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HISTORY 

OF 


HARRISON  COUNTY 


MISSOURI 


BY 

GEO.  W.  WANAMAKER 


ILLUSTRATED 


Historical  Publishing  Company 

Topeka— Indianapolis 

1921 


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PREFACE 


It  is  not  an  easy  matter  to  write  the  history  of  such  a  county  as 
Harrison.  Many  events  had  an  influence  in  shaping  its  destiny.  Less 
than  a  century  ago,  the  territory  comprising  this  county  was  a  wild, 
unbroken  waste,  inhabited  by  the  howling  wolf,  the  fleet-footed  deer,  the 
roaming  buffalo  and  the  untutored  Indian.  Then  came  the  white  man, 
and  all  was  changed,  and  the  hum  of  peaceful  industry  is  heard  on  every 
side.  Where  once  the  council  fire  blazed  and  the  wigwams  of  the  redman 
stood,  commercial,  industrial  and  social  institutions  have  developed. 

Prior  to  1859  there  was  no  newspaper  published  in  the  county.  The 
inhabitants  prior  to  that  date  were  not  privileged,  as  are  we,  to  read  the 
weekly  chronicles  of  the  events,  in  their  community,  and  in  writing  of  that 
time,  we  passed  beyond  listening  to  the  statements  of  the  oldest  in- 
habitants and  sought  information  from  the  most  reliable  and  authentic 
sources,  and  in  writings  of  others.  In  preparing  this  history  much  refer- 
ence is  had  to  articles  heretofore  written  and  published  by  Elder  John  S. 
Allen  and  Col.  D.  J.  Heaston,  and  much  information  has  been  derived  from 
contributors  of  today,  to  whom  the  writer  is  sincerely  grateful. 

History  is  a  record  of  human  events,  the  personal  element  ever  being 
present,  and  the  history  of  any  community  or  county  is  merely  a  record 
of  those  who  have  contributed  to  its  upbuilding  and  advancement.  The 
rank  and  file  of  the  people,  each  performing  his  duty  at  the  right  time  and 
place,  make  the  history  of  any  locality.  This  work,  therefore,  contains 
personal  sketches  of  many  who  have  been  identified  with  the  development 
of  Harrison  County. 

The  men  and  women  whose  faith,  courage,  foresight  and  industry 
have  made  Harrison  County  what  it  is  today  are  passing  away.  There- 
fore it  seems  but  fitting,  while  we  have  yet  with  us  some  of  these  pioneers, 
or  their  descendants,  that  we  secure  from  them  and  preserve  the  thrilling 
and  romantic  story  of  their  adventures,  struggles  and  achievements  in  the 
early  days  when  their  hearts  beat  young  and  their  enthusiasm  knew  not 
the  limitations  imposed  by  "Father  Time."  Then,  too,  there  are  many 
among  us  whose  ancestry  blazed  the  pathway  to  civilization  on  other  bor- 
ders, and  these  with  the  younger  generation  of  Harrison  county  are  mould- 
ing the  sentiment  and  shaping  the  destiny  of  this  splendid  county. 

It  is  hoped  that  this  work  records  a  story  worthy  of  being  handed 
down  to  future  generations  for  their  inspiration  and  guidance  in  building 
up  the  rich  and  broad  foundation  laid  by  their  fathers. 

GEO.    W.   WANAMAKER. 
Bethany,  Mo.,  Sept.  1,  1921. 


INDEX 


Adams,  Charles  B. 845 

Adams,  William  W. 388 

Allen  Carl 483 

Allen,  W.  J. 685 

Allman,  F.  J. 797 

Arney,  George   465 

Arney,  James  W.  566 

Assel,  OUie  V. 660 

Aten,  Edgar  A. 444 

Axline,  Arthur  A 377 

Axline,  Charles  A. 376 

Bacon,  John  W. 530 

Bain,  C.  R. 782 

Bain,  David   E.   734 

Baker,  Coy  E.  783 

Baker,  O.  S. 769 

Baker,  Wesley  C. 742 

Baldwin,  Elmer  C. 677 

Baldwin,  William  A. 572 

Baldwin,  W.  C.   692 

Bales,  William  H. 328 

Ballard,  John , 473 

Ballard,  Robert   M.   605 

Ballew,  J.  O.   764 

Barber,  John   576 

Barlow,  George  W.   594 

Barnett,   Edgar   B 716 

Bartlett,  Alva   C.    334 

Bartlett,  Ray   351 

Bartlett,  William    477 

Bazan,  Genevieve  844 

Beeney,  H.  W. 748 

Belden,  Mark  L. 825 

Bell,  B.   N.   664 

Bender,  Jacob  M. 461 

Berry,  J.  W. 482 

Bethany  Steam  Laundry 409 

Bishop,  G.  W.   802 

Black,  Willis   O.   449 

Blessing,  Isaac  H. 375 


Bloomfield,  H.  G.  366 

Bogue,  Josiah 549 

Bolar,  George  W. 315 

Bolar,  Willard  M. 316 

Booher,  John  W 709 

Booth,  W.  J. 785 

Bonser,  Alfred  C. 567 

Bowman,  Wesley    822 

Boyce,  Daniel  D. 336 

Brandom,  Vincent  B. 455 

Brewer,  Lake 609 

Bridges,  George  S. 613 

Brinigar,  Thomas 746 

Brinigar,  W.  J.  789 

Brough,. William  H. 667 

Brown,  Loyd   N.   318 

Brown,  Louden   S.   458 

Brown,  N.  M. 793 

Brown,  Orville    653 

Broyles,  James  L.   551 

Bryant,  John  B.   630 

Buis,  J.   G.   735 

Buntin,  Porter    791 

Burris,  Franklin   P.    432 

Burris,  George   R.   562 

Burris,  K.  Clifford 556 

Burris,  W.   Clay  481 

Burton,  William  R. 365 

Biissell,  L.   H.   625 

Butler,  Otis   G.    523 

Butler,  Ovid    H.    485 

Butler  Pharmacy,  The 346 

Caldwell,  Ira   750 

Carapman,  A.    B.    651 

Carter,  E.  Newton 581 

Carter,  Charles  O.   701 

Carter,  Elijah  A.   385 

Casebolt,  Chester    H.    506 

Casebolt,  James  W. 502 

Casidy,  W.   H.   624 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 


Castle,  E.  J. 499 

Chamberlin,  George   H.   703 

Chambers,  I.  R. 657 

Chambers,  J.   T.   650 

Chambers,  W.   P.   618 

Chandler,  Clifford 707 

Christie,  J.  A.   515 

Clark,  Francis  M. 399 

Clark,  William  M 524 

Claytor,  John  E. 339 

Clelland,  W.  R. 698 

Clinkinbeard,  Oscar  J. 459 

Collins,  G.    G.    615 

Courter,  W.  H.   542 

Cover,  J.   W.    501 

Cox,  Noah  S.  410 

Cramer,  G.  D 614 

Critchfield,  Ora 635 

Crossan,  Lawrence   M.   346 

Crouse.  William   784 

Cruzan,  John  A. 694 

Cruzan,  W.    H.    589 

Cuddy,  J.    H.    324 

Cumming,  Andrew  587 

Cummings,  Vincle  A.   423 

Cunniff,  J.   H.   604 

Curtis,  Oliver  W. 52G 

Dale,  J.  W. 796 

Dale,  W.    S.    803 

Dale.  S.  A.   420 

Dale,  Willard  A 718 

Davis.  F.  M. 717 

Davis.  George  M.  705 

Davis.  L.  M. 314 

Dearing.  H.   B.    723 

Dearing.  W.  T.   720 

Denny,  W.  Arthur 381 

Doherty,  T.    A.    437 

Donelson,  C.   H.    520 

Duff,  T.  S. 733 

Dunham,  William  O. 403 

Dunn,  H.   W.   325 

Dunn,  William  M.   330 

Eaton,  U.    G.    661 

Eherhardt,  Lester   C.    431 

Ebersole,  W.    J.    349 

Edson,  Isaac  A.    570 


Elliott,  C.  J. 809 

Endicott,  Ray    539 

Endsley,  Claude  A.   525 

England,  Mary  Frances  B. 467 

Evans,  S.  A. 329 

Everett,  Frank  A.   409 

Fancher,  Frank 708 

Flint,  A.    C.    333 

Flint,  Andrew   J.    440 

Flint,  John    H.    418 

Flint,  Owen  Paul 441 

Fordyce.  C.  C. 611 

Foreman.  Jacob    584 

Foster,  Samuel  R. 555 

Frame,  John  W. 693 

Frame,  Robert  S. 670 

Francis,  C.  A.   781 

Francis,  Jacob  J.  839 

Frank,  Jesse   F.   675 

French,  F.  D. 638 

Frisby,  E.  H.   843 

Funk,  A.   L.    356 

Gale,  Robinson  H.  457 

Garton,  George   W.    632 

Gates,  J.  M.  637 

German,  I.   A.   712 

Gibson,  George   W.    656 

Gibson,  Jesse  F 506 

Gillespie,  W.  H.  H.  496 

Girdner.  Charles    768 

Girdner.  George   E.   729 

Glaze,  Lowell    A.   773 

Glaze,  Samuel  H. 741 

Glaze,  Samuel    X.    742 

Goble,  J.   E.   387 

Goodrich,  R.  J.  770 

Grabill,  John  J. 807 

Grabill,  Samuel  W.  808 

Green,  John  T.   392 

Grun.  Roy    L.    513 

Gutridge,  J.  A.   681 

Haas.  Stanley  M.   327 

Hagerty,  Benjamin  S. 447 

Haines,  W.  D.   451 

Hallock,  H.  J.  612 

Hamaker,  Homer   545 


HISTORY   OF  HARRISON   COUNTY 


Hamilton,  C.    D.   321 

Hamilton,  S.   B.    321 

Harper,  J.    E.    747 

Harrison,  Nelson  B.   494 

Harrison,  Samuel  I.   560 

Harvey,  Ernest 313 

Haskins,  E.   E.    762 

Hatfield,  Bank  of 814 

Hawkins,  Frank   481 

Hawkins,  James   480 

Hefner,  Lewis   497 

Helton,  W.    W.    559 

Hendren,  A.  L.   662 

Hendren,  George   E.    571 

Hendren,  Lewis        666 

Hendren.  O.  C.   663 

Henton,  Harry  B. 372 

Hesseltine,  F.    J.    347 

Higdon,  Pius    792 

Higgins,  Thomas    J.    429 

Hill,  B.  H.    422 

Hill,  Ellis   509 

Hill,  E.  M.    422 

Hillyard,  M.  Y.  600 

Hinkle,  Jonathan  G.  E. 343 

Hogan,  Albert  T. 672 

Homan,  Joseph  N. 557 

Hubbard,  D.    A.    710 

Huitt,  George  L   766 

Humphrey,  W.  C. 816 

Hunsicker,  C.    B.    408 

Hunt,  Charles    W.   460 

Hunt,  Edgar    701 

Hurd,  Wallace  W. 749 

Hurst,  Riley 608 

Jackson,  J.    P.    607 

Jefferies,  J.   T.   786 

Jeffries,  Herbert   L.    786 

Jincks,  C.  I. 777 

Johnson,  R.   E.   779 

Jones,  A.    C.    810 

Jones,  F^ank  359 

Jones,  Harry  C.  627 

Joyce,  G.  K. 476 

Joyce,  James   H.    448 

Kelly,  J.  M.  355 

Kemp,  E.  G. 831 


Kidwell,  Alvin    E.    . 501 

Kies,  Olin   490 

Kimbrough,  Vilas    484 

King,  James    R.    688 

King,  Sr.,  Simon  P. 719 

King,  Simon    R.    569 

Kinkade,  James  M.   400 

Kintner,  Jerome  A.  462 

Klesalek,  Joseph 337 

Klindt,  Chris  E.  472 

Knott,  Andrew  J. 817 

Kopp,  Charles  A.   755 

Landes,  Elden   669 

Lawrence,  Charles  R. 722 

Lewis,  Joseph    413 

Lilly,  John  A. 826 

Linch,  John  D.   689 

Lingle,  W.  T. 332 

Linville,  John  L.   699 

Little,  William  W. 760 

Lowe,  Jesse  L.   546 

McCaul,  Peter   682 

McClure,  Joseph  B. 582 

McCollum,  W.  S. 711 

McDaniel,  Joseph  D. 726 

McFarland,  W.  W. 756 

McQuery,  M.  M. 475 

McKiddy,  W.   C.    754 

McLain,  D.  H. 765 

McLey,  Francis   M.    563 

McNelly,  Otto   V.    708 

McNelly,  R.    C.    751 

Magee,  J.  S.  350 

Maize,  Jesse    E.    626 

Maize,  John  R.   397 

Maize,  S.   L.  396 

Manifold,  James  B. 326 

Manring,  Oakley 517 

Maple,  I.   W.    634 

Maples,  Robert  E. 382 

Markey,  Hugh   446 

Maroney,  George  C. 788 

Marrs,  Lewis    R.    679 

Martin,  R.  L.  767 

Melvin,  Z.  T.   820 

Miles.  Thomas  C. 407 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 


Miller,  C.  C. 658 

Miller,  Charles   A.   394 

Miller,  Garland  A. 534 

Miller,  George  R. 507 

Miller,  Harry  C. 717 

Miller,  J.  D. 757 

Miner,  E.    A.    633 

Miner,  Edgar  S.  310 

Miner,  Elbert  S. 599 

Miner,  William  A.   360 

Mitchell,  E.  L. 683 

Mitchell,  Robert  M. 335 

Mock,  Marlin  W.   700 

Montgomery,  George  T.  415 

Moore.  D.   P.    818 

Morgan,  E.   C.   358 

Morris,  Carl  F. 688 

Moss,  John  L.  652 

Mossburg,  S.  C. 731 

Murphy,  Frank   564 

Murray,  Alexander 573 

Murray,  Walter 687 

Myers,  George  W.   590 

Nally,  Harvey 727 

Nally,  O.  H.   428 

Neff,  Joseph   561 

Nelson,  George   C.   493 

Neville,  James  M. 469 

Newton,  J.   V.    370 

Nickerson,  George   W.    337 

Nisbeth,  Otho  P 450 

Oram,  W.   H.   547 

Osborn,  Welcome  E. 453 

Osmon,  Charles  L. 842 

Oxford,  M.  F. 536 

Parks,  Lemuel   A.    380 

Parrish,  James    739 

Pash,  George  A. 538 

Pelikan,  W. 732 

Perkins,  George  P.   821 

Perry,  William    801 

Peshek,  Prank 736 

Peugh,  0.  M.  647 

Phillips,  Harry   799 

Platz,  Charles   433 

Rosier,  Jerry   780 


Powell,  Blaine 813 

Powell,  Earl  J. 811 

Powell,  George  A. 758 

Premer,  Frank  A.    492 

Prentiss,  Benjamin  M.  852 

Puis,  P.  C. 537 

Puis,  W.  E. 445 

Purdun,  I.  D. 800 

Quinlan,  M.  J. 451 

Rader,  Joe  L. 678 

Rardin,  Jr.,  S.  D. 568 

Reed,  J.  O.  744 

Reeves,  Ben   636 

Reeves,  Porter 738 

Reilly,  Hugh    F.    438 

Rice,  Elvis    694 

Richardson,  Albert    804 

Richardson,  George  A. 442 

Richardson,  R.  P. 761 

Richter,  William  H. 426 

Riggs,  Clyde    L.    705 

Riley,  W.  E. 798 

Rinehart,  Henry  A. 823 

Robertson,  C.  H. 715 

Rogers,  H.   T.   776 

Roleke,  William    317 

Rollen.  Homer    545 

Ross,  Archibald   P.    676 

Ross,  C.  C. 583 

Ross,  E.  C. 674 

Ross,  W.    S.   645 

Rowhutf,  Andrew  J.   518 

Rowland,  C.  A.  395 

Rucker.  Stanley    706 

Rupe,  John  T. 721 

Salmon,  Lewis    P.    527 

Schwenk,  Philip    565 

Scott  and  Solomon 357 

Scott,  Elisha   A.   464 

Scott,  George  E. 357 

Scott,  J.  M. 402 

Scott,  Robert  D. 371 

Scott,  Winifield  H. 616 

Selby,  George  W. 344 

Selby,  Joshua   P.    529 

Seitz,  P.  W.   623 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 


Sellers,  C.  J.   621 

Sellers,  George   W.    ^ 620 

Sharp,  B.  B. 805 

Sharp,  John  H. 690 

Sheets,  S.  M.  812 

Sherer,  F.   W.    489 

Sherer,  T.  B. 489 

Shroyer,  Harry  C. 435 

Shumard,  W.  H.   588 

Simpson,  J.    P.    601 

Skroh,  Anthony 740 

Slatten,  James    L.    452 

Slatten,  Nathan  T. 532 

Slaughter,  W.   F.    654 

Slemmons,  James  B. 417 

Slinger,  Joseph  F. 471 

Smith,  B.    F.    704 

Smith,  Felix    G.    574 

Smith,  G.    E.    689 

Smith,  Lewis  D.   368 

Smith,  Peter  A. 504 

Smith,  Wren    702 

Smothers,  Daniel    631 

Smothers,  G.   T.   603 

Snell.  Noah 823 

Sobotka,  Charley 775 

Sobotka,  Frank 771 

Solomon,  A.  H. 353 

Speer,  R.    E.    593 

Spence,  S.  C.  463 

Spencer,  George  W. 319 

Stanton,  Charles   H.    668 

Stockwell,  Samuel  B  373 

Stoner,  C.  A.   597 

Stoughton,  E.    L.    833 

Stump,  H.  N.  794 

Sutton,  Henry  G. 540 

Sweet,  Frank  J.   639 

Tanner,  Peter    512 

Taylor,  William    J.    724 

Tedlock,  R.    B.    478 

Templeman,  William  T. 837 

Thomas,  Harry   S32 

Thomas,  Marvin  L.  390 

Thompson,  Ira   O.   533 

Thompson,  J.  C. 671 

Thompson,  W.    R.    696 

Tilley,  Evert    725 


Tilley,  H.  M.  424 

Tilley,  Oliver  P.  419 

Tilley.  Ray  J.   421 

Todd,  J.  W.   713 

Todd,  Walton    E.    312 

Toombs,  Martin   V.    377 

Towns,  N.  O.  486 

Towns,  U.  A.   486 

Travis,  Roy   C.   680 

Treasure,  B.    R.    819 

Tucker,  Fred   468 

Underwood,  L. 685 

Utterback,  J.  R.  S. 531 

Vandevort,  Thomas  C.   414 

Vandivert,  A.  H. 585 

Van  Dyke,  D.    O.    554 

Van  Dyke,  W.  M.  554 

Van  Hoozer,  Jesse    691 

Van  Meter,  Cecil   E.   411 

Virden,  John  H.   367 

Wagoner,  Charles   M.   558 

Walden,  William 553 

Walker,  Jackson  E. 836 

Walker,  James  M. 476 

Walker,  John   H.   665 

Walker,  George  P. 836 

Walker.  William  S.   834 

Wanamaker.  George   W.    648 

Ward,  George    W.    511 

Webb.  J.   R.   488 

Wessling,  Alfred  L,. . 498 

Wethered.  R.    D.    622 

Wethered,  W.    A.    684 

Wheeler,  F.   M.   714 

Whitaker,  Isaac  N. 342 

Whittig,  William    752 

Wightman,  Mary  M 644 

Wightman,  Perrin   G.   644 

Wightman,  Walter   J.   64ft 

Wiley,  O.   W.    340 

Wilkinson.  Levi    C.    508 

Wilson,  Carlisle  R.   "Chuck" 528 

Wilson,  Dockery 552 

Wilson.  Garland   352 

Wilson.  Henry    592 

Wilson,  James  C. 320 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 


Wilson,  Randall    544 

Williams,  F.   M.    443 

Williams,  N.  B. 436 

Williams,  W.    S.   619 

Winningham,  J.  J. 745 

Wood,  Ernest    L.    416 

Wood,  Eva   E.   416 

Wooderson,  George  W. 629 

Woodruff,  A.   F.    847 

Wright,  Joseph  384 

Wyant,  John  B.   713 


Yates,  James  A.   379 

Yates,  Virgil  E. 579 

York,  L.    A.    697 

Young,  Earl  C.   774 

Young,  Rufus    R.   514 

Youngman,  Charles  F.  405 

Youngman,  IStacy    G.    393 

Youngs,  John    L.    456 

Zimmerlee,  C.    J.    695 

Zingerle,  G.  C.   580 


ILLUSTRATIONS 


Army  Transport  Trucks 240 

Axline,  First  Lieut,  Arthur  A 376 

Bales,  William  H.    329 

Bales,  Mrs.  William  H.   329 

Barber,  John   576 

Barber,  Mrs.  John 576 

Bazan.  Genevieve 265 

Bethany  Public  School 112 

Boyce,  Daniel  D.   336 

Burris,  Franklin    P.    432 

Burris,  Mrs.   Franklin   P.   432 

Cainsville  School  Building 160 

Company  G  Leaving  for  the  Border__  240 

Donelson  Motor  Company  Garage 520 

Eaglesville  School  Building 144 

Pair  Grounds,  View  of 128 

Flint,   Owen   Paul    440 

Foreman,   James   H.   584 

Garton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W 632 

Gibson,  Walker   and   Mary   S 656 

Gillespie,  W.  H.  H.  496 

Ginther,  Mrs.  Roberta  (Wilson) 321 

Green,   John   T.    392 

Harrison  County  Home  97 

Harrison,  Residence  of  Samuel  I 560 

Hawkins,  Frank  480 

Hillyard,  M.  Y.   600 

Hunsicker,  C.  B 408 

Hurst   Homestead,   The   608 

I.  O.  O.  F.  Hall,  Bethany 200 

Joyce  and   Family,  W.  W.   448 

Kinkade,  J.  M 400 

Kinkade,  Mrs.  J.  M. 400 

Klindt  and   Family,  Chris  E.   472 


Miner,  Edgar   S.  310 

Miner,  William  A.   360 

New  Hampton   School   Building 160 

Oxford,  M.  F. 536 

Pythian  Castle,  Bethany  200 

Rardin,  Jr.,   S.   D.    568 

Ridgeway  Hotel    288 

Ridgeway  School  Building 176 

Scott  and  Family,  Elisha  A. 464 

Scott,  Winifleld    H.    616 

Selby,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W 344 

Smith  and  Family,  Peter  A. 504 

Smith,  Lewis   368 

Tanner,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter 512 

Tilley,  H.  M.   424 

Tilley,  Mrs.  H.  M. 424 

Wanamaker,  Ernest    648 

Wanamaker,  George  W Frontispiece 

Webb  and  Family,  J.  R. 488 

Wightman,  Ada  L.  640 

Wightman,  W.  Samuel 640 

Wilson  and   Axline  24& 

Wilson.  Capt.   Carlisle  R.  "Chuck"__  528 

Wilson.  First  Lieut.   Dockery   552 

Wilson,  Garland   352 

Wilson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry 592 

Wilson,  J.    C.    321 

Wilson,  Mrs.  J.  C 321 

Wilson,  Maj.    Randall    544 

Wood,  Dr.  Ernest  L. 417 

Wood,  Dr.  Eva  E. 417 

Wood,  Maxine   417 

Wood  and  Wood  Hospital 417 

World  War,  Leaving  for  the 256 

Wright,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph 384 

Youngs,  John   L.    456 


CONTENTS 


CHAPTER  I 

TOPOGRAPHY 

PRAIRIE— TIMBER  LAND— VARIETY  OP  TIMBER— GRAND  RIVER  VALLEY— NAT- 
URAL, DRAINAGE — CREEKS— BOTTOM  LAND— DRAINAGE  DISTRICT— SOURCES 
OP  STREAMS— NATURAL  DRAINAGE  OF  WESTERN  PART  OF  COUNTY- 
PRAIRIE  PIRES  AND  THEIR  EFFECT— PRAIRIE  IN  EASTERN  PART— WEST- 
ERN PART  UNDULATING— SEASONS— SOILS 97-100 


CHAPTER  II 

NATURAL  RESOURCES 

NATURAL  ADVANTAGES  —  VARIETY  OF  SEASONS  —  DIVERSIFIED  FARMING  — 
STOCK  RAISING— GRAIN  PRODUCTION— ORCHARDS— CROP  ROTATION— MOD- 
ERN METHODS  AND  CONVENIENCES — GEODOGICAI^-VARIETY  OF  STONE— 
SAND— CEMENT— CLAY — COAI^UNDERLYING  STRATA— MINERAL  WATER— 
HEILBRON    SANATORIUM    101-104- 


CHAPTER  III 

EXPLORATIONS 

DISCOVERY  OF  THE  NEW  WORLD— EARLY  DELUSIONS— SPANISH  EXPLORERS — 
PONCE  DE  LEON— HERNANDO  DE  SOTO— CORNADO— SPANISH  TREATMENT 
OP  THE  INDIANS  —  FRENCH  EXPLORERS  —  MARQUETTE  AND  JOLIET  — 
LASALLE— HENNEPIN— FRENCH  CLAIM  POSSESSION— FIRST  SETTLEMENT  AT 
STB.  GENEVIEVE— OTHER  SETTLEMENTS— FRENCH  AND  SPANISH  RIVALRY- 
TRADERS — DE    BOURGMBNT— FORT    ORLEANS 105-112 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

CHAPTER  IV 

LOUISIANA  PURCHASE 

SPANISH  SOVEREIGNTY— LOUISIANA  PROVINCE  ACQUIRED  BY  FRANCE — EVENTS 
LEADING  TO  PURCHASE  OF  LOUISIANA  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES— NAPO- 
LEON'S POSITION— UNITED  STATES  ACQUIRES  LOUISIANA— TERRITORIAL 
GOVERNMENT  —  DISTRICT  OF  LOUISIANA  ORGANIZED  —  GOVERNORS  — 
CHANGES  IN  OWNERSHIP  OF  MISSOURI— INDIAN  CLAIMS— CREATION  OF 
HOWARD  COUNTY  WHICH  INCLUDED  TERRITORY  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY- 
OTHER  COUNTIES   INCLUDED   IN   HOWARD   COUNTY— BOUNDARIES 113-121 

CHAPTER  V 

EARLY  SETTLEMENT 

SOURCES  OF  INFORMATION— CHARACTERISTICS  OF  PIONEERS — HUNTERS  AND 
TRAPPERS — JOSEPH  ARNOLD,  FIRST  SETTLER — SETTLEMENTS  IN  1839 — 
SETTLERS  PRIOR  TO  1850— ASEPH  BUTLER  SETTLED  HERE  IN  1840— JOHN 
MAIZE,  UNCLE  TOMMY  TAYLOR,  THOMAS  FLINT,  THOMAS  TUCKER,  CHARLES 
L.  JENNINGS,  E.  M.  JENNINGS.  JOHN  W.  BROWN,  WILLIAM  R.  ALLEN  AND 
OTHERS— HIGH  STANDARD  OF  CITIZENS.— "THE  PLANTING  OF  THE  COTTON- 
WOOD   TREE"    122-128 

CHAPTER  VI 

INDIAN  HISTORY. 

TRADING  WITH  INDIANS— NEED  OF  AMMUNITION— AN  INCIDENT — INDIANS 
FRIENDLY— ORGANIZATION  OF  MILITIA— OFFICERS  SELECTED— "THE  KILL- 
YAN    WAR"    129-134 

CHAPTER  VII 

THE  MORMON  WAR. 

MORMON  EXODUS  FROM  NAUVOO — TRAVELED  WESTWARD — STOP  IN  IOWA — RU- 
MORS OF  THEIR  INTENTIONS— UNWARRANTED  EXCITEMENT  AMONG  SET- 
TLERS— MILITIA  MOBILIZED— MARCHED  AGAINST  THE  MORMONS — MEETING 
WITH  BRIGHAM   YOUNG — A  BETTER  UNDERSTANDING — TREATY 135-137 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

CHAPTER  VIII 

INCIDENTS  OF  EARLY  DAYS. 

GAME  PLENTIFUI^ALSO  WII.I>  FRUITS  AND  NUTS-HUNTINO  BEE  TREE^BBES- 
W "  AN  IMPORTANT  COMMODITT-HONET,  BEESWAX  AND  ^RS-TBADINO 
POINT^HONESTT  OF  PIONEERS-FIRST  POSTOFFICE-CHARACTER  OF 
SETTI.ERS-EARI.T  DAY  CABINS-HUNTING  WODVBS-ROBIDOUX  TRADING 
POST-AN  INCIDENT  OF  LIVING  UP  TO  A  CONTRACT 138-U 

CHAPTER  IX 

LAND  OPENED  FOR  ENTRY. 

SQUATTER^SOME  TOWNSHIPS  LAID  OFF  IN  1842-UNITED  STATES  LAND  OFFICE 
AT  P^TTSBURG-METHOD  OF  SURVEYING  GOVERNMENT  LAND-MARKING 
SURVEYS-FIRST  LAND  ENTERED  NORTH  OF  TOWNSHIP  62  IN  1846-   14.-143 

CHAPTER  X 

EARLY  DAY  CUSTOMS. 

THE  PRINCIPAI.  CONCERN  OF  THE  PIONEER-IMMIGRANTS-FIRST  SETTLEMENTS 
aToNO  STREAMS-CLEARING  A  HOME  SITE-BUILDING  THE  PIONEER  LOG 
CABIN-PLAN  OF  CONSTRUCTION-WOMEN'S  WORK^INSTINCT  OF  THE 
pmNEER-HOME-SOCIAL  AND  MORAL  STATU^NEIGHBORLY  SPIRIT- 
PRESENT    BAY    CONTRAST-THE    LOG    HOUSE-IMPLEMENTS...    .™^^^^ 

CHAPTER  XI 

PIONEER  MILLS. 

CALLATIN-THE      "GRITTER-'-ISAAC      HAMMER'S      MILL-HORSE      ^OWEK 
™Tn:  FOR  THE  GRIST..-HUNT.S  MILI^WATSON'S  ----^^^^^ 
MILI^DR.    BUSH    BUILDS    A    MILL-CHARLTON-'S    ^^^^^^ '^^"^ZZ 
STEAM  MILL  AT  BETHANY-A  MODERN   MILL-"GRITTERS"    AGAIN   IN^COLD 

WINTER  OF   1842-43   


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

CHAPTER  XII 

ORGANIZATION  OF  COUNTY. 

BOUNDARIES  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY— LOCATION— CREATED  IN  1845 — DESCRIBED- 
STATE  LINE  IN  DISPUTE— SURVEYED  AND  MARKED— COUNTY  NAMED  IN 
HONOR  OP  HON.  ALBERT  G.  HARRISON — A  PART  OF  THE  FOURTH  CONGRES- 
SIONAL DISTRICT— FIFTH  JUDICIAL  CIRCUIT— COUNTY  SEAT  COMMISSION- 
ERS— COUNTY  SEAT  LOCATED— PLATTED— FIRST  NAME  OF  COUNTY  SEAT- 
LATER    CHANGED — FIRST    COUNTY    OFFICERS    SELECTED 151-153 


CHAPTER  XIII 

FIRST  OFFICIAL  PROCEEDINGS. 

FIRST  COUNTY  COURT  HELD  UNDER  A  TREE — OPENING  PROCEEDINGS — ENTRIES 
IN  THE  RECORDS— TOWNSHIP  BOUNDARIES  FIXED— FIRST  PROBATE  BUSI- 
NESS-SECOND SESSION  HELD  IN  JUNE,  1845— JOHN  S.  ALLEN  APPOINTED 
COUNTY  SEAT  COMMISSIONER— OTHER  OFFICIALS  APPOINTED — ROAD  FUND 
— OTHER  RECORDS  OF  TRANSACTIONS — HIGHWAYS  LAID  OUT — SALE  OF 
LOTS  AUTHORIZED— BILLS  ORDERED  PAID— DIGGING  A  PUBLIC  WELL— 
TAXES— FIRST    OFFICERS    154-159 


CHAPTER  XIV 

TOWNSHIPS,  TOWNS  AND  VILLAGES. 

FIRST  DIVISION  OF  TOWNSHIPS— BUTLER,  MADISON  AND  DALLAS  THE  FIRST- 
SUGAR  CREEK— BETHANY — TRAIL  CREEK — WASHINGTON — UNION — WHITE 
OAK  —  CYPRESS  —  CLAY  —  LINCOLN  —  GRANT  —  TOWNSHIP  ORGANIZATION  — 
ELECTION— OTHER  TOWNSHIPS  ORGANIZED  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  CON- 
GRESSIONAL TOWNSHIPS— TOWNS  AND  VILLAGES— BETHANY— CAINSVILLE— 
RIDGEWAY— OILMAN  CITY— NEW  HAMPTON— EAGLEVILLE— MOUNT  MORIAH 
— BLYTHEDALE— MELBOURNE— OTHER  VILLAGES   160-166 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

CHAPTER  XV 

EARLY  RECORDS. 

FIRST  INSTRUMENT  ON  RECORD — FIRST  DEED — SECOND  DEED — THIRD  CONVEY- 
ANCE OF  REAL  ESTATE— THE  FIRST  MORTGAGE— COLLECTOR'S  BOND— LIST 
OF  EARLY  MARRIAGES— PETITION  TO  ENFORCE  ACT  RESTRAINING  DOMES- 
TIC   ANIMALS   FROM   RUNNING   AT   LARGE — THE    VOTE 167-1(;9 

CHAPTER  XVI 

CIRCUIT  COURT  AND  BAR. 

FIRST  CIRCUIT  COURT  IN  1846— FIRST  ATTORNEYS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE— FIRST 
BUSINESS — FIRST  SUIT  FILED— FIRST  TRIAL— THE  JURY— THE  VERDICT— 
THE  SECOND  CASE — OTHER  BUSINESS — THE  GRAND  JURY— FINDINGS  OF 
THE  JURY — INDICTMENTS — ATTORNEYS  ADMITTED  MARCH  TERM,  1847 — 
GRAND  JURORS— INDICTMENTS  FOR  "KILLINGS"— TRIALS— FIRST  DIVORCE 
SUIT — FIRST  FOREIGNER  NATURALIZED — PROBATE  COURT — PROCEEDINGS — 
FIRST  PROBATE  JUDGE— THE  PIONEER  LAWYER— MEMBERS  OF  THE  HAR- 
RISON  COUNTY   BAR    170-176 


CHAPTER  XVII 

RAILROADS. 


riRST  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES— RAILROAD  BUILDING  IN  MISSOURI— A  RAILROAD 
CONVENTION— THE  RECOMMENDATION— CONGRESS  PETITIONED — GOVERNOR 
EOGGS'  MESSAGE— SPECULATION— LAND  GRANTED  BY  CONGRESS— INTEREST 
IN  1850— ACTIVITY  IN  1851— RAILROAD  CONSTRUCTION  AGITATED  IN  HAR- 
RISON COUNTY   IN   1859 — ROADS  BUILT   TWENTY   YEARS   LATER — INFLUENCE 

OF   RAILROADS— THE   BURLINGTON   SYSTEM — MODERN    TRANSPORTATION 

177-180 


CHAPTER  XVIII 

COUNTY  SEAT  AND  COUNTY  BUILDINGS. 

PERMANENT  LOCATION  OF  COUNTY  SEAT— COMMISSIONERS— NAME  CHANGED — 
FIRST  COURT  HOUSE— CONTRACT  FOR  EQUIPMENT — LOCATION — SECOND 
COURT  HOUSE  DESTROYED  BY  FIRE— PRESENT  COURT  HOUSE  BUILT  IN  1874 
—DESCRIPTION— ITS  INADEQUACY  FOR  PRESENT  DAY  REQUIREMENTS- 
JAILS — COUNTY   HOME    181-187 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

CHAPTER  XIX 

EARLY  SCHOOLS. 

THE  LOG  SCHOOL  HOUSE— "SUBSCRIPTION  SCHOOLS"— FIRST  SCHOOL  IN  HARRISON 
COUNTY— FIRST  TEACHERS — EARLY  WOMEN  TEACHERS— FIRST  TEACHERS' 
MEETINGS— PRIVATE  SCHOOLS— PROMINENT  EDUCATORS— SCHOOL  DIS- 
TRICTS  ORGANIZED — PRESENT   SCHOOLS— THE    UNIT    LAW— PROGRESS 

188-191 

CHAPTER  XX 

PIONEER  CHURCHES. 

RELIGIOUS  AND  MORAL  TRAINING  NOT  NEGLECTED— EARLY  RELIGIOUS  SOCIE- 
TIES ORGANIZED— ELDER  JOHN  ALLEN— FIRST  CHURCH  ORGANIZATION- 
FIRST  CHURCH  BUILDING — BAPTIST— CHRISTIAN — METHODIST — PRESBY- 
TBRIAN— CATHOLIC— METHODIST  SOUTH— UNITED  BRETHREN— CHURCH  OF 
JESUS  CHRIST  OF  LATTER  DAY  SAINTS — BOHEMIAN  NATIONAL  CEMETERY. 
192-198 


CHAPTER  XXI 

LODGES  AND  SOCIETIES. 


MASONIC— ODD  FELLOWS — KNIGHTS  OP  PYTHIAS — GRAND  ARMY  OF  THE  REPUB- 
LIC—AMERICAN LEGION— WOMAN'S  CHRISTIAN  TEMPERANCE  UNION— MILI- 
TARY SISTERHOOD  OP  THE  WORLD— DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REV- 
OLUTION—OTHER   LODGES    AND    SOCIETIES 199-210 


CHAPTER  XXII 

CIVIL  WAR. 


LOYALTY  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY— MASS  MEETINGS— FIRST  REGIMENT  ORGANIZED 
—OFFICERS— TROOPS  OFF  TO  THE  FRONT— "MERRILL'S  HORSE"— OTHER 
MILITARY  ORGANIZATIONS  —  REGIMENTS  —  COMPANIES  —  OFFICERS  — 
ENROLLED  MISSOURI  MILITIA  BY  GOVERNOR  GAMBLE'S  ORDER— COMPANIES 
AND    OFFICERS    211-216 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

CHAPTER  XXIII 

THE  PRESS. 

FIRST  NEWSPAPER  ESTABLISHED  IN  1859-EARLY  EDITORS-MEN  WHO  BECAME 
FAMOUS-HARRISON  COUNTY  PRESS-BETHANY  REPUBLICAN-W.  J.  WIGHT- 
MAN-BETHANY  BROAD-AX-OTHER  NEWSPAPERS  IN  THE  COUNTY-BETH- 
ANY CLIPPER-TRIBUTE   TO   EDWIN    R   MARTIN-COMPLETE    FILES—   217-219 

CHAPTER  XXIV 

QUESTION  OF  COUNTY  SEAT  REMOVAL. 

REASONS  FOR  LOCATING  COUNTY  SEAT-EFFORT  TO  REMOVE  COUNTY  SEAT  IN 
1870-THE  VOTE  BY  TOWNSHIPS-MEASURE  DEFEATED-DESTRUCTION  OF 
COURT  HOUSE  BY  FIRE  IN  1874-EFFORT  TO  REMOVE  COUNTY  SEAT  TO 
LORRAINE-AGAIN  DEFEATED-SUBMITTED  AGAIN  IN  1880  AND  DEFEATED- 
REMOVAL  TO  RIDGEWAY  SUBMITTED  AND  DEFEATED  IN  1892-DEFEATED 
AGAIN  IN  1912-BOND  ISSUE  FOR  NEW  COURT  HOUSE  DEFEATED  IN  1912- 


220-223 


CHAPTER  XXV 

LOCAL  OPTION  ELECTION. 

PETITION   FOR  ELECTION   IN   1888-VOTE   BY   TOWNSHIPS-SUPREME  COURT   DECI- 
SION   AFFECTING    SALE    OF    INTOXICANTS-SUBMITTED    AGAIN    IN    1899-THE 

224-227 

VOTE    "   " 

CHAPTER  XXVI 

SPANISH-AMERICAN  WAR  AND  MEXICAN  BORDER  TROUBLE. 

ORGANIZATION  OF  COMPANY  G.  FOURTH  REGIMENT-OFFICERS-MUSTER  ROLI^ 
VACANCIES  FILLED-COMPANY  CALLED  TO  MEXICAN  BORDER-MOBILIZA- 
TION AT  NEVADA-ENTERTAINED  BY  CITIZENS  AT  BETHANY-OFFICER&- 
PRIVATES-CHRISTMAS  ON  THE  BORDER-OFFICERS  AND  PRIVATES  AT 
THAT     TIME-SPANISH     AMERICAN     WAR-COMPANY     D,     FOURTH     UNITED 

990   236 
STATES  VOLUNTEERS— OFFICERS   AND   MEN " 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

CHAPTER  XXVII 

WORLD  WAR. 

UNITED  STATES  ENTERS  WORLD  WAR— RESPONSE  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY— SOL- 
DIERS FROM  HARRISON  COUNTY— COMPANY  G  CALLED  INTO  ACTIVE  SERV- 
ICE—OFFICERS— PRIVATES— THIRTY-SIX  GOLD  STARS— FORTY  COMMIS- 
SIONED OFFICERS  FROM  HARRISON  COUNTY— CITED  FOR  DISTINGUISHED 
SERVICE— IN  FLANDERS  FIELDS— ANSWERS— SUMMARY  OF  WORLD  WAR. 
237-25S 


CHAPTER  XXVIII 

AMERICAN  RED  CROSS. 


BRANCHES  AND  AUXILIARIES— OFFICERS  AND  COMMITTEES— FIRST  WAR  FUND 
DRIVE— MEMBERSHIP  DRIVE— OFFICERS  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY  CHAPTER — 
LIFE  MEMBERSHIP— HOME  SERVICE  SECTION— PRODUCTION  DEPARTMENT 
—RED  CROSS  PUBLIC  HEALTH  NURSE— JUNIOR   RED  CROSS 259-266 


CHAPTER  XXIX 

COUNTY  OFFICERS. 


CIRCUIT  JUDGES— REPRESENTATIVES — PROBATE  JUDGES— CIRCUIT  AND  COUNTY 
CLERKS— CIRCUIT  CLERKS  SINCE  1864— COUNTY  CLERKS  SINCE  1864— COUNTY 
TREASURERS— SHERIFFS— PROSECUTING  ATTORNEYS— JUDGES  OF  COUNTY 
COURT 267-270 


CHAPTER  XXX 

REMINISCENCES. 


MRS.  EMALINE  ALLEN  TEMPLEMAN— TRIP  TO  HARRISON  COUNTY  IN  1841— EX- 
PERIENCES EN  ROUTE— SEVERAL  FAMILIES  IN  CARAVAN— HARRISON 
COUNTY  FINALLY  REACHED— WELCOMED  BY  FRIENDS— LAND  SECURED— 
THE  CABIN— PRAIRIE  WOLVES— EARLY  SCHOOLS— HOSPITALITY— FIRST 
COUNTY  COURT— FIRST  CHURCH  ORGANIZED— A  PET  FAWN— PRAIRIE  FIRE 
— POSTOFFICE — SPINNING  WHEEL— DRAM  SHOP— INDIANS— CIVIL  WAR- 
MARRIAGE    271-276 


HISTORY   OF   HARBISON  COUNTY 

CHAPTER  XXXI 

REMINISCENCES— CONTINUED. 

JOHN    R.    MAIZE— ENTERED    LAND— NEIGHBORS    IN    THE     '40s— SPLITTING    RAILS 

AND    HARVESTING — HOUSE    RAISING — TAXES— MARKET    PRICES— MARRIED    IN 

1849— FIRST  SCHOOL  HOUSE— HARVE  TAYLOR- FIRST  COURT— GRIST  MILLS — 

FIRST  CHURCH— FIRST  CEMETERY— A   NEW  HOUSE 277-280 

CHAPTER  XXXII 

REMINISCENNCES— CONTINUED. 

JAMES  G.  TUCKER — CAME  HERE  IN  1841— OTHERS  IN  THE  PARTY— SETTLED 
SOUTH  OF  BETHANY— THE  "GRITTER"  AND  COFFEE  MILL — FIRST  SCHOOL- 
INDIANS — WILD  TURKEYS  AND  DEER— WALKING  TO  LIBERTY— NEATY  GAR- 
TON— ATTENDING  "MEETING"— HARRIS'  MILL— COUNTY  COURT  ORGANIZED 
—A  TRIP  TO  ST.  JOSEPH— THRESHING  FLOOR— VALUE  OF  HORSES  AND  OXEN. 
281-284 

CHAPTER  XXXIII 

REMINISCENCES— CONTINUED 

JOHN  S.  ALLEN— CAME  HERE  BEFORE  HARRISON  COUNTY  WAS  ORGANIZED — 
SETTLED  NEAR  BETHANY— DELEGATE  TO  STATE  CONVENTION  IN  1861— A 
STRONG  UNION  MAN — ONE  OF  THE  FIRST  MASONS  HERE— BUSINESS  CAREER 
—RELIGIOUS  WORK— TEMPERANCE  ADVOCATE— PERSONAL  CHARACTERIS- 
TICS       285-289 


CHAPTER  XXXIV 

REMINISCENCES— CONTINUED. 


IN  THE  OLD   DAYS— CAINSVILLE   AND  VICINITY   IN  1858— BY   A.   P.  WOODRUFF  OF 
COLORADO   SPRINGS,    COLORADO   290-309 


CHAPTER  XXXV 

BIOGRAPfflCAL. 


History  of  Harrison  County 


CHAPTER  I 


TOPOGRAPHY 


PRAIRIE— TIMBER  LAND— VARIETY  OP  TIMBER — GRAND  RIVER  VALLEY— NAT- 
URAL DRAINAGE — CREEKS — BOTTOM  LAND — DRAINAGE  DISTRICT — SOURCES 
OF  STREAMS— NATURAL  DRAINAGE  OF  WESTERN  PART  OF  COUNTY- 
PRAIRIE  FIRES  AND  THEIR  EFFECT — PRAIRIE  IN  EASTERN  PART— WEST- 
ERN   PART    UNDULATING — SEASONS — SOILS. 

Today  carries  on  its  broad  shoulders  the  memories  of  yesterday,  the 
service  of  today  and  the  promises  of  tomorrow. — Glenn  Holman. 

Originally  about  three-fourths  of  the  land  of  Harrison  County  was 
prairie  and  one-fourth  timber.  The  timber  was  generally  along  the  streams 
of  water,  and  some  on  hilly  tracks  roughened  and  divided  by  ravines.  The 
kinds  native  to  the  soil  were  principally  white  oak,  black  oak,  bun*  oak, 
hickory,  walnut,  elm,  maple,  cottonwood  and  linn  and  occasionally  were 
found  ash,  sycamore,  locust,  hackberry  and  buckeye,  and  in  some  places 
were  found  sugar  maple. 

The  trees  generally  were  not  tall,  except  some  along  the  larger 
streams,  but  were  generally  low  and  branching.  It  seems  that  by  the 
pioneers  burr  oak  was  considered  the  most  valuable,  being  adapted  for 
use  in  rail,  post  and  framing  timber.  White  oak  was  the  best,  soundest, 
most  perfect  and  more  lasting  than  any,  but  not  so  plentiful  as  buiT  oak. 
Hickory  was  not  general,  but  found  in  some  localities,  excellent  fuel,  but 
not  a  lasting  timber  for  posts  or  rails,  but  was  valued  by  manufacturers 
of  implements.  Walnut  timber  was  quite  prevalent,  but  in  the  years  1870 
to  1875  was  largely  bought  by  dealers  and  shipped  out  of  the  country. 
(2) 


98  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Quite  recently  there  have  been  walnut  buyers  and  shippers,   the  later 
growth  being  of  suitable  size. 

The  early  settlers,  being  keenly  aware  of  the  necessity,  located  along 
streams  and  near  timber  for  their  needs  for  building  and  fencing  material, 
fuel  at  hand  and  for  use  of  homemade  implements  were  imperative,  and 
likewise  it  was  a  fact  that  reducing  the  prairies  to  agriculture  was  not 
like  plowing  at  the  present  day,  it  then  usually  requiring  a  team  of  several 
yoke  of  oxen  to  "break"  the  prairie  sod. 

This  county  being  centrally  situated  in  the  Grand  River  Valley  the 
streams  of  water  flowing  to  said  river  ran  generally  in  a  southerly  direc- 
tion and  found  outlet  in  the  Missouri  River  or  its  tributaries.  On  the  east 
side  of  the  county  along  the  northern  half  flows  the  Middle  Fork,  or  what 
is  known  as  Thompson's  fork  of  Grand  River,  which  rises  in  Iowa,  some 
fifty  miles  north  of  Missouri,  and  enters  the  county  near  the  northeast 
;'orner  and  passes  out  of  the  county  some  twenty  miles  further  on,  but  the 
meanderings  of  the  stream  flow  a  much  greater  di.stance.  Into  this  river 
flow  out  of  Harrison  County  Indian  Creek,  Brush  Creek,  Hickory  Creek, 
Panther  Creek,  Trail  Creek,  Cat  Creek,  Fox  Creek,  Sugar  Creek  and  Tomb- 
stone. Along  some  of  these  streams  is  found  the  sugar  maple  tree — 
particularly  on  Sugar  Creek  in  Sugar  Creek  Township. 

West  of  this  fork  of  Grand  River  throughout  its  flow  in  this  county 
is  a  nearly  level  prairie  generally  knovm  in  former  years  as  the  "Grand 
River  bottom,"  varying  in  width  from  half  a  mile  to  two  miles,  next  along 
the  bank  of  the  river  being  a  fringe  of  timber,  the  land  being  higher  at 
the  river  bank  than  out  in  the  bottom.  This  bottom  has  frequently  over- 
flowed when  the  river  was  high,  causing  much  damage  to  crops  and  some- 
times danger  to  stock. 

This  region  has  lately  been  created  into  a  drainage  district  under 
general  law  and  at  the  present  time  the  drain  is  being  dug — usually 
referred  to  as  straightening  the  river.  The  "ditch,"  as  it  is  commonly 
called,  begins  at  the  river  at  about  the  north  line  of  section  14  in  Clay 
Towmship  and  proceeds  south  across  Clay,  Madison  and  Trail  Creek  Town- 
ships and  across  sections  one  (1),  twelve  (12)  and  thirteen  (13)  in  Fox 
Creek  Township,  where  it  again  joins  the  river.  During  this  course  it 
frequently  crosses  the  river  at  bends,  and  when  finished  under  the  reclama- 
tion system  of  our  drainage  laws  it  will  be  one  of  the  most  remarkable  and 
beneficial  improvements  ever  made  in  the  county.  It  will  bring  into 
cultivation  and  production  one  of  the  most  fertile  re.gions  of  the  state. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  99 

Big-  Creek  rises  in  Iowa  about  thirty  miles  north  of  Missouri.  It 
enters  Harrison  County  some  two  miles  west  of  the  center  and  flows 
through  the  county  in  a  southerly  direction,  passing  all  the  way  through 
the  county  near  the  center  of  range  28.  East  Big  Croek  also  rises  in  Iowa 
and  comes  into  Harrison  County  about  three  miles  east  of  the  center  and 
flows  through  the  county  in  a  southerly  direction,  bearing  west,  forming 
junction  with  West  or  Main  Big  Creek  half  a  mile  west  of  Bethany,  thence 
runs  south  through  Bethany  and  Cypress  Townshipr.  into  Davies  County, 
where  at  Pattonsburg  it  empties  into  West  Grand  River  about  ten  miles 
south  of  Harrison  County.  The  main  tributaries  to  Big  Creek  are  Little 
Creek,  Shain  Creek,  Pole  Cat,  Crabapple  and  Poor  Tom. 

The  west  part  of  Harrison  County  is  drained  by  Lot's  Creek,  Muddy 
Creek,  Panther,  Sampson  and  White  Oak,  each  flowing  in  a  southwesterly 
direction  and  emptying  into  West  Grand  River. 

As  already  stated  about  three-fourths  of  the  area  of  the  county  was 
originally  prairie,  the  timber  principally  located  along  the  water  courses. 
Colonel  Heaston  in  his  account  of  the  early  settlement  and  history  of 
the  county  supposes  that  the  reason  the  timber  was  confined  mostly  to 
the  streams  and  lowlands  adjoining  was  because  the  fires  that  burned 
over  the  prairies  were  checked  and  stopped  by  them,  thereby  saving  the 
young  timber  and  giving  it  a  chance  to  grow.  That  sometimes  the  tall, 
luxuriant  grass  would  accumulate  two  or  three  years  upon  the  praine 
without  being  burned  off.  Then  in  some  dry  time,  perhaps  a  windy  day, 
fires  would  break  out  and  sweep  rapidly  over  the  country,  consuming 
everything  in  its  course,  only  being  stopped  by  some  stream  or  want  of 
inflammable  matter. 

In  course  of  time  the  timber  being  saved  along  the  streams  would 
kill  out  or  prevent  the  growth  of  prairie  grass  on  the  shaded  and  sheltered 
ground  and  thus  make  the  timber  the  more  secure  from  prairie  fires.  It 
is  thus  the  early  settlers  account  for  the  fact  that  the  upland  was  prin- 
cipally prairie.  There  seems  much  reason  to  believe  this,  as  indeed  there 
is  for  most  deductions  made  by  them.  They  were  "confronted  by  condi- 
tions, not  by  theories,"  and  they  were  in  the  habit  of  drawing  logical 
conclusions,  inflexible  rules  from  hard  facts. 

In  the  eastern  part  of  the  county  between  Grand  River  and  Big  Creek 
extends  a  large  and  nearly  level  prairie  running  through  the  county  north 
and  south.  It  is  high,  dry,  rich  and  productive.  The  western  part  of  the 
county  is  more  undulating  and  in  some  parts  better  described  as  rolling, 


100  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

and  by  some  is  pronounced  not  so  productive,  but  it  has  been  found  very- 
reliable  in  seasons  of  unusual  wet  or  dry,  more  so  some  claim  than  the  level 
prairie,  and  on  the  whole  the  western  part  is  equally  beautiful  and  now 
as  highly  improved  as  any  part  of  the  county. 

The  surface  soil  of  the  county  is  mostly  a  black  loam  with  a  clay 
subsoil.  In  the  timber  land  the  loam  is  not  usually  as  deep  as  on  the 
prairies  and  is  underlaid  by  yellow  clay  of  good  quality  for  making  brick 
and  tiling. 


CHAPTER  II 


NATURAL  RESOURCES 


NATURAL  ADVANTAGES  — VARIETY  OF  SEASONS  —  DIVERSIFIED  FARMING  — 
STOCK  RAISING— GRAIN  PRODUCTION— ORCHARDS— CROP  ROTATION— MOD- 
ERN METHODS  AND  CONVENIENCES— GEOLOGICAL— VARIETY  OF  STONE- 
SAND— CEMENT— CLAY— COAL— UNDERLYING  STRATA— MINERAL  WATER— 
HEILBRON    SANATORIUM. 

Natural  Advantages — The  Garden  of  Eden  might  have  been  located  in 
Harrison  County.  There  is  nothing  that  will  not  gi-ow  within  its  borders 
and  its  fertile  soil,  equable  climate,  and  beautiful  natural  scenery  make  it 
one  of  the  most  desirable  portions  of  the  globe. 

It  furnishes  a  variety  of  seasons  unequalled  by  any  plot  of  earth  of 
similar  size.  Weather  here  gives  expression  to  a  variety  of  moods  which 
are  as  numerous  as  are  the  sand  grains  of  the  seashore.  From  the  cold 
and  snow  and  ice  of  winter  it  is  but  a  short  step  to  the  hot,  dry,  torrid 
conditions  oftimes  experienced  in  August.  Yet  these  extremes  are  rare 
indeed.  Taking  all  in  all,  the  climate  of  Harrison  County  is  ideally  adapted 
to  the  arousing  in  man  of  those  desires  for  activity  which  makes  the  tem- 
perate zone  the  place  of  civilization's  greatest  progress. 

Diversified  farming  is  practiced  extensively.  No  one  crop  is  counted 
on  in  any  season.  All  grains,  fruits  and  vegetables  adapted  to  temperate 
regions  have  a  natural  habitat  here.  It  has  outdone  Kentucky  in  the 
production  of  prize  blue  grass ;  Kansas  in  the  acre  yield  of  wheat ;  Illinois 
in  the  production  of  prize  corn,  and  Iowa  in  the  production  of  choice  hogs. 

Resplendent  in  opportunity,  Harrison  County  has  a  veritable  store- 
house of  wealth  in  her  soil,  and  in  her  people — the  best  on  earth — you 
will  find  a  hospitality,  a  sympathy,  an  interest,  that  makes  for  a  cordial 
relationship  which  makes  life  worth  living. 

Harrison  County  is  the  home  of  many  prosperous  farmers  and  stock- 
men. The  soil,  climate,  and  topography  are  especially  adapted  to  the  pro- 
duction of  grain,  hay  and  stock  in  abundance. 


102  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Years  ago  when  land  was  cheap  and  much  uninclosed  range  pasture 
existed,  stock  raising  was  pursued  to  a  greater  extent  than  today.  Many 
farmers  were  feeders  and  bunched  together  cattle  in  large  bunches  and 
stall  feeding  for  the  markets — these  being  what  we  now  call  "big  cattle," 
three  and  one-half  years  old,  the  smaller  farmer  raising  and  selling  to 
the  feeders  young  stock  and  corn — another  reason  for  feeding  "big  cattle." 
I  have  heard  it  urged  that  the  cattle  of  that  day  and  time  would  not  "feed" 
until  that  age — also  that  a  small  farmer  with  only  a  few  stall  fed  cattle 
could  not  ship  alone  and  would  be  at  the  mercy  of  the  buyers  and  shippers. 
At  all  events  today  the  cattle  are  of  a  quality  to  feed  at  any  age  there  is 
a  market  for  young  beef,  and  each  farm.er  is  enabled  to  independently  pro- 
duce grain  or  stock  or  dairy  product  in  accordance  with  his  inclination 
and  the  nature  and  adaptability  of  his  land. 

The  soil  of  the  county  is  well  adapted  for  raising  corn,  oats,  wheat, 
timothy,  clover,  alfalfa,  bluegrass  and  all  kinds  of  vegetables  and  garden 
products  of  our  altitude.  Many  farmers  have  excellent  farm  orchards, 
and  there  ai'e  mercantile  orchards  in  the  county.  The  method  of  cultiva- 
tion has  been  much  improved  of  late  years.  Cleaner  farming,  rotation  of 
crops,  analysis  of  the  soil  to  ascertain  what  crop  suitable  and  last  but 
not  least  the  young  men  attending  agricultural  colleges  and  adapting  their 
learning  to  and  combining  it  with  dad's  experience  is  enabling  the  land  to 
return  a  worth  while  yield.  In  addition  the  improved  roads,  the  rural  mail 
delivery,  the  automobile  and  the  stately  residences  and  the  commodious 
bams  give  to  the  farmer  and  his  family  a  home  of  comfort  and  convenience 
and  the  schools  and  churches  conveniently  near  make  community  centers 
which  invite  the  boy  to  stay  on  the  farm. 

The  principal  stone  is  of  the  limestone  variety.  Along  Big  Creek 
and  Pole  Cat  Creek  stone  of  excellent  quality  for  building  pui'poses  is  found 
in  abundance.  About  1888  a  fine  quality  of  stone  Vv-as  found  in  Bethany 
which  was  capable  of  receiving  a  beautiful  polish,  resembling  marble.  The 
county  jail  building  was  erected  of  stone  procured  from  a  quarry  on  Pole 
Cat  Creek  about  two  miles  southeast  of  Bethany.  This  stone  can  be  pro- 
cured in  any  desired  size  in  inexhaustible  quantities.  They  are  easily 
dressed  and  stand  exposure.  The  stones  of  the  jail  wall  were  dressed  to 
weigh  from  one  to  two  tons.  They  have  been  standing  in  those  walls 
since  1862.  Sand  of  excellent  quality  for  plastering  and  cement  is  found 
in  abundance  in  numerous  places  in  the  county.  Good  water  is  found  in 
all  parts  of  the  county,  thirty  feet  being  an  average  depth. 

Coal  was  found  to  exist  at  Cainsville  in  workable  quantity  and  a  com- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  103 

nanv  was  organized,  shafts  sunk  and  a  plant  well  equipped  was  established 
[hat  produced  son.;  800  or  900  tons  daily,  but  the  plant  has  now  been 
abandoned      At  Melbourne  a  small  plant  exists  that  turns  out  a  good 
qua^ty  ofcoal.    Coal  has  also  cropped  out  in  Trail  Creek  Township, 
'in  1885  enterprising  citizens  of  Bethany  and  vicinity  entered  mto  a 
contract  with  the  Diamond  Dnll  Company  of  ^^-^0  to  ^o-  for  coal^m 
the  vicinity  of  the  town.     The  drill  company  was  to  bo  e  500  fee    d^ep 
unless  coal  in  satisfactory  quantity  was  sooner  discovered.    The  hole  was 
o  be  thre   inches  in  diameter  and  a  core  was  to  be  taken  out  and  preserved 
one  and  one-fourth  inches  in  diameter.    The  boring  was  done  m  the  bottom 
on  th^  east  bank  of  Big  Creek  about  one  mile  west  of  Bethany.    The  Heil- 
b^n  Sanitarium  now  stands  on  the  height  about  one-eighth  o    a  mile  east 
of  the  boring    The  following  is  a  record  of  the  borirg  kept  at  that  time . 

No.     Character    Thickness     Depth  21  Limestone J^S-S!J|- 

1  Earth  and  clay  _--45  ft.  22  Slate 30  ft.  341  ft. 

2  Hard  gray  limestone  11  ft.  56  ft.  23  Coal    iff'^TOft 

3  Dark   slate   8  ft.  64  ft.  24  Slate  __- ^9  ft.  370  ft. 

4  Limestone  —12  ft.  76  ft.  25  Coal    15  in. 

5  Dark  slate 5  ft.  81ft.  26  Slate  _       ??"•'?!     ' 

6  Gray  limestone   —17  ft.  98  ft.  27  Sand  shale \l^^;f^,^: 

7  Sand  shale  ___81  ft.  179  ft.  28  Slate    27  ft.  441  tt. 

8  Limestone   5  ft.  184  ft.  29  Sand   shale .J^^^Jf*/ 

9  Soapstone   4  ft.  188  ft.  30  Black  slate ^^"-l^l"' 

10  Sand  shale  ___32ft.  220  ft.  31  Blue   clay    3  ft.  464  tt. 

11  Slate  shale 18  ft.  238  ft.  32  Gray  slate   f.J-lfoft 

12  Black  slate 1  ft.  239  ft.  33  Sand  shale  3  ft.  470  tt. 

^3  Coal  9  in.  240  ft.  34  Slate    (mixed)    ____64  ft.  5o4  tt. 

14  Gray  slate 14ft.  254  ft.   35  Dark  sandstone  __     2ft.  536ft 

15  Limestone   3  ft.  257  ft.   36  Black  slate 16ft.o52tt. 

15  Gray  slate 4  ft.  261  ft.   37  Coal    7in    ^^^^^ 

16  Coal    _-     4  m.  38  Clay   

17  Dark  gray  slate  .__15  ft.276  ft.  39  Slate    (mixed)    — -20  "-5^4". 

18  Limestone 5  ft.  281  ft.  40  Sand  shale    ^^f/^^^f/ 

19  Slate 4ft.  285  ft.  41  Boulder     ,^f  itlft 

20  Fire  clay 10  ft.  295  ft.  42  Sand  shale 10  tt.  654  tt. 

From  this  it  will  be  observed  that  in  going  to  the  depth  of  654  feet 
only  five  small  veins  of  coal  were  passed,  the  thickest  being  only  fifteen 


104  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

inches  and  that  a  depth  of  370  feet.  It  was  thought  this  vein  wasi  too 
light  and  at  too  great  a  depth  to  pay  for  opening  and  working. 

In  the  above  boring  for  coal  at  Bethany  at  the  depth  of  about  200  feet 
a  vein  of  water  was  struck  which  has  continued  to  flow  ever  since.  Upon 
examination  this  water  was  found  to  contain  some  valuable  mineral  prop- 
erties. A  gas  pipe  was  sunk  through  the  loam  and  clay  about  forty-five 
feet  to  the  point  where  rock  was  struck  and  in  this  manner  an  opening 
has  been  preserved,  securing  the  continual  flow  of  water.  The  flow  of 
water  has  continued  about  the  same  as  when  first  discovered,  being  about 
five  gallons  per  minute.  This  boring  was  upon  the  land  of  Thomas 
Monson,  Sr. 

In  November,  1891,  a  coi'poration  was  formed  named  the  Bethany 
Improvement  Company  which  bought  the  farm  of  Thomas  Monson,  of 
369  acres,  which  included  the  land  upon  which  the  flowing  well  was  sit- 
'jated.  The  incorporators  were  Thomas  Monson,  Sr.,  David  J.  Heaston, 
Daniel  S.  Alvord,  Michael  McCollum,  Veazey  Price,  Edgar  N.  Cuddy,  Arthur 
D.  Shipley,  Victor  Dunn,  Robert  H.  Wren,  A.  F.  Woodruff,  George  W. 
Barlow,  A.  H.  Vandweit  and  George  W.  Wanamaker.  Monson's  Addition 
and  Heilbron  Addition  were  laid  out  as  additions  to  the  city  of  Bethany 
and  surveyed  in  lots  and  blocks.  A  principal  street  lunning  east  and  west 
through  this  property  is  known  as  Park  Avenue,  eighty  feet  wide,  the  east 
end  being  just  north  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railway  Com- 
pany depot  and  at  the  west  end  stands  the  Heilbron  Sanitarium,  erected  by 
this  company  in  1897. 

The  large  and  beautiful  fair  grounds  of  the  North  Missouri  District 
Fair  Association  with  its  many  and  substantial  buildings  and  stock  barns 
lies  along  Park  Avenue  and  was  carved  out  of  these  two  additions. 

The  Heilbron  Sanatorium  is  a  large,  handsome,  commodious  and 
modern  structure  with  steam  heat,  electric  lights  and  a  system  of  bath 
rooms,  including  Turkish  baths.  It  is  a  three  story  building  with  base- 
ment story,  fourteen  feet  wide  porches  and  has  many  rooma  for  patients. 
The  name  "Heilbron"  was  adopted  from  its  signification,  meaning  "heahng 
waters,"  and  the  sanatorium  erected  on  the  heights  just  east  of  the  valley 
of  the  flowing  well  is  built  on  the  solid  bed-rock.  It  is  surrounded  by 
undulating  wooded  hills  looking  down  over  the  city  of  Bethany.  The 
sanatorium  is  now  and  ever  since  its  opening  has  been  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Dr.  Jerome  A.  Kintner,  the  noted  heydropathist,  who  also  adminis- 
ters thermo-electric  treatment. 


CHAPTER  III 


EXPLORATIONS 


DISCOVERY  OP  THE  NEW  WORLD — EARLY  DELUSIONS— SPANISH  EXPLORERS — 
PONCE  DE  LEON— HERNANDO  DE  SOTO — CORNADO— SPANISH  TREATMENT 
OF  THE  INDIANS  — FRENCH  EXPLORERS  —  MARQUETTE  AND  JOLIET — 
LASALLE— HENNEPIN— FRENCH  CLAIM  POSSESSION— FIRST  SETTLEMENT  AT 
STE.  GENEVIEVE— OTHER  SETTLEMENTS— FRENCH  AND  SPANISH  RIVALRY- 
TRADERS— DE    BOURGMENT— FORT    ORLEANS. 

When  the  new  world  was  discovered  and  had  wonderfully  revealed 
itself  to  the  adventurers  and  daring  men  of  the  Old  World,  the  enterprise 
of  Europe  was  startled  into  action.  Those  valiant  men  who  had  won 
laurels  among  the  mountains  of  Andalusia,  on  the  lields  of  Flanders,  and 
on  the  battlefields  of  Albion,  sought  a  more  remote  field  for  adventure. 
The  revelation  of  a  new  world  and  a  new  race,  and  communication  between 
the  old  and  the  new,  provided  a  field  for  fertile  imagination.  The  fact 
was  as  astounding  to  the  people  then  as  it  would  be  to  us  should  we  learn 
that  Mars  is  peoples  and  that  communication  could  be  established  between 
that  planet  and  the  earth. 

The  heroes  of  the  ocean  despised  the  range  of  Europe  as  too  narrow, 
offering  to  their  extravagant  ambition  nothing  beyond  mediocrity.  Arft- 
bition,  avarice,  and  religious  zeal  were  strangley  blended,  and  the  heroes 
of  the  main  sailed  to  the  west,  as  if  bound  on  a  new  crusade,  for  infinite 
wealth  and  renown  were  to  reward  their  piety,  satisfy  their  greed,  and 
satiate  their  ambition. 

America  was  the  region  of  romance  where  their  heated  imagination 
could  indulge  in  the  boldest  delusions,  where  the  simple  ignorant  native 
wore  the  most  precious  ornaments,  the  sands  by  the  side  of  the  clear 
runs  of  water  sparkled  with  gold.  Says  the  historian  of  the  ocean,  these 
adventurous  heroes  speedily  prepared  to  fly  by  a  beckoning  or  a  whis- 
pering wheresoever  they  were  called.  They  forsook  certainties  for  the 
lure  and  hope  of  more  brilliant  success. 


106  HISTORY   OF   HAKRISON   COUNTY 

To  win  provinces  with  the  sword,  divide  the  wealth  of  empires,  to 
plunder  the  accumulated  treasures  of  some  ancient  Indian  dynasty,  to 
return  from  a  roving  expedition  with  a  crowd  of  enslaved  captives  and 
a  profusion  of  spoils,  soon  became  ordinary  dreams.  Fame,  fortune,  life 
and  all  were  squandered  in  the  visions  of  wealth  and  renown.  Even  if 
the  issue  was  uncertain,  success  greater  than  the  boldest  imagination 
had  dared  was  sometimes  attained. 

It  would  be  an  interesting  story  to  trace  each  hero  across  the  ocean 
to  the  American  continent,  and  through  the  three  great  gateways  thereof, 
through  which  he  entered  the  v.'ilds  of  the  great  west.  The  accounts  of 
the  explorations  and  exploitations  into  the  great  west  read  like  a  romance. 
The  trials  through  which  the  explorers  passed  were  enough  to  make  the 
stoutest  hearts  quail  and  to  test  the  endurance  of  men  of  steel. 

Juan  Ponce  de  Leon,  an  old  comrade  of  Christopher  Columbus  in  his 
second  voyage  across  the  Atlantic,  spent  his  youth  in  the  military  service 
of  Spain,  and  shared  in  the  wild  exploits  of  predatory  valor  in  the 
Granada.  Pie  was  a  fearless  and  gallant  soldier.  The  revelation  of  a 
new  world  fired  within  him  the  spirit  of  youth  and  adventure.  He  was 
an  old  man,  yet  age  had  not  tempered  his  love  of  hazardous  enterprise 
to  advance  his  fortune  by  conquest  of  kingdoms,  and  to  retrieve  a  repu- 
tation not  without  blemish.  His  cheeks  had  been  furrowed  by  years  of 
hard  service,  and  he  believed  the  tale  which  was  a  tradition  credited  in 
Spain  by  those  who  were  distinguished  for  intelligence  of  a  fountain 
which  possessed  the  virtue  to  renovate  the  life  of  those  who  drank  of  it 
or  bathed  in  its  healing  waters.  In  1513,  with  a  squadron  of  three  ships 
fitted  out  at  his  own  expense,  he  landed  on  the  coast  of  Florida,  a  few 
miles  north  of  St.  Augustine.  Here  he  remained  for  many  weeks,  pa- 
tiently and  persistently  exploring  and  penetrating  the  "deep,  tangled 
wildwood,"  searching  for  gold  and  drinking  from  the  waters  of  every 
stream,  brook,  rivulet  and  spring  and  bathing  in  every  fountain.  The 
discoverer  of  Florida  seeking  immortality  on  earth,  bereft  of  fortune  and 
broken  in  spirit,  found  the  sombre  shadow  of  death  in  his  second  voyage 
in  1521.  Contending  with  the  implacable  fury  of  the  Indians,  he  died 
from  an  arrow  wound  received  in  an  Indian  fight.  He  was  laid  to  rest 
on  the  island  of  Cuba. 

Thus  began  the  Spanish  claim  to  that  vast  territory  west  of  the 
Mississippi,  which  included  the  Louisiana  Province  from  the  Mississippi 
west  to  the  Rocky  Mountains  (including  Missouri). 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  107 

Heniando  De  Soto,  who  had  been  with  Pizarro  in  his  conquest  of 
Peru  in  1533,  inspired  with  the  same  hopes  and  ambitions  as  Ponce  de 
Leon,  and  undismayed  by  his  failure,  and  inspiring  others  with  confidence 
in  his  plans,  collected  a  large  band  of  Spanish  and  Portuguese  cavaliers. 
In  1538  his  splendidly  equipped  six  or  seven  hundred  men,  among  whom 
were  many  gentlemen  of  position  and  wealth,  set  sail  in  nine  vessels  for 
the  wonderful  Eldorado.  In  addition  to  his  men,  he  carried  three  hun- 
dred horses,  a  herd  of  swine,  and  some  bloodhounds.  It  would  be  inter- 
esting to  follow  this  expedition  in  its  hazardous  wanderings,  but  to  do  so 
in  this  sketch  would  be  going  "far  afield."  His  route  was  in  part  through 
the  country  already  made  hostile  by  the  cruelty  and  violence  of  the 
Spanish  invader,  Narvaez.  On  April  25,  1541,  De  Soto  reached  the  banks 
of  the  great  Mississippi,  supposed  to  be  near  the  Lower  Chickasaw  Bluffs, 
a  few  miles  below  Memphis,  thus  achieving  for  his  name  imm.ortality. 

Here  he  crossed  the  river  and  pursued  his  course  north  along  its 
west  bank  into  the  region  in  our  own  State  now  known  as  New  Madrid. 
So  far  as  the  historian  can  determine,  he  was  the  first  European  to  set 
foot  on  Missouri  soil,  and  thus  he  strengthened  the  claim  to  the  vast 
wilds  of  the  far  west.  He  reached  a  village  called  Pocaha,  the  northern- 
most point  of  his  expedition,  and  remained  there  forty  days,  sending  out 
various  exploring  parties.     The  location  of  Pocaha  cannot  be  identified. 

He  explored  to  the  northwest,  but  if  he  did  really  penetrate  what 
is  now  the  central  part  of  the  state,  how  far  he  went  is  but  speculation. 

The  country  still  nearer  to  the  Missouri  was  said  by  the  Indians  to  be 
thinly  inhabited,  and  it  abounded  in  bison  in  such  numbers  that  maize 
could  not  be  cultivated.  We  have  in  this  story  no  further  interest  in  De 
Soto's  exploration  and  wanderings,  save  to  say  that  the  white  man,  with 
his  insatiable  greed,  injustice,  and  cruel  adventure,  was  made  known  to 
the  red  man  of  the  far  west.  Because  of  the  white  man's  traits,  a  hatred 
arose  on  the  part  of  the  Indians,  which  by  succeeding  outrages  ripened 
in  after  years  to  a  venom  that  cost  the  lives  of  thousands  of  harmless 
settlers.  Other  explorations  followed  in  succession,  and  though  the  ex- 
periences would  read  like  a  romance,  the  scope  of  this  work  precludes 
an  account,  even  of  the  wonderful  exploits  of  Coronada  about  the  same 
period.  Upon  the  result  of  these  expeditions  Spain  based  her  claims  of 
the  Louisiana  Province,  afterwards  acknowledged  by  European  precedent, 
to  be  justly  founded. 

While  De  Soto  pierced  the  wilderness  from  the  southeast,  another 


108  HISTORY   OP   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Spanish  cavalcade  under  Francisco  de  Coronado,  at  practically  the  same 
time,  invaded  it  from  the  southwest. 

Coronado. — The  expedition  consisted  of  three  hundred  Spanish  ad- 
venturers, mostly  mounted,  thoroughly  armed,  richly  caparisoned,  and 
well  provisioned.  They  started  their  march  with  flying  colors  and  bound- 
less expectations.  The  Vice-roy  of  Mexico,  from  whence  they  started, 
accompanied  them  for  two  days  on  the  march.  Never  had  so  chivalrous 
adventurers  gone  forth  to  hunt  the  wilderness  for  kingdoms.  Every 
officer  seemed  fitted  to  lead  an  expedition  wherever  danger  threatened 
or  hope  lured.  More  young  men  of  the  proudest  families  of  Spain,  than 
had  ever  before  acted  together  in  America,  rallied  under  the  banner  of 
Coronado. 

An  Indian  slave  had  told  wonders  of  the  seven  cities  of  Cibola,  the 
land  of  buffaloes  that  lay  at  the  north  between  the  oceans  and  beyond 
the  deserts.  He  represented  this  country  as  abounding  m  silver  and 
gold  beyond  the  wildest  dreams.  The  Spaniards,  in  what  was  then  called 
New  Spain,  trusting  imphcitly  in  the  truth  of  this  story  and  hundreds 
of  others  equally  mythical,  burned  with  ambition  to  subdue  the  rich 
provinces.  Several  historians  who  were  participants  in  this  expedition 
have  preserved  the  events  of  the  adventurous  march,  and  it  would  seem 
that  with  so  much  written  evidence  based  on  what  the  participants  of 
the  expedition  saw  and  experienced,  at  least  the  course  pursued,  the  routes 
followed,  and  the  distances  traveled  by  Coronado  and  his  army,  ought  to 
be  free  from  doubt.  This,  however,  is  far  from  being  the  case,  and  the 
entire  matter  is  left  largely  in  doubt. 

It  seems  to  be  well  authenticated,  however,  that  Coronado  entered 
Missouri  in  the  southern  part,  but  how  far  north  he  went  we  do  not 
know.  Some  have  claimed,  and  with  some  reason,  that  he  reached  the 
Missouri  River  in  the  central  part  of  the  State. 

Coronado  and  De  Soto  both  treated  the  Indians  with  barbarous 
cruelty.  Their  great  hopes  of  limitless  riches  and  conquered  province 
became  as  ashes  in  their  hands.  Their  men,  after  long  marches  for 
months  through  the  wilderness,  became  tattered,  disgi-untled  and  surly. 
They  were  burdens  upon  the  red  men  whom  they  visited  in  the  different 
villages,  and  consumed  their  maize.  The  Indians  were  distrustful  and 
suspicious,  and  an  inborn  hatred  for  the  white  man  insistently  grew  in 
their  breasts,  and  was  handed  down  by  tradition  with  growing  rancor, 
to  future  generations.     The   fabled   cities  of  Cibola   were   found   to   be 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  109 

miserable  mud  huts.  Indian  guides  lured  themi  from  place  to  place 
with  wonderful  stories  in  order  that  the  white  men  might  be  held  from 
their  own  country. 

It  is  related  that  a  heroic  young  Zuni  brave  represented  that  he  was 
not  a  Zuni,  but  an  enemy  of  that  tribe,  and  belonged  to  the  country  of 
Quivera  far  to  the  north.  In  a  glowing  word  picture  he  described  his 
country  and  insisted  that;  the  Spaniards  visit  there,  in  these  words: 
"Come  with  me,  O  mighty  chief,  to  my  country,  watered  by  the  mighty 
river  Quivera,  wherein  are  fishes  as  large  as  the  horses  you  ride,  and  upon 
whose  currents  float  large  and  beautiful  boats  with  many  colored  sails, 
in  which  rest  the  lords  of  the  country  at  east,  on  downy  couches  and 
canopies  rich  with  gold.  Come,  see  our  gardens  of  roses,  where  our  great 
ones  take  their  siesta  under  the  spreading  trees  that  pierce  the  very 
heavens  in  their  towering  height.  There  gold  and  silver  are  but  as  stones 
on  a  rocky  way.  Precious  jewels  and  riches  beyond  the  dreams  of  avarice, 
0  mighty  chief,  is  yours  for  the  asking.  What  you  can  take  is  but  as  a 
cup  of  water  from  the  great  lake.  Come,  0  mighty  chief,  and  follow  me, 
for  I  will  guide  thee  to  the  land  of  riches  and  plenty." 

Tradition  has  it  that  Coronado,  arriving  near  the  Missouri,  the  Zuni 
brave  said  to  him,  "I  have  lied  to  you.  I  am  a  Zuni.  I  vntnessed  your 
cruelties  to  my  people,  and  I  have  brought  you  here.  I  hope  you  will 
perish  before  you  reach  your  home.  I  am  satisfied,  and  now  I  am  ready 
to  die." 

The  young  Zuni  suffered  the  direst  penalty,  and  gave  his  life  for 
his  tribe. 

Coronado  remained  at  this  point  about  twenty-five  days. 

The  French  claim  to  the  Louisiana  Province  was  based  on  the  dis- 
coveries of  Marquette  and  Joliet  in  1673.  Marquette  was  of  the  patrician 
"Marquettes  of  Laon,"  thought  to  have  been  descendants  of  Celtic  nobles 
whom  Rome,  in  her  wise  policy,  attached  to  her  standard  by  leaving  them 
in  possession  of  their  ancestral  territory,  but  nominally  dominated  by  the 
"eternal  city." 

Father  Marquette  was  twenty-nine  years  of  age  when  his  feet  first 
touched  American  soil.  From  all  the  contemporary  accounts  of  the 
expedition  it  is  evident  that  Father  Marquette  was  its  leader,  its  very 
soul.  But  as  an  ecclesiastic  he  could  not  take  command  of  an  army, 
however  small ;  as  an  ambassador  of  Christ  to  foreign  heathen  nations, 
he  could  not  act  as  the  agent  of  a  king  of  France.     It  was  accordingly 


110  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

arranged  that  Sieur  Joliet,  a  native  of  Canada,  should  command  the 
expedition,  and  that  Marquette  should  accompany  it  as  its  missionary. 
The  choice  of  Joliet  was  a  wise  and  happy  one. 

They  left  the  connecting  strait  between  Lakes  Michigan  and  Huron 
on  May  17,  1673.  In  the  language  of  Marquette,  "We  were  embarking 
on  a  voyage  the  duration  of  which  we  could  not  foresee.  Indian  corn, 
vvith  some  dried  meat,  was  our  only  provisions.  With  this  we  set  out 
in  two  bark  canoes.  M.  Joliet,  five  other  men  and  I  firmly  resolved  to 
do  all  and  suffer  all  for  a  glorious  enterprise." 

On  June  17,  1673,  they,  with  their  attendants  in  two  bark  canoes, 
reached  the  upper  Mississippi.  They  followed  in  their  frail  barks  the 
swift  current  of  the  river  to  the  mouth  of  the  Illinois,  and  thence  into 
the  mouth  of  the  Missouri,  called  by  Marquette,  Pekitonoui,  that  is. 
Muddy  Water. 

Shea  in  his  "Discovery  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,"  says  that  Petit- 
onoui,  or  "Muddy  Water",  prevailed  until  Marest's  time  (1712),  when 
it  was  called  Missouri  from  the  name  of  a  tribe  of  Indians  known  as 
Missouris,  who  inhabited  the  country  at  its  mouth.  More  than  100  years 
after  DeSoto  discovered  the  Mississippi  the  claim  of  the  French  was 
founded.  Until  1762  these  two  great  nations  contended  for  the  right  of 
sovereignity  of  the  wilderness  west  of  the  Mississippi. 

The  limits  of  this  work  forbid  following  the  varying  fortunes  of  any 
of  the  explorers,  and  reference  is  made  to  them  sufficient  only  to  show 
the  claims  of  France  and  Spain  to  that  expanse  of  territory  of  which  the 
present  Harrison  County  was  a  part. 

Continuing  these  references  we  must  advert  to  La  Salle.  On  July 
14,  1678,  with  Tonti,  an  Italian,  and  about  thirty  other  men,  he  arrived 
in  Quebec.  In  September,  he  sailed  from  Rochelle,  France,  and  was 
joined  by  Louis  Hennepin,  a  Franciscan  friar.  After  leaving  Frontenac, 
in  November,  1678,  they  spent  about  eighteen  months  among  the  Indian 
tribes  exploring  the  northern  lakes  and  rivers.  They  experienced  many 
hardships.  After  returning  to  Canada  for  additional  supplies.  La  Salle, 
with  about  twenty  Frenchmen,  eighteen  Indian  braves  and  ten  Indian 
women,  descended  the  Illinois  to  the  Mississippi,  Avhich  they  reached 
on  February  6,  1662.  On  April  5th,  La  Salle  accomplished  the  purpose 
of  his  expedition,  which  was  to  discover  the  three  mouths  of  the  Missis- 
sippi through  which  its  great  volume  of  water  is  discharged  into  the  Gulf 
of  Mexico. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  111 

By  ceremony  of  great  pomp,  La  Salle  took  possession  of  the  country 
in  the  name  of  Louis  XIV  of  France,  in  whose  honor  the  country  was 
named  Louisiana.  And  here  on  an  elevation  La  Salle,  amid  the  solemn 
chants  of  hymns  of  thanksgiving,  planted  a  cross  with  the  arms  of 
France;  and  in  the  name  of  the  French  king  took  possession  of  the  river, 
of  all  its  branches,  and  of  the  territory  watered  by  them.  The  notary 
drew  up  an  authentic  act,  which  all  signed  with  beating  hearts.  A  leaden 
plate  upon  which  were  the  arm.s  of  France  and  the  names  of  the  dis- 
coverers, was,  amid  the  rattle  of  musketry,  deposited  in  the  earth.  The 
plate  bore  this  inscription,  "Louis  le  Grand  Roi  de  France  et  de  Navarre, 
Regne;  le  Neuvieme  Auril,  1682."  Standing  near  the  planted  cross. 
La  Salle  proclaimed  with  a  loud  voice,  that  in  the  name  of  the  most  high, 
mighty,  invincible  and  victorious  Prince,  Louis  the  Great,  by  the  grace  of 
God,  King  of  France  and  Navarre,  fourteenth  of  the  name,  this  ninth  day 
of  April,  1682,  he  took  possession  of  the  country  of  Louisiana,  com- 
prising almost  indefinite  limits  and  including,  of  course,  the  present 
territory  of  Missouri. 

The  colonial  policy  of  the  Spaniards  was  not  based  on  theory  or  fancy, 
although  at  this  period,  less  enlightened  than  the  French,  they  had  the 
advantage  of  larger  experience.  The  English  by  reason  of  their  indom- 
itable perseverance  and  fixedness  of  purpose  had,  in  these  respects,  an 
advantage  over  their  rivals.  Yet  the  French,  by  their  superior  attitude 
in  assimiilating  with  the  savages,  and  adroitness  in  winning  confidence, 
had  a  clear  advantage  over  both. 

The  only  settlements  at  that  time  in  what  is  now  Missouri,  were  Ste. 
Genevieve  and  St.  Louis.  There  were  at  least  five  settlements  in  what  is 
now  Illinois.  These  settlements  were  situated  along  the  east  bank  of  the 
Missouri  to  search  for  silver,  and  although  they  failed,  they  did  a  great 
of  the  Missouri  River  to  the  mouth  of  the  Kaskaska.  They  were  Kaskaskia, 
with  a  white  population  of  about  400;  Prairie  View  Rocher,  with  about 
fifty  inhabitants;  Fort  Chartres,  about  100;  Philippe,  about  twenty;  Ka- 
hoki,  about  100,  making  a  total  of  670  whites.  The  negro  population  was 
about  300,  which  brings  the  total  up  to  nearly  1,000. 

Early  in  the  eighteenth  century  the  French  sent  men  into  what  is  now 
Missouri  to  search  for  silver,  and  although  they  failed,  they  did  a  great 
deal  of  exploring  in  this  region.  Again  the  French  settlers  in  Kaskaskia, 
and  other  Illinois  settlements,  which  were  established  in  the  late  seven- 
teenth and  early  eighteenth  centuries,  soon  made  their  way  on  hunting  and 


112  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

exploring  expeditions  up  the  Missouri.  Naturally  this  activity  on  the  part 
of  the  French  aroused  the  fears  of  the  Spanish  at  Santa  Fe,  which  re- 
sulted in  their  fitting  out  an  expedition  in  1720  for  exploration.  This  ex- 
pedition is  popularly  known  as  the  "Great  Caravan."  It  consisted  of  a 
large  number  of  soldiers,  artisans,  and  farmers,  together  with  their  famil- 
ies, flocks  and  herds. 

But  Houck  in  his  "History  of  Missouri",  says  that  recent  investiga- 
tions seem  to  make  it  clear  that  there  were  not  more  than  fifty  soldiers 
in  the  expedition,  and  while  there  may  have  been  helpers  they  were  not 
intending  settlers.  However  that  may  be,  the  expedition  failed  com- 
pletely, owing  to  an  attack  made  by  hostile  Indians.  Only  one  man  belong- 
ing to  the  ill-fated  expedition  escaped  with  his  life  to  relate  the  story  of 
the  disaster. 

It  is  claimed  that  this  attempt  of  the  Spanish  to  establish  a  post  on 
the  Missouri  in  1720,  led  directly  to  the  founding  of  Fort  Orleans  by  the 
French  in  1723. 

Da  Bourgmont,  who  previously  spent  some  years  trading  with  the 
Indians  along  the  Missouri,  was  captain  and  commandant  of  Missouin  in 
1720.  The  exact  site  of  Fort  Orleans  cannot  be  definitely  determined. 
It  has  been  claimed  that  it  is  on  the  south  bank  of  the  Missouri  near 
what  is  now  Malta  Bend  in  Saline  County.  Recently  the  ruins  of  an  old 
fort,  and  the  remains  of  French  weapons,  have  been  unearthed  near  Malta 
Bend.  These  finds  are  taken  by  some  as  evidence  supporting  the  claim 
that  Fort  Orleans  was  on  the  south  bank  of  the  Missouri  at  that  point. 


CHAPTER  IV 


LOUISIANA  PURCHASE 


SPANISH  SOVEREIGNTY— LOUISIANA  PROVINCE  ACQUIRED  BY  FRANCE— EVENTS 
LEADING  TO  PURCHASE  OF  LOUISIANA  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES— NAPO- 
LEON'S POSITION— UNITED  STATES  ACQUIRES  LOUISIANA— TERRITORIAL 
GOVERNMENT  —  DISTRICT  OF  LOUISIANA  ORGANIZED  —  GOVERNORS — 
CHANGES  IN  OWNERSHIP  OP  MISSOURI— INDIAN  CLAIMS— CREATION  OF 
HOWARD  COUNTY  WHICH  INCLUDED  TERRITORY  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY- 
OTHER    COUNTIES    INCLUDED    IN    HOWARD    COUNTY— BOUNDARIES. 

From  1763  to  1800,  Spain  held  undisputed  sovereignty  over  the  Louis- 
iana province.  In  1800,  Europe  was  a  seething  caldron  of  contention  and 
diplomacy.  There  were  wars  and  rumors  of  wars.  Napoleon  Bonaparte 
was  at  the  zenith  of  his  glory.  With  the  iron  hand  of  power,  guided  by  a 
wily  diplomatic  policy,  and  jealous  of  the  growing  sovereignty  of  Spain 
and  England  in  the  New  World,  Napoleon  forced  Spain  into  the  treaty  of 
Ildefonso,  October  1,  1800,  by  which  she  ceded  to  France  all  the  territory 
known  as  Louisiana,  west  of  the  Mississippi  in  consideration  that  the  son- 
in-law  to  the  King  of  Spain  should  be  established  in  Tuscany. 

This  treaty  took  its  name  from  the  celebrated  palace  of  St.  Ildefonso 
which  was  the  retreat  of  Charles  V  of  Spain  when  he  abdicated  his  throne 
in  favor  of  his  son.  It  was  situated  about  forty  miles  north  of  Madrid 
in  an  elevated  ravine  in  the  mountains  of  Gaudarruma. 

Napoleon  Bonaparte  in  1803,  forseeing  that  Russia,  in  conjunction 
with  Austria  and  England,  was  preparing  to  send  dovni  her  Muscovite 
legions  into  France,  realized  that  he  could  not  hold  his  possessions  in 
America  and  determined  to  dispose  of  them  to  the  disadvantage  of  England. 
The  treaty  of  Ildefonso,  in  1800,  whereby  Spain  ceded  to  France  all  of  the 
Louisiana  Province,  had  been  kept  a  profound  secret  until  1803.  Thomas 
Jefferson,  then  president  of  the  United  States,  was  informed  of  the 
contents  of  this  treaty.  He  at  once  dispatched  instructions  to  Robert 
Livingston,  the  American  minister  to  Paris,  to  make  known  to  Napoleon 
(3) 


114  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

that  the  occupation  of  New  Orleans  by  the  French  government  would 
bring  about  a  conflict  of  interest  between  the  two  nations,  which  would 
finally  culminate  in  an  open  rupture.  He  urged  Mr.  Livingston  not  only 
to  in.sist  upon  the  free  navigation  of  the  Mississippi,  but  to  negotiate  for 
the  purchase  of  the  city  and  the  surrounding  country,  and  to  inform  the 
French  government  that  the  occupancy  of  New  Orleans  might  oblige 
the  United  States  to  make  common  cause  with  England,  France's  bitterest 
and  most  dreaded  enemy. 

Mr.  Jefferson,  in  so  grave  a  matter,  appointed  Mr.  Monroe,  with  full 
power  to  act  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  Livingston  in  the  negotiations.  Before 
taking  final  action  in  the  matter,  Napoleon  summoned  his  ministei-s  and 
addressed  them  as  follows:  "I  am  fully  aware  of  the  value  of  Louisiana, 
and  it  was  my  wish  to  repair  the  error  of  the  French  diplomats  who 
abondoned  it  in  1763.  I  have  scarcely  recovered  it  before  I  run  the  risk 
of  losing  it;  but  if  I  am  obliged  to  give  it  up,  it  shall  hereafter  cost  more 
to  those  who  force  me  to  part  with  it,  than  to  whom  I  sell  it.  The  English 
have  despoiled  France  of  all  her  northern  possessions  in  America,  and  now 
they  covet  those  of  the  south.  I  am  determined  that  they  shall  not  have 
the  Mississippi.  Although  Louisiana  is  but  a  trifle  compared  to  their 
vast  possessions  in  other  parts  of  the  globe,  yet,  judging  from  the  vexa- 
tion they  have  manifested  on  seeing  it  return  to  the  power  of  France,  I 
am  certain  that  their  first  object  will  be  to  gain  possession  of  it.  They 
will  probably  commence  the  war  in  that  quarter.  They  have  twenty 
vessels  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  and  our  afi'airs  in  St.  Domingo  are  getting 
worse  since  the  death  of  LeClerc.  The  conquest  of  Louisiana  might  be 
easily  made,  and  I  have  not  a  moment  to  lose  in  getting  out  of  their  reach. 
I  am  not  sure  but  that  they  have  already  begun  an  attack  upon  it.  Such 
a  measure  would  be  in  accordance  with  their  habits ;  and,  if  I  were  in  their 
place  I  should  not  wait.  I  am  inclined,  in  order  to  deprive  them  of  all 
prospect  of  ever  possessing  it,  to  cede  it  to  the  United  States.  Indeed,  I 
can  hardly  say  that  I  cede  it,  for  I  do  not  yet  possess  it ;  and  if  I  wait  but 
a  short  time,  my  enemies  may  leave  me  nothing  but  an  empty  title  to 
grant  to  the  Republic  I  wish  to  conciliate.  I  consider  the  whole  colony 
as  lost,  and  I  believe  that  in  the  hands  of  this  rising  power  it  will  be  more 
useful  to  the  political  and  even  commercial  interests  of  France  than  if  I 
should  attempt  to  retain  it.  Let  me  have  both  your  opinions  on  the 
subject." 

One  of  Napoleon's  ministers  agreed  with  him,  and  the  other  dis- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  115 

sented.  Ever  quick  to  think  and  to  act,  the  next  day  he  sent  for  the 
minister  who  agreed  with  him,  and  thus  expressed  himself: 

"The  season  for  dehberation  is  over.  I  have  determined  to  renounce 
Louisiana.  I  shall  give  up  not  only  New  Orleans,  but  the  whole  colony, 
without  reservation.  That  I  do  not  undervalue  Louisiana,  I  have  suffici- 
ently proved,  as  the  object  of  my  first  treaty  with  Spain  was  to  recover 
it.  But  though  I  regret  parting  with  it,  I  am  convinced  that  it  would  be 
folly  to  try  to  keep  it.  I  commission  you,  therefore,  to  negotiate  this 
affair  with  the  envoys  of  the  United  States.  Do  not  await  the  arrival  of 
Mr.  Monroe,  but  go  this  very  day  and  confer  with  Mr.  Livingston. 
Remember,  however,  that  I  need  ample  funds  for  carrying  on  the  war, 
and  I  do  not  wish  to  commence  it  by  levying  new  taxes.  For  the  last 
centuiy  France  and  Spain  have  incurred  great  expense  in  the  improve- 
ment of  Louisiana,  for  which  her  trade  has  never  indemnified  them.  Large 
sums  have  been  advanced  to  different  companies,  which  have  never  been 
returned  to  the  treasury.  It  is  fair  that  I  should  require  repayment  for 
these.  Were  I  to  regulate  my  demands  by  the  importance  of  the  terri- 
tory to  the  United  States,  they  would  be  unbounded ;  but,  being  obliged  to 
part  with  it,  I  shall  be  moderate  in  my  terms.  Still,  remember,  I  must 
have  fifty  millions  of  francs,  and  I  will  not  consent  to  take  less.  1  would 
rather  make  some  desperate  effort  to  preserve  this  fine  country." 

The  negotiations  were  completed  satisfactorily  to  both  parties  to  the 
contract.  Mr.  Livingston  said,  "I  consider  that  from  this  day  the  United 
States  takes  rank  with  the  first  powers  of  Europe,  and  now  she  is  entirely 
escaped  from  the  power  of  England." 

Napoleon  Bonaparte,  seemingly  as  well  pleased  said,  "By  this  cession 
of  territory,  I  have  secured  the  power  of  the  United  States,  and  given  to 
England  a  rival,  who  in  some  future  time  will  humble  her  pride."  How 
prophetic  were  the  words  of  Napoleon.  Not  many  years  after  in  the 
very  territory  of  which  the  great  Corsican  had  been  speaking  the  British 
met  their  signal  defeat  by  the  prowess  and  arms  of  the  Americans. 

On  December  20,  1803,  the  Stars  and  Stripes  supplanted  the  tri-colored 
flag  of  France  at  New  Orleans.  March  10,  1804,  again  the  glorious  banner 
of  our  country  waved  at  St.  Louis,  from  which  day  the  authority  of  the 
United  States  in  Missouri  dates. 

The  great  Mississippi,  along  whose  banks  the  Americans  had  planted 
their  towns  and  villages,  now  aflforded  them  a  safe  and  easy  outlet  to  the 
markets  of  the  world. 


116  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

In  the  month  of  April,  1804,  Congress,  by  an  act,  divided  Louisiana 
into  two  parts,  the  territory  of  Orleans,  and  the  district  of  Louisiana, 
known  as  Upper  Louisiana.  Upper  Louisiana  embraced  the  present  state 
of  Missouri,  all  the  western  region  of  country  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  all 
below  the  forty-ninth  degree  of  north  latitude  not  claimed  by  Spain. 

On  March  26,  1804,  Missouri  was  placed  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
government  of  the  territory  of  Indiana,  and  its  government  put  in  motion 
by  General  William  H.  Harrison,  then  governor  of  Indiana,  afterwards 
president  of  the  United  States.  In  this  he  was  assisted  by  Judges  Jacob 
Vandenburg  and  Davis,  who  established  in  St.  Louis  what  was  called 
Courts  of  Common  Pleas. 

On  March  3,  1805,  the  District  of  Louisiana  was  organized  by  Con- 
gress into  the  territory  of  Louisiana,  and  President  Jefferson  appointed 
General  James  Wilkinson,  Governor;  and  Frederick  Bates,  Secretary.  The 
Legislature  of  the  territory  was  formed  by  Governor  Wilkinson,  Judges 
E.  J.  Meiger  and  John  B.  C.  Lucas. 

In  1807,  Governor  Wilkinson  was  succeeded  by  Captain  Merriweather 
Lewis,  who  had  become  famous  by  reason  of  his  having  made  the  expedi- 
tion up  the  Missouri  with  Clark.  Governor  Lewis  committed  suicide  in 
1809,  under  very  peculiar  and  suspicious  circumstances,  and  the  President 
appointed  General  Benjamin  Howard,  of  Lexington,  Kentucky,  to  fill  his 
place. 

Governor  Howard  resigned  October  25,  1810,  to  enter  the  War  of  1812, 
and  died  in  St.  Louis  in  1814. 

Captain  William  Clark,  of  Lewis  and  Clark's  expedition,  was  appointed 
governor  in  1810,  to  succeed  General  Howard;  he  remained  in  office  until 
the  admission  of  the  State  into  the  Union  in  1821. 

For  purposes  of  purely  local  government,  the  settled  portion  of  Mis- 
souri was  divided  into  four  districts.  Cape  Girardeau  was  the  first,  and 
embraced  the  territory  between  Pywappipy  Mottom  and  Apple  Creek ;  Ste. 
Genevieve,  the  second,  embraced  the  territory  of  Apple  Creek  to  the  Merri- 
mac  River;  St.  Louis,  the  third,  embraced  the  territory  between  the 
Merrimac  and  the  Missouri;  St.  Charles,  the  fourth,  included  the  settled 
territory  between  the  Missouri  and  the  Mississippi  rivers.  The  total 
population  of  these  districts  at  that  time,  including  slaves,  was  8,670. 
The  population  of  the  district  of  Louisiana  when  ceded  to  the  United 
States  was  10,120. 

The  soil  of  Missouri  has  been  claimed  or  owned  as  follows :  First,  from 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  117 

the  middle  of  the  sixteenth  century  to  1763,  by  both  France  and  Spain. 
Second,  in  1763,  it  was  ceded  to  Spain  by  France.  Third,  in  1800,  it  was 
ceded  from  Spain  back  to  France.  Fourth,  April  30,  1803,  it,  with  other 
territory,  was  ceded  by  Fra)ice  to  the  United  States.  Fifth,  October  31, 
1803,  a  temporary  government  was  authorized  by  Congress  for  the  newly 
acquired  territory.  Sixth,  October,  1804,  it  was  included  in  the  "District 
of  Louisiana,"  then  organized  with  a  separate  territorial  government. 
Eighth,  June  4,  1812,  it  was  embraced  in  what  was  then  made  the  "Terri- 
tory of  Missouri."  Ninth,  August  10,  1821,  admitted  into  the  Union  as  a 
state. 

When  France,  in  1803,  vested  the  title  to  this  vast  territory  in  the 
United  States,  it  was  subject  to  the  claims  of  the  Indians.  This  claim 
our  government  justly  recognized.  Therefore,  before  the  government  of 
the  United  States  could  vest  clear  title  to  the  soil  in  the  grantees,  it  was 
necessary  to  extinguish  title  by  purchase.  This  was  accordingly  done  by 
treaties  made  with  the  Indians  at  various  times. 

When  Missouri  was  admitted  as  a  territory  in  1812  by  James  Madison, 
it  embraced  what  is  now  the  state  of  Missouri,  Arkansas,  Iowa,  Minnesota, 
west  of  the  Mississippi,  Oklahoma,  North  and  South  Dakota,  Nebraska, 
Montana,  and  most  of  Kansas,  Colorado  and  Wyoming.  It  has  therefore 
been  truly  said  that  Missouri  is  the  mother  of  all  the  great  west. 

When  the  territory  of  Missouri  was  established  in  1812,  the  eastern 
portion  of  the  state  was  at  once  organized  into  counties,  and  the  territorial 
law,  by  means  of  territorial  courts,  was  extended  over  them.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  from  1804  until  October  1,  1812,  the  territory  of  Mis- 
souri was  divided  into  four  districts.  At  that  date,  in  accordance  with  an 
act  of  Congress,  requiring  him  so  to  do,  Governor  Clark  issued  a  proclama- 
tion, reorganizing  the  four  districts  into  the  five  following  counties:  St. 
Charles,  St.  Louis,  St.  Genevieve,  Cape  Girardeau,  and  New  Madrid.  In 
1813  the  county  of  Washington  was  created  from  a  part  of  St.  Genevieve. 
In  1814,  the  county  of  Arkansas  was  formed,  and  during  the  winter  of 
1814,  and  1815,  the  county  of  Lawrence  was  organized  from  the  western 
portion  of  New  Madrid. 

Under  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Territory  of  Missouri, 
approved  January  13,  1816,  the  county  of  Howard  was  created,  being  the 
ninth  organized  county  of  the  territory,  and  was  taken  out  of  the  counties 
of  St.  Louis  and  St.  Charles.  It  included  among  other  counties  what  is 
now  Harrison  County.     Its  territory  was  more  than  one-third  of  the 


118  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

present  state  of  Missouri.  It  was  almost  an  empire,  presenting  an  area 
of  nearly  23,000  square  miles.  It  was  larger  than  Vermont,  Massachusetts, 
Delaware  and  Rhode  Island.  Missouri  at  that  time  had  not  been  admitted 
into  the  sisterhood  of  states.  From  its  territory  have  since  been  organized 
the  following  counties : 

Adair,  organized  January  29,  1841.  Called  after  General  John  Adair, 
of  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  who  was  elected  governor  of  that  State  in 
1820  and  died  May  19,  1840. 

Audrain,  organized  December  17,  1836.  Called  for  James  S.  Audrain, 
who  was  a  representative  from  St.  Charles  in  the  Missouri  Legislature  in 
1830,  and  who  died  in  St.  Charles,  November  10,  1831. 

Bates  (part),  organized  January  29,  1841.  Called  for  Frederick 
Bates,  second  governor  of  the  State,  who  died  August  4,  1825,  before  the 
expiration  of  his  term.  Lieutenant-Governor  W.  H.  Ashley,  having  re- 
signed, Abraham  J.  Williams,  of  Columbia,  president  of  the  Senate,  became 
Governor  until  the  special  election  in  September,  same  year,  when  John 
Miller  was  elected.  Williams  died  December  30,  1839,  and  an  old  fashioned 
box-shaped  limestone  monument  marks  his  grave  in  Columbia  Cemetery. 

Benton  (north  part),  organized  January  3,  1835.  Called  for  Thomas 
H.  Benton,  United  States  Senator,  1820-1850.    Died  April  10,  1858. 

Boone,  orgaoiized  November  16,  1820.  Named  for  the  old  pioneer  and 
Indian  fighter,  Daniel  Boone.  Died  in  St.  Charles  County  September  26, 
1820. 

Caldwell,  organized  December  26,  1836.  Called  for  Captain  Matthew 
Caldwell,  commander  of  Indian  scouts  and  a  hunter  of  Kentucky.  Joseph 
Doniphan,  father  of  General  A.  W.  Doniphan,  belonged  to  his  company. 
General  Doniphan  was  chiefly  instrumental  in  having  the  county  named 
in  honor  of  his  father's  old  comrade. 

Camden  (part),  first  named  Kinderhook,  after  the  home  of  Martin  Van 
Buren,  organized  January  29,  1841.  On  February  23,  1843,  name  changed 
to  Camden,  in  honor  of  Charles  Pratt  Camden,  an  English  statesman  who 
was  a  warm  advocate  of  the  American  colonies. 

Carroll,  organized  January  3,  1833.  Called  for  Charles  Carroll,  of 
Carrollton,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  Died 
November  14,  1832. 

Cass,  organized  September  14,  1835.  First  called  Van  Buren ;  changed 
to  Cass  February  19,  1849,  in  honor  of  Lewis  Cass,  United  States  Senator 
from  Michigan.    Died  June  17,  1866. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  119 

Chariton,  organized  November  16,  1820.  John  Chariton  was  the  name 
of  a  leader  of  the  French  fur-traders  who  at  an  early  day  located  on  the 
Missouri  River  at  tiie  mouth  oi'  the  creek  wiiich  was  ever  afterwards  called 
Chariton.    Hence  the  name  of  the  creek  and  county. 

Clay,  organized  January  2,  1822.  Called  for  Henry  Clay,  of  Kentucky. 
Died  June  29,  1852. 

Chnton,  organized  January  15,  1833.  Called  for  Governor  DeWitt 
Clinton,  of  New  York.    Died  February  11,  1828. 

Cole,  organized  November  16,  1820.  Called  for  Captain  Stephen  Cole, 
an  old  settlei%  who  built  "Cole's  Fort,"  near  Boonville. 

Cooper,  organized  December  17,  1818.  Called  for  Sarshel  Cooper, 
who  was  killed  by  an  Indian  m  Cooper's  Fort  opposite  Arrow  Rock  and  near 
the  present  village  of  Booiisboro,  Howard  County,  on  the  night  of  April 
14,  1814. 

Daviess,  organized  December  29,  1836.  Called  for  Colonel  Joe  Hamil- 
ton Daviess,  of  Keintucky.  Killed  in  the  battle  of  Tippecanoe,  November 
7,  1811. 

De  Kalb,  organized  February  25,  1845.  Called  for  Baron  John  De 
Kalb,  a  Frenchman  of  Revolutionary  fame,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle 
of  Camden  in  1780. 

Gentry,  organized  February  12,  1841.  Called  for  General  Richard 
Gentry,  of  Columbia,  who  v\'as  killed  in  the  battle  of  Okeechobee,  Florida, 
December  25,  1837. 

Grundy,  organized  January  2,  1843.  Called  for  Felix  Grundy,  United 
States  Senator  of  Tennessee.    Died  Decem.ber  19,  1840. 

Harrison,  organized  February  14, 1845.  Called  for  Albert  G.  Harrison, 
of  Fulton,  Missouri,  m.ember  of  Congress  from  1835  to  1839.  Died  Septem- 
ber 7,  1839. 

Henry,  first  named  Rives  in  honor  of  V/illiam  C.  Rives,  of  Virginia, 
organized  December  13,  1834.  Changed  to  Henry  in  honor  of  Patrick 
Henry,  who  died  June  6,  1799. 

Jackson,  organized  December  15,  1826.  Named  in  honor  of  Andrew 
Jackson.    Died  June  8,  1845. 

Johnson,  organized  December  13,  1834.  Called  for  Richard  M.  John- 
son, of  Kentucky.    Died  of  apoplexy,  November  19,  1850. 

Lafayette,  first  called  Lillard  and  organized  November  16,  1820,  after 
James  Lillard,  an  old  citizen.  Changed  to  Lafayette,  February  16,  1825, 
who  died  at  Paris,  May  20,  1834. 


120  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Linn,  organized  January  7,  1837.  Called  for  Lewis  F.  Linn,  United 
States  Senator  from  Missouri,  1830-1843,  who  died  at  St.  Genevieve, 
October  3,  1843. 

Livingston,  organized  January  6,  1837.  Called  for  Edward  Livings- 
ton, Secretary  of  State  under  President  Jackson.     Died  May  23,  1836. 

Macon,  organized  January  6,  1837.  Named  in  honor  of  Natnaniel 
Macon,  of  North  Carolina,  of  the  Seventh,  Eighth  and  Ninth  Congresses 
and  United  States  Senator  in  the  Ninteenth  and  Twentieth.  Died  June 
29,  1837. 

Mercer,  organized  February  14,  1845.  Called  for  Johji  F.  Mercer,  a 
soldier  of  the  Revolution  from  Maryland.     Died  August  30,  1821. 

Miller  (north  part),  organized  February  26,  1837.  Called  for  Governor 
John  Miller,  of  Missouri;  was  Governor  from  1825  to  1832.  Died  March 
18,  1846. 

Moniteau,  organized  February  14,  1845.  An  Indian  name,  and  doubt- 
less a  corruption  of  Manito,  an  Indian  name  for  Deity  or  Great  Spirit. 

Monroe  (part),  organized  January  6,  1831.  Called  for  James  Monroe, 
President.    Died  July  4,  1831. 

Morgan,  organized  January  5,  1833.  Called  for  General  Daniel  Morgan, 
of  the  Revolution,  who  displayed  great  bravery  at  the  battle  of  the  Cow- 
pens  in  the  defeat  of  Tarlton  and  died  in  1802. 

Pettis,  organized  January  26,  1833.  Called  for  Spencer  Pettis,  mem- 
ber of  Congress  from  St.  Louis  from  1829  to  1831,  who  was  killed  in  a  duel 
by  Major  Thomas  Biddle,  August  27,  1831,  aged  29  years. 

Putnam,  organized  February  28,  1845.  Called  for  General  Israel 
Putnam,  of  Bunker  Hill  fame,  1775.    Died,  1790. 

Randolph,  organized  January  22,  1829.  Called  for  John  Randolph, 
of  Roanoke,  Va.    Died  May  24,  1833. 

Ray,  oi-ganized  November  16,  1820.  Called  for  John  Ray,  a  member  of 
the  constitutional  convention  of  1820  from  Howard  County. 

St.  Clair  (north  part),  organized  January  29,  1841.  Called  for  General 
Arthur  St.  Clair,  of  the  Revolution. 

Saline,  organized  November  25,  1820.  Named  because  of  its  salt 
springs. 

Shelby  (part),  organized  January  2,  1835.  Called  for  Governor  Isaac 
Shelby,  of  Kentucky.    Died  July  18,  1826. 

Sullivan,  organized  February  16,  1845.    Called  for  James  Sullivan,  of 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  121 

Revolutionary  fame,  a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress  of  1782.  Died 
December  10,  1808. 

Worth,  organized  February  8,  1861.  Called  for  General  William  J. 
Worth,  of  the  Florida  and  Mexican  Wars.  Died  at  San  Antonio,  Texas, 
May  7,  1849. 

Also  the  following  counties  in  Iowa:  Parts  of  Taylor  and  Adams, 
Union,  Ringgold,  Clarke,  Decatur  and  Wayne,  and  probably  parts  of  Lucas, 
Monroe  and  Appanoose. 

Its  boundaries  were  established  as  follows:  Beginning  at  the  mouth 
of  the  Osage  River,  which  is  about  ten  miles  below  the  city  of  Jefferson 
and  opposite  the  village  of  Barkersville  in  Callaway  County,  the  bound- 
ary pursued  the  circuitous  course  of  said  stream  to  the  Osage  boundary 
line,  meaning  thereby  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  Osage  Indian  Territory, 
or  to  the  northeast  comer  of  Vernon  County,  where  the  Osage  River,  two 
miles  east  of  the  present  town  of  Shell  City,  runs  near  said  corner ;  thence 
north  (along  the  western  line  of  St.  Clair,  Henry,  Johnson  and  Lafayette 
counties),  to  the  Missouri  River,  striking  that  sti'eam  west  of  and  very 
near  Napoleon,  thence  up  said  river  to  the  mouth  of  the  Kansas  River 
(where  Kansas  City  is  now  located),  thence  with  the  Indian  boundary 
line  (as  described  in  the  proclamation  of  Governor  William  Clark  issued 
March  9,  1815),  northwardly  along  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  "Platte 
purchase"  140  miles,  or  to  a  point  about  thirty-six  miles  north  and  within 
the  present  county  of  Adams,  in  the  state  of  Iowa,  near  the  town  of  Corn- 
ing in  said  county,  on  the  Burlington  and  Missouri  River  railroad;  thence 
eastward  with  the  said  line  to  the  main  dividing  ridge  of  high  ground,  to 
the  main  fork  of  the  River  Cedar  (which  is  the  line  between  Boone  and 
Callaway  counties  in  Missouri) ;  thence  down  said  river  to  the  Missouri ; 
thence  down  the  River  Missouri  and  in  the  middle  of  the  main  channel 
thereof,  to  the  mouth  of  the  Great  Osage  River,  the  place  of  beginning. 


CHAPTER  V 


EARLY  SETTLExMENT 


SOURCES  OF  INFORMATION— CHARACTERISTICS  OF  PIONEERS— HUNTERS  AND 
TRAPPERS— JOSEPH  ARNOLD,  FIRST  SETTLER— SETTLEMENTS  IN  1839— 
SETTLERS  PRIOR  TO  1850 — ASEPH  BUTLER  SETTLED  HERE  IN  1840— JOHN 
MAIZE,  UNCLE  TOMMY  TAYLOR,  THOMAS  FLINT,  THOMAS  TUCKER.  CHARLES 
L.  JENNINGS,  E.  M.  JENNINGS,  JOHN  W.  DROWN,  AVILLIAM  R.  ALLEN  AND 
OTHERS— HIGH  STANDARD  OF  CITIZENS.— "THE  PLANTING  OF  THE  COTTON- 
WOOD   TREE." 

Prior  to  1859  there  was  no  newspaper  published  in  the  county.  The 
inhabitants  prior  to  that  date  were  not  privileged  as  are  we  to  read  the 
weekly  chronicles  of  the  events  in  their  community,  and  in  writing  of  that 
time,  we  now  having  passed  beyond  listening  to  the  statements  of  the  old- 
est inhabitants  we  must  seek  information  fi'om  the  most  reliable  and 
authentic  sources  and  in  writing  of  others.  In  preparing  this  article  much 
reference  is  had  to  articles  heretofore  written  and  published  by  Elder  John 
S.  Allen  a^nd  Colonel  D.  J.  Heatton,  and  much  information  has  been  derived 
from  contributors  of  today. 

Tliis  county,  as  was  usually  the  case  in  all  new  countries,  was  settled 
by  people  who  set  out  to  establish,  on  new  and  cheap  land,  homes  and 
communities  for  themselve.3  and  their  families.  They  were  people  with- 
out much  means,  generally,  who  had  courage  and  energy,  determination 
and  endurance,  and  who  were  capable  of  economy  and  patience.  They  were 
self-reliant  and  coming  as  they  did  with  the  purposes  they  did,  were  a 
people  of  farmers  and  honesty.  Among  them  there  was  no  place  for 
a  lazy  man,  a  dude  or  a  thief. 

Of  course  before  the  first  settlements  were  made  the  country  had 
been  explored  and  traversed  by  hunters  and  trappers.  These  had  given 
names  to  many  of  the  creeks  and  groves.  For  instamce  it  is  said  that 
a  camp  of  hunters  on  a  creek  a  few  miles  southeast  of  Bethany  from  the 
number  of  skunks  they  found  there,  named  the  creek  Pole-Cat,  a  name 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  123 

it  bears  to  this  day.  Big-  Creek  was  named  by  settlers  near  its  mouth 
where  it  flows  into  Grand  River.  Shane  Creek  was  named  after  Thomas 
Shane,  one  of  the  first  settlers  upon  its  bamks.  And  Sugar  Creek  was 
named  from  the  unusual  fact  that  along  its  course  were  found  many 
hard  maples  from  which  sugar  is  made  and  to  this  day  there  are  land- 
owners in  that  region  who  have  preserved  their  sugar  groves. 

The  time  or  place  of  the  first  settlement  in  the  county  is  not  definitely 
known.  Joseph  Arnold,  who  until  his  death  some  years  ago  lived  about 
three  miles  south  of  Bethany,  is  accredited  with  being  one  of  the  first 
settlers  and  he  stated  that  in  the  spring  of  1838  his  father  and  Levi  Hunt 
settled  on  the  west  bank  of  Big  Creek  about  five  miles  south  of  Bethany. 
That  they  found  there  when  they  came  John  Fields  living  a  little  lower 
down  the  creek  on  its  east  bank.  That  he  had  a  little  log  hut  and  a  small 
field  enclosed  and  in  cultivation.  In  the  year  1838  William  Mitchell,  Jacob 
Mitchell  and  others  settled  on  Sugar  Creek  in  the  southeast  part  of  the 
county. 

During  that  year  and  1839  several  families  settled  in  the  county  at 
different  points  and  the  neighborhoods  were  known  by  the  names  of  some 
of  the  more  prominent  of  the  first  settlers.  There  were  such  neighbor- 
hoods as  Dunkerson's  Grove,  Taylor's  Grove,  Harris'  Mill,  Foster's  Farm, 
Allen's  Big  Spring,  and  like  designations  were  common  about  the  country 
by  which  different  localities  became  well  known  among  the  people,  and  as 
commonly  referred  to  as  are  nov/  the  towns  and  villages. 

In  the  history  of  Harrison  County,  published  in  1888  and  edited  by 
the  late  Colonel  D.  J;  Heaston,  of  Bethany,  we  learn  that  efforts  had  beei?' 
made  to  obtain  the  names  of  the  actual  settlers  prior  to  1850  and  to  ar- 
range them  by  neighborhoods,  but  it  was  found  impossible ;  but  the  follow- 
ing list  then  taken  from  public  records  and  interviews  then  had  with 
pioneers  was  pubhshed  therein  alphabetically: 

John  S.  Allen,  Stephen  C.  Allen,  William  R.  Allen,  Abel  W.  Allen, 
Josiah  Allen,  Thomas  Allen,  William  Allen,  Samuel  Alley,  Sampson  Alley. 
Benjamin  Ashby,  John  J.  Arnold,  Joseph  Arnold,  Thomas  Arnold,  Benjamin 
Archer,  William  C.  Atkinson,  C.  B.  Adkins,  Calloway  Allen. 

David  Buck,  Henderson  Buck,  Bethuel  Buck,  John  W.  Brown,  James 
Brown,  John  A.  Brown,  Aseph  Butler.  John  Bedford,  Jacob  A.  Brown, 
Thomas  Brown,  William  S.  Brown,  William  E.  Burris,  Aaron  Bales,  John 
Brooks,  James  Blakely,  Jonathan  Booth,  Robert  Bullington,  Howell  Blake- 
ter,  Benjamin   S.   Burns,  Noah   Bender,   Jonathan   Bender,   William,  H. 


124  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Bender,  Daniel  Bartlett,  Joseph  Bartlett,  Wilburn  Blankenship,  Simpson 
W.  Burgin,  Dennis  Burgin,  Boone  Ballard,  Solomon  Burson,  Christopher 
Blessing,  James  Bi-ady,  Isaac  Brady,  Alexander  C.  Brady,  E.  J.  Bondurant, 
Isaac  Brown,  B.  A.  Brown,  Aaron  Bridges,  Allen  Bridges,  James  Bridges, 
Adam  Brown,  E.  T.  Baldwin,  Ed  Baldwin,  William  Ballew,  Elisha  W. 
Benton,  E.  H.  Brady,  James  G.  Broughton,  James  B.  Bell,  William  Barber, 
Austin  Bryant,  Stephen  Bryant. 

John  Conduit,  William  Chambers,  C.  W.  H.  Cox,  A.  M.  Cox,  Fleming 
Cox,  John  W.  Casebolt,  Harrison  Casebolt,  Dennis  Clancey,  Lewis  Charlton, 
Arthur  Charlton,  John  Charlton,  John  Y.  Creswell,  William  Clopton,  Wil- 
liam Cumming,  Luther  T.  Collier,  Lott  Cain,  William  Crawford,  W.  W. 
Collins,  John  Cutshall,  Eli  Clevinger,  D.  C.  Courter,  Sam  Courter,  James 
Case,  William  Canaday,  John  Q.  Chambers,  Luther  Collins,  Thomas  M. 
Carnes. 

Thomas  Dunkerson,  James  A.  Dale,  A.  E.  Dale,  W.  E.  Dodd,  Willis 
Dickinson,  PhiUip  Davis,  John  Duley,  Pleasant  Daniel,  John  Daniel,  Thomas 
Daniel,  Alfred  Daniel,  John  Dovney,  George  Davis,  Willis  Daniel,  John  P. 
Devers. 

Samuel  Edmiston,  John  P.  Edmiston,  James  M.  Edmiston,  Edward  L. 
Ellis,  Samuel  Ellis,  Aaron  England,  John  D.  Enloe,  Anthony  Enloe,  Abram 
Endsley,  Hugh  Endsley,  John  H.  Elliott,  L.  H.  Elliott. 

Samuel  P.  Fleenor,  Simon  Fleenor,  Thomas  Flint,  John  Fhnt,  John 
Fields,  Dilwood  Fields,  Robert  Ford,  R.  Y.  Ford,  John  J.  Ford,  Samuel 
Ford,  Henry  Fuller,  James  Fuller,  S.  L.  Fox,  Elijah  Fleming,  Thomas 
Foster,  John  Foster,  Levi  Fields,  Jesse  Fowler,  Matthew  Franklin,  Joel  J. 
Fair,  Asa  Fleming,  Richard  Ford,  Charles  Fitch,  Sam  Fitch,  William  T. 
Foster,  George  Foster,  George  Fallis,  John  Fanning. 

William  B.  Gillespie,  Joseph  Gillespie,  John  Gillespie,  Jacob  Gutshall, 
David  Garton,  Ananias  Garton,  Russell  Guy,  Benjamin  Grubb,  Thomas  M. 
Geer,  Noah  Grant,  Elkanah  Glover,  John  Gibson,  0.  P.  Green. 

Phillip  Harris,  Joel  Harris,  David  Harris,  Isaac  Hammers,  William 
Hamblin,  Thomas  Hutchens,  A.  B.  Harden,  Edward  Hunt,  Joseph  Hunt, 
Elijah  Hubbard,  E.  L.  Hubbard,  E.  S.  Hughes,  John  J.  Hatton,  Marshall 
K.  Howell,  William  W.  Harper,  Thomas  Hart,  Henry  C.  Hamilton,  J.  D. 
Hardin,  Henry  Herrington,  Charles  Hauck,  Lewis  Hunt,  John  Hudson, 
John  W.  Hobbs,  E.  H.  Hobbs,  John  Hyde,  Edward  Higgins,  William  Hunter, 
Henry  Hunter,  Porter  Hardin,  John  M.  Haynes,  Thomas  J.  Higgins,  Nelson 
Hockridge,  William  Hamaker,  Robert  Hall,  William  Hall,  William  Hend- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  125 

ricks,  John  Honan,  W.  B.  Harper,  J.  J.  Hogan,  J.  B.  Hyde,  Alex  Hinkley, 
Benjamin  Harris,  Granville,  Hogan,  Joseph  W.  Harper,  Enoch  Holland, 
Shephard  Hulse,  Alfred  Hickman. 

Charles  L.  Jennings,  E.  M.  Jennings,  Martin  Jennings,  Samuel  0.  Jen- 
nings, Miles  Jennings,  Ichabod  Jincks,  Lee  P.  Jones,  John  Jones,  Joseph 
Jones,  Joseph  C.  Johnson. 

Charley  Killyan,  John  P.  King,  William  King,  Simon  P.  King,  Jesse 
Kelley. 

William  Long,  Ivan  Low,  Joshua  Low,  Alvin  P.  Low,  Isaac  N.  Ladd, 
Thomas  Ladd,  William  N.  Lauderback,  William  G.  Lewis,  Joshua  Looman, 
John  Long,  C.  A.  Long,  John  Liggett,  Leonard  Ladd,  Jacob  B.  Ladd,  William 
Liles. 

William  Mitchell,  Jacob  Mitchell,  John  Mitchell,  Daniel  Mitchell,  James 
M.  Mitchell,  Reuben  Macey,  Eli  McDaniel,  F.  H.  McKinney,  Patrick  McGill, 
Elisha  Meeker,  James  Mallett,  F.  B.  Miller,  Cornelius  Murphy,  Daniel  Mor- 
gan, William  Munns,  John  McGinley,  Charles  Miller,  S.  C.  Miller,  Thomas 
Monson,  Hugh  T.  Monson,  Adam  Miller,  Abram  Myers,  John  McGraw, 
Dr.  J.  G.  Miller,  William  Martin,  John  Merrifield,  RoUa  Merrifield,  Na- 
thaniel Martin,  Arch  Montgomery,  Kader  Madden,  Allen  S.  Meek,  Jacob 
H.  McLey,  James  Moss,  John  R.  Maize,  David  Macey,  G.  M.  Mendenhall, 
John  G.  Musick. 

George  W.  Noah,  Harrison  Noble,  S.  M.  Nelson,  James  Nash,  Wil- 
liam Nally,  Samuel  F.  Neal,  Henry  0.  Nevill,  James  H.  Nevill. 

Hardin  Oatman,  Clem  Oatman,  John  Oatman,  John  Grain,  William 
Oxford,  Jonathan  Oxford,  Jacob  D.  Oxford,  Drury  Obion. 

Samuel  Prewitt,  John  Prewitt,  Robert  Peery, Peery,  Logan  H. 

Peery,  John  Poynter,  Thomas  Poynter,  William  Pelcher,  James  Powell,  An- 
thony Plymell,  Peter  Price,  Joseph  Price,  James  Price,  William  L.  Price, 
Veazey  Price,  Christopher  Platz,  Peter  Pettit,  J.  A.  Piburn,  J.  M.  Piburn. 

William  Robinson,  James  K.  Rees,  James  Ramey,  Benjamin  S.  Ramey, 
William  Rice,  Shedrick  Robertson,  Solomon  Richardson,  Hugh  Ross,  Samuel 
Ross,  Jacob  Ross,  John  E.  Roberts,  Henry  Rice,  James  Rhodes,  Perry 
Reed,  John  Ramey. 

Ephraim  Stewart,  Wright  Stephens,  WiHiam  M.  Selby,  Vincent  Smit.'i, 
John  W.  Stephenson,  John  R.  Scott,  George  Smith,  Jonathan  H.  Smith,  A. 
J.  Smith,  Ed  Smith,  James  Stone,  Amos  Spurgin,  Eli  Salmon,  Thomas 
Shain,  Noah  Snell,  Jacob  Stumbaugh,  Rod  Stark,  Charles  M.  Scott,  Ben- 
jamin Salmon,  John  Sanders,  Daniel  Shumate,  G.  W.  Selby,  Samuel  Spires, 


126  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

William  Smith,  Sylvester  Smith,  Allen  Scott,  William  Sim.pson,  James  N. 
Stafford. 

L.  Dow  Thompson,  Thomas  Tucker,  Daniel  Tucker,  Beverly  Travis, 
David  Travis,  William  A.  Travis,  Hiram  Tinney,  John  Taylor,  Thomas  Tay- 
lor, Chris  Taylor,  James  Taylor,  Thomas  Thompson,  Thomas  Terry,  Daniel 
M.  Thomas,  Elkanah  Timmons,  Reuben  D.  Tillay,  Sanford  M.  Tilley,  John 
Tull,  Ben  Tull,  Jeptha  Tull,  Birdine  Taylor,  J.  F.  Thompson,  Allen  Turner, 
Silas  Turner. 

John  W.  Virden,  Jesse  Vail,  Daniel  Vanderpool,  Isaac  Vanhoozier,  Val- 
entine  Vanhoozier,   William   M.   Virden. 

George  Williams,  Alfred  Williams,  John  Williams,  Andrew  Williams, 
David  Williams,  John  B.  Williams,  Richard  Watson,  Noah  Whitt,  SJiarp 
Winningham,  Elijah  Wilcot,  John  Wilcot,  Hiram  K.  Weddle,  Calvin  Wil- 
liams, Adam  H.  Wilson,  B.  T.  Whedbee,  Solomon  Wilkinson,  W.  B.  Weldon, 
Zachariah  Welden,  Jonathan  Welden,  Mark  P.  Wills,  Daniel  Walker,  Richard 
Walker,  Joel  H.  Worthington. 

Jeremiah  Young,  Harvey  Young,  R.  R.  Young,  F.  B.  Young,  WMliam 
Young. 

Of  course,  it  is  not  claimed  that  the  foregoing  is  a  full  or  complete 
list  of  all  the  early  settlers  but  it  is  believed  to  be  the  lai-gest  list  that 
has  ever  been  published.  In  writing  a  history  of  the  county  for  the  "Atlas" 
prepared  by  Edwards  Brothers,  in  1876,  Colonel  Heaston  made  a  list  of 
early  settlers  embracing  about  one-half  the  names  above  given.  The 
others  have  been  added  from  other  sources. 

Some  of  those  people  moved  further  on,  others  remained,  and  most 
have  gone  to  their  last  resting  places,  leaving  honored  family  names. 

In  1840  Aseph  M.  Butler  settled  west  of  Big  Creek  on  the  farm  where 
he  lived  and  died  near  the  south  line  of  the  county.  He  came  from  Ver- 
mont. About  the  same  time  John  R.  Maize,  who  died  October  9,  1921, 
settled  near  him.  In  the  same  year  Thomas  Tyler  settled  near 
the  head  of  Pole  Cat  Creek  on  what  was  later  known  as  the  Birdine  Taylor 
farm,  upon  which  stands  the  Kutley  Chapel.  It  was  an  old  joke  among 
the  settlers  that  Uncle  Tommy  Taylor  was  the  smartest  man  on  Pole 
Cat,  having  shown  his  wisdom  by  settling  so  far  up  toward  the  head  of  the 
"critter."  He  certainly  showed  wisdom  in  selection  of  the  site  of  his 
location.     No  better  or  more  beautiful  country  is  anywhere  to  be  found. 

John  Foster  settled  near  Antioch  Church,  four  miles  southeast  of 
Bethany  in  1840.    He  was  a  very  strong  man  and  it  was  said  of  him  that 


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he  was  always  ready  to  fight — for  amusement,  for  trial  of  strength — or  in 
defense  of  the  right. 

The  same  year  Thomas  Flint  settled  near  him.  He  was  a  minister 
in  the  Christian  Church  and  continued  to  preach  many  years.  He  was  an 
intelligent  man,  and  did  much  good  in  properly  directing  the  morals  of  the 
people.  He  was  appointed  circuit  clerk  upon  the  first  organization  of  the 
county  and  died  in  office.  David  and  William  A.  Ti'avis  also  came  here 
in  1840.  They  settled  a  few  miles  northeast  of  Bethany.  It  was  reported 
about  this  part  of  the  county  that  David  Travis  was  one  of  the  best 
hunters  among  the  early  settlers  and  in  addition  to  other  game  occasionally 
killed  an  elk.  In  1841  there  settled  near  where  Bethany  is  John  W.  Brown, 
Thomas  Tucker,  Charles  L.  Jennings,  E.  M.  Jennings,  William  R.  Allen  and 
others.  At  that  time  there  were  no  v/hite  settlers  north  of  them  except 
a  few  at  Fort  Des  Moines  where  there  was  an  Indian  town  and  a  fort. 
John  W.  Browm  was  one  of  the  best  known  men  among  the  early  settlers 
and  one  of  the  best  citizens  that  ever  lived  in  the  county.  Before  the 
organization  of  the  county  he  was  elected  a  justice  of  the  peace  or  "squire" 
as  he  was  familiarly  called,  and  what  cases  there  were,  were  decided  by 
him  and  the  man  who  was  not  satisfied  with  his  decision  was  set  down 
as  a  contentious  man.  After  the  organization  of  the  county  he  was  both 
circuit  and  county  clerk  for  twenty  years. 

The  first  settlers  of  this  county  were  all  an  exceptionally  good  class 
of  citizens  and  all  accounts  we  have  learned  of  them  agree  in  this.  No 
county  was  ever  settled  by  a  better  class  of  men  than  John  S.  Allen, 
William  R.  Allen,  Aseph  M.  Butler,  David  Buck.  Daniel  Bartlett,  C.  L. 
Jennings,  T.  M.  Geer,  Lewis  Charlton,  Henry  Fuller,  Samuel  Edmiston, 
John  W.  Brown,  Thomas  Flint,  Thomas  Tucker,  T.  M.  Dunkerson,  Elisha 
Meeker,  M.  K.  Howell,  Philip  Harris,  James  A.  Dale,  Ephraim  Stewart. 
William  A.  Travis,  David  Travis  and  those  who  settled  with  them  near 
Bethany.     Even  William  Penn  and  his  early  colony  were  no  better. 

The  Planting  of  the  Coltonwood  Tree. 

By  Ed  Blair. 

The  building  of  the  cabin  home. 

The  planting  of  the  trees. 
The  breaking  of  the  virgin  soil — 

What  tender  memories! 


128  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

What  stories,  told  of  other  days, 
That  now  drift  back  to  me, 

I  think  this  one  the  best  of  all, 
The  planting  of  this  tree. 

A  little  sprout  she  carried  there 

When  first  the  home  was  bought, 
For  mother  said  "a  treeless  home 

Was  such  a  lonely  spot." 
And  by  the  door  where  sunimei"'s  breeze 

Would  tune  its  leaves  to  song 
She  planted  it  and  nourished  till 

Its  roots  grew  firm  and  strong. 

Dear  cottonwood,  so  lovely  then. 

How  wide  and  tall  it  grew. 
What  joy  to  those  long  absent  when 

Its  top  first  came  to  view! 
A  sentinel  it  seemed  to  be 

That  stood  majestic  there, 
And  guarded  those  who  dwelt  within 

That  dear  old  home  so  fair. 

'Twas  mother's  tree!     And  it  has  stood 

For  thirty  years  or  moi'e. 
Where  loving  hands  had  planted  it 

Beside  that  cottage  door. 
The  song-birds  came  and  nested  there, 

And  'neath  its  cooling  shade, 
The  boys  and  girls  that  blessed  the  home 

Their  first  playhouses  made. 

Here  where  the  I'oaming  buffaloes 

Were  chased  by  Indian  bands — 
"The  treeless  desert  of  the  plains" — 

The  shaded  home  now  stands. 
The  shaded  homes,  the  homes  with  trees 

On  every  plain  appear — 
'Twas  mother's  love,  'twas  mother's  care 

That  gave  and  made  them  dear. 


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CHAPTER  VI 


INDIAN  HISTORY. 


TRADING  WITH  INDIANS — NEED  OF  AMMUNITION — AN  INCIDENT — INDIANS 
FRIENDLY— ORGANIZATION  OF  MILITIA — OFFICERS  SELECTED— "THE  KILD- 
YAN  WAR." 

Among  the  incidents  of  the  early  days  were  some  arising  from  coming 
in  contact  with  and  trading  with  the  Indians.  The  early  settlers  were 
sometimes  in  quite  a  strait  for  ammunition.  This  was  to  them  a  serious 
matter  as  they  depended  in  a  great  measure  upon  wild  meat  for  the  first 
few  years.  This  want  was  often  partially  supplied  by  the  Indians  who 
generally  had  powder  and  lead  in  abundance  furnished  them  by  the  gov- 
ernment. The  Indians  were  then  numerous  in  the  southwest  portion  of 
Iowa  and  when  their  hunting  excursions  would  come  near  the  white  settle- 
ments, the  whites  would  trade  with  them  to  secure  ammunition.  The 
Indians  soon  learned  that  when  the  whites  needed  ammunition  they  would 
give  good  trades  to  get  it ;  in  this  they  exhibited  their  natural  shrewdness 
and  in  the  game  of  "swap"  they  often  outwitted  their  pale-face  brothers. 

An  incident  occurring  in  the  fall  of  1841  illustrating  this  has  been, 
handed  down  to  us.  It  was  like  this:  A  settler  needing  ammunition, 
gathered  a  lot  of  turnips  and  took  them  to  an  Indian  camp  to  trade,  but 
being  unable  to  speak  in  the  Indian  dialect  the  Indians  held  him  at  a  dis- 
advantage, pretending  not  to  understand  him.  Toward  evening  a  lad 
about  ten  or  twelve  years  old  offered  to  trade  some  powder  for  turnips ; 
they  effected  a  trade,  the  man  delivering  the  turnips  and  followed  the 
lad  into  his  wigwam  to  get  the  powder.  It  was  then  dark  but  the  wigwam 
was  lighted  up  slightly  by  a  stick  fire;  the  lad  got  the  allotted  amount 
in  a  rag  and  the  settler  wanted  to  take  it  to  the  light  to  examine  it  but 
the  lad  motioned  frantically  for  him  not  to  take  it  to  the  light  to  examine 
it  at  the  same  time  saying  "tshu  tshu"  as  much  as  to  say  it  will  explode. 
The  man  took  the  alleged  powder  to  his  wagon,  but  fearing  the  lad  was 
tricking  him  concluded  to  test  the  powder.    He  tasted  it  and  tried  to  ex- 

(4) 


180  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

plode  a  little  of  it  when  he  found  it  was  no  good.  He  returned  with  it  to 
the  wigwam  but  neither  the  lad  nor  the  turnips  could  be  found.  It  ap- 
peared that  the  lad  had  gathered  up  some  charcoal,  pounded  it  up  fine 
and  traded  it  to  the  unsuspecting  settler  for  pure  government  powder.  He 
wandered  around  complaining  greatly  at  the  manner  in  which  he  had  been 
swindled,  but  he  could  not  find  a  member  of  the  Lo  family  who  could 
understand  him  sufficiently  to  sympathize  with  him  in  the  loss  of  his 
turnips  and  powder. 

The  Indians  would  generally  trade  almost  anything  they  had  for 
"skutipo"  (whisky).  They  would  gather  large  quantities  of  wild  meat, 
which  they  would  dry  and  pack  away  for  transportation  to  their  towns. 
They  were  also  quite  skillful  at  tanning  deer  skins  out  of  which  they  made 
many  useful  articles  or  beautiful  trinkets.  They  preferred  to  trade  these 
to  the  settlers  but  soon  found  that  there  was  not  much  demand  for  them. 
They  would  exchange  their  dried  venison  or  anything  for  "skutipo"  and 
then  their  men  would  get  drunk  and  when  they  were  drunk  they  were  not 
"good  Indians"  and  it  was  safer  to  be  away  from  them,  though  they  were 
quiet  when  sober  and  never  disturbed  the  whites  or  their  property,  but 
sometimes  would  infringe  upon  the  hunting  grounds  of  the  whites.  It 
was  against  the  law  to  trade,  sell  or  give  whisky  to  the  Indians,  yet 
the  law  was  in  that  regard  oftener  violated  than  it  was  vindicated. 

In  1843  an  order  was  received  to  organize  the  militia  in  these  settle- 
mi-nts.  Prior  to  that  time  the  settlers  had  not  felt  any  particular  need  of 
a  mililary  organization  but  they  did  not  know  what  emergency  migh  arise 
and  they  thought  the  Giovemor  might  know  more  about  matters  than 
they  did.  And  they  were  growing  in  importance  when  they  attracted 
enough  sufficient  notice  to  be  taxed  and  formed  into  a  military  department. 
There  were  a  great  many  Indians  in  the  southwest  part  of  Iowa  and 
though  they  were  friendly  and  peaceable  the  settlers  did  not  know  what 
might  occur  to  change  this  pleasant  state  of  affairs,  therefore  they  talked 
the  matter  over  like  good  citizens  and  concluded  to  meet  together  and 
organize  the  militia.  The  women  were  particularly  well  pleased  at  the 
idea  of  that  the  militia  would  be  organized  and  their  protection  fully 
secured. 

Of  course  the  important  consideration  was  in  reference  to  the  proper 
persons  for  the  officers  of  their  little  army.  It  was  agreed  that  they  would 
need  a  colonel  and  a  major  and  they  set  about  the  selection  of  these  officers. 
It  was  the  general  opinion  that  these  officers  must  be  men  of  judgment 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  131 

and  courage,  especially  the  colonel  must  be  a  man  of  stamina.  At  last  it 
was  determined  that  C.  L.  Jennings  was  the  proper  man  for  colonel.  He 
had  come  to  the  county  in  1841,  reared  a  large  cabin  on  the  farm  (later 
known  as  the  Jacob  King  farm)  some  four  miles  northeast  of  Bethany. 
He  had  shown  himself  to  be  a  good  commander  of  an  ox  team  and  was  good 
looking  and  the  tallest  man  in  the  settlement  and  the  squatters  being 
Bible  readers  knew  how  Saul  was  selected  for  king  because  "he  was  higher 
than  any  of  the  people  from  the  shoulders  up." 

S.  C.  Allen  was  elected  major.  He  was  not  so  tall  as  the  colonel 
but  that  was  not  considered  so  important  a  matter  for  the  lower  officers. 
No  roll  or  roster  of  the  men  enrolled  has  been  preserved.  It  has  been 
stated  that  there  were  two  companies  but  it  is  not  known  how  many 
men  there  were  in  each  company  as  they  were  divided  according  to  the 
convenience  of  the  settlers. 

The  Kjllyan  War. 

Shortly  after  the  militia  were  organized  they  were  called  into  service 
by  the  colonel  under  the  following  circumstances:  A  settler  on  the  edge 
of  the  prairie  a  few  miles  south  of  where  Eagleville  now  is,  by  the  name  of 
Charles  Killyan  took  a  few  bushels  of  corn  to  Phil  Harris'  mill  on  Big  Creek 
west  of  Bethany.  While  he  was  there  a  heavy  rain  fell,  raising  the  creek 
so  that  it  could  not  be  crossed ;  there  were  no  bridges  or  fences  on  Big 
Creek  at  that  time.  The  mill  was  on  the  west  side  of  the  creek  and  as  it 
appeared  the  creek  would  continue  too  deep  to  ford  for  two  or  three  days, 
Killyan  concluded  to  go  up  the  creek  on  the  west  side  until  he  could 
cross  it.  Accordingly  he  started  north  to  head  the  creek  and  go  home.  As 
he  did  not  return  home  for  a  week  and  had  always  been  a  good,  industrious 
citizen  of  no  bad  habits,  his  family  and  the  neighbors  became  alarmed  at 
his  protracted  absence.  Neighbors  were  sent  to  the  mill  to  see  if  any  tid- 
ings could  be  gained  of  him.  It  was  learned  he  had  been  to  the  mill,  ob- 
tained his  grinding  and  started  home  in  due  time,  but  nothing  further 
was  known  or  could  be  heard  of  him. 

The  settlers  became  aroused,  the  matter  was  discussed.  It  was  con- 
sidered that  he  had  started  for  home  in  a  northwest  direction  toward  the 
Indian  settlements  in  southwest  Iowa  and  no  doubt  was  entertained  but 
that  he  had  been  captured  by  the  Indians.    Was  he  killed  and  scalped  or 


132  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

was  he  held  as  a  captive  and  hostage  ?  These  were  questions  that  excited 
various  comments. 

If  Killyan  was  captured  by  the  Indians  it  was  the  duty  of  the  settlers 
to  punish  the  Indians  or  there  would  be  no  safety  for  any  other  settler 
that  might  be  out  alone  and  it  was  considered  a  matter  of  prudence  as 
v.ell  as  sound  statesmanship  to  show  the  Indians  the  strength  and  courage 
of  the  settlement. 

The  idea  of  war  upon  the  frontier  with  the  wild  and  merciless  savages 
excited  the  liveliest  apprehensions.  They  had  often  read  of  Indian  war- 
fare and  had  early  been  taught  that  their  mode  of  warfare  was  the  indis- 
criminate murder  of  men,  women  and  children  and  that  the  Indians  were 
cunning  and  liable  to  dash  down  upon  them  without  any  notice  or  sign  of 
their  coming.    All  such  thoughts  had  a  tendency  to  intensify  the  situation. 

Upon  consultation  it  was  decided  proper  to  call  out  the  militia  and 
follow  after  the  trail  of  Killyan.  It  was  true  the  Indians  had  always  been 
peaceable  and  friendly  and  had  never  appeared  to  show  any  desire  to 
make  trouble  with  the  white  settlers  but  once  and  that  was  after  the 
Indians  had  lost  some  ponies  and  thought  the  whites  had  taken  them,  or 
harbored  those  who  did ;  but  upon  investigation  the  Indians  were  con- 
vinced that  the  squatters  in  this  county  were  not  to  blame  and  thereupon 
friendly  relations  had  been  more  firmly  established  than  before.  There 
was  no  telling  but  what  some  thief  or  thieves  had  again  stolen  some  of 
their  ponies  and  the  Indians  might  have  concluded  to  take  their  revenge 
upon  Killyan. 

Some  of  the  more  timid  could  almost  see  poor  Killyan  tied  to  a  tree  or 
stake  with  a  pile  of  wood  around  him  ready  to  have  the  torch  applied. 
Everybody  was  excited,  especially  the  women  and  children.  Killyan's  poor 
wife  became  almost  distracted.  She  would  cry  and  say:  "My  poor  husband 
has  been  captured  by  the  Indians.    Oh !  I  will  never  get  to  see  him  again." 

Under  these  circumstances  the  colonel  of  the  militia  issued  his  orders 
to  have  the  settlement  placed  on  a  war  footing  and  all  the  militia  were 
ordered  to  meet  at  the  house  of  the  colonel  the  next  morning  by  sun- 
rise to  start  upon  an  armed  expedition  in  search  of  the  missing  squatter 
or  to  discover  his  murderers.  Such  a  bustle,  excitement  and  hurry  had 
never  before  been  knowm  in  the  territory.  Riders  were  sent  in  all  directions 
to  notify  the  militia  to  turn  out  on  the  morrow  with  ten  days'  provisions. 

The  women  in  their  patriotism  forgot  their  fright  for  the  time  being 
and  flew  to  cooking  rations  for  the  campaign.     The  men  brightened  up 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  133 

their  guns  and  "run"  bullets  and  prepared  their  ammunition  and  such  a 
general  rubbing  and  cleaning  up  old  guns  was  not  common. 

The  militia  had  been  organized  under  orders  but  had  drawn  no 
arms,  ammunition  or  rations.  On  such  an  expedition  it  was  necessary  to 
go  as  cavalry  and  each  soldier  must  be  supplied  with  a  horse.  They  were 
all  good  hunters  and  experienced  marksmen,  having  brought  down  many 
a  deer  and  felt  safe  when  at  the  breech  of  their  guns. 

The  next  morning  early  the  militiamen  might  have  been  seen  riding 
to  the  residence  of  the  colonel  until  the  regiment  numbered  about  forty 
faithful  troopers.  All  things  being  ready  the  gallant  colonel  brought 
out  his  war  horse  and  gave  the  order  to  mount  and  they  soon  dashed 
off  double  file  for  the  fray.  They  stopped  to  feed  and  water  at  noon  on 
Big  Creek  and  shortly  after  starting  again  they  struck  a  trail  showing 
that  numerous  ponies  had  recently  traveled  to  the  north. 

After  traveling  some  distance  they  came  to  a  place  where  the  Indians 
had  evidently  camped  and  they  found  meal  scattered  upon  the  ground 
and  tracks  that  indicated  one  large  horse  among  the  ponies,  all  of  which 
they  interpreted  to  mean  that  the  Indians  had  the  horse  and  meal,  but 
where  was  Killyan  ?  Perhaps  a  poor  captive  and  far  removed  from  family 
and  friends  or  perhaps  worse,  left  as  food  for  wolves. 

Here  a  few  of  the  army  wanted  to  go  back,  claiming  that  further 
search  was  useless  and  that  they  had  enlisted  for  only  one  day  and  their 
families  were  not  well  and  their  stock  required  their  attention  and  other 
similar  trivial  excuses.  The  colonel  said  it  was  no  time  to  desert  the  post 
of  duty  in  the  hour  of  danger  and  when  the  country  demanded  every 
man  to  do  his  duty,  but  if  any  of  his  command  would  publicly  acknowl- 
edge that  he  was  a  coward  and  would  surrender  his  gun  and  ammunition 
he  would  be  dishonorably  mustered  out  of  the  service  and  could  return 
home.  No  one  would  do  that  and  the  morale  of  the  forces  was  fully  re- 
stored.    And  they  boldly  pushed  forward  into  the  enemy's  country. 

About  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  when  they  gained  the  summit 
of  a  ridge  and  looked  far  to  the  north  they  saw  men  on  horseback.  "Indians, 
boys,"  said  a  gallant  trooper,  as  he  gazed  through  a  spy-glass.  "Indians, 
by  thunder,"  said  the  colonel  as  he  gazed  through  the  spy-glass,  "and 
coming  this  way,  but  only  a  small  squad."  Was  it  the  advance  guard,  or 
a  decoy  to  deceive  the  militia?  But  our  colonel  was  not  to  be  decoyed. 
He  ordered  his  men  forward  to  suitable  grounds,  where  they  were  dis- 


134  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

mounted  and  formed  a  line  of  battle  and  awaited  the  approach  of  the 
enemy. 

"Now,  by  thunder,  let  every  man  stand  his  ground,  and  all  stick  to- 
gether," said  the  colonel.  With  bated  breath  they  awaited  the  approach 
of  the  enemy.  They  were  in  an  open  prairie  and  could  not  be  ambushed 
and  did  not  much  fear  an  attack  at  that  place,  but  it  was  a  good  point  for 
observation.  Presently  two  Indians  and  a  white  man  emerged  from  the 
brushy  hollow  before  them.  "That  is  Killyan,"  said  the  man  with  the  spy- 
glass. As  they  came  nearer  the  men  saw  that  it  was  Killyan  and  he  was 
received  with  joy. 

He  then  explained  that  he  had  started  up  the  west  side  of  Big  Creek 
to  the  head  of  the  stream,  that  he  had  done  so,  but  the  weather  being 
bad  and  cloudy,  he  had  lost  his  course  and  gone  too  far  east  and  gone 
down  on  the  east  side  of  Grand  River,  which  he  could  not  cross  on  ac- 
count of  the  high  water  and  had  to  go  back  north  again.  Falling  in  with 
some  friendly  Indians  that  also  were  going  to  Fort  Des  Moines,  two  of 
them  were  sent  to  assist  him  in  finding  his  way  home  as  they  understood 
the  country  better  than  Killyan. 

The  Indians  received  the  thanks  of  the  big  warrior  and  the  grateful 
acknowledgments  of  Killyan  and  departed  to  seek  their  tribe,  and  Killyan 
w^as  returned  to  his  family  who  were  almost  overwhelmed  with  joy.  The 
war  was  declared  over,  the  victory  won,  the  lost  restored  and  the  valiant 
militia  dismissed  by  the  colonel  with  praises  for  their  bravery  in  turning 
out  in  defense  of  their  imperiled  country. 

The  peaceful  and  happy  termination  of  this  campaign  gave  renewed 
confidence  to  the  settlers  that  they  need  not  fear  any  trouble  from  the 
Indians  north  of  them.  And  it  is  worthy  of  remark  that  there  never  waa 
any  hostile  troubles  or  scarcely  any  ill  feeling  between  them.  This  in  a 
great  degree  was  owing  to  the  good  will  kept  up  and  fostered  at  all  times 
by  the  early  settlers. 


CHAPTER  VII 


THE  MORMON  WAR. 


MORMON  EXODUS  FROM  NAUVOO— TRAVELED  WESTWARD— STOP  IN  IOWA— RU- 
MORS OP  THEIR  INTENTIONS — UNWARRANTED  EXCITEMENT  AMONG  SET- 
TLERS—MILITIA MOBILIZED— MARCHED  AGAINST  THE  MORMONS — MEETING 
WITH   BRIGHAM    YOUNG— A    BETTER    UNDERSTANDING — TREATY. 

In  the  year  1846  occurred  what  is  known  by  the  early  settlers  as  the 
"Mormon  War."  After  the  Mormon  settlement  at  Nauvoo,  Illinois  was 
broken  up,  and  Joseph  Smith,  their  leader  and  prophet  was  killed,  Brigham 
Young  came  forward  as  the  successor  of  Joseph  Smith  and  assumed  the 
leadership  as  such  prophet,  and  with  the  greater  portion  of  the  adher- 
ents of  the  strange  doctrine,  started  out  west  to  seek  a  country  beyond 
civilization — some  lone  and  pleasant  dell,  some  valley  in  the  West — where 
free  from  toil  and  pain  the  weary  Mormons  might  rest  and  live  according 
to  their  doctrines,  without  molestation  by  civil  authorities. 

The  Monnons  traveled  westward  through  the  southern  portion  of 
Iowa.  This  portion  of  that  state  was  not  settled  at  that  time  and  as 
the  Mormons  swarmed  along  the  border  many  of  them  stopped  in  what 
is  now  Decatur  County,  Iowa,  and  commenced  improving  land  at  a  place 
they  called  Mount  Pisgah,  and  also  at  Garden  Grove. 

All  sorts  of  rumors  were  in  circulation  in  reference  to  the  intentions 
and  designs  of  the  Mormons.  Many  thought  they  intended  to  return  to 
Missouri  and  buy  up  their  old  possessions  and  those  they  could  not  buy 
out  they  would  in  some  way  force  out,  and  this  would  lead  to  disturb- 
ances and  perhaps  break  up  the  settlements  and  bring  great  trouble  to 
the  settlers. 

It  was  thought  they  were  waiting  upon  the  borders  for  other  Mormons 
to  arrive  and  as  soon  as  they  received  sufficient  force  they  would  make 
a  raid  upon  Missouri.  These  reports  greatly  excited  the  settlers,  as  they 
were  weak  in  numbers  and  would  be  the  first  to  be  over-run  by  the  Mor- 
mons from  the  north  as  there  were  only  a  few  settlers  north  of  Bethany. 


136  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

The  militia  had  been  drilled  but  little  and  had  no  experience  in  the 
field  save  that  of  the  "Killyan  War,'"  but  still  had  the  same  gallant  colonel 
to  look  to  and  lead  them  to  victory.  In  consequence  of  the  alleged  prepara- 
tions of  the  Mormons  and  rumored  threats,  the  settlers  thought  it  best  to 
carry  the  war  into  the  enemy's  country  and  to  attack  them  while  they  were 
yet  unprepared. 

Accordingly  war  was  determ,ined  upon  and  Colonel  Jennings  called 
his  regiment  together  and  they  struck  north  on  the  line  of  march  with 
banners  flying  and  guns  shining  in  the  blazing  sun,  determined  to  give  the 
muchly  married  men  one  trial  at  least.  The  colonel  never  felt  prouder 
than  he  did  on  that  day  as  he  reviewed  the  regiment  of  about  fifty  valiant 
warriors,  each  of  whom  could  knock  out  a  squirrel's  eye  at  100  yards,  and 
who  had  never  been  defeated. 

After  a  two-days'  march  the  colonel  and  his  army  came  upon  the 
Monnon  settlement  when  the  colonel  demanded  the  whereabouts  of  Brig- 
ham  Young.  The  Mormons  appeared  to  very  much  excited  and  were  not 
at  all  prepared  for  war,  only  bent  on  peaceful  pursuits  and  waiting  for 
other  stragglers  to  join  them.  In  the  surprise  and  alarm  of  seeing  an  armed 
force  in  their  front  some  concluded  that  it  was  the  Illinois  troops  inter- 
cepting their  westward  journey.  The  women  retreated  to  their  tents,  the 
children  huddled  together  in  herds  and  the  men  stood  around  in  groups  as 
if  expecting  to  be  taken  prisoners. 

The  colonel  ordered  his  men  to  remain  in  line  and  on  no  account 
to  break  ranks.  Presently  the  Mormons  ran  up  a  white  flag.  As  Brig- 
ham  Young  did  not  appear  for  some  time,  the  colonel  sent  a  guard  for  him 
and  in  a  few  minutes  Brigham  came  out  bowing  and  scraping  as  politely 
as  a  French  dancing  master  and  asked:  "What  is  wanting.  Sir?  What 
do  you  want  with  me?"  The  colonel  rose  in  his  stirrups  to  his  full  stature 
and  said :  "We  want  to  know  what  in  thunder  you  are  doing  here."  Brig- 
ham  said  very  meekly:  "We  are  simply  traveling  peaceably  toward  the 
west."  The  colonel  spoke  out,  very  bodly  and  said  unto  him,  "Our  people 
in  Missouri,  including  my  regiment,  became  uneasy  at  your  appearance 
and  maneuvers  here  and  supposed  you  were  intending  to  move  on  Missouri, 
and  have  come  to  see  about  it.  Brigham  smiled  and  said  very  obsequiously, 
"You  need  give  yourselves  no  uneasiness,  gentlemen.  We  have  been  driven 
from  our  homes  in  Illinois  by  the  wicked  Gentiles  and  some  of  our  people 
are  so  poor  they  had  to  stop  and  raise  something  to  live  on  and  will  then 
move  ahead."    The  colonel  thereupon  entered  into  a  treaty  of  peace  with 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  137 

Brigham  that  he  was  not  to  enter  Missouri  except  for  trade  and  com- 
mercial purposes. 

The  war  having  met  with  this  favorable  conclusion,  the  gallant  colonel 
with  his  conquering  army  returned  home  without  the  loss  of  a  man.  They 
reported  the  Mount  Pisgah  treaty  to  the 'inhabitants  of  Bethany  and  all 
seemed  satisfied  with  the  result  of  the  expedition.  After  that  the  settlers 
enjoyed  a  lucrative  trade  with  the  Mormon  travelers. 

These  were  the  only  wars  in  which  the  militia  of  the  territory  en- 
gaged. They  served  at  their  own  expense  without  the  hope  of  fee  or 
reward.  It  is  said  that  they  never  received  any  bounty,  back  pay,  warrant, 
pensions  or  bonus.  The  gallant  colonel  resided  in  this  county  many  years, 
respected  as  a  veteran  by  all  the  early  settlers,  and  in  1887  was  a  dairy- 
man at  St.  Joseph. 


CHAPTER  VIII 


INCIDENTS  OF  EARLY  DAYS. 


GAME  PLENTIFUl-— ALSO  WILD  FRUITS  AND  NUTS— HUNTING  BEE  TREES— BEES- 
WAX AN  IMPORTANT  CTOMMGDITY — HONEY,  BEESWAX  AND  FURS — TRADING 
POINTS — HONESTY  OF  PIONEERS — FIRST  POSTOFFICE— CHARACTER  OF 
SETTLERS— EARLY  DAY  CABINS— HUNTING  WOLVES— ROBIDOUX  TRADING 
POST— AN   INCIDENT  OF  LI\aNG  UP  TO  A  CONTRACT. 

When  the  county  was  first  being  settled  game  was  plentiful,  such  as 
deer,  turkeys,  prairie  chickens,  quail  and  there  were  some  elk.  There 
were  also  a  great  many  wolves,  coons,  squirrels  and  a  few  panthers.  Wild 
plums,  grapes,  cherries,  blackberries,  strawberries  and  gooseberries  were 
abundant  in  the  timber,  as  were  also  hickory  nuts,  walnuts  and  acorns. 
Patches  of  hazel  nuts  skirted  and  dotted  all  the  prairies  and  there  was 
most  nearly  every  fall  enough  to  fatten  all  the  hogs  the  settlers  had. 

Bees  were  found  in  many  hollow  trees  with  large  amounts  of  honey 
and  the  amount  of  beeswax  that  could  be  made  was  measured  by  the 
wants  and  industry  of  the  settlers.  As  stock  was  low  priced,  and  really 
the  settlers  had  none  to  spare,  and  their  tillable  land  was  limited  in  acreage, 
the  principal  sources  of  income  were  from  the  honey,  beeswax,  furs  and 
venison  taken  to  market. 

For  a  few  years  after  the  first  settling  of  the  county  the  principal 
market  place  was  at  Liberty,  Clay  County.  The  settlers  then  co-operated 
together,  meeting  together  at  some  convenient  place  and  bringing  their 
surplus  products  with  them,  would  together  load  a  wagon  and  splice 
team  and  send  one  of  their  number  to  Liberty,  about  eighty  miles  away, 
to  sell  their  produce  or  trade  it,  and  to  get  coffee,  tea,  salt,  calico,  do- 
mestic and  ammunition  and  such  other  absolute  necessaries  as  they  could 
not  raise  or  make  themselves.  Upon  the  return  of  the  teamster  they 
would  meet  again  and  make  division  of  their  goods  and  the  money,  if 
any  remained,  and  the  young  lady  who  was  so  fortunate  as  to  receive  a 
calico  dress  was  made  happy  as  a  queen  just  receiving  a  cro\vn. 

Beeswax,   made   in   cakes,   was   generally   called    "the   yellow  boys," 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  139 

and  often  was  used  as  currency,  passing  from  one  to  another  at  twenty- 
five  cents  per  pound. 

These  early  settlers  bore  the  reputation  of  great  honesty  and  fair 
dealing,  yet  there  were  even  among  their  number  some  whose  greed  for 
gain  and  littleness  induced  them  to  take  undue  advantage,  and  it  is 
said  the  yellow  cakes  were  sometimes  counterfeited  with  cheaper  alloy. 
At  one  time  when  the  teamster  arrived  at  the  trading  post  a  cake  of 
beeswax  was  found  with  a  corner  broken  off,  exposing  an  inside  filling 
of  tallow.  This  counterfeit  was  returned  to  the  dishonest  owner,  and 
so  indignant  were  the  honest  settlers  at  his  conduct  and  its  tendency 
to  bring  their  settlement  into  disrepute  that  no  teamster  would  after- 
wards convey  his  produce  to  market  and  the  small  stream  upon  which 
he  lived  became  known  and  was  called  "the  tallow  fork  of  beeswax,"  and 
is  so  known  yet  in  that  neighborhood. 

Coon  skins  also  passed  current  at  fifty  cents  each,  and  mink  skins 
at  twenty-five  cents.  The  state  then  paid  fifty  cents  for  wolf  scalps  and 
the  small  taxes  were  mostly  paid  with  that  currency. 

There  were  at  this  time  no  postiffices  or  post  roads  in  the  county 
and  what  few  letters  were  written  by  the  settlers  had  to  be  sent  to 
Cravensville,  a  small  postoffice  in  Daviess  County  five  or  six  miles  north 
of  Gallatin.  This  was  a  place  that  had  been  built  by  the  Mormons  and 
occupied  by  them,  but  after  they  left  the  village  went  to  decay  and  the 
postoffice  was  discontinued. 

The  first  postoffice  in  the  county  was  established  at  Bethany  in 
1845.  For  several  years  it  went  by  the  name  of  Bethpage,  and  David 
Buck  was  appointed  postmaster.  The  mail  was  carried  on  horseback 
to  and  from  Cravensville  once  each  week. 

The  settlers  took  but  few  newspapers  and  therefore  as  might  be 
expected  were  not  well  and  freshly  posted  upon  all  that  was  going  on 
in  the  busy  outside  world,  but  they  knew  how  to  trail  the  deer  or  find 
the  rich  bee  tree. 

They  often  visited  each  other  and  related  their  successes  and  disap- 
pointments, rejoicing  together  over  their  prosperity  and  good  fortune 
or  sympathizing  with  each  other  in  their  troubles.  Hypocrisy  and  deceit 
were  almost  unknown  among  them  and  honesty  and  hospitality  dis- 
tinguished them,  and  although  often  scant  in  basket  and  in  store,  there 
was  no  time  that  each  would  not  have  readily  shared  his  provisions 
with  a  neighbor. 


140  HISTORY   OF   HARBISON  COUNTY 

Their  cabins  were  rude  and  diminutive  but  their  latch  strings,  hke 
their  generous  hearts,  hung  on  the  outside.  Occasionally  a  thief  would 
pass  through  and  take  a  horse  and  then  the  whole  settlement  would  be 
aroused.  Fortunately  such  losses  did  not  occur  often  and  there  is  no 
record  of  a  horse  thief  being  caught  by  the  settlers  of  the  county.  It 
was  a  rule  among  them  of  the  very  highest  authority  that  no  settler 
should  knowingly  harbor  a  horse  thief.  There  is  a  case  reported  of  one 
man  who  violated  this  excellent  rule  and  he  was  made  to  suffer  the 
penalty,  which  was  "linting."  Of  course  lynching  is  not  to  be  encour- 
aged in  well  regulated  communities,  but  among  the  early  settlers  it 
appeai'ed  to  be  the  dernier  ressort.  It  was  too  far  away  to  take  the 
offenders  to  court,  would  occupy  too  much  time  and  incur  too  great  ex- 
pense. The  settlers  found  "linting"  so  much  easier,  speedy  and  eco- 
nomical and  in  this  case  it  worked  so  admirably  in  making  a  good  citizen 
of  the  victim  that  it  was  in  very  high  favor. 

There  was  very  little  sickness  among  the  early  settlers.  This  may 
have  been  owing  to  the  fact  that  it  was  only  the  stout  and  hearty 
young  people  who  had  the  hardihood  to  venture  out  upon  the  wild  and 
unsubdued  frontier,  or  it  may  have  been  that  the  open  air  life  and  rustic 
cabins  vvere  conducive  to  health.  Most  likely  both  reasons  operated  to 
produce  the  result. 

Hunting  and  chasing  wolves  in  the  winter  was  a  cheerful  sport  and 
a  delightful  pastime.  About  the  year  1844  Dr.  Hardin  Oatman  settled  in 
the  new  country.  He  did  not  come,  however,  so  much  to  practice  his 
profession  as  to  open  out  a  farm.  In  cases  of  severe  sickness  he  was 
usually  called,  but  his  calls  for  several  years  were  not  frequent,  although 
he  was  a  good  physician  and  a  clever  gentleman  and  it  is  said  his  bills 
were  not  heavy. 

About  the  year  1843  St.  Joseph  was  first  laid  off  and  began  to  attract 
attention  as  a  trading  point.  Up  to  that  time  the  place  had  been  merely 
an  Indian  trading  post  conducted  by  Joseph  Robidoux,  and  was  known 
as  the  Blacksnake  Hills.  It  soon  became  a  business  place  and  as  it  was 
about  twenty-five  miles  nearer  than  Liberty  the  settlers  early  commenced 
making  paths  and  roads  in  that  direction.  The  Grand  River  currency 
passed  as  readily  and  at  as  good  rates  there  as  at  Liberty,  hence  the 
honey,  wax  and  pelt  trade  soon  turned  almost  exclusively  to  St.  Joseph. 
No  more  attempts  at  counterfeiting  were  brought  to  light  and  the  mer- 


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chants  of  St.  Joseph  soon  acquired  great  confidence  in  the  Grand  River 
squatters. 

An  incident  illustrating'  that  this  confidence  was  not  misplaced  is 
related  of  a  certain  Grand  River  settler.  He  was  at  St.  Joseph  doing 
some  trading  at  the  store  of  Bob  Donnell,  later  a  New  York  banker,  and 
the  goods  he  happened  to  want  being  more  than  his  "produce"  would 
pay  for,  he  agreed  to  bring  more  honey  and  wax  by  a  given  day.  The 
settler  felt  proud  and  elated  that  the  merchant  would  take  his  word  for 
the  delivery  of  the  honey,  but  Donnell  was  a  pretty  good  judge  of  human 
nature  and  thought  the  settler  had  an  honest  face  and  would  do  to  trust 
for  a  barrel  of  honey. 

The  squatter  hastened  home,  told  his  wife  of  his  good  fortune,  felt 
like  a  man  of  consequence  and  vowed  that  he  would  make  his  promise 
good.  He  accordingly  struck  out  to  hunt  the  bee  trees  and  find  his  honey. 
He  hunted  all  day  and  continued  his  search  by  moonlight,  searching 
hollow  trees  and  listening  for  the  buzzing  of  bees.  In  a  few  days  he 
had  secured  his  barrel  of  honey,  and  returned  home  to  prepare  for  his 
journey  to  St.  Joseph. 

Upon  counting  up  his  time  he  found  he  had  only  three  days  and 
his  time  would  be  out  on  Sunday,  so  he  hurried  up  but  failed  to  get  to 
St.  Joseph  on  Saturday.  He  hesitated  about  moving  forward  on  the 
holy  day,  but  thought  that  would  not  be  so  bad  as  failing  to  keep  his 
promise,  so  he  entered  the  city  on  Sunday  and  inquired  for  Bob  Donnell, 
and  was  informed  that  he  was  at  church.  He  hastened  to  the  church 
and  arriving  just  as  the  minister  had  commenced  his  sermon,  he  ad- 
dressed him  rather  abruptly  with  "Hello,  stranger!  Will  you  hold  on 
a  minute?  I  want  to  inquire  if  Bob  Donnell  is  in  the  house."  Bob  saw 
him  and  walked  out,  when  the  squatter  in  a  loud  voice  told  him,  "Well, 
Bob,  I  have  brought  you  that  barrel  of  honey."  At  this  every  one  in 
the  house  laughed,  but  the  honest  settler  felt  a  proud  consciousness  of 
having  made  good  his  financial  obligation  that  no  mirth  could  remove. 
Since  that  time  the  reputation  of  the  Grand  River  settlers  for  prompt- 
ness and  punctuality. 


CHAPTER  IX 


LAND  OPENED  FOR  ENTRY. 


SQUATTERS— SOME  TOWNSHIPS  LAID  OFF  IN  1842— UNITED  STATES  LAND  OFFICE 
AT  PLATTSBURG — METHOD  OF  SURVEYING  GOVERNMENT  LAND — MARKING 
SURVEYS— FIRST   LAND   ENTERED    NORTH    OF   TOWT-JSHIP    62    IN    1846. 

When  the  squatters  first  came  to  this  county  each  one  could  get  as 
much  land  as  he  wanted,  that  is,  could  claim  what  he  wanted  for  farm 
or  pasture  or  timber,  for  the  land  was  not  then  surveyed  or  laid  off  into 
sections  of  townships. 

About  1842  the  land  in  township  62,  that  is  a  strip  five  miles  wide 
on  south  side  of  county,  was  laid  off  into  sections  and  opened  for  entry, 
and  in  1845  the  land  in  townships  63,  64  and  65,  that  is  eighteen  miles 
more  north,  was  surveyed  and  sectionized,  and  in  1846  was  opened  for 
entry  at  the  United  States  land  office,  then  at  Plattsburg,  Missouri. 

The  surveyors  first  laid  off  the  townships  six  miles  square,  and 
these  were  afterwards  subdivided  into  sections.  Each  section  was  in- 
tended to  be  one  mile  square  and  to  contain  640  acres,  but  as  the  original 
townships  were  not  always  accurately  surveyed  they  were  found  some- 
times to  be  more  and  sometimes  to  be  less  than  that  size.  The  surveyors 
laying  off  the  section  would  commence  at  the  southeast  corner  of  the 
township  and  survey  north  and  west,  so  the  south  and  east  sections 
were  made  one  mile  square  and  the  last  tier  of  sections  on  the  north  and 
west  was  often  either  more  or  less  than  the  one  mile  square,  and  the 
north  part  of  the  last  sections  adjoining  the  township  line  on  the  north 
side  of  the  township,  and  the  half  of  the  sections  adjoining  the  range 
line  on  the  west  side  of  the  township  sustained  the  loss  or  gain.  The 
inside  eighty  acres  was  usually  full  and  was  called  lot  1,  and  the  outside 
eighty,  or  the  tract  next  the  line,  was  called  lot  2,  so  lots  2  are  often 
more  than  eighty  acres  and  again  often  fall  below  that  size. 

The  government  surveyors  only  ran  the  section  lines  and  marked  the 
section  corners  and  the  half-mile  posts  on  their  lines.     In  the  timber 


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or  where  they  could  get  stakes  conveniently  they  would  make  a  stake 
about  four  inches  square  and  four  feet  long  and  drive  into  the  ground 
two  feet.  Upon  the  sides  of  the  stakes  were  marked  the  number  of  the 
section  it  was  made  to  face  and  the  township  and  range.  This  was  for 
the  convenience  of  the  people  who  desired  to  enter  the  land. 

Sometimes  upon  the  large  prairies  the  surveyors  would  run  out  of 
stakes  and  then  they  would  pour  down  about  a  quart  of  charcoal  to  mark 
the  e.xact  corner  and  cover  it  up  with  earth,  making  a  small  hillock.  It 
was  a  violation  of  the  law  for  any  person  to  move  these  stakes  or  hills. 

Of  course  the  section  lines  did  not  always  suit  the  squatters,  as 
sometimes  they  would  have  their  houses  in  one  section  and  their  bams 
in  another,  and  very  frequently  their  cultivated  lands  would  be  divided 
by  the  lines.  Sometimes  a  squatter  would  find  his  small  field  in  four 
sections. 

As  the  surveyors  did  not  run  the  inside  lines,  it  gave  occasion  for 
the  squatters  to  exercise  their  skill  in  sighting  through,  setting  stakes 
and  running  the  other  lines. 

The  first  lands  entered  north  of  township  62  were  entered  by  John 
S.  Allen,  David  Buck  and  James  A.  Dale  on  December  22,  1846.  At  the 
same  time  John  A.  Allen  as  county  seat  commissioner  entered  160  acres 
for  the  county  for  county  seat  purposes,  to-wit:  The  west  half  of  the 
southeast  quarter,  and  the  east  half  of  the  southwest  quarter  of  section 
10,  township  63,  range  28,  west  of  the  fifth  principal  meridian.  Thus 
the  land  upon  which  the  county  seat  was  located  was  not  entered  or 
purchased  from  the  government  until  some  time  after  the  county  seat 
vvas  located,  and  part  of  it  laid  off  into  lots,  some  of  the  lots  sold  and  a 
few  houses  erected  on  them. 


CHAPTER  X 


EARLY  DAY  CUSTOMS. 


THE  PRINCIPAL  CONCERN  OF  THE  PIONEER— IMMIGRANTS— FIRST  SETTLEMENTS 
ALONG  STREAMS— CLEARING  A  HOME  SITE— BUILDING  THE  PIONEER  LOG 
CABIN— PLAN  OF  CONSTRUCTION— WOMEN'S  WORK— INSTINCT  OF  THE 
PIONEER— HOME — SOCIAL  AND  MORAL  STATUS — NEIGHBORLY  SPIRIT- 
PRESENT  DAY  CONTRAST— THE  LOG  HOUSE— IMPLEMENTS  AND   UTENSILS. 

The  principal  concern  in  the  new  country  was  to  provide  bread. 
There  wis  wild  game  for  meat  and  hollow  trees  often  contained  honey. 
The  pioneers  fed  om  corn  dodgers,  honey  and  venison  were  healthy,  happy 
and  wise.  A  man  could  have  all  the  land  he  wanted,  that  is,  he  could 
claim  all  he  desired,  and  the  settlers  usually  regarded  each  other's  rights 
and  would  not  settle  when  or  where  there  were  any  objections  by  the 
prior  settlers. 

The  immigrants  generally  brought  with  them  some  stock,  such  as 
horses,  cattle  and  sometimes  sheep  and  a  few  hogs.  They  also  brought 
some  breadstuff  and  a  scant  amount  of  household  goods,  as  bedding, 
dishes  and  something  in  the  furniture  line. 

The  first  settlements  were  made  along  the  streams  and  in  the  edge 
of  the  timber.  Thereby  they  were  near  wood  and  water.  It  saved  them 
digging  wells,  and  they  were  near  the  trees  for  hunting  bee  trees,  for 
honey  and  beeswax  was  a  principal  industry.  The  prairie  sod  was  so 
tough  it  required  a  team  of  four  or  five  yoke  of  cattle  to  "break"  it,  and 
it  was  so  much  easier  there  to  erect  their  cabins. 

The  first  thing  after  selecting  a  location  was  to  cut  down  trees,  cut 
off  logs  the  proper  length  and  then  invite  the  neighbors  to  come  and 
help  raise  his  house.  The  neighbors  were  those  who  lived  in  a  radius  of 
ten  or  twelve  miles.  When  such  invitation  was  given  it  was  the  custom 
to  drop  all  other  matters  and  all  turned  out  to  assist.  Not  to  do  so  was 
an  act  of  incivility,  unknown  among  the  pioneers. 

Four  men  were  selected  to  "carry  up"  the  four  corners  of  the  house. 


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The  top  of  each  log  was  scored  off  to  receive  the  next  log,  and  the  next 
one  had  a  notch  cut  in  it  called  the  "rider"  or  "saddle"  to  fit  upon  the 
one  beneath  it,  and  the  ends  were  then  cut  off  smooth.  The  owner  or 
his  help  would  cut  out  places  for  the  doors,  windows  and  a  fireplace. 
Trees  were  cut  down  and  split  into  puncheons  out  of  which  the  floors 
the  doors  were  made  and  short  boards  called  "clapboards"  were  split 
for  the  roof;  logs  were  laid  at  proper  distances  to  receive  these  clap- 
boards and  other  logs  were  laid  upon  them  to  hold  them  down. 

The  fireplace  and  chimney  were  made  of  suitable  timbers  but  plastered 
with  mud  to  prevent  their  burning.  Thus  the  entire  house  would  be 
made  ready  for  occupancy  without  any  metal  about  it.  The  windows 
were  usually  left  open  for  air  holes  in  summer  and  were  covered  with 
cloths  or  greased  paper  in  cold  weather.  It  is  said  that  Judge  Aseph  M. 
Butler  was  the  first  settler  in  the  county  to  use  window  glass  in  his 
house,  and  for  this  he  was  regarded  by  his  neighbors  as  putting  on  en- 
tirely too  much  style  for  these  new  settlements. 

As  soon  as  the  cabin  was  completed  the  settler  moved  in  and  then 
all  hands  went  to  work  to  open  out  a  little  farm;  the  women  helping  in 
the  necessary  work  as  well  as  in  their  household  duties. 

The  women  of  the  frontier  knew  how  to  work  and  were  always 
ready  to  take  a  hand  at  it.  Mothers  then  taught  their  daughters  to 
play  on  the  spinning  wheel  and  loom  instead  of  the  organ  and  piano. 
The  music  was  more  profitable,  if  less  melodious.  The  men  wore  flax 
shirts  and  home-made  woolen  pants,  and  the  women  wore  linsey-woolsey 
dresses.  All  the  work  of  manufacturing  the  material  and  the  making 
of  which  was  done  by  them.  Occasionally  some  of  the  more  wealthy 
ladies  would  have  a  calico  dress,  and  then  she  was  said  to  be  fixed  up. 

The  settlers  who  blazed  the  way  through  the  wilderness  for  us  and 
advancing  civilization,  have  builded  wiser  than  they  knew.  They  were 
experienced  pioneers  with  hearts  of  gold.  With  ruddy  health  and  hardy 
sinews  they  coped  with  and  conquered  the  wilds.  They  despised  the 
coddling  ease  of  luxury  and  the  wintry  winds,  sleets  and  snows  had  no 
terrors  for  them.  They  determined  the  time  by  the  shadows,  and  guided 
their  paths  at  night  by  the  stars.  They  knew  the  approaching  storm. 
The  sky  was  to  them  an  open  book.  Schooled  in  wood-craft  and  learned 
in  Indian  lore,  they  tracked  their  game  and  followed  the  trail  of  the 
savage.  They  read  the  story  of  the  broken  twig  and  fallen  leaves.  Their 
vision  was  piercing,  and  their  hearing  acute.  Accountered  with  rifle, 
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146  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

hunting  knife  and  axe  they  contested  with  the  forest,  and  wrested  from 
it  food,  shelter  and  raiment. 

The  one-legged  bedstead,  now  a  piece  of  furniture  of  the  past,  was 
made  by  cutting  a  stick  the  proper  length,  boring  holes  at  one  end  one 
and  a  half  inches  in  diameter  at  right  angles,  and  the  same  sized  holes 
corresponding  with  those  in  the  logs  of  the  cabin  the  length  and  breadth 
for  the  bed,  in  which  were  inserted  poles. 

"True  it  is,  that  Home  is  not  four  square  walls. 

Though  with  pictures  hung  and  gilded. 
Home  is  where  affection  calls. 

Around   the   hearth   that   love   hath   builded." 

Those  pioneers  were  home  builders,  the  very  foundation  of  a  nation, 
the  true  root  of  patriotism  and  love  of  country.  They  appreciated  the 
fruits  of  their  own  industry,  and  manufactured  or  made  most  of  their 
own  utensils. 

A  person  not  many  years  ago  in  contrasting  the  social  and  moral 
status  of  his  latter  years  with  those  of  his  early  pioneer  days,  said, 
"Then  if  a  house  was  to  be  raised,  every  man  turned  out,  often  the  women 
too,  while  the  men  piled  up  the  logs  and  fashioned  the  primitive  dwelling- 
place,  the  women  prepared  the  dinner.  Sometimes  it  was  cooked  over 
big  fires  near  the  site  where  the  cabin  was  built.  In  other  cases  it  was 
prepared  at  the  nearest  cabin,  and  at  the  proper  hour  was  carried  to 
where  the  men  were  at  work.  If  one  man  in  the  neighborhood  killed  a 
beef,  a  pig,  or  a  deer,  every  other  family  in  the  neighborhood  was  sure 
to  receive  a  piece.  We  were  all  on  an  equality.  Aristocratic  feelings 
were  unknown,  and  would  not  have  been  tolerated.  What  one  had,  we 
all  had,  and  that  was  the  happiest  period  of  our  lives.  But  today,  if  you 
lean  against  a  neighbor's  shade  tree,  he  will  charge  you  for  it.  If  you 
are  poor  and  palsied,  you  may  lie  and  suffer  unnoticed  and  almost  un- 
attended, and  will  probably  go  to  the  poorhouse,  while  just  as  likely  as 
not,  the  man  who  reports  you  to  the  authorities  as  a  subject  of  county 
care,  charges  the  county  for  making  the  report." 

Thus  our  early  settlers,  burdened  with  what  we  deem  today,  untold 
hardships  and  deep  privations,  looked  back,  in  the  latter  days  of  their 
lives,  to  the  good  old  days ;  and  even  in  our  own  generation  we  may  find 
many  who  decry  the  great  progress  of  the  present  and  long  for  other 
days.     It  is   ever  thus,  and   ever  vdll  be.     Even  the  reader,   should   he 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  147 

search  his  memory,  will  recall  as  a  pleasing  recollection  some  trial  or 
danger  or  experience  through  which  he  has  successfully  passed  and  even 
our  failures  are  not  necessarily  unpleasant  to  recall. 

Much  has  been  written  regarding  the  log  house  of  the  early  pioneer. 
It  furnished  an  inexpensive  and  convenient  shelter,  and  around  it  clus- 
ter many  pleasant  recollections  that  are  even  yet  dear  to  those  of  us 
who  had  the  good  fortune  to  have  been  reared  within  its  sacred  portals. 
Unpretentious,  uniform  in  size  and  architecture,  the  log  house  of  the 
early  pioneer  was  the  greatest  democratizing  agent  of  the  early  day.  No 
social  lines  could  be  drawn  based  on  the  grandeur  of  dwelling  places,  and 
consequently  each  and  every  one  was  valued  at  their  true  worth,  de- 
termined solely  by  their  every  day  Hfe  and  character.  The  era  of  the 
log  house  is  a  space  of  time  as  distinct  from  others  in  its  peculiar  cus- 
toms as  is  the  Paleozoic  or  the  Stone  Age.  There  is  a  song  which  ends, 
after  trailing  through  innumerable  verses  reciting  the  trials  of  the  log 
house  bachelor,  which  runs  as  follows: 

"Oh,  the  hinges  are  of  leather,  and  the  windows  have  no  glass 
And  the  board  roof  lets  the  howling  blizzard  in. 

And  I  hear  the  hungry  coyote  as  he  sneaks  up  through  the  grass 
Near  my  little  old  log  cabin  on  the  hill." 

The  farming  implements  of  the  pioneers  were  crude  affairs,  adapted, 
however,  to  the  conditions  that  surrounded  them  and  to  their  circum- 
stances. The  bull-plough,  the  mould-board  of  which  was  generally  of 
wood,  was  adapted  to  the  fields  abounding  in  stumps  and  roots.  Occas- 
ionally the  mould-board  was  part  iron,  and  possessor  of  such  a  bull-plough 
was  looked  upon  as  real  progressive. 

Other  implements  and  utensils  were  of  like  character.  When  the 
clothes  the  settlers  brought  with  them  began  to  wear  out,  the  wild  nettle 
furnished  them  a  substitute  material.  This,  by  process  of  drying  and 
stripping,  they  would  weave  into  a  cloth,  sufficient  for  their  needs  until 
the  coming  of  the  wintry  blast.  Then  the  furs  of  the  wild  animals  were 
requisitioned  with  which  the  pioneers  braved  the  snows  and  sleets  in 
the  coldest  weather. 

The  prairies  were  not  often  settled  until  after  the  first  pioneer  period, 
therefore  the  forests  of  the  timbered  lands  in  small  tracts  were  cleared, 
leaving  the  fields  prolific  in  stumps  and  roots.  Hence  the  cradle  and  the 
bull-plough  were  well  suited  to  the  cultivation  thereof. 


CHAPTER  XI 


PIONEER  MILLS. 


PHILIP  HARRIS'  MILL  IN  1840— PRIOR  TO  THAT  MADE  TRIPS  TO  TRENTON  OR 
GALLATIN— THE  "GRITTER"— ISAAC  HAMMER'S  MILL — HORSE  POWER— 
•■WAITING  FOR  THE  GRIST  "—HUNT'S  MILL— WATSON'S  MILL— NOAH  SNELL'S 
MILL— DR.  BUSH  BUILDS  A  MILL— CHARLTON'S  MILI^CAIN'S  MILL — FIRST 
STEAM  MILL  AT  BETHANY— A  MODERN  MILL — "GRITTERS"  AGAIN  IN  COLD 
WINTER  OF  1842-43. 

In  1840  Phillip  Harris  settled  west  of  Big  Creek,  three  miles  south- 
west of  Bethany,  and  seeing  the  necessity  for  a  grist  mill  began  erecting 
one  and  the  next  year  had  it  in  operation  and  there  was  no  longer  occas- 
ion in  that  vicinity  for  "gritting."  The  first  settlers  had  to  go  down 
to  Grand  River  near  Trenton  or  Gallatin  to  get  their  com  ground  into 
meal,  or  else  they  had  to  "grit"  it  at  home. 

A  "gritter"  was  made  by  taking  part  of  an  old  coffee  pot  or  piece 
of  tin  and  punching  it  full  of  holes,  bowing  it  up  in  the  middle  and  nail- 
ing the  edges  to  a  board  rough  side  up.  The  corn  in  the  ear  was  first 
boiled  in  a  kettle;  then  when  cooled  after  removing  was  rubbed  on  the 
gritter  to  make  it  fine.    It  was  then  run  through  a  seive. 

About  1844  Isaac  Hammers  settled  at  Taylor's  grove.  He  erected 
a  horse  grist  mill,  so  when  the  water  got  too  low  at  Harris'  mill  the 
"boss"  mill  could  do  the  grinding,  and  the  gritting  process  was  perma- 
nently laid  aside.  Each  man  going  to  the  mill  was  expected  to  furnish 
the  team  whilst  his  grist  was  being  ground.  Parson  Allen  is  said  to  have 
remarked  later  to  a  neighbor,  "Did  you  ever  in  cold  weather  go  twenty 
milos  to  a  horse  mill  and  swing  around  the  circle  until  you  ground  out  a 
two  horse  load  of  corn?"  To  spin  around  that  circle  for  four  long, 
wrary  hours  of  a  cold,  dark,  dreary  night,  punching  up  the  team,  is  no 
laughing  matter.  Cheerless,  but  for  the  hope  of  the  call  to  come,  "Your 
grist  is  out,"  heard  thi'ough  the  chink  of  the  logs  as  the  miller  called 
it  out. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  149 

About  the  year  1840  John  Gibson  settled  in  the  southeast  part  of  the 
county  on  Sugar  Creek,  and  being  somewhat  ingenious  and  to  save  going 
a  long  way  to  mill,,  he  rigged  up  a  hand  mill  for  grinding  com  and  made 
such  good  meal  that  on  receiving  patronage  from  the  neighbors  he  at- 
tached a  horse  power  to  it  and  conducted  the  mill  business  in  that  man- 
ner for  several  years. 

About  the  year  1843  Edward  Hunt  and  Joseph  Hunt  built  a  dam 
across  Big  Creek  near  the  south  line  of  the  county  and  put  up  a  small 
corn  mill  which  was  a  great  convenience  to  that  part  of  the  county,  and 
they  did  a  good  business  for  a  number  of  years.  Joseph  Hunt  was  a 
blacksmith  and  put  up  his  shop  at  about  the  same  place  in  1841,  and  he 
did  the  horseshoeing  and  mending  of  plows,  wagons  and  other  farm  im- 
plements for  many  years  and  was  a  very  useful  citizen. 

James  Watson  came  from  Indiana  about  the  year  1841  and  erected 
a  mill  on  Big  Creek  in  Daviess  County  a  few  miles  south  of  Harrison 
County  which  was  largely  pa/tronized  and  by  citizens  of  this  county  for 
a  good  many  years. 

At  an  early  day  Noah  Snell  built  a  mill  on  Big  Creek  where  the 
village  of  Brooklyn  now  stands.  This  was  perhaps  the  best  mill  ever 
built  on  that  stream  and  for  nearly  thirty  years  did  a  good  business 
grinding  corn  and  wheat. 

Dr.  E.  B.  Bush  built  a  mill  on  Big  Creek  a  few  miles  above  Snell's 
mill  which  ground  corn  and  sawed  lumber.  It  was  kept  up  by  the 
doctor  for  about  twenty-five  years.  Big  Creek  was  a  rapid  stream  and 
not  well  suited  for  mill  purposes.  The  water  frequently  got  too  low  for 
mill  purposes,  but  in  times  of  great  rains  and  overflows  from  the  extent 
of  territory  it  drained  it  would  become  very  high  and  swift,  so  it  was 
difficult  to  erect  dams  that  could  withstand  the  floods,  and  the  pro- 
prietors were  put  to  great  expense  and  trouble  keeping  them  in  repair. 
So  all  the  mills  on  the  creeks  were  finally  abandoned.  The  Hunt  and 
Watson  mills  were  washed  out  and  abandoned  long  before  the  Civil  War 
and  about  1880  all  had  been  finally  given  up  and  abandoned. 

Arthur  Charlton  erected  a  mill  on  Big  Creek  a  few  miles  north  of 
Bethany  at  an  early  day,  where  they  ground  com  and  sawed  lumber.  It 
was  continued  by  Mr.  Gates  and  Mr.  Barnes  for  several  years. 

Peter  Cain  was  an  early  settler  in  Mercer  County  not  far  east  of 
Cainsville  which  is  named  after  him.  At  an  early  day  he  built  a  mill 
on  Grand  River  which  he  kept  up  and  made  of  it  a  good  grist  and  saw 


150  HISTORY   OP  HARRISON  COUNTY 

mill.  It  proved  to  be  an  excellent  investment  and  a  good  location  for  a 
mill  and  did  a  good  business. 

C.  L.  and  E.  M.  Jennings  started  the  first  steam  mill  at  Bethany 
about  1851.  It  was  then  used  to  grind  corn  and  saw  lumber.  They 
continued  to  run  this  at  odd  times,  adding  and  mending  parts  for  about 
fifteen  years,  when  it  was  sold  to  Henry  S.  Laney,  who  added  wheat 
buhrs  and  carding  and  spinning  machinery.  This  mill  was  later  de- 
stroyed by  fire. 

The  first  modem  mill  which  was  operated  in  Harrison  County  was 
by  the  McClure  brothers  at  Bethany.  They  began  operations  here  in 
1878  and  in  1887  installed  a  roller  process,  which  was  the  first  of  its  kind 
in  the  county.  This  was  an  up-to-date  mill  and  had  a  capacity  of  about 
fifty  barrels  of  flour  per  day.  They  also  operated  a  carding  and  spinning 
mill  in  connection  with  the  flour  mill  and  manufactured  woolen  goods. 

It  is  said  that  the  winter  of  1842-43  was  the  coldest  and  longest 
ever  known  by  the  white  man  in  this  country.  That  fall  the  Harris  mill 
froze  up  and  so  remained  until  the  last  of  March.  The  snow  was  very 
deep,  and  of  course  the  roads  were  not  good.  There  were  not  enough 
settlers  to  keep  them  open  and  in  good  condition  and  the  "gritters"  again 
had  to  be  brought  into  use.  Some  jocularly  called  them  the  "armstrong" 
mill,  and  others  spoke  of  the  process  as  "planing  meal,"  but  whatever 
called  and  however  primitive  it  was  good  business  for  hungry  people  and 
these  were  a  people  who  could  and  did  devise  means  to  help  themselves. 
Harris  mill  had  plenty  of  patronage  as  soon  as  the  winter  broke.  It  io 
said  his  extreme  honesty  in  the  matter  of  taking  toll  kept  him  poorer 
than  most  millers  usually  are. 


CHAPTER  XII 


ORGANIZATION  OF  COUNTY. 


BOUNDARIES  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY— LOCATION— CREATED  IN  1S45— DESCRIBED- 
STATE  LINE  IN  DISPUTE — SURVEYED  AND  MARKED — COUNTY  NAMED  IN 
HONOR  OF  HON.  ALBERT  G.  HARRISON— A  PART  OF  THE  FOURTH  CONGRES- 
SIONAL DISTRICT— FIFTH  JUDICIAL  CIRCUIT — COUNTY  SEAT  COMMISSION- 
ERS— COUNTY  SEAT  LOCATED — PLATTED — FIRST  NAME  OF  COUNTY  SEAT- 
LATER   CHANGED — FIRST    COUNTY    OFFICERS   SELECTED. 

Harrison  County  is  one  of  the  northern  tier  of  counties,  joining 
Iowa  on  the  north,  Mercer  and  Grundy  Counties  on  the  east,  Daviess 
County  on  the  south  and  Gentry  and  Worth  Counties  on  the  west.  In 
the  tier  it  is  the  sixth  county  west  of  the  Mississippi  River,  the  fourth 
county  east  and  north  of  the  Missouri  River  and  the  second  county  east 
of  the  Platte  Purchase.  It  is  centrally  located  in  the  celebrated  Grand 
River  country.  The  territory  embraced  within  the  limits  of  Harrison 
County  originally  formed  a  part  of  Daviess  County  and  remained  such 
until  created  a  separate  jurisdiction  by  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly 
approved  March  28,  1845. 

That  act  in  section  18  described  the  boundaries  of  Harrison  County 
as  follows:  "Beginning  at  the  northeast  comer  of  Daviess  County, 
thence  north  on  the  range  line  between  ranges  25  and  26  twenty-four 
miles,  thence  due  west  to  the  range  line  between  ranges  29  and  30,  thence 
south  on  said  range  line  to  the  northwest  comer  of  Daviess  County; 
thence  east  along  the  northern  boundary  line  of  Daviess  County  to  the 
beginning."  The  northern  boundary  line  of  Daviess  County  is  described 
in  section  14  of  the  same  act  as  follows:  from  "The  northeast  corner  of 
section  36  in  township  62  in  range  26,  thence  west  on  said  section  line 
to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  31  of  township  62  of  range  29. 

The  state  line  between  the  states  of  Missouri  and  Iowa  was  then  in 
dispute  and  the  district  north  of  township  65  for  a  distance  of  about 
twelve  miles  was  then  called  the  "disputed  territory."     The  state  line 


152  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

was  settled  and  permanently  located  in  1850  and  iron  stakes  six  inches 
square  and  six  feet  long  were  planted  along  the  line  at  intervals  of 
ten  miles. 

On  March  1,  1851,  the  territory  between  the  former  county  limits 
and  the  state  line  was  added  to  the  county,  it  becoming  then  a  little  over 
thirty  miles  long  and  twenty-four  miles  wide,  the  area  of  the  county  being 
a  little  more  than  720  square  miles.  But  as  the  state  line  does  not  run 
exactly  with  the  section  line,  but  bears  a  little  southward,  running  west, 
the  true  area  of  the  county  is  about  456,000  acres  of  land. 

The  county  was  named  in  honor  of  Hon.  Albert  G.  Harrison,  of 
Callaway  County,  Missouri,  who  was  a  representative  in  Congress  from 
the  second  congressional  district  of  Missouri  from  1834  to  1839,  dying 
in  the  latter  year. 

The  county  when  organized  became  a  part  of  the  Fourth  Congres- 
sional District,  and  of  the  Fifth  Judicial  Circuit,  provision  being  then 
made  for  the  holding  of  terms  of  the  circuit  court  in  the  county  on  the 
Thursday  after  the  third  Monday  in  April  and  October  of  each  year. 

Shortly  after  the  organization  of  the  county  Edward  Smith,  of  De- 
Kalb  County,  and  John  Gibson  and  Ebenezer  Wood,  of  Gentry  County, 
were  appointed  commissioners  to  select  the  site  for  the  county  seat. 

These  gentlemen  spent  some  time  in  viewing  the  country  and  selected 
the  place  where  Bethany  now  is  for  the  county  seat.  This  was  on  the 
banks  of  Big  Creek  and  it  would  seem  that  they  were  governed  in  the 
selection  by  consideration  of  the  convenience  of  wood,  water  and  stone, 
as  well  as  the  fact  that  it  was  near  the  then  geographical  center  of 
the  county. 

At  the  May  term,  1845,  of  the  county  court  an  order  was  made 
allowmg  each  of  these  commissioners  for  eight  days'  service  at  $2.00  per 
day,  $16.00  for  each  commissioner,  which  were  the  first  warrants  issued 
by  the  county  court. 

The  county  court  at  this  term  appointed  John  S.  Allen  county  seat 
commissioner  to  have  the  brush  cleared  off  the  site  for  the  county  seat 
and  to  have  some  lots  laid  off.  John  Plaster,  then  the  county  surveyor 
of  Gentry  County,  was  employed  by  Mr.  Allen  to  lay  off  the  town  and 
fifteen  blocks  were  laid  off  by  him,  being  five  blocks  east  and  west  and 
three  blocks  north  and  south,  the  court  house  square  being  in  the  center. 
The  streets  running  north  and  south  were  four  rods  wide  and  the  streets 
running  east  and  west  were  three  rods  wide. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  153 

The  plat  of  the  first  survey  of  the  county  seat  (then  called  Dallas) 
was  reported  to  the  county  court  at  the  June  term,  1845  thereot,  and  it 
was  then  approved  and  adopted  and  the  county  seat  commissioner  was 
authorized  and  directed  to  sell  lots. 

At  that  term  the  account  of  John  S.  Allen  for  $30,371/2  for  expenses 
of  having  the  brush  cleared  off  the  ground  for  the  survey  was  presented 
and  allowed. 

The  settlers  did  not  like  the  name  of  the  county  seat  to  be  Dallas 
and  at  the  November  term,  1845,  the  county  officers  took  a  vote  on  the 
naming  of  the  town  which  resulted  in  the  choice  of  Bethany,  and  the 
name  was  thus  changed  accordingly. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  settlers  to  select  county  officers  was  held 
at  Phil  Harris's  mill,  at  which  about  fifty  voters  were  present  and  the 
persons  selected  by  them  were  recommended  to  the  governor  for  appoint- 
ment. Lewis  Charlton,  Asaph  Butler  and  Samuel  Edmiston  were  selected 
for  county  court  justices,  John  W.  Brown  was  chosen  sheriflF  and  Thomas 
Flint  circuit  and  county  clerk,  all  of  whom  were  duly  commissioned  by 
the  governor.  They  met  pursuant  to  appointment  on  May  5,  1845,  for 
the  purpose  of  formally  organizing  the  county  and  putting  in  motion 
its  machinery. 


CHAPTER  XIII 


FIRST  OFFICIAL  PROCEEDINGS. 


FIRST  COUNTY  COURT  HELD  UNDER  A  TREE— OPENING  PROCEEDINGS— ENTRIES 
IN  THE  RECORDS — TOWNSHIP  BOUNDARIES  FIXED — FIRST  PROBATE  BUSI- 
NESS—SECOND SESSION  HELD  IN  JUNE.  1845— JOHN  S.  ALLEN  APPOINTED 
COUNTr  SEAT  COMMISSIONER— OTHER  OFFICIALS  APPOINTED— ROAD  FUND 
—OTHER  RECORDS  OF  TRANSACTIONS — HIGHWAYS  LAID  OUT— SALE  OF 
LOTS  AUTHORIZED— BILLS  ORDERED  PAID— DIGGING  A  PUBLIC  WELL- 
TAXES — FIRST  OFFICERS. 

The  county  court  held  its  first  session  under  a  big  tree  on  the  west 
bank  of  Big  Creek  near  Harris  mill  and  many  citizens  were  present, 
being  deeply  interested  and  attracted  by  the  novelty  of  the  situation. 
The  opening  proceedings  were  duly  formal,  proclamation  of  the  opening 
being  made  by  Sheriff  Brown  in  his  usual  dignified  manner  and  with  a 
solemnity  befitting  the  occasion.  Samuel  Edmiston  was  chosen  presid- 
ing justice  and  the  court  then  proceeded  to  the  transaction  of  such  busi- 
ness as  came  within  the  sphere  of  its  jurisdiction. 

In  the  little,  faded,  stained  book  of  record  of  this  meeting  appear 
the  following  entries: 
"State  of  Missouri,  County  of  Harrison: 

"Be  it  remembered  that  at  a  county  court  begun  and  held  at  Harris's 
mill  on  the  5th  day  of  May,  1845,  were  present  Hon.  Samuel  Edmiston, 
Asaph  Butler  and  Lewis  Charlton,  justices  of  said  county  court,  and 
Thomas  Flint,  clerk. 

"John  W.  Brown  presents  the  account  of  Ebenezer  Wood  for  eight 
days'  sei-vice  in  locating  the  seat  of  justice  of  Harrison  County  at  $2.00 
per  day.  Ordered  by  the  court  that  the  account  be  allowed  and  a  war- 
rant issued  on  the  treasurer  for  the  same.  The  accounts  of  Edward 
Smith  and  John  Gibson  for  similar  services  were  also  presented  by  Sheriff 
Brown  and  after  due  investigation  the  court  ordered  waiTants  drawn 
on  the  treasurer  in  their  favor  therefor. 

"Thomas  Flint  and  John  W.  Brown  both  tendered  in  open  court 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  155 

their  resignations  as  justices  of  the  peace  of  North  Township  and  both 
were  accepted. 

"Ordered  by  the  court  that  Heniy  Fuller  be  and  he  hereby  is  ap- 
pointed county  treasurer  for  Harrison  County  to  serve  as  such  until  his 
successor  is  appointed  and  qualified." 

At  the  same  session  the  court  fixed  the  boundaries  of  municipal 
townships,  Madison,  Butler  and  Dallas,  appointed  Shepherd  Hulse  con- 
stable for  Dallas  and  by  order  entered  of  record  adjourned  until  the 
.':econd  Monday  in  June. 

At  this  time  in  our  history  there  were  no  separate  probate  courts, 
the  county  court  being-  then  invested  with  that  class  of  jurisdiction.  On 
May  26,  1845,  in  vacation,  the  county  court  was  convened  by  call  to  con- 
sider the  application  of  John  W.  Brown  for  letters  of  administration 
upon  the  estates  of  John  W.  Stevens  and  Thomas  Brown,  deceased,  of 
Harrison  County,  and  the  record  recites:  "The  said  John  W.  Brown 
having  complied  with  the  law  in  said  cases  provided,  it  is  ordered  that 
letters  of  administration  issue  accordingly." 

The  regular  June  term,  1845,  was  held  at  the  residence  of  David 
Buck,  near  Bethatiy,  and  it  appears  from  the  records  that  there  were 
present  the  justices,  Samuel  Edmiston,  Asaph  Butler  and  Lewis  Charl- 
ton, also  Thomas  Flint,  clerk,  and  John  W.  Brown,  sheriff.  It  was 
ordered  of  record  that  John  S.  Allen  be  appointed  county  seat  commis- 
sioner to  survey  and  sell  the  lota  in  the  town  of  Dallas,  the  present 
county  seat,  who  thereupon  entered  into  bond  and  security  to  the  gover- 
nor in  the  sum  of  $1,000,  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the 
position. 

An  order  was  made  appointing  Vincent  Smith  justice  of  the  peace 
tor  Dallas  Township  to  hold  said  office  until  the  next  general  election. 
A.  B.  Hardin  and  Samuel  Allen  were  appointed  justices  of  the  peace  and 
Thomas  L.  Frame  was  appointed  to  draw  the  road  fund,  amounting  to 
$198.78,  in  accordance  with  the  apportionment  made  by  the  treasurer 
and  auditor  of  public  accounts.  William  Roberson  was  appointed  guar- 
dian and  curator  of  the  person  and  property  of  Mary  C.  Taylor. 

Thomas  L.  Frame  was  appointed  county  attorney  for  the  term  of 
one  year  and  he  was  instructed  to  act  as  agent  in  procuring  the  neces- 
sary books  and  records  for  the  use  of  the  county.  Special  elections  were 
ordered  held  in  the  different  municipal  townships  and  judges  appointed 
for  same. 


156  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

John  W.  Brown  was  ordered  to  settle  with  the  county  court  of  Daviess 
County  for  the  "purpose  of  ascertaining  the  amoulit  of  revenue  belong- 
ing to  Harrison  County." 

License  was  granted  to  Dennis  Clancey  to  keep  a  grocery  at  Fuller's 
mill  on  Big  Creek  for  six  months,  commencing  June  10,  1845,  for  which 
the  sum  of  $10.00  was  imposed  as  a  tax  for  the  use  of  the  county. 

At  that  time  licenses  to  sell  liquor  in  certain  prescribed  quantities 
were  by  law  issued  to  tavern  keepers,  to  groceries  and  to  dramshops. 
A  dramshop  keeper  was  one  permitted  by  law,  being  licensed  to  sell  in- 
toxicating liquors  in  less  quantity  than  a  quart. 

A  grocer  was  one  permitted  by  law  to  sell  goods,  ware  and  mer- 
chandise (all  kinds  of  dry  goods  excepted)  and  intoxicating  liquors  in  any 
quantity  not  less  than  a  quart.  Taverns  were  under  same  restrictions 
as  grocers  as  to  sale  of  liquors. 

At  this  term  of  the  court  there  appears  upon  the  record  the  folio  \!ving 
entry :  "Ordered  that  the  order  made  at  the  May  term  appointing  Henry 
Fuller  county  treasurer  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  rescinded.  Ordered 
that  David  Buck  be  appointed  county  treasurer  of  Harrison  County  by 
executing  bond  and  security  to  be  approved  by  the  court."  An  adjourn- 
ment was  then  made  to  meet  at  the  home  of  David  Buck  on  the  last 
Monday  in  June. 

At  the  next  regular  session  John  S.  Allen,  commissioner  of  the 
county  seat,  presented  to  the  court  a  report  of  plat  and  survey  of  the 
town  of  Dallas  and  was  allowed  the  sum  of  $30.37 V2  for  superintending 
the  clearing  off  and  surveying  the  same. 

It  was  also  ordered  that  the  revenue  of  Harrison  County  for 
county  purposes  be  double  that  of  the  state  revenue  on  all  objects  of 
taxation,  including  the  tax  on  grocers'  and  merchants'  license.  At  the 
same  term  the  name  of  the  county  seat  was  changed  from  that  of 
Dallas  to  Bethany,  the  tax  book  returned  by  0.  P.  Green,  assessor,  was 
ordered  received  and  approved  and  John  S.  Allen  was  appointed  com- 
missioner to  contract  for  the  building  of  a  court  house  in  the  town 
of  Bethany. 

At  the  July  term,  1845,  a  petition  was  presented  to  the  court  by 
Samuel  Alley  signed  by  a  number  of  citizens  and  householders  praying 
for  the  appointment  of  viewers  to  view  and  mark  out  a  highway  from 
Bethany  to  intersect  the  county  line  at  section  35,  township  62,  com- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  157 

mencing  at  Bethany  and  running  to  section  35,  township  62.  Samuel 
Alley,  E.  T.  Ellis  and  John  S.  Allen  were  appointed  viewers  on  the  same. 
John  G.  Conduit,  Robert  Perry  and  David  Buck  were  appointed  to  view 
a  road  from  Bethany  in  the  direction  of  Trenton  in  Grundy  County  via 
Joseph  Jones's  farm  in  Sugar  Ridge  Township.  Edward  Hunt,  James 
Mitchell  and  James  Taylor  were  appointed  viewers  on  a  public  road 
leading  from  Bethany  in  the  direction  of  Hunt's  mill  and  for  like  ser- 
vices on  a  public  road  leading  from  the  county  seat  to  Taylor's  Grove. 
C.  L.  Jennings,  William  Long  and  Stephen  C.  Allen  were  appointed 
viewers. 

John  S.  Allen  was  authorized  to  sell  lots  in  the  county  seat  at  private 
sale  and  the  allotting  justices  of  the  various  township  made  report  of 
road  districts  in  the  same. 

At  the  regular  June  term,  1845,  of  the  county  court  L.  D.  Thompson, 
Henry  Fuller  and  Jacob  Brown  were  appointed  as  allotting  justices  for 
the  townships  of  Butler,  Dallas  and  Sugar  Ridge,  respectively. 

Under  the  law  at  that  time  it  was  provided  that  the  county  court 
of  each  county  shall,  as  often  as  it  may  become  necessary,  appoint  one 
or  more  justices  of  the  peace  in  each  township  in  the  county  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  lay  off  the  several  roads  therein  into  road  districts  of  con- 
venient lengths,  numbering  them,  and  make  returns  of  such  divisions 
with  their  numbers  to  the  county  court.  It  was  further  provided  to  be 
the  duty  of  such  justices  to  allot  the  hands  subject  to  work  on  roads 
among  the  overseers  of  the  several  road  districts,  hence  the  name  of 
"allotting"  justices. 

Dr.  John  Cravens  was  allowed  $12.50  for  medical  services  rendered 
in  life  to  Thomas  Brown,  now  deceased,  and  John  W.  Brown  presented 
his  report  of  settlement  with  Daviess  County. 

At  the  September,  October  and  November  terms,  1845,  the  county 
court  exercised  probate  jurisdiction  in  the  estates  of  James  Michaels, 
Sarah  Michaels  and  Lewis  Michaels,  infant  heirs  of  Daniel  Michaels  (de- 
ceased) by  appointing  Edward  Hunt  the  guardian  and  curator  of  their 
persons  and  property,  also  by  the  allowance  of  claims  against  the  estates 
of  Thomas  Brown,  John  W.  Stevenson  and  John  Edmiston 

At  the  October  term  John  W.  Brown,  sheriff  and  ex-ofRcio  collector, 
made  settlement  with  the  court  for  the  tax  books  for  the  year  1845. 
He  was  charged  with : 


158  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

The  amount  of  the  tax  books  for  the  year $296.76 

Credit  by  dehnquent  list $37.38 

Credit  by  commission  for  services 10.00         47.38 


Credit  by   balance  to   treasurer   $249.38 

In  January,  1846,  the  term  was  held  at  the  residence  of  David  Buck 
and  William  P.  Allen  was  appointed  sheriff  of  Harrison  County.  Various 
highways  in  different  parts  of  the  county  were  ordered  opened.  A  fur- 
ther settlement  was  had  with  the  collector. 

In  March,  1846,  Charles  M.  Scott  was  allowed  $3.15  for  holding  an 
inquest  on  the  body  of  John  W.  Stevens  and  a  dramshop  license  was 
granted  to  Martin  Jennings  for  $20.00  to  keep  a  dramshop  in  Bethany 
for  six  months. 

At  the  May  term,  1846,  a  vacancy  having  occurred  in  the  office  of 
county  clerk  by  the  death  of  Thomas  Flint,  John  S.  Allen  was  appointed 
clerk  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

An  appropriation  was  made  for  digging  a  public  well  in  Bethany 
and  a  license  granted  to  E.  S.  Hughes  to  keep  a  grocery  at  Fuller's  mill 
for  a  period  of  six  months.  In  the  fall  of  1846  a  new  county  court  was 
elected,  Thomas  Dunkerson,  Stephen  C.  Allen  and  Elkanah  Glover  being 
the  justices,  Thomas  Dunkerson  being  the  presiding  judge.  They  held 
their  first  meeting  in  November  and  transacted  a  large  amount  of 
business. 

The  county  taxes  for  1846  were  $308.76 ;  delinquent  tax  and  sheriff's 
compensation  $27.77;  amount  to  county  treasurer,  $280.99. 

In  Februaiy,  1847,  the  records  show  settlement  by  David  Buck, 
county  treasurer,  as  follows: 

"David  Buck  presents  his  papers  for  settlement,  and  by  reference 
to  books  and  warrants  he  stands  charged  with  amount  received  of  sheriff, 
$280.99;  credit  by  amount  paid  for  county  warrants,  $276.04;  balance 
on  hand,  $4.95;  credit  by  services  as  treasurer,  $4.95. 

First  Officers  of  the  County  Court. 

Hon.  Samuel  Edmiston,  the  first  presiding  judge,  was  a  native  of 
North  Carolina  and  an  early  settler  of  Missouri,  moving  to  what  is  now 
Butler  Township,  Harrison  County,  in  1842.  He  was  a  man  of  excellent 
judgment  and  during  a  long  period  of  residence  in  Harrison   County 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  159 

won  and  retained  a  prominent  place  in  the  estimation  of  the  people. 
Honest  and  upright  in  all  his  dealings,  he  discharged  all  his  duties  as 
presiding  justice  acceptably,  as  is  attested  by  the  fact  that  his  official 
course  never  provoked  criticism  or  censure.  He  died  on  his  farm  in 
Butler  Township. 

Aseph  M.  Butler  was  born  in  Vermont.  He  came  to  Harrison  County 
in  1840,  locating  in  Cypress  Township,  where  he  died.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  the  county  organization  alid  was  chosen  justice  on  account  of 
his  peculiar  fitness  for  the  position,  being  a  man  of  good  judgment  and 
practical  business  sense.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  Mr.  Butler 
abandoned  public  life  and  never  asked  nor  sought  political  preferment 
at  the  hands  of  his  acquaintances.  He  was  a  typical  gentleman  of  the 
old  school  and  justly  regarded  as  one  of  Harrison  County's  most  worthy 
pioneers.  Oscar  Butler,  a  prominent  young  la\vyer  who  died  at  Bethany, 
Missouri,  in  1886  whilst  holding  the  office  of  prosecuting  attorney,  was 
the  youngest  son  of  Judge  Butler.  Norton  Butler,  a  prominent  farmer 
of  Grant  Township,  was  another  son,  as  was  Albert  Butler,  of  Cypress 
ToviTiship.  Mrs.  Thomas  Allen,  now  living  in  Bethany,  and  Mrs.  Bernard 
Austin  Brown  were  daughters  of  Judge  Butler. 

Lewis  Charlton  came  to  Harrison  County  prior  to  1840.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  in  what  is  now  Sherman  Township.  He  was  a 
quiet,  unassuming  man  and  as  a  member  of  the  first  county  court  won 
the  respect  of  his  fellow  citizens  by  his  earnest  efforts  in  behalf  of  the 
county's  interests.  He  possessed  good  business  ability  and  is  remem- 
bered as  one  of  the  worthy  pioneers  of  Harrison  County.  His  sons, 
Tom  and  John  L.,  will  be  remembered  well  by  the  citizens  of  that  portion 
of  the  county. 

Thomas  Flint,  first  clerk  of  the  county  and  circuit  courts,  came  to 
Missouri  from  Indiana  early  in  the  forties  and  settled  about  three  miles 
southeast  of  the  present  site  of  Bethany.  The  early  records  show  him 
to  have  been  a  man  of  fine  clerical  ability  and  he  appears  to  have  stood 
well  with  the  people^  He  was  chosen  clerk  at  the  organization  of  the 
county  and  served  well  until  his  death  in  the  spring  of  1846. 


CHAPTER  XIV 


TOWNSHIPS,  TOWNS  AND  VILLAGES. 


FIRST  DIVISION  OF  TOWNSHIPS— BUTLER.  MADISON  AND  DALLAS  THE  FIRST- 
SUGAR  CREEK— BETHANY— TRAIL  CREEK— WASHINGTON— UNION— WHITE 
OAK  —  CYPRESS  —  CLAY  —  LINCOLN  —  GRANT  —  TOWNSHIP  ORGANIZATION  — 
ELECTION— OTHER  TOWNSHIPS  ORGANIZED  TO  CORRESPOND  vmU  CON- 
GRESSIONAL TOWNSHIPS— TOWNS  AND  VILLAGES— BETHANY— CAINSVILLE— 
RIDGEWAY— OILMAN  CITY'— NEW  HAMPTON— EAGLEVILLE— MOUNT  MORIAH 
—BLYTHEDALE— MELBOURNE— OTHER  VILLAGES. 

Among  the  first  acts  of  the  coirnty  court  was  the  division  of  the 
county  into  municipal  townships.  The  first  division  was  into  Madison, 
Butler  and  Dallas  Townships. 

The  boundaries  of  Madison  Township  as  described  in  the  records 
were  as  follows:  Beginning  at  a  point  where  the  state  road  from  Savan- 
nah to  Moscow  crosses  the  line  between  Harrison  and  Mercer  Counties, 
thence  westwardly  with  the  said  state  road  to  the  summit  of  the  divide 
between  Big  Creek  and  the  east  fork  of  Grand  River;  thence  with  the 
divide  northwardly  to  the  state  line,  thence  east  \vith  the  state  line  to 
the  northeast  corner  of  the  county,  thence  south  with  the  county  line  to 
the  place  of  beginning. 

Butler  Township,  named  in  honor  of  Aseph  M.  Butler,  included  an 
area  with  the  following  boundaries:  Beginning  at  the  county  line  on  the 
divide  between  Cypress  and  Hickory  Creeks,  thence  north  with  the  di- 
vide six  miles  to  the  line  between  sections  25  and  36,  thence  west  with 
said  line  to  the  west  side  of  the  county,  thence  south  with  the  county 
line  to  the  southwest  corner  of  the  county,  thence  east  to  the  place  of 
beginning. 

Dallas  Township,  subsequently  changed  to  Bethany  Township,  had  this 
boundary :  Beginning  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Butler  Township,  thence 
north  with  the  divide  to  the  state  line,  thence  west  with  the  state  line  to 
the  northwest  corner  of  the  county,  thence  south  to  the  northwest  comer 


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HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  161 

of  Butler  Township,  thence  east  with  said  township  line  to  the  place  of 
beginning. 

At  the  June  term,  1845,  Sugar  Creek  Township  was  created,  bounded 
as  follows:  Beginning  at  a  point  where  the  state  road  leading  from 
Savannah  to  Moscow  crosses  the  Harrison  and  Mercer  County  line,  thence 
west  with  said  road  to  the  summit  of  divide  between  Big  Creek  and 
Grand  River,  thence  south  with  the  divide  to  the  county  line  between 
Harrison  and  Daviess  Counties,  thence  east  with  the  county  line  to  the 
southeast  corner  of  the  county,  thence  north  with  the  county  line  to  the 
place  of  beginning. 

At  the  May  term,  1846,  upon  petitio'n  of  numerous  citizens,  it  was 
"ordered  that  all  that  part  of  Bethany  Township  lying  north  of  town- 
ships 64  and  65  be  created  a  separate  and  distinct  municipal  township 
to  be  known  and  designated  by  the  name  of  Marion." 

