in the grain and commission business, contrai to furnish the Government with Biipplies In 1866 Mr, Kearny returned to St. Joseph as agent for the St. Louis Steamboat Line, continuing with them for aboul two years. His nexl step was to operate a farm of our hundred and Bi'xtj acre- mar W'alhi'iia, Doniphan County, Kan. and be continued as a fan • for some fifteen years While t here, he was one of the County Commissioners foi t wo years. In Jerse] City, in September, \^~<~<. our subject married Miss Lnnie Stewart, who was born in New Jersey. Her father, Thomas G. Stewart, was for some years n business man in St Louis, ami after ward came to tliis city, where his ileatl curreil Mr and Mrs Kearn] have seven children: Mary, '248 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the wife of W W. Bloss, formerly editor of the Gazette; Harriet, Mrs. H. A. Owen; Anne, wife of W. C. Bragg; Radford, who is engaged in the cigar business in this city; Robert, a clerk in the Micholet Hotel; Jennie and Phillip, who live at home. Under John Corby Mr. Kearny was a City Conn oilman. He belongs to Zaredatha Lodge, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons; to Mitchell Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, ami the Moila Shrine. He is a Democrat in politics, and religiously belongs to Christ Episcopal Church. ^c iK iK yt ^K yi y< yc ***^*«** CHARLES M. THOMPSON is Deputy Cir- cuit Clerk of St. Joseph. Few are more widely or favorably known in this region than is he of whom we write, who is a true type of the genial, warm-hearted and hospitable Southern gentleman. He has always taken an active part in political circles, being an ardent Democrat and is a man of wide newspaper experi ence. For twelve years past lie has been in the Circuit Clerk's office faithfully performing his du- ties in that position. Our subject was born at Harper's Ferry, Va., October 12, 1830, and is a son of Meriwether and Martha (Bradus) Thompson, who were also both natives of the Old Dominion. Mr. Thompson was reared in his native state and when nineteen years of age, or in 18411, first set foot in this city. His brother, M. Jeff, having located here the previous year and an elder brother, Bradus, being engaged in the practice of law in this city, he was favorably impressed with their account of this settlement ami concluded to try his fortunes here also. His last mentioned brother returned in 1872 to Vir- ginia, where he resided until his death, about seven years ago. Mr. Thompson had learned the printer's trade in the east and his first work here was on the St. Joseph Gazette, then published by James Riden baugh who established the paper. For fifteen years our subject worked on the Gazette as printer, foreman, and later became the sole proprietor. It had passed through many hands in the mean- time. At the outbreak of the war and for some years succeeding he served as its editor and the Federal troops from Towa under Col. Curtis took charge of the paper and suppressed it. Mr. Thompson then became foreman of the Herald, assisting in getting out its first issue and remained with them until the close of the war. In I Mil in company with Col. Jacob Childs he es tablished the Evening News, which paper started in to replace the old Gazette, the presses and busi ness being purchased by Childs & Thompson. They continued until the campaign of 1804 and then sold out. For the following two years Mr. Thompson engaged in the real estate business and was then elected City Recorder and Police Judge at the same time, serving for three terms or six years in that position, after which he went to Has- tings, Neb., ami opened up a hotel, continuing in business there for one year quite successfully. He then met with a severe loss, his hotel being consumed by fire, resulting in the sacrifice of everything of which he was possessed. Returning to St. Joseph he was soon appointed to his present responsible position, and was for nearly a dozen years in the Circuit Clerk's office under S. D. Gowan. In St, Joseph on the 8th of May, 1852, Mr. Thompson was joined in matrimony with Miss Jane Lyon, whose father, A. B. Lyon, was a mer chant and for years a Justice of the Peace. His death occurred in St. Joseph. Mrs. Thompson was born in Kentucky and came to this city when Only fourteen years of age. To our subject and wife have been born nine children, of whom three are now deceased, and six, two sons and four daughters, are yet living. Sallie, now the wife of Dr. Smyth, of Belfast, Iowa, was formerly the wife of Richard A. Proctor, the famous astrono mer; Annie, now the wife of Louis Got trail, who was born in Friburg, Switzerland, lives in Flor- ida; Bettie is the wife of J. H. R. Lyle, of Buck- ley. Wash : and Mary, Mrs. Edward Hammond. is now with her mother in California. The two sons are John H . who is in California, and Charles M. Jr., who is with McCord, Cowlins & Co., Fori Worth, Texas. POR I KM I \M' BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 249 G[ I >L rOHN I H l.l i; i- a member ..f the lii mi of John F. Tyler .\ Oo.,of which Will f) iiun EL Spratl is the junior partner. Thej are dealers in real estate, loans and insur ami' in St. Joseph, Bnohanan County, where they do an extensive business in these branches Col Tyler waa born September 12, 1838, in Jones villi', Lee County, Va His father, Henrj C, who was born in Lenox, Mass , was a lineal de Boendanl "f one of tin' brave emigrants who came over in tin' Mayflower. Grandfather Tyler par ticipated in the War of the Revolution. Henry C. Tyler waa reared on a farm, ami upon reaching hi- majority engaged in merchandising in different counties of the oi.l Dominion. Hi' in, nil- a business of buying all tin' stock in a county ami driving it south. In time he became the owner of large traots of land, having a place of thirteen thousand acre- near Cumberland Gap, 'iVnn II.' was also engaged in a number of en- terprises, building stores and mills and other im provements in small villages, and helping to im- prove tin- country generally, all of which resulted in great *,' I to tin' people and much to his ma- terial profit. At tin- time of his d»»ath in 1851, at the age of fort] five years, he owned eight stores in different counties, II C Tyler was a Baptist ami his wife a Presbyterian. The latter, whose maiden name wis Jane E. Fulkerson, was born in Virginia ami was a daughter of a larov planter in that state. Mr- Tyler died in 1851, just nine days before her husband's death. Our BUbject, who was an only child, was in his thirteenth year when his parents died, anil was I by an uncle. Arohelaus II Pnlkerson, who was a fanner an. I stock raiser When seventeen years old the lad entered the Virginia Military In- stitute al Lexington, from which he graduated in 1859. In the fall of that year he removed to Lexington, Mo , where he engaged in teaching for two _\ ears. \i the first tap of the drum in 1861, he volun leered in the United Slate, service as .i private in Company B, Fourteenth Missouri Infantry, but was elected as Major from the ranka At Lexington be was appointed Ordnance Offioai In Col Mulli gan, who n gnized his military ability He ha. I chare;!, of i hat department and between the lirsi ami sei ,1 fights at Lexington, a period of three dayB, made all the ammunition used cart rid canister, round ami grape shot They Snail] bad lo surrender, as the supplies gave out ami lie troops bad no water for twenty four hours Oni subject uas paroled, went to St Louis ami was then exchanged, after which be was appointed bj Gov. Gamble as Major and aid de-camp to Gen Schofield, then in charge of the Missouri forces. lie helped him organise ami muster in troops in Si Louis and throughout the state, ami then was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the First Missouri Regiment, and assigned to duty on the Iron Mountain Railroad, where he remained for some two \ears or more. Hi' was afterward commissioned Colonel of his regiment, his former superior, Col. .loin r, Gray, having been made adjutant General of the state. Our subject was in charge of the southwestern district of Missouri under Gen. E M. Davidson until neatU the close of the war, when the regi nt was discharged ami mustered out. In the spring of 1865 Col. Tyler engaged in merchandising in St. Joseph for a couple of years with . I A. Piner. While teaching he had studied law with Judge John F. Ryland of Lexington, and after the war waa admitted to the bar. For some time l agagel in farming near St. Joseph ami built a good farm residei His wife waa dissatisfied, however, with living on the farm, ami therefore in l^7'_! they returned to St Joseph, when. ih. Col -I oommei I his practii f Ian ami from that drifted into the real .stale ami in anrabce business, now possessing lie- oream of the trade in this vicinit] In 1890 he to ib hi- nephew, William 1*'. Spratt, into partnership with him, and the] have their office in ilc Com trial Block Building. Our subject owns on., hundred ami si\t\ acres of well im|>ro\e.| farm Ian. I with g I buildings onlj on., mile from the citj limits One ofihe finest residences in St Joseph is that of Col. Tj ler. which he erected himself at the corner of Sixth ami Robidoui streets In I ington, Mo . on Novembei 9, 1862 »:i'- celebrated ■jr.n PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the union of our subject and Miss Jane E., daugh- ter of William Spratt, who was an early settler and prominent man of that county. Mrs. Tyler was born and reared in Lexington. Col. Tyler was Quartermaster in the Union army and was clerk of Lafayette County for many years. The Colonel is a member of St. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and in politics is a Democrat. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of St. Joseph. Mrs. Tyler died May 8, 1887. She was the mother of four children, who are also deceased. d(OSEPH OPPENHEIMER, the genial and popular proprietor of the Oppenheimer Hotel I of St. Joseph, has been engaged in business in the same block steadily since 1874. He has risen from the lowest round of the ladder of success step by step, overcoming the numerous difficulties in his way with courage and zeal worthy of emulation. He is a prominent Republican, and was made a delegate from the Third Ward to the City Republican Convention. He has been fre quently sent as a delegate to county and state con- ventions and has taken a very active part in every thing pertaining to his party. Joseph Oppenheimer is a native of Bavaria, Germany, his birth having occurred near Nurem- bnrg, November 10, 1849. His father, whose Christian name was Moses, was quite an extensive dealer in cattle in Bavaria, where he died at the age of sixty-six years. Our subject's mother, whose maiden name was Fannie Gutman, was a native of the same country, where her father was a successful merchant. She is still residing in the old homestead in Germany, having passed the age of seventy years. Our subject is the second in order of birth in a family of nine children, six of whom are living. One of his brothers resides in St. Joseph, and he and Joseph are the only mem bers of the family now in America. Our subject was given an education in his mother tongue in the common schools until attaining the age of fourteen years, when he was apprenticed to a mer- chant for six years. The Franco- Prussian War of 1870, which created such a panic in mercantile circles in Europe, caused our subject to leave his native land and seek his fortune in America. Leaving Bremen in the steamer "Colorado,'' he landed in New York city after a voyage of sixteen days and re mained in the metropolis for only a few weeks, thence going to Omaha, where he obtained em ployment as a clerk in a jewelry store. His em ployer having lost seriously by reason of a fire which consumed most of his stock, he thus lost his position and was obliged to take whatever came to hand. Consequently he was employed for a short time in a liquor store. In 1874 Mr. Oppenheimer came to St. Joseph, obtaining work with the firm of Ferdinand Lutz. This was a branch of a Colorado house, and for five and one-half years our subject managed and ran the business. He then embarked in business for himself, starting his hotel, which was formerly known under the name of Joe's Place. Nine years later he purchased the interest of Messrs. Ferdinand Lutz and ran the Colorado House in this city for three years. He remodeled and re built his hotel, which occupies a lot 40 by 1 10 feet, for three years our subject was associated with the St. Joseph Brewing Company and then retired. He owns real estate in different parts of the city and is altogether one of the substantial business men. In 1878 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Oppenheimer and Miss Sophia Sponneman, a na five of Madison County, 111., and daughter of Christopher Sponneman, a prominent farmer of Madison County, where he yet resides. To OUT worthy subject and wife has been born one child, a son, Benjamin. Their home is located on Second street., between Felix and Francis. Socially our subject is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Druids, Knights of Honor. Turners' Society and Bavarian Society. Though his mother is a believer in the Hebrew faith, our subject is liberal in his religious views and is prac tically an agnostic. v\u . -v xXj^^uy A.SkiAA^-^-o-cjC PORTRAIT \M> BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 258 »[— \ l \ l i.isiia BARBER SHERWOOD, \*\ D D. , to whom have been given the appro \ print- titles of "Father" of the Platte < r byterj and Park College, has been Iv connected with the program of the Preebj terian Chnrcfa in Northwest If iasonri and has 1 d n minister in thai denomination since 1886. Prob ably the rapidity of the growth of this form of religions belief is dne more to hie efforts Hum to ili>>-.. of an) other "ii" man, for his labors have been untiring and his anooess marvelons. It is Baid thai the Platte is the banfter Presbyter) in tli- I nit— I states and oontaina more Btndeutstban any other Presbytery throughout Hi" oonotry. Throagh the ministrations of Dr. Sherwood more than two thousand members have been added to tli" Presbyterian Ohnroh, and he has also aided many young n to obtain a theological education pro paratorj to entering the ministry. A brief account of tli" anoestry "f Dr. Sherwood will be of general interest The Family originated in tli" North of England, whence Thomas Sher wood iliorn in 1588) emigrated to A rica in 1634 and settled in Boston, Mass. In 1655 he removed to Fairfield, Conn., where I Btablished h perma nenl home II" and his wife, Alice, bad two children. Their son, Isaac resided For a time in Fairfield, removed thence to Mew York, bnl after- ward returned to Connecticut, Onto him and his wif", Elizabeth (Jackson) Sherwood, was born in 1712 a son whom they named Joseph. This son grew to manhood, married, and became the Father of a son Nathan, who-." birth ocoarred at Fairfield, Conn . January 8, 1788 During the Revolutionary War Nathan Sh«r u I was o f those valiant soldiers who offered tli"n lives in the defense of the Colonies B) trade be was a shoemaker, which occupation he Followed both in Connection! and lal"r in Vermont, where !"■ located in an early day. In 1815 he acoom panied bis ion, John, to Ontario County, N S . but later re ved to Orleans County, in the same state, where, on the 7th ..f February, 1824, be de parted this life John Sherw I, the -on of Nathan and the father of OUr subject, was horn In Connecticut, nfaroh 19, ITvJ, , u ,,| passed awaj in 1862 upon the anniversary of hi^ birth lli^ life was a somewhat uneventful one and was quietly spent in the pursuit of his ohoaen occupation of farming. From Franklin County, Vt . he removed in 1815 to N"\\ V.,rk, where he cultivated a farm ami also was a contractor on the Erie Canal. In 1819 be removed to Orleans County, N. Y. where he engaged in farming until his death The mother of U"%. EBliaha Sherwood was Luoy, daughter of Hon Elisha Barber, both natives of Connecticut. Mr. Barber was an early settler in Franklin County, Yt., where I ffioiated ns judge of the County Comi and occupied various posts of honor. The mother died in 1872. <>f her nine children, four now survive. Cur subject, who was the oldest son in the Family, was reared in Orleans Count_\. \ ST., where he was taken bj his parents at the age of nine. II" is a native of Fairfield, Franklin County, Yt., having I n horn April 15, 1810. The house in which be gained a knowledge of the three R's was Bimilar in construction and Forniahings to other pi r' temples of learning." When eighteen years old l>r. Sherwood com menoed to teach in the township in which he re Bided, and For some time thereafter hi~ winters were spent in the Bchoolroom and Ins Bummers on the home faun. It had always 1 D his child am bition to I me a minister of the Gospel, and in order to prepare himself for his chosen work, be studied for a t i in the Rochester High School and afterward entered the Rochester Collegiate Institute. In 1834 he became a student in the Lam- Theological Seminary, where he was a class mate of Henry Ward and Charles II her I pon the establishment of the Oberlin College, in I s -'".. be entered that institution with the first class in theology and continued there until 1836, when be was graduated with the firel class receiving di- plomas from that now Fat is seat of learning. After a post graduate course in tl logy, oui subject accepted the pastorate of the Church at Wilson, Niagara County, N. 5f., assuming its charge in September of 1887. Soon afterward be was called to ii prominent place m the miasion work of th" Presbyterian denomination, and foi three years was closer) identified with this depart ni"iit of religious act ivit] Foi five years he was pastor of th" Church at afiddleport, latei i..sid..,l 254 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. iu Onondaga and Chenango Counties, being four years in the former and five years in the latter county. In 1855 he accepted a call to the pas torate of the Church at Edwardsburg, Cass County, Mich., where he rendered efficient service for four years. He was called hack on the first Sabbath in March, 1893, to Buchanan, in order to preach the dedicatory sermon upon the occasion of the dedica- tion of their new edifice. For three years Dr. Sherwood was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Buchanan, Mich., whither he had gone in order to save the church from the ruin which threatened it. His efforts there, as in other places, were singularly blessed and he was instrumental in the conversion of many people. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he went to Cnsso polis, Mich., and for four years served as minister iu the Presbyterian Church. Iu 1805 he came to SI. Joseph as a general missionary in the Old Lex- ington Presbytery, which embraced at that time twenty-six counties. Doctor Sherwood has effected the organization of twenty-nine churches in the state and saved seven that had been scattered by war. He has organized two churches in St. Joseph, where his ministerial work has centered. At the time of his arrival in Buchanan County, there were more pistols than Bibles, but those pioneer days are happily past, and we of this generation cannot be too grateful to those forerunners in the path of civilization, to whose self-sacrifice we owe the com- forts and luxuries by which we are surrounded. The interest taken by Doctor Sherwood in educational matters lias continued uninterrupted throughout his entire life. To him is largely due the founding of Park College at Parkville, Mo., which was established about 1 S7~i and now occu pies a front rank among the Presbyterian schools of the country. Dr. Sherwood is President of the Board of Trustees of the College and for two years was financial agent. His efforts in its behalf have been so unwearied that he has earned the title of "Father of the College." In literature he lias earned the reputation of being a thoughtful writer and profound thinker. His work entitled "Fifty Years on the Skirmish Line" is a review of his ministerial labors, covering eighteen years in New York, ten years in Michigan, and more than a quarter of a century in Missouri. He is a fretpient contributor to magazines and his articles are characterized by force of thought and origi- nality of conception. January 3, 1837, in Genesee "County, N. Y. , Dr. Sherwood married Miss Aurelia M. Raid win, who was born in Chittenden County, Vt., and is the daughter of the Rev. Trueman Baldwin, a native of Massachusetts and a Presbyterian clergy- man. Mrs. Aurelia Sharwood died in St. Joseph in December of 1882. The second marriage of our subject occurred at Youngstown, N. Y., in 1884, and united him with Mrs. Susan Butler, nee Beals, who was born in Franklin County, Vt., and died at St. Joseph in 1891. Six children were born of his first union, three of whom now survive. Jennie A. i> the wife of Dr. T. W. Anderson, of Cassopolis, Mich.; Charles L. is a pharmacist and successful business man of Sabetha, Kans. , and is the inventor of the Sherwood Excelsior Blueing, which our subject, manufactures and ship> exlen sively to the Western States and Territories Sarah married Dr. Joseph R. Taylor, and resides in St. Joseph. Fraternally, Doctor Sherwood has been through all the degrees of Masonry to Knights Templar, In former years he was a Whig and since the organization of the Republican party has been one of its most stanch adherents. He has often served as a member of the General Assembly, where his labors have been efficient and honorable. He lia^ tilled the position of Moderator in the Synod and has been on different committees. Park College and Highland University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. As a friend of edu- cation, a minister of the Gospel, and a public- spirited citizen, his name will be held iu loving remembrance by the people of Buchanan County long after he shall have passed to thai "bourne whence no traveler returns." dIOSEPH McINERNY is proprietor of the Commercial Hotel and also deals oonsidera- ' bly in real estate in St. Joseph, Buchanan County. He is prominent in local Demo cratic circles and was an Alderman for nine years. I'.n; I i; \l I \\l> BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD He is 11 member of the Count) Demooratio Com mitti'i'. attends -ill county and state conventions and has been a City Committeeman, The gentleman of whom w write has madi bis home in St Joseph Binoe August 28, 1870, and i- well known in business, political and social circles He is a son of the E raid [sle, his birth having oocnrred near Kilrush, Count] Clare, March 90, 1841. His grandfather, Dennis Mclnerny, was an extensive f. inner and his father, liiohael, also pur Bned the Minn- occupation. Ha was quite a wealthy man and a great lover of horses, owning a* fine breeds as <■< l he worked fortwo years in a ho tel at Freehold, N. J., after which be went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania. He remained there for about five years and then went to Kent, Ohio, engaging in business for two years in that village After three months spent in Rock Island, 111.. in 1879 Mi afolnern] came in Si. Joseph, which wa- even then only a town of IT. |ih) inhabitants. He bought propertj on which the Commercial Honse was built in 1868 and continued the busi There were fen buildings near the location but now, after the lapse of several years, the -cine i- changed and for miles in ever] direction snb stantial -tore- ami residences mark the tide of prosperit] which SOOn after his arrival -et strongly. <>ur Bubject gradual!] drifted into the real i — tate business and has I on il stores and dwell ing bouses iii different parts of tl itj In 1888 I rooted the Dew Commercial Mouse mi tie- site nf the old building. This structure i- three stories in height and covers a Bpace of 60x120 f.'.-t The hotel is located ai the corner of Sixth and Angelique streets He owns a number of lots on Bazton Heights and valuable property in oilier parts of the citj Mr Uolnem] is the author of the present citj charter, which waa adopted during the term of Mayor Hartwig. Mr. Mclnerny went with the Maun, .lames fjimbird, and Mr. Judson to tin- Leoihla lure to o,-t the hill put through Tin- charier. which has been a great benefit t" the city, trans ferred it from the third to the s nd das- II. is a charter member of the \\ Imi'ii of the World, Camp of i Im State nf Missouri, and was also a charter member of the St. Patrick Henevo lent Society, of which he is now Pi e-h lent . He wa- one of the original menihers of Branch No 203, Catholic Knights of America, which waa formed in 1881. He wa- President of the same for -everal years ami wa- it- representative to the State Council. He is a member of tin' Hankers' Life Association of Dee Moines, Iowa, ami of the Hankers' Life Association of Minneapolis. In the Lncient Order of Hibernians Mr. Mclnernj is prominent, and religions!] he is a member of the St. Joseph Cathedral. In Davenport, Iowa, on the 3d of < tctober, 1871, Mr MoIneiU] and Miss Mary Kelly were joined in mat tin \ She was horn in Ireland and reand to womanhood in Iowa. < >f her eight chil dren four only are living, Tl Ideal "f these, l>r Joseph M. is a graduate of the Northwestern Medical College, being in the da-- of 1892 93. Nellie. Theresa and LgneS ,. lr ,> being educated ill the convent - . - " ; • J*>****** WILLIAM K ADAMS, Local Freight Agent for the Burlington lines, has virtu ally been in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Qninoj since |sTI lie is a trusted man ami -lands high in the appreciation •>:,i\ PORTRA.IT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of Lis employers, who have always in every way and at all times given him the most courteous treatment. He has a remarkable memory and few can recall dates and incidents of the past as readily as he does. Besides his lucrative position he owns a farm and has invested somewhat in real estate. The subject of this sketch was born in Lebanon, Conn., June 3, 1844, being a son of William Brad- ford Adams. The latter was born in Canterbury, Conn., as was also his father James, who was of the same stock as was the famous John Qnincy Adams. The ancestor of the family came from England to Massachusetts. Of his descendants one settled at Braintree and the other in Canter bury, Conn. Our subject has in his possession records of the family genealogy dating back to 1296. At that date Sir Thomas (Apadams) Adams was summoned from the marches of Wales to Parliament. At the end of four genera tions the family name was changed to Adams. Our subject's greatgrandfather served in the struggle of the colonies for their independence, both his grandfathers being in the National army in the war of 1812. Our subject's paternal grand mother before her marriage bore the name of Alice Bradford, she being a descendant of the first Governor of Plymouth colony, William Brad- ford. William Bradford Adams was a mechanic, and in later years located near New Haven, where he resided until coming to Missouri with our subject. He was a member of the Congregational Church and departed this life in Hopkins, Mo., in 1871. Our subject's mother, who was formerly Man A. Knight, was born in Norwich, Mass., and was a daughter of Deacon Artemas W., wdio was a native of, and farmer in, Massachusetts. He was a Lieu- tenant in the War of 1812, and prominent in the Congregational Church. The Knight family also trace their ancestry to English origin. Mrs. Adams died in the east, in 1871, leaving two children, our subject and his brother Ed. P., who resides in St. Joseph and is Head Delivery Clerk at the Burlington Freight Warehouses. William K. Adams passed his boyhood in his native state and was brought up on a farm by tin sea shore, receiving a good common school ednca tion. When only eighteen years of age lie volun teered as a member of Company B, Forty-ninth Massachusetts Infantry, the date of his enlistment being September 1, 1862, and was mustered in at Pittsrield, Mass. He was sent south on the Banks expedition, making the voyage from New York to New Orleans on the ship "Illinois." They then proceeded to Baton Rouge and participated in the siege of Port Hudson. The regiment returned home by way of Cairo, 111., ami thence east, the survivors of the Forty ninth Regiment being mus- tered out at Pittstield, Mass., in September, 1863. Our subject, whose health had suffered materially during the enforced marches, hardships and ex- posure, so far recuperated as to attend school some during the winter. He engaged in teaching in the western part of the state until in September, 1867, when he began his railroad career as agent for the Housatonic Road, being located at Vandusenville Junction, Mass., for three and a half years, then resigning to engage in other business. But at the end of seven months, not. finding it congenial to his taste, he started westward. In November, 1871, Mr. Adams went to Council Bluffs, entering as a clerk in what is now a portion of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiucy Railroad system. Shortly he was transferred to Atchison. Kans. , as cashier of the local freight department. On May 1, 1872, he was sent to Hopkins, Mo., a new junction point, as agent of one of the Bur lington lines. Eight days later he was made agent of both 1 i ik's, and was continued in that position for eight, years and two months. As business con stantly increased, the new country developing rapidly, this was quite an important post and ably did he perform the duties which were placed upon his shoulders. On August 1, 1880, he was once i e transferred, being located at Red Oak, Iowa. an important station of the Burlington Road in that state, where he was agent until March 1, 1882. Mr. Adams then resigned on account of failing health, after receiving from his employers excellent letters of recomnieiidat ion. Returning to Hopkins, Mo., he spent the summer on a farm POB I I; \l I \M> BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD belonging to him, neat the town, and operated it, mi Iin_; to make it lo^ permauenl home In December, 1882, Mr Ldams received an iii vital iuu f r< >■ it his former employers t>. again enter their Bervice, and after oouaideriug 1 1 • * - matter f"i some time be oonoladed to accept the | »< •— i t i • • i » off .1 as Local Freight Agent "f the Kansas City, si Joseph & Conncil Bluffs Etailroad in this city, beginning his dntiee on New Year's > ln_\ . 1888. Phe Bnrlington >v Missouri River Railroad shortly after began running trains into St. Joseph, as did also the Chariton Branch of the Ohicago, Burling ton & Quincy, the agencies of both being oon [erred i>n him i> well as that of the Hannibal & St Joseph Railroad. Under his supervision are about one hundred men. About 1889 the new Btock yards were located south of the <-iu and he has -i iit-f 1 1 ail the supervision of the agencj of it Mr. Adams owns a farm <>f two hundred acres in Nod away County, which be rents, and also owns real estate in the city. In Housatonic, Mass., occurred the lirst mar- riageof Mr. Adams, on September 2, 1866, when Miss Marj V Birdley, ;i native of thai place, be came hi> wife. Bhe was a descendant >>f an « >1 > 1 Ni « England family and on her death in Septem ber, 1875, in Hopkins, Bhe I « • f t a family of three children : Jennie ('., who was the wife of Henrj l Mann, whose residence is in St. Joseph, and who was called from this life, January 80, 1803; Haiti.' U. now Mrs I'. '<'■ Burr, who is of Havi lock, Neb.; and Harlan E. , who is a Btudent at Park College, M ssouri. Mr. Adams was married in Hopkins, in 1^77. to Miss Annie Jackson, a native "f Illinois. While a resident <>f Hopkins our subject was Mayor "f 1 1 1 « - place for one year. II- is a n Iter of the Free an. I locepted Masons, ..f Custer Post, <>\ ItLD i- numb among the enterprising young attorneys at law in St Joseph. II.' was a. limit. '.I to the bar an. I entered tin' "tli. f Judsoa a Mot ter. In 1887 he formed a partnership with Thomas F. Ryan, which connection existed until August, 18112, when it was dissolved bj mutual consent, and since that time the Captain lias been praotic ing alone, having his office in the German Ameri can Bank Building. II.' is f Hi.' attorneys for the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company, and is attorney for the Consolidated foe Company, for the Hanson Coal an. I toe Company and f..i the McDonald Feed .v Fuel Company, of which last I." is also Secretary . The gentleman of whom lliis is a brief life r>'.' ord is a son of Donald M MaoDonald who is one of tli.. honored early Bottlers, of St Joseph and whose sketch ma] I..' found in another portion of this work. Our subject's birth occurred in Stewarts vilh', Mo., June ".. 1856, where In' lived until his ninth year. He was ten years old when be began attending the public schools and was graduated from the lii^li school in 1875, delivering the vale diotory address, After his admission to the bar, he was in tli.' employ of I! I . MaoDonald for I bree \ ears. In military circles Capt MaoDonald is very well known and highly respected. In 1879 In- joined tin' Saxton Rifles and worked up. being Sergeant, then First Lieutenant, and was Gnallj its Captain until 1883, when the company was disbanded. In the spring Of l s '-'l hi' was appointed by Col \i I mill not as Quartermaster of the Fourth Regiment, National Guard ol Missouri, with the raid; of Captain through the Encampment. This position he held until August, 1891, when the Wiokham Kill..-, were organized and he was elected Captain and commissioned bj Go\ Francis The company of his command iB Company K. of the Fourth Missouri Regiment. In August, 1892, ih>' State Encampment was held at Brooktield, and hi-.com pany was among those present \ provisional regiment was to be organized with two companies from each regiment i" attend the dedication of tho World's Fair in Chicago The companies ami 258 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. captain who were to be so honored were chosen on account of the best appearance and drill work. Capt. MacDonald and Capt. Grace of Chillicothe with their companies were the favored ones in the Fourth Regiment and twenty-eight of the Wick ham Rifles were present at the exercises at the " White City " in October. In politics the Captain is a Democrat, was for- merly a member of both the City and County Dem ocratic Committees and held the office of Secretary and Treasurer of the County Committee. For one term he was a school director from the Third Ward. He is very popular among his professional brethren and in social circles. It I ON. ABEL D. KIRK. Few of the citizens f"!| of St. Joseph are more widely known and 1J none occupy a higher place in the regard ^7 of others than the subject of this biograph- ical notice, who is a prominent attorney at law and notary public and is numbered among the success- ful professional men of Buchanan County. He is a man of wide travel and has visited almost every portion of the United States, from the At lantic to the Pacific and the Lakes to the Gulf. Being a close observer, he has gained a broad knowl- edge of men and things, and is well informed upon all general questions of importance as well as matters of local interest. Born in Bracken County, Ky., March 'J:!, 1826, Mr. Kirk was only two years of age when he ac- companied his parents to Mason County, the same state, and there he grew to man's estate. He is de scended from men of valor and patriotism. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Kirk, a native of Maryland, served with distinguished bravery in the War of 1812, while the great grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. Grandfather Kirk re- moved in an early day to Kentucky, where he engaged in fanning until his death. Thomas Kirk, Jr., the father of our subject, was born near Hagerstown, Bid., and accompanied his parents to the Blue Grass state, where he early became familiar with agriculture. For many years he op erated as a drover, and it was his custom to drive hogs over the mountains to Richmond, Va. , also to trade with the Indian tribes of Mississippi and Alabama. These journeys occupied the win ter months, while during the summer he cultivat- ed his farm. His death occurred in February of 1854, and it was felt throughout the community that his demise removed one who had always been an honest man, a kind friend and a public-spirited citizen. Politically he was a Democrat, as was his father before him. In his religious counec- tions he was a member of the Episcopal Church South. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Joseph Downing, was born in Maryland, a descendant of English and Welsh ancestors, and was a pioneer of Mason County, Ky. As a member of the Meth odist Episcopal Church South, it was his constant endeavor to aid that denomination in all its good works and he was one of its most devoted mem- bers. His daughter, Rebecca, the mother of our subject, was born in Mason County, where the greater part of her useful life was passed. When advanced in years, she removed to Falls City, Neb., where she passed from earth at the age of eighty-one. Her marriage had been blessed by the birth of twelve children, ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and live of whom are now ( IN'.).'!) living. The school in which Abel D. Kirk gained the rudiments of his education was conducted on the subscription plan and was a rude structure similar to other pioneer "temples of learning." At the age of twenty he commenced to teach, receiving five cents a day for each pupil and continuing thus employed for nine months. He then located at Maysville, in Mason County, where for one year he was employed as clerk in a clothing establish- ment and later commenced the study of law under Judge R. H. Stanton and Theo. Campbell. In 1850 he embarked in the general mercantile busi- ness and conducted a large trade until 1854, when lie removed by boat to Weston, Mo. One year later he settled in Archer, Neb., where he erected the first store building in the village and engaged in merchandising. In the fall of 1855 he was nominated and elected on the Democratic ticket to l'oi;li;\ir \\l> BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD .'.V.I represent the people of Ij i — distriol in the State Legislature, which then convened .'it Omaha He was the leading candidate of South Platte for the poeition nil Imt for his refusal in mak irtain pledgee, In- would undoubtedly have been elected As a membei "f \ain>iis committees, in- rendered efficieul aerrioeon behalf of his con stituente At the second Beesion of t !• « * NchrHsku rerritorial Legialature, Bevera] Btate hank- were established and In- was constituted a special com mill.-.' of banks, having their organization iu charge. In 1857 Mr Kirk located al Rulo, Neb., and served as Postmaster at thai place for Borne time. Hi' was oonnected with tin- inception of the firsl paper published there, known as the /.'»/•■ W\ att m Guide. While residing there In' was appointed ai.l dc camp witli the tank of Lieutenant Colonel, .hi Gen. John M. Thayer's staff, in tin- Nebraska militia. He also represented tin' people >>f that comi ity before the War Department in Wash ington, whither he was sent in order to gain a -•■! tlemenl with the Indians and half-breeds of his neighborhood, trouble having originated on account of some land belonging to tin" half In- Is which had been taken up by the whites ami improved into farms While tin' war was raging between tin- North and Smith, Mr. Kirk came i" st. Joseph in 1862 ami for two rears made Ins home on a farm in old Sparta. Dpon thai place his wife died in 1863, and during' the following year In' came to St. Jo -.•|'h t" establish his home permanently. For a few months In' served as clerk in tin- offii f tin' County Clerk and also conducted a legal practice in tin- Probate Court. Subsequently In' was con nected with Judge Tutl for a time, then opened an office for the practii f his profession, which he afterward conducted alone In Tazewell County, III .Mr Kirk married Hiss \| i. \ Hammett, who was born in Illinois ami died in Nebraska The Becond marriage of Mi Kirk united him with Miss Helen Donovan, who was In, rn in I '.racket Connty, Ky . and reared in Sparta, this oounty, she died in l^ 1 '.:'.. leaving one child. Lulu M . who passed from earth when eleven years old. The present wife of < >n r subject bore tho maiden name of Elisabeth A Beartie and was born in Saline Connty, Mo Their marriage was Bolemnixed in Andrew Connty, Mo., in 1865, and has I n blessed \>\ the birth of two children. William I: . a traveling salesman, and Angeline I; . who is married to Geo I'. Mcluinch and lives in Brownsville. In tln-ir religious belief Mi Kirk and his wife are identified with the Christian Church as worthy ami devoted members. The po litioal affiliations of Mr Kirk bring him into sym patbj with the principles and platform of the Democratic part] and he is an aotive worker iu its ranks. ********£*;£*^*****;* EiNOS J. CROWTHER In its mannfaoturee the prosperity <>f a city finds its impetus, i ami American enterprise is not prone to allow opportunities for the profitable i i • mint of capita] ami employment of lalior to waste. No location on the continent excels that of St. Joseph for the enooni agement offered tomanu factoring enterprises in supplying the means for their success. With every facility for transporta- tion offered bj the most favored cities, and with an agricultural population steadily increasing and strengthening the borne market, the incentives to energj in the way of reward- that are the fruit of enterprise exist here to an extent nol BUrpassed b) any locality in the l*nion. The Crowther .\ Rogers Manufacturing Com pany was incorporated iii January, 1893, with a capital stock of 1 15,000 and with Enoe J. Crowther as Secretary The foundry was established before the Civil War, and from l s 'i''' t" I ss I tie' firm name was Bnrnsidee, Crowther a Rogers But at the last named date the senior membei retired from the linn and the title became Crowther «\ Ro The foundry and machine shop are the oldest in the city a- well as among the nio-t prosperous. The main building is equipped with all the most i lem ami improved machinery adapted to the man n fact nre of cast iron woi k, propelled hy an en gine of thirty horse | ower. The Seoretarj "f this flourish arn, Enos ■I Crowther, was born in Dnkinfield, England, Sept em her 24, 1853 His father, George ( Irowther, 260 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was likewise a native of England, and was a inunlder by trade. After his marriage he emigrated to America in 1854 and located in Chicago, where in time he became superintendent of two foundries. In 1856 he removed overland to the northeastern part of Nebraska, where he engaged in farming for rive years. He came to St. Joseph in 1861 to take charge of the Union Foundry and Machine Shop, in which, two or three years afterward, he became a partner. He remained in that connec- tion, becoming widely known as a business man of enterprise, until 1885, when he died at the age of sixty one years.. Even at this day he is often spoken of as the finest moulder who ever came to St, Joseph, and his work has always been done in a conscientious and efficient manner. The mother of our subject, Harriet (Johnson) Crowther, was born in England and now makes her home in St. Joseph. She is a faithful member of the Episcopalian Church and a lady of generous disposition and cordial manners. Of her seven sons only four grew to manhood. Hon. Thomas J. Crowther, a practical moulder, assumed the charge of the foundry after his father's death and remained in that business connection until his de mise, which occurred March 8, 1892. A prominent local politician, he was chosen on the Republican ticket to represent the Second District in the Mis- souri Legislature, and served for two years with fidelity to the interests of his constituents. George C. is also influential in local politics and was nom- inated for Member of Congress against Mr. Barnes, but was defeated by a small majority, He served as City Treasurer for four years and is now Deputy Treasurer. James O. is a moulder by trade and is a member of the firm. Of his native land our subject retains no recol- lection, as he was but an infant when he was brought to America by his parents. Coming to St. Joseph in 1801, he has since made this city his home. During his vacations from school work he learned the trade of a moulder, completing it when seventeen. He then returned to high school, from which he was graduated in 1873. After teaching for one year he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he carried on his legal studios for one year. Later he read law with Judge Sherman and in March, 1875, was admitted to practice at the bar of the state of Missouri. Mr. Crowther, before entering upon his active business career, took an overland trip to the south- western states and territories and old Mexico, and spent about twelve months in becoming familiar with the customs of the people in that section of America. Returning home, he was elected City Registrar on the Republican ticket in 1876 and re elected two years later. He occupied that position until the spring of I SSI*, when he was elected City Attorney for a term of two years. In 1882 he en tered the firm of Crowther & Rogers ami remained there until 1886, wheu he accepted a position in a foundry at Albuquerque, N. Mex. In 1889 he re turned to St. Joseph and became foreman in the foundry, later accepting the position of Secretary, which he now holds. At St. Joseph, on February 22, 1880, Mr. Crow- ther married Miss Effie G. Barnett, who was born in Pennsylvania and reared in St. Joseph. They are the parents of two children: Fred. B. and F. Lolita. Fraternally Mr. Crowther is a prominent member of the Masonic Order, having attained to the degree of Knight Templar. He was formerly identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but has lately severed his active connec- tion with that organization. In his religious connections he is identified with the Episcopal Church as an active member and generous contrib utor to all its enterprises. Politically he is a Re- publican, as has doubtless been inferred from the previous lines. QEORGE W. DOWELL, M. 1)., of Agency. , is a well known medical practitioner of Bu- chanan County and in its history deserves ' L honorable mention. Coming here about the beginning of the war, he has made this village his home ever since and has been constantly engaged in practice. From the first ho has had a good patronage, which has steadily increased up to the present day. Ho has ever boon an earnest student and keeps abreast of the theories and discoveries j ^LrhnJ, ^T^l/ POR I i; Ml' \ N l > BIOGR \ in !< M. i;i -.< OKD 263 which are being constantly made in scientific lines mi. I in actual practice in connection with medicine. Dr Dowell was born in Breokenridge County, K\ . in I s:'."J II.- is a a f George and Mar) (Wimp) Dowell, both oi whom were boru in Europe, tin' father in Scotland and the mother in Germany. Our Bnbjeol is the tenth in a family of twelve children and with the single exception of himself thej have nil followed agricultural pursuits, The t was educated in the common Bchools of Kentucky bn( while atill a youth he formed the ea si desire of entering a profession, dually concluding to become a physician. In 1853 he entered the Vandell Medical School, which was a branch of the old Dudlej College !!'• afterward was n atndenl in the SI Louie Medical College, from which institution he graduated in 1869, and to which he returned in 1876 for a poal graduate course. In the year INoO the Doctor was married al [owa Point, Kane., to Elizabeth C. Gilmore, who is a native of Missouri. Their marriage was blessed with a family of si\ childn n, the eldest "I whom, Mary, >li<k which all may read The i r and I) have ever found in him a friend and he has ol r fully given to them his services many a time with out hope <>f remuneration. Particularly in the early >li_\s of his residence here he was obliged to ride long distances, often beiug called out in the dead of night and in the coldest winter weathei JOHN T. BERGHOFF has held the Chi t Surgery in the Northwest Medical College of St. Joseph since 1879, and "as one of the incorporators of that institution. An able ami skillful Burgeon, he was also a loyal soldier in the Union cause during the late war. being one of the tour hundred and ten original Republicans of this city who dared to vote in accordance with their sentiments in the hotly contested election of I860. Dr. Berghoff, whose office it in Bergboff Block, No. 215 South Si\th street, was born in Germany in 1825, and landed in Galvestou, Tex., April 15, 1846. In that stale h. remained dnring the Bum mer, arriving in St. LouiB on October 16. Having studied pharmaoj in his native land, he purchased a drug sioie in St. Louis in 1850, at the same time studying medicine in the dical department of the St. Louis University, now known as the St Louis Medical College, from which institution he graduated on the 1st of March, 1855, having been me time previous assistant of Dr, Thou Banister, of the City Hospital. In I860 the Doc tor removed to St. Joseph, since which time be has I ii actively interested in the welfare of that city. When the war broke out in 1861, Dr. Berghoft entered the Duion Bervice, as Surgeon of the Thir teen ih Missouri Volunteers, under Col. E Peabody. lie was capture,! at the battle of Lexington, pa roled and sent to St. Louis bj < len. Sterling Prioe. He was re captured at Centralia, Mo . but being a paroled prisoner, was released. The Twenty fifth Regiment was organized from the old Thirteenth aii.l was also c nnded 1 ■_% Col Peabody. In March. 1862, the regiment was ordered to st, Louie, thence to Pittsburg Landing. On April 6, 1862, he was again taken prisoner at the battle of Sbiloh. While he was in the hospital at Shiloh, beil prominent ami note. I BUrgeon, he WBS called upon bj Burgeon Lyle, Medical Director of the I 264 HOliTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Army Corps of *1>^ Army of tlie Mississippi, to as sist him iu bis duties and in thirty hours performed sixty three amputations. He also bad hard hos- pital service at Lexington, and one night a cannon ball passed through the brick wall of the building, scattering brick all over the house. Gen. Price afterward sent him to St. Louis with a number of wounded soldiers for the purpose of placing them in the hospital. At Central ia he was captured by the Anderson band: finding he was a paroled pris oner from Gen. Trice, he was carried Fourteen miles into the country to camp and then released. According to agreements entered upon between the commanding officers of both the Union and Confederate troops, as far as possible the soldiers of each army were to be attended by suigeons from their own ranks, and in this hospital there were three suigeons, four attendants and fifty-six wounded men belonging to the Union army, in charge of Surgeon Berghoff, and through his man agement all were liberated on their recovery, and not held as prisoners. The Doctor served with dis- tinction until the Twenty fifth Missouri was consol- idated with the P'irst Regiment of Missouri Engi neers, and was honorably discharged from the service on January 20, 1864. Returning home he was commissioned Surgeon of the Eighty seventh Regiment, E. M. M. , and March 10 as Surgeon of the Missouri Militia. Dr. Berghoff is the inventor of a universal ap paratus useful in fractures of the leg, and patents for this contrivance are now pending. This inge- nious arrangement is adjustable to any limb and admirably adapted to the treatment of fractures. being a support and consequently a great relief to the patient. In his practice he has used this ap- pliance for twenty years with the best results. In 1868, and again two years later, Dr. Berghoff was elected Coroner of Buchanan County. He is a member of the American Public Health Association, the American Medical Association, the Missouri State Medical Associat ion, and the Missouri Valley Medical Association. For two years he was City Health Officer, and in 1868 was appointed and elected President of the Hoard of United States Examining Surgeons at St. Joseph, which position he tilled with honor until 1885, being again ap- pointed by President Harrison. He still serves acceptably in the same capacity. In politics the Doctor is a Republican, and has for many years been a member of (he Hoard of Trade. He was married December 27, 1847, in St. Louis, to Caro- line Rosenberg, widow of John Oelmian. She departed this life in April. 1884. On December 27, 1884, Dr. Berghoff wedded Miss Marie Adams, of Qaincy, 111. Their union has been blessed with a family of four children: Marie, Caroline, John T., Jr., and Arnold. The pleasant residence now occupied by the family is situated at No. 30 Jack son street, and there the Doctor and his amiable wife delight in entertaining their many friends &&?£&?£:)£??;& xV ^ s~ > y -^ ^RTfsT&jftjRJCTft^R HON JAMES NELSON BURNES, deceased, an ex Congressman from the state of Mis- _, souri was born in Indiana August 22, 1827, and was a resident of St. Joseph at the time of his death. His ancestry was Scotch Irish. His grandfather emigrated to America and settled near Fredericksburg, Va. , in the Colonial days, and when the Revolution broke out he became partici pant as a Minute Man. James Barnes, the father of our subject, was born February 14, 1877, and when about twenty eight years of age married Mary Thompson, whose family resided in Cul peper County, Va. Of their family of five sons, James Nelson was the fourth in order of birth. In 18)57 Mr. Burnes obtained some land from the Sac ami Pox Indians, included in what has passed into history as the " Platte Purchase," and toward the close of that year, James Humes had trans ported his little family to it, locating OD the Big Muddy at Weston, Mo. In his nineteenth year .lames Nelson graduated from the Platte County High School ami iu 1817 was married to Mary Skinner, daughter of Phineas Skinner, a shrewd, valiant Kentuckian. The brother of our subject assisted him in the pursuit of a law course at the Harvard Law School. The contact with mature minds benefited him greatly and in his second year he was made President of the Parliament of Harvard Law School. He early manifested the disposition that characterized his whole life, that of frankness and thought fulness for others. I'tu; I i; \l I \M> BIOGRAPHICAL III < <>i;i> 20ii Aftei completing the oatmeal thiB school Id Burnee graduated in 1852, and received the d< .if Bachelor .>f Law and returned to Platte < lonntj . where he actively engaged iu law practice. Three after he was eJeoted Oirouil Utorne] for In- jndioial .lisirict. and the aame year was chosen Presidential Elector, casting his vote f<>r Buchanan and Breckenridge, At tliis time he was also engaged in carrying .>n traffioinreal estate and buying and selling hemp, which was then 1 1»«> staple prodnol "f the soil. Bus practice in tlii* oonntj whs i siderable and hie business affairs nrere in i prosperous condition when the war broke ..hi. Hi- followed lii" state and remained stead la-it., the Dnion, serving in the militia «ith the rank of Ooli 1 [n 1867 he suffered the loss of bis brother Daniel, who, with lii* brother Calvin, had always been close!} associated with him in business. Mis brother left »i\ prphaned children, their mother having died bul a short time previous, and these were adopted by Mr. Burnee, who pro rided for them a good home and treated them with the Bame fathei Ij devotion shown to his own chil dren. Mr Burnee, iu 1869, was elected Judge of the r.iiit ..f Common Pleas ..f Platte County, and retired from 1 1 1 • < bench in In7*_' tie had spoken in each campaign since 1856 and bad developed the oratorical powers of a skilled orator. In 1870 l.<' made a Btrong -| Ii which won for him a lasting reputation. Prom the time of the War until INTO lif bad affiliated with the Republican party, and was ;i member of tin- State Republican Convention in I^Tn His part] nominated two tickets, one beaded b] Gov. James McClurg, the other by Oov. I I: Gratz Brown and known as the liberal Repnblioan ticket. During this convention Mi Burnee distinguished himself bj bis forcible ora linns, advocating the enfranchisement of those who had been disfranchised during the war. and it was during one of these speeches thai be gave utterance to the expression, " Love is stronger I ban bate." \ft be secured the control of the St Joseph < * 1 1 _\ Water Works, an extensive system, and was President of tin- \\ ater Works Company up to the day .>f liis death He was also a member >>f tl riginal town com pany of Leavenworth and Atchison. Be bad watched the growth .>f these places from bis western borne onlj ten mil."- distant. 1 1 1 — paternal love therefore was deeply touched when lii- bod Calvin was elected Mayor ..f Atchison James Nelson Burnee was instrumental in erecting the Leavenworth and Atchison Hri. Ige, and J. J. [ngalls, in a speech at it- dedication, Septembei 25, 1ST"., said: "Full justice will nol bed him until at the eastern approach of thai bridge stands a statue in bronze of CoL James N Burnee ..f Mis -.ini i." In Is77 the banks, in which were deposited the I it m Is of the State Treasurer of Missouri suspended payment for the reason that there was a deficit ol $1,004,000. Col. Burnes was the principal bonds man for the Stat.. Treasurer. The < lis.i -ii- ruin seei I in evitable. Hi- enemies, personal and political, Beized with aviditj upontl pportunitj f"i seoui ing bis downfall. The State Treasurer, Co). Eli jali Gates, a more honest incumbent Hum whom could not be found, was indioted, and pro* dings •a ere begun in thi ( - I sembly for Ii il Through Senator Vest an arrangement was entered into with 1 1 • » » state officials wherebj 266 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Col. Barnes paid the amount of the deficiency into the state treasury, the right of action against the defaulting banks resting with him. In the eighth or tenth year after his removal from Weston Mr. Burnes was particularly success fill in some financial ventures. His exploits as a rule were distinguished for their magnitude and the administrative skill involved in their execution. They were extensive, frequently comprehending the states of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Ohio in their broad scopes. As a man of wealth, intelligence and influence, Mr. Burnes was unsurpassed not only in the entire northwest but also in the great mercantile and financial center of the country. His political affiliations after 1N70 were with the Democratic party, and in the summer of 1882 ho was asked to stand as the party nominee for Congress. His speech of ac- ceptance of the honor tendered him, containing a statement of the demands of the Democratic party, was one of force and conciseness. He was elected after a hard fought campaign, the district which had previously gone Republican giving a Demo- cratic majority. He answered the roll-call for the first time in Washington in 1883. Among his colleagues were such men as A. M. Dockery, Will iam M. Hatch, A. M. Alexander, A. H. Buckuer, John J. O. Null, James O. Broadhead and Richard P. Bland. Mr. Burnes' first official service was one of a committee to attend the remains of Hon. Dudley C. Haskell, of Kansas, to their final resting-place. While he was still absent discharging this duty, the House Committee were announced, he being assigned to the Committee on Appropriations, then consisting of Messrs. Randall, Forney, Ellis, Hol- man, Hancock, Townsend. Hutchins, Totlett, Keifer, Caumiu, Ryan, Burnes, Calkins, Horr and Washburn. January 24, 1S84, he addressed the House for the first time upon a bill involving some important items of legislation. His second ad dress was delivered on the 28th of February, bo- ing a eulogy to the memory of Dudley C. Haskell. A close intimacy existed between the Hon. M r. Burnes and the Hon. Samuel Randall of Pennsyl- vania, and as a result, the former was made chair man of the sub -committee on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriations Bill, a mark of respect second only to that bestowed when he was origin- ally appointed on the Appropriation Committee proper. In the Forty-ninth Congress he was officially designated Chairman of Committee on Deficiencies, a position which he held until his death. The Hon. William L. Holman, of Indiana, in a eulogy, spoke favorably of the great work our subject did as Chairman of the last named com- mittee. In the autumn of 1N8-1 Mr. Burnes was again nominated for Congress, this campaign being car ried on with such vigor that he was elected by a Democratic majority even larger than in the first election.* During the second session of this Con- gress, consuming a period of nine months, Mr. Burnes' time was nearly all occupied in making trips to Washington in the interest of his district. April 15, 1886, he was appointed by the Speaker on a select committee to investigate the cause of labor disturbances on the Missouri Pacific Rail way. In 1888 he was elected to Congress for a third time. He made a strong appeal for Federal courts at St. Joseph, which he secured. The Northern Pacific Railway had a claim of $2,000, 000 against the Government. But Mr. Burnes, as a member of the Deficiency Committee, opposed its payment, claiming that the railroad owed the Government 860,000,000, and that the $2,000,000 should lie paid by giving the railroad company credit for that amount instead of paying the cor porationthe $2,000,000 in hard cash. He attacked the claim in strong language that had its effect and the bill did not become a law. Thus several millions of dollars were saved to the Government. Congress adjourned March 4, 18S7. The family residence, located two miles south of the city proper, had a beautiful lawn and was known as Ayr Lawn. Here Mr. Burnes spent many happy hours with his family but frequently visited some summer resort or went on a fishing excursion to some pleasant lake in the far north. Mr. Burnes' memorable speech in the Fiftieth Congress, which met December 5, 1^77, was made upon the question of the French Spoliation Claims. On Angus! 27 forces were marshaled for a final struggle, and the claims were stricken from the l'o|;i i;\| I \\D r.loiiKAlilH !AL KECORD Appropriation Bill, Mr Barnes vu the leader < » r 1 1 pposition, ninl after presenting hi- ar^n nil-ills HiH I answering a', I objections, be stood forth victorious, and the bigbesl of praise was bestowed upon him Among Mi Barnes' warm friends were the Hon. Martin Claid] of St Lonis, the Hun William It. Morrison of Illinois, tin' Bon Joseph Camn of Illinois, tin- Hon. Bam Cox ol Mew Yi irk an. I man] "t hers. the aften f January 23, 1880, while in tin' verj art nf ottering tin- tir-t word of a Bpeech Mi Barnes was Btruck with paralysis, and wasas -i-ti'il liv Representative Batterworth of Ohio to tin- committee room of bis wn, who bad been in Washington ten daya Bj o'clock thai nighl complete paralysis ensued, anil on Thursday , tin" 24th, James Nelson Barnes passed away. Tin' Congressional escort consisted "f Representatives Stone, Munson, and Waile of Missouri, Sagers "f Texas, Merrill of Kansas, Byrum <>f Indiana, Henderson of Iowa, Senator Vest of Missouri, Coke of Texas, and Tillie of Colorado. St Joseph was reached Saturday, tin' 26th, when tin' Knights Templar escorted tin' funeral procession t" \\> I, awn Persons of note from all over Missouri at tended 1 1 » « - obsequies, Representatives of (lie Government ami of various committees of (he Legislature were delegates, ami members of the Board "f Trade ami the Commercial Exchange were present. Tin' pall bearers were selected from Mr. P.iirni— * old friend-, namely The Hon, Cyrus Noorlso, fsaac T. Hosea, John S. Brittain, T. J. Chen, 8 B CJreen \ N Schuster, John Sanders, and Levi Took The services were di I bj the Masonic/Order and the remainswere interred al Mounl MoraCemeterj k i, k kl V I ||ON w M.l.l.i; F01 Mi. . \ State Senator r-H from the Second District of Missouri, (if 1 Virginia ancestry, Kentuokj liiitli and Mis v iri rearing, thin gentleman embodies in In- strongly marked individuality ami sterling character tin' besl trait- of tli" beat | pin "f three great commonwealths. He exhibits the culture iiml dignit] of tin' Virginian, tin' graceful conr tea] ami geaial companionship of tin- Kentuokian, and the broad gauge liberality ami wide-awake energj "f tin- progressive ami public-spirited western Missourian. Born in Bath County, Ky . in 1843, became t" Missouri with his parents in 1851. The] aettled on a large tract "f wild land in tl astern part of Buchanan Count] ami pine led to build for themselves a home in what was then the verj border of the civilized world, Tim rugged experiences of earlier years served to develop in Mr. Toang a spirit of stard) inde pendence ami Belt reliance which has served him will in his battle with the world lifter receiving thn rudiments of an education in such bc! I- newly Bettled countrj afforded, Mr. foung attended college at Platte City ami Plattsbnrg, Mo., ami was a student there when the war broke oat At the olo f that memorable struggle he took up the atudy of law. He went to | isville, kv . !•■■ came a Btudent in the law college of that city ami graduated therefrom in 1870. rpon Mr. Young's return from Louisville be a< ptml tlm position of factor of tin- Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City, of which be had entire financial control. After successfully discharging the dnties of this position for several month-. In' resigned, returned to St Joseph ami opeued up a law office. As tlm result of industry and energj he booh built up a lucrative business Ever since reaching manhood Mr. Young has taken an active and prominent part in Missouri politic- ami ha- proved himself 01 f the hardest uurk inn; mnl most enthusiastic members "f his part] in the state He i- IcnnWII to lln;l shrewd. Capable and clear beaded leader and an able organize) These characteristics, supplemented bj a personal popularity and acquaintance throughout the state, have enabled him I" do telling and effective work in local, slate ami national campaigns. In 1870, when B Grate Brown was elected <■"* enior. as the result of dissension ami division in the Republican party, Mr Y.iniin did g I service for his part] in northwestern Missouri In 1872 he was ohosen a si ate Delegate to the State I 'emu oratic Convention, and was large)] instrumental in bringing about the nominati 'f Hon SiU- 268 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Woodson for Governor, who after his election made Mr. Yonng his private secretary. During this year also Mr. Young took an active part in the presidential campaign, and frequently appeared on the stump in behalf of the Democratic candi- dates. After serving as private secretary to Governor Woodson for a short time Mr. Young resigned and resumed the practice of his profession. In 1ST) he was elected to the State Senate by a majority of 1,900, achieving the greatest victory ever won in his district. While in the Senate Mr. Young served on a number of important committees, and was recognized as one of the ablest, most progres- sive and most popular members of that body. In 18X1 he was appointed by Governor Orittendon a member of the Board of Managers of State Lunatic Asylum No. 2 at St. Joseph, and discharges his duties in an able and business like manner. In June, 1884, Mr. Young was elected President of the School Board of the City of St. Joseph, which position he has filled for the past nine years. Much of the excellence of the public schools of this city is due to his untiring activity and the common sense exhibited by him in promptly and intelligently meeting their constantly increasing demands. Tn 1884 Mr. Young was a delegate from Missouri to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago, which nominated Grover Cleveland fur the Pres- idency. In 1885 lie was returned to the State Senate to till a vacancy caused by the resignation of R. T. Davis. During this session Mr. Young was instrumental in securing an appropriation of $1011,0(10 for the enlargement of State Lunatic Asylum No. 2, for which he was publicly compli- mented by the Board of Trade and the City Council. He introduced and passed the bill creating the Buchanan County Criminal Court and Circuit Court No. 2 and was the author of the law creating metropolitan law forSt. -Joseph. In 1888 he was chosen a delegate to the State Democratic Convention, which met at Springfield for the pur- pose of nominating candidates for justices of the supreme court. Upon the assembling of the con vention he was elected its permanent Chairman, and in the discharge of his duties displayed a thorough knowledge of parliamentary law, skill in handling that rather turbulent body of men, and a promptness and firmness in his decisions that elicited the praise and won the admiration of all. Mr. Young's geniality of disposition and innate spirit of good fellowship have won for him a wide spread popularity. He is free hearted and open handed, and a general favorite of the people of the city, among whom he has so long resided. Progressive and public spirited, he has always advocated and championed those measures calcu lated to advance the material prosperity of the people of his state and city, and has ever aimed to subserve their highest and best interests. He is now serving as County Clerk of Buchanan County and discharging the duties of the office to the satisfac- tion of every one. JfUDGE THOMAS A. BROWN. Few citizens of Buchanan County have been more prom I inently before the public or have had their histories interwoven more inseparably with that of this region than has the honorable gentle man of whom we write. The plain record of such a man's life needs no embellishment in the hands of the historian, for his own good deeds are the best monument to his worth. Mr. Brown was born in Knox County, Term., January 28, 1812, and resided in that state until twenty-seven years of age, on a farm. In 1838 he emigrated to this county, locating some sixteen miles due south of St. Joseph, in which city he has for many years past made his home. He came from his native state witli his father in law, Joseph Blakeley, and his family, all locating In gether in Crawford Township on the county line The lands of the "Platte Purchase" had not yel been all surveyed and Mr. Brown assisted the Government party in order to expedite matters. Soon after settling on the land he pre empted one hundred and sixty acres, where he resided until 184 1. Removing to Nodaway Comity, then apart of Andrew County, he settled at the Narrow--, where he made his home until 1862. During the n»i; ll; M I \\i> BU KIR \rnu\l. RECORD •_*r.'.i winter of IM I the oonnty ni organized, and in company with Junee Culkerson and Joseph Lowe 1 rected the firs! i it noose and jail, and was appointed one oftbe county judges. In IMI be was appointed by Gov. Edwards to till a va eaney in the firsl Oonnty Coarl in plw f Judge Rohrer. He is tl ih one living who wielded the gavel there a< that early period. He was also mi the bench when t i i • » firsl oourl house and jail reeled al Bparta, then the county seat, ten miles soath of SI Joseph. The old l<>^ building i-* still standing, a relic of the flay when Sparta was o insidered to be a place "f greal Future pros peel - Judge Austin A King held the first Circuit < '• n r i at tin' raliin of Joseph Robidoux, in St. Jo Bepb, where the junction of Second and Jule streets now is. This court was held November 17. 1838 The clerk, Edward Toole, who is still living, is now in Montana, while Samuel M Qilmore, tho former sheriff, is now in Oregon. Judge Brown was a member of Nodaway County Court for four teen years and was elected t" the Legislature in 1846 for two years, again in l s ~>'_! and 1854 f'>r the sa length <>f time. Il«' Ims always been a itanofa Democrat. General Jackson was a warm friend of his father's, making the family a Bhorl visit while en route from Washington t" Nasi, villi-. Judge Brown lias always 1 nan active poli tician, having stumped the count} in many presi dential elections. In 1849 he went to California, driving an ux team all the way, ami was gone for two years, returning l>y waj of the Isthmus \i two different tinn's he was i fined in the jail ol St Joseph as a Rebel sympathizer, l>nt was nevei kept more than a few hours. He was ,, slave owner and had three sons in the rebel army. While in Nodaway Conntj be was indicted for treason, t ¥ ■ « - trial being appointed to take place in tins city, but he took a change of venue to DeKalb County, and can IT victor in the trial, which was nft. •! ward appealed t" the Supreme Court bnl was dismissed. For two years he was confined to the limits of St Joseph, bnl after 1868 was not mo tested, aftiT which In' settled five milee southeast ofthiapoint En 1 S 7'J be bought a farm f"nr mill's south, where be resided until 1885, when lie I ami' a permanent resident of SI Joseph In November, 1878, Jndge Brown was again elected Presiding Jndge of the < "■ nut % Court, t" whiofa position be was re elected fnnr years lata and again in November, 1890, tluis making bis services in the two counties cover a period of thii iv dun years, being commissioned to till the office eleven times He lias been identified with nearly all the important legislation "f the county, which soon after the war had a bonded indebtedness of $100,000 al ten percent semi annually and six pel cent, si-mi annually. The county repudiated its debt, not even paying interest. Judge Brown canvassed the county, lecturing in all portions of ■ the same and taking the ground thai the higher irts bad decided thai counties must pay tin's., bonds He was elected a member .>f tl ommittee i" effect a compromise on the Imsis nf paying the fa f tl riginal $400,000, and coupons with interest of $200,000 more funded on twenty years' bonds al five per cent annually They created a sinking fund ami the indebtedness has been largely paid off, the fnnded bonds being sold by our subject at Newark, N. J., at pat value. The court has about $450,000 each year in collect and disburse, the associates of Mr Brown being James Hillan and William Stanton, l>"t!i recently elected to the County Cnurt ami holding their tirst term Jndge Brown is now the owner of a hundred ami ten acre farm, night miles from St Joseph, t" the supervision "f whioh he gives considerable time, though now more than eight] two \>-ais of age. He was mustered in the United States sen ice during the Seminole War nnder General Wool, ami is justlj asking a pension for the sen s there r lered. During the late war he Buffered greatly fr the attacks of deaperadoes under the guise of militia In Jefferson County, Tenn . afi Brown wedded Miss Margaret l> Blakeley, on April 21, 1883. [n the dark days of the war when Iht husband was a prisoner in 81 Joseph, a Land uf men came to the bouse commanding her t" pre pare a meal for them, intimidating bar with threats of great ferocity, kftei their departure she was nervously prostrated, and before man] 270 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. days bad elapsed died from the effects of the scare she bad received. On November 9, 1873, Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Mrs. Mary A. Deacons, whose maid en name was Ardery, anil whose birthplace was in Bourbon County, Ky. To his first marriage were horn eleven children, seven of whom are liv- ing. For the last, few years our subject has been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, being now one of the Presiding Elders. He has thirty six grandchildren and sixteen great grand children, and is himself the youngest and only living member of a family comprising twelve chil- dren. Only six men are now living (who were heads of families in Buchanan County) that were residents here in 1838, when Mr. Brown first land- ed in this region. He has a great fund of histor- ical reminiscences, and though past four score years moves with a firm step and attends to his official duties as carefully and closely as his co- adjutors who are not more than half his age. ^,v^-J-^ #**^***« n< LBRECHT & HUBER. Among the land [I \\ marks of St. Joseph none is more familiar //*\ than the jewelry house belonging to the */ gentlemen just mentioned; in fact it is the oldest business of the kind in the place, for it was established in 1851. Both members of the firm have been for a great many years reckoned among the substantial and enterprising business men of St. Joseph and with all the details of their trade they are thoroughly familiar, having commenced at the lowest round of the ladder of knowledge and success and steadily worked their way upward through years of experience. We will first turn our attention to the history of the senior member of the firm, John B. Albrecbt. He was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Ger many, at Waldshut on the Rhine, August 3d, 1821. His paternal grandfather, who was a farmer by occupation, lived to be eighty two years of age. Our subject's father, Raphael, was also a native of Baden and was an expert watchmaker in his native country, where he lived until cut down by the sickle of death at the age of sixty-five years. His wife, who was in her maiden days Miss Barbara Wiuterbalter, also lived and died in Germany The family of this worthy couple comprised eleven children, only four of whom are now living. Our subject, who is the second in order of birth, is, with the exception of a brother who resides in New Orleans, the only member of the family in America. Mr. Albrecbt was reared to manhood in his na- tive village and received good common and high school advantages. When fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to learn the jewelry business with his father, remaining with him for three years, when he went to Switzerland, working as a journeyman in Basle for two years, next going to Neufchatel, where the finest watches in the world are made by the skilled and celebrated Swiss. He remained in that city for two years, or until reaching his majority, when he returned to Germany, and while there debated the question whether or no he should enter the army. He con eluded to return to Switzerland,- whence he went to Marseilles, France, working at his trade for seven years and learning many of the French manners of turning out delicate jewelry, burnish ing, engraving, etc. He liked the city very much and it was with regret that he finally determined it would be best for him to leave and come to America. His brother Joseph had emigrated to the United States in 1847, locating in New Orleans, and it was through his representation that our sub ject concluded to cast in his lot with him. In the fall of 1849 Mr. Albrecht left Marseilles, taking passage on a sailing vessel, and arrived at New Orleans in forty nine days. Among the passen gers on the same vessel was John B. Hubor, our subject's partner for many years past. After working at his trade in the Crescent City Mr. Al- brecht came up the river and located in St. Joseph. The previous year he had come to this city and selected a site for business on Main street and at that time had decided to settle here. The city of St. Joseph then numbered only twenty live hun dred and gave no promise of the great future in store for it. For some time he did business in the old City Hotel, then removing to the Edgar House put in a large slock of jewelry and sporting goods, w 0^&&v l*/£fi^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 273 guns, pistols, knives, etc., and while there was bo much emigration across the plains to California he did a thriving bnsinesB in the latter lines. In 1859 the present large building was erected, 20x40 (eel and three stories in height. For forty-two years the partners have been engaged in business together and do the principal repairing of all tine jewelry work in the city. In 1854 Mr. Albrecht and Miss M. L. Schmidt, who was born in Germany, were united in mar- riage. Two children were horn of their union: Alhert J., who is engaged in the insurance busi ness, and Oscar, who is paying teller of the Ger man American Bank. The family residence which was built by Mr. Albrecht is situated at No. 41S South Eleventh street. During the war he was a member of Company B, Missouri Regulars, under Capt. Hax, and was obliged to close his business entirely during those troublous times. For mer- itorious service he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Mr. Alhrecht was a member of the School Board for eight years and was active in es tablishing the German school now known as the German American school, which lie helped to build and had transferred to this city. He is a member of the Turner Society and is President of the German School Board. In politics, though formerly a Republican, he is now Independent, and lias always been a man of public spirit, having helped greatly many enterprises, among which we might mention his assistance in getting the Han oibal & St. Joseph Railroad through here and his share in building the Pacific Hotel and establish ing the Fair Grounds. The firm own two stores on Fourth st reel, which they built themselves, and a farm of fifty acres in Washington Township, which is under good improvement and but a mile from St, Joseph. John 15. Huber, the junior partner of the jew- elry firm mentioned above, is a native of Switzer land, having been born in Laufenburg, Canton Aargau, a beautiful village on the Rhine, Novem- ber 24, 1825. Mis father was .John B. Huber, also a native of that count ry and a prominent merchant, while his mother Was Johanna Albrecht before her marriage. She was born in Baden, Germany, and both hers. 'If and husband died in Switzerland. Mr. Huber was the oldest of four children and at the age of fifteen was apprenticed to a jeweler in Rheinfelden and later to one in Berne, where he remained until twenty years of age, then going to Lyons, France, and in INK! to Marseilles. As before mentioned, in the year 1849 he came to America on the same sailing vessel as did his pies eut partner, Mr. Albrecht. On arriving in New Orleans he engaged in working at liis trade for B short time and in IN50 located in Lexington, Mo., where he resided for a year, landing in St. Joseph in lSfil. Heat once entered into partnership with the gentleman who has since been the senior mem- ber of the firm. During the war Mr. Huber was in the state militia, being a member of Company I'. under ('apt. Hax. In 1859 Mr. Huber and Miss Mary Kueehle were joined in wedlock. Mrs. Huber was born in Indiana anil is a daughter of -Joseph Kueehle, a prominent businessman and bnwer. To our wor thy subject and his wife has been born two chil- dren: Flora, who is now Mrs. Louis, of St. Joseph; and Frankie, now Mrs. Conett, of this city. Mr. Huber owns a pleasant residence on the corner of Eighth and Francis streets, and is accounted one of the reliable citizens of the town. His historj in business circles is given more fully in that of his partner, in the first part of this sketch. JiACOB ESTEP may lie mentioned as promi- nent among the citizens of Cameron. He ' has indeed for years been closely connected with the progress of Clinton County as one of its successful agriculturists. He was born in Frederick County, Md., November 23, L823, the son of John and Elizabeth Estep. When twelve years old he accompanied the other mem hers of the parental family to Ohio, settling in Seneca County, where he grew to manhood upon his father's farm. After serving an apprenticeship of three years at the trade of blacksmith in Melmore, Seneca County, Mr. Estep worked as a "jour" for a short time and then opened a shop at Bloomville, where he successfully conducted business as a blacksmith JT4 PORTRAIT! AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD and manufacturer of wagons and farming imple- ments. While in the employ of others he had re- ceived $10 per month, but during the first year in which he engaged in business for himself he cleared sl."»H He remained at Bloomville for seven years, or until 1ST>7, when he came to Mis souri, and settled on a farm six miles south of Cameron. During the thirty years of his r j si dance on that place, he was successful in bringing the land to a high state of cultivation, until the farm was conceded to be one of the best in the county. His efforts were bo successful that he was enabled from time to time to add to his prop- erty until his possessions aggregated twelve hun- dred acres. Some of his laud, however, he has given to his children, and at present 1 1893) retains rive hundred acres. In addition to the occupation of a general farm- er. Mr. Estep engaged in stockraising. in which he was more than ordinarily successful, and also man- aged a blacksmith shop on his farm. In InTT he retired from active business and came to Cameron, where he occupies a comfortable home near the college. During the Civil War he served as First Lieutenant of Company H. Eighty ninth Missouri Cavalry. He assisted in the organization of a company, of which he was first elected Captain, but resigned in favor of a regular soldier. He participated in the battles of Camden Point. Blue Mills and others of minor importance. Among the notable -.kmnishes in which he engaged was the tight near Albany. Ray County, in which each party had about sis hundred men. " Bill" Ander- son, the leader of the Confederate forces, attacked the militia. His men stopped about two hundred yards distant, but he rode ahead, with the bridle l>etween his teeth and a revolver in each hand, un- til he fell about twenty feet inside the militia lines. Three or four of his men were fatally wounded, but not one of the opposing army was killed. During the Rebellion the duty of the soldiers in Missouri consisted largely in guarding the rail roads, and Mr. Estep served in that way as well as on the field until he was mustered out at the close of the war. With the public affaijs of Clinton County Mr. i has for a long time been closely identified as a prominent official and public-spirited citizen. From 1 S»>4 until 1866 he served as County Judge, and during that time the court had charge of the probate business in addition to the ordinary county affairs. In 1866 he was elected to represent the county in the Legislature and was active during the reconstruction period. Along educational lines his work has been especially effective and to his influence was largely due the adoption of a public school system. He served as a member of the Committee on Education, which prepared the first bill for public schools, and succeeded in mak ing the school year from three to six months. In his own county he has also aided in educational mat- ters and has done all in his power to foster the common schools. As director he rendered efficient service in his community and also served as Town ship Clerk for ten years. While in the Legislature Mr. Estep also served as a member of the railroad committee Prior to the war grants had been made, and the companies being nearly all bankrupt, the question arose as to what should be done with them. The state took the matter in hand and sold the railroads, the Han nibal iV: St. Joseph being the only one completed. Politically Mr. Estep has always held strictly to party lines, and since he cast his first presidential ballot for Fremont, has never failed to vote the Republican ticket, except in 1876, when he went to the Centennial. July 25, 1850, Mr. Estep married Miss Matilda •I. Culver, who was born in Seneca County, Ohio. June 14. 1828. Their family consists of the fol lowing-named sons and daughters: Emmett H.. who resides on a faim in DeKalb County, Mo.; Ida E . whose husband. Hector Filley, operates a portion of the Estep farm: Clara P.. the wife of Charles T. Williams, of Guthrie, Okla. : Minnie E., who is the wife of William A. Henderson and resides on the old homestead: Nettie M., Mrs. William E. MeComhs. of Welda. Anderson County. Ivans.: and Charles S., who was born April I s . l s 7t. and has recently completed a commercial course at the Missouri Wesleyan College. Socially Mr. Estep is a member of the Joe Hooker Post. Grand Army of the Republic, at Cameron. In his religious views he is a Universalis!. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 275 IjUDGE JAMES A. MILLAN Lmong the ^ I prominent, popular and thoroughly respected \J' eltizenaof St. Joseph is Judge Millan, who has resided here since 1852, and has been thorough!) identified with the growth anil pros parity of this region. In the early days he was a prominent newspaper man and is now oneof the judges and President pro ten. of Buchanan County Court, ex County Recorder and ex-City Assessor. His home is at No. 1008 Edmond street, th<> building being one of the old Robidouz relics lately remodeled. Mr. Millan was born in Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky., April 20, 1826. His father, Thomas, was a native of Fairfax County, Va., residing at Culpeper Court House. His paternal grand father, whose Christian name was also Thomas, was likewise a native and died in the Old Domin- ion. Our subject's father emigrated to Kentucky in early manhood. He followed the trade of saddle and harness making in Lancaster, and was honored with the position of Justice of the Peace for a number of years in that locality. In 1831 he brought his family overland to Palmyra, Mo.. purchasing two farms, which he opened up and carried on, afterward engaging in business in Palmyra, which was then the principal town of thai region. He was also made Justice of the Ptace in this state, was an old lino Whig, and a thoroughly respected citizen. His death occurred about the close of the war. Our subject's mother was before her marriage Miss Clarissa Garrett, a native of Charlotte ville, Va. She died in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, of which she was a devoted member, in 1836, leaving four sons and a daughter, who most sincerely mourned her loss. The record of the family is as follows: Ellen is now Mrs. Cook, and resides in San Francisco; William, who was a sue cessful merchant, died in Palmyra, as did also the next younger brother, Thomas II., who succeeded to his father'- business; Alexander (l. i- a book- keeper in this city: James A . our subject, is the fourth in order of birth; an infant, who died early in life, completes the family. The father was again married, taking as his wife Mis Mary M. Garrett. She left one son, John S., a wholesale druggist of Memphis, Teiin., and at the age of ninety years Mrs. Millan departed this life in Palmyra, where she had resided for fifty years. Judge Millan was reared in Palmyra, Mo., and attended private schools for some years. \\ hen only seventeen years old he was apprenticed to learn the printer's trade, with Jacob Sosey, editor of the Palmyra Spectator. Three years later he went to Columbia and obtained a position as fore man on the Statesman, Continuing with them until 1850, when he established the Missouri Sentiru /. a weekly paper which he conducted until 1852. About this time occurred his marriage in Prairie ville, Pike County, to Miss Diary E. . daughter of the Rev. William Barnett. Her father was a prominent Methodist Episcopal minister, and was ii missionary among the Wyandotte Indians for a number of years. He died at the home . ,f our subject in 1883, ageil eighty two years. In March, 1853, Mr .Millan locate.) in St Joseph, buying out the Adventure and chang ing the name of the paper to the St. Joseph ( mercial Cycle, which was a weekly and a strong Whig organ. In the following fall he took in as a partner E. C. Davis, finally selling out. He then engaged in the dry goods business on Second street, taking in as a partner his brother in-law, Mr. Cook, the firm being known as Cook & Millan. This was the tirst exclusive dry goods house in the city, and after running it about eighteen months successfully, he sold out his interest and returned to his printing business, starting the first job printing office, with hand presses, carrying on that business exclusively lor sometime and finally adding a l>o.ik bindery and blank book manufactory. About the close of the war Mr. Millan started the St. Joseph Democratic Vindicator, a weekh paper, and after running it about a year estab lished it as a daily, which was the first of the kind to be operated in this portion of the state. After taking in a partner he enlarged the journal and purchased the first steam engine attached to B power printing press. They were very successful 276 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and built up a large and remunerative trade. In 1S71 he sold out bis interest in tbe business and then going to Plattsburg, Mo., published the Mis- souri Reflector for one year, after which he transferred the paper to St. Joseph and for a year carried it on under the name of the St. Joseph Eifleeior. After selling it, it was removed to Plattsburg and is there still published. For two years Mr. Millan then conducted the Independent Sentinel at Independence, Mo., after which he returned to St. Joseph and was appointed City Assessor, holding that position for two terms. For three terms he served as Docket Clerk under the legislative session in Jefferson City. For some time later he engaged in the real estate business, being a Notary, Collector and Con- veyancer, and in 1879 was elected County Recorder for four years, serving as such until 1883, when he was made Cashier and Paymaster for the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad. He remained with that corporation until the office of the com- pany was removed to Omaha and then he returned to his real estate and similar business. In May. 1892, he was nominated for County Judge of the Second District on the Democratic ticket and elected by a majority of six hundred votes. The home of Judge Millan was blessed with six children, three of whom are deceased: Edward A., dying in 1881, and two who died in infancy. Those living are: William, who is a commercial traveler for the hardware firm of A. F. Shapley & Co., of St. Louis; Mary E. , now Mrs. Winton of Kansas City; and Louise W. Mr. Millan was one of the early members of the School Board and was Secretary of the same for three years previous to the war, but then resigned. He helped build the first school-houses run under the graded plan in this city, and has ever been interested in educa- tional affairs. He is still a member of the News paper Press Association and belongs to the Episco pal Church. Politically he is a Democrat, and during the war had many interesting experiences and thrilling escapes naturally incident to that, eventful period in the history of this govern- ment. EiDWARD B. NEELY. The opinion of few on educational matters is sought for and I cpioted more by educational men in the east as well as the west than is that of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch and who has so ably tilled the position of Superintendent of the St. Joseph Public Schools for over a quarter of a century. The confidence which the people of the city repose in him and their appreciation of his work among them have been demonstrated by them time and again in their returning him to his present position. While keeping fully abreast of the times. Mr. Neely possesses a rare faculty among teachers of the day in being able to lay hold of the best in all educational movements and in casting away those worthless hobbies which find place in so many of tbe public schools of the peri od, and are useless not only to regard to the time of the pupils, which is uselessly consumed, but in regard to the money which is necessarily devoted to the teachers of these "fads." Under his wise su- pervision a system of schools has grown up in this city of which St. Joseph can justly be proud. It bears the stamp of his clear thought and good judgment, and the schools are acknowledged by all to be surpassed by none in the state. Professor Neely was born in Accomac County. Va. , on Christmas day, 1828, and passed the greater portion of his boyhood in Washington, D. O, where he was prepared for college by his well educated and able father, John Neely, A. M. In his seventeenth year he entered Washington Col- lege, in Pennsylvania, which is now known as the Washington and Jefferson College, graduating therefrom in 1847, being then in his nineteenth year. One month afterward he became assistant, teacher in Warfield Academy in Maryland. In ISIS he established a private school in his native county, at Onancock, which he conducted for two years, and then became principal of Margaret Academy in the same county, one of the oldest institutions of learning in the Old Dominion. On May 5, 1852, Mr. Neely was united in mar riage with Charlotte, youngest, daughter of the Hon. Jacob Slagle, of Washington, Pa., and the following year he resigned the position he held in PORTRAIT AND BlixiliAPIIICAL LtECORD Margaret Academy, and in company with a former fellow student removed to St. Joseph. This place then bad a population uf about three thousand only, and as it was before the dayaof railroading to any extent in the west, Mr. Neely made the journey all the way from Pittsburg by steamboat Here be and hie companii stablished the St. Joseph Male Academy, which soon grew to be a large and flourishing school. In 1860 the system of public schools was organized in the city, but they were discontinued on the outbreak of the Civil War. They were, however, reorganized in 1864 with a school board of eleven members. Mr. Neely, who had conducted his private school uninterruptedly up to this time, was unanimously elected Superintendent of Public Schools August 1'.', 1864. He was not an applicant and it was a clear case of the office seeking the man. Without inter mission he has since held this responsible position, and was recently elected for a term of three years by a board consisting of seventeen members. The com- pletion of this term will make thirt\ one years of continuous service in this one position. Prof. Neely has always been active in general educational mat lers, taking a special interest in the work done in this slate. In 1866 he was elected President of the first teachers' convention ever held in .Missouri, which assembled in St. 1. mis. The same year he became County Superintendent, serving for a term of l wo years and being twice re elected, in each case leading his ticket by several hundred votes. After his six years' service, as the city schools demanded all his attention, he declined renomination as ( lounty Superintendent In 1 s7<> Governor McClurg appointed Professor Nee|\ on the Board of Regents of the Stale Nor- mal School, and at the first meeting of that bod) held in Jefferson City our subject was elected President, and while he served as such the Nor- mal School for the northern district was located at Kirksville and the one for the southern district at Warrensburg. Handsome buildings were erect ed, excellent teachers secured and the schools thoroughly organized. In 1871 the St. Joseph school hoard built a large handsome school edifice, which, in recognition of the services of .Mr. Neely, was named in his honor (lie " Neely School." In 18D0 the city established a free public libra- ry, which receives an annual support from the general revenue. Mr. Neely was a member of the first Board of Directors and is now serving as its Vice president. He is a passionate lover of hooks and literature, and in bis disposition is genial and warm-hearted, by these means winning and keep- ing many friends. In the ChioagO Inter (><■<', iii soon after the death of the great statesman, . I, inns (i. Blaine, was printed a program of the exercises of Washington College's graduating class, Sep tember 29, 1847, of which both Blaine and Mr. Neely were members. Many of the classmates have since become famous throughout the land, some for one thine; and some for another. On that occasion Mr. Neely was booked for an oration, for which, both for his manner of delivery and the thought betokened iu bis speech, which were far beyond his years, be received great credit and praise. JAMI'.S LIMBIRD, the subject of this sketch, residing at No. 1326 Francis street, St. ' Joseph, Mo., was horn at Kicker, Lincoln shire, England, July 24, 1843. He is the youngest of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, who are all living with the exception of Charles, the eldest, who died iu the trenches near Sevastopol, Russia. He whs a brave and gallant soldier, and for his courage and service at Inkerman ami Balaklava, received a gold medal from Qu i Victoria. The father of our subject, whose christian name was also -James, was the old est of bis family, there being two other brothers, both of whom died unmarried. Grandfather Limbird was an only son, as was also his father. Therefore, so far as known, this family is the only one bearing the name of Limbird. Many sur- names are spelled in a soinevvliat similar way, but i e properly ate the same. Some) hues the ( ler man name. Li m berg, has appeared in city direc tories as Limbird by mistake. Our subject's ther bote the maiden name ..f Elizabeth Lane, and her death occurred at Bicker, England, when he was onlj eight years old, Foj 278 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. some reason Lis father was disinherited, probably because he had been away from home and not in communication with his parents for some years. The property was consequently left to his two brothers who, as before mentioned, died in early manhood. They wasted their patrimony in riot- ous living and died in poverty. In 1850 the eldest sister of our subject, Eliza- beth, became the wife of William Spridgen, and emigrated to the United States, settling in Van Wert County, Ohio, and two years later two of the brothers, Anthony and David, also came to the United States. They settled in the same county, buying forty acres of timberlaud adjoining the farm of their sister's husband. In the winter of 1854 they sent for their father, their brothers, Richard, Mark and James, and their sister Han nah. Accordingly, in February, 1854, they took passage on a sailing vessel, called "John Bright" after her captain. During a very stormy voyage, tin- father fell ill, dying at Toledo, Ohio, and leaving his children destitute of means. Kind people at the hotel secured passage for them on a canal boat to Delphos, Van Wert County, Ohio. When they arrived at Delphos, the home of their elder brothers and sister, they still were ten miles from their destination. A hackmau took the last half sovereign and small change they had left, and landed them four miles from home. They had been compelled to walk nearly all the way be- fore leaving the hack and arrived just before dark, hungry, muddy, disheartened ami disgusted with the country. The next few years in the life of our subject were extremely hard. After living for a time with liis older sister he struck out for himself to earn a livelihood. After being knocked around from pil- lar to post for several years, working usually for his board and clothes when he could find anything to do, he at, length found a home in Allen County, Ohio, with his brother Authony (who had just been married), living with him until the war broke out. With his brother Richard he enlisted on July 29, 1861, at Lima, Ohio, in Company I, Twenty seventh Regiment, Ohio Infantry. His first active service was in Missouri, when, under Gen. Sturgis, his regiment went to re-enforce Mulligan at Lexington. From there they pro- ceeded to Kansas City, afterward joining Fre- mont at Springtield. Retreating from there the command took up their winter quarters at Sedalia, from which point they marched to St. Louis the last of February, 1862, sleeping at night on the frozen ground and snow. Joining Gen. Pope, he was present at the capture of New Madrid and Island No. 10, was on the Mississippi steamboat flotilla to Fort Pillow and then went to Pittsburg Landing and the Siege of Corinth. He was at the last named point sent back disabled from the battlefield, being discharged August 18, 1862. Coming home, he taught school in the home district for §17 per mouth during the wiuter, boarding around with the scholars, a very pleas- ant custom, and in the spring went to Big Sandy River, Kentucky, where his brother Anthony's command was, and after a visit with his brother, he assisted Joseph Coltingham to recruit a com- pany of cavalry at Parkersburg, Ky. That gen- tleman and his brother-in-law were shot by bush- whackers while out in the mountains recruiting. After taking care of them until they had partially recovered, he enlisted in Company B, McLaugh- lin's Squadron, Ohio Cavalry, his brother Anthony being a Sergeant in said company, having enlisted in September, 1861. The Liiubird family furn- ished five soldiers for the saving of the Union. Mark was in Company K, Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, having enlisted in Ohio in 1861 ; William Spridgen, a brother-in-law, enlisted in the Thirty fourth Iowa in November, 1861, and died in the hospital; Richard served for three years; Anthony and Mark were captured and confined in rebel prisons for seven months, and our subject served as a private soldier until November, 1865, when he was discharged, being at the time Chief Clerk of the Department of North Carolina at Raleigh. He was iu twenty four battles, besides the three months of continuous fighting preceding the cap ture of Atlanta. In his company one hundred and eighty seven men were enlisted, and only thirty- nine answered to the final roll-call. Among the treasures of the war he holds are the many testi- monials of regard and appreciation received from his comrades and superior officers. POUTKA1T AND Bl< >( 1 K A I'l I It A I, KFCOKD 'J7St After being finally discharged al Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Limbird again taught school in the borne district ;i( $1.25 a day, boarding round. In the spring In- unit to Bchool in Delphos fur a few weeks bimself, and then came with his brother Anthony to Carroll County, Mo., where be taught scbool. After a few months of suffering with the ague be left that county and started for Lowa. From Chillicothe to Princeton, Mo., In- rode in a hack with John anil Josie Arbuckle, who hail come from Ohio ami wore on their way to Ravenna, Mo. After some conversation be concluded to accom- pany theiu, and taught school for awhile at Ravenna. Ou March 30, 1867, Mr. Limbird ami Josie Arbuckle were united iu marriage at Ravenna, Mercer Ci unity, Mo. Returning to Carroll County in 1 si'il', they Lived for awhile in Norborne, where he engaged in teaching ami also took up the study of law, being admitted to the bar at Car rollton in August, 1873. His next move was to Oregon, Holt County, Mo., in 1S74, where be practiced law in partnership with James Foster, bul remained with him only a short time. Then he took office with Probate Judge H. Russel, assisting him with his books. He was in Sip tember, 1874, nominated by the Republican party for the office of Prosecuting Attorney, and elected. In lN7f> he was again elected, and in 1880 he was elected to the Legislature. In June, 1882, he moved to St. Joseph, Mo., en- gaging in the practice of law. His family con- sisted of his wife and children — Maud, ('lytic, Uberti, Janus and Ethel. In April, 1884, he was appointed City Counselor of St. Joseph, which position he tilled until April, 1SS7, when he went into the law office of JudHon & Biol ter. In March, 1890, he was appointed United States Surveyor of Customs for the Port of St. Joseph, Mo. In polities he has always been a Republican. He has for six years been a member of the faculty and led in it on Forensic Medicine at the Northwestern Medical College at St. Joseph, The history of his life is a record of struggles with poverty, of difficulties overcome and vanquished, EV. ALBERT BUSHNELL, Pastor of the Tabernacle Congregational Church of St. Joseph, was born in Salisbury, Conn., September 30, INI7, and is the youngest of eight children. Pilgrim and Puritan blood II' i wed in the Veins of his aneest ry, while his father, a sturdy New England farmer, made it hi- ohief object to inculcate into the minds of his children correct principles of right and duty, teaching them that "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches." Reared under such surroundings it is not strange that the element of conscience early became a marked feature of our subject's character and has so continued throughout life. All (juestious of whatever source which came up were early settled by the standard of right, so that whether in school or collego or engaged in the ministry, he has been much consulted upon ipies tious of conduct, great confidence being plaoed in his judgment because of his fearless and impartial adherence to his conscientious convictions. Early in life, while yet a pupil of the district schools, Mr. Bushnell showed great love for and exhibited considerable skill iu declamation and could often have been heard haranguing the raft- ers and haymows of his father's barn while he practiced on pieces for exhibition days. This love of oratory he has never lost, but in later years he has consecrated it wholly to the service of his Master. He thought to give his life to business but eventually entered the Scientific Department of Williams College in the class of 1868. Here his studies were somewhat interrupted bv his being sent upon a scientific expedition to South America with four i)f his fellow students under the lender ship of Prof. Orton. Returning f rem thai country, be completed the college course and afterward taught school for two years. Mr. Bushnell then decided to study for the mill istry and entered 1'nion Theological Seminary in New York City from which he was graduated after taking the full three years' eouise in 1^7:!. Com iug westward he accepted a call to the Leavitt Street Congregational Church in Chicago, and under this church made exceedingly good progress. But a city parish with its large amount of work 280 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. proved burdensome to so young a pastor and after serving that congregation for two years he accepted a call from the church at Sterling, 111., and re- moved there with his bride, to whom as Miss Mar garet Curie, of New York Mills, a lady of Scotch parentage, he had recently been married. There he took a very active part in temperance and evan- gelistic work not only in his own but surronnding towns. During one winter of his pastorate he welcomed more than a hundred into the church, all on confession of faith, brought in by his per- sonal activity. At the end of three years he re- signed and spent considerable time in studying and lecturing, his achievements in the latter field being of a flattering character, giving him assur- ance of marked success had he chosen to continue in that line of work. But being of a home loving nature he preferred a more quiet life thau the lecture field would permit of his enjoying. Iu 1879 Mr. Bushnell removed to Geneseo, 111., where a large church had been awaiting his favor- able consideration of their invitation to the pastor ate. Here he labored steadily for ten years, giv- ing his best efforts to the development of the spir- itual life of the whole community, yet frequently going abroad to make addressss on temperance and missionary subjects, speaking occasionally also in large conventions and Chautauqua assemblies. Though refusing numerous calls from other fields in order to stay with the people he loved, he was at length prevailed upon to assume the leadership of the Congregational forces in this city and came here with his wife, mother and four children, Feb- ruary 1, 1879. Since that time great changes have taken place in both church and congregation; the former old barn like structure has been supplanted by the handsomest church edifice in the city, a building which cost with the ground on which it is situated, $30,000; its present membership num- bers about two hundred and the church is recog nized as among the very best of the evangelizing forces in the city. The Tabernacle Congregational Church was or- ganized May 12, 1807, with ten members and began worship iu Brady's Hall, the best public audito- rium in the city at that time, but now occupied by William Kingsbury's printing-office. The Rev. W. L. Bray was soon called to the pastorate, but ill-health compelled his relinquishment of the work after only eight months' service. A successor was soon secured, however, and the young church pushed vigorously forward through the assistance of a very steadfast friend in Boekford, 111., Mr. J. H. Manny. By 1870 a church edifice capable of seating nearly two hundred members was ready for dedication. This building was occupied by the congregation until the present large structure at the corner of Jule and Thirteenth streets was entered in October, 1890. Including Mr. Bray, the first, and Mr. Bushnell, the present pastor, seven gentlemen have served the church as spirit- ual leaders and teachers. The intermediate pas- tors in their order were Rev. Jonathan Crane, F. L. Keuyou, W. B. Hague, W. E. Seaver and F. S. Haydeu. Presenting a northern type of Christian life the church has never enjoyed an equally fair chance with its confreres because of the great prejudice existing in the minds of the people. It has also suffered seriously from the removal of its members on account of political and commercial causes. Still the church has pressed courageously forward, always standing for the truest manhood the broadest fellowship, the most earnest brotherly love and the vital doctrines of the Gospel. IiUDGE WILLIAM M. STANTON, of Jack k. I son Township, Buchanan County, is influ- l^/ ential in local Democratic circles. In the fall of 1892 he was placed in nomination for Judge of the First Judicial District of Buchanan County, being erected to that responsible posi tion by an overwhelming majority. He has always been a student, keeping thoroughly abreast of the times, and it is largely owing to this, in connection with his keen perception, quick discernment and nicely balanced judgment, that he has been chosen to fill this office. Iu 1870 Judge Stanton pur chased the farm where he now resides, which com- prises eighty acres of well improved and fertile land. He also owns other property, his posses- sions amounting to about two hundred acres, situ- ated iu this county. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 283 The birthplace of Judge Stanton was in Platte County, Mo. He firsl opened his eyea to the light of day October 25, 1846, being the youngest in a family of ten ohildfenborn to Blaford and Matilda Stanton, who were natives of Kentucky and Ten aessee respectively. Bluford Stanton emigrated to Missouri with his parents as early as the year 1809, and made this stall- his home daring the re mainder of bis life, his death ocourring in 1865. His father, John Stanton, was one of the earliest settlers of Missouri, where be lived until death called liiin from bis labors. The Stanton family ca to America originally from Ireland. In the the fall of 1887 our subject's father settled in Platte County and there reared his family- In 1861 be went south and died in Alabama four years later. Two of his sons, Albert and David, enlisted in the Confederate cause, the elder dying in Arkansas in 18(>3. The other son, David A., returned from the army, and has since made Jack- son Township bis place of abode. The year 1866 witnessed Judge Stanton's ar- rival iii Buchanan County, prior to which time he had received a common school education, and was thus qualified for the active business of life. He at once turned his attention to agricultural pur suits, to which occupation he had been reared from childhood. He also engaged more or less in buying and selling stock. October 11, 1869, he was united in marriage with Cynthia 1>., daughter of John Hall, a well known citizen of Crawford Township. Six children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Stanton, their names being Henry, Katie (who is the wife of Robert Thomas, of Tremont Township), Benjamin, John, Albeit and Louis. Judge Stanton, his wife and daughter are faith I'nl and consistent members of the Christian Church, in thework of which they lake a leading part. The hospitable home of the family is always ..pen to their many friends iii this vicinity and a cordial welcome is extended to dm. and all. To this fact in a large measure is due the popularity of Mr. Stanton, who is held in the highest regard by those who are in a position to know him well. I| SAAC CURD. No one is more worthy a place I ill the records of the founders of this city and I of those who have been prominently connected with the welfare ami progress of si, Joseph than he of whom we write, who in the earl} days of its history was a successful merchant, and is now a wealthy and retired citizen. Mr. Curd, who has been a resident of St. Joseph since 184 ( J, was born in Cbilliootbe, Ohio, in July, 1826. His paternal grandfather, John, who was the owner of a large estate in the Old Dominion, was born iu Virginia, to which state his ancestors had emigrated from England. Our subject's father, Isaac Curd, Sr., was born in Goochland County, Va.. rose to the rank of Major in the War of 1812, bis services as surge m being c died into constant requisition at that time. He was a grad uate of the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and was a prac- ticing physician for many years. About 1820 Mr. Curd emigrated to Ohio, engag ing in the practice of medicine in Chillicothe in partnership with Or. McDowell, who later removed to St. Louis and there established the McDowell Medical College. In 1831 Dr. Curd located at Fulton, Calloway County, Mo. , traveling a portion of the distance by team. lie remained in- that city until 1849, still continuing his practice, and then removed to St. Joseph, dying the same year at the age of sixty eight years. Hi' was an old line Whig, was prominent in his profession and exceptionally well informed ami intelligent. His wife was formerly Miss Jane Tre\ illiau. who was born in the Old Dominion and whose death 0C CUrred in Fulton, Mo. Iu a family of ten children the following are now living, our subject, the eldest, and John, ol whom will be given a brief history in this sketch Isaac Curd passed his boyhood in Fulton until 1842, when he went lo Dubuque, Iowa, clerking in a dry goods store until 1849, wl he joined his older brother, John, who was locale. I here engaged in merchandising. Together thej commenced business on Main street, between Seventh and Felix, which was then the business portion of the city. Until 1801 they were very successful in 284 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. their business undertakings, but in that year closed out their stock. During later years tbey bail done business on Fourth street, in the Union Block. Mr. Curd, after leaving the mercantile business, invested largely in laud, and became a stockholder in the Hannibal & St. Joseph Kail- road, of which his brother was one of the first directors. .Since 1861 the attention of our subject has been largely given to his real estate interests, which are considerable, as the property has grown remark- ably in value. He has owned about fifty acres now comprised within the city limits, and still owns about eighty acres adjoining the city, in addition to other lands in Kansas aud elsewhere, having about 800 acres in different farms. For about seven years he was a Director for the old Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Bank, and was also once a Director in the branch of the State Bank of Missouri. He was also an organ izer of the old Insurance Company which was es- tablished in 1850, and in company with a partner built the brick stores on Felix street now occupied by Henry Brill as a book store, which property he still owns. At one time he was a member of the t'ity Council From the Third Ward. He has as sisteef in the building of all the railroads centering at this city, among these being the Hannibal & St. Joseph, the St. Joseph & Denver, St. Joseph & Topeka, and also the Narrow Gauge. In the build iug of the Pacific House he was also interested, and in company with his brother, took stock to the amount of the lot on the corner of Fifth and Felix streets for the Masons' and Odd Fellows' Hall. John Curd who was born in Goochland County, Va. , became a merchant in early years, aud en- gaged in that line of trade in Fulton in 1843. Some years later coining to St. Joseph, he erected a store on the corner of Levee and Jule streets, the building being at that time the best store in the place as well as in the business heart of the city. For many years he, in company with his brother Isaac, carried on a lucrative business. For years he was prominent in city matters. From twelve to fifteen years he occupied the position of City and County Treasurer, aud in many ways manifested the great interest he took in the ad- vancement of the best interests of the community. Both he aud his brother are members of the Democratic party, and enjoy the high respect and esteem of their fellow citizens, which they truly deserve. CHARLES R. WOODSON, M. D., Superin- tendent of Lunatic Asylum No. 2 at St. Joseph, has held that responsible position since August 11, 18U0. It is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the United States and will accommodate seven hundred and fifty patients. Dr. Woodson has the assistance of three physicians and ninety employes in perform ing the duties which he has assumed as Superin- tendent of the Insane and everything about the institution has been carried on iu such a manner as to reflect great credit upon his ability as a phy- sician aud officer of the state. The magnificent building, which was completed in 1874, cost $500, ('00 and contains a larger number of patients than any other asylum in the state. It is fitted out with every known convenience for caring for its unfortunate inmates and under the watchful eye and skill of Dr. Woodson the health of the inmates of the institution has been better during his incum- bency than at any other period of its existence. Dr. Woodson, of this sketch, is a uative of Kentucky, having been born in Knox County May 17, 1848. He is the son of Benjamin J. Wood- son, also a uative of the Blue Grass state, his birth occurring November 2, 180S. His mother, who bore the maiden name of Margaret J. Ful kerson, was born in Lee County. Ya., March 30, 1813. After her marriage with Mr. Woodsou the young couple removed to Kentucky, where they made their home until 1855, and then, thinking to better their condition, took up their residence in La Fayette County, this state. One year later, however, they came to Buchanan County, where the father died May 28, 1892. The mother, who still survives, makes her home in St. Joseph. The parental family included eleven children — six sons and five daughters — of whom five of the PORTRAH AND P>1<>< IKAPHHAL RECORD. 285 former and one of the latter are now living. Mi and Mrs Benjamin Woodson were devoted mem- bers of the Christian Chnreh, in which body the father was an Elder They were Liberal and cheerful contributors toward its support ami were identified with that denomination for a half oen tiny. Iii politics Benjamin was ;i Whig until the outbreak of the Civil War, al which time he joined the ranks of the Democrats, to whose principles he was a loyal adherent until his decease. The gentleman whose name we place at the head of this sketch received his primary odiiea tion in the public schools of Buchanan County. Later in life, desirOUS of following the profession of a physician, he entire.! tin- Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, from which institution he was graduated with honors March 6, 1S72. Opening an office for practice at Agency, Buchanan County, he soon became one of the skillful prac- titioners of this section, remaining in that place for seventeen years. January IS, 1886, Dr. Woodson moved to the < • 1 1 y of St. Joseph and there engaged in the act- ive practice of his profession until i S',K>, when he was appointed to the responsible position of Sn perintendent of Lunatic Asylum No. 2 in that city. Tin' asylum contains six hundred and forty ses.'n inmates, who are cared for in the most praiseworthy manner by the Superintendent and and his efficient assistants. The employes are under the strictest discipline ami have worked faithfully in the discharge of their respective du lie-, ami by so doing have made a very successful administration of the past two years. The marriage of our subject with Miss Julia I'alier occurred February 26, 1872. Mrs. Wood son is the daughter of Dr. Paul T. Taber, of Albany, N. Y., who died in Buchanan County in 1853. She was born September 1, 1853, in the above county, and received an excellent education in tin' St. Joseph Female Seminary and Convent. Bj her union with our subject two children have been bom: Paul G., whose birth occurred Novem ber IS. 1ST:!, and Julia, born January 12, 1888. In religious affaire Dr. Woodson is a member ,,f the Christian Church, while his good wife holds membership with the Baptist congregation. So- cially, the Doctor is a member of King Hill Lodge No. 19, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and llesperion Encampment, in which bodies he has tilled all the chairs. He is also prominently i nected with the Ancient Order of Dnited Workmen. having served as its medical examiner for many years, and is a member of (he National Union lie stands very high in the medical profession and is a member of Buohanan County Medical Society, St. Joseph Medical Society, District Medical So ciety of Northwest Missouri (which body he has served many years as Vice-president), the Stale Medical Society, National Medical Psychological Society, and is one of the faculty of Ellsworth Medical College of St. Joseph and Missouri Yallev Medical Society. He has at various times occu pied prominent positions in these numerous so eieties, at one time tilling the Chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics for years, also the Chair of Obstetrics for four years, and is at present Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and Diseases of the Nervous System. Dr. Woodson has always taken an active interest in politics, believing in the principles of the Dem ocratic party. It goes without saying that he is one of the most prominent anil best known men in this section and his sterling worth and strict in tegrity have won him the confidence and high re- gard of all with whom lie has been brought in cou tact. l\ JlflCHAEL PTJRCELL, M. D., is the oldest \f/\ practitioner of medicine in St. Joseph, 1 having begun to practice here iii 1850. 4/ He was born in County Tipperary, Ire land, in L820, his birth taking place at Eeat hert , which was also the birthplace of Phil Armour of Chicago. Our subject's father was a wealthy man and a thoroughly devout Catholic, intending his son to enter the ministry and in furtherance ol that plan placed him while quite young in a lead ing Irish college. At the age of eighteen, being well prepared, he entered the Louvain University ii Lorain, Belgium, where he took a full nniver sity course. Latin was il niversal language in use there and in that be became an adept. He 286 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. studied bard and graduated with honor in a large class made up of bright young men from all parts of the civilized world, the University then being the in jst popular one on the continent. During the course, coming in contact with many liberal miuds, Mr. Purcell decided to abandon the original idea of entering the priesthood, and turned his attention to medicine instead, pursuing liis studies in that line and taking a thorough course in chemistry and the sciences allied to and closely connected with medicine. For his class- mates he had a number of young Americans, to some of whom he became closely attached, and finally yielded to their entreaties to cast his fort- unes in with them in the United States. Accord ingly he went to Rhode Island, the home of one of his friends, and after further pursuit of his medi- cal studies, began to practice, later removiug to Indiana, where he still pursued his profession. In 1849 the Doctor joined a company from In- diana who were going to California for gold, but on reaching St. Joseph the party disbanded and Mr. Purcell wisely concluded to locate in this city, where he soon worked into a large practice. In later years he has devoted himself almost entirely to chronic cases. He is a close student and keeps thoroughly posted on the latest discoveries in all branches relating to the prevention and treatment of disease. He regrets the unfraternal feeling shown by many members of his profession, and on account of being outspoken at all times and caring little for other people's criticism when he feels that he is in the right, lie lias naturally made many enemies as well as friends. In his opinion there is much humbug in so called medical science, and he is thoroughly averse to quacks. In 1855 the Doctor was united in marriage in this city to Miss Mary Jane Mitchell, by whom he has had twelve children. JiUDGE WILLIAM B. SMITH, of Agency, ^ I Buchanan County, was elected to the position \J' he occupies in the fall of 1888 as Judge of the First Judicial District, and two years later was re-elected for a second term. His friends again urged upon him to accept the posi tion for a third time, but he absolutely refused. Judge Smith was born in Philadelphia, McMiun County, Tenn., in 1832, and at the age of twelve yeafs came with his parents to Buchanan County, where he grew to manhood, receiving the beuelits of a common-school and academic education. The parents of our subject, Hugh and Elizabeth J. (Fyfe) Smith, were natives of North Carolina, the former born in 1 TUG. His death occurred in Agency in 1888, while his wife is still living, aged eighty-seven years. They reared a family of five children, our subject being the oldest. James C , the second sou, was killed in a boiler explosion at Agency, and left a family to mourn his loss. Mary C. is the widow of M. H. Floyd. Amanda P., deceased, was the wife of Hiram Luckett. Hugh A. is also deceased. Grandfather David Smith was born in North Carolina, but his father was a native of Ireland. In Buchanan County, January 2D, 1855, was celebrated the marriage of Judge Smith and Miss Ella Estes. Five children came to bless their home. Theodore F. became a merchant, succeeding his father in the mercantile business, and was quite successful. In 1891, while locking up his store, he was assassinated. Ashe was not known to have an enemy, it is supposed the motive of the murderer was robbery. Ho left a family of several children. J. C. is' the second physician at the asylum; William P. is an exten sive farmer and stock-raiser near Agency; Mary E. became the wife of John AlcLauahan, a pros- perous farmer of this county; the oldest of the family died in infancy. When Buchanan County bore little resemblance to its present position, among the best in the state, our subject came here with his parents, and not liking farming, he went into a store at old Sparta at the age of eighteen years, and then engaged with Tootle & Farleigh. After six months with that firm, he went to work for Felix and Edmund Robidoux. At the end of two years he entered the Chapel Hill College, where he was a student for a short time. Next, in company with his father, he engaged in merchandising, and later ran a mill at Sparta, where he had an extensive business for twelve years. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD In 1865 Mr. Smith, i ling to Agency, l>uilt a large mill which he ran for sonic years, and then soiling it engaged in merchandising. Tiring of the o immereial life, he sold his business interests and has since been engaged in farming, being the owner of a desirable piece of property comprising one hundred and twent] acres adjoining the vil- lage He was active in securing the right of waj and encouraging the railroad enterprises which have been the making of the county. Judge Smith has been a Democrat all his life. After the dentil of his wife lie devoted himself to his children until they had nil reached mature years, when, fourteen years after the death of his lir-t wife, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Nolan. He is an active member of the Christian Church, being now an Elder and also Clerk in the Agency church. He is also Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and his life has been a witness of the faith that is in him. Socially he is a member of the Ancient Free ami Accepted Masons, a Knight Templar, and generally attends the con- claves of his fraternity. He is also a member of the Independenl Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed all the chairs in the Chapter and subordi- nate lodges. JjUDGE JOHN H. CARET has served I'.u chanan County in many official positions and I has been noted for the faithful manner in which he at all time-- discharges his duties. He has been progressive in his ideas and has kept thoroughly abreast of the times. In I SS | he was elected Count] Sheriff, an office he held satisfac fcorily For one term, previous to this, and in IS7'.i was elected . I ndge of the Firs! Judicial District, serving for one term to the credit of himself and Constituents. He is known as oneof the most pub lie spirited men of this region, and is well and favorably held in the esteem of all. At one time he was Manager of the Missouri Insane Asylum No '-'. which position he felt to be one of the most responsible of the many he has held. For a number of years he has been the school trustee ami is al- ways to be found advocating educational measures Mr Carey has been engaged in farming all his life and has through industry acquired all the property he now owns It is his endeavor to raise a line grade of horses, mules, cattle and hogs, and his live stock has frequently been awarded premi urns at large fails and exhibitions. His valuable farm of two hundred and fifteen acres is located on Sections I anil fi, Jackson Township. The birth of Judge Carey occurred in Wicksford County, Ireland, in June, 1835, and when twelve years of age he crossed the Atlantic with his par etits, all locating in St. Louis, Mo., where the] remained until 1856, the mother having, however, died in 1849 with the cholera. Judge Carey is the oldest of the four children born to Patrick and Mary (Hartwell) Carey. One of the children did at the same time as did tin' mother, and the oldest sister, Catherine, is the wife of Michael Welch, of Washington Township. Bridget M. is the wife of William Briggs, of Matney Station. I« 1856 Judge Carey came to linchaiian County with his father, with whom he reside, I until his marriage in 1 SO 4, with Nancy W.. daughter of Joseph and Martha Oilmore, who were among the earliest settlers of this region. To our worth] subject and wife have been born three daughters, Martha I!., Frances A. and Margaret J., who are all at home. Judge Carey belongs to the Demo cratic party and is a man of influence in its conn cils. Asa judge, Mr. Care] was ever found on the side of the oppressed and down trodden, his de cisiona being rendered in a manner that inspired the respect and Confidence of all. He is well read and educated and his opinions on all the leading questions of the daj carry much weight with his fellow citizens, as he is known to be a man who carefully weighs evidence and one who, when once his mind is made up on a given question, is prett] sure to be correct. ***^;*s^|||||******;*<* THOMPSON B. POTTER, M. D . is Profes sor of Operativeand Clinical Surgery in the Northwestern Medical College of St. Jo seph, and in the year 1889 founded the Western Medical and Surgical Reporter in the in teresl of this college. He took the position ol 288 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. editor and shortly afterward obtained the entire control of the journal. He has always been a member of the prominent state and local medical organizations, and is widely known through the professional press, to which he has always been a valuable contributor. During all his years he has not rested, being a man of untiring industry, and when not. actively engaged in the duties of his pro- fession he is constantly pursuing various lines of study and research, or transferring his own origi- nal ideas on various subjects of importance to paper for the benefit of his contemporaries. Having a trained intellect he is wonderfully quick to appre- hend, and his constant training enables him to see almost at a glance the critical points of a medical question, discovering every argument for or against it, and arriving almost invariably at a cor- rect conclusion. Dr. Potter was born in Clinton County, Mo , December IS, 1849, and is the sou of Thomas Potter and Hessa (Smith) Potter. Soon after the birth of our subject his father removed toDe Kalb County, where on a farm his boyhood days were spent. His maternal grandfather was Thompson Smith, well known to the older settlers of Missouri and very prominently identified with the early political history of the state, having served as a member of the legislature continuously for twenty years, and being intimately associated with men who molded the destiny of this commonwealth. Until his sixteenth year Dr. Potter attended the common country schools, and then entered McGee College, located near Macon City and at that time a most flourishingCumberland Presbyterian institu- tion. After completing his literary course he im- mediately began teaching, at the same time study ing medicine under a private preceptor. To tit him self for the medical profession was his cherished ob- ject and in this endeavor he received every en- couragement, sympathy and aid from his mother, a woman remarkable for her energy and lofty am- bition, for her purity of purpose and her strength of character. Overcoming almost insurmountable obstacles, Dr. Potter entered the Jefferson Medical Col- lege at Philadelphia, in the fall of 1873. There with characteristic enthusiasm he threw himself heart and soul into the work, and soon became dis- tinguished in Iiib class as a most untiring student. He took three courses in this institution and grad uated in March, 1875, taking a $50 prize for the best thesis. The venerable Dr. Wallace came for- ward after the degree of M. D. had been conferred upon him, and said: " Young man, you have gained a prize, and not without opposition, for many able papers were presented in competition with yours I must confess that I was surprised, as well as pleased, on reading so able a monograph on this subject coming from the hands of a student. Go on, young man, we expect to hear from you again. Remember that science is not promoted by institu- tions but by individuals." Directly after graduating Dr. Potter returned to Missouri and located at Cameron, where he re- mained for eleven and a half years. Daring this period he was always ready to aid with time, in rluence and ability every project having for its ob- ject the mental and moral advancement of the com- munity. He built up a large and lucrative prac- tice and steadily increased the high reputation with which he left college. While living at Cameron he was called to the chair of Physiology and Diseases of the Nervous System in the North- western Medical College of St. Joseph. This posi- tion he held until the year 1NS4, when he resigned on acconnt of its interfering too much with his in creasing practice. In 1882 Dr. Potter was appointed local surgeon for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, which place he held until 1SS0, when he resigned. In 1883 the Pension Examining Board for the Third Congressional District was created at Cameron, and although an uncompromising Democrat, our subject was appointed on this board by President Arthur, and served as its secretary for three years when he resigned on account of his removal to this city. A striking characteristic of the Doctor is his devotion to principle. Where many persons See only the fuels and results, he finds a principle ami follows it without fear, often grasping one that others cannot discern at all. To the fact that he is always on the alert, and possesses the power of concentrating his thoughts and attention, that he PORTRAIT AND BIOCKAPIUCAL RECORD 289 is entirely absorbed in whatever presents itself for his investigation, does he owe his great success as ;i surgeon. We may add to the above qualities thai he possesses much imaginative power and a keen sense of moral obligation. For him there is do halfway measure — nobility is all noble, false- 1 1 all false ami the one tiling great and beau lifnl on earth is the Law of Duty. *»s******i||^!j||&****^** JOSEPH A. PINER, who foj two terms was the efficient and able Mayor of St. Joseph, during which time many important public works and measures were carried through that have added greatly to the appearance and use- fulness of the city. i> now the senior member of the firm of Piner & dates, Omnibus and Transfer Company, their office being at No. 721 South Eighth street. Mr. Finer was born in Boone County. Ky., Au- gust 13, 1830, and was reared to manhood in his native state. For ten years he was Sheriff of Camp bell County, and then engaged in banking at New port. Ky.. for four years. In 1862 he left his native state, coming to St. Joseph, where he en- gaged in general merchandising business on the corner of Eleventh and Pen n streets. At the end of two years his store was burned out with a com- plete loss to the owner of all his stock, fixtures and even his books and accounts. Mi. I'iner thus found it necessary to begin at the bottom round of the ladder again, but notwith- standing the discouragement he pressed steadily forward, believing, as time has since proved, that success WOUld ultimately bless his efforts. lie purchased a saw mill on Lake Contrary, which he ran successfully for twelve years, his next business undertaking being the one which he is now con- ducting, in which he engaged on the 1st .if May, 1ST'.'. In this is invested a capital of $20,000. The present firm was formed s twelve years ago and their annual returns are about $'20,000. They give employment to about twenty men, this being the only nibus line in the city. They own about twenty hacks and carry all mails to and from all trains, both day and night. During the time Mr. Piner acted as Mayor of the city the St. Joseph Water Works were eon tracted for and built under his supervision The s_\sleni is one of the finest, having a pressure ..f one hundred and twenty five pounds to the inch This and many other improvements which were secured for the benefit of the city at a reasonable expense, were promoted and largely acquired through the agency and interested part taken by our subject. Politically he is a thorough going Democrat and is active in all campaigns. Mr. Finer was married at Newport. Ky.. in ISM. to Miss Elizabeth Maine, who was called from this life in 1801, leaving a daughter, Cornelia, who is the widow of Thomas Massey, of St. .Joseph, and who for several years was a partner of our subject. Mr. Filler's residence, which is tasteful and mod ern. is located at No. 711 South Eighth street, the the home being now presided over by his daughter. Mrs. Massey. Mr. Finer was again married in 1862 to .Miss Sophie Bennett, who died in 1890 Whether occupying a public or private position. Mr. Piner has ever had the welfare of Si. Joseph deeply at heart and has endeavored in every way possible to advance her best interests and welfare. He is a loyal citizen and a worthy member of soci ety, having many personal qualities of sterling merit which have won him the respect and high esteem of all. EDMUND A. DONELAN, M ]).. or St. Joseph, is a distinguished member of the medical profession, having served as both County and City Physician. He has been President of the St. Joseph Me, ileal Society and Treasurer of the Missouri State Medical Associa tioli was one of the founders of the old College of Physicians and Surgeons in this city and during the existence of this college was one of its lect iireis, tilling the chair of Materia Medica ami Therapeutics for two years and in 1881 was elected Professor of I )iseases of Women and < 'hi I dren. He continued his work at the Ellsworth Medical College, with which he is still connected Ife is now one of the Professors of that institution 21M) PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Recently the Doctor has been engaged in public life, having been elected in 1876 to the Legisla- ture (the Twenty Ninth General Assembly) and being re-elected to the Thirty first General As- sembly. He served intermittently in the State Legislature up to the present Assembly, and has altogether taken a very prominent and influential part in all public affairs. Dr. Donelan is a native of the Empire State, his birth having occurred April 5, 1824, in Ogdeus- burg, St. Lawrence County. His boyhood was passed in his native place, where his early educa- tion was also acquired. In 1839 he removed to Wayne County, Ind. , where for two years he at- tended the Beech Grove Academy, and after com- pleting his studies engaged in teaching school for two terms. In the year 1844 he first turned his attention toward the study of medicine while in Liberty, Union County, Ind., and took a course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College during the winter of 1847—48. For a period of some six months he engaged in practice at Abingdon, Ind, later coining to Missouri, where he first located in Ari- zonia. In 1850 Dr. Donelan settled in Savannah, Andrew County, and the following year returned to college, graduating in the class of 1852. In the fall of that, year lie was honored with being elected to the legislature from his county, and two years later was re-elected to the same position, serving for two full terms. In 1857 he removed to l'latts- mouth, Cass County, Neb., a year later being elected to the Nebraska Territorial Legislature. In 1859 he was elected to the Territorial Council, a body corresponding to the present State Senate, and during the session of 1859 -60 was its presiding officer. In the spring of 1860 the Doctor removed to St. Joseph and at once opened an office, his practice growing in the course of a few years very exten- sively. He has always aimed to keep thoroughly posted by means of study and research on all the modern discoveries in medicine, and the proper treatment of disease, and it was with the same end in view that he entered the Bellevue Medical Col- lege of New York city in the winter of 1870—71, as a post graduate, particularly for the practice in the famous hospital, where all of the most ap- proved methods and latest discoveries are always used in the treatment of patients. The practical experience thus obtained has been of incalculable value to him in his professional career. To what ever department he has turned his attention, he has met with marked success and is justly num bered among the influential citizens of St. Joseph as one who has always had her welfare deeply at heart. He is in his political affiliations a loyal member of the Democratic party. Both his public and private life have been above reproach, and like an open book to be seen and read of all men. s^*^*^*; ******** It I ERMAN HECK, who is residing on Section Ip^l 36, Township 55, Range 30, is a native of 1 ! Germany, his birth having occurred in // Heidelberg on the 8th of November, 1829. He is the son of Philip and Atriauna (Datum) Heck, who were born in the same community as was our subject, and the latter of whom was of French descent. The father was a stone-cutter by trade, and in later years followed the occupation of a fanner. He reared a family of eight children, all of whom married and have made their homes in Germany. The children are as follows: Jasper, Catherine, Mary E., Anna M., Mattus, Gretchen, Christina and Herman. The father and mother of these children departed this life in Germany. The paternal grandfather of our subject served in the army under Napoleon. Believing that the New World afforded greater opportunities to a young man of energy ami ambition Herman Heck accordingly bade adieu to the friends and scenes of his youth, and started to make his fortune in the United States. In 1846, going down the river Rhine, thence to Hanover, he embarked on a vessel bound for New York. The voyage consumed twenty-nine days, and was on the whole a pleasant, one. Upon landing in New York he found he had but $20, but with energy he went to work to remove the obstacles in his pathway, and soon became apprenticed to learn the cabinet maker's trade. For a few years after his arrival Mr. Heck resided in New York ^ 1 he commenced freighting from this point to Denver and Montana. lie made five trips and had several lights with the Indians on the Platte river. At one time, when surrounded by Sioux and Cheycnnes, his life hung in the l>al ance, but he managed to effect a compromise In 1862 he went lo Montana, engaging in mining for two years, after which bo was for a short time in Virginia City. In 18IVJ be returned overland with a train of eight teams and twenty-one men. They were attacked at Plum Creek by ouo hundred and fifty Indians, who, of course, with their numbers overpowered the unlucky travelers. One of the latter was killed ami six were wounded. The In dians took everything from them, including their stock, teams and $80,000 in gold dust. After safely arriving in St. Joseph Mr. Morris entered into partnership with \V. Z. Hanson, and continued with him for three years in contract work. Since that time he has been in business alone. Among tbe buildings we make particular mention of tbe following, which are monuments to his genius: Tbe business houses of R. L. Mc- Donald, Britton, Thomas Tootle, Smith Drug Company, McCord, Sommer-Richardson Cracker Factory, Buell Woolen Mills, Commercial Bank, and many others. Among the notably line resi dences built under bis supervision are those of Col. Ogden, Col. Schuster, Smith, Vineyard, Nave and McCord. Employment is given regularly to from thirty to forty men. Mr. Morris owns a pleasant and commodious residence which he erected at the corner of Ninth and Charles streets. The mistress of this 1 le was formerly Miss Maggie Dillon. She was born near Dayton, Ohio, and was reared in St. Joseph, where she became the wife of our subject in I860, Her father, Abraham Dillon, owns the mill OB Dillon Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are the par- ents of three children : Charles, who is iii tbe em- ploy of Sprague, Warner & Company, wholesale grocers of Chicago; Allen (i., of Fort Worth, Tex , and Harry L., who is now attending the Eclectic Business College. For eight years Mr. Morris served as Aldeiman from the Second Ward and is prominent in Demo cratic circles. He is a past officer of King Hill Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and 298 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. also belongs to tbe Encampment. He is connected with the Minnehaha Lodge, Order of Red Men. Religiously he is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church South. ****«*^||^!