Trail  Creek  Township  was  created  at  the  December  term,  1855,  as 
follows:  Ordered  that  all  that  portion  of  Sugar  Creek  Township  lying 
north  of  the  following  line,  to-wit:  Beginning  at  the  southeast  corner 
of  section  12,  township  63,  range  26,  thence  west  on  section  line  to  the 
line  dividing  Bethany  and  Sugar  Creek  Townships,  be  and  is  hereby 
organized  into  a  municipal  township  to  be  known  by  the  name  of  and 
called  Trail  Creek  Township. 

This  is  an  order  made  at  the  March  term,  1856,  that  the  following 
bounds  be  and  are  hereby  set  off  into  a  municipal  township,  congres- 
sional townships  65,  66  and  the  fractional  part  of  67,  range  29,  to  be 
known  by  the  name  of  Washington. 

Union  Township  was  created  fn  1858  as  follows:  Beginning  at  the 
northwest  corner  of  section  19,  township  64,  range  28,  thence  running 
east  on  section  line  eleven  miles,  thence  north  six  miles  with  section 
line,  thence  west  to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  19,  township  65, 
range  28,  thence  south  with  range  line  to  place  of  beginning. 

At  September  term,  1860,  White  Oak  Township  was  ci'eated  as  fol- 
lows: All  of  congressional  township  63,  range  29,  be  and  is  hereby  organ- 
ized a  municipal  township,  to  be  known  by  the  name  and  called  White 
Oak  Township. 

In   September,    1858,   Cypress   Township   was   organized,    its   bound- 
ary as  follows:  Beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  section  35  in  town- 
ship 62  in  range  27  at  the  county  line,  thence  west  on  the  section  line 
to  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  of  Big  Creek,  thence  down  the  main 
(6) 


162  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

channel  of  Big  Creek  to  the  county  line,  thence  east  on  the  county  line 
to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Clay  Township — ^At  the  March  term,  1858,  it  was  ordered  that  all 
that  portion  of  Marion  Township  lying  of  the  line  dividing  townships 
65  and  66  be  and  is  hereby  set  off  into  a  separate  municipal  township  to 
be  known  by  the  style  and  name  of  Cl^y  Township. 

Lincoln  was  created  in  July,  1865,  with  boundaries  as  follows:  Com- 
mencing at  the  northeast  corner  of  section  36,  township  67,  range  29  on 
the  Iowa  line,  thence  running  south  six  miles  to  the  southeast  comer 
of  section  25  in  township  66  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  thence  west 
to  the  county  line  between  Harrison  and  Worth  Counties  at  the  south- 
west comer  of  section  30,  thence  north  to  the  Iowa  state  line  at  the 
northwest  corner  of  section  31,  thence  east  to  the  place  of  beginning. 
At  the  April  term,  1866,  the  boundaries  of  the  above  townships  were 
variously  modified,  and  at  the  ensuing  May  term  the  outlines  of  Sugar 
Creek  and  Trail  Creek  Townships  were  materially  changed. 

From  1866  to  1872  no  new  townships  were  created,  but  in  June, 
1872,  the  court  organized  the  township  of  Grant  by  a  division  of  Union 
Township,  with  boundaries  as  follows:  Commencing  at  range  line  be- 
tween township  64,  ranges  27  and  28  at  the  southwest  comer  of  section 
18,  township  64,  range  27  and  the  southeast  comer  of  section  13,  town- 
ship 64,  range  28,  thence  north  to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  19, 
township  65,  range  27,  thence  south  on  section  line  to  the  southeast 
corner  of  section  14,  township  64,  range  27,  thence  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning. 

In  June,  1872,  the  county  court,  upon  a  proper  petition,  ordered  that 
the  question  of  township  organization  should  be  submitted  to  a  vote  of 
the  people  at  the  general  election  in  November  of  that  year.  The  elec- 
tion was  held  on  November  5,"  1872,  and  resulted  as  follows:  There  were 
oast  for  township  organization  1,988  votes,  and  against  it  636  votes; 
majority  in  favor  of  township  organization  1,352. 

Immediately  after  the  election  the  county  court,  by  the  power 
vested  in  it  by  the  township  organization  law,  divided  the  county  into 
twenty  municipal  townships,  making  them  coiTespond  with  the  congres- 
sional sui-vey,  and  so  they  remain  to  this  day. 

Sugar  Creek  Township  consists  of  all  that  part  of  congressional 
township  62,  range  26,  being  and  lying  within  Harrison  County. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  163 

Fox  Creek  Towaiship  consists  of  all  of  congressional  township  63, 
range  26. 

Trail  Creek  Township  is  all  of  congressional  township  64,  range  26. 

Madison  comprises  all  of  congressional  township  65,  range  26. 

Clay  Township  consists  of  all  of  congressional  township  66,  range 
26,  and  that  part  of  township  67,  range  26,  that  lies  in  Harrison  County. 

Colfax  Township  is  all  of  congressional  township  66,  range  27  and 
that  part  of  township  67,  range  27,  lying  in  Harrison  Coulity. 

Marion  Township  is  township  65,  range  27,  of  congressional  sui-vey. 

Grant  is  congressional  township  64,  range  27. 

Sherman  embraces  all  of  congressional  township  63,  range  27. 

Adams  is  congressional  township  62,  range  27,  lying  within  Harri- 
son County,  Missouri. 

Cypress  is  that  part  of  township  62,  range  28,  lying  within  Harri- 
son County. 

Bethany  is  all  of  township  63,  range  28. 

Jefferson  is  congressional  township  64,  range  28. 

Union  is  congressional  township  65,  range  28. 

Hamilton  embraces  all  of  township  66,  range  28,  and  that  part  of 
township  67,  range  28,  lying  within  Harrison  County  . 

Lincoln  embraces  all  of  congressional  township  66,  range  29,  and 
that  part  of  township  67,  range  29,  lying  within  Harrison  County. 

Washington  is  congressional  township  65,  range  29. 

Dallas  is  township  64,  range  29. 

White  Oak  is  congressional  township  63,  range  29. 

Butler  is  all  that  part  of  congressional  township  62,  range  29,  lying 
within  Harrison  County. 

By  the  township  organization  as  adopted  in  1872  it  was  provided 
that  the  county  court  should  consist  of  the  supervisors  of  the  townships, 
one  from  each  township,  but  an  act  of  the  regular  session  of  the  Twenty- 
seventh  General  Assembly,  approved  March  24,  1873,  so  amended  the 
township  organization  law  as  to  require  the  county  court  to  consist  of 
five  .nidges,  one  a  presiding  judge  elected  at  large,  and  four,  one  from 
each  of  four  districts  into  which  the  county  was  divided. 

It  does  not  appear  that  Harrison  County  ever  organized  a  county 
court  of  the  supervisors.  At  the  June  term,  1873,  the  Record  of  County 
Court  Book  "E"  at  page  221  recites  that  "Court  met  pursuant  to  ad- 


164  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

joumment.  Present:  Joseph  F.  Bryant,  presiding  judge;  Joseph  P. 
Bailey,  of  first  district;  James  B.  Brown,  of  second  district;  Milton 
Burris,  of  third  district,  and  Franklin  R.  Quigley,  of  fourth  district, 
associate  justices.  Said  judges  having  been  elected  May  3,  1873,  and  com- 
suance  of  an  act  of  the  Legislature  approved  March  24,  1873,  and  com- 
missioned by  the  governor  May  19,  1873,  commissions  iiled  and  judges 
qualified  June  2,  1873." 

This  township  organization  law  was  repealed  by  an  act  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  approved  March  5,  1877,  and  the  government  of  the  county 
then  fell  back  under  the  general  law,  and  so  remained  until  the  town- 
ship organization  law  enacted  in  1899  was  later  adopted  in  Harrison 
County. 

At  the  May  term,  1906,  of  the  county  court  a  requisite  petition  was 
filed  for  submission  to  the  vote  of  the  people  of  the  township  organiza- 
tion law  as  defined  in  Chapter  168  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Missouri 
of  1899  as  amended  in  1901-03  and  1905,  which  petition  was  by  the 
court  found  sufficient  and  the  submission  ordered  at  the  general  election 
to  be  held  November  5,  1906,  and  the  vote  then  taken  thereon  resulted 
in  its  adoption,  the  vote  for  being  2,800  and  the  vote  against  202,  and 
the  county  yet  remains  under  to%VTiship  organization. 

Cities,  Towns  and  Villages. 

Harrison  County  is  well  supplied  with  a  number  of  towns  and  vil- 
lages which  are  well  distributed  throughout  the  county,  affording  un- 
usual conveniences  for  trading  points. 

Bethany,  the  county  seat,  is  the  largest  town  in  the  county.  It  is 
located  on  the  Burlington  Railroad  in  Bethany  Township.  The  principal 
religious  denominations  are  here  represented  and  Bethany  has  been  known 
for  many  years  for  the  high  standard  of  its  schools.  The  principal  streets 
are  paved  and  the  town  has  a  good  water  and  sewerage  system  and  a 
municipal  electric  light  plant.  Banking  and  all  business  and  professions 
are  well  represented  and  Bethany  is  a  thriving  commercial  town.  Its 
population,  according  to  the  census  of  1920,  was  2,080. 

Cainsville,  the  second  largest  town  in  the  county,  has  a  population 
of  1,050.  Cainsville  is  located  in  the  extreme  eastern  part  of  Madison 
Township  near  the  Mercer  County  Line  on  Grand  River.  For  many  years 
coal  mines  were  operated  in  its  vicinity.    The  town  commands  an  extensive 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  165 

trade  from  a  large  scope  of  surrounding  country  both  in  Harrison  and 
Mercer  Counties.  There  is  a  weekly  newspaper  published  here.  Banks 
and  other  business  enterprises  are  well  represented.  There  are  a  number 
of  churches  representing  the  principal  religious  denominations  and  the 
town  has  a  good  public  school  system.  Cainsville  is  located  at  the  terminal 
of  a  branch  of  the  Burlington  Railroad  which  connects  with  the  main  line 
of  that  system  in  Iowa. 

Ridgeway  is  located  on  the  Burlington  Railroad  on  the  dividing  line 
between  Marion  and  Grant  Townships.  The  town  site  occupies  a  portion 
of  section  33  in  Marion  Township  and  portions  of  sections  3  and  4  in  Grant 
Township.  Ridgeway  has  two  banks,  an  excellent  hotel,  and  practically 
all  branches  of  mercantile  business  are  represented  here.  The  school 
system  of  Ridgeway  ranks  high.  The  population  of  Ridgeway  is  812  and 
it  is  one  of  the  progressing  and  enterprising  business  centers  of  Harri- 
.son  County. 

Gilman  City  has  a  population  of  618  and  is  located  on  section  30  in 
the  Southeastern  corner  of  Sugar  Creek  Township.  The  Quincy,  Omaha 
&  Kansas  City  Railway,  which  is  a  part  of  the  Burlington  System,  passes 
through  Gilman  City.  This  is  a  progressive  town  of  churches,  good  schools 
and  enterprising  business  and  professional  men. 

New  Hampton,  which  is  located  on  the  Burlington  Railroad  on  sec- 
tions 7  and  8  in  White  Oak  Township,  is  a  live  business  center  and  an 
important  shipping  point.  There  are  two  banks,  two  elevators  and  a  num- 
ber of  progressive  merchants  here.  New  Hampton  has  a  population  of 
519  and  its  schools  are  among  the  best  in  Harrison  County. 

Eagleville  is  one  of  the  old  towns  of  the  county  and  since  its  estab- 
lishment has  maintained  an  important  commercial  position,  notwith- 
standing the  fact  that  it  is  not  on  a  railroad.  Its  nearest  railroad  is  at 
Bdythedale,  a  distance  of  about  four  miles.  Eagleville  has  a  bank,  an 
excellent  high  school  and  several  important  mercantile  establishments 
■  and  is  in  the  center  of  a  rich  agricultural  country.  The  town  site  occupies 
a  part  of  section  6  of  Marion  Township  and  section  1  of  Union  Township 
and  the  population  in  1920  was  340. 

Mount  Moriah,  another  inland  town  of  Harrison  County  which  has 
maintained  a  position  of  local  commercial  importance  despite  the  fact  that 
it  was  "missed"  by  the  railroad  has  a  population  of  331  and  is  located  in 
.■sections  22  and  23  of  Trail  Creek  Township.     The  town  has  a  bank  and 


166  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

several  stores  and  for  many  years  has  commanded  an  extensive  trade 
from  the  surrounding  country. 

Blythedale,  a  thriving  village  of  294  population  on  the  Burlington  Rail- 
road is  located  on  sections  34  and  35  in  Colfax  Township.  This  is  an  im- 
portant trading  and  shipping  point  and  has  some  of  the  leading  mercantile 
establishments  of  the  county  and  the  banking  interests  are  represented 
here  by  one  of  the  substantial  banks  of  the  county.  Blythedale  has  a 
number  of  churches  and  is  known  for  the  excellency  of  its  public  schools. 

Melbourne,  a  town  located  on  the  Quincy,  Omaha  &  Kansas  City  Rail- 
road in  Sugar  Creek  Township  has  a  population  of  159  and  is  a  progressive 
village.    There  is  a  bank  and  mercantile  establishments  here. 

Other  villages  of  Harrison  County  where  business  centers  are  main- 
tained are  Brooklyn,  which  is  located  on  section  27,  Union  Township,  and 
has  a  population  of  eighty-four ;  Atidover,  a  village  on  the  Burlington  Rail- 
road in  Colifax  Township;  Akron,  an  inland  village  in  Clay  Township; 
Blue  Ridge,  in  Adams  Township ;  Bridgeport,  Cypress  Township ;  Hatfield, 
Lincoln  Township ;  Martinsville,  Dallas  Township ;  Matkins,  Butler  Town- 
ship and  Pawnee,  Hamilton  Township. 

The  population  of  Harrison  County  is  19,719,  census  of  1920. 


CHAPTER  XV 


EARLY  RECORDS. 


FIRST  INSTRUMENT  ON  RECORD— FIRST  DEED— SECOND  DEED— THIRD  CONVEY- 
ANCE OF  REAL,  ESTATE— THE  FIRST  MORTGAGE— COLLECTORS  BOND— LIST 
OF  EARLY  MARRIAGES— PETITION  TO  ENFORCE  ACT  RESTRAINING  DOMES- 
TIC  ANIMALS    FROM   RUNNING    AT    LARGE — THE    VOTE. 

The  first  instrument  on  record  in  the  circuit  clerk's  office  is  a  letter  of 
attorney  by  Prudence  Fox  of  Whitley  County,  Kentucky,  appointing  "her 
friend  James  Faulkner  of  Livingston  County,  Missouri,  to  attend  to  all 
matters  pertaining  to  the  settlement  of  the  estate  of  her  son  Sampson 
Fox"  of  the  latter  county  and  state,  the  writing  bearing  date  November, 
1845. 

Following  the  above  appears  a  warranty  deed  "for  a  certain  track, 
piece  or  parcel  of  land  situated,  lying  and  being  in  the  County  of  Harrison 
and  State  of  Missouri,  to-wit:  the  southeast  quarter  of  the  southeast 
quarter  of  Section  No.  5,  Township  62,  Range  28,  containing  forty  acres 
more  or  less"  sold  by  Benjamin  Taylor  to  William  Cummings  for  $200.00 
and  acknowledged  February  26,  1846  before  Elkanah  Timmons,  a  Justice 
of  the  Peace. 

The  second  deed  bears  date  of  January,  1846,  and  is  for  "ten  acres 
of  land  off  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  Section 
Seven  (7)  Township  62  Range  28  in  the  district  of  land  sold  at  Plattsburg, 
Missouri,"  conveyed  by  John  G.  Musick  and  his  wife,  Mary  Musick,  to  J. 
D.  Hardin  for  a  consideration  of  $40.00. 

The  third  conveyance  of  real  estate  was  made  by  Reuben  and  Sarah 
Tilley,  who,  for  a  consideration  of  $1,000.00,  sold  to  Michael  Fleenor  a  tract 
of  land  containing  463  acres  more  or  less,  situated  in  the  southern  part 
of  the  county.  Michael  Fleenor  then  deeds  to  Reuben  Tilley  an  equal 
number  of  acres  in  the  same  part  of  the  county  for  $1,500.00  the  last  in- 
strument bearing  date  February  23,  1846. 


168  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

The  first  mortgage  upon  record  in  the  county  was  given  by  Jeremiah 
Young  to  Reuben  Tilley  for  $100.00  on  the  west  half  of  the  northeast 
quarter  of  Section  31,  Township  63,  Range  29,  dated  November,  1846. 

Among  the  earhest  instruments  of  record  was  the  bond  of  Henry 
Fuller  as  collector  of  Harrison  County,  made  on  August  10,  1846,  and 
recorded  during  the  ensuing  month.  The  material  part  of  the  bond  is 
woi'ded  as  follows :  Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  I,  Henry  Fuller, 
principal  and  Thomas  Tucker,  E.  S.  Hughes,  James  Fuller,  David  Harris 
and  William  Allen,  securities,  are  held  and  bound  to  the  State  of  Missouri 
in  the  sum  of  $1,000.00  to  the  payment  of  which  we  bind  ourselves,  our 
heirs,  executors,  etc. ;  the  condition  of  the  obligation  being  such  "that  the 
said  Henry  Fuller  does  faithfully  and  punctually  collect  atid  pay  over  all 
the  state  and  county  revenue  for  the  two  years  next  ensuing  the  first  day 
of  September  thereafter.  And  that  he  will  in  all  things  faithfully  perform 
all  the  duties  of  the  office  of  collector  according  to  law,  then  this  obligation 
1o  be  void,  otherwise  to  remain  in  full  force  and  eff'ect." 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  earliest  marriages  solemnized  in  Harrison 
County  during  the  first  two  years  of  its  history.  David  C.  Bryant  and 
Permelia  Edmiston  married  November  6,  1845,  by  Rev.  L.  Morgan.  Ben- 
jamin Casner  and  Nancy  Miller  were  united  in  the  holy  bonds  of  wedlock 
on  December  26,  1845,  by  Ivan  Lane,  Justice  of  the  Peace.  Willis  Harper 
and  Eleanor  Williams  were  on  November  11,  1845,  made  man  and  wife 
by  Charles  L.  Jennings,  a  Justice  of  the  Peace.  Thomas  H.  Poynter  and 
Susan  S.  Jenks  were  married  on  December  24,  1845  by  C.  L.  Jennings. 

Other  early  marriages  were  Elkanah  Ratcliff  and  Catherine  Prewet; 
John  Spencer  and  Emily  Safter;  Matturn  Taylor  and  Mary  M.  Henson; 
John  Taylor  and  Mary  E.  McDaniel;  Alfred  Williams  and  Sarah  Vander- 
pool ;  William  Allcock  and  Rebecca  Allen ;  Joshia  J.  Allen  to  Mary  Hogan ; 
David  Blaketer  and  Harriet  Lawson ;  Core  Houk  and  Melinda  Dolson ;  Levi 
Hunt  and  Caroline  Cummins ;  George  W.  Hanners  and  Elizabeth  Bullington ; 
Jesse  Haunn  and  Saulda  Booth ;  Archibald  M.  McDaniel  and  Jane  Daniels ; 
Harden  Casmen  and  Elizabeth  Hulse ;  Frank  M.  Brown  and  Saulda  Poynter ; 
John  W.  Brown  and  Irene  Higgins;  Samuel  Corister  and  Nancy  Miller; 
William  Carver  and  Tainer  Condry;  Tobias  Deboice  and  Mary  Garner; 
Peter  C.  Dowell  and  Hester  W.  Brown. 

At  the  August  term,  1888,  of  the  County  Court  action,  among  other 
things,  was  had  as  follows :  the  record  showing,  "Comes  now  J.  Walker  and 
more  than  100  householders  of  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  petition  the 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  169 

court  to  cause  to  be  submitted  to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  county  at  the 
next  general  election  the  question  of  enforcing  in  said  county  the  provi- 
sions of  an  Act  of  the  Thirty-Second  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Missouri  in  relation  to  restraining  domestic  animals  from  running  at 
large  as  follows : 

Restraining  from  running  at  large  all  species  of  cattle,  horses,  mules, 
asses,  swine,  sheep  and  goats  in  said  county.  It  is  therefore  ordered  by 
the  court  that  the  question  of  enforcing  said  Act  in  said  county  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  county  at  the  next  general  election 
to  be  held  on  Tuesday,  November  6,  1888,  at  the  usual  voting  places  in 
.'laid  county  and  that  at  said  election  all  ballots  voted  bearing  the  written  or 
printed  words  'For  enforcing  the  law  restraining  all  species  of  cattle, 
horses,  mules,  asses,  swine,  sheep  and  goats  from  running  at  large'  shall  be 
counted  in  favor  of  the  provisions  of  said  Act,  and  that  all  ballots  voted 
bearing  the  written  or  printed  words  'against  enforcing  the  law  restrain- 
ing all  species  of  cattle,  horses,  mules,  asses,  swine,  sheep  and  goats  from 
running  at  large'  shall  be  counted  against  enforcing  the  provisions  of 
said  act.  And  it  is  further  ordered  by  the  court  that  public  notice  be 
given  that  such  vote  will  be  taken  by  publishing  a  notice  of  the  same  in 
a  newspaper  published  in  said  Harrison  County  for  three  weeks  con- 
secutively, the  last  insertion  to  be  at  least  ten  days  before  the  day  of  such 
election,  and  by  posting  up  printed  notices  thereof  at  three  of  the  most 
public  places  in  each  township  in  said  county  at  least  twenty  days  before 
said  election,  and  the  sheriff  of  said  county  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed 
to  post  said  notices  as  above  stated." 

The  record  of  the  November  term,  1888,  of  the  County  Court  shows 
that  at  the  election  on  November  6,  1888,  the  law  restraining  all  species 
of  cattle,  horses,  mules,  asses,  swine,  sheep  and  goats  was  voted  upon 
with  the  following  result: 

For  enforcing  said  Act 2,157  votes 

Against  enforcing  said  Act 1,832  votes 

Majority  for  325  votes 


CHAPTER  XVI 


CIRCUIT  COURT  AND  BAR. 


FIRST  CIRCUIT  COURT  IN  1846— FIRST  ATTORNEYS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE— FIRST 
BUSINESS— FIRST  SUIT  FILED— FIRST  TRIALr— THE  JURY— THE  VERDICT— 
THE  SECOND  CASE— OTHER  BUSINESS— THE  GRAND  JURY— FINDINGS  OF 
THE  JURY — INDICTMENTS — ATTORNEYS  ADMITTED  MARCH  TERM,  1847— 
GRAND  JURORS — INDICTMENTS  FOR  "KILLINGS"— TRIALS— FIRST  DIVORCE 
SUIT— FIRST  FOREIGNER  NATURALIZED— PROBATE  COURT— PROCEEDINGS- 
FIRST  PROBATE  JUDGE— THE  PIONEER  LAWYER— MEMBERS  OF  THE  HAR- 
RISON  COUNTY   BAR. 

On  April  23,  1846,  Honorable  Austin  A.  King,  judge  of  the  Fifth  Judi- 
cial Circuit  of  Missouri,  at  the  town  of  Bethany,  organized  and  held  the 
first  Circuit  Court  in  Harrison  County.  There  were  present  on  that  occa- 
sion besides  his  Honor,  the  judge,  the  following  officials:  George  W.  Dunn, 
circuit  attorney;  John  W.  Brown,  sheriff,  and  John  S.  Allen,  clerk. 

On  motion  of  George  W.  Dunn,  Philip  L.  Edwards,  Charles  E.  Bowman, 
George  W.  Poage  and  Moses  Simonds,  all  being  duly  licensed  according  to 
law,  were  admitted  to  practice  as  counselors  and  attomeys-at-law  and 
solicitors  in  chancery. 

The  first  business  was  the  return  of  a  state  writ  of  venire  facias  by 
the  sheriff  executed  upon  Eli  McDaniel,  James  Mitchell,  Jacob  A.  Brown, 
Samuel  Alley,  Lorenzo  D.  Thompson,  William  Hamblin,  Henry  Fuller, 
Thomas  Hutchins,  Edward  L.  Ellis,  Elkanah  Glover,  James  A.  Dale  and 
Charles  L.  Jennings,  "fifteen  good  and  lawful  men  of  the  County  of  Harri- 
son aforesaid,  as  a  grand  jury  and  the  said  Eli  McDaniel  as  foreman,  and 
his  fellow  jurors  aforesaid  being  duly  empowered,  sworn  and  charged  as 
a  grand  jury  of  the  State  of  Missouri  for  the  County  of  Harrison  aforesaid, 
retired  to  consider  their  presentments." 

The  first  suit  filed  was  a  case  on  appeal  from  a  Justice  Court  in  what 
was  then  North  Township.    William  Lauderback,  plaintiff,  vs.  George  Wil- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  171 

liams,  defendant.  Briefly  stated  the  history  of  the  case  as  tried  before 
Henry  Fuller,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  is  as  follows :  It  appears  that  the  said 
George  Williams  from  some  cause  committed  the  flagrant  act  of  killing 
a  canine  belonging  to  the  said  Lauderback,  whereupon  the  latter  brought 
suit  for  damages,  trespass,  etc.,  as  shown  by  the  following  bill  of  com- 
plaint. "George  Williams  to  William  Lauderback  debt  and  damages  $25.00 ; 
ten  dollars  for  killing  one  dog,  and  ten  dollars  damage  for  killing  one 
dog,  and  ten  dollars  damage  for  killing  one  dog  and  wounding  another  dog, 
and  for  trespassing  on  my  property.    William  Lauderback." 

The  above  bill  of  charges  was  filed  April  30,  1845,  and  on  the  13th 
day  of  the  succeeding  month,  the  trial  took  place  before  a  jury  composed 
of  the  following  yeomen,  to-wit :  Abraham  Endsley,  Elkanah  Golver,  Allen 
Hubbard,  James  Ramey  and  Shephard  Hunter.  The  trial  excited  no  little 
interest  in  the  community  and  nearly  all  the  citizens  of  the  neighborhood 
were  subpoenaed  as  witnesses. 

The  defense  was  ably  conducted  by  Elder  John  S.  AUen,  but  despite 
all  his  efi'orts  in  behalf  of  his  client  the  plaintifl"  by  solemn  oath  as 
well  as  by  the  testimony  of  several  reputable  witnesses  established  beyond 
a  reasonable  doubt  the  "good  character"  of  the  murdered  canine,  besides 
proving  the  killing  to  have  "been  done  without  just  cause  or  provocation." 
The  jury  after  carefully  weighing  all  the  evidence  of  the  case  agreed  upon 
the  following  verdict : 

"We,  as  jurors,  dew  fine  verdick  in  favor  of  the  plantif  five  dollars 
damage,  and  costs.    A.  B.  Endsley,  Foreman." 

The  defendant  feeling  aggrieved  by  this  verdict  and  thinking  justice 
had  not  been  accorded  to  him.  in  the  trial,  filed  the  following  appeal  to  the 
Circuit  Court: 

"You  will  take  notis  that  I  have  taken  an  appeal  from  the  judgment 
of  Henry  Fuller,  Esq.,  obtained  against  me  in  your  favor  in  an  action  of 
debt  damage  and  trespass  on  the  13th  day  of  May,  1845,  to  the  Circuit  Court 
of  Harrison  County,  to  be  held  on  Thursday  after  the  third  Monday  in 
April,  1845,  it  being  the  23rd  day  of  the  month. 

"George  Williams,  Defendant. 
"Charies  M.  Scott,  Security." 

In  the  Circuit  Court  the  plaintiff  filed  his  motion  to  dismiss  the  appeal 
on  account  of  the  insufficiency  of  the  security  for  the  appeal  which  was 
overruled  by  the  judge:     "The  defendant  files  his  motion  to  dismiss  the 


172  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

plaintiff's  suit  which  motion  being  heard  by  the  court  is  sustained."  "It 
is  therefor  ordered  by  the  court  that  the  suit  be  dismissed  and  that  said 
defendant  recover  of  the  said  plaintiff  his  costs  as  well  in  this  court  as  in 
the  Justice's  court  below  in  his  behalf  expended  and  that  he  have  execution 
therefor." 

The  next  cases  on  the  docket  were  Ansel  Terry  vs.  Samson  Alley  in 
"assemsit"  and  James  R.  Timmons  and  John  D.  Timmons  vs.  Nathan 
Spencer,  ejectment,  the  former  continued  and  the  latter  dismissed  at  the 
cost  of  plaintiff. 

The  g-rand  jury  returned  into  court  the  following  indictments  en- 
dorsed true  bills  and  signed  by  the  foreman,  to-wit :  Against  John  Murphey, 
•Jonas  Casner,  Benjamin  Casner,  Charles  Hauk,  John  Taylor  and  Harvey 
Taylor,  for  a  rout,  also  State  against  Francis  Burrell  for  larceny. 

John  W.  Brown  presented  his  account  as  sheriff  for  $5.50,  after  which 
there  being  no  further  business,  the  court  adjourned  "until  court  in  course." 

The  record  of  the  one  day's  proceedings  including  the  opening  and 
adjourning  orders  and  impaneling  the  grand  jury  occupy  only  a  little  over 
three  pages  of  the  record. 

The  grand  jury  for  the  October  term,  1846,  was  composed  of  tne 
following  men:  Samuel  Edmiston,  Marshall  Howell,  Robert  Ford,  Thomas 
Daniel,  William  R.  Allen,  William  Long,  Andrew  M.  Cox,  Thomas  Jennings, 
Willis  Harper,  Abel  W.  Allen,  Robert  Young,  Lewis  Charlton,  Edward 
Winkle,  Hampton  Cox,  and  James  C.  Brown.  Samuel  Edmiston  was  fore- 
man. The  first  trial  by  jury  at  this  term  was  the  State  of  Missouri  against 
Charles  Hauk,  indicted  at  the  previous  term  for  instigating  and  participat- 
ing in  a  "rout"  at  the  town  of  Bethany.  The  following  are  the  names  of 
the  jurors:  Thomas  Mitchell,  Samuel  Cox,  George  Williams,  Joseph  Young, 
George  Hamblin,  Stephen  C.  Allen,  John  Casebolt,  Howell  Blaketer,  Joseph 
J.  Arnold,  Thomas  Prewett  and  William  Moler.  Through  their  foreman, 
S.  C.  Allen,  reported  the  following  verdict:  "We,  the  jury,  find  the  de- 
fendant guilty  as  charged  and  assess  his  fine  at  $5.00."  "It  is  therefore 
ordered  that  the  plaintiff  recover  the  fine  of  $5.00  aforesaid  as  also  the 
costs  in  this  behalf  expended  and  that  she  have  execution  therefor,  and  also 
that  the  said  defendant  stand  committed  until  said  fine  and  costs  are  paid, 
being  in  court  he  is  put  in  custody  of  the  sheriff." 

The  second  jury  trial  was  the  State  against  Francis  Burill,  indicted  for 
larceny  at  the  previous  term  of  the  court.  The  following  gentlemen  com- 
posed this  jury:    Stephen  C.  Allen,  James  Fuller,  A.  Thompson,  Samson 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  173 

Alley,  Michael  Fleenor,  Thomas  Tucker,  William  N.  Ford,  Joseph  Young, 
Richard  Young  and  Jesse  Vail.  The  verdict  was:  "We,  the  jury,  find  in 
favor  of  the  defendant." 

The  grand  jury  at  this  term  returned  indictments  against  the  follow- 
ing persons:  Simon  Burgin,  for  peddling  clocks  without  license;  Joseph 
Hall,  for  assault  with  intent  to  commit  manslaughter;  John  Vail,  for 
selling  liquor  without  license;  Francis  B.  Miller,  John  A.  Scott  and  Allen 
Scott,  for  trading  with  the  Indians. 

The  case  of  Ansel  Terry  vs.  Samson  Alley  continued  from  the  first 
term  was  disposed  of  by  the  court  in  favor  of  the  plaintiff  and  damages 
assessed  at  $181.00. 

At  the  March  term,  1847,  the  following  attorneys  and  counselors  were 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  Harrison  County :  Philip  L.  Edwards, 
Volney  E.  Bragg  and  Thomas  L.  Frame. 

The  following  served  as  grand  jurors  during  the  term:  Aseph  M. 
Butler,  foreman;  Reuben  D.  Tilley,  Thomas  Taylor,  William  Oxford,  John 
Oatman,  George  Noah,  Jeremiah  S.  Young,  William  M.  Selby,  Elijah  Flem- 
ing, Matthew  Franklin,  Joseph  Young,  Norvell  Allcock,  Isaac  Hamer,  Eli 
Salmon,  Major  Daniel  and  William  C.  Atkinson. 

They  returned  indictments  for  "killmg"  against  Hill  Wortman  and 
Lewis  Hunt,  and  against  Josiah  Spurgin  for  "murder."  The  latter  case 
occasioned  a  great  deal  of  interest,  being  the  first  event  of  a  sanguinary 
nature  that  took  place  in  the  county.  Spurgin  was  tried  by  jury,  the  charge 
being  the  killing  of  Jacob  Mitchel.  The  trial  was  at  the  March  term,  1847. 
He  was  convicted  of  manslaughter.  Both  were  intoxicated  when  the 
killing  occurred. 

Simon  Burgin  was  tried  at  this  term  for  peddling  clocks  without  a 
license  and  fined  $50,  which  was  subsequently  commuted  to  one  day's  im- 
prisonment on  payment  of  costs.  Several  other  cases  of  a  minor  nature 
were  disposed  of  at  this  term  and  the  record  shows  that  Nathan  Spencer 
and  Cornelius  Murphy  were  each  fined  $5.00  for  contempt  of  court. 

The  grand  jury  at  the  September  term,  1847,  was  made  up  of  the 
following  citizens:  Charles  L.  Jennings,  David  Gaston,  Andrew  J.  Smith, 
Thomas  Tucker,  Christopher  Blessing,  Robert  Bullington,  John  Jones, 
Jonathan  Booth,  William  W.  Harper,  James  Ramey,  Kader  Madden,  George 
Williams,  William  H.  Bender,  Thomas  M.  Geer,  William  Hunter  and  Ben- 
jamin Ashley. 

There  were  quite  a  number  of  indictments  at  this  term,  among  which 


174  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

were  the  following:  against  Richard  Wells,  James  Johnson,  Travis  John- 
son, William  Johnson  and  Jeremiah  Spurgeon,  "for  the  disturbing  the 
peace  of  a  family  in  the  night";  against  Richard  Wells  for  "felonious 
assault,"  and  against  William  Cummins  "for  aiding  the  escape  of  a  pris- 
oner," and  against  James  Johnson  and  Travis  Johnson  for  "an  assault." 

At  the  May  term,  1848,  the  following  grand  jurors  were  impaneled: 
J.  C.  Brown,  David  Buck,  Samuel  Alley,  William  C.  Allen,  Aaron  England, 
George  W.  Noah,  Shepherd  Hulse,  L.  W.  H.  Cox,  Eli  McDaniel,  Matthew 
L.  Franklin,  William  Mitchell,  Thomas  Brown,  E.  L.  Ellis,  James  Mitchell 
and  Samuel  0.  Jennings.  Indictments  were  returned  by  them  against 
Elijah  Williams  for  trespassing  on  school  land;  Elisha  Meeker  for  unlaw- 
fully taking  up  strays;  Lewis  Hunt,  Armstead  Pait,  Francis  Bunill  and 
John  W.  Casebolt,  each  for  betting. 

The  first  suit  for  divorce  was  tried  at  the  March  term,  1850,  at  which 
time  a  divorce  was  granted  to  Benjamin  Mitchell.  The  next  divorce  case 
was  Joel  H.  Worthington  against  Sarah  Worthington,  tried  at  the  March 
tenn,  1854,  and  at  the  same  time  there  was  another  divorce  case  of 
Harper  vs.  Harper. 

The  first  foreigner  naturalized  in  Harrison  County  was  William  Hall, 
a  native  of  England,  who  came  to  the  United  States  in  1848  and  to  Missouri 
in  1851.  He  renounced  his  allegiance  to  his  native  country  and  became  a 
citizen  of  the  American  Republic  at  the  March  term,  1853,  of  the  Harrison 
Circuit  Court. 

Probate  Court. 

The  Probate  Court  of  Harrison  County  was  established  November  7, 
1853.  Honorable  William  G.  Lewis  was  the  judge.  Prior  to  that  time  all 
probate  business  was  disposed  of  in  the  County  Court  which  by  statute  had 
that  jurisdiction. 

The  first  proceedings  of  the  court  after  its  organization  were  in 
the  case  of  Anna  Endsley  vs.  Gibson  Endsley,  administi'ator  of  estate  of 
Samuel  Endsley,  deceased.  These  proceedings  as  shown  by  the  record  were 
as  follows : 

"Now  at  this  day  comes  the  parties  by  their  attorneys  and  the  said 
plaintiff  amkes  application  to  the  court  as  the  widow  of  Samuel  Endlsey, 
deceased,  for  an  order  compelling  said  administrator  to  pay  her  as  such 
widow,  the  money  allowed  by  law  in  lieu  of  personal  property  allowed  to 
her  at  the  appraised  value  of  $200.00.    Whereupon  the  court  after  hearing 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  175 

the  allegations  and  proofs  of  the  said  pai'ties,  orders  that  Gibson  Endsley, 
administrator  of  the  estate  of  Samuel  Endsley,  deceased,  pay  to  Anna 
Endsley,  widow  of  said  deceased,  the  sum  of  $89.95  when  collected  that 
being  the  amount  of  said  sale  of  the  personal  property  of  deceased." 

Following  the  above  upon  the  record  appears  an  application  of  Jacob 
Oxford,  administrator  of  the  estate  of  William  Oxford,  deceased,  for  per- 
mission to  sell  personal  property,  etc.,  at  private  sale  "and  the  court  being 
satisfied  that  such  sale  will  not  be  prejudicial  to  persons  interested  in  said 
estate  orders  the  administrator  to  sell  at  private  sale  all  property  of  eaid 
estate  at  such  time  as  he  may  see  fit  and  proper." 

The  next  business  was  the  allowing  of  a  note  of  $45.21  against  the 
estate  of  Aaron  England  in  favor  of  Benjamin  C.  Powell  and  Jonathan 
Levy,  together  with  all  interest  upon  the  same  and  costs  of  allowance. 

William  G.  Lewis  served  as  Probate  Judge  until  1857  at  which  time 
John  H.  Phillebaum  was  elected  to  the  position.  His  successor  was  D.  J. 
Heaston,  whose  term  of  service  expired  in  1862.  The  names  of  other 
judges  will  be  found  in  another  chapter  of  this  volume  in  a  complete  list 
of  county  officers. 

When  Harrison  County  was  organized  and  the  courts  instituted  there 
were  no  resident  lawyers  here  as  was  generally  the  case  in  pioneer  com- 
munities. However,  it  was  not  long  until  members  of  the  legal  profession 
settled  here  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of  the  law.  It  was  the  custom  in 
the  early  days  for  lawyers  to  travel  from  county  to  county,  or  from  one 
district  to  another  to  attend  court  to  try  cases  and  in  this  way  leading 
lawyers  of  these  pioneer  times  covered  a  large  scope  of  territory  in  their 
professional  capacity.  These  lawyers  v/ere  sometimes  known  as  "circuit 
riders."  All  of  the  prominent  lawyers  of  the  early  days  thus  practiced  in 
many  counties  of  the  state. 

William  G.  Lewis,  a  pioneer  lawyer  of  this  county  was  the  first 
resident  lawyer  of  Bethany.  He  was  a  native  of  Greenbrier  County,  Vir- 
ginia, and  came  here  in  1847.  He  practiced  here  until  the  time  of  his  death 
in  1869. 

The  bar  of  Harrison  County  has  ahvays  maintained  a  high  standard 
and  some  of  the  ablest  lawyers  of  the  state  are  enrolled  among  its  mem- 
bers. Little  is  known  of  some  of  the  early  attorneys.  Among  those  of 
whom  we  have  a  record  are :  John  R.  Moreledge,  H.  P.  Edminston,  John  H. 
Phillebaum,  Orrin  Lee  Abbott,  Thomas  J.  Brady,  William  F.  Miller,  John 
Wyatt,  George  W.  Elwell,  T.  D.  Neal,  James  McCollum.  Andrew  Fawcett, 


176  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

J.  Frank  Ward,  Oscar  Butler,  S.  W.  Leslie,  G.  W.  Cooper,  J.  W.  Vandivery, 
Samuel  W.  Vandevert,  W.  S.  McCray,  A.  R  Brown  and  J.  W.  Boyle.  The 
members  of  the  Harrison  County  bar  since  1888  to  the  present  time  are: 
D.  J.  Heaston,  D.  S.  Alvord,  William  C.  Heaston,  F.  R.  Ramer,  Joseph  F. 
Bryant,  Sr.,  John  M.  Sallee,  William  H.  Skinner,  George  W.  Wanamaker, 

A.  F.  Woodruf,  James  C.  Wilson,  George  W.  Barlow,  Ezra  H.  Frisby,  Gen- 
eral B.  M.  Prentiss,  J.  R.  Kirk,  Gilbert  Barlow,  J.  Q.  Brown,  J.  F.  Bryany, 
Jr.,  A.  S.  Gumming,  S.  P.  Davisson,  Frank  M.  Frisby,  W.  H.  Leasenby, 

B.  P.  Sigler,  Edgar  Skinner,  Garland  Wilson,  Dockery  Wilson,  Randall  Wil- 
son, C.  S.  Winslow,  Earle  G.  Spragg,  Rufus  Hopkins,  A.  L.  Hughes,  Oscar 
W.  Curry,  A.  L.  Clabaugh,  Roscoe  E.  Kavanaugh,  M.  F.  Oxford,  Forest  U. 
Lawhead,  B.  W.  Hurst,  W.  E.  Land,  0.  N.  Gibson,  W.  C.  Humphrey,  L.  R. 
Kautz,  Charles  A.  Miller,  George  R.  Miller,  C.  C.  Ross,  C.  A.  Stoner  and  E. 
S.  Miner. 


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CHAPTER  XVII 


RAILROADS. 


FIRST  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES— RAILROAD  BUILDING  IN  MISSOURI— A  RAILROAD 
CONVENTION— THE  RECOMMENDATION— CONGRESS  PETITIONED— GOVERNOR 
BOGGS'  MESSAGE — SPECULATION — LAND  GRANTED  BY  CONGRESS — INTEREST 
IN  1850— ACTIVITY  IN  1851— RAILROAD  CONSTRUCTION  AGITATED  IN  HAR- 
RISON COUNTY  IN  1859— ROADS  BUILT  TWENTY  YEARS  LATER — INFLUENCE 
OF    RAILROADS — THE    BURLINGTON    SYSTEM — MODERN    TRANSPORTATION. 

The  first  rail  of  the  first  railroad  built  in  the  United  States  was  laid 
on  July  4,  1828,  by  Charles  Carroll,  who  was  at  the  time  the  only  surviv- 
ing singer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

For  a  year  or  two,  cars  and  coaches  were  drawn  by  horses,  but  after 
that  the  locomotive  engine  was  introduced.  Fifteen  miles  of  this  road 
had  been  completed  by  1830.  Other  railroads  had  been  planned,  and  in 
a  few  years  were  under  construction,  so  that  by  1850,  a  little  more  than 
9,000  miles  of  railroad  had  been  built  in  the  United  States. 

Notwithstanding  this  progress  in  railroad  building  throughout  the 
country,  not  one  mile  was  constructed  in  Missouri  until  1851.  However, 
a  peculiar  road  was  started  in  1849  or  1850,  which  extended  to  a  point  on 
the  Missouri  opposite  Lexington,  was  operated  by  horse  power,  and  its 
rails  and  cross  ties  were  built  entirely  of  timber.  Missouri  was  fortunate 
in  having  great  natural  highways  of  commerce  in  the  Mississippi  and  Mis- 
souri rivers  and  their  tributaries.  The  steamboats  then  coming  into  gen- 
eral use  made  these  natural  highways  all  the  more  important  and  profit- 
able to  Missouri  by  establishing  connections  not  only  with  the  outside 
world,  but  also  between  different  parts  of  the  state.  Along  the  Mississippi 
and  Missouri  and  their  tributaries  were  thriving  and  prosperous  towns, 
and  these  seemed  well  satisfied  with  the  conditions,  as  they  then  existed. 
Eastern  capitalists  either  were  not  able  to  take  up  railroad  building  in 
Missouri,  or  did  not  consider  it  to  their  advantage  to  do  so.     However, 

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178  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

agitation  for  railroad  building  began  as  early  as  1836.  A  railroad  con- 
vention was  held  on  April  30,  of  that  year,  at  St.  Louis.  Delegates  to  the 
number  of  fifty-nine,  representing  eleven  different  counties,  assembled  at 
St.  Louis  at  this  time,  and  passed  various  resolutions  in  which  the  ad- 
vantages of  railroads  were  set  forth. 

It  seems  to  us  at  this  day,  rather  strange  that  they  recommended  two 
lines  of  railroads  running  out  of  St.  Louis,  one  to  Fayette,  by  way  of  St. 
Charles,  Warrenton,  Fulton  and  Columbia,  for  the  purpose  of  opening  up 
an  agricultural  region,  the  other  to  the  valley  of  Bellvue  in  Washington 
County,  with  a  branch  to  the  Merrimac  Iron  Works  in  Crawford  County, 
for  the  purpose  of  developing  the  mineral  region. 

Congress  was  also  petitioned  by  this  convention  to  grant  500,000 
acres  of  public  lands  to  encourage  these  enterprises,  and  it  was  also  urged 
that  the  State  of  Missouri  place  its  credit  at  the  disposal  of  the  companies 
that  would  undertake  to  build  these  roads. 

oGvernor  Boggs,  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  in  his  message  to  the 
Legislature,  strongly  urged  a  general  system  of  railroad  construction. 
Doubtless,  inspired  by  this  convention  of  railroad  delegates,  and  the 
recommendation  of  the  governor,  the  Legislature  proceeded  to  incorporate, 
during  the  months  of  January  and  February,  1836,  at  least  eighteen  railroad 
companies  whose  aggregate  capital  stock  amounted  to  about  $7,875,000. 

The  early  thirties  were  a  period  of  general  speculation  throughout  the 
United  States,  and  the  Missouri  Legislature  in  granting  franchises  to  rail- 
road companies  so  freely  and  generously,  was  only  following  the  example 
of  many  other  states.  However,  little  progress  was  made,  in  railroad 
building  by  these  companies,  due  doubtless,  in  a  large  part,  to  a  panic  in 
1837,  and  for  ten  years  thereafter,  failing  to  do  so,  the  public  lost  interest 
in  railroad  enterprises.  The  500,000  acres  of  land  granted  by  Congress 
to  assist  in  internal  improvements  in  Missouri,  were  divided  among  the 
various  counties  of  the  state,  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of  roads. 

It  was  not  until  1850  that  the  people  again  became  interested  in  rail- 
road building.  At  this  time  the  population  of  the  state  had  increased  to 
682,044.  This  increase  in  population  was  not  confined  to  the  older  settled 
portions  of  the  state,  that  is  along  the  Missouri  and  Mississippi  rivers, 
but  also  in  the  more  inland  sections.  The  country  had  recovered  from 
the  panic  of  1837,  and  the  spirit  of  enterprise  was  aroused  throughout  the 
country.    St.  Louis  became  roused.    In  1850,  her  population  was  80,801, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  179 

and  she  was  the  leading  manufacturing  center  in  the  Mississippi  Valley, 
but  Chicago  was  rapidly  gaining  upon  her  . 

Missouri  was  being  roused.  Governor  King  proposed  to  the  Legis- 
lature in  his  message  in  1850,  that  the  state  should  lend  its  credit  to  the 
railroad  companies  by  issuing  bonds,  and  lending  them  the  money  realized 
from  the  sale  of  these  bonds.  The  companies  were  to  pay  an  annual 
interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  and  to  pay  off  the  principal  in  twenty 
years. 

On  February  22,  1851,  a  law  was  passed  by  the  Legislature,  granting 
aid  to  two  railroad  companies,  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph,  and  the  Pacific. 
The  first  was  granted  $1,500,000,  and  the  latter  $2,000,000.  The  Hannibal 
&  St.  Joseph,  which  had  been  incorporated  in  1846  was  to  build  a  road 
which  would  connect  Hannibal,  on  the  Mississippi,  with  St.  Joseph,  on  the 
Missouri.  The  Pacific,  which  had  been  incorporated  between  1847  and 
1851,  was  to  construct  a  road  which  would  run  from  St.  Louis  to  Jefferson 
City,  and  from  thence  to  the  western  boundary  of  the  state. 

We  shall  follow  the  history  of  railroad  building  no  further  in  the  State 
of  Missouri,  save  only  where  it  directly  affects  Harrison  County. 

The  construction  of  railroads  in  Harrison  County  first  began  to  be 
agitated  as  early  as  1859.  However,  no  material  results  were  obtained  in 
the  way  of  getting  a  railroad  for  twenty  years  afterward  and  Harrison 
County  depended  upon  the  stage  coach  and  pony  express  during  this  time. 
The  first  railroad  agitation  which  produced  fruitful  results  began  in  1879, 
at  which  time  a  preliminary  survey  of  the  Leon,  Mount  Ayr  &  Western, 
a  branch  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Road,  was  surveyed  through 
Harrison  County  was  very  marked,  and  following  its  completion  the  popu- 
of  $40,000,  and  granted  the  right  of  way  from  Bethany  north  to  the  Iowa 
State  line.  Work  was  commenced  on  the  road  in  the  summer  of  1880,  and 
on  October  28,  of  that  year,  the  first  train  of  cars  ran  to  Bethany.  The 
line  was  extended  southward  to  Albany  in  1881,  and  consolidated  at  that 
place  with  a  narrow  gauge  road  which  had  been  constructed  a  short 
time  previous  from  St.  Joseph  to  Gentry  County.  The  latter  was  sub- 
sequently changed  to  a  standard  gauge,  and  the  road  is  now  one  of  the 
most  important  branches  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  system. 

The  influence  of  this  road  in  developing  the  material  resources  of 
Harrison  County  was  very  marked,  and  fallowing  its  completion  the  popu- 
lation has  greatly  increased,  and  all  kinds  of  real  estate  advanced  in  value. 


180  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

An  immediate  outgrowth  of  the  road  was  the  platting  and  building  up  of 
Blythedale,  Ridgeway  and  New  Hampton,  and  a  vast  increase  in  the  busi- 
ness interests  of  Bethany.  The  line  runs  from  northwest  to  southeast, 
and  includes  about  forty-two  or  forty-three  miles  in  Harrison  County. 

In  the  year  1884  the  Des  Moines  &  Osceola  Narrow  Gauge  was  ex- 
tended southward  from  Leon,  Iowa,  to  Gainesville,  Missouri,  the  latter  place 
being  the  present  southern  terminus  of  the  line.  This  road  is  now  a 
standard  gauge  and  is  a  part  of  the  Burlington  system,  also.  Another  rail- 
road which  passes  through  the  southern  part  of  Adams  and  Sugar  Greek 
townships,  the  Quincy,  Omaha  &  Kansas  Gity  Railway,  is  also  a  part  of  the 
Burlington  system.  The  stations  on  this  road  in  Harrison  Gounty  are 
Oilman  Gity  and  Melbourne.  Only  about  eleven  miles  of  this  railroad  are 
in  Harrison  County. 

No  prophet  of  the  present  day,  however  great  his  vision,  can  foretell 
the  transportation  and  mode  of  travel  of  the  future.  Even  now  man  prac- 
tically dominates  the  air  and,  in  speed  and  distance  of  flight,  puts  to  shame 
its  feathered  inhabitants. 

Less  than  half  a  century  back  Jules  Verne  in  his  story  of  how  the 
imaginary  Phileas  Fogg  had  encircled  the  globe  in  eighty  days,  set  the 
world  to  talking  and  marveling  about  the  accelerated  speed  of  life,  yet  less 
than  twenty  years  after  or  about  thirty  years  ago  Nellie  Bly,  a  reporter 
for  a  New  York  paper,  in  actual  travel,  clipped  eight  days  off  the  record 
of  the  marvelous  trip  of  Phileas  Fogg.  In  1911  Andre  Jaeger-Schmidt 
made  the  planetary  loop  in  a  trifle  less  than  forty  days.  Thus  from  1872 
when  Verne  calculated  Phileas  Fogg  record-setting  tour  until  1911  only  a 
matter  of  thirty-nine  years,  mankind  had  come  a  half  nearer  the  flying 
heels  of  time.  Thus  the  imagination  and  vision  of  Jules  Verne  has  been 
discounted  by  actual  facts.  What  we  may  expect  we  would  not  hazard 
a  conjecture. 


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CHAPTER  XVIII 


COUNTY  SEAT  AND  COUNTY  BUILDINGS. 


PERMANENT  LOCATION  OF  COUNTY  SEAT — COMMISSIONERS — NAME  CHANGED — 
FIRST  COURT  HOUSE — CONTRACT  FOR  EQUIPMENT — LOCATION — SECOND 
COURT  HOUSE  DESTROYED  BY  FIRE— PRESENT  COURT  HOUSE  BUILT  IN  1874 
—DESCRIPTION— ITS  INADEQUACY  FOR  PRESENT  DAY  REQUIREMENTS- 
JAILS— COUNTY    HOME. 

The  legislative  enactment  creating  Harrison  County  named  three 
commissioners  whose  duty  it  was  to  select  and  locate  a  permanent  seat  of 
justice  for  the  same.  These  commissioners,  John  Gibson  and  Ebenezer 
Wood  of  Gentry  County  and  Eward  Smith  of  Daviess  County,  met  pur- 
suant to  law  and  after  spending  eight  days  in  viewing  the  County  finally 
selected  the  present  site  at  Bethany  for  the  seat  of  justice  and  gave  to  it 
the  name  of  Dallas.  They  made  a  report  of  their  proceedings  at  the  first 
session  of  the  County  Court,  and  were  allowed  for  their  eight  days'  service 
$2.00  per  day.  The  warrants  issued  therefor  were  the  first  issued  by  the 
county. 

At  the  ensuing  June  term  the  court  appointed  John  S.  Allen  the  county 
seat  commissioner  and  in  the  same  month  he  presented  his  report  of  the 
plat  and  survey,  which  was  adopted  and  approved.  After  the  county  seat 
was  permanently  located  the  court  turned  to  the  necessity  of  providing  ap- 
propriate public  buildings.  Accordingly  at  the  June  term,  1845,  an  order 
was  made  appointing  John  S.  Allen  commissioner  to  contract  for  the  build- 
ing of  a  court  house  of  the  following  plan,  to-wit:  To  be  a  frame  building 
24x20  feet  and  14  feet  high,  so  as  to  make  one  story  and  a  half ;  the  first 
story  to  be  nine  feet  high ;  the  half  or  upper  story  to  be  five  feet,  two 
windows  in  the  upper  story  and  seven  windows  below,  all  to  be  twelve- 
light  windows ;  the  building  to  be  put  up  with  good  material  and  in  a  work- 
manlike manner. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  above  orders  were  somewhat  indefinite 
as  to  specifications,  no  provision  having  been  made  for  doors. 


182  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

The  contract  was  awarded  to  Elkanah  Grover,  who,  for  the  sum  of 
$194  erected  the  building  in  due  time  and  reported  it  ready  for  occupancy. 

At  the  August  term,  1846,  the  commissioner  was  authorized  "to  let 
a  job  of  work  on  the  court  house  to  the  lowest  bidder  of  the  following  de- 
scription, to-wit:  a  seat  for  the  judge  to  be  on  a  platform  two  feet 
high,  three  feet  wide  and  eight  feet  long,  to  be  banistered  up  in  front  with 
railings  and  a  plank  on  top  eight  or  ten  inches  wide,  also  one  step  to 
ascend  the  platform  one  foot  high,  also  a  bar  in  front  of  the  justice's 
seat  to  be  thirteen  feet  long." 

The  house  stood  northeast  of  the  public  square  on  lot  4,  block  2,  of 
the  original  plat.  While  this  seems  to  us  primitive,  it  answered  the  pur- 
poses for  which  it  was  intended  until  the  increasing  business  of  the 
county  required  a  building  of  enlarged  proportions. 

Second  Court  House. 

At  the  August  term,  1856,  the  court  ordered  that  $8,000  be  appro- 
priated for  the  purpose  of  building  a  new  court  house  in  the  town  of 
Bethany  and  appointed  William  G.  Lewis  commissioner  to  let  the  contract 
and  superintend  the  erection  of  the  same.  Plans  and  specifications  were 
furnished  and  after  bids  received  the  contract  was  let  to  Asbury  Allen 
and  Allen  S.  Meek,  who  agreed  to  construct  the  building  for  .$9,732. 

They  made  the  brick  in  18.56,  began  work  on  the  building  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  and  completed  it  in  1858.  The  house  was  a  substantial  brick 
structure,  sixty-five  feet  long  east  and  west,  by  forty  feet  wide,  two  stories 
high,  each  story  being  fifteen  feet  high.  The  lower  story  was  divided  by  a 
hall  running  through  the  entire  length  of  the  building  with  stairs  to 
ascend  to  the  second  story  on  one  side  of  the  hall.  The  south  side  of  the 
lower  story  was  divided  into  four  rooms  of  equal  size,  and  the  north  side 
contained  three  offices,  one  double  the  size  of  the  other  two.  The  largest 
room  below  was  used  for  the  clerk's  office  and  County  Court  room.  The 
Circuit  Court  room  was  in  the  second  story,  with  fifteen  feet  cut  off  the 
west  end  divided  by  a  hall,  with  jury  rooms  fifteen  feet  square  on  either 
side.  It  stood  on  the  public  square  and  at  the  time  of  completion  was  con- 
sidered one  of  the  most  commodious  and  substantial  temples  of  justice 
in  Northwest  Missouri. 

As  soon  as  the  new  building  was  ready  for  occupancy  the  County  Court 
ordered  the  old  court  house  property  sold.    It  was  purchased  in  1858  by  Dr. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  183 

Charles  J.  Blackburn  for  $500.40  and  remained  standing  until  about  the 
year  1881  at  which  time  it  was  torn  down  and  the  material  used  in  the 
construction  of  a  business  house  which  now  stands  upon  the  same  lot. 

The  brick  court  house  was  substantially  built  and  calculated  to  last 
the  county  many  years,  had  it  not  been  destroyed  by  fire  in  1874.  The 
following  from  the  Bethany  Republican  of  January  8,  1874,  is  an  account 
of  the  fire  which  reduced  the  building  to  a  mass  of  ruins : 

"About  11  o'clock  last  night,  January  7th,  the  alarm  of  'fire'  was  heard 
along  the  streets  followed  by  a  ringing  of  bells  and  a  general  panic.  The 
night  was  bright  with  moonlight,  the  ground  partly  covered  with  snow 
and  a  moderate  breeze  was  blowing  from  the  south.  The  fire  was  discov- 
ered by  Scott  and  Luther  Bryant,  who  observed  a  brilliant  light  in  the 
collector's  office  on  the  north  side  of  the  court  house.  As  the  light  in- 
creased they  gave  the  alarm  and  rushed  down  to  the  court  house  where 
they  found  the  floor  and  desk  in  Mr.  Baker's  office  all  on  fire,  and  the  desk 
burning  and  also  saw  that  the  window  of  the  office  was  raised  about  two 
feet.  Other  citizens  from  all  parts  of  the  town  soon  appeared,  but  as 
comparatively  few  brought  buckets  of  water,  and  water  being  scarce  in 
the  town  at  the  time,  the  fire  soon  gained  such  headway  that  little  could 
be  done  to  save  the  building.  The  desk  was  of  considerable  height  and 
having  a  pigeon  hole  case  standing  on  the  top  full  of  papers,  the  fire  reached 
the  ceiling  easily,  which  was  soon  in  flames.  The  square  and  street  were 
by  this  time  thronged  with  a  multitude  of  men,  women  and  children,  wno 
stood  shivering  in  the  bleak  night  wind,  powerless  to  render  much  aid  in 
saving  the  building,  but  organized  into  amateur  fire  companies  to  protect 
the  buildings  on  the  north  side  of  the  square. 

"Water  and  snow  were  thrown  on  the  roofs  and  sides  of  the  buildings 
and  the  showers  of  sparks  eagerly  watched.  When  the  roof  of  the  court 
house  caught  fire  the  heat  was  so  great  on  the  walk  in  front  of  the  Ohio 
House,  and  the  falling  cinders  so  thick,  that  many  people  fled  in  terror. 

"It  was  soon  observed  by  the  most  thoughtful  that  the  court  house 
could  not  be  saved  and  the  cry  was  then  given  to  save  the  records.  A 
rush  was  made  for  Dr.  Skinner's  office  and  the  door  broken  down,  and  in  a 
few  minutes  the  land  books,  court  records  and  papers  were  taken  to  a  safe 
distance.  Next  the  Probate  Court  and  County  Clerk's  office  were  emptied 
of  their  contents.  All  of  the  Probate  records  were  saved  and  most  of  the 
county  records  except  some  papers  in  the  large  desks  on  the  west  side  of 
the  County  Clerk's  office.    Some  of  the  latter  were  destroyed,  including  the 


184  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

settlements  with  the  township  clerks,  and  the  estimates  for  school  ex- 
penses and  the  tax  books.  All  of  the  road  receipts  that  had  been  received 
on  taxes  and  other  papers  connected  with  the  collector's  office  were  de- 
stroyed. 

"There  was  little  doubt  that  the  fire  was  the  work  of  an  incendiary 
as  it  appears  to  have  started  near  the  desk  of  the  collector. 

"When  the  parties  first  on  the  ground  appeared  there  was  no  fire  about 
the  stove.  A  bunch  of  shavings  partly  burned  was  found  in  the  hall  in 
front  of  the  sheriff's  office  door.  Just  after  the  alarm  had  been  given  a 
strange  man  was  seen  running  out  of  the  court  house  yard.  Previous  to 
the  fire  two  or  three  suspicious  characters  were  seen  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  building,  but  no  clue  to  their  whereabouts  was  ever  ascertained." 

On  Monday  after  the  fire  the  county  court  held  a  called  session  and 
ordered  the  walls  of  the  building  taken  down  to  the  top  of  the  first  story 
windows.  Arrangements  were  also  made  for  the  accomodations  of  the 
various  offices  and  the  records  were  at  once  removed  to  a  place  of  safety. 

Present  Court  House. 

The  temple  of  justice  having  been  destroyed  by  fire,  steps  were  at 
once  taken  to  erect  a  new  building.  Accordingly  at  the  February  term, 
1874,  an  order  was  made  by  the  court  appropriating  $9,000  for  the  purpose. 
The  citizens  of  Bethany  increased  this  amount  by  subscription  to  $12,672, 
and  in  due  time  Dr.  Blackburn,  commissioner,  prepared  plans  and  specifi- 
cations for  the  proposed  building.  Benton  Edwards  and  Isaac  Hayes  of 
Macon  City,  Missouri,  were  awarded  the  contract  and  in  May,  1874,  work 
upon  the  new  court  house  began. 

The  bricks  were  made  and  laid  up  during  the  summer  and  the  work 
progressed  so  rapidly  that  the  Circuit  Court  was  held  in  the  new  building 
in  September,  1874,  although  the  house  was  not  then  plastered,  but  was 
completed  and  received  about  November  15. 

Like  its  predecessor  the  present  house  is  a  two-story  brick  structure 
but  a  more  spacious  building.  It  is  eighty  feet  long,  forty-five  feet  wide, 
two  stories  high,  the  upper  story  being  twenty-one  feet  from  floor  to 
ceiling  and  the  lower  story  twelve  feet.  Upon  the  first  floor  are  located 
county  offices.  County  Clerk  and  Circuit  Clerk,  County  Treasurer  and  Pro- 
bate Judge.  The  second  story  comprising  the  Circuit  Court  rooms,  sheriff's 
office  and  grand  and  petit  jury  rooms. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  185 

It  was  erected  on  the  public  square,  is  surrounded  by  a  well  kept 
lawn  and  fine  shade  trees  and  at  the  time  of  its  erection  was  considered  as 
quite  sufficient  for  the  pui-poses.  Increase  of  public  business  since  has 
shown  it  to  be  quite  lacking  for  the  present  day.  There  is  no  basement 
for  storage,  or  heating-  apparatus.  It  has  no  heating  system,  the  office 
rooms  ars  too  small;  there  is  a  lack  of  vault  room,  and  is  without  suffi- 
cient waiting  rooms  for  witnesses  and  counsel  rooms  for  prosecuting  attor- 
neys and  for  members  of  the  bar. 

Jails. 

At  the  February  term,  1847,  the  County  Court  ordered  that  the  build- 
ing of  a  jail  be  let  to  the  lowest  bidder  and  that  one-fourth  of  the  money 
for  the  same  be  paid  when  the  materials  are  furnished  on  the  ground.  E. 
S.  Hughes  was  appointed  commissioner  to  let  the  contract.  It  was  awarded 
to  John  and  Clem  Oatman. 

The  following  from  Colonel  Heaston's  centennial  history  of  Harrison 
County  is  a  full  description  of  the  prison  pen: 

"The  building  erected  was  two  stories  high,  sixteen  feet  square,  con- 
sisting of  two  thicknesses  of  hewn  logs.  The  logs  were  hewed  out  of 
good  solid  oak,  twelve  inches  square,  and  fitted  together  tightly  with  floors 
and  ceiling  of  the  same  material,  each  story  being  eight  feet  high. 

"The  entrance  was  by  stairs  on  the  outside  to  the  second  story,  where 
there  were  two  heavy  doors,  an  inside  and  an  outside  door.  The  lower 
room  was  called  the  dungeon,  and  the  prisoners  were  let  down  into  it 
through  a  trap  door.  'The  two  windows  consisted  of  holes  through  the 
sides  about  ten  inches  square  with  strong  iron  bars  across  them. 

"It  was  completed  and  the  keys  delivered  on  September  1,  1847.  It  was 
built  on  the  northwest  corner  of  the  public  square  and  remained  standing 
until  the  year  1861  and  was  to  incarcerate  prisoners  until  1860  when  it  was 
decided  to  erect  a  more  secure  pi'ison.  In  that  year  the  court  appointed 
Dr.  Blackburn  commissioner  to  prepare  specifications,  let  contract  and  sup- 
erintend the  construction  of  a  new  jail  and  jailer's  residence. 

"The  contract  was  awarded  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  at  $8,000 
and  work  was  begun  on  the  building  in  1861.  Work  was  retarded  by 
troubles  occasioned  by  the  Civil  War  and  the  building  was  not  completed 
and  received  by  the  court  until  1864. 

"The  jail  proper  is  twenty-two  feet  square,  two  stories  high,  built 


186  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

of  large  dressed  stone  weighing  from  one  to  two  tons  each.  The  large 
double  doors  are  made  of  iron  and  the  upper  floors  and  ceiling  are  lined 
with  boiler  iron.  The  jailer's  residence  comprising  the  south  end  of  the 
building  is  15x30  feet  in  size,  built  of  brick  and  consists  of  four  rooms. 

"When  this  jail  was  completed  it  was  considered  impossible  for  pris- 
oners to  escape,  but  prisoners  contrived  to  loosen  the  stones  by  fire  and 
flaking  off  and  in  1875  the  jail  was  improved  by  the  addition  of  strong  iron 
cells  put  in  at  a  cost  to  the  county  of  $2,400.00." 

County  Home. 

Harrison  County  with  her  vigorous  and  industrious  people  has  been 
no  exception  to  the  unvarying  rule  that  no  community  is  without  its  un- 
fortunates and  in  common  with  the  other  states  of  the  Nation,  Missouri  has 
kept  pace  with  benevolent  movements,  and  the  making  of  provisions  for 
the  needy  and  those  unable  to  earn  a  support.  In  common  with  the  other 
counties  of  the  state  Harrison  has  done  her  part,  under  the  enabling  laws 
of  the  state  which  have  shown  great  growth  and  development  from  our 
early  days. 

Our  early  records  contain  announcements  of  doings  under  our  early 
laws  then  regarded  as  helpful,  but  which  now  we  would  not  feel  proud 
of.  For  instance  that  the  keep  of  the  county's  indigent  were  left  to  the 
lowest  bidders.  We  find  in  the  records  of  the  June  term,  1847,  of  the  county 
courts  that  "Henry  Fuller,  sheriff,  lets  John  Richardson,  a  pauper,  to  the 
lowest  bidder,  and  John  Foster  takes  him,  at  $38.00  per  month,"  but 
later  provisions  enabled  our  people  to  suitably  care  for  the  unfortunate 
and  pay  the  cost  thereof,  and  not  make  the  same  a  matter  of  auction. 

At  the  December  term,  1866,  John  W.  Brown,  who  had  previously 
been  appointed  to  purchase  for  the  county  land  for  a  poor  farm,  reported 

a  purchase  of acres  in  section  9,  township  64,  range  27,  which  was 

adopted,  and  the  land  purchased  by  the  county,  and  two  years  later  the 
necessary  buildings  were  erected  thereon.  This  farm  under  the  county 
management  afforded  a  comfortable  home  for  the  poor  of  the  county 
until  about  1902. 

This  property  was  sold  by  the  county  and  in  October,  1900,  the  county 
purchased  from  Campbell  Crossan  what  had  been  the  old  fair  ground  in 
section  9,  township  63,  range  27,  near  Bethany,  and  later  other  tracts 
have  been  added  until  the  farm  now  comprises  180  acres. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  187 

On  June  13,  1901,  we  find  the  following  entry  in  the  County  Court 
Record  of  that  date:  "Whereas  the  county  court  contemplates  erecting 
a  county  building  on  the  county  farm  with  modern  improvements  neces- 
sary to  the  sanitary  condition  of  same,  and  whereas  R.  G.  Hirsch,  archi- 
tect, of  Macon,  Missouri,  and  Joslyn,  Taylor  &  Company,  of  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa,  present  plans  and  specifications  for  said  building  and  upon  investi- 
gation of  said  plans  and  specifications,  the  county  court  doth  find  that 
the  plans  submitted  by  R.  G.  Hirsch  are  best  adapted  to  their  needs,  and 
do  hereby  adopt  the  same  for  their  use  in  constructing  said  county  build- 
ing, and  hereby  authorize  said  architect  to  prepare  and  file  in  this  court 
not  later  than  July  1,  1901,  complete  plans  and  specifications,  when  action 
will  be  taken  thereon." 

After  due  publication  of  notice  for  sealed  bids,  which  were  received 
on  August  5,  1901,  the  contracts  were  let  on  August  6,  1901,  as  follows: 
To  John  Scott  &  Sons  for  $10,250.00  for  the  building,  contractors  to  furnish 
all  material,  perform  all  the  labor  in  accordance  with  the  Hirsch  plans 
and  specifications  on  file.  To  Sodermann  Heat  and  Power  Company  the 
contract  for  heating  for  $1,978.00  according  to  plans  and  specifications. 
The  county  court  entered  an  order  of  record  appointing  Andrew  Gum- 
ming, of  Bethany,  Missouri,  superintendent  of  construction  of  said  county 
building,  also  one  appointing  A.  S.  Cumming\  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  to 
assist  the  prosecuting  attorney  in  the  matter  of  contracts  and  bonds  re- 
lating to  same. 

At  August  term,  1901,  John  Scott  &  Sons  present  their  bond  in  the 
sum  of  $20,500  to  secure  the  performance  of  their  contract,  which  was 
approved  August  21,  1901.  At  the  same  time  Soderman  Heat  and  Power 
Company  present  their  bond  for  $4,000  to  secure  the  performance  of  their 
contract,  which  was  approved. 

At  the  April  term,  1902,  Andrew  Gumming  reports  completion  of 
the  building  as  per  plans,  specifications  and  contract,  which  report  was 
received  and  adopted. 


CHAPTER  XIX 


EARLY  SCHOOLS. 


THE  LOG  SCHOOL  HOUSE— "SUBSCRIPTION  SCHOOLS"— FIRST  SCHOOL  IN  HARRISON 
COUNTY — FIRST  TEACHERS — EARLY  WOMEN  TEACHERS — FIRST  TEACHERS' 
MEETINGS— PRIVATE  SCHOOLS— PROMINENT  EDUCATORS— SCHOOL  DIS- 
TRICTS   ORGANIZED— PRESENT    SCHOOLS— THE    UNIT    DAW— PROGRESS. 

As  soon  as  a  settlement  became  strong  enough  a  log  school  house 
would  be  erected  and  the  children  sent  to  school,  for  the  settlers  believed 
in  education  and  in  their  general  talk  expressed  their  knowledge  of  the 
great  inconvenience  of  being  without  it.  They  looked  forward  to  a  time 
when  they  beheved  this  would  become  a  very  desirable  country,  well 
settled  up,  and  expected  that  they  who  were  here  first  and  had  choice  of 
best  lands  would  be  well  fixed,  and  wished  their  children  to  be  educated 
and  able  to  maintain  their  position  and  dignity.  Besides  these  people 
had  come  from  where  such  advantages  existed  and  knew  the  value  of 
same  and  did  not  look  for  this  to  remain  a  new  and  wild  country.  No 
burdensome  school  tax  was  laid,  each  paid  his  own  school  bill  direct  to 
the  teacher — no  portion  of  it  was  lost,  or  stolen  by  dishonest  officers. 

The  early  schools  which  were  thus  maintained  by  paying  a  specified 
amount  per  pupil  to  the  teacher  thereof  by  the  patrons  were  commonly 
known  as  "subscription  schools."  The  problem  of  maintaining  schools  of 
any  efficiency  under  the  pioneer  conditions  of  the  early  days  were  difficult. 
The  communities  were  sparsely  settled  and  famihes  lived  far  apart  and 
therefore  the  attendents  to  any  one  of  these  subscription  schools  was 
very  limited  and  accordingly  the  teacher's  income  from  this  method  of 
livelihood  was  very  limited.  The  early  schools  in  Harrison  County  were 
generally  taught  by  men  in  small  log  structures  with  puncheon  or  dirt 
floors  and  the  buildings  were  furnished  with  crude  benches  made  of 
split  logs.  Great  fire  places  furnished  the  heat  and  the  omission  of  a 
log  from  the  wall  admitted  light.     Books  were  scarce  in  these  pioneer 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  189 

settlements  and  at  first  there  was  no  such  thing  as  a  school  being  equipped 
with  a  blackboard.  At  first  there  were  no  slates  and  paper  was  so  scarce 
and  high  priced  that  it  was  practically  prohibitive.  From  these  small 
beginnings  and  under  such  difficult  conditions  the  public  school  system  of 
Harrison  County  has  grown  through  years  to  its  present  state  of  efficiency, 
until  today  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County  will  compare  favorably 
with  those  of  any  other  part  of  the  state. 

The  first  school  of  Harrison  County  was  taught  by  Jonas  R.  Gray 
in  1846.  This  was  at  Bethany  and  the  school  was  conducted  in  a  hewed 
log  building  which  was  erected  for  church  and  school  purposes  and  stood 
about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  east  of  the  town  limits.  There  is  little  infor- 
mation obtainable  as  to  the  literary  or  professional  qualifications  of  Jonas 
R.  Gray,  who  conducted  this  school,  and  we  are  also  lacking  in  data  as  to 
who  the  pupils  were  and  the  number  in  attendance.  William  Fleming 
was  another  teacher  who  also  taught  in  this  building  during  the  fifties. 
William  G.  Lewis,  who  later  became  a  distinguished  member  of  the  Har- 
rison County  bar  and  was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  Harrison  County 
for  many  years,  was  a  teacher  for  a  short  time  in  the  pioneer  schools  of 
Bethany  and  was  one  of  the  first  thoroughly  accomplished  educators  of 
the  county  of  whom  we  have  a  record.  Among  the  early  teachers  here 
were  also  F.  M.  Goodpastore,  L.  T.  Morris,  Doctor  Skinner  and  Mr.  Clen- 
denning,  John  R.  Kirk,  who  was  later  state  superintendent  of  schools  and 
president  of  the  Kirksville  Normal  School,  served  as  principal  of  the 
Bethany  schools  in  1876-77,  and  later  he  was  employed  as  superintendent 
of  the  Bethany  schools.  Among  the  early  women  teachers  of  the  Harri- 
son County  schools  were  Vashti  Palmer,  Ruth  and  Anna  Carpenter,  Re- 
becca A.  Miller  (who  taught  at  old  Fairview  Church,  immortalized  by  E. 
W.  Howe's  "Story  of  a  County  Town."  Mr.  Howe  was  one  of  her  pupils), 
Henrietta  Springer,  Viola  Bunch,  Esther  Miller  and  Agnes  Cochran. 

In  1859  the  Bethany  Star  contains  the  first  public  notice  of  a  teachers' 
meeting,  which  was  to  be  held  in  Bethany,  and  is  signed  by  L.  T.  Morris. 
The  names  of  Mrs.  Eliza  Patch  and  Miss  E.  J.  Harris  are  among  the  first 
recorded  in  connection  with  school  work.  Notice  of  a  select  school  to  be 
opened  in  Bethany  with  "English  and  ornamental  branches  taught"  is 
signed  by  Ella  J.  Harris.  In  local  papers  published  from  1860  to  1862  are 
notices  of  schools  taught  by  Miss  Sally  Trimble,  Miss  Belle  Ramer,  Mrs. 
Steward  and  other  women.  Upon  the  completion  of  a  new  school  building 
in  Bethany  in  1871,  Prof.  R.  A.  Lovitt  is  named  as  principal  with  Miss 


190  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mary  U.  Kessler,  Mrs.  J.  Stewart  and  Mrs.  S.  C.  German  as  associate 
teachers.  From  this  time  teachers'  meetings  became  more  frequent  and 
proved  of  great  value  to  earnest  and  ambitious  young  teachers  whose 
education  advantages  had  been  Hmited.  Miss  Kessler,  a  woman  of  culture, 
well  trained  in  professional  lines  and  of  gracious  personality,  was  espec- 
ially helpful  to  other  young  women  teachers.  Mrs.  German,  a  successful 
primary  teacher  who  held  that  position  in  the  Bethany  schools  for  a  period 
of  fourteen  years,  by  her  experience  and  advice,  was  of  great  assistance 
to  her  fellow  teachers.  Miss  Jennie  Goodell  is  also  mentioned  as  a  teacher 
who  helped  to  lay  educational  foundations  in  this  section.  Later  Mrs.  N. 
E.  Conner,  fresh  from  the  State  Normal  School,  began  work  in  Harrison 
County  and  for  years  was  a  definite  factor  in  the  field,  conducting  classes 
in  the  summer  schools  for  teachers  and  bringing  normal  school  methods 
to  those  who  were  unable  to  attain  them  first  hand. 

The  first  log  school  building  in  the  vicinty  of  Bethany  above  referred 
to  was  destroyed  by  fire  and  afterwards  a  small  brick  school  house  of  a 
single  apartment  was  erected  in  the  southern  part  of  the  town.  On 
account  of  the  increased  attendance  this  building  was  found  inadequate 
for  school  purposes  and  in  1871  another  school  building  was  erected.  In 
the  meantime  vacant  rooms  in  various  parts  of  the  town  were  secured 
for  school  purposes  and  at  one  time  school  was  taught  in  the  Christian 
Church.  In  1870  the  independent  school  district  of  Bethany  was  organized 
and  the  following  were  the  members  of  the  first  board  of  education:  H. 
M.  Cuddy,  El  Hubbard,  J.  D.  Wilson,  W.  R.  Simms,  H.  D.  Dougherty  and 
Thomas  D.  Neal.  In  1871  the  following  board  of  directors  were  elected: 
H.  E.  Dougherty,  D.  S.  Alvord,  C.  J.  Blackburn,  D.  J.  Heaston,  H.  M. 
Cuddy  and  John  Taggart.  The  first  official  act  of  this  board  was  the 
reorganization  and  grading  of  the  schools  into  four  departments,  high 
school,  grammar  school,  intermediate  and  primary  departments. 

There  are  now  ten  high  schools  within  the  borders  of  Han-ison  County 
.nnd  the  total  number  of  teachers  employed  in  this  county  are  196  and 
the  enrolled  pupils  number  5,292. 

At  this  time  also  the  people  of  the  state  are  in  the  throes  of  the 
referendum  over  an  act  in  relation  to  public  schools  known  as  the  county 
unit  bill,  which  some  contend  will  place  the  schools  in  the  front  rank. 

The  writer  will  not  here  state  either  his  opinion  or  the  conflicting 
views  now  in  discussion,  but  content  himself  by  declaring  that  the  people 
even  of  so  great  a  state  as  Missouri  do  not  always  all  keep  pace  in  all 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  191 

great  problems  at  the  same  time,  but  all  take  problems  one  at  a  time  and 
step  by  step  until  all  the  progress  that  may  be  conceived  of  has  been 
put  in  motion  and  in  time  arrive  at  the  best. 

The  present  movement  therefore  is  an  indication  that  the  people 
intend  to  cultivate  the  school  problem  until  no  state  has  a  better  system. 


CHAPTER  XX 


PIONEER  CHURCHES. 


RELIGIOUS  AND  MORAL  TRAINING  NOT  NEGLECTED — EARLY  RELIGIOUS  SOCIE- 
TIES ORGANIZED — ELDER  JOHN  ALLEN — FIRST  CHURCH  ORGANIZATION — 
FIRST  CHURCH  BUILDING— BAPTIST— CHRISTIAN— METHODIST— PRESBY- 
TERIAN— CATHOLIC — METHODIST  SOUTH— UNITED  BRETHREN — CHURCH  OF 
JESUS   CHRIST   OP  LATTER   DAY    SAINTS — BOHEMIAN    NATIONAL    CEMETERY. 

Although  in  a  new  country  the  Harrison  County  settlers  did  not 
lose  their  religion  or  neglect  their  social  or  moral  training.  In  the  year 
1841  the  religious  society  or  association  known  as  the  Christian  Church 
of  Bethany,  Missouri,  was  organized  on  Big  Creek  by  Elder  John  S.  Allen 
and  Ephraim  Stewart.  After  that  Parson  Allen  continued  to  preach  to 
the  church  nearly  every  Lord's  day  for  forty  years.  He  never  charged 
anything  for  his  services  and  was  always  a  liberal  contributor  to  the 
good  cause. 

To  him  more  than  any  other  person  are  the  people  of  Bethany  in- 
debted for  the  upbuilding  of  the  church  here  and  for  good  moral  and 
religious  teaching.  This  church  now  has  a  splendid  church  edifice  on 
Alder  Street  erected  in  1900,  an  imposing  and  commodious  structure 
equipped  with  all  the  modern  conveniences  of  the  present  day  that  pertain 
to  buildings  of  that  character,  and  it  bears  a  memorial  window  commem- 
orating the  life  and  work  of  Parson  Allen. 

The  first  church  organization  in  Harrison  County  was  in  1841.  In 
that  year  Elder  A.  B.  Hardin  organized  a  Baptist  Society  and  the  same 
year  the  Christian  Church  was  organized  at  Bethany  by  Elder  John  S. 
Allen.  Elder  Allen  first  held  meetings  at  Harris'  mill  and  later  he  held 
services  at  the  residences  of  the  various  members  of  the  congregation. 
And  frequently  preached  in  the  groves,  "God's  first  temples."  The  first 
permanent  organization  of  the  Christian  Church  in  Harrison  County  was 
effected  by  Elder  Allen  at  the  reisdence  of  John  H.  Pointer,  about  two 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  193 

miles  southeast  of  Bethany  in  the  summer  of  1841.  The  first  church 
building  of  this  denomination  was  erected  in  1846  and  was  used  for 
church  and  school  purposes.  It  was  located  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  east 
of  Bethany  upon  a  tract  of  land  which  had  been  donated  for  church  and 
burial  purposes.  The  building  was  of  hewed  logs,  twenty  by  twenty-four 
feet  in  dimensions.  This  building  answered  its  purpose  very  well  until 
its  destruction  by  fire  in  1849.  In  1856  a  brick  church  building  was  erected 
at  the  cost  of  $3,500.  And  in  1872  a  larger  building,  costing  $7,000,  was 
built.  This  building  was  torn  down  after  having  answered  its  purpose 
for  several  years  and  the  present  modern  and  commodious  church  edifice 
was  erected  on  the  same  site.  There  are  now  twenty-two  Christian 
Church  organizations  in  Harrison  County.  Other  congregations  of  the 
Christian  Church  were  organized  in  various  sections  of  Harrison  County 
from  time  to  time  as  the  county  became  more  thickly  settled.  A  Chris- 
tian Church  society  was  established  at  Cainsville  in  1872.  This  organiza- 
tion was  effected  by  members  of  an  old  society  which  was  organized  a 
number  of  years  previously  at  Booth's  Schoolhouse,  three  miles  northeast 
of  Cainsville.  The  Christian  Church  at  Booth's  Schoolhouse  was  organized 
in  1865  by  Elder  William  Moore  and  this  was  a  flourishing  society  for 
a  number  of  years.  The  Eagleville  Christian  Church  was  organized  by 
Elder  Lockhart  in  the  sixties.  They  held  their  services  in  the  Methodist 
Church,  public  halls  and  other  places  until  1875,  when  they  erected  a 
building.  This  congregation  was  reorganized  in  1886  through  the  efforts 
of  Elder  Jasper  Coffey.  Mount  Gillead  Christian  Church,  west  of  Eagle- 
ville, was  organized  about  1876,  and  shortly  after  the  organization  c 
building  was  erected.  The  Christian  Society  was  organized  at  Ridgeway 
May  21,  1882.  A  society  of  the  Christian  Church  was  organized  at  Blythe- 
dale  in  1884  by  Elder  W.  H.  Richardson,  who  preached  there  for  about  two 
years.  A  Christian  Church  was  organized  at  Mount  Moriah  in  the  sixties. 
In  1882  or  1883  the  Christian  Church  of  New  Hampton  was  organized  by 
Elder  W.  H.  Hook,  of  Bethany.  This  church  was  reorganized  in  1884  by 
Elder  Aimyhre,  state  evangelist  of  the  Christian  Church  of  Missouri. 
Antioch  Christian  Church,  in  the  western  part  of  Sherman  Township, 
was  organized  at  an  early  date  in  the  history  of  the  county  and  erected 
a  building  in  the  early  seventies.  Mount  Gilead  Christian  Church  in 
Union  Township  was  organized  in  1877. 

Elder  A.  B.  Hardin  was  the  first  minister  of  the  Baptist  denomina- 
tion to  appear  in  Harrison  County,  as  stated  at  the  beginning  of  this 
(8) 


194  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

chapter.  He  held  reUgious  worship  here  in  the  southern  part  of  the  county 
in  1841  and  through  his  efforts  the  first  Baptist  Society  of  Harrison 
County  was  organized.  The  Cainsville  Baptist  Church  was  formally 
organized  in  March,  1845.  This  organization,  however,  was  a  short  dis- 
tance over  the  county  line  in  Mercer  County  and  about  six  miles  southeast 
of  the  present  site  of  Cainsville.  The  place  was  known  as  Goshan  Prairie. 
The  Baptists  at  Cainsville  now  have  a  strong  oi'ganization.  And  in  1914 
a  splendid  church  was  completed  there  at  a  cost  of  $20,000.  Elders  John 
and  James  Woodward  and  Elder  W.  T.  Goodell  were  among  the  early  day 
preachers  of  the  Baptist  denomination  at  Cainsville  and  vicinity.  A 
Baptist  Church  was  organized  at  Eagleville  by  Rev.  John  Woodward  in 
April,  1864.  Mount  Pleasant  Baptist  Church  No.  2  was  organized  in  the 
northern  part  of  Colfax  Township  in  1853  and  Rev.  John  Woodward 
ministered  to  this  congi'egation  at  intervals  for  a  number  of  years.  The 
first  house  of  worship  here  was  a  log  building  which  was  erected  in  1856. 
This  was  succeeded  by  a  frame  structure  in  1877.  In  the  fall  of  1877  a 
Baptist  Church  was  organized  near  the  home  of  W.  S.  Young  in  Wash- 
ington Township  and  Elder  J.  B.  Seat  was  the  first  pastor.  White  Oak 
Grove  Missionary  Baptist  Church  in  the  southwest  part  of  Madison  Town- 
ship was  organized  in  1885  by  Revs.  Woodward,  Harper  and  Withard. 
The  Pleasant  Valley  Baptist  Church  was  organized  in  the  southeast  part 
of  Marion  Township  February  7,  1885,  by  Revs.  J.  H.  Bun-ows  and  John 
Woodward.  The  first  meetings  were  held  in  the  Pleasant  Valley  School- 
house  and  later  a  church  building  was  erected.  The  Baptist  Church  at 
Blythedale  was  organized  in  October,  1885.  The  Baptist  Society  was 
organized  at  Mount  Moriah  in  1862  and  the  first  meetings  were  held  in  a 
store  room  and  their  first  church  erected  in  1877.  One  of  the  old  religious 
organizations  of  the  county  was  Mount  Pleasant  Church  No.  1,  Missionary 
Baptist,  which  was  organized  in  Fox  Creek  Township  in  1851.  The  Bethel 
Baptist  Church  of  Sherman  Township  was  organized  March  25,  1886,  by 
Rev.  0.  E.  Newman  and  a  house  of  worship  was  erected  the  same  year. 
Baptist  Churches  were  organized  at  Bethany,  Ridgeway,  Gilman  City. 
and  there  are  now  seventeen  Baptist  Church  organizations  in  the  county, 
all  of  which  have  houses  of  worship. 

The  first  Methodist  Society  in  Harrison  County  was  organized  in 
Bethany  in  the  early  fifties,  although  the  history  of  Methodism  in  Harri- 
son County  dates  from  the  first  settlement  of  the  county  by  white  men. 
From  the  best  infonnation  obtainable  it  appears  that  traveling  ministers 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  195 

of  the  church  visited  the  locaUty  in  the  early,  going  from  house  to  house 
and  from  neighborhood  to  neighborhood,  holding  meetings  until  their 
influence  was  felt  and  impressed  upon  the  people  long  before  and  Metho- 
dist organization  was  effected  or  house  of  worship  built  in  Harrison  County. 
The  first  church  building  erected  by  the  Methodists  in  Bethany  was  dur- 
ing the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Beardsley  in  1870-71.  The  material  for  this 
building  was  hauled  by  teams  from  Chillicothe  and  the  structure  cost  over 
$4,000.  This  building  was  used  for  church  purposes  for  a  number  of 
years  and  in  1896  the  congregation  erected  its  present  church  edifice. 
There  are  now  about  twenty-five  Methodist  organizations  in  Harrison 
County.  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Cainsville  was  organized  in 
1869  by  Reverend  Morton.  Meetings  were  first  held  in  the  schoolhouse 
and  in  1871  the  frame  building  was  erected,  which  was  the  first  church 
building  of  the  Methodist  denomination  at  Cainsville.  A  society  of  the 
Methodist  Church  was  organized  a  short  distance  west  of  Cainsville  in 
Madison  Township  in  1857.  Meetings  had  been  held  here  by  traveling 
ministers  in  private  residences  two  or  three  years  previous  to  the  organ- 
ization of  the  society.  But  in  1857  a  log  house  of  worship  was  erected. 
Several  diflferent  denominations  used  this  building  for  worship,  but  it 
was  knowTi  as  a  Methodist  Church.  In  1877  this  old  log  building  was 
succeeded  by  a  beautiful  frame  structure  which  at  that  time  was  one  of 
the  finest  country  church  buildings  in  Harrison  County.  The  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  Eagleville  was  organized  prior  to  1858  and  services 
were  held  in  a  log  schoolhouse  which  stood  near  the  village  of  Eagleville. 
About  1859  the  society  purchased  a  lot  in  Eagleville  and  later  erected  a 
frame  building.  The  Methodists  organized  a  congregation  at  Akron  in 
Clay  Township  at  an  early  day  and  erected  a  building  in  1873.  Wesley 
Chapel,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  was  organized  in  Washington  Town- 
ship in  1865  or  1866.  A  frame  building  was  erected  in  1873  at  a  cost  of 
$1,100.  A  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  was  organized  at  Ridgeway  by 
Rev.  Isaac  Chivington  in  1881  and  the  first  church  building  was  erected 
in  the  fall  of  that  year  at  a  cost  of  $1,400.  The  Methodist  Church  was 
organized  at  Mount  Moriah  in  the  latter  sixties  and  in  1877  a  house  of 
worship  was  erected.  The  Methodists  have  organizations  in  the  prin- 
cipal parts  of  Harrison  County. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  Harrison  County  dates  from  the  organ- 
ization of  that  denomination  at  Bethany,  September  10,  1865.  This 
organization  was  effected  through  the  labors  of  Rev.  Robert  Speer,  who 


196  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

was  a  pioneer  Presbyterian  minister  of  this  section.  The  Presbyterians 
used  the  courthouse  at  Bethany  as  a  place  of  worship  for  a  few  years  and 
in  1868  they  procured  a  lot  in  Bethany  and  erected  a  handsome  brick 
edifice.  This  building  did  service  for  a  number  of  years  and  about  twenty- 
five  years  ago  was  torn  down  and  a  new  frame  building  was  erected  in 
its  place.  This  building  has  since  been  remodeled  and  enlarged.  A  Pres- 
byterian Church  was  organized  at  Akron  in  December,  1863,  by  Revs. 
William  Reed  and  Duncan  McRuer.  David  and  Morgan  Frazier  were  the 
first  elders.  This  congregation  erected  a  church  building  in  1876.  A 
Presbyterian  Church  was  organized  at  Blythedale  in  1883  by  the  Presby- 
terian Missionary  Board  of  New  York.  At  New  Hampton  a  Presbyterian 
Church  was  organized  February  28,  1885,  by  Rev.  Duncan  McRuer.  The 
first  meeting  was  held  in  what  was  known  as  Foster's  Chapel,  or  Union 
Church,  about  one  and  a  half  miles  south  of  New  Hampton.  About  a 
year  after  the  organization  of  this  congregation  they  erected  a  frame 
church  building  in  the  village  of  New  Hampton.  There  were  a  number 
of  other  organizations  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  throughout  Harrison 
County  and  at  present  there  are  five  Presbyterian  Churches  in  this  county. 

There  are  two  Catholic  organizations  in  this  county,  one  near  Andover 
and  one  at  Oilman  City,  and  services  are  held  regularly  at  several  other 
towns.  Father  Powers,  of  Maryville,  Missouri,  was  one  of  the  early 
priests  who  ministered  to  the  Catholics  of  Harrison  County. 

There  are  several  other  denominations  represented  in  Harrison 
County,  including  the  Methodist  Church  South,  the  United  Brethren  and 
others  which  were  organized  and  established  here  since  the  early  days' 
of  the  county. 

The  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints  accepts  as  its  sacred 
books  the  Bible,  Book  of  Mormon  and  Doctrine  and  Covenants.  The  Book 
of  Mormon  purports  to  be  a  record  of  God's  dealings  with  the  people  of 
Ancient  America.  The  Doctrine  and  Covenants  is  claimed  to  be  a  record 
of  the  present  day  revelations  to  the  church. 

The  church  believes  in  present  day  revelation;  teaches  monogamy 
and  strongly  denounces  polygamy ;  presents  the  theory  of  Stewardship  to 
God  in  man's  relations  with  his  fellow  man ;  and  holds  to  an  organization 
and  belief  based  upon  their  understanding  of  the  teachings  of  Jesus  Christ. 

There  is  no  record  of  any  work  done  by  the  early  organization  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saint  Church  in  Harrison  County.     The  reorganization  was 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  197 

first  represented  in  this  county  by  Alexander  H.  Smith,  of  Lamoni,  in 
about  the  year  1870. 

Following  this  work  preaching  was  done  at  various  points  in  the 
county  by  Joseph  Smith,  T.  J.  Bell,  S.  V.  Bailey,  D.  W.  Wight,  Thomas 
Wellington,  Henry  Stebbins,  John  Harpe  and  others. 

Preaching  during  these  days  was  largely  done  in  school  houses  and 
open  air  services.  Services  have  at  various  times  been  conducted  in  Lone 
Rock,  Cainsville,  Liberty  Chapel,  Mount  Moriah,  Ridgeway,  Canady  School- 
house,  Hunt  Schoolhouse,  Smith  Schoolhouse,  Andover,  Oland  and  Pawnee. 

As  a  result  of  these  meetings  branches  of  the  church  have  been  built 
up  at  Lone  Rock,  Cainsville,  Pawnee,  Andover  and  Oland.  The  branches 
are  no  longer  in  existence  at  Cainesville  and  Pawnee,  both  having  been 
discontinued  some  time  ago. 

The  branch  at  Lone  Rock  was  organized  April  8,  1877.  It  was  par- 
tially disorganized  in  August  of  the  following  year  but  was  reorganized 
in  September.  L  P.  Baggerly  was  the  first  president  of  the  branch.  He 
has  been  succeeded  by  A.  J.  Ames,  Caleb  E.  Blodget,  Charles  Jones,  J.  P. 
Johnston,  Price  McPeek,  George  York  and  Edward  Harp.  In  1885  the 
membership  of  this  branch  of  the  church  was  forty-nine.  Today  it  is 
about  125. 

The  Oland  branch  was  built  up  as  a  result  of  the  preaching  of  those 
heretofore  mentioned,  in  addition  to  that  of  Joseph  and  Nephi  Snively, 
Miriam  Haskins  and  perhaps  others.  A  church  was  built  in  1904.  The 
organization  of  a  branch  occurred  in  1907.  The  following  have  served 
in  the  capacity  of  presiding  elder  of  the  branch:  R.  S.  Salyards,  Amos 
Berve,  Earnest  Haskins  and  Flavins  Sharp.  The  membership  at  time  of 
organization  was  thirty.  It  has  more  than  doubled  since  that  time,  being 
at  present  sixty-eight. 

The  Andover  branch  was  organized  in  1911.  There  have  been  but 
two  presiding  elders,  D.  C.  White  and  William  Stoll,  both  of  Lamoni.  The 
church  membership  at  this  place  is  about  seventy-five. 

While  there  has  been  considerable  preaching  done  by  Latter  Day 
Saint  elders  in  the  vicinity  of  Blythedale,  no  concerted  effort  was  made 
in  this  town  until  the  spring  of  1920.  A  number  of  the  members  having 
moved  into  Blythedale,  protracted  meetings  were  held.  As  a  result  of 
the  interest  created,  a  church  building  was  purchased  from  the  United 
Brethren  denomination  and  regular  meetings  are  now  being  held. 


198  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Bohemian  National  Cemetery. 

Written  by  W.  Pelikan  and  Anthony  Skroth. 

The  Bohemian  National  Cemetery  is  situated  on  section  35,  range  26, 
township  4,  consisting  of  one  acre  of  ground  which  was  donated  by  Mrs. 
Josephine  Roberts  in  the  year  of  1869  for  the  public  use.  At  that  time 
there  were  only  a  few  Bohemian-American  citizens  here,  namely,  John 
Posler,  Joe  Skroh,  Joe  Sobotka  and  the  Solil  family.  About  that  time  this 
part  of  the  county  began  to  be  settled  by  more  Bohemian  people,  who 
settled  on  farms.  Later  on  another  acre  of  ground  was  bought  and  added 
to  the  other  acre.  The  first  person  to  be  buried  in  this  cemetery  was 
Josephine  Prazak,  who  was  born  in  Bohemia  in  1829  and  died  in  Septem- 
ber, 1869.  The  second  person  buried  was  Mrs.  Anna  Posler,  born  in  1800, 
in  Bohemia  and  died  in  June,  1871.  The  third  person  buried  was  Miss 
Elizabeth  Prazak,  born  in  1852,  died  November,  1872,  in  Bohemia.  Miss 
Josephine  Roberts  was  the  fifth  person  buried  in  this  cemetery  and  was 
born  in  1854  and  died  in  July,  1879.  Joseph  Skroh,  the  fourth  person 
buried,  was  born  in  1813  and  died  in  1875.  Joseph  Sobotka,  born  in  1836, 
died  July,  1902.  John  Posler  was  born  November,  1823,  came  to  this 
country  in  1849  and  died  March,  1912.  He  was  the  first  Bohemian  settler 
in  Harrison  County  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  1856,  as  that  was  his  occupa- 
tion before  coming  to  the  United  States.  Up  to  the  present  time  there 
has  been  twenty-six  children  and  sixty-nine  adults  buried  in  this  cemetery, 
making  a  total  of  ninety-five. 

This  cemetery  is  under  the  organization  of  about  fifty  members  and 
paying  necessary  assessment  each  year  for  to  keep  fences  and  cleanup 
work  and  have  several  hundred  dollars  on  hand  in  Liberty  Bonds  and 
treasury. 


CHAPTER  XXI 


LODGES  AND  SOCIETIES. 


MASONIC — ODD  FELL.OWS— KNIGHTS  OF  PYTHIAS— GRAND  ARMY  OF  THE  REPUB- 
LIC— AMERICAN  LEGION — WOMAN'S  CHRISTIAN  TEMPERANCE  UNION— MILI- 
TARY SISTERHOOD  OF  THE  WORLD- DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REV- 
OLUTION—OTHER LODGES   AND  SOCIETIES. 

Masonry  was  first  introduced  into  Harrison  County  nearly  seventy 
years  ago.  Bethany  Lodge  No.  97,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
was  organized  May  7,  1853,  with  the  following  officers:  J.  P.  Devers,  W. 
M.;  C.  M.  Scott,  S.  W.;  W.  R.  Allen,  J.  VV. ;  B.  F.  Whedbee,  secretary;  H. 
T.  Monson,  S.  D. ;  Milton  Fowler,  J.  D. ;  and  J.  W.  Casebolt,  tyler.  The 
first  person  initiated  was  W.  S.  Clark,  June  4,  1853,  and  on  August  27 
following  Elijah  Glendenning  was  raised  to  the  degree  of  Master  Mason. 

Bethany  Royal  Arch  Chapter  was  organized  June  10,  1873,  with  the 
following  officers  and  charter  members :  D.  J.  Heaston,  H.  P. ;  C.  Crossan, 
K. ;  W.  P.  Robinson,  S. ;  A.  Crossan,  C.  H. ;  Joseph  Corbett,  P.  S. ;  William 
T.  Small,  R.  A.  C. ;  C.  Crossan,  treasurer;  Thomas  H.  B.  Walker,  secretary; 
Arthur  Graham,  master  third  veil;  C.  Cheney,  master  second  veil;  S.  J. 
Scott,  master  first  veil.  A  charter  was  granted  by  the  Grand  Chapter  of 
Missouri  October  9,  1873. 

Bethany  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  was  organized  March  8. 
1883,  Right  Eminent  Grand  Commander  of  Missouri  W.  J.  Terrell,  of  Har- 
risonville,  officiating.  The  first  officers  were:  C.  Crossan,  eminent  com- 
mander ;  D.  J.  Heaston,  generalissimo ;  M.  S.  Gillidett,  C.  G. ;  W.  P.  Robin- 
son, S.  W.;  T.  B.  Elhs,  J.  W.;  H.  M.  Craner,  treasurer;  G.  H.  Osborne, 
recorder;  Theo.  Newbum,  S.  B.;  J.  B.  Thomas,  S.  B. ;  and  T.  B.  Sherer, 
warden.    The  charter  was  dated  May  1,  1883. 

Cainsville  Lodge  No.  328,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  was 
organized  in  1868.    The  first  officers  were:  John  Woodward,  W..M. ;  J.  H. 


200  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Burrows,  S.  W. ;  Conrad  Mooter,  J.  W. ;  and  A.  B.  Montgomery,  secretary. 
The  lodge  was  granted  a  charter  October  13,  1870. 

Eagleville  Lodge  No.  257,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  was 
organized  about  1867.  Mount  Lebanon  Lodge  No.  332,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  was  organized  at  Mount  Moriah  about  1868.  This  lodge 
surrendered  its  charter,  however,  about  five  years  later.  A  Masonic 
lodge  was  also  organized  at  Lorraine  when  that  town  seemed  to  have  a 
promising  future  and  was  maintained  there  until  1885,  when  it  was  trans- 
ferred to  \\'ashington  Center  and  in  November,  1886,  to  Ridgeway.  This 
lodge  was  originally  known  as  Lorraine  Lodge  128,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons. 

There  are  now  Masonic  lodges  in  Harrison  County  at  Cainsville,  Hat- 
field, Eagleville,  Oilman  City,  Bethany  and  Ridgeway,  and  a  Knights 
Templar  Commandery  and  Royal  Arch  Chapter  at  Bethany. 

Odd  Fellows. 

The  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  was  the  first  fraternal  organ- 
ization in  Harrison  County.  Marian  Lodge  No.  129  was  chartered  at 
Bethany  May  19,  1850.  Among  the  first  members  of  the  organization  here 
were  the  following:  D.  C.  Threlkeld,  0.  L.  Abbott,  D.  D.  Boyce,  John  E. 
Creyton,  J.  F.  Collier,  David  Groucher,  James  Sevier,  James  Richster, 
Ephraim  Stewart,  H.  M.  Cuddy,  P.  H.  Maxey,  C.  A.  Nelson,  William  Mar- 
tin, E.  S.  Munton,  James  Price,  A.  M.  Dean,  Samuel  Ross,  William  P. 
Carson  and  Samuel  Downey. 

Cainsville  Lodge  No.  199,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  was 
organized  at  an  early  date  but  the  exact  data  on  the  organization  of  this 
lodge  is  not  available.  Eagleville  Lodge  No.  166,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  was  organized  March  27,  1867,  but  owing  to  a  decrease  in 
its  membership  on  account  of  deaths,  removals  and  other  causes  the 
charter  was  surrendered  in  1887.  Mount  Moriah  Lodge  No.  269  was 
organized  about  1870,  but  owing  to  reduced  membership  the  charter  was 
later  surrendered. 

Ridgeway  Lodge  No.  377,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  was 
instituted  October  1,  1881,  with  a  membership  of  about  twenty-five,  most 
of  whom  had  belonged  to  the  Lorraine  Lodge.  February  16,  1877,  the 
membership  of  Eagleville  Lodge  No.  166  was  also  transferred  to  Ridgeway. 

There  are  now  in  Harrison  County  organizations  of  the  Independent 


I.   0.   O.  F.  HALL,  MIRIA.Al    LODGE,  No.  129,   BETHANY,  JIO. 


PYTHIAN  CASTLE  HALL,  BETHANY,  MO. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  201 

Order  of  Odd  Fellows  located  at  Melbonie,  Gilman  City,  Cainsville,  Ridge- 
way,  Blythedale,  Bethany,  New  Hampton,  Martinsville  and  Hatfield.  The 
only  Encampment  in  the  county  is  located  at  Bethany. 

Knights  of  Pythias. 

Lodge  No.  87,  Knights  of  Pythias,  was  established  at  Bethany  in 
1883.  The  following  were  the  charter  members :  S.  W.  Leslie,  J.  C.  Wilson, 
T^ .  R.  Aufricht,  W.  J.  Taylor,  Frank  Meyer,  W.  S.  McCray,  E.  Dunn,  J.  H. 
Casebolt,  J.  D.  Good,  T.  0.  Tucker,  W.  L.  Barry,  J.  T  Corcoran,  Joseph 
Newland,  H.  D.  Poynter,  W.  A.  Templeman  and  Max  Keller.  This  lodgo 
continued  for  about  three  years  when  on  account  of  diminished  member- 
ship the  charter  was  surrendered  in  1886.  However  a  Knights  of  Pythias 
JiOdge  was  later  established  at  Bethany  which  is  now  one  of  the  strongest 
fraternal  organizations  in  Harrison  County.  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodges 
are  organized  at  New  Hampton,  Bethany,  Ridgeway  and  Eagleville.  On 
December  30,  1913,  the  ICnights  of  Pythias  dedicated  a  fine  Pythian 
building  at  Bethany.  This  is  an  imposing  structure  of  brick  and  of  neat 
design  and  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $10,000.  Herman  Roleke,  grand  ex- 
chequer of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  for  several  years,  lives  at  Bethany. 

Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  T.  D.  Neal  Post  No.  124,  was  organized 
at  Bethany  November  22,  1883.  Cainsville  Post  No.  216  was  organized 
October  7,  1884.  Rheutendale  Post  No.  223,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
was  organized  at  Eagleville  in  December,  1883.  Bradshaw  Post  No.  201, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  was  established  at  Mount  Moriah  in  Septem- 
ber, 1885.  Elwell  Post  No.  140,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  was  organ- 
ized at  Ridgeway  January  22,  1884.  Wilson  Stanley  Post  No.  208  was 
chartered  at  Blythedale  September  22,  1884.  Many  of  these  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  Posts  which  had  large  memberships  and  flourished  in 
former  days,  are  now  practically  abandoned,  owing  to  the  fact  that  the 
ranks  of  the  veterans  of  the  Civil  War  have  been  greatly  depleted  by  the 
"grim  reaper"  in  recent  years. 

There  are  a  number  of  other  lodges  and  fraternal  organizations  in 
Harrison  County.  In  fact  most  of  the  leading  fraternal  orders  are  repre- 
sented here. 


202  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

American  Legion. 

The  American  Legion,  Wilson-Axline  Post  No.  216,  at  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri, was  organized  at  Bethany  February  5,  1920,  by  the  following 
charter  members:  Oscar  Tschudin,  C.  E.  Neff,  G.  J.  Dippold,  Melverne 
Cole,  L.  L.  Coffelt,  E.  Newton  Carter,  Elvis  W.  Nice,  Randall  Wilson, 
Edwin  Wightman,  Arthur  Hamnions,  H.  H.  Cowan  and  G.  C.  Logsdon. 
The  membership  was  rapidly  increased  from  the  start  and  at  this  writing 
there  are  now  over  150  members. 

Wilson-Axline  Post  No.  216  was  named  in  honor  of  Captain  Carlisle 
"Chuck"  Wilson  and  Lieutenant  Arthur  Andrew  Axline,  two  Bethany 
boys  who  made  the  supreme  sacrifice  in  the  World  War. 

Captain  Carlisle  "Chuck"  Wilson  died  in  France  November  7,  1918, 
from  wounds  received  in  the  battle  of  Argonne  Forest,  September  27, 
1918.  He  was  the  son  of  J.  C.  and  Alice  Wilson  and  was  27  years,  three 
months  and  nine  days  old.  He  was  captain  of  Company  G,  One  Hundred 
Thirty-ninth  Infantry. 

Lieutenant  Arthur  Andrew  Axline  was  killed  in  action  at  the  Battle 
of  Argonne,  in  France,  September  28,  1918,  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine 
years,  eleven  months  and  one  day.  He  was  first  lieutenant  of  Company 
G,  One  Hundred  Thirty-ninth  Infantry,  but  at  the  time  of  his  death  he 
v/as  commanding  Company  E.  He  was  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Axline,  of  Bethany. 

The  first  officers  of  Wilson-Axline  Post  were  E.  Newton  Carter,  post 
commander;  Edwin  Wightman,  adjutant;  Virgil  Nelson,  chaplain;  DeWitt 
Newland,  historian ;  and  H.  L.  Collins,  financial  officer.  The  following  are 
the  present  officers  and  are  the  second  set  of  officers  of  the  post ;  Melverne 
C.  Cole,  post  commander;  Robert  H.  Cowan,  vice  post  commander;  W. 
Merle  Tyner,  adjutant;  Ben  G.  Crouch,  finance  officer;  Rose  L.  Bender, 
corresponding  secretary;  Oscar  L.  King,  sergeant-at-arms ;  Dr.  W.  S. 
Welsh,  chaplain ;  and  Ray  J.  Tilley,  historian. 

Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union. 

The  first  organization  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union 
m  Harrison  County  was  organized  in  the  fall  of  1883.  Mrs.  Clardy,  the 
state  president,  came  to  Bethany  to  get  the  women  interested,  going  from 
one  church  to  another,  before  she  could  get  any  interest  at  all.    She  called 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  203 

on  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Allen  Roberts,  who  had  become  a  member  of  the 
organization  in  Colorado  under  the  leadership  of  Frances  Willard  in  1882, 
and  has  the  distinction  of  being;  the  first  W.  C.  T.  U.  woman  in  Har- 
rison County. 

The  first  local  union  was  organized  in  Bethany  on  Monday  morning 
in  October,  1883,  at  the  old  Methodist  Church,  there  being  only  the 
scriptural  numbers  present,  seven  women.  Mrs.  Z.  P.  Hamilton  was 
elected  president,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Roberts  recording  secretary  and  Mrs.  J.  C. 
M.  McGeorge  treasurer.  From  this  nucleus  of  women  grew  the  great 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  of  Harrison  County. 

Local  Unions  were  soon  organized  in  other  towns  in  the  county  and 
speakers  of  note  came,  such  as  Colonel  George  Bain,  of  Kentucky,  Sobieski, 
Colonel  C.  J.  Holt,  Luther  Benson,  Ainsley  Grey,  Joe  Critchfield,  Clara 
Hoffman,  Callie  Howe,  Carrie  Lee  Carter,  Nelle  Burges,  Eliza  Ingalls, 
and  a  host  of  others  too  numerous  to  mention. 

Harrison  County  was  in  the  old  fourth  district,  which  comprised  five 
counties,  Worth,  Gentiy,  DeKalb,  Daviess  and  Harrison,  and  was  pre- 
sided over  by  Mrs.  Maud  Allen  as  district  president,  and  one  of  the  untir- 
ing workers.  In  1896  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  Ella  Wren  the  Bethany 
Union  entertained  the  state  convention  and  many  were  the  praises  of 
Bethany  sung  by  the  women  attending  the  convention. 

In  1911  Harrison  with  the  other  counties  of  the  state  was  made  a 
district  by  itself,  thereby  making  the  county  president  a  member  of  the 
state  executive  and.  one  of  the  vice-presidents  of  the  state. 

Mrs.  Martha  Miner,  of  Ridgeway,  was  the  first  woman  in  the  county 
to  fill  this  difficult  place  in  a  most  acceptable  manner,  for  it  was  a  difficult 
office  to  fill  when  the  districts  were  under  reconstruction.  In  1912  Mrs. 
Melissa  Platz,  of  Blue  Ridge,  became  president  and  Mrs.  Martha  Miner 
vice-president,  and  later  Mrs.  J.  C.  Ruby  treasurer.  To  these  three 
untiring  workers  belongs  the  credit  of  bringing  the  Harrison  County 
district  up  to  one  of  the  leading  districts  in  the  state.  Twice  has  Har- 
rison County  won  distinction  for  the  best  press  work  in  the  state,  once 
through  Mrs.  Alice  Blackburn,  state  press  superintendent,  who  presented 
the  Alice  Blackburn  Star,  and  once  by  Mrs.  Sarah  German,  who  won  back 
the  star  for  the  best  press  work  in  the  state.  Mrs.  Ruby  has  been  acknowl- 
edged by  the  state  officers  as  one  of  the  best  treasurers  in  the  state. 

In  1916  Harrison  County  gave  the  greatest  number  of  votes  per 
capita  for  prohibition  of  any  county  in  the  state.     To  Harrison  County 


204  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

belongs  one  of  the  illustrious  workers  for  the  prohibition  cause  in  north- 
west Missouri,  Judge  Burrows,  of  Cainsville,  whose  wife  has  been  local 
president  of  the  Cainsville  Union  for  many  years  and  whose  daughters, 
Mrs.  Minnie  B.  Oden,  became  the  third  president  for  Harrison  district 
October  1,  1920,  at  the  annual  convention  held  in  Ridgeway. 

There  have  been  so  many  loyal  workers  in  the  temperance  work  in 
this  county  that  a  history  of  the  work  is  not  complete  without  mention 
of  them,  such  as  Grandma  Ruby,  Mother  Crossan,  Julia  Towns,  Sadie 
Alden,  Nellie  Nevill  and  others.  Space  forbids  mention  of  them  all,  but 
this  we  know,  that  in  the  other  world  every  one  will  receive  the  credit 
due  them  for  the  blessing  they  have  brought  to  humanity. — Elizabeth 
Roberts,  Melissa  Platz. 

The  Military  Sisterhood  of  the  World  War, 

The  Military  Sisterhood  of  the  World  War  was  the  first  organization 
of  relatives  of  soldiers,  sailors  and  marines  of  the  great  war,  founded 
after  it  became  a  certainty  that  the  United  States  would  enter  the  war. 

The  organization  was  conceived  and  organized  by  Mrs.  C.  L.  Martin, 
of  Topeka,  Kansas  (wife  of  General  C.  I.  Martin,  who  had  command  of 
the  Seventieth  United  States  Infantry  Brigade  in  which  our  own  Company 
G  of  the  One  Hundred  Thirty-ninth  United  States  Infantry  was  a  part, 
and  he  accompanied  them  overseas  and  commanded  them  in  their  trench 
warfare  in  the  Vosges  Mountains),  and  by  her  the  by-laws  and  constitu- 
tion and  name  of  the  organization  were  copyrighted. 

The  first  chapter  was  organized  June  14th,  1917,  at  Topeka,  Kansas, 
by  charter  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Kansas  with  power  to  organize 
in  the  other  states. 

Our  motto  is  "Justice,"  not  charity,  "for  our  Soldier  Boys."  The 
object  of  our  organization  as  said  by  Bethany's  worthy  Mayor  Roleke, 
during  the  war  ,"Is  to  maintain  the  military  spirit  among  our  people,  to 
assist  the  soldier  and  his  family ;  to  encourage  his  family  and  help  main- 
tain his  home  until  he  returns  from  his  sei-vice  for  Uncle  Sam;  and  in 
case  of  their  sickness  to  assist  in  furnishing  them  necessary  care  and 
attention ;  to  assist  in  furnishing  to  the  soldier  in  camps  and  trenches 
as  well  as  on  the  battle  field  any  and  all  aid  and  encouragement  that  will 
relieve  their  suffering  and  lessen  the  burdens  which  they  will  have  to 
bear;  and  many  other  good  motives  too  numerous  to  mention;  to  this  I 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  205 

might  add  the  purpose  of  our  organization  during  the  war  was,  also,  to 
specially  interest  and  promote  fellowship,  sisterly  love  and  mutual  help- 
fulness in  keeping  the  men  in  military  service  up  to  the  highest  standard 
of  efficiency,  to  stimulate  and  encourage  loyalty  and  patriotism  among 
our  citizens  and  to  encourage  our  men  to  enlist  and  serve  their  country; 
to  maintain  a  helpful  co-operation  with  their  families,  to  unite  in  actions 
conducive  to  the  welfare  of  all  men  and  their  families  engaged  in  military 
and  naval  service;  to  bring  together  the  women  related  to  the  American 
soldier,  sailor  and  marine  engaged  in  the  international  struggle  for 
democracy — and  lastly,  to  create  and  maintain  in  our  membership  that 
spirit  of  sacrificial  loyalty  and  devotion  to  our  country  that  is  becoming 
in  those  from  whose  ranks  and;  homes  marched  the  defenders  of  the 
American  principles." 

And  now  that  the  war  is  over,  the  object  of  our  order  is  to  aid  the 
veterans  of  the  war — those  that  were  spared  to  return — in  re-establish- 
ing themselves  in  civil  life;  to  help  them  and  their  families  in  again 
maintaining  their  homes  and  good  citizenship ;  to  continue  in  maintain- 
ing the  high  standard  of  patriotism  aroused  during  the  war;  to  keep 
alive  the  purposes  for  which  they  fought ;  and  to  perpetuate  the  memory 
of  our  loved  ones — ^their  comrades  who  made  the  supreme  sacrifice;  and 
finally  to  bring  us  all  together  in  a  common  bond  of  love  and  sympathy 
and  understanding. 

Any  loyal  American  woman  who  is  the  wife  of  or  related  by  blood  to 
a  soldier,  sailor  or  marine,  who  has  honorably  served  in  the  World  War 
or  has  an  honorable  discharge  therefrom,  can  become  an  active  member 
of  this  organization. 

We  have  held  three  national  conventions,  the  first  in  June,  1918,  at 
Topeka,  Kansas,  at  which  convention  the  following  officers  were  elected: 
Mrs.  Lou  Ida  Martin,  Topeka,  Kansas,  president;  Mrs.  Alice  E.  Wilson, 
Bethany,  Missouri,  first  vice-president;  Mrs.  Maud  C.  Benedict,  Des 
Moines,  Iowa,  second  vice-president;  Mrs.  Daisy  M.  Roberts,  Oskaloosa, 
Kansas,  recording  secretary;  Miss  Nell  Sutton,  Bethany,  Missouri,  treas- 
urer; Mrs.  Grant  Hibarger,  Wichita,  Kansas,  registrar;  Mrs.  Addie 
Brown,  Lawrence,  Kansas,  historian;  Mrs.  E.  C.  Fable,  Topeka,  Kansas, 
auditor. 

Our  last  national  convention  was  held  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  in  April, 
1920,  and  the  following  officers  were  elected:  Mrs.  Lou  Ida  Martin,  To- 
peka, Kansas,  president;  Mrs.  Alice  E.  Wilson,  Bethany,  Missouri,  first 


206  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

vice-president;  Mrs.  J.  A.  Benedict,  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  second  vice-presi- 
dent; Miss  Helen  K.  Ostertag,  Atchison,  Kansas,  patriotic  instructor; 
Mrs.  Aaron  Blanke,  Downs,  Kansas,  registrar;  Mrs.  Albert  Linxwiler, 
Jefferson  City,  Missouri,  recording  secretary;  Mrs.  Glenwood  McLain, 
Beaver,  Wyoming,  treasurer;  Miss  Thelma  Shawhan,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, historian;  Mrs.  T.  C.  Wilson,  Victor,  Colorado,  chaplain;  Mrs.  T. 
Robuck,  Moberly,  Missouri,  auditor;  Mrs.  I.  S.  Lewis,  Topeka,  Kansas, 
corresponding  secretary. 

Bethany,  Harrison  County  Chapter,  has  the  honor  of  the  first  chap- 
ter of  the  Military  Sisterhood  organized  in  Missouri.  This  chapter  was 
organized  January  24,  1918,  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  J.  C.  Wilson,  with 
seventy-six  charter  members  and  the  following  officers  elected:  Mrs. 
J.  C.  Wilson,  president;  Mrs.  F.  H.  Broyles,  first  vice-president;  Mrs.  A. 
C.  Logsdon,  second  vice-president;  Miss  Nell  Sutton,  recording  secretary; 
Mrs.  Lewis  Omer,  treasurer;  Mrs.  F.  W.  Sawyer,  historian;  Mrs.  Jake 
Noll,  auditor;  Mrs.  E.  S.  Miner,  parliamentarian;  Mrs.  Bert  S.  Allen, 
corresponding  secretary;  Mrs.  Glen  Broyles,  registrar. 

These  officers  served  three  years  with  the  exception  of  Miss  Nell 
Sutton,  Mrs.  Glen  Broyles,  who  served  two  years,  and  Mrs.  Robert  Stock- 
well  served  the  third  year  in  Miss  Sutton's  place,  as  her  school  work 
took  her  out  of  the  county.  Mrs.  Ed  Skinner  sei-ved  the  third  year  in 
Mrs.  Broyles'  place.  At  our  last  election  the  following  officers  were 
elected:  Mrs.  A.  C.  Logsdon,  president;  Mrs.  F.  H.  Broyles,  first  vice- 
president;  Mrs.  H.  N.  Burgin,  second  vice-president;  Mrs.  M.  C.  Cole, 
recording  secretary;  Mrs.  E.  F.  Harding,  treasurer;  Mrs.  F.  L.  Sawyers, 
historian;  Miss  Mamie  Buis,  registrar;  Mrs.  Jake  Noll,  auditor. 

During  the  war  we  did  all  kinds  of  war  work,  such  as  sending  sub- 
stantial supplies  and  delicacies  as  well  as  flowers,  books  and  magazines 
to  the  soldiers  in  the  hospitals  and  the  camps  throughout  the  United  States 
as  well  as  in  France  and  other  foreign  countries.  Our  members  were 
among  the  most  active  Red  Cross  workers  and  wherever  there  was  work 
to  do  the  members  of  the  Military  Sisterhood  were  always  willing  and 
anxious  to  do  their  part. 

We  made  it  possible  for  our  country  to  have  the  beautiful  service 
flag  which  was  dedicated  July  4,  1918.  This  flag  was  demobolized  July  4, 
1920,  and  a  beautiful  gold  glory  flag  was  presented  to  the  county  by  the 
Military  Sisterhood  at  the  time,  this  being  our  "welcome  home"  day  for 
all  those  who  were  fortunate  enough  to  return. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  207 

We  have  a  chapter  at  Moberly  known  as  the  "Wilson  Chapter,"  in 
honor  of  Mrs.  J.  C.  Wilson.  We  organized  a  chapter  at  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Benedict,  a  former  Bethany  girl  and  sister  of  the 
lamented  Lieutenant  Arthur  A.  Axline,  was  elected  president.  This  chap- 
ter is  known  as  the  "Arthur  A.  Axline  Chapter"  in  honor  of  the  late 
Lieutenant  Axline,  of  our  city,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  the  Argonne. 

Our  organization  has  representatives  working  from  the  Atlantic  to 
the  Pacific  Ocean,  from  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  to  the  Canadian  border. 

The  constitution  provides  that  the  legislative  body  of  the  organiza- 
lion  shall  hold  a  national  convention  annually,  to  be  held  in  April  of  each 
year,  composed  of  two  delegates  from  each  local  chapter  and  alternates 
from  each  state,  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  from  each  territorial  pos- 
session of  the  United  States. 

We  have  $1,000.00  in  our  memorial  fund  with  which  he  hope  to  help 
build  a  memorial  building  in  the  city  of  Bethany  in  the  near  future  in 
honor  and  in  memory  of  all  those  who  so  willingly  gave  their  all  that  we 
might  continue  to  enjoy  life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happiness. 

We  hope  within  the  next  ten  years  to  be  become  one  of  the  strongest 
patriotic  organizations  in  the  United  States. 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 

The  Elizabeth  Harrison  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  an  organization  devoted  exclusively  to  patriotic  and  historical 
interests,  was  formed  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  October  23,  1913.  receiving 
from  the  national  society  the  chapter  number  1161. 

In  choosing  a  name  the  charter  members  honored  the  memory  of 
Elizabeth  Harrison,  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Harrison,  a  signer  of  the  Dec- 
laration of  Independence,  and  the  mother  of  President  William  Henry 
Harrison. 

Working  along  patriotic  lines  the  chapter  has  been  active  in  inspiring 
celebrations  of  special  days  in  our  national  history.  Washington's  birth- 
day and  flag  day  have  always  been  observed  in  some  befitting  manner; 
sometimes  with  patriotic  addresses  and  parades,  at  other  times  with  re- 
ceptions with  patriotic  programs. 

The  chapter  has  also  given  prizes  in  gold  to  pupils  in  the  grammar 
school,  writing  the  best  essays  on  patriotic  subjects,  and  has  presented 
the  High  School  with  a  handsome  portrait  of  General  George  Washington. 


208  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Historical  interest  and  love  of  their  native  heath  caused  the  daughters 
to  conduct  a  column  of  local  history  in  one  of  the  county  newspapers. 
They  compiled  and  published  much  valuable  history,  beginning  with  early 
days  before  the  organization  of  Harrison  County.  To  aid  in  this  work 
pioneer  settlers  were  persuaded  to  write  articles  dealing  with  life  and 
conditions  in  early  days  in  the  county,  and  these  articles  were  printed  in 
the  Bethany  Republican  with  pictures  of  the  pioneers  and  views  of  early 
scenes  in  and  near  Bethany. 

During  the  great  World  War  the  daughters  of  Bethany  participated 
in  all  war  activities  and  gave  leaders  to  many  departments  of  work.  They 
made  the  first  surgical  dressings  in  the  county  in  1917  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  Frances  Burgess  and  sent  the  first  relief  to  the  Belgians  the  same 
year.  In  addition  to  the  regular  Red  Cross  work  the  members  joined 
with  other  women  of  the  town  in  providing  boxes  and  barrels  of  food  for 
Harrison  County  soldiers;  in  sending  pillows,  books,  magazines;  in  writ- 
ing letters,  prepai'ing  Christmas  packages  and  doing  everything  possible 
that  would  help  sustain  the  morale  of  our  fighting  men.  The  daughters 
had  a  beautiful  service  flag  containing  twelve  blue  stars  and  not  one  of 
them  was  turned  to  gold.  They  also  made  the  service  flag  of  the  county 
for  the  county  superintendent  of  schools,  which  he  presented  to  the  state 
at  Jefferson  City,  where  it  is  kept  on  display. 

During  the  entire  period  of  the  war  the  daughters  were  foremost  in 
Red  Cross  work.  Council  of  Defense,  Liberty  Loans  and  other  war  activi- 
ties, and  furnished  the  following  department  chaimien : 

Mrs.  E.  W.  Prentiss,  director  of  Women's  Work  in  American  Red 
Cross;  chairman  Woman's  Committee  of  National  Council  of  Defense; 
district  chairman  Liberty  Loan  campaign ;  district  chairman  Young 
Women's  Christian  Association  campaign. 

Mrs.  William  Roleke,  chairman  Patriotic  Education;  chairman  of 
Conservation. 

Mrs.  A.  S.  Cumming,  assistant  chairman  of  Surgical  Dressings  for 
American  Red  Cross. 

Mrs.  T.  E.  Stone,  treasurer  of  American  Red  Cross  Chapter,  chair- 
man of  Publicity  of  National  Council  of  Defense;  chainnan  of  Publicity 
for  American  Red  Cross. 

The  roster  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  comprises 
over  forty  names,  Americans  all,  proud  of  their  heritage  which  has  come 
through  generations  of  loyal  ancestors,  who  have  formed  the  warp  and 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  209 

woof  of  our  nation's  glory  and  whose  work  it  is  their  duty  and  privilege 
to  carry  on. 

The  twelve  charter  members:  Hazel  Wanamaker  Allen,  Elizabeth 
Hockridge  Barlow,  Miss  Charline  Crossan,  Lillie  Skinner  Freusham,  Mabel 
Barlow  Kautz,  Lillian  Neville  Prentiss,  Stella  Skinner  Joyce,  Mary  Fuller 
Weber,  Bessie  Templeman  Wanamaker,  Harriett  Templeman  Stone,  Miss 
Bess  Agnes  Vandivert,  Marian  Templeman  Yates, 

Non-resident  members :  Mrs.  Ruth  Teas,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Everett,  Miss 
Effie  Hart,  Mrs.  Marie  Webb,  Miss  Ivan  Long,  Mrs.  Emma  Arney,  Mrs. 
Florence  Sanders,  Mrs.  Bertha  Fells,  Miss  Kathleen  White,  Mrs  Acklyn 
Edson. 

Deceased  members:  Miss  Charline  Crossan,  Mrs.  Edith  Roleke. 

Transferred  meniljers :  Miss  Bess  Agnes  Vandivert  to  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington ;  Mrs.  Clare  Darr  Webb  to  Springfield,  Missouri. 

Honor  roll:  Hazel  Allen  Alquist,  Sergeant  George  Patton,  Virginia; 
Elizabeth  Barlow,  Daniel  Wharry,  Nev/  York ;  Charline  Crossan,  Lieutenant 
Groton  Avery,  Connecticut;  Mabel  Kautz,  Daniel  Wharry,  New  York; 
Lillian  Prentiss,  James  Neville,  Virginia;  Stella  Joyce,  William  Simpson, 
Pennsylvania;  Harriett  Stone,  Sergeant  George  Patton,  Virginia;  Bess 
Agness  Vandivert,  Sergeant  George  Patton,  Virginia ;  Bessie  Wanamaker, 
Sergeant  George  Patton,  Virginia;  Kathleen  White,  James  Neville,  Vir- 
ginia; Marian  Yates,  Sergeant  Geoi-ge  Patton,  Virginia;  Mary  Weber, 
Mathew  Fuller,  Vermont ;  Martha  Wood,  Samuel  Wood,  Virginia ;  Florence 
Sanders,  Mathew  Fuller,  Vermont;  Bertha  Fells,  Nathaniel  Cushman,  Con- 
necticut; Maude  Frisby,  James  Neville,  Virginia;  Effie  Hart,  Daniel 
Wharry,  New  York;  Edith  Roleke,  General  John  Armstrong,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Marie  Webb,  Sergeant  John  Bryant,  Virginia;  Loie  Brandon,  Cap- 
tain William  Ward,  Massachusetts,  Reuben  Melvin,  Massachusetts;  Cora 
Gumming,  Samuel  Wood,  Virginia;  Pearl  Nelson,  Joseph  Sylvester; 
Amanda  Garton,  Mathew  Fuller,  Vermont;  Ida  Garton,  Mathew  Fuller 
Vermont;  Ruth  Teas,  Mathew  Fuller,  Vermont;  Innie  Hamilton,  Major 
Nathaniel  Burwell,  Virginia,  Robert  Harvey,  Virginia;  Elizabeth  Everett, 
Lieutenant  William  Wallace,  New  York,  James  Wells,  New  York ;  Harriett 
Wilson,  William  Brown,  Pennsylvania;  Emma  Arney,  Mathew  Fuller,  Ver- 
mont ;  Hallie  Hubbard,  Mathew  Fuller,  Vermont ;  Ivan  Long,  David  Lamb, 
Massachusetts;  Daisy  Crossan,  Lieutenant  Groton  Avery,  Connecticut; 
Shirley  Zingerle,  Lieutenant  Groton  Avery,  Connecticut;  Eva  Frisby, 
Thomas  Tucker,  North  Carolina;  Lane  Frisby,  Thomas  Tucker,  North 
(9)  ^ 


210  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Carolina;  Acklyn  Edson,  Sergeant  George  Patton,  Virginia;  Minnie  Haas, 
James  Bryant,  Virginia,  John  Bryant,  Virginia;  Maretta  Nally,  Daniel 
Wharry,  New  York;  Claudia  Lee  Webb,  Lyttleton  Cockrell,  Virginia; 
Dortehy  Slatten,  Thomas  Tucker,  North  Carolina;  Watie  Leazenby,  Lyt- 
tleton Cockrell,  Virginia ;  Irene  Bridges,  Elijah  Evans,  Pennsylvania. 


CHAPTER  XXII 


CIVIL  WAR. 


LOYALTY  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY— MASS  MEETINGS— FIRST  REGIMENT  ORGANIZED 
—OFFICERS— TROOPS  OFF  TO  THE  FRONT— "MERRILL'S  HORSE"— OTHER 
MILITARY  ORGANIZATIONS  —  REGIMENTS  —  COMPANIES  —  OFFICERS  — 
ENROLLED  MISSOURI  MILITIA  BY  GOVERNOR  GAMBLE'S  ORDER— COMPANIES 
AND   OFFICERS. 

The  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  in  1861  found  the  citizens  of 
Harrison  County  almost  unanimously  loyal  to  the  Union.  There  were 
perhaps  twenty-five  or  thirty  men  from  this  county  who  entered  the 
Confederate  Army.  However  no  organized  effort  was  ever  made  for 
recruiting  troops  in  Harrison  County  for  the  Confederate  Army. 

On  June  3,  1861,  a  mass  meeting  was  held  at  Bethany  which  was 
addressed  by  S.  C.  Allen,  Samuel  Downey,  William  G.  Lewis,  D.  J.  Heaston 
and  E.  Hubbard,  all  of  whom  set  forth  in  vigorous  and  eloquent  language 
the  necessity  of  adhering  to  the  Union.  Other  meetings  of  a  like  char- 
acter were  held  in  the  summer  of  1861  at  Mount  Moriah,  Eagleville, 
Cainsville  and  other  places  in  the  county.  In  the  meantime  companies 
of  Home  Guards  were  raised  and  on  July  13,  1861,  the  various  organiza- 
tions in  the  county  met  at  a  place  called  Harrison  City  for  the  purpose 
of  forming  a  regiment  and  electing  officers. 

After  the  regiment  was  formed  it  organized  by  electing  Henry  O. 
Nevill  colonel,  George  Burris,  Sr.,  lieutenant-colonel  and  W.  P.  Robinson 
major.  The  strength  of  the  different  companies  that  reported  themselves 
was  as  follows :  Eagleville  Guards,  160 ;  Washington,  64 ;  Salem,  60 ;  Spring- 
field, 90;  Pleasant  Ridge,  100;  Clay,  78;  Mount  Moriah,  58;  Bethany,  60; 
"Rough  and  Ready,"  57;  Benton,  80;  Gainesville,  60. 

Several  other  companies  of  Home  Guards  were  raised  during  the 
summer  of  1861,  the  majority  of  the  members  of  which  subsequently 


212  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

went  to  the  front  in  different  regiments,  and  did  valiant  service  for  the 
Union  cause. 

All  of  Companies  D  and  E,  Twenty-third  Regiment  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, wei-e  raised  in  Harrison  County  in  the  summer  of  1861.  Recruit- 
ing for  the  regiment  commenced  in  July  of  that  year  under  the  direction 
of  Colonel  Jacob  T.  Tindall  and  Judge  Smith,  of  Gentry  and  Lynn  Coun- 
ties, respectively.  Company  D  was  mustered  September  22,  1861,  with 
the  following  officers:  W.  P.  Robinson,  captain;  John  A.  Fischer,  first 
lieutenant,  and  Lafayette  Cornwall,  second  lieutenant. 

William  P.  Robinson  was  promoted  colonel  of  the  regiment  June  7, 
1862,  and  was  succeeded  as  captain  by  John  W.  Moore,  of  Eagleville,  who 
served  as  such  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  service,  September, 
1864.  Lieutenant  Fischer  resigned  his  commission  January  12,  1863, 
after  which  time  Henry  Sweeten  filled  the  position.  Lafayette  Cornwall 
resigned  the  second  lieutenancy  and  was  succeeded  by  James  A.  Brewer. 
The  latter  resigned  January,  1863,  from  which  time  until  May,  1864,  the 
office  was  held  by  Joseph  H.  Ristine.  Rustine  was  promoted  first'  lieuten- 
ant of  Company  K  in  May,  1864,  and  was  succeeded  by  Meredith  Riggin, 
who  held  that  position  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  service. 

Company  E,  as  organized  for  the  service,  was  officered  as  follows: 
Archibald  Montgomery,  captain ;  W.  R.  Simms,  first  lieutenant,  and  George 
W.  Brown,  second  lieutenant. 

Archibald  Montgomery  resigned  his  commission  October,  1862,  and 
was  succeeded  by  William  R.  Simms,  who  held  the  position  until  mustered 
out  of  the  service  in  1864.  S.  A.  Thomas  was  promoted  first  lieutenant 
December,  1862,  resigned  July  30,  1863,  and  was  succeeded  by  John  A. 
Martin,  who  served  until  the  expiration  of  the  term.  Second  lieutenant 
George  W.  Brown  resigned  his  commission  July  8,  1863.  John  A.  Harper 
was  then  promoted  to  the  office,  and  held  the  same  until  September,  1864. 

A  large  portion  of  Company  G  was  raised  in  Harrison  County;  also 
portions  of  Companies  H  and  L 

The  officers  of  Company  G  were  originally  Wat  E.  Crandall,  captain; 
James  S.  Todd,  first  lieutenant,  and  W.  McCullough,  second  lieutenant. 
Officers  of  Company  H:  Francis  Lisko,  captain,  and  Thomas  B.  Mikels 
and  Ebenezer  West,  first  and  second  lieutenants,  respectively.  Company 
I:  Captain,  John  Parker;  first  lieutenant,  T.  H.  Hollingsworth ;  second 
lieutenant,  Jeremiah  Nash. 

The  Twenty-third  was  made  up  from  the  counties  of  Harrison,  Grundy, 


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Livingston,  Linn,  Putnam,  Mercer,  Daviess  and  Carroll.  The  regiment 
entered  into  active  sex'vice  in  1861,  but  participated  in  no  engagements 
until  the  following  year,  the  principal  duty  in  the  meantime  being  pre- 
serving the  peace  and  protecting  the  lives  and  property  of  Union  men 
in  the  county,  where  the  command  was  stationed.  On  April  1,  1862,  the 
regiment  was  ordered  to  Pittsburg  Landing,  Tennessee,  at  which  place  it 
arrived  and  its  first  engagement  was  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh. 

In  June,  1862,  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Benton  Barracks,  and 
continued  on  duty  there  and  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis  for  some  time,  when 
they  were  ordered  southward  to  reinforce  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland. 
On  recovering  from  his  wound  received  at  Shiloh,  W.  P.  Robinson  rejoined 
the  regiment,  and  was  promoted  colonel  of  the  same  on  June  7,  1862. 
From  that  time  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  he  continued  in  command, 
and  did  gallant  service  in  the  campaigns  of  the  Fourteenth  Army  Corps, 
participating  in  a  number  of  engagements,  among  which  were  the  battles 
of  Peach  Tree  Creek,  Jonesboro  and  other  engagements  near  Atlanta. 
The  Twenty-third  Regiment  was  mustered  out  of  service  on  September 
22,  1864. 

Company  F,  Second  Missouri  Cavalry,  "Merrill's  Horse."  This  com- 
pany was  recruited  in  the  summer  of  1861  as  the  Harrison  County  Cavalry 
Company,  and,  as  originally  organized,  had  the  following  commissioned 
officers:  Eli  Hannahs,  captain;  Elijah  Hubbard,  first  lieutenant;  William 
T.  Foster,  second  lieutenant. 

In  December,  1861,  the  company  was  reorganized  at  St.  Louis,  as 
Company  F,  and  attached  to  the  Second  Cavalry,  known  as  "Merrill's 
Horse,"  with  which  it  served  gallantly  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  captain  at  the  time  of  the  reorganization  was  Theodore  Pierson, 
who  resigned  March  4,  1863.  His  successor,  Henry  K.  Bennett,  was  trans- 
ferred in  May,  1863,  to  Company  B,  and  on  the  first  of  June  of  the  same 
year,  George  H.  Rowell  took  command.  Elijah  Hubbard  commanded  the 
company  from  the  summer  of  1863  until  mustered  out  of  the  service 
September  19,  1865. 

This  company  performed  gallant  service  in  Missouri  during  the  first 
two  years  of  the  war,  and  with  the  regiment  participated  in  a  number  of 
battles  and  skirmishes,  besides  effectually  checking  the  guerrilla  raids  in 
various  parts  of  the  state. 

Company  A,  Thirty-fifth  Missouri  Infantry,  was  organized  in  Har- 
rison County,  in  the  summer  and  fall  of  1862,  and  officered  as  follows: 


214  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Horace  Fitch,  captain;  James  B.  Brower,  first  lieutenant,  and  Calvin  Til- 
ton,  second  lieutenant. 

The  organization  of  the  Thirty-fifth  was  perfected  December  3,  1863, 
and  immediately  thereafter  it  took  the  field.  During  the  greater  part  of 
that  year  it  was  stationed  at  Helena,  Arkansas,  and  participated  in  the 
battle  at  that  place,  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  of  the  same  year,  and  lost 
heavily  in  the  engagement.  In  June,  1864,  the  regiment  with  others, 
under  the  command  of  General  N.  B.  Buford,  "proceeded  down  the  Mis- 
sissippi River;  up  the  White,  to  cut  off  through  that  into  the  Arkansas; 
up  the  last  mentioned  river  into  the  neighboi-hood  of  Arkansas  Post,  for 
the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  strength  of  a  Rebel  force  then  organizing 
under  Shelby,  Daubin  and  others."  Having  accomplished  their  mission 
they  returned  to  Helena,  June  26.  The  following  month  the  regiment 
engaged  in  a  decisive  battle  with  a  portion  of  Shelby  and  Daubin's  forces, 
breaking  the  enemy's  lines  three  successive  times,  with  the  loss  of  their 
leader,  three  oflScers  and  thirty-seven  men.  During  the  fall  of  1864  and 
the  spring  and  early  summer  of  1865  the  Thirty-fifth  was  engaged  in 
guerrilla  warfare,  picket  and  garrison  duty.  It  was  honorably  discharged 
from  the  service  on  June  28,  1865,  at  Little  Rock,  Arkansas. 

Company  E,  Forty-third  Infantry.  This  company  consisted  of  Har- 
rison County  men  only,  and  was  recruited  in  the  fall  of  1864.  The  organ- 
ization was  effected  with  the  following  commissioned  oflficers:  Simeon 
Sutton,  captain ;  William  Canady,  first  lieutenant,  and  Daniel  D.  Boyce, 
second  lieutenant. 

The  Forty-third  was  organized  as  a  regiment  on  September  22,  1864, 
and  mustered  out  of  service  June  30,  1865.  Several  companies  participated 
in  the  battle  of  Glasgow,  October  15,  1864,  after  which,  until  discharged 
in  1865,  the  regiment  was  actively  engaged  in  an  irregular  guerrilla 
warfare. 

Company  H,  Twelfth  Cavalry,  Missouri  Volunteers,  was  organized  in 
Harrison  County  in  January,  1864,  by  Preston  Sharp,  and  numbered  about 
sixty  men.  The  officers  were  S.  S.  Vansyckle,  captain,  served  from  Febru- 
ary, 1864,  to  April  29,  1864.  His  successor,  John  Collar,  served  from  the 
latter  date  until  the  regiment  disbanded  in  1865.  The  Twelfth  Cavalry 
was  assigned  to  duty  in  Saint  Louis  in  1864,  and  later  was  attached  to 
the  First  Division  Cavalry  District  of  West  Tennessee,  commanded  by 
Brigadier  General  Hatch.    Its  first  battle  was  an  engagement  an  the  Talla- 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  215 

hatchie  River,  near  Abbeyville.  After  performing  various  kinds  of  duty 
m  northern  Mississippi  and  other  parts  of  the  South,  the  regiment  was 
ordered  to  report  to  General  Dodge,  commanding  the  department  of  Mis- 
souri, and  later  was  detached  and  assigned  duty  in  the  West.  During  the 
summer  of  1865  the  regiment  engaged  in  Indian  warfare  on  the  Powder 
River  and  Yellowstone,  in  which  the  men  behaved  with  characteristic 
gallantry. 

Missouri  State  Militia.  Company  I,  First  Cavalry,  Missouri  State 
Militia,  was  raised  in  Harrison  County  in  the  spring  of  1862.  Officers: 
Milton  Burris,  captain;  John  H.  Smith,  first  lieutenant,  and  Daniel  Shu- 
mate, second  lieutenant,  all  of  whom  served  until  honorably  discharged 
in  April,  1865.  The  First  Cavalry  was  commanded  by  Colonel  James 
McFarren,  and  was  engaged  principally  in  guerrilla  warfare  in  various 
counties  of  Missouri. 

Company  E,  Third  Cavalry,  Missouri  State  Militia,  was  organized 
April,  1862,  with  Captain  Charles  B.  McAfee  in  command.  Colonel  Walter 
A.  King  commanded  the  Third  Cavalry,  and  the  principal  duty  performed 
was  operating  against  guerrillas  and  bushwhackers,  and  preserving  the 
peace  in  various  counties  of  the  state. 

Company  G,  Sixth  Cavalry,  Missouri  State  Militia,  Captain  John  A. 
Page,  was  organized  in  the  spring  of  1862.  William  Newby  was  first 
lieutenant  and  James  C.  Baker  second  lieutenant.  Under  the  command 
of  Colonel  E.  Catherwood  the  Sixth  Cavalry  performed  gallant  service 
against  guerrillas  during  the  years  1862  and  1863 ;  also  operated  in 
Arkansas  and  the  Indian  Nation,  and  participated  in  the  attack  and  rout 
of  Generals  Steele  and  Cooper,  at  Perry ville,  Choctaw  country,  battle  of 
Backbone  Mountain  and  capture  of  Fort  Smith.  During  the  years  1864 
and  1865  the  Sixth  participated  in  a  number  of  engagements,  and  in  the 
campaigns  against  General  Price,  among  which  were  the  battles  of  Jeffer- 
son City,  Russellville,  Boonville,  Dover,  Independence,  Big  Blue,  Osage, 
Newtonia  and  others. 

Enrolled  Missouri  Militia. — In  July,  1862,  Governor  Gamble  issued 
an  order  (No.  19)  requiring  the  loyal  men  subject  to  military  service  to 
organize  into  companies  and  regiments. 

In  pursuance  of  this  order  eleven  companies  were  organized  in  Har- 
rison County,  and  formed  into  what  was  known  as  the  "Fifty-seventh 
Regiment  Enrolled  Militia."     The  first  commissioned  officers  were  D.  J. 


216  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Heaston,  colonel ;  James  M.  Nevill,  lieutenant  colonel ;  William  G.  Weldon, 
major.  Colonel  Heaston  resigned  in  a  short  time,  and  was  succeeded  by 
James  Neville,  and  he  in  March,  1864,  by  William  G.  Lewis. 

F.  M.  Jackson  was  promoted  lieutenant-colonel  in  August,  1863,  and 
served  till  expiration  of  term  in  1865.  The  other  regimental  officers  were 
as  follows:  H.  J.  Skinner,  adjutant;  Howard  T.  Combs,  adjutant,  suc- 
ceeded the  former  July,  1863;  Elliott  P.  Bunch,  quartermaster;  R.  H. 
Vandivert,  surgeon;  Jonathan  U.  Lewis,  surgeon. 

Company  A — F.  M.  Jackson,  captain ;  succeeded  subsequently  by  John 
S.  Hall ;  A.  J.  Allen,  first  lieutenant ;  George  Burris,  Jr.,  second 
lieutenant. 

Company  B — Simeon  Sutton,  captain;  F.  R.  Quigley  and  Richard  W. 
Handy,  lieutenants. 

Company  C — Benjamin  S.  Ramey,  captain ;  Benton  Salmon  and  L.  G. 
Spuefin,  first  and  second  lieutenants,  respectively. 

Company  D — Captain,  J.  C.  Frisby;  first  Heutenant,  Daniel  D.  Boyce: 
second  lieutenant,  William  H.  Fades. 

Company  E — William  J.  Prater,  captain;  David  Wright  and  D.  S. 
Miller,  lieutenants. 

Company  F — Stephen  C.  Allen,  captain.  The  lieutenants  were  Joseph 
Miller  and  H.  R.  Badger. 

Company  G — Preston  Shari^,  captain ;  J.  C.  Anderson,  first  lieutenant, 
succeeded  September,  1862,  by  Jacob  Koontz.  The  second  lieutenant  was 
J.  C.  Anderson. 

Company  H — William  Canady,  captain ;  John  Canady,  first  lieutenant ; 
Henry  H.  Nevill,  second  lieutenant. 

Company  I — James  H.  Lynch,  captain;  Felix  Randall  and  AmericuE 
Bunch,  lieutenants. 

Company  K — William  W.  Harper,  captain;  0.  T.  Graham,  first  lieu- 
tenant; William  J.  Nevill,  second  lieutenant. 

Company  L — James  P.  Anderson,  captain;  James  Stanbrough  and 
George  W.  Nevill,  lieutenants. 

This  regiment  was  organized  ostensibly  for  home  protection  and 
police  duty,  subject  to  be  called  upon  whenever  needed.  It  was  called  out 
upon  three  occasions,  and  in  all  performed  about  two  months'  service. 


CHAPTER  XXIII 


THE  PRESS. 


FIRST  NEWSPAPER  ESTABLISHED  IN  1S59— EAREY  EDITORS— MEN  WHO  BECAME 
FAMOUS— HARRISON  COUNTY  PRESS— BETHANY  REPUBLICAN— W.  J.  WIGHT- 
MAN— BETHANY  BROAD-AX— OTHER  NEWSPAPERS  IN  THE  COUNTY— BETH- 
ANY  CLIPPER— TRIBUTE   TO    EDWIN    R.   MARTIN — COMPLETE    FILES. 

The  following  article,  written  by  Ada  L.  Wightman,  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Bethany  Clipper  and  now  deceased,  was  published  in  the 
History  of  Northwest  Missouri:  "The  honor  of  establishing  the  first  news- 
paper in  Harrison  County  belongs  to  Edwin  R.  Martin  and  Samuel  Allen, 
who  in  1859  came  from  Memphis,  Missouri,  and  started  the  Bethany 
Star,  an  independent  local  sheet,  the  first  number  of  which  made  its 
appearance  August  4,  1859.  Martin  and  Allen  were  practical  printers. 
The  paper  was  a  six-column  folio.  William  A.  Templenian  purchased  the 
Star  in  1861  and  changed  the  name  to  the  Weekly  Union.  The  circulation 
at  this  time  was  about  600.  In  1863  Heniy  Howe  purchased  the  office 
and  changed  the  name  to  the  Weekly  Union  of  States.  The  next  year 
Mr.  Howe's  sons,  Ed  and  James  Howe,  took  charge  of  the  office,  and  con- 
tinued the  publication  until  1865.  Ed  Howe  is  the  well-known  editor, 
■writer,  lecturer  and  traveler,  now  of  Atchison,  Kansas.  Thomas  D.  Neal 
then  purchased  the  office  and  established  the  North  Missouri  Tribune.  He 
continued  the  publication  until  1872,  at  which  time  it  was  purchased  by 
William  T.  Foster,  and  was  regularly  issued  until  1875,  when  John  H. 
Phillebaum  purchased  the  office.  Mr.  Foster  now  lives  in  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia,  and  is  well  known  over  the  country  as  a  weather 
prognosticator.  Mr.  Phillebaum  changed  the  name  of  the  paper  to  Harri- 
son County  Herald,  and  published  it  until  1876,  when  the  office  was  pur- 
chased by  Al.  S.  Hickman  and  James  P.  Berry.  The  publication  was  soon 
suspended  for  want  of  proper  financial  support. 

In  1868  the  Harrison  County  Press,  a  weekly  independent  sheet,  was 


218  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

established  by  a  stock  company,  with  Colonel  W.  P.  Robinson  as  editor. 
Mr.  Robinson  was  succeeded  by  Paul  Conner,  who  failed  to  make  the  paper 
financially  remunerative.  D.  J.  Heaston  purchased  the  paper  in  1870  and 
changed  the  name  to  the  Bethany  Watchman.  In  1873  the  office  was 
purchased  by  a  stock  company  and  moved  to  Grant  City. 

The  Bethany  Republican  was  established  by  Thomas  D.  Neal,  May 
22,  1873.  He  continued  as  editor  until  the  winter  of  1875,  when  he  sold 
out  to  Walter  J.  Wightman,  who^  changed  the  name  to  the  Harrison 
County  Republican.  Mr.  Wightman  had  previously  published  a  paper,  the 
Harrison  County  Eagle,  at  Eagleville,  moving  an  office  to  that  town  in 
1874  from  Garden  Grove,  Iowa.  Later  a  co-partnership  was  effected  with 
Mr.  Neal,  who  subsequently  purchased  the  entire  interest,  and  ran  the 
paper  until  1881,  when  P'rank  H.  Ramer  became  proprietor  and  editor.  In 
1887  Mr.  Ramer  disposed  of  the  office  to  a  stock  company.  The  Bethany 
Clipper,  which  W.  J.  Wightman  conducted  in  Bethany  from  January,  1883, 
to  December  12,  1887,  was  consolidated  with  the  Bethany  Republican,  and 
Mr.  Wightman  was  made  business  manager  and  editor,  which  position 
he  held  until  his  death,  December  3,  1903.  Mr.  Wightman  had  estab- 
lished and  published  the  Eagleville  Clipper  in  1877  and  the  Blythedalc 
Clipper  in  1880.  Since  1887  Nelson  Church,  Colonel  W.  P.  Robinson, 
Millard  F.  Stookey,  S.  G.  McDowell,  Alex  Reid  and  W.  H.  Crouch  have 
been  on  the  editorial  staff. 

The  first  number  of  the  Bethany  Broad-Ax,  the  democratic  organ 
of  the  county,  appeared  March  8,  1877,  edited  by  D.  J.  Heaston  and  B.  F. 
Meyer.  In  1881  Mr.  Heaston  purchased  the  latter's  interest  and  con- 
tinued the  publication  alone  about  one  year.  He  then  sold  a  half  interest 
to  W.  L.  Robertson,  now  of  the  Gallatin  Democrat.  J.  H.  Cover  purchased 
the  paper  in  January,  1884,  being  in  charge  until  1893,  when  he  sold  out 
to  John  and  Will  Templeman.  Since  then  the  paper  has  been  owned  by 
W.  S.  Van  Cleve,  D.  S.  DeMotte,  and  Dudley  Reid.  At  present  the  editor 
and  owner  is  S.  B.  Strock. 

The  Eagleville  Enterprise  was  established  in  1880  by  J.  Frank  Ward 
and  was  continued  two  years. 

The  Cainsville  Signal  was  started  at  Cainsville  in  1885  by  C.  A. 
Brannon,  and  existed  about  a  year. 

The  Cainsville  News  was  established  by  J.  H.  Rockwell,  of  Iowa,  in 
April,  1885.  S.  P.  Davidson  bought  the  office  in  1887,  and  later  sold  to 
J.  D.  McDaniel,  who  is  now  in  charge. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  219 

In  1882  M.  A.  Thorne  established  the  Ridgeway  Blade,  which  existed 
two  years. 

The  Ridgeway  Free  Press,  by  C.  C.  Bartruff,  was  started  in  1884, 
and  continued  until  1886. 

The  Ridgeway  Journal,  established  by  J.  F.  Jaqua,  was  afterwards 
purchased  by  his  brother,  C.  M.  Jaqua,  who  is  now  editor  of  the  War- 
rensburg  Standard  Herald.  Mr.  Jaqua  sold  to  Frank  Dougherty;  Mr. 
Dougherty  to  F.  M.  Spragg  and  sons,  and  Messrs.  Spragg  to  Harry  Jones, 
who  is  now  in  charge. 

One  of  the  first  editors  of  the  Gilman  City  Guide  was  J.  Bowen. 
The  paper  is  now  edited  by  Albert  L.  Pratt. 

The  New  Hampton  Herald  was  established  by  James  Graves,  who 
also  edited  a  paper  at  Eagleville.    It  is  now  published  by  B.  W.  Lanning. 

The  Bethany  Clipper  was  established  October  14,  1905,  and  is  owned 
and  managed  by  W.  Sam  and  Ada  L.  Wightman. 

Not  often  is  it  recorded  that  a  monument  is  erected  to  the  memory 
of  a  printer.  But  Harrison  County  paid  this  tribute  to  her  veteran 
printer,  Edwin  R.  Martin,  who  died  in  1889.  Mr.  Martin  had  written  a 
book  of  poems  entitled,  "Pansy  Wreath  and  Quiet  Hours."  After  his 
death  his  close  friend  and  co-worker,  W.  J.  Wightman,  had  these  poems 
published  in  book  form  and  from  the  sale  of  the  books  realized  the  sum 
of  $250,  which  purchased  a  substantial  and  beautiful  monument,  now 
marking  the  last  resting  place  of  Edwin  R.  Martin  in  Miriam  Cemetery, 
Bethany. 

Colonel  D.  J.  Heaston,  who  at  different  times  was  connected  with 
the  newspaper  of  the  county,  took  a  special  interest  in  keeping  copies  of 
each  paper  published,  and  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  had  complete 
files  of  all  the  newspapers  published  in  the  county,  including  the  Bethany 
Star,  the  first  paper.  The  fifty  volumes  were  purchased  of  the  estate 
by  W.  Sam  and  Ada  L.  Wightman,  of  the  Bethany  Clipper. 


CHAPTER  XXIV 


QUESTION  OF  COUNTY  SEAT  REMOVAL. 


REASONS  FOR  LOCATING  COUNTY  SEAT— EFFORT  TO  REMOVE  COUNTY  SEAT  IN 
1870 — THE  VOTE  BY  TOWNSHIPS — MEASURE  DEFEATED — DESTRUCTION  OF 
COURT  HOUSE  BY  FIRE  IN  1874— EFFORT  TO  REMOVE  COUNTY  SEAT  TO 
LORRAINE — AGAIN  DEFEATED — SUBMITTED  AGAIN  IN  1880  AND  DEFEATED — 
REMOVAL  TO  RIDGEWAY  SUBMITTED  AND  DEFEATED  IN  1892 — DEFEATED 
AGAIN  IN  1912— BOND  ISSUE   FOR  NEW  COURT   HOUSE  DEFEATED  IN   1912. 

The  county  seat  had  been  located  a  few  miles  south  of  the  geographi- 
cal center  of  the  county.  The  early  settlements  were  generally  made  with 
reference  to  timber  and  water,  hence  the  southern  and  central  parts 
were  sought  by  the  pioneers.  This  in  connection  with  the  fact  that  the 
Iowa  boundary  line  was  a  matter  of  dispute  between  the  states  in  184-5 
probably  induced  the  commissioners  to  locate  the  seat  of  justice  as 
they  did  south  of  the  center  of  the  county. 

With  the  increase  of  the  population  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
county,  and  the  settlement  of  the  boundary  dispute,  a  feeling  began  to 
grow  among  those  in  the  northern  part  of  the  county  desiring  a  re- 
moval of  the  county  seat  to  a  point  nearer  the  geographical  center. 

The  first  definite  action  was  taken  in  the  year  1870  when  a  peti- 
tion signed  by  a  large  number  of  citizens  in  the  central  and  northern 
parts  of  the  county  was  presented  to  the  County  Court  asking  that  the 
proposition  for  removal  be  submitted  to  a  direct  vote  of  the  people.  In 
accordance  with  the  law  relating  thereto  the  court  at  the  October  term, 
1870,  entered  the  following  order: 

"Whereas  it  appearing  to  the  County  Court  within  and  for  Harrison 
County  in  the  State  of  Missouri,  that  at  least  one-fourth  of  the  legal 
voters  of  said  county  have  this  day  submitted  a  petition  to  the  County 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  221 

Court  of  said  county  in  words  and  figures  following,  to-wit: 

"To  the  Honorable  County  Court  for  Harrison  County,  State  of 
Missouri : 

"We,  the  undersigned  legal  voters  of  Harrison  County  in  the  State 
of  Missouri,  respectfully  petition  your  honorable  body  for  a  removal 
of  the  seat  of  justice  of  said  county  from  Bethany  in  said  county,  to 
the  geographical  center  of  said  county,  and  for  an  order  submitting  a 
proposition  for  such  removal  to  be  voted  upon  by  the  voters  of  said 
county  at  the  next  general  ejection  to  be  held  November  8,  1870,  and  for 
such  other  orders  and  proceedings  in  such  case  as  the  law  directs. 

"It  is  therefore  ordered  by  the  County  Court  of  said  County  of 
Harrison  in  the  State  of  Missouri  that  at  the  next  general  election  in 
said  county  to  be  held  on  Tuesday,  November  8,  1870,  at  the  usual  places 
of  voting  in  said  county,  the  proposition  to  remove  the  seat  of  justice  of 
said  County  of  Harrison,  from  the  city  of  Bethany  in  said  county,  to 
the  geographical  center  of  said  county,  the  place  named  in  the  petition, 
be  submitted  to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  county." 

Pending  the  election  the  friends  of  removal  put  forth  all  their  efforts 
in  behalf  of  same,  while  those  opposed  made  a  determined  fight  to  keep 
the  county  seat  at  tfie  original  location. 

The  election  was  held  in  November  with  the  following  result,  by 
townships : 

For  Removal.  Against  Removal 

Union  Township  181  1 

Bethany   Township   39  346 

Cypi-ess   Township   4  162 

Sugar  Creek  Township 160 

Trail  Creek  Township 93  56 

Madisci  Township 125  12 

Clay  Township   116  2 

Marion  Township 168  130 

Lincoln  Township 54  5 

Washington  To\vnship 43  3 

Dallas  Township  32  33 

White  Oak  Township 2  89 

Butler  Township  93 

Totals   857  1,097 


222  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

This,  of  course,  registered  the  defeat  of  the  petitioners  as  by  Section 
30,  Art.  4  of  the  Constitution  (1865)  "two-thirds  of  the  qualified  voters  of 
the  county"  was  necessary  to  a  removal.  See  also  Wagner's  Statutes,  Vol. 
1,  Art.  2,  Chap.  40,  Sec.  22,  "two-thirds  of  the  legally  registered  voters 
of  such  county"  required  for  removal  of  county  seats. 

The  destruction  of  the  court  house  in  January,  1874  served  to  revive 
the  controversy  and  in  January,  1874,  a  large  meeting  to  consider  the 
county  seat  removal  was  had  in  Eageville.  Committees  were  appointed 
to  circulate  petitions  asking  for  another  submission  to  vote  upon  I'emoval 
and  a  subscription  of  $3,000  raised  to  help  defray  the  expense  of  erecting 
the  necessary  public  building  provided  the  removal  be  effected. 

Those  in  favor  of  removal  selected  as  the  site  to  which  removal  was 
asked,  the  town  of  Lorraine,  situated  at  the  center  of  section  12,  township 
64,  range  28,  Jefferson  Township.  It  was  surveyed  into  lots,  which  were 
offered  gratuitously  to  any  persons  who  would  erect  thereon  buildings 
to  cost  at  least  $250. 

The  citizens  of  Bethany  to  counteract  these  movements  raised  by  sub- 
scription the  sum  of  about  $10,000  and  put  their  greatest  energy  forth  to 
secure  the  rebuilding  of  the  court  house. 

The  petition  asking  for  the  removal  was  signed  by  1,850  voters. 
Under  it  the  court,  under  the  law,  ordered  the  submission  to  election  to 
be  held  Tuesday,  November  3,  1874. 

The  election  was  held  accordingly,  resulting  in  a  majority  in  favor  of 
removal,  but  less  than  the  requisite  two-thirds.  The  vote  standing  for 
removal  1,508,  against  removal  1,150.  It  will  be  noted  that  whilst  those 
for  removal  had  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast,  they  had  much  less  than 
the  number  signing  the  petition. 

At  the  general  election  of  1880  the  question  of  removal  of  the  county 
seat  from  Bethany  to  Lorraine  was  again  submitted  to  vote,  resulting  in 
1,310  votes  for  removal  and  2,347  votes  against  removal. 

At  the  November  election,  1892,  action  was  again  had  on  removal 
of  the  county  seat  from  Bethany.  This  time  to  Ridgeway,  located  on  sec- 
tion 3,  township  64,  range  27,  Grant  Township.  The  result  of  this  election 
was  1,480  votes  for  removal  and  2,472  votes  against. 

Thus  the  matter  remained  at  rest  until  the  year  1912  at  which,  upon 
petition  therefor,  the  County  Court  again  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the 
people  the  question  of  removal  of  the  county  seat  to  Ridgeway,  resultino: 
this  time  in  2,304  votes  for  removal  and  2,708  votes  against  removal.    As 


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this  was  the  last  submission  to  date,  battle-scarred  old  Bethany  still  flies 
Old  Glory  from  a  flag  pole  on  the  court  house. 

By  order  of  the  County  Court  a  special  election  was  had  on  July  9, 
1912,  for  the  purpose  of  voting  whether  there  should  be  an  issue  of  bonds 
for  the  sum  of  $100,000  for  the  building  of  a  new  court  house.  The  issue 
of  bonds  was  defeated,  the  vote  standing  for  the  bonds  1,119;  against 
the  bonds,  2,812.  This  was  the  last  attempt  to  build  a  new  court  house 
in  the  county. 


CHAPTER  XXV 


LOCAL  OPTION  ELECTION. 


PETITION  FOR  ELECTION  IN  1888— VOTE  BY  TOWNSHIPS— SUPREME  COURT  DECI- 
SION AFFECTING  SALE  OF  INTOXICANTS— SUBMITTED  AGAIN  IN  1899— THE 
VOTE. 

At  an  adjourned  term  of  the  County  Court,  held  on  Tuesday,  April  3, 
1888,  there  were  present  Albert  Reeves,  Presiding  Judge,  and  Jonn  A. 
DeLong,  Associate  Judge ;  W.  H.  A.  Gillespie,  Sheriff,  and  Wm.  P.  Robin- 
son, Clerk.  When,  among  others,  the  following  proceedings  were  had : 
"In  the  matter  of  petition  for  election  on  local  option: 
"Now  comes  John  S.  Allen,  Sr.,  and  others,  and  presents  to  the  court 
a  petition  signed  by  585  qualified  voters  of  the  County  of  Harrison,  asking 
the  court  to  order  an  election  to  determine  whether  or  not  spirituous  and 
intoxicating  liquors,  including  wine  and  beer,  should  be  sold  within  the 
limits  of  said  county,  said  election  to  be  ordered  and  conducted  under  the 
provisions  of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  said  state  approved  April  5,  1887, 
entitled  an  Act  for  the  preventing  of  the  evils  of  intemperance  by  local 
option  in  any  county  in  this  state  and  in  cities  of  2,500  inhabitanis  or 
more,  by  submitting  the  question  of  prohibiting  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors,  to  the  qualified  voters  of  such  county  or  city,  to  provide  penalties 
for  its  violation  and  for  other  purposes.  And  it  appearing  to  the  court  that 
more  than  one-tenth  of  the  qualified  voters  of  said  county  have  signed 
said  petition  and  it  is  further  proven  to  the  court  that  there  is  no  city 
or  town  in  said  County  of  Harrison  having  2,500  or  more  inhabitants ;  It  is 
therefore  ordered  by  the  court  that  an  election  be  held  in  said  Harrison 
County  on  Saturday,  May  12,  1888,  at  the  usual  voting  precincts  for 
holding  general  elections  for  state  officers,  to  detennine  whether  or  not 
spirituous  and  intoxicating  liquors  shall  be  sold  within  the  limits  of  such 
county.  Such  election  shall  be  conducted,  the  returns  thereof  be  made, 
and  the  results  thereof  ascertained  and  determined  in  accordance  in  all 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  225 

respects  with  the  laws  of  this  state  governing  general  elections  for  county 
officers.  That  all  persons  voting  at  such  election  who  are  against  the  sale 
of  intoxicating  liquors  shall  have  written  or  printed  on  their  ballots  the 
words,  'against  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors,'  and  those  who  are  in 
favor  of  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  shall  have  written  or  printed  on 
their  ballots,  the  words  'for  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors.' 

"It  is  further  ordered  that  notice  of  said  election  be  given  by  publica- 
tion in  the  Bethany  Republican  for  four  consecutive  weeks,  the  last  inser- 
tion to  be  within  ten  days  next  before  said  election." 

At  special  term  of  the  County  Court  held  May  21,  1888,  appears  the 
following  record: 

"Conies  now  W.  P.  Robinson,  county  clerk,  and  presents  the  follow- 
ing certificate: 

"We,  the  undersigned  A.  A.  Williams  and  T.  B.  Ellis,  Justices  of  the 
Peace  of  Bethany  Township,  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  W.  P.  Robin- 
son, County  Clerk  of  said  county,  hereby  certify  that  on  May  16,  1888,  we 
canvassed  the  vote  of  the  various  townships  cast  at  the  special  election 
held  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  on  Saturday,  May  12,  1888,  for  and 
against  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquor  and  find  the  following : 

Majority  Majority 

Township  For  Against  For  Against 

Sugar  Creek 33  32  1 

For  Creek 24  59  ___  35 

Trail   Creek   47  98  ___  51 

Madison 1 64  130  ___  66 

Clay   29  58  ___  29 

Adams 44  58  ___  14 

Sherman 49  52  ___  3 

Grant  Center 18  20  ___  2 

Grant-Ridgeway  26  77  ___  51 

Marion 29  86  ___  57 

North  Colfax 8  36  ___  28 

South  Colfax 25  62  ___  37 

Cypress   54  41  13 

Bethany 227  159  68 

Jefferson  East 27  38  ___  11 

Jefferson  West  38  28  10 

(10) 


226  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 


Union 19 

Hamilton  21 

Butler 62 

White  Oak 100 

Dallas 22 

Washington  30 

Lincoln 40 


70 



51 

50 



19 

53 

9 



80 

20 



89 



67 

60 



30 

52 

— 

12 

1036         1488  121  573 

"In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  this  16th  day  of 
May,  1888. 

"A.  A.  Williams,  J.  P. 

"T.  B.  Elhs,  J.  P. 

"W.  P.  Robinson,  County  Clerk." 

It  appearing  to  the  court  from  the  certificate  of  the  County  Clerk  and 
the  two  Justices  of  the  Peace  that  assisted  him  in  canvassing  and  casting 
up  the  votes  given  at  the  special  election  held  on  May  12,  1888,  in  Harrison 
County,  Missouri,  that  there  were  cast  against  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors  at  said  election  1,488  votes  and  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors 
1,036  votes,  making  a  majority  of  452  votes  against  the  sale  of  intoxicat- 
ing liquor,  it  is  ordered  that  the  said  certificate  of  said  Clerk  and  Justices 
of  the  Peace  be  entered  of  record  and  it  is  further  ordered  that  this 
order  showing  the  result  of  said  special  election  shall  be  published  once  a 
week  for  four  consecutive  weeks  in  the  Bethany  Republican,  being  the  same 
newspaper  in  which  the  notice  of  said  election  was  published. 

The  Act  of  1887  above  contained  a  provision  that  if  a  majority  of 
the  votes  cast  at  such  election  be  against  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors 
that  it  should  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  within  the  limits  of  the  county 
to  directly  or  indirectly  sell,  give  away  or  barter  in  any  manner  what- 
ever intoxicating  liquors  or  beverage  containing  alcohol  in  any  quantity 
whatever,  under  penalties  prescribed. 

At  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  the  Act  by  the  county  and  prior  thereto 
the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  was  under  dramshop  license  therefor,  which 
of  course  was  wiped  out  by  the  adpotion  of  the  local  option  law. 

But  there  was  also  in  effect  a  law  governing  druggists  and  pharmacists 
which  permitted  the  sale  by  them  under  written  prescription  of  a  registered 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  227 

and  practicing  physician  given  to  an  actual  patient  and  it  was  thought  by 
many  that  this  permission  was  abrogated  by  the  absolute  forbidding  clause 
above  quoted,  but  this  mooted  question  soon  reached  the  Supreme  Court 
for  decision  where  it  was  decided,  under  the  rule  that  laws  made  upon  the 
same  subject  should  be  construed  together  that  the  local  option  law  was 
not  aimed  at  the  permission  of  the  pharmacist  but  only  at  the  general 
traffic. 

This  local  option  was  considered  in  force  and  prosecuted  under  for 
several  years,  but  finally  doubts  arose  as  to  the  sufficiency  of  the  length 
of  notice  of  the  required  publication  in  adoption,  and  it  was  abandoned, 
and  for  a  time  prosecutions  thereunder  were  discontinued. 

But  in  1899  another  petition  for  submission  of  said  law  to  an  election 
was  filed,  and  an  order  was  made  submitting  the  adoption  of  said  law  to 
such  vote,  said  election  was  held  pursuant  to  said  order  on  December  9, 
1899,  and  resulted  in  the  adoption  of  said  law  by  a  majority  of  652  votes, 
1,445  for  adoption  and  793  against  adoption,  and  it  again  became  the  law 
of  the  county  and  remained  in  force  until  the  taking  effect  of  prohibition 
on  January  16,  1920. 


CHAPTER  XXVI 


SPANISH-AMERICAN  WAR  AND  MEXICAN  BORDER  TROUBLE. 


ORGANIZATION  OF  COMPANY  G,  FOURTH  REGIMENT — OFFICERS — MUSTER  ROLL- 
VACANCIES  FILLED — COMPANY  CALLED  TO  MEXICAN  BORDER— MOBILIZA- 
TION AT  NEVADA — ENTERTAINED  BY  CITIZENS  AT  BETHANY — OFFICERS — 
PRIVATES — CHRISTMAS  ON  THE  BORDERS-OFFICERS  AND  PRIVATES  AT 
THAT  TIME — SPANISH  AMERICAN  WAR — COMPANY  D.  FOURTH  UNITED 
STATES    VOLUNTEERS— OFFICERS  AND   MEN. 

Organization  of  Company  G,  Fourth  Regiment,  M.  N.  C. 

A  meeting  was  held  in  Bethany,  on  Thursday,  January  29,  1914,  both 
afternoon  and  night  in  the  K.  P.  Castle  Hall  for  the  purpose  of  examing 
recruits  for  a  militia  company,  to  be  organized  in  our  city.  About  eighty 
had  signed  the  muster  roll  and  a  company  was  assured. 

Major  D.  W.  Stepp  and  Lieutenant  Belshe  of  Trenton,  were  here  at 
this  meeting  and  the  organization  of  Company  G,  Missouri  National  Guard, 
was  perfected  with  a  membership  of  more  than  sixty.  The  following 
officers  were  elected  at  this  time:  Captain,  Randall  Wilson;  First  Lieut- 
enant, F.  M.  FVisby;  Second  Lieutenant,  W.  P.  Bryant. 

Muster  Roll. 

Russell  Ballard  Leslie  Porter 

W.  J.  Diers  Harry  Webb 

Herbert  Sutton  Jackson  Walker 

A.  A.  Axline  James  Hampton 

Paul  Flint  William   Hampton 

Hoyt  Tilley  Joe  Neal 

Ross  Barry  Lemmie  Devers 

George  Bryant  Ben  Crouch 

Edwin  Wightman  James  Hogan 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  229 

Joe  Dale  Floyd  James 

R.  L.  Buis  Oka  Miller 

Bud  Wilkinson  John  Walker 

W.  A.  Broyles  Virgil  Nelson 

Joe  Burris  Charles  Wiatt  _ 

James  Howery  Hughbert  Cushman 

Russell  Gale  0.  C.  Street 

Balaam  Miles  H.  L.  Collins 

John  Harbour  D.  F-  Salmon 

Clyde  Sweeten  Elmer  Michael 

•  Charles  Cross  Willie  James 

L.  C.  Taylor  Roy  McCollum 

Wren  Smith  Harvey  Vandiver 

Byron  Meek  '  Karl  Roleke 
Cleo  Burris 

Tuesday,  March  9,  1915,  Company  G  held  an  election  at  their  armory 
for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  first  lieutenant,  the  vacancy  being  caused  by 
the  resignation  of  Lieutenant  F.  M.  Frisby.  Lieutenant  W.  P.  Bryant  was 
nominated  and  as  no  other  nominations  were  announced  was  elected  first 
lieutenant,  unanimously.  Lieutenant  Bryant  made  good  as  second  lieuten- 
ant, and  was  well  deserving  of  his  new  office.  The  office  of  first  lieutenant 
being  filled  the  second  lieutenant's  office  was  open  and  Sergeant  Axline, 
Sergeant  Kavanaugh,  Corporal  Crouch  were  nominated.  Sergeant  Axline 
being  elected  by  a  vote  of  twenty-two  of  the  members  of  Company  G.  The 
Bethany  papers  in  speaking  of  the  promotion  of  Axline  said :  "There  was 
not  a  better  qualified  or  more  deserving  member  of  the  company  than 
Sergeant  Axline  for  second  lieutenant." 

There  were  several  non-commissioned  offices  vacant  at  this  time  and 
were  appointed  in  the  near  future  best  men  of  company.  Then  followed 
a  period  of  weekly  drills  and  a  state  encampment  and  on  June  8,  1916, 
Captain  Wilson  received  official  communication  that  men  would  receive 
$1.00  per  drill  and  same  to  go  into  effect  July  1. 

In  June,  1916,  Company  G  was  called  to  the  colors  by  order  of  the 
President  and  sent  to  the  Mexican  border  to  protect  the  lives  and  property 
of  the  citizens  of  the  United  States  from  outrages  that  were  being  com- 
mitted by  Mexican  outlaws. 

Company  G,  National  Guard  of  Missouri,  with  headquarters  in  Bethany 


230  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

were  ready  to  move  to  their  point  of  mobilization,  Nevada,  Missouri,  and 
all  members  of  the  company  who  were  willing  to  take  the  oath  of  loyalty 
to  the  United  States,  were  under  arms  to  be  sent  to  the  Mexican  border. 
At  this  time  there  was  no  law  to  compel  any  member  of  the  National 
Guard  to  take  the  oath  and  leave  his  state  to  engage  in  warfare. 

A  banquet  and  entertainment  was  given  Company  G  Tuesday,  June 
20,  1916,  under  the  auspices  of  Bethany  Commercial  Club.  There  were 
fathers,  mothers,  wives,  brothers,  sisters  and  sweethearts  at  the  enter- 
tainment which  followed  the  banquet,  and  while  the  occasion  was  a  sad  one, 
all  were  of  the  opinion  that  "our  boys"  were  going  forth  in  defense  of  the 
grand  old  Flag — ^the  Flag  of  flags. 

C.  J.  Carter  acted  as  master  of  ceremonies  and  the  following  program 
was  carried  out: 

Company  G  marched  from  the  dining  room  to  auditorium  of  hall  while 
the  Bethany  Orchestra  played  the  Star  Spangled  Banner. 

Address  by  Mayor  Roleke.  His  remarks  were  well  received  by  all.  He 
read  the  following  resolutions,  which  were  unanimously  adopted : 

"Whereas — Company  G,  National  Guard  of  Missouri,  has  been  called  to 
protect  and  defend  the  flag  of  our  country,  because  of  differences  arising 
between  our  neighbor  republic,  Mexico  and  ourselves ;  be  it 

"Resolved — We  the  citizens  of  Bethany  and  Harrison  County,  State  of 
Missouri,  most  heartily  endorse  the  patriotism  and  readiness  shown  by 
Company  G,  National  Guard  of  Missouri,  to  protect  the  flag,  which  stands 
for  Freedom,  Home  and  Country.    Be  it  further 

"Resolved — While  we  regret  the  unfortunate  circumstances  necessit- 
ating this  call  to  arms,  which  takes  from  our  midst  the  youth  and  bloom 
of  our  manhood.  Having  true  confidence  in  their  ability,  bravery  and  pa- 
triotism, we  humbly  bow  and  bid  them  God-speed." 

Remarks  by  F.  M.  Frisby. 

"America,"  by  audience. 

Remarks  by  Dr.  J.  Walker. 

Remarks  by  Dr.  A.  H.  Vandivert. 

Entertainment  by  Bethany  Minstrels. 

Remarks  by  Captain  Randall  Wilson. 

Remarks  by  Lieutenant  W.  P.  Bryant. 

"Star  Spangled  Banner,"  by  audience. 

Company  G  left  Bethany  for  Nevada  June  23.  Harry  Webb  remained 
here  as  a  recruiting  oflficer  until  June  27,  when  he  went  to  Nevada  with 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 


231 


eight  new  recruits.  The  following  was  the  roster  of  Company  G  who  went 
to  Nevada.  Several  did  not  sign  up  for  service  out  of  the  state  and  returned 
home  before  the  rest  of  the  company  went  on  to  the  border. 

Captain — Randall  Wilson. 

First  Lieutenant — William  P.  Bryant. 

Second  Lieutenant — Arthur  A.  Axline. 

First  Sergeant — Leslie  R.  Porter. 

Quarter  Master  Sergeant — Herman  Kavanaugh. 

Sergeants — Roy  L.  Buis,  James  Hampton,  Ben  G.  Crouch. 

Coiporals — William  J.  Diers,  George  G.  Bryant,  Harley  L.  Collins, 
Watkins  A.  Broyles,  Russell  J.  Ballard,  Herbert  Wilkerson. 

Cooks — James  Taylor,  Lemmie  Devers. 

Musicians — Edwin  Wightman,  William  H.  Hampton. 

Artificer — Oaka  G.  Miller. 

Privates. 


Earl  W.  Brough 
Ross  Barry 
Cleo  Burris 
Bayard  Burgin 
Charlie  Cross 
Joseph  Dale 
Ash  Easton 
Russell  K.  Gale 
John  Harbor 
Floyd  James 
Byron  Meeks 
Balaam  Miles 
Michael  McCollum 
James  Mitchell 
Arthur  Riley 
Delbert  Salmon 
Wren  Smith 
Floyd  Stevenson 
Clyde  Stevenson 
Argil  Tilley 
Omer  Tobias 


Harvey  Vandiver 
John  W.  Walker 
Charles  R.  Wiatt 
Alva  Wilkinson 
Jam.es  Hogan 
Orval  Fruit 
William  Stadlea 
Ernest  King 
Glen  Yeater 
Fred  Higgins 
Joseph  Burris 
John  H.  Casebolt 
Hughbert  Cushman 
Lester  K.  Estep 
Paul  Flint 
James  Howery 
Lloyd  Hardy 
William  K.  James 
Elmer  Michaels 
Lee  G.  Morris 
Roy  McCollum 


232  HISTOKY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Virgil  Nelson  Carlisle  C.  Wilson 

Karl  Roleke  James  R.  Taylor 

Harry  Smith  Fritz  Chipp 

Oscar  C.  Street  John  Maize 

Herbert  Sutton  Laten  Oliver 

Lester  C.  Taylor  Harley  Henry 

Hoyt  G.  Tilley  Ted  Opdyke 

Oliver  Tchudin  Perry  Myers 

Jack  E.  Walker  John  JYanklin 

Harry  Webb  N.  M.  Strait 

At  Christmas  time  at  their  camp  in  Laredo,  Texas,  Company  G  boys 
enjoyed  a  splendid  Christmas  day  and  were  served  the  following  menu : 

Breakfast. 

Ham  and  Eggs 
Cakes  Coffee 

Dinner. 

Oyster  Cocktail 
Olives  Cold  Slaw 

Roast  Young  Turkey 
Cranberry  Sauce  Oyster  Dressing 

Mashed  Potatoes  and  Gravy 

Parker  House  Rolls  Sliced  Tomatoes 

Cake  Ice  Cream  Mince  Pie  Apples 

Cigars  Cigarettes 

Supper. 

IHirkey  Pot  Pie  Jam  . 

Creamed  Sweet  Com  French  Fried  Potatoes 

Pumpkin  Pie  Coffee  Cigars  Cigarettes 

At  this  time  Captain  Wilson,  commanding  Company  G,  had  under  his 
command  the  following  officers  and  men : 
First  Lieutenant — William  P.  Bryant. 
Second  Lieutenant — Arthur  A.  Axline. 
First  Sergeant — Leslie  Porter. 
Mess  Sergeant — Carlisle  R.  Wilson. 
Supply  Sergeant — Herman  L.  Kavanaugh. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 


233 


Ray  L.  Buis 
James  M.  Hampton 
Ben  G.  Crouch 


William  J.  Diers 
George  W.  Bryant 
Herbert  Wilkinson 
Jack  E.  Walker 


Lemmis  Devers 


Burgin,  Bayard  T. 
Burris,  Joseph 
Dillon,  Oscar  N. 
Hardy,  Lloyd  E. 
Higgins,  Fred 
Hollar,  Everett  R. 
James,  William  K. 
Miles,  Balaam  B. 
McCollum,  Michael 
Smith,  Wren 
Taylor,  Leslie  C. 
Walker,  John  H. 
Webb,  William  H. 
Wilkinson,  Alva 
Chipp,  Fritz  H. 


Sergeants. 

Russell  J.  Ballard 
Watkins  A.  Broyles 
Harley  L.  Collins 

Corporals. 

Robert  H.  Cowan 
Omar  M.  Tobias 
Paul  Flint 
Hoyt  G.  Tilley 

Ooks. 

Ora  G.  Moore 

Bugler. 

Edwin  S.  Wightman 

Mechanic. 

Charles  Cross 

Privates. 

Dale,  Joseph  D. 
Darby,  Alva 
Duncan,  Frank 
Easton,  Ashmond  L. 
Estep,  James  K. 
Fi-anklin,  John  H. 
Fruit,  Orval 
Henry,  Harley 
Hogan,  James  G. 
Hunt,  Herman  R. 
King,  Ben 
Maize,  John 
Manor,  John  D. 
Marcum,  Preston  N. 
Marsh,  Willie  D. 


234  HISTORY   OP   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Meek,  Byron  Standlea,  William  M. 

Michael,  Elmer  A.  Stevenson,  Floyd  E. 

Mitchell,  James  H.  Strait,  Noel 

Myers,  Perry  Steuart,  Pearson  D. 

Nelson,  James  V.  Sutton,  Herbert  D. 

Oliver,  Laben  C.  Tobias,  John  B. 

Opdyke,  Ted  VanHoozer,  Carl  V. 

Rupe,  Andrew  P.  Wiatt,  Charley  W. 

Scott,  Robert  D.  Yeater,  Glen 

A  number  of  "G"  boys  signed  up  for  service  out  of  the  state  for  dura- 
tion of  their  original  enlistment  only,  and  as  their  time  expired  they  re- 
turned home  and  took  up  their  various  walks  in  life,  some  in  stores,  in 
banks,  in  offices,  others  back  to  their  Work  in  school.  But  in  March,  1917, 
all  the  boys  were  home  from  border  sei-vice.  At  this  time  another  great 
banquet  was  given  by  the  Commercial  Club  and  many  had  the  opportunity 
to  hear  Captain  Wilson's  interesting  speech  wherein  he  gave  a  brief  synopsis 
of  what  his  company  had  done.  Captain  Wilson  saying  "Not  a  better 
company  on  border." 

SPANISH-AMERICAN  WAR 
Company  D,  Fourth  Regiment,  United  States  Volunteers. 

When  the  United  States  declared  war  against  Spain,  Harrison  County 
responded  promptly.  Company  D,  Fourth  Regiment,  under  Capt.  J.  F. 
Slinger,  left  Bethany  for  service  on  May  10,  1898.  This  company  spent 
several  months  in  various  military  cantonments,  although  it  never  saw  any 
service  out  of  the  United  States. 

Tuesday,  May  10,  1898,  is  a  day  long  remembered  in  the  history  of 
Bethany  for  it  was  the  day  when  Company  D,  Fourth  Regiment  Missouri 
National  Guards  started  for  the  Missouri  troops  rendezvous  at  Jefferson 
Barracks,  St.  Louis.  The  Saturday  before  Captain  Slinger  had  received 
orders  to  have  his  company  ready  to  entrain  on  Tuesday,  and  immediately 
plans  were  laid  to  give  the  boys  a  pleasant  send-off.  A  dinner  was  pre- 
pared by  the  Bethany  ladies  and  served  in  the  armory.  Promptly  at  noon 
Company  D  assembled  at  the  bugle  call  and  Chief  Marshall  R.  H.  Wren 
and  his  aides,  John  M.  McPherson,  Jere  Weidner  and  Joseph  Newland, 


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235 


formed  the  procession  to  escort  the  company  to  the  depot.    It  is  said  that 
in  that  day  there  had  never  before  been  such  a  crowd  in  Bethany. 
Below  are  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  members  of  the  company : 


J.  F.  Slinger,  Captain,  Bethany. 

H.  L.  Stark  First  Lieut.,  Bethany. 

R.  J.  Ramer,  Second  Lieut.,  Bethany. 

Bert  Wren,  First  Sergt.,  Bethany. 

Freeman  Frost,  Second  Sergt.,  Beth- 
any. 

M.  G.  Morgan,  Third  Sergt.,  Bethany 

C.  R.  Lawrence,  Fourth  Sergt., 
Bethany. 

J.  W.  Bradley,  Musician,  Bethany. 

J.  M.  Addison,  Cainsville. 

Lawrence  Arney,  Bethany. 

Fred  Arrasmith,  Bethany. 

Harry  Baker,  Mt.  Moriah. 

C.  L.  Bartlett,  Bethany. 

E.  M.  Berkhimer,  Gilman  City. 

Jay  C.  Barber,  Eagleville. 

J.  W.  Cook,  Bethany. 

C.  0.  Cumming,  Bethany. 

Dan  T.  Davis,  Bethany. 

G.  T.  Dill,  Bethany. 

Roy  Dunkle,  Martinsville. 

Joseph  Fades,  Bethany. 

E.  E.  Easton,  Andover. 

Charles  Epperson,  Bethany. 

George  W.  Foster,  New  Hampton. 

J.  R.  Friend,  Bethany. 

Fred  Fruit,  Bethany. 

C.  S.  Glenn,  Martinsville. 

W.  P.  Glenn,  Martinsville. 

E.  Hall,  Cainsville. 

William  Heaston,  Bethany. 

E.  W.  Hendren,  Bethany. 

A.  T.  Hogan,  Bethany. 


Maurice  Hook,  Bethany. 
R.  C.  Hughes,  Bethany. 
Jacob  Jennings,  Bethany. 
D.  L.  King,  Mt.  Moriah. 
J.  V.  King,  Mt.  Moriah. 
J.  W.  King,  Gardner. 
R.  G.  Lawrence,  Bethany. 

B.  V.  Lewis,  Bethany. 

A.  A.  Long,  Mt.  Moriah. 
M.  Long,  Mt.  Moriah. 
R.  E.  Medworth,  Bethany. 

F.  C.  Misner,  Mt.  Moriah. 
J.  D.  Milligan,  Bethany. 

A.  V.  Madden,  New  Hampton. 
Clyde  Neville,  Bethany. 
0.  P.  Noah,  Bethany. 
J.  M.  Osborn,  Blue  Ridge. 
A.  Perkins,  Ridgeway. 
A.  L.  Piburn,  Bethany. 
H.  G.  Potter,  Blue  Ridge. 
H.  M.  Poynter,  Bethany. 
Elmer  Pryor,  Ridgeway. 
W.  M.  Reed,  Bethany. 
Harry  Robinson,  Bethany. 
J.  W.  Rupe,  Martinsville. 
W.  H.  Smith,  Blythedale. 

G.  C.  Stevens,  Andover. 
Samuel  C.  Spence,  Gardner. 
Albert  Stewart,  Tx'enton. 
G.  H.  Smith,  Martinsville. 

C.  S.  Smith,  Andover. 
Fred  Sutton,  Bethany. 
Ed  Taylor,  Bethany. 
James  Taylor,  Bethany. 


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C.  O.  Toombs,  New  Hampton. 
L.  E.  Terry,  Bethany. 
Charles  Taylor,  Bethany. 
Lewis  Walter,  Gilman  City. 
William  Weese,  Bethany. 
E.  A.  Whitaker,  Bethany. 
S.  H.  Willard,  Hatfield. 
T.  L.  Williams,  Bethany. 


Stanton  Williams,  Bethany. 
James  Wilson,  Bethany. 
R.  E.  Wooden,  Bethany. 
T.  H.  Woodress,  Bethany. 
J.  E.  Young,  Bethany. 
J.  S.  Woodward,  Cainsvllle. 
C.  0.  Young,  Blythedale. 


CHAPTER  XXVII 


WORLD  WAR. 


UNITED  STATES  ENTERS  WORLD  WAR— RESPONSE  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY— SOL- 
DIERS FROM  HARRISON  COUNTY — COMPANY  G  CALLED  INTO  ACTIVE  SERV- 
ICE— OFFICERS — PRIVATES — THIRTY-SIX  GOLD  STARS — FORTY  COMMIS- 
SIONED OFFICERS  FROM  HARRISON  COUNTY — CITED  FOR  DISTINGUISHED 
SERVICE — IN    FLANDERS    FIELDS — ANSWERS — SUMMARY    OF    WORLD    WAR. 

It  is  not  in  the  province  of  this  history  or  within  the  purview  of  this 
short  chapter  to  attempt  a  history  of  the  great  World  War  which  threat- 
ened the  very  foundation  of  civihzation  and  affecting  every  nation  in  the 
world. 

President  Wilson,  in  his  speech  before  Congress,  April  6,  1917,  used 
the  following  eloquent  and  forceful  words  which  found  a  spontaneous 
response  throughout  all  America: 

"Let  everything  that  we  say,  my  fellow  countrymen,  everything  that 
we  henceforth  plan  and  accomplish,  ring  true  to  this  response  till  the 
majesty  and  might  of  our  concerted  power  shall  iill  the  thought  and  utterly 
defeat  the  force  of  those  who  flount  and  misprize  what  we  honor  and  hold 
dear. 

"Germany  has  once  more  said  that  force,  and  force  alone,  shall  decide 
whether  justice  and  peace  shall  reign  in  the  affairs  of  men,  whether  right 
as  America  conceives  it,  and  dominion,  as  she  conceives,  shall  determine 
the  destinies  of  mankind. 

"There  is,  therefore,  but  one  response  for  us;  force,  force  to  the 
utmost,  force  without  stint  or  limit,  the  righteous  and  triumphant  force 
which  will  make  the  law  of  the  world,  and  cast  selfish  dominion  down  in 
the  dust." 

Harrison  County  generously  and  nobly  did  her  part  in  the  great  World 
War  in  both  men  and  money. 


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The  following  is  a  list  of 
World  War: 

Joseph  T.  Arnold 
George  N.  Allen 
A.  A.  Axline 
Lonie  Adams 
Arnold  Allen 
Horace  Allen 
LeRoy  Allen 
Cecil  D.  Alley 
Arthur  Alley 
Carl  Amthes 
Claude  Allen 
Arnold  C.  Allen 
Clarence  Arrasmith 
Lewis  Adams 
Low  G.  Adams 
Lee  R.  Allen 
Charles  Ashford 
Noel  T.  Adams 
George  Guy  Adams 
Clinton  Allen 
E.  Gray  Adams 
Williard  C.  Anderson 
George  A.  Ausmen 
Gilbert  K.  Arney 
Robert  E.  Alsup 
Arvel  D.  Allman 
John  E.  Anderson 
Russell  J.  Ballard 
Leroy  Ray  Buis 
Larence  Bundy 
John  Harvey  Banks 
Edgar  Burton  Bennett 
Tony  W.  Bears 
S.  C.  Browning 
Jess  M.  Brown 
G.  H.  Broyles 


Harrison  County  boys  who  served  during  the 

"W.  A.  Broyles 
George  Bryant 
E.  R.  Burton 
Bayard  T.  Burgin 
R.  C.  Baker 
Leslie  Bandy 
R.  E.  Bain 
Ora  Bain 

James  T.  Browning 
Raymond  Beeks 
C.  L.  Beldon 
George  A.  Bell 
Claude  T.  Best 
Finis  Black 
Vernon  Bloomfield 
Vern  Bondurant 
George  Bocher 
Earl  Bowen 
Garland  Bradney 
Will  E.  Bray 
Paul  H.  Booher 
C.  H.  Bridges 
Hugh  Briniger 
Gordon  Brown 
Jacob  Burks 
Carl  Burris 
Max  Bronkhorst 
Ernest  Burton 
Truman  Burton 
Walter  Bussell 
Adam  Butcher 
Lloyd  Brown 
W.  Claude  Brown 
Harvey  R.  Birt 
Raymond  Burk 
Truman  A.  Bolar 


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239 


Charles  Binii 
D.  Brazell 
Joseph  E.  Blake 
Elvis  Baker 
George  Bergin 
Herbert  P.  Bishop 
Elmer  A.  Bro^vn 
Paul  Brown 
Thomas  E.  Barbour 
Jesse  Floyd  Bollinger 
Garland  R.  Bartlett 
Herbert  P.  Bishop 
Leslie  C.  Blessing 
Winfield  0.  Bowen 
Gleen  D.  Barth 
Francis  A.  Bartlett 
John  D.  Bender 
Salmon  E.  Bosley 
John  W.  Ballew 
Earl  C.  Brown 
Elmer  C.  Brill 
Cleo  S.  Buzzard 
Dee  C.  Brock 
Bertrum  Bryant 
Verbal  S.  Ballard 
George  A.  Bell 
Clark  Biddison 
Cleveland  A.  Baker 
Oran  K.  Blessing 
Oren  E.  Bain 
John  R.  Burk 
Jesse  M.  Brown 
Ira  L.  Buchanan 
Lawrence  L.  Bandy 
Robert  C.  Baker 
Harvey  Brit 
George  Brill 
Thomas  H.  Bishop 


Cleveland  A.  Baker 
John  H.  Banks 
Lue  E.  Baker 
Claude  Best 
Harry  E.  Bicksler 
Blaine  W.  Butler 
Johnson  C.  Barnett 
Dolph  Cain 
William  Campbell 
W.  G.  Carson 
Ira  B.  Chapman 
J.  W.  Childs 
Chester  Colvert 
Robert  H.  Cowan 
Newton  Campbell 
Frank  Clapham 
W.  M.  Claybaugh 
W.  Blain  Clutter 
Fred  Clifton  Collins 
Raymond  Clinkenbeard 
Charles  Carter 
John  A.  Cook 
Lewis  H.  Clutter 
Lewis  M.  Cook 
Nova  H.  Courter 
Arthur  Cable 
Floyd  Collins 
John  0.  Cooper 
Clifford  D.  Chandler 
Thomas  F.  Christie 
Onas  A.  Cunniff 
Manley  S.  Claytor 
Ernest  A.  Cummins 
Vernice  C.  Clutter 
James  A.  Cutshall 
Charles  E.  Carter 
Hershel  Clark 
Orville  Claytor 


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HISTORY 


Butch  B.  Courtier 
Dale  J.  Campbell 
Leonard  D.  Cook 
Clifford  C.  Cisco 
Harry  W.  Corbin 
B.  Leo  Craig 
Roy  E.  Curtier 
Ben  G.  Crouch 
Ellis  M.  Cogdill 
Ralph  E.  Campbell 
Alvan   S.  Crump 
Verne  B.  Campbell 
Roy  W.  Clark 
William  G.  Crabtree 
John  W.  Gumming 
Jess  L.  Chambers 
William  G.  Campbell 
Ernest  E.  Cox 
Ed  Carrico 
Ora  E.  Campbell 
Chester  C.  Colvert 
Frank  Y.  Cramer 
Guy  G.  Crosby 
Melverne  C.  Cole 
Hubbard  R.  Cotton 
John  D.  Cowen 
Floyd  L.  Cochran 
Lawrence  M.  Crossan 
Joe  Dale 
William  J.  Diers 
Frank  Duncan 
C.N.  Dillon 
Edmond  Domey 
Bert  Davis 
George  Davis 
John  D.  Dickerson 
Clyde  0.  Dyer 
Ray  J.  Dewitt 


OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Forest  C.  Deal 
Poter  Davis 
John  W.  Dailey 
Hiram  G.  Depriest 
Roy  E.  Dennis 
Earl  C.  Duncan 
Ross  D.  F.  Dale 
Dean  W.  Davisson 
Paul  J.  Davis 
Thomas  W.  Delf 
George  J.  Dillon 
R.  G.  Dewitt 
Frank  Davisson 
Russell  Edison 
Simpson  B.  Ely 
LeRoy  Evans 
George  W.  Easton 
Lester  C.  Eberhart 
Merrett  C.  Edson 
Hugh  E.  Estep 
Floyd  L.  Edwards 
Will  ElUs 
Ashmon  L.  Easton 
WiUiam  J.  Eckerson 
Gus  V.  Etter 
Clyde  F.  Elmore 
John  Fitzgerald 
Edward  Flint 
Paul  Flint 
Clyde  Fowler 
J.  E.  Frisby 
Orval  Fruit 
Berlie  Fletchall 
John  Fassaris 
Joseph  H.  Frazier 
John  W.  Fitzgerald 
Charles  H.  Foster 
Walker  S.  Flint 


ARMY  TRANSPORT  TRUCKS   PASSING  THROUGH   BETHANY 
DURING   WORLD   WAR 


COMPANY    G.    4TH   REGIMENT.    LEAVING    BETHANY    FOR    THE 
MEXICAN    BORDER 


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241 


Joe  H.  Flint 
James  F.  Frame 
Joseph  A.  Frazier 
Arthur  Fowler 
John  Farber 
Clarence  Fosdick 
George  W.  Frazier 
Joseph  G.  Fridley 
Guy   H.  Furgerson 
Oren  L.  Frizzel 
Ivan  M.  Fancher 
Claude  B.  Flint 
Fred  Flint 
Eddie  Ray  Funk 
Joseph  Frazier 
Russell  Gale 
George  Garton 
Walter  Gleason 
Elmer  W.  Gibson 
Fern  M.  Graham 
Carl  Gillespie 
Will  E.  Gray 
Amos  Gillespie 
Elmer  W.  Gibson 
George  E.  Garton 
Dave  Gilland 
C.  Garvin  Gunn 
Harry  R.  Gannon 
Jean  M.  Gibson 
Samuel  Gault 
W.   Neal  Guyman 
Carl  Gibson 
Emmett  E.  Griffith 
David  H.  Goucher 
Frank  G.  Glendening 
Forest  W.  Girdner 
Max  S.  Gutridge 
Carl  George 
(11) 


Darry  L.  Good 
Loyd  Hardy 
Charles  Hammons 
Otto  P.  Harris 
Cecil  Harris 
Alexander  Harrison 
Samuel  Harvey 
Harley  Henry 
Fred  Higgens 
Harry  Hefiner 
Jerdie  Hogan 
Ray  Hollar 
Glen  V.  Howell 
David  Hoskridge 
Clair  Hughes 
Delmer  Hubbard 
Virgil  Hunt 
Earl  Hunter 
Earl  J.  Howell 
David  Hannah 
Roy  Hobbs 
Lee  Harris 
George  Higgins 
Henry  Homan 
William  Hiatt 
John  Hiatt 
Clarence  Henford 
Leland  L.  Harvord 
John  B.  Hannah 
Otis  Hohn 
Luther  H.  Hams 
Richard  L.  Higdon 
Elmer  D.  Hamilton 
Charles  E.  Hammack 
William  H.  Hampton 
Vernie  W.  Hoover 
Malcolm  E.  Haskins 
John  W.  Haddock 


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HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 


Clifton  Hix 
Frank  Hawkins 
Jacob  Hohn 
Otis  Hahn 
Lcland  L.  Harbord 
Dee  Hunter 
James  E.  Howery 
Arthur  W.  Hammons 
Frank  H.  Hofner 
Richard  L.  Higdon 
Forest  S.  Hunt 
Joseph  C.  Harrold 
James  W.  Henry 
Harry  0.  Hefner 
Earl  C.  Hunter 
Joseph  C.  Harrold 
James  W.  Henry 
V.  V.  Hinkle 
Henry  F.  Honan 
Jacob  C.  Henry 
Frank  Hunt 
Benjamin  H.  Imes 
Ercelle  W.  Johnson 
Nichols  W.  Johnson 
Paul  G.  Johnson 
Arch  Jones 
Glen  W.  Joyce 
Van  L.  Jennings 
Floyd  Johnson 
Gormer  S.  Jordan 
Ben  H.  Jackson 
Harry  L.  Jarman 
Floyd  D.  James 
Iven  Jinks 
Glen  W.  Joyce 
Dennie  Jinks 
William  K.  James 
A.  Floyd  James 


Robert  Kabel 
J.  W.  King 
Ben  King 
Roy  R.  Kelley 
Bertie  Kinkade 
Russell  Kennedy 
Frank  Kinder 
Bert  L.  Kinkade 
Ray  R.  Kelley 
Herman  L.  Kavanaugh 
Doris  I.  Kies 
Oscar  L.  King 
Walter  Kelley 
Joseph  C.  Kinkade 
George  D.  Kinkade 
G.  B.  Kelley 
Albert  C.  Lacey 
Homer  Lewis 
Roe  M.  Lotz 
John  S.  Long 
Max  Lotz 
Fred  Logsdon 
Ernest  A.  Long 
Everett  L.  Luellen 
Hugh  B.  Liberly 
Ray  H.  Lovell 
Francis  E.  Lovell 
Sylvester  Long 
Lloyd  Long 
M.  A.  Larkins 
Milford   Lovell 
Chester  A.  Leggett 
William  A.  Little 
John  T.  Lacy 
Ellis  S.  Lawrence 
Charles  M.  Lowe 
John  A.  Layman 
Fred  L.  Liberey 


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243 


A.  L.  Layman 

Everett  Lewis 

M.  G.  Layson 

Lloyd  Lowe 

Orion  G.  Logan 

Orville  Lindman 

George  E.  Land 

Ota  M'Gee 

Michael  McCauU 

Ralph  McClain 

Neal  McCollun 

Cecil  G.  McDaniel 

Ben  McKinley 

Harold  McCorkle 

Lee  G.  McCoy 

J.  Owin  McCue 
Dewey  McDaniel 
Don  V.  McClure 
Wiley  McGowan 
Harry  McKim 
Leroy  H.  McLey 
Robert  G.  McTeer 
Lewis  J.  Mcintosh 
Vernon  McNeeley 
Pet.  Mcintosh 
Cecil  G.  McDaniel 
Joseph  L.  McGowan 
Will  Carlton  MaGee 
Herman  J.  MaGee 
Frank  McEhilney 
John  D.  Manor 
John  Maise 
Lloyd  E.  Maple 
Willie  Marsh 
Clair  Martin 
George  E.  Martin 
John  H.  Martz 
Byron  Meek 


Jim  Mitchell 
Robert  Mock 
Wilbur  Monson 
Willis  Molton 
Wilbert  W.  Myers 
Morroway  Marsh 
Charles  M.  Myers 
Martin  Mock 
RoUa  Moore 
Earl  Morris 
Tom  Murray 
Guy  Morris 
Roy  W.  Murrin 
Ora  Moore   ^ 
Hugh  Markey 
James  C.  Mitchell 
Lee  0.  Murray 
Orville  Mullinx 
Vernon  0.  Moss 
Thomas  R.  Mullinx 
Howard  P.  Martz 
E.  R.  Marks 
Robert  Mayhugh 
R.  G.  Michaels 
Maurice  L.  Mathew 
Elmer  Mayfield 
Howard  P.  Martz 
Fred  F.  Montgomery 
Alfred  E.  Meek 
Glenn  D.  Morgan 
Anthony  C.  Morris 
Jesse  M.  Miles 
Merle  Aubry  Miller 
John  Harvey  Martz 
Lester  Miles 
Perry  Myers 
Earl  A.  Martin 
Clarence  W.  Martin 


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HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 


Erwin  A.  Miner 
Lee  O.  Murphey 
J.  Albert  Mote 
Virgil  J.  Nelson 
Birt  Nally 
Earl  Neff 
Roy  Nelson 
Clyde  Neville 
Dewitt  Newland 
James  Nicholas 
Joseph  P.  Neel 
Warren  K.  Nelson 
Frank  C.  Nally 
Clarence  Oliver 
C.  L.  Osmon 
John  Owens 
John  M.  Oeasley 
Dean  Oram 
Lloyd  Patrick 
George  Paullin 
Olin  E.  Pearson 
Will  H.  Perry 
Ray  Premier 
Rauren  K.  Price 
A.  L.  Putteroff 
James  R.  Pearson 
Richard  H.  Pash 
Jesse  L.  Peyton 
LeRoy  Pennington 
Charles  Perry 
Russell  Planck 
Jed  E.  Poe 
Claude  Price 
Raymond  Premier 
Willis  G.  Pryer 
Kenneth  A.  Putteroff 
Eugene  Pearson 
Fred  Pelican 


Edson  Perry 
Orville  Persons 
Ralph  Rankin 
Paul  R.  Rardin 
Ralph  J.  Ramer 
L.  Richardson 
Elmer  G.  Rogers 
Stanley  Rucker 
James  P.  Ragan 
U.  L.  Riley 
Charles  Raybum 
Maurice  Richardson 
Elvis  Rice 
Clyde  Riggs 
Robert  Rucker 
Wayne  Rucker 
Harvey  Rodgers 
Alva  Richardson 
Mark  Riley 
Edwin  Richardson 
Garland  Reeves 
Lloyd  Ristine 
E.  F.  Rogers 
Ezra  Rounder 
Samuel  Rhodes 
Lew  E.  Ray 
Earnest  Salles 
Neil  Sandage 
Robert  D.  Scott 
Lewis  M.  Sailers 
Herbert  E.  Shipley 
James  K.  Skelton 
Ludwick  gkakal 
Gerald  Skinner 
Charles  Smith 
Henry  I.  Smith 
Wren  Smith 
Ray  E.  Smith 


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245 


Henry  E.  Smith 
Ward  Smoothers 
Ralph  Stanley 
Melvin  Spring- 
Floyd  Stephenson 
Estel  Stewart 
Winford  Stuckley 
Noel  Straight 
Eugene  A.  Southerland 
Herbert  D.  Sutton 
Ellis  Shackelford 
Oscar  G.  Sharp 
Lee  Sheets 
Walter  Sheppard 
William  J.  Sherrall 
Harry  D.  Shipley 
H.  C.  Shirer 
Melverne  Sigler 
Vandelin  Skakal 
Ivan  Slaughter 
Garland  W.  Smith 
Gerald  Smothers 
Loren  E.  Snyder 
Glenn  H.  Summers 
Elbert  W.  Spencer 
Carl  Spurling 
Harry  H.  Stallsworth 
Earl  R.  Stephens 
Chancey  J.  Street 
Chacey  Street 
Boyd  Shaw 
Otto  Skakel 
George  L.  Shaw 
Henry  H.  Stallsworth 
Charles  C.  Swiggart 
Jess  W.  Stahl 
John  W.  R.  Shafer 
Lovell  Smith 


Ray  Sylvester  Schiefelbush 

William  Thomas  Stephenson 

Edmond  Stanley 

Sankey  Simms 

Silas  M.  Swartz 

James  R.  Solomon 

J.  B.  Weaver  Smith 

Sylvester  Snelling 

Ellis  Shackelford 

Wain  Switzer 

William  S.  Scott 

Earl  Sanders 

Orange  L.  Spears 

Floyd  Snead 

Frank  E.  Stahl 

Forest  Thompson 

John  M.  Tobias 

Vernan  H.  Tobias 

Joel  Todd 

Fred  Tucker 

Orville  Tilley 

James  H.  Turner 

Leland  Turner 

Fletch  Turner 

Richard  0.  Taff 

George  Taylor 

Thomas  Leo  Taylor 

George  Thoming 

HeiTTian  Carl  Thoming 

John  Henry  Thoming 

William  Thoming 

James  Ray  Tilley 

Ora  Tilley 

Hoyt  Tilley 

Omer  Tobias 

Francis  L  Towns 

Leonard  Trammel 

C.  B.  Treasure 


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HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 


Ray  Tripp 
Oscar  Tschudin 
Ralph  Tripp 
Robert  Turpin 
John  James  Todd 
Charles  Terry 
George  Turpin 
Paul  Travis 
Charles  Todd 
Charles  L.  Ury 
Charles  Updegraff 
Richard  Valentine 
E.  Valintine 
Paul  VanZant 
Kieth  VanZant 
Robert  Vanviver 
Jack  Walker 
C.  J.  Ward 
Ira  Weekley 
Bert  Widner 
Fred  Wheeler 
Earl  Waddilove 
Edmond  Wightman 
Herbert  Wilkinson 
Levi  Wilkinson 
Dolph  Wilson 
Randall  Wilson 
Albert  Wooden 
Harry  D.  Wright 


Charles  Wallace 
David  Wallace 
Gordon  P.  Way 
Walter  Weese 
A.  L.  Wessing 
Ross  Wheeler 
Elmer  Whittington 
Wilber  Whittington 
James  P.  Wiatt 
Harlin  Williams 
Arthur  Wilson 
Dockery  Wilson 
William  H.  Wilson 
H.  A.  Wagner 
Moss  Weldon 
Paul  G.  Wiatt 
Frederick  Wise 
Jess  V.  Whittington 
George  H.  Willis 
Earl  Williams 
Carlisle  "Chuck"  Wilson 
Harry  F.  Youngman 
Glen  Yater 
Joe  Young 
Austin  Young 
William  T.  York 
Stacey  Youngman 
Kelsey  Zimmerlee 
Ralph  Zimmerman 


The  above  list,  while  no  doubt  incomplete  and  some  names  are  omitted, 
is  the  most  complete  list  obtainable.  This  was  furnished  through  the 
courtesy  of  E.  Newton  Carter,  county  superintendent  of  the  schools. 

In  April,  1917,  the  United  States  declared  there  was  a  state  of  war- 
fare existing  between  the  United  States  and  Gei-many  and  in  August 
Company  G  was  again  called  into  service,  and  August  13  left  for  Nevada 
and  from  there  the  Fourth  Regiment  was  sent  to  Fort  Sill,  Oklahoma, 
for  intensive  training  and  for  the  purpose  of  preparing  to  serve  America 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  247 

hi  the  great  World  War.     The  following  officers  and  men  composed  the 
roster  of  Company  G  when  they  left  Bethany : 

Captain:  Randall  Wilson,  Bethany. 

First  heutenant:  Arthur  A.  Axline,  Bethany. 

Second  lieutenant:  Carlisle  R.  Wilson,  Bethany. 

Sergeants:  First,  Ray  Leroy  Buis,  Bethany;  mess,  Robert  Hugh 
Cowan,  Bethany;  supply,  Omer  M.  Tobias,  Bethany;  Loyd  E.  Hardy, 
Bethany;  Oscar  N.  Dillon,  Bethany;  Russell  J.  Ballard,  Bethany;  George 
W.  Bryant,  Bethany;  Jackson  E.  Walker,  Bethany. 

Corporals:  Fred  Higgins,  Ridgeway;  Bayard  T.  Burgin,  Bethany; 
Everett  R.  Hollar,  Rathburne,  Idaho;  Laben  C.  Oliver,  Ridgeway;  Harley 
Henry,  Ridgeway;  Robejit  D.  Scott,  New  Hampton;  John  B.  Tobias, 
Bethany. 

Cooks:  Ora  G.  Moore,  Eagleville;  James  H.  Mitchell,  Bethany. 

Buglers:  Glen  Yeater,  Ridgeway;  Ercelle  W.  Johnson,  Ridgeway. 

Mechanic:  Ben  King,  Bethany. 

First  class  privates:  Frank  Duncan,  Ridgeway;  Orval  Fruit,  Bethany; 
John  Maize,  Bethany. 

Privates:  Glen  Anderson,  Sheridan,  Missouri;  Frank  J.  Alexander, 
Saint  Joseph ;  Orval  Baker,  Ford  City ;  Lou  E.  Baker,  New  Hampton ; 
David  L.  Baker,  Brookfield,  Missouri;  Harvey  J.  Banks,  Eagleville;  Scott 
Barnes,  Kirksville ;  George  W.  Bivens,  Brookfield,  Missouri ;  Elige  Brayley, 
Milan ;  Pearl  Bragg,  Kirksville ;  Edward  P.  Burton,  Milan ;  Roy  C.  Carmer, 
Boynton;  Charley  Carter,  Hatfield;  James  M.  Chittum,  Siloam;  William 
M.  Cordle,  Downing;  Thomas  Creek,  Darlington;  Alva  Darby,  Denver; 
George  M.  Davis,  New  Hampton ;  Herman  L.  Dinsmore,  Cainsville ;  Lee 
Dolan,  Novinger;  Olney  B.  Dolon,  Kirksville;  Ashmond  L.  Easton,  Beth- 
any; James  K.  Estep,  Bethany;  Clyde  L.  Fowler,  Blythedale;  John  H. 
Franklin,  Davis  City;  Russell  K.  Gale,  Bethany;  Ray  B.  Garrett,  Milan; 
Forest  S.  Gibler,  Spickard;  Francis  S.  Goodrich,  Saint  Joseph;  Lee  S. 
Glidewell,  Milan ;  Jay  A.  Gray,  Unionville,  Missouri ;  Paul  A.  Gregory, 
Albany ;  Arthur  F.  Grindstaff ,  Boynton,  Missouri ;  Fred  V.  Guffey,  Union- 
ville, Missouri;  Orval  T.  Guthery,  Saint  Joseph;  John  G.  Hall,  Kirksville; 
Cecil  Harris,  Bethany;  James  Harris,  Milan;  Otto  P.  Harris,  Lamoni; 
Joseph  M.  Hauber,  Saint  Joseph ;  George  R.  Harrelson,  Boynton,  Missouri ; 
James  L.  Henry,  Ridgeway;  John  D.  Hiatt,  Bethany;  William  A.  High, 
Boynton ;  Jerdie  Hogan,  New  Hampton ;  Ray  V.  Hobbs,  Eagleville ;  George 
L.   HoUiday,   Pollock;   Raymond    E.    Hollon,   Milan;    Emerson   Hoselton, 


248  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Milan;  Earnest  Hudnall,  Milan;  Herman  R.  Hunt,  Bethany;  Clarence 
Ismael,  Greencastle;  Clyde  Jackson,  Milan;  Clarence  M.  Johnson,  Milan; 
Nicholas  W.  Johnson,  Bethany;  William  F.  Kinder,  Bethany;  Edwin  E. 
Larson,  Princeton;  Joseph  P.  Leslie,  Milan;  Leo  G.  Long,  Lexington;  Lee 
G.  McNutt,  Sedalia;  Cecil  G.  McDaniel,  Cainsville;  John  D.  Manor,  Eagle- 
ville;  Willie  D.  Marsh,  Ridgeway;  John  Mersman,  Boynton,  Missouri; 
Richard  L.  Meyers,  Cincinnati,  Iowa;  Joseph  D.  Morgan,  Milan;  Earl 
Montgomery,  Eagleville;  Edward  Morris,  Brookfield;  Gurney  F.  Mullinex. 
Unionville,  Missouri ;  James  V.  Nelson,  Bethany ;  Ted  Opdyke,  Ridgeway ; 
Wilbur  C.  Odam,  Unionville,  Missouri ;  Melvin  H.  Painter,  Mexico ;  Lemiel 
A.  Parks,  New  Hampton;  George  L.  Preston,  Cainsville;  Clarence  C.  Poe, 
Albany;  John  W.  Powell  Kirksville;  Paul  Rardin,  Ridgeway;  Melvin  N. 
Richardson,  Brookfield;  William  F.  Rowlett,  New  Hampton;  William  M. 
Rogers,  Boynton,  Missouri;  Earnest  Sallee,  Bethany;  Claude  E.  Sears, 
Milan;  Sam  Shelton,  Kirksville;  Thomas  C.  Shipps,  Princeton;  John  L. 
Siddens,  Bethany;  Eddie  Sims,  Unionville;  Willie  Six,  LaPlata;  Ward  M. 
Smothers,  Eagleville ;  James  Spake,  Brookfield ;  William  M.  Standela,  King 
City;  John  T.  Stanton,  Unionville;  Floyd  E.  Stevenson,  Bethany;  Richard 
H.  Stewart,  Bethany ;  John  S.  Stephens,  Stanberry ;  Noel  Strait,  Bethany ; 
Pearson  D.  Stuart,  Stanberry;  Dewey  A.  Stufflebean,  Milan;  Claud  M. 
Stuff lebean,  Milan;  Roy  C.  Stephenson,  Gallatin;  Herbert  D.  Sutton, 
Bethany;  James  E.  Tipton,  Milan;  Albert  Tipton,  Milan;  Liga  R.  Thomp- 
son, Cainsville ;  Vernon  Tobias,  Bethany ;  Jess  Veach,  Kirksville ;  Carl  V. 
VanHoozer,  New  Hampton;  Robert  Veach,  Kirksville;  Dewey  Wade,  Se- 
dalia; Ralph  Z.  Watson,  Metcalf,  Illinois;  Vema  E.  Watterbarger,  Milan; 
James  C.  Watterbarger,  Milan;  Walter  T.  Weese,  Hatfield;  Floyd  West, 
Boynton,  Missouri ;  Charley  C.  Wilson,  Boynton ;  Hugh  Willis,  Milan ;  Lee 
G.  Williams,  Denver;  Levi  C.  Wilkinson,  Bethany;  Vale  G.  White,  Saint 
Joseph;  Lemuel  Wood,  Allendale;  Louie  G.  Yoakum,  Brookfield;  Marshall 
G.  Yardley,  Boynton. 

Reserve :  Harley  L.  Collins,  Bethany ;  Charles  Cross,  Saint  Joseph ; 
Joseph  D.  Dale,  Bethany;  William  J.  Diers,  Kansas  City;  Paul  Flint, 
Bethany;  Hoyt  G.  Tilley,  Bethany;  Byron  Meek,  Bethany;  Elmer  A. 
Michael,  Bethany ;  Wren  Smith,  Bethany ;  Charley  Wiatt,  Bethany ;  Edwin 
S.  Wightman,  Bethany. 

Company  G  belonged  to  One  Hundred  Thirty-ninth  Infantry.  They 
left  Camp  Doniphan,  Oklahoma,  on  their  way  to  France,  by  way  of  Camp 
Mills,  Mineola,  New  York,  in  April,  1918,  and  set  sail  for  France  on  April 


CAPT.   CARLISLE   R.    -CHUCK"    WILSOX   AND   LIEUT.   ARTHUR  A.   AXLINE 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  249 

25,  1918.  Landing  in  England  they  remained  there  but  a  short  time — 
going  from  there  to  France.  Their  movements  as  a  part  of  the  great 
Thirty-fifth  Division  is  chronicled  elsewhere.  April  25,  1919,  the  Thirty- 
fifth  Division  docked  at  Newport  News,  New  Jersey. 

The  Thirty-Six  Gold  Stars  on  the  Harrison  County  Service  Flag. 

Axline,  Arthur  Andrew:  Killed  in  action  at  Battle  of  the  Argonne 
in  France,  September  28,  1918,  aged  twenty-nine  years,  eleven  months, 
one  day.  Was  first  lieutenant  Company  G,  One  Hundred  Thirty-ninth, 
but  at  time  of  death  was  commanding  Company  E.  Son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
C.  A.  Axline,  of  Bethany. 

Bears,  Tony:  Killed  in  action  in  France  July  20,  1918.  His  sister, 
Mrs.  Arthur  Stanley,  lives  m  Bethany. 

Browning,  Carroll:  Killed  in  action  in  France,  September  12,  1918. 
Son  of  Duff  Browning,  of  New  Hampton.  Was  in  Casual  Department, 
Eighty-eighth  Division. 

Carter,  Charles  Madison:  Died  in  France  in  October,  1918,  aged 
twenty-three  years,  nine  months.  Was  member  of  Company  G,  One 
Hundred  Thirty-ninth  Infantry.  His  home  was  in  Hatfield.  Son  of  Mrs. 
Margaret  Carter. 

Carrico,  Ed:  Killed  in  action  in  France,  August  23,  1918.  Son  of 
Mrs.  Emily  Brown,  of  Akron.     He  was  aged  twenty-four  years. 

Chipp,  Fritz  H. :  Died  of  diphtheria  at  Camp  Mills,  Mineola,  Long 
Island,  New  York,  April  22,  1918,  aged  twenty  years,  one  month,  fourteen 
days.  He  was  the  son  of  J.  J.  and  Fannie  Dunham-Chipp  and  grandson 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  A.  Dunham.  He  was  a  member  of  Company  G. 
One  Hundred  Thirty-ninth  Infantry — Company  G's  first  sacrifice. 

Crump,  Roscoe :  Son  of  James  Crump,  of  Oilman  City.  Died  in  camp 
in  March,  1919.  Enlisted  in  limited  service,  after  having  failed  to  pass 
examination  with  the  big  contingent  that  left  here  for  Des  Moines. 

Corbin.  Harry:  Died  of  influenza  at  Waco,  Texas,  in  October,  1918. 
His  home  was  at  Gilman  City. 

Collins,  Sergeant  Andrew  Floyd :  Died  of  influenza  at  Camp  Funston, 
Kansas,  October  8,  1918 ;  aged  twenty-five  years,  six  months,  twenty-eight 
days.    He  was  a  son  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Collins,  of  Sherman  Township. 

Cook,  Leonard  D.:     Died  of  influenza  at  Camp  McArthur,  Waco, 


250  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Texas,  October  16,  1918;  aged  twenty-one  years,  eleven  months,  one  day. 
Son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Cook,  of  Eagleville. 

Duncan,  Frank  Wilber:  Died  in  action  in  France  September  5,  1918. 
Son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Duncan,  of  New  Hampton. 

Drury,  Amos  K. :  Died  of  influenza  at  Camp  Funston,  Kansas,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1918;  aged  twenty-six  years,  six  months,  twenty-two  days.  Son 
of  Thomas  and  Etta  Drury,  of  Akron.  Member  of  Field  Hospital  Com- 
pany No.  240. 

Flint,  Paul:  Son  of  A.  J.  and  Mrs.  Ruth  Flint,  of  near  Bethany. 
Died  of  pneumonia  April  16.  Member  of  Company  G,  One  Hundred 
Thirty-ninth  Infantry. 

Fuston,  Willard:  Died  of  influenza  at  Camp  Funston,  Kansas,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1918;  aged  twenty-seven  years,  six  months,  twelve  days.  Son  of 
George  and  Mrs.  Fuston,  of  near  Martinsville. 

Gibson,  Coi-poral  Elmer  W. :  Died  in  France  from  wounds  received 
in  action  October  9,  1918.  Was  son  of  A.  J.  and  Alice  Gibson,  of  Mel- 
bourne. He  was  aged  twenty-five  years,  one  month,  two  days.  Member 
of  Company  L,  Fourth  Infantry. 

Green,  Ray  L. :  Died  of  pneumonia  in  France,  October  12,  1918.  His 
home  was  in  Bethany. 

Gillespie,  Claude:  Died  of  influenza  at  Camp  Custer,  Michigan, 
October  11,  1918 ;  aged  twenty-four  years,  one  month,  four  days.  Son  of 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Gillespie,  of  Ridgeway. 

Harris,  Roy:  Died  of  influenza  at  Camp  Funston,  Kansas,  Octo- 
ber 11,  1918;  age  twenty-eight  years,  eight  months,  fourteen  days.  His 
home  was  near  Blythedale. 

Harris,  Cecil:  Killed  in  action  in  France  between  September  28  and 
October  2,  1918.  Born  March  16,  1889.  Son  of  Dave  and  Nellie  Harris, 
of  near  Bethany.  Was  member  of  Company  G,  One  Hundred  Thirty- 
ninth  Infantry. 

Hawkins,  Francis  U.:  Killed  in  action  in  Fi'ance  October  22,  1918; 
aged  thirty-one  years,  ten  months,  ten  days.  Was  son  of  James  Hawkins, 
of  near  Bethany.  Received  training  at  Camp  McArthur,  Texas.  Left 
Bethany  May  11,  1918;  sailed  from  Camp  Merritt,  New  Jersey,  for  France 
August  17,  1918. 

Harrold,  Sergeant  Joseph  Clinton:  Died  of  pneumonia  at  Fort  Riley, 
Kansas,  October  6,  1918;  aged  twenty-four  years,  sixteen  days.  Son  of 
Joel  and  Jane  Harrold,  of  near  Blythedale. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  251 


Higgins,  George:  Died  in  France,  March  8,  1919,  of  wounds.  Son 
^f  Mr  nnii  Mrs   Abe  Higgins,  of  Oilman  City. 

;„h„son  Cha*s:  DM  of  influenza  at  Camp  Funston,  Kansas,  Octo- 
ber 1918.    His  home  was  in  Mount  Moriah.  „  ^  .  ,  ,r  ,ci,a 

Johnston  Dr  Frank:  Died  ot  pneumonia  in  France  October  16.  1918. 
He  wt  mirrie"  0.  March  6.  1918,  to  M.ss  Edith  Foster,  of  Bethany.    He 

was  aged  twenty-seven  years.  .      m,  v,„me  was  in 

King,  Raymond:     Died  in  France  of  mfluenia.     His  home  was 

""  Mdvin  Alien,  of  United  States  Navy:    Died  at  home  of  mother 
Mrs.  Gra''t  Long,  near  Bethany.  December  4,  1918,  aged  twenty-two  years. 

""'"LZi^Eimer:  Ted  of  influenza  at  Camp  Funston.  Kansas,  in  Octo- 
u^T-  1018     His  home  was  at  Mount  Moriah. 

"'■•ZanS    nlvey  C:     Died  of  pneumonia  at  «-- ^^^-^ 
^nint  Louis   October,  1918;  aged  thirty  years,  one  month,  one  day.     Was. 
Sn  of  Editor  5   D.  and  Mrs.  McDaniel,  of  Gainesville.    Was  m  service  as 

^^XtrCral  Gharles  Frederic.   ("Teddy"):    Died  on  battlefieM 
of  F^nce  September  27,  1918.    He  was  a  son  of  S.  S.  and  Rose  B.  Opdyke, 
Rd;ely.  Member  of  Gompany  G,  One  Hundred  Thirt.^ninth  Infantry 
Opdyke,  John:    Died  of  influenza  at  Gamp  Funston,  Kansas,  October 
9  1918     Son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Opdyke,  of  Mount  Monah. 
'     Patterson,  Roy:  Died  January  7,  1918,  of  tonsilitis,  at  Fen.  McArthur, 
Waco  Texas.    He  was  a  son  of  T.  B.  Patterson,  of  Gilman  City^ 

Phillips,  George  Monson:  Killed  in  action  in  France  October  5,  1918 , 
aged  twenty-two  years,  Ave  months,  four  days.  He  was  the  son  of  Ms 
Ida  Phillips,  of  Bethany.  He  was  a  member  of  Gompany  L.  Fo-th  In 
fantry.  Left  Bethany  September  7,  1917  ;  sa.led  or  France  Apd  27  1918. 
Rice  Gecil:  Son  of  Mrs.  Garret  Rice,  died  April  2,  1918,  at  Foit 
Logan,  Colorado,  of  scarlet  fever  and  complicati^ons  developing  pi.eu- 
monia.     He  was  a  flrst-class  private,  detachment  Quartei-maserCoips. 

Shipps,  Thomas.  Killed  in  action  in  France,  September  26,  1918^  He 
was  aged  Uventy-one  years,  six  months,  one  day.  His  brothe  ^  E. 
Shipps,  lives  near  Mount  Moriah.  Thomas  was  a  member  of  Gompany  G, 
One  Hundred  Thirty-ninth  United  States  Infantry. 

Skelton,  Polk:    Son  of  James  and  Rebecca  Skelton,  of  Hatfield,  died 
from  wounds  in  France  July  17,  1918. 


252  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Wilson,  Carlisle  "Chuck":  Died  in  France  November  7,  1918,  from 
wounds  received  in  battle  of  the  Argonne  Forest  on  September  27,  1918. 
Son  of  J.  C.  and  Alice  Wilson  and  was  aged  twenty-seven  years,  three 
months,  nine  days.  Was  captain  of  Company  G,  One  Hundred  Thirty- 
ninth  Infantry. 

Commissioned  Officers — Harrison  County  Furnished  Forty  in  the 

World  War. 

Axline,  Arthur;  first  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 

Bolin,  ;  first  lieutenant  Veterinary  Corps,  Ridgeway. 

Brown,  Lloyd  N. ;  first  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 
Broyles,  Glen  H. ;  major  Hospital  Corps,  Bethany. 
Broyles,  Watkins  A. ;  first  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 
Buis,  Roy;  first  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 
Burris,  Carl;  second  lieutenant,  Ridgeway. 
Bryant,  George,  second  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 
Bussell,  Walter;  second  lieutenant  infantry.  Mount  Moriah. 
Chiles,  J.  W. ;  captain  Dental  Corps,  Ridgeway. 
Chipp,  Dr.  J.  J. ;  captain  Medical  Corps,  New  Hampton. 
Cole,  Melverne  C. ;  second  lieutenant  aviation,  Bethany. 
Collins,  Harley;  captain  infantry,  Bethany. 
Crossan,  Laurence;  second  lieutenant  quartermaster,  Bethany. 
Duncan,  Earle,  second  lieutenant  infantry.  New  Hampton. 
Flint,  Joe;  second  lieutenant  aviation,  Bethany. 
Frisby,  Elliott;  captain  infantry,  Montana. 
Gunn,  C.  Gai-vin;  second  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 
Hinkel,  Victor  V. ;  first  lieutenant  Dental  Corps,  Ridgeway. 
Kirby,  O.  W. ;  first  lieutenant  Veterinary  Corps,  Ridgeway. 
Lewis,  William  C. ;  second  lieutenant  Air  Service,  Bethany. 
Martin,  Earl  A. ;  first  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 
Magee,  William;  second  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 
Markey,  Hugh  Francis;  second  lieutenant  Quartermaster  Corps,  Gil- 
man  City. 

Miner,  Erwin;  second  lieutenant  Quartermaster  Corps,  Ridgeway. 
Neff,  C.  Earl;  second  lieutenant  field  artillery,  Bethany. 
Price,  Dr.  John;  first  lieutenant  Medical  Corps,  Mount  Moriah. 
Quinlan,  M.  J. ;  first  lieutenant  Dental  Corps,  Gilman  City. 


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Ramer,  Ralph;  captain. 

Ray,  Harvey;  second  lieutenant  coast  artillery,  Bethany. 

Reilly,  Hugh  F.  Jr.;  second  lieutenant  Quartermaster  Corps,  Gil- 
man  City. 

Sigler,  Melverne  C. ;  captain  infantry,  Bethany. 

Slaughter,  Ivan;  second  lieutenant  aviation,  Bethany. 

Smith,  Wren;  second  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 

Tobias,  Omer  M. ;  first  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 

Treasurer,  Doctor;  first  lieutenant  Dental  Corps,  Ridgeway. 

Ury,  Lloyd;  first  lieutenant  Veterinary  Corps,  Ridgeway. 

Wilson,  Randall;  major  infantry,  Bethany. 

Wilson,  Carlisle  W. ;  captain  infantry,  Bethany. 

Wilson,  Dockery;  first  lieutenant  infantry,  Bethany. 

The  following  Harrison  County  boys  were  cited  for  special  acts  of 
heroism  in  the  World  War: 

Captain  Randall  Wilson,  One  Hundred  Thirty-ninth  Infantry,  com- 
manded a  small  detachment  in  an  advanced  position  north  of  Chaurdon 
farm  and  covered  the  evacuation  of  many  wounded  from  farm,  remaining 
on  duty  twenty-six  hours,  repelling  attacks  made  by  the  enemy  and  re- 
turned only  when  evacuation  of  the  wounded  was  completed.  (September 
29-30,  1918.)  Captain  Wilson  lives  at  Bethany  and  commanded  Company 
G,  Fourth  Missouri  Infantry.  He  served  with  the  Missouri  troops  on 
the  Mexican  border.  Since  his  citation  he  was  made  major.  He  is  a  son 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Wilson. 

First  Lieutenant  Carlisle  R.  Wilson,  deceased.  One  Hundred  Thirty- 
ninth  Infantry,  was  cited  for  extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Mont- 
blainville,  France,  September  27,  1918.  He  was  a  son  of  Judge  and  Mrs. 
J.  C.  Wilson,  of  Bethany.  His  citation  reads:  "In  order  to  establish  and 
maintain  liaiso  with  the  adjacent  division  Lieutenant  Wilson,  though 
wounded,  led  his  men  along  the  valley  of  the  Cise  River  and  across  a 
bridge  through  the  heaviest  kind  of  artillery  and  machine  gun  fire.  He 
died  soon  after  this  exploit  from  the  wounds  received."  Before  Carlisle's 
death  he  was  made  captain. 

The  details  of  the  citation  of  Sergeant  Jackson  Elbert  Walker  were 
transmitted  in  general  orders  to  the  unit  commander  August  7,  1918. 
Special  citation  was  included  for  Lieutenanti  C.  Thomas  Hopkins,  of 
Wichita,  the  first  Wichita  man  killed  in  France.  Lieutenant  Hopkins 
dashed  through  a  barrage  of  artillery  and  machine  gun  fire  to  rescue  a 


254  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

wounded  private,  who  had  become  entangled  in  the  barbed  wire,  and  was 
wounded  himself  in  the  attempt.  Sergeant  Walker  crept  through  the 
barrage  and  rescued  both  the  wounded  private  and  Lieutenant  Hopkins, 
who  died  soon  afterward.  Sergeant  Walker  was  sent  back  to  the  United 
States  as  an  instructor  and  assigned  to  the  Tenth  Division  at  Camp 
Funston,  from  which  camp  he  received  his  honorable  discharge.  He  is 
the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  L.  Walker. 

In  Flanders  Fields. 

The  poem  "In  Flanders  Fields,"  generally  considered  the  finest  lyric 
called  forth  by  the  war,  was  written  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  McCrae, 
of  the  Canadian  Expeditionary  Forces  in  France.  He  was  in  continuous 
service  from  the  outbreak  of  the  war  until  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  at  Boulogne,  France,  January  28,  1918.  In  his  answer,  Mr. 
Galbreath  voices  the  rising  spirit  of  America  that  led  our  khaki-clad  boys 
by  the  millions  to  the  theater  of  war.  Both  poems  have  been  widely  pub- 
lished. 

In  Flanders  Fields. 

(By  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  McCrae.) 

In  Flanders  fields  the  poppies  blow 
Between  the  crosses,  row  on  row. 
That  mark  our  place;  and  in  the  sky 
The  larks,  still  bravely  singing,  fly, 
Scax'ce  heard  amid  the  guns  below. 
We  are  the  dead.    Short  days  ago 
We  lived,  felt  dawn,  saw  sunset  glow. 
Loved  and  were  loved ;  and  now  we  lie 
In  Flanders  fields. 

Take  up  our  quarrel  with  the  foe! 
To  you,  from  failing  hands,  we  throw 
The  Torch.    Be  yours  to  hold  it  high! 
If  ye  break  faith  with  us  who  die 
We  shall  not  sleep,  though  poppies  blow 
In  Flanders  fields. 


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In  Flanders  Fields. 


(An  Answer  by  C.  B.  Galbreath.) 

In  Flanders  fields  the  cannon  boom 
And  fitful  flashes  light  the  gloom, 
While  up  above,  like  eagles,  fly 
The  fierce  destroyers  of  the  sky ; 
With  stains  the  earth  wherein  you  lie 
Is  redder  than  the  poppy  bloom, 
In  Flanders  fields. 

Sleep  on,  ye  brave.    The  shrieking  shell 
The  quaking  trench,  the  startled  yell. 
The  fury  of  the  battle  hell 
Shall  wake  you  not,  for  all  is  well. 
Sleep  peacefully  for  all  is  well. 
Your  flaming  torch  aloft  we  bear, 
With  burning  heart  and  oath  we  swear 
To  keep  the  faith,  to  fight  it  through, 
To  crush  the  foe  or  sleep  with  you 
In  Flanders  fields. 


In  Flanders  Fields. 

(An  Answer  by  James  M.  Porter.) 

And  in  our  hearts  eternal  love  shall  glow 
For  all  those  crosses,  row  on  row, 
That  mark  your  place ;  and  in  the  sky 
The  Dove  of  Peace  shall  ever  fly — 
Silenced  now  the  guns  below. 
Dear  noble  dead,  you  sleep  today 
Where  poppies  grow,  and  though  generations  go 
Your  deeds  live  on. 
For  your  great  sacrifice  we've  wept. 
Yet  in  our  grief  'tis  grand  to  know  we've  kept 
The  faith  with  those  who  slept 
In  Flanders  fields. 


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We  came  to  aid  you  'gainst  the  foe, 
America  with  hearts  aglow 

And  outstretched  hands  to  grasp  the  torch  you'd  throw 
And  thrust  it  high. 

Ever  shall  we  hold  it  there,  and  woe  to  those  who  ever  dare 
To  cast  it  low. 

Rest  then  in  peace,  the  task  we'll  do 
For  Liberty,  for  Us,  for  You, 
In  Flanders  fields. 

Summary. 

From  "Statistical  Summary  of  the  War  with  Germany"  prepared 
by  Colonel  Leonard  P.  Ayres,  authorized  by  the  War  Department,  is 
extracted  the  following  which,  of  course,  is  of  interest  to  our  readers : 

Among  each  100  Americans  five  took  up  arms  in  defense  of  the 
country. 

During  the  Civil  War  ten  out  of  every  100  inhabitants  of  the  North- 
em  States  served  as  soldiers  or  sailors.  In  that  struggle  2,400,000  men 
served  in  the  Northern  army  and  the  navy. 

Between  April  6,  1917,  and  November  11,  1918,  when  the  armistice 
went  into  effect,  4,800,000  men  constituted  our  land  and  naval  forces. 
Yet  a  force  proportional  to  that  put  forth  by  the  North  during  the  Civil 
War  would  have  produced  nearly  10,000,000  American  fighting  men. 

The  British  sent  to  France  in  their  first  year  of  the  war  more  men 
than  did  the  United  States  in  the  first  twelve  months.  On  the  other 
hand,  it  took  England  three  years  to  reach  a  strength  of  2,000,000  men 
in  France,  while  the  United  States  was  able  to  place  that  number  across 
the  seas  in  one-half  that  time. 

The  organization  of  an  immense  army  as  that  of  the  United  States, 
its  equipment  and  transportation  across  the  ocean  has  never  been  equaled 
in  the  history  of  the  world. 

Two  out  of  every  three  American  soldiers  who  reached  France  took 
part  in  battle.  The  number  that  reached  France  was  2,084,000  and  out 
of  these  1,300,000  were  engaged  at  the  front.  ? 

American  divisions  were  in  battle  for  200  days  and  engaged  in 
thirteen  major  operations  from  the  middle  of  August  until  the  armistice. 

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front  longer  than  that  held  by  the  British  in  October.  The  American 
divisions  held  101  miles  of  line,  or  twenty-three  per  cent  of  the  entire 
western  front. 

In  the  battle  of  Saint  Milhiel  550,000  Americans  were  engaged,  as 
compared  with  100,000  on  the  North  side  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg. 

The  artillery  fired  more  than  1,000,000  shells  in  four  hours,  which 
is  the  most  intense  concentration  of  artillery  fire  recorded  in  the  history 
of  the  world. 

The  Meuse-Argonne  battle  lasted  forty-seven  days,  during  which 
1,200,000  American  troops  were  engaged. 

"During  the  period  of  hostilities  two  out  of  every  100  American  sol- 
diers were  killed  or  died  of  disease.  The  total  battle  death  of  all  nations 
in  this  war  was  greater  than  the  total  of  all  the  deaths  of  all  the  wars 
in  the  previous  100  years. 

For  every  man  killed  in  battle  seven  were  wounded. 

Five  out  of  every  six  men  sent  to  hospitals  on  account  of  wounds 
were  cured  and  returned  to  duty. 

In  the  expeditionary  forces  battle  deaths  were  twice  as  many  as 
death  from  disease. 

The  number  'of  American  lives  lost  was  122,500,  of  which  about 
10,000  were  in  the  navy  and  the  rest  in  the  army  and  marines  attached 
to  it. 

The  war  cost  of  America  was  $21,850,000,000,  or  approximately 
.$1,000,000  an  hour.  The  greatest  number  of  men  sent  over  seas  in  a 
single  month  was  306,000  and  the  largest  returned  home  in  a  single 
month  at  the  time  of  the  report  was  333,000. 

The  supplies  shipped  from  the  United  States  to  Fi'ance  was  7,500,000 
tons  in  nineteen  months. 

The  registration  of  men  for  the  draft  was  24,234,021  and  of  these 
2,810,296  were  inducted  into  service.  The  largest  number  inducted  into 
the  service  in  a  single  month  was  400,000. 

In  the  matter  of  expenditure  in  wars,  it  is  interesting  to  note  some 
comparisons  between  the  cost  of  former  American  wars  and  that  with 
Germany.  It  has  never  been  possible  to  estimate  exactly  the  cost  of  any 
war  in  money.  The  Mexican  war  is  supposed  to  have  cost  $173,358,000 
and  the  Civil  War  about  $6,000,000,000. 

It  will  be  noted  that  the  cost  of  the  Civil  War  was  about  the  same 
.«is  the  amount  of  the  Fourth  Liberty  Loan  in  the  present  war.     In  the 
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258  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Fourth  Liberty  Loan  the  city  of  New  York  alone  subscribed  $1,482,078,- 
650 — more  than  eight  times  the  cost  of  the  Mexican  War,  and  all  the 
Federal  Reserve  districts  except  that  of  Dallas,  Texas,  subscribed  as 
much,  and  some  of  them  several  times  more  to  the  Fourth  Liberty  Loan 
than  the  cost  of  the  Mexican  War.  The  Chicago  district  subscribed  $969,- 
209,000,  the  Cleveland  district  $702,059,800,  the  Boston  district  $632,221,- 
850,  and  the  Philadelphia  district  $598,763,650. 

These   figures   indicate   the   tremendous   strides,    in   the   matter   of 
accumulation  of  wealth  which  have  been  made  in  the  United  States. 


CHAPTER  XXVIII 


AMERICAN  RED  CROSS. 


BRANCHES  AND  AUXILIARIES— OFFICERS  AND  COMMITTEES — FIRST  WAR  FUND 
DRIVE — MEMBERSHIP  DRIVE— OFFICERS  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY  CHAPTER — 
LIFE  MEMBERSHIP— HOME  SERVICE  SECTION— PRODUCTION  DEPARTMENT 
— RED   CROSS   PUBLIC   HEALTH    NURSE — JUNIOR    RED    CROSS. 

Harrison  County  Chapter  includes  all  Harrison  County,  consisting 
of  sixteen  branches  and  seventeen  auxiliaries.  Following  is  a  list  of  the 
branches  with  their  auxiliary,  chairmen  of  each  and  date  of  organization: 

Akron,  W.  E.  Riley,  November,  1917,  secretary,  Miss  Amy  Bishop. 

Andover  Auxiliary,  Mrs.  Mattie  Hill,  May  9,  1918. 

Cainsville,  Forest  Lawhead,  Ed  Girdner,  July  8,  1917;  secretary 
treasurer,  Mrs.  Florence  Oxford. 

Mount  Moriah,  Mrs.  Kate  Sellers,  W.  P.  Chambers,  September  8,  1917. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Cora  Price,  Mrs.  Bruna  Taylor. 

Eagleville,  G.  D.  Cramer,  July  14,  1917.  Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Barber. 
Auxiliary,  Hobbs  Chapel,  Hesse  Edwards,  July  2,  1918.  Auxiliary,  Otter- 
bien,  Mrs.  C.  V.  Anderson,  July  11,  1918. 

Blythedale,  G.  C.  Zingerle,  Mrs.  Ralph  Scott  and  Mrs.  Carrie  Officer, 
July  15,  1917.  Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  G.  Sullivan.  Auxiliary,  Donaby,  Mrs. 
Mat  Mullins,  August  15,  1918. 

Ridgeway,  W.  A.  Miner,  0.  P.  Bennett,  February  5,  1918.  Secretary, 
S.  G.  Stanley,  Miss  Hammitt,  Mrs.  Lloyd  Spragg. 

New  Hampton,  W.  A.  Denny,  October  30,  1917.  Secretary,  Mrs.  H. 
B.  Henton.  Auxiliaries,  Commercial  Club,  S.  W.  W.  Club,  W.  C.  T.  U., 
Round  Table  Club,  October  30,  1918. 

Martinsville,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Rice,  August  23,  1917.  Secretary,  Miss 
Lucile  Baldwin.  Washington  Township,  C.  M.  Potoot,  July  23,  1917.  Sec- 
retary, J.  R.  Carter.  Auxiliary,  Wesley  Chapel,  Maud  Carter.  Muddy 
Valley.    Mount  Olive,  January  16,  1918. 


260  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Matkins,  T.  J.  Kelley,  August  24,  1917.  Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  L. 
Musick. 

Pawnee,  Mrs.  B.  C.  White,  November  29,  1917.    Secretary,  Ada  Jones. 

Gilman  City,  T.  A.  Norris,  July  8,  1917.  Secretary,  Mrs.  Beulah  T. 
Williams. 

Melbourne,  T.  A.  Brown,  March  24,  1918.     A.  V.  Spillman,  secretary. 

Blue  Ridge,  Mrs.  Lura  Higgins,  Charles  Cole,  March  21,  1918.  Sec- 
retary, Mrs.  Loie  Brandom,  Mrs.  Deila  Field. 

Hatfield,  Alex  Thompson,  July  2,  1917.    Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Nelson. 

Brooklyn,  Mrs.  John  Barnett,  July  12,  1918.  Secretai-y,  Mrs.  J.  C. 
Todd. 

Harrison  County  Chapter  Auxiliaries  at  Bethany,  P.  E.  D.,  Nelle  K. 
Sutton,  November  19,  1917;  Bethany  Knitting  Club,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Sherer, 
August  17,  1917;  Coterie  Club,  Mrs.  L.  G.  Prentiss,  December  21,  1917; 
Oak  Leaf  Club,  Mrs.  S.  M.  Hillyard,  August  7,  1918;  Mitchelville  Aid, 
Mrs.  Frank  Burris,  May  2,  1918;  Gardner  Club,  Miss  Eliza  Neff,  August, 
1918. 

Historical  Committee,  Mrs.  E.  W.  Prentiss,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Noll,  Doctor 
Francis,  E.  R.  Burgess,  Mrs.  T.  E.  Stone,  Mrs.  F.  L.  Sawyers. 

The  week  of  June  17-23,  1917,  was  the  week  set  aside  for  the  first 
war  fund  drive  for  the  Red  Cross.  There  being  no  organization  in  Harri- 
son County,  a  meeting  was  called  at  the  home  of  F.  T.  Harvey.  Several 
persons  responded  to  this  call,  and  F.  T.  Harvey  was  elected  temporary 
chairman  and  V.  E.  Yates  temporary  secretary.  A  petition  signed  by 
all  present  was  sent  to  the  Southwestern  Division  of  the  American  Red 
Cross  at  Saint  Louis,  asking  permission  to  organize  a  permanent  Red 
Cross  Chapter  in  Harrison  County.  The  request  was  granted  and  a 
meeting  was  called  at  Odd  Fellows  Hall  June  27,  1917,  when  a  pemianent 
chapter  of  the  American  Red  Cross  was  perfected  in  Harrison  County. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  year  of  1917:  V.  E.  Yates, 
chairman;  William  A.  Miner,  vice-chairman;  Mrs.  W.  P.  Bryant,  secre- 
tary; Mrs.  T.  E.  Stone,  treasurer.  Plans  were  at  once  formed  to  conduct 
a  county  campaign,  to  secure  funds  for  the  American  Red  Cross.  This 
resulted  in  a  sum  being  raised  of  nearly  $4,000.00.  Also  sixteen  branches 
and  seventeen  auxiliaries  were  organized  in  a  few  months. 

The  first  war  fund  drive  was  conducted  in  July.  Amount  raised, 
$4,000.00.  The  first  Red  Cross  membership  drive  was  conducted  in  De- 
cember,  1917.     Chairman,   John   Ross.     Members   secured,   6,420.     The 


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second  war  fund  drive  was  conducted  in  May,  1918.  Chairman,  W.  C. 
Cole.  Amount  raised,  $18,965.23.  The  second  membership  drive  was 
conducted  in  December,  1918.  Chairman,  John  Ross.  Members  secured, 
14,612.  Third  membership  drive  was  conducted  in  December,  1919.  Chair- 
man, John  Ross.  Members  secured,  100.  Fourth  membership  drive  con- 
ducted in  December,  1929.    Chairman,  W.  E.  Todd.  Members  secured,  699. 

Besides  our  membership  and  war  fund  drives,  money  was  raised  by 
donation,  sales  and  entertainments.  The  fifth  membership  drive  is  now 
on  at  the  time  this  is  being  written  with  Garland  Wilson  as  chairman. 

Officers  of  the  Harrison  County  Chapter:     Chairman,  V.  E.  Yates. 

Vice-chairman,  W.  A.  Miner,  serving  until  March,  1919,  succeeded 
by  John  Ross. 

Secretary,  Mrs-  W.  P.  Bryant,  serving  until  April,  1918,  succeeded 
by  Mrs.  J.  E.  Noll. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  E.  Stone. 

Chairman  of  Woman's  V»'ork,  Mrs.  E.  W.  Prentiss. 

Chairman  of  Surgical  Dressings,  Dr.  Frances  E.  R.  Burgess. 

Chairman  of  Knitting,  Mrs.  Charles  Sherer. 

Chairman  of  Hospital  Garments,  Mrs.  Hila  Walker.    Assistants,  Mrs. 

C.  V.  Henderson,  Mrs.  George  Neff. 

Chairman  of  Home  Service,  Mrs.  Charles  Bridges,  succeeded  by  Mrs. 
F.  L.  Sawyers. 

Chainnan  of  Nursing,  Mrs.  L.  G.  Prentiss,  succeeded  Dr.  Frances 
E.  R.  Burgess. 

Chairman  of  Junior  Red  Cross,  Nelle  K.  Sutton,  succeeded  by  E. 
Newton  Carter. 

Chairman  of  Conservation,  Mrs.  William  Rolkeke. 

Chairman  of  Publicity,  Mrs.  E.  W.  Prentiss,  succeeded  by  Mrs.  J.  E. 
Noll  and  V.  E.  Yates. 

Chairman  of  Canteen,  T.  E.  Stone. 

Chairman  of  Civilian  Relief,  Mrs.  L.  Layman,  succeeded  by  William 
Roleke. 

Life  Membership. — A.  number  of  Harrison  County  citizens  hold  life 
membership  in  the  Red  Cross,  but  the  record  containing  a  part  of  these 
has  been  misplaced  and  a  full  roster  can  not  be  given.    Among  them  are: 

D.  C.  Deal,  Bethany;  William  Dunn,  Bethany;  Edgar  Skinner,  Bethany; 

E.  S.  Miner,  Bethany ;  Dr.  F.  L.  Sawyers,  Bethany ;  John  S.  Slatten,  Beth- 
any; J.  B.  Siemens,  Bethany;  J.  C.  Wilson,  Bethany;  Dr.  L.  R.  Webb, 


262  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Bethany;  H.  P.  Canaday,  Blythedale;  W.  E.  Cole,  Bethany;  John  L.  Cole, 
Bethany;  F.  M.  Spragg,  Ridgeway;  Dr.  F.  H.  Broyles,  Bethany;  Mrs.  F. 
H.  Broyles,  Bethany;  Elizabeth  Broyles,  Bethany;  T.  E.  Stone,  Bethany; 
Alex.  Thompson,  Hatfield;  J.  W.  Wyant,  Eagleville;  William  Johnson, 
New  Hampton. 

Physician  in  service  in  World  War:  Dr.  J.  J.  Chipp,  New  Hampton. 

Dentists:  V.  V.  Hinkle,  Ridgeway;  J.  W.  Chiles,  Ridgeway;  C.  B. 
Treasure,  Ridgeway;  M.  J.  Quinlan,  Oilman  City. 

Veterinarians:  Doctor  Bolin,  Ridgeway;  Dr.  0.  W.  Kirby,  Ridgeway; 
Dr.  Lloyd  Ury,  Ridgeway. 

Nurses :  Miss  Theo  Bennet,  Ridgeway ;  Miss  Ruth  Bennet,  Ridgeway ; 
Miss  Lou  Hudson,  Gilman  City. 

Christmas  Parcel  Committee,  1918. — The  Christmas  Parcel  Commit- 
tee, which  had  charge  of  all  packages  sent  overseas  for  Christmas  in 
1918,  consisted  of  Mrs.  C.  B.  Henderson,  chairman;  Mrs.  F.  M.  Frisby, 
Mrs.  F.  L.  Sawyers,  Mrs.  James  Walker,  Mrs.  James  Hampton,  Mrs.  E.  S. 
Hubbard  and  Miss  Zola  Myers.  This  was  a  very  important  committee 
and  was  domiciled  in  the  directors'  room  of  the  First  National  Bank. 
They  gave  unsparingly  of  their  time  to  assist  those  who  wanted  to  send 
Christmas  parcels  to  their  loved  ones  serving  at  the  front.  A  very  accurate 
record  was  kept  of  these  parcels,  to  whom  and  by  whom  sent,  but  that 
record  is  not  available,  probably  having  been  taken  by  the  chairman 
when  she  moved  from  Harrison  County. 

Home  Service  Section. 

In  the  early  days  of  the  World  War  the  American  Red  Cross  under 
its  congressional  charter  and  by  the  confidence  reposed  in  it  by  the  Ameri- 
can people  was  charged  with  the  task  of  safeguarding  the  welfare  of  the 
homes  of  our  fighting  men,  and  when  the  war  broke  out  it  was  apparent 
to  everyone  that  no  one  could  fight  well  if  he  was  worrying  about  his 
dependents  at  home. 

The  Home  Service  Section  of  the  American  Red  Cross  was  organized 
for  the  purpose  of  reducing  such  worry  to  the  minimum.  It  was  the 
business  of  Home  Service  Sections  to  take  the  places  of  soldiers  and 
sailors  in  their  homes  as  far  as  possible,  giving  moral,  financial  or  other 
assistance  when  needed.  The  Home  Service  Section  of  the  Harrison 
County  Chapter  of  the  American  Red  Cross  was  organized  June  27,  1917, 


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with  Mrs.  Charles  Bridges  as  chairman.  As  the  demands  for  work  of  this 
kind  were  so  few  at  that  time  no  other  representative  was  appointed. 

During  the  war  Harrison  County  sent  820  persons  into  service.  These 
and  their  dependents  constituted  the  field  of  work  of  the  Harrison  County 
Chapter.  Most  of  these  families  were  entirely  able  to  care  for  their  own 
needs.  The  Home  Service  Section  rendered  assistance  of  various  kinds 
to  225  families. 

Financial  aid  was  given  115  families,  partly  as  loans,  partly  as  gifts. 
Funds  for  this  work  were  provided  by  the  Harrison  County  Chapter. 

In  October,  1920,  Mrs.  F.  L.  Sawyers  became  chairman,  and  today 
more  than  three  years  after  the  armistice,  and  contrary  to  expectation, 
the  army  of  disabled  men  is  constantly  increasing  and  the  Red  Cross  ob- 
ligation to  them  is  growing  in  proportion.  After  demoblization  American 
Red  Cross  responsibility  for  supplementing  governmental  provisions  look- 
ing to  the  safe  re-establishment  and  self-support  of  the  ex-service  man 
was  not  abated. 

Production  Department. 

When  the  government  called  upon  the  women  of  America  to  help 
with  the  war  work,  thousands  of  Harrison  County  women  responded 
promptly,  and  were  organized  into  a,  loyal  and  en;thusiastic  body  of 
Red  Cross  war  workers.  Mrs.  E.  W.  Prentiss  was  elected  Director  of 
Women's  Work. 

The  Production  Department  was  the  first  section  of  the  Red  Cross 
to  begin  work  and  was,  perhaps,  the  most  active  of  the  departments  of  the 
Red  Cross  Chapter  during  the  war. 

There  were  four  divisions  of  work  in  this  department:  surgical  dress- 
ings, hospital  garments,  knitting  and  refugee  relief. 

The  surgical  dressings  division  was  supervised  by  Dr.  Frances  Bur- 
gess. Most  of  the  branches  assisted  with  this  work  which  continued  from 
September,  1917,  until  the  official  closing  of  the  war  work.  The  output 
from  this  division  was  122,227  surgical  dressings. 

Hospital  garments  were  made  under  the  supervision  of  Mrs.  John  G. 
Walker,  beginning  in  September,  1917,  and  continuing  until  July,  1919. 
The  women  of  America  by  that  time  had  all  of  the  warehouses  belonging 
to  the  Red  Cross  in  America  and  in  France  filled  with  a  reserve  stock  of 
hospital  supplies,  garments  and  dressings.  The  output  from  this  divi- 
sion was  69,451  hospital  garments. 


264  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Knitting  Division. — When  the  Red  Cross  Chapter  was  formally  organ- 
ized, a  large  number  of  women,  already  organized  with  Mrs.  C.  A.  Sherer 
as  chairman,  and  doing  fine  work  as  Navy  League  Knitters,  loyally  and 
patriotically  became  Red  Cross  workers.  Mrs.  C.  A.  Sherer  was  ap- 
pointed supervisor  of  knitting  with  Mrs.  E.  H.  Frisby  as  assistant  and  the 
task  of  securing  material  began.  This  proved  to  be  a  most  difficult  matter. 
Finally,  in  October,  1917,  women  and  children,  with  great  enthusiasm, 
were  busy.  Oh,  how  they  did  knit.  The  telephone  in  the  home  of  the 
Director  of  Women's  Work  and  Supplies  was  nearly  rung  off  the  wall. 
The  entire  output  was  4,044  knitted  garments,  including  sweaters,  socks, 
helmets,  wristlets  and  mufflers.  All  branches  and  auxiliaries  rendered 
excellent  service  and  the  Chapter  as  a  whole  rendered  splendid  service 
both  in  amount  and  quality  of  work. 

Refugee  relief  work  was  under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  John  G.  Walker 
and  was  combined  with  the  hospital  garment  work  during  the  latter  part 
of  the  war.  Three  thousand,  nine  hundred  and  twenty-six  garments  rep- 
resented the  output  from  this  division. 

The  grand  total  output  from  the  four  divisions  of  the  Production 
Department  from  September  17  1917,  to  July  15,  1919,  was  199,648  gar- 
ments. 

Many  women  put  patriotic  service  before  all  other  consideration 
and  hundreds  were  entitled  to  receive  the  certificates  which,  in  recogni- 
tion of  loyal  service  to  the  nation,  were  awarded  through  the  Red  Cross. 
Of  thousands  of  women  can  be  said  as  was  said  of  one  of  old,  "She  hath 
done  what  she  could."  No  reward,  no  remuneration,  was  expected — only 
a  duty  performed — that  was  the  reward. 

The  Harrison  County  Red  Cross  Chapter  was  indebted  to  the  Harri- 
son County  Bank  for  the  use  of  their  work  room  for  nearly  two  years; 
to  the  Farmer's  Telephone  Company  for  the  free  use  of  the  telephone ; 
to  Verne  White  for  free  drayage  of  all  freight;  to  J.  E.  Weber  and  Paul 
Linville  for  services  as  shipping  clerks ;  to  Ed  Skinner,  B.  S.  Allen,  A.  S. 
Cummings  and  Dr.  Sawyar  for  favors  too  numerous  to  mention. 

A  work  initiated  by  the  women  of  the  Red  Cross  was  undertaken 
before  material  could  be  obtained  from  St.  Louis  headquarters.  That 
work  was  to  furnish  every  Harrison  County  soldier  with  a  pillow.  Mrs. 
F.  T.  Harvey  was  chairman  of  this  work.  A  total  of  1,028  pillows  were 
given  and  sent  to  the  Harrison  County  Soldiers. 

Conservation  Department. — The  Conservation  Department,  conducted 


MISS  GENEVIEVE  BAZAN.  RED  CROSS  PUBLIC  HEALTH  NURSE 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  265 

by  Mrs.  William  Roleke  as  supervisor,  was  not  organized  until  the  later 
part  of  the  war.  Three  thousand,  two  hundred  and  forty-two  garments 
were  sent  to  the  relief  of  the  Belgians.  A  large  collection  of  metal,  brass, 
silver,  tin-foil,  etc.,  was  shipped  to  headquarters. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

MRS.  E.  W.  PRENTISS, 
Director  of  Women's  Work. 

Red  Cross  Public  Health  Nurse. 

The  public  health  nursing  work  in  Harrison  County  was  begun  by 
Mrs.  Fannie  Cole  Prentiss.  In  July,  1921,  Mrs.  Prentiss  was  succeeded  by 
Miss  Genevieve  Bazan.  Classes  and  demonstrations  in  home  hygiene  and 
care  of  the  sick  were  conducted  during  the  remainder  of  the  summer,  the 
nurse  getting  acquainted  and  familiarizing  herself  with  the  various  com- 
munities in  the  country,  and  making  plans  for  the  school  nursing  work, 
which  is  the  principal  work  done  by  the  Red  Cross  nurse  during  the  school 
year. 

The  nurses'  office,  which  is  located  over  the  Harrison  County  Bank, 
Bethany,  Missouri,  is  open  to  anyone  wanting  information  on  health,  or 
assistance,  on  one  entire  day  of  each  week. 

School  nursing,  which  consists  of  examining  school  children,  visiting 
the  parents  to  get  their  co-operation  in  remedying  the  defects,  through 
their  private  physicians,  investigating  the  school  buildings  as  to  sanitary 
conditions,  health  work  in  the  school,  occupy  the  nurse's  time. 

In  Harrison  County,  there  are  ninety  rural  and  ten  city  schools,  and  in 
all,  over  5,000  school  children.  Every  effort  is  made,  in  planning  the 
work,  to  reach  all  schools  in  the  county,  not  only  examining  the  children, 
but  giving  them  some  health  instruction,  which  they  are  urged  to  fol- 
low. 

Plans  to  have  milk  furnished  to  underweight  children  are  being  carried 
out  in  all  schools,  both  city  and  rural.  Wherever  possible  physicians  and 
dentists  are  giving  their  time  and  services  in  helping  with  the  examina- 
tions in  the  schools. 

Some  tuberculosis  work  has  been  done,  and  many  families  have  been 
given  relief  through  the  nursing  service. 


266  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 


Junior  Red  Cross. 


The  Junior  Red  Cross  was  organized  on  quite  an  extensive  scale  dur- 
ing the  school  year  1920-21.  About  three  thousand  of  Harrison  County's 
boys  and  girls  took  the  Junior  pledge,  which  is  as  follows :  "I  pledge  my- 
self to  honor  and  serve  the  flag  of  my  country,  and  to  work,  save  and  give, 
in  order  that  the  Red  Cross,  the  emblem  of  humanity,  sacrifice  and  service 
may  bring  relief  and  happiness  to  suffering  people  throughout  the  world." 

In  order  to  help  secure  a  school  nurse  for  the  county  and  furnish  trans- 
portation for  her,  each  member  contributed  twenty-five  cents  membership 
fee.  This  fee  was  not  required  but  was  a  voluntary  gift  on  the  part  of  the 
Juniors.  The  money  thus  secured  was  used  to  purchase  a  Ford  coupe, 
which  is  labeled  on  each  side:  "This  car  donated  by  Junior  Red  Cross." 
This  act  of  the  Juniors  makes  it  possible  for  the  nurse  to  visit  all  parts 
of  the  county  and  is  directly  in  line  of  the  Junior's  watchword,  "Service." 

The  officers  and  members  of  the  school  committee  were  as  follows : 

OflUcers:  E.  Newton  Carter,  Chairman;  Mrs.  William  Roleke,  Sec- 
retary-Treasurer. 

School  Committee:  Professor  F.  E.  Patrick,  Miss  Lois  Cochran,  Miss 
Aurelia  Nicholls,  Miss  Madgo  Wheeler,  Professor  E.  R.  Adams,  Miss  Ruth 
Funk,  Miss  Myrtle  McPherson,  Mrs.  Cleo  L.  Tobias,  Professor  I.  J.  Vogle- 
sang,  Miss  Grace  Gusewelle,  Professor  D.  V.  Culp,  Miss  Clara  Pierson,  Miss 
Zerita  Daniels,  Professor  G.  W.  Davis,  Mrs.  S.  D.  See,  Professor  L.  W. 
Watson,  Miss  Blanche  Hininger,  Professor  S.  C.  Fair,  Miss  Olive  Woodward, 
Mrs.  Clara  Shaw,  Ross  Bartlett,  Miss  Mary  Burris,  Anson  Van  Eaton. 
Miss  Marie  Swain,  Miss  Alice  Hunt,  Miss  Ella  Hefner,  Miss  Maun  Hogan, 
Professor  Henry  R.  Gannon,  Miss  Vivian  Bussell,  Miss  Faye  Haas,  Miss 
Zelma  Dale,  Professor  Emery  Chemmess,  W.  K.  James,  Jesse  Phillips,  Otis 
LaFolIette. 


CHAPTER  XXIX 


COUNTY  OFFICERS. 


CIRCUIT  JUDGES— REPRESENTATIVES— PROBATE  JUDGES— CIRCUIT  AND  COUNTY 
CLERKS— CIRCUIT  CLERKS  SINCE  1864— COUNTY  CLERKS  SINCE  1864— COUNTY 
TREASURERS— SHERIFFS— PROSECUTING  ATTORNEYS- JUDGES  OF  COUNTY 
COURT. 


Circuit  Judges. 


Austin  A.  King,  1846-1848. 
George  W.  Dunn,  1848-1859. 
James   McFerran,   1859-1862. 
Jonas  J.  Clark,  1863-1872. 
Samuel  A.  Richardson,  1872-1880. 


John  C.  Howell,  1880-1882. 
Charles  H.  S.  Goodman,  1882-1892. 
Paris  C.  Stepp,  1892-1904. 
George  W.  Wanamaker,  1904-1916. 
Lee  B.  Woods,  1916. 


Representatives. 


L.  D.  Thompson,  1846-1850. 
Stephen  C.  Allen,  1850-1852. 
Elijah  Hubbard,  1852-1854. 
Henry  0.  Nevill,  1854-1856. 
Stephen  C.  Allen,  1856-1858. 
James  M.  Nevill,  1858-1860. 
Stephen  C.  Allen,  1860-1862. 
Samuel  Downey,  1862-1868. 
Thomas  0.  Neal,  1868-1872. 
William  H.  Hillman,  1872-1874. 
James  B.  Brower,  1874-1878. 
Charles  D.  Knight,  1878-1880. 
James  M.  Nevill,  1880-1882. 
George  Burris,  1882-1884. 


A.  W.  Allen,  1884-1886. 
Nelson  Church,  1886-1890. 
Samuel  P.  Davisson,  1890-1894. 
John  W.  Leazenby,  1894-1896. 
Jesse  Taylor,  1896-1898. 
Rufus  Hopkins,  1898-1900. 
Joseph  D.  Officer,  1900-1904. 
John  R.  Williamson,  1904-1906. 
Freeman  J.  Hesseltine,  1906-1912. 
John  W.  Leazenby,  1912-1914. 
W.  E.  Land,  1914- 

Brown,   1819-1920. 

Freeman  J.  Hesseltine,  1920- 


268  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Probate  Judges. 

William  G.  Lewis,  1853-1857.  John  T.  Hendren,  part  of  1878. 

John  H.  Phillibaum,  1857-1861.  J.  F.  Bryant,  1878-1880. 

David  J.  Heaston,  1861-1862.  J.  R.  Cunningham,  1880-1890. 
Thornton  H.  Templeman,  1862-1866.   W.  H.  Skinner,  1890-1898. 

Thomas  D.  Neal,  1866-1868.  Alex  Reid,  1898-1906. 

John  Wion,  1868-1872.  Edgar  Skinner,  1906-1914. 

William  P.  Robinson,  1872-1878.  Henry  N.  Burgin,  1914- 

Circuit  and  Courtty  Clerks. 

Thomas  Flint,  1845-1846.  John  W.  Brown,  1846-1864. 

John  S.  Allen,  6  months. 

In  1864  the  offices  of  Circuit  Clerk  and  County  Clerk  became  separate 
offices. 

Circuit  Clerks  Since  18^4. 

John  W.  Brown,  1864-1866.  Z.  T.  Rose,  1890-1898. 

George  W.  Bradshaw,  1866-1869.  B.  P.  Sigler,  1898-1906. 

James  C.  Baker,  1869-1870.  C.  J.  Carter,  1906-1914. 

H.  J.  Skinner,  1870-1882.  G.  W.  Bolar,  1914. 
A.  D.  Shiply,  1882-1890. 

County  Clerks  Since  1864. 

Henry  O.  Bryant,  1864-1866.  W.  F.  Towns,  1898-1899. 

John  Slinger,  1866-1872.  C.  A.  Tull,  1899-1901. 

W.  C.  Heaston,  1872-1874.  J.  M.  Kinkade,  1902-1906. 

J.  W.  Kenyon,  1874-1877.  W.  F.  Towns,  1906-1914. 

W.  C.  Heaston,  1877-1879.  L.  N.  Brown,  1915-1916. 

W.  P.  Robinson,  1879-1890.  C.  T.  Bridges,  1916- 
W.  J.  Nally,  1890-1898. 

County  Treasurers. 

Henry  Fuller,  1845.  C.  M.  Scott,  1856. 

David  Buck,  1845-1848.  M.  P.  Wills,  1856-1860. 

J.  S.  Allen,  1848.  B.  T,  Whedbee,  1860-1862. 


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269 


James  Price,  1862-1866. 
Veazey  Price,  1866-1868. 
G.  W.  Myers,  1868-1872. 
Ezra  T.  Baldwin,  1872. 
Alfred  N.  Cave,  1876-1880. 
Simon  P.  King,  1880-1884. 
0.  C.  Macey,  1884-1888. 
A.  M.  Morgan,  1888-1892. 


W.   L.   Hoffman,   1892-1896. 
J.  P.  Selby,  1896-1900. 
A.  N.  Cave,  1900-1904. 
W.  W.  Myers,  1904-1908. 
J.  H.  Carpenter,  1908-1912. 

,  1912-1916. 

Joe  McClure,  1916. 


Sheriffs. 


John  W.  Brown,  1845-1846. 
Henry  Fuller,  1846-1848. 
W.  R.  Allen,  1848-1852. 
M.  K.  Howell,  1852-1856. 
J.  P.  Devers,  1856-1860. 
Thomas  Monson,   1860-1862. 
W.  H.  Hillman,  1862-1866. 
W.  R.  Simms,  1866-1870. 
J.  C.  Baker,  1870-1872. 
George  S.   Graham,  1872-1876. 
T.  J.  Garrison,  1876-1878. 


T.  J.  Barker,  1878-1882. 
M.  S.  Gillidett,  1882-1886. 
W.  H.  H.  Gillespie,  1886-1890. 
J.  M.  Nevill,  1890-1894. 
J.  A.  Walker,  1894-1898. 
J.  W.  Severe,  1898-1902. 
A.  H.  Flint,  1902-1906. 
J.  B.  Manifold,  1906-1912. 
A.  C.  Flint,  1912-1916. 
R.  B.  Tedlock,  1916-1920. 
Fred  Tucker,  1920- 


Prosecuting  Attorneys. 

From  the  organization  of  the  county  in  1845  until  1872  the  Circuit  At- 
torney prosecuted  the  cases  for  the  state.  According  to  the  record,  D.  S. 
Alvord  was  the  first  Prosecuting  Attorney  elected  in  Harrison  County. 


D.  S.  Alvord,  1872-1876. 
T.  D.  Neal,  1876-1881. 

J.  H.  Phillebaum,  1881-1882. 
J.  C.  Wilson,  1882-1884. 
Oscar  Butler,  1884-1886. 
W.  H.  Skinner,  1886-1888. 
George  W.  Barlow,  1888-1892. 
S.  C.  Price,  1892-1894. 

E.  H.  Frisby,  1894-1898. 


Warren  D.  Walton,  1898-1902. 
S.  P.  Davisson,  1902-1906. 
W.  H.  Leazenby,  1906-1908. 
S.  P.  Davisson,  1908-1910. 
Forest  D.  Lawhead,  1910-1912. 
Garland  Wilson,  1912-1914. 
Gilbert  Barlow,  1914-1918. 
F.  M.  Frisby,  1918-1920. 
Charles  A.  Miller,  1920- 


270  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Judges  of  the  County  Court. 

Samuel  Edmiston,  Aseph  M.  Butler  and  Lewis  Charlton  were  elected 
at  the  organization  of  the  county  and  served  until  November,  1846. 

Second  board  composed  of  Thomas  Dunkerson,  S.  C.  Allen  and  Elkanah 
Glover  was  elected  in  1846. 

John  W.  Casebolt,  Thomas  M.  Geer  and  E.  L.  Ellis  elected  in  November, 
1850. 

In  1854  Thomas  M.  Geer,  J.  M.  Edmiston  and  J.  H.  Piburn. 

In  1856  J.  M.  Edmiston,  J.  M.  Nevill  and  E.  L.  Ellis. 

In  1858  J.  E.  Roberts,  A.  W.  Allen  and  E.  L.  Ellis. 

In  1860  J.  W.  Brown,  A.  W.  Allen  and  E.  L.  Ellis. 

In  1862  E.  L.  Ellis,  A.  W.  Allen  and  J.  A.  Brown. 

In  1863  E.  L.  Ellis,  U.  R.  Allen  and  William  Canaday. 

In  1865  S.  S.  Vandivert,  A.  Carpenter,  William  Canaday. 

In  1866  A.  Carpenter,  W.  C.  Chapman,  J.  C.  Frisby,  William  Officer. 

In  1869  A.  Cai-penter,  J.  C.  Frisby,  W.  C.  Chapman. 

Since  1869  various  changes  have  taken  place  in  the  County  Court 
and  it  is  almost  impossible  to  name  the  officers  in  the  order  of  their  suc- 
cession.   The  following  is  as  nearly  correct  as  could  be  learned: 

A.  Carpenter,  W.  C.  Chapman,  D.  D.  Boyce,  William  Chandler,  J.  F. 
Bryant,  Milton  Burris,  F.  R.  Guigley,  J.  B.  Brower,  J.  R.  Bailey,  W.  L.  Ma- 
gee,  George  Burris,  G.  W.  Young,  J.  A.  Gutridge,  G.  B.  Jeffries,  J.  W. 
Moore,  George  Reid,  Arthur  Graham,  J.  H.  Baker,  Albert  Reeves,  Jerry 
Hefner,  B.  H.  Parnell,  J.  A.  Belong,  J.  F.  Selby,  Samuel  Seymour,  John 
Barber,  David  Goucher,  I.  M.  Curry,  J.  C.  Howe,  W.  H.  Springer,  C.  C. 
Miller,  O.  F.  Weed,  D.  B.  Alley,  J.  M.  Kelley,  U.  G.  Tucker,  J.  B.  Bryant, 
Wesley  Bowman,  Olin  Kies,  J.  W.  Maple,  W.  C.  Baldwin,  John  Ballard. 


CHAPTER  XXX 


REMINISCENCES. 


MRS.  EMALINE  ALLEN  TEMPLEMAN — TRIP  TO  HARRISON  COUNTY  IN  1841 — EX- 
PERIENCES EN  ROUTE— SEVERAL  FAMILIES  IN  CARAVAN— HARRISON 
COUNTY  FINALLY  REACHED — WELCOMED  BY  FRIENDS — LAND  SECURED— 
THE  CABIN— PRAIRIE  WOLVES— EARLY  SCHOOLS— HOSPITALITY— FIRST 
COUNTY  COURT— FIRST  CHURCH  ORGANIZED— A  PET  FAWN— PRAIRIE  FIRE 
— POSTOPFICE — SPINNING  WHEEL— DRAM  SHOP — INDIANS — CIVIL  WAR- 
MARRIAGE. 

Among-  the  reminiscences  of  pioneer  citizens  is  found  the  following 
published  by  the  Elizabeth  Harrison  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  Bethany,  Missouri: 

Emaline  Allen  Templeman  was  born  March  22,  1837,  near  Blooming- 
ton,  Illinois,  where  her  parents  made  their  home  for  a  few  years  in  Wood- 
ward County.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Seehom  Allen,  of  Overton 
County,  Tennessee,  and  his  wife,  Nancy  Childress  Allen,  of  Adair  County, 
Kentucky.  Her  father  was  a  young  farmer  of  strong  mind  and  high 
ambitions  and  hearing  of  the  great  opportunities  offered  for  advancement 
in  the  West,  he  decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in  Missouri. 

He  joined  an  overland  caravan  and  with  his  wife  and  the  little  five- 
year-old  Emaline  journeyed  to  the  new  and  distant  land  in  the  year  1841. 
Mrs.  Templeman  distinctly  rembers  the  long  eventful  journey  west,  and 
often  relates  many  incidents  to  both  children  and  grandchildren.  How  they 
were  often  taken  for  Mormons  and  the  farmers  along  the  way  would  sell 
them  no  corn  for  the  long  train  of  horses  and  cattle.  How  they  crossed 
the  Mississippi  River  at  Quincy,  Illinois,  on  a  ferry  boat  and  most  of 
the  cattle  jumped  overboard.  How  the  cattle  wandered  far  away  one 
night  and  while  the  men  hunted  for  them  the  next  morning,  the  women 
washed  the  clothes  of  the  sturdy  emigrants  and  took  occasion  to  gather 
a  mess  of  greens  for  dinner.  How  they  had  a  mock  trial  of  Levi  Reeves, 
who  stole  a  horse  and  buggy  one  night  from  camp  and  hid  it  in  the  brush 


272  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

not  far  away.  The  next  morning  a  court  was  organized,  officers  elected 
and  the  young  man  was  prosecuted.  The  joke  was  carried  out  with  all  the 
formalities  of  a  real  court  and  many  of  the  men  made  their  first  public 
speeches.  That  bit  of  burlesque  was  the  first  preparation  some  of  the 
men  had  for  the  public  duties  they  would  have  thrust  upon  them  in  their 
future  home.  Most  of  those  men  afterward  held  county  offices  and  served 
their  county  in  many  ways  and  all  proved  worthy  of  the  trust  reposed 
in  them. 

Several  families  composed  the  emigrant  train.  John  S.  Allen  and 
family  of  four ;  Thomas  Tucker  and  family  of  seven ;  Robinson  Allen  and 
family  of  three;  John  W.  Brown  and  family  of  seven;  Ephraim  Stewart 
and  family  of  three ;  Thomas  Brown  and  family  of  five ;  Colonel  Lawson 
Jennings  and  wife;  Mrs.  Fleenor  and  son;  Levi  Reeves  and  Willis  Allen. 
There  were  over  100  head  of  cattle  and  some  fine  horses  in  the  train, 
which  were  driven  by  the  young  men  and  women  of  the  party,  who  were 
sometimes  on  foot  and  sometimes  on  horseback. 

The  long  emigrant  train  of  many  wagons  moved  slowly  but  steadily 
westward  until  it  reached  that  territory  of  Daviess  County  which  is  now 
Harrison  County,  v.-here  they  met  friends  who  had  preceded  them  in  the 
fall  of  1840. 

After  four  weeks  of  tedious  travel,  the  weary  wanderers  reached  their 
longed  for  goal  and  were  gladly  welcomed  by  old  friends.  John  Poynter, 
grandfather  of  our  fellow  townsman.  Dee  Poynter,  and  Beverley  Travis, 
father  of  our  good  citizen,  McGinnis  Travis,  gladly  extended  hospitality 
to  the  travelers  and  welcomed  them  to  their  cabins  until  they  were  able 
to  provide  homes  of  their  own.  The  good  housewives  of  these  old  pioneers 
had  green  vegetables  in  their  gardens  and  provided  a  feast  of  green  beans, 
new  potatoes,  bacon  and  corn  bread  the  day  of  their  arrival.  No  banquet 
served  a  king  was  ever  more  gladly  and  liberally  partaken  of  than  was 
that  dinner  served  for  those  who  had  traveled  and  camped  a  long  weary 
month. 

Mrs.  Templeman's  father  was  fortunate  in  securing  a  tract  of  land  from 
Hiram  Tinney  a  few  days  after  his  locating.  This  land  was  situated  about 
one  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  where  Bethany  now  stands  and  is 
owned  by  William  T.  Buck.  There  was  a  small  one-room  cabin  on  the  claim 
with  clap-board  roof,  dirt-floor  and  wooden  windows,  which  sheltered  the 
family  for  a  time.    Some  of  the  land  was  in  cultivation;  there  was  a  field 


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of  five  acres  of  growing  corn.  It  was  a  wild,  lonely  home,  typical  of  pioneer 
life,  but  soon  made  cozy  and  comfortable  by  the  fastidious  mother. 

Many  nights  the  prairie  wolves  howled  around  the  little  cabin,  making 
it  dismal  and  sad  for  the  settlers.  The  cry  of  the  wolf  so  much  ressembled 
the  human  voice  that  they  often  thought  it  a  woman  calling  for  assistance. 
The  chickens,  lambs  and  geese  had  to  be  carefully  locked  in  safety  every 
night  and  often  a  burning  brand  from  the  fire  was  waved  in  the  air  to  scare 
the  wolves  back  to  the  timber. 

The  next  year,  in  1842,  her  father  built  a  new  house  of  hewed  logs 
consisting  of  two  rooms  with  large  hall  between.  It  had  a  nice  door, 
a  real  glass  window  and  board  floor,  of  which  the  family  was  justly  proud, 

Mrs.  Templeman  lived  on  that  farm  about  twelve  years  when  her 
parents  moved  to  Bethany  and  located  on  the  exact  spot  where  she  now 
resides.  In  the  meantime  she  attended  school  taught  by  John  W.  Brown, 
in  a  cabin  situated  about  four  miles  northeast  of  Bethany,  boarding  with 
Willis  Allen  and  wife.  About  1845,  Mr.  Clark  began  a  school  in  a  cabin  that 
stood  on  the  north  bank  of  Buck's  branch,  near  the  present  residence  of 
George  Dodd.  He  only  stayed  in  the  west  three  weeks  so  Mrs.  Templeman's 
father  finished  the  school,  as  it  was  too  late  to  obtain  another  teacher. 
Then  school  was  held  in  the  new  frame  county  court  building  which  stood 
where  M.  Cornelius'  grocery  is  today  and  Villa  Ann  Covington  and  Miss 
Catherine  Feurt  were  the  teachers. 

The  citizens  decided  that  the  population  had  increased  sufficiently  to 
demand  a  school  building;  so  a  log  house  was  erected  in  what  is  now  the 
east  part  of  Bethany,  to  be  used  for  school  and  church  purposes.  A  good 
citizen,  David  Buck,  donated  the  ground,  which  was  to  be  used  as  a 
cemetery.  Among  the  teachers  in  that  building  were  AUston  Allen,  Judge 
William  Lewis,  Judge  Edward  Ellis,  Frank  Goodpasture  and  others. 

The  early  hisitory  of  Harrison  County  was  forming  and  her  father 
was  prominent  in  all  public  affairs.  Her  home  was  one  of  the  social  centers 
of  the  country,  always  open  to  strangers  and  hospitality  generously  ex- 
tended to  all.  Judges,  lawyers  and  ministers  as  well  as  lonely  travelers  and 
weary  passersby,  were  all  alike  welcomed. 

The  first  County  Court  was  held  under  a  big  ti'ee  on  the  bank  of  Big 
Creek  at  Harris'  Mill.  The  old  mill  around  which  many  historical  events 
clustered  was  located  on  land  now  owned  by  Frank  Slaughter  (for  many 
years  known  as  the  Copeland  farm).     The  first  protracted  meeting  was 

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274  HISTORY  OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

held  in  the  same  grove  at  the  old  mill,  conducted  by  Elders  Flint,  Allen  and 
Inyard.  Her  father,  Elder  Allen,  organized  the  first  church  in  Harrison 
County,  of  which  she  was  a  charter  member. 

One  day  as  Mr.  Oram  was  coming  from  his  farm  down  south,  he 
captured  a  beautiful  young  fawn.  He  offered  to  sell  it  for  fifty  cents  and 
Mrs.  Allen  bought  it  for  the  children's  pet.  They  tied  a  bell  around  its  neck 
and  it  was  very  gentle  and  domestic  and  they  loved  it  dearly.  It  was 
their  constant  companion  and  dearest  possession  for  many  months,  but 
it  finally  grew  up  and  had  to  be  killed  as  they  could  not  build  a  fence 
high  enough  to  confine  it. 

Mrs.  Templeman  often  relates  the  incidents  of  a  prairie  fire  that  al- 
most had  a  tragic  ending.  One  dry  October  day  in  1846  her  parents  smelled 
the  prairie  burning.  The  mother  was  in  bed  with  an  infant  by  her  side  and 
the  father  was  near  death's  door  with  typhoid  fever.  On  looking  out  they 
saw  the  fire  coming  from  the  south  in  a  great  rush  accompanied  by  a  high 
wind  and  leaving  destruction  in  its  wake.  Terror  seized  the  hearts  of 
the  parents  as  they  realized  their  perilous  condition.  Two  men  were  visible 
on  a  high  ridge  to  the  north  trying  to  fire  against  the  onrushing  flames. 
The  lives  of  the  family  depended  on  the  heroic  efforts  of  the  little  Ema- 
line  and  though  so  small  and  inexperienced,  she  ran  for  her  life  to  the  near- 
by men  and  gave  the  alarm.  In  an  incredibly  short  time  help  was  nigh ; 
the  flames  were  fired  against  the  burning  prairie  and  the  dear  ones  saved 
by  the  fraction  of  an  hour.  The  fields  were  blackened  and  the  fences 
charred,  but  there  was  great  rejoicing  in  the  little  home  that  day.  John 
W.  Brown  and  Dr.  Oatman  were  the  heroes  of  the  hour  and  when  they 
entered  the  house  fatigued  and  black  with  smoke,  they  found  Mr.  Allen  in 
a  severe  collapse  from  the  excitement  and  danger. 

The  nearest  postoffice  was  at  Cravensville,  Daviess  County,  and  one 
man  would  go  for  the  mail  and  bring  it  for  the  whole  community.  'Twas 
a  great  advancement  in  the  history  of  the  settlement  when  a  postoffice 
was  established  in  1845.  David  Buck  was  the  genial  postmaster  and  mail 
was  received  once  a  week. 

The  principal  trading  point  was  at  Liberty,  eighty  miles  away,  and  it 
was  an  exciting  event  when  the  settlers  started  to  market,  or  when 
they  returned  with  the  necessaries  they  could  not  make  or  raise  for 
themselves. 

The  spinning  wheel,  loom  and  dye-pot  were  found  in  every  home  as 
most  every  pioneer  woman  spun  wool,  cotton  and  flax,  dyed  her  own  thread 


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and  wove  her  own  cloth.  When  about  ten  years  old,  Emaline  learned  to 
spin  wool  and  in  two  years  could  spin  four  hanks  of  yarn  a  day.  When 
sixteen  she  could  weave  three  yards  of  cloth  a  day  in  stripe  or  plaid  effect, 
and  help  do  all  the  family  sewing  by  hand. 

In  those  early  days  there  was  a  dram  shop  in  Bethany,  said  to  be  the 
only  saloon  ever  in  the  town.  It  was  conducted  by  George  Young,  who 
thought  he  had  found  a  quick  road  to  wealth.  Dr.  Temmis,  a  young  physi- 
cian from  the  East,  had  located  in  the  community  to  practice  his  profes- 
sion. One  night  he  visited  the  saloon  and  he  and  the  proprietor  got  into 
a  dispute  which  terminated  in  a  fight  and  the  death  of  the  young  doctor. 
When  Young  realized  what  he  had  done  he  left  for  parts  unknown  and  the 
tragedy  caused  great  excitement  in  the  village.  The  doctor's  young  wife 
was  prostrated  by  the  news  and  after  her  husband's  funeral  she  re- 
turned to  her  relatives  in  the  East. 

When  about  nine  years  of  age  Mrs.  Templeman  saw  a  wonderful  sight 
which  left  a  lasting  impression  on  her  mind.  The  United  States  govern- 
ment sent  some  soldiers  to  move  the  Pottawatomie  Indians  to  a  western 
reservation.  Five  hundred  of  these  passed  her  father's  farm  in  a  body 
and  nine  of  the  men  stopped  at  her  home;  one  of  them  lingered  longer 
than  the  others  and  asked  for  something  to  eat.  Her  mother  gave  him  a 
large  loaf  of  sweet  corn  bread  and  as  he  thrust  it  under  his  blanket  he 
said:  "For  papoose,  for  little  papoose."  That  after  200  more  Indians 
passed  on  their  journey  to  the  same  resei-vation,  presumably  from  Fort 
Des  Moines. 

During  war  times  many  tragedies  were  brought  to  her  knowledge, 
chief  among  them  being  the  death  of  a  cousin,  Robinson  Allen,  a  grand,  good 
man,  who  immigrated  to  this  state  with  her  parents.  He  was  burned  to 
death  in  his  residence.  His  home  was  supposed  to  have  been  set  on  fire 
by  unknown  persons  and  in  trying  to  save  his  family  and  his  money  he  lost 
his  life.  In  the  still  and  lonely  hours  of  the  night  the  cries  and  screams 
of  his  family  were  heard  floating  over  the  hills  and  valleys  of  the  town  and 
every  citizen  hastened  to  the  scene  of  the  disaster.  His  body  was  re- 
covered the  next  day  when  the  whole  populace  turned  out  to  mourn  and 
sympathize  with  his  sorrowing  family. 

In  1855  Emaline  Allen  married  W.  A.  Templeman,  a  Virginian,  who 
located  in  Bethany  in  1854.  He  and  his  father  were  in  the  mercantile 
business  for  many  years.  The  wedding  was  at  the  home  of  her  parents, 
John  S.  Allen  and  wife,  at  the  place  where  Mrs.  Templeman  now  resides. 


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Three  of  her  daughters  were  married  in  the  same  room  and  stood  in  the 
same  spot  when  the  ceremony  was  performed.  The  bride  wore  a  beauti- 
ful white  Swiss  dress,  hand-made,  every  stitch  of  her  own  making.  Judge 
William  Lewis  performed  the  ceremony  and  a  wedding  supper  was  served 
by  the  mother  of  the  bride.  Mrs.  C.  J.  Blackburn  was  mistress  of  cere- 
monies and  wrote  the  invitations  in  her  beautiful,  well-remembered  hand. 
The  guests  were  T.  H.  Templeman,  wife  and  daughter.  Dee ;  Judge  Lewis, 
wife  and  daughter,  Clara;  Joseph  Collier  and  wife,  John  W.  Brooks,  wife 
and  daughters,  Mary,  Jane,  Frances  and  Nancy ;  Dr.  C.  J.  Blackburn,  wife 
and  daughters,  Belle  and  Kate;  the  brothers  and  sisters  of  the  bride  and 
William  Collier  of  Trenton,  Missouri. 

Mrs.  Templeman  has  six  children  living,  all  near  her  except  one  son, 
John,  of  Austin,  Texas,  and  two  daughters  have  preceded  her  to  the  better 
land.    She  has  eight  grand  children  and  one  great  grandson.  Temple  Allen. 

Her  home  has  always  been  in  Bethany  and  she  loves  every  foot  of 
ground  in  the  vicinity  and  never  wanted  to  leave  it.  She  watched  the 
town  grow  from  a  wooded  brushy  spot  to  a  modern  little  city  with  electric 
lights,  waterworks,  paved  streets,  beautiful  churches  and  splendid  schools. 


CHAPTER  XXXI 


REMINISCENCES— CONTINUED. 


JOHN    R.    MAIZE— ENTERED    LAND— NEIGHBORS    IN    THE     '40s— SPLITTING    RAILS 
AND    HARVESTING — HOUSE    RAISING — TAXES— MARKET    PRICES— MARRIED    IN 
1849— FIRST  SCHOOL  HOUSE— HARVE  TAYLOR— FIRST  COURT— GRIST  MILLS— 
FIRST    CHURCH— FIRST    CEMETERY— A   NEW    HOUSE. 

The  following  reminiscence  by  John  R.  Maize,  a  highly  respected  and 
honored  citizen  of  Cypress  Township  is  hereby  given  as  illustrative  of  the 
early  settler  and  the  life  of  such. 

"I  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Alabama,  in  1821 ;  emigrated  to  Ken- 
tucky when  I  was  six  years  of  age ;  afterwards  moved  to  Indiana  where 
my  father  died,  then  to  Illinois  where  my  mother  died.  I  came  to  Missouri 
in  1840  with  Aseph  Butler. 

"I  entered  the  land  on  which  I  now  live.  I  agreed  to  work  for  Aseph 
Butler  for  four  years  if  he  would  enter  my  eighty  acres  for  me  where  I 
raised  my  cabin,  the  land  being  worth  $1.25  per  acre.  You  can  see  what 
iny  four  years  of  work  amounted  to.  When  Mr.  Butler  went  to  Plattsburg 
to  enter  land,  the  land  agent  refused  to  allow  him  to  enter  my  land  because 
I  had  been  living  on  it.  I  had  to  make  the  trip  myself,  which  I  did,  entering 
my  eighty  and  another  forty  which  I  afterwards  deeded  to  Asep  Butler. 
My  land  patent  bears  the  name  of  Millard  Fillmore.  Nine  years  was  the 
length  of  my  services  to  Asep  Butler. 

"Our  nearest  neighbors  in  the  early  forties  were  John  Music,  who 
entered  the  George  Joyce  farm,  Evan  Low,  who  entered  the 
W.  0.  Dunham  farm  and  John  Fields,  who  entered  the  Mary 
Allen  farm.  Jo  Hunt,  Ed  Hunt  and  Little  Jo  Hunt  had  already  settled 
near  the  Hatten  ford  and  ran  a  mill  when  we  came  here. 

"If  I  do  say  it  myself,  I  sure  could  work  in  those  days.  I  would  make 
200  ten  foot  rails  in  one  day  and  I  got  fifty  cents  per  hundred.  1  could 
cradle  eight  acres  of  oats  in  a  day.     Mr.  Butler  made  the  cradles  with 


278  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

which  we  cut  the  wheat  and  oats.  There  was  a  contest  between  the  'turkey 
wing'  and  the  'grape-vine'  cradles.  On  one  occasion  Vic  Corbin  came  over  to 
show  us  how  to  cradle  wheat.  About  four  o'clock  Vic  gave  out,  but  1 
worked  on  till  quitting  time. 

"Everybody  for  miles  around  always  went  when  there  was  a  house 
raising.  They  always  put  me  on  a  corner.  I  have  gone  six  or  eight  miles 
many  a  time  to  a  house  raising.  I  helped  raise  Sanford  Tilley's  house  and 
it  took  two  days  to  raise  it  for  Sanford  was  mighty  particular. 

"There  was  a  still  down  the  creek  near  a  spring  on  the  Ed  Aten 
farm.  The  still  was  run  by  Elkanah  Glover.  I  helped  raise  the  building 
for  the  still.    At  elections  whisky  was  carried  in  buckets. 

"The  sheriff  was  the  tax  collector  in  those  days.  He  called  on  me 
to  pay  my  tax  which  was  $1.50.  I  didn't  have  a  cent  in  the  world  and  didn't 
know  when  I  would  have.  But  the  sheriff  made  out  my  receipt  and  gave 
it  to  me  and  told  me  to  pay  if  I  ever  had  anything  to  pay  with.  The 
tax  collector  is  not  so  easy  nowadays. 

"I  remember  when  prices  were  what  we  called  'mighty  pore.'  There 
was  no  market  to  sell  produce  and  it  cost  so  much  to  haul  merchandise 
from  Liberty  and  other  river  towns  that  we  did  vdthout  everything  except 
bare  necessities.  People  used  to  go  to  Robidoux's  landing  for  goods — now 
they  go  to  St.  Joseph.  I  once  took  eggs  to  Little  Hubbard's  store  in 
Adams  Township.  Little  Hubbard  told  me  he  would  give  me  two  cents 
a  dozen  for  what  I  had  but  not  bring  anymore.  Chickens  could  not  be 
sold  at  all.  The  same  year  I  bought  a  barrel  of  salt  of  Fred  Westpheling, 
Avho  kept  a  store  south  of  the  Hubbard  farm.  I  paid  $9.00  for  that 
barrel  of  salt.  The  salt  came  up  the  Missouri  River  on  a  steamboat  to 
Liberty,  then  was  hauled  out  by  ox  team  to  this  county.  This  made  Ireight 
charges  very  high. 

"One  summer  I  hauled  salt  from  Robidoux's  Landing  to  Elk  Creek, 
Iowa,  and  was  paid  in  corn  at  twenty-five  cents  per  bushel.  Once  on  my 
way  through  Eagleville  I  sold  a  sack  of  salt  to  Mr.  Young,  the  merchant 
there.  'This  is  the  cheapest  salt  you  will  ever  have  brought  to  your  door,' 
I  prophesied.    'I'll  take  it,'  said  he,  convinced.    But  I  proved  a  false  prohet. 

"I  once  traded  a  yoke  of  three-year-old  oxen,  well-broken,  for  a  Seth 
Thomas  clock,  second  hand.  It  was  a  good  clock.  Little  Hubbard  was 
the  clock  peddler  in  those  days.  Ed  Low,  Asep  Butler  and  John  Music 
bought  clocks  for  $40  to  be  in  wheat  which  was  to  be  hauled  to  Liberty. 
When  the  time  came  for  payment  they  did  not  have  the  wheat  and  had  to 


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pay  the  money.  Once  I  sold  a  cow  to  Sam  Vandivert  for  $8.00.  While  I 
was  living  at  Asep  Butler's  I  had  two  pigs  that  I  had  fattened.  I  had 
raised  the  corn  myself,  but  when  the  pigs  were  fat  I  did  not  know  what  to 
do  with  them.  I  had  no  use  for  them  and  nobody  else  seemed  to  need 
them.  Finally  Ed  Low  and  John  Music  agreed  to  help  me  butcher  and 
they  would  take  a  hog  apiece  and  give  me  $1.50  per  hundred. 

"In  June,  1849,  I  married  Rachel  Flint,  a  sister  of  Larkin  and  Thomas 
Flint.  When  we  married  my  wife  had  a  feather  bed  and  I  had  one  horse. 
It  took  sick  and  died  the  next  spring.  Many  times  I  did  without  things  that 
we  needed  but  we  never  went  in  debt.  We  have  traded  a  good  many  years 
in  Bethany  but  I  have  never  owned  a  Bethany  merchant  five  dollars  in  my 
life.    We  never  got  anything  till  we  could  pay  for  it. 

"The  first  school  house  in  our  part  of  the  country  stood  less  than  fifty 
yards  from  the  present  Maize  school  house.  Ed  Low,  Asep  Butler,  John 
Arnold  and  I  cut  the  logs,  rived  the  clapboards  for  the  roof  and  puncheons 
for  the  floor.  There  was  a  huge  fire  place  and  greased  paper  windows. 
Hugh  Ross,  from  Ohio,  was  the  first  teacher.  He  aftei-ward  went  to  Mar- 
tinsville and  married  a  lady  named  Carter.  Mr.  Ross  was  paid  by  sub- 
scription by  the  settlers.  The  big  spring  near  the  school  house  is  still 
there  but  all  the  white  oak  timber  was  cut  off  some  years  ago  for  railroad 
ties. 

"East  of  the  school  house,  by  the  gate  that  goes  into  my  pasture, 
there  stood  a  big  tree  Harve  Taylor,  one  of  a  gang  of  systematic  horse 
thieves  was  tied  to  that  tree  and  whipped  until  he  fainted,  for  horse  steal- 
ing. When  released  he  was  told  to  leave  the  country  or  they  would  kill 
him.  He  left,  but  came  back  later.  The  settlers  caught  him  near  Harris"^ 
Mill  and  whipped  him  again.  He  left  the  country  and  settled  near  Rich- 
mond, Missouri,  bought  a  farm  and  raised  a  respectable  family.  The  lint- 
ing  made  a  man  of  him  as  he  afterwards  said. 

"The  meeting  of  the  first  court  was  held  under  a  big  elm  tree  at  Harris' 
Mill  on  the  west  side  of  Big  Creek  near  the  ford  in  184.5.  I  was  there.  It 
took  all  the  residents  in  1845  to  make  a  crowd  and  then  it  wasn't  a  very 
large  one.  I  helped  clear  off"  the  brush  from  the  court  house  square  in 
Bethany.  I  was  there  when  the  first  lots  were  sold  and  remember  that 
Harve  Young  bought  one  lot. 

"We  had  most  of  our  corn  ground  at  Harris'  Mill.  No  diflTerence  when 
I  came  to  this  mill,  I  never  had  to  wait  for  my  grist.  Sometimes  when 
the  creek  was  low  or  frozen,  we  had  to  go  over  to  Pole  Cat  Creek  where 


280  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Birdine  Taylor  had  a  mill.  We  drove  oxen  and  had  to  hitch  them  to  the 
sweep  and  grind  out  the  grist. 

"I  have  never  been  a  hunter  or  a  fisherman.  I  have  lived  on  the  bank 
of  the  creek  most  of  my  life,  but  no  man  ever  caught  me  on  the  creek  banlc 
fishing,  and  I  had  rather  split  rails  any  day  than  go  hunting. 

"The  first  church  organized  that  I  know  anything  about  was  the 
Christian  Church  at  Bethany.  The  next  was  Baptist,  two  and  one-half 
miles  from  my  house,  under  the  leadership  of  Absolom  Hardin.  He  also 
preached  at  Hickory  Creek.  He  could  preach  like  everything.  The  meet- 
ing was  held  at  the  log  houses,  and  in  fine  weather  in  the  woods.  Almost 
everybody  went  to  meeting  whenever  a  preacher  came  along.  There  were 
so  few  places  to  go.  I  think  their  going  to  meeting  was  more  for  sociability 
than  for  religion. 

"The  first  graveyard  I  know  of  was  the  Hatton  Graveyard,  near  Hank 
Joyce's  farm.  Ed  Low's  oldest  boy,  Alvin  Low,  bought  corn  from  Mort 
Lantis,  who  hauled  it  and  put  it  in  the  trought  just  as  the  cattle  would 
eat  it,  for  twelve  and  a  half  cents  per  bushel. 

"After  we  had  lived  in  the  log  house  a  long  time  we  decided  to  have 
a  frame  house  like  some  of  the  neighbors.  I  hauled  the  lumber  from 
Saint  Joseph.  When  I  had  the  frame  up  I  was  overcome  with  fear.  It 
looked  dreadfully  big  to  me.  John  Music  stopped  one  day  when  I  was  at 
work.  "I  don't  believe  I  can  finish  it,"  says  L  "Go  ahead,"  says  Music, 
"and  I'll  help  you  pay  out  if  you  need  the  money."  The  frame  house 
was  finally  finished  and  my  old  log  smokehouse  still  stands.  John  Music 
was  sure  my  friend  if  ever  anyone  was. 

"I  live  on  the  land  I  first  entered  and  folks,  I  am  spry  if  I  am  over 
ninety  years  of  age.  I  have  tried  to  live  in  peace  and  hannony  with  my 
neighbors  and  lend  them  a  helping  hand  when  I  could." 

Mr.  Maize  died  at  his  home  in  Cypress  Township  October  9th,  1921, 
at  the  remarkable  age  of  ninety-nine  years,  two  months  and  four  days. 
He  retained  unusual  mental  and  physical  vigor  for  one  of  his  age  to 
within  a  few  weeks  of  his  death. 


CHAPTER  XXXII 


REMINISCENNCES— CONTINUED. 


JAMES  G.  TUCKER-CAME  HERB  IN  1841-OTHERS  IN  THE  PARTY-SETTLED 
SOUTH  OF  BETHANY-THE  -GRITTER"  AND  COFFEE  MILL-FIRST  SCHOOI^ 
INDIANS-WILD  TURKEYS  AND  DEER-WALKING  TO  LIEERTY-NEATY  GAR- 
TON-ATTENDING  •■MEBTING--HARRIS-  MILI^COUNTY  COURT  ORGANIZED 
_A  TRIP  TO  ST.  JOSEPH-THRESHING  FLOOR-VALUE  OF  HORSES  AND  OXEN. 

An  interesting  communication  written  in  1915  by  James  G.  Tucker 
of  the  early  settlement  is  as  follows: 

"I  was  born  in  Indiana  about  fourteen  miles  from  Greencastle,  No- 
vember 8,  1824.  When  quite  young  I  moved  with  my  parents  to  Illinois 
and  settled  on  the  Mackinaw  River  about  fifteen  miles  from  Bloomington, 
where  father  built  a  mill. 

"In  the  spring  of  1841  we  started  to  Missouri  in  company  with  J.  S. 
Allen,  W.  R.  Allen,  Ephraim  Stewart,  John  W.  Brown,  Thomas  Brown, 
C.  L.' Jennings,  A.  W.  Allen  and  a  young  man  named  Reeves.  The  last 
two  had  no  families. 

"Our  first  stopping  place  in  this  county  was  with  Beverly  Travis, 
who  was  already  located  about  five  miles  south  of  the  present  site  of 
Bethany.  I  think  John  S.  Allen  remained  with  Beverly  Travis  and  the 
rest  of  the  company  went  north  of  Bethany  and  camped  three-quarters 
of  a  mile  east  of  the  Jake  King  farm,  upon  which  C.  L.  Jennings  settled. 
W.  R.  Allen  settled  where  we  first  camped.  John  W.  Brown  settled  on 
the  Cunniff  farm.  Thomas  Brown  bought  out  a  squatter  named  Collins, 
who  had  settled  on  what  was  known  for  years  as  the  David  Travis  place. 
My  father,  Thomas  Tucker,  settled  on  the  farm  known  until  recently  as 
the  Johnson  Hogan  farm.  Ephraim  Stewart  settled  the  Madison  Buck 
farm  and  John  S.  Allen  settled  on  the  William  T.  Buck  farm.  A.  W.  Allen 
afterward  went  to  Dunkerson's  Grove,  where  he  married.  I  never  knew 
what  became  of  young  Reeves. 


282  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

"Of  all  that  company  of  men,  women  and  children  who  came  in  our 
wagon  train  in  1841  to  Missouri,  save  Emaline  Templeman  (daughter  of 
John  S.  Allen),  Mary  Phillebaum,  my  sister  Lizzie  and  myself.  Those 
who  had  preceded  us  and  were  living  in  this  neighborhood  though  some- 
what scattered  were  Sharp  Winningham,  Isaac  Cheney,  Beverly  Travis, 
George  Williams,  Phillip  Harris,  Henry  Fuller  and  Collins. 

"When  we  came  to  this  county  we  suffered  the  privations  common 
to  all  pioneers.  In  those  days  the  "gritter"  was  a  blessing  to  mankind, 
and  the  coffee  mill  did  noble  service,  for  it  not  only  ground  the  precious 
coffee  but  many  a  time  ground  our  buckwheat.  After  a  year  or  two 
Thomas  Taylor  started  a  horse-mill  near  Halleck's  farm,  which  ran  for 
several  years. 

"The  first  school  I  attended  was  taughfc  by  Willis  Allen  in  a  log 
cabin  near  Allen  Dale's  house.  The  next  year  John  W.  Brown  taught. 
Teachers  usually  boarded  around.  I  don't  know  what  they  were  paid 
for  their  services,  but  I  do  know  that  they  licked  me  every  day,  but  it 
was  no  more  than  my  share,  I  guess.  (This  was  the  grandfather  of 
Frank  Mon'is  Frisby — they  looked  much  alike  and  from  that  last  state- 
ment were,  when  boys,  I  presume,  much  alike. — Ed.) 

"There  were  plenty  of  Indians,  deer  and  turkey.  The  Indians  passed 
through  our  settlement  often  and  camped  on  the  creek  near  us.  They 
would  come  to  Sharp  Winningham's  to  buy  pork.  They  were  always 
peaceable.    They  traded  furs  and  venison  hams  for  our  produce. 

"The  winter  of  '41  my  father  and  Lossing  Jennings  took  the  con- 
tract to  erect  a  log  ice  house  at  Liberty,  Missouri.  They  were  there  a 
couple  of  months.  They  went  down  afoot  and  came  back  the  same  way, 
each  carrying  a  pack  of  sugar,  coffee  and  domestic.  An  unusually  heavy 
snow  storm  began  before  they  arrived  at  home.  That  snow  stayed  on 
all  the  rest  of  the  winter,  more  than  a  foot  deep  all  the  time.  Soon  after 
returning  from  Liberty  mj  father  engaged  to  split  rails  for  Sharp  Win- 
ningham for  fifty  cents  a  hundred.  Father  never  stopped  short  of  his 
hundred  a  day  and  often  he  made  more  and  took  it  out  in  meat  at  $1.50 
per  hundred  pounds. 

"My  sister,  Neaty,  maiTied  David  Carton  and  settled  west  of  Bethany, 
where  she  lived  until  her  death  six  years  ago.  A  narrow  trail  or  foot- 
path which  one  might  travel  on  horseback  ran  from  our  settlement,  north- 
east of  Bethany,  diagonally  southwest  past  the  old  graveyard,  the  J.  S. 
Allen  home  and  Cornelison's  store,  the  postofRce,  following  the  slope  to 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  283 

the  falls,  where  Big  Creek  was  forded,  as  was  also  West  Big  Creek  north 
of  Bob  Nelson's  house,  and  finally  stopped  at  Sister  Neaty's  house.  This 
path  ran  through  heavy  timber  most  of  the  way  and  the  underbrush  was 
very  thick,  especially  where  the  first  survey  of  Bethany  was  laid  out. 
Sister  Neaty  died  in  1909  after  the  big  flood,  when  most  of  the  bridges 
were  carried  away.  The  funeral  cortege  bearing  her  remains  was  com- 
pelled to  ford  the  creek  at  the  falls,  as  she  had  done  hundreds  of  times 
sixty-odd  years  ago. 

"We  attended  meetings  at  Phil  Harris's  house  which  was  led  by 
John  S.  Allen  and  George  Flint.  We  always  went  in  the  ox  wagon.  In 
those  days  everybody  went  to  meeting  and  they  seemed  to  like  it.  My 
mother  was  very  devout  and  it  was  a  common  saying  among  the  settlers 
that  "No  woman  had  a  greater  faith  in  the  Redeemer  than  Aunt  Betty 
Tucker."  My  sister,  Lizzie,  and  I  thought  nothing  of  riding  twenty  miles 
on  horseback  to  Pilot  Grove,  Daviess  County,  and  get  there  in  time  for 
eleven  o'clock  service. 

"After  about  two  years  my  father  rented  Harris's  mill  on  Big  Creek. 
The  log  house  and  mill  stood  on  the  west  side  of  the  creek  at  the  Slaughter 
bridge.  Part  of  the  old  dam  is  yet  to  be  seen  when  the  water  is  low.  My 
brother,  John,  and  I  tended  a  corn  crop  on  the  hill  east  of  the  creek  and 
we  waded  the  water  on  the  bottom  to  our  knees  every  day  that  summer 
to  get  to  our  corn.  Father  ran  the  mill  two  or  three  years,  Phil  Harris 
having  gone  to  Oregon. 

"We  lived  at  the  mill  when  the  county  court  was  organized  in  1845. 
My  mother  cooked  the  dinner  that  day  for  the  first  county  judges.  The 
m-eeting  was  held  under  two  large  trees  that  stood  close  together,  a  linn 
and  an  elm.  I  have  done  many  a  washing  under  those  two  trees.  My 
mother  wasn't  very  strong  and  the  washing  fell  on  me.  Though  my  mother 
was  not  very  robust  she  served  her  day  and  generation  as  best  she  could. 
Doctors  were  few  and  their  practice  ranged  from  the  Iowa  line  to  Gallatin, 
consequently  their  labors  were  onerous.  On  the  advent  of  the  numerous 
offspring  in  most  of  the  families  for  miles  around  my  mother  was  sent 
for  and  was  ever  found  the  present  help  in  time  of  trouble.  Sometimes 
she  would  be  gone  from  home  for  days  at  a  time,  having  been  called  from 
one  case  to  another.  In  some  families  having  from  twelve  to  fifteen  chil- 
dren my  mother  was  present  at  every  birth.  She  rode  a  large  white 
horse  named  Selah  and  that  horse  and  its  rider  were  anxiously  watched 


284  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

for  and  gladly  welcomed,  both  at  the  house  of  sickness  and  at  home  when 
they  returned. 

"When  I  was  fourteen  years  of  age  a  doctor  (I  can't  recall  his  name) 
practicing  medicine  in  Bethany,  ran  out  of  medicine.  He  wanted  some 
one  to  go  to  Saint  Joseph  to  get  a  supply.  I  agreed  to  go.  I  rode  a  two- 
year-old  filly  and  made  the  trip  in  three  days.  There  wasn't  a  single 
house  from  Gentryville  to  Third  Fork  (near  Union  Star).  I  stayed  at 
old  Mr.  Millei-'s  house  on  Third  Fork  the  first  night.  The  second  day  I 
went  to  Saint  Joseph,  got  my  medicine  and  back  to  Mr.  Miller's  for  the 
second  night,  then  on  home  by  the  third  night. 

"When  my  father  moved  from  the  Hams  mill  he  moved  to  the  Alvord 
place  in  the  south  part  of  Bethany.  We  built  a  log  house  eighteen  by 
twenty  feet  with  an  addition  sixteen  by  sixteen  feet.  I  hauled  all  the 
logs  from  west  of  Big  Creek,  where  Uncle  Sammy  Clayton  lived.  We 
afterwards  built  a  log  barn  and  a  large  crib  with  a  threshing  floor  be- 
tween, which  was  twenty  by  twenty  feet.  This  was  the  first  threshing 
floor  in  the  neighborhood  and  people  came  for  miles  around  to  thresh 
their  grain  here.  Threshing  grain  on  this  floor  was  a  vast  improvement 
over  threshing  on  the  ground.  It  came  out  so  much  cleaner  and  the  bread 
was  so  much  whiter. 

"My  father  sold  a  horse  for  $40  that  would  sell  now  for  $175,  and 
a  yoke  of  oxen  for  $21  and  delivered  them  to  Pattonsburg  to  get  money 
to  enter  the  quarter  section  which  included  the  Alvord  place.  A  part  of 
that  tract  was  laid  off  in  town  lots  and  known  as  Tucker's  first  and  sec- 
ond additions.  Later  other  parts  were  laid  off  in  the  Carton,  Heaston, 
King,  Nordyke  and  Elmwood  additions. 

"My  father  died  in  1872  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  and  my  mother 
died  in  1883  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight.  After  an  absence  of  thirty 
years  the  return  to  the  scenes  of  my  youth  and  manhood  is  fraught  with 
pleasure  in  meeting  so  many  old  time  friends,  though  saddened  with 
sorrow  at  the  loss  of  my  life  companions  who  shared  those  scenes  and 
memories  for  nearly  sixty  years." 

The  above  letter  was  written  in  1915.  The  writer  was  well  acquainted 
with  Mr.  Tucker,  and  on  his  advent  to  this  county  in  1878  made  his  home 
at  the  Elmo  Hotel,  then  kept  by  Mr.  Tucker. 

Mr.  Tucker's  wife  was  Rhoda  Howell,  a  daughter  of  Marshall  K. 
Howell,  and  Mrs.  Eva  Frisby,  wife  of  Hon.  Ezra  H.  Frisby,  is  their 
daughter. 


CHAPTER  XXXIII 


REMINISCENCES— CONTINUED 


JOHN  S.  ALLEN— CAME  HERE  BEFORE  HARRISON  COUNTY  WAS  ORGANIZED- 
SETTLED  NEAR  BETHANY— DELEGATE  TO  STATE  CONVENTION  IN  1861— A 
STRONG  UNION  MAN— ONE  OP  THE  FIRST  MASONS  HERE— BUSINESS  CAREER 
— RELIGIOUS  WORK — TEMPERAJMCE  ADVOCATE — PERSONAL  CHARACTERIS- 
TICS. 

As  a  further  exemplification  of  the  class  and  character  of  pioneers, 
the  development  of  their  communities  and  'the  characteristics  of  the 
leadership  they  best  loved  to  follow,  I  introduce  here  an  obituary  of  Elder 
John  S.  Allen,  written  by  the  late  Colonel  D.  J.  Heaston: 

"John  S.  Allen  was  bom  in  Overton  County,  Tennessee,  June  26,  1814. 
He  died  at  his  home  in  Bethany  December  13,  1893,  aged  seventy-seven 
years.  In  1832  he  moved  to  Illinois,  where  in  1835  he  was  married  to 
Nancy  Childress,  who  still  survives  him,  and  who  for  fifty-eight  years 
was  his  worthy  companion  and  helpmeet. 

"In  1841  he  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  near  Bethany.  There  were 
at  that  time  very  few  white  people  living  north  of  Bethany.  He  was 
among  the  advance  guard  of  white  settlers,  living  upon  the  margin  of 
civilization.  At  that  time  the  land  here  had  not  been  surveyed  and  each 
settler  built  his  cabin  and  cultivated  such  land  as  he  desired.  At  that 
time  Harrison  County  was  not  organized,  but  the  territory  was  attached 
to  Daviess  County  for  general  purposes.  In  1845  the  county  of  Harrison 
was  organized  and  the  county  seat  was  located  where  Bethany  now 
stands  and  a  quarter  section  of  land  was  entered  in  the  name  of  John  S. 
Allen  for  county  seat  purposes,  and  he  was  appointed  to  lay  off  the  town 
and  sell  the  lots.  He  was  also  appointed  commissioner  to  build  a  court 
house,  which  duties  he  performed  very  acceptably.  In  the  spring  of 
1846  upon  the  death  of  Thomas  Flint,  circxiit  and  county  clerk.  Parson 


286  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Allen  was  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy,  which  office  he  filled  for  about 
six  months,  but  refused  to  be  a  candidate  for  re-election. 

"In  1861,  when  a  state  convention  was  elected  consisting  of  three 
delegates  from  each  senatorial  district  to  consider  the  relations  of  Mis- 
souri to  the  Union,  to  decide  which  course  our  state  should  pursue,  John 
S.  Allen  was  elected  one  of  the  delegates  from  this  district.  In  the  sev- 
eral meetings  of  this  convention  he  exerted  all  his  influence  in  favor  of 
Missouri  remaining  in  the  Union.  These  were  the  only  political  offices 
he  ever  held,  though  often  urged  to  become  a  candidate  for  other  posi- 
tions. He  preferred  the  quiet  of  home  and  the  calling  of  a  preacher  to 
political  preferment. 

"When  the  Masonic  Lodge  was  organized  in  Bethany  in  1853  he  was 
one  of  the  first  to  take  the  degrees,  and  afterwards  served  several  years 
as  worshipful  master. 

"In  1850  Parson  Allen  engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Bethany 
and  continued  therein  until  his  death.  When  in  his  prime  he  did  a  fair 
share  of  the  business,  but  of  late  years  he  used  but  little  exertions  to 
keep  up  trade. 

"In  1872  he  with  others  organized  the  Bethany  Savings  Bank,  of 
which  he  was  long  the  president  and  a  large  stockholder. 

"When  the  public  lands  were  first  opened  for  entry  in  this  county 
he  entered  a  large  amount  of  choice  lands  and  from  this  source  and  judici- 
ous management  and  that  careful  economy  that  distinguished  him,  accomu- 
lated  considerable  property.  While  he  was  careful  and  close  in  his  busi- 
ness affairs  it  is  believed  that  he  never  knowingly  wronged  one  out  of 
a  cent. 

"I  have  not  yet  spoken  of  Parson  Allen's  religious  life  and  character. 
It  was  in  this  that  he  was  best  known  and  most  distinguished,  and  will 
be  longest  remembered.  In  1827  he  had  united  with  the  Christian  Church 
and  had  been  made  an  elder  in  the  congregation.  As  soon  as  he  had 
pitched  his  tent  in  the  new  country  he  had  called  his  neighbors  together 
"on  the  first  day  of  the  week"  and  in  the  shade  of  an  unbroken  forest  he 
preached  to  them  the  unsearchable  riches  of  the  Gospel,  and  upon  the 
very  edge  of  civilization  he  erected  an  altar  for  the  worship  of  the  one 
true  and  living  God  and  afterwards  for  forty  years  he  continued  to  preach 
to  his  congregation  and  break  bread  with  them  around  their  alter  'with 
out  money  and  without  price.'  Besides  preaching  freely  at  home,  he  helped 
to  organize  other  congregations  in  this  and  adjoining  counties.     He  also 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  287 

gave  liberally  of  his  means  as  the  Lord  prospered  him  to  build  churches 
and  carry  on  the  good  work.  He  never  wavered  or  doubted  but  was  a 
constant  and  consistent  Christian. 

"He  was  not  a  religious  zealot,  but  was  a  good,  straightforward, 
every  day  Christian,  always  the  same  without  variableness  or  shadow  of 
turning.  I  believe  he  was  the  most  even  tempered  man  that  I  ever  knew. 
At  all  times,  in  all  places  and  under  all  circumstances  he  was  the  same 
calm,  cool  and  consistent  Christian  gentleman. 

"With  him  thei'e  was  no  high  tide  and  low  tide,  but  the  same  constant, 
unhurried,  overflowing  stream,  as  if  supplied  from  the  same  unvarying 
fountain.  It  may  be  permitted  me  to  echo  what  I  believe  to  be  the  gen- 
eral sentiment  of  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  all  who  knew  him. 

"As  a  man  he  was  frank  in  disposition,  courteous  in  manners,  gen- 
erous in  spirit,  brave  in  principle,  true  to  every  trust  reposed  in  him. 
There  was  about  him  no  pomp,  ostentation,  or  desire  to  be  conspicuous, 
but  on  the  contrary  he  was  modest,  retiring,  somewhat  reticent  and  there- 
fore needed  to  be  thoroughly  and  closely  cultivated  to  be  fully  understood 
and  appreciated.  He  was  not  ambitious  of  outward  show,  notoriety  or 
political  distinction,  but  all  he  did  was  in  the  spirit  of  meekness,  and  for 
the  advancement  of  the  Master's  cause.  He  hated  shams  and  false  teach- 
ings and  despised  hypocrisy.  He  felt  it  was  his  duty  to  antagonize  error 
and  to  fight  sin. 

"He  was  an  uncompromising  temperance  man  because  he  believed 
that  intoxicating  liquors  were  the  cause  of  much  sin  and  misery.  He 
said  to  me  once  that  he  disliked  making  temperance  speeches  because  he 
could  hardly  do  so  without  off'ending  somebody,  and  a  temperance  speech 
that  did  not  attack  the  rum  traffic  had  as  well  not  be  made.  In  his  kind- 
ness of  heart  he  was  sorry  to  hurt  the  feelings  of  even  the  rum  seller. 
Parson  Allen  had  but  poor  school  privileges  when  young  but  by  extensive 
reading  and  close  observation  of  men  and  things  he  became  a  well  in- 
formed man.  He  was  not  an  orator,  but  a  convincing  speaker.  He  spoke 
from  the  sincerity  of  motive  and  was  filled  with  an  honest  conviction  of 
right  and  duty  and  this  made  him  appear  always  earnest.  He  spoke  from 
the  heart  and  generally  reached  the  heart. 

"He  had  a  superb  voice,  clear  as  crystal  and  ringing  like  a  bell.  He 
had  a  commanding  appearance  and  large  brain  and  when  he  arose  before 
an  audience  he  attracted  their  attention  at  once,  and  held  it  until  he 
closed.     He  was  an  original  thinker  and  naturally  witty  and  seasoned 


288  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

his  addresses  with  enough  wit  to  please,  while  it  entertained  and  con- 
vinced. He  interested  his  hearers  by  the  honest  utterance  and  honest 
faith  of  an  honest  and  sincere  man.  He  believed  what  he  said,  and  a 
zeal  which  only  comes  from  devotion  to  truth  kindled  corresponding  fires 
in  the  hearts  of  his  hearers.  He  was  simple,  plain  and  honest  in  his 
every  day  life  and  his  purity  of  character  was  a  great  element  of  his 
strength. 

"The  personal  charactes  of  Parson  Allen  was  full  of  noble  qualities, 
endearing  him  to  his  friends  while  living,  and  making  his  memory  a 
constant  delight.  Kindness  of  heart  seemed  to  mellow  his  whole  nature. 
There  was  in  him  neither  envy  nor  hate  and  only  generosity,  charity  and 
good  will.  In  many  respects  he  was  a  remarkable  man.  For  the  past 
fifty  years  he  has  been  the  most  prominent  man  in  our  county.  To  him 
are  we  more  indebted  for  good  society,  for  religious  development,  and 
for  all  that  makes  our  people  happy  and  good  than  any  other  man  that 
ever  lived  in  the  county.  'With  charity  for  all  and  malice  toward  none' 
he  went  about  among  his  neighbors  doing  good.  It  was  his  mission  to 
preach  the  word,  help  the  poor  and  aid  the  deserving. 

"Every  good  work  received  his  pure  heart  and  noble  soul.  He  had 
the  zeal  of  a  martyr  and  the  valor  of  a  patriot.  In  him  was  greatness,  but 
it  was  the  greatness  of  unselfishness,  gentle  and  pure  as  the  heart  of  a 
child.  In  him  was  charity.  Charity  white  and  gentle  as  the  moonlight 
that  shines  into  the  shadow  of  night.  In  him  was  heroism — it  was  the 
heroism  of  the  knight  that  draws  no  sword  but  waved  in  his  hand,  high 
above  his  benevolent  brow,  the  sacred  wand  of  religion,  of  love  and  of 
fraternity. 

"By  reason  of  strength  and  good  habits  his  life  was  lengthened  to 
the  Psalmist's  four  score  years.  But  now  he  has  gone.  He  has  fallen 
like  the  mighty  oak  in  the  stillness  of  the  forest.  We  can  only  mourn 
his  loss  and  indulge  the  fond  hope  that  the  good  he  has  done  may  live 
after  him,  that  this  sad  bereavement  may  do  much  to  help  seal  the  truth 
he  so  long  taught,  that  his  public  utterances  like  good  seed  sown  upon 
fertile  soil  may  continue  to  bring  forth  good  fruits  of  an  hundred  fold, 
and  that  the  hearts  of  his  neighbors  may  be  brought  together  in  a  union 
cf  fraternity,  fellowship  and  love. 

"Having  known  Parson  Allen  intimately  for  more  than  a  third  of 
a  century,  having  counseled  and  associated  with  him  closely  and  having 


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been  in  perfect  accord  on  nearly  every  question,  I  deem  it  a  pleasure  to 
bear  witness  to  his  many  good  qualities  of  head  and  heart,  to  make  this 
statement  voluntarily,  and  without  solicitation,  to  pay  this  tribute  of 
respect  to  one  I  have  known  and  admired  so  long.  Farewell,  kind  teacher. 
Dear  friend,  farewell." — D.  J.  Heaston. 


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CHAPTER  XXXIV 


REMINISCENCES— CONTINUED. 


IN  THE   OLD   DAYS— CAINSVILLE   AND   VICINITY    IN   1858— BY   A.    F.   WOODRUFF   OP 
COLORADO    SPRINGS,    COLORADO. 

I  came  to  Cainsville  about  the  middle  of  June,  1858,  having  migrated 
from  Scioto  County,  Ohio,  with  my  brother  of  the  half-blood,  A.  J.  Tucker, 
who  had  bought  a  fanii  about  a  mile  north  of  the  town  the  year  before. 
The  family  of  A.  J.  Tucker  at  that  time  consisted  of  himself,  his  wife, 
Keturah  F. ;  a  son,  David  E.,  then  an  infant;  a  sister-in-law,  Esther  J. 
Woodruff,  and  myself.  Cainsville  was  then  a  small  village  that  had 
jfrown  up  around  Peter  Cain's  water  mill,  which  had  been  erected  some 
years  before  at  that  point  on  Grand  River.  Grand  River  was  a  crooked, 
sluggish,  muddy  stream,  so  small  in  comparison  to  other  rivers  with 
which  the  early  settlers  had  been  familier  that  they  were  disposed  to 
belittle  it  by  calling  it  a  creek. 

Cainsville  is  located  in  the  northeastern  part  of  Harrison  County, 
Missouri,  in  a  part  of  the  state  which  was  but  sparsely  settled  in  1858. 
The  adjacent  country  was  fertile  and  beautiful.  It  was  sufficiently  rolling 
to  be  attractive  without  being  hilly.  The  sui-face  of  the  ground  was  made 
up  of  prairie  and  timber;  the  timber  predominating.  Much  of  the  so- 
called  timber  land  was  covered  with  a  growth  of  shrubs,  such  as  hazel, 
stool  oak,  alder  and  shumack.  This  shrub  covered  land  was  always  desig- 
nated as  "brush"land.  In  summer  the  prairie,  covered  with  tall  grass  of 
two  or  three  varieties,  which  was  interspersed  with  many  wild  flowei's, 
was  a  thing  of  beauty.  Probably  three-fifths  of  the  territoi-y  around 
Cainsville  was  unenclosed  and  unbroken.  The  country  had  not  been  man- 
handled. The  unenclosed  portion  belonged  for  the  most  part  to  non- 
residents of  the  state,  and  was  free  pasturage  for  anyone  who  wanted  to 
use  it.  None  of  the  timber  was  so  large  as  that  found  in  states  further 
east,  nor  was  there  so  great  a  variety.     Oak,  elm,  hickory,  walnut,  ash. 


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basswood,  cottonwood  and  maple  were  the  principal  varieties.  No  beech, 
popular  or  chestnut  were  to  be  found.  The  country  was  well  watered; 
many  small  streams  furnishing  water  in  abundance  for  live  stock,  and 
wa4;er  of  good  quality  for  domestic  use  could  usually  be  secured  by  sink- 
ing wells  to  a  depth  of  from  twenty  to  forty  feet. 

I  do  not  know  whether  the  town  built  the  mill,  or  the  mill  built  the 
town.  I  think  the  latter  is  the  correct  supposition.  I  have  made  some 
effort  to  determine  just  how  large,  or  better  said,  just  how  small  the 
town  was  in  1858,  but  have  failed  to  do  so.  The  census  of  1860  throws 
no  light  on  the  question,  as  towns  having  less  than  1,000  inhabitants 
were  not  given  a  separate  enumeration,  buti  were  included  with  the 
municipal  tovniship  in  which  they  happened  to  be  located.  I  do  not 
believe  there  were  over  100  souls  in  the  town  the  day  I  arrived.  There 
were  perhaps  thirty  children  attending  the  summer  school  that  year  in 
Cainsville,  about  one-fourth  of  whom  did  not  live  in  the  town.  Hannibal 
Harrison  was  the  teacher.  I  think  100  is  a  liberal  estimate  of  the  popu- 
lation of  Cainsville  in  1858. 

The  name  Cainsville,  literally  Cain's  town,  was  derived,  as  everyone 
knows,  from  Cain's  mill,  being  an  adaptation  and  euphony  of  the  latter 
name.  In  the  year  1858  there  was  still  standing  one  finger  board  that  I 
recall,  directing  the  traveler  to  Cain's  mill.  The  name  is  sometimes 
erroneously  written  "Cainesville."  I  believe  it  is  spelled  that  way  in  the 
United  States  Postal  Guide,  so  that  the  postoffice  at  Cainsville  is 
"Cainesville." 

As  before  stated,  the  town  had  grown  up  around  Cain's  mill.  The 
first  reason  for  the  tovra  was  the  necessity  for  houses  in  which  the 
employees  of  the  mill  could  live,  the  owner,  Peter  Cain,  living  five  or  six 
miles  south  in  the  country.  A  postoffice,  blacksmith  shop  and  trading 
post  were  necessary  at  that  point,  as  well  as  a  mill.  These  necessitated 
people,  and  the  people  built  houses.  Princeton  was  at  that  time  the 
nearest  trading  post  to  Cainsville,  being  a  little  nearer  than  Eagleville. 

Peter  Cain's  mill  was  a  saw  and  grist  mill  of  rather  crude  construc- 
tion, but  good  for  that  time  and  place.  A  dam  had  been  constructed 
across  Grand  River  at  that  point  to  get  a  head  of  water,  a  mill  race 
built  in  connection,  and  the  power  furnished  by  passing  the  water  through 
the  mill  race  and  over  an  overshot  wheel.  The  sawing  was  done  by  a 
single  upright  saw,  set  in  a  frame,  and  the  machinery  for  making  flour 
and  meal  was  imperfect.     However,  both  the  flour  and  meal  produced 


292  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

were  probably  more  suitable  for  human  food  than  the  same  articles  now 
offered  to  the  public  by  our  grocers.  Especially  was  this  true  of  the 
meal,  which  was  far  better  than  the  present  day  highly  pulverized  prod- 
uct sold  under  that  name.  The  buckwheat  flour  was  a  unique  article  of 
food.  The  mill  did  not  have  the  proper  machinery  to  separate  the  hull 
of  the  buckwheat  from  the  flour,  so  that  this  flour  resembled  the  ordinary 
flour  with  a  plentiful  mixture  of  iron  filings.  The  weakness  of  the  ma- 
chinery was  demonstrated  on  one  occasion  when  the  mill  suddenly  stopped, 
and  an  investigation  showed  that  a  large  catfish  had  lodged  in  the  water 
wheel !    This  is  not  intended  as  a  fish  story. 

The  people  came  a  distance  of  thirty  or  forty  miles  to  this  mill  and 
camped  while  waiting  to  have  their  grists  ground.  There  was  a  large 
room  on  the  east  side  of  the  mill  on  the  first  floor  which  was  set  apart 
as  a  sleeping  room  for  the  people  waiting  for  their  grists.  I  do  not  know 
why  the  people  did  not  exchange  their  grain  for  flour  and  meal,  and  thus 
avoid  the  long  delay.  Perhaps  the  mill  owners  were  not  prepared  to 
make  the  exchange. 

During  the  winter  the  people  in  the  vicinity  of  the  mill,  say  within 
five  or  six  miles,  hauled  in  logs,  usually  on  sleds  or  log  wagons,  and  filled 
the  mill  yard  with  them.  The  mill  yard  was  a  large  lot  on  the  east  side 
of  the  mill,  and  south  of  Cain  &  Bailey's  store,  which  was  located  where 
the  Cainsville  Bani  now  stands.  The  timber  furnished  was  for  the  most 
part  walnut,  oak,  basswood  and  cottonwood.  In  the  spring  when  water 
was  plenty  in  the  river  this  timber  was  sawed  into  lumber,  which  was 
used  in  the  construction  of  houses,  barns  and  fences. 

A.  J.  Tucker  built  a  house  on  his  farm  north  of  Cainsville  which  is 
now  occupied  by  Calvin  Cain  and  family.  It  was  nothing  remarkable 
that  a  man  should  build  a  house,  but  the  remarkable  thing  about  the 
Tucker  house  was  that  it  was  constructed  largely  of  the  very  best  quality 
of  walnut  and  white  oak  lumber.  The  frame  and  roof  were  of  oak  and 
the  siding  and  finishing  of  the  best  walnut.  The  shingles  for  this  house 
were  hand  made.  They  were  rived  from  blocks  of  red  oak  timber  with 
a  froe  and  shaved  into  shape  with  a  drawing  knife.  Not  only  was  the 
finest  of  lumber  used  for  building  houses  and  barns,  but  fences  also. 
That  was  the  day  of  worm  fences,  and  many  oak  and  walnut  rails  were 
used  in  their  construction.  It  was  a  saying  that  the  walnut  rails  would 
last  until  they  were  used  up  by  the  wasps,  hornets  and  yellow  jackets  for 
the  purpose  of  building  their  nests.     The  settlers  needed  clear  ground 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  293 

upon  which  to  grow  crops,  and  the  destruction  of  the  growing  timber 
went  on  every  day  in  the  year.  Fifty  years  afterward  the  timber  so 
destroyed  would  have  been  almost  as  valuable  as  the  land.  The  common 
way  to  get  rid  of  forests  was  to  make  a  "deadening."  All  the  trees  in 
a  tract  of  land  were  girdled  when  the  sap  was  up  and  left  standing.  As 
the  trees  thus  treated  soon  died,  root  and  branch,  the  ground  ceased  to 
be  shaded  by  foliage  and  corn  and  other  crops  could  be  grown  among  the 
standing  trees.  In  many  instances  these  dead  trees  were  felled,  rolled 
into  great  heaps  and  burned. 

At  first  the  houses  of  the  people  were  naturally  built  of  logs,  usually 
of  one  large  room,  serving  like  the  Roman  atrium  as  a  place  for  all  house- 
hold operations.  It  was  at  once  parlor,  kitchen,  dining  room  and  bed 
room.  Bath  rooms  were  not  dreamed  of.  Even  the  White  House  had 
no  bath  room  until  1851,  when  one  was  installed  by  Millard  Fillmore. 
The  laundry  work  was  done  in  the  yard  by  the  side  of  the  well,  or  if 
there  were  no  well,  as  was  frequently  the  case,  then  by  the  side  of  some 
creek  where  wood  and  water  were  abundant.  The  houses  in  Cainsville, 
thanks  to  Peter  Cain's  mill,  were  for  the  most  part  built  of  plank  and 
other  sawed  timber.  The  houses  in  the  country  were  almost  wholly  of 
logs.  There  was  a  recognition  of  two  classes  of  log  houses  among  the 
people — the  hewn  log  houses  and  the  log  cabin.  The  hewn  log  house  was 
built,  as  the  name  indicates,  of  logs  that  had  been  hewn  flat  with  a  broad 
axe  on  one  or  two  sides.  The  cracks  between  the  logs  were  chinked  with 
short  pieces  of  wood,  and  plastered  over  with  lime  mortar.  The  floor  was 
of  plank,  the  roof  of  shingles  and  the  chimney  and  fireplace  of  brick. 
This  hewTi  log  house  usually  had  doors  of  dressed  lumber,  fastened  with 
lock  and  key,  and  the  windows  were  glazed.  Sometimes  these  houses 
were  double ;  that  is,  had  two  rooms  with  a  hall  or  corridor  between. 
Occasionally  such  a  house  had  two  stories  with  a  ladder  for  a  stairway 
between  them.  The  hewn  log  house  was  in  fact  the  ne  plus  ultra  of  log 
houses,  and  was  considered  good  enough  for  the  most  prosperous  citizen. 

The  log  cabin  was  built  in  the  most  primitive  manner.  No  nails 
were  used  in  its  construction.  For  the  walls  round  logs,  having  the  bark 
on  them,  were  used.  The  chinks  between  the  logs  were  daubed  or  plastered 
with  a  mortar,  whose  principal  ingredient  was  the  tough  yellow  clay  sub- 
soil found  in  that  part  of  Missouri.  It  had  a  clapboard  roof,  the  boards 
being  held  in  place  by  weight  poles  instead  of  nails.  These  clapboards 
were  rived  from  small  logs  of  some  straight  grained  timber  that  could  be 


294  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

easily  split,  and  were  remarkably  smooth  and  regular  to  have  been  made 
in  such  a  manner.  The  floor  was  of  puncheon.  Such  a  floor  is  necessarily 
rough,  uneven  and  open,  but  very  substantial.  The  clapboard  roof  of  the 
cabin  turned  rain  tolerably  well,  but  did  not  always  keep  out  snow, 
especially  when  the  snow  was  accompanied  by  a  strong  wind.  The  boards 
not  being  nailed,  the  wind  would  drive  the  snow  through  them  into  the 
cabin,  and  it  was  no  uncommon  thing  in  winter  for  the  occupants  of  a 
cabin  to  find  their  bed  covered  with  snow  on  a  winter  morning. 

The  log  cabin  had  a  "stick"  chimney,  that  is,  a  chimney  built  of  logs 
and  lath.  The  base  of  the  chimney  was  built  of  split  logs,  laid  up  in 
the  form  of  a  parallelogram,  notched  and  locked  at  the  corners  so  as  to 
make  a  fireplace.  The  upper  part  of  the  chimney  was  built  of  clapboards 
split  into  narrow  strips  like  lath.  The  whole  inside  of  the  chimney  was 
then  plastered  with  a  heavy  coating  of  yellow  clay  mortar.  The  action  of 
the  heat  on  this  mortar  hardened  it  so  that  it  was  almost  equal  to  fire 
brick.  There  were  usually  no  windows,  and  the  doors,  which  were  of 
clapboards,  were  left  open  winter  and  summer  to  afford  light.  The  door 
had  a  latch  inside  instead  of  a  lock,  and  for  a  key  there  was  a  latchstring, 
which  was  pulled  in  to  lock  the  door.  An  old  expression  of  hospitality 
was,  "My  latchstring  is  always  out." 

The  fireplace  was  very  large,  and  great  logs  could  be  used  in  it  for 
building  a  fire.  The  method  of  building  a  fire  was  to  roll  a  large  log  of 
some  slow-burning  green  timber,  like  buckeye,  cotton  wood  or  water  elm, 
in  the  back  part  of  the  fireplace.  Against  this  log  the  andirons  or  dog 
irons,  as  they  were  commonly  called,  were  placed.  On  these  andirons 
another  log  of  considerably  smaller  size  than  the  back  log  was  laid.  This 
log  was  called  the  forestick.  Between  the  back  log  and  forestick  was 
placed  a  quantity  of  combustible  wood,  which  was  lighted,  and  thus  the 
fire-making  was  completed.  This  method  of  heating  was  a  great  success 
in  the  matter  of  ventilation,  but  measurably  a  failure  in  other  respects. 
On  a  cold  day  people  sitting  close  to  the  fire  burned,  and  those  farther 
away  froze. 

The  people  of  Cainsville  and  vicinity  at  the  time  of  which  I  write 
were  pioneers  of  the  most  hardy  variety,  nearly  all  of  them  being  under 
forty.  They  had  come  from  the  states  east  and  south  of  Missouri ;  most 
of  them  from  Illinois,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  Kentucky,  Virginia 
and  Tennessee.  Very  few  of  them  were  from  the  New  England  states. 
Many  motives  no  doubt  prompted  them  to  make  the  change,  but  the 


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principal  one  was  the  desire  to  get  more  and  better  land.  The  northern 
element  predominated.  The  slaveholders  of  the  South  considered  that 
part  of  Missouri  too  close  to  Iowa  to  be  a  safe  place  to  bring  their  slaves. 
I  believe  there  never  were  but  twenty-five  slaves  in  Harrison  County. 
There  were  practically  no  distinctions  of  class  or  cast  among  the  people. 
They  were  substantially  on  the  same  level,  there  were  no  millionaires 
and  no  paupers,  no  "four  hundred"  and  no  slums. 

The  people  for  the  most  part  were  uneducated  so  far  as  books  and 
schools  were  concerned.  Very  few  of  them  had  so  much  as  a  high  school 
education,  and  some  of  them  were  entirely  illiterate,  being  unable  either 
to  read  or  write.  While  this  was  true  they  were  by  nature  intellectually 
keen  and  observing  and  could  not  be  easily  deceived  by  evil  disposed  or 
dishonest  people.  They  were  usually  well  inclined  toward  their  neighbors 
and  sun'oundings  and  seldom  missed  an  opportunity  to  do  a  kind  act. 
These  early  settlers  were  Arabian  in  their  hospitality.  Houses  of  enter- 
tainment were  infrequent ;  the  farmers  were  often  comparatively  isolated, 
and  though  scant  of  cash  they  usually  had  enough  and  to  spare  of  plain 
provisions  for  man  and  beast,  and  as  a  general  rule  the  chance  traveler 
found  welcome  and  shelter  for  himself  and  horse  if  he  knocked  at  any 
door  which  he  chanced  to  approach  toward  nightfall.  Payment  commonly 
offered  was  almost  always  refused.  Of  course  the  very  highest  degree  of 
refinement  is  not  usually  found  among  pioneers.  Their  intentions  are 
better  than  their  practices.  It  was  not  unusual  for  a  party  of  men  talking 
among  themselves  to  indulge  in  ribald  jokes  and  stories,  and  coarse 
repartee. 

The  various  families  were  independent  and  nearly  self-supporting. 
Every  family  produced  about  all  of  its  needs  except  salt,  sugar,  coffee, 
tea,  a  few  articles  of  clothing  and  farm  implements.  Much  of  the  material 
for  clothing  was  produced  by  the  women  of  the  family  in  the  shape  of 
linsey-woolsey  and  jeans.  The  machinery  for  making  this  cloth  was 
comparatively  simple ;  two  spinning  wheels,  one  a  small  one,  or  flax  wheel, 
and  the  other  a  larger  woolen  wheel,  a  reel  and  a  loom.  The  flax  wheel 
was  run  by  the  action  of  the  foot  of  the  operator  on  a  treadle.  The 
larger  wheel  was  operated  by  a  woman  standing  and  turning  the  wheel 
with  her  hand  while  walking  backward  to  draw  out  into  a  thread  the  roll 
of  wool  attached  to  the  spindle.  From  this  work  of  spinning  came  the 
word  "spinster"  applied  in  law  to  an  unmarried  woman.  When  a  girl 
was  old  enough  to  spin  sixteen  "cuts"  (skeins)  of  yam  in  a  day  she  was 


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considered  a  woman.  All  of  the  homemade  cloth  had  either  a  flax  or 
cotton  warp  and  a  wool  woof,  and  was  woven  in  a  loom  of  rather  rough 
construction,  but  effective  in  doing  the  work  for  which  it  was  built.  About 
1858,  or  soon  thereafter,  the  spinning  of  flax  was  generally  abandoned, 
and  a  cotton  thread  prepared  somewhere  in  the  East  was  used  for  the 
warp.  The  woolen  rolls  from  which  the  yarn  used  in  cloth  making  was 
spun  were  sometimes  carded  at  home  with  hand  cards,  and  sometimes  by 
carding  machines  run  by  steam  or  water  power.  The  dyes  used  were  not 
made  in  Germany,  but  were  entirely  homemade,  the  colors  being  usually 
blue  and  brown.  The  blue  dye  was  made  by  combining  indigo,  salt  and 
water  with  yeast,  and  the  brown  by  the  use  of  the  bark  of  the  black 
walnut  tree  and  the  hulls  of  the  walnuts. 

With  the  exception  of  some  men  who  worked  in  the  mill  and  a  few 
merchants,  all  the  people  in  Cainsville  and  vicinity  were  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising.  There  were  no  scientific  farmers  or  stockmen 
in  the  country.  They  did  not  use  scientific  methods  in  farm  manage- 
ment; there  was  no  rotation  of  crops,  no  fertilization,  and  no  attempt  to 
presei"ve  the  fertility  of  the  soil.  There  was  no  blooded  or  pedigreed 
stock.  It  took  two  years  to  develop  a  hog  suitable  for  market.  There 
was  really  little  necessity  for  scientific  farming;  the  land  was  so  new, 
rich  and  productive  that  a  very  common  farmer  could  produce  enough  on 
forty  acres  to  support  a  family  of  three  or  four  persons,  with  the  neces- 
sary live  stock,  by  working  about  four  months  during  the  year.  The 
other  eight  months  he  could  spend  for  the  most  part  in  Cainsville  at 
one  of  her  many  forums  discussing  politics  and  religion  and  swapping 
horses. 

The  principal,  and  practically  the  only  crops  grown,  were  com,  oats, 
potatoes  and  cabbage,  with  some  garden  vegetables.  Corn  was  the  uni- 
versal crop.  It  furnished  food  for  both  man  and  beast.  Cornbread,  mush 
and  hominy,  with  pork,  was  the  principal  food  of  the  people;  "hog  and 
hominy"  in  the  expressive  language  of  the  pioneer.  There  were  no  com 
planters  so  the  com  was  dropped  by  hand  and  covered  with  hoes.  Seven 
was  the  magic  number  of  grains  to  a  hill.  This  number  was  sanctioned 
by  an  old  couplet  which  said: 

"One  for  the  black  bird,  one  for  the  crow. 
Two  for  the  cut  worm,  three  for  to  grow." 

Very  little  wheat  was  grovra.    It  was  not  considered  a  safe  crop. 


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Farm  implements  were  scarce,  and  those  that  were  used  were  very 
simple  in  character.  The  most  complicated  was  the  double-shovel  plow. 
Reaping  the  grain  was  done  largely  with  an  old  fashioned  grain  cradle, 
and  sometimes  with  a  sickle.  The  modern  reaper  and  mower  had  not 
come  into  general  use,  and  the  binder  did  not  appear  for  many  years. 
There  were  no  threshing  machines  in  the  country,  and  the  grain  was 
thi-ashed  for  the  most  part  by  making  a  circular  threshing  floor  on  the 
ground,  spreading  the  sheaves  of  wheat  over  the  floor  and  trampmg  it 
out  with  horses.  In  a  few  cases  the  old  fashioned  flail  was  still  used.  The 
flail  was  two  hickory  sticks,  one  somewhat  longer  than  the  other,  fastened 
together  with  a  piece  of  buckskin  or  raw  hide.  After  the  wheat  was 
threshed,  by  whatever  method,  it  became  necessary  to  clean  it  by  using 
a  fanning  mill,  which  was  run  by  man  power. 

While,  as  I  have  before  stated,  there  were  practically  no  distinctions 
of  cast  or  class  among  the  people,  family  distinctions  were  preserved. 
The  names  of  some  of  the  families  in  that  section  of  the  country  at  that 
time  were  as  follows:  Booth,  Baker,  Browning,  Bailey,  Burns,  Chambers, 
Cain,  Clark,  Cornwell,  Downey,  Enloe,  Fullerton,  Frazee,  Glaze,  Harrison. 
Hart,  Kennedy,  Lay,  Moss,  McAfee,  McElfish,  Mullins,  Oxford,  Pierce, 
Reeves,  Ristine,  Smothers,  Twedell,  Willis  and  Woodward. 

The  names  of  some  of  the  most  prominent  residents  and  business 
men  of  Cainsville  and  vicinity  were :  John  Bailey,  Peter  Cain,  William  T. 
Browning,  William  Burns,  Andrew  Clark,  James  Clark,  T.  M.  Fullerton, 
William  C.  Frazee,  Samuel  H.  Glaze,  Marcellus  (Dick)  Moss,  C.  B.  McAfee. 
William  McElfish,  Jacob  B.  Oxford,  Joseph  H.  Pierce,  William  C.  Reaves, 
John  Ristine,  Lewis  R.  Twedell,  John  Woodward,  Chesley  Woodward, 
Hannibal  Harrison  and  Lafayette  Cornwell. 

A  number  of  men  who  have  played  an  important  part  in  the  business, 
social  and  religious  affairs  of  Cainsville  came  there  after  1858.  Con- 
spicuous among  these  men  were  T.  G.  Rogers  and  John  M.  Rogers,  who 
came  in  1859,  J.  H.  Burrows  in  1862  and  L.  M.  Wickersham  about  1870. 
The  two  most  prominent  men  who  had  at  some  time  in  their  lives  called 
Cainsville  their  home  were  C.  B.  McAfee  and  J.  H.  Burrows. 

Of  the  citizens  above  named  John  Bailey,  in  connection  with  Peter 
Cain,  was  building  a  storehouse  for  the  pui-pose  of  carrying  on  a  mer- 
cantile business.  This  house  was  being  erected  on  the  lot  where  the 
Cainsville  bank  now  stands.  I  cannot  forbear  mentioning  an  incident  in 
connection  with  this  store  building.    A  political  meeting  was  held  in  its 


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lower  story  some  time  in  August,  1858.  This  was  the  first  political  meet- 
ing I  ever  attended.  It  was  held  for  the  purpose  of  giving  the  candidates 
for  the  Legislature  an  opportunity  to  speak  to  the  people  in  order  to 
present  their  claims  for  their  suffrage.  The  men  who  spoke  on  this 
occasion  were  Stephen  C.  Allen,  Henry  0.  Neville  and  J.  A.  Hubbard, 
called  "Big  Hubbard"  to  distinguish  him  from  another  prominent  citizen, 
E.  L.  Hubbard,  who  was  little.  Allen  was  the  Democratic  candidate, 
Neville  the  Whig  candidate,  but  I  do  not  know  what  party  Hubbard  rep- 
resented. Browning  and  McAfee  were  setting  up  and  selling  fanning 
mills.  Their  business  house  or  shop  stood  two  or  three  rods  south  of 
Cain  &  Bailey's  store.  Andrew  Clark  had  a  general  store  on  the  south- 
west corner  of  Washington  and  Lafayette  Streets.  C.  B.  McAfee,  Brown- 
mg's  partner,  was  also  an  attorney,  having  been  admitted  to  practice  in 
1854.  James  Clark  was  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  his  father,  Andrew  Clark. 
T.  M.  Fullerton  was  the  principal  doctor  in  the  town.  Doctors  Perriman, 
Enloe  and  Bryant  caine  later.  Lafayette  Coniwell  was  also  a  doctor.  He 
was  a  heavy  drinker,  quite  unreliable,  and  knew  less  about  more  things 
than  any  other  person  in  the  community.  Dick  Moss  was  the  leading 
merchant.  His  store  stood  on  Main  Street,  looking  south  on  Washington. 
William  McElfish  was  a  cabinet  maker,  and  aftenvard  became  the  post- 
master. FYazee  and  Twedell  were  farmers  living  in  town.  Joseph  H. 
Pierce  was  a  blacksmith,  also  the  maker  and  mender  of  plows,  wagons 
and  other  farm  machinery.  Jacob  B.  Oxford  had  the  only  hostelry  the 
town  afforded.  This  was  his  residence,  situated  at  the  southeast  corner 
of  Washington  and  Main  Streets,  about  where  the  Estep  furniture  store 
is  now  located.    The  somewhat  unique  sign  on  his  house  read: 

"J.  B.  OXFORD, 

Travelers'  Rest." 

Hannibal  Harrison  was  a  farmer  and  teacher.  He  was  a  good  teacher 
for  that  time,  somewhat  eccentric,  and  much  addicted  to  mathematics, 
so  much  so  that  later  he  became  one  of  the  best  mathematicians  in  the 
state.  In  religion  he  was  an  agnostic  without  knowing  it,  as  Huxley  had 
not  yet  invented  and  defined  that  term.  Chesley  and  John  Woodward, 
father  and  son,  were  farmers  and  local  ministers  of  the  Missionary  Baptist 
Church.  They  were  men  of  the  very  highest  standing  in  the  community. 
William  C.  Reeves  had  a  grocery  store  on  Washington  Street,  facing  west, 


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from  which  he  distributed  groceries,  and  also  sold  liquor,  both  wholesale 
and  retail.  He  had  a  sign  tacked  on  the  front  of  the  store  printed  on 
white  canvas,  which  said: 

"WHISKEY  50c.  PER  GAL. 
All  groceries  very  cheap." 

Ihis  sign  was  neatly  printed  and  must  have  been  done  in  Saint  Louis, 
as  there  were  no  sign  painters  in  Cainsville  at  that  time.  The  pari  relat- 
ing to  whiskey  was  in  letters  three  inches  high,  while  that  relating  to 
groceries  was  in  small  letters.  This  sign  may  have  indicated  by  the  size 
of  the  letters  the  relative  value  placed  upon  whiskey  and  groceries  in 
Cainsville  at  that  time. 

There  was  very  little  crime  among  the  people  and  practically  no 
divorces  or  elopements.  The  overtopping  vice  among  them  was  the  drink 
habit.  At  the  very  inception  it  may  be  well  to  say  that  at  the  time  and 
in  the  place  of  which  I  write,  liquor  selling  and  liquor  using  were  a  matter 
of  course.  During  the  three  decades  from  1830  to  1860  the  liquor  traffic 
flourished  in  the  United  States  like  the  proverbial  green  bay  tree.  The 
manufacture,  sale  and  use  of  intoxicating  liquor  was  almost  universal. 
Anybody  sold  liquor  who  was  able  to  pay  a  small  fee  for  license  to  do  so, 
and  everybody  drank  it  who  felt  so  inclined.  The  greatest  American  of 
the  ages,  Abraham  Lincoln,  was  selling  liquor  in  New  Salem,  Illinois,  in 
1831.  He  was  a  clerk  in  a  general  store  kept  by  a  man  named  Denton 
Orfutt.  In  this  store  was  kept  all  kind§  of  merchandise,  including  liquors, 
or  at  least  whiskey,  which  was  the  principal  liquor  used  at  that  time. 
Lincoln  in  performing  his  duties  as  clerk  sold  liquor  whenever  it  was  called 
for.  Orfutt  did  not  keep  a  saloon,  but  a  general  store,  so  that  the  charge 
which  has  been  made  against  Lincoln  that  he  was  a  saloon-keeper  at  one 
time  is  not  true.  In  the  great  debates  between  Lincoln  and  Douglass  in 
1858,  Douglass  in  one  of  them  charged  Lincoln  with  having  been  a  liquor 
seller.  Lincoln  in  reply  admitted  the  charge,  but  said  that  while  he  was 
on  the  inside  of  the  counter  selling  liquor  Judge  Douglass  was  on  the 
outside  buying  and  drinking  it.  It  was  a  common  practice  at  that  time  for 
grocery  stores  to  dispense  liquor  either  by  wholesale  or  retail,  and  some- 
times by  both  methods.  The  people  did  not  seem  to  recognize  any  moral 
quality  in  the  act  of  selling  or  using  liquor.  Liquor  dealers  were  not  socially 
ostracized,  or  even  criticized,  and  a  drunkard  was  pitied  but  not  despised. 
The  economical  aspect  of  the  traffic  was  apparently  not  considered.    The 


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cost  of  liquor  to  the  consumer  was  nominal,  there  being  no  internal 
revenue  tax  upon  it.  In  the  year  1914  the  nation's  liquor  bill  had  reached 
the  astounding  figure  of  something  over  three  billions  of  dollars.  In  1858 
it  was  probably  not  one-hundredth  of  that  amount. 

A  large  majority  of  the  adult  males  in  that  section  of  the  country 
used  liquor  to  some  extent.  Not  all  the  men  who  habitually  used  liquor 
visited  the  public  drinking  places.  A  very  considerable  number  of  them 
did,  and  others  bought  liquor  in  quantities  of  from  one  to  five  gallons  and 
carried  it  home  in  jugs,  kegs  and  demijohns.  This  liquor  so  taken  home 
was  dignified  by  calling  it  "bitters"  after  they  had  put  in  it  some  mild 
drug  or  substance,  such  as  spikenard,  calamus  or  wild  cherry  bark,  and 
tried  to  convince  themselves  it  was  necessary  to  drink  the  concoction  for 
their  health,  as  there  was  a  great  deal  of  malaria  in  that  country  at  that 
time.  A  few  put  quinine  in  the  whiskey,  and  the  quinine  probably  had 
some  merit  in  warding  off  chills  and  fever.  Practically  all  of  the  liquors 
consumed  in  that  day  were  of  the  strong  variety,  whiskey  being  the 
principal  one,  and  in  addi'tion  to  it  gin  and  brandy.  Very  few  drank  beer 
or  any  of  the  light  wines. 

The  women  did  not  drink.  They  may  not  have  considered  it  good 
form  for  them  to  do  so,  but  probably  a  stronger  reason  was  because  they 
were  disgusted  with  the  drink  habits  of  their  male  relatives.  They  knew 
by  observation  that  liquor  made  the  men  who  used  it  to  excess  drunkards 
and  loafers;  so  the  women  did  not  drink  and  were  unfriendly  to  the 
liquor  traflfic.  But  there  were  other  reasons  why  the  women  did  not  use 
liquor;  even  if  they  had  had  the  inclination,  they  did  not  have  the  time. 

It  appears  to  be  true  in  all  new  settlements  that  the  burdens  rest 
more  heavily  upon  the  women.  Because  of  pioneer  conditions  they  must 
do  much  work  that  would  not  be  required  of  them  in  older  countries,  and 
this  was  true  in  Missouri.  In  addition  to  the  usual  household  duties  they 
did  spinning,  knitting,  weaving  and  tailoring.  But  this  was  not  all;  the 
dairy  work,  garden  making  and  tending,  and  poultry  raising  also  devolved 
upon  them.  Because  there  were  no  cook  stoves,  perforce  they  cooked  by 
the  fireplace,  and  as  most  of  the  fireplaces  had  no  ci'anes  much  stooping 
was  necessary  to  gather  live  coals  to  put  under  the  skillets,  and  on  and 
nnder  the  ovens.  The  crane  was  an  iron  bar  attached  by  a  hinge  to  the 
side  of  the  fireplace,  permitting  a  horizontal  motion,  and  was  used  for 
hanging  pots,  kettles  and  other  vessels  over  the  fire.  The  heat  faced  in 
cooking  at  a  fireplace  is  quite  unpleasant  at  any  time,  and  especially  so 


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in  summer.  If  anything  used  in  household  work  got  out  of  order  it  was 
usually  left  so,  as  the  men  folks  always  thought  themselves  too  busy  to 
make  repairs.  I  knew  one  woman  who  dipped  water  out  of  an  iron  tea- 
kettle with  a  tin  cup  for  ten  years  because  the  accumulation  of  lime  from 
the  water  had  closed  the  spout.  A  few  minutes'  work  by  the  man  of  the 
house  would  have  relieved  her  of  this  trouble.  The  lives  of  these  pioneer 
women  convince  us,  if  we  need  to  be  convinced,  that  notwithstanding  cold 
or  thirst,  or  hunger,  or  any  kind  or  degree  of  physical  suffering,  a  woman 
can  outlast  a  man.  Some  of  the  older  women  smoked  pipes,  and  possibly 
a  few  of  them  dipped  snuff,  but  they  were  very  hard  working  and  humble. 
As  wives  they  were  at  all  times  faithful  and  thrifty,  and  had  all  of  the 
virtues  but  none  of  the  vices  of  their  husbands. 

The  principal  diversions  of  the  people  were  dancing,  hunting,  card 
playing,  social  or  play  parties,  horse  races  and  shooting  matches.  There 
was  an  old  stanza  of  doggerel  that  I  have  heard  men  repeat,  while  play- 
ing cards,  which  indicated  the  trend  of  sentiment  in  regard  to  sports  in 
that  section.    It  ran  like  this : 

"The  deuce  of  hearts,  the  Jack  of  spades, 

I  trump  no  ace,  my  partner  leads; 
The  fastest  hoss,  the  truest  gun. 

The  best  old  coon  dog  ever  run." 

There  were  some  functions  that  might  be  called  quasi-diversions,  for  they 
had  the  double  nature  of  work  and  play.  Among  these  were  house  rais- 
ings, husking  bees,  quilting  parties  and  log  rollings.  Somewhat  akin  to 
amusements  were  the  protracted  meetings  or  revivals,  and  the  spelling 
and  singing  schools  in  the  winter,  and  the  camp  meetings  and  basket 
meetings  in  the  summer.  These  latter  had  some  stronger  social  attrac- 
tions than  the  others.  Of  all  these  functions,  probably  the  most  important 
in  the  estimation  of  the  people  were  the  house  raising  and  the  shooting 
match.  House  raising  was  not  what  would  come  under  that  name  at  the 
present  time,  the  mere  lifting  in  place  of  the  frame  work  of  a  house,  but 
it  meant  the  building  entire  of  a  house  or  cabin  out  of  logs.  When  a 
pioneer  decided  to  build,  he  went  into  the  forest,  cut  the  logs  and  hewed 
them,  if  the  house  was  to  be  a  hewn  log  house,  and  if  not  he  simply  cut 
and  trimmed  them.  After  doing  this  the  logs  were  assembled  at  the 
point  where  the  house  was  to  be  erected.  Ten  or  twelve  neighbors  were 
then  invited  to  the  "raising."     Four  men  were  selected  as  corner-men. 


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These  men  had  to  be  excellent  ax-men,  as  it  was  their  duty,  when  each 
log  was  handed  up  to  them,  to  cut  a  "hip  and  saddle"  at  the  ends  so  that 
the  logs  would  lay  solidly  together.  I  presume  there  are  not  four  men 
now  in  Hamson  County  who  could  carry  up  the  corners  of  a  log  cabin. 
The  business  of  the  men,  other  than  the  corner-men,  was  to  skid  the  logs 
up  and  put  them  in  place,  one  by  one,  as  they  were  needed.  In  connection 
with  the  house  raising  was  a  most  excellent  farm  dinner,  prepared  and 
served  by  the  wife  of  the  builder,  aided  by  the  wives  of  some  of  the 
men  acting  as  helpers. 

The  horse  races  were  generally  run  for  a  small  wager,  and  the  same 
was  true  of  the  card  playing.  The  horses  used  were  what  are  known  as 
"quarter  horses,"  that  is,  their  endurance  only  enabled  them  to  run  a 
quarter  of  a  mile. 

The  shooting  matches  were  usually  for  beef.  A  number  of  men  who 
were  to  engage  in  the  match  contributed  the  price  of  a  beef,  and  each  one 
was  allotted  a  certain  number  of  shots  in  proportion  to  the  amount  he 
contributed.  The  beef  was  killed  and  divided  into  six  parts,  the  quarters 
and  the  hide  and  tallow.  There  was  no  modem  system  used  in  these 
matches,  as  there  would  be  today,  in  the  way  of  steel  targets  and  target 
rifles.  The  targets  used  were  boards  having  a  piece  of  white  paper  tacked 
on  them,  upon  which  there  were  drawn  with  a  heavy  pencil  two  straight 
lines  intersecting  each  other.  The  point  where  the  lines  intersected  was 
the  center  of  the  target.  From  the  practice  of  using  boards  for  targets 
came  the  expression,  "your  board  is  up."  With  such  targets  there  was 
sometimes  considerable  difficulty  in  telling  who  had  done  the  best  shoot- 
ing, as  the  center  would  frequently  be  shot  away  before  the  match  was 
finished.  The  men  who  engaged  in  these  matches  were  usually  most 
excellent  marksmen,  and  many  of  them  afterwards  served  in  the  armies 
in  the  Civil  War  as  riflemen  and  sharpshooters.  The  judges  selected  by 
the  marksman  would  ascertain  as  best  they  could  with  regard  to  the  skill 
of  the  various  contestants,  and  render  a  decision  accordingly.  The  dis- 
tances were  usually  ten  yai'ds  off  hand,  twenty  yards  standing  with  a 
rest,  and  thirty  yards  lying  down  with  a  rest.  The  shooting  was  done 
with  muzzle-loading  rifles  altogether,  and  as  these  rifles  had  been  made 
by  gunsmiths  in  various  parts  of  the  country,  they  might  be  called  home- 
made. They  were  not  manufactured  by  any  of  the  arms  companies  of 
that  day.  Tallow  was  a  very  important  article  of  commerce,  as  well  as 
for  home  use.     It  was  used  in  making  candles,  which  were  the  principal 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  303 

and  in  fact  almost  the  only  means  of  lighting  the  houses  at  that  time.  It 
was  also  used  in  connection  with  beeswax  and  other  non-perishable  things 
as  something  to  be  exchanged  in  the  towns  and  cities  for  goods.  Beeswax 
and  tallow  were  considered  a  part  of  the  currency  of  the  realm,  and  legal 
tender  in  the  matter  of  exchange  for  other  products. 

Any  account  of  the  pioneer  people  and  conditions  which  left  out  the 
subject  of  marriage,  the  most  sacred  contract,  and  its  attendant  inci- 
dents would  be  incomplete.  Early  marriag  has  always  been  the  rule 
among  pioneers,  and  has  been  encouraged.  The  young  people  had  the 
greatest  freedom  of  social  intercourse;  parents  were  not  inclined  to  be 
strict,  and  the  word  "chaperon"  was  not  in  the  lexicons  of  that  day.  As 
a  consequence  marriages  were  contracted  without  the  intervention  of 
parents  or  other  relatives.  It  can  truthfully  be  said  that  most  of  them 
were  "love  matches,"  untarnished  by  commercialism  or  convenience.  It 
is  true  a  few  of  the  young  people  found  it  easier  to  fall  in  love  with  one 
of  the  opposite  sex  whose  father  had  a  thousand  acres  of  land  than  with 
one  whose  father  had  only  eighty  acres,  but  such  cases  were  rare. 

Marriage  ceremonies  were  frequently  brief  almost  to  the  point  of 
being  rude.  There  were  no  ring  sei-vices,  no  giving  away  of  the  bride 
and  seldom  any  music,  as  organs  and  pianos  had  not  yet  come  into  the 
homes  of  the  people.  At  well  ordered  weddings  the  ceremony  was  solemn- 
ized by  a  minister  of  the  bride's  church,  or  by  a  minister  of  some  other 
church,  as  agreed  upon  by  the  contracting  parties.  As  a  rule  the  mar- 
riage took  place  at  the  home  of  the  bride,  there  being  very  few  church 
weddings.  There  were  many  customs  occurrent  at  weddings,  wise  and 
unwise.  Some  of  these  were  uncouth,  and  almost  barbaric,  "more  honored 
in  the  breach  than  in  the  observance."  Happily  all  these  customs  did  not 
accompany  each  wedding.  No  banns  were  ever  published,  and  no  marriage 
license  was  required.  Persons  contemplating  marriage  were  supposed  to 
be  of  lawful  age ;  the  man  twenty-one  years  old  and  the  woman  eighteen. 
It  was  the  custom  for  the  m.inister  or  officer  officiating  to  call  for  objec- 
tions before  commencing  the  ceremony.  He  would  explain  the  intention 
of  the  couple  before  him  to  be  married,  giving  their  names,  and  say,  "If 
any  person  now  present  knows  of  any  reason  why  this  couple  should  not 
be  joined  in  the  holy  bonds  of  matrimony,  let  him  now  state  his  objec- 
tions, or  forever  after  hold  his  peace."  Sometimes  at  the  conclusion  of 
the  ceremony  the  preacher  would  kiss  the  bride,  when  all  the  men  guests 
would  feel  privileged  by  this  example  to  do  the  same,  and  in  the  meantime 


304  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

the  bridegroom  went  about  kissing  all  the  women  in  attendance.  The 
germ  theory  of  disease  had  not  yet  been  promulgated. 

The  wedding  dinner  way  the  very  best  that  could  be  prepared  by  the 
bride's  family.  The  bill  of  fare  included  two  or  three  kinds  of  meat,  such 
as  roast  turkey  or  chicken,  with  most  delicious  and  savory  sauce  and 
dressing,  with  sage  flavoring ;  also  roast  pig  and  some  kind  of  game  when 
it  could  be  procured.  With  these  meats  were  all  the  accessories  that 
went  to  make  us  a  sumptuous  meal.  There  was  cake  a  plenty.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  bride's  cake  there  was  jelly  cake,  fruit  cake,  pound  cake,  sweet 
cakes,  "twister"  doughnuts  and  ginger  bread;  there  were  pumpkin  pies, 
mince  pies  and  custard  pies,  and  the  most  toothsome  preserves  of  wild 
plums,  crabapples,  tomatoes  and  watermelon  rinds;  jam  and  jellies  of 
various  kinds,  with  oceans  of  milk  and  cream;  also  pickles  of  all  sorts. 
Plenty  of  strong  coffee  crowned  the  feast.  There  were  no  courses,  a 
part  of  everything  prepared  for  the  spread  was  put  on  the  table,  leaving 
a  reserve  for  the  second  table.  "There  was  always  some  mush  m  the 
pot."  There  were  no  waiters,  the  guests  helped  themselves  and  one 
another.     There  was  no  dessert,  no  napkins  and  no  finger  bowls. 

On  the  day  following  the  wedding  came  the  infair.  That  was  a  party 
and  dinner  given  by  the  parents  of  the  groom,  as  a  sort  of  welcome  to 
the  bride  and  her  relatives.  At  this  dinner  practically  the  same  guests 
were  invited  and  in  attendance  as  at  the  wedding. 

A  decidedly  outlandish  custom  was  that  of  "bedding"  the  bride  and 
groom.  Soon  after  the  wedding  dinner,  then  styled  "supper,"  was  over 
the  young  women  took  the  bride  and  put  her  to  bed  in  the  room  prepared 
for  the  couple.  Some  of  the  young  men  would  then  do  the  same  with  the 
groom.  This  being  accomplished  the  unmarried  guests  of  both  sexes 
would  repair  together  to  the  bridal  chamber  and  exchange  jokes  and 
bandinage  with  the  newlyweds.  Another  custom  somewhat  barbaric  in 
its  nature  was  the  charivari  (shivaree),  which  generally  came  on  the 
night  of  the  v/edding.  A  charivari  was  a  big,  unmitigated  noise,  a  wild 
tumult  and  uproar  produced  by  every  noise-making  contraption  imagin- 
able; guns,  pistols,  cowbells,  tin  pans,  tin  horns,  conch-shells,  whistles, 
rattle-traps,  horse-fiiddles  and  dumb-bulls.  Sometimes  these  numerous 
instruments  of  sound  were  accompanied  by  the  yells  of  the  operators. 
The  perpetrators  of  a  charavari  generally  held  no  malice  against  anyone. 
Their  first  purpose  was  hilarity  and  fun,  and  after  that  a  desire  to  annoy 
the  bride  and  groom  sufficiently  to  bring  from  the  groom  a  treat.     It 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  305 

was  not  usually  intended  to  insult  or  harass  the  couples,  or  to  express  any 
dislike  for  them,  or  to  indicate  disapproval  because  of  any  incongruity  in 
the  marriage,  such  as  disparity  in  age,  or  because  one  or  both  of  the 
contracting  parties  had  formerly  been  married,  or  that  the  bride  was  a 
divorcee.  The  youngest  and  most  normal  couples  were  chivaried  the 
same  as  others. 

The  honeymoon  was  usually  of  the  George  Washington  variety.  It 
is  historic  that  when  Washington  married  Martha  Custis  they  spent  their 
honeymoon  visiting  relatives  and  friends  who  lived  in  a  comparatively 
short  distance  from  the  Custis  home  in  Virginia.  The  young  people  in 
the  section  of  the  country  of  which  I  write  generally  did  something  of 
that  kind.  They  did  not  go  on  long  journeys  as  is  the  fashion  today.  I 
presume  there  were  several  reasons  why  they  did  not  do  so.  One  was 
the  matter  of  expense,  and  another  the  want  of  any  comfortable  or  rapid 
means  of  transportation,  practically  the  only  method  of  traveling  at  that 
lime  being  on  horseback  or  in  wagons. 

The  Nimrod  of  that  day  did  not  often  return  empty  handed  from  his 
hunting  excursions.  There  were  still  remaining  some  deer  and  occasional 
wild  geese.  V/iki  Turkeys,  quails,  ducks,  prairie  chickens,  wood  pheasants 
and  pigeons  were  plentiful.  Quails,  ducks,  prairie  chickens  and  pigeons 
especially  abounded.  The  passenger  or  wild  pigeon  visited  the  country 
in  immense  flocks  almost  countless  in  numbers.  If  thay  alighted  to  roost 
in  a  grove  of  small  timber,  so  great  was  their  number  that  many  limbs 
would  be  broken  by  their  weight.  Hunters,  visiting  their  roosting  places 
by  night  with  a  torch,  could  kill  thousands  of  them  in  a  short  time.  It  is 
said  they  could  frequently  be  killed  with  clubs  when  they  roosted  low. 
This  bird  is  now  extinct.  Quails  were  trapped  in  large  numbers ;  they  also 
afforded  the  hunter  with  dog  and  gun  great  sport.  Wood  pheasants  were 
often  found  by  the  peculiar  drumming  sound  they  were  want  to  make,  and 
when  driven  to  tree  by  a  dog  they  would  sit  quietly  to  be  shot  by  the 
hunter.  The  veriest  pot-hunter  could  take  an  indifferent  gun  and  a  meal 
sack,  go  out  into  the  fields  in  the  morning  of  a  fall  or  winter  day,  and  in 
a  few  hours  return  with  a  sack  full  of  prairie  chickens.  Usually  only  the 
breasts  of  these  birds  were  used  for  food.  There  were  also  numerous 
rabbits  which  were  hunted  and  killed,  and  sometimes  eaten,  but  the  killing 
of  them  was  more  for  the  sport  than  the  food.  Squirrels  were  quite  numer- 
ous, both  gray  and  fox,  and  were  considered  quite  a  delicacy.  The  flesh 
of  the  quail  was  more  highly  prized  than  that  of  any  other  game  bird. 
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306  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Quail  on  toast  was  relished  alike  in  the  log  cabin  of  the  pioneer,  and  in 
the  Delmonico  Restaurant  of  New  York  City. 

Neither  the  cost  of  living,  nor  the  cost  of  dying  was  high  in  Cainsville 
sixty-three  years  ago.  The  following  is  a  market  list  of  prices  published 
by  the  Bethany  Star  in  its  issue  of  December  27,  1860,  which  shows  the 
extremely  low  prices  of  some  of  the  common  articles  of  food  as  compared 
with  prices  in  Colorado  Springs  October  1,  1921.  The  difference  is  stiik- 
ingly  shown  in  the  parrellel  columns  below: 

1860  1921 

Flour,  per  barrel ,_._$8.00        $  8.00 

Meal,  per  bushel   .50  1.25 

Coffee,  per  pound .20  .50 

Bacon  sides,  per  pound .10  .45 

Bacon  hams,  per  pound .10  .35 

Shoulder,  per  pound .08  .20 

Butter,  per  pound -121/2  -50 

Eggs,  per  dozen .10  .50 

Chickens,  per  dozen 1.00  13.00 

Sugar,  per  pound .I2V2  -07 

Tea,   per   pound    100  1.2.^ 

Beef  cattle,  per  cwt. 3.00  6.50 

Pork,  per  cwt. 1.00  6.75 

It  was  not  difficult  for  a  family  of  two  persons  to  live  well  on  $400 
per  annum,  this  including  the  cost  of  clothing  and  house  rent  as  well  as 
food.  The  cost  of  amusements,  upon  which  so  much  is  spent  by  the  people 
now,  was  practically  nothing ;  a  circus  once  a  year,  costing  the  family  two 
or  three  dollars  if  they  attended,  was  about  the  limit.  There  were  no 
theaters  or  "movies"  to  call  for  money;  there  would  occasionally  be  a 
magic-lantern  show,  the  grandfather  of  the  "movies";  a  sleight-of-hand 
performance,  or  a  lecture  on  phrenology  for  which  a  small  admission  was 
usually  charged.  The  automobile  and  its  up-keep  was  not  then  a  feature 
of  expense. 

With  the  exception  of  chills  and  fever  the  people  were  as  a  rule  quite 
healthy.  They  lived  an  active  out-door  life,  giving  them  plenty  of  exercise, 
and  their  food  was  of  the  very  simplest.  The  local  doctors  charged  $1.00 
a  visit.  There  were  no  $35.-pei--week  nurses ;  the  sick  were  nursed  by  mem- 
bers of  their  own  family,  with  a  little  aid  from  the  neighbors.    There  were 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  307 

110  high-priced  surgeons  and  no  money-grabbing  hospitals.  The  most  prom- 
inent citizen  in  the  community,  upon  his  death,  was  given  a  funeral  cost- 
ing the  family  from  $15  to  $25.  Two  men  were  sometimes  employed  to  dig 
the  grave  at  a  cost  of  $5.00 ;  the  coffin  would  be  made  by  the  village  car- 
penter or  cabinet  maker  for  $10  or  $15;  a  common  farm  wagon  was  the 
hearse,  and  friends  and  neighbors  were  the  undertakers. 

The  people  at  that  time  were  handicapped  to  a  considerable  extent 
by  financial  conditions  in  the  country.  There  had  been  a  serious  panic  in 
1857,  and  the  country  had  not  yet  recovered  from  its  effects.  The  panic 
was  believed  to  have  been  the  result  of  a  bad  currency  system,  wild  specu- 
lation in  land  and  over-construction  of  railroads.  The  banking  affairs  of 
the  country  were  in  a  chaotic  condition.  Each  state  created  its  own  bank- 
ing system,  and  in  some  of  them  the  laws  were  imperfect  or  not  per- 
fectly enforced.  Banks  of  issue  had  been  organized  all  over  the  country 
under  the  state  laws,  and  were  issuing  bills  without  having  the  necessary, 
or,  in  fact,  very  often  any  gold  reserve  behind  their  notes.  On  this  ac- 
count banks  were  continually  suspending  specie  payment  all  over  the 
United  States,  and  this  was  usually  equivalent  to  failure ;  at  least  it  made 
their  bills  almost  valueless.  It  was  the  day  of  "wildcat"  money.  The 
money  received  this  name  for  the  reason  that  among  the  first  banks  that 
failed  were  some  that  had  printed  on  their  bills  a  picture  of  a  wildcat. 
This  bad  currency  caused  great  inconvenience  in  business.  Bank  bills 
that  were  good  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  issuing  bank  declined  in  value 
as  they  were  carried  father  away.  With  such  money  in  circulation  the  citi- 
zens never  knew  when  they  sold  property  for  paper  money  whether  they 
had  real  money,  or  only  worthless  promises  to  pay  money.  There  was  a 
periodical  called  "The  Detector"  which  claimed  to  give  the  value  of  all  the 
paper  money  in  circulation  and  the  standing  of  all  the  banks  of  issue  then 
doing  business  in  the  United  States.  This  periodical  was  published  month- 
ly, and  upon  receipt  of  money  the  first  thing  the  recipient  did  was  to 
consult  The  Detector  to  ascertain  the  value  of  what  he  had  received.  This 
system  of  banking  continued  until  the  passage  of  the  National  Bank  Act 
in  1864.  There  were  some  banks  that  at  all  times  redeemed  their  bills  in 
coin.    One  of  them,  as  I  remember,  was  the  State  Bank  of  Ohio. 

As  before  stated  there  had  been  great  speculation  in  land  and  town 
lots  in  1857 ;  prices  rose  rapidly,  but  the  lands  were  usually  heavily  mort- 
gaged. There  was  a  crisis  in  the  fall  of  1857,  and  the  speculative  house 
of  cards  fell.    Many  banks  failed,  merchants  were  ruined,  railroads  went 


308  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

into  bankruptcy  and  the  financial  disaster  seemed  complete.  This  condition 
led  to  some  noticeable  results.  Banks  were  not  being  organized  in  new  ter- 
ritory, and  were  therefore  very  infrequent  in  Northern  Missouri ;  the  near- 
est bank  to  Cainsville  being  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  For  want  of  safe 
banks,  checks  and  bills  of  exchange  could  not  be  used.  People  coming  to 
Missouri  from  some  point  in  a  distant  state  could  not  carry  exchange, 
letters  of  credit  or  traveler's  checks,  as  they  do  today,  because  there  would 
frequently  be  no  bank  near  the  point  to  which  they  were  coming  to  cash 
them.  So  the  people  who  found  it  necessary  to  carry  money  for  a  consid- 
erable distance  would  often  convert  their  property  into  gold,  put  the  gold 
in  a  buckskin  belt  made  for  that  purpose,  which  was  then  buckled  around 
their  bodies  beneath  their  clothing;  thus  they  became  their  own  express. 
The  want  of  a  stable  and  abundant  currency  also  led  to  much  barter.  It 
was  a  practice  of  some  of  the  merchants  to  gather  large  quantities  of 
beeswax,  tallow,  dry  hides,  the  pelts  of  fur-bearing  animals,  such  as  the 
mink,  racoon  and  skunk,  and  send  the  accumulation  to  St.  Joseph  by  wagon 
and  there  exchange  it  for  goods  of  whatever  character  they  needed.  There 
was  also  much  barter  among  the  farmers  because  of  the  scarcity  of  money. 

I  write  almost  wholly  from  memory,  and  may,  therefore,  be  excused 
if  I  make  some  mistakes  regarding  people  and  events  of  over  half  a  cen- 
tury ago.    A  Pepys  would  have  kept  a  dairy,  but  I  neglected  to  do  so. 

The  adult  population  of  Cainsville  and  vicinity  in  1858  are  nearly  all 
dead,  but  they  live  again  in  their  descendants,  who  abound.  Even  the  boys 
and  girls  from  ten  to  fifteen  years  of  age,  who  were  my  school  mates, 
are  almost  all  gone.  Among  the  first  acquaintances  I  made  after  reaching 
Cainsville  were  Lilbum  H.  and  Millard  F.  Oxford,  familiarly  known  by  their 
nicknames  of  "Bud"  and  "Polk"  Oxford ;  James  M.  Moss,  Jr.,  a  son  of  Dick 
Moss,  and  John  Robinett.  Later  I  became  acquainted  with  John  M.  Rogers 
and  T.  G.  Rogers,  Chesley  B.  Woodward,  Alex  Cain,  Ralph  0.  Woodward 
and  others.  Only  two  of  these  mentioned  are  now  living,  Millard  F.  Oxford 
and  Ralph  0.  Woodward.  As  far  as  I  know,  Millard  F.  Oxford,  who  has 
long  been  a  prominent  citizen  of  Cainsville,  is  now  (October,  1921)  the 
only  person  living  in  the  town  who  was  there  when  I  came.  Ralph  0. 
Woodward  lived  on  a  farm  adjoining  the  town.  He  is  now  an  old  and 
honored  citizen  of  that  section  of  the  country,  a  man  of  excellent  parts, 
who  has  stood  all  the  tests  imposed  upon  him  by  the  vicissitudes  of  life. 

In  January,  1873,  I  left  Cainsville,  going  to  Bethany,  and  never  re- 
turned except  as  a  visitor.     After  living  in  Bethany  twenty-six  years,  I 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  309 

heeded  the  call  of  the  West  and  removed  to  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado, 
where  I  have  since  lived. 

The  men  of  Cainsville  and  the  country  adjacent,  at  the  time  under  con- 
sideration, while  not  by  any  means  perfect,  having  as  they  did  many  of 
the  foibles,  vices  and  defects  incident  of  frontier  life  and  a  pioneer  people, 
yet  they  were  in  spite  of  all  drawbacks  quite  well  fitted  by  reason  of  their 
determination,  endurance  and  adaptibility  to  be,  and  were,  efficient  units 
in  a  population  intent  upon  developing  and  maintaining  a  great  common- 
wealth like  Missouri.  For  this  they  deserve  much  credit.  In  the  affairs 
of  everyday  life  they  labored  under  many  difficulties  and  were  compelled 
to  go  forward  as  best  they  could  without  the  help  of  needed  business  and 
social  conveniences,  such  as  money,  credit,  banking  facilities,  means  of 
easy  communication  and  rapid  transportation.  There  was  little  money, 
even  less  credit,  no  bank  near  enough  to  be  of  any  use,  and  the  mails  were 
carried  weekly  on  horseback.  There  were  no  automobiles,  no  telephones, 
and  no  railroad  or  telegraph  nearer  than  Chillicothe,  a  distance  of  forty 
miles,  to  which  point  all  goods  consigned  to  Cainsville  were  shipped.  The 
most  abundant  thing  in  the  country  was  land.  The  business  of  the  people 
primarily,  and  almost  exclusively,  was  farming  and  stock  raising,  yet 
they  were  destitute  of  effective  means  for  carrying  on  that  business,  such 
means  as  almost  every  farmer  has  at  his  disposal  today.  Considering 
their  surroundings,  their  success  in  accomplishing  as  much  as  they  did  is 
commendable,  even  remarkable.  With  a  slight  modification  of  language 
we  may  say  of  these  Knights  of  the  Plow,  as  the  poet  has  said  of  the 
ancient  Knights  of  the  Sword : 

"Their  bones  are  dust. 
Their  plowshares  rust, 
Their  souls  are  with  the  Saints  we  trust." 


A  PIONEER  HOME. 


CHAPTER  XXXV 


BIOGRAPHICAL. 


Edgar  S.  Miner,  president  of  the  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  Coni- 
jja'~y  and  one  of  the  organizers  of  this  company  which  for  over  forty  years 
has  been  one  of  the  most  important  industrial  institutions  of  Harrison 
County.  The  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  Company  handle  coal,  lumber, 
cement,  brick,  tiles  and  all  kinds  of  building  material. 

The  Miner  and  Frees  Company  does  an  extensive  business  in  two 
states;  they  have  yards  at  Ridgeway.,  Missouri;  Briimson,  Missouni; 
Coffey,  Missouri ;  Spickard,  Missouri ;  Oilman  City,  Missouri ;  Mound  City, 
Missouri ;  Oregon,  Missouri ;  Bethany,  Missouri ;  Blythedale,  Missouri ; 
King  City,  Missouri;  New  Hampton,  Missouri;  Ford  City,  Missouri;  and 
Leon,  Iowa,  the  company  operates  fourteen  yards  in  all  and  the  capital 
and  surplus  of  this  company  is  $600,000.  The  following  are  the  pres- 
ent officers  of  the  company,  E.  S.  Miner  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  president; 
Elbert  S.  Miner,  vice-president  and  treasurer;  Lawrence  Miner  Crossan, 
secretary  and  R.  M.  Stanley,  auditor.  This  company  is  also  extensively 
interested  in  the  banking  business,  including  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Ridgeway,  the  Bank  of  Mount  Mariah  and  the  Bank  of  Coffey,  Mis- 
souri. 

Edgar  S.  Miner  was  born  in  Madison,  Wisconsin,  June  19,  1846,  a 
son  of  Rev.  S.  E.  and  Mariah  Catharine  (Kelley)  Miner,  the  former  a 
native  of  Vermont  and  the  latter  of  New  York.  S.  E.  Miner,  was  a 
Congregational  minister  in  early  life  and  was  the  first  minister  of  that 
denomination  at  Madison,  Wisconsin.  The  old  church  which  he  built, 
where  he  preached  there  is  still  standing,  and  also  the  house  where  E.  S. 
Miner  was  born,  one  block  from  the  State  Capitol.  Later  in  life  he 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  at  Monroe,  Juda  and  Broadhead,  Wiscon- 
sin. He  did  an  extensive  business  and  was  prominent  throughout  the 
state  and  was  intiminately  associated  with  the  leading  men  of  his  time. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  311 

During  the  Civil  War,  although  he  was  past  the  military  age  he  took 
an  active  part  in  behalf  of  the  cause  of  the  Union  and  contributed  his 
best  efforts  in  that  direction.  He  was  chief  sanitary  officer  and  had 
supervision  and  the  care  of  all  the  Wisconsin  Troops  that  were  sick  or 
wounded  during  the  Atlanta  campaign  and  furloughed  all  soldiers 
home  who  were  unfit  for  duty.  He  died  at  Oilman  City,  Missouri,  while 
visiting  his  daughter,  Mrs.  George  Richardson,  and  his  remains  were 
buried  at  Monroe,  Wisconsin.  The  Miners  belong  to  an  old  Colonial 
family  which  was  founded  at  Stonington,  Connecticut  at  an  early  day, 
and   several   members   served   in   the   Revolutionary   War. 

Edgar  S.  Miner  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  during  the 
Civil  War  while  he  was  still  a  mere  boy,  he  ran  away  from  home  and 
enlisted  in  Company  G,  First  Regiment,  Wisconsin  Cavalry,  1st  Brigade, 
2nd  Division,  Army  of  the  Cumberland.  He  enlisted  in  November  1862, 
when  he  was  a  little  past  sixteen.  During  the  course  of  his  military 
career  he  took  part  in  a  number  of  important  engagements  and  skirmishes 
although  he  was  fortunately  never  wounded  or  taken  prisoner.  He  was 
under  General  Sherman  on  the  Atlanta  campaign.  He  had  one  brother, 
Charles  E.  Miner,  who  was  also  a  soldier  in  the  Union  Array  and  was 
serving  under  General  Custer  as  sergeant  when  he  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg.  After  the  close  of  the  war,  Edgar  S.  Miner,  v/as 
honorably  discharged  and  mustered  out  at  Louisville,  Kentucky. 

After  he  was  discharged  from  the  army,  Mr.  Miner  returned  to  his 
home  at  Monroe  and  became  foreman  in  his  father's  Lumber  yard.  He 
remained  in  that  capacity  until  1880  when  he  in  partnership  with  Captain 
Benjamin  Frees,  established  the  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  business 
at  Bethany,  Missouri.  At  that  time  there  was  no  railroad  in  Harrison 
County  and  their  first  lumber  was  hauled  from  Lamoni,  Iowa  by  wagons 
to  Bethany,  Missouri.  This  was  the  beginning  of  the  Miner  and  Frees 
lumber  business,  which  in  forty  years  has  reached  its  present  magnitude 
and  has  become  one  of  the  important  business  concerns,  not  only  of 
Harrison  County  but  of  the  state  of  Missouri. 

E.  S.  Miner  was  married  in  1868,  to  Miss  Ermina,  Gardner,  a  native 
of  Monroe,  Wisconsin.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Hon.  E.  T.  Gardner  who 
was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  that  state  and  served  as  a  member  of 
the  Wisconsin  Territorial  Legislature  and  later  was  state  senator.  He 
was  a  prominent  attorney  and  practiced  for  many  years  at  Monroe, 
Wisconsin.     Mrs.   Miner   had   a    brother,    Capt.    Silas   E.    Gardner,   who 


312  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

served  as  chief  of  scouts  under  General  William  T.  Shei'man,  during  the 
Civil  War.     He  is  now  deceased. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miner  have  been  bora  the  following  children:  Daisy, 
married  E.  M.  Crossan,  who  is  now  deceased  and  she  resides  with  her 
parelnts  at  Bethany,  and  has  one  son,  Lawrence  M.  Crossan,  who  served 
as  lieutenant  in  the  World  War,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  automobile 
business  at  Bethany,  and  Shirley,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  G.  C.  Zingerle, 
of  Bethany. 

Mr.  Miner  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic.  He  has  always  supported  the  policies  and  prin- 
ciples of  the  Republican  party  and  takes  a  keen  interest  in  political  mat- 
ters and  for  many  years  he  has  been  an  active  temperance  worker.  Mr. 
Miner  is  progressive  and  public  spirited  and  has  always  stood  ready  to 
do  his  part  for  the  betterment  and  upbuilding  of  his  town  and  county. 


Walton  E.  Todd,  state  bank  examiner,  was  for  years  prior  to  his  ap- 
pointment to  this  important  position,  one  of  Harrison  County's  widely 
known  and  successful  bankers.  Mr.  Todd  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County, 
born  near  Hatfield,  Missouri,  July  17,  1888.  He  is  a  son  of  Richard  D.  and 
Jala  (Underwood)  Todd.  Richard  Todd  is  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  came 
to  this  state  in  his  boyhood  days  and  for  many  years  was  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  the  mercantile  business  in  Harrison  County.  He  is  now  living 
retired  at  Hatfield.  His  wife  died  in  1889  when  Walton  E.  Todd  of  this 
review  was  about  one  year  old. 

Walton  E.  Todd  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Mercer  County,  Missouri.  Later  he  attended  Elliott's  Business  College  at 
Burlington,  Iowa,  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1908.  Earlier 
he  served  as  a  clerk  in  a  mercantile  house  in  Mercer  County,  and  after 
graduating  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  with  his  father  at  Hat- 
field, Missouri.  Some  years  later  they  disposed  of  the  business  and  he  ac- 
cepted the  position  of  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Hatfield,  which  position  he 
filled  most  successfully.  He  left  Hatfield  to  become  cashier  of  the  Citizens 
Bank  of  Blythedale,  in  1919.  While  at  Blythedale,  Mr.  Todd  became  in- 
terested in  the  project  of  establishing  the  Bethany  Trust  Company  and 
assisted  in  organizing  that  company  in  1919.  This  company  began  busi- 
ness January  1,  1920,  with  Mr.  Todd  holding  the  position  of  assistant 
treasurer.    Later  he  succeeded  L  E.  Nelson  as  treasurer  of  the  institution 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  313 

and  was  capably  filling  that  position  when  he  was  appointed  state  bank 
pxaminer  May  1,  1921. 

Walton  E.  Todd  was  married  March  26,  1910,  to  Miss  Grace  A.  Brazzell 
of  Hatfield,  Missouri.  She  is  a  daughter  of  John  P.  and  Alice  (Dixon) 
Brazzell  of  Hatfield.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Todd  has  been  born  one  son,  LeRoy, 
born  March  3,  1911. 

Mr.  Todd  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and 
he  and  Mrs.  Todd  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church.  Mr.  Todd  has 
been  a  close  student  in  the  practical  field  of  banking  and  is  well  posted  in 
the  details  of  the  many  phases  of  this  important  business  and  is  eminently 
qualified  to  fill  the  responsible  position  which  he  holds. 


Ernest  Harvey,  secretary  of  the  Bethany  Trust  Com.pahy,  is  one  of  the 
enterprising  young  men  of  Bethany.  He  was  born  in  Decatur  County. 
Kansas,  August  31,  1886,  the  son  of  B.  B.  and  Ruth  (Baker)  Harvey.  Mrs. 
Harvey  was  born  near  Marietta,  Ohio,  and  died  in  Meadville,  Missouri, 
where  she  is  buried,  December  7,  1918.  B.  B.  Harvey  was  bom  in  West 
Virginia.  He  and  his  wife  settled  near  Meadville  in  Linn  County,  Missouri, 
shortly  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War.  Later  they  moved  to  Kansas, 
where  they  lived  for  twelve  years  when  they  returned  to  Linn  County. 
They  came  back  to  Missouri  in  1890  and  lived  in  Meadville  until  the  death 
of  Mrs.  Harvey. 

Ernest  Harvey  received  his  education  in  the  grade  and  high  schools  of 
Meadville.  He  was  identified  with  one  of  the  local  papers,  the  Meadville 
Messenger,  for  a  while,  and  then  accepted  a  position  in  a  dry  goods  store 
for  a  few  years.  On  June  1,  1913,  he  went  into  the  Peoples  Bank  in  Mead- 
ville as  the  assistant  cashier,  and  in  September,  1918,  he  accepted  a  posi- 
tion with  the  Chillicothe  Trust  Company,  remaining  with  them  until  Jan- 
uary 1,  1920.  On  that  date  he  began  his  work  with  the  Bethany  Trust 
Company  as  secretary.  This  place  he  has  filled  successfully  ever  since. 
His  work  in  the  various  banks  with  which  he  has  been  connected  has  ably 
fitted  him  for  his  present  position.  His  thorough  conversance  with  modern 
and  progressive  business  methods  has  given  him  the  esteem  of  his  fellow 
citizens. 

Ernest  Harvey  was  mai-ried  to  Bessie  Darling  of  Meadville,  June  12, 
1910.    Mrs.  Harvey  is  a  daughter  of  James  and  Jane  (McKain)  Darling. 


314  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

James  Darling  died  at  Meadville,  April  20,  1918 ;  his  wife  lives  at  Meadville. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  have  one  daughter,  Hope  Elaine. 

Mr.  Harvey  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  and  of  the 
Modern  Woodman  of  America.  He  is  identified  with  the  progress  of  Beth- 
any and  is  a  highly  respected  citizen. 

The  Bethany  Trust  Company,  one  of  the  well-known  banking  institu- 
tions of  Bethany,  was  organized  and  started  business  January  1,  1920. 
The  capital  stock  was  $100,000.00  and  the  first  officers  were:  Joseph  S. 
Neff,  President;  Henry  N.  Burgin,  Vice-President;  I.  E.  Nelson,  Treasurer; 
Walter  E.  Todd,  Assistant  Treasurer;  Ernest  Harvey,  Secretary;  Joseph 
S.  Neff,  J.  E.  Noll,  S.  L.  Gibson,  Henry  N.  Burgin,  W.  C.  Cole,  I.  E.  Nelson 
and  W.  T.  Templeman,  Directors. 

The  capital  of  the  bank  remains  the  same  as  when  it  was  opened ; 
the  bank  has  a  surplus  of  $11,000;  loans  of  $283,780.53;  bonds  and  stocks, 
$52,258.90 ;  cash  and  sight  exchange,  $38,545.11 ;  furnishings  and  fixtures, 
$15,925.95;  title  plant,  $25,000;  undivided  profits,  $4,966.63,  and  deposits. 
$236,771.75. 

The  bank  is  conducted  entirely  with  local  capital  and  its  hearty  sup- 
port by  the  community  is  sho\\Ti  by  the  fact  that  the  deposits  on  the 
opening  day  were  $128,000.  The  directorate  of  the  bank  is  made  up  of  local 
men,  all  well  known  to  the  community  and  all  loyal  to  the  ideals  and  stand- 
ards with  which  the  institution  has  worked  since  its  foundation. 


L.  M.  Davis,  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Bethany  Trust  Company,  be- 
longs to  a  family  that  is  well  known  in  Harrison  County  where  several 
members  of  it  are  living.  Mr.  Davis  was  born  in  Smith  County,  Virginia, 
November  25,  1877,  the  son  of  J.  K.  and  Emma  A.  (Harvey)  Davis,  who 
came  to  Harrison  County  in  1881,  and  located  on  a  farm  six  miles  west  of 
Bethany.  Here  L.  M.  Davis  grew  to  manhood.  His  father  was  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  War,  serving  in  the  Confederate  Army.  Both  J.  K.  Davis  and 
his  wife  died  on  their  farm  in  Harrison  County  and  are  buried  in  Marion 
Cemetery  in  Bethany. 

Martin  Davis  and  his  wife,  grandparents  of  L.  M.  Davis,  lived  in  Smith 
County,  Virginia,  and  were  the  parents  of  nineteen  children,  seventeen  boys 
and  two  girls.  J.  K.  and  Emma  A.  (Harvey)  Davis  were  the  parents  of 
eleven  children,  as  follows:  H.  M.,  of  Casper,  Wyoming;  Eda  W.,  now  Mrs. 
Robert  Cuddy  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  Innie  M.,  now  Mrs.  Earl  Hamilton 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  315 

of  Bethany ;  Lewis  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  R.  H.,  of  Bethany ;  Jimmie 
C,  now  Mrs.  M.  E.  McCoy  of  Monte  Vista,  Colorado;  C.  E.,  of  Bethany; 
Martha,  now  hving  in  Bethany ;  F.  P.,  of  Bethany ;  Porter  K.,  of  Bethany, 
and  Paul  J.,  of  Bethany. 

L.  M.  Davis  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  in  Harrison  County  and 
the  Methodist  College  at  Albany,  Missouri.  He  worked  for  various  mer- 
cantile firms  in  Bethany  for  several  years.  For  ten  years  he  ran  a  grocery 
business  in  Bethany  with  the  fii-m  name,  Chambers  and  Davis.  He  sold 
his  business  in  order  to  accept  his  present  position  with  the  Bethany 
Trust  Company  in  November,  1920. 

Mr.  Davis  was  married  to  Bessie  Tolliver  of  Bethany,  April  30,  1905. 
Mrs.  Davis  is  the  daughter  of  John  H.  and  Susie  Tolliver,  the  latter  de- 
ceased, and  the  former  now  living  at  Bethany  where  he  is  with  the  Bethany 
Mill  and  Elevator  Company.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  have  two  daughters, 
Virginia  and  Marguerite. 

Mr.  Davis  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  He  is  known  and  esteemed  in  the  town  and 
county  for  his  business  acumen  and  for  his  high  standard  of  citizensnip. 


George  W.  Bolar,  the  reliable  and  well-known  circuit  clerk  and  ex- 
ofRcio  recorder  of  Harrison  County,  is  a  native  of  Bethany  Township  where 
he  was  born  on  a  farm  two  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  the  city  Decem- 
ber 18,  1875.  He  is  the  son  of  John  H.  and  Marie  (Hilton)  Bolar,  both  de- 
ceased. 

John  H.  Bolar  and  Maria  Hilton  were  married  in  Anderson  County, 
Kentucky,  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1862.  They  settled  first  in  Sherman 
Township  but  a  short  time  afterwards  they  moved  to  Bethany  Township 
where  they  purchased  a  farm  of  eighty  acres.  This  land  was  covered  with 
timber  at  that  time  and  Mr.  Bolar  built  a  cabin  in  which  he  and  his  wife 
lived  for  several  years  and  in  which  the  first  four  of  their  children  were 
born.  Mr.  Bolar  had  learned  the  stone  mason's  trade  and  he  followed  this 
trade  in  connection  with  his  farming.  He  died  February  6,  1906,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-three  and  his  wife  died  November  21,  1920,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-eight. 

To  John  H.  and  Maria  (Hilton)  Bolar  was  born  the  following  children: 
John  W.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirty ;  twin  daughters,  who  died  in  infancy ; 
an  infant  daughter,  deceased;  Benjamin  A.,  a  farmer  in  Serman  Town- 


316  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

ship;  Ida  B.,  living  in  Bethany,  Missouri;  James  W.,  living  in  Bethany, 
Missouri;  Willard  M.,  deputy  circuit  clerk  and  recorder  living  in  Bethany, 
Missouri ;  George  W.,  the  subject  of  this  review ;  Eva  M.,  the  wife  of  O.  W. 
Bartlett  in  Bethany,  Missouri;  Myrtle,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eight;  and 
Mattie,  who  died  at  the  age  of  three. 

George  W.  Bolar  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools  of  Harrison  County 
and  in  the  Bethany  High  School.  He  taught  his  first  school  in  the  Hickory 
District  in  1894  and  twenty  years  later  he  taught  his  last  school  in  the 
same  place.  During  the  years  from  1909  to  1913,  Mr.  Bolar  served  as 
township  clerk  and  assessor  of  Bethany  Township.  In  1914  he  was  elected 
circuit  clerk  of  Harrison  County  and  was  re-elected  to  that  position  in  1917. 

George  W.  Bolar  was  married  to  Mary  Scott  August  13,  1913.  Mrs. 
Bolar  is  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Scott,  a  native  of  Scotland,  who  lives 
near  Martinsville,  Missouri.  Mrs.  Bolar  was  born  and  reared  in  Harrison 
County  and  for  the  twelve  years  prior  to  her  marriage  she  taught  in  the 
public  schools.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bolar  have  one  child,  Martha  Janet.  Mr. 
Bolar  moved  to  Bethany  January  1,  1915,  and  located  at  446  Twenty-Eighth 
and  Miller  streets  where  he  has  a  nice  home  and  three  acres  of  land. 

Mr.  Bolar  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at  Antioch,  and  Mrs. 
Bolar  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  The  Bolars  are  a  substan- 
tial family  in  the  county.  Mr.  Bolar's  popularity  is  attested  to  by  the  fact 
that  he  is  now  serving  his  second  term  in  the  office  to  which  the  people  of 

HaiTison  County  elected  him. 


Willard  M.  Bolar,  the  efficient  deputy  circuit  clerk  and  recorder  of 
deeds  for  Harrison  County,  belongs  to  a  family  whose  name  appears  fre- 
quently in  the  annals  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  at  the  Bolar  home 
place  in  Bethany  Township,  May  29,  1873,  the  son  of  John  H.  and  Maria 
(Hilton)  Bolar,  both  deceased.  A  review  of  the  life  of  John  and  Maria 
(Hilton)  Bolar  appears  in  the  sketch  of  George  W.  Bolar,  a  brother  of 
the  subject  of  the  present  sketch. 

Willard  M.  Bolar  received  his  education  in  the  rural  schools  of  Harri- 
son County  and  in  the  Bethany  High  School.  For  fourteen  years  he  was  a 
successful  teacher  in  the  county.  He  taught  his  first  school  in  Jack  Oak 
District,  and  his  last  eight  years  in  the  Cypress  School.  For  the  three  years 
just  before  he  accepted  his  present  position,  Mr.  Bolar  combined  the  voca- 
tion of  farming  with  his  work  as  a  teacher. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  317 

Mr.  Bolar  was  married  August  16,  1906,  to  Ida  M.  Nighthart,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Philip  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Nighthart.  Philip  Nighthart  was  a 
native  of  Germany.  He  came  to  New  York  in  the  early  thirties  and  in  1848 
he  left  New  York  to  follow  the  lure  of  the  gold  fields  in  the  west.  He  sailed 
down  around  Cape  Horn  and  up  the  Pacific  to  California  where  he  remained 
almost  three  years,  making  a  fortune  in  the  "gold  rush."  A  little  later  he 
lost  a  part  of  his  money  in  a  bank  failure.  He  returned  to  New  York,  later 
went  to  Ohio,  and  finally,  in  the  late  fifties,  he  came  west  to  Missouri  and 
settled  in  Sherman  Township,  Harrison  County.  Here  he  farmed  until 
his  death  in  1912.  He  is  buried  in  Antioch  Cemetery.  His  wife,  Elizabeth 
(Smith)  Nighthart,  who  survives  him,  lives  on  the  home  place  in  Sherman 
Township. 

To  Willard  M.  and  Ida  (Nighthart)  Bolar  three  children  have  been 
born,  as  follows:  Dorothy,  Avery  and  Evalee.  Mr.  Bolar  and  his  family 
have  a  home  and  five  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  city  limits  of  Bethany. 

Mr.  Bolar  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at  Antioch.  For  six 
years  he  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Pine  Oak  School  District  and  be- 
cause of  his  efficiency  in  office  and  his  interest  in  public  aff'airs,  he  is  ranked 
among  the  substantial  citizens  of  the  county. 


William  Roleke,  a  popular  ex-mayor  of  Bethany,  was  born  in  Germany, 
January  15,  1864,  He  learned  and  plied  the  trade  of  a  tailor  in  his  youth  in 
his  native  country.  In  1886  he  came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  In 
Bethany,  Missouri.  Here  he  worked  at  his  trade  for  his  cousin,  Herman 
Roleke.  Two  years  later  he  formed  a  partnership  with  this  cousin  and  this 
business  relationship  continued  for  fifteen  years.  Since  its  termination 
William  Roleke  has  conducted  the  business  alone.  He  handles  all  kinds  of 
repair  work,  besides  doing  tailoring.  He  has  conducted  his  business  so 
efficiently  that  his  trade  has  extended  to  outside  towns  and  he  has  calls 
from  St.  Joseph  and  Kansas  City. 

Mr.  Roleke  has  been  married  twice.  His  first  wife  was  Anna  Schulze 
of  Berlin,  Germany,  whom  he  married  in  1888.  Mrs.  Roleke  died  in  1915 
and  is  buried  in  the  Pythian  Cemetery  in  Bethany.  To  William  and  Anna 
(Schulze)  Roleke  the  following  children  were  born :  Helen,  deceased ;  Karl, 
a  plumber  at  Bethany;  and  Katherine,  a  nurse  at  St.  Luke's  Hospital  in 
Chicago,  Illinois.  On  July  24,  1918,  Mr.  Roleke  was  married  to  Edith 
Morgan,  who,  for  the  twenty-five  years  previous  to  her  marriage,  had  been 


318  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

a  successful  teacher  in  Harrison  County.  Mrs.  Edith  (Morgan)  Roleke 
died  in  a  St.  Joseph  hospital  October  8,  1920. 

Mr.  Roleke  was  elected  mayor  of  Bethany  in  1908  and  was  re-elected 
in  the  years  1910,  1912,  1914,  1916  and  1918  thus  serving  for  twelve  con- 
secutive years.  The  success  of  his  work  as  mayor  is  amply  shown  by  his 
many  calls  to  fill  the  same  office.  It  was  during  his  administration  that 
Bethany  established  a  municipal  water  works  with  an  exceptionally  good 
filtering  system.  The  city  also  built  a  light  plant  which  has  always  given 
the  citizens  excellent  service.  Another  municipal  improvement  was  the 
paving  of  the  court  house  square  with  brick  and  about  eight  miles  of  con- 
crete and  brick  street  paving. 

Mr.  Roleke  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  and  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  has  passed  all  the  chairs  of  the 
former.  Mr.  Roleke  helped  to  organize  the  First  National  Bank  of  Bethany 
and  is  one  of  the  directors  in  it.  By  his  ability,  his  industry  and  because 
of  his  interest  in  municipal  affairs,  Mr.  Roleke  has  made  himself  one 
of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Bethany. 


Loyd  N.  Brown,  proprietor  of  the  Bethany  Hardware  Company,  is 
one  of  the  well-known  and  enterprising  young  business  men  of  Bethany, 
Missouri.  He  is  a  business  man,  an  ex-officer  of  Harrison  County,  and  a 
veteran  of  the  World  War.  He  was  born  at  Clearmont  in  Nodaway  County, 
September  29,  1886,  the  son  of  Walter  T.  and  Mary  (McGinty)  Brown. 
Mrs.  Brown  died  in  1893  and  is  buried  in  Clearmont.  Walter  T.  Brown 
was  born  in  Illinois,  and  has  been  a  farmer  and  a  Baptist  preacher  in  both 
Missouri  and  Nebraska.  He  lived  near  Pawnee  for  five  years,  and  is  now  a 
resident  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska.  Reverend  and  Mrs.  Brown  had  four  child- 
ren, three  of  whom  grew  to  maturity:  Loyd  N.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
George,  now  living  in  South  Dakota,  and  Anna,  now  Mrs.  Fife  of  Kearney, 
Nebraska.  Walter,  another  son,  died  in  Denver,  Colorado,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-six. 

Loyd  N.  Brown  graduated  from  the  Bethany  High  School  in  the  class 
of  1906.  After  his  graduation,  he  worked  for  J.  C.  Ruby  for  more  than 
two  years,  and  then  was  made  deputy  county  clerk  under  W.  F.  Towns. 
He  held  this  position  for  over  seven  years.  In  the  fall  of  1914  he  was 
elected  county  clerk  of  Harrison  County  and  served  until  May  27,  1918, 
when  he  entered  the  United  States  Army  for  service  in  the  World  War. 


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He  was  sent  to  Camp  Dodge,  Iowa,  as  a  private  and  ten  days  later  was  sent 
to  the  Fourth  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa,  where  he  was 
commissioned  a  second  lieutenant  August  26,  1918.  He  was  assigned  to 
Company  Three,  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-Third  Depot  Brigade  and  on  De- 
cember 7,  1918,  was  sent  on  special  duty  as  personnel  officer  of  camp  util- 
ities. He  remained  in  this  phase  of  service  until  his  discharge  October 
28,  1919.  He  then  returned  to  Bethany  and  accepted  the  position  of  man- 
ager of  the  S.  A.  Evans  Implement  Store.  In  October,  1920,  he  bought  his 
present  stock,  known  as  the  Bethany  Hardware  Company.  He  has  been 
operating  this  business  very  successfully  and  carries  a  complete  line  of 
hardware  and  harness. 

Mr.  Brown  was  married  to  Edna  E.  Evans,  a  daughter  of  S.  A.  Evans 
of  Bethany,  on  September  1,  1918.  Mrs.  Evans  was  Etta  Anderson.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Brown  have  one  son,  Loyd  N.,  Jr.,  born  August  14,  1919. 

Mr.  Brown  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He 
has  served  as  treasurer  of  the  Republican  County  Central  Committee  for 
eight  years.  He  was  appointed  by  Judge  Wanamaker  to  act  as  receiver 
for  the  Farmers  Mutual  Telephone  Company  in  1908  and  the  effi- 
cient way  in  which  he  handled  this  business  brought  him  prominently 
before  the  public,  and  was  the  direct  factor  in  causing  the  county  to  call 
him  to  act  as  county  clerk.  Mr.  Brown  is  another  young  man  of  whom 
Harrison  County  is  justly  proud.  As  a  private  citizen  and  as  an  official,  his 
record  is  one  of  progress  and  high  standards. 


George  William  Spencer,  agent  for  the  American  Railway  Express 
Company  and  proprietor  of  the  Bethany  Produce  Company,  was  born  in 
Bethany  Township,  October  24,  1863.  His  parents  were  John  and  Rachel 
(Alley)  Spencer.  His  mother  was  born  in  Indiana  and  came  to  Harrison 
County  when  she  was  only  a  girl.  She  married  John  Spencer  shortly  after- 
ward, and  now  lives  in  Ridgeway  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Mattie  Miner. 
John  Spencer  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  was  a  farmer  and  stockman  in  Bethany 
Township  after  he  came  to  Harrison  County.  He  died  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
five  and  is  buried  in  Marion  Cemetery.  To  John  and  Rachel  (Alley)  Spencer 
the  following  children  were  born :  Sarah,  now  Mrs.  Young  of  Trenton ; 
Mattie,  now  Mrs.  Miner  of  Ridgeway;  Kate,  deceased  at  the  age  of  eigh- 
teen ;  Susie,  now  Mrs.  Tull  of  Craig ;  Hattie,  deceased  at  the  age  of  twenty- 


320  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

three;  G.  W.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  Charles,  deceased  in  infancy ;  and 
John,  deceased  at  the  age  of  six  years. 

George  Wilhani  Spencer  has  Hved  close  to  and  in  Bethany  all  of  his 
life  and  has  been  identified  with  the  progress  of  the  town  for  many  years. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  Bethany  Public  School,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  took  a  position  with  the  Adams  Express  Company  on  the 
Burlington  Railway.  He  was  the  assistant  agent  for  the  American  and 
Adams  Express  Company  under  T.  A.  Dunn.  In  1898,  T.  A.  Dunn  was  suc- 
ceeded by  F.  M.  Young  and  Mr.  Spencer  was  appointed  agent  for  the  com- 
pany, a  position  which  he  has  held  ever  since.  For  the  past  ten  years,  he 
has  been  in  the  produce  business  also ;  he  buys  and  sells  all  kinds  of  country 
products.    In  both  lines  of  work  he  has  been  successful. 

Mr.  Spencer  was  married  in  1886  to  Anna  M.  Thomas,  of  Corydon, 
Iowa.  Mrs.  Spencer  is  a  daughter  of  William  and  Catherine  Thomas,  both 
deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spencer  have  one  son,  Joseph  L.,  aged  eleven 
years. 

Mr.  Spencer  has  been  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  for  tv/enty-five  years,  and  has  held  all  the  offices  in  the  lodge  here. 
He  is  a  man  well  know  in  Bethany  for  his  integrity  and  interest  in  civic 
progress. 


James  C.  Wilson,  a  progressive  citizen  of  Bethany,  and  one  of  the 
able  and  successful  lawyers  of  this  section  of  the  state,  was  born  near 
Columbus,  Ohio,  November  22,  1855,  the  son  of  Samuel  D.  and  Mary 
(Boyd)  Wilson,  both  natives  of  Ohio.  Samuel  D.  Wilson  was  born  in 
Franklin  County  and  died  in  1887  while  on  a  trip  to  New  Mexico.  His 
wife  was  born  in  Delaware  County  and  died  in  Bethany  in  1902,  where 
she  had  resided  since  the  death  of  her  husband.  Samuel  Wilson  was  a 
farmer  in  early  life  and  later  a  stock  buyer  and  shipper.  He  was  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  enlisted  from  Franklin  County,  Ohio, 
and  sei'ved  two  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  D.  Wilson  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  James  C,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Josephine,  the  widow  of 
Richard  Carroll,  of  Chicago,  Illinois;  Ada,  the  wife  of  George  Joiner,  a 
business  man  of  Columbus,  Ohio;  John  and  Luther,  twins,  who  were 
farmers  and  died  in  Bethany;  William  H.,  who  is  engaged  in  real  estate 
and  loan  business  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  Jennie,  formerly  a  stenographer 
for  her  brother,  James  C.  Wilson,  now  the  wife  of  George  Jones,  a  tele- 


J.  C.  WILSON 


MRS.  ROBERTA   (WILSON)   GINTHER 


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phone  company  manager  of  Chicago ;  Frank  L.,  formerly  a  wholesale  mer- 
chant of  Columbus,  Ohio,  who  now  resides  in  .Los  Angeles,  California ; 
and  Kittie,  the  widow  of  J.  A.  Morris  of  Lebanon,  Missouri. 

James  C.  Wilson  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Otterbe  in 
University  at  Westerville,  Ohio,  and  read  law  at  Maryville,  Missouri  under 
Col.  Lafe  Dawson,  the  first  United  States  judge  of  the  district  of  Alaska, 
who  was  appointed  by  President  Grover  Cleveland.  Mr.  Wilson  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  April  29,  1880  at  Grant  City,  Missouri  and  began 
practicing  his  profession  May  4,  1880,  at  Bethany,  Missouri.  He  taught 
school  the  winter  of  1880  at  Martinsville,  Missouri,  and  since  then  has 
practiced  law  continuously  here,  and  met  with  success.  Mr.  Wilson  has 
an  extensive  practice  in  Bethany  and  also  ranks  high  as  a  criminal  lawyer 
over  the  state  and  adjoining  counties  in  Nebraska,  Iowa  and  Kansas.  He 
was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of  Harrison  County  in  1882,  the  first 
Democratic  prosecuting  attorney  of  this  county,  and  his  son.  Garland 
Wilson,  was  elected  to  this  same  office  thirty  years  later.  Maj.  Randall 
Wilson,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume,  is  now  a  partner  of  his 
father. 

James  C.  Wilson  was  married  September  28,  1883,  to  Miss  Alice  E. 
Turner,  a  native  of  Bethany,  MissH)uri,  and  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Rebecca  J.  (Higgins)  Turner.  Robert  Turner  died  in  September,  1881, 
and  his  wife  is  living  in  Bethany  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Gar- 
land, an  attorney  of  Bethany,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  book; 
Dockery,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  having  served  as  a  lieutenant,  and 
who  is  now  an  attorney  of  Bethany;  Major  Randall;  Capt.  Carlisle  R.,. 
"Chuck",  who  was  mortally  wounded  October  27,  1918,  the  second  day 
of  the  Argonne  drive  and  died  November  7,  1918,  and  who  is  buried  in 
France;  and  Roberta,  the  wife  of  Paul  Ginther,  a  merchant  at  Moberly, 
Missouri,  the  last  named  two  being  twins.  The  Wilson-Axline  Post  of 
the  American  Legion  at  Bethany  was  named  after  Capt.  Carlisle  R.  Wil- 
son and  Lieut.  A.  A.  Axline,  both  of  whom  were  killed  in  the  same  battle. 

Mr.  Wilson,  besides  being  a  successful  lawyer,  is  a  progressive  citizen 
and  good  booster  for  his  city,  county  and  state.  He  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics. 


S.  E.  and  C.  D.  Hamilton,  proprietors   of  the  Hamilton  Hardware 
Company  of  Bethany,  belong  both  by  their  maternal  and  paternal  ancestry 
to  old  pioneer  families  of  Harrison  County.    Their  parents  were  J.  P.  HamJl- 
(16) 


322  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

ton  and  Colista  E.  (Allen)  Hamilton,  both  early  settlers  in  the  state.  Col- 
ista  E.  (Allen)  Hamilton  was  bom  in  Tennessee,  February  26,  1841,  the 
daughter  of  Dr.  Stephen  Allen,  who  came  to  Harrison  County  and  home- 
steaded  land  five  miles  north  of  the  present  site  of  Bethany,  and  five  years 
later  moved  to  Bethany  where  he  was  a  pioneer  druggist.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Legislature  from  1847  to  1862.  Mr.  Allen  took  a  firm 
stand  in  the  turbulent  days  of  the  Civil  War.  He  had  much  to  do  with 
keeping  Missouri  from  joining  the  ranks  of  the  Confederacy  and  in  keeping 
it  from  seceeding  from  the  Union.  He  died  in  Bethany  and  his  remains  are 
buried  in  the  Odd  Fellows  Cemetei-y  at  Bethany  where  the  I'emains  of  his 
■wife  also  are  buried.  Their  children  were:  (1)  Tennessee,  now  Mrs.  Hill- 
man  of  Albany;  (2)  Colista,  now  Mrs.  Hamilton;  (3)  Mrs.  Louisa  Newman, 
deceased;  (4)  Mrs.  D.  T.  Johnson  of  Turlock,  Colorado;  (5)  Isaac,  living  in 
Bethany;  (6)  Carrie,  now  Mrs.  Godman  of  Iowa;  (7)  William  J.,  a  resident 
of  Bethany;  (8)  Nordica,  died  at  the  age  of  fifteen;  (9)  Orvil,  died  at  the 
age  of  twenty-five;  (10)  Serilla,  died  at  the  age  of  six,  and  (11)  Emaline, 
died  in  infancy.  '    -•   '' 

'  Mrs.  Hamilton,  who  is  now  eighty  years  old,  is  very  active  and  takes 
an  interest  in  the  happenings  of  the  present  as  well  as  the  history  of  the 
past.  Her  reminiscences  of  the  days  when  the  intrepid  pioneers  were  build- 
ing up  Harrison  County  are  deeply  entertaining.  She  came  to  Bethany 
Township  with  her  parents  when  but  an  infant.  The  farm  which  her 
father  took  up  was  partly  wild  prairie  land  with  the  remainder  heavily 
timbered  with  oak  and  hickory.  There  was  no  lack  of  food  for  game 
was  plentiful  and  prairie  chickens,  wild  turkeys,  quail,  wild  hogs  and  deer 
were  easily  obtained.  Her  father  built  a  cabin  on  his  farm  and  here  his 
family  grew  up.  The  nearest  neighbor  was  two  and  one-half  miles  away 
on  the  south,  and  on  the  north  the  nearest  house  was  a  distance  of  sixteen 
miles  away.  Mrs.  Hamilton  went  to  school  in  an  old  log  cabin  in  the 
Bethany  District,  acquiring  her  education  amidst  the  hardships  and  diffi- 
culties of  those  trying  times.  Plattsburg  was  the  nearest  trading  point 
and  S.  C.  Allen  made  the  trip  as  often  as  was  necessary,  allowing  one  day 
for  the  trip  to  the  trading  post  and  another  for  the  return  journey.  The 
first  mill  that  Mrs.  Hamilton  can  recall  is  the  old  Harris  Mill  on  Big  Creek 
and  at  this  mill  the  meal  for  the  use  of  the  Allen  family  was  ground.  The 
first  church  edifice  to  be  erected  was  the  brick  church  built  by  the  Chris- 
tians. When  the  Allen  family  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1841  there  were 
about  500  Cherokee  Indians  encamped  on  the  creek  north  of  the  Allen  home. 


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Shortly  after  that  time  the  government  removed  the  Indians  to  the  Indian 
Tenitory.  Mrs.  Hamilton's  life  spans  the  many  years  that  have  inter- 
vened betvi'een  wild,  uncultivated  land  and  the  present  highly  organized  civ- 
ilization; between  the  crude  makeshifts  of  the  past  the  the  scientific 
methods  of  the  present.  The  story  of  a  life  such  as  Mrs.  Hamilton's  is  truly 
the  history  of  the  growth  of  Missouri. 

J.  P.  Hamilton,  father  of  the  present  subjects,  was  born  in  Green 
County,  Kentucky,  in  1840,  and  came  with  his  parents  to  Randolph  County, 
Missouri,  later  to  Daviess  County,  and  in  1859  to  Bethany.  The  father.  Dr. 
Hamilton,  died  in  Gallatin,  Missouri.  J.  P.  Hamilton  was  a  pioneer  hard- 
ware merchant  in  Bethany  where  he  started  business  in  1859  and  con- 
tinued to  conduct  the  business  for  more  than  forty  years.  Mr.  Hamilton 
was  a  prominent  man  in  the  county  and  state.  He  took  an  active  interest 
in  all  civic  affairs,  serving  as  alderman  of  Bethany.  He  helped  to  organ- 
ize the  Bethany  Savings  Bank  of  which  he  was  a  director  and  a  vice-presi- 
dent. He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  J.  P.  Hamilton  was  one  of  the  sturdy  pioneers 
who  wrought  well  in  the  early  days  of  the  county  and  whose  enterprising 
character  made  him  a  citizen  of  worth.  He  died  July  11,  1911  and  his 
remains  are  buried  in  Bethany. 

To  J.  P.  and  Colista  E.  (Allen)  Hamilton  the  following  children  were 
born :  Lullie  B.,  the  wife  of  W.  B.  Rose  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  Lillie,  died 
at  the  age  of  fourteen;  S.  E.,  a  subject  of  this  sketch;  Lura,  Mrs.  Dixon, 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty-six,  and  Carl  D.,  a  subject  of  this  sketch. 

S.  E.  Hamilton  was  bom  October  5,  1872,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  school  of  Bethany  and  Kemper  Military  Academy  at  Boonville,  Mis- 
souri, from  which  he  graduated  in  1893.  He  began  business  with  his 
father,  the  founder  of  the  Hamilton  Hardware  Company,  in  1889  and  con- 
tinued with  him  until  the  business  was  sold  by  J.  P.  Hamilton  to  the  firm 
known  as  Phillips  and  Storm,  who  later  reorganized  it  into  the  Bethany 
Hardware  Company.  S.  E.  Hamilton  spent  two  years  in  the  real  estate 
business,  then  went  into  the  hardware  business  again  with  Claude  Cole 
and  remained  in  it  for  seven  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  again 
entered  the  real  estate  business.  On  March  12,  1918,  he,  with  his  brother. 
C.  D.  Hamilton,  opened  the  present  business.  The  Hamilton  Hardware 
Company  now  occupies  the  first  and  second  floors  of  a  building  on  Main 
Street.  It  has  a  basement  and  a  frontage  of  25x93  feet.  The  company 
carries  a  full  line  of  hardware  and  does  an  excellent  business. 


324  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

S.  E.  Hamilton  was  married  in  April,  1906,  to  Inme  Davis,  a  daughter 
of  Polk  and  Emma  (Harvey)  Davis,  both  deceased.  Mrs.  Hamilton  was 
born  in  Roanoke,  Virginia,  and  was  educated  in  the  Methodist  College  at 
Albany,  Missouri.  Her  gi-andparents  owned  the  land  upon  which  Roanoke. 
Virginia,  was  built. 

C.  D.  Hamilton  the  other  member  of  the  Hamilton  Hardv/are  Com- 
pany was  born  at  Bethany,  October  8,  1878.  He  gi'aduated  from  Kemper 
Military  Academy  at  Boonville,  Missouri,  in  1902,  and  has  been  in  the 
hardware  business  ever  since.  He  was  with  his  father  up  to  the  time 
of  the  latter's  death  and  has  been  with  the  present  firm  since  its  organiza- 
tion in  1918.  Mr.  Hamilton  was  married  April  16,  1913,  to  Romaine 
Lewis,  a  daughter  of  Harry  H.  Lewis  and  wife  of  Lakeside,  California.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hamilton  have  an  adopted  son,  a  nephew  of  Mrs.  Hamilton,  Craig 
Junior  Lewis. 

S.  E.  Hamilton  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
the  Modei-n  Woodman  of  America.  C.  D.  Hamilton  is  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  has  filled  the  office  of  marshal  of 
Bethany.  The  Hamilton  family  is  prominent  in  Harrison  County  and  both 
S.  E.  and  C.  D.  Hamilton  are  enterprising  and  progressive  business  men. 


J.  H.  Cuddy,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Cuddy  &  Dunn  Department  Store, 
is  one  of  the  enterprising  and  progressive  business  men  of  Bethany.  The 
Cuddy  name  has  been  known  in  the  annals  of  Harrison  County  for  many 
years.  David  and  Mary  (Dunn)  Cuddy,  the  parents  of  the  present  subject, 
were  natives  of  Washington  County,  Virginia,  where  J.  H.  was  born  on 
July  13,  1875.  Mary  (Dunn)  Cuddy  died  sA  Abington,  Virginia,  in  1904,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-two  and  David  Cuddy  died  at  the  same  place  in  1912  at 
the  age  of  eighty-three.  The  remains  of  both  are  buried  in  the  Dunn  fam- 
ily cemetery  where  M.  S.  McCulloch,  great  grandfather  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  settled  about  1800.  His  home,  built  about  1805,  was  one  of 
the  landmarks  of  the  county  as  it  was  the  first  house  thereabouts  to  have 
glass  window  panes. 

J.  H.  Cuddy  was  educated  at  Abington.  Virginia.  He  came  to  Bethany 
in  1896  and  began  to  work  in  the  store  then  known  as  the  firm  of  Dunn 
Brothers  &  Company.  This  store  is  one  of  the  pioneer  mercantile  houses  of 
Harrison  County.    It  was  originally  known  as  the  McGeorge  &  Dunn  store 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  325 

and  was  established  in  Bethany  about  1868.  Ever  since  that  date  the  store 
under  various  finn  names,  has  been  a  part  of  the  development  of  Harrison 
County.  The  first  firm  was  succeeded  by  the  firm  known  as  Dunn  Brothers, 
and  that  firm  was  in  turn  succeeded  in  1901  by  Cuddy  &  Dunn.  The  present 
members  of  the  firm  are  J.  H.  Cuddy,  of  this  sketch ;  H.  W.  Dunn,  and  W.  T. 
Templeman.  The  present  business,  which  consists  of  a  complete  stock  of 
groceries,  diy  goods,  clothing,  shoes,  gent's  furnishings,  and  ladies'  ready- 
to-wear  goods,  occupies  two  floors  of  the  building  on  the  southwest  corner 
of  the  Square. 

Mr.  Cuddy  was  married  May  17,  1911,  in  Bethany,  to  Eva  Claytor,  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Alice  Claytor.  Mrs.  Cuddy  was  born  in  Bethany 
and  was  educated  in  the  Bethany  Public  School.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cuddy  have 
three  childi'en:  Alice  Jean,  Mary  Elizabeth  and  James  Hyden. 

Mr.  Cuddy  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  at  Bethany. 
Mr.  Cuddy  is  well  known  in  the  county  where  he  has  a  reputation  for  good 
citizenship  and  progressive  business  ideas. 


H,  W.  Dunn,  a  member  of  the  mercantile  finn  of  Cuddy  &  Dunn  De- 
partment Store,  belongs  to  a  family  whose  name  has  long  been  associated 
with  mercantile  interests  in  Bethany.  The  Dunn  name  has  appeared  in  the 
firm  title  of  the  present  store  since  the  organization,  in  1868,  of  the  pioneer 
store  of  McGeorge  &  Dunn.  Robert  H.  Dunn,  father  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1869,  and  settled  in  Bethany  where 
he  was  a  member  of  the  mercantile  firm  of  Dunn  Brothers,  the  successors 
of  McGeorge  &  Dunn.  He  is  now  retired  and  lives  in  Bethany  after  a 
mercantile  career  of  nearly  fifty  years. 

H.  W.  Dunn  was  born  at  Bethany,  September  27,  1883,  the  son  of 
Robert  H.  and  Clara  B.  (Blackburn)  Dunn,  both  still  living  in  Bethany. 
Mr.  Dunn  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County  and  has 
been  in  business  here  since  his  boyhood.  He  was  reared  in  the  midst  of 
mercantile  pursuits  and  worked  for  the  firm  in  which  he  is  now  a  partner, 
until  1918,  when  he  became  a  firm  member.  His  environment  and  training 
fitted  him  well  for  his  present  work  in  which  he  is  making  a  marked  suc- 
cess. 

Mr.  Dunn  was  married  to  Faye  Sutton,  April  27,  1910.  Mrs.  Dunn 
is  a  daughter  of  Henry  G.  and  Gertrude  (Thomas)  Sutton  of  Bethany. 
Mrs.  Sutton  died  September  27,  1920,  and  her  remains  are  buried  in  Beth- 


326  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

any.  Mr.  Sutton  is  a  contractoi-  in  Bethany.  Mrs.  Dunn  received  her  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of  Bethany  and  later  attended  school  in  Kansas  City, 
Missouri.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dunn  have  one  daughter,  Maxine  Roberta. 

Mr.  Dunn  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of 
Bethany  and  of  the  Chapter  and  is  a  Knights  Templar,  Order  of  Royal  and 
Select  Masters,  and  the  Shrine  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  Mr.  Dunn  is  one  of 
the  group  of  alert  business  men  who  are  helping  build  up  standards  of 
good  citizenship  and  progressive  business  methods  in  Bethany.  He  de- 
servedly stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  his  community. 


James  B,  Manifold,  a  well  known  ex-sheriff  of  Harrison  County  and 
now  with  the  S.  A.  Evans  Implement  and  Farm  Machinery  firm,  was  born 
in  Wayne  County,  Indiana,  July  26,  1866,  the  son  of  Moses  and  Mary  E. 
(Walker)  Manifold. 

Moses  Manifold  and  his  family  settled  in  Iowa  in  1868,  later  moving  to 
Cherokee  County,  Kansas,  where  they  remained  for  six  years.  They  came 
to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1874,  settling  first  at  Bethany  and  then 
in  Bethany  Township.  Mr.  Manifold  purchased  a  farm  in  Jefferson  Town- 
ship which  he  later  sold  and  moved  to  Bethany,  where  he  died  February  22, 
1913.  He  is  buried  in  the  Bethany  Cemetery.  His  widow  still  lives  in 
Bethany. 

Moses  and  Mary  E.  (Walker)  Manifold  had  the  following  children: 
James  B.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  Irene,  now  Mrs.  James  E.  Barry  of 
Albany,  Missouri;  and  Jennie,  the  widow  of  Clarence  Caldwell,  Bethany, 
Missouri. 

James  B.  Manifold  received  his  early  education  in  the  Bethany  Public 
Schools.  Later  he  attended  the  Normal  at  Stanberry,  Missouri,  and  the 
Normal  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri.  He  was  a  teacher  in  Harrison  County 
for  seven  years,  teaching  his  first  school  west  of  Bethany  and  his  last  in 
the  Star  District.  Mr.  Manifold  has  filled  most  successfully  several  offices 
to  which  his  township  and  county  have  elected  him.  He  was  the  clerk  and 
assessor  of  Jefferson  Township.  He  was  the  deputy  sheriff  of  the  county 
for  eight  years  and,  in  November,  1906,  his  county  showed  its  appreciation 
of  his  sei-vices  by  electing  him  sheriff.  He  was  relected  in  1908,  this 
time  for  a  four-year  term.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  Mr.  Mani- 
fold entered  the  mercantile  business  in  Bethany  and  continued  in  this  work 
until  four  years  ago  when  he  took  up  his  present  work  with  the  S.  A. 
Evans  firm. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  327 

Mr.  Manifold  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  in  Bethany.  He  is  energetic  and 
affable  and  deserves  the  success  with  which  he  has  met. 


Stanley  M.  Haas,  a  popular  furniture  dealer  and  undertaker  of  Beth- 
any, Missouri,  was  born  in  Worth  County,  Missouri,  September  7,  1872,  the 
son  of  Henry  and  Martha  J.  (Frost)  Haas. 