****;**** EiLIJAH M. YATES is well known in Buchanan County, Mo., coming from one of I the oldest pioneer families, and is believed to have been the first white child born in the county. Since arriving at his majority he has been engaged in merchandising at Agency, first in partnership with an uncle, Elijah McCrary, under the firm name of McCrary & Yates. They did quite an extensive business and at length opened other stores at Easton and Stewartsville, and one near Gower. The partnership continued until 1873, when the business was divided and Mr. Yates took in as a partner a younger brother, who was drowned in 187U, while on the way home from St Joseph, his body never being recovered. As early as 1878 Mr. Yates formed a partnership in the milling business with Ratlitf R. Boone, their connection having continued up to the pres- ent time. Our subject remained in the merchan- dising business until 1884, when he sold out and has since devoted his entire time to running the mill. Mr. Yates, who was born in 1838, is the fourth in a family of twelve children, who all grew to mat are years. His educational privileges were quite limited in his youth, but after his tweuty- second year he entered the Academy at Camden Point, and after eighteen months' attendance there engaged in teaching for the following two years. For a short time he tried his hand at fanning, but soon concluded that that vocation was not in his line, but that his tastes were more in a commercial direction. He has been very suc- cessful, and is recognized as one of the leading business men of the county, with the welfare of which he has long been identified. In 1873 Mr. Yates and Victoria Boone were united in marriage. Mrs. Yates died in 187U, leaving two children, Etna E. and Victoria B. Mr Yates afterward wedded Jessie, daughter of James M. Boone, of Texas, and of their union have been born four children: Hattie E., Lutie M. , Emmet N. and Jean Elmo. In politics Mr. Yates is a Democrat, and social- ly is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, to which he has belonged since 1860, having taken the Commandery degrees and having been a member of the Western Council, No. 2, since 18(33. He has also passed all the chairs iu Odd Fellowship. He and his estimable wife are both consistent members of the Cumberland Presbyte- rian Church, and number a host of friends in va- rious parts of the county. Our subject's father, Pleasant Yates, was one of the first, if not indeed the first settler of Bu- chanan County, to which he migrated in the spring of 1837, from Caldwell County, Mo. He was born in 1806, being the oldest of six children, whose parents were Jesse and Nancy (Dodd) Yates, who were both natives of Virginia. On his arrival in this region Mr. Yates located on Section 7, Jackson Township, where he entered one hun- dred and sixty acres of land. He had married Miss Harriet McCrary in Clay County, anil with his young wife drove here in a wagon, settling among the Indians, who were on every side. The young couple made their home in the timber bor- dering on the prairie, and there Mr. Yates lived until called from this life. On one occasion they found a starving family of Indians, and after tak- ing them home and giving them all they desired to eat, a member of the party requited their kind ness by stealing from them their only pig. At another time Mr. Yates loaned his gun to an Indian, who afterward, at the risk of his own life, saved that of his white brother. Mr. Yates owned over eight hundred acres of land at the time of his death, which occurred in 1878. Ho was polit- ically a stanch Democrat. **&*****^^!***£***& IfSAAC LECHTMAN, M. D. Our subject has I given special attention to chronic diseases, is [ extremely well read on all general subjects, and particularly those pertaining in any way, whether directly or indirectly, to his profession. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL KKCORD. I'll!) His office is al No. Mil South Ninth street, St. Jo Bepb, ami h is time is tally occupied by the large practice which has steadily increased since the early days of his location here. Tin' Doctor was born in eastern Russia. Dear the Black Sea, Decern ber in. lv>7. and was well educated in his native language. At the age of fifteen years he entered t he M ilitary School at Geronisb, where be remained until IS.")',). He has still in his possession a bronze medal which was presented to him by the Govern- ment of Russia for his military services during the Crimean War. In 1859 the Doctor entered the St. Petersburg Military Medical College and was a student there at the time of the War of 1862. He entered the army as Assistant Surgeon in a cavalry company and at the end of about one year took part in the final engagement, for which service he received the medal formerly referred to. In the battle of Thrishke, in 1S02, he was actively engaged and afterward returned to his studies, completing the same in L863, and being assigned to practice in the militar) hospital. He was next made assistant Surgeon to a battalion, where he remained until 1868, and was Military Surgeon for his division of the army from that date until 1871. In 1ST - .' the Doctor resigned from the army in which he had won such distinction and given such good Bervice The year 1873 witnessed Dr. Leohtman's arrival in the United States, he having in the meantime spent sometime in the medical schools of Germany and England. He landed in St. Joseph in Octo ber, to which city he came largely on account of his wife, whose father, A. Calm, had already set tied here. For over twenty years our subject hits since been engaged in general practice, and espe eiallv daring the early years was obliged to ride for miles in every direction. He is a member "f the Northwestern Missouri Medical Association and is now its President. He has been extremely successful as a practitioner, though he labors still under some slight disadvantage on account of nol bavingan easy and fluent command of the English language. In his native land our subject was united in mat riage August 1 I. 1862, to Miss Astor Rosa, daugfa ter of Abraham Calm, who was formerly a resident of St. Joseph, but now makes his home in Chicago. To the worthy OOUple a family of twelve children have been born. Nine children are still living, their records being as follows: Cussel, who is with the Kamsey Printing Co., of Kansas City; Benjamin, who is engaged in merchandising at Rookawaj Beach, L. I.; Dora, who is a teacher in the same place, was a graduate of the St. Joseph High School, and formerly taught in Buchanan County; Eda, also a graduate of the High School in this city, and now a stenographer at Kockaway Beach; Nathan, with Swift's Packing Company of Kansas City: Samuel. Soph is, Isadora and Lena, who are still at home and attending school. Our sub- ject is a loyal Republican and is devoted to the best interests of his adopted country/, having never regretted his removal to America. *T=5jMMETT M. WRAY is Local Freight Agent I/-' of the Chicago & Great Western Railway, II i his home being in St. Joseph, Mo. He has been engaged in railroading since his seventeenth year, having gradually worked his way up from the lower rounds of railroad employ- ment to his present responsible position. In his particular branch he is considered tin roughly cai>able and efficient and lias proved himself an invaluable man to the company with which he is connected. The birth of Mr. W ray occurred in St. Charles County. Mo., on March 29, 1862. He was brought up on a farm and became thoroughly familiar with the various routine duties of farm life. He was too ambitious, however, to devote hinuelf to agri- cultural pursuits, as they were not at all to his taste, and while still a lad he firmly made up his mind to start out in another direction. He re- ceived a good common scl ool education and when seventeen years old entered the emplov of the Wabash Railway at Weiltzville, near his birth place. In thai village he remained as opeiator lor some time and was later stationed al various points, in October, 1884, arot piing the position as Agent at (!il re, Mo He was text promoted to the position of Assistant Agent for the Chicago & 300 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Alton Road at Marshall, Mo., where he remained for a few months. We next find Mr. Wray working as an employe of the "Cotton Belt" Route, aa their agent at Clarendon, Ark., and later find him placed by them at Fordyce, Ark., in a similar position. At the expiration of one year he became a resident of Brinkley, Ark., continuing still in the employ of the last mentioned company until November, 1887. His next place was as assistant agent at Ced;ir Falls, Iowa, for the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad, which became the Chicago & Great Western on July 1, 1892. When the headquarters were transferred to St. Joseph, Mr. Wray was made chief clerk for C. R. Berry, which position he held until 1890. He was made the agent when Mr. Berry was assigned to the position of Assistant General Freight Agent and has continued up to the present time as Freight Agent. He has under his control nine assistants and clerks, and about twenty outside workers. Mr. Wray attended the National Association held in Louisville in June, 1N92, and recently was present at a meeting of the National Association held in Milwaukee on the 13th of June, 1893. He is Secretary and Treasurer of the Local Freight Agents' Association of St. Joseph, and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Local Freight Agents' Associations. This is a very important committee, made up of five members, one from each of the following centers: West Superior, Pittsburg (Pa.), Wheeling (W. Va), Nashville (Tenn.), and St. Joseph. Mr. Wray is so thoroughly energetic and full of business that he is just the man for a position of the kind he holds, as it takes a person possessed of these very characteristics to meet the exigencies continually arising in the freight department, which is justly considered a much more important branch of most, railroad systems than the passenger traffic, being the source of a much greater revenue to the road. At the residence of the bride's parents in Pendle- ton, Mo., on October 29, 1884, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Wray and Miss Ada S., daughter of Job Price. Mrs. Wray is a native of Pendleton, Warren County, and there acquired her excellent education. She is the mother of two children: Mary Louisa, who will be five years old in May, 1893; and Dryden A., now a year old. Mrs. Wray is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically Mr. Wray's affiliations are with the Democratic party. ******** ***** A ^ X X -\ ******** / HI ERMAN W. KASTOR, Editor of the St. Joseph Volksblatt, the popular daily and weekly German paper published at St. Joseph, was born at Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany, October 26, 1838. His education was acquired principally in the college at Bamberg, and in 1854 he emigrated to the United States and located in New York, where he remained for several years. While serving as a member of the Sixth Regiment, New York State Militia, Presi- dent Lincoln issued his famous call for seventy- five thousand men, and Mr. Kastor was one of the number who volunteered in the defense of the stars and stripes, which were as dear to him as the Hag of his native laud. After removing to Leavenworth, Kans., in 1862, Mr. Kastor served for some time as Second Lieu tenant of the First Kansas State Militia, aud was in active service during Price's raid as well as upon other occasions of equal hazard. He spent the year 1864 at Kansas City. During the follow- ing year he resided at Wyandotte, Kans. , where he edited Die Fackel (" The Torch "), a German newspaper. He proved quite successful in the management of this paper, which he removed to Atchison. Kans., in 1867. In the following year he came to St. Joseph, where he accepted the editorship of the Volksblatt, and during the same year became one of the proprietors of this paper. Since that time he has tilled with (he greatest efficiency and success the dual position of editor and part proprietor of this well known German paper, which owes its popularity largely to his efforts. The marriage of Mr. Kastor took place in New York, May 6, 1860, and united him with Miss Theresa Rudolph, a native of Magdeburg, Prussia. Their union has been blessed by the birth of ten children, of whom nine survive, as follows: Ben- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 303 jamiu, Louis, Amalia, Ernst, Frederic, Richard, William, Gertrude and Arthur. The position occupied by this family is a desirable one, as the) associate with the most cultured people of St. Joseph and arc highly regarded wherever known. asK* BORGE LOUIS HERMANN MUEHE. As one of the proprietors of the St. Joseph Volksblatt this gentleman lias become well ^ and favorably known throughout Buchanan County. A native of Prussia, lie was horn No \ ember 6, 1842, and grew to manhood in the place of his nativity. He served in the Prussian Aran during the campaigns in Bohemia in 1866 and also participate.! in l he service of INTO 71 in France. Saving resolved to seek a home across l hr broad waters of the Atlantic, he left his native land in 1S7H" and took passage on a steamer bound for New York. The war I^Ts witnessed the arrival of Mr. Muehe in St. Joseph, where for several years he was employed as local editor of the Volksblatt. He visited his nat ive country in 1884, and after re- turning to St. Joseph purchased a half interest in the paper with which he had hi'. mi previously con nected, his partner in the enterprise being H. W. Castor. The connection has continued ever since and through the energetic efforts of the proprie tors the Volksblatt has attained to a high rank among the German papers of the country. In the fall of 1884 Mr. Mu. he married Matilda, a daugh til of the late William Sclnueckel and a lady of pleasani disposition and amiable manners. ELUSTIAS E. CLOUD, M. D , is a prom i, inent physician and Burgeon who conducts an extensive and lucrative business in St. Joseph, lie was horn near Wabash, Ind., January I. 1852, his fathei being the Rev. E. S. Cloud, a native of Indiana, and his paternal grand- father, Ramey Cloud, one of the pioneer farmers of Wabash County, I ml. Ho was horn in Pennsyl vania, or New York, and died in Indiana. The family, whose name was formerly spelled McCloud, are of Scotch descent. Two families of this nam.' came to America in colonial .lays. They were shipwrecked and only nine of the passengers caped. They landed on an island where during their three months' sta\ eight of the number died and only one. the great great grandfather of out subject, was left. He was picked up by a passing ship and brought to the United States. He alt. 'i ward served in the War of the Revolution. Rev. H. S. Cloud was a graduate of a college iii Cincinnati ami entered the Missionary Baptist Church as a minister, preaching in Wabash County. Ind. In 1856 he removed to Burlington, Iowa, and was instrumental in founding the Bap list College there in I860, doing to Kansas, be was one of the pioneer preachers who organized the Missionary Baptist Church in tin' -tad'. A I Parallel, RileyCounty, he started a church organ ization and in the course of time lived to see a line stone church edifice. He was a cousin of Col. (.'loud, of Cloud County, Cans., and one brother was a Postmaster at Parallel and another brother a large stock dealer and merchant there. Rev. Mr. Cloud organized his circuit and served thirty-two churches in ten counties, making the rounds on horseback. He is a fine classical scholar and counts Greek only a pastime. During the war In- was a Onion man and is now a Republican. In |S7:S he retired and removed to Burlington, Iowa, where he lived for a short time and then in 1885 came to Buchanan County, settling on a fruit farm in Washington Township, only two and one fourth miles from the city limits. Dr. cloud is of eight children. Hie mother, who was born in Pennsylvania, was before her marriage Miss Amanda Yandyke. When our sill, ject was about nine years of age lie began clerk ing for his uncle George, a merchant at Parallel, Cans., and continued with him until 1872, Tiding over the country to bn\ stock. By himself he firsl t,.,,k up the study of dicine, burning the mid night oil after tlie store had closed. He found a pre ceptor in Dr. Lyman, who kindly aided him until. in 1ST:?. I ntered the lieal department of the University of Iowa and continued his studies in thai institution for three years. In 1S7«>, only two weeks before his graduation, he was called 304 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. home on account of the deatb of a near relative. Therefore he took an examination before the State Board and received from them his certificate. The firs! field of Dr. Cloud's practice was Corn- ing, Adams County, Iowa. When the new law regarding physicians was passed he continued his studies under Dr. A. J. Salts and finally went into partnership with him in the drug business. In 1886 Dr. Cloud took an examination in the North- western Medical College and was graduated with the degree of M. D. He first located at No. 1717 Edmond street, but in April, 1887, removed to his present office at No. 1302 North Fourth street. He makes a specialty of surgical cases, in which branch of the profession he is particularly success ful. Dr. Cloud was first married in Riley County, Ivans. He then wedded the daughter of Senator A. S. Edgertou, a large landowner of that county. By this union were born two children, Ada B. and Delphia E., who are both now living with their grandfather, Senator Edgerton. In St. Joseph, on September 4, 1890, our subject and Miss Cora E. Cutler were married. Mrs. Cloud was born in Leavenworth and is a daughter of Ed. L. Cutler, First Sergeant of Police in this city. One child, Fred Guy, has been born to our subject and wife. The pleasant home of the family is located at No. 1526 North Main street. The Doctor is a member of the District Medical Society of Northwestern Missouri. He is a medi- cal examiner and member of the Woodmen of the World and of the Fraternal Aid Society. Dr. Cloud is Senior Chief Medical Examiner of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York and belongs to the Knights of Pythias, St. Joseph, No. 32, U. R. No. 17, and to the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Ma- sonic Society, belonging to St. Joseph Lodge, No. 98, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; to St. Joseph Lodge, No. 14, Royal Arch Masons, and to St. Joseph Council, No. 9, and of the Commanderv, No. 4, Knights Templar. He is also a member of Moila Temple, Mystic Shrine. In politics he is an ardent Republican. In personal manners he is very pleasant and affable, by his many sterling qualities making hosts of friends. CHARLES L. HORN is Secretary and Treas urer of the Horn- Long Land and Investment Company, of St. Joseph, which has at the present time a capital of $50,000. The company, which was organized in 189(1, commenced business with Louis H. Horn as President, August W. Horn Vice president, and Bertha L. Long and Charles L. Horn, as incorporators and stockhold- ers; the place of business being located at No. IIS South Eighth street. The Horn Heights com- prise a tract of twenty nine blocks, situated be- tween Fourteenth and Nineteenth streets and Pacific and Atchison, besides other scattering city property. Mr. Horn, of this sketch, is a member of the firm of Hermann & Horn, brick manufacturers, which company supplies the demands of St. Jo- seph with from three to five million bricks per year. This large establishment is fitted out with modern conveniences and at the present time a new patent kiln is being placed therein. This company is also agent for the Hydraulic-Press Brick of Kansas City and St. Louis. Charles L. Horn was born in this city August 20, 1804. His father, John A. Horn, was of Ger- man descent, being born in Bavaria and emi- grating to the United States. He married Mii-s Amelia L. Hornung, who was also a native of Germany and settled in St. Joseph at an early day. After his marriage, which was celebrated at Westport, Mo., John Horn resided in Columbia, this state where he had invested a large amount of money in real estate and turned capitalist. His possessions comprised several houses, including a large block on Third street between Charles and Edmond streets. .He was one of the oldest set tiers of this state and died November 26, 1886. His wife still survives and makes her home at Oak- land, Cal. The family consists of five children: Louis H.,of the Herald Publishing Company; August \V. , of Kansas City, who was formerly in the grocery business in this city; John V., a resi dent of San Diego, Cal., where he is engaged in the manufacture of cigars; Bertha L., the wife of A. S. Long, M. D., of St. Joseph, and Charles L. Our subject was educated in the high schools of this city ami he afterward took up a course I'OUTIIAIT AND BIOUIiAPlllCAL UKCOKD. 305 at Sputz Business College in Kansas City. In 1891 he began business as an active member of the Si. Joseph Brick Company, in which lie has con tinned ever since. Mr. Horn is well deserving of the comfortable fortune which lie has acquired bj energy ami industry, and of the rest, which he has been enabled to take by spending a portion of bis time in travel through the Western states. For two years he enjoyed himself in the tropical cli mate of California, after which he went a little further north ami spent two more years in Seattle, Wash., acting as agent for the Seattle, Lakeshore & Eastern Railway Company. He has not only basked in the sunshine of California and other western states, but has also spent a portion of his time on the Atlantic coast, visiting the New Eng- land states. Socially Mr. Horn is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Juanita Lodge, No. 171, and Uniformed Hank No. 17. He is also a member of the Verdi Mandolin Club and has a wide reputation as a performer on that instrument. He is nut only said to be one of the finest executors of the mandolin in the statu, but has written and arranged Bome very choice music for club and orchestra work. Politically Mr. Horn is a supporter of the Dem- cratic nominees, for which he cast, his votes for a number of years. Like many other boys he was an ambitions youth, and owing to his own industry, frugality and push, he has accumulated considera- ble property, and is to day not only a great leader in St. .Joseph society, but a highly intelligent and respected citizen. WiEliNHARD HAEFELI. Probably no man in Buchanan County has a higher reputation for thorough honesty and re- liability than the above named gentle man. He is the owner and occupant of one of the fines! farms in this portion of the state, which, although not huge, is under the best methods of improvement. His beautiful home is located on Section 11, Washington Township, and comprises sixty-four acres. The parents of our subject, John and Magda lena (Saiiner) Haefeli, were natives of Switzerland, where the father was a farmer and cattle trader. They reared a family of live children ami passed their entire lives in the old country. Wernhard, of this sketch, and a brother, Jacob, who resides in Switzerland, arc the only members of the house hold living. Mr. Haefeli was born in the Canton of Solothum, Switzerland, September 29, 1834. He was tin- eldest of the family and was reared on the home farm, being given a good German education When starting out on his own account ho learned the trade of a bilker and in 1851), desirous of 1 1 \ ing his fortunes in the New World, set sail for America, landing at New Orleans. From there he made his way to Brunswick, this state, and for eighteen months was employed in working on a farm and in a sawmill. He then went to Lexing ton, but only remained there seven weeks when he found his way to St. Joseph and worked in the stone quarries, firs! lor a Mr. Venable and later for a Mr. Smable. February 21, I860, he of whom we write was united in marriage with Miss Cynthia, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Steiner) Olzenberger, natives also of Switzerland, the father being born in 1811 and the mother in 1814. They emigrated to America in 1830 and were married in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1838. In 1849 they took up their residence on Section '1, Washington Town ship, Buchanan County where they were living at the time of their decease, the mother passing away in October, 1872, and the father dying in March, lSSft. They were devoted members of the l'resb\ terian Church and were highly esteemed by all who knew them. Mrs. Haefeli, who was the eldest in the parental family of ten children, was bom July _-">. ISo'.l, in Holmes County, Ohio. She received a good edu cation in both the German and English languages ami after her marriage located with her husband on the Albrecht farm, which they rented for Bevien \ears. In 1867, having accumulated a sufficient sum of money, Mr. Haefeli purchased his present estate, upon which he has resided for twent] Sl'l years. In 1870 I reeled on the place a beauti- ful residence, which cost s:i,l>0(>. His barn, which is 'JSxoD feet in dimensions, cost $800 and affords 306 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ample accommodation for quantities of grain and stock. He Las further enhanced the value of his farm by setting out one thousand fruit trees, from which he gathers choice products in their season. He is the owner of some very fine trotting horses, including " George Forward," registered as No. 1961, the grandson of ''George Wilkes," and No. 519, a stallion, four years old. Mr. Haefeli has on his place several head of Holstein, Jersey and Short horn cattle, also Poland China hogs. The ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Haefeli are: Amelia R., Albert W., Henry J., Rosa M., Ida E., Louis \Y., Minnie K., Otilla O, Helen L. and Sophia M. , the last of whom is deceased. In re- ligious affairs Mr. Haefeli is a member of the Catholic Church, while his good wife is connected with the Presbyterian Church. Socially, he is identified with the Gretli Society, in which body he has held office, and in politics the Republican (tarty looks upon him as one of its stanchest ad herents. Always greatly interested in educational a If airs, he now holds the office of School Director of District No. 2 and is giving entire satisfaction to all concerned. His children have all been given splendid school advantages, Henry having been a student at the Christian College. He has taken into his household a boy named Fred Wittenbaucb, wIki is being reared as one of his own children. During the late war our subject was a member of a company commanded by Capt. Louis Hax, and of which he was made Corporal. While in his native country he served in the Swiss Army. In 1885 Mr. Haefeli spent five months in the old country visiting his old friends and the scenes of his childhood. All in all, he is one of that class of foreigners which America gladly welcomes to her shores, for he is not only industrious and en- terprising but he is public spirited and an American at heart. EiDWARD O. WILD, a well known business man of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, is I General Agent of the National Tobacco Works of Louisville. He was born in Quincy, 111., September 25, 1861, and is a son of Edward G. Wild, whose birth occurred in Canton, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was educated in his native language, and pursued a classical course of study in the Heidelberg University. He emigrated to America and engaged in the grain business, principally in Quincy. In 1877 he was stricken with the dread disease, yellow fever, while in Memphis, and died from its effects. Our subject's mother, La Belle, daughter of Mathias Obert, was born in Quincy. Her father was a native of Baden Baden, Germany, and came to America at an early day, first settling in the east and later removing to Quincy. He was a prominent local politician. He was made a member of Robert Wiley Lodge, No. l,at Baltimore, and at the time of his death was the oldest living Odd Fellow in the United States. He was a landowner and capitalist. His death occurred about 1883, when he had reached a good old age. Mrs. Edward Wild died about 1868, when our subject was still young. Of her three children only one other is now living, Anna, a resident of Quincy. After receiving good common school advantages, Edward Wild embarked in business with A. L. Langdon, founding the Augusta Review, which was published in Hancock County, 111., and after being in charge of this journal for two years our subject sold his interest. In 1885 he entered the employ of the firm with which he is still connected as a traveling salesman, dealing with the retail trade. Two years later he settled in St. Joseph, and when the consolidation of the National and American Tobacco Companies was effected he was appointed General Agent of the territory comprising Mis- souri, Kansas and Nebraska, succeeding W. C. Price, and having his headquarters in St. Joseph. He has now from ten to fifteen traveling men under his direction, and is making a good success of this branch of the company's territory. Mr. Wild has charge of the commercial traveling department in the Herald, also in the Commercial Reporter. The marriage of Mr. Wild and Miss Nellie Taylor was celebrated in 18N7. The lady was born in Brant ford County, Ontario, Canada, and is a daughter of J. L. Taylor, who was formerly a prominent railroad man located in St. Joseph, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 301 Mo., luit is qoct Living retired in Cincinnati. A little daughter, Genevieve, has oome to bless the home and hearts of our worthy subjecl and hia estimable wife. She is a bright and beautiful child, the pride and delight of not only her parents but all who know her. In his political belief Mr. Wild is an ardent Republican, and is prominent in fraternal circles. He belongs to Zeredetha Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Joseph Chapter, lioval Arcli Masons, and of Hugh De Pay en Commandery, lvnighis Templar. He is also a member of the Moila Temple Shrine. Mr. Wild belongs to the Doited Commercial Traveling Association, St. Joseph Council, No. 25, of which lie was a charter member and the first secretary. He is a leading member and was one of the originators of the Commercial Club of this city. Few of the young business men of this place are more popular in all circles, and as a financial manager he has display ed marked ability. J|AMFS M. WILSON, one of the able and BUCCessful young attorneys at, law of St. \ Joseph, Buchanan County, was born Decern ber ->'.K 1857, in De Kalb, Mo. His father, Judge .Jasper Wilson, was a prominent, early settler of this county. He was born in Orange County, lud.. where his father, James Wilson, had settled in 1812. The latter was born and reared in North Carolina. He made the journey to the Hoosier state overland in wagons and there engaged in farming until 1835, when he removed to a farm near Joliet, Will County, III. This property he entered from the Government, but, remained on it, for only two years, as he had heard favorable accounts of the tine land of the" Platte Purchase." Accordingly, he brought his family to this county and entered land in Bloomington Township. He Bleared and improved a farm and was a successful hemp ami stock raiser. His death occurred at. the beginning of the war. He was a Baptist in faith, II gh his father, of Scotch Irish parentage, was B Presbyterian The latter emigrated from Ireland to North Carolina at an early da\ and look pari in the War of Independence Judge Wilson was only fifteen years old when he came to this county. The old log house, which was erected in 1 s:{7 by his father and himself, is still standing intact and is the oldest building within the county borders. During the late war Mr. Wilson was a Lieutenant in Ihe State Militia. His line farm of one hundred and sixty acres is well stocked and a mode] i in every respect. In politics he is a Republican, and was honored by his fellow citizens, at one time being elected a Judge of Buchanan County. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Carton, was born in Decatur County, Ind. Her father, who followed agricultural pursuits, was born in Kentucky and in 1839 removed to Bloomington, Mo., where he passed his remaining years. Mrs. Wilson became the mother of five children, all but one of whom are still living. She was called from the shores of time in 1887, and was deeply mourned by the many friends she had drawn to her by her womanly qualities. The boyhood of James Wilson was passed on his father's farm, his time being fully employed in assisting to clear and improve the new land, and in obtaining an education in the district, schools. He lived with his parents until 1881, when he went to Norway, Kans., and taught school for a few terms. Before leaving the farm, however, he had taken up legal studies by himself, and had decided tn follow the practice of law. In INS I he com menced reading law with Judge M. Polk, formerly of Kentucky, but for many years a well known lawyer of St. Joseph. In 1886 Mr. Wilson was admitted to the bar and at once opened an office. A fter practicing alone for a short time, he took into partnership W. H. Kearby under the firm name of Wilson & Kearby. This connection existed from August, 1887, to New Year's Day of L891, when il was dissolved by mutual consent,. Mr. Wilson then became the junior member of the linn of Johnson & Wilson, with his office in the Hughes Building. The firm is engaged in the practice of civil law and is employed by a number of different corporations as attorneys. The partners are both wideawake and well posted young lawyers, and are enjoying a lucrative practice On the 19th of July, IN'.rJ. Mr Wilson and Miss 308 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mary Minor were united in wedlock. She is a native of this county and was educated in St. Joseph. She is a lady who possesses many amiable characteristics, which readily make for her friends of all with whom she comes in contact. Mr. Wilson is a member of Enterprise Lodge, No. 232, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is Past Grand; of Hesperia Camp, No. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Pride of the West Lodge, No. 42, Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is prominent in local political circles and has served as a delegate to County and State Conventions of the Republican party, of which he is an able champion. **^**^^£;£^*^^*^ FiREDERICK E. ERNST is the popular Tick et Auditor at the Union Depot of St. Jo- seph, Buchanan County. He is one of the leading young railroad men of this enter- prising western city and occupies quite a responsi- ble position as head of the ticket department. He comes from a pioneer family of this vicinity and his father was rilling the position of Postmaster of St. Joseph at the time of his death, which occurred August 2, 1892. The father of our subject, Charles F. Ernst, was born at Uracil, Wurtemberg, Germany, near the city of Stuttgart, October 5, 1838. His father, whose Christian name was Frederick, was a baker by trade, and passed his entire life in the Father- land. Charles also learned the baker's trade and was only a lad of twelve years when he came to America. For about six years he worked as a baker in Wheeling, W. Va. , and in 1858, when he arrived in St. Joseph, he was only eighteen years old. He continued at his trade until the war broke out, when, in 1861, at the first tap of the drum, he enlisted for six months' service in the state militia, the company being commanded by Captain Mast. When his time had expired he became a member of the Twelfth Missouri Cavalry. Ho was pro- moted to the rank of First Lieutenant of Company D, February 5, 1804, and later, on April 11, of the following year, was appointed Captain of Com- pany E, in the same regiment. His services were with the Hatch Division Cavalry Corps of Missis- sippi, commanded by Gen. Wilson. He took part in the battles of Franklin and Nashville and in 1865 went to Fort Leavenworth, where the com- pany was fitted out to go on the Powder river ex- pedition against the Indians. They left Omaha July 1, 1805, and returned to Fort Leavenworth in March, I860. Charles F. Ernst was appointed District Revenue Collector on leaving the army service and retained that position until 1875. Subsequently, for twelve years, he carried on a clothing business at No. 409 Felix street. He was afterward for a number of years in the fire insurance business. In 1889 President Harrison appointed him to the position of Postmaster in this city and as such he served acceptably until his death. He was an act ive worker of the Loyal Legion, and a member of Custer Post, No. 7, Grand Army of the Republic. For six years he was Secretary of the St. Joseph Interstate Exposition and did much toward mak- ing it a success. He was a member of the Pres- byterian Church and always active in all good works. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Caroline M. Broder. She was born in Switzer- land, and is a daughter of a prominent masonry contractor. He brought his family to America and resided for many years in St. Louis, where his death occurred. Mrs. Ernst passed her girl- hood in St. Louis, and is now making her home in St. Joseph. She became the mother of nine chil- dren, five of whom are living. Fred E. Ernst is the oldest child of his father's family now living. His birth occurred February 1, 1867, in this city and here he acquired his ed- ucation in the common schools. When still only a lad he was a clerk in the book and stationary business of Ernst & Brill. When eighteen years old he entered upon the duties of a clerk in the St. Joseph Union Depot. He pressed steadily forward and at the end of two years we find him Chief Clerk, and in November, 1890, Ticket Auditor. This position he is still acceptably filling with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his em- ployers. He is popular among railroad men and is a bright and pleasant young man with whom to PORTRAIT AND i:i< >< HI A I'll K ' A I, liKCOliD 309 have dealingB. Though young in years and bnsi aees experience, he has already shown the mettle is a Republican and greatly interested in the success of the party. JOHN DEM* >NP, who owns a large drug store on the corner of Third and Edmond streets, is one of the best known among the wealthy business men of St Joseph. He is a worthy example of the German American citizen who lias risen from the foot of the hill of success through his own industrious efforts and can now stand on the pinnacle and can feel a just pride in reviewing the obstacles which he has overcome and by which he has apparently been made stronger. He oP ^TT jR >K ?R IV - ?t\ *^**?*** JiOSEPH C. HULL is a retired business man of St. Joseph, residing iii his pleasant sub- ! urban residence at the corner of Twentieth and Duncan streets, his house being sur rounded by an entire block of laud with a beauti fill lawn and shade trees. Our subject well merits a place in the records of t he men who have been found ers of this city's prosperity, as he was for many years actively interested in promoting her welfare and was connected with many of her leading enter prises. For exactly half a century this city has been his home, as it was in the year 1843, in which he first landed here. He then began buying and selling goods, continuing until 1S")'J, when he or ganized the St. Joseph Fire and Marine Insur ance Company, of which ho was made the tirst President and in which position he remained until he successfully wound up its affairs in 1862, after nine years of extensive business. It had paid its stockholders ample dividends, but it was deemed best to open a new company and so was closed out, and a now one, bearing the same name, was incorporate,!. But the unsettled condition of affairs during the war made it advisable to discontinue the enter- prise entirely, and therefore at the end of about one year after the second company was organized the business was closed out. Mr. Hull had entire management of both of these concerns and in 1855 also organized the Farmers' and Mechanics' Suv ings Association, which carried on a careful and successful business until 18(S">, when the First Na- tional Bank was started, Mr. Hull was one of the incorporators of the last mentioned enterprise and was its cashier, as he had been of the former insti tlltioil. Ill 1S7S B loss of 919,000 WaS discovered in its accounts ami the bank was soon after dis continued. It is supposed that this money was stolen, but no (due has ever come to light as to the disappearance of the funds. The bank had been a very mi. — .fill concern and this comparatively HI I PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. HNiull Inns had little to remained in that city until ISC!, when he came to St.. Joseph. In Buchanan County, on September 19, 1844 was performed the marriage ceremony that united t lie fortunes of Mr. Hulland M iss M art ha B. Kir cheval. To this worthy couple has been born a family of six children, of whom four are living: Edward, who is a traveling salesman for the Stand ard Oil Company; If rank, who is clerking for the Wyeth Hardware Company ; Robert Curtis, who is employed in a railway office, and Annie, widow of Will ard Vories, who was a son of Judge Henry Vories, and followed the insurance business. His death occurred December 11, 1801, and his widow is now making her home with her father. Mrs. Hull is still living, and both she and her husband are enjoying to the full the results of a well spent and useful life. Mr. Hull's business career was a successful one, and while he accumulated consid- erable property he at the same timet did not make that hi* chief object, frequently seizing opportu nities to assist other men also to rise in the com mercial world. ********;£ ****** FjELIX EUGENE DE FONDS, Steward and Assistant. Superintendent of the City Hos- pital, was born in Strasburg, France, Feb ruary 28, L848. His parents, Eugene and Louise l>c Fonda, were worthy citizens of that country, where they passed, their entire lives. The subject of this notice passed his boyhood unovent fully in bis native land, whence in 1865 he emi grated to America and located in Wheeling, W. Va. Prior to crossing the ocean he had engaged in business as a ^as litter, but upon making settle- ment in Wheeling he followed mercantile pursuits. The year 1870 witnessed the arrival of Mr. De Fonda in St. Joseph, which had even then become well known throughout the United States as one of the foremost towns of the west. His first cm ployment here was as an employe of Herman Gar lich. In 1874 he was appointod Steward of the City Hospital and during the following year was chosen Secretary of the Hoard of Health. He tilled the latter position to the satisfaction of all concerned, until June, 1891, when the duties were added to tl ity. For nineteen consecutive years he has served as City Hospital Steward, in which capacity he has become widely and favorably known. It is universally admitted that Mr. De Foods is precisely the man for the place, and to him per haps more than to any other is due the high stand ing of the hospital. He gives his personal atten tion to the management anil supervision of the work and keeps the place in admirable condition. II is to be regretted, however, that he has been prevented by lack of adequate facilities from carry ing ont many plans for the better equipment of the hospital. More com moil ions hospital buildings are greatly needed, and it is to be hoped that lie fori' many years shall have elapsed they will be 1'iiKTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 31! seoared. Mr. De Fonda makes a monthly and an annual report to the Board of Health. Since be beeaxn mnected with this institution there have been five sieges of smallpox at the hospital, the most severe having been in 1 S 7 -"> and 1885. At St Joseph, December 24, 1873, occurred the marriage of Mr. De Fonda to Miss Jennie Ifarsee, a native of Kentucky. They are the parents of three living children Adele, Eddie and Elva. One son, Maurice, was removed bj death when two and one half years of age. JfOSEPH L. UNANGST, one of the prominenl business men and enterprising merchants ol I St. Joseph, was reared in Kent Township, Stephenson County, 111., one of the finest farming districts in that state. His birth, however, occurred in the northeastern part of Northampton County, Pa., October '11, 1849, bnt when seven years of age Ids parents removed to Stephenson County, where the father engaged in farming. The latter, whose name was Philip, was born in Pennsylvania, and before leaving bin native state followed the occupation of B tailor. On his arrival in Illinois he improved a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, which he brought under line cidliva tion, erecting good buildings and making it a model one in every respect. He engaged in general farm ing and stock-raising until he wan called to his final home in 1871. Both he and his wife were devoted members Of the Lutheran Church and were held n the highest respect. The mother of .air subject, Leah Hahn Unangst, was also a native of the Ke\ stone State and of German origin. She departed this life iii 1890, leaving several children to mourn her loss. Joseph L. Unan^wt was the seventh in order of birth in a family of ten children, and received a Common school education In Kent Township. He remained under the parental roof until 1870, when he went to Hiawatha, Kans, where he engaged as i e]erk for a lumber firm, remaining in their em ploy for four years. Then going to Cass County, Neb, he there engaged in tin- lumber business for a short time and in 1875 traveled through Califor nia, Oregon, Nevada and Colorado During this trip he saw many of the most beautiful scenes of nature to be found in our country and reveled in their grandeur. In 1876 he arrived in St. Joseph and in the early spring entered the employ of Waterman & Bernard, continuing with that firm until 1879, when he formed bis present partnership with John Muelheisen, since uhieh time they ha\e carried on a steadily increasing and lucrative trade in lumber. They are also largel] interested in silver mines in New Mexico and gold mines in the Black Hills of Wyoming. January 20, 1888, Mr. Unangst was united in marriage with Miss Lena A. Sorge, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and reared in this city. Two children have OOme to bless their home, a son and daughter, namely: Lomaand Herbert. Our subject is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work men, and in his political affiliations choose-, to be independent, using his right of franchise in favor of men whom he deems best lilted to carry out the will of the people, regardless of party politics In ISSS Mr. Unangst erected a pleasant: home resi deuce at No. 815 South I'' lei-nth street, over which his wife, a thoroughly accomplished ami amiable lady, presides with unusual grace and dig nity. Our Bnbjecl is numbered among the thor OUghly honorable ami reliable business men ol the city, and it is entirely due to his own ability and sagacious foresight I hat he has risen steadily tep by step to a position of influence and wealth. He is socially considered one of the most agreeable and popular gentlemen to be found anywhere, always making a host of friends wherever he goes. He ia intelligent and well read on all subjects, keeping infoii I on all the leading issues of the da] > > > > > > X X X X ^ T CHARLES W. CARSON, Sherilfof Buchanan County, is one of the most popular gentle i men in Democratic circles in this part of the state. He was nominated and elected to his present position in the fall of 1892, recei\ ing a large majority of votes. His term of office runs from January I, 1898, to New Year's I >a_\ of 1895 He has been selected to serse SB a de|e 316 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. gate to state anil county conventions of his party a number of times and is prominent in its various movements. He comes from an old Kentucky fam- ily, his grandfather, C. O, who was born in Ire- land, having settled in Rock Castle County at a very early day with his parents, and during the war of 1812 he was in service as a Lieutenant. He was an extensive farmer and planter and held a number of important county offices. In 1852 he removed to Buchanan County, making a settle ment in Washington Township four miles south- east of St. Joseph and engaged in the raising of hemp on a large scale in addition to general farm- ing until shortly before his death in 1860. Charles W. Carson was born in Rock Castle County, Ky., in the village of Mt. Vernon, Septein ber 27, 1852, being the son of James D. Carson, who was also born in the same town. The latter was married in Kentucky to Miss Sallie A. Wood- son, who was born in Cumberland County, that state, and was a daughter of Jefferson Woodson, who was a planter and who in 1849 started for California but died on the way at Little Blue, Kans. Mrs. Carson was also a niece of Gov. Silas Woodson of St. Joseph. The mother, who was reared in Kentucky, died in 1884, having survived her husband seven years. In 1853 our subject's father removed to Missouri, buying a farm in Washington Township where his father and two brothers had previously located and where all possessed large plantations. From 1865 to 1867 he engaged in freighting across the plains to Montana with ox teams and later turned his attention exclusively to farming and dealing in stock. He was a Iioyal Arch Mason. Of three children two are now living, our subject's brother, S. J., being general agent for the William Deering Harvesting Machine Company of St. Joseph, hav- ing large territory in the West. Charles W. Carson has been reared in this county since his infancy and his first recollections are of places in this locality. He may therefore be duly termed one of this county's sons, as he lias nl ways been identified with her welfare. He at- tended the common schools and as he became of the proper age only at the time of the war the ad vantages were extremely meager in educational di- rections. The times were exciting and full of terror for young and old, necessitating the close of the schools many months at a time. Uutil reaching his majority he remained on the old homestead and then, with a young man's desire to seek new scenes, he went out west on the plains of the Indian Territory, where he engaged in herding cattle for about a year. ■ Mr. Carson then entered the employ of the firm of Gibbs, Sterritt & Company, manufacturers of harvesting machines and reapers at Corry, Pa. He traveled through southern Missouri and Kan Baa principally, representing the firm for eighteen months, after which with his brother, he became General Agent of the William Deering Machine Company, and for a portion of the time acted as General Manager at St. Joseph. We next find him for two years an employe of the McCormick Reaper Company, after which he returned to the Deering Company and with his brother was made General Manager of their works. He also sold more le*s in territory both east and west and supervised about one hundred and twenty-five agents for the next fourteen years. When he began working for this firm there was not a machine shop in the county, but now they are the leaders of the nu- merous manufactories which have sprung up in tin's locality. Mr. Carson has always been faithful and one in whom his employers could place the fullest confi- dence and this fact is shown by their retaining him for so many years in such a responsible posi tion. It is little wonder therefore, knowing these facts, that the people believed that in a public ca- pacity he would be equally faithful to their inter ests, for where a man is " faithful over a few things lie will lie faithful over many." In this county in the year 1885 occurred the marriage of Mr. Carson and Miss Nannie E. Mitchell, a native of Platte County. Her father, John S. , was a well-known merchant at Weston. Removing to St. Joseph, he kept a drug store for some time. He passed his last years on a farm. The union of our worthy subject and his amiable wife has been blessed with a daughter, Sallie ('. Mr. Carson is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Or- PORTRA1 I Wl» BIOGRAPHICAL KKCOKD. 317 der of Red Men and of the Modern Woodmen of Ai ica. Hi- also belongs to f li»> Insurance Society of Commercial Travelers. Hi' uses his i" i >^1 1 1 of franchise in favor of tln> Democratic party, which bas seen lit to make him its representative in the important position be now holds. He is person- ally very popular and numbers many friends in business, political and social circles. GORTIS M. CANADY is Assistant Engineer at the St. Joseph Bridge & Iron Company, a responsible position in this, one of the large industries of St. Joseph, Buchanan County. He is a native of Clinton County, Iowa, his birtb having occurred at De Witt, November l'_\ 18(5(5. His grandfather, John Canady, was a fanner in Kentucky and was an early sett lei in Iowa. He is still living, though well along in years. William N. Canady, the father of the gentleman of whom we write, was a carpenter by trade, and was bom in Kentucky. Iri 18G1 be volunteered as a private soldier in Company A, Eighth Iowa In fan try and served until the close of the war, when he was mustered out as a Corporal. He saw con- siderable active service, for the Eighth Iowa was a fighting regiment. In lSliT he was married in De Witt, Iowa, to Loretta J. Turner, and soon after this event he removed to Story County. Iowa. Mrs. Canady is the daughter of Joseph L. Turner, who was horn in Brunswick, Mo., and located in Clinton County, Iowa, at an early day. He was a millwright and for years was interested in a Hour mill. He removed to Odebolt, Iowa, where he purchased a new farm, improved it, and there he is still living. William Canady entered the em- ploy of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company in Story County, Towa, and later was employed in the construction and building of the Iowa Agricultural College, at Ames. Iowa. His home is now at /enorsville. Boone C ty, Iowa. He is a well known member of the Grand Arm 3 of the Republic, is a Republican, and has been Jus- tice of the Peace for years. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They are the parents of nine children, who are all living. C. M. Canady, who is the oldest of his father's family, was reared in Story and Boone Counties. His education, up to the age of si\t 1 years, was thai of the public schools. In 1883 be entered the Iowa State Agricultural College, at Ames. Iowa, from which institution he was graduated in 1.887, With a degree of B. C. E. In the fall of 1SS7 be was elected on the Republican ticket to the posi tion of Surveyor of Boone County. This place he resigned to accept a position of traveling salesman for the King Bridge Company of Des Moines, Iowa. At the end of six moid lis he was employed by John H. Sparks as a salesman, and gradually drifted into engineering. In 1890 Mr. Canady was assistant County Sur- veyor under Harry Farwell. In the fall of the following year ho accepted a position as assistant engineer, at the St. Joseph Bridge & Iron Works, which important place he still holds. He has charge of the drafting, and making estimates of the work. He is practical and is master of his business. On the 28d of December, 1891, a marriage ceremony, performed in Coon Rapids, Iowa, united C. M. Canady and Miss Hattie Houghton as man and wife. Mrs. Canady is a daughter of Otis D. Houghton, a pioneer farmer of Boone County, where she was born. Mr. Eoughton is now engaged in merchandising in Coon Rapids, Iowa. With regard to politics, our subject is in dependent, choosing to use his right of franchise in favor of such candidates and measures as he thinks best, regardless of party lines. In his business methods he is enterprising and thor- oughly up to the times. ******3SK|ff If ******** ERNARD PATTON, ex County Judge and retired contractor, resides at No. 101 s Mes 1 1 Ji sanie street, St. Jos< ph. Be is one of the early pioneers and having been so largely interested in the progress of this city he is well worthy a place in the history of those who have laid the foundations of its present wealth. He 318 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was born in Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland, June 29, 1829, and panned his boyhood and youth in the land of his birth. He learned the brick- layer's trade with his father, Daniel Pattou, and when in his twentieth year in 1849 came to the United States, believing that he could better his condition in the New World. Mr. Patton remained for a short time in Mon- treal, then proceeding to Ogdensburg, N. Y. , where he worked about six years at his trade. For one season following he went through the Southern States and was at Louisville at the time the Know Nothing party were killing many of the Irish. Concluding that that was a dangerous place for one of his nationality, he returned to New York and at the end of a year went to Toronto, Canada, thence to Collingwood in t he same province, and in the fall of 1855 went to Omaha, which was then the end of the Northwestern Railroad. Mr. Patton worked for a short time in Iowa City and for a few months in Des Moines, in the latter place on the old capitol. When the work- men on that bnilding engaged in a strike he went to Omaha, where they were just building the capi tol. Soon he crossed to Council Bluffs, where he obtained work and followed contracting for one year. In the fall of 1 857 he made the journey to St. Joseph by stage. Mr. Pattou was possessed of some means which he deposited in a bank at Council Bluffs, Iowa, which failed, and at the time that he considered himself worth about $3,500 he was worth absolutely nothing. In Council Bluffs he had invested somewhat in land which twenty years later he was obliged to sell for what he had paid iu taxes. On his arrival in St. Joseph he commenced working for John Cor- hry. on a building located on Felix street, the same that was recently burned. Soon after he began contracting and continued in that business for many years. In 1871 Mr. Patton erected the court house, doing the brick work for John De Clue, general contractor, being under a bond of $30,000. Mr. Patton also erected the Cathedral and a great many brick blocks, being for many years one of the principal contractors iu the city and employ- ing from twenty to sixty men. He was in part- nership with a firm conducting a brick yard and has also done large pieces of work in various places in the surrouudiug country. He early in- vested in St. Joseph residence property and has erected several fine houses near the river. An ad- dition to the city was platted by Mr. Patton, a subdivision between Thirteenth and Fourteenth and Olive streets, where he had a brick yard at one time. He was the first iu this city to manu- facture vitrified brick for street pavement, and though his coming to St. Joseph was largely a matter of chance, he has made a fortune here and has a great affection for the place. In 1860 Mr. Patton was made a member of the City Council, and in 1874 was elected a member of the County Court, in both of which terms he served as presiding officer. The preced- ing court had made contracts to build a court- house and issued warrants to pay for the same. Those were paid by the ordinary county revenues without special tax, but the court of which Mr. Pattou was a member had to economize and con- trive to meet these payments. Salaries were cut down, and the last year he served, the county judges received but $300 each. His associates were Samuel Cowan, the present Circuit Clerk, and John Rohan. Mr. Patton was appointed Police Commissioner by Gov. Marmaduke for four years. Mr. Patton was united in marriage in St. Joseph in May, 1859, to Miss Sarah Brey from Ogdensburg, N. Y. After nearly thirty years of happy companionship together, Mr. Patton was called upon to mourn the loss of his estimable wife, who died leaving one daughter, Mary. Sep tember 10, 1891, Mr. Patton wedded Miss Eliza- beth Guim, who was born iu Hartford, Conn., and reared in this city, coming here when nine years of age to live with her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Stevenson. For seven years she was a successful teacher in the public schools and by her union with Mr. Patton has become the mother of one child, Daniel James, born September 13, 1892. The Judge has always been a member of the Catholic Church, and for many years has belonged to the Cathedral. During the war he served in the state militia, and was in two different com pa- PORTRAIT \M> BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 3 1 9 nies. He has always used liis right of franchiea in Favor of the Democratic party. In personal appearance Mr Patton possesses a vigorous frame and is powerfully built He lias long been looked Up to as one of the founders of (Lis city's great ness and is prominent in everything connected with her welfare, as helms been for thirty seven years. JiOSEPH L. PACKARD, who has a pleasant home at No. 516 South Ninth .street, St. I Joseph, Mo., is a locomotive engineer on the St. Joseph & (hand Island Railway. Springfield, Mass. , was the place of his birth, which occurred April 10, 1836. That city was his home until his fourteenth year when he removed to the vicinity of Niagara Falls. He was brought up on a farm, hut agricultural pursuits not being to his taste, he concluded to pursue some other vocation in order to obtain a livelihood. In 1868 he became a fireman on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railway, and at the end of about one year and one half, or in INTO, took charge of a switch engine in the yards. On March 27, 1872. Mr. Packard entered the employ of the Grand Island Railroad, and up to the present time has been in constant service with that road. For several years he has been running a passenger engine, his regular trip being to Hanover, a distance of one hundred and twenty eight miles. His present engine he took charge of December 12, 1X72, and for almost twenty one years he has had charge of no other. During this time he has been very fortunate in regard to acci- dents, never having had but one, and that was not al all serious. On this occasion, the engine was overturned and only slightly damaged, no person being hurt. Onthe2:ld of December, I S75, Mr. Packard led to the marriage altar Miss Lois Coll, who was born in Monroe County, N. V. She is a sister of C. 0. Colt, now of Kansas City, but formerly Cir cuit Clerk in St. Joseph. Mrs Packard is an act ive member of tin' ( 'ongregal ional Church. The home of our subject has been for thirteen years on South Ninth street He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers lie is possessed of a very pleasant and genial manner which has wou for him a host of friends in rail road and social circles. It is now nearly a quarter of a century since he entered the employ of the railroad with which he is now connected, and by them he is considered one of their most valuable men, as he is always faithful and at the post of duty at the appointed time. They feel the) ma) safely place the utmost confidence in him, and that even at the risk of his life he will stand by their instructions to the letter. Passengers who commit themselves to his charge have little need to feel alarm, as he is familiar with every mile of the road and will safely conduct them to their dee tination. IlOHN F. JOHNSON. One of the pleasant k. I residences of St. Joseph is located at No. 301 ><' South Seventeenth street, and is occupied by Mr. Johnson. He is a native of Buchanan County and was bom at the old family homestead three and oue-half miles northeast of this city, the date of his birth being January 12, 1860. His parents, John K. and Mary E. (Stephens) John son, were natives respectfully of Missouri and Kentucky, and they still survive, making their home on the farm where they have resided so many years. John K. Johnson removed in 1837 from Jack son County, Mo., to Buchanan County, and four years afterward purchased the farm of one hun- dred and sixty acres where he still resides. On coming to Buchanan County he bad accompanied his father, Samuel Johnson, who went to California during the gold excitement of 1849 and was never heard of after he started home. He had been a man of prominence in his community and served as Judge of Andrew County for years as well as in other positions of honor and trust. Mr. Johnson was educated in the public schools and later by attendance ni the Christian Brothers College, which included in its course the study of the branches usuall] taught in an institution of a high standard of excellence in 1883 he weni to 320 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Wyoming, where he engaged in herding cattle with the Dowling & Rush Cattle Company -for a period of five years. In the summer of 1888 he tilled the position of foreman for the Laramie Plains Laud & Cattle Company at Laramie City. In December of the same year he returned to St. Joseph, where he was married March 13, 1889, to Miss Rosa B. Breckenridge. After his marriage Mr. Johnson engaged in farming in Andrew County during the summer of 1889, and in the autumn of the same year he came to St. Joseph where he entered the office of William J. Browne, supply agent for the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad, and has remained in this position ever since. He and his cultured wife have oue son, George B. , who was born March 31, 1890. While he is not an active partisan, Mr. John- son has nevertheless made a careful study of the political issues of the day and believes that the platform of Free Trade, as embodied in the prin- ciples of the Democratic party, is the one best adapted to secure the highest welfare of the United States. He is devoted to the interests of his chosen party, and no one is more pleased than he when it scores a magnificent local or national victory. He contributes liberally to religious en- terprises, although he is not identified with any denomination. Mrs. Johnson is an earnest mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is a lady who enjoys the esteem of a large circle of ac- (piaintances. Socially our subject is a member of Camp 1, Woodmen of the World. The record of a few facts concerning the parents of Mrs. Johnson will undoubtedly be interesting to our readers. Her father, George W. Brecken ridge, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., July 2, 1828, and made his home in his native place until September, 1S49, when he came to Missouri, the overland journey requiring thirty-one days. He settled in Andrew County, Mo., near Savannah, where he followed farming until he was foully murdered, July 4,' 1803. His wife, whom he mar- ried September 5, 1848, bore the maiden name of Jane E. Ardrey, and was born March 4, 1829, the day on which Gen. Jackson was inaugurated Pres ident of the United States. They were the parents of five childreu, three of whom are still living: Mrs. M. Site, Mrs. W. J. Browne and Mrs. J. F. Johnson. The following is taken from the St. Joseph Herald, July 8, 1863: "About nine o'clock Satur- day night, July 4, 1863, some unknown persons went to the house of George W. Breckenridge, a wealthy farmer residing some ten miles north of Savannah, on the Maryville road, called him out, and after asking many questions, fired upon him, the ball taking effect in his heart. Mr. Brecken- ridge then turned and ran toward the house, when he was again fired upon, some seven or eight bul- lets passing through his body. He managed to stagger into the house, and fell near the door. He lived about one-half an hour. Mr. Brecken- ridge was a rebel sympathizer, but had taken the oath, and we believe had remained quietly at home. No clue has yet been obtained as to the perpetrators of the deed.'' After the murder of her husband Mrs. Breckenridge moved to Savan- nah, and after spending one winter there, came to St. Joseph, where she now makes her home with Mrs. Johnson. ******** ***** ***** Xs ;\\ tr ?t\ a\ 7v\ N\ ;v\ »T=3j DGENB H. SPRATT. The public spirited Ir I citizens of Buchanan County have con- Lai trihuted largely to the promotion of its interests and the extension of its influence. Among the number, probably few have become more widely and favorably known than the sub- ject of this biographical sketch, who is one of the most popular citizens of St. Joseph. As an official, he has discharged the duties incumbent upon him with energy and straightforward fidelity which has won the commendation of his fellow citizens. Mr. Spratt is a native of Buchanan County and was born in Bloomington Township. August 17, 1858. He traces his ancestry to England, whence his forefathers at an early day emigrated to America and made settlement in Virginia. His grandfather, John M. Spratt, was born in the Old Dominion and from there removed to Kentucky, where he engaged in farming on an extensive scale. His death occurred in that state when he had attained the age of seventy-five years. J ^^Ai.^H-.Q), I'i'KTHAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 323 The father of our subject, James 1!. Spratt, was a Dative nf \'irgiuiu, wlience Le accompanied his parents to Kentucky when he was quite young and with them settled lit Campbellsvillc. Taylor Comity. Iii early life he was an agriculturist of the Blue ( h ass State, but in 1837 he came on horseback to the " I'latte Purchase" and for a time sojourned in Saline County. From there he removed to I'latte County and after remaining there for a short time he returned to Kentucky, where he re- side,! until 1843. During that year he came to Buchanan County and with bis brother William entered laud in Bloomington Township. During the first years of his residence in Bu elianau Couuty, James B. Spratt was a poor man and his first purchase of land consisted of eighty acres. He added thereto until he became the owner of five hundred acres, all well improved and placed uuder good cultivation. In addition to general farming, he engaged in raisiug stock, in which he met with success. His experience dur- ing the Civil War was similar to that of many of his fellow-citizens. His cattle were stolen, his granaries pillaged, and the fields of growing grain transformed to a desolate waste. The death of James B. Spratt occurred in Feb ruarv, L875. Upon entering the door of a shoe shop in De Kalb, this county, he was shot by Frank Brown, who was hidden behind the door, and who had probably been hired to commit the das tardly assault. The bullet penetrated his left side through to the back of the neck and resulted in his death, forty days afterward. The murderer was sentenced to hang, but escaped from jail and was caught and Gov. Phelps commuted his sentence to imprisonment for life and after he had served fifteen years, he was pardoned by Governor Francis in January, IS',0!. The mother of our subject was known in maidenhood as Elizabeth Spencer and was born in Kentucky, the daughter of (). M. Spencer. She was reared in Missouri and resides in St. Joseph. In her religious connect ions she is a faithful adherent to the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a woman whose noble life proves the depth of her religious belief. Nine children, four sous and five daughters, were born of her marriage, and of these ,,ur subject was sec- ond in order of birth. His early life was passed upon the home farm, where he gained a practical knowledge of agriculture. He also attended the common school of the district and for a time the Leavenworth (Kans.) High School, and gained a good education, which has since been supple merited b\ reading and observation. After the death of his father Mr. Spratt took charge of the farm, which ho continued to operate until he was appointed, in 1S7S, Deputy County Sheriff under Ja s L. Spencer. After serving in that position for two years, he entered the employ of Woolworth & Colt, general dealers in books, where he remained for two years. He then re- turned to the farm and carried it on until he was elected Sheriff of Buchanan County in 1888. His service was so acceptable to the people that in 1890 he was re-elected on the Democratic ticket by a majority of two thousand five hundred. He occupied the position from November, 1888, to January. 1893, retiring at the latter date after having satisfactorily served the people of the county. On the 24th of November, 1885, in Crawford Township, Buchanan County, occurred the mar riage of Eugene 11. Spratt to Miss Eveline, daugh- ter of John Chesnut, a prominent merchant ol Wallace, Mo. Mrs. Spratt was born in Buchanan County on the 1 3th of January, 1867, is a gradu ate of Holden College and is a lady of unusual in telligence and culture. She is the mother of one child, Harry, who was born August '.•, 1886. Socially Mr. Spratt is identified with the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias. He is also a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Order of Red men. ********||§||******** IfOHN M. RICHMOND, M. D., was born in . II Fairfield, S. G, September 17. is:'.7, the \Jl elder of two brothers whose parents were James B. and Agnes Richmond. The par ents trace their ancestry through that thrifty race of Irish who settled in South Carolina early in the eighteenth century. The father of our subject 324 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. being a cotton planter, bis own and bis brother's early days were spent on tbe plantation borne. Losing bis parents in cbildbood, Mr. Richmond's home was broken up and he began at once to think and act for himself. His school days were spent at Mt. Zion School in Winnsboro, S. C. , where he was prepared to enter college, and in 1854 entered tbe University of North Carolina, then in the zenith of its glory, with over six hundred students. After four years' hard study he received the degree of A. B. and in 1860 that of Master of Arts. Our subject commenced the study of medicine during his senior year at college and afterward took a course in the medical department of the University of New York City, in which institution he received the tlegree of M. D. in March, 1860, successfully competing for the first anatomical and second surgical prizes in a class of one hundred and sixty. During this time he enjoyed the friend ship and instruction of such men as Martin Van Buren, Simms, Thomas andEmmett. From March, I860, until late in 1861 he was in Europe, most of the time in the hospitals of Paris, then the center of medical learning, Trausseau Velpeau, Neletou and Ricord being some of his clinical chiefs. But now the somber cloud of war was hovering over our subject's native land, and duty called him from these pleasant scenes. So, after some months spent in travel, he came home to take part in the great tragedy between the North and South. After running the blockade he soon found himself on the already historic banks of Bull Run as sur- geon of the Twenty third North Carolina Regi- ment. In various field and hospital appointments he served the Confederacy with all the earnestness of his nature, until at the Appomattox Court House on the memorable night of April, of 1865, with Gen. Lee, he was put upon his parole of honor. His last army service of which he ever speaks with pride was with "Orr's Rifles," one of the regi mentsof Gregg's South Carolinian brigades, which did as much fighting and lost as many men as any other regiment in the army. The remnant of this regiment lived at Abbeville, S. C, and after the surrender of the Appomattox Court House, the Doc- tor located there and practiced his profession for six years. His services were satisfactory, but the political and social status of his state under the reconstruction and "Carpet-bag Rule" was not, so in April, 1872, he moved with his family to St. Joseph. Though an utter stranger in coming here, Dr. Richmond has grown steadily in the confidence of the community and the respect of the profession, and he has made a comfortable home, a good prac tice and sufficient income, devoting his whole time to the care of the ailing. He has contributed freely to the literature of the profession and his arguments, while showing study aud originality, are terse and pointed, well received by societies and welcomed by the pages of journals. Though his contributions cover various subjects, those bearing on pelvic and abdominal surgery, calling attention mainly to gyneco'ogical, urinary and rec- tal diseases, have attracted the most attention. A neat little pamphlet containing some thirty of his articles, gleaned from journals and society trans- actions, has been published, many of the treatises being reports of cases illustrating his own surgical work. Dr. Richmond was married July 29, 1863, to Miss Edmonia Tomlin, of Clifton, Hanover County, Va. For over thirty years Mrs. Richmond has presided over the happy home which she has made so signal a success, proving with her life that mar- riage is not a failure, but, like a Roman matron being proud and conscious of her contribution to the state. They have six sons, all living, three of* whom are married and all of whom are leading act- ive lives. They are James, who is in business; Speir, a practicing physician of St. Joseph; Cor- bin, a salesman; John, an architect; and Harry and Willie, still at school. ********: *^*.**^«* JOHN KAY KERCHEVAL comes from oneof the oldest and most respected families of Bu- chanan County, his father having, been one of the earliest settlers of St. Joseph and at one time very wealthy, paying the largest tax of any man in the city. He was Capt. Frank B. Kercheval, a native of Pulaski County, Tenn., born July 9, 1817. The family originated in PORTRAIT AND I'.IOCUAI'HICAL RECORD 32E France and in 1635, during the oppression of tin- Huguenots two brothers bearing the name esoaped to London, where one afterward died. In 1699 the other brother came to America with his family and settled on the •lames river. In the line of descent we find that one of tin' family married a Miss Hall, a sister of George Washington's mother. Our subject's grandfather, John Kereheval, was born in Tennessee and was an iron manufacturer. He ran the old rolling mills at Fort DouelsOD, which were burned. He afterward removed to this state and with his sons entered land in Bu ohanan County, this being early in the forties. Capt. Kereheval, after his marriage, located on a farm only four miles east of this city. In 1849 he settled permanently in St. Joseph and engaged in running a hardware store for live years, when he sold out. In company with some other gentlemen he went to Louisville, where the steamer "Omaha" was built and of this he was made captain. He ran between St. Louis and Sioux City, sometimes going as far as Fort Randall. He afterward built the packet boat " Hesperion," of which he was captain until it was destroyed by lire in 1862. Returning then to St. Joseph for a short lime the Captain engaged in the wholesale grocery business but eventually sold his interest to Turner, Frazier & Co., and purchased the "Omaha," which he ran until 1SIS4. His next commercial venture was in litting out fifty wagons for Bismark City, Idaho. However, these plans were changed, and the train proceeded to Virginia City, Mont. In that oityhe »us engaged in partnership with our subject for four years in the wholesale grocery trade ami on his return the Captain built the Eagle Mills, now owned by Faucet! & Co. During his last years he turned his attention to real estate in which he had considerable money invested. While in Mod tana he laid out the town of Kereheval City at the month of Musselshell river. He was well posted and a great reader and for many years had been active in the Presbyterian Church and had been an elder. He died in March, 1886. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Helen Kay, was born in Hopkinsville, Kv., and was married in Tennessee, She is now mak ing her home with our subject. Of her four chil dren, three are living: Sallie became the wife of Judge A. 11. Grambrille, of Alton, III , where her death occurred. Minnie, now Mrs. Thomas M. Long, is a resident of St. Joseph, as is also Fan nie, the youngest, who is the wife of J. II. Thorpe John Kay completes the number, lb- was born in Washington Township, December 15, IS IT, and received good public ami private school advantages in this place. In lMil he went t < • Montana with his father, but returned the following year to en ter the Northern Missouri University at Columbia, When a year had passed, he returned to Montana, where he remained until 1868. On their trips in the Northwest, he and other members of the part v had several skirmishes with the Indians. With his father, he was interested in the milling busi nes> and afterward in grain buying at Wichita, Cans., aud after two years in that city he returned and has since been engaged in the real estate busi in'* in St. Joseph. In Kansas City, on May 1 I, lST'J, occurred the marriage of John Kereheval and Miss Ella Sites. who was born in that city. Her father, Andrew J. Sites, of English descent, came of an old Vir- ginia family and with his parents removed to Saline County, Mo., in his youth. Coming to Kansas City he was married and started on his his business career, only to be cut down by death at the early age of twenty two years. His widow, whose maiden name was Ann E. Thrclkeld, was bom in Kentucky, and her father was one of the early settlers on the site of Kansas City, his large farm adjoining Market square. He was of English descent, his wife being a Miss Julia Kereheval, while her mother, a Miss Reynolds, was directly descended from the noted artist, Sir Joshua Bey nolds. Mrs. Threlkeld died in California in 1891 aged eight seven years, when on a visit to LosAnge les. Her son, Edward, now a prominent merchant of that city, was formerly an active business man in Kansas City. Mis Sites, after her lirst husband's early death, became the wife of Judge M l> Trefren, an attorney at law and judge of the cir Cuit court in Kansas City. Mrs. Kereheval received a superior education in the Mary Institute of St. Louis, but since her mar riage has been a resident of St. Joseph. For 320 PORTRAIT AND BIOGP.APHICAL RECORD. eleven years she was the editor of the society col- umn in the Gazette and Herald in this city. In addition to this she has also written for the Kan- sas City and St. Louis papers for a number of years. A portion of this work she was obliged to give up a few years since on account of the great demands upon her time and strength. She is con- sidered a leader in the literary and social world and now for the last twelve years has been a suc- cessful teacher in the public schools. For three years of this time she was a teacher in the Wash- ington School, and then became Principal of the Floyd, the finest school building in the city. Six teachers are under her supervision and the school under her direction has become one of the best in the city. OBERT M. NASH. It affords us great pleasure to make mention of prominent and agreeable men, and as such we can most heartily recommend the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch, and who is the Secretary and Bookkeeper for the Board of Managers of State Lunatic Asylum No. 2 at St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Nash was born in Maury County, Term., October 24, 1858. His father, John M. Nash, was a native of Massachusetts, being born at Canton (about eleven miles from Boston), February 6, 1824. He was a contractor, and at the age of twenty seven went to Kentucky to build a railroad. There he was mar- ried to Jane Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Robert S Carter, of Carlisle, Ky. He followed the con- tracting business in Kentucky and Tennessee until 1871, when he died in Nashville, Tenn., at the age of forty-seven. Prominent among the con- tracts he completed were those providing for bridges across the Ohio river at Louisville, Ky., and the Nashville, Decatur & Alabama Railroad. During the war he acted as Superintendent of Construction of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. After his death at Nashville, Tenn., the widow with her six children, the eldest being seventeen years old. moved to St. Joseph, Mo., her present home, her parents having gone to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1857. The mother of our subject reared four boys and two girls, namely: Harvey C, who is the Commer- cial Agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company; Anna E., wife of John M. Austin, a prominent dentist of St. Joseph, Mo.; Edward H. , who is with the firm of Tootle, Hosea & Company; Arthur E., who is in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway; Lizzie E., who married Mr. Carl Lepine, of St. Joseph, Mo. ; and Robert, our subject. Mr. Nash attended the public schools at Louis- ville, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., until he came to St. Joseph, Mo., with his mother; he was again placed in school, where he remained until he was fifteen years old, when he entered the drug store of Thomas H. Elf red to learn the profession of druggist and apothecary. He followed his chosen profession until 188(3, when he was appointed Chief Clerk of the money-order department of the St. Joseph Postoffice under John C. Evans, Post- master. In May, 1890, h« received the appoint- ment of Bookkeeper and Secretary »to the Board of Managers of State Lunatic Asylum No. 2. and was re-appointed at their meeting in May, 1893. In January of 1888 Mr. Nash chose for his life compauion Miss Anna Connelly, who was born in this city, daughter of Michael Connelly, who emigrated to this country from Ireland at the age of eighteen, and settled in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1 ST>7. He was a shoe-maker by trade, aDd suc- cessfully followed the business until 1884, wheu he retired. By his industry, perseverance and courage Mr. Nash has risen in spite of all obstacles, and is one of the most wide-awake and intelligent young business men of the city. He has in his many years' residence here seen the place undergo great improvements. Mr. Nash is a member of the Catholic Church and is affiliated with the Demo- cratic party. ***>^*^|;£$£|: ^****«* \ILLIAM G. FAIRLEIGH. Since the early days of St. Joseph's history no one has borne a more important part or taken greater interest in her rapid growth than has the gentleman of whom we write. His history PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 327 is that <>f a in ;tn who has risen from the lowest rounds of the financial ladder to a truly enviable position as an influential and respected citizen. Mr. Fairleigh is a native of Elizabethtown, Hardin County. Ky., where liis birth occurred February 9, 1830. In the fall of 1843 he went by way of the Ohio river to St. Louis, proceeding from that point to western Missouri, accompanied by his parents. The tirst raonej he made after his arrival in Weston. Mo., was in selling apples on the street and at the boat landings. His father, Andrew Fairleigh, went to Savannah in I SIT) and the fol lowing year came to this city. He followed the trade of a silversmith until 1849, when he went to California, working at his trade in Sacramento and later working in the mines. At the end of three months after his arrival in the west he was called from this life. He sent to our subject several hundred dollars he had made, and the following spring his widow and two daughters went to Sac ramento where they started a hotel. This they ran for several years but were unfortunate, as the hotel was burned out three times. The mother is still living, though now eighty-one years of age, and makes her honie in San Francisco with her two daughters. Our subject for two or three years at this time turned his hand to whatever he could find to do, riding errands, ami later acting as errand boy and cleaning out the store of Smith 1 Milton Tootle, the senioi member of the firm, went east, buying $60,000 worth of goods, but on account of the growing un easiness in regard to the war, it was deemed dan gerous to have the goods brought to this city. Mr. Fairleigh went to Quincy, 111., to have them stopped, and returned to the sellers at Philadel- phia, New York and Boston, but on his return it was found that that step was a mistake, as prices were rapidly coining up and there was an increas- ing demand for goods. The shipments, which had proceeded as far east as Pittsburg and Albany, were then brought west. Prints which had been purchased at eight cents and sheetings at seven cents were worth thirty cents by the time the tirst installment of goods reached this city. This was the only house to continue a jobbing business for several years. The firm of Powell, Levy & Lemon, closed out, Tootle & Fairleigh furnishing capital to start the firm of Lemon & Hosea in business about 1863, the latter being very successful also. In 1856 a large brick store between Felix and Francis streets, located on Second street, was erected by Tootle & Fairleigh. where they con tinued in business until 1S78, when Mr. Fairleigh retired on account of failing health. In 1849, when Mr. Fairleigh became a member of the firm before mentioned, there was about $20, (1110 invested in the business, which amounted to about $75,000 per annum. In I *7o, with a oapi tal of $100,600, thesalesa nnted to about $600, 000. In 1857 they retired from the retail trade entirely, dealing in nothing but dry goods, boots and shoes and ipieensware. From lSf51 On, Mr Fairleigh was the manager and buyer and during the war prices rose to an enormous height; prints formerly at six cents rose to forty ~i\ and other dry goods in proportion In 1873 Mr. Fairleigh traveled, visiting the 328 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence, and spent considerable time in recuperating, in June, 1878, going to Europe and returning the following Janu ary. Going into partnership with K. J. \V. Bailey and afterward taking in Isaac Weil, the firm of Bailey, Fairleigh & Weil was formed, Mr. Fairleigh remaining in the business for about two years, finally selling out in 1881. In 1857, with his brother Talbot as manager, the firm of Fair leigh & Co. had started in the hardware trade, which was very successful, the business being par- chased by William Wyatt in 1873. With Mr. Tootle, Mr. Fairleigh owned one half of the Buell Mills at one time and our subject also loaned * 15,000 on a mill at Blue Rapids, Neb. In 1881 Mr. Fairleigh and Milton Tootle became half own- ers in the Buell Manufacturing Company, soon afterward building the woolen mill, which has since become a fine business. In the spring of 1880 Mr. Fairleigh became in- terested with Joseph Knight at Cheyenne, Wyo. , [>utting up $40,000 to buy cattle near Salt Lake City, which, after holding for two years, they sold out at a large profit. The same year he pur chased two thousand head of cattle in Texas for 125,550, selling later at a profit of about 130,000. Though his success was large, he has not since in- vested in cattle, preferring to place his money with commercial and manufacturing concerns. In 1873, as the St. Joseph Valley Packing Company had done a big business for some time, Mr. Fairleigh invested $10,000 with them, but it did not turn out well, as he lost $44,000. Joseph Knight had also been a member of the company. One year, when their stock could have been sold for $00,000 profit, it was considered best to hold it over, which was an unfortunate move, as they ultimately lost $120, 000 on the deal. On October, 1807, occurred the marriage of Mr. Fairleigh and Miss Alice O'Neil, whose Bister, Kate, is the wife of Milton Tootle. Mrs. Fair leigh was born at Shelbyville, Ky. Her father, James L. O'Neil, who had been a banker in that place, was identified with banking interests in this city in company with his son in law, Mr. Tootle, who started the Western Bank about 1850. To Mr Fairleigh and wife have been born four children: William G. ; James O'Neil, aged twenty-four, who is engaged in real estate and commission business, being a member of the firm of Enright & Fair- leigh, and Jennie and Mamie, whose double wed- ding was celebrated January 25, 1892. This was a notable event in St. Joseph society circles, all of the contracting parties being well known and very popular. Miss Jennie became the wife of Charles Enright and Miss Mamie the wife of Randolph Davis. William G. is the youngest of the family. Mr. Fairleigh's residence is situated on beauti- ful grounds comprising twenty nine and one-half acres on Frederick avenue and Twenty-sixth street. He has expended from $10,000 to $15,000 on his residence, which is a truly modern and beautiful home. In 1840 his father purchased the corner lot on Third and Felix streets for $250. This is where the Schuster Hax Bank now stands, the property having since greatly increased in value, as it is in the heart of the city. Our subject pur- chased the property from his mother and the heirs and in 1856 erected upon it a substantial two-story brick building and in 1867 erected the bank building just mentioned, the Calhoun Bank- ing House being started on the corner in 1861). Until 1876 Mr. Fairleigh's home was near the court-house on Fifth street. For this place he paid $1,500 in gold when gold was worth $2.50. In 1856, in partnership with Mr. Tootle, he pur- chased eight hundred acres of land at Forrest City, three miles from Oregon, where he laid out a town, started a store and induced several good firms to locate there. It was on the Missouri river and was a fair investment. He still owns lots in the town. Long before this, when Ne braska was still a territory, he went out with ;i party to the West, laying out town sites, one of which is now well-known Laramie City, but on this deal he did not make anything. Several times Mr. Fairleigh has visited California, but has not in- vested in property there. He is a Director of the Schuster Hax National Bank and stockholder in the Saxton National Bank of St. Joseph. He has never been a politician, though he votes the Demo- cratic ticket. Both he, his wife and family are members of and active in the work of the First Presbyterian Church. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 329 GEORGE FOSTER is Superintendent of the St Joseph Bridge & Iron Company's works. He is ;i practical mechanic, lias had years of experience, and his career in every position has been marked with success. 1 £•* is very well liked and numbers many friends among the business men with whom he has dealings. He is a native of Canada, born near Hamilton, De oember 29, 1853. He is a sou of Charles and Elsie J. (Gould) Foster, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Scotland. Mrs. Foster, who was a daughter of ( reorge < build, was brought by her parents to Canada when she was quite young. Her father was a well known farmer and -miller Tie' paternal grandfather of our Bubject, Col. Colen Foster, was born in the northern part of Ireland and received his military title while in the British Army. He was sent to take charge of a garrison at Toronto, Canada, in which place he was called from this life. Charles Foster is an architect, ami some time daring the late war he removed to Chicago, 111., where he pursued the vocation of contracting and making plans [or buildings. He was burned out during the Chica- go lire, hut is still living in the Garden City, and has not. yet left active business. George Poster is the oldest of eight children and from his twelfth year lived in Chicago, where he attended t'he public and high schools. With his father as a tutor he studied architecture and when only sixteen commenced working at, bridge- building. At the end of two years he returned to his father's employ and continued with him until he was of age. Then entering the employ of the American Bridge Workfl in Chicago in a subordi dale position, he was gradually promoted until he became Assistant Superintendent of the works. In Sept ber, 1884, he was made Superintendent of the Missouri Valley Bridge & [ron Works at Leavenworth, which company was then in its in- fancy. He toot hold of the business and under his management its trade increased tenfold. After being Superintendent in the Leavenworth works until December 8, 1892, Mr. Foster then came to St. Joseph, accepting the position of Su perintendent of the Bridge & Iron Company's works, of which he has cnlne charge. This fac torj has a capacity of some live million pounds per year, and the business is rapidly increasing, bidding fair to become one of the great industries of the west. Fraternally Mr. Foster is a member of the An- cient Free and Accepted .Masons, the Royal Arch .Masons and Knights Templar of Leavenworth, also belonging to Abdallah Temple, Mystic Shrine of that city. He uses his influence ami right of fran chise for the benefit of the Democratic party. A marriage ceremony was performed in Blue Mound, a village near Decatur, Macon County, 111., in 1875, which united the hands ami hearts of Mr. Foster and Miss Lillian F. Miller, whose birth occurred in Ohio and who was educated in Illinois. Six children have been born to our worthy subject and wife. In order of birth they are as follows Charles, Ethel, Flora, Elsie, Nellie and Lillian C ******** ***** ******** DANIEL M. FORCE is a retired hardware J merchant, being formerly a member of the ' firm of Force & Brown, and later carried on the business alone. He was a success fill merchant and is now enjoying a well earned rest in his pleasant home at No. 1807 Frances street. St. Joseph. Our subject was born in Bridge town, N. J., November 17, ISIS. He is a son of Samuel and Nancy (.tones) Force and was only aboul a year old when his parents removed to Cin cinnati, Ohio, where his father engaged in the trade of wagon and carriage making for about six years, afterward removing to Madison, [nd. Mr. Force, when only thirteen years of age, became self sup porting, ami embarked on a Mississippi river steamboat as cabin boy. His employer resided at Pittsburg and assisted in building his boats. When eighteen years old Mr. Force began to run as engineer ami for fourteen years worked in that business on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers About this lime he purchased an interest in a small boat running on the Missouri. His first trip up this river was as far as Weston, in the interest of a fur company in 1837, a trip with many interesting experiences, ami novel ones as well, ami on his le 330 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. turn he took the first Mormons bound for Inde- pendence. At a place three miles below Kansas City he took on a valuable cargo of buffalo hides and skins for St. Louis. In 1849 Mr. Force started for Nebraska City with a company of men which he took on his own boat, the " Mustang," to that place. It took four months to cross the plains to the California mines where he engaged in prospecting until October, 1850, meeting with fair success. He returned home by way of the Isthmus and reached St. Joseph with about $2,000 clear. It took two months to make the voyage from San Francisco to Panama, where he found his boat had met with a misfortune, and after all he realized but about $100 for his interest. In February, 1851, he arrived in this city. Mr. Force was united in marriage February 25, soon after his return from the west, to Miss Mary, a daughter of Thaddeus and Abigail (Wait) Benight. In 1848 the family came from Virginia on our subject's boat, as passengers, Mr. Benight intending to engage in farming in this locality. He eventually invested in city real estate and died here in 1850. Of his family of seven only three are now living, Mrs. Force and her two brothers. The mother died in 1854, aged fifty-two years, Mr. Force, after his return from the west, engaged in the hardware trade on Sedgwick street and continued in that business until finally retiring some eight years ago. In addition to general hardware Mr. Force had a large business in whole- sale and retail tinware and met with signal success as a merchant. Eight children, two sons and six daughters, have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Force. Charles, the eldest born, died in infancy, and the youngest of the family, Nellie, died at the age of sixteen years. Those living are: Oscar Benight, of Sun- shine, Col.; Annie, now Mrs. John Shireman, her husband being a member of the firm of Jones, Townsend & Shireman of this city; Jessie, the wife of Samuel Blythe, a stock raiser in Platte County, Mo. ; Maude, who became the wife of William Norton, a banker in Platte City; Mamie, who lives at home; and Phoebe, a teacher in the Steinecker School for the past five years. The family are all active members of the First Baptist Church of St. Joseph, of which Mrs. Force is the only charter member, she having joined it in 1850. She takes an interest in the church so ciety, and to her no little credit is due for the suc- cess attained by her husband and the influential position the family occupies in cultured society. She is a lady of strong individuality and her prac- tical qualities of mind have been impressed upon each of her children. She is well preserved in body and mind and is a woman of rare discernment and culture. The home over which she presides with womanly grace is a delightful one on a beau t if nil y terraced corner. Mr. Force, who is, how ever, not a politician, is identified with the Demo- cratic party and has long been numbered among the best citizens of St. Joseph. He has improved several lots and erected a number of stores. Per- sonally he is a man who commands respect and well deserves the many friends he has made since his first coming here, now nearly half a century ago. rii LEXANDER MOSES DOUGHERTY is / / \\ senior member of the firm of Dougherty IPT^ & Most Lumber Company, with yards at ■f/ the corner of Tenth and Mitchell streets. This company was started January 1, 1888, with a capital stock of $40,000 paid in, and is doing a business of $150,000 annually. The house keeps a full line of building material, hardwood, lime, hair and other supplies, the business being quite extensive in this and the surrounding country, as there is a great deal of contracting and building being done in this portion of the state. Mr. Dougherty was born near Versailles, Woodford County, Ky., October 18, 1833, and passed his boyhood and youth in his native state. When fifteen years of age he learned the carpen- ter's trade at Louisville and emigrated to Mis souri in 1858, working for two years in St. Joseph at his trade, and later engaging in the livery busi- ness for himself. He afterward took in a partner, the firm being known as Rusk & Dougherty until the war. Returning to Kentucky in 1861, Mr. Dougherty during that fall joined Gen. Morgan of Company PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD A, Fiftli Kentucky Cavalry, enlisting in Wood foril County, where he was born. He took pari in tin' Ohio and Indiana raids and was captured near New Lisbon, Ohio, at Buffington Island, with tif teen hundred and eighty of his fellow soldii-r--. This was in July, L863, and though they ware completely tired out for want of sleep, being fora number of days and nights in the saddle, they were straightway marched to Indianapolis, Ind. , and confined in prison there until they were finally sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago. They remained there until Lee's surrender, being held captives for about one year and one half. On the long march Mr. Dougherty was a witness many times of men falling to sleep while in the act of loading their guns, and while still under fire, as they were completely worn out, and almost dead for lack of rest. While held a prisoner Gen. Hohson was in command of the Federal forces and promised a parole, but Secretary Stanton opposing the meas ure, Gen. Hobson resigned. Mr. Dougherty was sent from Chicago to Lex- ington, Ky. , where he was paroled and transported to St. Joseph, arriving here in June, 1865. His financial losses during the war amounted to about §8,000. Heat once engaged iu the lumber busi- ness with John J. Arnold as his partner for some time, and later for about three years was engaged in business alone. The firm then became Dough erty, Hay & Company, remaining as such until the present firm was organized, January 1, 1888 They have been situated in their present quarters since April, 1882, and are doing a promising busi □ess For about six years Mr. Dougherty has been much interested in live stock, having in vested some in Texas cattle. On March 7, L866, Mr. Dougherty led to the marriage altar Miss Celia Anna, daughter of Judge John A. Pullems, of Buchanan Count), who was for four years President of the County Court, from 1856 to 1860. He lived on a farm twelve miles from St. Joseph and is numbered among the Worthy pioneers of this county. He was a native of Madison County, Ky., where his daughter, Mrs. Dougherty, was also born, but removed with her to this state when she was a child of only two years. Mr. Dougherty was r nth called to 16 mourn the loss of his wife, who was a noble Christian woman and a tender, affectionate wife and mother. She was called to her final real July 18, 1890, leaving a family of two children. William J. died at the age of eight years; Charlie died when eighteen months of age. Pearl is the wife of John H. Van Blunt, Superintendent of the Street Car Company of St. Joseph, ami John Harvey is Collector for the Dougherty & Most Lumber Company. For fifteen years Mr. Dough erty has been a member and Deacon in the' Tenth Street Christian Church of this city and takes a prominent part in its work. He is a thoroughly respected citizen in business, social and church circles. He has won the friendship of many by his upright life and manly qualties, and is well deserving the success that has attended him since casting in his lot with the citizens of this locality. ^s y£ ^ksk ^ ^k i* ^ ** ^ ^ ** o- ->• ^^^ i£ i*^ > XsX~X X ' " A^. J.AJ.' ^ X.-, X X^ X GAPT. JOHN N. SMITH was the Second Lieutenant of the first company ever raised here during the late civil contest. This broke up ami he reorganized it, being made its Captain. Joining Col. Boyd's regiment he took part in the fight at Blue Mills and next, going to Lexington, took part in the siege, and after the surrender of Col. Mulligan he was sent home with the mail, Oct. 3, 1863. He organized a company under Gen. Schofield's orders, was mustered in by Maj. Garth and was attached to Company H, Eighty first Enrolled Missouri .Militia. November 21. The same year this was reorgan ized and our subject was made Captain of the company, being ordered to take charge of Platte River Bridge on the railroad, thus serving until May 8, 1804, but on April 21 he had his leg broken by a horse. In the following August he was again called to duty and was with Gen. Craig, of St. Joseph, being relieved late iu the year. Mr. Sinith'is now engaged in managing his valuable farm on Section 25, Marion Township. David Smith, our subject's father, was a native of Virginia and was a soldier during the War of I SI 2. He was a farmer, both in the Old Dominion and in Lee Comity, \\'. Va., where he laler 334 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. removed. His wife, formerly Jenaie Bales, was bora and married in Bedford County, Va. David Smith made bis home in West Virginia until 1837, when he emigrated to Washington Township, Buchanan Comity, settling on the wild prairie land now owned by Isaac Lower, which at that time had upon it an Indian village. This was before the city of St. Joseph was known and a very few settlers were in the locality. The father was one of the first jurymen in the county, and one of his sons, Burden G., served for a number of years as the first constable of Tremont Township. He died with the cholera, when on the way to Califor- nia. David Smith died in 1848 and his wife the year previous. The only survivor in a family of nine children is Capt. John Smith of this sketch, who was bora June 21, 1827, in Lee County, Va., and being reared on the frontier, had but little chance for an education. He began to make his own way on reaching his majority, and was greatly interested in drilling for the Mexican War, but finally did not go into service. In 1851 he was united in wedlock with Elizabeth Hamner, a native of Indiana, and to them were born eight sons, three of whom are living, viz.: James N. , who married Pearlina Elsou and lives in Utah; Alexander S., who married Pearl Ingrem and resides in British Columbia; and Charles G., who makes his home in Utah. They are well educated men and expert electricians. After his marriage the captain settled on a farm in what is now a populous part of the city of St. Joseph and there he lived for six years, after which he was for two years located on a farm in Wash ington Township. His next move was to occupy a farm near Czech's Mills. After the war lie lived in Marion Township for one year, and after two other changes, in 1S74 moved to a place one-half mile west of his present farm. Later he bought a farm on Section 2, Tremont Township, which he cultivated for eleven years, then locating where he still resides. Capt. Smith's first wife having died in 1884, he was wedded February 24 of the following year to Mrs. Cordelia R. Henry, daughter of John and Lydia (Chaney) George, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. This couple were early settlers of Missouri, settling in this county in 1841. Mr. George, who was born Janu- ary 22, 1788, died in 1872, his wife having pre- ceded his demise by exactly ten years to the day. They were the parents of fourteen ahildren, seven of whom are now living, Mrs. Smith, who was born Marcli 2, 1840, being the youngest. She is the mother of three children now living: Mary J., wife of Thomas Donaldson of this township; Robt L., who married Stella Smith, also a resident of Marion Township; and Solon B. , who married Katie Rogan and lives in St. Joseph. Our subject has always been much interested in politics and has frequently been a delegate to the Democratic conventions. He has served a number of times as a juryman, has been school director, and has also served as Road Overseer for sixteen years. ^^^^^^j^^******* ILAS WOODSON, ex- Governor of Missouri, is Judge of the Criminal Court of St. Jo- seph, Buchanan County, and is a man of great influence in this state. He was born May 18, 181U, in Knox County, Ky. His parents did not have the means for giving him a scholastic training and the principal universities of the day, before the era of railroading, were very distant from his birthplace. His educational privileges were therefore meager, but he made the most of such as were within his reach. The log school house in the mountainous regions, it would hardly seem, was the place where the genius and vast in- tellect of such men as Mr. Woodson would be nur- tured, but such was the case. His hardy outdoor life impressed upon his physical manhood the strength which must be the foundation of all higher development. He lias attained an exalted position without other aids than a stout heart and resolute will. As an American citizen, he loves to claim that he is a self-made man. In him are em- bodied the high qualities of a statesman, pure patriot, intrepid leader, just judge and an honest man. From the time when he was a boy Mr. Woodson was a recognized leader and was an industrious PORTRAIT AND P.lixil! VPHICAI, IM'.COPD 335 worker on tlie liome farm. At the age of eighteen he started out to make his own way, ami after sell iug merchandise for a few months, as it was no congenial, he began the study of law and in 1839, B young man of twenty, was licensed to practice. His energy, application and talent secured success from the first. One other element in his character which contributed no little to this result was his happy faculty of making himself popular. In 1842, then in his twenty third year, Mr. Wood- son made B canvass of his district as a candidate for the Legislature and under the circumstances met with remarkable success. His opponent had represented the district in the General Assemby several successive terms and was generally believed invincible in his position. Young Woodson, how ever, was never daunted on account of the diffi oulty of a task nor surrendered until the battle had been resolutely waged. While his friends recognized his ability they gravely told him it was folly to undertake the defeat of such a rival. The people proved their faith by their votes and in the election honored Mr. Woodson with a handsome majority. While in the Legislature Mr. Woodson proved himself competent and his labors were approved by his constituents. Soon after the expiration of his term he was appointed Circuit Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial District by Judge Owsley, who recognized his worth and ability. At the end of four years he was reappointed for another term of service but before a year had elapsed, finding that his public duties conflicting with his personal in terests, he resigned. He had made a fine reputa tion and soon realized to a marked degree this fact in the large and lucrative practice which has ac- crued to him. Judge Woodson was elected by his district in ISC.) as a member of the Constitutional Conven tiou of Kentucky, in which he took an active part. Four rears later he was again elected to the Lesris- lature and with the expiration of his official term closed his career in Kentucky. In April, 1854, he removed to St.. Joseph, Mo., where he engaged in general law practice. He was elected Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of this state in I860 and after his term expired he resumed his general practice. In 1872 be was nominated unanimously by the Democratic convention as (ioveruor of Mis souri and was elected. The four years which he spent in this important office brought great credit to himself and constituents. Thereafter, he was engaged in his regular legal work in St. Joseph until he was made Judge of the Criminal Court, which position he still acceptably fills. **^^**||j§f§||^****** ysAN BUREN WILKERSON, an old settler and a very successful stock-dealer of St. Joseph, was born in Jackson County, Mo., near Independence, August 25, 1837. He is located just three fourths of a mile from the city limits, where he is engaged in buying and selling cattle. His father, Ross Wilkerson, was a native of Kentucky, where he was reared, and went to .Monroe County when a lad, where he lived a year. and in 1835 located in Jackson, four miles south of Independence, on the Blue liver. He took a claim on the "Flatte Purchase" in Crawford Township, near the present site of Taos, in 1888, where he entered land and improved it in time. At first the country was a dense wood with scat- tered settlements, and after Mr. Wilkerson had erected a rude log house he remained there for about eight years, clearing and improving his possessions. In INKS he sold this land, and pur chased a farm three miles west in the same town ship, which comprised two hundred acres of good farm land that was already in a state of cultivation. Politically he was a Democrat, and held the respou sible position of Constable until the time of his death, in the year 1855. Ivoss Wilkersou's father, whose given name was William, was of English birth, and located in Kentucky, at an early day, where he farmed for a time, and then moved to Monroe County. Mo., where he lived till the tune of his death. The mother of our subject was Margerel Miller, a daughter of John Miller, a Virginian, who had settled in Clark County, Ky., where he lived ami died. Mrs. Wilkerson was born in Greenbrier County, Va. , and died at the age of seventy one 336 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECOKD years, leaving a family of uine children, four sons and five daughters. Van Buren is the third from the youngest in this family, and was reared a farmer in Crawford Township, receiving his education in the primitive log school-house, until nineteen years of age. In the spring of 1 8T»7, he, in com- pany with a brother, started overland to California, with an ox team and wagon, and driving a herd of one hundred and twenty head of cattle. They went by the way of Kearney South Pass, Solano County, and took up a claim near Benicia, but it was a Spanish possession, belonging to Gen. Vallego, so they located elsewhere. Remaining two years on a ranch, these two brothers raised and sold large numbers of cattle, at the end of which time they returned to New Orleans, by way of the Isthmus Gulf Railway. Thence they went up the river to St. Joseph. Mr. Wilkerson remained here working on a farm until 1 800, when he removed to Texas and located in Collin County, where he owned a small tract of land, but not being entirely satisfied, lie returned home in less than two years' lime, where he accepted the position of Sheriff and Department Collector, under the instructions of Enos Craig. He held these two offices for about two years. At this period he engaged in the livery business, fol- lowing it for six months, when he purchased a farm, and started a cattle ranch. He made fifteen or sixteen trips to Texas in the interest of his business, four of which he made in vehicles. Aboui 1872 he purchased thirty acres of land, on which he now resides, and on which he has erected a comfortable and convenient home. Mr. Wilkerson was united in marriage near tin's city, in 1870, his choice being a Miss Arabel Miller, who was born in this county to Isaac Miller. Mr. Miller was born in Monroe County, W. Va , and settled in Washington Township, this comity, about, 1S40. Our subject and his wife have been blessed with the birth of five children: Maggie, Robert, Edgar, Jay and Benjamin. Mr. Wilkerson is a thorough partisan of the Democratic party, and has ever been a strong Union man; he is a person whose courtesy and genial manner, both in social ami business life, make for him many friends. 1/ f/IRAM C. BOONE was for many years IpH prominent in the history of Indiana, being 1] one of the pioneers and patriots who •j/ opened up that region to civilization. He was born in Shelby County, Ky., July 3, 1789, I being a son of Samuel and Jane Boone, the former a gunsmith by trade, who was employed by the Continental Congress to operate the first gunlock factory ever carried on in America. This was lo- cated in Georgetown near Washington. After the Revolution, in 1785, he removed to Shelby County, Ky. When Mr. Boone was seventeen years old his father died, and shortly after, with his mother, brothers and sisters, he removed to Harrison County, Ind. The date of this migration was 1811, the same year that the battle of Tippecanoe was fought. Tn August, 1812, Mr. Boone, then a youth of eighteen, was called upon to fill the position of Captain in a company of drafted militia, to go against the Indians who were threatening to take Vincennes and Fort Harrison. They had been given a regular detailed captain who, on perceiv ing the wishes of his men, with magnanimity yielded his position to Mr. Boone, who was justi- fied in the feeling of pride with which he ever re- membered this unexpected mark of appreciation. They marched to the relief of Fort Harrison, where they dispersed the enemy, and from there proceeded to Vincennes, where they were inns tered out of service. In the next month, at the request of the Colonel of the Fifth Indiana Regi ment, Mr. Boone commanded a company of mounted riflemen and was stationed for thirty days at the fort on White river in order to protect the frontier settlement there from the savages, After seeing more or less service during that win ter, Mr. Boone was given the rank of Major in the army, but from that time forward was able to pursue more peaceful vocations. In March, 1813, Hiram Boone married Miss Fannie Boone, who was a daughter of Jonathan Boone, and granddaughter of a brother of the celebrated Daniel Boone of Kentucky. Our sub ject is also a descendant of the English Boone family, his father having been an own brother of Daniel Boone. After his marriage. Hiram Boone PORTRAIT AMI BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 337 removed to Land which he had purchased near La conia, In. I., where be built a house and q< ssary barns. In the spring of 1815 he purchased a tract of land opposite Br&udenburg, and for the following few years acquired property very rap idly. About this time he was induced t" go into partnership in the dry goods business with a i pie of men. the firm investing $9,000 in stock. Things did not go very well with his commercial venture, and tit- finally lost nearly all he had invested. In 1822 Mr. Boone purchased a tract of land. He went to work iu earnest and soon acquired consid erable property, bis estate being worth about $40, 000 at the time of bis' death. This was ac cumulated through houest toil, without any speCU lalion or trading. On the 4th of July, 1820, occurred the death of Mr. Boone's first wife, and in August of the fol- lowing year he married Mrs. Sarah Renfro, nee Staples. Her mother was. before her marriage, ■lane Haustin. who came of a very wealthy old Vir- ginia family. Mr. and Mrs. Boone had a family of eleven chil- dren. The ancestors of the Boone family emi grated from Exeter. England, settling near Phila- delphia not very long after it was laid out as a city. They were all members of the Society of Friends. i^-^^-c^^V - ^ JILLIAM J. BROWNE, who makes I, is \jj home in St. Joseph, is much interested in all that pertains to the growth and advaiu lent of this locality. He is at the present time the Supply Agent for the Kansas City. St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad. Mr. Browne was liorn in Manchester, England, March 15, 1843, and when but seventeen years of age ased the great Atlantic to Buffalo, N. Y., where lie found his brother, who had lived lure for some lime. Iii 1861 he began working on the railroad in a local freight office of the Grand Trunk Bail way system, and with the exception of two years' time in all these thirty years, lie ha- Continually been employed on the railroad. \\ lien tie- Civil War broke "in. Mr. Browne, being of a highly patriotic nature, went to New York, and there enlisted in the Thirteenth New York Artillery, serving until the close of the war. He was in engagements in Virginia with Gen Butler, and later entered tie- gun boat service on the coast of North Carolina, which protected the supplies that were sent to Gen. Sherman, and distinguished himself in the capture of Fort Fisher, Goldsberry and other Confederate points. During an attack on Fort Petersburg Mr. Browne was laid up with the rheumatism, and found it necessary to ask for a discharge, which was given him June, 1S65, at New York. After being relieved of his duties as a soldier, Mr. Browne came west to Council Bluffs in Hie year 1865, and five years later located in Kansas City, where he first operated a construction work for the Kansas City Railway Company, and sul>se quently accepted a position in the general freight and audit offices in St. Joseph, which he has held for eleven years, working iu several departments until he became familiar with every minute detail bf the business. For the last four years he has ordered ami disposed of all the material for the company, making all necessarj purchases for buildings, amounting to about 81..">(>0,000. August '1. 1SVJ. Mr. Browne was wedded to Miss Fannie, daughter of George Breekenridjre, an old settler of this state who was killed in the late war. He was shot at his own door by a body of men wearing blue uniforms, who called him out of the house and pierced his body with bullets; he was a cousin of the Hon. J. C. Breckeo ridge, of Ken tucky. The amiable companion of our subject was born in Buchanan County, this state, and reared and educated in St. Joseph. Mr. and Mrs Browne are the parents of two children, Jennie and Anna. The last named parent is a consistent member of the Methodist Church (South'), in which she has used her influence, both spiritually and financially, for a number of veins. The family residence is situated on Sixteenth street. No. 218. Mr. Browne attributes his sueee-s in life to his per severance, untiring energy and good judgment, qualities which almost invariable bring fortune to their possessor. 338 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ATLIFF R. BOONE. Eveu amid tbe rush and exciting whirl of modern business life, there are times when the student of history, the devotee of business, and the promoter of social culture alike pause to contem- plate the past and ponder, if only for a moment, upon the lives and character of our pioneer an- cestors. Few now survive of that class of men who, leaving pleasant homes and the friends of a lifetime, bave sought, amid uncultivated wastes, to establish homes for their families and fortunes for their children. But though now for tbe most part departed into the eternal shadows, their memory is green in the hearts of tbe present generation and their example is deemed worthy tbe admiration of all. In 1838 there were only a few settlers who had ventured so far from civilization as western Mis- souri, and it was a primeval scene that greeted the eyes of Mr. Boone when, during that year, he visited Buchanan County and mad« a tour of this section of country on horseback. Though he did at once not permanently locate here, yet on his return to Kentucky his thoughts often wandered to tbe land far remote from the busy haunts of men, inhabited by wild animals and human beings scarcely less savage than the beasts of tbe field. Disposing of his property in the Blue Crass State, he came to Missouri in the fall of 1843 and pre-empted land in Buchanan County. Since that time be has been closely connected with the progress of the county, witnessing its rapid growth and becoming an im- portant factor in its development. Tbe family of which Mr. Boone is a worthy rep- resentative is one of the best known in the United States, and has been connected with the pioneer history of this country ever since Daniel Boone cast his lot among the earliest settlers of Kentucky and there achieved fame as a frontiersman and In- dian tighter. The father of our subject was Hiram C. Boone, who, by bis first marriage, reared three children: Grandison H. , who was born in 1814, and is now a resident of Meade County, Ky. ; Bat- liff R.,of this sketch; and John T. whose birth cost the life of the mother. He was reared by his Grandmother Boone and adopted the profession of a physician. During the gold excitement of 184'J he went to California, and after the receipt of three letters was never heard of afterward. The second wife of Hiram C. Boone was Mrs. Staple, a daughter of Capt. Renfro, and a mem- ber of one of tbe leading families of Virginia. Unto them were born eight children, who grew to maturity, namely: Sarah J., who married Austin Slaughter, of Louisville; Samuel, a noted physi- cian and a graduate of the Louisville Medical Col- lege, but now deceased; Fannie, who married Dr. Ray, of Louisville; James M. , now residing in Hill County, Tex.; Julius B. who died recently in Texas; Victoria, wife of Judge Samuel Douglass; Melvina H. , wife of Thomas Hyatt, of Kansas; and Hiram C, who received a legal education and now resides on the old homestead in Meade County, Ky. Ratliff R. Boone was born in Harrison County, Ind., and was reared to manhood in Ken- tucky, where in 1844 he married Miss Sarah E. France. They became the parents of seven cbil dren, who grew to mature years as follows: Fan- nie E , John F. Sarah R., Hiram C, Victoria, Susan and Mollie H. As above stated, Mr. Boone came to Buchanan County for the purpose of making a permanent settlement in the fall of 1843. Upon the farm that he pre-empted he remained until 1S68, de- voting his attention to its cultivation and bringing it to a high state of improvement. Later he em- harked in the milling business, and ten years after- ward, in 1878, he formed bis present partnership with Elijah M. Yates. Politically be is an ardent advocate of tbe principles of the Democratic party, but in local elections is independent. ****SSK**HH^*««***** f\[ RTHUR WADSWORTH BRE\YSTEH is 1 1 \\ a member of tbe well known and enterpris Jj i\ ing law firm of Carolus & Brewster, who ■f/ have a convenient office located at No. 114 South Eighth street, St. Joseph. He was born in Austinburg, Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 19, 1865, tbe day on which our martyred President, Abraham Lincoln, was buried. When only four years of age he went to Kansas with his parents. The father, Arthur S. , has been an attorney for a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 339 Dumber <>f years at White Cloud in that state, where onr subject was reared and educated. He afterward attended the Washburn College in To- peka, taking tit*- regular olassioal course and grad dating in the class of 1890 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1889 Mr. Brewster had the honor of represent ing Kansas in the Grand Inter State Contest at Grinnell, Iowa, the colleges of nine states being represented and the contest being for the suprem- acy of certain states and colleges as educational centers. The following states sent delegates to the contest: Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minne- sota, Colorado. Ohio, Illinois, Kansas anil Indiana. Mr. Brewster's subject was "Progress and its Agencies." Ex Gov. Fornker of Ohio and Judge Phillips of Kansas City were among the Judges. Our subject took part in ten oratorical contests while in college. As a Freshman he had the second place in the state contest and was a delegate to Bloomington, 111., when the contest was held in that city. During his vacations Mr. Brewster had spent the time wisely and had read law under his father's supervision, and after his graduation from the Washburn College he entered his father's office, where lie remained for about a year studying, and was admitted to the bar at Troy. Cans., April 1 1. 1891. For nearly a year he was located at White Cloud, Doniphan County, and from there came to St. Joseph, arriving in this city February 20, 1892. He entered the law tirm of Huston & Parish and was with them until New Year's Day of 1893, when the present tirm, of which he is a member, was organized. Though lie has bpen so recently ad- mitted to the ranks of his legal brethren he has al- ready manifested equalities which must ultimately win for him success. He is naturally intelligent and gifted, being possessed of a good memory and a quick and apprehensive mind. As an orator or pleader, as has been shown by his success in the oratorical contest above refer nd to, he is the happy possessor of eloquence, a good delivery and quick wit, which favorably impress both judges and the public as well. Moreover his personal appear ance and physique are largely iii his favor a»d he has been compared to the famous Mi Kinley in build. His self command while on the platform is noticeable and remarkable in one who has not had years of experience. Recently Mr. Brewster delivered to the gradual ing class of the Northwestern Medical College at Tootle's Opera House an address which carried the audience by storm, his praise being sung by every citizen of St. Joseph who had the pleasure of hearing it, It was marked for depth of thought, research, pathos and originality. It is therefore no stretch of the imagination to predict for this young man a brilliant career, as be is a natural orator, bound to come to the front. In the polit- ical field also Mr. Brewster has already acquired an enviable reputation as a speaker, for in the campaign of 1888, while still a student at college, he spoke a number of times for Harrison, and also in 1890, previous to the local election, and again in that of 1892 he made a number of forcible and thoroughly appreciated speeches, several of which were made in this city. He worked on the Congressional Coin mittee in Missouri and also spoke under the direc- tion of the State Committee. Mr. Brewster is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work men and, though he has wot been long a resident of St. Joseph, has already made many friends by his genial and cordial manner and the truly worths qualities which he manifests. w *****^*lf III****** * * \ILLIAM LIEBIG, who owns a liveryi feed and sale stable at No. 1516 St. Jo- seph avenue, SI. Joseph, Buchanan County, has been engaged in running the same siuce March, 1888. He has $7,000 in vested and has a paying business. He keeps nine carriages and a good line of horses. The build ing which is occupied by his livery covers a space of 50 by 1 1<> feet. Mr. Liebig was boi.n in Baden. Germany, April 4, 1813. and when eight years old removed to Ne maha County, Kans.. where he lived with his parents for about five year?. Bis father, Charles 340 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. F. Liebig, died in St. Joseph ill 18S8. He w;is a graduated pharmacist and was a student of his uncle, Prof. Julius Von Liebig, the famous chem- ist and professor at the University of Hesse Darm- stadt. C. F. Liebig was born and educated in ( iermany. He married in Kail, Baden, Miss Solo- nia Kreiner. When ten years old William Liebig commenced working, first in Pennsylvania and later in Iowa and Kansas, mainly at farm labor. The latter part of the time he was to receive $30 per year and his clothes, which latter he did not, however, finally obtain. When twenty four years old he took a trip to Fort Laramie with his father for Majs. Russell and Waddell, freighters. From that time ou for several years he was engaged in driving across the plains to Fort Laramie, Fort Kearney, Danver and Salt Lake City, having six yoke of oxen harnessed to the wagon. While, at Cottonwood Springs on the Platte river, in camp with thirty-five men, who had their thirty wagons drawu up in a circle, they were attacked by Sioux Indians. There were hundreds of the enemy, but after a few hours of hard fighting they dispersed. Mr. Liebig received an arrow wound in his arm. During this same trip, at O'Fallas Bluff, on the lower Platte, a terrible snow storm set in and for two weeks the train had to remain stationary. Three huudred head of cattle died of starvation and cold. Nearly all the stock they had died din- ing one night. Altogether our subject had many exciting experiences while journeying over the plains. In 1861 Mr. Liebig enlisted in Company D, Eighth Kansas Regiment, under Col. John A. Mar- tin, ex Governor of the state. He took part in twenty eight battles, the first one being at Tulla horn a, Tenn. He was all through the Atlanta campaign, and then under McCook, as Corps Com- mander, followed up Hood. After the battle of Nashville he was sent to Texas and was finally dis- charged at Fort Leavenworth. He was wounded at Mission Ridge, being shot in the thigh, but re- mained in the ranks. About three hours later while ascending the ridge a shell burst and broke his leg. He was for three months in the division hospital at Chattanooga, after which he rejoined his company. After the war Mr. Liebig engaged in farming in Kansas and was for a while in a packing-house in this city, until the wiuter of 1874. After that he was engaged in handling horses until 1880, when he returned to his Kansas farm, which he engaged in cultivating until the spring of 1888, when he started in the livery business. He is greatly in- terested in civic societies. In 1872 he was made a Knight of Pythias in Holton, Kans. , and now be- longs to St. Joseph Lodge, No. '2'2, of that order. He has served as Commander and has held the various offices in the lodge. He attended the Grand Lodge of Kansas in 1884. He is a member of the Uniformed Rank, Lodge No. 17, and is Past Commander, having served fcr two terms with the Woodmen of the World. One term he was Deputy Consul and is Commander for his Camp. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic, belonging to Custer Post. In politics he is an active Republican. While living in Kansas, just after the war, Mr. Liebig wedded Sarah A. Logue, who died in that state leaving three children, namely: Dora E , Mrs. Roy Boyce, of Fresno, Cal. ; Eleanora, wife of Dr. D. H. Fitzgerald, a resident of Wetruore, Kans., and Charles W., who, with his father, is en- gaged in the livery business. On March 26, 1881, was celebrated the marriage of our subject and Mrs. Kate Wootters of St. Joseph. x**^***^ ■"TT ?f; >f\ Xs *ft x; >F X\ 1/ SRAEL LANDIS. Among those who have been instrumental in promoting the scholastic, J literary and religious interests of the city of St Joseph no two are more woi I by of men- tion than are Mr. Landis and his estimable wife, whose popularity was based upon their social qualities and their well known integrity. Mr. Landis was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Octo- ber 17, 1808, and was one of five sons in a family of ten children. His father was a merchant in whose store our subject clerked until he attained his eighteenth year, when he began learning the gfc PORTRAIT AND BIOC KAI'lllCAL RECORD 343 harness trade In 1833 Israel landed in St Louis with only £30 in his pocket; hut not discouraged in lli.' least, In- invested his means in material anil set up in the harness business. During the next eight years he labored faithfully at his trade, building up a profitable business, and then pur obased a farm eight miles from St. Louis. In 1844, still looking westward, lie earne to St. Jo seph and opened a small shop, where he continued at his vocation and was gn-ath prospered. In 1 sr>7 Mr. Landis erected a large double brick on thocornerof Fourth and Felix streets, besides building other blocks. Having but $30 with which to start himself in business in St. Louis, our subject has, since 1833, amassed a very comfort able fortune. He was one of the three persons, including Reuben Middleton and Simon Kemper, to lay out Mt. Mora Cemetery, which afterward passed into the hands of the Cemetery Company Association. .Mr. Landis took a great interest in public affairs in earlier life, ami was at one time a member of the City Council and assisted largely in the erec tion of the hall for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which was located on Fifth and Felix Streets, and subsequently destroyed by lire. May 3, 1836, Mr. Landis was united in mar- riage with Miss Sarah Stibbs, who was born April 23, 1809, in Bath, England, and came to the United States at the age of sixteen years. In 1834 her family settled in St. Louis, where she and her sisters established the Young Ladies' Institute, the first school of the kind in that city. Mrs. Landis was connected with this institution until the time of her marriage, and after coming to St. Joseph was the tirst to organize a school here. The children who came to bless and add to the enjoyment of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Landis are: JohnC, Benjamin (deceased), Mary E., Anna Stibbs. wife of Dr. McDonald, Jr., and Lila, wife of Thomas Catlin, of Tarboro, N. C. Mr. Landis was thoroughly practical in the conduct of his af lairs, and his characteristic perseverance and thrift showed that he was a man of ability, intelligence, an admirable citizen and a true and faithful friend. He departed this life April 12, 1893. Mrs Lan .lis departed this life July 17, 1891, aged eighty two years. ILL1AM DAVID COBERLY, President of the First National Bank of Cameron, If was born in Danville, Vermilion County, III., June 19, IS 40, the son of James S. and Sarah A. Coberly. The biographer finds lit tie of special interest to narrate concerning his boyl d years, which were uneventfully passed alternately in the schoolroom and on the farm When he was seventeen years of age ho acoom panied the other members of the family to Mills County, Iowa, where for a time he engaged in farming pursuits. With his father and brother our subjecl drove t<> Pike's I'eak, Colo., in 1858, returning to Iowa the following year. Later he again went to Col or ado, this time driving through with a freight out fit from Fort Leavenworth. Ho was so delighted with the climate and business opportunities which the state afforded that he determined to make it his permanent home and accordingly located at Denver, where he resided until 1884. He lirst worked out by the month and saved his earnings until ho had accumulated $700, which enabled him to start in business for himself. Iu 1868 Mr. Coberly embarked in tin' stock business with John (t. Lilly aud for six years they had charge of a ranch in the San Luis Val ley, of which our subject was general manager. At the time the partnership was dissolved, in 1ST I, thoy owned about two thousand head of cattle and had quarters on an old Spanish grant. When the connection with Mr. Lilly was discontinued Mr. Coberly aud his brother engaged iu business together for six years and successfully managed a ranch in Middle Park, Grand County, Colo. Since 1884 he has continued alone ami now owns about fifteen hundred head of cattle and two hull died and fifty horses iu addition to a tract of six hundred and forty acres ami another tract which he leases. He has made of ranching a financial success and his judgment has seldom been in fault in the many enterprises in which ho has been interested. In March, ISSt, Mr. Coberly located in Stew artsville, Mo., where lie conducted a splendidly improved farm of four hundred ami forty acres. and there resided for four years, making mean- 344 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. while a special feature of stock-raising. He still owns the place and during the past year (1892) kept about four hundred head of cattle. In August, 1888, he came to Cameron, where he now occupies an elegant resilience containing a furnace, gas and all modern improvements. The dwelling was built at a cost, of $15,000 and stands to-day a monument to the success of its owner. Mr. Coberly was one of the incorporators of the First National Bank of Cameron and has been its President since September 1, 1890. The bank has a capital stock paid in of $5(1,0(10 and the follow- ing officers: W. D. Coberly, President; H. S. Beery, Vice-president, and C. J. Stevens, cashier. It was organized March '24, 1890, to succeed the Bank of Cameron, which had existed since August 20, 1888, and of which W. H. Bohart had been President. The Directors are: W. D. Coberly, H. S. Beery, R. H. Alexander, L. C. Livengood, Frank Gage, William Couklin, J. C. Tracy, George Kem- per and Charles W. Wright. At Olney, 111., October 13, 1875, Mr. Coberly and Miss Florence Bayley were united in mar- riage. Mrs. Coberly was born in Olney and re ceived her education at the Wesleyan College, Cin- cinnati. Three children have been born to them: Gertie, William and Joseph Edward. In the so- cial circles of Cameron no family stands higher than that of Mr. Coberly and his beautiful home is ever open for the hospitable reception of their many guests. Mr. Coberly votes the Republican ticket but has never taken any active part in po- litical affairs and always refuses to allow the use of his name for any office whatever. He was made a Mason at Stewartsville and a Knight Templar at Cameron, and is prominent in the fraternity. ******** ***** ***** ******** IiOHN M. SMEDLBY became the owner of his k. I present farm in the year 1868, since which \J) time he has been engaged in general agri culture and stock raising. This place, com- prising one hundred and twenty acres, is situated in Section 18, Agency Township, Buchanan County, and has been brought under high cultiva- tion by our subject, who has also erected good buildings on the place. He is well worthy to be numbered among the leading and progressive farm- ers of the county for he uses the most advanced methods in conducting his farm, which is a model one of the decade. The birthplace of Mr. Smedley was in De Kalb County, Ala., the date of the event being the year 1838. He is the youngest in a family of seven children born to John R. and Ruth (Epperson) Smedley, natives of South Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Their family consisted of the follow- ing: Elizabeth, George W., Ellen R. , William Marion and our subject, besides two who died in infancy. With the exception of two they all re- moved to Missouri, as did also the parents, who lo- cated in St. Joseph. Grandfather William Smed- ley was a native of Scotland. John M. Smedley grew to manhood in Buchanan County, to which he came in 1851. He acquired his education in the district and common schools and was an apt student. When the war between the North and South broke out he enlisted in the Confederate cause in a company commanded by Capt. Maupiu. He was captured in the fall of 1802 and after his release in the following year re- turned home and went to the mountains. He has always been affiliated with the Democratic party, to which he gives his ardent support. In 1863, soon after returning from service in the army, Mr. Smedley wedded Lucinda, daughter of Cook Lynch, a respected early settler of Buchanan County. They have six living children: Harry, who is a graduate of the justly noted St. Joseph Medical College and is a practicing physician in the county; Ruth, wife of Paris Moore, nephew of the well known "Uncle Ben" Moore; Oscar, Charles, Minnie and Bessie, who are still with their parents, attending the schools of the neigh- borhood. Mr. Smedley has always been a supporter of our tine public school system and is an advocate of good schools and teachers, having ever used his influence to obtain the same. He and his wife, with their two eldest children, are faithful mem bera of the Christian Church of Agency. Though he will leave to his family a considerable fortune they will have a much more priceless heritage — a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 345 good name, For Mr. Smedley baa kept his emblem ished through many vicissitudes and no one is more Favorably known in this community. DANIEL ('. MILLER is numbered among the enterprising citizens and merchants of Agency, Buchanan County, Mo. He is one of the most liberal men in the com munity where he resides, and by his courteous and genial manner has not only won the patronage of his Deighbors and fellow-citizens, but has also gained their sincere good will and friendship. He keeps a well assorted stock of general merchandise and has a remunerative trade from the surround ing townships. Mr. Miller was born in Claiborne County, Tenn . in L831, and in bis native state grew to mature years. His parents were Isaac and Mary (Hodge) Miller, who were natives of Kentucky and Tennessee respectively. The mother died within two miles of her birthplace, when our sub- jeel was a lad of twelve years. The oldest child, Emily, became the wife of Milton Hurst, and after In-- death she married Thomas Henderson, who w, is Sheriff of Claiborne County, Tenn., when the war broke out. Mrs. Henderson's death occurred in southern Kansas. Mr. Miller is the second of l In- family, the third child being Lee, whose home is in St. Joseph. Mary .1., widow of George Kim berlane, is a resident of Andrew County, Mo. On the paternal side the family is of German descent. In 1851 Mr. Miller came to Missouri, locating where East* 0W stands, in this county, and then- remained engaged in farming for one year. His next venture was in a commercial line, as he engaged in business at Kastou, and later at Toas, until the war broke out. He then enlisted in the regular state militia in the defense of the stars and stripes, serving most of the time for three years. For twenty years after the war Mr. Miller engaged in fanning, at which he was very success fill. In ISSt he returned to general merchamlis ing. and carries the largest stock of goods, outside of the City of St. Joseph, to lie found in the enmity. The marriage of Mr. Miller and Lucj Wade Farmer was celebrated in 1864. Mrs. Miller was born in this state and reared in St. Joseph. By her marriage she has become the mother of two children, sons, the oldest of whom, Eugene E., is a partner in business with his father. The younger, Perry, is attending school. Mr. Miller and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they are greatly interested, and it was largely through the instill mentality of Mr. Miller and his estimable wife that the present church building was erected at Agency. The former was Chairman of the Build ing Committee and had the handling of all the funds for that purpose. Nor was it indeed doe alone to the interest ho brought to bear on the question of building the church that the enter prise was carried out, but also to his generous contribution. In times of peace and win- he has ever been found a patriotic citizen ami true son of America. J [AMES B. STAFFORD is one of the leading men of south Buchanan County has also I been identified with the history of Platte County, where he was reared to manhood. ( ! reat credit is due to the many self made men of our country, who, beginning life entirely without capital and confronted by the many difficulties which fall to the lot of all, yet courageously and undaunted puisne with firmness tin- course they have marked out, thus winning in the end the crown of victory. Among the citizens of Jackson Township who have thus risen is Mr. Stafford, who has accumulated by his own efforts a valuable estate comprising nearly one section of land, located in Buchanan and Platte Counties, lie has been actively engaged in stock and grain raising, and all the numerous improvements now to be seen on his farm have been made by himself. He owns a small part of the old homestead and desirable property in the village of Dearborn. 346 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Ralph M. Stafford, our subject's father, was born in Giles County, Va., in 1808, and was the son of John Stafford, who was a native of the Emerald Isle. Ralph Stafford came to Platte County, Mo., in 1842 from Lawrence County, Ky., with his family. He entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he brought under good cultivation. Three of his ten children were born in the Blue Grass State, t he others having their birthplace in Platte County. The mother was be- lore her marriage Cynthia A., daughter of John Burgess, who moved to the county about 1840 from Lawrence County, Ky. He entered laud near the line dividing Buchanan and Platte Coun- ties, where he resided until his death. Our sub- ject's father and mother were both active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and lived to see the church edifice erected in Dearborn. James B. Stafford, who was the second sou, was born in Lawrence County, Ky., in 1839, and grew to manhood in Platte County, being educated in the common schools. In 1866 he led to the mar- riage altar, Melissa, daughter of Anthony Grable. To the worthy couple have been born nine chil- dren: Cynthia M., Laura A., James A., John R. , Charles W., Jennie P. (deceased), George C, Ora L. and Fred R. Socially Mr. Stafford is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, and politically he is a stalwart supporter of the Democratic party. It is now half a century since our subject cast in his lot with the favored inhabitants of this region, and he has never regretted his removal to the west, as on these broad prairies he has reaped golden harvests, giving him and his family a comfortable livelihood, a pleasant home and abundance of means for his remaining years. It has been truly said that the farmer is the most independent of men, for though he is in a certain sense at the mercy of the wind and Mood, which may prove destructive to his crops, he is free from the cares and harassing anxieties which beset the man of business in cities and (owns. Moreover he lias the advantage of being able to study Nature in her varying moods, and needs not to be shut up in a close office or store, but may always breathe country air, and be "near to Nature's heart." fli MOS MILTON BROWN, who for the past f/l\ thirteen years has made his home in St. /r§\ Joseph, Buchanan County, was in the serv •f/ ice during the late war. In 1 8"77 he opened his present business of transfer and stor- age, commencing with only one team. The first load hauled was for Mr. Ambrose, the foundry man. Mr. Brown soon built up a large business which demanded more teams. Thus he added several, one by one, going into debt largely for the same, as he had very limited capital. Each month he met payments on these and now the business has grown to large proportions. About forty men are constantly employed, and twenty- two teams are kept busy. The stable and storage rooms cover a space 60 by 140 feet, the building being two stories in height. Mr. Brown was born in Christian County, Iud., August 10, 1840. There he lived until his thir teenth year, after which he removed to Missouri with his parents, John R. and Rachel (George) Brown. The family located in Andrew County, sixteen miles north of St. Joseph. The father died only eighteen days after coming to this state, having caught a severe cold while working on the old mill dam. In 1858 our subject with his mother, brothers and sisters went to Leavenworth, Kans. That fall Amos Brown took a Denver trip with his brother, John R. , whose death occurred in Cass County, Mo., six years ago. He was a blacksmith in St. Joseph, having a shop on Mes sanie street for years. The brothers went to Den- ver with a load of flour, which they sold. They then went to work in the Creger mines, near that city, where they remained for one year. Return ing to Missouri, Mr. Brown lived in Andrew County, six miles north of St. Joseph, from the spring of 1859 until 1861. On the 14th of June, 1861, Mr. Brown enlisted for fi\e months in Company G, commanded by ('apt. Hubbard. This company, which was cav- alry, was mainly in Jackson and Bates Counties. stationed at Independence, Kansas City and Har risonville. They reached Lexington the day of the battle, but were sent after pome guerilla bands. In 1864 Mr. Brown went with three compsnies. under Gen. Loan as Brigade Commander, into PORTRAIT AM' BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 341 Arkansas, Following up Gen. Price during Ins last raid. Be whs in the fight at Big Blue, where of the sixty two men of the company sent out. thirty- two were killed. Mr. Brown's last active service was at Coonskin Prairie. Be was next sent to Little Kock, then to Independence, where he was discharged in June, 1864. Coming home, he was one of sixty t ake a company which was raised by Lieut. Henry Ogle, ami was placed under com mand of Gen. Loan, whose purpose was to make another raid. The most of Mr. Brown's service was in - ting, as he preferred active work to camp duty. After the war our subject engaged in baying and Belling horses in company with William Skin ner. These lie sold to the Government at the rate of about seventy five per month for two years. Bis next venture was that of running a saloon, which he opened up on Market Square and carried on for two years. For one season he worked in a briok yard, after which he bought ami sold wood for one year. For the succeeding sev< n years he engaged in hauling rod; for macadamizing pur poses. InlSTI he went to Cass County, where he stayed only a short time and then returned toSt. Joseph. He afterward went hack to ( 'ass County, where he was a resident for seven years, after which he opened his storage business in this city. On the 28th of April, 1864, Mr. Brown and Mahalnh Ann Pearson of Cass County were united in marriage. The lady was born in Clay County, and grew to womanhood in Cass County. The marriage is graced by four children, a son and three daughters: William A, who is engaged in business with his father; Minnie, Mattieand Effie, who are all attending school, Minnie belonging to the high school class of 1893. The family are members of the Patee Pail; Baptist Church. In 1892 Mr. Brown erected a pleasant and substantial residence, containing thirteen rooms, which have the hardwood finish throughout. In polities Mr. Brown is a Republican, but is not an office seeker. I [e is a member of King Hill Lodge, No. 11^. Independent Order of Odd Pel lows. Since his boyhood he has been identified with the history and development of this pail of the state, in the welfare of which he is greatly in tei ested JAMI'.S W. STALK is Superintendent of the St. Joseph Terminal Railroad and General ) Agent of the Santa Fe and the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroads. Be holds a vei \ enviable position, is clever and well informed on all subjects, a^ well as those specially pertaining to railroading. His career has been marked b\ the exercise of correct principles and sagacity, as well as by his native qualities of industry and mi tiring zeal in whatever he undertakes. The birth of Mr. Starr occurred in San Fran cisco. Cal., April :i. 1865, his parents being Henry W. and Mary B. (Merrifield) Starr. The latter was an orphan and adopted when young by an aunt, who removed to California at an early day. The mother died in INS'.! in the faith of the Dutch Reformed Church. Our subject's father was born in Middletown, Conn., while his father in turn was a native of the same town, a prominent man in official and military circles, and one of the founders of the Wesleyan College at that place. He was a wealthy merchant for that day and gave his children the best of educational advantages. In the early days of the gold excitement, Henry \V., the fathered' our subject, went to California and was ship chandler in San Francisco for some time, returning to New York in the fall of lSCT. |.