Henry  Haas  is  a  native  of  Holmes  County,  Ohio,  and  his  wife  is  a 
native  of  Sangamon  County,  Illinois.  Mr.  Haas  was  formerly  a  farmer  but 
is  now  retired  and  lives  in  Bethany.  To  Henry  and  Martha  J.  (Frost)  Haas 
the  following  children  were  born:  Stanley  M.,  the  subject  of  this  review; 
Stella  E.,  now  Mrs.  Charles  D.  Neff  of  Fayette,  Iowa,  and  W.  H.,  a  jeweler 
and  optician  of  Bethany. 

Stanley  M.  Haas  received  his  education  in  the  Normal  at  Stanberry, 
Missouri ;  Christian  College  at  Albany,  Missouri,  and  the  State  University 
at  Columbia,  Missouri.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  began  teaching  school 
in  the  Ashland  District  in  Harrison  County,  walking  four  and  one-half 
miles  back  and  forth  to  school  and  receiving  $30  a  month  salary.  He  con- 
tinued teaching  school  for  several  years,  first  in  Worth  and  Gentry  count- 
ies and  then  in  the  Albany  High  School  of  which  he  was  principal  for 
several  years.  He  was  also  the  principal  for  one  year  of  the  Mound  City 
High  School. 

Mr.  Haas  engaged  in  the  furniture  and  undertaking  business  in  Albany, 
Missouri,  with  H.  W.  Bare,  using  the  firm  name  of  H.  W.  Bare  &  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Haas  sold  his  interest  in  the  company  to  Mr.  Bare  in  1908  and 
bought  out  the  firm  of  Monson  &  Bonser  in  Bethany,  Missouri.  He  has 
continued  in  this  business  to  the  present  time.  He  is  located  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Public  Square.  His  building  which  was  remodeled  in  1920  is  fifty 
by  ninety  feet  and  makes  an  excellent  display  room  for  his  well-kept  stock. 
Mr.  Haas  is  a  licensed  embalmer  and  has  all  modern  equipment  for  the 
conducting  of  funerals. 

Mr.  Haas  was  married  June  15,  1898,  to  Minnie  H.  Bryant  of  Harrison 
County,  a  daughter  of  Henry  0.  and  Lou  (Chenoworth)  Bryant,  both  de- 
ceased. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haas  the  follownig  children  have  been  born: 
Thornton  H.,  a  gi-aduate  of  the  Bethany  High  school  and  now  at  work 
with  his  father;  Martha  Louise,  at  home;  Stella  Pauline,  at  home,  and  Mel- 
vin  Bryant,  at  home. 


328  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

4-    fv,^  A^iriPnt  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Bethany 
Mr.  Haas  belongs  ^^^^^^^^^  The  independent  Order  ot  Odd  Fel- 

^'''''VlJitrcZmZ^i^l'  Knights  ot  Pythias  Lodge.    He  is  an 
lows;  'bePatriarch  M.m      ,  ^^^^  ^^^^  j^_.  ^  ^^^^^  „f 

elder  ,n  *«  "^"f  ^"^^'^.'^jfEj';^  ion  »hich  position  he  still  holds.    M, 
^^:^:J^^  "PH.»  citi.en  and  .-ell  merits  the  success  wh.ch 

he  has  attained. , 

.xrn-        H    Rales   a  well  know  retired  farmer  of  603  North  Twenty- 

""'•r"  'd^MrsTames  Bales  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Bales  y,i„i^„,s.  and  is  now  deceased; 

TVZ^  rce::     ;  Mr!  SerElchardson,  deceased;  Wiiiian. 
Abigail  Chrtv.~d    decease  ^^^^^^^^^  Bloommgton, 

"di  nl' S  Ri  hlrdtr  Unlonville,   Indiana;   Martha    and    Tarlton 

Bales    deceased;  and  Celia  Grim.,  who  "-  >;-  ™    tr'^ugust  21. 

Mississippi  and  many  s  irnnshee^    fl^J  c Ly  Co^ty,  Missouri  and 
returned  to  Indiana,  and,  in  1867,  came  to  i.    y  UBrnson 

later  settled  'Vt'^^^f  """f  g^^.^Town  "hip    wie':  he  purchased  140 
County  Missouri  settled  in  B"t «  /owns    P,  township,  and 

acres,  which  he  later  sold  --\^'^^J''^riL  was  a  very  successful 
later  added  several  acres  to  this  ti act.    ivii_ 

farmer,  hut  moved  '"  f  *--  "  f  *,  rof  Si^acr^  and  is  well 
home   seven  years  ago.     Ihis  place 

improved.  v,   ip;    I8fi7    to  Polly  Ann  Roberts  of 

Mr.  Bales  was  married  ^avch  15,  1867    to  ^^o  y 

Hendricks  County,  Indiana.     She  died  -  O^t^b",  1871.     Mx- 

Bales  were  the  parents  of  the  f  ol  owm.  c       ren      E  za  Jan^.^^^^^  ^^_ 

Oliver  H.,  who  was  born  June  15,  186 J,  ana  now 


souri. 


WILLIAM   H.   BALES 


MRS.  WILLIAM  H.  BALES 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  329 

Mr.  Bales  was  married  the  .second  time  to  Miss  Margaret  E.  Mat- 
kins  of  Butler  Township,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Leota,  wife  of  Wm.  H.  Cox,  Cypress  Township;  William  Logan 
of  Wray,  Colorado;  Walter  J.  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Nora  B.,  deceased; 
Thomas  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Cordie  M.  Davis,  deceased;  and 
James  H.,  who  died  at  Albany,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Bales  was  married  a  third  time  March  16,  1911  to  Susie  (Good- 
night) Stock,  a  daughter  of  A.  J.  and  Mary  A.  (Wilson)  Goodnight, 
both  of  whom  are  deceased,  and  are  buried  near  Mt.  Moriah,  Missouri. 
By  a  former  marriage  of  Mrs.  Bales  to  Wiliam  W.  Stock,  she  had  two 
children:  Zella  Ruth,  the  wife  of  Harry  Taff,  of  Concordia,  Kansas;  and 
Mabel  Orvice,  the  wife  of  William  T.  Coots. 

Mr.  Bales  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  at 
Bethany,  Missouri,  and  has  many  friends  in  this  city  and  throughout 
the  county. 


S.  A.  Evans,  a  popular  dealer  in  implements  and  farm  machinery  in 
Bethany,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Tonganoxie,  Leavenworth  County,  Kansas, 
September  11,  1871,  the  son  of  Lemuel  and  Ellen  J.  (Lash)  Evans. 

Lemuel  Evans  settled  in  Lawrence,  Kansas,  in  1854,  and  his  wife,  with 
her  parents,  came  to  the  same  place  in  1856.  When  the  Civil  War  broke 
out  Lemuel  Evans  enlisted  at  Lawrence  as  a  member  of  the  First  Kansas 
Troop  of  Infantry.  He  was  wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Wilson  Creek  the 
same  day  that  General  Lyons  was  killed,  August  10,  1861,  and  carried  the 
ball  which  wounded  him  in  his  head  to  the  day  of  his  death.  Because 
of  his  wound,  he  was  discharged  from  the  army.  He  took  up  the  vocation 
of  farming  and  continued  this  work  for  several  years  when  he  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  business  in  which  work  he  remained  for  the  last  thirty 
years  of  his  life.  He  died  January  22,  1921,  and  is  buried  at  Tonganoxie, 
Kansas,  where  his  widow  still  lives. 

To  Lemuel  Evans  and  Ellen  J.  (Lash)  Evans  the  following  children 
were  born:  S.  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  J.  W.,  now  in  the  real  estate 
business  at  Tonganoxie,  Kansas;  a  daughter,  now  Mrs.  Ivan  Secrest,  of 
Tonganoxie,  Kansas,  and  L.  F.,  now  living  in  Salesia,  Montana. 

S.  A.  Evans  received  his  education  in  the  public  grammar  school  of 
Tonganoxie  and  in  the  Friends  Academy  at  the  same  place.  He  followed 
the  vocation  of  farming  until  he  was  twenty-six  years  old  when  he  went 
into  the  implement  business  at  Tonganoxie,  remaining  in  this  business 


330  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

until  1912.  In  1913  he  bought  the  Moore  &  Boatman  stock  of  implements 
and  farm  machinery  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  has  continued  in  this  loca- 
tion ever  since.  He  carries  a  complete  line  of  goods,  handling  the  machin- 
ery of  the  International  Harvester  Company  and  the  John  Deere  Company. 

S.  A.  Evans  was  married  September  12,  1894,  to  Etta  Anderson,  a 
daughter  of  C.  D.  and  Mary  (Rice)  Anderson,  of  Tonganoxie,  Kansas.  Mrs. 
Evans  and  her  parents  were  natives  of  New  York.  C.  D.  Anderson  and  his 
wife  both  died  in  Tonganoxie,  and  are  buried  in  the  Tonganoxie  Cemetery. 

S.  A.  Evans  and  Etta  (Anderson)  Evans  have  two  children:  Edna, 
now  Mrs.  Lloyd  N.  Brown,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume ;  and 
VVilma,  now  a  student  in  Junior  High  School. 

Mr.  Evans  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of 
Tonganoxie,  Kansas ;  of  the  Chapter  and  Commandry  at  Bethany  and  the 
Council  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri ;  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at 
Bethany ;  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Encampment  at  Bethany  and  the  Modern 
Woodman  of  America  at  Bethany. 

Mr.  Evans  is  a  progressive  and  reliable  citizen,  always  ready  to  further 
the  civic  interests  of  his  town  and  standing  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow 
citizens. 


William  McCuUoch  Dunn,  merchant  for  nearly  fifty  years  in  Bethany, 
Missouri,  and  now  living  retired  but  still  connected  with  the  Harrison 
County  Bank,  was  bom  in  Washington  County,  Virginia,  January  9,  1839. 

His  early  environment  was  that  of  a  farm  boy,  his  father  being  a  small 
planter  and  he  grew  up  with  the  other  children  in  the  rural  districts  of 
Old  Virginia.  He  attended  the  old  Field  Schools  of  Virginia  and  the  build- 
ing he  knew  as  a  school  house  was  constructed  of  logs  with  better  than 
ordinary  furnishings  and  equipment.  Here  he  gleaned  a  knowledge  of 
geography,  grammar,  history,  and  physics  and  thus  acquired  sufficient 
knowledge  to  qualify  him  as  a  teacher. 

Shortly  after  he  reached  manhood  the  war  between  the  States  began, 
and  in  1861  he  enlisted  for  service  and  for  four  years  was  a  member  of  the 
Southern  Army,  battling  for  the  Confederacy.  He  was  commissioned 
captain,  quartermaster  and  paymaster.  He  was  assigned  to  the  Thirty- 
sixth  Virginia  Regiment  of  Infantry,  which  regiment  was  a  part  of  the 
Array  of  Northern  Virginia,  but  his  service  was  in  West  Virginia  and  the 
Mississippi  Valley.  In  1861  he  was  in  his  first  battle  at  Gauley,  under  the 
command  of  General  Floyd.     He  was  also  present  at  Cloyd's  Farm  and 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  331 

Other  minor  engagements.  In  the  early  part  of  1862  he  was  with  the  troops 
concentrated  along  the  Cumberland  and  Tennessee  rivers  and  was  under 
the  command  of  Floyd  at  Fort  Donelson.  Just  before  the  surrender  of 
that  fort,  he  and  his  command  escaped  by  boat  up  the  Tennessee  River 
and  he  went  on  the  same  boat  with  Generals  Pillow  and  Floyd.  He  later 
saw  service  under  Jubal  A.  Earley  up  and  down  the  Shenandoah  Valley 
and  was  at  the  battles  of  Winchester,  Cedar  Creek  and  was  captured  at 
Waynesboro  but  managed  to  escape  a  short  time  later,  leaving  all  his  per- 
sonal belongings,  even  to  his  tooth  brush.  He  walked  across  the  country 
to  Lynchburg  and  then  joined  Breckenridge's  command.  Toward  the  end 
of  the  war  his  regiment  was  at  Christianburg  on  its  way  (to  Petersburg 
and  Richmond  to  join  Lee's  army  when  the  command  was  disbanded,  the 
commander  being  General  John  B.  Echols.  Mr.  Dunn  saw  service  the  en- 
tire four  years  of  the  war.  He  was  never  wounded  and  was  acting  quarter- 
master of  a  brigade  when  the  war  closed. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Dunn  taught  one  term  of  school  in  Virginia  and 
then  came  west  to  Bethany,  Missouri.  He  traveled  by  rail  to  Chillicothe, 
Missouri,  and  by  stage  the  remainder  of  the  way.  Bethany  at  that  time 
was  a  town  of  several  hundred  people.  Mr.  Dunn  clerked  one  year  for 
H.  M.  Cuddy  and  a  little  later  became  a  partner.  A  year  later  he  bought 
an  interest  in  the  firm  of  Munson  &  McGeorge  and  for  several  years  the 
firm  of  McGeorge  &  Dunn  had  a  large  trade.  Mr.  McGeorge  sold  out  to 
Robert  H.  Dunn,  a  brother  of  William  M.  and  the  firm  became  William  M. 
Dunn  &  Brother.  Later  a  nephew,  W.  F.  Cuddy,  came  into  the  firm  and 
it  was  then  reorganized  as  Dunn  Brothers  &  Company.  Mr.  Dunn  retired 
from  the  firm  in  1902  and  has  since  been  engaged  with  his  private  interests. 

William  M.  Dunn  was  married  in  1870  to  Miss  Desdemona  Munson. 
daughter  of  Thomas  Munson,  who  came  to  Missouri  from  Kentucky.  Mrs. 
Dunn  died  in  1874,  leaving  a  son,  William  Victor,  who  for  a  time  was  asso- 
ciated with  his  father  in  business.  Later  he  went  to  Kansas  City,  Missouri, 
where  he  was  a  successful  real  estate  dealer  and  where  he  died  March  12, 
1907.  William  Victor  Dunn  married  Louisa  Morrison,  who  now  lives  in 
Kansas  City,  Missouri,  with  her  son,  Stewart  William  Victor  Dunn. 

Mr.  Dunn  comes  of  an  old  Virginia  family  of  Scotch  Irish  stock  and, 
besides  his  record  as  a  Confederate  soldier,  the  descendants  are  entitled  to 
membership  in  the  patriotic  societies  that  commemorate  service  in  the  Co- 
lonial and  Revolutionary  wars.  His  grandfather,  William  Dunn,  came  from 
Ireland  and  founded  the  family  in  Virginia  and  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 


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tion.  His  children  were:  William,  John,  Dr.  Samuel,  Mary,  who  mamed 
Caleb  Logan ;  Katie,  who  married  Shaw  Logan ;  Lydia,  who  married  Jonas 
Smith.    All  except  the  subject  of  this  review  spent  their  lives  in  Vii'ginia. 

John  Dunn,  father  of  William  M.  Dunn,  was  born  in  Washington 
County,  Virginia,  and  died  there  in  1845.  He  married  Mary  McCulloch,  a 
daughter  of  Robert  McCulloch  and  a  grand-daughter  of  Thomas  McCul- 
loch. The  McCulloch  family  came  from  Scotland.  Thomas  McCulloch  was 
a  Colonial  soldier  during  the  Revolution  and  was  killed  at  Kings  Mountain. 
Robert  McCulloch  married  Sarah  Clark.  Mary  (McCulloch)  Dunn  died  in 
Virginia  when  nearly  eighty-six  years  of  age.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Church.  Her  children  were :  Mary,  who  married  David  Cuddy 
and  spent  her  life  in  Virginia;  Theophilus,  now  deceased  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Thirty-seventh  Virginia  Lifantry  during  the  war  and  was  wounded 
in  the  Battle  of  Kernstown,  under  Stonewall  Jackson.  For  many  years 
after  the  war  he  was  a  merchant  in  Virginia.  He  came  to  Oilman,  Mis- 
souri, in  1904  and  died  there  in  January  1918. 

The  other  children  of  Mary  (McCulloch)  Dunn  were:  William  M.,  of 
this  sketch;  Robert  H.,  of  Bethany,  and  John  F.,  who  was  a  Confederate 
soldier  and  is  now  a  farmer  in  Washington  County,  Virginia. 

Mr.  Dunn  is  a  democrat  and  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  Lodge. 


W.  T.  Lingle,  the  efficient  manager  of  the  Bethany  Mill  &  Elevator 
Company,  was  born  in  Cameron,  Missouri,  June  13,  1877,  the  son  of  E.  Y. 
and  Mary  (Cline)  Lingle.  E.  Y.  Lingle  was  born  near  Wauseon,  Ohio,  where 
he  grew  to  manhood.  He  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Union  Anny  during 
the  Civil  War,  serving  in  an  Ohio  company.  Soon  after  the  close  of  the 
war,  he  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  at  Cameron  where  he  operated  a  mill. 
He  had  learned  the  trade  of  miller  in  Ohio  and  continued  in  that  work  all 
of  his  life.  He  left  Cameron  and  came  to  Bethany  where  he  operated  the 
mill  now  managed  by  his  son.  He  was  married  in  Cameron  to  Mary  Cline, 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  She  lives  in  Bethany;  her  husband  died  in  1911 
and  is  buried  in  the  Pythian  Cemetery  at  Bethany. 

W.  T.  Lingle  received  his  education  in  Missouri  Wesleyan  College  at 
Cameron  and  in  Kansas  Wesleyan  College  at  Salina,  Kansas.  He  was 
trained  in  the  milling  business  by  his  father  with  whom  he  worked  for 
some  time.  He  took  over  the  Bethany  Mill  &  Elevator  management,  suc- 
ceeding his  father  several  years  ago.    This  mill  is  located  in  West  Beth- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  333 

any  on  the  site  of  the  first  mill  ever  built  in  the  town.  It  is  an  historic 
spot  in  the  annals  of  the  commerce  of  Bethany.  In  the  early  days  wool  was 
carded  here,  and  later  on  a  saw  mill  was  operated  on  this  site  for  many 
years.  The  present  mill  was  formerly  run  by  McClures  and  was  later  taken 
over  by  E.  Y.  Lingle.  The  mill  has  a  capacity  of  100  bushels  per  day, 
grinding  both  wheat  and  corp..  The  "Daylight  Flour,"  a  very  popular  brand, 
is  made  here.  The  m.ill  also  makes  a  white  corn  meal  which  is  proving  un- 
usually satisfactory. 

W.  T.  Lingle  was  married  in  1907  to  Emma  Jennings  who  was  bom 
and  reared  in  Bethany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lingle  have  one  daughter,  Bedonna, 
and  one  son,  Elmore. 

Mr.  Lingle  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  at  Bethany. 
He  has  served  two  terms  on  the  council  of  Bethany  and  has  been  the 
secretary  of  the  Harrison  County  Fair  since  its  organization  in  1915.  Mr. 
Lingle  is  a  good  business  man  who  merits  and  has  the  esteem  of  his  fellow 
citizens. 


A.  C.  Flint,  one  of  the  capable  proprietors  of  the  Crossan  Motor  Com- 
pany, of  Bethany,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Bethany.  December  7,  1887,  the 
son  of  A.  H.  and  Ida  (Miller)  Flint,  both  living  in  Bethany,  where  Mr. 
Flint  conducts  a  grocery  store. 

A.  C.  Flint  is  one  of  the  energetic  and  popular  young  business  men  of 
Harrison  County.  He  was  educated  in  the  Bethany  Public  Schools  and 
when  only  twenty-three  years  old  was  honored  by  his  county  with  the 
election  to  the  office  of  sheriff.  He  was  the  youngest  man  ever  elected  to 
that  office  in  the  State.  He  served  from  1912  to  1916  and  then  went  into 
the  automobile  business  in  partnership  with  L.  M.  Crossan,  which  business 
relationship  continues  to  the  present  time. 

The  first  location  of  these  partners  was  on  West  Main  Street,  where 
they  handled  the  Buick  automobiles,  Wallace  tractors  and  International 
trucks.  They  did  a  good  business  and  in  September,  1920,  they  changed 
their  lines,  buying  their  present  business,  one  block  north  of  the  Public 
Square.  Here  they  occupy  a  two  story  building  36x99  feet  in  dimensions. 
As  a  firm  they  succeeded  Charles  Hacker,  deceased.  Under  the  new  firm 
name  of  the  Crossan  Motor  Company,  Mr.  Flint  and  Mr.  Crossan  sell  Ford 
cars,  trucks  and  tractors.  They  carry  a  full  line  of  repairs  and  do  all  sorts 
of  repair  work.    Under  the  management  of  the  two  proprietors,  the  busi- 


334  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

ness  has  prospered  and  the  Crossan  Motor  Company  has  met  with  well 
merited  success. 

A.  C.  Fhnt  was  married  in  1913  to  Lucy  Rose  Kenyon,  a  daughter  of 
John  W.  and  Hettie  Kenyon,  of  Bethany.  Mrs.  Flint  was  born  and  reared 
in  Bethany,  attending  the  Bethany  Public  Schools  and  later  the  State 
Teachers  College  at  Maryville,  Missouri,  and  the  State  University  at 
Columbia,  Missouri.  For  several  years  prior  to  her  marriage  Mrs.  Flint 
was  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fhnt  one  child  has 
been  born,  a  daughter,  Madeline  Clare. 

Mr.  Flint  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge,  and  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
Lodge.  Mr.  Flint  is  industrious  and  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of 
the  community. 


Alva  C.  Bartlett  is  an  enterprising  young  farmer  of  Bethany  Town- 
ship. He  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County,  having  been  born  in  Grant  Town- 
ship, May  16,  1892.  His  father  is  David  Bartlett  and  his  mother  was 
Anna  (Cave)  Bartlett,  a  daughter  of  Reverend  A.  N.  Cave,  a  minister  in 
the  Methodist  Church.  Mrs.  Bartlett  was  born  and  reared  in  Harrison 
County  and  was  fifty-four  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  her  death,  February 
22,  1921.  To  the  marriage  of  David  and  Anna  (Cave)  Bartlett  two  chil- 
dren w^ere  born:  Alva  C,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  M.  Kathryn,  the 
wife  of  A.  C.  Fay,  living  in  Bethany  Township  on  the  home  place.  Mr. 
Fay  is  at  present  attending  the  Wisconsin  State  University  at  Madison. 

Alva  C.  Bartlett  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  county  and 
spent  two  years  in  the  Bethany  High  School.  He  has  followed  the  voca- 
tion of  farming  ever  since.  He  bought  his  present  place  of  eighty  acres 
from  his  father  in  March,  1917,  and  has  lived  here  since  that  time.  He 
raises  stock  and  has  Duroc  Jersey  hogs,  with  one  registered  male;  pure- 
bred Jersey  cattle  with  a  registered  male ;  full  blood  Shropshire  sheep,  and 
White  Leghorn  chickens.    He  has  about  275  fowls  and  500  or  more  chicks. 

Mr.  Bartlett  was  married  December  24,  1913,  to  Hazel  Roleke.  Mrs. 
Bartlett  is  a  daughter  of  Hennan  and  Rachel  (Mainwang)  Roleke,  both 
living  at  Bethany. 

Mr.  Bartlett  is  one  of  the  promising  young  men  of  the  county.  He 
has  high  standards  of  citizenship  and  is  esteemed  throughout  his 
community. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  335 

Robert  M.  Mitchell,  Civil  War  veteran  and  pioneer  farmer  of  Harrison 
County,  was  born  in  Washington  County,  Pennsylvania,  March  6,  1840, 
the  son  of  J.  T.  and  Elizabeth  Mitchell,  both  of  whom  died  in  the  county 
where  their  son  was  born.  There  were  six  girls  and  five  boys  in  the 
Mitchell  family,  of  whom  the  only  one  hving  now,  besides  Robert  M. 
Mitchell,  is  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  Adams,  of  Columbus,  Kansas. 

Robert  M.  Mitchell  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one,  on  October  15,  1861,  in  the  Eighty-fifth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Vol- 
unteers, under  Colonel  Joshin  B.  Howell,  who  was  killed  accidentally 
September  14,  1864.  Mr.  Mitchell  was  mustered  out  of  service  at  City 
Point,  Virginia,  in  January,  1866.  He  entered  the  army  under  Genera! 
McClellan  and  was  mustered  out  under  General  Grant,  having  served  four 
years  and  two  months  without  ever  having  tasted  liquor,  played  a  game 
of  cards  or  spoken  an  oath.  Mr.  Mitchell  learned  to  read  and  write  while 
in  the  army  and  his  penmanship  is  quite  legible.  Mr.  Mitchell  was  present 
at  the  historic  scene  at  Appomattox  Court  House  in  Virginia  when  Gen- 
eral Lee  surrendered.  He  secured  a  piece  of  the  apple  tree  under  which 
the  surrender  was  signed  and  on  this  wood  he  had  inscribed  the  names  of 
the  various  battles  in  which  he  participated.  The  wood  has  since  been 
cut  into  pieces  and  given  to  Mr.  Mitchell's  childi'en.  The  list  included 
Yorktown,  Williamsburg,  Fair  Oak,  Seven  Pines,  Seven  Days'  Battle,  Jones 
Ford,  Harrison  Landing,  Sufl'olk,  Blackwater,  Southwest  Creek,  Kingston, 
Wliite  Hall,  Goldsboro,  Folly  Island,  Morris  Island,  Fort  Wagner,  Fort 
Giegg,  White  Marsh"  Island,  Charleston,  Bermuda  Hundred,  Strawberry 
Plains,  Deep  Bottom,  Chaplin's  Farm,  Petersburg  and  Appomattox  Court 
House.  Mr.  Mitchell  was  fortunate  in  never  having  been  wounded  dur- 
ing his  period  of  service  in  the  army. 

Robert  M.  Mitchell  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1871  and  worxed  by 
the  month  for  two  years.  He  then  settled  on  the  farm  where  he  now 
lives  when  all  but  six  acres  of  the  land  was  covered  with  timber,  and  he 
at  once  began  to  improve  the  place.  He  now  owns  182  acres  in  Bethany 
Township.  He  has  always  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stockraising 
until  the  last  three  years,  when  his  sons  have  operated  the  farm.  The 
house  on  the  farm  was  burned  in  November,  1900,  and  Mr.  Mitchell  then 
built  his  present  residence,  two  miles  southeast  of  Bethany.  The  farm 
is  well  improved  and  well  kept. 

Mr.  Mitchell  was  married  November  29,  1871,  to  Susan  T.  Buck,  a 
daughter  of  Bethuel  and  Mary  P.  Buck,  both  early  settlers  of  Bethany 


336  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

ToAvnship.  Mrs.  Mitchell  died  July  16,  1920,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years, 
and  her  remains  are  buried  at  Bethany.  To  Robert  M.  and  Susan  T. 
(Buck)  Mitchell  the  following  children  were  born:  James,  married  to 
Katie  Miller  and  living  at  Bethany;  Charles,  married  to  Etta  Long  and 
living  in  Bethany  Township;  Alonzo,  married  to  Carrie  Prather,  living  in 
Bethany  Township;  William,  married  Ina  Hall  and  living  in  Bethany 
Township ;  Clint,  on  the  home  place ;  Ed,  married  to  Nellie  Ray  and  living 
at  CoflFey,  Missouri;  Mart,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-'three,  was  married 
to  Hattie  Flint  and  had  one  son,  Robert;  and  Pearl,  now  Mrs.  Andrew 
Murray,  of  Bethany  Township. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mitchell  had  the  following  grandchildren:  Gladys 
Mitchell,  married  to  Paul  Bethel ;  Clyde,  Owen,  Raymond,  Victor,  Ross  and 
Lae  Mitchell ;  and  Garland  and  Dean  Murray.  The  great-grandchildren  are 
Robert  and  Opal  Mitchell. 

Mr.  Mitchell,  because  of  his  experience  in  the  Civil  War,  and  his 
work  as  a  pioneer  farmer  of  the  township,  is  a  very  interesting  man.  He 
is  a  good  citizen  and  holds  the  esteem  of  his  community. 


Daniel  D.  Boyce.  deceased,  widely  known  in  Harrison  County,  was 
born  in  Harrison  County,  Kentucky,  in  1832,  and  died  at  Blue  Ridge, 
Harrison  County,  Missouri,  October  31,  1901.  He  was  the  son  of  Noah 
and  Matilda  (Toadvine)  Boyce,  who  located  in  Sherman  Township,  where 
they  both  died,  and  are  buried  at  Fairview  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Noah  Boyce  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children,  as 
follows,  all  deceased :  William ;  Mrs.  Abbie  Brown ;  Mrs.  Amelia  Speigle ; 
Margaret  Hodson:  Evaline  Bolar;  Ann  Bolar;  Paris  Ann  Massie;  Daniel 
D. ;  and  Taylor;  and  four  children  who  died  in  infancy. 

Daniel  D.  Boyce  was  a  member  of  Company  E  43rd  Regiment,  Mis- 
souri Volunteers,  having  served  first  in  the  State  Militia,  and  then 
joined  the  43rd  Regiment,  during  the  Civil  War.  He  bought  from  the 
government  160  acres  of  land  in  Sherman  Township,  paying  $1.25  per 
acre — and  preempted  eighty  acres,  and  after  the  war  bought  other  tracts 
of  land  there.  Besides  his  farming  activities,  Mr.  Boyce  was  county 
judge  of  Harrison  County,  and  also  justice  of  the  peace  of  Sherman 
Township  for  several  terms,  and  was  well  and  favorably  known  through- 
out the  county.  Mr.  Boyce  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  of  Bethany. 


DANIEL  D.  BOYCE 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  337 

Daniel  D.  Boyce  was  married  the  first  time  to  Sarah  C.  Maddox,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  two  children;  Ida  Frances,  the  wife  of  Charles 
C.  Fordyce  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  and  Susan  Elizabeth,  deceased. 

Mr.  Boyce's  second  marriage  was  to  Nancy  J.  Baldwin  on  April  28, 
1863.  Mrs.  Boyce  was  a  daughter  of  William  and  EHzabeth  (Harrison) 
Baldwin,  who  came  to  Missouri  in  1856,  and  settled  in  Daviess  County, 
Missouri.  Mr.  Baldwin  was  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  was 
pastor  of  Grand  River  Church  for  twelve  years.  He  was  also  pastor 
at  Blue  Ridge,  Coon  Creek,  and  Pilot  Grove  Churches  in  Daviess  County, 
Missouri.  Mr.  Baldv/in  died  August  30,  1911,  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
seven  years  and  seven  months,  and  his  wife,  who  was  born  January, 
20,  1814,  died  September  19,  1850. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baldwin  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Mary  Hannah  Dollins,  deceased;  Alzina  Ann,  deceased;  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Hunter,  deceased;  Mrs.  Boyce,  who  was  born  at  Ladoga,  Indiana,  Feb- 
rurary  4,  1842 ;  Serilda  Calista,  deceased ;  Samantha  Evelyn  Ward,  who 
died  December  20,  1920 ;  and  Martha  Ellen  Brown,  who  died  June  5,  1921, 
who  were  twins ;  and  John  Wiliam  Baldwin,  the  only  son,  who,  for 
many  years,  resided  in  Colorado,  but  who  now  lives  in  Daviess  County, 
Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Boyce  were  the  parents  of  two  daughters:  Mrs.  Lillie 
Paris  Taggart,  deceased;  and  Etta  Lura,  the  widow  of  S.  W.  Brandom. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brandom  were  the  parents  of  four  children:  Vincent  Boyce, 
Ralph  Wallace,  Charles  Daniel  and  Lena. 

Mrs.  Boyce  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  Ladies  Aid  Society, 
and  The  Ladies  Relief  Corps.  She  is  a  lady  of  unusual  intelligence,  very 
active  and  alert,  and  has  many  friends  throughout  the  county. 


George  W.  Nickerson,  pioneer  farmer  of  Harrison  County  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Fairview  Stock  Farm,  was  bom  in  Schoharie  County,  New 
York,  April  19,  1858,  the  son  of  Peter  B.  and  Mary  Ann  (Tibbetts)  Nick- 
erson, both  deceased.  Peter  B.  Nickerson  was  a  Civil  War  veteran,  enlist- 
ing from  New  York.  His  two  sons,  Reynolds  and  Andrew,  also  enlisted 
in  the  Union  Army  in  New  York.  Peter  B.  Nickerson  and  his  wife  came 
west  in  1865,  settling  first  in  Henry  County,  Iowa,  where  they  lived  four 
years,  coming  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1869.  They  settled  three 
miles  east  of  Martinsville  on  a  farm,  and  here  Mr.  Nickerson  died  in  1878. 
(17) 


338  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

His  remains  are  buried  in  Kidwell  Cemetery.  His  widow  later  married 
Jacob  McLey,  of  Bolton,  Missouri.  She  died  in  February,  1907,  and  her 
remains  are  buried  in  Kidwell  Cemetery.  To  Peter  B.  and  Mary  Ann 
(Tibbetts)  Nickerson  the  following  children  were  born:  Mrs.  Phoebe  Height, 
deceased;  Reynolds,  died  while  superintendent  of  the  County  Home  of 
Harrison  County;  Andrew,  a  resident  of  Hays  County,  Nebraska;  Mrs. 
Thedosia  Kibbey,  deceased;  Mrs.  Eliza  White,  deceased;  Joshua,  died 
while  in  Washington  County,  Iowa ;  Mrs.  Ruth  Grace,  of  Stafford  County, 
Kansas;  George  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Charlie,  a  resident  of 
Chillicothe,  Missouri ;  and  Peter,  now  living  in  Oklahoma. 

George  W.  Nickerson  came  to  Harrison  County  with  his  parents  in 
1869  when  the  county  was  comparatively  new.  He  attended  the  old  dis- 
trict school  and  began  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world  at  the  age  of 
nineteen.  He  recalls  vividly  the  trials  and  hardships  of  those  early  days 
when  he  was  getting  started  on  his  life  work.  He  drove  oxen  for  eight 
years,  breaking  the  prairie  land,  for  fifty  cents  a  day.  He  saved  the 
money  that  he  earned  and  in  1889  he  bought  a  farm  in  the  northwest  corner 
of  Bethany  Township,  paying  three  dollars  an  acre  for  it.  Here  he  lived 
for  thirty-two  years.  The  first  farm  contained  forty  acres,  but  Mr.  Nick- 
erson soon  added  to  the  original  tract.  This  land  was  entered  in  pioneer 
days  by  John  Tarleton.  It  was  sold  by  Mr.  Nickerson  for  fifty  dollars 
an  acre,  later  it  was  sold  again  for  $140.00  an  acre  and  in  1920  for  $165.00 
an  acre.  The  increased  price  of  this  tract  of  land  is  indicative  of  the 
rapid  economic  and  commercial  growth  of  Harrison  County.  Mr.  Nicker- 
son bought  his  present  farm,  the  Fairview  Stock  Farm,  comprising  220 
acres  of  land,  in  1908.  This  land  was  originally  entered  by  Sam  Neal. 
Mr.  Neal's  old  cabin  still  stands  on  the  farm  and  has  been  weatherboarded 
and  plastered  and  is  used  as  a  home  by  his  son.  Mr.  Nickerson  has  always 
been  a  farmer  and  stockraiser  and  for  several  years  has  raised  Percheron 
horses  and  Red  Polled  cattle.  He  now  has  twenty-seven  registered  cows  and 
has  always  found  a  ready  market  for  his  stock.  The  residence  on  the  farm 
was  built  by  Mr.  Nickerson  in  1910  and  affords  a  fine  view  of  Bethany. 
There  are  also  two  good  stock  bams  and  other  good  farm  buildings.  Mr. 
Nickerson  has  owned  1,200  acres  of  land  in  Harrison  County,  all  of  it 
now  owned  by  his  children  with  the  exception  of  the  Fairview  Stock  Farm. 

Mr.  Nickerson  was  married  February  18,  1888,  to  Eunice  C.  Miller,  a 
daughter  of  J.  H.  and  Elizabeth  Miller.  The  former  died  June  9,  1920, 
and  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery;  the  latter  lives  with  her  children.     To 


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George  W.  and  Eunice  C.  (Miller)  Nickerson  the  following  children  were 
born:  Raleigh  R.,  married  to  Mary  Glenn,  and  is  now  with  the  Farm  Bureau 
at  Bethany;  John  J.,  of  Bethany,  married  to  Ethel  Myers;  Rosa,  the  wife 
of  0.  N.  Falles,  of  Blue  Jacket,  Oklahoma ;  Bert  B.,  of  Bethany  Township, 
married  Kittie  Ross;  Edward,  of  Bethany,  married  Mrs.  Pearl  Sutton; 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Charles  King,  of  Genoa,  Nebraska ;  Pearl,  married  Willa 
Ross  and  lives  on  the  home  farm;  Phoebe,  wife  of  R.  L.  Preighter,  of 
Bethany  Township;  Elsie,  wife  of  J.  H.  Hall,  of  Bethany.  William  was 
accidentally  killed  in  an  automobile  accident  in  June,  1918 ;  Clayton,  of 
Grant  Township,  married  to  Chloe  Wooderson ;  and  Steward,  living  at  home. 
Mr.  Nickerson  is  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  and  assisted  m 
its  organization.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  Mr. 
Nickerson  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  prominent  farmers  and  stockmen 
of  his  county,  where  his  name  has  always  stood  for  enterprise,  industry 
and  integrity. 


John  E.  Claytor,  member  of  a  well  known  pioneer  family  of  Harrison 
County,  was  born  in  Bethany  Township,  February  9,  1860,  the  son  of  Sam- 
uel A.  and  Margaret  J.  (Six)  Claytor.  Samuel  A.  Claytor  was  bom  in  Bed- 
ford County,  Virginia,  in  1827.  In  1859  he  left  his  native  State  and  made 
the  long,  hard  journey  to  Missouri,  driving  all  the  way.  He  settled  on  a  farm 
a  mile  south  of  the  present  John  E.  Claytor  farm,  buying  100  acres  of 
land  at  first  and  adding  to  the  original  tract  until  he  owned  1,060  acres. 
He  was  a  prominent  breeder  of  fine  stock.  He  bought  one  of  the  first 
registered  Shorthorn  bulls  ever  brought  to  the  county,  and  raised  and  fed 
cattle  and  hogs.  He  died  at  the  home  of  his  son,  Samuel,  September  14, 
1907,  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  Shady  Grove  Cemetery.  His  wife 
was  born  in  Tazewell  County,  Virginia,  in  1830  and  died  at  the  home  of 
her  son,  Samuel,  June  14,  1911.  Her  remains  are  also  buried  in  Shady 
Grove  Cemetery. 

To  Samuel  A.  and  Margaret  J.  (Six)  Claytor  the  following  children 
were  born:  Nancy,  married  to  M.  Smith  and  died  in  Springfield,  Missouri, 
ir  1907 ;  W.  N.  and  J.  W.,  twins,  now  farmers  in  Wliite  Oak  Township ; 
Mary  J.,  married  W.  McCoy  and  lives  in  White  Oak  Township;  John  E., 
the  subject  of  this  review;  and  Samuel,  of  Harrison  County. 

John  E.  Claytor  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  remained 
with  his  parents  until  he  was  thirty-two  years  of  age.    He  now  owns  144 


340  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

acres  that  was  formerly  a  part  of  the  home  place,  and  to  this  he  has  added 
100  acres,  thus  making  a  farm  of  244  acres.  He  built  a  new  residence 
of  the  bung-alow  style  in  1918  and  in  1921  built  a  barn.  He  has  most  of 
his  farm  in  pasture. 

Mr.  Claytor  was  married  March  30,  1892,  to  Stella  Price  ,a  daughter 
of  J.  T.  and  Rebecca  A.  (Miller)  Price,  and  for  the  ten  years  prior  to  her 
marriage  she  was  a  teacher  in  Harrison  and  Daviess  counties.  Her  father 
was  born  in  Kentucky,  September  2,  1835.  He  enlisted  for  service  in  the 
Civil  War  in  September,  1862,  and  was  a  member  of  Company  M.  Merrill's 
Horse.  He  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  settled  in  Daviess 
County,  where  he  lived  until  1882,  when  he  moved  to  White  Oak  Town- 
ship, Harrison  County.  He  died  here  May  30,  1901,  and  his  remains 
are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery,  at  Bethany.  His  wife  was  born  in  Ohio 
in  1839  and  came  to  Harrison  County  with  her  parents  in  1855.  They 
settled  in  Adams  Township  and  entered  land  there.  Mrs.  Price  was  a 
teacher  before  her  marriage,  and  she,  as  well  as  her  husband,  entered  a 
tract  of  land.  To  J.  T.  and  Rebecca  A.  (Miller)  Price  the  following  chil- 
dren were  born :  Orlando,  a  resident  of  Potosi,  Missouri ;  Stella,  now  Mrs. 
Claytor;  Orville,  died  at  the  age  of  forty-nine;  Frank,  who  is  deceased 
and  whose  family  live  in  Pattonsburg,  Missouri;  and  John  T.,  a  graduate 
of  St.  Louis  Medical  College,  for  thirteen  years  a  practicing  physician  and 
now  a  resident  of  Shamrock,  Oklahoma. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Claytor  have  two  children.  Their  daughter,  Mabel  Price, 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Bethany  High  School,  holds  the  Bachelor  of  Science 
degree  with  a  state  life  certificate  to  teach  from  the  Missouri  State  Uni- 
versity, which  she  attended  for  four  years,  and  is  a  teacher  in  the  Bethany 
High  School.  Their  son,  Orville  B.,  is  now  a  student  in  the  Missouri 
State  University. 

Mr.  Claytor  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Bethany  Trust  Company  and  in 
the  Farmers'  Lumber  Yard  and  the  Bethany  Fair  Association.  He  is  a 
commissioner  of  the  Southwest  Special  Road  District  and  has  taken  an 
active  interest  in  securing  good  roads  for  the  county.  Mr.  Claytor  is  one 
of  the  prominent  men  in  his  community  and  has  always  manifested  deep 
interest  in  civic  affairs. 


C.  W.  Wiley,  prominent  farmer  and  well  known  proprietor  of  the 
Plain  View  Farm  in  Bethany  Township,  on  Rural  Route  No.  6,  was  bom 
in  Bolton,  Fox  Creek  Township,  October  25,  1867,  the  son  of  Dr.  J.  W. 
and  Susan  M.  (Howerdon)  Wiley. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  341 

Doctor  Wiley  was  born  in  Indiana  and  came  to  Missouri  with  his 
parents  in  the  pioneer  days.  The  family  settled  near  Bolton,  Harrison 
Coumty,  entering  land  there.  Doctor  Wiley  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army 
during  the  Civil  War  and  remained  in  service  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
He  left  the  army  in  bad  health,  caused  by  an  attack  of  measles.  He 
graduated  from  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College  and  practiced  medicine 
there  for  a  while,  working  under  his  brother,  Wilfred  Wiley.  He  came 
to  Bolton  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  about  1865.  He  rode 
horseback  over  the  prairies  for  many  years  and  was  one  of  the  men  who 
did  much  to  make  possible  the  present  growth  of  Harrison  County.  Doctor 
Wiley  died  of  pneumonia  in  Blue  Ridge,  Sherman  Township,  about  1894. 
His  wife,  Susan  M.  (Howerdon)  Wiley,  also  died  in  1894.  They  are  buried 
in  the  same  grave  in  Springer  Cemetery. 

To  Dr.  J.  W.  and  Susan  M.  (Howerdon)  Wiley  the  following  children 
were  born :  Lulu  M.,  later  Mrs.  McGown,  and  now  deceased ;  Doctor  W.  H., 
living  in  Clearmont,  Missouri ;  Robert  J.,  who  was  killed  accidentally  by 
the  kick  of  a  horse  when  he  was  twelve  years  old;  C.  W.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Claude  L,  now  living  in  Casper,  Wyoming;  and  LiUie  Maude, 
married  Eugene  Taylor,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

C.  W.  Wiley  was  educated  in  the  public  school  of  Bolton.  He  went 
to  Nebraska  and  took  up  a  homestead  in  1889,  where  he  lived  for  sixteen 
years,  improving  a  ranch  of  1,500  acres  in  Dundy  County,  800  acres  of 
which  belonged  to  him.  He  followed  the  cattle  business  in  Nebraska  until 
1906,  when  he  sold  out  and  returned  to  Hamson  County,  Missouri,  where 
he  bought  his  present  home  of  1591/^  acres  three  miles  southwest  of 
Bethany.  This  farm  was  originally  known  as  the  Lewis  Justice  farm. 
Mr.  Wiley  has  built  a  good  residence  on  it,  also  a  barn.  He  has  most  of 
the  farm  in  pasture.  He  raises  Jersey  cattle,  Chester  White  hogs  and 
Rhode  Island  and  Brown  and  Buif  Leghorn  chickens. 

C.  W.  Wiley  was  married  to  Jessie  C.  Gray,  December  8,  1889.  Mrs. 
Wiley  is  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Francis  D.  Gray.  Thomas  Gray  died 
in  Bethany,  Missouri,  in  1906,  and  is  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery;  his 
widow,  now  seventy-nine  years  of  age,  lives  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Wiley. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wiley  had  the  following  children,  all  born  in  Dundy 
County,  Nebraska:  Mura  Maude,  born  November  28,  1890,  married  to 
Eugene  Leazenby,  and  died  at  ithe  age  of  twenty-seven.  She  is  buried 
in  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Cemetery  at  Bethany,  Missouri ;  Samuel  Porter, 
bom  August  16,  1894,  married  Marie  Chipp,  a  daughter  of  John  and 


342  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Fannie  Chipp,  now  living  in  Cypress  Township;  and  Gray  Wesley,  born 
September  1,  1902,  and  now  living  at  home. 

Mr.  Wiley  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Knights  and  Ladies  of  Security  and  the  Yeoman  Lodge. 
He  is  of  Scotch  descent,  and  is  one  of  the  reliable  men  of  his  community, 
where  he  is  known  for  his  integrity  and  uprightness. 


Isaac  Newton  Whitaker,  well  known  farmer  of  Bethany  Township, 
was  born  in  Bracken  County,  Kentucky,  March  11,  1849,  the  son  of  Alfred 
and  Sarah  Ann  (French)  Whitaker. 

The  Whitaker  family  has  been  known  in  Harrison  County  since  the 
pioneer  days.  Alfred  Whitaker  came  to  Missouri  in  1852  and  settled  in 
Daviess  County.  In  1866  he  went  to  Ray  County,  where  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  in  1881  and  is  buried  in  Ray  County.  A 
brother  of  Alfred  Whitaker,  James  F.,  settled  in  Harrison  County  in  1852, 
buying  land  and  improving  a  farm  there.  He  died  in  Bethany.  Mrs. 
Sarah  Ann  (French)  Whitaker,  mother  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  died 
in  1874  at  the  age  of  forty-six,  and  is  buried  in  Ray  County. 

To  Alfred  and  Sarah  Ann  (French)  Whitaker  the  following  children 
were  born :  Miranda,  was  the  wife  of  Hagen  Mulinix,  now  deceased ;  James, 
died  in  Kentucky  in  childhood;  John  R.,  served  in  the  Union  Army  during 
the  Civil  War,  and  died  in  Barton  County,  Missouri,  about  1906 ;  Lawson, 
who  lived  to  raise  a  family  in  Barton  County,  where  he  died;  Isaac  N., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Marshal,  who  died  in  Ray  County ;  Alfred,  died 
in  1919  at  Cameron,  Missouri;  and  Martha  Jane,  died  in  childhood. 

Isaac  Newton  Whitaker  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1881.  He  bought 
his  present  farm  of  200  acres  two  miles  south  of  Bethany  from  Colonel 
Robinson  in  1894.  This  is  a  good  stock  farm,  with  a  nice  residence,  plenty 
of  shade  trees,  and  good  farm  buildings.  Mr.  Whitaker  does  very  little 
farming  himself. 

Mr.  Whitaker  was  married  in  Ray  County  in  1872  to  Virginia  Fravel, 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  Jane  (Perry)  Fravel,  of  Virginia.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Fravel  came  to  Missouri  from  Virginia  in  1869  and  settled  in 
Ray  County,  where  they  both  died,  he  at  the  age  of  fifty-five,  and  she  at 
the  age  of  forty-six.  They  are  buried  in  Hickory  Grove  Cemeitery,  Ray 
County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitaker  have  two  sons:  Reuben  Berkeley,  now  farm- 


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ing  the  home  place ;  and  Henry  Clay,  who  married  Ethel  Hall,  a  daughter 
of  William  H.  Hall,  living  in  Bethany  Township.  To  Henry  Clay  and  Ethel 
(Hall)  Whitaker  the  following  children  have  been  born:  Russell,  Virgil, 
Jewel  Fern,  Mabel,  Raymond,  Robert,  Carlee,  Alice  and  Mary  Virginia. 

Mr.  Whitaker  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  m 
his  district.  He  is  a  member  of  the  County  Farm  Bureau  and  is  one  of  the 
substantial  citizens  of  the  county. 


Jonathan  G.  E.  Hinkle,  well  known  doctor  of  dental  surgery  of  Beth- 
any, Missouri,  was  born  in  Bloomington  Township,  Decatur  County,  Iowa, 
June  17,  1883,  the  son  of  Michael  L.  and  Lydia  A.  (Emmons)  Hinkle,  both 
now  living  in  Ridgeway,  Missouri. 

Michael  Hinkle  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Illinois,  in  1848,  and  his 
wife  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1856.  Michael  L.  Hinkle  came  to  Missouri 
with  his  father  in  1852.  They  settled  near  New  Benda,  Iowa,  when  the 
Indians  were  still  there.  His  father,  Colonel  G.  M.  Hinkle,  was  a  Civil 
War  veteran.  To  Michael  L.  and  Lydia  A.  (Emmons)  Hinkle  the  follow- 
ing children  were  born:  Zenos  H.,  now  a  resident  of  Clio,  Iowa;  Mary  L., 
the  widow  of  J.  R.  Bowman,  of  Lamoni,  Iowa ;  Jonathan  G.  E.,  the  subject 
of  this  review;  Doctor  V.  V.,  living  in  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  and  Quincy 
E.,  now  a  resident  of  Clio,  Iowa. 

Jonathan  G.  E.  Hinkle  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools  of  Mercer 
County,  the  Pleasanton,  Iowa,  High  School  and  Graceland  College  at  La- 
moni, Iowa.  He  entered  the  Dental  College  at  the  State  University  of 
Iowa  and  graduated  with  the  degree  of  D.  D.  S.,  June  16,  1909.  He  located 
in  Hatfield,  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  remained  in  that  place  for 
eighteen  months.  In  the  fall  of  1910  he  went  to  New  Hampton,  Missouri, 
and  after  practicing  there  for  four  years  he  moved,  in  April,  1914,  to 
Bethany,  Missouri,  where  he  has  since  practiced.  Doctor  Hinkle  special- 
izes in  the  treatment  of  pyorrhea  alveolaris  and  is  vi'inning  a  wide  repu- 
tation for  his  success  in  the  treatment  and  cure  of  this  disease.  Doctor 
Hinkle  has  invented  a  machine  for  the  administering  of  anesthetic  gases 
derived  from  a  cold  liquid  solution.  He  is  known  throughout  the  county 
as  a  progressive  and  scientific  exponent  of  dental  surgery. 

Doctor  Hinkle  was  married  June  14,  1909,  to  Florence  Pearl  Switzer, 
of  Lamoni,  Iowa.  They  have  had  two  children:  Hugh  Hale,  who  died 
September  20,  1917,  when  nearly  seven  years  old,  and  Roy  Luveme,  now 
eight  years  of  age. 


344  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Mrs.  Hinkle  is  the  daughter  of  Wilham  G.  and  Clara  L.  (Hale) 
Svvitzer.  Her  father  was  a  noted  musician  and  Mrs.  Hinkle  studied  with 
him  for  years.  Later  she  was  a  student  for  two  years  of  Professor 
Stouver,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  Mrs.  Hinkle  has  a  music  studio  in 
Bethany  and  is  a  teacher  of  wide  and  favorable  reputation.  She  is  the 
organist  at  the  Christian  Church. 

Doctor  Hinkle  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ; 
the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  the  Woodmen  of  the  World ;  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America;  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodges.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Reorganized  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints,  but  works 
in  connection  with  all  the  churches  in  his  town.  He  is  an  active  scout 
master  and  has  done  excellent  work  in  the  Boy  Scout  movement.  In 
1912  Doctor  Hinkle  made  the  race  for  representative  of  his  district  in  the 
Republican  primaries.  While  at  New  Hampton  he  organized  the  Coal 
and  Mineral  Company,  which  company  leased  land  and  drilled  until  coal 
was  found.  Doctor  Hinkle  also  originated  the  idea  of  the  New  Hampton 
Fair.  Since  coming  to  Bethany  he  has  been  connected  with  the  Building 
and  Loan  Association.  His  energy,  progressive  ideas,  and  his  marked 
ability  in  organization  make  Doctor  Hinkle's  services  invaluable  to  his 
community.  His  fellow  townsmen  justly  rank  him  as  a  reliable  citizen 
who  can  always  be  depended  upon  to  promote  the  civic  welfare. 


George  W.  Selby,  a  well  known  and  highly  respected  citizen  of 
Bethany,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Decatur,  County,  Indiana,  the  son  of 
William  M.  and  Martha  J.  (Flint)  Selby.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  M. 
Selby  were  married  in  Indiana  and  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1841, 
and  settled  in  Sherman  Township,  four  miles  east  of  the  present  site  of 
Bethany.  William  Selby  owned  between  300  and  400  acres  of  land  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  August  28,  1900,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years. 
His  wife  died  when  forty-four  years  of  age,  and  both  are  buried  in 
Antioch  Cemetery.  When  William  M.  Selby  made  the  trip  here  from 
Indiana,  he  was  accompanied  by  Dave  Terry,  each  furnishing  a  horse 
to  make  the  team  they  drove.  Mr.  Selby  built  a  cabin,  14x16  feet,  in 
dimensions  with  joist  across,  pole  roof  and  covered  with  clapboards, 
weighted  down.  His  family  were  forced  to  go  without  shoes  for  a 
winter  or  two  until  John  S.  Allen  made  shoes  for  them. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  M.  Selby  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:   George  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Joshua  J.,  who  died 


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on  his  farm  in  Sherman  Township;  J.  P.,  Thomas  J.,  who  died  on  the 
home  farm;  John  F.,  who  died  in  Bethany  Township;  Jesse,  deceased; 
and  Rachel,  who  married  Leonard  Nichols,  now  deceased,  and  who  lives 
on  the  home  place. 

George  W.  Selby  owns  seventy- two  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  home 
place  in  Sherman  Township,  where  he  made  his  home  until  1918,  when 
he  and  his  wife  moved  to  Bethany,  where  they  and  their  son,  James 
Franklin,  are  living  together. 

George  W.  Selby  was  married  in  1862,  to  Martha  J.  Buck,  a  daughter 
of  Bethuel  and  Mary  Buck,  who  were  among  the  earHest  settlers  of 
Bethany  Township.  Mrs.  Selby  was  born  in  Tennessee,  and  came  with 
her  parents  to  this  county,  about  1842,  and  her  parents  died  here  and 
are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Selby  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Wil- 
liam B.  of  Butler  Township,  who  married  Mary  A.  Alley  of  Ponca  City, 
Oklahoma;  Mary  C,  the  wife  of  George  W.  Hammons  of  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri ;  James  Franklin,  who  has  been  a  city  mail  carrier  for  the  past  three 
years  in  Bethany;  and  Emma  Mabel,  the  wife  of  W.  A.  Wethered,  of 
Bethany. 

The  grandchildren  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Selby  are:  George,  William  and 
Raymond  Selby;  Alma  Selby,  wife  Raymond  Trimm  of  McFall,  Missouri; 
Edgar  Selby,  Arthur  W.  Hammons,  Lenore  Wells  of  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri, Lester  Wayne  Selby,  May  Illeene  Wethered.  They  have  two  great 
grandchildren:    Raymond  L.  Trimm,  and  Norman  Keefe  Selby. 

During  the  Civil  War,  George  W.  Selby,  enlisted  in  1863,  at  Beth- 
any, Missouri,  under  Captain  Sutton  of  the  4.3rd  Missouri  Cavalry.  Part 
of  the  time  he  was  in  camp  at  Weston,  Missouri,  and  the  Company  was 
at  Platte  City,  and  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  He  was  mustei-ed  out  at  Albany, 
Missouri,  after  six  months  service. 

James  Franklin  Selby,  city  mail  carrier  of  Bethany,  was  born  July 
1,  1880,  and  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  county,  and  attended  Bethany 
High  School  for  two  years.  After  finishing  his  education,  he  engaged 
in  farming  on  the  home  place  in  Sherman  Township  until  October  2, 
1918,  when  he  was  appointed  to  his  present  position.  He  was  married 
August  20,  1905  to  Bessie  Lillian  Vanderpool,  a  daughter  of  B.  P.  and 
Catherine  Vanderpool  of  Giiman  City,  Missouri.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Selby 
have  a  son,  Lester  Wayne,  born  June  28,  1906. 

George  W.  Selby  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  in  Bethany  an^ 
Harrison  County,  and  is  a  substantial  citizen. 


346  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Lieutenant  Lawrence  M.  Crossan,  one  of  the  popular  members  of  the 
Crossan  Motor  Company,  was  born  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  October  29, 
1889,  the  son  of  Edwin  M.  and  Daisy  G.  (Miner)  Crossan.  Edwin  M. 
Crossan  died  in  1917  and  is  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery.  His  widow  lives 
in  Bethany. 

Edwin  M.  Crossan  and  his  wife  had  'two  children :  Charline,  deceased ; 
and  Lawrence  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Lawrence  M.  Crossan  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  home 
town,  graduating  from  the  Bethany  High  School  in  1907.  He  was  in  the 
lumber  business  for  a  while,  but  after  the  United  States  entered  the  World 
War  he  enlisted  in  the  army  in  March,  1918.  He  was  sent  at  once  to 
Camp  Funston,  where  he  was  with  the  Construction  Division,  and  where 
he  was  appointed  second  lieutenant,  September  18,  1918.  He  was  mus- 
tered out  of  service  April  5,  1919,  and  returned  to  Bethany.  He  has  been 
interested  in  the  lumber  business  and  is  the  secretary  of  the  Miner-Frees 
Lumber  Company.  He  is  also  a  partner  in  the  Crossan  Motor  Company, 
a  sketch  of  which  appears  in  connection  with  the  biography  of  A.  C.  Flint, 
Mr.  Crossan's  partner  in  the  motor  company. 

Mr.  Crossan  was  married  to  Edith  M.  Switzer,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri, 
a  daughter  of  Charles  Switzer,  of  that  place.  They  have  two  children: 
Richai'd  and  Catherine. 

Mr.  Crossan  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
and  of  the  American  Legion  at  Bethany.  Mr.  Crossan  has  been  a  success- 
ful young  business  man  and  well  deserves  the  excellent  reputation  which 
he  has  in  his  community. 


The  Butler  Pharmacy,  a  successfully  conducted  business  located  on 
the  south  side  of  the  City  Square,  was  started  in  1918  by  the  present  pro- 
prietor, Mark  Butler. 

Mark  Butler  was  born  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  February  15,  1884.  the 
son  of  Oscar  and  Clarabelle  (Allen)  Butler.  Mrs.  Butler  was  a  daughter 
of  Robinson  and  Nancy  (Tucker)  Allen,  who  were  among  the  early  pioneer 
settlers  of  Harrison  County.  They  both  died  here  and  are  buried  in 
Miriam  Cemetery.  Oscar  Butler  was  the  son  of  Asa  Butler,  also  a  pioneer 
settler  in  Harrison  County.  Asa  Butler,  a  farmer  in  Cypress  Township, 
came  here  in  1839  and  was  the  first  man  in  ihe  county  to  put  a  shingle 
roof  on  his  house  and  to  install  glass  window  lights.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  first  county  court  ever  held  in  the  county,  and  throughout  his  life 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  347 

was  a  factor  in  the  progress  of  his  community.  He  was  buried  on  the  old 
home  place  which  is  now  owned  by  his  grandson.  Asa  Butler's  son,  Oscar, 
was  born  in  Cypress  Township  and  was  reared  on  his  father's  farm.  He 
was  a  teacher  and  combined  with  his  teaching  the  study  of  law,  later 
becoming  an  attorney  in  Bethany.  At  the  time  of  his  death  at  the  age  of 
thirty-five  in  1886  he  was  the  Harrison  County  attoraey.  His  wife  died 
in  1885. 

Mark  Butler,  the  only  child  of  Oscar  and  Clarabelle  (Allen)  Butler, 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools,  graduating  from  the  Bethany 
High  School.  He  worked  in  a  drug  store,  first  with  Dr.  F.  G.  Smith,  later 
buying  an  interest  in  a  drug  store  with  F.  W.  Sherer.  This  finn,  under 
the  name  of  Sherer  and  Butler,  continued  to  do  business  for  ten  and  one- 
half  years.  Three  years  ago  Mr.  Butler  started  the  business  of  the  Butler 
Pharmacy,  in  which  he  has  been  very  successful. 

Mark  Butler  was  married  the  first  time  in  1893  to  Claudie  Flint,  a 
daughter  of  A.  H.  and  Ida  Flint,  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  His  second  mar- 
riage in  1911  was  to  Goldie  L.  Flint,  a  sister  of  Claudie  (Flint)  Butler. 
To  Mark  and  Goldie  L.  (Flint)  Butler  one  child  has  been  born,  a  daugh- 
ter, Ruth  Ida. 

Mr.  Butler  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of 
Bethany.  His  honest  business  methods  and  his  friendly  attitude  have  won 
him  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


Hon.  F.  J.  Hesseltine,  who  has  served  his  county  four  terms  as  its 
efficient  representative  in  the  Missouri  Legislature,  was  born  near  Martins- 
ville, Missouri,  August  9,  1860,  the  son  of  H.  F.  and  Mai-y  E.  (Cranmer) 
Hesseltine. 

H.  F.  Hesseltine  was  born  in  Vermont  in  1824  and  came  to  Harrison 
County,  Missouri,  in  1854.  He  entered  forty  acres  of  land  and  bought 
another  160  acres  in  Dallas  Township.  He  was  one  of  the  oldest  pioneers 
of  the  county  and  was  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  his  day.  He  filled  the 
office  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  several  years  and,  in  1872,  he  made  the 
race  for  the  nomination  of  county  judge.  His  wife,  Mary  E.  (Cranmer) 
Hesseltine,  was  born  in  Marion  County,  Ohio,  in  1833.  She  was  the  first 
registered  woman  physician  in  Hamson  County,  where  she  practiced 
between  thirty  and  forty  years.  Mr.  Hesseltine  died  in  1902  and  his  wife 
died  in  1904.    They  are  buried  in  Kidwell  Cemetery  . 


348  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

To  H.  F.  and  Mary  E.  (Cranmer)  Hesseltine  the  following  children 
were  born:  Andrew,  now  a  retired  farmer,  living  in  Worth,  Missouri ;  John, 
who  died  in  the  State  of  Washington;  F.  J.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Sarah,  who  married  Augustin  Tilley  and  is  now  deceased ;  and  Frank,  last 
heard  of  in  Virginia. 

F.  J.  Hesseltine  was  educated  in  the  public  school  of  Martinsville  and 
in  Normal  College  at  Shenandoah,  Iowa.  He  taught  school  and  farmed 
for  seven  years.  He  then  devoted  his  time  to  farming  for  several  years 
and  now  writes  insurance,  besides  his  other  business  interests  and  his 
work  as  representative  of  Harrison  County.  He  has  two  farms,  one  in 
White  Oak  Township  and  one  near  Martinsville.  Mr.  Hesseltine  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Farmers  Bank  of  New  Hampton,  and  of  the  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company  of  Harrison  County. 

F.  J.  Hesseltine  was  married  August  27  1891,  to  Mary  E.  Christie, 
of  Watkins,  Missouri.  Her  father  was  Rev.  J.  B.  Christie,  a  Baptist  min- 
ister, now  deceased.  Her  mother  died  in  1918.  Mrs.  Hesseltine  and  a 
daughter,  Mrs.  Eva  Lawson,  died  with  the  influenza;  Mrs.  Hesseltine's 
death  occurring  in  January,  1919,  and  her  daughter's  death  occurring  in 
February,  1919. 

To  F.  J.  and  Mary  E.  (Christie)  Hesseltine  the  following  children 
were  born:  Eva,  who  married  Nat  Lawson  and  whose  death  is  noted 
above ;  Grace,  a  clerk  in  the  fifty-first  session  of  the  Missouri  Legislature, 
married  J.  E.  Sieber,  cashier  of  bank  of  Ohioma,  Nebraska;  Carter  C, 
formerly  a  page  in  the  Missouri  Legislature,  married  Bertha  Clark  and 
living  in  New  Hampton;  and  Theodore,  a  student  in  the  New  Hampton 
High  School,  from  which  he  will  graduate  in  1922.  Mrs.  Eva  (Hesseltine) 
Lawson  had  one  son,  Morris,  who  is  in  Penalosa,  Kansas. 

Mr.  Hesseltine  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
of  Bethany  and  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  Mr.  Hessel- 
tine was  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  Butler  Township  and  a  member  of  the 
township  board  for  several  years.  In  1898  he,  with  nine  other  men,  made 
a  race  for  the  nomination  of  county  clerk.  This  was  the  race  which 
resulted  in  the  nomination  of  Frank  Town.  In  1906  Mr.  Hesseltine  was 
elected  representative  from  Harrison  County  and  in  1908  and  again  in 
1910  this  honor  was  bestowed  upon  him  by  his  county.  In  1911  he  moved 
to  New  Hampton  and  devoted  his  time  to  business  interests  but  in  1920 
Harrison  County  again  called  him  into  service  and  he  was  elected  repre- 
sentative for  the  fourth  time  by  a  majority  of  about  2,500  votes.     The 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  349 

various  offices  which  he  has  filled  indicate  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is 
held  by  his  fellow  citizens.  His  popularity  is  well  merited,  coming  as  a 
result  of  his  integrity  in  business  and  his  progressive  ideas  in  legislation. 


W.  J.  Ebersole,  successful  elevator  and  mill  owner  at  New  Hampton, 
Missouri,  was  bom  two  miles  west  of  Martinsville,  August  29,  1878,  the 
son  of  Cornelius  and  Eliza  (Ralph)  Ebersole. 

Coi-nelius  Ebersole  was  born  in  Ohio,  May  30,  1848,  came  to  Ray 
County,  Missouri,  in  the  fifties  and  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  about 
1870.  He  operated  the  Old  Muddy  Mill  just  over  the  line  in  Gentry  County 
for  several  years,  then  followed  farming,  and  now  lives  retired  in  New 
Hampton.  His  wife,  Eliza  (Ralph)  Ebersole,  was  bom  in  Gentry  County, 
Missouri,  the  daughter  of  George  Ralph,  a  pioneer  farmer  in  Dallas  Town- 
ship, who  came  from  Kentucky  in  the  early  days.  Mrs.  Ebersole  died  in 
1911  and  is  buried  in  Lone  Star  Cemetery.  To  Cornelius  and  Eliza  (Ralph) 
Ebersole  the  following  children  were  born :  Charity,  living  in  New  Hamp- 
ton; George,  living  on  the  home  place;  W.  J.,  the  subject  of  this  review; 
Joseph  J.,  of  New  Hampton ;  Robert,  a  resident  of  Albany,  Missouri,  where 
he  is  in  the  milling,  feed  and  flour  business ;  Eva,  the  wife  of  Alex  Murray, 
of  Albany,  Missouri,  a  partner  of  Robert  Ebersole;  Bessie,  now  Mrs. 
George  L.  Parman,  of  New  Hampton;  Fred  S.,  a  farmer  in  Dallas  Town- 
ship ;  and  Amy,  a  teacher  of  music  in  New  Hampton. 

W.  J.  Ebersole  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  the  age  ot 
nineteen  began  farming  and  milling  business.  He  came  to  New  Hampton 
in  1907,  buying  the  old  mill  property.  The  next  year  he  built  a  new  mill 
and  in  1915  he  built  the  elevator  now  owned  by  the  Farmers'  Elevator 
Company.  He  sold  this  in  1919  and  built  a  concrete  elevator  with  a 
capacity  of  8,000  bushels.  Here  he  has  ample  room  for  the  handling  of 
both  wholesale  and  retail  business  in  flour,  feed,  grain,  and  field  seed.  He 
has  installed  a  ten-ton  scale,  probably  the  only  one  of  the  kind  in  the 
county,  and  has  all  modern  machinery  for  use  in  the  elevator. 

Mr.  Ebersole  built  a  very  nice  residence  in  New  Hampton  which  he 
later  traded  for  a  farm.  He  now  owns  fourteen  acres  of  land  adjoining 
the  town  and  on  this  plot  he  raises  thoroughbred  Spotted  Poland  China  hogs 
and  pure  bred  Plymouth  Rock  chickens.  Mr.  Ebersole  also  owns  a  farm  of 
120  acres  in  Dallas  Township,  which  he  operates. 

W.  J.  Ebersole  was  married  February  6,  1911,  to  Ethel  Runyon,  a 


350  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

native  of  Gentry  County,  Missouri,  and  a  daughter  of  G.  S.  and  Lizzie 
Grace  Runyon,  both  now  Hving  in  Lone  Star,  Missouri.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ebersole  have  three  daughters:  Ima  E.,  Inez  B.  and  Iris  M. 

Mr.  Ebersole  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  Mr.  Ebersole  has  met  his  present 
success  because  of  his  energy,  industry  and  business  foresight. 


J.  S.  Magee,  cashier  of  the  Farmers  Bank  of  New  Hampton,  has  been 
connected  with  the  banking  institution  of  which  he  is  an  oificer  for 
twenty-two  years,  two  years  as  the  president  and  twenty  years  in  his 
present  capacity.  The  growth  of  the  bank  is  therefore  a  part  of  the  per- 
sonal history  of  its  efficient  cashier.  Mr.  Magee  was  bom  in  Gentry  County 
February  11,  1856,  the  son  of  John  R.  and  Martha  A.  (Young)  Magee. 
His  father  came  from  Kentucky  to  Gentry  County  and  then  to  Harrison 
County,  where  he  was  a  prominent  farmer  for  many  years.  He  died  in 
February,  1918,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five.  His  wife,  Martha  A.  (Young) 
Magee,  died  in  February,  1877.  The  remains  of  both  are  buried  in  Magee 
Cemetery.  Four  children  were  bom  to  John  R.  and  Martha  A.(  Young) 
Magee,  as  follows:  J.  S.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Robert  M.,  now  a 
resident  of  Warrensburg,  Missouri;  Amanda,  deceased;  and  W.  L.,  who 
died  May  31,  1903.  Amanda  Magee  married  T.  A.  Williams,  who  lives  in 
Phoenix,  Arizona.  Mrs.  Williams  died  in  Boulder,  Colorado,  at  ithe  age  of 
fifty-seven  and  her  remains  are  buried  in  Magee  Cemetery. 

J.  S.  Magee  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County. 
He  taught  school,  farmed,  and  was  in  the  mercantile  business  before 
accepting  his  present  position.  His  varied  training  and  his  business  acu- 
men have  made  him  an  invaluable  asset  to  the  bank  with  which  he  is 
connected.  This  institution,  the  Farmers  Bank  of  New  Hampton,  was 
organized  in  1892  with  a  capital  stock  of  $10,000.00  and  with  D.  P.  Way- 
man  president  and  T.  J.  Wayman  cashier.  The  capital  stock  was  later 
increased  to  $15,000.00.  The  bank  has  a  sui-plus  of  $60,000.00;  undivided 
profits  of  $10,000.00;  and  deposits  of  $235,000.00.  The  present  officers 
of  the  bank  are:  J.  H.  Virden,  president;  Daniel  Gibson,  vice-president; 
J.  S.  Magee,  cashier;  W.  C.  Magee,  assistant  cashier;  Eunice  Gibson  and 
Gladys  Brenizer,  bookkeepers;  and  J.  H.  Virden,  Daniel  Gibson,  Joseph 
Funk,  A.  D.  Stevenson,  F.  J.  Hesseltine,  J.  A.  Christie  and  John  R.  Mack, 
directors. 


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Mr.  Magee  was  married  October  19,  1876,  to  Lavenia  A.  Williams. 
a  native  of  Gentry  County,  living  near  Albany,  and  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
J.  and  Sarah  Williams,  both  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Magee  have  eight 
living  children:  Charles  G.,  a  merchant  in  Pittsburg,  Kansas;  Essie  M., 
now^  Mrs.  C.  A.  Heryford  of  'New  Hampton ;  Alice  L.,  widow  of  H.  B.  Tay- 
lor, Des  Moines,  Iowa ;  R.  W.,  with  the  New  Hampton  Implement  Company ; 
F.  M.,  who  learned  the  banking  business  under  the  tutelage  of  his  father 
and  is  located  in  I.os  Angeles,  California;  Grace,  a  teacher  in  Chicago, 
Ilhnois;  W.  C,  assistant  cashier  in  the  Farmers  Bank;  and  Herman  J.,  a 
graduate  of  the  New  Hampton  High  School  and  of  the  Missouri  University, 
class  of  1921. 

W.  C.  and  Herman  Magee  were  volunteers  in  the  United  States  Army 
during  the  World  War.  They  both  went  overseas  and  served  nearly  two 
years.  W.  C.  was  with  the  Thirty-fifth  Division  and  Herman  J.  was  in 
the  Navy,  located  at  Base  No.  17,  and  worked  in  mine  laying  in  the  North 
Seas.     W.  C.  was  married  in  1920  to  Bonnadine  Smyth,  of  New  Hampton. 

The  Magee  family  can  be  justly  proud  of  the  record  held  by  its  mem- 
bers in  the  county  where  the  name  stands  for  civic  pride  and  progessive 
ideals. 


Ray  Bartlett,  manager  of  the  Farmers  Elevator  Company  of  New 
Hampton,  was  born  near  Bethany,  Missouri,  January  3,  1888,  the  son  ot 
Zack  and  Mary  (Barnes)  Bartlett,  the  latter  now  living  in  Bethany  Town- 
ship. Zack  Bartlett  was  born  in  Harrison  County  in  1849,  the  son  of 
Daniel  Bartlett  who  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  this  part  of  Mis- 
souri. He  died  September  30,  1921,  and  is  buried  at  Morris  Chapel.  The 
Bartlett  name  is  connected  with  the  pioneer  history  of  Harrison  County. 

Zack  and  Mary  (Barnes)  Bartlett  had  the  following  children:  Mat- 
tie,  now  Mrs.  Thanner  of  Seattle,  Washington;  Victor,  deceased;  D.  R., 
living  in  Jefferson  Township;  Kate,  whose  home  is  in  Jefferson  Town- 
ship; Eva,  now  Mrs.  Hagen,  of  Cainsville,  Missouri;  Jennie,  now  Mrs. 
Kidwell  of  Dallas  Township;  Ray,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Robert, 
living  in  New  Hampton;  and  Lucille,  at  home. 

Ray  Bartlett  was  educated  in  the  Bethany  Public  School,  and  taught 
in  HaiTison  County  for  ten  years,  teaching  his  first  term  in  the  Nassman 
District  and  his  last  in  Maple  Grove  District  in  White  Oak  Township.  Mr. 
Bartlett  was  also  a  farmer  for  six  years,  leaving  that  line  of  work  to  ac- 
cept his  present  position  in  1921.    In  his  work  now,  Mr.  Bartlett  is  prov- 


352  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

ing  most  successful,  his  energetic  handling  of  business  and  his  strong 
sense  of  integrity  give  him  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  associates 
and  of  the  public.  The  elevator  was  purchased  by  the  Farmers  Grain, 
Produce  &  Mercantile  Company  in  1919,  two  years  before  the  present 
manager  took  charge.  This  elevator  has  a  capacity  of  15,000  bushels  of 
grain  thus  affording  ample  space  for  the  handling  of  the  business  done 
by  the  company.  The  company  officers  are :  C.  L.  Cover,  general  manager ; 
Ray  Bartlett,  elevator  manager;  F.  0.  Peasley,  president;  W.  R.  Clel- 
land,  vice-president;  Alfred  Denny,  secretary-treasurer;  and  M.  B.  Kelara, 
F.  0.  Peasley,  J.  Funk,  W.  R.  Clelland,  C.  T.  Magee,  Alfred  Denny  and 
J.  T.  Green,  directors. 

Ray  Bartlett  was  married  April  25,  1919,  to  Beatrice  Vance,  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  Vance  of  Butler  Township.  Mrs.  Bartlett 
was  born  and  grew  to  womanhood  in  Butler  Township.  She  was  educated 
in  the  rural  schools  of  Harrison  County  and  the  State  Teachers  College 
at  Maryville,  Missouri.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bartlett  have  three  children,  as 
follows:  Robert  Vance,  Sarah  Lane  and  Forrest  Morland. 

Mr.  Bartlett  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  has  served  one  term  as  collector  of  Jefferson  Township.  He  is  a  young 
man  of  ability. 


Garland  Wilson,  popular  attorney  at  law  and  member  of  a  prominent 
family  of  Harrison  County,  was  horn  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  February  8, 
1885,  the  son  of  J.  C.  and  Alice  E.  (Turner)  Wilson,  a  sketch  of  whom 
appears  in  this  volume. 

Garland  Wilson  received  his  early  education  in  the  Bethany  public 
schools.  He  graduated  from  the  State  University  at  Columbia,  Missouri, 
in  1905,  taking  the  A.  B.  degree.  He  then  entered  the  University  of 
Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  and  gi-aduated  from  the  Law  Depart- 
ment in  1907.  The  same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Missouri 
and  continued  to  practice  in  partnership  with  his  father  for  three  years. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Bethany, 
Missouri.  His  office  was  formerly  the  property  and  office  of  John  M. 
Sallee,  a  well  known  attorney  in  the  county.  His  home  is  the  residence 
formerly  known  as  the  Judge  Wanamaker  place,  located  at  815  South 
Twentieth  street. 

Garland  Wilson  was  married  February  2,  1908  to  Han-iet  M.  Darr, 
of  Bethany,  a  daughter  of  H.  C.  and  Hattie  Dan\     H.  C.  Darr  lives  in 


GARLAND  WILSON 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  353 

Bethany,  Missouri  and  Mrs.  Hattie  Darr  is  deceased.  Mrs.  Wilson  was 
born  in  Carroll  County,  Missouri  and  was  a  teacher  in  the  Bethany  public 
schools  before  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Wilson.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  have 
thee  children  as  follows:    James  C.  II,  Helen  Darr  and  Garland  Wilson,  Jr. 

Mr.  Wilson  was  elected  city  attorney  of  Bethany  and  served  four 
years,  from  1908  to  1912.  In  November,  1912,  he  was  elected  prosecut- 
ing attorney  of  Harrison  County  and  sei'ved  for  the  two  years  following. 
During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Wilson  w^as  a  leader  and  organizer  in  his 
county.  He  handled  the  sales  of  the  Liberty  bonds  and  was  treasurer 
of  the  organization  to  promote  the  bond  sales.  When  the  National  Demo- 
cratic Convention  met  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  in  1913,  and  nominated 
Woodrow  Wilson  for  the  first  time,  Mr.  Wilson  was  a  delegate  from  Mis- 
souri. The  Wilson  family  has  been  widely  and  favorably  known  in  Demo- 
cratic politics  for  years  and  the  men  of  the  family  have  always  been 
prominent  in  political  aifairs.  Garland  Wilson  has  had  no  small  part  in 
the  making  of  the  family  reputation  for  integrity  and  progress. 

Mr.  Wilson  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  in  Bethany. 


A.  H.  Solomon,  well  known  member  of  the  firm  of  Scott  &  Solomon, 
of  New  Hampton,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Martinsville,  Missouri,  the 
son  of  James  L.  and  Nancy  M.  (Ross)  Solomon.  The  Ross  name  is 
intimately  connected  v/ith  the  early  history  of  Harrison  County.  Nancy 
Ross  was  the  daughter  of  Hugh  Ross,  who  was  one  of  the  sturdy  and  fear- 
less men  belonging  to  those  pioneer  days  when  conveniences  were  unknown 
and  hardships  prevailed. 

Hugh  Ross  was  born  in  Ohio  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1842.  He 
made  the  trip  by  steamboat  to  St.  Louis  and  from  there  walked  all  the 
way  to  Harrison  County,  carrying  on  his  back  all  of  his  worldly  assets. 
These  included  an  ax  which  served  him  in  good  stead  in  his  wild  frontier 
home.  He  entered  land  first  in  Gentry  County,  and  then  came  to  Dallas 
Township,  Harrison  County,  and  took  up  land  four  and  one-half  miles 
west  of  New  Hampton.  Here  he  built  a  little  cabin  and  began  to  improve 
his  land  and  here  a  year  later  he  brought  his  bride,  Catherine  Carter. 
They  continued  to  live  on  the  same  land  for  many  yeai'S  and  were  the 
witnesses  of  great  changes  in  the  county.  The  old  Eagleville  and  St. 
Joseph  trail  ran  in  front  of  their  place,  thus  keeping  them  constantly  in 
touch  with  the  world  beyond  their  immediate  vicinage.  Catherine  (Car- 
(18) 


354  HISTORY  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY 

ter)  Ross  died  in  1904  and  Hugh  Ross  died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  in 
Dallas  Township  in  1907  at  the  age  of  eighty-four.  The  remains  of  both 
are  buried  in  Carter  Cemetery.  The  old  home  place  with  its  many  his- 
toric associations  is  now  owned  by  Hugh  Ross'  grandson,  A.  H.  Solomon. 
Quite  recently  Mr.  Solomon  had  an  old  barn  that  had  been  built  by  his 
grandfather,  tom  down  and  the  hewed  timbers  of  which  the  barn  was  con- 
structed were  found  to  be  as  solid  as  on  the  day  they  were  first  used. 

To  James  L.  and  Nancy  (Ross)  Solomon  the  following  children  were 
born:  Etta  C,  now  the  wife  of  U.  G.  Gibson  of  New  Hampton;  A.  H.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  Anna,  the  wife  of  C.  B.  Robins  of  Bonilla,  South 
Dakota ;  Mary,  now  Mrs.  G.  E.  Scott  of  New  Hampton ;  Katie,  died  at  the 
age  of  twelve ;  J.  C,  a  poultiy  dealer  and  restaurant  o\vner  at  Blythedale, 
and  Ola,  now  Mrs.  Eddie  Linch  of  McFall. 

A.  H.  Solomon  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Martinsville 
and  New  Hampton  and  the  Normal  School  at  Stanberry.  After  finishing 
school,  he  worked  on  a  farm  for  two  years  and  then  went  to  New  Hampton 
where  he  worked  at  blacksmithing  for  more  than  twelve  years.  The 
next  two  and  one-half  years  he  worked  in  a  grocery  store  and  meat 
market,  and  following  that  time,  he  became  manager  of  the  Miner  Frees 
lumber  yard.  He  kept  this  position  for  two  years,  then  left  New  Hamp- 
ton and  was  on  a  farm  for  four  years.  After  that  he  with  the  Rowland 
Mercantile  Company  for  a  year  and  then  accepted  the  position  as  cashier 
of  the  Bank  of  New  Hampton  on  April  5,  1920,  and  served  in  that  capacity 
until  August  9,  1921.  He  then  entered  into  partnership  with  George  E. 
Scott.  They  manufacture  ice  and  are  engaged  in  the  general  produce 
business  and  handle  coal.  They  buy  produce  wholesale  and  retail  over  a 
large  scope  of  territory.  Their  building  is  of  brick  and  concrete,  floors 
are  concrete,  and  has  a  frontage  of  thirty-five  feet  and  110  feet  deep;  their 
ice  factory  supplies  ice  for  this  city  and  also  the  refrigeration  plant.  Their 
plant  is  easily  worth  $40,000.  This  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  plants  in 
Northwestern  Missouri. 

Mr.  Solomon  was  married  March  30,  1898,  to  Fannie  E.  Barger,  a 
daughter  of  Alex  H.  and  Nancy  Barger,  both  deceased.  Mrs.  Solomon 
was  born  in  New  Hampton  and  received  her  education  in  the  New  Hamp- 
ton schools  and  the  Normal  at  Stanberry. 

Mr.  Solomon  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
■with  the  Royal  Arch  and  the  Knights  Templar  Degrees,  and  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Shrine.    He  also  belongs  to  the  Kmghts  of  Pythias  Lodge. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  355 

His  early  surroundings  and  his  varied  experience  in  business  have  given 
him  a  wide  acquaintance.  Throughout  his  life  he  has  been  associated 
with  the  development  of  Harrison  County  and  has  always  held  high  stand- 
ards and  progressive  ideals  in  civic  affairs. 


J.  M.  Kelly,  a  former  County  Judge,  reliable  citizen  and  popular  garage 
owner  of  New  Hampton,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Gentry  County,  April  25, 
1863,  the  son  of  Francis  M.  and  Tabitha  J.  (Magee)  Kelly,  both  deceased. 

Francis  M.  Kelly  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  his  wife  was  bom  m 
Indiana.  They  were  married  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  lived  in 
the  southwest  corner  of  White  Oak  Township  where  they  owned  107 
acres  of  land.  They  improved  their  farm  and  lived  on  it  for  nineteen 
years.  Francis  M.  Kelly  died  in  1880  and  is  buried  in  Caldwell,  Kansas. 
His  wife  died  a  few  years  before,  and  is  buried  in  Foster  Cemetery.  To 
Francis  M.  and  Tabitha  J.  (Magee)  Kelly  the  following  children  were 
born:  Catherine,  now  Mrs.  Wallace  Walton  of  Leedy,  Oklahoma;  J.  M. 
the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Martha,  now  Mrs.  Rawley  Clark  of  Denver, 
Colorado ;  William,  a  resident  of  Springfield,  Missouri ;  and  Tazwell  F.,  of 
Butler  Township. 

J.  M.  Kelly  came  to  Harrison  County  with  his  parents  and  has  spent 
his  life  in  Butler  and  White  Oak  townships.  He  owns  a  farm  of  120  acres 
in  Holt  County,  Missouri,  and  also  owns  480  acres  of  land  in  Custer  County, 
Oklahoma.  Mr.  Kelly  has  lived  in  New  Hampton  for  the  last  fifteen 
years.  For  the  last  five  years  he  has  been  in  the  garage  business  doing 
general  repair  work  and  keeping  from  three  to  five  men  employed  ail  the 
time. 

J.  M.  Kelly  was  married  August  2,  1885  to  Eva  R.  Walton,  a  daughter 
of  T.  F.  Walton,  of  Butler  Township.  Both  her  mother  and  father  are 
deceased.  To  J.  M.  and  Eva  R.  (Walton)  Kelly  the  following  children 
have  been  born :  Delbert  F.,  married  Pearl  Smith  of  Oklahoma,  and  lives  in 
New  Hampton ;  Sylvia  May,  wife  of  Eugene  Coster,  living  in  St.  Paul,  Min- 
nesota; Ray  R.,  married  Madge  Taylor  and  lives  in  New  Hampton;  and 
Linnie  E.  at  home.  Ray  R.  Kelly  is  a  World  War  veteran,  having  been 
one  of  the  first  of  the  Harrison  County  boys  to  go  overseas.  He  was 
in  France  for  sixteen  months,  attached  to  a  French  Division  and  serving 
as  a  mechanic. 

J.  M.  Kelly  and  his  sons  are  members  of  the  Independent  Order  of 


356  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Odd  Fellows,  and  Ray  R.  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge 
and  of  the  American  Legion. 

Mr.  Kelly  was  the  constable  and  collector  of  Butler  Township  for 
eight  years,  justice  of  the  peace  of  White  Oak  Township  for  two  years, 
clerk  and  assessor  for  two  years,  and  served  two  term  as  county  judge  of 
Harrison  County.  These  offices  given  him  by  the  vote  of  his  fellow  citi- 
zens, as  well  as  the  flourishing  business  which  he  conducts,  indicate  the 
very  high  regard  and  respect  in  which  he  is  held  by  the  community. 


A.  L.  Funk,  the  efficient  and  well  known  manager  of  the  New  Hampton 
Lumber  Company,  was  born  in  Indiana,  but  came  with  his  parents  to 
this  county  in  the  fall  of  1863,  coming  through  in  wagons.  His  father, 
Jol}n  R.  Funk,  settled  one  mile  south  of  New  Hampton  and  bought  about 
300  acres  of  land,  the  crop,  stock  and  machinery,  for  $2,800.00,  and  lived 
there  until  about  1894  when  he  moved  to  New  Hampton,  where  he  died 
in  1897,  in  his  eighty-ninth  year.  He  is  buried  in  Foster  Cemetery,  and 
his  wife,  Elvira  Ringo  Funk,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1816,  died 
about  four  years  previous  to  her  husband's  death. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Funk  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Joel  H.,  who  died  when  forty-two  years  of  age;  Mrs.  Martha  J.  Rader, 
who  died  in  1919;  Mrs.  Margaret  Swope  of  Butler  Township;  Mrs.  Lydia 
Swartz,  John  W.  Funk,  Mrs.  Sarah  Reed,  William,  Peter,  all  deceased;  A. 
L.  Funk,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  four  children  who  died  in  infancy. 

A.  L.  Funk  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  this  township, 
and,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  married  Emma  Yocum,  a  daughter 
of  William  Yocum  and  wife,  both  deceased.  Mrs.  Funk  was  educated 
in  Illinois,  and  died  December  5,  1919,  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  L.  Funk  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Essie,  the  wife  of  Dr.  0.  G.  ¥/eed  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Ova  Ellen, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years,  and  who  was  a  clerk  in  Magee 
and  Stevenson's  store  at  New  Hampton ;  Beatrice  Elvira,  the  wife  of 
Edward  Kipp  of  Long  Beach,  California;  Ruth  D.,  who  lives  at  home,  and 
teaches  in  the  New  Hampton  schools.  For  six  years,  Ruth  Funk  has 
taught  in  the  schools  here,  and  taught  one  year  at  Grant  City,  in  1920. 
She  received  her  education  at  the  State  Teachei's  College  at  Warrensburg 
and  Maryville,  Missouri. 

A.  L.  Funk  has  filled  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  of  White  Oak 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  357 

Township,  and  has  also  been  mayor  of  New  Hampton  for  three  years, 
and  was  on  the  school  board  here  for  more  than  fifteen  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

Mr.  Funk  is  manager  of  the  New  Hampton  Lumber  Company,  which 
is  owned  principally  by  the  farmers  of  this  vicinity,  and  was  established 
April  11,  1902.  A.  B.  Martin  was  the  manager  for  nearly  one  year,  and 
then  Mr.  Funk  was  hired  and  has  been  with  this  firm  ever  since.  This 
yard  carries  a  complete  line  of  building  material,  except  hardware,  and 
the  capital  stock  is  $8,000.00.  The  officers  are :  John  H.  Magee,  president ; 
John  T.  Green,  vice  president;  W.  R.  Clelland,  secretary;  Joseph  Funk, 
treasurer.  These  four,  together  vdth  E.  A.  Carter,  W.  A.  Denny  and 
J.  R.  Chenoweth,  constitute  the  board  of  directors. 

Mr.  Funk  has  taken  but  two  vacations  in  eighteen  years,  and  has 
given  his  entire  attention  to  the  success  of  the  business.  He  has  had  a 
large  experience  in  millwright  work,  also  as  a  builder  of  houses,  and  this 
experience  has  been  of  much  value  to  him  in  conducting  the  lumber  yard. 


Scott  and  Solomon,  leading  dealers  in  poultry,  produce  of  all  kinds  and 
coal,  of  New  Hampton,  with  a  branch  house  at  Matkins,  Missouri,  have 
been  in  business  in  New  Hampton  since  Api'il,  1908.  The  building  con- 
sists of  one  story  with  basement,  and  artificial  cooling  rooms  are  estab- 
lished with  the  plant,  and,  in  every  way.  Messrs.  Scott  &  Solomon  are 
well  equipped  with  the  best  machinery  for  handling  goods. 

George  E.  Scott  is  a  native  of  Virginia,  born  September  19,  1882,  and 
came  to  this  county  with  his  parents,  James  L.  and  Mary  P.  Scott,  in 
1884.  James  L.  Scott  is  a  pioneer  merchant  of  New  Hampton,  having 
been  in  the  harness  and  shoe  repairing  business  here  for  thirty  years.  He 
was  born  in  Smith  County,  Virginia  in  1842,  and  was  married  there 
in  1874  to  Mary  P.  Davis,  a  daughter  of  D.  Davis  of  Smith  County.  James 
L.  Scott  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  in  July,  1861,  from  Tazewell 
County,  Virginia  and  remained  in  the  army  until  Lee's  surrender.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Scott  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  as  follows:  Mrs.  Sallie 
Morgan  of  New  Hampton ;  Mrs.  Fannie  Gross  of  Miami,  Florida,  the  prisi- 
dent  of  the  State  Missionary  Society  of  Florida,  and  the  wife  of  Rev.  J. 
M.  Gross;  George,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Elmer  and  D.  Scott  of  Har- 
rison County ;  and  James  L.  of  Grant  City,  Missouri. 

George  E.  Scott  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Hampton, 


358  HISTORY  OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

and,  after  finishing  school,  worked  for  a  few  years  for  different  people. 
He  went  into  business  for  himself  with  C.  E.  Swartz,  and  for  four  years 
they  conducted  a  produce  business  with  the  firm  name  of  New  Hampton 
Produce  Company.  At  the  end  of  four  years,  Mr.  Scott  sold  out  his  in- 
terest and  purchased  an  interest  in  the  produce  house  of  Rowlett  &  Sexton, 
buying  Mr.  Rovvlett's  interest  in  February,  1907,  this  firm  being  known 
then  as  Scott  &  Sexton,  when  one  year  later,  Mr.  Sexton  sold  out  to  Mr. 
Morgan  and  since  that  time,  the  business  was  under  the  name  of  Scott  & 
Morgan,  until  August,  1921,  when  it  became  Scott  &  Solomon. 

Mr.  Scott  was  married  April  1,  1906  to  Mary  B.  Solomon  of  New 
Hampton,  a  daughter  of  James  L.  and  Nancy  M.  Solomon.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Scott  have  seven  children :  Margaret  O.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  four 
years;  Borland  R.,  Maxine,  Kathleen,  Edwin,  Erwin  and  Verl. 

Mr.  Scott  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at  Bethany. 

E.  C.  Morgan,  formerly  of  this  firm,  is  the  son  of  George  and  Frances 
E.  (Frazier)  Morgan,  who  came  from  Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  in  1861 
and  settled  in  Clay  Township,  where  they  bought  and  improved  a  farm. 
Mrs.  Morgan  died  in  New  Hampton,  October,  1914  and  Mr.  Morgan  died 
December  10,  1919,  and  both  are  buried  in  Akron  Cemetery.  They  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Mary  L.,  the  wife  of  W.  H.  Evans, 
of  Blythedale,  Missouri;  Charles,  a  traveling  salesman  of  Omaha,  Ne- 
braska; W.  L.,  a  farmer  of  Mercer,  North  Dakota;  G.  W.,  a  farmer  of 
Akron,  Missouri ;  R.  F.,  a  traveling  salesman  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa ;  and 
E.  C. 

E.  C.  Morgan  was  educated  in  the  county  schools  and  at  Park  College, 
Parkville,  Missouri.  Prior  to  being  connected  with  this  firm,  he  was 
engaged  in  farming  in  Iowa. 

Mr.  E.  C.  Morgan  was  married  March  22,  1902  to  Sallie  D.  Scott,  a 
daughter  of  James  L.  and  Mary  P.  Scott  of  New  Hampton.  Mrs.  Morgan 
was  born  in  Virginia  and  came  here  with  her  parents  in  1884.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Morgan  have  a  son,  George  Thurston,  born  May  2,  1902. 

Mr.  Morgan  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

Mr.  Morgan  sold  his  interest  to  A.  H.  Solomon  September  20.  1921 
and  the  firm  is  now  known  as  Scott  and  Solomon. 

The  business  was  changed  to  its  present  location,  and  ice  manufactur- 
ing business  acquired  October  6,  1921. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  359 

Edward  Smyth,  the  well  known  postmaster  of  New  Hampton,  who 
is  now  serving  his  second  term  as  postmaster,  was  born  in  County  Meath, 
Ireland,  August  10,  1864,  the  son  of  Edward  and  Margaret  Smyth,  both 
of  whom  died  in  Ireland. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Smyth  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Ann,  of  Sydney,  Australia;  Margaret,  of  Ireland;  Patrick,  who  died 
in  Australia;  Chirstopher,  who  died  in  Ireland;  Oliver,  of  County  Meath, 
Ireland;  Edward,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  John,  who  died  in  New 
York ;  Thomas  of  Australia ;  Michael  of  County  Meath,  Ireland ;  Mrs.  Mary 
Sheridan,  deceased ;  and  James  of  County  Meath,  Ireland. 

Edward  Smyth  was  educated  in  County  Meath,  Ireland,  and  grew 
to  manhood  there,  coming  to  America  in  1885  and  locating  near  New 
Hampton,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  until  he  was  appointed  post- 
master. In  1900,  he  bought  thirty-six  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  town 
site  of  New  Hampton,  and  successfully  engaged  in  horticulture,  specializing 
in  the  raising  of  apples,  cherries,  pears  and  grapes.  Mr.  Smyth  closely 
follows  bulletins  and  agricultural  papers  and  adopts  the  latest  ideas  and 
methods  in  raising  fruit.     He  sells  to  shippers  at  his  orchard. 

Edward  Smyth  was  married  in  1892  to  Martha  Jane  Johnson,  a 
daughter  of  Mark  and  Ann  Johnson  of  this  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smyth 
are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Bonnadene,  assistant  postmaster  and 
graduate  of  New  Hampton  High  School  of  class  1910;  Dallas  E.  of  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  a  graduate  of  New  Hampton  High  School  of  class  1917; 
and  Meta,  a  student  of  New  Hampton  High  School.  During  the  World 
War,  Dallas  E.  Smyth  was  in  a  motor  mechanic  school  at  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  and  was  also  in  camp  in  Georgia,  Alabama  and  Camp  Taylor,  Ken- 
tucky, he  was  in  training  at  Camp  Taylor  when  the  armistice  was  signed. 

Edward  Smyth  has  also  been  constable  and  collector  of  White  Oak 
Township.  He  is  an  efficient  public  official,  who  stands  the  test  of  respon- 
sibility and  measures  up  to  a  high  standard. 


Frank  Jones,  the  well  known  and  enterprising  proprietor  of  Jones 
and  Company  grocery  store,  located  on  the  west  side  of  the  square  in 
Bethany,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Harland  County,  Nebraska,  October  18, 
1885,  the  son  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Charlton)  Jones.  Mrs.  Sarah  Jones 
lives  in  Tulsa,  Oklahoma  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Nettie  Wernett. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jonathan  Jones  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 


360  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

dren:  John  L.  of  Gilman,  Missouri;  Frank  Jones,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Mrs.  Nettie  Wernett  of  Tulsa,  Oklahoma;  R.  L.  of  Tindall,  Mis- 
souri; L.  M.,  of  Spickard,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Dora  Newman  of  Delta,  Colo- 
rado; and  Mrs.  Viola  Hobbs  of  California. 

Frank  Jones  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  this  county.  After 
finishing  his  education,  he  engaged  in  farming  near  Blue  Ridge,  Missouri, 
until  December.  1920,  when  he  bought  his  present  grocery  from  Paul  G. 
McGowen.  This  store  was  formerly  located  on  Main  Street,  but  was  moved 
soon  after  Mr.  Jones  purchased  it  to  its  present  location,  next  to  the 
post  office.  Mr.  Jones  carries  a  general  line  of  groceries  and  meats  and 
has  a  first  class  grocery.  The  goods  are  neatly  displayed  and  convenient 
for  rapid  work.  Mr.  Jones  has  a  full  line  of  fresh  and  cured  meats  and 
has  an  excellent  patronage  from  both  city  and  country. 

Fi-ank  Jones  was  married  June  16,  1920  to  Mabel  Darby  of  Martins- 
ville, Missouri,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Darby  and  wife  of  that  place.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Jones  have  a  son,  Frank  Jr.,  bom  April  8,  1921. 

Mr.  Jones  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  has  many  friends  throughout  the  county. 


William  Avery  Miner. — The  late  William  Avery  Miner  of  Ridgeway, 
Missouri,  was  during  his  lifetime  a  leading  factor  in  the  development 
of  Harrison  County  and  through  his  high  minded  purposes,  indomitable 
courage  and  pure  patriotism,  he  not  only  influenced  his  own  time,  but 
left  his  imprint  upon  the  institutions  of  his  community  and  county.  He 
created  a  condition  of  independence  during  his  business  career  as  a 
result  of  his  earnest  efforts  and  the  weight  and  force  of  his  character- 
istics. If  he  undertook  to  accomplish  a  thing,  he  gave  it  his  best  efforts 
whether  it  was  a  private  enterprise  or  a  public  service.  He  belonged  to 
that  class  of  men  who  accomplish  something  worth  while  each  day 
which  is  always  an  important  factor  in  the  careers  of  successful  men. 

Mr.  Miner  was  born  at  Brodhead,  Green  County,  Wisconsin,  May 
8,  1861.  He  was  a  son  of  Samuel  Elbert  Miner  asd  Maria  C.  (Kelley) 
Miner.  The  Miners  belong  to  one  of  the  old  New  England  families. 
Rev.  Samuel  Elbert  Miner,  father  of  William  Avery  Miner  of 
this  review,  went  into  Wisconsin  during  its  pioneer  days  well  equipped 
with  educational  and  other  qualities  which  rendered  his  labors  effective 
among  the  builders   of  the  commonwealth.     Being  a   minister,   he   set 


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about  preparing  the  way  for  an  effective  campaign  in  spreading  the 
Gospel,  with  establishing  congregations  and  building  churches,  at  Madi- 
son, the  capital  of  the  state.  He  was  chaplain  of  the  first  constitutional 
convention  of  the  state  and  his  pastorial  work  was  carried  on  for  a 
period  of  many  years.  During  his  long  and  effective  labors  he  had 
at  various  times  charge  of  the  Congregational  churches  at.  Madison, 
Elkhom,  Wyocena,  Brodhead  and  Monroe,  but  in  his  later  years  he 
gave  up  his  ministerial  work  and  engaged  in  the  retail  lumber  business. 
Reverend  Miner  was  known,  not  only  in  the  affairs  of  the  church  and 
in  business  in  his  state,  but  in  politics  as  well.  His  Yankee  birth  and 
rearing  set  his  heart  unalterably  oposed  to  human  bondage  and  when 
the  question  of  the  abolishment  of  slavery  came  toi  be  agitated,  his 
radicalism  placed  him  with  the  Abolitionists  of  his  state.  During  the 
period  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Sanitary 
Commission,  and  his  duties  took  him  into  the  South  where  Wisconsin 
troops  were  fighting  the  battles  of  the  Union.  He  consented  for  two  of 
his  sons,  not  yet  of  military  age,  to  take  their  places  in  the  ranks,  and 
one  of  them  lost  his  young  life  on  the  bloody  field  of  Gettysburg. 

Rev.  Samuel  Elbert  Miner  was  bom  at  West  Halifax,  Vermont  in 
December,  1815,  and  had  a  long  line  of  New  England  ancestors  who 
were  factors  in  the  Colonial  life  of  Stonington  and  Groton,  Connecticut. 
His  father  was  Samuel  Holman  Miner  and  his  mother  was  Anna  Avery. 
The  latter  was  a  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Avery,  a  first  lieutenant 
of  the  First  Connecticut  regiment  of  Revolutionary  troops.  Samuel  Hol- 
man and  Anna  (Avery)  Miner  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  sev- 
eral of  whom  lived  beyond  the  years  of  "three  score  and  ten",  and  one 
of  them  passed  the  century  mark  of  time.  Rev.  Samuel  Elbert  Miner 
married  Maria  C.  Kelley,  who  died  in  July,  1861,  and  their  children  were 
as  follows:  Charles  E.,  who  died  in  the  uniform  of  his  country  at  Gettys- 
burg as  a  member  of  Colonel  Custer's  famous  Seventh  Michigan  Cavalry, 
and  is  buried  in  the  National  Cemetery  there ;  Edgar  S.  of  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri ;  Mrs.  George  A.  Richardson,  deceased,  of  Gilman  City,  Missouri ; 
Mrs.  B.  F.  Baker,  a  resident  of  Clear  Lake,  Iowa;  Mrs.  F.  W.  Stump 
of  Redfield,  South  Dakota,  and  William  Avery  of  this,  review. 

William  Avery  Miner  was  reared  at  Monroe  and  educated  in  the 
high  school  there  and  grew  up  in  the  home  of  a  scholarly  and  intellectual 
father  and  this  fact  had  its  influence  in  shaping  the  intellectual  train- 
ing of  the  son.     He  began  life  in  Harrison  County  as  a  clerk  in  the 


362  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Bethany  yard  of  Miner-Frees  Lumber  Company.  This  was  the  first 
unit  of  this  company's  system  of  yards  and  was  established  just  ahead 
of  the  railroad's  advent  to  the  county  seat.  When  the  road  was  built 
to  New  Hampton,  Mr.  Miner  opened  a  yard  for  the  company  there,  re- 
maining until  1885,  when  the  company  purchased  a  yard  at  Ridgeway 
and  he  established  himself  here. 

Upon  coming  to  Ridgeway,  Mr.  Miner  embraced  the  opportunity  to 
share  in  the  profits  of  the  Miner-Frees  Company  and  invested  what  capi- 
tal he  had  accumulated  on  salary  and  thus  secured  a  foothold  which  made 
the  results  of  his  labor  more  efl:'ective.  It  was  due  to  the  persistent 
efl^'orts  of  the  Miner  brothers  that  the  Miner-Frees  Company  has  forged 
ahead  and  is  supplying  the  building  demand  over  a  large  area  of  this  part 
of  Missouri.  They  operate  yards  at  the  following  places: 
Ridgeway,  Brimson,  Coffey,  Spickard,  Oilman  City,  Mound  City,  Oregon, 
Bethany,  Blythedale,  King  City,  New  Hampton,  Ford  City,  Missouri, 
and  Leon,  Iowa  and  also  Highland,  Kansas.  The  general  offices  of  the 
Miner-Frees  Lumber  Company  are  located  at  Ridgeway  and  the  follow- 
ing are  the  present  officers  of  the  company:  E.  S.  Miner  of  Bethany, 
Missouri,  president;  Elbert  S.  Miner,  vice-president  and  general-manager; 
E.  A.  Miner,  ti-easurer;  Lawrence  M.  Crossan,  secretary  and  R.  M.  Stan- 
ley, auditor. 

In  the  field  of  banking,  the  Miner-Frees  Company  has  been  almost 
a  pioneer  in  Harrison  County.  In  June  following  Wiliam  Avery  Miner's 
advent  to  Ridgeway,  he  with  his  brother  and  B.  M.  Frees  started  a 
private  bank  at  Ridgeway,  known  as  the  Ridgeway  Exchange  Bank.  It 
was  capitalized  at  $5,000.00  and  William  A.  Miner  was  the  cashier.  The 
institution  started  with  a  fire  and  burglar  proof  safe  which  was  located 
in  the  lumber  yard,  where  it  remained  until  1902,  and  in  that  year  the 
present  brick  building  was  erected.  In  December,  1902,  the  Ridgeway 
Exchange  Bank  had  a  paid  up  capital  of  $15,000.00  and  a  sui-plus  of 
$3,000.00  at  which  time  it  was  converted  into  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Ridgeday,  with  a  paid  up  capital  of  $30,000.00,  and  a  list  of  more 
than  thirty  stockholders.  In  June,  1914,  the  bank  increased  its  capital 
to  $60,000.00  from  earned  surplus.  When  the  bank  was  organized,  Mr. 
C.  C.  Fordyce  became  its  president,  and  upon  his  retirement  in  March, 
1914,  William  A.  Miner  became  his  successor,  which  office  he  capably 
held  until  his  death,  March  22,  1920. 

William  A.  Miner  was  married  in  March,  1883,  to  Miss  Martha  A. 


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Spencer,  a  daughter  of  John  Spencer,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Bethany 
and  one  of  the  officers  of  a  pioneer  log  church  of  that  town.  Mr.  Spencer 
came  to  Missouri  from  Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  and  was  reared  near 
Pattonsburg  where  his  parents  settled.  He  married  Rachel  Alley  whose 
father  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1844  from  Indiana,  when  she  was 
nine  years  of  age.  The  Spencer  children  were  as  follows:  Mrs.  Sarah  E. 
Young  of  Trenton,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Martha  A.  Miner,  of  Ridgeway;  Mrs. 
Susan  A.  Tull  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  and  G.  William  of  Bethany. 

To  Wiliam  A.  Miner  and  wife  the  following  children  were  born: 
Charles  F.,  Elbert  S.,  and  Erwin  Avery,  all  of  whom  reside  at  Ridge- 
way, Missouri. 

Mr.  Miner  was  a  York  Rite  Mason  and  a  member  of  Moila  Temple. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church,  having  united  with  that 
denomination  in  1908,  but  all  his  life  he  was  a  liberal  contributor  to 
all  denominations.  He  was  public  spirited  and  stood  ready  at  all  times 
to  do  his  best  for  the  furtherance  of  any  worthy  cause  which  had  for 
its  object  the  betterment  and  dupbuilding  of  the  community  and  its  in- 
stitutions. He  was  instrumental  in  locating  the  Ridgeway  school  build- 
ing on  its  present  site  and  gave  the  ground  for  that  purpose  for  just 
what  it  cost  him  several  years  previously.  He  was  the  founded  of  the 
school  library  and  gave  the  first  money  for  its  establishment.  It  was 
through  his  efforts  and  encouragement  that  the  Ridgeway  Journal  was 
established  and  in  fact  he  was  an  active  factor  in  all  local  progressive 
movements. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Miner  was  Chairman  of  the  Harrison 
County  Council  of  Defense  and  directed  the  work  of  that  organization 
with  his  characteristic  force  and  efficiency.  It  was  during  the  campaign 
for  the  Second  Liberty  Loan  that  he  delivered  and  address  at  Bethany, 
which  is  here  quoted,  as  these  words  of  Mr.  Miner  show  what  manner 
of  man  he  was  and  best  indicates  his  highminded  patriotism,  force  and 
foresight : 

WHY  YOU  SHOULD  BUY  A  LIBERTY  BOND.      A   PERSONAL  APPEAL: 

"We  are  living  in  a  great  crisis  in  the  world's  history,  a  supreme 
crisis  in  the  history  of  America.  Governments  such  as  ours  are  threat- 
ened with  annihilation.  The  right  of  self-government,  for  which  our 
forefathers  gave  their  lives  is  in  the  balance.  Shall  future  history 
record  that  we  proved  faithless  to  this  great  trust,  this  priceless  heritage, 


364  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

or  shall  it  go  down  to  our  children's  children  that  we  met  the  shock 
like  men,  giving  our  young  men  and  our  substance  without  restraint, 
freely,  yes  eagerly  that  'Government  of  the  People,  for  the  People,  and 
by  the  People  shall  not  perish  from  the  earth.' 

"Many  of  you  have  seen  more  that  200  of  our  young  men,  the 
flower  of  our  families,  go  from  homes  of  Harrison  County,  marching 
bravely  away  with  laughter  and  song,  with  their  faces  turned  toward 
this  awful  world  conflict,  marching  away  to  victory  or  death  under  a 
flag  that  has  never  known  defeat,  that  you  and  I  may  pursue  the  even 
tenor  of  our  way  in  Peace,  Plenty  and  Prosperity,  and  that  Freedom 
may  not  die. 

"Shall  we  be  worthy  of  this  sacrifice?  Then  let  us  see  to  it  that 
this  SECOND  LIBERTY  BOND  issue  be  so  over-subscribed  that  notice 
is  served  on  the  Kaiser  in  no  uncertain  manner,  that  the  whole  inex- 
haustable  resources  of  these  United  States  of  America  are  behind  our 
fighting  men,  that  we  are  determined  to  see  this  thing  through  to  the 
last  ditch,  to  the  end  that  LIBERTY  may  live,  that  Treaty  rights  shall 
be  maintained  between  Governments  great  or  small,  and  that  Might 
alone  does  not  make  Right. 

"We  have  heard  the  argument  advanced  in  this  campaign  that,  as 
this  country  sent  more  than  her  quota  of  men  into  the  service,  she 
does  not  need  to  raise  the  full  amount  or  her  apportionment  of  this 
Bond  issue.  We  cannot  think  this  argument  can  come  from  the  lips 
of  any  man  whose  own  flesh  and  blood  is  going  to  the  fighting  line.  Shall 
we  be  less  generous  to  our  dollars  than  we  are  of  the  lives  of  our  young 
men?  Rather  let  us  see  to  it  that  our  quota  of  men  in  the  service 
have  MORE  than  enough  of  all  that  goes  to  make  life  easier  for  them 
in  trench  or  hospital.  That  is  the  very  least  we  can  do  for  them,  and 
that,  surely  they  have  the  right  to  expect  of  us. 

"The  Kaiser  has  thrown  dust  in  the  eyes  of  the  American  people 
long  enough.  Now  that  our  vision  is  clearing,  let  us  take  the  bonds 
of  this,  the  greatest  country  on  earth,  with  such  a  greedy  appetite 
that  all  the  world  shall  know  of  our  supreme  confidence  in  the  result. 

"Aside  from  its  patriotic  features,  as  a  business  or  saving  invest- 
ment there  is  nothing  that  equals  these  bonds.  In  amounts  so  small  that 
every  head  of  a  family  may  own  one  or  more,  bearing  interest  at  4  per 
cent  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  free  from  all  taxation,  except 
the   supertax,   that   would   apply   in   case   one   person   owned   more   than 


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$5,000.00  of  same,  and  absolutely  safe,  we  should  esteem  it  a  privilege 
to  own  them.  Should  the  war  end  within  one  year  we  have  no  doubt 
these  bonds  will  command  a  substantial  premium,  and  if  the  war  con- 
tinues longer  the  bonds  will  eventually  sell  above  par. 

"V/ith  this  statement  of  fact  before  you,  let  all  subscribe  freely 
and  eagerly,  as  the  terms  of  payment  are  easy,  and  your  local  bank 
will  glady  help  you,  should  you  not  have  the  amount  at  hand  just  at  the 
time  the  payments  mature,  and  in  this  way  do  your  part  to  meet  this 
urgent  situation.     Do  it  now.     This  campaign  ends  October  27th." 


William  R.  Burton,  a  successful  farmer  and  pioneer  of  White  Oak 
Township,  was  born  in  Wisconsin,  November  18,  1847,  the  son  of  George 
and  Margaret  (Setzler)  Burton.  George  Burton  came  to  Harrison  County 
in  1855  and  entered  the  farm  where  William  R.  Burton  now  lives.  This 
farm  consisted  of  120  acres.  George  Burton's  first  residence  was  a  one 
room  log  cabin;  later  he  built  another  residence  of  one  room,  to  which 
he  added  another  room,  and  where  he  lived  until  1882,  when  he  died,  at 
the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  His  wife  died  in  1895  and  both  are  buried  in 
Foster  Cemetery.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Burton  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children;  Andrew,  who  died  at  the  age  of  seventy -two  years; 
William  R.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  Sarah  Jane  of  New  Hampton; 
Frank  of  Bethany,  Missouri ;  George,  deceased ;  Laura,  the  widow  of 
Alex  Barger  of  White  Oak  Township;  Martha  and  Emma,  twins;  the 
former  married  John  Wallace  of  White  Oak  Township,  and  the  latter 
married  Russell  McClure  of  White  Oak  Township;  and  Henry  of  Bethany, 
Missouri. 

William  R.  Burton  bought  the  heir's  interest  in  the  home  place,  and 
now  owns  187  acres,  where  he  has  lived  since  1855.  Most  of  the  im- 
provements have  been  put  here  by  Mr.  Burton,  and  the  residence,  which 
was  built  in  1890,  is  on  the  Jefferson  Highway,  three  and  one-half  miles 
east  of  New  Hampton. 

Mr.  Burton  was  married  to  Virginia  C.  Brooks,  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Catherine  Brooks,  who  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri  in  1854 
and  settled  in  White  Oak  Township.  Thomas  Brooks  was  born  April  15, 
1826  and  died  June  6,  1901,  and  is  buried  on  the  home  place.  His  wife, 
who  was  bom  in  Tazewell  County,  Virginia,  October  24,  1829,  now  resides 
with  her  daughter  Mrs.  Burton,  and  is  in  her  ninety-second  year.     Mr. 


366  HISTORY   OF   HARPJSON   COUNTY 

and  Mrs.  Brooks  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Thomas  B. 
deceased ;  Mrs.  Jennie  Burton ;  a  son  died  in  infancy ;  Rebecca,  who  was  the 
wife  of  John  Green,  and  died  June  5,  1921,  and  is  buried  on  the  home  place. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  R.  Burton  have  a  son,  Thomas  Newton  Burton, 
and  who  fanns  the  home  place.  He  was  married  December  29,  1915  to 
Tincy  Vesper  Justice,  a  daughter  of  Alfred  and  Dora  Justice  of  Betnany 
Township. 

Wilham  R.  Burton  is  one  of  the  few  men  in  this  county  who  lives  on 
the  farm  his  father  entered.  He  says  he  has  made  enough  rails  since 
coming  here  to  fence  a  large  part  of  Harrison  County,  and  that,  in  the 
pioneer  times,  he  used  to  go  to  the  woods  often  without  breakfast 
and  work  until  noon.  He  has  a  nice  home  and  the  comforts  of  life  are 
being  enjoyed  by  him  and  his  estimable  wife. 


Rev.  H.  G.  Bloomfield,  a  well  known  minister  of  New  Hampton,  Mis- 
souri, was  born  in  Michigan,  November  6,  1875,  the  son  of  Samuel  and 
Rozena  (Hoyt)  Bloomfield.  The  latter,  who  was  a  native  of  Pomeroy, 
Ohio,  died  in  Lincoln,  Kansas,  in  1884. 

Samuel  Bloomfield  was  born  in  Colchester,  England,  and  came  to 
America  when  twenty  years  of  age.  He  settled  in  Lincoln,  when  buffa- 
loes were  on  the  plains,  and,  while  in  Kansas,  was  a  surveyor  for  six  years. 
He  located  in  Harrison  County  in  1884  and  later  moved  to  Bethany,  where 
he  died  about  1919,  and  is  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery. 

Rev.  H.  G.  Bloomfield  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Albany,  Mis- 
souri, and  took  a  course  in  theology  at  Vanderbilt  University  at  Nash- 
ville, Tennessee.  His  first  pastorate  was  at  Craig,  Missouri,  and  he  has 
been  in  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist  Church,  South,  for  fourteen  years. 
He  is  now  pastor  at  Maysville,  DeKalb  County,  Missouri.  Rev.  Bloomfield 
owns  a  five  acre  farm  at  New  Hampton,  which  he  purchased  in  1914.  For 
three  and  one-half  years,  he  was  in  the  banking  business  vdth  the  bank 
of  New  Hampton,  and  was  cashier  for  three  years  and  is  now  assistant 
cashier.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  this  bank  and  is  now  a  director. 
Rev.  Bloomfield  has  been  president  of  the  Harrison  County  Telephone  Com- 
pany for  four  years. 

Rev.  Bloomfield  was  married  September  3,  1901  to  Lillie  Van  Hoozer, 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Van  Hoozer.  The  latter  lives  with  her 
daughter  and  the  former  died  in  February,  1920  at  the  age  of  eighty-three 


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years  and  is  buried  at  Grace  Cemetery.  John  Van  Hoozer  settled  north 
of  New  Hampton  in  Dallas  Township,  when  a  young  man,  and  was  a 
pioneer  of  this  part  of  Missouri.  When  Robideaux  ran  an  Indian  trading 
post  at  St.  Joseph,  Mr.  Van  Hoozer  was  a  pioneer  freighter  from  there 
to  other  points  in  this  part  of  Missouri. 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  Bloomfield  have  a  son,  Ray,  who  is  now  a  senior  in 
the  New  Hampton  High  School. 

Rev.  Bloomfield  is  a  member  of  the  following  lodges:  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Yeoman,  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America.  He  is  well  known  in  New  Hampton  and  Harrison  County, 
and  is  a  substanial  and  influential  citizen. 


John  H.  Virden,  a  prosperous  and  well  known  farmer  of  Harrison 
County,  and  president  of  the  Farmers  Bank  ot  New  Hampton,  was  born  in 
White  Oak  Township,  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Naomi  J.  Kinkade,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1854,  the  son  of  John  W.  and  Caroline  (Black)  Virden. 

John  W.  Virden  was  a  native  of  Delaware,  but  came  to  Harrison 
County  in  1839  and  settled  in  White  Oak  Township,  and  was  the  first 
settler  here.  The  first  hogs  he  raised  on  his  farm,  he  drove  to  Weston, 
Missouri,  where  he  had  them  slaughtered  and  sold  them  dressed  for  $1,25 
per  hundred  weight.  He  took  a  wagon  loaded  with  corn,  drawn  by  oxen, 
to  feed  the  hogs  while  on  the  way  to  Weston.  The  nearest  neighbor  to 
Mr.  Virdon  in  the  early  days,  was  a  Mr.  Daley,  who  lived  on  the  town 
site  of  Albany.  At  that  time,  there  were  no  matches,  and  once,  when 
Mr.  Virden's  fire  went  out,  he  had  to  go  to  Mr.  Daley's,  which  was  nme 
miles  away,  to  get  fire.  Mr.  Virden  entered  160  acres  of  land  when  he 
first  located  here,  and  later  entered  more.  The  Indians  supplied  him 
with  venison  and  they  called  him  a  "good  white  man,  no  shoot,"  as  Mr. 
Virden  brought  no  gun  wth  him  here.  He  died  in  his  eight-eighth  year, 
about  1895,  and  is  buried  in  Foster  Cemetery,  and  his  wife  died  in  1904. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  W.  Virden  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  W.  M.,  who  died  in  1900  at  the  age  of  fifty  years;  Ann  Eliza, 
who  died  when  fourteen  years  of  age;  John  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Mrs.  Naomi  Kinkade  of  New  Hampton  and  Mrs.  Emma  E.  Pruden  of  New 
Hampton. 

John  H.  Virden  received  his  early  education  in  a  log  cabin  school,  near 
Foster  Cemetery,  and  later  attended  school  in  a  house  on  the  home  farm. 


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He  remained  at  home  until  twenty-two  years  of  age,  when  he  engaged 
in  farming.  His  present  place,  which  is  located  one  and  one-half  miles 
east  of  New  Hampton  on  the  Jefferson  Highway,  consists  of  1100  acres  of 
land,  and  the  farm  has  four  sets  of  impi-ovements,  including  six  stock 
barns.  Mr.  Virden  has  fed  cattle  and  hogs  for  thirty  years  and  has  been 
very  successful.  He  is  now  breeding  the  V/hiteface  cattle  and  Hampshire 
hogs  and  Shropshire  sheep  and  raises  mules  extensively.  He  moved  to 
his  present  farm  about  1881,  and  besides  his  agricultural  pursuits,  Mr. 
Virden  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Farmers  Bank  of  New  Hampton, 
and  has  been  its  president  for  the  past  ten  years,  and  previous  to  accept- 
ing this  office,  he  was  director  and  vice  president. 

During  the  course  of  his  career  as  a  successful  farmer  and  banker, 
Mr.  Virden  has  ahvays  found  time  to  devote  to  the  betterment  and  up- 
building of  New  Hampton  and  Harrison  County,  to  the  interests  of  which 
he  has  at  all  times  shown  unselfish  devotion. 

Mr.  Virden  was  married  in  February,  1878,  to  Florence  A.  Chipp,  a 
daughter  of  John  W.  and  Elizabeth  Chipp,  both  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Chipp  came  to  Missouri  from  Indiana  and  settled  in  Gentry  County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Virden  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Elizabeth, 
the  widow  of  Curtis  Larmer  of  Albany,  Missouri;  Florence  Stella,  the 
wife  of  Charles  A.  Roland,  a  merchant  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Emma  J., 
the  wife  of  Louis  T.  Gibbs,  of  Kosse,  Texas;  Paul  H.,  who  lives  on  the 
home  place.  During  the  World  War,  Paul  Virden  was  in  Columbia,  Mis- 
souri, a  volunteer  in  the  S.  A,  T.  C.    He  was  born  in  April,  1899. 

John  H.  Virden  is  a  fine  citizen,  and  he  and  his  family  stand  high 
in  Harrison  County. 


Lewis  D.  Smith,  for  more  than  nine  years  the  progressive  superin- 
tendent of  the  Harrison  County  Home,  has  been  prominent  as  a  farmer, 
a  stock  raiser,  and  in  public  charity  work  ever  since  he  has  lived  in 
the  county.  He  was  bom  in  Logan,  Illinois,  May  4.  1870,  the  son  of 
Charles  M.  and  Elizabeth  Smith.  Mrs.  Smith  died  in  Pottawattamie 
County,  Iowa  about  1876,  and  Charles  M.  Smith  was  married  the  second 
time,  to  Carrie  Hannah,  also  deceased.  By  his  first  marriage  to  Eliza- 
beth Smith,  he  had  the  following  children:  Abbie,  died  in  girlhood; 
George,  living  in  Iowa;  Grant,  a  resident  of  south  Missouri;  Abilene, 
deceased;  and  Lewis  D.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.     By  his  second  mar- 


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riage  to  Carrie  Hannah,  he  had  two  sons;  Minor,  and  Melvin.  Charles  M. 
Smith  died  in  Iowa. 

Lewis  D.  Smith,  attended  the  pubhc  school  of  Illinois  one  year  and 
later  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri.  He  began  working  by  the  month  on  a  farm 
and  kept  this  work  up  for  twelve  years  at  the  end  of  which  time  he 
bought  120  acres  of  land  southeast  of  Ridgeway,  again  working  by  the 
month  to  make  Ids  first  payment  on  the  land.  After  three  years  on 
his  farm,  he  accepted  his  present  position  as  superintendent  of  the 
County  Home.  The  Harrison  County  Home  is  situated  just  west  of  the 
city  limits  of  Bethany.  The  building,  a  thoroughly  modern  structure 
supplied  with  water  and  electricity  from  Bethany,  cost  about  $40,000.00 
when  it  was  built.  The  farm  surrounding  it  consists  of  I821/2  acres,  well 
kept  and  managed  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  the  place  practically  self 
supporting.  For  a  long  time  the  Home  did  pay  for  its  support  but  the 
recent  drop  in  the  price  ox  farm  products  has  increased  the  cost  of 
running  the  farm.  Tlie  faiJn  buildings  are  built  and  arranged  according 
to  a  plan  worked  or.l;  by  Mr.  Smith  witti  most  successful  results.  On 
the  farm  one  finds  a  horse  barn,  a  cattle  barn  lighted  by  electricity,  a 
silo,  two  poultry  houses,  hog  sheds,  smoke  house  and  a  cave.  There  is 
also  a  house  for  the  men  inmates  to  use  during  the  day.  At  present 
there  are  ninteen  inmates,  some  of  them  doing  light  work.  Mr.  Smith 
himself  is  a  practical  farmer  and  a  lover  of  good  stock  and  the  results 
of  his  interest  and  work  are  quickly  seen  when  one  visits  the  Home. 
For  the  last  seven  years  he  has  been  raising  pure  bred  Red  poll  cattle, 
Spotted  Poland  China  hogs,  and  Standard  bred  Brown  Leghorn  chickens. 

Lewis  D.  Smith  was  married  September  4,  1895,  to  Alice  Israel  of 
Ridgeway,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Cornelia  Israel,  both  of  whom  died  at 
Bethany,  where  their  remains  are  buried.  Mrs.  Smith  is  a  native  of 
Schuwley  County,  Missouri.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  have  one  daughter, 
Elizabeth  Lee  who  graduated  from  the  Bethany  High  School,  and  spent 
two  years  in  Drake  University  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  she  was  married, 
September  26,  1921,  to  Claud  Zimmerlee,  and  they  nov/  live  at  Bethany, 
Missouri. 

Mr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge,  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Daughters  of  Rebecca,  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  Mr.  Smith  served  as  president  of  the 
Missouri  State  Alms  House  Association.  This  association  is  made  up  of 
all  the  managers  of  the  alms  houses  of  the  state  and  meets  w^ith  the 
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Missouri  State  Conference  of  Charities  and  Correction  Board  in  connec- 
tion with  social  welfare  work.  Mr.  Smith's  work  in  his  superintendence 
of  the  Harrison  County  Home  has  always  received  high  praise  from  the 
association.  The  county  may  well  be  proud  of  the  results  of  Mr.  Smith's 
labors. 


J.  V.  Newton,  a  leading  farmer  of  White  Oak  Township,  was  born 
in  Quebec,  Canada,  June  2,  1864,  the  son  of  John  and  Isabelle  (Kidd) 
Newton,  both  of  whom  died  in  Canada. 

J.  V.  Newton  came  to  the  United  States  in  1904  and  was  in  California 
for  six  years.  He  also  lived  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  New  York,  Ohio,  and 
came  to  this  county  in  1913.  By  trade,  Mr.  Newton  is  a  millwright,  learn- 
ing this  work  in  Quebec.  He  now  operates  a  farm  of  120  acres,  which  is 
located  one  mile  northwest  of  New  Hampton.  Mr.  Newton  also  has  done 
extensive  contracting  work  for  the  El  Oro  Mining  and  Railway  Company 
of  Mexico,  having  as  many  as  one  thousand  men  working  under  him  at 
one  time.  He  was  with  this  Company  for  more  than  eight  years,  and  the 
headquarters  of  the  company  is  in  London,  England. 

Mr.  Newton  was  married  October  15,  1913  to  Lottie  Williamson,  a 
daughter  of  John  Williamson.  Mrs.  Newton  was  born  on  the  farm  where 
she  now  lives,  and  taught  school  in  Hamson  and  Gentry  counties  for 
about  twenty  years. 

John  Williamson  came  to  Harrison  County  from  Illinois  in  1865, 
and  purchased  175  acres  of  land  in  this  township.  There  was  a  log  house 
on  the  farm  when  he  came,  and  later,  he  built  the  present  home  of  J.  V. 
Newton.  Mr.  Williamson  was  a  farmer  and  stockman  and  died  here  in 
1899  at  the  age  of  sixty-one  years.  During  the  Civil  War,  he  enlisted 
from  Vermont  and  served  three  years,  and  he  had  two  brothers,  Robert 
and  Arthur  Williamson  who  were  also  veterans  of  the  Civil  War.  Robert 
Williamson  died  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  and  Arthur  Williamson  died 
in  Alberta,  Canada. 

Mrs.  John  Williamson  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  born  near  Dublin.  She 
died  in  1907  at  the  age  of  :.ixty-nine  years,  and  both  she  and  her  husband 
are  buried  in  Foster  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Williamson  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Lottie,  the  wife  of  J.  V.  Newton;  Arthur  J.  of  Albany,  Mis- 
souri ;  Mary  A.,  the  wife  of  Henry  McMillan  of  Gentry  County,  Missouri ; 
Dr.  C.  N.  Williamson  of  Gentry  County ;  Reece,  who  died  in  infancy ;  Jean- 


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ette  Marie,  the  wife  of  Harry  M.  Davis  of  Casper,  Wyoming ;  James  Alex- 
ander, who  lives  on  part  of  the  home  place;  and  Hon.  John  R.,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  thirty-five  years,  and  who  was  a  representative  of  this 
county  in  the  State  Legislature  prior  to  his  death. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  V.  Newton  are  widely  known  throughout  the  town- 
ship, and  are  substantial  citizens  of  the  county. 


Robert  D.  Scott,  an  enterprising  and  progressive  member  of  the  Scott 
Mercantile  Company,  of  New  Hampton,  Missouri,  was  bom  September  20, 
1896,  the  son  of  J.  L.  and  Mary  P.  (Davis)  Scott.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  L. 
Scott  were  natives  of  Virginia,  but  settled  here  early  in  life,  where  they 
Uved  for  a  few  years,  and  then  moved  to  Ridgeway  and  farmed  for  awhile, 
but  later  returned  to  New  Hampton,  where  Mr.  Scott  entered  the  harness 
business;  he  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  shoe  repairing  business  for 
the  past  ten  years.    He  was  also  scale  master  for  a  number  of  years. 

Robert  D.  Scott  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  New  Hampton  and 
spent  one  year  at  Park  College  at  Parkville,  Missouri.  He  enlisted  in 
Company  G.  139th  infantry,  June  21,  1916  and  went  to  the  Mexican 
border  with  Company  G.  He  returned  March  5,  1917,  and  August  5,  1917 
he  was  called  again  into  service  and  went  to  Camp  Doniphan,  Oklahoma, 
where  he  remained  nine  months,  and  was  sent  overseas,  April  22,  1918. 
He  was  on  the  front  lines  for  four  months  with  his  division  in  the  battle 
of  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse  Argonne.  He  was  mustered  out  May  8,  1919 
with  a  term  of  service  of  almost  three  years  to  his  credit. 

The  Scott  Mercantile  Company,  of  which  Elmer  and  Robert  D.  Scott 
are  proprietors,  succeeded  Scott  and  Nickerson  in  June,  1921.  This  firm 
carries  a  full  line  of  groceries,  shoes,  dry  goods  and  ladies'  and  men's 
ready-to-wear  merchandise.  The  store  is  neatly  kept  and  goods  are 
nicely  displayed.  The  building  is  50x100  feet  with  basement  under  the 
entire  store,  and  the  basement  is  used  for  plumbing  and  storage.  The 
ladies'  and  gent's  ready-to-wear  department  is  on  the  balcony  of  the  first 
floor.  The  firm  has  a  large  business,  for  more  than  the  average  store  in 
cities  of  this  size,  owing,  no  doubt,  to  the  progressive  and  hustling  activities 
of  the  proprietors. 

Robert  D.  Scott  was  married  January  17,  1918  to  Agnes  G.  Roleke,  a 
daughter  of  Herman  and  Rachel  Roleke  of  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Scott  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Knights  of  Karra- 


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son  and  is  chancellor  commander  for  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge,  No.  285. 
He  is  a  chartey  member  of  the  American  Legion  and  is  at  present  Post 
Commander. 

Mr.  Scott  is  well  known  in  New  Hampton  and  surrounding  country 
and  has  many  friends. 


Harry  B.  Henton,  successful  manager  of  the  New  Hampton  Imple- 
ment and  Hardware  Company,  and  member  of  a  prominent  pioneer  family 
of  Gentry  County,  was  born  three  miles  north  of  Albany,  October  5,  1878, 
the  son  of  James  W.  and  Judie  A.  (Fallis)  Henton,  both  deceased.  James 
W.  Henton  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  came  to  Gentry  County,  Mis- 
souri, with  his  parents,  John  B.  and  Martha  A.  (Magee)  Henton.  They 
died  in  Gentry  County  and  are  buried  at  Henton  Cemetery  on  the  home 
place.  James  W.  Henton  died  March  11,  1893,  at  the  age  of  fifty  years, 
four  months  and  two  days,  and  his  wife  died  December  29,  1898,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-two  years,  seven  months  and  fifteen  days.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  Henton  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  E.  M.,  cashier 
of  a  bank  at  Denver,  Missouri;  Clara  M.,  of  Albany,  Missouri;  Belle,  the 
wife  of  Marshall  W.  Cunningham,  deceased,  of  Albany,  Missouri;  R.  T., 
who  lives  on  the  home  farm  near  Albany;  Anna  V.  and  Julia  C,  who 
died  in  childhood;  and  Harry  B.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  James  W. 
Henton  was  a  leading  educator  and  was  a  teacher  in  the  Gentry  County 
public  schools  for  many  years,  and  was  superintendent  of  the  schools  for 
several  years. 

Harry  B.  Henton  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Gentry 
County,  and  has  followed  the  mercantile  business  since  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age,  his  first  work  being  with  Mrs.  J.  B.  Twist  and  Company  of 
Albany  He  was  with  this  firm  for  a  year  and  then  went  to  New  Hamp- 
ton and  began  work  with  Magee  &  Stevenson  and  continued  with  them 
until  the  death  of  Mr.  Magee,  when  the  stock  was  sold  to  Higgins  and 
Rowland,  and  Mr.  Henton  then  worked  for  this  firm  for  a  number  of  years 
and  finally  purchased  Mr.  Higgins'  interest  in  1906  and  continued  with 
this  firm  until  1908  when  Mx\  Rowland  bought  out  Mr.  Henton.  He  then 
went  to  Stafford  County,  Kansas,  and  purchased  a  farm.  He  remained 
there  for  six  months,  at  which  time  he  sold  out  and  returned  to  Albany 
and  opened  a  dry  goods  store  in  partnership  with  his  sister,  Mrs.  Cun- 
ningham. They  sold  this  establishment  in  the  fall  of  1912,  and  then 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  at  Albany  until  March,  1916,  when 


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Mr.  Henton  came  to  New  Hampton  as  manager  of  his  present  business. 
This  firm  carries  a  line  of  implements,  buggies,  wagons,  pumps,  wind- 
mills, harness,  hardware,  tractors  and  engines  and  does  heating  and 
plumbing.  Mr.  Henton  is  an  excellent  manager,  and  the  company  does  a 
good  business,  owing  to  his  business  ability,  which  he  acquired  in  his 
various  experiences  in  the  mercantile  line. 

Mr.  Henton  was  married  in  1902  to  Nettie  Maupin,  of  Stafford,  Kan- 
sas a  native  of  Monroe  County,  Missouri.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henton  have 
reared  two  girls  from  childhood:  Joyce  and  June  Magee.  Joyce  is  a 
graduate  of  the  New  Hampton  High  School  of  class  of  1920  and  June 
graduated  in  1921. 

Mr.  Henton  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  He  is 
well  and  favorably  known  in  New  Hampton  and  throughout  the  county. 


Samuel  Bob  Stockwell,  a  well  known  and  progressive  farmer  of 
White  Oak  Township  and  member  of  a  leading  family  of  this  section,  was 
born  December  28,  1870  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  the  son  of 
Shelton  M.  and  Amanda  Ellis  Stockwell.  Mrs.  Shelton  Stockwell  was 
born  November  17,  1826,  a  daughter  of  Judge  Ellis,  a  farmer  and  Christian 
preacher  who  came  to  Harrison  County  from  Rush  County,  Indiana,  in 
1867  and  located  six  miles  north  of  Bethany,  where  he  and  his  wife  died. 
Mrs.  Shelton  Stockwell  died  March  20,  1918  and  is  buried  at  Mirian 
Cemeterj'.  Shelton  Stockwell  lived  in  Ray  County,  Missouri,  in  Civil 
War  times  and  was  a  member  of  the  Missouri  State  Militia.  After  the 
war,  he  settled  three  miles  west  of  Bethany,  purchasing  the  Joe  Riggs 
farm.  He  was  one  of  the  early  live  stock  feeders  and  bred  Poland  China 
hogs  and  Shorthorn  cattle.  In  politics,  he  was  a  Republican  and  favored 
good  schools,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Christian  Church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shelton  M.  Stockwell  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Alonzo,  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Belle,  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Kerlin, 
of  Albany,  Missouri;  Viola,  the  wife  of  Charles  McCoy,  of  White  Oak 
Township;  Alice,  the  vnfe  of  W.  M.  Claytor,  of  White  Oak  Township; 
Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  R.  A.  Cowan,  of  Bethany;  Jennie,  the  wife  of  J.  B. 
Rhodus,  of  Bethany,  and  Samuel  B.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

The  father  of  Shelton  M.  Stockwell  was  a  native  of  Bourbon  County, 
Kentucky,  and  he  had  all  the  Kentuckian's  love  for  fine  horses,  which  he 
bred  and  he  also  engaged  in  farming.     He  married  a  Miss  Goff,  of  a 


374  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

prominent  family  of  Bourbon  County,  and  they  moved  to  Rush  County, 
Indiana,  where  he  followed  farming  until  his  death.  He  was  also  a 
Chrstian  preacher.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Thomas,  died  in  Nebraska;  Mrs.  Eliza  Cowan  died  in  Indiana; 
Parson,  who  died  in  Missouri;  Elisha,  who  died  in  Ray  County,  Missouri; 
Shelton  M.,  the  father  of  Samuel  B. ;  Margaret,  who  married  Hugh  Cowan 
and  died  in  Indiana  and  Robert  M.,who  died  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri. 
Samuel  Bob  Stockwell  was  brought  into  close  connection  with  stock 
early  in  life,  and  began  buying  cattle  when  thirteen  years  of  age,  and  in 
the  meantime  attended  the  county  schools,  and,  in  his  words,  "he  went 
as  far  as  he  could.?  He  became  manager  of  the  home  farm  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years,  and  eight  years  later  was  put  in  entire  control  of  it. 
He  fed  his  first  load  of  cattle  in  1896  and  has  been  identified  with  feeding 
stock  ever  since.  His  ranch  comprises  land  in  sections  twelve  and  thirteen 
in  township  63,  range  29,  aggregating  320  acres.  In  Bethany  Township 
he  owns  land  in  sections  7  and  18,  same  township  and  range,  amounting 
to  200  acres.  He  has  an  excellent  ranch  whch  he  devotes  to  the  raising 
of  horses,  mules  and  cattle,  and  he  also  operates  a  ranch  near  Hatfield, 
Missouri. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Stockwell  is  a  Republican,  but  has  no  political  ambi- 
tion. He  possesses  a  pleasing  personality,  being  an  intelligent  and 
interesting  conversationalist.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodges  and  both  he  and 
his  wife  attend  the  Christian  Church. 

Mr.  Stockwell  was  married  April  17,  1910  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  by 
the  Rev.  M.  M.  Goode,  to  Miss  Sadie  J.  Sutton,  a  daughter  of  John  H. 
and  Ellen  Hubbard  Sutton  of  Rush  County,  Indiana.  Mr.  Sutton  was 
reared  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  and  lived  in  Harrison  County  since 
1888,  and  has  been  a  prominent  contractor  here  for  many  years.  He  has 
four  sons  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  work.  The  children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Sutton  are:  Leonard  H.,  Henry  G.,  Fred  K.,  Ralph  H..  Mrs.  Stock- 
well,  Nell  K. ;  the  last  named  was  formerly  county  superintendent  of  the 
public  schools  of  this  county;  John  H.,  Jr.,  and  Herbert  D. 

John  H.  Sutton  died  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  December  8,  1920,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-four  years,  and  is  buried  in  the  Pythian  Cemetery.  Herb- 
ert D.  served  in  Company  G.,  139th  Infantry,  35th  Division.  He  was 
sent  to  the  Mexican  border  and  was  returned  here  and  discharged  March, 
1917,  and  was  again  called  to  duty  during  the  World  War,  in  May,  1918, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  375 

and  was  sent  to  France.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Argonne,  St.  Mihiel, 
Meuse  and  was  returned  to  the  United  States,  June,  1919,  after  three  years 
of  service.     He  lives  in  Bethany,  Missouri. 

J.  Cowan,  a  nephew  of  Mr.  Stoclcwell,  was  also  in  the  World  War 
and  was  on  the  boat  ready  to  sail  overseas  when  the  armistice  was  signed. 

Robert  H.  Stockwell,  another  nephew,  enlisted  in  1916  and  was  sent 
to  the  Mexican  border.  He  was  discharged  and  returned  in  1917,  and 
during  the  World  War  he  was  overseas  with  the  35th  Division  and  was  in 
service  three  years.     He  now  resides  in  Bethany. 

Mr.  Samuel  Bob  Stockwell  is  a  hustling  and  enterprising  farmer  and 
is  known  as  one  of  the  most  successful  stockmen  of  this  section.  He  and 
his  family  are  well  known  throughout  the  county. 


Isaac  H.  Blessing,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  pioneer  citizen  of  Har- 
rison County,  was  born  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Roy  Blessing  in  White 
Oak  Township,  December  25,  1864,  the  son  of  William  C.  and  Mary  C. 
(Ellis)  Blessing.  William  G.  Blessing  was  a  Union  soldier  during  the 
Civil  War  and  died  about  1890  and  is  buried  at  White  Oak  Cemetery,  and 
his  wife  lives  with  a  son,  Roy  Blessing,  in  New  Hampton,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  C.  Blessing  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Joseph  E.,  of  White  Oak  Township;  Isaac  H.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  W.  G.,  of  Butler  Township;  Vodra,  of  White  Oak  Township; 
Mamie,  the  wife  of  Pen  Oxford,  of  Broken  Bow,  Nebraska;  Albert  Ft.,  of 
Broken  Bow,  Nebraska ;  Stella,  the  wife  of  Herbert  Wiley,  of  Broken  Bow, 
Nebraska;  Roy,  of  New  Hampton,  and  Calvin  of  White  Oak  Township. 

Isaac  H.  Blessing  was  educated  in  Burton  school  district  and  has 
lived  in  Harrison  County  all  of  his  life,  fifty-three  years  of  that  time  in 
White  Oak  Township.  He  bought  sixty  acres  of  his  present  place  in 
1893  and  since  that  time  has  added  ninety-five  acres,  making  a  total  of 
155  acres  in  the  farm,  which  is  located  three  miles  southeast  of  New 
Hampton  and  was  formerly  the  Wheeler  farm.  Mr.  Blessing  has  a  well 
improved  place  now,  he  having  remodeled  the  residence,  built  two  barns 
and  poultry  houses.     He  does  general  farming  and  stock  raising. 

Mr.  Blessing  was  man-ied  April  4,  1887  to  Martha  E.  Miller,  a 
daughter  of  George  and  Eliza  (Clevenger)  Miller,  the  latter  dying  about 
1911  and  who  is  buried  at  Mt.  Zion  Cemetery.  George  Miller,  who  is 
eighty-five  years  of  age,  makes  his  home  with  his  daughter. 


376  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  as  follows: 
Mrs.  Rose  Edgar,  of  New  Hampton ;  John,  of  New  Mexico ;  Mrs.  Blessing ; 
Mrs.  Ella  Toombs,  of  Kansas;  Grace,  deceased;  Mrs.  Katie  Clark,  Albany, 
Missouri ;  Bell,  deceased ;  William  on  the  home  place ;  Mrs.  Dosia  Toombs, 
of  Bethany;  Charles  and  Emily,  deceased. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Isaac  Blessing  have  been  born  four  children,  as  fol- 
lows: Edith,  the  wife  of  Gilbert  Rogers  of  David  City,  Nebraska;  Wil- 
liam Earl,  who  died  in  infancy;  Evert  Eber,  who  died  when  twelve  years 
of  age;  and  Heraian  on  the  home  place  with  his  parents. 

Mr.  Blessing  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
at  Bethany  and  is  justice  of  the  peace  and  member  of  the  township  board. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Bank  of  New  Hampton  and  is  now  a 
stockholder.  Mr.  Blessing  is  an  enterprising  citizen  and  representative 
of  the  successful  type  of  farme)'  and  stock  raiser  of  this  county,  and  he 
and  his  family  are  highly  esteemed  in  the  community. 


Charles  A.  Axline,  a  well  known  citizen  of  Bethany,  who  has  resided 
here  for  the  past  thirty-nine  years,  and  who  has  been  a  resident  of 
Missouri  for  more  than  fifty  years  was  born  in  Kentucky  September  6, 
1853,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary  C.  (Edmonds)  Axline  both  natives 
of  Virginia.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Axline  were  married  in  Kentucky  and 
settled  in  Jackson  County,  Missouri  in  1855,  near  Hickman  Mills.  While 
there,  Mr.  Axline  entered  the  United  States  Army  as  a  Union  soldier. 
He  was  killed  near  Hickman  Mills  in  1864,  by  bushwhackers.  He  was 
Captain  of  Company  B,  6th  Regiment  Missouri  Cavalry  M.  S.  M.,  and  was 
in  the  Battle  at  Independence,  Missouri.  He  is  buried  in  Independence, 
Missouri.  His  wife  died  about  1886,  in  Fairfield,  Iowa,  where  she  and 
her  family  moved  in  1865. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Axline  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Henry  M.,  who  died  in  infancy;  John,  who  served  in  the  Civil 
War;  George,  who  was  accidentally  killed  in  Jackson  County,  Missouri; 
William  D.,  who  was  drowned  in  Tiffin,  Ohio,  in  the  flood  of  1913 ; 
Charles  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Sanford  and  Thomas,  deceased. 

Charles  A.  Axline  was  educted  at  Fairfield,  Iowa,  where  he  learned 
the  marble  cutting  business,  which  he  has  followed  from  July,  1868,  to 
the  present  time.     He  is  an  expert  in  his  line  of  work. 

Mr.  Axline  was  married  in  Cainsville,  Missouri,  February  15,  1879, 


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to  Melinda  J.  Chance,  a  daughter  of  John  P.  Chance.  Mr.  Chance  was 
a  member  of  Company  F,  of  23rd  Missouri  Infantry,  during  the  Civil  War. 
He  was  mustured  out  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri  and  was  in  all  probability 
murdered  while  on  his  way  home.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Axline  have  been 
bom  three  children:  Myrtle  M.,  the  wife  of  George  W.  Marshall,  a 
fanner  in  Saskatchewan,  Canada;  Maud  C,  the  wife  of  Joseph  A.  Bene- 
dict, of  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  Arthur  A.,  bom  October  27,  1889,  at  Beth- 
any, Missouri. 

Arthur  A.  Axline,  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Bethany  and  was 
a  carriage  painter  a  few  years  prior  to  going  into  sei^vice  during  the 
World  War.  He  was  married  at  Camp  Doniphan,  Oklahoma  to  Leah 
A.  Crouch,  and  went  overseas  as  1st  lieutenant  of  Company  G,  of  the 
139th  Infantry,  85th  Division.  He  acted  as  Adjutant  of  the  second  Bat- 
talion while  overseas,  and  was  later  transferred  to  Company  E,  and  was 
in  command  of  this  company  when  killed  September  28,  1918,  in  the 
Argonne  Forest.  His  remains  were  shipped  to  Bethany,  Missouri,  the 
23rd  of  September,  1921,  and  he  was  buried  with  military  honors  in  the 
Pythian  Cemetery  at  Bethany,  Missouri.  The  Wilson-Axline  Post  of 
the  American  Legion  at  Bethany  is  named  for  Capt.  Carlisle  Wilson  and 
Lieut.  Arthur  A.  Axline.  Arthur  Axline  Avas  a  man  of  excellent  bearing 
and  reputation  and  stood  high  among  the  men  of  this  county. 

Charles  A.  Axline  was  for  eight  years  a  member  of  the  National 
guards  and  Captain  of  Company  D,  4th  Missouri  Infantry.  He  is  a 
progressive,   enterprising   and   substantial  citizen. 


Martin  V.  Toombs,  a  leading  farmer  of  White  Oak  Township  and 
proprietor  of  Pine  Grove  Farm  was  born  in  Trimble  County,  Kentucky, 
August  22,  1838,  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Bain)  Toombs ;  his 
father  was  bom  May  1,  1813  and  his  mother  was  born  April  10,  1819. 
They  came  to  White  Oak  Township  many  years  ago,  driving  through  and 
Mr.  Toombs  walking  most  of  the  way.  Both  are  dead  and  are  buried  in 
this  county.  Their  children  are:  Martin  V.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Mary  E.  Cummings,  deceased;  Emily  Jane  Rice,  deceased;  George  W.,  of 
White  Oak  Township;  Ann  Eliza;  and  William  L.,  deceased;  all  of  the 
above  were  bom  in  Trimble  County,  Kentucky,  and  three  other  children: 
Cornelia  Dotson ;  Thomas,  who  died  in  infancy ;  and  Thomas  II,  were  bom 
in  Harrison  County,  Missouri.     When  the  Toombs  family  located  here  the 


378  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

following  old  settlers  were  located  in  this  vicinity:  Jerry  Youngs,  Alfred 
Peet,  John  Virden  and  Hampton  Cox.  Thomas  Toombs  entered  land  here 
and  owned  at  one  time  four  hundred  acres. 

Martin  V.  Toombs  grew  to  manhood  on  his  father's  farm  and  during 
the  Civil  War  enlisted  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  with  Company  E,  43rd  Regi- 
ment Missouri  Volunteers  in  1863,  and  was  in  service  for  eight  months 
when  he  was  sent  home  and  in  August,  1864,  volunteered  again  and  served 
until  the  war  closed.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at  Glasgow,  Missouri,  and 
sent  to  St.  Louis  where  he  was  paroled. 

Mr.  Tombs  was  married  December  27,  1860,  to  Eliza  Jane  Foster,  u 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Malony)  Foster  of  White  Oak  Township; 
her  parents  came  here  October,  1850,  and  located  on  a  farm  which  em- 
braces the  Foster  cemetery.  Mrs.  Toombs  was  born  near  Greenville, 
Tennessee,  and  was  nine  years  old  when  they  came  here.  The  father 
was  a  farmer  and  spent  his  life  here.  The  father  and  mother  are  buried 
in  Foster  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Toombs  have  the  following  children:  Jefferson  B., 
who  was  born  October  29,  1861 ;  Mai  tin  V.,  who  was  born  December  13, 
1863  and  died  May  1,  1921 ;  Ann  E.,  the  wife  of  Eugene  Swartz,  of  New 
Hampton;  John  J.,  born  February  1,  1869  and  died  in  infancy;  Thomas 
and  Mary,  twins,  the  former  living  in  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  and  the  latter 
the  widow  of  James  Foltz;  Oscar  F.,  born  March  20,  1873  and  died  in 
infancy ;  Oscar  Lee,  born  November  14,  1875  and  died  at  the  age  of  thirteen 
years;  William  Franklin,  born  October  20,  1878  and  died  in  infancy; 
Winifred,  deceased,  born  October  11,  1882  and  Orpha  May,  bom  Julj^  15, 
1887  and  died  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years ;  Martin  V.  Toombs  was  mar- 
ried to  Bird  Fenimore,  of  White  Oak  ToAvnship  and  they  lived  with  his 
father  and  mother  on  the  home  place  until  his  death. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Toombs  have  lived  on  their  present  fann  of  170  acres 
since  the  spring  of  1866,  purchasing  the  place  before  the  war,  at  which 
time  it  was  raw  prairie.  The  farm  is  well  improved  and  gets  its  name 
from  the  many  pine  trees  which  were  set  out  by  Mr.  Toombs.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Toombs  are  fine  people  and  have  a  host  of  friends  throughout  the 
county.  Mrs.  Toombs  was  seventy-nine  years  of  age  April  26,  1921  and 
is  a  very  active  woman  for  her  age,  as  she  does  all  of  her  housework  and 
raises  many  chickens  each  year. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Toombs  have  seven  grandchildren:  Clarence  Foltz; 
Mrs.  Grace  Tucker,  wife  of  Charles  Tucker;  Arlene  Swartz,  and  Dorothy 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  379 

Swartz,  both  teachers  in  Ridgeway;  Ruby  Swartz,  who  is  a  graduate  of 
the  New  Hampton  High  School  of  1921  class ;  Thurston  Swartz  and  Orphie 
May  Toombs. 


James  A.  Yates,  a  leading  farmer  and  extensive  land  owner  of  White 
Oak  Township,  was  born  near  Gallatin,  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  August 
26,  1860,  the  son  of  Howard  L.  and  Mary  Margaret  (Bird)  Yates.  His 
mother  was  a  native  of  Daviess  County  and  was  reared  an  orphan.  She 
died  November  25,  1875  at  the  age  of  thirty-nine  years  and  is  buried  at 
Everly  Cemetery.  Howard  L.  Yates  was  born  in  Rappahannock  County, 
Virginia,  November  6,  1836  and  came  to  Missouri  when  eighteen  years 
of  age  by  boat,  leaving  the  boat  below  St.  Joseph  near  Weston  where  he 
worked  for  a  few  years  and  later  he  was  married  in  Holt  County,  Missouri. 
He  then  moved  to  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  and  cleared  and  improved 
200  acres  of  land.  He  lived  there  until  his  death  in  1915  and  is  buried 
at  the  Brown  Cemetery,  at  Gallatin,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yates  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Mrs. 
Nancy  Glasscock,  of  Gallatin,  Missouri ;  James  A.,  of  this  sketch ;  Mrs. 
Roma  E.  Hunter,  of  Gallatin;  John  E.,  deceased,  who  was  a  druggist  at 
New  Hampton,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Alpharetta  Chamberlain,  of  Gallatin;  Charles 
G.  on  the  home  place ;  and  Howard,  who  is  in  the  marble  business  at  Gallatin. 

James  A.  Yates  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  near  Gallatin  and 
at  the  age  of  twenty  began  railroading  and  continued  in  this  work  for 
eleven  years,  seven  years  of  which  time  he  was  conductor.  He  resigned 
from  railroading  at  Bentonville,  Arkansas,  and  came  to  Daviess  County, 
Missouri,  where  he  engaged  in  farming,  purchasing  100  acres  of  land 
which  he  later  sold  when  he  came  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  in  White 
Oak  Township  where  he  has  since  lived  on  his  present  farm  of  160  acres ; 
this  farm  was  the  old  home  place  of  J.  W.  Corell  who  moved  here  in  1876. 

Besides  this  land,  Mr.  Yates  owns  485  acres  in  White  Oak  and  Butler 
townships.  There  are  three  sets  of  improvements  on  his  farms,  and  the 
residence  on  the  home  place  is  a  fine  old  farm  house  with  beautiful  ever- 
green trees  in  the  yard,  and  the  name  of  the  place  is  "Evergreen"  which 
is  derived  from  the  trees  that  were  set  out  in  the  yard  about  thirty-eight 
years  ago,  Mr.  Corell  planting  them  on  account  of  his  boyhood  home  in 
Virginia  being  among  the  evergreens.  Mr.  Yates  is  an  extensive  feeder 
of  cattle  and  hogs  and  has  fattened  as  many  as  four  car  loads  each  year. 

Mr.  Yates  has  a  wide  acquaintance  and  at  one  time  was  a  candidate 


380  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

for  judge  of  the  southern  district  of  Harrison  County,  running  on  the 
Democratic  ticket,  but  was  defeated.  He  is  connected  with  the  Farmers 
Bank  of  New  Hampton. 

January  19,  1898,  Mr.  Yates  was  married  to  Ada  Virginia  Corell,  a 
daughter  of  J.  W.  and  Mary  (Sexton)  Corell.  Her  father  was  born  in 
Tazewell  County,  Virginia,  September  19,  1831  and  came  to  Missouri  in 
the  fall  of  1876  and  settled,  first  on  the  Polk  Davis  farm  in  White  Oak 
Township,  and  eighteen  months  later  on  the  place  where  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Yates  now  live.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Farmers  Bank  of 
New  Hampton  and  was  its  president  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  served 
three  years  in  the  Confederate  army  and  was  with  Pickett's  division  in 
General  Lee's  army  at  the  time  of  surrender.  Mrs.  Yates  has  the  re- 
volver he  used  and  a  desk  he  made  and  carried  while  in  service.  Besides 
being  a  farmer,  Mr.  Corell  was  a  cai-penter  and  was  an  excellent  mechanic. 
He  died  December  5,  1902  and  his  wife,  who  was  born  in  Smith  County, 
Virginia,  October  17,  1858,  died  March  13,  1913  and  both  are  buried  in 
Shady  Grove  Cemetery.  Their  children  were  Amanda  and  Robert  Lee,  the 
latter  dying  in  infancy.  Mrs.  Yates  was  born  in  Tazewell  County,  Vir- 
ginia, where  she  also  received  her  education. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yates  have  six  children:  Mary  Margaret,  the  wife  of 
Garland  Arthur,  of  White  Oak  Township;  James  Carl,  Iva  Jean,  Charles 
Bird  and  Georgia  Clingan,  all  at  home. 

Mr.  Yates  and  family  are  well  known  in  this  community,  and  are 
well  respected,  useful  and  substantial  citizens. 


Corp.  Lemuel  Alvin  Parks,  who  was  with  the  famous  35th  Division 
during  the  World  War  and  who  is  well  known  in  this  community,  was 
born  in  Butler  Township,  May  8,  1894,  the  son  of  Marvin  Elmer  and  Laura 
Bell  (Stratton)  Parks,  who  live  on  the  home  place  in  Butler  Township. 
His  mother  was  born  in  Butler  Township  and  his  father  is  a  native  of 
Gentry  County.  They  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Lemuel 
Alvin,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Benjamin  F.,  of  Albany,  Missouri;  Elmer 
Olin,  of  Butler  Township;  Ina  May,  Irvin  Roscoe  and  Freeman  Earl,  all  at 
home. 

Corp.  Lemuel  Alvin  Parks  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
attended  the  New  Hampton  High  School  and  after  finishing  his  education 
he  assisted  in  farming  at  home  until  he  enlisted,  May  20,  1917,  and  was 


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sent  to  Camp  Doniphan,  Oklahoma.  After  seven  months'  training  there, 
he  went  to  Camp  Mills,  New  York  and  was  sent  overseas  April  14,  1918, 
landing  at  Liverpool,  England,  and  going  from  there  to  Romsey,  Eng- 
land, where  he  remained  for  about  twenty  days,  and  then  sailed  from 
South  Hampton  for  La  Havre,  France.  He  spent  two  months  at  Monchey, 
France,  and  then  was  sent  to  the  Alsace  Lorraine  sector,  where  they  had 
the  first  engagement  and  he  was  in  the  trenches  about  sixty  days  at 
different  times.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at  Meuse  Argonne,  September  29, 
1918,  while  holding  a  brush  thicket  that  was  surrounded  by  Germans. 
Word  had  been  sent  to  them  to  retreat  but  the  messenger  was  killed. 
Corporal  Parks  was  released  December  8,  1918.  In  the  Meuse-Argonne, 
only  sixty-nine  men  out  of  240  in  Company  G  of  the  139th  Infantry  were 
checked  up. 

Mr.  Parks  returned  to  the  United  States  April  14,  1919,  one  year 
after  going  over  and  was  mustered  out  at  Camp  Funston,  May  8,  1919, 
after  service  of  nearly  two  years.  Since  returning  he  was  with  the  New 
Hampton  Hardware  Company  for  one  year,  but  since  July,  1920,  he  has 
been  a  mail  carrier  on  R.  F.  D.  No.  2  out  of  New  Hampton. 

Mr.  Parks  was  married  August  28,  1921  at  Pattensburg,  Missouri,  to 
Mabel  E.  Clark.  She  was  born  in  Washington  Township,  Harrison  County, 
Missouri,  and  is  the  daughter  of  Alfred  E.  and  Anna  Clark,  who  reside 
on  their  farm  on  the  western  outskirts  of  New  Hampton.  Mrs.  Parks 
received  her  education  in  the  district  schools  and  in  1919  she  graduated 
from  the  New  Hampton  schools.  Mrs.  Parks  then  taught  two  years  at 
Ricetown,  Missouri.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parks  are  now  residing  at  their  home 
in  White  Oak  Township  one-fourth  mile  south  of  New  Hampton. 

Mr.  Parks  is  a  fine  young  man,  who  served  his  country  well  and  who 
has  a  bright  and  promising  future.  He  is  energetic  and  progressive  and 
will  make  a  success  in  life. 


W.  Arthur  Denny,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Denny  and  Jones 
of  New  Hampton,  who  conduct  one  of  the  leading  stores  of  this  city,  is 
well  known  in  the  county,  having  been  in  business  here  for  the  past  four- 
teen years.  Mr.  Denny  is  a  graduate  of  Central  Christian  College,  having 
finished  in  1900,  and,  after  graduation,  he  taught  school  in  this  county, 
prior  to  spending  three  years  in  Chicago  in  the  general  offices  of  the 
Burlington  railroad.  Following  this  work,  he  returned  to  New  Hampton 
and  entered  the  hardware  and  furniture  business  with  a  $4,200.00  stock, 
the  firm  being  known  as  Magee  &  Denny  at  that  time,  but  later  was  sue- 


382  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

ceeded  by  Denny  and  Hesseltine,  and  which  is  now  known  as  Denny  and 
Jones. 

From  the  first  the  business  was  successful,  trade  grew,  and  now  the 
department  store  is  one  of  the  most  complete  and  large  stocks  in  north 
Missouri,  the  firm  having  gradually  added  different  departments  until  at 
the  present  time,  complete  lines  are  carried  in  twelve  departments,  con- 
sisting of  dry  goods,  shoes,  clothing,  ladies'  ready-to-wear,  groceries,  hard- 
ware, paints,  queensware,  gents'  furnishings,  rugs,  carpets,  etc.  The 
store  has  a  large  frontage  of  195  feet,  the  floor  space  comprising  19,800 
feet,  which  includes  basement,  main  floor  and  balcony.  All  of  the  depart- 
ments are  thoroughly  stocked,  neatly  kept  and  up-to-date. 

W.  Arthur  Denny  was  married  October  25,  1904,  to  Margaret  Samp- 
son of  Albany,  Missouri,  a  daughter  of  Lewis  Sampson  and  wife.  Mrs. 
Denny  was  bom,  reai-ed  and  educated  in  Albany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Denny 
have  one  child,  Charles  Lewis,  aged  eleven  years.  Mr.  Denny  takes  an 
active  part  in  the  aff'airs  of  New  Hampton  and  is  a  member  of  three 
lodges:  Knights  of  Pythias,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Masonic. 

Charles  W.  Jones  of  this  firm,  who  also  has  a  wide  acquaintance  in 
this  vicinity,  was  born  near  Martinsville,  Missouri,  but  moved  to  Okla- 
homa with  his  parents,  James  Jones  and  wife,  when  a  boy  and  was  reared 
and  educated  there.  After  finishing  college,  he  began  his  business  career 
as  a  clerk  in  a  hardware  store,  but  soon  returned  to  New  Hampton,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  with  his  brother.  Roe  Jones,  and 
C.  G.  Chipp,  continuing  with  this  firm  for  about  three  years,  when  the 
present  firm  of  Denny  and  Jones  was  organized. 

Mr.  Jones  married  Minnie  Jane  Pierce  of  Lawton,  Oklahoma,  and 
they  have  one  daughter,  Mary  Jane. 

Mr.  Jones  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  is  also  a  Mason  and  a  Shriner. 

By  good  management  and  fair  dealing,  Messrs.  Denny  and  Jones  have 
built  up  an  extensive  business,  and  have  a  host  of  friends  throughout  the 
county.  Their  ideas  are  progressive,  both  supporting  every  movement 
for  the  welfare  of  New  Hampton. 


Robert  E.  Maples,  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  New  Hampton,  at  New 
Hampton,  Missouri,  is  thoroughly  qualified  for  the  important  and  re- 
sponsible position  which  he  holds.  He  has  been  a  stockholder  of  this 
institution  since  its  organization  and  is  also  a  director  at  the  present 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  383 

time.  He  was  born  near  Bolton,  Missouri,  January  26,  1877,  the  son  of 
John  and  Anna  (Hovverton)  Maples;  his  father  was  a  native  of  Indiana 
and  his  mother  was  born  in  Knox  County,  Missouri,  and  they  were  mar- 
ried near  Bolton,  Missouri,  but  came  to  this  county  about  1857  and  settled 
in  Fox  Creek,  later  moving  to  Ridgev/ay,  about  1882,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming  until  his  death  in  August,  1918 ;  his  wife  died  two  days  later. 
They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Walter,  of  Ridgeway, 
Missouri,  and  Robert  E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Robert  E.  Maples  received  his  education  in  the  Hunt  school  and  fol- 
lowed farming  until  1919  in  White  Oak  Township,  when  he  sold  his  farm 
and  moved  to  New  Hampton.  He  has  filled  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace  of  this  township  and  in  1919  was  elected  assistant  cashier  of  the 
Bank  of  New  Hampton  and  on  August  1,  1921  he  became  cashier,  an  office 
which  he  very  capably  and  efficiently  fills. 

August  8,  1900,  Mr.  Maples  was  married  to  Orpha  C.  Young,  a 
daughter  of  F.  B.  Young,  deceased,  and  Casandra  (Magee)  Young;  her 
mother  lives  one  mile  south  of  New  Hampton  and  is  eighty-four  years 
of  age.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Jane,  who  lives  with  her  mother  on  the  home  place ;  Colfax,  of  Wall  Lake, 
Iowa ;  Harvey,  of  Oklahoma  City ;  Reverend  Chester,  a  minister  of  the 
M.  E.  church;  Susie,  the  wife  of  L.  D.  Dailey;  Garner,  of  New  Hampton; 
and  Asa,  of  Oklahoma  City. 

Mrs.  Robert  E.  Maples  died  October  28,  1915  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
three  at  her  home  in  White  Oak  Township  and  is  buried  at  Foster 
Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mnples  were  the  parents  of  two  children :  Garland  and 
Helen,  who  live  with  their  grandmother,  Mrs.  F.  B.  Young. 

Mr.  Maples  stands  high  in  this  community  and  has  many  friends. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Bethany, 
Missouri. 

The  Bank  of  New  Hampton  was  established  in  1909  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $10,000.00  and  with  J.  W.  Kavanaugh  acting  as  the  first  president 
and  John  H.  Ross  the  first  cashier.  The  building  in  which  the  bank  does 
business  was  constructed  in  1909  and  is  owned  by  the  bank.  The  capital 
stock  has  been  increased  to  $15,000.00;  the  surplus  is  $5,000.00,  and  the 
deposits  are  $85,000.00.  The  present  officers  are  N.  D.  Lindsey,  presi- 
dent; Roy  D.  Lindsey,  vice-president;  R.  E.  Maples,  cashier;  H.  G.  Bloom- 
field,  assistant  cashier,  and  W.  Johnson,  W.  J.  Cooper,  Frank  Swartz, 
Albert  Miles  and  J.  F.  Gibson,  directors. 


384  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Joseph  Wright,  a  well  known  retired  farmer  and  veteran  of  the  Civil 
War,  who  lives  in  New  Hampton,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Puloski  County, 
Virginia,  August  1,  1845,  the  son  of  Lorenzo  Dow  and  Margaret  (Brook- 
man)  Wright.  Lorenzo  Wright  died  in  Indiana,  August  1856,  and  his 
wife  died  one  and  one-half  miles  southwest  of  Eagleville,  in  1878.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Lorenzo  Wright  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
John  of  Washington  Center;  Sebastia  of  Cheyenne,  Wyoming;  Joseph,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Mi's.  Julia  Ann  Becklehammer,  Mrs.  Ferbie 
Zimmerman,  Mrs.  Sarah  Burnett,  Emmaline  A.  Robbins,  Melinda,  and 
Mary  Davis  all  deceased. 

Joseph  Wright  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Indiana  and  in 
McFall  district  school  in  this  county.  During  the  Civil  War  he  enlisted 
in  August,  1864,  in  Company  E  of  the  43rd  Missouri  Infantry  under 
Captain  Sutton,  and  was  in  the  Battle  at  Glasgow,  Missouri,  where  he 
was  taken  prisoner  with  six  hundred  others,  including  James  Neville, 
ex-shei'iff  of  this  county,  whose  sketch  also  appears  in  this  volume.  Mr. 
Wright  was  paroled  and  sent  to  Brownsville,  Missouri  and  then  sent  to 
St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where  he  reentered  service. 

Joseph  "Wright  was  married  in  1866,  to  Mary  McHenry  of  Eagle- 
ville, who  died  in  1878.  Thoy  v/ere  the  parents  of  two  children:  Melissa 
May,  the  widow  of  John  Sherrell  of  Washington  Township;  and  Sarah 
Josephine,  the  wife  of  Ulysses  Donaldson  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  Mr. 
Wright  married  a  second  time  in  1880  to  Mary  Smith,  a  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Hannah  (Jowett)  Smith,  who  came  to  Harrison  County  from 
Johnstown,  Pennsylvania  in  1867,  and  engaged  in  farming  here.  Joseph 
Smith  died  about  1887,  and  his  wife  died  in  January,  1881,  and  both 
are  buried  at  Wesley  Chapel.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Smith  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  Skirrow,  deceased;  Abraham  of  Wash- 
ington Township;  Samuel,  deceased;  all  three  of  whom  are  veterans  of  the 
Civil  War,  enlisting  from  Indiana  County,  Pennsylvania,  with  Company 
F,  of  the  21st  Pennsylvania  Cavalry ;  Mrs.  Wright,  of  this  sketch ;  George 
of  Washington  Township;  John  of  Washington  Township;  and  Sarah 
E.  Graham  of  Washington  Township. 

Mr.  Wright  has  twelve  grandchildren  and  five  gi-eat  grandchildren. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright  moved  to  New  Hampton  in  August,  1918,  after 
farming  in  Washington  Township  for  fifty-two  years.  They  are  well 
known  and  highly  respected  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


MR.  AND  MRS.  JOSEPH  WRIGHT 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  385 

Elijah  Albert  Carter,  an  interesting  pioneer  of  Gentry  County,  Mis- 
Houri,  who,  for  many  years  was  prominently  identified  with  the  develop- 
ment of  tills  county,  and  who  is  now  living  a  retired  life  at  New  Hampton, 
was  born  January  13,  1 846,  the  son  of  Vincent  and  Patience  (Glendenning) 
Carter. 

Vincent  Carter  was  born  January  4,  1814,  in  Tennessee,  and  his  wife 
was  bom  in  Indiana,  March  13,  1821.  and  they  were  married  February 
28,  1839,  coming  to  Gentry  County,  Missouri,  in  1841,  where  they  entered 
land,  owning  in  all  about  200  acres. 

Elijah  Carter,  the  father  of  Vincent  Carter,  came  with  his  son  to 
Gentry  County  in  1841  and  died  here  in  1858.  Two  brothers,  John  and 
Hiram  Cai'ter,  and  two  cousins,  Big  and  Little  John  Carter  and  Richard 
Glendenning  also  located  in  this  county  at  that  time,  and,  from  the 
fam.ilies  of  the  Carters  and  Glendennings  sprang  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Gentry  County,  their  homes  being  the  headquarters  for  the 
entertainment  of  the  ministers  of  that  church.  The  first  camp  meeting, 
in  about  1842,  was  held  on  the  Elijah  Carter  place,  where  the  Carter  Ceme- 
tery was  also  located.  There  were  about  200  people  who  attended  the 
meeting,  coming  from  Daviess,  DeKalb,  Nodaway,  Gentry  and  other 
counties,  and  they  generally  came  in  ox  wagons  and  were  well  supplied 
with  provisions  which  they  cooked  and  ate  on  the  ground.  The  ministers 
present  were  Isaac  Burns  and  Noah  Richardson,  both  devoted  servants 
of  the  early  church. 

Elijah  Carter,  grandfather  of  E.  A.  Carter,  was  married  in  Tennessee 
to  Susannah  Castle,  and  they  had  fifteen  children:  Elizabeth,  Vincent, 
Saleta,  Jane,  Nancy,  Joseph,  Katie,  John,  Sarah,  Hiram,  Susannah,  Nathan, 
Martha,  Lewis  and  Mary,  and  they  also  reared  two  adopted  children.  Mrs. 
Carter  died  in  1859. 

The  children  of  Vincent  and  Patience  Carter  were:  Elizabeth,  the 
widow  of  Wesley  Mack,  who  lives  on  the  home  place;  William  G.,  of  New 
Hampton;  Susannah,  wife  of  Jackson  Dye,  deceased;  Elijah  Albert,  of 
this  sketch ;  John  L.,  of  Gentry  County ;  Martha,  the  wife  of  William 
Clelland,  of  Harrison  County,  Missouri;  Hiram  Franklin  on  the  home 
place;  Jane,  the  wife  of  Fillmore  Needles,  who  died  October  11,  1881, 
leaving  two  children,  James  Clelland  and  Carrie  Belle. 

E.  A.  Carter  spent  his  boyhood  days  on  his  father's  farm  and  attended 
the  subscription  and  public  schools,  and  since  growing  to  manhood,  en- 
gaged in  farming  in  Gentry  County,  continuing  in  this  vocation  until  about 

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386  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

1906  when  he  settled  at  New  Hampton,  where  he  now  Hves  on  six  and  one- 
half  acres  which  he  owns  in  the  west  part  of  town,  on  which  he  has  a  nice 
residence,  barn,  walks,  trees,  garden,  etc.  Prior  to  locating  here,  he 
owned  253  acres,  on  which  he  had  made  his  home  since  1878.  He  still 
owns  eighty  acres  of  this  land. 

Mr.  Carter  was  married  December  16,  1867  to  Martha  Stewart,  who 
was  born  June  13,  1862,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Stewart.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Carter,  nine  children  have  been  born :  Laura,  the  wife  of  James 
Holden;  Mary,  who  died  when  five  years  of  age;  Jeanette,  the  wife  of 
James  Barger,  deceased;  Samuel,  of  Emporia,  Kansas;  Stella,  the  wife  of 
Harry  Watts ;  Maggie,  the  wife  of  Robert  C.  Holden ;  Vincent  on  the  home 
place;  Beatrice,  the  wife  of  Elmer  Scott,  and  one  son  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carter  are  now  living  a  pleasant  and  enjoyable  retired 
life,  surrounded  by  their  family  and  friends,  who  respect  and  honor  them. 
They  are  members  of  the  Methodist  church. 

Mr.  Carter  has  a  vivid  memory  of  the  early  happenings  in  Gentry 
County  and  relates  many  interesting  incidents  of  pioneer  days.  He  says 
that  his  father  used  to  haul  cured  bacon  to  St.  Joseph,  which  he  sold  for 
two  and  one-half  cents  per  pound,  slaughtering  from  forty  to  fifty  hogs 
at  one  time,  which  it  took  two  years  to  grow,  as  they  let  them  run  in  the 
woods  and  a  little  corn  was  fed  to  them  in  the  winter  only. 

Mr.  Carter  was  born  one  mile  east  and  one  mile  south  of  Lone  Star 
in  a  log  cabin  and  the  clapboards  of  this  cabin  were  held  on  with  weight 
poles,  as  no  nails  were  available.  Chinkin  were  held  in  place  between  the 
logs  with  mortar  made  of  mud  and  the  puncheon  floor  was  made  of  slabs 
split  and  hewn;  the  hearth  was  made  of  mud,  stone  and  sticks  with  a 
mud  chimney.  The  cabin  was  built  on  160  acres  of  land  which  his  father 
had  preempted  at  $1.25  per  acre.  Mr.  Carter  says  his  father  began  life 
on  this  place  with  one  horse,  one  yoke  of  steers,  one  cow,  a  wife  and  one 
baby,  one  wagon  and  one  dog,  but  that  nearly  every  other  man  in  the 
neighborhood  had  from  six  to  eight  hounds,  or  dogs. 

In  those  days  farming  implements  were  very  crude  and  the  breaking 
plows  which  were  made  by  the  blacksmiths  were  pulled  by  three  or  four 
yokes  of  steers. 

Mr.  Carter  says  that  the  only  schooling  he  received  was  in  a  log  cabin, 
made  similar  to  the  one  in  which  he  was  born,  and  that  one  log  was  left 
out  across  one  end  and  greased  paper  was  used  for  window  lights.  The 
teachers  in  those  days  did  not  believe  in  "sparing  the  rod  and  spoiling 
the  child." 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  387 

The  first  postoffice  and  gristmill  were  in  the  southern  part  of  Gentry- 
County  and  it  cost  twenty-five  cents  in  those  days  for  postage  for  letters, 
the  government  collecting  from  the  receiver. 

Grain  was  cut  with  a  hooked  sickle  and  pounded  out  with  sticks  called 
flails  and  the  chaff  was  blown  out  by  the  wind.  The  flour  was  ground 
at  the  mills,  but  had  to  be  bolted  by  hand  before  using  and  the  corn  was 
soaked  to  soften  it  and  then  grated  for  meal.  Biscuits  were  a  luxury, 
only  to  be  had  on  Sunday.     All  the  cooking  was  done  in  the  fire  place. 

Flax  and  hemp  were  raised  and  the  fiber  spun  into  cloth  and  the 
mother  would  card  the  wool  and  also  spin  it  into  yarn  and  weave  it  into 
cloth  and  then  make  the  clothing  for  the  entire  family;  she  often  worked 
until  eleven  or  twelve  o'clock  at  night.  The  father  made  the  shoes  for 
the  family  and  also  for  the  neighbors. 

On  Sunday,  the  family  walked  to  church  or  else  rode  in  an  ox  team 
wagon  and  all  of  the  children  went  barefoot  in  season  until  they  were 
about  twelve  years  of  age. 

When  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carter  started  in  life  they  rented  land  and  owned 
a  span  of  three  year  old  colts  and  a  second  hand  harness.  They  had  four 
sheep  and  one  dozen  hens  apiece.  The  second  year  after  their  marriage 
they  bought  forty-five  acres  of  land,  going  in  debt  for  it,  later  trading 
this  farm  for  120  acres  near  Locust  Grove  schoolhouse,  also  going  in  debt 
for  the  diff"erence  in  price.  By  hard  work  and  thrift,  they  finally  owned 
252  acres  of  land  on  which  they  lived  until  they  moved  to  New  Hampton. 


J.  E.  Goble,  the  efiicient  and  enterprising  manager  of  the  Matkins 
Mercantile  Company  of  Matkins,  Missouri,  is  a  native  of  Butler  Township, 
Harrison  County,  born  November  20,  1882,  the  son  of  J.  W.  and  Mary 
(Jeffries)  Goble,  the  former  having  died  in  1915  and  is  buried  in  Matkins 
Cemetery  and  the  latter  now  living  on  the  home  place  in  Butler  Township. 

J.  W.  Goble  was  a  native  of  Indiana,  bom  near  Shelbyville,  but  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Iowa,  finally  locating  in  Gentry  County,  Missouri, 
where  they  purchased  land.  Mrs.  Goble  was  born  and  reared  in  Gentry 
County.  She  and  her  husband  had  the  following  children:  Harvey,  who 
married  Florence  Thrasher  and  who  died  in  Oklahoma  at  the  age  of  forty 
years;  Roy  Bert,  who  married  Nellie  Heath  and  who,  together  with  two 
children  Herbert  and  Clifford,  all  died  with  the  flue  within  four  days  of 
one  another  in  October,  1918;  a  third  child.  Bertha  Ellen,  is  being  reared 


388  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

by  Mr,  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Goble;  J.  E.  Goble,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Belva 
Ann,  the  wife  of  Charles  Pettit,  of  Butler  Township ;  Walter  C,  who  died 
with  the  flu  in  South  Dakota,  October  17,  1918.  His  widow  and  three 
children,  Curtis,  Olin  and  Azalee,  live  in  Butler  Township;  and  Homer, 
of  Butler  Township,  who  married  Esta  Salmon  and  who  have  two  children, 
Vonetha  and  Vivera. 

J.  E.  Goble  spent  his  boyhood  days  in  Oklahoma  and  in  this  county, 
attending  school  in  both  places.  He  entered  the  mercantile  business  in 
Oklahoma  when  a  young  man  and  remained  there  for  one  year,  then  de- 
ciding to  accept  the  position  as  manager  for  the  Thomas  store  at  Matkins, 
holding  this  place  for  eight  years,  when  he  became  manager  for  Scott  and 
Morgan,  which  position  he  now  very  acceptably  fills.  This  is  a  genera) 
store,  carrying  dry  goods,  groceries,  hardware  and  shoes,  and  they  also 
purchase  country  produce  of  all  kinds.  Mr.  Goble  possesses  the  excellent 
qualifications  which  enable  him  to  be  a  first  class  manager  of  this  store 
and  the  success  of  the  business  is  largely  due  to  his  faithful  efforts  and 
initiative  ability. 

Mr.  Goble  was  married  February  7,  1909  to  Leona  Shaughnessy,  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Shaughnessy.  Her  father 
is  deceased  and  her  mother  is  now  living  in  California.  Mrs.  Goble  has 
a  twin  sister,  Leora,  the  wife  of  George  McDaniels,  and  also  has  four 
brothers:  Fred,  Morris,  Matt  and  Clifford  Shaughnessy;  and  two  sisters: 
Mrs.  Judea  Jackson,  deceased;  and  Mrs.  Carrie  Konomos,  or  Dubuque, 
Iowa. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goble  have  three  children:  Edna,  Alvin  and  Goldie. 
Mr.  Goble  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  Mr.  Goble  is  inter- 
ested in  all  affairs  pertaining  to  the  community  welfare. 

A  few  years  before  the  Civil  War,  a  Presbyterian  Church  with  Masonic 
hall  above,  was  built  at  Matkins,  but  this  building  was  burned  during  the 
war,  and  the  next  church  that  was  built  was  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  which  was  erected  in  1875,  and  which  was  also  destroyed 
by  fire  in  1895,  and  an  attempt  was  made  at  the  same  time  to  destroy  the 
Thomas  store.  The  church,  which  is  the  only  church  in  Matkins,  was 
rebuilt  in  1895. 


William  W.  Adams,  the  proprietor  of  Center  Valley  Farm,  is  one  of 
the  successful  farmers  and  stockmen  of  Butler  Township,  and  a  descend- 
ant of  a  leading  pioneer  family  of  Gentry  County.    He  was  born  May  11, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  389 

1863,  the  son  of  William  and  Delila  (Wood)  Adams,  both  natives  of  Illi- 
nois, where  they  were  married.  They  came  to  Missouri  about  1855  via 
ox  team  and  settled  in  the  northeast  part  of  Gentry  County,  where  Mr. 
Adams  entered  forty  acres  of  land,  which  he  eventually  sold  and  pur- 
chased 100  acres.  He  served  in  the  State  Militia  during  the  Civil  War 
and  died  about  1893,  and  his  wife  died  in  1908 ;  both  are  buried  in  Lone 
Star  Cemetery.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Mra. 
Mary  Hunter  or  Dallas  Township;  Mrs.  Matilda  Spillman  of  Worth  County; 
John,  who  died  in  1917;  Willis,  who  lives  near  the  home  place  in  Gentry 
County ;  William  W.,  of  this  sketch ;  Mrs.  Lizzie  Groom  of  Gentry  County ; 
and  Mrs.  Lorella  Shofner,  of  Union  Star,  Missouri;  and  Charles  F.  ana 
Delia,  both  on  the  home  place  in  Gentry  County. 

William  W.  Adams  attended  the  Gentry  County  schools  during  his 
boyhood  days,  and  grew  to  manhood  on  his  father's  farm,  leaving  at  the 
age  of  twenty-four  years,  when  he  rented  land  in  Gentry,  Worth  and 
Harrison  counties,  and,  after  five  years,  he  bought  a  small  farm  of  fifty 
acres  southwest  of  Bethany,  which  he  sold  five  years  later  and  bought 
174  acres,  now  a  part  of  the  home  place  of  254  acres,  which  is  located 
one-half  mile  from  Matkins  and  six  miles  south  of  New  Hampton.  This 
place  has  been  improved  by  Mr.  Adams,  he  having  a  good  residence.  He 
built  three  barns,  cement  silo,  14x32  feet,  and,  at  the  present  time,  the 
farm  is  one  of  the  best  improved  in  the  community.  The  water,  which 
is  excellent,  is  piped  to  the  feed  lots  and  pumped  by  a  windmill.  Mr. 
Adams  does  geneial  farming  and  raises  Shropshire  sheep,  cattle  and 
hogs.  He  began  life  with  the  proper  energetic  spirit  and  his  good  farm 
and  home,  and  the  respect  with  which  he  is  held  is  the  result  of  his  own 
efforts  applied  in  the  right  manner. 

Mr.  Adams  was  married  August  14,  1887,  to  Mary  A.  Dotson,  a 
daughter  of  Noah  and  Serelda  (Smith)  Dotson,  both  of  whom  are  de- 
ceased. Her  father  was  a  native  of  Iowa  and  died  in  Butler  Township, 
Harrison  County,  and  her  mother,  who  was  born  in  Harrison  County, 
died  near  Bethany,  where  she  is  buried. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dotson  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Mrs. 
Adams ;  Lafayette,  of  Tulsa,  Oklahoma ;  Alice,  of  Gentry  County ;  Sarah 
Susan  Roush,  of  Enid,  Oklahoma;  Charlie,  of  Arizona;  J.  E.,  of  southern 
Missouri ;  Willie,  of  Denver,  Colorado ;  and  Ona,  deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adams  have  seven  children,  as  follows:  Francis  Lee, 
who  married  Mabel  Lewis,  of  Colorado ;  William  Seth,  who  died  at  the  age 


390  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

of  twenty-two  years ;  Laura  A.,  the  wife  of  Ross  Arthur,  of  Buffalo,  Kan- 
sas ;  Nora  D.,  the  wife  of  Preston  Watson,  of  Butler  Township ;  Cora,  the 
wife  of  Walter  Parks,  of  Butler  Township;  Stella,  at  home;  and  Cecil 
Clifton,  also  at  home  and  who  has  just  finished  two  years  in  the  high 
school  at  New  Hampton. 

The  grandchildren  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adams  are:  Thelma,  Pauline  and 
Wilbur  Adams;  Clevtis,  Keith  and  Evanelle  Watson;  Kenneth  Parks  and 
B.  E.  Arthurs. 

Mr.  Adams  has  also  found  time,  aside  from  his  personal  duties,  to 
assist  in  the  affairs  of  the  township,  having  been  justice  of  the  peace 
for  four  years,  a  member  of  the  township  board  and  clerk  of  the  school 
board.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  New  Hope  Baptist  Church  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 

The  Adams  family  is  one  of  the  representative  families  of  this  county 
and  highly  esteemed  by  all. 


Marvin  L.  Thomas,  a  leading  citizen  of  Butler  Township,  and  who, 
until  September,  1919,  had  been  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business,  is 
a  native  of  this  township  and  descended  from  one  of  the  pioneer  families 
of  this  section,  whose  members  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  development 
and  opening  up  of  this  locality.  He  is  the  only  child  born  to  D.  S.  and 
Sallie  E.  Thomas,  the  former  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  born  October  16, 
1841,  but  his  father,  D.  M.  Thomas,  moved  two  years  later  to  Butler 
Township  and  entered  land  three  miles  south  of  Matkins.  He  died  May, 
1862,  and  is  buried  near  the  Big  Spring,  southwest  of  Matkins. 

D.  S.  Thomas  was  married  in  Maryland,  September  25,  1866,  to  Sallie 
E.  Elliott,  daughter  of  Vachel  A.  and  Elizabeth  A.  Elliott,  of  Anne  Arun- 
del County,  Maryland.  During  the  Civil  War,  he  enlisted  in  the  Con- 
federate Army  September  1,  1861,  having  the  distinction  of  bemg  the 
first  one  to  volunteer  from  Butler  Township.  Two  others  enlisted,  but 
neither  of  them  ever  returned.  Mr.  Thomas  enlisted  with  Company  G, 
First  Missouri  Cavalry,  under  Colonel  Elijah  Gates,  and  was  in  the  battles 
of  Blue  Mill  Landing,  Siege  of  Lexington,  Pea  Ridge,  Edwards  Station 
and  Champion  Hills.  He  was  captured  May  17,  1863,  at  Big  Black,  Missis- 
sippi, and  was  in  prison  at  Fort  Delaware  until  August,  1863,  when  he 
was  transferred  to  Point  Lookout,  Maryland,  and  was  paroled  in  the 
spring  of  1864,  where  he  remained  until  August,  1870.  He  then  came 
to  Butler  Township  and  lived  on  a  farm  formerly  owned  by  his  father 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  391 

until  March,  1878.  His  wife  died  September  1,  1911,  and  is  buried  at 
Matkins  Cemetery.  D.  S.  Thomas  was  a  strong  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  uniting  in  1859.  He  was  superintendent  of  a 
Sunday  school  in  Maryland  for  four  years  and  served  in  this  capacity  in 
Missouri  from  1871  to  1903,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of  poor  health, 
but  performed  this  office  again  from  1906  to  1912. 

Marvin  L.  Thomas  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  and  is  a  member  of  the  official  board  of  the  Methodist  Church  at 
Matkins,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Thomas  is  a  Democrat  and  has  been  active  in  political  affairs, 
thereby  gaining  many  warm  friends  throughout  the  county.  With  the 
exception  of  two  years,  he  has  been  county  committeeman  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party  since  1898.  He  was  alternate  to  the  Democratic  National 
Convention  at  Baltimore  when  Woodrow  Wilson  was  nominated  and  also 
attended  the  national  conventions  at  St.  Louis  in  1916  and  at  San  Fran- 
cisco in  1920,  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  State  Judicial  Convention  at  St. 
Joseph  in  1904,  and  at  Excelsior  Springs  in  1906.  Mr.  Thomas  received 
his  education  in  the  district  schools  and  also  attended  Northwest  Missouri 
College,  now  known  as  Palmer  College,  at  Albany,  Missouri.  The  ma- 
tf^rnal  great-grandfather  of  M.  L.  Thomas  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier  and 
was  at  Yorktown  when  Cornwallis  surrendered,  and  was  also  a  veteran  of 
the  War  of  1812.  His  maternal  grandmother,  Elizabeth  A.  Lee,  was 
related  to  General  Robert  E.  Lee,  the  famous  Confederate  general. 

Mr.  Thomas  is  a  man  of  excellent  literary  attainments,  a  keen  ob- 
server and  reader  of  events,  and  is  well  posted  in  the  history  of  his  town- 
ship, recalling  vividly  the  older  settlers.  The  first  store  in  the  town  of 
Matkins  was  started  in  1878  by  Joseph  Tague,  and  in  1879  D.  S.  Thomas 
formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Tague  under  the  name  of  Tague  and 
Thomas,  which  partnership  continued  for  one  year,  when  Mr.  Thomas 
and  S.  D.  Whitely  organized  a  store  here,  erecting  a  new  building.  They 
were  in  business  together  until  1886,  when  Mr.  Thomas  bought  Mr. 
Whitely's  interest  and  continued  in  business  by  himself  until  1893,  when 
M.  L.  Thomas  became  partner.  D.  S.  Thomas  died  March  5,  1917,  and  the 
business  was  continued  by  his  son,  Marvin  L.  Thomas,  until  September  15, 
1919,  when  he  sold  the  stock  and  rented  the  store  building  and  fixtures. 

The  first  doctor  to  locate  in  Matkins  was  Doctor  Mohler,  who  lived 
here  only  a  short  time,  and  in  1886  Dr.  J.  W.  Cavanaugh  began  practicing 
in  this  vicinity  and  continued  until  1892,  when  Dr.  E.  D.  Rathburn  came 


392  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

here  and  lived  until  1896.  Other  doctors  who  practiced  here  were  Dr. 
H.  P.  Yeater,  from  1893  to  1895 ;  Dr.  G.  T.  Walker,  from  1896  to  1898 ; 
Doctor  Forbes,  Doctor  Funk  and  Doctor  Wilson,  the  last  named  leaving 
in  May,  1912,  and  since  that  time  there  has  been  no  doctor  here. 

A.  B.  Akes  was  the  first  blacksmith,  locating  here  in  1880,  but  left 
three  years  later.    The  present  blacksmith  is  William  Duncan. 

D.  S.  Thomas  was  the  first  and  only  postmaster  at  Matkins,  this 
office  having  been  discontinued  on  June  29,  1907.  D.  S.  Thomas  was 
justice  of  the  peace  and  member  of  the  Township  Board  from  1881  to 
1891.    He  served  as  school  director  and  district  clerk  from  1882  to  1891. 


John  T.  Green,  successful  farmer  and  stockman  and  proprietor  of 
Green's  Hereford  Farm,  in  White  Oak  Township,  was  born  on  the  farm 
adjoining  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  August  4,  1871,  the  son  of 
Marcus  L.  and  Frances   (Johnson)   Green. 

Marcus  Green  was  born  in  Clay  County,  Missouri,  June  15,  1838, 
and  died  on  his  home  place  in  White  Oak  Township,  April  11,  1913,  and 
is  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  Cemetery.  His  wife  was  born  in  this  county  and 
died  in  1872  and  is  buried  in  White  Oak  Cemetery.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  the  following  children:  Martha  E.  Thomas  of  Omaha,  Nebraska; 
Nancy,  who  lives  on  the  home  place  and  John  T.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  Marcus  L.  Green  was  married  a  second  time  to  Nancy  E.  Dot- 
son,  who  lives  on  the  home  place.  To  the  second  marriage,  were  born 
three  children:  Mary  Arthur  of  White  Oak  Township;  Charlie  and 
Joseph  Green  of  White  Oak  Township. 

Marcus  Green  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  of  Company  B,  23rd 
Missouri  Cavalry,  and  was  wounded  at  the  time  of  Price's  raid,  having 
been  shot  through  the  left  breast  and  left  for  dead.  He  recovered  and 
lived  to  be  seventy-five  years  of  age. 

John  T.  Green  was  educted  in  the  county  schools  and  attended  the 
Stanberry  Normal  School  for  two  terms,  and,  after  finishing  his  educa- 
tion, he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  which  he  has  followed 
ever  since.  He  bought  eight-nine  acres  of  his  present  farm  in  1899,  for 
$22.50  per  acre  and  two  years  later  bought  sixty  acres  for  $20.00  per 
acre,  and  in  1917,  purchased  sixty  additional  acres  for  $100.00  per  acre, 
and  in  1921  he  acquired  160  acres  more,  making  a  total  of  369  acres  in 
his  present  farm,  which  is  situated  on  the  Jefferson  Highway,  three 
miles  east  of  New  Hampton. 


JOHN"  T.  GREEN 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  393 

Mr.  Green  has  remodeled  his  recidence,  built  a  silo  and  barn  and 
made  other  improvements.  He  also  has  two  tenant  houses  on  the  place, 
and  the  farm  is  well  watered.  Mr.  Green  has  been  raising  Hereford 
cattle  for  about  nineteen  years,  and  has  one  of  the  best  males  in  this 
part  of  the  country.  He  also  raises  0.  I.  C.  hogs,  draft  horses  and  mules, 
and  is  considered  as  one  of  the  most  practical  and  successful  farmers 
in  this  county. 

Mr.  Green  also  takes  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  county  and 
has  served  as  collector  and  constable  three  different  times;  the  first  time 
he  served  as  collector,  he  was  only  twenty-one  years  old,  and  served  four 
years,  and  was  elected  the  second  time,  but  afterward  refused  to  run 
again. 

Mr.  Green  was  married  the  first  time  in  1895  to  Delia  May  Dotson. 
She  died  in  1898,  leaving  a  daughter,  Delia  May,  who  is  at  home  with  her 
father.  He  married  the  second  time  to  Rebecca  Brooks,  June  13,  1901, 
and  she  died  May  5,  1921.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Green  reared  an  orphan  boy, 
Paul  Kinder,  who  lives  with  Mr.  Green  on  the  home  place. 

Mr.  Green  is  an  enterprising  farmer  and  a  leader  in  the  affairs  of 
the  community. 


Stacy  G.  Youngman,  one  of  the  successful  farmers  and  stock  raisers 
of  Butler  Township,  who  has  made  his  home  on  his  present  farm  ever 
since  he  was  seven  years  of  age,  with  the  exception  of  two  years  spent 
in  Colorado,  was  born  in  Worth  County,  Missouri,  October  26,  1869,  tne 
son  of  Jacob  and  Rachel  (Cart)  Youngman.  His  father  was  a  native  of 
Kentucky,  but  moved  to  Iowa  early  in  life,  where  he  lived  until  1865,  v/hen 
he  came  to  Worth  County,  Missouri,  and  followed  farming  there,  owning 
a  farm  of  100  acres  near  Denver,  Missouri.  He  came  to  Butler  Township 
in  1876,  purchasing  260  acres  of  land,  160  acres  of  which  he  owned  at  the 
lime  of  his  death,  in  1903,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  His  wife 
was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  they  were  married  in  Iowa.  She  died  at  the 
age  of  sixty-nine  years,  in  1912,  and  both  she  and  her  husband  are  buried 
at  Matkins,  Missouri.  Jacob  Youngman  was  quite  a  Whig  politician,  but 
affiliated  wth  the  Republican  party  at  its  organization.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Youngman  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Nellie,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty  years;  Harry  L.,  who  died 
when  twenty-seven  years  old;  Stacy  G.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  C.  F., 


394  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

a  farmer  in  Butler  Township;  Jacob  0.,  a  farmer  of  White  Oak  Township: 
Edward  E.,  a  railroad  inan  of  Enid,  Oklahoma;  Irvin  U.,  who  died  when 
twenty-two  years  of  age;  William  A.,  a  farmer  in  Gentry  County;  Katie 
Pearl,  the  wife  of  William  E.  Gray,  of  Butler  Township.  They  are  the 
parents  of  one  daughter,  Lois  Margery.  William  Gray  served  in  the  late 
World  War,  enlisting  at  Bethany,  Missouri.  He  was  sent  to  Camp  Dodge, 
May  24,  1918,  thence  to  New  York  and  went  overseas  August  16,  1918, 
with  the  Eighty-eighth  Division.  He  arrived  in  England  August  27,  1918, 
and  went  immediately. to  France,  and,  in  September,  was  sent  to  the  front 
with  Company  C  of  the  351st  Infantry.  He  was  near  Metz  at  the  time 
the  armistice  was  signed.  While  in  France  he  was  in  a  hospital  at  Gcnde- 
court  with  influenza  and  was  returned  with  a  casualty  list  May  25,  1919 
and  was  mustered  out  at  Camp  Taylor,  Kentucky,  June  13,  1919. 

By  a  former  marriage  of  Jacob  Youngman,  he  had  the  following 
children:  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ainslie,  of  Oklahoma;  Mrs.  Alice  Mock,  of  Cali- 
fornia; Lewis  Youngman,  of  Kansas  City,  Kansas;  Mrs.  Mary  Tull,  of 
Butler  Township,  and  Miss  Carrie  Youngman,  the  address  of  whom  is 
unknown. 

Stacy  G.  Youngman  was  educated  in  Butler  Township,  and  has  fol- 
lowed farming  and  stock  raising  all  of  his  life.  He  lives  on  the  home 
farm  of  160  acres  which  he  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Gray  own.  This  place 
is  one  mile  west  of  Matkins  and  is  a  well  improved  farm.  Most  of  the 
farm  is  in  pasture. 

Mr.  Youngman  takes  a  keen  interest  in  the  various  movements  which 
tend  to  upbuild  and  better  the  community  and  has  filled  the  office  of  clerk 
and  assessor,  holding  these  positions  for  eleven  years  and  was  trustee  for 
two  years.  He  performed  the  duties  of  office  very  faithfully  and  has 
many  friends  who  hold  him  in  high  esteem. 


Charles  A.  Miller,  the  capable  and  well  known  prosecuting  attorney 
of  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  was  born  December  26,  1889,  the  son  of 
Judson  D.  and  Myrtle  D.  Miller,  a  further  sketch  of  whom  appears  else- 
where in  this  volume. 

Charles  Miller  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
county  and  was  graduated  from  the  Maryville  State  Teachers  College  in 
1911.  He  then  entered  the  Kansas  City  School  of  Law  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1913  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.     While  attending 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  395 

school,  Mr.  Miller  taught  school  for  six  years,  teaching  three  years  in 
Harrison  County,  Missouri.  He  was  principal  of  the  schools  at  Missouri 
City  for  two  years  and  superintendent  of  the  schools  at  North  Kansas 
City,  Missouri  for  three  years.  In  1913,  he  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  North  Kansas  City,  but  located  in  Bethany  in  1919,  and 
made  the  race  for  county  attorney  in  1920.  He  was  elected  and  is  now 
serving  his  first  term. 

Mr.  Miller  is  an  able  conscientious  young  attorney  and  is  meeting 
with  well  merited  success. 

April  21,  1911,  Mr.  Miller  was  married  to  Virdie  A.  Webb,  a  daughter 
of  James  B.  Webb  and  wife  of  Clay  County,  Missouri.  She  was  educated 
at  Maryville  State  Teachers  College.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  have  a  son, 
Leroy,  and  daughter,  Laverne. 

Mr.  Miller  is  affiliated  with  the  following  lodges:  Masonic,  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


C.  A.  Rowland,  proprietor  of  the  Rowland  Mercantile  Company,  of 
Bethany,  and  well  known  in  this  section  as  a  prosperous  business  man, 
was  born  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  November  28,  1879,  the  son  of 
S.  C.  and  Helen  (Smith)  Rowland ;  the  former  now  is  living  in  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri,  and  is  connected  with  the  Rock  Island  Railway  Company,  and 
the  latter  died  in  Daviess  County  August  11,  1883  at  the  age  of  thirty 
years,  and  is  buried  in  Black  Cemetery.  C.  A.  Rowland  is  the  only  one 
living  of  three  children  born  to  his  parents,  the  other  two  being  Nellie, 
who  was  born  in  1876  and  died  in  1881,  and  Bamett,  who  was  bom  in 
1875  and  died  in  1880.  By  a  later  marriage  of  S.  C.  Rowland  to  Eliza- 
beth McSparren,  two  children  were  born:  Frank,  who  is  manager  of  the 
hat  department  of  McGee  Brothers,  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  and  Elizabeth, 
who  attends  school  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

The  grandfather  of  C.  A.  Rowland,  who  was  born  January  8,  1797 
and  died  January  12,  1877,  was  prominently  identified  in  the  early  history 
of  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  he  having  been  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
of  this  county,  and  lived  near  Old  Victoria.  He  took  an  active  part  in 
political  issues  of  pioneer  days  and  was  a  Democrat.  His  wife,  Nancy 
Rowland,  was  born  in  1813  and  died  May  12,  1877.  Anderson  Smith, 
the  maternal  grandfather  of  C.  A.  Rowland  was  born  January  19,  1813 
and  died  April  19,  1876  in  Daviess  County  and  his  wife,  Mahalla  Smith, 


396  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

was  born  December  11,  1817  and  died  November  16,  1888.  All  of  the 
above  are  buried  in  Black  Cemetery  near  Winston  in  Daviess  County, 
Missouri. 

C.  A.  Rowland  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Gallatin, 
Missouri,  and,  after  finishing  his  education,  he  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  in  this  town,  and  afterward  was  with  a  general  store  at  the  same 
place  in  which  work  he  continued  until  he  began  operating  a  general  store 
at  New  Hampton  with  M.  A.  Higgins.  He  was  also  associated  with  H.  B. 
Henton  in  the  mercantile  business  at  New  Hampton  for  a  few  years.  Dur- 
ing his  seventeen  years  in  New  Hampton,  Mr.  Rowland  was  very  success- 
ful, but,  in  July,  1920,  he  saw  broader  fields  in  Bethany  where  he  decided 
to  locate  and  consequently  bought  out  the  D.  T.  Deal  stock,  and  since 
he  has  established  his  business  in  this  city  he  has  continued  to  meet  with 
success  and  his  store  is  the  center  of  trade  for  groceries,  ladies'  ready- 
to-wear,  dry  goods  and  gent's  ready-to-wear,  and,  in  each  line,  a  complete 
stock  is  carried.  The  store,  which  presents  a  very  attractive  appearance, 
has  a  frontage  of  sixty  feet  on  Main  street  and  100  feet  depth,  one  of 
the  best  location  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Rowland  married  Stella  Virden,  a  daughter  of  J.  H.  Virden,  of 
New  Hampton,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume.  Mrs.  Rowland 
was  born  in  White  Oak  Township,  received  her  preliminary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  county  and  later  attended  Liberty  Ladies  Col- 
lege at  Liberty,  Missouri. 

Although  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rowland  have  been  in  Bethany  only  a  short 
time,  they  have  won  the  esteem  of  the  residents  of  the  city,  as  well  as 
those  of  surrounding  territory  and  stand  high  in  the  community. 


S.  L.  Maize,  a  well  known  and  successful  farmer  of  Bethany  Town- 
ship, and  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  this  county,  was  born  in  Cypress 
Township,  three  miles  from  where  he  now  lives,  on  the  J.  R.  Maize  farm. 
J.  R.  Maize,  who  died  on  October  9,  1921,  at  the  age  of  ninety-nine  years, 
two  months  and  four  days,  entered  this  farm  in  1840.  He  came  to  Mis- 
souri from  Illinois  when  he  was  seventeen  years  old  and  was  accompanied 
by  his  cousin,  Asaph  Butler  and  wife. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  Maize  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Mrs.  Catherine  Van  Meter,  deceased;  George,  of  Coffey,  Missouri;  Robert 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  397 

J.,  who  died  in  St.  Johns,  Kansas;  S.  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  W.  R., 
who  died  on  the  home  place;  Martha  Ann,  widow  of  S.  P.  Daniel  of  Har- 
rison County,  Missouri;  H.  T.,  of  Cypress  Township;  and  Jesse,  who  died 
in  infancy. 

S.  L.  Maize  was  educated  in  the  pubUc  schools  of  Cypress  Township 
and  remained  at  home  until  twenty-four  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to 
Butler  Township,  where  he  lived  for  eight  years.  He  then  sold  his  farm 
there  and  moved  to  his  present  home  about  1890,  buying  at  that  time 
110  acres,  but  later  adding  forty  additional  acres,  making  a  total  of  150 
acres  in  the  home  place.  Mr.  Maize  has  made  all  of  the  improvements 
on  the  farm,  consisting  of  good  residence,  two  barns,  fences,  etc.  About 
thirty-five  acres  is  bottom  land,  and  125  acres  is  under  cultivation.  Mr. 
Maize  does  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  very  successful. 

November  16,  1882,  Mr.  Maize  was  married  to  Effie  J.  Slaughter,  a 
daughter  of  M.  B.  and  Martha  Ann  (Hawk)  Slaughter,  who  live  in  Bethany 
Township  and  pioneer  settlers  of  this  county,  locating  here  prior  to  the 
Civil  War. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maize  are  the  parents  of  six  children:  Milton,  of 
Bethany  Township,  who  married  Josie  Atterbury;  Fi'ank,  who  lives  with 
his  grandfather  Slaughter,  married  Essie  Clark;  Martha  Oval,  the  wife 
of  C.  B.  Baker,  of  Center,  Colorado;  S.  Irlin,  who  married  Hazel  Clark  of 
Bethany  Township ;  Lois,  who  lives  at  home  and  is  in  her  second  year 
at  Bethany  High  School. 

Mr.  Maize  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  his  town- 
ship and  has  many  friends.  He  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  township 
board  of  Bethany  Township.  He  has  been  on  the  school  board  at  different 
times  for  eleven  years  and  has  also  served  as  justice  of  the  peace.  Mr. 
Maize  and  family  are  highly  respected  citizens. 


John  R.  Maize,  now  deceased,  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Cypress 
Township,  and  rightfully  called  "The  Pioneer"  of  Harrison  County,  was 
born  in  Jackson  County,  Alabama,  August  5,  1822,  the  son  of  David  and 
Catherine  (Acree)  Maize  and  died  in  Cypress  Township  October  9,  1921, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-nine  years,  two  months  and  four  days. 

John  Maize  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  the  spring  of 
1839  with  Asaph  M.  Butler  and  entered  the  land  where  he  died  in  1849, 


398  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

and  made  this  his  home  to  the  time  of  his  death.  Mr.  Maize  had  an  ex- 
cellent memory  and  could  relate  many  interesting  incidents  relative  to 
pioneer  days  up  to  within  a  short  time  before  his  death.  The  following 
people  lived  here  when  he  first  came:  John  Field,  Levi  Field,  William 
Robinson  and  Mr.  Taylor.  Mr.  Taylor  lived  near  the  present  site  of 
Bethany  Mills  on  the  north  side  of  the  creek,  and  he  was  the  only  man 
living  between  the  Maize  home  and  Bethany.  Edward  Hunt,  Joe  Hunt 
and  Hudson  Lowe  lived  south  of  Mr.  Maize.  Mr.  Maize  built  a  16  x  18 
foot  hewed  log  house  near  the  site  of  the  present  bam.  He  owned  120 
acres  of  land  at  time  of  his  death  but  did  own  more,  which  has  been  dis- 
tributed among  his  children.  He  entered  this  land  from  the  government 
and  it  never  had  a  mortgage  on  it. 

Mr.  Maize  located  here  before  there  were  any  mills  and  they  pounded 
out  their  corn  with  a  log  mortar  set  on  end,  and  chopped  or  burned  out, 
then  put  in  a  pint  of  corn  and  pounded  it  out  with  an  iron  wedge.  The 
corn  was  then  sifted,  the  coarsest  used  for  hominy  and  the  finest  for 
meal.  He  drove  oxen  up  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age,  making 
trips  to  Liberty,  Missouri.  The  first  sawmill  built  in  Daviess  County  was 
by  a  Mr.  Watson  and  later  the  Hunts  built  a  sawmill  near  Bridgport,  and 
also  put  in  a  gristmill.  The  wheat  was  tramped  out  by  horses,  which  were 
ridden  by  boys,  and  ofttimes  as  many  as  six  horses  were  used  at  one 
time.  Mr.  Maize  was  left  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years  and  he 
began  working  for  Asaph  Butler  and  received  $100.00  for  four  years' 
work,  and  he  put  this  money  in  land  he  had  entered.  All  of  the  clothing 
that  Mr.  Maize  wore  at  that  time  was  home  spun  and  home  made.  He 
received  his  mail  at  Gallatin,  Missouri,  when  he  first  came  here  and  paid 
"two  bits"  for  the  privilege,  as  the  charges  for  delivery  on  postage  was 
twenty-five  cents,  payable  by  the  recipient.  A  twin  brother,  Robert  Maize, 
lived  in  Schuyler  County  received  a  letter  at  one  time  and  didn't  have  the 
"two  bits",  so  the  postmaster  being  kindly  disposed,  let  him  have  the 
letter  on  his  promise  to  pay  soon  and  two  weeks  afterward,  Robert  Maize 
walked  thirteen  miles  to  pay  the  quarter. 

The  brothers  and  sisters  of  John  R.  Maize  are  all  deceased;  they  are 
as  follows:  Sarah,  the  wife  of  George  Bridwell;  William,  Abraham, 
Ephraim,  Robert,  David  G.,  Betsey,  Henry  and  Martha. 

The  father  of  John  R.  Maize  was  buried  in  Vermillion  County,  Illinois 
and  his  Avife  is  buried  in  Lawrence  County,  Indiana. 

John  Maize  had  many  friends  in  this  county  and  was  one  of  the 
most  honored  and  respected  citizens. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  399 

Francis  Marion  Clark,  a  capable  farmer  of  Butler  Township,  was 
born  at  Matkins,  Missouri,  August  3,  1857,  the  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and 
Sallie  Druitt  Halloway  Clark,  both  natives  of  Kentucky  who  located  in 
Butler  Township,  Harrison  County  in  1857,  where  Benjamin  Clark  owned 
200  acres  of  land  and  did  general  farming.  Benjamin  Clark  died  in  1873 
and  his  wife  died  about  1903,  both  are  buried  in  Gentry  County  in  Fallas 
Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Clark  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren :  William,  deceased ;  Ben  P.,  deceased ;  Mrs.  Lucinda  Glover  of  Saloam, 
Iowa;  Mrs.  Sarah  Bush,  deceased;  Joseph  and  James,  twins,  the  former 
now  lives  at  Montevista,  Colorado  and  the  latter  on  the  home  place; 
Charles  of  Colorado;  and  Francis  Marion,  of  this  sketch.  By  his  first 
marriage,  Benjamin  Clark  had  one  child,  Eliza  Powers,  deceased,  and  by 
his  second  marriage,  he  had  three  children :  John,  who  died  at  New  Hamp- 
ton ;  Jennie  was  married  to  Gip  Taylor,  deceased  £ind  Mi's.  Catherine  Clark, 
deceased. 

Francis  Marion  Clark  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  here,  his 
first  teacher  being  Tazewell  Morris,  and  he  has  lived  in  Butler  Township 
all  of  his  life.  He  moved  to  his  present  farm  in  1877,  at  which  time,  he 
owned  but  forty  acres,  but  he  now  owns  247  acres  all  in  one  piece,  located 
one  mile  north  of  Matkins.  The  improvements  were  put  on  by  him,  and 
they  include  residence,  three  barns,  tenant  houses,  etc.  He  and  his  sons 
do  general  farming  and  stock  raising. 

Francis  Marion 'Clark  was  married  November  14,  1877  to  Elizabeth 
Wright,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Mothersead)  Wright,  both  de- 
ceased. James  Wright  died  in  1896  in  Gentry  County,  and  his  wife  died 
about  1865.  Both  were  natives  of  Kentucky  and  came  to  Gentry  County 
in  the  50's. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Mrs.  Melvina  Harmon,  deceased;  Mrs.  Mildred  Bush,  deceased;  Dallas, 
deceased ;  Mrs.  Lucy  Crosswhite ;  Mrs.  Rebecca  Sampson ;  Mrs.  Katie  Vance ; 
Mrs.  Fannie  Crosswhite  and  Nannie,  all  deceased;  Nathaniel  of  Canada; 
Willis  of  Nebraska  and  Mrs.  Clark. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  Clark  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
Verdo  Luella,  the  wife  of  Robert  Van  Meter  of  near  Bridgeport;  Delia 
Pearl  Green,  of  White  Oak  Township;  Mary  Waneta  Nickerson  of  New 
Hampton ;  Susan  Pearl  Vance  of  Butler  Township ;  Cleo  Cecil,  who  lives  at 
home ;  Beatrice,  deceased ;  Homer  Nathaniel,  who  lives  at  home  and  Desda 
Delavan,  deceased. 


HISTORY  OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 
400 

'  Mvc  riavk  are-  Avis  Adram,  Dale,  Olin, 
The  grandchildren  of  Mr  ana  Mis.  Clakare^      ^^^^  ^.^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^^ 

Marian,  Elizabeth  Lillian    ^-^^^^'/i"  J,".^  p^powe'u,  Willie,  Loneva,  John, 

Z\TZ  Physical  exaniination  -d  — ^^^^^  ^^  ^^^  ,,,, 

Francis  Marion  Clark  is  a  "^^^^^^^^   °     ^  ^^       ntics  he  votes  the 


he  is  an  Elder. 


Kinkade.  r^^nntv  about  the  year  1853  and, 

George  Kmkade  located  m  Daviess  ^^^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^,  .^uth 

in  1856,  came  to  Harnson  County  and  -"J^f  ;~;;  ,,  ,,Meh  occurred 
of  Bethany,  where  he  and  h-  wif e  hved  unt^l  the^r  d^a     .     ^^^^^^^  ^^^_ 

in  the  year  1874,  and  ^"^  ,^^-/      ^tJ^^^^^^^^^     and  paid  off  the 
trol  of  the  home  and  reared  and  educatea  xn  ^^^  ^^^ 

n^ortgage.     George  I^nkade  ^'^^^^^^^''^i^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^ 

during  the  Civil  War,  and  was  a  "^'"f/l^''^  ^he  Civil  War.    He 
and  John  Kinkade,  his  ^-thersservdan^  through  t 

was  a  Presbyterian  and  was  an  eldei  ^^  Be^^^^^    ^^^^.^  ^  ^ee  and  at  one 

When  he  was  a  young  man  he  ^"^^.^^'^jf  ,^;7  ..dieally  differed  in 

S;^irC^-r- ^.  trS  U.     ne  taug.  school 

^n;:.  CTMrOeorge  Kinkade  ^  2^:^^  T^^^^ 
dren:  James  M.,  the  -^^^-^^^J  Jf^.^f  g  Patton;  Rosa,  the  wife  of 
Thomas  F.  Rowlosson;  Mary,  the  ^^ife  c)t J-^  ^^^  ^^^i^ess 

John  King  of  Colby.  Washington;  ^^1 --  ^-^ J^^^  ;^^  ,,  ^os  Angeles, 
at  Delaware,  Oklahoma;  Emma,  the  wife  of  George  Ua 


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HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  401 

California;  Robert,  a  farmer  near  Coffey,  Missouri;  and  Ruth,  the  wife 
of  the  Rev.  J.  W.  McGee  of  Warrensburg,  Missouri. 

James  M.  Kinkade  was  married  October  24,  1894,  to  Naomi  J.  Virden, 
a  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Caroline  Delight  (Black)  Virden.  John  Virden 
was  the  first  settler  of  White  Oak  Township,  coming  hei'e  in  1839  and 
settled  on  the  farm  where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kinkade  now  live,  he  having 
homesteaded  this  place.  John  Virden  was  a  strong  supporter  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  his  home  being  the  headquarters  for  the  ministers  in 
the  early  days.  He  was  one  of  the  largest  contributors  to  the  building  of 
the  Foster  church.  He  was  a  member  at  New  Hampton,  where  he  was 
an  elder.  He  was  one  of  the  first  elders  of  the  church  at  New  Hampton. 
When  he  came  here  he  went  seven  miles  to  get  fire,  there  being  no  matches. 
He  was  a  strong  Union  man.  He  served  as  school  commissioner  of  Har- 
rison County  at  an  early  day. 

James  M.  Kinkade  taught  school  in  the  county  for  twelve  years,  his 
first  school  being  at  old  Mitchelville,  which  he  taught  in  1875.  While 
teaching  school,  he  cared  for  the  family  of  orphan  children  at  home,  the 
youngest  of  whom  was  his  sister,  Ruth. 

Mr.  Kinkade  is  an  extensive  land  owner,  owning  560  acres  of  land, 
117  acres  in  Bethany  Township  and  the  remainder  in  White  Oak  Township. 
He  only  farms  200  acres,  his  home  place,  and  rents  out  the  other  acreage. 
The  present  residence  was  built  in  the  early  '40s,  but  has  been  remodeled, 
although  the  old  original  fireplace  is  still  intact. 

Mr.  Kinkade  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
for  many  years.  He  and  a  few  others  held  the  lodge  together  for  many 
years  and  eventually  this  became  one  of  the  best  lodges  in  northwest 
Missouri. 

Mr.  Kinkade  is  connected  with  the  Farmers  Bank  of  New  Hampton. 
He  has  always  been  a  Republican  and  served  two  terms  as  county  clerk 
of  Harrison  County.  He  also  served  as  collector  two  terms,  and  lived  in 
Bethany  when  county  clerk.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kinkade  had  two  children:  Virden  V.,  a  senior  at  the 
Synodical  College  at  Fulton,  Missouri,  taking  a  special  course  in  elocution ; 
and  Ruth  Alma,  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 
She  is  a  graduate  of  high  school  at  New  Hampton,  Lindenwood  College  and 
Boulder,  Colorado,  in  University  of  Colorado. 