\ way of Panama. He located in Yonkers, where he engaged in the manufacture of firearms for the United States Government. During the war he had a large and extensive business, and at its close turned his attention to the manufacture of skates Retiring from manufacturing, he engaged as a general broker and commission merchant in Brook lyn until his death in 1892, at the age of sixty seven years. .lames Stair is the second in order of birth of a family of four children, of whom three are living His boyhood was mostly passed in Brooklyn, N. Y., and for some time he attended Maple Hall Insti tute at Jamaica, L. I. He was early thrown upon his own resources and at the age of fourteen was apprenticed as a jeweler in Lockport, N. Y.. where he became a practical workman and master of the business. At the end of four years be did journey man work for nearly a year, but retired from that on account of ill health, and in 1880 went to 348 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Boston, entering the employ of the American As- phalt Pavement Company, acting as their clerk and time-keeper for two years, or until they failed in business. On the very day that the concern was sold under the hammer Mr. Starr fell in with an old friend who had just accepted a contract to survey the Topeka, Salina & Western Railroad, with head- quarters at Topeka, Kans. , and he at once con- cluded to come out with the party. In 1882, therefore, he first found himself in the west as commissary. Two years later, however, the con- tractors failed and he was obliged to take whatever employment came to hand. He obtained a posi- tion with the Sanla Fe as night-car sealer and number taker, receiving for his services the munifi- cent sum of $30 a month, and later as night ticket clerk in the same company's employ at the local station at Topeka, eight months thereafter enter- ing as a clerk in the Auditor's office. He made application for the post of Material Agent in the construction department, received the appointment aud started in the place that fall. Until 1888 ho was located at the following places: Hutchinson, Ottawa, Colony, Chanute, Emporia and Strong City, all in Kansas. The construction of the road having been prac- tically completed, Mr. Starr became Station Agent at Concordia, Kans., remaining there until June, 1890, when he was appointed Agent at Florence, Kans. , to succeed E. A. Austin, who was promoted to the rank of Train master. In the latter place Mr. Starr remained as Agent until 1892, and was then made Superintendent of the Terminal Rail- road. The city of Florence is a point of great importance on the Santa Fe system and is a regu- lar school of railroad education. Mr. Starr has in St. Joseph the superintendency and appointment of about one hundred and sixty men, and his posi- tion is a very important and responsible one. In Brooklyn, N. Y., on November 20, 1888, Mr. Starr and Miss Mary E. Penfield were united in marriage. Mrs. Starr is a native of Lockport, N. Y., there passed her childhood days and was gradu- ated from the high school in that place. To the worthy couple has been born a bright little son, Arthur J. Mr. Starr is a Master Mason, a member of Advance Lodge of Florence, Kans., and in political principles is strictly and loyally a Re- publican. &***£**«||f If ******** OLE O. STINSON is one of the most pro- gressive farmers of Buchanan County, his farm of five hundred and thirty acres, which is nicely improved, being situated on Sec- tion 2, Township 56, Range 35. In 1868 he bought the nucleus of this large property, a small tract of one hundred and sixty acres, where his residence is located. The more modest home he replaced in 1889 with a commodious residence, which is one of the best frame houses in the township. Five years previously he built a substantial barn, 32 by 50 feet. In all local affairs our subject has been prominent for years past and has been school trustee for nearly twenty years. He owes his suc- cess in life entirely to his industrious habits and the energy he has brought to bear on every under- taking. Ole and Ingaborg (Olson) Stinson were the par- ents of our subject. They were both natives of South Norway, where they were married on arriv- ing at maturity. In 1850 they came to America, settling on rented land in this township and later in life moved to Doniphan County, Kans. , where they both died, the father in 1864 and his wife six years later. They were both members of the Lutheran Church and were the parents of four children, three of whom are living. O. O. Stinson was born October 9, 1830, in Norway and came to America with his parents when twenty years of age. He received a good education in his mother tongue and was reared on a farm. Beginning to carve out his own fortune, he worked by the month for some time and then raised a crop of corn where the Patee Park Bank of St. Joseph now is. Thus he continued until 1854, when he had accumulated enough money to buy teams and rent a farm. In I860 he chose a helpmeet in the person of Miss Laura, daughter of Peter Nelson, deceased, their marriage being celebrated in Washington Township. Mrs. Stin- son was born in the year 1832, on the 14th day of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 349 February, in Norway, and is well educated in l>"tli the English and Norwegian tongues. After liis marriage Mr. Stinson removed to Kim sms. locating on a farm in Brown County, which he pre empted. He built a small frame bouse, cleared and broke thirty acres. In 1863 he returned to Buchanan County, settling on a pari of his father- in-law's farm, where he lived for five years, and then, as previously stated, in 1868 came to his present farm. Hi> is pre-eminently a self-made man, and great credit is due to him for the sturdy courage with which he has overcome the difficul- ties in his pathway , A number of children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Stinson. The following four are living: Peter D., now a book keeper in the Park Bank of St. Jo- seph; Kate and Emma, who are graduates of Dr. Martin's Young Ladies' Institute of St. Joseph, where the former taught for some time, and Ida, who is a student in the same institution. Kirby ( >. died in 1889, aged twenty years. He and his brother were both graduates of the St. Joseph High School. They have a tine library of books, printed in both the Norwegian and English lan- guages. Mr. Stinson is a Democrat and with his family is a member of the Lutheran Church, of which lie has been an official. - li AMES A. GIBSON is a very successful farmer ^ I and one of the old settlers of Platte Town \J ship, his well cultivated farm being located on Sections 9, 10 and 11. His farm com prises three hundred and twenty three acres alto gather, and is one of the best in this locality. Of this one hundred and sixty acres, on Section 11, is the old homestead, formerly the property of his father, and this is nearly all highly improved. Mr. Gibson was born in Columbia, Boone County, Mo., January 2, 1840, and is a son of Arthur Gibson, who was born in Buncombe County, N. ('. This was also the hirthpku f Grandfather Garrett Gibson, who was of Scotch- Irish descent. He removed to Indiana, locating On B farm mar Greencastle, later went to Putnam County, 111. , and finally came to Missouri to live with his children. He was a member of the Bap list Church. Arthur Gibson, who was reared in Indiana and Illinois, was married in the latter state, and in 1839 brought his family in wagons to the west. For a short time he resided in Boone County, and in the fall of 1 840 came to the " Platte Purchase." He made a settlement on what is now Section 11, Platte Township. There he con structed a log house with puncheon floor. At the end of three years he became the owner of some land on Section 15, and as the years passed, con tinually added to his possessions. Mr. Gibson was an extensive raiser of hemp, grain and stock and at the time of his death, in 1858 his property consisted of over 600 acres ol land. His wife, Jane, daughter of Thomas Moore, was born in Tennessee. Her father was also one of the early settlers of Platte Township, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Gib son died at the home of her son in law in January, 1887, but had resided for many years witl r subject. She was born in 1811 and was the mother of nine children who grew to maturity. Thomas G. is a farmer in Oklahoma; Rachel, wife of Levi Wilhelm, resides in Winchester, Kans. : Lewis, who was in the Confederate service, is liv- ing in Harvey County, Kans; Francis M. , who was in the hundred days' service, lives in JefFer son County, Kans; James A. is next in the order of birth; Nancy, wife of Milton Witt resides in Winchester, Kans; Clarissa, wife of West Clarke, and William B. live in Jefferson County; and George W. is a farmer on Section '2, Platte Town ship. James A. Gibson was brought up in this town ship and the only schools which he attended were of the old fashioned log kind. He was early obliged to work on the farm and ploughed with a woolen mould board, preparing the ground for hemp. He remained at his home until his mar riage, January 22, 1863, when Miss Caroline Hoi land became his wife. She was horn in Jackson Township, of this county, and is a daughter of one of the early settlers. In 1859 our subject bought a part of the old farm and in 1863 he located on this property and has here resided since. During the war he at- 350 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tended strictly to his farming interests and was never molested or arrested. Many improvements now to be found on the farm have been made by the owner. The Platte river bends in such a way as to be the boundary of two sides of his land, which is very fertile and alluvial. On the place is a fine orchard, and for several years Mr. Gibson has made a specialty of feeding cattle, shipping about one car load a year and a like amount of hogs. To our subject and wife have been born twelve children, ten of whom are living. They are as follows: Almetta, wife of Samuel Shoemaker of St. Joseph; Emma, wife of John Roberts; Thomas W., a farmer on Section 11; Magdelina and Jaly A., who live at home; James W., now attending the University of Missouri; Francis M. , Dora, Jessie and George S. Jennie S. is deceased; an- other child died in infancy. For several years Mr. Gibson has been School Director and is now President of the Board. He was clerk of the district at one time and has also been road overseer. In the early days he went to St. Joseph to do all his trading. At present Mr. Gibson is Superintendent of the Sunday-school of the Baptist Church, to which he belongs, and is one of the building committee. He supports the Democratic party and has often attended county conventions. He has witnessed the erection of every church in this township. Only two of the five are now standing. They are the Frazier and New Hebron Baptist Churches. *«* ^^**!!H!***«*«** IfOHN A. LYKINS has been prominent in all } I the affairs of Buchanan County for many v// years past, and at one time was a candi date of the Democratic party for Repre Bentative. In the ranks of that party he has been a faithful worker all his life and has acquired quite a local reputation as a politician. At present he owns nearly two hundred acres of land on Sec- tions 17 and IS, Jackson Township, which is one of the best pieces of property in the region. He has a pleasant and commodious residence and substantial farm buildings, which are kept up in a thrifty manner. When the late Civil War broke out he enlisted in 1802 in Company I, Fifth Mis- souri Regiment, Confederate States of America, under Capt. Downing. He served in different portions of the state and Arkansas until the close of the war, surrendering with his company at Shreveport, La. He has been a resident of Buchanan County now for the past quarter of a cintury, being thoroughly identified with her wel- fare. The birthplace of our subject was in Lincoln County, Ky. , the date of the occurrence being the 15th of December, 1840. When he was fifteen years of age he moved with his parents to Illinois, living in the Prairie State for two years, and in 1858 coming west with them to Platte County. Mr. Lykins is the seventh in order of birth in a family of twelve children. His parents, William and Eleanor (Roberts) Lykins, were both natives of the Blue Grass region. All but one of their large family grew to mature years, and were mar ried, having homos of their own. On the paternal side the family is of Scotch descent. In 1868 Mr. Lykins married Miss Rhoda, daughter of John Richardson, who was one of the first settlers of Buchanan County, having removed here from Kentucky. For some years after his marriage our subject rented land in order to get a start in business, and then purchased his present farm. The many improvements which can now be found upon it have all been made by him. He has two fine orchards, covering about eight acres, which yield an abundance of fine fruit of several varieties. For a number of years Mr. Lykins has given bee culture considerable attention and has been quite successful in that direction. He is engaged in general farming and stock raising, lint has made a specialty of growing fruit, for which his land is well adapted. Mr. and Mrs. Lykins are identified with the Christian Church, and socially the former is con- nected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a self-made man, having climbed to his pres ent enviable position without wealth or the aid of influential friends. Though the difficulties and obstacles in his pathway sometimes seemed almost insurmountable, he has never faltered in his pur- 1'OKTKAIT AND BIO( 1 1! A I'HICAL RECORD. 353 pose, ami ni'W ln> has readied the goal of success, ranking among the prosperous citizens of the county iiml holding a position which he well deserves, He is personally well thought of, evine ing the most delicate sense of honor and the strictest adherence to high principle in his various dealings with his fellows. Such a one merits the confidence and high esteem of all, and this is given in no small measure to the gentleman of whom we write, whose lies! eulogy is his life of unblemished reputation. ********ff |ff ******** \ILLIAM DOWNES, whose pleasant home is situated at No. 71*1 North Sixth street, M[ St. Joseph, has been engaged in steam and gas fitting and plumbing at his pres- ent place of business at No. 115 South Fourth street since February, 1885. Eight years ago, when starting in this line of trade, he had only $500 to invest, but now has about $4,000 worth of stock. He employs at. times from twenty five to forty men and seven or eight plumbers and gas litters. His annual business amounts to from $12,000 to $15,000. Our subject's birth occurred in County Clare, Ireland, on November 15, 185'2. When nineteen years old he came to the United States and learned the plumber's trade in Chicago. He remained in the Garden City until 1N77, when he removed to Kansas City, and live years later became a resi dent of St. Joseph. He worked for Herbert for three years and then bought the old plumbing business of Kdward Alden. For one year he was in partnership with Mr. Love, under the firm name of Downes A; Love, but since that time has carried on the business alone. He has been a contractor on sewer work and has made ( siderable money in that line. Altogether, in summing up his busi- ness career, it is only just to him to say that as ilie result of his superior management and strict attention to his commercial interests, lie has met with signal BUCCess. On the 24th of January, 1884, Mr. Dowries and Miss Kate Mullens were united in the bonds of matrimony. Mrs. Downes is the daughter of 17 Dennis Mullens, whose death occurred two years ago. He was a prominent contractoi ami did good work in cutting down ami grading the hills of Hie city. He settled here about the year 1853 and was always active in everything relating to the de velopment of St. Joseph. Mrs. Downes was born in this city and is the mother of t wo children, a son and daughter, namely: Thomas and Margaret. The gentleman of whom we write is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, was one of the charter members, was the first President of Division No. 1 in St. Joseph, and is the present Treasurer of the saint". He also belongs to the St. Patrick's Sodality, Gen. Shields' Club and to the Sherman Club, which was organized by Father Sherman. Cur subject and his family are mem hereof the St. Joseph Cathedral. In his political belief the former is a firm supporter of the Demo- cratic party. ********fj<§fj******** y t ICHOLAS J. SCHLUPP, is a highly re- Vl spected and well to do citizen of St. Jo B seph, where he has made his home since fv 1859, with the exception of a few years in the service ami some time spent in Texas, where he owned a ranch. He is now Vice president of the St. Joseph Brewery Company, one of the largest of the kind in this part of the state. Mr. Schlupp was born in Heme, Switzerland. July 31, 1836, and is a son of Benedict, who was a fanner, and though nearly seventy-nine \ear- of age is still a resident, of his native land. lie is a member of the Lutheran or Reformed Church. His father, whose Christian name was Nicholas, was also an agricultui isl in the same portion of the country. Our subject's mother, Elizabeth, daugh tor of Benedicl Dick, was born ill Switzerland and was of German descent. Her death occurred in 1846, when she left a family of five children, two of whom are since deceased. Of these OUT sub jeel is the oldest and at the present time is the only member of the family in America. Mr. Schlupp's boyhood was passed in his native city, Heme, and after the death of his mother he went to live with an uucle, attending the public 354 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. schools until eighteen years of age, when he start- ed to learn the baker's trade, but tiring of that occupation, decided to try his luck in America. In 1850 he left Havre in a sailing vessel ami though land was sighted in twenty-seven days, the vessel was quarantined seven days off New York city on account of sickness on board, On landing, Mr. Schlupp came directly west, working on a farm near Mokena, Will County, 111., for a year, thence going to Davenport, Iowa, where he obtained work in a bakery shop belonging to an uncle, until the fall of 1857, when, going to St. Louis, he was clerk there for a year. In 1859 he joined an excursion party going to Pike's Peak, which proceeded up the Missouri river to St. Jo- seph, where they lilted out wagons and started westward. They went as far as Fort Kearney, but many were by that time discouraged and con- cluded to return. Among these was Mr. Schlupp, who arrived in St. Joseph in the fall and worked at whatever he could find to do until the war broke out. He was among the first to enlist in Compa- ny B, Col. Peabody's regiment,, or otherwise the Thirteenth Missouri Infantry, Maj. Pettis' battal- ion. He was mustered in at, Kansas City as a pri- vate soldier and was soon promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. At the battle of Lexington Mr. Schlupp was on detached duty with fifteen men, being stationed at, Independence, and so was not, captured with the rest of the regiment. He then went, with Gen. Curtis to Springfield, and on account, of the for mer regiment to which he had belonged being scattered and broken up, he was placed in Com- pany E, Fifth Missouri Cavalry, and as Aid to Gen. Loan, being placed in command of his Body Guard, which consisted of a part of the original company he was Lieutenant, of in Pea- body's regiment. After some skirmishing in Mis souri he was in command when Col. Porter was taken prisoner at the Osage Mountains in Grundy County. He was wounded, having his horse shut from under him, and as he fell he received a bay- onet thrust in the left cheek. He remained in the service until the three years' term of his enlist- ment was up, when he was mustered out and re turned to St. Joseph. Only three weeks later he was made commanding Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment of militia. In the fall of 1804 Mr. Schlupp engaged in freighting across the plains with two mule teams and wagons, hauling provisions to Denver and making several trips in the two years following. In partnership with Mayor H. R. W. Hartwig he engaged in the wholesale grocery business on Fourth street. In 180'J he took charge of the St. Joseph Brewery for his father-in-law, Mr. Kuechle, for three years, until the latter returned from Europe. In 1870 Mr. Schlupp started in the cat- tle business as a partner of Mr. Ballinger, and was one of the first lessees of the Cherokee strip before they were obliged to pay so much a head. They bought cattle in Texas and leased the land in company with the Cherokee Live Stock Associ ation. They were quite successful in this under- taking, having some eleven or twelve thousand bead of cattle, and continuing in the business until L890, when, on account of the Government's de- mands, they concluded to sell out. In 1809 our subject was an incorporator of the St. Joseph Brewing Company, which is the oldest, in the city, and of which he is now Vice-president. In 1807 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Schlupp and Miss Sophia M. Kuechle, who was born in Indiana and whose father emigrated from his native place, Baden, Germany, locating in Indiana, where he was married. He was one of the first settlers in St. Joseph, coming here in 1849 and enlisting as a soldier in the War of Mex- ico. Three children grace the union of our sub- ject and wife: Mamie, who was educated in Phil adelphia; Ada, who attended school in St. Louis, and William G., now attending the Christian Brothers College at St. Joseph. In 1800 Mr. Schlupp made a pleasant voyage and journey to Switzerland, being gone from home about four months and renewing his acquaintance with the friends and scenes of his youth. In politics he is a Republican and actively interested, attending the county and state conventions. He is a suc- cessful business man and is justly numbered among the enterprising merchants of St. Joseph ruKTUAIT AND BIOOUAPHH A L RECORD 355 MARSHALL B. PYNE, a farmer and stock raiser of Agencj Township, is one of the honored early settlers of Buchanan V County, where he is recognized as a lead ing citizen. He is specially prominent in the township where he resides and liis authority on many questions is highly respected. He was horn in Frederick County, Va., March 25, 1825, and was educated in the Shemariuh College, from which institution he graduated, having become proficient in the languages and mathematics. Jonathan Pyne, our subject's grandfather, was born in Scotland and came to America in time to take part in the War of the Revolution The fam ily have numbered many noted patriots who have been identified with the leading events of the coun- try. Marshall B. Pyne is the youngest in a fam ily of six children whose parents were Lazarus and Mary (Putnam) Pyne, who were natives of Penn- sylvania, where they were reared to maturity. The mother was a descendant of the old Putnam fam ily in Virginia ami was also connected with the Commodore Perry family. In the year 18T>3 occurred the marriage of Mr. Pyne and Margaret S. , daughter of William Doug las, of i h>' old Douglas family of Rockbridge County, Va. In 1856 the young couple came to Missouri, locating in Buchanan County, upon tin' farm where he now resides. He purchased one (piaiter-section for §20 per acre and has since added to it until at the present time he owns one hundred and eighty acres. He is a successful ag ricultuiist and a conservative man, his prosperity being the result of his carefully planned ventures and investments, as well as df the industry and perseverance which are marked characteristics of the man. To himself and wife have been born four children, who are as follows: William Doug las, Mary Mildred, Julia Catherine and Jeb Stuart. Mr. and Mrs. Pyne are members of the Presbj terian Church, to which their eldest daughter also belongs. In politics our subject is one of the old JefFersonian Democrats and an advocate of the principles set forth by that famous statesman. During the war between the contending factions, Mr. Pyne was a member of the state militia organ i/.ed for self-protection on the border. Unlike many fanners whose minda are so apt to be given up entirely to the narrow routine of their duties, our subject, starting out in life as he did with a supe rior education, has always kept up liis leading and is a thoughtful student of men and affairs, He is an entertaining conversationalist and is thoroughly posted on all the leading topics of the day. As a fellow citizen and neighbor he is very popular near his home and possesses the respect and esteem of all who have come in contact with him. iT^ARRETT L. COZINE is numbered among - the early settlers of Jackson Township, Bu \>l chanan County, where he has, in partner 2* ship with his son, about two hundred and fifty acres of land, all nicely cultivated. When he located on the farm it was in a wild state, bearing little resemblance to its present condition. Mr. Cozine is now held to be one of the most progress ive and enterprising fanners of the community in which he makes his home. Our subject was born in Mercer County, Ky . in the year 1824 and was the fourth in order of birth in a family of ten children, whose parents were John and Sarah (Bradshaw) Cozine. The father was born on Long Island in 1787 and the mother in Virginia in 1792. They located in Hen dricks County, Ind., where they remained until 1842, in that year removing to Platte County. Mo., whence after a residence there oT three years they came to Buchanan County. The Cozine fam- ily originally came to America from Holland prior to the War of the Revolution. Our subject's pa- ternal grandfather, Garrett Cozine, was a native of Long Island, where he married a Miss List, who was also of Dutch descent. Our subject now owns the old homestead settled b_\ his parents when they first came to this county in 1845. The marriage of Mr. Cozine and Sarah, dangh ter of Daniel Seal, was celebrated in IS-V!. Dan iel Seal migrated from Ohio to this county in 1844, and made his home here until he was called from this life in (852. lb- was a native ot Pennsylvania, where he married Catherine Miller, and to them 356 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. were boru nine children, of whom our subject's wife was the fourth. Mr. and Mrs. Cozine were the parents of seven children, as follows: Sarah, deceased; Mary J., wife of Henry Peck, of Ed genton; Melvina, widow of Benjamin Givin; Alice, wife of Charles Hughes; Ella, John B. and Re- becca M., who became the wife of Henry Boydston. Mr. Cozine's chances for obtaining an education were of the most limited description, but he was naturally studious and very desirous of becoming well-educated, and during his youth many a night did he spend reading and studying by the uncer- tain light of a wood fire on the hearthstone. In this way he gained a liberal knowledge and in time became so thoroughly posted on common English branches that he obtained a certificate to teach, and successfully followed that occupation for sev- eral years. For a period of three years Mr. Cozine resided in Kansas, but aside from that has made Buchanan County his home for nearly half a century. He is a practical farmer, and having from boyhood been used to the various duties devolving upon an agri- culturist, is thoroughly posted as to the best meth- ods for conducting a farm. He takes many of the leading farmers' journals and in this way keeps thoroughly abreast of the times and obtains ad- vanced ideas in regard to his work. His place is thrifty and well cared for, thus showing without the need of additional evidence that the owner is an industrious and careful man. His life is one well worthy of emulation and it is with pleasure that we present this brief record to our readers. Mr. Cozine is a member of the Masonic frater- nity and has always been greatly interested in the same. He casts his ballot in favor of the princi- ples and candidates advocated by the Democratic party, with which he has voted at all times. In everything pertaining to the welfare of his town- ship and county, our subject has used his best endeavors to forward the same and may well be called one of the founders of the prosperity which in so high a degree haw blessed this portion of the state. He has builded wisely and well upon a foundation of uprightness and honor, having erected a structure which is the abode of success. To his family he will leave a considerable fortune and, more than that, to them will be given that priceless heritage — a good name, a uame not tar- nished by unworthy actions or dishonorable deeds. It came to him unsullied and unsullied he gives it to his children. Soon after the war our subject was elected to the office of Township Registrar for two years. He was also elected Justice of the Peace, but refused to qualify. «*«**#^|^;^^*^** J |OHN K. JOHNSON occupies the honored position of the oldest settler in Township 58, I Range 35, Buchanan County. He is the fortunate possessor of a quarter section of fine land on Section 35, which is devoted to the raising of mixed farming and the ordinary amount of stock, both grain and animals being of good quality. A home-like dwelling and the various outbuildings indicate to the passer-by that the land is occupied by a family of enterprise and good judgment. Mr. Johnson is the son of Samuel and Sally (Travis) Johnson, natives respectively of Tennes-.ee and Kentucky. The parents were married after coming to this state and made their first home in Cooper County. Later they took up their abode in Jackson County in 1825 and settled upon a farm which is the site of the old Exposition Building in what is now Kansas City. He cleared and im- proved the property, making it his home for thirteen years before such a place as Kansas City was ever dreamed of. In 1838 Samuel Johnson removed to Andrew County and pre-empted the farm now known as the Green farm. He occupied a prominent and influential place among his fellows, and such wis his popularity that he was often chosen by his neighbors as referee in trying cases. Seated on a log under the shade of a tree, he held his court and would listen to the pleas of lawyers, and from his decision there was no appeal. He was later elected Territorial Judge, which position he held until the organization of the county. William R. Johnson, the brother of our subject, went, to California in 1847 and took part in the Indian Wars in the Golden State. He was later PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL KKCORD. 357 murdered in Aurora, Oal., by Three fingered Jack and his gang. Samuel Johnson in 1849, in com pan] with his miii Alexander, crossed the plains with a pack mil lit and entering the mines remained until the following year. Desiring to return home at the expiration of that time, he embarked on a steamer bound for Panama and was never heard of again. His good wife, who survived him many years, died in St. Joseph in 1874. They were the parents of seven children, of whom three are still living. In his political relations the father was an old line Whig, the principles of which party he upheld upon every occasion. John K. Johnson had his birth January HI, 1824, in Cooper County, this state, and as soon as he was of proper age was sent to the primitive schools of his neighborhood, thus obtaining a fair educa- tion in tin- ordinary branches taught at that time. \\ hen starting out in life on his own account, he was married, in I S 4 ."> , to Miss Mary K. , daughter of William and Ellen (MoCnbbins) Stephens, na lives of North Carolina. The parents of Mrs. Johnson came to Missouri as earl}' as 1834, making their home in Callaway County, the father dying at the home of our subject at the advanced age of ninety six years. Mrs. Johnson was born January 20, 1824, in Kentucky, and after her marriage with our subject, which took place in Andrew County, they located mm what is now their present beautiful estate. The land was not improved in the least at that time, but by industrious ami well directed efforts Mr. Johnson has made of it one of the most valuable tracts in Township 58 of Range 35. He has OCCU pied the place for forty eight years, and by his upright life and many excellencies of character has won the high regard of the best and most rep re senlative people of the county. Of the nine children born to our subject and his estimable wife, two are deceased. Those living are William D., Elijah A., Mary Alice. Samuel, Nannie John V. and Emma I!. They have all been given g 1 educations and Mr. Johnson has served as a member of the School Board for many years, repre- senting District No. 3. In religious affairs, with his wife, he is a member in good standing of the old regular Baptist Church. Socially he is con nected with the ({range, and in politics is a strong Democrat. During the Civil War he entered the ranks, becoming a member of a company com manded by Capt. Claggett of the Paw Paw Militia. Besides their own huge family of children, which Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have so well reared, the) have performed the part of parents to six orphans, who bear the respective names of Lizzie Gibbons, William H. Lee, Mary Maud Lee, John J. Lee, Myra E. Lee and Roger S. Lee. ******** *** ******** ICHARD THOMAS < ON NELL. As a conspicuous example of success in business ^ pursuits in St. Joseph, the plumbing es- tablishment of R. 'J'. Conuell presents H notable instance. Its business has steadily ex panded from year to year from its inception until the present time (1893), until now it is said that his display rooms are the finest in the entire West, except perhaps those in Denver. Mr. Connell is in many respects an ideal business man, an untir ing worker, shrewd and methodical, and always tlrives his business, never allowing it to drive him. During the early years of his business experience he labored night and day ami the results of his el forts attest his ability. Born in White Block, Chemung County, N. Y. . June 5, 1853, our subject is the son of Miles aud Ann (Kean) Connell, natives of County Clare, Ire- land. The father emigrated to America when a young man and followed his trade of a butcher in Chemung County, N. Y. He was in the employ of various packing houses, among them those of J. L. Hancock, Craigon & Company, and J. W. Lord. Later he was with the Armour Packing House in Chicago, but retired from business for some time prior to his demise, which occurred in December of 1892, when he was seventy six years old. His widow still makes her home in Chicago. There were fourteen children in the parental family, ten of whom are now living. Mr. Connell was reared in Chicago, where he was a student in t he public schools until fourteen yeai s of age. In 1SC>7 he was apprenticed to learn the trad.- of a plumber and remained with T. McKenna for three 358 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. years, after which he was with P. H. Murphy for two years. At the expiration of his apprentice slii|>, he found employment as a "jour." In 1881 he removed to Kansas City and was there employed at his trade for about three years. At the request of M. E. Herbert, he came to St. Joseph iu 1884 and remained in the employ of that gentleman un- til the business was closed. In April, 1NN8, Mr. Connell embarked iu the plumbing business at St. Joseph, and for one year was located on Fourth street. He then removed his establishment to his present location. On February 2, 1893, the store was burned to the ground, but Mr. Connell's characteristic enter- prise prevented him from being daunted by this misfortune. He rebuilt on a larger scale than be- fore and the present building is 40 by 113 feet in dimensions, two stories in height. The establish- ment has a display room, gas fixture room, glass- ware room, store-rooms and work shop, each of which is perfectly adapted to its purpose. Em ployment is given to about thirty hands. Mr. Con uell is prepared to till all orders with accuracy and dispatch and personally supervises all the details of his business so as to maintain the enviable rep utation which good work and honorable dealings have secured for him. The exercise of excellent business judgment has brought him the well- merited reward of prosperity, and he is now num- bered among the wealthy citizens of St. Joseph. GHARLES F. BROWN. That our subject was one of the shrewdest and most intelli- gent agriculturists of Buchanan County is shown by the success which has crowned his efforts, for he is now living retired from active work of any kind on his farm in Crawford Town ship. He is a man of much practical business tab tent and by judicious investment of his money has acquired a valuable property, which is a standing monument to the energy which he has put forth in the labors of life and to the good judgment which has characterized his efforts. Charles B. Brown, the father of our subject, was born in New Hampshire, while his mother, who prior to her marriage was Miss Elizabeth Salsbury, had her birth in Massachusetts. After their mar riage the parents removed to York state and passed the remainder of their lives on a farm iu Steuben County. They were very successful in cultivating the soil and were soon numbered among the well- to-do and prominent families of that county. The elder Mr. Brown took great interest in public affairs and was honored at different times with the positions of Justice of the Peace and County Judge. The parents were leading members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church ;md did much toward the elevation of their section in a moral and financial way. Charles F. Brown was one in a family of live children, his birth occurring June '29, 1826, in Steuben County, N. Y. He remained at home until reaching his twentieth year, when, ambitious to add to his knowledge gained in the country schools, he entered the Rogersville Academy, doing chores about the building in order to pay his tui- tion. After completing his education .young Brown left for Pennsylvania, in 1849, where he remained for two years, and then going to Washington, D. O, spent the following twelvemonth in the capital city. In 185(1 he shipped as a hand on a sailing vessel bound for Texas, where he was employed driving government teams for eighteen months. At the expiration of that time he went to New Or- leans and secured passage as deck hand on a vessel to St. Louis. In the spring of 1852 Mr. Brown came to Bu- chanan County and engaged to work on the farm of Andrew Wiley. He was variously employed for the succeeding three years, when, in 1855, hav- ing married Miss Pbu'be, daughter of William Moore of Bloomington Township, he went to Kan sas and entered a claim in Jefferson County. There the young couple continued to make their home for nine years. In 1804, however, Mr. Brown again became a resident of Missouri, when he purchased his present valuable property, which, prior to its division among his children, amounted to three hundred and twenty-five acres. Mrs. Phoebe Brown was born in Indiana and by her union with our subject has become the mother of nine children, one of whom is deceased. Relig- PORTRAIT AN1> liiot JRAPHICAL RECORD. 358 iooslj she is a member of the Cumberland Presby teriau Church, which organization ber husband joined in 1870, and i- now acting in the capacity df Elder. In social affairs Mr. Brown holds mem- bership with the Masonic fraternity at BaJleck, in which order be ha- occupied all the Chairs. As a member of the Chapter he officiates as King. Po- litically he is a stanch adherent to Democratic principles, and while residing in Kansas was pre- vailed upon by bis fellow-citizens to iill the office of Justice of the Peace, which he did to the entire satisfaction of all for six year-. During the late war Mr. Brown was Captain of Company M, Fourth Regiment, Northern Division of the Kansas militia. A quiet, unassuming man, he is an influence for much good in the community where many years of his life have been passed, and his every deed and act are guided by the highest principles of truth, integrity anil morality. X\ -C. X\ X. >^ f\ X\ Xv, «\«\ ^\ ^\ ^x BENJAMIN MOORE, one of Buchanan County's oldest settlers, came here in 1841 ' from Lee County, Va. , where he was born in IMS. No man is more highly respected than this gentleman, whose life has been honora ble and characterized by strict integrity. He was i mi- of thirteen children born to David and Susan (Smith) Moore, who were both natives of the Old Dominion. After their marriage they crossed the mountains, settling in Lee County of the same state, where they lived on one farm for over sixty live year--. After so many years of companionship and happiness together the death angel kindly summoned them both in the same mouth, February. 1865, at which time they had attained the ages of eighty -even and seventy-six years, respectively. Two of their sous, Samuel and Joseph, served in the Union Army, while one son, Drury, a twin to our subject, served in the Confederate Army, en listing from Cass County, Mo. ( >n the maternal side our subject's grandfather, Drury Smith, was a native of Virginia and of German descent. Grandfather Benjamin Moore was also a native of the 'Mil Dominion and of [rish parentage. Following his brother, who had emigrated west waul in 1837, Benjamin Moore came to Buchanan County in 1841. His brother had entered one hundred and sixty aens and improved it to some extent at thai time They engaged in operating the place together, and alter selling the quarter section which he had pre empted Benjamin Moore purchased the farm owned bj his brother. In 1855 he elected a substantial residence, the one in which he still reside-. For years after his advent into this county «auie abounded and afforded the settlers plenty of meat. Snakes also were more plentiful than desirable and were often very dangerous and troublesome. The rat tlesnakes es- pecially were of enormous size, measuring in some instances six feet iu length. For about twenty years Mr. Moore kept a post office in his residence, holding the ollice under Robert Jessee, who had so much confidence in his honesty that be was not re quired to give bonds nor take the oath of office. At the time he gave up the position the postal department of the Government owed him $71, half of which he afterward collected Iu January, 1 S I L> , Mr. Moore wedded Lucinda, daughter of James Gibson, who emigrated from Lee County, Va. , to Buchanan County in lSiiT, settling on the east side of the Platte liver, being One of the very first men to locate in the vicinity. His death occurred at the age of sixty three years and of his family but four are living: William E., of St. Joseph; Mrs. .Moore and her two sisters. To our worthy subject and wife have been born four children: Robert M. , a merchant at Agency : Martha J.; Eliza, wife of William N. Poteet, of Colorado, near Pueblo, and Susan 11., wife of J. B. Davis, who is engaged in carrying on our sub ject's farm, which comprises two hundred acre-. Located on Section 20, Agency Township. During the war Mr. Moore had his caps taken from his gun and on one occasion when he saw seven squirrels in a tree he touched his gun off with a match and in this way killed all the seven in as many shots. He was iu former dav- i f the most proficient shots with a rifle that the eouiitn overbad. He kept a fine team of horses, which were worth at least $300, and when they were taken front linn by two soldiers he treated them so kindly that thev relented and retu 300 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the property. This was the more remarkable as liis sympathies were known to be with the South. The first vote east by Mr. Moore was for Henry Clay and since the dissolution of the Whig party he lias voted the Democratic ticket. He does not belong to any secret orders. Both himself and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and when the church structure was erected in Agency he gave more to it than any other one man and was also liberal in bis contri- butions to the Union Church. *^*****H!!!***«**** ,\ILLIAM HUND for the past twelve years has been senior member of the firm lf[ of Hund & Eger, who own and control large bottling works at Nos. 4*21 and 4'23 North Second street, St. Joseph. There is about $24,000 invested in the business, and employment is given to twelve men regularly and sometimes as high as twenty. The firm deal in Pabst Milwau- kee beer, of which they are agents in this locality, ami bottle the same for the market. They also manufacture soda, mineral waters, cider and vine- war, their annual business amounting to about $75,000. During the past twelve years their in- come has grown to this large amount from the former sum of $10,000 per annum. The business was started twenty years ago by Dunning & Clyde, who gave it a good start, but its present success is almost entirely due to the efforts of the present manager. William Hund was born in Baden, Germany, December 11, 1854, and when eighteen years of age left his native land, coming to the United States to seek his fortune. Landing in New York city, he was engaged in working for different par- ties in that place and in St. Joseph, to which point he came only a short time after. He was indus I rious and careful of his savings, and in the course of years regularly laid by in the bank a certain amount until he hail to his account nearly $5,000. This, when he saw a proper time to invest, was the nucleus of his present fortune. On June 21, 1887, Mr. Hund was united in marriage with Miss Amelia Haeffelo of this city, whose father is a well known gardener and busi- mau of this place. Three children have graced the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hund, their names be- ing Ada, William and Louis. Mr. Hund stands among the leading business men of the city. Louis Eger, the junior member of the firm above mentioned, was born in St. Joseph, October 20, 1800, and was reared to manhood in this city. For some time he conducted a saloon at New Ulm Park, his father, Frank Eger, having conducted a brewery at that point from 1864 until 1870. This was one of the most extensive breweries in the city. Mr. Eger remained in the saloon business until taking his present position, since which time he has attended largely to the sales both in the city and surrounding country. ^*******!Hf !******** ifpsyOBERT H. THOMAS. The highly im IW( proved estate of the gentleman whose V name opens this sketch will attract the jy notice of the visitor, as it is pleasantly located on Section 7, Crawford Township, and com [irises four hundred and sixty two and one- half acres. Indeed a traveler through the fanning lauds of Buchanan County will observe with pleasure that signs of prosperity are on every hand, and that the well improved farms, among which that of our subject is prominent, far out- number those which are neglected. The parents of Mr. Thomas, Robert B. and Mary A. (Ewalt) Thomas, were natives of Ken tacky, whence they came to Missouri in 1844. After a residence of a twelvemonth in Jackson County, they took up their abode in Crawford Township, this county, where is now located the village of Halleck. The land which came into their possession was in its native wilduess, but the thorough process of cultivation to which the father subjected it made of it one of the best estates in the township. There he continued to make his home until a few years prior to his decease, when he removed to Platte County, where he died in 1891. The mother passed away in 1873. They reared a family of twelve children, three of whom are deceased. The elder Mr. and ^//fc?teJ?Ll M>*£ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 363 Mrs. Thomas were devoted and working members of the Christian Church, in which body the Father was an offieer. Robert II. Thomas, who was the eldest in the parental family, was born August 1. 1839, in Bourbon County, Kv. His education was obtained in the subscription schools, which be was permit- ted to attend daring the winter season. He was given a thorough training in farm pursuits, how ever, and remained at home until reaching his majority, S< after which he entered the ranks as a member of a company of Boyd's BattalioD, State Guards, commanded by Capt. It. H. Smith. As such lie participated in the siege of Lexington, Pea Ridge, Springfield and all the intervening skirmishes during Price's retreat, going as far south as Arkansas and Mississippi. Later he returned to Fort Smith. Ark. , with Capt. Downing, who was very ill. From there he came home and engaged in shipping stock from the west to Chicago, after freighting for a year on the plains. The ladj who became the wife of Robert H. Thomas, in 1863, was Miss Rebeooa, a daughter of Thomas Foster, of Kentucky, but at the time of that event a resident of Platte County. She was born in the Blue Crass State in 1S43. By this union have been born nine children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Anion, John \\'., Emma, Henry Lovel, Everett, Kelly and Maud S. The parents are members of the Christian Church organization, which Mr. Thomas has aerved as Deacon. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Honor, and in 1880 was elected Sheriff of Buchanan County, serving a term of four years. In politics he is a stanch Democrat and has been frequently sent as delegate to its various conventions. Always greatly interested in school affairs, he has given his children every possible advantage for obtaining an education and has served his district as a member of the School Board. ICHAEL HILGEKT is proprietor of a line restaurant on Felix street, St. Joseph. 41 This is the most popular resort for busi- ngs men in the center of the city and, in fact, is the only place where one can got a first- class meal at low rate>. While he serves only the lust of well-cooked food, his prices are as low as the cheap and uninviting hash houses. Meals are set before the guest in a tempting manner, food being characterized by t he chief requisites of dain- tiness and cleanliness. The birth of our subject occurred on .Inly 3, 1845, in Belgium. His boyhood and young man hood were passed in the country of his nati\it\ where he gained a good education in his mother tongue. In 1867, carrying out plans which he had formed some time before, he hade adieu to the scenes of his youth and crossed the broad Atlantic. Going to Minnesota he engaged in farming and stock raising for two years, after which he removed to Missouri and proceeded to develop a live hun died acre farm in Nodaway County. In 1 NTS Mr. Hilgeri opened a saloon at Mary ville, Mo., near which is situated his farm. On account of local option he was forced to suspend and a lew years afterward came to St. Joseph, where he was the proprietor of the handsome New Uhne Exchange. He has been very successful in his business ventures, particularly of late years. Our subject is the owner of a tine kennel of St. Bernard and fox terrier dogs, which are ondoubt edly the best of the kind to lie found in the state. At the late bench show in Chicago he secured the first prize on those exhibited and the leader was sold to a dog fancier at a fabulous price. Mr. Hil gert easily obtained from live hundred to eight hundred dollars per animal and even VOUQg pups sell readily at one hundred dollars each. Mr. Hilgert is a popular man who has a large circle of friends. He is considered a level headed man of business and. if be desired, could easily ob tain public office, but his ambition does not lie in that direction. His business is constantly increas- ing and his returns on his investments are so sure that he prefers to devote his whole time to those interests. He is Xi'vy hospitable, genial and good natured and to these qualities in a large asure is due the reputation he has made as a whole souled and warm hearted man. In personal ap pearance he is the fortunate possessor of a tine physique and manly bearing 364 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ILLIAM T. STEELE (wbo is one of the oldest ami most prominent farmers of Bluoini n g t o n Township, Buchanan County, where he and his sous own six hundred and ten acres of valuable laud on Sections 5 ami S) was born in Madison Couuty, Ky. , July 18, 1828, and came with his parents when a lad of twelve years to Platte Couuty. There he grew to man's estate, his educational privileges being those of the common schools, after leaving which he returned east and for two years was in the schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, and then for one year pursued his studies at Bethany College, Virginia, with the famous Dr. Alexander Campbell. The parents of Mr. Steele were Rev. Oliver C and Sarah (Hill) Steele, both natives of Kentucky The father was born in 1803 and first began preaching the Gospel when a young man. His advantages previous to his marriage for obtaining an education had been very limited and his wife taught him to read. He was naturally intelligent and studious and at the time of his death had a library of over five hundred volumes. He was the means of getting many young men to attend Bethany College, among them being Moses E. Lard and others who became laborers in the work of introducing Christianity into the community in those early times. Rev. Mr. Steele was one of those men who ably defended the Scriptural teach- ings and held that all human creeds should be put aside and the Bible be made the only guide. His father, Brice Steele, was a native of Ireland aud was a member of the old Hard Shell Baptist Church, but afterward became identified with the Christian Church. Our subject's maternal grand parents were of English extraction. In 1853 William T. Steele was united in mar riage to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Elder John Dooley, M. D., who camo from Springfield, Mo., in 1839, was one of the prominent men of Platte County, and was an active worker in the Christian Church. Of this union were born four children: John, Sarah, wife of John Hyde; Clara and Oliver. Some time after the death of his first wife, Mr. Steele married Julia Dooley, her sister, and to them have been born three children: Silas, Jessie and Thomas, Jr. They have all been well quali- fied for the business of life with good practical edu- cations, aud the sons are numbered among the enterprising young men of this community. For about forty -three years Mr. Steele has been identified with the Christian Church, and is an active member. As all should be, he is well posted in the Scriptures and caQ quote authority for his belief on the leading important questions concern- ing his faith. Politically Mr. Steele favors the Democratic party and casts his ballot in favor of its nominees. He has been a successful business man aud has a competence for old age which he has made by honest toil, industry aud persever- ance. &******* N . x ■ ~\ x x >.>->> ->■ >■ >■ >■ CHARLES CZECH. Prominent among the industries of Buchanan Couuty are its inill- ' iug enterprises and the men who have worked in that line have contributed effect- ively to the advancement of their communities. Mr. Czech, who is the proprietor of the Standard Roller Mills, is successfully conducting a flourish- ing business in Marion Township and has estab- lished a reputation for progressive methods and reliable dealings. Fred Czech, the father of our subject, lived and died in West Prussia, Germany, where also the mother, Mrs. Agnes (Artiszewski) Czech, departed this life. They reared a family of seven children, three of whom are deceased and of whom our sub- ject is the only member making his home in Amer- ica. The latter was born March 18, 1844, in West Prussia, Germany, where he received an ex- cellent education, being a graduate from the high school. He learued the trade of miller from his father and remained under the parental roof until reaching his majority. In 1869 young Czech determined to try his fort unes in the land across the sea and stepping on American shores a few months later made his way directly to Chicago, where he remained only a short time. Thence he went to Colorado, later to Kansas and in 1872 we find him in St. Joseph, this state. Engaging to work for Hauch Broth- ers, our subject remained in their employ until PORTRAIT AND Blot ; ra I'll M'A L RECORD. :;.'„, I s 7 T . when he Launched out in business for him -ill. buying his present mill property, which was then known as tin- Campbell Mills. This In' greatly improved, fitted out with modern machin erj and by the intelligent manner in which he con duots his affaire lias become one of the foremost millers in the state. In Inns he again remodeled his building, putting in a roller process, and two years later tilted the establishment out with steam, thus Laving liotL steam and water power Mr. Czech gives constant employment to fifteen men and turns out one hundred barrels of flour per day. His finest brand of flour is the "Lilly," though lie also manufactures the "Rising Sun" i which has a large sale), besides all kinds of pure rye flour, graham, corn meal, etc. He Las no dif- flculty in finding a market for Lis superior grades of bread stuffs, tLe city of St. Joseph being able to dispose of nearly all he can manufacture. In addition to carrying on Lis milling plant. Mr. Czech owns four hundred acres, nearly all of which is under the best methods of cultivation. Besides the tine varieties of grain raised on his place, he gives considerable attention to the breed ing of Poland-China hogs and Short Horn cattle, having on his estate some of the finest of these animals to be found in the comity. He is also in- terested in breeding tine draft and trotting horses, Laving in his stables the offspring of "Looker Lad," "Colonel West," 'Forward" and" Arabes- que. " whose record as trotters it is hard to beat. The lady whom Mr. Czech married, in 1875, was Bliss Sarah Fieschter, She was born in Andrew County, this state, and died in 1SS4, leaving three children — John, Agnes and Flora. In 1891 Mr. Czech was again married, the lady of Lis choice being Miss Lucy, daughter of Judge Jacob Lover, of this county, who took up his abode in Marion Township as early as ISIiT. Mrs. Czech was born in this county in 1850. Judge Jacob Boyer, the father of Mrs. Czech, is the son of Peter Boyer, a native of Pennsyl- vania, where also Lis mother, Mrs. Elizabeth (Link ley) Boyer, had her birth. The couple came to Ohio in ISI7 and made their Lome in Stark County until 1837, the date of their advent into Buchanan County. They made location on a wild tract of land, which the] developed and cultivated, and where they resided until their decease Mr. and Mrs. Lover reared a family of nine children, seven of whom are still living. Judge Jacob was born Christmas Day, ISL!, in Pennsylvania He re- ceived .i goo, I common school education in the Buckeye State and accompanied his parents on their removal to this county. \V hen starting out in life for himself he entered a claim from the Government, and was married, in 1811, to Miss Hannah Messier, the daughter of Sebastian and Calista (Kurtz) Kessler. natives of Wiirlemberg. Germany. Mrs. Boyer was born May '_'•>, 1822, in Wurteiu- berg, Germany, and after tier marriage located with her husband upon their farm in this count \, where they have six hundred and forty acres of excel lenl land. Mr. Lover is engaged exclusively in mixed farming and is now one of the well to do agriculturists of the county. In 1870 he erected a comfortable residence on Lis estate at a cost of $2,0(10. Of tLe nine children bom to Mr. and Mr- Jacob Boyer six are living, namely: William H . Liny Ann (wife of our subject), Isaac, James P., Elizabeth and Peter. Mr. Boyer is a member of tLe Lutheran Church, while his good wife is iden titied with the Catholics. In politics lie is a pronii nent Republican, and in 1866 was elected County Judge, serving six years. He served as a member of the School Board for man] ] ears, and at the present time litis the honor of being the oldest living settler in this township, being in his eight ieth year. Socially Mr. Czech, our subject, is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow- in St. Jo seph. in which society he Las tilled all the Chairs. He is also connected with the Fncuinpment, in which body he has been High Priest. He takes a moderate interest in politics, always, however, casting his vote for the man who he thinks will best fill the office. Prior to coining to America Mr. Czech entered the German Army, becoming a member of the First I'.i-t Prussian Regiment, of which he was made Sergeant. In 1863 he was in active service along the border during the Poland Russian troubles 366 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. He was later ordered back to take part against Denmark, but the regiment was excused on ac- count of distemper, which was prevalent among their horses. In 1866 he served in the Prussian Army against Austria, during wbich time he en- gaged in the following battles: Trautnau, Koenig gratz and Tobishau. After a service of three years and six months he received his honorable discharge and soon after came to America. At the present time he is a member of the German Landwehr Vereiu at St. Joseph. Mr. Czech is considered a man of enterprise and ability, and has acquired a handsome competence as the result of years of industry. He is widely and favorably known in the community where he has spent so many years of his life and with whose interests he has been so closely associated. a;******.*; A\ TVs X\ X\ X\ Jvs Xv TVS |VI i ELSON MONROE McCORKLE owns and I YJ occupies a well -developed farm, located on l] Section 10, Marion Township, which con- J/ sists of one hundred and twenty acres, and is tillable throughout its entire extent. Since it came into his possession he has by well-directed efforts brought it to a good condition, it being supplied with neat fences, good stock of various kinds, and all the needful machinery used in its cultivation. The father of our subject, Alexander McCorkle, was born in Kentucky October 3, 1793, and par- ticipated in the Mormon War. His wife, who, prior to her marriage, was Miss Elizabeth Fristo, was also a native of the Blue Grass State, the date of her birth being July 29, 1798. The young people were married in that state, and in ISIS made their way to Missouri, locating for a short time in Cooper County. Thence they removed to Clay County and in 1833 were numbered among the earliest settlers of Buchanan County. Their neighbors were few and far between and the family were often troubled by the Indians who came to their cabin begging. Deer, turkeys and fish were very plentiful near their home, and thus the larder was always supplied with fresh game in its season. Alexander McCorkle was very poor when locat- ing here, and in that early day disposed of his pork at $1.50 per hundred pounds. His wheat, when marketed, brought him forty cents per bushel, oats ten cents, corn ten cents, and potatoes sold for the same amount. It will thus be seen that in addition to clearing his place and battling with the many hardships which came to the pio neers. it was very difficult to get along, to say nothing of laying by a sum sufficient to clear his place. He was very industrious and economical, however, and at the time of his decease, eighteen years later, possessed one of the best estates in his township. His wife died in September, 1855. Of the parental family of twelve children, the following are living: Barbara Ann, Mrs. Hart- man, Urial J., A. Marion, Catherine E., Mrs. Wiles, our subject, Cynthia, Mrs. Mclniuch aud John L. The elder Mr. and Mrs. McCorkle were consistent members of the Baptist Church and were greatly beloved by all who knew them. On the death of Alexander McCorkle, his son, Urial, closed up the estate and found among his tax receipts $3.65 to be the highest ever paid. The home place included four hundred and sixteen acres, all of which was excellently cultivated with the exception of eighty acres. The father was very prominent and influential among his fellow agriculturists ami was ever ready to do his share in building up his community. Nelson M. McCorkle was born April 18, 1835, on his father's estate in the southeastern portion of this county, had but little opportunity for ob- taining an education as the schools of the neigh borhood bore little resemblance to the model temples of learning at the present time, and then the teacher often knew but little more than the pupil. Mr. McCorkle was given a thorough training in farm work and when a lad of seven teen, in company with his brother Urial, crossed the plains to the Golden State, the trip consuming four months and twenty four days. There the brothers worked in the mines at Mud Springs for eleven months, and when ready to return homo came back by the Nicaragua route. In 1855 Mr. McCorkle drove six yoke of cattle to Salt Lake City and on his return trip brought the first I'OKTKAIT AND BKX i KA PHICAE KECORD 361 mail From that city to Independence, and while en ronte witnessed tin- battle of Asli Hollow mi the North Platte. January 1, 1857, Mr. McCorkle ami Miss Re- becca, danghteroi Washington Toland, were united in marriage. Her parents, who arc now deceased, were among the earliest settlers "f Clifton County. this state, where they were well-to-do farmers Mrs McCorkle was limn in Montgomery County, K\.. November 11. 1836. After his marriage Mr. McCorkle located on land near the old homestead, where he remained for two years and then removed to St. Joseph. Daring five years of the twelve he made his home in that city he was engaged in freighting from St. Joseph to Denver, Colo., and Nebraska City. Returning again to rural life, Mr. McCorkle farmed for three years on property just smith of the city of St. Joseph, and in 1873 located on his present beautiful estate. As before stated, it comprises one hundred and twenty acres, from which he reaps bountiful harvests. In 1887 he erected a commodious residence at a cost of S'_',,"ii n ). Mr. and Mrs. McCorkle have never been blessed with children of their own, but have taken into their hearts and home seven little ones, viz.: Liz- zie McClure (now deceased), Andy Erringston, Allie, Dora, Hugh and Julia Lucket (the last four brother and sisters), and Pearl Morgan. Mr. Met lorkle has been 1 )e.icmi i,f the Christian Church for twenty years, of which organization his good wife is also a devoted member. He has been very much interested in Sunday school work and for the past two years has served as Superintendent. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and has been sent to the numerous conventions of that party. As a member of the School Board be has rendered efficient service for seven years as a Trustee. Peter Toland, a brother of Mrs McCorkle, was a soldier in the Confederate Army during the late war He was a color bearer, and while on duty at tin- battle of Helena, Ark., was killed. LBKN SHELDEN, Chief Clerk in the Gen oral Freight Department of the Burlington Route in Missouri, with headquarters at St. Joseph, was born in Nebraska City, Neb., December 15, 1867. His ancestors were of Eng lish origin and representatives of the family emi grated to America as eaih as 1700, locating in New York and becoming pioneers of that state The paternal grandfather of our subject. John W Shelden, was born near Albany, N. Y., and fol lowed farming pursuits at Deposit, that state About IsTb he came west andjocated at Nebraska City, where he died at the age of seventy six years. He was a man whose honesty and upright ness were never f Pr. Cbastain was Miss Mary E. Tondy, daughter of Mills Toady, of Christian County, Ky.; she survived her busband a full score of years and died, beloved by all who knew her, about three years since. Dr. Chastain is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and was formerly very active in the society. Our subject is also connected with the Knights of Pythias and fraternally has many warm friends. Dr. and Mrs. Chastain are members of the Chris tian Church, and ever ready to aid in the extension of the good works of that religious organization. Although our subject has passed hut a com para lively brief time in Plattsburg, Missouri being his and his father's natal state, he is widely known within its boundaries and highly esteemed as an energetic, able and progressive citizen. L If ELS P. NELSON, deceased, was a very sue VJj cessful farmer of Township 57, Range 35, 1} Buchanan County, and owned at the time f of his death fifteen hundred acres of land which was nearly all improved. This property he accumulated through honest, industrious toil and good business methods. He was particularly de- voted to the cultivation of fruits, his apple orchard yielding from three to five thousand bushels annu- ally, and besidest his he raised quantities of pears, cherries, peaches, apricots, quinces, chestnuts and small fruits generally. He was honored and re spected, being a liberal supporter of churches and schools and a true friend of the poor. Mr. Nelson was born February '21, 1828, in Norway, and was a sou of Peter Nelson, deceased In IS 17 our subject emigrated to America and soon after arrived in St. Joseph. Coming to Cen ter Township he located on a wild farm. On May 7, 1858, he wedded Miss Knger Tomenia, daughter of Lars and Christiana (Kittleson) Hoverson, who were both natives of Norway. The father was a lumberman by occupation and was a soldier in the Norwegian Army. In 1847 he removed to the I iiiled Stales ami improved a farm in Center Township. His death occurred in 1867, and that of his wife in 1878. The] were the parents of seven children, three of whom are now living: Hover, John (who lives in Kansas), and Mrs. NVI son. The last was born August 30, ls:'»S. in Nor- way, near Lillesund, receiving a fair education in both the English and Norwegian languages. After our subject's marriage with his youngwife he went to a farm in Platte County, where been gaged in raising many varieties of fruit for thirl\ years with signal success. In 1849 he took the trip across the plains to California, being live months on the way and going with ox teams. On his arrival at Shasta City he proceeded to engage in mining. In company with six others he then began rafting on the river, starting from Salt Creek, twenty miles above Redding, and was one of the first white men to go through to Sacramento in a boat. After being fairly successful he re turned to Missouri in 1853, resuming his farm work. He was devoted to the cause of education and was a school director for many years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and es teemed by all for his honorable, upright and straight course in life In politics he was a Deni ocrat. Mr. Nelson's death occurred on November 5, INNS, in St. Joseph. Since that t ime Mrs. Nelson has carried on the farm with marked ability, having proved that she is a woman of superior business talent. In 1 NS'. I she erected a home which is one of the finest residences in the township. She bought all the material and hired her own carpen ters and workmen, supervising the whole. This house, which contains lei^ rooms, all nicelv far nished throughout, cost $3, Til lit. The same year she had erected on her farm a substantial modern barn at a ci >st of $600. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Nel son: Katie S .wife of HarryCox,of Platte County; Cora Alice; Paulina A., who became the wife of Frank Robertson, of Wilbur. Neb.; Leonora J.; Clara May, George A., Laura ('., Nina Pearl ami Leroy Price. They were well educated and three of them are graduates of Dr. Martin's Young Pa dies' Institute of si. Joseph. George was a stu 370 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. dent in the St. Joseph High School and later of the State University of Missouri. Two of them are teachers and the family are proficient in music. If I AMILTON R. TORREY, whose pleasant irH residence is situated at No. 1319 Penn ll street, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, is t/ Foreman of the locomotive and car depart- ment of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railway of this city. Few men in the West are more active in Masonic circles or more thoroughly imbued with the spirit of its teachings than he. He was made a member in 1866 at Aurora, 111., where he was connected with Jerusalem Temple Lodge, No. 90, and Aurora Chapter, No. 22. He belongs to St. Joseph Oommandery, No. 4, and to St. Joseph Chapter of the Order Eastern Star, No. 198. Mr. Torrey has been an active member of the Command ery, filling all the important positions except Eminent Commander. He is a demitted member of the Aurora Council of Royal and Select Masters, No. 45. He is a Scottish Rite Mason of Dayton, Ohio, including the eighteenth degree, and of the Ohio Consistory, Valley of Cincinnati, up to the thirty -third degree. Mr. Torrey was born in Springfield, Otsego County, N. Y., October 4, 1829. The Torrey family is one of the earliest founded in America, and their ancestors are traced to the days of the Norman conquest, there being many representa- tives of the family in England and Scotland. In the seventeenth century four brothers came to the United States and among their descendants have been a number of well known men, prominent in public and legislative councils. Henry Torrey, our subject's father, was a machinist, and carried on a largo business in central New York. When only eight years old Hamilton R. Torrey began working in the shops at Morrisville, Madi- son Count)', N. Y.. running drilling machinery. He worked with his father until seventeen years old, when the latter was called from this life. Soon afterward our subject commenced his career as a railroad man at Corning, N. Y., for the Cor- ning & Blossburg Railway Company, with which he remained until 1848 as a machinist. In the same capacity he served for one year at Susque- hanna on the Erie Road. In 1852 he went to Canandaigua, N. Y. , where he was stationed for five years, first as a machinist and later as a loco- motive engineer. In 1857 he spent a few months in the west, but in the fall of 1858 returned and entered the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy service. In May, 1864, Mr. Torrey was given charge of the roundhouse at Aurora, which he superintended for ten years. We next find him an employe of the United States Rolling Stock Company of Chicago. For two years he was traveling inspector of locomotives and cars which were leased to various roads. In 1876 the company started their own shops in Chicago and he was given charge of the machinery department for the following four years. The same company then sent him to Urbana, Ohio, where he was given charge of their shops there for four years. In 1884 he came to St. Joseph as a machinist of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railway, with whom he remained until September, 1891, when he took charge of the Hannibal & St. Joseph's railway interests in this city. He has about twenty-live or thirty men under his direction. On account of his father's death, Mr. Torrey assisted his mother and brothers, giving the two latter a good education. At Elgin, Illinois, in 1854 our subject wedded Miss Eliza A. Headlock, who was also a native of the Empire State. She died May 1 1, 1873,at Aurora.after seven years of ill- ness, leaving a son and daughter, namely: Charles, who is an engineer on the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R. R. , and Irene, the wife of H. F. Turner of Brookfield, Mo. At Cold water, Mich., on the 21st of December, 1S75, was cele- brated the marriage of Mr. Torrey and Miss Martha E. Hard, by whom he has two daughters: Zelia and Ethel Max, who are attending school. Mrs. Torrey is an active and official member in the Order of the Eastern Star. Personally Mr. Torrey lives a quiet, unobtrusive and upright life, and never loses sight of the beautiful and grand teachings of the Masonic Society, the noblest of fraternities. Unconsciously he lias influenced for the better all with whom he has come in contact. M , PORTRAIT AM) r.luci; Ai'iiTAI. KI.CoRD. 878 EJDWARD M. DAVIDSON. No man in Bu- chanan County better deserves a represen- £ tation in the history of lier noted pioneers and those who laid the Foundation upon which is built her present greatness, than our subject, who came here in 1889 with his wife, mother anil two Bisters. They located on a (arm twelve miles south of St. Joseph and two miles south of Sparta, this being before the county was organized. In i*.">2 he Imilt a flouring-mill, which he ran for seven- teen years. This was furnished with two sets of burrs ami was the first steam mill, as it was, in fact, the first of any kind in that portion of the county. From those earlv days until the present time, when he is now living a retired life at his beautiful home located at No. 1605 Faraon Street, St. Joseph, enjoying the rest he has so well mer- ited, he has been prominently connected with the eon nty's good. The subject of this sketch was horn in Cald- well County. Ivy.. February 8. 1811, was there reared to manhood, and married at the age of twenty-three years. In 1835 he removed to Put- nam County. 111., where by industry and economy he soon acquired a large farm. However, he did not remain in that State for very long, but four years after his arrival there removed to this county. lie cleared and greatly improved a farm of four hundred acres, and at one time owned double that amount of land. On his arrival in this State he had, as a result of previous years of toil, about 12,000, which he wisely invested in stock and land, making a specialty of growing hemp and corn. During the gold excitement. Mr. Davidson fitted out two men who were to go to California and share their profits with him. Both, however, died in that State, and from this venture Mr. David- Son realized only a trifle. From the time he started his mill he had a good trade, the farmers from a large area bringing to him the products of their land, and the flour which was manufactured by him came to lie in great demand. In 1870 he sold his mill and farm, buying land just east of this city, on which he made his home until June, 1892, when he erected his present home. lie has platted the land adjoining tin' city, bill has never 1» added it to the same, though he ha- owned prop- erty in St. Joseph since 1850. Mr. Davidson was an old-line Whig and later a Democrat lie began as a slave-holder and suffered great loss on thai account. The first township school of the county was organized by him, and he was lhe first Town- ship ( ' niissioncr. In Kentucky our subject was married to Miss Melinda C. Harnett, who died in .Inly, 1875. Mr. Davidson's mother continued to live with him until her death in 1ST.'!, when she was ninety- three years of age. February l. 1*7*. Mr. David- son wedded Mrs. Elizabeth (Percgor) Comegys, widow of George \V. Comegys. who had come lo SI. Joseph in 1858, and resided in Andrew County six miles northeast of this city until his death, January .'(, 1875. Mrs. Davidson was horn in Berkeley County. \'a., where her first marriage u:i- celebrated. Our subject's family comprises the following children: John W., of Atchison, Kan.; Mary II., Mrs. Wesley Walker, of this city; Maria C, who resides at home; Martha A., wife of James Bigham, a farmer of this county; Ed- ward S., who died at the age of twenty-six; Me- linda C, Mrs. L. D. Kirkham, of Ellis County, Kan.; Isabella J., who died at the age of forty-five and was the wife of W. 1). Maxwell, of St. Joseph; Eliza C, wife of W. D. Smith, Assistant Chief of the Fire Department in this city; and Charles |;.. a real-estate dealer in Denver. By her former marriage Mrs. Davidson has two sons: William 1'., who is a resident of Wy- oming and a physician; and George F., who is engaged in milling at Ottumwa, Iowa, and is agent for the K. T. Davis Brand of Hour in that place. The father of these children, George W. Comegys, was a native of Berkeley County, Va., and came lo .Missouri the year of his marriage. lie was a farmer exclusively, and his widow still owns the property formerly belonging to him six miles northeast of St. Joseph. Mrs. Davidson is an active member of the South Methodist Church, while her husband has been for many years a member and Elder in the Cumber- land Pre8byterian Church, having assisted in build- ins: 'be first iii f that denomination in the COUnty. lie attends lhe Firs! Cumberland I'res- 374 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. byterian Church, at the corner of Sixteenth and Edmonds Streets, which he assisted in building after their former structure had been burned. The church was disbanded for a time, but is now strong and active. Mr. Davidson has always hern a Democrat, but is quite independent in his po- litical views. He is proud of his thirty-two grand- children and two great-grandchildren. His life is the record of one who has spent his years wisely and well, and he need be troubled with few re- grets in looking over the history of the past, for he has always been a man of upright character and conscientious purpose, holding the rights of his fellow-men as of paramount importance, and he has not merely sought to benefit himself in his onward journey. &ENRY E. GIBSON, one of the oldest resi- | dents of St. Joseph, was born September 30, 18 12, where Para ell, a suburb of St. Joseph, now stands. He is a successful business man and is engaged in contracting for sewer work, grading, macadamizing and stone work. William Gibson, his paternal grandfather, was a native of the Emerald Isle, and when three years old emigrated with his parents to Virginia, where he engaged in farming. William D., Jr., our sub- ject's father, was a native of Lee County, Ya., and was reared as a farmer. He was an extensive dealer in live-stock also. During the War of 1812 he enlisted as a private soldier, although only seventeen years of age. We find him among the early settlers of Kentucky, where he resumed his former occupation of buying and selling stock, often driving cattle and hogs over the mountains to Charleston, S. C. In 1840 Mr. Gibson, Si-., came to Missouri, en- tering a claim in Grundy County, where he lived for about one year. In 1841 he purchased a claim of one hundred and sixty acres in Buchanan County, the present site of ParneU, This tract was heavily timbered, and he proceeded with characteristic energy to the work of clearing and developing the place. He constructed a log house, which he afterward weatherboarded. This build- ing still stands. In 1846 he took a Government train to Santa Fe, N. M. With his sou, Thomas J., he volunteered in the Mexican War, becoming a member of the company commanded by Capt. Neal. He was in the service for one year, when the war ended, and he returned to his farm. At the time of his death, in 1864, he was an extensive land-owner. When in Kentucky he served as a constable, and in politics was a Democrat. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The mother of our subject, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Johnson, was born in Manchester, Ky., where her father carried on an hotel. Mrs. Gib- son's death occurred in 1886. Of her nine chil- dren, only four lived to maturity, namely: Thomas J., a capitalist, whose home is in Washington Township; Susan, Mrs. Z. D. Washburn, of St. Joseph; Elizabeth, wife of A. D. Read; and our subject. The youth of Henry E. Gibson was passed quietly and uneventfully on a farm. He attended private school in St. Joseph, as this was before the days of our modern public schools. In 1861 he volunteered in the State service, but afterward joined the Confederate arm}'. Mr. Gibson was sent South to Gen. Price with despatches, and af- terward took part in the battle of Lexington. He was aiso in the battles of Pea Ridge and Benlon- ville, Ark. He served until his term of enlistment expired, when he returned home and entered the recruiting service. He was captured four miles south of St. Joseph, and kept under guard in this place for three weeks, when his father succeeded in obtaining his parole under bond. He was harassed a good deal, arrested six times, and was attacked by men in ambush once. After his father's death he conducted a farm for some time. In 1873 Mr, Gibson engaged in merchandising in St. Joseph, at the corner of Ninth and Olive Streets. The firm was first Terry & Gibson, and later Gibson & Kenneard. Mr. Gibson was also associated with the Valley Paekiug House, which PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 375 was the largest of the kind then in this city. Af- ter seven years in tin- grocery business, Mr. Oih- son sulci nut and engaged in contracting. He later became an equal partner with his- cousin, William E. (Wlison. This linn put in the Blacksnake sewer and a part of Mitchell Avenue sewer. The\ se- cured the contracts tor all the concrete work for the Custom House, and control a large business, at times employing from eighty to one hundred men. Mr. Gibson owns twenty-seven acres of the old farm, adjoining the city on South TwcnU- second Street. l'arnell Place, which was laid out in lXilo, W as a part of this homestead. On Christmas Day. 1867, Miss Mary ('less be- came the wife of our subject. She was born in Cumberland County. Md.. and is a daughter of John and Catherine (Rice) Cress, the former from Virginia and the latter a native of Maryland. Mrs. Gibson came to St. Joseph in 1865, with her mo- ther, who died here. Three children have been born to our subject and wife. Annie E., a grad- uate of the High School, died at the age of twen- ty-one years; Edward is in business with his father; and Jessie completes the number. Mr. Gibson was Assistant Chief of the Fire Department for three years and afterward tilled the position of Chief for one year. In politics, he is a Democrat, and has served as a delegate to county conven- tions. S S+* &_ [=■ I'KD B. WRIGHT. Among the successful business men and those who have been prominently identified with the welfare of St. Joseph is our subject, who has been City Clerk since 1885. lie took an active share in the Organization Of the free Public Library, and in company with Ed I.. Douglas succeeded in getting the proper petition to present to the C cil, with the object of having the latter pass an order sub- mitting the question to the people. This was done and carried by a seven-eighths vote to set aside a certain sum for the purpose. As a city official he could not be on a committee, but largeh as a result of his enterprise in the matter St. Joseph has to-day a line public library. Mi. Wright was born in Platte County, Mo., near the town of Weston, September 4. I860. His father, Allen Wright, was born in Kentucky, and his father, in turn, emigrated to thai State from Vir- ginia. Allen Wright came to Missouri when a young man, becoming the owner of a large farm, where he raised anil dealt extensively in cattle, for a time he was connected with the Commissary Department of the regular army at Ft. Leaven- worth, lie was called from this life in 1865. Our subject's mother, who bore the maiden name of Frances Sheelev, was born near Liberty, Clay County, this State. Her father. George, emigrated to that county from Virginia, and was an early settler and large farmer in this Stab-, where his death occurred. Mrs. Wright, who was a member of the Baptist Church, died in this city. The subject of this sketch is the second in order of birth in a family of live children, only two of whom are now living. His brother, George T., residing in Riverside, Cal.. is manager of the Columbus Buggy Company. In 1867, after her husband's death, Mrs. Wright removed with her family to Cameron, Mo., where our subject re- ceived his education in the common scl Is. Early in life he set out to make his own way, working on a farm and at various things until reaching his sixteenth year, when he was appren- ticed as a printer under .1. II. Frame, editor of the Cameron Vindicator. Remaining with him for nine years, he worked up from the lowest position to local editor. In the meantime the paper, which had started as a weekly Organ, had developed into a daily, and during the last four years he was One of the associate editors. In 1883 Mr. Wright first came to this city as local reporter for the si. Joseph Herald, the editor of which was Col. Tracy. Mr. Wright was soon made city editor, and in the journalistic field was very successful. In April, 1885, he relinquished his editorial work, being appointed City Clerk by Mayor Hartwig. He was the first to occupy the position in this city, and it is surely an evidence of the fidelity and industry with which he has per- formed the duties incident to the position, that lie, :;t<; PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. lias been re-elected to tlie place each succeeding term, serving under Dr. Doyle, Mr. Englehart and Mr. Shepherd. All business connected with the city passes through his hands, and he lias brought everything under a thorough system, using meth- ods which are truly creditable and original. In Sioux City, Iowa, a marriage ceremony was performed in 1885 which united the hearts and hands of Mr. Wright and Miss Lulu M. Floyd, who was born in Macon County, Mo. Mrs. Wright is an intelligent and cultured lady, dispensing a cordial hospitality and warm welcome to the many friends she and her respected husband have made in this city as well as elsewhere. Politically, he is a Democrat and belongs to the Jefferson and Bu- chanan County Clubs. z*p* LARENCECHADDINGTON KING, Assis- ll[ r tant Cashier of the Commercial Bank, See- ^^^y retary and Manager of the Commercial Building Company, and Treasurer of the Provi- dent Building and Loan Association, is one of the most popular young gentlemen of St. Joseph, where he occupies a position of prominence soci- ally and in business circles. A man of good judg- ment and fine principles, it is not strange that he is winning his way to the front in commercial cir- cles and gaining an enviable reputation as a finan- cier. Mr. King was born in Liberty, Mo., February 14, 1865, and is the younger of two children born to William A. and Elma (Pence) King, natives respectively of Tennessee and Kentucky. The name which our subject bears is one renowned in the United States, and immortal in the history of Missouri. His grandfather, Gov. Austin A. King, served for two terms as Governor of Missouri, from 1855 until 1863, at a time when the highest ollices were accompanied by the greatest dangers, and when thousands were falling martyrs to the cause they championed. Politically lie was a Whig, and was a stanch supporter of the Union. For some time he was a Member of Congress, where he was distinguished for the able manner in which he represented his constituency. He was a native of Tennessee, from which State he migrated to Richmond, Hay County, Mo., and there acquired the ownership of a large farm and coal-mining interests. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Edward Pence, a native of Kentucky, who became an early settler of Missouri, locating near Weston, Platte County. LTpon his large farm he engaged in general agriculture, although he made a speci- alty of hemp-raising. The father of our subject was an attorney -at-law and followed that profes- sion in Weston, Mo. The mother is now the wife of N. P. Ogden, President of the Commercial Bank of St. Joseph. The boyhood years of our subject were some- what uneventfully passed in the ordinary routine of school life. He was about sixteen years old when he accompanied his parents to St. Joseph, where he grew to manhood and has since made his home. While completing his high school course, he employed his evenings in gaining a practical knowledge of printing in a newspaper office. In 1881 he entered the employ of John S. Britton A- Co., dealers in wholesale dry goods, whom he soon afterward represented on the road as traveling salesman. In 1880, Mr. King became manager of the St. Joseph Safe Deposit Company, but resigned the position one year later in order to accept the place as bookkeeper in the Commercial Bank. After one year in that position, he was chosen Assistant Cashier of the bank, in which capacity he is now serving. He is a stockholder as well as one of the bank's most faithful officials. In 1892 he was elected Treasurer of the Provident Build- ing and Loan Association, and on the 1st of Oc- tober, 1892, was appointed Secretary and Mana- ger of the Commercial Building Company, in which organization he is a prominent and large stockholder. Although his career as a traveling salesman has probably terminated, lie retains his connection with the I'nited Commercial Travel- ers' Association, being identified with St. Joseph PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Council No. 2">. As are the other members of the King family, he is sincere and constant in his de- votion to the platform enunciated by the Demo- cratic party. He i> identified with the First Pres- byterian Church at St. Joseph, and is always will- in"; to respond to all calls for aid to its various enterprises. ~"V ^ ^R. JOHN M. AUSTIN is a member of the leading dental firm in St. .Joseph, namely, Drs. Austin & Darby, who have been lo- cated since 1890 in their present fine suite of office rooms, which were especially designed for them in the German-American Bank Building. These rooms arc situated in the front of the third lloor of the building, three of them being used as operating-rooms and the others as reception, lab- oratory and private offices. Such a fine location and equipment are hardly to he found elsewhere in tin' West. Dr. Austin is Demonstrator of Opera- tive Dentistry at Kansas City Dental College, of which he is V ice-President. Daniel Austin, our subject's father, was horn in Washington County, N. V., in the village of White- hall. His father was one of the settlers in I '•• hi verneur, St. Lawrence County, locating there in 1807, and was a veteran of the War of 1812. The family came to New England from western England. About the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury, three brothers crossed the Atlantic. Dur- ing the Revolutionary War one was in sympathy with the Tories, and after the Revolutionary War settled in Canada, while the other brothers were Whigs and loyal Americans. It is from one of the latter that our subject's descent is traced. Daniel Austin was brought up in St. Lawrence County, and on arriving at manhood he located on a farm in De Peyster, where he became the owner of four hundred acres. He was a Republican until the time of his death, in 18M'.). when he was nearly eighty-six years of age. His wife, whose maiden name Was Amanda llerlhert. was born in I )e l\\- ster, N. V. Her father, who was a native of Con- necticut, was one of the earliest settlers there. II. was a millwright, and put up one of the first saw- lii i lis in De Peyster. Mrs. Austin died in the fall of 1884, in the faith of the Methodic Episcopal Church. Of her twelve children, two are de- ceased. One son, Daniel, enlisted in the Sixteenth New York Infantry and served for nearly two j-ears, being discharged on account of disability; Henry, a member of tin; Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery, served from 1868 until the close of the war. Another patriot in the Austin family was our subject, who was one of the first to respond to the call for defenders of the Union. lie was born July 8, 1843, in DcPeyster, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and on account of his youth was rejected. For a year, therefore, he worked at the carpenter's trade. In the fall of 1862 he went to Washing- ton to join the One Hundred and Forty-second New Y"ork, under Col. Curtis, but when he arrived the Construction Corps were being organized and he joined their ranks. His headquarters were in Alexandria, Va., where, with his company, he was engaged in keeping the Orange A- Alexandria Rail- road and bridges in repair. At this he continued until the battle of the Wilderness when, on ac- count of sickness, he was sent to the hospital and advised by the physician to go North. After his recovery, in the fall of 1864, Dr. Aus- tin began the study of dentistry in Ogdensburgh, N. Y., and at that time cast his first Presidential ballot. For the next three years he continued studying with his uncle, John Austin. In 1867 he first located in St. Joseph ami stepped into the practice of Dr. Maekey, a pioneer dentist, whose office was at the corner of Third and Felix Street-. Dr. Austin continued alone until 1877, when he became connected with his present partner. Their office was for a while on Francis between Third and Fourth Streets, where the R. I.. McDonald Building now stands. From there they went to the Kcedy Building, on Francis Street, and since 1890, as previously stated, the firm ha\ icu pied the offices they have at present. When the Kansas City Dental School was or- ganized, Dr. Austin became a stockholder, and in 378 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1893 lie accepted the Chair of Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry. In 1893 he was made Vice- President of the College Association, and in order to fill his duties as a lecturer spends one day in every week at the college. ( )ur subject is a true- hlue Republican, and for two terms has been Al- derman from the old Second Ward. He is a mem- ber of the Missouri and Kansas State Dental Asso- ciations, and is ex-member of the American Dental Association. He belongs to Charity Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and to St. Joseph Chapter, R. A. M., and the Commandery, K. T. He belongs to Moila Temple, Mystic Shrine, and is its present Treas- urer, and past officer in all the bodies except the latter. The Doctor's home is pleasantly located on Fred- erick Avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, where he owns about three-quarters of an acre. In the spring of 1875 he was married in St. Joseph to Miss Anna E. Nash, who was born in Louisville, Ky., and acquired her education in Chicago. Her father, John M., deceased, was a large contractor, and her grandfather was also in the same line of business in the Garden City. Doctor and Mrs. Austin are the parents of eight children, the eldest of whom, Milton, is a clerk in the Kansas City, St. Joseph .. who is foreman in the Wyeth Hani ware Company. A line tract of forty-eight acres adjoining the Lake Contrary Club House is owned by Mr. Ger- nandt, who also owns a good residence at the corner of Seventeenth and .lule Streets, where he has resided since 1H7<>. During the war he was a member of Company D, Twenty-fifth Missouri Infantry, under Capt Mast, In politics he is a member of the Republican party, and religiously is a member of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church. He belongs to the German Turnvercin. — tffl M£-«^ LBERT DERGE. Loth in his business success anil the position he occupies in the community, Mr. Derge is an example of what a man can accomplish, providing he possesses energy, pluck, good judgment and hon- esty of purpose, coupled with a respect for the confidence of the people among whom he ma\ live. He is one of the largest merchants in De Kalb, the business being conducted under the linn name of A. Derge & Son. lie possesses excellent judgment and good business qualifications, both of which are necessary for a successful and prosperous ca- reer. As his name indicates, Mr. Derge is of German birth, his native place being Grueneberg, Province of Brandenburg. Prussia, and the date thereof November 21, 1833. He was educated in the model schools of that country, prosecuting Ids studies at Berlin until nineteen years of age. In 1852 he determined to try his fortunes in the New World and, when landing on American shores, made his way directly to Watertown, Wis. II. only remained in this country a few months, how- ever, and, returning to Germany, he lived on his father's farm until his return to America. In 1855 Mr. Derge again came to Wisconsin, this time engaging as clerk in a mercantile establish- ment Three years later he journeyed to southern Kansas, where he pre-empted a claim in Lyon County, but as he was entirely without means to carry on his farm he was obliged to hunt work, and m .Inly. 1858, came to St. Joseph, where he was variously employed until December of that year, which was the date of his advent into De Kalb. 380 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. His first employment in this now nourishing city was as clerk in a hotel, and later in a general store. In 1861, Mr. Derge again journeyed West and at Atchison, Kan., launched out in business for him- self, which he conducted with fair success until 1864, when he disposed of his interests and clerked for other parties for the three following years. Then making his way back to De Kalb he entered into partnership with a Mr. F. W. Hagenstein and established a general store on the north side of the square. This connection existed until 1881, when the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Derge conduct- ing affairs on 1 i Is own account. Owing to the good judgment and keen foresight which he dis- played in all his transactions, he did a prosperous business, and in 1844 removed into his present commodious quarters. He now has associated with him his younger son, William G., the firm being known as A. Derge it Son. In 1887 Mr. Derge branched out in his line of trade and established a fine store at Salem, Kan., which later was transferred to Lebanon, Smith County, that State, and which is known to the community as A. Derge & Company, consisting of A. Derge, his eldest son, Fred II., and his nephew, Ernest T. Derge. To say that he exhibited wise foresight in this venture is evidenced by the fact that his yearly sales from his Kansas house amount to $67,000 per year, while the store at De Kalb does an annual business amounting to $25,000. In 1860 Mr. Derge was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Bretz, who was born in Ohio in 1842. The parents of Mrs. Derge came to this State about 1844, and, locating in De Kalb, here passed the remainder of their lives. The family of our subject comprises four children, viz: Alice M., Fred II., William O. and Bertha L. The par- ents are active and devoted members of the Bap- tist Church, in which body Mr. Derge is Deacon. He lias been liberal in his means in contributing to church work and aided very materially in the erection of the building at this place. Socially, Mr. Derge is a prominent Mason and is the present Treasurer of Wellington Lodge No. 22, which he has also served in the capacity of Secre- tary. He is likewise an Odd Fellow and holds the position of Scribe in the Encampment. In politics our subject has always taken great interest and never fails to cast his vote in favor of Democratic candidates. He has served as a member of the School Board and from 1871 to 1888, held the po- sition of Postmaster of De Kalb. In addition to carrying on the important busi- ness of dry-goods merchant, Mr. Derge is also a prominent stockholder in the Derge it Campbell Banking Company, of this place, of which organi- zation he is President. The company was incor- porated under the State law in 181(0, with a capital of $10,000, and now does the largest banking business of this section. During the late war, Mr. Derge entered the Kansas militia service, becoming a member of Col. Quigg's regiment, and was made Second Lieutenant under Capt. Higby. Mr. Derge, who has been a resident of this place for the past thirty-five 3 r ears, has accumulated an abundance of this world's goods, and has the satisfaction of knowing that he has performed no unimportant part in the growth and development of this county. He is of a benevolent, generous and kind]}' disposition, and those who seek his aid or counsel are given sound advice and substantial assistance. ^•5"5"5"5*h "•^•^•^•i-'^ffifiSX; •^•♦•I'+F -j-3"5"5»fr; E. FIELD, capitalist, isa Director of Gow- \jj er Bank, in Gower, Clinton County. He is a native son of Missouri, having been born in Platte County in July, 1859. lie is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and is the third in or- der of birth of a family of eight children born to George W. and Lucy E. (Duncan) Field. The boyhood and youth of Mr. Field were passed in his native county, where he acquired his education in the common schools. He afterward attended and was graduated from the Daughters College, which is located in Platte City, in that county. In November of 1883 he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Carrington, a daughter of .lames C. Carrington, of Gower, and of their ■•-f if G^dlX c^ct^col^i^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. mi ion have been born four children, three daugh- ters and a son: Mary- W., James E., Lucy 1>. and Linnie K. In 1881 Mr. Field went into partnership with .lames M. Bohart They organized a bank at Ed- gerton, Platte County, where they conducted a general hanking business for three years. In Au- gust. 1887, Mr. Field removed to Gower, where he became one of the Directors of the Gower Hank, which position he still occupies. He is also largely interested in general fanning. In his political affiliations Mr. Field is a pro- nounced Democrat, and does all in his power to forward the interest* of his party. Socially, he is c eeted with Edgerton Lodge No. 355, A. F. A A. M. Mrs. Field is an active member and worker in the Christian Church. The family move in the best social circles, and arc held in the highest es- teem by their many friends and fellow-citizens. In his business dealings Mr. Fields' career has al- ways been marked with strict integrity and fair- ness. He is considered a leading and influential man in business circles, and well merits the high esteem in which he is held. SS. ACOB MADINGER, a retired merchant of St. Joseph, is one of the early and honored settlers of the place, having resided here since the fall of 1850. lie was very success- ful with his vineyard, which was the first one laid out in the county. Two years after his arrival he had four hundred vines set out, having brought the plants from Cincinnati by boat. They were mostly varieties of the Isabella and Catawba grapes. Afterward he obtained every new variety that came into market and propagated others him- self, so that in time he had sixty different varieties in his vineyard, which covered eight acres, lie continued actively engaged in business until the war interfered with his plans. In the early days, our subject - fruit farm was a great attraction, and people coining to this locality always visited the plaee a- a point of interest, for it was complete in every particular. There were reservoirs of water, fountains in different places, and the ureen- house. In the spring of 1852 Mr. Madinger purchased a fro it farm of twenty acres, only two miles from St. Joseph, and laid out a vineyard and three acres of orchard. lie built a vault and wine-cellar for the manufacture and storage of port wine. In 1891, our subject laid out ten acres of his place in lots, which are called Madinger's First Addition to St. Joseph. He helped to get the St. Joseph A Hannibal Railroad, and has always been active in everj thing pertaining to the city's welfare. He formerly be- longed to the Buchanan Agricultural and Horti- cultural Society, of which he was a Director for years. He helped buy the grounds for the Fair and was Vice-president of the association. He al- ways took the first premiums on the fruit which lie exhibited. He also belonged to the State Horti- cultural Society, of which he was the founder, and was Vice-President of the same for a number of years. Mr. Madinger has a beautiful home at the corn- er of Scott and Twentieth Streets, his residence be- ing one of the oldest in the city, as it was built in 1856. For a number of years he had a contract for supplying the best river boats with meats; he also put up the first ice-house in this region. S after his arrival in St. Joseph he bu.lt a small 10x16 shop on Market Square, which was the third building put up near ths Square, bringing the lumber for it from Savanna. When the city built a market-bouse Mr. Madinger look the Mist I th, which he occupied until selling out t<. Benjamin Tillman. Mr. Madinger was born in Stuttgart, Wurtem- berg, February 10, 1822. His father, Jacob, was a farmer and fruit-grower, and was in the German army in theWarof 1812-1.'). for his valiant service in which he received a medal. He died at the ex- treme old age of ninety-six years. Our subject's mother also died in Germany, and of her four children he is the eldest. He was reared in the Fatherland until 1834, when he decided to come to America with his uncle, who had been making his German relatives a visit. A- Mi. Madinger could not obtain a passport, he came ostensibly to make 384 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. a visit, and has never returned. At Louisville, Ky., lie was apprenticed to learn the butcher's business, and for two years received $60 per year. On May 15, 1848, Mr. Madinger and Miss Ros- ina Yant were united in marriage in Louisville. The lady's father, whose Christian name was Jacob, was born in Switzerland, and came to America in 1817, locating in Pittsburgh, where he followed his trade of cabinet-maker. About the year 1834 he engaged in the cooperage trade in Louisville. In 1850 he remov.cd to St. Joseph, where he died at the age of eighty-four years. Mrs. Madinger is the second of eight children. One of her broth- ers, Jacob, was in the Civil War in the Eightieth Regiment oi Illinois, as a Sergeant. He was a pris- oner at Andersonville, but made his escape. He was wounded at the battle of Lookout Mountain, and died July 3, 1864, in the hospital at Nash- ville. It was only a year after Mr. Madinger's marriage that he made a trip out West, and, hearing such good reports of the northwestern part of the State, and St. Joseph in particular, came to that deter- mination which has so largely affected his happi- ness and fortune, namely, to cast in his lot with the people of this region. There were more Indi- ans then in the county than white people, and the power of civilization had only just begun to be manifested in this, the then far West. During the war Mr. Madinger served all through it in the Slate militia, and was a member of the first com- pany from St. Joseph. He has been a stanch Re- publican since the organization of the party. He and his worthy wife are members of the German Lutheran Church. He was formerly a Druid, and helped start the first lodge in Masonry in St. Joseph, but has now retired from both societies. jILLIAM BUECHELE. There are no V classes of American citizens more enter- prising in their business dealings or more marked for the success which they achieve through their perseverance and close attention to their own affairs than are the Germans who have left the Fatherland believing that the New World is a wider field and affords greater promise of ad- vancement. Among the popular and highly es- teemed citizens of St. Joseph is Mr. William Buech- ele, who is widely known and owes his success in the commercial field largely to his tenacity of pur- pose, frugality and correct methods. After many years of hard work, he has now retired, and passes his daya in the enjoyment of a well-earned repose at his pleasant home No. 221 South Nineteenth Street. He of whom we write was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, November 17, 1829, and received a good education in his mother tongue. He became a farmer and gardener in his native land, and at the age of twenty-four 3*ears crossed the broad At- lantic to seek his fortune in the United States. Soon after his arrival in 1853, he went to Louis- ville, Ky., where he remained for a year and then returned to Germany, spending the winter among his friends and relatives. Our subject had also another object in making this journey, for while there his marriage with Miss Christiana Alteniann was celebrated. In the spring of 1856 Mr. Bueeh- ele returned to the United States with his young wife, coming to St. Joseph, where he took a posi- tion with Jacob Madinger as gardener. He took charge of the hot beds that year, and was the lirst professional gardener in these parts. In the year 1858, the gentleman of whom we write located on his own place in Walker's Addi- tion, then called New Ulm, being the first to set- tle in that portion of the town. He owned twen- ty-eight and a-half acres which was formerly a cornfield, and made a specialty of market garden- ing. To start with he had $1,500, which he had care- fully saved, and which he invested at this time in his business. He is truly a self-made man, and it is entirely through his own efforts, industry and at- tention to business, through success or adversity, that he has reached the competence which is now his for the remaining days of his life. He was actively engaged in his business undertakings un- til 1886, since which time he has discontinued his investments and is now retired. In 1887 he built his present home and has since lived in the city. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 385 During the war he served in (apt. Louis Hax' company of militia. Politically, lie is :i Republi- can and is greatly interested in .ill elections and moyements inaugurated by thai party. 11*' is a member of the Lutheran Church, and is highly rc- spected by one and all. To Mr. and Mrs. Buectiele have been born the following children: John Jacob, who is in the store in this city; William L., in the savings de- partment of the State National Bank; Lena, now Mrs. John F. Klick, of St. Louis; Annie Minnie, wife of Frank P. Wenz. who is clerking in a shoe store; Millie; Louisa Amelia; Bertha Frederiea and Rosa Magdalena. The last-mentioned young ladies are bright and intelligent, having had good school advantages, and move in the best social circles in the city. ellAKI.KS WEST is an old and respected citizen of St. Joseph, who has retired from active business life, and is now enjoying with case the fruits of his labor, tie was formerly a wholesale grocer, owning the lirst establishment ever set up in this city. He came to Missouri in 1846. and located in Brunswick, where he remained about seven years, and then settled in St. Joseph, where he has resided ever since. Mi. West was born on Fort Hill, Boston, Mass., February 12, \h\x. His father, Thomast West, was born in Haverhill, Mass., to Henry West, a na- tive of the Bay State, where he was engaged in fanning and passed his days. Henry West was married to Joanna Kast, who was born in Massa- chusetts to Doctor Kast, who was the tirst German physician engaged in practice in Boston. After his marriage the father of our subject was in the grocery business al No. 11 Central Wharf, where he continued Until 1830, when he returned to his former residence in Haverhill. He was elected President of the Boston & Maine Railway Com- pany after its completion to Portland. He was one of the promoters of the road and the second President, holding tin- office until within om- year of his death, lie erected the passenger depot on Hay market Square, and was a man of remarkable business tact. lie died al the age of seventy-nine years. The mother of our subject was known be- fore her marriage as Mary Williams, and was h\ birth a native of Boston, where she died in 1819, leaving four children, of whom our subject is the only surviving one. Mr. West was reared on the homestead and at- tended the Haverhill Academy, being a Student in the very first session, and having John <■. Whit- tier for a schoolmate. Subsequently, he attended Lancaster Private Academy, and when seventeen years of age went to Nashville, Tenn., December 15, 1835, traveling by stage a portion of the way, and then boarded a steamer that plied the Cumber- land River. He engaged as a clerk in a dry-goods store in Nashville for one year, and then returned to Boston, where he remained until 1839, when he accepted a position in his brother (Jeorge's whole- sale establishment in Louisville, Ky. Here the two brothers conducted a profitable business until the time when the cholera broke out. and in 1 S 1 ( I our subject moved the stock to Boonville, Mo., where he remained for four years. In 1846 Mr. West located in the small town of Brunswick, where he did an excellent business, getting goods from New York by the river, via New Orleans and St. Louis. In the spring of 1853 Mr. West moved his stock to St. Joseph, and opened up his business close to the bank of the river, but remained there but a short time on account of the rising of the water in June, when he located on higher grounds. In 1858 he closed out his stock of goods, and retired from business. During the late war, our subject was Commissioner and Adjutant of the Eighty-first Regiment of the Enrolled Missouri Militia. He was enrolled for active service October 28, 1863, for the Eighty-first Missouri Militia, where he re- mained until the close of the war. In 1*.">3 he purchased his present home of six and one-half acres, which he improved, building on it a brick house, now known as Engleside. In ihii Mr. Wot was united in marriage to Miss Mary Merrell, of Boonville, Mo. she was 386 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. born in Lexington, Ky., and was a member of the Episcopal Church until the time of her death, which occurred January 8, 1893. She was the mother of five children: Sally, now Mrs. Millan, whose husband is deceased; John H., of the Turner-Frazier Mercantile Company, grocers of St. Joe; Kate, the widow of the late Mr. Richardson; Charles, Jr., who lives in Bonne Terre, Mo.; and Ida, wife of Thomas West, of Denver, Colo. Mr. West is always ready to give his earnest at- tention and hearty support to local progress and improvement, and is a thoroughly upright, con- scientious and public-spirited citizen. Ill LIP ARNIIOLT, one of the earliest set- tlers of St. Joseph, Mo., is a veteran of the ,_ S late war, and at one time was Postmaster J \ here. He was a railway postal clerk for twelve years between St. Joseph and Creston, Iowa, having been appointed in 1880 under the Hayes administration, and having held the place in spite of the various changes in political circles. Mr. Arnholt was born February 1, 1841, in Ba- varia, Germany. His father, Philip Arnholt, was also a native of the same province, while the grandfather, Nicholas Arnholt, who followed the occupation of a stone and brick contractor in Ger- many, came to America early in the '40s, and died in St. Louis. Our subject's father, likewise a con- tractor for stone and brick masonry, was married in the Fatherland, and in 1852 crossed the broad At- lantic with his wife and family of eight children. After a voyage of fifty-six days from Havre to New Orleans, they came up the river to St. Louis, and a few months later, in June, 1852, settled in St. Joseph. Here Mr. Arnholt, Si'., obtained con- tacts for buildings, and made this city his home until his death in 1876, at the age of sixty-eight years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, to which faith his wife also belonged. Her maiden name was Caroline Klaus. Her death occurred in St. Joseph January 18, 1892, at the good old age of eighty-two years. Our subject is one of eight children, only four of whom are living, and three of whom were in the army. Frederick was in the Sixteenth Illi- nois Infantry, having enlisted in 18fil,and at the end of thirteen months was taken prisoner at Lexington. He was exchanged, and served un- til killed in the battle near Goldsboro in 1865, af- ter Lee's surrender. George, who was in the Forty-fourth Missouri, resides in this city. In April, 1861, Philip Arnholt was one of the first to enlist, becoming a member of Company B, Second Missouri Infantry, in Burnstein's regiment, for three-months service. He was mustered in at the arsenal at St. Louis, and was present at the taking of Camp Jackson. When his term of service had expired he enlisted in Company B, Fremont's Body Guard, for three years, and served in Mis- souri and Arkansas. Out of one hundred and fifty men, fourteen were killed, twenty-seven wounded, and ten were taken prisoners. In 1862 he was mustered out by special order of Gen. Thomas. Returning to St. Joseph, he was commis- sioned Second Lieutenant of Company C, Twen- ty-fifth Missouri Regiment, and was soon promoted to be First Lieutenant. He was later com mis- sioned Captain by Gov. Gletcher, and in the fall of 1864 was mustered out of the service. After his arrival in the United States and prior to the war, Mr. Arnholt learned the barber's trade, and in 1858 went to New Orleans, where he ran a shop for two years. In the fall of 1860 he went to St. Louis on one of the last boats which ven- tured to make the trip. On returning from the service our subject followed his trade for a while, and in March, 1871, was appointed Postmaster by President Grant, which position he held for four years and eleven days. In 1876 he was appointed United States Pension Agent for the district of Missouri and Kansas b}' President Grant, but failed to assume the duties, as the politicians pre- vented his taking the position. For a short time our subject engaged in the wholesale liquor busi- ness with Mr. Audriano. When he was appointed postal clerk in 1880, he first ran on the Wabash Road between St. Joseph and Lexington. His PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 587 next route was by way of the Kansas c it\ line, between Kansas City and Council Bluffs. In 1888 he was placed on Ins present mute, between M. Joseph and Creston, and has the honor of being the olde>t postal clerk in the .service in this locality. both in years and service. In this city, in 18<;.">, Mr. Arnholt married Miss Elizabeth Lobrneau, who was horn in Germany. Ten children have come to bless this union. Eight are living, their names being as follows: Charles, engaged in the wholesale millinery business in Portland, Ore.; Katie, wife of Grant Harris, of Kansas City; Frank I... now with the American Biscuit Company, of Chicago; Edith, a graduate of the public school, and now a teacher here; Philip, Jr., Benjamin Logan, Jessie and Clara, who complete the number. In manner Mr. Arnholt is genial and of agood- natured disposition, which valuable qualities make him many friends, lie is a member of the Ancient Free A- Accepted Masons, a Royal Arch Mason and belongs to the Scottish Kite. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in 1867 was District Deputy Grand Master. Mr. Arnholt is independent in politics. He be- longs to Chester Harding Post, (i. A. K. - Missouri, and since 18G6 has been one of the hon- ored residents of Plattsburgh, Clinton County. He was horn in County Fermanagh, Ireland, February 5, 1828, and received a fair education in the com- mon schools of his native land. He came to the United States in 1K">:>, landing in New York, from which metropolis he journeyed to Carroll County. Ohio, where he remained four years, visiting nu- merous relatives. In March. lH.jT, he journeyed to Kansas by way of the river, anil after reaching Leavenworth proceeded to Topeka, where in- re- mained one year working at the carpenter's trade, and finally bought land two miles southwest of Topeka. For a time he fellow-shipped with Jim Lane, who was making speeches and rousing the enthusiasm of the people. In November, 1857, Judge Phillips came to Clin- ton County, Mo., and purchasing land two miles west of Plattsburgh, in company with a brother-in- law, George R Shepard, now of Plattsburgh. located one year later upon a thiec hundred and ninety- five acre farm, partly improved, and a valuable piece of property. Important business had de- tained him in Kansas a twelvemonth, but from this time until 1886 Judge Phillips remained con- stant to the pursuit of agriculture. After eight years patiently devoted to the tilling of the soil, Mr. Phillips was elected Sheriff of the county upon the Republican ticket, in 1866, and also tilled the position of Collector, and from this period resided with his family in Plattsburgh. After a two-year term as Sheriff, in which time he ably discharged the duties entrusted to his care, he was defeated in 18G8 by one vote, this small minority proving his popularity in a county largely Democratic. M. M. MeFettredge was the fortunate man whose ma- jority of one vote gave him the coveted position. Judge Phillips is a man of strong convictions and earnest purpose. During the Civil War he in 1861 entered the Stale militia, leaving his farm temporarily and bringing his family to Plattsburgh. Although a strong Republican now, he then held that the Southern people had the legal right toown slaves the same as other property, but was opposed to slavery as being a detriment to moral ami re- ligious growth and prosperity. Judge Phillips served in the county militia with headquarters at Plattsburgh, under (apt. I'.. F. Poe, who Organized the company, which later was under Capt. George McCullough. ('apt. John W. Turiicy, witli a small sipiad of men, went out three-ipiarters of a mile cast of the court house to intercept some guerril- las that were coming, and was shot and instantly killed by them, he being the only man injured. Our subject was with the Company when called out and was kept in the camp the entire time. From 1868 to 1873 Judge Phillips again resumed farming duties, but at the latter date President 388 PORTRAIT AN]) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Grant a [) pointed Mm Postmaster of Plattsburgh, a position he held for fourteen years, and it is safe to say Plattsburgh will never enjoy the services of a more popular, genial and efficient care-taker of the mails than he proved himself to be. At the expiration of his term he was succeeded by Mr. Rinkle, under Cleveland's administration. Judge Phillips was elected to fill the unexpired term of County .Judge, and presided upon the bench with dignified ability. The two hundred thousand rail- way bonds were issued while he held the position of County Judge. In 1869 Judge Phillips was for a time in the lumber trade, but since 1885 has devoted himself exclusively and prosperously to the culture and improvement of his valuable homestead of three hundred and twenty-five acres, one of the finest pieces of farming property in this section of the State. Stock-raising is one of the main features of the farm, and only the best grades of sheep, cattle and horses are handled by our subject. Judge Phillips entered into the marriage rela- tion May 25, 1858, with Miss Mary E. Atwell, a native of Ireland, who was born in the same county as was her husband, but at the time of her mar- riage her home was in Carroll County, Ohio. The pleasant home of Judge Phillips and his estimable wife has been blessed by the birth of a large fam- ily, of whom Maggie J., the eldest, died when she was eight years old; Luella B. is Mrs. W. N. Pitt- man, of Kansas City; Ida 0. is Mrs. William Pugs- ley, of Plattsburgh; Mary Alice died when fourteen years old; Prank is a merchant of Kansas City; Cordia is Mrs. William B. Hiatt, of Plattsburgh; Ilattie and Charlie, the two youngest of the broth- ers and sisters, are still at home with their parents. Our subject has been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since he was sixteen years old, and is a Trustee and a Steward in the church. Fraternally Judge Phillips is a member of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, affiliating with the lodge at Plattsburgh. Socially, he and all the members of his family occupy positions of use- fulness and influence, and in all matters of benev- olent enterprise our subject is ever an important factor. A man of energetic ability, upright in Character and faithful in duty, Judge Phillips worthily ranks with the most loyal and public-spir- ited citizens of his home locality and the State of Missouri. As a public official he is faithful in the performance of every accepted duty. Sheriff Phil- lips executed April 30, 1866, Abner Hughes, a col- ored lad, who had murdered an old man in Platts- buru'h. To ' .. . /#§ >\1JNNU>W TUR1NEK. Fori (l( r score years this brilliant lawyer wf ^^7/ ored resident of Plattsburgh, and OL. WINSLOW ' JRNER. For over two- was an hon- held with distinguished ability various important State and county positions. He entered into rest March 5, 1874, and although nearly twenty years have passed since his death, his memory is as green in the hearts of a multitude of frieuds as though it were only yesterday he had left the busy throng, blessed for so many years by his kindly presence. Col. Turner was a native of Massachusetts, and was born in Plymouth County, December 12, 1802. His ancestors were of Puritan stock, and at a very early day came to New England, where the}' and their descendants took high place among the in- fluential citizens of our Republic. Col. Turner was one of the pioneers of western Missouri, having located in Clay County about the year 1833. In 1840 he was appointed Circuit Clerk, Clerk of the County Court, and ex-officio Recorder, and for sixteen years conducted the affairs of his office with ability and honor. So great was his popularity that his name upon a ticket seemed the important factor in securing its certain victory. In 1857 he was appointed Reg- istrar of the Land Office, which position he re- signed after two years of faithful work in the dis- charge of the duties involved. President Pierce in J 854 placed our subject upon the Hoard of Ex- aminers of cadets for West Point, and about the same time he was a Representative to the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance, in which order he was a well-known and valued worker. In 1859 he was elected to represent Clinton County PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 889 in the Legislature, where, a- :i member of the most important committees, lie was an ellieient worker, and ably fulfilled the trust reposed in him by his constituents. Politically, he was a stanch Demo- crat and a life-long adherent of the principles of the immortal Thomas Jefferson. After his retirement from public office in I860, Col. Turner devoted himself successfully to the practice of the law, and in business relations, as in public office, made a host of friends, who thor- oughly appreciated his sterling integrity of char- acter. At the time of his death, the brilliant journalist. .John M. McMichael, said of him in the Plattsburgh Leoter of March 18, 1874: "lie was a man of the purest honor, and scorned everything that partook of the false or unreal. Of a pointed and emphatic nature, he pronounced his senti- ments freely and emphatically at all times and under all circumstances. Not even in politics would he dissemble or prevaricate, but in all things he was equally honest, sincere and pronounced. To friend or foe he was manly, bold and un- equivocal. When he believed, his belief was gen- uine, earnest and unwavering, lie was guided by principle?, and no questions of policy could inter- vene to abate his advocacy of what he deemed right, lie was lirm in his convictions, and clung to them with persistent pertinacity. He had but little admiration for expediencies, but loved and practiced consistency in all things. When Wins- low Turner announced his support of a principle or person he was ever found upon the right side, lie was humane and liberal, and from his door the pom and needy never went without receiving beneficial alms. Many a poor widow, orphan and sufferer has felt the kindness of his Liberality. His heart would melt at the sight of miser}', and his impulse led him to the exercise of generosity, which was a praiseworthy and a commendable trait in his character." To so exhaustive and eloquent a tribute to Col. 'Turner but little can lie added, lie was an car- nest advocate of a broad and thorough education tor the youth of America. As a public official and as a private citizen he had but few equals and no superiors. With the keen sagacity which distin- guished his able efforts in his profession, he com- bined the sterling integrity of character and the geniality of a sincere and sunshiny nature, and, all in all. possessed the highest attributes of a scholar, friend and statesman. Hi- death was a public loss, but in the home circle, where he Sustained as a loving father and husband the tendercsl rela- tions, the bereavement was doubly afflicting. The wife of Col. Turner was Mi>s Emily Pol- lard, of Vermont. Her mother bore the maiden name of Waterman, and traced her ancestry back to Edward, Earl of Clarendon. 'The union of Col. and Mrs. 'Turner was blessed by the birth of four children, two of whom now survive, the Hon. Edward Turner, and Florence M., wife of Judge Virgil R. Porter, who, richly endowed with a goodly heritage of distinguished paternal and maternal ancestors, occupy positions of honor and influence in the city which for SO many years was the home of their revered father. ^■^ T. ON. THOMAS ERSKINE TURNEY, an influential lawyer at Cameron, was born in Paris, Bourbon County, Ivy., February 28, 1831, the son of Morgan and Tryphosa (Birch) Turney. Grandfather Daniel Turney was one of Morgan's riflemen. In 18:i7, when our Subject was six years old, his father settled in Shelby County, 111., and became one of the pio- neers of Shelbyville, where 'Thomas E. grew to manhood. Meanwhile he acquired a common- school education and spent the intervening vaca- tions aiding in the farm work and clerking in a store. At the age of twenty Mr. 'Turney commenced thi' study of the law under the tutelage of An- thony Thornton, who afterward became judge of the Illinois Supreme Court. After reading law for one year in Shelbyville, he removed to I'latts- burgli. Mo., where a maternal uncle. Judge .lames II. Birch, an attorney-at-law. was at thai lime re- siding, lie entered the oilier of that gentleman February 28,1852, the twenty-tire! anniversary 390 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of his birth. In May, 1853, he was admitted to the Bar and at once opened an office at Pitts- burgh, where lie remained until 1865. For a time Mr. Turney had as partner a younger brother, John \V., who was admitted to the Bar at Plattsburgh, and who was killed by bushwhackers near that city in 18t!4, being at that time Cap- tain of a company of provisional militia stationed at Plattsburgh. In 1865 our subject removed to a farm which was located between Cameron and Plattsburgh, and upon which his parents were mak- ing their home. After the death of the mother, in 1881, the father removed to Cameron, where he departed this life in 1885, at the age of eighty years. After living on the farm until 1870, Mr. Turney located at Cameron, although in the meanwhile he had continued his practice in connection with agri- cultural duties. In 1866 the Court of Common Pleas was created and he became its Judge, but re- sinned after occupying the position for one year. His services in that capacity were such as to win universal commendation, and his decisions were notably impartial and just. In 1856-57 he served in the Missouri Legislature, to which he was elected by the Know Nothing part}'. Since 1872 Mr. Turney has been in continuous practice, and his reputation has long been estab- lished as a successful practitioner. His practice is general, although he has never taken a criminal case. In early days his attention was given prin- cipally to collections and foreclosures of mort- gages; from 1876 until 1879 his work was largely that of a railway lawyer, aud while thus engaged he was successful in settling various important railroad litigations. His law library is one of the best in the count}' and includes about six hundred books by standard authors on the sub- jects which thej' respectively treat; also the only complete set of American Decisions, American Re- ports and State Reports, besides full reports of the I'lnted States Supreme Court, the Missouri Su- preme Court and the Court of Appeals. During the late war he took a decided stand for the Union, and since about 1876 has been a stanch adherent of Democratic principles, but is not a politician. At Plattsburgh, Mo., May 4, 1H59, Mr. Turney was united iu marriage with Miss Lina, daughter of Abraham Funkhouser, and a native of Clinton County, Mo. Mrs. Turney died December 29, 1887. Their children are as follows: Thomas E., Jr., a resident of Greene County, Mo.; Lina Olivia, Mrs. II. II. Ilinkle, of Staunton, Va.; Osie, who died in 1878 at Faribault, Minn., where she was a student in St. Mary's Hall; Loula, who married James A. Franklin. M. D., and died June 3, 1892; Mary, who was educated at St. Mary's Hall and at Topeka, Kan., aud is now at home; and John, who died when six years old. In his religious belief the Judge is an Episcopalian, and has been quite active in that church since joining it in 1876. Cj\ E. PACKARD, Cashier of the Farmers' p Bank at Cameron, was born in Hampshire /' County, Mass., March 19, 1838. His boy- hood was somewhat uneventfully passed on a farm in that county, where he attended the com- mon schools and gained a good practical educa- tion. In his early manhood he went as far West as Clinton County, Ohio, his removal thither oc- curring in the year 1858, and he followed the pro- fession of teacher in that county. In 1863 Mr. Packard came to Missouri and be- came the telegraph operator and station agent for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad at Cameron, a position which he filled satisfactorily for four years, and he also engaged in the lumber business in the meantime. In 1867 he settled on a farm one and one-half miles from the city of Cameron, where lie developed a finely improved estate, and made a specialty of the dairy business, keeping from forty to seventy-five cows. His home is still on this place, where he has surrounded him- self and family with all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. The lady who in 1867 became the wife of Mr. Packard was known in maidenhood as Araminta Utter, and was born in Ohio, March 13. IS 12. Seven children were born to them, of whom six PORTRAIT AND BIQGRAPHICAL RECORD. S93 arc Still Living: William. Clark, Eva, Martha. Bessie and Laura. Mr. and Mrs. Packard are ac- tive members of the Christian ( lunch at Cameron, which he serves as Elder. In all public affairs Mr. Packard maintains a deep interest, and is an especial Friend of schools and colleges, which he fosters in every way possible. He assisted in de- fending Cincinnati when it was threatened by Kirby Smith in 1862, and after coming to Missouri was enrolled in the state militia in 1864. He i- a man of practical mind and keen business traits, and has aided to no small extent in raising the financial standing <>f the institution with which he is connected. i — FRANCIS WILLIAM LEWIS, one of the \—(S) prominent business men of St. Joseph, mak- 1 in"; a specialty of stair-building and own- ing a planing-mill at No.816 South Eighth Street, has been identified with the history of this place for the past twenty year-, and may well pride himself upon the interest he has taken in the city's welfare. He turns out good work and al- ways endeavors to produce the best results pos- sible, giving his customers the benefit of his years Of experience. Fortune has dealt kindly with him since his arrival in St. Joseph, and in his business dealings he has been successful beyond hi- expectations. In hi- planing-mill he has about $15,000 invested, and pays special attention to Office and interior finishings. Mr. Lewis was born in Parkerville, Parke County, 1 1 1 <1 . , February _'.s. 1842, ami received common-school privileges. At the age of nine- teen he began i" serve an apprentice-hip to a pro- fessional stair-builder at La Fayette, and at the end of four year- commenced working as a jour- ney man. For -even \ ear- he was employed in many of the leading cities, among these being Chicago, Cincinnati. St. Louis, Memphi- anil Calveston. In 1868 he visited St Joseph, and, on ac< t of plea-ant ac.| ua i n t-aiue- made here and hi- I'avor- 19 able impressions of the city, he returned in 1872, with the intention id' making a permanent loca- tion here, lie was at the foot of the hill leading to success at that time, as he bad but $2 in his pocket on landing here. However, undaunted and with courage he set out to make an honest living, and was soon given a contract, which he BUCCe88fully carried out. and from that day his business has constantly increased until it has reached its present large proportions. There are now in his employ from twelve to fifteen men. who are engaged solely on finishing work. Our subject started in business in the same block he now occupies, his held being in the neiL, r h- boring States of Kansas. Nebra-ka and Iowa, in addition to Missouri. He owns two line brick houses, which wen- erected at a eo-t of $5,000 each, and also has a plea-ant home. Mr. Lewis i- very fond of tine horse-, and is said to have as good a team as can be found in St. Joseph. He has never SOUghtOr desired public office, his tastes being of a dome-tic nature. He is intelligent and has had a wide experience while knocking about the world, learning through this varied life many a bard lesson. In religious belief he is liberal. In- spirit of toleration being founded upon a close observation of his fellow-men. He is genial and popular and well worthy to lie numbered among the substantial citizens of St. Joseph. v Ti'OIIN W. DOUGLASS is one of the most successful and prosperous farmer- and stock - raisers in Clinton County, lie resides on 5! / section 36, township 55, range 31, which has been hi- home for the past four year-. His great-grandfather, William Douglass, left his na- tive land, Ireland, in 1790, to seek his fortune in the New World. He settled in York County, Pa., where he passed the relnai in. lei of his life. Hi- -on. Patrick Douglass, about the year 1802 settled in Clinton County, Ohio, where In- followed the oc- cupation of a farmer. He became the father of 39 I PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. seven children, who are as follows: James, Will- iam, Eliza, John, Martha, Mary A. and A. P. The father was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is numbered among the early pioneers who paved the way to the present greatness and pros- perity of what was then the far West. John Douglass, the father of our subject, was a native of Clinton County, Ohio, having been born in August, 1823. lie received but limited educa- tional advantages. In 1837, previous to which date his father had departed this life, with his mother and family he came to this section of the State and located on section 34, township 55, range 30, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land. Though he had .started in life a poor boy, by his indomitable energy and perse- verance he acquired a valuable property. In 1850 he crossed the plains, going to California, from which El Dorado he returned with a few hundred dollars. At the time of his death, in 1882, he was the owner of one thousand acres of arable and valuable farm land, which was the result of his many years of well-directed efforts. John Douglass was a zealous and influential member of the Christian Church, and on his own farm erected a church, to the cost of which he was the principal contributor. During the war he was a member of the State militia, and participated in several more or less important engagements. His life work was marked with success, and he was held in the highest esteem by the people of this vicinity. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Brown, is yet living in Clinton County, being now sixty-eight years of age. By her mar- riage she became the mother of the following chil- dren, who yet survive: Jesse B., John W., Jemi- mah E., James A., Thompson, Stephen A., George B., Sherman and Permelia A. Mollie is deceased. John W. Douglass was born in this county on December 7, 1841), and spent his early years in the usual work and play of a farmer's boy. He attend- ed the district school of the neighborhood, and in later years entered the State University. He em- barked in the business of life for himself at the age of twenty-three. On June 18. 1874, he was united in matrimony with Susan E. Cooper, who is like- wise a native of this count}'. She is the daughter of Emsley W. and Ann (Piercy) Cooper, who came from North Carolina to Missouri about 1840. The father is a farmer by occupation and served during the war in the Missouri State Militia. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Douglass consists of three children: Dorsey B., Elgia A. and William. Subsequent to his marriage Mr. Douglass settled on eighty acres of land south of Lathrop, which he improved and cultivated for three years, after which he sold the property and became the owner of two hundred and forty acres situated south- west of Lathrop. He now owns one thousand acres in two farms. In 1888 he erected a fine res- idence on land adjoining Lathrop on the south, and he has since made it his place of abode. His wife is a member of the Christian Church, and so- cially Mr. Douglass is a member of the Masonic fraternity. As a farmer he has shown a marked talent from the first, and year by year has added more property to his already extensive possessions. His premises are well kept and thrifty, showing the good management and attention of the own- er. He uses the latest improvements and devices in carrying on his farm, and is thoroughly pro- gressive in all bis ideas. — i i— =§>^-<§=^ S. COCHRANE is one of those thorough business men of integrity and honest prin- ciples who occupy responsible and lucra- tive positions in St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Cochrane is at the present time manager for Sco- fleld, Simmer A- Teagle, refiners of illuminating and lubricating oils and gasoline. Mr. Cochrane was born in Durham, Province of Ontario, Canada, November 29, 1856. His father, whose given name was Adam, was of Scotch ori- gin, being born in Glasgow in the year 1830. The grandfather of our subject, John B. Cochrane, was also born in Glasgow, and was a man of leisure, taking life in as easy a manner as possible. He married previous to his locating in Ontario, where he owned a great deal of real estate, and died at PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the ripe old age of ninety-three years. He was a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church. The father of our subjecl was reared in Canada, where be was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Dur- ham until 1878, when he located in St. Thomas. There with others he engaged in a wholesale and retail trade, doing business under the name of Cochrane Bros. During his lifetime he was a greal reformer of mankind, and proved a blessing and benefit to his fellow-men. His wife, known as Grace Haggart in her maiden days, was also a na- tive of (Slasgow, and went to Ontario with her parents when bul a mere child. To Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane were born ten children, eight of whom still survive and are scattered over various parts of the globe, the seventh from the youngest being the niily one in the United states. Our subject was reared in Canada until he at- tained his twelfth year, at which time he went to St. Thomas, where he attended High School, and in 1884 graduated with honor. One year after leav- ing school he went to Omaha, Neb., where he was employed as bookkeeper in the Union Pacific Railway office, remaining with them one year. He was then teller in the hank of Omaha of that < • i t y for eighteen months, and was promoted to the position of acting cashier, which he held for twelve months. For the next live 01 six months we ti ml him in Dubuque, Iowa, where he was employed by the Excelsior (til Company in the capacity of cashier. Working his way northward Mr. Cochrane landed in Minneapolis, where he held the respon- sible position of cashier for tin' Excelsior Oil Com- pany of that city, and there remained for nine months. At this time he was transferred to Du- buque as manager of the company for which In- had previously labored, and continued there for -i\ months, when he was appointed Auditor of the same company and made his headquarters in Cleveland. For two years our subjecl traveled over Western territory in the interest of this business, or until the company discontinued the manufacturing of the product. After the closing of the business of the Excelsior Oil Company, he became connected « it h Scofield, Shurner <& Teagle, and was sent as their representative to St. Joseph, Mo., in July, 1892. This tirm i- located on Eleventh and Mitchell Streets, and is considered one of the largest and most independent firms Of refiners in the United states, having a large re- finery in Cleveland, Ohio, and agencies through- out the I 'nited State-. ■ Politically, Mr. Cochraue is a stanch supporter of the Democratic nominees. I'm wl he has Cast his votes for many years, lie is a thorough busi- ness man. and his success in life may he attributed to his perseverance, untiring efforts and good judgment, qualities which almost invariably bring fortune to their possessor. 1 ACOB II. WISHERD is a wholesale and re- tail dealer in fresh oysters, celery, li-h. game. etc.. at No. llo South Sixth Street, between Felix and Edmund Streets. His business is growing rapidly and he has the largest wholesale trade in the city. He supplies the hotels and boarding-houses of the city, and he often ships to Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, as well a- to different parts of this State, packing and selling thousands of gallons during the oyster season, and often one hundred and fifty gallon- per day. The buyers for the tirm obtain the supplies in Balti- more and New York, selecting the finest to be had. They have large refrigerators and are in evci \ way as well and thoroughly equipped as the large exclusive Ssh and oyster houses of Eastern cities. Mr. Wisherd was born near lhishnell. Mc- Donough County, III., .May 11. 1857. His father. Jacob Wisherd. was horn in the northern part of Pennsylvania, and was a farmer and stock-dealer. lie went to Illinois in the early day- and was one of the pioneers of McDonough County, lie im- proved a large farm and built one of the lb-t houses in the locality. Ili- death occurred on the old homestead in 1*77. lie was a member of the Christian Church, and a man of sterling worth and upright character, Mi- wife, whoso residence is in 396 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Bushnell, was formerly Miss Catherine Stahl, a native of Pennsylvania. She still owns the old farm of two hundred and forty acres. J. II. Wisherd of this sketch is one of ten chil- dren, of whom five survive, and lived until his twenty-third year on a farm. lie went to the district school during the three months' winter term, and when sixteen years of age took charge of the farm, which he operated with very good success for seven years. In 1880, tiring of the monotonous routine of farm life, he went to Quincy, where he obtained employment with his brother D. N., who was engaged there in the oyster business. After two years' connection with the linn he came to St. Joseph, about 1887, and in the fall of 1890 started in business with his brother, continuing in partnership with him for oneseason, and then bought out his interest. In Illinois, in 1878, Mr. Wisherd wedded Miss Eveline Blanehard, who was born in Fulton County, and is a lady of much culture and talent. Four children grace the union of our worthy sub- ject and his estimable wife: Louis, Seldon, Earl and Chester. The pleasant home over which Mrs. Wisherd presides with womanly dignity is at No. 2G(il LaFayette Street. In politics, Mr. Wisherd is a firm Democrat, and fraternally, is an Ancient Free & Accepted Ma- son and a Royal Arch Mason. lie has made for himself an enviable reputation as a business man of solid worth and merit, and has many friends in the best circles of the city. ft" AMES CLEM R1TCHEY, M. D., whose office is at No. 711 North Main Street, St. Joseph, is one of the best-known physicians of this city, and one who has as extensive a practice as any in this locality. lie has also for many 3 r ears been an active politician, and was a member of the Central Committee of the Democratic party for a number of years in DeKalb County, having also been a delegate to the State convention which nominated Charles Hardin for Governor. When F. M. Cockrell was a candidate for Governor he stood firmly by him and was of great assistance to that gentleman. The Doctor was born in Somerset, Ohio, the home of Gen. Phil Sheridan. His father, the Hon. Thomas Ritchey, was a member of the Thirtieth and Thirty-third Congresses, and was prominent in all public affairs in that State, his opponent during the election being Dr. P. B. Johnson, on the Whig ticket. Mr. Ritchey was elected by twenty-seven votes, and four years lateu, being a candidate, he was elected by twenty-eight hun- dred votes. He declined further honor. He was a colleague of many of the noted men of that day, among them being Webster; Calhoun; Millard P. Hall, of St. Joseph; Mordecai Oliver, who after- ward removed to this city; and Sain (Jreen, also of Missouri. Mr. Ritchey secured the appointment of Phil Sheridan as a cadet to West Point, and lived to see him raised to the rank of Brigadier- General, lie departed this life in March, 1863, a man well esteemed and having a host of .friends. Our subject was reared and educated in the place of his birth, where he attended the Somerset Institute. Ill-health compelled him to seek a change of climate, and going West he located in Omaha for a time, there beginning the study of medicine with Drs. McElwee & Thrall, the latter one of the surgeons sent out by the United States Government to the seat of the Crimean War. In 1858 Congressman Valentine B. Horton secured for Dr. Ritchey the appointment to West Point, where he entered and remained for several months, but on account of the weakness of his ankle he was compelled to give up a militar}' career, as it was found he could not stand the severe physical strain necessary to that life. Therefore, in October, 1859, he continued his medical studies at Hagers- town, Wayne County, Iud., for a time, after which he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincin- nati. On the completion of his studies he en- gaged in practice at Hagerstown, and in 1800 emi- grated to Missouri, practicing in Stewartsville for a period of twenty-one years. In 1887 Dr. Ritchey came to St. Joseph, and has already built up a large and paying practice. He PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 397 i- a member of the Buchanan Count] Medical So- ciety, .- l 1 1 • 1 is justly ranked among the leading brethren of the medical profession in these parts. On October 20, 1869, in Stewartsville, Mo., the Doctor married Mi>s Sue Logan, who was born iu Shelbj County, Ky., and whose father, the Hon. Robert W. Logan, came to this state in 1857, and was srni as a member to the Legislature from De- Kalb County, dying while in office. He was a nephew of Robert Anderson, of Ft. Sumter notori- ety; of Gov. Charles Anderson, of Ohio; and of Richard Clongb Anderson, who was in Congress for many years, and afterward was sent as United states Minister to Bogota; A recent correspond- ent said of the Anderson family, "The name of Anderson in Kentucky is surrounded with historic memories, than which none are prouder nor of greater historic interest." Mrs. Ritchey is a great- great-niece of i^en. George Rodgers Clark, and Hon. William Clark, who was Governor of Mis- souri for nine years, while it was yet a Territory. She is also related to the llardins and Wickliffes, of Kentucky, besides many of the besl and most worthy families of that grand old Stale. The Doc- tor has three children, Thomas. Clara R. and Jennie (J., who are all at home. In religious faith, the Doc- tor is a Presbyterian, while hi* wife is a member of the Baptist Church. 'RANK CHAMBERS comes from a promi- nent pioneer family of Buchanan County. /As He is in charge of the freight department Of the R. Douglass Crockery Company in St. Joseph and is a young man of business ability. He has been identified with the citj 's best interests since his birth, which occurred here January 27, INKS. His father, Dr. John Alexander Chambers, was horn in Harper's Ferry. Ya. His father, in turn, was in the Government employ as inspector of the armory at Harper's Ferry. Dr. Chambers graduated from the Washington University-, now the Johns Hopkins College, of Baltimore. He engaged in practice m ins native Slate until 1852, when he came to St. Joseph, where he was one of the first physicians to locate. He practiced for a time while ill partner-hip with Dr. Cram. The latter went to California, after which Dr. Cham hers continued in the practice alone. He ranked high in his profession, was an active mem- ber of the st. Joseph's Medical Society, and was its President at one time. During the war he was molested considerably, and being a Southern sym- pathizer was several times placed under arrest. On account of this annoyance he went to Nevada m 1864, and was there engaged in practice for nearly a year. In St. Joseph was celebrated the marriage of Dr Chambers and Miss Helen Gingry, in 185 I. She was horn in Nashville, Teiin.. and was the daughter of Joseph Gingry, a native of Lancaster ( ounty, Pa. He was an architect and builder in Tennessei . hut in 1850 removed to this county with his fam- ily, coming all the distance in the boaf'St. Paul." He bought and improved a farm four miles from this city. At the time of his death, in 1879, he was eighty-five years of age. His wife, whose maiden name was Ann Shrewsbury, was horn in Hardin County. Ky., and was a distant relative of Robert E. Lee. She died at the age of sixty-four. Dr. Chambers, who was a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church South, died in 18t;'.), aged forty-seven years. His wife, who is still living. was reared and educated in Kentucky, and atten- ded the St. Mary's Academy. As she came to this city in 1850, she is now among the oldest surviv- ing settlers. Her residence is at No. 509 South Ninth Street. Our subject is the third of three children. His elder brother, Allen, who was born in St. Joseph. is bookkeeper in the Saxton National Rank. Ettie. the second of the family, is now the wife Ol !■'.. M. Sweney, Treasurer of the Van Natta Lynds Drug Company. Frank Chambers was bom Janu- ary 27, 18G8, and received good public and high school privileges. When sixteen years old, he be- came a clerk in the Stationery business of Wool- worth & MePherson. with whom he remained a year. He was afterward a clerk in a local freight office 398 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. For the three succeeding years he was in the employ of the Kn- giebart, Whining & Davison Company. In January, 1891, he entered the employ of the R. Douglass Crockery Company, with which firm he is still con- nected. He is an enterprising young business man, and has those qualities of perseverance and push that will without doubt in time place him among the foremost commercial men of the West. Our subject is greatly interested in all kinds of athletic and military matters. He is one of the charter members of the Wickham Rities, which have not only a local but a wide reputation as one of the best companies in the State, and he is also a member of the Crescent Athletic Association. He deposits his ballot in favor of the Democratic nom- inees. In manner, he is pleasant and affable, and as a consequence numbers many friends. _=] $+$ L=i <| felLLIAM KRUMM. St. Joseph has its full \rJ// quota of vigorous, enterprising, thorough- W%' going business men, whose popularity is based upon both their social qualities and their well-known integrity and business activity. None among these is better liked by those who have dealings with them than is he who is the subject of our sketch. He is the most popular florist in Buchanan County, carrying on a wholesale and retail business. He deals extensively in cut flow- ers, budding plants, vegetables and vegetable plants, his place of business being at the corner of Twenty-eighth and Hickory Streets. As his name indicates, Mr. Krumm is a native of Germany, and the success which he has attained is only another example of what industry and perseverance can accomplish upon American soil. His birth occurred in Prussia, November 5, 1833. He remained in bis native land until reaching his fifteenth year, then, in IS is, be came to America, taking up his residence in Cincinnati, Ohio. He bad been finely educated in the German tongue, and in Erfurt, Prussia, learned the trade of an architect. He followed that branch of business in Cincinnati for a few months, but later, finding that a brick mason acquired larger pay, learned that trade, which he plied in the above city and also in Indianapolis and St. Louis. In 1856 he went to Quincy, 111., and for seven years was engaged as a contractor, builder and manufacturer of brick. When establishing a home of his own in 1857, Mr. Krumm was married to Miss Margaret Ruff, a native of France. She was a daughter of Casper Puff, who migrated to America when she was quite young. Of their union have been born seven children: Casper William, Ada (the wife of Fred Lesleir), John William, William II.. Henry W., Fred W. and Maggie. During the war the original of this sketch went to Leavenworth, Kan., and for two years was en- gaged as butcher for the soldiers at the fort. In the spring of 1866, coming to St. Joseph, he fol- lowed his occupation as contractor and builder un- til 1870, when he located upon his present beauti- ful place. It consisted of twenty-five acres of wild land, for the purchase of which "he had to go in debt. He was obliged to labor very bard in order to support his growing family and pay off his indebtedness, but being persevering industri- ous and honest, he l*as gained through Ins unaided exertions a handsome competence, which shows what may be accomplished by energy when coupled with a determination to succeed. Mr. Krumm is the possessor of the largest and best equipped greenhouses and nursery which have ever been in the city. He has nine large build- ings eighty feet in length and covering over an acre of ground. The nursery includes grape vines to the amount of two thousand, four thousand raspberry bushes, the same number of blackberry plants, and two and one-quarter acres of straw- berries. The remainder of the estate is devoted to raising vegetables, of which he has every known variety. He disposes of his products in the St. Joseph markets and shipping points within reach. His greenhouses are heated by steam and were erected at a cost of $12,000. He gives his personal attention to the carrying on of this large business and keeps in his employ six or seven men. Mr. Krumm lias made a thorough study of flor- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 399 iculture, and in this branch of his business Ik-is reaped handsome profits. His plants are :ill in a tine and healthy condition and are shipped at all seasons of the year to different portions of the United states. He makes a specialty of designs suitable for funerals, commencement exercises, etc., and in ever) instance gives entire satisfaction, both as to the quality of Ins flowers, first-class workmanship and low prices. Both Mr. and Mrs. Krumm are prominent mem- bers of the Christian Church, to the support of which they are liberal contributors. They have given their children an excellent education in the German and English tongues, which has fitted them to occupy honorable stations in life. So- cially, our subject is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Mystic Shrine. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being Past Noble Grand in the Subordinate Lodge and High Priest of the Encampment. He has been a member of the Grand Lodge five times, and is also connected with the Druids and Knights of Honor, in which latter organization he served as Treasurer for two years. In politics he votes for Republican candidates. * — •:- — * E«S==* ¥MLLIS M. SHERWOOD, Ex-Justice of the Peace in St. Joseph, is now retired from active business. He was formerly a member of the firm of Sherwood & Wade, who were engaged in the insurance business with great success for many years. lie has held many im- portant positions within the gift of the people, and has been influential in all things having for their object the betterment and growth of this vicin- ity. Mr. Sherwood was born in Geneva, N. Y., No- vember lf>, 1H1H. He isoneof nine children who grew to maturity, but four of whom are now liv- ing. He was reared in the Empire State on a farm, and after attending the Millville Academy en- gaged in teaching, after which he took up the study of medicine under His. Hill and lord, al Medina. N. V. In the fall of 1889, he went to Augusta, s. ('., where he taught school for one year, and then returned to New York. In 1st I. he was married in Broad way 'label naclc. New York ( ity, to Miss Charlotte C. Hall, who was born in Connecticut. After this event. Mr. Sherwood re- turned to the South, anil for aboul twelve years engaged in medical practice in Duplin County. N. C. His next venture was to embark in the whole- sale grocery and commission business in Wilming- ton. In 1857, Mr. Sherwood removed to the West, and for one year engaged in general nierehand; at Otoe City, Otoe County, Neb. The following year he came to St. Joseph, and before he had been here a year he was made .Justice of the Peace, which position he held for one year. In 1861, he was Quartermaster of the first troops raised in northwestern Missouri, and then entered the State militia, and was stationed mosl of the time on detached service. In 1868, he was elected Clerk of the County Court, and as such served for six years, during the most hazardous and troub- lous times in the history of the county. lie was a decided Onion man. and that fad made it neces- sary for him to use great discretion. About this time Mr. Sherwood made a study of law. and in 1 .M 7 ;i was admitted to the Bar, though he did not practice. For a few years he traveled as commission man, and then, as previously Stated, embarked in the insurance business. ( hi ac- count of poor health he was obliged to withdraw and travel for a time in California. Since that time he has not returned to business circles, lb- was Alderman from the First Ward for two years, and. in addition to being Cleric of the County Court for six years, also filled the position of Clerk of the Probate Court for two years. Mr. Sherw 1 has five living children. M. K. is traveling for Taf t & Howland, of Chicago; W. II. is engaged in the insurance business in St. Joseph; Mary. Mis. McNicl. resides in San Francisco, Cal.; Dr. David H.,a graduate of the Fnsworlh Medical College, i> practicing in San Francisco; and Ella is a teacher in the Webster School. too PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mr. Sherwood is a Ruling Elder in the West- minster Presbyterian Church, which he helped to organize in 1853. lie is active in the Sunday- school work and has been a teacher and superin- tendent in the same. In 1881, the beautiful city fountains of St. Joseph were first thought of, and Mr. Sherwood was earnest in the advocacy of the plan. The Humane Society was also organized in this city largely through our subject's labors. He was requested to accept the Presidency of the same, but. refusing that honor, has nevertheless been its Vice-president up to the present time. In politics, Mr. Sherwood is a loyal Republican and has been a delegate to many County Conven- tions. He belongs to Custer Post, G. A. R., of which he was formerly Chaplain. In a sketch of Ins brother. Rev. E. B. Sherwood, which appears in another part of this work, will be found the ances- tral history of the family. The parents of our sub- ject are John and Lucy (Barber) Sherwood, na- tives of Connecticut and Vermont, respectively. The father of the former took part in the War of 1812, and followed agricultural pursuits. Mis. Sherwood's father. Judge Norman Barber, was a native of New England, and an Attorney and Judge of Vermont. John Sherwood was a large contractor on the Erie Canal, and was a successful business man. Both he and his wife lived to be over four-score years of age. ii"!**»"?**$'h "•S--5-++F ^J ^ EREMIAH LA FOLLETT is a leading far- mer and stock-raiser of Agency Township, Buchanan County. He owns a farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres, situated on section 4. He is rapidly converting this property into a fruit farm, for which it seems specially adapted, and has over one thousand apple trees alone, and probably the finest varieties of this use- ful fruit to lie found in the county. He is recog- nized as one of the progressive and energetic men of the community with which he has been identi- fied for about twenty years. The birth of Mr. La Follett occurred in Putnam Count}-, Ind., in 1833. He was the seventh in order of birth in a family of ten children born to Joseph and Hester (Uinton) La Follett, who were natives of Kentucky, where they grew to mature years and were married. In 1826 they removed to Indiana, where they spent the remainder of their lives. The father became quite well-to-do and was a highly respected citizen of Putnam Count}-. Our subject's paternal grandfather. Usual La Follett, was a native Kentiickian, but his an- cestors originally came from France. Mr. La Follett's youth and early manhood were passed in his native State and county, where he was given a good general education. When he was twenty years old he went overland to Cali- fornia, driving an ox-team. He remained over two years in the Golden State, where he had good success, but was unfortunate in losing his property by a tire. He returned home via the Isthmus of Panama and New York. Again leaving home in 1862, he removed to Iowa, where he resided for about two years, and then removed to Holt Count}-, Mo., from where, after a three-years residence, he emigrated to Oregon. He there engaged in farming and stock-raising for four years, return- ing in 1871 to Missouri. He concluded to try his fortunes in Buchanan Count} and therefore loca- ted on the farm where he still resides. He has made many improvements on this place, having erected a substantial residence and barns and in. other ways increased its value. In 1862, before finally leaving his native State, Mr. La Follett married Miss Sarah Fairish, who was born in Indiana, but whose parents were from Kentucky. Nine children have blessed this union. Sarah L. died at the age of three years, and the other members of the family are as follows: Hester A.. Gertrude, Leonora. Charles II., Jessie S.. Dora 1... < trover C. and Ellsworth. As were most of his people before him, our subject is a stanch Demo- crat. Socially he is a Mason, having been a mem- ber of the fraternity for many years. The cause of education has always found in him a warm supporter and friend. Both he and his amiable wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. All movements tending to benefit the community :SIDENCEOF JACOB K ESS LER ; SEC. 5., T. 51- R. 33. BUCHANAN CO. MO. ■** JrJT * I ■£? A* jW *£ RESIDENCE OF JEf?EMIAH LA FOLLETT , SEC . 4 . AGENCY TP. BUCHANAN CO, MO PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 103 or the public at huge Bnd in him an able advo- cate, for, as every true American citizen should be, he is keenly alive to whatever may affect bfs country's interests. ACOB KESSLER is the owner of a farm I comprising two hundred and tour acres, : about half of which he cultivates, lie keeps \~_y a good grade of stock, and is engaged in mixed fanning. In 187S he built a residence at a cost of $2,000, and has erected other good farm buildings. His tine orchard, comprising one hun- dred and twenty tree-, he set out. himself. These, among many others, are the improvements he has placed upon the farm, and altogether he is justly esteemed one of the best agriculturists of town- ship .")7, range 38, Buchanan County, his farm be- ing on section 5. Sebastian Kessler, the father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was horn in 1795, in Wurtemberg, Germany, and was a farmer by occupation. Our subject's mother, whose maiden name was Solastica Kutz, was also born in Wur- temberg, in the year 1805. They were married in the Fatherland, emigrating to America in 1831 and settling on a farm in Mark County, Ohio. Seven years later they came fo Missouri, settling on section (1 of this township, and taking up a Government claim of wild land. There were few settlers in the region at the time, and the family led a regular pioneer life. The father built a log house, which is still standing, the oldest building in the township, and so substantially was it con- structed that it has been occupied up to the pres- ent day. Mr. Kessler, who died in 1845, was a member of the Catholic Church, as was also his wife, who departed this life in L870. They had a family of eleven children, six of whom still Bur- vive, our subject being the eldest son now living. Jacob Kessler was born .May 2 1 , 1882, in Stark County, Ohio, and was consequently only seven years of age when he first landed in Missouri. The journex was made h\ boat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi River to si. Louis, from which point they proceeded up the Missouri to Liberty, making the remainder of the distance with ox- teams. At lirst two families lived in tin' same log cabin, the other being Widow Boyer's family, com- prising seven members, there being eight of the Kessler family. For a number of year- the pioneers of that township went as far as WestOD to mill, and also to Rochester, selling wheat at thirty-five < cuts a bushel, bill tci for two cents a pound cash, anil oats at five cents a bushel. Our subject had verj meagre opportunities for an education, and learned the blacksmith trade under William Cartel', of St. Joseph, for whom he worked three years. In 1858 he crossed the plains to California by OX- team, helping to drive the cattle, and was four months on the wa\ to his destination, Hangtown, Cal. lb' commenced mining, and steadily worked at the business for four years, being fairly successful, lie came home by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and then engaged in farming for a while. It was in the year 1858 that the marriage of Mi'. Kessler with Margaret Beck was celebrated. Her parents, Wolfgang and Catherine (Charioux) Beck, were natives of Wurtemberg and Sarrbruck, Ger- many, respectively. They had both come to Amer- ica before their marriage, which took place about the year 1833, in Canton, Ohio, and in 1845 they removed to Missouri, settling on section 19, this township. The father died in 1881, but his wife is still living. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are deceased. .Mis. Kess- ler was born September .'Kb 1888, in Stark County, Ohio. After his marriage our subject settled on his present farm, which was then all wild land, and for about thirty-five years has given his time and attention to its cultivation. Five children, two of Whom arc living, came to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kessler. Mary, deceased, was the wife of Alexander Fischer, and the mother of two chil- dren ; Josephine and Catherine, both deceased, were the wives of Joseph Sleigher and Joseph Weipert, respectively; Celestia is the wife of Jacob Wei- pert; and Rosanna Amelia completes the family. The children were all given good educations. Mr. 404 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Kessler has been a member of the School Board, building three schoolhouses here. During the Civil War he was one of the Enrolled Militia for eight months in 18G2, and again in 1864heserved in the same branch for two months. He easts his ballot in favor of the representatives of the Re- publican party. Beginning in life with nothing, he has worked his way steadily upward by honest industry and perseverance. T| l > l | ' I ' > i < i « ,-. TEPHEN D. REYNOLDS, M. D., is Coro- ner of Buchanan County, and makes his home in St. Joseph. He is a man of firm convictions as to the manner in which a public trust or office should be filled, and in the discharge of his duties is thoroughly conscientious and sincere. It is his main object to give the people the best service of which he is capable, and, while strong and decided on any question, he is like the world-famed and heroic doctor who in 1892 fought the cholera at New York, regardless of personal risk, putting his theoretical belief into practical action. Though a young man, young in years, if not in experience, Dr. Reynolds has al- ready gained a large practice, and may be proud of the prominence to which he has attained in the ranks of his profession. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in the town of Agenc}', Buchanan County, July 3, 1869, his parents being James J. and Eliza (Gibson) Reynolds, the former a native of Tennessee, who came to this State in his boy- hood, and was one of the pioneers of this locality. He is still living on his original farm, where he located so many years ago, and is now approach- ing four-score years. Our subject was reared On the farm and received his rudimentary educa- tion in the district schools. When only seventeen he began reading medicine with Dr. C. R. Wood- son, later taking a medical course in the Knsworth Medical College, in St. Joseph, graduating in the Class of 'DO. He then took a course of lectures in the St. Louis Medical College, since which time he has been engaged in active practice, and in November, 1892, was elected Coroner as a nomi- nee of the Democratic party. It is entirely owing to his merits as a man and the position he had at- tained as a physician, that he was accorded this high honor, as he is not a politician in any sense of the term, and yielded rather to the wishes of his friends. At her mother's old homestead on December 9, 1890, a marriage ceremony was performed which united the fortunes of Dr. Reynolds and Miss Hilah L. Floyd, who is a daughter of Merrill Floyd, who for many years was a farmer and miller at Rushville, but is now deceased. At that town occurred the birth of Mrs. Reynolds, who is a well-educated and cultured lad)-. In the Doc- tor's pleasant home at No. 2617 Petit Street, Mrs. Reynolds presides, making a graceful and charming hostess, one whose greatest pleasure it is to give a cordial welcome and hospitable greet- ing to their many friends. The Doctor is a mem- ber of Agency Lodge No. 10, of which he has been Senior Warden. It is safe to predict that this bright and active young doctor has a career before him full of great promise and growing usefulness. He is active and alert, it being his full intention to keep thorough^' posted on every discovery of scienoe and practice in regard to the best methods of treating and combating disease, and to this may be attributed in a large measure the success which attends his efforts. E. MARSHALL. Among the many en- terprising contractors and builders of St. Joseph, where some of the finest structures to be found in Western cities have been erected as monuments to the noticeable commer- cial spirit, is the gentleman whose life record we will proceed to briefly sketch. He was born in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., September is, 1856, and is a son of John 1'. Marshall, whose birth oc- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RBCORT). in; run id in the village of Milton, of the same county. Our subject's paternal grandfather, who bore the Christian name of Aaron, was of Scotch descent, and was owner of :i vessel engaged in the coasting trade. John P. Marshall was also interested in marine matters, and owned a vessel, of which he was cap- tain. In later life he engaged in running a stage line from I. ewes to Milford. He is now in his sixty-sixth year, and is living retired from busi- ness cares at Lewes, Del. During the laic Civil War be was in the Union service, being stationed at Ft. Delaware. He was an active worker in the Presbyterian Church. His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Hall, was born in Lewes. She was the daughter of Dr. Henry Hall, a physician who controlled a large practice during his entire life, lie was a member of an old and respected Delaware family, and during the early part of the war was in the service. .Mrs. Marshall became the mother of eight children, six of the number still surviving. She was called from the shores of time in 1871, leaving many who deeply mourned her loss. I). K. Marshall passed his youth on the Atlantic Coast and remained at home attending the common schools until his sixteenth year. He then went to Philadelphia, where he was apprenticed as a brick- layer for four years. He afterward for two years engaged in the same business in the Quaker City, and then returned to his native village, where he engaged in contracting and building for a year and a-half. Believing that the West was a better field for advancement, he removed to Kansas. He obtained a clerkship with a lumber linn in Frankfort, Marshall County, and remained with them about two years. In the spring of 1881, Mr. Marshall arrived in St. Joseph. For three years he engaged in work- ing at his trade, until he obtained a foothold and became acquainted with the business men of the city. He then returned to contract work .and has been very successful, having secured a large share Of the work recently done in this vicinity. Among the buildings on which he Secured contracts are the following: that of Richardson, Roberts, Byrne a- Co.. wholesale house; that of the Wood Manu- facturing Co.; and of the German- American Bank. In addition to these we could name many others — schoolhouses and residences or well-known citi- zens — that are monuments to his handiwork. In 1889 the Builders' & Traders' Exchange was or- ganized, and among the most interested of its members has always been Mr. Marshall, who was its Secretary for two years. Our subject built a pleasant residence at Nos. 1104 and 1106 North Eighteenth street. The lady who graciously presides over this home was formerly Miss Adeliza Shindle. of La Fayette, hid., in which city she was married to our subject in 1882. She is a native of Indiana, and by her marriage has become the mother of two children, Jennie and Delia. In local Republican circles Mr. Marshall is quite prominent, and has been a member of both city and county Republican committees. He served for one year as an Alderman of the First Ward. and for a like period of time as Alderman of the Second Ward. Fraternally, he is connected with Charity Lodge No. 331, A. F. A- A. M.. and with Invincible Lodge No. 470, I. ( >. 0. F. lleis :i Trustee and a member in good standing of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. ^=m>^-^- ^pSsLIVEU PERRY NEWBERRY. Thereisno I J] name more intimately connected with the *^/' grandest accomplishments in American his- tory than that of Newberry. To bear the name may well be deemed an honor by any man, and to devote a few pages to the biography of one of its members adds to the value of any book. 1 1 i* therefore with pleasure that we record the princi- pal events in the life of the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, and who, although now de- parted from this life, still lives in the affection of descendants and friends. The name of Newberry has become especially well known among the American people through the gifl to the city of Chicago of the famous New- 406 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. benv Library, which now occupies a splendid building on the North Side. This was the dona- tion of Gen. Walter C. Newberry, Member of Con- gress, who came to Chicago at an early day and accumulated a fine property through judicious in- vestments. A man of philanthropic nature and generous disposition, he gave liberally of his means throughout his life to aid all worthy enterprises and to relieve the suffering, but, not content with doing good to that limited extent, he crowned all former gifts by the well-known library which is named in his honor. Mis wife and two daughters died in Europe, and he started across the ocean, but died en route. Ilis will bequeathed his prop- erty to his wife's relatives and to the Newberry family, the latter receiving one third of the estate. The only brother of Gen. Newbefry above named was Oliver Perry Newbeny (deceased), the subject of this sketch. He was born in Water- ville, Oneida County, N. Y.. May 8, 1836, and was the son of Amasa S. and Cornelia C. Newberry. After graduating from a school at Itica, N. Y., he came to Missouri in company with Col. Osborne, and as he was a civil engineer by occupation, found employment in surveying the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, and had charge of the work of leveling the road. That contract filled, he re- turned to New York and spent one year, after which he again sought this State, making it his permanent home. June 10, 1860, Mr. Newberry was united in marriage with Elizabeth L., daughter of Samuel and Melinda (Cameron) McCorkle. Her mother was born in Tennessee, May 17,. 1807, and when five years old accompanied her parents to Mis- souri, settling in Clay County. There, in Decem- ber. 1825, she became the wife of Samuel Mc- Corkle. with whom ten years later she went to De Kalb County, about one mile north of what is now the city of Cameron, but then an open prairie. They wcii' virtually the first settlers there, but others Minn followed and became neighbors. In the fall of 1855 the present town was hud out by Mr. McCorkle, who owned fine thousand acres of these lands, and the new village was called Cam- eron in I of his wife. Samuel McCorkle died in 1856; his wife, who survived him many years, passed away February 12, 1888. Three of their children still live, namely: A. J., who resides in Jamestown, Colo.; Mrs. Susan Harris, and Mrs. Newberry, of Cameron. Mrs. Newberry was born at Liberty, Mo., -Oc- tober 3, 1834, and on the Christmas following the family went to DeKalb County and moved into a shanty one mile northeast of the present site of Cameron. The father, who had removed to Clay County from Howard County, Ky., when only seventeen years old, developed a fine farm from the new land and became the owner of consider- able property, including from twenty to thirty slaves. He served for several years as County Judge, and in man}' ways was prominently identi- fied with this section of Missouri. The names of Samuel and Melinda McCorkle are worthy to be perpetuated in a volume dedicated to the pioneers of the community, toward the development of which they contributed so effectively. They pos- sessed kindly traits of character and made friends among all classes of people. After marriage, Oliver P. Newberry settled on land inherited by his wife. Of the two hundred acres which she owned, fifteen acres were in the city of Cameron, and upon that property they erected a substantial residence. During the Civil War, Mr. Newberry organized a company and was the first man to raise troops here. His company, which was mustered into service at St. Joseph, was with Col. Peabody, and marched to Vicksburg, thence to St. Louis, and our subject was detached on provost duty at Rolla, Mo. For fidelity in the service he was breveted Major, and during the famous Price raid was sent with troops after that General. At the time of the Vicksburg campaign he was on Gen. Grant's staff, and while serving under him participated in the battle of Shiloh. His widow has in her possession a letter from him, dated "'Camp Prentiss, after battle, April 8, 1862, ten o'clock a. m.," in which he gives Maj. Baubic an accurate account of the battle and of the death of Gen. Peabody. The letter is signed "O. 1'. New- berry, A. R. G. M., Twenty-fifth Regiment Mis- souri Volunteers. At the expiration of his term of service, which PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. I(i7 covered a period of four years and more, Mr. Newberry returned to Cameron and resumed the practice of law, which be continued until three months before bis decease. He passed away June in, 1874, mourned by his many friends. Active in all public matters as :i Democrat of do uncer- tain tone, he served as the first Clerk of Cameron, ami iii many other ways contributed to the welfare of the city. He and his wife were the parents of three children: Walter F.. who is the owner of a storage warehouse in Chicago; Ella L'., wife of Frank E. Darby, of Cameron; and Samuel A., also a residenl of Cameron. Mrs. Newberry has reared a boy named Arthur F. Musselman, who is now (ls'j:!) nineteen years "hi and is at present em- ployed as clerk in a shoe store in Cameron, lie has been with her for seven years, meanwhile re- ceiving the same care and affection which had been bestowed upon her own children in their child- 1 1. He was graduated from the Cameron High School at the age of seventeen, and enjoys the distinction of being the youngest hoy ever grad- uated from the school. ATHER SERAPHIM KUNKLER,* member of the C. P. P. S., is the well-educated and popular pastor of St. Francis Xavier's Church in St. Joseph. He was horn in Baden, Germany, near Friberg, August 28, 1851, and is a son of George Kunkler, also a native of Baden, who was in the German army during the Revolu- tion Of 1X10, and was a weaver of fancy goods. His death occurred in his native land about the year 1880. He was t Mice married, the mother of our subject being before her marriage .Miss Cath- erine Furtwangler, who was born in Baden and died in the Fatherland in 1865. Our subject was the only child, and was reared in Baden, receiving a good education in the public schools until attain- ing the age of fifteen years, when he was appren- ticed to learn the weaver's business with his father. and continued in that line Of occupation for two years, when became to America. His uncle, the Vcr\ Rev. Father Andrew Kunkler, was the Pro- vincial of the congregation of the Pro ions Blood, being located at .Minster. Auglaize County, Ohio. In 1868 be returned to Germany on a visit, and on his return to America brought our subject with him. They left Hamburg, October lb. 1868, in the steanier "Simbria," landing in New York City No- vember 13. They at once set out for Ohio, u the nephew was placed in the Seminary ol s !. Charles liorromco. at Cathaevna. After attending that institution for ten years, pursuing both a class- ical and theological course of study, our subject was graduated in the spring of 1879, and was or- dained in Ft. Wayne, Ind.. by Bishop Joseph Dwenger, now deceased. Father Kunkler. on commencing his duties in the ministry, was for about One year Deacon in Ft. Wayne, and assisted the Brothers at Huntington, Ohio. He was for six months pastor in Clandorf, Putnam County, then going to Ft. Recovery he was there tor six months, thence being transferred to Nashville, Tenn., where he was for four years Pastor of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. In 1885 he was sent west, being located in Beloit, Kan., as pastor of the Church of St. John the Baptist, and while there stationed :i good school building was erected, which was con- ducted under his supervision. At the end of three years of faithful service there he was -cut nearly to the Colorado line, in Ilerndon. Kan., where he had about five churches to overlook, and traveled to Rawlins, ( Iheyenne, Thomas and Sherman Coun- ties, holding meetings and having mass in private houses. At the end of about one year and a-half Father Kunkler was transferred to Montrose, Mo., where he remained for about eighteen months, or until May, 1891, when he came to st. Joseph and com- pleted his present church, which was only built a portion of it> present height. The congregation he has through his ministry largely increased, and under his management the building has been nearly paid for. The congregation numbers aboul eight} families, anil in 1891 a school in connection with the church was started, which is also doing »ell. 408 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. The church was dedicated June 14, 1891, and the following Sunday a regular meeting was held in the edilice. In 1892 was erected a substantial parson- age, and thus in the various work and enterprises of the church can be plainly seen the influence and enthusiasm of the young pastor. Politically he casts his ballot in favor of Demo- cratic nominees and measures. '.|£_ KNliY M. COOPER,a prominent contractor and builder of Cameron, has engaged in ?y business here since September, 1881, and v|P has acquired a recognized position as a skillful and enterprising business man, who thoroughly understands all the details of his occu- pation. He takes contracts to erect houses and business blocks, and has charge of the entire work, from the labor of excavation and putting in of the foundation to the completion of the building. All the business and residence structures erected under his supervision combine artistic elegance with practical adaptation to the purposes for which they are designed, and the entire satisfaction given by his professional services is attested by his large and steadily growing patronage, which keeps him constantly busy and also requires the employment of several men. The early years of Mr. Cooper were passed on a farm about nine miles from Steubeuville, Ohio, where he was born May 8, 1849. After the ac- quirement of a common-school education, he served an apprenticeship of two years at the trade of a contractor and builder. For a time he followed that occupation in Iowa, and in the fall of 1869 came to Missouri, where he located near Mirabile, Caldwell County. He remained in that place un- til, as above stated, he came to Cameron in 1881, and has since made his home in this city. He has followed his trade for twenty-two years, and such has been his material success, that, although he came West entirely without means, he has at- tained a comfortable competence by the exercise of good judgment, and by his unremitting labor and sterling integrity. December 1, 1871, Mr. Cooper married Miss Sarah .1. Smith, the marriage ceremony taking place in Caldwell Count}-, Mo. Mrs. Cooper was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, and at the age of fourteen came to Missouri, at the same time that Mr. Cooper removed to Iowa, the two meeting en route for the first time. The acquaintance thus begun ripened into friendship and resulted in their congenial union for life. They have been be- reaved by the death of three children in infancy, and the only surviving child is Louie, who was born June 30, 1880. In his political sympathies Mr. Cooper is a Re- publican, and is steadfast in his adherence to the principles of that party. However, he has never been active in his partisanship, and is not a poli- tician in the ordinary acceptation of that word. For nine years he served as Councilman, and for six years was a member of the School Board, to which he was elected as the unanimous choice of the people of his ward, and without solicita- tion on his part. Financially, he is well-to-do, and is the owner of three neat and comfortable residences in Cameron. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church, and are highly esteemed in the city where they have so long re- sided. His social connections are with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and he has exerted considerable influence as a prominent factor in its success. \Y/()HN F. McCALE is a successful engineer on the Kansas City Line, running between ^ St. Joseph and Kansas City. He was born (vjg/' in Iiichford, Vt., on the 6th of November. 1843, and is a son of Patrick McCale, who was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was a farmer by occupa- tion and died when our subject was only a babe. The mother, whose maiden name was Dorcas Duffer, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 109 was born in Massachusetts and is still living, though will along in yours, in Gaysville, Yt. (if her three children, only two are now Living. Mr. McCale, who was next to the eldest child of his parents, passed las early days on the farm be- longing to his father. As is usual in the life of the farmer's hoy, little of importance occurred during the peaceful routine of those years. He at- tended the common schools in the neighborhood, and when fourteen years old went to New Hamp- shire, where he worked for farmers during the sumnier season, and in the winter went to school, in this manner paying his own way for three years. Mr. McCale was about eighteen years old when he fust engaged in railroading, entering the em- ploy of a railroad in New Hampshire as a brake- man in 1861. In the spring of 1862 he went to Massachusetts, working as a fireman on the Fitch- burg Railroad, and at the expiration of two or three years was made an engineer with the same company. He was next employed by the Central Vermont Railroad Company, first as fireman and then as engineer, running out of st. Albans for six years. Later Mr. McCale took the southeastern run between Newport, Vt., and Montreal. For three years thereafter he was foreman of the round- house. Mr. McCale came West in 1881, entered the em- ploy of the Denver it Rio Grande Railroad, where he served as an engineer for over one year, and then went to Leavenworth, occupying a similar position with the Leavenworth, Topeka A- South- western Railroad for a year and a-half. He was next a switch-engineer with the Missouri Pacific, and afterward an engineer on the Kansas Central Line between Leavenworth and Garrison. About this time Mr. McCale concluded to leave the railroad business, and for eight or nine months following was Superintendent of Bridge Construc- tion for the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Works. For three years lie was foreman of the gas works which were elected in Ottawa, Kan. Going to Kansas City on September5, 1888, he was made an engineer of the company with which he is still connected and runs both passenger and freight train'-, lie has been so long iii this parti- cular branch of business that his superiors feci they may safely place -real confidence m his judg- ment and integrity. The first marriage of our subject was celebrated in Vermont with Miss Malvina L. Johnson, who was burn in Canada and died in Kansas, in 1871. she was the mother of two boy-. Leonard E. and A. I-!., who are both enterprising young business men of Leadville, Colo., and are members of the Order Of Red Men. In Ottawa. Kan.. Mr. McCale married Mrs. Mary A. Boyd, who was bom in Iowa. In politics Mr. McCale is a stanch Republican, and fraternally is a member of the Knights of Pythias, lie is personally very popular, and well merits the high esteem in which he is held by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. .£_ "SJ -f-f£ ■ i PORTRAIT AND I'.K )( I RAPIIICA L RKCORD. n.s porter, of which he is now associate editor. As a physician, be is considered one of the best, and has a large practice in this locality. Our subjeet is a native of Surry County, N. <'., born March 17, 1880. Ili.s parents, Peter Pruetl and Nancy (Armstrong) Simmons, were in affluent circumstances in their Southern homo, the father being engaged in the manufacture of iron and also in mercantile pursuits. The family removed to Missouri in the spring of 1841, settling for a time in Platte County, near the town of Weston. The children, six sons and four daughters, were de- prived of their parents soon after landing in their new home, as the father died in August, 1841, and the mother in April, of the following- year. The children exercised wise judgment in keeping to- gether and did not scatter, as so many families do under like circumstances. The older ones supported and educated the younger members of the family. In 1850 we find our subject attending Chapel Hill College, in La Fayette County, Mo., where he pursued a literary course and then at once com- menced the Studj of medicine, foi which he had a special inclination. lie commenced the practice of medicine in 1856, in Cass County. Neb., where he resided during all the troublous period of the war. A company was raised in that locality, and he wa- elected Captain, but resigned to attend to his professional duties. In imgi he removed to Rochester, Andrew County, .Mo., where he became very popular and was the first Mayor of the place. He had the honor of drafting the constitution and by-laws and staitcd the machinery of municipal government. It was largely to his tact and excel- lent judgment that a union of discordant elements of the neighborhood was effected, which was a thing of lasting good to the whole people. What had been a section of strife and sanguinary combat between neighbors politically antagonistic became peaceful, quiet ami law-abiding. In Platte County, on May 12, 1853, Dr. Sim- mon-married Mis- Lucy A. Ilolbert. a native of si. Louis, where -he was educated. To them have been bom four daughters. Flora I... wife of Joseph s. Blount, dieil in si. Joseph in is| IICAL RECORD. U5 lege, from which well-known institution he was graduated in 1883. Dr. Stuart commenced prac- ticing medicine in Stuartsville, where he remained for a year. Then,*emoving to Starfield, in Clin- ton County, li«' practiced for some four years in that city with good success. In the year 1885 h« unit in New York City, when' be pursued a post-graduate course with great benefit. In Feb- ruary, of 1888, the Doctor located in Gower, where he h:is built up a large and lucrative prac- tice. June 21, L888, Dr. Stuart married .Miss Fannie II. Swope. who is a daughter of .loh n Swope, a native of Kentucky. To the Doctoi and his es- timable wife has been born one daughter, Laura M., who is the joy ami pride of her parents. As every true American should he. Dr. Stuart is much interested in political affairs, and is a stanch Democrat, lie is active in public affairs, and is an earnest friend to the cause of education. Both he and his wife arc members of the Baptist Church of this city, and are held in the highest respect by all with whom they come in contact. ^1 ED '.H H*n^- F. ISLAUB, is engaged in general mer- i chandising in St. Joseph. Buchanan Coun- t \ . and carries the largest Stock Of goods to be found in any Store on St. Joseph Avenue. His store is in a good location and commands an extensi \ e t rade. i hir subject is accommodating and enterprising as a business man, and readily makes his patrons la me his friends, on account of his endeavor to please them and meet their wants. Mr. Islaub is a native of this city and was born February 2, 1861. His father, Frederick islaub, was horn in < brmany and was a hotel-keeper. When quite young hi' learned the cooper's trade, and came to America In make his fortune, lie was Bret located at Philadelphia, from where he went lii Louisville. Ky.. where he was for a short time employed in a brewery, lie then wenl to St. Louis, where he worked at his trade for a while, and then went down the Mississippi and obtained employment in cutting wood for the steamboat at points between Memphis and New Orleans. At the latter place he worked as :i rooper, and finally came to St. Joseph, Landing here in the latter part of the '.'hi-, when the place mi- a tradi ng-pOSt known as Ulacksuake Hills. Mr. Islaub went on to Atchison County, Mo., and took up a claim, which he entered and partly improved. lie re- turned to St. Louis, but after a short time he again came to St. Joseph. lb' started a cooperage shop on the corner of l.evee and Mitchell Streets, but when a few years had elapsed he sold out and started a brewery, which he afterwards »a> ob- liged to enlarge on account of his extensive trade. He made quite a comfortable fortune, which was all swept away about tin- time of the war. lie then resumed work at his trade, at which he con- tinued more or less until 1886, when his death oc- curred at the age of seventy-five years, lb' was a Protestant, and a popular citizen. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Barbara Werner, was born in Germany and was only three years old when hei parents emigrated to America. They settled first in Indiana, and later removed in wagons to Andrew County. Mo., where they lived for some years, and finally settled in Hi ley County, Kan., where the father died. Mrs. Islaub is Still living, a resident of St. Joseph. Of her nine children, seven grew to mature years. A. F. Islaub was reared in this city with common- school advantages. When fourteen years old he obtained employment in a photograph gallery for about a year, and then entered his brother's store, clerking for him during a period of about eight years. In 1886 lie went on a farm in Andrew County, but at the end of a year returned to St. Joseph. For a year he was clerk in the shoe de- partment of the large house of rootle. I losca & Company. In 1888 he went to Kearney County, Kan., where he leased a ranch, and ran it for two years. At the end of this time he disposed of it and again engaged in general merchandising with his brother. In May, 1891, he bought the interest of the latter, and has since continued the busi- ness alone, under the linn name of A. F. Islaub, his store being located at No. 1902 s t. Joseph Avenue. 116 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. A marriage ceremony was performed in Hia- watha, Brown County, Kan., in the year 1885 which united the fortunes of Mr. Islaub and Miss Rosa, daughter of John Meisenheimer, an early settler in Brown County, and a prominent farmer. Two bright little ones have come to bless the home of our subject and his estimable wife, namely: Fred J. and Fay L. Mr. Islaub is an active Re- publican, and is much interested in the welfare and prosperity of the city of his birth. ^§>^- the support of which they con- tribute with characteristic generosity. Politically, Mr. Corington is a pronounced Dem- ocrat, but has never been inclined to office-seeking, .•is his private affairs occupy his entire attention. In business matters, he is a man of unusual push and energy, and can always be found identified with every movement looking toward the ad- vancement of the village of (lower. Of a kind and sympathetic nature, he has always been a liberal contributor to worthy objects, and no one in dis- tress was ever turned away unassisted by him. -20s^£ #!#&Spii"$l--l£-3£®| KV. DENIS KEILY, the efficient pastor of the Catholic Church at Plattsburgh, is a C*^ \V hard worker in the good cause, and a ful- fil! ished scholar. Although a native of the Old Country, Father Keily is thoroughly in sym- pathy with the prominent institutions of his adopted land, and by his upright and manly course as a progressive citizen of the United States has won the esteem and confidence of the general public. He was born in Tipperary, Ireland, Janu- ary 21, lis.">.">, and at the age of fifteen commenced his preparatory studies for the priesthood at a classical school near his home. In January, 1873, he matriculated in the ecclesiastical college at Carlow, Ireland, and having completed the usual courses of rhetoric, physics, logic, ethics, meta- physics and theology, was ordained sub-deacon in I.H77, deacon in 1878, and priest June 7, 187'.t In November of the same year, Father Keily was sent by Archbishop Ken rick to the Annuncia- tion Church, Kansas City, as assistant priest; thence in 1881 he was sent to St. Teresa's Church, St. Louis, and later to the Annunciation Church, in the same city. During the same year, he was appointed by Bishop Hogan rector of St. Agnes Church, near Talmage, Newton County, in the newly organized diocese of Kansas City. Under Father Keily's administration at St. Agnes the church was blessed with abundant prosperity, a handsome addition to the church proper was erected, and a parochial school established. For three years Father Keily remained in full charge of this parish, and also was busily engaged in the missionary field of the surrounding coun- try. Transferred in 1881 to his present charge, Father Keily entered with ardor into the work of progress which awaited his helping hand. The Catholic Church of Plattsburgh was established in 1866 by Father Linnenkamp, of Weston, now Vicar-General at St. Joseph, who at first held ser- vices in private homes at regular intervals until 1867, when the old church building, recently aban- doned, was erected at a cost of $2,000. Father Abel, also from St. Joseph, had charge of this parish one year, and in 1868 was succeeded by Father O'Reilly, who continued in charge until 1876, when he went to New York, where he now resides. Father Ahem came next, remaining for one year; he was succeeded by Father Ilanley, the predecessor of Father Keily. Aside from the daily and frequently arduous labors connected with a membership of five hundred souls in Plattsburgh, our subject ministers to the wants of the missions of Lathrop, (lower, Frazer and Grayson. Soon after -his arrival in Plattsburgh. Father Keily entered with characteristic energy into the build- ing of a new house of worship, to be in full keep- ing with the demands of the day. Four years of incessant and vigilant toil accomplished the desired result, and in 1888 our subject had the proud satis- faction of gathering his parishioners together in the substantial and commodious church whose erection was mainly due to the determined effort of its enterprising pastor. Father Keily is a member of the Examining Committee of the Parochial Schools, and takes a leading part in all the public affairs of the parish, his keen intelligence and undoubted business ability being most important factors in the success of the various enterprises of the church. The true and never-failing benevolence of Father Keily is widely known, and at the bedside of the sick and dying, with his genial, sympathetic and com- manding presence, he is a welcome, as also a daily, visitor, bringing peace and comfort to the depart- ing and their bereaved friends. That the parish PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1 1 '.i which has so well prospered under his faithful care may long enjoy his efficient ministrations is the hearty wish of the entire community, in which Father Kcily has now pasted nine years of his use- ful and unselfish life. The reader will bo interested in learning some- thing with reference to the histon of the I'latts- bnrgfa Catholic Church. It was erected in 1867, Rev. C. Linnenkamp, now Vicar-General of the Diocese of St. Joseph, in charge. Prior to that year the few Catholics lived west of Plattsburgh (none within several miles of the city), and were attended from Weston by Rev. C. Lhmenkamp, later by Rev. Father Phillips. The oldest member of the congregation settled near Edgerton in 1857. The others (numbering six families), who came before 1864, attended religious services in St. Joseph. In 1868 Rev. Father Abel was sent to care for the congregation. lie was the first resident priest of Plattsburgh, and during his pastorate the par- sonage was erected. Rev. Father O'Reilly, who was appointed priest August I, 1869, completed the church and parsonage. He was succeeded in October, 187G, by Rev. J. Ahem. Rev. Thos. Ilanley received charge in November. 1*77, and the present rector. Rev. Denis Keily.came January ■>■>, 1884. In 1887 the congregation purchased a site for a new church. This building, which was constructed of brick, cruciform, of English-Gothic style, was dedicated December 18, 1888. Its interior walls and ceiling are painted in artistic fresco, symbol- izing several religious truths and facts of history. On the 1st of September, 1890, fourteen large basso-relievos, representing scenes in our Lord's passion, beautiful works of art, wire placed on the walls. In March, 1891, life-size statues of the crucifixion, Christ manifesting his love for man. the mother of the Redeemer, and her mother in- structing her in her childhood, were unveiled. The last-mentioned statue stands outside on the porch. On Faster Sunday, 1892, the people found stained glass window-, each having a religious Bymbol, shutting out worldly distractions, and aiding them to turn their thoughts to a better world. The interior of this church is such a gem of beauty that the citizens of Plattsburgh, regard- less of creed, bring their visiting friends to see it. In May. 1891, the house adjoining the church was purchased for a parsonage. The property, consisting of an entire square in the "est of the town, is fenced and planted with trees. Two lines of trees form an avenue around it for reli- gious procession-, and the grounds will BOOH be a beautiful park. 'tp5vROF. JOHN D. WILSON, Superintendent of Jl) the Cameron schools, is entitled to a high ^ place among the educators of western Mis- , \ souri. Fnder his able supervision the grade Of the schools has been advanced and the facilities for acquiring knowledge greatly increased. Dur- ing a residence of six years in this city — three having been spent as Principal of the High School, and three as Superintendent — he has become well known to the citizens of the place, who entertain the highest regard for his ability and repose the deepest confidence in his resources. Prof. Wilson belongs to a family whose mem- bers have been distinguished for talent anil skill in their varied professions. His grandfather, John Wilson, was a general in the War of 1812. and followed the profession of a lawyer. He was ap- pointed by President Tyler to a position in Cali- fornia, and at the advanced age of seventy years had charge for the heirs of the famous Spanish Grant, known as the Valier Claims, affecting sev- eral counties in Missouri anil Arkansas. This is considered one of the greatest land cases ever tried in the United Mate-. Learning that the pa- pers had been carried to Cuba, he hastened thither and, notwithstanding his age, studied the Spanish language there, (hi finding the documents in an old tobacco barn, he succeeded in purchasing them for -^ i. oi hi. While the case was -till pending he dud at the age of eighty-six. universally mourned 420 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. by all to whom be was known. His home had been in San Francisco from the parly days of its history, and he was attorney in some of the great- est law suits of the time. The following, taken from a newspaper pub- lished a day or two after his death, gives more fully an account of his career and shows the opin- ion held of him by those who knew him: General John Wilson. A MAX ok MARK, ABILITY, COURAGE AND TRUE WORTH com. lei HIS HONORED RE8T. All our readers and the public generally will learn with much regret of the death of Gen. John Wilson, who died after a short illness, at Suisun, on Thursday evening, of congestion of the lungs. The deceased gentleman in his life- time had passed through a long and eventful ca- reer. In early life, he was one of the very first settlers of Howard County, Mo., where he for years edited and published a newspaper at Fay- ette, the county seal. He became a very promi- nent and influential member of the Whig organi- zation, by the leaders of which party he was held in deserved esteem and respect. He was on terms of great intimacy with President Tyler, though on the refusal of the latter to sign the Bank Bill a rupture took place, which was never healed. He was also an intimate friend of President Tay- lor, by whose desire (Jen. Wilson came to Califor- nia. Nearly, if not quite, forty years since, Gen. Wilson visited Louisiana and Florida for the pur- pose of examining into the peculiar and intricate system of land grants made by the Spanish Gov- ernment to settlers in Louisiana, Mississippi, etc. He devoted several years to this business. The General was among the pioneers of Cali- fornia. He came hither by the wish of President Taylor, but before he reached this coast the Presi- dent died, and whatever plans the General was intending to carry into effect fell to the ground. The General then devoted his attention to the practice of his profession, in the course of which he visited Havana for the purpose of consulting the old Spanish records of Louisiana, which, in spite of treaty obligations to the contrary, had been taken to Havana. During this period the General purchased some bona Bde grants, which covered an immense area, extending to over a million acres, more especially that branch of if which related to land law. lie was a man of marked ability, of untiring energy, and of sterling worth — religious without bigotry, generous in giv- ing and in thought, and, all in all, a bright example of the true worth of manhood. His every faculty was clear and strong up to the hour of his death; and although so near his eighty-seventh birthday, he died as he had lived — in harness. Gen. Wil- son leaves behind him an aged widow, a son and a daughter, and a host of mourning friends. The father of our subject, Hon. David Wilson, was an attorney -at-law, and also followed the. profession of a teacher for some years. He was a man of talent and rendered efficient service as Judge of the Court. Our subject was born in Howard County, Mo., near Fayette, August 22, 1862, and was reared on his father's farm, where he remained until he was eighteen. He then bor- rowed $75, with which to pay his tuition for one term in the State Normal School, and later paid his expenses by teaching. He was graduated from that institution, after having completed the nor- mal course, in the Class of '86, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. While still a student, Prof. John Wilson was called temporarily to the principalship of the High School of Cameron, and one year later was ten- dered the position without solicitation. After two years thus occupied, he entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he took a special course in Latin and Greek. Although a man of wide knowledge, he has aspirations for higher and broader culture, and anticipates further pursuit of his studies at Eastern, and possibly European, universities. He has taught for nine years, receiv- ing an increase of salary each year, and in addi- tion to this he has conducted institutes every summer, and enjoys an enviable reputation for his labors in that direction. He is a member of the District and State Teachers' Associations. June 18, 1890, in Ralls County, Mo., Prof. Wil- son and Miss Clara Carroll were united in mar- riage. Mrs. Wilson is a graduate of the State Normal School at Kirksville in the Class of '89, and after completing her studies engaged for one year in teaching. She is a lady of agreeable man- ners and takes a deep interest in the attainment of a high culture, and while never losing sight of the fact that the Brat duly of woman is in her home, she believes in addition that the acquire- /•• - •. /ku/« cnn^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 428 mint of a broad knowledge i* her duty no less than her privilege, and will walk band in band with her husband in bis future and further Btrug- gles up the slopes of Parnassus. The pleasant borne of the family is brightened by the presence of a daughter, Edna, who was born May 12, 1892. Prof, anil Mrs. Wilson are members of the Chris- tian Church, ami he is active in Sunday-school work. On national issues he is a Republican in polities, but in local mailers is independent. e^f^ \/\ AIII.ON ASHBROOK, proprietor of the AshbrooU House of St. Joseph, was horn in Rushville, Fairfield County, Ohio, Jan- uary 2ft. 181.'!. lie is descended from English ancestors who were early settlers of Vir- ginia. His grandfather, Rev. Levi Ashbrook, was born in the Old Dominion and served as a private in the Revolutionary War. For many years he was a minister in the Baptist denomination, and in addition to that profession, followed the oc- cupation of a farmer. The father of our subject, William Ashbrook, was born in Virginia, and soon after his marriage removed to Ohio, where be settled on Rush Creek and improved a farm. About 1817 he located in Amanda Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, where he remained, engaged in agricultural pursuits, un- til he was called from earth. He had served in the War of 1812 and always affiliated with the Whigs. His wife, Perraelia (Peters) Ashbrook, was born in Virginia, whither her father emigrated from New Jersey. They were the parents of eight Children, of whom Mahlon was the second in order of birth. He passed his childhood in Amanda Township, where he attended the common schools. After the death of his father, our subject, then a youth of eighteen, assumed the management of the home farm, which he continued to operate for some years. When he started out in life for him- self, he was in debt for land to the amount of $4,000 or more, his neighbors being his bondsmen. Finally, after several years of arduous exertions, he cleared the indebtedness, and at the am' of twen- ty-four paid the lasl dollar of the amount. Sub- sequently he went to Pickaway County, Ohio, where ho purchased a tract of land and improved two farms. These, together with a mill and dis- tillery, be had purchased for $13,000. lie cleared the debt and became the sole owner of the unin- cumbered farms, comprising respectively one hun- dred and forty acres, and one hundred and sixty acres. In 1845 Ml*. Ashbrook laid out the village of Ashville and there erected twenty-five houses for his workmen, lie inanfact ured barrels for the mill anil distillery, and also had some outside trade in that line. Being the owner <>f various packets "n the canal, lie did the largest business of anyone in the county and became wealthy. The endorsement of a note for a friend caused his failure, and when he had paid the entire amount of the note, -x |u. Olill, the failure of two Eastern firms for $1 1,500 a few days afterward forced him to make an assignment to his creditors. Coming West in the fall of 1859, Air. Ashbrook located in St. .Joseph, where he purchased block 7 in Highley's Addition to the city and two lots on Frederick Avenue. At, the latter place he built a store and embarked in business, but during tin- Civil War the Confederates took his entire stock of goods and threatened his life, so that he was obliged to llee to Kansas in the night. After remaining in Doniphan County for several week-. he returned home. He then volunteered in a company of Silver Grays for the protection of the city, and maintained that connection until the close of the war. Resuming his business, he con- ducted a general store so successfully that his trade outgrew the dimensions of his establishment so much that he was obliged to enlarge Ins quarters. Ill 1871 the place was burned down, proving a total loss, as there was no insurance. Mr. Ash- brook then retired from the mercantile business and gave his entire attention to his hotel, the Asll- 1 k House. This building was erected in I860, and six years later was enlarged to provide suit- able ae< dations for the increasing number of guests. It ha- been conducted by our subject 12 1 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. since its erection, and has gained great popularity with the traveling public. The first marriage of Mr. Ashbrook united him with Miss Fannie Demorcst, who was born in Ohio :uid died in Ashville. Four children were born of this union, three of whom grew to maturity. John enlisted in the Tenth Ohio Infantry, and for meri- torious conduct at the battle of Murfreesboro was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant; he was serv- ing in that capacity at the time of his death in Tennessee. Mrs. Jane Brady resides in St. Joseph. Mrs. Melissa Kilso resides in Atchison County. Mo. Our subject was married a second time, choosing as his wife Miss Mary A. Chambers, who was born in Tarleton, Ohio, and is the daughter of James Chambers, a prominent farmer of that place. Three children have blessed this union: Thomas, who is clerk in the City Engineer's ottice; James, a resident of St. Joseph ; and Uelle, the wife of C. W. Ilarter. of Liberty, Mo. While a resident of Ohio, Mr. Ashbrook served as Township Trustee for seventeen years, and also filled the position of School Director. He is one of the charter members of the Republican part}', with which he has been identified from its organ- ization until the present time. A public-spirited citizen, he takes an active interest in every meas- ure which has for its object the promotion of the best interests of the city, and he is highly regarded throughout the community. _V I^AXS NIELSON is the proprietor of the y, largest greenhouse in Buchanan County, his plant being located at No. 2320 Si. Joseph Avenue. St. Joseph. He has ten distinct green-houses, all heated by the hot water system, and through untiring energy and perse- vering zeal he has built up an extremely large trade throughout the West, having customers in Texas. Arizona. Utah and .Minneapolis as well. Mr. Nielson is a man of great enterprise and is a thorough believer in the efficacy of judicious ad- vertising. Therefore he has placed this line of his work in the hands of George P. Rowell's Adver- tising Agency, of this city, and thus his catalogues- find their way into manj T homes in all portions of the country. Mr. Nielson is an example of the self-made men to whom so much credit is due on account of their manner of surmounting obstacles and difficulties, caused by very limited means and various other disadvantages. When he first landed in St. Joseph he entered the employ of Capts. C'laggett and Munger, but now in his turn he affords employ- ment to five men, and has completely paid for his large place and all improvements upon it. The business requires an annual investment of about $15,000, and he now probably clears in the neigh- borhood of $3,500. He is master of everything pertaining to floriculture, and carries on a gen- eral business, dealing in cut flowers, palms and plants particularly. He has two acres of land, with sixteen hundred square feet of glass covering. Near the city of Odensi, Denmark, Hans Niel- son was born on the 10th of June, 1840, and at the age of fifteen commenced serving a three years' and a-half apprenticeship to a florist, with- out any compensation except his board. In 18G4 he entered the service of his country in the war between Denmark, Prussia and Austria. lie took part in several important battles, the severest one being Deppel. He was discharged at the end of a year, and in 1866 emigrated to New York, where he remained onl}' one week, and then went west to Chicago. Going to Cincinnati, he remained in that city and vicinit\' until 1871, working for other parties, and in that year first found himself in St. Joseph. On the 9th of March, 1875, Mr. Nielson was mar- ried to Mrs. Mary G., widow of Dr. Crawford Adams, of this city. Her maiden name was Penny, and she was a native of Kentucky, but was reared in Caldwell County, Mo., to which State she came with her parents at the age of five years. Her former husband, Dr. Adams, was a well-known oculist. and by that union she had one son, Edward C, who is engaged in the practice of the medical pro- fession in New York City, being a graduate of the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. I _'.' Northwestern Medical College, of St. Joseph. He completed his studies in Paris and London, and has since heen engaged in practise in the Empire state. To our subject and wife has been born one boh, Hans, Jr., now sixteen years of age, and a student of the Business University, and bookkeep- er for his father. Mr. Nielson is an ally <>f the Republican party, and has served for two years as :i member of the City Council from the First Ward. He is numbered among the enterprising business men and public-spirited citizens of St. Joseph, and in all Ins financial and other relations be has been honorable and upright to a commendable degree. f ACHARY T. MARTIN, M. I)., is one of the leading men of liis profession in Clinton County.- For the past twelve years he has been engaged in practice at Lathrop. He is Presi- dent of the Clinton County Medical Society, and a member of the state Missouri Medical Associa- tion, and belongs to the National Association of Railway Surgeons. About the IT'.to the great-grandfather of our subject, Willis Martin, left his home in Virginia, going West to Kentucky, where he settled in the southern portion of the state, near Bowling Green. After the expiration of a couple of years, he finally located in Clark County, where lie engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death. His wife bore the maiden name of Elk in, and to them were horn two sons, John and Robert E., and two daughters, Rachael and Millie, both of whom lived to be over ninety years of age, while their brothers attained the advanced age of eighty years. The father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a loyal patriot. The grandfather of our subject, Robert K.. was horn in Roanoke County, Va., and went with his parents from his native State to Kentucky. lie was in tie- War of 1812, and participated in the battle of Lundy's Lane, under Dick Johnson. He Was politically a Whig until the late Civil War. after which he became a Democrat. His death oc- curred in 1878. He was a member of tin- Meth- odist Episcopal Church, and was a large and pro- gressive farmer. His family consisted of twelve children, eight of whom grew to mature years: .John W'.. Mary Curry, Willis I', (who served in the Mexican War), Eliza Southerland. Sail ic Soulh- erland. Bush Smith, Robert E., Asa K. and Freeman T. The mother of these children passed awaj many years ago. Our subject's father, John W. Martin, is a na- tive of Clark County, Ky., his birth having oc- curred in June, 1825. His entire life was s|>ent in that county, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1861 he enlisted in the Twentieth Kentucky Federal Regulars as Major but resigned his position after the battle of Shiloh. When a young man he served as Deputy Circuit Clerk for six years and was County Surveyor several years. In early life he was a Whig, but later became affili- ated with the Democratic party. He was thrice married, his first wife being Frances Duvall m her maidenhood. She was a daughter of Capf. John Duvall, who rose to that rank in the War of 1812. Of their marriage were born four children, tun ol whom lived to mature years: Zachary T. and Fan- nie E. The mother died in the faith of the Baptist Church in 1859. For his second wife Mr. Martin married Amelia Xeal, of Harrodsburg. After her demise he married Mrs. Allen, nee Duvall. lie de- parted this life February 6, 1*88. Our subject was born in Winchester, Ky., on the 1 tli of October, 1847. He was reared to man I d upon the home farm, and when twelve years of age commenced his academic education. In 1864, with Dr. A. S. Allen, of Winchester, he began the study of medicine. Three years later he was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College and at first located in his native town. Thence he went to Louisville, where he took a course of lec- tures in the Louisville Medical College, lb' next settled in I'.eattyville. Ky.. where he remained un- til 1 87I INN is a conductor on the St. Joseph, Kansas City & Council Bluffs Bail- way and IS one of the oldest employes of the J company. In consideration of his many years Of faithful service, he has recently been given a very easy trip, his run being between Kansas City and St. Joseph. The time necessary for mak- ing this distance is two hours and twenty minutes, and though his home is in Kansas City, about half of his time is spent in St. Joseph, where he is very well known and very popular. Michael Quinn, our subject's father, was also a railroad man in Illinois, and was engaged in gen- eral contract work in that State until 1807, when he removed to Kansas City. For twenty years he there made his home, continuing as a contractor. His wife, formerly Margaret Connor, died in Kan- sas City in 1890. They were the parents of two children: Kate, wife of Daniel McCarty, a resident of Kansas City; and our subject, who was born in La Salle, on .Inly 1, 1858. Jeremiah Quinn was a lad of only eleven years when lie removed to the West with his parents and he passed his youth in Kansas City, which when the family settled there was a town of only seven thousand inhabitants. In his thirteenth year Mr. Quiun began the Study of telegraphy, and after- Ward came to Si. Joseph, accepting a position as Operator on the Kansas City line. At the end of t bice years of faithful aervice as a telegraph operator, Mr. Quinn was offered a posi- tion as conductor of a freight train on the St. Jo- seph, Kansas ( 'it \ & Council Bluffs Railroad, which place he held for about two years. lie was then promoted to be a passenger conductor, and is well known to commercial travelers and patrons of the road as a most genial and pleasant gentleman. lie has been very fortunate while on the road. :i- the trains on which he has run have escaped acci- dent or injury of any kind. In his political faith Mr. Quinn is a strong advo- cate of the principles set forth by the Democratic party and is an active worker in the cause. Dur- ing the quarterof a century that has elapsed since he first came to the West, Mr. Quinn has been a witness of vast and marvelous changes in the country. On the boundless prairies, where even then the Indians and buffaloes roamed, villages have sprung up on every hand and are the centers of prosperous industries. The land has been brought under cultivation, and what was supposed to be almost worthless soil now brings forth abun- dant harvests of golden grain. KV. FATHER ANDREW NEWMAN, who has been in charge of the Cathedral at SI. Joseph for the past ten years, is an able \£)' speaker and is considered a young man of great promise. He is devoted to the advancement of the interests of Ins church, is very popular, and though it is but little more than a decade since he was ordained, he has already risen to an enviable position in the esteem in which he is held both by his flock and superiors in office. Mr. Newman was born in Ireland, and educated at si. Finian's Seminary, Navan, County Bleath. Afterwards he pursued a theological course at St. Patrick's College, in Carlow. On the 2 1st of De- cember, 1881, he was 1 rdained by Bishop Lynch, of Kildare, and the following year came to the Tin- ted States. For over ten years he was chaplain of the Sacred I lent Convent in this city, and in whatever capacity he has served he has eudeav- 130 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. died conscientiously to perform the duties pertain- ing to the position. The Rev. Father Augustine Stooker is the able assistant of the Rev. Father Newman at the Cathe- dral of St. Joseph, this being his first service. He was ordained by Bishop Fitz Gerald, at Subico, Ark., December 20, 1891, and has been in St. Joseph since March, 1892. He was educated in Finsiedeln, Switzerland, in the Academical and Philosophical course. Coming to the United States in the fall of 1887, he entered the Subiaco Monastery in Arkansas, a Benedictine institute, where he took the theological course. Father Siocker was born December 7, 1868, at Abt Wich, Switzerland. He has always been an able scholar, possessing a fine memory, and early concluding to devote himself to the ministry, he came to America to become a member of the Benedictine cider. He is a brilliant young priest and has un- doubtedly great prospects in store. vp^UOFNK Di. STEIGUER was for many years |— < line <>f Cameron's ablest business men and I J financiers, and was widely known and hon- ored for his high personal standing, for the value of his citizenship and for the generous, progressive and far-seeing public spirit that exercised such a powerful influence in the development of his adopted city. His strong business qualifications, aptitude for affairs and executive talent, combined witli his personal attributes, gave him prominence throughout Clinton County, and consequently his death was regarded as a public loss. Our subject was born in Athens, Alliens County, Ohio, September 2, 1844, and passed his boyhood thereuntil he reached the age of fourteen. By na- ture he possessed a noble disposition, which was his heritage from a long line of wealthy and aristo- cratic French ancestors. The first records of the family indicate that they were people of influence in Berne, Switzerland, and one of their ancestors, Francis De Steiguer, was President of Switzerland as early as 1662. A portrait of him painted in that country is now in the possession of Mrs. De Steiguer and is a valued heirloom in the family. She also has portraits of another ancestor, Gov. Grandson, of Switzerland, painted in 1703, and of Great-grandfather John Rodolph De Steiguer, the latter picture having been painted at Paris in 177G, when the original of it was thirty-three. Another priceless heirloom is an old sword, carried by our subject's great-grandfather. Our subject's father, John Rodolph De Steiguer, came to Amer- ica in 1819 with his father and settled in Athens County, Ohio. At the age of fourteen Eugene De Steiguer be- came self-supporting, and prior to the Civil War spent two years in Indianapolis, Ind. When seven- teen years old he enlisted for service in defense of the Union, but was rejected on account of his age. Afterward he again applied for admission, and by representing himself to be somewhat older than he really was, succeeded in securing entrance. Notwithstanding his 3'outh, he served in Company D, Fifty-fifth Indiana Regiment, with a valor and fidelity which many a veteran might well have emulated, and when duty called was never found wanting. At the close of the war he returned to Ohio, and for the three years ensuiug was engaged in studying medicine. At Maryville, Mo., the young Doctor opened an office for the practice of his profession, in which work he was engaged for one year. Of an ex- tremely sensitive disposition, kind-hearted and sympathetic to an unusual extent, he was illy fitted for the arduous labors of a physician, since his anxiety on behalf of his patients was injurious to himself. He therefore abandoned the profession and entered upon a business career, in which great success met his efforts. He came to Cameron and engaged in the lumber business with his brother Lewis, whom he succeeded in 1880. In additiou to his extensive business interests at Cameron, Mr. l)c Steiguer owned lumber-yards at Jamesport, Mo., and What Cheer, Iowa, to each of which he gave personal supervision, lie was also interested in real estate in San Diego, Cal., where \ l'ulM'K \1T AM. IUim.i; A1MIK Al. RECORD. 138 he spent ten months, and owned valuable farming lands near Cameron. He was a Director in the First National Bank of Cameron, and of the First National Bank of Seattle, Wash.. <>f which his nephew is cashier. Although a strong Republican, he was never active in his partisanship. He was identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, hi which lie was the youngest member in the State. The lady who for ten years was the devoted helpmate <>f Mr. De Steiguer bore the maiden name of Eunice Gattsarjd was a native nf Belmont County, Ohio. Their marriage was solemnized at Clarington, December 14, 1881. They became the pan nts of four children, three of whom are living with their mother: Walter E., Eunice and Virginia. Mr. De Steiguer always enjoyed robust health, with the exception of attacks of indigestion, to which he was subject, and attended to his business until shortly before his death. That sad event occurred February 16, 1891, and was a great shock to the community where he was so well known and universally honored. A.I. ALBERT T. BAUBIE. The biography of this gentleman is to a large degree the history of Cameron, with which he was identified from the time he aided m its in- corporation until, his life work ended, he passed away, mourned by its entire population. He was of French descent, and his ancestors were people of wealth in their native land across the waters. He was burn in Windsor. ( anada. April .'!. 1829, and was orphaned by the death of his parents when he was only five years old. His home was thereafter with his grandparents until he was twelve, when he entered an uncle's store at Wind- sor, and was there employed asaclerk until he was sixteen. • oming from Canada to Missouri, Mr. Baubie engaged as clerk in a St. Louis dry-g Is store for five years, and meanwhile boarded at the old ->1 Planters' House. We next find him employed as clerk cm the '-Lucy Bertram," a magnificent steamer that plied the waters of the . Mississippi between New Orleans and St. Louis. After a short time thus spent, he entered the employ of the American Fur Company, and for two years en- gaged in trading with the Pottawattomie Indians in Nebraska, lie abandoned that occupation in order to enter the mercantile business with a cousin, T. I), s. McDonald, at St. Joseph, Mo. The partnership lasted but one year, and was dissolved in 18-1'.), when the business was closed out. The next occupation which engrossed the atten- tion of .Mr. Baubie was thai of l kkeeper for the linn of Ray & Somerville, at St Joseph. Dur- ing the time of the "gold fever." when California was the El Dorado of thousands of Argonauts, he found the business of freighting a remunerative occupation. In company with Hen Holliday, about L850, he embarked in that business and had charge of the eonveying of goods to Salt Lake City, lie was married in that city .July 4, 1853, to Miss Anna A. Hamilton. This lady is a daugh- ter of Capt. James Hamilton, of the United States Army, who died in St. Augustine. Ha., when she was but three years old. After the father's death, her mother returned to Missouri, where -he resided at Liberty and later in St. Joseph. Mis. Baubie received a practical education, which prepared her for the duties of after life, in the Convent of the Sacred Heart, of St. Louis. Mo., where she gradua- ted in 184'.). After his marriage, Maj. Banbie made two trips to Salt Lake, but the Indians were troublesome, and his wife urged him to discontinue the expedi- tions. Accordingly, he returned to his former position as bookkeeper for Lay A- Someiv ille. and continued with them in a clerical capacity until the spring of 1856, when he purchased the store. About that time, the cit\ of Cameron was laid out one mile further we-i. and he moved hi> store to the new town, where he embarked in business op- posite to the present site of the Cameron House. ( >n the lot where the po-tolliee liou Stands, he eive- led a house, now One Of the landmarks of the place, and Incited on the lot adjacent to the Catholic Church. 434 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. In addition to having the first store in Cameron, Mr. Baubie also served as the first Postmaster, in which capacity he continued until the opening of the Civil War. He was the agent of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad at Cameron until the war, and in 1861 was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, but did not accept the position. He enlisted in Col. Catherwood's company, of which he was First Lieutenant, and with his regi- ment he participated in the engagements at Lex- ington, Lone Jack, Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and other battles of minor importance, but of no less danger to the participants. He was made Post Quartermaster at Springfield, Mo., where he re- mained until the close of the war. His appoint- ment as Major was made after he had commanded a regiment for Gen. John McNeil, and he was mustered out of service in that capacity. Returning to Cameron, Maj. Baubie inaugurated a real-estate and insurance business, which he con- ducted until his death. That event occurred at his home, June 18, 18 ( J0, when his age was but little more than three-score years. His demise was regarded as a public misfortune, and his fel- low-citizens joined with the immediate relatives in deploring the loss of one who in every relation of life had been so steadfast and loyal. Surviv- ing him are his widow and their two children, Frank H., of Chicago, and Anna Hilda, wife of C. II. Paddock, of St. Joseph, Mo. There is also an adopted daughter, Miss Maggie Fitzgerald, who has been a loved inmate of the home since she was eleven years old, and who assisted the Major in his business. She now conducts it unaided, and is successfully engaged as an insurance agent. Although it was not his policy to take an active part in political matters, Maj. Baubie was an ar- dent Democrat, and never failed to vote when the occasion offered. In religion, he was reared a Catholic, and Mrs. Baubie is a devoted communi- cant in that church. For years before his death, he had been active as a Royal Arch Mason, and the funeral services were conducted by that frater- nity with their imposing and impressive cere- monies. It matters naught to the dead whether praise or censure is their meed, and the honest tribute of gratitude which we would fain render to Maj. Baubie avails nothing now. In justice, however, to the friends who revere his memory, and to those dear ones whose welfare was ever his own, it behooves us in this simple record of his life work to make mention of the fact that in all things he was characterized by unflinching in- tegrity, unwavering fidelity and tireless energy, that in generous deeds he was unwearied, nor did his unnumbered kindnesses cease until deatb stilled the noble impulses of his heart. ■ja* V JOSEPH A. CAVIEZEL is the senior member of the firm of J. A. Caviezel & Son, the pioneer broom manufacturers of St. Joseph, their plant being located at No. 2107 South Fifth Street. He is pre-eminently a self-made man, being the architect of his own- fortunes and having risen to a position of importance among the commercial and active business men of the West entirely through the exercise of his native qualities of perseverance, industry and strict atten- tion to business. He understands broom-making thoroughly in all its details, having made that his principal business since his boyhood. The gentleman of whom we write was born in Switzerland, in the village of Laos, in the Alps, the date being July 8, 1836. He came of an old and respected Swiss family of Roman descent. His father, Anton, was born in that locality and spent his life as a farmer. The given name of his wife was Margaret, and of that place she was also a native. They were both members of the Catholic Church, and reared a family of thirteen children, only three of whom yet survive. Our subject's boyhood was passed in the world-famed, grand Al- pine legion, and many a time has he wandered through the almost inaccessible and dangerous heights. His education was limited to the advan- tages offered by the common schools, but he also spent some time in the study of the languages. Leaving home at the age of eighteen with three of his brothers, Mr, Caviezel set off from Havre in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. I.',:, the spring Of 18.">1 mi a sailing-vessel. After a voyage of thirty-ODO days they landed safely at their destination, New York, and proceeded t<> Toledo, Ohio, when they obtained work and re- mained until 18.it;. At thai time oar subject came as far Wesl as St. Louis, Mo., where for two rears be served an apprenticeship as a broom-maker. The war coming on aboul that time he went to New Orleans, working as a carpenter in the New Orleans & Jackson Railroad ear shops until he was forced to enter the Confederate army in 18(12. He became a member Of Company A. Seventh Regular Louisiana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Baton Rouge and Ft. Hudson. He was taken prisoner, hut paroled. Remaining still for some time in the smith, he then returned to St. Louis, working at his trade, and in 1866 came to St. Joseph. For thirteen years following lie was an employe, and during the latter part of the tune was foreman for Kane & Danckmyer, lnooin manufacturers at the corner of Sixth and Mes- sanie Streets. In 187H Mr. Caviezel embarked in a business of his own on a small scale. He purchased a machine, which he still owns, in Cincinnati during the war, and though it has gone through three or four tires it is about as good as ever. From the small be- ginning his business lias constantly grown, and in 1882 he was enabled to build a good shop, which ten years later he increased in dimensions. His place is :i0.\5(i feet, having two storage rooms and manufacturing departments. The firm is now running six machines with a capacity of five hun- dred dozen brooms a month. Their sales are mainly local, but are very extensive-. Our subject has invested somewhat in city real estate, and owns One-half Of a block of eighty feet, with frontage on three streets, iu the business portion of the place. While iu St. Louis, in I860, Mr. Caviezel was united in marriage with Miss Mary I'.. Lusk, a na- tive of Roekford, 111. Her father, Solomon l.u-k. Was an Eastern man and a contractor, residing in St. Louis. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Caviezel have been born eight children, only four of whom lived to maturity. Tin- eldest, Solomon .1.. was born in Emmet City, La., and is a harness-maker by trade. Berving his apprenticeship with the Weyth Hard- ware Company of St. Joseph, and having worked for them since. He was married to Miss Alice Miller, of this city, by whom he has four children. Annie, now Mrs. Nobles, makes her home in Atch- ison. Kan., and Miss Marian C. is at home. Ed- ward Sylvester, the second son, who was born in Zeleska, Ross County, Ohio, on the 18th of Jan- uary, 1865, was reared in SI. Joseph, and educated in the Christian Brothers' College. When a boy he learned the broom-making trade out of school hours, was a clerk for some time, was later a printer and then a collector. In August, 1891, his father took him in as a member of the linn, and he has since been actively engaged in the business. At Beloit, Wis., he married Miss Anna Dorn, who was born in Germany, and to them have been born two children. Crystal and Cathe- rine. In 1886 our subject went to Switzerland and had a very pleasant voyage and visit, being -one about four months, lb' was a Trustee in the Church of the Holy Rosary, to which his son and other members of the family also belong. Both father and son are stanch Republicans. P ►* » »■ » * V ^ I1.I.IA.M J. EWING, the eldest son of \/\l/l J° snua !'• Ewing, together with his broth- ^Sp ers and sisters, Frank A., David ('.. Annie B. and Lucy K., owns a large estate comprising three hundred and twenty-live aires of valuable land, lie has won honorable rank in the farming Community of Washington Township, ami is es- teemed by all who know him as an honorable and wide-awake citizen. The father of our subject, who was born in Lee County, Va., March 12, 1882, was a son of William S. Ewing, who was also born in that State and county, on September 6, 1802. The great- grandparents of our subject, Joshua and Rachel (Craig) Ewing, were descended from prominent families in Pennsylvania and Virginia, Rachel 436 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Ewing was born November 26, 1765, in the Key- stone State, aDd was the daughter of Robert and Margaret ( Whiteliill) Craig, the former born in 1714. Her father, Robert Craig, was the son of David and Margaret Craig, natives also of Penn- sylvania. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Lucy Elizabeth Armstrong. She was born De- cember 24, 1836, in North Carolina, and was the daughter of Frank K. and Jerusha (Belt) Arm- strong, natives also of that State. Her parents in early life came to St. Joseph, this State, and later took up their abode in Doniphan County, Kan. 'I'll'' first of the Ewing family to settle on the Platte Purchase was David C. Ewing, an uncle of the father of our subject. He came hither as earl3' as 1832, and claimed to be the third white man to locate on that tract. Renting land from the Indi- ans in what is now Agency Township, David C. Ewing continued to reside there until 1837, when he removed to Center Township. Later he became the owner of the farm now in the possession of Col. James Dysart, where he made his home until 1850. On the above date Mr. Ewing purchased the estate now owned by Isaac Lower in Washing- ton Township, upon which he erected a good resi- dence and made his home for the three succeeding years, or until he moved upon the northwest quar- ter of section 25, Washington Township, where his decease occurred March 23, 1872, at the age of sixty-seven years, four months and twenty days. 1 le never married. He was a member of the Presby- terian Church and was a man possessing a good edu- cation. lie was one of the largest land-owners in the State at the time of his death, possessing five thousand acres in Atchison County, this State, nine hundred acres in Buchanan County, besides property in Lee County. He was also a prominent stockholder in the State National Bank in St. Jo- seph, in which institution lie was a Director. His political affiliation was with the Democratic party. Honorable and upright in all his business dealings, a true friend and kind neighbor, he had a large circle of warm friends throughout the Slate. In 1854, the father of our subject came to this M:it<> and made his home on the farm of his uncle, David Ewing. His marriage with Miss Lucy Arm- strong occurred September 30, 1861. They spent their entire life on the above farm, the mother dy- ing on Christmas Day, 1871, and the father June 28, 1885. They reared a family of six children, of whom five are now living, and whose names are mentioned at the opening of this sketch. They were devoted members of the Presbyterian Church, and their influence was ever given toward those measures which are calculated to promote the in- terests of the community along moral, rcligtous and educational lines. Joshua Ewing was an active and progressive farmer, and erected on his place in 1873 a beauti- ful residence, which cost $3,000. His estate was further improved with good buildings of every description, which provided ample accommodation for the quantities of grain and stock which he raised. He served many years as a member of the School Board, and occupied a high place among the best residents of the farming community. In politics he was a Democrat, and socially was a Master Mason. The five children of Joshua Ewing are all single and are joint heirs to the valuable estate of three hundred and twenty-five acres which he left at his death. They have all been given excellent educa- tions, Miss Annie being a graduate of the Christian Female College, at Camden Point. Lucy E. is con- ducting her studies at the La Salle Female Sem- inary at Auburndale, Mass., while our subject was educated at Westminster College, of Fulton, this State. Frank and David completed their studies at the Christian Brothers' College, at St. Joseph. Their births are recorded in the following order: William J., born July 17, 1862; Frank A., born January 21, 1864; David O, born March 18, 1866; Annie, born August 5, 1870; and Lucy E., born December 17, 1871. Thomas <;., who was born May 2, 1868, died November 26, 1871. The mother of these children lies buried in the ceme- tery at Agency, where they expect to remove the body of their father, which now occupies a solitary grave on the old farm. David C. Ewing. a younger brother of our sub- ject, is a prominent Mason socially, and takes great interest in the workings of the Democratic party, being at the present time a member of the Execu- PORTRAIT AND 1UOC.RAPI1K AL RECORD. 13; live Committee of li is county. The three brothers are stockholders in the State National Bank :ci St. Joseph, and. judging from themanner in which they are conducting affairs, they arc bound to make their mark in the world. H* IN^ JOHN L. LEONARD, our mbject, is one of those progressive Farmers who have left, the old methods behind and have adopted such improvements in farming and stock-raising as will make Buchanan County the garden of the State, if his example is generally followed. His home farm, which comprises three hundred and twenty acres, is pleasantly located on the west half of section 24. In addition to that property Mr. Leonard owns fifty-two acres in township 57^ range 34, a quarter-section of land in De Kalb County, this State, and one thousand acres in Texas. He is quite extensively engaged in stock- raising, being the owner of some well-bred horses. Solomon L. Leonard, the father of our subject. was born in 1811 in Ohio. He was a very tine Greek and Latin scholar, and in his youth was a school teacher, although in later life he became well known as a lawyer. He was reared to man's estate in the Blue Crass region. His parents died when he was very young, and early in life he was thrown upon his own resources. The mother of our subject, who was born August 12, 1818, was. prior to her marriage, Miss Leanna Hall. She was born August 12, 1818, and after her marriage to Solomon Leonard came with him in 18,'S!I to Mis- souri, locating in Platte County. There Mr. Leon- ard was engaged in the practice of law, in which profession lie was more than ordinarily successful. In 1 K4 1 he removed with his family to the north- east quartet of section 21, which property is at present in the possession of our subject. Solomon Leonard continued the practice of law in this and adjoining counties until 1843, when he was appointed one of the commissioners to select live hundred thousand acres of land for the State of Missouri. In 1844-45 he was appointed J of the Circuit Court to lill a vacancy, and so well did he perform the duties which the office involved that he was his own SUCCe880r until 1852, at which time he declined a re-election. Later lie was asso- ciated in partnership with Gen. Bela M. Hughes in the practice of law, which connection was dis- solved solely on account of the great, linancial interests to which Mr. Leonard was obliged to give his personal attention. He was one of the foremost men in the state, and his death, which occurred in October. 1861, near Ft. Gibson, I. T.. was greatly felt by all who knew him. I lis widow, who survives him at (he age of seventy-four years, makes her home with her children. Of the parental family of ten children, only four survive, those besides our subject being Mrs. Perrilla Connett, Mrs. Sarah E. Brown and Will- iam Henry. Mrs. Leonard was a member in good standing of the Christian Church. In his political relations the father was a life-long Democrat, and at one time was that party's candidate for Con- gress, but was defeated by a small majority in the convention. He of whom we write was born May 2. 1853, in the house where he makes his home at the presenl time. He was given an excellent education, com- pleting his Studies ill the high school of St Joseph. and was thus fitted to embark in life on his own responsibility. In 1871 he assumed tin' manage- ment of the home farm for his mother, where he has continued to reside since. August 29, 1870, Mr. Leonard and Miss America .1.. daughter of James J. and Ruth A. (Monroe) Patterson, were united m marriage. The father was born in Pennsylvania in 1815, while the mother was born April 27. 1825, in Pike County. Ohio. They were married in Piatt County. III.. in 1851, and in I860 removed Wist i,, Kansas, locating on a farm in Atchison County. There t hey continued to reside until 1866, when thej came to Buchanan County, and in IsT.'i became indent ilied with the interests of De Kalb County, where the father died Dcecmhei I. 1891. The mother, who still Survives, makes her home with her chil- dren. Mrs. Leonard was inun November 13, 1853, in Piatt County, 111., receiving a g 1 education 438 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and being trained in those household duties which are necessary in order to make a home neat and attractive. Her parents were members of the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches respectively. Mr. Patterson was a strong Republican in politics and in 18C2 was a member of the Kansas Legisla- ture. He later served as Postmaster of Union Star, De Kalb County, Mo., and while residing in Illinois occupied the same position in Monticello, Piatt County. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard of this sketch have had five children, one having died. They bear the respective names of Solomon L, Euphora May, Perilla L. and Ruth A. Agnes V. died young, Religiousl}' they are members of the Second Pres- byterian Church in St. Joseph, among whose mem- bers they occupy a prominent place, being active in all good works and generous in their contribu- tions. Mr. Leonard is greatly interested in educa- tional affairs and has seen to it that his children received good school advantages. He is a member of the School Board, acting in the capacity of Clerk, and is the working member of that body. In politics he is a stanch Democrat and has been frequently sent as delegate to the various conven- tions. — ^S). *— ^ffoHN S. BRYAN, the energetic and efficient Sheriff of Clinton County, with headquar- ters at Plattsburgh, is a long-time resident of his present locality, and for many years a prominent agriculturist of the county. Elected to his responsible office m 1890, he was re-elected in 1892, at the close of the term. He has given uni- versal satisfaction, discharging the various duties of the position with marked ability and faithful fidelity. Our subject is a native Missourian, and during his entire lifetime has been intimately asso- ciated with the growth and progress of the State. He was burn near Madison, Monroe C'OU 11 ty, March 5, 18 1 Land is the son of David and Mary (Waller) Bryan, both natives of Kentucky, but early pioneers of Missouri, where they reared their family, and steadily won their way upward through the changing scenes of their comparatively brief mar- ried life. When John S. Bryan was about two years old his father died, and some time after his mother married Ambrose Crutcher, of Monroe County. Mr. Bryan was reared in Paris, and there received his education, and at eighteen years of age enlisted under Joe Porter in the Confederate service, being actively engaged in military duty from the early part of the year 1862 until 1865, when the war terminated. It was upon the field at Newark that our brave young volunteer first participated in a battle, later taking part in the fight at Kirksville. Immediately following this latter engagement, Mr. Bryan joined Price, and served in Marmaduke's brigade, remaining three months under the com- mand of John A. Burbage, and continuing with Mannaduke and .Shelby, being actively engaged in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Missouri. Surrendering with the command at Shreveport, La., Mr. Bryan returned to Paris, and made his home in Monroe County until 1873, when he set- tled in Clinton County, six miles from Plattsburgh, and there devoted himself to the pursuit of agri- culture. In 1875 Mr. Bryan bought a fine farm, two and one-half miles south of Plattsburgh, and prosperously engaged in the culture of the soil until he was elected to the office of Sheriff. Since 1890 Mr. Bryan and his family have resided in a pleasant home in Plattsburgh. The estimable wife, with whom Mr. Bryan was united in marriage January 16, 1871, was Miss Mary L. McCann, a daughter of Pleasant McCann, of Monroe County. She was born in this latter county, where she was also reared and educated. Four children blessed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, the eldest, George C, now serving as Deputy Sheriff under his father. Charles A., Clara A., and Allie L., who complete the list of this family group of bright, attractive young people, are social favorites with a large circle of friends. Mr. Bryan is a valued member of the Christian Church, and active in the extension of the good works of that religious organization. Politically, lie is a strong Democrat. From early manhood he has been an important factor in the development PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 139 ami advancement of prominent and leading inter- ests of liis native State, and has most worthily won the esteem and confidence of the general public, which lie now firmly holds in his dual capacity of private citizen ard county official. J. KLINE, a prominent young business man of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, is Secretary of the St. Joseph Fair Associa- tion, which is one of the most popular places of entertainment in this part of the State. Its existence is largely owing to our subject, who was from the first very active and enthusiastic in its promotion. The grounds were leased, and the company at once built a fine race track of the regulation mile length at an expense of $18,000. They spell t on various improvements altogether $67,000, and that the Fair proved to he a great attraction is shown by the fact that fully double the number of people ever assembled at a fair in the Missouri Valley were present during the one- week fair held in September, 1892. On Thursday there were $53,000 paid in admission, the charge for which was at the rate of fifty cents a ticket. This was the day that Nancy Hanks trotted a mile in 2.07.L the fastest time ever made in the West out- side of Minneapolis and Independence, and the gate receipts were $26,500. When the meeting closed, this track held twenty-one world's records for harness contests. The fair was a notable suc- cess in every way, and the Association is now at work upon methods of improvement, having re- cently spent more than $15,000 on it. Mr. Kline was bo in in Roekville, Parke County, Ind.. January HI, 1861, and is a son of F. C. and Emily ( Paker) Kline. His paternal grandfather was an early settler of Tippecanoe County, bid., and met his death in one of the bitter early politi- cal campaigns between the Whigs and Democrats, being a strong advocate of the former party. Our subject's father, who was horn in Winchester, Ya., was a printer by trade and established the Roek- ville Republican, ot which he was one-half owner. Ill 1862 he volunteered as a private soldier in an Indiana regiment, serving until the close of the war. At the battle of Winchester he fought on the old farm where he was born. He returned in 1865 to Roekville, where he resumed his work as a printer, and he continued in that occupation until 1870, when he was appointed postal agent on the Evansville &Terre Haute Railroad. Later, he served as mail agent on the Yandalia line until L887, when he was removed on account of a change of administration. He then went to Kent, Wash., where he worked on the Kent Journal. His wife was born near Louisville of that State, and is a daughter of James Baker, an early settler in Parke County, Ind. II. J. Kline is one of five children, four of whom are living. Until his twelfth year he lived in his native county, when he became a resident of Logansport, Ind., attending the High School of that place. He afterward entered the book and stationery business in the same city, becoming quite experienced in that branch of work. It was in 1885 that he removed to St. Joseph, accepting a position as head book-salesman for Ernest & Brill. At the end of a year he became city editor of the Daily Xeirs, of which Jacob Spencer was proprietor and editor, and retained that position for one year. He was then called to the city edi- torship of the Gazette, in the service of which he spent four years, resigning in June. 1890. For the succeeding six months he was reporter on the Herald, and then became its city editor. In the fall of L891 Mr. Kline began his work upon the journal known as the Western Resources, published at Lincoln, Neb. This paper is devoted to the subject of trotting horses, and Mr. Kline became an editorial writer on the staff. In Jan- ury, 1892, returning to St. Joseph, he resumed his position as city editor of the Herald, and is now editor of the Western Breeder, a weekly publication devoted exclusively to trotting horses. This paper was started in 1890 as a general stock journal, but after Mr. Kline became its editor, in 1892, he, in company with several others, bought the paper and changed it- name to 440 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the one it now bears. He is Secretary and mana- ger of the same. In Logan sport, Lnd., in the year 1881, Mr. Kline and Rose Williamson were united in marriage. Two children have graced their union, Tedd and Mamie. Mrs. Kline was born in Cass County, lnd., and is a lady of education and refinement. Mr. Kline belongs to Lincoln Camp No 17, S. V., of which he was Captain for four years. He was also com- mander of the Division of Missouri in the year 1890, when the National Encampment was held in this city. In politics he is a stanch Republican. w&mmm^< CADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART. This institution for young ladies is one of the points of interest in St. Joseph, and is so situated that the metallic summit which reflects the sunlight can be seen like a beacon for a radius of many miles. The value of the property now exceeds $100,000. The building, which was completed in 1857, is 120x60 feet in dimensions, and three stories high, with a mansard roof, sur- mounted in the center by a tower of elegant de- sign. The building is divided into thirty-eight departments, all models of neatness and arrange- ment. The course of instruction embraces the whole range of subjects now considered necessary in the education of the modern young lady of cul- ture. The Academy of the Sacred Heart is the oldest educational institution in northern Missouri. The order to which the Sisters conducting the same be- long was founded in France by Madam Sophie Barat in the first years of this century, which fol- lowed the 3 r ears of war and revolution which had swept away education and religion to a large ex- tent. From this nucleus the work has grown until there are now one hundred and thirty-two con- vents of the order, widely scattered in all parts of the civilized world. Madam Duchesne came to the United States in 1818 with the firstcolony of nuns to establish a convent of the order. In June, 1 853, four of the Religieuse came to St. Joseph from St. Louis, and though they were frequently subject to peculiar treatment by the people, who many of them had never before seen any of the black-robed Sisters, the latter found friends who supplied their needs. They at once established a school, and dur- ing the first month enrolled about one hundred pupils. In 1856 the foundations of the present building were laid, and since its completion the Sisters have carried on a large boarding and day school, and through all the years the number of scholars has averaged over one hundred and fifty. Mother Niederkorn. the present Superior of the Convent, was formerly Vicar of the Western Yic- arate, in which the Convent of the Sacred Heart exists. The environments of the pupils are ex- tremely pleasant and favorable, and the grounds are well-kept and shaded by giant trees. The build- ing, a stately brick structure, has long wings at each end, in one of which is the beautiful chapel, a gem of artistic beauty. Madam Shannon, the foundress of the school, was a novice of Madam Duchesne, and is still living, although eighty-four years of age. She was succeeded in turn by Madam Berry, Madam Boyle, Madam Wall and Madam Hamilton. Madam Niederkorn, who was Superior in Chicago for several years — during which time the otlice was held by Madam Keating and Madam Du Mont — returned in 1888, and is at the present time in charge. As to the method of education, on which the or- der justly prides itself, we will sa3' that it is 011I3' the practical and consistent carrying out of the truth voiced by the great German educator, Froebel, "The nature of the child is three-fold — in its rela- tion to nature, to man and to God." In other words, there must be attained a harmonious devel- opment of the body, mind and soul. This is the ideal striven for by these teachers of long experi- ence and wise training. The physical well-being of their charges is successfully sought by fulfilling all the conditions of hygiene and perfect regularity of life, supplementing them with abundant exer- cise. The study of foreign languages is carried on by teachers recruited from the European houses of the order, and few leave the institute without a good conversational knowledge of at least one PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 443 foreign tongue. The musical department is a - tinctive feature, and the home orchestra gives most creditable performances. One musicale each year consists of selections composed by the students, win. are fitted for the task by a course of harmony. Lastly, though considered the supreme work of this institution, great attention is given to char- acter-building — the subjugation of all things to duty, self-control, and the sacrifice of individual to general interests, fur, as Kroebel says: "All edu- cation that is not founded mi religion isone-sided and useless." JOHN ANDREW FRENCH, M. I)., is Profes- sor of Diseases of Children, Skin, and Clin- ical Medicine in the Northwestern Medical College, of St. Joseph. He was a student in the New York Polyclinic and Hospital, and is Assistant Surgeon, with the rank of Captain, on the staff of Col. J. Hansen, National Guards of Missouri, his commission being dated July 12, 1882, and signed by Thomas T. Crittenden, Governor. The Doctor has one of the most extensive prac- tices in the city. and stands among the very highest of his professional brethren in this portion of the Mate. lie is a line lecturer and is one of the most valued professors in the college. Doctor French was horn in Gentryville, Gentry County, Mo., November 8, 1858, his parents being William L. and Sophia 0. (Reedl French, both natives of Kentucky, who emigrated to this State soon after their marriage. When our subject was about, eighteen years of age his parents removed to Randolph County. The father died while in the Confederate army. The mother is still living, making her home with our subject. Doctor French was educated in the common schools, and when eighteen years of age entered a drug store at Mo- berly, and while in that position found time to read medicine. Doctor John T. Cox gave him valuable assistance and directed his studies. In the winter of 1878-79 he entered the Keokuk Medical College, and in the spring went to st. Louis, Mo., where he pursued hi- studies in the Missouri Med- ical College, and was graduated in the Class of 'HO from the St. Joseph Medical College. He at once began practice in this city, and has from the Bret met with great success. He lias obtained consid- erable reputation as a lecturer, and for the past four years has been a member of the faculty of the justly celebrated Northwestern Medical Col- lege of this city, and for the same length of time has been on the Hoard of Directors. It was due to his efforts that the college building on the cor- ner of Eighth and Sylvania Streets was erected at a cost of $30,000. He also built and is the entire owner of the St. Joseph Private Hospital. For two terms Doctor French was City Health Officer, and he has always been very anxious to promote the general welfare of his fellow-citi/.ens. On the 12th of February, 1884, the Doctor was married, four miles north of this city, to Miss Kate V., daughter of Hugh Lewis, an extensive farmer of Andrew County. Mrs. French, who was educated in Martin's Female Seminary in St. .Jo- seph, is a lady of exceptional culture ami womanly attainments. By her marriage she has become the mother of two sons: Lewis Andrew and Valient 1). D. Melvin. The latter was named after the Knights of Pythias Lodge of which the Doctor is a Trustee. Mrs. French is a member of the Chris- tian Church, and owing to her amiable and charm- ing qualities has made a host of friends, who es- teem her highly. Doctor French has always taken an active part in politics, being a firm Democrat When he started in practice he had not a dollar in the world, and while still a boy, he, with an older brother, supported his mother and a large family of brothers and sisters. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Ancient Order of United Work- men, the Modem Woodmen, and the Woodmen of the World. He has passed the honorable degree of the Ancient Order of United Workmen ( the part including ladies) the Fraternal Aid. the Order of Redmen, and has been Medical Examiner of all these insurance orders, himself carrying a policy "i (13,000. The Doctor is the editor .old proprie- 444 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tor of the St. Joseph Medical Journal and was for- merly one of the editors of the Western Medical and Surgical Reporter of this city. He is also a mem- ber of the Buchanan County Medical Association and of the District Medical Association of North- western Missouri, also of the State Medical Asso- ciation and the Missouri Valley Medical Associa- tion, and in 1893, at Moberly, Mo., was elected Chairman of the North Missouri Medical Associa- tion. -=). ~S #+ •(=_ ■&- r/ATHER DOMONICK WAGNER, a mem- ber of the O. S. 1!., Pastor of the Church of St. Mary's, on the corner of Cherry and N. Main Streets, St. Joseph, is a clever, cultured and learned gentleman. He was born in Chicago, in November, 1861, and is a son of Joseph Wagner, of German descent, who was reared in Ottawa, 111., was a shoemaker by trade, and located in Chicago, where he engaged in the retail business, meeting with severe losses in 1871, as he was burned out twice. He is now retired from business affairs, his residence being near the "Phoenix City," at Washington Heights. His wife, formerly Theresa Brown, was born in Maryland, and died in Chicago in 1870. Of her three children Father Wagner is the eld- est and only son. He was reared in Chicago, liv- ing on the North Side, near Lincoln Park, and attended the parochial schools until twelve years of age, working also at the shoemaker's trade. He then started to college at St. Vincent's, Pa., remaining there for three years, and then returned to Chicago, for a time engaging in the plumbing business with E. Baggott and Kelly Bros. At the end of four years Father Wagner took up the printing business in Chicago for a year. This was in order to enable him to make sufficient money to pay for his college education. In Feb- ruary, 1852, he entered the New Engelberg Col- lege at Conception, Mo., being graduated from the classical course in the fall of 1883. The in- stitution had but recently started, and for a time he taught physics, English and chemistry in the school, and organized the laboratory there. He is a genius and a skilled mechanic, and at that time made a number of machines from beginning to end. He put in a printing-press complete, and many other appointments which were marks of his inventive genius. For two years he then took up the study of philosophy, and graduated from the course in the fall of 1885, after which he took the theological studies. He was graduated from that department and was ordained in 1888 at Kansas City, by Bishop Hogan, of the St. Joseph Diocese. For some months Father Wagner was stationed at Savannah, in the northwestern part of Missouri, and at Burlington Junction, Atchison County, also continuing to teach in the college at Con- ception, Mo. In 1890 Father Wagner came to St. Joseph to take the place of Father Ignatius at the Cathedral, while the latter was in Europe, and was then assistant of St. Patrick's for a while. In June, 1891, our subject received orders from the Bishop to found a new parish, and this he started out to do without a dollar. So earnest and ener- getic was he, however, that through his personal and interested work he was soon enabled to pur- chase a site for $4,000, and then had plans drawn, letting the contract for the building. On August 28, 1891, the foundations were begun. Father Wagner, having taxed his congregation to the utmost to raise what he had already secured, and having no money to proceed, started a fair, which was a great success,the proceeds netting about $1,820. From that time things went smoothly forward and all has gone well. They own three lots facing on Second Street, and five lots back of this property, facing on Main Street, the whole being worth about $13,000. In December the ohurch was dedicated, and from January, 1892, regular services have been held. Soon after this a school was also started, to which about seventy children go regularly, four teachers being in charge. The church numbers over sixty-five families in its membership, and has been truly at- tended with great success. While stationed at Conception, Mo., Father Wagner joined the (). S. B., the oldest Catholic Association in the world. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RHCORD. II.-, A man of scientific research and wide reading, lie is not pledged to support any patty, but prefers Hither to be independent, politically. +=<•=•!• / + =*=* "\ W, II. LI AM M. GRILL. In the musical cir- cles of St. Joseph our subject is well known, as he is a member of the Winkler Orchestra, and is one of the finest clarionet play- ers in the State. He is of German birth, the place of his nativity being Grosses Rhuden, in the Pro- vince of Hanover. The date of the occurrence was July 12, 1828. His father, Ludwig Grill, also of Hanover, was reared as a mechanic and nail-maker. In those days nails were hammered out by hand and then polished off. He was proprietor of a large establishment and made considerable mone}'. He was in the German army and was with Napol- eon I. on his march to Russia. He died in the faith of the Lutheran denomination in 1840. His wife, a native of the same province, was before her marriage Wilhelmina Ilundrudmark. Mr. Grill, of this sketch, is the youngest of nine children, and the only survivor. He received a good education in his mother tongue, and when fourteen years of age began the study of music at Naun. Germany, under Prof. Otto Smith, teacher of the clarionet and French horn. He was his pu- pil for five years and then continued in his em- ploy for five years longer. He became a line clar- ionet player and was also proficient upon differ- ent musical instruments in the hand. He traveled with the First Marine Hand in Germany and was its leader for three years. In 1855 Mr. Grill brought this band of fourteen players to America, leaving Hamburg for Liver- pool, where it was his intention to embark for Australia. His mind, however, was changed on account of various circumstances, and instead he came to the United States with the company. During the first, winter he played in New York, and then enlisted in the Government service, on the steam frigate "Merrimac." He was -one- for one year. The vessel touched at the points of Hull, Brest (France), Lisbon (Portugal) and Cadiz (Spain ), and then proceeded to the West Indies. Later he was transferred with his band to the "Roanoke," which voyaged to Panama and thence returned to New York, where he was discharged from the service. In the spring of 1858 Mr. Grill came to St. Louis and played with Vogle's Or- chestra until the opening of the war. In 18(51 our subject enlisted in Company C, Third Missouri Regiment, as a musician, in the company of Gen. Zeigler. At the end of three months he re-enlisted in the First Missouri, with the rank of Second Lieutenant, Col. Rombauer being leader of his regiment. He served in Missouri until the order came to dispense with the military band, when he was mustered out and re- turned to St. Louis, where lie continued to play with Vogel's Orchestra. In November, 1865, Mr. Grill came to St. Joseph, where the only hand was Rosenblatt's, of which he took charge, after which event together the band and leader achieved a distinct success. Mr. Grill, shortly after his arrival in St. Joseph in 1865, started a store of general notions on the corner of Eleventh Street and Frederick Avenue. He erected two stores and continued to carry on his business until 1887, when he sold out and bought lots on the corner of Seventeenth and Calhoun Streets, where he built three dwellings, two of them being double houses. Our subject continued as a member of Winkler's Orchestra from the time he took charge of Rosenblatt's Band. Until the fall of lH'.tll he played in the opera house, and the hand still furnishes line nni-ir for the city. Mr. Grill was first married in St. Louis to Miss Amelia Martin, a native of the Fatherland, who died while on a trip to St. Louis from St. Joseph. The present wife of our subject, formerly Eliza- beth Knoth, was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Grill have five living children: Min- nie. Mrs. Conrad Wilmes, of St. Joseph; John II., Henrietta, Wilhelmina and Christina Martha. John II. was born in St. Joseph in ls;7o and learned the carpenter's trade. He studied cornet 446 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and violin playing under Prof. Winkler and lias since been a cornet player in the band, taking solo parts. lie was married in Mound City, Mo., to Miss Cornelia Marrs, who was horn there and is the mother of one child, William. Mr. Grill is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. In politics he is a Republican, but votes for the best man, irrespective of party. He re- ceives a pension of *12 per month. O. K. GANT, M. 1).. a prominent and highly successful medical practitioner of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, Mo., located in his present home some eighteen years ago, and, arriving a stranger in the city, has by Ins ability, professional skill and unfailing courtesy won a large practice and the good wishes of a host of friends. A man of infinite tenderness and of a deeply sympathetic nature, our subject is not only the family physician, but the tried and trusted friend and counselor, whose presence brings relief from suffering and gives to each individual hope of speedy restoration to the longed-for health. Dr. Gant was born in Orange County, N. C, February 17, 1842. His parents were James II. and Mary (Stewart) Gant, the mother being a sis- ter of ex-Oov. Stewart, of Mississippi. In 184 :? the father and mother located with their family in Kay County, Mo., settling upon a farm nine miles from Richmond. Here the family remained until our subject was twelve years old, when his parents removed to Liberty, where the father died in 1873, aged eighty-four, and the mother survived about two years, passing away in 1875. Up to the time of the war, the parents were in excellent circumstances, and considered wealthy, but in common with thousands of the residents of the Sunny South, they lost heavily by the Civil War. Grandfather Stewart was a native of France, and came to this country with La Fayette, serving with gallant ardor in the struggles of the Revolu- tionary War. His son afterward became the Gov- ernor of Mississippi, and both the father and mother of our subject were natives of North Carolina. The paternal ancestors were English- men, the Gants having occupied positions of dis- tinction in the dominions of the Queen. En- tering William Jewell College at Liberty when about twelve years of age, our subject completed a course of study in 1858, and then, beginning his medical preparation, attended lectures during the winter season in St. Louis Medical College. In the summer of 1861, Dr. Gant abandoned his studies and joined Col. Harris, actively participating in the fight at Lexington, and in 1862-63 was sent by Gen. Shelb}' to Iowa with orders. The main business of Dr. Gant during the war was as a surgeon, with an office at Barnesville, where he was ready 7 to attend all military calls. At the same time he was given the privilege of attending the lectures at the St. Louis Medical College, and was thus enabled to graduate with honor in the Class of '65. A. M. Dockery, Member of Congress, also completed a course of instruction at the same time. For the next two years Dr. Gant remained in the practice of his profession in Uarnesville, then re- moved to Lathrop, and in 1875 located perma- nently in Plattsburgh. In 1872-73 he enjoyed the benefit of a general course at Bellevue Hospital, and in 1870-77 attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York. Our subject is a valued member of the State Medical Association, Missis- sippi Valley Association, and Kansas City District Association, and usually attends the National As- sociation, and reports only specially important cases that are not favorable to miscellaneous re- porting. At the conventions of the various medi- cal associations, Dr. Gant prefers to listen rather than to talk, but as a speaker is able and fluent, expressing himself with conciseness, tempered with dignified affability. An excellent and valuable library is one of the cherished possessions of our subject, and is a source of extended and reliable information. Charles W. Chastain, M. D., a fine scholar and accomplished physician, is the partner of Dr. Gant, and shares with him the favor of a rapidly increasing circle of patients. Dr. Chastain took his first medical course in the State University at Columbia, and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1 1; was graduated in 1881 from the College <>f Physi- cians and Surgeons, or the medical department of Columbia College, New York. Dr. Ganl was united in marriage, October 17, 1867, in Clinton County, with Miss Irettie II. Simpson, who died in 1*77, in Pittsburgh. Oc- tober .">. 1881, our subject married Miss Lizzie Garner, daughter of Col. C. T. Garner, of Rich- mond, in which city Mrs. Gantwas born and edu- cated, graduating from the Richmond Academy. Dr. Gant is the father of three children by his first marriage, and one little one has blessed his second union. Mary Elizabeth, the only daughter, is about seven years of age. Fraternally, Dr. Gant is connected with the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and became a member of the lodge at Claysville, Clay County, in I8(i2, and belongs to Lathrop Chapter and Liberty Commandery, and is Past Master of the Lathrop Lodge. Politically, our subject is a Democrat, and although he takes a deep interest in local and National affairs, never actively engages in politics. His pleasant home in the southern part of Plattsburgh is desirably lo- cated, and is the scene of many asocial gathering, both the Doctor and his wife being prominent fac- tors in the leading social and benevolent enter- prises of the city. r^* =-^&* AT1IKR FRANCIS W. GRAHAM, Pastor of St. Patrick's Church, of St. Joseph, on the corner of Twelfth Street and Doniphan Avenue, is one of the most earnest workers in the Catholic Church and is pastor of about the strong- est parish in this part of Missouri. He has en- gaged in editorial work and has become ac- quainted with the prominent and leading men in all parts Of the State, ruder his espionage the church has flourished wonderfully, until it now numbers over two hundred families. He built the convent and parochial school for girls ; it a C08l of (6,000, which ha- a good attendance, and also the St. Patrick School, under the charge of the Chris- tian Brothers. The old chinch has been remod- eled and greatly improved, and in many other ways has this popular priest built up the Catholic cause in Missouri. Father Graham was bom in Dublin, Ireland, on the 1th of July, 1837, and is a sou of William Graham, who was a large contractor and builder in that city. He owned the Kilmainham Lime Works in a prominent part of Dublin. In 1866 he came to America, locating at Etolla, Mo., and engaging in agricultural pursuit- there for two years. Later he moved to southwestern Missouri, near Springfield, where he remained a while, and then engaged in fanning in Lawrence County near Pierce City. Returning to Brooklyn later in life, his death occurred in that city. Our subject '8 grandfather, whose name was also William, was born in the city of Armagh, Ire- land, and built the lime works in Mt. Maria, lie also erected a large dwelling-house in that vicin- ity and owned tracts of land in various place-, being qnite wealthy. The Graham family emi- grated from Scotland to Ireland at an early day and were all Protestants until about the time of our subject's birth, when his father, and later his mother, joined the Catholic Church. An uncle. :i contractor, married a Catholic lady and then be- came a convert to that faith, erecting a Catholic Church and later building St. Paul's. He was Superintendent of (ilasnevin Cemetery until his death, in the year 1850. Our subject's mother before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth Mason, a native of Dublin and daughter of a prominent wine mer- chant of Love Lane. She wa- orphaned in early life and was reared by her grandparent-. Her death occurred in Kolla. Mo., in 1868. Father Graham is one of a family of two BOHS and three daughters who li ved to maturity. John died near Brooklyn, N. V.; Richard, whose fam- ily lived in SI. Joseph, was called from this life at Atchison. Kan.: Mary A. is the wife of .1. 1'. Freeman, of this city; Catherine, now Mrs. Ncvin, makes her I ie here; and Mi— lie-sic completes the family. <>m subject pas-ed his boyhood in his native city, attending Henry Moran's Acad- emy, on .lames Street, Dublin, where he studied the classics. In 1864 he crossed the Atlantic 448 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. with a cousin, going to Chicago, anil thence to Ottawa, 111. He made the voyage to the United States in the steamship "Glasgow," from the city of the same name, which ill-fated vessel was lost some years later at sea. Father Graham was for some time a clerk in the lumber and grain business with his cousin .lames, and in 18y'J, proceeding to St. Louis, was there a bookkeeper for John Byrne, Jr., a real- estate dealer. In the fall of that year our sub- ject, through the medium of Father Feehan, now Archbishop of Chicago, was accepted by the Most Rev. P. R. Kenrick, and sent to the seminary at Cape Girardeau, where he spent six years in hard stud}' and received the minor orders of the church. September 23, 1865, he was ordained in the old Cathedral at St. Louis, and was first appointed as an assistant for a short time at St. John's Church, in that city. Next being stationed at Rolla, Father Gra- ham was there for two and a-half years, and had under his supervision a large part of southwest- ern Missouri, starting a church at Lebanon, one at Pierce City, others at Sarcoxie, and a number at various points. He looks back to those days of active and aiduous work with great pleasure, as his parishioners were honest and sincere in their reception of him, and though he traveled many a mile on horseback, in stages and on foot, riding often two or three nights at a time, he still re- members these days as the happiest of his past life. When lie was at Springfield there were but twenty-five Catholic men in the place, twenty- two of them being Masons, but nevertheless he started a church and made good friends in that city. Though he had worked there since March, 1866, he was not regularly located there until the spring of 1868. He erected a convent, bought and rebuilt Kelso College, and built up a church while there. In 1873 Father Graham was placed in charge of St. Vincent's Parish, at Sedalia, where he built the present church and instituted the convent there. He also built a church at Coal Spring Fork Camp, ten miles south of Se- dalia, and was active in church work throughout that region until December, 1881, when he came to M, Joseph, Father Graham was given charge of St. Patrick's Church on New Year's Day, 1882, and at once set himself to remodeling, enlarging and refurnish- ing the same. The church and parsonage are sit- uated in a fine location and are valuable and modern. In 1883 he purchased the Catholic Trib- une, of whioh he was editor and proprietor until 1891, when he sold out. This journal attained a large circulation in Catholic families and was ably conducted. In his church are the following societies: St. Patrick's Catholic Knights, the An- cient Order of Hibernians, Knights of Father Mathew, St. Joseph Sodality, and the Ladies' So- ciety. In politics Father Graham casts his vote with the Democracv. »v ' I i ' i ' i ' i i ffioilN A. BORING, who is acceptably filling the position of Postmaster in Latbrop, and ^ | who is also a real-estate dealer, was born l x2/ ; six miles north of Logansport, Ind., on August 5, 1841. His grandfather, William Bor- ing, who was born in Ireland, left his native land and crossed the Atlantic, locating in Baltimore County, Md. In 1821) he settled in Clinton Coun- ty, Ohio, where he died in 1863, at the advanced age of eight3'-seven jears. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a stanch Whig in his political connections. His family of three children, William, La Fayette and Rebecca, all married and reared families of their own. Absalom Boring, the father of our subject, was born in Baltimore County, Md., in 1807. He went to Harrison County, Va., where he married Miss Isabella Williams. After remaining in the Old Dominion for a short time he went to west- ern Ohio, where he made his home for a period of two years. In 1832, going to Cass County, hid., when but one house, owned by Maj. Bell, had been erected in the now prosperous and thriving city of Logansport, he decided to locate in that vicinity. Accordingly he settled upon a farm a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL KT.CORD. 149 few miles north of the city. In 1884 lie settled on Bell's Prairie, to the southeast of Logans) nut, where he resided until his death, at the age of eighty-three years. He was a Whig and later a Republican, in politics, and was Justice of the Peace for several years. His wife, who "as a na- tive of Harrison County, Ya.. was called to her final rest in 1863. Of Mr. and Mrs. Absalom Boring's ten children the following-named grew to maturity: Thomas, who served in the Ninth Indiana Infantry, was wounded at Lookout Mountain, and died some three years after the close of the war; La Fayette, who served over three years in the Fourth Wis- consin Infantry, rose to the rank of Orderly, and was wounded at Ft. Gibson; and Fli, who was a members of the Eighth Indiana Cavalry and was wounded in the battle of Carrollton, Ga., taken prisoner, and was in both Millon and Anderson- ville Prisons. The other members of the family were John A., Jesse, Harrison, Eliza, Elizabeth and Sarah. John A. Boring received the benefits of a good common-school education, and was in attendance at the Kokomo (Ind.) schools at the breaking out of the late war. On the Lath of April, 1861, responding to his patriotic impulses, he enlisted in the Sixth Indiana, which was the first regiment raised in that Stale. He became a member of Company 1), under Thomas Harrison. He par- ticipated in the battles of Phillipi and Beverly, and also in minor skirmishes. At the end of three months' service he was discharged, and in August of 1861 he became a member of Company D, Thirty-ninth Indiana, holding the rank of First Sergeant. With his regiment Mr. Boring took part in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River, being wounded in the latter engagement. A ball struck his watch, which directed it downward and it entered his right thigh. He was in the hospital and on the invalid list for three months. At the battle of Xicka Jack Gap he was wounded in the left leg. He was in the battles of Chickamanga and Lovejoy Station. After the battle of Stone River the com- pany was re-organized as the Eighth Indiana Cavalry. His last service was during the McCook raid, and on January II, 1865, he was honorabh, discharged from the hospital at Lookout Moun- tain as Second Lieutenant, to which position he was promoted May 7. 