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402  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

J.  M.  Scott,  an  enterprising  and  well  known  farmer  of  Cypress  Town- 
ship, and  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  Harrison  County,  was  born  in 
this  township,  July  16,  1875,  the  son  of  James  R.  and  Rosanna  (Maloney) 
Scott. 

James  R.  Scott  was  born  in  Beaver  County,  Pennsylvania,  March  27, 
1836,  and  died  May  23,  1921  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years,  one  month 
and  twenty-six  days.  He  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1856, 
with  his  parents  and  during  the  Civil  War  served  three  years  and  eight 
months  in  Company  I,  1st  Missouri  Cavalry  under  Capt.  Milton  Burris. 
Mr.  Scott  was  married  at  Peoria,  Illinois,  in  August,  1865,  to  Rosanna 
Maloney,  who  died  April  29,  1918.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Scott  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  Mrs.  Fannie  Burris  of  Harrison 
County;  Mrs.  Sadie  Cox,  of  Butler,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Mary  Read,  of  Har- 
rison County;  Mrs.  Dove  Annis  Joyce,  of  Hairison  County;  Mrs.  Addie 
Conway,  of  Daviess  County ;  J.  M.  Scott,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Wil- 
liam, deceased  ;and  Effie  Tilley,  deceased.  James  R.  Scott  was  a  man  of 
high  standing  in  his  neighborhood.  He  possessed  a  cheerful  disposition 
and  spoke  a  good  word  for  his  neighbors  and  friends  and  was  loved  by  all 
with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

J.  M.  Scott  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  this  county  and 
has  lived  here  all  of  his  life.  For  the  past  twelve  years  he  has  farmed 
the  home  place,  which  consists  of  200  acres  of  upland  and  second  bottom. 
Mr.  Scott  does  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  very  successful. 

J.  M.  Scott  was  married  February  11,  1909  to  Nora  Phillips,  daughter 
of  G.  L.  and  Ida  (Munson)  Phillips,  both  deceased.  Thomas  Munson, 
grandfather  of  Mrs.  Scott,  was  born  June  22,  1819,  in  Nicholas  County, 
Kentucky,  and  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  His  wife,  who  was 
a  native  of  Bourbon  County,  Kentucky,  died  in  Bethany,  in  1912,  and 
both  she  and  her  husband  are  buried  in  Munson  Cemetery.  Thomas  Mun- 
son came  to  Missouri  in  early  life,  and  lived  in  Carroll  County  for  a  short 
time,  and  then  returned  to  Kentucky.  He  moved  to  Harrison  County  in 
1851  and  bought  500  acres  of  land  near  Bethany,  the  present  site  of  the 
fair  grounds  and  the  sanitarium.  He  sold  this  land  in  1892  to  the  Bethany 
Improvement  Company  and  then  lived  in  Bethany  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1907. 

G.  L.  Phillips,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Scott,  was  born  in  Dumsville, 
Essex  County,  Virginia,  September  15,  1853,  and  died  July  27,  1912. 
His  wife  died  November  19,  1918,  and  they  are  both  buried  in  Munson 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  403 

Cemetery.  G.  L.  Phillips  was  a  hardware  merchant,  and  came  to  Bethany, 
August  9,  1873.  He  worked  in  the  dry  goods  store  of  Blackman  and 
Newman  for  awhile,  and  in  1875,  he,  with  Frank  Woodruff  and  J.  P. 
Hamilton,  as  silent  partners,  started  a  hardware  store.  Mr.  Phillips 
bought  out  Woodruff's  interest  in  1877  and  the  firm  became  known  as 
J.  P.  Hamilton  and  Company.  Mr.  Phillips  was  appointed  postmaster  of 
Bethany  under  Grover  Cleveland  in  1884  and  then  sold  out  his  interest 
in  the  store  to  Mr.  Hamilton.  In  1890,  he  and  Mr.  Storm  bought  out  the 
M.  A.  Ford  and  Company  Hardware,  and  later  bought  the  stock  of  Hamil- 
ton and  Stubbs,  and  then  Mr.  Phillips  bought  his  partner's  interest,  and 
in  1893,  foi-med  the  Bethany  Hardware  Company.  Mr.  Phillips  was  elected 
president  and  manager,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  wide-awake  business  man  and  prominently  identified  with  the 
schools  of  the  city  and  the  Christian  Church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Phillips  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Nora  Scott;  Eulalie,  deceased;  Robert  C,  with  the  Bethany  Hardware 
Company;  Catherine,  the  wife  of  Max  Broadhurst  of  Bethany;  Munson 
Phillips,  who  died  in  France  in  1918 ;  Willard  E.,  with  the  Hamilton  Hard- 
ware Company  of  Bethany;  Ruth,  a  bookkeeper  in  a  bank  at  Clayton, 
New  Mexico. 

Munsan  Phillips  was  with  the  3rd  Division  and  left  Bethany,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1917.  He  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston  and  then  to  Camp  Stewart, 
Virginia,  February  27,  1918,  and  went  overseas  in  April,  1918,  with  Com- 
pany L.  of  the  4th  Infantry,  3rd  Division.  He  was  killed  October  5,  1918 
at  Argonne  Forest,  and  is  buried  in  France. 

Robert  C.  Phillips  was  also  with  the  United  States  Army  overseas,  in 
the  Army  Motor  Transport  Company  for  ten  months.  He  returned  to 
the  United  States,  in  September,  1919. 

J.  M.  Scott  and  family  are  well  known  in  Harrison  County,  and  are 
substantial  citizens. 


William  0.  Dunham,  a  well  known  retired  farmer,  who  now  lives 
in  Bethany,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Pike  County,  Ohio  in  1852,  the  son 
of  Dr.  W.  H.  and  Henrietta  C.  (Odell)  Dunham.  Dr.  W.  H.  Dunham 
died  in  Bentonville,  Arkansas  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years,  and  his 
wife,  who  is  eighty-six  years  of  age,  is  now  living  in  Bentonville.  Dr. 
Dunham  was  captain  of  Company  D.  36th  Ohio  Regiment  for  one  year 
during  the  Civil  War.     He  came  to  Missouri  in  1865  and  remained  for 


404  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

a  short  time  in  Carroll  County  near  Brunswick,  and  came  to  Chillicothe 
about  December  1,  1865,  and  to  Harrison  County  in  February,  1866,  and 
bought  a  farm  in  Butler  Township,  (now  Cypress  Township),  of  200  acres, 
where  he  made  his  home  until  1885.  He  bought  other  land,  and  when 
he  sold  out,  he  had  accumulated  five  hundred  and  forty  acres.  While 
living  in  this  county,  he  also  practiced  medicine. 

When  the  Dunhams  settled  in  Cypress  Township,  they  lived  in  a  double 
cabin  of  logs  for  three  winters  and  then  they  built  a  new  house.  The 
frame  house  was  built  from  lumber  hauled  from  St.  Joseph,  Missouri, 
sixty-five  miles  away,  with  a  mule  team.  Dr.  Dunham  was  one  among 
the  first  to  introduce  Shorthorn  cattle  in  this  county. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Dunham  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
William  0.,  of  this  sketch;  Dr.  J.  D.,  of  Pattonsburg;  Franklin  of  Benton 
County,  Arkansas;  George  of  Portland,  Oregon;  and  Mary,  the  widow 
of  William  Plummer  of  Bentonville.,  Arkansas. 

William  0.  Dunham  attended  the  district  schools  of  this  county  and 
has  lived  here  since  1866.  He  was  married  in  January,  1872  to  Nancy 
C.  Burton,  a  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Jane  (McFall)  Burton  of  Butler 
Township.  Abraham  Burton  owned  about  1300  acres  of  land  in  Daviess, 
Gentry  and  Harrison  counties,  which  he  divided  among  his  family.  Mc- 
Fall, Missouri,  was  named  after  John  McFall,  on  whose  farm  the  town  was 
laid  out.  Abraham  Burton  came  to  Butler  Township  about  1848.  He 
was  born  in  Kentucky  and  died  in  Gentry  County  at  McFall.  His  wife 
died  on  the  home  farm  and  both  are  buried  in  Liberty  Cemetery  in  Da- 
viess County,  Missouri.  Mr.  Burton  was  an  influential  Republican  of 
this  county. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burton  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Mrs. 
Lettie  Christie  of  McFall ;  Sarah  Christie,  deceased ;  Mrs.  Eliza  Neal  of 
McFall,  Missouri;  Adaline  Christie,  now  deceased;  Mrs.  Martha  Christie, 
deceased;  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Graves,  deceased;  Laura  F.  Hawk,  of  Pattons- 
burg; Allen,  who  died  in  the  Soldiers'  Home  at  Leavenworth,  Kansas; 
John,  of  McFall ;  Missouri ;  and  Mrs.  Dunham. 

William  0.  Dunham  improved  and  owned  320  acres  of  land  on  which 
he  and  his  family  lived  from  August,  1876  until  1919,  when  he  moved 
to  Bethany.  His  son,  William  A.  Dunham  now  owns  the  home  place. 
This  farm  lies  one  mile  west  and  one-half  mile  north  of  Bridgeport  on 
the  Jefferson  Highway. 

William  0.  Dunham  and  wife  have  five  children,  as  follows:  William 
A.,  on  the  home  place ;  Fannie,  the  wife  of  John  Chipp  of  Bethany  Town- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  40& 

ship;  Bertha,  the  wife  of  George  Joyce  of  Bethany  Township;  Mattie, 
the  wife  of  G.  W.  Grabler  of  Portland,  Oregon;  and  Sophia,  the  wife 
of  W.  F.  Twohy  of  Olympia,  Washington. 

Their  grandchildren  are:  Fritts  Chipp.  who  died  from  diptheria  at 
Minneola,,  New  York,  April  22,  1918,  the  day  before  his  company  started 
overseas.  He  enlisted  at  Bethany  with  Company  G.  under  Captain  Ran- 
dall Wilson,  and  served  eleven  onths  on  the  Mexican  Border,  and  then 
returned  home  and  was  operated  on  for  appendicitis,  and  as  soon  as  he 
recovered,  he  reenlisted  at  Lawton,  Oklahoma.  Marie,  the  wife  of  Porter 
Wiley,  Helen  Joyce,  deceased ;  Dot  Joyce,  Loren  Joyce ;  Virginia  Grabler 
and  Georgiana  Grabler. 

They  also  have  two  great  grandchildren:  Beatrice  Wiley  and  Helen 
Wiley. 

William  Dunham  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America; 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Yeoman  lodges. 

Mr.  Dunham  took  an  active  interest  in  the  school  in  Cypress  Town- 
ship, and  also  assisted  in  the  organization  of  Union  Church  in  Cypress 
Township,  at  Bridgeport,  and  was  on  the  building  committee  of  this 
church.    Mr.  Dunham  is  widely  and  favorably  known  in  Harrison  County. 


Charles  Franklin  Youngman,  an  enterprising  and  progressive  farmer 
of  Butler  Township,  and  proprietor  of  Clover  Ridge  Stock  Farm,  was 
born  in  Worth  County,  Missouri,  April  16,  1872,  the  son  of  Jacob  and 
Rachel  (Cart)  Youngman.  Jacob  Youngman  was  a  native  of  Kentucky, 
born  in  1825.  His  father  moved  to  Indiana  and  entered  land,  and  later 
moved  to  Central  Missouri  where  he  died.  Jacob  Youngman  located  in 
Iowa  in  1827  and  then  came  to  Worth  County,  Missouri,  later  locating 
in  Harrison  County  in  1877.  where  he  died  in  1901  and  is  bui'ied  in 
Matkins  Cemetery.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Virginia,  June  10,  1844, 
died  in  Butler  Township  in  1912. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Youngman  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Nellie,  who  died  when  twenty-one  years  of  age;  Harry,  who 
died  when  twenty-two  years  of  age ;  Stacy  G.,  who  lives  on  the  home  farm; 
Charles  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Jacob  Oliver,  a  farmer  in  Butler 
Township;  Edward  E.,  a  railroad  engineer  of  Enid,  Oklahoma;  Irvin,  who 
was  a  school  teacher  died  when  twenty-two  years  old;  William  A.,  a 
farmer  of  Gentry  County;  and  Katy  P.,  the  wife  of  William  Gray  of 


406  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Butler  Township.  By  a  former  marriage  of  Jacob  Youngman,  he  was 
the  father  of  the  following  children:  Lewis,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri; 
Mi-s.  Elizabeth  Ainslie  of  Oklahoma  City;  Mrs.  Alice  E.  Mock  of  Cal- 
ifornia; Mrs.  Mary  Tull,  of  Butler  Township;  and  Carrie,  whose  address 
is  unknown. 

Charles  Franklin  Youngman  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Butler 
Township,  and  after  finishing  school,  lived  in  Colorado  one  and  one-half 
years,  and  in  Oklahoma  for  seven  years,  where  he  bought  a  relinquish- 
ment on  160  acres  of  land  near  Hallett  in  Pawnee  County.  He  returned 
from  Oklahoma  in  1907  and  has  made  his  home  in  this  county  ever 
since.  He  bought  eighty  acres  of  his  present  farm  from  B.  P.  Clark  and 
120  acres  from  Sanford  Tilley,  making  a  total  of  200  acres  in  his  home 
place  and  he  also  owns  about  six  acres  of  timber  land  in  Cypress  Town- 
ship. Mr.  Youngman  built  his  present  home  in  the  fall  of  1917.  He 
has  a  nice  two  story  residence,  with  basement,  one  barn  and  other  build- 
hogs,  and  has  a  registered  Shorthorn  bull,  and  raises  the  Barred  ply- 
mouth  Rock  chickens.  Mr.  Youngman  has  twenty-five  cows  on  his  farm 
and,  at  the  present  tim.e,  milks  twenty-one  cows. 

Charles  F.  Youngman  was  married  January  1,  1893  to  Dora  May 
Tilley,  a  daughter  of  Sanford  M.  and  Lydia  Ruanna  (Salmon)  Tilley, 
both  deceased.  Sanford  Tilley  was  born  in  North  Carolina  and  moved 
to  Indiana  with  his  parents,  and  then  moved  to  Platte  County,  Missouri, 
eventually  locating  in  Harrison  County.  His  father,  Reuben  D.  Tilley, 
entered  land  in  Cypress  and  Butler  Townships  and  died  in  this  county. 
Sanford  Tilley  was  a  veteran  of  the  Me.xican  War.  He  died  in  March, 
1913  and  is  buried  on  the  home  place.  His  wife,  who  was  a  native  of 
Daviess  County,  Missouri,  died  in  1884.  The  maternal  grandfather  of 
Mrs.  Charles  Youngman,  Captain  Salmon,  was  a  verteran  of  the  Mexican 
War  ,and  was  killed  at  Taos,  New  Mexico  and  is  buried  there,  with  a 
son  who  was  also  killed. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sanford  Tilley  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Luther,  who  died  when  three  years  of  age;  Oscar,  of  South  Dakota; 
Mrs.  Martha  Gilson  of  Colorado ;  Henry  M.,  deceased ;  Ruanna  Loomis, 
deceased;  Oliver  P.,  of  Cypress  Township;  Clara,  who  died  when  twelve 
years  of  age;  Leroy  Tilley,  of  Dallas  County,  Missouri,  who  married  Jessie 
B.  Evans,  of  Cypress  Township;  and  Dora  M.,  who  was  bom  in  Butler 
Township  and  educated  here. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  407 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Youngman  are  the  parents  of  fourteen  children,  all 
living:  Louise,  a  graduate  of  the  Maryville  State  Teachers  College,  and 
who  now  teaches  in  Hallett,  Oklahoma;  Daphne,  at  home;  Stacy,  a  gradu-"- 
ate  of  Bethany  High  School,  who  is  now  a  teacher  in  Oklahoma ;  Herbert, 
at  home ;  Luther,  of  Oklahoma ;  Max  G.,  at  home ;  Dorothy,  a  student  in 
Bethany  High  School ;  Marguerita  also  a  student  in  Bethany  High  School ; 
Kermit,  Kenneth,  Roberta  Alice,  Karl  Merton  and  Charles  Jr.,  all  at  home. 
Harry  Youngman  was  in  the  World  War,  having  entered  the  army  July 
17,  1918  and  was  sent  to  Camp  McArthur,  Texas,  for  training.  During 
his  stay  there,  he  contracted  the  influenza  and  did  not  get  to  go  overseas 
on  this  account,  and  was  discharged  in  March,  1919;  Stacy  Youngman 
also  served  during  the  war  at  the  Great  Lakes  Training  Camp  and  also  at 
Norfolk,  Virginia,  and  made  three  trips  overseas  in  convoy  service.  He 
is  still  in  the  reserve  corps. 

Charles  Franklin  Youngman  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World  at  Matkins,  Missouri,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Farm  Bureau. 
He  and  his  family  are  well  known  and  stand  high  among  the  citizens  of 
the  township  and  surrrounding  country. 


Thomas  C.  Miles,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  stockman  of  Grant  Town- 
ship, is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Sherman  Town- 
ship, November  23,  1875,  a  son  of  John  and  Sophronia  (Williams)  Miles, 
the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  the  latter  of  Missouri.  John  Miles 
came  to  Harrison  County  when  a  boy  and  spent  his  life  in  this  section. 
He  died  on  July  30,  1918  and  his  widow  now  resides  in  Fox  Creek  Town- 
ship. 

Thomas  C.  Miles  was  one  of  a  family  of  eight  children  born  to  his 
parents,  seven  of  whom  grew  to  maturity.  He  was  reared  in  Fox  Creek 
Township  and  attended  the  public  schools.  He  began  working  out  by  the 
month  at  an  early  age  and  for  five  years  he  was  employed  by  J.  C.  Ray, 
for  fifteen  dollars  per  month.  At  the  end  of  five  years  he  had  saved  seven 
hundred  dollars  and  owned  a  horse  and  buggy.  He  then  engaged  in  farm- 
ing for  himself  on  the  C.  W.  Wetherd  place  in  Trail  Creek  Township.  In 
19CS,  he  bought  eighty  acres  of  land  in  Trail  Creek  Township  and  in  1915 
he  bought  120  acres  in  Grant  Township,  which  is  now  his  home  place  and 
his  wife  owns  forty  acres  which  makes  in  all  240  acres,  all  of  which  is  free 
of  incumbrances.     Mr.  Miles  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  rais- 


408  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

iiig,  raising  a  great  many  cattle  and  hogs.  Besides  operating  his  own 
lana,  he  rents  sixty  acres  across  the  road  which  he  also  cultivates. 

On  January  11,  1903,  Mr.  Miles  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Wetherd, 
a  daughter  of  C.  W.  Wetherd,  an  early  settler  and  prominent  faimer  of 
Trail  Creek  Township,  who  is  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miles  have 
been  born  one  child,  Albert  Forrest. 

Mr.  Miles  is  a  Republican  and  while  a  resident  of  Trail  Creek  Town- 
ship served  as  a  member  of  the  township  board.  He  is  an  industrious 
and  enterprising  citizen  and  by  constant  application  to  his  business  and 
good  management  he  has  accumulated  a  competence  while  still  practically 
a,  young  man. 


C.  B.  Hunsicker,  a  prominent  landowner  and  breeder  of  high  grade 
stock  in  Hamilton  Township,  has  lived  in  Harrison  County  since  his  early 
boyhood  when  he  came  here  with  his  parents  early  settlers  of  this  part 
of  the  state.  Mr.  Hunsicker  was  born  in  Pickaway  County,  Ohio,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1848,  the  son  of  Joseph  L.  and  Margaret  (Hedges)  Hunsicker. 

Joseph  L.  Hunsicker  was  born  in  Perry,  Ohio,  May  9,  1821.  He  went 
with  his  parents  to  Pickaway  County,  Ohio,  and  later  married  Margai-et 
Hedges,  born  at  Circleville  in  Pickaway  County,  Ohio,  June  7,  1820.  They 
moved  to  Clark  County,  Illinois,  where  they  lived  until  1857.  On  Septem- 
ber 24th  of  that  year  they  moved  to  Harrison  County  and  located  in 
Marion  Township,  where  they  remained  for  three  years  and  then  moved  to 
Hamilton  Township.  Mr.  Hunsicker  retired  from  active  farm  life  and 
moved  to  Eagleville.  He  died  at  Pawnee,  October  24,  1903,  and  his  wife 
died  June  23,  1901.  Their  remains  are  buried  in  the  Masonic  Cemetery  at 
Eagleville.  To  their  union  six  children  were  bom:  Margaret,  widow  of 
Bassett  T.  Mallett,  now  living  at  Pawnee;  C.  B.,  the  subject  of  the  present 
review;  James  H.  and  Martha  E.,  twins,  now  deceased;  Jacob,  a  resident 
of  Indianola,  Iowa;  and  Nemona,  married  to  W.  H.  Payne  of  Mulhull, 
Oklahoma. 

C.  B.  Hunsicker  was  a  lad  of  ten  years  when  his  parents  came  to 
Missouri.  He  has  always  known  farm  life.  He  bought  his  first  land,  a 
tract  of  eighty  acres,  in  1873.  This  piece  of  land  formed  the  nucleus  of 
his  present  large  holdings.  He  added  to  the  original  farm  as  he  could 
and  now  owns  1,000  acres  of  land  in  Hamilton  Township  and  325  acres  in 
Hale  County,  Texas,  and  also  owns  1,000  acres  of  land  in  Old  Mexico.    He 


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HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  409 

has  given  600  acres  to  his  children.  Mr.  Hunsicker  has  made  extensive 
improvements  on  all  of  his  land,  thus  enhancing  its  value. 

Mr.  Hunsicker's  main  interest,  however,  has  been  in  the  breeding  of 
stock  in  w^hich  he  has  achieved  marked  success.  He  handles  Shorthorn 
cattle,  Percheron  horses,  Poland-China  hogs,  and  Mammoth  jacks  and 
jennies.  He  started  this  line  of  business  when  he  was  a  young  man.  At 
that  time  he  began  to  buy  hve  stock  all  over  Harrison  County;  he  often 
drove  horses  and  mules  to  Omaha,  and  mules  to  St.  Joseph.  Mr.  Hun- 
sicker keeps  a  horse  saddled  at  all  hours  and  has  probably  sat  in  the 
saddle  as  much  as  any  man  in  the  county.  He  has  owned  at  various 
times  several  good  saddle  horses,  the  last  one,  a  bay,  named  Dan  Patch, 
has  been  in  Mr.  Hunsicker's  possesion  for  five  year. 

C.  B.  Hunsicker  was  married  on  December  24th,  1875,  to  Jemima  Loy, 
born  in  Iowa,  and  to  this  union  three  children  were  born:  George  L., 
living  in  Hamilton  Township;  Gracia  M.,  married  to  Oliver  Ballew,  a 
sketch  of  whose  life  appears  in  this  volume ;  and  Eva  Belle,  wife  of  A.  R. 
Brill  of  Hamilton  Township.  Mrs.  Hunsicker  died  in  May,  1911,  and  Mr. 
Hunsicker  was  married  the  second  time  on  November  15,  1917,  to  Mrs. 
Mary  Pierson,  an  estimable  lady  and  a  member  of  a  prominent  pioneer 
family  of  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Hunsicker  is  a  Republican  in  his  political  views  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Church,  although  he  is  liberal  with  all  the  churches.  He 
is  a  man  of  marked  business  acumen  and  this  added  to  his  innate  fondness 
for  his  work  with  live  stock  has  made  him  prominent  among  the  stock 
raisers  of  Harrison  County.  He  is  interested  also  in  business  ventures 
that  are  calculated  to  benefit  the  community.  He  helped  to  organize  the 
Citizens  Bank  at  Eagleville  and  is  a  stockholder  and  a  director  of  that 
institution.  He  is  also  a  shareholder  in  the  Harrison  County  Fair  Asso- 
ciation. Mr.  Hunsicker  is  a  substantial  and  reliable  citizen  of  his  com- 
munity, one  who  merits  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held. 


Bethany  Steam  Laundry,  of  which  Frank  A.  Everett  is  proprietor,  is 
one  of  the  up-to-date  laundries  of  northern  Missouri  and  an  important 
factor  among  the  industries  of  Bethany  and  Harrison  County.  The  plant 
is  located  on  North  Fifteenth  street,  one-half  block  from  the  public  square 
and  occupies  two  floors  of  a  large  building.  It  is  equipped  with  all  kinds  of 
mc'dern  laundry  machinery  and  does  an  extensive  general  laundry  busi- 
ness, including  flat  work,  rough  dry,  as  well  as  the  regular  laundry  work. 


410  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

This  extensive  laundry  business  made  its  humble  beginning  in  1917 
when  Frank  A.  and  his  brother  D.  E.  Everett  were  induced  to  come  here 
and  engage  in  the  laundry  business  at  the  solicitation  of  the  Bethany  Com- 
mercial Club  which  has  since  been  reorganized  and  is  now  known  as  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  The  Everett  brothers  started  with  a  small 
laundry,  occupying  a  portion  of  the  present  building.  In  April,  1918, 
Frank  A.  Everett  bought  his  brothers  interest  who  has  since  been  asso- 
ciated with  the  Bethany  Clipper.  Mr.  Everett  has  gone  on  extending  and 
enlarging  his  business,  adding  new  machinery  from  time  to  time  and  estab- 
lishing agencies  in  other  towns  until  he  has  increased  the  volume  of  busi- 
ness of  the  Bethany  Laundry  to  about  six  times  its  original  capacity.  He 
now  has  on  his  pay  roll  about  twelve  people. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  laundry  business,  dyeing,  dry  cleaning  and 
pressing  is  also  carried  on  here.  Mr.  Everett  had  conducted  a  department 
embracing  this  sphere  for  several  years  and  in  1921  the  Reliable  Dry  Clean- 
ing Company  was  merged  with  the  Bethany  Steam  Laundry  and  they  have 
a  large  patronage  and  give  universal  satisfaction  in  this  branch  of  industry. 
Thej'  also  have  a  department  devoted  to  reblocking  hats. 

Frank  A.  Everett  has  had  many  years  experience  in  the  laundry  busi- 
ness and,  in  fact,  that  has  been  the  chief  occupation  of  his  life.  He  was 
bor  !  in  Clinton  County,  Missouri,  of  pioneer  parents.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  and  has  worked  in  the  laundry  business 
since  he  was  sixteen  years  old  and  was  engaged  in  that  line  of  work  in 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  prior  to  coming  to  Bethany  to  engage  in  business. 
He  is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  business  man  and  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  Bethany. 


Noah  S.  Cox.  one  of  the  leading  farmers  and  breeders  of  Butler  Town- 
ship, and  proprietor  of  Evergreen  Stock  Farm,  was  born  in  Washington 
County,  Pennsylvania,  April  16,  1870,  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Sarah  (Yod- 
ers)  Cox,  both  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  Andrew  Cox  is  living  in  Harri- 
son County,  Missouri,  and  his  wife  died  October  11.  1905  and  is  buried  in 
Pleasant  Ridge  Cemetery. 

The  great  grandfather  of  Noah  S.  Cox  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Cox  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
William,  a  farmer  of  Cypress  Township;  Samuel,  deceased;  Elizabeth,  the 
wife  of  William  Bell  of  Pender,  Nebraska;  Jennie,  the  wife  of  Jack  Cox 
of  Palco,  Kansas ;  Jacob  of  Williamsburg,  Iowa ;  Dora,  the  wife  of  Albert 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  411 

Knight  of  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa ;  Andrew  deceased ;  Noah  Sherman,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch;  Albert,  deceased;  Emma,  the  wife  of  Perry  Welch  of 
Butler  Township ;  Harry  of  Idaho ;  and  Mattie,  the  wife  of  Marshall  Hall  of 
Bethany,  Missouri. 

Noah  S.  Cox  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Iowa  and  attended 
Bethany  High  school.  He  has  lived  in  Cypress  and  Butler  Townships 
since  1883,  and  moved  to  his  present  farm  in  1894.  This  place  has  excellent 
improvements,  all  put  on  by  himself,  including;  residence,  four  barns, 
granary,  garage,  crib,  smoke  house  and  one  of  the  best  cellars  in  the 
county.  Mr.  Cox  raises  only  registered  and  pure  bred  stock,  and  special- 
izes in  the  breeding  of  Percheron  horses.  Shorthorn  cattle.  Mammoth 
Jacks  and  Jennets,  and  Spotted  Poland  China  hogs.  He  has  an  imported 
Percheron  stallion,  one  of  the  best  breeders  of  the  state,  his  colts  always 
taking  the  blue  ribbon.  "Harley,"  the  head  of  the  jacks  was  bred  by  Mr. 
Cox  and  is  of  Kentucky  stock.  "Types  Favorite,"  the  Shorthorn  bull,  has 
taken  premiums  at  the  Pattonsburg  and  Bethany  fairs,  and  a  special 
premium  that  the  Chicago  Shorthorn  Association  hung  up.  He  is  two 
years  old  and  weighs  1700  pounds.  "O.  K.  Prince,"  one  of  Faulkner's 
breeding,  was  one  year  old  in  March,  1920,  and  is  a  fine  animal.  Mr.  Cox 
raises  the  standard  bred  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  chickens. 

Noah  S.  Cox  was  married  December  5,  1895  to  Lucy  D.  Smith,  a 
daughter  of  John  A  and  Martha  (Davis)  Smith,  both  deceased,  who 
were  early  settlers  of  this  township.  Mrs.  Cox  was  born,  reared  and 
educated  in  Butler  Township. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cox  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Winnie, 
the  wife  of  Leland  Minor,  the  later  a  graduate  of  the  Gem  City  Business 
College,  and  lives  in  Santa  Rosa,  Missouri;  Fern,  who  died  when 
nearly  two  years  of  age ;  Grant,  married  Ruth  Jarrett,  a  daughter  of  Sam 
Jarrett  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  and  they  now  live  in  Daviess  County; 
Brookie,  Lawrence,  Crystal  and  Lucille,  all  at  home. 

Mr.  Cox  is  a  member  of  the  Yeoman  lodge  and  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  He  was  on  the  district  school  board  of  Butler  Township  for 
twelve  years.  Mr.  Cox  is  a  progressive  citizen,  as  well  as  an  energetic 
farmer  and  stock  breeder.  He  is  an  asset  to  the  citizenship  of  Harrison 
County. 


Cecil  E.  Van  Meter,  an  energetic  and  prosperour  farmer  of  Butler 
Township,  and  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  this  section,  was  born  Beb- 
ruary  5,  1884,  the  son  of  James  and  Catherine  (Maize)  Van  Meter.    James 


412  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Van  Meter  was  born  in  this  township  one-half  mile  north  of  the  home  of 
Cecil  E.  Van  Meter,  January  11,  1843,  and  died  November  6,  1894.  His 
wife,  who  was  born  in  Cypress  Township,  April  5,  1850,  died  in  February, 
1906  in  Butler  Township.  James  Van  Meter  owned  2414^  acres  in  Butler 
Township  at  the  time  of  his  death.  During  the  Civil  War,  he  was  with 
the  23rd  Missouri  Infantry  under  Colonel  Robinson  and  was  in  the  Battle 
of  Shiloh,  where  he  was  taken  prisoner.    He  sei-ved  until  the  war  closed. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Van  Meter  were  the  parents  ot  the  following 
children:  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Green  of  Hamlet,  Nebraska;  John  L.,  Mrs.  Rachel 
Haight,  Martha  A.,  George  H.  and  Lora  J.,  all  decased ;  Robert  N.  of 
Butler  Township;  Charles  A.,  deceased;  Elisie  N.  Attebery  of  Colorado; 
Cecil  E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mrs.  Orpha  A.  McCray  of  Merriman, 
Nebraska ;  Florence  C,  deceased ;  Vesta  V.,  and  an  infant  son  who  died 
February  6,  1888. 

Cecil  E.  Van  Meter  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  has  fol- 
lowed farming  since  finishing  his  education.  He  bought  100  acres  of  the 
home  place,  heired  sixty-one  and  one-half  acres  and  bought  an  additional 
fifty  eight  and  one-half  acres  adjoining  on  the  south.  He  does  general 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  quite  successful.  His  farm  is  well  im- 
proved with  residence,  bam  and  other  buildings,  which  are  well  kept,  and 
the  place  is  located  eight  miles  notheast  of  McFall,  Missouri  and  four  miles 
southeast  of  Matkins.  Mr.  Van  Meter  raises  the  pure  bred  brown  Leghorn 
poultry  and  has  recently  built  a  poultry  house  30x30  feet,  which  is  up-to- 
date  and  modern. 

In  December,  1905,  Mr.  Van  Meter  was  married  to  Lesta  Attebery,  a 
daughter  of  James  and  Emaline  (Buis)  Attebery.  James  Attebery  lives 
in  Sulphur  Springs,  Arkansas.  He  was  bom  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri, 
and  his  wife  was  a  native  of  Ohio.  She  died  in  1918  and  is  buried  in 
Colorado. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Attebery  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children; 
The  Rev.  Benton  of  Pawnee,  Oklahoma,  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church ; 
Rosa  Nickerson  of  Colorado;  Lewis  of  Colorado;  Mrs.  Van  Meter;  Mrs. 
Josie  Maize  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Walter  of  Butler  Township;  Ernest  of 
Colorado;  Robert,  Akron,  Colorado;  a  son  and  daughter  who  died  in  in- 
fancy; Gladys,  who  died  in  girlhood;  Worth,  who  died  when  a  young 
man;  and  a  twin  sister  of  Rosa  Nickerson,  who  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Van  Meter  are  rearing  two  other  children :  Nathlie  and  Rudolph  Van 
Meter. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  413 

Mrs.  Van  Meter  was  born  near  Ridgeway  and  received  her  education 
in  the  pubhc  schools. 

Mr.  Van  Meter  is  a  substantial  citizen  and  well  respected  in  the 
community. 


Joseph  Lewis,  a  successful  farmer,  and  member  of  a  pioneer  family 
of  Harrison  County,  was  born  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  George  Justice 
in  Bethany  township,  December  3,  1862,  the  son  of  John  and  Letitia  J. 
(Justice)  Lewis,  early  settlers  of  this  township.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
Lewis  were  born  in  Indiana,  where  they  were  married,  but  came  west  in 
the  50's.  John  Lewis  served  in  the  Union  Army  in  the  Civil  War,  and  was 
killed  by  bushwhackers  at  New  Lexington,  Missouri,  1865,  while  guarding 
an  army  supply  train.  He  enlisted  from  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and 
is  buried  in  the  Munson  Cemetery.  His  wife  lives  in  Bethany  Township, 
and  is  eighty-four  years  of  age. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Lewis  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Mary  C.  York  of  Manchester,  Oklahoma;  Mrs.  Martha  A.  Whittaker  of 
Bethany  Township;  Mrs.  Serilda  A.  Luellen  of  Harrisburg,  Colorado;  Mrs. 
Sarah  J.  Bryant  of  Cypress  Township;  and  Joseph,  the  subject  or  this 
sketch. 

Joseph  Lewis  was  educated  in  the  Brady  school  district  and  has 
earned  his  own  living  since  boyhood,  working  by  the  month  at  first.  He 
bought  his  first  land  in  1889  in  partnership  with  his  mother,  and  went 
in  debt  for  his  share  of  ninety-seven  acres,  which  was  50  acres,  and  his 
mother  later  purchased  it  from  him,  later  he  bought  another  place  which 
he  sold.  He  then  went  to  Oklahoma  and  made  a  race  for  a  claim  in  Okla- 
homa, which  he  failed  to  get.  He  bought  a  town  lot  there,  and,  with  his 
cousin  Claude  Lewis,  went  in  the  cattle  business,  taking  a  claim  in  a 
valley  in  Gloss  Mountains  and  engaged  in  this  business  there  for  five 
years.  He  received  an  injury  which  unfitted  him  for  this  line  of  work, 
and  he  then  returned  to  Harrison  County  in  1897  and  bought  the  heirs 
interest  of  Lewis  Williams  of  a  290  acre  fann,  which  Mrs.  Lewis  now 
owns.  They  also  own  the  Clay  Burris  farm  of  118  acres  in  Bethany 
Township,  and  Mr.  Lewis  also  owns  a  farm  of  167^  acres  near  Bridge- 
port. He  makes  his  home  on  the  Lewis  Williams  place,  and  does  general 
farming  and  stock  raising,  operating  more  than  450  acres  of  land.  He 
also  owns  120  acres  near  Albany  Oregan.  He  raises  the  registered  Poland 
China  hogs  and  is  very  successful,  both  in  farming  and  stock  raising. 


414  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Joseph  Lewis  was  married  December  24,  1891  to  Mary  E.  Williams, 
a  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Sarah  Williams,  both  deceased.  Lewis  Williams 
entered  a  part  of  the  farm  now  owned  by  Joseph  Lewis,  and  he  and  his 
wife  both  died  here,  and  are  buried  in  Mt.  Olivet  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Lewis  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Mabel,  the  wife  of  Walter  Watson  of  Cypress  Township ;  Arthur  of  Beth- 
any Township;  Everett,  at  home;  Ethel,  who  died  when  fourteen  months 
of  age;  Merritt,  at  home;  Harvey  of  Cypress  Township;  Bessie,  Samuel 
and  Garland,  at  home;  and  Ernest,  who  was  born  in  Polk  County,  Oregon, 
also  at  home.  Everett  Lewis  was  in  the  United  States  Navy  during  the 
World  War,  and  was  in  service  for  eighteen  months  on  the  Battleship 
Oregon. 

Joseph  Lewis  and  family  are  well  Ivnown  in  Harrison  County,  and 
highly  respected  citizens. 


Thomas  C.  Vandevort,  now  deceased,  during  his  life  was  prominently 
identified  with  the  agricultural  interests  of  this  county.  He  was  born 
in  Athens  County,  Ohio  in  1833  and  came  to  Harrison  County  before  the 
Civil  War.  During  the  war,  he  was  with  Company  I,  1st  regiment,  Mis- 
souri infantry,  and  was  in  the  cavalry  later,  and  served  for  three  years. 
At  the  end  of  the  war,  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  died  in  1872,  and  is 
buried  in  Hatton  Cemetery. 

Mr.  Vandevort  was  married  in  1862  to  Mary  E.  Youngs,  a  daughter 
of  William  H.  and  Love  (Salmon)  Youngs.  Mrs.  Vandevort  was  born 
in  Hardin  County,  Ohio  and  came  to  Missouri  with  her  parents  in  1847. 
W.  H.  Youngs  had  a  blacksmith  shop  at  Happy  Valley,  and  made  wagons, 
ox  yokes  and  log  chains  for  people  going  to  California  in  1849  and  1850. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Youngs  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren; Mrs.  William  Youngs,  deceased;  Mrs.  Vandevort;  John  L.  Young  of 
Clpress  Township;  Mrs.  Pauline  Rice,  deceased;  George  L.  Young, 
deceased;  Mrs.  Sarah  Jane  Ray  of  Cypress  Township;  B.  L. 
Youngs  of  Cypress  Township.  And,  by  a  fromer  marriage  of  W.  H. 
Youngs,  he  had  a  son,  Thomas  Samuel  Youngs,  and  daughter  Johanna 
Hatton,  both  deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vandevort  were  the  parents  of  two  children :  Alice,  the 
wife  of  U.  F.  Criger  of  Mt.  Mariah  this  county,  and  William,  who  lives  on 
the  home  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Criger  have  seven  children:  Perlie  May 
McKee,  Orlie,  deceased;  Clifford,  Mi's.  Ethel  Woodward,  Clay,  Mrs.  Lola 
Hobbs,  Harvey  and  Logan. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  415 

William  Vandevort,  who  lives  with  his  mother  on  the  home  place, 
was  born  in  Cypress  Township,  October  12,  1864,  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic,  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America  and  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  lodges. 

Mrs.  Vandevort  and  her  son  have  made  their  home  on  their  present 
farm  for  the  past  thirty  years.  They  have  sixty  aci-es,  which  is  a  part  of 
the  homestead  of  Thomas  C.  Vandevort. 

Mrs.  Vandevort  is  a  wonian  of  intelligence,  and  in  spite  of  an  acci- 
dent, which  partly  incapacitates  her,  does  considerable  work,  and  finds 
time  to  read  and  gets  enjoyment  out  of  life  among  her  books  and  papers. 
She  and  her  son  have  a  comfortable  home. 


George  T.  Montgomery,  a  leading  farmer  of  Cypress  Township,  and 
proprietor  of  Spring  Branch  Farm,  was  born  in  Otoe  County,  Nebraska, 
September  18,  1869,  the  son  of  George  W.  and  Anna  (Wilson)  Montgomery, 
both  of  whom  are  deceased. 

George  Montgomery  was  born  on  the  ocean  while  his  parents  were 
on  the  way  to  America  from  Scotland.  He  was  reared  in  New  York  but 
later  returned  to  Scotland  and  was  educated  there,  and,  upon  his  return 
to  the  United  States,  located  in  Nebraska  in  1847,  and  made  this  his 
home  until  his  death  in  April,  1900,  his  wife  having  died  in  1871. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Montgomery  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Mrs.  John  Lowrey  of  Otoe  County,  Nebraska;  Mrs.  D.  J.  Gush- 
ing, deceased,  whose  husband  lives  in  Del  Rosa,  California;  Mrs.  James 
Welch  of  Nebraska  City;  William  of  Nebraska  City;  and  George  T.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch. 

George  T.  Montgomery  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Nebraska  City  College  in  Nebraska,  taking  three  years  of  work  at  this 
school.  After  finishing  his  education,  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  in  Nebraska,  and  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri  in  January, 
1901,  and  bought  320  acres  of  land,  his  present  home,  later  buying  an 
additional  120  acres,  his  entire  acreage  totaling  440  acres.  This  is  an 
excellent  farm,  the  main  feature  which  first  attracted  Mr.  Montgomery 
being  the  abundance  of  water  from  natural  springs.  Mr.  Montgomery 
raises  Angus  cattle,  Poland  China  and  Hampshire  hogs,  crossed,  and  White 
Leghorn  poultry,  and  is  one  of  the  most  successful  farmers  in  the  county. 
He  has  a  good  residence,  and  fine  barn,  and  other  buildings  well  equipped 
for  the  raising  of  stock.    He  has  electric  lights  and  water  works,  making 


416  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

the  place  modern  and  convenient.  The  Jefferson  Highway  runs  along  the 
east  and  south  lines  of  the  farm. 

Mr.  Montgomery  was  married  December  25,  1895,  to  Laura  Lowrey, 
a  daughter  of  Greene  and  Ruth  (Williams)  Lowrey,  both  deceased.  Mrs. 
Montgomery  was  born  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  near  Pattonsburg, 
where  she  was  reared  and  educated. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Montgomery  have  three  children:  Winne,  a  teacher  in 
the  high  school,  at  Tuscon,  Arizona,  and  who  was  graduated  from  the 
Wolcott  College  at  Denver  in  1918,  and  from  the  University  or  Arizona 
in  1921 ;  George  W.,  a  graduate  of  the  Pattonsburg,  Missouri,  High  School, 
and  who  attended  the  University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia  in  1920  and 
who  has  been  specializing  in  agriculture  at  Tuscon,  Arizona  for  the  past 
year;  and  Opal,  who  was  graduated  from  the  county  schools  this  year 
and  is  now  a  student  at  Florence,  Arizona;  and  Ina,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Montgomery. is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
at  Bethany,  and  has  filled  the  offices  on  the  township  board.  He  is  one 
of  the  county's  most  substantial  citizens  and  the  Montgomery  family  is 
representative  of  the  best  citizenship.  Mrs.  and  Mr.  Montgomery  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


Dr.  Ernest  Logan  Wood,  a  well  known  osteopath  of  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri, and  proprietor  of  Wood  Hospital,  330  North  Twenty-second  Street, 
was  bom  near  Lyons,  Kansas,  July  17,  1886,  the  son  of  Rev.  Eli  T.  and 
Ora  (Bartlett)  Wood.  Rev.  Wood  was  a  Methodist  minister  and  class 
leader  for  seventeen  years  in  the  church  of  the  county.  He  was  born 
November  12,  1860,  and  died  June  12,  1913.  The  Wood  family  came  to 
Harrison  County  about  the  year  1892.  John  N.  Wood,  father  of  Rev.  Eli 
T.  Wood,  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and  was  wounded  while  in  service, 
being  shot  through  the  lung.  He  was  a  resident  of  this  county  for  many 
years  and  late  in  life  moved  to  Kansas,  where  he  died. 

Dr.  Ernest  Logan  Wood  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  Bethany 
High  School,  and  spent  four  years  at  the  American  School  of  Osteopathy 
at  Kirksville,  Missouri,  graduating  in  June,  1921.  Both  Dr.  Wood  and 
wife  took  special  hospital  work  while  there  in  addition  to  the  regular 
course. 

Eva  Electa  Foster  Wood,  the  wife  of  Dr.  Ernest  Logan  Wood,  was 
born  in  Sherman  Township,  a  daughter  of  John  L.  and  Victoria  A.  (Dale) 
Foster.    The  latter  lives  in  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  and  the  former  died  July 


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3,  1921,  and  is  buried  at  Dale  Cemetery.  Thomas  Foster,  grandfather  of 
Mrs.  Wood,  was  a  pioneer  of  Sherman  Township,  setthng  here  in  1853. 
Eva  Electra  Wood  was  edeucated  in  the  common  schools  and  Ridgeway 
High  School.  She  attended  a  teachers'  normal  at  Bethany  and  taught 
school  in  this  countp  for  six  years,  after  which  she  attended  the  Ameri- 
can School  of  Osteopathy,  and  was  graduated  in  June,  1921,  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Osteopathy. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wood  were  married  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  August  14, 
1907,  and  they  have  a  daughter,  Maxine. 

Wood  Hospital  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  was  opened  for  business  August 
1,  1921.  The  building  is  of  brick  and  consists  of  twenty-four  rooms,  and 
was  formerly  owned  by  Davis  Johnson  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  Doctors 
Wood  and  Wood  purchased  the  building  in  September,  1920,  and  remod- 
eled it  in  June,  1921.  The  building  is  three  stories  high  and  fronts  the 
beautiful  Allen  Park.  The  spacious  yard,  interspersed  with  native  trees 
is  a  delight  to  the  eye,  as  seen  from  the  veranda  on  the  front. 

Wood  Hospital  is  up  to  date  in  every  respect  and  modern  throughout. 
There  is  a  special  room  for  obstetrical  cases,  major  and  minor  operations, 
and  a  room  is  being  fitted  for  all  kinds  of  cast  work.  This  hospital  is  a 
long  felt  need  for  the  people  of  this  county,  and  Doctors  Wood  and  Wood 
are  thorough  in  every  detail  of  its  management,  and  well  qualified  and 
fitted  for  their  position.  Dr.  George  Laughlin  of  Kirksville,  Missouri,  a 
son-in-law  of  the  founder  of  osteopathy,  will  do  major  operations  for 
Wood  Hospital  at  any  time.  He  is  considered  the  leading  surgeon  of  the 
West,  and  out  of  900  cases  in  1921,  he  lost  but  three.  i 

The  Wood  Hospital  is  one  of  the  important  institutions  of  Harrison 
County. 


James  B.  Slemmons,  an  enterprising  member  of  the  firin  of  Slemmons 
and  Walker,  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Plattsburg,  Clinton  County, 
Missouri,  August  3,  1869,  the  son  of  Beverly  T.  and  Nancy  J.  (Burr) 
Slemmons,  both  of  whom  died  in  King  City,  Missouri,  and  are  buried 
there.  Mr.  Slemmons  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and 
entered  the  mercantile  business  September  1,  1890  and  has  been  engaged 
in  this  line  of  work  continuously  since  that  time. 

Mr.  Slemmons  was  married  September  1,  1892  to  Mollie  J.  Walker  and 
they  have  a  daughter  Lucille,  now  a  teacher  in  Bloomfield,  Iowa.  She 
was  educated  at  Lake  Forest,  Chicago,  Illinois  and  at  Grinnell  College,  in 
Iowa,  specializing  in  English  which  she  teaches. 

Mr.  Slemmons  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pvthias  lodge. 
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John  H.  Flint,  an  extensive  and  successful  fanner  and  stock  raiser  of 
CjTJress  Township,  was  born  in  Bethany  Township,  December  18,  1867, 
the  son  of  Joseph  Flint  and  wife.  Joseph  Flint  died  in  Bethany  Township 
and  is  buried  at  Antioch.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Home  Guards  during 
the  Civil  War.  His  wife  died  in  1879  and  is  also  buried  at  Antioch.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Joseph  Flint  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Mary,  the 
wife  of  William  Linthacum  of  Sherman  TowTiship;  Thomas  and  J.  H.,  of 
Cypress  Township.  By  a  second  marriage  of  Joseph  Flint  to  Martha  Hilton, 
he  had  six  children,  as  follows:  Anna,  the  wife  of  Charles  Huff  of  Coffey, 
Missouri;  Mrs.  Katie  Boyles,  deceased;  George,  of  Oklahoma;  Charles,  of 
St.  Joseph ;  Alice,  the  wife  of  Legrand  Burris,  and  Effie  Shaw,  deceased. 

J.  H.  Flint  was  educated  in  the  public  school,  and  after  finishing  his 
education,  he  rented  land,  prior  to  buying  his  home  about  1901,  from  New- 
ton Rucker.  He  now  owns  280  acres  of  well  improved  land  in  Cypress 
Township,  and  does  general  farming  and  feeds  hogs  extensively. 

Mr.  Flint  was  married  March  1,  1893,  to  Ellen  Foster,  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  A.  (Smith)  Foster.  Samuel  Foster  was  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  War,  enlisting  from  Arkansas  in  the  Union  Army,  and  he  served 
three  years  in  the  Second  Arkansas  Infantry.  He  died  November  13,  1910, 
and  is  buried  at  Antioch  Church,  and  his  wife  is  now  living  at  the  age  of 
ninety  years,  near  Antioch  Church  in  Sherman  Township. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Foster  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Sarah 
Harvey,  of  Bethany  Towaiship;  Thomas,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  George, 
of  Daviess  County ;  Mrs.  Flint ;  and  Samuel,  on  the  home  place  in  Sherman 
Township.    Mrs.  Flint  was  bom  in  Sherman  Township  and  educated  there. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Flint  are  the  parents  of  six  sons :  Joseph  H.,  a  World 
War  veteran,  who  enlisted  December  1,  1917,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in 
the  aviation  corps  and  was  sent  to  Champaign,  Illinois,  where  he  was  in 
training  three  months,  and  then  to  Rantoul,  Illinois,  field,  and  for  nine 
months  he  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  and  kept  there  as  an  in- 
tructor  until  the  war  closed.  He  returned  home  December  17,  1918, 
and  is  now  a  teacher  of  vocational  agriculture  at  Maysville,  Missouri.  He 
was  married  December  27,  1920,  to  Mabel  Thurston. 

Walker  Flint  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army  for  the  World 
War,  October  3,  1917,  at  Camp  Funston,  and  was  then  sent  to  Newport 
News,  Virginia,  where  he  was  with  the  veterinary  corps,  and  saw  sixteen 
months'  service  before  returning  home,  Februaiy  1,  1919.  He  married 
Mabel  Utterback,  April  16,  1920. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  419 

Fred  and  Claude  Flint  were  in  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  at  Fulton,  Missouri,  for 
four  months  during  the  World  War. 

Doyle  and  Victor  Flint  live  at  home. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Flint  has  served  on  the  school  board  here  for  more  than  fif- 
teen years.  He  and  his  family  are  highly  respected  citizens  and  stand  high 
in  Harrison  County. 


Oliver  P.  Tilley,  a  leading  and  prosperous  farmer  of  Cypress  Town- 
ship, and  president  of  the  Harrison  County  Farm  Bureau,  and  of  the  Fed- 
eral Farm  Loan  Association,  and  also  of  the  Harrison  County  Dairy  Asso- 
ciation, is  a  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  this  county,  and  was  born  in 
Butler  Township,  August  18,  1862,  the  son  of  Sanford  M.  and  Lydia 
Salmon  Tilley,  both  deceased,  and  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume. 

Oliver  P.  Tilley  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  county  and 
has  made  his  own  way  in  life  since  thirteen  years  of  age.  He  now  owns 
the  Hard  Scrabble  Dairy  Farm,  seven  miles  southwest  of  Bethany,  which 
consists  of  360  acres,  and  which  is  one  of  the  finest  farms  of  the  county. 
He  bought  his  first  100  acres  about  the  year  1885,  when  twenty-one  years 
of  age.  Prior  to  this,  he  owned  a  farm  in  Dakota,  which  he  sold  when  he 
came  here.  The  Hard  Scrabble  Farm  is  well  improved  with  modern  house, 
equipped  with  gas,  both  lights  and  furnace;  large  barn  for  horses  and  a 
cow  barn,  and  poultry  houses,  and  a  second  set  of  improvements  on  the 
farm,  consisting  of  good  residence,  bam  and  poultry  houses,  are  used  by 
Ray  J.  Tilley. 

Oliver  Tilley  raises  registered  pure  bi-ed  Jersey  cattle,  registered  Du- 
roc  Jersey  hogs,  certified  white  Leghorn  poultry  and  breeds  the  Reid's  yel- 
low dent  corn.  He  sells  cream  through  the  Dairy  Association,  and  this 
farm  is  the  only  one  doing  official  testing  for  official  merit  test.  Oliver 
Tilley  assisted  in  organizing  the  Harrison  County  Dairy  Association  and 
has  been  its  president  since  1910.  He  also  assisted  in  organizing  the  Har- 
rison County  Farm  Bureau  in  1918,  and  the  county  has  had  a  county  agent 
since  1919.  The  Federal  Farm  Loan  Association  is  the  largest  in  the  state 
of  Missouri  and  Mr.  Tilley  is  its  president,  and  was  the  prime  organizer 
of  this  association  here.  Mr.  Tilley  also  helped  organize  the  Harrison 
County  Fair  and  has  been  on  the  board  ever  since.  Besides  his  numerous 
other  duties,  Mr.  Tilley  made  the  race  for  county  judge  on  the  Bull  Moose 
ticket  in  1912  and  has  been  prominent  in  the  Republican  party. 

In  November,  1880,  Mr.  Tilley  was  married  to  Lizzie  Davis,  a  daughter 


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420  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

of  W.  M.  Davis  and  wife.  Mrs.  Tilley  died  in  1887,  leaving  five  children : 
Daisy,  the  wife  of  Lloyd  Atwood,  of  Darlington,  Missouri ;  Fred,  of  Bethany, 
Missouri;  Jj  Ross,  of  Idaho;  Arthur,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twelve  years; 
and  Goldie,  who  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Tilley  married  a  second  time  January 
1,  1890,  to  Bertha  M.  Brown,  a  daughter  of  James  T.  and  Mary  Brown, 
both  deceased.  Mr.  Brown  was  a  fanner  in  Bethany  Township,  and  was 
a  prominent  horseman  of  this  county. 

By  his  second  marriage,  Mr.  Tilley  has  the  following  children:  Ray  J., 
who  is  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Cypress  Township;  Hoyt 
G.,  a  professor  of  vocational  agriculture  at  Mound  City,  Missouri,  and  a 
graduate  of  the  Missouri  University  in  class  of  1920,  and  who  received  his 
degree  in  the  same  class  with  General  John  J.  Pershing  and  General  Crowd- 
er,  the  latter  receiving  degrees  on  account  of  their  distinction,  married 
Pauline  Abbott  of  Columbia;  Ruby  Coral,  a  graduate  of  Bethany  High 
School,  and  who  spent  one  year  at  school  in  Valparaiso,  Indiana;  Doris 
Olive,  a  sophomore  at  the  Missouri  University,  and  who  is  a  graduate  of 
Bethany  High  School ;  Geraldine,  a  junior  in  the  Bethany  High  School ;  and 
Oliver  Pierce,  a  freshman  in  the  Bethany  High  School. 

Hoyt  G.  served  seven  months  on  the  Mexican  Border,  having  been 
called  out  with  the  National  Guards  August  5,  1917,  and  was  at  Ft.  Sill. 
Oklahoma,  until  January,  1918,  and  then  went  east  for  special  training 
in  aerial  photography.  He  spent  three  months  at  New  York  City  in  Colum- 
bia University,  three  months  at  Sacketts  Harbor,  three  months  with  the 
Eastman  Kodak  people ;  three  months  at  Cornell  University  and  was  must- 
ered out  in  Texas,  February  5,  1919.  The  picture  in  the  book  of  the  Harri- 
son County  Fair  was  taken  by  Hoyt  G.  Tilley. 


S.  A.  Dale,  a  progressive  and  well  known  farmer  of  Gi'ant  Township, 
was  born  in  Bethany  Township,  May  7,  1858,  the  son  of  T.  J.  and  Lecta 
(Fuller)  Dale. 

T.  J.  Dale  was  the  son  of  Alfred  Dale,  a  native  of  Virginia,  who  came 
with  his  family  to  Harrison  County  in  the  early  forties  and  settled  near 
Bethany,  where  he  followed  the  vocation  of  farming  and  where  he  died. 
His  son,  T.  J.  Dale,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Union  Army  in  the  Civil  War, 
and  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  in  Lexington,  Missouri,  from  typhoid 
fever.  Lecta  (Fuller)  Dale  was  bom  near  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  died  in 
1917  at  the  age  of  eighty.     After  the  death  of  her  first  husband,  she 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  421 

married  Uriah  Hallack,  the  father  of  Hyman  Hallack  of  Grant  Township. 
A  sketch  of  Hyman  Hallack  appears  in  this  volume. 

The  children  of  T.  J.  and  Lecta  (Fuller)  Dale  were:  S.  A.,  the  subject 
of  this  review;  Victoria,  married  John  L.  Foster  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri; 
and  Ella  E.,  married  B.  0.  Coleman  and  died  in  Oklahoma. 

S.  A.  Dale  was  reared  in  Sherman  Township,  Harrison  County,  and 
received  his  education  in  the  Hickory  School  in  Sherman  Township  and 
the  Harmony  School  in  Bethany  Township.  He  began  to  farm  when  a 
young  man,  first  renting  land,  and  then  buying  120  acres  in  Grant  Town- 
ship for  which  he  paid  $480,  paying  eighty  dollars  at  the  time  of  the  pur- 
chase and  the  remainder  with  in  a  few  years.  He  later  sold  this  land 
and  bought  another  farm  and  now  owns  250  acres.  He  has  a  ten  room, 
attractive  residence  with  modern  equipment.  He  also  has  a  good  barn 
and  other  good  farm  building.  Mr.  Dale  does  general  farming  and  raises 
Durham  cattle  and  Poland  China  hogs.  He  is  accounted  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful farmers  in  the  county. 

S.  A.  Dale  was  married  to  Lucy  A.  McGee,  October  9,  1885.  Mrs. 
Dale  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  a  daughter  of  T.  J.  McGee,  now  deceased. 
Mrs.  Dale  came  to  Missouri  with  her  parents  when  she  was  fourteen, 
and  lived  here  the  remainder  of  her  life.  She  died  in  1900.  To  S.  A.  and 
Lucy  A.  (McGee)  Dale  the  following  children  were  born:  V.  E.,  now  a 
farmer  and  stockman  in  Sherman  Township ;  Orrie,  married  Oscar  Coleman 
and  lives  in  Pratt  County,  Kansas;  Iva,  married  Dock  Cotrell,  and  lives 
in  Daviess  County,  near  Oilman  City ;  June,  now  living  at  home  and  keep- 
ing house  for  her  father;  and  Ruth,  a  graduate  of  the  Bethany  High 
School,  later  a  teacher,  and  now  a  student  in  the  State  Teachers  College 
in  Kirksville,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Dale  is  a  democrat  and  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church.  He 
is  one  of  the  substantial  and  reliable  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


Ray  J.  Tilley,  son  of  Oliver  P.  Tilley,  is  a  successful  farmer  and  stock- 
man of  Cypress  Township.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Grand  Island  Business 
College  at  Grand  Island,  Nebraska.  He  took  a  short  course  in  agriculture 
at  the  Missouri  University,  and  also  took  the  long  course  for  one  year. 
For  six  years  he  worked  at  stenography,  and  worked  his  way  through  the 
University  at  Columbia. 

During  the  World  War  Mr.  Tilley  was  in  the  United  States  Navy  for 


422  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

thirteen  months.  He  enlisted  December  5,  1917,  and  was  mustered  out 
January  11,  1919. 

Ray  J.  Tilley  made  a  special  study  at  the  University  of  Missouri,  in 
the  line  of  judging  all  grains  and  won  the  highest  medal  in  grain  judging. 
He  also  won  the  dairy  judging  prize  at  Sedalia  State  Fair  in  1919,  first  for 
dairy  cattle  and  second  prize  on  mules. 

Ray  J.  Tilley  married  Miss  Iva  Dell  Grigsby  of  Fayette,  Missouri.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  and  Eliza  Grigsby.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tilley  have 
been  born  one  daughter,  Margaret  Ethalyn. 

Mr.  Tilley  is  a  progressive  young  man  and  is  widely  and  favorably 
known. 


E.  M.  Hill  and  Son,  B.  H.  Hill,  well  known  and  successful  proprietors 
of  a  general  merchandise  and  grocery  store  at  Blue  Ridge  have  been  in 
business  here  since  1897,  although  E.  M.  Hill  has  been  retired  for  the 
past  four  years  and  his  son  is  the  active  manager. 

E.  M.  Hill  was  married  in  1888  in  West  Virginia  to  Lou  Rayburn, 
who  was  bom  and  reared  in  Mason  County,  Virginia,  and  who  was  a 
daughter  of  Griffin  and  Mary  (Morehead)  Rayburn.  Griffin  Rayburn  was 
a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  from  Mason 
County,  Virginia.  He  and  his  wife  both  died  in  that  county  and  are 
buried  there.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill  have  four  children:  May,  the  wife  of 
S.  J.  Gutshall  of  Adams  Township;  B.  H.  of  Adams  Township;  Bell,  the 
wife  of  G.  L.  Taggart  of  Sherman  Township;  and  Wilbur  D.,  who  died 
in  infancy. 

During  the  Civil  War,  E.  M.  Hill  enlisted  in  Company  H.  53rd  O.  V.  V., 
on  November  25,  1861,  and,  before  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  was  In 
the  battle  of  Shiloh,  or  Pittsburg  Landing,  and,  in  this  battle,  he  was 
wounded  in  the  right  leg.  He  was  mustered  out  August  25,  1865,  after 
three  years  and  nine  months  of  service,  and,  while  in  the  war,  participated 
in  sixty  seven  engagements.  Out  of  the  entire  regiment  to  which  Mr. 
Hill  belonged,  there  were  but  thirteen  living  when  the  last  reunion  was 
held  in  Columbus,  Ohio. 

E.  M.  Hill,  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1872  and  engaged 
in  farming,  and  returned  to  Virginia  in  1888  where  he  married,  having 
known  his  wife  from  childhood. 

Mr.  Hill  has  also  found  time,  aside  from  his  business  affairs,  to  take 
an  interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  township  and  has  very  capably  filled  the 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  423 

office  of  township  assessor  of  Sugar  Creek  Township.  He  was  formerly  a 
member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  at  Bethany,  Missouri.  Mr.  Hill  is  now  living 
a  retired  life  practically,  although  he  has  fifteen  acres  of  land  at  Blue 
Ridge  which  he  looks  after. 

B.  H.  Hill,  manager  of  the  store  at  Blue  Ridge,  was  born  in  Sugar 
Creek  Township,  January  4,  1892,  and  was  educated  in  the  county  schools, 
and  prior  to  entering  the  mercantile  business,  he  engaged  in  farming, 
and  also  hauled  freight  from  Bethany  to  Blue  Ridge  for  about  ten  years. 
He  manages  the  store  in  a  very  efficient  manner,  and  the  business  has 
grown  materially  in  the  last  few  years. 

B.  H.  Hill  was  married  March  28,  1915  to  Edith  Lee  Baldwin  of 
Gilman  City.  She  was  born  in  Gentry  County,  Missouri,  a  daughter  of 
W.  A.  and  Emma  Baldwin,  both  of  whom  live  at  Bethany,  Missouri.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hill  have  two  sons :  Max  Marvin  and  Roe  Allen. 

B.  H.  Hill  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at 
Bethan}-.  He  has  filled  the  office  of  tax  collector  for  six  years,  and  has 
been  constable  for  about  that  length  of  time. 


Vincle  Abner  Cummings,  a  successful  and  energetic  citizen  at  Blue 
Ridge,  Missouri,  was  born  in  White  Oak  Township  November  10,  1889, 
the  son  of  Henry  and  Melissa  (Justice)  Cummings,  who  now  live  at 
Avondale,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Cummings  were  born  in  Harrison  County,  Mis- 
souri, and  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  John,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  years;  Vincle  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Victor  of 
Gilman,  Missouri ;  Mella  of  Gilman,  Missouri ;  Mary,  the  wife  of  Sanders 
Stewart  of  North  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Ed  of  Gilman,  Missouri;  Cora 
of  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  and  Ceba  of  Avondale,  Missouri. 

Vincle  A.  Cummings  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Burton 
and  Brady  districts,  and  in  early  manhood  engaged  in  the  saw  mill  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Cummings  located  in  Blue  Ridge  in  1912  and  opened  up  a 
general  repair  shop  in  November,  1920.  In  addition  to  auto  work  and 
blacksmithing,  he  grinds  feed  and  chop  and  also  has  an  electric  dynamo 
of  3000  watt  capacity.  Mr.  Cummings  has  had  a  nice  business  since  com- 
ing here,  which  continues  to  grow.  He  has  the  confidence  of  the  people 
and  has  made  many  friends  in  this  community. 

Mr.  Cummings  was  married  in  1913  to  Grace  E.  Cummings,  a  daugh- 


424  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

ter  of  John  and  Flora  Cummings.  Mrs.  Cummings  was  reared  near  Blue 
Ridge  and  educated  here.    Her  parents  reside  in  Nebraska. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cummings  are  the  parents  of  five  children :  Mary  Alice, 
Thelma  May,  Deloris,  Maxine  and  Vincle,  Jr. 

He  is  a  good  mechanic  and  a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen. 


H.  M.  Tilley,  deceased,  a  prominent  and  leading  pioneer  of  Butler 
Township,  was  bom  August  28,  1860,  the  son  of  Sanford  M.  and  Liddia 
(Salmon)  Tilley.  Sanford  Tilley  was  bom  in  North  Carolina,  January  24, 
1827,  and  died  April  19,  1916.  When  one  year  old,  he  moved  to  Cumber- 
land Gap,  Virginia,  and  three  months  later,  he  moved  to  Monroe  County, 
Indiana,  with  his  parents,  who  remained  there  for  eight  years,  when  they 
moved  to  Illinois,  and  the  next  spring  went  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and 
came  up  the  Missouri  River  to  Westport  landing,  finally  locating  in  Platte 
County,  Missouri,  where  they  lived  for  eight  years,  at  the  end  of  which 
time,  in  1845,  they  settled  in  Harrison  County.  In  1846,  Sanford  Tilley 
volunteered  in  the  Mexican  War,  and  served  under  Captain  Salmon,  grand- 
father of  H.  M.  Tilley,  deceased.  He  was  in  service  for  eighteen  months, 
and  upon  his  return  from  the  army,  was  employed  by  the  Government 
and  drove  a  six-mule  team  to  Fort  Hall,  Oregon.  The  next  spring,  he 
joined  a  company  of  men  going  to  the  gold  fields  of  California,  and,  while 
there,  he  took  sick  and  returned  via  Panama,  walking  across  the  present 
site  of  the  canal,  and  took  a  ship  for  New  Orleans.  He  walked  home  from 
St.  Louis,  arriving  March  26,  1851. 

Sanford  Tilley  married  Liddia  Salmon,  a  daughter  of  Captain  Salmon, 
who  was  wounded  in  a  battle  with  the  Indians  near  Taos,  New  Mexico, 
and  died  as  a  result  of  his  injuries. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sanford  Tilley  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Martha  Gibson,  of  Idaho;  Oscar  Tilley  of  Spencer,  South  Dakota; 
Anna  Loomis,  who  died  in  Alberta,  Canada,  in  1920 ;  0.  P.  Tilley  of  Cypress 
Township ;  Roy  Tilley  of  Buffalo,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Dora  Youngman  of  Butler 
Township;  H.  M.,  deceased,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Loraine,  Luther 
and  Clara,  all  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  In  addition  to  the  ten  children, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sanford  Tilley  had  fifty-eight  grandchildren  and  thirty-two 
great-grandchildren,  eighty-nine  of  whom  were  living  at  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1916.  Sanford  Tilley's  grandfather,  David  Tilley,  was  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  his  father  was  in  the  War  of  1812.  Sanford 
Tilley  was  in  the  Missouri  State  Militia  as  well  as  in  the  Mexican  War. 


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H.  M.  Tilley  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  county,  and  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  went  west  and  was  gone  for  about  eight  years, 
during  which  time  he  was  a  cowboy  and  Government  freighter.  He  re- 
turned to  Harrison  County  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years,  and  was 
married  September  21,  1884,  to  Emma  F.  Brown,  a  daughter  of  James  T. 
and  Mary  (Sackman)  Brown.  James  Brown  died  September  12,  1915, 
and  his  wife  died  in  January,  1908,  and  they  are  buried  in  Burris  Cemetery. 
James  Brown  and  wife  were  married  in  Schuyler  County,  Illinois,  and 
located  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1865,  in  Bethany  Township.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Brown  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Mrs.  Tilley ; 
Mrs.  0.  P.  Tilley  of  Cypress  Township;  Mrs.  Cora  Allen  of  Gentryville, 
Missouri;  George  L.  Brown  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  Julius  and  John  Brown, 
deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tilley  were  the  parents  of  four  children:  William  San- 
ford,  who  was  bom  July  1,  1885,  and  who  has  been  operating  the  home 
farm  for  six  years,  and  for  three  years  previous  was  in  the  Western 
States,  and  while  at  Grand  Junction,  Colorado,  lost  an  arm  in  a  railroad 
wreck,  while  working  for  the  D.  R.  G.  Railroad;  May  G.,  born  December 
7,  1887,  the  wife  of  Walter  Atterberry  of  Butler  Township;  George  Mer- 
ton,  born  April  8,  1889,  of  Welch,  Okla.,  who  married  Clara  Goldsberry; 
Frances  Herbert,  born  January  28,  1891,  and  died  August  28,  1892;  and 
Argil,  born  September  25,  1893,  and  who  married  Artie  Clark.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Tilley  also  reared  Myra  Brown,  now  the  wife  of  Clifford  Burris  of 
Bethany  Township. 

Emma  F.  (Bi-own)  Tilley,  wife  of  H.  M.  Tilley,  was  educated  in  sub- 
scription and  public  schools  of  this  county.  H.  M.  Tilley  and  wife  moved 
to  her  present  home  November,  1892.  Mr.  Tilley  owned  174  acres  of  finely 
improved  land,  which  was  thoroughly  adapted  to  dairying.  He  raised 
the  registered  Holstein  cattle  and  Duroc  Jersey  hogs,  and  also  fed  stock 
extensively.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  the 
Yeoman  lodges,  and  also  a  member  of  the  Bethany  Commercial  Club.  Mr. 
Tilley  was  a  man  of  progressive  attributes  and  a  leader  for  things  of 
public  merit. 

Paul  Tilley,  a  nephew  of  H.  M.  Tilley,  was  reared  by  H.  M.  Tilley 
and  wife,  and  he  won  the  silver  cup  and  two  gold  medals  for  the  best  five 
acres  of  com  grown  in  the  state  in  1921,  the  corn  being  grown  on  the 
Tilley  farm  in  Butler  Township. 

William  S.  and  Argil  Tilley  are  specializing  in  corn  breeding  in  Reed's 
yellow  dent  corn.    Mrs.  Tilley  raises  the  English  sngle  comb  White  Leg- 


426  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

horn  chickens  and,  in  1919,  sold  $800.00  worth  of  eggs,  and  almost  as 
many  in  1920. 

Argil  Tilley  owns  and  operates  a  farm  of  120  acres  in  Butler  Town- 
ship, formerly  the  home  of  his  great  grandfather,  who  entered  the  land 
in  1846.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  has  been  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising  all  of  his  life.  He  moved  to  his  present  fann 
in  1916,  and  has  lived  here  ever  since.  Prior  to  coming  here,  in  July,  1914, 
he  enlisted  in  the  National  Guards  and  was  with  Company  G  on  their 
trip  to  the  Mexican  border,  and  was  in  service  for  two  and  one-half  years, 
and  was  mustered  out  October  12,  1916. 

Argil  Tilley  married  Artie  B.  Clark,  a  daughter  of  William  M.  and 
.Minnie  (Schofield)  Clark  of  Bethany,  December  26,  1914.  Mrs.  Tilley 
was  born  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tilley  have  two  children:  Wilda  and  Eva  Elizabeth. 
Mr.  Tilley  and  his  brother,  William,  have  won  prizes  the  past  two  years  on 
Reed's  yellow  dent  com,  as  follows :  Gentry  County  Com  Show  at  Albany, 
Missouri,  on  ten  ears,  in  1919 ;  first  premium  at  King  City,  in  1919,  on 
ten  ears ;  champion  and  grand  champion  at  King  City,  Missouri,  on  ten 
ears  in  1919;  third  premium  on  single  ear  at  King  City,  in  1919;  fourth 
premium  on  five  acres  of  com  at  Harrison  County  Com  Show  in  1919 ; 
seventh  premium  at  Missouri  State  Corn  Show  in  1919.  In  1920,  they 
won  the  following  premiums:  First  premium;  on  ten  ears  at  Albany, 
.Missouri,  Gentry  County  Corn  Show;  first  premium  at  Harrison  County, 
five  acre  yield  contest,  with  yield  of  115.8  bushels  per  acre;  second  pre- 
mium at  King  City  Corn  Show  on  ten  ears ;  fourth  premium  at  King  City 
Corn  Show  on  ten  ears;  fifth  premium  on  single  ear  at  King  City  Corn 
Show;  first  premium  at  Missouri  State  Corn  Show,  on  ten  ears;  second 
premium  at  Missouri  State  Corn  Show  on  five-acre  yield  contest;  fourth 
premium  at  Missouri  State  Corn  Show  on  single  ear ;  and  fifth  premium  at 
same  show,  also.  The  premiums  have  amounted  to  more  than  $300.00, 
and  these  brothers  have  the  record  of  growing  the  largest  yield  of  any 
one  on  a  five-acre  plat. 


William  H.  Richter,  a  successful  and  enterprising  farmer  of  Adams 
Township,  was  born  in  Fulton  County,  Indiana,  September  9,  1848,  the 
son  of  James  and  Eleanor  (Gorden)  Richter.  Mrs.  Richter  was  of  the 
Gordon  family  of  Scotland.  She  died  in  1852,  in  Indiana,  and  James  Richter 
died  about  the  year  1891  and  is  buried  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  427 

Fellows  Cemetery  at  Bethany,  Missouri.  James  Richter  came  to  Missouri 
in  1855  and  settled  near  Bethany,  where  he  entered  800  acres  of  land.  He 
had  the  only  house  on  the  prairie  between  Bethany  and  Bancroft.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  Richter  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Mrs. 
Marie  Pettit  of  Denver,  Colorado,  William  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
and  eight  children,  who  are  deceased. 

William  H.  Richter  attended  a  subscription  school  in  his  boyhood 
days,  which  was  conducted  by  Mrs.  Henry  Boyce  at  her  home,  about  five 
miles  east  of  Bethany.  This  was  before  public  schools  were  organized,  and 
the  subscription  schools  charged  $1.00  per  month  for  each  pupil. 

June  1,  1871,  Mr.  Richter  was  married  to  Eliza  J.  Elwell,  the  widow 
of  Capt.  George  W.  Elwell,  and  after  their  marriage  they  moved  to  the 
farm  where  they  now  live.  At  that  time  the  residence  was  a  cabin,  and 
all  the  land  was  raw  prairie.  Mr.  Richter  now  has  three  sets  of  buildings, 
six  barns,  and  there  are  now  forty-two  buildings  on  the  farm  of  different 
kinds,  all  put  up  by  Mr.  Richter.  At  one  time  he  had  one  of  the  finest 
fish  ponds  on  his  place  to  be  found  anywhere.  The  pond  covered  one  and 
one-half  acres  and  had  twelve  feet  of  water  in  its  deepest  places.  It  was 
stocked  with  bass,  crappie,  channel  cat  fish,  and  there  are  still  a  few  fish 
in  the  pond.  The  farm  comprises  370  acres,  and  is  located  four  miles 
northwest  of  Oilman.  The  original  cabin  into  which  Mr.  Richter  moved 
had  a  puncheon  floor,  with  cracks  wide  enough  for  the  knives,  forks  and 
spoons  to  drop  through.  He  borrowed  $10.00  to  get  married  and  gave 
the  preacher,  the  Reverend  Cave,  father  of  Alfred  Cave,  of  Bethany,  half 
of  that  amount,  and  during  their  early  married  life  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richter 
lived  on  yellow  corn  bread  rather  than  go  in  debt  for  flour.  Mr.  Richter 
taught  school  in  the  winters  fon  seven  years  and  farmed  during  the 
summer,  and  went  barefooted  in  the  summer  until  thirty  years  of  age. 
In  the  early  days  the  food  consisted  of  corn  bread,  wild  hog  and  venison. 
Mr.  Richter's  first  team  was  an  old  blind  horse  and  a  crippled  one.  His 
place  now  shows  the  signs  of  a  thrifty  farmer  and  successful  business 
man.  He  has  always  been  identified  with  the  Republican  party  and  takes 
an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  township.  For  the  past  twenty-two 
years  Mr.  Richter  has  been  breeding  Shorthorn  cattle  and  has  one  of  the 
finest  herds  in  the  county.  "Hallwood  Count  3rd,"  the  head  of  his  herd, 
weighs  2,500  pounds  and  is  one  of  the  largest  animals  of  this  kind  to 
be  found  in  this  section  of  the  State,  and  his  herd  of  seventy-five  cattle 
is  among  the  best  in  the  State.     Mr.  Richter  recently  shipped  a  car  of 


428  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

these  cattle  to  Washington,  and  he  ships  stock  all  over  the  countiy- 
Seventy  acres  of  the  farm  is  in  alfalfa,  which  product  Mr.  Richter  has 
specialized  in  to  the  extent  that  he  makes  lectures  on  the  raising  of 
alfalfa.  His  oldest  piece  of  alfalfa  is  ten  years  old  and  has  been  cut 
thirty-seven  times,  and,  in  1920,  yielded  seven  tons  per  acre. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richter  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Frank, 
born  June  8,  1872,  who  married  Harriett  Carr,  of  Michigan,  and  who  live 
on  the  home  place ;  James  G.,  born  August  3,  1884,  married  Ruth  Vosburg. 
They  live  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Richter  has  never  belonged  to  a  secret  society  and  has  never  had 
his  life  insured.  He  is  one  of  the  most  respected  and  best  known  men 
in  the  county. 


0.  H.  Nally,  a  progressive  and  successful  farmer  of  Adams  Township, 
was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  March  20,  1852,  the  son  of  William 
and  Patsy  (Gillespie)  Nally,  both  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Nally 
came  to  Missouri  in  1865  and  settled  first  in  Livingston  County  for  three 
years,  then  moved  to  Harrison  County  in  Adams  Township  in  1868  and 
bought  7371/2  acres  of  land  from  William  Hillman,  formerly  the  Westfield 
farm.  William  Nally  and  family  made  this  their  home  here  until  his 
death,  December  31,  1888.  His  wife  died  in  January,  1888,  and  both  are 
buried  in  Pleasant  Ridge  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Nally  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Lucinda  Bai-low,  widow  of  James  Barlow,  deceased;  Susie,  the 
widow  of  Edward  Poore,  who  lives  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio ;  Sarah  J.,  the 
wife  of  Livingston  Gibbons,  of  Chillicothe,  Missouri j  W.  Jasper,  deceased; 
Winfield  S.,  of  Morton  County,  Kansas;  Moses,  who  died  in  1878;  0.  H., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Harvey  Nally,  of  Cainsville,  Missouri;  and 
Frank,  deceased. 

0.  H.  Nally  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Ohio  and 
Missouri,  and  for  the  past  forty-four  years  has  lived  on  his  present  fai-m 
of  340  acres  of  land,  which  is  located  six  and  one-half  miles  northwest  of 
Oilman.  This  is  a  well  improved  place  with  good  residpuce,  bam,  cribs, 
granary,  etc.  The  farm  is  well  watered  and  is  one  of  the  best  stock  farms 
in  this  section.  Since  Mr.  Nally  moved  here,  a  Cottonwood  tree  grew  on 
the  farm,  which  was  cut  down  recently  and  made  248  feet  of  lumber. 

0.  H.  Nally  was  mamed  November  30,  1873,  to  Samantha  J.  Burris, 
a  daughter  of  Jefferson  and  Sarah  T.  (Cherington)  Burris,  both  deceased. 


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Mrs.  Burris  died  in  Ohio  and  her  husband  then  located  in  Mitchelville, 
where  he  lived  until  his  death. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nally  are  the  parents  of  the  following-  children:  Mrs. 
Cornelia  May  Cope,  deceased;  Charles,  a  ranchman  of  Colorado,  who 
married  Pearl  Mitchell;  Moses  Earl,  of  Nodaway  County,  Missouri,  who 
married  Willa  Knowles;  Alvin,  a  fanner  of  Harrison  County,  Missouri; 
Walden  E.,  of  Adams  Township,  who  married  Laura  Beals;  Frank,  of 
Colorado,  who  married  a  Miss  Jersey,  of  Nodaway  County,  Missouri; 
Gladys  E.  Meek,  who  died  in  1920;  George,  of  Blue  Ridge,  who  married 
Leta  Haselden ;  and  Hai-vey,  of  Colorado.  The  last  named  tried  to  get  in 
the  army  during  the  World  War,  but  was  rejected.  Frank  Nally  enlisted 
in  the  army  from  Harrison  County,  August,  1918,  and  was  sent  to  training 
camp  near  Waco,  Texas,  where  he  was  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Mr.  Nally  has  found  time  besides  his  agricultural  pursuits  to  take 
part  in  the  affairs  of  his  township,  and  has  sei'ved  on  the  township  board 
for  many  years  and  also  on  the  school  board.  He  and  his  family  are  well 
respected  citizens  and  have  many  friends  throughout  the  county. 

The  grandfather  of  0.  H.  Nally,  Moses  Nally,  was  a  native  of  Alber- 
marle  County,  Virginia,  but  left  there  in  1817  and  located  in  Jackson 
County,  Ohio.  He  was  a  farmer  and  brought  with  him  to  Ohio  white  seed 
com,  this  seed  from  this  corn  being  known  as  the  Nally  corn.  When  O. 
H.  Nally  went  to  Ohio  in  January,  1901,  a  cousin  of  his  still  had  com  from 
the  original  seed,  and  Mr.  Nally  brought  some  of  it  home  and  planted 
on  his  farm  in  Harrison  County. 


Thomas  J.  Higgins,  a  well  knowii  farmer  and  stockman  of  Adams 
Township,  was  born  in  Rush  County,  Indiana,  May  31,  1834,  the  son  of 
Talbert  and  Matilda  (Jones)  Higgins.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbert  Higgins 
came  to  Missouri  in  1839  and  settled  in  Daviess  County,  near  Coffey,  be- 
fore the  land  was  surveyed.  Mr.  Higgins  was  killed  by  a  falling  tree  in 
February,  1840,  and  he  was  the  first  one  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Coffey, 
Missouri.  His  widow  died  in  Adams  Township  in  January,  1901,  and  is 
buried  at  Coffey,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbert  Higgins  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Thomas  J.,  of  this  sketch;  Mrs.  Louisa  Thomas,  deceased;  A.  D.,  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  died  October  14,  1921,  and  is  buried  at  Coffey, 
Missouri;  and  Talbert,  who  also  sei-ved  in  the  Civil  War.     By  a  second 


430  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

marriage  of  Mrs.  Talbert  Higgins  to  John  Bums  she  had  a  son  ana 
daughter:  Henry  Clay  Burns  and  Mrs.  Margaret  Beckeit,  both  of  whom 
are  deceased. 

Thomas  J.  Higgins  came  to  Harrison  County  when  six  years  of  age, 
and  has  lived  on  his  present  farm  since  1860.  Mr.  Higgins  was  in  the 
Civil  War,  enlisting  in  1863  with  the  Missouri  State  Militia,  Company  F. 
Third  Regiment,  and  was  in  this  company  for  ninety  days,  during  which 
time  he  was  stationed  in  Platte  County,  near  Old  Weston. 

Thomas  J.  Higgins  was  married  August  16,  1855,  to  Christina  Myers, 
a  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Mary  (Bryant)  Myers,  both  deceased.  Mrs. 
Higgins  died  May  23,  1915,  and  is  buried  at  Coif ey,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Higgins  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Emma  and  Eobert  Y.,  both  deceased;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  William  P. 
Hutcherson,  of  Coffey,  Missouri ;  Lillian,  the  wife  of  Columbia  Hiatt,  and 
who  is  deceased ;  Louisa  Jane,  the  wife  of  John  Galbreath,  of  Bethany, 
Missouri ;  Abraham,  of  Gilnian,  Missouri,  who  married  Cora  Gillilan ;  and 
Joseph  T.,  of  Adams  Township. 

Joseph  T.  Higgins  owns  eighty  acres  of  land  four  and  one-half  miles 
northwest  of  Oilman.  December  26,  1897,  he  mamed  Lura  H.  Young,  a 
daughter  of  W.  B.  and  Elizabeth  Williams  Young  ,of  Blue  Ridge,  Missouri. 
Mrs.  Young  was  a  daughter  of  David  N.  Williams,  an  early  settler  of 
Adams  Township,  who  located  here  in  1869.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  T.  Hig- 
gins have  two  sons:  Hugh  and  Thomas  B.  Hugh  Higgins  was  married 
June  1,  1921,  to  Gertrude  Hayes,  of  Amnston,  Alabama. 

Joseph  T.  Higgins  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  at  Oilman,  and 
of  the  Scottish  Rite  at  St.  Joseph.  Missouri.  He  has  served  as  collector  for 
fourteen  years  and  constable  for  ten  years,  and  is  well  and  favorably 
known  throughout  the  county. 

When  Thomas  J.  Higgins  came  to  this  county  there  were  no  mills 
nearer  than  Richmond,  Ray  County,  more  than  100  miles  away.  The 
neighbors  would  assemble  their  grist  and  one  wagon  would  take  the  lot 
and  get  it  gi-ound.  At  that  time  oxen  and  horses  were  used  for  mode  of 
travel  and  in  the  field.  The  country  was  open  prairie  from  Cypress  to 
Sugar  Creek,  and  the  flies  were  so  bad  that  teams  could  hardly  be  driven 
across  the  prairie  in  the  summer.  Mr.  Higgins  broke  a  great  deal  of 
prairie  land  with  a  yoke  of  oxen.  When  he  was  a  boy  he  used  to  supply 
the  harvest  hands  with  whiskey  and  water,  the  men  in  the  fields  having 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  431 

their  choice.  He  often  went  to  Bethany  with  a  jug,  and  purchased  whiskey 
for  twenty-five  cents  per  gallon. 

Hugh  Higgins,  a  son  of  Joseph  T.  Higgins,  enlisted  October  9,  1919, 
with  the  Nineteenth  Company  in  the  General  Service  Infantry,  detached 
service,  under  command  of  the  adjutant  general  at  Washington  and  served 
until  October,  1920.  George  T.  Higgins,  a  son  of  Abraham  Higgins,  en- 
listed in  the  Twelfth  Engineer  Corps,  and  went  overseas  with  the  Rain- 
bow Division,  and  served  all  during  the  war,  but  was  murdered  March, 
1919,  in  France,  for  his  money.  He  was  a  dispatch  bearer,  attached  to 
the  General  Staff,  and  was  found  eight  miles  from  camp  with  his  motor- 
cycle and  guns  gone,  and  he  had  been  shot  in  the  back  of  his  head.  His 
body  has  been  returaed  and  is  buried  at  Gilman  City,  Missouri. 

William  Galbraith,  a  nephew  of  Joseph  Higgins,  enlisted  at  Camp  Tay- 
lor, Kentucky,  and  went  overseas  with  the  First  Division. 


Lester  C.  Eberhardt,  a  progressive  and  well  known  young  dentist  of 
Gilman  City,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Downs,  Illinois,  April  9,  1891,  the  son 
of  Charles  A.  and  Mattie  (Mitchell)  Eberhart. 

Charles  A.  Eberhart  was  born  in  Point  Marion,  Pennsylvania,  and 
his  wife  was  bom  in  Downs,  Illinois.  They  came  from  Illinois  to  Gilman 
City  in  1902,  where  they  still  live.  Mr.  Eberhart  is  a  farmer  and  stock- 
buyer  of  prominence  in  the  county.  To  Charles  A.  and  Mattie  (Mitchell) 
Eberhart  the  following  children  were  born:  Floyd  E.,  now  a  farmer  in 
Daviess  County,  Missouri,  and  Elma  Irene,  twin  sister  of  Floyd  E.,  now 
Mrs.  Allen  R.  Clinton,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  and  Lester  C,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch. 

Lester  C.  Eberhart  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Illinois  and 
the  Gilman  City  High  School.  He  graduated  from  the  Gem  City  Business 
College  in  Quincy,  Illinois,  and  then  entered  Kansas  City  Dental 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1918.  He  enlisted  for  service  in  the 
World  War  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Pike,  in  Arkansas,  where  he  served  in 
the  Dental  Corps,  Dental  Infirmary  No.  1.  He  stayed  here  for  the  five 
m.onths  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  returned  to  Gilman  City.  He 
has  been  practicing  dentistry  here  since  February,  1919. 

Doctor  Eberhart  was  married  to  Dewam  Shaffer  in  Gilman  City,  Mis- 
souri, April  6,  1921.    Mrs.  Eberhart  is  a  daughter  of  Oscar  Shaffer,  of 


432  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Amsterdam,  Missouri.     She  was  born  in  Missouri  and  was  educated  in 
t}ie  public  schools  here. 

Doctor  Eberhart  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  in  Gilman  City.  He  is  one  of  Harrison  County's  best  Icnown  and 
promising  young  men  and  is  deservedly  popular  with  his  large  clientage. 


Franklin  P.  Burris,  deceased,  a  well  known  pioneer  of  Harrison 
County,  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  in  1852,  and  in  1854  came 
with  his  parents  to  Han-ison  County,  Missouri,  and  settled  on  a  farm 
now  owned  by  the  Burris  estate,  where  Mrs.  Franklin  Burris  now  lives. 

George  and  Elizabeth  (Henry)  Burris,  parents  of  Franklin  Burris, 
moved  to  Bethany  in  1881  and  lived  here  until  their  deaths;  he  died  in 
1893  and  his  wife  in  1904  and  both  are  buried  in  Burris  Cemetery  on  the 
home  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Burris  were  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Franklin  P.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Weltha  E. 
Mitchean,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Sarah  Cornelia,  the  wife  of  John 
M.  Howell,  of  Davis  City,  Iowa;  Lydia,  the  wife  of  Lawrence  Hughes,  of 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma ;  Mollie,  deceased,  the  wife  of  Mart  Daily ;  Cora 
B.,  the  wife  of  William  Weller,  the  latter  is  deceased  and  the  former  lives 
in  Oklahoma;  Susie,  the  wife  of  W.  N.  Rucker,  of  Norman,  Oklahoma; 
and  Warren,  who  was  accidentally  killed  when  five  years  of  age,  and  the 
other  died  in  infancy. 

Frankhn  P.  Burris  died  December  27,  1911.  Prior  to  his  death,  he 
owned  the  home  place,  which  consists  of  more  than  500  acres,  eighty 
acres  of  which  is  in  Bethany  Township  and  the  remainder  in  Cypress 
Township. 

Mr.  Burris  was  president  of  the  Farmers  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company  of  Harrison  County  for  twenty  years  and  was  one  of  its  organ- 
izers. He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  Yeoman,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the 
Bankers  Life. 

October  4,  1877,  Mr.  Burris  was  married  to  Emma  C.  Barlow,  a 
daughter  of  James  and  Lucinda  (Nally)  Barlow,  who  came  from  Ohio  in 
1865  and  settled  near  Chillicothe  where  they  remained  until  1869  when 
they  came  to  Harrison  County.  They  were  both  natives  of  Ohio.  Mrs. 
Burris  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  and  educated  in  the  schools 
there  and  taught  school  two  years  prior  to  her  marriage.     She  was  one 


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of  a  family  of  nine  children  and  eight  of  them  were  teachers.  Further 
history  of  the  Barlow  family  appears  in  this  volume. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Franklin  Burris  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: George  R.,  of  Mt.  Moriah,  Missouri,  who  married  Etta  Clinken- 
beard ;  J.  Harvey,  of  Denver,  Colorado,  who  married  Gertrude  Roleke ; 
W.  Clay,  of  Bethany,  who  married  Abbie  England;  F.  Ed,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty-nine  years,  and  who  was  a  teacher  in  the  high  school 
in  Helena,  Montana,  prior  to  his  fatal  illness;  K.  Clifford,  of  Bethany 
Township,  who  married  Myra  Brown;  Don  Cabot,  who  died  in  infancy; 
L.  Ruth,  the  wife  of  Raymond  Carter,  of  White  Oak  Township;  Joe,  of 
Bethany  Township,  who  married  Zola  Myers;  Mary  E.,  who  lives  at  home 
and  teaches  school  in  this  county;  Grace,  at  home,  who  is  a  student  in 
Bethany  High  School ;  John  J.,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  and  Robert  Bruce 
at  home. 

Mrs.  Burris  has  the  following  grandchildren:  Burris  and  Edward 
Carter,  Elizabeth  and  Georgs  Roscoe  Burris  and  Anna  Lee. 

The  home  farm  was  named  Maplewood  Farm  because  of  the  maple 
grove  just  east  of  the  residence.  The  Burris  home  is  a  pretty  one,  the 
residence  setting  back  from  the  road,  a  row  of  cedar  trees  on  either  side 
of  the  spacious  yard.  The  cedars  v/ere  put  out  in  1880  and  forest  trees 
also  decorate  the  lawn,  and  a  large  elm  tree  just  north  of  the  residence 
adds  to  the  beauty  of  the  place. 

The  Burris  family  are  well  known  and  highly  respected  throughout 
the  county.  Mrs.  Burris  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  her 
husband  was  also  a  Methodist. 


Charles  Platz.  a  prosperous  and  leading  farmer  of  Adams  Township, 
was  bom  in  St.  Joseph  County,  Indiana,  April  14,  1859,  the  son  of  Chris- 
topher and  Amanda  (Hazeldon)  Platz.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christopher  Platz 
came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  October,  1865,  and  settled  on  the 
farm  where  Charles  now  lives,  where  they  lived  until  1898,  when  they 
moved  to  Lincoln  County,  Oklahoma.  At  the  time  Christopher  Platz 
located  here,  the  place  was  very  much  run  down,  the  residence  being  a  log 
hut  without  a  floor,  the  floor  having  been  stolen  during  the  war;  also  the 
fences  were  gone.  The  farm,  which  consisted  of  eighty  acres,  and  which 
Mr.  Platz  purchased  for  $750.00,  was  formerly  owned  by  a  Mr.  Spheres, 
one  of  the  early  settlers  here. 
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434  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christopher  Platz  were  the  parents  of  the  following- 
children  :  William  L.,  who  was  killed  in  a  runaway  accident  in  1885 ;  Charles, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Clara  F  (Rice)  Evans,  of  Marshall,  Oklahoma ; 
and  Ida  M.  Thomas,  of  Welston,  Oklahoma.  Clara  Evans  has  three  sons: 
Jesse  and  Ross  Rice,  of  Idaho,  and  Christopher  Rice,  of  Hennessey,  Okla- 
homa.   Ida  Thomas  has  two  children:  Verla  and  Ivan. 

Charles  Platz  was  married  December  24,  1885,  to  Melissa  Wright, 
a  daughter  of  Ambrose  Wright  and  wife.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Platz  lived  in 
Sherman  Township  for  four  years,  and  eight  years  in  Adams  Township, 
prior  to  moving  to  their  present  farm,  of  320  acres,  located  one-half  mile 
west  of  Blue  Ridge.  This  farm  has  two  sets  of  improvements,  two  resi- 
dences, two  barns,  and  other  buildings.  The  residence  which  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Platz  occupy  was  built  in  1918,  and  is  a  two  story,  neatly  furnished  home. 
Mr.  Platz  has  an  excellent  orchard,  consisting  of  100  bearing  peach  trees, 
apple,  plum,  English  walnut  and  persimmon  trees,  and  he  also  raise? 
berries.  Mr.  Platz  has  six  registered  Duroc  Jersey  hogs,  six  grade  Hol- 
stein  heifers  and  a  registered  Holstein  bull,  and  raises  the  pure  bred 
Plymouth  Rock  and  Rhode  Island  Red  chickens. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Platz  reared  Gladys  Nally,  who  married  Edgar  Meek. 
She  died  January  9,  1920,  leaving  three  children:  Dale,  bom  March  17, 
1907;  Viola,  born  April  19,  1909;  and  Helen,  bom  November  26,  1917. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Platz  also  gave  Stella  Reed  a  home  for  one  year,  and  at  the 
present  time  Mildred  and  Gladys  Nally  are  making  their  home  with  them. 

Mrs.  Platz  was  born  in  Noble  County,  Indiana,  and  educated  in  Iowa. 
Washington,  Indiana  and  Missouri  public  schools.  She  has  taught  music 
all  of  her  life  and  has  published  three  pieces  of  music  which  have  had  a  very 
good  sale.  She  also  won  a  scholarship  in  Bush  Temple  Conservatory  at 
Chicago,  Illinois,  on  a  piece  of  four  score  work,  and  has  written  poems  for 
many  years,  "Old  Glory"  and  "The  Star  Ahead"  being  among  the  best 
known.  Mrs.  Platz  was  state  superintendent  of  the  purity  department 
for  ten  years  and  county  president  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance 
Union  from  1912  to  1920,  and  has  been  connected  with  the  Woman's 
Christian  Temperance  Union  since  1896.  Mrs.  Platz  has  very  capably 
assisted  in  the  prohibition  work  of  the  State,  doing  work  in  various  coun- 
ties. She  is  well  known  as  a  public  speaker  and  has  composed  several 
songs,  both  humorous  and  pathetic. 

Ambrose  Wright,  Mrs.  Platz's  father,  was  bom  in  New  York  in  1831, 
the  son  of  Oliver  and  Amanda   (Potter)  Wright.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  435 

Wright  located  in  Noble,  Indiana,  in  1836,  and  lived  there  until  their 
death.  Ambrose  Wright  located  in  Ringgold  County,  Iowa,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-three  years  and  entered  land  there.  He  lived  in  Iowa  for  nine 
years  and  returned  to  Indiana,  coming  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in 
1882  and  settled  in  Adams  Township,  where  he  has  lived  ever  since,  with 
the  exception  of  a  short  time  which  he  spent  in  Oklahoma  and  Arkansas. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  Wright  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Ambrose;  Jonathan,  deceased;  William,  deceased;  Charity  Cramer, 
deceased;  Dr.  Reuben  Wright,  deceased;  Mrs.  Jane  Broughton,  deceased; 
and  Oliver,  a  drum  major  in  the  Civil  War. 

Ambrose  Wright  was  married  first  in  1857  to  Ruth  Goodell,  deceased, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Jonathan,  Charity, 
J.  A.  and  Lora.  All  of  the  children  are  deceased  with  the  exception  of 
Jonathan  Wright.  Ambrose  Wright  married  a  second  time  to  Adaline 
Roth,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Mrs.  Melissa 
Platz;  Mrs.  Marie  Dale;  Sherman  E.,  a  railway  mail  clerk  out  of  Kansas 
City,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Fannie  Johnson ;  Mrs.  Enoch  McClure ;  and  Luther, 
of  Oklahoma. 


Harry  C.  Shroyer,  one  of  the  live,  progressive  men  of  Bethany,  and 
manager  of  the  Shroyer  Music  Company,  is  a  son  of  John  W.  Shroyer, 
who  died  March  20,  1916. 

John  W.  Shroyer  was  born  in  Anderson,  Indiana,  in  1842,  and  was 
educated  there,  but  moved  to  Iowa  when  a  young  man  and  was  married 
at  Waterloo,  Iowa,  to  Mary  A.  Krautz,  of  that  place.  Mrs.  Shroyer  is 
living  and  spends  her  time  at  Waterloo,  Iowa,  in  the  v/inter  and  in  the 
summer  stays  with  her  son,  Harry  C.  Shroyer.  From  Iowa,  Mr.  Shroyer 
went  to  Kansas,  where  he  stayed  for  eighteen  months,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  came  to  Bethany  and  located  here  permanently  in  1886.  His 
first  business  venture  here  was  in  the  broom  manufacturing  business 
when  he  established  a  plant  just  northwest  of  the  square  on  Centra! 
Street.  He  organized  the  music  company  in  1893,  but  continued  the  broom 
making  plant  for  several  years  afterward.  John  Shroyer  was  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  an  active  G.  A.  R.  man.  During  the  Civil 
War  he  served  in  Company  G,  Eighty-fourth  Indiana  Volunteers. 

Harry  C.  Shroyer  began  with  his  father  when  but  fourteen  years  of 
age.  In  the  year  1893  he  quit  school  on  account  of  ill  health  and  went 
on  the  wagon,  driving  through  the  county  selling  organs.     He  made  his 


436  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

first  organ  sale  in  1895  to  Joe  Pontus,  who  lived  north  of  Ridgeway,  Mr. 
Pontus  paying  therefor  $140.00.  Mr.  Shroyer  still  does  a  great  deal  of 
outside  work  and  the  business  has  increased  until  Mr.  Shroyer  not  only 
sells  organs,  but  handles  pianos,  talking  machines,  player  pianos  and 
everything  in  the  musical  line.  He  recently  sold  the  band  of  New  Hamp- 
ton a  full  set  of  musical  instruments.  This  company  also  has  a  branch 
at  Albany,  Missouri,  with  Norman  Morgan  as  manager,  and  has  four 
trucks  on  the  road  selling  and  delivering  instruments. 

The  Shroyer  Music  Company  has  an  extensive  business  in  Harrison, 
Gentry,  Worth  and  adjoining  counties  and  are  also  doing  a  nice  business 
in  Iowa.  Mr.  Shroyer  is  a  hustler,  working  early  and  late,  and  Is  the 
fourth  largest  dealer  in  Edison  phonographs  in  the  Des  Moines-Sioux  City 
district,  selling  more  than  $60,000.00  worth  of  Edisons  in  1920.  Mr. 
Shroyer  was  on  the  program  for  a  talk  June  21,  1921,  on  salesmanship, 
his  subject  being:  "Get  Out  and  Get  It." 

Harry  C.  Shroyer  was  married  to  Margaret  I.  King,  of  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri, December  25,  1907,  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Jean. 

Mr.  Shroyer  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
of  Bethany,  joining  when  eighteen  years  of  age,  having  a  special  permit 
on  account  of  being  a  musician.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  at  Bethany,  and  a  member  of  the  National  Association  of  Musical 
Merchants,  since  its  organization  in  1914. 

Mr.  Shroyer  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  Bethany,  and  takes  an 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  town. 


N.  B.  Williams,  an  enterprising  citizen  of  Oilman  City,  and  efficient 
cashier  of  the  Oilman  Bank,  was  bom  near  Blue  Ridge,  December  7,  1871, 
the  son  of  D.  N.  and  Ruth  (Newell)  Williams.  D.  N.  Williams  was  a 
native  of  New  York,  but  reared  in  Ohio,  and  came  to  Missouri  just  after 
the  Civil  War  and  owned  a  farm  in  Adams  Township,  where  he  died  in 
1895.  He  is  buried  at  Fairview  Cemetery.  His  wife  was  bom  in  Ohio 
and  died  in  1900. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  N.  Williams  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren :  B.  F.,  of  Oilman ;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Young,  deceased ;  Mrs.  Viola  Fair, 
Chandler,  Oklahoma;  T.  L.,  of  Daviess  County;  Luella  Welden,  deceased; 
Mrs.  Nettie  Wagoner,  widow  of  John  Wagoner,  of  Bethany;  and  N.  B., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

N.  B.  Williams  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Stanberry 
Nomial  School,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated,  and  following 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  437 

his  graduation,  he  engaged  in  farming  for  a  while,  and  then  operated  a 
hotel  at  Oilman,  and  under  Roosevelt's  administration  was  postmaster 
for  five  years.  He  was  then  with  W.  T.  Dunn  and  Company  in  a  general 
store  at  Oilman,  and  has  been  connected  with  the  Oilman  Bank  since 
November,  1910,  and  since  that  time  the  bank  has  shown  excellent  growth. 

The  Oilman  Bank  was  organized  in  1897  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$10,000.00,  with  Frank  Vincil  as  cashier.  Later  J.  B.  Markey  was  presi- 
dent and  H.  C.  Honan  cashier,  and  following  them  were  W.  J.  Wilden, 
president,  and  Charlie  Burrell,  cashier.  These  officers  were  succeeded  by 
the  present  officers,  who  are  as  follows:  F.  B.  Ray,  president;  C.  A. 
Spruger,  vice-president;  N.  B.  Williams,  cashier;  J.  H.  Cutshall,  assistant 
cashier;  and  Helen  Doherty,  assistant  cashier.  The  present  capital  stock 
is  $25,000.00,  with  surplus  of  $15,000.00,  and  $17,000  of  undivided  profits. 
The  bank  owns  its  building,  a  brick  structure  25x100  feet. 

Mr.  Williams  was  married  December  25,  1900,  to  L.  Etta  Bogue,  a 
daughter  of  Jonah  and  Nancy  Bogue,  of  Oilman,  Missouri.  Mrs.  Williams 
is  a  native  of  this  county  and  a  prominent  teacher  here  at  the  time  of 
her  marriage. 

Mr.  Williams  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
at  Oilman. 


T.  A.  Doherty,  a  well  known  and  enterprising  druggist  of  Oilman 
City,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Olasgow,  Scotland,  in  1864,  and  came  to 
America  in  1870  with  his  parents,  T.  A.  and  Helen  Margaret  (Orant) 
Doherty,  who  settled  first  in  Chicago,  where  Mr.  Doherty  engaged  in 
blacksmithing  for  a  few  years.  He  then  moved  to  Elkhart,  Indiana,  where 
T.  A.  Doherty  attended  school.  He  learned  the  drug  business  at  Belleville, 
Kansas,  with  his  brother,  and  was  there  for  about  fifteen  years  prior  to 
locating  here.  He  bought  his  present  store  in  1913,  and  has  one  of  the 
fine  businesses  of  this  county.  He  carries  a  full  line  of  drugs,  paints, 
wall  paper,  druggist  sundries  ,toilet  articles,  etc.,  and  has  done  a  vei'y 
successful  business. 

Mr.  Doherty  was  married  in  1890  to  Maiy  A.  Horan,  of  Jackson, 
Michigan.  She  died  in  1899  at  Trenton,  Missouri,  leaving  a  son  and 
daughter:  Helen  M.,  with  the  Oilman  Bank,  a  graduate  of  the  Belleville, 
Kansas,  High  School;  and  Charles  G.,  a  graduate  of  the  Oilman  High 
School,  and  who  is  in  business  with  his  father.  He  enlisted  at  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri,  May  1,  1917,  for  service  in  the  World  War,  and  was  sent  first 


438  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

to  Fort  Riley,  Kansas,  in  June,  1917,  and  to  Camp  Doniphan,  Oklahoma, 
later,  where  he  remained  until  he  sailed  for  France  in  May,  1918,  with 
the  Thirty-fifth  Division.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Alsace  Front,  Geraden- 
ner,  France,  at  St.  Mihiel,  Argonne,  Verdun,  and  was  on  the  Metz  front 
when  the  armistice  was  signed.  He  was  discharged  at  Camp  Funston  in 
May,  1919,  with  more  than  two  years'  service  to  his  credit.  He  says  that 
his  finest  job  at  Camp  Funston  was  when  guarding  the  lumber  piles  before 
the  building  was  done.  Charles  Doherty  attended  the  Kansas  University 
for  one  year.  He  passed  the  Missouri  Board  of  Pharmacy  November  5, 
1919,  he  having  learned  the  drug  business  in  Belleville,  Kansas,  with  his 
father.  Besides  Charles  Doherty,  the  following  boys  from  Gilman  were 
with  the  Thirty-fifth  Division:  Mark  Reilly;  Jesse  D.  Lowe,  who  was 
wounded;  Floyd  Smith;  James  Ivan  Ray,  who  was  wounded,  and  Carl 
George. 

Dr.  W.  T.  Doherty,  brother  of  T.  A.  Doherty,  who  is  city  physician  at 
Wichita,  Kansas,  was  overseas  with  the  Eighty-ninth  Division.  While  in 
France  he  was  gassed.  He  now  has  charge  of  the  Public  Health  Service 
at  Dallas,  with  rank  of  major,  and  is  still  in  the  Medical  Corps. 

Edmund  J.  Dorney,  a  nephew  of  T.  A.  Doherty,  of  Gilman,  was  with 
the  Third  Division  in  France,  also  trained  at  Camp  Funston,  and  was 
gassed  while  in  service.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Argonne  and  Chateau 
Thierry. 


Hugh  F.  Reilly,  a  prominent  business  man  of  Harrison  County,  Mis- 
souri, was  born  in  Warren  County,  Ohio,  March  22,  1860,  the  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Reilly)  Reilly. 

Thomas  and  Mary  (Reilly)  Reilly  were  both  born  in  County  Meath, 
Ireland,  and  were  married  there.  They  came  to  the  United  States  about 
1848  and  settled  first  in  Ohio,  coming  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in 
1866.  They  settled  first  in  Adams  Township  for  one  year,  then  moved 
near  Edinburgh,  and  finally  to  Blue  Ridge.  Mr.  Reilly  died  at  Blue  Ridge 
in  1901  at  the  age  of  ninety-three ;  his  wife  still  lives  in  Gilman  City  and 
is  now  ninety-seven  years  old.  The  children  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Reilly) 
Reilly  were :  Patrick,  who  died  in  1882 ;  James,  now  living  In  Saline  County, 
Missouri;  Ella,  deceased  in  1874;  Anna,  married  to  Hugh  Markey,  of  Gil- 
man City;  Hugh  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Michael,  now  living  in 
Gilman  City;  and  Lizzie,  the  widow  of  Robert  Thomas,  Springfield, 
Missouri. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  439 

Hugh  F.  Reilly  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Harrison  County.  He 
entered  the  mercantile  business  in  Bancroft,  Missouri,  later  moving  to 
Jamesport,  Missouri,  and  then  returning  to  Bancroft,  remaining  in  busi- 
ness there  for  ten  years.  For  five  of  the  years  he  lived  m  Bancroft,  Mr. 
Reilly  was  the  postmaster  there.  When  the  town  of  Oilman  City  was 
started,  Mr.  Reilly  moved  his  stock  of  goods  there  and  remained  in  busi- 
ness for  four  years,  at  the  end  of  which  he  sold  his  stock  to  Higgins  and 
Cavanaugh.  Mr.  Reilly  remained  in  Oilman  City  until  1911,  when  he 
moved  to  Columbia,  Missouri,  to  send  his  children  to  school.  In  1916  he 
came  to  his  present  home,  a  ten  room  stucco  house,  modern  in  every  way, 
with  a  concrete  basement,  cement  cellar  house  and  a  cave.  Mr.  Reilly 
owns  260  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  town  of  Oilman  City,  the  original 
townsite  having  come  off  the  southwest  corner  of  this  land.  Mr.  Reilly 
helped  organize  the  Oilman  City  Bank  in  1897  and  was  its  efficient  president 
for  six  years. 

Hugh  F.  Reilly  was  manied  to  Mary  A.  Jourdan,  of  Chillicothe,  Mis- 
souri, June  11,  1889.  Mrs.  Reilly  is  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  a  daughter 
of  Owen  and  Catherine  Jourdan.  Mr.  Jourdan  died  in  Plattsburgh,  Mis- 
souri.   His  wife  died  in  1905  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri. 

To  Hugh  F.  and  Mary  A.  (Jourdan)  Reilly  the  following  children  were 
born:  Mary  Catherine,  died  at  the  age  of  four  years;  Hugh  F.,  a  brief 
sketch  of  whom  appears  later;  Nina  C,  graduated  from  the  Columbia, 
Missouri,  High  School,  graduated  from  the  University  of  Missouri  in 
1916,  attended  Columbia  University,  New  York  City,  in  the  summer  of 
1916,  taught  in  Missouri  University  for  one  year,  taught  in  the  University 
of  West  Virginia  for  three  years,  and  is  now  teaching  in  the  Home  Eco- 
nomics Department  at  the  University  of  Missouri ;  Mark  B.,  a  brief  sketch 
of  whom  appears  later ;  Ruth  R.,  graduated  from  the  Columbia,  Missouri, 
High  School,  graduated  from  the  University  of  Missouri  class  of  1921, 
now  a  teacher  of  Vocational  Home  Economics  in  Jameson,  Missouri ;  and 
Esther,  graduated  from  the  Oilman  City  High  School  in  1921  and  is  now 
a  student  in  St.  Teresa  Junior  College  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

Hugh  F.  Reilly,  Jr.,  the  oldest  living  child  of  Hugh  F.  and  Mary  A. 
(Jourdan)  Reilly,  attended  the  Oilman  City  High  School.  He  then  went 
to  Chillicothe  to  school  and  later  to  St.  Louis  University  and  to  Missouri 
University  at  Columbia,  from  which  latter  university  he  graduated  in  the 
Law  Department.  He  was  practicing  law  in  St.  Louis  when  the  United 
States  entered  the  World  War.    He  enlisted  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  March, 


440  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

1918.  Sent  to  Camp  Funston,  served  as  a  corporal,  then  made  sergeant 
in  Thirtieth  Machine  Gun  Battahon,  was  detached  from  Tenth  Division 
and  made  second  lieutenant  in  Insurance  Department,  Washington,  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia.  Was  discharged  in  January,  1919,  and  is  still  a  mem- 
ber of  officers  reserve.  Since  that  time  has  been  an  attorney  in  Kan- 
sas City,  Missouri. 

Mark  B.  Reilly  is  a  gi-aduate  of  the  Columbia,  Missouri,  High  School, 
and  a  member  of  the  class  of  1922  of  the  University  of  Missouri.  He 
enlisted  for  service  in  the  World  War  in  Columbia,  Missouri,  in  April,  1917, 
and  was  sent  first  to  Nevada,  Missouri,  then  to  Camp  Doniphan,  Okla- 
homa, later  to  Camp  Mills,  New  York,  and  overseas  April  22,  1918.  He 
was  with  the  Thirty-fifth  Division  and  was  with  brigade  headquarters  of 
the  One  Hundred  Thirty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  Fortieth  Infantry.  He 
was  in  St.  Mihiel,  Argonne,  Meuse  and  the  Vosges  Mountains,  and  was 
gassed  while  in  the  Argonne  Forest.    Mr.  Reilly  came  back  home  in  August, 

1919.  While  in  London,  England,  he  attended  Kings  College  for  three 
months  and  is  now  a  student  in  the  University  of  Missouri,  Columbia, 
Missouri. 

The  Reilly  family  has  been  prominent  in  Harrison  County  for  years, 
where  the  name  stands  for  integrity,  for  uprightness  and  for  patriotic 
service. 


Andrew  J.  Flint,  a  successful  farmer  of  Bethany  Township,  and  mem- 
ber of  a  pioneer  family  of  this  county,  was  bom  in  Sherman  Township, 
two  miles  from  his  present  home,  November  5,  1860,  the  son  of  George 
W.  and  Sarah  (Noah)  Flint,  both  deceased. 

George  W.  Flint  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1839,  when 
he  was  eight  years  of  age  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Flint  came  here  in  1838,  when 
six  years  of  age.  George  W.  Flint  died  in  1900  and  his  wife  died  in  1889 
and  both  are  buried  in  Antioch  Cemetery.  Thomas  Flint,  the  grand- 
father of  Andrew  J.  Flint,  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Bethany  Town- 
ship and  held  one  of  the  first  offices  in  pioneer  days.  George  W.  Flint 
held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  when  he  lived  at  Cainsville,  Mis- 
souri, and  was  a  merchant  there  for  many  years.  His  first  mercantile 
venture  was  in  Bethany  and  later  moved  to  Coffey,  Missouri.  From  there 
he  located  in  Mt.  Moriah  and  later  at  Cainsville,  eventually  moving  to 
Lorraine,  Missouri,  and  he  was  prominent  in  a  movement  to  move  the 
county  seat  to  Lorraine,  but  the  effort  failed. 


OWEN  PAUL  FLINT 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  441 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Flint  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Mrs.  Frances  Terry,  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Alice 
Nichols,  of  Bethany;  Andrew  J.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mrs.  Addie 
Gale,  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Josie  Bartlett,  of  Clinton,  Missouri; 
Charles,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  and  three  deceased:  Minnie,  George 
and  Robert.  Mr.  Flint  was  married  a  second  time  to  Mrs.  Ruth  Stretch, 
of  Daviess  County,  Missouri. 

Andrew  J.  Flint  was  educated  in  the  pubhc  schools  of  this  county 
and  has  lived  on  his  present  farm  for  twenty-two  years.  He  owns  sixty 
acres,  all  improvements  put  on  by  him.  He  bought  forty  acres  from  E. 
H.  Frisby  and  twenty  acres  from  Charlie  Fordyce,  and  thirty-five  acres  of 
the  farm  is  bottom  land.  Mr.  Flint  has  raised  watermelons  very  suc- 
cessfully for  the  past  seven  years  and  finds  a  ready  market  at  Bethany, 
Missouri.  He  also  does  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  raising  the 
Jersey  cattle,  0.  I.  C.  hogs,  White  and  Brown  Leghorn  and  Rhode  Island 
Red  chickens. 

February  8,  1888,  Mr.  Flint  was  married  to  Ruth  A.  Stretch,  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Tamsy  (Cline)  Stretch,  both  deceased.  Mr. 
Stretch  was  a  native  of  England  and  his  wife  a  native  of  Daviess  County, 
Missouri.     Mrs.  Flint  was  born  and  reared  in  Daviess  County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Flint  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Maude 
Alma,  the  wife  of  E.  A.  Stout,  of  Ft.  Laramie,  Wyoming;  George  W.,  a 
barber,  of  Macon,  Missouri,  who  m.arried  Ethel  Bishop,  of  Clarence,  Mis- 
souri; Owen  Paul,  who  was  born  October  18,  1892  and  died  April  16, 
1919,  further  mention  of  whom  is  made  below;  Hugh  M.,  of  Ft.  Laramie, 
Wyoming,  who  married  Gladys  Parker,  of  Scotts  Bluff,  Nebraska;  Alice 
R.,  who  lives  at  home;  and  Clayton  J.,  who  lives  at  home  and  assists  in 
operating  the  home  farm. 

Owen  Paul  Flint  enlisted  in  Company  G,  of  the  4th  Missouri  Infantry, 
June  18,  1916  and  went  to  the  Mexican  border,  where  he  remained  several 
months,  returning  from  the  border  at  the  beginning  of  the  World  War, 
when  he  was  promoted  to  sergeant  and  going  overseas  with  the  35th 
Division.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Grand  Balleu  sector,  June  19,  1918; 
Wessenburg  sector,  July  16,  1918;  St.  Mihiel,  September  13,  1918;  Arg- 
onne,  September  26th  to  October  2,  1918.  He  died  at  Brest,  France,  at 
the  St.  Nazaire  hospital  from  pneumonia,  April  16,  1919,  and  his  remains 
have  been  returned  home  and  are  buried  in  Antioch  Cemetery.  He  was 
on  scout  duty  while  in  France  and  was  one  of  the  best  men  that  his 


442  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

colonel  had  according  to  the  colonel's  report.  He  could  have  evaded  the 
war  on  account  of  agricultural  pursuits,  but  he  said:  "No,  dad,  if  my 
country  needs  me,  I  want  to  serve  it." 

Russell  Gale,  a  cousin  of  Owen  Paul  Flint,  was  also  in  Company  G 
of  the  35th  Division  and  was  captured  in  the  Argonne  Forest  on  Septem- 
ber 28,  1918,  and  was  kept  prisoner  until  the  armistice  was  signed.  He 
now  lives  at  Gillett,  Wyoming,  on  a  government  claim. 

Andrew  J.  Flint  has  been  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  his  township 
and  county.  He  is  a  Republican  and  has  filled  the  office  of  constable  for 
the  past  ten  years;  he  has  also  served  as  deputy  sheriff  under  Sheriff  A. 
H.  Flint.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Yeoman  lodge. 

Mr.  Flint,  in  1904,  was  awarded  a  silver  medal  and  diploma  on  corn, 
having  shown  100  ears  of  what  is  known  as  the  mortgage  lifter  corn.  He 
has  experimented  in  producing  seed  corn  since  1903  and  is  one  of  the 
best  posted  men  in  this  section  concerning  this  interesting  and  important 
branch  of  agriculture.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Christ. 


G«orge  A.  Richardson,  the  present  capable  and  popular  manager  of 
the  Miner  Frees  Lumber  Yard  in  Gilman  City,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Mon- 
roe, Wisconsin,  May  28,  1852,  the  son  of  Asa  and  Phoebe  A.  (Watson) 
Richardson. 

Asa  and  Phoebe  A.  (Watson)  Richardson  both  died  in  LawTence, 
Kansas,  where  they  had  moved  in  1870.  Their  children  were:  Sarah  A., 
deceased;  Flora  E.,  now  Mrs.  Coleman,  of  Pasadena,  California;  George  A., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  May  E.,  deceased;  Nora  Alma,  now  Mrs.  Wal- 
lace, of  Durango,  Colorado;  D.  A.,  now  living  in  Nevada;  Fred  0.,  of 
Lawrence,  Kansas;  Hennan  0.,  of  Abilene,  Kansas;  Mabel  E.,  now  Mrs. 
Pontius,  of  Lawrence,  Kansas;  Ernest  Arthur,  of  Lawrence,  Kansas;  and 
011a  G.,  later  Mrs.  Bigsby,  and  now  deceased. 

George  A.  Richardson  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Monroe, 
Wisconsin,  and  later  attended  the  Wisconsin  State  University  and  the 
State  University  of  Kansas.  In  1890  he  came  to  Missouri  and  was  engaged 
in  farming  in  Harrison  County  until  1900,  when  he  accepted  a  position 
with  the  Miner  Frees  Lumber  Company.  He  held  this  position  for  about 
two  years,  and  then  was  made  manager  of  the  Gilman  City  Yard,  which 
place  he  has  filled  most  successfully  for  nineteen  years.  The  Miner  Frees 
Lumber  Yard  in  Gilman  City  covers  five  city  lots,  and  carries  a  full  line 
of  building  materials. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  443 

Mr.  Richardson  was  married  to  Frances  M.  Miner,  of  New  Hampton, 
Missouri,  October  19,  1883.  She  is  a  daughter  of  S.  E.  Miner  and  a  sister 
of  E.  S.  and  W.  A.  Miner.  She  was  born  and  educated  in  Wisconsin,  and 
was  a  teacher  in  Monroe,  Wisconsin,  for  several  years  prior  to  her 
marriage. 

To  George  A.  and  Frances  M.  (Miner)  Richardson  the  following 
children  were  born:  Asa  Verne,  deceased  at  the  age  of  thirtp-six  in  1921. 
married  to  Beatrice  Proper,  and  was  a  merchant  in  Grand  Junction,  Colo- 
rado, where  his  widow  and  son,  George  A.,  are  living ;  Etta  May,  now  Mrs. 
W.  L.  Browning,  of  Broadwater,  Nebraska ;  Fannie  Mina,  married  to  Haver 
Bruner,  and  have  six  children,  Marjorie,  Miner,  Fannie  Olive,  Charline  and 
Haver  Lyall ;  Flora,  living  at  home,  is  assistant  cashier  of  the  Citizens 
Bank,  Oilman  City,  Missouri;  Edwyl  E.,  holding  the  position  of  assistant 
at  the  Miner  Frees  Lumber  Yard,  married  to  Gussie  Lee  Lovingier,  and 
having  two  children,  Neva  May  and  Shirley  Lee. 

Mr.  Richardson  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and  the  Order  of  Eastern 
Star.     He  has  an  excellent  standing  in  the  town  and  is  liighly  esteemed. 


F.  M.  Williams,  well  known  retired  fanner  and  mei  chant  living  in 
Oilman  City,  Missouri,  was  born  January  1,  1852,  near  Coffey,  Daviess 
County,  Missouri,  the  son  of  W.  and  Matllikla  (Williams)  Williams. 

W.  Williams  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1818.  He  located  in  Indiana, 
then  left  that  state  and  came  by  water  to  Lexington,  Missouri,  later 
settling  in  Daviess  County.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War  as  a  member  of 
the  Missouri  State  Militia.  He  died  in  Harrison  County,  near  Oilman  City, 
in  1898.  His  wife,  Matilda  (Williams)  Williams,  was  born  in  Kentucky 
in  1820,  and  died  in  1895.  To  W.  and  Matilda  (Williams)  Williams  the 
following  children  were  born :  George,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twelve  in 
Daviess  County ;  Mary,  deceased ;  John,  deceased ;  Martha,  deceased ;  Em- 
maline,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Mullen;  W.  H.,  deceased;  F.  M.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch ;  and  Lafayette,  who  was  serving  as  the  mayor  of  Oilman  City 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  on  March  25,  1921. 

F.  M.  Williams  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  county,  and 
has  made  his  own  way  in  the  world  since  early  boyhood.  He  followed 
farming  in  Harrison  County  until  twenty-one  years  ago,  when  he  moved 
to  Oilman  City,  Missouri.     He  entered  the  coal  business  and  remained  in 


444  HISTORY  OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

that  work  for  some  time,  but  is  now  retired.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
Citizens  Bank  of  Oilman  City.  He  was  on  the  building  committee  of  this 
bank  and  was  a  director  for  one  year. 

Mr.  Williams  has  been  married  twice;  the  first  time  to  Luella  How- 
ard, December"  28,  1876.  Mrs.  Williams  was  a  daughter  of  S.  L.  and  Ada- 
line  (Ellis)  Howard.  Mrs.  Williams  died  in  1905  and  is  buried  in  Coffey, 
Missouri.  F.  M.  and  Luella  (Howard)  Williams  had  one  daughter,  Daisy, 
who  married  S.  F.  Gannon,  and  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight.  Mr. 
Williams  was  married  the  second  time  to  Georgiann  Land,  of  Gilman 
City.    She  is  a  native  of  Illinois  and  was  educated  in  Iowa. 

Mr.  Williams  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
at  Gilman  City,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church.  He  is  a  sub- 
stantial and  reliable  citizen  of  his  community. 


Edgar  A.  Aten,  one  of  the  retired  farmers  of  Cypress  Township,  Har- 
rison County,  Missouri,  was  bom  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  January  2, 
1854,  the  son  of  Aaron  and  Margaret  (Vandevert)  Aten. 

Aaron  Aten  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  later  moved  to  Minnesota, 
where  he  died  in  1856.  His  wife,  Margaret  (Vandevert)  Aten,  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania,  and  died  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio.  Aaron  and  Margaret 
(Vandevert)  Aten  had  two  children:  Melissa,  now  the  widow  of  John  R. 
Wilson,  of  Jackson  County,  Ohio;  and  Edgar  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
By  a  later  marriage  of  Mrs.  Aten  she  had  one  son,  Oscar  Bennett,  now 
living  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio. 

Edgar  A.  Aten  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Ohio.  He  came 
to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  to  visit  his  uncle,  William  Vendevert,  in 
1871;  and  in  1877  he  located  ten  miles  south  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  on 
Big  Creek  in  Cypress  Tov/nship.  In  1879  he  bought  a  farm  of  167  acres, 
which  he  later  sold.  He  remained  on  his  farm  in  Cypress  Township  for 
over  forty  years,  doing  general  farming,  stockraising,  and  some  shipping. 
At  present  he  owns  100  acres  of  land  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  and 
is  living  on  a  five  acre  place  at  the  west  edge  of  Gilman  City.  He  bought 
his  present  home  from  G.  A.  Richardson  in  August,  1919.  Mr.  Aten  has 
a  good  two  story,  modem  house,  neatly  kept  yard,  a  small  orchard  in 
which  he  has  a  variety  of  fruits.  Here  he  is  enjoying  a  well  earned 
retirement  from  business. 

Mr.  Aten  was  married  to  Jane  Hawk,  March  14,  1878.     Mrs.  Aten 


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was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  and  came  with  her  parents,  John  and 
Synthia  (Burris)  Hawk,  to  Missouri  when  she  was  seven  years  old.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hawk  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Cypress  Township,  Har- 
rison County,  where  they  both  died. 

To  Edgar  A.  and  Jane  (Hawk)  Aten  one  daughter  was  born:  Lillie 
M.,  now  Mrs.  M.  S.  Jarrett,  of  Coffey,  Missouri.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jarrett 
have  four  children,  as  follows:  Erman  E.,  married  to  Rada  Musick  and 
now  living  in  Spencer,  South  Dakota;  Romaine  Frances,  now  Mrs.  P.  R. 
Tibbs,  of  Daviess  County;  Avie  Jane,  at  home;  and  Willard  Aten,  now 
nine  years  old.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Aten  have  also  two  great-gi^andchildren : 
Fontel  Musick  Jarrett,  and  Margaret  Elizabeth  Tibbs. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Aten  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church  at  Bridge- 
port, Missouri.  They  are  estimable  people  and  have  the  esteem  of  their 
entire  community. 


W.  E.  Puis,  a  highly  esteemed  farmer  living  in  Adams  Township  on 
Route  No.  3  from  Oilman  City,  was  born  in  Scotland  County,  Missouri, 
February  2,  1878,  the  son  of  J.  A.  and  Margaret  Puis. 

J.  A.  Puis  was  too  young  to  enlist  for  service  in  the  army  during 
the  Civil  War,  but  he  went  anyway  and,  while  not  on  the  roll,  he  is  really 
a  veteran  of  the  war.  He  lives  in  Harrison  County.  His  wife  died  in 
Scotland  County,  Missouri.  To  J.  A.  and  Margaret  Puis  the  following 
children  were  born :  Dosie,  now  Mrs.  Mattick,  of  Scotland  County ;  P.  E., 
living  in  Eagleville,  Missouri;  Rena,  now  Mrs.  Cunningham,  of  Scotland 
County,  Missouri;  P.  F.,  living  in  Lewiston,  Idaho;  Mada,  the  wife  of  C. 
M.  Wagner,  of  Bethany,  Missouri ;  W.  E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  P.  C, 
living  in  Bethany,  Missouri;  and  Cora,  now  the  wife  of  John  Nighthart, 
of  Pattonsburg,  Missouri. 

W.  E.  Puis  received  his  education  in  Scotland  County.  He  was  in 
Oklahoma  on  a  farm  for  four  years,  and  came  to  Harrison  County  twenty- 
two  years  ago.  He  owned  160  acres  of  land  in  Bethany  Township  which 
he  sold  in  1918.  He  then  bought  his  present  farm  of  200  acres  in  the 
northeast  corner  of  Adams  Township,  four  and  one-half  miles  north  of 
Oilman  City.  He  keeps  a  part  of  his  farm  in  pasture,  ninety  acres  in 
corn  and  the  remainder  in  other  grains.  He  has  a  good  residence,  a  barn 
56x60  feet,  other  farm  buildings,  good  water  for  his  stock  and  a  good 
well  and  spring. 


446  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mr.  Puis  was  married  to  Leah  Montgomery  in  1897.  Mrs.  Puis  is  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Lydia  Montgomery,  of  Scotland  County,  both  now 
deceased.    Mrs.  Puis  was  bom  and  reared  in  Scotland  County. 

To  W.  E.  and  Leah  (Montgomery)  Puis  two  children  have  been  born: 
Bernice,  married  Laura  Black  and  lives  in  Sherman  Township;  and  Lois, 
married  William  Richter,  of  Cypress  Township. 

Mr.  Puis  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  in  Bethany, 
Missouri.  He  is  a  man  who  is  well  and  favorably  known  for  his  integrity 
and  for  his  community  interest. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian 
Union  Church. 


Hugh  Markey,  a  well  known  farmer  of  Adams  Townghip,  near  Gilman 
City,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Caibon  County,  Pennsylvania,  October  30, 
1837,  the  son  of  Philip  and  Rose  (McEnroe)  Markey. 

Philip  Markey  died  in  Hancock  County,  Illinois,  in  1869,  and  is  buried 
there.  His  wife  died  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  in  1882  and  is  buried 
in  St.  Johns  Cemetery  in  Gilman  City.  The  children  of  Philip  and  Rose 
(McEnroe)  Markey  were :  Catherine,  now  Mrs.  Farren,  of  Hancock  County, 
Illinois;  Mary,  deceased,  who  was  Mrs.  Honan;  Hugh,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch ;  Bernard,  deceased ;  John  B..  now  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  and 
Rose,  now  Mrs.  McManus,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

Hugh  Markey  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Pennsylvania  and 
Adams  County,  Illinois,  and  graduated  in  penmanship  from  Eastman  Busi- 
ness College  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  He  has  several  ink  drawings 
which  are  his  work  and  which  show  unusual  ability., 

Mr.  Markey  came  to  Missouri  in  1859  and  settled  in  Daviess  County, 
where  he  improved  a  farm  just  west  of  Bancroft.  He  moved  to  Adams 
Township,  Harrison  County,  where  he  had  bought  a  farm  two  years 
previously,  in  1880.  He  now  owns  543  acres  of  land  in  Adams  Township 
known  as  the  "St.  John's  Fann."  The  old  St.  John's  Church  originally 
stood  on  this  place.  Mr.  Markey  has  a  good  house,  a  good  barn,  and  sev- 
eral stock  buildings.  The  lawn  at  the  front  of  his  house  is  set  with  Scotch 
pines,  which  make  a  striking  entrance  to  the  house.  Mr.  Markey 
had,  at  one  time,  one  of  the  best  Shorthorn  herds  in  the  county,  and  was 
an  extensive  stock  feeder. 

Hugh  Markey  was  married  to  Anna  M.  Reilly,  of  Daviess  County, 
June  27,  1880.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Markey  have  seven  children,  all  of  whom 


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graduated  from  the  Wichita,  Kansas,  High  School  and  the  Sisters'  School 
of  that  place.  The  children  are :  Rose  E.,  a  teacher  in  the  business  college 
at  Wichita,  Kansas;  Leo  T.,  now  with  the  Home  Deposit  Trust  Company 
at  Independence,  Missouri;  Bessie  Elizabeth,  married  to  A.  F.  Adams,  an 
architect  of  unusual  ability,  working  with  a  Chicago,  Illinois,  firm;  Hugh 
F.,  a  student  for  two  years  some  time  since  in  Kansas  University,  and 
now  with  the  Exchange  State  Bank  at  Burns,  Kansas,  married  Gladys 
Brady,  of  Independence,  Kansas ;  Mary  E.,  now  Mrs.  A.  C.  Gillespie,  of 
Wichita,  Kansas;  John  P.,  connected  with  the  Exchange  State  Bank  at 
Wichita,  Kansas,  married  Regina  Reilly,  of  Wichita,  Kansas;  and  Irene, 
a  graduate  in  domestic  science  from  the  Wichita  College,  and  now  doing 
laboratory  work  in  Wichita. 

Hugh  F.  Markey  enlisted  for  service  in  the  World  War,  but  was  re- 
jected because  of  his  eyesight.  After  special  effort  he  was  accepted  and, 
because  of  his  excellent  book  work  while  in  the  army,  was  given  a  com- 
mission of  second  lieutenant. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Markey  have  three  grandchildren:  Mary  C.  Gillespie, 
Robert  Hugh  and  Leo  Thomas  Markey  and  Dorothy  Adams. 

Mr.  Markey  has  a  home  in  Wichita,  Kansas,  where  he  spends  the 
winters.  He  is  justly  esteemed  both  in  his  Kansas  place  of  residence  and 
in  his  Missouri  home.  He  is  one  of  the  influential  and  reliable  citizens 
of  his  community. 


Benjamin  S.  Hagerty,  proprietor  of  White  Elm  Stock  Farm  and  prom;- 
nent  farmer  of  Sugar  Creek  Township,  was  born  in  Sangamon  County, 
Illinois,  February  18,  1851,  the  son  of  H.  L.  and  Elizabeth  (Jordan) 
Hagerty. 

H.  L.  Hagerty  came  to  Missouri  in  1855,  driving  overland  to  Harrison 
County,  where  he  entered  320  acres  of  land  and  improved  it.  The  Gilman 
City  Cemetery  is  located  on  this  land.  Mr.  Hagerty  died  on  his  farm  in 
1862  and  is  buried  in  Mitchell  Cemetery.  His  wife,  who  died  in  1891,  is 
buried  in  the  same  cemetery. 

To  H.  L.  and  Elizabeth  (Jordan)  Hagerty  the  following  children 
were  born:  Martha,  who  married  Thomas  Elwood  and  died  in  Arkansas; 
Jonathan,  who  died  in  Vicksburg,  Mississippi,  while  serving  in  the  United 
States  Army ;  J.  A.,  who  died  on  the  home  place ;  James,  who  died  on  the 
home  place  at  the  age  of  forty-seven ;  Nancy,  who  married  William  Taylor 
and  died  in  Fremont,  Nebraska ;  Benjamin  S.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ; 


448  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Susan,  who  died  on  the  home  place ;  Otis,  a  railroad  man,  who  died  in  St. 
Joseph;  Charles,  who  died  in  Red  Oak,  Missouri;  and  Alice,  who  married 
J.  T.  Endicott  and  died  in  Fremont,  Nebraska. 

Benjamin  S.  Hagerty  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison 
County  and  has  lived  here  all  of  his  life.  He  bought  the  eighty  acres  of 
land  one-half  mile  east  of  Oilman  City  where  he  now  lives,  and  by  inheri- 
tance received  forty  acres  more.  He  has  improved  his  land  himself,  build- 
ing his  house  in  a  millet  patch.  He  has  two  barns  and  a  large  stock  shed 
and  other  well  kept  farm  buildings.  He  does  general  farming  and  stock- 
raising,  in  which  vocations  he  has  been  very  successful. 

Mr.  Hagerty  was  married  to  Ellen  Knight,  July  3,  1874.  Mrs.  Hagerty 
died  in  1886,  leaving  two  children :  Maude,  now  the  wife  of  Joe  McGaffey, 
of  Gordon,  Nebraska ;  and  Charles  Otis,  who  lives  on  the  home  place.  Mr. 
Hagerty  was  married  the  second  time  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Campbell,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Harper.  She  is  a  native  of  Kentucky.  Mrs.  Sarah  H. 
(Campbell)  Hagerty  has  three  children:  Joseph,  who  lives  in  Kansas  City, 
Missouri;  Fred,  now  living  in  Scott's  Bluff,  Nebraska;  and  Clare,  the  wife 
of  Artie  Speedleburg,  of  Tacoma,  Washington. 

Mr.  Hagerty  is  a  substantial  citizen  and  deservedly  stands  high  in 
the  estimation  of  his  friends  and  acquaintances. 


James  H.  Joyce,  a  leading  and  well  known  farmer  of  Cypress  Town- 
ship and  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  Harrison  County,  was  born  on 
the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  October  2,  1870,  the  son  of  W.  W.  and 
Sarah  (McKibbon)  Joyce.  W.  W.  Joyce  came  to  Missouri  from  Ohio  in 
1856,  but  i-eturned  to  Ohio  and  lived  there  until  1865,  when  he  again  came 
to  Harrison  County  and  settled  in  Cypress  Township,  where  Mr.  Joyce 
did  general  farming  and  dealt  extensively  in  stock  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  in  1894,  owned  500  acres  of  land.  Mrs.  Joyce  died  in  1891 
and  both  she  and  her  husband  are  buried  in  Burris  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  VV.  Joyce  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Cornelia  J.  Barlow,  of  Springfield,  Colorado;  R.  J.,  of  Bridgeport, 
Missouri;  James  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  George  K.,  of  Bethany, 
Missouri ;  and  Mary  Maude  Abbott,  of  Kansas. 

James  H.  Joyce  received  his  education  in  the  district  school  of  Cypress 
Township  and  attended  the  Pattonsburg  High  School  two  terms  and  has 
made  his  home  in  Cypress  Township  all  of  his  life.    He  has  owned  the 


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home  farm  of  120  acres  since  1896,  but  has  added  land  to  his  farm  until 
he  now  owns  280  acres  where  he  lives  and  he  also  owns  forty-five  acres 
east  of  Bridgeport  and  a  farm  near  Coffey,  Missouri,  making  a  total  of 
361  acres  in  his  possession.  Mr.  Joyce  does  general  farming  and  raises 
cattle  and  hogs.  He  has  a  registered  Shorthorn  bull  and  keeps  Poland 
China  hogs.  The  farm  is  well  improved  with  a  good  two-story,  six  room 
residence,  two  barns  for  stock  and  other  buildings. 

Mr.  Joyce  was  married  December  15,  1920  to  Stella  Skinner,  a 
daughter  of  W.  H.  and  Sarah  Skinner.  Mrs.  Skinner  lives  in  Bethany, 
but  her  husband  died  in  1914  and  is  buried  in  Bethany. 

Mr.  Joyce  is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen  and  he  is  well  and 
favorably  known  in  Harrison  County. 


Willis  0.  Black,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Sugar  Creek  Township,  Har- 
rison County,  was  born  in  this  township,  February  9,  1869,  the  son  of 
Albert  R.  and  Cornelia  (McCammon)  Black. 

Albert  R.  Black  was  born  in  Kentucky,  but  came  to  Missouri  in  the 
early  days.  He  was  a  teamster  in  the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War, 
but  was  not  listed.  He  died  October  12,  1912,  and  is  buried  in  Coon  Creek 
Cemetery.  His  wife,  Cornelia  (McCammon)  Black,  died  in  October,  1869, 
and  is  also  buried  in  Coon  Creek  Cemetery.  Their  only  child  was  Willis 
0.  Black,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Albert  R.  Black  was  married  the 
second  time  to  Elizabeth  Turner,  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  they  had  the 
following  children:  Lockey,  Zula,  Robert,  Glen  wood  and  Fines. 

Cornelia  (McCammon)  Black  was  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  William 
McCammon,  a  pioneer  Baptist  preacher  in  northwest  Missouri.  He  was 
iiorn  in  Clay  County,  Kentucky,  January  4,  1811,  and  came  to  Missouri 
in  1837,  settling  in  Grundy  County,  then  Livingston  County,  where  he 
continued  to  live  until  his  death,  August  13,  1893.  He  entered  the  land 
upon  which  his  gi'andson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  now  lives,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  owned  land  in  Grundy,  Daviess  and  Harrison  Coun- 
ties. He  organized  the  Mount  Pleasant  Baptist  Church  in  Harrison 
County,  helped  organize  the  West  Fork  Association  and  was  one  of  the 
moderators  of  the  association  for  nine  consecutive  years.  He  was  called 
upon  often  to  preach  the  annual  sermon,  and  throughout  his  life  was  one 
of  the  prominent  men  of  the  county  both  in  religious  and  in  civic  affairs. 

Willis  0.  Black  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County, 

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his  first  teacher  being  Mrs.  Melvin  Buren  at  Hagerty  School  District.  He 
has  made  his  home  on  his  present  farm  since  1897.  He  owns  28OI/2  acres 
of  land  a  mile  east  of  Oilman  City  in  Sugar  Creek  Township.  He  does 
general  farming  and  stock  raising.  For  the  past  three  years  he  has  done 
his  plowing  and  run  his  binder  with  a  Fordson  tractor.  His  farm  is  well 
kept  and  shows  the  effect  of  his  progressive  methods. 

Willis  0.  Black  was  married  to  Nettie  L.  Payne,  a  daughter  of  James 
and  Laura  (Devorss)  Payne,  October  25,  1896.  Mrs.  Black's  father, 
James  Payne,  was  born  in  Kokomo,  Indiana,  and  now  lives  in  Oilman  City. 
Her  mother,  Laura  (Devorss)  Payne,  was  bom  in  Daviess  County  and 
died  at  the  age  of  thirty.  She  is  buried  in  Antioch  Cemetery,  Daviess 
County.  To  James  and  Laura  (Devorss)  Payne  the  following  children 
were  born:  Anna  Alberta,  deceased  in  infancy;  Orville,  deceased  in  in- 
fancy; Nettie  L.,  wife  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Lura  L.,  the  wife 
of  John  Kern,  of  Oilman  City. 

To  Willis  0.  and  Nettie  L.  (Payne)  Black  the  following  children  were 
born:  Cliva,  now  on  the  home  place  with  her  husband,  Roy  Norris,  who 
was  in  the  United  States  Army  from  July,  1918,  to  February,  1919,  sta- 
tioned at  Camp  Funston  and  at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  with  the  Tenth  Di- 
vision, Ambulance  Company  No.  237 ;  Laura,  now  Mrs.  Bernice  Puis,  of 
Sherman  Township;  Lucille,  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  at  Oilman, 
Missouri;  Virgil,  a  student  in  the  Oilman  City  High  School;  Vincen,  died 
at  the  age  of  nine  months ;  and  Maxine. 

Mr.  Black  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He 
is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Harrison  County,  standing  high  in  the 
esteem  of  his  community. 


Otho  Powell  Nisbeth,  reliable  young  proprietor  of  the  Nisbeth  Motor 
Company  in  Oilman  City,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Bevier,  Missouri,  April 
30,  1899,  the  son  of  J.  W.  and  Ora  (Powell)  Nisbeth. 

Both  J.  W.  Nisbeth  and  his  wife  were  born  and  reared  in  Bevier.  Mr. 
Nisbeth  is  at  present  in  the  real  estate  business,  with  which  he  has  been 
connected  for  several  years.  Before  he  took  up  his  present  work  he  was 
an  extensive  dealer  in  hardware,  conducting  stores  at  Bevier,  Stanberry, 
Callao,  Brunswick  and  Noving,  Missouri.  In  May,  1920,  he  and  his  son 
established  the  Nisbeth  Motor  Company  in  Oilman  City.  The  company 
has  a  building  50x100  feet,  which  affords  space  for  the  excellent  business. 


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The  firm  has  done  a  good  business  in  the  sale  of  Ford  cars,  Fordson  trac- 
tors, and  in  the  handling  of  all  kinds  of  repair  work. 

Otho  Powell  Nisbeth  received  his  education  in  Bevier,  graduating 
from  the  Bevier  High  School  in  1918.  After  his  graduation  he  conducted 
a  garage  in  Bevier,  and  received  the  training  for  his  present  position. 
He  came  to  Oilman  City  and  bought  out  the  interest  which  his  father 
held  in  the  Nisbeth  Motor  Company  in  January,  1921. 

Otho  Powell  Nisbeth  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  in  Oilman  City.  He  is  a  promising  young  man  whose  business 
success  is  fully  established. 


Dr.  M.  J.  Quinlan,  an  able  and  prominent  dentist  of  Oilman,  Missouri, 
was  born  in  Nodaway  County,  Missouri,  October  3,  1881,  the  son  of  John 
and  Margaret  Quinlan.  Mrs.  Margaret  Quinlan  lives  in  Maryville,  Mis- 
souri, and  her  husband  is  dead. 

Dr.  M.  J.  Quinlan  was  educated  in  the  University  of  Illinois,  and  was 
graduated  in  1905  in  dentistry,  and  opened  an  office  in  Oilman,  Missouri, 
the  same  year,  where  he  has  since  practiced. 

During  the  World  War  Doctor  Quinlan  enlisted  July  30,  1917,  and 
was  in  the  Dental  Corps,  stationed  at  Oglethorpe,  Oeorgia.  He  was  mus- 
tered out  at  that  place  January  5,  1920,  and  returned  to  Oilman.  He  was 
promoted  to  captain  in  March,  1920,  and  is  now  in  the  Dental  Reserve 
Corps. 

Doctor  Quinlan  was  married  in  1906  to  Myrtle  Clayton,  who  has  been 
in  the  War  Risk  Department  service  since  March,  1920,  and  who  will  not 
be  released  until  in  July,  1921.  She  is  stationed  at  Washington,  District 
of  Columbia.    Doctor  and  Mrs.  Quinlan  have  a  daughter,  Margaret. 

Doctor  Quinlan  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  is  a  progressive  type  of  man  and  has  an  excellent  practice.  He 
has  always  taken  a  commendable  interest  in  the  affairs  of  Oilman  and 
has  many  friends  here. 


W.  D.  Haines,  a  progressive  and  well  known  merchant  of  Oilman, 
Missouri,  who  is  in  the  furniture  and  undertaking  business,  was  born  in 
Sugar  Creek  Township,  January  25,  1877,  the  son  of  Walker  P.  and  Nancy 
Haines.  Mrs.  Nancy  Haines  died  in  1878  and  her  husband  is  living  at 
Oilman,  Missouri,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years.     He  was  bom  in  In- 


452  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

diana  and  came  to  Missouri  when  twelve  years  of  age,  and  during  the 
Civil  War  was  in  the  Missouri  State  Militia.  He  owned  and  impi'oved  a 
farm  near  Oilman,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walker  P.  Haines  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Minerva,  the  wife  of  B.  F.  Dewitt,  of  Oilman;  Moses  E.,  of 
Winnipeg,  Canada ;  Thomas,  deceased ;  Hattie,  the  wife  of  W.  G.  Davisson, 
of  Oilman;  W.  D.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

By  a  later  marriage  of  Mr.  Haines  he  had  the  following  children: 
Osa,  the  wife  of  Allen  Bowen,  of  California ;  Carrie,  deceased ;  Joseph  W.. 
of  Colorado;  and  James  W.,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

W.  D.  Haines  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  for  the  past 
twenty  years  has  been  in  business  in  Oilman,  Missouri.  He  was  in  the 
drug  business  for  five  years,  and  for  fifteen  years  has  conducted  his 
present  establishment,  having  purchased  same  from  Haghson  and  Carter. 
He  owns  a  comer  building,  33x100  feet,  and  carries  an  extensive  line  of 
merchandise.  He  has  a  fine  stock,  well  displayed  and  has  a  splendid  trade. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haines  are  both  licensed  embalmers. 

Mr.  Haines  was  married  September  2,  1912,  to  Minta  B.  Morris,  a 
daughter  of  James  F.  and  Irene  Morris.  Mr.  Morris  died  in  1918  and 
Mrs.  Morris  is  now  living  in  Oilman.  Mrs.  Haines  was  born  in  Daviess 
County,  Missouri,  and  received  her  education  in  the  public  schools  there. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haines  conduct  their  business  without  any  assistance, 
and  they  have  an  extensive  acquaintance  throughout  the  county. 

Mr.  Haines  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  also  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Knights  of  Pythias  lodges,  and 
both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haines  are  members  of  the  Order  Eastern  Star. 


James  L.  Slatten,  an  excellent  citizen  and  successful  farmer  of  Sher- 
man Township,  was  born  in  this  township,  March  24,  1860,  the  son  of 
Tyre  and  Julia  (Coy)  Slatten,  both  deceased.  Tyre  Slatten  was  a  native 
of  Kentucky,  but  located  in  Illinois  for  a  few  years  and  came  hei'e  in 
1856.  He  moved  to  Arkansas  twenty  years  prior  to  his  death  in  1914. 
His  wife  died  in  Sherman  Township  in  1919  and  both  are  buried  in 
Miriam  Cemetery,  Bethany,  Missouri.  Lewis  Coy,  the  grandfather  of 
James  L.  Slatten,  came  to  Harrison  County  from  Indiana  in  the  fifties  and 
settled  in  Sherman  Township,  but  later  moved  to  Bethany  Township, 
where  he  died. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  453 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tyre  Slatten  were  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Mrs.  Anna  Hilliard,  deceased;  James  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mrs. 
Lizzie  Low,  of  Texas;  Charles,  whose  address  is  unknown;  Mrs.  Ruth 
Stout,  of  Colorado;  and  Amon,  of  Maryville,  Missouri. 

James  L.  Slatten  was  educated  at  Hickory  School  and  his  first  teacher 
was  Alice  Goodell.  He  moved  to  his  present  farm,  which  he  bought  from 
his  father,  in  1887,  and  he  also  owns  180  acres  of  the  home  place.  Mr. 
Slatten's  farm  is  well  improved  with  one  and  one-half  story  residence, 
good  barn,  silo,  garage,  poultry  houses,  and  other  buildings.  When  Mr. 
Slatten  moved  here,  the  farm  was  in  hazel  and  buck  brush,  and  hickory 
and  oak  trees  and  without  fence,  except  the  east  eighty,  which  had  been 
plowed.  Mr.  Slatten  does  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  keeps  a 
good  grade  of  stock,  which  consists  of  registered  males  Hereford  cattle 
and  Duroc  Jersey  sows  with  Poland  China  male. 

Mr.  Slatten  was  married  in  February,  1883,  to  Rosetta  Bartlett,  a 
daughter  of  Nathan  and  Elizabeth  Bartlett,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  and 
died  October,  1918,  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years,  and  is  buried  at  Bethany, 
Missouri.  Mrs.  Slatten  was  born  near  Bethany,  Missouri.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Slatten  were  born  seven  children:  Lizzie,  the  wife  of  Bert  Guyman, 
of  Bethany,  Missouri ;  Nathan,  of  Cypress  Township ;  Essie,  the  wife  of 
Cliff  Selby,  of  Bethany ;  Edith,  the  wife  of  Forest  White,  who  lives  in 
Kansas;  Harlan,  of  Sherman  Township;  and  Amon  and  Elva,  who 
live  at  home.  The  following  are  the  grandchildren :  Deloris,  Victor,  Roscoe 
and  Bedonna  Guyman;  Albert  and  William  Slatten;  Ellen  and  Gerald 
White,  and  Don  Selby. 

Mr.  Slatten  has  filled  the  office  on  the  township  board  of  Sherman 
Township  and  is  widely  and  favorably  known  in  this  part  of  the  county. 


Welcome  E.  Osborn,  a  successful  farmer  of  Sherman  Township,  and 
proprietor  of  Shady  Home  Farm,  was  born  in  Decatur  County,  Indiana, 
May  3,  1857,  the  son  of  Joseph  C.  and  Harriett  (Hazen)  Osborn.  The 
latter  was  a  cousin  of  Judge  Hazen,  of  Topeka,  Kansas.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Joseph  Osborn  located  in  Daviess  County,  near  Bancroft,  in  1870,  where 
they  both  died,  and  are  buried  at  Pilot  Grove  Baptist  Church.  Joseph 
Osborn  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven  years  and  his  wife  when  seventy 
years  of  age. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Osborn  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 


454  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

dren :  Mrs.  Caroline  Henderson,  of  Gilman,  Missouri ;  Corra,  of  Oilman. 
Missouri ;  J.  W.,  of  Redding,  Iowa ;  Mrs.  Tamson  T.  Hendricks,  of  Billings, 
Oklahoma;  Welcome  E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Cyrus,  of  Texas;  Mrs. 
Eoletta  Patterson,  of  Gilman,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Mary  Barngrcve,  of  Oilman, 
Missouri;  John,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Lizzie  Ouinn,  of  Oilman; 
Charles,  of  Gilman.  Ira  Osborn,  the  oldest  child,  died  wh-en  thirteen  years 
of  age,  and  Rosetta,  a  twin  of  Mrs.  Patterson,  died  when  three  years  old. 

Welcome  E.  Osborn  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Daviess  County 
and  lived  there  until  1882,  when  he  bought  eighty  acres  in  Sherman 
Township,  where  his  residence  is  now  located.  He  later  added  180  acres, 
and  recently  sold  forty  acres  to  his  son,  Paul  V.  Osborn.  The  residence  is 
six  miles  east  of  Bethany,  and  is  modern  throughout.  All  of  the  improve- 
ments were  put  on  the  farm,  by  Mr.  Osborn,  which  cinsists  of  two  barns 
and  other  good  buildings,  and  the  water  is  piped  from  a  pond  to  the  west 
pasture  and  there  are  five  wills,  including  two  on  his  son's  place. 

Welcome  Osborn  was  married  December  19,  1880,  to  Sylvia  A.  Moulin, 
a  daughter  of  Peter  and  Isabell  (Gulp)  Moulin,  both  early  residents  of 
Daviess  County,  Missouri.  Mr.  Mouhn  was  in  the  Missouri  State  Militia 
during  the  Civil  War.  He  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-six  years,  his  wife 
died  when  eighty-four  years  old,  and  both  are  buried  at  Hill  Cemetery  in 
Daviess  County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moulin  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Anderson,  lives  in  Daviess  County ;  Louis,  of  Gilman,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Mary 
L.  Dawson,  deceased ;  Mrs.  Martha  J.  Lierley,  deceased ;  Mrs.  Osborn ; 
Mrs.  Lura  A.  Meek,  of  Blue  Ridge,  Missouri ;  John  F. ;  Sylvester  P. ;  Charlie 
A.,  and  Emera  L.,  the  last  four  named  live  in  Daviess  Count,  and  their 
postoffice  is  Gilman. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Osborn  had  two  children:  Lura  Roletta,  who  was  born 
November  12,  1881,  and  died  February  27,  1911 ;  and  Paul  V.,  born  Novem- 
ber 7,  1892,  and  lives  on  the  home  farm.  He  married  Alma  J.  Foster,  a 
daughter  of  Green  Foster,  of  Bethany  Township,  and  they  have  a  daugh- 
ter, Beula  Lurola.  Lura  Loretta  Osborn  married  George  D.  Gates,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  a  son,  Daniel  G.,  who  lives  with  his  father  in 
Daviess  County,  Missouri. 

Welcome  E.  Osborn  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America 
and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  lodges.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Osborn  are  meni- 
bers  of  the  Missionary  Baptist  Church  at  Gilman,  Missouri,  also  his  son, 
Paul  v.,  and  wife,  as  was  his  daughter,  Lura  Loretta.    The  Osborn  family 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  455 

have  been  identified  with  the  Baptist  Church  for  five  generations  and 
Welcome  E.  Osborn  has  always  been  active  in  church  work. 

Mr.  Osborn  has  turned  the  active  management  of  the  place  over  to 
his  son,  Paul  V.,  who  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He 
raises  registered  Durham  cattle. 


Vincent  B.  Brandom,  a  prominent  farmer  and  breeder  of  Adams  Town- 
ship and  proprietor  of  Clover  Crest  Stock  Farm,  was  born  in  Albany, 
Colorado,  September  24,  1887,  the  son  of  S.  W.  and  Etta  Lura  (Boyce) 
Brandom.  Mrs.  S.  W.  Brandom,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  D.  Boyce, 
died  in  Gallatin  in  Maj%  1918.  Daniel  D.  Boyce  was  a  pioneer  of  Sherman 
Township  and  entered  land  there,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  when  he  was  sixty-four  years  of  age,  he  owned  600  acres  of 
land  in  Sherman  and  Adams  townships.  S.  W.  Bandom  is  now  living  at 
Gallatin,  Missouri.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Vincent  B.,  Ralph  W.,  of  Jamesport,  Missouri;  Charles  D.,  of 
Gallatin,  Missouri;  and  Lena,  of  Gallatin,  Missouri. 

Vincent  Brandom  was  educated  at  Grand  River  College  at  Gallatin, 
Missouri,  and  for  the  past  twelve  years  has  been  engaged  in  farming.  He 
owns  eighty  acres  and  operates  320  additional  acres  in  Sherman  Town- 
ship. He  is  a  breeder  of  Duroc  Jersey  hogs,  and  the  head  of  the  herd, 
"Walt's  Orion  Colonel,"  came  from  Ira  Jackson's  herd  in  Ohio.  He  also 
has  a  sow  by  "Pathmaster"  bred  in  Algona,  Iowa..  Mr.  Brandom  has 
200  head  of  registered  hogs  on  his  farm  and  twenty-four  brood  sows.  He 
is  one  of  the  most  successful  breeders!  in  the  county,  and  conducts  a 
yearly  sale. 

Mr.  Brandom  was  married  June  11,  1909,  to  Loie  E.  Jamison,  a  daugh- 
ter of  J.  T.  and  Emma  L.  (Palmer)  Jamison,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  J. 
T.  Jamison  is  a  retired  farmer  and  well  known  in  Buchanan  County.  Mrs. 
Brandom  was  born  at  Gower,  Missouri,  and  educated  at  Hardin  College 
at  Mexico,  Missouri,  and  finished  a  course  of  music  and  expression  at 
Curry  School  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brandom  have  two 
sons:  V.  Boyce,  Jr.,  and  Allen  J. 

Mr.  Brandom  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at  Bethany, 
Missouri,  and  is  secretary  of  the  Harrison  Farm  Bureau,  having  held 
this  office  since  its  organization  in  1918. 

Mrs.  Brandom  owns  forty  acres  of  land  in  Buchanan  County,  Mis- 


456  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

souri,  and  is  a  stockholder  in  Swift's  Packing  Company  and  the  United 
Steel  Corporation. 

For  the  past  three  years  Mr.  Brandon  has  operated  his  farm  with  a 
Moline  Universal  tractor,  plowing,  planting  and  cultivating  and  harvest- 
ing with  this  tractor,  which  takes  the  place  of  six  horses.  Mr.  Brandom 
is  progressive  and  enterprising,  and  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of 
Harrison  County. 


John  L.  Youngs,  of  Cypress  Township,  one  of  the  well  known  and  de- 
pendable farmers  of  this  section,  was  born  in  Hardin  County,  Ohio,  July 
7,  1845,  the  son  of  William  H.  and  Love  (Salmon)  Youngs.  William 
Youngs  came  to  Harison  County,  Missouri,  in  1847  and  settled  in  Cypress 
Township  on  a  farm  which  is  now  owned  by  J.  W.  Joyce.  He  died  at  the 
age  of  ninety-four  years  and  is  buried  in  Hatton  Cemetery.  His  wife 
died  when  ninety-three  years  old. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Youngs  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Mrs.  Hannah  Hatton,  deceased;  Thomas,  who  died  in  California; 
William,  deceased;  John  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mrs.  Susan  Carter, 
deceased ;  Mary  E.  Vandevort,  of  Cypress  Township ;  Mrs.  Pauline  Rice, 
deceased ;  Mrs.  Sarah  Ray  and  Ben  L.,  of  Cypress  Township. 

John  L.  Youngs  was  educated  in  Cypress  Township  in  Young's  dis- 
trict and  the  school  house  was  built  by  his  father.  Mr.  Youngs  enlisted 
at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1862,  in  Company  E  of  the  23rd  Missouri  In- 
fantry and  served  two  years  and  eight  months  in  the  Civil  War.  He  was 
only  seventeen  years  old  when  he  enlisted  and  ran  away  from  home.  He 
was  shot  in  the  right  hand,  three  fingers  being  broken,  in  the  battle  of 
Atlanta,  Georgia,  and  he  was  with  Sherman  on  his  March  to  the  Sea.  He 
saw  service  in  many  battles  and  skirmishes,  and  in  fact  was  in  all  the 
battles  of  the  3rd  Division  of  the  14th  Army  Corps.  He  was  mustered 
out  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  July  18,  1865  and  returned  home.  In  1873, 
Mr.  Youngs  was  married  to  Sarah  Hatton,  a  native  of  Cypress  Township 
and  daughter  of  John  J.  and  Mary  (Hunt)  Hatton.  Mrs.  Youngs  died  in 
1907  and  is  buried  in  Hatton  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  L.  Youngs  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: George  Edwards  Hatton,  on  the  home  place,  who  married  Dora 
Henry,  of  Cypress  Township,  and  who  has  a  son,  John  L.  Youngs,  Jr.; 
Mack  Hatton,  deceased,  who  married  Anna  Plymel,  and  who  left  two  chil- 
dren, Vetrus  and  De  Young;  May,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years; 


JOHN  L.  YOUNGS 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  457 

Clyde,  of  Cypress  Township,  who  married  Loren  Hill  and  they  have  four 
children,  Goldie,  Lester,  Donald  L.,  and  Luther  R. 

Mr.  Youngs  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  at  Coffey, 
Missouri,  and  is  the  only  surviving  Civil  War  veteran  of  Cypress  Town- 
ship. 

Mr.  Youngs  owns  150  acres,  where  he  has  made  his  home  for  the  past 
forty-seven  years  and  his  present  residence  has  been  built  for  thirty 
years.  Mr.  Youngs  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  this  county  and 
has  a  host  of  friends. 


Robinson  H.  Gale,  now  deceased,  was  a  prominent  and  prosperous 
farmer  of  Sherman  Township  and  was  born  in  Lake  County,  Illinois,  Au- 
gust 21,  1857,  the  son  of  E.  W.  and  Olive  Relief  (Harrison)  Gale.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Gale  came  to  Missouri  in  1869  from  Illinois  and  settled 
on  the  farm  which  was  owned  by  Robinson  H.  Gale.  The  farm  consists 
of  320  acres,  and  is  located  five  miles  east  and  one  mile  south  of  Bethany, 
Missouri.  E.  W.  Gale  died  here  in  June,  1897,  and  his  wife  died  March 
16,  1911.  Mr.  Gale  was  postmaster  at  Thomas,  a  postofRce  which  was  on 
his  farm  and  which  was  established  through  his  efforts. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Gale  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Warren,  who  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Whitewater  Bridge  in  the  Civil 
War,  he  having  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  in  Wisconsin  under  Captain 
Shepman  with  Company  E,  First  Wisconsin  Cavalry  Volunteers ;  Serianious 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  War,  he  died  in  1883  on  the  home  place ;  Ida  May, 
who  died  when  nineteen  years  of  age  in  Illinois ;  Robinson  H.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  who  died  October  10,  1921 ;  and  Ada  May,  who  died  when 
five  years  of  age. 

Robinson  H.  Gale  was  educated  in  Sherman  Center  School  of  this 
township,  and  had  been  engaged  in  farming  practically  al!  of  his  life.  He 
carried  on  general  farming  and  was  very  successful,  enterprising  and 
progressive. 

Mr.  Gale  was  married  February  15,  1878,  to  Rosetta  Robinson,  of  Fox 
Creek  Township,  a  daughter  of  Henry  Robinson.  Mrs.  Gale  was  bom  in 
Fox  Creek  Township  and  died  November  28,  1888,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
eight  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gale  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Ada  Adelma,  the  wife  of  C.  H.  McElhiney,  who  now  lives  on  the 
home  place;  Ida  Velma,  a  twin  of  the  Ada  Adelma,  who  died  in  infancy; 


458  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Claude  Henry,  deceased ;  Pearl  Rose,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Stretch,  of  Ender, 
Nebraska;  and  Olive  Relief,  deceased. 

Mr.  Gale  married  the  second  time  in  1891  Addie  M.  Flint,  a  daughter 
of  George  and  Sarah  Flint,  of  this  county.  They  were  the  parents  of  three 
children:  Russell  K. ;  Beulah,  the  wife  of  James  Aginer;  and  Lucille,  the 
wife  of  Bruce  Mallory. 

The  grandchildren  of  Robinson  H.  and  Rosetta  Gale  are  as  follows: 
James  A.,  Naomi  R.,  Lola  L.,  Mabel  M.  McElhiney,  and  Olive,  Opal,  Alice 
L.,  Charles  J.  Stretch.  To  Robinson  H.  and  Addie  M.  (Flint)  Gale  the 
following  grandchildren  were  bom:  Mary  L.  Aginer,  and  Bruce  G. 
Malloi-y,  Jr. 

Russell  K.  Gale,  who  now  lives  on  a  claim  at  Gillette,  Wyoming,  en- 
listed from  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  with  Company  G,  and  was  sent 
to  the  Mexican  border.  When  he  returned  from  the  border  he  was  dis- 
charged and  then  ve-enlisted  for  the  World  War,  and  went  overseas  with 
the  Thirty-fifth  Division.  He  was  promoted  to  second  lieutenant  and 
was  in  the  battle  of  Argonne  and  St.  Mihiel  and  was  captured  at  Argonne 
Forest.  He  was  kept  prisoner  for  several  months,  but  returned  home 
safely. 

The  Gales  are  well  known  in  Harrison  County  and  are  highly  regarded 
among  their  many  friends  and  acquaintances. 


Louden  Samuel  Brown,  a  wide  awake  and  progressive  farmer  of  Fox 
Creek  Township,  and  pioneer  of  Harrison  County,  was  born  in  a  cabin 
which  still  stands  on  the  farm  he  now  owns,  January  28,  1865,  the  son  of 
William  Louden  and  Ann  M.  (McBude)  Brown,  both  deceased. 

William  Louden  Brown  was  born  in  Kentucky  and  came  to  Missouri 
in  the  fifties  and  entered  eighty  acres  of  land  in  Sherman  Township,  and 
120  acres  in  Fox  Creek  Township.  The  Bondurant  and  Chariton  families 
preceded  the  Brown  family  here  by  a  few  years.  William.  Louden  Brown 
was  accidentally  killed  while  unloading  a  sawlog  at  a  Grand  River  saw- 
mill.    His  wife  died  April  16,  1914,  and  is  buried  in  Fairview  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Brown  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Sarah  E.,  widow  of  Marshal  Linthacum ;  Etta,  the  wife  of  Frank 
McGowan,  of  Sherman  Township ;  Mary  Alice,  the  widow  of  Oliver  Clink- 
enbeard,  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  and  L.  S.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Louden  Samuel  Brown  was  educated  in  the  school  of  Bondurant  dis- 


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trict.  the  first  school  he  attended  being  in  a  log  building.  Mr.  Brown 
bought  out  the  heirs  of  the  home  place,  and  has  an  excellent  farm,  well 
improved,  with  good  residence,  two  large  barns,  grain  barn,  etc.,  and  the 
farm  is  well  watered  with  ponds  and  wells.  The  residence  is  situated  on 
the  Ben  Hur  trail,  seven  miles  north  of  Oilman  and  ten  m.iies  southeast  of 
Bethany,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Brown  raises  Whiteface  cattle,  with  registered  males,  grade  hogs, 
and  feeds  cattle  and  hogs  each  year.  Mr.  Brown  also  does  his  house  work 
and  hires  help  to  do  his  farming.  He  is  a  very  successful,  wide-awake 
farmer  and  besides  his  numerous  duties,  finds  time  to  do  a  great  deal  of 
reading,  thus  keeping  abreast  with  the  news  of  the  day,  and  with  the 
latest  developments  along  agricultural  lines. 


Oscar  J.  Clinkinbeard,  an  interesting  and  prominent  pioneer  of  Har- 
rison County,  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri,  May  14,  1849,  the  son 
of  George  W.  and  Susan  C.  (Rhea)  Clinkinbeard.  George  Clinkinbeard  was 
a  native  of  Bourbon  County,  Kentucky,  born  in  1817.  He  went  to  Arkansas 
with  his  parents,  Jonathan  Clinkinbeard  and  wife,  and  his  father  died 
there,  and  he  and  his  mother  returned  to  Kentucky.  After  a  short  time, 
they  came  to  Missouri  and  lived  for  a  while  in  Buchanan  County,  then 
moved  to  Mercer  County,  and  eventually  locating  in  Fox  Creek  Township, 
where  George  Clinkinbeard  entered  320  acres  of  land  in  1855.  He  lived 
there  until  1883  and  then  moved  to  Bethany,  Missouri,  where  he  died  in 
1888  and  is  buried  in  Goshen  Cemetery  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri.  His 
wife  died  at  Mt.  Moriah  several  years  later,  and  his  mother,  who  came 
here  with  him,  died  here  and  is  buried  at  Nebraska  City,  Nebraska. 

In  pioneer  days,  the  nearest  neighbor  of  George  Clinkinbeard  on  the 
north  was  John  Prater,  who  lived  near  the  present  site  of  Mt.  Moriah. 
His  nearest  neighbor  on  the  east  was  H.  C.  Hamilton,  three  and  one-half 
miles  away,  and  on  the  south  a  man  by  the  name  of  Pilcher,  who  lived 
three  and  one-fourth  miles  from  Mr.  Clinkinbeard,  and  on  the  west,  John- 
son Queen,  who  lived  one  and  one-half  miles  distant.  Mr.  Clinkinbeard 
built  a  log  house  on  his  place  in  which  he  lived  for  a  few  years  and  then 
built  a  frame  house  which  was  blown  down.  His  third  residence  is  now- 
standing.  Besides  engaging  in  farming,  Mr.  Clinkinbeard  was  also  col- 
lector of  his  township.  He  married  Lizzie  Foreman,  who  died  and  is 
buried   in    Buchanan    County,   Missouri,   fifteen   miles    southwest   of   St. 


460  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Joseph.  His  second  wife  was  Susan  C.  Rhea  and  they  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Sebeit  M.,  deceased;  Oscar  J.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Otwa  L.,  of  Genoa,  Colorado;  Oliver  B.,  who  died  in  Bethany; 
Spartan  R.,  of  Bethany;  0.  H.,  deceased;  and  Lennie,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Oscar  J.  Clinkinbeard  was  reared  in  Fox  Creek  Township  and  at- 
tended the  Brown  school,  now  the  New  Hope  school.  His  first  teacher 
was  Cyrus  Tiffany,  who  belonged  to  a  pioneer  family  of  this  county. 

Oscar  J.  Clinkinbeard  has  followed  farming  here  all  of  his  life.  He 
owns  240  acres  of  land  in  section  four,  eleven  miles  east  of  Bethany,  and 
all  of  the  improvements  were  put  on  by  him.  Mr.  Clinkinbeard  does  gen- 
eral farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  been  very  successful.  He  also 
has  filed  membership  on  the  township  board,  and  has  many  friends  in 
this  community. 

March  12,  1871,  Oscar  J.  Clinkinbeard  was  married  to  Sarah  A. 
Hamilton,  a  daughter  of  H.  C.  and  Catherine  (Hickman)  Hamilton.  H. 
C.  Hamilton  ran  a  ferry  boat  across  the  Grand  River  in  pioneer  days.  He 
died  in  1890  and  his  wife  died  a  few  years  later  and  they  are  buried  in 
Hamilton  Cemetery  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clinkinbeard  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Oren 
L.,  born  December  22,  1871 ;  and  Bertie  Leola,  deceased.  She  was  born  m 
1873  and  was  the  wife  of  Bert  Leggitt. 

Oren  L.  Clinkinbeard  died  December  14,  1910.  His  wife,  who  was 
Mary  Ellen  Cruzan,  is  now  living  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  has  two  chil- 
dren: Avonalle  Florence,  who  married  Eugene  Sutherland;  and  Olive 
Orlean.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bert  Leggitt  were  the  parents  of  four  children: 
Edith  Irene,  the  wife  of  L.  T.  Hamilton,  of  Mercer  County,  Missouri ;  Coyle 
B.,  the  wife  of  James  Dewitt  of  Oilman,  Missouri ;  Chester  .A,  of  Fre- 
mont, Nebraska;  and  Bruce  A.,  of  Denver,  Colorado. 

The  great  grandchildren  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  J.  Clinkinbeard  are: 
Harley  Hamilton,  Gretchen  and  Eva  Hamilton,  Dorothy  Doris,  Oscar 
DeEtta  and  Virginia  Dewitt,  and  Thomas  Leggitt. 

Oscar  J.  Clinkinbeard  is  a  substantial  citizen  and  member  of  the 
Clinkinbeard  family  are  well  known  and  highly  respected  in  the  com- 
munity. 


Charles  W.  Hunt,  a  leading  farmer  of  Fox  Creek  To^\^lship,  and  mem- 
ber of  a  pioneer  family  of  Harrison  County,  was  born  near  Ridgeway, 
Missouri,  March  21,  1869,  the  son  of  Joseph  Hunt  and  Sarah  E.  (Rake- 
straw)  Hunt.    Mrs.  Hunt  was  later  married  to  John  Wilev  and  now  lives 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  461 

with  her  son,  Charles  W.  Hunt ;  she  is  seventy-four  years  of  age.  Joseph 
Hunt,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  is  in  the  Soldiers'  Home  at  Leaven- 
worth, Kansas. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Hunt  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
Mrs.  Bell  Williamson;  Mrs.  Cora  Isenbarger;  Charles  W.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch ;  Mrs.  Stella  Wiley ;  and  Jesse,  of  South  Dakota.  By  a  second 
marriage  of  Mrs.  Hunt  to  Mr.  Wiley,  she  has  two  children;  Arthur,  of 
South  Dakota;  and  Carwin,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa. 

Charles  W.  Hunt  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  has  lived  in 
this  county  all  of  his  life,  with  the  exception  of  two  years  he  spent  in 
Kansas.  He  bought  169  acres  of  his  present  home  in  1909  from  a  Mr. 
Makelin,  and  he  now  owns  209  acres  in  Fox  Creek  Township.  Mr.  Hunt 
has  remodeled  his  house  and  barn  and  has  put  two  sets  of  improvements 
on  the  farm.  In  1921,  he  built  a  new  crib  and  other  buildings  suitable  for 
farm  and  stock  use.  Mr.  Hunt  has  an  orchard  and  he  does  general  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising,  and  has  one  of  the  best  farms  in  this  vicinity. 

In  January,  1890,  Mr.  Hunt  was  married  to  Columbia  Stotts,  a  daugh- 
ter of  W.  M.  and  Ellen  Stotts.  The  father  is  now  deceased  and  the  mother 
lives  in  Fox  Creek  Township. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hunt  have  four  children:  Sarah,  the  wife  of  Amer 
Sallee,  of  Fox  Creek  Township;  Alice,  the  wife  of  Riley  Burton;  William, 
who  lives  at  home;  and  Mary,  the  wife  of  Ernest  Sails,  of  Columbia, 
Missouri.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hunt  have  a  granddaughter,  Violet  Columbia. 

Mr.  Hunt  is  one  of  the  substantial  and  highly  respected  citizens  of 
Harrison  County. 


Jacob  M.  Bender,  a  well  known  and  excellent  citizen  of  Sherman 
Township,  of  pioneer  parentage,  was  born  in  White  Oak  Township,  May 
11,  1867,  the  son  of  John  W.  and  Margaret  E.  (Funk)  Bender.  Mrs. 
Bender  was  a  daughter  of  Martin  and  Elizabeth  Funk,  both  deceased.  She 
lives  in  New  Hampton,  Missouri,  and  is  seventy-four  years  of  age.  John 
W.  Bender  was  born  in  Ohio,  but  came  to  Missouri  about  the  year  1854, 
and  settled  in  White  Oak  Township,  one  and  three-fourths  miles  north- 
east of  New  Hampton,  where  he  died  in  October,  1919.  He  is  buried  in 
Foster  Cemetery.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  War,  having  enlisted 
at  Bethany,  Missouri. 

John  W.  Bender  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
William,  of  Chetopa.  Kansas;  Jacob  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  R.  F., 


462  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

of  Mound  Ridge,  Kansas;  Etta,  the  wife  of  Bert  Dillon  of  Carmen,  Okla- 
homa ;  John  and  Rose,  who  were  twins,  the  former  lives  near  New  Hamp- 
ton and  the  latter  is  deceased ;  Viola,  deceased,  was  the  wife  of  Ed  Howery 
of  Fairview,  Oklahoma;  Warren,  of  Canton,  Oklahoma;  Hattie,  the  wife 
of  John  E.  Smith,  of  White  Oak  Township;  Walter,  of  New  Hampton, 
Missouri;  Maggie,  the  wife  of  Edgar  Claytor,  of  Bethany  Township;  and 
Stella,  who  lives  at  home. 

Jacob  M.  Bender  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  after  finish- 
ing his  education,  he  engaged  in  carpenter  work  at  New  Hampton  for 
nearly  thirty  years  and  also  farmed  at  the  same  time.  He  moved  to  his 
present  farm,  known  as  the  Uri  Hallock  place,  in  1905.  This  farm  con- 
sists of  250  acres  and  is  situated  three  miles  east  of  Bethany.  Since 
moving  here,  Mr.  Bender  has  built  a  modern,  eight  room  residence,  two 
barns,  well  equipped  and  there  is  also  another  residence  on  the  farm.  Mr. 
Bender  does  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  very  successful. 

November  29,  1905,  Mr.  Bender  was  married  to  Ora  Hallack,  a 
daughter  of  Uri  and  Electa  (Fuller)  Hallack.  Uri  Hallack  was  born  in 
Ohio  in  1840  and  died  in  1917,  and  his  wife  was  bom  in  Ohio  in  1837 
and  died  in  September,  1916.  They  had  lived  in  Harrison  County  forty- 
nine  years  prior  to  their  death,  locating  here  in  1867. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hallack  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Hymen  and  Barton,  of  Grant  Township;  John,  of  Bethany  Township  and 
Mrs.  Bender.  Mr.  Hallack  was  a  thresherman  here  for  many  years  and 
was  a  blacksmith  by  trade.  He  also  was  a  breeder  of  Englishire  horses 
and  later  in  life  moved  to  Bethany  and  engaged  in  the  implement  business. 
Mr.  Hallack  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War.  He  enlisted  at  Centerville, 
Iowa.     He  was  shot  through  the  arm  in  battle  during  the  war. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bender  have  four  children:  Electa,  Hallack,  Paul  and 
Worth.  Mr.  Bender  is  public  spirited  and  patriotic  and  one  of  Harrison 
County's  foremost  citizens. 


Dr.  Jerome  A.  Kintner,  a  noted  hydropathist  and  electrician  and 
superintendent  of  the  Heilbron  Sanitorium  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  was  born 
at  Stroudsburg,  Pennsylvania,  August  29,  1855,  the  son  of  Rudolph  and 
Sallie  (Gronner)  Kintner,  the  latter  a  native  of  Holland,  and  the  former 
a  native  of  Bavaria,  Gennany.  Rudolph  Kintner  was  reared  in  Berlin 
and  his  father  was  a  noted  physician  of  Berlin.  Both  Rudolph  and  Sallie 
Kintner  died  in  Pennsylvania,  he  in  1881  and  she  in  1911,  and  they  are 
buried  at  Stroudsburg. 


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Dr.  Jerome  A.  Eantner  took  his  first  training  in  Germany  under 
Doctor  Sailor  of  Berlin,  and  has  followed  his  present  vocation  since  a 
young  man.  He  has  worked  at  different  watering  places  in  the  United 
States  and  Europe,  and  the  sanitorium  of  which  he  is  at  present  superin- 
tendent, is  located  one  mile  west  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  The  building  is 
four  stories  and  also  has  a  basement;  it  is  furnished  elegantly  through- 
out and  is  completely  modem.  Doctor  Kintner  has  accommodations  for 
one  hundred  guests.  The  elevation  of  the  building  is  one  hundred  and 
thirty  feet  above  the  surrounding  country.  Doctor  Kintner  is  a  very 
capable  man  and  has  never  ceased  to  be  a  student. 

Dr.  J.  A.  Kintner  was  married  the  first  time  at  Bismark,  Dakota, 
September,  1879,  to  Flora  Weister,  of  St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  She  died  in 
1887  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  leaving  the  following  children :  Nina,  who 
was  born  in  Helena,  Montana,  and  died  December  7,  1919,  at  the  age  of 
forty  years,  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota;  Rudolph,  who  is  on  the  Orpheum 
Circuit,  with  headquarters  at  New  York  City,  who  was  born  in  1883,  and 
is  a  noted  comedian ;  Beatrice,  born  in  Bismark,  Dakota,  in  1886,  and  who 
died  with  the  influenza  in  October,  1918,  was  the  wife  of  Charles  W. 
Allen,  of  St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

Doctor  Kintner  married  Laura  Jones,  of  Albany,  Missouri,  a  daughter 
of  P.  W.  and  Betsey  (Little)  Jones,  at  Siloam  Springs,  Gentry  County, 
Missouri,  April  7,  1894.  Mrs.  Kintner  was  born,  reared  and  educated 
in  Gentry  County.  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Kintner  have  five  children:  Doris 
Corinne,  a  music  teacher  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  Gretchen  Theodosia,  the 
wife  of  Dr.  G.  E.  Ford,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Wilhelmina,  who  attends 
school  in  St.  Joseph ;  Winifred  Bettie  May,  who  also  attends  school  in  St. 
Joseph;  and  Jerome,  Jr. 

Doctor  Kintner's  sanitorium  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  state,  and  he 
ranks  as  one  of  the  first  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


S.  C.  Spence,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of  Grant  Town- 
ship, is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  bom  in  Jeflferson  Township 
about  five  miles  north  of  Bethany,  January  29,  1875,  and  is  a  son  of  Arch 
and  Charlotte  (Maniwaring)  Spence,  the  former  a  native  of  Virginia  and 
the  latter  of  Harrison  County. 

When  Arch  Spence  came  to  Harrison  County  he  first  settled  in  White 
Oak  Township  and  later  removed  to  Jefferson  Township  where  he  is  now 
engaged  in  farming.     To  Arch  and  Charlotte  (Maniwaring)  Spence,  were 


464  HISTORY  OP  HARRISON  COUNTY 

born  two  children:  S.  C,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  Guy  who  is 
engaged  in  farming  in  Jefferson  Township. 

S.  C.  Spence  was  reared  in  Jefferson  Township  and  educated  in  the 
district  school.  He  began  farming  for  himself  in  Grant  Township  on  a 
farm  of  120  acres  which  he  bought  in  1903.  He  added  sixty  acres  to  that 
and  sold  his  farm  of  180  acres  in  1919.  Later  he  bought  139  acres  which 
is  his  present  home.  This  place  is  situated  one  and  three-fourths  of  a 
mile  east  of  Ridgeway  on  the  Mount  Moriah  road.  This  is  a  valuable 
farm  and  is  well  improved.  Mr.  Spence  carries  on  general  farming  and 
stock  raising  and  takes  more  than  an  ordinary  interest  in  the  livestock 
business.     He  is  shipper  for  the  Ridgeway  Livestock  Association. 

November  2,  1899,  Mr.  Spence  was  married  to  Miss  Efiie  Buzzard,  a 
native  of  Grant  Township  and  a  daughter  of  Henry  Buzzard,  who  is  now 
deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spence  have  been  born  five  children  as  fol- 
lows: Gertie,  married  George  Arkle  and  they  live  near  Lorraine,  Har- 
rison County ;  Irene,  Hubert,  Alva  and  Marvin. 

Mr.  Spence  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  American  Brotherhood  of  Yoeman  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  He  is  a  dependable  citizen  and  widely  and  favor- 
ably known  in  Harrison  County. 


Elisha  Allen  Scott,  deceased,  was  an  early  settler  in  Harrison  County 
and  had  many  friends  in  this  part  of  the  state.  He  was  bom  in  Beaver 
Count.v,  Pennsylvania,  in  1843,  but  moved  with  his  parents  to  Jackson 
County,  Ohio,  in  1845,  and,  in  1856,  his  parents  located  on  a  farm  near 
Pleasant  Ridge  Church,  Cypress  Township,  Harrison  County.  Isaac  Scott, 
the  father  of  Elisha  Allen  Scott,  was  a  native  of  Scotland  and  his  wife, 
Sarah  Anna  Vezie,  was  born  in  Ireland. 

Elisha  Allen  Scott  enlisted  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  with  Com- 
pany I  of  the  1st  Missouri  State  Militia  under  Captain  Burris  and  served 
for  three  years  and  six  months  in  the  Civil  War.  He  was  wounded  in 
the  leg  while  in  service  and  was  taken  prisoner,  but  was  paroled  a  few 
days  afterward.  Mr.  Scott  died  in  1909  and  is  buried  in  Pleasant  Ridge 
Cemetery. 

He  was  married  February,  1872,  to  Emily  J.  Carter,  a  native  of 
Daviess  County,  Missouri,  and  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret 
(Woodard)  Carter.  Thomas  Carter  was  married  a  second  time  in  Daviess 
County,  Missouri.     He  died  in  1873  and  his  wife  died  in  1874.     By  his 


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first  marriage,  Mr.  Carter  had  the  following  children :  Franklin,  deceased ; 
John,  deceased,  and  McKinney,  who  lives  in  Pattonsburg,  Missouri.  By 
his  second  marriage,  Mr.  Carter  had  the  following  children:  D.  W.,  of 
Coffey,  Missouri ;  T.  C,  deceased  and  Mrs.  Emily  J.  Scott. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elisha  Allen  Scott  were  the  parents  of  nine  children: 
James  F.,  of  Los  Angeles,  California ;  W.  C,  who  lives  on  the  home  place ; 
Adolph,  deceased;  Charles,  deceased;  Bessie,  deceased;  Nellie  E.,  deceased; 
Ben,  of  Oakland,  California;  Rex,  deceased;  and  OUie,  the  wife  of  Allen 
Woods,  of  Los  Angeles,  California. 

For  the  past  seven  years  Mrs.  Scott  made  her  home  in  California,  but 
is  now  living  on  her  farm  in  Cypress  Township.  She  owns  176  2/3  acres 
of  land  which  she  and  her  husband  purchased  about  thirty-two  years  ago. 

Mr.  Scott  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  post  at 
Bethany  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  highly  respected  and  was  one 
of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


George  Arney,  a  well  known  retired  farmer  of  Bethany,  Missouri, 
was  born  in  Tennessee,  November  9,  1854,  the  son  of  John  W.  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  (Wilber)  Arney.  John  W.  Arney  was  bom  in  North  Carolina, 
but  went  to  Tennessee  in  boyhood  and  later  came  to  Missouri  and  settled 
in  Daviess  County  with  David  Arney,  a  brother.  In  the  gold  excitement 
of  1849,  he  crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teams  to  California  and  was  there 
several  years.  He  then  returned  to  Tennessee  for  awhile,  finally  coming 
to  Harrison  County,  where  he  bought  forty  acres  in  Fox  Creek  Township, 
and  later  bought  100  additional  acres  where  he  lived  until  his  death. 
During  the  Civil  War  he  was  with  Company  E,  23rd  Missouri  Infantry 
for  two  years.     He  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  Springer  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  W.  Arney  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: George,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Sarah,  the  wife  of  George 
Arney,  deceased,  who  lives  in  Grundy  County,  Missouri ;  Mrs.,  May  Pli- 
cher,  Mrs.  Vina  Bairley,  Clarinda  Campbell,  John  W.  and  Emma,  all  de- 
ceased. 

George  Arney  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  in  Wooderson  dis- 
trict, and,  with  the  exception  of  two  years,  which  he  spent  in  Panhandle, 
Texas,  he  has  lived  in  Fox  Creek  Township,  until  seven  years  ago,  when 
he  moved  to  Bethany,  Missouri.  He  owned  240  acres  which  he  improved 
and  operated  successfully,  selling  this  farm  in  1919  to  his  son  James.  Mr. 
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466  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Arney  was  road  overseer  of  his  district  for  eleven  years  and  filled  this 
office  capably. 

George  Arney  was  married  in  1878  to  Hannah  Hughes  of  Sugar  Creek 
Township,  a  daughter  of  James  Hughes  and  wife,  pioneers  of  that  town- 
ship. Mrs.  Arney  died  July  29,  1917.  She  and  her  husband  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children :  James,  on  the  home  farm ;  Thomas, 
of  Bethany,  Missouri;  J.  D.,  of  California;  Lummie,  wife  of  Homer  Hogan, 
of  Fox  Creek  Township;  Floyd  Arney,  of  Fox  Creek  Township;  Orson,  of 
Fox  Creek  Township;  Laura  is  the  wife  of  Bert  L.  Neff,  of  Sherman 
Township;  Rie,  the  wife  of  Boyce  Dickover,  near  Marshalltown,  Iowa; 
and  Rue,  the  wife  of  A.  E.  Butcher,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

George  Arney  was  married  the  second  time  June  5,  1919,  to  Mrs. 
Olive  Musser  Mickael,  a  daughter  of  Henry  H.  and  Barbara  E.  (Dayton) 
Musser.  Henry  Musser  was  htorn  in  Pennsylvania  in  1830  and  died 
December  29,  1906,  and  his  wife,  who  was  born  in  Ohio  in  1843,  died 
March  7,  1917.  Mr.  Musser  is  buried  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Leaven- 
worth, Kansas,  and  his  wife  is  buried  in  Lone  Rock  Cemetery,  Hamilton 
Township,  Harrison  County.  They  were  married  in  Caldwell  County, 
Missouri,  and  settled  in  Lincoln  Township,  Harrison  County,  in  1865, 
where  Mr.  Musser  preempted  160  acres  of  land,  afterward  selling  eighty 
acres.  The  farm  was  four  miles  northeast  of  Hatfield.  Mr.  Musser  was 
a  Civil  War  veteran.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Musser  were  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Mrs.  Arney,  born  July  19,  1866;  Hester  E.,  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Moore,  who  died  February  3,  1907 ;  Clarence,  who  was  born  in 
1873,  and  died  in  infancy;  LeRoy  S.,  who  was  in  Ajo,  Arizona,  the  last 
time  he  was  heard  from. 

Olive  Musser  was  married  the  first  time,  September  23,  1885,  to 
George  B.  Mickael,  who  died  January  22,  1894,  and  is  buried  in  Lone  Rock 
Cemetery.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Michael  were  the  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing children :  Bertha,  born  September  16,  1886,  the  wife  of  Donald  Allen, 
of  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  Osie  M.,  born  July  18,  1889,  who  died  April  19, 
1918,  and  is  buried  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  was  the  wife  of  Louis  Conda; 
Elmer  A.,  born  July  13,  1893,  and  died  when  twenty-seven  years  and  four 
days  old,  and  who  was  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  having  been  overseas 
with  the  35th  Division,  Company  G,  and  who  served  on  the  Mexican  border 
prior  to  going  overseas.  After  the  war  closed,  he  learned  aviation  and, 
while  in  flight  at  Winfield,  Kansas,  was  killed  by  an  accidental  break  of 
the  plane,  which  caused  him  to  fall.  He  is  buried  in  Bethany.  Mrs. 
Arney  has  a  grandchild,  Polly  Lee  Allen.     Mr.  Arney  has  twenty-five 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  467 

grandchildren  and  one  great  grandchild,  Vada  Arney,  a  daughter  of  Verne 
Arney. 

George  Arney  was  six  years  of  age  when  his  parents  settled  in  Fox 
Creek  Township  and  remembers  many  interesting  incidents  of  the  early 
days.  Their  nearest  neighbor  was  Robert  Woolridge  and  the  prairie  was 
open  and  unimproved.  His  father  drove  oxen  from  Tennessee  to  Mis- 
souri, and  these  were  used  to  break  the  prairie.  He  traded  his  ox  team 
for  the  forty  acres  of  land,  and  cut  and  split  rails  for  fifty  cents  per 
hundred.  He  paid  $20.00  for  a  cow.  His  wife  spun  the  wool  and  made 
the  clothes  for  the  family  for  many  years.  The  one  room  log  house  was 
always  large  enough  for  company,  as  well  as  the  family  and  beds  made 
on  the  floor  served  for  the  family  when  visitors  arrived. 


Mary  Frances  (Buck)  England,  widow  of  George  England,  a  well 
known  pioneer  of  Bethany,  and  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of  this  county, 
was  born  in  Tennessee,  February  17,  1838,  and  came  to  Missouri  with  her 
parents,  David  Buck  and  wife,  in  1840.  David  Buck,  deceased,  settled  at 
that  time  on  the  present  site  of  Bethany,  which  was  then  a  brush  patch. 
Clement  and  John  Oatman  were  the  first  settlers  at  Bethany,  and  they 
started  a  store  here  and  Doctor  Oatman  was  the  first  physician  here. 
David  Buck  and  wife  first  lived  east  of  the  present  site  of  Doctor  Rey- 
nolds' residence.  Their  home  was  a  one  story,  log  cabin,  about  14x16 
feet,  with  a  ladder  which  served  as  a  stairway.  David  Buck  married 
Rebecca  Barnes  of  Tennessee,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  four  children : 
Catherine,  who  married  Joseph  Bartlett;  Mary  Frances  England,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch ;  James,  deceased ;  and  Sarah  Elizabeth  Eads,  deceased. 
David  Buck  died  January  25,  1895  and  his  Avife  died  March  26,  1889 ;  both 
are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery  at  Bethany. 

Mary  Frances  England  was  married  to  George  England  in  1855.  The 
brothers  and  sisters  of  George  England  were:  Lloyd  England,  Mrs.  Jane 
Linville,  Mrs.  Nancy  Miller,  Mrs.  Matilda  Planck,  and  James  England,  all 
deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  England  moved  to  Martinsville  on  a  farm  shortly 
after  their  marriage  and  their  children  were  born  and  reared  on  this 
place,  which  consisted  of  200  acres.  Their  children  are:  Clayborn,  of 
Geary,  Oklahoma;  David,  who  died  in  1915;  James,  a  farmer  in  Dallas 
TowTiship;  John,   of  Bethany,  Missouri;   Marcy   C,   who   lives   with   her 


468  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

mother  in  Bethany,  and  who  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Dallas  Town- 
ship; Joseph,  of  Phoenix,  Arizona;  Beffie,  the  wife  of  Jesse  Frank,  of 
Bethany,  Missouri ;  Orley,  of  Bethany,  iVIissouri,  and  an  infant  son,  de- 
ceased. 

Mrs.  England  has  an  excellent  memory  and  recalls  many  of  the  old 
settlers,  also  interesting  incidents  of  pioneer  days.  She  attended  her  first 
school  in  a  small  pole  or  log  house  on  Buck  Run,  and  says  that  this  house 
was  so  small  that  it  looked  like  a  children's  playhouse.  Miles  Jennings 
was  her  first  teacher  and  her  next  school  was  a  log  building  just  north 
of  Allen  Park.  Meetings  were  held  at  the  cabin  home  of  David  Buck  and 
the  first  court  that  Mrs.  England  remembers  was  held  here;  was  also  held 
in  his  cabin.  Her  uncle,  John  S.  Allen,  was  instrumental  in  starting 
religious  meetings  here. 

Mrs.  England  has  the  following  grandchildren:  Lloyd  and  Doak  Eng- 
land, Mrs.  Altha  Scott,  Mrs.  Abbie  Burris,  Muriel  Nancy,  Carl,  James, 
David,  Don,  Alma,  Alice,  John,  Cloyd,  Shirley,  Birley,  Marie,  Elaine  and 
Lucille  England,  Mrs.  Fay  Shumate,  Archie  and  George  Frank. 

The  great  grandchildren  of  Mrs.  England  are;  Harold  and  Daryl 
England,  Margaret  and  Henrietta  Scott,  Elizabeth  Burris,  Lucille  Burris, 
deceased;  Carl,  Marvin  Lee,  and  Martha  Henrietta  England,  Nellie  Shu- 
mate and  Lloyd  Layman. 

Mrs.  England  says  that  when  they  began  to  survey  the  town  site  of 
Bethany,  a  large  rattlesnake  was  killed  in  the  brush  and  the  town  was 
called  Rattlesnake  Town  for  quite  a  while  by  the  early  settlers. 

Mrs.  England  is  an  interesting  lady  and  a  highly  respected  and 
honored  citizen. 


Fred  Tucker,  the  efficient  and  popular  sheriff  of  Harrison  County, 
was  born  in  Madison  Township,  Harrison  County,  February  26,  1894,  the 
son  of  U.  G.  and  Laura  (Thompson)  Tucker,  and  the  grandson  of  Joseph 
Tucker. 

Joseph  Tucker  came  to  Madison  Township  in  the  early  pioneer  days, 
took  up  land  and  improved  it.  He  died  on  the  farm  and  was  buried  in 
Oak  Lawn  Cemetery.  His  son,  U.  G.,  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He 
spent  his  life  in  Harrison  County  and  for  one  term  filled  the  office  of  pre- 
siding judge  of  the  county  court.  He  died  in  1916  and  is  buried  in  Oak 
Lawn  Cemetery.  His  wife,  Laura  (Thompson)  Tucker  lives  now  at 
Kingsville,  Missouri. 

To  U.  G.  and  Laura  (Thompson)  Tucker  the  following  children  were 
born:    Roy,  a  salesman  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  Gladys,  deceased;  Ernest,  a 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  469 

farmer  at  Ravenna,  Mercer  County,  Missouri;  Horace,  a  salesman  for  an 
automobile  firm  at  Kingsville,  Missouri;  Fred,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Lawton,  now  living  in  Iowa ;  Hazel,  a  teacher  at  Rockport,  Missouri ;  and 
Opal,  a  student  in  the  Kingsville  High  School. 

Fred  Tucker  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  graduated  from 
the  Kingsville  High  School.  He  learned  the  trade  of  mechanics  and,  at 
the  time  the  World  War  began  was  working  at  his  trade  with  Davis  and 
Shaw  at  Kingsville,  Missouri.  He  entered  the  United  States  amiy,  Octo- 
ber 4,  1917  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston,  where  he  remained  nine 
months  with  the  356th  Infantry.  He  was  sent  then  to  New  York  and 
from  there  he  went  overseas  with  the  89th  Division  and  was  stationed 
at  Lifall  Le  Grande,  France,  training  for  open  warfare  work  and  bayonet 
practice.  In  August,  he  was  sent  to  the  St.  Mihiel  front  and  on  Septem- 
ber 12,  1918,  he  went  over  the  top.  He  received  a  machine  gun  wound  in 
the  right  foot  on  November  9,  1918,  at  the  battle  of  Argonne  Forest  and 
was  in  Base  Hospital  No.  10  for  two  weeks.  After  his  recovery  from  his 
wound,  he  was  sent  to  Germany  with  the  Army  of  Occupation  and  re- 
mained there  from  December,  1918,  until  the  latter  part  of  May,  1919. 
He  was  sent  back  to  the  United  States  in  June,  1919,  and  went  directly 
to  Camp  Funston  where  he  was  mustered  out  of  service  the  latter  part 
of  June. 

Fred  Tucker  made  the  race  for  the  office  of  sheriff  of  Harrison 
County  and  was  elected  in  November,  1920,  taking  office  January  1,  1921. 
Mr.  Tucker  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  at  Bethany, 
Missouri,  and  of  the  American  Legion,  Wilson-Axline  Post.  Mr.  Tucker 
is  capable  and  energetic.  He  belongs  among  the  group  of  younp;  men  of 
Harrison  County  who  having  received  training  in  the  World  War  and 
having  proved  their  mettle,  can  be  depended  upon  to  uphold  high  staadard? 
of  efficiency  for  their  community. 


James  Madison  Neville,  ex-sheriff  of  Harrison  County,  was  born  in 
Hart  County,  Kentucky,  May  22,  1847,  the  son  of  James  Morgan  and 
Lilly  Ann  (Brooks)  Neville,  both  natives  of  Kentucky.  In  1850,  three 
brothers,  James  Morgan  Neville,  John  R.  Neville  and  Henry  O.  Neville 
came  to  Harrison  County  and  took  up  land.  J.  M.  Neville  bought  the 
squatters  rights  from  John  Simpson  in  Marion  Township,  four  miles  north 
of  Ridgeway.  Big  Creek  ran  through  the  farm  but  most  of  the  land  was 
wild  prairie.     Henry   0.   Neville   settled   on   the  farm   from   which  the 


470  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

present  site  of  Blythedale  was  taken.  J.  M.  Neville  improved  his  farm  of 
240  acres  and  soon  became  pi-ominent  in  the  county.  He  was  elected  to 
the  state  legislature  once  before  the  Civil  War  and  again  after  the  close  of 
the  war.  In  1858  he  was  a  judge  of  the  north  district.  His  brother, 
Heniy  0.,  was  also  a  member  of  the  legislature. 

The  three  Neville  brothers  married  three  sisters,  daughters  of  George 
Brooks  who  lived  in  the  Taylor  Grove  settlement.  All  three  of  the 
brothers  served  in  the  Civil  War.  James  Morgan  was  colonel  of  the  Home 
Guard  Militia  and  captain  of  a  company  stationed  at  Gallatin,  serving  in 
the  Union  army.  His  brother,  Henry  0.,  was  a  lieutenant-colonel  in  the 
Union  army.  Third  Missouri  Cavalary.  The  third  brother,  John  R.,  served 
three  years  in  the  Union  army,  enlisting  in  Illinois.  The  name  of  Neville 
appears  also  on  the  Confederate  side  of  the  Civil  War.  A  younger 
brother  of  the  three  named  above,  George,  came  to  Missouri  in  1859, 
taught  school  that  winter  and  returned  to  Kentucky  in  1860.  When  war 
broke  out  he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  and  was  a  commissioned 
officer.  His  wife  was  a  native  of  Tennessee  whose  father  was  a  slave 
owner.  '         'J-t 

From  this  brief  account,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  Neville  name  has 
been  well  known  in  Harrison  County  since  the  pioneer  days.  In  trans- 
forming the  wild  prairie  land  into  well  kept  farms,  in  giving  political 
service  to  the  county  and  in  serving  the  Union,  the  Nevilles  have  done 
their  share  ably.  James  Morgan  Neville  died  in  1906;  his  first  wife. 
Lilly  Ann  (Brooks)  Neville  died  in  1865.  The  remains  of  both  are  buried 
in  the  Blythedale  Cemetery. 

To  James  Morgan  and  Lilly  Ann  (Brooks)  Neville  the  following  chil- 
dren were  born:  Martha,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Painter,  died  in  1914;  George  W.,  a 
retired  farmer  in  Dighton,  Kansas ;  Henry  H.,  retired  and  living  in  Kan- 
sas City,  Missouri ;  Loraine.  Mrs.  Baker,  now  deceased :  Lavina,  Mrs. 
Richardson,  of  Myers  Falls,  Washington;  James  M.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  and  John,  now  in  Fort  Morgan,  Colorado.  By  a  second  marriage 
of  James  Morgan  Neville  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Updyke,  there  were  three  chil- 
dren: C.  W.,  of  Portland,  Oregon;  Minnie,  Mrs.  Bridges,  of  Eagleville; 
and  May,  Mrs.  Brown,  of  Ridgeway. 

James  Madison  Neville  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  the 
county.  The  building  was  constructed  of  logs  which  had  formerly  been 
used  in  the  making  of  his  old  pioneer  home.  Here  he,  with  the  other 
children  of  his  day,  suffered  their  share  of  the  hardships  of  the  early 
settlers  and  conned  over  their  lessons  amidst  the  discomforts  of  those 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  471 

days.  At  the  age  of  seventeen,  Mr.  Neville  enlisted  in  Company  E,  Forty- 
third  Missouri  for  service  in  the  Civil  War  and  his  regiment  was  in  the 
battle  at  Glasgow.  He  returned  home  to  farm  and  was  married  July  4, 
1866  to  Angeline  Hall,  a  daughter  of  Joe  and  Martha  Hall  of  Eagleville. 
The  Hall  family  were  early  settlers  of  Harrison  County.  Mr.  Hall,  who 
was  a  merchant,  died  at  Eagleville  in  1883  at  the  age  of  sixty-one  and  his 
wife  died  at  Bethany  in  1898.  The  remains  of  both  are  buried  in  the 
Eaglesville  Cemetery. 

For  two  years  after  his  marriage,  Mr.  Neville  continued  to  farm.  In 
1868,  however,  he  began  to  clerk  for  his  father-in-law  and,  in  1881,  he 
came  to  Bethany.  He  was  the  deputy  sheriff  under  W.  H.  Gillespie  for 
more  than  there  years  and,  in  1890,  was  elected  sheriff  of  Harrison 
County,  serving  for  four  years.  Since  the  explication  of  his  term  as  sheriff 
he  has  lived  at  Bethany  where  he  owns  the  half  block  upon  which  his 
residence  is  situated. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Neville  have  four  children:  Mrs.  Myrtle  White,  died 
July  5,  1921 ;  Lillian,  who  was  county  superintendent  of  schools  for  six 
years,  now  the  wife  of  E.  W.  Prentiss,  the  postmaster  of  Bethany;  Maud, 
the  wife  of  F.  M.  French,  a  merchant  at  Cainsville ;  and  Clyde,  a  veteran 
of  the  Spanish  American  War,  a  veteran  of  the  Philippine  Insurrection, 
and  of  the  World  War  in  which  he  enlisted  in  the  coast  artillery  from 
Portland,  serving  overseas.  One  grandson,  George  N.  Allen,  served  in 
the  coast  artillery  in  the  World  War  and  was  one  year  in  France.  There 
are  two  other  living  grandchildren,  Kathleen  C.  White  and  Garland  N. 
White.     A  granddaughter,  Lucile  Allen,  died  in  1907. 

Mrs.  Neville  is  a  member  of  the  Rebecca  Lodge  and  all  of  the  family 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Church.  The  Neville  family  has  always 
given  its  services  to  the  county  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  this 
part  of  Missouri. 


Joseph  F.  Slinger,  the  capable  superintendent  of  the  Bethany  Water 
and  Light  plant,  was  born  in  the  town  where  he  still  lives  on  August  15, 
1872.     He  is  the  son  of  John  and  Ruth  (McClure)  Slinger,  both  deceased. 

John  Slinger's  father  was  an  Englishman  who  left  his  native  country 
and  came  to  the  United  States  in  the  early  days.  He  settled  in  Sugar 
Creek  Township,  Harrison  County.  He  is  buried  in  Cat  Creek  Cemetery 
in  Grundy  County.  John  Slinger  grew  up  in  Hari-ison  County  and  when 
the  Civil  War  came  he  enlisted  from  his  county  and  remained  in  service 


472  HISTORY   OP   HARRISON  COUNTY 

for  three  years,  holding  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  of  Company  E, 
Twenty-third  Missouri.  At  the  time  of  his  death  in  1873  he  held  the  office 
of  county  clerk.  His  wife,  Ruth  (McClure)  Slinger,  died  January  12, 
1S20,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two.     Both  are  buried  in  Bethany. 

To  John  and  Paith  (McClure)  Slinger  the  following  children  were 
born:  Oliver,  living  in  Winnemucca,  Nevada;  Mollie,  now  Mrs.  Hefner, 
living  with  her  brother,  Joseph  F. ;  James  William,  now  living  in  Medford, 
Oregon;  and  Joseph  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Joseph  F.  Slinger  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools,  gradu- 
ating from  the  school  at  Bethany.  He  was  in  the  implement  business  in 
Bethany  for  a  number  of  years.  For  the  ten  years  just  before  the  out- 
break of  the  Spanish  American  War,  he  served  in  the  Missouri  National 
Guards.  When  war  was  declared  with  Spain,  he  took  a  full  company 
from  Harrison  County  and,  with  his  company  and  holding  the  commission 
of  captain,  he  went  into  service  on  April  27,  1898.  He  was  sent  first  to 
Washington,  D.  C.  and  from  there  to  Middleton,  Pennsylvania,  then  to 
Greenville,  South  Carolina,  where  he  and  his  company  were  mustered  out 
of  service  February  10,  1899. 

Upon  his  return  to  his  home,  Captain  Slinger  was  with  the  Bethany 
Mills  for  three  years.  He  then  accepted  a  position  with  the  Bethany 
Light  plant  and,  in  1902,  he  was  elected  superintendent  of  the  Light  and 
Water  plant,  which  position  he  has  filled  most  creditably  ever  since.  The 
city  owns  both  the  plants  and  the  eflficiency  of  both  has  been  increased 
to  the  highest  capacity  under  the  management  of  the  present  superin- 
tendent. 

Captain  Slinger  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  at 
Bethany  and  has  filled  the  office  of  city  collector  for  three  temis.  His 
continuous  terms  of  service  to  his  town  are  ample  attestations  to  his 
Qualifications  as  a  citizen. 


Chris  E.  Klindt,  an  energetic  farmer  and  stockman  of  Cypress  Town- 
ship, was  born  in  Germany,  December  8,  1865,  the  son  of  David  and 
Christina  Klindt.  David  Klindt  now  lives  in  northwestern  Iowa  at  the 
age  of  eighty-five  years  and  his  wife  died  March  4,  1915,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-six  years.  David  Klindt  came  to  America  in  1887  and  settled  in 
Sac  County,  Iowa. 

Chris  E.  Klindt  came  to  the  United  States  in  1883,  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen years  and  worked  by  the  month  for  nine  years  at  from  $16.00  to 
$20.00  per  month.     He  then  rented  land  for  eleven  years  and  came  to 


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HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  473 

Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1903  and  bought  140  acres,  his  present 
home,  for  $35.00  per  acre.  Mr.  Klindt  has  put  all  of  the  improvements 
on  the  place,  including  new  residence  built  in  1920,  three  barns  and  other 
buildings.  The  farm  has  excellent  stock  water,  which  is  pumped  by  a 
wind  mill  to  three  pastures.  Mr.  Klindt  raises  Shorthorn  cattle  and 
Spotted  Poland  China  hogs  and  does  general  farming.  The  farm  is 
located  five  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  Bethany  on  the  Gallatin  road 
and  is  one  of  the  finest  farms  in  the  county,  most  of  it  being  in  clover  and 
timothy. 

Mr.  Klindt  was  married  in  Sac  County,  Iowa,  in  1892,  to  Kathrina 
Frank,  a  daughter  of  Christopher  and  Lena  (Egnel)  Frank,  both  deceased. 
Mrs.  Klindt  was  born  in  Lee  County,  Illinois  and  educated  in  Iowa,  where 
her  parents  settled  in  1873. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Klindt  have  four  children:  Charles  D.,  a  farmer  of 
Cypress  Township,  who  married  Esther  Taggart;  he  also  taught  school  in 
this  county  for  ten  years  and  was  one  of  the  best  teachers  in  this  part 
of  the  state ;  Ernest,  who  married  Ollie  Spence,  is  a  farmer  in  Adams 
Township;  Alma,  the  wife  of  Wiley  Hall,  of  Bethany;  and  Frederick,  who 
lives  at  home. 

Mr.  Klindt  believes  that  rearing  children  without  teaching  them  to 
do  useful  work  is  a  grievous  wrong.  He  is  very  much  in  favor  of  good 
schools  and  saj's  that  an  industrious  and  educated  boy  or  girl  is  the  best 
type  of  citizenship.  Mr.  Klindt  and  family  are  highly  respected  citizens 
and  stand  high  in  Harrison  County. 


John  Ballard,  for  three  successive  terms  the  efficient  judge  of  the 
Second  District  County  Court  of  Harrison  County,  was  born  in  Cypress 
Township,  May  15,  1859,  the  son  of  Boone  and  Caroline  (Salmon)  Ballard. 

Boone  Ballard  was  a  native  of  Virginia  where  he  was  born  in  1818. 
He  came  to  Missouri  in  1846  and  took  up  land  in  Cypress  Township,  Har- 
rison County.  At  one  time  he  owned  over  300  acres  of  land  and  was  a 
prominent  farmer  and  stockraiser  in  the  county.  In  the  early  days  he 
filled  the  office  of  trustee  of  his  township  and  he  was  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War,  enlisting  in  1861  and  serving  until  the  close  of  the  war  in  a 
company  known  as  "Merrill's  Horse". 

Boone  Ballard  was  married  twice,  the  first  time  to  Sarah  Brown. 
To  Boone  and  Sarah  (Brown)  Ballard  the  following  children  were  born: 
Ehza,  now  Mrs.  Dart  of  Johnson  County,  Kansas;  William,  now  a  resident 


474  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

of  Aspen,  Colorado;  Chloe,  Mrs.  Smith,  who  died  in  Hutchinson,  Kansas; 
Jane,  now  Mrs.  Johnson,  of  Johnson  County,  Kansas ;  Austin,  who  died  in 
Johnson  County,  Kansas ;  and  Chapman,  now  hving  in  Touse,  New  Mexico. 
Mr.  Ballard  was  married  the  second  time  to  Caroline  Salmon,  a  native  of 
Ohio.  To  Boone  and  Caroline  (Salmon)  Ballard  the  following  children 
were  born:  Newton  J.,  now  living  in  Hutchinson,  Kansas;  John,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch;  Boone,  now  a  resident  of  Seattle,  Washington;  Anna, 
now  Mrs.  Joseph,  of  Colorado;  Charles,  of  Stockton,  California;  Robert, 
now  living  in  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  Henry,  living  in  Bethany,  Missouri; 
and  a  daughter,  Mrs.  H.  K.  Barlow,  of  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Boone  Ballard  died  in  1885  and  is  buried  in  Pleasant  Ridge  Cemetery. 
Caroline  (Salmon)  Ballard  died  in  1912  at  the  age  of  seventy-five. 

John  Ballard  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools  of  Harrison  County 
and  has  followed  the  vocation  of  fanning  and  stockraising-  all  of  his  life. 
He  bought  his  present  farm  of  171  acres  in  1893  and  1914.  It  is  in  Cyp- 
ress Township,  seven  miles  south  of  Bethany  and  is  well  improved  with 
the  house  and  barn  recently  rebuilt.     The  farm  lies  on  upland  prairie. 

John  Ballard  was  married  November  9,  1887,  to  Lola  Barlow,  a 
daughter  of  James  and  Lucinda  (Nally)  Barlow,  both  deceased  and  are 
buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery.  Mr.  Barlow  was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  his 
wife  of  Ohio.  They  were  married  in  Ohio  and  came  to  Missouri  about 
1868,  settling  on  a  farm  in  Cypress  Township,  Harrison  County. 

To  John  and  Lola  (Barlow)  Ballard  the  following  children  have  been 
born:  Emma  Hazel,  now  Mrs.  Bert  S.  Allen,  of  Bethany;  Lillian  May, 
now  Mrs.  Leslie  Porter  of  Bethany;  Loumontie,  now  Mrs.  Randall  Wilson 
of  Bethany ;  and  John  Russell,  living  on  the  home  farm.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ballard  also  have  three  grandchildren  as  follows:  Fredie  Porter,  Persh- 
ing Wilson  and  Herbert  Allen. 

Mr.  Ballard  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
at  Bethany.  He  filled  the  oflSce  of  township  collector  for  fourteen  years 
and  also  filled  an  unexpired  term  as  trustee  of  his  township.  He  was 
elected  judge  of  his  district  in  1916  and  was  reelected  in  1918  and  again 
in  1920.  His  return  to  office  for  two  successive  terms  by  the  vote  of 
his  county  is  ample  attestation  to  the  regard  which  his  county  has  for 
him.  His  record  as  an  official  has  been  excellent ;  he  has  been  economical 
but  efficient  and  has  handled  his  work  in  a  thoroughly  competent  fashion. 
Both  he  and  his  family  stand  well  in  the  county. 


HISTORY   OF    HABBISON   COUNTY  475 

M.  M.  McQuery,  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Bethany,  Missouri, 
was  born  in  Indiana,  the  son  of  Gaily  McQuery  and  Priscilla  (Mingle) 
McQuery. 

Gaily  McQuery  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1834.  In  1865  he  with  his 
wife  and  family  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Mercer  Gounty  where  he 
became  a  highly  respected  farmer  and  stockman.  He  died  at  the  home 
place  in  1898  and  is  buried  in  Hamilton  Gemetery.  His  wife,  now  eighty- 
four  years  of  age,  still  hves  on  the  farm  upon  which  she  and  her  husband 
settled  when  they  came  to  Missouri. 

M.  M.  McQuery  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and,  in 
1888,  he  began  farming  near  Mount  Moriah,  Harrison  Gounty.  He  re- 
mained on  the  same  farm  for  twelve  years,  when  he  moved  to  Bethany 
Township  where,  in  1900,  he  bought  159  acres  of  land.  He  kept  this  farm 
until  1918  when  he  sold  it  and  moved  to  Bethany.  For  the  next  two  years 
he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business;  since  that  time  he  has  conducted 
a  taxi  business  in  which  he  has  been  very  successful.  He  owns  an  acre 
of  ground  which  he  uses  for  pasture  and  also  has  four  lots  at  Oakland 
and  Alder  streets.  His  residence  was  burned  recently  and  he  is  now 
building  a  new  home. 

Mr.  McQuery  was  married  in  the  fall  of  1886  to  Martha  Jane  Miller, 
who  was  born  and  reared  in  Mercer  Gounty,  Missouri.  To  M.  M.  McQuery 
and  Martha  Jane  (Miller)  McQuery  the  following  children  were  bom: 
Nettie,  living  at  home;  Genevive,  now  Mrs.  Garten,  living  in  Hutchinson, 
Kansas ;  James  Madison,  living  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  Gharley,  living  at 
home;  Harley,  who  lives  in  Gypress  Township;  Lois,  living  at  home;  and 
Gaily,  deceased.  Mrs.  McQuery  and  her  son,  Gaily,  a  child  of  four,  were 
killed  in  an  accident  at  a  railroad  crossing  close  to  Ridgeway,  Missouri, 
in  1912.     They  are  buried  in  Hamilton  Gemetery. 

Harley  McQuery  married  Ruth  Utterback  who  was  born  and  reared 
in  Gypress  Township.  They  have  one  son,  George  Pershing,  now  two 
years  old. 

James  and  Gharles  McQuery  both  served  in  the  World  War.  James 
was  sent  overseas  with  the  Engineering  Gorps  and  made  an  excellent 
record.  Gharles  was  in  training  at  Gamp  Funston  for  several  months 
and  was  just  ready  to  start  overseas  when  the  armistice  was  signed.  The 
family  is  justly  proud  of  the  record  of  both  boys. 

Mr.  McQuery  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  reliable  man  who  merits  the  esteem  in  which  he 
is  held  by  the  community. 


476  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

James  M.  Walker,  a  well  known  citizen  of  Bethany  and  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Slemmons  and  Walker,  was  born  in  Andrew  County,  Missouri, 
June  25,  1873,  the  son  of  William  S.  and  Catherine  (Calvert)  Walker. 
He  was  educated  in  the  King  City  schools  and  entered  business  at  Leon, 
Iowa  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years  with  Vernon  Ruby  and  remained  with 
him  for  two  years.  He  then  went  to  King  City  for  awhile  and  from  there 
came  to  Bethany  and  has  been  a  member  of  this  Slemmons  and  Walker 
mercantile  establishment  since  1898. 