1864. On leaving the service of his country Mr. Bor- ing rejoined his family in the North, and in the spring of 1866, COming to Missouri, located on one hundred and twenty acres of unbroken land, one mile cast of Lathrop, to the cultivation of which he at once turned his undivided attention. After living the life of a farmer for twelve years, he entered the grocery business in Lathrop. In 1880 he started the first marble shop in the town. and at the expiration of two years took charge of an hotel, which he carried on for the same length of time. Recently he has largely turned his at- tention to real estate, and has been quite success- ful in this line. In Miami County, Ind.. occurred the wedding of Mr. Boring and Miss Theresa J. Swafford, a daughter of William and Man' (Shortridge) Swaf- ford. The former was a native of North Carolina, while his wife was born in Kentucky. Mr. Swaf- ford was the son of Jacob and Abigail (Hammer) Swafford, who emigrated to Indiana between the years 1825 and 1830. In 1872 Mrs. Boring's fa- ther removed to Mcl'herson County. Kan., where he lived for some years. His wife having died in Missouri in 1892, he is now making his home in Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Boring is one of a family of seven children, of whom two were sons: Lyeurgiis E., and William W., whose death occurred i al the age of twenty-two years. Of the others three are now deceased: Julius S., Esther L. and Myrtle. Those living are Belle, Minnie and Theresa. To Mr. and Mrs. Boring four children have been born. But two are living: William A. and Ethel B. Mr. Boring, who is an ardent Republican, ran as a candidate for Sheriff on his ticket in 1882, carried his own township solidly, and was defeated by a majority of only two hundred votes. He has served on both the town and school boards, and is a warm champion of our public-school sys- tem, or, the lth of July, 1889, he received the appointment as Postmaster of Lathrop. and has proved an efficient and able officer, lie is one of the charter Masons of Lathrop, and a member of 450 POiiTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a loyal and true patriot, and was one of the first to re- spond to the call of his country for assistance in her time of trouble. He was brave and ever found at the post of duty, being a participant in no less than sixty-two engagements. He is iden- tified with the Baptist Church, while his wife be- longs to the Christian denomination. ,1 LFRED B. SOW DON is Secretary and JSS/LjI Cashier of the People's Home and Savings Association, one of the prominent enter- prises of St. Joseph. It has a capital stock of $2,000,000, and was organized April 19, 1892. The office is at the corner of Fourth and Felix Streets, under the State National Bank, and since the company was organized it has loaned more money in St. Joseph than any other association. The profits are divided and dividends declared every six months. The subject of this sketch was born in London, England, September 20, 1848, and is one of five children born to Henry and Mary A. (Scale) Sow- don. His boyhood was passed in the great metrop- olis, and his education was acquired in Doctor Ellis' School, and in the City of London College. On completing a course at the age of eighteen, he went into the employ of I. Bunford Samuel, of the Stuck Exchange, and a large broker of that city. With him he continued until 1871, when he con- cluded to try his fortune in America, and in May left Liverpool in a Cunard steamer. Landing in New York, he resided there until September, thence going to Columbus, Miss., where he engaged in the insurance business. He then represented three insurance companies in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, traveling for three years, from 1876 to 1879. In the latter year Mr. Sowdon arrived in St. Joseph, and for one year was Clerk of the Finance Committee. The following year he was made head bookkeeper of the State Saving Bank, and con- tinued there until 1887, when he took a trip to England. In that 3'ear and the one following he made six voyages to and from his native land, largely on account of business interests. He thinks nothing of a trip across the Atlantic, as he has cov- ered the distance twelve times. In the fall of 1888, on his return, he went to Denver, Colo., St. Louis, and other western cities. In April, 1892, the People's Home and Savings Association having been incorporated, he was given the responsible position of Secretary and Cashier, and has been an important factor in its success, as he understands and is master of the best business methods, and ex- ercises that good judgment which is only ac- quired after years of preparation in commercial lines. A marriage ceremony performed in St. Joseph on the 15th of November, 1882, united the fortunes of A. B. Sowdon and Miss Belle Branch, one of St. Joseph's most accomplished daughters. The lady is a daughter of Col. Harrison Branch, a native Virginian and early settler of St. Joseph. He was a prominent attorney, and during the war acquired the rank of Colonel in the Union Army. At one time he was Indian Agent and Postmaster of Kan- sas City. He was called to his final rest in 1892. A bright little son, Alfred Harrison, graces the un- ion of Mr. and Mrs. Sowdon, who are both mem- bers of the Episcopal Church. Our subject is a Master Mason, belonging to Grosvenor Lodge of London. lie is also a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias. His right of fran- chise he uses in favor of the nominees and meas- ures of the Democratic party. Personally he is favorably known and enjoys the higli regard and friendship of one and all. Henry Sowdon, fatherof our subject, was a man- ufacturer in England and was a civil engineer and surveyor. He was also a land-valuer in London, where his death occurred in 1888. He was a mem- ber of the Episcopal Church, and traced his ances- tors back to the days of William the Conqueror. His wife, who was born at Witham, Essex County, was the daughter of Ilev. Bernard Scale, a promi- nent clergyman in the English Church and a de- scendant of Lord Scale. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 153 OSEPB ANDRIANO. Probably there is no more popular man in Buchanan County than this gentleman, who has been twice elected to county offices on the Republican ticket when no other nominee has ever succeeded in attaining the same result. He is also one of the well-known land-owners of the city, as he has resided here for over forty years, having Brat set fool in the place in 1K;">0. He lias occupied the positions of County Treasurer, County Sheriff and City Collector, discharging the duties incident to eacli with fidelity and a realizing sense of the trust bestowed upon him. Mr. Andriano was borp in Heidelberg, Baden, Germany, October 15, 1841, and is a son of Al- bert, a native of Manheim, Germany. The father of the latter, Joseph K.. a native of Karlsruhe, Germany, was the first man to establish the oil mills in that place, in which business he contin- ued until his death. The great-grandfather of our subject, Count Andriano, was from LagO Mag- giore, which is a beautiful lake in Italy. He cum of an old and prominent family in the nobility of that country, his brother being a bishop and a member of Parliament. The great-grandfather of our subject removed to Germany and was the first to establish the manufacture of line porcelain ware in the province, receiving a medal from the crown for line products. He was also given a title by the German Government on account of his business industry. Our subject's father was educated at Manheim and became a merchant at Frankfort, lie was for a time in the Government employ as Treasurer at Heidelberg, and in the Revolution of 1848 took an active part. His house was guarded and he had to flee, leaving everything, and only then es- caped by the aid of friends in the regular army, lie finally reached Havre in the fall of 1848, and at once took passage in a sailing-vessel l ml for New Orleans, where he arrived at the end of six weeks. Coming up the Mississippi as far as St. Louis, he resided thereuntil the spring of 1850, then bringing his family to St. Joseph, where he kept a boarding-house. lie later became a manu- facturer and bottler of soda and mineral waters. In later life he retired from active business and ■>■> invested somewhat in real estate. He was Presi- dent of the City Council and was an active Re- publican during the war. being, however, more liberal than the majority and in favor of enfranchis- ing the rebels. At one lime he was one of four hundred citizens who went to the polls in a body. His death occurred in September, i sh.".. ai the age of seventy-three years. His wife, formerly Miss Elizabeth Meyer, was born in Dantzic, Germany, and died in 1877, leaving but two children, our Subject and Lena, who is now Mrs. Dr. Hlldebraiid. of San Francisco, < !al. Joseph Andriano was reared to maturity in Heidelberg, and in the fall of 1848 came with his father to St. Louis, and later to St. Joseph. This place in 1850 was only a small Indian trading- point, and for a time he attended tin' old-fashioned log schoolhouses of the period, afterward attend- ing institutions of a better grade until about twenty years of age. when he engaged as a clerk in a wholesale grocery business, working for about four years for the linn of Koch A- Borngesser, later entering the employ of the latter, who continued in the business alone for some time. With him our subject had charge of the buying of good-. During the war Mr. Andriano became a mem- ber of Company C, State Militia, under ('apt. Lovering, to protect the State against the enemy, and for about a year engaged in guard duty and took part in a number of skirmishes. Then, join- ing Maj. Ilartwig's company, he was commis- sioned Captain by Gov. Fletcher when the Major was promoted, and n- such he served until the close of the war. For months business was at a standstill, and on the day known to history as "Black Friday" he drove the rebels out and fought the bushwhackers. Alter the close of the war he purchased his father's business, engaging in the manufacture of soda and mineral waters. After carrying this on for two years, he then took into the firm Louis Feulling and ran the busi- ness until 1871, when he SOld it to his partner, who is still engaged in the same business. (iiiing to Chicago in 1871, Mr. Andriano en- gaged in the Omnibus business with his father-in- law. William II. Young, the line of vehicles being run from Lincoln Park to the corner of Lake and 454 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Slate Streets. They were very successful and kept twenty-four omnibuses constantly going. They were burned out in the great fire, but started again, running a line on Wabash Avenue between Twen- ty-second and Washington Streets, continuing in that until the panic of 1873, when our subject returned to St. Joseph. F. M. Posegate had just been appointed Post- master, and our subject was made Chief of the stamp and registiy department. In 1880 he was nominated and elected City Collector, serving for two years, and then being re-elected for a like length of office. Later he became President of the St. Joseph Brewery and remained with that company until 1886, when he was elected Sheriff on the Republican ticket. He carried the county by a majority of two hundred and ninety-five, although his party were in the minority by four- teen hundred and fifty votes. He was the first man ever elected to a county office since the en- franchisement. The Sheriff then occupying the position made a strong contest, assisted by Democratic friends, .lis principal argument being that Mr. Andriano was not an American citizen. However, the courts had recognized him and accepted his bond, but Sheriff John Cory refused to surrender the jail, on account of which our subject brought suit against him, and Circuit Judge Spencer decided that he was not a citizen. Thus he lost the case, but carried it to the Supreme Court in 1887, which August body reversed the decision and announced that he was not only a citizen of the United States, but also Sheriff of Buchanan County. The news was celebrated by the booming of cannon and other tokens of jubilation. He was therefore installed in office and served until January, 1889. Mr. Andriano ran again for the position, but was defeated by one hundred and twenty-six votes. While in that office he was compelled to perform a hanging, which was the first since be- fore the war in the county. He also had several skirmishes with horse thieves and succeeded in driving them out of this region. During this time he had retained his interest in the brewery and had it incorporated with a capital stock of $35,000, being made President and Manager, and held it for a year, retiring in the fall of 1890, when lie was nominated by the Republicans for County Treasurer. He ran against his former op- ponent, gaining the victory by a majority of three bundled and ninety-five. He served in that po- sition from January, 1891, to January, 1893, and then declined renomination. Mr. Andriano was married in Chicago, in 1869, to Miss Isabella, daughter of William II. Young, of New Jersey, where her birth also occurred. To our subject and his estimable wife were born two children: Gracie, a graduate of the Ursuline Sisters' School, of St. Louis, and now Mrs. J. I). Martin, of St. Joseph; and William A., who died in infancy. Our subject is a member of the Odd Fellows, and is a demitted member of the Knights of Pythias. He is an active member of the Re- publican parly, and was temporary chairman of the Centra! Committee and Secretary of the County Committee. Personally, he is much liked and has a host of friends, both in political, social and financial circles. mW5^Mr. <4l illAAAM l\. SrBAH, a y \rJ// man of St. Joseph, Ruchanai Wy for several years a clerk in WILLIAM K. SPRATT, a young business lan County, was the employ of John F. Tyler, and is now a junior member of the firm of John F. Tyler & Co., dealers in real estate, loans and insurance. Among the insurance compa- nies which they lepresent are the following: The Continental, of New York; the Hartford, of Con- necticut; the Commercial Union and Guardian, of London; the Phenix, of Brooklyn; the Newark, of Newark, N. .1.; the Citizens'-, of St. Louis; and the Hamburg-Bremen, of Germany. In Lexington, La Fayette County, Mo., April 9, 1867, occurred the birth of him of whom we write. His father, John F. Spratt, was born in the same city, while his grandfather, Maj. William Spratt, was a native of Virginia, When young, the latter came to the old trading-post of Lexington, where he engaged in business, and then, returniug, mar- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 455 ried in his native State. He became Circuit ami County Clerk of La Fayette County, the two offices being then filled by one incumbent, hold- ing this position fur years. During the war lie was mi tin' Advisory Board of the State militia, wiili tin- rank of Major. After the storm clouds of the conflict bad rolled away, lie Located in St. Joseph, ami then, going to Caldwell County, he there resided until his death at the good old age of eighty-five years. His wife, formerly Matilda Fulkerson, born in the Old Dominion, is still liv- ing in St. Joseph. John Fulkerson Spratt was reared in I.a Fayette County to man's estate, was married in Howard County, and settled on the Platte Purchase in the county of that name at an early day. For a number of years he was Deputy Sheriff. He en- tered land, which he improved, and later engaged in merchandising.' He then started in the banking business at Hamilton, Caldwell County, which oc- cupation he is still pursuing. He succeeded A. C. Cochran, the bank being known as .1. F. Spruit V, later a> the Huston & Spratt Bank, and the firm is now known as Huston, Spratt & Menefce. The Spratt family is of Scotch-Irish descent. In her maidenhood our subject's mother bore the name of Martha -I. Elliott. She was born in Howard County, and was a daughter of Col. Newton Glasgow Elliott, who was born in the East and was one of the early settlers and far- mer- in Howard County. At one time he was a railroad constructor and was one of the promoters in the building of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, in the branch from Boon vi lie. Olas- gOW, Mo., was named for him, as was also the town of Elliott. He was a very wealthy man, and one <>t hi- -ons, John Elliott, is now a prominent man in Boonville. Our subject is the eldest son in a family of three children and was brought up by his paternal grand- mother in this city. After leaving the common school- he entered the St. Joseph Military Acad- emy at Macon City, Mo., from which institution he graduated in 1 .s stated at the beginning of this sketch, he has been con- nected with the firm to which he now belong-. In Caldwell County, in the year 1890, William E. Spratt and Mi— Effie Cowgill were united in marriage. Mr-. Spratt is the daughter of Judge James Cowgill. who i- at present one of the Rail- mad ( i IlissiOnerS of tin- Slate. Mrs. Spratt was born in Caldwell County, and is a graduate of Hardin College, of Mexico, Mo. She is au intel- lectual, cultured and refined lady, who possesses considerable talent and is genial and plea-ant to meet. Our subject is a supporter of the Democratic party and is numbered among the best citizens and most influential business men of St. Joseph. ■ ' °-a- £i^ j SAAC LOWER. Could tin' biographies of the best residents of Buchanan County be written i in detail, a large and most interesting volume might be compiled. It is our pleasure, however. t" -elect the principal facts in their lives, and record them for the perusal of coming generations. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch is at present residing on his magnificent estate of four hundred acres, located on section 36, Washington Township. He is now retired from active wink of any kind and is enjoying the fruits of his early toil. Jacob Lower, the father of our subject, was born in Knox County, Tenn., where he pursued the vocation of a farmer. During the War of L812 he did very effect i ve service and was well liked by all his comrades. The mother of our subject. Mrs. Sally (Cline) Lower, had her birth in Pennsylvania. After his marriage. Jacob Lower continued to reside ill Tennessee until 1886, when he came to Jack-on County , th is State, and lived upon rented land until the fall of 1837. In that pear he visited the Platte Purchase and wasso fav- orably impressed with the inducements which the country held out, that he located a claim in Bloomington Town-hip. lie was accompanied on the journey by our subject and a brother, and together the t rio erect cd a log house, which was to be the future home of the family. The following spring the_\ ••tramped it" back to Jackson County, 456 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. where they remained only long enough to pack their household goods preparatory to the trip to their new home. It was on that farm that the parents passed away in 1852. They had reared a family of eight children, only live of whom are now living. Jacob Lower was actively interested in public affairs, and at the time of his death had become the owner of a valuable estate. He of whom we write was born June 18, 1820, in Roane County, Tenn., and remained at home, aiding his father in carrying on the farm, until reaching his twentieth year, when he determined to battle with the world on his own account. His educational privileges were very limited, but be- ing ambitious to learn he made the best of his op- portunities and is to-day a well-read and intelligent gentleman. In 1810 Isaac Lower was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Nash, a native of Tennessee. After a happy married life of eight years, Mrs. Lower departed this life, greatly mourned by all who knew her. She had become the mother of one child, a daughter, Louisa Jane, now Mrs. John Sandy. She resides in Doniphan County, Kan., and has a family of eight children. The lady whom Mr. Lower chose as his second wife was Matilda, daughter of John and Sallie (Elsburg) Riley, natives of North Carolina, and numbered among the earl}' settlers of Kentucky. They made their advent into Buchanan County, this State, in 1818, and located in Bloomingtou Township, where the father's decease occurred in 1855, and the mother's in 1858. Of their large family of twelve children, only two are living: Mrs. Lower and her sister Louisa. The former was born in Clark County, Ky., September 29, 1820, and by her union with our subject has been the mother of six children, one of whom is deceased. Those living are Sarah R., Mrs. L. Mann, who re- sides in Doniphan County, Kan., and has eight children; James K., the husband of Mary E. Rob- erts, who makes his home in this township and has a family of three children; Stephen A. D., who married Mary V. McG-ihi, lives in this township, and is the parent of one child; Henry R, who married Katie North, has three children, and also makes his home in this township; and William R., who married AdelinaFogg, lives in this township, and has one child. After various removals, Mr. Lower took up his abode on his present farm in 1865. As before stated, it comprises four hundred acres of ex- cellently tilled land, and his name is classed among the respected and wealthy agriculturists of Bu- chanan County. Mr. Lower, socially, is a Mason, and during the late war was pressed into the service of the Union, his duty being to haul goods from St. Joseph to Jackson County. Al- though in early life a Democrat, he now votes independently, reserving the right to cast his ballot for the man whom bethinks will best fill the office, Mr. Lower has been a resident of this State for over fifty-five years, and thus can relate many an interesting tale of life in a new country. As a farmer, he is considered a man of enter- prise and ability, and has acquired a handsome competency through years of industry and hard labor. OX. EI) W. TURNER, the well-known and highly honored representative of Clinton County, who for four terms ably served his constituents in the Legislature of the State of Missouri, is a man of superior attainments and exceptional character, and as a public-spirited and progressive citizen commands the regard and confidence of a host of friends and a numerous acquaintance, extending throughout the county and farthest borders of his native State. He was born in Plattsburgh, and is the son of Colonel Winslovv and Emil}' (Pollard) Turner. His father, one of the most distinguished men of Missouri, served bravely in the Missouri Stale Guards, under General Price, and was Division Inspector with the rank of Colonel when he was severely wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Lexington. Col. Winslow Turner passed away, deeply mourned, in 1874. The mother of our subject survived her husband's death but six weeks. Mr. Turner attended Westminster College at PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 157 Kul it >n. Mo., one year, then studied law in the office tif his father, and was admitted to the Bar in 1869. The succeeding year, 1870, on the wave of a politi- cal revolution, he was nominated to lead what many considered a forlorn hope, bat was elected by a triumphant majority to the Missouri Legisla- ture, and although the youngesl member of the Assembly, was a material and prominent factor in restoring the franchise, and, young as lie was, made for himself a reputation for fidelity to his constituents which has ever since clung to him. In 1ST I Mr. Turner was elected to the office of Circuit Clerk, and for four years gave hisattention in the tliitics of this position, and in 1878 resui I the practice of his profession. Deeply interested in both the local and national issues of the day, Mr. Turner was an acknowledged leader of his party, and was again in 1886 elected to the Legis- lature, Thirty-fourth General Assembly, the pro- hibition question being the one of submitting an amendment to the Constitution. Mr. Turner was a member of the Committee on Internal improvements, and supported Governor Marmaduke in his tight with the railroads, which he had endeavored to bring within the provisions of the law. The famous House Kill No. 620 was brought in by this committee, but was defeated, and a compromise, called the "Swamp Angel," substi- tuted in its place. Returned to the Legislature in Ixkk, and again in 1S1KI, Mr. Turner acquired the reputation of being a '• worker " and an eloquent, concise and forcible speaker, strong in argument and clear in logic. lie was placed upon many of the most important committees, and was during both the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Assem- blies Chairman of the Committee on Elections. lie reported the bill of the Australian ballot sys- tem, which found ready and numerous advocates. in 18'.(0 Mr. Turner was made Chairman of the Committee on lit districting the Slate into Con- gressional, Senatorial and Representative Districts, and presented a bill to the committee, which was mainly accepted. He was then appointed Chair- man of a joint committee from the House and Senate, and the commiltee bill was adopted by Caucus ami passed successfully. This was one of the most important political questions of the ses- sion, ami fully occupied Mr. Turner's time for some weeks. He and his committee were -cverch criticized by the opposite party, who charged the committee with having gerrymandered the state in the interests of the dominant party. This bill oc- cupied a portion of the time, of the special session of February, 1892. Our subject also took a decided stand in favor of locating the state University at Columbia. Mr. Turner was not a candidate for re-election in 1892. He devotes much of his time to attend- ing to his property interests, and, being largely a gentleman of leisure, finds great enjoyment iii the use of his magnificent library, which contains many rare books, scientific and historical, ami also comprises the standard works of prose and poetry ami the essays of eminent authors, lie is admit- tedly one of the best-read men in the State, and is known as a line literary critic ami a close -Indent of Shakespeare. Having very early in life solved many practical problems of the day. .Mr. Turner is now deeply in- terested in the enlargement of individual action, and is authority upon all constitutional questions affecting industrial progress. lit; takes an active interest in local advancement, and is intimately associated in the leading social anil benevolent enterprises of Plattsburgh, whose every citizen may almost literally be said to lie his very good friend and well-wisher. Our subject has never married, but finds a pleasant home and luxurious accommodations at the Laclede House, and distrib- utes with a generous hand many a lavish gift to the poor and suffering. + 3£~ I I.I.I A M E. GIBSON is a contractor and well-known business man of St. Joseph. 1 Ie has been a resident of Buchanan County since I s : ; 7 . and has consequently been a witness of the vast changes in this region. He used to come to St. Joseph when there were only three stores in the place, then called Blacksnake Hills. 458 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Since 1873 lie has made his home in St. Joseph, first being engager! in contracting for grading, and afterward drifting into eon tracting for sewers, concrete work, etc. Mr. Gibson is the largest con- tractor of the kind in this city, and in 1883 formed a partnership with his cousin, Henry E. Gibson, under the firm name of (Tibson & Gibson. They employ from twenty-five to fifty men, and at times have as many as one hundred on the force. The firm buys sewer pipe in carload lots and has curb- stone also shipped in. They paved Olive Street to Fa3 r ette Street and did most of the macadam- izing. George Gibson, our subject's grandfather, was born in the Emerald Isle, and when only three years old was brought by his parents to America. They located in Augusta, Conn., and though only seventeen years old when the War of the Revolu- tion broke out, George Gibson enlisted as a pri- vate soldier, being gradually promoted to the rank of Major. On arriving at man's estate lie went to Lee County, Va., where he was one of the early settlers, and there he engaged in farming. Our subject's father, James Gibson, was born in Lee County, and though he obeyed his patriotic impulses and enlisted in the War of 1812, his ser- vices were never called into requisition. Like his ancestors, he was also an agriculturist. He removed to the southern part of Tennessee, where he en- gaged in the stock business, driving stock back and forth to Virginia, where he finally returned to settle permanently. However, he bad become im- bued with the Western spirit, and finally set out with his family and household effects for Missouri, driving in wagons through West Virginia, Ken- tucky, Indiana, Illinois, and a part of this State. He located a-half mile east of the old Dixon Mill site on the Platte River, Buchanan County, in what is now Tremont Township. There he en- tered a claim of one hundred and sixty acres and continued in the stock business, pasturing his cat- tle during the winter for years on the bulrushes that grew in abundance from the mouth of the Blacksnake Creek to Lake Contrary. The family experienced a great deal of hard- ship and privation in their pioneer life, and at various times Mr. Gibson lost heavily. His herds of cattle he sometimes drove as far as Harrisburg, Pa. In 1844 he entered a new farm in the same township, which he improved and carried on until his death in 1866. He was a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. His wife, Hannah Proc- tor before her marriage, was born and wedded in Middle Tennessee. She died in 1872, aged seventy- six years. Our subject is one in a family of seventeen chil- dren, and though thirteen lived to adult years, only four of the circle now survive. James A., brother of Mr. (iibson, was in the same company and regiment for eighteen months. His death occurred in Oregon. Our subject received such limited school advantages as could be obtained in the primitive log schoolhouse of those frontier days. His marriage was celebrated November 10, 185!), with Miss Mary Poe, a native of Buchanan County. Her parents were from Virginia and Tennessee and early settlers of this region. Until the war broke out Mr. (iibson worked for his father, raising hemp and managing the farm. On the 12th of June, 1861, William Gibson enlisted in the Confederate service, becoming a member of Company A, First. Missouri Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Gates. The company de- parted from home June 1 1, and did not return until the 14th of June, 1865. Mr. (iibson was a Sergeant when he left St. Joseph. He fought in the battles of Carthage, Springfield and Lexing- ton, Mo., and after Price's return from Spring- field went to Cross Hollow, where he fought for three days. He afterward took part in the skir- mish after Shiloh, and was in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Champion Hills and the siege of Yicks- burg. Suffering from an illness that well nigh proved fatal in the hospital, he went on sick leave to Virginia. Later he became a member of the Twenty-fifth Virginia Regiment and went on skir- mishes up and down the valley. After the battle of Jonesville, he went to Smithfield and Win- chester, taking part in those engagements. In the charge on the works of Franklin he was wounded, being shot in the right leg and having the bone shattered. He would not allow them to amputate the member, but was captured and sent to the hos- pital at Nashville, where he was kept for two PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 159 months .-i.it < 1 then transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio, and later to Point Lookout Being paroled, he came home on crutches. (550 in debt, and when he returned to farm duties found be could not work at sue!) arduous labor. It was then that he concluded to come to St. Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson have five living children: James A. and William P. who are foremen in their father's business; Isabella A., wife of S. A. Stew- art; Maggie, wife of Geo. T. Smith; and John L. Mr. Gibson is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church South, and a Class-leader, Steward and Trustee of the same. He is President of the Build- ing Committee and superintended the erection of the church edifice. In politics Mr. Gibson is a Democrat, has been a delegate to county conven- tions, and has been a member of the City Demo- cratic Committee. as==? =~ 'Tr-^j T.WALKER, President of the Park Bank, tis one of Cameron's most eminent citizens. i whom she delights to honor. This bank, which is a private institution, was organized May 1, 1871, by Capt. J. S. Rogers, the original capital being 15,000. Four years after its organization, Mr. Walker became its President, a position which lie continues to fill with the greatest efficiency and success, while (apt. Rogers is Cashier. The bank has always kept open doors, even during those dark days when financial panics were crushing many of the most solid enterprises. It has there- fore gained the conlidence of the community and a high Btanding among other corporations. Mr. Walker is now in the prime of life, having been born January 1, 1 m 14. lie was reared in Clin- ton County, Ohio, hia birthplace, and in his boy- hood attended school at an intitule, spending the Vacations as clerk in a store. The education ac- quired at his home was supplemented by a course of studj in liartlett's Commercial College, < Cincin- nati, where he availed himself of every opportu- nity for increasing his knowledge of historical. scientific and classical subjects. I d 1*6.'. In- came to Missouri and accepted a position as agent for the Hannibal A- St. Joseph Railroad at Cameron, which responsible office he tilled for four years, or until 1869. He then resigned and entered into the ag- ricultural implement business as a member of the firm of C. E. Packard .V Co. The firm s was merged into that of Walker A' Shaw, and as such conducted a lucrative trade until about 1872. In addition to other duties. Mr. Walker has al- ways been interested in agricultural pursuits, and for a time superintended the management of his finely improved place of eighty acres, lie now owns sixty acres, which he ha- platted as an addi- tion to the city of Cameron, and on this property his commodious residence is located, it being on the line of De Kalb County. His marriage, which occurred June 1.1, 1869, united him with Miss Cornelia A. Caldwell, of Vermilion County, 111., a lady of great worth of character and fine educa- tion. They arc the parents of one child, Jennie R., now the wife of A. S. Newberry, of Cameron. Politically, Mr. Walker has always been firm in his adherence to the principles of the Republican party. In 1868 he was appointed County Judge by Gov. MfcClurg, and served in that office for one year. He was made a Mason in 1867, and is a member of Yineil Lodge No. 62. A. F. A- A. M., Chapter No. 67, H. A. M., Cameron: Signet Coun- cil No. 19, R. A- S. M.; Kadosh Commandery No. 21, K. T.; Consistory of Western Missouri No. 2, of Kansas City. Mo.; and he has recently taken the Thirty-second Degree of Scottish Kile. He is Past ( Irand < Mficer in each of the first four named lodges and was High Priest in the chapter for nearly twelve years. He highly prizes a line High Priest's jewel, which was presented to him by the Chapter. lie attended the Conclaves at Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis and Denver, and is prominently known ill the fraternity. A whole-souled, genial gentleman and accom- modating in business, it is not strange that Mr. Walker is one of the most popular citizens of Cameron. For many years he has done conspic- uous service in promoting the progress of the city. and is a well-known factor in her public and so- 460 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. cial life. He numbers among his friends people in all walks of life, among whom he is respected and esteemed. His progressive spirit, practical mind, critical knowledge of men and executive ability have gained for him a well-merited distinc- tion among the bankers of Missouri. ATRICK MORLEY, of St. Joseph, is a wholesale and retail coal dealer, his oilice ^ being at the corner of Sixth and Patee Streets. He is also a general contractor for excavating and sewer work, having really the largest business in that line of any in the city, and having contracts given to him for cutting down the deepest grades. Since 1864 he has been interested in the real-estate business, buying property and erecting buildings, and is now the owner of a number of fine residences and vacant property in this locality. He is deserving of great credit for his success in business life, as he was one of the many in this country who have been obliged to begin at the lowest round of the ladder»of success, and perseveringly work their way upward. Our subject is Vice-President of the Williams Coal Company, operating a mine at Swanwick, Ray County, of which J. R. Williams is the President, and which is a rapidly increasing and remunerative investment. Mr. Morley was born in County Mayo, Ireland, March 8, 1842, and is the son of Anthon} - and Mary (.Ionian) Moi ley, who were also natives of the Emerald Isle. The father was engaged in con- tracting and farming, being quite a successful man in the business world. Our subject is the youngest of five children, of whom four are now living, and is the only one who is now in America, lie was reared on his father's farm, and in 1859 came to America on the sailing-vessel "Collodion," bound from Liverpool to New ( Irleans. After a voy- age of fifty flays our subject arrived at his desti- nati and at once proceeded up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, and thence by rail to St. Joseph. Mr. Morley was in the employ at first, of the city in the river improvement, under Mayor Jefferson Thomas, next entering the employ of the packet line of steamers called the Hannibal & St. Joseph, between the cities of Omaha and Kansas City, both of which were new and had but a small population or promise of the future opening before them. During the war, the packet boats went into the Government employ as transports on the Missis- sippi, and Mr. Morley was on one of them during the siege of Vicksburg, and was also at the battles of Columbus, Corinth, Island No. 10 and New Mad- rid, Mo. The transport on which he was running was the "Emily," under Capt. Joseph La Barge. After two years' service on the Mississippi, the boat went up the Missouri to its headwaters, in charge of Capt. La Large. They were attacked by the Sioux Indians, at the mouth of the Milk River, and had quite an exciting engagement there, after which the}' proceeded eighteen miles above Ft. Lenton, nearly to the Falls of the Missouri, which was a point further than any steamer had ever be- 'fore ventured up the river. Mr. Morley was on the "Denver" when it took fire in the docks of St. Joseph, and has had many narrow escapes and exciting incidents during his life on the river. In 1861 and the following year, our subject en- gaged in farming where the race track is now lo- cated, and in the summer of 1866 he made a trip to the Rocky Mountains, hauling produce and freight, and taking sixty-two days going to and re- turning from Denver. The party was at one lime held at one of the forts until their number was reinforced, when they were allowed to proceed. In 1869, our subject finally left the river, en- gaging in teaming and contracting; at the latter business doing more or less up to the present time. He has met with marked success in his commercial undertakings, and has developed into a clever and sagacious man of business. The pleasant home of Mr. Morley is located at the corner of Fourteenth and Olive Streets, his home being presided over by his amiable wife, who was formerly Miss Elizabeth Dolaghanty, to whom he was married in 1869. Their union has been blessed with three children, Mary, Nellie and Laurina J., who were all given good school privi- en z < 4. t < z z < -i J Lii PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 163 leges, and are influential young people in the so- ciety in which they move. Our subject and his family are members of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, and. socially, he belongs to the Knights of Honor, of which he is a charter member. For eight years he was a member of the County Dem- ocratic Committee, and was once the nominee of his party for County Judge of the second District, being defeated by only a few votes. AMES II. WILLIAMS, one Of the Old resi- dents of Jackson Township, Buchanan County, was born in Lincoln County. Ivy., 'JJ§^/ on January 8, 1829, being the eldest in a family of ten children, all of whom grew to man- hood and womanhood, and seven of whom are still living. The parents were Lewis L. and Mary K. (Abraham) Williams, who were natives of Lin- coln County, Ky., and Virginia, respectively. Our Subject's paternal grandfather, John Williams, a native of the Emerald Isle, early came to America, locating in the Blue Grass region, where he reared his family. Lewis L. Williams, our subject's father, came to Buchanan County in the fall of 1851, and began improving a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, to which he afterward added an additional eighty- acre tract, lie developed this farm from a wild* r- aeSS to one which "blossomed as the rose." He was an honest Christian man, and one who was re- spected by all who knew him. He never aspired to public office, but devoted all his time and en- ergy to the development of his farm. He was called from this life in March, 18!U, in his eighty- seventh year. His wife is still living. aged eighty- four years. Since 1851 -lames II. Williams lias been a rasi- deiii of Buchanan County, and with his parents lived on the old homestead which his father had purchased the previous fall. In Lincoln County, Ky., in the year 18.J2 he was united in marriage with Mis- Armanda Moorehead, and at once re- turned ta Buchanan County. Two children were born to them: Mary J., wife of T. J. McKinney, who resides in Holt County, Mo.; and Sophia B., wife of \V. T. Clark, who lives in Smith County, Kan. In 1856, Mr. Williams went to Holt County, where he remained until 1890, when, losing his loving wife, and his children being married, lie returned to the old home to care for his aged par- ents, which he has since done manfully. His par- ents were both members of the Baptist Church, and much respected in the neighborhood of the home where they hail lived 80 long. Mr. Will- iams' farm in Holt County is a well-cultivated one of one hundred and eighty acres, while the place belonging to his mother, which he is now manag- ing, comprises two hundred and forty acres. Po- litically, Mr. Williams is a Democrat. His pater- nal grandfather emigrated to Kentucky from Ire- land at an early day, where he married Elizabeth Brassfield. On the maternal side, the Abraham family is of French descent. I* i /=\ APTAIN TolJIAs E. WEAVER, Justice of (If the Peace of St. .Joseph, Buchanan County, ^^^/ is one of the old Missouri River captains, and ran back and forth on the river for many years, going char to the headwaters. He had many thrilling experiences and passed through many great dangers. He started in as a pilot and was probably in that capacity on one hundred different boats. 1'ntil 1856 he made St. Louis his headquarters, but after that year St. Joseph was his home until 1858, when he returned to the former city, living there for several years. If is now over thirty-five years, however, since he made a permanent local ion in this city. The Captain was born in Fauquier County. Va the farm where the battle of P.ull Run was fought many years later. The date of his birth was September 25, 1825- His boyhood waspassed in the city of Washington, where he lived until 464 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his fourteenth year, when he removed with his father to St. Louis. The latter, whose Christian name was John, was born in Baltimore, and fol- lowed the calling of a painter. AVhen he arrived in St. Louis in 1839 it had only twenty thousand inhabitants. He became a contractor and was quite well-to-do before his death in 1857. He was of German descent, and was married in Baltimore to Rebecca Stinchcombe, a native of that city. They were parents of six children, only two of whom are now living. Our subject received private school training in both Washington and St. Louis. He first started to learn his father's trade, but finally became a ship-carpenter. In 1*45 he went as a carpenter on a boat plying the river, and by 1847 had complet- ed his trade. The following two years he devoted himself to learning the intricacies and windings of the river as a pilot, and in 1851 found himself a full-fledged captain and pilot on the Missouri River. He passed through two sieges of cholera, and carried hosts of California gold-seekers, who were called ''pilgrims," to Western points. Dur- ing the many years he was on the river, in which time he had charge of perhaps five-score boats, two were sunk. He often went as far as Ft. Benton, thirty-three hundred miles from St. Louis, Mo. He has also traveled up the Missouri River to the mouth of the Yellowstone, the Yellowstoue being navigable for a distance of five hundred miles. With much of the West he was thoroughl}- acquainted, and often saw great herds of buffalo, as well as Indians, both being so numerous on the plains that they attracted little attention. About 1874 the Captain left his active life on the river. For six or seven years he was employed on the building of the Grand Island Railroad Bridge. For the following five years he was a collector, and in 1886 was elected Justice of the Peace on the Democratic ticket, being re-elected to that position in 1890. He is a stanch Democrat and a member of the Jefferson Club. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic and Odd Fellows' socie- ties. In Andrew County, eight miles north of St. Jo- seph, the Captain and Miss Elizabeth Owen were united in marriage in 18(!(i. The lady was born in Maryland, and is the mother of two children: James II., who is a conductor on the Grand Island Railroad; and Maggie, Mrs. Clarence Kirby. resid- ing in St. Louis. Captain Weaver and wife have long been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. 'H H li*^ GID WAGNER is a prominent citizen of St. Joseph, and since his arrival in the 71 United States in 1859 has made his home in this city. He has ever taken an active part in public enterprises, and few men have as much influence in the political circles of this locality as he. He is a strong Republican and has been sent as a delegate to a number of county and State conventions of the part)'. Whenever he has been particularly inter- ested in the result of an election, the returns have plainly manifested the influence he has ex- erted, for he is a logical reasoner and has a way of impressing men with the side of the question he adopts. For four years he served his fellow- citizens as Alderman from the Fourth Ward, and during that time was on the Finance Committee. Until recently Mr. Wagner was proprietor of the Atlantic Hotel, which he operated for twelve years. John Wagner, the father of our subject, was a farmer in Bavaria, and was also a carpenter by trade. His death occurred in his native land when he had attained the age of fifty-two years. His wife, formerly Josephine Herbert, was also born in Bavaria, and came to America in 1859 with her son of whom this sketch is a brief record, and died at his home in October, 1890, at the age of eighty-two years. She was a devoted member of the Catholic Church, and was the mother of four children who lived to mature years. Two of these are since deceased, and our subject and his sister Caroline, now Mrs. Prinz, of St. Joseph, are the only survivors. Mr. Wagner was reared until his sixteenth year on the old farm in Bavaria, Germany, near Housen, where his birth occurred September 5, PORTRAIT AND WOCJRAl'IIICAL RIX'ORD. 165 1.843. An older brother of his camu to America in 1855, settling in St. Joseph, and in the frill of 185'.', Egid Wagner, with hi* mother and sister, also made the journey, leaving Bremen in the steamer "City of Bremen." After seventeen days on the Atlantic, they arrived in New York City an rl came on to St. Joseph. Our subject learned the Inker's trade and at the end of three years he and his two brothers bought the business of .Mr. Moretz Siegi, on Second Street, on the western Bide "f the square. This they carried on until the spring of 1864, when our subjeel made a trip to the mountains, driving a team across the plains, lie was gone about six months and ran a bakery in Virginia City. Mont., for a short time. On Mr. Wagner's return to St. Joseph he again embarked in the bakery business with his brothers, lie bore the reputation ot a practical and capable business man and one who was thoroughly master of bis trade. This bakery he ran for twenty years, during much of the time being the sole proprie- tor, lie enlarged it several times and had the largest bakery in the city. In 1H7.S he built a brick building, No. 625 Eighth Street, which he rented out for a meat market. At about this time he became the proprietor and owner of the At- lantic Hotel, which is at Xos. (121 and 623, a saloon at No. HIT. and a bakery atNo. 619 Eighth Street. The bakery Mr. Wagner carried on until 1891, since which time his sons have taken charge of it. In 1890 he rented the hotel, which has a frontage of one hundred and two feet, and is now practi- cally retired from business, though he has consider- able money invested, which brings in a good in- come. Among his possessions are two brick resi- dences On Messanie Street, two frame residences. a double tenement at Xos. 606 and 608 South Ninth Street, and a brick block, 50x125 feet. In May, 1890, be built his fine large brick residence Fannie Hill, of Plattsburgh, Mo., and a native of this state. Mr.and Mis. Dawson are the parents of one child, a daughter, Lizzie. FDW'ARD T. MOORE, M.D. To attain dis- tinction in any of the learned professions 'I' — £) is the proud ambition of many a struggling man, who looks forward to the prize to lie gained toward the end of the race, and which, when gained, is accounted as having been worth the struggle. The results attained by Dr. Moore in his practice of surgery and medicine in I he beautiful city of DeKalb have been highly grati- fying, and he deservedly ranks high in the esti- mation of bis fellow- townsmen, who regard him as one of the best and most prominent physicians in the place. A native of Fillmore. Andover County, Mo.. Dr. Moore is the son of Dr. W. 1*. M <-. who had his birth in Kentucky, in which State his mother, Mis. Margaret C. (Dysart) Moore, was also born. The paicni- came to Missouri in 1850, locating at Fillmore, where they were residing on the out- break of the Civil War. Moving south with his family, Dr. M e did g 1 Bervice in the South- ern Army, remaining until 1867, when, returning to Missouri, he made his h e in Newmarket, Platte County. lie is at present engaged in the practice of his profession in Mary ville, where he removed in 1H7'.». Dr. W. P. Moore was educated in the Univer- sity of Georgetown, Ky., and later, when deter- mining to enter the medical profession, followed the course of study laid down in the McDowell Medical College, of St. Louis. He was a surgeon in the Confederate Arm] during the war. and in all has been engaged in practice for a period of forty years. In politics he is a Democrat, and dur- ing Cleveland's first term of Office was appointed United States Examining Surgeon. In 1888-89 he held the position of County Physician of Noda- way County, and was President of the .Medical Society of that county for a number of years. With his wife, he is a devoted member of the Chris- tian Church, and the efforts which have crowned his success as a physician have won him the good opinion of all. Of the parental family of thirteen children. three are deceased. Dr. Edward T. Moore, who was the third in order of birth, was born December :!, 1856, in Fillmore. Completing his studies in the Missouri State University at Columbia with the Class of '75,yOung Moore, desirous of follow- ing the profession in which his father had become so prominent, entered the Missouri Medical Col- lege at St. Louis, and was graduated therefrom in 1879. After receiving his degree as Doctor of Medicine, he entered the otliee of his father, with whom he remained until 1884, when he came to De Kalb. which place has since been his home. Dr. Edward T. Moore and Miss Mary E., daugh- ter of Dr.Preston Ramsey, were united in marriage June 9, 1886. Mrs. Moore was married in the same house where her birth occurred April 8, 1868. Sin- is a lady possessing many accomplishments, and is a devoted member of the Christian Church. Of her union with our Bllbject one SOU has been horn, Paul ( iervais. 468 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Dr. Moore takes an active part in polities, and always casts his vote for the Democratic candi- dates. Socially he is a member of the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fe I lows, which organization he has served as Recording Secretary of his lodge, lie is also a member of the State Medical Society. He enjoys so large a patronage that it is very dif- ficult for him to answer all the demands made upon his time and skill. 4pssa J. CARSON occupies a responsible and lu- ^^4 crative position in St. Joseph as general ill// Jj) agent for the William Deering A' Com- pany harvesting machines. lie has trav- eled over every township in his territory several times, the route comprising about thirty counties in northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kan- sas. His office and headquarters are at Nos. 31(! and 318 Sylvan le Street, where he has been estab- lished since January, 1892. Mr. Carson was born in Washington Township, Buchanan County, Aug- ust 9, 1857. His paternal grandfather, Camp- bell Carson, was a native of Virginia, and an early settler in Kentucky, where our subject's father, James I)., and his mother, formerly MissSallie A. Woodson, were born. The father of Mrs. Carson, whose name was Jefferson, died on his way to Cal- ifornia from Kentuck}', on the Little Blue, in Kan- sas. Mr. Carson of this sketch is of Scotch-Irish descent, and is the youngest in a family of three children, one of whom is now deceased. His bro- ther, Thomas A., was Deputy-Sheriff, and died in St. Joseph in 1890. Charles W. Carson, his other brother, is now Sheriff of Buchanan County. His father having removed to this county in the '50s, our subject was reared to man's estate on the farm, first attending the common schools, and later the Christian Brothers' School in St. Joseph. Afterwards Mr. Carson carried on his father's farm, and engaged in stock-raising and dealing in cattle in company with his brother, Thomas A., until 1883. At that time he entered the employ of William Deering A: Company as bookkeeper, occupying that position for a year. A short time after this he entered the employ of the same firm as a traveling salesman, having much the same territory as he now supervises, and continued on the road until January, 1892. In addition to making sales, he had charge of a branch house in St. Joseph. In 1892, Mr. Carson established a gen- eral agency, and has since had charge of this wide and important field. He still owns the old home- stead of one hundred and sixty acres, which is valuable and well improved, located only four miles from the city. As a business man Mr. Car- son has made a marked success, as he attends faith- fully to his employer's interests and in every way possible tries to advance the same. He is a good conversationalist and readily makes himself popu- lar with business men by his affable ways and cor- rect business methods. Thus he has built up for the firm an extensive trade, which fact they thor- oughly recognize. In 1892,in Kansas City was performed the mar- riage ceremony which united the hearts and hands of Mr. Carson and Miss Carrie Gamble, who was born in this State. She is an educated, refined and cultured lady, and has made man}' friends. Our subject is a Democrat in his political affilia- tions, is a Knight-Templar Mason, and a member of Moila Shrine of this city. -'■{••{••{••{•* ^AMKS HILL is the popular Cashier of the Commercial Bank of St. Joseph, Mo., with which he lias been connected since the 1st ' of June, 1892, succeeding John T. Johnson. Our subject is one of the most agreeable business men of the fit}', and it was a fine stroke of policy on the part of the directors when they selected him as Cashier. He is widely known, and few who have held public office in the county have won more genuine esteem. He is a careful busi- PORTRAIT AND RIOORAEII'CAL RECORD. IC'.I a ess man and a thorough bookkeeper. In 1876 Mi. Hull was elected County Treasurer, serving in that capacity for four years, and was re-elected to th? t very responsible office in 1882 for another term of four years. In 1888 he was chosen County Collector, his term expiring in the spring of 1898. It is said that his books, when turned over to his successor, balanced, and everything was in the most systematic and exact shape. The gentleman of whom this is a brief record was born in Wheeling. W. Va., December 24, 1839. His father, David Hull, was a brother of Joseph C. Hull, of St. Joseph. Roth of our subject's parents were descendants of the Zane family, who were early settlers of Wheeling. Col. Zane being com- mander of the old fort at that point. After this family was named the city of Zanesville, Ohio. In 1857 our subject came to St. Joseph and entered the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, which was run by his uncle. Joseph C. Hull. He remained as clerk in the institution until 1862, when he re- turned to his birthplace. Prior to assuming his position in the St. Joseph Rank, he had taken a course in a commercial college at Wheeling. Going to Zanesville, Ohio, Mr. Hull was for one year and a-half bookkeeper and paying teller in a bank of that city. In December, 18G3, return- ing to this city, he entered the bank of A. Beattie St Co., remaining as a clerk, cashier and partner until the death of Mr. Beattie in 1878. This bank, which at the time was the largest in the city, was for twenty-three years managed by Maj. Arm- strong Reattie, who was a Provost-Marshal for one year, and a leading politician, lie was a brother- in-law of Senator Wilson, of Missouri. Our sub- ject was a member of the firm for three years. The bank stood on the east side of Third Street, between Felix and Kdmond Streets. The business was closed up by R. L. McDonald as executor without Mr. Hull's receiving a cent. Twenty years ago our subject began working up a Bre-inSUTance agency, and he does the largest business in this line in the city. The linn is known as James Hull 4 Co., his brother George being a partner. They are agents for many of the leading companies, among which arc the .Etna; the Rlnenix.of Hartford; and the Home Insurance and German-American of New Xork City. In this line of occupation. a8 well as in even Other, Mr. Hull has carried a large percentage of the peo- ple with him. In Burlington, on the 28d of May, 1877. Mr. Hull was united in marriage with Clara V. Robin- son, of Burlington, Iowa. Three children, a -on and two daughters, have come to bless their home and fireside, their names being as follows: Elizabeth Zane, James Clark and Mabel C. Mr. Hull is a Vestryman in Christ Church, to which he has belonged for twenty years, and is also Treasurer of the same. In politics he is a Democrat, and socially is a Knight-Templar Mason. The prosperity of a community depends in a great measure upon its business men, who come in con- tact with the public daily, and therefore create prejudice either for or against the place in which they live. In our Subject is found one of the most valued citizens of this thriving Western city, for he is public-spirited and has the best interests of the place thoroughly at heart. His sterling worth is recognized by his large circle of friends and acquaintances, who speak of him in terms of highest praise. <& fclNFlELD SCO IT MORRISON, M.D. The \/\l/i nK ' ( li'' ;l '' profession has ever attracted the Wy leading minds of all ages and those who have most desired to alleviate the evils to which flesh is heir. Among the well-known physicians of Buchanan County, perhaps none occupies a more enviable position in the confidence of the people than does Dr. Morrison. His practice is very extensive, indeed rather more than he can easily manage, for he has very little time for needed resl and recreation, having to ride almost continuously on his round.--, and being obliged to keep three horses to serve a- relays. In the beautiful Blue Grass region of Fleming County, Ky., Dr. Morrison was horn on the 28th 470 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of April, 1852, his parents being David and Eliza (Ileyter) Morrison. The former was a native of Kentucky, while the mother came from Virginia. Both parents passed almost their entire lives in Kentucky, where the father was a prominent far- mer and an influential politician in the Republican party. His death occurred at the age of seventy- four years, his wife attaining the age of sixty- eight years. Of their nine children eight are liv- ing. One brother and one sister are residents of Oklahoma Territory, while the others, with the ex- ception of our subject, are still living in their na- tive State. Charles died of diphtheria at the age of six years. Winfield S. Morrison remained at home until seventeen years of age, working on his father's farm, and during the winter season going for three months to the district school, which was situated one and a-lialf miles from his home. In his eigh- teenth year he commenced teaching school in order to obtain money for his higher education. He then went to Madison, where he pursued his studies for one term, after which he taught school in Hillsboro, Ky., and then attended for a term at the Normal College in Lebanon. Ohio, there com- pleting a business course. Returning to Hillsboro, he taught in the high schools for a year, afterward going back to Lebanon for a 3 r ear's work in the sciences and classics. Being well prepared for bis further studies, Mr. Morrison concluded to adopt the medical profes- sion, and with that idea in view commenced read- ing under the guidance of Dr. James Thompson, of Lower Blue Lick, Ky., with whom he remained for three years, a portion of the time being spent in teaching school to enable him to complete his medical education. From there he entered the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where he obtained a practical knowledge in the Good Sam- aritan Hospital. Having graduated in 1880 from that noted college, he went to Mt. Olivet^ Ky., where he remained for six months. On September 15, 1881, the Doctor and Miss Allie Lee Wells were united in matrimony. The lady is a daughter of ,1. M. and Eliza Wells, na- tives of Missouri and Tennessee, respectively, she being the only daughter in their family of four children. Five children have graced the union of this worthy couple, four of whom are living, a lit- tle daughter, Ruth, having died in infancy of the whooping-cough. Virgil was born July 25, 1882; Paul Seneca, July 11, 1881; Althea, April 29, 1887; and Hannibal, May 10. 1890. On the 16th of July, 1880, Dr. Morrison came to Rushville, and here commenced his piactice, also opening a drug store, which he yet carries on. For many years he has written for the standard medical journals, his articles being very attractive and considered as authorit3' on medicine and general surgery. He is often called in consulta- tion with the best physicians in St. Joseph and Atchison, as well as in other neighboring towns, and his practice extends over a large portion of the county. He is the owner of eighty acres of fine land on section 16, township 57, range 37, which he rents to a good advantage. He also owns a fine store and pleasant residence in the village. He is a Democrat of no uncertain stamp, and a member of Lodge No. 278, A. F. & A. M., of Rushville. Both he and his estimable lady are members of the Christian Church and devoted to its best interests. &+£ e_ _9 Q" ffijSs ASPER WECKERLE, a successful dealer in III groceries at St. Joseph, was born amid the ^*~^ beautiful scenery of Switzerland, on the 26th of February, 182'.». His father, Casper Week - erle, was a stock-dealer and farmer in Switzerland, where he was married. Our subject is the young- est of six children born to Casper and Anna Weckerle, four of whom are living. He was reared on his father's farm until 1852, when he emigrated to America from Havre, France, and landed in New York after a voyage of twenty- six days. He remained in Toledo, Ohio, for two months, and then came to Missouri and located at St. Joseph in 1852, where he was employed on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. Mr. Weckerle worked some at sawmilling and &: Edward Snyder POBTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 178 :it Steam boa tin-; until 18">(i, when he engaged in tin- grocery business on his own account, in which he continued until the Civil War. During that struggle he enlisted in the State militia under Captain Hoax, and after peace was declared he resumed liis former occupation, soon after locat- ing in the place where he now conducts his bu~M-^, l£S=~ INSl.ow I'. SNYDER, one of Buchanan County's oldest residents and a prominent citizen of Tremont Township, was horn in Washington County. Ind., On the 3d of January, 1828. At the age of twelve years he accompanied In- parents to Buchanan County, where he has continued to reside, with the exception of eigh- teen months spenl in Joplin, Mo. His parents, Edward and Malinda (Sutherland) Snyder, were natives of l'ennyslvania and .NVw fork, respec- 23 lively, and in a very early da\ removed to Indi- ana, locating iii Washington County. Thence in I Hill they came to lluclianan County and settled on a farm near the east line of the county, the present home of our Subject. I ntil he was twenty year- of age, Mr. Snyder remained with Ins parents. April 18, L848, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Tower, a native of Indiana, who came to Missouri in L840. After his marriage Mr. Snyder studied medicine under his father-in-law, Dr. Tower, and after ac- quiring a thorough knowledge of his profession commenced its practice in Buchanan County and continued thus engaged for a number of years. lie was afterward obliged to abandon professional duties on account of failing health, and a^ he has never regained his former vigor, he has not re- sumed his practice. As a physician he had the confidence of the entire community and was a skillful and successful practitioner. Mr. Snyder was bereaved by the death of his wife, Februarj 20, L 870, at the age of thirty-six years. She was a lady who won the friendship of all who met her by her kindness of heart and sweetness of character. She was the mother of fourteen children, namely: John, Malinda, Ruth, Edward II., Joanna, Samuel. Margaret A., William R., Lizzie, Evans Augustus, Winslow I'., Jr., Thomas V. and Hiram King, all of whom are liv- ing. They reside in Missouri, with the exception of Edward, a carpenter of Chicago; Evans Aug- ustus and Thomas, residents of California, and Ruth, who lives in Kansas. Lizzie and Winslow P., Jr., are at borne with their father. One child died in infancy. The owner of the old Snyder home-lead i- the sister of our subject. Margaret A., who i- a lady of great benevolence and superintends with splendid executive ability the management of the farm. con- sisting of one hundred and eighty-eight acres. She was born in Washington County, Ind., November 13, 1825, and remained with her parent- until they died, when she inherited the home farm. Since then -he ha- superintended the work connected with the place, and by the exercise of g 1 judg- ment and excellent busine8S tact she ha- become \er\ well-to-do. on her farm she has erected two 474 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. elegant residences, which would do credit to St. Joseph or any city in the State. Although she has chosen to remain unmarried, her life has not been an idle or useless one; on the contrary, her time is fully occupied in the cares of the estate. In her beautiful home she is surrounded by the luxuries of life, while the loving attention of friends and relatives adds to her happiness. The readers of this volume are indebted to ber for a fine portrait of her father, Edward Snyder (de- ceased), who was one of the early and respected pioneers of this part of Missouri. -^^1 \\m mm^ 1TSTAVUS AUDRIANO, a well-to-do busi- ness man of St. Joseph, lias lived a retired | life for the past five years, previous to which he was engaged in the wholesale liquor business and in importing wines. Our subject was born in Manheim, Germany, August 15, 1837, and is a son of Ludwig E. Audriano, a na- tive of the same province. Our subject's paternal grandfather was a porcelain manufacturer in Ger- many. Ludwig E. Audriano was a merchant in Man- heirn, where his death occurred. His wife, who was formerly Magdelene Neck, was the mother of six children, one of whom is now deceased. Gustavus Audriano is the eldest of the family and was brought up on the banks of the picturesque Rhine River. He attended the common school and ly- ceum, where he completed a course of stud} - . Mr. Audriano received some practical lessons in merchandising before leaving the Fatherland, and in 1866 came to America, leaving Hamburg on the steamer "Teutonia." After seventeen days the vessel arrived safely in New York City, and our subject came on west to St. Joseph, which was then a town of about twelve thousand inhabitants. He engaged with li is cousin, Theodore H. Boin- gesser, a wholesale and retail grocer by trade, and our subject entered his employ as his book- keeper, continuing with him until 1872. He then became traveling salesman for the firm of Koch, Chew & Co.. dealers in wholesale groceries and liquors, and canvassed the States of Missouri, Kan- sas, Nebraska and Iowa for two years. At the end of this time the firm left the business, and Mr. Audriano became the bookkeeper of the German Savings Bank, where he was employed for two years. In August. 1876, he of whom we write formed a partnership with Philip Arnholt, and embarked in the wholesale liquor and importing business at No. 118 North Second Street. The firm was known as G. Audriano & Company for a short time, and then Mr. Arnholt retiring, the former continued in business alone for three years, hav- ing the store at No. 112 South Second Street. In time he took into partnership with him two of his brothers-in-law, and the firm then became Audri- ano, Goelitz & Lollnck, continuing as such for three years. The style of the firm was next G. Audriano ifc Company, and thus remained until our subject retired from business in 1888. He started his trade by traveling himself at first, and later employing agents. In Marysville, Kan., Mr. Audriano and Miss Emma Goelitz were united in matrimony on Jan- uary 4, 1877. Mrs. Audriano was born in St. Louis, and her fattier was one of the early settlers and business men in Marysville. Our subject and wife have five children: William, George, Alma, Gustavus, Jr., and Olga. In politics our subject is a Republican. He owns a fine residence at the corner of Frederick Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street, also other residence property in the city, and several farms in Kansas. *«£=- l\\ ROF ' DAVID S - BRILHART for the past )JJ fifteen years has been engaged in the hard- s'^ ware business in Lathrop, Clinton County, \ under the firm name of Brilhart & Co. His grandfather, David Brilhart, was a soldier in the AVar of the Revolution, and was of German parent- PORTRAIT AND lUOCPAPIIK AL RKCOED age. He was a farmer by occupation, and re- moved to Maryland at an early 'lay. where he lived until railed from this life, lie was a mem- ber of the German Reformed Church. By his firsl wife. I'm' he was twice married, he had two sons and six daughters, the suns, John and Isaac, be- ing both fanners. Our subjecl was a sun uf John and Elizabeth Brilhart. The former was born in Maryland in 181(1. and was married m that State, lie reared to mature years a family of eight children, who are named as follows: Michael S., Anna (now de- ceased), DavidS., Sarah, Mary, Leah, Isaac and John. The mother of our subject, who was a daughter of Michael Stambach, was born in York County, l'a. Her father, who was a farmer by oc- cupation, was twice married, having one son anil two daughters by his flrst union, and two daugh- ters by the second marriage. John Brilhart was called from this life in the fall of 1890. His wife had died many years previously, about the year I860. The father was a Democrat politically, and both himself and wife were members of the Ger- man Reformed Church. The early education of David S. Brilhart was acquired in the common schools, after which he became a student in the Western Maryland Col- lege, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1864. He also attended for some time the Manchester Academy, in Maryland. Leaving home at the age of sixteen years, he was employed in a shoemaker's shop for .about two years, lie then began teaching school during the winter season and pursued his studies during the sum- mer term. In spite of all obstacles, he was deter- mined to obtain a good education and was inde- fatigable in the pursuit of wisdom. In 1866 he entered Shrewsbury Academy, in Pennsylvania, wlnrc he taughl for a period of four years. After- ward he assumed charge of the public schools at Keisterstown, Md. In 1872, coming Wot, out subject tooU charge of the public schools of Lath- rop, m which position he remained for five year.-. In 1*77. a- before stated, he embarked in the hard- ware business, in which occupation he ha- ever since been successfully engaged. ()u December 7. 1881, the Professor was united in marriage with Miss Ella l'>. Stuckey, who was bom in Pennsylvania, and i» a daughter of Simon s. and Caroline (Border) Stuckey. now of Illinois. Mrs. Brilhaii was educated in Monmouth College. III., and before her marriage was a successful teacher. Three children blessed their union: Rena, Jessie and David G. Jessie died October 27, 1891. For many years Mr. Brilhart has been an active member of the Presbyterian Church and served a- an Elder in the same. In local af- fairs he has endeavored to pr te the best in- terims of all concerned and for many years has been a member of the Town Council. The cause of education finds in him a champion and friend, and hi' is now the Presidenl of the Board of Edu- cation, lie is intelligent and well-read, keeping posted on all the leading issues and scientific dis- coveries of the day. lie is highly honored and ranks high in this community. =»HE VERY REV. FATHER CHRISTOPHER LINNENKAMP, Vicar-General of the Dio- ~y cese of St. Joseph, is Pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, at the corner of Tenth and Messanie streets in St. Joseph, lie was born in Westphalia, Germany, November 27, 1839, and went to Muscatine, Iowa, when fifteen years Of age. He secured a liberal academic education at si. \ incent's College at Cape Girardeau, Mo., and then entered St. Francis Seminary at Mil- waukee, Wis., completing a thorough theological and philosophical course in llStil. He was at ODCC called to the work in this State by Archhishop Kendrick, of St. Louis, from whose hands he re- ceived the rite of ordination March lit. 1864. The first work of Father Linnenkamp was as assistant to the Pastor of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church in St. Louis, where he served for a period Of t'U months. In the early part of 1865, he wa- assigned work at Weston, Platte County, where he remained for ahoui four years, being transferred 476 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. to this city in 1869, and given charge of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, which posi- tion lie still occupies. From the time of his as- suming charge, the church has grown from a mem- bership of two hundred and fifty to nearly two thousand. They own a fine property, which has been well improved, and on which is located a parochial school, to which Father Linnenkamp gives his personal attention. He was made Vicar- General upon coming here, and a great portion of the work of the Diocese has fallen upon him, as there has been no resident Bishop since the Dio- cese of Kansas City was formed and Bishop Ilogan was transferred from St. Joseph to that city. At two periods our subject served as Administrator of the Diocese, the first for about a year during the absence of the Bishop in Europe, and a second time for some months when the latter was visiting the Pope in 1878. Father Linnenkamp is a cultured gentleman, full of good common-sense and practical views of life. He is popular with all the citizens of St. Joseph, and is remarkably free from the bigotry which so frequently characterizes the cloth. A man of decided ability, without doubt the ablest priest in this city, and of tine physique, he attracts attention and commands respect. EDWARD H. NASH. Among the many com- mercial travelers in the West whose head- ' quarters are in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, is this gentleman, whose birth occurred in this city, June 29, 1860. His education was here acquired, and with the history of this region his own is thoroughly identified. He has been very success- ful in business, and has been in the employ of one firm since branching out in his active career. This is the well-known house of Tootle, Ilosea & Com- pany, which was then the firm of Tootle, Craig . 14, R. A. M. PORTRAIT ANI P.ll 'ORAPHICAI. RECORD. 177 He is a Knight Templar, belonging to Hugh De- Payne Commandery No 7)1. and to Moila Tem- ple, Mystic Shrine. He uses bis righl of Franchise in favor of the Democratic party. In the city of S£ Joseph Mr. Nash ami Miss Martha A. Hold were united in wedlock, the cere- mony being performed Jnne 20, 1888. Mrs. Nash, who was born in Palmyra, Mo., was reared to womanhood and educated in this city. Onr sub- ject and wife have one child, whom they have named Arderv. '■ 't -Mp Jl HRISTIAN T. GAUGH, who served in the late war with honor, is a contracting ifj painter and successful business man of St. .1 ph. Buchanan County. He was born in Fay- ette County, Pa., September 25, 1884. His pater- nal grandfather was a native of the Keystone Stale, and of Scotch descent. Our subject's fa- ther, .John Gaugh, was born in Washington Coun- ty, Pa., and was one of the pioneers of Crawford County, settling in the wilderness some three miles from the Ohio line, where he cleared one hundred and sixty acres and there resided until his death. lie was Justice of the Peace for twenty years and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He died in 1852, aged seventy-seven years. Our subject's mother, Esther (Given) Gaugh, was born in the northern part of Ireland, and was brought up as a Scotch-Presbyterian. Her death occurred in 1 8(57. at which time she had attained the good old age of eighty-five years. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom eight grew to mature years. Of this large circle, only three are now living. When only two years old our subject was taken to Crawford County and was brought up on the farm. He attended the pioneer log schoolhouse and there obtained a limited education. When sixteen years old Ik- was apprenticed as a painter and carriage-maker in Hart-town, Pa., for four years, and received an average of a shilling per daj and his board, but clothed himself for that length of lime. For a while lie worked by the piece for his old employer and then with a part- ner started a shop at .lame-town. Pa. For some year- he continued at his trade and then went to Newport. Ky., where he engaged in house-paint- ing, following that occupation for one year. His next move was to Rock Island, III., and in the fall of l«."it; he located in Sioux City. Iowa. Ill the spring of 1861 Mr. ( laugh enlisted in Company I. Seventh Iowa Cavalry, being sent out on the plains under Gen. Sully. The members of this company furnished their own horses and were honored in being selected by their general as his body-guard. Mr. Gaugh was soon made acting hospital steward, and after eighteen months of such service the old surgeon found out that he could bake, he having learned when a boy. Conse- quently he was detailed as baker at the Sioux City hospital, and afterward was removed to Laramie, lie remained in the service until his three years of enlistment were up. and he was then honorably discharged. Mr. Gaugh came to St. Joseph in the spring of 1865, and purchased a lot, on which he built a house and commenced obtaining contracts for painting. About 1880 he took in hi- second -on as partner, the firm being known as C. T. Gaugh & Son. The Office is located at No. Ii.. our subject's partner; Dr. William 1 1., a graduate of St. Joseph Medical College, who is now practicing in Worthington. Minn.; and Ida (deceased), wife of A. M. Brown. Afterward Miss Carrie M. Paul became the wife of Mr. Gaugh. The lady was born in the Green Mountain State. 478 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. In the year 1 M .") 7 our subject had some trouble in regard to land in Bloomington, 111. He went there to see about it, and, as he was a stranger, inquired of various people what lawyer he should get to plead his case. As with one accord, they all replied: "If possible, secure the services of 'Honest Old Abe.' " Mr. Gaugh followed their advice and employed him. From that time he was a personal friend of the lawyer, and when he was nominated for President it is needless to say he received the warm support of our subject. Mr. Gaugh belongs to Custer Post, G. A. R., and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Westminister Presbyterian Church, and at one time was an Elder. In politics he has always been identified with the Republican party since its organization. APT. MICHEAL M. KANE is Chief of _, the Fire Department and is deserving of iJ/J great credit for the fine system of protec- tion from fires which is so generally commended in St. Joseph. Since 1879 Mr. Kane has been con- nected in some capacity with this department, but at that time the city was furnished with only two stations. As the city has increased in population and building enterprises have been advanced in all portions, it lias been found necessary to have ad- ditional protection, and they now have nine well- equipped fire engine stations, employing forty-four men, twenty-three of whom have been added since our subject was made Chief. He has also two as- sistants and has a wide field of supervision. He keeps well posted on the modern methods of cop- ing with fire and has made a special study of Chi- cago's provisions for fire protection. Mr. Kane was born in Cole County, Mo., August 15, 1855, and is a son of James and Mary (Burke) Kane. The parents were both natives of County Tipperary, Ireland, and emigrated to America when young. The former was foreman of the building of tunnels on the Missouri Pacific near Jefferson City for some time, and in the fall of 1856 came to St. Joseph, where he engaged in steamboating on the Missouri River for some years, and later engaged in teaming and freighting until shortly before his death, which occurred in April, 1888, he having reached the age of seventy-three years. Our subject's mother died in 1878, leav- ing a family of seven children, all but one of whom are yet surviving. Mr. Kane, who is the eldest- of the family, re- ceived a good education in the public schools and attended the Christian Brothers' College at St. Joseph. He early commenced to make his own way in the world, and worked in a brick-yard un- til 1871. He was apprenticed to Charles Sher- wood, Jr., to learn the drug business, but at the end of three years he found it too confining and therefore entered the employ of F. L. Sommers & Co., cracker manufacturers, continuing with that firm until April, 187'.», at which time he first be- came connected with the tire department, being engaged as a substitute. So faithfully did he per- form his duties that he was retained in service, and at the end of eighteen months was made fore- man of one of the two existing companies. In 1882 he received an appointment as Assistant Chief from Capt. Posegate, who was Mayor at that time. In that capacity he acted for three years, and was then raised to the rank of Chief of the Department by II. R. W. Ilartwig. About this time it was considered, and justly too, that politics should not enter into the ques- tion of appointments, and since that time all has been left in the hands of the Chief, who is, of course, in a position to know better than the out- side public the men who are qualified to till higher positions. In 1885. when Mr. Kane as- sumed charge as Chief, there were four stations only in the city, since which time he has been ac- tive in securing much additional protection and has more than doubled the number of stations. lie takes great pride in the efficiency of this de- partment, which is so largely under his control, and which he has year by year drilled, until it has now become one of the best in the Western cities. Mr. Kane was an organizer of the Park Bank, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 179 was formerly a Director and is still a stockholder. He also owns interest in different building and loan associations, is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Sherman Chili. 1 1 < • i - at present First Vice-president, and on the Execu- tive Committee, of the Association of Chief Engi- neers, anil attends the meetings of the associa- tions every year, in 1891 going to their conven- tion in Detroit, and the following year to Louis- ville, Ivy. Our subject is a Democrat, and is a member of the Catholic Chinch, attending the Cathedral. J++++ *-t">*L j^.^.^.+>^j5>y ^.^.++c SCAR MEYER, Chief Clerk in the office of the Ticket Auditor of the Burlington Route in Missouri, is a native of St. Joseph, where his entire life has thus far been passed. Although he occupies a position of honor and responsibility, he is still on the sunny side of life's prime, having been horn August 11, lKi!7. His paternal ances- tors for many generations were natives of Ger- many, where his father, Leopold Meyer, learned the trade of a carpenter. Emigrating from the Fatherland to the New World, he found here the prosperity for which he had hoped. While at Muscatine, Iowa, Mr. Meyer married Christine Aller, who, like himself, was a native of Germany. About 1 8. r >9 he came to St. Joseph and located in that part of the city known as Willow Grove. Most of his time was devoted to his trade. The price of his real estate advancing, he sold some lots at handsome prices, and upon other lots erected stuns and residences, from the rental of which he derives a large income. Now retired from active business cares, he makes his home in his pleasant residence at No. ">1 I Mitchell Avenue. The parental family consisted of six sons and four daughters, of whom there are now living live SOIIS and two daughters. Oscar, the lifth in order of birth, was reared in Willow Grove, now the site of the Union Depot in St. Joseph. He attended the common schools of the city and in the fall of 1888, when sixteen years old, secured a position as clerk in the store-keeper's department of the Kan- sas City office. In November, 1885, he was made Clerk in the Ticket Auditor's office and retained that position after the consolidation of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad with the Hannibal & St. Joseph. In 1887 he accepted the position of Division Clerk, and three years after- ward was appointed Chief Clerk iii the office of the Ticket Auditor. Upon the consolidation of the Missouri Lines in May, 1*'.I2, he was asked to occupy the position hitherto held under the new administration. His services are valued by the company, and his honorable methods of transact- ing business, as well as his genial courtesy, have won for him the friendship of the general public. He has the general supervision of eighteen clerks in his department. While Mr. Meyer's interests are naturally cen- tered in his business, he nevertheless devotes eon- sideiable attention to matters pertaining to the public weal, and takes an intelligent interest in questions of general importance. In his political sympathies he is a Republican, and is unwavering in his allegiance to the principles for which that party stands. He is a welcome and honored guest in the best homes of St. Joseph, and prominent in the social circles of the community. N HARLES F. STROP. Among the prominent _ young attorneys of St. Joseph, Buchanan W County, is he whose name heads this sketch. He is a member of the firm of Spencer & Strop, is a graduate of the Department of Law in the Uni- versity Of Missouri, and also the Columbia Law College, in New York City. He is a bright and ag- gressive young lawyer, who is hound to achieve distinguished success in his profession, lie is prominent in Democratic political circles, having been Chairman of the County Central Committee for two years, prior to which time he was Secretary of 480 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL, RECORD the City Committee. lie has had the honor of be- ing sent as a delegate to every city and county convention of late years, and has also attended the State conventions. In 1888 he was nominated for Representative to the State Legislature from the Second District, but was disqualified on account of his age. Charles Strop, who for one of his years has ac- complished so much, was born February 20, 1868, in St. Joseph. His boyhood and youth were spent in this city, where he received a good education, graduating from the High School at the age of six- teen years. He then pursued a course of study in the University of Missouri, graduating from the Law Department in 1886. He next read law with Green & Burnes, and believing that further thor- ough college work would be beneficial, he entered the famed Columbia College of Law in New York. In 1888 he received the degrecof LL. B., and since his return to St. Joseph has been engaged in active practice. He was first a member of the firm of Strop & Duncan. In 189(1 they dissolved partner- ship and our subject became a partner of R. L. Spencer. In November, 1891, Miss Mary Sampson became the wife of our subject. Mrs. Strop was born in ( lentry County, Mo., received superior educational advantages in this city, and is a lady possessing those amiable qualities which endear her to all who have the pleasure of making her acquaintance. Fraternally Mr. Strop is a member of Eclipse Lodge No. 143, I. O. O. F.; of Hesperion En- campment, I. O. O. F.; and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and is a charter member of Missouri Lodge No. 189)!, Modern Woodmen of America. _=). ~S1 ^H^ (=" II1LLIP IIEUSCIIELE is a florist, having his St. Joseph office at the corner of Fifteenth and Ilolman Streets. For some time past he has owned two blocks, Nos. 26 and 27, in Highly Addition. This is only a short distance north of Mt. Mora Cemetery. Here lie has five glass- . covered greenhouses, four of them being 16x75, and one 4(tx7"> feet in dimensions, thus making the buildings cover fifty-one hundred square feet. They are all heated with modern steam appliances, and arranged in the most practical manner. The trade in this branch of business is rapidly growing in this city, and each year our subject has found the demand much more than equal to the supply. Our subject was born in the southern part of Germany, May 20, 1832, and passed his boyhood and youth in his native land. He was well edu- cated in his mother tongue, and on reading ac- counts of the opportunities afforded to a young man of enterprise and ambition not onlj - to make a good livelihood, but oftentimes a fortune in the United States, he concluded to cast in his lot with the inhabitants of this favored land. Accordingly, he left home and sailed for the United States in 1846, landing in New York City. His parents, who are both quite advanced in years, still live in their home in that metropolis. In 1865 our subject came to St. Joseph, and in 1889 opened his present greenhouses, 'commencing business, however, on a small scale, with only a couple of hot beds. At the end of the 3'ear Mr. Heuschele's plant was entirely burned, and as the owner had no insurance upon it, he lost everything he had invested. This necessitated his beginning again at the bottom round of the ladder, but he was not easily discouraged, and it was not long ere he was again on his feet. He had owned for some time the property above mentioned in the Highly Addition, and on this he proceeded to construct greenhouses and carry on his business. Floriculture is peculiarly delightful and inviting to one who is a lover of nature, and it has been often remarked that there are few men who have not at least, this one touch of tenderness in their constitution — that they admire and love (lowers- Very often even the hardest eonvict is touched by the gift of a flower, and who can tell what pleasure comes to those on beds of pain from the beauty and fragrance of a few simple flowers? In short, the love of flowers and plants always be- speaks traces of the Divine Nature, ready for awakening in the most perverted soul. In Mr. Heuschele we see a gentleman who is enthusiastic RESIDENCE, TENANT-HOUSES AND GREEN-HOUSES OF PHILLIP HEU5CHELE,1S^&H0LMAN ST?. ST. JOSEPH , MO. RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM WIDMAN,KING HILL ROAD, ST. JOSEPH , MO. PORTRAIT AND RIOC.RARIIICAL RECORD. in bis work. lit- is. however, ool onlj an enthu- siast, lnii a practical business man, who has Bhown great ability in successfully managing his enter- prises. His clone and constant attention i- given tn superintending the work, and In 1 also gives em- ployment to two men. When lie was twenty-two years old, Mr. Heu- schele married in New York ( ' i i \ Miss Erederika Unkel. To them have been born six children, five sons and a daughter. In the order of their birth they are as follows: Charles, who is a druggist of this city; William, who is in the employ of Van Natta a Co.; I >tto; Frank, who is a fireman on the Maple Leaf Railroad; Emma, who is a dressmaker in the employ of Townsend, Wyatt & Emery; and Oscar, who is attending school. ^fM^<- (.0?=^ <« > 1I.I.1AM WIDMAX is beautifully and com- \rJ/l fortably located in St. Joseph, where he is yj^S engaged largely and profitably in fruit- growing and market-gardening on the King Hill road in this city. I lis grandfather, George G. Widman, was born in Germany, where he was a prominent wine-grower. The father of our sub- ject was also of German birth, bore the name of Gotleib, and, like his father, was a wine-grower, and came to America soon after the Revolutionary War. At the time gold was discovered in Cali- fornia and the people lost all thoughts of any- thing save the finding of that treasure, his busi- ness amounted to apparently nothing, so he went to Ohio, and located in Utopia, Clermont County, where he engaged in his former occupation of fruit-growing, and tried to make a home for his family. The cold hand of Death was laid upon him before he had accomplished his desire, and his wife, Caroline, died in Germany sume time after- ward, Leaving a large family of ten children, all of whom grew to mature years, and eight >>( whom are living. Out of this family of children, three brothers and two sisters have made America their home. William Widman was born in the Old Counlix at Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, December 16, 1848. When a lad he attended school a portion Of tin' time and assisted his father mi the farm, acquiring great knowledge and skill in the ait of fruit-grow- ing. When nineteen years of age he emigrated to America, leaving Hamburg in the fall of 1867 by the steamer "Germania." When half way oyer, an accident occurred which caused them tn lay overal Southampton for a little time, after which they re- sumed their voyage, arriving in New York Harbor just thirty-seven days after Starting. Immediately on landing in the United States, Mr. Widman went to Cincinnati. Ohio, thence to the home of his uncle in Clermont County, where he worked in a vineyard for two years, and in l«(i;t came to St. Joseph, where he was at once employed at his trade, although not so extensively as when with his uncle. His vineyard comprised thirty acre- of well-kept vines. After working for a time for other people, Mr. Widman found means of renting sonic land, and engaged in gardening, subsequently locating on Ballwin, between the lake and river-bottom, taking great precaution during the grasshopper year. To guard his fruit against the ravages of this trouble- some insect, he built a smooth, slanting light fence, which served him so well that his crops \ ielded him ■Si ,500 clear. He continued renting until 1876, when he bought his present farm of twenty-six acres for 12,300. Not being able to pay cash down fur this land, our subject labored hard and constantly in order to pay the interest that seemed to accumu- late very rapidly, but by skillful management and industry, he finally cleared the indebtedness, and has so improved the land as to make it one of the must valuable estates in Missouri. Mr. Widman devotes eight acres of his land to the cultivation of different varieties of grapes, some of which are manufactured into wine. He has also eight acres of apple orchard and s( raw bcii\ \ inc>. which produce in large quantities at all seasons of the year. He keeps in his employ five men, has a large windmill and tank with a capacity of one hundred and thirty barrels, with pipes thirty feet high, which enable him to keep his fruit well moistened and in line condition. Our subject has 484 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. lately built one of the finest residences in the city, and owns two of the most beautiful and valuable horses, for which he has been offered $600, and which mark the owner as the possessor of one of the most stylish outfits in the city. He is Vice- president and a stockholder in the King Hill Brick Manufacturing Company, in which he has dis- charged his duties faithfully and satisfactorily to all concerned. Mr. Widman was united in marriage, in this city, with Miss Barbara Ming, a native of Ruethanback, Wurtemberg, who came to St. Joseph with her par- ents when twelve years of age. This amiable lady has borne her husband one child, Reuben, who is at home. Socially, Mr. Widman is a member of the Red Men of the Minnehaha Tribe, and of the Druids of Wallahalla Grove, and is also Vice-pres- ident of the St. Joseph Schwabenvereins. Politi- cally, he is a stanch Republican. In 1881, Mr. and Mrs. Widman went on a trip to their native land, Germany, where they spent a happy three months or more, visiting relatives and friends, and in 1891 the former made a second voyage along with his brother to the scenes of his child- hood. KRT MARTIN, manager and treasurer of the Eden Musee Company in St. Joseph, is a bright and able business man, and has ^^V made the Musee a success and a very popu- lar means of entertainment by introducing the lust talent and specialists he could secure. On Friday, which is called Ladies' Day, he makes it a point to give out pretty and useful souvenirs, and in other ways has won the good-will of the populace. Mr. Martin was born near Plymouth, Ind., on the banks of the Maxon Cucky, a beauti- ful resort. The date of that event was August 14, 1859. His father, Samuel, and his grandfather, who also bore the same Christian name, were both natives of Lancaster, l'a., and of German descent. The grandfather died there when his son Samuel was only seven years of age, and some time after his wife brought the family to Ohio, where she reared her children. She afterward married Peter Dreibelbis and removed to a place near South Bend, Ind. By each union there were born four children. Our subject's father was a shoemaker by occupa- tion, and was united in marriage at Lake Maxon Cucky with Miss Margaret Blakely, a native of the place, and a daughter of Robert Blakely, who was one of the early settlers and farmers in Vienna. He was a general merchant, Postmaster and Justice of the Peace. In 1863 he removed to Iowa City, Iowa, and traveled for Borland Brothers until 1874, when, going to Bartlett, Iowa, he kept hotel for four years. In 1878 he settled at Tabor, in the same State, where he is still living and is a Justice of the Peace, though nearly ninety years of age. After his marriage Mr. Martin engaged in farm- ing for some time, and then, selling out, located at Plymouth, where he engaged in the retail shoe business until 1863, when he removed to Iowa City. Iowa, and there engaged in the same line of trade for five years, later representing the Borland Pump Factory and traveling through the State and vicinity. Leaving that occupation, he next entered the insurance business as an agent for both fire and life insurance companies. For eigh- teen years succeeding this he was a salesman on the road for (4. W. Marquardt, and in 1886 removed to Minneapolis, Minn., engaging as a salesman for a Minneapolis house. He is an expert as an agent, and a man of good business tact and ability. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject is the eldest in a family comprising two sons and two daughters. William C. is now in Galveston, Tex., a dealer in real estate and a suc- cessful business man; Etta, Mrs. Blython, resides in Minneapolis; Lillie M.. who lives at home, is Secretary of the Minneapolis Library; and Mr. Martin, of this sketch, was reared in Iowa City. He attended the High School in his early youth, working on a farm and in his father's store. No- vember 16, 1875, he joined Daniel Morris Sulli- van's "Mirror of Ireland" as assistant advertising agent, and came to St. Joseph in November, trav- eling with the company until April of the follow- ing year, the season closing in Chicago. Mr. Martin went on a visit to his jjrandfather PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. is; Dreibelbis for two n ths and then returned to [owa City, where, m the fall, be joined Prof. Mar- ini". the magician, and traveled with him tor three months. Then returning home and remain- ing a \ear In Imvn City, he went toCouncil Bluffs in 1878 and worked in the Pacific Express office at the Union Depot for five months. Going to T:il>or he was there located for three months, when, on account of sickness, he returned home. In 1870 he went to Luverne, Minn., being employed in an elevator for two months. About this time Daniel Morris Sullivan's company passed through the place, and Mr. Martin entered his emplo\ as assistant agent, going all through the West as fai- ns the Pacific Coast, where be spent six months. In October, 1881, Mr. Martin made his debut on the stage at Chico, Red Bluff County. Cal., in the character of simple Simon, his principal role being that of facial expression. He was also the stage machinist, and on closing out his engagement at Des Moines, Iowa, March 2, 1882, went home for a month's rest. In April he joined a company in Chicago, the season being opened in Hershey Music Hall. The company then proceeded to In- diana and Michigan, closing in Grand Haven July 10. After a vacation of about two months, when he made a trip to his birthplace and viewed the scenes of his youth, lie joined this present, organi- zation in August, opening the season at Iiaum's Pavilion, Chicago, where he was for two weeks, and then proceeded to the Western states. Wisconsin, Minnesota. Dakota. Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, closing the season in Joplin February 18, 1883. Going to Kansas City he became an employe of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and was a brakeman between Kansas City and Omaha for three months. He next went on the road with his father, traveling until September, 1883, when he went to Chicago and joined Car- ter's "Mirror of Krin" and procemled East as far as Alloona. Pa., returning to Chicago in October Ol the same year. Soon after his arrival in the Garden City Mr. Martin was married to Miss Clara Drew, who was born in Concord. N. II.. and whose father. A si 1.., was professor of music in the schools of that place. Mrs. Martin was educated in her native town. anil was a favored pupil of Carlisle Petersilea, of Bos- ton, a wonderful performer on the piano, who wag with Mendelssohn and played his accompaniments. Alter his marriage, Mr. Martin, in company with Bryan 0* Lynn, started out with the "Mirror of Ireland" Company, going as far Wesl as Hast- ings. Neb., where the season was closed in .lanuar J of 1884. He proceeded to Kansas City and went to Keeler'S Museum, his wife playing on tin- piano and he acting as a lecturer. In July Mi-. Martin went to Concord. N. II.. and after a short vacation was for two weeks iii Paterson. N. J., in the Musee, thence going to Pittsburgh. Pa., where he was in the Museum. After two weeks spent in Steuben ville, Ohio, he joined Mrs. Tom Thumb and company at Newark, with whom he traveled until December. Returning to Concord, N. H., he opened a museum at the Aus- tin House, Boston, for a short time, then going to Providence, and in May joined Dr. Hartley's Medical Company in Buffalo. Returning to Chi- cago on November 1, 1XH.~>, he was lecturer in Ep- stein's Museum on Randolph Street, his wife be- ing pianist, until July, 1889, when he went to Minneapolis, and was for a year brakeman on the Minneapolis A- St. Louis Railroad, going from Lake Miniietonka. Returning to Chicago Mr. Martin was stage manager and lecturer at Epstein's Museum until 1890, when he went out on the road with Dr. Bel- mont's circus, but at the end of four week- re- turned to the Garden City, joining Goress' Con- cert and Medicine Company, and was fifteen weeks in Chicago. Mr. Martin was both manager and performer, and took the company to South Omaha, where he Tilled an engagement of two weeks, ami then went to Denver. He played on the stage in J. Sackett 's Musee until January Hi. 1891, when he was appointed manager of the Eden Musee in St. Joseph, and has held that position ever since. In June of that year lie was made Treasurer, and has been responsible for much of the SUCCeSSOf the concern, lie has a large acquaintance in the the- atrical profession, and makes it a point to have better performers than are found in the large cities. In October, 1890, Mr. Martin was married for the second time, Miss Mary Rice then be dug ■186 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his wife. She was born in Seymour, Wis., her fa- ther being a farmer and early settler of that State, and a veteran of the late war. Mrs. Martin is a member of the Catholic Church, and was reared to womanhood in her native town. Our subject is a member of John White Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Indianapolis; is a member of Damon Lodge No. 3, K. P., of Minneapolis; and of Chicago Lodge No. 4, B. P. O. E. In politics he is a stanch Re- publican. HSj* ISS MARIE SWENSON. The most fash- ionable boarding house in St. Joseph is " The Arlington," which is located at No. 613 North Fifth Street, in the most aristo- cratic part of the city. Its guests are people of wealth and social standing, who find here all the comforts of home life and the pleasures to be de- rived from congenial society. The proprietor, Miss Marie Swenson, is one of the prominent resi- dents of the city, and is a lady who combines to an unusual degree a rare amount of executive ability with the utmost culture and cordiality. A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Miss Swenson is the daughter of Swen and Lizzie (Oleson) Swen- son, who were likewise born in Sweden. The paternal grandfather was a wealthy farmer and a man of influence in his community. Her father resided for a time in Stockholm, whence he emi- grated in 1872 to America, making the vo3 T age by steamer to Hull, thence to Liverpool, and from that city via the steamer " City of Washington " to New York. His wife having died previous to his departure from Sweden, he was accompanied on his trip to this country by his four daughters. After landing at New York, the family proceeded directly westward to .Missouri, and established a home in St. Joseph. The father still makes his home in this city, but some time since he retired from the cares incident to business, and now lives with his daughter, Miss Marie. The family of which Miss Swenson is a member consisted of six children, five of whom survived until maturity. The second in order of birth is Marie, who was reared in Stockholm, where she gained a practical common-school education. Later she learned the trade of a seamstress, at which she found employment for four years after coming to America. She then originated the idea which has found development in " The Arlington," as her home is usually called. Her friends are among the most select society people of St. Joseph, and she is everywhere honored for her perseverance and courage in spite of the adverse circumstances by which in former years she was surrounded. As the result of her efforts, she is now the owner of a fine residence block on the corner of Eighth and Robidoux Streets, and other valuable real estate. Her contributions to all charitable and worthy enterprises are liberal, and she is especially active and generous in the support of the First Presby- terian Church, of which she is a member. She is identified with the Ladies' Missionary Society in that denomination, and her efforts in behalf of that organization have been unceasing through the entire period of her connection with it. v ir^BADIAII MARTIN SPENCER. The biog- rapher is doing posterity a valuable service when he draws a faithful pen picture of such men as Obadiah Martin Spencer. The Spencer family were in the highest conception of the term the salt of the earth, and whilst a few of them yet survive, who, by their lofty character and worthy example to younger men, are an honor and bless- ing to mankind, the heroic class of which they are the lingering representatives will soon pass away altogether, to return no more. But so long as the New World retains its progressive spirit, its high civilization, and its admiration for all that is grand and exalted in human character, their memory will be enshrined in the hearts of a grateful people, and their tombs will be approached with reveren- tial respect. The era that produced such manly men , portrait and mooraimiical record. 187 having rounded out its predestined course in crea- tion 'a purpose, 1 1 1 > w belongs to the ages. The neces- sity no longer exists for men of indomitable will, exalted integrity and untiring energy to act as an advance guard for future generations into a prom- ised El Dorado, that abounds with innumerable dangers and almost insurmountable obstacles, wherein unceasing toil, privation and rigid self- denial are Hie inevitable consequences. In fact, it is almost impossible for the present generation to understand and appreciate the ardu- ous struggles and the great selt sacrifice their par- ents and grandparents endured in order that their children might enjoy the blessingsof their fruitful labor. The splendid manhood of these sturdy pi- oneers, and the lofty virtues of their wives, is in- deed an inspiring theme for the historian, and the poet as well, who perpetuates their memory in un- dying song. One hundred years hence, the histor- ian will pay them a higher tribute than the writer of the present day, for the great deeds they per- formed will have crystallized, as it were, into a healthful and soulful picture, and their memory will be surrounded with a bright halo. Mr. Spencer was a conspicuous representative of this remarkable class of men, now fast becoming extinct, and in his useful and eventful life the value of honesty, industry, perseverance and econ- omy was vividly illustrated. The battle he fought with poverty, which was then the common lot of nearly every young man, was long and tedious, but he emerged from the contest victorious. The experience he had gone through with gave him a clear and comprehensive insight into theabyssmal deeps of personality, and instead of rendering him skeptical and permeating his mind with a worldly cynicism, his character was broadened and soft- ened, challenging the profound respect of all with whom he came in contact. With such a man as Mr. Spencer, uncompromis- ing integrity, perfect truth and a love of justice were inherent and abiding characteristics. To use a somewhat hackneyed, but extremely forcible, phrase, his word was always as good as his bond or note of hand, and wherever lie was known his credit was as good as the Hank of England, lor he was not a man who ever involved himself heed- lessly or recklessly in any kind of an enterprise. In him kindness, hospitality, integrity, truth and unaffected manliness wereso happily blended as to constitute in the highest degree what we now term ■•a gentleman of the old school." A native of North Carolina, Mr. Spencer wag born August 23, 1809. At the age of twenty-one, he removed to Kentucky and settled in Lawrence County, where he married Miss Nancy Williams, also a native of North Carolina. In 1837 he re- moved to Missouri, ami after a short residence in Clay County he removed to the Platte Purchase and located on the northwest quarter of section 33, township 55, range 35, which afterward became a part of Buchanan County. Not long afterward he traded his farm lor one on section 19, where he accumulated his fortune and reared his family. In 1870 Mr. Spencer removed to Leavenworth County, Kan., where he resided until his death, in 1SS7. Ten children were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Spencer, five daughters and five sons, all of whom are alive and doing well in the world. Mrs. Spen- cer is a member in the best of standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Spencer was a consistent member of the Christian Church. Al- though a man of great ability and energy, he owed much of his success in life to his admirable wife, who was as much of a womanly woman as he was a manly man. Her good sense and judgment, and, above all, her rare devotion to her husband and her children, made the home life of the family at- tractive and contented, and stimulated them to emulate the highest human virtues. She yet lives to bless and encourage those for whom she has done such a noble part. Mr. Spencer possessed a fair education for those times, which he obtained through his individual efforts. He attended school altogether about two years, and although his education was Limited, it proved of great assistance to him in his business affairs, and was the groundwork of the intellectual attainments he afterward acquired through good reading and the personal observation of a keen and well-balanced mind. He used to tell his friends that his entire worldly possessions "hen became to Missouri consisted of the wearing apparel which his wile, himself and his one child wore, a 488 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. feather bed and quilt, and $60 in money. But lie went to work with a will, and twelve years after coming to the State was considered one of the wealthiest farmers in Buchanan County, his re- sources being estimated at about $o0,000, which in those days was regarded as a large fortune, and which lie had accumulated by his energy, industry and business capacity. In the '50s Mr. Spencer erected an extensive saw- mill upon one of his farms, and operated it in con- nection therewith. At the commencement of the Civil War he was the owner of one thousand acres of fine land, over twenty slaves, aud a large amount of live stock of different varieties. One of his especial characteristics was his fondness for trad- ing in all descriptions of property, but he took most delight in swapping horses, as much for the great shrewdness and humor that were developed in such barter as for the prospective gain. He was a man of marked natural ability and sound common-sense. He was quiet and gentle in his manners, brave in deed, and universally prompt in his engagements, and kind and indulgent to those who had become indebted to him. All who knew him were his friends, but he was especially respected by the poor, whom lie treated with the utmost consideration. It is strange, but true, that in all of his business transactions Mr. Spencer never had a difference with any one, as his agreements were so just and liberal and made so plain as to never be objected to or misunderstood. In no single instance was he ever in court, either as complainant or respond- ent, and he always endeavored to impress the ne- cessity for prompt and just dealing upon the minds of his children. Being Southern born and reared, Mr. Spencer took a prompt stand at the out- break of the war. He could not bear to have any of his sons tight against the Union, and was equally opposed to them lighting against the Southern people. With such views dominating his mind, on account of the great love he inspired in his sons, he was enabled to send the elder ones to Colorado on a business venture, while the younger remained at home and assisted the father and mother during the trying ordeal they passed through. A characteristic anecdote is often told, vividh illustrating the high regard for truth Mr. Speucei possessed. The Federal soldiers apprehended him one day and made him take an oath that lie would not harbor enemies of the Government, and would report those who came around his premises. One morning a company of Confederates rode up to his house and he at once ordered one of his negroes to saddle his horse. Upon being asked by a Con- federate where he was going, he replied that he was going to St. Joseph, where his oath required him to report on them. Both threats and expos- tulations were useless, aud report upon them he did as soon as he could reach the Union headquarters, although the pill was a bitter one for "Uncle Mart." An old friend of his used to say that there were not soldiers enough in both armies to make him violate the oath he had taken. Mr. Spencer left a race of sturdy men and wo- men behind him who have well sustained the envi- able reputation of their illustrious sire. He left an indelible impress upon the community wherein his life work was accomplished. ^O OBERT WILSON REA, M. D., a prosperous and highly successful physician and surgeon 4i \V of Plattsburgh, Mo., is a native of the Stale, and is widely known as a skillful medical practitioner of superior ability and extended ex- perience. He was born in Savannah, Andrew County, Mo., December 16, 1860, and is a son of Hon. David Rea, an ex-member of Congress, the district he represented then including Clinton County. The father of our subject was elected to Congress first in 1874, and then in 1876, and was defeated in 1878 by the Hon. Nicholson Ford. The Hon. David Rea still makes his home in Sa- vannah, and though sixty-one years of age, is yet a practicing attorney. He came when a boy from Indiana to Platte County, and his father, Jona- than Rea, dying soon after the family located in Missouri, he became at a very youthful age the support of the family. An energetic, ambitious PORTRAIT AND BKM iRAPIIK Ah RECORD. 189 and able man. he never enjoj'ed the benefit of a college course, but, mainly self-educated, won his w:iv stead ilj upward. Dr. Rea attended the University three and one- half years, being in the junior class, and then l >o- gan to teach in Andrew County, and was assist- ant in the High School Of Savannah before he was nineteen years old. lie road medicine with Dr. W. II. Bryant, <>ni' of the oldest and most experi- enced physicians in this part of the State, and graduated from the Missouri Medical College March 1. 1885. Soon after completing his studies, he received from President Cleveland the appoint- ment of Superintendent of the Medical Depart- ment of the Northwest Indian Agencies, and was thi' United States Indian Doctor to the Chippewas of northern Minnesota, with headquarters at White Earth. For three and a-half years Dr. Rea visited all the Indian reservations in the district and had general supervision of medical stores. In April. 1889 Dr. Rea resigned his position, and tin' Indian chiefs sent a petition to the Secretary Of the Interior asking him to re-appoint our sub- ject to his former duties, clearly demonstrating their full confidence in his ability as a physician and surgeon. But Dr. Rea had become dissatis- fied ami desired to settle down. He was physician for the Drexel sisters, of Philadelphia, and Bishop O'Connor at Red Lake, and together with them he made the town of the Chippewas, when they es- tablished the schools at the Red Lake reservation. During his sojourn in the Northwest. Dr. Rea learned the Chippewa language, and sometimes made long trips of one hundred miles in a day. He lived one winter in a tepee on the north shore of the Lake of the Woods, and made his profes- sional trips traveling by dog-teams. 1 n the early part of 1889 Dr. Rea returned to the home of his father, and upon June 19 of the same year was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Do Berry, sister of Dr. De Berry, and a native of Platte County. Dr. Rea and his wife located in Plattsburgh in 1890, since which time our subject has devoted himself to professional duties, and has already acquired an excellent and rapidly increasing practice. Dr. Rea is a valued member of the Knights of Pythias, being Past Chancellor Commander of Lilly Lodge No. 144, and is District Deputy. As a native Missou- rian. he possesses nn extended acquaintance throughout this portion of the Stale, and has from early youth been closely identified with the best interests of his home neighborhood and local- ity. In Plattsburgh he is recognized as a progress- ive citizen of talent and ability. •v>tjpt I P >■ r > OlIN ('. KNEER is junior member of the firm of William Kneer. manufacturing con- fectioners of st. Joseph, Buchanan County, \i/' Then' is no country in the world when so much confectionery is consumed as in the United Stales, and there is no house in this city which en- joys so en viable a reputation for superior g Is as the one we have just mentioned. The business was established twenty years ago by our subject's father. The latter was born in Germany, and when twenty years of age he crossed the Atlantic and proceeded to St. Louis. In 1853 he cane to St. Joseph, and after learning the confectioner's business established a manufactory on Main Street. He afterward removed to the corner of Felix and Edmond Streets, and was so successful that he finally embarked in the wholesale business. He was a pioneer in this branch of trade in the West. His death occurred May 2, 1890, at the age of sixty-three years. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Caroline Vegely, was bom in Alsace. France. She came to St. Joseph, in which city she was mar- ried. Her sis children are all living. They are as follows: William, a resident of Idaho; Joseph, a musician of this city ; Moliie. wife of Theodore Stinacker, a resident of St. Joseph; Emma, wife of William Kershaw, of Birmingham, England; Car- rie, and our subject. The mother is still living at the old family residence. No. 1"'-' North Eighth Street John C. Kneer was born in St. Joseph, January ■>1. 1869, and alter receiving a public-school edu- cation learned the confectioner's trade with his 490 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. father. From the time he was fifteen years old he was in charge of the office, and in 1890, just before his father's death, he was made a partner in the firm. The building occupied by this con- fectionery house is at No. Ill South Fourth Street. It is 20x120 feet in dimensions and is a three-story and basement brick, provided with every convenience and facility for their manu- facturing purposes. Fifteen experienced candy- makers are employed in the establishment, and five traveling men represent the house on the road. All kinds of first-class confectioneries are here manufactured, including caramels, chocolates and French goods. A large stock is always carried, and all goods sold are fully guaranteed as represented. As only pure sugars and genuine fruit flavors are used, the confectionery made by this firm is al- ways in demand. Like his father before him, Mr. Kneer is a loy- al supporter of the Republican party. He belongs to Lodge No. 25, II. C. T. lie is well known throughout this section and highly esteemed for his enterprise and public spirit. He is a practical and rising young business man, and has recently very materially improved his establishment and operations. aHARLKS N. BURNHAM, editor and pub- lisher of the Cameron Daily and Weekly ' Observer, is a native of New York State, having been born in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, May 11, 18.57. In his boyhood heat- tended the common schools of his district, where he gained a practical education. At the age of fourteen he accepted the position of printer's devil on the Chautauqua (N. Y.) Democrat, and with the exception of two years spent on a farm and three years in the Union army in the War of the Rebel- lion, has followed the printing business since that time. Upon the breaking out of the Civil War, Mr. Burnham enlisted under President Lincoln's call for seventy-five thousand volunteers, and was as- signed to Company H, Tenth Pennsylvania Re- serve Volunteer Corps, in which he served over three years in the Army of the Potomac, parti- cipating in nearly all the great engagements of that army, under Gens. McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker and Grant, He passed through the ser- vice without receiving wounds, but was subse- quently captured by the enemy at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 18G2, and was com- pelled to spend a few months in Confederate pri- sons. At the expiration of his term of service he was honorably discharged at Pittsburgh, Pa. December 28, 1864, Mr. Burnham was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Carpenter, at Busti, N. Y. Mrs. Burnham is a native of Erie County, Pa., born May G, 1843, and is a lady of superior intelligence and culture. Being on a visit to Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Burnham were in the audience at Ford's Theatre at the time President Lincoln was assassinated, and were seated where they witnessed Booth's leap from the President's box to the stage. They heard the shot and experi- enced all the excitement accompanying the act. In 1871 Mr. Burnham came West to Missouri, and, settling in Cameron, bought the printing ma- terial of the Observer and resumed the publication of that journal, which had been suspended several weeks prior to that time. The Observer has never missed an issue since passing into his hands and has become an influential paper. From year to year he has made valuabe improvements, and in March, 1892, added a daily issue, which promises to become one of the leading dailies of that part of Missouri. In 1889 he was appointed Post- master at Cameron and holds that position at the present lime (January, 1893), his commission not expiring until December 21, 1893. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Order of Knights of Pythias, and the Grand Army of the Republic, being a Past Commander in the latter organization. lie and his wife are the parents of twin daughters, Netta and Nella, born January 9, 1867, the former of whom was united in marriage with Dr. E. K. Shaw June 23, 1892. X \A^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 193 fILLIAM M M M'M'.V is one of the Lead ing merchants and is Postmaster in the village of Platte River, Buohanan County. He was born in Adair County, K\., May 21, lSL'l, and was the second in a family of ten children whose parents were John and Elizabeth A. (Fogett) Matney, the father a native of Queen Anne's County, Mil., and the mother of Virginia. •lames A., our subject's oldest brother, who had served in many county ami state official capacities, died in St. Joseph in 1892. Thomas died in Cali fornia; George W. departed this life in Kentucky; Catherine A. (deceased) was t lie wife of Mr. Bo- gard by whom she had four children; Henry J. died in Montana; Mary J. became the wife of Al- exander Greenwell, of Gentry County, Mo.; Ben jamin F. was killed in the siege at Gainsville; El- len is the wife of James K. Parrish of Gentry County ; and Nancy is the widow of Marshall Locke of Gentry County. Our subject grew to manhood in the county of bis birth and when nearly twenty-two years old, in October, 1845, came to Buchanan County, locating where he now resides. In 1*sk*: ^T ?f;^7K ?^ wt?^?K I/SAAC T. DYER, JR. In a volume dedicated to public-spirited and representative citizens. [ it is always a pleasure to perpetuate the names of those who, through the exercise of excellent business qualifications, have advanced the interests of their several communities. Many of the most successful and popular citizens of St. Joseph have reached their present, positions of eminence and influence solely through their own unaided efforts, without capital or wealthy friends to assist them. To such as these great, praise is due, and they are justly accorded a position among the foremost men of their generation. In railroad circles perhaps no name is more familiar to the people of St. Joseph than that of I. T. Dyer, Jr., who is serving acceptably as Superintendent of Telegraph, and Chief Dispatcher of the Kansas City, St. Joseph A Council Bluffs Railroad. Mr. Dyer was born in La Grange, Mo., August 17, I860. His parents were natives of Pennsyl vania and Illinois. The rudiments of his educa- tion Mr. Dyer acquired in the common school of Quincy, 111., and the knowledge there gained was supplemented by a course in college at Canton, 494 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mo., aud Chicago. 111. In the year 1876, therefore, a lad of only sixteen years, he became operator and Station Agent for the St. Louis, Keokuk & North- western Railroad at Helton, Mo. Two years after- ward he accepted a position with the Western Union Telegraph Company at Quincy, where he displayed considerable ability as an electrician, in addition to having become an expert telegrapher, which led to his being selected by the Western Union Telegraph Company to take charge of their office at Kansas City, Mo., which position he tilled with much credit. In 1878 he returned to the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company at St. Joseph, serving first as press operator, and later on receiving the appointment of Chief Opera- tor, which position he occupied until 1889, when he decided to re-enter the railroad service, com- mencing as operator in the Dispatcher's office of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluff's Rail- road. His ability was apparent to the officials of that company, and he was soon after made train dispatcher. He served in that capacity until May 16, 1887, when he was appointed Superintendent of Telegraph of the Hannibal & St. Joseph and Kan- sas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroads, and Chief Dispatcher of the latter road, which position he still tills, having the confidence and esteem of all the high officials. He is numbered among the most energetic and popular railroad men of St. Joseph. He has also attained a position commanding the respect of the best and most influential citizens of St, Joseph. Mr. Dyer is also considered one of the foremost electricians in this city. He takes a special inter est in all new inventions that will advance the present stage of electricity, and he has caused many new contrivances to be brought to St. Joseph that are leuding to it new attractions, as well as adding much to the convenience of our citizens. Mr. Dyer has accumulated considerable property, and we may hope that he will prosper aud remain with us for many years to come, as we know he will always work for the interest of St. Joseph and the community. Mr. Dyer, in addition to other positions of pub- lic honor conferred upon liim, has been elected a member of the School Board of this city and is at this writing serving the people with much satisfac- tion. He is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, being a Past Chancellor and at present holding the position of District Grand Deputy Chancellor of the State of Missouri. ^.^*^^ ***^£**»; ' VV/r ILT0N TOOTLE was financially in- Vyll terested in many business houses in St. II Joseph and elsewhere, and his connection with any enterprise was a sure guarantee of success. His history is intimately connected with that of this city, and so long as it stands he will be remembered as a model business man and public benefactor. The name of Milton Tootle and that of St. Joseph are one and inseparable. In 1872 he erected a costly and magnificent temple of amusement known as Tootle's Opera House. The building is four stories high, surmounted by a mansard roof, tastefully ornamented. The auditorium is 66x120, with a seating capacity of fifteen hundred. In regard to its interior arrange- ment it is richly decorated and frescoed, and is brilliantly lighted by chandeliers and gas jets. Everything is in excellent taste; the house is the pride of St. Joseph, and would do credit to the first cities of the east. Mr. Tootle was senior member of the firm of Tootle, Hosea & Co., doing a general merchandising business and still con- ducting a heavy trade iu this city. Milton Tootle was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 26, 1823, and while he was still an infant his father, John Tootle, removed to Marion County, where the lad received in the common schools the rudiments of an English education. This he subsequently improved upon by well directed reading, by habits of reflection and observation, and by contact with the business world, becoming thoroughly practical in its details. About the year 1836 his father removed to Jersey County, 111., where our subject, though only thirteen years of age and low in stature, being scarcely able to see the top of the counter, entered a mercantile house, thus acquiring a training in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 195 actual business which has in later life been of immeasurable benefit to bim bere. Soon, after his introiluclii.ii into mercantile circles he entered the employ of his uncle, who dealt in general mer- chandise, and remained in his store until tie- latter removed to another portion of the country, when be was then employed as a clerk by Mr. George Smith. The latter in 1842 removed to Savannah, Andrew County, in this state, accom- panied by Mr. Tootle, who had so won the con fidence and esteem of his employer as to make his services seem absolutely indispensable. In 1844 Mr. Smith divided his stock, sending a portion of it to Atchison County and giving our subject exclusive charge of the new house. Here, how ever, he remained only a year, having been called to take the management of the Savannah store on the removal of his employer to St. Joseph. In 1^-ts Mr. Tootle embarked in business for himself in Oregon, Holt County, and during his short business career in that place he evinced the tact, ingenuity, integrity aiul industry which have been marked features in his commercial life wherever he has been. He gathered about him a host of friends and laid the foundation of future success, but the country being new and sparsely populated the held was not large enough for the display of his abilities. In 1849 at the request of his old patron, .Mr. Smith, became to St. Joseph, where he was given an interest in the house, subsequent I y known as that of Smith, Bedford & Tootle. In the spring of that year the senior partner departed this life, and our subject, in company with his two brothers and William Farleigh, put chased the stock and began business under the firm name of Tootle & Farleigh. It was not long after this that our subject osfab lished a dry goods house in Omaha, one in Sioux Citj and one in Council MlulTs, flu- two former being among the first business houses of impor tauco iii either place, and are yet numbered among the most extensive and flourishing houses of the northwest. Mr. Tootle had always regarded tie- St. Joseph enterprise as the most staple and promising of his business ventures and to his rapidly incicas UDg interest here he has devotid most of hi-- pel Bona! attention. The steady growth of the <■ i i % and its commercial importance as a prominent rail road center and the extensive trade secured by his house have vindicated his judgment and estali lished his business sagacity. In I860 one of his brothers, Joseph, died, and soon after the linn sustained the loss of another m her by tie- with drawal of Thomas Tootle. The business con- tinued to be conducted by Messrs. Milton Tootle and William Farleigh, tinder the style of Tootle ,x Farleigh until 1873, when Mr. Farleigh, having amassed a large fortune, withdrew his interest. Other partners were admitted and the firm became Tootle. Craig & Ca, under which title it remained until 1S77, when another change was made and the present firm was formed. In January, 1866, our subject led to the mar- riage altar a daughter of James O'Neill, cashier of the Western Bank of Missouri. They have three living children. Engrossed as he was in business, the pure pleasures of the domestic heartstone af forded Mr. Tootle relief from harassing cares of the commercial world, and in the bosom of his family, surrounded by the luxuries that his own energy and care had provided, with simple and re- fined tastes and the means of gratifying them to the fullest, extent, he cast oil' the burden of busi- ness cares and found a world of unalloyed enjo\ ment. In personal appearance Mr. Tootle was a gentle man of commanding and prepossessing presence, and though not muscular was capable of enduring long continued mental and physical exertion. Mis success in life was dm- to the care with which he superintended and directed the minutes! .1,. tails of his business and the constant and close at tention he gave to everything connected with his numerous enterprises. Me was (-specially fort unate in retaining capable and faithful employes, whom he inspired with his own i 1 1 < lustrioiis and persevering qualities and who became attached to him and most, desirous of advancing his interests. Ho was liberal and public spirited, ami the uufort unate always round in him a willing and generous friend. « 496 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. El LIAS M. GARDNER is the Deputy Post- master of Rushville, Buchanan County, and for twenty years has been engaged in mer- chandising at this point, keeping a general stock of goods and having been very successful in his enterprises. He also owns one hundred and twenty-live acres of good bottom land on Sect inn 10, Township 55, Range 37, which is in a high state of cultivation and of which he became the owner in 1890. Mr. Gardner was born March 10, 1847, in Flem- ing County, Ky., and is a son of Joniah W. Gard- ner, one of the representative farmers of (hat county, who emigrated to Buchanan County, Mo., in 1853, settling upon a farm just east of Rush ville which he was engaged in cultivating for twenty years, retiring in 1883 from farm life and removing to Andrew County, where he entered upon the mercantile business at Rosendale. He continued in that occupation until his death, which occurred August 31, 1892, at which time he was seventy-eight years of age. He was a leading cit- izen and active in all public affairs. He was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Odd Fellows. He was an esteemed mem- ber of the Christian Church, with which he had been connected for about half a century. His wife was before her marriage Miss Catherine Watson, whose family history appears in the record of Elijah Watson in another portion of this volume. She was a lovable Christian character, a devoted wife and faithful mother, and had a host of friends whom she had drawn to her by her lovable quali- ties. At the age of sixty -six years she passed to the better land to receive the reward which was surely awaiting her after the years she had spent in the Master's vineyard. Her death occurred October 18, 1884, and her memory is still cherished in the hearts of all who had the good fortune to know her. Mr. Gardner is one of twelve children, of whom seven are living, four having died in infancy and early childhood, and Charles having died in 1878, leaving a wife and three children. In his boyhood ' our subject had very limited educational advan- tages, being obliged to assist his father in the sup- port of his large family. However, he managed to acquire a fair knowledge of the general branches, which he has supplemented by his wise course of reading and practical experience in life. He man- ages his business successfully and is an efficient bookkeeper, keeping all accounts in a thoroughly methodical way. Until reaching man's estate Mr. Gardner's life was spent under the paternal roof and on October 19, 1876, he was united in marriage with Miss Susan, daughter of Eli Smith, a native of Tennes- see. Mrs. Gardner was born in Maryland May 5, 1853, being the sixth in order of birth in her fath- er's family. She received a good education and is devoted to her home and family. Of their seven children Harry died at the age of four years and Charles when two years of age; Edgar, the oldest living child, was born March 11, 1882; Virgil, the next, was born on February 27, 1884; Ethel, Octo- ber 20, 1886; Sammie, April 3, 1888; andHyland, the baby, on November 6, 1890. Politically Mr. Gardner supports the nominees and principles of the Democratic party, and so- cially is a member of Lodge No. 227. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Rushville. Both our worthy subject and his amiable wife are members of the Christian Church, where they are held among the most valued workers. Mr. Gardner owns a pleasant and tastefully furnished residence in the village, which is the abode of good cheer and over which his wife presides, making a charming host ess. The family move in the best social circles of the town and have the esteem and respect of all. ^*#*5K**&: j. ■ v ' J. ■ y_ ' v «#«>C***« di AMES P. HAYMORE. Glancing at the biographies of successful men and noticing ) that almost invariably they arose from humble positions in life, it would very natu- rally be inferred that poverty in youth is n blessing instead of a misfortune. It is certainly true that hardships in early life develop sturdy traits of self- reliance and self-denial, which often in the wealthy lie dormant. There are many citizens of Bu- chanan County whose unaided exertions have re- sulted in prosperity, and an excellent representa- tive of this class may be found in Mr. Hayinore. roKTKAIT AND Bl< )( i KA1MI l( A L RECORD. 197 This gentleman owns ami superintends a finely- Improved farm comprising six hundred urns. which is located on Section t, Crawford Township. He is the son of Jermon Hay more, a native of Virginia, who was born in L808, and who in turn is the son of Daniel Haymore. who had Ijis birth near Petersburg, thai state and who was a patriot in tin' war of 1812. The Haymore family, which is of Scotch descent, settled in Virginia about four generations ago. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Miss Jane l'ittman. She was also a native of the Old Dominion and was born near Petersburg in 1810. Her father, John B. Pittman, came from an old Virginia family and was of English descent. The parents of our subject were married in North Carolina, where they are still residing on a farm in Surrey County. They are widely known in their locality and are prominent members of the Baptist Church, in which body the father holds office. Two of their sons, Robert D. and Chris- topher C. , are ministers of the Baptist Church, the former holding a charge in Chattanooga, Tenn., and the latter in North Carolina. James P. Haymore was born December 12, 1831, in Surrey County, N. C, where he was reared on a farm, alternating the duties thus re- quired of him with attendance at the district school. When reaching his majority, in order to avoid becoming a physician, which profession his parents desired him to follow, coming to Missouri, in 1855, and locating in St. Joe, he followed the trade of a carpenter until reaching his fortieth year. Then, having accumulated "quite a sum of money and feeling that he would like to become a farmer, he. in ISTo, purchased one hundred and ten acres of land for which he paid $40 per acre. Meager improvements had been made upon it at that time. but Mr. Haymore set himself industriously to work to place it under good tillage, and from time to lime added lo its acreage until the estate now includes six hundred broad and fertile acres. Mr. Hay re started out in life with but, $60 in his possession, anil the vast estate which he now calls his own is a monument in itself to his good business management. Fn I^To he erected a bean t if ill residence on his farm, which is finished and furnished according to the taste of its occupants. Mr Haymore has upou his place forty head of cattle of good breeds, and gives his attention ex- clusively to farming. On March 18, 1873, Mr. Haymore and Miss Nancy, daughter of Pleasant Yates (whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume), were united in marriage. She was born in Jacksou Township, February 20, 1843, and r ived an excellent edu- cation, having taught school for some time prior to her marriage. Religiously Mrs. Haymore is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in whose ranks she is an able and willing worker. Our sub ject lias always been a straightforward Democrat in politics, and feels sure that the country would be safe under its leaders. He has been a resident of this township for twenty-one years and deserves the high respect in which he is held as a favorite citizen and public-spirited man. EiLBERT S. OANN. The life of this gentle man, of which we give a brief outline, affords an illustration of the power of cour age and industry in enabling a man to over- come difficulties of no ordinary kind. He was ten years of age when he came to this county and a- his father was in limited circumstances he was not allowed to attend school (there being no schools or churches), but thus early in life began making his own way in the world. He labored untiringly. Undaunted by the many obstacles that beset his path, and as the years went by, invested his earn ings, and now, as a reward of his efforts, has gained prosperity. He owns considerable real estate and is numbered among the most successful farmers of Washington Township, Buchanan County, his home being located on Section 2S. The parents of our subject, Isaac and Annie (Clark) Oann, were natives of Tennessee, the father's birth occurring in ITS'J. Isaac Oann, dur ing the Seminole War, enlisted as a soldier and with his Company was engaged in service in the swamps of Florida. In his native state he net and married Miss Clark and made his home there until 1834, when they removed to this state and 498 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. for a short time resided in La Fayette County, a short distance from Greentowu. Later they made their way to Davis Creek, in the same county, and in 1838 became identified with the residents of Bu- chanan County, their home being situated within one mile of Pottawatomie village. His new claim consisted of raw prairie land upon which he erected a log cabin and began the work of im- provement and cultivation, being enabled before his death to place thirty-rive acres under the plow. The parents died within two months of each other, the father passing away in August, 1846, and the mother in October of that year. Of the twelve children born to Isaac and Annie Gann, three are now living, the brother and sister of our subject being Samuel A. and Susan, the latter of whom makes her home in Bolen, Kans. Elbert S. Gann was the youngest of the large family, his birth occurring May 3, 1828, in Cooke County, Tenu. As before stated, he was unable to attend school, but remained at home assist- ing his father in clearing their new land until reaching his seventeenth year when he offered his services to the Government as a teamster in the Mexican War, starting from Fort Leavenworth June 7, 1846, his destination being Fort Bentz, N. Mex. Later, returning to Fort Leavenworth, he was discharged the following year, and entering the Oregon Battalion as a teamster, went to Table Creek, Neb., where the train went into winter quarters. The following spring, the soldiery being ordered against the Indians in North Dakota, young Gann accompanied them as far as Fort Ver- million, where they were engaged in conflict until December. Again taking up their quarters at Table Creek, our subject was discharged, together with his fellows, and returned home. The two succeeding years following his return lo civil life our subject was engaged in farmiug, but in 1850 made bis way across the plains with ail "x team to Sacramento City, the trip consuming four and one-half months. After working in the mini's a short time he found that business was not a paying one in that locality, and opening up a small farm in the valley sought to try his fortunes in cultivating the soil. Finding that venture unsuccessful, he engaged to work in the extreme northern mines on the Trinity and Shasta rivers. where he remained for eight months. Returning home at tbe expiration of that time, the vessel on which he embarked was wrecked between Sacra mento and Acapulco. Mr. Gauu and twenty-five others left the ship and made their way from the latter place to the City of Mexico and thence through the mountains on horseback to Vera Cruz, where they engaged passage to New Orleans and were again wrecked, lying out thirteen days and nights. Finally reaching the Crescent city, Mr. Gann came home by way of St. Louis. The following year, how- ever, he went to Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana with a drove of horses, which trip ended his desire for travel, and since that time he has been engaged in farming. Purchasing the property adjoining the estate of his father, Mr. Gann there made his home until 1863, when he took up his abode in Center Township. After a residence there of twelve years he located on Section 28. He has five hundred acres of splendidly improved land in Center and Washington Townships. The lady who in 1849 became the wife of Mr. Gann was Miss Polly, the daughter of Samuel D. Ferrill, who had the honor of being Colonel of the first regiment ever mustered in Buchanan County. Mrs. Gann was born in Clay County, this state, in 1832, and after having become the mother of five children, departed this life August 1, 1864. The family included the following named: Samuel D., who married Emma McCauley, is the father of seven children; S. Ellen, who is the wife of W. P. Samson, has six children; Bettie J (she is now deceased), who married George B. McCauley, was the mother of two chil- dren; George I. married Emma Montgomery; William T. , who is the husband of Alice Roberts, has four children. Mr. Gann is prominent in Masonic circles, hav- ing been a member of that order for the past twenty eight years. He is one of the best known members of the farming community in this section and enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him. He takes little interest in politics, but dur- ing the Civil War was a member of the Paw Paw Militia. In 18U0 he built his present commodious PORTRAIT AND UlodRAIMlICA L RECORD. 199 residence, which cost $3,000 and contains nine rooms, all nicely finished ami famished. He lias given his children good educations ami has pro- vided a borne lor his grand-daughter, Gertie Samson, who, besides keeping up her studies in the high school, is his housekeeper. IRL1AM E. BRAGG is a successful rail road man who makes his home and head, quarters in St. Joseph, Buchanan Count) . Mo. He is Chief Clerk of the Freight Auditor's Office of the Burlington's Missouri Lines, and a native of St. Louis, Mo., born April '_!<>, 1863. His father, I. \V. Bragg, was of English descent and of Quaker stock, and was horn in Belfast, Ireland. He came to New York state with his parents in early boyhood and went with them to New Orleans and later to Ohio, where he learned the machinist's trade in Cincinnati. After working there several years he went to Altooua and Phila- delphia. Penn., thence to Louisville, Ky., and about 1866 he came to this state, settling in Cald- well County where he operated a flouring mill. In 1S71 he went to Kidder of the same county, and for several years operated a flouring mill at that place, which he afterward sold, returning to his trade. In 1883 he entered the employ of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad in their machine shops at Brookfield, and after staying there about two years he came to St. Joseph and entered the machine shops of the Kansas City, St. Joseph \ Council Blnffs Railroad, where he is still employed. He is now sixty-five years of age. His mother, formerly Virginia Burt, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has attained the age of fifty- seven years. She is a daughter of Moses and Mary Frances Burt, nee Jones. Her father, who is now living in this city at the advanced age of eighty four years, was, in earlier days, engaged in the moulding and picture frame business in Cincin- nati, Ohio. Her mother came from an old Cincin- nati family, the head of which was a shipbuilder at that place in its early days. Mr. and Mrs. I \\\ Bragg are members of the Congregational Church. In political faith the former is a Republican. The gentleman of this sketch is the third, in order of birth, of a family of six children, two of whom are deceased. The most of his boyhood was [lassed in Kidder, Mo., where he attended the common school. At the age of seventeen he learned telegraphy and station agent's business at that place. He first came to St. Joseph in ISM as night operator at the Hannibal & St. Joseph Local Freight Office. He then worked as operator at various places on the Hannibal .V St. Joseph Rail- road for a few days at a time, after which he lo- cated at Woodland, where he was agent. In the fall of 1882 he left the service of this company, and obtained a position with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, working at various places in Missouri and Arkansas. On account of ill health he was obliged to leave there, and after ward accepted a position at Scaudia, Kans., on the Missouri Pacific Railway, where he was assist- ant agent. In May 1883, he again entered the service of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad as assistant agent at Liberty, Mo., and after quite a stay there he worked a short time as relief agent. He again left the employ of that company at Hamilton, Mo., and in March, 1S85, returned to St. Joseph and took a position as clerk in the Freight Auditor's Office of the Hannibal & St. Joseph and the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Rail- roads. He held various positions in this depart meut, and when in 18X11 a trip west seemed neces- sary on account of ill health, his place was held for him about six months, during which time he was in Denver working for the Rio Grande Western Railway, after which he again returned to St. Joseph. During the first half of the year 1891 he acted as Chief Clerk while the gentleman holding that position attended to the duties of Mr. O. \V. Miller, Freight Auditor, who was at that time ill. When the latter resumed charge of the office he was placed in charge of the Joint Freight Account Department, in which capacity he acted until Sep tember 1892, when he was appointed to the posi- tion which he now holds. By his fidelity to his duties, punctuality, and systematic methods he has won the entire confi- dence of his superior officers. He is a young man who has already reached n desirable position, ami 500 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. it is safe to predict that, if he rises in the next few years as he has in the past, he will then be occupying a prominent and leading official position. In November, 1887, Win. E. Bragg was united in marriage to Miss Annie Kearny of this city, who was born at Leavenworth, Kans., and whose father, Chas. Kearny, is an old settler of this locality, who has for many years been clerk at the Pacific House. His record appears on another page of this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Bragg have three children: Cora V., Charles K., and Alice K. , aged five years, three years, and four months respectively. The parents are members of the Congregational Church and active workers therein. In regard to politics, Mr. Bragg is an advocate of the Republican party. J/OHN Q. A. KEMPER has been for nearly forty years prominently connected with the ' history of Clinton County. He is now resid- ing on his farm situated on Section 1, Town- ship 55, Range 30, of which he became the owner in 1852. His grandfather, Johu Kemper, in 1787 emigrated from Fauquier County, Va. , to Ken- tucky. He settled in Garrard County, where he parsed the remainder of his life. He was a wheel- wright by trade, but after removing to the west turned his attention principally to the development of his farm. Though he was a slave owner he was politically a Whig. To himself and wife, who was before her marriage Miss Judith Burdette, was born a family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters. The family were members of the Baptist Church, and the death of both father and mother occurred in Kentucky. Thornton B. Kemper, our subject's father, was born in Virginia, July 1, L780, and came with his parents to Kentucky when a lad of seven years. He was drafted for the War of 1812 but procured a substitute. He was a strong Whig, though at one time he owned about twelve slaves. He was one of the early and honored pioneers of Ken tucky, where he spent the most of his life. His death occurred in November of 1878. His wife, who before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth Hutchison, came with her parents from Virginia to Kentucky when young. To herself and husband were born eleven chil- dren ; Jefferson (who died when sixteen years of age), James, Madison, Harrison, Jackson, Harvey, John Q. A., Verliuda, Judith, Elizabeth and Mary. Both parents were active workers in the Baptist Church. The mother departed this life in 1857. J. Q. A. Kemper was born in Garrard County, Ky., January 3, 1826, and was reared to man's estate upon his father's farm. His education was such as could be obtained in the common schools, which was supplemented by judicious reading and wise observation. Upon reaching his majority he started out in life for himself, choosing the occu- pation of a farmer. In 1850 he came to Caldwell County, Mo., where he worked at carpeutering, which occupation he followed more or less during twenty years. In 1855 he pre-empted a farm of one hundred and sixty acres situated on Section 12, Township 55, Range 30. The, farm upon which he is now living was purchased by him in L852. This property comprises two hundred acres which he has greatly improved and made a valuable piece of ground. He has deeded to his children some six hundred acres, and now retains only the farm last mentioned. As the sharer of his joys and fortunes Mr. Kemper chose Miss Adelaide Smith, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Lieut. -Gov. George and Sarah (Chapman) Smith. Of their marriage have been born eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity. They are as follows: William, now deceased; Sarah A., who died at the age of twenty- two years; Elizabeth; George S. ; John, deceased; Quincy M. ; James C; Mary B. ; Harry M. ; Ben- jamin F. and Claude S. Mrs. Kemper was a devoted member of the Christian Church, and was called to her final rest in 1874, leaving many who deeply mourned her loss. Mr. Kemper served in the state militia for one year during the late war, and rose to the rank of First Lieutenant. He participated in the battles near Camden's Point and that of New Albany. At the end of his year's service the company was ?>%■ , r /7^-OU U^y^&-^/-cy PORTRAIT AND moc.KAl'HICAL RECORD 503 reorganized, and he again enlisted as one of the nation's brave defenders. He is a member of the Union League and a worker in the Baptist Cbnroh. Mr. Kemper is numbered among the honored early settlers of lliis section of the State, and bas been a witness of its surprising growth and prosperity. His many qualities of worth and upright manhood have won for bim the friendship and confidence of all with whom he has come in contact. WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD, M. D., are II tired physician of Cameron, was born in % Mt. Vernon. Ky., April is, 1823, the son of John and Elizabeth (Adams) Craw ford, also natives of the Blue Grass State. When about twelve years old he accompanied his parents to Missouri and for a few years resided in Howard County, but returned to Kentucky. At the age of nineteen he came to Rochester, Andrew County, Mo., and then' remained until the fall of 1X14. The science of medicine had from childhood possessed unusual interest for Mr. Cawford, and he was a mere boy when he commenced its study under the supervision of Drs. Mason and Jones, of Lancaster, Ky. In Rochester he engaged in practice with Dr. Walker, and upon removing to Mirabile, Caldwell County, Mo., in 1844, he open eel an office for the practice of his profession, in which he SOOn acquired a wide reputation for skill and ability. The village of Mirabile is situated twelve miles east of Cameron, and at the time of his loca t ion t here was one of the most, flourishing towns for miles around. At that time there were no rail- ways in the county, ami but few improvements had been made throughout, the length and breadth of this beautiful farming region that, is today the scene of so many happy homes and highly (level oped farms. The failure of the railroad to pass through Mirabile caused an immediate decline of ils prosperity ami it has never since regained its former high standing. Until 1881, a period of about thirty-seven years, the Doctor was engaged as a practitioner at Mira bile, and in addition to his professional duties he Owned and managed a store there from about 1850 to 1880, selling out at the latter date to his son-, who removed the business to Cameron. For a long time Dr. Crawford did an average business of {40,000 per year, and go,. ,1s were bought and sold on twelve mouths" lime. In 1880 he sold his prac tice to Dr. Cannon and removed to Cameron. where he now resides. About 1885, accompanied by his family, he went to California, where he re- mained for one year at Los Angeles. He made huge investments in that city and two of his sons still reside there. He purchased forty acres of land and added thereto until he became the owner of a farm comprising fifteen hundred acres on the county liue near Mirabile. In connection with general farming, he has paid special attention to stock raising and has now about four hundred and fifty head of cattle on his farm. He employs three men the year round, but still gives his personal attention to the general management of the place. Although every line of business in which he has engaged has proved remunerative, he has had his share of reverses, ami during one winter lost two thousand head of sheep. During the Civil War there were about ten southern sympathizers in Mirabile to one Federal. I and the feeling whs so high that the greatest dan ger existed for life and | roperiy. Dr. Craw- ford was a strong supporter of the Onion and through (ten. Lvon was authorized to raise troops. Two companies were raised, ami he became First Lieutenant of one of these. Arms were supplied at St. Joseph and the company then joined the main troops at Line Mills, and some time later was incorporated in Col. Catherwood's regiment. Dr. Crawford then resigned and returned to his home. But although no longer in active service, his perils were by no means past; one Rebel captain placed a reward of $100 on his head, dead or alive, and for two years he was forced to be on constant guard, during which time he scarcely ever slept in his own house. As soon as the troops were with- drawn, the guerillas came in ami robbed him. to- gether with other citizens. At one time in 1 ^0'_' the Federals raised a pole at Kingston. The Con- federates, who had threatened the lives of all who took part, organized a company and rode around 504 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tlie place, but did not attack the people. Nearly the entire expense of raising troops was borne by Dr. Crawford, and his store was used as the sol- diers' barracks during the continuance of the war. The lady who became the wife of the Doctor February 10, 1845, was Miss Elizabeth Kerrius, who was born in England, but was brought to this country by her parents when an infant. She was reared in Liverpool, Ohio, and was one of two children born to her parents, the other being the wife of Lieut-Gov. George Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Kerrins came to Missouri late in life and both died in Caldwell County. The family of the Doctor and his wife includes the following named chil- dren: A. Kerrius, a real estate dealer of Los An- geles, Cal; Sarah E., the wife of Thomas Clark of Cameron; Oliver, who is engaged in the clothing business at Cameron; John, a physician of Los Angeles; William T., who is in the gents' furnish- ing business at Cameron; Mary, who married W. C. Burt and died in Los Angeles, Cal., in Novem- ber, 1890, and Lillie, who is at home with her parents. The Doctor has always been firm in his support of Democratic principles, even during the trying days of the war. Soon after locating in Mirabile he was appoiuted Postmaster, and with the excep- tion of about two mouths, filled that office for thirty-seven consecutive years. Mrs. Crawford has always been a devoted member of the Catholic Church, with which the Doctor identified himself a few years ago. He lias always manifested proper public spirit in regard to all feasible plans for the improvement of his community, and is highly respected as a whole souled, warm hearted man of generous impulses and honorable character. ^v ?v\ 7t\ 7(n7v\ If I °N GEORGE SMITH. Prominent in the Tr4 public life of Missouri for many years and lj well-known as the Lieutenant-Governor of w/ the state, this honored citizen of Cameron was deeply mourned when he, passed from earth. A brief review of the principal events of his life will be of interest to our readers and furnish to the young an example worthy of emulation. During the late war he was in the prime of his mental vigor and participated in the thrilling scenes which characterized that dark period of our national his- tory. There were many who differed from him in the great issues then at stake, but none questioned the purity of his motives and the honesty of his convictions. Born in Columbiana County, Ohio, February 2, 1809, our subject was the son of John and Mary (Fisher) Smith, natives of Pennsylvania. His edu- cation was acquired at the Miami University, Ox- ford, Ohio, and prepared him for his active career. His first business was that of transporting flour to New Orleans on flat boats, in which ho engaged during the winter season, and each summer for three years he drove cattle from Ohio and Penn- sylvania to Maryland. In January, 1833, he was married, in Brooke County, Va., to Sarah A. Chapman, who died in 1830, leaving two children. His second marriage was solemnized in Novem- ber of 1839 and united him with Miss Mary Ker- rins, a native of England. Of this union three sons and two daughters survive. Both wives were ladies of education, refinement and high intel- lectual attainments. While engaging in mercantile pursuits at East Liverpool, Ohio, our subject was elected, at the age of twenty-seven, to the State Legislature on the Democratic ticket. The following year he was re-elected and served until the close of 1839, being Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Corporations. In 1844 he removed to Caldwell County, Mo., where he resided for twenty four years. He is regarded as the pioneer wool grower of this State and upon coming hither brought with him eleven hundred sheep, the first, large flock that was brought across the Mississippi. In 1S68 he located near the city of Cameron and gave his at- tention bo farming pursuits. In March, 1832, Mr. Smith stopped at St. Louis while returning from New Orleans and traveled on horseback over a large part of Mis- souri, with the general appearance of which he was well pleased. In later years he traveled ex- tensively throughout the United States. The Legislature of 1847 passed an act to secure the construction of the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad and he was appointed one of the Commissioners PORTRAIT AND RJOti KA I'HICAL RECORD 51 15 to have charge <>f the matter, and also was one of 1 1 1 « - six who secured the preliminary organization of the company. In 1852 he whs elected, with the unanimous approval of both parties, to repre sen) Caldwell County in the Legislature, and dur- ing special sessions acted on the joint committee thai reported bills for the incorporation of the Northern Missouri, Iron Mountain and St. Louis an.l San Francisco Railroads. He also served in the regular session following in 1853. In 1m')'J Mr. Smith was elected to the Legisla ture and in the adjourned session of the ensuing year publicly declared himself in favor of emanci [■.-it i . . 1 1 . He was a member of the committee ap- pointed to draft a bill authorizing a convention, the object of which was to confine the elective fran- chise to the loyal men of the state, to abolish slavery, and to effect such other modifications as the public interests and safety wight demand. Mr. Smith served in the Legislature until 1864. Dining the summer of that year he presided over the Republican Convention at Jefferson City, which nominated the state ticket. This Conven tion nominated him Lieutenant-Governor, to which honorable position he was elected by a majority of forty thousand. In that capacity he presided over the State Senate for four years with dignity and impartiality. At the organization of the State Board of Equalization in 1865 Air. Smith was chosen its President and his efficient discharge of the duties of the position won for him many warm friends among both parties. March 20, 1869, he was ap pointed United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri, and was again chosen for thai position in 1873, serving until March '20, 1877. lie was President of the National Convention of United Slates Marshals held at Cleveland in 1N73. His sympathies ami aid were given to charitable movements, hut he was never personally identified with any secret society. For twenty years he was a Hiding Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and was a devoted member of that denomination. In public affairs he was a man of great, prominence and his influence largely controlled the Republican party of the stale from the beginning of the Civil War until 1868. HoN GRANVILLE (i. ADKINS. The career of this gentleman is historical and quite sensat ioiial as well. He is the person who shot John BrOWO as he landed from the skill' at the battle of ( )sa walomie. He is at present a representative in tie; Legislat nre fi om District No. 2, of Buchanan County, Mo., and was bom in Owen County, Kv.. December 25,1882. His father, Ed. (i. Adkins. was of Scotch descent, his ancestors emigrating to Virginia before the Revolutionary War, in which both grandparents of our subject took part, on the side of the t'onti iientals. In an early day our subject's father set- tled in Kentucky, where he farmed in the summer and operated a mill the year round until 1833, when he went to Lewis County, Mo. There he followed the pursuit of farming and erected the mill on Sugar creek, between the towns of Monti cello and Canton, owning at this time one thousand acres of land well adapted to farming. In 1842 he went to Platte Count) and located near Platte City, where he engaged extensively in raising hemp. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Eliza Garvey, was born in Virginia, and died in Leavenworth, Kans., in the year 1S7S. ami was buried in Platte City; her husband passed away in 1849. She was the mother of five sons and two daughters, of whom all have died with the ezcep tion of Air. Adkins and his sister, Mrs. Howard Connelley. of Leavenworth County, Kans. Mr. Adkins was reared in Eewis County. Mo., until 1842, when his parents moved to Platte County, where lie was given all the advantages f a common-school education that could be had at that time. In 1859 Mr. Adkins engaged in freighting for the Government, running from Fort Leavenworth and fighting his way through the Indian reserva lions. In 1850 he with two other brothers eiui grated westward, the trip across the plains con suming ninety days. The journey hither was in structive and enjoyable, for they went through in a covered wagon drawn by a team of oxen, and were thus enabled to go leisurely along and view the wonderful works of nature. They landed in Sacramento, where they mined for six months, at 500 POKTltAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tbe end of which time they returned by the way of the steamer "Eureka," which cruised along the coas^ of Mexico and the Gulf States, finally land- ing them in New Orleaus, from which place they re- turned to Platte County, Mo., where they followed agricultural pursuits until the Kansas trouble sprang up in 1850. At this juncture Mr. Adkins went to Kansas, where he took an active part in tbe border warfare. After the close of these troubles Mr. Adkins re- turned to his farm, which he sold in a short time, and in 1858, thinking to better his financial con- dition, he moved to Lexington, Mo., where he set up a wholesale and retail grocery store. He fol- lowed this occupation for three years, when war was declared between the north and the south, and he was oiieof the first to enlist in Cnvanaugh's Company under Joe Shelby's command. It was not long until he was promoted to the rank of Aid de Camp. In the engagement at Pea Ridge he was wounded by a ball, which disabled his left arm for a short time. On returning home he found his wife very ill. She died in a short time after the close of the war, but Mr. Adkins kept a brave heart amid all these trials, and with a mighty effort again settled down to business. He engaged in buying and shipping hemp, contract- ing with the Atchison & Nebraska and the Atchi- son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railways. For three years, beginning with the year 1877, he was Coal Oil Inspector of St. Joseph under Gov. Phelps, after which he was in a like position under Gov. Crittenden for four years, and subsequently was in the same service for two years under Gov. Francis. Mr. Adkins was elected State Representative on the Democratic ticket in the fall of 1892, and missed but three roll calls in seventy-nine days during the session of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly, of which he was the chairman of the Emigration and three other committees. He passed seven bills and one resolution in the House, and has been a prominent member of the Legis- lature. He was married to Miss Madeline Archi- bald Patterson, in Platte County, this state, De- cember 10, 1857. His wife was born in Fayette, Mo., and was the daughter of Prof. Archibald Patterson, President of the Missouri Masonic Col- lege at Lexington. In religious affairs Mr. Ad- kins is devoted to the advancement of the Epis- copal Church, and politically is a warm supporter of the Democratic principles and platform. ******* ,-*ff ffj******** EV. HIRAM DEVORSS. This much es teemed and prominent minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church has been en- gaged in preaching the gospel for over a half century. He is considered one of the best ministers in his county, and is noted for his elo- quence, deep reasoning and piety. John D. Devorss, the father of our subject, was born in Pike County, Ohio, and was the son of Daniel D. Devorss, who hailed from the Keystone State and was a soldier in the Black Hawk War. Mary (Davis) Devorss, the mother of our subject, was born in Kentucky, while her father, John Da- vis, was a native of Virginia, and during the War of the Revolution served as a veteran in its ranks. The elder Mr. and Mrs. Devorss were married in Ohio, where they continued to live, in Pickaway County, until 1841, the date of their removal to this state. Locating on a wild tract they redeemed it from its primitive state and made it their home until their decease. They were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, toward the support of which they gave liberally of their means and time. The father was very prominent in pol- itics, being a strong Democrat, and served his fel- low townsmen at different times as Justice of the Peace for twenty one years. Mr. Devorss of this sketch, who was the eldest of his parent's family of seven children, was born December 29, 1810, in Pickaway County, Ohio. He was reared on his father's farm and made the best of the meager means afforded him for obtaining an education. He was permitted to attend school but two months in the year, but. being a bright pupil he soon gained a fair knowlege of the ordi- nary branches, to which he has later added by a thorough course of reading. Young Devorss, when starting out for himself, learned the trade of a cabinet maker in Cireleville. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. MiT Ohio, which he continued to follow during his res- idence in the Buckeye State. In 1836 lie was mar ried to Miss Rebecca English, a native of the above state and who was the daughter of John and Mary English, early settlers in Ohio. Mrs. De- rorsa w;is born in 1819 and four years after her marriage to our subject removed with him to Bu- cliaiiHii County. There the father erected a log house, in which they resided for three years, then removed to the sout Invest quarter of Section 31, which was the second entry of land in " Platte Pur- chase." It was covered over with very high prairie grass and the good state of cultivation under which he placed it returned to him a golden trib- ute for the years of labor which he expended upon it. He resided upon this fine farm until about seven years ago, when he sold it and purchased where he at present makes his home. During the late war Mr. Devorss was compelled to leave his farm as his property was confiscated and his house and barn burned to the ground. He removed with kis family to Rushville, where they remained for two years, and on their return found their land overgrown with willow trees While living in the above place our subject fol Lowed the trade of cabinet making, in which he was more than ordinarily successful, but the work of which did not agree with him as well as farm life. On returning to his rural home he rebuilt the house and remained there until seven years ago. His property now consists of one hundred ami eleven acres. The wife of our subject died in 18K7. She be- came the mother of ten children, seven of \vh are still living Susan, Maggie, Rebecca, Fannie, Nannie, David, Hiram. They are all married and established in homes of their own. Mr. Devorss has been engaged in preaching the gospel since 1X41 under the auspices of the Methodist Episco pal Church, South. During the first three years he traveled as Missionary ( 'i rcuit Rider, preach ing on Sundays and working at his trade during the week. Since that time he has held many im portaut charges and at all times gave entire satis faction to his congregations. In January, 1891, Mr. Devorss was married to Mrs. Mary Myers, a native of Missouri. She is also a member of the Mel hodist Church. In his political relations our subject is a strong Demo crat, in the workings of which body he has always been actively interested. sk*******^^^:*^***** CHARLES P. ELLIOTT, Manager of the new Crawford Opera House of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, has been until recently manager of Tootle's Opera House in this city. He is the Secretary and booking represents tive of the Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska Opera House Amusement Co. He was born in West Virginia, August '.I, 1869, and is, consequently, twenty- three years of age, being therefore one of the youngest managers in this country. Our subject commenced his career with Mr. L. M. Crawford in I SS 1 and, was on the road For five years when he was given the management of the opera house at Leavenworth, Kans. After four seasons of successful work, he came to St, Joseph in I Slid to take the management of Ti iotle'8 Opera House. Never before has St. Joseph been favored with such a strong list of theatrical attrac tions as it has under Mr. Elliott's management: He is popular among business, professional and newspaper men, and certainly if energy and push can accomplish the result, he will some day be one of our greatest amusement manager-.. The beautiful new Crawford Opera House was thrown open to the public on the evening of March 2, lS'.f'. The elite of this cit_\ and vicinity were present, and when the curtain went up the star of the occasion, Mrs. Leslie Carter, found herself confronted with one of the most fashionable and brilliant audiences she had faced for some time. The most talented and leading members of BOciet] from many neighboring towus and cities were present, and the Mayor, with one hundred society people of Topeka. came by a special train, admired the beautiful theater and enjoyed the entertain meiit afforded by Mrs. Carter ami the vivacious Lottie Collins. After the preliminary overture by the orchestra. Hon. Grant R. Bennett stepped to the stage and in an address of the class of which he alone is ca- 508 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. pable dedicated the temple to the muses. He reviewed the theatrical past of St. Joseph and prophesied a glorious future. To Mr. Crawford he paid a deserved tribute for his enterprise, his generosity and his wonderful success in pleasing the people of St. Joseph by thus giving them one of the finest and most complete play-houses in the West, a model of convenience, utility and beauty. Repeated calls were made for Mr. Crawford, who finally was reluctantly brought before the foot- lights. Not being fond of speech-making, after bowing to the audience and thanking them for the consideration they had shown him, he begged to be excused and retired amid thunders of applause. The popular young manager, Charles Elliott, was also honored by the audience, who specially desired to have him put in an appearance on the stage, bat that gentleman's modesty is equal to the coy school-girl's, and he could not be induced to be- come the center of admiration and interest. Mr. Elliott is a whole-souled fellow, socially, and his splendid testimonial, recently received, from the prominent New York managers and book- ing agencies, shows that he has as many friends in the east as at home. The Crawford Opera House will have only first class attractions, and under the popular direction of the manager cannot fail of winning golden laurels. He has only to ask, and it shall be given, among the newspapers of the city, for well written articles and commendatory notices in regard to the plays or enterprise of whatever theater he has connection with. ^^*^^SS t ^$^V ; ^^^*^*« T'OBIAS GOODWIN. More than fifty years have come and gone since Mr. Goodwin located on the farm in Platte Township, where he now resides, and during this long period he has been as closely identified with the progress of Buchanan County as any man within its limits. His estate of three hundred and thirty acres bears all the modern improvements and is embellished with substantial buildings adapted to their various uses. The time has been when he enjoyed the personal acquaintance of every resi- dent of the county, and although advancing civil- ization has very rapidly populated this section of Missouri, he is still widely known; indeed, perhaps no one now residing in the county is more famil- iarly known to all classes of citizens than he. A native of Middle Tennessee, our subject was born in Bledsoe County February 10, 1814. His father, James Goodwin, was born in North Caro- lina, whence he removed to Tennessee in early manhood. From that state about 1833 he went, to Indiana and made settlement in Putnam County, where he followed the occupation of a farmer for several years. In 1840 he came to Buchanan County, where he died in 1800 at the age of eighty- six years. A man of kindly impulses and indus- trious habits, he occupied a prominent place in the community and was universally esteemed. When a youth of nineteen years, our subject accompanied his father to Indiana, where, on Sep- tember 10, 1835, he married Miss Matilda Ogle, a native of Tennessee. In 1839, with his wife, he removed to Livingston County, Mo., but after a sojourn of a few months there, he came to Bu- chanan County, where he has since made his home. Upon arriving here he purchased eighty acres of land situated south of the present site of Gower, and also purchased a small farm east of where that thriving village now stands. After residing there for a few years he sold the place and settled on the farm where he still resides. At the old homestead where Mr. and Mrs Good- win passed so many happy years, they celebrated their golden wedding eight years before this sketch was written. It was an occasion of great rejoic ing, an event which spoke of fifty years of unity, of children and children's children, of cherished love and sweet companionship, all delightful to dwell upon during these parting hours of life's day. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin have had a famih of fourteen children, but only eight of that number now survive, as follows: George W., James T.. Elizabeth, Nannie J., John E., Henry G, Satali M. and Mary F. They are scattered in different states, two sons being residents of Kansas. A widowed daughter with her two children, daugh- ter and son, remains at home and administers to the comfort of the aged parents. The grand daughter, a young lady, is accomplished and well PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 509 educated, and brightens the old home with her presence. For several years after Mr. Goodwin came to this county it was impossible to ^'et money, but after the Mexican War a market was opened with Mexico, and since then no difficulty has arisen in that direction. He has sold both on the high and low markets, the highest price received being fl I and the lowest §1.25. During the dark days of the Civil War he was always a supporter of the Union, and politically is a Republican. He never belonged to any religions organization until 1885, when he united with the church. His acquaint- ance with the men of the county is surpassed by none, as his active business relations, covering over fifty years, have brought him in contact with a large majority of the people in Buchanan County, and with many beyond her borders. He is still a hale, hearty, vigorous man, and is as willing to grapple with hard work and the perplexities of life as ever — an unusually clear-headed mao for one of his years. ******** ***** ***** ;x :>. yK ;x at ix Nk y< FRANK P. YENAWINE, whose residence is in one of the beautiful suburbs of St. Jo- seph, namely Wyatt Park, is City Elec- trician and Superintendentof the St. Joseph City Electric Light Plant. This position is one in volving considerable responsibility and requiring the skill of an expert in the management, as there are twelve dynamos, each having a two thousand candle power, and each furnishing illumination through thirty lights; also in the near future the city's lighting capacity will probably be increased by the introduction of three more large dynamos. This position of superintendent also involves a heavy financial responsibility as the lighting of the streets cost something like $70 |>er year for each lamp. But all burdens are light to those like Mi. Yenawine, amply able to discharge the duties of a difficult position both by reason of love of the work and unusual fitness for it. Mr. Yenawine began work as a line constructor at Keokuk, Iowa, about twelve years ago, erecting a telegraph and telephone line to Chicago. In that city he engaged in electric light work for a time, coming to St. Joseph in 1887, where he established the American District Telegraph Company. Boon after he added to that the St. Joseph Electric Supply Company. For the People's Railroad Oompany this concern did all of the wiring and put in all the incandescent lights in the stations, in addition to the street construction work. In September, 181)1, Mr. Yenawine became Superintendent of the city plant and City Elec trician, being the first who has occupied that posi tion. He has about sixteen men regularly em- ployed, and owing to his genius and well directed efforts, St. Joseph is as well lighted and brilliant B city at night as can be found on these western prairies. Mr. Yenawine is absorbed in hi> work and fully realizes the truth that electricity is the great and coming power which will move the world. He is an expert electrician, thoroughly familiar with all the details of his work. He has recently superintended the wiring of the new Craw- ford Opera House. Mr. Yenawine was born near Louisville, Ky., August 23, 1S53. When he was a lad he removed with his parents to Keokuk, Iowa, where he grew to manhood. In that city his father, W. H. Yena- wine, carried on a large mill. The maiden name of our subject's mother was . She was a native of , while the father was born in . When sixteen years old Mr. Yenawine commenced traveling for the house of in Chicago, continuing in their employ until he com menced electrical work about the year 1881. His brother, \V. M., was in the employ of a telephone company at St. Joseph, and afterward became Superintendent, of the system. lie also served for two years in Kansas City as Superintendent of the Missouri & Kansas Telegraph Company. His death occurred on June 10, 1890, when he was still in the prime of manhood, being only thirty -~ix years of age. It was largely owing to this brother's interest and recommendat ions that Mr Yenawine cast in his lot with the inhabitants of St. Joseph. In this city, September 3, 1889, WBS celebrated the marriage of Frank P. Yenawine and Mrs. Mamie- Maisner. widow of . a prominent 510 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. citizen. Mrs. Yenawine was born and reared in , and is a lady of superior education and natural talent. The pleasant home over which she presides is located at street. ********: ^«<* *«««* SK**3K**5fSK IlOHN A. DEAKINS is successfully engaged vl in farming on Sections 13 and 14, Platte %JJ Township, Buchanan County. He has a tine farm of 137.\ acres, all but twenty of which is on Section 13. He numbers many friends in the county, is popular and prominent in Platte Township and is a leader in politics in this vicinity. His birth occurred in Washington County, Tenn., August 13, 1847. His paternal grandfather, a native of Maryland, was one of the early settlers of Tennessee. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. Richard Deakins, the father of our subject, was born in eastern Tennessee and on arriving at mature years became owner of a farm and also carried on a flour and saw mill. In 1856 he came overland with his family to Missouri. It had been his intention to settle in Arkansas, but as he did not like that State, he proceeded westward to Buchanan County. The journey was made with three teams and two wagons, the Mississippi being crossed at Memphis. In 1857 it was that Mr. Deakins purchased the farm on which his son is still living. He greatly improved it and engaged in general farming until shortly before his death in 1873. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Catherine Gorst, was, like her father, a native of Virginia. Her grandfather emigrated from Germany and engaged in farming in the Old Dominion. Mrs. Deakins, who is over seventy- four years old, makes her home with her children. She is still quite active and has made two trips alone to Oregon, where two of her children reside. Two brothers of our subject are located in this county and one is in western Kansas. The father of these children was previously married, and by his first union had oight children, three of whom are living. John A. Deakins received very little schooling as during the war education was almost abandoned in this part of the south. However, lie had managed to obtain some learning in the pioneer log school-house. He was early set to work on the farm and often swung a cradle all day in the fields with the men, while still a youth. On his marriage in 1867, to Miss Eliza Kinnaid, he became possessor of twenty acres adjoining the home farm. Mrs. Deakins was born in this town- ship and came from a pioneer family that emi- grated from Kentucky. The young couple com- menced house keeping in a log cabin. Our subject devoted himself to the improvement of the farm on which he resided until 1880, when he rented the old homestead. Three years later he became the owner of the place on which he lias since erected a new house and barn. On this place is the finest spring in the township. During the entire year it never goes dry, but, furnishes an abundance of water for the house and stock. Our subject keeps a good grade of horses, cattle and hogs, and raises large crops of grain, hay, etc. Six children came to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Deakins, namely: Annine M., now the wife of Mr. Bogard, of Andrew County; Catherine Beattle, Francis, Elida T., Lula Theodora, David F. Bunyan. The five youngest are all at home. They are regular attendants of the Christian Church at Gore with which the parents hold mem- bership. For several years Mr. Deakins was a member of the County Democratic Central Committee and has been sent as a delegate to nearly every county and congressional convention of late years. He lias served both the grand and petit juries and is now a school director. For five years continuously he was Road Overseer and it is due to him to say that to that fact is largely due the tine condition of roads in this township. In manner Mr. Deakins is so genial and pleasant that he is universally liked, and has hosts of friends. *»^**«*: **«£*^* M/ICHAEL K. GOETZ. Among the re- spected citizens of St. Joseph and those who have witnessed its almost phenomenal growth is our subject, who first came here in 1858 and the year following started a brewery. 4 PORTRAIT AND liK Hi R.M'II l( A L RKO<>R|>. i13 He is now proprietor of the extensive City Brew, ery on the corner of Sixth and Albemarle str<>i>ts. Mr. Qoetz lias dealt considerably in real estate, is the owner of about twenty five vacant lots in this city and also of some six residences. The birth place of our subject was in Engenheun, Alsace, Germany, the date of that event being January 16, 1833. His father, Michael K., Sr., was also a native of the same country, where he engaged in farming. He was only twenty eight years of age at the time of his death, which occurred the same year as our subject's birth. The mother of the latter was in her girlhood Miss Mary C. Koell, who was likewise a native of Germany, coming of a Protestant family. .She was called from this life in the Fatherland at the age of sixty-four. Mi- chael K. is the younger of two children and was reared in his native land, working on the home farm until arriving at his majority. When just twenty one years of age our subject left his native laud, crossed the Atlantic, leaving Havre on Jnne 24, 1 854, in the sailing vessel "Con- necticut."' After a voyage of sixty one days he arrived in New York city in August, and at once went to Buffalo, where he secured employment as a clerk in a grocery store, working for a second cousin for three and a half years.. In 1858 he started fur California by way of St. Louis and by boat up the Missouri, landing in St. Joseph in April. Liking the looks of this city and believing that it was destined to have a great future, he did not proceed further but entered the employ of Henry Nunning, working in his brewery for ten months. In L859 he embarked in the same busi- ness for himself, starting on the same spot and putting up a small frame building. As his busi- ness increased lie enlarged his plant until the building now is 90x120 in dimensions. In 1885 Mr. Goetz put in an ice machine, being one of the first brewers in the west to use this valuable im- provement, His building is fitted up with all modern improvements, elevators, engines and ma chinery. In this city, in the year 1804, a marriage cere mony was performed which united the fortunes of Mr. Goetz and Caroline Clinck, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to the United •26 States when only ten years of age. Their union has been blessed with a family of an children, namely: Knima, who was educated in this city: William L., a graduate of Bryanl A- Stratton's Business College, and a practical brewer, who is foreman of his father's brewery and has just coin pleted a course at the American Brewing Academj of Chicago; Frank, a graduate of Bitter's Busi- ness College, and a machinist in St. Louis; Albert R., also a graduate of Bitter College, collector for his father; Henry E. , now at tending t he Si . Joseph City Business College, and Annie, the youngest of the family, still at home with her parents attend- ing school. Our subject is a member of the Turner's Society and the United Slates Brewers' Association. In politics he is independent, cboos ing to cast his ballot in favor of the man who, in his estimation, is best qualified to fill a cerlain position regardless of party. ********|f^|*******BK GAPT. GEOBGE YOUNG, who is engaged in farming on Section 6, Center Township. Buchanan County, was one of the lirst to enlist during the late war. He raised a company of young men from St. Mary's College, Marion County, Ky., in April, 1861, and was made Captain of the same. He joined Col. Grigsby's regiment, being attached to the command of Gen. John Morgan. He was engaged in the battle of Perryville, and fr there to Cumberland Gap, fought night and day. He was in the battles and engagements of Wytheville, Va., and Greasy Creek, on the Cumberland river, after which he went on the Ohio raid with Morgan. With forty men he drove the videttes half way through Cincinnati; was captured with Morgan, being imprisoned in Cam]) Douglas for three months, On a very windy night our subject and Lieut. Catlin gol possession of two overcoats belonging to Union soldiers, took advantage of the storm, and follow ing one of the guards down hi-, heat, struck him with a stick of wood and esoaped through the parapet. On their arrival in Chicago the] received help and went, to Windsor, Canada, staying there for six months. 514 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. George Young was there put ou detached service and took part in the capture of the steamer Philo Parsons, which was sunk at Maiden. Luke P. Blackburn and Marshall George Kain, of Balti- more, there organized a command for the purpose of operating along the lake. After being at Montreal for two months our subject started for the south in an English mail steamer by way of Hali- fax and St. George, Bermuda. There he waited for two weeks and then started for Wilmington, N. C. , the boat being chased by the man-of-war "Connecticut." He went to Richmond, receiving a furlough for three months, and then returned to his command at Aberdeen, Va. , fighting independ- ently until the close of the war. He was in the battle of Cynthiana, and in 1863, while on picket duty at Monticello, Ky., was attacked by Wol- ford's cavalry, being wounded in the groin by a miuie ball. In the year 1802, when scouting near Talla- homa, Tenn., he was captured and put on the train to be taken to the Nashville prison. Though he was in a stock-car going twenty miles an hour, he removed one of the slats and jumped, receiving but little injury . He was at another time captured bv some of Morgan's command. After Capt. Young's service of four years was completed he went to Canada, where he remained until 1866. His father had brought forty five slaves to Missouri. One of these, a large and desperate mulatto, saw Mr. Young, Sr. , bury $8,000 in gold in the ground and that night stole it. They took it from him and he ran away to Atchi- son, Kans., where he raised a band of men to kill our subject and his father. Through strategy the former got him to return to Missouri, and had him tied at home with the intention of putting him in jail at St. Joseph, but that night the slavo was loosed and in the melee our subject was fired upon and defended himself, the mulatto being killed. This caused trouble for Mr. Young, and after his return from the army he was tried in court, being acquitted. George Young, St., was born in Marion County, Ky., in 181*0. His father, whose Christian name was also George, was born in Culpeper County, Va., and was a soldier in the War of 1812. Our subject's mother, Mary, was the daughter of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, a noted physician and sur- geon of Danville, Ky., who married the daughter of Gov. Isaac Shelby. Our subject is one of four children, two of whom are deceased. A sister, Mrs. Valentine, lives in Tennessee. The father and his family moved to Buchanan County, Mo., in 18r>9, settling on Section P>, Centre Township, where he cultivated a farm until shortly before his death in November, 1874. He was a keen busi- ness man and well respected in the region of his home. The birth of Capt. Young occurred in Shelby County, Ky. , December 4, 1829, and his education was obtained in one of the log school-houses of the day. In 1854, in company with Green, son of Cassius M. Clay and Wiley Glenn, he furnished the Government with three thousand mules, bought in Mexico, to which country he made two trips, driving the animals to Missouri, each journey tak- ing six months. Afterward for awhile he kept a livery stable in Louisville, since which time he has been an agri- culturist. In 1859 he came to Missouri with his father and with the exception of the years spent in the war and the short time he was in Kansas, this county has been his home. His farm comprises three hundred and sixty four acres and is es teemed one of the very best in the county. One field, which has within its limits one hundred and twenty acres, is as level as the floor. On the place is an orchard of sixteen acres and a vineyard of eight acres. In the year 1873 the Captain wedded Cynthia A., youngest daughter of Judge Thomas A. Brown, now Presiding Judge of the County Court. They are the parents of five children, only two of whom, Maggie T. and Wallace Brown, are now living. The mother is a member of the Cumberland Pres- byterian Church and is a lady of culture and re- finement. Our subject is a stanch Democrat, having frequently been sent as a delegate to con ventions of the party, and has been Central Com- mitteeman. He is a member of the school board and is giving his children good advantages. POKTHAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 5 1 5 I SHAM S. TALBOT, M. I). It is a pleasure to tli>> biographer to head this sketch with the [ name of a man who is iu every sense worthy of the distinction afforded by honorable men tioil among the distinguished citizens of the coin mnnity in which he has passed the active years of- liis life, and the name with which this paragraph is introduced is that of one whose connection with Buchanan County dates hark with honor to him self and credit to the community to the time of his arrival here. Dr. Isham Talbot is the son of James W. Tal- bot, whose birth occurred iu Bourbon County, Ivy.. March 1(1, 1796. He in turn is the son of James S. and Unity (DeWitt) Talbot, natives of Virginia. The grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, seiz- ing all through that struggle. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Mary Strother, the daughter of the Rev. George and Mary (Duncan) Strother. the father being a prominent minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He began preaching the gospel at the early age of twenty years and continued with great success for sixty live years. The parents of Mrs. Talbot were married in the Blue Grass State, where her birth occurred, and where also she died in 1X38. The family in 1S4H came to this state, the father locating on a wild tract of land in Marion Township. On (hat prop erty lie erected a little log cabin and did much hard work in placing the land under good im- provement. His death occurred in 1885, at the home of Dr. Talbot. Of the parental family of nine children, our subject is the only one now living. His mother was a member of the Method is( Church South. His father was very promi Dent in political affairs, and while a resident of Kentucky served two terms in the responsible position of Sheriff. Dr. Isham Talbot was born .Inly 15, 1833, in Carroll County, Ky., and was a lad of ten years when he accompanied his father on the removal to this state. Unlike the majority of farmer bids, he was given an excellent education, supplement ing the knowledge gained in the common schools of his neighborhood by attendance at Chapel Hill College in La Fayette County, this state. When leaving school he assisted in the snrvej of the Hannibal Railroad, working under Jeff Thompson, who is well known in this vicinity. Being determined to enter the professional field. Dr. Talbot, in 1852, began the study of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. B. P. Donaldson, of S;m Antonio, Mo., in whose office he remained foi three years. After receiving his diploma, Dr. Talbot practiced with his instructor until 1856, at which time he moved to Baston, where he w.as the first resident physician. He soon bad a very large following and is widely known throughout this section as one of the oldest and ablest of his pro fession. In 1866 Dr. Talbot added the occupation of farmer to his already busy life, and at the present time is the proud possessor of two hundred tillable acres, which, by a proper rotation of cropB, yield him a handsome income. In 1883 he erected a comfortable residence on his estate at a cost of SI. SOU. His marriage, which was celebrated in 1854, waswith Miss Eveline, daughter of Dr. B. F. Don- aldson. To them was born a family of ten children, of whom the following live are living: George \\\, Andrew J., Mary J., Laura and Eliza M. Mrs. Talbot departed this life August '_".», 1869, and th.' lady to whom the Doctor was married Mav IS. 1871, was Mrs. Mary 0. Mahan. She was tin- daughter of John M. and Virginia (Finlei I Wyatt and the widow of John T. Mahan. Mr. Wyatt died in 1851, bat his good wife, who sur- vives at the advanced age of eighty-five years, makes her home with her son on the homestead in Marion Township. Mrs. Mary ('. Talbot was born in Hart Connlv, Ky., July 11, 1841, and by her union with Dr. Talbot has become the mother of four children, of whom Isham W.. Virginia L. and Charles A M are living. They are both devoted members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which body Dr. Talbot has been Elder since I860. Socially Dr. Talbot is a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow, having tilled all the chairs in the l.il ter order. He has also been Master of the Ma sonic fraternity and held a like position in the Grange. George W. Talbot, the eldest son ,,f 516 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. our subject by bis first marriage, is a prominent pbysician of Denver, Colo., while Andrew J. is traveling for D. M. Steele & Company, of Omaba. Dr. Talbot in politics is a standi Democrat, and has often been sent as a delegate by that party to state conventions. He is wideawake and up to the times iu every respect, well posted on the gen- eral topics of the day, alive to the interests of the section in which he lives, and is generous and whole-souled in the use of his means in behalf of enterprises that commend themselves to his excel- lent judgment. X\XvX\ X\ ^ X\ X\ Xy ***** ***** ******** FRANK B. ELLIS, a leading attorney of Plattsburg, Mo., is one of the most eloquent pleaders of the Clinton County bar, where, strong iu argument, logical in discussion, and thoroughly at home in civil and criminal law, he is heard with close attention in every court. Mr. Ellis is a cultured gentleman of high literary attainments, and commands the respect and regard of a host of friends and clients. Onr subject was born in Liberty, Clay County, Mo., August 20, 1857. His father, James Ellis, a farmer, was a native of Kentucky, but removed to Clay County, Mo., iu 1844, and after residing there a number of years located in Clinton County, when our subject was but little more than a year old. In 1859 the father settled with his family three miles east of Cameron, in Caldwell County, where he yet resides. The mother of our subject, Susan Boughton, was born in Virginia, and was the daughter of John P. Boughton, an early pioneer of Clay County, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. James Ellis were united in marriage in Liberty in 1853. Frank B. Ellis, one of four living children, was reared upon his father's farm and received a pri- mary education in the common schools of his home neighborhood. At twenty-one years of age he taught school three terms iu De Kalb County, and during the sessions of 1880, 1881 and 1882 con- tinned his instruction, at the same time pursuing his legal studies with J. F. Harwood, then of Cameron, now of Maysville. In 1881 our subject was admitted to the bar, passing his examination before Judge Bradden, of Kingston, Caldwell County, and in 1883 entered upon the practice of his profession in Lathrop, which he made his home until he came to Plattsburg June 1, 1891. While in Lathrop be served with efficiency one term as Mayor, being elected upon the Democratic ticket. Although not politically engaged at present, he attends conventions and is naturally much in- terested in local and national issues. Mr. Ellis occupies Judge V. R. Porter's old office, and owns a magnificent library of three hundred and fifty volumes, among which are sone of the finest and most valuable reference books in the country. Our subject has a full set of the Missouri Reports, Missouri Appeal Reports, S. W. Reporter and Digest, and many complete sets of American decisions. Mr. Ellis has rapidly acquired an extended practice, and is generally found among the counsel in every important case tried in the county. His practice extends to all the state and federal courts, and in the well known case of Hugh versus McDivett, reversed in the Supreme Court, he made a telling hit. The case had been before the courts from 1883 until 1891, when it was taken to the Supreme Court. The point of argument was that when an administrator and the papers failed to recite that the administrator was per- sonally the officer taking the acknowledgment, the Circuit (Sandusky) Judge decided that the acknowl- edgment was not good. This was the decision reversed by the Supreme Court. The case was argued personally by our subject before the Supreme Court and became a precedent in the state. The sale was made under the law of 1835, but in 1845 a new law passed, and the acknowl- edgment was taken in 1840, but he held that it was good and should be construed under the same law which governs the sale. Mr. Ellis has made vigorous campaigns in the county in behalf of his party, but devotes his time almost exclusively to the practice of his profession, and has never prosecuted a man, beiug constantly engaged by the defense. He is also a partner in the insurance firm of Ellis & Finch, and invests in loans and real estate, realizing handsomely from this line of business. Fraternally he is a valued I'OKTKALT AND BI< )(i IJA I'll K Al. RECORD 517 member of the Kodish Commandery at Cameron, and socially no gentleman in Plattsburg is a greater favorite than lie. A close student of Shakespeare and thoroughly at borne in the Chautauquau Course, Mr. Ellis has mastered a wide range of instructive reading and especially enjoys literary effort and entertainment. Acknowledged by the general public to he one of the foremost of the young lawyers of Missouri, and having already attained almost phenomenal success in the defense of various desperate cases, he has a bright future before him in which he may ju-.th hope to emulate the must illustrious legal luminaries of this generation. A host of friends. thoroughly appreciating his superior ability and brilliant talents, predict for him the highest honors, which but wait to crown his later efforts with the rich fruition of assured success. -, f^ > > V -: ' V X T" Xt X ~f" T THOMAS KENNEDY for nearly twenty years has been engaged in the grocery business at No. '2402 South Sixth street, and controls an extensive and remunerative trade. He i^ esteemed one of the enterprising business men of St. Joseph, where he has resided since 1873. He has made his own way to the top, having com menced in this city as a teamster and having through industry and strict attention to business reached tin- position he now holds. In County Limerick, Ireland, occurred the birth of our subject. His father was a farmer in the Emerald Isle and apprenticed our subject to learn the grocery business when only fifteen years of age. Upon arriving at mature years he engaged in business for himself, carrying on a grocery trade in Limerick. In I860 Mr. Kennedy, believ ing that the New World afforded wider opportuni- ties to a young man desirous of success, crossed tlic Atlantic, starting from QueenBboro on a steamer bound for New York city. On his arrival in that metropolis he spent one year there and then removed to Chicago, which was his home for the succeeding three years. Next removing to Iowa, he engaged in fanning for some time in Al lamakee County. Thence removing to Nebraska, he homesteaded a farm in Pawnee County, upon which he remained until it was proved up. Mr. Kennedy tiually concluded to give up farm ing, on account of the grasshoppers, which de- stroyed his crops and made him thoroughly die couraged as to his ultimate success as an agricultur- ist. In 1S73 he located in St. .Joseph, engaging for some time in teaming, and with the money thus earned and with some he had previously saved, he started his present business and has steadily increased his trade. In 1889 he erected two stores on South Sixth street, which he sold to goocl advantage, and then returned to his native laud on account of poor health. He resided in Dublin for some time, engaging in business in that city until October, 1891, when he returned to America, taking up the same property, and has since cuntinued in the grocery business as formerly. In Ireland was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Kennedy and Honora MeQuade, a native of that country. They have three living children: Joseph, who is engaged in the wholesale business in Chicago; Charles, who is in partnership with his father; and Aunid. The family attend the Church of the Holy Rosary, and politically Mr. Kennedy is a champion of the Democratic party. J OHN DAVIS. Buchanan County is justly proud of her foreign-born citizens, who are honorably bearing their share in sustaining her interests and extending her wealth. Among these is John Davis, who is living a retired life on bis beautiful estate in Marion Township. It comprises two hundred and twenty-four acres on Section 2, is placed under substantial improve- ments, the fields are well tilled, and a neat set of farm buildings adorns the place. The parents of our subject, Louis and Maria (Evans) Davis, were natives of Wales, and oncom- ing to America in ISIS located in Gallia County, Ohio, where their decease occurred. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom are living at the present time. John Davis was born December 31, 1816, in Wales, and was an infant in his mother's arms at the time of the removal of the 518 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. family to the New World. He attended the com- mon schools in Ohio and thus received a good in- sight into the ordinary branches taught in the English tongue. His mother died when he was a lad of fifteen years and young Davis remained at home until reaching his twenty fifth year, and in 1841, when leaving the parental roof, found his way to this then western country and made his home with his brother David, now deceased. Miss Rebecca Deppeu became the wife of Mr. Davis in 1S48. She was the daughter of Peter and Catherine (Spong) Deppen, natives of Penn- sylvania, where the mother died in 1825. The father on coming to Missouri, in 1841, located in Marion Township, Buchanan County, where his decease occurred when quite advanced in years. Mrs. Davis, who was born July 24, 1824, together with her sister Catherine, Mrs. Wilson, are the only members of the family of nine children living. Like many of the old settlers, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, when locating here, had very little to begin life upon, their worldly possessions including a few household goods, two yoke of cattle and a horse. They made themselves as comfortable as possible in a rude log cabin with stick chimney, [luncheon floor and clapboard roof, the husband in the meantime working very hard to clear his laud. That his efforts were not in vain is noted from the fact that at the time of his removal to his present farm, in 1865, his place, comprising three hundred and sixty acres, was fenced and under the plow. He was very brave indeed to take upon himself the hard task of breaking an- other new farm, but such was the case, for when his present estate came into his possession only twenty acres were under the plow and fenced. He has been one of the hardest workers in this county, and the property upon which he now re- sides forms one of the valuable farms in the com- munity. In 1870 Mr. Davis erected a handsome residence which cost §2,700, where he is now spending his later years, enjoying the fruits of his busy life. Of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Davis four are living, viz.: Peter M. , who married Lucy Wyatt, lives in Gentry County, Mo.; Thomas W., who married Cullie Goodman, makes his home iu this county, Eliza E., who is the wife of George W. Bernard, also makes this county her home; and Albert V., who married Miss Emma Hall, now deceased. Our subject and his wife are de- voted members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which body Mr. Davis has served as Dea- con. He has given his children good educations, and his interest in school affairs has led him to be placed on the "Board" as trustee. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and socially is a Granger. After his marriage Mr. Davis, in the spring of 1850, crossed the plains to California, the journey occupying four and one-half mouths. He worked in the gold mines at Sacramento until December of that year, when he went to Jackson Creek, spent a short time there, and later boarded a vessel at San Francisco bound for Salmon river, three hundred miles north. He was snowed in for some time at that place and when able to leave, crossed the Salmon mountains, which were almost insurmountable in that season of the year, and made his way up the Salmon river for some dis- tance. He again crossed the Salmon mountains to a bar on the river of that name. Then in com pany with his partner he began draiuing the creek, and in July they were mining on their own "hook.'' Mr. Davis was fairly successful in this venture and at the end of two months had $500. Again crossing the mountains he was engaged in mining on the Trinity river, and while there re- ceived his fir.st letter from home, after a two years' absence. July 8, 1852, thoroughly homesick and anxious to see his family, Mr. Davis started home by the Nicaragua route and has ever since been engaged in the peaceful occupation of cultivating the soil, which he has found to be very profitable. He has "■iven each of his children $1,500 with which to start in life, still retaining for himself a sufficient sum to enable him to live comfortably the rest of his days. He is widely and favorably known in his community, and his comfortable and hospitable home is ever open to his many friends, among whom he is very popular. PORTRAIT Wl> mocUAI'IIK'AI, RECORD 519 I I KNRY KIUG, JR., who makes Wb home in p-H St. Joseph) is much interested in all that 1 pertains to the growth and advancement of ■f this vicinity. H<' holds many responsible positions, being manager of the Henry Krug Pack iug Company, Vice-president of the German American Hank, and also President of the Gor- man American Bank Building Company. Mr. Krag was Iwrn and reared in this city and is not only a popular young business man, bul a leading and influential citizen. He was horn in St. Joseph, July 9, 1861, to Henry and Louise Krug. Henry King was of German descent, run ning a hotel in Vienna for a number of years. About the year 1850 he emigrated to America and located in Glasgow, Mo., where he opened up a meat market. Soon after this, misfortune beset him on every hand, and on account of extremely poor health he was advised to travel for his physi- cal improvement Fitting himself out with a team of horses and covered wagon, he slowly wended his way overland to California. This trip revived his spirits and helped him both physically and mentally, and he remained some time in the west, where he engaged principally in merchandise business in Stockton, Cal. In 1852 Mr. Krug came to St. Joseph by the way of the Pauman & New Orleans Railway, and engaged in the grocery business with Mr. Hax, under the name of Hax & Krug;.the latter also be- came connected with a branch store in Denver. Colo. The above-named firm gradually became interested in the pork- packing trade, and thinking to improve their condition financially they gave up the grocery business and dissolved the partnership about 1869. Two years later Mr. Krug went to Weston. Mo., where he went into the pork pack ing business, in which ho successfully engaged for eighteen months, at the end of which time he was burned out, and returned to St. Joseph. In 1 S~;3 Mr. Krug erected a building iu which to carry on his business ami has been so prospered as to add other rooms from time to time, until now he is regarded as one of the most extensive and successful pork-packers in this city. In 18T'» the institution was incorporated as the Henry Krug Packing Company, of which lie has been Presi dent ever since. The firm started with a capital of $60,000, hut has increased until now it aggre- gates S |i Ml, 1 100 with an accumulated surplus. The buildings cover about four blocks of ground, all of which are fitted on! with modern conveniences for packing and one-half of which is covered with im provements. The capacity is two thousand hogs daily, including cutting for domestic trade and also for the meat markets of the southwest and west. They have in their employ from one hun- dred to two hundred and twenty five men. Mr. Krug was one of the most prominent per sonages belonging to the Union Car Line, in fact, its principal financial backer, and is largely inter ested in real estate, owning what is known as the Krug Park, which was given by him and William Krug to the city of St. Joseph for a public park. Iu June, 1893, he purchased a largo block of Ger- man American Hank stock, and at its re-organiza- tion was unanimously elected its President. The mother of our subject was Louisa Hax in her single life, and was born in Darmstadt, Ger- many, and married iu St. Joseph. Mr. Krug was the only child, and was reared and educated in the public and high schools of this city. When but fifteen years of age he quit school and started iu life for himself, and it is un- necessary to remark more concerning his success, as his record heretofore has very clearly shown his ambition and industry. Thinking it not good for man to live alone, Mr. Krug prepared a fine residence east of the Krug Park and took unto himself a wife in tho person of Miss Selma Hegner, the adopted daughter of Henry Krug. The marriage ceremony was oele brated May is, 1892. Mrs. Krug was born in this city, where she was carefully reared and educated and brought up in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, as was also her husband Politically our subject is a zealous Republican. k -c-^ ] HSfc**Si«K!**3 ieR ***^££*« JOHN MOHAN is an extensive and successful j pork-packer of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, and was born in New Ross, County of Wea ford, Ireland, September 'JO. 1848. His father. Michael, was born in New Ross, Wexford 520 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. County, where be was foreman of the packing establishments. The grandfather of our subject was also in the same business and died in 1850. The mother of our subject was a native of Ireland and a daughter of John Malone, a brick-layer and contractor by occupation. Mrs. Moran died in 1882, having been the mother of nine children, three of whom are still living. Our subject was the eldest of his parents' family and was reared in Ireland till he reached bis eighteenth year. When eleven years of age, he was employed in the packing industry until he came to America in 1861, locating in New York city, where he remained five and a half years, being employed during two years of that time by one Ed. Stokes, an eminent pork-packer of New York. Here he followed his occupation successfully. In 1863 Mr. Moran enlisted in the United States navy as fireman in the Gulf Squadron, where he remained one year. He was in the bombardment at Fort Fisher, which the Union side captured and held. In 1866 he went to Chicago and there fol- lowed his former occupation of pork-packing in the large firms in that city, working in the house of John Nash for nine years, and afterward be- coming his Superintendent. Several years later he superintended the packing-house of Toby & Booth for three years and then accepted the superin- tendency in the establishment of S. A. Ricker. Continuing his energetic and untiring labors, he plodded on until 1878, when he started in business in partnership with James T. Haley. For ten years the firm of Moran & Haley was widely known throughout the country, in which time they pros- pered greatly financially. In June of 1891 they sold their business to the International Packing Company. After Mr. Moran had sold out his share, he rented and operated the North American Packing and Provision House for six months and then made arrangements to come to St. Joseph. This im- mense establishment employed one hundred and forty five men the year around, and averaged the slaughter of eight hundred hogs daily, making a specialty of cutting for the English markets and consigning them from New York to Liverpool and Glasgow, to Bamford & Company. Mr. Moran chose for his life companion Miss Kate Murphy, who is a native of Wexford and came to America when but two years of age. Six children have blessed this union, namely: Michael, Patrick, Catherine, Celia, Gertrude and Loretta. Mr. Moran has been indissolubly connected with the advancement of this city's best interests. His residence is one of the finest and most beautiful ones in the city and has all the modern conveniences for a comfortable abode. Besides the pork packing business he is also engaged in jobbing, his office and wholesale market being located at No. 1 '-'- South Second street. Politically Mr. Moran is an advocate of the principles of the Democratic party and platform. At the present time his manager is Mr. P. E. Heneberry, late superintendent for John Morrell & Company (pork-packers of Ottumwa, Iowa), in whose service he labored for twelve years. Mr. Moran has been for many years an important factor in the rapid growth and progress of this lo- cality and holds a high place in the regard and es- teem of the general public. *«******; :******** FRANK W. MAXWELL, Secretary of the Commercial Club and a prominent citizen of St. Joseph, was born in Washington, Iowa, May 17, 1860. He is the younger of two sons born tb James C. and Mary (Mealy) Maxwell, natives of Pennsylvania, who were mar- ried in Ohio. The father followed the occupation of a carpenter at Cadiz, Ohio, but in an early day removed thence to Washington, Iowa, where he followed his trade and resided until his death. The mother now makes her home with Frank W. In the schools of Washington, Iowa, the subject of this biographical notice acquired a practical education, which fitted him for the responsibilities of life. His schooling ceased at the age of eighteen, but being a close observer and a thought- ful reader, ho has gained a fund of information both broad and deep, and is one of the best-in- formed men of St. Joseph. For a time he made his home in Chicago, where he followed the trade of a printer. From that city he returned to Washington and later proceeded to Trenton, Mo., PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 523 wbere be filled the positioo of Night Ticket Agent for tin' Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. After working in that capacity for six months, be came to St. Joseph in the fall of 1881 and accepted H position as clerk in the Rock Island ticket, office A short time afterward he became agent for that road in St. Joseph, and later was appointed Trav- eling Freight Agent. In the fall of 1SSS Mr. Maxwell resigned as Freight Agent, and going to Kansas City, accepted a position as Contracting Agent, for the Santa Fe Railroad, in which office he served with efficiency and fidelity for six months. He then accepted a similar position with the Maple Leaf Railroad and 111 1 890 became Traveling Freight Agent for that company. Retiring from the railroad business, be located in Waterloo and embarked in business a^ a merchant. For two years he carried on his merchandising interests with energy and success, and at the expiration of that time came to St. Joseph and accepted the position of Secretary of the Commercial Club, which he still tills. October 15, 1889, Mr. Maxwell married Mrs. Maud Dougherty, who was born in Muscatine, Iowa. She passed from earth April 29, 1891. Mr. Maxwell is a man of shrewd business sagacity and tact. He maintains a deep interest in the welfare and progress of the city of St. Joseph and contributes to its growth in every way possible. In his political preferences, he votes and works for the success of the Republican party, being an ardent advocate of its principles. Socially be is a Knii/ht of Pvtbias. ,-^^>N^ &?fc&?fc^?fc&^ FjRANCIS BROWNE. The life of this gen tleman furnishes an example of what a man with brains and business ability can ac complish by persistence, sagacity and in- dustry. His career, in its practical results, is an encouragement to every struggling young man who has ambition, resolution and a genius for hard work. The seed that, he has sown has fallen upon good ground and has grown and brought forth a hundred fold. He is at present living retired from active business of any kind in St. Joseph, with whoso interests he has been identified for so long The father of our subject, Francis Browne, Sr.. a native of Ireland, was born in County ( 'oik, while the mother, Ann (Geogahan) Browne, hailed from Dublin County. The father was a promi neut merchant in the city of Cork, where bis death occurred J uno 1, 1842. The mother, who preceded him to the better land by many years, died Octo- ber 31, 1N){'.>. Religiously she was a Catholic, while her husband was a member of the Episcopal Church. In politics he was a strong Conserva- tive. He held large Government contracts in bis native land, operating in wood, iron, etc., and at one time macadamized miles of roadway. He was also the proprietor of extensive stone quarries, and besides carrying on a farm, owned several large sutler stores. He stood high in Masonic circles and by dint of his personal qualities became one of the leading men of his county. In 1831 tire broke out in the largest of bis Miller stores and burned the buildings and contents. There being no insurance upon them, the whole was a total loss. Our subject, who was the only child of his par ents, was born in County Cork, Ireland, May li, 1832. His mother dying when he was six months old, he was cared for by his father's sister, and when old enough was sent to a private school, where he remained until reaching his seventeenth year. Then starting out on his own account, he was employed as copyist by the British Govern- ment for about one year, being in the Royal Engi iiens' Department. Later he engaged as clerk for a Mr. Mcdarry in Butfcevant and remained with him until August, 1851, when with a light heart and an exceedingly light purse he started for America. About that timethe celebrated Father Matthew, who was trustee for the widowed aunt who hail reared our subject, bad a great desire to come to the New Worid. He did so, and one of her two sons, who had become a physician, was appointed professor of the school in which he had been trained. His ambition, however, was to enter the British Army, and with this in view he obtained an appointment as surgeon of the vessel which brought Father Matthew to America. Soon there 52 1 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. after bo was given the position of surgeon of one of the regiments in the British Army aud with the Sixty eighth Regiment was ordered to southern Russia. At the battle of Sebastopol be took charge of a detachment of soldiers in order to relieve a friend and at the opening of the battle was toru to pieces by a solid shot aud bis remains lie buried in the cemetery at Sebastapol. The other brother entered the civil service and was appointed clerk in the Quartermaster-General's office. He of whom we write lauded on American soil after a rough and stormy passage of thirty-eight days. The first moruing after his arrival he visited Peck Slip Market, aud never having seen a " nigger," was very greatly amused when Lis at- tention was called to a darkey twelve years of age who was sitting in a corner eating water-melon. Thinking that be could gain a better start in life in Connecticut our subject left New York, and going to New Haven began working in a printing establishment, his duties being to ran a stationary engine. In 1852 he was married to Miss Lucy M. Littleton, who was also born in his native county and to whom he bad been engaged prior to coming to America. The young couple made their home in New Haven until April 6, 1857, when, having received favorable reports of the western couutry from Father Tracy, a priest in Missouri, they started toward the setting sun, their destination being St. John's, Neb. After reaching St. Louis they found there was no such place as St. John's, and engaging passage on board the "Wash- ington City," they arrived in St. Joseph May 1, 1S57. The uow nourishing city of St. Joseph was in its infancy, but Mr. Browne had no trouble in securing employment and soon engaged to work for the largest grocery house in the northwest. He re- mained with that firm until 1860, and for the suc- ceeding twelve months sold goods for the grocery house of William Riddle. At the expiration of that time he entered the employ of Nave & Mc Cord, beginning on a salary of $30 per month, which was raised in a few months to $1,000 per year and after two years' service to $1,500 per year. In February, 1800, our subject was giveu an in- terest in the above firm, being installed at the time of its incorporation as Secretary and Treasurer, which position he held until April 1, 1885, when he resigned. His relations with these gentlemen as employe and later as partner were always of the most friendly kind, and a truer or warmer friend he never had than James McCord, Sr., to whom be gives the credit of his success in life. Aside from the business mentioned, our subject was associated with the above firm in their packing, cattle aud manufacturing interests. In April, 1885, Mr. Browne visited his old home in Ireland and hunted up his cousin iu the Quar- termaster's Department, from whom be had heard nothing since 1857 until 1881, when his daughter, who visited Europe under the charge of Bishop Hogan, found him installed as chief of the depart- ment. Mrs. Browne, who departed this life in De- cember, 1880, had become the mother of five chil dren, aud four are living, viz. : Ann, now the wife of Albert J. N. Wright, of St. Joseph; William, who married Miss Minnie Hays and is now cashier of . the Bank of Oberlin in Kansas; Mary C. and Francis P. , who is bookkeeper of the Midland Cof- fee Company; Joseph H. died in 1885. While iu Europe our subject was married to Mary A. Davis, August 27, 1885. The lady was born in 1857 and by her union with Mr. Browne has become the mother of five children, three of whom are deceased. Those living are Louis W. and Raymond T. Formerly an Episcopalian, our subject in 1860 identified himself with the Catholic Church. Iu 1881 be deeded forty acres of land to the Academy of Sisters of St. Joseph, aided them in the erec- tion of a new building aud furnished them with all the necessary farming implements and teams. In 1881 he assumed all the indebtedness of the institution, which he presented to them free from all incumbrance. The asylum is nou sectarian, all denominations aiding in its support. Its provis- ions are such that it can not be sold unless deemed advisable by the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, aud if that time ever comes the proceeds are to be invested iu property within three miles of the city of St. Joseph. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 525 FRANK J. Ml MM, Chief Clerk intheCar Ac- countant's office of the Burlington & Mis Boon lines, is a practical railroad man and formerly occupied a like responsible position in Keokuk. In the city just mentioned occurred the birth of our subject, April 4. 1871. His father, Edward Mumm, was born in Holland and crossed the Atlantic with his parents to America in his b i)' hood. He acquired a good eduoation and, be ing a man of more than ordinary ambition and ability, lias made himself a place in the legal pro fessiOQ. He graduated from a law school, after which for some years he engaged iu practice in Eddyville, Iowa. He then permanently settled iu Keokuk, Iowa, and at the present time is accept ably tilling the position of County Recorder. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Swart, was likewise born in Holland aud by her marriage became the mother of seven children, of whom our subject is next to the youngest. The education of Frank Mumm was obtained in the excellent public and high schools of Keokuk. When sixteen years old, he commenced his career as a railroad man by entering the employ of the St. Louis, Kansas & Northwestern Railroad Co. He commenced at the lowest round of the ladder as a clerk in the general office but was soon pro moted to the chief clerkship in the office of H. \\ . Pratt, Car Accountant. Iu August, 1890, Mr. Pratt resigned his position and Mr. Mumm was honored with the place. This position he held to the full satisfaction of his superiors until May, 1891, when the four impor- tant western lines were consolidated and the head quarters placed in St. Joseph. As Mr. Dumbell was the oldest man and the longest in the service of the company, he was placed iu charge of the office as Car Accountant and OUT subject was given the secondary place as Chief Clerk. This position, however, is as responsible as his former one in Keokuk on account of the greater range of terri- tory covered and the consolidation of the four companies. In his political affiliations Mr. Mumm is a stanch ally of the Democracy. Iu religion he is a Catholic and attends the St. Joseph Cathedral. GLARENCE B. CLAGGETT, son of au earl) settler and influential public man, has also been quite active in political circles and has tilled several important positions in the gift of the people, being at the present time Deputy County Sheriff. He was born May 17, 1852, in Pleasant Valley, Washington County, Md., and passed his early boyhood there, removing with his parents to La Fayette County, in 1858, and later in i860 to Buchanan County, Mo. He attended the Ebenezer and the Walnut Grove Sri I houses during the winter and in the summer worked on his father's farm until IS'U, when the latter re- moved to St. Joseph and our subject was thus enable to attend the city schools. In tho fall of 1867 the family passed the winter on the P. P. Frazier place, one milesouth of the city, and while on that fertile farm Mr. ('lagged engaged in rais ing small fruits. He planted a vineyard, put in the fust asparagus bed in this region and was vers BUCCessful in raising strawberries. In 1870 he at- tended the St. Paul's Episcopal School at Palmyra for two terms and then, returning, was clerk in the Floiist Greenhouse at Smith's Park for two years. In lS7o Mr. Claggeti became an employe of the Merchants' Insurance Co. during the sickness of A. Kirkpatrick and started as an office boy. He was faithful and industrious, paying strict attention to business aud endeavoring in every way possible to anticipate his employers' wants, and for this he naturally rose iu their estimation year by year and remained with them until 1SS5, or for about twelve years, for a portion of the time having been cashier aud book keeper. In 1SSS Mr. Claggett ran for the position of City Auditor, aud was de- feated by only forty six votes. In January, INS"), the company with which he had been so long hav- ing retired from business, he engaged in repre- senting several insurance companies, as he under- stood every phase of the business from beginning to end and the greatest confidence was placed in his judgment by the merchants aud citizens of St. Joseph. He continued as local agent until March. 1891, when he took in with him as a part- net •!. W. Fowler, and together they continued under the firm name of Claggett & Fowler, having 526 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. an office under tbe State National Bank. This firm continued in the insurance business until January, 1892, when our subject sokl out his interest to his partner. In April of that year he ran as a candi- date for the office of City Treasurer but was de- feated. For the remainder of the year he was engaged in general insurance lines mostly, and on January 1, 1892, was appointed Deputy Sheriff. From 1889 to 1S91 Mr. Claggett served as a member of the School Board from the Third Ward, now a part of the Fifth Ward, and was a member when the city was re districted, being on the building and High School committees. So- cially, he is a Royal Arch Mason, being Secretary of the Chapter. He belongs to the Order of Red Men and the A. O. U. W. He is a member of the Episcopal Church and politically casts his ballot in favor of the nominees of the Democratic party. He is a very popular gentleman, both in social and business circles, and well merits the high esteem in which he is held by all for his sterling qualities of real worth. Capt. M. M. Claggett, the father of the gentle- man whose name heads this sketch, has held the various offices of Deputy County Clerk, Coun- ty Collector in 1878 and 1879; Deputy County Collector for three years, Deputy Sheriff for two years, and for the same length of time was Coal Oil Inspector. Mr. Claggett was born near Hagers- town, Md., October 2, 1S27, and was a son of j Samuel, a native of the same state. The latter participated iu the war of 1812, though he was not eighteen years of age when he entered the serv- ice, was First Sergeant and later Captain of mili- tia in Maryland. He was an extensive farmer in Washington County. His father before him, whose christian name was Thomas, was also au agriculturist until his death iu Ireland in 1865. The family traces its descent from one of three brothers who emigrated to America from England, locating in the Central Atlantic States. The mother of Capt. Claggett was Miss Eliza, daughter of Dr. Zachariah. The latter was a practicing physician in Frederick County, Md. , was very suc- cessful and owned a large, old style farmhouse, built in true southern style. The mother, who was a member of the Episcopal Church, died iu the east, leaving three children, two of whom are still surviving. A sister, Mrs. Eliza Huyett, a prominent Christian Scientist, resides iu St. Jo- seph. Mr. Claggett was reared on the old farm with but limited school privileges, as he was only enabled to attend school for about three months at a time. His mother died when he was but little over twelve years old and after that he only at- tended school during the winter terms. He remained at home until reaching the age of twenty-three, when he rented a farm, carrying it on until 1857, when he sold it and that summer re- moved to Missouri. Iu February, 1858, he pur chased a farm, located iu La Fayette County, where he engaged iu agricultural pursuits for about two years and in 1860 settled six miles from St. Joseph, on an eighty-acre farm, which he cul- tivated until the war. Iu 1861 he enlisted iu the Eighty-first Missouri Militia, Company D, and was commissioned Captain. He was twice called into active service and for a while .was stationed and in charge of a post at Ridgley, acting as Major, serving until the war was over. In the election of November, 1860, he was detailed to guard the polls and did valuable service. In the fall of 1861 Mr. Claggett engaged in the grain business at Saxton Station and Station Joseph, being principally located in the latter place. The following year he engaged in contract- ing and freighting supplies for the government from Ft. Kearuey to Ft. Collins with mule trains. Afterwards he went to Montana, taking a stock of goods from St. Joseph to Salt Lake and Virginia City, selling them and also his teams. Returning to St. Joseph, he then engaged in partnership with John C. L. Evans in building one hundred miles of the St. Joseph & Denver Railroad, now known as the Grand Island. Upon this they were en- gaged for about two years, laying tracks from Sabetha, Kans., to beyond Fairbury. Iu 1878 our subject was nominated and elected to the po- sition of County Collector, being a caudidate on the Democratic ticket. After serving for two years he was appointed Coal Oil Inspector under Gov. Phelps for a like period of time, and then Berved as Deputy County Collector three years. After PORTRAIT AND IU< >(H! A I'll IC A L UKCORD. 527 this he served as Deputy SheritF and Deputy Clerk, when for a time he retired, feeling ihe need of a brief rest from his arduous work of years. In 1891 he was made Deputy County Clerk under Mr. Campbell and as such is still serving. In Maryland, in the year 1 S,j 1 , Mr. Claggeti wedded Miss Sal all E. Roteler, who was horn in that stato. Her death occurred in 1SS1 in St. Joseph. Of this union were horn six children: Clarence B. , whose name heads this sketch; M. M., who died in Fia Fayette County; Edith E., a resident of St. Joseph; Samuel, who met death by an accident, being drowned in Lake Contrary, June, I SS 1 ; Henry M., wlio makes his home in Utah, and Sarah E. . who died in Springfield, Ohio. She was the wife of Mr. Cortwell, who was the Postmaster of that city. Mr. Claggett is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belongs to Zeredatha Lodge in the Masonic Order and is now B member of and formerly Vestryman of the Episcopal Church. An active Democrat, he was for years on the Democratic County Commit tee and was also its Secretary for some time. Ii EMUEL G. ANDREWS, Local Freight Agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific j Railroad Company, is a practical, civil and mechanical engineer, and enjoys the confi- dence and esteem of his superiors to a liigh de- gree. Mr. Andrews was born in Rock Island, 111., March ID, 18f>r>, and is a son of Lemuel L. and Jane (Gilmore) Andrews, the former a native of Ware, Mass. Our subject's paternal grandfather also lx>re the name of Lemuel, and was a farmer in Massachusetts, where his birth occurred. Our subject's father migrated to Illinois in bis youth and engaged in general merchandising for many years. He participated in the Black Hawk War and was prominently connected with the welfare of the region in which he lived. In later life lie engaged in the steam boat business, running a line between Galena and St. Louis. He was one of tin' incorporators of the Rock Island Road, be tween Chicago and Rock Island, was a banker and was Sheriff of Rock Island County for one term. He died in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, to which he belonged, in 1859, a man who was thoroughly respected for his sterling worth ami upright character. Our subject's mother was born in Athens, Rock Island County, where her grand father, John Gilmore, was one of the early ami honored settlers. Mrs. Andrews died, leaving three children, of whom two are now living, our subject being the younger. Mr. Andrews passed his boyhood in his Dative county ami was educated in the public scl Is. graduating from the high school in 1ST!. He then entered the Pernio Ivania Military Academy at Chester, from which institution he graduated in civil and mechanical engineering in lsTo. with the degrees of (J. E. and M. E. For one year there- after he was in the United States Mississippi Sur vey as a civil engineer, the headquarters of the commission being at Rock Island. The territory surveyed was between St. Lonis and St. Paul, the leader of the undertaking being Gen. Macomb. In 1884 Mr. Andrews entered the employ of the Rock Island Railroad in the construction department, engaging in contracting and building. For two years he worked on the Dakota, the Kansas and the Nebraska extensions of the Rock Island. In September, 1888, Mr. Andrews was appointed Cashier of the Rock Island Freight Office, which position he tilled faithfully until February, 1891, when he received the promotion that he well de- served, being made Local Freight Agent. The freight offices of the company are situated in lar^'e buildings on the corner of Fifth and Mes sanie stieets. I'nder his immediate supervision are about one hundred men and to all the details of the business he gives his careful attention. In Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. Andrews was united in marriage with Miss Anna ('. Huikson, who was born in Chester, Pa. Mrs. Andrews is a lady of refinement and good education and it is her special pleasure to entertain and make thoroughly we] come the man \ friends of herself and hu-band at their pleasant home. Mr. Andrews uses bis right of franchise in favor of Ihe Democratic parly ami is greatly interested in its success, Mr. Andrews is thoroughly acquainted with the details of his 528 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. department of the railroad business, is industrious and bends his every effort to the faithful perform- ance of the duties devolving upon him. ***** ******** FRITZ MAST is junior member of the firm of Hoffman & Mast, which firm he repre- sents on the road. This company are agents for the William J. Letup's Brewing Com- pany of St. Louis and are also wholesale liquor dealers. Our subject is a native of St. Joseph and has spent his entire life in this city. His birth occurred May 3, 1869. Christ Mast, our subject's father, was born in Altenstein, Wurtemburg, Germany. He crossed the briny deep to the United States when sixteen years of age, and going to Philadelphia, Penn., there learned the printer's trade. In 1861 he en- listed in a Pennsylvania regiment in defense of the Union flag, and was in service until the close of the war. Soon after he came to St. Joseph, starting in the liquor and ice business on Edmond street and later had his headquarters on Market square. His ice business in particular assumed large proportions and he formed a corporation called the St. Joseph Ice Company, with a capital stock of $30,000, of which he was made President. He later became sole proprietor, running the con- cern until his death October 9, 1886, at the age of fifty years. He was a member of Custer Post, G. A. R., and in politics was a Republican. In 1875 he was appointed as United States Deputy Revenue Collector and served in that capacity un- til September, 1885, when the new administration chose another man for the place. He was quite an extensive real estate owner, and was always identified with everything relating to the city's growth. Our subject's mother, who bore the maiden name of Augusta Figge, was born in Wurtemburg, Ger- many, and was married in St. Joseph, where she still makes her home. She became the mother of four children, of whom our subject is the eldest. The others, Eda, Josephine and Oscar, are still living at home. The educational advantages of Fritz Mast were excellent, as he attended the public and high schools of this city until, on account of his father's sickness, he was obliged to discontinue his studies. He was only seventeen when he took charge of the ice business belonging to his father, and this large interest he managed until some time after the death of the latter. At the time when he sold out in 1888, the company was doing the largest business in the city, and the purchaser was J. O. Stevens. In January, 1889, Mr. Mast bought an interest with his present partner, Mr. Hoffman, and in this line of business he has also been quite successful. In this city on July 16, 1890, Mr. Mast mar ried Miss Emma Engel, who was born in Evansville, Ind. To the worthy couple has been born a little daughter, Emma Josephine. Our subject is a Republican in politics, and belongs to the Sons of Veterans. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. For years his father was Chairman of the City Council. Few young men in the city are more popular than he" of whom we write, and as a business man he ranks among the best. ******** ***** ***** ******** ILLIAM C. MEADOWS. In order to 1\mi succeed in life there must be self i el i ■[ ance, nothing being more true than that he who fails to help himself gets no assist ance. Our subject displays this quality in suffi- cient strength to give promise of realizing that for which he aspires. We are proud to name Mr. Meadows as a representative of the intelligent, en- terprising and agreeable young business men of St. Joseph. He is at present Steward of the State Lunatic Asylum No. 2, in which he is well deserving of praise for his untiring efforts in behalf of the unfortunates. Mr. Meadows was born in Buchanan County, two miles out in Washington Township, June 9, 1860. His father, Daniel, was born in Ohio, and his grandfather in Pennsylvania. The latter set tied in Ohio in an early day, and when the gold fever was prevalent throughout the United States he thought to wend his way westward and partici- pate in the fortunes of his fellow-men, but he died PORTRAIT AND RIOORA 1MUCAL RECORD. 529 while crossing the plains. The father of our subject went to Buchanan County when bul a mere lad and entered government land and ini proved on one hundred and sixty acres, on which he erected a cabin, and there lived for some time. Be met his death in a railroad accident at Chilli- cothe, Mo., on his return from shipping stock to St Louis. He was interred in Mount Mora Cemetery. Mr. Meadows' mother, who was a Miss Verona El Manpin, was horn in Kentucky, Marion County, to Fountain E. Manpin, also a native of Kentucky. Mr. Maupin located in St. Joseph, where he was engaged in the livery and feed business, and now leads a retired life. Our subject is the third of nine children horn to his parents, and was reared on t he homestead until fifteen years of age, when he came to St. Joseph and entered the high school, pursuing his studies there for one year. He then accepted a position in the Weyth & Com pany hardware business, where he remained for two years, after which took charge of the order department of Shidtz & Hosea, remaining with them four years. Later in life we find him as traveling representative for the same firm, making his trips in northern Kansas and southern Ne- braska. He traveled two years and then became connected with the Rubber Company of New York city, traveling through Kansas, Nebraska, Mis- souri and Iowa for one year, then went into the real estate office of J. C. Heddenburg. taking charge of the abstract office for about twelve months. In 1888, the month of January, our subject was appointed bookkeeper of the board of managers of the lunatic asylum, which position he held for two years, and in May, 1890, was appointed as Steward by the board. His duties are in attending to the purchasing of all provisions, clothing and everything essential to the comfort of the inmates. Socially, he is a member of the Knights of Pyth- ias. He is a Democrat, and while not desirous of office, takes an active interest in local and national affairs. Mr. Meadows attends regularly and con- tributes liberally for the support of the Christian Church, and is altogether an amiable and enter- prising gentleman whom the citizens of St Joseph are proud to recognize. JOHN IH'MRKLIi, whose residence is in the progressive western city "f St. Joseph. Bu / chanan County, for many years has been en gaged in railroading, having the responsible position of Car Accountant of the Burlington Rail- road system, keeping track of every ear belonging to the following railroads: The St. Louis, Ken kuk A; Northwestern, Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs, and the Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City. He has under his supervision eighteen employes, and is justly considered by his superiors one of their most valuable men. The birth of our subject occurred in Wolvcr hampton, England, on February 23, 1841. His youth and early manhood were passed in his native land and when only ten years old he commenced his railroad career as an office boy and later became cashier of a station on one of the English rail- road lines, being in the service from 1N.Y2 to 1868. For some time he was claim clerk in the general office at Wolverhampton. Thus he learned the practical details of railroading, which have been of great value to him in his after life, as he is thoroughly familar with most branches of work pertaining to the same. It was an important event in the life of onr sub ject when he finally resolved to try his fortunes in the United States. He set sail in 1868, and on arriving at his destination, New York city, be at once proceeded to Michigan, obtaining employ ment on the Detroit & Michigan Railroad, be ing stationed at Grand Haven. In the follow ing year he arrived in St. Joseph, and entering the service of the Hannibal Railroad, was sent to Liberty, Mo., as an agent and later was transferred to Nebraska City, when the Kansas City road became independent of the Hannibal line. He was the regular agent at Nebraska City for some time. In 1S71 he entered the general office as auditor's clerk and after some time was sent to Kansas City to take charge of the station at Harlem, opposite Kansas City. That office be ing closed up, he came to St. Joseph and in the spring of 1ST! was made Car Accountant b\ J. p. Barnard, General Superintendent, in Issi the office of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad was transferred to St. Joseph, soon after which event 530 PORTRAIT AND BIOGUAPHICAL RECORD. lie was given the position be lias held with them until quite recently. In June, 1870, a marriage ceremony was per- formed which united the fortunes of John Dam bell and Miss Maggie Bebout of Westport, Iowa. Their union has been blessed with three children, namely: Ray, Bee and Linn. Our subject's pleasant home, which is located on Seventeenth street, is the abode of hospitality and good cheer. The cultured and amiable hostess takes great pleasure in extending a sincere and cordial welcome to the hosts of friends both she and her husband have in this city and neighbor- hood. Mrs. Dumbell is a lady of good education and an interesting conversationalist. For twelve years Mr. Dumbell has been a mem- ber of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, was Financier for six consecutive terms and given the honors of the lodge, and is a Past Master. In religious belief he and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church in good standing. He is a loyal and patriotic citizen and whatever he possesses in the way of education and property is almost en- tirely owing to himself, as he has had to make his own way in the world from early years. &3s*s£*asK»;; *«;*r^: ^asK**^ d I AMES J. REYNOLDS since boyhood has lived in Missouri, having migrated with his ' parents to Clay County in 1828, where they were among the very first settlers. Ten years later our subject came to Buchanan County, locating near Old Sparta, and with the exception of a short time spent in Kansas has been a resi- dent of the county since, or for a period of one- half a century. His residence is situated on Sec- tion 29, Agency Township. In Jackson County, Tenn., occurred our sub- ject's birth, in 1813, his parents being James and Frances (Smithey) Reynolds, natives of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively. The former was in service during the War of 1812. His father, John Reynolds, was a native of the Old Dominion and one of the Revolutionary heroes. It is sup- posed that he was of English descent. In 184") James J. Reynolds entered one hun- dred and sixty acres of his present farm, which now comprises three hundred and sixty-four acres. He has been an enterprising farmer and it is entirely to his correct business methods and strict atten- tion to his own affairs, combined with the marked energy and industrious habits which are among his native characteristics, that he has laid up a com petency for old age. In 1842 our subject married Miss Eliza S. Gibson, whose parents were among the early set- tlers of the county. To them were born fourteen children, ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, the other four dying in infancy. The oldest son, James, was with Price's command dur- ing the late Civil War, but returned home after the battle of Pea Ridge. Mary J. is the wife of Benjamin France, of Nebraska. Martha A. is the wife of John Davis, of Could County, Kans. Louisa E. is the wife of Joseph Deathridge, of Buchanan County. Elizabeth, who became the wife of William Cline, also lives in this county. William L., a resident of Oklahoma. John B. is a graduate of the St. Louis Medical ^ College and is a practicing physician in St. Joseph. Stirling P. studied law and is now one of the leading lawyers in St. Joseph. Joseph J., who graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri, is carrying on the old homestead with his father. Stephen is a physician in St. Joseph. The mother of these children died in 1885 and four years later Mr. Reynolds married Priscilla Walker. For several years Mr. Reynolds has been a mem- ber of the Christian Church. He is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, in the welfare of which he takes quite an interest. He was the fifth in a family of eight brothers and sisters, all of whom lived to adult years. The prosperity which Mr. Reynolds is now in the enjoyment of has all been won by him in the legitimate chan- nels of bnsiuess, as he would never resort, as so many do, to less worthy methods for obtaining a speedy success. Though he began life with limited means, he was fortunately endowed with abundant energy, a strong will and self-reliance that never failed him under the most trying cir- cumstances. He has conducted his farm and in- vestments with method and forethought and I he result is a compliment to his executive ability. PORTRAIT ANT) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 533 FREDERICK P. FUTVOYE. Prominent and Pi successful in tbe grain-dealing of St. Joseph, and eminently worthy of mention, is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, who is of English birth, and who has inherited many of the worthy characteristics of that people, among which may be mentioned steady perseverance. Al- though the city has its full quota of vigorous, en- terprising and thorough-going business men, whose popularity is based upon their social qualities and well-known business activities, none of these is better liked by those having business dealings with him than Mr. Futvoye. lie was horn in London, in May. 1851, and graduated at Twickenham Col- lege, after which he accepted a position as cashier of a large dry-goods house in Liver] 1. In 1868 he left England and moved to Canada, where he resided for a time with his cousin. I. B. Futvoye, Superintendent of the Central Vermont Railway, and who was a resident of St. John's, Province of Quebec. Our subject remained in Canada, traveling through various parts of the country until the following year, when he became connected with the Vermont Central Railway, at St. John's, Prov- ince of Quebec, as chief clerk of the terminal, also tilling a vacancy in the absence of the Superin- tendent, lie continued in this business until the fall of 1875, at which time he engaged in the fur trade at St. John's, Quebec. He found this busi- ness very profitable, and in time was enabled to purchase the stock of goods belonging to his fa- ther-in-law. A great calamity in the shape of a destructive (ire destroyed the whole city, and our subject lost everything. Not having any insur- ance, and being unable to resume his former busi- ness, he again entered the office in which he had formerly been employed, where he remained until IH7S. Mr. Futvoye was promptly encouraged in his efforts to gain a livelihood and gratefully accepted a position offered him by the Sante Fe Railway, making his headquarters at Newton, Kan., where he had remained but a brief period, when lie received an order to go to Trinidad, Colo. Later, he ac- cepted a position at PueblO, Colo., offered him by a Mr. Gregg, who was doing a large business for 26 tin- Sante Fe Railway (' pany. In 1880 he came to St. Joseph with Mr. Gregg, and was one of the incorporators of the Gregg Bros.' Grain Company, of which he became the Secretary and Treasurer, and in which position he remained until February, L898, when he withdrew and organized an inde- pendent company for the carrying on of a grain business. Mr. Futvoye is Secretary of the St. Joseph Boat- ing Association, and has been for two years; he is also Local Secretary of the Lay State Beneficiary Association, of Westfield, Mass.; and Secretary of the Economy Council of the National Union, of Toledo, Ohio. Socially he is a member of the order of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and a Secretary of the Mitchell Chapter of Cleopatra. In 1885, September 20, our subject was wedded to Carrie I). Simmons, a native of Norway, Me., who bore him the following children: F. Garnett, a member of the High School Class of '93, ajid now in his father's office; A. Percy, a student of the High School of St. Joseph, and also partial as- sistant in the office; Laurence Bertram. Edwin Morris, Clara Rosmond and Hartley Aldis. Our subject and his worthy wife were members of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, of St. Joseph, but at present arc consistent members of the Church of Christ. Mr. Futvoye "s large establishment, which is devoted to the grain business, is located on one of the most prominent streets of this city, his office- being Room No. to. Chamber of Commerce. V *." V 1 t EANDER N. MULLEN, Secretary and I (J) Treasurer of the St. Joseph Milling Com- 1 A pany. is one of the leading business men of the city and an expert accountant. He was born in Harrison County, Ky.. near the town of Cynthiana, March 16, 1842. His father, John Mullen, was born in Alleghany County. Pa., in L814, and hi-- paternal grandfather, whose name was Arthur, was bom in Ireland and was of Scotch descent. On his arrival in America he located in 534 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Pennsylvania, where lie carried on a farm, later removing to Hamilton County, Ohio, and in 1817 to Butler Count v. in tbe same State. He was a stonemason by trade, but also engaged in farm- ing, and during the War of 1812 was in tbe ser- vice of bis country. Our subject's father was taken by his parents to Ohio, and passed his boyhood in Hamilton County, receiving his education in the country schools and in Cheviot Academy. He afterward took charge of a school in Switzerland County, Ind., and was licensed to exhort in the Methodist Episcopal Church. For some time he had charge of the Mt. Sterling (Ind.) Seminary, and later of the Ghent College, in Carroll County, Ky. He was licensed to preach in 1841, and taught the Gospel in differ- ent parts of Kentucky. In 18ti<> he was appointed Missionary and remained in the Cumberland Moun- tains during the war. In 1865 he returned to Swit- zerland County, Ind., where he engaged in his usual vocations until 188(1, when he removed to St. Jo- seph, where he is still engaged in active work. His residence is at No. 918 South Eleventh Street, and he is esteemed as one of the best men and citizens of the town. He was ordained Deacon and Elder, and later was made Bishop. He is a member of tbe Royal Arch Masons, having been Chaplain of his lodge, and having also filled the same position in his lodge of tbe Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In tbe 3'ear 1834 was celebrated the marriage of tbe Rev. John Mullen and Elizabeth Smith, who was born in New Jersey, and who was a daughter of Thomas II. Smith, an early settler and farmer of Switzerland County, Ind. The true wife and loving mother died in St. Joseph March 27, 181)0. Of her eight children seven are living, who are as follows: T. G., a farmer in Buchanan County; John A., who resides in Cincinnati, where he follows the carpenter's trade; Leander N., our subject; Jennie, Mrs. Wolfe, of Scott County, Kan.; Mollie, now Mrs. Sanders, of Cincinnati; Annie, now Mrs. Krutz, living in Los Angeles, Cal.; and Maggie, Mrs. Woodruff, of this cit}'. Leander N. Mullen, the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was reared to manhood in Ken- tucky, and there given good educational ad van- | tages in the public schools. When about eighteen years of age he began farming for himself and doing carpenter work until 1869, when he re- moved to Buchanan County, and soon after lo- cated in Clinton County, where be engaged in farming for two years. He then settled in Slew- artsville, DeKalb County, where he engaged in tbe general merchandising business for about a year and a-half, but was obliged to sell out in 1873. on account of poor health. Going to Cali- fornia, he spent some time in traveling over tbe State, thence going to Oregon and Washington, and returning to St. Joseph in 1874. For a time be engaged in the commission business in part- nership with Samuel Russell, when the latter diet), and for a \ car he then associated with him Thomas Morby. In 1876 Mr. Mullen entered the employ of R. T. Davis, remaining with that gentleman until 1884 as his bookkeeper and Secretary, and for the following three years was with the Eagle Mills Company in the same capacity. In 1887 the firm of Payne, Mullen & Co. purchased the mill they now operate, and rebuilt the mill in 1888, increasing its capacity and greatly improving it in various ways. In the same year the company was incorporated as the St. Joseph Milling Com- pany, with a capital stock of $33,000, and our subject as its Secretary. The capacity of the mill is now from one hundred and fifty to two hun- dred barrels per day, and their trade is rapidly increasing, so that at present they have about as much as they can well manage. The business has succeeded beyond their most sanguine expecta- tions, and it is almost wholly owing to the sagac- ity and foresight manifested by the partners in their various undertakings. In Stewartsville was celebrated August 20, 1874. the marriage of Mr. Mullen and Miss Annie ('. Logan, who was born and reared in Shelby County, Ky.,and is the daughter of Robert Logan, who removed to DeKalb County in 1857, where be is a prominent farmer. Three children have graced the union of our subject and his wife, viz: Walter Elmer, Annie Lee and Harry Logan. The family are all attendants at. and the parents mem- bers of, tbe Methodist Episcopal Church North PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. .-,3:. and much interested in the various branches of work in thai denomination. Their pleasant resi- dence is on the corner of Twelfth and IVnn Streets. Mr. Mullen lias always been inueli interested in many of tin' leading fraternities and is a mem- ber of the following: Lodge No. 189, A. F. & A. M.; Mitchell Chapter No. 89. of which he is l'a-t High Priest; Ancient Order of Tinted Workmen; and the Modern Woodmen of America, of which he is Trustee. He was made a Mason in Ken- tucky when only twenty-one years of age, and lias ever endeavored to put in practice the teachings of love towards one's fe!low-men which it incul- cates. He was Past Master of Stewartsville Lodge when residing in that place. Since becoming a voter lie has cast his ballot in favor of the nom- inees of the Republican party. •5*=*f^=*s QUILLA DIE READ, deceased, was an attorney and an active citizen in every good work in St. Joseph for many years. He was considered one of the ablest and best-iead criminal lawyers practicing before the bar. As a man he was very popular, and as he was genial and jovial in his disposition, made many friends, lie was in numberless respects a remark- able man, a thorough student of history and gen- eral literature, being particularly familiar with Shakespeare. He was also a close student of the Bible, which he had read through thirteen times, and with which he was very familiar. Having a retentive memory, he could repeat chapter after chapter and immediately place any text or quota- tion from it which he might hear. He was a man whose friends were legion, and both as a public man and in the family circle his sterling qualities proclaimed him one worthy in every respect of the confidence of all. Mr. Read was born November I, 1816, in Hardin County, Ky., in which State he was married while still quite young to Miss Stith. lie removed to Topeka, Kan., where he resided until during the war, when he was arrested and taken to Leavenworth. On his release he came to Missouri and located in St. Joseph in 1864. For some time he ran the St. Charles Hotel, his residence being on Third Street. While a resi- dent of Topeka, he lost his wife, and after remain- ing a widower for twelve year- he was united in marriage in this city, November 17, 1870, to Mrs. Elizabeth Sherwood, widow of Ilartwcll II. Sher- wood, to whom she was married November 18, 1852. The death of the latter occurred November 19, 1858. Mrs. Read is the daughter of William I), and Margaret (Johnson) Gibson, who were married July 25, 1825, in Manchester, Clay County, Ky. The father was born February 15, 1796, and died March '29, 186."). His wife, whose death occurred October 2, 1887, was born in Kentucky, September 2. 1802. Mrs. Head was born in Clay County, January 30, 1835, and was first married in Buchanan County, where her father settled in 1839 or 1840. By her first union were born three chil- dren: Levador, whose birth occurred April 20, 1854; Elvandor. who was born February 13. 1856, and died in infancy; and Archibald C. horn ' March 21, 1858. Mr. Head had the following chil- dren by his first marriage: Robert; Elizabeth; Sylvester II., who died in Denver, Colo.; San ford, who was killed by the ears in Denver in the fall of 1892; and Charles, who accidentally shot him- self at the age of fourteen. By his second union Mr. Read had one son, William George, who died in his fifth year. Mrs. Read's father. William Gibson, died on the farm adjoining the city. He reared a family of nine children, of whom four only are living: Susan, widow of Z. 1). Washburn, of this city; Thomas J., who is a fanner near Wyatt Park; Elizabeth M.; and Henry E., a con- tractor, whose resilience is on the corner of Twen- tieth and Payne Streets. Mr. Read of this sketch was an active Demo- crat, and was a practicing attorney until Hearing the close of his life. Some eight years before he was called to the home beyond he Buffered with a paralytic stroke, from the effects of which occurred 536 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his death. He was buried under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity, of which he had been a member for forty years. He was a man of domes- tic tastes, always to be found at home evenings, except when attending the Masonic lodge, to which he was much attached. He was a member of the firm of Read s^ — (fF^ MITH R - MUDGE, whose home is in St. ^&tf Joseph, is Road Foreman of Engineers on lv^-3) t ' ie Burlington lines in this part of the State, and is one of the oldest engineers. From his early manhood he has been engaged in the railroad business and has become thoroughly master of everything in his province. Mr. Mudge was boru near Batavia, Genesee County, N. Y., January 27, 1833. He is a son of George F. and Hannah (Allen) Mudge, who were born in New Hampshire. His paternal grand- father, Richard Mudge, was also a native of New Hampshire and a millwright. He operated a saw and grist mill and a tannery in New Hampshire. He removed to near Buffalo, where he lived for two years, and later became a resident of Lower Sandusky, now called Fremont, Ohio. While in Ohio he followed the occupation of a farmer. Religiously, he was a member of the Society of Friends. Our subject's maternal grandfather, James Allen, was a relative of the famous Ethan Allen family. George F. Mudge was an early set- tler in the northwestern part of Ohio, where he carried on a farm. He was Township Trustee for many years and was a prominent man. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and, politically, supported the Whig party. The subject of this sketch is one of five children. His eldest brother, Capt. J. C, enlisted at the first call for troops during the late war in an Ohio regiment. In 1835, S. R. went with his parents to Sandusky, and passed his youth near the village of Fremont. He attended the log schoolhouse of the period, and remained on the old farm until his twenty-fourth year. In 1856 lie entered the em- ploy of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad as lire- man, and a year later removed to Indiana. He was located at South Milford, where he ran a station engine until 185i), next being transferred to Ft. Wayne, where he engaged as a fireman on the Wa- bash & Western Line, and at the end of fourteen months became engineer. He operated an engine on a passenger line most of the time for nine yeais between Toledo and the State Line, and during that time did not have a single accident. In the year 1868, Mr. Mudge was transferred by consent of his company to the employ of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago, on the run be- tween Crestline and Chicago. Ten years he served faithfully in the employ of that important line, and during that time was fortunate in having no accident. In August, 1878, he went to Kansas, and entered the employ of the central branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad as engineer from At- chison to Downs. In January, 188(1, the Missouri Pacific absorbed this branch, and he was then trans- ferred by order of Mr. Talmage to the main line of the Missouri Pacific, having charge of the con- struction work atSedalia. In November, 1880, he was appointed Roadmaster of the Kansas and Ari- zona division of the same company, with head- quarters at Osawatomie, Kan., being in charge of one hundred and forty miles of the line for about seven years. The position of Road Foreman of Engineers was next given to Mr. Mudge for the Kansas City Road, and in May, 189 T, he was also given a simi- lar place on the western division of the Han- nibal A' St. Joseph, including the Cameron and Kansas City branch. He traveled back and forth on the road all the time, and so faithful was his service that he was never called to the otlice to re- PORTRAIT AM) lilOORAPHICAL RECORD. 531 dive a reprimand for anything lie had failed to do or had done in a wrong way. It is certainly to his credit that lie never had a collision <>r injured a man. In Sandusky Comity. Ohio. April 20, 1851, Mr. Mudge and Miss Ellen B. Dawson, who was born in that locality, were united in marriage. They have two children. Frank F.. who is in the employ of the Santa Fe as general yardmaster at Deming, N. M.: and Addie S.. wife of W. C. Tator, of St Joseph. The pleasant residence owned by our subject was erected by him. and is situated at No. 1926 South Tenth Street. In addition to this he owns real estate in Osaw atomic, Kan. While a resident of the last-named village, Mr. Mudge was one of the incorporators of the place, and was the first Mayor, serving as such for two years. While in Ft. Wayne he joined the An- cient Free & Accepted Masons of the place, and d emitted to Osawatomic. He also belonged to the Royal Arch Masons, of Ft. Wayne, and is a char- ter member of Elmo Commandery No. 22, at l'aola. Kan. He has passed ail the chairs in the Chapter. He was formerly a member of the Broth- erhood of Locomotive Engineers, which he joined in June, L863. He was the First Grand Assistant. its Secretary and Treasurer, and was President of a monthly journal, the first engineers' journal ever printed. This had two years of existence, being started in January, 1867. In politics, our subject is a firm Democrat. He is very popular with all who have had the pleasure of making his acquaint- ance and numbers many friends. ^=m>-3^m r ■— 7 settled upon the homestead of two hundred and forty acres, where he resided with his family for thirty-two continu- ous and prosperous years. At the expiration of this length of time he disposed of his highly im- proved and valuable farm, and in 1889 removed to his present pleasant home in Plattsburgh. Mr. Biggerstafi was united in marriage upon July 27. 1843, in Overton County, Tenn., with Miss Ruth llolman, who died shortly after com- ing tO Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Biggerstafi were blessed with a family of eight children, one son and seven daughters. The son died at the early age of four years, but the seven daughters sur- vived to adult age. Nancy, the eldest (laughter, married and died in Richardson County. Neb.; Mary is her father's housekeeper; Painelia is Mrs. John Payne, of Kansas City; Martha is Mi-. George Newby, of Plattsburgh; Sallie is at home and unmarried; Lovinia married and died in Richardson County, Neb.; and Ruth. Mrs. George Russell, resides in Salem, Neb. Our SUbjed and his family are widely known 538 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and highly esteemed. Mr. Biggerstaff has been an active member of the Christian Church for thirty- eight years, and nearly all the time has served as an Elder in that religious organization. Always a temperate man. he has used tobacco ever since he was twelve years old, and still chews a little. lie took no active part in the war, but his senti- ments and his sympathies were all with the South. He was a slaveholder previous to the Civil Con- flict, and politically was a Whig, but since 1865 he has been a strong Democrat. He cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, and afterward voted for Harrison and Taylor. In Kentucky Mr. Biggerstaff was elected to the Magistracy for four years, a similar position to the office of County Judge, and was also Post- master of Centre Point four years. A man of ability, upright in character and faithful to the trusts reposed in him, he efficiently discharged the duties of each position. During a residence of nearly two-score years in Plattsburgh, Mr. Big- gerstaff has been identified with the growth and progress of his home localit}', and as a true Amer- ican citizen rejoices in the continued prosperity of a united people, among whom his descendants may worthily win their upward way to future distinction and assured success. UGO GREBEL, manager of the Anheuser- V Busch Brewing Association at St. Joseph, is one of the prominent business men of this city, and has been manager of the company since April, 1892. He is a highly edu- cated gentleman, and a native of Germany, his birth having occurred in Zittau, Saxony, August 8, 1856. His father, August Grebel, was born in Thuringia, German}', while his grandfather was a loading minister in the Lutheran Church. The fa- ther was a banker in Zittau. and had large com- mercial interests in his native country. Though over seventy years of age, he is still in active business life, and is president of large stock com- panies and a commission business in Zittau. In 1874 and again in 1893 he visited his children in America. He is, like his father, a devoted mem- ber of the Lutheran Church. Our subject's mother, who was before her marriage Miss Agnes Behrens, was born in Magdeburg, Prussia, where her father was a large manufacturer of vinegar, etc. Mrs. Grebel, who is still living, had a family of seven children, five of whom are living, and two of whom reside in the United States, George, a brother of our subject, living in St. Louis. Hugo Grebel was reared to manhood in the place of his birth, studied the languages, and was grad- uated from the g3'mnasium, and then attended a higher academy. In 1872 he became assistant bookkeeper in a large foundry and machine shop, where he remained for about three years, when he volunteered and entered service in the German army, serving for a year in the Sixty-sixth Prus- sian Infantry. He was later promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant of the One Hundred and Sec- ond Regiment Saxony Infantry. Forfour months he was then in England, after which,' returning to the Fatherland, he engaged in business with Mr- Grebel, Sr. In 1884, up to which time Mr. Grebel had re- mained in business with his father, he went to Leipsic, where he started the manufacture of type in a foundry, and had complete charge of the same, building up a large business and employing up- wards of one hundred and fifty men. He traveled quite extensively, selling goods for the firm, and making two trips to South America in the inter- ests of the concern. He had a very pleasant jour- ney each time, and in 1878, when in South Amer- ica, visited Montevideo and Buenos Ayres, thence going to New York by way of California and San Francisco. In the year 189(1 he was sent again, and in the spring of the following year sold out his business, coming to America Ivy way of Bremen and New York City. In December, 1891, Mr. Grebel entered the em- ploy of the firm he is now with at Memphis, and in April, 1892, was appointed manager of the brewery, with the entire control resting upon his shoulders. This large plant, located on Fifth and Renick Streets, was enlarged in 1893 and with ice PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 539 houses and additional buildings covers nearly a block. Their business is almost entirely a whole- sale trade, and five wagons arc kept constantly transferring the freight to and from the depots. In 18'.t2 Mr. Grebel was united in marriage in the city of St. Louis with Miss Bertha Wezler, who was born in that city, and who is a thoroughly ac- complished and lovable lady. Our subject is a member of the Knights of America, of the Order of Red Men. and of the Landwehrverein Society of Germany, of which he is President. *<& 1 olIX MICHEL is the confidential clerk and oldest employe of the well-known Nave & McCord Mercantile Company, of ^f/ St. Joseph, Buchanan County. He is a pub- lic-spirited and enterprising citizen, is a promi- nent Mason, and belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Michel was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, February 27,1844. His parents were Andrew and Anna M. (Friedrich) Michel. His grandfather on his mother's side was in the Ger- man army and was twice in Paris fighting against Napoleon. The Michels are an old Frank ish fam- ily. Our subject was a lad of no more than eight years of age when his father died. His mo- ther remarried, becoming the wife of John D. ( lender, who was born in Bavaria. In 1853 the family came to America, leaving Liverpool in the Bailing-vessel "Johnny Want." After fifty-six days on the water they landed in New York and at once proceeded to Chicago, where they lived for a number of years. The mother died in 1868. The only brother of our subject is Andrew J., who is a cigar manufacturer in Chicago. John Michel began to "paddle his own canoe" after his tenth year, and was for two years employed in a tobacco factory as a stripper. He was then for a year in a printing establishment, after which he was apprenticed as a silversmith to David A. I'oote. remaining with him forfour years. During this time he went to night School and attended tlu' Bryan 1 a- Stratton Business College. One of his teachers was Hubert C. Spencer, son of Piatt R., originator of the Spencerian system <>f penman- ship. He desired to enlist in the army, but did not on account of the strong opposition of his parents, who needed his financial help. In August, 1864, John Michel landed in St. Jo- seph without a dollar and with only an ordinary suit of clothes. He obtained a position in the shoe and leather business with John P. Fink, and in the following year entered the Missouri En- rolled Militia as First Sergeant. Becoming tired of the border warfare, when an opportunity of- fered he enlisted in the Forty-fourth Missouri In- fantry, acting as Col. R. C. Bradshaw's private secretary for a while, and was promoted to the rank of Regimental Color-Sergeant. He was later made Quartermaster-Sergeant. In 1864 he took part in the Price campaign, and then went to Nashville, Tenn. lie (ought in the battles of Co- lumbia, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville, after which he went with the regiment to New Orleans, and in the spring of 1865 was active in the sieges of Ft. Blakely and Spanish Fort. He was then sent to Montgomery, where he remained for a short time, and in August was mustered out of service at Benton Barracks, Mo. On his return to St. Joseph in the fall of 1865, Mr. Michel became bookkeeper in the packing house of Davis A- Finger. The senior member of the firm was interested in the bank of John Cal- hoou it Co., and through his influence our sub- ject became bookkeeper for that concern. With the consent of Mr. Calhoon, at the end of a year and a-half Mr. Michel entered the employ of Nave, McCord & Co., with whom he held a simi- lar position until January, 1868. lie then began traveling for the firm, and was the first grocery salesman to start from St. Joseph. He continued steadily on the road for fifteen years, and was then permitted to retire From the occupation. He has since been confidential clerk of the firm, who highly esteem him. October 16, 1867, Mr. Michel wedded Wilhel- mina Wurts, who was born in Stuttgart, Ger- many, and is the adopted daughter of Philip 540 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Pinger. Her father died in New Orleans, at the end of his journey from the Fatherland. Mrs. Michel was reared and educated in Cincinnati, and came to St. Joseph in 1865. Four children have been born of this union: Eduard, who is Weighmasler for the Western Weighing Associa- tion of the Rock Island Railroad Company; Will- iam F., who is with the C. D. Smith Drug Com- pany; Albert F., decorator and paperhanger with the firm of Henry Voss; and John A., an employe of Richardson, Roberts, Byrne & Co. For many years our subject has been a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been greatly interested in Sunday-school work, serving as teacher and Superintendent. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and fraternally belongs to Custer Post No. 7, G. A. R., of which he is Past Commander. He also belongs to Pride of the West Lodge No. 42, A. O. U. W.; to St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a Past Master; to Mitchell Chapter No. 89, R. A. M., of which he is Past High Priest; and is also a member of both the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter. -^^i^sss;^, l-^ti^ii^ , ETER J. CAROLUS, ex-City Attorney of III St. Joseph, and a practicing lawyer, is a 'fy! ^ popular and promising young attorney, J J who is bound to make his mark in the world. Though young in years, he has been en- gaged in practicing for some time, and has by study, observation and experience already gained a leading position among the lawyers of this city, who predict for him a successful career in his chosen field of work. Our subject is a native son of this city, his birth having occurred May 7, 1864. His father, George, was born near the falls of the River Rhine, in Germany. His grandfather, Al- bert, was a watchmaker and a lineal descendant of Albert Carol us, a celebrated Prince of Saxony. Our subject's father was a shoemaker by trade, and while still a young man, in 1857, crossed the Atlan- tic and soon located in St. Joseph, where he en- gaged in working at his trade for a short time and then entered the hotel business. During his later years he led a retired life and died in this city December 19, 1883. He was a Republican and ac- tive in local affairs. During the Civil War he was First Lieutenant of Company B, in the Thir- teenth Missouri Infantry, and was held captive for a while at Lexington, Mo. The mother of our subject, who was born in Swabia, Germany, bore the maiden name of Theresa Striegcl. She is still living at her old home on Frederick Avenue. Of her thirteen children ali but two grew to maturity and are yet surviving. Mr. Carolus of this sketch was reared in this city, which was his birthplace, and was educated at the Christian Brothers' College. From 1880 to 1881 he was employed by the firm of H. W. R. Hartwig & Co., remaining with them for two years. In January, 1884, he went to Seneca, Kan., and was in the employ of Simon Conwell as a stenog- rapher, and studied law with that gentleman. In 1885 he went to Atchison, Kan., being employed by the firm of Everest & Wagner for a year, when, returning to St. Joseph, he was for five years with the firm of Ramey & Brown, attorneys for the Rock Island Railroad. In 1886 our subject was admitted to the Missouri Bar, and engaged in practice with the last-mentioned firm until 1890, when he was elected City Attorney for the term of two years. January 1, 1893, he entered into partnership with Arthur W. Brewster, under the firm name of Carolus it Brewster, and though this company has been too recently formed to judge of these gentlemen's work together, there is, how- ever, little doubt as to their ultimate success as they are both more than ordinarily intelligent and well read in their profession. In addition to his legal knowledge, Mr. Carolus has acquired a good musical education, and when only fourteen years of age, while still at college, he began to play on the violin. Under the tutor- ship of Joseph Kneer, of this city, he completed a course of instruction and even taught for a while in the Christian Brothers' College. For ten years lie was also connected with the Symphony Club of the Mendelssohn Society. Mr. Carolus is a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 543 member of the Modern Woodmen of America and was a Councilor of Branch No. 12. Politically, he is a Republican, and greatly interested in the wel- fare of his party. W, I LI. I AM N. WILSON, Superintendent of Mt. Mora Cemetery, at St. Joseph, was born in Albany, X. Y.. in 1833. He is a son of John Wilson, a Scotchman, who engaged as a dealer in horses and cattle in his native land. After his marriage he emigrated to America and located at St. Johns. X I>., where he engaged in the hide and wholesale boot and shoe business. Later he carried on an extensive wholesale trade at Albany. X. Y.. and also managed a branch store at Albany. In his business dealings he was honorable, energetic ami prosperous, and had he been per- mitted to attain to an old age, he would undoubt- edly have become a man of wealth. His death occurred when in life's prime, about 1837. The mother of our subject, Agnes (Moore) Wilson, was born in Scotland, and after the death of her husband she removed to her native land, where she resided for thirty years. In her old age she returned to the United States and passed away at the home of a son in Paterson, X. .1. She was the mother of five children, William X. being the youngest. He accompanied his mother to Great lii Main when quite small, and for a time resided in London, removing thence to Kingstown, Scotland. I lis educational advantages were very meagre, covering a period of three months in school, but he was a studious youth and utilized his leisure evening hours for the acquire- ment Of knowledge. In this way. as well as bj observation, he has become well informed and in- telligent. When nine years old oursubjeel was apprenticed to a gardener at Paisley, Scotland, with whom he remained for live years. He then entered the employ of J. X. P. (oat.s, the thread manufacturer, as assistanl head gardener. Later he tilled the po- sition of foreman in the gardens at Kallston Hall; also thai of gardener al Lorri Castle, Edinburgh the property of Sir Andrew Rutherford. After working for a shorl time in Newcastle, England, he went to Carlisle, where he worked for three months. He then engaged as a landscape gardener, and as he was an expert in this business, his servi- ces were in great demand and he was engaged in laying out gardens through England for sixteen years. For nine years following, he engaged as a contractor in Glasgow, in which he met with fair success. In 1.H70 Mr. Wilson embarked on the steamer "Germany" at Liverpool, which anchored at Quebec at the close of an uneventful voyage. From that city he proceeded to Detroit, where he arrived on the 1th of May. At that place he acci- dentally met an old gentleman by the name of Moffet, who years before had been in the employ of the senior Mr. Wilson. He look our subject in his employ as time-keeper in his sawmills, and later secured for him a position as head gardener in the asylum at Kalamazoo. Having served in that capacity for three years, Mr. Wilson resigned and embarked in business for himself. He pur- chased some land in Kalamazoo, and there raised vegetables and fruit until, through his partner, he lost his entire property. For one year Mr. Wilson was head gardener in Graceland Cemetery, at Chicago, and for the suc- ceeding three years served as Superintendent of the Springdale Cemetery, at Clinton, Iowa. His next move was to Palestine, Tex., whore he spent two years on a fruit farm, and later was in the employ of the International A- Cleat Northern Railway Company as engineer, first in the shops and afterward at the water works. The confine- ment necessitated by this kind of work undermined his health tO SUCfa an extent that he resigned his position and went to St. Louis, where he became a laborer in the Bellefontaine Cemetery. As soon as the superintendent discovered his ability, he appointed him head gardener and foreman, in which capacity he was employed for eighl years. In the autumn of 18111 he was asked to come to St. Joseph and accept the Superintendency of Mt. 544 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mora Cemetery, which he is occupying at the pres- ent time. A visitor to the cemetery cannot fail to be impressed with its quiet beauty and the good taste apparent on every hand. These pleasing results may be attributed to the efficient labors of the Superintendent, whose ability in this direction has long been recognized both in America and upon the other side of the Atlantic. The design of the greenhouse, which was erected in 1892, is original with him, and is the practical exemplification of his excellent ideas concerning gardening. The cem- etery grounds comprise fifty acres, through which neat walks have been laid out, and to which new beauties are constantly being added. At Carlisle, England, Mr. Wilson married Miss Agnes Edgar, and they became the parents of thir- teen children, the majority of whom are living, as follows: Matthew, who assists our subject and is gardener of the cemetery; Mrs. Mary Savage, of Bloomington, 111.; "William N., Jr., gold treasurer for Wells, Fargo & Co., at Black Hills; Mrs. Jane Anderby, of Carroll City, Iowa; Agnes, Mrs. Henry Swarm, residing in Calamus, Iowa; James, a blacksmith in East St. Louis, 111.; Bessie, wife of James Brown, of Greenville, Tex.; John, a business man of Little Rock, Ark.; and Robert, a blacksmith at St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Agnes Wilson died in Palestine, Tex., and three years after her demise Mr. Wilson married Mrs. Mary Twaits, a native of New York State. Politically, our subject is an ad- herent of the principles of Democracy. Socially he is identified with the Knights and Ladies of Honor in St. Louis. < lp?< i OBERT E. BAKER has a pleasant residence L4? which he himself erected at No. G10 Bon Ton L\fl^ Street, St. Joseph, Buchanan County. He bas always taken an active pait in political matters, being a stiong Democrat, and was elected by that party in 1892 as a member of the City Council from the Fourth Ward. The gentleman of whom we write was born in Buchanan County, twelve miles south of St. Jo- seph, near the place where the village of Wal- lace now stands. The date of the occurrence was February 21, 1858. His parents, John W. Baker and Elizabeth (Herndon) Baker, were botli natives of Kentucky. The father is now living a retired life in St. Joseph. He came with his family to Buchanan County in 1846, and for many years was engaged in farming. Our subject was reared to farm labor and lived under the parental roof until twenty-four years of age. He then engaged in carrying on the old homestead where he was born, and after running it for two years, he sold the place and purchased a farm five miles north of St. Joseph, in Andrew County. This place consists of three hundred acres, and is known as the King Hill Stock Farm. Our subject dealt largely in horses and mules, shipping mainly to the Eastern markets. He built up an extensive business, but finally sold out in September, 1887. About that time Mr. Baker came to St. Joseph, still continuing in his former occupation, and was the owner of a sale stable on South Ninth Street, until within the last year. He dealt quite largely, buying from sixty to seventy carloads of horses per annum. The animals were purchased in Kan- sas and Nebraska, and were distributed in all the adjoining States. For the past year he has not been engaged in active business, having laid up a comfortable fortune, upon which he can draw as he requires. On December 20, 1883, Mr. Baker married Miss Edina, the only daughter of Horace Connett, of Buchanan County. Mrs. Baker was born May 25, 18G3, on her father's farm, which is loeated eight miles south of this city. Her superior education was obtained in Dr. Martin's Female Institute at St. Joseph. Three children have come to bless this union: Mary, I va Belle and Herndon. The fam- ily has a good home, with all of the comforts of life, and in the social circles of the city they are well received. The children have been given prac- tical educations, thus fitting them to adorn any- place, whether in commercial or social positions. Mr. Baker is, and has been for years past, a pushing business man, and his judgment on ques- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 545 tions of commercial import is highly esteemed, therefore be is often consulted in regard to the advisability of pursuing certain ventures of busi- ness. The business block erected by the McCor- inirk Machine Company on South Fourth Street is a substantial structure, and in this our subject has an interest. Jn all things tending to advance the city's best interests he is always actively con- cerned, and as one of the City Fathers takes great pains to promote its progress and prosperity. lie is one of the first to champion any new idea cal- culated to increase the city's usefulness or improve its condition, and to this in a large measure is due his popularity with all. even his political enemies. p ICHAEL S. ALLGAIER, Justice of the Peace and retired farmer, is a prominent citizen of Cower, Clinton Count}-. His ancestors emigrated from Vienna, Austria, at an early day, and settled in America. He is a son of George and Lydia (Gift) Allgaier, the for- mer a native of Pennsylvania and one of the early settlers of Kentucky. The mother was also a na- tive of the Keystone State. Michael Allgaier was born in Scotland County, Ky.. on New Year's Day, 1827, and was the young- est son of a family of three children. His boy- hood days were passed in his native county, where he received a common-school education. At the age of eighteen years he entered college at Bards- town, Ky., where he pursued his studies for a time. After finishing his school life, he commenced mer- chandising. The year 1m.">6 witnessed his arrival in l'iatte County, Mo. For some two years Mr. Allgaier was engaged in the John Brown war in Kansas. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army under lien. .1. (I. Shelby, and was in service until the close of the war. Until 1865 Mr. Allgaier engaged in farming in l'iatte County, after which, removing to Clinton County, he conducted a large farm near (lower for some years. In 1880 he was elected Sheriff of the county, which position he filled acceptably for six years. In the fall of 18'.»2 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and is making an efficient officer. In his political views he is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party, for whose furtherance he does all in his power. In 1849 occurred the marriage of Mr. Allgaier and Blisa Ilaltie Anderson, of Kentucky. Of this union were born four children, three of whom are living: George, James and Hattie. In 185!> our subject was again united in marriage, at which time Miss Amanda Williams, also of Kentucky, became his bride. Ten children graced this union, seven of whom survived: Albert W., George, John, Eugene, Owen, Mary and Cathleen. The mother of these children departed this life Feb- ruary 7, 1882, leaving many friends to mourn her loss. For nearly thirty years Mr. Allgaier has taken an active part in public affairs, and has been iden- tified with the welfare and progress of Clinton Count}'. As a consequence, and as the result of his many noble qualities of mind and heart, he has won for himself the repect and friendship of all with whom he has come in contact. He is a mem- ber of the Catholic Church. r H++**'S®&? 1 ++++F ARRY II. SMITH is Chief Clerk in the office ■ of the Master Mechanic of the St. Joseph A- Grand Island Railroad, his headquarters >((5) being in St. Joseph, Buchanan County. His birthplace was in Upper Sandusky. Ohio, and the date of his birth September 1 1. 