Mr.  Walker  was  married  November  6,  1902  to  Nancy  Clark,  a  daughter 
of  W.  P.  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Clark.  W.  P.  Clark  died  in  1920  and  is 
buried  at  Mt.  Olive  Church  in  Bethany  Township.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walker 
have  a  son,  James  Clark,  born  August  14,  1902.  He  is  now  in  his  second 
year  of  the  Bethany  High  School. 


G.  K.  Joyce,  one  of  Harrison  County's  efficient  farmers,  lives  one  and 
one-half  miles  east  of  the  court  house  at  Bethany  on  Rural  Route  No.  7. 
He  is  the  son  of  Washington  Warren  Joyce  and  Sarah  (McKibbon)  Joyce, 
both  deceased. 

Washington  Warren  Joyce  was  born  in  South  Carolina  and  died  in 
Cypress  Township,  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  February  15,  1894,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-seven.  His  wife,  Sarah  (McKibbon)  Joyce  was  born  in 
Columbus,  Ohio,  and  died  at  Pattonsburg,  Daviess  County,  Missouri, 
February  24,  1891,  at  the  age  of  forty-seven.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joyce  came 
to  Harrison  County  in  the  early  seventies  where  they  bought  535  acres  of 
land  which  they  improved.  Mr.  Joyce  was  a  prominent  stockman  and 
farmer  in  the  county  during  his  life  here.  To  Washington  Warren  Joyce 
and  Sarah  (McKibbon)  Joyce  the  following  children  were  born:  Corna, 
now  Mrs.  Barlow,  of  Springfield,  Colorado;  R.  J.,  a  farmer  in  Cypress 
Township,  Harrison  County;  J.  H.,  also  a  farmer  in  Cypress  Township; 
Maud,  now  Mrs.  Abbott,  living  in  Uniontown,  Kansas;  and  G.  K.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch. 

G.  K.  Joyce  was  born  in  Cypress  Township,  September  15,  1874.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County  and  has  been  a 
farmer  all  of  his  life.  He  has  owned  and  improved  five  farms  in  Har- 
rison County.  The  last  one  of  280  acres  was  located  in  Cypress  Town- 
ship. He  sold  this  farm  in  1919  and  bought  the  place  upon  which  he 
now  lives.     It  is  a  farm  of  thirty-five  acres  on  the  Cole  Valley  Trail  Road 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  477 

in  Bethany  Township.  It  is  a  part  of  the  Bartlett  farm  and  all  the  im- 
provements were  put  on  the  fanii  by  James  Bartlett.  There  is  a  good 
two  story  residence  equipped  with  water  and  with  electricity  furnished 
from  the  Bethany  plant.  The  barn  and  the  yard  buildings  are  all  good 
as  are  also  the  fences  around  the  place.  Mr.  Joyce  keeps  a  few  cattle, 
horses  and  sheep. 

G.  K.  Joyce  was  married  to  Bertha  Dunham,  June  12,  1902.  Mrs. 
Joyce  is  a  daughter  of  W.  0.  and  Nancy  (Burton)  Dunham,  who  live  in 
Bethany.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joyce  four  children  have  been  bom  as  fol- 
lows: Mabel  Dott,  who  is  a  student  in  the  Bethany  High  School;  Loren 
D.,  also  a  student  in  the  Bethany  High  School;  Maretta  Pauline,  a  student 
in  the  grammar  school ;  and  Sarah  Helen,  who  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years. 

Mr.  Joyce  is  connected  with  the  Bethany  Trust  Company  as  a  stock 
holder,  having  held  this  connection  since  the  organization  of  the  company. 
He  is  one  of  the  reliable  and  progressive  citizens  of  the  county,  energetic 
and  far  sighted  in  his  methods  of  business  and  dependable  in  his  dealings. 


William  Bartlett,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Harrison  County,  belongs  to 
two  of  the  pioneer  families  of  this  part  of  Missouri.  His  mother,  Cath- 
erine F.  (Buck)  Bartlett  was  the  daughter  of  David  Buck  who  came  to 
Missouri  and  entered  the  land,  a  part  of  which  was  later  the  Bartlett  farm 
in  early  days.  He  died  about  1900  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  Miriam 
Cemetery.  William  Bartlett's  father,  Joseph  Bartlett,  was  the  son  of 
Daniel  Bartlett,  an  old  settler  of  the  county,  who  during  his  life  was  a 
prominent  farmer  and  a  money  lender.  He  died  at  his  home  near  Mar- 
tinsville and  his  remains  are  buried  there.  Joseph  Bartlett,  father  of  the 
present  subject,  was  an  extensive  land  owner,  holding  about  800  acres  of 
land  from  which  he  later  gave  each  of  his  children  eighty  acres.  He 
filled  various  offices  of  trust  in  the  county  of  which  he  was  a  highly 
respected  citizen.  He  died  about  1912  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  the 
Pythian  Cemetery.  His  wife,  Catherine  F.  (Buck)  Bartlett  died  in  1916. 
The  children  of  Joseph  and  Catherine  E.  (Buck)  Bartlett  were:  Eliza- 
beth, wife  of  W.  H.  Lewis,  living  on  the  old  home  place;  Isabell.  died  at 
the  age  of  four;  John,  a  resident  of  California;  James,  living  at  Bethany; 
William,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  David  Crockett,  of  Bethany  Town- 
ship; Joshua,  of  Clinton,  Missouri;  George,  a  resident  of  Bethany;  and 
0.  W.,  a  clerk  in  the  Bethany  postofRce. 


478  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

William  Bartlett  was  born  September  5,  1864  on  a  part  of  the  land 
entered  by  his  maternal  grandfather  in  early  times.  He  was  educated 
in  the  rural  schools  and  has  followed  farming  all  of  his  life.  He  now  owns 
twenty-five  acres  of  land  a  half  mile  east  of  Bethany  which  he  bought 
in  1917  and  on  which  he  has  built  a  modern  country  home.  He  has  a 
large  barn  and  a  three  acre  orchard  and  keeps  ten  acres  in  alfalfa. 

Mr.  Bartlett  has  filled  the  office  of  road  overseer  for  twenty  years 
and  served  on  the  school  board  for  ten  years.  His  many  years  of  road 
work  has  given  Mr.  Bartlett  many  opportunities  to  put  into  practice  his 
progressive  ideas.  He  is  a  thorough  believer  in  the  practical  benefits  to 
be  derived  from  good  bridges  and  culverts.  He  put  in  the  first  cement 
culvert  installed  in  Bethany  Tovniship  and  has  put  several  in  Sherman 
Township.  The  largest  one  he  has  ever  put  in  is  near  the  County  Home 
and  is  forty  feet  long.  Mr.  Bartlett  made  the  first  road  drag  that  he 
ever  saw  in  Bethany  Township,  about  seventeen  years  ago  and  it  is  still 
in  use. 

Mr.  Bartlett  has  been  twice  married.  By  the  first  marriage  he  had 
two  daughters,  Catherine,  now  Mrs.  Nichols  of  New  Hampton;  and  Flora 
Alice,  later  Mrs.  Maxey.  Mrs.  Maxey  died  at  the  age  of  thii'ty-one  and 
her  remains  are  buried  in  Antioch  Cemetery.  She  left  two  children, 
Brook  and  Geoi-ge.  Mr.  Bartlett  was  married  the  second  time  to  Mrs. 
Maggie  Mullex,  of  Bethany,  in  1917.  The  present  Mrs.  Bartlett  has  one 
daughter,  Vatur  Mullex,  a  teacher  in  the  Bethany  public  school. 

Mr.  Bartlett  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
No.  129,  of  Bethany.  He  is  an  enterprising  citizen  whose  work  as  a 
public  official  attests  to  the  merits  of  his  progressive  ideas. 


R.  B.  Tedlock,  prominent  farmer  and  ex-sheriff  of  Harrison  County, 
was  born  in  Jefferson  Township,  June  25,  1883  and  lived  there  until  he 
was  sixteen  years  old.  He  is  the  son  of  Barnett  M.  and  Nancy  B.  (Cooper) 
Tedlock,  both  members  of  well  known  families  in  the  county. 

Nancy  B.  (Cooper)  Tedlock  was  bom  in  HaiTison  County,  a  daughter 
of  Jerry  and  Martha  Cooper,  both  early  settlers  of  Jefferson  Township 
and  both  deceased,  the  former  dying  in  Union  Township  and  the  latter 
dying  in  Jefferson  Township.  The  remains  of  both  are  buried  in  the 
Morris  Chapel  Cemetery.  Nancy  B.  (Cooper)  Tedlock  died  in  October, 
1912,  and  her  remains  are  buried  in  the  Antioch  Cemetery.    Her  husband. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  479 

Barnett  M.  Tedlock,  was  born  in  Indiana  and  came  to  St.  Clair  County, 
Missouri,  with  his  parents  .  Later  the  family  moved  to  Daviess  County 
and  here  the  father  died.  Barnett  M.  Tedlock  and  his  mother  then  came 
to  Harrison  County  where  he  has  lived  for  more  than  fifty  years.  He  is 
at  present  living  on  his  home  farm  in  Sherman  Township. 

To  Barnett  M.  and  Nancy  B.  (Cooper)  Tedlock  the  following  chil- 
dren were  born:  Melinda,  later  Mrs.  Williams,  died  in  1899;  Stiel,  now 
with  the  Ragland  Corn  Company  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  R.  B.,  the 
subject  of  this  review;  Emma,  now  Mrs.  Parker  of  Sherman  Township; 
Etta,  now  Mrs.  Gutshall,  of  Adams  Township;  J.  W.,  of  Adams  Township; 
and  Ella,  died  in  November,  1918. 

R.  B.  Tedlock  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  county  and  moved 
to  his  present  home,  a  farm  of  105  acres  one-eighth  mile  from  the  Bethany 
city  limits,  which  he  bought  from  T.  C.  Munson,  December  14,  1910.  The 
fami  is  well  watered  by  Tallow  Fork,  a  small  stream  running  through  it, 
and  there  are  also  three  good  wells  on  the  place.  Mr.  Tedlock  keeps  about 
one-half  of  his  farm  in  pasture  and  the  remainder  in  meadow.  He  raises 
Shorthorn  cattle,  Duroc  hogs,  Percheron  horses  and  has  about  300  Shrop- 
shire sheep.  Mr.  Tedlock  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics  and  was 
elected  sheriff  of  Harrison  County  in  November,  1916,  the  first  Democrat 
to  be  elected  to  that  office  in  the  county  for  sixty-two  years,  his  wife's 
grandfather  having  been  the  man  elected  about  1854.  Mr.  Tedlock  filled 
the  office  capably  and  well.  The  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  the  com- 
munity is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  was  the  chairman  of  the  local  draft 
board  during  the  World  War.  He  was  commissioned  June  19,  1917,  and 
served  efficiently. 

R.  B.  Tedlock  was  married  February  5,  1905,  to  Catherine  D.  Monson, 
a  daughter  of  T.  C.  and  Edna  B.  (Skinner)  Monson.  Mrs.  Skinner  v/as  &. 
daughter  of  Dr.  H.  J.  Skinner,  a  pioneer  physician  of  this  county  who 
practiced  at  Eagleville  in  the  early  days  and  later  located  at  Bethany. 
After  a  practice  covering  forty-nine  years  here,  he  went  to  Woodward, 
Oklahoma,  wheer  he  died.  His  remains  are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery. 
Edna  B.  (Skinner)  Monson  was  born  while  her  father  lived  at  Eagleville 
where  she  lived  until  three  years  before  her  death  which  occurred  in  April, 
1910,  when  Mrs.  Monson  was  forty-five  years  old.  Her  remains  are  buried 
in  Shawnee,  Oklahoma.  T.  C.  Monson  was  born  in  Bethany,  a  son  of 
Thomas  and  Catherine  (Current)  Monson.  T.  C.  Monson  lives  now  at 
Shawnee,  Oklahoma. 


480  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

To  R.  B.  and  Catherine  B.  (Monson)  Tedlock  the  following  children 
were  born :  Doris,  a  freshman  in  the  Bethany  High  School ;  Marie  and  Ma- 
mie, twine  now  in  Junior  High  School;  and  Robert  Monson,  born  in  Febru- 
ary, 1918,  in  the  county  jail  building  while  his  father  was  serving  as  sheriff 
of  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Tedlock  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
of  which  he  is  the  Patriarch  in  his  chapter,  and  of  the  Daughters  of 
Rebecca.  His  wife  also  belongs  to  the  Daughters  of  Rebecca.  Mr.  Ted- 
lock has  always  been  a  progressive  citizen  with  high  standards  of  civic 
pride. 


James  Hawkins,  a  well  known  farmer  of  Sherman  Township,  was 
born  in  Huntington  County,  Indiana,  November  29,  1859,  the  son  of  Uriah 
P.  and  Martha  Ellen  (Price)  Hawkins.  Uriah  Hawkins  died  in  Indiana 
in  1865  and  his  wife  then  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  but  returned 
after  a  few  years  to  Indiana  where  she  now  lives  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
eight  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Uriah  Hawkins  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Abbott,  of  Michigan;  E.  B.,  of  Portland,  Oregon; 
Clarence,  who  died  in  Marion,  Indiana ;  Naomi  Croninger,  of  Butler,  Indi- 
ana; John,  of  Marion,  Indiana;  Uriah  P.,  deceased;  and  Jacob  Bryant,  of 
Butler,  Indiana,  the  last  named  by  a  second  marriage  of  Mrs.  Hawkins. 

James  Hawkins  located  in  Harrison  County,  March,  1886,  and  bought 
his  present  farm  in  1894  from  Perry  M.  Fravel.  This  farm,  which  con- 
sists of  120  acres,  is  situated  four  and  one-half  miles  northea.st  of  Beth- 
any and  is  well  improved  and  adapted  for  general  farming. 

James  Hawkins  was  married  in  January,  1897  to  Mary  E.  (Fravel) 
Inks,  a  native  of  Virginia  and  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Perry) 
Fi-avel.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fravel  located  in  Ray  County,  Missouri,  in  1869, 
whore  Mrs.  Fravel  died  in  1877  and  her  husband  in  1889. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fravel  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Vir- 
ginia, the  wife  of  Isaac  Whittaker,  of  Bethany  Township;  Perry  M.,  of 
Ray  County,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Hawkins,  the  wife  of  James  Hawkins ;  Lewis, 
who  died  in  Ray  County,  Missouri ;  and  William,  who  died  in  Texas. 

By  a  former  marriage  of  James  Hawkins  to  Ruth  Ann  Helm,  he  had 
four  children:  Eva  Watson,  of  Watonga,  Oklahoma;  Edna  May  Foster, 
of  Carnegie,  Oklahoma ;  Frank,  who  was  killed  in  France,  further  mention 


FRANK  HAWKIXS 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  481 

of  whom  is  made  in  this  review ;  and  Harry,  whose  address  is  in  Saskatch- 
ewan, Canada. 

By  a  fovrner  man-iage  of  Mrs.  Hawkins  to  William  Inks,  deceased, 
she  nas  four  children :  Mrs.  Lela  Casebolt,  of  Grant  Township ;  Charles 
M.,  of  Bethany,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Stella  Hines,  of  Mountain  View ;  and  I\Irs. 
Grace  Travis,  of  Watonga,  Oklahoma. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hawkins  are  the  parents  of  six  children:  Clarence,  at 
home ;  Marian,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  Nellie,  Lewis  and  Doris,  all  at 
home;  and  Ruth,  the  second  child,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Frank  Hawkins  enlisted  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  for  service  in  the 
World  Wai,  with  Company  M  of  the  34th  Infantry  and  was  killed  in 
action  in  France  while  scouting,  October  22,  1918. 


W.  Clay  Burris,  an  enterprising  farmer  of  Harrison  County,  lives  in 
Bethany  Township,  a  mile  north  of  the  court  house.  He  is  a  native  of 
this  county,  having  been  bom  in  Cypress  Township,  June  14,  1884,  the  son 
of  Frank  P.  and  Emma  C.  (Barlow)  Burris.  Frank  Burris  was  born  in 
Jackson  County,  Ohio,  in  October,  1852,  and  came  to  Harrison  County 
with  his  parents  in  1857.  They  were  George  and  Elizabeth  Burris,  who 
settled  in  Cypress  Township  where  their  son,  Frank  P.,  was  reared. 
George  Burris  was  prominent  in  Harrison  County  and  was  a  judge  of  the 
county  court  in  the  early  days.  He  died  in  Bethany  in  May,  1893  and  his 
remains  are  buried  on  the  Burris  home  farm.  Frank  P.  Burris  was  also 
a  prominent  man  in  his  community  and  manifested  an  active  interest 
in  politics.  He  made  the  race  for  representative  on  the  Democratic  ticket 
and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Farmers  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company  of  which  he  was  the  president  for  over  twenty  years,  his  term 
of  office  ceasing  only  with  his  death.  His  wife,  Emma  C.  (Barlow)  Burris 
was  bom  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  in  1857  and  still  lives  on  the  Burris 
home  place  in  Harrison  County. 

To  Frank  P.  and  Emma  C.  (Barlow)  Burris  the  following  children  were 
born:  George  R.,  of  Mt.  Moriah ;  J.  Harvey,  one  of  the  strong  men  connected 
with  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company;  W.  Clay,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  F.  Ed,  a  graduate  of  the  Missouri  State  University,  a  prominent 
educator  who  was  at  one  time  assistant  principal  of  the  Bethany  High 
School,  later  a  teacher  in  Denver,  Colorado,  and  then  superintendent  of 
the  Helena,  Montana  public  schools,  during  which  term  of  office  he  became 
(26) 


482  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

ill  and  came  to  his  home  in  Cypress  Township  where  he  died;  K.  Cliflford, 
a  resident  of  Bethany  Township;  Don  C,  died  in  infancy;  Ruth,  now  Mrs. 
Carter  of  Dallas  Township;  Joseph,  living  in  Bethany  Township;  Mary 
E.,  living  at  home  and  a  teacher  in  the  county ;  Grace,  living  at  home ;  J. 
J.,  now  in  St.  Joseph  with  the  Street  Raihvay  Company ;  and  Bruce,  living 
at  home. 

W.  Clay  Burris  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools  of  the  county  and 
then  attended  the  Bethany  High  School.  He  has  followed  farming  and 
stockraising  all  of  his  life.  He  lives  on  the  Hickman  farm  where  he  has 
160  acres  in  oats,  hay,  com  and  blue  grass  pasture  and  raises  cattle,  hogs 
and  sheep.  His  wife  is  much  interested  in  poultry  raising  and  at  present 
has  over  600  fowls  of  Brown  Leghorn  chickens  and  Bronze  turkeys.  Mr. 
Burris  is  a  believer  in  progressive  farm  methods  and  is  proving  most 
successful  in  his  work. 

W.  Clay  Burris  was  married  November  10,  1909  to  Abbie  F.  England, 
a  daughter  of  David  and  Margaret  England,  of  Dallas  Township,  where 
Mrs.  Burris  was  born  and  reared.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burris  have  been 
born  two  children,  Elizabeth,  and  Lucille,  who  died  when  two  years  of  age. 

Mr.  Bums  is  a  member  of  the  Yeoman  Lodge  and  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  The  Burris  family 
has  always  been  highly  esteemed  in  the  community. 


J.  W.  Berry,  an  industrious  farmer  of  Bethany  Township,  living  a 
half  mile  south  of  the  city  limits  of  Bethany,  was  born  in  Dallas  Town- 
ship, February  20,  1881,  the  son  of  H.  M.  and  Matilda  R.  (Bender)  Berry. 

H.  M.  Berry  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  September  6,  1855,  the  son  of 
James  Berry  who  came  from  Pennsylvania  to  Harrison  County  in  the 
fifties  and  settled  in  Dallas  Township.  He  served  in  the  Missouri  State 
Militia  during  the  Civil  War.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church.  James  Berry  died  in  1907  and  his  remains  are  buried  in 
Kidwell  Cemetery.  H.  M.  Berry  died  February  18,  1909  and  his  remains 
are  buried  in  Kidwell  Cemetery.  His  widow,  Matilda  R.  (Bender)  Berry 
was  born  in  Harrison  County.  She  is  now  sixty-seven  years  of  age  and 
lives  in  Bethany.  To  the  union  of  H.  M.  and  Matilda  R.  (Bender)  Berry 
the  following  children  were  born:  J.  M.,  now  a  resident  of  St.  Joseph; 
J.  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Rosa,  now  living  at  Bethany;  Ethel,  now 
living  in  Portland,  Oregon;  and  Nettie,  at  home  and  employed  with  the 
Harrison  County  Bank. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  483 

J.  W.  Berry  was  educated  at  the  Mount  Tabor  school  in  Dallas  Town- 
ship and  has  followed  farming  all  of  his  life.  He  bought  his  present  farm 
of  sixty  acres,  formerly  the  Doctor  Blackburn  place,  in  1916.  Since  com- 
ing to  this  farm,  Mr.  Berry  has  made  several  improvements  and  has  re- 
modeled the  place.  He  raises  corn,  has  ten  acres  in  alfalfa  and  uses  sou- 
dan  grass  for  pasture.  He  has  five  Jersey  cows  and  intends  to  run  a 
dairy. 

Mr.  Berry  was  married  December  24,  1911,  to  Dellnena  West,  a 
daughter  of  W.  D.  and  Mattie  (Huss)  West  of  Bethany.  Mr.  West  was 
born  in  Iowa  in  1860.  He  owns  a  farm  in  Bethany  Township  and  runs  a 
jitney  in  Bethany.  Mrs.  West  was  bom  in  Illinois  in  1866.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
West  have  three  daughters:  Dellnena,  now  Mrs.  Berry;  Floy,  wife  of 
Orville  Grant  of  Dimmitt,  Texas;  and  Clonda,  living  at  home  and  em- 
ployed with  the  Bethany  Trust  Company. 

Mr.  Berry  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
Lodge  No.  97,  of  Bethany.  He  is  an  energetic  and  highly  esteemed  young 
man  in  the  community. 


Carl  Allen,  well  known  farmer  of  Bethany  Township,  is  a  native  of 
Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Bethany  Township  in  1879,  the  son 
of  Thomas  B.  and  Eliza  (Neal)  Allen.  Thomas  B.  Allen  was  a  native  of 
Harrison  County  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  stockman  for  several  years. 
He  was  in  the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War  and  while  in  service 
lost  his  right  arm  from  a  wound  which  caused  his  death  in  1881.  His 
remains  are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery  at  Bethany.  His  widow,  now 
seventy-six  years  old,  lives  on  the  home  place. 

To  Thomas  B.  and  Eliza  (Neal)  Allen  the  following  children  were 
born :  Grace,  the  wife  of  John  Bradney  of  Lawton,  Oklahoma ;  Roy,  living 
on  the  home  place;  Guy,  married  to  Maggie  McCullough  and  living  in 
Iowa;  Len,  married  to  Bell  Hamilton  and  living  at  Vinita,  Oklahoma; 
Mabel,  wife  of  Charles  Reidmann  of  Vinita,  Oklahoma;  Carl,  the  subject  of 
the  present  review;  and  Thomas,  married  to  Lucy  Couch  and  living  at 
Vinita,  Oklahoma. 

Carl  Allen  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  has  followed  farm- 
ing all  of  his  life.  He  owns  a  farm  of  235  acres  formerly  the  Derias 
Maxey  farm,  on  which  he  does  general  farming  and  stockraising.  He 
handles  thoroughbred  Poland  China  hogs,  his  brood  sows  being  among 
the  best  in  the  county.  Mr.  Allen  has  improved  his  place  extensively  since 
he  bought  it.    He  has  remodeled  the  house  and  has  good  farm  buildings. 


484  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mr.  Allen  was  married  October  13,  1901  to  Martha  Adelia  C.  Maxie, 
who  was  born  and  maiTied  on  the  farm  where  she  now  lives.  Mrs.  Allen 
is  the  daughter  of  Derias  Maxie  who  was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  was 
broug'ht  by  his  parents  to  Missouri  when  he  was  a  child  of  nine  years. 
They  settled  first  in  Howard  County  and  then  came  to  Harrison  County 
to  live.  Mr.  Maxie  was  twenty-one  years  old  when  he  came  to  Harrison 
County  in  1853  and  he  spent  over  fifty  years  here.  He  was  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  War  having  been  a  member  of  the  Missouri  State  Militia.  He 
used  to  haul  goods  from  St.  Joseph  to  Bethany  in  the  days  when  stores 
were  very  infrequent.  During  war  times  this  trip  required  a  week  or  more 
time.  Mr.  Maxie  was  one  of  the  hardy,  brave  hearted  men  who  did  much 
toward  founding  the  development  of  Harrison  County.  He  died  at  his 
home  in  1907  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  Antioch  Cemetery.  His 
wife,  Catherine  (Hilton)  Maxie,  was  a  native  of  Washington  County, 
Kentucky.  She  died  in  1908  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  The  Maxie 
children  were:  Martha  Adeiia  C,  now  Mrs.  Allen;  and  Joseph  N.,  now 
a  resident  of  Bethany. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allen  have  five  living  children:  David,  Ruby,  Bell  Verda, 
Buford,  and  Eunice.  Their  second  child,  Ralph,  died  at  the  age  of  13 
years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allen  are  sending  their  children  to  the  Bethany 
Public  School. 

Mr.  Allen  is  a  substantial  and  reliable  citizen  of  his  community. 


Vilas  Kimbrough,  an  enterprising  farmer  of  Bethany  Township,  liv- 
ing one-fourth  mile  from  the  city  limits  of  Bethany  was  born  in  Sherman 
Township  April  2,  1885.  He  is  the  son  of  John  C.  and  Rosina  (McGowen) 
Kimbrough.  Mrs.  Kimbrough  is  a  native  of  Sherman  Township,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Eunice  McGowen,  both  deceased  and  buried  at  Springer 
Chape!.  Mrs.  Kimbrough  now  lives  at  Bethany.  John  C.  Kimbrough  was 
a  native  of  Illinois  and  came  to  Hamson  County  when  he  was  but  a 
young  man.  He  died,  June  14,  1907  and  his  remains  are  buried  :it  Antioch 
Church.  He  was  married  twice.  By  his  first  marriage  he  had  one  son 
who  died  in  infancy  and  another  son.  Charles,  now  a  resident  of  Sher- 
man Township.  To  his  second  marriage  with  Rosina  McGowen  the  follow- 
ing children  were  born:  Vilas,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Lillian,  now 
Mrs.  Osmundson  of  Forest  City,  Iowa ,  Etta,  died  in  infancy,  and  Gailand, 
died  in  infancy.  John  C.  Kimbrough  was  a  democrat  in  politic.'^  and  an 
active  member  of  the  Democratic  Central  Committee. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  485 

Vilas  Kimbrough  was  educated  in  the  school  of  Hazel  Dell  District 
and  has  followed  farming  all  of  his  life.  He  owned  the  home  place  of 
280  acres  in  Sherman  Township,  and  in  July,  1919  he  bought  his  present 
farm  of  110  acres.  He  does  general  farming  and  raises  Duroc  Jersey  and 
Poland  China  hogs.  He  has  a  good  residence  and  a  new  barn  on  the 
place.  The  farm  has  good  soil  and  is  well  watered  and  shows  the  good 
effects  of  Mr.  Kimbrough's  methods  of  farming. 

Vilas  Kimbrough  was  married  December  24,  1905  to  Olive  Brown,  a 
daughter  of  J.  C.  and  Amelia  (Ward)  Brown.  J.  C.  Brown  died  August 
7,  1920  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  Oilman  City.  His  wife  now  lives  at 
Oilman  City.  Their  children  are:  John  J.,  a  I'esident  of  Oilman  City; 
Frank  W.,  of  Oilman  City ;  and  Olive,  now  Mrs.  Kimbrough.  To  Vilas  and 
Olive  (Brovra)  Kimbrough  the  following  children  have  been  born:  Maurine, 
Bonita,  and  Brown. 

Mr.  Kimbrough  made  the  lace  for  trustee  of  Bethany  in  April,  1921 
on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  was  elected..  He  also  served  as  clerk  of  the 
Board  of  Education  in  Sherman  Township  before  moving  to  his  present 
home. 


Ovid  H.  Butler  comes  of  a  pioneer  family  of  farmers  and  stockmen. 
He  was  born  in  Cypress  Township,  October  19,  1880,  the  son  of  Albert 
and  Ella  (Sutton)  Butler.  Albert  Butler  was  a  well  known  farmer  and 
stockman  and  his  farm  is  still  included  in  the  Butler  holdings.  He  was 
born  on  the  farm  where  his  son  Ovid,  was  later  bom.  He  died  in  March, 
1913.  His  wife,  Ella  (Sutton)  Butler,  was  born  in  Preble  County,  Ohio; 
she  now  lives  in  Bethany  and  is  fifty-nine  years  of  age. 

Asaph  Butler,  paternal  grandfather  of  Ovid  H.  Butler,  came  from 
Vermilion  County,  Illinois,  and,  on  June  26,  1840,  he  entered  land  in 
Cypress  Township,  buying  out  a  squatter  who  lived  in  a  cabin  and  held 
forty  acres  of  land.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  Asaph  Butler  owned  360 
acres  of  land  which  was  in  the  homeplace,  besides  land  that  he  had 
already  given  his  children.  Asaph  Butler  was  a  prominent  man  who  was 
deeply  interested  in  civic  affairs  as  well  as  in  farming.  He  laid  out  a 
public  cemetery  on  his  farm  which  is  still  used.  One  of  his  sons,  Harmon, 
was  buried  there  in  1852.  He  built  a  house  in  Cypress  Township  that  was 
the  first  in  Harrison  County  to  have  glass  window  panes  and  a  shingle 
roof.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  County  Court  ever  held  in  Harrison 
County.     This  court  met  under  an  elm  tree  on  the  banks  of  Big  Creek 


486  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

near  the  Slaughter  Bridge.  The  Butler  farm  is  indeed  an  interesting 
old  historic  place.  Taken  up  by  a  squatter,  the  rights  sold  to  Asaph 
Butler,  the  birthplace  in  1845  of  Albert  Butler,  and  later  of  Ovid  Butler, 
it  is  also  the  burial  place  of  Asaph  Butler,  who  died  May  8,  1892.  The 
homeplace  is  now  farmed  by  Otis  Butler,  the  only  brother  of  Ovid  Butler. 

Ovid  H.  Butler  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  county  and 
has  been  a  farmer  and  stockman  all  of  his  life.  He  bought  his  present 
farm  of  130  acres,  two  miles  southeast  of  Bethany  from  W.  W.  Myers 
in  1919.  Mr.  Butler  is  a  dairyman  and  has  twenty  head  of  Jersey  cows. 
He  also  raises  hogs  and  does  general  farming.  His  farm  is  well  watered 
and  he  has  a  windmill  to  pump  the  water  to  the  barn  and  house. 

Mr.  Butler  was  married  December  25,  1902,  to  Martha  McDaniel, 
a  daughter  of  F.  P.  and  Ida  (Slaughter)  McDaniel,  both  of  whom  live  in 
Bethany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Butler  have  five  children:  Ralph,  Mabel  June, 
Bettie,  Worth  and  Geneva. 

Mr.  Butler  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  at 
Bridgeport.    Mr.  Butler  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  his  township. 


U.  A.  Towns  and  N.  O.  Towns,  proprietors  of  the  Oak  Grove  Dairy 
Farm,  are  well  known  in  Harrison  County  where  the  family  has  been 
prominent  for  years.  U.  A.  Towns  was  born  in  Marshall  County,  Indiana, 
September  15.  1865,  the  son  of  Joseph  I.  and  Rachel  (Borton)  Towns, 
both  deceased.  Joseph  I.  Towns  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  near  Alliance, 
September  28,  1836.  His  father  Robert  Towns,  was  a  pioneer  settler  in 
Alliance,  Indiana,  where  he  died.  Joseph  Towns  was  educated  in  Indiana 
and  farmed  there  until  he  was  nearly  fifty  years  of  age,  when  he  and  a 
neighbor,  Mr.  Burch,  left  Marshall  County  and  drove  through  to  Harrison 
County,  Missouri,  with  four  wagons.  Mr.  Burch  settled  near  Eagleville 
on  a  farm  and  Mr.  Towns  settled  on  the  farm  where  his  son,  U.  A.,  now 
lives.  Here  Joseph  I.  Towns  died  April  17,  1898,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
four  years.  His  remains  are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery.  His  wife  was 
born  in  1825  and  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years.  The  children  of 
Joseph  I.  and  Rachel  (Borton)  Towns  are:  Albert,  deceased  at  the  age 
of  sixty-seven,  was  married  to  Bell  Roberts  who  now  lives  at  Princeton, 
Kansas ;  Jennie,  the  wife  of  Walter  Price  of  San  Francisco,  Califoniia ; 
Lida,  wife  of  Monroe  Bartow  of  Portland,  Oregon ;  Cynthia,  wife  of  James 
Hobbs,  deceased;  and  U.  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  487 

Rev.  Daniel  Borton,  maternal  grandfather  of  Mr.  Towns  of  this 
sketch,  was  a  minister  of  the  Christian  Church  who  entered  land  near 
Alliance,  Ohio,  where  he  lived  until  his  death  at  the  age  of  eighty-five. 
Besides  preaching,  he  taught  school  and  served  as  a  justice  of  the  peace. 

U.  A.  Towns  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  the  Bethany 
High  School  when  John  R.  Kirk  was  the  principal,  and  attended  Avalon 
College  for  three  years  when  C.  J.  Kephart  was  the  principal.  He  re- 
turned home  fi-om  college  and  has  been  on  the  home  place  ever  since. 
He  bought  200  acres  from  the  Towns  heirs  and  has  since  added  200  acres 
more,  making  a  farm  of  400  acres  which  is  registered  as  the  Oak  Grove 
Dairy  Farm.  The  firm  name  is  U.  A.  Towns  and  Son,  the  "Son"  being  the 
N.  0.  Towns  named  in  the  heading  of  this  sketch.  Mr.  Towns  has  been 
prominent  in  general  farming,  dairying  and  stock  raising  for  years.  For 
more  than  twelve  years  he  made  a  daily  trip  to  Bethany.  He  now  has 
sixty  head  of  Holstein  cattle  and  raises  also  Duorc  Jersey  hogs,  and  con- 
tinues to  breed  horse.s  and  jacks.  He  has  at  present,  thirty-seven  head 
of  horses  and  mares. 

Mr.  Town.s  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  politics  and  has 
made  the  race  for  oflSce  several  tiines.  In  1894  he  was  a  candidate  for 
state  senator  on  the  Populist  ticket  and  in  1896  he  ran  for  the  same  office 
on  the  Populist  ticket  indoresd  by  the  Democrats.  In  1898  he  was  a 
candidate  for  congress  from  the  Third  Congressional  District  on  the 
Populist  ticket. 

U.  A.  Towns  was  married  June  23,  1884,  to  Nora  S.  Spears,  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  E.  (Edrington)  Spears.  John  Spears  died  in  Oklahoma 
where  his  remains  are  buried.  Mrs.  Spears  lives  with  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Towng.  To  U.  A.  and  Nora  E.  (Spears)  Towns  the  following  children 
were  born:  Ollie,  now  Mrs.  Gibson  of  St.  Joseph;  Merle,  living  at  home; 
Doris,  at  home;  and  N.  0.,  the  oldest  child  and  only  living  son,  born  in 
Livingston  County,  January  2,  1886,  and  now  a  member  of  the  firm.  Towns 
and  Son.  Two  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Towns,  a  son  and  a  daughter,  died 
in  infancy. 

Mr.  Towns  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  the  Modern  Woodman  of  America.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church.  Mr.  Towns  and  his  son  are 
both  enterprising  men  who  are  obtaining  marked  success  by  their  use  of 
scientific  methods  and  their  integrity. 


488  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

J.  R.  Webb,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  and  one  of  Harrison 
County's  large  land  owners,  is  a  native  of  this  county.  He  was  born  on 
the  place  where  he  now  resides  in  Trail  Greek  Township,  March  8,  1866 
and  is  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Cockrell)  Webb.  Elizabeth  Cock- 
rell  was  a  native  of  Missouri  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  distinguished 
pioneer  families  of  the  state.  She  was  a  cousin  of  the  late  United  States 
Senator  Cockrell. 

Joseph  Webb  was  born  at  Honesdale,  Pennsylvania,  and  when  a  young 
man  came  west  and  his  parents  came  here  sometime  afterwards.  He  was 
a  son  of  Jonathon  Webb,  who  spent  the  remainder  af  his  life  in  Trail 
Creek  Township  after  coming  here.  He  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  Mount 
Moriah  Cemetery.  Joseph  Webb  settled  on  the  place  where  J.  R.  Webb 
now  lives  in  1855,  having  entered  it  from  the  government.  He  followed 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  bought  and  sold  cattle  extensively  and  was 
also  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  for  over  thirty  years.  Dui'ing 
the  course  of  his  career  he  was  very  successful  and  acquired  a  great  deal 
of  land.  At  one  time  he  owned  about  2,000  acres  but  sold  some  of  it 
before  his  death  and  gave  most  of  it  to  his  children.  He  died  December 
4,  1913  and  his  wife  died  November  16,  1909  and  their  remains  are  buried 
in  the  Mount  Moriah  Cemetery.  They  were  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church  and  he  was  a  Knights  Templar  Mason. 

To  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Cockrell)  Webb  were  born  eight  children 
as  follows:  W.  L.,  Bethany,  Missouri;  Mattie,  married  E.  A.  Deupree, 
Dora,  Missouri;  C.  T.,  Bethany;  Mary  Catherine,  married  E.  W.  Pullum, 
Colorado  Springs,  Colorado;  Joseph  E.,  lives  in  California;  J.  R.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch ;  Sarah  Elizabeth  married  G.  W.  Hannah,  Kansas  City, 
Missouri;  and  James  Albert,  Bethany,  Missouri. 

J.  R.  Webb  was  reared  on  the  home  place  where  he  now  resides  and 
began  farming  and  stock  raising  at  an  early  age.  He  remained  with  his 
father  until  the  latter's  death,  when  he  received  160  acres  of  land.  Later 
he  bought  the  interests  of  other  heirs  of  the  estate  and  also  bought  other 
lanJ  until  he  is  now  the  owner  of  1250  acres,  nearly  all  of  which  is  situ- 
ated in  Trail  Creek  Township.  He  operates  most  of  his  land  himself  but 
rents  a  great  deal  on  shares  and  thus  it  is  all  under  his  immediate  man- 
ageinent  and  control.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising 
and  raises  cattle  extensively.  He  also  buys  and  feeds  large  numbers  of 
cattle  for  the  market  and  in  ordinary  times  markets  about  200  head 
annually.     He  raises  principally  Durham  and  Whitefaced  cattle. 


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Mr.  Webb's  land  is  so  situated  that  nearly  all  of  it  is  within  view  of 
his  residence  wliich  occupies  a  commanding  eminence  overlooking  a  large 
section  of  the  surrounding  country.  The  residence  is  a  large  modern 
well  built  structure  with  all  modern  conveniences  and  was  erected  by 
Mr.  Webb  about  1916.  The  foundation  is  built  of  stone,  a  great  deal 
of  which  was  taken  from  the  chimney  of  the  old  pioneer  home  of  the 
Webb  family,  which  stood  on  the  same  place  as  the  present  residence. 

Mr.  Webb  was  married  April  2,  1893,  to  Miss  Dora  Wethers,  who  was 
born  and  reared  in  Fox  Creek  Township.  She  is  the  daughter  of  William 
H.  Wethers,  a  native  of  Mattoon,  Illinois.  He  settled  in  Fox  Creek  Town- 
ship about  fifty  years  ago  and  still  resides  there.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Webb 
have  been  born  one  child,  Catherine  Marie.  She  was  educated  in  the 
Lady's  Liberty  College,  at  Liberty,  Missouri ;  Hardin  College,  at  Mexico, 
Missouri,  and  the  Gem  City  Business  College,  at  Quincy,  Illinois,  and  now 
resides  at  home  with  her  parents. 

Mr.  Webb  is  a  progressive  and  successful  man  of  affairs  and  the 
Webb  family  ranks  among  the  leading  representative  people  of  Harrison 
County. 


F.  W.  Sherer  and  T.  B.  Sherer  are  prominent  in  the  business  world 
of  Bethany,  where  they  are  connected,  the  former  as  the  owner  and 
registered  pharmacist,  and  the  latter  as  the  registered  pharmacist,  with 
the  Sherer  Drug  Company,  one  of  the  historic  pioneer  firms  of  the  county. 
This  store  was  established  prior  to  the  Civil  War.  The  original  company 
was  succeeded,  before  the  war,  by  T.  B.  Sherer,  father  of  the  present 
owner.  T.  B.  Sherer  was  succeeded  by  T.  B.  Sherer  and  Son,  and  that 
firm  in  turn  succeeded  by  Sherer  and  Butler,  later  the  present  firm  of 
Sherer  Drug  Company  took  over  the  business.  The  history  of  the  Sherer 
family  is  thus  the  account  of  practically  the  entire  history  of  this  drug 
store.  T.  B.  Sherer  of  the  old  firm,  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and 
served  an  apprenticeship  in  business  in  New  York  City.  Several  years 
before  the  turbulent  period  of  the  strife  between  the  states,  he  came 
to  Harrison  County  where  he  taught  school  and  was  in  business.  He 
died  in  1908  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  and  his  remains  are  buried  in 
Miriam  Cemetery.  He  was  married  in  Bethany  to  Serena  Allen,  deceased, 
at  the  age  of  thirty-nine.  Their  children  were:  C.  A.  Sherer,  a  resident 
of  Bethany;  Bert,  deceased;  William,  deceased;  F.  W.,  one  of  the  subjects 
of  the  present  sketch ;  and  a  daughter,  Anna,  died  in  infancy. 


490  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

F.  W.  Sherer  was  born  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  in  1870,  and  received 
his  education  in  St.  Joseph  and  Wentworth  Military  Academy  at  Lexing- 
ton, Missouri.  He  has  followed  the  drug  business  all  of  his  life  and  is 
thoroughly  conversant  with  every  phase  of  it.  He  married  Myrtle  Tur- 
ner in  1893.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Robert  and  Rebecca  Turner,  both 
belonging  to  pioneer  families  of  Harrison  County.  Robert  Turner  died 
in  Bethany  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery.  His  wife 
lives  with  a  daughter,  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  Buts  of  Bethany.  F.  W.  Sherer 
and  his  wife,  Myrtle  (Turner)  Sherer,  have  three  children :  T.  B.,  a 
sketch  of  whom  is  included  in  this  review;  Dorothy,  now  Mrs.  Harlan 
Slatten  of  Bethany ;  and  Charles  T.,  now  a  student  in  the  Bethany  High 
School. 

T.  B.  Sherer  was  born  May  2,  1896,  in  Bethany.  He  was  educated 
in  Bethany,  graduating  from  the  Bethany  High  School  at  the  age  of 
fifteen.  He  is  a  registered  pharmacist  and  learned  the  drug  business 
from  his  father  with  whom  he  has  been  associated  in  the  store  since 
finishing  high  school.  By  inheritance  and  environment  he  has  been  given 
opportunity  to  develop  the  strong  business  acumen  which  he  possesses, 
and  he  has  been  successful  in  his  work.  He  was  married  May  20,  1917, 
to  Ethel  Sadler  of  Independence,  Missouri,  a  daughter  of  J.  L.  Sadler, 
who  is  a  retired  contractor  of  Independence.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sherer  have 
two  daughters:  Marjory  Elizabeth,  and  Gretchen  Jane. 

F.  W.  Sherer  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
Royal  Arch  Chapter  and  Commandery;  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America; 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World;  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  T.  B.  Sherer 
is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  Bethany.  Both 
F.  W.  Sherer  and  his  son,  T.  B.  Sherer,  are  progi'essive  business  men. 


Olin  Kies,  prominent  farmer  and  business  man  of  Harrison  County, 
was  born  in  Sherman  Township,  July  12,  1867,  and  has  been  intimately 
connected  with  the  growth  of  the  county  for  most  of  his  life.  As 
a  progressive  farmer,  large  land  owner,  and  president  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Bethany,  Mr.  Kies  has  been  in  touch  with  the  various 
phases  of  the  commercial  development  of  his  community. 

He  is  the  son  of  Archibald  and  Jane  (Somerville)  Kies,  both  deceased. 
Archibald  Kies  was  bom  in  New  York  where  he  was  also  married.  He 
came  to  Missouri  in  the  forties  and  settled  in  Sherman  Township,  enter- 


HISTORY  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY  491 

ing  the  land  upon  which  his  son,  Ohn,  was  born  as  well  as  the  children  of 
Olin  Kies.  Archibald  Kies  owned  320  acres  of  land  now  owned  by  his 
son.  Jane  (Somerville)  Kies  died  about  1911.  They  had  two  children, 
of  whom  Olin  Kies  is  the  only  one  living. 

Olin  Kies  was  educated  in  the  public  school  of  the  county  and  spent 
one  term  in  the  Ridgeway  High  School.  He  has  followed  farming 
of  Bethany.  Here  he  has  a  nice  residence,  a  good  barn,  and  an  acre  and 
a  half  of  orchard.  Besides  this  place,  Mr.  Kies  owns  three  other  farms: 
the  Prairie  View  Farm  of  657  acres  in  Fox  Creek  and  Sherman  Townships ; 
200  acres  and  eighty  acres  in  Fox  Creek  and  Trail  Creek  Townships;  and 
400  acres  in  another  tract  in  Trail  Creek.  Mr.  Kies  operates  all  of  these 
farms  and  feeds  cattle  and  hogs.  In  addition  to  these  duties,  Mr.  Kies  has 
been  the  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Bethany  since  the  or- 
ganization of  that  institution. 

Mr.  Kies  was  married  August  2,  1888  to  Ida  Moss  of  Trial  Creek 
Township,  daughter  of  John  L.  and  Martha  (Hickman)  Moss,  the  latter 
died  in  1881 ;  the  former  lives  in  Trail  Creek  Township  on  the  home 
place.  He  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War 
having  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  from  Missouri  and  serving  through- 
out the  war,  and  is  now  seventy-seven  years  old.  Mrs.  Kies'  maternal 
grandfather,  Alfred  Hickman  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  who  settled  in 
Mercer  County  where  he  entered  land  south  of  Cainsville  on  Grand  River. 
Here  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Kies  was  bom.  Mr.  Hickman,  even  before  1845, 
carried  mail  from  Cainsville  to  Maryville  in  Nodaway  County,  follow- 
ing the  old  Indian  trail  on  horseback  and  taking  his  route  through  the 
present  site  of  Bethany.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  who,  sturdy  and 
intrepid,  did  much  to  make  possible  the  present  progress  of  the  county. 
He  died  on  his  farm  four  miles  west  of  Mt.  Moriah  and  his  remains  are 
buried  in  Cain's  Cemetery  southeast  of  Cainsville  in  Mercer  County. 

To  Olin  and  Ida  (Moss)  Kies  the  following  children  were  born ;  Bonnie 
C.  married  to  Ethel  Selby  and  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-two,  leaving  one 
son,  Doyle,  now  twelve  years  old ;  Dorris,  married  Delpha  Smith,  a  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Mary(Barger)  Smith,  and  now  living  on  the  home  farm; 
and  Samuel,  married  Myrtle  Linthacum,  a  daughter  of  Bert  and  Hettie 
(Ross)  Linthacum  and  living  at  home.  Dorris  Kies  is  a  veteran  of  the  World 
War.  He  enlisted  in  May,  1918,  was  sent  to  Camp  Dodge,  May  22,  1918,  and 
Vv'as  placed  with  the  351st  Infantry,  88th  Division.  He  went  overseas 
in  August  1918  and  returned  home  in  June,  1919  after  a  service  of  thir- 


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teen   months.     He  is   now   living  on   the  Prairie  View   Farm   where   he 
was  born. 

Olin  Kies  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  He  served  two  terms,  1911  to  1915,  as 
judge  of  the  county  court  of  Harrison  County.  The  Kies  family  has 
always  been  prominent  in  the  county  where  the  name  stands  for  high 
standards  of  citizenship  and  business  acumen. 


Frank  A.  Premer,  one  of  the  highly  respected  citizens  of  Bethany 
Township,  Harrison  County,  was  born  in  Wayne  County,  Ohio,  April  7, 
1861,  the  son  of  W.  B.  and  Catherine  D.  (Romesburg)  Premer. 

W.  B.  Premer  was  born  in  Wayne  County,  Ohio,  and  came  to  Mis- 
souri in  1872,  setthng  in  Martinsville,  where  he  died  November  6,  1906, 
at  the  age  of  seventy;  his  wife,  now  eighty-one  years  old,  still  lives  in 
Martinsville  where  she  is  the  oldest  inhabitant  of  the  town.  W.  B. 
Premer  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  in  which  he  served  three  anc/ 
one-half  years.    He  was  disabled  while  in  service. 

To  W.  B.  and  Catherine  D.  (Romesburg)  Premer  the  following  chil- 
dren were  born:  Frank  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Fred,  died  at  the 
age  of  twenty-four  years  in  Martinsville;  and  Ida,  later  Mrs.  Snyder 
of  Scottsbluff,  Nebraska,  and  died  in  1918. 

Frank  A.  Premer  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Ohio,  and  Harrison  County,  and  later  attended  school  in  Stanberry,  Mis- 
souri. For  thirty-three  years,  he  was  a  teacher  in  Harrison  County, 
teaching  his  last  school  at  Washington  Center  in  1916.  He  bought  his 
present  home  of  G.  W.  Myers  in  1908.  It  is  a  fann  three-fourths  of  a 
mile  south  of  the  Bethany  line.  Mr.  Premer  has  followed  dairying  and 
hog-raising  here  for  the  last  ten  years,  and  for  the  last  three  years,  he 
has  raised  corn  and  wheat. 

Mr.  Premer  was  married  to  Martha  E.  Funk,  June  6,  1884.  Mrs. 
Premer  is  a  daughter  of  Adam  and  Susan  (Eisenbarger)  Funk.  Adam 
Funk  was  born  in  Allen  County,  Ohio,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  Harri- 
son County,  Missouri  since  1861.  His  home  place  was  three  miles  north- 
east of  Martinsville  where  he  lived  until  1914  when  he  came  to  live  with 
his  daughter  Mrs.  Premer.  Mr.  Funk  was  justice  of  the  peace  of  Dallas 
Township  for  many  years,  and  still  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  civic 
affairs  although  he  is  now  ninety-one  years  old.     He  served  in  the  Mis- 


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souri  State  Militia  during  the  Civil  War.  Mr.  Funk  is  one  of  the  fine 
and  respected  citizens  of  the  community.  His  wife,  Susan  (Eisenbarger) 
Funk  died  in  Martinsville  in  November,  1914,  and  is  buried  in  McGee 
Cemetery. 

To  Frank  A.  and  Martha  E.  (Funk)  Premer  the  following  chlidren 
were  born:  Edna,  now  Mrs.  J.  W.  Cox  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Mildred, 
now  Mrs.  John  J.  Carter  of  Pattonsburg,  Missouri;  Raymond,  a  veteran 
of  the  World  War,  enlisted  December  16,  1916,  suffered  a  stroke  of 
paralysis  in  1917,  was  mustered  out  of  service  March  31,  1920,  and  is 
now  in  the  Missouri  State  University  taking  an  agriculture  course ;  Doug- 
las, married  to  Elmina  Holley  and  now  living  in  Ridgeway,  Missouri; 
Phyllis,  now  Mrs.  Ralph  Flint  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Lowell  married  to 
Helen  Pugh  of  Coffey,  Missouri,  and  now  a  rural  mail  carrier  in  Eagle- 
ville,  Missouri ;  Donald,  living  at  home ;  and  Lois,  a  student  in  high  school. 

Mr.  Premer  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  in 
Bridgeport,  Missouri.  Having  taught  school  for  so  many  years  and  in 
various  places  in  the  county,  Mr.  Premer  is  a  well  known  and  well  liked 
citizen.  He  is  esteemed  all  over  the  county  for  his  long  years  of  efficient 
service. 


George  C.  Nelson,  an  enterprising  young  farmer  of  Harrison  County, 
was  born  in  Bethany  Township,  March  2,  1884,  the  son  of  Robert  L.  and 
Melissa  Ann  (Phillebaum)  Nelson,  both  natives  of  Harrison  County,  who 
grew  up  and  were  married  here  and  now  live  on  their  farm  adjoining 
the  George  C.  Nelson  farm  on  the  north.  Their  children  are:  Edgar, 
a  resident  of  Bethany;  Isaac  E.,  of  Bethany;  Margaret,  the  county  agent 
of  Linneus  County;  Lena,  now  the  wife  of  Edgar  Rogers  of  White  Oak 
Tovniship;  Bertha,  who  was  married  to  Willis  Sapp  and  is  nov/  deceased; 
George  E.,  the  subject  of  the  present  sketch;  and  Charlie,  now  living 
at  Grand  Fork,  North  Dakota. 

George  C.  Nelson  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  in  Harrison 
County  and,  with  the  exception  of  three  years  spent  in  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, has  lived  here  all  of  his  life.  He  remained  with  his  parents  until 
he  was  twenty  years  old,  getting  practical  experience  and  training  in 
farming.  He  bought  his  present  farm  in  October,  1919 ;  prior  to  that  time 
he  had  purchased  ninety-eight  acres  adjoining  this  place,  thus  making 
a  farm  of  140  acres.  His  residence  is  located  one  and  one-half  miles  west 
of  Bethany  on  the  Southwest  Trail  and  he  has  good  farm  buildings  on 


494  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

the  place.  The  farm  is  well  shaded  and  Mr.  Nelson  has  put  extensive 
improvements  on  it.  He  raises  Rhode  Island  chickens  and  has  about 
800  fowls  all  together.  He  also  raises  hogs  and  cattle.  The  farm  pre- 
sents an  attractive,  well  kept  appearance. 

Mr.  Nelson  was  married  June  29,  1916,  to  Pearl  Cranor,  a  daughter 
of  James  and  Carrier  (Coulter)  Cranor.  James  Cranor  was  born  near 
King  City,  died  at  Albany  about  1910,  and  is  buried  in  Albany.  Carrie 
(Coulter)  Cranor  was  bom  in  Ohio  and  now  lives  in  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia. Their  children  were:  Pearl,  bom  at  Albany  and  educated  there, 
now  Mrs.  Nelson ;  and  Opal,  now  the  wife  of  H.  D.  Wilcox  of  Los  Angeles. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nelson  have  one  son,  James  Robert,  born  April  29,  1919. 

Mr.  Nelson  is  a  young  man  who  stands  well  in  his  community. 


Nelson  B.  Harrison,  well  known  dairyman  and  stock  raiser  of  Har- 
rison County,  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  October  11,  1879,  the 
son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Gertrude  (Williams)  Harrison. 

Thomas  Jay  Harrison,  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  bom 
in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  January  9,  1846,  the  son  of  Nelson  and  Mar- 
garet (Buck)  Harrison.  Nelson  Harrison  was  born  in  Rockingham,  Vir- 
ginia, and  died  in  1857.  He  is  buried  in  Jefferson  Township,  Jackson 
County,  Ohio.  His  wife  died  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  and  is  buried  in 
Liberty  Township  in  that  county.  Thomas  Jay  Harrison  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Ohio  and  in  the  State  University  at  Athens,  Ohio, 
where  he  graduated  in  the  course  in  1868,  and  in  the  Greek  course  in 
1870.  He  taught  school  in  Jackson  and  Gallia  counties  in  Ohio,  farming 
during  the  season,  until  1880,  when  he  came  to  Missouri,  and  located 
near  Gardner  Station  in  Harrison  County,  buying  156  acres  of  land  of 
Anthony  Enloe  for  ten  dollars  per  acre.  Eighteen  months  later  he  sold 
this  land  to  Mr.  Bartlett  and  bought  the  120  acres,  now  his  home,  four 
miles  southwest  of  Bethany  in  Bethany  Township  on  Rural  Route  No.  5. 
Thirty-five  acres  of  the  land  was  broken,  but  there  were  no  improvements 
except  the  fences.  In  1884,  Mr.  Hari-ison  built  his  present  residence,  a  six- 
room  house  with  a  basement.  He  has  followed  dairying  since  1890,  and 
has  been  very  successful. 

Thomas  Jay  Harrison  was  married  to  Gertrude  Leslie  Williams  in 
July,  1870.  Mrs.  Harrison  was  bom  in  Westmoreland  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1853.     She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Ohio.     She 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  495 

died  in  1893  and  is  buried  in  Burris  Cemetery  in  Harrison  County,  Mis- 
souri. To  Thomas  Jay  and  Gertrude  L.  (Williams)  Harrison,  the  fol- 
lowing children  were  born:  Grace,  a  graduate  of  the  Missouri  State 
University,  and  a  teacher  in  Harrisonville,  Cass  County,  Missouri,  at 
the  time  of  her  death  in  1898  at  the  age  of  twenty-six;  Cora  Lee,  born 
in  February,  1875,  a  graduate  of  the  Missouri  State  University,  and  a 
teacher  in  Harrison  County  at  the  time  of  her  death  in  September,  1920 ; 
Emma,  a  graduate  of  Wesleyan  College  at  Cameron,  Missouri,  formerly 
a  teacher  in  Harrison  County  schools,  and  now  Mrs.  Willard  Link  of 
Mount  Ayr,  Iowa;  Lois,  a  graduate  of  the  Bethany  High  School  and  of 
the  State  Teachers  College  of  Maryville,  Missouri,  now  Mrs.  James  Mc- 
Queery  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  John  Scott,  educated  in  Bethany  High 
School  and  the  Missouri  State  University,  now  teaching  and  conducting 
a  ranch  in  Prosser,  Washington;  Nelson  Burr,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Isaac  Fletcher,  a  graduate  of  the  Bethany  High  School  and  of  the  En- 
gineering Department  of  the  Missouri  State  University,  now  the  general 
manager  of  a  tile  factoiy  in  Birmingham,  Alabama;  and  Carey,  educated 
in  Bethany  High  School  and  Missouri  State  University,  now  doing  gen- 
eral farming  in  Union  Township,  Harrison  County. 

Thomas  Jay  Harrison  was  a  member  of  the  Ohio  Legislature,  elected 
from  Jackson  County  in  1873  and  serving  until  1876.  He  was  a  public 
spirited  man,  standing  well  in  his  community.  His  interest  in  education 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  all  of  his  children  were  sent  to  schools  for  ad- 
vanced work. 

Nelson  B.  Han-ison,  the  subject  of  this  review,  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Harrison  County  and  graduated  from  the  Missouri  State 
University  in  1905  with  the  degrees  of  B.  S.  in  M.  E.  He  has  followed 
farming  all  of  his  life.  He  and  his  brother,  Carey,  bought  the  eighty 
acres  on  which  Nelson  B.  now  lives,  in  1912.  This  with  forty  given  to 
them  by  their  father  made  120  acres.  Later  N.  B.  Harrison  bought  his 
brother's  interest  in  the  place.  Mr.  Harrison  put  all  the  improvements 
on  the  place  except  the  barn.  The  Mitchellville  schoolhouse  is  on  one 
corner  of  the  farm.  The  place  is  well  fenced,  being  hog  tight,  and  has  a 
good  residence  recently  remodeled.  The  house  is  only  one-half  mile  from 
the  Jefferson  Highway.  Mr.  Harrison  conducts  a  dairy  and  has  twenty- 
seven  registered  and  grade  Jersey  cattle.  He  also  raises  Duroc  Jersey 
bogs  and  Rhode  Island  Red  chickens. 

Nelson  B.  Harrison  was  married  to  Eunice  E.  Link  in  1912.     She  is 


496  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

a  daughter  of  J.  H.  and  Etta  Link  of  Mount  Ayr,  Iowa,  and  was  born  in 
Ringold  County,  Iowa.  Her  parents  formerly  lived  near  Hatfield  in  Har- 
rison County.  To  Nelson  B.  and  Eunice  E.  (Link)  Harrison  the  following 
children  were  bom:  Marjorie,  Cecil,  Keith,  died  at  the  age  of  two  and 
one-half  years;  and  Catherine. 

Mr.  Harrison  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at  Bethany  and 
belongs  to  the  Methodist  Church.  The  Harrison  family  is  well  known 
in  the  county,  belonging  to  the  group  of  families  that  have  fostered  the 
growth  of  Harrison  County  since  early  days. 

Mr.  Harrison  was  a  member  of  Company  D,  4th  Missouri  Volunteer 
Infantry  and  served  in  the  Spanish-American  War  in  1898. 


W.  H.  H.  Gillespie,  a  well  known  retired  citizen  of  Bethany  and  ex- 
sheriff  of  this  county,  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  June  22,  1842, 
the  son  of  W.  B.  and  Rhoda  (Miller)  Gillespie. 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Gillespie  was  a  native  of  Virginia.  Her  mother  who  was 
Nancy  Flynn  had  quite  an  interesting  and  tragic  experience  in  childhood. 
While  her  father  v.as  clearing  land  in  Virginia  in  pioneer  days  he  was 
killed  by  Indians  just  when  he  had  finished  fencing  his  land.  The  Indians 
took  all  of  the  family  prisoners  except  one  girl  who  jumped  into  a  sink 
hole  and  escaped.  Nancy  Flynn  was  kept  prisoner  by  the  Indians  until 
she  was  twelve  or  fourteen  years  of  age,  when  she  was  rescued  by  three 
white  men  who  had  been  informed  of  her  identity  by  a  white  family 
where  she  had  been  sent  by  the  Indians  for  milk.  A  scar  caused  by  a 
burn  vv'as  the  clue  that  identified  her  as  she  had  no  knowledge  of  her  par- 
ents, having  been  captured  in  infancy. 

W.  B.  Gillespie  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1811  and  later  moved  to  Jack- 
son County,  Ohio,  where  he  married  and  lived  until  1844.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Gillespie  came  to  Missouri  in  the  fall  of  1844  and  settled  six  miles 
south  of  Bethany,  where  W.  H.  H.  Gillespie  was  reared.  Both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gillespie  died  there  and  are  buried  in  Pleasant  Ridge  Cemetery.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Gillespie  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  F.  M.,  who 
died  at  the  military  home  in  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  and  who  was  in  Com- 
pany F,  Merrill's  Horse,  2nd  Missouri  Cavalry,  enlisting  August  1,  1861; 
Nancy,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years;  W.  H.  H.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch ;  Z.  T.,  who  died  in  Oklahoma  in  1918 ;  and  W.  S.,  who  died 
in  Cypress  Township. 


W.  H.  H.  GILLESPIE 


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W.  H.  H.  Gillespie  enlisted  in  the  army,  August  1,  1861,  at  Bethany, 
Missouri,  in  Merrill's  Horse  or  2nd  Missouri  Cavalry  and  served  for  nine 
months,  when  he  was  discharged  on  account  of  measles.  August  1,  1863, 
he  enlisted  in  1st  Missouri  State  Militia  Cavalry  and,  while  in  service, 
lost  an  arm  at  Lexington,  Missouri.  Upon  his  discharge  from  the  army, 
he  taught  school  for  sixteen  years.  In  the  fall  election  of  1886,  he  was 
elected  sheriff  of  Harrison  County  and  reelected  in  1888,  serving  four 
years.  Since  then,  he  has  made  his  home  in  Bethany  with  the  exception 
of  one  year  that  he  spent  in  Colorado  on  a  claim. 

W.  H.  K.  Gillespie  was  married  December  18,  1868  to  Hannah  A. 
Sutton,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Rachel  Sutton,  of  Cypress  Township. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sutton  came  here  from  Indiana  in  1865  and  settled  in  Cypress 
Tov.-nship.  They  both  died  in  Benton  County,  Missouri,  where  they  are 
buried. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gillespie  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Alma  Louise,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Eugene  Leazenby,  a  Methodist  minister 
of  Crawfordsville,  Indiana;  Florence  Ethel,  the  wife  of  Harry  Williams, 
of  Grand  Junction,  Colorado-  Charles  Lester,  who  married  Bessie  Wright 
and  who  lives  in  Davenport.  Iowa ;  and  four  children  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Gillespie  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  at 
Bethany.  He  is  a  substantial  citizen  and  stands  high  in  the  community 
and  county. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gillespie  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church. 


Lewis  Hefner,  the  competent  and  popular  manager  of  the  Miner  Frees 
Lumber  Yard  at  New  Hampton,  Missouri  was  born  in  Jefferson  Township, 
Harrison  County,  November  30,  1877,  the  son  of  W.  L.  and  Anna  J. 
(Easton)  Hefner,  both  still  living  six  miles  north  of  Bethany  at  Mount 
Moriah  Chapel  in  Jefferson  Township. 

W.  L.  Hefner  was  born  three  miles  south  of  his  present  residence  in 
the  same  township,  February  22,  1854.  He  was  the  son  of  Lewis  and 
Elizabeth  (Brown)  Hefner  who  came  to  Missouri  from  Virginia  in  1852, 
settling  in  Harrison  County  and  improving  the  farm  now  owned  by  H.  J. 
Hefner,  a  son  of  Lewis  Hefner.  Lewis  Hefner  and  his  wife  both  died  on 
the  home  place  and  are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery.  W.  L.  Hefner  con- 
tinues to  do  general  farming.  He  has  filled  some  of  the  offices  in  his 
township  and  is  ranked  as  one  of  the  progressive  farmers. 
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498  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

To  W.  L.  and  Ann  J.  (Easton)  Hefner  the  following  children  were 
bom:  Lewis,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Delpha,  now  Mrs.  Warren  Boler 
of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Minnie,  the  wife  of  Robert  Buzzard  of  Sherman 
Township;  and  Frankie,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Lewis  Hefner  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools  of  Harrison  County. 
He  followed  the  vocation  of  farming  in  Jefferson  Township  until  1912. 
He  then  went  to  Martinsville,  Missouri,  where  he  held  the  position  of 
clerk  in  a  store  for  eighteen  months.  In  July,  1915,  he  began  work  with 
the  Miner  Frees  Lumber  Company  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  has  been 
the  manager  of  the  yard  in  New  Hampton  ever  since  August  1,  1920.  This 
lumber  yard  carries  a  full  and  complete  line  of  building  materials. 

Lewis  Hefner  was  married  February  2,  1901  to  Ollie  L.  Hefner,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County.  Her  parents  were  W.  J.  and  Anna  E.  Hefner. 
Her  father  died  in  July,  1913  and  is  buried  in  Lakin,  Kansas ;  her  mother 
still  lives  in  Lakin,  Kansas.  Mrs.  Hefner  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Harrison  County. 

Lewis  Hefner  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Daughters  of  Rebecca  Lodge,  the  Modern  Woodman  of  America  En- 
campment, and  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  He  is  known  in  his  com- 
munity as  an  upright  and  i-eliable  citizen. 


Dr.  Alfred  L.  Wessling,  a  competent  physician  and  progressive  citizen 
of  New  Hampton,  Missouri,  was  bom  in  Pulaski  County,  Missouri,  Febru- 
ary 18,  1886,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Anna  (Well)  Wessling.  Joseph 
Wessling  located  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1872  and  practiced  his  trade, 
that  of  milling.  He  left  St.  Louis  and  moved  to  Pulaski  and  later  to 
LaClede  County,  but  returned  to  St.  Louis  where  he  lived  until  his  death 
in  1915.     His  wife  resides  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

Dr.  Alfred  L.  Wessling  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Drury 
College  at  Springfield,  Missouri,  and  received  his  professional  education 
at  St.  Louis  Medical  University  and  was  graduated  a  B.  S.  M.  D.  from  the 
National  University  of  Arts  and  Sciences  in  1914.  He  began  practicing 
first  at  Freeburg,  Missouri,  where  he  remained  one  year,  then  he  was  in 
Springfield,  Missouri,  one  year  and  then  located  in  Martinsville  and  lived 
there  one  and  one-half  years,  and,  after  being  in  the  army  for  seventeen 
months,  located  in  New  Hampton,  September,  1919. 

Doctor  Wessling  enlisted  in  the  army,  took  an  examination  and  was 
made  first  lieutenant  in  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps  and  entered  service 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  499 

March  6,  1918  at  Eberts  Field,  Lonoke,  Arkansas,  where  he  remained  for 
three  months  and  then  went  to  Vancouver  Barracks,  Washington,  and 
was  there  until  January,  1919,  when  he  went  to  Camp  Upton,  New  York 
and  was  mustered  out  there  August  6,  1919,  immediately  returning  to 
New  Hampton  where  he  has  since  practiced. 

Doctor  Wessling  was  married  July  29,  1919,  to  Laura  E.  Burnett,  of 
Eldorado  Springs,  Missouri,  a  daughter  of  Isaac  Burnett.  She  is  also  a 
native  of  Missouri  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Osceola,  Missouri,  High  School, 
and  attended  the  Springfield  State  Teachers  College  and  prior  to  her  mar- 
riage, taught  school,  but  during  the  World  War  was  in  the  adjutant  gen- 
ei-al's  office  at  Washington,  D.  C,  for  two  years.  They  have  one  child, 
Alfred  Louis  Wessling,  Jr.,  bom  July  9,  1921. 

Doctor  Wessling  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America,  County,  State  and  American  Medical  Associations, 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  American  Legion  at  New  Hampton,  being  a 
charter  member  at  this  place.  He  is  captain  of  the  Medical  Reserve 
Corps  and  his  commission  will  not  expire  until  December  17,  1924.  Doc- 
tor Wessling  is  also  city  physician  of  New  Hampton.  He  is  a  skilled 
physician  and  has  a  large  practice. 


E.  J.  Castle,  a  substantial  farmer  of  Bethany  Township,  was  bom  in 
Auglaize  County,  Ohio,  in  1852,  the  son  of  Ananias  and  Jane  (Erwin) 
Castle.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ananias  Castle  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1871 
and  settled  in  Union  Township.  He  died  at  the  home  of  his  son,  E.  J. 
Castle,  in  1903  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years  and  his  wife  died  in 
1908  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  and  both  are  buried  at  Oakland  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ananias  Castle  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Mary  Ellen  Hollis,  of  Kansas  City,  Kansas;  James  M.,  of  Philip 
County,  Kansas;  E.  J.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Urias,  of  Los  Angeles, 
Cahfornia;  Mrs.  Sarah  Hughes,  deceased,  who  lived  in  Oklahoma;  Mrs. 
Martha  Alamon,  of  Jennings,  Oklahoma;  William,  of  Rutland,  Canada; 
Eli,  who  died  at  Jenings,  Oklahoma,  and  Emma  Carson,  of  Cameron, 
Missouri. 

E.  J.  Castle  moved  to  his  present  farm  March  18,  1885,  at  which  time 
he  bought  ninety-one  acres  from  the  Cuddy  estate,  and  later  bought  fifty 
acres  from  the  George  Hand  land,  and  an  additional  two  acres,  making  a 
total  of  one  hundred  forty-three  acres  in  the  home  farm,  which  is  located 


500  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

three  miles  northwest  of  Bethany,  Missouri.     Mr.   Castle  does   general 
farming  and  also  operates  a  threshing  machine. 

Mr.  Castle  was  married  January  1,  1873,  to  Mary  M.  C.  Friedley,  a 
daughter  of  John  M.  and  Cynthia  (Araold)  Friedley,  who  came  to  Har- 
rison County,  September,  1857  and  settled,  first  on  Pole  Cat  Creek,  and 
later  bought  a  farm  in  Jefferson  Township  in  1863.  Mr.  Friedley  died 
February  17,  1900  and  his  wife  died  February  15,  1907  and  both  are  buried 
in  Oakland  Cemetery.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Friedley  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Mrs.  Elizabeth  King  who  died  in  Oklahoma;  George 
W.,  who  was  killed  at  Brownville,  Arkansas,  while  in  the  Federal  service, 
in  1862;  Mrs.  Susan  A.  Seaburn  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  and  Mrs.  Castle, 
who  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  Indiana.  July  26,  1853 ;  Jacob  D., 
born  in  1842. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Castle  have  two  children  living:  Julia  A.,  the  wife  of 
Shelby  Wise,  and  who  have  five  children,  Moree,  Rohenia,  Irene,  Oluf  and 
Robert ;  William  R.,  a  farmer  of  Dallas  Township,  who  married  Ada  Wise, 
deceased,  and  who  has  one  daughter,  Ethel;  and  Davie  E.,  who  died  in 
infancy. 

Mr.  Castle  has  a  primitive  buhr  stone,  made  and  used  by  George  Hand, 
who  bought  ninety  acres  of  land  in  Jefferson  Township,  which  is  part  of 
the  farm  now  owned  by  Mr.  Castle.  This  buhr  stone  was  made  by  hand 
of  native  stone  or  "nigger"  head  being  used  for  the  base  and  another  of 
the  same  kind  cut  to  fit  in  a  hole  in  the  base  and  operated  by  horse  power, 
and  this  primitive  mill  was  used  to  grind  corn  for  Mr.  Hand  and  his  neigh- 
bors. The  capacity  of  the  mill  was  about  four  or  five  bushels  daily.  Mr. 
Hand  also  made  wagons,  old  fashioned  spinning  wheels  and  different 
kinds  of  implements,  and  was  also  a  wheel  wright.  Mr.  Hand  was  an 
early  settler  here,  coming  to  this  county  about  1861,  and  died  here  in 
1883. 

Mr.  Castle  has  a  gold  twenty-five  cent  piece  which  he  has  had  for 
more  than  fifty  years,  and  for  which  he  has  been  offered  $25.00. 

Mrs.  Castle  has  a  spinning  wheel  owned  by  her  mother  and  given  to 
her  in  1836  when  she  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  she  also  has  a  Bible 
printed  in  1828  and  used  by  her  father  when  he  attended  school  in  Ken- 
tucky. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Castle  have  met  with  success  in  life,  due  to  good  man- 
agement, thrift  and  industry,  and  have  many  friends  throughout  the  town- 
ship and  county. 


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J.  W.  Cover,  editor  and  publisher  of  the  New  Hampton  Tribune,  New 
Hampton,  Missouri,  learned  the  printer's  trade  in  his  father's  office,  be- 
ginning in  1883,  when  he  owned  the  Albany  Ledger.  In  1884,  J.  H.  Cover 
purchased  the  Bethany  Broad  Ax  from  D.  J.  Heaston,  and  continued  as 
owner  and  editor  for  ten  years,  when  he  sold  to  J.  A.  Templeman.  J.  W. 
continued  in  his  father's  office  till  reaching  majority.  Was  married  to 
Mary  Prentiss  March  25,  1891.  To  this  union  eight  children  were  born, 
seven  living. 

Has  been  connected  with  several  newspapers  in  north  Missouri  in  the 
past  thirty  years.  The  past  twelve  years  has  been  engaged  in  farming, 
previous  to  establishing  this  paper.     The  Tribune  is  doing  a  good  business. 

The  New  Hampton  Tribune  was  established  January  1,  1921.  J.  W. 
Cover  was  born  in  Pike  County,  Illinois,  October  22,  1869.  Is  fifty-one 
years  old.     Oldest  son  of  J.  H.  and  Margaret  Cover,  now  deceased. 


Alvin  Ellsworth  Kidwell,  a  enterprising  and  well  known  citizen  of 
near  New  Hampton,  Missouri,  was  bom  near  Martinsville,  Missouri, 
February  2,  1885,  the  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Laura  (Edson)  Kidwell, 
both  of  whom  now  live  at  Martinsville. 

Benjamin  Kidwell  was  born  in  Gentry  County,  Missouri,  in  November, 
1855,  and  his  parents.  Perry  and  Rebecca  Kidwell  came  to  Harrison  County 
from  Kentucky  in  1854  and  settled  near  Martinsville,  where  Perry  Kid- 
well entered  land  and  improved  a  farm.  He  died  in  1910  at  the  home  of 
John  Barnes  in  Dallas  Township,  and  his  wife  died  in  Martinsville  in  1905 
and  both  are  buried  in  Kidwell  Cemetery  on  their  old  home  place.  Perry 
Kidwell's  father,  the  great  grandfather  of  Alvin  E.  Kidwell,  was  the  first 
one  buried  in  this  cemetery. 

Benjamin  F.  Kidwell  and  wife  reside  at  Martinsville,  where  Mr.  Kid- 
well has  been  in  the  mercantile  business  for  about  thirty-five  years.  They 
are  the  parents  of  the  following  children  Nellie,  the  wife  of  Willie  Van- 
hoozer  of  Martinsville;  Lemon  Leroy,  who  lives  on  the  old  home  place, 
which  was  entered  by  his  grandfather;  Gustavus,  of  Martinsville;  Alvin 
E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Bertha,  the  wife  of  Lloyd  England  of  Hol- 
yoke,  Colorado ;  Altie,  the  wife  of  Charles  Walters  of  Martinsville ;  Robert 
of  Martinsville;  Ola  Kidwell,  who  died  at  the  age  of  ninteen  years,  with 
tuberculosis ;  Dorthy,  who  teaches  at  Mt.  Tabor ;  and  Lula,  a  graduate  of 
Martinsville  High  School.     Robert  Kidwell  entered  the  U.  S.  Navy,  in 


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April,  1917,  to  serve  in  the  World  War,  and  soon  after  was  on  the  Battle- 
ship Louisiana.  He  served  three  years  and  two  months  in  the  war.  In 
March,  1921,  he  married  Olive  Creekmore,  and  they  located  in  Martins- 
ville. 

Alvin  E.  Kidwell  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Martinsville,  and, 
at  an  early  age,  began  farming,  which  occupation,  he  has  since  followed. 
He  owns  his  present  place  of  fifteen  and  one-half  acres,  near  New  Hamp- 
ton, and  also  owns  eighty  acres  two  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  town, 
but  moved  to  his  farm  near  New  Hampton  for  school  privileges.  Mr. 
Kidwell  has  a  poultry  house  24x30  feet,  with  two  floors,  which  he  built 
in  August,  1920.  He  has  400  hens  in  this  house  now,  and  has  many 
young  chickens  of  the  Rhode  Island  Reds  and  Brown  Leghorn  variety. 
His  little  place  presents  a  neat  appearance,  with  good  residence,  barn  and 
garage,  and  he  has  electric  lights  in  his  residence  and  garage.  Mr.  Kid- 
well has  forty  Duroc  Jersey  hogs  and  a  few  Jersy  cows. 

Alvin  E.  Kidwell  was  manied  March  11,  1906  to  Fannie  E.  Lam- 
bert, a  daughter  of  John  and  Emma  F.  (Spitzer)  Lambert.  Mrs.  Emma 
Lambert,  who  was  born  in  West  Virginia,  died  in  1913  at  the  age  of 
fifty-two  years  on  the  home  place  near  Martinsville,  Missouri,  and  her 
husband,  John  Lambert  is  now  living  in  Bethany,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lambert 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Alberta,  the  wife  of  Wash 
Kinzley  of  Utopia,  Kansas;  David  of  Ochiltree,  Texas;  Sailor  of  Helena, 
Montana,  Cheste  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  Bessie,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
five  years;  Mrs.  Alvin  E.  Kidwell;  Ruby,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Updegraflf 
of  Bethany:  Dacy  the  wife  of  Frank  Swartz  of  Martinsville;  and  Pearl, 
the  wife  of  Clarence  Travis  of  King  City,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kidwell  have  two  children:  Eunice  and  Bernice,  both 
of  whom,  attend  school  in  New  Hampton,  Missouri. 


James  W.  Casebolt,  a  well  known  citizen  of  Bethany  and  member 
of  a  pioneer  family  of  this  county,  was  born  in  Jefferson  Township,  three 
miles  north  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  November  5,  1865,  the  son  of  Harrison 
and  Rachel  (Archer)  Casebolt,  both  of  whom  are  deceased.  Harrison 
Casebolt  was  born  in  Fayette  County,  Ohio,  September  4,  1818,  and  died 
May  31,  1893.  aged  seventy-four  years,  eight  months,  twenty-seven  days. 
He  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1854,  and  settled  in  Jefferson 
Township,  where  he  improved  a  farm.     He  also  owned  other  farms  at 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  503 

different  times.  During  the  Civil  War  he  was  unable  to  join  the  army 
but  declared  his  allegiance  to  the  Union.  He  moved  to  Holt  County,  Mis- 
souri, in  the  fall  of  1885  and  lived  with  a  son  there  until  his  death.  He 
is  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery  at  Bethany,  with  his  wife,  who  died  Febru- 
ary 13,  1899,  aged  seventy  years,  ten  months,  thirty  days. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harrison  Casebolt  were  married  in  1845  and  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  Mary  E.,  the  wife  of  James  Gates, 
and  who  died  in  Kansas;  Robert  E.,  a  retired  farmer  of  Bethany,  Missouri; 
John  H.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  fifty-four  years,  and  who  was  manager 
of  the  Commercial  Hotel  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  who  was  a  butcher 
and  in  the  restaurant  business  prior  to  entering  the  hotel;  Elias,  retired, 
of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  iive  children  who  died  in  infancy;  James  W., 
of  this  sketch;  Sarah  Catherine  Parker,  deceased;  David  H.,  who  died 
in  North  Dakota,  and  Lottie  Ann,  the  wife  of  Ransom  Hodgins  of  Holt 
County,  Missouri. 

James  W.  Casebolt  attended  his  first  school  in  the  old  brick  school 
house  in  Bethany,  and  later  at  Double  Oak  in  Jefferson  Township,  then  in 
the  old  ground  hog  and  the  Woollond  south  of  Bethany,  and,  after  sixteen 
years  of  age,  worked  for  different  people.  After  his  marriage,  he  worked 
rented  farms  in  this  county.  He  eventually  purchased  twenty  acres  of 
land,  and  later  thirty  and  one-half  acres,  which  he  improved  and  later 
traded  for  property  in  Bethany  where  he  now  lives,  and,  since  moving  to 
Bethany,  he  has  been  engaged  in  bridge  work,  and  has  also  run  a  jitney, 

December  24,  1884,  Mr.  Casebolt  was  married  to  Ruth  A.  Zerbe,  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Gilbert)  Zerbe.  Mrs.  Zerbe  lived  at  Mar- 
tinsville, Missouri  where  she  died  at  eighty-two  years  of  age.  October 
30,  1921,  and  is  buried  in  the  Kidwell  Cemetery  by  the  side  of  her  hus- 
band.   Her  husband  died  in  1916. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Zerbe  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Ed.,  a  farmer  in  southern,  Missouri;  Flora,  the  wife  of  John  Crotts  of 
Martinsville,  Missouri;  Ida,  the  wife  of  Samuel  Goucher,  now  deceased 
of  Cherry  County,  Nebraska ;  Ola,  the  wife  of  Lewis  Adams  of  Chery 
County,  Nebraska;  Henry,  deceased;  Mrs.  Casebolt,  of  this  sketch; 
Jesse,  deceased;  Lizzie,  the  wife  of  Lewis  Brown  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri; 
Frank  of  Dallas  township;  and  a  son,  who  died  in  infancy;  and  Len  of 
Ottowa,  Kansas. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Casebolt  have  nine  children :  Frederick  Festus,  a  farmer 
of  Dallas  Township,  who  married  Lillian  Jennings ;  Lillie  May,  the  wife  of 


504  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

Merl  Chubbick,  of  Lewis,  Iowa ;  Hershel,  a  farmer  of  Cherry  County,  Ne- 
braska ;  Homer,  a  coal  operator  of  Valley,  Nebraska,  and  who  married  Clara 
Carter ;  Robert  Emmet  of  Casper,  Wyoming ;  Bert,  who  lives  in  Nebraska ; 
Flora  Myrtle,  who  married  Mable  Carter  of  Jefferson  Township;  and 
Loretta  and  Velma,  who  live  at  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Casebolt  have  nine 
grandchildren. 

Herschel  Casebolt  and  Merl  Chubbick  were  in  the  late  War,  the  former 
enlisted  at  Merryman,  Nebraska  and  was  overseas  in  the  cavalry  service, 
and  the  l?vtter  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Navy  from  Iowa. 

Mr.  Casebolt  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at 
JVIartinsville,  Missouri.  He  is  a  well  respected  citizen  of  Bethany,  and  has 
irnany  friends  in  this  county. 


Peter  A.  Smith,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Grant  Town- 
ship, is  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  this  section.  Mr. 
Smith  was  born  on  the  place  where  he  now  resides  in  Grant  Township, 
December  17,  1869.  He  is  a  son  of  Theodore  A.  and  Mary  (Brown)  Dur- 
ham Smith,  the  former  a  native  of  Prussia  and  the  latter  of  Greenbrier 
County,  West  Virginia. 

Theodore  A.  Smith  first  settled  in  Pattonsburg,  when  he  came  to 
Missouri  in  1856  and  in  1866  he  came  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  in 
Grant  Township.  He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  in  earily  life  and  was 
a  very  fine  workman.  He  worked  at  his  trade  after  coming  to  Harrison 
County  and  a  number  of  houses  which  he  built  are  still  standing.  He 
built  the  house  where  Peter  A.  Smith  now  lives  in  1857  for  BeiTy  Music, 
who  then  owned  the  place  which  Mr.  Smith  afterwards  bought  and  lived 
here  until  the  time  of  his  death.  This  was  the  first  frame  house  built  in 
this  part  of  the  county.  The  lumber  used  in  this  construction  was  sawed 
at  Lock's  Mills  which  was  located  on  the  Grand  River.  Mr.  Smith  did 
all  the  work  in  connection  with  building  this  house  even  to  making  the 
window  sashes  and  doors  which  are  of  walnut  and  the  siding  is  of  the 
same  material  and  also  the  interior  finishing.  The  main  building  of  the 
house  is  now  occupied  by  Peter  A.  Smith  and  family  and  is  in  an  excellent 
state  of  preservation. 

Theodore  A.  Smith  also  built  the  Burdine  Taylor  house  and  the  Reak- 
aecker  house,  which  are  also  still  standing,  occupied,  and  in  a  good  state 
of  preservation. 


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HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  505 

Theodore  A.  Smith  remained  in  Harrison  County  until  the  Civil  War 
broke  out  when  he  went  to  Illinois.  He  was  unfit  for  military  service  and 
remained  in  Illinois  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then  returned  to  Har- 
rison County  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  until 
the  time  of  his  death.  He  died  October  13,  1903,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
six  years. 

Peter  A.  Smith  was  the  only  child  born  to  the  marriage  of  Theodore 
A.  Smith  and  Mary  (Brown)  Durham.  By  a  fon^ier  marriage  of  Theo- 
dore A.  Smith  to  Catharine  Stapleton,  the  following  children  were  born: 
Anna,  married  James  Reakaecker  and  is  now  a  widow  and  lives  in  Okla- 
homa ;  Berry  E.,  Linn  County,  Kansas ;  Mary,  married  D.  W.  Killen,  Grant 
Township;  Winifred,  married  A.  D.  Brunner  and  now  lives  in  California; 
John  M.,  Marionville,  Missouri;  Sarah  C.  married  James  McElhiney  and 
she  is  a  widow  and  now  lives  in  Bethany,  Missouri  and  Christina,  married 
Isaac  Phillebaum,  Bethany,  Missouri. 

The  mother  was  first  married  to  Martin  Durham  and  three  children 
were  born  to  that  union  as  follows:  Edwin  R.,  Kansas  City,  Missouri; 
Jennie,  married  John  M.  Smith,  Marionville,  Missouri;  and  Emma,  mar- 
ried W.  M.  Swain  and  is  now  deceased.  The  mother  died  December  20, 
1909,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years. 

Peter  A.  Smith  was  reared  on  the  home  place  in  Grant  Township  and 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  has  lived  on  the  home  place  all  his 
life  except  six  years,  when  he  lived  at  Bethany.  He  has  always  followed 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  one  of  the  successful  men  in  this  line  of 
endeavor  in  Harrison  County.  His  place  consists  of  200  acres  of  well 
improved  and  productive  land  and  he  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock 
raising. 

Mr.  Smith  was  married  February  2,  1902,  to  Miss  Addie  Spence,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County,  who  was  also  bom  in  Grant  Township.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Marion  and  Lucinda  Spence,  early  settlers  of  Harrison 
County  who  are  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  have  been  born 
two  children:  Howard  M.  and  Earnest  E.,  both  of  whom  reside  at  home 
with  their  parents. 

Mr.  Smith  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge  of  Bethany,  and  the 
Brotherhood  of  American  Yeoman.  He  is  a  substantial  citizen  and  the 
Smith  family  rank  among  the  best  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


506  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Chester  Hershel  Casebolt,  second  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Casebolt, 
was  born  November  12,  1881,  in  Harrison  County,  near  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri, where  he  lived  until  the  year  of  1914,  when  he  went  to  Merryman, 
Nebraska,  at  which  place  he  has  resided  ever  since. 

In  the  year  of  1917  he  was  called  into  service  of  the  World  War..  On 
the  25th  of  September,  1917  he  was  called  to  Camp  Funston,  Kansas,  for 
training.  He  was  placed  in  the  35th  Company  164th  Depot  Brigade.  He 
remained  thei-e  but  a  short  time  then  he  was  sent  to  Camp  Pike,  Little 
Rock,  Arkansas,  and  transferred  from  the  35th  Company,  to  the  87th  Divi- 
sion, Battery  C,  335th  Field  Artillery.  On  July,  1918,  he  was  sent  to  Camp 
Dix,  N.  J.,  remaining  there  till  he  was  sent  across  to  France,  landing  there, 
September  13,  1918,  taking  twelve  days  to  cross. 

He  served  five  months  in  France.  On  February  16th,  1919,  he  started 
for  America,  landing  here  the  5th  of  March  at  Camp  Merritt,  N.  J.  He 
remained  there  for  a  short  time  then  was  sent  to  Camp  Dodge,  Iowa, 
where  he  received  his  discharge  and  went  to  his  home  in  Merryman,  Ne- 
braska, where  he  still  resides.  On  July  the  3rd  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Edith  McCrav  and  has  one  child,  a  daughter,  Lena  Fern  Casebolt. 


Jesse  F.  Gibson,  a  highly  respected  and  enteriii'ising  farmer  of  White 
Oak  Township,  was  born  in  Ringgold  County,  Iowa,  October  10,  1863, 
the  son  of  Larkin  A.  and  Elizabeth  (Lytle)  Gibson  both  deceased.  Larkin 
Gibson  was  born  in  Hendricks  County,  Indiana  in  1832  and  died  in  1908, 
and  his  wife  was  born  in  the  same  county  about  1830  and  died  in  July, 
1900  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years ;  both  are  buried  at  Kober  Cemetery. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gibson  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  John  C. 
of  Worth  County,  Missouri;  George  W.  of  Colorado;  Jesse  F.,  of  this 
sketch ;  William  S.  of  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado  and  James  G.  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

During  the  Civil  War,  Larkin  Gibson  was  with  the  Iowa  State  Militia 
and  after  the  war,  he  came  to  Missouri  and  located  in  Washington  Town- 
ship, Harrison  County.  He  lived  in  a  log  cabin  at  first  and  knew  all  of 
the  hardships  of  early  days.  He  made  trips  to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  for 
salt,  sugar  and  other  supplies,  and  while  there  on  one  trip,  his  oldest 
son,  who  was  with  him,  contracted  scarlet  fever,  and  after  arriving  home, 
the  entire  family  also  took  the  disease.  Mr.  Gibson's  second  home  was 
a  two  story  frame  building,  the  lumber  being  hauled  from  Leon,  Iowa.  This 
was  the  first  good  frame  house  in  that  vicinity. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  507 

Jesse  F.  Gibson  spent  his  boyhood  days  on  his  father's  farm  and 
attended  the  Zimmerman  school  in  Washington  Township.  He  remained 
at  home  until  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  then  for  four  years  ran  a 
hack  line  and  carried  mail  from  Siloam  Springs  to  Albany,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  he  began  farming  in  this  county,  and  bought  160  acres  of 
land,  which  he  improved  and  on  which  he  lived  until  1895,  when  he 
moved  to  Bethany  and  bought  property,  but  returned  to  the  farm  and 
bought  his  present  home  from  N.  A.  Johnson  in  1919.  This  place  consists 
of  122i  acres,  one  and  one-fourth  miles  northwest  of  New  Hampton,  and 
is  well  improved  with  good  residence,  bam  and  other  buildings.  There 
are  five  good  wells  on  the  farm,  as  Mr.  Gibson  appreciates  the  worth  of 
plenty  of  good  water,  as  during  his  early  experiences  in  farming,  when 
he  handled  stock  a  creek  was  the  only  source  of  stock  water. 

Mr.  Gibson  was  married  in  November,  1888  to  Flora  Carver,  a  daugh- 
ter of  J.  E.  and  Martha  J.  (Jones)  Carver,  both  deceased.  J.  E.  Carver 
was  born  in  St.  Francois  County,  Missouri  and  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil 
War,  having  been  in  the  Confederate  Army  under  General  Marmaduke. 
He  died  in  1917  in  Washington  Township  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years, 
and  his  wife  died  at  Siloam  Springs,  Gentry  County  in  1902  at  the  age 
of  forty-seven  years.  Mrs.  Jesse  Gibson  was  born  in  Gentry  County  and 
is  the  only  child  of  her  parents. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gibson  have  had  three  children :  Wade  Alby,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  three  years;  Edward  0.,  who  lives  at  home;  and  Sheldon  on  the 
home  place.  Sheldon  Gibson  married  Marjorie  Van  Houten,  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Anna  Van  Houten  of  Dallas  Township. 

Mr.  Gibson  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  at  Denver  Missouri. 
He  is  an  energetic  man  and  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  his  township, 
and  his  family  stand  high  in  the  community. 


George  R.  Miller  a  successful  attorney,  with  offices  in  Eagleville, 
Missouri,  and  also  secretary  of  the  Jefferson  Highway  Special  Roard  Dis- 
trict, was  born  near  Hatfield,  Missouri,  November  16,  1893,  the  son  of 
Judson  D.  and  Myrtle  B.  (Fletcher)  Miller,  who  now  live  at  Eagleville, 
Missouri.  Judson  Miller  is  a  retired  farmer.  He  came  here  with  his 
parents,  Jacob  A.  and  Malissa  A.  (Hill)  Miller  from  Lowell,  Indiana. 
Jacob  A.  Miler  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  enlisted  from  Illinois 
in  the  Union  army.    His  wife  died  in  1878. 


508  HISTORY   OF   UAKKISON   COUNTY 

Judson  D.  Miller  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  two  children:  Charles 
A.,  now  prosecuting  attorney  of  HaiTison  County ;  and  George  R.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch. 

George  R.  Miller  was  educated  in  the  Eagleville  High  School,  and 
was  graduated  therefrom  in  1910  ?.nd  then  attended  the  Maryville  State 
Teachers  College  for  three  years.  He  received  his  professional  education 
in  the  Kansas  City  School  of  Law.  Charles  A.  Miller  is  also  a  graduate 
of  the  Maryville  State  Teachers  College  and  of  the  Kansas  City  School 
of  Law. 

Mr.  Miller  was  married  August  29,  1917  to  Lola  Riley  of  Eagle- 
ville, Missouri,  a  daughter  of  C.  L.  Riley,  (a  druggist)  and  lona  (Travis) 
Riley.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  have  one  child,  a  daughter,  lona  Myrtle. 

Mr.  Miller  is  secretary  of  the  Jefferson  Highway  Special  Road  Dis- 
trict and  is  also  secretary  of  the  Bethany  Abstract  and  Title  Company. 
He  is  an  able  lawyer  and  has  an  extensive  practice  in  this  section  of 
the  state. 

George  R.  Miller  was  in  service  during  the  World  War.  He  entered 
the  army  June  20,  1918,  and  was  mustered  out  February  10, 1919.  He  was 
with  the  medical  detachment  of  the  210th  Field  Signal  Battalion  and 
stationed  at  Camp  Funston.  He  was  with  the  10th  Division,  ready  to 
go  overseas  when  the  antiistice  was  signed. 


Sergeant  Levi  C.  Wilkinson,  a  well  known  young  man  of  Bethany, 
was  born  at  Mitchelville,  Missouri,  May  4,  1895,  the  son  of  John  B.  and 
Jane  (Kinkade)  Wilkinson,  both  of  whom  now  live  on  a  farm  six  miles 
northwest  of  Eagleville.  John  B.  Wilkinson  was  a  native  of  this  county, 
and  his  wife  was  born  in  Ohio.  They  were  married  in  this  county,  are 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Mrs.  Wing  Hacker  of  Bethany; 
Mrs.  John  Walker  of  Bethany ;  Harlan  of  Eagleville,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  John 
York  and  Mrs.  Joe  Sullivan  of  Bethany ;  Mrs.  Charles  Hall  of  Essex,  Iowa ; 
Levi  C,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mrs.  Ralph  Lynch  of  Bethany,  and 
Callie  who  lives  at  home. 

Levi  C.  Wilkinson  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Bethany,  and 
after  finishing  school,  worked  in  a  garage  here  until  the  beginning  of 
the  World  War,  when  he  enlisted  May  28,  1917,  as  a  private,  and  was 
first  sent  to  Camp  Clark  at  Nevada,  Missouri,  where  he  was  stationed 
until  September  26,  1917,  and  was  then  sent  to  Fort  Sill,  Oklahoma  and 


HISTORY   OP   HARRISON  COUNTY  509 

remained  there  until  April  13,  1918.  He  was  promoted  to  Corporal,  Jan- 
nary  10,  1918.  From  Fort  Sill  he  went  to  Long  Island,  New  York,  at 
Camp  Mills  and  started  overseas  with  the  35th  Division,  May  24,  1918, 
and  landed  at  Liverpool,  England,  thence  to  Romsey,  England  and  then  to 
South  Hampton,  and  from  there,  was  sent  to  LaHavre,  France.  He  went 
into  the  trenches  June  28,  1918.  He  was  with  the  Wesserling  sector 
tember  13th  to  September  16th,  and  in  the  Argonne,  September  26th  to 
October  2nd.  He  was  promoted  to  Sergeant,  October  17,  1918  an  was  at 
Verdun,  October  26th  to  November  2nd,  and  was  entitled  to  two  W.  S. 
Chevrons.    He  was  mustered  out  May  8,  1919,  at  Camp  Funston. 

Levi  C.  Wilkinson  was  married  September  23,  1919  to  Letha  Snead 
of  Bethany,  a  daughter  of  N.  H.  and  Lydia  (Allen)  Snead,  who  live  at 
Nevada,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilkinson  have  one  son,  Delvin  Lee,  born  September  4, 
1920. 

Mr.  Wilkinson  is  the  only  one  of  the  enlisted  men  from  Bethany  that 
was  with  Company  G,  during  the  entire  war,  and  has  the  distinction  of 
having  never  missed  a  day  of  service  and  was  not  transferred  to  any 
other  company  from  the  day  of  his  enlistment  until  his  discharge. 

Mr.  Wilkinson,  although  a  quiet,  unassuming,  young  man,  has  many 
friends  in  Bethany.  In  relating  his  experiences  in  the  battle  of  Argonne 
Forest,  with  Company  G.,  he  says  that  fifty-seven  of  the  men  were  sur- 
rounded by  Germans,  and  in  this  battle  Lieutenant  Moser,  Sergant  Arthur 
Bowers,  Otto  Harris,  Cecil  Harris,  George  Mew  and  a  gunner  by  the 
name  of  Green  and  several  other  were  killed.  Mr.  Wilkinson  escaped 
during  the  night.  Lemuel  Parks  of  New  Hampton  and  Russell  Gale  of 
Bethany  with  about  twenty-five  others  were  taken  prisoners. 


Ellis  Hill,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  and  owner  of  Walnut 
Row  Stock  Farm  near  New  Hampton,  White  Oak  Township,  comprising 
the  northeast  quarter  of  section  twenty-nine,  township  sixty-three,  range 
twenty-nine,  was  bom  in  Gentry  County,  Missouri,  one-half  mile  from 
Harrison.  March  17, 1863.  He  is  the  son  of  J.  Frank  and  Susan  T.  (Baxter) 
Hill.  J.  Frank  Hill  was  born  near  Bedford,  Trimble  County,  Kentucky, 
April  17,  1836  and  died  November  3.  1908.  He  located  in  Gentry  County, 
near  New  Castle  in  1853  and  bought  a  farm.  He  also  entered  forty  acres 
of  land,  and  traded  for  another  forty  acres.     In  the  spring  of  1865,  he 


510  HISTORY   OF   HAKRISON  COUNTY 

came  to  Harrison  and  settled  in  White  Oak  Township.  His  wife,  who 
was  a  native  of  Clinton  County,  Missouri,  born  near  Plattsburg,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1834  and  died  November  10,  1910.  Both  are  buried  at  Jones 
Chapel,  which  is  now  called  Stafford  Chapel. 

David  R.  Hill,  grandfather  of  Ellis  Hill,  lived  on  a  farm  in  Gentry 
County,  north  of  New  Castle,  until  his  death  which  occurred  when  he  was 
past  eighty  years  old. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Frank  Hill  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: George  Newton,  who  was  born  March  13,  1861  and  died  March  15, 
1861;  Adelia  Hill,  born  March  16,  1852  and  died  March  19,  1862;  Ellis, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  William  H.,  born  November  12,  1864  and  who 
lives  at  Albany,  Missouri ;  Amanda  M.,  born  August  2,  1867  and  died 
September  13,  1868 ;  Amos  Victor,  born  February  16,  1870,  who  lives  in 
White  Oak  Township;  Virginia  E.,  born  January  22,  1872  and  died  August 
30,  1873. 

Ellis  Hill  received  a  limited  education  in  the  schools  of  his  community, 
but  through  observation  and  experience,  has  a  varied  and  useful  knowl- 
edge. He  moved  to  his  present  farm  in  1886,  bringing  all  of  his  posses- 
sion in  two  wagons,  and  he  says  he  could  have  hauled  considerable  more 
if  he  had  had  it.  He  now  owns  160  acres  of  well  improved  land,  having 
put  all  of  the  improvements  on  the  place  himself.  He  has  a  fine  two 
story  residence  of  seven  rooms  with  a  basement,  14x18  feet,  four  bams, 
poultry  and  hog  houses  and  five  wells  which  furnish  plenty  of  water 
for  farm  and  stock  use.  He  raises  registered  pure  bred  Shropshire  sheep, 
Missouri  mules,  Jersey  cows  and  White  Plymounth  Rock  chickens. 

Mr.  Hill  was  married  the  first  time  April  15,  1886  to  Lenore  Parsons 
of  Bethany,  Missouri,  who  died  in  1 902  and  is  buried  at  Foster  Cemetery. 
They  were  the  parents  of  four  children;  Leroy,  born  April  4,  1887,  a 
fai-mer  in  Butler  Township ;  Loren,  born  March  4,  1889,  the  wife  of  C.  L. 
Youngs  of  Cypress  Township;  Lena,  bom  December  20,  1890,  the  wife 
of  A.  R.  Magee  of  White  Oak  Township  and  Lovell,  born  September  11, 
1894  and  who  married  in  1915  Beatrice  Bales  of  Albany,  Missouri. 

The  grandchildren  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill  are:  Goldie  .Lester,  Donald 
and  Luther  Youngs;  Wilhelmina,  Dwain  and  Leroy  Jr.  Hill;  Mahl,  Dorryl, 
Russell   and   Kathleen   Magee;   William,  Margaret  and  Jerrold  Hill. 

Mr.  Hill  was  married  the  second  time  July  2,  1905  to  Amanda 
Robertson,  a  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Matilda  Parks,  both  deceased, 
her  mother,  who  was  bom  in  Gentry  County,  having  died  when  Mrs.  Hill 
was  four  years  old.    Her  father  was  a  native  of  Kentucky. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  511 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill  have  four  children:  Lemon,  Lawrence,  Leonard  and 
Velma  Marie. 

Mr.  Hill  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  public  spirited  citizens  of  the 
county's  substantial  men.  He  has  filled  the  office  of  township  collector 
of  White  Oak  Township  one  term  and  for  twenty-five  years  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  Mr.  Hill  has  lived  in  his  school 
district  longer  than  anyone  here  and  has  never  missed  but  one  school 
election,  which  shows  the  interest  he  takes  in  the  affairs  of  his  township. 


George  W.  Ward,  a  leading  and  successful  farmer  of  White  Oak 
Township,  who  has  lived  her  for  many  years,  was  born  on  Big  Creek, 
January  31,  1852,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Ann  (McMurphy)  Ward.  Joseph 
Ward  came  to  Harrision  County  with  his  parents  when  Indians  were 
still  here  and  Joseph  Ward,  when  a  young  man,  assisted  in  moving  the 
Indians  from  this  county  to  reservations  in  Kansas.  He  died  in  1888 
and  is  buried  in  White  Oak  Cemetery.  A  few  months  after  his  death, 
his  widow  moved  to  White  Oak  Township,  where  she  married  Mr.  Evans 
and  they  entered  land  here.  They  both  died  just  prior  to  the  Civil 
War. 

George  W.  Ward  is  a  self  made  man  and  early  in  hfe  rented  land 
for  a  few  years,  working  by  the  day  splitting  rails  for  fifty  cents  to  a 
dollar  a  day  and  also  for  seventy-five  cents  per  hundred.  By  thrift  and 
good  management,  he  was  soon  able  to  buy  seventy-nine  acres  of  land, 
paying  therefore  $1,060.00.  He  now  owns  160  acres  in  this  township,  and 
has  put  all  of  the  improvements  on  the  plac^  himself.  He  is  engaged 
in  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  ships  some  stock.  He  raises 
registered  Shropshire  sheep  and  Spotted  Poland  China  hogs.  His  farm  is  five 
and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  New  Hampton  and  eight  miles  southwest 
of  Bethany  on  the  old  California  trail  to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

The  first  home  of  Mr.  Ward  was  a  cabin  14x16  feet,  made  of  clap- 
board roof,  and  this  was  held  down  by  weights  as  no  nails  were  used.  The 
floor  was  made  of  punching. 

Mr.  Ward  is  a  well  preserved  man  and  appears  fifteen  years  younger 
than  he  is,  and  has  had  occasion  for  a  doctor  but  twice  in  his  sixty-eight 
years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wai'd  have  eight  children  and  the  following  grandchil- 
dren :  Beulah  Bell,  Bernice,  Jesse,  Foy,  Forest,  Frank,  and  Alberta  Ward ; 


512  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Elijah,  Lucille,  Vodra,  Sarah  Buell,  Buellah  Bell,  and  Paul  Magee  Bless- 
ing; and  one  great  granddaughter,  a  daughter  of  Wiliam  Ward. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ward  have  lived  a  useful  life,  living  not  alone  for 
themselves,  but  for  their  friends  and  neighbors,  and  therefore  have  many 
friends  who  honor  and  respect  them. 


Peter  Tanner,  a  retired  farmer  and  stockman  and  the  owner  of  600 
acres  of  land  in  Madison  Township,  is  one  of  the  men  who  by  dint  of  hard 
work,  good  management  and  unceasing  perseverance  has  achieved  marked 
success  in  life.  He  was  born  in  Pickaway  County,  Ohio,  January  23, 
1842,  the  son  of  David  and  Catherine  (George)  Tanner  who  were  the 
parents  of  ten  children,  five  of  them  still  living:  Julia,  wife  of  George 
Tanner,  of  Hoopston,  Illinois;  Catherine,  the  widow  of  Radley  Shockley, 
of  Pickaway  County,  Ohio;  John,  living  in  Columbus,  Ohio;  Martha,  the 
widow  of  Harry  Adams,  of  Hollywood,  California:  and  Peter,  the  second 
child  among  those  living  and  the  subject  of  this  review. 

David  Tanner  was  born  in  New  York  and  went  to  Ohio  with  his  pai"- 
ents.  His  father,  Peter  Tanner,  was  a  German  farmer  who  was  reared 
in  New  York.  David  Tanner  was  a  fai-mer  in  Pickaway  County,  Ohio, 
where  he  died  February  1,  1878  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years.  His  wife, 
Catherine  (George)  Tanner  was  born,  reared  and  died  in  Ohio. 

Peter  Tanner  received  his  education  in  the  common  school  of  Pick- 
away County  and  learned  to  farm  there.  He  left  Ohio  in  December, 
1880,  came  to  Harrison  County  and  bought  eighty  acres  of  land  in  Madi- 
son Township,  five  miles  west  of  Cainsville.  He  added  to  this  land  from 
time  to  time  as  he  was  able  until  he,  at  one  time,  owned  800  acres.  He 
made  extensive  improvements  and  always  found  that  they  paid  even  if 
he  had  to  go  in  debt.  He  went  into  the  stock  business  feeding  hogs, 
cattle  and  mules  and  in  this  line  he  was  very  successful.  He  now  has 
three  farms  which  are  operated  under  his  super\dsion.  In  October,  1919, 
Mr.  Tanner  retired  from  active  farm  life  and  he  and  his  wife  went  to 
California,  but  returned  to  Missouri,  December  20,  1919  and  settled  in 
Ridgeway.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tanner  feel  that  Missouri  snow  is  pre- 
ferable to  California  flowers  and  they  grew  homesick  for  their  own  state. 

Peter  Tanner  was  twice  married.  His  first  marriage  was  June  25, 
1871,  to  Matilda  Lane  who  was  born  in  Franklin  County,  Ohio,  December 
15.  1848  and  died  in  Madison  Township,  July  7,  1886.     To  this  union  five 


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children  were  born:  G.  A.,  a  resident  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Clara, 
•wife  of  Jacob  Frost,  of  St.  Joseph;  Cora,  married  to  W.  H.  Cooper,  of 
Sand  Springs,  Oklahoma;  W.  V.,  of  Ridgeway;  and  Catherine,  married  to 
Russell  Morrain  and  living  on  the  old  home  place  in  Pickaway  County, 
Ohio.  Mr.  Tanner  was  married  the  second  time,  May  13,  1888,  to  Lovica 
Wilson,  who  was  born  in  Morgan  County,  Indiana,  February  20,  1863. 
To  this  union  also  five  children  were  born:  Clifford,  living  on  the  home 
place  in  Madison  Township ;  Florence,  wife  of  E.  B.  Foxworthy,  of  Marion 
Township;  Robert,  a  resident  of  Laramie,  Wyoming;  Alva,  living  at 
Marshalltown,  Iowa;  and  Herbert,  on  a  farm  in  Madison  Township.  By 
the  children  of  his  first  marriage  Mr.  Tanner  has  sixteen  grandchildren 
and  by  his  second  marriage,  there  are  seven  grandchildren. 

Mr.  Tanner  is  a  Republican  in  politics  but  says  that  he  never  had 
time  for  local  offices.  He  and  Mrs.  Tanner  recall  vividly  the  hardships 
of  their  early  days  on  the  farm  when  Mr.  Tanner  fed  stock  in  the  snow 
and  Mrs.  Tanner  sat  up  often  until  two  o'clock  in  the  morning  sewing  for 
the  children.  She  often  stayed  at  home  for  six  months  at  a  time,  without 
even  a  trip  to  the  neighboring  town.  Mr.  Tanner  has  made  his  own  way 
since  boyhood  and  while  the  struggle  seemed  hard  at  times,  both  he  and 
his  wife  say  that,  now  since  they  are  out  of  debt  and  have  made  a  suc- 
cess of  their  work,  it  has  been  a  pleasure  as  well  as  toil.  They  smile  at 
the  idea  of  the  people  of  today  having  hard  times  and  say  that  this 
generation  knows  nothing  of  real  trials  and  privations.  They  are  two 
interesting  people  whose  recollections  of  their  early  days  are  worth 
hearing. 


Dr.  Roy  L.  Grun,  a  well  known  and  successful  osteopathic  physician 
and  surgeon  of  New  Hampton,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Breckenridge,  Mis- 
souri, February  4,  1896,  the  son  of  Charles  D.  and  Viola  M.  (Burger) 
Grun;  his  parents  have  been  residents  of  Breckenridge  for  many  years, 
where  his  father  is  a  barber.  Their  children  are:  Ray  D.,  a  pharmacist  of 
Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Leafy  May,  who  lives  at  home;  Roy  L.,  the  sub- 
ject of  theis  sketch;  and  Juanita  Margaret,  the  wife  of  Russell  F.  Good  of 
Chillicothe,  Missouri. 

Roy  L.  Grun  received  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Breckenridge  and 
was  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  the  class  of  1914.  He  then  at- 
tended the  Warrensburg  State  Teachers  College  one  year  prior  to  enter- 
ing the  Kansas  City  College  of  Osteopathy  and  Surgery,  where  he  took 
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514  HISTORY  OP  HARRISON  COUNTY 

a  professional  course,  and  was  graduated  from  this  College  in  1918.  He 
then  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  May  18,  1918,  as  hospital  apprentice  and 
was  attached  to  Company  B.  Hospital  Corps  at  the  Great  Lakes  Naval 
Station  where  he  remained  until  February  14,  1919,  returning  at  that 
time  to  New  Hampton  where  he  has  practiced  since,  meeting  with  excellent 
practice  and  success.  Dr.  Grun  is  a  very  able  physician  and  is  well 
equipped  for  the  wide  field  which  his  general  practice  embraces. 

Dr.  Grun  was  married  August  18,  1920  to  Edthye  Anna  Barnes  a 
daughter  of  Charles  S.  and  Emma  Barnes  of  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Dr.  Grun  takes  an  interest  in  lodge  affairs  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge  at  Breckenridge  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at  Nev/ 
Hampton.  Dr.  Grun  is  a  young  man  with  a  bright  future  in  his  chosen 
profession. 


Rufus  R.  Young,  deceased,  a  pioneer  citizen  of  Harrison  County,  was 
born  in  Blunt  County,  Tennesse,  November  22,  1829,  the  son  of  Jeremiah 
S.  and  Ruth  (Boring)  Young,  who  came  to  Missouri  in  the  early  days 
and  settled  first  in  Jackson  County  and  then  moved  to  Harrison  County 
in  White  Oak  Township  in  1842,  where  both  Rufus  R.  Young  and  his 
father  entered  land.  Jeremiah  Young  was  in  the  Black  Hawk  and  Indian 
Wars  and  he  died  here  in  1882  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years,  and  he 
and  his  wife,  who  died  in  1877,  and  buried  in  Doanes  Chapel  Cemetery. 

Rufus  R.  Young  entered  120  acres  and  later  bought  more  land,  own- 
ing at  the  time  of  his  death  210  acres,  and  on  this  farm,  all  of  his  chil- 
dren were  born,  who  are  as  follows :  Lucy  D.,  Jacob  S.  of  Heppner,  Oregon ; 
Lizzie  P..  the  wife  of  Albert  Morgan,  both  deceased ;  James  G.,  who  lived 
in  Pueblo,  Colorado  prior  to  his  death;  Robert  R.,  a  druggist  in  Kansas 
City,  Missouri;  and  Ella  R.  McNatt,  who  lives  near  McFall  in  Gentry 
County,  Missouri. 

Lucy  D.  Young  received  her  preliminary  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  White  Oak  Township,  and  at  Albany,  and  afterward  attended 
the  Kirksville  State  Teachers  College.  After  finishing  her  education, 
she  taught  her  first  school  at  the  Burton  school  house  and  then  next 
taught  the  second  primary  department  in  Bethany  in  1877-1879.  She 
then  taught  in  Harrison  and  Gentry  Counties,  three  years  in  Oregon 
State,  and  one  year  in  Comanche  County,  Kansas,  and  then  took  a  claim 
near  Heppner,  Morrow  County,  Oregon,  and  taught  there  while  prov- 
ing the  claim,  on  which  she  lived  during  her  summer  vacation.    This  was 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  515 

a  wild  part  of  the  state  at  that  time.    She  sold  her  claim  about  two  years 
ago. 

Miss  Young  has  lived  in  New  Hampton  for  the  past  twenty  years 
and  intends  making  this  Her  permanent  residence.  She  has  led  a  busy 
and  useful  life  and  has  done  much  to  encourage  the  youth  who  attended 
the  many  schools  she  has  taught,  to  make  good  citizens.  Coming  from  one 
of  the  prominent  and  respected  pioneer  famihes  of  the  county  and  having 
been  connected  with  the  early  schools  of  forty  years  ago,  she  accomplished 
a  great  deal  toward  improving  the  system  of  education,  the  fruits  of 
which  are  being  reaped  by  the  present  generation. 


J.  A.  Christie,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  stockman  of  near  New  Hamp- 
ton is  a  native  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri.  He  was  born  January  8,  1861, 
the  son  of  H.  B.  and  Martha  E.  (Burton)  Christie,  the  former  having 
died  in  New  Hampton  about  1907  and  the  latter  in  1913.  Martha  Chris- 
tie's father  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  but  settled,  at  an  early  day,  near 
McFall,  Missouri.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christie  are  buried  in  Foster  Ceme- 
tery. H.  B.  Christie,  in  early  life,  was  a  school  teacher,  and  also  taught 
music,  but  later  followed  stock  raising  and  farming. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  B.  Christie  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: C.  C.  of  Olathe,  Colorado;  J.  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  John 
F.  of  Olathe,  Colorado ;  Laura  J.,  the  wife  of  G.  W.  Bell  of  Gentry  County, 
Missouri;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  J.  Z.  Spiers  of  Olathe,  Colorado;  Lucy 
Mary,  the  wife  of  F.  W.  Savage  of  Spearville,  Kansas ;  Mattie,  the  wife  of 
Dr.  J.  K.  Chipp  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri ;  Lettie,  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Smith  of 
Hari'ison  County,  Missouri,  and  Abraham  B.,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty-four  years.  He  married  Bertha  Carter  of  Gallatin,  Daviess  County, 
Missouri,  and  had  one  daughter,  Martha  Elen,  who  lives  with  her  mother, 
who  is  now  Mrs.  C.  S.  Twedell  of  New  Hampton. 

J.  A.  Christie  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Daviess  and 
Harrison  Counties,  Missouri,  and,  in  early  manhood,  followed  farming 
in  Butler  Township.  He  bought  his  present  home  of  200  acres  of  good 
land  in  1888,  paying  therefor  $10.50  per  acre.  The  site  where  the  house 
now  stands  was  formerly  a  brush  patch  at  the  time  of  the  purchase,  and 
the  old  St.  Joseph  Bethany  trail  ran  through  the  yard,  this  being  the  road 
which  was  used  in  pioneer  days  for  freighting  with  ox  teams.  The  resi- 
dence now  occupied  by  J.  A.  Christie  and  family  was  built  in  1910,  and 


516  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

is  a  good,  substantial  farm  house,  six  miles  south  of  New  Hampton.  The 
old  bam,  which  rendered  service  for  thirty  years,  was  replaced  in  1920 
by  a  new  building.    The  farm  is  nicely  improved  and  productive. 

Mr.  Christie  was  married  December  27,  1883  in  Butler  Township  to 
Martha  Ellen  Humphreys,  a  daughter  of  Elcana  and  Rachel  (Flint)  Hum- 
phreys, both  of  whom  are  deceased.  Her  father  was  born  in  Tennessee 
and  located,  when  a  young  man,  near  Gallatin,  Missouri,  and,  in  1866, 
moved  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  in  Butler  Township,  where  he  died 
in  1877,  and  his  wife,  who  afterward  married  T.  H.  Green,  died  in  1913, 
both  being  buried  at  Matkins.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Humphreys  had  the  following 
children:  Mary,  the  wife  of  S.  L.  Johnson,  deceased;  Mrs.  Christie;  Alice 
Maria,  the  wife  of  Ed.  Taggart  of  Montgomery  County,  Kansas;  Thomas 
F.  of  Iowa;  George  F.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  forty-four  years  at  Liberal, 
Kansas  and  is  buried  at  Matkins ;  Margaret  L.,  the  wife  of  J.  L.  Hammons 
of  Butler  Township. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christie  have  had  the  following  children:  Delia,  the 
wife  of  C.  K.  Buchanan,  and  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  years, 
leaving  two  children:  Dwain  Eldon  and  Delores  Ellen;  Henry  Edward, 
who  was  accidentally  killed  in  Missouri,  and  who  is  survived  by  his  wife, 
formerly  Minnie  Rice,  and  four  children ;  Lillie  May,  who  lives  at  home ; 
Eva  Eliza,  the  wife  of  J.  B.  Chipp  of  Butler  Township;  Thomas  F.,  and 
Raymond  H.,  both  at  home;  Olney,  who  married  Edna  Chipp  and  lives 
in  Butler  Township;  and  James  Webb,  who  lives  at  home  and  attends  the 
New  Hampton  High  School. 

Thomas  F.  Christie  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Army  during  the  World 
War,  July  24,  1918  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston  with  Company  I.,  but 
was  prevented  from  going  overseas  because  of  the  flu,  and  he  was  released 
in  February,  1919  and  returned  home. 

Raymond  H.  Christie  enlisted  May  24,  1918  and  was  sent  to  Camp 
Dodge  May  24th  and  then  to  Camp  Mills  August  10th.  with  the  88th  Di- 
vision, Company  K.  of  the  Infantry.     He  started  overseas   August  16, 

1918,  arriving  at  Liverpool  August  28th  and  arrived  in  France  at  Scher- 
burg  August  28th.  On  October  9th,  he  entered  the  trenches  and  one 
week  later  was  sent  to  the  trenches  for  the  second  time.  He  was  on  his 
way  to  Metz  when  the  armistice  was  signed.  Altogether  he  spent  ten 
months  in  France  and  embarked  to  the  United  States  May  20th,  arriving 
here  the  31st,  and  was  mustered  out  at  Camp  Taylor,  Kentucky  June  9, 

1919,  after  thirteen  months  service. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  517 

Both  Thomas  F.  and  Raymond  H.  Christie  are  members  of  the  Dun- 
can-Browning Post  of  the  American  Legion  at  New  Hampton.  This  post 
was  named  in  honor  of  Wilbur  Duncan  and  Caroll  Browning,  two  New 
Hampton  boys  who  lost  their  lives  in  France. 

J.  A.  Christie  is  a  public  spirited  and  progressive  citizen  and  his 
family  are  prominent  and  well  liked  throughout  the  township  and  county. 


Oakley  Manring,  one  of  the  prominent  and  enterprising  citizens  of 
Butler  Township,  was  born  in  Lawrence  County,  Ohio,  June  6,  1858,  the 
son  of  Maschil  and  Ann  (Love)  Manring.  His  father  was  an  expert  pig 
iron  maker  and  also  engaged  in  farming.  He  served  three  years  and 
nine  months  in  the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War,  enlisting  in  1862. 
He  was  captain  of  Company  A.,  56th  Ohio  and  was  with  this  Company 
during  the  battle  at  which  General  Prentice  was  captured.  He  came  to 
Missouri  May  9,  1865  and  settled  near  McFall,  Gentry  County  Missouri, 
and  ten  years  prior  to  his  death,  in  1907,  he  moved  to  McFall,  Missouri. 
His  wife  died  at  the  homestead  near  McFall  in  1917.  They 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Oakley  the  subject  of 
this  sketch ;  Flavins,  deceased ;  Ellen,  who  died  in  infancy ;  Ed  D.,  of  McFall, 
Missouri,  a  graduate  of  the  University  at  Columbia,  Missouri,  Maschil,  who 
lives  on  the  home  place;  Frank,  who  died  in  1898  at  McFall,  and  who 
had  finished  his  education  at  Columbia,  Missouri;  William  Sherman,  who 
lives  on  the  old  homestead ;  and  Eva,  who  died  in  1870. 

Jordon  Manring,  the  grandfather  of  Oakley  Manring,  came  from 
Virginia  to  Ohio  in  pioneer  days.  His  wife  was  a  niece  of  General  John 
Knox  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  was  also  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  Jordan  Manrings'  father  was  captain  of  a 
company  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  his  son  was  a  captain  in  the 
War  of  1812. 

Oakley  Manring  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  spent  one  year 
at  Columbia,  1878-1879.  He  then  entered  the  lumber  business  at  Stan- 
berry,  Missouri,  going  from  there  to  north  central  Nebraska  where  he 
lived  ten  years,  returning  then  to  Harrison  County,  and  locating  on  the 
farm  where  he  now  lives,  in  1895.  He  has  a  farm  of  240  acres,  good 
bottom  land,  well  improved,  with  residence,  bam,  silo  and  other  buildings 
suitable  for  farming  and  stock  use.  He  does  general  farming  and  stock 
raising,  feeding  cattle  and  hogs,  and,  because  of  his  industry  and  thrift 


518  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

has  made  a  success.  He  has  also  always  found  time  to  take  a  live  in- 
terest in  politics,  belonging  to  the  Republican  party.  While  in  Nebraska, 
he  held  the  office  of  county  commissioner  for  six  years,  and  has  also 
filled  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace. 

Mr.  Manring  was  married  the  first  time  in  1887  to  Inez  Adams  of 
Nebraska,  who  is  now  deceased.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  child- 
dren :  H.  G.  of  Harrison  County ;  John  Franklin,  who  was  accidentally 
killed;  Orville  M.,  of  South  Dakota  and  William  Harold  of  Harrison 
County.  Mr.  Manring  married  his  present  wife  ,Eliza  C.  McCulloch  of 
Gentry  County,  Missouri,  in  1903.  She  was  born  in  Indiana,  the  daughter 
of  Porter  and  Sarah  Ann  McCulloch,  both  of  whom  located  near  McFall, 
Missouri  in  1868.  Her  father  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  from 
Indiana. 

Two  of  Mr.  Manring's  sons  H.  G.  and  Orville  wei-e  in  the  U.  S.  Army 
during  the  World  War.  H.  G.  Manring  enlisted  in  September,  1917  and 
was  with  the  91st  Division  overseas.  He  was  with  the  Heavy  Artillery 
348  and  was  in  the  Meuse  Argonne  in  October,  1918  and  north  of  Verdun 
about  five  kilometers,  and  at  Hill  304  when  the  armistice  was  signed.  He 
was  with  the  army  of  occupation  from  November  until  March  19,  1919, 
returning  to  the  States  in  April,  1919  and  was  mustered  out  at  Cheyenne, 
Wyoming,  having  been  in  service  nineteen  months.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Duncan-Browning  post  at  New  Hampton. 

Orville  Manring  was  in  service  about  six  months.  He  had  a  difficult 
time  in  enlisting,  being  refused  at  American  Lake,  Camp  Lewis,  Wash- 
ington, at  Bethany  and  at  Jefi'erson  Barracks,  but  finally  passed  muster 
at  South  Dakota. 

Oakley  Manring  and  two  sons,  H.  G.  and  William  H.  are  members  of 
the  Masonic  Lodge  at  McFall.  The  Manring  family  have  many  friends 
in  the  county  and  stand  high  in  the  community. 


Andrew  Jesse  Rowhuff,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  substantial  citizen 
of  Butler  Township,  and  a  native  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  was  born 
February  4,  1860,  the  son  of  James  H.  and  Matilda  (Green)  Rowhuff. 
His  mother  was  also  a  native  of  Daviess  County,  born  in  1836,  and  a 
daughter  of  Jesse  and  Mary  (Groomer)  Green,  early  settlers  of  this 
county,  coming  from  Kentucky.  Matilda  Rowhuff'  died  in  1882  and  is 
buried  at  Matkins  Cemetery.     James  H.  Rowhuff  died   in   1892  at  the 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  519 

age  of  eighty-two  years.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  enlisting 
at  the  age  of  fifty  years,  and  serving  nearly  three  years  with  Company  G, 
in  a  volunteer  infantry  regiment  from  Missouri.  He  came  to  Harrison 
County  in  1864  and  settled  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Oakley  Manring, 
but  lived  in  McFall,  Missouri,  eighteen  months  prior  to  his  death. 

James  H.  Rowhuff  was  married  four  times,  and  to  the  union  with 
his  first  wife,  who  was  Margaret  Sharpe,  six  children  were  born,  as 
follows:  Leonard,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  serving  in  the  Confederate 
Army,  and  died  in  the  service  in  Southern  Missouri;  Napoleon  B.,  who, 
when  heard  from  last,  was  living  in  South  Missouri;  Nathaniel,  who  died 
in  Denver,  Colorado  in  1906,  as  the  result  of  a  street  car  accident;  Mrs. 
Phoebe  Lyons,  who  died  in  Idaho  in  1876;  Mrs.  Nancy  Brown,  the  widow 
of  Thomas  Brown  and  who  lives  in  Hamburg,  Iowa;  and  Catherine  John- 
son, of  La  Russell,  Missouri,  the  widow  of  Harvey  Johnson. 

By  his  second  wife,  Mr.  Rowhuff  had  two  children:  Charles  G.,  who 
died  when  twelve  years  of  age;  and  Andrew  Jesse,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

Andrew  Jesse  Rowhuff  received  his  education  in  the  district  schools, 
and  grew  to  manhood  on  his  father's  farm,  remaining  there  until  twenty- 
four  years  of  age,  when  he  purchased  forty  acres  in  1888.  He  now  owns 
an  excellent  two-hundred-acre  farm,  which  he  bought  at  different  times, 
buying  and  paying  for  the  land  as  he  was  able.  His  residence  is  two 
and  one-fourth  miles  southwest  of  Matkins.  Other  improvements  are, 
one  barn  and  cattle  shed,  ice  house,  two  ponds,  etc.  He  has  one  of  the 
best  watered  farms  in  the  county  and  the  water  is  piped  in  the  pasture 
from  a  shallow  well.  By  thrift,  hard  work  and  good  management,  Mr. 
Rowhuff  has  been  very  successful. 

January  18,  1888,  Mr.  Rowhuff  was  married  to  Lydia  Daniel,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Frank  and  Ruanna  (Salmon)  Daniel.  She  was  born  in  Butler 
Township.  Her  father  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-one,  in  1870,  and  her 
mother  died  in  1907  at  the  age  of  sixty-four  years,  and  both  are  buried 
in  Daniel  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rowhuff  have  three  children:  Bessie,  the  wife  of 
Howard  Gill  of  Butler  Township;  Walter,  who  married  Ellen  Ives,  of 
Fort  Madison,  Wisconsin,  now  residing  at  Emporia,  Kansas,  and  James, 
who  lives  at  home,  and  who  was  at  Camp  Funston,  Kansas,  when  the 
armistice  was  signed.     He  went  there  in  July,  1918,  and  was  mustered 


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fi   1919     He  was  a  first-class  private  in  Company  I  of  the 
out  February  6,  1919.    ne  w^ 

20th  Infantry  Regiment.  ^^^     He  enlisted  in 

Howard  Gill  served  «^^^/^^/_^^"f '^'^on   going  overseas  with  the 

September,  1917.  and  trained  ^l^^^lXTll^:^.    He  was  with  the 

trustee.  He  is  at  present  secretary  -^  -asm  ^^^^^^  .^  independent. 
Hampton  Telephone  ^^^^^^^^J-J^^^Tt^,  township,  and  widely  known. 
He  is  one  of  the  enterpnsmg  citizens 

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C.  H.  Donelson,  owner  and  PJ^^f  ^/^fgress  ve  and  enterprising 
pany,  at  ^idgeway^Missoun    .s  one  of^the  pr^J^^  ^^  ^  ^^^.^^  ^^   ^^^^ 
business   men   of   Harrison   County^    M  ^^^.^.^^  ^^  ^^.^  ^^. 

county  and  belongs  to  one  o^  ^he  very  ^^^  ^  P  ^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^.^  ^4, 

tion  of  Missouri.     He  was  born  "^^^J"^      ^^     ^^  ^hat  section  of  Har- 

natTves'of  Illeghany  County,  ^-""^^1;;";^"^  ^^^^^^ied  in  Pennsylvania  and 
Ruben  Donelson  and  Margaret  Hall  -  -  ™  Center,  Harrison 

in  1859  came  to  Missouri  and  e  tied  at  Wa  f^^^.^  ^^^^  down  the 
County.  They  made  the  ^nvJro..^^e.r  ^J^^,^^.^^  ^,  g,.  j,,eph, 
Ohio  and  up  the  M--ssippi  and  Missoun  r  ^^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^^ 

Missouri.     From  there  they  dro^^yox^^^^^^  ^^   ^^^   ^^^^^^^   ^^^, 

at  Washington   Center.     The   entire  ^^^     ^^^^^  ^^^.^^. 

reaching  Washington  ^^^t  "'i  employm  nt  at  such  work  as  a  pioneer 
ing  here  Ruben  fo-lson  obtained  e^^^^^^^^^  ^^  ^^.^  ^^^      ^^e  made 

country  afforded  at  wages  that  seem  ^^^^^^  ^^^  ^.^^  ^^  ^,e- 

rails  for  fifty  cents  per  hundred  ^^r  Unc^e  ^^^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^ 

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owner  and  a  successful  farmer.  In  the  early  days  their  post-office  was 
at  Amos,  Missouri,  a  distance  of  four  miles  from  the  Donelson  home. 
Amos  Jewett  kept  a  store  and  the  post-office  there.  Allendale,  the  nearest 
town,  was  nine  miles  distant.  Mr.  Donelson  hauled  goods  from  St.  Joseph 
to  Allendale,  a  distance  of  about  100  miles  during  the  winter  seasons.  In 
those  days  the  trails  across  the  prairie  were  at  times  almost  impassable 
and  to  make  one  of  these  trips  required  several  days. 

Vv^hen  Mr.  Donelson  purchased  his  homestead  right  there  was  a 
pioneer  log  cabin  on  the  place,  and  this  was  the  home  of  the  Donelson 
family  for  a  number  of  years.  Their  furniture  was  of  the  crude  pioneer 
type,  consisting  of  home  made  chairs  and  bedsteads  built  in  connection 
with  the  walls  of  the  cabin  in  true  pioneer  fashion.  The  nearest  grist- 
mill was  the  old  Comer  stone  mill  which  was  twelve  miles  away  and  the 
pioneers  took  their  corn  there  to  be  ground  into  meal  and  frequently  the 
pioneers  converted  their  corn  into  coarse  meal  with  a  crude  home  made 
tin  grater  and  C.  H.  Donelson  remembers  of  having  eaten  corn  bread 
which  was  made  from  meal  that  was  prepared  in  that  wav.  Although 
comparatively  a  young  man  his  life  has  spanned  the  crude  pioneer  past 
and  the  present  day  convenience  and  progressive  methods.  When  the 
Donelson  family  settled  in  this  county  and  for  many  years  afterward 
native  wild  animals  of  the  prairie  were  plentiful.  Prairie  chickens,  deer, 
wolves  and  wild  turkeys  were  here  in  their  native  haunts. 

To  Ruben  and  Margaret  (Hall)  Donelson  were  born  twelve  children, 
eleven  of  whom  grew  to  maturity  as  follows:  Lucinda,  married  George 
Jordan,  Washington  Center;  Eugene,  lives  near  Hatfield;  Thomas  C, 
Salisbury,  Missouri;  U.  G.,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  C.  H.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Mary  Belle,  married  Will  Young,  of  Salisbury,  Missouri; 
Minnie,  married  Lewis  Bumgardener;  John  M.,  lives  in  Kansas;  Jordan, 
Hatfield,  Missouri;  Frank,  Creston,  Iowa;  and  Lawrence,  Salisbury,  Mis- 
souri. Ruben  Donelson  and  his  wife  are  now  deceased  and  their  remains 
are  buried  in  Wesley  Chapel  Cemetery,  near  Washington  Center.  They 
were  true  pioneers  of  Harrison  County  and  as  such  their  memory  is  well 
worthy  of  perpetuation  in  a  work  of  this  character.  Ruben  Donelson 
gave  his  service  to  the  cause  of  the  Union  during  the  Civil  War,  having 
been  a  member  of  the  state  militia  and  at  one  time  was  with  his  com- 
mand on  an  expedition  as  far  west  as  Colorado. 

C.  H.  Donelson  was  reared  near  Washington  Center  and  received 
such  education  as  the  locality  and  the  times  afforded.     Early  in  life  he 


522  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  and  also  bought  and  fed  cattle. 
He  specialized  in  buying  calves  and  feeding  them  until  they  were  three 
years  old  which  he  found  to  be  a  very  profitable  business.  He  lived  in 
Washington  Township  for  a  number  of  years  and  later  removed  to  Lincoln 
Township  which  was  his  home  for  thirty  years.  In  1913  he  left  the  farm 
and  moved  to  Hatfield,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  automobile  business. 
In  1917  he  came  to  Ridgeway  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  the 
automobile  business.  He  has  handled  the  Ford  cars  for  the  past  nine 
years  and  during  that  time  he  has  sold  more  cars  than  any  other  dealer 
between  St.  Joseph  and  Des  Moines.  He  also  handles  the  Fordson  tractor. 
He  also  conducts  a  complete  repair  department  in  connection  with  his 
storage  garage. 

The  Donelson  garage  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  and  most  complete 
garages  in  the  state.  The  south  part  was  built  in  1917  and  the  north 
part  in  1920.  The  building  has  a  frontage  of  120  feet  on  Main  street  and 
is  ninety-six  feet  deep  and  is  constructed  of  concrete  and  brick.  The 
floor  slopes  gently  from  the  center  to  the  sides  where  gutters  are  pro- 
vided which  carry  away  all  drippings  from  the  machines,  such  as  water 
and  oil.  This  plan  is  original  with  Mr.  Donelson  and  automobile  men  from 
all  over  the  country  have  been  interested  in  this  feature  of  garage  con- 
struction and  many  who  were  contemplating  building  new  garages  have 
visited  the  Donelson  garage  to  familiarize  themselves  with  this  plan. 
The  south  half  of  the  Donelson  garage  is  devoted  to  storage  and  the  re- 
pair department  and  the  north  half  is  devoted  to  the  stock  room  and 
offices.  The  storage  department  has  a  capacity  of  100  cars  and  there  are 
usually  about  six  men  employed.  This  is  one  of  the  important  business 
concerns  of  Harrison  County  and  Mr.  Donelson  is  deserving  of  much 
credit  in  the  enterprise  and  progress  shown  in  its  rapid  development. 

Mr.  Donelson  was  married  February  25,  1878  to  Miss  Minnie  Adair, 
daughter  of  David  Adair,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Har- 
rison County.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donelson  have  been  born  three  children 
as  follows:  Arthur,  who  conducts  a  garage  at  Lamoni,  Iowa;  Effie,  mar- 
ried Everett  Bell,  Lamoni,  Iowa,  who  is  engaged  in  the  automobile  busi- 
ness there  in  partnership  with  Arthur  Donelson;  and  Clella  Mae,  who  is 
a  student  in  the  Ridgeway  High  School. 

Mr.  Donelson  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  is  one  of  the  widely  known 
business  men  of  Harrison  County  and  always  stands  for  progressiveness 
and  citizenship  of  a  high  standard. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  523 

Otis  G.  Butler,  a  well  known  farmer  and  member  of  a  pioneer  family 
of  this  county,  and  proprietor  of  Riverview  Stock  Farm,  was  born  in  the 
residence  where  he  now  lives  March  30,  1885,  the  son  of  Albert  and  Ella 
(Sutton)  Butler.  Albert  Butler  was  born  on  the  same  place  March  21, 
1845,  and  died  March  23,  1913,  and  his  wife,  who  was  born  February  23, 
1861  in  Ohio,  is  now  living  in  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Asaph  Butler,  the  grandfather  of  Otis  G.  Butler,  was  a  native  of  Ver- 
mont; he  came  to  Missouri  in  1840  from  Illinois  via  ox  team,  accompanied 
by  Mr.  Maize,  now  deceased  citizen  of  this  county,  and  entered  the  farm 
now  owned  by  his  grandson.  He  was  the  first  county  judge  of  Harrison 
County  and  the  first  court  was  held  under  an  elm  tree  on  the  Slaughter 
farm  in  Bethany  Township.  Asaph  Butler's  first  home  was  a  cabin,  which 
he  replaced  after  a  few  years  with  a  frame  house  and  he  was  the  first 
settler  in  the  county  to  have  window  glass  in  his  house.  He  built  a  third 
home,  now  the  residence  of  Otis  G.  Butler  in  1866.  The  weather  board 
of  this  building  is  hand  dressed  and  of  native  walnut  and  the  frames  are  of 
oak.  Albert  Butler  lived  in  this  house  all  of  his  life  with  the  exception 
of  two  years  prior  to  his  death.  Asaph  Butler  is  buried  in  Butler  Ceme- 
tery, a  part  of  his  home  fami  and  Harmon  Butler,  a  son,  was  the  first  one 
buried  there  in  1853. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Asaph  Butler  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
Harmon,  deceased;  Clarista,  the  wife  of  Austin  Brown,  both  deceased; 
Orlin,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  now  deceased,  who  married  a  Miss  Mc- 
Intyre ;  Horace,  a  Civil  War  veteran,  who  lived  in  Gentry  County,  and  later 
moved  to  Kansas  where  he  died,  and  who  mairied  Ida  Young;  Clarinda, 
the  wife  of  Michael  Price  of  Gentry  County;  Oscar,  who  died  while  serv- 
ing as  prosecuting  attorney  of  Harrison  County ;  Norton,  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War,  who  died  in  Bethany  Township,  and  who  was  married  three 
times  and  reared  a  large  family ;  Mary,  the  widow  of  Thomas  Allen,  who 
had  formerly  married  a  Mr.  Chapman;  and  Alice,  the  wife  of  Charles 
Seymour  of  Estacada,  Oregon. 

Albert  Butler  was  a  prominent  stockman  and  farmer  of  Cypress  Town- 
ship and  is  buried  in  Butler  Cemetery.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Ovid  H.,  of  Bethany  Township;  Otis  G.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Bettie  E.,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Otis  G.  Butler  was  educated  in  the  Maise  School  district  and  has  made 
his  home  in  Cypress  Township  all  of  his  life.  He  has  a  farm  of  120  acres, 
all  upland,  and  one  of  the  best  fai-ms  in  the  community  and  it  is  named 


524  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

the  Riverview  Stock  Farm.  The  place  is  well  improved  with  good  resi- 
dence, barn  and  other  buildings  suitable  for  general  farming  and  stock 
raising. 

Mr.  Butler  was  married  February  26,  1911  to  Florence  Meadows,  a 
daughter  of  W.  H.  and  Mary  E.  (Bardrick)  Meadows.  W.  H.  Meadows 
was  born  in  Daviess  County  and  his  wife  is  a  native  of  Ohio.  They  now 
live  in  Pattonsburg  and  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Mrs. 
Butler;  an  infant,  deceased;  James  Jesse,  deceased;  Joseph  R.,  who  mar- 
ried Irene  Miller  and  lives  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  and  Roxie  E.,  of  Kan- 
sas City,  Missouri. 

Mrs.  Butler  was  born  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  near  Pattonsburg 
and  was  educated  in  the  county  and  Pattonsburg  schools.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Butler  have  three  daughters:    Mary  E.,  Helen  Meadows  and  Ruth  Garnett. 

The  Butler  family  are  substantial  and  influential  citizens  and  are  well 
known  throughout  the  county. 


William  Madison  Clark,  who  is  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock  raising  in  Bethany  Township,  was  born  in  Clay  County,  Missouri, 
near  Kearney,  June  15,  1869,  the  son  of  B.  P.  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Arnold) 
Clark,  both  deceased.  B.  P.  Clark  was  married  in  Clay  County,  Missouri, 
and  came  to  Harrison  County  about  1872,  and  bought  160  acres  of  land, 
which  is  now  owned  by  Charles  Hix  and  Argil  Tilley.  He  improved  this 
farm  and  reared  his  family  here.  During  the  Civil  War  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Home  Guard  of  Missouri  and  saw  service  at  the  time  of  Price's  raid. 
He  died  in  April,  1919,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years,  and  his  wife  died 
about  1905 ;  both  are  buried  in  Matkins  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  P.  Clark  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
William  M. ;  Mrs.  Callie  Vance,  the  wife  of  C.  M.  Vance  of  Butler  Town- 
ship; Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  W.  C.  Cole  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Walter  of 
White  Oak  Township ;  Lillie,  the  wife  of  Walter  Francis  of  Colorado ; 
Cordie,  the  wife  of  Jacob  Youngman  of  Butler  Township;  Aubrey  of 
Lockwood,  Missouri;  Jesse  of  Bethany,  Missouri:  Benjamin  of  Hamilton, 
Missouri;  Manley  of  Hamilton,  Missouri;  and  Glenna,  the  wife  of  Fred 
Cooper  of  Bethany  Township;  Idas  Ira  and  Gladys,  deceased,  and  buried 
in  Matkins  Cemetery. 

William  M.  Clark  was  educated  in  the  home  district  school  and  has 
lived  here  since  he  was  three  years  of  age.     He  owned  two  farms   in 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  525 

Cypress  Township  prior  to  buying  his  present  home  in  1904,  purchasing 
at  that  time  eighty  acres.  He  now  owns  137  acres  of  second  bottom, 
good  soil.  The  residence  on  the  farm  was  built  by  Luther  Tilley,  and 
the  barn  was  built  by  Mr.  Clark.  The  farm  is  all  under  cultivation,  and 
is  one  of  the  best  places  in  this  vicinity.  Mr.  Clark  does  general  farming, 
and  raises  registered  Jersey  cows  and  Spotted  Poland  hogs. 

Mr.  Clark  was  married  April  20,  1889,  to  Ermine  Scofield,  a  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Cornelia  (Thackera)  Scofield,  both  deceased,  and  who 
were  early  settlers  of  Cypress  Township.  Mr.  Clark  grubbed  the  stumps 
out  of  the  Scofield  farm  twenty-five  years  after  Mr.  Scofield  had  cleared 
the  land.  Mr.  Scofield  saw  service  in  the  Civil  War,  and  died  when  thirty- 
four  years  of  age.     He  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  Butler  Cemetery  in 

Cypress  Township. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Clark  are  the  parents  of  seven  children:  Zella,  the 
wife  of  Herchel  Sutton  of  Cypress  Township;  Roy.  who  married  Blanche 
Williamson  and  who  live  on  the  home  place;  Hazel,  the  wife  of  Irlin 
Maize  of  Bethany  Township;  Artie,  the  wife  of  Argyl  Tilley;  Eva,  the 
wife  of  Raymond  Selby  of  Cypress  Township;  Jennie  and  Ray,  both  at 

home. 

Mr.  Clark  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  at 
Bridgeport,  Missouri,  and  has  served  on  the  school  board  of  his  township 
for  several  years.  He  is  well  known  in  the  township  and  has  many  friends. 


Claude  A.  Endsley,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Butler  Township,  and  pio- 
neer of  Harrison  County,  was  born  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  February  27, 
1875,  the  son  of  John  Henry  and  Adelaide  (Sneed)  Endsley,  both  deceased. 

John  Endsley  came  from  Ray  County,  Missouri,  in  1840,  with  his 
father  Abraham  Endsley,  when  the  former  was  three  years  of  age,  and 
settled  in  Cypress  Township.  Abraham  Endsley  died  two  and  one-half 
miles  west  of  Matkins  in  1882  and  is  buried  at  Matkins.  His  wife.  Eliza- 
beth Endsley  died  in  1884. 

John  Endsley  moved  to  the  present  farm  of  Claude  Endsley  in  1859, 
and  owned  140  acres  on  which  he  built  a  good  residence  and  a  barn  44x64 
feet,  which  was  torn  down  forty-one  years  later  and  a  new  one  built.  He 
was  a  stockman  and  farmer  and  raised  Hamilton  horses,  mules,  cattle  and 
hogs.  In  the  '50's,  he  earned  mail  on  horse  back  from  Chillicothe  to  Beth- 
any, Missouri,  and  drove  a  wagon  from  Bethany  to  Montana  across  the 


526  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

plains,  taking  six  months  to  make  the  trip.  He  died  June  11,  1906  and  his 
wife  died  in  1894 ;  both  are  buried  in  Matkins. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Endsley  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
Henry  and  Charlie,  deceased ;  Edgar  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Yeater,  deceased,  who  married  Dr.  H.  P.  Yeater;  Clarence,  deceased; 
Claude  A.,  of  this  sketch;  Catherine,  deceased;  Milton,  of  Whitewater,  Kan- 
sas ;  Tuna,  deceased ;  Ida,  the  wife  of  W.  L.  George,  of  Hotchkiss,  Colorado, 
and  who  have  five  children,  Helen,  Howard,  Everett,  Ethel,  Margaret; 
Horton,  of  Hotchkiss,  Colorado,  who  married  Julia  George,  and  who  has 
three  children,  Ida,  Ruby  and  Evelyn. 

Claude  Endsley  and  his  brothers  and  sisters  were  educated  at  the 
Tull  school  house  in  Butler  Township.  He  was  married  in  1914  to  Martha 
Dunkle,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  Dunkle  of  Butler  Township,  both 
deceased.  Mrs.  Endsley  was  born  in  Dallas  Township  and  died  November 
6,  1920  at  the  age  of  fifty-three  years. 

Mr.  Endsley  has  lived  on  his  present  farm  for  about  forty-six  years. 
He  has  been  very  successful  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is 
well  known  throughout  the  county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Martinsville,  No.  547. 


Oliver  W.  Curtis,  an  expert  automobile  mechanic,  but  who  is  at  present 
farming  in  Butler  Township,  was  bom  in  Van  Buren  County,  Michigan,  at 
Hartford,  April  3,  1883.  the  son  of  Ezra  and  Julia  E.  (McNitt)  Curtis. 
Ezra  Curtis  was  born  in  New  York,  April  11,  1834  and  is  now  living  at 
Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  and  his  wife  died  in  Hartford,  Michigan,  October 
11,  1914. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ezra  Curtis  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
Barney,  of  California;  Alva  and  Mrs.  Leona  Tiemey,  both  deceased;  Mrs. 
Bertha  Brague,  of  Kalamazoo,  Michigan;  John,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri; 
Harry,  of  California;  Ada,  of  Kalamazoo,  Michigan;  Oliver  W.,  of  this 
sketch ;  and  Grover  C,  of  Benton  Harbor,  Michigan. 

Oliver- W.  Curtis  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Michigan,  and 
spent  three  years  in  Lewis  Institute  at  Chicago,  a  mechanical  and  mathe- 
matical school,  and,  after  finishing  his  education,  he  was  in  the  automobile 
business  in  Chicago  and  followed  this  line  of  work  until  recently,  when  he 
traded  his  garage  in  Blythedale,  Missouri,  for  his  present  farm  in  Butler 
Township,  in  May,  1921.     He  has  eighty-five  acres  one  and  one-half  miles 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  527 

east  of  Matkins,  formerly  the  C.  M.  Vance  place ;  fifteen  acres  are  in  oats, 
fifteen  acres  in  corn,  fifteen  acres  in  hay  and  the  remainder  is  in  pasture. 

Mr.  Curtis  was  married  in  1914  to  Beulah  Walton  of  Blythedale,  Mis- 
souri, a  daughter  of  J.  W.  and  Rosa  Walton,  both  of  whom  live  at  Blythes- 
dale. 

Mr.  Curtis  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  at  Eaglesville,  Missouri, 
and  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Blythedale,  Missouri. 

Although  Mr.  Curtis  is  an  expert  automobile  man  and  a  very  efficient 
mechanic,  he  has  always  wanted  a  farm  and  is  now  doing  the  work  he  likes 
best.  He  can  make  an  entire  automobile  and  desires  to  study  electrical 
work  further. 


Lewis  F.  Salmon,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  of  Butler  Town- 
ship, and  proprietor  of  Ackenside  Stock  Farm  of  near  McFall,  Missouri, 
was  born  in  Gentry  County,  Missouri.  August  10,  1874,  the  son  of  Eli  and 
Clarinda  J.  (McGinley)  Salmon,  both  of  whom  live  in  Butler  Township. 
Eli  Salmon  was  born  in  Butler  Township  in  1853,  and  his  wife  was  bom 
in  Gentry  County  in  1854.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eli  Salmon  are  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Lewis  F.,  Elmer  E.,  of  Ft.  Scott,  Kansas;  Mrs.  Nona 
Yount,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  and  Mrs.  Ida  Morris,  deceased. 

Lewis  F.  Salmon  bought  his  present  farm  in  August,  1910.  This  place 
was  formerly  owned  by  John  A.  Smith,  but  who  is  better  known  as  "Yankee 
Smith."  Mr.  Salmon  has  improved  the  farm  with  a  number  of  buildings, 
silo,  two  wells,  poultry  house,  etc.,  and  has  fine  water  for  the  stock  and 
home.  He  raises  Duroc  Jersey  hogs  registered,  Shropshire  sheep.  Short- 
horn cattle  and  pure  bred  white  S.  C.  Leghorn  chickens.  His  son  Ross 
Salmon  takes  care  of  the  hogs.  They  have  the  blood  line  of  "Pathfinder 
Sensation"  and  "Orion  Chen-y  Kings",  and  all  of  the  Durocs  are  registered. 
"Perfect  Sensation,"  No.  378325  is  the  herd  head  and  they  have  about  150 
head  of  hogs  on  the  farm  now. 

Mr.  Salmon  was  married  September  26,  1887  to  Clara  A.  Rice,  a 
daughter  of  Garrett  and  Harriet  Rice.  Mr.  Rice  died  in  Butler  Township 
and  is  buried  in  New  Hope  Cemetery  and  his  widow  lives  at  McFall,  Mis- 
souri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Salmon  have  two  children:  Velma  V.,  who  is  now  in 
her  first  year  in  Bethany  High  School ;  and  Ross  R.,  a  graduate  of  Bethany 
High  School  of  class  1919,  and  who  attended  the  State  University  of  Mis- 


528  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

souri  at  Columbia  for  two  years,  where  he  specialized  in  agriculture  and 
stock  raising. 

Mr.  Salmon  is  a  member  of  the  Butler  Township  board  and  is  also  a 
member  of  the  following  lodges :  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Mod- 
em Woodmen  of  America  and  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

Mr.  Salmon  is  a  substantial  citizen  and  stands  high  in  the  county, 
where  he  has  many  friends. 


Capt.  Carlisle  R.  "Chuck"  Wilson,  who  distinguished  himself  on  the  bat- 
tle fields  of  France  in  the  World  War  and  gave  his  life  to  the  cause,  will 
long  be  remembered  as  one  of  the  honored  and  favorite  young  men  of 
Harrison  County.  "Chuck"  Wilson  was  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by 
all  who  knew  him.  He  always  took  a  kindly  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
friend  and  neighbor  and  vi'as  possessed  of  the  rare  faculty  of  making 
loyal  friends  and  many  of  them.  This  was  because  he  was  a  sincere  and 
loyal  friend  himself. 

Carlisle  Wilson  was  a  son  of  James  C.  and  Alice  E.  (Turner)  Wilson. 
He  was  born  in  Bethany,  July  28,  1891.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bethany,  Wentworth  Military  Academy  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  1910,  University  of  Missouri,  where  he  was  in  college  from  1909 
until  1913,  and  the  Law  School  of  Washington  University  at  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  where  he  spent  the  years  1914  to  1916. 

Captain  Wilson  had  an  unusual  athletic  record  and  was  one  of  the 
star  foot  ball  players  in  the  Missouri  valley  and  the  west,  having  been 
chosen  all-Missouri  valley  center  for  years  1912-1913.  He  was  captain 
of  the  foot  ball  team  at  the  University  for  a  year  and  was  the  greatest 
center  Missouri  has  ever  had,  and  also  held  the  position  of  assistant 
coach  at  the  university  for  a  year. 

Captain  Wilson  enlisted  in  Company  G,  4th  Missouri  Infantry  in 
July,  1915,  and  later  went  with  his  company  to  the  Mexican  border  in 
1916.  He  was  mess  sergeant  for  a  time  and  on  January  29,  1917  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  first  sergeant.  On  May  30,  1917  he  was  com- 
missioned second  lieutenant  in  Company  G  and  was  called  into  service 
of  the  United  States  government  on  August  5,  1917.  He  trained  at 
Camp  Doniphan  with  Company  G,  139th  Infantry.  In  February,  1918, 
he  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  and  on  April  19th  of  that  year  he 
was  sent  overseas.     He  participated  in  the  defensive  sector  of  Vosges, 


CAPTAIN  CARLISLE  R.  "CHUCK"  WILSON 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  529 

the  battles  of  St.  Mihiel  and  in  the  battle  of  Argonne  Forest  in  which 
battle  he  was  wounded  on  September  27  1918.  He  was  awarded  the 
Distinguished  Sei-vice  Cross  for  extraordinary  valor  and  heroism  in  action 
near  Montblainville,  France,  September  27,  1918.  His  citation  reads:  "In 
order  to  establish  and  maintain  liaison  with  the  adjacent  division,  Lieu- 
tenant Wilson,  though  wounded,  led  his  men  along  the  Cise  River  and 
across  a  bridge  through  the  heaviest  kind  of  artillery  and  machine  gun 
fire.  He  died  soon  after  this  exploit  from  the  wounds  received."  He  was 
commissioned  captain  on  October  24,  1918,  but  died  from  his  wounds 
November  7,  1918,  at  Pogues  Levaux,  France,  and  was  buried  at  Never, 
France. 

The  Wilson-Axline  Post  No.  216,  of  the  American  Legion,  was  named 
in  honor  of  Capt.  Carlisle  Wilson  and  Lieut.  Arthur  A.  Axline.  Captain 
Wilson  belonged  to  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  at  Colum- 
bia, Missouri,  and  was  a  member  of  several  fraternities  at  the  university. 
Among  them  were  A.  T.  0.,  T.  N.  E.,  Quo  Vadis  and  the  Mystic  Seven. 


Joshua  F.  Selby,  an  enterprising  young  farmer  of  Bethany  Township, 
was  born  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  January  12,  1886,  the  son  of 
John  F.  and  Mary  F.  (Sutton)  Selby.  The  latter,  who  now  lives  in 
Bethany,  Missouri,  is  a  daughter  of  Capt.  Simeon  Sutton,  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  War. 

John  F.  Selby  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  died  in 
1903  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight  years.  He  was  a  stockman  and  farmer 
and  was  county  judge  of  his  district  two  or  more  terms.  He  was  widely 
known  and  had  many  friends  throughout  the  county. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  F.  Selby  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Edmund  Roscoe,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  J.  F.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Grace,  who  is  employed  in  the  census  bureau  at  Washington, 
D.  C. ;  Gladys,  the  wife  of  J.  C.  Frisbie  of  Sherman  Township ;  John  E.,  a 
farmer  of  Sherman  Township;  and  Florence,  who  hves  at  home.  By  a 
former  marriage  of  John  F.  Selby,  he  had  a  son,  William  0.  Selby,  of 
Downs,  Kansas,  who  is  a  traveling  salesman. 

Joshua  F.  Selby  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  has  been 

engaged  in  farming  all  of  his  life.     He  purchased  the  home  place  from 

the  heirs  and  has  since  bought  200  acres  adjoining,  making  a  total  of  440 

acres  in  his  farm,  which  is  located  two  and  one-half  miles  south  of  Beth- 

(29) 


530  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

any,  Missouri.  The  farm  is  well  watered  and  nicely  improved.  Mr.  Selby 
raises  cattle,  hogs  and  has  fed  cattle.  He  raises  the  Chester  White  reg- 
istered hogs. 

Mr.  Selby  was  married  August  14,  1918  to  Clarice  Pearl  Neff,  a 
daughter  of  Jesse  S.  and  Martha  Neff,  both  of  whom  live  in  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Selby  has  been  born  one  child,  Frederick  Earl, 
born  June  23,  1921. 

Mr.  Selby  has  very  capably  filled  the  office  of  township  trustee  of 
Bethany  Township  for  six  years,  his  term  expiring  in  April,  1921.  He 
is  a  progi'essive  and  wide-awake  young  farmer  and  is  meeting  with  success. 

A  pioneer  school  house,  known  as  the  Ground-hog  school  house,  made 
of  logs,  stood  on  the  farm  when  John  F.  Selby  purchased  the  place.  The 
school  was  located  about  one-eighth  mile  from  the  present  residence  of 
Joshua  Selby,  and  was  torn  down  by  Mr.  Selby  after  he  came  here.  Many 
of  the  children  of  the  early  pioneers  attended  school  here.  It  was  very 
primitive  and  on  the  east  side  there  was  a  log  removed  to  let  in  light. 


John  W.  Bacon,  who  is  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  in  Bethany  Township,  and  a  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  this 
county,  was  born  in  Bethany  Township,  February  26,  1875,  the  son  of 
Henry  C.  and  Mary  D.  (Kinkade)  Bacon.  Henry  C.  Bacon  was  also  born 
in  this  township,  October  16,  1846,  and  is  now  living  in  Bethany,  having 
retired  from  the  farm  in  1901.  His  father,  Levi  Bacon,  came  to  Harrison 
County  from  Ohio,  June  4,  1846,  and  settled  in  Bethany  Township,  entering 
land  in  section  34.  Levi  Bacon  died  here  about  1879  and  is  buried  at 
Antioch.  His  wife,  Permelia  (Wilkinson)  Bacon,  died  a  few  years  later, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Bacon  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: John  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Cora  Catherine,  the  wife  of 
Ben  Hall,  who  lives  on  the  Levi  Bacon  homestead;  Clara  Jane,  the  wife 
of  W.  R.  Bartlett,  who  lives  on  the  first  farm  of  Levi  Bacon ;  Georgia  E., 
Levi  and  Flora  AUce,  all  three  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

John  W.  Bacon  was  educated  at  Woodland  School,  and,  with  the 
exception  of  four  years,  has  lived  in  Bthany  and  this  township  all  of 
his  life.  Mr.  Bacon  ovms  440  acres  of  land,  100  acres  in  section  34 ;  sixty 
acres  in  section  29,  and  the  remainder  in  section  33.  He  does  general 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  met  with  merited  success.  Mr.  Bacon 
also  has  a  modem  residence  in  town. 


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John  W.  Bacon  was  married  November  4,  1903,  to  Josie  Howe,  a 
daughter  of  J.  C.  and  Emma  (Sutton)  Howe  of  Bethany.  Mrs.  Emma 
Howe  was  a  daughter  of  Captain  Sutton,  a  pioneer  of  Cypress  Township. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howe  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Lizzie, 
the  wife  of  H.  K.  EUis  of  Baca  County,  Colorado;  Mrs.  Bacon;  Myrtle, 
the  wife  of  E.  P.  Reed  of  Nevada,  Missouri ;  Blanche,  the  wife  of  Warren 
Davis  of  New  Hampton;  James  H.  of  Los  Animas,  Colorado;  Ruth,  of 
Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  Doris,  a  teacher  at  Blythedale,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bacon  have  four  children :  Mary  Frances,  now  a  student 
of  Bethany  High  School;  Ruth  Elizabeth,  Clara  Kathryn  and  Henry 
Creighton. 

Mr.  Bacon  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at  Bethany,  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Yeoman  lodges. 

S.  S.  Bacon  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  is  an  uncle  of  J.  W.  Bacon,  and 
was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  enlisted  for  service  from  Har- 
rison County. 

The  paternal  great  grandfather  of  J.  W.  Bacon  started  to  California 
from  this  county  in  1849  and,  while  on  the  way,  when  crossing  the  desert, 
was  poisoned  by  drinking  impure  water.  They  had  been  out  of  water 
for  several  days  previous  to  finding  water  of  any  kind. 

Solomon  Wilkinson,  the  great  grandfather  of  John  W.  Bacon,  was 
a  drummer  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  was  a  pioneer  of  Cypress  Township, 
and  died  here.  His  great  grandson,  Levi  C.  Wilkinson  of  Bethany,  was 
in  the  World  War,  with  the  35th  Division  in  France,  and  a  sketch  of 
him  appears  in  this  volume. 

The  Bacon  family  stand  high  in  this  county,  and  are  all  well  respected 
citizens. 


J.  R.  S.  Utterback,  a  highly  respected  and  leading  farmer  of  Cypress 
Township,  was  bom  in  Putnam  County,  Indiana,  February  8,  1873,  the 
son  of  John  N.  and  Rachel  Ellen  Utterback.  John  Utterback  died  in 
June,  1920,  in  Brimson,  Missouri,  where  he  had  lived  for  twenty-five 
years,  and  his  wife  died  in  Putnam  County,  Indiana,  in  1873. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Utterback  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: John  William  B.  of  Brimson,  Missouri;  and  J.  R.  S.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch. 

J.  R.  S.  Utterback  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Hume  and  Newman,  Illinois,  and  after  finishing  his  education,  he  en- 


532  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

gaged  in  farming  in  Illinois,  prior  to  coming  to  Harrison  County,  in  1896, 
where  he  rented  land  for  about  ten  years,  and  finally  bought  eighty  acres 
of  land,  and  gradually  increasing  his  acreage,  until  at  the  present  tim'e, 
he  owns  448  acres  in  Cypress  Township,  about  200  acres  of  which  is  in 
Big  Creek  bottom  and  second  bottom,  all  in  Cypress  Township,  with  the 
exception  of  forty  acres  in  Bethany  Township.  The  entire  farm  is  under 
cultivation,  and  is  as  fine  a  farm  as  the  county  affords. 

Mr.  Utterback  was  married  in  1893  to  Amanda  C.  Nees,  of  Edgar 
County,  Illinois.  She  is  a  native  of  Indiana  and  a  daughter  of  George 
and  Mary  Nees,  both  deceased.  Mrs.  Utterback  was  reared  and  educated 
in  Illinois. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Utterback  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Ruth,  the  wife  of  H.  McQuerry  of  Cypress  Township;  Mabel,  the  wife  of 
Walker  Flint  of  Cypress  Township;  John  Shelton  and  William  Morton 
and  James  Wilbur,  all  at  home. 

Mr.  Utterback  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  has  filled  the  office  of  Democratic  committeeman  of  Cypress  Township 
for  several  years,  and  is  clerk  of  School  District  Number  125. 


Nathan  T.  Slatten,  a  successful  farmer  and  stockman  of  Cypress 
Township,  was  born  August  25,  1888,  in  Sherman  Township,  the  son  of 
James  L.  and  Rozetta  (Bartlett)  Slatten. 

James  L.  Slatten  was  born  March  24,  1860,  in  Sherman  Township, 
where  he  now  lives.  His  wife  died  October  4,  1918,  and  is  buried  in 
Bethany,  Missouri.  Tyre  Slatten,  grandfather  of  Nathan  Slatten.  was 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Sherman  Township,  where  he  entered  land 
now  owned  by  James  Slatten.  He  died  in  1912  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight 
years.  Nathan  Bartlett,  maternal  grandfather  of  Nathan  Slatten,  lives 
in  Ridgeway,  Missouri. 

The  children  of  James  L.  and  Rozetta  Slatten  are:  Lizzie,  the  wife 
of  Bert  Guyman  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Essie,  the  wife  of  Cliff  Selby  of 
Sherman  Township;  Nathan  T.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Edith,  the 
wife  of  Forest  White  of  Independence,  Kansas ;  Harlan  and  Amon  of  Sher- 
man Township;  and  Elva,  who  lives  on  the  home  place. 

Nathan  T.  Slatten  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Sherman 
Township,  and  in  Bethany,  Missouri.  He  farmed  in  Sherman  Township 
until  1913,  when  he  moved  to  the  W.  H.  Leazenby  farm,  where  he  now 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  533 

lives.  Mr.  Slatten  farms  200  acres  here,  nearly  all  bottom  land  and  he 
also  feeds  stock,  being  quite  successful. 

August  30,  1911,  Nathan  T.  Slatten  was  married  to  Bertha  May 
Leazenby,  a  daughter  of  W.  H.  and  Rhoda  May  (Neff)  Leazenby  of  Mount 
Mariah,  Missouri.  W.  H.  Leazenby  was  bom  in  Trail  Creek  Township 
January  13,  1861,  and  his  wife  was  born  in  Fox  Creek  Township.  His 
father  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Yankee  Ridge. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Leazenby  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Albert  B.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years;  Charles 
E.  of  Mount  Mariah,  Missouri ;  Eugene  of  Madison  Township ;  Mrs.  Slat- 
ten; J.  Harlan  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  Robert  H.,  who  lives  at  home; 
Ruth  A.,  the  wife  of  Jack  Dale  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  and  Mary  Lucille, 
who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nathan  Slatten  have  two  children:  Albert  Lewis  and 
William  Nathan. 

The  Slatten  family  are  well  known  and  among  the  substantial  citizens 
of  Harrison  County. 


Ira  Omar  Thompson,  a  well  known  citizen  of  Cypress  Township,  was 
born  in  this  township,  November  9,  1879,  the  son  of  William  A.  and  Mary 
E.  (Keller)  Thompson.  William  Thompson  was  born  in  Jackson  County, 
Ohio,  and  died  in  CjT)ress  Township,  July  31,  1902,  and  is  buried  in  Pleasant 
Ridge  Cemetery.  His  wife  was  also  a  native  of  Jackson  County,  Ohio, 
and  was  born  April  6,  1853.  She  now  lives  in  Bethany,  Missouri.  In  1872, 
William  Thompson  left  Ohio  and  settled  in  this  township,  where  he  engaged 
in  stock  raising  and  farming. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Thompson  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: William  Ora,  who  died  in  infancy;  Ira  Omar,  of  this  sketch;  Etta 
Maude,  the  wife  of  C.  J.  Sutton,  on  the  home  place ;  Essie  May,  the  wife 
of  Roscolia  M.  Slaughter  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri ;  Minnie  E.,  the  wife 
of  James  F.  Caraway,  of  Gentry  County,  Missouri;  and  Milton  Arthur  of 
Cypress  Township,  who  married  Elsie  V.  Claycomb. 

Ira  Omar  Thompson  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  this  town- 
ship and  has  followed  farming  and  run  a  sawmill  and  thresher  since  finish- 
ing his  education.  He  farms  twenty  acres  of  land,  and  besides  his  numer- 
ous duties,  has  found  time  to  serve  the  township  in  the  capacity  of  town- 
ship collector,  having  filled  this  position  for  seven  years.  Mr.  Thompson 
has  operated  a  thresher  for  twenty-eight  consecutive  seasons  and  ovoied 


534  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

a  rig  for  twenty -two  years.  He  has  his  second  J.  I.  Case  thresher  and 
Eclipse  engine,  and  when  not  operating  this  machine  runs  a  sawmill. 

July  2,  1899,  Mr.  Thompson  was  married  to  Lizzie  Harmon,  who  was 
born  November  12,  1878  and  died  September  12,  1913  and  is  buried  at 
Pleasant  Ridge  Cemetery.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Nellie,  the  wife  of  Harvey  Yost  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri;  Wil- 
liam 0.,  Beatrice  and  Bertha  I.,  all  at  home;  and  Mettie,  deceased. 

Mr.  Thompson  was  married  the  second  time  February  14,  1914  to 
Nellie  E.  Kirk,  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Ella  (Copeland)  Kirk.  Mr.  Kirk 
lives  in  Pattonsburg,  Missouri,  and  his  wife  died  January  13,  1907.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Thompson  have  two  children:    Dorothy  Lee  and  Milton  I. 

Mr.  Thompson's  grandfather,  John  Thompson,  was  born  in  North- 
umberland County,  Pennsylvania,  April  2,  1806  and  died  June  26,  1879,  in 
Madison  County,  Ohio,  and  is  buried  at  Georgesville  Cemetery.  His  wife, 
who  was  Eliza  Joyce  of  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  was  born  in  1854  and  died 
at  the  age  of  twenty-nine  years  and  is  buried  in  Union  cemetery  at  Liberty 
Hall,  Jackson  County,  Ohio. 

Hugh  Thompson,  a  cousin  of  William  A.  Thompson,  was  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  War  and  at  battle  of  Chickamauga  he  was  wounded  and  for  eight 
years  he  did  not  regain  consciousness,  until  February,  1871.  He  was  a 
wanderer  all  that  time  with  the  past  obliterated  from  his  mind  and  a  fall 
in  Illinois  relieved  the  pressure  from  his  brain  which  was  caused  by  a 
bullet,  and  his  past  then  gradually  returned  to  him,  but  it  was  not  until 
1887  that  he  established  his  identity  through  the  G.  A.  R.  Post  in  Meade 
County,  Kansas. 

Fourteen  of  the  Thompson  family  have  served  in  the  wars  of  this 
country  as  soldiers  as  shown  by  the  history  of  the  Thompson  family, 
which  was  printed  in  1911  and  this  does  not  include  those  who  were  in  the 
World  War. 

Mr.  Thompson  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
at  Coffey,  Missouri,  Encampment  at  Bethany  and  of  the  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America  at  Bridgeport,  Missouri. 


Garland  A.  Miller,  a  successful  farmer  of  Adams  Towns/iip,  and 
proprietor  of  Hickory  Grove  Farm,  was  born  in  Daviess  County,  Mis- 
souri, June  13,  1863,  the  son  of  Jacob  E.  and  Elizabeth  (Miller)  Miller, 
both  of  whom  died  in  Cypress  Township,  the  former  is  buried  at  Bethany 
and  the  latter  at  Pleasant  Ridge. 


HISTORY   OF    IIARKISON   COUNTY  535 

Jacob  E.  Miller  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  enlisting  from  Beth- 
any, Missouri,  with  Company  E  of  Missouri  Infantry,  and  serving  four 
and  one-half  years.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  Battle  of  Shiloh  and 
was  in  prison  for  several  weeks.  After  the  war,  he  settled  in  Cypress 
Township  and  lived  here  until  his  death.  Mr.  and  Mi's.  Jacob  E.  Miller 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  R.  H.,  of  southern  Missouri; 
Garland,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Mrs.  Martha  Salmon,  deceased ;  Mrs. 
Mary  Mooney,  of  Nebraska;  and  Charlie,  deceased. 

Garland  Miller  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Harrison  County,  Mis- 
souri, and  has  made  his  own  way  in  the  world  since  he  was  thirteen  years 
of  age,  at  which  time,  he  began  working  for  his  uncle,  James  Mitchen, 
for  $13.00  per  month.  He  worked  by  the  month  for  several  years  before 
he  bought  his  present  fann  in  1895,  which  consists  of  140  acres.  Mr. 
Miller  has  a  fine  farm,  which  he  has  extensively  improved  himself.  He 
has  a  fine  residence,  barn,  two  poultry  houses  and  other  buildings.  He 
raises  pure  bred  Rhode  Island  chickens,  black  Poland-China  hogs,  also 
raises  cattle  and  Shropshire  sheep.  His  farm  is  well  watered  with  three 
wells  and  a  pond.  This  farm  is  situated  six  and  one-half  miles  northeast 
of  Coffey  and  four  and  one-half  miles  southwest  of  Blue  Ridge. 

Mr.  Miller  was  married  March  30,  1889,  to  Arminta  Courter,  a  daugh- 
ter of  D.  C.  and  Chloe  Courter,  pioneers  of  Cypress  Township,  who  settled 
here  in  1844.  D.  C.  Courter  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  his  wife  a  native 
of  Virginia. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  have  been  born  the  following  children:  Altha 
J.,  the  wife  of  E.  J.  Parette,  who  live  on  the  home  place,  and  who  have 
three  children,  Grace  Juanita,  Fay  Leone  and  Roberta  Maxine ;  Cleo  Pearly 
the  wife  of  Verne  A.  Boyles  of  South  Dakota,  and  who  have  two  children. 
Garland  and  Leon,  and  a  daughter  Pearl  Arline,  deceased;  Kenneth  C,  a 
graduate  of  Bethany  High  School  of  class  1918  and  who  is  a  member  of 
the  class  1922,  Northwestern  University  at  Evanston,  Illinois,  and  who 
was  in  the  students'  army  training  corps  at  the  Northwestern  University 
for  three  months  in  1918  and  1919,  discontinuing  when  the  armistice 
was  signed;  Ethel,  who  died  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years,  who  was  a 
student  at  Bethany  High  School  at  the  time  of  her  death ;  and  three 
children  who  are  deceased. 

Mr.  Miller  has  been  in  favor  of  good  schools  all  of  his  life  and  is  a 
progressive  citizen.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  at  Coffey,  Missouri.  He  is  a  stockholder  of  the  Bank  of  Coffey, 
Missouri. 


53G  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

M.  F.  Oxford,  well  known  business  man  and  prominent  attorney  of 
Cainsville,  was  born  on  a  farm  two  miles  north  of  Bethany,  November 
10,  1848,  the  son  of  Jacob  B.  and  Mary  (McCany)  Oxford,  who  were  the 
pai'ents  of  nine  children. 

Jacob  B.  Oxford  was  born  in  Buncum  County,  North  Carolina,  the 
son  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Rogers)  Oxford  who  moved  to  Kentucky  in 
early  days  and  came  to  Grundy  County,  Missouri  about  1840.  They  reared 
a  large  family  before  coming  to  Daviess  County  and  died  on  their  home 
place  in  that  county.  Their  son,  Jacob  B.,  was  a  farmer  and  came  to 
HaiTison  County  in  1845  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  died  near 
Gallatin  while  on  a  visit  in  1882,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven.  His  first 
wife  was  Mary  Davidson  and  they  had  one  child,  a  son,  J.  D.  Oxford,  who 
was  a  minister  in  the  Christian  Church  in  Harrison  County  for  more  than 
forty  years.  Jacob  B.  Oxford  was  married  the  second  time  to  Mary  Mc- 
Cany, a  native  of  Virginia  and  a  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Miss  (Collins) 
McCany,  both  natives  of  Virginia  who  came  to  Daviess  County,  Missouri 
in  pioneer  days  and  suffered  the  hardships  and  privations  of  those  early 
times.  They  were  driven  from  their  home  during  the  Mormon  War  and 
the  house  was  burned.  Mrs.  Oxford  was  a  descendant  of  Terrance  Mc- 
Cany who  was  a  soldier  in  the  American  Revolution  and  the  grandfather 
of  Andrew  McCany.  Mrs.  Oxford  died  in  1879  at  the  age  of  sixty-three. 
Jacob  B.  Orford  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  at  one  time  served  as 
county  assessor.  He  was  a  man  with  very  strong  and  decided  opinions 
in  both  politics  and  religion  and  had  a  strong  faculty  for  making  friends. 

M.  F.  Oxford  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  attended  the  district  school 
until  he  was  grown  when  he  went  to  a  select  school  at  Cainsville  conducted 
by  Mr.  ShaefTer.  Mr.  Oxford  then  taught  school  in  Harrison  and  Mercer 
counties  for  four  years  and  in  1872  he  went  into  the  grocery  business  at 
Cainsville  with  S.  D.  Rardin.  After  two  years  Mr.  Oxford  sold  his  interest 
in  the  business  to  his  partner  and  then  in  company  with  C.  M.  Scott, 
James  Moss,  Sr.,  and  H.  T.  Rogers  he  went  to  California  with  a  view  to 
locating  in  that  state.  None  of  the  party  was  pleased  with  the  country 
so  they  returned  to  Cainsville  and  Mr.  Oxford,  in  partnership  with  his 
cousin,  R.  L.  Oxford,  bought  the  Moss  and  Hagan  general  merchandise 
stock.  The  two  partners  were  brothers-in-law  and  the  firm  was  known 
as  the  Oxford  Brothers.  In  the  fall  of  1883,  M.  F.  Oxford  bought  his 
partner's  interest  and  conducted  the  store  alone  until  1900,  when  he 
took  his  son,  0.  H.,  in  as  a  partner.  This  firm  continued  in  business  until 
1915  when  Mr.  Oxford  closed  out  his  interest  to  his  son  and  began  the 


M.  F.  OXFORD 


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practice  of  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1903,  having  studied  law 
through  text  books.  He  has  been  a  successful  attorney  in  general  prac- 
tice and  has  been  the  attorney  for  the  Cainsville  Bank  for  twelve  years. 
He  was  one  of  the  men  who  helped  organize  the  bank  and  has  been  on 
the  official  board  for  practically  all  the  time  since  the  bank  started  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Oxford  owns  three  farms  which  he  manages  efficiently,  con- 
ducting the  work  on  the  500  acres  while  attending  to  his  other  varied 
duties. 

M.  F.  Oxford  was  married  December  25,  1869  to  Sarah  Jane  Cham- 
bers who  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Cainsville  in  Mercer  County,  February 
5,  1851,  the  daughter  of  Isiah  and  Miria  (Kennedy)  Chambers,  both 
natives  of  Indiana  and  early  settlers  of  Mercer  County.  To  the  union  of 
M.  T.  and  Sarah  Jane  (Chambers)  Oxford  the  following  children  were 
born:  Nora,  deceased;  Cora,  now  the  wife  of  William  J.  Burrows,  son  of 
Congressman  Burrows,  and  living  on  the  old  Burrows  home  place  in  Mer- 
cer County;  Gertrude,  married  to  L.  B.  Gillihan,  a  successful  attorney 
at  Gallitan;  Oscar  H.,  secretary  of  a  land  agency  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa; 
and  Maude,  married  to  0.  L.  Fitterer,  a  banker  and  grocer  in  partnership 
with  his  brother  at  Gallitan.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oxford  have  also  five  grand- 
children: Ruth,  Bonnie  and  William  0.  Burrows;  Lewis  Oxford  and 
Kathelyn  Gillihan. 

Mr.  Oxford  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  was  a  candidate  for  repre- 
sentative of  the  county  in  1886,  but  was  defeated.  He  has  been  an  active 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church  since  he  was  eleven  years  old.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  since  1872  and 
in  all  those  years  has  never  drawn  money  from  the  lodge  except  for  one 
thirty  days  illness  when  he  was  in  a  hospital,  and  his  standing  in  the 
lodge  has  never  been  questioned. 

Mr.  Oxford  is  one  of  the  interesting  men  of  his  community  who  by 
inheritance  and  training  is  an  energetic,  capable  and  high  minded  citizen. 


P.  C.  Puis,  a  successful  farmer  and  stockman  of  Adams  Township, 
was  born  in  Knox  County,  Missouri,  July  16,  1880,  the  son  of  J.  A.  and 
Margaret  (Snooks)  Puis.  J.  A.  Puis  lives  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri, 
and  is  seventy-six  years  of  age,  and  his  wife,  who  was  born  in  Knox 
County,  died  in  Scotland,  Missouri,  in  1885  and  is  buried  in  Knox  County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Puis  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Theodosia,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Matlick  of  Scotland  County;  Orena,  the 


538  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

wife  of  Thomas  Cunning  of  Scotland  County,  Missouri;  Mabie,  the  wife 
of  Charles  Wagner  of  Sherman  Township;  Cora,  the  wife  of  John 
Nighthait  of  Cypress  Township ;  Perry  of  Eaglesville,  Missouri ;  Pierce  of 
Lewiston,  Idaho;  Everett  of  Adams  Township  and  P.  C.  Puis. 

P.  C.  Pule  was  educated  in  the  Scotland  and  Harrison  County  public 
schools  and  came  to  Harrison  County  when  twelve  years  of  age  with  his 
parents,  who  settled  in  Adams  Township.  He  was  reared  on  his  father's 
farm,  and,  after  finishing  school,  rented  land  for  a  few  years,  and  bought 
his  first  farm  of  160  acres  twelve  years  ago,  in  Adams  Township.  He 
sold  it  and  bought  his  present  farm  of  176  acres,  forty  acres  in  Cypress 
and  the  remainder  in  Adams  Township.  This  was  formerly  the  Clint 
Potter  farm.  The  place  has  fair  improvements,  and  the  entire  farm  is 
under  cultivation.  Mr.  Puis  also  rents  his  father's  farm  of  eighty  acres 
and  does  general  farming  and  stock  raising. 

Mr.  Puis  was  married  September  7,  1900,  to  Pearl  E.  Nighthait  of 
Sherman  Township,  a  native  of  this  township,  and  daughter  of  Philip  and 
Elizabeth  Nighthait.  Philip  Nighthait  is  deceased  and  is  wife  lives  in 
Sherman  Township. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Puis  have  four  children:  Vesta  and  Vera,  who  are  in 
their  second  year  at  Bethany  High  School;  Gerald  La  Verne  and  Gerard 
Pershing. 

Mr.  Puis  is  a  progressive  farmer  and  also  a  public  spirited  citizen. 
He  and  his  family  are  among  the  leading  citizens  of  the  county. 


George  Albert  Fash,  a  successful  farmer  of  Cypress  Township,  was 
born  in  Logan  County,  Ohio,  November  13,  1849,  the  son  of  Richard  and 
Hannah  (Lease)  Pash,  both  of  whom  died  in  Logan  County,  Ohio.  Henry 
Pash,  the  father  of  Richard  Pash,  was  killed  in  the  War  of  1812. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Pash  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Colbert  Fenton,  who  died  in  1919  at  the  age  of  eighty  years; 
Nancy  Ann,  deceased ;  John  Richard  of  Logan  County,  Ohio ;  William  of 
Muncie,  Indiana;  George  A.,  of  this  sketch;  and  Mead,  a  tinner  of  Logan 
County,  Ohio. 

George  Albert  Pash  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Logan 
County,  Ohio,  and  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1887,  and  located 
on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives.  His  father-in-law,  Oliver  Raymond, 
had  purchased  this  place  about  1858,  and  lived  here  a  short  time,  then 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  539 

returned  to  Ohio,  and  died  in  Mespotamia,  Sheridan  County,  Ohio,  Novem- 
ber, 1889.  He  was  born  in  New  York,  in  1826,  and  his  wife,  Savilla 
Koplin,  was  born  near  Akron,  Ohio,  in  1832,  and  died  at  the  home  of 
George  A.  Pash  in  1896,  and  is  buried  in  Coffey  Cemetery.  Mrs.  George 
Pash  is  the  only  one  Uving  of  the  Raymond  family,  her  sister,  Mrs.  Lucia 
Barr,  having  died  in  Phoenix,  Arizona. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Pash  moved  to  their  present  home  in  1887  and 
have  resided  here  since  that  time.  The  farm,  which  consists  of  160  acres, 
is  situated  three  miles  from  Coffey,  Missouri.  Mr.  Pash  does  general 
farming,  and  is  very  successful.  Two  acres  of  the  farm  are  in  orchard. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pash  were  married  April  15,  1880,  and  they  had  the  following 
children:  Bertha,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years;  Harvey  R.,  of 
Daviess  County,  who  married  Mamie  Fields;  Ernest  of  Julesburg,  Colo- 
rado, who  married  Inez  Magee ;  Albert  B.  of  Daviess  County,  who  married 
Maud  Nellie  Adams ;  Ola  Grace,  who  died  when  six  years  of  age ;  Sherman 
T.  of  Bridgeport,  who  married  Ava  Strong;  Lucia,  wife  of  Fred  Denham, 
of  Gridley,  Kansas;  Richard  Homer  of  Adams  Township,  who  married 
Ova  Foaster;  Meade  M.  of  Hancock,  Iowa;  Orval  M.  and  Iva  H.,  both  at 
home;  and  Morris  L.,  who  lives  in  Iowa.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pash  have  twenty- 
nine  living  grandchildren  and  three  deceased. 

Homer  Pash  was  in  United  States  service  at  Camp  Dodge,  Iowa, 
during  the  World  War,  and  was  mustered  out  December,  1918.  Meade  M. 
Pash  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army  August,  1918,  and  was  sent  to 
Camp  Pike,  Arkansas,  where  he  remained  for  six  weeks,  and  was  overseas 
for  six  months  with  Company  L  of  the  12th  Battalion.  Upon  his  return 
from  France,  he  was  appointed  assessor  of  Butler  Township. 


Ray  Endicott,  an  enterprising  young  man  of  Adams  Township,  was 
born  near  Bolton,  east  of  Oilman,  Missouri,  February  7,  1891,  the  son 
of  H.  E.  and  Ottie  (McLey)  Endicott.  Mrs.  Ottie  Endicott  died  near 
Bolton,  Missouri,  and  her  husband  lives  in  Mitchell  County,  Kansas.  Ray 
Endicott  is  their  only  child,  but,  by  a  former  marriage  of  H.  E.  Endicott, 
he  has  three  children:  George,  Charles  and  William,  all  of  Mitchell 
County,  Kansas. 

Ray  Endicott  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  in  Missouri  and 
Nebraska,  and,  during  the  World  War,  attended  the  Rhae  Auto  School  of 
Kansas  City,  Missouri,  and,  after  finishing  a  course  there,  enlisted  at 
Camp  Dodge  in  the  Mechanics  Division  of  the  United  States  Army  Corps, 


540  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

and  was  retained  there  until  the  war  closed.  His  division  was  due  to  go 
overseas  on  the  9th  of  November,  but,  owing  to  the  armistice  being  signed, 
he  was  mustei'ed  out  at  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Ray  Endicott  was  married  July  9,  1917,  to  Nora  Justice,  a  daughter 
of  T.  A.  Justice  and  wife  of  Cypress  Township,  who  now  live  in  this 
county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Endicott  have  two  children:  Harold  and  Reva 
Maxine. 

For  the  past  two  years,  Mr.  Endicott  has  been  with  the  Blue  Ridge 
Garage,  and  is  a  very  efficient  mechanic.  He  is  well  and  favorably  known 
throughout  the  town. 

Arthur  Justice,  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Endicott,  was  in  the  United  States 
Navy  for  eighteen  months,  having  enlisted  from  Harrison  County.  He 
was  a  gun  pointer  on  the  United  States  Battleship  Oregon  in  the  European 
waters.  He  married  Georgia  Richardson,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
E.  F.  Richardson,  and  they  are  now  on  a  farm  in  CjTiress  Township. 


Heni-y  G.  Sutton,  a  successful  contractor  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  was 
born  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  August  5,  1870,  the  son  of  John  Harvey 
and  Ellen  F.  (Hubbard)  Sutton. 

John  Harvey  Sutton  was  born  November  26,  1846  in  Rush  County, 
Indiana,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Nancy  A.  (Durgin)  Sutton.  George  Sutton, 
the  paternal  grandfather  of  John  H.  Sutton,  spent  his  life  as  a  farmer 
in  Preble  County,  Ohio,  and  died  there  about  the  year  1860,  when  past 
seventy  years  of  age.  During  the  War  of  1812,  he  saw  service  under 
General  Hull.  He  and  his  wife,  Hannah  Sutton,  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  John,  a  carpenter  in  Franklin  County,  Indiana,  and 
who  taught  this  trade  to  Jacob  Sutton ;  Aaron,  who  died  in  Daviess  County, 
Missouri,  in  1867;  Samuel,  a  fanner,  who  died  in  Harrison  County  in 
1909;  Noah,  who  died  in  Knox  County,  Indiana;  Simeon,  who  died  in 
Bethany,  Missouri,  in  1910;  Harvey  Jacob,  who  died  in  1867;  Benjamin, 
who  died  in  Harrison  County  in  1902 ;  Sarah,  the  wife  of  Williamson  Pugh, 
who  died  in  Indiana;  Letitia,  the  wife  of  William  Dickson,  of  Wichita, 
Kansas;  Julia  Orson  Guard,  who  died  in  1914.  Harvey  Sutton  lived  near 
Rutland,  Ilhnois ;  Simeon  Harvey  was  a  captain  of  volunteers  in  Missouri 
during  the  Civil  War  and  was  captured  by  the  enemy  at  the  Battle  of 
Glasgow;  and  Benjamin  Sutton  was  with  General  Sherman's  army  on  its 
famous  march  to  the  sea.    He  was  wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Atlanta. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  541 

Jacob  Sutton,  the  father  of  John  Harvey  Sutton,  was  born  in  Preble 
County,  Ohio,  May  2,  1823,  and  during  his  boyhood,  acquired  a  fair  edu- 
ation,  and  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  with  his  eldest  brother.  He 
moved  to  Indiana  in  1844  and  engaged  in  this  work  there  for  several 
years  when  he  located  in  Missouri.  Among  his  works  of  construction 
were  the  Hubbard  and  Westfieling  residences  in  Harrison  County,  two 
well  known  houses  in  days  before  the  Civil  War.  Jacob  Sutton  entered 
the  Union  Army,  during  the  war,  and  enlisted  with  Merrill's  Horse,  Second 
Missouri  Cavalry,  Company  F.  His  regiment  served  in  Missouri  and 
Arkansas  and  he  participated  in  the  battles  of  Wilson  Creek,  Kirkville 
and  Little  Rock,  and  in  eastern  Tennessee  and  Alabama,  he  did  scout 
duty,  taking  part  in  minor  engagements.  He  died  in  October,  1867,  on 
his  farm  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri.  He  was  a  Republican  and  cast 
his  first  vote  for  John  C.  Fremont.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Christian 
Church  and  served  the  Coffey  congregation  as  elder. 

Jacob  Sutton  married  Nancy  A.  Durgin  in  1846,  a  daughter  of  Ahira 
G.  Durgin  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri.  Ahira  Durgin  was  a  farmer, 
millwright  and  carpenter  and  was  born  in  Rutland,  Vermont,  October  12, 
1804,  and  died  November,  1864.  He  came  to  Missouri  in  1841  from  Deca- 
tur County,  Indiana,  and  did  much  work  as  millwright  in  Daviess  County. 
He  was  captain  of  Militia,  Union  troops,  during  the  Civil  War.  Captain 
Durgin  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  a  member  of  several  commissions  in 
laying  out  state  roads,  and  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Sutton  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
John  Harvey,  father  of  Henry  G.;  Sarah  E.,  who  died;  Ahira  G.,  a  fruit 
farmer  of  Branson,  Missouri;  Letitia  A.,  who  married  William  Bolin  of 
Spencer,  South  Dakota;  Mary,  who  died  in  childhood;  Frances  Caroline 
Reichel,  whose  husband  is  a  dairyman  in  Puget  Sound,  Washington. 

John  Harvey  Sutton  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools,  Bethany  Col- 
legiate Institute  and  Old  Chillicothe  Seminary.  He  taught  school  in  Da- 
viess and  Harrison  counties  and  eventually  learned  the  carpenter  trade 
under  the  tutelage  of  his  father,  and  entered  the  contracting  business  at 
Jameson,  Missouri,  where  he  built  a  school  house  and  many  other  build- 
ings. He  lived  there  for  fifteen  years  and  then  went  to  Pratt,  Kansas, 
and,  while  there,  erected  some  of  the  best  buildings  of  the  town.  He  came 
to  Bethany,  Missouri,  in  1889  and  continued  to  work  here  until  his  death 
in  1920.  The  Methodist,  Christian  and  Baptist  churches  were  built  by 
him.  From  1898  to  1903,  he  built,  among  other  buildings,  the  court  house 
and  high   school  at  Grant  City  Missouri,  and  from   1911   to   1913,   he 


542  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

erected  the  Pythian  Home  at  Springfield,  two  churches  at  Pattonsburg 
and  the  High  School  and  Peoples  Exchange  Bank  at  Jamesport,  Missouri. 
He  was  appointed  assessor  of  Harrison  County  by  Governor  Folk  in  1906, 
and  was  a  delegate  to  the  Missouri  State  convention  in  1910.  He  served  for 
eight  years  in  the  Bethany  council,  and  was  on  the  water  works  and 
finance  committee  during  the  construction  of  the  water  works. 

John  Harvey  Sutton  was  married  May  13,  1868,  to  Ellen  F.  Hub- 
bard, a  daughter  of  Captain  Elijah  Hubbard,  and  they  are  the  pai-ents  of 
the  following  children:  Leonard  H.,  who  died  at  Liberal,  Kansas,  July, 
1913;  Henry  G.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Fred  K.  of  Liberal,  Kansas; 
Ralph  H.  of  Little  Rock,  Arkansas;  Sadie,  the  wife  of  S.  B.  Stockwell; 
Nell  K.,  former  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  Harrison  County ; 
John  H.,  Jr.,  contractor  at  Pattonsburg,  Missouri ;  and  Herbert  D.  of 
Bethany,  Missouri. 

Henry  G.  Sutton  was  married  in  1891  to  Gertrude  H.  Thomas,  who 
died  in  October,  1920.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Lon  and  Mary  J.  Thomas, 
both  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sutton  were  the  parents  of  a  daughter.  Fay, 
the  wife  of  Horace  W.  Dunn  of  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Sutton  has  been  contracting  for  the  past  thirty  years  and  was 
in  partnership  with  his  father  until  about  fifteen  years  ago.  He  has 
constructed  some  of  the  best  buildings  in  this  city,  among  which  are 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  Hall  and  the  buildings  of  the  Harrison  County 
Fair  Grounds.  Mr.  Sutton  has  also  done  sixty  per  cent  of  the  paving  in 
the  City  of  Bethany.  He  now  has  the  contract  for  the  bridge  work  on 
the  Jefferson  Highway,  which  passes  through  this  county.  Among  other 
buildings  Mr.  Sutton  has  erected  are:  The  Barlow  building.  Deal  build- 
ing, Edson  garage.  Bridges,  Webb,  Jones,  Walter  Lingle,  and  Frank  Cuddy 
residences,  and  a  hundred  others. 

Mr.  Sutton  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  and  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  Lodge.  He  is  well  known  in  Bethany  and  HaiTison 
County,  and  is  a  substantial  and  highly  respected  citizen. 


W.  H.  Courier,  proprietor  of  Fairview  Stock  Farm,  is  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful and  enter]3rising  farmers  and  stockmen  of  Harrison  County.  He 
was  born  in  Cypress  Township,  March  4,  1853,  two  and  one-fourth  miles 
west  of  where  he  now  resides,  in  Adams  Township,  the  son  of  D.  C.  and 
Chloey  Jane  (Miller)  Courter.     The  latter  was  born  in  Jackson  County, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  543 

Ohio,  a  daughter  of  Adam  Miller  and  wife,  pioneers  of  Cypress  Township. 
D.  C.  Courter,  Sr.,  was  a  stockman  and  farmer  and  owned  500  acres  of 
land  at  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1897. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dewitt  Clinton  Courter  were  the  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing children:  James  I.,  who  died  in  1910  and  who  married  Martha  Jane 
Ballard ;  W.  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  J.  M.,  who  married  Jennie 
Rice,  and  who  died  in  1919;  Garland,  who  died  in  1910;  Dewitt  C,  Jr.,  of 
Coffey,  Missouri;  George,  a  farmer  of  Cypress  Township,  who  married 
Pemelia  Britcher;  Minta,  the  wife  of  G.  A.  Miller,  a  sketch  of  whom 
appears  in  this  book;  Delcina,  the  wife  of  L.  B.  Binney  of  Gallatin,  Mis- 
souri ;  and  Samuel,  deceased,  who  married  Lottie  McClure. 

W.  H.  Courter  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Pleasant  Ridge 
and  Reynolds  disti'icts,  and  lived  with  his  parents  until  he  was  thirty- 
three  years  of  age.  He  was  married  November  22,  1886,  to  Mary  Fannie 
Iddings  of  Daviess  County,  a  daughter  of  Lafayette  W.  and  N.  E.  Iddings, 
both  deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Courter  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Ezra  L.,  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri;  Elinor,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
thirteen  years;  Iva,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Aura  Everly,  of 
Daviess  County;  Nova  H.,  who  lives  at  home;  Norval,  on  the  home  place, 
who  married  Ethel  Gardner;  Judson  C.  and  Orris  D.  both  at  home. 

Ezra  L.  Courter  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army  in  April,  1918, 
at  Bethany,  Missouri,  as  a  mechanic.  He  was  transferred  to  Camp  Jack- 
son, South  Carolina,  and  to  Alabama,  and  at  Camp  McLellan,  Alabama, 
he  was  made  top  sergeant  quite  some  time  before  the  armistice  was 
signed.  Nova  H.  Courter  enlisted  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  was  sent 
to  Camp  Funston,  where  he  was  kept  with  the  Medical  Corps  of  the 
28th  Field  Artillery.  He  was  mustered  out  January  24,  1919,  and  is  now 
assisting  with  the  farm  work  on  the  home  place ;  he  is  also  left  fielder 
for  the  Bethany  base  ball  team. 

Mr.  Courter  owns  500  acres  of  land,  all  of  which,  except  eighty  acres, 
is  in  Cypress  Township.  When  he  first  began  working  for  himself,  he 
went  in  debt  for  his  first  eighty  acres,  which  he  sold  later  and  bought 
195  acres,  and  gradually  added  to  his  farm  until  he  has  his  present  valu- 
able place.  He  rebuilt  his  residence,  built  new  barn  and  fences,  and  has 
one  of  the  finest  farms  in  Adams  Township.  Mr.  Courter  has  fed  cattle 
and  hogs  extensively,  and  his  farm  is  well  watered.  His  farm  is  well 
improved  with  good  buildings  suitable  for  stock  raising. 


544  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mr.  Courter  has  ahvays  been  a  booster  for  schools  and  churches  and 
is  a  man  of  progressive  ideas.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  at  Coffey,  Missouri. 


Maj.  Randall  Wilson,  a  well  known  and  successful  attorney  at  Beth- 
any, was  born  May  26,  1889,  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  the  son  of  J.  C.  and 
Alice  E.  (Turner)  Wilson. 

Randall  Wilson  received  his  education  in  the  public  school  of  Bethany, 
Wentworth  Military  Academy  from  which  he  graduated  in  1907,  the  Uni- 
versity of  Missouri  and  the  Law  School  of  the  University  of  Michigan  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1912.  He  at  once  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Beth- 
any, associating  himself  with  his  father.  Judge  J.  C.  Wilson,  and  continued 
in  the  practice  until  June,  1916,  when  he  entered  the  United  States  service 
and  went  with  his  company  to  the  Mexican  border.  He  had  enlisted  at 
his  home  town  in  Company  "G",  4th  Infantry  (Missouri)  N.  G.  U.  S.  and 
was  elected  captain  of  the  company  at  the  date  of  his  enlistment.  He  re- 
turned home  from  the  Mexican  border  in  March,  1917  and  again  took  up 
the  practice  of  law  with  his  father  remaining  at  his  home  until  August, 
1917. 

When  the  United  States  declared  war  against  Germany,  he  again 
volunteered  his  services,  entering  the  sen'ice  of  the  United  States  again 
in  August,  1917;  he  went  with  his  company  to  Camp  Doniphan,  Okla- 
homa. In  October  of  that  year  the  Fourth  Missouri  and  the  Third  Kan- 
sas Infantry  were  merged  into  the  139th  U.  S.  Infantry,  35th  Division,  and 
Randall  Wilson  was  placed  in  command  of  Company  "G"  of  that  organ- 
ization. 

In  April,  1918,  he  with  his  organization  was  ordered  overseas  and  he 
remained  in  command  of  this  organization  until  October  6,  1918.  During 
his  command,  this  organization  participated  in  the  defensive  sector  of  the 
Voges  Mountains,  the  battle  of  St.  Mihiel  and  the  battle  of  the  Argonne 
Forest.  Following  the  battle  of  the  Avgonne  Forest,  Randall  Wilson  was, 
by  order,  made  operations  officer  of  his  regiment  and  directed  the  opera- 
tions of  his  regiment  until  November  of  that  year. 

Captain  Wilson  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major  on  October  29, 
1918  while  he  was  at  Verdun,  and  in  November  was  placed  in  command  of 
the  first  battalion  of  his  regiment  which  battalion  he  commanded  until 
January,  1919,  when  by  order  of  the  commanding  general  of  the  35th 


MAJOR  RANDALL  WILSON 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  545 

Division,  he  was  transferred  to  the  command  of  the  second  battalion  of 
the  140th  Infantry  for  the  purpose  of  raising  the  standard  of  that  bat- 
talion. Having  accomplished  his  mission,  in  March,  1919,  he  was  re- 
turned to  the  command  of  the  first  battalion  of  the  139th  Infantry.  In 
April,  1919,  he  was  again  transferred  and  was  placed  in  command  of  the 
114th  Military  Police  Battalion  with  headquarters  at  Lyons,  France,  the 
second  largest  city  in  France.  He  was  ordered  home  in  June  and  mus- 
tered out  of  service  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  July  8,  1919. 

For  his  valor  and  devotion  to  duty  in  the  battle  of  the  Argonne,  Major 
Wilson  was  cited  by  Gen.  John  J.  Pershing,  being  awarded  the  Silver  Star 
citation,  the  highest  award  of  the  General  Commander  of  the  American 
Expeditionary  Forces ;  General  Traub,  commanding  the  35th  Division,  and 
by  his  regimental  commander. 

Major  Wilson  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  partnership 
with  his  father  since  his  return  from  the  World  War.  In  April,  1920,  he 
was  appointed  city  attorney  and  is  serving  the  city  in  that  capacity  at 
the  time  of  the  writing  of  this  sketch.  His  training  in  law  added  to  the 
broad  experience  which  he  obtained  by  his  service  in  the  World  War  have 
helped  to  make  him  one  of  the  valuable  and  progressive  citizens  of  his 
native  town.  Major  Wilson  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  the  Elks,  one  of  the  first  lodges  in  the  United  States  to 
give  and  provide  a  hospital  for  soldiers  of  the  World  War.  He  is  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  "Wilson-Axline  Post",  No.  216,  Department  of  Mis- 
souri, American  Legion. 

Major  Wilson  married  November  24,  1915  to  Monte  L.  Ballard,  a 
daughter  of  Judge  John  R.  and  Lola  (Barlow)  Ballard,  of  Bethany.  Major 
and  Mrs.  Wilson  have  one  son,  Pershing,  born  January  7,  1918. 


Homer  RoUen,  better  known  as  Homer  Hamaker,  a  prominent  and 
successful  fanner  of  Adams  Township,  was  born  in  Ray  County,  Missouri, 
April  30,  1874,  and  was  reared  by  Oliver  Hamaker  in  Harrison  County, 
Missouri,  three  miles  south  of  Blue  Ridge,  Missouri.  His  father,  Mr. 
Rollen,  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  and  died  from  injuries  received 
while  in  the  service. 

When  Homer  Hamaker  was  four  years  of  age,  he  came  to  Daviess 
County,  Missouri,  with  his  uncle,  Isaac  Odell,  who  now  lives  in  Excelsior 
Springs,  Missouri.  Homer  Hamaker  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
(30) 


546  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

of  this  county,  and  has  hved  in  Adams  Township  ever  since  he  came  here. 
He  owns  a  valuabe  farm  of  320  acres,  three-fourths  mile  west  of  Blue  Ridge, 
and  this  is  a  well  improved  place,  with  good  residence,  tenat  house,  two 
bams,  etc.  Mr.  Hamaker  purchased  this  farm  in  July,  1919,  and  was 
formerly  known  as  the  John  Oram  farm. 

Mr.  Hamaker  does  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  and  is  quite 
successful. 

Homer  Hamaker  was  married  in  1899  to  Osa  Oram,  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Jennie  Oram.  Mrs.  Jennie  Oram  died  in  April,  1919,  and  her  hus- 
band now  lives  in  Oilman,  Missouri.  Mrs.  Hamaker  was  born  near  Mel- 
boui'ne,  Missouri,  and  received  her  education  there. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Oram  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Mrs.  Dora  Taggart,  deceased ;  Mrs.  Nancy  Cole  of  Bethany,  Missouri ; 
Mrs.  Osa  Hamaker;  and  Marian,  of  Melbourne,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hamaker  are  the  parents  of  five  children :  Delbert, 
Willis,  Emmett,  Dean  and  Edna  Fay. 

Homer  Hamaker  is  well  known  and  highly  respected  in  Adams  Town- 
ship, where  he  and  Mrs.  Hamaker  have  many  friends  and  acquaintances. 


Jesse  L.  Lowe,  one  of  Harrison  County's  honored  veterans  of  the 
World  War,  was  born  in  Gentry  County,  Missouri,  October  30,  1887,  the 
son  of  W.  N.  and  Lulu  J.  (Roberts)  Lowe. 

W.  N.  Lowe  was  born  in  Gentry  County  and  his  wife  in  DeKalb 
County.  They  now  live  in  Oilman  City.  Their  children  were:  Charlie, 
living  in  Oilman  City ;  Curtis,  living  in  Coin,  Iowa ;  Roy,  living  in  Billings, 
Montana ;  Mintie,  living  in  Oilman  City ;  Lennie,  now  Mrs.  C.  E.  Davisson, 
of  Oilman  City;  and  Jesse  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  By  a  fonner 
marriage  of  W.  N.  Lowe,  he  had  a  daughter,  Mecie,  now  Mrs.  Charles 
Fusson  of  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma. 

Jesse  L.  Lowe  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Gentry  County 
and  was  a  painter  by  trade  prior  to  entering  the  World  War.  He  enlisted 
for  service  in  the  army,  July  2,  1917  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  He  was 
sent  to  Nevada,  Missouri,  for  training  and  remained  six  weeks ;  then  went 
to  Camp  Doniphan,  Fort  Sill.  Oklahoma;  from  there  to  Camp  Mills,  New 
York,  April  10,  1918;  and  overseas  on  April  25,  1918.  He  airived  in 
Liverpool,  England,  and  from  there  was  sent  to  Havre,  France.  He  par- 
ticipated in  the  battles  in  Vosges  Mountains  and  was  wounded  there  Aug- 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  547 

ust  9,  1918,  receiving  four  wounds  from  a  hand  grenade,  one  in  the  head, 
two  in  the  leg,  and  two  in  the  body.  He  was  taken  to  a  field  hospital  in 
Cruth,  France,  and  then  to  the  Base  Hospital  at  Vishie,  and  finally  to 
Savonne,  from  which  place  he  was  sent  home  on  October  15,  1918.  He 
landed  at  New  York,  October  25,  1918  and  remained  in  the  hospital  on 
Ellis  Island  for  a  week,  then  was  taken  to  Fort  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and 
from  there  to  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa.  He  was  discharged  as  ninety  per  cent 
disabled,  February  28,  1919.  In  June,  1919,  he  was  taken  to  a  hospital 
in  St.  Joseph  for  an  operation,  remaining  in  the  hospital  for  two  weeks. 

Mr.  Lowe  served  in  Company  M,  139th  Infantry,  35th  Division  and  is 
one  of  the  men  recently  placed  by  the  government  on  the  permanent  total 
disability  list.  He  makes  his  home  in  Oilman  City,  Missouri,  where  he 
is  esteemed  most  highly  for  his  service  to  the  country. 


W.  H.  Oram,  prominent  pioneer  citizen  of  Harrison  County,  Missouri, 
was  born  in  Harrison  County  five  miles  north  of  Oilman  City,  September 
2,  1849,  the  son  of  John  Owen  and  Sophia  (Payne)  Oram. 

John  Owen  Oram  was  born  in  Maryland.  He  moved  to  Ohio  in  the 
early  days  and  then  came  to  Daviess  County,  Missouri  in  1839.  Later  he 
traded  for  the  farm  upon  which  W.  H.  was  born  and  where  John  Owen 
Oram  continued  to  live  until  his  death  in  September,  1878.  Sophia 
(Payne)  Oram  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  was  married  there.  She  died  at 
the  home  place  one  and  one-half  miles  east  of  Oilman  City  in  1874.  Both 
she  and  her  husband  are  buried  in  Mitchell  Cemetery,  near  Melbourne. 
Their  children  were :  Thomas,  living  in  Oilman  City ;  James,  a  Civil  War 
veteran,  now  deceased;  Elizabeth,  later  Mrs.  Scott  and  now  deceased; 
Rachel,  later  Mrs.  Ward  and  now  deceased;  Edward,  deceased;  W.  H., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  John,  now  living  in  Oilman  City;  Sarah,  now 
Mrs.  Burrell,  of  Oilman  City;  Mary,  now  Mrs.  Claybaugh,  of  Seneca, 
Nebraska;  and  Charles  D.,  now  living  in  Denver,  Colorado. 

W.  H.  Oram  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools  of  Harrison  County, 
attending  the  Hagerty  school  part  of  the  time.  He  took  up  the  vocation 
of  farming,  buying  land  in  Daviess  and  Harrison  counties,  and  then  buy- 
ing out  the  heirs  of  his  parents  until  he  at  one  time  had  1120  acres  of 
land.  He  recently  sold  440  acres  to  his  oldest  son.  Mr.  Oram  was  an 
extensive  farmer  and  stockman  and  was  known  throughout  the  county 
for  his  enterprise  and  success.     He  now  has  160  acres  of  land  adjoining 


548  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

the  townsite  of  Gilman  City.     He  has  lived  here  since  1915  and  has  a 
modern  home  with  electricity  and  water  installed. 

W.  H.  Oram  was  married  in  1872  to  Elizabeth  Ward,  a  daughter  of 
James  F.  and  Rebecca  (Staley)  Ward.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ward  were 
born  in  Sangamon  County,  Illinois.  They  came  to  Missouri  in  1856,  and 
settled  two  and  one-half  miles  east  of  Bancroft.  Mrs.  Ward  died  in  1870 
and  Mr.  Ward  died  in  Gilman  City,  February  20,  1908.  They  are  buried 
in  Mitchell  Cemetery.  To  James  F.  and  Rebecca  (Staley)  Ward  the  fol- 
lowing children  were  born :  Maiy  Jane,  later  Mrs.  Oram,  deceased ;  Eliza- 
beth, now  Mrs.  W.  H.  Oram;  J.  D.,  now  living  in  Oklahoma;  William, 
Gilman  City;  Lucretia  Oram,  Gilman  City;  Marian  F.,  Gilman  City; 
Louisa,  now  Mrs.  Lirley,  of  Gilman  City;  Robert,  deceased;  and  Rosa, 
deceased. 

To  W.  H.  and  Elizabeth  (Ward)  Oram  the  following  children  were 
born:  Sylvester,  now  living  on  the  home  farm  in  Sugar  Creek  Township, 
married  to  Mrs.  Lizzie  Burrell  and  has  three  children,  Bertha,  Doris  and 
William;  C.  F.,  a  brief  sketch  of  whom  appears  later;  and  Rebecca  Pearl, 
living  in  Daviess  County,  seven  miles  southeast  of  Gilman  City,  married 
to  Edmond  Leigh,  a  farmer  and  stockman.  They  have  four  children  liv- 
ing; Charles  F.,  Opal,  Harry  B.,  and  Willena.  Their  oldest  girl,  Estella, 
died  at  the  age  of  sixteen. 

Mr.  Oram  helped  organize  the  bank  at  Melbourne  and  his  son,  C.  F., 
was  the  first  cashier.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oram  are  stockholders  in  the 
Citizens  Bank  of  Gilman  City  which  Mr.  Oram  assisted  in  organizing. 

The  Citizens  Bank  of  Gilman  City  was  organized  in  1906  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $15,000.00.  The  first  cashier  was  Ed  Case;  he  was  suc- 
ceeded by  J.  0.  Oliphant,  who  was  succeeded  by  D.  E.  Fair.  Mr.  Fair 
was  the  cashier  until  1912,  when  the  present  cashier,  C.  F.  Oram,  went 
into  office.  The  present  capital  stock  of  the  bank  is  15,000  with  a  surplus  of 
$25,000.00  and  deposits  of  $110,000.00.  The  present  officers  of  the  bank 
are:  M.  F.  Ward,  president;  John  Brown,  vice-president;  C.  F.  Oram, 
cashier;  and  C.  F.  Oram,  E.  L.  Moulin,  H.  V.  Hutchinson,  G.  W.  Dowell, 
and  G.  W.  Oram,  directors.  The  bank  owns  the  brick  building  in  which  its 
business  is  conducted.     This  building  was  constructed  in  1911. 

C.  F.  Oram,  cashier  of  the  Citizens  Bank,  was  born  in  Daviess  County, 
August  27,  1878,  the  son  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County  and  followed  the  vocation  of 
farming  prior  to  his  acceptance  of  his  present  position.     He  still  conducts 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  549 

his  fanii  of  360  acres,  six  miles  southeast  of  Gihiian  City  and  does  general 
farming  and  stock  raising.  He  was  married  to  Tressie  Shaffer  of  Daviess 
County,  November  4,  1901.  She  is  the  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Susanna 
(Lierley)  Shaffer,  both  of  Oilman  City,  Missouri.  C.  F.  and  Tressie 
(Shaffer)  Oram  have  one  daughter,  Eva  Pearl. 

The  Oram  family  has  always  been  prominent  in  Harrison  County 
where  the  members  have  stood  for  high  ideals  in  citizenship  and  for 
everything  that  tends  toward  progress.  The  community  is  justly  proud 
of  the  record  of  the  Oram  laially. 


Josiah  Bogue,  a  well  known  and  highly  respected  pioneer  settler  of 
Harrison  County,  was  born  in  Fox  Creek  Township,  October  13,  1848, 
the  son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Wiles)  Bogue. 

Joseph  and  Hannah  (Wiles)  Bogue  were  married  in  Indiana  and  came 
to  Missouri  in  1837.  They  stopped  in  Daviess  County,  then  came  to  Fox 
Creek  Township,  Harrison  County,  where  they  took  up  a  claim  which  they 
later  sold  to  Daniel  Brown.  They  then  took  up  land  near  Bolton,  Mis- 
souri, and  in  1872,  they  moved  to  Cloud  County,  Kansas.  Joseph  Bogue 
died  in  Courtland,  Kansas,  and  is  buried  in  Cloud  County,  Kansas.  His 
wife,  who  died  several  years  before  her  husband,  is  buried  in  Springer 
Cemetery,  Han-ison  County,  Missouri. 

To  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Wiles)  Bogue  the  following  children  were 
born :  Sarah  Jane,  now  Mrs.  Anderson  Foster  of  Oilman  City ;  John,  who 
died  at  Benton  Barracks,  St.  Louis,  while  serving  in  the  Union  army ; 
Margaret,  now  deceased,  who  married  James  Manville  and  died  in  Sugar 
Creek  Township ;  Elizabeth,  now  deceased,  who  married  William  Springer, 
for  several  years  judge  of  the  county  court  of  Harrison  County;  Josiah, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  J.  Hugh,  who  died  at  Jamestown,  Cloud  County, 
Kansas ;  Mary,  now  the  wife  of  Thomas  Frisbie ;  Martha,  now  the  wife 
of  John  Jolly  of  Kansas ;  Jonathan,  now  living  in  Manhattan,  Kansas ;  and 
Jesse,  now  living  in  the  west. 

Josiah  Bogue  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County 
and  except  for  two  years  spent  in  Grundy  County,  has  lived  here  all  of 
his  life.  Harrison  County  has  been  the  scene  of  many  changes  during  the 
lifetime  of  Mr.  Bogue.  He  tells  of  how  there  were  only  three  families  liv- 
ing near  his  prairie  home  in  the  early  days.  They  were  the  families  of 
Lewis  Charlton;  old  Mr.  Barker,  who  lived  in  a  dugout  in  what  is  now 


550  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Sherman  Township ;  and  old  Mr.  Buck,  who  Hved  on  the  west  side  of  Pole 
Cat  Creek  near  Bethany.  When  the  families  needed  gi-oceries,  the  neigh- 
bors all  clubbed  together  and  sent  an  ox  team  to  Brunswick,  Missouri, 
taking  along  for  exchange,  beeswax,  deer  meat,  deer  hides  and  coon  skins 
while  they  brought  back  groceries  and  leather  which  was  made  into  shoes 
by  Hill  Lyons  who  lived  about  eight  miles  northeast  of  the  present  site 
of  Oilman  City.  The  corn  raised  on  the  farm  was  taken  to  an  old  horse 
power  mill  near  Eagleville  owned  by  Mr.  Taylor.  In  those  days.  Fox 
Creek,  Adams,  and  Sherman  towiiships  were  open  prairie.  Sugar  Creek 
and  Fox  were  partly  wooded.  On  all  of  this  wild  land  were  to  be  found 
wild  turkeys  and  deer.  It  required  from  four  to  six  yoke  of  oxen  to 
break  the  prairie  land,  and  Mr.  Bogue  often  drove  the  ox  teams  in  this 
work.  He  says  that  he  was  always  afraid  of  the  rattle  snakes  and  never 
quite  got  used  to  their  being  so  friendly. 

Mr.  Bogue  was  a  blacksmith  at  Bolton,  Trenton,  and  Blue  Ridge  for 
thirty  years  and  a  hotel  keeper  at  Oilman  City  from  1900  to  1903.  For 
the  twelve  years  following,  he  was  with  the  Haynes  Furniture  Company, 
since  that  time  has  has  been  living  in  Oilman  City  where  he  has  a  nice 
home  and  owns  six  lots  near  his  residence  and  four  in  the  south  part  of 
tovim.  He  raises  chickens,  keeps  Jersey  cows,  and  looks  after  his  flowers, 
enjoying  a  well  earned  leisure.  Besides  his  other  business  interests,  Mr. 
Bogue  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Oilman  City  Bank. 

Josiah  Bogue  was  married  to  Nancy  Ann  Taggart,  October  17,  1869. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Senator  John  Taggart  and  Matilda  Ann  (Wiley) 
Taggart,  both  deceased.  Mrs.  Bogue  was  born  in  Indiana,  but  came  to 
Harrison  County  with  her  parents  in  1860.  To  Josiah  and  Nancy  Ann 
(Taggart)  Bogue  the  following  children  were  born:  Lorenzo,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  four ;  John,  who  died  in  infancy ;  and  Levora  Etta,  now  the 
wife  of  N.  B.  Williams,  the  cashier  of  the  Oilman  City  Bank. 

Mr.  Bogue  has  been  called  several  times  to  serve  his  community  as  an 
officer.  He  was  constable  of  Fox  Creek  Township  for  fourteen  years ;  and 
was  elected  coroner  of  Harrison  County  about  1883.  He  served  one  term 
and  because  of  the  removal  of  the  sheriff,  Mr.  Bogue  filled  that  office.  He 
was  well  fitted  for  this  duty  as  he  had  seized  two  years  as  deputy  sheriff 
under  Thomas  Barker.  Mr.  Bogue  also  served  two  years  as  justice  of 
the  peace  in  Adams  Township  and  is  now  serving  his  third  term  as  justice 
of  the  peace  and  member  of  the  township  board  in  Sugar  Creek  Township. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  551 

He  is  the  president  of  the  board.     Since  moving  to  Gilman  City  Mr.  Bogiie 
has  served  as  mayor  for  three  successive  terms. 

The  estimation  in  which  Mr.  Bogue  is  held  by  his  fellow  citizens  is 
shown  by  the  number  of  times  they  have  summoned  him  to  fill  offices. 
He  is  known  as  a  man  who  is  interested  in  all  civic  welfare  and  he  is 
justly  popular  in  his  community. 


James  L.  Broyles,  well  known  farmer,  living  near  Gilman  City,  Adams 
Township,  was  born  in  Macon  County,  Missouri,  January  27,  1867,  the 
son  of  Simeon  and  Ellen  (McDavitt)  Broyles,  both  now  deecased. 

Simeon  Broyles  was  born  in  Kentucky  and  was  reared  in  Macon 
County,  Missouri.  He  came  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  in  Adams 
Township  in  1876.  He  farmed  here  until  1913  when  he  moved  to  Gilman 
City  where  he  lived  until  his  death  in  1920  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight. 
His  wife,  Ellen  (McDavitt)  Broyles,  was  born  in  Randolph  County,  Mis- 
souri. She  died  in  1913  at  the  age  of  seventy-five.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Broyles  are  buried  in  Gilman  City  Cemetery. 

The  children  of  Simeon  and  Ellen  (McDavitt)  Broyles  were:  Lela, 
who  was  married  to  H.  M.  Gutshall  and  who  died  in  the  fall  of  1909,  and 
James  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

James  L.  Broyles  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison 
County.  He  has  lived  in  Adams  Township  since  1876.  He  has  a  farm 
of  600  acres  located  two  and  one-half  miles  west  of  Gilman  City.  His  farm 
is  well  improved  and  shows  the  good  effect  of  his  progressive  methods. 
On  the  farm  he  has  a  nice  residence,  two  tenant  houses,  two  barns,  one 
built  in  1889  and  one  in  1909,  a  good  set  of  farm  implements,  a  good  well 
and  ponds  for  the  stock.  Mr.  Broyles  keeps  everything  in  good  repair  and 
the  farm  has  a  well  kept  and  prosperous  appearance. 

James  L.  Broyles  was  married  to  Lillie  A.  Gutshall,  February  3,  1887. 
Mrs.  Broyles  is  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Kittie  A.  Gutshall.  Jacob  Guts- 
hall was  married  near  Cadiz,  Ohio  and  came  to  Missouri,  locating  in  Har- 
rison County  in  the  early  sixties.  He  died  on  his  farm  in  Adams  Town- 
ship in  1881  and  his  wife  died  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Broyles, 
in  1900.     Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gutshall  are  buried  in  Union  Grove  Cemetery. 

To  Jacob  and  Kittie  A.  Gutshall  the  following  children  were  born: 
John  C,  now  deceased;  H.  M.  Gutshall  now  living  near  Blue  Ridge,  Mis- 


552  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

souri;  Willie  Gutshall  now  deceased  and  Gideon  Gutshall  now  deceased; 
Lillie  A.,  the  wife  of  James  L.  Broyles. 

James  L.  Broyles  and  Lillie  A.  (Gutshall)  Broyles  had  one  son,  Basil 
C.,  who  died  April  4,  1912,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four.  He  was  mamed 
to  Roberta  Wilson  and  left  one  daughter,  Mildred  Lucille.  His  widow 
lives  in  Moberly,  Missouri.  Basil  C.  Broyles  was  a  hardware  merchant  in 
Gilman  City  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and  was  a  bright  and  promising  young  man. 

James  L.  Broyles  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  at  Gilman  City  and  is  connected  with  the  Gilman  City  Bank.  He 
is  known  as  an  upright  and  honorable  citizen  in  Harrison  County. 


Dockery  Wilson,  a  well  known  member  of  the  Harrison  County  bar 
of  the  younger  generation,  is  a  native  son  of  Harrison  County  and  a  mem- 
ber of  one  of  the  prominent  families  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  is  a 
son  of  James  C.  and  Alice  (Turner)  Wilson,  the  former  a  native  of  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  and  the  latter  was  bom  in  Bethany,  Harrison  County  and  whose 
parents  were  early  settlers  here. 

The  Wilson  family  is  of  unusual  interest  from  a  number  of  stand- 
points. James  C.  Wilson,  the  father,  of  whom  further  mention  is  made 
elsewhere  in  this  volume,  is  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  this  section  of 
the  state,  and  his  three  living  sons.  Garland,  Major  Randall  and  Dockery, 
of  this  review,  are  also  all  attorneys.  Captain  Carlisle  "Chuck"  who  died 
in  France  from  wounds  received  in  the  battle  of  Argonne  Forest  was  also 
an  attorney. 

Dockery  Wilson  served  in  the  World  War  as  a  first  lieutenant  of  in- 
fantry and  his  two  brothers,  Randall  and  Carlisle,  biographical  sketches 
of  whom  appear  in  this  volume  also  served  as  commissioned  officers  in  the 
World  War,  the  former  attaining  the  rank  of  major  and  the  latter  was 
commissioned  captain. 

Dockery  Wilson  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  the  public  schools  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  After  com- 
pleting his  university  course  and  reading  law  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Missouri.  While  Mr.  Wilson  is  identified  with  the  prac- 
tice of  law  to  a  certain  extent,  at  the  present  time  he  is  interested  in  other 
enterprises  to  such  an  extent  that  little  of  his  time  is  now  devoted  to  the 


FIRST  LIEUT.  DOCKERY  WILSON 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  553 

law.     He  is  public  spirited  and  progressive  and  his   courteous   manner, 
ability  and  loyalty  have  made  him  many  friends. 

For  many  years  the  Wilson  family  has  been  prominent  in  north- 
eastern Missouri.  Dockery  Wilson,  his  father  and  his  brothers  have  been 
identified  with  progressive  movements  and  have  been  strong  factors  in 
the  growth  of  their  section  of  the  state. 


William  Walden,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Melbourne,  and  president  of 
the  Bank  of  Melbourne  for  the  past  four  years,  was  born  in  Laurel  County, 
Kentucky,  September  26,  1857,  the  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Walden, 
who  were  married  in  Kentucky  and  came  to  Grundy  County,  Missouri,  in 
1872,  and  improved  a  farm  there.  William  Walden  lived  there  until 
twenty-five  years  of  age. 

John  Walden  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years  and  his  wife 
when  seventy-nine  years  of  age  and  they  are  buried  in  Coon  Creek  Church 
Cemetery.  John  Walden  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  enlisting  with 
the  Union  army  from  Kentucky  and  serving  two  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  Walden  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  William ;  Arm- 
ilda,  the  wife  of  Martin  Duncan,  of  Nodaway  County,  Missouri;  J.  M.,  a 
retired  farmer  of  Grundy  County,  Missouri ;  Morgan,  B.  H.  and  R.  S.,  all 
on  the  home  place. 

William  Walden  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Grundy  County. 
Thirty-six  years  ago,  he  moved  to  his  present  home  one-fourth  mile  east 
of  Melbourne.  This  place  consists  of  170  acres  and  is  well  improved,  with 
good  buildings,  fences,  two  barns,  etc.  Mr.  Walden  engages  in  general 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  very  successful. 

In  1883,  Mr.  Walden  was  married  to  Saphrona  A.  Cole,  a  daughter  of 
Solomon  and  May  Brown  Cole.  Solomon  Cole  died  about  1912  at  the  age 
of  eighty  years.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Mrs.  Elizabeth  Turley,  of  Sugar  Creek  Township;  Mrs.  Emma 
VanDyke,  of  Kansas ;  Mrs.  Lena  Moore  of  Grundy  County,  Missouri ;  Mrs. 
Walden;  0.  H.,  postmaster  at  Brimson,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Ellen  VanDyke 
and  Mrs.  Dora  Bosley,  both  deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walden  have  four  children:  Huldah,  the  wife  of  James 
Goudie,  of  Clinton,  Missouri ;  George,  who  married  Mary  Chaney,  and  who 
live  at  home ;  Ora,  the  wife  of  Hadley  Pollard  of  Grundy  County,  Missouri ; 


554  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

and  Sena,  the  wife  of  Paul  Brown  of  Sugar  Creek  Township.  Their  grand- 
children are:     Ray,  Beatrice  and  Bertie  Pollard. 

Mr.  Walden  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
He  is  progressive  and  public  spirited  and  one  of  the  substantial  citizens 
and  financiers  of  this  county. 

The  Bank  of  Melbourne  at  Melbourne,  Missouri,  was  organized  in 
1904  with  a  capital  stock  of  $10,000.00,  with  C.  F.  Oram,  cashier;  Dr.  E. 
Saylor,  secretary;  and  W.  H.  Oram,  president.  Its  present  capital  stock 
is  $10,000.00,  with  surplus  profits  of  $6,000.00,  and  the  present  ofticers 
are:  William  Walden,  president;  Israel  VanDyke,  vice-president;  Frank 
Murphy,  cashier.  All  of  the  officers  are  directors,  along  with  L.  D.  Terry, 
J.  B.  Shirley,  John  Hughes  and  W.  W.  Alexander.  The  deposits  are 
$50,000.00.  The  bank  owns  its  building  which  was  built  in  1904,  and  is 
one  of  the  most  dependable  institutions  in  the  county. 


W.  M.  and  D.  O.  Van  Dyke,  well  known  and  successful  proprietors  of 
Van  Dyke  Brothers  general  merchandise  store  at  Melbourne,  Missouri, 
were  born  in  Sugar  Creek  Township,  the  sons  of  Israel  and  Emily  Jane 
(Lovell)  Van  Dyke.  Emily  Jane  Van  Dyke  was  born  in  Illinois  and  died 
here  in  1920.  Her  husband  is  living  a  I'etired  life  in  Melbourne.  He  is 
a  Civil  War  veteran  as  are  also  two  of  his  brothers,  Griffith  and  Charlie 
Van  Dyke.  His  father,  John  Van  Dyke,  was  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican 
and  Civil  Wars  and  died  in  1862  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  a  hospital. 
Charley  Van  Dyke  died  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  Griffith  Van 
Dyke  died  in  1920.  The  Van  Dykes  are  of  German  and  English  descent 
and  the  great  grandfather  of  D.  0.  and  W.  M.  Van  Dyke  was  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Israel  Van  Dyke  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren :  Charlie,  who  conducts  a  restaurant  in  Melbourne,  Missouri ;  W.  M. 
and  D.  0.,  the  subjects  of  this  sketch;  Hannah,  the  wife  of  B.  F.  Payne 
of  Sugar  Creek  Township;  Mary,  the  wife  of  G.  W.  Chaney  of  Sugar 
Creek  Township;  Laura  Ann,  the  wife  of  G.  W.  Hazelit  of  Glen  Rock, 
Wyoming;  and  Martha,  the  wife  of  E.  McClure  of  Fox  Creek  Township. 

Van  Dyke  Brothers  purchased  their  store  from  G.  W.  Hazelit  in 
February,  1918.  They  have  a  nice  building,  25x28  with  steel  ceilings. 
They  conduct  their  store  in  a  systematic  and  businesslike  manner  and 
have  an  excellent  trade. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  555 

D.  0.  VaiiDyke  was  married  in  1913  to  Leora  Opal  McClufe,  a 
daughter  of  J.  C.  and  Celestia  McClure  of  Sugar  Creek  Township.  They 
have  three  children:    Herschel,  Celestia  J.  and  Randell  C. 

D.  0.  Van  Dyke  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  and  also  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


Samuel  R.  Foster,  a  well  known  citizen  of  Bethany  Township,  and 
member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  Harrison  County,  was  born  on  the  farm 
where  he  now  lives,  November  1,  1875,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Ann 
(Smith)  Foster.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Foster  were  married  in  Harrison 
County,  Missouri,  both  having  come  to  the  county  in  the  early  days  with 
their  parents.  Samuel  Foster  died  in  November,  1910  and  is  buried  at 
Antioch  and  his  wife  is  now  living  at  the  age  of  ninety  years,  with  her 
son.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Foster  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: John,  deceased;  William,  who  died  in  Texas;  Sarah  Jane  Harvey, 
of  Bethany  Township ;  Thomas  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  Rhodus,  deceased ; 
George,  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri;  Ellen  Ann  Flint,  of  Cypress  Town- 
ship; and  Samuel  R.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Samuel  R.  Foster  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  county 
and  has  lived  on  his  present  farm  all  of  his  life.  He  owns  sixty  acres, 
which  is  located  four  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  Bethany,  Missouri, 
and  all  of  the  improvements  on  the  place  were  put  on  by  his  father.  Mr. 
Foster  farms  sixty  additional  acres  to  that  of  his  farm  and  is  very  suc- 
cessful in  general  farming  and  dairying.  He  has  the  Jersey  cows,  eligible 
for  registry  and  milks  six  cows.  He  raises  the  0.  I.  C.  hogs  and  the 
standard  bred  Yellow  Leghorn  chickens. 

Samuel  R.  Foster  was  married  in  April,  1895,  to  Ida  M.  Selby,  a 
daughter  of  J.  P.  and  Ann  (Nichols)  Selby.  The  former  lives  in  Grant 
Township  and  the  latter  died  a  few  years  ago.  Mrs.  Foster  was  born  in 
this  county,  reared  and  educated  here.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Foster  have  two 
children:  Garland  M..  born  November  12,  1912;  and  McKinley  H.,  born 
March  21,  1896.  McKinley  H.  Foster  enlisted  with  Company  B,  356th 
Infantry,  September  17,  1917,  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston  and  from 
there  went  to  New  Mexico  with  Machine  Gun  Company,  134th  Infantry. 
He  went  overseas  June  15,  1918  with  Company  A,  108th  Machine  Gun 
Battalion,  28th  Division,  and  remained  with  them  until  his  return  to 
the  United  States,  May  17,  1919.     He  was  in  the  Argonne  Forest,  Chateau 


556  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Thierry,  and  spent  twenty-two  months  in  service.  He  is  now  living  at 
home  and  is  a  charter  member  of  the  American  Legion  Wilson-Axline  Post, 
No.  216,  and  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge. 

Samuel  Foster,  the  grandfather  of  this  subject,  entered  the  land  now 
owned  by  Alfred  Dale,  in  Sherman  Township,  which  consists  of  eighty 
acres,  in  1855.  At  that  time  he  had  no  neighbors  nearer  than  two  miles. 
His  wife  still  has  the  old  spinning  wheel  she  used  sixty-six  years  ago, 
and  also  a  pair  of  cotton  and  wool  cards,  together  with  a  little  wheel  foi' 
spinning  flax  and  tow.  John  S.  Allen  operated  a  store  in  Bethany,  and 
during  the  Civil  War,  Mrs.  Foster  walked  to  town  and  did  her  trading, 
while  her  husband  was  amay.  She  also  walked  to  Bethany  to  church. 
Her  husband  was  in  the  2nd  Arkansas  Cavalry.  Having  been  a  resident 
of  Texas  when  war  was  declared  and  not  desiring  to  join  the  southern 
army,  he  started  north  and  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  at  Fort  Smith. 
For  fifteen  months  Mrs.  Foster  never  slept  in  a  house.  She  drove  a  team 
through  from  Ft.  Smith,  Arkansas,  to  Springfield,  and  on  to  Harrison 
County,  Missouri,  in  1863,  and  then,  with  her  two  children  made  a  liveli- 
hood, until  her  husband's  return  from  the  army,  with  her  wheel  and  loom. 
Mrs.  Foster  bought  forty  acres  of  land  from  George  Foster  in  1865  and 
later  owned  150  acres,  buying  land  in  small  quantities.  Mrs.  Foster  was 
ninety  years  of  age,  August  23,  1921  and  is  still  active;  she  has  a  clear 
memory  and  good  hearing.  Mrs.  Foster  recalls  the  old  settlers  who  lived 
here  prior  to  the  Civil  War,  among  whom  were:  Lewis  Charlton,  for 
whom  Mrs.  Foster  worked  when  a  girl  for  one  dollar  a  week,  weaving  and 
spinning;  John  Jones,  Jonathan  Jones,  Adam  Brown,  Felix  Good,  John 
Bolar  and  Philip  Nighthart. 


K.  Clifford  Burris,  a  progressive  and  enterprising  farmer  of  Bethany 
Township,  was  born  in  Cypress  Township,  March  4,  1890,  the  son  of 
Frank  P.  and  Emma  C.  Burris,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume. 

K.  Clifford  Burris  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  also  at- 
tended Bethany  High  School.  After  finishing  his  education,  he  engaged 
in  farming  and  bought  a  farm  of  sixty  acres  in  1913,  formerly  the  Charlie 
Chapman  farm  in  Cypress  Township,  which  he  sold  in  1919.  At  present 
Mr.  Burris  is  farming  eighty  acres  of  the  Charles  Taggart  place  in  Beth- 
any Township. 

Mr.  Burris  is  very  successful  and  does  general  farming  and  stock 
raising.  He  raises  the  high  grade  Jersey  cattle  and  the  Spotted  Poland 
China  hogs,  and  the  pure  White  Leghorn  chickens. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  557 

July  2,  1913,  Mr.  Burris  was  married  to  Myra  Brown,  of  Cypress 
Township,  a  daughter  of  George  L.  and  Winnie  Brown.  Mrs.  Brown  died 
about  the  year  1893  and  is  buried  in  Burris  Cemetery  and  Mr.  Brown  is 
Hving  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

K.  Clifford  Burris  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  Mr.  Burris  is  a 
substantial  citizen  and  a  progressive  type  of  man.  He  is  a  good  farmer 
and  stockmian  and  successful  manager. 


Joseph  N.  Homan,  the  capable  and  well  known  street  commissioner 
of  Bethany,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Adams  County,  Iowa,  April  17,  1858, 
the  son  of  Wesley  and  Melissa  (Ramsey)  Homan,  natives  of  Kentucky, 
but  who  were  married  in  Putnam  County,  Indiana,  and  settled  in  Iowa 
in  1855,  where  Mr.  Homan  entered  land,  paying  therefore  $1.25  per  acre. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homan  died  there,  she  at  the  age  of  thirty-three  years 
in  1864,  and  he  in  1893,  and  they  are  buried  in  Washington  Township 
Cemetery  in  Adams  County.  Mr.  Homan  filled  the  office  of  county  treas- 
urer and  was  county  commissioner  there  for  some  time. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wesley  Homan  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Robert  of  Adams  County,  Iowa,  who  lives  near  the  home  place; 
Nancy  Jane  Falconer,  of  Enterprise,  Oregon;  Edmund,  of  Arkansas; 
Joseph  N. ;  William  M.,  who  died  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  in  1916;  and  Oliver 
P.,  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Joseph  N.  Homan  was  educated  in  Adams  County,  Iowa,  attending 
the  public  schools.  He  engaged  in  farming  there  until  1903,  then  re- 
moved to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  where  he  bought  a  farm  of  240 
acres,  four  miles  west  of  Ridgeway  in  Jefferson  Township.  The  farm  is 
well  improved  and  since  coming  here,  Mr.  Homan  has  built  three  barns, 
two  of  them  being  destroyed  by  fire.  Mr.  Homan  moved  to  Bethany  in 
February,  1917,  and  owns  a  residence  on  28th  Street.  He  was  appointed 
street  commissioner  in  1920  and  has  filled  this  office  for  the  past  year, 
giving  entire  satisfaction  to  the  citizens  of  Bethany  in  the  efficient  man- 
ner in  which  he  handles  the  duties  of  this  office. 

Mr.  Homan  was  married  February  21,  1880,  to  Miss  Luna  K.  Knodle 
of  Ogle  County,  Illinois,  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Virginia  (Eakle) 
Knodle.  Mrs.  Homan  was  eduated  at  Mount  Morris,  Illinois,  where  she 
attended  a  seminary. 


558  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homan  are  the  parents  of  four  children  living  and  one 
dead:  Oliver  L.,  Lois  E.,  Lula  Glee,  Ira  T.,  and  Edmund  Herschel. 
Oliver,  who  married  Minnie  Olson  of  Montford,  Wisconsin,  and  have  three 
children,  Luna  Mildred,  Jesse  and  Chauncey;  Lois  E.,  who  married  W.  E. 
Hendren  and  live  near  Eagleville  on  a  farm  of  their  own  and  have  one 
son,  Dwight,  and  lost  two  little  girls;  Ira  T.,  who  married  Carrie  C. 
Cooper  of  Holbrook,  Nebraska,  and  they  have  one  child  living,  Phylis, 
and  lost  one  little  girl;  Edmund  Herschel,  lives  on  the  home  place  on 
the  Jefferson  Highway,  just  half  way  between  Bethany  and  Eagleville. 
He  married  Nellie  N.  Teeter  of  Holbrook,  Nebraska,  and  has  one  child, 
Keith. 

Mr.  Homan  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  lodges  and  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  enter- 
prising citizens  of  Bethany.  They  are  also  leading  members  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church,  Mr.  Homan  being  the  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
School. 


Charles  M.  Wagoner,  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Sherman  Towaiship,  and 
proprietor  of  Woodbine  Farm,  was  born  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives, 
May  26,  1876,  the  son  of  John  W.  and  Clara  J.  (Williams)  Wagoner.  John 
W.  Wagoner  was  born  in  Indiana,  June  14,  1853,  and  his  wife  was  born 
June  4,  1860.  She  is  living  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  with  her  daughter. 
Bertha.  John  W.  Wagoner  died  March  17,  1899,  at  the  age  of  forty-five 
years  and  is  buried  in  Fairview  Cemetery.  John  W.  Wagoner  owned 
280  acres  of  land  at  the  time  of  his  death.  During  his  school  days,  he 
associated  with  Edgar  Howe,  now  a  famous  writer. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  W.  Wagoner  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children :  Charles  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  John  Burton  and  Bertha 
Jeannette,  twins,  born  June  16,  1879;  Roy  Silas,  bom  January  1,  1887, 
who  lives  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  near  Bancroft,  and  has  five  children. 

Jacob  Wagoner,  grandfather  of  Charles  M.  Wagoner,  was  born  near 
Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  and  located  in  Missouri,  April  16,  1859.  He 
settled  where  Charles  M.  Wagoner  now  lives,  paying  $650.00  for  eighty 
acres  of  land.  Jacob  Wagoner  died  in  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  in  April,  1888. 
Charles  Wagoner  has  a  photograph  of  his  grandfather's  residence,  built 
in  1865  on  the  site  of  his  present  home.  The  old  kitchen  still  stands  and 
is  used  now  for  a  smokehouse. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  559 

George  Wagoner,  the  grandfather  of  Jacob  Wagoner,  was  a  first 
lieutenant  under  General  George  Washington,  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

Charles  M.  Wagoner  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  at  Ridge- 
way  High  School,  and  moved  to  his  present  farm,  December  27,  1899. 
He  owns  280  acres  in  Sherman  Township,  and,  with  the  exception  of  a 
barn  built  in  1879,  has  put  all  of  the  buildings  on  the  place  himself.  The 
present  bungalow  was  built  in  1917  by  Charles  Wagoner,  and  is  a  pretty 
residence,  with  all  modern  conveniences,  including  furnace,  bath,  water, 
etc. 

Charles  M.  Wagoner  was  married  December  25,  1899,  to  Mada  Puis, 
a  daughter  of  James  A.  and  Margaret  Puis,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in 
connection  with  P.  C.  and  Everet  Puis,  her  brother.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wagoner 
were  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Carmaleta,  who  was  born  June  17,  1901, 
and  died  April  15,  1921.  She  was  the  wife  of  Roe  Foster,  having  married 
August  29,  1918. 

Mr.  Wagoner  has  filled  the  office  of  township  clerk  and  assessor  and 
has  an  extensive  acquaintance  throughout  the  county. 


W.  W.  Helton,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  proprietor  of  Fairview  Farm 
in  Fox  Creek  Township,  was  born  in  Morgan  County,  Indiana,  February 
20,  1859,  the  son  of  James  B.  and  Mary  Jane  (Kelso)  Helton,  both  of  whom 
died  in  Gentry  County  in  1912. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  B.  Helton  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Thomas  A.,  of  Stanberry,  Missouri;  W.  W.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  of  Harrison  County,  Missouri ;  Charlie,  of  Gentry  County,  Missouri ; 
Francis  M.,  Cass  County,  Missouri;  Sarah  Burroughs,  of  Iowa;  Hattie, 
the  wife  of  John  Petit  of  Idaho.  By  a  former  marriage  of  James  Helton, 
he  had  four  children:  Mrs.  Eliza  Jane  Stout,  deceased;  Jess  W.,  of  Mon- 
tana; Mrs.  Nancy  Ann  Elkins,  of  Indiana,  and  Mrs.  Mary  Studer,  de- 
ceased. 

W.  W.  Helton  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  came  to  Har- 
rison County,  Missouri,  in  1881,  locating  in  Fox  Creek  Township,  where 
he  bought  his  present  farm  in  1885  of  D.  P.  Brown.  He  now  owns  200 
acres,  which  is  situated  ten  miles  east  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  on  the  county 
road.  There  are  two  sets  of  improvements  on  the  farm,  a  fine  residence 
built  in  1897,  good  barn  and  other  buildings,  and  the  land  is  watered  by 
wells  and  pools.  Mr.  Helton  does  general  farming  and  is  very  successful. 
He  also  owns  a  residence  in  Bethany,  where  he  lives  in  the  winter. 


560  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

W.  W.  Helton  was  married  the  first  time  in  1884  to  Ibbie  Brown,  a 
daughter  of  D.  P.  Brown.  Mrs.  Helton  died  in  1908,  leaving  a  daughter, 
Lura  G.,  the  wife  of  Bert  Layson,  of  Cypress  Township,  and  they  have 
a  son,  Garland  Layson. 

Mr.  Helton  was  married  the  second  time  in  January,  1913,  to  Nellie 
Coffey,  of  Martinsville,  Indiana,  a  daughter  of  Moses  T.  and  Lucinda 
Renner  Coffey,  both  of  whom  are  deceased.  Mr.  Coffey  was  a  native  of 
Indiana  and  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and  his  wife  was  a  native  of  Ohio. 
Mrs.  Helton  was  educated  in  Morgan  County,  Indiana. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Coffey  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
George  W.,  deceased;  Maiy  J.,  the  wife  of  James  Beecham ;  John,  de- 
ceased; Philip  L.,  of  Indiana;  Mrs.  Barbary  Huntzniger,  deceased;  Eliza, 
the  wife  of  Nathan  Elgin ;  Mrs.  Helton ;  Willie,  of  Martinsville,  Indiana. 

Lewis  Coffey,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Helton,  was  of  Irish  descent,  and 
was  born  in  Kentucky,  but  moved  to  Indiana  in  pioneer  days.  The  Ren- 
ners,  who  are  Pennsylvania  Dutch,  are  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  reared 
there. 

Mr.  Helton  has  been  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  at 
Bethany  for  the  past  five  years  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  Har- 
rison County. 


Samuel  I.  Harrison,  an  enterprising  farmer  and  stockman  of  Marion 
Township,  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  near  Morrison  Chapel,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1884,  and  is  a  son  of  Henry  B.  and  Katharine  J.  (Milligan)  Har- 
rison, both  natives  of  Green  County,  Tennessee,  and  early  settlers  in 
Harrison  County,  Missouri,  where  the  father  was  a  successful  farmer 
during  his  active  career.  The  father  died  in  March,  1891  and  is  buried 
in  the  Ridgeway  Cemetery,  and  the  mother  lives  in  Marion  Township  with 
Samuel  I.  of  this  sketch. 

To  Henry  B.  and  Katharine  J.  (Milligan)  Harrison  were  born  the 
following  children :  John  W.,  married  Ira  McLaughlin  and  they  reside  at 
Ridgeway,  Missouri ;  Mary,  married  William  V.  Leasenby  and  they  live 
in  Marion  Township;  Seba  J.,  married  Alfred  Mulnix  and  they  live  in 
Marion  Township;  James,  married  Mae  Ellington  and  they  reside  at  Liv- 
ing Springs,  Montana;  Coleman  B.,  married  Hesther  Caldwell,  Marion 
Township;  Addie,  married  Wallace  Denton,  Marion  Township:  Emma, 
married  Sam  Baker,  Madison  Township;  Frank  married   Audrey  White 


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HISTORY   OF   HAKRISON   COUNTY  561 

and  they  live  in  Marion  Township;  Rufus,  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
years;  and  Samuel  I.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Samuel  I.  Harrison  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  attended  school  at  the 
Pleasant  Valley  School  District  and  other  rural  schools  in  Harrison  County. 
Early  in  life  he  bought  sixty  acres  of  land  which  he  later  sold  and  went 
to  Texas.  After  remaining  four  years  in  that  state,  he  returned  to  Har- 
rison County  and  operated  rented  land  for  two  years.  He  then  bought 
a  part  of  his  present  place  which  consisted  of  100  acres  of  valuable  land. 
Later  he  purchased  more  land  and  now  owns  208  acres  which  is  known  as 
"Blue  Grass  Corner."  The  place  is  well  improved  and  Mr.  Harrison  carries 
on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  met  with  success.  He  is 
unmarried  and  his  mother  m.akes  her  home  with  him. 

Mr.  Harrison  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  at  Ridgeway,  and 
has  held  membership  in  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  Lodge  for  the 
past  twenty  years.  He  is  a  Democrat  and  one  of  the  substantial  citizens 
of  Marion  Township  and  Harrison  County. 


Joseph  NefF,  a  progressive  and  enterprising  farmer  of  Sherman  and 
Fox  Creek  townships,  and  proprietor  of  Glendale  Farm,  is  a  native  of 
Fox  Creek  Township,  born  March  13,  1874,  the  son  of  Daniel  B.  and 
Nancy  E.  (Wiley)  Neff,  both  deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  Neff  were  natives  of  Indiana,  but  settled  in 
Harrison  County  in  1858,  and  Mr.  Neff  was  one  of  the  prominent  stock 
men  and  farmers  of  this  county  for  many  years.  He  died  May  4,  1919, 
and  his  wife  died  November  4,  1911;  both  are  buried  in  Miriam  Ceme- 
tery. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Neff  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
George  T.,  of  Bethany;  Landa  T.,  who  died  when  twenty-seven  years 
of  age ;  Minta  0.,  the  wife  of  Robert  Kincade  of  Coffey,  Missouri ;  Mrs. 
Emma  Springer,  deceased;  Joseph  S.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Addie, 
the  wife  of  W.  R.  Kinkade  of  Montana;  Eva,  the  wife  of  Frank  Miller 
of  Peculiar,  Missouri;  Essie,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  and  Ona  Ree, 
the  wife  of  J.  R.  Tilley  of  Idaho. 

Joseph  S.  Neff  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Chillicothe 
Business  College,  and  taught  in  this  college  for  one  year.  After  finishing 
his  education,  he  farmed  the  home  place  in  Fox  Creek  Township  until 
in  1919,  when  he  moved  to  his  present  place,  which  consists  of  504  acres. 
He  farms  more  than  200  acres  and  the  remainder  of  the  land  is  pasture 
(31) 


562  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

and  meadow.  Mr.  Neff  has  ten  acres  of  soy  beans,  and  also  raises  corn, 
oats,  and  wheat,  and  feeds  cattle  and  hogs,  raising  the  Jersey  cattle  and 
Poland-China  hogs.  The  farm  is  well  improved  with  two  sets  of  im- 
provements suitable  for  farm  and  stock  use. 

Joseph  Neff  was  married  in  December,  1900,  to  Ella  Bebermeyer,  a 
daughter  of  H.  C.  and  Lucy  (Ulmer)  Bebermeyer,  who  now  live  in  Em- 
poria, Kansas.  Mrs.  Neff  was  born  in  Warren  County,  Missouri,  and 
received  her  education  there,  later  attending  the  Chillicothe  State  Teach- 
ers College,  where  she  taught  a  few  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Neff  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Howard 
W.,  a  graduate  of  Bethany  High  School  of  class  1920;  Garland  D.,  now 
in  the  third  year  of  the  high  school;  Maurine,  who  is  in  her  third  year 
in  high  school;  Nadine,  who  is  in  the  sixth  grade. 

Mr.  Neff  has  filled  membership  on  the  township  board.  He  is  well 
known  throughout  the  county  for  his  progressive  ideas  and  he  and  his 
family  are  highly  respected  citizens. 


George  R.  Burris,  an  enterprising  and  wide-awake  young  farmer  of 
Fox  Creek  Township,  was  born  in  Cypress  Township,  the  son  of  Frank  P. 
and  Emma  C.  (Barlow)  Burris,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  book. 

George  R.  Burris  was  educated  in  the  Bethany,  Missouri,  High  School ; 
Cameron,  Missouri,  Wesleyan  College,  and  at  the  State  University  at 
Columbia,  Missouri.  After  finishing  his  education,  he  clerked  in  the  gen- 
eral store  of  R.  H.  Wren  and  son  at  Bethany,  and  then  went  to  Cainsville, 
Missouri,  and  is  in  business  for  himself.  He  then  retumea  to  Betnany 
and  engaged  in  the  implement  business  for  two  years,  and,  since  1911, 
has  farmed  on  his  present  place  in  Fox  Creek  Township ;  this  was  formei'ly 
the  Oliver  B.  Clinkenbeard  farm.  This  place  consists  of  320  acres  of 
land  and  is  well  improved.  Mr.  Burris  is  a  very  successful  farmer  and 
besides  his  agricultural  pursuits  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics  and 
affairs  of  the  county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge  at 
Bethany. 

Mr.  Burris  was  married  June  2,  1909  to  Etta  Clinkenbeard,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Oliver  B.  and  Mary  A.  (Brown)  Clinkenbeard,  the  latter  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  Brovm,  a  pioneer  of  Fox  Creek  Township,  and  a  sketch 
of  whom  appears  in  connection  with  that  of  L.  S.  Brown.  Mrs.  Clinken- 
beard lives  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  her  husband  died  in  February, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  563 

1919  and  is  buried  at  Bethany,  Missouri.  Mr.  Clinkenbeard's  father, 
George  W.  Clinkenbeard,  entered  the  farm  on  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burris 
live,  and  the  improvements  were  put  on  by  Oliver  B.  Clinkenbeard,  de- 
ceased. 

Mrs.  Bun-is  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Bethany.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Burris  have  a  son,  George  Roscoe,  who  was  born  April  17,  1915. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burris  are  well  known  in  Bethany  and  Harrison  County 
and  have  many  friends. 


Francis  M.  McLey,  a  well  known  and  highly  respected  citizen  of  Har- 
rison County,  is  a  native  of  Sugar  Creek  Township,  this  county,  and  born 
December  14,  1853,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Watts)  McLey,  both 
deceased.  Joseph  McLey  was  a  native  of  West  Virginia,  born  in  1827, 
and  who  died  here  September  22,  1915,  and  is  buried  in  Union  Cemetery. 
His  wife  was  born  in  Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  and  died  July  5,  1895. 
Joseph  McLey  came  to  Missouri  from  Virginia  with  his  father  in  pioneer 
days,  and  entered  land  in  1848,  when  twenty-one  years  of  age.  His  father, 
mother,  two  brothers  and  a  sister  came  with  him,  making  the  ti'ip  by 
boat  from  Point  Pleasant,  West  Virginia,  to  Brunswick,  Missouri,  and 
drove  overland  to  Grundy  County.  Joseph  McLey  was  in  the  Missouri 
State  Militia  on  the  Union  side,  during  the  Civil  War. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  McLey  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Francis  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Henry  Franklin  of  Bridge- 
port, Missouri ;  Mrs.  Louisa  Clutter  of  St.  Clair,  Missouri ;  J.  B.,  who  died 
in  1864 ;  Joseph  Lincoln,  who  died  in  1864 ;  and  Rachel,  who  died  when 
sixteen  years  of  age. 

Francis  M.  McLey  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  county  and 
married  when  twenty  years  of  age.  He  has  lived  on  his  present  farm 
of  120  acres,  four  and  one-half  miles  northwest  of  Melbourne,  since 
December,  1900.  This  place  is  well  improved,  with  good  residence,  barns, 
and  other  buildings,  and  Mr.  McLey  does  general  farming. 

February  15,  1874,  Mr.  McLey  was  married  to  Sarah  Ninemyers, 
who  died  October  1,  1881,  leaving  three  children:  Extine  Felix,  of  Beth- 
any, Joseph  S.,  of  Sugar  Creek  Township,  and  Cora  Alice,  the  wife  of  Will 
Curtiss  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

Mr.  McLey  married  his  present  wife,  Miranda  E.  Hiatt,  a  daughter 
of  William  J.  and  Sarah  Joseph  Hiatt,   September  24,   1884,   at  Union 


564  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Church.  Mrs.  McLey  was  born  in  Boone  County,  Indiana,  and  came  to 
Harrison  County  in  1865. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  McLey  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Nancy 
Elizabeth,  who  died  when  thirteen  months  old ;  Sarah  May,  the  wife  of 
Arthur  Terhune  of  Melbourne,  Missouri ;  Roy  H.,  who  married  Katie  E. 
Miller,  who  died,  and  who  married  the  second  time  Ula  Card;  Myrtle 
Ellen,  the  wife  of  Jacob  Hutchinson  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Tressie  0., 
the  wife  of  John  Harrison  of  Melbourne,  Missouri ;  Catherine,  the  wife 
of  Charles  King  of  Jamesport,  Missouri;  and  Arthur  D.,  who  lives  at 
home. 

Roy  H.  McLey  was  in  the  United  States  Army  during  the  World  War, 
enlisting  April  1,  1918,  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston,  and  two  months 
later,  went  overseas  with  the  89th  Division.  He  was  under  shell  fire  at 
the  front  for  twenty-three  hours  prior  to  the  signing  of  the  armistice. 

The  grandchildren  of  Mr.  ancj  Mrs.  Francis  McLey  are:  Ruth  Miller; 
Othal  and  Harmon  McLey;  Alice  Hudson;  Cassia  and  Laberta  McLey; 
Mrs.  Lorine  Ridgeway  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Francis  Turner,  now  in 
the  United  States  Army  at  Camp  Upton,  New  York;  Paul  Turner,  now 
with  the  army  of  occupation  at  Coblenz,  Germany;  Truman  King;  Mil- 
dred, Ralph,  Wilfreda,  Ellen,  Ethel,  Roy  Clinton,  Howard  and  Loretta 
Terhune;  Marion,  Marvel  and  Cecil  Hutchinson;  and  the  following  who 
are  deceased :  Amy,  Leta,  Cecil,  Deloris,  Alath,  Frederick  K.,  Flora  Olive, 
Fi'ancis  Dale  McLey,  and  Volney,  Jr.,  Harrison,  Ruby  Terhune. 

Francis  M.  McLevy  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  in  Harrison  County 
and  stands  high  in  the  community. 


Frank  Murphy,  the  efficient  and  well  known  cashier  of  the  Bank  of 
Melbourne,  was  born  in  Grundy  County,  Missouri,  March  11,  1897,  the 
son  of  James  E.  and  Edna  (Dunlap)  Murphy,  who  reside  near  Laredo, 
Missouri,  on  a  farm.  Mrs.  Edna  Murphy  was  born  in  Grundy  County, 
Missouri,  and  James  E.  Murphy  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  but  came  to  Grundy 
County  in  1883. 

Frank  Murphy  was  graduated  from  the  Laredo  High  School  in  1914, 
and  after  finishing  school,  taught  for  two  years,  and  then  worked  in  the 
bank  of  Laredo  for  one  year.  During  the  World  War,  he  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  army,  June  10,  1918,  at  Trenton,  Missouri,  and  was  first 
sent  to  Jefferson  Barracks,  then  to  Camp  Humphreys,  Virginia,  Camp 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  565 

Forest,  Georgia,  Camp  Meade,  Maryland,  and  back  to  Camp  Taylor,  Ken- 
tucky, where  he  was  discharged  February  10,  1919.  He  was  with  the 
211th  Engineers,  11th  Division.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Major  Dale  Stepp 
Post  of  the  American  Legion  at  Trenton,  Missouri,  also  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge  at  Oilman  and  the  Lidependent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at 
Melbourne. 


Philip  Schwenk,  a  well  known  and  highly  respected  citizen  of  Bethany, 
and  who  is  now  living  a  retired  life,  was  born  in  Germany,  February  23, 
1854,  the  son  of  John  and  Philipine  (Rus)  Schwenk,  but  who  came  to 
America  when  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  engaged  in  the  bakery  busi- 
ness which  he  had  learned  in  Germany.  He  located  first  at  Charleston, 
Indiana,  then  went  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  from  there  to  Ottumwa,  Iowa, 
and  then  came  to  Princeton,  Missouri,  but  eventually  located  in  Bethany 
in  1881,  and  first  worked  for  Mr.  Robinson  and  Aufricht  Bros.  In  1884, 
he  bought  the  William  Heaston  bakery,  which  he  operated  until  Septem- 
ber, 1920,  when  he  sold  out  to  Fred  Wheeler.  Philip  Schwenk  has  resided 
in  Bethany  for  forty  years,  during  which  time  he  has  made  many  friends. 

Mr.  Schwenk  was  married  December  4,  1884  to  Amelia  Mainwaring, 
a  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  (Henry)  Mainwaring,  both  natives 
of  England,  where  they  were  married.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mainwaring  came 
to  America  in  1840  and  settled  in  Jefferson  Township,  where  Mrs.  Schwenk 
was  bom  in  a  cabin.  Mr.  Mainwaring  died  April  7,  1907,  and  his  wife  died 
September,  1907,  and  both  are  buried  in  Spruce  Cemetery. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Schwenk  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Elizabeth,  born  February  14,  1886,  who  was  graduated  from  Bethany 
High  School  and  Gem  City  Business  College  at  Quincy,  Illinois  and  who  is 
a  stenographer  at  the  naval  ordinance  plant;  John  C,  born  December 
20,  1888,  who  attended  high  school  here,  and  who  is  now  a  baker  at 
Spokane,  Washington;  Clara  E.,  born  November  27,  1891  and  who  died 
at  the  age  of  twenty  years,  and  who  was  also  a  graduate  of  Bethany 
High  School  and  Gem  City  Business  College,  and  was  a  stenographer; 
Gay  and  May  twins,  born  December  28,  1894,  the  former  died  January 
15,  1895  and  the  latter  February  15,  1895 ;  Paul  Lewis,  born  November  2, 
1902  and  died  February  2,  1903;  Loren  Dockery  bom  September  4,  1903 
and  died  February  1,  1904. 

Mr.  Schwenk  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Yeoman 
Lodges.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schwenk  have  lived  in  their  present  home  about 


566  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

twenty  years.  They  bought  this  house,  which  was  built  by  Samuel 
Frazier,  from  Gay  Aufrecht.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schwenk  are  enjoying  the 
fruits  of  their  well  spent  life,  in  their  modern  home,  which  has  a  com- 
fortable porch,  and  which  is  surrounded  by  a  well  kept  lawn  with  shade 
trees.  This  lawn  together  with  a  garden  gives  Mr.  Schwenk  just  enough 
labor  in  its  care  to  keep  him  healthy. 

In  1900  Mr.  Schwenk  took  a  trip  to  his  old  home  in  Germany;  after 
visiting  there  he  took  a  trip  by  boat  down  the  Rhine,  seeing  all  the  old 
castles.  He  then  went  to  Paris  and  took  in  the  Worlds  Fair.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Schwenk  are  members  of  the  First  Christian  Church  of  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri. 


James  W,  Amey,  a  prosperous  and  wide-awake  farmer  of  Fox  Creek 
Township,  was  born  one  mile  south  of  his  present  home,  December  10, 
1878  the  son  of  George  and  Hannah  (Hughes)  Arney.  The  latter  died 
in  1918  and  is  buried  at  Sharon  Chapel,  and  the  former  lives  in  Bethany, 
Missouri. 

John  Wesley  Arney,  grandfather  of  James  W.  Amey,  entered  land  in 
Fox  Creek  Township,  where  he  died,  and  is  buried  in  Springer  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Amey  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren :  Thomas  A.  of  Bethany,  Missouri ;  J.  D.,  Bakersfield,  California ; 
Mrs.  Lummie  Hogan  of  Fox  Creek  Township ;  Floyd  J.  of  Fox  Creek  Town- 
ship; 0.  R.  of  Fox  Creek  Township;  Mrs.  B.  L.  Neff  of  Sherman  Town- 
ship; Mrs.  Ree  Dickover  of  Marshall  County,  Iowa;  Mrs.  Rue  Butcher  of 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  and  James  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

James  W.  Arney  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  this  district,  and  at 
the  age  of  twenty-three  years,  went  to  Grant  County,  Oklahoma  where 
he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  was  there  for  ten  years 
and  then  returned  to  Fox  Creek  Township,  where  he  has  lived  since.  He 
owns  240  acres  of  land  on  the  home  place  and  285  acres  one  mile  north. 
He  does  general  farming  and  raises  the  registered  whitefaced  Hereford 
cattle  and  the  pure  bred  Duroc  Jersey  hogs,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
successful  farmers  of  the  county. 

March  12,  1899,  Mr.  Amey  was  married  to  Amanda  E.  Wooderson, 
a  daughter  of  James  A.  and  Catherine  (Stotts)  Wooderson,  both  de- 
ceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arney  have  the  following  children:  Ray  W.,  Maude, 
Fern,  Loris,  deceased,  Nadine  and  Gerald. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  '  567 

Mr.  Arney  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
at  Bethany.  He  is  a  very  energetic,  and  enterprising  farmer,  and  besides 
his  agricultural  pursuits,  finds  time  to  take  an  interest  in  the  affairs 
of  the  county. 


Alfred  C.  Bonser,  a  substantial  citizen  of  Bethany,  who  has  been 
in  the  painting  business  here  for  the  past  twenty-five  years,  was  born 
January  19,  1864,  in  Illinois,  the  son  of  Joseph  W.  and  Priscilla  J.  (Cave) 
Bonser.  Priscilla  Bonser  was  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  A.  N.  Cave,  Sr., 
who  was  born  April  25,  1814,  and  who  came  here  in  the  fifties,  and  died 
November  24,  1888.  For  many  years,  he  was  a  minister  of  the  Methodist 
Church  of  Bethany.  Priscilla  J.  Bonser  died  January  23,  1864  and  her 
husband,  Joseph  W.  Bonser  died  November  15,  1898. 

Rev.  A.  N.  Cave,  Sr.,  grandfather  of  Alfred  C.  Bonser,  was  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  War  and  was  treasure  of  Harrison  County  for  two  terms, 
and  at  one  time,  in  pioneer  days,  he  had  twenty-two  appointments  in  this 
and  other  counties  and  was  instrumental  in  establishing  a  number  of 
churches  in  this  part  of  Missouri.  He  was  a  popular  minister  and  officiated 
at  eighty  weddings  in  one  winter,  and  the  bad  weather  never  kept  him 
from  his  services,  although  he  rode  horseback,  and  often  fed  his  horse 
on  potatoes. 

The  Bonser  family  records  begins  in  Hesse  Castle,  Germany,  where 
John  Bonser,  the  great  grandfather  of  Alfred  C.  Bonser,  was  born.  He 
came  to  America  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  was  married  in  Vir- 
ginia to  Elizabeth  Bensyl,  a  native  of  Virginia.  They  located  in  Chilli- 
cothe,  Ohio,  where  John  Bonser  died.  His  son,  John  Bonser,  Jr.,  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania  and  died  April  19,  1865.  He  married  Rebecca  Work,  a. 
native  of  Indiana,  who  was  born  in  1804  and  died  September  13,  1836. 
Joseph  W.  Bonser,  the  father  of  Alfred  Bonser,  was  the  second  son  of 
his  parents,  born  March  31,  1831  and  who  died  November  5,  1898. 

Alfred  C.  Bonser  was  educated  in  the  schools  at  Bethany,  Missouri, 
and,  when  sixteen  years  of  age,  began  to  learn  the  painting  trade.  For 
eight  years,  he  was  coroner  of  Harrison  County,  and  was  in  the  under- 
taking business,  but  has  followed  his  painting  trade  for  twenty-five  years, 
and  is  still  engaged  in  this  work,  with  a  shop,  thirty  feet  square,  which 
is  located  near  his  residence.  Mr.  Bonser  does  fancy  sign  painting  and 
specializes  in  automobile  painting  as  well,  and  is  an  expert  in  this  line  of 
work. 


568  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

December  30,  1886,  Mr.  Bonser  was  married  to  Hattie  M.  Branham, 
a  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  J.  Branham  of  Albany,  Missouri.  Jon- 
athan Branham,  who  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  died  October  1,  1883 
in  Albany,  Missouri,  and  his  wife,  who  is  eighty-six  years  of  age,  lives  with 
Mrs.  Bonser. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bonser  have  a  daughter  Hazel  M.,  the  wife  of  Dr.  Glenn 
H.  Broyles  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  and  they  have  a  son  Llyod  Bonser 
Broyles. 

Mr.  Bonser  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  Yeoman  Lodges,  and  is  a  highly  re- 
spected citizen  of  Bethany. 


S.  D.  Rardin,  Jr.,  of  the  firm  of  S.  D.  Rardin,  Jr.  and  Company,  Ridge- 
way,  Missouri,  is  one  of  the  extensive  general  produce  dealers  of  northern 
Missouri.  Mr.  Rardin  was  born  in  Laville,  Iowa,  December  3,  1869,  a 
son  of  S.  D.  and  Alice  (Moore)  Rardin. 

S.  D.  Rardin,  Sr.,  was  a  native  of  Indiana.  Early  in  life  he  removed 
to  Iowa  which  was  some  time  in  the  fifties.  About  1870,  he  came  to 
Missouri  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Cainsville,  Harrison 
County.  He  remained  there  until  1880  when  he  located  on  the  present 
site  of  Ridgeway.  This  was  before  the  raih'oad  was  built  here  and  before 
there  was  any  settlement  except  a  few  farm  houses  in  this  vicinity.  He 
erected  a  crude  building  about  where  the  telephone  office  is  now  located 
and  there  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile  business.  This  was  the  first 
store  in  Ridgeway.  The  town  was  platted  the  following  fall  after  Mr. 
Rardin  located  here  and  shortly  afterwards  he  built  a  more  commodious 
and  substantial  store  building  where  Ollie  Bennett's  store  is  now  located. 
He  was  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile  business  here  for  a  number  of 
years  but  spent  the  latter  part  of  his  life  in  retirement.  He  died  De- 
cember 2,  1918.  His  first  wife  died  about  the  time  that  S.  D.  Rardin, 
Jr.  was  born,  leaving  the  following  children:  Caroline  Drew,  now  de- 
ceased ;  Mrs.  Mary  Nelson,  Texas ;  Mrs.  Alice  Lincoln,  Cainsville,  Missouri ; 
Charles  Rardin,  who  now  lives  in  Kansas;  Ida,  married  Ben  Reeves,  a 
sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere;  and  S.  D.  Rardin,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  Mr.  Rardin  married  the  ^^idow  of 
William  Reeves.     (See  sketch  of  Ben  Reeves  in  this  volume). 

S.  D.  Rardin,  Jr.,  was  reared  in  Ridgeway  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools.     He  worked  in  his  father's  store  when  a  young  man  and  on 


S.  D.  RARDIX,  JR. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  569 

April  27,  1894,  he  engaged  in  the  produce  business  at  Ridgeway  and  with 
the  exception  of  a  few  months  he  has  been  engaged  in  that  business  up 
to  the  present  time.  He  handles  poultry,  eggs  and  cream  and  does  an 
extensive  business.  His  business  covers  a  broad  scope  of  territory  and 
he  has  branch  stations  at  Brooklyn,  Mount  Moriah  and  Blue  Ridge  and  at 
the  present  time  has  nine  men  in  his  employ.  He  ships  eggs  and  dressed 
poultry  in  car  load  lots  to  the  principal  markets  of  the  middle  west  and 
east  and  live  poultry  is  generally  shipped  in  smaller  lots. 

The  business  is  housed  by  a  building  47x120  feet  which  is  divided 
into  various  departments,  including  packing,  picking  and  shipping  and 
storage  rooms.  He  has  installed  the  most  complete  refrigerator  system 
in  Harrison  County  at  a  cost  of  $10,000.  It  is  operated  by  a  fifteen-horse 
power  gas  engine  and  the  refrigerator  has  a  storage  capacity  of  three 
car  loads.  This  is  one  of  the  important  industrial  institutions  of  Har- 
rison County  and  Mr.  Rardin  is  deserving  of  much  credit  for  providing 
such  an  extensive  market  for  the  producers  of  this  section. 

On  February  19,  1891,  Mr.  Rardin  was  married  to  Miss  Dolly  Walker 
of  Mercer  County,  Missouri.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rardin  have  been  born 
three  children  as  follows:  Paul,  who  is  with  his  father  in  the  produce 
business ;  Daisy,  lives  in  California ;  and  Dorothy,  at  home. 

Mr.  Rardin  is  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood  of  American  Yeoman,  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Christian  Church.  He  is  a  pro- 
gressive and  enterprising  citizen  and  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of 
Harrison  County. 


Simon  R.  King,  a  well  known  citizen  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  better 
known  as  "Dick"  King,  was  born  in  Dallas  Township,  October  14,  1881,  the 
son  of  William  J.  and  Carlottie  J.  (Lovelace)  King.  Mrs.  King  was  a 
daughter  of  Richard  Lovelace  and  wife,  early  settlers  of  Dallas  Town- 
ship. They  died  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  are  buried  here.  William  J. 
King  died  in  January,  1898  and  is  buried  in  Oakland  Cemetery,  and  his 
wife  is  now  living  in  Bethany,  Missouri. 

William  J.  King  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Samuel  E.  of  Bethany;  Bell,  the  wife  of  E.  W.  Kelly;  Myrtle,  the  widow 
of  Charles  Hocker  of  Bethany ;  Alice,  the  wife  of  J.  H.  Hogan  of  Bethany ; 
Simon  R.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Elsie  Ann,  the  wife  of  Frank  Elli- 
ott of  Hemingford,  Nebraska;  Charles  H.  of  Genoa,  Platte  County,  Ne- 
braska ;  Margaret,  the  wife  of  Harry  Sawyer  of  Bethany ;  Bessie  E.,  the 


570  HISTORY   Ol'"    HARRISON   COUNTY 

wife  of  Rolls  Bartlett  of  Jefferson  Township;  and  Sherman  W.  of  Broken 
Bow,  Nebraska. 

Simon  R.  King  was  married,  March  11,  1903,  to  Bessie  A.  Hogan,  of 
Gentry  County,  Missouri,  a  daughter  of  S.  M.  and  Lydia  C.  (Ward) 
Hogan,  both  of  whom  live  in  Gentry  County.  Mrs.  King  was  born,  reared 
and  educated  in  Athens  Township. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  King  have  a  son,  Garland  R.,  born  August  1,  1914. 
The  family  reside  at  the  corner  of  South  Fifteenth  Street  and  Vandvert 
Avenue,  and  prior  to  moving  to  Bethany  in  March,  1921.  Mr.  King  was 
engaged  in  farming  in  Dallas  Township. 

Mr.  King  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  is  a  well  known  and  highly  respected  citizen  of  this  county. 


Isaac  Allen  Edson,  an  enterprising  and  successful  dealer  in  country 
produce  and  feed  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County, 
born  in  Jefferson  Township,  January  14,  1860,  the  son  of  Timothy  and 
Caroline  (Bridges)  Edson.  Timothy  Edson  was  bom  in  Illinois,  Septem- 
ber 18,  1841,  and  came  to  Harrison  County  in  the  50's.  During  the  Civil 
War,  he  enlisted  with  Company  B  of  Merrill's  Horse  2nd  Missouri  Cavalry, 
and  died  at  St.  Louis  in  1863.  while  on  his  way  home  on  a  furlough  and 
is  buried  at  Jefferson  Barracks.  Mrs.  Timothy  Edson  is  living  at  Mar- 
tinsville. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edson  were  the  parents  of  two  children ;  Janie, 
who  died  in  infancy,  and  Isaac  Allen,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Isaac  Allen  Edson  was  educated  in  the  Jefferson  Township  and  Union 
schools,  and  has  been  engaged  in  farming  and  shipping  stock  ever  since 
young  manhood  until  November,  1915,  when  he  moved  to  Bethany,  and 
started  his  present  business  June,  10,  1918.  He  buys  and  sells  poultry, 
eggs,  cream,  etc.,  and  sells  feeds  of  all  kinds,  and  has  been  very  success- 
ful. Besides  his  business  affairs.  Mr.  Edson  has  also  filled  the  office 
of  justice  of  the  peace  and  trustee  of  Jefferson  Township. 

September  21,  1879,  Mr.  Edson  was  married  to  Alice  Stanton,  a 
daughter  of  Morris  H.  and  Serena  J.  (Blakeman)  Stanton,  both  deceased. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  Stanton  were  early  settlers  of  Washington  To^vnship, 
coming  here  about  1860,  and  Mrs.  Isaac  Edson  was  born  in  that  township 
in  1860. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Isaac  Allen  Edson  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:   Arthur  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Charles  H.,  proprietor  of  Edson 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  571 

Battery  Station  of  Bethany;  Alma  E.,  deceased,  the  wife  of  John  Wyant; 
Edwin  F.,  a  farmer  of  Jefferson  Township;  Acta  0.,  the  widow  of  Lee 
Morris  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  M.  C.  of  Baca  County,  Colorado;  R.  M.  of 
Baca  County,  Colorado,  and  Edith  S.,  the  wife  of  Ellis  Lawrence  of  Wash- 
ington Township.    A  son  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Edson  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Ordfer  of  Odd  Fellows 
at  Martinsville,  Missouri.  He  takes  a  commendable  interest  in  local  affairs 
and  is  public  spirited  and  progressive. 


Dr.  George  Edgar  Hendren,  a  well  known  and  efficient  veterinary  of 
Bethany,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Jefferson  Township,  August  26,  1872, 
the  son  of  George  W.  and  Isabelle  A.  (Kelly)  Hendren.  Mrs.  Hendren  is 
a  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Alexander)  Kelly  who  came  to 
Harrison  County  about  1857  and  located  in  Jefferson  Township,  where 
they  both  died  and  are  buried  at  Morris  Chapel.  George  W.  Hendren 
still  lives  on  the  Kelly  farm  which  was  entered  by  George  W.  Kelly. 
William  Hendren,  grandfather  of  Dr.  Hendren,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky, 
but  settled  in  Daviess  County  in  1856,  and  a  year  later,  came  to  Harrison 
County  and  bought  land  in  Jefferson  Township.  J.  L.  Hendren,  a  son, 
bought  the  home  place,  and  0.  C.  Hendren,  a  son  of  George  Hendren, 
bought  the  farm  from  him  and  is  living  there  now. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Hendren  are  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Lewis  of  Jeffer.son  Township;  G.  E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Delia,  the  wife  of  Call  Wyatt  of  Topeka,  Kansas;  Oliver  C.  of  Jefferson 
Township;  Rosa,  the  wife  of  Jacob  Jennings  of  Bethany:  Waltei-,  who 
lives  at  home;  and  Abigail,  who  died  in  girlhood. 

G.  E.  Hendren  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  attended  a 
veterinary  college  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1914.  He  then  located  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  where  he 
has  since  enjoyed  an  excellent  practice. 

Dr.  Hendren  was  married  December  25,  1900  to  Rosa  D.  Ragland, 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Minnie  (Parker)  Ragland,  who  reside  in  Lan- 
caster, Kansas.  Mrs.  Hendren  was  born  near  Highland,  Kansas,  in 
Doniphan  County  and  educated  in  the  public  schools  there. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Ragland  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Mrs.  Hendren;  Bert,  of  Nortonville,  Kansas;  Omar  of  Highland, 


572  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Kansas;  Sylvia,  the  wife  of  William  Cowhick  of  Boone,  Iowa;  and  Alva 
of  Lancaster,  Kansas. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hendren  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Bertha  I., 
a  student  in  Bethany  High  School;  and  Kenneth,  a  junior  in  the  High 
School. 

Dr.  Hendren  fs  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
Lodge  of  Bethany  and  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  throughout  the 
county. 


William  A.  Baldwin,  a  widely  known  educator  of  the  county,  but  who 
is  now  engaged  in  the  coal  business  in  Bethany,  was  born  in  Denton  County, 
Texas  May  2,  1865,  the  son  of  Edward  and  Susan  (Glendenning)  Baldwin. 
Edward  Baldwin  went  to  Texas  from  Missouri  and  Michigan  prior  to  the 
Civil  War  and  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  Army  and  served  until  the  war 
closed.  He  was  shot  in  the  right  leg  in  Louisiana,  and  was  incapacitated 
for  a  short  time,  but  upon  recovery,  went  back  with  his  company.  After 
the  war  closed,  he  settled  in  Bates  County,  Missouri,  but  in  1868,  came 
to  Harrison  County  and  located  in  Dallas  Township,  where  he  died  Decem- 
ber 15,  1895,  and  is  buried  in  Kidwell  Cemetery.  His  wife  is  living  with 
her  daughter  Mrs.  W.  R.  Thompson  near  Martinsvlle,  and  Mrs.  Jonathan 
Vanhoozer  of  Albany.    She  is  eighty-two  years  of  age. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Baldwin  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Emma,  the  wife  of  J.  L.  Roundtree,  deceased;  Ellis  of  New  Hampton, 
Missouri,  deceased ;  Edward,  who  died  at  the  age  of  six  years ;  Eugene,  a 
blacksmith  of  Shenandoah,  Iowa;  W.  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Ezra, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  five  years;  Flora,  the  wife  of  W.  R.  Thompson  of 
Dallis  Township ;  Nellie,  the  wife  of  Jonathan  Van  Hoozer  of  Albany,  Mis- 
souri; Charles,  the  superintendent  of  schools  at  Neosho,  Missouri;  and 
Ethel,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-five  years. 

William  A.  Baldvdn  was  educated  in  Dallas  Township,  and  for  twenty- 
five  years,  taught  school  in  Harrison  and  Gentry  counties,  and  one  year  at 
Lyons  County,  Kansas.  His  first  school  was  at  Danford  School  in  1883, 
and  his  last  school  was  at  Blue  Ridge,  Missouri  in  1919,  and  he  is  teach- 
ing there  this  year,  1922.  Mr.  Baldwin  moved  to  Bethany  in  April,  1916 
and  since  then,  he  has  dealt  in  coal  here  and  has  built  up  a  good  business. 

William  A.  Baldwin  was  married  April  8,  1891,  to  Emma  Taggart, 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Matilda  Taggart,  both  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Taggart  were  married  in  Indiana  and  came  to  Harrison  County  before  the 
Civil  War.     He  was  a  captain  of  the  Home  Guards,  stationed  at  St.  Joseph, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  573 

Missouri.  Mr.  Taggart  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  came  to  America 
when  four  years  of  age,  with  his  parents.  He  died  in  August,  1913  and 
his  wife  died  in  October,  1911 ;  both  are  buried  at  Antioch  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taggart  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Nancy  Ann,  the  wife  of  Josiah  Bogue  of  Oilman,  Missouri ;  John  and  James, 
both  of  whom  died  in  infancy ;  Wiley  P.,  deceased ;  Madora  Ellen,  the 
widow  of  Robert  Mayhrigh  of  Bethany,  Missouri ;  W.  W.  of  Sherman  Town- 
ship ;  Bessie,  the  wife  of  James  Welden,  deceased ;  Mrs.  Baldwin ;  Charles 
Mansur  of  Adams  Township;  and  Nona  B.,  deceased.  John  Taggart  was 
a  farmer  and  for  eight  years  was  a  state  senator,  having  been  elected  on 
the  Democratic  ticket.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  for  sixty-three  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baldwin  have  three  children;  Blanche,  the  widow  of 
George  Rouzer  of  Bethany;  Edith,  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Hill,  a  merchant 
at  Blue  Ridge,  Missouri,  and  Evah,  a  student  in  the  Bethany  High  School. 

Blanche  Rouzer  was  educated  in  the  Oilman  City  schools,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  high  schools  at  that  place  in  1910,  and  is  also  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Central  Business  College  at  Bethany.  Her  husband,  George 
Rouzer,  who  was  born  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  died  November  21,  1918 
at  Hog  Island,  while  he  was  with  the  United  States  shipyard,  as  a  ship 
builder.  Mrs.  Rouzer  is  at  present  employed  by  the  Bethany  Trust  Com- 
pany in  the  abstract  department.  Edith  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Hill.  Gradu- 
ated in  the  Oilman  High  School  and  taught  four  years.  She  was  teaching 
in  Oilman  when  married. 

The  Baldwin  family  have  always  been  progressive,  public  spirited,  and 
citizens  of  real  worth. 


Alexander  Murray,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Ebersole  Brothers  and 
Company  at  Albany,  Missouri,  is  well  known  in  Harrison  County  where 
he  was  born,  grew  up,  and  engaged  in  farming  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Murray  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  September  29,  1878,  the 
son  of  W.  O.  and  Janet  (Griffen)  Murray.  They  were  both  born  in  Glas- 
gow, Scotland,  where  they  were  also  married.  They  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1873  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  this  county  where  they  lived  until 
recently  when  they  sold  the  first  place  and  purchased  a  ten  acre  tract 
of  land  near  Bethany  where  they  now  live.  To  their  union  the  following 
children  were  born:  Walter,  living  at  Bethany;  Lizzie,  now  Mrs.  Eckard 
of  Hatfield;  Jessie,  a  teacher  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Alexander,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  William,  living  at  Bethany;  Christina,  now  Mrs. 


574  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Morris  of  Bethany;  Agnes,  living  at  home;  John,  a  resident  of  Bethany, 
Alexina,  deceased,  was  Mrs.  Morris ;  Andrew,  living  at  Bethany ;  and  Jean- 
nie,  now  Mrs.  Miles  of  New  Hampton. 

Alexander  Murray  attended  the  White  Cloud  rural  school.  He  farmed 
on  a  tract  of  land  north  of  New  Hampton  with  marked  success  until 
October,  1919  when  he  sold  this  farm  and  moved  to  Ridgeway  where  he 
lived  for  six  months.  He  then  bought  a  half  interest  in  the  Ebef.^iole  Mill 
at  Albany  with  P.  R.  Ebersole  as  the  other  owner.  Previously  to  buy- 
ing an  interest  in  the  mill,  Mr.  Murray  sold  a  small  tract  of  land  adjoining 
Ridgeway  which  he  had  taken  in  the  trade  of  his  farm.  The  disposal  of 
this  land  left  Mr.  Murray  free  to  devote  all  of  his  time  to  the  work  in 
the  will.  This  mill  is  equipped  with  machinery  for  grinding  and  chopping; 
and  the  fimi  handles  flour,  feed  and  farm  seeds  as  well  as  buying  and 
shipping  grain.  The  mill  is  a  successful  business  venture  and  has  been 
well  managed  by  the  owners. 

Alexander  Murray  was  married  August  10,  1904  to  Evah  Ebersole,  a 
daughter  of  C.  and  Eliza  Ebersole  of  New  Hampton.  Mrs.  Ebersole  is 
deceased,  and  Mr.  Ebersole  is  living  at  New  Hampton.  To  the  union  of 
Alexander  and  Evah  (Ebersole)  Murray  two  children  have  been  born: 
Gordon,  now  a  junior  in  the  Albany  High  School;  and  Jenet  Evelyn. 

Mr.  Murray  is  favorably  known  throughout  Han-ison  County  as  a 
man  of  enterprise  and  ability.  In  Albany  also,  he  is  esteemed  as  a  pro- 
gressive business  man. 


Dr.  Felix  G.  Smith  a  well  known  physician  of  Bethany,  is  a  member 
of  a  prominent  pioneer  family  of  the  county.  The  Smith  family  has  been 
known  in  Harrison  County  since  the  first  half  of  the  nineteenth  century, 
and  the  men  of  the  family  have  been  prominent  in  political  affairs  of  the 
county  and  the  state  for  many  years. 

Hercules  Smith,  deceased,  the  father  of  Dr.  Felix  G.  Smith,  was  born 
near  Elizabethtown,  Hardin  County,  Kentucky,  in  1821,  and  came  to 
Scotland  County,  Missouri,  in  1848.  His  father,  David  G.  Smith,  came  from 
the  same  county  in  Kentucky  to  Missouri  in  1850  and  joined  his  son,  Her- 
cules, in  a  land  venture  in  Scotland  County.  They  entered  a  large  tract 
of  land,  and  were  successful  operators  of  these  large  farms  all  their  lives. 
At  his  death  in  1898  in  Scotland  County,  Hercules  Smith  held  more  than 
500  acres  of  land  near  Memphis,  Missouri.  Hercules  Smith  was  married 
to  Mary  Ellen  Leeman  of  Hardin  County,  Kentucky,  who  died  in  1891. 
Her  remains  are  buried  in  the  Baptist  Church  Cemetery  in  Miller  Township, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  575 

and  the  remains  of  her  husband  are  buried  in  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Cemetery.  To  their  union  the  following  children  were  born:  Matilda,  the 
wife  of  John  L.  Drake  of  Lancaster,  Missouri ;  Elizabeth,  died  at  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years;  Mollie,  wife  of  E.  M.  Giles  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri; 
Thomas  J.,  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Keokuk, 
Iowa,  and  of  the  Ensworth  Medical  College  at  St.  Joseph,  and  now  located 
in  Long  Beach,  California;  Sarah  EUza,  wife  of  James  Colvin  of  Mary- 
ville,  Missouri;  Felix  G.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Nancy,  wife  of  Shad- 
rach  Bridges  of  Decatur,  Illinois;  W.  L.,  formerly  in  the  drug  business  at 
Maysville,  then  at  McFall,  and  now  in  the  same  business  at  Albany,  Mis- 
souri; America,  married  to  Ambrose  Dunagan,  a  druggist  of  Ridgeway, 
Missouri;  John  Chilton,  mention  of  whom  appears  later  in  this  review; 
and  Charlotte,  the  widow  of  Richard  Watkins  of  Alliance,  Nebraska. 

Dr.  John  Chilton  Smith  is  a  graduate  of  the  Ensworth  Medical  College 
of  St.  Joseph  and  is  a  registered  pharmacist  by  examination.  He  clerked 
for  a  brother  in  Grant  City  for  a  few  years,  but  since  1885  he  has  owned 
and  conducted  a  drug  store  on  the  west  side  of  the  square  at  Albany.  Here 
he  keeps  a  full  line  of  drugs  and  does  a  good  business.  He  does  office 
practice  in  connection  with  his  work  in  the  store.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  and  of  the  Redmen. 

Felix  G.  Smith,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Ens- 
worth Medical  College  at  St.  Joseph.  He  is  a  man  of  varied  and  interest- 
ing experiences.  He  began  to  teach  school  in  1872,  and  taught  his  last 
school  in  Worth  County  in  1879.  He  then  entered  the  drug  business  at 
Denver,  Missouri,  w^here  he  remained  one  year.  He  then  went  into  the 
drug  business  at  Grant  City,  remained  there  three  years,  and  entered  the 
same  business  at  Albany,  where  he  remaind  another  three  years.  For  the 
past  thirty-three  years  he  has  lived  in  Befhany,  and  until  nine  years  ago, 
he  conducted  a  drug  business  there  in  connection  with  which  he  did  office 
practice  much  of  the  time ;  the  past  nine  years  he  had  spent  in  California. 

Dr.  Smith  owns  one  of  the  good  business  buildings  of  Bethany,  and  is 
proud  of  his  town  and  county. 

The  Smith  family  was  accustomed  to  holding  family  reunions  each 
year  for  several  years  prior  to  the  death  of  the  mother.  There  are  ten 
of  the  family  still  living,  the  youngest  being  past  sixty-two  years  of  age 
and  the  oldest  more  than  seventy-seven  years  old.  They  are  a  long-lived 
family.  The  great-grandfather,  James  Smith,  of  Hardin  County,  Ken- 
tucky, lived  to  be  107  years  of  age. 


576  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

The  Smiths  have  always  been  prominent  Democrats,  all  four  of  the 
Smith  brothers  having  taken  active  parts  in  democratic  party  politics  in 
northwest  Missouri.  In  the  Congressional  Convention  held  at  Plattsburg, 
Missouri,  three  of  the  brothers  wei'e  present  and  each  supported  a  diiTerent 
candidate.  Dr.  Felix  G.  Smith  was  allied  with  the  supporters  of  T.  A. 
Dunn,  a  banker  of  Bethany;  Dr.  J.  C.  Smith  was  equally  ardent  in  his 
support  of  Ed  Ayleshire  of  Stanberry;  and  Dr.  T.  J.  Smith  upheld  the 
cause  of  "Toot"  Hudson  of  Grant  City.  Each  of  the  brothers  stood  by 
his  candidate  until  the  question  was  settled  by  the  nomination  of  John 
Daugherty.  At  the  Democratic  State  Convention  at  Sedalia  in  1892,  Dr. 
Felix  G.  Smith  was  elected  an  alternate  to  the  Democratic  National  Con- 
vention at  Chicago  which  nominated  Grover  Cleveland  for  the  presidency. 
The  Doctor  has  entertained  several  prominent  democrats  at  his  home  in 
Bethany.  Among  these  were  W.  J.  Bryan,  Senator  William  J.  Stone,  R. 
P.  Hobson,  Gov.  A.  M.  Dockery  and  many  of  the  pleading  politicians  of 
the  state. 

Doctor  Smith  was  appointed  to  the  office  of  county  collector  of 
revenues  by  Governor  Folk  in  1906  and  served  for  a  year  in  that  capacity. 
He  also  served  as  United  States  pension  examiner  during  the  first  term 
of  Grover  Cleveland's  administration.  His  brother.  Dr.  T.  J.  Smith,  served 
on  the  same  board  at  Grant  City  at  the  special  request  of  the  old  soldiers 
of  Worth  County.  Dr.  F.  G.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order  and 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  served  as  chancellor  commander  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  for  two  years  and  was  very  efficient  in  his  work. 
Families  such  as  that  founded  by  Hercules  Smith  have  been  influential  in 
moulding  the  destiny  of  the  county  and  the  state.  It  is  particularly 
fitting  that  in  a  volume  of  this  character  due  honor  be  given  to  such  men. 


John  Barber,  of  Eagleville,  has  been  prominently  identified  with 
Harrison  County  for  many  years,  and  is  a  member  of  one  of  the  very 
early  pioneer  families  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Lick- 
ing County,  Ohio.  December  25,  1842,  a  son  of  Aquilla  C.  and  Ellen 
(Kerr)  Barber. 

Aquilla  C.  Barber  was  born  in  Washington  D.  C,  and  was  a  soldier 
in  the  War  of  1812.  He  saw  Lafayette,  when  that  distinguished  soldier 
visited  Washington,  D.  C.  Aquilla  Barber  was  a  son  of  Bernard  Barber, 
who  was  a  native  of  Washington  D.  C.  and  served  in  the  Continental 
Army  during  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  was  of  Scotch  descent  and 
spent  his  life  in  Washington  D.  C. 


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Aquilla  Barber  moved  to  Ohio  in  an  early  day  and  while  living  in 
that  state,  he  followed  farming  and  was  also  interested  in  boating  and 
teaming.  He  hauled  salt  across  the  Alleghany  Mountains  to  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  and  Baltimore.  In  1885  he  came  to  Missouri  v/ith  his  family 
and  settled  in  Harrison  County  northeast  of  Eagleville.  He  pre-empted 
some  land,  homesteaded  some  and  bought  some.  He  engaged  in  farming 
and  also  conducted  a  store  at  Eagleville  for  a  number  of  years  and  was 
engaged  in  business  here  at  the  time  of  his  death,  January  20,  1864,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-five  years.  Ellen  (Kerr)  Barber  was  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania  and  of  Irish  descent.  She  died  at  Eaglesvillc  in  1887,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-one  years,  and  she  and  her  husband  are  buried  in  what 
is  known  as  the  West  Cemetery,  at  Eagleville.  They  were  the  parents 
of  the  following,  who  grew  to  maturity:  Elizabeth,  deceased;  Andrew, 
Kansas  City,  Missouri;  John,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Justus,  died 
in  the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War;  Martha,  married  Samuel  V. 
McHenry,  who  is  now  deceased,  and  she  lives  at  Hiawatha,  Kansas;  and 
Wheeler,  Sprott,  Missouri. 

John  Barber  was  about  thirteen  years  old  when  the  family  came  to 
Missouri,  in  1855.  They  drove  through  from  Ohio  to  Harrison  County 
with  two  teams  and  brought  with  them  a  buggy  which  was  the  first 
vehicle  of  the  kind  in  this  section  of  Missouri.  Mr.  Barber  recalls  that 
when  he  was  a  boy  and  drove  his  mother  to  church  that  the  other  boys 
would  make  fun  of  him  for  riding  in  a  buggy.  Everybody  in  those  days 
drove  to  church  with  ox-teams  and  heavy  wagons. 

John  Barber  attended  the  early  day  subscription  school,  and  was 
living  on  the  home  farm  with  his  parents  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out. 
He  enlisted  at  Bethany,  August  3,  18G1,  and  he  and  his  brother  Andrew 
and  John  Hagerty,  were  the  first  soldiers  to  be  sworn  in  as  members  of 
"Merrill's  Horse."  This  organization  later  became  the  2nd  Regiment,  Mis- 
souri Cavalry.  Mr.  Barber  took  part  in  a  number  of  engagements  with 
his  regiment  and  after  a  term  of  service  Avas  discharged  on  account  of 
disability.  As  soon  as  he  regained  his  health  he  enlisted  in  Company 
E,  16th  Kansas  Cavalry.  He  served  with  that  command  until  the  close 
of  the  war  and  then  went  on  an  expedition  with  his  regiment  against 
hostile  Indians  in  the  West.  He  was  first  sergeant  of  his  company  and 
the  oflScer  in  command  while  on  this  expedition  in  Wyoming  and  other 


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578  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

sections  of  the  West.  He  was  discharged  from  the  service  at  Fort  Lea- 
venworth, Kansas,  December  6,  1865. 

After  his  discharge  from  the  army,  Mr.  Barber  returned  to  Eagle- 
ville  and  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
successful  Shorthorn  Stock  raisers  in  this  section.  He  also  raised  Norman 
horses  and  Poland  China  hogs.  His  farm  is  located  in  Colfax  Town- 
ship, two  miles  from  Eagleville,  and  consists  of  220  acres  of  valuable 
land.  He  was  successfully  engaged  in  fanning  here  until  1900,  and  still 
owns  his  home  place. 

In  1900  Mr.  Barber  assisted  in  organizing  the  Citizens  Bank  og  Eagle- 
ville, becoming  its  first  cashier  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  1908. 
This  bank  was  organized  with  a  capital  stock  of  $10,000.  George  A. 
Powell  who  was  the  first  president  still  holds  that  position.  G.  D.  Cramer 
has  been  vice-president  since  the  bank  was  organized.  J.  C.  Barber 
succeeded  his  father  as  cashier  in  1908,  and  served  in  that  capacity  until 
November  1919,  and  since  that  time  J.  C.  Thompson  has  been  cashier 
of  the  bank.  The  bank  owns  its  own  building  which  is  a  substantial 
brick  structure  and  the  furniture  and  fixtures  are  modern  and  con- 
veniently arranged  for  the  banking  business.  Mr.  Barber  is  still  interested 
in  the  bank  and  is  one  of  the  heaviest  stock  holders,  he  and  Mrs.  Barber 
owning  $10,500  worth  of  the  bank's  stock.  This  is  one  of  the  substantial 
banking  institutions  of  Harrison  County  and  has  had  a  successful  career. 

Mr.  Barber  is  now  and  has  been  for  years  extensively  engaged  in 
the  private  loan  business.  He  has  perhaps  handled  more  estates  as 
administrator  and  executor  than  any  other  man  in  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Barber  was  first  married  in  1862,  to  Elizabeth  J.  Poynter,  and 
two  children  were  born  to  that  marriage,  Mrs.  Ella  Oaks,  of  Colfax 
Township,  and  George  W.,  who  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Barber's  first  wife 
died  on  June  29,  1868,  and  March  2,  1870,  he  was  married  to  Martha 
S.  Poynter,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife.  She  was  bom  near  Eagleville, 
September  29,  1851,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  H.  and  Susan  A.  (Jenks) 
Poynter,  the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  They 
came  here  when  young  with  their  respective  parents. 

Thomas  H.  Poynter  was  a  son  of  John  Poynter,  who  came  from 
Kentucky  to  Harrison  County  with  his  family  in  1840.  He  was  a  slave 
owner  in  Kentucky  and  after  coming  to  Harrison  County  he  homesteaded 
government  land  near  Eagleville  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life 
here.    He  died  in  1865,  and  his  wife  died  in  1863,  and  they  are  buried  in 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  579 

the  Masonic  Cemetery  at  Eagleville.  Susan  A.  Jenks  was  born  in 
Ohio,  a  daughter  of  Ichabod  Jenks,  who  came  from  Ohio  to  Missouri 
with  his  family  in  1841  and  first  settled  at  Chillicothe.  In  1842  they 
came  to  Harrison  County  and  took  up  government  land  in  the  vicinity  of 
Eagleville. 

Thomas  H.  Poynter,  was  engaged  in  farming  for  a  number  of  years 
and  in  1855  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Eagleville  and  was 
in  business  there  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  postmaster  at  Eagle- 
ville during  the  Civil  War  and  for  some  years  afterward.  He  died  in 
1878,  at  the  age  of  fifty-three  years.  His  widow  survived  him  for  a 
number  of  years  and  died  in  1918,  at  the  age  of  ninty-years.  Their  remains 
are  buried  in  the  Masonic  Cemetery  at  Eagleville.  They  were  the  parents 
of  ten  children  of  whom  Mrs.  Barber  and  Thomas  M.  Poynter  of  Atchison, 
Kansas  are  the  only  ones  living. 

To  John  Barber  and  wife  have  been  born  two  children:  Grace  M., 
married  Amos  Smith,  Santa  Jose,  California;  and  J.  C,  who  is  engaged 
in  the  loan  business  at  Eagleville,  married  Chloe  Robertson,  daughter 
of  Dr.  C.  H.  Robertson  of  Eagleville. 

Mr.  Barber  has  been  a  life  long  Republican  and  has  always  taken  an 
active  part  in  public  affairs.  He  served  as  township  clerk  and  assessor  for 
ten  years  and  in  1890,  was  elected  judge  of  the  county  court  and  re- 
elected to  that  oftice  at  the  expiration  of  his  first  term,  serving  two  terms. 
He  is  a  member  of  Masonic  Lodge  No.  257,  Eagleville,  having  been 
made  a  mason  in  1873,  and  has  served  as  master  of  that  lodge  for  ten 
years.  He  and  Mrs.  Barber  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church.  Mr. 
Barber  is  one  of  Harrison  Counties  most  highly  respected  and  substantial 
citizens  and  he  and  Mrs.  Barber  stand  high  in  the  community. 


Virgil  Emerson  Yates  was  bom  in  Flag  Springs,  Andrew  County, 
Missouri,  October  5,  1878,  and  is  the  son  of  John  Leslie  Yates,  deceased, 
and  Mattie  (Emerson)  Yates,  both  native  Kentuckians. 

John  Leslie  Yates  was  the  son  of  Weeden  Smith  Yates  and  Ermin 
Ella  (Roberts)  Yates,  of  Barren  County,  Kentucky.  Weeden  Smith  Yates 
was  a  descendant  of  Capt.  John  Strother,  of  Culpeper  County,  Virginia, 
who  served  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and  who  served  on  the  Com- 
mittee of  Safety,  Culpeper,  Virginia.     He  was  also  one  of  the  thirteen 


580  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

justices  of  the  peace  of  Culpeper  to  sign  protest  against  Stamp  Act  prior 
to  the  Boston  Tea  Party. 

Mattie  Emerson  Yates  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Franklin  Emer- 
son and  Lucy  Margaret  (Simpson)  Emerson,  of  Wayne  County,  Kentucky. 
Thomas  F.  Emerson  was  the  son  of  Col.  Walter  Emerson,  a  very  prom- 
inent man  of  Wayne  County,  Kentucky,  and  who  was  a  member  of  the 
Kentucky  legislature,  contemporary  with  Henry  Clay. 

Virgil  Emerson  Yates  moved,  when  a  boy,  with  his  parents  to  King 
City,  Missouri,  and  attended  the  school  at  that  place,  where  he  was 
graduated  from  the  high  school  in  1895.  Entered  Gem  City  Business 
College  at  Quincy,  111.,  in  1896  and  was  graduated  in  1897. 

In  1892  he  started  the  printer's  trade.  He  worked  in  King  City, 
Pattonsburg  and  Union  Star  during  vacations  and  until  1898.  He  came 
to  Bethany  March  28th.  He  was  employed  on  the  Democrat  with  John 
A.  and  William  T.  Templeman.  He  went  to  St.  Joseph  in  1905  and  was 
with  the  Combe  Printing  Company  in  capacity  of  assistant  foreman  and 
stock  man  for  three  years.  Returned  to  Bethany  in  spring  of  1909;  he 
was  made  manager  of  the  Bethany  Printing  Company  and  Bethany  Re- 
publican on  March  15,  1909.  Later  he  became  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  company. 

Mr.  Yates  was  married  June  19,  1902,  to  Marian  L.  Templeman, 
daughter  of  William  A.  and  Emeline  (Allen)  Templeman.  Three  sons 
were  born,  Leslie  Allen,  deceased,  William  Emerson  and  Virgil  Templeman. 

He  is  a  member  of  Mahaska  Lodge  No.  205,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Miriam  Lodge  No.  129,  I.  0.  O.  F.,  Bethany  Encampment  No.  35,  I.  0. 

0.  F.,  Oak  Camp  No.  37,  W.  0.  W.     He  has  passed  through  the  chairs  in 

1.  0.  0.  F.  orders.  He  was  elected  chairman  of  Hamson  County  Chapter 
American  Red  Cross  at  its  organization  in  1917  and  still  chairman. 


G.  C.  Zingerle,  the  well  known  manager  of  the  Miner  and  Free  Lum- 
ber Company,  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  is  a  native  of  Ohio.  He  was  bom  in 
Cincinnati,  a  son  of  Christopher  and  Rose  (Brenner)  Zingerle,  the  former 
a  native  of  France  and  the  latter  of  Germany  and  both  now  deceased. 
They  spent  their  lives  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio  and  died  there. 

G.  C.  Zingerle  was  reared  and  educated  in  Cincinnati  and  when  seven- 
teen years  old  began  life  as  a  telegraph  operator  with  the  Baltimore  & 
Ohio  Railroad.     He  remained  with  that  company  for  six  years,  becoming 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  581 

chief  train  dispatcher  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  on  the  Indianapohs-Chi- 
cago  division  and  later  went  to  Cincinnati.  In  1897,  he  came  to  Trenton, 
Missouri,  as  train  dispatcher  for  the  Chicago-Rock  Island  and  Pacific.  In 
1914  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  Company  and 
worked  in  their  yard  at  Blythedale,  Missouri.  In  1917,  he  was  made  man- 
ager of  the  company's  yards  at  Bethany  and  has  held  that  position  until 
the  present  time. 

Mr.  Zingei-le  was  married  in  September,  1909,  to  Miss  Shirley  Miner, 
a  daughter  of  E.  S.  Miner  of  Bethany.     They  have  one  child,  Elizabeth. 

Mr.  Zingerle  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and  belongs  to  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  Lodg-e.  He  has  been  president  of  the  Bethany  Chamber  of 
Commerce  since  December,  1920. 


E.  Newton  Carter,  the  well  known  county  superintendent  of  schools 
of  Harrison  County  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  capable  and  efficient  public 
officers  of  this  county.  He  was  born  in  Sherman  Township,  Harrison 
County,  October  31,  1892,  a  son  of  T.  C.  and  Charlotte  (Fergus)  Carter. 

The  Carter  family  is  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Harrison  County. 
T.  C.  Carter  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Carter  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
in  the  south  part  of  the  county.  T.  C.  Carter  was  born  in  Cypress  Town- 
ship, May  12,  1852  and  was  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  in  this  county  for  a  number  of  years.  He  died  in  February,  1919. 
His  remains  are  buried  in  Dale  Cemetery.  His  widow  now  resides  with 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  Laura  Decker,  in  Bethany  Township. 

To  T.  C.  Carter  and  wife  were  born  the  following  children:  Mrs. 
Laura  Decker,  Bethany  Township;  Mrs.  Myrtle  Morris,  Bethany  Town- 
ship; F.  S.,  who  has  served  in  the  United  States  Navy  for  the  past  sixteen 
years  and  is  now  connected  with  that  branch  of  service,  lives  at  Charles- 
ton, Massachusetts;  and  E.  Newton,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

E.  Newton  Carter  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  district 
schools  and  the  Bethany  High  School  from  which  he  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1915.  He  then  attended  the  State  Teachers  College  at  Mary- 
ville,  Missouri,  and  the  University  of  Missouri.  He  also  taught  school  at 
intervals  during  the  course  of  his  educational  career  and  was  engaged  in 
teaching  when  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War. 

Mr.  Carter  entered  the  United  States  army  July  24,  1918  and  was 
sent  to  Camp  Funston  for  training  where  he  was  assigned  to  the  Medical 


582  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Corps  of  the  10th  Division.  After  two  months  at  Camp  Funston  he  was 
transferred  to  Detroit,  Michigan.  While  there  he  was  detailed  to  take 
cars  to  Holabird,  Maryland.  From  there  he  went  to  Wabash,  Indiana  and 
took  a  number  of  trucks  from  there  to  camp  Holabird.  He  then  went  to 
Valparaiso,  Indiana,  and  from  there  transferred  equipment  to  camp  Hola- 
bird. He  remained  in  the  service  until  January  31,  1919,  when  he  re- 
ceived his  honorable  discharge. 

On  April  1,  1919,  Mr.  Carter  was  elected  County  Superintendent  of 
Schools  of  Harrison  County  and  is  now  serving  in  that  capacity.  He  is 
an  able  school  man  and  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County  are  making 
notable  progress  under  his  administration.  There  are  196  teachers  and 
5,292  pupils  enrolled  in  Harrison  County  and  there  are  ten  high  schools 
within  the  borders  of  this  county. 

Mr.  Carter  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Independent  Odd  Fellows 
and  the  American  Legion.  He  served  as  Post  Commander  of  the  Legion 
in  1920. 


Joseph  B.  McClure,  the  well  known  county  treasurer  of  Harrison 
County,  is  a  native  of  this  county  and  is  a  descendant  of  a  pioneer  family 
of  Missouri.  He  was  born  in  Bethany,  July  19,  1882,  a  son  of  Frank  and 
Clementine  (Osmon)  McClure.  Clementine  Osmon  was  a  native  of  Har- 
rison County,  her  parents  being  very  early  settlers  here  who  came  from 
Indiana  at  an  early  date.     They  were  natives  of  Ohio. 

Frank  McClure  was  a  son  of  Jacob  B.  McClure  and  was  a  native  of 
Ohio.  Jacob  McClure  was  an  early  settler  in  Missouri.  He  came  to  this 
state  with  his  family  and  first  located  in  Grundy  County  and  for  a  number 
of  years  operated  a  mill  on  Grand  River  in  that  county.  From  Grundy 
County  he  came  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  at  Bethany  and  bought 
the  old  mill  which  was  located  here.  He  improved  it  and  put  in  rolls 
and  was  the  first  man  to  operate  a  modern  flour  mill  in  this  locality.  He 
also  operated  a  carding  machine  and  manufactured  yam  here  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  Jacob  McClure  and  his  three  sons,  Andy,  Sparks  and  Frank, 
conducted  the  business  in  partnership  during  the  lifetime  of  the  father 
and  after  his  death  the  three  brothers  continued  in  business  together  for 
a  number  of  years.  Two  of  the  brothers  are  now  deceased  and  the  sur- 
vivor now  resides  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri.  Frank  McClure  died  on 
April  11,  1892. 

Joseph  B.  McClure  is  one  of  three  children  now  living  who  were  bom 
to  his  parents  as  follows:    Joseph  B.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Beulah, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  583 

married  O.  T.  Egerton  and  they  live  at  Fairview,  Oklahoma  and  Don  V., 
of  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Joseph  B.  McClure  was  reared  in  Bethany  and  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools.  He  was  first  employed  in  compiling  a  set  of  abstract 
books  of  Harrison  County  by  I.  E.  Nelson.  This  complete  set  of  abstract 
books  is  now  the  property  of  the  Bethany  Trust  Company.  Mr.  McCIure 
began  his  career  as  a  public  officer  as  city  collector  of  Bethany,  having 
been  elected  for  a  term  of  three  years.  He  was  appointed  city  clerk  and 
served  in  that  capacity  for  nine  years.  He  then  received  the  nomination 
for  county  treasurer  in  1916  and  was  elected  and  after  serving  a  term  of 
four  years  he  was  re-elected  to  that  office  in  the  fall  of  1920  and  is  now 
serving  in  that  capacity.  Mr.  McClure  is  a  Republican  and  since  early 
manhood  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in  political  matters.  He  has  a  wide 
acquaintance  over  Harrison  County  and  stands  high  in  this  section  of  the 
state. 

On  June  10,  1914  Joseph  B.  McClure  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Daisy  E.  Bender  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Robert 
Bender,  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McClure  have  been  born  two 
children:    Margaret  and  Max. 

Mr.  McClure  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  he  and  Mrs.  McClure  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Church. 


C.  C.  Ross,  a  well  known  and  successful  attorney  of  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri, is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  October  24,  1881 
and  is  a  son  of  S.  M.  and  Lou  (Pettit)  Ross,  the  former  a  native  of  Gentry 
County,  Missouri,  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  They  now  live  in  Harrison 
County,  near  Bethany. 

To  S.  M.  Ross  and  wife  were  born  the  following  children:  R.  R., 
Lorimor,  Iowa;  Hettie;  C.  C,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  and  F.  F.,  Bethany, 
Missouri. 

C.  C.  Ross  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  for  three 
years  was  a  successful  teacher  in  Harrison  County.  He  then  began  work 
as  a  jeweler  and  watchmaker  and  followed  that  vocation  at  Carrolton, 
and  Maryville,  Missouri.  He  then  engaged  in  the  jewelry  business  at 
Cainsville,  Missouri,  for  himself  and  successfully  carried  on  business  there 
for  about  ten  years.     In  1917  he  came  to  Bethany  where  he  has  since 


584  HISTOEY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

owned  the  jewelry  store  known  as  the  Gift  Shop.  This  is  one  of  the  high 
class  mercantile  establishments  of  Bethany  and  a  valuable  stock  of 
watches,  jewelry,  cut-glass,  stationery  and  kindred  articles  are  handled. 

When  Mr.  Ross  lived  at  Cainsville  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  at 
the  same  time  conducted  his  jewelry  business.  He  applied  himself  to  the 
study  of  law  with  systematic  persistency,  devoting  four  hours  each  day  to 
the  pursuit  of  his  legal  studies.  After  four  years  he  took  the  bar  exam- 
ination and  was  admitted  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Missouri,  July  3, 
1916.  About  a  year  later,  upon  coming  to  Bethany,  he  took  up  the  prac- 
tice of  law  and  has  met  with  marked  success.  He  is  recognized  as  an  able 
lawyer  and  is  an  untiring  student  of  his  profession. 

Mr.  Ross  was  married  in  1893  to  Miss  Atta  Ragan  of  Ridgeway,  Mis- 
souri. She  is  a  daughter  of  0.  P.  Ragan,  who  is  a  well  known  business 
man  of  Ridgeway.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  has  been  bom  one  child,  Owen, 
who  is  a  student  in  the  Bethany  public  schools. 

Mr.  Ross  is  a  Democrat  and  takes  a  commendable  interest  in  political 
affairs.  While  a  resident  of  Cainsville  he  served  as  mayor  of  that  town, 
and  during  his  administration  the  big  coal  strike  took  place  there.  As 
mayor  of  Cainsville,  Mr.  Ross  took  a  positive  stand  for  the  law  enforce- 
ment against  the  illegal  sale  of  liquor  and  accomplished  satisfactory  re- 
sults along  that  line.  He  was  a  candidate  for  prosecuting  attorney  on 
the  Democratic  ticket  and  was  defeated  by  only  116  votes.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  Royal  Neighbors  and  the  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star. 


Jacob  Foreman,  an  enterprising  farmer  and  stockman  of  Hamilton 
Township,  is  the  owner  of  200  acres  of  land  which  he  has  improved. 
He  belongs  to  a  family  that  settled  in  this  county  before  the  days  of 
the  Civil  War,  when  it  required  foresight  and  fortitude  to  take  up  life 
in  the  sparsely  settled  districts.  Mr.  Foreman  was  born  in  Harrison 
County,  April  22,  1860,  the  son  of  James  H.  and  Elizabeth  (Bennett) 
Foreman. 

James  H.  Foreman  was  born  in  Butler  County,  Ohio,  August  19,  1819, 
and  was  a  farmer  all  of  his  life.  He  came  from  Bartholomew  County, 
Indiana,  in  1856,  and  located  in  Union  Township  in  Harrison  County.  He 
sold  his  farm  there  in  1868,  and  moved  to  the  farm  now  owned  by  his 
son,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.     Here  he  built  a  small  frame  house  and 


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HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  585 

made  other  improvements.  'His  nearest  market  was  St.  Joseph  and  it 
required  a  week  to  make  the  trip  there  and  back.  Mr.  Foreman  was 
married  to  Elizabelsii  Bennett,  born  in  Bartholomew  County,  Indiana, 
February  28,  1831.  She  died  February  25,  1889,  and  her  husband  died 
on  the  home  farm.  May  15,  1899.  The  remains  of  both  are  buried  in 
the  Masonic  Cemetery  at  Eagleville.  To  their  union  nine  children  were 
born,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living:  John  H.,  of  Beaver  County,  Olvlahoma; 
Barbara,  married  to  C.  B.  Little  of  Hamilton  Township ;  Jacob,  the 
subject  of  this  review;  Mary  Elizabeth,  nov/  Mrs.  Copeland  of  Chase 
County,  Kansas ;  Angeline,  marrieii  to  Robert  Seives  of  Cottonwood  Falls, 
Kansas ;  Danie,  who  keeps  house  for  her  brother,  Jacob ;  and  Nancy, 
married  to  Fred  Monroe  of  Hutchinson,  Kansas. 

James  H.  Foreman  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  Wai'.  He  enlisted  at 
Eagleville  in  Company  F,  3rd  Missouri  Regiment,  and  remained  in  service 
for  three  years.  He  was  wounded  while  in  cavalry  service  by  a  horse 
which  fell  on  him.  Mr.  Foreman  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic  Post  and  was  an  adherent  of  the  Methodist  Church.  He 
was  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  his  community. 

Jacob  Foreman  attended  the  district  schools  and  grew  up  on  a 
farm.  He  has  operated  a  farm  ever  since  he  began  working  for  himself. 
He  bought  the  estate  of  his  father  and  is  now  conducting  it  as  a  general 
farm.  Mr.  Foreman  is  a  republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  reliable  man  who 
has  been  successful  in  his  work. 


Dr.  A.  H.  Vandivert,  a  prominent  physician  of  Bethany,  Missouri, 
has  been  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Harrison 
County  for  over  forty-one  years  and  is  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer 
families  of  this  section  of  Missouri.  Doctor  Vandivert  is  a  native  of 
Ohio,  born  in  Muskingum  County,  April  6,  1853,  a  son  of  Dr.  Robert  Henry 
and  Agnes  (Berry)  Vandivert,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ohio,  the 
mother  being  of  Quaker  descent. 

Dr.  Robert  Henry  Vandivert  was  one  of  the  pioneer  physicians  of 
Harrison  County.  Upon  locating  in  this  state,  he  settled  in  Harrison 
County  just  south  of  Bethany,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession.  He  not  only  was  widely  known  as  a  successful  physician 
but  was  prominent  in  politics  and  stood  high  in  the  councils  of  the  Repub- 
lican party.     In  1860  he  was  the  presiding  officer  at  the  first  Republican 


586  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Convention  held  in  Harrison  County.  An  unusual  coincident  in  this  con- 
nection is  that  his  brother,  S.  S.  Vandivert,  who  was  a  Douglas  Democrat, 
was  the  presiding  officer  at  the  Democratic  Convention  held  in  Harrison 
Countj'  the  same  year. 

Dr.  Robert  Henry  Vandivert  was  honored  at  various  times  with  offices 
of  trust  and  responsibility  and  served  two  terms  in  the  Missouri  State 
Senate  and  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  leaders  of  that  body.  Both  times 
that  he  was  a  candidate  for  the  State  Senate  he  received  every  vote  in 
Salem  Township,  a  fact  which  speaks  in  unmistakable  terms  of  what  his 
neighbors  who  knew  him  best  thought  of  him.  He  died  at  Bethany,  in 
March,  1887,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  His  wife  preceeded  him  in 
death  a  number  of  years,  having  departed  this  life  in  1858,  at  about  the 
age  of  forty  years. 

Dr.  A.  H.  Vandivert  was  one  of  four  children  born  to  his  parents  who 
grew  to  maturity  as  follows:  J.  W.,  who  was  an  attorney  and  died  at 
Bethany  at  about  the  age  of  twenty-five  years;  Dr.  A.  H.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch ;  Arthur  H.,  who  was  a  chemist  is  now  deceased  and  Judge 
S.  W.,  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  the  father 
was  again  married  and  to  that  union  was  born  one  child,  Mrs.  B.  M. 
Reinick.  Professor  Reinick  is  now  the  head  of  the  Department  of  Mathe- 
matics of  the  Kansas  Agriculture  College  at  Manhattan,  Kansas. 

Dr.  A.  H.  Vandivert  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison 
County  and  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan  and  was 
graduated  from  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Michigan 
with  a  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1877.  He  first  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  medicine  at  Eagleville,  and  in  1880  located  at  Bethany.  He 
has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  here  continually  since  that  time  except 
when  he  served  as  physician  at  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  No.  2,  at 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  He  has  always  enjoyed  a  large  practice  and  for  a 
number  of  years  has  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  able  and  successful 
physicians  and  surgeons  of  northwestern  Missouri. 

Doctor  Vandivert  was  first  married  in  June,  1878,  to  Miss  Rosa  Tem- 
pleman  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  She  died  in  February,  1880,  leaving  one 
daughter,  Bessie  Agnes,  who  is  a  prominent  teacher  in  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington, having  taught  Home  Economics  for  several  years  and  now  teaches 
Americanization.  In  1886,  Doctor  Vandivert  was  married  to  Emma 
Buckles  of  Madison  County,  Illinois,  and  to  that  union  three  children  were 
born  as  follows :  Robert  H.  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years ;  Dr. 
W.  W.,  and  one  who  died  in  infancy. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  587 

Dr.  W.  W.  Vandivert  received  his  medical  education  at  the  University 
Medical  College  of  Kansas  City,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1913  with  a 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  and  since  that  time  has  been  engaged  in 
the  practice  at  Bethany.  He  has  won  a  well  merited  reputation  as  a  suc- 
cessful physician  and  surgeon  and  stands  high  in  his  profession  and  in 
the  community. 

Dr.  A.  H.  Vandivert  has  always  been  a  Republican  and  takes  a  keen 
interest  in  political  matters.  He  holds  membership  in  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Christian  Church. 


Andrew  Cumming,  vice-president  of  the  Harrison  County  Bank  of 
Bethany,  Missouri,  was  for  many  years  successfully  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Bethany  but  is  now  living  retired.  Mr.  Cumming  is  a 
native  of  Scotland  and  was  born  in  1841  in  Dalkeith,  Parrish,  about  six 
miles  from  Edinborough.  His  father  died  in  his  native  land  when  com- 
paratively a  young  man,  and  in  1852  the  mother  came  to  America  with 
the  family  of  whom  Andrew,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  youngest. 
They  settled  in  Pennsylvania  and  in  1858  Andrew  Cumming  and  his  mother 
removed  to  Illinois.  In  1877,  they  came  to  Missouri  and  he  settled  at 
Bethany. 

After  coming  to  this  county,  Andrew  Cumming  engaged  as  clerk  in 
a  store  for  about  a  year.  He  was  then  in  the  mercantile  business  with 
Mr.  Bryant  about  two  years,  when  he  entered  a  partnership  with  Mr. 
Wren,  under  the  firm  name  of  Wren  and  Cumming.  They  did  an  extensive 
mercantile  business  until  1893  when  Mr.  Cumming  retired  from  the  mer- 
cantile business  and  since  that  time  has  devoted  his  attention  to  his  vari- 
ous other  interests.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Harrison  County 
Bank  and  has  been  vice-president  of  that  institution  since  its  organization. 
He  is  the  owner  of  farm  land  in  Harrison  County  and  is  recognized  as  one 
of  the  successful  men  of  affairs  of  this  county.  He  was  superintendent 
of  construction  at  the  building  of  the  county  home. 

Mr.  Cumming  was  married  in  Illinois  in  1866  to  Miss  Isabelle  T. 
Brown,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  but  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  a  resident 
of  Illinois.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cummings  have  been  born  two  children,  as 
follows:  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Sherer,  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  Alexander 
S.,  a  well  known  and  successful  attorney  of  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Cumming  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Harrison  County 


588  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

and  is  highly  respected  in  the  community.  Mrs.  Gumming  and  daughter 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Church.  He  was  a  member  of  the  building 
committee  when  the  M.  E.  Church  was  built. 


W.  H.  Shumard,  a  well  known  and  successful  produce  dealer  of  Beth- 
any, Missouri  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  member  of  one  of  the 
pioneer  families  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Jefferson 
Township,  March  4,  1877,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Amanda  (Trotter)  Shumard. 

Henry  Shumard  is  a  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Shumard  who  was  a  pioneer 
Methodist  preacher  of  Harrison  County,  who  came  here  from  Cambridge, 
Ohio  and  settled  in  Jefferson  Township  in  1856  and  homesteaded  govern- 
ment land  in  Jefferson  Township.  He  reared  a  family  of  fourteen  chil- 
dren, seven  boys  and  seven  girls.  He  was  not  only  prominent  as  a  pioneer 
minister  and  well  known  throughout  this  section  of  the  state  but  he  also 
had  a  successful  business  career  and  accumulated  large  land  holdings  and 
at  the  time  each  of  his  sons  became  of  age  he  gave  each  of  them  forty  acres 
of  land.  He  died  in  1882  and  his  wife  departed  this  life  in  1876  and  their 
remains  are  buried  in  Morris  Chapel  Cemetery.  Three  of  their  sons, 
William,  John  and  Frank,  served  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War. 
Henry  Shumard  was  engaged  in  farming  until  1901  and  since  that  time 
he  and  his  wife  have  lived  in  Bethany. 

W.  H.  Shumard  is  one  of  a  family  of  iive  children  born  to  his  par- 
ents, four  of  whom  are  now  living,  as  follows:  Mrs.  Judge  Burgen, 
Bethany,  Missouri;  W.  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mrs.  Charles  Edson, 
Bethany;  and  Mrs.  R.  V.  McColIum,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa.  Murtle  B.  died  at 
the  age  of  two  years.  W.  H.  Shumard  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  in 
Jefferson  Township  and  was  educated  in  the  pubhc  schools  and  the  Stan- 
berry  Normal  School.  He  taught  school  for  two  years  in  Harrison  County 
and  then  engaged  in  farming  in  Jefferson  Township.  He  bought  a  farm 
from  his  father  and  followed  farming  until  1909,  when  he  engaged  in  the 
produce  business  in  Bethany  and  since  that  time,  with  the  exception  of 
two  years,  he  has  carried  on  business  at  the  corner  of  Eighteenth  and 
Main  streets.  He  handles  flour,  feed,  seeds,  poultry,  hides  and  fur  and 
does  an  extensive  business  and  has  won  a  wide  reputation  and  his  many 
patrons  by  fair  dealing  and  honest  methods. 

Mr.  Shumard  was  first  married  November  21,  1897  to  Miss  Ethel 
Beeks  who  died  February  1,  1912  leaving  one  son,  Charles  C,  who  gradu- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  589 

ated  in  the  class  of  1921  at  the  University  of  Missouri  in  the  Civil 
Engineering  course  and  is  now  engaged  in  his  profession  in  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois. On  August  17,  1916,  Mr.  Shumard  was  married  to  Mrs.  Guyman, 
widow  of  the  late  F.  W.  Guyman.  By  her  former  marriage  Mrs.  Shumard 
has  two  children,  Harold  and  Leah  Guyman. 

Mr.  Shumard  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
of  which  he  is  Past  Grand,  Past  Chief  Patriarch  and  is  now  District 
Deputy.  He  also  holds  membership  in  the  American  Yoeman  and  the 
Modern  Woodman  of  America.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church 
and  is  a  Republican  and  has  served  as  township  clerk  and  assessor  in 
Jefferson  Township  and  Bethany.  He  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  enter- 
prising citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


W.  H.  Cruzan,  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  has  been  a  resident  of  Harrison 
County  for  over  forty-two  years  and  for  several  years  has  conducted  a 
private  sanitarium  in  Bethany  where  he  has  devoted  himself  to  the  treat- 
ment of  cancer  and  is  widely  known  throughout  the  country  for  his  suc- 
cessful treatment  of  this  disease.  He  is  a  son  of  Dr.  R.  Johnathan  and 
Martha  E.  (Evans)  Cruzan,  the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  the 
latter  of  Indiana, 

Dr.  Johnathan  Cruzan  removed  from  his  native  Kentucky  to  Indiana 
with  his  parents  when  he  was  about  eight  years  old.  He  was  reared  in 
Indiana  and  after  receiving  a  good  preparatory  education,  he  entered  the 
Cincinnati  Medical  College  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  with 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Shortly  after  graduating  he  went  to 
Wisconsin.  Soon  after  he  removed  to  Fayette  County,  Iowa,  and  was  a 
pioneer  physician  of  that  section.  He  built  the  first  house  in  West  Union, 
Iowa  and  later  removed  to  Brush  Creek  and  from  there  to  Mt.  Moriah. 
Missouri.  He  was  a  successful  doctor  and  practicing  his  profession  for 
over  thirty  years.  For  many  years  he  specialized  in  the  treatment  of 
cancer  in  which  he  was  eminently  successful.  During  the  course  of  his 
professional  career  he  made  exhaustive  research  along  the  line  of  his 
chosen  specialty  and  developed  a  formula  which  has  proven  to  be  remark- 
ably successful  in  the  treatment  of  this  disease.  This  is  the  sam.e  formula 
which  his  son  W.  H.  Cruzan  has  used  with  such  success  on  hundreds  of 
patients  during  the  past  few  years.  Dr.  Johnathan  Cruzan  died  at  Har- 
lan, Iowa  and  is  buried  there  and  his  wife  died  at  Mount  Moriah,  Missouri 


590  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

and  her  remains  are  buried  there.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  children, 
the  only  survivor  of  whom  is  W.  H.  Cruzan  whose  name  introduces  this 
sketch.  There  was  one  brother  who  was  a  Congregational  minister  and 
two  sisters. 

W.  H.  Cruzan  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin  and  when  he  was  about  ten 
months  old  the  family  removed  to  Iowa  and  was  reared  and  educated  in 
that  state.  In  1879  he  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock  raising  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  one  of  the 
most  extensive  stock  raisers  in  this  section.  He  removed  to  Bethany  in 
1900  and  still  continues  his  interest  in  fanning  although  not  on  such  an 
extensive  scale  as  in  former  years. 

Since  locating  in  Bethany,  Mr.  Cruzan  has  been  engaged  in  the  treat- 
ment of  cancer  as  above  stated.  He  treats  cases  from  all  over  the  country 
and  maintains  a  private  sanitarium  at  Bethany  for  that  purpose.  Patients 
here  are  under  the  care  of  a  regular  practicing  physician. 

Mr.  Cruzan  was  married  September  8,  1867  to  Miss  Ellen  Mary  Etta 
Liggett,  a  native  of  Buchanon  County,  Iowa.  Four  children  have  been 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cruzan,  as  follows :  John  Archie,  a  farmer  in  -Jeffer- 
son Township ;  Mary  Ellen,  married  Orrin  Clinkinberd  and  they  live  twelve 
miles  east  of  Bethany;  Albert,  a  teacher  and  osteopathic  physician,  Colo- 
rado Springs,  Colorado ;  Evelyn,  who  is  now  engaged  in  teaching  at  Beth- 
any, Missouri. 

Mr.  Cruzan  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
the  Christian  Church.  He  has  served  two  terms  as  mayor  of  Bethany, 
having  served  the  unexpired  term  of  Charles  Williams  and  was  elected  to 
that  office  at  the  expiration  of  that  term.  The  Cruzan  residence  is  a  splen- 
did modern  structure  and  is  located  on  a  tract  of  four  and  one-half  acres 
in  the  south  part  of  the  city. 


George  W.  Myers,  a  Civil  War  veteran  now  living  retired  at  Bethany, 
has  been  identified  with  Harrison  County  for  over  seventy  years  and  is  a 
member  of  one  of  the  early  pioneer  families  of  this  county.  He  was  born 
in  Decatur  County,  Indiana,  October  31,  1844,  a  son  of  Abraham  and  Mary 
(Bryant)  Myers,  both  natives  of  Kentucky. 

Abraham  Myers  came  to  Missouri  in  1850.  driving  through  the  entire 
distance  with  a  team  and  wagon.  He  brought  his  family  with  him  and 
settled  in  Adams  Township,  Harrison  County,  and  there  spent  the  re- 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  591 

mainder  of  his  life  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  died  July  30,  1888, 
aged  seventy-six  years,  three  months  and  three  days,  and  his  wife  died 
September  24,  1900  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-two  years,  seven  months 
and  twenty  days.  They  were  the  parents  of  fourteen  children,  two  of 
whom  died  in  infancy  and  four  are  now  living  as  follows:  George  W., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  John  H.,  who  served  in  the  Union  army  in  the 
Civil  War  and  novv'  lives  at  Bentonville,  Arkansas ;  Mary,  married  Charles 
A.  Eads,  Bentonville,  Arkansas;  and  Sarah  Ellen  married  Leon  Powell, 
Buffalo,  Oklahoma. 

George  W.  Myers  was  educated  in  the  schools  at  Trenton,  Missouri 
and  St.  Joseph.  In  1862,  when  he  was  about  eighteen  years  old,  he 
enlisted  in  Company  F,  3rd  Regiment,  Provisional  State  Troops  and  served 
with  his  command  in  western  Missouri.  In  1864  he  enlisted  in  Company 
E,  43rd  Regiment,  Missouri  Voluntary  Infantry.  During  an  engagement 
at  Glasgow.  Missouri,  against  Price's  Confederate  forces  he  was  wounded 
which  resulted  in  the  loss  of  an  arm.  He  was  one  of  six  hundred  soldiers 
who  were  taken  prisoners  by  the  Confederates  under  the  command  of 
Clark  and  Shelby.  Shortly  afterwards  he  was  discharged  from  the  service 
on  account  of  disability,  although  he  remained  with  his  regiment  until 
spring  and  did  considerable  scout  duty  after  he  had  lost  his  arm. 

After  returning  from  the  army  Mr.  Myers  taught  school  for  a  time 
when  he  was  appointed  deputy  county  recorder.  He  served  for  several 
years  in  that  capacity,  during  the  administrations  of  two  county  recorders. 
In  1868  he  was  elected  county  treasurer  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  first 
term  he  was  reelected  to  that  office.  In  1876  he  engaged  in  farming,  re- 
maining on  his  farm  until  1908.  He  then  removed  to  Bethany  where  he 
has  since  resided.  He  has  various  interests  in  Harrison  County  and  is  a 
stock  holder  in  the  Bethany  Trust  Company. 

Mr.  Myers  was  married  December  15,  1868  to  Caroline  Rupe,  a  native 
of  Indiana  who  came  to  Harrison  County  with  her  parents  at  a  very  early 
date  when  she  was  a  child.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Myers  have  been  born  ten 
children  as  follows:  Warren  D.,  a  carpenter  who  is  also  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  Harrison  County ;  Wallace,  a  carpenter  at  Lamar,  Colorado ;  Walter, 
Richmond,  Kansas;  William  A..  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Wilbert  W.,  drug- 
gist, Bethany ;  Nona  May,  married  George  W.  Wells,  Bethany ;  Daisy,  mar- 
ried Albert  W.  McKee,  Santa  Ana,  California;  Mary,  married  John  S. 
Graves,  Olney,  Illinois;  Myrtle,  married  Dennis  York,  Cherokee,  Okla- 
homa; and  Edna,  married  Joe  Miller,  Clovis,  California. 


592  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Wilbert  W.  Myers  is  a  veteran  of  World  War.  He  entered  service  in 
1917  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston,  Kansas,  a  member  of  the  89th 
Division  in  the  infantry.  Was  in  St.  Mihiel  drive  and  was  finally  trans- 
ferred to  headquarters  in  Paris  and  was  there  when  armistice  was  signed. 
He  v/as  slightly  gassed.  He  was  taken  from  the  front  on  account  of 
sickness  and  then  served  at  headquarters. 

George  W.  Myers  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
and  is  a  Democrat.  He  holds  membership  in  the  Christian  Church  and  is 
one  of  Harrison  County's  most  highly  esteemed  citizens. 


Henry  Wilson,  deceased,  was  born  in  Perry  County,  Ohio,  March 
28,  1839.  His  parents  were  James  and  Nancy  (Good)  Wilson.  They 
had  a  large  family  of  which  Henry  Wilson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  the  fourth  child  born. 

James  and  Nancy  (Good)  Wilson  were  natives  of  Ohio.  They  lived 
on  a  farm  in  that  state  until  after  the  Civil  War  when  they  moved  to 
Iowa  where  they  settled  in  Marion  County.  There  Mr.  Wilson  died.  His 
wife  died  years  later  in  Colorado. 

Henry  Wilson  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  worked  as  a  farmer  m 
Ohio  until  the  turbulent  days  of  the  Civil  War.  He  enlisted  for  service 
in  the  army  as  a  "hundred  day"  man,  enrolling  May  2,  1864,  and  serv- 
ing until  August  24,  1864,  when  he  was  discharged.  He  was  a  member 
of  Company  F,  151st,  Ohio  National  Guards.  After  his  term  of  service  was 
over  he  returned  to  his  home  and  farmed  there  until  he  moved  to  Clark 
County,  Illinois,  where  he  began  work  in  a  saw  mill.  Later  he  went  to 
Missouri,  where  he  settled  on  a  farm  near  Chillicothe.  where  he  remained 
until  1970,  when  he  came  with  his  family  to  the  practically  unsettled  ter- 
ritory of  Harrison  County.  About  1874,  he  bought  the  present  Wilson 
farm  of  200  acres  in  Clay  Township  and  began  at  once  to  make  the 
extensive  i;iiprovements  that  enhanced  the  value  of  the  land.  This  was 
a  policy  continued  by  Mr.  Wilson  all  of  his  life.  He  had  the  farsighted 
business  acumen  that  sees  the  necessity  of  building  up  the  land  that 
is  expected  to  yield  a  good  return. 

Mr.  Wilson  was  married  January  15,  1859,  to  Malinda  Powell,  born 
in  Monongalia  County,  West  Virginia,  November  30,  1841,  the  daughter 
of  John  and  Rebecca  (Wilson)  Powell,  early  settlers  of  Knox  County, 
Ohio,  where  Mrs.  Wilson  was  reared.   To  the  union  of  Henry  and  Malinda 


MR.  AND   .MRS.  HENRY   WILSON 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  593 

(Powell)  Wilson  ten  children  were  born:  Mary,  deceased,  was  married 
to  Nathaniel  Seymore ;  Charles  T.,  a  resident  of  Oakland,  California ;  John 
M.,  a  blacksmith,  now  living  at  Akron ;  James  H.,  deceased,  Luther  0., 
living  at  home  and  conducting  the  home  farm  in  Clay  Township ;  Howard 
M.,  a  blacksmith  at  Pleasanton,  Iowa;  Ella  R.,  married  to  Harry  Thomas 
of  Colorado;  Minnie  B.,  wife  of  Green  Hawk,  Decatur  County,  Iowa; 
Ellis  E.,  operating  the  J.  A.  Jeffries  farm  in  Clay  Township;  and  Cora  L., 
wife  of  Everett  Arnold.  Mrs.  Wilson  has  thirty  grandchildren  and  four- 
teen great  grandchildren- 
Henry  Wilson  died  January  5,  1919.  His  widow  now  owns  the  home 
place  of  200  acres  in  Clay  Township  and  also  a  farm  of  100  acres  lying 
on  Grand  River.  Mrs.  Wilson  recalls  the  hardships  and  trials  of  the 
days  when  she  and  her  husband  were  new-comers  in  the  county,  then  a  vast 
stretch  of  uncultivated  and  sparsely  peopled  land.  The  nearest  market 
town  was  Leon,  Iowa,  twenty  miles  away  and  as  the  journey  there  and 
back  had  to  be  made  by  wagon,  "going  to  market"  was  not  then  the 
commonplace  occurrance  that  it  is  today.  The  life  in  the  new  country 
was  hard  but  Mrs.  Wilson  says  that  her  pride  in  her  large  family  has 
well  repaid  her  for  those  early  struggles. 

Mr.  Wilson  was  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  and  was  identified 
with  the  Methodist  Church.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  Mr..  Wilson  was  a  man  whom  it  is  well  to  name  in  a 
volume  such  as  this.  His  work  was  of  the  kind  that  forms  the  very 
foundation  of  the  development  of  the  county  for  upon  the  successful  till- 
ing of  the  soil  depends  all  the  industrial  growth  of  a  community,  and 
this  Mr.  Wilson  did  in  a  highly  efficient  manner. 


R.  E.  Speer,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Jefferson  Township  who  resides 
on  his  farm,  one  and  three-fourths  miles  north  of  the  city,  has  been  identi- 
fied with  the  interests  of  this  county,  since  boyhood.  He  was  born  in 
Grundy  County,  Missouri,  seven  miles  north  of  Trenton,  February  13, 
1850,  a  son  of  Robert  and  Margaret  (Kelso)  Speer,  natives  of  Indiana. 
Robert  Speer  was  a  prominent  pioneer  preacher  of  northern  Missouri,  in 
the  early  days,  and  is  remembered  by  many  of  the  older  nioneers  who 
are  still  living.  He  came  to  Missouri,  and  settled  in  Grundy  County,  in 
1842,  when  he  was  about  twenty-two  years  old.  He  preached  the  gospel 
to  the  early  settlers  in  that  vicinity  and  for  seven  years,  he  preached  north 
of  Chillicothe,  at  what  is  now  Julia,  and  vicinities.  He  came  to  Harrison 
County  about  the  time  the  Civil  War  broke  out  and  organized  the  Pres- 
(33) 


594  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

byterian  Church  here.  He  organized  the  Mount  Olive  congi-egation  in 
Jefferson  Township.  He  died  May  9,  1876,  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years 
and  twenty-five  days.  His  wife  died  in  1903,  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-three  years.  They  were  the  parents  of  three  children  as  follows: 
Nancy  D.,  married  T.  M.  Alexander,  and  lives  in  Bethany,  Missouri; 
Samuel  P.,  who  is  now  living  retired  at  Trenton,  Missouri ;  and  R.  E.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch. 

R.  E.  Speer  was  about  ten  years  old  when  the  family  settled  in  Har- 
rison County,  and  here  he  was  reared  to  manhood.  He  began  farm- 
ing one  mile  east  of  his  present  place  and  in  1889  he  purchased  his  present 
place.  He  owns  155  acres,  which  is  located  conveniently  near  Bethany, 
and  is  a  productive  and  M^ell  improved  farm. 

Mr.  Speer  was  married  in  1879,  to  Sarah  Phillabam,  a  native  of  Ohio, 
who  came  to  Harrison  County,  with  her  parents  when  she  was  a  little 
girl.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Speer  was  born  one  daughter,  the  wife  of  Harvey 
McCollum,  who  lives  in  Jefferson  Township. 

Mr.  Speer  is  a  Democrat  and  one  of  the  highly  respected  and  depend- 
able citizens  of  his  township  and  county. 


George  W.  Barlow. — In  the  many  years  of  his  active  practice  at 
Bethany,  George  W.  Barlow  has  distinguished  himself  for  solid  ability 
as  a  lawyer  and  at  the  same  time  has  devoted  much  of  his  time  and 
energy  to  the  public  welfare.  Mr.  Barlow  began  practice  in  Harrison 
County  in  September,  1879,  and  for  many  years  has  been  known  as  one 
of  the  leaders  of  the  local  bar,  and  at  the  same  time  the  community  has 
often  looked  to  his  interest  and  support  for  many  enterprises  and  move- 
ments that  would  advance  the  city  and  surrounding  county.  Among 
Missourian  Republicans,  Mr.  Barlow  has  been  a  strong  and  influential 
leader  and  has  a  large  acquaintance  with  leading  members  of  the  party 
both  in  the  state  and  throughout  the  nation. 

George  W.  Barlow  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1869  and  to  the  state 
of  Missouri  in  1865,  at  which  time  his  parents  settled  in  Chillicothe, 
Livingston  County.  They  were  from  Jackson,  Ohio,  where  George  W. 
Barlow  was  bom  October  14,  1855.  He  was  well  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  but  worked  for  his  higher  education,  and  after  taking  the  normal 
course  at  the  University  of  Missouri  engaged  in  teaching  school  for  forty 
months  in  Harrison  County.     It  was  through  his  profession  as  a  teacher 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  595 

that  he  first  impressed  himself  upon  this  section  and  came  to  know  hun- 
dreds of  people  young  and  old.  His  work  as  a  teacher  was  done  in  the 
country  schools  and  from  the  means  acquired  through  that  profession  he 
took  up  the  study  of  law  and  in  1878  was  graduated  from  the  law  depart- 
ment of  the  State  University.  Having  finished  his  education  and  train- 
ing for  his  profession,  Mr.  Barlow  returned  to  Bethany  and  in  September, 
1879,  formed  a  partnership  with  Thomas  D.  Neal  as  Neal  &  Barlow.  After 
the  death  of  Mr.  Neal  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Judge  George  W. 
Wanamaker  i|n  1882,  and  they  were  long  regarded  as  the  leading  firm  in 
Harrison  Coanty.  Their  associations  continued  until  the  elevation  of 
Judge  Wanxmaker  to  the  district  bench  in  1905.  Since  then  Mr.  Barlow 
has  been  in  practice  with  his  brother,  Gilbert  Barlow  and  the  firm  was 
Bai'low  &  Barlow  from  January  1,  1905,  to  January  1,  1914,  at  which  time 
L.  R.  ICsiUtz  was  admitted  to  the  firm  which  is  now  Barlow,  Barlow  & 
Kautz. 

Mr.  Barlow  entered  politics  as  a  Republican,  casting  his  first  presi- 
dential ballot  for  Rutherford  B.  Hayes  and  for  nearly  forty  years  has 
never  missed  a  pi-esidential  election.  He  has  been  to  many  local  conven- 
tions, was  assistant  sergeant-at-arms  of  the  national  convention  at  St. 
Louis  in  1896,  which  nominated  McKinley,  was  a  delegate  from  his  con- 
gi-essional  district  in  1908  and  cast  a  vote  for  President  Taft,  and  in  1912 
was  a  spectator  in  the  national  convention  at  Chicago  and  witnessed  the 
turbulent  scenes  which  marked  the  walkout  of  the  progressive  element  of 
the  party.  Mr.  Barlow  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  credentials 
in  the  famed  Excelsior  Springs  District  Republican  Convention  of  1912, 
one  of  the  first  held  in  the  state,  and  one  whose  acts  were  reported  as  im- 
portant political  news  all  over  the  country,  and  resulted  in  severe  criticism. 
Mr.  Barlow  wrote  a  history  of  that  convention  from  intimate  knowledge 
of  his  inside  workings  and  published  the  article  in  the  press  dispatches 
just  before  the  meeting  of  the  Republican  leaders  held  in  Indianapolis 
that  year,  and  his  article  had  an  important  bearing  on  the  consultations 
in  that  meeting. 

As  to  his  own  public  service,  Mr.  Barlow  in  the  fall  of  1888  was  elected 
prosecuting  attorney  of  Harrison  County,  and  was  reelected  in  1890,  hav- 
ing succeeded  Judge  W.  H.  Skinner  in  that  oflSce.  His  administration  was 
one  of  aggressive  and  efficient  sei-vice,  during  which  time  he  convicted 
more  men  for  crimes  than  had  been  the  record  of  any  of  his  predecessors. 
Mr.  Barlow  traced  up  through  Pinkerton  detectives  one  man  charged  with 


596  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

rape  who  had  crossed  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  and  after  getting  him  back  to 
the  Missouri  courts  prosecuted  him  and  sent  him  to  the  penitentiary  for 
ten  years.  During  this  term  Mr.  Barlow  continued  his  partnership  with 
Judge  Wanamaker,  who  was  his  assistant  in  the  office  and  at  the  close  of 
his  second  term  resumed  his  large  private  practice.  For  many  years  Mr. 
Barlow  has  been  local  attorney  for  the  Burlington  Railway  and  his  firm 
now  handles  the  litigation  for  that  company.  He  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  Grand  River  Coal  &  Coke  Company  of  Harrison  County,  the 
largest  corporation  in  the  county,  and  is  a  director  and  attorney  for  the 
company.  Mr.  Barlow  was  also  one  of  the  chief  stockholders  and  builders 
of  the  Heilbron  Sanatorium  at  Bethany  and  is  still  chief  stockholder  and 
treasurer  of  the  company.  He  and  his  brother  built  in  Bethany  the  Bar- 
low Block  in  1913,  the  best  business  building  in  the  county.  The  first 
floor  of  this  building  is  occupied  by  the  Bethany  Trust  Company  which 
Mr.  Barlow  assisted  in  organizing,  and  the  south  half  of  the  first  floor 
is  leased  to  the  trust  company  for  twenty  years.  The  upper  floor  is  used 
for  offices  and  the  north  half  of  first  floor  is  for  mercantile  business.  He 
is  the  owner  of  other  property  in  the  city  and  has  one  of  the  best  resi- 
dences located  in  the  midst  of  spacious  grounds  on  Elm  street,  and  it  is 
easily  one  of  the  most  attractive  homes  in  the  county.  The  residence 
contains  ten  rooms,  is  modern  throughout,  and  is  finished  in  oak  and  wal- 
nut, with  floors  of  heavy  oak. 

Mr.  Barlow  was  married  October  9,  J 879,  in  Bethany  to  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Hockridge,  daughter  of  Nelson  A.  Marette  (Hart)  Hockridge.  The 
Hockridge  family  formerly  lived  in  the  vicinity  of  Utica,  New  York.  Mrs. 
Barlow's  great-grandfather,  Daniel  Wherry,  whose  remains  are  buried  at 
Plessis,  New  York,  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier  from  that  state.  Mrs. 
Barlow  was  the  oldest  child  and  other  members  of  her  immediate  family 
are:  William  H.,  a  farmer  in  Harrison  County;  and  Emma,  who  died  as 
Mrs.  F.  H.  Nally.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barlow  have  a  daughter,  Mabel,  wife  of 
L.  R.  Kautz,  a  young  lawyer  of  Bethany,  and  they  have  two  children, 
George  Barlow  Kautz  and  Elizabeth  Ruth  Kautz.  Mr.  Barlow  also  has 
as  a  member  of  his  family  Maretta  Barlow,  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Emma 
Nally,  sister  of  Mrs.  Barlow.  She  specialized  in  vocal  music  and  is  a 
prominent  singer.  She  has  been  reared  in  the  Barlow  home  since  child- 
hood and  is  being  educated  and  trained  as  carefully  as  if  she  were  an  own 
child.  Mr.  Barlow  is  a  Knight  Templar  Mason  and  also  aflSliated  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  some  years  ago  served  as  judge  advocate  of 
the  Missouri  Division  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  597 

George  W.  Barlow  comes  from  an  old  Virginia  family.  His  grand- 
parents were  George  and  Sarah  (Ubanks)  Barlow,  both  natives  of  Vir- 
ginia and  born  about  1786  and  1789,  respectively.  They  were  married  in 
1811.  George  Barlow  enlisted  as  a  private  during  the  War  of  1812,  but 
was  soon  detached  from  the  field  service  and  sent  out  as  a  recruiting 
officer.  He  died  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  in  1854,  and  his  wife  passed 
away  in  1866.     They  were  members  of  the  Baptist  Church. 

James  Barlow,  father  of  the  Bethany  lawyer,  was  born  in  Caroline 
County,  Virginia,  in  1832,  and  spent  his  active  career  as  a  farmer.  In 
1836  his  parents  moved  to  Ohio  and  he  was  married  in  Jackson  County 
of  that  state  to  Miss  Lucinda  Nally,  daughter  of  William  and  Patsy  Nally, 
who  were  likewise  from  Virginia.  James  Barlow,  in  1863,  enlisted  in 
Company  I  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-second  Ohio  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, served  as  sergeant  of  his  company  and  was  in  several  engage- 
ments before  he  was  discharged  in  the  fall  of  1864.  During  the  Morgan 
raid  through  Ohio  he  was  captured,  but  was  soon  released.  James  Bar- 
low was  a  Republican  and  one  of  the  active  influential  men  of  Northwest 
Missouri  after  his  removal  to  this  state  in  1865.  He  became  a  prominent 
Methodist  Church  leader  in  Harrison  County,  and  built  there  a  church 
largely  by  his  own  funds.  His  death  occurred  in  April,  1907,  and  he  is 
survived  by  his  wife.  Their  children  are:  Emma,  wife  of  Frank  P.  Bur- 
ns of  Harrison  County;  William  C,  assistant  cashier  of  the  Bethany 
Savings  Bank ;  Henry  A.,  a  farmer  in  Harrison  County ;  Lola,  wife  of  John 
Ballard,  of  Bethany;  Howard,  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri;  Doctor  Ed- 
ward, a  prominent  physician  at  Pattonburg,  Missouri,  where  he  died  in 
1902 ;  Harvey  K.,  a  Harrison  County  farmer  and  Gilbert,  who  practices 
law  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  George  W.,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Barlow,  Barlow  &  Kautz. 


C.  A.  Stoner,  the  popular  and  efficient  postmaster  of  Ridgeway,  Mis- 
souri, is  a  native  son  of  Han-ison  County  and  a  descendant  of  one  of  the 
early  pioneer  families  of  this  section  of  Missouri.  He  was  born  in  Trail 
Creek  Township,  May  2,  1877,  a  son  of  A.  W.  and  Martha  (Trainer) 
Stoner. 

A.  W.  Stoner  is  now  living  retired  in  Ridgeway.  He  was  bom  in 
Ohio  and  came  to  Missouri  with  his  mother  and  brothers  and  sisters  when 
he  was  about  eight  years  old,  his  father  having  died  in  Ohio.  A.  W. 
Stoner  was  one  of  a  family  of  ten  children,  seven  boys  and  three  girls  all 


598  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

of  whom  grew  to  maturity.  Three  of  the  boys,  A.  W.,  Spencer  and  Tom 
served  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War. 

C.  A.  Stoner  was  one  of  a  family  of  nine  children  born  to  his  parents, 
six  of  whom  are  living,  as  follows :  Mrs.  Olive  Smith,  Herford,  Texas ; 
Oscar  H.,  Hollister,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Minnie  McCall,  Amoret,  Missouri ;  C. 
A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mrs.  A.  L.  Pi-eston,  Trail  Creek  Township, 
Harrison  County;  and  Chester,  Lamoni,  Iowa. 

C.  A.  Stoner  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  the  Stanberry  Normal  School.  He  then  attended  the 
University  of  Missouri  and  was  successfully  engaged  in  teaching  for 
twelve  years.  He  was  superintendent  of  the  Mount  Moriah  schools  at 
Mount  Moriah,  Missouri,  for  two  years.  He  was  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  from  1907  until  1914  and  in  1915  he  was  appointed  postmaster 
of  Ridgeway  and  has  capably  filled  that  office  until  the  present  time.  Mr. 
Stoner  is  a  painstaking  and  obliging  public  official  and  the  high  class 
service  of  the  Ridgeway  post  office  is  recognized  and  highly  appreciated 
by  the  numerous  patrons  of  the  several  rural  routes  out  of  this  office  as 
well  as  by  the  people  of  the  town.  Mr.  Stoner  is  also  an  attorney,  hav- 
mg  read  law,  passed  the  bar  examination  and  was  admitted  to  practice 
before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Missouri. 

On  December  10,  1897,  Mr.  Stoner  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  Pitt- 
man  of  Madison  Township,  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  a  native  of 
Monroe  County,  Ohio.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Sampson  M.  and  Rebecca 
(Stine)  Pittman,  the  former  a  native  of  West  Virginia  and  the  latter  of 
Ohio.  The  Pittman  family  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Marion  Town- 
ship, Harrison  County,  in  1887.  The  mother  died  in  1908  and  the  father 
now  makes  his  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stoner  in  Ridgeway.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Stoner  have  been  born  two  children,  Charm  and  Amber.  Charm 
Stoner  married  Miss  Myrtle  Butler,  a  daughter  of  Fox  Butler  of  Harrison 
County.  She  died  March  25,  1921,  leaving  two  children,  Keith  and 
Lavonia.  Miss  Amber  Stoner  was  graduated  from  the  Ridgeway  High 
School,  as  was  also  her  brother  and  she  is  now  a  student  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Missouri  and  a  member  of  the  junior  class. 

Mr.  Stoner  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Oi'der  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Brotherhood  of 
American  Yeoman.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  and  is  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trustees.  For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Stoner  has 
been  active  in  Sunday  School  work  and  for  the  past  ten  years  he  has  been 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  599 

superintendent.  This  is  one  of  the  best  Sunday  schools  in  northern  Mis- 
souri and  for  the  past  six  years  has  maintained  an  average  of  100%.  The 
average  attendance  is  about  150.  Mr.  Stoner  has  only  been  absent  a  few 
times  in  the  past  ten  years.  He  takes  an  active  interest  in  pubhc  affairs 
and  for  twelve  years  served  as  secretary  of  the  school  board  and  is  now 
secretary  of  the  chamber  of  commerce.  He  is  one  of  Harrison  County's 
public  spirited  and  enterprising  citizens. 


Elbert  S.  Miner,  vice  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Miner 
and  Frees  Lumber  Company  with  general  offices  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri, 
is  one  of  the  progressive  young  business  men  of  Harrison  County.  He 
was  born  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  September  11,  1885  and  is  a  son  of  W. 
A.  Miner,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere  in  this  volume. 

Elbert  S.  Miner  was  reared  to  manhood  at  Ridgeway  and  attended 
the  high  school  there  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1902.  After  work- 
ing for  one  year  in  the  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  yard  at  Ridgeway,  he 
entered  the  University  of  Missouri,  at  Columbia.  He  did  one  year's  work 
in  the  academic  department  and  then  entered  the  law  department  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1907,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Law  and 
was  admitted  to  the  Missouri  State  Bar. 

After  completing  his  course  in  the  University,  Mr.  Miner  returned  to 
work  in  the  lumber  yard.  He  has  kept  in  touch  with  the  lumber  business 
since  boyhood,  having  worked  in  the  Ridgeway  yards  during  school  vaca- 
tions. After  completing  his  course  in  the  University,  Mr.  Miner  began 
work  in  the  Ridgeway  yard  of  the  company  and  later  was  made  manager. 
He  remained  in  that  capacity  until  the  death  of  E.  M.  Crossan,  treasurer 
of  the  company,  on  December  27,  1914.  The  company  was  then  operat- 
ing nine  lumber  yards  and  at  that  time  the  management  was  consolidated 
under  one  office  and  W.  A.  Miner,  father  of  Elbert  F.  Miner,  was  vice- 
president  and  general  manager  and  Elbert  S.  Miner  became  treasurer. 
He  served  in  that  capacity  until  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  March  22, 
1920,  when  he  succeeded  his  father  as  vice-president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  company. 

The  Miner  Frees  Lumber  Company  have  their  general  offices  at  Ridge- 
way and  do  an  extensive  business  and  have  a  very  complete  system  and 
thorough  organization  for  handling  the  details  of  this  enormous  business. 
Their  capital  and  surplus  is  $350,000.     They  handle  lumber,  brick,  coal 


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and  cement  and  all  kinds  of  building  materials  and  have  fourteen  branch 
yards  at  the  following  places :  Trenton,  Missouri ;  Brimson,  Missouri ; 
Oilman  City,  Missouri;  Spickard,  Missouri;  Coffey,  Missouri;  Mound  City, 
Missouri;  Oregon,  Missouri;  Bethany,  Missouri;  Blythedale,  Missouri; 
King  City,  Missouri;  Leon,  Iowa;  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  New  Hampton, 
Missouri ;  and  Ford  City,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Miner  was  married  June  12,  1912,  to  Miss  Celia  A.  Bunch,  of 
Grant  City,  Missouri,  and  they  have  one  son,  William  Allen  Miner. 

Mr.  Miner  is  a  Knight's  Templar  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Shrine. 
He  is  a  deacon  in  the  First  Christian  Church  and  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees.  He  is  a  Republican  and  takes  an  active  part  in  his  party 
organization  and  is  township  committeeman  and  treasurer  of  the  Fourth 
Congressional  District.  He  is  vice-president  of  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Ridgeway  and  vice-president  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  pub- 
lic spirited  and  enterprising  and  one  of  the  substantial  business  men  of 
Harrison  County. 


M,  Y.  Hillyard,  of  Jefferson  Township  is  one  of  the  honored  pioneer 
settlers  of  Hamson  County.  He  was  born  in  Barber  County,  Virginia 
(now  West  Virginia)  July  28,  1849,  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Sarah  Jane 
(Yokem)  Hillyard,  both  natives  of  Virginia  and  descendants  of  old  Eng- 
lish Colonial  stock. 

Isaac  Hillyard  v,as  born  in  eastern  Virginia  and  came  west  with 
his  family  at  an  early  day,  driving  through  from  Virginia  to  Iowa  with 
teams  and  wagons.  They  remained  in  Iowa  one  winter  and  in  the  spring 
came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  settled  in  what  is  now  Jefferson 
Township.  He  rented  land  for  three  yeai's  and  then  bought  a  fann  and 
built  a  house  on  the  place  during  the  Civil  War.  He  was  a  miller,  also, 
and  operated  a  mill  in  Virginia  before  coming  West.  After  coming  to 
Jefferson  Township  he  built  a  saw  and  grist  mill  about  three-fourths  of 
a  mile  from  the  present  home  of  M.  Y.  Hillyard.  He  and  his  son  M.  Y., 
operated  this  mill  for  a  number  of  years  and  in  1886  the  dam  was  washed 
away  by  high  water.  As  a  relic  of  the  old  time  grist  mill,  Mr.  Hillyard, 
has  placed  the  old  buhr-stones  which  were  used  in  that  mill  in  the  walk 
at  his  front  gate.  M.  Y.  Hillyard  and  his  father  operated  in  partnership 
during  the  life  time  of  the  latter.  The  operation  of  their  grist  mill,  saw 
mill  and  farm  were  conducted  in  partnership  and  after  the  death  of 
the  father,  M.  Y.  Hillyard  carried  on  the  business  and  has  also  operated 
a  threshing  machine.    Mr.  Hillyard  owns  160  acres  of  valuable  and  well 


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improved  land  and  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He 
is  also  one  of  the  successful  horticulturists  of  Harrison  County.  He  has 
a  splendid  orchard  of  fourteen  acres  where  he  has  been  very  successful 
in  the  production  of  apples,  peaches  and  pears.  During  the  season  of 
1919  he  sold  $800  worth  of  fruit  from  this  orchard. 

Isaac  Hillyard  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  nine  children  as  follows : 
M.  Y.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Prudence  married  John  Neal,  Blue 
Ridge,  Missouri;  Joe,  Independence,  Kansas;  William,  died  in  early  man- 
hood ;  Dora,  married  John  Dyer,  and  is  now  a  widow  living  in  Oklahoma ; 
Lewis,  Jefferson  Township ;  Soloman,  Jefferson  Township ;  Newton,  Jeffer- 
son Township;  and  Rosa,  married  Charles  Kembro,  Blue  Ridge,  Mis- 
souri. The  father  died  in  1891,  aged  sixty-six  years,  and  the  mother 
died  in  1907. 

M.  Y.  Hillyard  was  married  January  15,  1870,  to  Mary  Ann  Whit- 
man, a  native  of  Greenbrier  County,  West  Virginia.  Three  children 
were  born  to  them,  as  follows:  Charles  Monroe,  lives  near  Coffey,  Mis- 
souri; Fred,  and  Jesse  both  living  in  Jefferson  Township.  The  mother 
died  October  26,  1917,  and  Mr.  Hillyard  was  afterward  married  to  Mary 
T.  Bell,  of  Jeffei'son  Township;  she  died  on  June  2,  1821,  aged  sixty-six 
years,  six  months  and  twenty-seven  days. 

Mr.  Hillyard  is  one  of  the  few  pioneers  now  living  in  Harrison  County 
who  has  seen  this  county  grov/  up,  so  to  speak.  When  he  was  a  boy 
Harrison  County  was  practically  in  its  primitive  state  and  he  remembers 
of  having  seen  deer,  wild  turkeys  and  was  familiar  with  the  howl  of  the 
wolves  in  the  early  days  here.  He  was  not  a  hunter  to  any  great  extent 
although  he  has  frequently  killed  wild  turkeys. 

Mr.  Hillyard  has  always  supported  the  policies  and  principles  of  the 
Democratic  party  and  he  is  one  of  the  substantial  and  highly  respected 
citizens  of  Harrison  Countv.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbvterian  Church. 


J.  P.  Simpson,  of  Grant  Township,  is  a  Civil  War  veteran  and  a  prom- 
inent pioneer  settler  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Franklin 
County,  Missouri,  January  28,  1842,  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Enloe) 
Simpson,  the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  the  latter  of  North  Caro- 
lina. 

John  Simpson  came  to  Harrison  County  with  his  family  in  1843.  They 
settled  on  Big  Creek,  west  of  what  is  now  the  town  of  Blythedale.  The 
father  was  a  farmer  and  followed  that  vocation  in  Harrison  County  for 


602  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

some  years  when  he  sold  his  place  here  and  removed  to  Iowa  and  died  in 
Folk  County,  Iowa,  in  1850.  His  wife  died  in  1848,  when  J.  P.  Simpson 
of  this  review  was  six  years  old. 

J.  P.  Simpson  was  reared  amidst  the  pioneer  surroundings  of  the 
early  days  in  Harrison  County  and  was  about  nineteen  years  old  when 
the  Civil  War  broke  out.  He  enlisted  at  Bethany,  August  3,  1861,  be- 
coming a  member  of  Company  E,  23rd  Missouri  Infanti-y.  Later  he  was 
transferred  to  Company  A,  of  the  same  regiment.  He  served  in  the  Army 
of  the  Cumberland  and  participated  in  a  number  of  important  battles  of 
the  Civil  War  as  well  as  a  number  ot'  skirmishes  and  minor  engagements. 
He  served  under  General  Thomas  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh  and 
Chattanooga.  He  was  with  Sherman  on  his  memorable  march  to  the  sea 
and  participated  in  many  engagements  of  that  campaign.  He  was  with 
his  command  in  North  Carolina  when  General  Lee  surrendered  and  the 
war  closed.  From  North  Carolina  he  marched  through  to  Washington, 
D.  C.  and  was  in  the  Grand  Review.  At  the  expiration  of  his  first  temi 
of  enlistment  he  reenlisted  as  a  veteran  volunteer  at  McManville, 
Tennessee.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  received  his  honorable  dis- 
charge at  St.  Louis  and  was  mustered  out  of  the  United  States  service  at 
Louisville,  Kentucky.  During  his  long  and  hazardous  military  service 
Mr.  Simpson  was  fortunately  never  wounded  nor  taken  prisoner. 

After  the  close  of  the  war,  Mr.  Simpson  returned  to  Harrison  County 
and  for  a  time  worked  out  by  the  month.  Shortly  afterwards  he  bought 
eighty  acres  of  land  which  is  a  part  of  his  present  place.  He  went 
in  debt  for  his  first  farm  and  bought  inore  land  from  time  to  time  until 
he  became  the  owner  of  840  acres  which  constitutes  the  Simpson  farm 
now.  He  carried  on  farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  met  with  success. 
He  has  experienced  all  the  hard  and  good  times  of  the  past  sixty  years  and 
in  speaking  of  present  day  conditions,  Mr.  Simpson  says,  they  are  not  so 
bad  as  he  experienced  on  many  former  occasions.  He  remembers  of  hav- 
ing sold  hogs  for  $1.7-5  per  hundred  and  other  farm  produce  in  proportion. 

Mr.  Simpson  was  married  September  12,  1867  to  Miss  Sarah  Jane 
Gillispie,  a  native  of  Jackson  County,  Ohio  and  a  mem.ber  of  a  pioneer 
family  of  Harrison  County.  She  died  in  1883,  leaving  two  sons,  J.  P.  Jr. ; 
and  J.  N.,  who  operates  the  home  farm,  the  father  having  retired  from 
active  business  about  1916. 

Mr.  Simpson  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  is 
a  Republican. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  603 

J.  P.  Simpson,  Jr.,  who  operates  a  part  of  the  home  place  was  reared 
in  Grant  Township  and  has  always  been  engaged  in  farming  on  the  home 
place  with  his  father.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Dora  Lilly,  a  native  of 
Harrison  County  and  they  have  five  children  as  follows :  Jasper  Roy,  Gar- 
land Russell,  Edith  Erlene,  Joseph  Lee  and  William  Howard. 

J.  N.  Simpson,  the  youngest  son  of  J.  P.  Simpson,  Sr.  was  born  on  the 
home  place  in  Grant  Township,  where  he  now  resides,  October  17,  1880. 
He  was  married  March  1,  1902,  to  Miss  Pear  Slingerland,  of  Trail  Creek 
Township  and  they  have  the  following  children;  Oliver,  Nort,  Jr.,  and  John. 


G.  T.  Smothers,  cashier  of  the  Commercial  State  Bank  of  Ridgeway, 
is  one  of  the  progressive  young  bankers  of  Harrison  County.  He  is  a 
native  of  this  county  and  was  born  April  11,  1896,  a  son  of  Daniel  and 
Rosa  B.  (Glaze)  Smothers,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume. 

G.  T.  Smothers  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  the  Central 
Business  College  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  After  completing  his  busi- 
ness course  he  accepted  a  position  as  bookkeeper  with  the  Commercial 
State  Bank  of  Ridgeway  and  was  serving  in  that  capacity  when  the  United 
States  entered  the  World  War.  On  June  14,  1918,  he  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  army  and  was  attached  to  the  Medical  Corps.  He  was  in 
training  at  Columbia,  Missouri,  for  two  months  when  he  was  transferred 
to  Camp  Greenleaf,  Georgia.  On  June  13,  1919  he  was  transferred  to 
United  States  General  Hospital,  No.  38,  New  York  City.  On  July  19. 
1919,  he  was  transferred  to  Camp  Dodge,  Iowa,  where  he  received  his  dis- 
charge July  21,  1919.  He  then  returned  to  Ridgeway  and  became  assist- 
ant cashier  of  the  Commercial  State  Bank  and  served  in  that  capacity 
until  February  1,  1920  when  he  was  elected  cashier  and  since  that  time 
has  filled  that  responsible  position. 

Mr.  Smothers  was  married  June  26,  1921  to  Miss  Dorothy  Swartz,  a 
native  of  New  Hampton,  Missouri.  Mrs.  Smothers  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  New  Hampton,  graduating  from  the  high  school  and  then 
attended  Howard  Payne  College  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  where  she  special- 
ized in  music  and  English.  She  was  a  teacher  in  the  Ridgeway  High 
School  prior  to  her  marriage.  She  is  a  daughter  of  C.  E.  Swartz  of  New 
Hampton. 

Mr.  Smothers  is  a  member  of  the  American  Legion,  Updyke  Post.  No. 
228  and  he  holds  membership  in  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 


604  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Lorraine  Lodge,  No.  128.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  and 
one  of  the  substantial  young  men  of  this  county.  He  is  a  close  student 
of  the  intricate  problems  of  finance  and  banking  and  by  his  courteous  and 
obliging  manner  he  has  won  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  business 
world. 

The  Commercial  State  Bank  of  Ridgeway  is  one  of  the  substantial 
and  well  conducted  financial  institutions  of  Harrison  County.  It  was 
organized  with  a  capital  stock  of  $15,000  in  1908.  The  surplus  of  the 
bank  is  $11,000. 

The  first  officers  of  the  Commercial  State  Bank  were:  C.  T.  Webb, 
president;  J.  N.  Homan,  vice-president;  E.  Scott,  cashier;  and  Ora  C. 
Scott,  first  assistant  cashier.  The  present  officers  are:  Daniel  Smothers, 
president ;  P.  F.  Emry,  vice-president ;  G.  T.  Smothers,  cashier  and  D.  A. 
Leazenby,  assistant  cashier.  The  directors  are:  Daniel  Smothers,  P.  F. 
Emry,  H.  A.  Rinehart,  J.  F.  Milligan  and  C.  T.  Mitchell. 

The  bank  building  which  is  a  two  story  brick  structure,  the  lower 
floor  which  is  occupied  exclusively  by  the  bank  was  built  about  the  time 
the  bank  was  organized.  The  furniture  and  fixtures  are  modern  and 
afford  every  convenience  to  the  patrons  and  oflficers  of  the  bank  and  pre- 
sent a  neat  and  rich  appearance.  This  bank  has  been  under  capable  man- 
agement since  its  organization  and  has  had  a  substantial  growth. 


J.  H.  Cunniflf,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Jefferson  Town- 
ship, is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  was  born  on  the  place  where  he 
now  resides  March  17,  1869.  He  is  a  son  of  John  and  Deborah  (Leeds) 
Cunniff,  the  former  a  native  of  Ireland  and  the  latter  of  Ohio. 

John  Cunniff  settled  in  Harrison  County  in  1866,  reaching  here  May 
3rd.  He  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Jefferson  Township  and 
met  with  success.  He  was  a  substantial  citizen  and  highly  respected  by 
all  that  knew  him.  He  died  May  28,  1905  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years 
and  his  wife  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  They  were  the  parents  of 
three  children:  J.  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mrs.  Emma  SchrofF,  who 
lives  in  Harrison  County  and  Mrs.  Mary  Morris,  Harrison  County.  By  a 
former  marriage  of  the  mother  to  Mark  Harris  the  following  children  were 
born:  Mrs.  Lydia  Maniwaring,  Acton,  Montana;  C.  R.  Harris,  Cherokee, 
Iowa  and  F.  L.  Harris,  who  died  at  Blythedale,  Missouri,  in  1921. 

J.  H.  Cunniff  was  reared  on  the  place  where  he  now  resides  and  edu- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  605 

cated  in  the  district  school.  He  has  always  followed  farming  and  stock 
raising,  he  is  the  owner  of  363  acres  of  well  improved  and  valuable  land,  160 
acres  of  which  is  located  in  Grant  Township  twelve  acres  in  Bethany  Town- 
ship and  the  balance  upon  which  the  residence  is  situated  is  in  Jefferson 
Township.  In  1918,  Mr.  Cunniff  erected  a  large  modern  residence  which 
is  one  of  the  fine  homes  of  Harrison  County. 

On  November  15,  1894,  Mr.  Cunniflf  was  married  to  Miss  Bessie  Buz- 
zard, a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  daughter  of  Isaiah  Buzzard,  now 
deceased  and  his  widow  lives  in  Bethany.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cunniff  were 
born  five  children  as  follows:  0.  Avery,  who  entered  the  United  States 
Army  during  the  World  War,  July  24,  1918,  was  trained  at  Camp  Funston, 
was  a  member  of  Company  I,  70th  Infantry,  10th  Division,  and  was  dis- 
charged February  6,  1919,  married  November  7,  1919  to  Ethel  Haselten  of 
Blue  Ridge,  daughter  of  Bert  and  Minnie  Haselton  who  now  resides  in  St. 
Joseph;  Gladys,  married  Ray  McDaniel  and  they  five  south  of  Bethany; 
Blanche,  Bethany ;  Fay,  a  student  and  Nina.  The  mother  of  these  children 
died  March  10,  1908,  and  in  January  24,  1914,  Mr.  Cunniff  was  married  to 
Miss  Ethel  Tilley  and  they  have  one  child,  William  Henry.  She  was  bom  in 
Cypress  Township,  a  daughter  of  W.  L.  and  Rose  (Francisco)  Tilley,  both 
natives  of  Harrison  County  and  now  five  in  Bethany — she  was  reared  in 
this  county  and  educated  in  Bethany  schools. 

Mr.  Cunniff  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
The  Encampment  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  an  entei-prising  and 
progressive  citizen  and  is  widely  and  favorably  known  in  Harrison  County 
Mrs.  Cunniff  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church. 


Robert  M.  Ballard,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Grant  Town- 
ship, is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer 
families  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  was  bom  in  Cypress  Township, 
August  15,  1871,  a  son  of  Boone  and  Caroline  (Salmon)  Ballard,  the  former 
a  native  of  Indiana  and  the  latter  of  Marion  County  Ohio. 

Boone  Ballard  was  a  pioneer  settler  of  Harrison  County.  He  came 
here  in  1852  and  settled  on  a  farm  seven  miles  south  of  Bethany,  in  Cypress 
Township  and  was  a  successful  farmer  and  stock  raiser.  During  the  Civil 
War  he  served  in  the  Union  Amiy,  being  a  member  of  the  famous  Merril 
Horse.  He  was  first  married  to  Anna  Brown,  and  to  that  union  the  follow- 
ing children  were  born:  William,  who  was  a  pioneer  of  Colorado  and  helped 


606  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

to  erect  the  first  cabins  in  that  state  and  also  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil 
War,  serving  in  the  same  company  with  his  father  and  now  resides  at 
Aspen,  Colorado;  Eliza,  married  G.  W.  Dort,  and  they  both  spent  their 
lives  at  Washington,  Kansas ;  Mrs.  Chloe  Smith,  died  at  Hutchinson,  Kan- 
sas; Chapman,  Taos,  New  Mexico;  and  Mrrs.  Jane  Johnson,  Morganville, 
Kansas. 

Robert  M.  Ballard  is  one  of  the  following  children  bom  to  his  father's 
second  marriage:  N.  J.,  a  merchant,  Hutchinson,  Kansas;  John,  Bethany, 
Missouri ;  Boone,  Seattle,  Washington ;  Anna,  married  H.  P.  Joseph ;  Maxey, 
Colorado;  Charles,  Stockton,  California;  Robert  M.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Henry,  Bethany,  Missouri;  and  Clara,  married  H.  K.  Barlow,  Beth- 
any, Missouri. 

Robert  M.  Ballard  was  reared  on  the  home  place  in  Cypress  Town- 
ship and  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock  raising  on  his  own  account  in  early  life  and  in  1909  bought  his 
present  farm  in  Grant  Township.  His  place  consists  of  159  acres  and 
is  well  improved,  with  a  good  residence  and  other  farm  buildings.  It  is 
one  of  the  attractive  places  of  Grant  Township. 

Mr.  Ballard  was  married  December  24,  1896  to  Miss  Lillie  Stinson,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of 
Harrison  County.  She  was  born  in  Washington  Township  and  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  D.  and  Mary  (McLaughlin)  Stinson,  both  natives  of  Ireland. 
The  father  was  born  in  the  western  part  of  Ireland  and  the  mother  was 
a  native  of  Belfast.  They  were  both  reared  in  Liverpool,  England,  and 
married  in  that  city.  They  came  to  America  in  1852  and  after  remaining 
a  short  time  in  Philadelphia,  went  to  New  Orleans  and  from  there  to  Chi- 
cago. They  then  lived  on  a  farm  near  Iowa  City,  Iowa  for  a  time.  In 
1857,  they  came  to  Harrison  County  and  were  among  the  first  settlers  in 
Washington  Township.  The  father  learned  the  coopers  trade  in  early 
life  and  worked  at  it  some  after  coming  to  this  county,  but  his  principal 
occupation  was  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  served  in  the  Union  Army 
during  the  Civil  War.  In  1890  he  and  his  wife  retired  from  the  farm  and 
removed  to  Bethany,  where  they  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  He 
died  May  9,  190.3  and  his  wife  died  February  27,  1906.  They  were  the 
parents  of  ten  children  as  follows :  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Peak,  Oklahoma  City, 
Oklahoma;  Mrs.  M.  A.  Bram,  deceased;  Mrs.  Lucinda  Heller,  Kanona, 
Kansas;  J.  A.  Kanona,  Kansas;  Mrs.  Lettie  Chivington,  Dresden,  Kansas; 
Mrs.  Arabelle  Willard,  Norcatur,  Kansas;  W.  H.,  Fairbury,  Nebraska; 


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Maggie,  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma;  John  C,  Cain  City,  Texas;  and  Lillie, 
the  wife  of  Robert  M.  Ballard,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ballard  have  been  born  three  children,  as  follows: 
Verbal  S.  resides  at  home  with  his  parents;  Lester  R.  died  at  the  age 
of  ten  years ;  and  Charles  B.  died  when  four  months  old.  Verbal  S.  Ballard 
was  in  the  service  during  the  World  War  and  was  taking  a  course  of 
training  at  Columbia,  Missouri,  when  the  Armistice  was  signed. 

Mr.  Ballard  is  a  Republican  and  is  the  present  clerk  and  assessor 
of  Grant  Township.  He  is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen  and 
fie  and  his  family  rank  high  as  representive  people  of  Harrison  County. 


J,  P.  Jackson,  a  progressive  and  well  known  farmer  and  stock  man 
of  Grant  Tov^oiship,  is  a  native  of  Iowa.  He  was  born  in  Wapello,  County, 
Iowa,  August  1,  1856,  a  son  of  Aaron  Jackson.  His  mother  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Lewis  and  his  parents  were  both  natives  of  Indiana.  They  came 
to  Iowa  in  1854  and  after  remaining  two  years  in  that  state  returned  to 
Indiana  when  J.  P.  Jackson  of  this  review  was  only  six  weeks  old.  They 
made  the  trip  across  the  plains  in  a  prairie  schooner.  The  mother  died' 
in  Indiana  in  1863  and  the  father  in  1864.  There  was  one  other  child  in 
the  family  besides  J.  P.,  Jacob,  who  now  lives  in  Indiana.  Two  sisters 
died  when  young. 

J.  P.  Jackson  was  only  seven  years  old  when  his  mother  died  and 
his  father  died  the  following  year.  Thus  he  was  left  an  orphan  at  a 
very  early  age.  He  was  reared  by  an  uncle  in  Indiana  with  whom  he 
made  his  home  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  old.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  and  later  attended  Purdue  University  where 
he  took  the  agriculture  course,  working  his  own  way  through  college.  In 
1890  he  v/ent  to  Iowa  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising 
until  1896.  He  then  came  to  Harrison  County  and  bought  a  farm  just 
east  of  the  town  of  Ridgeway,  near  the  corporation  limit.  He  owns  160 
acres  of  valuable  and  well  improved  land  where  he  carries  on  general  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising.  Since  coming  here  Mr.  Jackson  has  made  a  number 
of  substantial  improvements.  He  has  remodeled  the  residence  and  his 
place  presents  an  attractive  and  well  kept  appearance  and  is  one  of  the 
pretty  places  of  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Jackson  was  man'ied  February  14,  1883  to  Miss  EflSe  A.  Scott,  a 
native  of  Wapello  County,  Iowa.     To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jackson  have  been 


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born  the  following  children:   Carrie,  a  graduate  of  the  Ridgeway  High 

School,  Teachers  State  College  at  Warrensburg,  Missouri,  the  State  Uni- 
versity and  is  now  a  teacher;  Mary,  who  is  also  a  graduate  of  the  same 
institutions  and  is  a  teacher;  Keith,  a  graduate  of  the  Ridgeway  High 
School  and  the  State  Teachers  College  at  WaiTensburg,  is  a  manual  train- 
ing teacher,  and  Roger  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Ridgeway  High  School, 
and  is  now  farming  with  his  father. 

Mr.  Jackson  is  a  Democrat  and  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  is  a  public 
spirited  and  substantial  citizen  and  the  Jackson  family  stands  high  in 
Harrison  County. 


Riley  Hurst,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Colfax  Township, 
has  land  holdings  of  475  acres  and  lives  five  and  three-fourths  miles 
south  of  Lamoni,  Iowa  on  the  Jefferson  Highway  where  he  has  a  fine 
modern  residence. 

Mr.  Hurst  was  born  a  half  mile  south  of  his  present  home  in  Colfax 
Township,  May  4,  1870.  His  parents  were  James  A.  and  Susan  C. 
(Justice)  Hurst  to  whom  thirteen  children  were  born.  Eight  of  the 
children  are  still  living.  James  A.  Hurst  was  born  in  Sangamon  County, 
Illinois  in  1834.  and  died  in  this  county.  September  8,  1908.  He  was 
a  practical  farmer  all  of  his  life.  He  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1865, 
with  his  mother,  his  wife  and  four  children  and  located  in  Colfax  Town- 
ship. They  drove  through  from  Illinois  with  a  team  and  settled  in  a 
country  that  was  all  unbroken  prairie  land.  Mr.  Hurst  built  a  frame 
house,  quite  a  rarity  in  those  days,  which  was  considered  one  of  the  fine 
homes  of  the  township.  The  timbers  for  the  house  were  hauled  from  Price- 
ton,  Missouri  and  the  shingles  were  brought  from  Afton,  Iowa.  At 
that  time  the  men  who  farmed  were  confronted  by  the  necessity  of 
breaking  up  the  land  and  Mr.  Hurst  at  once  began  this  work,  making  as 
time  went  on,  many  improvements  which  enhanced  the  value  of  his 
land.  Susan  C.  (Justice)  Hurst  was  a  native  of  Tennessee  born  in  1842. 
She  was  married  in  Illinois  and  died  in  Missouri  in  1911. 

Riley  Hurst  has  followed  the  vocation  of  farming  all  of  his  life. 
He  attended  the  district  schools  of  the  county  and  started  out  to  work 
for  himself  when  he  was  a  young  man.  He  had  practical  training  for 
his  life  work  on  his  father's  farm  of  400  acres  and  he  at  first  rented  land 
for  farming.     About  thirty-five  years  ago,  however,  he  bought  100  acres 


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of  land  in  Colfax  Township  to  which  he  soon  added  the  forty  acres  where 
he  now  lives.  Later  on,  he  added  to  his  land  as  he  could.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hurst  have  purchased  land  that  now  adjoin  the  holdings,  until 
they  have  acquired  the  present  large  tract.  Mr.  Hurst  does  general  farm- 
ing and  raises  stock,  in  both  of  which  pursuits  he  has  achieved  success. 

Riley  Hurst  was  married  on  June  5,  1900,  to  S.  Eugenia  Hill,  born 
in  Caldwell  County,  February  6,  1872,  the  daughter  of  Morris  H.  and 
Lucy  (Davis)  Hill,  the  former  a  native  of  Boone  County  and  the  latter 
born  in  Caldwell  County.  Mrs.  Hill  died  in  Caldwell  County  in  1882, 
and  Mr.  Hill  brought  his  children  to  Han  ison  County  in  1885,  where  he 
died  in  1900,  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years.  To  the  union  of  Riley  and 
S.  Eugenia  (Hill)  Hurst  one  child  was  born;  Woodson  R.,  married  to 
Nellie  Martin  and  living  a  mile  east  of  his  father's  farm.  To  this  union 
two  children  have  been  born. 

Mr.  Hurst  is  a  democrat  in  i^olitics  and  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the 
Christian  Church.  Mr.  Hurst  is  one  of  Harrison  County's  enterprising 
citizens.  His  marked  success  has  been  achieved  because  of  his  business 
insight,  his  integrity,  and  his  progressive  methods  in  his  line  of  work. 
Such  men  build  up  the  community  of  which  they  are  a  part  and  well 
merit  the  esteem  in  which  they  are  held. 

In  1919,  Mr.  Hurst  was  appointed  special  road  commissioner  of  the 
Jefferson  Highway  road  district  of  Harrison  County.  He  has  always 
been  a  stiong  advocate  of  good  roads.  , 


Dr.  Lake  Brewer  a  prominent  physician  of  Harrison  County,  who  is 
successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  her  profession,  at  Ridgeway,  is  a 
native  of  Harrison  County.  She  was  born  at  Ridgeway,  January  4,  1882, 
and  is  a  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Delia  (Warner)  Brewer,  both  natives 
of  Ohio  and  descendants  of  old  American  families. 

George  W.  Brewer  was  born  in  Zanesville,  Ohio,  May  12,  1840  and 
was  the  eldest  son  of  William  and  Nancy  (Hanes)  Brewer.  He  was  a 
druggist.  Prior  to  coming  to  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  he  lived  at  Danville, 
Illinois.     He  died  in  New  Orleans  in  1898. 

The  Brewer  family  was  founded  in  America  in  1633,  and  the  first 
record  of  them  is  found  in  New  York.     The  name  was  originally  Brower, 
and  they  came  from  Holland,  and  Jacobus  Brower  was  the  first  member 
of  the  family  to  come  to  this  country. 
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610  HISTORY  OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Nancy  Hanes  Brewer,  mother  of  George  W.  Brewer,  was  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  Hanes,  who  was  bom  in  1750,  and  served  in  the  American  army 
with  the  rank  of  captain  in  the  Revokitionary  War. 

George  W.  Brewer  was  married  January  2,  1868,  in  Champaign 
County,  Ilhnois,  to  Miss  Delia  Warner  and  three  children  were  born  to 
them  as  follows:  Dr.  Lake  Brewer,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  a  son  bom 
Januaiy  13,  1883,  died  in  infancy;  and  a  daughter.  Leaf,  born  November 
24,  1886. 

Delia  Warner  Brewer  was  born  at  Wooster,  Ohio,  in  1850,  and  is  a 
daughter  of  Amasa  and  Ellsie  Ann  (Lowery)  Warner.  The  Warner 
family  date  back  to  a  very  early  day,  in  the  settlement  of  New  England. 
Amasa  Warner,  Doctor  Brewer's  grandfather  was  born  in  North  Hamp- 
ton County,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  the  son  of  Nathan  Warner,  who  was 
born  in  Dutchess  County,  New  York,  October  31,  1765.  and  died  in  Ohio. 
Nathan  Warner  was  a  son  of  Nathan  Warner,  who  was  bom  in  Windhan, 
Connecticut,  in  1744.  He  was  a  son  of  Daniel  Warner,  who  was  born  in 
Windhan,  Connecticut,  in  1714.  Daniel  Warner  was  a  son  of  Ichabod,  who 
was  born  at  Northfield,  Massachusetts,  in  1684.  He  was  a  son  of  Isaac 
Warner,  who  was  born  in  1645,  at  Northfield,  Massachusetts,  and  Isaac 
was  a  son  of  Andrew  Warner,  who  was  the  founder  of  the  Warner  family 
in  this  country.  The  first  mention  that  is  found  of  Andrew  Warner,  ap- 
pears in  the  town  records  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  which  at  that 
time  was  known  as  "Newtowne".  On  January  7,  1633,  and  subsequent 
dates,  the  name  of  Andrew  Warner,  frequently  appears.  He  was  born  in 
Essex  County,  England,  in  1595,  and  probably  came  to  New  England  in 
1629.  He  was  the  son  of  John  Warner,  a  prominent  resident  of  Essex 
County,  England. 

Dr.  Lake  Brewer  was  reared  in  Ridgeway  and  attended  the  public 
schools  here  and  was  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  the  class  of  1899. 
This  was  the  third  class  which  was  graduated  from  the  Ridgeway  High 
School.  Miss  Brewer,  then  entered  the  University  of  Missouri,  at  Colum- 
bia and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1903,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts  and  at  the  same  time  received  a  teachers  life  certificate.  She 
afterwards  entered  the  Medical  Department  and  was  graduated  in  1908, 
with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  and  immediately  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  her  profession  at  Ridgeway  and  has  built  up  a  large  practice. 
She  is  an  able  physician  and  is  a  close  student  of  the  advance  made  in  the 
great  science  of  medicine. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  611 

Doctor  Brewer  is  a  Republican  and  was  a  delegate  at  the  Republican 
state  convention  in  1920.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and 
holds  membership  in  the  Yoemen,  P.  E.  0.,  and  the  Daughters  of  1812. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  County,  State  and  American  Medical  Association. 


C.  C.  Fordyce,  of  Grant  Township  has  been  prominently  identified  with 
the  development  of  Harrison  County  in  various  ways  for  a  number  of 
years.  He  was  born  near  Dallas,  West  Virginia,  July  7,  1853,  a  son  of 
John  and  Margaret  Ann  (Cameron)  Fordyce. 

John  Fordyce  was  a  native  of  Stubenville,  Ohio,  and  a  son  of  pioneer 
parents  of  that  state.  Margaret  Ann  Cameron  was  a  native  of  Scotland 
and  came  to  America  with  her  parents  who  returned  to  their  native  land 
some  time  after  her  marriage  to  John  Fordyce.  The  Fordyce  family 
came  west  in  1875  and  settled  in  Iowa.  The  father  died  in  Harrison  County, 
Missouri.  The  mother  died  in  Taylor  County,  Iowa.  They  were  the 
parents  of  six  children:  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Potter,  Bethany,  Missouri;  Mrs. 
Margaret  McConnell,  Washington  County  Pennsylvania;  Mrs.  Caroline 
Power,  Spirit  Lake,  Iowa;  C.  C,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  George,  de- 
ceased and  Mrs.  Lou  Johnson,  who  lives  near  Bedford,  Iowa. 

During  the  Civil  War,  John  Fordyce,  served  in  Company  G,  85th 
Pennsylvania  Infantry. 

C.  C.  Fordyce  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  when  about 
seventeen  years  old  began  working  out  by  the  month.  About  two  years 
later  he  came  to  Missouri,  landing  at  Chillicothe,  and  walked  from  there  to 
Bethany,  a  distance  of  about  fifty  miles  in  one  day.  When  he  came  to 
Harrison  County,  Mr.  Fordyce  had  $305.00.  He  worked  one  year  for 
eighteen  dollars  per  month  and  then  returned  to  Pennsylvania  for  a  short 
time  and  came  back  to  Harrison  County  in  the  spring  of  1875  and  was 
married.  He  farmed  and  rented  land  for  two  years  when  his  wife  was 
given  eighty  acres  of  land  by  her  father.  Later  they  sold  that  fann  and 
bought  160  acres  in  Trail  Creek  Township.  Later  Mr.  Fordyce  sold  that 
place  at  a  profit  of  $2,000.00.  He  then  bought  a  farm  in  Grant  Township, 
two  miles  northeast  of  his  present  home  and  in  1889,  bought  the  eighty 
upon  which  his  residence  is  located.  He  bought  more  land  from  time  to 
time  and  is  now  the  owner  of  766  acres  besides  some  timber  land.  Mr. 
Fordyce  was  extensively  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  for  a 
number  of  years  and  met  with  success.  During  recent  years  he  has 
rented  his  land  to  his  sons  who  are  now  successfully  operating  it. 


612  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

In  addition  to  his  farming  operations,  Mr.  Fordyce  has  been  and  is 
still  interested  in  a  number  of  other  enterpi'ises  in  which  he  has  invest- 
ments. He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Ridge- 
way,  and  served  as  president  of  that  institution  for  eleven  years. 

Mr.  Fordyce  was  married  April  21,  1875,  to  Miss  Ida  F.  Boyce,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County,  Missouri.  She  was  born  near  Blue  Ridge,  and 
was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  D.  Boyce,  a  pioneer  settler  of  Harrison  County, 
who  came  here  about  1855.  He  served  as  lieutenant  in  the  Union  Army 
during  the  Civil  War  and  for  many  years  was  prominent  in  Harrison 
County.  He  served  as  county  judge  and  held  various  other  offices.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Fordyce  were  bom  the  following  children:  Gertrude,  married  C. 
E.  Smith,  Bethany  Township;  Bessie,  married  R.  D.  Swain,  Grant  Town- 
ship ;  Daniel,  Oswego,  Kansas ;  Orrie,  a  farmer  in  Sherman  Township ; 
Roy,  Bethany,  Missouri;  Ralph,  Grant  Township;  and  Lela,  married  Clif- 
ford Polley,  Sherman  Township.  There  are  fourteen  grandchildren  in  the 
Fordyce  family. 

Mr.  Fordj'ce  is  a  Republican  and  has  held  a  number  of  local  offices 
and  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  four  years.  He  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  are  among  the  highly  respected 
and  dependable  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


H.  J.  Hallock,  an  enterprising  and  progressive  farmer  of  Grant  Town- 
ship is  a  native  son  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Bethany  Town- 
ship, August  20,  1867,  a  son  of  Uriah  and  Electa  (Fuller)  Hallock,  early 
settlers  in  Harrison  County. 

Uriah  Hallock  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  when  a  young  man  came 
west  and  settled  in  Appanoose,  County,  Iowa.  When  the  Civil  War  broke 
out  he  enlisted  in  an  Iowa  regiment.  He  participated  in  a  number  of  en- 
gagements and  was  severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  which  practi- 
cally disabled  him  for  life.  A  minnie  ball  passed  through  his  forearm  and 
through  his  arm  between  the  shoulder  and  elbow  and  through  his  side. 
Shortly  after  the  war  he  came  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  east  of 
Bethany.  Here  he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  always  took  a  prominent  part  in  public  affairs  and 
held  local  office  of  various  kind.  He  served  as  justice  of  the  peace.  He 
died  September  13,  1918,  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years  and  his  wife 
departed  this  life  September  12,  1917  and  their  remains  are  buried  in  the 


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Dale  Cemetery.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  children,  as  follows :  B.  C, 
who  lives  in  Grant  Township;  John,  lives  near  the  old  home  in  Bethany, 
Township ;  and  Orrie,  who  lives  on  the  old  home  place  and  H.  J.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  who  is  the  oldest  of  the  family.  The  mother  was  first 
married  to  Jeff  Dale,  who  was  a  very  early  pioneer  settler  of  Harrison 
County  and  the  following  children  were  born  to  them:  Mrs.  Victoria 
Foster,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  and  S.  A.  Dale,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears 
in  this  volume. 

H.  J.  Hallock  was  reared  on  the  home  place  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  the  Stanbery  Normal  School  at  Stanbery,  Missouri. 
He  taught  school  for  about  five  years  and  when  he  was  twenty-five  years 
old  he  engaged  in  farming  for  himself.  He  first  bought  120  acres  of  land 
and  has  added  to  that  from  time  to  time  until  he  is  now  the  owner  of 
four  hundred  acres  of  valuable  and  productive  land.  His  place  is  excep- 
tionally improved  and  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He  carries  on 
general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  specializing  in  Whitefaced  cattle 
and  now  has  about  thirty  Whitefaced  cows.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
was  an  extensive  hog  raiser.  The  Hallock  home  is  modern  and  up  to  date 
in  every  particular  being  lighted  by  a  private  plant  and  Mr.  Hallock  has 
also  installed  a  complete  water  system.  The  other  buildings  about  the 
place  are  conviently  arranged  and  well  kept  and  altogether  the  farm  pre- 
sents a  very  attractive  appearance. 

Mr.  Hallock  was  married  April  6,  1893  to  Miss  Dora  Fransham,  of 
Ridgeway,  Missouri.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Charles  Fransham  who  con- 
ducted a  lumber  business  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  was  a  native  of  England  and  he  and  his  wife  are  both  now  deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hallock  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church  and  he  has 
always  been  a  Democrat. 


George  S.  Bridges,  a  well  known  and  successful  farmer  and  stockman 
who  operates  a  farm  in  Marion  Township  and  resides  in  Eagleville,  is  a 
native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  descendant  of  early  pioneers  of  this  sec- 
tion of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Marion  Township,  November  2,  1864, 
and  is  a  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Patton)  Bridges. 

James  Bridges  was  a  native  of  Illinois  and  came  to  Harrison  County 
with  his  parents  at  a  very  early  date.  He  was  a  son  of  Charles  Bridges, 
who  settled  in  Marion  Township  upon  coming  to  this  county,  and  here 
he  and  his  wife  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives. 


614  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

James  JBridges  followed  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Marion  Town- 
ship, where  he  and  his  wife  both  spent  their  lives  and  are  buried  at  the 
Masonic  Cemetery,  at  Eagleville.  Elizabeth  (Patton)  Bridges  was  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Patton,  who  settled  in  Marion  Township,  and  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life  there.  Thomas  Patton  homsteaded  government 
land  in  that  township  and  followed  farming  and  stock  raising  throughout 
his  active  career.  His  son,  George  Patton  served  in  the  Union  Army  dur- 
ing the  Civil  War. 

To  James  and  Elizabeth  (Patton)  Bridges  were  born  six  children, 
three  of  whom  are  living  as  follows :  Mrs.  Anna  Montgomery,  Eagle- 
ville, Missouri;  George  S.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  and  Charles,  county 
clerk  of  Harrison  County,  resides  at  Bethany. 

George  S.  Bridges  was  reared  in  Marion  Township  and  attended  the 
District  No.  5  School.  He  has  made  farming  and  stock  raising  his  chief 
occupation  and  since  early  life  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  that  busi- 
ness. He  owns  a  farm  of  seventy-three  acres  in  Marion  Township,  which 
is  a  valuable  and  well  improved  place.  He  carries  on  general  farming 
and  stock  raising  and  makes  a  specialty  of  pure  bred  Shorthorn  cattle. 
His  farm  is  located  a  short  distance  from  Eagleville  and  he  makes  his 
home  in  town  where  he  has  a  nice  residence. 

Mr.  Bridges  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
Lodge.  He  is  one  of  the  dependable  citizens  of  Harrison  County  and  the 
Bridges  family  ranks  with  the  old  and  honorable  families  of  Harrison 
County. 


G.  D.  Cramer,  a  prominent  hardware  and  implement  dealer  at  Eagle- 
ville, is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  at  Eagleville,  October 
6,  1871,  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Louisa  (Manor)  Cramer,  the  former  a 
native  of  Germany  and  the  latter  of  Canada. 

Andrew  Cramer  came  to  the  United  States  when  he  was  twenty- 
seven  years  old  and  settled  in  Wisconsin  where  he  was  married.  In  1868 
he  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri  and  located  at  Eagleville.  He  was 
a  shoemaker  by  trade  and  worked  at  his  trade  here  until  1886.  He  then 
engaged  in  partnership  with  his  oldest  son,  A.  E.  Cramer,  and  they  were 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  until  the  time  of  the  father's  death. 
He  died  in  1896  at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years,  and  his  widow  now  re- 
sides at  Eagleville  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years. 

Andrew  and  Louisa  (Manor)  Cramer  were  the  parents  of  three  chil- 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  615 

dren  as  follows:  A.  E.,  who  was  in  business  at  Eagleville  with  his  father 
for  a  number  of  years,  now  lives  at  Moline,  Illinois ;  J.  F.,  died  in  Chariton 
County,  Missouri,  at  the  age  of  fifty-three  years;  and  G.  D.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch. 

G.  D.  Cramer  was  reared  at  Eagleville  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  place  and  the  National  Business  College  at  Kansas  City, 
Missouri.  He  began  his  mercantile  career  clerking  in  the  store  at  Eagle- 
ville, which  was  conducted  by  his  father  and  brother.  In  February,  1894, 
he  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  for  himself  at  Eagleville.  He  added 
a  harness  department  in  1900  and  in  1906  he  added  implements.  Mr. 
Cramer  does  an  extensive  business.  His  is  the  only  hardware  and  imple- 
ment store  in  Eagleville  and  his  business  extends  over  a  large  scope  of 
rich  farm  territory  and  by  his  straight  forward  methods  as  a  dealer  he 
has  built  up  a  large  trade.  His  hardware  and  implement  stores  occupy 
separate  buildings.  The  hardware  store  has  a  frontage  of  twenty-seven 
feet  and  is  ninety-six  feet  deep  and  the  implement  store  has  a  frontage 
of  fifty  feet  and  is  eighty  feet  deep. 

Mr.  Cramer  was  married  October  1,  1893  to  Miss  Lena  Martin,  who 
is  also  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  daughter  of  William  Martin, 
an  early  settler  here.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cramer  have  been  born  three 
children:  Frank,  who  assists  his  father  in  the  business  at  Eagleville; 
Ruth,  married  Carl  G.  Jones  and  they  reside  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Helen  who  is  a  student  in  the  local  school. 

Mr.  Cramer  belongs  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  is  a 
Republican.  He  is  one  of  the  dependable  citizens  of  Harrison  County  and 
is  widely  and  favorably  known. 


G.  G.  Collins,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Trail  Creek  Town- 
ship is  one  of  the  widely  and  favorably  known  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 
He  was  born  in  Hancock  County,  Indiana,  April  13,  1861  and  came  to  Har- 
rison County,  Missouri,  with  his  parents  when  he  was  five  years  old.  He 
is  a  son  of  T.  W.  and  Nancy  (Bussell)  Collins. 

T.  W.  Collins  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  his  wife  of  North  Carolina. 
They  removed  from  Indiana  to  Harrison  County  in  1866,  driving  through 
with  teams  and  wagons.  They  settled  on  a  farm  in  Trail  Creek  Town- 
ship just  southwest  of  Mount  Moriah.  Here  the  father  spent  his  life  and 
is  now  deceased  and  the  mother  died  in  February,  1921,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty-five  years. 


616  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

G.  G.  Collins  has  one  living  sister,  Mattie,  now  the  wife  of  N.  N. 
Stoughton,  and  they  reside  at  Mount  Moriah.  G.  G.  Collins  was  reared 
to  manhood  on  the  home  place  in  Trail  Creek  Township  and  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools.  He  began  farming  for  himself  when  he 
was  twenty-three  years  old  and  shortly  aftei'wards  bought  eighty  acres 
of  land  four  miles  west  of  Mount  Moriah.  Later  he  sold  that  and  in 
March,  1898  bought  240  acres  of  land  which  is  located  one  and  one-half 
miles  south  of  Mount  Moriah.  This  is  one  of  the  valuable  farms  of  Trail 
Creek  Township  and  is  well  improved  with  a  good  residence  and  other 
farm  buildings.  Mr.  Collins  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  rais- 
ing and  specializes  in  pure  blood  Durham  cattle  of  which  he  has  a  valuable 
herd. 

Mr.  Collins  was  married  in  1884  to  Miss  Vinnie  Stoughton,  of  Trail 
Creek  Township  and  a  native  of  Ohio.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Collins  have  been 
born  four  children  as  follow:  Mona  and  Cecil  who  reside  at  home;  Nat, 
a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Trail  Creek  Township  and  Cappie  at  home.  The 
wife  and  mother  died  January  14,  1916. 

Mr.  Collins  has  been  a  life  long  Democrat  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church.  He  is  one  of  the  progressive  citizens  of  Harrison 
County  and  is  recognized  as  a  dependable  citizen. 


Winfield  H.  Scott,  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Harrison  County 
and  a  well  known  merchant  of  Blythedale,  has  been  connected  with 
mercantile  pursuits  for  practically  all  of  his  life.  He  has  served  in  vari- 
ous capacities  in  the  business  word  and  has  been  a  marked  success  in 
every  line  of  work  in  which  he  has  engaged. 

Winfield  H.  Scott  was  born  at  Albany,  Indiana,  May  24,  1862,  the 
son  of  Herbert  and  Nancy  (McKinley)  Scott  who  were  the  parents  of 
fifteen  children,  Winfield  H.  being  the  sixth  child.  The  fourteenth  child,  Z. 
E.  Scott,  is  the  superintendent  of  Public  Schools  at  Louisville,  Kentucky 
and  was  one  of  the  lecturers  at  Teachers  College,  Columbia  University, 
New  York  City  in  August,  1921.  Herbert  Scott  was  born  in  Virginia, 
1829.  When  he  was  a  young  man  he  went  to  New  Albany,  Indiana  where 
he  was  a  farmer,  and  a  teacher  in  the  district  schools.  He  also  preached 
at  times  in  the  Christian  Church  of  which  organization  he  was  a  staunch 
supporter,  acting  as  the  president  of  the  Southern  Indiana  District  of 


WIXFIBLD  H.   SCOTT 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  617 

the  Christian  Church.  His  wile,  Nancy  (McKinley)  Scott  was  born  at 
Borden,  Indiana  in  1835.  She  was  a  fourth  cousin  of  ex-president  McKin- 
ley. The  Scotts  were  sturdy  people,  good  citizens  and  standing  high 
in  the  esteem  of  their  community.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scott  died  at  New 
Albany,  Indiana  in  1907. 

W.  H.  Scott  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  Floyd  County,  Indiana  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Albany,  where  he  taught  for 
one  year.  In  1884  he  came  to  Leon,  Iowa  and  engaged  in  teaching  until 
1887,  when  he  accepted  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  Young  Brothers  Gen- 
eral Merchandise  store  at  Blythedale. 

In  1891,  he  bought  a  general  store  in  partnership  with  John  E.  Gee. 
This  partnership  continued  for  three  years  when  Mr.  Scott  purchased 
his  partner's  interest  and  the  store  became  known  as  the  W.  H.  Scott 
and  Company  firm.  The  title  later  changed  to  the  Scott  Mercantile 
Company  and  was  conducted  by  J.  F.  Scott,  a  brother  of  Win  field  H. 
Scott.  W.  H.  Scott  began  to  buy  and  sell  general  merchandise  stores 
at  various  places  in  the  United  States  handling  in  all,  seventy-five  stocks 
of  goods  during  this  time.  He  remained  on  the  road  for  sixteen  years 
conducting  a  profitable  business.  In  1919  he  became  a  manager  of  the 
Leader  Department  Store  in  St.  Joseph  and  remained  there  for  one  and 
one-half  years.  In  January,  1921,  he  returned  to  Blythedale  to  continue 
the  work  of  the  Scott  Mercantile  Company  of  which  he  has  complete 
control.  The  store  is  housed  in  a  large  building  and  Mr.  Scott  carries 
a  full  line  of  groceries,  hardware,  dry-goods,  and  shoes. 

Winfield  H.  Scott  was  married  February  19,  1885,  to  Mary  Belle 
McGrew,  born  at  Macomb,  Illinois,  the  daughter  of  J.  A.  and  Sarah  A. 
(Jones)  McGrew,  both  deceased.  To  this  union  one  daughter,  Maleta, 
was  born  in  1897.  She  died  in  1901,  and  during  that  same  year  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Scott  adopted  a  daughter,  Lalia  Kent.  They  educated  their  adopted 
daughter  and  she  graduated  from  the  State  Normal  at  Emporia,  Kansas, 
afterwards  teaching  school  for  a  number  of  years.  She  is  now  the  wife 
of  L.  H.  Stubbs  of  Tela,  Honduras  where  Mr.  Stubbs  is  the  manager  of 
a  banana  plantation.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stubbs  have  one  child,  a  son  named 
Scott  in  honor  of  the  subject  of  this  review. 

Mr.  Scott  is  identified  with  the  democratic  part  in  politics  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  following  lodges: 
Ancient  Free  and   Accepted  Masons,   the   Knights   of  Pythias,   and   the 


618  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  served  as  the  township  assessor 
for  six  years  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  his  constituents.  Mr.  Scott  is 
a  man  whose  versatility,  energy  and  progressive  business  methods  make 
lum  an  asset  to  a  communtiy,  where  he  can  always  be  relied  upon  to 
further  the  cause  of  civic  interests  and  improvements. 


W.  P.  Chambers  the  capable  and  well  known  cashier  of  the  Bank  of 
Mount  Moriah,  has  served  in  his  present  position  since  this  bank  was 
organized  in  1898,  and  is  the  oldest  bank  cashier  of  Harrison  County, 
in  years  of  service.  Mr.  Chambers  is  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer 
famihes  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  at  Mount  Moriah,  Januarj'  8, 
1866,  and  is  a  son  of  James  T.  and  Timander  (Reynolds)  Chambers.  His 
mother  died  when  he  was  thirteen  years  old  and  his  father  now  lives 
at  Ridgeway,  Missouri.    A  sketch  of  him  appears  in  this  volume. 

W.  P.  Chambers  was  reared  at  Mount  Moriah  and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  there.  He  learned  the  l^arbers  trade  early  in 
life  and  followed  that  vocation  at  Mount  Moriah  for  ten  years.  When 
the  bank  of  Mount  Moriah  was  organized  he  was  elected  cashier  and  has 
held  that  ijosition  continously  for  the  past  fwenty-three  years. 

The  bank  of  Mount  Moriah  was  organized  May  28,  1898  by  the  fol- 
lowing gentlemen:  John  Norton,  L.  H.  Bussell,  J.  J.  Ross,  the  Miner 
Brothers,  B.  M.  Frees,  N.  N.  Stoughton,  Thomas  Gray,  W.  P.  Chambers, 
and  J.  S.  Twadell. 

The  first  officers  of  the  bank  were :  W.  P.  Chambers,  cashier ;  Thomas 
Gray,  president;  and  L.  H.  Bussell,  vice-president.  L.  H.  Bussell,  who  is 
now  president  of  the  bank  succeeded  Thomas  Gray  to  the  presidency  in 
1909.  At  that  time  J.  S.  Twadell,  became  vice-president  and  served  until 
January  1,  1921,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  E.  A.  Miner,  the  present  vice- 
president. 

The  bank  was  organized  with  a  capital  stock  of  .$10,000,  which  was 
increased  to  $20,000  later.  It  is  one  of  the  prosperous  financial  institutions 
of  Harrison  County  and  has  had  a  substantial  growth  from  the  beginning. 
The  present  resources  are  about  $112,000.  The  bank  owns  its  own  build- 
ing. 

W.  P.  Chambers  is  interested  in  other  enterprises  in  Mount  Moriah  in 
addition  to  banking.  He  is  a  owner  of  the  Chambers  Block  which  is  a 
substantial  brick  building  which  was  built  in  1919  and  is  occupied  by  a 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  619 

picture  show  and  a  grocery  store,  both  of  which  are  owned  by  Mr.  Cham- 
bers.   He  also  owns  farm  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Mount  Moriah. 

Mr.  Chambers  was  married  April  5,  1891,  to  Miss  Alice  Ross,  o 
Trail  Creek  Township.  She  is  a  daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  (Lloyd) 
Ross.  James  Ross  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  September  21,  1841,  and 
died  in  Trail  Creek  Township,  May  15,  1921.  He  always  followed  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising.  During  the  Civil  War,  he  served  in  the  Union  Army 
and  was  a  member  of  Company  D,  23rd  Regiment,  Missouri  Infantry.  He 
was  a  great  hunter  and  fisher  and  in  the  early  days  in  this  section  he 
killed  a  great  many  deer  and  wild  turkeys.  His  wife  was  born  at  Warsaw, 
Missouri.  Mrs.  Chambers  has  one  sister,  Zelpha,  the  wife  of  L.  H.  Bussell, 
a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chambers 
has  been  born  one  son,  Arthur,  who  married  Esther  Gathman.  Mr.  Cham- 
bers is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  belongs  to  the  Baptist  Church.  He  has  served  as  tax 
collector  for  the  past  eighteen  years  and  served  on  the  school  board  for 
several  terms.  He  is  a  progressive  and  public  spirited  citizen  and  is  widly 
and  favorably  known  in  northern  Missouri. 


W.  S.  Williams,  who  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  attractive  places  of 
Harrison  County,  close  to  Ridgeway  is  one  of  the  substantial  and  well 
known  farmers  and  stockmen  of  this  county.  He  was  born  in  Monroe 
County,  Indiana,  July  14,  1863,  a  son  of  Mathew  and  Elizabeth  (Bails) 
Williams,  both  natives  of  Indiana. 

The  Williams  family  came  from  Indiana  to  Missouri  in  1879.  The 
father  drove  through  from  Indiana  to  Harrison  County  in  the  fall  of  the 
year  and  the  following  spring  the  family  came  by  rail.  They  settled  in 
the  southern  part  of  Grant  Township  and  later  settled  on  a  farm  near 
Brooklyn,  where  the  father  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  September  18,  1911.  His  wafe 
died  March  20,  1901  and  their  remains  are  buried  in  the  Kirkley  Ceme- 
tery. They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  six  of  whom  are  living 
as  follows:  W.  S.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Charles,  lives  in  California; 
Isaac,  Grant  Township ;  Wiley,  Horton,  Kansas ;  James  P.  died  in  Colo- 
rado in  1917  and  Mattie  married  Ed.  Wolcotte,  Walla  Walla,  Washington. 

W.  S.  Williams  was  reared  on  his  father's  farm  in  Harrison  County 
and  attended   the   Greencastle   District   School.     When   he  was   nineteen 


620  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

years  old  he  went  to  Lane  County,  Kansas  and  homesteaded  a  farm  and 
after  remaining  there  five  years  and  having  proved  up  on  his.  claim  he 
returned  to  Harrison  County  and  was  married.  He  began  farming 
rented  land  in  Grant  Township  and  shortly  afterwards  bought  a  farm  in 
Jefferson  Township  about  one  and  one-half  miles  south  of  Brooklyn.  He 
operated  that  farm  about  fourteen  years  when  he  sold  it  and  bought  160 
acres  in  Trail  Creek  Township.  He  was  successfully  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock  raising  there  until  1920,  when  he  sold  that  and  bought  his 
present  place  of  eighty-one  acres  adjoining  Ridgeway  on  the  east  in  Grant 
Township.  This  is  a  valuable  farm  and  well  located.  Mr.  Williams 
carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  recognized  as  one  of 
the  successful  men  of  Harrison  County. 

January  26,  1891,  Mr.  Williams  was  married  to  Leatha  Parrish,  a 
native  of  Illinois.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Parrish,  who  was  an  early 
settler  in  Grant  Township.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams  have  been  born 
the  following  children:  Mrs.  Pearl  Guttridge.  Union  TowTiship;  Mrs. 
Altha  Burke,  Howell  County,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Belle  Beaver,  Grant  Town- 
ship; Delia;  W.  S.,  Jr.;  and  Bernice,  residing  at  home  with  their  parents. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams  are  rearing  Ruth  Parrish  who  is  a  niece  of  Mrs. 
Williams,  her  brother's  child. 

Mr.  Williams  is  a  Republican  and  belongs  to  the  Modern  Woodman 
of  America  Lodge.  He  is  a  public  spirited  and  entei-prising  citizen  and 
the  Williams  family  are  among  the  representative  people  of  Harrison 
County. 


Dr.  George  W.  Sellers,  a  well  known  physician  and  surgeon  who  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Hari'ison  County  at  an  early  day  is  now 
living  retired  at  Mount  Moriah.  He  was  born  in  Green  County,  Ohio, 
July  15,  1839,  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Minic)  Sellers,  both  natives  of 
Pennsylvania. 

In  1840,  when  Doctor  Sellers  was  less  than  a  year  old  the  family  came 
West  and  settled  in  Peoria  County,  Illinois.  In  1856  they  came  to  Har- 
rison County  and  settled  seven  miles  north  of  Bethany,  in  what  is  now 
Jefferson  Township.  The  mother  homesteaded  government  land  here  and 
the  father  went  to  the  Pacific  coast  where  he  remained  a  number  of  years 
and  returned  to  Indiana,  where  he  died.  The  mother  died  in  Harrison 
County  and  is  buried  at  Mount  Moriah.  Of  the  children  born  to  them 
three  are  now  living  as  follows:     Joseph,  Ponca  City,  Oklahoma;  Mrs.  M. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  621 

B.  Dale,  a  widow  who  lives  at  Geneseo,  Kansas  and  Doctor  George  VV.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch. 

Dr.  George  W.  Sellers  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  at  an  early 
age.  He  obtained  what  education  he  could  in  the  common  schools  whicli 
he  supplemented  by  self  study.  He  was  always  ambitious  and  a  close 
student  and  after  acquiring  a  good  general  education,  he  entered  the 
American  Medical  College  at  St.  Louis  where  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1878.  Shortly  after  graduating  he 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Mount  Moriah.  He  practiced 
over  a  large  scope  of  territory  during  the  early  days  when  the  roads  were 
bad  and  in  many  instances  there  were  no  roads  at  all.  He  endured  all  the 
hardships  incident  to  the  life  of  the  pioneer  doctor.  He  traveled  much 
on  horseback,  responding  to  calls  at  all  times  of  night  and  day  and  during 
all  manner  of  weather  conditions.  He  had  a  large  practice  and  was  one 
of  the  most  successful  doctors  of  Harrison  County.  For  a  number  of 
years  his  son,  Dr.  C.  J.  Sellers,  practiced  in  partnership  with  him.  About 
live  years  ago  on  account  of  failing  health  he  retired  from  the  practice 
and  since  that  time  he  has  lived  retired  in  Mount  Moriah,  his  son  con- 
tinuing the  practice  alone. 

Doctor  Sellers  was  married  Jub^  21,  1861,  to  Catharine  Eades,  a  native 
of  Crab  Orchard,  Kentucky.  To  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Sellers  have  been  born 
six  children,  three  of  whom  are  living  as  follows:  Evyline,  married 
Charles  Webb,  Bethany,  Missouri ;  Dr.  Charles  J.,  a  sketch  of  whom  ap- 
pears in  this  volume  and  Cora  A.,  married  Dr.  John  T.  Price,  of  Sham- 
I'ock,  Oklahoma. 

Doctor  Sellers  is  a  Democrat  and  takes  a  commendable  interest  in 
public  affairs.  He  was  the  first  constable  of  Jefferson  Township  but  since 
that  time  has  refused  to  accept  public  office.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Christian  Church  and  a  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  the  county. 


Dr.  C.  J.  Sellers,  a  prominent  and  successful  physician  of  Mount 
Moriah,  Missouri,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  bom  about  a 
half  a  mile  south  of  Lorraine,  June  24,  1871,  and  is  a  son  of  Dr.  George 
W.  Sellers,  one  of  Harrison  County's  pioneer  physicians,  who  is  now  liv- 
ing retired  at  Mount  Moriah  after  a  long  and  successful  professional 
career.     A  sketch  of  Dr.  George  W.  Sellers  appears  in  this  volume. 

Dr.  C.  J.  Sellers  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  at  Mount  Moriah  and  Edenburg  College  and  the  Chilla- 
cothe  Normal  School.     He  then  entered  the  American  Medical  College, 


622  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

the  same  school  which  his  father  attended,  and  was  graduated  from  that 
institution  in  June,  1895,  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 

Upon  completing  his  medical  course.  Doctor  Sellers  engaged  in  the 
practice  with  his  father  and  has  constantly  been  engaged  in  the  practice 
here  ever  since  with  the  exception  of  the  years  of  1906-1907,  when  he 
was  away  on  account  of  his  wife's  health.  He  and  his  father  practiced 
together  for  a  number  of  years  but  on  account  of  his  advanced  age  and 
failing  health,  the  father  gradually  withdrew  from  the  practice  and  for 
the  past  five  years  Dr.  C.  J.  Sellers  has  practiced  alone.  He  is  the  only 
physician  at  Mount  Moriah  and  has  a  very  large  practice.  He  is  an  able 
physician  and  surgeon  and  has  met  with  uniform  success  in  his  pro- 
fessional work. 

Doctor  Sellers  was  married  December  8,  1898,  to  Miss  Alma  Addison, 
of  Mount  Moriah.  She  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri  and  is  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Amanda  (Mullen)  Addison.  Her  father  operated 
a  flour  mill  at  Mount  Moriah  for  a  number  of  years  and  is  now  deceased. 
Her  mother  lives  at  Mount  Moriah.  To  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Sellers  has  been 
horn  one  child,  Kenneth,  who  is  now  deceased. 

Doctor  Sellers  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  and  is  a 
Democrat.  He  is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen  and  has  the  best 
interest  of  the  community  at  heart. 


R.  D.  Wethered,  a  well  known  and  successful  farmer  and  stockman 
of  Trail  Creek  Township,  is  a  native  of  Iowa.  He  was  boi-n  at  Afton,  Iowa, 
September  4,  1869,  a  son  of  Charles  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Handy)  Wethered. 

Charles  W.  Wethered  was  born  in  Michigan,  near  the  Canadian 
border.  He  was  a  son  of  George  Wethered  and  came  to  Iowa  with  his 
parents  who  located  at  Ottumwa,  and  there  he  grew  to  manhood.  'When 
a  young  man  he  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  first  settling  at  New 
Hampton.  Later  he  removed  to  Trail  Creek  Township  where  he  bought 
a  farm  and  was  engagf'd  in  farming  and  stock  raising  on  the  place  now 
owned  by  his  son,  Frank.  He  died  in  1905  at  the  age  of  seventy-one 
years.  His  widow  now  lives  in  Bethany.  They  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  William,  Bethany,  Missouri;  R.  D.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch ;  Frank,  who  lives  on  the  old  home  place  in  Trail  Creek  Town- 
ship; Lewis,  Bethany,  Missouri;  E.  H.,  Grant  Township  and  Mary,  who 
married  T.  C.  Miles,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  623 

R.  D.  Wethered  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  since  early 
manhood  has  been  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  His  farm  con- 
sists of  168  acres  and  is  a  productive  and  well  improved  place.  The  resi- 
dence is  the  very  attractive  home  and  the  other  farm  buildings  are  in 
keeping  with  the  general  high  class  appearance  of  the  place. 

Mr.  Wethered  was  married  August  8,  1909,  to  Miss  Louie  Hillyard,  a 
daugter  of  Sol  Hillyard  of  Jefferson  Township,  Harrison  County.  Two 
children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wethered,  Lois  Maxine  and  Gar- 
land Roy. 

Mr.  Wethered  is  a  Republican  and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
local  school  board  for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  one  of  the  progressive 
and  enterprising  citizens  of  Trail  Creek  Township  and  the  Wethered  family 
stand  high  in  Harrison  County. 


F.  W.  Seitz,  a  leading  farmer  and  stockman  of  Grant  Township,  is  a 
native  of  Iowa.  He  was  born  in  Davenport,  October  16,  1862,  a  son  of 
Frederick  and  Mary  (Hanley)  Seitz,  the  former  a  native  of  Germany  and 
the  latter  of  Vermont.  Frederick  Seitz,  the  father  came  to  this  country 
with  his  parents  when  he  was  a  child.  When  the  Civil  War  broke  out  he 
enlisted  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  in  Company  D,  11th  Regiment  Iowa  Volun- 
teer Infantry  and  served  in  the  army  for  three  years.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  i-eturned  to  Davenport  and  shortly  afterwards  removed  to  Ogden, 
Boone  County;  from  there  he  removed  to  Sac  City,  Iowa,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  learned  the  tailors  trade  in  early  life  which 
he  followed  part  of  the  time  and  was  also  a  farmer.  He  worked  at  his 
trade  in  Sac  City.  He  died  at  Sac  City  in  1895  and  his  wife  died  there 
some  years  later  and  they  are  both  buried  at  Sac  City.  They  were  the 
parents  of  five  children  as  follows:  Arthur,  Madrid,  Iowa;  Mrs.  Emma 
Kester,  is  a  widow  and  lives  at  Sioux  City,  Iowa;  William,  Victor,  Iowa; 
Frank,  Sioux  City,  Iowa  and  F.  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Frank 
and  F.  W.  are  twins. 

F.  W.  Seitz  was  reared  in  Iowa  and  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
began  life  as  a  farmer  in  Boone  County,  Iowa.  In  1903  he  came  to  Har- 
rison County,  Missouri  and  bought  160  acres  of  land  in  Grant  Township 
which  he  owns.  His  farm  is  well  improved  and  is  productive  land.  He 
carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  also  followed  dairy- 
ing on  quite  an  extensive  scale. 


624  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Mr.  Seitz  was  married  October  14,  1891,  to  Miss  Rhoda  Teepell,  a 
native  of  DeKalb  County,  Illinois.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Charles  Teepell, 
who  was  a  native  of  Canada  and  came  west  in  an  early  day  settling  in  Sac 
County,  Iowa,  where  he  and  his  wife  both  spent  the  remainder  of  their 
lives.     They  are  buried  at  Wall  Lake,  Iowa. 

Mr.  Seitz  is  a  Republican  and  takes  a  commendable  interest  in 
political  affairs  although  he  has  never  aspired  to  hold  political  office.  He 
is  one  of  the  dependable  citizens  of  Harrison  County  and  is  widely  and 
favorablv  known. 


William  Hale  Casidy,  proprietor  of  the  Hotel  Ridgeway  at  Ridge- 
way,  Missouri,  is  one  of  the  widely  experienced  and  progressive  hotel 
men  of  northern  Missouri. 

The  Hotel  Ridgeway  is  the  best  hotel  in  Harrison  County.  It  is  a 
well  constructed  and  conveniently  arranged  two-story  bricy  structure 
which  was  erected  about  five  years  ago  by  a  few  of  the  progressive  and 
enterprising  business  men  of  Ridgeway  who  were  determined  that  Ridge- 
way should  have  the  best  hotel  of  any  town  of  its  size  in  the  country. 
The  house  is  steam  heated  and  every  room  is  supplied  with  hot  and  cold 
running  water  and  an  ample  proportion  of  the  rooms  have  baths  in 
connection.  The  house  is  supplied  with  a  private  water  and  sewerage 
system,  the  water  being  pumped  by  combination  gas  engine  and  electric 
motor  power.  The  basement  is  occupied  by  a  barber  shop,  toilet  rooms, 
sample  rooms,  engine  and  store  rooms.  On  the  first  floor  is  the  office, 
dining  room,  parlor,  kitchen  and  some  sleeping  rooms  and  the  second 
floor  is  all  occupied  by  sleeping  rooms,  all  of  which  are  of  ample  size  and 
all  well  ventilated  outside  rooms. 

The  Hotel  Ridgeway  's  furnished  throughout  with  all  modern  high 
class  hotel  furniture  and  the  beds  are  the  best  that  money  can  buy. 
Neatness,  cleanliness  and  service  are  the  cardinal  precepts  of  the  man- 
agement of  this  hotel  and  every  comfort  and  convenience  possible  under 
the  circumstances  are  afforded  the  guest  of  this  hotel.  The  hotel  is  con- 
ducted on  the  American  plan  and  the  meals  are  first  class  and  the  dining 
room  service  is  of  the  same  high  standard  as  the  other  departments. 
Traveling  men  have  long  since  recognized  the  superiority  of  the  Hotel 
Ridgeway  and  have  made  it  one  of  the  popular  stopping  places  in  north- 
ern Missouri  and  it  is  not  an  infrequent  occurrence  for  the  capacity  of 
the  hotel  to  be  overtaxed.     However,  Mr.  Casidy,     ever  watchful  that 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  625 

the  public  receives  the  best  accommodations  obtainable,  frequently  finds 
lodging  places  for  his  guest  in  private  residences  of  the  town  under 
such  circumstances. 

Wilham  Hale  Casidy  was  born  at  Milton,  Van  Buren  County,  Iowa 
in  1880.  He  is  the  son  of  E.  P.  and  Ann  (Blanchard)  Casidy,  both  na- 
tives of  Iowa.  The  Casidy  and  Blanchard  families  were  among  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  Van  Buren  County,  Iowa,  and  both  took  up  govern- 
ment land  in  that  section  at  a  very  early  date.  E.  P.  Casidy  and  his 
wife  now  reside  on  the  same  place  in  Van  Buren  County  where  they  have 
lived  for  over  forty  years. 

William  Hale  Casidy  is  one  of  a  family  of  four  sons  and  one  daughter 
all  of  whom  were  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Van  Buren  County 
Iowa.  He  learned  the  carpenters  trade  early  in  life  and  for  fifteen  years 
worked  at  his  trade  throughought  various  parts  of  the  country.  He  was 
always  recognized  as  a  skilled  mechanic,  and  not  one  of  the  "common 
garden  variety"  of  carpenters.  Mr.  Casidy  has  been  engaged  in  the 
hotel  business  since  1913,  and  on  May  11,  1917,  he  took  charge  of  the 
Hotel  Ridgeway  where  he  has  since  been  successfully  engaged  in  busi- 
ness. 

On  November  26,  1905,  Mr.  Casidy  was  married  to  Miss  Grace  May 
Corrick  a  native  of  Van  Buren  County,  Iowa  and  a  daughter  of  Wesley 
L.  Corrick  and  wife,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  pioneer  families  of 
that  section  of  Iowa.  Mrs.  Casidy's  mother  is  nov/  deceased,  and  her 
father  lives  at  Milton,  Iowa.  Mrs.  Casidy  is  a  throughly  competent  hotel 
woman,  and  her  activities  and  supervision  of  the  affairs  of  the  new 
Ridgeway  Hotel  is  an  important  factor  in  its  success. 

Mr.  Casidy  is  a  member  of  the  time  honored  Masonic  Lodge  and  he 
has  always  supported  the  policies  and  principles  of  the  Democratic 
party. 


L.  H.  Bussell,  president  of  the  bank  of  Mount  Moriah  and  the  leading 
merchant  of  that  town  and  also  one  of  the  largest  land  owners  of  Har- 
rison County,  is  a  native  of  Missouri.  He  was  born  in  Mercer  County, 
March  24,  1864,  a  son  of  Elihu  and  Sarah  Jane  (Millner)  Bussell..  the 
former  a  native  of  Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Indiana. 

Elihu  Bussell  came  to  Missouri  in  1856  and  settled  in  Mercer  County. 
He  was  an  extensive  farmer  and  stockman  and  for  a  number  of  years  was 
also  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Mount  Moriah.  During  the 
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626  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Civil  War  he  served  in  the  state  militia.  He  died  in  1887  and  his  wift) 
survived  him  for  a  number  of  years.  She  died  in  1909.  They  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  J.  W.,  Osawatomie,  Kansas;  Mrs. 
Mary  Mullens,  Mercer  County,  Missouri ;  Mrs.  Julia  Johnson,  Franklin, 
Nebraska;  J.  M.,  Osawatomie,  Kansas;  S.  R.,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  and 
L.  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

L.  H.  Bussell  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Mercer  County  and  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  began  his  business  career  with 
his  father  at  a  very  early  age  and  for  nineteen  years  he  was  associated 
with  his  father  in  business.  Since  that  time  he  has  continued  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Mount  Moriah.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the  hard- 
ware furniture  and  undertaker  business  and  does  an  extensive  business. 
Mr.  Bussell  is  the  owner  of  about  2,000  acres  of  land  in  Harrison  and 
Mercer  counties  and  carries  on  farming  and  stock  raising  on  an  extensive 
scale.     He  has  been  president  of  the  bank  of  Mount  Moriah  since  1909. 

Mr.  Bussell  was  first  mairied  March  16,  1892  to  Hattie  Rock,  of  Mer- 
cer County,  Missouri  and  two  children  were  bom  to  that  union:  W.  L., 
Graham,  Missouri,  and  Mrs.  Vivian  Gofi:'man,  Mount  Moriah,  Missouri. 
Mr.  Bussell  married  for  his  second  wife  Miss  Zelpha  Ross,  of  Trail  Creek 
Township.  She  is  a  daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  (Lloyd)  Ross,  the 
former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Missouri.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bussell  have  been  born  three  children  as  follow:  Ross  A.,  James  L.  and 
Francis  Lee. 

Mr.  Bussell  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  belongs  to  the  Baptist  Church.  He  is  progressive 
and  public  spirited  and  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Harrison 
County. 


Jesse  E.  Maize,  deceased,  who  was  one  of  the  successful  and  enter- 
prising farmers  of  Butler  Township,  and  proprietor  of  Happy  Valley 
Fruit  Farm,  was  born  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri,  August  12,  1875,  the 
son  of  George  and  Cemilda  (Slaughter)  Maize,  who  live  at  Coffey,  Mis- 
souri. 

Jessie  E.  Maize  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  the  Chilli- 
cothe  Normal  College,  and  also  took  a  short  course  at  the  University  of 
Missouri  at  Columbia.  He  moved  to  the  present  home  of  his  widow  in 
1915,  and  made  fine  and  extensive  improvements  on  this  place,  erecting  a 
large  barn,  machine  shed,  and  other  buildings.  The  residence  was  built 
before  Mr.  Maize  came  here  by  John  Cunningham.     Mr.  Maize  directed 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  627 

special  attention  to  horticulture,  and  his  efforts  along  this  line  were  very 
encouraging  and  fruitful.  He  put  out  a  thirty  acre  orchard,  which  is  still 
in  good  condition  and  is  being  operated  by  Mrs.  Maize  and  her  son.  This 
farm  consists  of  191  acres,  and  another  place  of  262^  acres,  which  is 
owned  by  Mrs.  Maize,  makes  a  total  of  543|  acres.  The  home  place  lies 
eight  miles  northeast  of  Pattonsburg  and  twelve  miles  southwest  of  Beth- 
any, and  the  residence  is  in  the  southeast  corner  of  Butler  Township. 
This  is  one  of  the  best  farms  in  this  township. 

Jesse  E.  Maize  was  married  January  24,  1900  to  Mollie  E.  Meadows, 
a  native  of  Daviess  County,  a  daughter  of  J.  T.  and  Mary  E.  (Everly) 
Meadows.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  mother  was  born  in 
Missouri  and  her  parents  came  from  Pennsylvania..  Mr.  Meadows  was 
born  in  Virginia,  and  died,  December  17,  1920,  in  Daviess  County,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-three  years.  His  widow  lives  on  the  home  place  in  Daviess 
County,  and  is  in  her  81st  year. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maize  were  the  parents  of  five  children:  Glenn  W.,  who 
now  operates  the  home  farm  with  Mrs.  Maize,  and  is  a  senior  in  the 
Pattonsburg  High  School;  Mary  Rhea,  also  a  student  in  the  Pattonsburg 
High  School,  in  her  junior  year;  Russell  B.,  Mildred  H.  and  Jewell  C. 

The  Happy  Valley  Fruit  Farm  is  one  of  the  prettiest  farms  in  the 
county,  and  a  Delco  light  plant  furinshes  light  for  the  residence,  all  out- 
buildings, poultry  houses,  yard,  and  a  big  light  on  the  barn. 

Jesse  Maize  was  well  known  in  the  county  and  was  one  of  the  pro- 
gressive and  energetic  citizens  of  this  township.  He  died  Februarj-  24, 
1921. 


Harry  C.  Jones,  the  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Ridgeway  Journal  and 
the  present  mayor  of  Ridgeway  was  born  in  Apollo,  Armstrong  County, 
Pennsylvania,  April  26,  1879,  the  son  of  Thomas  H.  and  Amelia  (Pamley) 
Jones,  the  former  a  native  of  Wales  and  the  latter  born  in  England. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones  were  married  in  England  and  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1878.  They  settled  in  Pennsylvania  for  a  while  but  came  west 
in  1882  where  they  settled  first  in  Dakota  Territory  later  moving  to  Iowa 
where  they  settled  at  Mt.  Ayr  in  1888.  In  1890  they  came  to  Missouri  and 
settled  at  Eagleville,  Harrison  County,  where  they  both  died,  Mrs.  Jones 
on  February  4,  1901  and  Mr.  Jones  on  December  15,  1905.  Thomas  H. 
Jones  v.'as  a  minister.  In  his  early  life  he  was  identified  with  the  Baptist 
Church  but  later  became  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church.     He  preached 


628  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

at  Eagleville  and  remained  active  in  his  work  in  the  ministry  until  within 
a  year  of  his  death.  To  the  union  of  Thomas  H.  and  Ameha  (Pamley) 
Jones  six  children  were  born:  Ernest,  hving  at  Sioux  City,  Iowa;  Amy, 
now  Mrs.  Richards  of  Morton,  Washington;  Norman  P.,  died  at  the  age  of 
forty  in  St.  Joseph  and  buried  at  Eagleville;  Pveginald  M.,  died  July  4, 
1898  at  Camp  Alger,  West  Virginia  and  is  buried  in  Arlington  Cemetery, 
was  a  member  of  Company  C,  4th  Missouri  Infantry  in  the  Spanish  Amer- 
ican War;  Herbert  P.,  living  at  Eagleville;  Tom  L.,  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty-four  and  is  buried  at  Eagleville;  and  Harry  C,  the  subject  of  this 
review. 

Harry  C.  Jones  was  educated  in  the  school  at  Eagleville  and  started 
to  work  at  the  printing  trade  when  he  was  fourteen  years  old.  He  worked 
first  for  the  Eagleville  Monitor  and  later  on  the  Blythedale  Review.  After 
this  he  worked  on  the  Eagleville  Sentinel  and  then  went  to  Walker,  lov/a, 
where  he  was  connected  with  the  Walker  News,  later  moving  to  Marion, 
Iowa,  where  he  was  on  the  Marion  Pilot.  He  left  Iowa  and  went  to  Ren- 
frew, Oklahoma,  where  he  was  on  the  Renfrow  Tribune  when  the  Spanish- 
American  War  began.  He  at  once  enlisted  for  service  in  the  United  States 
army  and  was  in  Company  F,  17th  United  States  Infantry  and  served  for 
twenty-eight  months.  He  was  in  the  Philippines  where  he  fought  agahist 
the  Moros  under  General  Wood.  He  was  discharged  in  the  Philippines, 
March  5,  1902  after  three  years  of  service  and  returned  to  Eagleville.  He 
worked  at  his  trade  in  numerous  places  and  in  1905  he  came  to  Ridgeway. 
Here  he  worked  on  the  Ridgeway  Journal  until  May,  1907,  when  he  went 
to  Bethany  and  began  work  on  the  Republican  there.  He  remained  on  this 
work  for  a  year  and  then  returned  to  his  position  with  the  Ridgeway 
Journal. 

The  Ridgeway  Journal  was  founded  more  than  thirty  years  ago  by 
C.  M.  Jaqua  who  steered  the  destiny  of  the  sheet  for  fifteen  years,  selling 
out  in  March,  1906,  to  the  late  Frank  Daugherty,  who  remained  at  the 
helm  until  October,  1907,  when  Ed  Eaton  assumed  the  ownership.  F.  M. 
Spragg  and  Son  purchased  the  paper  from  Mr.  Eaton  in  October,  1909,  and 
retained  the  ownership  for  four  years,  selling  in  August,  1913  to  the 
present  owner,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Harry  C.  Jones  was  married  November  29,  1906  to  Esther  A.  Ury,  of 
Eagleville,  a  daughter  of  C.  D.  Ury,  now  living  at  Ridgeway.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Jones  have  two  children:  Claudia  Florence,  eleven  years  of  age  and  at- 
tending the  public  school ;  and  Harriette  Charline,  aged  four  years. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  629 

Mr.  Jones  is  a  life  long  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons  lodge.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  and  is  an  adherent  of  the  Christian  Church.  He 
has  served  in  various  official  capacities  in  Ridgeway  and  has  proved  him- 
self most  efficient  in  all  of  them.  He  was  alderman  for  a  time,  was  the 
city  clerk  and  the  city  collector  for  a  term  and,  in  1919,  he  was  elected 
mayor  to  fill  an  unexpired  term  of  his  predecessor.  In  1920  he  was  re- 
elected for  a  term  of  two  years.  He  is  a  man  of  varied  experience  and 
wide  training. 