1801. His father, Josiah, was born in Pennsylvania in 1821, and on arriving at manhood went to Upper Sandusky, where ho engaged in the merchandise and crockery business. He was also Postmaster of the city for one term. In 1872 he removed to Kansas and, settling in Wyandotte, there engaged in various enterprises lor three years, at the end of which time he located on a farm in the neighborhood 546 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and successfully carried on a fruit farm. In 1881 he settled in Lawrence for the purpose of educat- ing his son, but was called from this life in the same year. He was always active in local Repub- lican circles, frequently being a delegate to con- ventions of the party. His wife, who was before her marriage Louise Lewis, was bona near Malone, Canada, in 1835, and with her father removed to Upper Sandusky, where they were numbered among the earl)' settlers. Mr. Lewis, who was born in Massachusetts, was a Sheriff while living in Canada. Mrs. Smith departed this life in 1890 in Kansas City, leaving two children, our subject and his brother, Clarence J., who is engaged in educational work in Kansas City. Harry II. Smith, of this sketch, was brought up in the city where he was born and in Wyandotte, Kan. He attended Palmer's Academy after leav- ing the common school. P'or two years after his father's death he operated the homestead farm, hut in 1883 a cyclone which devastated that region destroyed everything, buildings and trees, and the family therefore left the farm. For one year he engaged in teaching at Connor, Kan., after which he was in the real-estate business for one year and a-half in Wyandotte. In 1885 Mr. Smith first entered the employ of a railroad company, being a clerk under J. O. Chap- man at Armstrong, Kan. In 18811 he was sent to Leavenworth and given a position as Chief Clerk in the Master Mechanic's office of the Union Pac- ilic. with E. II. Minn ford as his superior. In 1890 Mr. Smith came to St. Joseph, still in the employ of the same railroad company, though on the Grand Island Branch, and was Chief Clerk under A. J. Broughel. In 1891, two new divisions hav- ing been made, Mr. Smith was sent to Armstrong again as Senior Clerk in the Master Mechanic's office of the Union Pacific. When throe months had expired he was sent to Salt Lake City, where he served in a like position under A. C. Hinckley. On New Year's Day, 1892, our subject returned to this city and until May 1 held the position of Chief Clerk of the Mechanical Department of Ac- counts, in the Auditor's office. At the last-men- tioned date Mr. A. C. Hinckley was installed as Master Mechanic in St. Joseph with the Grand Is- land Road, and Mr. Smith was again made his as- sistant and Chief Clerk. He is well known and liked in railroad circles, for he attends strictly to his duties and is exact and methodical to a degree. In Kansas City, Kan., Mr. Smith was united in marriage on April 27, 1892, with Miss Laura M. Berry, whose birth occurred in Chillicothe, Mo. She grew to womanhood in Kansas City and was given a liberal education. She is cultured and refined, a lady of most amiable disposition and worthy qualities. In regard to the questfon of politics, Mr. Smith is a firm supporter of the Re- publican party and is a good citizen in every sense of the word. ^+«~ I^ENRY LOWER. The name with which we head this biography needs no introduction, the owner being one of the oldest settlers in Wayne Township, Buchanan County, and therefore well known in public and private life as a citizen of high repute. He has been a tiller of the soil where he is residing on section 36 for a half-century, and is regarded as one of the substantial men of the township. Jacob Lower, the father of our subject, was born in 1787 in Tennessee, and during the Indian War did efficient service under Gen. Andrew Jackson, acting as Orderly-Sergeant. The maiden name of Mrs. Lower was Sarah Cline. She was a na- tive of Pennsylvania, but after her marriage with the father of our subject resided with him in Tennessee until 1836, when they came to this State and made their home for a year and a-half in Jackson County. In the fall of the following year, however, his two sons, our subject and his brother Jacob, located a claim for him in Wayne Township, this county, on which they erected a log cabin. Into this rude structure the family moved the next spring, and there the parents re- sided until their decease in 1851. The surround- ing country at that time was a perfect wilderness, and Mr. Lower can yet see the forest and under- brush which he aided his father in clearing away, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. .".17 where nun his eyes only note the great fields of yellow grain, or the rustling corn. Henry Lower, who was one in a family of eight children, was born July l l. 1818, in Rowan County, Tenn. His father being in limited circumstances, his education was necessarily of the most limited kind, and his time was so occupied that if his ad- vantages had been better he would scarcely have had time to enjoy them. Young Lower remained :it home until reaching his twenty-fifth year, in the meantime hiring out to work for other parties. In the spring of 1837 he went as teamster with freighters from Jackson County, this state, to Santa Fe, N. M. The trips were made with very great difficulty, as Indians were very numerous and exceedingly troublesome. At one time the little party was surrounded by five hundred red men. whose lives were only saved by their having in their possession a cannon, which frightened the savages. Mr. Lower, having visited the Platte Purchase was so favorably impressed with the opportunities which it presented to a voting man, that he aided his father in locating here, and remained at home for a time, aiding him in clearing his new land. When stinting out for himself, he located the claim where he is at present residing, on which he built a cabin and made improvements before he was old enough to legally hold it. February L 1811, Mr. Lower and Miss Sarah A., daughter of Henry Sandy, were united in marriage. Mr. Sandy was a native of Maryland who in early life came to this State, where his decease occurred. Mrs. Lower was born in Ireland, from which country her parents came. After his marriage, Mr. Lower located permanently upon his farm, which has been his abiding-place for fifty years. His estate, which is one of the best in the county. includes a quarter-section, and from it Mr. Lower reaps handsome returns, lie-ides this property he has given his children many acres, and in this manner started them out in life well equipped to earn a livelihood. In 1866 Mr. Lower built his present commodious residence which cost $2,500, besides the labor and time which he expended up- on it. Mrs. Sarah A. Lower, who was very much respected in this community on account of her amiable disposition and the keen management which she displayed in her home affairs, departed this life in .hint-. 1890, al the age of sixty-seven years. She bore her husband ten children, of whom the following seven are still living: Sarah E., Mary Ellen, John \\\, James C, Martha A.. Isaac >.'. and Henry M., all of whom are members of the Christian Church. Those deceased were also members of that church. Mr. Lower is a devoted member of the Christian Church, having been identified with that organi- zation since the 3*ear 1814. Mrs. Lower prior to her demise had also been connected with the same church. After the late war. and dur- ing the erection of the Bethel Church, our sub- ject contributed *. r >no toward accomplishing that end. He has been very active and prom- inent in the same, and for a number of years served as Deacon and at the present time occupies the honored position of Elder. Socially he is a member of the Grange, in which body he was Master. In politics he always votes for Democratic candidates, and his interest in educational affairs has led him to be placed on the School Board a number of times. During the war he was a mem- ber of the militia at home. Mr. Lower has a brother and sister residing in this county. Lair. and Rosa, now the widow of Jesse Blevins, of Bloomington Township. y» 1I.L1AM 1. A 1 LhSI countanl for the St Island Railroad, and WILLIAM T. AYLESBURY is Car Ac- st. Joseph & Grand d has made railroad- ing his business since leaving school. His father, also, Thomas Aylesbury, has long been engaged in the same occupation, and is one of the oldest em- ployes of the Kansas City Road, being now Gen- era] Foreman of the car department in this city. His sketch may be found in another portion of this work. 548 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. The birth of our subject occurred on Christmas Day, 1863, in Kewanee, 111., which was his home until 1870, when he removed to St. Joseph with his parents. He received a good public-school education, after which he went to the Christian Brothers' College, from which institution he was graduated in 1878. He at once commenced work- ing for the company with which he remained for some years. This was the Kansas City line, and the position which he first took was that of a clerk for the Car Accountant, there then being only two in the office. In time he became the Chief Clerk, and when he gave up the place there were twenty employes in the office, which shows how the business had increased. For two years after- ward he was located in Kansas City as contracting agent for the Burlington Lines. On New Year's Day, 1892, Mr. Aylesbury ac- cepted the important position of Car Accountant for the Grand Island Railroad, having his office in the Chamber of Commerce Building. He is a mem- ber of the St. Joseph Building and Loan Associa- tion, and takes great interest in the surprisingly rapid growth and prosperity of the city. On the 12th of October, 1892, in this city, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Aylesbury and Miss Gertrude, daughter of Mrs. Miranda (Con- nett) Reid, who has long resided in this city. Mrs. Aj'lesbury is a native of Buchanan County, and is a musician of undoubted talent, particularly as a pianist. Our subject is also musically inclined and is a fine vocalist. He studied with Prof. Leib, of Kansas City, and has been a member of the old Apollo Club, and also of the Mendelssohn Society. He has sung in a number of churches, for eight years in the Congregational Church of this city. In a number of different cantatas and musicales given here of late 3'ears lie has taken leading parts. Mr. Aylesbury is quite interested in civic socie- ties, belonging to Charity Lodge No. .'531, A. F. & A. M., of which he is Senior Deacon, and to the Knights of Pythias, in which he has occupied various official positions. He belonged to the lodge at (iate City, Kansas City Division No. 24, of which he was Captain. He belongs to the Grand Lodge, K. P., of Missouri, and to Woodland Lodge, A. O. U. W., of Kansas City. lie and his estimable wife are connected with the Trinity Episcopal Church. In politics he is a supporter of the Democratic party. He is well liked as a business man, and both he and his wife stand high in social and musical circles. -^m>-^-.">. range 80, Clinton County, was born in Clay County, tin- State, No- vember 5, 1853, and is a son of John W. and La- vinia (Bernard) Collins. One Robert Collins em- igrated from Wales at a very early day and set- tled in Kentucky, lie married a .Miss Haley. Our subject's great-grandfather, Robert Collins, settled in Fayette County, Ivy., and married a .Miss Coon-. lie was a gallant soldier In the Revolutionary War ami later removed to (lay County, Mo., where he passed from life. Politically he was a Whig, and in religiouB belief was a Baptist. His son William was born in Fayette County, Ivy.. April 25, I7'.»7. Il<' was a farmer by occupation in Kentucky, and on coming to Missouri in 1828, settled in ( la\ County, Which is Still his home, he having reached the venerable age of ninety-five years. He was formerly a Whig, but is now an adherent of the Democracy. He reared a large family, who, with the except ion of t wo who entered tbi army, were 27 all married. They were as follows: John \\\; Mary; Eliza Susan; William, who was in the Con- federate Service, and died at the close of the war in Texas; Austin, who was in Shelby's brigade, and died at Springfield, Mo.; and Amelia. John W. Collins was born in Kentucky and set- tled in this county in 1828, where he still resides. lie ha- served a- Assessor and ReCOrdd of Heeds, and has held a number of other count} offices. Previous to his marriage he engaged in merchan- dising, but farming was his chief occupation until about 1880, since which time he has lived retired from the arduous duties of farm life. He ha- been twice married, and by his first union was born a large family of children, two Of whom died while young. The others are Frank, Mary, l.utic, Fan- nie, William N., Susie, Ruth, Augusta (deceased), and Allen. The mother of these children died in 1S7.">. and Mr. Collins took as his wife Mrs. Hath- away. Our subject's mother, who was born in Franklin, Mo., was the daughter of X. and Susan (Mavhan) Bernard, natives of Virginia, who came to Howard County, this State, in the early days and afterward removed to Boonville, when- thej were numbered among the early pioneers of that section. Frank Collins was reared to mature years on a farm and received the advantages ol a common- school education. Upon attaining the age of twenty-two years he Mailed out in life for him- self, embarking in the drug business. For four years he clerked at 1 lainesvillc, Mo., and 1880 be- came a resident of Clinton County. His farm comprises two hundred and forty acres of arable land, which is finely improved ami -how- the management of a skillful and practical agricul- turist. On May 7. I 879, M r. Collins and Mary !■'. Evans were united in matrimony. The lady, who was born in I lames vi lie, is a daughter of .lame- \\. and Mary A. (Hogard) Evans. The father, who was a native of Dorchester County, Mil., was a carriage- trimmer b\ trade. Ill I S.ST he wa- located in Charleston, S. (..but in 1844 removed to llaines- Ville, .Mo., near which town he purchased a farm. A Iter five \ cars' residence in tlii- State lie returned to Maryland and North Carolina, but in 1850 con- 554 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. eluded to return to the West. lie purchased two hundred and seventy acres of farm land near Con- verse, and afterward became the- owner of four hundred and eighty acres in Arkansas. In 1880 he removed to his farm on section 20, township 55, range 30, which comprises four hundred and eighty acres. At the time of his death, in February, 1883, at the age of sixty-eight years, he was the owner of over twelve hundred acres of fine land. Politically Mr. Evans was a Democrat, though he had formerly been a Whig, and was a consist- ent member of the Christian Church. Their family comprised three children: William J., John (now deceased) and Mrs. Collins. The mother of these children, who is a daughter of Elisha and Winne- ford (Cobb) Ilogard, of North Carolina, is still living. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Collins has been blessed by the birth of seven children, who, in order of birth, bear the names of Eulah, Roscoe 15., Lee Curtis, Sallie A., Amy, Frank and De Witt C. Mr. Collins is a member of the Baptist Church, while his estimable wife is identified with the Christian Church. Tr^'-.ODNKY SMITH is manager of the Western IWr Union Telegraph Company at St. Joseph, n his fa- ther's plantation, and was given good school ad- vantages, at lending an academy and then the Greenway County Academy (where George Wash- ington stopped when he surveyed that region), and was also a student in Winchester Academy. From bis earliest years it had been his intention to pur- sue the medical profession, and lie began to read under Dr. Hugh McGuire as early as 18.J0. Pn- tering Winchester Medical College, he was gradu- ated tberefrom in 1852, and engaged in practice at White Post, Clarke County, for three year-. In 1855 the Doctor came West by railroad and stage and part of the distance by boat to St. Jo- seph, which numbered at that time less than five thousand inhabitants. Since that time he has been engaged in active practice in this city, and after the Hannibal ,v St. Joseph Railroad was put through this place, served as surgeon of the com- pany during a period of live years. That he is accounted one of the best physicians in the city is shown by the fact that for live times he has been City Physician at different periods, the firsl time in l*. r >7aiid the last in 1*75. Dr. Knight was one of the ti ist organizers of the old St. Jo- seph Hospital Medical College, of which he was the first President, and remained in that position for eight or ten years. In 1889 this institution Was discontinued, but until two years previous to that time he had lectured in the college, and had been Professor of Obstetrics, Diseases of Women and Children, and Clinical Medical Treatment. He was President of the faculty until 1886, when he was appointed Assistant Physician at the stab' Asylum, having charge of nine female wards and remaining physician in charge for live years. In June, 1891, he gave np outside work and has since made a specialty of diseases of women and children, having a large regular practice in the city. In this city was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Knight ami Mi>> Mattie Keyes, who was born in Jefferson County, Va., and was a daughter of Thomas W. Keyes. who emigrated to this State in 1855. He first carried on a foundry and later a llouring-mill until his demise. ( >ur subject's wife was called to her final abode in August, 1861. Three years later the Doctor married Miss Anna M. Keyes, a sister of his first wife, and unto them have been born seven children, of whom five are living: Th as K.. clerk in the Auditor's Office of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad at Omaha; Charles P., Jr., a druggist in St. Joseph; George W., in the Car Accountant's office of the Chicago A Northwestern Railroad at Council Bluffs; Annie S., who was educated at the Convent of the Sa- cred Heart and is an exceptionally fine musician; and Reginald W., who resides at home. In 1867 the Doctor erected a pleasant home on the corner of Third and [sadore streets. The house is sur- rounded by beautiful grounds, which are shaded by line large trees planted by our subject. Since 1853 Dr. Knight has been a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a Knight Templar. He was seven years in the same position with Sera Datha Lodge, and was Pirst Master of Char- iton Lodge for many years. He has been very successful in his business relations and owns con- siderable real estate in this city.' He is a member of the Episcopal Church and at one time was a Vestryman of the same. Until the war he was a Whig politically, but since that lime has been a Democrat. i OlIN J. KENNEDY, Chief Clerk in the Loral Freight Office of the Burlington Route, Missouri Pines, was born ill St. Joseph. July 3, 1863. His father, W. G. was bom in Dublin. Ireland, and having been orphaned when a mere lad, he was obliged at an early age to be< e self-sustaining. Resolving to seek the New World for the home and fortune which he believed would reward hi> efforts lien-. 558 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. lie worked his passage across the Atlantic to New Orleans, and there found employment as clerk on a river steamer. From the position of clerk he was promoted to first mate, but soon tiring of that life, he drifted to the West and engaged in freight- ing across the plains. While in the far West Mr. Kennedy prospected in the mines at Pike's Peak, but not meeting with special success, he returned to his former oc- cupation of teamster. Subsequently he entered the employ of the railroad, and was night-watch- man for the old Hannibal & St. Joseph Railway Company. He resigned that position to become mail-carrier, being one of the first men connected with the city delivery. When the Kansas City Railroad Company built its present freight house he was employed as night-watchman, which posi- tion he still holds. lie is an ardent Democrat in politics and is always interested in the success of his party. / Annie Clifford, as the mother of our subject was known in maidenhood, was born in Galena, 111. Her father, Patrick Clifford, was a native of Ireland and became an early settler of Galena, 111., where he engaged in teaming. Later, he located in St. Joseph, where he remained until his death. Our subject is one of two children, the other, Annie, being at home. He was reared in St. Joseph, where he entered the public schools at an early age. The rudiments of education there acquired were afterward supplemented by a course of study in the Christian Brothers' College and a term spent at Bryant & Stratton's Business College. About 1878 Mr. Kennedy entered the employ of the Kansas City Railway Company as messen- ger boy in the local freight office. 1 1 is abilities being soon recognized, he was promoted to be clerk, and afterward to Chief Clerk of the Kansas City, Hannibal & St. Joseph Railway Company. Helms occupied the place last named for four years, and in May of 1892, upon the consolidation of the various lines, he became Chief Clerk for all of them. Politically,' he affiliates with the Demo- cratic party, believing that its principles are such as will most effectively promote the development of our country. He is a member in good Stand- ing of St. Patrick's Church and a generous con- tributor to its support. The Isle of Erin, where for so many generations his ancestors made their home, is very dear to him, and he takes a deep interest in its welfare, although, with true patriot- ism, he believes that America is the destined Queen of the World. He is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, in which for some time he officiated as Secretary. <=" £+» THOMAS CROWS, the gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch, has witnessed and materially assisted in the growth and development of Buchanan County, and more especially Marion Township. He be- longs to that class of pioneer residents to whom SO large a debt of gratitude is due from the pres- ent generation, owing, as it does, all the advan- tages of an easier life and a higher degree of cul- ture to the noble hearts who endured privation and opened the way for civilization through track- less prairie. Adam Crows, the father of our subject, was born in Ashe County, N. C, in 1801. lie, in turn, is the son of Adam Crows, Sr., a Pennsylvania- Dutch farmer. The mother of our subject, Mrs. Judith (Johnson) Crows, was born in 18(12, in Tennessee, and was the daughter of Thomas John- son, also a native of that State. The parents were married in North Carolina, where they continued to reside until 1837, when they made their way to this State and made their home for a short time in Saline County, In 1841, however, they came to Buchanan County and purchased property on section 22, Marion Township. The section was then wild prairie land, and on his new property Mr. Crows built a hewed-log house. His purchase consisted of a quarter-section and this he had par- tially improved at the time of his removal to DeKalb County, where the parents of our subject made their home with a daughter until their decease, both dying in lssT. The parental family included seven children. POKTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFCORD. 559 Iwo <>( whom are deceased. Those living besides our subject are Margaret, Betsey, Polly Ann and Rachel. The elder Mr. and Mrs. Crows were de- voted members of the Separate Biptisl Church, in which body the father was Deacon, lie was a man widely and favorably known, and his sterling worth and strict integrity won him hosts of friends anion;; the best residents of the count}'. Thomas (rows, of this sketch, was born May 27, 1821. in Ashe County, X. ('. His opportunities for obtaining an education were very limited, as In- passed his early life on the frontier, but mak- ing the best of these meagre means he received a fair insight into the common branches taught at that time. He was given a thorough training in farm duties, however, and when attaining his ma- jority was married to Miss .Mary Pennington, who was born in Kentucky in 1823. After his mar- riage Mr. Crows had hut ten cents in money, a horse, saddle and bridle, with which to begin life, and the money he placed in the contribution box the following Sunday, to aid in the purchase of new church books. Nothing daunted, young (rows rented the Mackey farm for three years, and at the end of that time he had managed af- fairs to such good advantage that he was enabled to purchase a piece of limber land and at the same time entered land north of Faston. On this he erected a hewed-log house and immediately commenced the arduous task of clearing and im- proving the home place, where lie continued to reside for a number of years. Then selling out to good advantage he purchased his present beau- tiful estate, on section 26, which has been his home for the past thirty-live years, and which ranks as one of the best in Buchanan County. Mrs. Mary Crows departed this lift- February in, 1869. She reared a family of seven children, of whom the following four are living: Benjamin, George, Isabel and .lesse. The succeeding year our subject was united in marriage with Miss Katie Cave, a native of Salem, this State. She died in the year 1871. and the lady who is the present wife of Mr. Crows was formerly Mrs. Almira V . Crockett, a native of Clay County, this Stale. She was the daughter Of liobeit and Mar- garet ( Liggett ) Dunlap, natives of Virginia, the father being born .luly 22, 1791, and the mother. October 17, 1799. Mr. Dunlap followed the com- bined occupations of farmer, blacksmith and gun- smith. He was :i very prominent and influential man in Clay County, where he owned many slaves. With his wife, he was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and reared a family of nine children, of whom four are living, viz.: Narcissa, Mrs. John Boggis; Elizabeth, Mrs. Hell; Almira, Mrs. Crows; and Serepla. Mis. 'I'll as Holland. Mrs. Crows was born February .">, 18:17, in Clay County. Mo., where she was given a fair education. She was married to Mr. A. .1. Crockett, by whom she became the mother of three children, Robert. Maggie and Oscar. Her union with our subject has resulted in the birth of two children. Susan M. and Albert T. The original of this sketch is the proud posses- sor of two hundred and twenty acres of tillable land, upon which he lias erected all the needful buildings for the successful prosecution of his work. During the Civil War he enlisted in March. 1863, becoming a member of Company F. Fifth Missouri Cavalry, under Col. Pennocfc. His Brat service was at Liberty, Mo., where he did guard ami scouting service. Mrs. Crows is a member of the Methodist Fpis- COpal Church South. Mr. Crows is a member of the Separate Baptist Church. Our subject is an ardent Democrat in politics and uses his influence in every possible way to advance his party's in- terest. 8HNP fll.LIAM T. FLAM, M. D., is justly num- bered among the prominent young physi- cians of St. Joseph, and is one of the bright young professors of the Northwestern Medical College, which institution is his Alma Mater. In the fall of 1891 he became Professor of Bacteriology and Venereal Disease-. From 1890 to 1892, under Mayor Shepard, he was Assistant 560 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. City Physician with Dr. Berghoff, being the first assistant appointed in the city. He was influential in getting through the ordinance to establish the Board of Health, which has been of great benefit to St. Joseph, unquestionably. The birthplace of Dr. Elam was in Gentry County, I\Iu.. near Albany, and the date of that event was June 4, 1866. Ilis father was William M. Elam, who was born in Morgan County, Ky., the father of the latter being James, a native of Virginia, who emigrated to Morgan County with his parents when quite young, and was one of the early settlers of Gentry County, where he engaged in farming. Our subject's great-great-giand father emigrated from England, locating in Massachusetts, near the city of Boston, and his sons participated in the War of the Revolution. Our subject's father came to Missouri in his early manhood, first engaging in the drug business at Mt. Pleasant, and later pursuing the same line of trade in Albany. He served in Company E, Twenty-first Missouri Infantry, for two years, or until the close of the war, and during that time practically lost the use of his eyes. On returning from serv- ice he followed his former business for a while, but in 1886 located in this city and is now living a retired life. His wife, formerly Miss Melinda F. Baxter, was born in the East, and came with her parents to Gentry County, where they were among the early settlers. Dr. Elam, of whom this is a brief sketch, is the second in order of birth of a family of six children, four of whom are yet living. His boyhood and youth were passed in Albany, where he received a good education and attended the public and High Schools. He early entered his father's drug store as his assistant, and in 1884 removed to Kansas City, where he engaged in the same busi- ness and while there was registered as a druggist. Remaining there until the fali of 1885, he then as- sumed charge of a drug store in Jameson, Mo., which he carried on for a year, and then located in Falls City, Neb., managing a like business until 1887, when he finally came to this city. In 1888 Dr. Khun started a drug store at No. 1633 Frederick Avenue, and while operating it started in at the North western Medical College, graduating therefrom in 1890 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then sold out his business and has since been engaged in the practice of medicine, bis office being located on Eighth Street, in Smith's Block. He is Surgeon of the Fourth Regiment of the National Guards of Missouri, with the rank of Major, and was private in Company K of the same regiment, known as the Wickham Rifles, and was later appointed Surgeon. He is also Secretary of the Doctors' Business and Pro- tective Association of St. Joseph, an organization recently established for the discussion and regula- tion of the business features connected with the practice of medicine. Socially, lie is a'membcr of the Knights of Pythias, is Democratic in his polit- ical views, and is a member of the Buchanan County Medical Society. OHN JESTER is the proprietor of a large brewing establishment at the corner of Thir- teenth and Sacramento Streets, St. .Joseph. The plant occupies 140x170 feet of ground, has about $50,000 invested in it, and has a capac- ity of about five thousand barrels of Wiener beer per annum. For their Premium beer, which is warranted to keep in any climate, Mr. Jester re- ceived medals in 1884 and again in 1885 from the Industrial and Agricultural Exposition of St. Jo- seph. He has been engaged in business for him- self since 1879, when he started with a small capi- tal of $2,000. His trade has greatly increased, his sales being largely outside of this city, and be- ing principally in bottled goods. Owing to his personal supervision of all the details of its manu- facture is due the reputation which the product of his brewery has won. The subject of this sketch was born in the Tyrol, Austria, on the 6th of February, 1844, and while still a mere lad he commenced serving an appren- ticeship in the brewery business, working for three years. In 186',) he emigrated to the United States and remained for one year in Allegheny, Pa., after- PORTRAIT AM; P.IOORAI'IIICAL RKC'ORI). w;:! ward going to Chicago, in which city he was lo- cated at the time of tin- great Ore in L871, losing :il! of his clothing and effects. Soon after lie came in si. Joseph and worked for the old New Ultn Brewery Company, and later for four years in the St. Joseph Brewery, or until starting in business for himself, as previously mentioned, in 1879. In this city in the year 1880 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Jesterand Miss Emma Ismer, who died September 9, 1881, leaving a daughter Mamie, now a bright little twelve-year-old girl attending school. Mrs. Jester was the daughter of Gustav Lsmer, who was for many years proprietor of a boarding-school on the corner of Fourth and Ed- mond Streets, and was well known in this city, particularly among the Ocrmans. Jle was a na- tive of northern Germany, and died August 21, 1886, aged about sixty-two years. Our subject is a Democrat in his political affiliations, and served tor three years as a member of the School Board of the Eighth Ward. He is a member of the Tinner Society and of the Sons of Herman. OSEPH SWARTZ is one of the oldest and most practical engineers running out of St. Joseph. lie is in the employ of the St. Jo- seph & Grand Island Railroad, and usually has the duty of training new engineers. He is a careful engineer, and it is to his credit that he has never had an accident, or injured any one. Mr. Swartz was born in St. Louis, Mo., May 28, 1846, and is a sun of Philip and ( Ihristine (Krous) Swartz, who were both Datives of the Fatherland. The former was a blacksmith by trade, and -non after his marriage he emigrated to America. Set- tling in St. Louis, lie ran a blacksmith-shop at the cornel- of Twentieth Street and Gamble Avenue. lie had forty acres of land there that he also cul- tivated. This property, which is now worth mil- lion-, the mother had to sell for $2,000, as her husband died in 1849 of that dread disease, chol- era, and she was left with a family of six children. one of whom is aow deceased. Mi's. Swartz after- ward married Charles 1'>1 i in 1858, and removed with him to FultOD, Mo., where they spent • year. He worked at his trade a- a painter in Col- umbia for a short time, and then took the family hack to St. Louis, when' they remained until the fall of 1854, when they went to Ilannihal. Mr. Bloom died in April. 1893, after having worked for twenty-eight years for the Hannibal A- St. Jo- seph Railroad. His wife, who survives him. is still living in Hannibal. Joseph Swart/., of this sketch, lived in Hannibal until I860, attending the common scl I s . At that time he went to St. Louis, and for two \ ear- was clerk in his uncle's grocery store. He next engaged in driving a team for a while, but in 1868 entered Company A. Forty- first Missouri State Militia, as a private soldier, and served until mustered out at the close of the war. In the year 1867 our subject started in his first railroad work as a machinist in the shops of the Northern Missouri Railroad ( lompany at St. Charles. At the end of a year he was made fireman for the same company, between St. Louis and St. Charles. He remained in that capacity for three years, at the end of which time he became an engineer on the road then called the St Louis. Kansas City & Northern Missouri, but later the si. Louis Ne- braska .V Pacific Railroad, his run being between St. Louis and Moberly from 1M71 to 1876. He was next engineer on the St. Joseph branch be- tween Lexington and St. Joseph, with his head- quarters in this city, being stationed here until 1883. For one year, thereafter, he was located in Montana on the Union Pacific In the spring of 1884, returning to st. Joseph, he became an engi- neer on the St. Joseph a- Western, now the Grand Island Railroad. With this c ipany he has been both freight and passenger engineer, and i- con- sidered one of the best men they have. I'nlike railroad men in general, he owns some g 1 prop- erty, has a comfortable residence, and seventy acres Of farm land about twelve miles out of St. Louis, which he rents. In St. Charles, Mo.. Mr. Swartz married Miss Lizzie Stein in I HUM. She was born ill Cincinnati. Ohio, and passed her girlhood in st. Charles. Pour 564 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. children grace this union: May; Joseph, Jr.. who is a machinist in the terminal shops; Arthur and John. Our subject is a straight Democrat. He is a member of Division No. 107, Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers, has held all the different ofiices, and is now Secretary. For five times he has been a delegate to the Grand International Encampment of the order. These meetings were held at the following places: New Orleans, New York City, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Atlanta, Ga. At present he is Chairman of the Grievance Com- mittee, on the Board of Adjustment on the Grand Island Railroad, and is also Chairman of the Leg- islative Board for the Engineers. Mr. Swartz be- longs to Enterprise Lodge No. 332, I. O. O. F., in which he has passed all the chairs, and is past offi- cer of John Libbey Encampment No. 48. ~f tbe leading botel of the town. The Laclede Hotel is specially arranged for the comfort and convenience of transienl guests, and contains two finely lighted sample rooms. The entire hostelry was completely re-tit- ted for Mr. Mclntyre, and with its attractive fur- nishings offers a strong contrasl to the original accommodations proffered the traveling public upon the corner of Main and Broadway, where the Laclede now stands. Joseph Hunter was the landlord of the first house of entertainment erected here, which was a log cabin, and a fair sample of the hotels of those early days. Mr. Hunter was succeeded by Thomas Palmer as pro- prietor. Henry 11. Mclntyre has been a resident of Plattsburgfa nineteen years, but is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Boyd County July 29, 18.',:?. He came West in 1ST:'., and. settling in Missouri, remained two years in his first Location and then came to Plattsburgfa to operate a hard- ware store, being a tinner by trade. Later he en- gaged in the liquor business, and finally took charge of the hotel, whose business has increased materially under his excellent guidance. Mr. Mc- lntyre was united ill marriage with Miss Fanny Young, daughter of John M. Young, an early resident of Clinton County, who located at the time of Mrs. Mclntyre'8 birth about two miles from Plattaburgb. The estimable wife of our sub- ject did not long survive her marriage, her death occurring in the winter of 1886. Two children survived the loss of their tender and devoted mother, a son and a daughter, Katie and Oscar, both of whom are living at present with the mother of Mi. Mel ntyre. (•ur subject is a pronounced Dei srat, and while not a politician in the common acceptation of the term, and never an ollice-seeker, finds special enjoyment in attending the large political gatherings, the State and National conventions, where the issues of the day are fully discussed. Mr. Mclntyre was present at the Republican Na- tional Convention held in Chicago, when the lamented Garfield was nominated. lb- has been one of the audience of every Democratic National convention since Tilden was nominated, and con- siders it a liberal education to meet the leading and eminent statesmen, in whose guiding hands we trust the responsible interests of this great American nation. M i. Mclntyre is the possessor of ability and energy, and is eminently the right man to pro- vide for the various wants of the weary guests who seek shelter beneath his hospitable roof. ,\~ a citizen he has during his many year-' residence in Plattsbnrgh won the esteem and confidence of a large circle of friends, and is now numbered among the prominent and influential business men of the city, ever ready to aid in the public improve- ments Or assist in any social or benevolent enter- prise. /p^EORGE KNAPP is the oldest settler and ill (— - contracting painter in the city of St, Jo- ^^|( seph. Mr. Knapp was born in St. Louis. November 19, 1889, and came to this city when but eight years of age, where he has been follow- ing his trade since boyhood. Ilis father. Ed .1. Knapp, was a native of Orange County, N. V.. be- ing born in the year 1809 to William Knapp. who came from I reland at an early day. Grandfather Knapp's family was a mixture of old Irish and Italian blood, and its members belonged to the Catholic Church, lb' located in Orange County, 566 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD N. Y., in early life, and engaged in cabinet-mak- ing for a time, later removing to Boston, where he remained two years, after which he came overland to St. Louis, in the year 182~">h"~-- ,..'*' C. HINCKLEY, Master Mechanic of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway Com- pany, formerly served in the same capac- ity in Salt Lake City, where he had been for three years, and from which city he was sent here by the Union Pacific Company. Before his employment in Salt Lake City, he had been assis- tant Master Mechanic of the Wyoming Division for two years, and prior to that time Road Fore- man of the engines of the Union Pacific System, having supervision of all shops and engines. After assuming the superintendency of the ma- chinery for the system of Salt Lake City, he was given charge of the Utah, Idaho ,v Wyoming Division, where he had entire control of all the engineers and firemen of the car department, which comprised about three hundred men. Mr. Hinckley was born in OswegO, N. V.. Sep- tember ll, 1854, where lie was rtared, receiving a good education until he was fifteen years old. Being thrown on his own resources, hi' started out as a Times reporter on a new round from Ro- chelle to Rockford, l If. and later was employed in the Receiver's Office of the Chicago & Iowa Rail- way . located at Rocbelle. When seventeen years of age he went to Aurora. 111., where he studied the trade of a mechanic, and worked nine months in the shops of that city, after which he fired on an engine for three years. He was then promoted to the position of engineer on a construction train, ami after a time again entered the shop- at Aurora to complete his preparations for his chosen vocation, which required eighteen months' time. After completing his work here he opeialed an engine for seven years on the Chicago .V Iowa Railway. In 1881 oursubjeel went to Huron, N. Dak. .where he performed the duties of an engineer for one year, then taking a like position on the Chicago, Burlington & Northern at La Crosse, Wis. After the completion of the road running from St. Paul to Oregon, 111., he became a passenger engineer, and ran the engine that pulled the first limited train ever run over that road. When the great engineers' strike occurred he left this company and became connected with the Union Pacific Railway, under the supervision of Mr. dishing, his first work being that of testing coal for Omaha and Denver, after which he was made Road Fore- man, with headquarters at Rawlins. Wyo. He was promoted from this position to the place of Mas- ter Mechanic of the Wyoming Division, going thence to Salt Lake City as Assistant Superintend- ent of the same division. Leaving home with $2.25 at the ago of fifteen years. Mr. Hinckley, with the consent of his mother, had worked his passage from Buffalo lo New York City, where he worked steadily and in- dustriously, and after many years of toil he at last finds himself one of the prosperous citizens of St. Joseph. He has recently been connected with the Columbian Foundry and Machine Com- pany, of which he is the general business manager, being the successor of Mr. AI . II. Herbert our sub- ject is a Director of the St. Joseph Terminal Rail- way Company, and still conducts his farm at Cran- don, S. Dak. 570 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mr. Hinckley was married at Rochelle, III., to Miss Francis May Porter, a Dative of that State, the auptials being celebrated March 12. 187;*. This amiable lady has been the mother of the fol- lowing children: Frank W., EbherS., Tom Por- ter, and Donna, who died at the age of sixteen months and was buried in Omaha, Neb. The fa- ther of this family is a member of the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also secretary of the B. & L. L. Lodge, Division 375. He is not only a very popular railroad man. but is a cordial, genial and sociable gentleman. Since his abiding- place has been this city, he insists on the insertion of the word St. Joseph in full on all his ears and engines. He attends closely to every detail of bis business, is familiar witli every feature, keeps abreast of the times on all railway questions and improvements, and has brought the Grand Island Road to a high standard. THOMAS AYLESBURY, one of the oldest em- ployes of the Kansas City Railroad, is gen- X|§|^ eral foreman of the ear department of the Burlington lines centering in St. .Joseph. Since 1865 be has been engaged in railroading, and is thoroughly competent in many of the departments connected with the same. Robert Aylesbury, father of our subject, was bom in the Isle of Man in the English garrison, as his father. Thomas, was an officer in the British army. He was stationed at different points until he was retired at half-pay. His family trace their de- scent to some of the sturdy followers of .lames II. who went with him to France, and one of the Dumber, Thomas Aylesbury, was knighted. The branch of the family to which our subject belongs has few representatives in America. Robert Ayles- bury came to America in bis youth, becoming sup- erintendent of coal mines near Pottsville, l'a. In 1854 he started to locate in the West, but was stricken with the cholera while on the steamboat going down the Ohio. He was only forty -six years of age. His wife, Dorothy (Smith) Aylesbury, was born in Northumberland County. Pa. Her three children are: our subject; Mary, Mrs. Walter Randall, of Tamaqua, l'a.; and Rebecca, Mrs. Ed- ward 1'. Lincoln, of Kewanee, 111. Thomas Aylesbury received a public-school ed- ucation in the Keystone State, and was only thir- teen years old when he was apprenticed as a carriage- maker for two years. For the succeeding five years he worked at carpentering, for two years of the time being a journeyman. His next venture was entering upon the work of a contractor and builder, ami as such he was employed for three years longer. In the fall of 1857 he made a trip to Kewanee, 111., where he remained only a few months, and then returned to Pennsylvania, where in 1856 he wedded Miss Hayiet Hill. She was born in Staffordshire, England, and came to the United States with her parents when only four years old. In the spring of 1861, Mr. Aylesbury returned to Kewanee, 111., working at contracting and building for four years. At the expiration of that time he entered the employ of the Burlington Road at Galesburg as a journeyman in the car de- partment. When three years bad passed he was given the position of foreman of coach-building, which place he held until May, 1872. At that time he was appointed foreman of the car depart- ment at St. Joseph, the works being located oppo- site the site of the Union Depot. It was a small building, with but little machinery, but he contin- ued there as foreman until 1875, when the shops were removed to their present situation. This building is 80x160 feet in dimensions, and here the company builds new ears and coaches, our sub- ject still being in charge of the work. Mr. Aylesbury is a director in the Merchants' Loan and Building Association, and in the South St Joseph Loan and Building Association. In 1876 he was elected a member of the City Council on the Democratic ticket from the Fifth Ward, continuing as such until 18811. He was a member ■ of the Water Commission which made plans and arrangements for the present system of water- works. He was also on the committee which drew up the franchise for the St. Joseph Gas and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. .-,71 Manufacturing Company. Our subject is a Mason, belonging to Charity Lodge No. 332, A. I'. a a. M., and is Past Grand of the [ndependeut Order of odd Fellows. Hi' belongs to the Encampment, and i> I > i — 1 1 ■ i < - 1 Deputy Grand Master of the Anci- ent Order of United Workmen, and is also a mem- ber "f the National 1 fnion. Mr. Aylesbury's four children are as follows: Charles, a graduate "f the High School, is married and is running a wholesale grocery house in Wichita, Kan.; Ella, who also graduated from the High Sd 1, is the wife of Horace Stringfellow, manufacturer of implements; Thomas, Jr., who was graduated from the Christian Brothers' College, is Car Accountant of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad, his sketch being in another portion of this volume; and Winifred completes the family. Mr. Aylesbury is Senior Warden and Vestryman of the llolv Trinity Episcopal Church. ;B^>!iC£gEai»- 4p^EOROE L. SHERMAN. M.D., is one of the || <^— leading physicians and Burgeons of St. V^jA) Joseph, Buchanan County, tie was brought up in Andrew County, where his father is a wealthy farmer and influential man. The Doctor is a graduate of the well-known Northwestern Medical College of this city, and though he has not been engaged in practice for a great many years, is of such an Observant and studious nature that he readily becomes thoroughly equipped in each particular branch of work to which he applies himself. Our subject was elected Ad j unci Profes- sor of Hygiene in the Northwestern Medical Col- lege. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a farmer in Germany. He emigrated t<> America at an early day and took part in the War of 1812. His son John, the father of the Doctor, was bom in Bavaria, Germany, and in his early manhood crossed the Atlantic, settling first in Pennsylvania, and later in Scioto County, Ohio, where he oper- ated a farm until the close of the war. lie then came to Missouri, buying. a farm in North County, but the following year removed to Andrew t ounty. lb started with a farm of four bundled acres, to which, after improving it well, be added adjoin- ing land. The home farm comprises six hundred and forty acres in one body, and besides tbi~ be Owns a number of other improved farms, lb- is an official member of the Method isl Episcopal Church. Though formerly a Douglas Democrat, lie is now a Republican. Our subject's mother. Catherine, daughter of William Knic, was born in Germany. Her father was in the War of 1812 and look part in the bat- tle of Waterloo. He removed to the United States, for a time engaged in farming in Ohio, and Anally settled ill Gentry County. Mo., where his death occurred. In a family of six children, three of whom are living, the Doctor is the sixth in ordei of birth. He was born March 30, 1861, in Scioto County, Ohio, lie received common-school ad- vantages in Andrew County and was early set to work on a farm. He remained at home until nine- teen years of age, when he entered the < 'ollege of Physicians and Surgeons of St.. Joseph. That very winter the division occurred in that college, and the Northwestern Medical was Organized. In this he became a student and was one of its Bret grad- uates in 1882. He lirst located as a practicing physician in Mosman. Page County, Iowa. At the end of ten months he removed to Beatrice, Neb., at which point he engaged iii carrying on a pharmacy in addition to conducting a general practice for nearly a year. Returning to Andrew County, Dr. Sherman opened an office in Empire, partly in order to look after his father- extensive business interests. [n the fall of 1890 Dr. Sherman went to Cali- fornia On business and was for nearly a year en- gaged in practice in Pasadena, where he also ran a fruit farm. Return int.' to this State in 1891, the Doctor opined an office in St Joseph, at the corner of Tenth and Olive Streets, and baa since carried on r regular and general practice. In this city in the year 1885 w: as celebrated the marriage of Dr. Sherman and Mi>s Nancy, daugh- ter of Dr. !•'. A. Simmons, a noted physician and President of the Northwestern College. Mrs. Sher- 572 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. man, who was born in this State, has become the mother of one child, George P. T. Socially, our subject is a member of Lodge No. 131, I. O. (). F., of Flag Springs, in which he was at one time Vice Grand. He belongs to the Fra- ternal Aid Association, and in politics supports the Republican party. He is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in personal char- acter is a man of integrity and unblemished repu- tation. ^E ^ \f\ x ATRICK MARTIN, a wholesale liquor dealer, has been prominent in city politics and is a veteran of the late war. He lias been a resident of St. Joseph since soon after the close of the rebellion, as in the spring of 1 8(iG he started for California, but only went as far we*t as this place, where he has since made his home. For two years he served as an Alderman from the Fifth Ward, and in 1892 was made Presi- dent of the City Council. While a member of that body his influence was used in many pub- lic works and improvements, and for many years he has done all in his power to promote the welfare of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Martin was born in Bennington. Vt., on Christmas Day, 1842. His father, Patrick, was a native of County Galloway, Ireland, where his marriage was celebrated, soon after which he removed to America. lie was a merchant in the Emerald Isle, and departed this life only three months after locating in Vermont. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Marga- ret Martin, though she was not a relative, was also a native of Ireland, and after her husband's death she removed to Troy, where her death occurred in lSlj. Mr. Martin was then taken by his grand- mother to bring up, and in 1855 she removed to Janesville, Wis. Her death occurring that sum- mer, our subject then went to live with an uncle, William Martin, a farmer in Rock County, Wis., though later engaged in farming near Albany, Green County, and now, retired from agricultural pursuits, residing in Albany. Mr. Martin, who is an only child, spent the most of his early life on a farm, and in 1857, with his uncle, settled in Green County, going to school about two and a-half miles from home. This was the only frame school building in that township, and there he coutinued his studies, also assisting in the farm work, until the breaking out of the war. Agriculture was carried on in a very primi- tive style even at that late daj r in that part of the country, as they plowed with oxen and mowed with the sickle, hauling grain to Milwaukee, a distance of ninety-two miles, with their ox-teams. They often sold their wheat for twenty-five cents a bushel, thus making little profit on their crops. Our subject assisted in clearing the farm, and dur- ing the autumn engaged in threshing, as he, in company with a partner, owned a machine. In May, 1802, Mr. Martin enlisted as a member of Company V, Thirty-first Wisconsin Infantry, and at once on being mustered in went South, skirmishing along the Mississippi. He was in the charge at Ft. Ilalleck and in the battles of Look- out Mountain, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. He went with Sheridan in his advance on Atlanta, and with .Sherman on his march to the sea. Going North, he took part in the battle of Bentonville, and then proceeded to Washington, where he had the honor of participating in the Grand Review. At Atlanta he was detailed as an aid on Hooker's staff, and had charge of the Gen- eral's body-guard, later being transferred to Will- iams' staff. Near Unionville, Ky., in a skirmish, he was wounded in the left side, and afterward was hit a number of times by spent balls. At the battle of Bentonville he was struck on the right hip by a shell, which penetrated to the bone. After the Doctor had dressed the wound Mr. Martin got on his horse again, and actively engaged in the battle until night, when he was so stiff that he had to be lifted from his horse. On Gen. Williams' staff he had the rank of Captain, and altogether his war record is one of which he may well be proud. On June 15, 1865, Mr. Martin returned to his old home in Wisconsin, where he remained until the spring of the following year, when, as previ- ously stated, he located in St. Joseph. He under- stood bookkeeping and soon got a position with £4>C^?^i, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. .)i i James 1>. McNeely, wholesale grocer. He was tor twenty years a faithful and trusted employe of that bouse, but in is. s <> concluded to engage in business for himself, and in company with Mr. Sheridan tunned the present partnership of Martin & Sheridan Bros. Mr. Martin was married in this citj in 1868 i" Miss Alice Martin, who was born in the same county in Ireland as was our subject's father. She is not, however, a relative, though formerly hav- ing the same name as she now bears, and is a daughter of James Martin, a fanner in Green County, Wis. Five children Jrace the union of our subject and wife: Maggie, now Mrs. Wilhelm, residing in St. Joseph; MollieE.; Frank 1'., who is a telegraph operator at Marysville, Mo., in the cm- ploy of the Kansas City Railroad: Agnes G. and Leo. Gertrude died aged eighteen months. Mr. Martin is a member of the Catholic Knights of America, belonging to Lodge No. 239; is a member of the St. Patrick Benevolent Association, and is a charter member of the Union Veteran League No. 98, of Sherman's Club and of Chester Harding Post, G. A. H. He is politically a Democrat, and attends the Cathedral Parish Church, to winch he belongs, lie owns a pleasant residence, which he himself erected, situated at No. 817 South Tenth Street. 1 OIIN GOODING, a prosperous and energetic agriculturist of Buchanan County, and widely known as an excellent and industri- ous citizen, upright in character, now resides upon a valuable farm located on sect 88, Wash- ington Towisbip, which he is conducting in a most profitable manner. His father, Abram Gooding, who was born in Kentucky in 1798, was the son of Cornelius Good- ing, who hailed from Virginia, where he was a fanner. The former later in life, however, re- moved tO the Blue • Iras- Mate, where he pa--ed the remainder of his life. He was a nephew of old 28 Col. David Gooding, well known in this section as an Indian fighter, whoaided in killing Chief Te- cumseh. Tin- mother of our subject, Isabel (Jones) Good- ing, was born in IT'.U in Kentucky, and was the daughter of .lame- .lone-, an old Revolutionary soldier. By her union with Mr. Gooding there were born nine children, six of whom are still liv- ing. On till' deeea-e of his lil'St wife, which OC- curred in 1838, Abram Gooding was married to Louisa Parker, a native of Virginia, by whom he became tin- father of two children, lie took a prominent part in the affairs of Fleming County. Ky., where he resided and at his death, which oc- curred in 1870, there was universal mourning. Mrs. Gooding followed him to the better land a few months later. Mr. Gooding was a prominent politician, being a member of the old Whig party, and in 1837 and 1838 was a member of the Kentucky Legislature. He faithfully discharged every duty devolving upon him. and as a public-spirited citizen mani- fested a commendable interest in all that pertained to the welfare and upbuilding of his community. lie served his fellow-townsmen as Magistrate for a number of terms, and in the performance of his obligations was always to lie found upon the side of right and justice. A native of Fleming County. Ky., our subject was born May '-'it. 1820, and received a fair educa- tion in the subscription schools of that period. When twenty-five years of age he assumed the charge of his father's plantation and slave-, and in the conduct of affairs exercised that sound judg- ment and business tact which brought him success. November 27, 1845, John Gooding and Miss.lu- liet K., daughter of William L. and Cassandra (Phillips) Farrow, were united in marriage. Her parents were native- of Kentucky. I he father being born in 1800 and the mother in 1802. They were farmers i>\ occupation and greatly respected in Mason County, where they made their home. Mr. Farrow was a son of Col. William L. Farrow, a Revolutionary soldier, who also fought in the War Of 1*12. The latter wa- very prominent in poli- tics, and for main year- was a member of the Kentucky Legislature, being elected on the Whig 578 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ticket. In 1840 he with his sons and grandsons, in all twenty-six persons, cast his vote for Will- iam Henry Harrison, of which fact he was always very proud. The father of Mrs. Gooding was for many years a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He departed this life in 1846 and was followed to the better land by his good wife, who died in 1859. They were the parents of seven children, four of whom are still living. One son, Capt. Richard S. Farrow, served in the late war under Gen. Beau- regard, and died in Virginia from the effects of wounds received in battle. Mrs. Gooding was born December 5, 1827, in Mason County, Ky., and after her marriage with John Gooding continued to reside in that county until 1850, when the}' came to Buchanan County and located upon what is now our subject's beau- tiful farm, but which was then in its primitive condition. The country round about was sparsely settled, and the hardships and privations through which they passed are known only to those who have aided in the development of a new country, and to whom all honor is due. The present home of Mr. Gooding contains one hundred and forty acres, which bear all the improvements in the way of farm buildings and machinery which make of it a first-class estate. It is stocked with fine breeds of cattle and horses, which he has imported from the Blue Grass State, and in this branch of farming he has met with no small degree of success. He erected a comfortable residence on his place in 1870, costing $3,000, where, until the death of his estim- able wife, which occurred May 2, 1893, they enter- tained hosts of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Gooding had no children of their own, but reared and educated eight little ones, who are now all married. Mr. Gooding lias al- ways taken an active part in religious affairs, and as a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church attends as conscientiously and carefully to the duties there required of him as in every other path of life. He contributed liberally of his means toward the erection of the church at St. George (a suburb of St. Joseph), which after its completion was named in his honor. He now holds the positions of Steward and Trustee of that body, and his wife, who was also a church worker, was the very efficient Superintendent of the Sun- day-school for many years. She solicited the money which purchased the handsome memorial window to Mary A. Adamson, and in all his good works and enterprises ably seconded her husband, who has the sympathy of friends and neighbors in his loss. Mr. Gooding is very progressive in all his ideas, and at one time gave $500 to the Central College, which institution he has served as Director of Spring Garden District nearly all his life. Our friend is a stanch Democrat in politics, and boldly expresses his opinions without fear or favor. He is a temperate man in the truest sense of that term, for tobacco in any form has never passed his lips, and he has tasted less liquor during his life than any other man in Kentucky not a teetotaler. m W OHN II. SPARKS. Nowhere in the world are bridges constructed upon more scientific principles than in the United States, where the greatest natural difficulties have been overcome in the most ingenious manner. Among the prominent establishments devoted to this line of work the St. Joseph Hridge ife Iron Company has earned an honorable place. The business of the company is one in which vast improvements have been made in recent years, but they have kept abreast of the times and have adopted new methods as soon as they have proved of sterling value. The company was incorporated in 1890 with a capital of $50,000 and the following officers: J. H. Sparks, President and Treasurer; J. M. Hoffman, Vice-president; and W. F. Beale, Secretary. They have constructed bridges throughout the whole of that vast region extending from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Eastern States to the Pacific Ocean, and in ever}' instance their work has been satisfactory. To them was given tlie re- sponsible task of constructing the Halsted Street PORTRAIT AM) BIOORA.PH1CAJ RECORD. 579 viaduct in Chicago, which is eighty feet wide and two hundred and eighty feet long. They have had other work equally important and difficult, among which maybe mentioned the building of the iron bridge adross the Illinois River at Ottawa. In the factory steady employment is given to one hundred and twenty-five men. while eight traveling men and a large number of experienced workmen for the execution of the contracts are also in the employ of the company. The Bhops are at Thirty-second and Mary streets, and cover three and one-fourth acres of land. The main building is '250x80 feet in dimensions, and the offices of the company occupy two Stores 22x22 feet in dimensions. The machiner} is of the most approved pattern and power is supplied by two steam-engines. 10x60 feet, of one hundred and forty horse power each. Our subject was born at Blinonk, Woodford County, 111., June 23, I860. His father, .lames Sparks, who was born in Monroe, N. ('.. became a pioneer of Stanford, Ind.. where he engaged in farming. From there he removed to the vicinity of Minonk. Woodford County, 111, where he fol- lowed agricultural pursuits and also for a time served as Sheriff. Later he removed to Beatrice, Cage County. Neb., and thence to Wichita, Kan., where he now leads a retired life. His political sympathies are with the Democratic party, and in religious matters he is a loyal Methodist. His wife, whose maiden name was Louisa Edwards. bore him eight children, five of whom are now living. In the grammar and high schools of Minonk our subject received his education. When about seventeen he removed to Nebraska and entered the employ of M. C. F. Lee, a farmer residing in Johnson County. Iii 1879, he entered the employ of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad at Beatrice, with which lie remained. Occupying different po- sitions, until 1883. He then entered the employ of W. .1. Hobson, of Savannah, and remained with him a- salesman for about four years, when he be- came a member of the linn, the title being Hobson a- sparks. In the spring of 1890 he represented tin' Pittsburgh Bridge Company as traveling sales- man, alter which he aided in the establishment of the St Joseph Bridge a- Iron Company. In 1892 the capital of the c puny was increased (5,000. The same Officers have continued in charge of the works since their inception, and the Superintendent i~ now ( ieorge Poster. At Savannah, in 1.S77. Occurred the marriage of .1. H. Sparks to Miss Carrie, daughter of John B. Majors, of that place. They are the parents of one child. Louis. In his social affiliations, Mr. Sparks is identified with Savannah Lodge No S. A. F. & A. M.; Savannah R. A. M.; St. Joseph Com- mandery No. 4, K. T. Politically he is a Democrat, and is a man who has a keen interest in public af- fairs and progressive measures. Having traveled extensively and visited every State and Territory in the Union, he has acquired a fund of informa- tion at once deep and far-reaching, and is undoubt- edly one of the best-informed of St. Joseph '8 cit- izens. 4€h f^^i AMIKL SCOTT, who is well known in ^^? railroad circles, is engineer for the St. Jo- lll/J)j seph .V Grand Island Railroad. He runs passenger engine No. 11, which is equipped with eight wheels, and is one of the finest engines to be found in the country, and bears that reputa- tion in the West. It is the particular pride of our subject, who keeps it in a fine condition, every polished surface glistening in the sunshine. The birthplace of Mr. Scott was the village of Carthage, Hancock County, 111., tin' date of the event being June 17, 1850. His paternal grand- father was bom in Connecticut, where he carried on a farm and resided until his death. Our sub- ject's father, Leverett, was born in Hartford, Conn., and in early life was a traveling salesman. lb- was married in Kentucky to Mary II. Wils' n, who was born in Crab Orchard. Her father, Sam- uel Wilson, also a native of Kentucky, was an early settler at Carthage, where lie engaged in the hotel business. After the marriage of Mr. Scott. he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, 580 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. carrying on a farm near Carthago until about a year before the war broke out. His next move was to emigrate to Davis County, Iowa, where he farmed until 1865, near the village of Blooinfield. In the last- mentioned year he came to St. Joseph, and for a while was engaged in teaming. A short time before his death he retired from active busi- ness cares, and died at the age of fifty-two years. His wife also departed this life in St. Joseph. They were both members of the Presbyterian Church, and were the parents of seven children, five of whom are yet living. Samuel Scott, who was the second in his father's family, passed his boyhood and youth in Illinois and Iowa, and attended the district schools. In 1865. when fifteen years old, he became a resident of this citj', and after a short time spent in the public schools, worked at various occupations. In 1871 he first entered the employ of a railroad com- pany, at that time obtaining a position as a brake- man on the St. Joseph & Denver Road, running from this point to Maryville, which portion of the railroad had just been completed. At the end of a year and one-half he became a fireman, and was detailed on trips all over the system. In 1873 he became an engineer on the main line. For the three years from 1875 to 1878 he was occupied in filing, but in 1878 was again made engineer, and has continued in that occupation ever since. In St. Joseph, July 6, 1875, Mr. Scott wedded Miss Ida M., daughter of Thomas N. Pace. Both father and daughter were natives of La Rue Coun- ty, Ky. William Pace, Mrs. Scott's grandfather, was a native of Metealf County, Va., and becom- ing a resident of Kentucky, was there engaged in shipping tobacco. He was at one time Sheriff of the county. Thomas Pace in 1861 located in Belmont, Doniphan County, Kan., and in 1862 re- moved to St. Joseph. He was a Colonel in a Ken- tucky regiment during the Mexican War, and died in 1871, when visiting his mother in Ken- tucky. She at that time was one hundred and three years of age, and died shortly afterward. His wife, who was formerly Mary A. Anderson, was also a native of the Blue Grass region, and is still living, her home being in Barnston, Neb. Mrs. Scott, who is the youngest of eleven children, eight of whom are yet living, is the mother of two daughters. Nellie and Myrtie. Mr. Scott belongs to Division No. 107, Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers. In politics, he is a loyal advocate of the Republican platform. Personally, he is a very clever and friendly gen- tleman, who has hosts of friends. S^****c i-i"i"i"i-~ ».-*. J. SHULL is the most practical driller (if wells of Buchanan County, or perhaps in the Slate, as he has had thirty years of actual experience. He runs two drills all the time, the deepest well he has made in St. Joseph being five hundred feet, but he has drilled a well as deep as eighteen hundred and fifty feet, which is almost unprecedented. Mr. Shull also puts up windmills, and placed one in the steel tower of the Aer-motor Mill in this city. He has also the reputation of giving the most satisfactory work and being thor- oughly reliable m his contracts. He has a large trade both in this and surrounding counties, and is justly esteemed one of the influential business men of St. Joseph. In the beautiful Virginia Valley, eight miles from Winchester, our subject was born October 23, 1839. His father, William, who was of German de- scent, was a miller by occupation, and was likewise a native of Virginia. He resided in his native State until 1851, when he removed to Doddridge Coun- ty, W. Va., where he purchased a farm and pro- ceeded to develop the same. He was a prominent man and held many positions of trust and honor, being Revenue Collector for some years. He was a genius at dressing millstones, and was often sent for many miles to do that kind of work. About the year L880. with his wife he removed to Missouri, locating near Clinton, Henry County, where he purchased a farm, but was not actively engaged in agriculture. Our subject's mother before her marriage was Miss Sallie Johnson; she was born in the Old Dominion, and her pater- nal grandfather was of Scotch-Irish parentage. Both she and her husband are now deceased. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 581 ( Mir subject is the second in order of birth of his father's family of eleven children, only seven of whom yet survive. He was reared in Virginia un- til reaching the age of twelve years, when be re- moved with his parent- to West Virginia, and at the early age of thirteen yearn was apprenticed as a machinist in Parker's Head, W. Va. lie became :i practical mechanic and was four or five years in the railroad shops of the Baltimore & Ohio, later becoming engineer on the same road. His trip was from Grafton to Parkersburgh, a distance of one hundred and four miles, and most of these years lie had charge of a passenger engine. lie was in seven wrecks, three of these very serious to him- self. At one time he was scalded, nearly fatally. but as there was a heavy fall of snow on the ground he was enabled to apply the cooling sub- stance, and this probably saved his life, though lie was for eight weeks nearly at the point of death. In 1862, Mr. Shull left railroading and com- menced drilling wells at Burning Springs, W. Va., his object being to reach oil. He was very suc- cessful in drilling Oil wells and often struck nat- ural gasas well. Amongthe noted gas wells which he drilled was the one called "Eternal Center," at Burning Springs, which wonderful well continued burning until 1882, or for nearly twenty year-. In I.S.X2, Mr. Shull went to New Mexico, and at a point near Los Collenbas engaged in drilling for the Santa Fe Placer Works. The latter were on the Rio Grande at San Pedro, where there are large smelting works. lie drilled several wells, from four to live hundred feet in depth, at < .olden, and remained in .New Mexico until 1885, when he went to Denver, engaging in drilling there. In 1886, our subject went to Alma, Wabaunsee County. Kan., where he drilled lifty-t wo wells, and then gradually drifted to Topeka. putting in four hundred wells in that city and in Shawnee County in four years, lie then entered the employ of the Chicago, Burlington a- Quincy Railroad, and did considerable work in I)e Kalb County, mostly at Union Star and Helena. In the spring of 1891 he became a resident of St. Joseph, drilling the first well for the Mining Brewing Company, over five hundred feet in depth; for the People's Electric Light Company two wells; for the Stuck 'lards; 'he Moian Packing House, two wells; and for the Ilax Furniture Factory, the Pfeuffer Stone Works, the Water Gas Company, the Francis Street Depot, and for the Artesian lee Plant, which is the largest well in the city, having a capacity of live thousand barrels every twenty-four hours. In this is used a deep-well pump called the "MeCooks." In 18H2 he drilled three wells for the Water Works at Rockport, Atchison County, Mo.; four wells for Bartlett Si Bros., on the Platte River, in this county ; also one for John Donovan, on King Hill Stock Farm. In 1*77, Mr. Shull led to the marriage altar Miss Sallie M. Clifford, their union being celebra- ted in Coolvillc. Athens County, Ohio. Mrs. Shull was born in Ohio and is of Scotch descent. By her marriage she became the mother of one child. Frank. Mr. Shull has his office at No. 680 South Sixth Street, and in 1892 took in with him F. A. Winslow. He has met with many rare experiences in his business, and has had an unusual chance for studying the peculiar geological forma- tions in different parts of the country. While drilling a well for Logan Maxwell, two miles from this city, an eigliteen-inch vein of coal was struck, which is said to be quite valuable. Mr. Shull, while drilling a well at Lake Contrary, found at the depth of forty feel the jaw-bone of a deer con- taining two natural teeth. In his political prefer- ences Mr. shull is a Democrat ->-=^=m>-^.. who is engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, is a graduate of the Northwestern Medical College, of this city. I le controls an extensive and lucrative practice, and ranks high among his medical brethren in this lo- cality. He is a native of Putnam County, Ohio, and was bom January 12, 1843. His father, Seth i. .iic-. was bom in Jefferson County, N. Y., while his grandfather, whose Christian name was Silas, wasa native of the Bay State. The ( rates family are 584 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of English descent, their residence in the United States dating back to an early settlement in Ply- mouth. Our subject's great-grandfather was a cousin of the famous Gen. Horatio M. Gates, one of our Revolutionary War heroes, and was himself a par- ticipant in that conflict. Grandfather Gates was also patriotic, and gave his services to his country in the War of 1812. He was an early settler in Jefferson County, N. Y., and was a farmer by oc- cupation. Later in life he removed to Ohio with his family, settling in Medina County, where he died. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. The father of our subject was an agriculturist in Muscatine County, Iowa. He was also a fine me- chanic and a skillful carpenter. In 1840 he went to Iowa alone on horseback, and bought land in Louisa County, which he improved. Five years later he returned to Iowa witli his family, making the journey by team. He located in Muscatine County, where he built a log house, which is still standing. He improved one hundred and forty acres, and cultivated the farm until shortly before his death, in 1877. His fellow-citizens often called upon him to fill various positions, among which we may mention that of Supervisor of the county and Justice of the Peace. He was a radical Re- publican and an Abolitionist. His wife before her marriage bore the name of Cornelia Amanda Pettit. She was born in Medina County, Ohio, and with her parents removed to Iowa. She was called from this life in 1848. After the death of his first wife Mr. Gates was again married, this wife having been previously Mrs. Eva (Fitzgerald) Fry. She became the mother of six children, who are all living. Dr. Gates is the youngest of three children horn to Set h and Cornelia Gates. Silas R. now resides in Barton County, Kan. lie was in the Eighth Iowa Infantry during the Civil War, and after serving for two years was discharged on ac- count of physical disability. Our subject was brought up on a farm in Muscatine County, at- tending the common schools of the district. In 18G1 he was among the first to volunteer for the three-years service, enlisting in September as a member of Company A. Eleventh Iowa Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp McClellan, Daven- port, and sent South. That winter he took part in a number of skirmishes in Missouri, and in the spring of 1862 was in the battle of Shiloh. He was wounded in the left hand, but did not leave the company, and was in all of the fights and skirmishes until the capture of Corinth. After this he was in the battle of luka, sieges of Corinth and Yieksburg, and later went on the Atlanta cam- paign, and on the march to the sea, being en- gaged at Richmond, Goldsboro and Bendville. Going to Washington, he there took part in the Grand Review. He was mustered out in Louis- ville, Ky., but was discharged July 22, 18G5, at Davenport, Iowa. Returning home to the farm, the Doctor re- mained there until the spring of the following year, when he married Miss Mary Shellabarger, who was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, and was reared in Iowa, where her father was one of the early settlers. After operating a farm for four years, Dr. Gates located in Letts, where he learned telegraphy, and, accepting a position with the Rock Island Railroad, held the place for eight years. He was then obliged to leave the railroad business, as his health had become impaired during the war and lie had never fully recovered. Accordingly, for the next three years he traveled in the South and West. In 1878 Mr. Gates entered the University of Iowa, and pursued a course of study in the medi- cal department for one year. He practiced until 1880 in Iowa, and was then appointed United States Mail Clerk on the Rock Island Railroad, his run being from Davenport to Atchison, Kan. He was appointed during Garfield's administration, and held the position a little over six years. In the fall of 1887 he came to St. Joseph, and en teied the Northwestern Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1888. He at once opened an office at Nos. 22 and 24 South Sixth Street, and made that his headquarters until March, L892, when he removed to his present place at No. 1610 St. Joseph Avenue, and has built up a large practice in the neighborhood. Dr. and Mrs. Gates have two children: Ernest L., who is a graduate of Cornell College, and is :"" '.' ■ '■'■■■- y% , & kn^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD. 587 now stenographer for Studebaker Brothers, in Kansas City; and Emma, who lives at tiome, and is a stenographer for the Hrm <>f Nave A McCord. While a resident of Ononwa our subject was Jus- tice of the Peace, and Mayor of the city for one year, besides being a member of the City Council. He is a member of the Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen and of Chester Harding Post. G. A. H. In politics lie is a Republican, and in religion be- longs to the Christian Chnrch. »-*-::■ WF. DAILY, a well-known and respected citizen of St. Joseph, was born in Alexan- dria, Va., April L3, I860, and when but four years of age came to St. Joseph with his father, John Daily, who was foreman of the Han- nibal & St. Joseph Road up to the time of his death, which occurred thirteen years ago. After emigrating to this State, our subject began the battle of life for himself by winking on the railroad at the meagre salary of $10 per month, for the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railway Company. Here he labored constantly and indus- triously for eight months, at the end of which time he was employed to carry water on the con- struction train at better wages, and then became brakeman on the same railway, continuing there for two years. At this juncture. Mr. Daily was promoted to the responsible position of conductor, holding the position for eight months and dis- charging the duties in that line to the satisfac- tion of his employers. At the present time he is yard-master for the Kansas City & Hannibal Roads Of St. Joseph, where he has performed the work for nine years, having under his care about fifty men. Thinking it not good for man to live alone, our subject made his choice of a life companion in the person of .Miss Ida Elizabeth Hanley,of Knoxville, Iowa. This union occurred August lis, 1891, the result of which was the birth of one child to brighten the home ami gladden the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Daily. The family residence is lo- cated on Twelfth and Duncan Streets. Socially, our subject ranks among the highly valued members of the Knight of Pythias; Lodge No. 148, of the Golden Cross; and is also the Director of Lodge No. 17 Uniformed Rank, in which he has taken an active part. Devoted to the work of religion, he aids in the promotion of all enterprises pertaining to the ( 'at holic Church, of which he has been a prominent member and liberal supporter for a great many years. Not only is he interested in the advance- ment of the work of his denomi nation, but he is also actively engaged in promoting and furthering all works pertaining to the management of local and national affairs. In connection with the work of the railway, Mr. Daily has achieved a de- servedly fine reputation through his practical and intelligent management of affairs, and he is also among the important factors in the progress and advancement of this city. In politics he is a Dem- ocrat. /^RANVILLE T. BIGGERSTAFF, a prosper- (II c — , ous general agriculturist, and extensive V A dealer in live-stock. Located near Pitts- burgh, Mo., fully fifty years ago, and as an en- ergetic, useful and honored citizen has materially aided in the growth and prosperity of Clinton County. The parents of our subject, William and Nancy (Black) Biggerstaff, were natives of Monroe County, Ky., in which Slate ( Iranville T. was born October 80, 1818. An uncle. John Biggerstaff, went to Chariton County, Mo., about 1826, and afterward returned to Kentucky, but coming to Missouri in a few years settled in Clinton County, and assisted in surveying and organizing the county, lie was the first County Judge, and was a man highly esteemed for his ability and worth. In I860 he removed to Texas, where he died at eighty-four j cars of age. In 1843 Granville T. came to Missouri with 588 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. horses which had been taken to Kentucky to sell, but not being able to dispose of them there he brought them back to Missouri. Our subject was married August 15, 1839, in Monroe County, Ky., to Sarah T. Bedford, also a native of the same vicinity, and born August 11, 1819. With his wife and two children, Mr. Biggerstaff settled in 1843 four miles due east of Pittsburgh. Fifty acres, the first land ever owned by our subject, were given him by a blind man named William Taylor, an old resident, who lived with Mr. Biggerstaff. Our subject then entered one hundred and sixty acres from the Government, and being an excellent manager increased his real estate until his farm contained nine hundred and fifty acres. For a man who had arrived in the State with but $25 in money, a wagon, and a horse (which soon died), Mr. Biggerstaff suc- ceeded comparatively early in life in placing him- self above want, and was enabled to provide lib- erally for his family. It was at first difficult to manage with so little ready money, but as soon as possible he purchased cattle, and one day as he was hauling goods from Liberty with three yoke of cattle a man whom he met asked him what he would take for his team, to which our subject answered $120. The stranger handed him $20, saying he would send him the balance in the morning, which he did. This money well invested was the beginning of easier times. During the Mexican War Mr. Biggerstaff returned to Kentucky to settle up some business, and from that date his affairs continually improved and he transacted an immense and successful busi- ness up to the time of the war. Most of his time was devoted to raising fine cattle, for which he found a ready sale, especially during the years of the gold excitement in California. In the early days Mr. Biggerstaff owned six or seven slaves, whom he had received from the old estate in Kentucky, lie took no active part in the conflict of the Civil War, but lost about $7,000. Each party decided that he favored the other side, and between the two his life was rendered so intolerable that he was obliged to leave his home for a time. Since the restoration of peace, his homestead has constantly been his abiding-place, and he has prospered even more than before. The slaves had been no benefit to him, requiring so large a provision of food and clothing that in consequence they had yearly ab- sorbed more than the profit of their work. It had annually been necessary to furnish twenty-five hogs for their use. Later, when fifteen were killed, Mrs. Biggerstaff remarked that they would have to buy pork this year, which proved a happ3' mistake, Mr. Biggerstaff selling a surplus of $140 worth. Raising and feeding cattle and buying and selling mules have ever been profitable ven- tures with him, as he thoroughly understands live- stock. Once he drove mules to St. Joseph, the rain pouring all the way, and having concluded a sale and received $2,025, the buyer remarked to him, "I will give you $100 to drive them back to Missouri." "I am not driving mules now," was the ready reply. Mr. Biggerstaff was prominent in the building of the old log church which Rev. Samuel S. Trice, a Christian minister, was connected with so long; the latter died while officiating in the pulpit of Bethany Church. Politically Mr. Biggerstaff is a Democrat, and before the war was, against his wishes, elected Justice of the Peace of Concord Township, a position which he was finally prevailed upon to accept. He held the office for sixteen years, discharging the duties in an able and satis- factory manner. He was in fact the most popular Justice of the Peace in that section of the country, and all trials that could possibly be brought into his court were argued before him, each side well assured that he would ever decide according to law and evidence. Few cases which he heard were ever carried to a higher court, so great was the confidence reposed in our subject by his friends and neighbors. In early life Mr. Biggerstaff had often remarked that when he was worth $10,000 he was going to take life easy, but when that limit was reached he worked harder than ever to increase his worldly store. From the beginning of the Civil War Mr. Big- gerstaff had determined that his sons should not take an active part in the struggle, and though it cost him dear to get them safely out of the country he accomplished it. Returning home from Iowa, PORTRAIT AND IlIOORAPHICAL RECORD. 589 where he had accompanied a sun. he found a letter awaiting him in the pcstofflce which threatened his safety in must blasphemous language unless, as the writer expressed it, he did not take himself off. lie consulted the local Federal Commander, and referred him to various citizens as to his character, and that military official told him to go home and shoot the first man who meddled with him. During the war one of Mr. Biggerstaff's trusted negroes stole one of his valuable horses and tied. For this slave Mr. Biggerstafi felt a special fond- ness, and now says that he would give |100 to know that the man was in comfortable circum- stances, and if not, he would be glad to have him come hack and share his hospitality. Of the family of sons and daughters whose pre- sence blessed the old homestead. William 15., who resides five miles from Plattsburgh, is the eldest; Tl ias J. lives upon the Cherokee St rip; Rebecca T.. Mrs. Stephen N. Triee, resides upon a part of the old farm; Joseph L. is a resident of Trinidad, Colo.; James II. is employed in a store, but lives with his parents; John B. is located four miles east of Plattsburgh; Porter F. is in the store with Whit- tington; and Stephen H. is a partner of James II. In all these years but one member of the family- has died, and that one was an infant. In May, 18815, Mr. Biggerstaff made his perma- nent home in Plattsburgh, and since that time has not been actively engaged, and consequently has not enjoyed as robust health, but he has neverthe- less found much pleasure in the society of the old and true friends whom he meets daily. For fifty- one years he and the faithful companion of his joys and soirows have been numbered among the valued members of the Christian Church, which the husband and wife joined on the same day. Our subject had but one bad habit, that of Chewing tobacco, and after using it steadily for thirty-eight years from the age of thirteen, he aban- doned it for twenty years, still, however, carry- ing a piece of the weed in his pocket as a souvenir of the past and as a test of his strength of will. Since his retirement from active duties he has again indulged very moderately in the use of tobacco, which he thinks relieves a stomach trouble. Few citizens can show so long and honorable a record of private and official life un marred by any ignoble act as our subject, who. secure in the confidence and high regard of his fellow-citizens, can with supreme satisfaction review a life of busy usefulness and enjoy with calm content de- clining days passed amid the associations of more than a half century. I'TO BEHR. No man in the West has done more to cultivate correct musical tastes in- to elevate the popular ideas in this depart- ment than has the gentleman of whom we write, who is a professor of music, and author of a large number of high-class compositions. He has been a member of many of the best musical societies. and his talent is admitted by one and all. For thirty years he has been organist at the Synagogue and for twelve years in the Cathedral, and has also served in a similar position at other chinches. His has truly been pioneer work in the West, but his labors have not passed unappreciated. Prof. Behr was born in the Slate of Schleiz Thuringia, Germany, June 19, 1828, being a son of the Rev. Heinrith lSehr, a clergyman. When only eight years old he began the study of music. When quite young, he was apprenticed to learn the piano-maker's trade, and when still a mere boy at- tracted considerable attention by his performances on the piano and violin. His father gave him competent instructors, and at the age of eighteen he entered the Leipsic Conservatory of Music. His teacher there, I'rof. J. Moscheles, was formerly Mendelssohn '8 instructor, I'rof. Moscheles, Men- delssohn and others having been the founders of the Conservatory. Our subject's father held at that time the highest position in the State Church, and to him much credit is due that he in ever) way possible promoted the ambit ion of our subject tip succeed in his favorite study The Revolution of isis interrupted the Professor's studies, but he continued to work in a piano factory in Vienna, 590 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and there commenced to teach, also engaging for one year in imparting instruction in this branch at Milan, Italy. In 1853 Prof. Behr concluded to try his for- tunes in the New World, believing that there in- deed was a wide field, though perhaps a discourag- ing one, as the art of music had not yet become largely a portion of the people's lives and pursuits. Landing at Philadelphia, he continued to teach in that city for five years. The year 1858 witnessed his arrival in St. Joseph, where he at once com- menced to teach, having been prominently con- nected with her musical progress until the present day. He organized the first musical society here in 1865. For five years it was known as the Phil- harmonic Society, and was a prosperous organiza- tion. In 1881 the Mendelssohn Society first sprang into existence, and for eleven years was largely productive of interest in all circles in this city, and in this also the touch and influence of our subject were shown from the first. He has been for twenty-three years musical instructor at the Young Ladies' Institute of St. Joseph. Prof. Behr is quite noted as a composer, one of his most beautiful pieces, entitled "Longing," be- ing an obligato for 'cello and piano. For many centuries the Germans have been foremost in the musical world, and Prof. Behr is only another ex- ample of the musical genius which seems to be the peculiar heritage of the natives of that favored land. Personally, he is very genial and well edu- cated, and is popular in all circles in St. Joseph. \f OI1N SIMMON. Among the leading farm- ers of township 57, range 34, Buchanan County, is the gentleman whose history we J will proceed to briefly sketch. During the Civil War he was a soldier in the Missouri Enrolled Militia for eight months, and was in service later for two months, in 1864. He was a strong Union man all through the war, and in consequence of that and his freely spoken sentiments he made a good many political enemies, who, however, as the years have passed have grown to be his friends. When he landed here in 1845 he did not have a cent and for a few years he suffered a great many hardships. In order to make bread they boiled corn and having punched holes in a piece of tin with a nail, grated the corn on that primitive in- strument. Wheat was tramped out on the floor, and ground as it was, regardless of the dirt which was of course intermixed. John Simmon, our subject's father, was a native of Germany. He came to America when quite young, settling in Adams County, Pa., where he married Miss Susan Brame, who died in 1852. The father afterward came to Missouri and lived with his children until he departed this life in 1865. Of his eleven children seven are still liv- ing. The parents are both devoted members of the Lutheran Church. The birth of John Simmon took place October 16, 1824, in Adams County, Pa., and w.ith his par- ents he moved to Stark County, Ohio, where he was reared to man's estate and there given a com- mon-school education. Leaving home before his twenty-first year, he commenced learning the trade of a carpenter, and in the fall of 1845 came to this county, settling on his present farm, which was then entirely wild and in a thinly settled dis- trict. In 1854 Mr. Simmon wedded Charlotte, a daughter of Henry Boyer, now deceased. She was born in this State in October, 1834. and died in 1866, leaving five children: Jennie wife of Syl Williams, who has four children; William B., who married Althea Bowen,and has three children; John A., whose wife was formerly Laura Clark, and has three children; Ida, who became the wife of Oliver Wright and is the mother of three children; and Annie, wife of William Walls, who also has three children. When our subject settled here he built a log shanty, and now owns one hundred and one acres, which are all well fenced and improved. The land is fertile and yields abundant harvests to the for- tunate owner. In the spring of 1868 occurred the wedding of Mr. Simmon and Mary Ann Augustine, whose parents, Joseph and Julia (Un kerf er) Angus- -■•'■ Allen Skouten PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 593 tine, went from Maryland to Ohio, and from there came to Missouri in 1852, settling in Buchanan County. Mrs. Simmon was born November 30, 1857, in Ohio, and her five children are all deceased. Our subject and wife Are members "f the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Harmony, which the former helped to build, and of which he was one of the lirst eight members, lie has been teacher in the Sunday-school and also Superintendent of the same, and is now Deacon in the church. He is a straightforward Republican and has been a delegate to county conventions, lie also served as a member of the School Hoard, and in other ways has practically shown his interest in the welfare Of this i imunity. lie is a member of the Anti Horse Thief Association. 1. 1. K.N SKOUTEN, one of Buchanan Coun- ty's oldest living settlers, makes his home | II in Agency Township, where lie has a val- @%l liable farm of one hundred acres, in addi- tion to which he owns another small farm, which comprises forty acres. The old saying that "It is better to be born lucky than rich," seems to have had an illustration in his case, for everything he has undertaken of late years has turned out suc- cessfully. This, however, it is safe to say, is not to any extent owing to luck, but to the good judgment and business ability he has brought to bear on every question. The birth of Mr. Skouten occurred in Adams County, Ohio, in the year 1818, and while still young his parents removed to Fountain County, lud., where his youth was passed. There he re- mained until reaching his twenty-fourth year, previous tn which he had married Elizabeth Dan- ner. In the fall of 1841 he removed to Buchanan County and entered a small farm, to which by subsequent purchase he added adjoining tracts of land, until he found himself the owner of nearly four hundred acre-. When the war broke out he was driven into the Confederate service, but re- mained only a few months. As uis heart was not in the cause, rind this trait frequently manifested itscit', he was several times arrested and finally, be- fore tin' close of the rebellion, lost all his property. Nothing daunted, however, he started again to build up a home and competence, and in lh(I7 purchased his present farm. In early days .Mr. Skouten did considerable freighting across the plains, making twenty-six trips and bee ing very well acquainted with the country through which he passed. In this way he made considerable money, which was the nucleus of his present fortune, lie possesses much more patience than the average man. and has always been willing to wait for a reasonable length of time to see the outcome of his business ventures. Our subject's father, John skouten, was a native of Pennsylvania and came of sturdy old Revolu- tionary slock. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Skouten have reared three children. Joshua and William are deceased, and Margaret is the wife of James Me Callion, residing in St. Joseph. The parents are good, conscientious Christian people, who have ever striven to do their duty to their fellow-man in every respect. They deserve what they most truly possess — the admiration, friendship and re- spect of those who know them well and who as the years have passed have become more and more attached to them. In politics Mr. Skouten has been a lifelong Democrat. *(#*= =^-- ••• ^ j e^-j^: ••• > ^ w ^p) k » ollN GRAHAM DREW is Auditor of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad, and Secretary and Auditor of the St. Joseph v^/ Terminal Railroad, his office being in the Chamber of Commerce, St.. Joseph. Mr. Drew per- forms his multifarious duties carefully and sys- tematically, being a man of correct business habits and thoroughly versed in railroad matters. Mr. Drew was born at Hammondsport, N. Y/.,February 12. 1864, and was only lour years of age when he was brought by his parents to this city. His fa- 594 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ther, J. M. Drew, is now in the employ of ttie Grand Island Railroad and is also a resident of this city. Mr. Drew of this sketch was educated in the public schools and was only sixteen years of age when he first engaged in railroading. In January, 1881, he entered the office of the Grand Island Railway, being stationed as clerk at Seneca, Kan., where he also became thoroughly familiar with the details of the operating department, and he was only a mere boy when he worked at telegraphing in Hiawatha, Kan. Later he served as station agent at Axtell, Kan., for one year, from which place he was transferred on New Year's Day, 1884, to the Accountant's Department in St. Joseph, since which time he has been identified with this office. In December, 1889, Mr. Drew was appointed Auditor of the Grand Island Road, but three months later the office was removed to Omaha. January 1, 1892, the department was returned to St. Joseph, oursubject being again appointed to his former po- sition, and he has continued in the same ever since. He lias about twenty assistant accountants, book- keepers and clerks under his direction, and all ac- counts of the road pass through his hands. The close attention and painstaking care he has always manifested in the company's interest have proved eminently satisfactory to his superior officers and cannot fail to bring him still greater promotion as a mark of their appreciation. In December, 1889, when he became Auditor for the Grand Island Railroad, he was also made Secretary and Treasurer of the St. Joseph Terminal Company, which has immense investments in St. Joseph, tracks, roundhouses and terminal facilities, serv- ing as an important factor in the commercial cir- cles of this locality. The company handles all fieight business for both the Santa Fe and Grand Island Roads, the latter turning their trains over to this company on entering the city. In St. Joseph Mr. Drew was united in marriage with Miss Ella M. Lender, on March 19, 1890. She is a daughter of the well-known pension at- torney and solicitor, J. C. Bender, who was born, reared and educated in this city, and is highly es- teemed in this vicinity. The home of our worthy subject and his estimable wife is blessed with a son and daughter (twins), who are called Charles and Elizabeth and are now eighteen months old. Mrs. Drew is a charming hostess and presides over her pleasant home with grace and womanly dignity. She and her husband are very popular in social circles and it is a source of great pleasure to them to make welcome their man}' friends and enter- tain tnem royally in their hospitable home. Mr. Drew and wife are both members in good stand- ing of the Presbyterian Church, and our subject socially belongs to the Masonic fraternity. •al JfolLLIAM C. STALEY, a well-known citi- \/\l/l zen °^ ^ t- J 050 ?' 1 ' Buchanan County, is \yy\y commercial agent of the Rock Island Rail- road, and has charge of the local freight traffic, directing the changes of freight from the differ- ent St. Joseph Railway connections. 'He was pro- moted to this position October 7, 1891, and spends about one-third of his time in the interest of the company. It was in Mechauicsbuig, Champaign County, Ohio, that the birth of our subject occurred May 24, 1857. His father, Stephen S., was also a na- tive of the same village. Grandfather Andrew Ntaley was born in Shepherdstown, Md., and came to Ohio at an early day. He was a millwright by trade and a line mechanic. About 1829 he built a mill in Champaign County, which he ran for a number of years. This was situated on Darby Creek. In the neighborhood of Mechanicsburg Mr. Staley purchased a large tract of land and owned one-half of the town. His wife was for- merly a Miss Shepherd. His death occurred in 1875, at the age of eighty-three years. In poli- tics he was a Republican, and religiously belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject's father was also a miller and im- proved and rebuilt a number of times the old mill erected by his father. Changes were made from the old burr-stone to high grinding, the first roller process, and later the complete system with PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 595 steam power. He was slightly lame and was there- fore given a superior education. Until his mar- riage he was a teacher, and lias always been quite a literary man, contributing articles to local papers. When he was a boy one of his chosen companions was William II. Smith, now librarian of New York. The latter was private secretary to Gov. Brough, who was then Secretary of State. Mr. Stale} 1 was assistant to Mr. Smith from 18117 to 1869, after which he returned to his milling busi- ness, in which he continued until he retired at the age Of lifty-nine years. The maiden name of Mrs. Stephen Staler was Emily Rath bun, and she was also a native of Me- chanicsburg, Ohio. Her father, Levi Rathbun, was of English descent and an early settler in Me- ch.iniesburg. where he was a merchant. His wife, before her marriage Miss Eliza Mitchell, was a descendant of Lord Caldwell, of England. Our subject is the eldest of four children. His only brother, Paul A., is an attorney-at-law at Spring- field, Ohio; Elizabeth and Florence, the two sis- ters, are the wives of Mr. Socksteder and Mr. Wright respectively. The former lives in Chi- cago, III., and the latter on the old homestead. When eleven years old, William C. Staley went to school at Columbus, and when seventeen years old entered the Ohio University for two years. In his boyhood he learned the miller's trade, lint forsook it on account of ill-health. He picked up shorthand, and in the spring of 1880 went to Chi- cago, where he soon obtained a position in the general freight office of the Illinois Central Kail- road as stenographer. At the end of a year and a-half he was given charge of the correction desk in the same department, and when eighteen months had elapsed he became chief clerk in the claim department of the same railroad company. In May. 1885, Mr. Staley became an employe of the Santa Fe Railroad. His position was that of chief clerk in the general agent's office in Chi- cago, which is located in the Sherman House. Another year rolled by and found him acting as contracting agent for the Santa Fe Railroad. This position he held until November, 18,s^<^= j SAAC STONE, or "Ike" Stone, as he is more familiarly called, is one of the pushing busi- ness men of St. Joseph, I'.iiehanan County, lie is public-spirited and liberal, and no one is doing more than he to advance the commercial and business interests of this city. He is Secretary, Treasurer and Manager of the st. Joseph Steam Laundry, and is also Treasurer of Tootle's Opera House. Mr. Stone was born in St. Louis, Mo., Septem- 596 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ber 3, 1865, and is a son of N. Stone, who was born in Europe, and came to America when a boy, locating in St. Louis. He engaged in the whole- sale jewelry business, and was also a manufacturer for some years. Later, with Thomas Kerr, he car- ried on a wholesale hide and leather business. In 1876 Mr. Stone, Sr., removed to St. Joseph and was for eleven years a dry-goods merchant, his place of business being at the corner of Sixth and Felix Streets. In 1887 he sold out and retired from business, though he still makes his home in this city. His wife was also born in Europe. By her marriage she became the mother of nine chil- dren, three sons and six daughters, and of the number our subject is the eldest son. Until eleven years old Isaac Stone lived in St. Louis, where he attended the public school, and in 1876 came with his parents to St. Joseph. He graduated from Bryant's Business College, after which he was employed by the wholesale clothing firm of Weil, Calm & Company for two years. He next went to Canon City, Colo., where he embarked in the dry-goods business in partnership with his father, the firm being known as N. Stone A: Son. They furnished railroad supplies and did quite a successful business. He was thus employed until 1882, when he went to Wellington, Kan., there opening a dry-goods house, which he operated for three years. For the following two years he was traveling salesman for the Mokaska Coffee Com- pany, of St. Joseph, working mainly in Kansas. In the year 1 8 i> Mr. Stone started the laundry in St. Joseph of which he is at the head. This laundry business is incorporated as the St. Joseph Steam Laundry Company, with a capital stock of $16,000. In March, 1893, the capital stock was increased to 820,000 paid up. The other officers arc: A. F. F'aulhaber, President; N. Stone, Vice- president; and Y. T. Conrad, one of the Directors. The building which the laundry occupies is at Nos. 211 and 216 North Sixth Street, 60x120 feet, and comprises three floors besides the basement. The plant is furnished with steam power and all modern improvements used in large establishments of the kind. Fifty-two hands are given employ- ment and during the summer two forces are kept busy. Agencies have been established in Mis- souri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska, and this fact alone indicates the enterprise and Western push of the concern. Our subject certainly deserves great credit for the energy he has brought to bear in bis chosen work, and though he started at the bottom round of the ladder only a few years ago, is most assur- edly on the high road to success and fortune. In the clubs and fraternities of the city, Mr. Stone is interested, is President of the Independent Order of B'Nai Hrith,and is also a member of the Wood- men of the World, and of the U. C. T. He is a member of both the Standard and Commercial Clubs and, in regard to the question of politics, more particularly those of national bearing, is a Democrat. -> — T » -^*n I i l J i ' , r l-. pj|\OBERT I. YOUNG, who has hang been a < resident of Buchanan County, is one of the leading stock-raisers and agricultur- ^ ists of Center Township, his farm of forty acres being situated on section 4. Twenty acres of this are used for growing small fruits and orchard products. In 1889, our subject, at a cost of *2,- 400, built his residence, which is one of the finest in the township. His specialty is raising Poland- China hogs, the number in his drove being from eighty to one hundred and twenty, annually. He has taken premiums on these animals at every place they have been exhibited. The drove now comprises one hundred and thirty-five head, and '•Commonwealth," who is at the head, is the largest one of the variety in the State, weighing at times from eight hundred to eleven hundred pounds. This animal, with other good specimens, will be shown at the Columbian Exposition. E. R. Dorsey, of Perry, 111., who is a breeder of national reputation, declares that Mr. Young has the finest drove in the State. For two years our subject has bought Mr. Dorsey's prize-winners at a cost of $135 each. Thomas Young, father of our subject, was born PORTRAIT AM) UK )< iRAlMIK Al. KF.CORD. .V.i 'J in County Tyrone, Ireland, where his wife, whose maiden Dame was Jane Greer, was also born. Mr. young came to America in 1834, and after living for :i Bhort time at Baltimore, Mil., went to Wheel- ing, W. Va., whert be was married. He was I It- keeper for tin- large iron and glass manufacturers, Sweeney, Mathis & Gray, for twenty years. He was a man of good education, which fact was en- tirely owing to his own efforts, as be was an ear- nest student and spenl considerable time- in oighl schools. In 1844 he moved to Buchanan County, before the land was yet in the market. He was very poor and had but fifty cents when he arrived here. For two years be was obliged to go without shoes, and was indeed grateful for a pair which liis brother sent him from Wheeling, W. Va. Tho*i>as Young built :i log cabin, which be lived in for about twenty year-, and then moved into a hewed-log house, and later into a frame residence. He settled upon a one hundred and sixty acre farm, waiting for it to come into the market, and to this lie afterward added eighty aero. He was an act- ive Republican, always being a delegate to con- ventions, and was also a Central Committeeman. He was elected Coroner, which office be held for two terms, and was Justice of the Peace for twen- ty-four year-, lie was School Director during the whole time of hi- residence here, and, religiously, wa- an Episcopalian. He died December 26, 1890, aged seventy-eight year-. Hi- wife, who >till sur- vives, aged about eighty years, is a member of the Methodisl Episcopal Church, and has been the ther of ten children, eight of whom are living. During the Civil War. Mr. Young. Si., was Enroll- I Uliccr for thi- county, was First Lieutenant of the Missouri State Militia, and took part in the siege of Lexington, marching to the relief of Col. Mul- ligan, lie Berved with Gen. Ken Loan, and was appointed Captain near the close of the war. He never had a law.-uit in his life, wa- very popular, and had no enemies. Our subject wa- horn June :i. 1854, on the farm Dear where he now live-, and W88 hen- reared to manhood, attending the district school, and also the Episcopal Parish school, at St. Joseph, When nineteen year- of age lie commenced teaching in Buchanan County, and continued a- a peda- gogue for twelve year-, being located in only four schools. He graduated in the Class of '78 from the International Training School, located at Manchester, X. II. . where he took a full business course, lie then began the pursuit of an agricul- turist on the home farm, having since continued in that line with great BUCCi At the home of the bride's mother anil -tep- father, Norton and Mary (McFariand) Blake, in 1880, a marriage ceremony iras performed which united the fortune- of Robert Young and Mi- Belle Thompson. Her father, who was a native of Manchester, England, wa- a draughtsman and mechanic, and wa- the first Master Mechanic of tin- Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, with which he wa- connected for four years, and afterward was Master Mechanic of the Missouri Valley Railroad until his death in 186J, Hi- wife, who wa- horn in County Tyrone, Ireland, is still living. Mr-. Young, whose birth occurred March 1. 1860, was educated in tin 1 public Bchools of st. Joseph. To herself and husband were horn seven chil- dren, one of whom is deceased. They are: Ches- ter A.. Riley K.. Ida M., Mary. Clara and Fanny. Harry is deceased. The eldest BOn, ten year- of •i_M. who has a line natural talent for drawing, has made a splendid map of Missouri, which he in- tend- to have exhibited at the Columbian Expo- sition. In polities Mr. Young i- a Republican, and has been a delegate to several conventions of his party. The cause of education finds in him a loyal Bup- porter, and in everything i elating- to the welfare of his community or the country at large he takes an interested part. WILLIAM II. SANDUSKY. \n excellent example of -t urdy enterpi i-c. thrifty habits and persistent industry, characteristic of go many of our farmers, may he found in the life of Mr. Sandu8ky, who i- now living in Wayne Town- 600 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ship. He owns six hundred acres of valuable land, whose possession attests his success in worldly affairs, and whose improved condition and orderly appearance furnish equally good evidence of his intelligent conception of the details of his voca- tion and his progressive spirit in all that pertains thereto. Born October 9, 1834, in Clinton County, Ky., our subject is the son of John I. Sandusky, also a native of the Blue Grass State, where he carried on farming. His mother, who was known in her maidenhood as Miss Aseneth Winn, was likewise a native of Kentucky, where she spent her entire life. She bore her husband eight children, all of whom are living with one exception. In religious affairs the parents were members of the Christian and Methodist Episcopal Churches respectively. William II., of this sketch, remained at home until after reaching his majority, in the meantime having been given an excellent education. His studies, which were prosecuted in early life in the old log schoolhouse, were supplemented by a course in the seminary of Monticello, Ky. He fol- lowed the profession of teacher and was also occu- pied with farm work in his native State while young, and on coming to Missouri taught school in Gentry County. During the Civil War he made his home in Iowa, later removing to Daviess and Platte Counties, Mo. In 1872, he of whom we write came to Buchanan County, where he taught school for a time and then hired out to work on a farm. He was very indus- trious and economical and soon laid by a sufficient sum to enable him to launch out in business for himself, and for the past ten years he has been en- gaged, in addition to farming, in buying and ship- ping grain from Kails Station, Kenmoor, De Kalb and Steele's Spur. As stated in our opening paragraph, Mr. San- dusky is the proud possessor of six hundred broad and fertile acres, which he devotes almost exclu- sively to the raising of the cereals. As might be expected, he is an excellent judge of grain and one who in every department of life fulfills the duties that lie before him in a creditable manner. He has never married, his home being presided over by Mrs. Huff and husband. In politics Mr. Sandusky is a firm adherent of the Democratic party and has been frequently sent as a delegate to its various conventions. In 1892 he ran for Count}' Judge but was defeated by a small majority. He acted as Notary Public for a period of twelve years, and indeed is one of the most prominent men in Buchanan County. Gentle and unobtrusive, Mr. Sandusky accords to ever}' man the right to his opinion. Honest and upright, he yields to all what is due in just measure. He is especially popular among the young men whom he has repeatedly aided in a monetary way, and man}' times he has incurred great risk in order to accommodate others. The fame of his deeds may not reach the outside world, yet, after all, uo higher praise can be bestowed upon any man than that his life is upright, and that no wrong or op- pression was ever perpetrated by him. Such may be truthfully written and said of Mr. San- dusky. _S #+£ "S3 ORACE T. CONNETT. Among the most } progressive and extensive agriculturists of Buchanan County is he of whom we write, whose residence is located on section 28, township 56, range 35. He has something over two thousand acres in the home farm, in addition to which he owns a very large tract which came to him through his wife. In 1867 he erected his beautiful residence, which cost $8,000. and six years later built a $4,000 barn. He has also put up other substantial farm buildings. Eive hundred acres of the place are timber and pas- ture land, and the remainder is under cultivation, being largely devoted to raising cereals. Mr. Con- nett's stock now comprises two hundred and twenty-six head of cattle, three hundred hogs and forty horses and mules. Besides his fanning in- terests, Mr. Connett is interested in other enter- prises, among which we mention the Sax ton National Hank of St. Joseph, the pressed brick, and folding bed manufactories. After the father's PORTRAIT AM) BIOC.RAI'IIICAL RECORD. 601 death the sons bought out their gisters' interest, carrying on the business as S. S. Connett & Bros., Squire S., William C. and Horace T. being mem- bers of the firm. After the death of the two first mentioned the style of the firm was changed to Con- nett Bros., our subject and the three sons of William C. running the business. William C. Connett. Sr., our subject's father, a native of Lexington, Ky., born in 1800, was reared on a farm in Hardin County, and was fairly educated. At Georgetown, Ky., he married Matilda Thornberry. After this event he was engaged in manufacturing bagging and rope at Lexington. Coining to Missouri in 1839, he settled on a piece of timber and prairie land of one hundred and sixty acres, where he made a permanent home. Himself and wife were the parents of nine children, who all grew to maturity. Three are living: Elzerie, Mrs. Samuel Wildbahn; Miranda, wife of Walker . 1840, and was called from this life December 27, 1892, Mr. Oonnett is politically a Democrat, and is held in the highest esteem by the many friends and neighbors he has in this vicinity. f *** "•* OKI. E. GATES, of St. Joseph, is now Re- corder of Buchanan County, and has for many years acted in an official capacity in different portions of this State. A native of this county, he has always had her interest near to his heart, and ha> been prominently identified with her welfare for years past. Mr. Gates was l » ■in ten miles east of St. Joseph in February, 1859, and is a son of Col. Elijah Gates, whose record will be found on another page of this work. Our subject, who is the third in order of birth in a family of nine children, was reared on his father's farm until the year L868, when ln> father located here, the latter, al that time occupying the position of Sheriff. Mr. Gates received a good common and hiuh school education in this city, and in 1*77 was ap- pointed Pharmacist at the State Penitentiary, where for nine years he did all the dispensary work. Eight years of this time he served under Col. Wil- li>-. Warden, and the remainder of the time under Col. Marmaduke. Returning to St. Joseph at the expiration of this time, Mr. Gates was appointed Deputy United States Marshal foi the Western District of Mis- souri in 1886. During the time he occupied that position business took him over a good portion of the Slate, and many trips were made from this county west to the Coast, and from the Lakes to the Gulf. Mr. Gates discovered and arrested Gar- ton, the Clipper Cap train robber, arresting hiin in Kansas City, and taking him back to San Fran- cisco, where upon trial he was Senl to the peniten- tiary for ten year-. Mr. t.ate- held the important position of Marshal during Cleveland's entire oc- cupancy of the Presidential Chair, and in 1890 he 602 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was nominated and elected on Hie Democratic ticket as County Recorder for a term of four years- commencing on New Year's Day, 1891. He super- vises the work of four clerks in li is office in addi- tion to attending to bis own regular duties. The records are kept by him in a thoroughly methodi- cal and systematic manner, thus reflecting great credit upon himself and the good judgment of his constituents in choosing so able a man to fill the important place. Mr. Gates was united in Nicholasville, Jessamine County. Ky., in 1892, to Miss Vickie M. Buford, who is a native of that place and was there reared and educated. Mrs. < iates is a lady of culture and refine- ment, and with womanly grace and dignity presides over the pleasant home of our subject. Mr. Gates is a Knight-Templar Mason, and belongs to Moila Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He ranks in the estimation of his fellow-citizens among the most reliable and trusted of the public servants, and is extremely popular on account of his cleverness, ability and affable manners. He is a thoroughly representative citizen, and has always believed that great things were in store for this favored place, which has been his home since his early days. lARTLETT J. BURKE, M. D., who makes his home in Lathrop, Clinton County, is | the son of James and Sarah (Turner) Burke. His grandfather Burke served in the War of the Revolution, enlisting from North Carolina. About the year 1790, he became one of the pio- neers of Kentucky, where both he and his wife de- parted this life. His son, the father of our subject, was born in North Carolina, and when a boy removed with his parents to Jessamine County, Ky. He was twice married, and of his first union were born eight children, seven of whom grew to mature years: Arthur T.; Susan, deceased; Ed- ward A.; William, whose deatli occurred in In- diana; Benjamin F.; John, who died in Kentucky; and Barllett J., our subject. The mother was born in North Carolina, and was the daughter of Ar- thur Turner, a Revolutionary soldier of Scotch extraction. She died in Henry County, Ky., in 1827, while her husband departed this life in 1843, at the age of about sixty-three years, while on a visit in Daviess County. The Burke family is of Irish origin. Dr. Burke was reared to man's estate in Ken- tucky, where he obtained a common-school educa- tion. When twenty years of age, he removed to Butler County, in the same State, where his mar- riage was celebrated, and later went to Greenville, Ky. In the year 1855, he commenced the practice of his profession in Tazewell County, 111. Pievi- ous to this, however, he had practiced more or less in Muhlenberg County, Ky., but from this time forward, except during bis war service, he gave his exclusive attention to the practice of medicine. In May, 1862, Dr. Burke entered Company II, .Seventieth Illinois Infantry, and was for four months stationed on garrison duty. In June, 1864, he became a member of Company D. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry, acting as Hospital Steward, and being assigned to service in Missouri. In the year 1865, the Doctor came to Missouri, residing for three >ears in Spring Hill, Livingston County. In August, 1868, having set- tled in Lathrop, he was actively engaged in prac- tice until 1885. At the time of his arrival in the place, there was but one doctor in this vicinity, and he therefore soon acquired an extensive prac- tice. In 1839 occurred the marriage of our subject with Miss Amanda James, who was born near the mouth of the Barron River, in Kentucky, in 1814. and whose parents, Foster and Elizabeth (Grand) James, emigrated from Richmond. Va. They were among the earl}- settlers of Butler County, Ky., where the father was a farmer by occupation for many years. Several children have been born to our subject and his worthy wife. James F. enlis- ted in 1862 for a three-months service in the Six- ty-eighth Illinois Infantry. In 1863, be became a member of Company E, Seventh Illinois Infan- try, and met his death at the battle of Altoona Pass, Ga., on the 5th October, 1864. John L. first PORTRAIT AM" BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 605 unlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regi- ment, belonging to Company D, ami in 1864 joined the One Hundred and Fifty-second Illinois Regulars. He is now a practicing physician in Laclede, Mo. Sarah K. is the widow of Andrew C. \I. ss, of McPherson County. Ivan.; and Henry E. completes the number. The mother of these chil- dren, who was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 'and much beloved by all who knew her, was called from this lite August 80, 1883. In 1885 Dr. Burke married Mrs. Violet C. Carter, who before her marriage, was Miss Thomp- son. The Doctor is a much-honored resident of this community, and has been called upon by his fel- low-citizens to serve in many positions of trust and honor. He has served a- .lustice of the Peace f. Itis under high cultivation, anil its principal improvements were placed upon it by Mr. Hudspeth. In addi- tion to general farming, he was quite an extensive stock-raiser, and at the time of hi- death had over fifty head of cattle. In the orchard on the farm are over sixteen hundred apple trees and a large quantity of small fruits. In the year 1867 Mr. Hudspeth and Miss Nettie Lollar were united in marriage. Their union was graced with five children, of whom the eldest daughter, Lizzie, died when sixteen years of age. The others are Mollie lv, Oeorge W., Moetta and Fornetta (twins). The wife and mother was called from this life in 187'.), her loss being sin- cerely mourned by the many friends she had made in this portion of the county. On Decem- ber HI. 1880, Sir. Hudspeth was again married, Miss Mary M. Hurt then becoming his wife. Her parents are Daniel C. and Keziah (Spencer) Hurt, of this county. Mrs. Hudspeth was born Decem- ber 18, 184G, and by her marriage became the mother of two children, Daniel ( . and Nanny. She is one of ten children, of whom seven are yet living. She is an intelligent and amiable lady, and one who has the sincere friendship of all with whom she has come in contact. Moreover, she is a woman of good business ability, and is now car- rying on the homestead with marked 3UCCeS8. In local affairs Mr. Hudspeth took a prominent pari, and served in vaiious official positions Of trust and honor. He was interested in educational affairs, and served at one time as President of the School Hoard. He was possessed of the qualities of industry and perseverance, and made a thorough success of whatever enterprise he attempted, lie was a member of the Ancient free A Accepted Masons, and politically lie was an ardent Demo- crat. Hi- death occurred on February :•. 1893, as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Hj s funeral was conducted undei t he auspices of the Masonic Order. He had so long been a resident and par- 608 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ticipator in the growth of the township that his sudden demise was most deeply deplored. His memory will ever be cherished in the hearts of those who had the good fortune to come into con- tact with him in either a business or social way. He was a deep thinker and a stndent of human nature, his judgment being keen and shrewd. /p^EORGE SAMPSON KARNS, the prosper- [#[ ous and intelligent farmer whose name ^\yj{( opens this article, possesses one of the best farms in Buchanan County. His estate, to the cultivation of which he devotes his entire time and attention, is beautifully located on section 32, Marion Township. Michael Karns, the father of our subject, was a native of Bedford County, Va., and during the War of 1812 had two brothers who fought in that struggle. The maiden name of our sub- ject's mother was Mary Bales, and her birth oc- curred in Pennsylvania. The parents were mar- ried in the Old Dominion, where they continued to reside until 1837, when they came to this State and located in the old Indian agency, now called Center Township. Two years later they took pos- session of section 31, Washington Township, which was then all timberland, and where they were liv- ing at the time of their decease, the father dying in 1817, and the mother in 1862. Of their large family of nine children, only two are living, our subject and Lea, now Mrs. Speak. Mrs. Karns was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a lady possessing more than ordinary intelligence, was refined, and accom- plished in many ways. She seemed to lie endowed with the power of healing, and was therefore as much in demand as the practicing physicians of her da}' and neighborhood. She was generous, kind-hearted and willing at all times to sacrifice her interests for the welfare of those about her. George Sampson Karns, who had his birth De- cember 23, 1821, in Bedford County, Ya., was a lad of four years when his parents removed to Lee Comity, the same State. Twelve years later, when the family moved to this Stale and county, although George S. was not the eldest son, he pos- sessed the ability to plan and put into execution his ideas, and therefore was looked upon by the little household as their leader. His parents were very poor when landing in this new country, their possessions in money amounting to So. 05. As might be expected, our subject was compelled to assist in developing the home place, and was therefore not permitted to attend school much after reaching his ninth year. He has been a close reader, however, and at the present time is well informed on all the leading topics of the day. Af- ter the death of his father Mr. Karns remained at home, caring for his mother, while his broth- ers John N. and James G, both now deceased, went across the plains to California, where they expected to reap a fortune in the gold mines of that State. In 1852 George S. Karns and Miss Matilda, daughter of Dr. Pascal and Ellen (Jenkins) Wat- son, were united in marriage. Her parents were early settlers of Grand River, this State, where Dr. Watson was a prominent physician. He was an influential man in politics, being identified with the Whig party, in whose interests he made many effective speeches. Mrs. Karns was born on the battlefield of Tippe- canoe, in 1831, and died in 1878. She reared a family of nine children, namely: Mary E., Eliza- beth A., Sarah J., Pascal W., Belle, Carrie, John, .Margaret and Etta. They have all been given good educations and fitted to become useful and honorable citizens. When starting out in life on his own responsi- bility Mr. Karns had little else than willing hands and a determination to succeed on which to de- pend, lie is now the proud ownerof one thousand broad acres, which fact indicates in a marked man- ner his thrift and industry, and his farm portrays to even the casual observer the fact that it is the abode of one who possesses a goodly amount of this world's goods. His estate is embellished by a beautiful residence, which cost $4,000, and which is furnished in a most tasteful manner. tn PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD CM Religiously Mr. Earns is a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church. The cause of right and trutb always finds in him a friend, and to these causes lie devotes bis heartiest sympathy and aid. In politics lie advocate- the principles of t lie Re- publican party, and voted both times for Abraham Lincoln. ~-*ld Dominion. Mr. Morgan was reared upon the old Virginia homestead, and after having Learned the trade of a house-painter, located, at twenty-one years of age, near Winchester, Clark County, Ky. With ambitious energy he followed his trade and engaged in farming until 1857, when he came to Missouri, bringing with him his family, two slaves and (7,000 in money. Purchasing a fine farm of three hundred and sixty acres. Located seven miles from l'lat tshurgh, our subject devoted himself to the duties of mixed farming and was among the largest growers and feeders of live-stock in the county. His original Missouri homestead has grown to four hundred and forty acres, and he now owns three farms, all under a high -tale of cultivati and containing a total of over one thousand acres of land. His real estate is all under his immediate supervision, and he personally manages the home farm, which is one of the Bnesl and most profitable in this sec- tion of the country- In common with many Others, he suffered heavy financial losses during the war. but look no active part in the conflict. At twenty-five years of age Mr. Morgan was united in marriage in ( lark ( lounty, Ky., with M Lsa Amanda Ann Trimble, a native of thai "state and county. The marriage was blessed by three chil- rcn, two daughters ami one -on. Raleigh Morgan, the eldest, is a prominent citizen of Plattsburgh. Mary Margaret, now the widow of Albert Shaver, resides with her father. Her son. Raleigh A., twenty-one years of age, i- hi- n rand father's a—i.-t- aut and i- a young man of unusual promise and ability. Sally Ann. the second daughter, is the wife of David L. Stoutimore, whose pleasant home is ju.-t across the street from the elegant and com- modious residence of our subject, finely Located upon South Spring Street. Soon after their mar- riage Mr. and Mr.-. Morgan joined the Old-school Presbyterian Church, and have ever been among the active workers of that religious organization. They and the various members of their family oc- cupy a high social position and arc leader- in he- rn^ olent enterprises, having materially assisted in the advancement of the best interests of their home neighborhood and county. Although never an office-seeker, Mr. Morgan is a stanch Democrat, and deeply interested in Local and national i-sue-. A man of intelligence and ability, upright in character and earnest in purpose, for thirty-five years he has been closely identified with the progressive movements of the State, and is numbered among the public-spirited citizens whose steadfast integrity anil energetic industry have deservedly won for them both affluence and influential position. >— ■ —>■»■ i- lead to them. Of successes in the agricultural world which have been earned by the exercise "t Bound judgment, thorough business tact and in- domitable energy, there is no more eminent exam- 612 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD pie in this section of Buchanan County than Judge Fen-ell, who is the possessor of four hun- dred and fifteen broad acres, located upon section 9, Crawford Township. Matthew C. and Tilda (Janet) Ferrell, the par- ents of our subject, were natives of Tennessee, whence in 1840 they came to this State and made their home on section 4, Crawford Township, when this county was in its primitive wildness. There they continued to reside, contributing their quota toward making this section one of the must productive spots in the State, until their deaths, the father dying in 1877 and the mother in 1870. Their church connection was with the good peo- ple who followed the rules laid down by the Cum- berland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ferrell 's fel- low-citizens persisted in electing him to public- positions and for many terms he acted as Assessor and Tax Collector. In politics lie was a Demo- crat. Judge Ferrell, who was born November 21, 1830, in Jackson County, Tenn., was a lad of ten years when lie accompanied his parents on their removal to this State. Here he passed through all the trials and hardships which life in a new coun- try imposes, and when not needed on the farm was allowed to attend the school of the neigh- borhood. In this manner he gained a good in- sight into the ordinary branches of study. He was married in 1854 to Miss Louisa Baker, the daughter of Zebediah and Martha (Wammeg) Baker, who came from Tennessee to this State in 183'.). Mrs. Ferrell was born in Crawford Town- ship, Buchanan County, in 1837, and was trained bv her excellent mother to perform all those duties which make home so pleasant and attractive. Judge Ferrell remained at home assisting his father in operating the farm until after the late war, when he took up his abode on what is now his present beautiful estate. It comprises four bundled and fifteen acres, forty-five of which are set out in an orchard. Mr. Ferrell in 188f> erected a handsome residence on his farm which cost $3,(ioii. Eleven of the thirteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell are living at the present time, viz.: Matilda. Martha C, Rhoda, Ratliff F.. James K.. John R., Robert F., Mattie, C. C, Lizzie and Leoni. The parents are devoted members of the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church, as are also the children. Mr. Ferrell is Presiding Elder of the denomina- tion in Fawcett, while his son, James K., is Dea- con. He has provided his children with every possible advantage for obtaining an education, and his interest in school affairs has led him to be placed on the Board as one of its Directors. Mr. Ferrell 'a high sense of honor and general fitness for public office are well known to every voter of his township, and in 1885 he was elected County Judge, the duties of which position were discharged by him in a most satisfactory manner. He has also been candidate for Sheriff and Re- corder, and served as Constable in 1858. Politi- cally he is a Democrat, and has often acted as delegate to the various conventions of that party. Socially, he is a Ro^al Arch Mason, and has been Treasurer of both the Blue Lodge and Chapter. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell is a pleasant and hospitable one, and there is no place in which the worthy stranger finds a warmer welcome than in their home. WILLIAM F. McDONALD is a member of the firm of Smith & McDonald, dealers in real estate, and insurance agents, and is Treasurer of the King Hill Brick and Manufactur- ing Company. He represents the German-Ameri- can Insurance Company, of New York, and the ..-Etna, of Hartford, Conn., and is one of the lead- ing men of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, where he has resided since his birth which occurred April 23, 1851. Dr. Silas McDonald was the father of the gen- tleman of whom we write. He was a native of Washington County, Kv.,born April 18, 1812, and was one of the first physicians in Buchanan County, then a part of the Platte Purchase. He helped to survey one of the first township lines in PORTRAIT AM. BIOC.RAPIIICAL RECORD. 6 1 3 the county, where lie located in January, 1838. He had been for three years previous a resident of Payette, Howard County, Mo. His father, Alex- ander Mel >im:tlii. was born in Montgomery County, \ a., while liis father in turn was a native of the Keystone Slate. The father of the latter was a native of Scotland and settled in the United States in Colonial days. Dr. I McDonald's father emigrated to Kentucky soon after the celebrated Daniel Boone located there. When he located in Mercer County, be found that Capt. llarrod. who had built a fort, was about the only white inhabitant of the region, and it frequently happened that the early settlers were obliged to take refuge in this citadel. Mr. McDonald took up a thousand-acre tract of land in the wilderness, making his own survey. He huiit a hewed-log house near a spring, and several of his brothers also founded homes in the neighbor- hood, they being only half a mile distant from each other. The land was cleared with oxen, and the brothers devoted themselves to raising hemp. In the War of 1812. Mr. McDonald was a soldier un- der Harrison, and in the battle of Tippecanoe was wounded in the shoulder. He was a great hunter and had plenty of chance to show his skill, as game of all kinds was very abundant. He died in 1842, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having reached the age of eighty-two years. His wife, Elizabeth (Taylor) McDonald, was born in Virginia and was a daughter of Zach- ary Taylor, a cousin of the President of that name. This family was prominent in the Meth- odist Episcopal Church and Mrs. McDonald's bro- ther and nephew were both ministers of that de- nomination in Green River County, Ky. The boyhood of the Doctor was passed on the farm which he heljied to improve. On hearing his father tell of the adventures in the life of a pio- neer, he became imbued with the idea of going to a new country himself, lie remained at home un- til 1833, and began the study of medicine with two noted physicians of Harrodsburg. In 1x3,"). he entered the Transylvania Medical College, at Lexington, and in 1886 came to Missouri by boat, settling in Fayette, where he began practicing. In the fall of 1838, he entered the Cincinnati Medi- cal College, from which be graduated the follow- ing year. In January, 1838, be came to locate upon the Platte Purchase, and here lie found plenty of Indian villages, as they were not removed to Kansas Until the fall. The Doctor took up a claim of three hundred and twenty acres, twelve miles SOUtfa of the present city of St. Joseph. He improved the same, and when it came into the market he paid for it at the rate of |1.25 per acre. He built a rude log house and began his practice as a physician, hiring men to improve his farm. As physicians were scarce and settlers miles apart, he often rode thirty miles or so to a patient, and was out in all kinds of weather. On his farm a good crop was raised the first season and his was the first hemp ever sold in the Piatte Pur- chase. As this was a great country lor that sta- ple, about is 12 he erected the first manufactory put up in the county for the manufacture of bale rope, shipping direct from Weston to New Or- leans. It was in is 17 that Dr. McDonald left the farm and located in St. Joseph and after that he gave all of his attention to his medical practice, selling his farm about 1860. Until after the war he had the largest practice in St. Joseph, his office being on Main Street. Since 1876, lie has lived a retired life, in the enjoyment of the fruits of his years of toil. He laid out the McDonald Addition to St. Joseph, a seven-acre tract, and still owns a like amount. In the estimation of the Doctor the country of which St. Joseph is the center is the finest in the United States, and he is in a position to know, having traveled from the Gulf to the Lakes and from coast to coast. When he came on horseback from Howard County, he cut his name and the date, January 9, 1888, on a tree, which fact held his claim. In Buchanan County ill 1889, Dr. McDonald anil Miss Sarah Donnell were united in marriage. She was born in North Carolina, and with her parents removed to Missouri in 1836. Seven chil- dren weie born to this marriage: Doctor Daniel: William, a retired banker: Silas. Jr., Cashier of the State National Bank; Alexander, who is teller in the same bank; Martha, wife of c. B. Franc, Pres- ident of the state National Bank; Joan. Mrs. Jo- 614 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. seph Gelke; and Mehitable, Mrs. Lindsey, whose husband is a Cashier in the State National Bank. Dr. McDonald is an original member of the Pres- byterian Church of St. Joseph, and in politics is a Democrat, having cast his Hist Presidential vote in Buchanan County in 1840 for William H. Har- rison on the Whig ticket. William F. McDonald received a common public school education and attended the High School for three years. In 1869, he entered Westminster College, at Fulton, Mo., which he attended for three years. In 1874, he went to Forest City, Mo., where he was made a paying teller in the bank of Frazier & McDonald. In 1882, he re- turned to this city as one of the tellers of the old State Savings Bank, with which he was connected for about four and one-half years. On the 11th of January, 1893, he formed a partnership with Harry S. Smith in the real-estate and insurance business and controls a large trade. He built some fine residences at the corner of Eighth and Robidoux Streets. In Ilarrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky.. Septem- ber 1, 1875, Mr. McDonald and Miss Rosa Litsey were married. The lady was born in Washington County, Ivy., and is the daughter of a leading farmer there, formerly from Virginia. One child, ( irlaudo, has come to bless the union of our sub- ject and wife. The parents are members of the First Presbyterian Church, in the work of which they are much interested. In politics, Mr. Mc- Donald is a Democrat. He is enterprising in bus- iness and public spirited. ^H^E ffiAC'OR McCAULEY. Nowhere within the limits of Buchanan County can be found a man of more energy, uprightness and integ- rity than Jacob MeCauley, who isone of the largest farmers in this portion of the county. owning four hundred and eighty acres pleasantly located on sections 22 and 27, Center Township. lie is the eldest son of Samuel McCaulev, and was born October 4, 1844, in this township. He was reared upon his father's farm, attended the dis- trict school, and remained at home until 1861, when he went to Lexington, this State, and en- gaged to work in a hemp factory. In 1862 Jacob MeCauley enlisted in the Union Army, becoming a member of Company B, Third Missouri Volunteers, and did much scouting and skirmishing while in the service. Six months later he received his honorable discharge on account of disability, and returning home again took up the peaceful pursuits of life, devoting his entire time and attention to cultivating the soil of his broad acres. The lady to whom our subject was united in marriage in 1867 bore the maiden name of Per- necey J. Yates. She was the daughter of Pleasant and Harriet (McCreary) Yates, old residents of this county. Mrs. McCaulev was born October 20, 1846, in Jackson Township, this county. Her parents are now deceased. After his marriage Ja- cob MeCauley located on his present farm, which in that early day bore little resemblance to its now flourishing condition. In 1888 he remodeled his residence, expending §2.51*0 in making it more comfortable and attractive. His barn, which was erected at a cost of $1,600, is constructed after the most approved patterns, and is 38x50 feet in di- mensions. Mr. McCaulev is also the owner of two good dwellings in Willow Brook. He also owns a valuable piece of business property in St. Joseph. Although possessing so much property, he is very modest and never fails to respond to any and all demands upon him that he deems worthy of sup- port. He devotes a great deal of time and atten- tion to stock-raising, making a specialty of breed- ing mules, and in that branch of agriculture reaps a handsome income. Mr. and Mrs. MeCauley have been blessed by the birth of nine children, only one of whom is de- ceased. Those living are, Samuel P., Nancy Belle, Cora May, Maude M., Rosa E., Jacob W., Charles C. and Robert II. Ann Louisa died at the age of two years. They are both actively interested in church work, and are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. MeCauley has served his congregation as Steward for twelve PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 6 1 5 years, and lias been Trustee for the pasl sixteen years. He has also been Class-leader and Super- intendent of the Sunday-school. Socially, lie- is :i prominent Mason, and in the chapter has filled two of the chairs. As a member of the Grange he al- ways holds office, and in connection with the Farmers' Alliance was Chaplain for some time. In his political relations he votes for Democratic can- didates and has represented his party on various occasions al county and state conventions. Mr. MuCanley is w\\ popular in his community, and has often been called upon to accept the posi- tions of County Judge and Representative, but has always refused, preferring to give his time and attention to his private affairs. lie has been School Director of District No. I for the past fif- teen years, and by appointment of the Board built the new schoolhouse at a cost of $1,850. lie is giving his children good educations. Nancy 1'.. and Cora have both been students in the Howard Payne Female College, at Fayette, Mo., and Samuel P. in the Central College, of the same place. Samuel McCauley, the father of our subject, came to this county in an early day. and at his death, which occurred Fein nary 12, 1888, was one of the wealthiest farmers and largest land-owners in this portion of the State. His good wife followed him to the liettcr land the next year, her death occurring January 7, 18H1). The father was born in Lancas- ter County. Pa., on the loth of October, 1819. lie was the sixth of a family of nine children composed of seven boys and two girls. His grandfather emigrated from Ireland to America. His father's name was George McCauley,and his mother'.-- name before marriage was Catherine Sehroyer. About the yeai 1825 his father moved wit h the family from Lancaster to Perks County, l'a., and subse- quent^' died there, when the subject of this Sketch was eight years of age. Hi> mother then moved with the children to Lebanon County, in the same State. Samuel hired out on a farm, and worked at that occupation till he was about seventeen, and then began to learn the trade of a tin and COpper-Bmith in the town of Lebanon. Pa. Here Mr. McCauley served an apprenticeship of three years, lie then went to Huntingdon County, Pa., and from that locality stalled out to make his joui uey towards the greal West, where he intended settling, lie went li\ canal through Pennsylvania to Hollidaysburg, and from there across the moun- tains ami b\ canal to Pittsburgh, where he worked fora short time, and thence journeyed to Cincin- nati. lie worked also for short periods at Dayton and Miamisburg, Ohio; then went to Indiana, and from that State back to Cincinnati. He had de- termined to emigrate u< Missouri, and he accord- ingly proceeded to si. Louis, where he laid in a stock of tin, and with his tools came up the Mis- souri by steamboat to Weston. From Weston, lie came to Center Township, in Buchanan < 'ounty, of which he was ever afterward a resident. The town Of Sparta was not then laid out. but a log court bouse and a f< u other buildings oc- cupied a site a little southwest of Mr. McCau- ley 's late residence. lb- located at Sparta, and opened a tin -hop in a little frame shed adjoining the court house, and was undoubtedly the first tinner who ever started business in Buchanan County. Mr. McCauley was married May 22. 1841, to Louisa Maxwell, she was born in Fulton County. III., on the 11th of February, 1828, and was the daughter of Hugh Maxwell, who emigrated with Ins family to Missouri in 1840, and first settled a mile south of Sparta. lie Bold goods for a short time in Sparta. and then went to fanning four miles east of St. Joseph. lie was a preacher of the Methodisl Episcopal Church South, and was widely and extensively known throughout the county. Hi- death occurred in Doniphan County. Kan. In the fall of 1841 Mr. McCauley went to farm- ing a mile and a-half south of Sparta, and pre- empted a claim there, and made a large farm, on which he lived until 1867. lie had come to Bu- chanan County with his only capital Ins tools and stock of tin. He was full of industry anil energy from the start, and made up hi- mind to fight Ilia way upward in the world, if any thing could be ac- complished by hard work and perseverance. When he went to farming, it was IliS custom to work hard through tin- day. and almost every night after the day'- WOl'k On the farm was over he -pent some hours in work at his tinner's trade, and thu- added 616 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. little by little to his means. When land was put into the market and be acquired sufficient means. be bought land and paid for it in installments. In L 867 he purchased a farm, which covers the site of the old town of Sparta. lie was one of the largest land-owners in the county, and was the possessor of over twelve hundred acres, by good judges considered to he the best body of land of its size in Buchanan County. For some of it he paid *75 an acre. Seven whole quarter- sections join each other. His residence and build- ings are among the best belonging to any farm in the county. Mr. and Mrs. MeCauley had eight children now living, who in the order of their births are as follows: The eldest son, Jacob MeCauley, married Pernecey J. Yates. Alexander MeCauley was united in marriage to Margaret Gibson. George Bell MeCauley married Elizabeth Gann. Mary, the eldest daughter now living, is the wife of Adolpli Houseman. Samuel MeCauley married Adaline Harness. William MeCauley. the next to the youngest son. is unmarried. Emma is the wife of Samuel Gann. Henry MeCauley is the young- est son. All the boys, except the two youngest. are married, and ail live in Center Township, and are industrious and enterprising farmers. The political views of Mr. MeCauley always at- tached him to the Democratic party. The first time he ever voted was just after coming to Mis- souri in 18-10. at the Presidential campaign when Harrison was the Whig and Van Buren the Demo- cratic nominee. He east his vote for Van Buren at that eleetiou, and during life continued to vote the Democratic ticket. At his death he was one of the oldest settlers of the county. In every respect he was a self- made man — one who won his way to his position among the wealthy and substantial farmers of Bu- chanan County by his own industry and energy. He had nothing except what he had earned. No- body ever gave him anything iu the world, and the rising generation would do well to imitate his industrious example, if m like manner they would rise to positions among tin- large and thrifty farm- ers of this part of the State. Mr. MeCauley was a plain and unassuming citizen, and one whose word could he implicitly relied upon, and whose hon- esty was never doubted. He aimed to make his way in the world by industry, not by trickery; and by the slow but sure gains of patient labor, rather than by the brilliant schemes of speculation. by which fortunes are often rapidly amassed, and by which they are, perhaps, as often swiftly lost. At one time Mr. MeCauley was the largest tax- payer iu Buchanan County outside the city of St. Joseph. VILL1AM A. CORNELIUS is a prosperous tanner on section 1, township 57. range 34, Buchanan County. Our subject is a veteran of the late war. having enlisted in the Paw l'aw militia under Gov. Gamble, and was First Lieutenant of Company H, Eighty-first Regiment, Missouri Militia. He served for two years, seeing considerable hard service and being usually in command of the company. He was regularly discharged but never received any pay. He now owns eight hundred and ten acres of land, mostly improved, and that, too, by the owner. Mr. Cornelius is the eldest son of Benjamin and Mary ( Davis) Cornelius. The mother was a daughter of William Davis, who came to Missouri at the same time as did the Cornelius family. William A. was born September 29, 182i». and was a lad of eight years when his father settled here, there then be- ing plenty of Indians in the neighborhood. The father often hauled goods for old Joseph Robidoux. and frequently had considerable trouble with the Indians. Our subject was reared on the old home farm on section 15, having but slim chances for obtaining an education, as he had much hard work to do on his father's timber claim. He remained at home until his twenty-fifth year, but had supported himself for seven years, and wasof more assistance to his father than any of his other sons. It was in 1855 that our subject was married to Miss Mary J. Wilson, a daughter of Edward and Catherine (TJeppen) Wilson, the former a native of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHK \l. l.'l.cuRD. 617 Pennsylvania, and of English descent. The mother was born in 1818, in the Keystone State, removed to Franklin County, ( >liic>. and came to Missouri in 1842, settling in this county, where her grandfather, Peter Deppen, located the same year. Mi's. Cor- nelius was born February 22. is:!7. in Ohio. After his marriage our subject rented the Peter Deppen farm for five years, and in I860 settled on this place, where lie lived in a 1 < »^c Cabin until after the war. His substantial dwelling-house "as erected in 1866 at a cost of $2,000. For a short time, about 1865, he was engaged in freighting across the plains to Denver with mule train-. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelias an' the parents of nine children and have twelve grandchildren. Lorena is the wife of .Ian is 1'iermond: Amanda is the wife of George \V. Castle; Eleanora became the wife of Edward Carpenter; Edward wedded Rosa Clark; William B. married Mii-s .Mary Courtney; and the four younger, John C, Alice, Effle and Eva, live at home. The eldest daughter taught school for some time successfully, and all the children were given good educations. Both our subject and his amiable wife are charter members of the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church at Harmony, in which the former is an elder. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Cornelius is also a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and is Treasurer of the Anti-Horse Thief Association. He has often served as a delegate to political conventions, and takes great interest in the success of his party. Benjamin Cornelius, our subject's father, was reared in Christian County, Kv., his birth having occurred in North Carolina on April 27, 1793. His wife, a native of Tennessee, was born August 10, 18N CANADA LITTLE, of town- ship 56. Buchanan County, has been Jus- tice of the Peace for ten years, is also Notary Public, and is Postmaster in the village of Adams, which office he was instrumental in establishing in 1889. He is a member of the Christian Church, and for years past has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, having been Secretary and also King in the Chapter. For sev- eral years he has been Vice-president and Acting President of the Farmers' Alliance, and also be- longs to the Farmers' Protective Association lie is a supporter of the Democracy, in the success of which he is always greatly interested. Educa- tional measures are warmly advocated by him, and for six years he has served as a member of the School Board. Mr. Little was born May 31, 1845, in Wolf County, Ky., and passed his boyhood on a farm, receiving a common-school education. At the breaking out of the Civil War, although only six- teen years of age, he enlisted on October 15, 1861, as a private soldier in Company E, Eighth Ken- tucky Infantry. He was assigned to the Depart- ment of the Cumberland, taking pari in the battles of Stone River and Cb.ickam.auga, in the latter being wounded in the right leg by a musket ball. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAP1IK A I. UF.('t)RI) 628 Until his recovery lie was in the hospital :it Nash- ville and linn rejoined his regiment at (Initta- nooga, Berving under lii'iiv Buell, Rosecrans and Thomas. At the end of three years and one month's service lie was honorably discharged, No- vember 1 7. 186 l. Returning from the army. Mr. Little resumed farming, and was married November 22, lst',7, to Molly Landsaw, a native of Wolf County, Ky., and daughter of James Landsaw, who still re- Sides in that State. To Mr. and Mix Little baa been born one son, William II. , who lives at home. In March, 1868. Mr. Little eame to Buchanan County, settling first on a farm in Bee Creek, and afterward removing north to one in Crawford Township, where he resided for four years. In 1875 he concluded to try his fortune in south- westem Kansas, and. going to Sumner County, he there engaged in farming until September of the same year, when he returned to this county, mak- ing his hone for two years on his original farm. lie was nest for one year situated on a farm two miles east of this, in Jackson Township, after which he was for four years near Camden Point, Platte County. Returning to Jackson Township, he bought a farm near North Arnolds villi- . which he operated for four years, then selling out and coming to his present farm. Be has sixty acre-. all under a high state of cultivation and well de- veloped. In the fall of 1«'.I2 lie built a comfort- able residence, costing $820, and has also other good farm buildings. Preston Little is the son of the Rev. Charles and Charlotte (Bryant) Little, both native- of Virginia. Their marriage was celebrated in Ken- tucky, after which event their permanent home was made in Wolf County, of the same Slate. The Rev. Mr. Little was a minister in Hie Chris- tian Church and preached for nearly half a cen- tury in Kentucky, lie was a prominent man in the councils of the denomination and supplied four churches regularly. Moreover, he was a suc- cessful farmer, operating a place of about fifteen hundred acres. He was always greatlj concerned in public affairs, being an active Republican after the war. His sympathies were entirely with the Union cause, and four of his sons were in the I .-.|- eral army, two of them being wounded in the battle of Chickamauga. In February, 1865, near his Kentuck\ home. Mr. Little, sr., was overtaken by some guerrillas, who shot him. A ball from a pistol entered hi- head under the left ear ami. passing diagonally, came out under the right jaw. breaking the bone and four teeth. From this serious wound he recovered, his death not occur- ring until 1878. His wife siirvi veil him ten years, dying in 1888. ^m>-$t&^ t&zt&p*- PORTRAIT AND ISIOCKAPIIM Al. KKCoIID. 627 They became the parents of six children, ami de- parted this life in I860 and 1867, respectively. Like the parents of Mr. Keck, thej too were mem- bers of tlic Catholic Church. Joe 1''. Haegelin, the brother of Mrs. Beck, prior to his decease operated a large brewery in Atchison, Kan. The children are all living in America with the exception Of onald, our subject's father, was born in Carlisle, Pa., and was al80 a sailor, though his home was in Devonport, England, lie became a sailing-master in the English navy, and while in the service was taken prisoner by the Dane-. He showed his American papers, which vouched for the fact that he was horn in the United States, so thej let him go. At different times he was in danger of shipwreck. While visiting hi- sister in Penn- sylvania, he was stricken with paralysis and obliged to leave the navy. His family crossed the Atlan- tic in 1822. and until shortly before his death he engaged in teaching in Centre County, Pa. He was a Whig in polities. The death of Mr. McDonald occurred at Lockhaven. Pa., in 1839. The mother of our subject, Mary Campbell, was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was a daughter of ('apt. Peter Campbell, who was bom in Scotland and was one of the Campbell clan from Argyle'. Grandfather Campbell held a civil position at Bel- fast. Mr. and Mrs. William McDonald were the parents of nine children, and of this number only four are now living. When nine years old. Donald McDonald came to the United states with the other members of the family, leaving Portsmouth in the sailing-vessel "Venus," and at the end of six weeks reached Philadelphia. He received a common-school edu- cation in Centre County, Pa., and in 1824 began winking on the turnpike at $15 per month. He was then apprenticed for three years in a general store at Milllinhurgh. lie continued a< a clerk in the various places of Louisville, Pottsville and Philadelphia. He then entered a wholesale com- mission house, "here he worked for one year, and then stalled lor the We- 1. For a time he clerked in Clinton County, and in 1887 went to Liberty. Mo.. by stage and canal to Hollidaysburg, and thence over the mountains to Johnston Canal, then down the liver by steamer, lie clerked until the fall of 1888, when he went to the mountains for Hiram 630 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Rich in charge of freight, lie went West with his company, using ox-teams, and passed the present site of Pueblo and various other now important Western cities. At the end of a year he returned, bringing back robes which he had received in trade. On his return to Missouri he taught school for a while, and in 1839 was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Jane Clawater, a native of that State. In the summer of 1839 our subject returned to Liberty, where he clerked until the year 1840, and then in partnership started a store in Platts- burgh, continuing there until 1849. He next located in Barry, and there engaged in merchan- dising for seven years, after which, in 1856, he re- moved to Stewartsville, De Kalb County, running a store there for about three years, and then sold out. In June, 1861, when the first troops came along the road, his son was killed, and after his burial he at once enlisted in the rebel army in the regiment of John T. Hughes. He was later Regimental Com- missary and was then given the position of Divi- sion Commissary, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, of the Fourth Division Missouri Guards. This position he held until after the battle of Pea Ridge, when Gen. Slack was badly wounded and the di- vision broke up. He entered as a private soldier in Col. Thompson's regiment, and was there ap- pointed Regiment Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain. He was later made Quartermaster of Gen. Jackman's brigade, with the rank of Major, and served as such until the close of the war. Once more arriving in St. Joseph, Mr. McDonald had to begin at the foot of the ladder of fortune, as war had swept everything away. In partnership with Mr. McLean he started a general dry-goods business on Felix Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, which business he ran for two and one-half years. After selling out he was an agent for life and fire insurance until 1874, when he was ap- pointed first Steward of the State Asylum, which position he held for six years. During this time the building was burned down and rebuilt. In 1880 our subject resigned his public position and with Mr. Conklin embarked in the lumber trade at the corner of Eighth and Frederick Ave- nues. They built up a goodly trade, and in 1882 sold out to the Chicago Lumber Co., after which Mr. McDonald started in the retail wood business, later becoming a coal dealer also. The present company occupy a large building and keep feed of all kinds. They are manufacturers of chopped hay, etc., and have an electric dynamo to run the saw. The home of Mr. McDonald is at No. 1 16 North Thirteenth Street. To himself and wife were born seven children, three of whom are deceased, namely : Archibald James; Donald M., Jr., who was killed in the war; and Lucian. Those living are W. A. P., Kathleen. Clay G, and Jessie, wife of John E. Barrow, her home being in Sahna, Kan. The two sons, as stated at the beginning of this sketch, are members of the company in which their father is President, and Clay C. is Captain of the Wickham Rifles. Among the official positions Mr. McDonald has held are the following: Surveyor of Clin- ton County, Postmaster at Pittsburgh for nine years, Deputy County Clerk and Deputy Circuit Clerk of Clinton County. He was at the same time an Adjutant of the State Militia. He has been a member of the St. Joseph City Council and was City Assessor for one year. In politics he is a Democrat, and religiously is a member of the Pres- byterian Church. Fraternally, he belongs to the An- cient Free A Accepted Masons, of which he is ex-Secretary, and to the Royal Arch Masons and Council, in both of which he held a similiar office, and is also a Knight Templar. W. Gl BS< >X is the manager of the Central Drug Store of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, in which city he has made his home since 'IfJ June, 1878. He is a practical and fine pharmacist, having followed this business since 1864. He is a native of the Keystone State, his birthplace being in Chester County. The date of the event was August 27, 18 17. ■ m o rfc jQ/^We^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHIC' A I, RECORD. Andrew J. Gibson, our subject's father, was born in tbe Quaker City, and was of Scotcb-Irish de- scent. He was a saddler and carriage-trimmer by trade, and worked at that calling in Philadelphia, but when he removed to Chester County, Pa., lie engaged in farming. In 1855 he removed to Iowa, locating in Linn County, near Marion. He went there with a few neighbors, who took up tracts of land and settled near each Other for company. Mr. Gibson improved bis land well and also be- came the owner of property in Marion. He de- voted himself to agricultural pursuits until 1878, when he retired and made Marion his home until his death, in September, 1891, when he had passed four-score years. He was a prominent member of the oldest Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the West. In the work of the Methodist Episco- pal Church he was also active, and was a man of such character that he commanded the respect of all who knew hiin. His wife, who was born in Philadelphia, bore the Christian name of Harriet, and was the daughter of Jacob Kuans. Mrs. (lib- son "s death occurred January .'! 1 . 1892, when she was in her eighty-first year. J. W. Gibson is one of six children, only two of whom are now living. He received a good edu- cation in the schools of Marion, Iowa, and in Feb- ruary. 1864, entered the drug store of that village, remaining in that position for four years, after which he went to Sedalia, Mo., and was a clerk in a drug store of that place from 1 808 until 1872. He next went to Brownsville, Mo., where he opened a store for himself and ran it for four years. In April, lK7(i, he sold out his business and went to the Centennial Exposition, remaining in the Fast until the fall. On his return to this Stall', iie assumed charge of a drug store in Se- dalia. In June, 1878, Mr. Gibson came to St. Joseph and bought out the Opera House Pharmacy, and in partnership with Mr. Taylor operated the same until 1882, when he sold his interest to Mr. Lori- nier. For one year he was not engaged in husi- 0688, but at the end of that time accepted a clerk- ship with a linn in whose employ he remained for four years. For the succeeding year he was in charge of a drug business in Salt Lake City. Re- turning tO St. Joseph in 1889, he took charge of the Central Drug store, which is conveniently lo- cated at the corner of Frederick Avenue and Eleventh street. Fraternally Mr. Gibson is a member of Zeredatha Lodge, A. F. .v A. M.. and also belongs to st. Joseph Chaptei and Council. lie is a charter member of the Hugh De Payens Commandery. He is also a Knight Templar and belongs to Moila Temple, Mystic Shrine. lie deposits his ballot in favor of the nominees of the Republican party. ^^1 .-., I£*^~ JOHN K. SNYDER. It is with special pleas- ure that we take up the history of one of the brave defenders of the 1'nion. who served for three years in the cause, be- ing elected twice the commanding officer and re- ceiving an appointment once from the Govern- ment. He now owns nearly one sect ion of land. the resultof his own industry and untiring efforts. Edward Snyder, deceased, the father of John R., was a native of Pennsylvania, and of German parentage. When he was a small child his mother removed with her family to New York City, where she brought up her children. With his brother. John Snyder, he removed to Indiana at an carlv day, settling in Washington County, where he married Melinda Sutherland, and while residents of that Stati' they had seven children born to them. In is:!'.) the family located in Andrew Couuty, Mo., and in 1840 settled in Treinont Township, where the parents resided until 1870. Their eld- est chilli, Elizabeth M.. is the widow of Wilson Mudgett; Margaret A. is the second in order of birth: Winslow 1*. lives on the old homestead; Hiram K. is the fourth in the family; Ilulda .1. became the wife of A. W. Meyers, of AtchlSOn, Kan; Jemima F.. now deceased, was the wife of F. W. Ray, of St Joseph; Edward A. lives on the Pacific (oast; and John R., our subject, is the youngest. In Indiana F.dwaid Snyder began to make his 634 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD own way in the world, working for fifty cents per day. When he arrived in Missouri he had very little money, but he became one of the wealthy men of the county, owning in all over eleven hundred acres, all of which he lived to see under cultivation. He made considerable money in rais- ing hemp, but was a good general farmer. He was strictly honorable, always adhering to all contracts made, whether verbal or written, and was noted for his indomitable will power. He was a public- spirited man, and was liberal with his means in advancing the cause of religion and the good of mankind. His three youngest children received special educational advantages, and when the war broke out four of his sons enlisted in defense of the Flag. After the war was over he with all his sons became supporters of the Republican party, lie was a member of the Baptist Church in full fellowship. John R., our subject, attended college for two years, and in 1863 wedded Mary E. Ridge, who became the mother of three children: Annie E., who for the past six years has been a successful teacher in the schools of Augusta, Kan., and who attended the High School in Hiawatha, that Slate; Jesse W. and James R., who are both living in Augusta Kan., the latter having taught school for the past two years. 1/ OHN J. ABELL, who is one of the earliest settlers of St. Joseph, having here made his home since 1854, was the first proprietor of the old Pacific House, which he ran for years successfully. Our subject was born in Jefferson County, Va., March 6, 1817, and passed his boy- hood in the county of his birth. His father, John Abell, was a native of Ireland, where his father ran large plantations. He, in turn, was also an agri- culturist, and owned a valuable farm in Jefferson County, Va., which he cultivated up to the time of his death. Our subject's mother, who was in her girlhood Miss Sally Forest, was born in Maryland, and was a devoted member of the Episcopal Church. She was the mother of nine children, onFy two of whom are now living, and of the number our sub- ject is the youngest. When a young man John J. Abell, Jr.. was Cap- tain of a company of cavalry in Virginia. About the year 1847 he engaged in keeping a hotel at Shannondale, which was known as the Shannondale House, and this he ran with considerable success for several years. On account of the AVestern fever which prevailed so extensively during the early part of the '50s, Mr. Abell started for Mis- souri by way of stages and boats, and after a long and tiresome journey arrived in St. Joseph, which was then a village of fifteen hundred people, per- haps. He started a boarding-house on Jule Street and afterward bought and operated the Planters' House, on the corner of Main and Francis Streets. When several years had elapsed he sold the same and entered into a compan3' called the Pacific Hotel Company, which built the old Pacific House on Third Street, between Felix aud Francis Streets. For fifteen years after it was formally opened Mr. Abell was in charge of the hotel as proprietor. During all these years it maintained a good repu- tation and was considered one of the best in the West. After a time our subject finally sold the house, which was afterward burned down and then rebuilt. For a number of years he has been retired from active business, having an ample competency wherewith to pass in comfort his remaining days. While living in the Old Dominion in 1841, Mr. Abell and Miss Betty Thompson were united in wedlock. The lady was the daughter of Mary Weather Thompson, and a sister of C. M. and Jef- ferson Thompson, well known to the citizens of St. Joseph. Mrs. Abell's death occurred in 1881. Her loss was deeply deplored by many who had learned to love her well and esteem her for her womanly qualities. Our subject's adopted daugh- ter, Martha, is the wife of Albert Bailey, and makes her home in this city. In his political faith Mr. Abell is a Democrat. He has always taken great interest in educational matters and was once a School Director. Few of those early pioneers and founders of St. Joseph's present phenomenal pros- perity are now living, and among these there is PORTRAIT AND l'.K )( JR APHICAL RECORD. no one more highly respected or having more friends than the gentleman of whom this is a brief history, and it gives us greal pleasure to present the same id the readers of the Biographical Re- cord < it' the worthy citizens and pioneers <>f Bu- chanan County. d-{»{"S"!rx-5£3^*-!"5"frr J *-5- >* '? '*-5--M- r EV. THOMAS II. HAWKINS. I„ this l>/ sketch we present to the attention of our ■ Aim readers a short record of the life history of VS©a man who is well known throughout this section. For many years a prominent and much- esteemed minister of the Gospel, he has now re- tired from active service, and is living on his beautiful farm located on section .'50. township , r )7, range :!•'!. Henry Hawkins, the father of our subject, was horn in North Carolina. When attaining to ma- ture years he emigrated to Indiana, and, locating in Gibson County, developed a good farm from the- woods. Mrs. Martha (Hill) Hawkins, the mother of our subject, was horn in Tennessee, and accompanied her parents on their removal to the I loosier State in an early day. After her mar- riage with Mr. Hawkins she continued to reside there and aided him in every possible way to re- deem a home from the forest. As the reader doubtless knows, the country around about was very thinly settled, and the ear^- pioneers were subjected to many hardships and privations of which this later generation knows nothing, such as going many miles to market their produce and get their grain ground into flour, to say nothing of the fright which the frequent visits of Indians caused the little household. The father of our Subject aided very materially in the progress of his section, for he cleared and cultivated three farms, and at his death was one of the well-to-do agriculturists of Vanderburgh County, Ind. The parents reared a family of nine children, six of whom are Still living. They were devoted and consistent members of the Cumberland Presbyteri- an Church and grout I \ esteemed in their neighbor- hood. Mr. Hawkins was a Democrat in politic-. Rev. Thomas II. Hawkins "a- horn .March 12, 1821, in Gibson County. Ind.. when- he was reared on his father's farm, and attended the district sel I. When attaining his twentieth year, he rented a farm on his own account, and two years later was married to Miss Mary Catlett. Mrs. Hawkins was also born in Indiana, in 1821, and by her union with our subject became the mother of one son. Samuel D.. wh akes his home in this county. She was a most lovable woman and departed this life in 18 19. The lady whom Mr. Hawkins chose a- his sec- ond wile was Miss Mary Stroud, likewise a na- tive of Indiana, to whom he was married June 21, 1850. By this union were born three chil- dren, only one of whom is living. Martha .1.. now the wife of Francis Wood. She makes her home in Florida and has a family of Ave children. Mrs. Mary Hawkins died in I860, and January 2, 1861. our subject was married to Eliza A. Harden, a native of Kentucky, and the daughter of George and Elizabeth Harden. Mr. Harden ha- the dis- tinction of being the Brs1 merchant to sell goods in Elizabeth town, Ky., which place was named in honor of his wife. After sixteen years of happy married life Mrs. Hawkins departed this life. In the year 1878 Mr. Hawkins was married to Miss Sarah .1. Richie, a native of Illinois, and the daugh- ter of Louis and Mary (Sil'ers) Richie. Mrs Hawkins was horn December 17. 1847, and hy her union with our subject has heeome the mother of three children, viz.: Lottie. Thomas II. and John William. Mr. Hawkins moved to Vanderburgh County, Ind., in 1847, where he purchased partially im- proved land, beautifully located on the Ohio River. Later he look up Ins abode in Evansville, the same State, and in the above year traveled West across the plains to Montana and Idaho on a prospecting tour, lb' made a stay of two weeks in Salt Lake City, and on the return trip bought a farm in Otoe County, Neb. This was in the fall of 1864, and in the following spring Mr. Haw- kins made permanent settlement on his present 636 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. property. II* 1 nuns erne hundred and twenty acres in the home farm, besides other property. Although reared by parents who were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Mr. Hawkins was in 1866 ordained a minister of the Baptist Church at Evansville, Ind. He has been a great Bible student and was an active worker in that denomination until 1892, when he par- tially retired, and now does not hold any charge. In politics Mr. Hawkins is a strong Democrat, and during the late war served as a member of the home militia. At the present time he super- intends the operation of his fine farm, and in ad- dition to raising the cereals breeds fine grades of Poland-China and Jersey-Red hogs. He is a man possessing fine intellect and reasoning powers, and one who has won the esteem and respect of all who know him. He has a fine and complete library, and still devotes a great deal of time to reading, and keeps thoroughly posted on all topics of public interest. . — -tra m>&r4m*=-+ THOMAS WINN, a practical and thorough mechanic, occupies the important public po- sition of Building Inspector of St. Joseph, to which position he was appointed by the Mayor and Council in September, 181)2, to serve for a term of two years. He was formerly in charge of the school building for five years and is thorough- ly qualified to fill the responsible place he occupies, as he is master of the details and has himself been a builder for many years. Mr. Winn was born in Schuylkill Count}-, Pa., in the village of St. Clare, December 11, 1839. His father, Samuel Winn, was born in Yorkshire, England, and was a miner in his native country. He was married there, and came to America in an early day, locating in Schuylkill County, where he was engaged in min- ing anthracite coal, and was also interested in lumbering. He died in the year 1849 in the faith of the Episcopal Church, to which he had be- longed for many years. His wife, who was for- merly Miss Mar}- Moore, was born in Lancaster, England, and by her marriage became the mother of five children, of whom four are living. A brother of our subject, Samuel, was a member of the Seventh Pennsylvania Regulars, and served for three years, when he was commissioned Ser- geant. Mr. Winn of this sketch received his education in the common-schools of his native county, and in his early boyhood worked about his father's shop and was later apprenticed at the age of six- teen to the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for three years. For one year he worked at stair building, and then, going to Williamsport, Lycom- ing County, worked at his trade until the break- ing out of the war, when at the first call for troops he entered the service, becoming a member of the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, which was called the Cameron Dragoons. He was mustered in as a private soldier, and was later promoted to the rank of Sergeant on account of his fidelity and bravery. The first skirmish in which lt.e took part was a severe one, and he was not off duty for many hours. He was afterwards in the Peninsu- lar campaign and the Seven Days' battle. After- ward, when going up the railroad at Barbara Bridge, he was wounded, being shot in the left ankle, and had to return to Ream Station to have it bound up, when he was taken prisoner and held one night, but made his escape, joining his regiment near Bermuda Hundred. He was also in the siege of Petersburg, and was wounded, receiving a minie-ball in the side. At this time, while still in the field, he was mustered out of service in Aug- ust, 1st; I, and then returning home, worked at his trade until 1866. Mr. Winn was married to Miss Mary Turner, who was born in Scotland, and from infancy was reared in Pennsylvania. In 1867, with his young wife, Mr. Winn came West, locating in St. Joseph, and entering the employ of Mr. DeClue; he later worked for R. K. Allen, for several years being his foreman in the shop. During that time our subject superintended the building of the City Hall, also constructing other buildings, and par- ticularly attending to building stairs. In 1876 Mr. Winn embarked in business for himself, mak- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 637 ing a specialty of contracting and stair-building work. His trade became very hum', and in fact most of the stairs need in buildings in this oity have been made under his supervision. He erected three buildings J6r Gen. Craig, and also the Gar- lield mid Floyd schoolbouses. His shop is located on Kdmond Street, between Seventh and Eighth, his residence being at the coiner of Fourteenth and Kdmond Street-. Socially, Mr. Winn is a member of the Independent Order of < >dd Fel- low-, and is Senior Warden of St. Joseph Posl No. 78, A. F. & A. M. The brave hoys in blue have always been dear to him, and he is a member of Custer 1'ost. IIN SAUTTER Among the large busi- ness enterprises of St. Joseph, one of the most successful is that of the Raumlc & Sautter Shoe Company, of which our sub- ject is Vice-President and General Manager. This company was incorporated with a capital stock of 150,000, with L. Baumle, of Savanna, as President and representative of the firm on the road, and Mr. Owen as Secretary and Treasurer. The plant is located on the corner of Felix and Second st nets, occuping three Hoots. 20xll(i feet, and comprising various departments of cutting rooms. manufacturing, store and furnishing rooms. The building is furnished with elevators and well equipped with modern improvements, the firm employing seventy-five men, who average three hundred pairs of shoes a day. The company keeps six agents on the road continuously, their sales being largest in Kansas. Nebraska, Iowa. Missouri and the Pacific toast. They have been longer in business here than any other firm, and have ac- quired a reputation for fair dealing and thoroughly responsible work. They manufacture different grades of peg work, Standard, McKay and Good- year work. The building i- furnished with electric power, and all patterns for their goods are of their own exclusive design-. John Sautter was bom in Wurtemberg, Ger- many, a little south of the city of Stuttgart, on January 15, 1*17. His father, John M.. was also born in that locality, and was a weaver h\ trade. doing fine cashmere work, lie was a Lutheran in religious belief, and was called from his labors in 1859, at tin age of forty-eight year-. Our sub- ject's mother, who died two years later, bore the maiden name id' Fredericks Schwartzkopf. John Sautter was the younger of two -mis. was reared in the village of Paffenhofen, and continued his education in the common schools until fourteen years of age. when he was apprenticed to a shoe- maker and worked at the business for three years, thus obtaining a practical experience, which lia- been of inestimable value to him in later years. On completion of his term of working at his trade, Mr. Sautter went to Baden, where he re- mained for a year, coining to America in the spring of 1 Hfifi. setting sail from Bremen and land- ing in New York City after a voyage of two weeks on the steamer "New York."' At the end of a week's time he had found employment in a factory, where he worked for three years, and then, going to Jersey City, worked as a cutter for the firm of Joseph Prof for two years, or until 1870, when he went Wesl to Denver, remaining in that beautiful place until the fall. Soon after- ward he concluded to locate at St. Joseph, and be- came foreman for John P. Fink, who had the first shoe manufactory established in the city. In that gentleman's employ he i tinned until the year 1ST."), when he cnteieil the employ of the Bucks Factory, at the expiration of a year being made foreman for the linn of Patterson, Noyes & Co. In IK'.IO he decided to -tart a manufactory for himself, and formed a partnership with M. V. Baumle and Fred Wen/., later taking into the lirm Charles Owen. They have, as before Stated, made a brilliant since— of the undertaking and are on the road to rapid fortune. In bis substantial residence at the corner of Twenty-third and Union Streets, Mr. Sautter and his estimable wife, who was formerly Miss Dollie 638 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Keuclile, delight to welcome their many friends. Mrs. Sautter was born in this city and passed her girlhood and school days here, her father, .John Keuchle, being for a many years engaged in the cooperage business. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Sautter has been blessed with two sons, Charles and John, who are the delight of their parents' home. Mr. Sautter is a member of Zeredatha Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; and of the Order of Red Men. belonging to Minnehaha Wigwam. He is politically a strong Republican. \ k Ol'IS L. EVANS since his childhood has been a resident of Missouri and since 1880 jjj —^ has made his home in Agency Township, where he owns and carries on a well-improved farm, comprising one hundred and nineteen acres. Mr. Evans possesses the confidence and high re- gard of his fellow-citizens, because he is known to be a man of honorable principles, integrity and uprightness. The gentleman of whom we write was born in Garrard County, Ky., in 1815, and when five years of age came with his parents, Thomas II. and Betsy (Lunceford) Evans, to this State, settling in Clin- ton County, where the father entered a farm of two hundred and forty acres, which he had pur- chased prior to this time. He added another piece of land to his possessions, finally having a place of three hundred and sixty acres. He died in 186(1, leaving live children, of whom our subject is the eldest. The others are Nannie B., who became the wife of To! man Weldin, in Arkansas City, Kan.; Mary E. is the wife of Thomas Sandusky, of Gower; William G. lives in Clinton County; and Newton is deceased. The mother of these children survived her husband many years, dying in June L892, aged sixty-six years. Thomas Evans was born at Lancaster, Ky., and was a miii (if Joseph Evans, a native of Virginia, and a soldier in the War of 1812. He was of Irish extraction. Louis Lunceford, our subject's grand- father, was born in Wales, and married in Vir- ginia a Miss Withers, whose ancestors were among the aristocratic families of the Old Dominion. Louis L. Evans grew to manhood in Clinton County, Mo., where he was educated in the com- mon branches. After the death of his father, as he was the oldest in the family, the management of the farm and support of the family largely fell upon his young shoulders, and nobly did he ful- fill the trust. In 1877 he married Rebecca, daugh- ter of Wilson Modrell, who was one of the first settlers of Buchanan County, and highly respected in this region. Our subject and wife have four children: Virgil R., Lula M., Grace D. and Homer L. Personally, our subject is a very pleasant and agreeable gentleman to meet, as he is the possessor of liberal and advanced ideas, and has an affable and courteous manner, which makes friends of all with whom he chances to come in contact. lie casts his vote in favor of the Democratic part}', in the success of which he is much interested. Mrs. Evans is a lady of culture and refinement, who presides over her home with grace and womanly dignity. Both she and her husband arc hospitable people, whose home is always open for the enter- tainment of their many friends. They are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and active workers in its various enterprises. ■=n ~S ^H: e_ \fp^) DWARD ALVA V\ ELD. Among the well- ts] known farmers and stock-raisers of Jackson It — ^ Township, Buchanan County, is he of whom we write, who owns a farm of two hundred and seven acres, formerly the property of his father. To this place he removed in March, 1886, and two years later began raising thoroughbred horses, now owning nine of these, which range from yearlings up. Mr. Field was born in Platte County, Mo., near the town of New Market, where his parents, Dr. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 639 George W. and Lucj E. (Duncan) Field, located about 1840, coming fr Kentucky. The father, who landed in the county a poor man, owned at the time of his death, in 1 885, over fifteen hundred acres, and was j ii-i I \ esteemed one of the mosten- ttTjirisiiijj agriculturists of tin- region. 1 It- was a practicing physician of unusual ability, and con- tinued actively in his professional duties until af- ter the close <>f the war. when he turned his atten- tion to agricultural pursuits, lie was a very suc- cessful business man and a skillful financier, but was noted for his lenient and accommodating dis- posil ion. Our subject i- on< of a family of eight children, of whom he is the second in order of birth. Desda, who died on the 15th of March. 1893, leav- ing two children, was the wife of J. L. Cormack, now Judge of the Probate Courtof Platte County; Paschal K. is a banker in Gower; William S. is a resident of Platte City; Lizzie E. became the wife of Edward L. Anderson, of Platte City; George W. is a practicing physician in Salt Lake City; .John T., M. I)., formerlya resident of St. Louis, is now Assistant Physician at Asylum No. 2; and Lulu E. i- an attendant at the Columbia College. In the place of his birth our subject passed his boyhood, and was early inured to farm work. Therefore it was nol at all strange that he decided to make that his vocation in life, for "As the twig i- bent, the tree is inclined." As he was born on the 7th of July, 1857, he is now consequently thirty-six years of age. and i> in the prime of life, lie has no cause to regret his selection of a life work, for though he has not been engaged in it mauj years, he has already been blessed with an abundant success. In the year 1889, at the home of tin' bride's father, William Royston, a marriage ceremony was performed which united the destinies of Mr. Field and Miss Annie Boy stun, who was born in Platte County, Mo., September 21, 1867, and 18 a well-educated and cultured lady. She presides over her husband's home with womanly graci and dignity, extending a cordial welcome to their many friends. Her father. Mr. Royston, was one of the early settlers of Platte ( ounty, honored and respected by all who knew him. Our subject bis ballot in favor of the nominees and in -uppoi i of the principles >et forth by the Democratic parts, lie enjoys the confidence and respect of bis fellow-citizens to an eminent degree, and it is needle-- to Bay he is entirely worths of the same. f +^-5-^ ■ LFRED M. MORE Y, Superintendent of the WlI St. .lo-eph a- (Irand island Railroad, and Superintendent of the Telegraphic I tepart- mentof the same railroad, makes bis home in St. Joseph, lie hold- a very responsible and desirable position, and has worked himself up- ward war by year by bis encrgj and close appli- cation to business. The railroad company of which he is an employe have wisely recognized in him an able and thoroughly capable man. one who will ever be conscientious in the discharge of his duties. The birthplace of Mr. Moiey was in Chicago, III., the date of the event being Ma\ I. 1858. H is father, Weslej L., was born on the Hud- son River, in tin- Empire state. His grandfather, Daniel, was a soldier in the War of 1 ,H 1 ■> will. Great Britain, and wa8a prominent man in Colonial history, our subject's iathcr was a bank cashier ill Rochester, N. Y.. and alter removing to Chi- cago embarked in the newspaper business. Ili- deatb occurred in Nebraska in 1879. For some time he had been a railroad man for the II. \ \\. Railroad, and was agent for the same company at Brownsville, Neb. lie was a well-known Mason, and, politically, a stanch ally of the Republican party, our subject 'a mother, Mary .1., daughtei of John Muiiii. was born in New York, where her father wa- a farmer, ibi death occurred in 1881, at ( tsborue, Mo. Our subject was one of tWO children who lived to mature years and was reared in New York and Missouri. He received In- education at Osborne and Quincy, 111., and while quite young learned telegiaphy. In 1873 he became baggage-n and assistant agent at Forest City, Mo., on the 640 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Kansas City Railroad, where lie was stationed for two and a-half years. From that place lie was transferred to Pacific Junction, Iowa, as day opera- tor for the Kansas City, Burlington & Missouri and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. There he remained for seven months, when he was sent to Council Bluffs as day operator for the Kansas City ami Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Three months later, or in 1887, he was finally located in St. Joseph in the general office of the Kansas City Road as operator, continuing in that place for seven months, and was then made Train Dispatcher, serving as such from 1878 to 1884. In the latter two years he was Chief Dispatcher, remaining in that position for two years, when he re- signed on account of broken health and rheuma- tism, and for six months traveled in the West, visiting in Nebraska and at other points. Returning home, he entered the employ' of the St. Joseph & Denver Railroad as Train Dispatcher, and has been in their service up to the present time, occu- pying various important positions. In January, 1889, he was made Chief Dispatcher of trains, remaining as such until New Year's Day, 1892, when he was made Superintendent of the road and Superintendent of the telegraphic system. I u his politics he is a Republican, and socially, as well as in business circles, is highly esteemed and very popular. §*§Mi!-a-^l!^ r5o~ (fpsA TEPIIEN I). KARRIS, a prosperous and en- ^^£ ergetic agriculturist of Buchanan County, ltl/29) i- s widely know n as an excellent citizen, industrious and upright in character. lie is at present residing upon his valuable estate of five hundred and eleven acres located on section 1, Crawford Township. Isaac Karris, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky, where his mother, known in her maidenhood as Nancy Karris, was also born. After their marriage the parents removed from the Blue Grass State to Indiana, thence to Illinois, and in 1838 took up their abode in this State, making their home on section 6, Jackson Township, Bu- chanan County, where they were among the very earliest settlers. Indians were very numerous in that early day and often proved quite troublesome, while game of all kinds could lie had for the shooting. Ilis claim was covered with scrub oak, but with his characteristic energy he set about clearing and improving it and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1879, he was the proprie- tor of a valuable estate, comprising three hundred and forty well-tilled acres. His wife, who preceded him tr the better laud by many years, died in 1848. They were the parents of a large family of eleven children, to whom they gave good school advantages. April 14, 1840. Stephen D. Karris was born in the log house in this then new region. He was wisely trained to habits of industry, which later became his capital in life, and during the dull seasons on the farm attended school. When start- ing out in life on his own account he was married, in 1865, to Miss Emma, daughter of 'Alexander Campbell, whose father, James R. Campbell, was also one of the pioneers of this county. Mrs. Karris was born in 1837, and after her niariiage located with her husband on section 11 of this township. She proved to him a helpmate indeed, and together they accumulated some good prop- erty. After a residence in the above place for five years our subject moved upon the old home- stead, which he operated for three years. In 1873, however, he located on his present fine estate and annually reaps a harvest whose abundant returns are the reward of intelligent and persistent effort. Besides raising the cereals, — and he garnered three thousand bushels of wheat last year (1892), — Mr. Karris devotes considerable attention to the breeding of stock, making a specialty of mules. Mr. and Mrs. Karris have been blessed by the presence of two sons, who have enjoyed the excel- lent educational advantages of the neighborhood. They bear the respective names of Charles and O. C. Mr. and Mrs. Karris are members of the Presbyte- rian Church and are ever ready to assist in the support and good work of this religious organiza- tion. Mr. Karris is a Deacon in the church, of which PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL KF.CORD. 643 lie is also a charter member. Socially he is identified with Blue Lodge No. 10 at Agency Ford, having been a prominent Mason for the past twenty years. In hi> political affiliations lie i- a strong Democrat, and firmly believes in the principles of the party which receives his vote. He is also a member Of the School Board, and during the Civil War joined the Paw Paw Militia. Mr. Fan i- has two broth- ers residing in this county. Major and Isaac L. JAMES SAX ION. one of the honored early settlers of Tremont Township, Buchanan County, is one of the most extensive land- owners of this region, as he is the fortunate possessor of thirteen hundred and fifty acres, own- ing one quarter-section on Lake Contrary and many other valuable farms, among which we men- tion the island north of Agency, all of which he is developing and improving. He has for many years past been engaged in breeding and raising fine standard horses and Jersey cattle, besides do- ing a general farming business. Mr. Saxton was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in the year 181!), growing to manhood in the "Forest City." lie was the fifth in a family of nine chil- dren horn to .lames .1. and Hosetta (Shellhous) Saxton. who were natives of Bennington County. Vt., whence they removed to Cleveland in 1812. Their children all grew to mature years, and of these only four are now living: our subject; Cy- rus; Mary, Mrs. Kirliv, of St. Joseph; and Aurilla, Mrs. Andrews, of Whitesville, Andrew County, Mo. .lame- Saxton, Sr., was Captain of a com- pany in the War of 1*12. His father, Aaron Sax- ton, who was a native of Vermont and descended from an old English family, participated in the War of the Revolution. .lames Saxton was educated in the log cabin schools of Ohio, and on arriving at his majority departed from his father's fireside, going to Ka- cinc. Wis., where he remained until 1853, in the 31 meantime marrying Miss Melissa I rego. In the year just mentioned he located in the northern part of Wisconsin, where be continued to live until 1865, at which time he located on his pres- ent farm in Tremont Township. This place, which i- on sections 2 and II, has two hundred a within its boundaries and has been brought from its former undeveloped condition to its present slate, one of the finest farms in the county. 1>\ the indefatigable care and labor expended upon it !i\ the owner. There is on the place a twenty- two acre orchard, which hears abundantly. The union of Mr. and Mr-. Saxton ha- been bleSSCd with five children, who are as follows: Josephine, wife of John Oravattc, of St. Joseph; Eugenia, who is the wife of Zachary Garrett, of Buchanan County: Louisa, who became the wife Of David Lowden, of Ottawa, Kan.; Cyrus and Edwin C. who assist their father on the farm. They have all been well educated and are worthy citizens of the communities in which they dwell. Mr. Saxton is a stanch Democrat and much inter- ested in the welfare of his party. He is justly es- teemed One Of the leading citizens of the town- Ship, and in every possible way he has always used his best efforts to advance the prosperity of the same. -^*fE ei*^ ^•7-^IIOMAS IIAI.L. The village of Gowercon- //^-n tains no citizen more worthy than the sub- V_V ; jectof this sketch. Careful, temperate and industrious, he has been endowed by Nature with all the Christian virtU69 and is regarded ill his community a- one of it- nio-t useful and reliable men. For many years he was closely identified with the agricultural interests of Buchanan C > t > . and was a prominent factor in bringing about it- presenl prosperous condition. In 1872 he retired from his farm and removed to Cower, having ac- cumulated a competency and desiring to have more leisure and freedom from care, in order to enjoy more fully the attractions of hi- cozy home. 644 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. The Hall family originated in England, whence some of its members emigrated to America at an early day and settled in New Jersey, with the progress of which they were thereafter connected. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Thomas Hall, Sr., was born in that State, but removed thence to Kentucky; where his later years were passed. The parents of our subject, John J. and Elizabeth (Rice) Hall, were born in Ken tuck}', where also they were reared and married and spent their entire lives. Thomas Hall was born in Henry County, Ky., in December, 1816, and in that county passed his boyhood years. His educational advantages were few and were gained under a system widely dif- ferent from that now used in our schools. It may be said of him that experience has bee,n his chief teacher, and the valuable lessons learned in that school have been of the highest importance to him. His father was a blacksmith, and under bis supervision he learned that trade, which he followed for twenty years in Kentucky, residing in the village of Pleasureville. In 1858 Mr. Hall removed to Missouri and set- tled in Buchanan County, where he followed the calling of a farmer with marked success. He still owns two hundred acres of fertile land, all under cultivation, but his advanced age prevents him from doing anything more than superintend its improvement. In all his work be has had the cheerful co-operation and active aid of his wife, to whom he was married in 1837. She was in her girlhood Miss Edna E. Eallis, and was born in Kentucky, the daughter of George Eallis, a native of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are the parents of seven children, four of whom are liv- ing, as follows: John W., a resident of Gower; Davis S., who is living in Colorado; George T., who makes his home in Kansas City; and Eras- muth G, who is in Plattsburgh. Mr. Hall began in life at the foot of the ladder, without other resources than his own resolution and energy, and is now the owner of a fine prop- erty. He is one of the most liberal-minded men of the village of Gower and takes an interest in everything calculated to benefit the people around him, being willing to contribute of his time and means to bring about this result. Politically he is a Democrat, and in his earlier life was active in the party. With his wife he is a devoted mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church, with which he has been long identified. jkJft AliTIN HERSCH. One of the most com- fortable residences of Center Township, Buchanan County, is owned and occupied by Mr. Hersch, and is pleasantly located on section 36. He has made this section his home for over a half-century, and, as might be expected, is one of the best-known and most highly re- spected agriculturists of Center Township. He is now partially retired from active work of any kind and is spending the twilight of his honorable life quietly at home, surrounded by the comforts which are the result of his years of toil. The paternal ancestor of our subject, Martin Hersch, was a native of Lancaster County, Pa., and comes from a well-to-do Dutch family in that State. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Catherine Shade; she was also born in the Keystone State, where she spent her entire life. The parents reared a family of six children, and were prominent members of the Lutheran Church. Martin Hersch was an honored and respected citi- zen of the farming com nunity and by his upright and honorable course throughout life won many warm friends. Mr. Heisch was born February 26, 1817, in Lancaster Count}', Pa., and passed his boyhood days upon his father's estate in the usual manner of farmer lads, and received such a limited educa- tion as could be gleaned in the district schools of his neighborhood. When beginning to make his own way in the world, at the age of sixteen years, young Hersch learned the trade of a cooper, which occupation he followed duiiugthe winter months, and during the summer season worked at the house-painter's trade. Having heard such glowing accounts of this PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 645 Western country, and thinking to gain a better start in the world, Mr. Hersch, in is:!7. made t In- trip to stark County, Ohio, and after remaining a -hurt time there, went to I n< 1 i a 11.1 . Two years later he heeaine a resident of Missouri, and being among the very earlicsl settlers of this Locality, has aided very materially in the development and ad- vancement of the same. He erected a "shanty" on his claim and kept bachelor's hall during the period of reclaiming his tract from its primitive wiidness. August 7. 1845, Mr. Hersch was united in mar- riage to Miss .Mary Jane, daughter of George and Margaret (Osborn) Baney, natives of Tennessee, whence they came to tenter Township in 1840 and spent their entire lives on a farm on section 36. Mrs. Hersch was one in a family of two children, and was born December 17. 1K27. ill Indiana. Her union with oar subject has been blessed by the birth Of three children, viz.: Henry. George and Cather- ine. The first-named married Miss Angeline Harness, and makes his home in this township; they have two children. .lame- 11. C. and Sadie-. G ge married Miss Minnie McWilliain.-. resides in Custer County. Neb., and has seven children, Willie, Leonard. Mary. Prank, Maggie, I.ydia and Iva. Catherine i> the wife of Alexander Hell and resides in Hiawatha. Kan., where they have a family of three children, viz.: Oscar, Henry and Martin. Mrs. Hersch. who was a most, lovable Christian lady, and a member of the Presbyterian Church, departed this life at her home March '■>, 1893, and her remains lie buried in Sparta Ceme- tery. Martin Hersch is the proud possessor of two hundred and forty -four acres of excellent land, to the cultivation of which he still devotes a consid- erable portion of his time. In I860 he erected on his estate a commodious residence, which cost (2,500, and in which all the lumber used was of walnut. In addition to this he has large barns and other buildings on his farm, which afford am- ple accommodations for his grain and stock. Throughout his long career he has thrown into in- daily labors individual honesty and integrity, qualities which ennoble every man, whether rich or poor. From poverty lo prosperity, even step was won h\ honest work and brave efforts, and his biography is therefore most useful as an incentive to others. Beside rearing their own family of children, Mr. and Mr-. Hersch have fulfilled thedutiesof parents to two other.-, whom they took into their home when only -i\ week- old. They were the twin daughters of .lames and Sophronia (Hastings) Btchison, and were born in Buchanan County, February I, I860. They bore the respective names ot Isabella and Arabella. The former i- now the widow of Robert Pay ton. by wl she had four children: Edgar, Pearl, Estel la and Robert Newell. Arabella is the wife of August Anderson and re- sides in St. Joseph. She is the mother of four chil- dren: Tina Pearl ami Thomas Earl, twins, and Nellie Fay and Nettie May. al.-o twin-. Mr. Hersch Berved his township as School Direc- tor for many years and donated the land on which was erected the Willowbrook Presbyterian Church. In politic- he i- a Blanch Republican, the ranks of which party he joined in 1856 at the date of its organization. During the late war he became a member of the Twenty-fifth Missouri Regiment, serving his country for six months, during which time he did efficient work as a scout. He i- a gentleman of much influence in hi- community. and bears an enviable reputation for thrift among his fellow-agriculturists. HARLES N- sTINK i- one of tl Idest and most faithful employes of the St. Joseph & (.rand Island Railroad, having been in the steady service of that i ipany since 1871, most of this time a- an engineer. He was born near Decatur, Macon County, III.. September 6, 1851, and is a son of George and Rebecca (Tow Stine. The former was horn near Stuttgart, Wur- temberg, Germany, and crossed the broad Atlantic to the United State- when he had arrived at ma- ture years. He Bret located in Ohio, where he I'll- erased in farming for a while, and then set out for 646 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the Prairie State. On bis arrival in Macon County he concluded to make a permanent settlement there, and was one of the first to enter land on Friends' Creek. He began at the bottom round of the ladder, erected a log house and cleared his farm. He later purchased another farm and became very prosperous. In 18.57 he became a resident of Linn County, Mo., living a retired life in Brookfleld until his death in 1861, when he was only forty- one years of age. He was a supporter of the Republican party. Mrs. Rebecca Stine was born in Pennsylvania and removed to Ohio with her parents, who were Of English descent. Her marriage was celebrated i ti Ohio. Seven children were born to herself and husband, and six of the number are still living. Henry W., who was in the Missouri Militia during the war, became an engineer on the Hannibal l. and died in her fifty-second year, having been the mother of seven children, of whom Mis. Wachter was the eldest. The others are as follows: Caroline, wife of Mr. II. Fable, of Germany; Dora, now Mrs. Lamp- kin, who resides in Hamilton, Ohio; Anna, who married Mr. August Zinsuieister, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Henry, who is the foreman in our subject's establishment; Frank, who is a private in the Ger- man army; and Carl, lieutenant in the same army with his brother Frank. The agreeable lady of whom we write was reared in Bruchmuehlen, Germany, receiving a common-school education, and in the spring of 1871 came to America with her sweetheart, who had been in Boston for some time previous, and was at home on a visit. They left Bremen by steamer and went to New York, and thence to Boston, where they were married in the Lutheran Church, August 28, 1871. Mr. Herman Wachter was born in Westk vluer, in Westphalia, to John and Cather- ine Wachter. natives of Germany. lie came to America when eighteen years of age and learned the caterer's trade of George Ferrier, the most prominent confectioner and caterer in Boston. After a few years' practice at this business he started a confectionery shop in his own interest, making Of it both a wholesale and retail establish- ment. He continued in that business until 1881, when on account of his wife's health he came West, Btopping a few months in Chicago, and in Decem- ber came to St. Joseph, where they opened up this business in an old stone church. After the death of her beloved companion in 1X8H, Mrs. Wachter continued in that line, locat- ing at No. 621 Feli.N Street, which she improved and remodeled, engaging in the manufacture of fine candies, ice cream, cakes, etc. She ha- a wide reputation as a caterer in furnishing refreshments tor reception- and parties. At present her confec- tionery parlor, in which is displayed French china, cut glass and mirrors, is 20x10 feet in dimensions. The workrooms measure 10x160 feet, and comprise three different apartments, divided into the candy, cake and ice-cream shops. Besides this line business establishment our subject owns a valuable resi- dence on Sixth Street, No. 819. She has four children, namely: Elisa, who attends Carrollton College and will graduate in the ( la-- of 'it.'!; Marie, who is at home; Henry and Ernest. The mother of these children is a member of the Ger- man Lutheran Church, and of the Ladies" Aid Society, and is also a zealous worker in the Young Woman's Christian Association. She is proving herself to be an excellent business woman, capable Of looking after the details of her work, and is rearing her children in a proper and praiseworthy manner. \||()IIN M. M« MICHAEL, who is now engaged in business in Aspen, Colo., is practically a son of Clinton County although he was born in Kenia, Ohio, on the 15th of March. I838i his parent-soon removing tO this locality. lie was educated in the Plattsburgb and Ridgely Colleges, and on leaving school went into his father's Store. By nature he was not suited to the mercantile busi- ness and therefore in 1868 he commenced studying law under .Indue I'oi lei, whose sketch we have writ- ten elsewhere in this RECORD. I Ic was intellectually SO acute, and progressed so rapidly with his legal studies, that the following year he was admitted to the liar. In tin' year 1X72 Mr. McMichael removed to Kansas * ity, where he took charge of the editorial department of the Evening NeW8, but at the expi- ration of a year returned to Plattsburgh, where he 648 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. founded the Lever, which lie continued to edit for several years, selling out finally to J. E. Jones. In the year 18611 our subject was elected to the Leg- islature, and in 187(1 made the race for Congres- sional honors, but was defeated in the Democratic Convention by a few votes. On the 5th of May, 1864, Mr. McMichael was married to Miss Julia Lincoln, a lady of good edu- cation and many noble qualities of heart. Since 1858 our su.bject has been a devoted member of the Methodist Church. Though he has recently re- moved to Colorado, where he is engaged in busi- ness, his family are still making their home in this city on account of the better educational facilities afforded to their children. #^Nte^f- -e^T \J MALSEED BELL, M. D. Prominent among the physicians in St. Joseph is our subject, who is a Professor of Chemistry at the Northwestern Medical College, and is the only analytical chemist in the city. He is a thor- ough student, having a great love of books, and devoting a great deal of his time to study, particu- larly in the lines relating to his profession. He enjoys a large and remunerative practice, and writes considerably for various medical journals, among these being the Western Sunj leal- Medical Re- porter. In the opinion of the brethren of his profes- sion Dr. Bell is a young man of unusual promise, having, indeed, already attained a position usu- ally accorded only to those far beyond his years. Dr. Bell was born in Philadelphia, January 8, 1865, and attended the excellent public schools of that city. He graduated in the Class of '80 from the Scientific Department of Girard Col- lege, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. While there he gave especial attention to the stud}' of chemistry, under the well-known Prof. Stevens, and to this branch of study has ever given especial thought. On leaving the college he was for two years a clerk in a drug store in the Quaker City, and then for a like period of time attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. From 1884 to 1885 he was again employed in the mer- cantile business as a clerk, entering in the latter year the University of Pennsylvania, and there taking the medical and biological course. On ac- count of losing by investments, the Doctor came West in 1889, locating in Lincoln, Neb., where he engaged in the drug business for about two years, finally coming to this city Ln the fall of 1891, where, entering the Northwestern Medical College, he was graduated from that justly celebrated insti- tution in the Class of '92, and was at once elected to the Chair of Chemistry, having just closed his first year. The students recently presented to Dr. Bell, as a mark of their appreciation, some valuable addi- tions to his already large and comprehensive library. This little incident shows in some slight degree the great esteem in which the Doctor is held, not only among his pupils, but with the other members of the faculty and all who have had the pleasure to be thrown in contact with him, either in a business or social'way. He is an active mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, be- longs to the Encampment, and was one of the organizers of East Lincoln Lodge, at Lincoln. The Doctor's social qualities have won for him a host of friends, and the fact of his being associated with many of the most affable gentlemen in the profes- sion, as well as the most talented, is also a proof of his recognized worth and ability. 'if/ OHN H. UTZ is one of the enterprising farmers of township 56, range 35, his farm -^ being situated on section 19. Here he owns lv§sy' a place of fifty-three and one-third acres, and on it ten years ago he erected a fine residence, at a cost of 11,300, to which he has since built an addition. In 1892 he put up a barn at an expense of 1500, and has cleared and fenced the farm, which is now well cultivated. Besides this place he owns an interest in one comprising two bun- PORTRAIT AND I'ioci; AI'IIK AI, RECORD. 649 Hied ami ton acre*. Politically, he i- an active Democrat and has frequently been a delegate to conventions of the party, having also served as Central Committeeman and having been nomin- ated by his friends fur public-school system receives his earnest support, and he has been a member of the School Board and is now Secretary of the same. Our subject, who is the only son in his parents' family, was born September 30, 1 84i), in Page County, Va., and was there educated in the public schools. lie came to Buchanan County when in lii> sixteenth year, and went immediately to work on his father's farm, remaining at home until reaching his majority. In September. 1KG 1 , he enlisted in Company A, First .Missouri Cavalry, in the Confederate service. This company was organ- ized at Rock House Prairie under Col. Cornell- our subject enlistingas a private for eight months, when he served as First Lieutenant. After taking part in the siege of Lexington and the Battle of Pea Ridge be closed his connection with the State service and returned home, only to be captured and placed under bonds. It was made so unpleas- ant for him that he entered the company com- manded by Capt. John Chestnut, being made Lieu- tenant. While the company was on its way South. Mr. Qtz was captured in DeKalb County, and tried by drumhead court martial as a spy, for making war inside of the Union lines, being lust sentenced to imprisonment during the war, but upon recon- sideration was sentenced to be hung, in company with II. W. Higbsmith and Polk Holland. Through the interposition of friends they obtained a re- prieve twice from President Lincoln, tic sentence being finally commuted to imprisonment during the war. Accordingly. Mr. Dtz was taken to prison at St. Louis, and then transferred to Jeffer- son City, where he remained until President John- son's proclamation releasing prisoners. On February 24, 1863, occurred the marriage of our subject and Mi-- Sarah K. Duncan, whose parents, B. M. and A. M. (Lawrence) Duncan, were both natives of Tennessee. They came to Mis- souri about l xn. settling in this township, where the father's death occurred. His wife is still liv- ing in Crawford Town-hip. Mrs. I tz was born in March, 1842, in Alabama, and i- the mother of ten children, who are all living: William H., Silas B., Robert Lee, John A.. .lane C., Amanda M.. Annie S.. Sarah E., Mary E. and Jessie V. Si las H. mar- ried Miss Bessie Cristal, and lives in this township; Robert Lee, who married Oeorgie Goodlive, is a resident of this township: and Jane C, wife of William Moore. Jr., lives in Crawford Town-hip. At the closing of the war Mr. (tz returned home, but found it unsafe to remain there, and went to Kansas, being a resident of Marshall County for a short time. Later returning, he settled on his present farm, where, in addition to raising general crops, he makes a specialty of stock-raising, partic- ularly jacks and jennets. John II. I'tz is a -on of Henry and Jane C. (Forrer) I'tz. natives of Warren and Page Coun- ties, Va., respectively. The former was born Jan- uary 1'.), 1809, of German descent, and the latter was born November 27. 1810. They were both brought up on a farm, and were married in Vir- ginia, where they lived until lN.'id. In the spring of isr, 7 they made a settlement on section 31, Center Township, which was then the County Poor Farm, of which Mr. I'tz had charge during that year, having been in the same business for five years in Virginia. In in/,* he located on a farm situated on section 20, which was his home until he was called from this life, July 11. 1884. His wife, who died February 2l\ 1893, was the mother of four children, of whom our subject i- the eldest, .lane E. i- the wife of Marion .lone-. of Hiawatha, Kan.; Man C, wife of Daniel Car- penter, lives in Andrew ( oiinty.Mo.; and Martha A., who became the wife of .lame- I . WatkinS, is a resident of Portland, Ore. The parents were both member- of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which they were active workers. Mr. I'tz was a man of firm conviction-, and possessed many warm friends. Our BUbjeCt and wife are member- of the Method- ist Episcopal Church South, at Sparta, in which 650 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. he is Trustee, and has in the past served as Stew- ard. He helped to (mild the fine church ediHce, being a member of the committee. He has been teacher and Superintendent in the Sunday-school, and is justly esteemed one of the pillars of the church. *E EN ON. DAVID R. ATCHISON. First and foremost among the citizens of Clinton Count}' was the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He was born August 1807, in the little village of Frogtown, Ky., his parents having emigrated there from the older settlements of Pennsylvania. His father, being a man of wealth, gave to his son a liberal educa- tion, which well fitted him for the brilliant ca- reer which was before him. At the age of eighteen he was graduated from Transylvania University, and immediately took up the study of law under several of the leading lawyers of the day. On completing his legal studies, he emigrated west and located at the frontier settlement of Liberty, Clay County. This was about the year 1830, and four years later he was elected to the State Legis- lature and was appointed on the commission which located the county seat of Clinton Count}'. He was re-elected to the Legislature in 1839, his suc- cess and brilliancy as a lawyer having already at- tracted attention all over the State. In 1841 Mr. Atchison was appointed Judge of the Platte County Circuit Court, which necessi- tated his removing his residence to Platte City. Upon the death of United States Senator Linn he was appointed to fill the unexpired term, was elected to the Senate in 1845, and again four years later. He was elected President pro tem. of the Sen- ate at one time, and as the inauguration day of Zachary Taylor fell upon Sunday, it is said, more in jest than earnest, that Mr. Atchison was Presi- dent for one day. During these years he and the great, aristocratic Benton affiliated politically and were in entire accord, but in 1848 he attached himself to the party of Calhoun, and thus from that time forward, though representing the same State, they were political antagonists. By com- bining the Democrats with the AVhigs under his leadership, Gen. Atchison succeeded in defeating Benton in 1850. Our subject advocated many measures which brought down the condemnation even of his own party upon him. In 1855 he re- tired from the Senate, but continued to the end of his life to take an active interest in politics. Two years after his retirement from public life Mr. Atchison became a resident of Clinton County, where he resided until summoned by the angel Death. During the war he was active in the in- terests of the pro-slavery party, and at one time had command of a body of troops. His fine li- brary and valuable manuscripts were destroyed by the burning of his brick mansion in 1870. Ihs death occurred January 6, 1886, and his remains were interred in the old cemetery of this city. He was one of the ablest men of his day, and his opinions upon all subjects were of bhat pro- nounced character which makes a man the warm- est friends and strongest enemies. /j^, EN. JAMES W. DENVER, deceased, was an (It ( —- old citizen of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, ^-EJ|i where he resided for many years. He taught school for some time, and afterwards engaged in the practice of the legal profession. He went across the plains to California, and at one time was Gov- ernor of Kansas, making an able and efficient pub- lic officer. He was a Representative to Congress, and tilled various other civil and military otlices of great public responsibility and trust. The General had the great honor of having the beautiful city of Denver, Colo., given his name. and indeed it may be said that his name is familiar to most of the old residents of the State. His death occurred in 1892, his loss being regretted by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. He was a PORTRAIT AND MOGRAPIIICAL RKCORD 658 worthy citizen, always taking an active pari in :ill public affairs and doing whatever was in hi- power to advance the besl interests of bis fellow-men. OHN B. SHERWOOD is numbered among the early settlers of Buchanan County. T<> the brave and hardy pioneers, who were ' the founders of the country's prosperity, a debt of gratitude is owed which can never be re- paid, but we can perpetuate their lives in written record, and among those mosl worthy to be re- membered in this county is the gentleman whose life history we will here endeavor to briefly trace. Oursubject was born in Richland County, Ohio, in September, 1821, and remained at his birthplace until the fall of 1839, when his parents removed with their family to Missouri, locating on the farm where Henry Manville now resides. Here the father entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, and to its cultivation devoted himself for many years. John B. Sherwood is the eldest of six children born to James and Margeiy (Braden) Sherwood. The father was a native of Maryland, while the mother was horn in the Keystone State. The progenitors of the Sherwood family in America emigrated from England at a very early date in this country '8 history. Oursubject was educated in Ohio, and in his nineteenth year came west to seek his fortune. In 1842 he wedded Mary, daughter of John Ray, who wasone of the oldest settlers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood reared a family of twelve children, all of whom grew to mature years. The mother departed this life when her youngest child was an infant. In 1861, Mr. Sherwood became a member of the Slate Guards, and after a few months entered tin 1 Confederate service under Gen. Gates, taking part in a number of engagements, those of Corinth and [uk'a among them. In 1863 he was honorably discharged and returned home to his family. Though not an office-seeker, he has been (riven most of the local positions within the gift of the people ot Jackson Township. In educational measures, and particularly in the scl I- of the county, Mr. Sherwood has long taken great inter- est, lie is one of the old-time Masons, having be- longed to the fraternity since the war. He has al- ways been very fond of hunting, and while en- gaged in that -port in 1890 his son Albert was ac- cidentally shot and killed. In politics he ha- been an ardent supporter of the Democratic party all his life. The fertile farm belonging to Mr. Sherwood is situated on section 26, Jackson Township. This valuable farm, which he has wholly improved him- self, comprises one hundred and twenty Here-, though he formerly owned a quarter of a section of land, which he pre-empted. Though conserva- tive in his business methods, he lias not hesitated to adopt new ideas of merit and practical useful- ness. For many years he has done a general farm- ing business, anil has been numbered among the progressive agriculturist- of the region. For about half a century he has been foremost in every- thing pertaining to the developmen t Of this portion of the county, doing everything in his power to promote her interest-. His career ha- been notab- ly honorable and free from that petty ineanne-- and over-reaching to which SO many men resort in order to become well-to-do. The poor ami needy have never been turned away from his door, and to rich and poor alike a warm hospitality has al- ways been extended by members of his family. o /gss& ui- .ia.mi'.s ii. liiian is tneomest living I'lf^, son of the late Judge .lames W. Birch, his V^y birth having occurred in Fayette, Howard OL.JAMES H. BIRCH is the oldest living is d County. Mo.. November 1 I. 1881. With his fath- er he came to Clinton County in 1841, locating in Corinth. Il<- was educated in a log sehool- house, ami with his elder brother, Charles, volun- teered ill the Mexican War and was with Maj. Walker a portion of that time. When not yet 654 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. seventeen years of age he was discharged from the service as Corporal, the stripes of the office having been given him for gallant service on the field of battle. lie was a member of the bod3"-guard of Gen. Trice during the last of that war. On his return home Mr. Bircb studied law un- der the guidance of his father, then on the Supreme Bench of the State, and before he became of age entered upon the practice of his chosen profession, afterward graduating from the law department of the Cumberland Univeisity, in Tennessee. Both he and his father were decided Union men, and he accepted the appointment of Aide-de-Camp to Gov. Gamble, with the rank of Colonel, and served as such until toward the close of the war, when, being arrested by the Confederates and paroled, he resigned. He was a Democrat, and in 1868 be- came State Senator from the Third District, which comprises Clay, Platte and Clinton Counties, that being the first civil office he had held up to that time. He was a faithful representative of the people and was author of the law abolishing the office of pub- lic printer, placing the work open to competition and thus saving thousands of dollars to the State. His energy resulted in securing the Asylum at St. Joseph, for though beaten each winter, he perse- vered, introduced the bill at a fourth session and finally secured its passage. This was the first dollar ever appropriated for this portion of the State. The Colonel also carried through a bill establishing the office of Prosecuting Attorney as a court office, and abolishing that of Circuit Attorney. He wrote the law settling the controversy between the State and Public School Fund, on account of the sale of stock in the old bank of Missouri, whereby $900,- (MMi was added to the public-school fund, which shows plainly his attitude on the important sub- ject of education. Many other laws bear impress of his character, and in 1892 he was a candidate of the Republican part}' for Congress, being defeated only on account of having such a popular oppo- nent as A. M. Dockery. In 1H7."> Col. Birch went to the Pacific Coast, where he remained for three years on account of his health. His home is in a beautiful grove of natural trees, just within the southern limit of Plattsburgh, which he improved in 1859. Helms been twice married and by his last wife reared a family of nine children. He is vigorous in body and mind and in many respects is a most remark- able man. He is believed to be the youngest sur- viving soldier of the Mexican War, and was in the historical charge of Maj. John Walker at Santa Cruz, under the direction of Gen. Sterling Price. The father of our subject, Judge James W. Birch, was a Virginian by birth and emigrated to Platts- burgh in 1841, having removed to the State in 1826. He was for many years Register of the Land Office in this cit3',and in 1848 was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of the State. In 1866 he be- gan the publication of the Clinton County Register, which is now called the Register Lever. He was a leading politician and one of the best-informed men of his day. He was summoned to his final rest on January 10, 1878. One of his brothers, Thomas E., also came to this county in 1841, and was Register of the Land Office under Gen. Taylor's administration. OGAN MAXWELL. The homestead owned and occupied by Mr. Maxwell is one of the most desirable and attractive within the limits of township 38, range 35, Buchanan County. It is pleasantly located on section 29, and is em- bellished with a comfortable residence and farm buildings of ample proportions. The place indi- cates in a marked manner the hand of thrift and industry, and portrays to even the casual observer the fact that it is the abode of those who belong to an old and distinguished family. The father of our subject, David Maxwell, was born in Kentucky about 1790, and was the son of Edwin Maxwell, a pioneer of Green River County, in the above State, and an old Revolutionary soldier. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Ellen Armstrong, her birth also occurring in the Blue Grass State, about 1793. She was the daughter of William Armstrong, a na- PORTRAIT AND RIOORAI'IIICAL RECORD. 655 tive of South Carolina, who removed to Kentucky during the early days in the history of thai Male. He also took part in the War of the Revolution, serving as a Captain under Marion. The Arm- strongs were of Dutch descent, while the Max- wells were of Scotch origin. The parents of our subject spenl their entire lives in their native State, dying in Caldwell County in 1820 and 1832, respectively. They reared a family of five children, all of whom arc living with one exception. Logan, the eldest-horn, was born in Caldwell County, March 2f>. 1813. His father dying when he was a lad of seven years, he was Obliged to look OUt for himself, .and as the schools of that period were conducted on the sub- scription plan, he received but little education. In the fall of lS.'Sli Logan Maxwell came to this Slate, and the following year located upon his present farm. He has in his possession the patent, signed by President l'olk. which he regards as quite a relic. His property was a wild and uncul- tivated tract, and the nearest trading-post was St. Joseph, four miles distant. Mr. .Maxwell can re- late many an interesting tale of those pioneer days, as he is the oldest living settler in this re- gion. Where the prosperous city of St. Joseph now stands, he, in company with a comrade, cra- dled one hundred and fifty bushels of wheat. To- gether he and his friend ate their dinner on the hill which is now the site of the court house. The first work of Mr. Maxwell on taking up his abode in this county was to erect a log shanty, the floor being constructed of puncheon and the roof of clapboards. He worked very hard in redeeming his farm from its original wildness, and in order to purchase his first cow was obliged to make twenty-five hundred rails. He located here he- fore Buchanan County was organized, and has seen great changes during his long life in this county, in the development of which he has been a vers prominent factor. The lady to whom Mr. Maxwell was married in the spring of 1835 bore the maiden name of Sarah Beard. She was the daughter of Adam Heard, and was born in Tennessee iii L816. After a happy married life of fifty-six years Mrs. Maxwell died, on the 17th of June, L891. she had become the ther nf eleven children, of "hum five are living. John A.. »liii married Annie B. Hagen- hiieh. has four children ; Knielinr i- keeping house fur her father; Annie, the wife of Rev. ('.('. Arm- strong, of the Presbyterian Church, has two chil- dren; Charles, who married Minnie Nell-, ha- Beven children; and Julia, wl larried the Rev. A. M. Reynolds, makes her borne in Maryville, this Slate, and is the mother of three children. Mr. Maxwell has always taken an active inter- est in educational affairs, and has contributed liber- ally of his means toward its support, lie was in- strumental in getting the schoolbouse located on his property, and has heen a inemher of the Board for many years. He has heen prominently identi- fied with the religious interests of thisc mnity, both himself and wife having heen members of Hie Pre8byterian Church for many years. He is the founder of the Oak Grove Church, which is located on his land, and which is now in a pros- perous condition. In his younger day- he took an active part in the Sunday-school work, having tilled the position of Superintendent for nian\ years. In politics Mr. Maxwell, in early years an old- line Whig, now votes with the Republican party, having taken a prominent pail in ii- organization iii (his county. He has heen frequently senl as a delegate to its various conventions, and deserves the high esteem in which he is held in it- ranks. Edward S. Maxwell, a deceased son of our sub- ject, was a inemher of the l'aw Paw Militia during the Civil War. and while guarding the jail was overpowered and disarmed by the prisoners, who escaped. John A., another son, has occupied the position of Road Overseer of Districl No. 20 for five years during the Democratic administration, which -peaks well I'd h i- ahllil \ as an officer, a- he i- a strong Republican. He i- a prominent mem- ber of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in the Sunday-school has officiated as Superintend- ent many time-. Logan Maxwell is now in hi- eightieth year, measures in height 8ix feet, three and three-fourths inches, and weigh- one hundred and -event v- ti vc pounds. Thirty-two years ago he Buffered greatlj from a caneer on his chin, but bavins had it re- 656 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. moved, has since that time been in almost perfect health, and bids fair to live to a much greater age. On the fiftieth anniversary of his marriage. May 21, 1886, a beautiful poem, which we take pleasure in publishing, was written and read by a niece, be- fore the family and friends convened upon that occasion. THE GOLDEN WEDDING. Read at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, May 21, 188G. BY A NIECE. Dear uncle, aunts and cousins, We have gathered here to-day, As another party did. just fifty years this May; Only Grandmama was then young, And Grandpapa brave and strong, And for them the days were full of hope. And life seemed fair and long. But we are glad to-day for the vows That then were said, And the blessings that have come From them on each of our young heads; And we would have them feel To-day that the years have not been for naught — That eternity can only tell the good Their lives have fraught. But the part assigned for me To-day is to tell, as I can best, The story of pioneering and of their Coming to the West. And I hope as we grow older the story I tell to-day May be to each a lesson that will cheer us on our way. 'Twas only nineteen months from the day we celebrate now That Grandpa said to Grandma, "We will sell our horses, pigs and cow And with the money go out West And pre-empt some land; Other men are going, and I want to try my hand." And Grandma, with heroism as true as any ever sung, Left home and mother and family ties, Although her heart was wrung; — Thought not of herself, bat of her babe, And others God might give; And said: "We'll go, we will want a home some- where to live, Where we can keep the children and make them feel, come woe or weal, they have a shelter- ing wing." And so they started 'mid tears and sad adieux, for well they knew That years, not days, would come and go in slow review Before they met again, and some would pass into the shadowed land, And only there might they hope to clasp the loved hand. But hope and health were theirs, and the ever-chang- ing scene Soon chased away the gloom, and every day some new delight was gleaned. The trust}' rifle ne'er missed its steady aim, And each day brought down the choicest game, Which, after passing Grandma's skillful hands, And boiled over red hot coal, came out the choicest viands. Willi appetites w T hetted by each autumnal breeze, And rarest colors (lung upon the far surround- ing trees, No wonder sleep was sweet, and good the plainest fare, And all was sure preventive against foreboding care. But our ships cannot always sail upon the smooth- est seas, Nor does our changeful climate bring all her days like these; And so to our white-capped schooner the winter's chilling blast Came, bringing its disaster ere the Missouri line was passed; And the days that followed, in which their hearts were tried, And hardship followed hardship, When hope e'en almost died, Are the times that you and I should revere most of all, And love the more the dear gray heads when we the scene recall. We know our childish fancy with wonder has oft been stirred At the story of the trials, which in growing up we heard Of Grandpa leaving Grandma and coming on alone To find a place of shelter and to find a way to come. And how on returning found Platte River with ice afloat And a wild and drunken ferry-man, who would not give up the boat; PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 657 And when darkness came upon them be was stranded E=L~, « 3 b § ^fjUDGE JAMES W. MANSFIELD, ex-County I Judge, whose residence is in St. Joseph, is a I prominent politician in Democratic circles, Agg/' a member of the Buchanan County Club, and in August, 1892, was made a delegate from the county to the State convention at Centralis, and was one of the committee of six who drafted resolutions to present to the State Legislature. Of the six resolutions, all were adopted. The other members of the committee were Messrs. Davis, Macy, and Brossfield, County Judge from Macon. Judge Mansfield was born in Platte County, in this State, near the town of New Market, on No- vember 28, 1841. His father, John C. Mansfield, was a native of Kentucky. The latter was a son of the Rev. James W. Mansfield, a minister in the Missionary Baptist Church, lie organized a num- ber of congregations, built churches and was very active in the various enterprises of his denomina- tion. He was a native of the Old Dominion, took part in the War of 1812, was one of the early settlers in Kentucky, and was of English descent. Our subject's father was a farmer by occupation, and was married in Kentucky to Miss Mary Max- well, who was born ill Caldwell County. A sketch of her grandfather, Logan Maxwell, appears on another page of this work. In 1837 Mr. Mansfield (Mine Wcsi by boat, locating first on a farm about three miles north of St. Joseph, where he resided for only a year, and then settled in Platte County, where he resided until his death in 18.30. He was an extensive agriculturist, raising hemp and to- bacco principally. In 1850 he started overland to California, and departed this life at Bear River. He was an old-line Whig, and was at one time Justice of the Peace. After the death of her hus- band our subject's mother married Evan Chestnut, a well-known farmer of this county. For seven- teen years Mrs. Chestnut resided with our subject, dying at the age of seventy-seven years. In a family of four children, of whom our sub- ject is the only son, but two are now living. He resided in Platte County until 1857, when he came to Buchanan County, living with an uncle, Ed- ward Maxwell. He received common-school ad- vantages, and in 1862 crossed the plains with freight, having four mules to each wagon. He secured loads at Nebraska City, and went by way of Ft. Kearney to Denver, taking forty-two days on the trip. In April they went over the Snowy Range, sold out and sent the teams back, return- ing in the fall of 1862 by stage. He went to Caldwell County, Ky., and after a short time re- turned to this city. Judge Mansfield was married to Miss Bridget Welch, who was born near Dublin, Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parents. After his marriage he rented a farm in Buchanan County, which he carried on for a few years. In 1875 he removed to Clinton County, where he purchased a farm, and at the end of one year sold it, investing the proceeds in land in Tremont Township, this county. At the ex- piration of three years he sold that place and pur- chased one in Monroe Township, where he engaged in tilling the sod until 1885, when he finally lo- cated in St. Joseph. In this city he engaged suc- cessfully in a wholesale and retail wood business for a couple of years. In 1880 lie was elected Constable of Washington Township, and served as such for a few years, after which he engaged in the grocery business at the corner of Ninth and Olive Streets. In 1888 the Judge was elected a member of the Council from the Eighth Ward, serving on various important committees, among these being those referring to Streets and Alleys, Auditing and Fires. In the fall of 1890 he was PORTRAIT AM. l'.K M 1 RA 1'IIICAL RECORD. 659 elected County Judge from the Secoad District on the Democratic ticket, occupying that position from January l. 1891, until New fear's Day <>f 1898. Mrs. Mansfield, who was called to her Bnal rest January 22, 1880, left a family of seven children: John W., who for three years has been Assistant Superintendent of the County Poor Farm; Ed L., who is in the employ of the Street Railway of this city; Harry, who is a fireman on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, his residence being in Chicago; Charles, who is engineer on a passenger train of the Chicago St Northwestern, running from Chicago: Etta, Mrs. Augustine, who resides in St. Joseph; Bobby, a fireman on the Chicago & Northwestern Road, his home being in Chicago; and Nellie. James W. Mansfield was married in St. Joseph to Mrs. Kate Forbes, a native of Platte County, where her fat ier, Price Shortridge, was an early settler and large farmer. To our worthy Subject and his present wife have lieen born two children: Price and J. \\\. Jr. Judge Mansfield is a member of the Ancient Free & Accepted Ma- sons, and is recognized as a prominent and enter- prising business man and public-spirited citizen. He is entirely worthy of the high regard in which he is held by his wide circle of friends and ac- quaintances. ^mmmm^m^* /^EORGK MEIERHOFFER. Occupying a II <— _ prominent place among the successful en- ^^J| terprises of st. Joseph are the cooperage works of George Meierhoffer & Brother,\the sub- ject of this DOtice being the senior member of the Arm. They conduct an extensive and profitable business on the comer of Fifth and Sycamore Streets, where they keep a complete line of staves, heading hoops, head lining and hoop nails, their specialty being fruit barrels and liquor kegs. Their works are equipped with the most modern and approved machinery, and the engine and boiler are of sixty-horse power. At the time the linn located upon their present Bite in ins?, they erected a brick shop. and gradu- ally enlarged their capacity and increased their facilities for conducting business. The shop lias two wings, each 10x100 feet in dimensions and two stories in height. Dry kilns, outbuildings and other conveniences may also be found here. Steady employment is given to a force of seventy- five persons, and shipments are made to Kansas, Nebraska. Utah, Colorado anil other State-. Our subject was bom in Boonville, Mo.. Sep- tember 7, I 852, and is of immediate Swi-s de-cent. His father. Jacob Meierhoffer. was burn in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and there learned the trade of a millwright and cooper. In 1849 he emigrated to America, and located in Boonville, Mo., where for a time he engaged in farming; he later carried on business a- a cooper, and also fol- lowed the trade of a millwright. He continued thu- engaged until, having accumulated a comfoi t- able amount of this world's good-, he retired from active labors. The business is now conducted by his son Charles. A Democrat in politics, lie Served in the State militia during the Civil War. and was a man of positive convictions and honor- able life. His wife, Elizabeth, was born in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, and is >lill living. They were the parent- of seven chi Idren, ti vc of whom arc now living. The third in order of birth in the parental fam- ily, our subject was reared to manhood in Boon- ville, Mo., and so meagre were his educational advantages that, only during three months of his life was he able to attend school. A- ■ as strong enough to raise a hammer, he commenced to work in a cooper shop, ami acquired a practical knowledge of the business. He continued to work with his father until seventeen years of age. in 1869, when lie came to St. Joseph and worked at his trade. For a time he was employed with O. A. Smith, a pork-packer, and he was also in the em- ploy of llax Brothers, being foreman in the cooperage department. In 1872 he purchased their cooper shop, and conducted it with such enterprise and ability that it rapidlj increased in magnitude, until they now conduct the largest cooper business west of St. Louis. In 1884 the lirm became George 660 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Meierhoffer & Brother, tlie latter being Rheinholt Meierhoffer. In St. Joseph, in L876, occurred the marriage of our subject to Miss Louisa Herrick, who was bora in Germany. Tueyare the parents of six children: Nettie, Lena, Rheinholt. Edith, Bertha and George, Jr. The family occupies a pleasant residence in the city, and is highly regarded throughout the community. Mr. Meierhoffer is identified with a number of fraternal organizations, in each of which he takes a prominent part. He is a strong advocate of the principles of the Republican party, but is not radical in his political opinions. =§>^<§=^-^- . R M. In Masonic circles he be- longs to La Fayette Lodge No. 16, A. F. & A. M., at Manhattan, and to Mitchell Chapter No. 89, K. A. M. He is Deputy Grand Master of St. Joseph Council No. 9, and Generalissimo of St. Joseph Commandery No. 1. K. T. He is High Priest and Prophet of Moila Temple. Mystic Shrine. In the village of Irving. Marshall County, Kan., Mr. Stewart was united in marriage with MissAb- bie C. Weeks. .Mrs. Stewart was born in New York State, and is the mother of four children: Karl K.. Mabel. Walter C, Jr., and Ruth. » > » > j —* < f^^*^'*-^' * *L ■! I ' M ANIEL A. FINN, of St. Joseph, is one of I the most popular engineers on the St. .h>- seph & Grand [aland Railway, and stand- high with the officials Of the road. lie was born in Monroe County. Mich., on May 5, 1h:?h. and when only live years old his father's death occurred. A family named Farwell then undertook the task of rearing and educating liiin. and willi them he Lived until seventeen years of age, working on the farm where the Farwells mad) their home. Our subject commenced railroading about the year 1858, when he was twenty years old, ami since that time has stuck closely to the business 82 His first employment was as tin-man on the Creat Western Railroad of Illinois, now part of the Wabash system. For live year- be served in the capacity of fireman with that company, and after six months in a similar position with the Hanni- bal & si. Joseph Railway, be was placed in charge of an engine. This was in 1863, and with that rail- road he remained for the succeeding eight years. In the fall of 1^71 Mr. Finn became connected with the St. Joseph & Grand [stand Road, and since that time, for a period of twenty-two years, ha- done faithful service for them. For the past fifteen years he ha- been an engineer of passenger trains, his present run being on No. 1 west to Hanover, a distance Of one hundred and twenty- eight miles, and on the return trip coming east he has charge of No. I. Our subject i- the oldest engineer running into St. Joseph, a- this has been a terminal for his trips since 1863. While with the Hannibal A- St. Joseph he was in charge of many train- with material for the construction of the Union Pacific and other Western road-. Thus he lias been active in railroad circles for thirty- five years, and it is his intention to complete the quarter-century in the service of hi- present com- pany and then retire, devoting himself to his fam- ily and enjoying the fruits of hi- years of sturdy and industrious toil. On the 20th of September, 1865, at Brookfield, Mo., Mr. Finn and Miss Susan Matthews were un- ited in marriage. Mr-. Finn is :i native of the Buckeye State, anil by her marriage ha- become the mother of a son and a daughter, Eugene Maximus and Ollie. They were both educated in the pub- lic SChool8. Mi-- Ollie is a natural artist, has given considerable attention to painting, and has aided in the adornment of the home by BBVeral tine paintings. Our subject, ill 1888, erected a handsome resi- dence in River View, one of the prettiest parts ,,f the city. This home is well built and is gur- rounded l>\ a beautiful lawn. In politics, Mr. Finn is an active Republican, and ha- contributed much to the party'- SUCCeSS in this region. lie i- an enthusiastic Mason, and believes that the fra- ternity ha- been of great benefit to him. He i- .•! member of St Joseph Commander] No. I; St Jo- 664 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. seph Chapter No. 14; and Charity Lodge No. 33. He also belongs to the Mystic Shrine of Moila Temple. He numbers among his acquaintances a host of friends, not only among railroad employes, but in this city, which has been his headquarters for so many years. In personal manner he is gen- ial, cordial and warm-hearted, being of a generous and friendly disposition. .0;»jaj l\ V CDLEY ROACH is one of the old settlers of Buchanan County, Mo., having been en- gaged in carrying on the farm where he now resides since 1859. This place is located on section 17. Center Township, lie was born in Estill County, Ivy., in 1833. and eleven years later he came with his parents to Missouri. The father purchased a farm in Platte County, where Mr. Roach grew to mature years. The latter is the third in a family of ten children born to Henry and Mary (Wills) Roach, who were both natives of, and reared in. Kentucky. Our subject's pater- nal grandfather, Henry, was born in England, and after coming to America served all through the War of the Revolution, and was married in Vir- ginia to a Miss Fly. Dudley Roach's surviving brothers and sisters are as follows: Simpson, who lives in Sumner County, Kan.; Frederick, a resident of Muscotah, Kan.; Henry F., also of Kansas; Sarah A., widow of Washington Simmans, of St. Joseph; Michael, of Oklahoma; Polly A., wife of William Magger, of Platte County; Andrew, who lives in this coun- ty; Mel in da, wife of Albert Knapp, of Norton- ville, Kan.; and Jesse N., also of Kansas. Dudley Roach received a district-school educa- tion and was reared to manhood in Platte County. In 1853 he married Susan Finnell. and five years later he removed to his fine farm, which has six hundred acres within its boundaries. His success is due entirely to his own efforts and industry. Until recently he was extensively engaged in sheep-raising, but now raises mules and horses. On the farm is a twenty-acre orchard, which was planted by him. He has, in addition to his home farm, some valuable property in St. Joseph. Six children came to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Roach. Catherine; Mary, wife of John Ar- thur; John, a resident of Troy, Kan.; Simpson, also of that State; Henry, deceased; and Fountain, who still lives at home. They have all been given good school advantages. Mr. Roach has been prominently identified with educational move- ments, as he lias been School Director since locat- ing in the count}'. During the war he was a mem- ber of the State militia. For many years he and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the faith of which Mrs. Roach died February 11, 1880. Politically Mr. Roach is a stanch Republican. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. No one is held in higher respect in this vicinity than is the gentleman of whom this is a brief record, for his career in all circles has been marked with strict honor, integrity and justice. •*eh OOTLE, LEMON & COMPANY, bankers of St. Joseph, Mo. This prominent and re- liable firm, which has been one of activity, but which has passed through many trials and re- verses, has been successful, both in securing a com- petency and in establishing itself in the respect and the confidence of the citizens of St. Joseph. This firm was organized in July, 1881), with a capital of *1()(),<>00, and a general unlimited part- nership composed of the following members: Thom- as E. Tootle, formerly President of the Merchants' Bank in this city; John S. Lemon, of the Huell Manufacturing Co.; James McCord, of the Nave .fc McCord Mercantile Co.: Samuel N. Nave, of the Mokaska Manufacturing Co.; and Graham G. Lacy, Cashier. The business has steadily increased until it now has a deposit of >Gon.u by the excellent conduct of Snancial affairs and by the fidelity and efficiency of its members, thai they feel perfectly secure in soliciting the patron- age of the people. This establishment is thorough in all business transactions, and neglects nothing that conduces to the adrancemenl of itself and its patrons; it is also an active factor in the local growth and prosperity, contributing liberally to- wards anything that serves the city in its upward progress. l" ^ T. DAVIS, the subject of this sketch, is V^i one who for his energy and character lss\ merits the approval and respect of all. He was born December 26, 1837, in Buchanan County, the first white child born in this section. His father, Ishmael Davis, a native of Maryland, emigrated when quite young to Kentucky and married Miss Nancy McDaniel, of Lewis County, in 1831. Immediately after this marriage, desir- ing a new tield of labor, they turned their faces Westward, stopping at Plattsburgh, Mo., awaiting the ratification of the Platte Purchase, and finally securing a claim theron. where their eldest child was born. The elder Mr. Davis was a man of great force of character, a feature which hi- son ha- in- herited to a marked degree. A- soon a- he was old enough to study, our subject's father -cut him to the common schools of the county, at that time being very deficient in educational facilities. When sixteen years old he entered the Western lliuli School, with the idea of fitting himself for a thorough collegiate course, but he was doomed to disappointment, spending three studious years under esteemed teachers, he found that his schooldays were over. Hi- father was one of the unfortunate bonds- men for Leander Ellis, the defaulting Sheriff ol Buchanan County. To satisf j the claims against him Mr. Davis, sr.. gave up everything — the old homestead to which the\ had all become attached going with the rest Imbued with the true Amer- ican spirit of reproducing values, hi- son imme- diately left school to commence the struggle of life, and. if possible, repurchase the old home- stead h\ his ,,wn efforts. This he succeeded in accomplishing after various reverses and successes. Mr. Davis was married in February, 1859, to Miss C. L. Bordston, of Platte County, with whom he lived happily until her death in 1861. In lie was married to Mar\ .1. Bordston, giv- ing his little daughter a mother in the person of his wife's sister. Dp to 1866 he had been en- gaged in various pursuits, but had failed to tind one that he was willing to make a life business, until his attention was called to the milling in- terest, then in its infancy in the West. He saw in it a tield for future successes that was equal to his ambition, and al once embarked in an enter- prise thai was to bring him wealth and laudable notoriety. His tirst venture was in the purchase of the Platte County Union Mills, where his apt- ness and fitness for his new business were soon made evident. Finding that country milling was too narrow a field for his ambition, he sold the Union Mills and went to St Joseph, entering into a co-partnership with K. V. Riley in the well- known City Mill-. Soon after A. I'.ealtie. the nt Mayor of St. Joseph, purchased Mr. Riley's interest, and the mills were run under the firm 11:11110 of R. T. Davis a- Co. until l s 7 G . when Mr. Davis became sole proprietor. An untiring de- votion to business soon made him master of mill- ing in all it- branches, and the manufacture of line winter wheat tlour became to him an all-im- portant subject. Many improvements were made. until his favorite brand, "St. Joseph No. I," be- came a byword in the We-t for everything excel- lent iii the flour line. No new invention of merit i s lo the front but what it can be found in iv Mills. To keep pace with tin' rapid progression of the present time requires persistent and energetic la- bor, but to take the lead, a- the subject of our -ketch ha- done, requires a combination of indus- 666 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. try, pluck and genius more often wanting than found. One secret of Mr. Davis' success lies in the fact of his always employing the best skilled labor to bu obtained, regardless of cost, justly feeling that in a business where the article manu- factured comes before the general public for its reputation, and where the merited reputation is not only a matter of dollars and cents to the pro- ducer, but a test of ability, the verj best means should be employed to make it the best that the market affords. In compliment to his successful perseverance and energy, the citizens of Buchanan County pre- sented Mr. Davis with a magnificent gold watch, upon the case of which was inscribed: "Presented to R. T. Davis, April 23, 1877, by the citizens of St. Joseph and Buchanan County, Mo., in appre- ciation of his fancy brand flour, 'St. Joe Xo. 1,' as being the best flour ever sold in St. Joseph, Mo." It is a compliment worth many a struggle to have it said, as it is of Mr. Davis, "He stands at the head of the milling business in the West." A man of strict integrity, a member of the Meth- odist Church, full of enterprise and public spirit, a consistent Democrat, and a self-made man, we can but feel that the sketch of such a life will prove of interest to the general reader, showing the young that "There is no royal road to fame and fortune," but that it can only be gained by perseverance and hard work. 7 •5**$"I"$*n PUDLEY M. STEELE, the subject of this ! sketch, was born near Nicholasville, Jessa- mine County, Ky. His father, Samuel Camp- bell Steele, was born in Virginia, and at an early date removed with his father, David Steele, and his three brothers, David, Thomas and William Steele, to Kentucky. Samuel Campbell Steele, the father of Dudley, was a prominent farmer and operated a flour and saw mill, and also a distillery. for many years. He married Elizabeth Mitchum, October 12, 1812, daughter of Dudley Mitchum, of Woodford Count}', Ky., who became the mother of nine children, of whom two sons and two daugh- ters are still living. Dudley was only seven years old when he lost his mother, and his father died when he was a youth of fifteen, when the care of the family devolved on his elder brother, William. Our subject left school after attaining a fair Eng- lish education, with some knowledge of the classics. His first start in life was in Lexington, Ky.. where he obtained employment with Dudley M. Craig, one among the largest merchants of the city. At the end of several years Mr. Steele found his health impaired from close attention to business, and having read the glowing accounts then circu- lated in regard to the rich soil of Missouri, de- termined to seek his fortune in the Platte Pur- chase. He was opposed strongly by his friends, but persisted in his determination. In the spring of 1842, when barely of age, he mounted his horse, which he rode to Louisville. There he embarked on a steamer bound for St. Louis. On arrival at that city he continued his journey on horseback until he finally landed where the city of St. Joseph now stands, in June, 1842, and in that year com- menced farming in Andrew County, three miles west of Rochester. While on the farm he was ap- pointed Justice of the Peace of the township by the County Court. This position he held one term. In 1847 Mr. Steele married Miss Mary E. Mitchum, whose father was a well-known farmer of Woodford County, Ky. One child, a daughter, came to bless this union. The mother was called from this life June 17, 184'J, when her child was only a few months old. The farming operations of Mr. Steele had begun to tell upon his health, and he concluded to abandon agriculture. Ac- cordingly, in May, 1850, in company with twenty men from Andrew County, with ten wagons and a small drove of cattle, they started for the Golden State. On account of the Indians they were ob- liged to make plans for defense, and he was elected Captain. After numerous adventures and experi- ences they finally arrived in California, having been just four months on the way. Mr. Steele, finding that stock-raising was one of the most important business enterprises of Cali- PORTS \i I \\i> BIOGR \piik \i. RECORD. 667 fornia, entered into partnership with James Mo- Cord, and together they continued dealing in stock until the health of Mr. McCord induced him td sell his interest to hi- partner. In the fall of 1851, tin- latter al>o sold nut ami returned by way for many year- one of the most prominent in dealing in ami raising American sturk in Upper California, tie crossed the plains three times with trains, always returning by tin- water route. In 1858 Mr. Steele wedded Eliza Smith May, of Washington County. Ky. She was a beautiful ami accomplished lady, a devoted Christian, ami a loving wife and mother. Only three years after her marriage, she departed this life after a linger- ing illness of more than a year. One of her chil- dren died when quite young, but the elder one. John M.. is still living. Mr. Steele was elected to the Legislature in 1856 from the district comprising Colusa and Tehama Counties, by the largest majority ever given in that locality. After giving up his California busi- ness, he, with the other members of the linn, em- barked in the wholesale grocery business in this city, also opened a house in Omaha, Neb., and has been almost continuously interested in the gro- cery business in both cities ever since. In .March. 1868, Mr. Steele and Miss Minnie Withers were married. Of their live children, three still sur- vive. That same year our subject was elected President of the Fire and Marine Insurance Co., and was twice re-elected. About this time he was actively interested in the promotion of the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad, lie was elected President of the company but was obliged to re- sign, as the duties were too arduous. In 1876 he was made President of the Hoard of Trade, and in the same year was a Direotor of the Bridge Com- pany. Again embarking in the wholesale grocery busi- ness in 1872, under the firm name of I). M. Steele & Co., our subject secured a location on Fourth Street, but afterward bu ill the present house on Third and Messanie Streets. The firm in 1884 be- came Steele a- Walker, which it is at present. Their house al Omaha ha- built up a large trade and i- nOW ill Charge Of Dudley Smith, a wide-awake young business man. assisted by his son, John M. Steele, under the firm name of D. M. Steele A I ■•. •$•==+=+ 7 R \\K I', "i l-.\ VWINE, whose residence is n one of the beautiful suburbs of St Jo- i)> seph, namely Wyatl Park, is Citj Electri- cian and Superintendent of the St. Joseph City Electric' Light plant. This position is one involv- ing considerable responsibility and requiring tin' skill of an expert in the management, a- there are twelve dynamo-, each having a two-thousand candle power, and each furnishing illumination through thirty lights. Also in the near future the city's lighting capacity will probably be increased by the introducti f three more large dynamos. This position of Superintendent also involves a heavy financial responsibility, as the lighting of the streets costs something like *!" per year for each lamp. Put all burdens are light to those like Mr. Yenawine. who is amply able to discharge the duties of a difficult position, both by reason of love fur the work and unusual fitness fur it. Mr. Yenawine began work a- a line constructor in Keokuk, Iowa, about twelve years ago, erecting a telegraph and telephone line to Chicago. In that city he engaged in electric-light work for a time, coming to St. Joseph in 1**7, where he established the American District Telegraph Company. Soon after he added tO that the St Joseph l'.lei trie Supply Company. Pur the People's Railroad Companj this Concern did all of the wiring and put in all of the incandescent lights in the stations, in addition to the street construction work. In September. 1891, Mr. Yenawine became Su- perintendent of the city plant and City Electri- cian, being the Brat who ha- ever occupied that po- sition. He has about sixteen men regularly cm- ployed, ami owing to his genius ami well-directed 668 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. efforts, St. Joseph is as well lighted and brilliant a city at night as can be found on these Western prairies. Mr. Yenawine is absorbed in his work, and fully realizes the truth that electricity is the great and coming power which will move the world. He is an expert electrician, thorough]}' familiar with all the details of his work. He has recently superintended the wiring of the new Crawford Opera House. Mr. Yenawine was born near Louisville, Ky., August 23, 1853. When he was a lad he removed with his parents to Keokuk, Iowa, where he grew to manhood. In that city his father, W. II. Yen- awine, carried on a large mill. When sixteen years old Mr. Yenawine commenced traveling for a house in Chicago, continuing in its employ un- til he commenced electrical work about the year 1881. His brother was in the employ of a tele- phone company at St. Joseph, and afterward be- came superintendent of the system. He also served for two years in Kansas City as Superin- tendent of the Missouri & Kansas Telegraph Com- pany. His death occurred on the 10th of June, 1890, when he was still in the prime of manhood, being only thirty-six years of age. It was largely owing to this brother's interest and recommenda- tion that Mr. Yenawine cast his lot with the in- habitants of St. Joseph. In this city, September 3, 1889, was celebrated the marriage of Frank P. Yenawine and Mrs. Mamie Maisner. Mrs. Yenawine is a lady of su- perior education and natural talent, and presides over her pleasant home in a very agreeable man- ner. dfUDGE HARRY KEENE is one of the most popular gentlemen in the city of St. Joseph, I and is the only one who has been elected County Judge on the Republican ticket since the late disfranchisement. In 1888 he was nomi- nated and elected by a large majority, being the only representative of his party who succeeded in the race that year. His term lasted from January, 1889, to December 31, 1891, and during this time man}- improvements were made at the County Poor Farm, under his direction, adding greatly to the comfort of the inmates and the credit of the county. Various modern appliances, such as electric lights and steam heat, were placed in the institution, and during his administration a great change for the better was made on the roads in different districts. " These are only a few instances among many of the power he exercised for the good of his fellow citizens and constituents. Judge Keene is now engaged in the real estate business, and is Assistant Secretary of the Uvalde Irrigation, Manufacturing & Water Company of this city. The birth of our subject occurred in Bristol, England, September 18, 1847, his parents being Joseph and Elizabeth Churchouse Keene. They were both natives of England, as had been their ancestors for many generations. On the paternal side our subject's forefathers followed the, peaceful pursuit of tilling the soil. A sister of his mother, Mrs. Hodge, was a missionary to Canada. In 1850 Joseph Keene sold his large farm in Eng- land and came to America with his oldest brother. Hi' located near Dubuque, Iowa, where he engaged in farming, trying to get a home and start in the New World before sending for his family. In 1855 he returned and made all arrangements for their speedy emigration and started back, but from that day was never heard from, and it is supposed that he was murdered in Pennsylvania. The mother came to America some years after our sub- ject, and died in Park Ridge, Cook County, 111., in 1877. She was a devoted member of the Epis- copal Church, and a woman of lovely Christian character. Our subject is one of thirteen children, four of whom were sons and nine daughters, and only five of whom yet survive. His oldest brother, Joseph C, was in Company A., First Iowa Infantry, en- listing at the first tap of the drum for the three months' service, and then for a period of three years. He died in Belleville, Republic County, Kans., in 1 S92, was an ex-County Judge, Justice of the Peace, and a prominent man in that state. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL KKCORD. 669 Our subject was reared on a farm near Bristol, the place of his birth, and attended the con □ schools. He was onlj ten years of age when he was apprenticed to the drag business for three years, and next, until 1864, was in the employ of a butcher. He was then fireman on the Bristol A. Exeter Railroad for three years, when in 1867, he decided to seek his fortunes in America, and ac- cordingly left Liverpool on a steamer, the "City of Paris,'' which fated vessel went to the bottom on the return trip. At the end of eight days Mr. Keene landed in New York city, going directly to Chicago and worked until the following spriug on a farm in Cook County. Coming to St. Joseph, he obtained employment as fireman on the old Platte County Railroad, which later became the Missouri Valley, and is now the Kansas City Line. In 1870 he became an engineer and was in service for seven years between Kansas City and Omaha, dur- ing all those years being so fortunate as not to be in any serious wreck. In 1877 he retired from his position as engineer, running a restaurant, on Ed- mond street until 1880, when he sold out and turned his attention to manufacturing soda and mineral water, taking as his partner James Hay- ward, under the firm name of Keene & Hay ward. Their manufactory was on Third street, and there they continued in business until 1890, when they sold out, since which time our subject has been largely engaged in the real estate business. In 1890 Mr. Keene became interested in the Uvalde Irrigation. Manufacturing & Water Com- pany of Uvalde County, Tex. The company owns twenty-five thousand acres, and their object is ob- taining a water supply for irrigating that dry por- tion of the state by means of canals connecting with the Mississippi river. The sum of $350,000 was required for the construction of these aque- ducts, but the returns are sure, as by this means a large part of country otherwise useless is re claimed for farming purposes. This county is on the line of the Southern Pacitic Railroad, ninety- three miles west of San Antonio. Probably no man in this vicinity is more inter- ested in civic societies than is Judge Keene. par- ticularly in the Masonic fraternities. He is Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mis si>uri of the An -mi, t I i.-. ,v Accept, d Masons; is a member of St. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, Ancient free \ Accepted Masons; of St. Joseph Chapter, No. 14, Royal Arch Masons; was thrice Illustrious Master of the Royal & Select Masons, St. .bis, |,i Council, No. 9; is a member of St. Joseph Commandery, Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias. He belongs to the Temple Shrine, and a charter member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In 1880 he became a representative of the Sub ordinate Lodge, and rose through the different offices of the Grand Lodge, being appointed in November of 1892 Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. In 1886 he was made District Lecturer of the Twelfth District .if this state, which includes Buchanan, Andrew and De Kalb counties. From 1887 to 1892 he held the commission of Deputy Grand Master of the Twelfth .Judicial District, and in ISSN was ap pointed Representative of the Grand Lodge of Colorado, from Missouri, by Grand Master Will iam D. Todd, and still holds the appoint men! . c-n ^R: - •_ ~s f(OHX A. DOLMAN, Judge of the Police ^. I Court of St. Joseph, has been a prominent {J officer before the public in this locality for many years, and has been intimately con nected with most of the important, enterprises car- ried on in this city. He has always given his time and efforts to the general good, and but little toward the advancement of his personal interest. Though he saw others around him making fort ones lie did not avail himself of the many chances open to him to do likewise, but has carried into practice his idea that much wealth is not a desirable thing. few movements toward the extension of city limits and privileges have been set on foot but lie has endeavored to promote the same. During the format ive period of t he St . Joseph &< (rand [aland Railway he was Secretary ami has always been closely connected with all railroad enterpt centering in this city. G70 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mr. Dolman was born nearZanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, on February 1, 1822, and was reared to manhood on his father's farm. On reaching his majority he started out to seek his fortune aud first went on a flat-boat from his native town to New Orleans, taking goods to that city. He then came up the river to St. Louis, and for five years was a clerk in the office of the Missouri Republican, now called the Republic. Col. George Knapp was then the proprietor of the paper, and in 1852 our subject accompanied the latter to the celebration in Hannibal in honor of breaking the ground for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, since which time Mr. Dolman has been closely connected with all interior improvements. In 1849 he engaged in the real estate business in St. Louis and five years later came to this city, representing St. Louis owners of land lying close to the city, their object being to divide, plat and place them on the market. St. Joseph's business portion then was east of Main street, and occupied space that has long since become the bed of the Big Muddy river. Mr. Dolman perceived the importance of this citv as a commercial center and resolved to cast his lot among her citizens. He at once brought his family from St. Louis aud for thirty-nine years has been closely identified with everything that has added to the prosperity of the "Electric City." Scarcely an addition to the place at those early days but was promoted by his energy and activity. Largely through his ability, enthusiasm and personal at- tention the village of a few hundred souls grew into a city, its once limited streets now stretching for miles in each direction. Beautiful wooded spots, then in the open country, were set aside as parks, now the present magnificent breathing places for the city, and the surrounding forests and corn fields were turned into beautiful homes for the rapidly increasing populace. The subdivisions of South St. Joseph, Northwest St. Joseph, part of Patee's Addition and part of Smith's Addition were added under the improvement and extension companies in which Mr. Dolman was much in- terested. Though Mr. Dolman has never occupied the Mayor's chair he has filled equally important po- sitions, at the present time serving his twelfth year as a dispenser of city justice. He was first elected as Recorder in 1859, serving as such for three years, when Jefferson Thompson was Mayor. After an interval of nineteen years we find him again in the Recorder's seat, being elected in 1882 for two years. In 1886 he was again chosen and served for four years, being succeeded by Judge Sanford in 1890, which gentleman, an able jurist and up- right citizen, died while an incumbent of the office, and our subject was appointed to fill the unexpired term of seven months, and at its expiration in 1892 was elected for the seventh time as Judge of the Criminal Court in this city. The business of this court has kept pace with the city's growth and from the few criminal cases that he was called to pass upon in 1859 the Judge now decides upward of three thousand cases a year. While the stern demand of the law requires prompt and unsympa- thetic decisions in the disposal of the numberless cases incident to every city, Judge Dolman has a heart which is quick to respond to innocent suffer- ing, and many offenders are let off with. good ad- vice and a word of sympathy when a less tender Judge would impose a sentence carrying with it a sense of shame and a degrading rather than an ennobling influence. In addition to his judicial service to the city the Judge has served as City Register and Assessor, also being a member of the City Council for several years, and was County Coroner for some time. Though never admitted to the bar, the Judge is well read on law, his ad- vice and counsel being highly esteemed. Upon the outbreak of hostilities in the late Civil War Judge Dolman early became a member of a company of militia, which Gen. Bassett had raised, and on his promotion our subject was made Cap- tain, first of Company F, enrolled Missouri mili- tia, and later of Company M, Third Provisional Regiment, a command that was incidentally in the United States service. Afterward our subject be- came a member of Company F, Eighty first Regi- ment, and in addition to his duties in the ranks he was made General Mustering Officer for Northwest Missouri. He was Judge Advocate of the Military Commission and Commissary of Exemptions and during the latter part of the service was Major on the staff of Gen. James Craig. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 671 s APT. MICHAEL M. KANE i- Chief of the Fire Department and is deserving of great credit for the fine system of protec- tion from liivs which is so generally commended in St. Joseph. Since 1879 Mr. Kane has been con- aected in some capacity with this department, but at th.it time the city was furnished with only two stations. As the city has increased in population and building enterprises have been advanced in all portions, it has been found necessary to have ad- ditional protection, and they now have nine wcll- equipped fire engine stations, employing forty-four men, twenty-three of whom have been added since our subject was made Chief. He has also two as- sistants and lias a wide field of supervision. lie keeps well posted on the modern methods of cop- ing with lire and has made a special study of Chi- cago's provisions for lire protection. Mr. Kane was born in Cole County, Mo.. August 15, 1855. and is a son of .lames and Mary (Burke) Kane. The parents were both natives of County Tipperary, Ireland, and emigrated to America when young. The former was foreman of the building of tunnels on the Missouri Pacific near Jefferson City for some time, and in the fall of 1856 came to St. Joseph, where he engaged in steamboat ing on the Missouri River for some years, and latei engaged in teaming and freighting until shortly before his death, which occurred in April, 1888, he having reached the age of seventy-three years. Our subject's mother died in 1878, leav- ing a family of seven children, all but, one of whom are yet living. .Mr. Kane, who is the eldest of the family, re- ceived a good education in the public schools and attended the Christian Brothers' College at Si. Joseph, lie early commenced to make his own way in the world, and worked in a brick-yard un- til 1871. lie was apprenticed to Charles Sher- wood, Jr., to learn the drug business, but at the em! of three years he found it too confining and therefore entered the employ of F. 1,. SommerS A Co., cracker manufacturers, continuing with that firm until April. 1879, at which time he firsl be- came connected with the lire department, being engaged as :i substitute. So faithfully did be per- forin his duties that he was retained iii service, and at the end of eighteen months was made fore- man of one of the two existing companies. In 1882 he received an appointment as Assistant Chief from (apt. Posegate, who was Mayor at that time. In that capacity he acted for three \ear~. and was then raised to the rank of ( [lief of the Department by II. R. W. Hartwig. \iiout thi- time it was considered, and justlj too. that politics should not enter into the - tion of appointments, and since that time all has been left in the bands of the Chief, who i>. of course, in a position to know belter than the out- ride public the men who are qualified to fill higher positions. In 1885, when Mr. Kane as- sumed charge as Chief, there were four stations only in the city, since which tune be has been ac- tive in seeming much additional protection and has more than doubled the number of Stations lie takes great pride in the etlicieucy of this de- partment, which is so largely under his control, and which he has year by year drilled, until it has now become one of the best in the Western cities. Mr. Kane was an organizer of the Park Bank, was formerly a Director and is still a stockholder, lie also owns interest in different building and loan associations, is a member of the Ancient Order of I nited U'm kmen and of the Sherman Club. He is at present First Vice-president, and on the Execu- tive Committee. of the Association of chief Engi- neers, and attend- the meetings Of the A--ocia- tions every year, iii 1891 going to their conven- tion in Detroit, and the following year to Louis- ville, Ky. Our subject is a Democrat, and is a member of the Catholic church, attending the Cathedral. A V I I) SE R I.KS was born in Tuscarawas m County. Ohio. Ma\ 2, 1839. His father. John W., was born in the same county, while his grandfather. David, for whom he was named, was a British subject, but on coming to America soon espoused the cause of freedom \>\ 672 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. entering the ranks of the American army under Gen. Putnam, and fighting for American freedom until peace was declared. He died at a ripe old age. Our subject had but a very meagre chance for obtaining an education, yet had enough to enable liiin to pass through life very creditably thus far, always managing his business himself, all through the various vocations he has followed, such as farmer, stock and grain shipper, and merchant. He is now back at farming again, the only inde- pendent life a man can satisfactorily lead. His wife, to whom he was united in 1861, was Miss Prudence Salisbury, of Ohio, born in 1841, a daugh- ter of Peter and Martha (Abrams) Salisbury, for- merly of Massachusetts, and a descendant of an old English family of note in their native country. They have two children to bless their home, David, Jr., born November 10, 1863, and Italda P., born February 2, 1865, a modest-appearing young lady of much note in her circle of ac- quaintances. She possesses a fine musical talent, accompanied by a soft contralto voice, full of pathos and meaning in rendering her songs. Mr. Series is one of the substantial farmers of this section. He raises and feeds large numbers of cattle and hogs, and has a good acreage of cereals of all kinds. He is a Republican of a de- cided kind, but aspires to no political notoriety, his farm interests needing his whole attention. He is a supporter of the Baptist Church, to which he is very much attached, as likewise are his wife and children. A kind and devoted Christian hus- band and father, a good neighbor and citizen, he deserves well of the community in which he lives. BIOGI^^Ksfl Li. .... : U>ercrombie, R. M 174 AI..-I1. J. J I M Academy of Mm- Sacreil Heart nil Adams, Jolin 23 Adams, John y 33 Adams, W. K 206 Adkins, Hon. G. G BOS A.lsit.S. M 174 Albrechl & Huber 270 Allgaler, M.s 546 Aiubr se,J. W 1*7 Andrews, L. G 527 Andria Joseph 453 Inge), John 132 Arnholt Cant. Philip 888 Arthur, Chester A ... 99 Uhbrook, Mahlon 128 Uchiaon, Hon. I>. B 650' Atkinson, F. M 126 Audriano, QustaTUS 474 Austin, J. M., M. 1> 377 \» lesbury, Thomas ,".7o Aylesbury, W. T .M7 13 I, W.M 628 Baker, B, E M4 Bauble, ttaj. A.T 138 Beck, Dominlck 624 Behr, "ti 589 I:. II, .1. M..M. n his it. Dr. J.T 268 II. i. John "17 O. D 160 mtahT.Q. 1 587 rstaff, W.l Birch, Col. J. II 668 Bland, W. W., M. l> 583 : Bloomer, John .".in Boone, H c :i:«; B K.R 388 Boring, J. A us Mo wen, H. J 157 Boyd.C. H..H.D 110 Bi i- - W. E 199 Breckenrtdge, Judge A. A .58] Brewster, A. W Brilhart, Prof. 1>. S 171 Br< der, .'■ >hn 163 Brown, A. H Brown, C. F 358 Brown, Hon.T. A 2K8 Browne, Francis 523 Browne, W. J Bryan, .1. s . 188 Buchanan. James 7.". Buckingham, H. G 239 Buechele, William 384 Buell, G -ge 133 Burgess, T.J 118 llurke. Dr. H..J 602 urnes, C. F in: Burnes, H..n..T. N 264 Bumham.C. N 190 Busbnell, Rev. Albert 'J7H Cahlll.F. U 548 Campbell, O. B., M. D 186 Canady.C. M 317 II, mi. J. H 287 P.J :.in Carpenter, B, S. . m; Carpenter, B, r . M l> 143 I irpi oter, W. II 188 Cars C, W 815 Carson, 8. .1 168 Carson, s U 128 Carter, ('. M Isl (caviezel, .1 A 131 Chambers, Frank 397 Chastain.C. Vt ,, M. 1> 368 < Ihrlstopher, Hiram, M D 126 ii,i'. B 525 Cleveland, 8. Grover 108 Cloud, s I. . M D 808 Coberly, W. D ■'■<■'■ Cochrane, H.8 Collins, Frank Connell. K T Connett, ll T 600 II. M 108 ( iopeland, Abner 142 Corbitt, J. H 18 Corby, John I orington, .1. C 417 < Jornelius, W . \ t ; it> Cowan. Hon. S.D 125 Cozine, G. l 865 Crawford, " H..M. D 503 Cr,,ws. Thomas 568 Crowther, E. .1 269 Cnllen. Rev. B. J 29J Curd, Isaae 283 l in li~. Harry 178 Custer.J.E 227 Czech, Charles 1) Daily, W. F 687 i on, K. M 878 Dai is, 1 1. in. Abraham r.to-" Davis, Capt. .1. ll Davis, John "'17 Davis, K. I 665 DaWSOn, Will nun 41,0 Deaklns, J. a 510 De Fonda, I E 314 od.John . Ceil. .1. W Uberl :i7'.i DeStelguer, Eugene ISO Devorss, Rev. Hiram 506 Dolman, .1. A 689 in, Hon. F. A .--'■' bertv, \. H [ lass.J. W II Q. W . M. I' 260 Downea, William Drals, James 161 J G Dumbell, John 629 Dunn, II. W Dyer, I.T.,Jr 193 E Eckel, E.J in Flam. U.T...M. ll C. P 507 Fills. F. B Mil Flhs. T. M Jlls Elmeodorf, ll. 1 287 F.i list, F. F Sstep, .lae.,1, -J7.t Evans, I,. I. ua Evans, T. W 128 Swing, W.J i B / li. W. ti 826 Farris.S. 1) 610 FauceU, K. H 294 \. .1 60S Ferrell, Judge .hum's Ill I Field, F. A 688 Field, P.B Fillmore, Millard 81 Finn. I'. A Force, D. H (28 Foster, George 828 il. l > .J.A..M.D ti : Fuller!. .n,, I. II 166 I hi \ ,.\ e, F. 1' 588 11:11111, I 8. . tiaim. B. \ .497 III 674 INDEX. Gant. J. O. K.,M. D 446 Gardner, E. 31 496 Garfield, .Tames A 95 Sates, Col. Elijah 127 Gates,.!. E 601 Gates, L. W„ M. D 583 Gaugta.C. T 477 Geiger, Jacob, M. 1) 141 Geiwitz, J. G 197 Qernandt, William 378 Getchell.H. G 234 Gibson, H E 374 Gibson, J. A 349 Gibson, J. \V 630 Gibs W. E 457 Gilmer, O. M 195 Goetz, M. K 510 Good, G. M 410 Good, J. R 198 Gooding, John 577 Goodwin, Tobias 508 Gore, J. A..M.D 230 Graham, Rev. F. W 447 Grant, Ulysses S 87 Grebel. Hugo 538 ( hreenard, Stephen 621 Grill, W. U 445 Grubb. Judge J. P 223 H Haefeli, Wernbard 305 Hall, Thomas 643 Harrison, Benjamin 107 Harrison, William Henry. . . . 51 Hartwig, Hon. H. K. W 203 Hawkins, Rev. T. H 6:55 Hayes, Rutherford B 91 Haymore, J. P 496 Heck, Herman 290 Heddens, J. W., M. D 193 Herach, Martin 044 Heuschele. Phillip 4*0 Hllgerl , Michael 363 Hinckley, A. C 56s) Hockaday, \V. D 196 Hoffman, w. R 199 Hohl, G. M 200 Horn.C. L 304 298 Lemon, J. S 138 Leonard, J. L 437 Lewis, F. W 393 Liebig, William 339 Limbird, Hon. James 277 Lincoln, Abraham 79 Linnenkamp, Rev. C 475 Little, P. C 622 Loan, Gen. B. F 172 Logan, J. S., M. D 161 Lower, Henry 546 Lower, Isaac 455 Lykins, J. A 350 [ng'cs, Charles Islaub, A. F .2)3 .415 M MacDonald, Capt. C. C 257 Mai linger, Jacob 383 Hadlson, James 31 Mansfield, Hon. J. W 658 Marshall. D. E 404 Martin, Bert 484 Martin, Rev. Charles 209 Martin. Patrick 572 Martin, Z. T., M. D 425 Mast, Fritz 528 Matney, W. M 493 Maxwell, F. W 520 Maxwell, Logan 654 ■locale, J. F 408 McCauley, Jacob 614 McCorkle, N. M 366 McCrauor, C. D., M. I) 549 McDonald, D. M 629 McDonald, H. L 228 McDonald, J. 1 618 McDonald, R. L 119 McDonald, W. F 612 Mclnerny, Joseph 251 Mclntyre, H. B 565 McMichael. J. M 647 Meadows, W. C 528 Mcierhoffer, George 659 Meyer, C. F 229 Meyer, Oscar 479 Michel, John. - 539 Millan, Hon. J. A 275 Miller, Prof. C. F, 205 Miller, D. C 345 Miller, I. N.,M. D 216 Mitchell, Hon. James 217 Monroe, James 35 Montgomery. John 148 Moore, Benjamin 359 Moore, E. T. , M. D 467 Moran, John 519 Morey, A. M 639 Morgan, R. S 611 Morley, Patrick 460 Morris, G. w 297 Morrison, W.S., M. D 469 Moss, J. B 204 Mudge.S. R 536 Muehe, G. L. H 303 Muehleisen , John 206 Mil II. -n. L. N 533 N Nash, E. H 176 Nash, R. M 326 Neely, E B 27fi Nelson, N. P 369 Newberry. O. P 405 Newman, Rev. Andrew 429 Nielson, Hans 121 o Oppeaheimer, Joseph. Owen, J. A .250 .117 Packard, C. E 390 Packard, J. L :;i;i Patton, Bernard 317 Pfeiller, Joseph 151 Phillips, Hon. F. D 387 Pierce, Franklin 71 Piner, J. A 289 Polk, James K 59 Posegate, Capt. F. M 210 Potter, T. E., M. D 287 Puree]], Michael, M. B 285 Pyne, M. B 353 Q Quinn, Jeremiah 429 R Rea.R. W., M. D ...488 Read, A. D ...533 Reed. M. A ...131 Reynolds, H. B ...621 Reynolds, J. J ...530 Reynolds, S. D., M. D ...404 Richmond, J'. M., M. D... . ..323 Riley, J. B.,M. D ...165 Ritchey.J. c. M. Ii ...396 Roberts, Hon. J. C ..217 ...426 Robinson, J. H. C, M. D.. ..104 Rogers, Capt. J. S ...152 Sallee, William 183 Samuel, (i. W 131 Sandusky. O. A 220 Sal sky, w. h 599 Sautter, John 637 Saxton, Cyrus 235 Saxl on, James 643 V Schlupp, N. J 353 Schuster, Col. A. N 119 Scott, Samuel 579 Senor, S. D., M. D 561 Series, David Oil Sheldon, Allen 367 Shepherd, Hon. w. M 124 Sherman. G. L., M. D 571 INDKX. 675 Sherwood, Re. . E. B 258 Shan I, J B tv.vs Sherwood, W. M :«• Shirley, W. M 280 Shall, O.J 580 Siemens, C. J . M. D 170 Simmon, John 500 Simmons, F. A., H I' 4ln Skouten, Allen 593 Smedley.J. M 314 Smith, Hon. Qeorge 504 II. II 545 Smith, Capt. I. S 333 Smith, Rodney 554 Smith, 11. .n U . I! -2SH Snowden, II. <> 224 Snyder.J. H., M. I> 115 Snyder, .1. it 633 Snyder, W. P 47:1 Sowdon, A. l; 460 Sparks, J. H..! 57s Spencer, Bon " M 136 i. ii. M 486 Spratt, E. 11 320 Spratt, w. E 154 Stafford, J. B 315 Staley, W.C 594 Stanton, Hon, W. U 280 Stark*. .1. " 219 Slarks. W F., M. I' 4011 Starr, . I. W ;1I7 Steele, Hon. D. M 886 Steele, w.T 364 Stephens, J. IB7 Stewart, Robert, SI. I> 213 Stewart, W. C st C. N IMS Suns., n. 0.0 :'.ts St. Joseph < Commercial College ...Ml St. Mim. -I, ins Church ..028 SI. .in-. Knar >■ St. . ult. r.. I. W 175 Stringfellow, Hon.J. II 171 Stringfellow, Maj. W. E 219 Strop, C. V 470 Stuart, I.. I'.. M. |i 114 ,- Stupin , 1.. .1 206 Swartz, Joseph 5t;:i Sweeney, M. K 555 Swenson, Miss Marie 1st, Talbot, 1. s.. M. |i 515 Taylor, Zacbary G3 Thomas, it. ll 860 Thompson, C. M 248 Lemon .v Co tK>4 Tootle, Milton 104 roi pey, H. K :170 Turner, Hon. E. W 156 Turner, Col. Winslow 388 I "ill lie-. , II.. I. T. E T\ lor. Col. J. V T.\ l.r. John r si, J. I„ I II I 648 Van Buren, M.n-t in . . 47 Van Doventer, O.E 215 w Wachter, Mrs. Louise r.lii .. Egid 184 w agner, Rev . Domonlcli . . .411 Walker, E.T 159 Washiii_ii.ii. i ieorge lit Watson, Elijah 295 Weaver, Oapl T. E u eckei le, Casper 170 ,Oarl West, i barli Weyiii.iiin. M I , M ll Wickenhoefer, Jacob 177 Wldman, William. . .... Wild, E. 11 308 Wilkerson, Van Huron 335 U illiain*. J. II n : Prof, J. [1 11:1 Wils J. M Wilson, Riley Wilson, W. N .1 ; Winn, 1 A38 rd,J. II Womaob, w. 1: Wood, II. w 214 Woods <" K Woodson, II. hi. Silas. ... Wray, E. M 299 Wright, I' B Wyatt, .1 U I.M I M Venawine. K. P 687 Young, Oapl . Qeorge 513 Young, K. 1 590 Young, Hon. Waller PORTRAITS. Adams/John 22 Adams, John Q 38 Amlriano, Joseph 452 Arthur, Chester A 08 Ashbrook, Mahlon 122 . Maj. A.T 132 Berghoff, J. T., M. D 202 Browne, Francis 522 Buchanan, James 74 Burgess, T.J 412 Cleveland, S. Grover 102 Cloud, S. E 302 Ooberly, W. D 342 Crawford, W. 11., M. l> 502 Cullen, Rev. a. .1 292 Curd, Isaac 292 W. F 680 Davidson, E. M :tr-j Davis, Capt. J. II 232 Dyer, J. T., Jr 192 Estep, Jacob 272 Fillmore, Millard 66 Finn, V. A 662 Qarfield, James A 114 Jacob, M. 11 ...1111 1 ling, John ">7t ' ling, Mrs. .1. E 575 Grant, r. S 36 Harrison, Benjamin 106 Harrison, W. H 50 Hartwlg.H it. w 202 Hayes, K.B 90 ll, d. lens, .1. W.,M. I) [92 Bilgert, Michael 362 Hinckley. A. C Hull, J. C 312 Hyde, A. C Ingles, < Ibarles 242 Jackson, Andre* . 42 Jefferson, Thomas 26 Johnson, Andrevi 8*2 Lincoln ..braham 78 Logan, J S..M.D 1(10 Uadinger, Jacob Madison, James :io Monro. .I. ;; Morj ! " 1: s 610 ■ iwen, .1. A lit; Pfeiffei . Col James 150 Franklin 70 Polk. J. K 58 Reed, M. A 130 Rej molds, II H 820 Richmond, .1. M 123 William Mrs William... . .lame. KI2 Sherwood, Rei . Ellshs 252 Sherwood, J. B 652 Skouten, Allen 592 Snyder, Edward 172 Snyder, .1. 1; 832 ' . Robert , M. D 212 Stringfi How, II. .11. .1 N 170 swartz, Joseph Zaobary Tyler, John Van Buren, Bfartin 41; Washington, George 18 Williams, 1. U Williams. Marietta 012 Wilson, Riley -e VIEW'S. Academy of the Sacred Heart Ill christian Brothers' Heuschele, Phillip isi j( Kessler, ,1a. 'oh I'M rollett, Jeremiah. ■ ■ i"i 11, William Mil . K. I - -