George  W.  Wooderson,  a  successful  farmer  and  stockman  of  Fox 
Creek  Township  and  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  this  section,  was  born 
in  this  township,  January  20,  1861,  the  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Rubert) 
Wooderson.  Mrs.  Wooderson  was  a  daughter  of  Eli  and  Jane  Rupert 
and  she  now  lives  at  Mt.  Moriah  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.  William 
Wooderson  died  August  20,  1899.  He  was  born  in  Ohio,  July  31,  1837 
and  came  to  Missouri  with  his  parents  about  1848  and  settled  in  Mercer 
County,  but  later  located  in  Harrison  County  where  he  did  general  farm- 
ing and,  at  one  time,  was  trustee  of  Fox  Creek  Tovraship.  Eli  and  Jane 
Rubert,  grandparents  of  George  Wooderson,  also  settled  in  Mercer  County, 
where  they  died  and  are  buried  in  St.  Paul  Cemetery. 

William  Wooderson  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: George  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Ehza,  the  wife  of  Henry 
Nelson,  of  Mt.  Moriah ;  Alice  Wooderson,  of  Mt.  Moriah ;  Albert,  of  Sher- 
man Township;  Charlie,  on  the  home  place;  Ed,  of  Spickardville,  Mis- 
souri; Frank,  of  Fox  Creek  Township;  and  Jennie,  the  wife  of  Emmett 
Sallee,  of  Bethany,  Missouri. 

George  Wooderson  was  educated  in  Fox  Creek  Township,  and  after 
finishing  school,  he  improved  a  farm  which  he  had  purchased  in  Mercer 
County  and  lived  there  for  seventeen  years.  He  bought  his  present  farm 
of  200  acres,  ten  miles  east  of  Bethany,  in  1907  and  has  made  his  home 
here  ever  since.  The  farm  is  well  improved  with  residence,  good  bam 
and  sheep  barns,  and  there  is  an  ample  supply  of  water,  good  shade  and 
every  natural  condition,  contributing  to  an  ideal  stock  farm.  Mr.  Wonder- 
son  does  general  farming  and  raises  cattle,  hogs  and  Shropshire  sheep. 

George  W.  Wooderson  was  married  April  3,  1890  to  Eldora  Carpenter, 
a  daughter  of  Alfred  Colfax  and  Mary  K.  (Chaney)  Carpenter.  Alfred 
Colfax  Carpenter  and  wife  were  early  settlers  of  Trail  Creek  Township, 


630  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

and  Mr.  Carpenter  was  a  member  of  the  county  court  at  the  time  the 
townships  were  organized  and  named,  and  Colfax  Township  was  named  in 
his  honor. 

Mrs.  Wooderson  was  born  near  Ridgeway,  March  20,  1866  and  died 
January  14,  1921  and  is  buried  at  Sharon  Chapel.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wooder- 
son were  the  parents  of  one  child,  Chloe,  the  wife  of  Clayton  Nickerson. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nickerson  were  married  February  6,  1921  and  they  make 
their  home  with  Mr.  Wooderson.  Mr.  Nickerson  is  the  son  of  George 
W.  Nickerson,  of  Bethany  Township. 

Mr.  Wooderson  is  progressive  and  enterprising  and  a  substantial 
citizen.  He  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Free  Methodist 
Church  and  his  wife  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


Judge  John  B.  Bryant,  a  well  known  citizen  of  Cypress  Township,  and 
a  native  of  this  county  was  born  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  August  20,  1870, 
the  son  of  Joseph  F.  and  Rhoda  J.  (Minnis)  Bryant,  both  deceased.  Joseph 
Bryant  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1841  and  came  to  Bethany  when  nine  years 
of  age  with  his  father,  Stephen  Bryant,  who  eventually  located  in  Cypress 
Township,  where  he  lived  until  his  death.  Joseph  Bryant  was  at  one 
time  prosecuting  attorney  of  this  county,  also  judge  of  the  county  court, 
and  was  also  probate  judge.  He  was  widely  known  in  the  county.  He 
died  in  January,  1917  and  he  and  his  wife  ai-e  buried  at  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Bryant  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: John  B.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mrs.  Cora  B.  Neal  of  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri ;  S.  0.  of  Bethany,  Missoui-i ;  Mrs.  Pauline  Martin  of  Los  Angeles, 
California;  Joseph  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Mrs.  Lizzie  Reed  of  Wash- 
ington; William  P.,  of  Bethany;  Mrs.  Elsie  Endsley,  George,  Bertram  and 
Howell,  all  of  California.  The  first  three  children  were  by  Mr.  Bryant's 
first  marriage,  and  the  remainder  were  by  his  second  marriage  to  Anna 
E.  Robinson. 

John  B.  Bryant  was  educated  in  Bethany,  Missouri  schools  and  at 
Woodland  College  at  Independence,  Missouri.  He  began  farming  in  Cy- 
press Township,  after  his  education,  and  later  moved  to  Bethany  and 
engaged  in  the  gi'ocery  business  for  five  years.  He  was  elected  county 
judge  and  served  two  terms,  from  1904  to  1908,  and  lived  on  the  fai-m 
while  holding  this  office.  Mr.  Bryant  is  living  on  his  farm  of  377  acres, 
five  miles  south  of  Bethany  on  the  Gallatin,  county  seat  road.    This  is 


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an  excellent  farm,  with  fine  improvements,  including  two  residences,  five 
barns,  etc. 

Mr.  Bryant  was  married  in  1890  to  Carrie  E.  Howell,  a  daughter  of 
Judge  John  C.  Howell  foraner  circuit  judge  of  this  district.  She  was  bom 
in  Bethany,  and  received  her  education  here. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bryant  have  two  children:  Marie,  the  wife  of  Ray 
Webb  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  who  is  in  the  express  business;  and  Helen, 
a  graduate  of  the  Bethany  High  School  of  class  1921,  and  who  lives  with 
her  parents. 

The  Bryant  family  are  interesting  and  substantial  citizens  of  Harri- 
son County. 


Daniel  Smothers,  president  of  the  Commercial  State  Bank  of  Ridge- 
way,  is  one  of  the  prominent  and  well-to-do  farmers  and  stockmen  of 
Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri,  September 
7,  1866,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Louisa  Dorothy  (Wise)  Smothers,  early 
settlers  of  Mercer  County,  Missouri. 

Joseph  Smothers  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1867  and  settled  in 
Trail  Creek  Township  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  rais- 
ing for  a  number  of  years  and  is  now  deceased.  He  served  as  i*egistrar 
5f  Harrison  County  for  four  years.  His  widow,  who  was  a  native  of  West 
Virginia  now  lives  on  the  old  home  place  in  Trail  Creek  Township. 

To  Joseph  and  Louisa  Dorothy  (Wise)  Smothers  were  born  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Jane,  who  married  Frank  Buis  and  lives  in  Putman 
County,  Missouri ;  Emigette,  married  Ed.  Norwood,  of  Trail  Creek  Tovra- 
ship ;  Mrs.  Mary  Leggett,  Mount  Moriah,  Missouri ;  Anna,  married  Frank 
Springer  and  they  live  in  Colorado;  and  Daniel,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Daniel  Smothers  was  about  six  months  old  when  the  family  settled 
in  Trail  Creek  Township.  He  was  reared  on  the  home  place  and  edu- 
cated in  the  district  schools.  He  early  acquired  a  knowledge  of  farming 
and  stock  raising  and  began  farming  for  himself  on  rented  land  when  he 
was  about  nineteen  years  old.  Three  years  later,  in  1888,  he  bought  a 
farai  of  eighty  acres  which  is  a  part  of  his  present  place.  He  acquired 
more  land  from  time  to  time  and  now  owns  a  valuable  farm  of  two  hun- 
dred eighty  acres.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and 
is  one  of  the  successful  farmers  of  the  county. 

Mr.  Smothers  was  married  November  24,  1885,  to  Miss  Rosa  B.  Glaze, 
a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  daughter  of  T.  W.  Glaze,  an  early  settler 


632  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

of  Trail  Creek  Township  and  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smothers 
have  been  born  two  children,  as  follows :  G.  T.,  cashier  of  the  Commercial 
State  Bank  of  Ridgeway  and  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume 
and  Jessie  Merle. 

Mr.  Smothers  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  is  a  Repub- 
lican. 


George  W.  Garten,  member  of  an  old  pioneer  family  of  Harrison 
County,  was  bom  January  31,  1865,  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives  two 
miles  west  of  Bethany  on  the  South  West  Trails  road.  His  farm  of  100 
acres  is  a  part  of  the  old  home  place  of  his  father,  David  Garton,  one 
of  the  intrepid  settlers  of  the  early  days  in  the  county.  David  Garton 
was  born  in  Ohio,  January  10,  1817,  and  came  to  Harrison  County  about 
1840,  before  the  town  of  Bethany  was  laid  out.  He  entered  land  and 
became  a  progressive  farmer  and  stockman,  breeding  draft  horses  and 
mules  and  raising  Durham  cattle.  He  owned  nearly  300  acres  of  land, 
and  was  one  of  the  well  known  men  of  his  day.  He  maiTied  Neaty  Tucker 
who  was  born  June  8,  1823.  She  died  July  24,  1909,  her  husband  having 
died  April  17,  1874.  The  remains  of  both  are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery. 
Their  children  are:  Thomas  J.,  born  April  8,  1843,  and  living  in  Ray, 
Colorado;  James  P.,  born  March  4,  1846,  and  died  March  14,  1914;  Martha 
J.,  bom  July  23,  1848,  married  twice,  first  to  Elda  Price,  and  the  second 
time  to  Reverend  W.  H.  Williams,  and  died  February  12,  1912;  William  A., 
born  April  19,  1850,  died  January  24,  1870;  Mary  E.,  bom  October  16. 
1852,  now  the  widow  of  James  Rhay;  Alexander  H.,  born  March  26,  1855, 
died  September  8,  1887 ;  Sarah  K.,  born  August  8,  1858,  and  died  in  April, 
1914 ;  David  F.,  born  June  5,  1861,  now  a  resident  of  Paris,  Texas ;  George 
W.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  and  Andy,  born  April  24,  1868,  and  now 
living  in  Colorado. 

George  W.  Garton  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Harrison  County 
and,  with  the  exception  of  four  years,  has  always  lived  on  his  present 
farm.  He  bought  the  100  acres  he  now  owns  from  the  David  Garton 
heirs  and  has  improved  the  farm  extensively.  He  has  a  good  residence 
and  good  farm  buildings,  and  is  a  successful  farmer  of  the  township. 

George  W.  Garton  was  married  April  17,  1898,  to  Amanda  Garton  of 
Centerville,  Iowa,  a  daughter  of  Isreal  and  Martha  (Harris)  Garton,  both 
deceased.  Isreal  Garton  was  born  in  Madison  County,  Ohio,  April  6, 
1829,  and  died  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  November  25,  1911.     His 


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wife  was  born  in  Madison  County,  Ohio,  February  15,  1837,  and  died 
in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  December  14,  1914.  The  remains  of  both 
are  buried  in  Miriam  Cemetery.  Their  children  are:  Ada,  wife  of  George 
Buchanan,  Centerville,  Iowa;  Ida,  wife  of  Walter  Carton  of  Bethany; 
Albert,  living  in  Rolla,  Kansas ;  Harland,  of  Richland,  Michigan ;  Amanda, 
wife  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Percy,  a  resident  of  Richfield,  Kansas ; 
Charhe,  living  in  Shields,  Kansas ;  May,  wife  of  J.  E.  Whittaker  of  Beth- 
any; and  Harry,  living  at  Bethany. 

To  George  W.  Carton  and  Amanda  (Carton)  Carton  these  children 
have  been  born;  Harold  a  student  in  the  University  of  Missouri  at  Co- 
lumbia; and  Dwight,  at  home. 

Mr.  Garton  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  of  the 
Christian  Church.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  being  a  descendant,  on  her  mother's  side  of  Matthew 
Fuller,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  The  Garton  name  has  always  been 
highly  esteemed  in  the  community. 


E.  A.  Miner,  treasurer  of  the  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  Company,  of 
Ridgeway,  Missouri,  is  one  of  the  leading  young  business  men  of  Harrison 
County.  He  was  born  at  Ridgeway,  January  16,  1894,  a  son  of  W.  A. 
Miner,  now  deceased,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere  in  this  volume. 

E.  A.  Miner  was  reared  in  Ridgeway  and  attended  the  public  schools. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  Ridgeway  High  School  in  the  class  of  1909. 
He  then  attended  the  Missouri  Valley  College  at  Marshall,  Missouri,  and 
later  entered  the  University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia,  Missouri,  where  he 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1914. 

After  completing  his  college  course,  Mr.  Miner  returned  to  Ridgeway 
and  went  to  work  in  the  lumber  yard  of  the  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  Com- 
pany. He  also  sold  automobiles  for  a  time.  He  was  employed  in  the  lum- 
ber yard  at  Ridgeway,  when  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War  and 
on  May  7,  1917,  he  entered  the  Officers'  Training  Camp,  at  Fort  Riley, 
Kansas.  After  taking  the  prescribed  course  in  military  training  he  was 
commissioned  second  lieutenant.  He  was  first  assigned  to  the  quarter- 
master department  and  for  two  months  he  was  one  of  the  paymasters  at 
Camp  Funston.  He  was  then  transferred  to  the  Motor  Transport  Corps  at 
Jacksonville,  Florida.  He  organized  Truck  Company  No.  44  at  Jackson- 
ville. He  was  then  sent  to  Camp  Wadsworth,  Spartansburg,  South  Caro- 
lina, where  he  did  convoy  duty  and  general  camp  service  for  six  months. 


634  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

He  was  then  sent  with  a  detail  of  fifteen  men  to  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  motorcycle  work  for  a  time  when  he  was  re- 
turned to  South  Carolina.  He  then  was  transferred  to  Detroit,  Michigan, 
where  he  was  given  enough  recruits  and  organized  C  Company,  429th 
Motor  Supply  Train.  From  Detroit  he  went  to  Camp  Holabird  at  Balti- 
more, Maryland,  and  from  there  he  went  with  sixty  trucks  to  Camp  Mills, 
Long  Island,  where  he  was  discharged  December  18,  1918. 

After  returning  from  the  army  Mr.  Miner  was  made  manager  for  the 
Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  Company  at  Leon,  Iowa.  He  remained  there  until 
August,  1919,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  general  ofiace  of  the  company 
at  Ridgeway  and  became  treasurer  of  the  company  in  April,  1920. 

Mr.  Miner  was  married  June  21,  1915,  to  Miss  Cecil  L.  Switzer,  of 
Ridgeway.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miner  have  been  born  two  children,  Mildred 
and  Martha. 

Mr.  Miner  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and  is  a  Shriner.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican and  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  and  is  widely  and  favorably 
known. 


I.  W,  Maple,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  is  the  well  known  and  popular 
proprietor  of  the  Rex  Theater  of  Ridgeway,  and  the  Elite  Theater  of  Beth- 
any, two  of  the  leading  motion  picture  houses  of  Harrison  County.  Mr. 
Maple  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  was  born  at  old  Boulton,  Novem- 
ber, 12,  1870.  He  is  a  son  of  John  and  Annie  E.  (Howerton)  Maple,  the 
former  a  native  of  Rushville,  Indiana,  and  the  latter  of  Knox  County,  Mis- 
souri. 

John  Maple  came  to  Harrison  County  about  1861  and  during  the  Civil 
War  served  as  a  member  of  the  Home  Guards.  He  followed  farming  and 
stock  raising  at  Old  Boulton  until  1880.  He  then  moved  to  near  Ridgeway 
and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  that  vicinity.  He  died  August  21, 
1918  and  his  wife  departed  this  life  two  days  later.  They  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children :  I.  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Ocie  M..  Ridge- 
way, Missouri  and  Robert  E.,  New  Hampton. 

Elijah  Maple,  grandfather  of  I.  W.  Maple,  came  to  Harrison  County  a 
few  years  after  his  son,  John  Maple,  settled  here.  He  died  August  15, 
1884.     His  wife  preceded  him  in  death  several  years,  having  did  in  1870. 

I.  W.  Maple  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  the  Kirksville  State  Normal  School.  He  taught  school  in 
Harrison  County  for  several  years  and  at  the  same  time  was  interested 


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in  farming.  He  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Ridgeway 
from  1906  to  1909.  He  then  followed  farming  for  four  years.  In  1913 
he  built  his  present  moving  picture  theater  in  Ridgeway  which  is  known 
as  the  Rex  Theater.  It  has  a  seating  capacity  of  four  hundred.  Later 
Mr.  Maple  acquired  the  Elite  Theater  at  Bethany.  Mr.  Maple  is  an  ex- 
perienced moving  picture  man  and  has  a  well  merited  reputation  for  giv- 
ing the  public  the  best  on  the  market  in  moving  pictures.  His  pictures 
are  always  of  a  clean,  high  class  character. 

Mr.  Maple  was  married  June  24,  1894,  to  Miss  Lenore  Crosby  of  Har- 
rison County.  She  is  a  daughter  of  George  W.  Crosby,  of  Marion  Town- 
ship. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maple  have  been  born  the  following  children: 
Lloyd  E.,  who  conducts  an  oil  station  for  the  Standard  Oil  Company  at 
Fairfax,  Mis.souri;  Leona,  resides  at  home;  Lester  M.,  manager  of  the 
Elite  Theater,  Bethany;  Virgil,  died  at  the  age  of  twelve  years;  Erdene, 
at  home ;  John ;  Lionel,  died  at  the  age  of  two  years ;  Mildred,  Bannie  and 
Evelyn. 

Mr.  Maple  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Brotherhood  of  American  Yoemen. 
He  is  an  enterprising  citizen  and  deserving  of  success. 


Ora  Critchfield,"  a  progressive  and  enterprising  farmer  and  stockman 
of  Grant  Township  is  a  native  of  Iowa.  He  was  born  in  Lucas  County, 
June  30,  1887,  a  son  of  Robert  and  Frances  (Forster)  Critchfield. 

Robert  Critchfield  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  came  west  with  his 
parents  who  settled  in  Iowa  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  He  came  to 
Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1901,  and  bought  the  old  Jim  Baker  place 
from  Judge  Reeves.  He  followed  farming  and  stock  raising  in  this  county 
for  some  years  when  he  removed  to  Geary,  Oklahoma,  and  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  hfe  there.  He  died  in  1912  and  the  mother  now  resides 
at  Geary,  Oklahoma.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  children  as  follows: 
Stella,  married  J.  O.  Gardner  and  they  live  in  Colorado;  Gladys,  married 
W.  W.  Terrell  and  they  live  in  Iowa ;  Herbert,  lives  in  Oklahoma ;  and  Ora, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Ora  Critchfield  was  about  fifteen  years  old  when  the  family  settled 
in  Harrison  County.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Iowa  and 
Missouri  and  has  made  farming  and  stock  raising  the  chief  occupation  of 
his  life.  He  has  a  farm  of  ninety  acres  in  Grant  Township  and  carries 
on  farming  and  stock  raising.    This  is  the  old  Small  place  and  is  one  of 


636  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

the  historic  old  places  of  Hai-rison  County  and  was  settled  at  an  early 
date.  Mr.  Critchfield  was  married  May  10,  1910,  to  Miss  Bessie  Small, 
daughter  of  Theron  Small  who  was  one  of  the  prominent  early  settlers 
of  Harrison  County  and  is  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Critchfield 
have  been  born  two  children  as  follows:    Clairon  and  Cleora. 

Mr.  Critchfield  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and 
has  always  been  identified  with  the  Republican  party. 


Ben  Reeves,  a  pioneer  business  man  of  Ridgeway,  is  a  native  of  Har- 
rison County  and  belongs  to  one  of  the  very  early  pioneer  families  of  this 
section.  He  was  born  at  Cainsville,  Missouri,  January  1,  1863  and  is  a 
son  of  William  and  Hallie  (Oxford)  Reeves. 

William  Reeves  was  a  native  of  Tennessee  and  his  wife  was  born  in 
Harrison  County.  They  were  the  parents  of  three  children  as  follows: 
Lawne,  who  died  in  childhood ;  Mrs.  Lambert  Briggs,  of  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri ;  and  Ben,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  The  father  died  at  Cainsville 
in  1870,  and  the  mother  afterwards  married  D.  S.  Rardin,  Sr.,  father  of 
D.  S.  Rardin,  Jr.,  who  is  now  engaged  in  the  produce  business  at  Ridge- 
way, Missouri,  and  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume.  Shortly 
after  their  marriage  the  family  removed  to  Ridgeway.  This  was  before 
the  railroad  was  completed  to  this  place  and  at  that  time  there  were  only 
two  farm  houses  in  the  vicinity  of  what  is  now  Ridgeway.  One  of  these 
stood  where  S.  D.  Rardin's  produce  house  is  now  located.  Upon  coming 
here  Mr.  Rardin  built  a  small  store  where  the  telephone  office  is  now 
located.  After  the  town  was  laid  out  and  platted  he  erected  a  store  build- 
ing where  Ollie  Bennett  is  now  located  and  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  there  for  a  number  of  years.  His  business  developed  rapidly  from 
the  start  and  he  was  one  of  the  successful  merchants  of  this  section  as 
well  as  the  first  man  to  engage  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Ridgeway. 
He  retired  from  active  business  about  fifteen  years  prior  to  his  death 
which  occurred  in  1920.  He  was  active  in  the  early  day  affairs  of  Ridge- 
way and  Harrison  County  and  was  known  and  is  remembered  as  one  of 
the  early  day  prominent  Democrats  of  Harrison  County.  His  widow  now 
resides  at  Ridgeway  and  makes  her  home  with  her  son,  Ben  Reeves  whose 
name  introduces  this  sketch.  She  is  one  of  the  honored  pioneer  women  of 
Harrison  County  who  has  seen  this  county  develop  almost  from  the  be- 
ginning to  become  one  of  the  leading  counties  of  the  state  and  during  all 
these  years  she  has  done  her  part  nobly  and  well. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  637 

Ben  Reeves  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Hamson  County 
and  in  early  life  learned  the  harness  makers  trade  in  his  stepfather's  store 
and  harness  shop  of  Ridgeway.  He  worked  there  for  two  years  wnen 
he  engaged  in  the  hardware,  harness  and  implement  business  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Lambert  Briggs.  This  was  about  thirty  years  ago  and 
later  Mr.  Reeves  became  the  sole  owner  of  the  business  which  he  has  con- 
ducted until  the  present  time.  He  has  made  more  harness  than  any  other 
dealer  or  manufacturer  in  Harrison  County  and  has  always  carried  a  com- 
plete line  of  harness.  Mr.  Reeves  has  been  in  business  longer  than  any 
other  merchant  in  Ridgeway  and  always  has  done  an  extensive  business. 
The  Reeves  hardware  and  harness  store  is  widely  known  throughout  Har- 
rison County  and  as  a  business  man  Mr.  Reeves  is  well  known  for  his 
integrity. 

Mr.  Reeves  was  married  in  1884  to  Miss  Ida  Rardin,  a  daughter  of 
S.  D.  Rardin  and  his  first  wife.     They  have  no  children. 

During  Mr.  Reeves'  business  career  he  has  always  stood  ready  to  con- 
tribute to  the  betterment  and  upbuilding  of  his  town  and  community. 
Only  a  few  years  ago  when  Ridgeway  was  in  need  of  a  good  hotel  Mr. 
Reeves  was  one  of  the  five  local  business  men  who  came  forward  and 
backed  the  project  with  their  money  and  today  Ridgeway  has  one  of  the 
best  little  hotels  in  the  country.  The  others  who  were  associated  with 
him  in  this  enterprise  were  Messrs.  Miner,  Neff,  Bennett  and  Doctor 
Stoughten. 

Mr.  Reeves  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  the  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America  and  the  Brotherhood  of  American  Yoeman.  He  is  progressive, 
public  spirited  and  one  of  the  valued  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


J.  M.  Gates,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  who  owns  and  is 
successfully  operating  160  acres  of  land  in  Grant  Township,  is  a  native 
of  New  York.  He  was  born  near  Utica,  December  30,  1880,  a  son  of 
John  and  Anna  E.  (Hardell)  Gates. 

John  Gates  is  now  living  retired  at  Bethany,  Missouri.  He  was  born 
in  Germany,  November  8,  1849  and  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native 
land.  He  came  to  America,  landing  in  New  York,  January  16,  1870. 
Shortly  afterward  he  settled  near  Utica,  New  York,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  farming  until  1885.  He  then  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and 
bought  a  farm  in  Grant  Tovraship  which  is  now  owned  by  J.  M.  Gates  of 
this  review.     He  followed  general  farming  and  dairying  until  1906,  when 


638  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

he  retired  and  removed  to  Bethany,  where  he  has  since  resided.  John 
Gates  has  always  been  active  in  church  and  Sunday  school  work.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  has  perhaps  organized  more  Sunday 
schools  than  any  other  man  in  Harrison  County. 

To  John  and  Anna  E.  (Hardell)  Gates,  have  been  bom  the  following 
children:  Lilly  Elizabeth,  married  William  Marten  and  they  live  near 
Bethany;  J.  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Samuel  A.,  lives  near  James- 
port,  Missouri;  Martin  lives  in  Harrison  County;  George  D.,  Jamesport, 
Missouri;  and  William  D.,  Jamesport,  Missouri. 

J.  M.  Gates  was  about  five  years  old  when  his  parents  settled  in  Har- 
rison County.  He  was  reared  to  manhood  on  the  home  place  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  attending  school  in  the  Greencastle  dis- 
trict. After  reaching  manhood  he  farmed  rented  land  for  a  time  and 
in  the  meantime  bought  land  in  Texas.  Later  he  disposed  of  his  Texas 
land  and  in  1919  he  bought  the  old  home  place  which  consists  of  160 
acres  in  Grant  Township.  This  is  one  of  the  valuable  farms  of  Harrison 
County  and  is  well  improved,  having  a  good  residence  and  other  substan- 
tial farm  buildings.  Mr.  Gates  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock- 
raising  and  has  been  successful  in  his  undertakings.  He  does  quite  an 
extensive  dairy  business  and  raises  pure  bred  Poland  China  hogs. 

Mr.  Gates  was  married  in  1901  to  Miss  Katie  Keach,  of  Fox  Creek 
Township.  Six  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gates  as  follows: 
Lee  Oliver,  Arthur,  Delmar,  Garland,  Glynn,  and  Marvin. 

Mr.  Gates  is  public  spirited  and  enterprising  and  one  of  Harrison 
County's  representative  citizens. 


F,  D.  French  a  progressive  and  enterprising'^  farmer  and  stockman  ol 
Trail  Creek  Township  who  owns  and  operates  a  farm  in  partnership  with 
Orville  Brown,  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin.  He  was  born  at  Gratiot,  Wis- 
consin, December  5,  1863,  a  son  of  Charles  and  Ellen  (Trachout)  French. 

Charles  French  was  a  native  of  Vermont  and  when  a  young  man  went 
to  Wisconsin  before  the  Civil  War  and  was  married  in  that  state.  When 
the  Civil  War  broke  out  he  enlisted  in  a  Wisconsin  Regiment  and  while 
in  the  service  he  was  severely  wounded  which  resulted  in  crippling  one  of 
his  hands.  He  was  then  discharged  for  disability  and  went  to  Iowa  and 
located  in  Webster  County.  He  drove  stage  for  a  time  between  Fort 
Dodge  and  Sioux  City.  However,  he  lived  but  a  few  years  after  the  war. 
He  died  from  tuberculosis  contracted  while  in  the  service.     His  wife  died 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  639 

in  1870,  when  F.  D.  French  of  this  review  was  about  seven  years  old, 
leaving  one  other  child,  Seth,  who  was  two  years  younger.  He  died  at 
the  age  of  eleven  years. 

F.  D.  French  was  left  an  orphan  at  an  early  age  and  was  reared  in 
Webster  and  Calhoun  Counties,  Iowa  and  attended  the  public  schools 
until  he  was  sixteen  year  of  age.  He  then  went  to  Des  Moines  where 
he  learned  the  steam  fitters  trade  and  worked  at  that  about  thirty-five 
years.  In  1919,  he  engaged  n  farming  near  Leon,  Iowa,  and  at  the  same 
time  worked  at  his  trade.  In  1919  he  and  Orville  Brown  bought  the  old 
Taylor  place  in  Trail  Creek  Tov/nship  which  they  are  operating  in  part- 
nership. They  own  120  acres  of  valuable  land  upon  which  they  have 
placed  a  number  of  improvements  since  coming  here  including  a  new 
barn,  machine  shop  and  garage.  They  have  fenced  and  cross-fenced  the 
place  and  it  is  one  of  the  highly  improved  farms  of  the  township.  They 
carry  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  will  eventually  raise  only 
Jersey  and  Holstein  cattle. 

Mr.  French  was  married  in  1893  to  Miss  Florence  Betherd,  a  native 
of  Circleville,  Ohio.  She  went  west  from  her  native  state  with  her  par- 
ents when  she  was  about  twelve  years  old.  Her  father  died  in  Decatur 
County,  Iowa,  and  her  mother  now  resides  in  that  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
French  have  no  children. 


Frank  J.  Sweet,  now  deceased,  was  a  successful  farmer  and  stock- 
man and  was  killed  by  lightning  on  the  home  place  which  Mrs.  Sweet 
now  operates,  April  1,  1897.  He  was  born  in  Carroll  County,  Iowa,  a  son  of 
John  and  Lucinda  (Hatch)  Sweet,  the  former  a  native  of  Delaware  and 
the  latter  of  New  York.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Iowa  and  for  a  time  was  engaged  in  farming  in  Taylor  County,  that 
state.  In  1893,  Mr.  Sweet  came  to  Harrison  County  with  his  family  and 
bought  233  1-3  acres  of  land  in  Marion  Township,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock  raising  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican and  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge.  He  was  a  dependable 
citizen  and  stood  high  in  the  communtiy. 

Frank  J.  Sweet  and  Miss  Ella  Cary  were  married  in  1884.  She  was 
born  in  McLean  County,  Illinois,  and  is  a  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Barbara 
(Locer)  Cary,  both  natives  of  Indiana.  They  moved  to  northwestern 
Iowa  at  an  early  day  and  in  the  early  nineties  they  came  to  Missouri  and 


640  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

settled  in  Caldwell  County  where  the  father  died  in  1911.  The  mother 
now  resides  in  that  county. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sweet  were  born  the  following  childm:  Iva  June, 
married  Frank  Stanley,  a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Marion  Township; 
Susie  married  Frank  Caregie,  Harland,  Montana;  Adelbert,  Des  Moines, 
Iowa  and  Tressie,  married  Millard  Champlin,  who  operates  the  home 
place  with  Mrs.  Sweet. 

The  Sweet  farm  is  a  well  improved  and  valuable  place  and  is  located 
about  four  miles  from  Ridgeway  in  Marion  Township.  Mrs.  Sweet  and 
her  son-in-law,  Mr.  Champlin,  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  rais- 
ing.    They  raise  Duroc  Jersey  hogs. 

Mrs.  Sweet  is  an  estimable  woman  and  has  many  friends  in  Ridge- 
way and  vicinity. 


Walter  J.  Wightman,  among  the  representative  newspaper  people 
of  north  Missouri  who  have  founded  county  newspapers  of  wide  influence, 
throught  long  years  of  earnest  and  well  directed  labors,  and  attained 
the  very  highest  esteem  and  respect  of  their  contemporaries,  is  the  Whit- 
man family  of  the  thriving  little  city  of  Bethany,  Missouri. 

This  family  has  held  a  very  creditable  record  in  the  field  of  journal- 
ism for  many  years  and  as  the  years  have  passed  they  have  constantly 
elevated  the  standard  of  the  newspaper  journalism. 

The  Wightman  family  originated  in  England.  The  father,  Walter  J. 
Wightman  was  born  in  London,  September  16,  1845.  He  left  the  place  of 
his  nativity  when  he  was  19  years  of  age  and  came  to  the  United  States, 
landing  here  in  December  1863.  He  was  married  in  Philadelphia,  March 
11,  1865,  to  Miss  Isabel  Freeman.  Mrs.  Wightman's  native  home  was  in 
Lower  Canada  and  the  date  of  her  birth  September  2,  1846.  After  their 
marriage  they  returned  to  his  old  home  in  London,  remaining  there  four 
years  during  which  time  the  eldest  son  and  daughter  were  born.  They 
then  returned  to  America  and  located  at  Garden  Grove,  Iowa.  During 
their  residence  there  from  1870  to  1874  Mr.  Wightman  edited  the  town 
paper.  He  moved  from  Garden  Grove  to  Eagleville,  then  to  Bethany, 
etumed  to  Eagleville  and  established  the  Eagleville  Clipper,  which 
he  published  two  years.  He  then  went  to  Blythedale,  where  he  owned 
and  edited  the  Blythedale  Clipper. 

In  1882  the  family  established  a  permanent  residence  in  Bethany 
where  Mr.  Wightm.an  continued  in  the  newspaper  business  until  his  death 


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HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  641 

which  occurred  December  3,  1903.  He  founded  and  conducted  the  Beth- 
any Clipper  from  January,  1883  to  December,  1887,  when  it  was  con- 
solidated with  the  Bethany  Republican  of  which  Mr.  Wightman  was  busi- 
ness manager  and  editor  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

Walter  J.  Wightman  was  an  unusually  capable  newspaper  man  and  all 
during  his  active  career  he  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  strongest  editorial 
writers  in  the  Northwest  Press  Association.  His  editorials  v/ere  copied  in 
many  city  papers  and  in  the  county  exchanges.  His  pronounced  views 
conscientiously  and  fearlessly  set  forth  in  his  writings  upon  all  the  ques- 
tions of  the  day  made  for  him  an  enviable  reputation  among  the  people  of 
the  state.  His  political  views  were  Republican  and  while  he  never  sought 
to  be  a  Leader,  there  was  that  in  him  which  commanded  following.  He  was 
incorruptible  as  a  political  leader  and  held  high  station  in  the  political 
party  of  his  choice.  He  was  a  member  of  its  State  Committee  for  years, 
chosen  and  held  there  for  his  wisdom,  his  integrity  and  his  devotion  to  its 
principles— servant  to  be  trusted,  and  on  whose  judgment  there  could  be 
reliance.  And  in  his  capacity  as  political  editor  his  paper  spoke  to  the 
people  as  did  he  in  the  counsels  of  his  party.  He  was  a  modest  and  unas- 
suming man,  his  writings  were  eloquent  of  his  subject  but  never  of  himself. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wightman  were  active  members  in  the  Methodist 
Church,  Mrs.  Wightman  occupying  the  place  of  a  stev/ard  in  the  church, 
always  prominent  in  benevolent  and  charitable  affairs,  but  especially  re- 
vered and  valued  for  her  devoted  services  to  the  temperance  cause.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  W.  C.  T.  U.,  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps  and  the 
Eastern  Star.  She  was  an  active  worker  for  woman's  suffrage  and  was 
sent  as  delegate  from  this  district  to  the  national  convention  a  few  years 
before  her  death.  Mr.  Wightman  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
the  degree  of  Knight  Templar  having  been  conferred  upon  him.  They 
were  the  parents  of  eight  children:  W.  Samuel,  Alice  M.,  wife  of  W.  L.. 
Blackburn,  of  Elk  City,  Oklahoma;  Elizabeth  S.,  wife  of  A.  F.  Cushman,, 
of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Annie  Isabel,  Ada  L.,  Edwin  Lincoln,  Perrin  Glad- 
stone and  Mary  M. 

Mrs.  Alice  Wightman  Blackburn  inherited  her  father's  versatility  and 
found  perfect  delight  in  the  newspaper  work.  She  worked  in  her  father's 
office  while  in  her  teens  and  after  her  marriage  and  removal  to  Oklahoma 
she  contributed  to  a  large  number  of  papers  and  periodicals  for  several 
years  until  she  ultimately  established  a  newspaper  of  her  own — The  Elk 
City  News-Democrat.  There  is  probably  not  a  woman  writer  in  the  state 
(36) 


642  HISTORY  OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

of  Oklahoma  so  well  and  affectionately  known  as  "Aunt  Alice"  or  "Sun- 
sine  Alice,"  the  nom-de-plume  under  which  she  frequently  writes.  She 
possesses  the  happy  faculty  of  "looking  on  the  bright  side"  and  reaching 
the  hearts  of  the  common  people. 

Upon  the  death  of  the  father  the  eldest  son,  W.  Samuel  Wightman 
became  editor  and  manager  of  the  Bethany  Republican  but  soon  thereafter 
he  and  his  talented  sister,  Miss  Ada,  established  the  Bethany  Clipper ;  the 
first  edition  was  published  October  14,  1905.  Mr.  Wightman  continued 
senior  editor  and  business  manager  up  to  his  death,  November  4,  1917.  He 
was  born  in  London,  February  16,  1867.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Clara 
M.  Coverston  September  21,  1889  and  to  this  union  four  children  were 
born:  Nina  M.,  now  Mi's.  Clarence  Cowan  of  St.  Joseph;  Paul,  who  died 
in  infancy;  Edwin,  Samuel  and  Ruth.  He  joined  the  Methodist  Church 
in  1887  and  continued  a  member  until  his  death.  Mr.  Wightman  worked 
with  his  father  in  offices  at  Eagleville,  Blythedale  and  Bethany.  He  never 
attended  school  after  nine  years  of  age  but  in  the  office  gained  a  practical 
education  and  was  known  all  over  north  Missouri  as  a  master  printer,  one 
of  the  best  in  the  profession,  one  of  the  best  mechanics  and  job  artists 
in  the  state.  His  newspaper  was  a  model  of  typographical  neatness  and 
art. 

He  was  also  a  writer  with  the  vigorous  style  necessary  to  the  success 
which  he  had  achieved  in  the  profession  to  which  he  was  so  devoted.  He 
had  from  boyhood  been  active  in  Republican  politics  of  his  county,  being 
also  candidate  for  the  Progressive  party  for  Congress  in  this  district, 
when  the  party  split  temporarily  in  1912.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  city 
of  Bethany  for  ten  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Missouri  Press  Asso- 
ciation, Bethany  Commercial  Club,  Bethany  Fire  Company,  also  belonged 
to  the  Modern  Woodmen,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Knights 
of  Pythias  lodges.  His  son,  Edwin,  has  followed  his  father's  example  and 
has  worked  in  the  Clipper  office  for  a  number  of  years  and  although  a 
young  man  yet,  he  is  a  very  competent,  artistic  and  painstaking  com- 
positor. He  was  a  volunteer  in  the  war  and  saw  active  service  both  on 
the  Mexican  border  and  in  France.  He  is  at  present  taking  a  complete 
course  in  journalism  at  Missouri  University. 

The  history  of  the  Northwest  Missouri  Press  gives  honorable  mention 
to  several  women  journalists,  but  perhaps  none  in  that  field  made  a  more 
distinctive  success  than  Ada  L.  Wightman  who  in  partnership  with  her 
brother,  W.  Sam,  founded  the  Bethany  Clipper. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  643 

She  was  born  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  August  19,  1876,  lived  in  Eagle- 
ville  and  Blythedale  until  six  years  of  age.  The  rest  of  her  life  was  spent 
in  Bethany.  She  died  February  6,  1920.  She  was  graduated  from  the 
Bethany  High  School  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  She  at  once  went  into  her 
father's  printing  office,  learned  to  set  type  at  the  case,  helped  with  the 
other  mechanical  work  and  began  immediately  on  her  editorial  career. 
Miss  Wightman  became  a  thorough  newspaper  woman,  perhaps  the  most 
noted  woman  journalist  in  the  state.  She  has  left  the  impress  of  her 
life  upon  the  county  and  state.  She  was  consecrated  and  wholly  devoted 
tu  her  chosen  profession,  a  versatile,  firm,  aggressive  writer,  loyally  help- 
ing and  encouraging  every  progressive  movement  in  city  or  county,  pro- 
moting everything  that  would  make  for  a  better  and  bigger  Bethany. 
"The  Best  Town  On  the  Map"  was  the  motto  she  adopted  with  the  first 
issue  of  the  Clipper. 

She  was  frank,  candid,  clean  and  wholesome,  her  mind  a  rich  store- 
house and  her  face  constantly  toward  the  sunshine.  She  loved  the  people 
of  Bethany  and  lived  for  them.  All  this  together  with  her  gentle  kindli- 
ness, which  touched  life  always  at  every  point  with  fine  spirit  and  courage, 
caused  the  Clipper  to  be  known,  sought  for  and  read  in  more  homes  in 
North  Missouri  than  any  other  paper  in  its  territory.  After  the  death 
of  her  parents  Miss  Wightman  was  the  eldest  child  at  home  and  was  left 
with  the  responsibility  of  home  management  and  the  care  of  a  younger 
brother  and  sister  and  at  the  same  time  she  carried  on  her  professiona,! 
duties. 

Miss  Ada  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  since  she  was  six- 
teen years  old,  serving  long  terms  as  president  of  the  Epworth  League 
and  superintendent  of  the  Junior  League.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Order 
of  the  Eastern  Star  and  had  affiliations  with  some  insurance  orders.  She 
had  distinct  leanings  toward  the  general  policies  of  the  Progressive 
political  party  largely  because  they  favored  woman  suffrage  and  prohi- 
bition. 

Her  loyal,  womanly  devotion  to  her  home,  her  church  and  to  humanity 
gave  her  a  place  in  the  hearts  and  thoughts  of  all  with  whom  she  formed 
acquaintanceship. 

And  thus  was  the  Bethany  Clipper  founded  by  editors  who  laid  the 
foundations  deep  and  wide,  the  purpose  being  to  help  to  make  good  people, 
good  homes  and  good  morals  in  the  community.  It  stands  for  the  right, 
insists  upon  the  right  regardless  of  advocates  or  opposition. 


644  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Through  generation  after  generation  nature  repeats  the  call  and  when 
Miss  Ada's  mantle  fell  upon  the  shoulders  of  her  brother  Pen-in  and  her 
sister  Miss  Mary,  they  buckled  on  their  swords,  rose  to  the  occasion,  and 
today  the  Bethany  Clipper  continues  to  flourish  and  is  ambitious  to  attain 
to  even  greater  heights  of  wisdom  and  helpfulness. 


Perrin  Gladstone  Wightman  was  born  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  October 
26,  1885.  Married  Miss  Margaret  Crowley  in  St.  Louis,  February  1,  1911. 
They  have  two  little  daughters,  Isabel  Margaret  and  Marian  Crowley. 

P.  G.  has  spent  his  life  in  Bethany  except  about  eight  years  when 
he  was  with  Woodward  and  Tiernan,  of  St.  Louis,  one  of  the  largest 
job  printing  plants  in  the  west.  He  worked  in  the  mechanical  depart- 
ment of  the  Clipper  when  it  was  first  organized  and  again  went  into 
the  office  and  assumed  the  management  two  years  before  the  death  of 
his  brother  Sam.  His  national  propensity,  the  talents  he  inherited  froni. 
his  forbears,  and  his  large  experience  in  city  offices,  all  combine  to  make 
him  a  most  efficient  master  printer  and  an  exceptionally  capable  manager. 
He  excels  in  business  ability  but  is  also  a  writer  of  force,  power  and  clarity. 
The  Clipper  now  has  an  immense  circulation,  far  beyond  the  fondest 
dreams  of  its  founders.  Its  subscribers  are  not  only  the  representative 
people  of  Bethany  and  vicinity  but  are  also  well  distributed  over  a  large 
area  and  hence  the  paper  is  considered  an  excellent  advertising  medium. 

Mr.  Wightman,  like  his  father  and  brother,  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  is  secretary  of  the  Republican  Central  Committee.  He  devotes  him- 
self almost  exclusively  to  his  newspaper  work  but  is  efficient  in  any 
capacity.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias,  is  a  member  of  the  Missouri  Press 
Association  and  president  of  the  Northwest  Press  Association.  His  reli- 
gious connection  is  with  the  Methodist  Church.  He  is  a  man  honorable 
and  sincere  in  all  his  dealings,  is  in  full  fellowship  with  honest  toil  and  as 
a  citizen  he  commands  high  regard  of  his  fellows. 


Mary  M.  Wightman  was  born  September  20,  1889.  She  was  educated 
in  the  Bethany  school  and  Missouri  Wesleyan  College  at  Cameron,  Mis- 
souri. Miss  Mary  succeeded  Miss  Ada  as  editor  of  the  Clipper  and,  coming 
from  a  long  line  of  journalists,  she  fits  naturally  and  easily  into  the  posi- 
tion and  serves  her  high  calling  with  ability  and  distinction.  Miss  Wight- 
man  is  an  educated,  refined,  cultured  young  lady  of  genial  and  gracious 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  645 

persoJiality  and  her  circle  of  friends  is  limited  only  by  her  acquaintanc-es. 
Her  judgment  is  mature  and  she  possesses  marked  tact  and  ability  for 
one  of  her  years.  She  is  a  fluent  writer,  eloquent  and  versatile,  and  gives 
promise  of  making  a  brilliant  record  in  journalism.  She  is  addicted  to  no 
affections  or  ostentation,  but  is  thoroughly  business-like  and  bends  every 
energy  to  the  betterment  of  her  associates  and  the  community  at  large. 

Energy,  enterprise  and  the  ability  to  perceive  and  to  suuply  on  the 
shortest  notice,  the  wants  of  the  reading  public  is  considered  as  a  part 
of  the  capital  necessary  in  the  building  up  of  a  successful  newspaper. 
These  requisites  are  possessed  in  an  extraordinary  degree  by  Miss  Wight- 
man  and  insures  her  continued  success. 

Miss  Mary  is  one  of  the  leading  spirits  of  the  younger  social  set  and 
contributes  much  to  the  social  life  of  the  town.  She  belongs  to  several 
clubs,  is  affiliated  with  the  Eastern  Star  and  the  Methodist  Church^  In  the 
year  1921,  Miss  Wightman  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  Harrison 
County,  having  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  woman  to  fill  this  office 
in  the  state  of  Missouri.  She  is  broad  minded,  has  the  courage  of  her 
convictions,  has  high  aspirations  and  uses  the  influence  of  her  paper  to 
promote  her  high  ideals. 

And  so  as  the  years  have  passed  the  Wightman  newspaper  has  con- 
tinually elevated  its  standards,  bettered  its  quality  and  broadened  its 
scope,  but  primarily  its  mission  is  the  same  today  as  it  was  at  the  time 
of  its  inception,  to  advance  the  interest  of  the  comnmnity  and  the  people 
and  to  aid  in  seou'ing  better  government  and  better  citizenship. 

The  present  editors  hold  in  tiust  for  all  mankind  the  institution 
founded  by  their  elders.  They  have  the  bright  examples  and  deathless 
liiemoi-ies  of  tht  dead  to  guide  them  to  that  illimitable  sea  upon  the  shores 
of  which  stands  the  Temple  of  Eternal  Truth. 


W.  S.  Ross,  a  prominent  citizen  and  large  land  owner  of  Trail  Creek 
Township,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Trail  Creek 
Township,  October  3,  1859,  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  north  of  his 
present  residence  on  land  which  was  entered  from  the  government  by 
his  father.  He  is  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Ellen  (Hindle)  Ross,  the  former  a 
native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Indiana. 

Jacob  Ross  and  Ellen  Hindle  were  married  in  Indiana  and  came  to 
Missouri  during  the  fifties.  He  entered  government  land  in  Trail  Creek 
Township  and  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  here  all  his 


646  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

life.  He  was  an  extensive  stockman  and  raised  a  great  many  horses  and 
cattle  and  became  very  well-to-do.  When  he  came  to  Missouri,  like  many 
of  the  early  pioneers  he  was  without  funds  and  it  was  a  struggle  to  get 
a  start  in  life.  When  he  entered  his  land  from  the  government  his  cash 
capital  consisted  of  a  fifty  cent  piece.  He  worked  in  sawmills  and  did 
whatever  he  could  find  to  do  until  he  got  a  start.  Later  he  acquired  more 
land,  besides  the  160  acres  which  he  entered  from  the  government  and 
became  a  large  land  owner.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served  in  the 
Union  army.  He  was  a  stanch  Republican  and  held  local  offices  on  vari- 
ous occasions.  He  died  March  3,  1897,  age  sixty-three  years  and  his 
wife  died  in  September  of  the  same  year.  Their  remains  are  buried  in 
Mount  Moriah  Cemetery.  Of  their  children,  three  are  now  living  as  fol- 
lows: Mary,  married  George  W.  Flagg,  Fowler,  Colorado;  W.  S.  Ross, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  and  J.  J.  Ross,  of  Denver,  Colorado. 

W.  S.  Ross  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  in  Trail  Creek  Township 
and  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  early  life  and  is  one  of  the  successful  farmers  and  stockmen 
of  Harrison  County.  He  owns  500  acres  of  highly  improved  and  pro- 
ductive land  in  the  northeast  part  of  Trail  Creek  Township.  There 
are  in  all  six  sets  of  farm  buildings  on  his  land.  He  carries  on  general 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  specializes  in  raising  pure  blood  Aber- 
deen-Angus cattle  and  Big  Bone  Spotted  Poland  China  hogs.  He  also 
raises  horses  and  mules  extensively  and  has  met  with  unifonn  success 
in  his   undertakings. 

Mr.  Ross  was  married  June  29,  1878,  to  Miss  Eva  Sesna,  a  native 
of  Indiana,  born  near  Indianapolis.  She  is  a  daughter  of  George  and 
Mary  (Gaings)  Sesna,  both  natives  of  Ohio.  The  Sesna  family  re- 
moved from  Indiana  to  Illinois  at  an  early  day  and  came  to  Missouri 
in  1875.  Later  they  removed  to  White  Cloud,  Kansas  where  the  parents 
both  died  and  are  buried  there.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  have  been  born 
two  children  as  follows:  Charles  Marion,  a  farmer  and  stockman  who 
resides  on  the  old  home  place  in  Trail  Creek  Township,  and  Mary  Ina, 
who  married  Han-y  Phillip,  Mount  Moriah.  There  are  five  grandchil- 
dren in  the  Ross  family:  Garland,  Kermit,  and  John  Jacob  Ross,  and 
Ross  and  Clarence  William  Phillip. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  he 
has  always  supported  the  principals  of  the  Republican  party.  They  are 
representative  of  the  best  citizenship  of  Harrison  County  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Ross  family  are  highly  respected. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  647 

C.  M.  Peugh,  a  leading  farmer  and  stockman  is  a  native  of  Harrison 
County  and  was  bom  near  Trail  Chapel,  January  4,  1874.  He  is  a  son 
of  Sanford  M.  and  Mary  (Hamilton)  Peugh. 

Sanford  M.  Peugh  was  born  in  Bartholomew  County,  Indiana, 
August  28,  1850.  He  is  a  son  of  Humphrey  and  J.  (McDonald)  Peugh, 
the  former  a  native  of  Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  In  1856  the 
family  came  to  Pike  County,  Illinois  and  in  the  following  spring  moved 
to  Appanoose  County,  Iowa,  and  about  two  months  later  removed  to  Mis- 
souri and  settled  in  Sherman  Township,  Harrison  County,  where  Hum- 
phrey Peugh  entered  government  land.  This  was  in  1857  and  the  land 
office  was  at  Booneville,  Missouri.  He  built  a  cabin  on  his  place,  im- 
proved the  land  and  made  his  home  there  for  a  number  of  years.  Later 
he  removed  to  Oregon  and  died  at  Portland,  in  1913,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
seven  years.  His  wife  died  at  Hood  River,  Oregon,  which  had  been  their 
home  for  a  number  of  years.  The  Peugh  family  were  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Sherman  Tov/nship,  there  being  but  three  families  living  there 
when  they  settled  there.  Humphrey  Peugh  served  in  the  Missouri  State 
Militia  during  the  Civil  War. 

Sanford  Peugh  was  reared  in  Sherman  Township  and  educated  in 
the  early  day  public  schools  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  engaged  in 
farming  in  Sherman  Township.  Later  he  went  to  Oregon  where  he  re- 
mained a  short  time  when  he  returned  to  Harrison  County  and  bought 
a  farm  in  Train  Creek  Township.  About  twenty-two  years  ago  he  sold 
that  and  since  that  time  has  lived  in  Mount  Moriah.  He  owns  a  small 
farm  adjoining  the  town  and  has  another  farm  on  the  Grand  River 
bottoms.  He  was  married  August  27,  1872,  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Hamilton 
a  native  of  Fox  Creek  Township.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Collins  Hamilton, 
a  Harrison  County  pioneer  who  settled  here  prior  to  1850.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  he  operated  a  ferry  across  the  Grand  River  on  the  Colo- 
rado and  California  Trail. 

To  Sanford  M.  and  Mary  (Hamilton)  Peugh,  were  bom  the  follow- 
ing children:  Charles,  Trail  Creek  Township;  C.  M.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Effie,  married  Frank  Withered,  Trail  Creek  Township;  Cora,  mar- 
ried Harry  Grey,  Cainsville,  Missouri;  and  Laura,  married  E.  W.  Prather, 
Trail  Creek  Township. 

C.  M.  Peugh  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  He  began  farming  for  himself  on  land  which  he  rented 
from  his  father  when  he  was  twenty  years  old.     He  bought  his  present 


648  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

fami  in  Grant  Township  in  1900.  He  owns  two  hundred  acres  of  valu- 
able land  with  good  substantial  improvements  and  carries  on  general 
farming  and  stock  raising.  He  is  widely  known  as  a  successful  breeder 
of  thoroughbred  Percheron  horses. 

Mr.  Peugh  was  married  December  23,  1895  to  Miss  Martha  Fryer, 
of  Hancock  County,  Illinois  and  the  following  children  have  been  bom 
to  them:  Guy,  a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Grant  Township;  Elsie,  mar- 
ried Virgil  Dyer,  Madison  Township  and  Lanzao,  Ermie,  Lloyd,  Rex, 
Arthur,  Ray  and  Zelma,  all  residing  at  home  with  their  parents. 

Mr.  Peugh  takes  a  commendable  interest  in  local  affairs  and  for 
twenty  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board.  He  is  a  pro- 
gressive citizen  and  is  known  for  his  industry  and  integrity. 


Judge  George  W.  Wanamaker,  former  judge  of  the  third  judicial  dis- 
trict, a  prominent  member  of  the  Harrison  County  bar  for  forty-three 
years,  and  well  known  over  all  this  part  of  Missouri,  died  early  Friday 
morning,  November  18,  1921,  at  his  home  after  having  been  confined  for 
several  weeks  with  what  was  recognized  by  his  physicians  to  be  his  last 
illness.  For  the  last  two  weeks  his  condition  had  been  such  that  his  death 
was  expected  at  any  time. 

Judge  Wanamaker  was  a  native  of  Canada,  having  been  born  in  Prince 
Edward  County,  Ontario,  October  8,  1846.  He  lived  in  Canada  until  he 
was  nineteen  years  of  age,  and  received  his  literary  training  in  the  public 
schools  and  the  Collegiate  Institute  of  Bellville,  Ontario.  He  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1869,  his  parents  settling  in  Missouri,  and  entered  the 
University  of  Michigan,  graduating  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  He  re- 
turned to  Kirksville,  and  after  several  years'  practice,  came  to  Bethany  in 
1878. 

Judge  Wanamaker  served  a  term  as  city  attorney  of  Bethany  not  long 
after  he  first  took  up  his  residence  here,  and  for  twenty-three  years  was 
the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Wanamaker  &  Barlow,  G.  W.  Barlow,  of 
Bethany,  being  the  junior  member.  This  was  one  of  the  best  known  law 
firms  in  Bethany,  and  enjoyed  an  extensive  general  practice  for  many 
years.  In  1904,  upon  the  solicitation  of  friends,  he  became  a  candidate 
for  the  office  of  district  judge  of  the  third  district,  comprising  the  counties 
of  Harrison,  Mercer,  Grundy  and  Putnam,  and  had  no  opposition  in  the 
general  election  of  that  year.  In  1910  he  was  renominated  and  re-elected 
for  a  term  of  six  years,  this  time  being  both  nominated  and  elected  with- 


ERNEST   WANAMAKER 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  649 

out  opposition.  His  record  on  the  bench  was  one  of  distinction  and  his 
decisions  were  probably  reversed  less  seldom  than  any  district  judge  in 
the  state.  Following  the  expiration  of  this  term  of  office,  he  again  began 
the  practice  of  law  here,  and  continued  it  except  at  such  times  that  his 
health  did  not  permit.  Shortly  after  his  retirement  from  the  bench  the 
diabetic  trouble  which  finally  resulted  in  his  death  necessitated  an  opera- 
tion for  the  removal  of  a  foot.  Notwithstanding  his  age,  he  recovered 
from  the  operation  within  a  shorter  time  than  might  have  been  expected, 
and  was  afterward  able  to  be  about  town  until  within  the  last  few  weeks. 

In  politics,  Judge  Wanamaker  had  always  been  a  Republican,  but  was 
not  considered  as  a  politician.  He  was  the  possessor  of  a  keen,  analytical 
mind,  the  mind  of  the  trained  jurist,  and  never  accepted  any  conclusion 
without  first  weighing  it  in  his  own  behalf.  In  1902  he  was  a  delegate  to 
the  Republican  judicial  state  convention. 

He  was  a  Knight  Templar  Mason  and  was  past  eminent  commander  of 
Bethany  Commandery  No.  44,  and  was  also  affiliated  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Knights  of  Pythias  lodges.  He  belonged  to  the 
Methodist  Church  and  was  a  trustee  for  many  years. 

Judge  Wanamaker  was  born  of  an  old  family  in  America,  the  founder 
being  Johann  Wanamaker,  who  was  a  native  of  Germany,  and  in  1668 
came  to  America  and  settled  in  Rockland  County,  New  York.  The  great- 
grandfather of  Judge  Wanamaker  was  Peter  Wanamaker,  a  Revolutionary 
soldier.  His  father,  Isaac  Wanamaker,  was  born  in  Canada,  and  spent 
all  his  active  life  as  a  farmer.  His  mother,  Mary  Ann  Way,  was  the 
daughter  of  a  Rhode  Island  farmer. 

On  December  23,  1879,  Judge  Wanamaker  was  married  to  Miss  Bessie 
Templeman,  daughter  of  William  A.  and  Emeline  Templeman.  Mrs.  Tem- 
pleman  was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  J.  S.  Allen,  one  of  the  pioneers  in  north- 
west Missouri,  and  in  184G  the  founder  of  the  Christian  Church  here, 
which  he  served  as  its  first  pastor.  Judge  Wanamaker's  children  are 
Ernest,  the  superintendent  of  electrical  construction  of  the  Rock  Island 
railway,  and  Mrs.  John  Sherwood  Alquist,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  who 
has  a  son,  Temple  Allen. 

The  body  lay  in  state  in  his  office  among  the  books  he  loved  from 
Friday  evening  until  Sunday  afternoon  at  one  o'clock,  where  it  was  viewed 
by  many  of  those  who  had  been  his  friends  and  neighbors  for  so  many 
years. 

Funeral  services  were  held  Sunday  afternoon  at  the  Methodist  Church, 
and  were  attended  in  a  body  by  the  Harrison  County  bar.     Members  of 


650  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

the  bars  of  other  counties  included  C.  E.  Ernst  and  George  P.  Adams  of 
the  Gentry  County  bar,  L.  M.  Hyde  and  L.  E.  May  of  the  Mercer  County 
bar,  Roscoe  Kavanaugh  and  George  Hubbel  of  the  Grundy  County  bar, 
who  acted  as  pall  bearers,  attorneys  Reeves  of  Albany  and  Kesterson  of 
Princeton,  Senator  Pickett  of  Trenton  and  Judge  L.  B.  Woods.  Rev.  W. 
S.  Welsh  and  Judge  L.  B.  Woods  gave  short  talks  eulogistic  of  Judge 
Wanamaker,  and  Mrs.  Daisy  Crossan  sang. 

Burial  followed  the  services  in  Miriam  Cemetery. — Bethany  Repub- 
lican, November  23,  1921. 


J.  T.  Chambers,  who  is  now  living  retired  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  is 
a  Civil  War  veteran  and  one  of  the  very  earliest  pioneer  settlers  of  Har- 
rison County.  He  was  born  in  Decatur  County,  Indiana,  December  12, 
1842,  a  son  of  William  and  Ellen  (Barrett)  Chambers,  the  former  a 
native  of  North  Carolina,  and  the  latter  of  Kentucky. 

The  Chambers  family  settled  in  Harrison  County  in  1842  when  J.  T. 
Chambers  was  about  two  years  old.  They  drove  through  from  Indiana, 
with  a  team  and  covered  wagon.  They  first  camped  on  the  mound  where 
Cainsville  is  now  located  and  after  camping  there  a  few  days,  they  located 
about  two  and  one-half  miles  south  of  Cainsville,  where  the  father 
entered  government  land.  At  that  time  there  was  not  a  town  in  Har- 
rison or  Mercer  counties.  The  nearest  postoffice  was  Trenton,  thirty 
miles  away.  Envelopes  were  not  in  use  yet  and  it  cost  twenty-five  cents 
to  mail  a  letter.  The  only  plows  in  use  at  that  time  were  the  wooden 
mouldboards  and  J.  T.  Chambers  remembers  of  having  plowed  with  that 
type  of  plow.  There  were  lots  of  Indians  living  along  Grand  River  and 
Mr.  Chambers  has  a  distinct  recollection  of  the  Indian  dances  of  those 
times  and  has  been  present  at  those  festivities.  There  were  any  num- 
ber of  deer  and  he  has  seen  as  many  as  twenty  in  one  herd.  Wildcats 
and  wolves  were  plentiful  and  wolves  frequently  carried  off  little  pigs. 
Wild  turkeys  and  prairie  chickens  were  here  by  the  thousands. 

William  Chambers  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  early  day  affairs 
of  Harrison  County  and  served  one  term  as  judge  of  the  county  court. 
He  was  a  strong  Union  man  during  the  Civil  War.  He  died  on  his  farm 
about  one-half  miles  north  of  Mount  Moriah  in  1879  and  his  wife  died 
about  ten  years  later  and  their  remains  are  buried  at  Cainsville.  They 
were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  three  of  whom  are  now  living:  J.  T., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Mrs.  Narcissis  Meryfield,  a  widow  residing  in 
Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  and  Mrs.  Zarilda  Coffman,  of  Mount  Moriah. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  651 

J.  T.  Chambers  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  when  he  was 
about  twenty-one  years  old  on  May  3,  1863,  he  enhsted  in  Company  F, 
3rd  Missouri  Regiment,  and  after  the  war  he  was  engaged  in  farming 
until  1879.  He  was  then  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  at  Mount 
Moriah  for  three  years  and  then  engaged  in  the  hotel  business  there 
which  he  conducted  for  thirty-two  years  and  six  months.  On  October 
1,  1913,  he  rented  his  hotel  and  moved  to  Ridgeway,  where  he  has  since 
resided.  Later  he  sold  the  hotel.  Mr.  Chambers  was  first  married  in 
1864,  to  Zimanda  Reynolds,  a  native  of  Indiana,  and  the  following  chil- 
dren were  bom  to  that  union:  W.  P.,  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Mount 
Moriah;  Agnes  Ellen,  married  Cal  Snyder,  Lamoni,  Iowa;  Alva  L.,  a 
grocer,  Bethany,  Missouri ;  Linus,  died  at  the  age  of  twelve  years  and 
John  M.,  of  Mount  Moriah.  The  mother  died  in  1878  and  Mr.  Chambers 
was  afterwards  married  to  Mary  C.  Baker  a  native  of  Indiana,  and  to 
them  has  been  born  one  son,  Jesse  L.,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  who 
served  in  France  in  the  Balloon  Observation  Corps  and  is  now  in  the 
employ  of  the  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  Company  as  auditor  and  resides 
at  Ridgeway. 

Mr.  Chambers  cast  his  first  vote  for  Lincoln  in  1864  and  has  voted 
the  Republican  ticket  since.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church. 


A.  B.  Campman,  a  leading  farmer  and  stockman  of  Trail  Creek  Town- 
ship is  a  native  son  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Madison  Town- 
ship, January  24,  1883,  a  son  of  Edward  Charles  and  Mary  Anne  (Sinder- 
son)  Campman. 

Edward  Charles  Campman,  was  born  near  St.  Loui.^.  Missouri,  and  his 
wife  was  bom  in  Illinois.  Edward  Charles  Champman  came  to  Harrison 
County  when  a  young  man  and  settled  in  Madison  Township  where  he 
was  married.  He  was  a  farmer  and  stockman  and  spent  his  life  in  Madi- 
son Township.  He  died  in  February,  1901  and  his  widow  now  lives  at 
Ridgeway,  Missouri.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children  as  follows: 
Arthur,  a  farmer  and  stockman  lives  in  Trail  Creek  Township;  A.  B., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Lula,  lives  in  Bethany,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Hazel 
McLaughlin,  lives  in  Idaho;  Ferris,  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Roy  B.,  died 
at  the  age  of  eighteen  years ;  Fern,  died  at  the  age  of  two  years  and 
Chloe,  married  Lred  E.  Smith  and  died  in  February,  1919,  aged  twenty- 
three  years. 


652  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

A.  B.  Campman  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Madison  Township,  and 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  When  nineteen  years  old, 
he  began  his  independent  career  as  a  farmer  in  Madison  Township  and 
was  thus  engaged  for  about  two  years.  He  then  fanned  one  year  in  Trail 
Creek  Township  and  afterwards  operated  the  home  place  in  Madison 
Township.  He  spent  one  year  on  a  homestead  in  Colorado  and  in  1910 
bought  a  farm  of  110  acres  in  Trail  Creek  Township  which  he  operated 
until  1919.  He  then  sold  that  place  and  bought  his  present  place  of  160 
acres  in  the  northwest  part  of  Trail  Creek  Township.  This  is  a  valuable 
farm  and  is  well  improved.  Mr.  Campman  carries  on  general  farming 
and  stock  raising  and  has  met  with  success. 

In  1901,  A.  B.  Campman  was  married  to  Miss  Rebecca  E.  Nelles,  of 
Trail  Creek  Township.  She  was  born  in  South  Dakota.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Campman  have  been  bom  six  children  as  follow:  Mrs.  Vera  Beeks,  Jeffer- 
son Township;  Vern,  Ray,  Eugene,  Virgil  and  Helen,  all  of  whom  reside 
at  home  with  their  parents. 

Mr.  Campman  is  a  Democrat  and  takes  a  commendable  interest  in 
local  affairs.  He  is  public  spirited  and  enterprising  and  one  of  the  lead- 
ing citizens  of  Trail  Creek  Township. 


John  Lafayette  Moss,  a  Civil  War  veteran  who  is  a  prominent  citizen 
of  Trail  Creek  Township,  is  a  native  of  Missouri.  He  was  bom  in  Mercer 
County,  January  13,  1841,  a  son  of  Horatio  and  Norcissa  (Dunkinson) 
Moss. 

Haratio  Moss  was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  a  son  of  Joshua  Moss, 
a  North  Carolinian.  Norcissa  Dunkinson  was  bom  in  Kentucky,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Dunkinson  who  was  also  a  Kentuckian. 

Joshua  Moss  was  one  of  the  very  early  pioneer  settlers  of  northern 
Missouri.  He  came  here  in  1839  and  settled  in  Mercer  County.  During 
the  gold  excitement  in  California  in  1849  he  started  overland  to  the  gold 
fields  and  was  stricken  with  cholera  and  died  at  Salt  Lake  City.  His 
widow  spent  her  life  in  Mercer  County.    She  died  in  1851. 

John  L.  Moss  was  the  eldest  of  five  children  bom  to  his  parents,  three 
of  whom  are  now  living.  The  others  are  George  Russell,  M'ho  lives  in 
southern  Missouri,  and  Joseph  James,  Davenport,  Iowa.  When  John  L. 
Moss  was  about  ninteen  years  old  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  at  Cains- 
ville.  Missouri,  becoming  a  member  of  Company  E,  3rd  Regiment,  Mis- 
souri Infantry.     He  participated  in  the  battles  of  Prairie  Grove,  Wilson 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  653 

Creek,  Springfield  and  was  with  his  command  in  pursuit  of  General  Price 
as  far  as  Fayetteville,  Arkansas,  and  took  part  in  numerous  skirmishes. 
He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Springfield,  a  ball  passing  through  his 
right  ann  and  lodged  in  his  shoulder  from  where  it  was  removed.  He 
was  captured  by  the  enemy  at  Neosho,  Missouri,  but  was  paroled  one 
day  later.  After  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  he  reenlisted  as  a  veteran 
volunteer  to  fight  Indians  in  the  west.  Shortly  afterwards  he  received 
his  honorable  discharge  and  returned  to  Mercer  County.  He  bought  land 
in  that  county  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  until 
1895.  He  then  came  to  Harrison  County  where  he  bought  160  acres  of 
land  where  he  has  since  been  successfully  engaged  in  farming.  His  farm 
consists  of  160  acres  and  is  well  improved.  He  has  made  most  of  the 
improvements  and  this  is  the  fourth  farm  which  he  has  improved. 

Mr.  Moss  was  married,  December  24,  1866,  to  Martha  A.  Hickman,  of 
Mercer  County,  Missouri.  Her  parents  were  natives  of  Indiana  and  early 
settlers  in  Missouri.  To  John  L.  Moss  and  wife  were  born  seven  children 
six  of  whom  grew  to  maturity:  Ida,  married  Olin  Kies,  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri; Alfred,  lives  in  the  state  of  Washington;  Sarah  Jane,  married 
Jack  DePrice,  Fox  Creek  Township;  Winnie,  married  Sam  Gray,  and  is 
now  deceased;  Rachel,  married  Lewis  Witherd,  and  is  also  deceased;  and 
John,  who  operates. the  home  place.    The  mother  died  in  1881. 

Mr.  Moss  has  always  been  a  Democrat  and  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  for  many 
years.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial  and  highly  respected  ninnppr  citizens 
of  Harrison  County. 


Orville  Brown,  a  successful  farmer  and  stockman  of  Trail  Creek  Town- 
ship who  owns  and  operates  a  valuable  farm  of  120  acres  in  partnership 
with  F.  D.  French,  is  a  native  of  New  York.  He  was  born  in  Ulster 
County,  New  York,  December  3,  1861,  and  is  a  son  of  Alonzo  Brown,  who 
now  resides  at  Cherryville,  Kansas. 

Orville  Brown  came  to  Missouri  with  his  parents  and  settled  in  De- 
Kalb  County.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  that  county  and  lived  his 
early  life  there  with  the  exception  of  a  short  time  when  his  father 
was  engaged  in  street  contracting  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  His  father 
served  in  the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War. 

About  the  year  of  1900  Orville  Brown  went  to  Iowa  and  was  engaged 
in  farming  about  six  miles  from  Leon.     Before  going  there  however,  he 


654  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

went  to  Oklahoma  where  he  owned  a  farm  which  he  later  sold.  He  lived 
in  Oklahoma  about  one  year.  In  1919  he  sold  his  farm  near  Leon,  Iowa 
and  in  partnership  with  Mr.  French,  they  bought  their  present  place  in 
Trail  Creek  Township.  This  is  a  valuable  farm  and  they  have  made  ex- 
tensive improvements  upon  it  further  mention  of  which  is  made  in  con- 
nection with  the  sketch  of  F.  D.  French  in  this  volume. 

Mr.  Brown  was  married  in  1902,  to  Miss  Sarah  Betherd,  a  native  of 
Ohio  and  a  sister  of  Mrs..  F.  D.  French  and  she  is  now  deceased.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  were  born  three  children:  Leslie,  Ethlene,  and  Paul, 
all  of  whom  make  their  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  French  and  their  father. 

Mr.  Brown  is  a  Democrat  and  one  of  the  enterprising  and  dependable 
citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


W.  F.  Slaughter,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Harrison  County,  Missouri, 
was  born  in  Pike  County,  Ohio,  March  7,  1861,  the  son  of  Milton  B.  and 
Martha  (Hawk)  Slaughter. 

Milton  B.  Slaughter  was  born  in  Pike  County,  Ohio,  December  13, 
1834,  and  his  wife  was  born  in  the  same  county,  August  8,  1842.  They 
came  to  Missouri  in  1863  and  settled  in  Bethany  Township  where  they 
now  live.  Mr.  Slaughter  owns  305  acres  of  land  which  he  has  improved. 
He  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  served  in  the  Missouri  State 
Militia.  To  Milton  B.  and  Martha  (Hawk)  Slaughter  the  following  chil- 
dren were  born:  W.  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Ida  May,  now  Mrs. 
F.  P.  McDaniel,  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Effie  J.,  now  Mrs.  Silas  Maize  of 
Bethany,  Missouri ;  and  John  M.,  who  was  accidentally  drowned  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  and  who  is  buried  in  Mitchelville  Cemetery. 

W.  F.  Slaughter  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Bethany  and 
taught  school  for  several  years  in  Daviess  and  Harrison  counties.  He 
taught  his  first  school  at  Jack  Oaks  district  in  Cypress  Township.  He 
bought  an  eighty-five  acre  farm  in  Bethany  Township  upon  which  he  lived 
for  three  years,  and  which  he  later  sold,  buying  another  farm  of  160  acres 
and  then  another  eighty  acre  tract.  He  bought  his  present  farm  of  400 
acres  in  1900.  It  was  formerly  known  as  the  Copeland  farm.  Mr. 
Slaughter  has  sold  250  acres  off  of  it,  leaving  150  acres  in  the  present 
farm.  This  farm  is  of  unusual  historical  interest.  The  first  county  court 
session  ever  convened  in  Harrison  County  was  held  under  a  basswood  tree 
on  the  part  of  the  farm  now  owned  by  Mr.  Slaughter's  son.  Mr.  Slaughter 
is  now  building  a  new  home,  located  on  the  Jefferson  Highway  three  miles 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  655 

south  of  the  town  of  Bethany.  The  house  has  a  ten  room  concrete  base- 
ment, containing  a  laundry,  cold  storage  room,  furnace,  wood  room,  fruit 
room  and  a  glass  covered  play  room.  On  the  first  floor  of  the  house  there 
are  ten  rooms  and  as  many  on  the  second  floor.  The  liouse  which  is  built 
of  stucco,  is  modern  in  every  way ;  on  the  west  side  is  a  large  porch  which 
makes  an  excellent  resting  place  for  the  many  friends  of  IVIr.  Slaughter 
when  they  come  to  visit  him.  In  addition  to  the  residence,  Mr.  Slaughter 
is  building  a  32x50  foot  barn  and  two  modern  poultry  houses  in  which  to 
care  for  his  White  Wyandotte  chickens. 

W.  F.  Slaughter  was  married  to  Laura  S.  Williams.  September  25, 
1887.  Mrs.  Slaughter  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Phoebe  A.  (Harrison) 
Williams  who  came  to  Missouri  from  Ohio  in  1885.  Through  her  mother, 
Mrs.  Slaughter  is  related  to  the  family  of  ex-President  Harrison  and 
through  her  father,  she  is  related  to  the  Carson  family  of  Kit  Carson 
fame.  Mrs.  Slaughter's  ancestry  has  been  traced  back  for  three  hundred 
years  to  the  Hollander,  Jans  Weber,  of  royal  birth  and  born  in  the  King's 
mansion  in  Holland. 

To  W.  F.  and  Laura  S.  (Williams)  Slaughter  the  following  children 
were  born:  John  M.,  man-ied  to  Ruth  Holt  and  living  in  Bethany  Town- 
ship; Frona,  now  Mrs.  Fred  Daily,  of  White  Oak  Township;  Irl,  died  in 
infancy;  Frank  Lee,  died  at  the  age  of  seventeen;  Irlene,  a  graduate  of 
Missouri  State  University  at  Columbia,  Missouri,  and  now  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Wright  of  Haigler.  Nebraska;  Ivan,  a  graduate  of  Missouri  State  Uni- 
versity, was  on  the  dairy  cows  judging  contest  held  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  and 
his  team  won  the  gold  medal  the^-e,  and  now  living  on  the  home  place; 
Bina,  who  won  the  dairy  scholarship  at  Missouri  University  in  1921 ; 
carried  $500,  a  teacher  in  the  Bethany  Grammar  School,  who  will  gradu- 
ate from  Missouri  State  University  in  1922 ;  Josie  May,  a  graduate  of  the 
Bethany  High  School  in  1921  and  won  the  highest  honors  at  the  Bethany 
High  School,  carried  a  $50  scholarship;  and  Olin,  a  junior  in  the  Bethany 
High  School.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Slaughter  have  ten  grandchildren  as  follows: 
Anna,  Amy,  Fern  and  Naomi  Slaughter;  Lee,  Glenn,  Ross  and  Roberta 
Daily ;  Billy  Wright  and  Ivan  Slaughter,  Jr. 

Ivan  S.  Slaughter,  the  sixth  child  of  W.  F.  and  Laura  S.  (Williams) 
Slaughter,  was  bom  in  Cypress  Township,  January  1,  1896.  He  attended 
school  in  the  Brady  district  and  then  went  to  the  Bethany  High  School 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1914.  He  was  a  student  in  the  Missouri  State 
University  when  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War.     He  at  once 


656  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

enlisted  in  the  air  service  and  was  sent  first  to  Urbana,  Illinois,  and  from 
there  to  Scott  Field,  Belleville,  Illinois,  for  training.  He  was  commissioned 
second  lieutenant  and  was  sent  to  Rockwell  Field,  Santiago.  California, 
where  he  was  kept  until  the  annistice  was  signed.  He  v/as  discharged 
January  7,  1919,  and  returned  to  the  University  from  which  he  graduated 
in  April,  1921.  He  was  married  to  Jo  Squires,  April  20,  1920.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Squires,  of  Springfield,  Missoui'i  and  was  born 
in  CaiTollton,  Missouri,  graduating  from  the  Carrollton  High  School  in  the 
class  of  1917  and  from  the  Missouri  State  University  in  the  class  of  1920. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Slaughter  have  a  con,  Ivan  Stanton  Slaughter,  Jr..  born 
February  12,  1920. 

The  Slaughter  family  has  been  one  of  the  prominent  families  in  the 
development  of  Harrison  County.  W.  F.  Slaughter  is  a  progressive  and 
public  spirited  man.  One  of  his  pi'actical  manifestations  of  good  citizen- 
ship is  a  tourist  camp  which  he  has  on  his  farm.  He  well  merits  his  high 
standing  in  the  county. 


George  W.  Gibson,  a  member  of  an  early  pioneer  family  of  Harrison 
County,  who  is  a  well  known  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  was  born  in  Harri- 
son County,  October  9,  1889,  and  is  a  son  of  Walker  and  Maiy  S.  (Allen) 
Gibson. 

Walker  Gibson  M'as  a  native  of  Indiana,  and  came  to  Harrison  County, 
Missouri,  with  his  parents  at  a  very  early  date.  He  sei-ved  for  three  years 
and  six  months,  in  the  Union  Army,  during  the  Civil  War  and  was 
severely  wounded  in  battle  and  taken  prisoner  by  the  Confederates,  was 
in  prison  six  months  and  while  a  prisoner  of  war  his  leg  was  amputated 
as  a  result  of  his  wounds.  After  the  war  he  followed  farming.  He  died 
in  Union  Township,  November  18,  1910,  aged  sixty-seven  years. 

Mary  S.  (Allen)  Gibson  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  in  1852.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Callaway  Allen,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  who  came  to 
HaiTison  County  in  pioneer  days,  and  entered  government  land  in  Union 
Township. 

To  Walker  and  Mary  S.  (Allen)  Gibson,  were  born  the  following 
children:  James  F.,  lives  in  Union  Tov.'nship;  S.  W..  Union  Township; 
John  L.,  Union  Township;  Edna  M.,  married  W.  E.  Judd,  Marion  Town- 
ship; Rosa,  married  H.  L.  Graham,  Marion  Township;  Walker  E.,  Union 
Township ;  G.  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  two  who  died  in  infancy. 


WALKER  AND  .MARY   S.   GIBSON 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  657 

G.  W.  Gibson  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  He  has  made  farming  and  stock  raising  his  life's  occupa- 
tion and  is  the  owner  of  120  acres  of  valuable  land  in  Union  Township. 

G.  W.  Gibson  was  married  in  1907  to  Miss  Matie  Holmes,  a  native 
of  Ringgold  County,  Iowa,  and  a  daughter  of  Charles  E.  Holmes,  who 
lives  in  Union  Township.  To  them  have  been  born  four  children:  Gerald 
W.,  at  home;  Floy  M.,  at  home;  Jaunita,  died  in  1919,  in  infancy,  and  is 
buried  in  Allen  Cemetery,  and  Elvis  Ray. 

Mr.  Gibson  is  a  substantial  and  well  known  citizen  of  Harrison 
County  and  the  Gibson  family  stands  high  in  the  community. 


I.  R.  Chambers  a  leading  farmer  and  stockman  of  Trail  Creek  Tovra- 
ship,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  descendant  of  one  of  the 
early  prominent  pioneer  families  of  this  county.  He  was  born  in  Trail 
Creek  Township,  near  Mount  Moriah,  April  10,  1863,  a  son  of  John  R. 
and  Elizabeth  (Cockran)  Chambers. 

John  R.  Chambers,  came  to  Harrison  County  with  his  parents  when 
he  was  about  seven  years  old,  about  1844.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  this 
county  and  followed  farming  and  stock  raising  during  his  life  time.  At 
the  time  of  the  Civil  War  he  served  in  the  Home  Guards.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican and  always  took  an  active  part  in  local  affairs  and  held  various 
local  offices.  He  died  March  16,  1905,  and  his  remains  are  buried  in 
Mount  Moriah  Cemetery.  Elizabeth  (Cockran)  Chambers  was  born  in 
New  York  City  in  1835.  She  is  a  daughter  of  John  Cockran  whose  wife 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Forrest  and  they  were  both  natives  of  Scotland. 
The  Cockran  family  came  to  Trail  Creek  Township  in  1856  and  here 
the  parents  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  Mrs.  Chambers  is  now 
living  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-six  years  and  makes  her  home  with 
her  children.  She  is  unusually  active  both  mentally  and  physically  for 
one  of  her  advanced  years. 

I.  R.  Chambers  is  one  of  three  children  born  to  his  parents  that  are 
now  living.  The  others  are  James  A.,  Coffey,  Missouri,  and  Minnie  S., 
married  Millard  Allen,  Atchison  County,  Missouri.  Johh  W.,  died  at 
about  the  age  of  two  years.  I.  R.  Chambers  was  reared  in  Trail  Creek 
Township  and  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  began  his  independent 
career  as  a  farmer  and  stockman  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  and 
at  that  time  bought  a  farm.  He  purchased  his  present  place  in  1900. 
It  contains  170  acres  and  is  located  about  five  miles  east  of  Ridgeway, 
(37) 


658  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

on  the  Mount  Moriah  Road.  His  place  is  well  improved  with  a  fine 
residence  which  he  built  in  1906  and  the  other  farm  buildings  on  the 
place  are  of  a  substantial  character.  Mr.  Chambers  is  a  good  farmer  and 
his  place  presents  an  attractive  and  well  kept  appearance. 

On  March  8,  1885,  I.  R.  Chambers  was  married  to  Miss  Lorena  Glaze. 
She  was  born  at  Princeton,  Mercer  County,  Missouri  and  is  the  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Riley)  Glaze,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and 
the  latter  of  Missouri.  Thomas  Glaze  came  to  Harrison  County  when  a 
young  man  and  remained  here  until  about  1909,  when  he  went  to  Seattle, 
Washington  where  he  died  November  1,  1912,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
three  years,  eleven  months  and  twenty  days.  His  wife  died  September 
20,  1898.  They  were  the  parents  of  three  children:  Charles  died  at 
the  age  of  two  years  and  six  months ;  Lorena,  the  wife  of  I.  R.  Chambers 
of  this  sketch  and  Rosa,  married  Daniel  Smothers,  of  Grant  Township, 
a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chambers 
have  been  bom  two  children:  A.  C,  a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Grant 
Township,  and  Daisy,  married  Ben  Goodwin,  of  Trail  Creek  Township. 

Mr.  Chambers  is  a  Republican  and  has  held  the  office  of  justice 
of  the  peace  and  has  also  served  on  the  township  board  of  trustees.  He 
is  public  spirited  and  a  representative  citizen  of  Harrison  County,  and  the 
Chambers  family  stand  high. 


C.  C.  Miller,  a  Civil  War  veteran  and  a  former  member  of  the  county 
court  of  Harrison  County  now  living  retired  at  Eagleville,  is  a  native  of 
Iowa.  He  was  born  in  Muscatine,  November  15,  1842,  a  son  of  John  H. 
and  Eliza  (Walton)  Miller. 

John  H.  Miller,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  in  1800.  He  was  a  son 
of  Joseph  Miller  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  was  at  the 
Battle  of  Lundy's  Lane  and  a  member  of  the  "I'll  Try,  Sir,"  Regiment. 
Jacob  Miller  removed  from  Pennsylvania  to  Dayton,  Ohio  in  1805,  when 
John  H.  Miller  was  five  years  old. 

Eliza  Walton  Miller  was  a  native  of  New  Jersey  and  was  a  descend- 
ent  of  the  Walton  family  which  settled  in  Georgia  in  Colonial  times.  The 
Waltons  were  of  English  descent.  Joseph  Walton,  father  of  Eliza  Walton, 
was  a  brigadier  general  of  militia  under  James  K.  Polk. 

In  May,  1836,  John  H.  Miller  and  his  wife  came  West  to  Iowa,  from 
Indiana  and  settled  in  Muscatine  County.  The  father  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  spent  his  life  there.     He  died  in  1870,  at  the  age  of  seventy 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  659 

years  and  the  mother  died  in  Union  County,  Iowa.  They  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Mary  Ann,  married  John  Cross,  and  she  died 
in  Jefferson  County,  Nebraska;  John,  died  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  B. 
F.,  was  a  prominent  Methodist  Minister  and  died  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa; 
Mrs.  Catharine  Gates,  lives  at  Long  Beach,  California;  Mrs.  Adaline 
Crane,  lives  in  Kansas ;  Joseph  A.,  Union  County,  Iowa ;  Perry  W.,  Ting- 
ley,  Iowa;  William,  lives  in  Nebraska,  and  C.  C,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

Judge  C.  C.  Miller,  was  reared  and  educated  in  Muscatine,  Iowa,  and 
before  he  was  ninteen  years  old  he  enlisted  in  August,  1861,  at  Musatine, 
Iowa,  becoming  a  member  of  Company  A,  11th  Iowa  Infantry.  He  re- 
ceived his  baptismal  fire  at  the  Battle  of  Shiloh,  and  was  at  the  Battle  of 
Corinth,  Mississippi  and  the  Seige  of  Vicksburg,  including  a  number  of 
engagements  in  that  vicinity,  and  reenlisted  about  that  time.  He  then 
participated  in  the  Battle  of  Kenesaw  Mountain,  and  was  with  Sherman's 
Army  in  the  famous  March  to  the  Sea.  He  was  at  the  Seige  of  Atlanta, 
and  was  at  Raleigh,  North  Carolina,  when  General  Lee  surrendered.  He 
then  marched  with  his  command  by  way  of  Richmond,  Virginia,  to  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  and  took  part  in  the  Grand  Review.  He  was  discharged  at 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Camp  McClelland, 
Davenport,  Iowa. 

After  returning  from  the  army,  Mr.  Miller  went  West  for  a  short 
time  when  he  returned  to  Muscatine,  Iowa  and  was  married.  He  followed 
farming  there  for  a  few  years  and  in  1869  came  to  Harrison  County, 
Missouri  and  bought  a  farm  four  miles  northwest  of  Eagleville  where 
he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  until  1900.  He  then  bought 
a  small  place  of  five  acres  at  Eagleville  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home  and  is  now  living  retired. 

Judge  Miller  was  first  married  December  24  1868,  to  Miss  Mary 
White  and  six  children  were  born  to  them  as  follows:  Mrs.  Ida  M.  Hen- 
derson, Santa  Cruze,  California;  George  Franklin,  died  in  Kansas;  John 
W.,  Sprague,  Missouri ;  Perry  W.,  Cimarron,  Kansas ;  Harry  L.,  Kansas 
City,  Kansas;  and  Essie,  died  in  infancy.  Some  years  after  the  death  of 
his  first  wife.  Judge  Miller  Avas  married  to  Nancy  Isabelle  Taylor  of 
Brooklyn,  Missouri. 

Judge  Miller  has  been  a  life  long  Republican  and  has  served  two 
terms  as  county  judge  from  the  northern  district  of  Harrison  County, 
and  was  presiding  judge  during  both  terms.     He  has  held  other  local 


660  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

offices  and  served  as  trustee  of  Hamilton  Township  for  many  years.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  RepubHc  and  has  been  a  Mason 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  past  master  of  the  Eagleville  Lodge  and 
District  Deputy  Grand  Master  and  Lecturer  of  the  Fifth  Missouri  Dis- 
trict. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  Li  1914, 
Judge  Miller  took  an  extensive  trip  visiting  the  Panama  Canal  Zone.  He 
is  a  well  posted  and  interesting  gentleman  and  one  of  the  substantial 
citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


Ollie  V.  Assel  a  progressive  and  enterprising  young  farmer  and 
stockman  of  Trail  Creek  Township,  is  a  native  of  Missouri.  He  was  born 
at  Weatherby,  DeKalb  County,  February  28,  1898,  and  is  a  son  of  Lewis 
C.  and  Maud  May  (Weidemier)  Assel,  both  natives  of  DeKalb  County,  Mis- 
souri. 

Lewis  C.  Assel,  is  a  son  of  Jacob  J.  Assel,  a  native  of  Prussia,  who 
landed  in  New  York,  the  night  that  President  Lincoln  wa  sassassinated, 
April  14,  1865.  He  first  settled  in  Michigan,  and  later  removed  to  Mis- 
souri and  settled  in  DeKalb  County,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  was  an  expert  blacksmith,  having  learned  that  trade  in  his 
native  land  and  worked  at  it  during  a  period  of  service  in  the  German 
Army.  He  also  worked  at  his  trade  after  settling  in  DeKalb  County, 
Missouri.  He  died  at  Maysville,  Missouri,  March  1,  1916,  at  the  age 
of  sixty-nine  years.  His  wife  preceded  him  in  death  a  number  of  years. 
She  died  in  1899.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children  all  of  whom 
grew  to  maturity. 

Lewis  C.  Assel  learened  the  blacksmith  trade  with  his  father  in 
early  life,  but  has  devoted  himself  to  farming  and  the  stock  business  in 
which  he  has  been  very  successful.  He  is  one  of  the  extensive  and  well- 
to-do  farmers  and  stockmen  of  DeKalb  County  and  is  the  owner  of  one  of 
the  best  farms  in  that  section.  He  specializes  in  raising  pure  bred  Short- 
horn cattle  and  Duroc  Jersey  hogs. 

T.  Lewis  C.  Assel  and  wife  have  been  born  the  following  childern: 
Carl,  who  served  in  the  United  States  Army  during  the  World  War,  re- 
sides at  home  with  his  parents;  Hazel,  a  teacher  in  the  High  School  at 
Everest,  Kansas;  Ollie  V.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Herbert,  a  student 
in  the  Kidder  Institute;  Gail,  a  student  at  Parkville,  Missouri. 

Ollie  V.  Assel,  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  in  DeKalb  County,  and 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  the  Kidder  Institute,  at  Kidder,  Mis- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  661 

souri.  He  engaged  in  farming  for  himself  in  Trail  Creek  Township,  Har- 
rison County,  since  1918.  His  father  purchased  this  place  in  1917.  It 
consists  of  226  acres  of  valuable  land  upon  which  Mr.  Assel  has  made 
numerous  improvements  since  coming  here.  He  carries  on  general  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising  and  is  meeting  with  well  merited  success.  His 
place  is  well  stocked  with  from  twenty  to  forty  head  of  cattle,  forty  hogs 
and  he  keeps  seven  head  of  horses. 

On  March  19,  1919,  Ollie  V.  Assel  was  married  to  Miss  Ethel  Smith,  a 
native  of  Caldwell  County,  Missouri.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Smith 
a  Civil  War  veteran  who  now  lives  in  Caldwell  County.  Shortly  after 
the  Ciivl  War,  he  homesteaded  government  land  ixi  Kansas,  and  lived  in 
that  state  for  a  number  of  years  and  returned  to  Missouri.  To  Ollie  V. 
Assel  and  wife  have  been  born  two  children:    Josh  and  Phillip  Homer. 

Mr.  Assel  is  perhaps  the  youngest  man  in  Harrison  County,  who  is 
carrying  on  farming  and  stock  raising  on  such  an  extensive  scale.  Since 
coming  here  he  has  made  many  improvements  on  his  place,  including  a 
corrugated  all  steel  barn  which  is  the  first  of  the  kind  to  be  built  in  the 
county.  Mr.  Assel  is  a  Democrat  and  is  public  spirited  and  one  of  the 
leading  representative  young  men  of  Harrison  County. 


U.  G.  Eaton,  of  Eagleville,  Missouri  is  a  prominent  farmer  and  stock- 
man and  operates  400  acres  of  land  and  maintains  his  residence  in  Eagle- 
ville. Mr.  Eaton  was  born  in  Marion  County,  Indiana,  about  eleven  miles 
east  of  Indianapolis,  May  7,  1869.  He  is  a  son  of  Wesley  E.  Eaton,  and 
his  mother  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Rice.  They  were  the  parents  of 
three  children,  as  follows:  Sadie,  married  Fred  Redinger,  and  they  live  at 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  U.  G.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  Emma  who 
married  Charles  Rupkuy,  Palistine,  Indiana.  The  parents  were  both  na- 
tives of  Indiana.  The  mother  died  in  1874,  when  U.  G.  Eaton  was  about 
five  years  old  and  her  remains  are  buried  in  a  cemetery  which  is  located 
between  Palistine,  and  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  After  her  death  the  father 
married  Sarah  Pittman  a  native  of  Indiana  and  five  children  were  born  to 
that  union,  as  follows:  Joseph,  lives  in  Idaho;  Buford,  Ridgeway,  Mis- 
souri; John,  Lakin,  Kansas;  Samuel,  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  and  Mary, 
lives  in  Idaho. 

The  Eaton  family  moved  from  Marion  to  Shelby  County,  Indiana, 
when  U.  G.  Eaton  was  five  or  six  years  old  and  in  1881  they  came  to 
Missouri  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Marion  Township,  Harrison  County, 


662  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

about  three  miles  south  of  Eagleville.  The  father  remained  here  until 
about  1910,  when  his  second  wife  died  and  he  returned  to  Indiana,  where 
he  died  in  1914.    His  remains  are  buried  at  Palestine,  Indiana. 

U.  G.  Eaton  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Indiana  and  Mis- 
souri. He  began  life  for  himself  as  a  farm  hand  when  he  was  fifteen 
years  old.  He  began  farming  rented  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Eagleville. 
Shortly  afterward  he  rented  560  acres  in  Hamilton  Township  and  now  oper- 
ates 400  acres.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  on  an 
extensive  scale  and  has  been  on  the  same  place  for  the  past  thirteen 
years.  He  raises  hogs,  cattle  and  mules  and  keeps  a  good  grade  of  white- 
face  cattle.     He  resides  in  Eagleville. 

Mr.  Eaton  was  married  in  1887  to  Miss  Eva  Long,  a  native  of  Iowa  and 
a  resident  of  Union  Towmship,  Harrison  County,  at  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eaton  have  been  born  six  children,  as  follow: 
Blanche,  married  Noah  Hoyt  and  they  live  in  Kansas;  Vaughn,  who 
operates  a  320  acre  farm  in  Hamilton  Township;  Artis.  married  John 
Underwood,  Union  Township;  Bee,  married  John  Bogue,  Hamilton  Town- 
ship; Wesley,  who  operates  the  place  with  his  father,  married  Carrie 
Derr ;  and  Wade,  who  also  assists  his  father,  is  unmarried. 

Mr.  Eaton  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  and  is  a 
Republican.  He  is  an  enterprising  and  public-spirited  citizen  and  well 
known  in  Harrison  County. 


A.  L.  Hendren,  one  of  the  progressive  farmers  and  stockmen  of  Jef- 
ferson Township,  is  a  native  of  this  township,  and  was  bom  near  the 
place  where  he  now  resides  September  14.  1875.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas 
C.  and  Elizabeth  (Kelly)  Hendren. 

Thomas  C.  Hendren,  who  is  now  deceased  was  born  in  Henry  County, 
Kentucky,  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1856,  first  settling  in  Gentry  County. 
After  remaining  there  about  one  year  he  came  to  Harrison  County  and 
settled  in  Jefferson  Township.  Here  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  and  was  one  of  the  successful  men  of  affairs  of  this  county.  He 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  on  his  home  place  in  Jefferson  Township. 
He  died  August  9,  1918.  Elizabeth  (Kelly)  Hendren  was  born  in  Lafa- 
yette County,  Indiana,  in  1854,  and  when  she  was  three  years  old,  her 
parents  came  West,  and  the  family  settled  in  Jefferson  Tovraship,  Harri- 
son County.    She  resides  with  her  son  A.  L.  Hendren. 

Thomas  C.  Hendren  and  Elizabeth  Kelly,  were  married  in  1874,  and 
the  following  children  were  bom   to  them:   A.   L..   the   subject   of  this 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  663 

sketch;  Walter  E.,  born  in  1878,  lives  in  Union  Township;  James  C,  born 
in  1881,  lives  in  Grant  Township;  George  W.,  born  in  1883,  lives  in 
Jefferson  Township;  Mabel,  born  in  1886,  deceased,  and  her  remains  are 
buried  at  Morris  Chapel;  Lena,  born  in  1889,  deceased,  and  is  also  buried 
at  Morris  Chapel;  Mark  Z.,  Ames,  Iowa,  was  born  in  1894. 

A.  L.  Hendren  was  reared  and  educated  in  Jefferson  Township.  He 
was  brought  up  on  the  farm  and  since  boyhood  has  been  familiar  with 
farm  life,  and  has  made  it  his  life  occupation.  He  is  now  one  of  the 
owners  of  the  old  Hendren  place,  which  is  known  as  the  Elm  Stock 
Farm,  and  is  located  in  the  northeastern  part  of  Jefferson  Township. 
This  place  consists  of  200  acres  and  is  well  improved  and  a  very  product- 
ive fami.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  is 
of  the  progressive  kind  of  farmer,  and  keeps  in  mind  the  betterment 
and  improvement  in  farming  methods  and  conditions.  He  takes  a  keen 
interest  in  local  affairs  and  has  held  the  office  of  township  trustee. 

Mr.  Hendren  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America 
and  Brotherhood  of  American  Yoemen,  and  is  a  Democrat. 


0.  C.  Hendren,  the  owner  and  proprietor  of  Clear  View  Farm,  which 
is  located  in  Jefferson  Township,  north  of  Bethany,  on  the  Jefferson  High- 
way, is  one  of  the  prosperous  and  enterprising  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 
He  was  born  in  Jefferson  Township  about  a  mile  from  the  place  where 
he  now  lives,  December  10,  1877,  and  is  a  son  of  George  W..  and  Angelina 
(Kelly)  Hendren.  , 

George  W.  Hendren  was  born  in  Kentucky  and  came  to  Harrison 
County  in  1857,  and  Angeline  Kelly  is  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  came 
to  Harrison  County  with  her  parents  at  a  very  early  day.  George  W. 
Hendren  removed  to  Kingman  County,  Kansas  with  his  family  in  1883, 
and  remained  there  until  1889,  when  he  returned  to  Jefferson  Township, 
Harrison  County,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 

About  1897,  when  O.  C.  Hendren  was  twenty  years  old,  he  went  to 
Kansas  again  and  remained  in  that  state  about  six  years.  He  then 
returned  to  Harrison  County  and  operated  rented  land  for  some  years. 
In  1911  he  bought  a  part  of  his  present  place  and  later  bought  more 
land  from  time  to  time  until  he  is  now  the  owner  of  237  acres  of  valuable 
and  well  improved  land  which  is  excelled  by  few  of  any  farms  in  Harri- 
son County.  He  built  a  splendid  modern  residence  in  1919  and  the  other 
buildings  and  improvements  about  the  place  are  of  a  high  type  and  in 


664  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

good  condition.  A  part  of  this  farm  was  owned  by  Mr.  Hendren's  grand- 
father, and  he  settled  here  in  1857.  Mr.  Hendren  carries  on  general 
farming  and  stock  raising.  He  raises  large  quantities  of  wheat  and  com 
and  is  also  extensively  engaged  in  stock  raising.  He  raises  Jersey  cattle 
and  other  breeds  and  although  he  keeps  a  good  grade  of  stock,  he  makes 
no  pretense  of  being  a  fancy  stock  breeder.  He  is  a  practical  farmer  and 
stockman  and  has  had  a  very  successful  career.  Mr.  Hendren  was  married 
March  15,  1906,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Hefner,  a  native  of  Jefferson  Township, 
a  daughter  of  S.  H.  Hefner,  and  to  this  union  have  been  bora  five  chil- 
dren as  follows:  Zelma,  Garvin,  Mary,  Woodrow  and  Grace. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hendren  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and 
he  belongs  to  the  Modern  Woodman  of  America.  He  has  always  sup- 
ported the  policies  and  principles  of  the  Democratic  party  and  is  one  of  the 
substantial  citizens  of  Jefferson  Township  and  Harrison  County. 


B.  N.  Bell,  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Jefferson  Township  who  owns  and 
operates  a  farm  of  400  acres  is  a  native  of  West  Virginia.  He  was  born 
in  Greenbrier  County,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Eliza  Jane  (Wiley)  Bell. 
Joseph  Bell,  the  father,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Confederate  Army  during  the 
Civil  War,  and  was  killed  in  battle,  in  Virginia. 

Eliza  Jane  (Wiley)  Bell  removed  from  Virginia  to  Indiana,  with 
her  family  about  1869,  and  in  1881,  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri, 
and  settled  in  Jefferson  Township.  She  died  in  1909,  and  her  remains 
are  buried  in  Harold  Cemetery. 

B.  N.  Bell  is  the  youngest  of  three  children  born  to  his  parents. 
The  others  are:  Mary,  who  married  Michael  Hillyard,  and  is  now  de- 
ceased a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  volume,  and  Lydia,  died  in 
Virginia. 

B.  N.  Bell  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  has  made 
farming  and  stock  raising  the  occupation  of  his  life  and  has  met  with 
success.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  the  old  homestead  in  Jefferson  Town- 
ship and  additional  land  which  aggregate  400  acres.  This  is  one  of  the 
valuable  farms  of  Harrison  County  and  Mr.  Bell  has  operated  it  profit- 
ably for  a  number  of  years. 

On  December  25,  1888,  B.  N.  Bell  was  married  to  Mary  Buzzard  a 
native  of  Harrison  County,  born  in  1870.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Isiah  and 
Melissa  (Fields)  Buzzard,  the  former  a  native  of  Greenbriar  County,  West 
Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Harrision  County,  Missouri.     Isiah  Buzzard 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  665 

was  born  in  1845  and  came  to  Harrison  County,  with  his  parents  when  he 
was  seven  years  old.  He  grew  to  manhood  here  and  was  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising  here.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  well  and  favorably  known  in  Harrison  County. 
To  Isiah  Buzzard  and  wife  were  born  the  following  childi'en:  Mary, 
Robert  W.,  Charles,  Bessie,  Harvey,  Ernest,  Bertha,  Onas.  Henry  lives 
in  Canada  and  Bertha,  Harvey  Colorado  and  Charles,  California,  and  the 
others  are  residents  of  Harrison  County. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  N.  Bell  have  been  born  two  children :  Clella,  mar- 
ried Homer  Sheppard,  of  Harrison  County  and  to  them  were  bom  two 
children,  one  died  in  infancy,  and  Dorothy  Belle  Sheppard;  and  Roy 
Bell,  who  is  on  the  home  farm  with  his  parents. 

Mr.  Bell  is  a  public  spirited  citizen  and  takes  an  active  interest  in 
local  affairs.  He  has  served  on  the  school  board  for  twenty-one  years 
and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  for  fifteen  years. 
The  Bell  family  is  very  prominent  in  the  community. 


John  H.  Walker,  proprietor  of  the  Interstate  Tire  Shop,  of  Bethany, 
Missouri,  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  enterprising  business  men  of 
Bethany.  He  is  a  native  of  Tazewell  County,  Virginia,  and  is  a  son 
of  Hai-ve  and  Nannie  J.  (Empschiller)  Walker.  Harve  Walker  was  a 
native  of  Vinginia  and  died  in  1886.  His  widow  afterwards  married  R. 
K.  Nickerson,  who  was  the  superintendant  of  the  Harrison  County  poor 
farm,  for  six  years,  and  died  while  holding  that  position.  Nannie  (  Walker) 
Nickerson  died  February  2,  1921,  aged  seventy-one  years. 

John  H.  Walker  is  the  only  living  child  born  to  his  parents.  One  other, 
Fenton,  is  deceased.  Mr.  Walker  was  reared  and  educated  in  Harrison 
County  and  has  practically  spent  his  life  here.  In  1918,  he  went  to 
Kansas  City,  Kansas  where  he  learned  all  the  details  of  the  automobile 
tire  business  and  engaged  in  that  business  there,  which  he  later  sold.  On 
February  2,  1921,  he  established  himself  in  business  in  Bethany,  where 
he  purchased  the  Interstate  Tire  Shop,  which  is  located  just  south  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  Hall.  Here  he  carries  a  complete  line  of  tires, 
and  accessories  and  also  does  vulcanizing  and  general  tire  repair  work, 
and  has  an  extensive  and  profitable  business. 

On  June  22,  1910,  Mr.  Walker  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  I.  Wilkison, 
a  native  of  Bethany,  and  a  member  of  a  well  known  Harrison  County 
family,  Mrs.  Walker  is  a  daughter  of  J.  B.  and  Jane  (Kinkade)  Wilkinson. 


666  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

natives  of  Harrison  County,  Missouri.     They  now  reside  on  a  farm  six 
miles  northwest  of  Eagleville,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Walker  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  in  Bethany  and  vicinity, 
where  he  is  regarded  as  a  representative  and  dependable  business  man 
of  tried  integrity. 


Lewis  Hendren,  a  well  l^nown  fanner  and  stockman  of  Jefferson 
Township,  was  born  in  this  county  December  19,  1869,  and  is  a  son  of 
George  W.  and  Angeline  (Kelly)  Hendren.  Geoi'ge  W.  Hendren  is  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  and  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1856,  and  now 
resided  in  Jefferson  Township.  Angeline  Kelly  is  a  native  of  Tennessee 
and  came  to  Harrison  County  with  her  parents  in  1857  when  she  was 
a  child. 

To  George  W.  and  Angeline  (Kelly)  Hendren  were  born  the  following 
children:  Lewis,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  George  E.,  a  veterinary  sur- 
geon of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Delia  M.,  married  L.  C.  Wyatt,  and  they  live 
in  Topeka,  Kansas;  Oliver  C,  of  Jeft'erson  Township;  Rosa  J.,  married 
Jacob  Jennings,  and  lives  in  Bethany;  Charles  W.,  resides  at  home  with 
his  parents;  and  Sarah,  deceased. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  Lewis  Hendren,  William  Hendren,  Sr., 
came  to  Harrison  County  in  1857,  locating  in  Jefferson  Township,  where 
he  farmed  until  his  death,  in  1896,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years.  His 
first  wife  was  Miss  Pauline  Starks,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and  she  was 
Lewis  Hendren's  grandmother. 

The  maternal  grandparents  of  Lewis  Hendren  was  G.  W.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Alexandria)  Kelly,  natives  of  Tennessee,  and  settled  in  Harrison 
County,  Missouri,  in  1857.    They  are  buried  in  MoitIs  Chapel. 

Lewis  Hendren  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  attended  the  public  schools. 
He  began  farming  for  himself  early  in  life  and  for  a  number  of  years  has 
been  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  first  bought 
sixty-seven  acres,  and  afterwards  bought  more  land  and  is  now  the  owner 
of  125  acres  of  well  improved  and  valuable  land  and  carries  on  general 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  met  with  success,  and  is  today  one  of 
the  substantial  members  of  the  community. 

Mr.  Hendren  was  married  April  28,  1907,  to  Miss  Mary  C.  McCollum, 
a  native  of  Jefferson  Township  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer 
families  of  Harrison  County  Her  parents  are  John  and  Elmer  Etta  (Jeff- 
ries)   McCollum,   natives   of  Tennessee,   and   Kentucky,  both   now  reside 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  667 

at  Bethany,  Missouri.  They  have  eight  living  children  and  one  dead. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hendren  have  been  born  two  children:  Clarance,  died 
in  infancy,  and  Lewis  V.,  resides  at  home  with  his  parents. 

Mr.  Hendren  is  a  Democrat  and  for  a  number  of  years  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  local  politics.  He  has  served  as  constable,  collector,  town- 
ship clerk,  and  assessor.  He  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  county 
treasurer  at  one  time,  but  on  account  of  the  normal  Republican  majority 
of  the  county,  he  was  defeated.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  for  twenty-three  years  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pyth- 
ias for  fifteen  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and 
an  Elder,  and  was  for  seventeen  years  clerk  of  the  Mount  Olive  Congre- 
gation. This  church  was  organized  in  1862,  and  Mr.  Hendren  has  the 
session  record  since  its  organization. 


William  H.  Broiigh,  who  is  one  of  the  well  known  and  prosperous 
stockmen  of  Jefferson  Township,  is  a  native  of  Indiana,  although  he  has 
spent  his  life,  since  early  childhood  in  Harrison  County  and  for  many 
years  has  been  identified  with  the  development  of  this  section  of  the 
state.  He  was  born  in  Laporte  County,  Indiana,  June  6,  1861,  and  is  a 
son  of  William  and  Sarah   (Brooks)  Brough,  both  natives  of  Indiana. 

William  Brough,  Sr.,  remained  in  his  native  state  until  1867,  when 
he  came  to  Missouri  with  his  family  and  settled  in  Harrison  County. 
Here  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  and  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  was  an  industrious  and  hard  working  man  and  his  life 
was  typical  of  that  of  the  early  pioneers,  who  by  their  industry  and 
dauntless  perseverance  laid  the  foundation  of  Harrison  County. 

To  William  and  Sarah  (Brooks)  Brough  were  born  the  following 
children:  William  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  one  who  died  in  in- 
fancy; and  Mrs.  Amanda  Dodge,  who  lives  in  Kearney  County,  Kansas. 
William  Brough,  Sr.,  was  married  three  times.  By  a  former  marriage, 
he  has  one  daughter,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  H.  M.  Hogan,  of  .Jefferson 
Township.  After  the  death  of  his  second  wife,  the  mother  of  William 
H.  Brough,  the  father  was  again  married  and  to  that  union  were  born 
the  following  children:  Peter  F.,  deceased;  Emma,  who  lives  in  Kansas; 
Fred,  lives  in  Iowa;  Hannah,  also  lives  in  Iowa;  Anna,  and  Bertha,  both 
deceased. 

William  H.  Brough  was  about  six  years  old  when  the  family  settled 
in  Harrison  County  and  here  he  was  reared  to  manhood  and  obtained 


668  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

his  education  in  the  district  school.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  since 
his  childhood  days  has  been  familiar  with  farming  and  stock  raising, 
and  began  farming  for  himself  at  an  early  age.  He  is  now  the  owner 
of  290  acres  of  land,  170  of  which  constitutes  his  home  place,  and  120 
acres  in  another  farm.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  rais- 
ing and  is  meeting  with  well  merited  success.  He  is  an  extensive  hog 
raiser. 

Mr.  Brough  was  married  January  8,  1884  to  Sarah  F.  Plank,  a  native 
of  Buchanan  County,  Missouri,  daughter  of  Thompson  and  Matilda  (Eng- 
land) Plank,  former  a  native  of  Tennessee  and  the  latter  of  Jefferson 
Township.  Her  father,  Aaron  England,  was  a  pioneer  settler  of  Jeffer- 
son Township  and  entered  forty  acres  just  south  of  where  Mr.  Brough 
lives,  and  the  land  has  never  been  out  of  the  family,  it  being  a  part  of 
the  Brough  farm.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brough  there  have  been  born  six 
children  as  follows:  Mrs.  Nora  Kibbe,  Centerville,  Kansas;  Charles  H., 
Gillett,  Wyoming;  Earl  W.,  Union  Township,  Harrison  County;  Royal, 
died  in  infancy;  Leslie  M.,  an  employe  of  the  government,  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  and  James  K.,  on  the  home  place  in  Jefferson  Township. 

Mr.  Brough  is  enterprising  and  public  spirited  and  takes  a  keen 
interest  in  his  community  and  county.  He  has  served  on  the  school 
board  and  for  the  past  twenty-five  years  has  been  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.     Has  always  been  a  Republican. 


Charles  H.  Stanton,  owner  and  proprietor  of  Long  View  Stock  Farm, 
in  Jefferson  Township,  is  one  of  the  enterprising  and  substantial  farmers 
and  stockmen  of  Han-ison  County.  He  is  a  son  of  Morris  H.  and  Serena 
J.  (Blakeman)  Stanton,  both  natives  of  New  York.  They  were  married 
in  Illinois  and  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  February,  1858, 
making  the  trip  across  the  country  in  a  covered  wagon.  This  type  of 
wagon  was  known  to  the  early  day  pioneers  as  a  "prairie  schooner". 
After  coming  here,  Morris  H.  Stanton  engaged  in  farming.  During  the 
Civil  War  he  was  a  member  of  the  state  militia,  although  he  saw  very 
little,  if  any,  service. 

To  Morris  H.  and  Serena  J.  (Blakeman)  Stanton  were  born  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Hardy  C,  lives  in  Oklahoma;  Alice  A.,  married  I.  A. 
Edson,  of  Bethany,  Missouri;  Charles  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Joel 
L.,  died  in  1911 ;  Lucy  C,  married  J.  H.  Smith  and  died  about  twenty 
years  ago;  Edwin  M.,  died  in  childhood;  and  one  child  died  in  infancy. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  669 

Charles  H.  Stanton  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools.  In  early  life  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  for  himself  and  is  now  the  owner  of  a  valuable  farm  of  300  acres, 
which  is  known  as  Long  View  Stock  Farm.  His  place  is  well  improved 
and  he  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  is  the  owner 
of  one  of  the  valuable  jacks,  eligible  to  registration,  of  Harrison  County. 
He  also  is  extensively  engaged  in  raising  sheep. 

Mr.  Stanton  was  married  August  4,  1887  to  Rachel  Wiatt,  a  native 
of  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  to  that  union  were  bom  the  following 
children:  Guy  A.,  who  lives  in  Colorado;  Robert  W.,  Union  Township; 
Willa  J.,  married  L.  R.  Barnes.  Dallas  Township;  Morris  J.,  died  in  in- 
fancy; and  Joel  C,  Union  Township,  Harrison  County.  By  a  second  mar- 
riage, Mr.  Stanton  has  one  son,  Donald  K.,  who  resides  at  home  with  his 
parents.  Mr.  Stanton  has  a  stepdaughter,  Ruth  Montgomery,  whom  he 
raised  and  she  is  now  the  wife  of  Donald  S.  Martin  and  they  live  in  Sher- 
man Township,  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Stanton  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  a  number 
of  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
having  held  membership  in  that  order  for  the  past  twelve  years.  He  is 
a  substantial  citizen  and  one  of  the  representative  men  of  Harrison 
County. 


Elden  Landes,  of  .Jefferson  Township,  is  a  well  known  and  prog- 
ressive farmer  and  stockman.  He  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County,  and 
was  bom  in  Trail  Creek  Township,  November  9,  1889.  He  is  a  son  of 
Daniel  and  Nancy  (Stauffer)  Landes,  both  natives  of  Indiana. 

Daniel  Landes  was  married  in  Indiana  and  in  1876,  came  west  and 
settled  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri.  He  remained  there  until  1881, 
when  he  came  to  Harrison  County. 

To  Daniel  and  Nancy  (Stauffer)  Landes  were  born  the  following 
children:  HaiTy,  lives  in  Billings,  Oklahoma;  Charles,  Ridgeway,  Mis- 
souri; Riley,  died  in  1918,  and  is  buried  in  Ridgeway  Cemetery;  Alice, 
married  Charles  Price,  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  Clara,  married  Clarence 
Francis  and  is  now  deceased;  George,  died  in  1907;  Eva.  married  Calvin 
Longfellow,  Madison  Township;  Maud,  married  John  Edward,  Harrison 
County;  and  Etta,  married  George  Howell,  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  and 
Eldon,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 


670  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Eldon  Landes  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  pubhc  schools.  He  has  always  followed  farming  and  stock 
raising  and  is  now  the  owner  of  a  well  improved  farm  of  120  aci-es,  where 
he  is  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  keeps  a 
good  grade  of  stock. 

Mr.  Landes  was  married  in  1910  to  Miss  Lillie  M.  Jinks,  a  native  of 
Harrison  County,  Missouri.  She  died  in  1915  and  was  buried  at  Ridge- 
way. 

Mr.  Landes  second  marriage  was  with  Edna  McCorkle,  a  native  of 
Iowa,  and  a  resident  of  Harrison  County  at  time  of  her  marriage,  and 
two  children  were  born  to  this  union,  Gerald  H.,  and  Wilbur  Lee.  Mr. 
Landes  also  has  two  children  by  his  first  marriage,  Loren  D.  and  Lila. 

Mr,  Landes  is  serving  his  second  term  as  collector  and  constable  of 
Jeffersoi:  Township  and  is  the  present  clerk  of  the  school  board.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  Lodge  and  is  one 
of  the  substantial  citizens  of  this  county.     He  is  a  Republican. 


Robert  S.  Frame,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  stockman  of  Jefferson 
Township,  who  is  well  known  as  a  successful  breeder  of  pure  bred  Poland 
China  hogs,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  July  8,  1885, 
and  is  the  son  of  J.  W.  and  Mary  E.  (Stolls)  Frame,  natives  of  Guernsey 
County,  Ohio,  a  more  detailed  history  of  whom  is  given  in  the  biograph- 
ical sketch  of  John  W.  Frame  in  this  volume. 

Robert  S.  Frame  was  reared  in  Jefferson  Township  and  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools.  Smce  early  life  he  has  been  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  in  recent  years  he  has  given  special  atten- 
tion to  the  breeding  of  big  bone  Poland  China  hogs.  He  has  on  his 
place  some  of  the  finest  registered  Poland  China  hogs  to  be  found  any 
place.  He  recently  sold  one  which  weighed  800  pounds  and  he  has  a 
valuable  registered  male  hog  which  is  a  little  over  a  year  old  and  weighs 
over  500  pounds.  Mr.  Frame  has  a  well  improved  fann  of  240  acres  and 
cames  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  his  place  being  well  adapted 
to  both  grain  fanning  and  raising  stock.  His  barn,  which  is  40x60  feet, 
is  a  unique  structure  and  is  built  entirely  of  poles.  It  is  a  substantial 
building  and  is  unusual  in  its  plan  as  well  as  the  material  of  which  it  is 
constructed. 

Mr.  Frame  was  mamed  September  8,  1908,  to  Miss  Minnie  E. 
Groomer,  a  native  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri.     She  was  bom  in  May, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  671 

1885.     To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frame  have  been  born  two  children,  James  L., 
born  September  8,  1915,  and  Opal  L.,  born  May  10,  1918. 

Mr.  Frame  is  an  entei-prising  citizen  and  one  of  the  progressive  and 
public  spirited  men  of  Harrison  County. 


J.  C.  Thompson,  the  capable  cashier  of  the  Citizens  Bank  of  Eagle- 
ville,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Colfax  Township, 
June  13,  1890,  and  is  a  son  of  W.  C.  and  Dane  (Brower)  Thompson. 

W.  C.  Thompson  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts  and  came  to 
Missouri  when  he  was  about  twenty  years  old.  He  located  in  Colfax  town- 
ship, Harrison  County  where  he  was  successfully  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock  raising  until  recent  years.  He  is  now  living  retired  at  Blythe- 
dale,  Missouri. 

Dane  (Brower)  Thompson  was  born  in  Dubuque,  Iowa  and  is  a 
daughter  of  Judge  J.  D.  Brower,  who  during  his  life  time  was  one  of 
the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  a  native  of 
Indiana,  and  came  to  Harrison  County  before  the  Civil  War  and  settled 
in  Hamilton  Township.  He  was  a  successful  farmer  and  stockman  and 
was  also  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Eagleville  for  a  time.  He 
was  a  prominent  Republican  and  was  a  member  of  the  county  court  of 
Harrison  County  for  three  terms  and  represented  Harrison  County  in  the 
State  Legislature  one  term.  He  vi-as  a  soldier  in  the  Union  Army  dur- 
ing the  Civil  War  and  made  a  good  military  record  but  never  would  ac- 
cept a  pension.  He  took  the  position  that  there  were  others  who  needed 
pensions  worse  than  he  did,  and  that  they  ere  the  ones  who  should  have 
it.    He  died  at  Hamburg,  Iowa,  and  his  remains  are  buried  at  Eagleville. 

J.  C.  Thompson  is  one  of  a  family  of  three  born  to  his  parents, 
the  eldest  of  whom  is  Ray,  a  farmer  and  stockman,  living  north  of  Bly- 
thedale,  and  the  youngest  is  Agnes,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Ed.  M.  Bridges, 
of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Thompson  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in  the 
district  school  and  the  school  at  Lamoni,  Iowa  and  the  Eagleville  High 
School.  He  remained  on  the  home  farm  until  1914  when  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Citizens  Bank  of  Eagleville,  as  assistant  cashier.  He 
remained  in  that  capacity  for  two  years  when  he  became  cashier  of  the 
Bank  of  Blythedale.  After  remaining  there  three  years  he  was  elected 
cashier  of  the  Citizens  Bank  of  Eagleville,  in  1919,  and  has  filled  that 
position  until  the  present  time. 


672  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

The  Citizens  Bank  of  Eagleville  was  orgnaized  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $10,000  in  1900.  The  first  cashier  was  John  Barber  who  served  in 
that  capacity  until  1908,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  J.  C.  Barber,  who 
served  until  November,  1919,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  J.  C.  Thompson, 
th  present  cashier.  George  A.  Powell  was  the  first  president  and  has 
held  that  position  from  the  organization  of  the  bank  until  the  present  time. 
G.  D.  Cramer  has  been  vice-president  since  the  organization  of  the  bank. 
The  present  directors  are  George  A.  Powell,  George  D.  Cramer,  J.  S. 
Vanzant,  J.  C.  Barber,  C.  B.  Hunsicker,  B.  B.  Sharp.  The  deposits  of  the 
bank  on  June  16,  1921,  were  $100,000;  loans.  $290,000  and  capital  and 
surplus,  $75,000.  The  bank  owns  its  own  building  and  is  one  of  the 
substantial  institutions  of  Harrison  County. 

J.  C.  Thompson  was  married  in  1915,  to  Miss  Ethel  Hart,  a  daughter 
of  Judge  John  Hail,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman,  who  lives  north 
of  Eagleville.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thompson  were  born  three  children  Neva, 
Elane,  and  Mary. 

Mr.  Thompson  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  is  a  Republicon.  He  has  an  extensive  ac- 
quaintance in  Harrison  County  and  is  held  in  the  highest  regard  by  all  who 
know  him. 


Albert  T.  Hogan,  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  stockmen  of  Jefferson  Tovra- 
ship,  and  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  War,  is  a  native  of  Harrison 
County,  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  this  section.  He 
was  born  November  22,  1879,  a  son  of  Henry  M.  and  Mary  A.  (Brough) 
Hogan. 

Henry  M.  Hogan  came  from  Iowa  in  an  early  day  and  settled  in 
Jefferson  Township,  Han-ison  County.  He  came  here  before  the  Civil 
War,  but  was  too  young  for  military  service  during  the  war.  He  was  a 
successful  farmer  and  stock  raiser  and  spent  his  life  in  Jefferson  Town- 
ship after  coming  here.    He  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-two  years. 

Mary  A.  (Brough)  Hogan  was  a  native  of  Indiana,  and  a  daughter 
of  W.  M.  Brough,  Sr. 

To  Henry  M.  and  Mary  A.  (Brough)  Hogan,  were  born  the  following 
children:  Candacy,  deceased;  Albert  T.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Wil- 
iam  R.,  who  resides  on  the  old  home  place;  Nora  A.,  Washington  Town- 
ship; John  S.,  Dallas  Township;  Jessie  C,  Jefferson  Tovraship;  Beatrice, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  673 

lives  at  Blue  Ridge,  and  Robert  Lee,  and  Homer  Earl,  both  of  whom  died 
in  childhood. 

Albert  T.  Hogan,  was  reared  to  manhood  on  the  home  place  and 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  April  16,  1898,  he  enlisted 
for  the  Spanish-American  War  and  was  discharged,  February  3,  1899. 
He  then  re-enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army,  October  3,  1899,  and  saw 
much  service  in  the  Philippine  Islands  during  the  insurrection  there, 
which  followed  the  Spanish-American  War.  He  was  in  the  following  en- 
gagements: Magdalan,  January  19,  1900;  Nasagbu,  February  21,  1900;. 
near  Pasacao,  April  15,  1900 ;  Lupi,  August  15,  1900 ;  Leubanan,  August 
20,  1900.  He  was  with  General  Wheaton's  Expedition  into  the  Province 
of  Cavite,  from  January  5,  to  January  14,  1900,  and  with  Colonel  Dorst's 
Expedition  to  Nasagbu,  January  15,  to  19,  1900,  and  with  General  Bates' 
Expedition  into  the  Province  of  Southern  Camarines,  February  15,  to 
February  22,  1900,  and  with  Colonel  Parkers'  Expedition,  to  Pasaco, 
February  26,  1900,  and  with  Major  Nolan's  Expedition,  to  Ragay,  Au- 
gust 12,  to  21,  1900.  During  the  early  part  of  his  service,  Mr.  Hogan  was 
made  corporal  and  was  promoted  to  sergeant  April  13,  1901.  and  held  that 
rank  when  he  received  his  honorable  discharge,  at  the  Presidio,  at  San 
Francisco,  California,  June  3,  1901. 

After  his  discharge  from  the  army,  Mr.  Hogan  returned  to  Harrison 
County  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Jefferson  Township.  He  first  pur- 
chased sixty  acres  of  land  and  bought  more  land  from  time  to  time  and  is 
now  the  owner  of  280  acres  of  land  in  Jefferson  Township.  His  place  is 
well  improved  and  Mr.  Hogan  has  placed  most  of  the  improvements  on  the 
farm  himself.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is 
one  of  the  successful  men  of  Harrison  County. 

On  April  23,  1905,  Albert  T.  Hogan  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  Dillard, 
a  native  of  Albany,  Missouri.  To  this  union  were  born  three  children  as 
follows:  Gladys  0.,  Mary  M.,  and  Eva,  all  of  whom  reside  at  home;  and 
Gladys  is  a  student  in  the  high  school.  Mrs.  Hogan  departed  this  life  in 
1918  and  her  remains  are  buried  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Cemetery 
at  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Hogan  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  the  past 
fifteen  years  and  has  also  served  as  constable  and  collector  of  Jefferson 
Township.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  for 
seventeen  years  and  belongs  to  the  Christian  Church. 

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674  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

E.  C.  Ross,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Dallas  Township, 
was  a  successful  teacher  in  Harrison  County  for  thirty-two  years.  He 
was  born  in  Harrison  County,  February  2,  1856,  son  of  Hugh  and  Cath- 
arine (Carter)  Ross,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of 
Indiana. 

Hugh  Ross  came  from  Ohio  to  Missouri  in  1842  ard  was  one  of  the 
very  early  settlers  of  Gentry  County.  He  remained  in  that  county  until 
about  1845,  when  he  moved  to  Harrison  County.  He  was  an  early  day 
school  teacher  and  taught  school  in  Harrison  and  Gentry  counties  for 
about  twenty  years.  Later  in  life  he  devoted  himself  to  farming  and 
stock  raising.  He  was  married  to  Catharine  Carter  in  1843.  She  was 
a  member  of  one  of  the  very  earliest  pioneer  families  of  Gentry  County. 
She  came  from  Indiana  with  her  parents  in  1839  and  the  family  settled 
in  Gentry  County. 

To  Hugh  and  Catharine  (Carter)  Ross  were  born  the  following  chil- 
dren :  James,  died  in  Iowa  in  1861 ;  Susan,  man-ied  Harve  Long,  of  Iowa 
and  they  are  both  deceased;  Mary,  married  John  Demott,  both  deceased; 
Martha,  married  C  C.  Noble  and  they  live  in  New  Hampton,  Missouri; 
Jane  A.,  married  Jasper  A.  Crane  and  after  his  death  she  married 
Leonard  Hines;  Nancy,  married  J.  L.  Solomon,  New  Hampton,  Missouri; 
E.  C,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Arch  F.,  farmer,  Dallas  Township; 
Sai'ah,  married  I.  M.  Edson,  Dallas  Township;  Marguerite,  married  James 
Edson,  Dallas  Township. 

E.  C.  Ross  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Dallas  ToAvnship  r.nd  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Dallas  Township  and  at  Bethany ;  he 
then  attended  the  State  Teachers  College  at  Kirksville.  Missouri.  He 
began  teaching  school  in  early  life  and  for  thirty-two  years  he  was 
recognized  as  one  of  the  able  teachers  of  Harrison  County.  Six  out  of 
eight  of  his  children  have  also  been  teachers  and  the  youngest  is  now 
engaged  in  that  profession. 

Ml*.  Ross  was  also  interested  in  fanning  while  he  was  engaged  in 
teaching  and  is  now  the  owner  of  a  valuable  farm  of  280  acre;?  of  well 
improved  land  where  he  was  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  for  many  years  and  which  is  now  being  operated  by  his  son 
Lewis.     Mr.  Ross  is  extensively  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising. 

Mr.  Ross  was  married  February  4,  1879,  to  Emma  J.  Apperson,  a 
native  of  Cole  County,  Illinois  and  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  have  been  born 
eight  children   as   follow:    John   H.,   Bethany,   Missouri;   Arch   W.,   de- 


HISTORY    OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  675 

ceased;  W.  E.,  married  Marie  Baldwin  and  they  live  in  Dallas  Township; 
Mrs.  Mary  P.  Ebersole,  Albany,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Catharine  Nickerson, 
Bethany  Township;  Leslie  L.,  White  Oak  Township;  Lewis  C,  who  is 
operating  the  home  place  with  his  parents  and  Jean  N.,  a  teacher  at 
High  Point. 

Mr.  Ross  is  a  progressive  and  public  spirited  citizen  and  the  Ross 
family  stand  high  in  Harrison  County. 


Jesse  F.  Frank,  a  progressive  and  well-to-do  farmer  and  stockman 
of  Dallas  Township,  who  is  the  owner  and  proprietor  of  Hill  View  Farm, 
is  a  native  of  Iowa.  He  was  born  in  Warren  County,  July  7,  1881,  and 
is  a  son  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Opie)  Frank,  the  former  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania  and  the  mother  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Henry  Frank  came  West  and  located  in  Iowa  about  1870  and  was 
engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Warren  County  until  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  served  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War,  hav- 
ing enhsted  in  1862.  He  participated  in  a  number  of  important  engage- 
ments and  numerous  skirmishes  and  was  with  Sherman  on  the  famous 
march  through  Georgia  and  to  the  sea.  He  died  in  Warren  County, 
Iowa,  in  1887  and  is  buried  there.  He  was  married  to  EHzabeth  Opie, 
December  25,  1866. 

To  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Opie)  Frank  were  bom  five  children  as 
follows:  Alice,  married  James  Frank  and  they  live  in  Illinois;  Cora,  mar- 
ried L.  C.  Wright  and  they  live  in  South  Dakota;  Nancy,  married  A.  N. 
Smith,  Centerville,  Kansas;  Grace,  married  Joe  Tremble,  and  they  live  in 
Iowa;  and  Jesse  F.,  the  subject  of  this  review. 

Jesse  F.  Frank  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  received  a  good  common 
school  education  in  the  district  schools.  He  began  life  as  a  farmer  and 
stockman  and  is  now  the  owner  of  a  splendid  farm  of  320  acres  which 
is  known  as  Hill  View  Farm  and  is  located  in  Dallas  Township,  about  one 
and  one-half  miles  south  of  Martinsville.  The  place  is  well  improved 
and  all  of  the  improvements  have  been  made  by  Mr.  Frank.  He  carries 
on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  one  of  the  successful  farmers 
of  Harrison  County.  He  raises  registered  big  boned  Poland  China  hogs 
and  at  this  writing  has  about  eighty  head  on  hand.  Mrs.  Frank  is  one 
of  the  successful  poultry  raisers  of  this  section.  She  raises  standard 
bred  White  Leghorn  chickens  of  the  Hill  View  strain.     She  also  raises 


676  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mammoth  White  Holland  turkeys  with  which  she  has  been  very  suc- 
cessful. 

Mr.  Frank  was  married  August  6,  1901  to  Miss  Bffie  England,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County  and  to  this  union  two  children  have  been 
born  as  follow:  Archie  H.,  a  graduate  of  the  Bethany  High  School,  of 
the  class  of  1921  and  now  a  student  in  the  University  of  Missouri,  at 
Columbia;  and  George  D.,  who  is  attending  school  in  Betliany. 

Mr.  Frank  is  one  of  the  dependable  citizens  of  Harrison  County  and 
the  Frank  family  is  well  known  and  highly  respected. 


Archibald  F.  Ross  is  a  prominent  farmer  of  Dallas  Township  and 
a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  this  section  of  Missouri. 
He  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  February  17,  1858,  a  son  of  Hugh  and 
Catharine  (Cai'ter)  Ross,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of 
Indiana. 

Hugh  Ross  came  to  Missouri  and  first  located  in  Gentiy  County,  in 
1841  and  his  wife  came  here  the  following  year.  Hugh  Ross  remained 
in  Gentry  County  a  few  years,  when  he  came  to  Harrison  County,  and 
settled  in  Dallas  Township.  This  was  about  1845.  He  was  a  pioneer 
school  teacher  in  this  section  but  devoted  his  life  chiefly  to  farming 
and  stock  raising. 

Hugh  Ross  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
James  R.,  died  in  Iowa,  in  1861 ;  Susan,  married  Harvey  Long  and  they 
are  deceased;  Mary,  married  John  Demott  and  they  are  deceased; 
Martha,  married  C.  C.  Noble,  New  Hampton,  Missouri;  Jane,  married 
Leonard  Himes,  Dallas  Township;  Nancy,  married  J.  L.  Solomon,  New- 
Hampton;  E.  C,  Dallas  Township:  A.  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Sarah,  married  I.  M.  Edson,  Dallas  Township,  and  Marguerite,  married 
James  Edson,  Dallas  Tovniship. 

A.  F.  Ross  was  reared  in  Dallas  Township  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  the  State  Teachers  College  at  Kirkville,  Missouri.  He  has 
made  farming  and  stock  raising  his  chief  occupation  and  has  met  with 
success.  He  now  owns  240  acres  which  is  one  of  the  best  farms  in  Har- 
rison County.  His  place  is  well  improved  with  a  good  residence  and 
other  farm  buildings  and  it  is  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation. 

Mr.  Ross  was  married  March  13,  1879,  to  Miss  Barbara  Ann  Hen- 
dricks.   Her  father  is  now  deceased,  having  departed  this  life  January 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  677 

5,  1921,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-nine  years  and  her  mother  now 
makes  her  home  with  Mrs.  Ross  and  is  eighty-five  years  old. 

To  Mrs.  and  Mr.  Ross  have  been  born  seven  children  as  follow: 
Mrs.  Ella  Stewart,  lives  in  Gentry  County;  Mrs.  Bessie  Van  Hoozer, 
Dallas  Township;  Charles  I.,  Dallas  Township;  Mrs.  Addie  Kelsey,  Cam- 
eron, Missouri;  Mary,  died  in  1892,  and  is  buried  in  Kidwell  Cemetery; 
Mrs.  Willa  Nickerson,  Jefferson  Township,  and  Wilbur  Carter  lives  at 
home  with  his  parents. 

Mr.  Ross  is  public  spirited  and  takes  a  commendable  interest  in  local 
affairs.  He  has  served  as  township  trustee  and  on  the  local  school  board. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  ranks  as  one  of  the  lead- 
ing citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


Elmer  C.  Baldwin,  one  of  the  well  known  and  substantial  citizens 
of  Dallas  Township,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  member  of  one 
of  the  honored  pioneer  families  of  northern  Missouri.  He  was  bom  in 
Dallas  Township,  March  24,  1868,  a  son  of  E.  T.  and  Margaret  (Clark) 
Baldwin,  the  former  a  native  of  Michigan,  born  March  24,  1837,  and 
the  latter  a  native  of  Ohio. 

The  Clark  family  went  to  Iowa  at  an  early  day  and  Margaret  Clark 
accompanied  her  parents  to  that  state.  Later  they  came  to  Missouri  and 
settled  in  Dallas  Township,  Harrison  County.  After  coming  to  Harrison 
County,  E.  T.  Baldwin  entered  160  acres  of  government  land  on  section 
21,  in  Dallas  Township  and  followed  farming  and  stock  raising  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  served  in  the  Union  army  in  the  Civil  War  and 
held  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  Har- 
rison County  and  one  of  its  most  widely  known  citizens.  He  died  in 
1912  and  his  wife  died  in  1878,  and  they  are  buried  in  Kidwell  Cemetery. 
They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Judge  W.  C,  Dallas 
Township;  Edward,  died  in  infancy;  James  died  in  infancy;  Elmer  C, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Lucille,  who  was  a  teacher  in  the  Bethany 
Schools  for  a  number  of  years,  and  Hattie,  both  of  whom  live  on  the 
old  home  place  in  Dallas  Township. 

Elmer  C.  Baldwin  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  Dallas 
Township  and  the  Stanberry  Normal  School  at  Stanberry,  Missouri,  and 
in  early  life  taught  school  for  four  or  five  years.  However,  he  has  made 
fanning  and  stock  raising  his  chief  occupation  and  is  one  of  the  sue- 


678  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

cessful  farmers  and  stockmen  of  Harrison  County.  He  owns  a  splendid 
farm  of  340  acres  which  is  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  well 
improved.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  met 
with  success. 

Mr.  Baldwin  was  married  December  27,  1900,  to  Miss  Jennie  Scott, 
a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  they  have  three  children:  Margarite, 
who  graduated  at  the  Martinsville  Consolidated  High  School  in  the  class 
of  1921,  now  a  student  at  Park  College,  Parkville,  Missouri;  Trumen,  age 
thirteen;  and  Eleanor,  age  nine. 

Mr.  Baldwin  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  and  secretary  of 
the  Bank  of  Martinsville,  and  is  a  member  of  the  local  school  board.  He 
has  held  membership  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  Lodge  for 
twenty-five  years  and  the  Baldwin  family  belong  to  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Martinsville,  Missouri.  Mr.  Baldwin  is  an  enterprising  citizen 
and  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  and  stands  high  in  the  community. 


Joe  L.  Rader,  the  capable  and  popular  postmaster  of  Martinsville, 
Missouri,  is  a  native  of  Han-ison  County  and  has  been  identified  with 
this  section  of  the  state  all  his  life.  He  was  bom  December  10,  1881,  a 
son  of  John  M.  and  Martha  J.  (Funk)  Rader,  natives  of  Indiana.  They 
were  married  in  Indiana  and  in  1872  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  in 
Harrison  County,  where  the  father  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising. 

To  John  M.  Rader  and  wife  were  born  the  following  children:  James 
M.,  who  lives  in  Woods  County,  Oklahoma;  Mrs.  Ova  Clipp,  of  New 
Hampton,  Missouri;  Mrs.  C.  L.  Crafts,  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa;  Etta,  de- 
ceased ;  and  Joe  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Joe  L.  Rader  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  New  Hampton  and  has  always  been  engaged  in  clerical 
work.  In  1918,  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Martinsville,  and  since 
that  time  he  has  faithfully  and  eflSciently  discharged  the  duties  of  that 
office.  He  has  a  nice  home  and  ten  acres  of  land  at  Martinsville,  where 
he  is  successfully  engaged  in  raising  chickens. 

Mr.  Rader  was  married  in  October,  1907,  to  Miss  Edna  M.  Van 
Hooser,  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer 
families  of  Dallas  Township.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rader  has  been  born  one 
child,  Wanola.  who  is  now  a  student  in  the  Martinsville  High  School. 

Mr.  Rader  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  in  Harrison  County  and 
is  a  dependable  and  highly  respected  citizen. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  679 

Lewis  R.  Marrs,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  stockman,  of  Dallas  Town- 
ship, is  a  native  of  Denver,  Worth  County,  Missouri.  He  was  born  March 
1,  1871  and  is  a  son  of  Willis  and  Elizabeth  (McGee)  Marrs. 

Willis  Marrs  was  born  in  Iowa  in  1839,  while  his  parents  were 
enroute  from  Illinois  to  Missouri.  Dr.  Willis  Marrs  was  a  son  of  James 
Madison  and  Elizabeth  (Canierer)  Marrs.  The  former,  a  native  of 
Clarke  County,  Indiana,  born  June  10,  1816.  He  was  a  son  of  Major 
James  Marrs,  born  in  Tazewell  County,  Virginia,  in  1798  and  died  August 
24,  1859.  He  married  Nancy  Carr,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  she 
died  February  12,  1871.  He  came  in  April,  1840,  to  Missouri  and  he 
and  his  wife  are  buried  in  Henton  Cemetery,  Gentry  County.  The  grand- 
father and  grandmother  are  both  buried  in  Carter  Cemetery,  Gentry 
County.  James  Madison  Marrs  was  the  first  settler  of  Howard  Town- 
ship, Gentry  County,  and  his  wife  was  the  only  white  woman  this  far 
north  in  the  then  unbroken  wilderness  of  this  section. 

Dr.  Willis  Marrs  spent  his  early  life  in  Gentry  County,  and  later 
located  at  Denver,  Worth  County,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  medicine  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  in  1892  and  his 
remains  are  buried  in  the  McGee  Cemetery  in  Gentry  County.  Willis 
Marrs  and  Elizabeth  McGee  were  married  about  1866.  She  was  a  native 
of  Kentucky  and  came  to  Missouri  -.vith  her  parents  in  1856.  He  was  a 
prominent  military  man  and  was  a  great  drill  master  and  drilled  soldiers 
for  different  wars. 

To  Willis  and  Elizabeth  (McGee)  Marrs  were  born  the  following 
children:  James  T.,  bora  September  13,  1867,  and  died  in  1920;  Ollie 
Morris,  bom  April  17,  1869  and  died  in  1894;  Lewis  R.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Amanda,  born  October  16,  1872,  married  G.  J.  McGee,  of  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri;  Jane,  born  October  15,  1874,  married  Sam  Jones, 
Pritcher,  Oklahoma ;  Beulah,  born  March  17,  1876,  married  Hugh  F. 
McKee,  Weiser,  Idaho;  George,  born  May  7,  1879,  and  died  in  infancy; 
John,  born  November  16,  1880,  died  in  1883  and  Lena,  born  December  1, 
1882,  died  November  27,  1898.  The  mother  was  bora  December  31, 
1842,  and  died  April  7,  1884. 

L.  R.  Marrs  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  at  Denver, 
Missouri  and  early  in  life  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He 
owns  a  valuable  farm  of  240  acres  in  Dallas  Township,  where  he  carries 
on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful men  of  affairs  of  Harrison  County. 


680  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mr.  Marrs  was  married  September  21,  1897  to  Barbara  Sevenson,  a 
native  of  Gentry  County,  born  in  1866,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Achrah 
Jane  (Dennson)  Stevenson,  the  former  a  native  of  Scotland  and  the 
mother  of  Massachusetts. 

The  Stevenson  family  settled  in  Gentry  County  in  1865,  coming 
from  Wisconsin.  They  drove  with  oxen.  When  Mrs.  Stevenson  was  a 
girl  about  fifteen  years  old  she  rode  on  the  first  railroad  that  was  built 
in  the  United  States  from  Albany  to  Schnectady  and  would  never  I'ide  on 
a  railroad  train  again.  Thoy  spent  their  lives  in  Gentry  County  after 
coming  here.  They  first  lived  in  a  log  house  which  later  was  replaced 
by  a  more  modern  residence.  The  father  died  December  17,  1900,  aged 
eighty-six  years,  and  the  mother  was  born  in  1826,  within  forty  miles 
of  Boston  and  died  in  October  29,  1895  and  are  both  buried  in  Carter 
Cemetery,  Gentry  County. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marrs  have  been  born  two  childi'en:  Thankful, 
born  July  11,  1898,  married  Elvis  Rice,  Dallas  Township,  and  Lorraine, 
born  April  2,  1901,  at  home  with  her  parents. 

The  Marrs  residence  is  one  of  the  fine  modern  homes  of  Harrison 
County.  It  is  a  ten  room  structure  and  beautifully  finished  throughout. 
Mrs.  Marrs  is  a  very  successful  poultry  raiser  and  at  this  writing  has 
over  a  thousand  chickens  on  hand.  Mr.  Marrs  has  been  a  director  in  the 
Bank  of  Martinsville  ever  since  that  bank  was  organized  and  has  served 
as  township  trustee.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  for  the  past  twenty  years  and  is  one  of  the  well  known 
representative  citizens  of  Harrison   County. 


Roy  C.  Travis,  the  owner  and  proprietor  of  Hill  View  Poultry  Farm, 
which  is  located  on  sections  35  and  36,  Dallas  Township,  is  a  native  son 
of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  August  15,  1882,  a  son  of  Charles 
and  Eliza  (Music)  Travis,  both  natives  of  Harrison  County. 

Charles  Travis  was  born  in  this  county  in  1858  and  was  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising  here  until  1888,  when  he  went  to  California 
and  after  remaining  about  a  year  returned  to  Harrison  County,  which 
has  since  been  his  home. 

Roy  Travis  was  reared  in  Dallas  Township  and  attended  the  district 
school.  Later  he  attended  the  Stanberry  Normal  School  at  Stanberry, 
Missouri.  He  has  made  farming  and  stock  raising  his  life  occupation 
and  has  met  with  success.     Mrs.  Travis  is  one  of  the  successful  poultry 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  681 

raisers  of  Dallas  Township  and  specializes  in  raising  White  Leghorn 
chickens.  She  raises  a  standard  bred  strain  of  chickens  and  keeps  about 
350  on  hand  and  each  season  raises  about  a  thousand  chicks.  She  also 
sells  large  quantities  of  eggs  for  hatching  purposes.  Hill  View  Poultry 
Farm  is  well  improved  and  is  productive  land.  It  is  located  about  seven 
miles  from  Bethany. 

Roy  Travis  was  married  in  September,  1907,  to  Miss  Vernie  Oyler, 
a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  prominent 
pioneer  families  of  this  section.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Travis  have  been  born 
one  child,  Doris,  who  was  born  in  1909  and  resides  at  home  with  her 
parents. 

Mr.  Travis  is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen  and  the  Travis 
family  stand  high  in  the  community. 


J.  A.  Gutridge,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  of  Union  Town- 
ship is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  his  parents  were  among  the 
early  settlers  here.  He  was  born  November  13,  1862,  the  son  J.  N. 
and  Rachel   (Dorrel)   Gutridge. 

J.  N.  Gutridge  was  born  in  Ohio  and  his  wife  was  a  native  of  Indi- 
ana. He  was  an  early  settler  in  Missouri,  coming  to  this  state  about 
1853.  In  1861,  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  he  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then  returned  to  Har- 
rison County  and  spent  several  years  here  and  went  to  Indiana  where  he 
died.     His  wife  died  in  Harrison  County. 

To  J.  N.  and  Rachel  (Dorrel)  Gutridge  were  born  the  following 
children:  Cordelia,  married  G.  W.  Buntin,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  H. 
S.,  is  deceased  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  the  Allen  Cemetery;  E.  M., 
died  in  the  west;  S.  T.,  died  at  the  age  of  thirty  years  and  is  buried  in 
the  Allen  Cemetery;  James  H.,  lives  in  Marion  Township,  Harrison 
County,  and  J.  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

J.  A.  Gutridge  was  reared  in  Union  Township  and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  district  school.  He  began  farming  and  stock  raising  in 
early  life  and  has  been  successful  in  that  field  of  endeavor.  He  is  the 
owner  of  136  acres  of  well  improved  land  which  is  under  a  high  state  of 
cultivation.    He  carries  on  general  framing  and  stock  raising. 

Mr.  Gutridge  was  married  in  1883  to  Miss  Columbia  J.  Triplett,  who 
is  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Harrison  County,  who  set- 
tled here  at  an  early  date.     To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gutridge  have  been  born 


682  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

the  following  children:  H.  E.,  who  lives  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  H.  C, 
Coffey  County,  Kansas;  Alva  N.,  Union  Township;  Clella  M.,  married 
Alva  Wolcut;  Stella  0.,  who  died  in  1919,  and  is  buried  in  Allen  Ceme- 
tery; one  died  in  infancy;  and  Velma  L.,  married  H.  R.  Shaw,  of  Marion 
Township,  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Gutridge  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  local  affairs 
and  has  served  as  township  collector,  school  director  and  as  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  township.  He  is  progressive,  enterpris- 
ing and  one  of  the  dependable  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


Peter  McCaul,  a  Civil  War  veteran,  now  deceased,  was  a  pioneer 
settler  and  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Union  Township,  Har- 
rison County.  He  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  bom  April  5,  1837.  He  came 
to  America  when  he  was  fourteen  years  old  and  first  located  in  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  where  he  remained  about  six  years.  Later  he  came  to  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  and  from  there  to  Harrison  County.  When  the  Civil 
War  broke  out  he  enlisted  in  August,  1861  and  served  in  the  commis- 
sary department.  He  was  discharged  on  account  of  disability  before 
the  close  of  the  war.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  Harrison  County 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile  business  and  later  in 
farming  and  stock  raising  until  the  time  of  his  death,  February  13,  1889. 

Peter  McCaul  was  chief  clerk  for  The  Markey  Mercantile  Company 
at  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  and  left  there  during  the  yellow  fever 
epidemic.  He  settled  in  St.  Louis  jfor  a  time.  In  1860  he  came  to  Har- 
rison County.  After  the  Civil  War  in  1868,  he  conducted  a  general  store 
at  Eagleville,  Missouri.  He  with  his  sister,  Ma)-gurate,  conducted  a 
grocery  store  at  Brooklyn,  New  York  before  going  south. 

Mr.  McCaul  was  a  Democrat  in  his  political  views. 

Peter  McCaul  was  married  in  1870  to  Mary  McKone.  She  is  a  native 
of  Maine  and  came  west  to  Illinois  with  her  parents  when  a  girl.  In 
1869,  they  came  to  Missouri.  She  now  lives  on  the  old  home  place  in 
Union  Township.  This  is  one  of  the  valuable  farms  of  Harrison  County 
and  consists  of  380  acres  of  valuable  land.  Peter  McCaul  was  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  Lodge  for  twenty-five  years 
and  was  a  substantial  and  highly  respected  citizen. 

To  Peter  and  Mary  McCaul  were  born  the  following  children:  Ed- 
ward F.,  who  lives  on  the  home  place  in  Union  Township;  Isabelle,  mar- 
ried J.  H.  Ward,  of  Springfield,  Missouri;  Peter  B.,  Horton,  Kansas;  J. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  683 

C,  who  lives  on  a  part  of  the  old  home  place  in  Union  Township  and  owns 
160  acres  of  land,  which  he  homesteaded  near  Roosevelt,  Oklahoma; 
Michael,  who  lives  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  and  Marguerite,  who  is  a 
teacher  at  Centralia,  Missouri. 

Michael  McCaul  enlisted  in  the  World  War  in  1917  and  after  a 
period  of  training  in  Camp  Funston  he  was  commissioned  a  first  lieu- 
tenant. He  went  overseas  June  7,  1918,  and  served  in  the  quartermaster 
department.  He  remained  in  France  until  after  the  armistice  was  signed 
and  later  returned  to  the  United  States  and  received  his  discharge  at 
Camp  Taylor,  Kentucky. 

The  McCaul  family  is  one  of  the  prominent  families  of  Harrison 
County.  Mrs.  McCaul  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church  of  Andover 
neighborhood.     She  is  one  of  the  estimable  women  of  Harrison  County. 


E.  L.  Mitchell,  owner  and  proprietor  of  Brookdale  Stock  Farm,  in 
Union  Township,  is  a  leading  farmer  and  stockman  of  Harrison  County. 
He  was  born  September  26,  1866,  and  is  a  son  of  David  S.  and  Eliza  J. 
(Mathes)  Mitchell,  natives  of  Indiana.  They  were  married  in  Indiana, 
and  in  1868,  the  family  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Harrison  County. 

To  David  S.  and  Eliza  J.  (Mathes)  Mitchell,  were  born  the  follow- 
ing children:  William,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty  years;  Elmer,  died  at 
the  age  of  two  years;  E.  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  John  P.,  lives  in 
Harrison  County;  Sarah  H.,  married  Sherman  Dale,  and  died  January  17, 
1921,  and  her  remains  are  buried  at  Eagleville;  Emery  M.,  lives  in  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri;  Clara  M.,  married  Tom  Beeks,  Union  Tovraship. 

E.  L.  Mitchell  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  He  engaged  in  fanning  and  stock  raising  when  a  young 
man  and  has  successfully  followed  that  field  of  endeavor  to  the  present 
time.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  345  acres  of  well  improved  and  valuable 
land  which  is  one  of  the  best  farms  in  Harrison  County.  The  place  has 
an  ample  supply  of  water  and  is  well  adapted  to  either  stock  raising  or 
general  farming. 

On  September  9,  1888,  E.  L.  Mitchell  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Sarah  J.  Tripp  and  the  following  children  were  born  to  this  union:  Ocie 
0.,  lives  at  Lingle,  Wyoming;  Orren,  lives  in  Wyoming;  Opal  A.,  resides 
at  home;  Thelma  0.,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Torrington  High  School,  Torr- 
ington,  Wyoming;  one  child  died  in  infancy;  and  Manley  B.,  resides  at 
home. 


684  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  public  spirited  citizen  and  has  contributed  his  share 
to  the  upbuilding  and  development  of  Union  Township  and  Harrison 
County  and  the  Mitchell  family  is  represented  of  the  leading  people  of 
Harrison  County.  Mr.  Mitchell  has  been  a  member  of  the  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America  Lodge  for  the  past  thirty  years. 


W.  A.  Wethered,  a  substantial  citizen  of  Bethany,  is  a  native  of  Mis- 
souri and  a  member  of  one  of  the  early  pioneer  families,  of  the  northern 
part  of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Grundy  County,  Missouri,  September 
2,  1866,  and  is  a  son  of  Charles  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Handy)  Wethered. 

Charles  W.  Wethered  was  born  in  Canada,  November  17,  1836.  He 
was  a  son  of  George  Wethered,  who  came  to  Iowa  with  his  family  at 
an  early  day  and  settled  near  Ottumwa  and  there  Charles  W.  Wethered 
grew  to  manhood.  When  he  first  came  to  Harrison  County  he  lived  near 
New  Hampton  for  a  time  and  later  he  removed  to  Trail  Creek  Township, 
where  he  bought  a  farm  and  was  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock  raising  during  the  remainder  of  his  life  and  became  very  well-to- 
do.  He  died  in  1905  and  is  buried  at  Mount  Moriah.  Elizabeth  (Handy) 
Wethered  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1844  and  in  1850  her  parents  came 
West  and  located  in  Iowa.     She  now  resides  at  Bethany. 

To  Charles  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Handy)  Wethered  were  born  the  fol- 
lowing children:  George,  died  in  childhood;  W.  A.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  R.  D.,  a  successful  farmer  of  Trail  Creek  Township;  Frank  E., 
who  lives  on  the  old  home  place  in  Trail  Creek  Township;  Lewis  lives  in 
Bethany;  E.  H.,  Grant  Township;  and  Mary  J.,  married  T.  C.  Miles,  of 
Grant  Township ;  and  twins,  Clarence  and  Clara,  who  died  in  infancy. 

W.  A.  Wethered  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Harrison  County  and 
has  always  been  interested  in  farming.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  a  valu- 
able farm  of  300  acres  which  is  located  in  Sherman  Township.  Mr. 
Wethered  was  married  in  1902  to  Miss  Mabel  Selby  and  they  have  one 
child,  Illene. 

Mr.  Wethered  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  the  public  affairs 
of  his  township  and  county  and  has  held  the  office  of  township  trustee 
and  justice  of  the  peace.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  is  a  progressive,  enterprising,  and  dependable  citizen. 
The  Wethered  family  is  one  of  the  representative  families  of  Harrison 
County.     Mr.  Wethered  moved  to  Bethany  in  1918  where  he  still  resides. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  685 

L.  Underwood,  a  leading  farmer  and  stockman  of  Union  Township, 
was  born  in  January  4,  1864,  in  Hamilton  Township,  a  son  of  James  and 
Sarah  (McCarty)  Underwood,  the  former  a  native  of  South  Carolina,  who 
died  when  L.  Underwood  of  this  sketch  was  eleven  months  old.  The 
mother  died  in  1896. 

L.  Underwood  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  has 
been  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  since  early  manhood.  He  is 
the  owner  of  280  acres  of  highly  improved  and  productive  land.  Much 
of  his  place  is  devoted  to  grass  and  vdth  an  ample  supply  of  water  makes 
it  an  ideal  stock  farm.  Mr.  Underwood  is  one  of  the  successful  men  of 
affairs  of  Harrison  County. 

L.  Underwood  was  united  in  marriage  in  1886  with  Miss  M^l'y 
Thompson,  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Comfort  Thompson,  early  settlers  in  this  section.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Underwood  were  born  three  children:  John  T.,  farmer  and  stockman, 
Union  Township;  Maude  M.,  married  B.  H.  Burckett,  Union  Township; 
and  Olin  K.,  farmer,  Hamilton  Township.  Mrs.  Underwood  departed 
this  life  July  20,  1920,  and  her  remains  are  buried  at  Eagleville,  Mis- 
souri. She  was  a  highly  esteemed  woman  and  had  many  friends  in 
Union  Township. 

Mr.  Underwood  is  a  progressive  and  public  spirited  citizen  and  ranks 
as  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  Harrison  County. 


W.  J.  Allen,  a  well  known  and  successful  blacksmith  of  Bethany, 
Missouri,  is  a  member  of  one  of  the  very  early  pioneer  families  of  Har- 
rison County.  He  was  born  November  5,  186-3,  and  is  a  son  of  Stephen 
C.  and  Mary  A.  (Gore)  Allen. 

Stephen  C.  Allen  was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  born  in  January,  1818, 
in  Overton  County,  and  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1840  and  entered 
government  land  near  what  is  now  Gardner  Station.  He  remained  on 
that  place  about  ten  years  when  he  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business 
in  Bethany.  After  remaining  here  in  business  for  some  years,  he  re- 
moved the  dry  goods  business  to  Ringgold,  Iowa,  where  he  was  also 
engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  for  a  few  years,  when  he  was  burned 
out.  He  then  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Bethany  and  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life  here.  He  was  prominent  in  the  early  day  affairs 
of  Harrison  County  and  represented  this  county  in  the  state  legislature. 


686  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

during  the  years  of  1850,  1856  and  1860.  He  was  speaker  of  the  house 
during  the  last  term.  After  the  Civil  War  he  served  as  captain  of  the 
local  militia  company  for  a  number  of  years.  He  died  March  28,  1896. 
Mary  A.  (Gore)  Allen  was  also  a  native  of  Tennessee,  born  in  1822;  she 
died  June  6,  1897.  To  Stephen  C.  and  Mary  A.  (Gore)  Allen  were  born 
eleven  children,  the  following  of  whom  are  now  living:  Mrs.  C.  P.  Hill- 
man,  Albany,  Missouri;  Mrs.  J.  P.  Hamilton,  Bethany,  Missouri;  Mrs. 
Anna  Johnson,  who  lives  at  Turlock,  California;  Mrs.  Carrie  Goodwin, 
lives  in  Claranda,  Iowa;  I.  N.,  a  tinner  who  lives  in  Bethany;  and  W.  J., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

W.  J.  Allen  was  reared  in  Bethany  and  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  when  a  young  man  learned  the  blacksmith  trade  which 
has  been  the  chief  occupation  of  his  life.  He  now  conducts  a  shop  in 
Bethany  and  does  an  extensive  business  in  that  line  of  work  and  is 
recognized  as  a  skilled  workman. 

Mr.  Allen  was  married  July  22,  1916,  to  Mrs.  Campbell,  a  widow  of 
John  Campbell.  No  children  have  been  born  to  this  union.  By  a  former 
man-iage  Mr.  Allen  has  one  child,  Mary,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Louis  J. 
Moore,  now  living  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Allen  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  in  Bethany  and  Harrison 
County  and  is  recognized  as  a  dependable  citizen. 


Carl  F.  Morris,  a  well  known  and  successful  farmer  of  Jefferson 
Township,  who  owns  and  operates  the  Ridgeland  Stock  Farm,  is  a  native 
son  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Jefferson  Township  in  1879 
and  is  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Martha  (Alexander)  Morris. 

Andrew  J.  Morris  was  bom  in  Greenbriar  County,  Virginia,  which 
is  now  West  Virginia,  in  1847,  and  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri, 
with  his  parents  when  he  was  eight  years  old.  Here  he  grew  to  man- 
hood and  spent  his  life  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  During 
the  Civil  War  he  was  a  member  of  the  state  militia,  although  he  never 
saw  active  service. 

To  Andrew  J.  and  Martha  (Alexander)  Morris  were  born  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Robert,  a  professional  musician;  Anna,  died  in  1900; 
Charles,  died  in  1913,  and  he  and  Anna  are  buried  in  Morris  Chapel  Ceme- 
tery; Mary;  Carl  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Homer;  Earnest;  and 
Lee,  who  died  April  21,  1921,  and  is  also  buried  in  Morris  Chapel  Ceme- 
tery. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  687 

Carl  F.  Morris  grew  to  manhood  on  the  old  Morris  homestead  which 
is  near  his  present  place.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
has  always  followed  farming  and  stock  raising.  His  farm  consists  of 
1921/^  acres  and  he  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He 
is  also  extensively  interested  in  poultry  raising  of  which  he  is  making 
a  marked  success.  He  specializes  in  Brown  Leghorn  chickens  and  at 
the  present  time  he  keeps  from  500  to  1,000. 

Carl  F.  Morris  was  married  April  26,  1905,  to  Miss  Christiana  Mur- 
ray, of  Jefferson  Township.     They  have  one  adopted  son,  Wilbur. 

Mr.  Morris  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  attend  worship  at  Morris  Chapel  and  Mr.  Morris  is  a  deacon  and 
elder.  Richard  Morris,  grandfather  of  Carl  F.  Morris,  was  the  principal 
founder  of  Morris  Chapel. 


Walter  Murray,  a  progressive  and  well-known  farmer  and  stock- 
man living  in  Jefferson  Township,  where  he  operates  a  farm  of  140 
acres,  is  a  native  of  Scotland.  He  was  born  in  Glasgow,  February  24, 
1873.  He  is  a  son  of  W.  G.  and  Jeanette  (Griffin)  Murray,  both  natives 
of  Scotland. 

In  1875,  the  Murray  family  came  to  the  United  States,  when  Walter 
Murray  of  this  sketch  was  about  two  years  old.  They  settled  in  Harri- 
son County  on  a  fami  near  Martinsville.  To  W.  G.  and  Jeanette  Murray, 
were  born  the  following  children:  Walter,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Lizzie,  married  William  Ackerd,  and  they  live  at  Hatfield,  Missouri; 
Jessie,  who  is  a  school  teacher  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  Alexander,  lives 
at  Albany,  Missouri ;  William,  Jefferson  Township ;  Christiana,  married 
Carl  F.  Morris,  and  they  live  in  Jefferson  Township ;  Agnes,  at  home ;  John, 
Jefferson  Township;  Andrew,  Bethany,  Missouri;  Elexana,  deceased,  and 
is  buried  at  Morris  Chapel ;  and  Jeannie,  married  Berry  Miles,  and  they 
live  in  White  Oak  Township. 

Walter  Murray  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Harrison  County 
and  grew  to  manhood  here.  He  engaged  in  farming  for  himself  at  an 
early  age,  and  is  now  the  owner  of  140  acres  of  land  in  Jefferson  Town- 
ship, where  he  is  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  met  with 
success. 

Mr.  Murray  was  married  February  26,  1896,  to  Miss  Zella  DeMire. 
Her  father  was  bom  in  Canada,  and  her  mother  is  a  native  of  Indiana. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Murray  have  been  bom  the  following  children:     Eilene, 


688  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

married  Charles  Graybill,  of  Hamilton  Township;  Ernest,  resides  at  home 
with  his  parents;  Lorn,  Lela,  and  Dorothy,  all  of  whom  are  at  home  with 
their  parents. 

Mr.  Murray  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
The  Murray  family  stand  high  in  the  community  and  Mr.  Murray  is  one 
of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


James  R.  King,  owner  and  proprietor  of  Cottage  Hill  Stock  Farm, 
which  is  one  of  the  fine  places  in  Jefferson  Township,  is  a  native  of  Harri- 
son County.  He  was  born  here  November  G,  1862,  and  is  a  son  of  William 
and  Marguerite  (Taylor)  King. 

William  King  was  a  native  of  Virginia.  In  1850  he  came  West  and 
first  settled  in  Iowa.  The  following  year,  he  came  to  Harrison  County, 
Missouri  and  here  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  in  1892,  and 
his  remains  are  buried  in  Oakland  Cemetery.  Marguerite  Taylor  came  to 
Missouri,  with  her  parents  at  an  early  day  when  she  was  a  young  girl. 
The  Taylor  family  were  among  the  very  early  settlers  of  Harrison  County. 

To  William  and  Marguerite  (Taylor)  King  were  born  the  following 
childi'en:  Matilda,  married  James  Bainter,  and  they  live  in  Washington; 
Charlotte,  married  Andrew  Dunkle,  and  they  live  in  Washingtton;  Chris- 
tina, died  in  childhood;  James  R.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Zana,  lives 
in  Washington,  and  John,  lives  in  Alaska. 

James  R.  King  was  reared  in  this  county  and  received  his  education 
in  the  rural  schools.  He  has  been  familiar  with  farming  and  stock 
raising  since  early  life  and  began  farming  for  himself  when  a  young 
man.  His  place.  Cottage  Hill  Stock  Farm,  contains  240  acres  and  is  well 
improved,  and  he  is  successfully  carrying  on  farming  and  stock  raising. 

Mr.  King  was  married  March  8,  1885,  to  Miss  Margaret  Bird,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  four  children 
as  follows :  Sheridan,  lives  in  Jefferson  Township ;  Zetta,  married  Jesse 
Birt,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Zelma,  married  John  Kemp,  of  Jefferson 
Township;  and  William  resides  at  home  with  his  parents. 

Mr.  King  is  a  public  spirited  citizen  and  takes  a  commendable  in- 
terest in  local  affairs  and  public  institutions.  He  has  served  as  school 
director  for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Brotherhood  of  American  Yeomen.  He 
and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church  and  are  recognized 
as  leading  representative  people  of  Harrison  County. 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  689 

John  D.  Linch,  a  well  known  and  highly  respected  citizen,  of  Har- 
rison County,  is  a  native  of  this  county  and  a  member  of  one  of  the 
very  early  pioneer  families  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  was  born 
January  12,  1866,  and  reared  and  educated  in  this  county,  and  has  been 
identified  with  Harrison  County  all  his  life. 

On  November  15,  1888,  John  D.  Linch  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Elizabeth  Updegraph,  of  Pella,  Iowa,  and  to  them  were  born  the 
following  children :  Ralph  H.,  born  November  12,  1889 ;  Cora  Esther,  bom 
November  15,  1891,  married  Joe  E.  Wheeler  and  lives  in  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri; and  Dick,  born  April  21,  1894,  and  lives  in  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Dick  Linch  was  reared  and  educated  in  Harrison  County.  He  and 
his  brother,  Ralph  Linch,  now  conduct  one  of  the  leading  garages  of 
Harrison  County.  They  have  a  repair  department  and  a  storage  capacity 
for  about  thirty  cars  and  have  an  extensive  patronage. 

Dick  Linch  was  married  May  4,  1916,  to  Miss  Hazel  M.  Tilley,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Frank  Tilley,  of  this 
county.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dick  Linch  has  been  born  one  child,  Margery 
Linn,  who  was  born  August  2,  1919. 

The  Linch  family  is  one  of  the  highly  esteemed  families  of  Harrison 
County  and  they  are  known  for  their  integrity. 


G.  E.  Smith,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  who  is  engaged  in  black- 
smithing  at  Martinsville,  Missouri,  is  a  native  of  this  state.  He  was 
bom  at  Albany,  Missouri,  August  1,  1892,  and  is  a  son  of  G.  W.  G.  and 
Zora  (Edwards)  Smith,  both  natives  of  Mispouri,  born  in  Gentry  County. 

To  G.  W.  G.  and  Zora  (Edwards)  Smith,  were  born  the  following 
children:  Bertha  M.,  lives  in  Martinsville;  G.  E.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Ethel  M.,  married  John  Van  Meter,  Frankfort,  Indiana;  Georgia, 
married  Belden  Wilson,  Gentry,  Missouri. 

When  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War,  Mr.  Smith  entered 
the  army  October  3,  1917,  and  was  first  sent  to  Camp  Funston,  Kansas, 
for  training.  Later  he  was  transferred  to  Camp  Hancock,  Georgia,  and 
thirty  days  later  was  sent  to  Camp  Merritt,  New  Jersey.  He  sailed  from 
New  York  with  his  command  for  France,  February  10,  1918,  having 
embarked  on  a  transport  two  days  previously.  He  landed  in  France  on 
February  26,  1918.  He  sei-ved  in  the  Somme  sector.  After  the  amiis- 
tice  was  signed,  he  remained  in  France  until  June  9,  1919,  when  he  sailed 
for  America  and  landed  at  Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  on  June  19.  After 
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690  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

landing  in  this  country  he  was  sent  to  Camp  Mills,  Long  Island,  and 
from  there  to  Camp  Dodge,  Iowa,  where  he  received  his  honorable  dis- 
charge, June  30,  1919.  After  a  short  visit  in  Indiana,  he  returned  to 
Martinsville,  Missouri,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  blacksmith- 
ing  business  in  which  he  has  since  been  engaged. 

Mr.  Smith  was  married  December  23,  1920,  to  Miss  Gertrude  John- 
son, of  Martinsville,  Missouri.     Her  parents  are  natives  of  Virginia. 

Mr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and 
has  been  identified  with  that  order  for  eleven  years. 


John  H.  Shai'p,  a  highly  respected  and  prosperous  citizen  of  Jeffer- 
son Township,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County,  and  was  born  October  4, 
1874.  He  is  the  son  of  Eli  and  Miranda  E.  (Smith)  Sharp,  the  former 
a  native  of  Illinois  and  the  latter  of  Iowa,  and  early  settlers  in  Harrison 
County. 

John  H.  Sharp  was  reared  in  this  county  and  in  early  manhood  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  stock  raising  for  himself,  and  is  now  the  owner  of 
520  acres  of  land.  This  is  one  of  the  well  improved  and  valuable  farms 
of  Jefferson  Township.  Mr.  Sharp  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock 
raising  and  has  met  with  well  merited  success,  and  is  recognized  as  one  of 
the  capable  farmers  of  the  county. 

In  December,  1895,  John  H.  Sharp  was  mamed  to  Miss  Ada  J.  Hefner, 
who  is  also  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  (Hefner) 
Sharp  have  been  born  four  children  as  follows:  Roy,  married  Earl  Brough, 
of  Union  Township;  Virgil,  who  resides  at  home;  further  mention  of 
whom  is  made  in  the  following  paragraph;  Clayton,  lives  in  Jefferson 
Township ;  Charles,  who  resides  at  home. 

Virgil  Sharp  entered  the  United  States  Army  in  August,  1918.  He 
was  sent  to  Camp  Funston,  Kansas,  for  training  and  after  the  Armistice 
was  signed,  he  received  his  honorable  discharge  and  returned  to  his 
home  in  Jefferson  Tovimship,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

Mr.  Sharp  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  movements,  the  object 
of  which  is  for  the  betterment  and  upbuilding  of  his  township  and 
county.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  township  board  of  trustees 
and  has  held  the  offices  of  school  director  and  justice  of  the  peace. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood  of  American  Yeomen,  and  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  Ridgeway  Lodge  of  that  order. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  691 

Jesse  Van  Hoozer,  well  known  and  successful  farmer  and  stockman 
of  Dallas  Township,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  barn 
October  4,  1876  and  is  a  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Nancy  J.  (Mount)  Van 
Hoozer. 

The  Van  Hoozer  family  is  one  of  the  old  pioneer  families  of  this 
county.  Thomas  Van  Hoozer  was  born  in  Dallas  Township  and  spent 
his  life  here  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  died  in  1888,  at 
the  age  of  forty-three  years  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  Grace  Ceme- 
tery. Nancy  J.  (Mount)  Van  Hoozer  is  also  a  member  of  one  of  the 
prominent  old  pioneer  families  of  Harrison  County.  They  came  from 
Virginia  to  Missouri  at  an  early  date  and  settled  in  this  county. 

To  Thomas  J.  and  Nancy  J.  (Mount)  Van  Hoozer,  were  born  seven 
children  as  follows:  Jesse,  the  subjest  of  this  sketch;  Henton,  ,who 
was  born  in  1878,  and  died  November  11,  1920,  and  is  buried  in  the 
Kidwell  Cemetery;  Lizzie,  married  John  Storm,  of  Jefferson  Township; 
Chris,  lives  on  the  old  homestead  in  Dallas  Township;  Newton,  lives  in 
Dallas  Township;  Cecil,  died  in  1918,  and  his  remains  are  buried  in 
Merriam  Cemetery;  Mae,  married  John  Ross,  of  Bethany.  Township. 

Jesse  Van  Hoozer  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Dallas  Township  and 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  Palmer  College,  Albany,  Missouri, 
where  he  was  an  honor  student,  winning  the  gold  medal,  in  the  oratorical 
contest  in  1897.  He  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  valuable  farms  in  Dallas 
Township  and  is  successfully  carying  ion  general  fanning  and  stock 
raising  and  has  owned  and  operated  this  place  for  the  past  eleven  years. 
He  has  made  many  improvements  since  coming  here  and  has  one  of 
the  fine  residences  of  Dallas  Township  and  the  other  buildings  and  im- 
provements about  the  place  are  substantial  and  arranged  for  conveni- 
ence. 

Mr.  Van  Hoozer  was  married  in  1903  to  Miss  Lora  Stewart,  a  native 
of  Gentry  County,  Missouri.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Van  Hoozer  have  been 
bom  three  children  as  follows:  Herman,  who  is  seventeen  years  old  and 
is  a  student  in  the  Martinsville  High  School;  Helen,  age  fifteen,  is  also 
a  student  in  the  Martinsville  High  School,  and  Eathylene,  age  thirteen 
years,  is  a  student  in  the  local  schools. 

Mr.  Van  Hoozer  takes  a  commendable  interest  in  local  affairs  and 
for  six  years  served  as  constable  and  collector  of  Dallas  Township  and 
has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  eleven  years.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  one  of  the  dependable  citizens 
of  Harrison  County. 


692  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Judge  W.  C.  Baldwin,  who  has  been  presiding  judge  of  the  county 
court  of  Harrison  County  for  the  part  four  years  is  one  of  the  widely 
known  and  successful  men  of  affairs  of  this  county.  He  is  a  member 
of  one  of  the  prominent  pioneer  families  of  Dallas  Township.  He  was 
born  in  this  township,  October  4,  1859  and  is  a  son  of  E.  T.  and  Margaret 
(Clark)  Baldwin. 

E.  T.  Baldwin,  was  a  native  of  Michigan,  bom  in  that  state,  March 
24,  1837.  He  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Harrison  County  in  1856. 
In  1858  he  was  married  to  Marguerite  Clark,  a  native  of  Ohio,  who  went 
to  Marion,  Iowa  with  her  parents  at  an  early  day  and  they  later  re- 
moved to  Harrison  County.  After  coming  to  Harrison  County,  E.  T. 
Baldwin  entered  160  acres  of  government  land  in  section  21,  just  south 
of  Martinsville  in  Dallas  Township,  and  was  here  successfully  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising  for  many  years.  He  served  with  the  Union 
Army  during  the  Civil  War  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  was  very 
successful  in  his  business  undertakings  and  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Bank  of  Martinsville  which  was  effected  in  1897.  He  died  in  1912, 
and  his  wife  proceeded  him  in  death  a  number  of  years,  she  having 
departed  this  life  in  1878.  Their  remains  are  buried  in  Kidwell  Ceme- 
tery. They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Judge  W.  C, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Edward,  died  in  infancy;  James  died  in  in- 
fancy; Elmer,  lives  in  Dallas  Township;  Lucille,  who  was  a  teacher  in 
the  Bethany  schools  for  a  number  of  years,  and  Hattie,  who  resides 
on  the  old  home  place  in  Dallas  Township. 

Judge  W.  C.  Baldwin  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Dallas  Township  and 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Martinsville  and  the  Stanberry  Nor- 
mal School,  at  Stanberry,  Missouri.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  valuable  and 
well  improved  farm  of  320  acres,  where  he  carries  on  general  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising.  His  farin  is  being  operated  by  his  son-in-law, 
Will  Ross. 

Judge  Baldwin,  was  married  May  20,  1886,  to  Miss  Hattie  Robins  and 
two  children  have  been  bom  to  them:  Marie  and  Maggie,  the  latter  of 
whom  died  in  infancy  and  is  buried  in  Kidwell  Cemetery. 

Judge  Baldwin  is  engaged  in  the  general  insurance  business,  re- 
presenting a  number  of  the  leading  companies  and  is  one  of  the  success- 
ful insurance  men  of  Harrison  County.  He  has  been  presiding  judge  of 
the  county  court  of  Harrison  County  for  two  terms  and  has  given  to 
the  public  business  the  same  careful  and  conscientious  attention  which 


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he  has  alweys  given  to  his  own  private  affairs.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of  which  he  is  Past  Grand  and 
has  held  membership  in  that  lodge  for  twenty  years.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  of  which  he  is  an  elder.  Judge  Baldwin  has  a 
wide  acquaintance  in  Harrison  County  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
representative  and  substantial  citizens  of  this  county  and  the  Baldwin 
family  are  highly  respected  citizens  of  the  community. 


John  W.  Frame,  a  well  known  farmer  of  Jefferson  Township,  was 
born  in  Guernsey  County,  Ohio,  December  12,  1860.  He  is  a  son  of 
James  S.  and  Sarah  (Sullivan)  Frame,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio 
and  the  latter  of  Virginia.  They  were  married  about  1850,  and  to  them 
were  born  the  following  children:  the  first  and  second  child  born,  died  in 
infancy;  Nellie,  died  at  Big  Spring,  Texas  and  is  buried  there;  John 
W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Alice  married  Charley  Larmore,  and  lives 
at  Moline,  Kansas. 

John  W.  Frame  was  reared  to  manhood  and  educated  in  his  native 
state  and  in  1888,  he  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Harrison  County, 
and  has  devoted  himself  successfully  to  farming  and  stock  raising  since 
early  manhood.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  good  farm,  which  is  located  in 
Section  10,  Jefferson  Township.  His  place  is  well  improved  and  he  has 
placed  all  the  improvements  here  himself.  He  carries  on  general  farm- 
ing and  stock  I'aising. 

Mr.  Frame  was  married  in  November,  1884,  to  Mary  E.  Statler,  a 
native  of  Guernsey  County,  Ohio,  and  to  them  have  been  born  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Lilhe,  married  Henry  Kemp,  lives  in  Jefferson  Town-, 
ship;  Robert,  Jefferson  Township;  Ralph,  New  Philadelphia,  Ohio;  Mary, 
married  Frank  Hendren,  Jefferson  Township;  J.  M.,  lives  in  Harrison 
County,  east  of  Bethany;  William  R.,  Jefferson  Township;  and  James 
Floyd,  resides  at  home  with  his  parents. 

James  Floyd  Frame,  served  in  the  United  States  Army  during  the 
World  War.  He  entered  the  service  in  1917,  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Dodge, 
Iowa,  for  training.  Later  he  was  transferred  to  Fort  Whipple  Barracks, 
in  Arizona,  and  was  at  that  place  when  the  Armistice  was  signed.  At 
the  close  of  hostilities  he  was  honorably  discharged  and  returned  to  his 
home  in  Harrison  County.  He  was  a  member  of  Company  C,  351  Infantry, 
88  Division. 


694  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Elvis  Rice,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  who  is  a  progressive  young 
farmer  and  stockman  of  Dallas  Township  is  a  native  son  of  Harrison 
County.  He  was  born  April  24,  1898,  and  is  a  son  of  J.  M.  and  Mary  E. 
(Hendren)  Rice,  natives  of  Harrison  County.  They  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:  Gladys,  married  Christ  Van  Hoozer,  Dallas  Town- 
ship; Elvis,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Ruth  M. 

Elvis  W.  Rice  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison 
County,  and  when  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War,  he  enlisted 
in  the  United  States  Signal  Corps,  April  16,  1917.  He  was  first  sent  to 
Jefferson  Barracks,  near  St.  Louis,  Missoui'i,  and  from  there  to  Fort 
Leavenworth,  Kansas  From  there  he  was  transfered  to  California,  then 
to  North  Carolina,  and  from  there  to  Fort  Niagara.  From  there  he  was 
sent  to  New  York,  and  served  on  the  military  police  until  the  Armistice 
was  signed.  He  was  then  sent  to  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  and  later  to 
Camp  Grant,  Illinois,  where  he  was  honorably  discharged  January  15, 
1919. 

After  his  discharge  from  the  army,  Mr.  Rice  returned  to  Harrison 
County  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising. 
He  makes  a  speciality  of  raising  pure  bred  Duroc  Jersey  hogs,  which  are 
eligable  to  resgistration. 

Mr.  Rice  was  married  November  25,  1919,  to  Miss  Thankful  Marrs, 
a  daughter  of  Louis  R.  Marrs,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Dallas  Township. 

Mr.  Rice  is  one  of  the  young  men  of  Harrison  County,  who  is  known 
for  his  industry  and  integrity,  and  is  making  good. 


John  A.  Cruzan,  who  is  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  in  Jefferson  Township,  is  a  native  of  Iowa.  He  was  born  at 
Brush  Creek,  Fayette  County,  Iowa,  October  29,  1870,  and  is  a  son  of 
W.  H.  and  Ellen  Mary  Etta  (Liggett)  Cruzan.  When  John  A.  Cruzan 
was  about  two  years  of  age  his  parents  removed  from  Iowa  to  Missouri 
and  located  on  a  farm  in  Harrison  County.  The  father  was  extensively 
engaged  in  stock  raising  until  1900,  when  he  removed  to  Bethany,  where 
he  and  his  wife  now  reside.  A  more  extensive  history  of  the  Cruzan 
family  will  be  found  in  connection  with  the  biographical  sketch  of  W. 
H.  Cruzan  in  this  volume. 

John  A.  Cruzan  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  in  Harrison  County 
and  obtained  a  good  public  school  education  and  in  early  life  engaged  in 
teaching  and  taught  seven  years  in  Harrison  County  and  one  year  in 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  695 

Kansas.  He  was  recognized  as  a  successful  teacher  and  his  services 
were  always  in  demand.  Reared  on  a  farm,  he  has  been  familiar  with 
the  pursuit  of  farming  and  stock  raising  since  early  life.  In  1905  he 
bought  123  acres  of  land  in  the  eastern  part  of  Jefferson  Township.  He 
has  added  to  this  from  time  to  time  as  opportunities  presented  until  he 
is  now  the  owner  of  400  acres  of  valuable  land,  where  he  carries  on  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising  on  an  extensive  and  profitable  scale.  He  raises 
Whitefaced  and  Shorthorn  cattle  and  Duroc  Jersey  hogs  and  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  successful  stockmen  of  this  section  of  the  state. 
The  Cruzan  farm  home  is  a  nine  room  modern  house. 

Mr.  Cruzan  was  married  July  8,  1895,  to  Clara  May  Webb,  of  Har- 
rison County.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Edward  B.  and  Libbie  Webb,  both 
natives  of  Missouri.  Two  children  were  born  to  Mr  .and  Mrs.  Cruzan, 
and  both  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Cruzan  is  one  of  the  successful  men  of  affairs  of  Jefferson  Town- 
ship and  Harrison  County  and  is  a  public  spirited  and  progressive  man. 


C.  J.  Ziinmerlee,  a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen,  who  con- 
ducts a  leading  resturant  and  modern  european  hotel  at  Bethany  Mis- 
souri, is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  descendant  of  early  settlers 
here.  Mr.  Zimmerlee  was  born  September  2,  1874,  and  is  a  son  of 
William  J.  and  Evelyn    (Higgins)   Zimmerlee. 

William  Zimmerlee,  the  father  of  C.  J.  Zimmerlee,  was  a  native 
of  Indiana  and  an  early  settler  in  Harrison  County.  Evelyn  (Higgins) 
Zimmerlee,  was  bom  in  Daviess  County,  Missouri. 

To  William  and  Evelyn  (Higgins)  Zimmerlee  were  born  the  follow- 
ing childern:  John),  who  lives  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri;  Jessie, 
married  Ed.  Nowland,  of  Harrison  County,  Missouri;  C.  J.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch ;  Fred,  who  lives  in  Harrison  County,  and  Bettie,  who  married 
Frank  Roberts. 

C.  J.  Zimmerlee  has  been  engaged  in  the  restaurant  business  in  Beth- 
any, for  the  past  ten  years  and  has  always  conducted  a  fil-st  class 
place.  His  resturant  is  now  located  on  the  east  side  of  the  square  and 
is  as  well  conducted  and  well  regulated  as  any  similiar  business  enter- 
prise to  be  found  anywhere  in  the  country.  The  excellence  of  the  food 
served  and  the  manner  in  which  it  is  served  at  the  Zimmerlee  Cafe,  is 
well  known  and  greatly  appreciated  to  the  many  patrons  of  this  popular 
and  well  patronized  place.     Mr.  Zimmerlee  also  has  in  connection  with 


696  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

his  cafe  on  the  second  floor  of  the  building  and  an  adjacent  one  a 
number  of  modern  and  splendidly  furnished  rooms.  Each  room  is  sup- 
plied with  hot  and  cold  running  water  and  everything  is  kept  in  first 
class  condition. 

Mr.  Zimmerlee  was  united  in  marriage  in  1899  with  Miss  Jennie 
Hogan,  of  Harrison  County  and  to  them  has  been  bom  one  son,  Claude 
J.  who  operates  The  Elite  Theatre  which  is  the  only  picture  show  in 
Bethany.  He  was  married  September  26,  1921  to  Miss  Lee  Smith,  of 
Bethany,  daughter  of  Lew  Smith,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this 
volume. 

Mr.  Zimmerlee  is  public  spirited  and  stands  for  the  best  interests 
of  Bethany  and  Harrison  County. 


W.  R.  Thompson,  a  leading  citizen  of  Dallas  Township,  where  he  is 
the  owner  of  a  330  acre  farm,  was  born  in  Virginia,  July  1,  1868,  a 
son  of  John  D.  and  Cecelia  (McLaughlin)  Thompson,  both  natives  of 
Virginia. 

John  D.  Thompson  went  West  a  number  of  years  ago  and  located  in 
Oregon,  where  he  now  resides  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years.  His 
wife  died  in  that  state  in  1917  at  the  age  of  seventy  years. 

To  John  D.  Thompson  and  wife  were  born  the  following  children : 
Martha  and  Dema,  twins,  live  in  Virginia;  W.  R.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  George,  lives  in  Washington;  Mrs.  John  Wesley,  deceased;  Mrs. 
Susie  Knighton,  lives  in  Washington;  Frank,  died  in  1918;  Ida,  married 
Alfred  Green,  Keystone,  Wegt  Virginia;  Joe,  Holley,  Oregon;  Mary.', 
married  Harry  Knighton,  and  they  live  in  Washington;  William,  Wash- 
ington. 

Mr.  Thompson  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  fine  farms  in  Dallas  Town- 
ship. His  place  is  well  improved  and  he  has  placed  all  the  improvements 
on  the  fami  himself  except  the  residence.  He  is  quite  extensively  en- 
gaged in  stock  raising  and  give  special  attention  to  raising  pure  bred 
Hereford  cattle  and  has  some  of  the  finest  registered  cattle  of  this  breed 
to  be  found  in  the  country. 

Mr.  Thompson  was  married  September  6,  1898,  to  Miss  Flora  Bald- 
win, a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  old  and 
honored  pioneer  families  of  this  section  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Thompson  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  local  affairs  and 
at  present  holds  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace.    He  has  been  a  stock 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  697 

holder  in  the  Bank  of  Martinsville,  and  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  is  one  of 
the  substantial  citizens  of  Harrison  County  and  he  and  Mrs.  Thompson 
are  widely  and  favorably  known. 


L.  A.  York,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  stockman  of  Dallas  Town- 
ship, is  a  member  of  one  of  the  very  early  pioneer  families  of  Harrison 
County.  He  was  born  on  the  place  where  he  now  lives  January  31,  1881, 
and  is  a  son  of  John  W.  and  Jane  (Williams)  York. 

John  W.  York,  was  a  native  of  Harrison  County,  and  was  married 
to  Jane  William  in  1878,  and  to  them  were  born  the  following  children: 
Annetta,  married  H.  B.  Wells,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  L.  A.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch;  Emmett  H.,  New  Hampton,  Missouri;  one  died  in 
infancy;  Edna  G.,  married  Leonard  Zerbe,  and  is  now  deceased;  Hattie 
E.,  married  Claude  Brady,  of  Reading,  Iowa;  James,  New  Hampton,  and 
two  other  who  died  in  infancy. 

L.  A.  York,  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  in  Dallas  Township  and 
educated  in  the  district  school.  He  attended  the  same  school  of  which 
he  has  since  served  as  clerk  and  director.  Mr.  York  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising,  in  early  life  and  has  met  with  marked  success  in 
this  field  of  endeavor.  He  owns  a  fine  farm  of  340  acres  in  Dallas  Town- 
ship, which  is  known  as  the  Highland  Alfhafa  Stock  Farm.  The  place 
is  well  improved  and  the  farm  residence  has  been  remodled  in  recent 
years.  It  is  one  of  the  historic  old  residences  of  Harrison  County,  the 
lumber  of  which  it  is  built  having  been  hauled  from  Princeton,  Mis- 
souri, by  teams.  A  part  of  what  is  now  Mr.  Yorks  farm  was  entered 
from  the  government  by  J.  H.  Brown,  in  1856,  who  sold  the  place  to 
Asbury  York,  granfather  of  L.  A.  York.  Asbury  York  was  born  October 
1,  1832,  and  his  wife  Rachel  A.  York,  was  bom  May  31,  1836,  and  died 
March  23,  1912.    He  died  February  14,  1902. 

L.  A.  York  was  married  to  Miss  Jessie  Stevenson  of  Gentry  County, 
Missouri,  and  to  their  union  has  been  born  the  following  children:  Wil- 
liam T.,  who  resides  at  home  with  his  parents;  Opal  G.,  a  student  in 
the  State  Teachers  College,  at  Maryville,  Missouri;  Francis  A.,  a  stu- 
dent in  the  New  Hampton  High  School;  John  A.,  a  student  in  High 
School;  James  H.,  Harold  A.,  and  Agnes  A.,  William  T.  York,  enlisted 


698  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

in  the  United  States  Navy  during  the  World  War,  and  served  fourteen 
months  and  is  still  a  member  of  the  Naval  Reserve. 

Mr.  York  has  been  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  since 
1902.  He  was  one  of  the  original  stock  holder  of  the  Bank  of  Martins- 
ville and  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  enterprising  citizens  of  this 
county. 


W.  R.  Clelland,  part  owner  and  proprietor  of  Idle  Wild  Stock  Farm, 
is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  belongs  to  one  of  the  prominent 
pioneer  families  of  northern  Missouri.  Mr.  Clelland  was  born  in  Febru- 
ary, 1879,  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Martha  (Carter)  Clelland.  The 
mother  was  a  native  of  Gentry  County,  and  her  parents  were  very  early 
settlers  in  this  section. 

William  Clelland  was  bom  in  Lanarkshire,  Soctland,  in  1838,  and 
died  in  Harrison  County,  in  1890.  His  brother  James  Clelland  was  also 
born  in  Lanarkshire  Scotland  in  1836,  and  now  lives  in  Dallas  Town- 
ship. He  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1868,  and  was  instrumental  in 
organizing  Willow  Row  Church,  which  is  located  just  over  the  line  in 
Gentry  County.  James  Clelland,  has  contributed  generously  to  the  sup- 
port and  maintainance  of  Missouri  Wesleyan  College.  His  subscription 
being  equal  to  the  endowment  subscription  of  W.  A.  Rankin.  He  is 
a  Methodist  and  takes  an  active  part  in  church  work. 

William  Clelland  and  Martha  Carter,  were  married  December  30, 
1873  and  the  following  children  were  born  to  them:  Peter,  died  at  an 
early  age,  Mary  also  died  young;  W.  R.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Miss 
Mattie  A.,  is  at  home  on  Idle  Wild  Farm ;  Frank  W.,  who  is  now  in  Boston, 
taking  a  post  graduate  course  in  Bible  philosophy. 

W.  R.  Clelland  attended  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County,  and 
also  attended  school  at  the  Northwest  Missouri  College,  at  Albany,  which 
is  now  known  as  Palmer  College,  for  one  and  one-half  years,  and  then 
took  a  three  year  course  at  the  Missouri  Wesleyan  College,  Cameron,  Mis- 
souri. He  has  been  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  since  early 
manhood  and  is  one  of  the  successful  men  of  affairs  of  Harrison  County 
He  is  the  owner  of  a  well  improved  farm  of  300  acres,  where  he  carries 
on  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  For  the  past  two  years  he  has 
been  a  director  for  the  Farmers  Grain  Produce  and  Mercantile  Com- 
pany of  New  Hampton.  He  is  a  director  in  the  New  Hampton  Lumber 
Company;  and  since  1915  he  has  been  president  of  the  Bank  of  Martins- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  699 

ville,  and  has  been  closely  associated  with  that  institution  as  its  chief 
executor  officer. 

Mr.  Clelland  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Missouri  Wesleyan  College  of  Cameron, 
Missouri,  and  takes  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  his  church  and  holds 
membership  in  the  Willow  Row  Church.  He  takes  a  commendable  in- 
terest in  local  affairs.  He  is  progressive  and  enterprising  and  one  of 
the  highly  esteemed  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


John  L.  Linvili,  a  leading  farmer  and  stockman  of  Jefferson  Town- 
ship, is  a  native  of  Missouri.  He  was  born  March  21,  1869,  and  is  a 
son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  J.  (England)  Linvili. 

John  Linvili  was  born  in  Indiana  and  came  to  Missouri  in  an  early 
day,  and  first  settled  in  Butler  Township,  Harrison  County.  A  few  years 
later,  he  went  to  Buchanann  County,  but  returned  to  Harrison  County,  in 
1872,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  here.  He  was  bom  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1829,  and  died  May  20,  1906.  His  wife,  who  is  a  native  of 
Tennessee,  came  to  Harrison  County  with  her  parents  when  she  was 
nine  years  old. 

John  Linvili,  and  Elizebeth  J.  (England)  were  married  June  1,  1854, 
and  to  them  were  born  eighteen  children  as  follows:  Cecelia,  married 
George  Powers,  of  Harrison  County;  Polly,  married  W.  P.  Nance,  Okla- 
homa; Eliza,  married  L.  D.  Thompson,  of  Harrison  County,  and  they 
later  moved  to  North  Dakota;  L.  J.,  a  farmer;  G.  D.,  and  James  P., 
twins,  G.  D.,  died  in  Oklahoma,  in  1900,  and  James  P.,  now  lives  in  that 
state;  Ellen,  married  West  Coleman,  New  Hampton,  Missouri;  Nancy 
Jane,  died  in  1895,  and  is  buried  at  Bethany;  John  L.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  W.  B.,  Jefferson  Township;  Cordelia,  died  in  1893,  and  is  buried 
at  Bethany;  Mary  C,  married  Elmer  Mitchell,  and  died  February  15, 
1904,  and  is  buried  in  Bethany  Cemetery;  W.  C,  Atchison,  Kansas,  and 
Myrtle,  married  Sam  King,  Bethany,  Missouri. 

John  L.  Linvili  was  reared  and  educated  in  Harrison  County,  and 
in  early  life  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  met  with 
success.  He  owns  a  well  improved  farm  of  240  acres,  which  is  located 
near  the  Globe  School,  in  Jefferson  Township.  Mr.  Linvili  carries  on 
general  farming  and  stock  raising.  Mrs.  Linvili  is  one  of  the  most 
successful  gardners  in  Harrison  County  and  takes  an  especial  pride  in 


700  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

that  work.  She  frequently  exhibits  some  of  the  products  from  her 
garden  and  has  won  a  number  of  premiums  at  local  fairs. 

Mr.  Linvill  was  married  April  8,  1906,  to  Miss  Betha  Williams  and 
to  them  have  been  born  three  children:  Leo,  George  H.,  and  Allen  W., 
all  of  who  reside  on  the  home  place  with  their  parents. 

Mr.  Linvill  has  served  as  township  collector  and  has  been  school 
director  of  his  district.  The  family  belong  to  the  Christian  Church,  and 
rank  among  the  representative  families  of  Harrison  County. 


Marlin  W.  Mock,  a  substantial  farmer  and  stockman  is  a  veteran 
of  the  World  War.  He  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  November  10,  1895, 
a  son  of  J.  R.  and  Leonta  (Matthews)  Mock,  both  natives  of  Harrison 
County. 

Marline  W.  Mock  was  reared  in  Dallas  Township,  Harrison  County, 
and  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  was  following  farming  and  stock 
raising  in  Dallas  Township,  when  the  United  States  entered  the  World 
War.  On  May  10,  1918,  he  entered  the  United  States  Army  and  was  first 
sent  to  Jefferson  Barracks,  near  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  From  there  he  was 
sent  to  Waco,  Texas,  where  he  remained  in  training  until  July  29,  1918, 
when  he  was  transfered  to  Camp  Merritt.  On  August  3,  1918,  he  sailed 
for  overseas,  having  embarked  on  the  steamship  Manchuria.  After  hav- 
ing proceeded  to  sea,  the  Manchuria  was  disabled  and  returned  to  port, 
and  the  troops  were  transfered  to  the  steamship  France  and  proceeded  to 
a  French  port.  After  having  reached  France,  Mr.  Mocks  saw  much  active 
service  in  some  of  the  hardest  fighting  of  the  war,  including  the  Mouse- 
Argonne  Campaign.  He  was  on  the  firing  line  practically  all  of  the  time 
from  October  1st  until  November  11th,  when  the  Armistice  was  signed. 
He  then  remained  on  the  front  with  his  command  until  January  1st,  and 
remained  in  France  until  the  latter  part  of  the  following  May,  when  he 
was  returned  to  the  United  States,  reaching  New  York,  June  2,  1919. 
After  his  discharge  from  the  army  he  returned  to  Harrison  County  and 
engaged  in  farming  in  Dallas  Township.  He  is  engaged  in  general  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising  and  operates  a  200  acres  farm. 

Mr.  Mock  was  married  July  28,  1917,  to  Miss  Bernice  Funk,  a  daugh- 
ter of  S.  T.  Funk  of  New  Hampton,  Missouri.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mock  were 
born  one  child,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Mock  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  Mrs.  Mock  belongs  to  the  Christian  Church. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  701 

Charles  O.  Carter,  a  prominent  and  progressive  citizen  of  Dallas 
Township,  who  is  successful  in  farming  and  stock  raising  is  a  member 
of  a  prominent  pioneer  family  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  was  born 
in  November,  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  W.  G.  and  Martha  J.  (Wilson) 
Carter. 

W.  G.  Carter  was  a  native  of  Gentry  County  and  his  wife  belonged 
to  a  very  early  pioneer  family  of  Harrison  County.  They  were  mar- 
ried in  1865  and  the  following  children  were  born  to  them:  L.  P.,  lives 
at  Ames,  Iowa;  A.  H.,  White  Oak  Township,  Harrison  County;  N.  A.,  New 
Hampton,  Missouri;  Charles  0.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  J.  R.,  Wash- 
ington Township;  and  S.  F.,  Dallas  Township. 

Charles  O.  Carter  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  Dallas  Township,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  has  been  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock  raising  since  early  life  and  has  met  with  success  and  is  the 
owner  of  a  well  improved  place  of  160  acres.  He  has  owned  this  place  for 
the  past  twenty-three  years  and  has  placed  all  the  improvements  on  it 
himself.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  makes 
a  speciality  of  breding  Spotted  Poland  China  hogs. 

Mr.  Carter  was  first  married  in  1898,  to  Miss  Rebecca  Adair,  who  is 
now  deceased  and  to  that  union  were  born  the  following  children:  Clar- 
ance,  who  died  in  1909  and  is  buried  by  the  side  of  his  mother  in  Kid- 
well  Cemetery ;  Marie,  Cora,  and  Jessie,  residing  at  home.  In  1908,  Mr. 
Carter  was  married  to  Miss  Myrtle  Van  Hoozer,  and  two  children  were  born 
to  this  union:  Wayne  and  Ruth. 

Mr.  Carter  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  having  held  mem- 
bership of  that  church  for  the  past  twenty  years.  He  is  one  of  the  repre- 
sentative citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


Edgar  Hunt,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Union  Township 
is  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish  American  War.  He  was  born  in  Harrison 
County,  June  14,  1875,  a  son  of  Eugene  P.  and  Nancy  J.  (Darnell)  Hunt. 

Eugene  P.  Hunt  was  a  pioneer  settler  in  Harrison  County.  He  came 
here  in  1853,  and  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out  he  enlisted  in  the  Union 
Army,  becoming  a  member  of  Company  H,  12th  Missouri  Calvary.  After 
the  war  closed  he  remained  in  the  Army  and  served  on  an  expedition 
against  hostile  Indians  in  the  West.  He  received  his  honorable  discharge 
from  the  army  in  1866,  and  returned  to  Harrison  County.  His  wife  was 
a  native  of  Illinois  and  came  to  Missouri  with  her  parents  at  an  early 


702  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

day.  To  Eugene  P.  Hunt  and  wife  were  born  the  following  children: 
Ada,  married  F.  O.  Peaseley,  New  Hampton,  Missouri ;  Leonard,  Brooklyn, 
Missouri ;  Edgar,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  and  Harvey,  who  lives  in  Union 
Township. 

Edgar  Hunt  was  educated  in  the  district  school  and  in  early  life  en- 
gaged in  telegi'aph  work  for  seventeen  years.  During  the  Spanish  Amer- 
ican War,  he  served  in  the  United  States  Army.  He  left  St.  Joseph  with 
his  command  April  27,  1898  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war  when  he 
was  mustered  out  of  service,  February  10,  1899.  Mr.  Hunt  is  the  owner  of 
a  well  improved  and  valuable  farm  which  is  located  in  section  29,  Union 
Township.  His  place  consists  of  275  acres  and  is  one  of  the  valuable  farms 
of  that  section.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  successful  men  of  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Hunt  was  married  September  3,  1899,  to  Miss  Maude  M.  Long,  a 
member  of  one  of  the  prominent  pioneer  families  of  Harrison  County.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hunt  have  been  born  three  children,  one  of  whom  is  living, 
Claude,  who  resides  at  home  with  his  parents. 

Mr.  Hunt  has  been  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
Lodge  for  the  past  ten  years.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of 
Hari'ison  County  and  the  Hunt  family  is  highly  respected. 


Wren  Smith,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  residing  at  Bethany,  was 
born  June  3,  1891,  the  son  of  E.  T.  and  Martha  (Parker)  Smith. 

E.  T.  Smith  settled  in  Harrison  County  in  1865  and  located  on  a  farm 
east  of  Bethany,  where  he  now  resides.  The  Parker  family  came  to  Mis- 
souri in  1855,  Martha  (Parker)  Smith's  father  was  a  native  of  Kentucky 
and  her  mother  of  North  Carolina. 

To  E.  T.  and  Martha  (Parker)  Smith  were  born  the  following  chil- 
dren :  Myrtle,  married  J.  M.  Bartlett,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri ;  Catharine, 
married  John  W.  Griffin,  of  Harrison  County  and  Charles  E.,  lives  in  Beth- 
any Township;  Harry,  Bethany  Township,  and  Wren,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  Wren  Smith  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools.  He  became  a  member  of  the  National 
Guard  of  Missouri  in  1914,  and  was  a  member  of  that  organization,  in  1916, 
during  the  trouble  on  the  Mexican  Border,  and  served  there  with  the  Na- 
tional Guards.  When  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War,  he  was 
again  called  out  with  his  regiment  which  was  moblized  at  Nevada,  Mis- 


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souri.  From  there  they  were  transferee!  to  Camp  Donaphon,  Oklahoma, 
and  in  March  1918,  to  Camp  Mills,  New  York,  and  on  April  18,  embarked 
for  overseas,  landing  at  Liverpool,  England,  May  2nd.  From  there  they 
went  to  Southhampton,  England  and  thence  across  the  English  Channel  to 
La  Harve,  France.  From  there  they  were  sent  to  Northeast,  France,  where 
they  remained  for  a  short  time  in  training  and  then  transfered  to  the 
Front.  Mr.  Smith  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant,  October  1,  1918, 
and  assigned  to  the  42nd  Division,  and  was  with  that  division  during  the 
heavy  fighting  of  the  latter  part  of  the  war  and  took  part  in  the  Battle  of 
Argonne-Forest,  and  the  offensive  fighting  up  to  the  time  of  the  signing 
of  the  Armistice.  During  the  battle  on  October  18th,  and  19th,  all  the 
officers  of  his  company  were  wounded,  except  him,  which  left  him  in 
command  of  his  company.  When  the  Armistice  was  signed  his  division 
occupied  a  position  farther  north  than  any  of  the  other  troops  of  the 
Allies.  After  the  signing  of  the  Armistice,  his  division  advanced  into 
Germany  as  a  part  of  the  Army  of  Occupation  and  he  reached  Coblenz 
on  the  Rhine,  December  5,  1918,  and  remained  there  until  April  1,  1919 
and  then  returned  to  Breast,  France,  where  on  April  13,  1919,  he  embarked 
on  the  steamship  Levithin,  and  landed  at  New  York  April  18,  1919.  He 
then  went  to  Camp  Merritt,  New  Jersey,  where  he  was  discharged  on 
May  29,  1919,  and  returned  to  Bethany,  Missouri,  where  he  has  since 
resided. 


George  H.  Chamberlin,  a  well  known  and  highly  respected  citizen  of 
Union  Township,  who  owns  and  operates  a  large  farm  is  a  native  of  Ohio. 
He  was  born  in  1852,  a  son  of  George,  Sr.  and  Sarah  (Murphy)  Cham- 
berlin. 

George  Chamberlin  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  his  wife  was  born  in 
Kentucky.  They  were  married  in  Ohio  and  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  in 
Harrison  County  in  1857.  When  the  Civil  War  broke  out  George  Cham- 
berlin, Sr.  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  and  after  the  war  was  over  and 
he  received  his  honorable  discharge,  he  returned  to  Harrison  County  where 
he  died  February  27,  1888.  To  George  and  Sarah  (Murphy)  Chamberlin 
were  born  the  following  children:  William  L.,  deceased;  George  H.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch ;  and  John  R.,  Kingfisher,  Oklahoma. 

George  H.  Chamberlin  was  married  in  June  1875  and  to  this  union 
two  children  were  born :  George  C,  bom  October  6,  1876,  and  was  killed  by 


704  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

a  railway  train,  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  May  14,  1918;  and  Ottie,  born  July 
13,  1881,  and  lives  in  Union  Township. 

George  H.  Chamberlin,  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  Harrison 
County  and  has  followed  farming  and  stock  raising  all  his  life.  His  farm 
is  well  improved  and  he  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and 
has  been  very  successful.  His  place  is  unusually  well  watered.  A  spring 
on  this  place  was  well  known  to  the  early  pioneers  and  even  to  the  Indians 
befoi-e  them.  While  passing  through  this  section  of  the  country  Indians 
frequently  camped  here  where  they  could  obtain  their  water  from  this 
spring. 

Mr.  Chamberlin  takes  an  active  and  commendable  interest  in  local  af- 
fairs and  has  held  various  township  offices  at  different  times.  He  is  enter- 
prising and  public  spirited  and  one  of  Harrison  Couney's  dependable  citi- 
zens. 


B.  F.  Smith,  a  substantial  and  highly  respected  farmer  and  stock- 
man of  Union  Township,  was  born  November  8,  1877,  a  son  of  Abraham 
and  Lucinda   (Horner)  Smith. 

Abraham  Smith  was  born  in  England  in  1841,  and  in  early  life 
came  to  America  and  located  in  Pennsylvania.  During  the  Civil  War, 
he  served  in  the  Union  Ai-my  for  three  years.  Shortly  after  the  close 
of  the  Civil  War,  he  was  married  to  Lucinda  Horner,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  to  them  were  born  three  children  as  follows:  B.  F.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch;  Emma  E.,  died  in  1901,  and  one  died  in  infancy. 
After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  Abraham  Smith  was  again  married 
and  to  that  union  were  bom  the  following  children:  Louis  H.,  who 
lives  in  Washington  Township;  Mollie.  married  Aaron  Wesley,  and  they 
live  in  Washington  Township;  Irvin,  lives  in  Washington  Township;  Ada, 
married  Clelland  Mock,  Dallas  Township;  Clara,  married  Elmer  Stanton, 
Dallas  Township  and  Herman,  lives  on  the  home  place. 

B.  F.  Smith  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  has  made  farming  and  stockraising  the  chief  occupation  of  his  life. 
He  owns  a  well  improved  farm  of  eight  acres  with  a  good  residence 
and  other  suitable  farm  building.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and 
stock  raising  and  keeps  a  good  grade  of  cattle  and  is  meeting  with 
success. 

Mr.  Smith  was  married  in  1888  to  Miss  Cora  Bain  and  three  chil- 
dren have  been  bom  to  this  union  as  follow:  George  R.,  lives  in  Union 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  705 

Township;  Pearl,   married   Will   Eckerson,   of   New  Hampton,   Missouri 
and  Lea  E.,  lives  in  Union  Township. 

Mr.  Smith  is  an  enterprising  citizen  and  the  Smith  family  is  highly 
respected  in  Harrison  County. 


George  M.  Davis,  a  World  War  veteran  of  Jefferson  Township,  is  a 
native  of  Missouri.  He  was  born  at  New  Hampton,  December  25,  1895, 
a  son  of  James  W.  and  Elenor  R.  (Lyons)  Davis,  the  former  a  native  of 
HaiTison  County,  Missouri,  and  the  latter  of  Indiana.  They  were  married 
in  1884  and  the  following  children  were  born  to  them :  Mertie,  died  at  the 
age  of  four  years ;  Julie  J.,  married  Jesse  Bunkin,  and  they  live  in  Harri- 
son County;  Nellie  L.,  married  C.  Burris,  Cypress  Township;  George  M., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Effie,  died  at  the  age  of  two  years;  and  Sarah 
E.,  lives  in  New  Hampton. 

George  M.  Davis  was  reared  in  Jefferson  Township,  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  When  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War,  he  en- 
listed May  29,  1917,  in  Company  G,  4th  Missouri  Infantry,  which  became 
the  139th  Infantry  of  the  35th  Division.  They  were  mobilized  at  Nevada, 
Missouri  and  sent  from  there  to  Camp  Doniphan,  Oklahoma,  and  after  a 
priod  of  training  there,  they  were  transferred  to  Camp  Mills,  New  York, 
and  sailed  for  overseas  April  21,  1918,  landing  in  Liverpool,  England,  May 
8,  1918. 

Mr.  Davis  participated  in  all  the  heavy  fighting  in  which  his  division 
was  engaged,  including  the  Battle  of  Argonne-Forest.  He  was  gassed  in 
this  battle  and  after  being  in  the  hospital  only  forty-eight  hours,  returned 
to  duty.  On  April  13,  1919,  he  sailed  from  France,  and  landed  at  Newport 
News,  Virginia,  April  24,  1919.  He  was  discharged  at  Camp  Funston, 
Kansas,  May  8,  1919,  and  returned  to  his  home  in  Harrison  County.  For 
a  time  he  was  employed  by  Swift  and  Company,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri, 
but  now  resides  at  home  in  Jefferson  Township.  He  is  an  enterprising 
young  man  and  well  and  favorably  known. 


Clyde  L.  Riggs,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War  who  is  now  engaged  in 
the  bakery  business  in  Bethany,  is  a  native  of  Han-ison  County.  He  was 
born  August  2,  1895,  a  son  of  Jesse  and  Mary  J.  (Bender)  Riggs.  Jesse 
Riggs  came  from  Iowa,  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri  in  an  early  day 
and  Mary  J.  (Bender)  Riggs,  was  born  and  reared  in  this  county.  Her 
parents  were  early  settlers  here. 
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706  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

Clyde  L.  Riggs  was  the  only  child  bom  to  his  parent.  He  was  reared 
and  educated  in  Harrison  County.  He  was  married  August  9,  1917,  to 
Miss  Loah  M.  Manning,  of  Buchanan  County,  Missouri. 

When  the  United  Sates  entered  the  World  War,  Clyde  L.  Riggs  en- 
tered the  United  States  Army  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston  for  train- 
ing. He  became  a  member  of  Company  A.,  356  Infantry,  and  was  pro- 
moted to  the  rank  of  Sergeant.  From  Camp  Funston,  he  was  sent  to 
Camp  Mills,  and  on  July  5,  1918,  sailed  from  New  York  and  landed  at 
Liverpool,  July  17,  1918.  From  there  he  went  to  Southhampton,  England 
and  sailed  for  France.  He  was  with  his  command  in  various  parts  of 
France.  During  the  course  of  his  service  he  was  transfered  from  A.  Com- 
pany, 356  Infantry,  to  Bakei-y  Company,  316,  Q.  M.  C,  with  the  rank  of 
quartermaster-sergeant.  He  embarked  for  America,  July  11,  1919  and 
landed  at  Newport  News,  Virginia,  July  22,  1919.  From  there  he  went 
to  Camp  Taylor,  Kentucky,  where  he  received  his  honorable  discharge 
July  29,  1919.  After  his  discharge  from  the  army,  Mr.  Riggs  went  to  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  where  he  remained  until  1921,  when  he  came  to  Bethany, 
and  engaged  in  the  bakery  business.  The  excellency  of  the  product  of 
his  bakery  was  readily  recognized  and  he  has  enjoyed  a  good  business  from 
the  start. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  and  is  one  of  the  progressive 
and  enterprising  business  )nen  of  the  younger  generation  of  Harrison 
County. 


Stanley  Rucker,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  from  Union  Township,  is 
a  native  son  of  this  county  and  was  born  May  15,  1890.  He  is  a  son  of 
James  and  Mary  (Blaylock)  Rucker,  the  former  a  native  of  Indiana  and 
the  latter  of  Ohio. 

Stanley  Rucker  was  reared  and  educated  in  Union  Township  and  was 
engaged  in  farming  when  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War.  He 
entered  the  United  States  Army,  April  26,  1917.  He  was  sent  to  Camp 
Funston,  for  training  and  from  there  to  Camp  Mills,  New  York.  He  sailed 
for  overseas  June  4,  1917  and  on  June  16th,  he  landed  at  Liverpool,  Eng- 
land. He  sailed  from  Southhampton,  England,  to  La  Harve,  France. 
He  was  a  member  of  B  Company,  356th  Infantry,  1st  Battillion  of  the 
famous  89th  Division.  Mr.  Rucker  was  with  his  command,  in  all  the 
sever  fighting  in  which  it  participated  including  the  Battle  of  Argonne- 
Forest  and  along  the  Meuse  River.     He  experienced  all  the  hardships 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  707 

and  vicissitudes  which  fell  to  the  lot  of  the  soldier  of  the  World  War, 
and  during  his  fourteen  months  of  active  service,  he  was  never  away 
from  his  company  when  it  was  in  line  of  duty.  After  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  returned  to  the  United  States  and  received  his  honorable 
discharge.  He  then  returned  to  his  home  in  Union  Township  where 
he  has  since  been  engaged  in  farming.  He  is  an  enterprising  young 
man  and  the  Rucker  family  stand  high  in  HaiTison  County. 


Clifford  Chandler,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  now  residing  in  Union 
Township  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  March  9,  1896, 
and  is  a  son  of  Charles  H.  and  Smantha    E.  (Reynolds)  Chandler. 

Charles  H.  Chandler  was  born  in  Ohio  and  at  an  early  day  removed 
to  Warren  County,  Iowa,  with  his  parents.  This  was  about  1854.  When 
the  Civil  War  broke  out,  he  enlisted  in  Company  H,  34th  Regiment, 
Iowa  Infantry,  at  Burlington,  Iowa.  He  was  at  the  siege  of  Vicksburg, 
Mississippi,  with  his  regiment  and  took  part  in  a  great  many  import- 
ant engagements  of  the  Civil  War,  as  well  as  numerous  skirmishes.  He 
was  confined  in  a  hospital  at  Morgans  Bend  for  three  months  and  was 
then  given  a  furlough,  April  25,  1865,  and  after  remaining  home  for  a 
few  days  went  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  he  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service  and  honorably  discharged,  in  August,  1865.  He  then  returned 
home  and  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising,  which  has  been  his  life's 
occupation. 

Charles  H.  Chandler  was  married  to  Smantha  Reynolds,  December  19, 
1886,  and  to  this  union  four  children  have  been  born  as  follows:  Vernon 
M.,  born  November  18,  1887,  lives  in  Union  Township;  M.  G.,  born  June 
6,  1889,  hves  in  Union  Township;  August  S.,  born  October  15,  1891, 
lives  in  Union  Township,  and  Clifford  B.,  bom  March  9,  1896,  also  live  in 
Union  Township. 

Clifford  D.  Chandler  was  reared  in  Union  Township  and  educated  in 
the  public  schools.  When  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War,  he 
entered  the  United  States  Army  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  July  24,  1918. 
He  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston  for  training,  and  became  a  member  of 
Company  E,  210  Engineers,  10th  Division.  He  left  Camp  Funston,  with 
his  command  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Mills,  New  York,  reaching  there 
November  7,  1918,  and  was  there  when  the  armistice  was  signed,  and 
remained  there  until  January  7,  1919.    He  was  then  sent  to  Camp  Hum- 


708  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

phries,  where  he  remained  until  May  25,  1919,  when  he  was  transferee!  to 
Camp  Taylor,  Kentucky,  where  he  was  honorably  discharged  and  mustered 
out  of  the  service. 

After  being  discharged  from  the  army  Clifford  Chandler  returned  to 
his  home  in  Union  Township  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  farming. 


Frank  Fancher,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War  and  a  representative 
young  man  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  is  a  native  of  this  county.  He  was  born 
October  7,  1888,  and  is  a  son  of  W.  S.  and  Sallie  (Nowland)  Fancher. 

W.  S.  Fancher  and  his  wife  were  both  born  in  Missouri.  They  are 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Bert,  Union  Township;  Jessie, 
married  Rupert  Buks,  Jamesport,  Missouri;  Cora,  married  William  Eaton, 
Grant  Township;  Frank,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Harry,  lives  in  Beth- 
any; Max,  who  is  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Brooklyn;  and  Roy, 
who  is  employed  in  a  shipyard  near  San  Francisco,  California. 

Frank  Fancher  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  after  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War,  he  was 
chosen  for  service  under  the  selective  draft  and  entered  the  army  July 
25,  1918.  He  was  sent  to  Camp  Pike,  Arkansas,  where  he  was  in  train- 
ing for  a  period  of  six  months,  when  he  was  transferred  to  Camp  Dodge, 
Iowa,  where,  after  the  armistice  was  signed,  he  received  his  honorable 
discharge. 

After  being  discharged  from  the  army,  Mr.  Fancher  returned  to  Har- 
rison County  where  he  resumed  his  former  occupation  of  farming  and 
stock  raising.     He  is  a  dependable  young  man  and  is  making  good. 


Otto  Vernon  McNelly,  who  served  in  the  United  States  Navy  dur- 
ing the  World  War,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  June 
8,  1894,  and  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Elizabeth  J.  (Denton)  McNelly. 

Benjamin  F.  McNelly  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in 
1859.  He  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Union  Town- 
ship about  all  his  life  and  died  in  March,  1919,  and  his  remains  are 
buried  in  Hobbs  Cemetery.  Elizabeth  J.  (Denton)  McNelly  was  also 
born  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri  and  reared  and  educated  here.  She 
now  resides  on  the  home  place  in  Union  Township. 

To  Benjamin  F.  and  Elizabeth  J.  (Denton)  McNelly,  were  born 
the  following  children:  Otto  V.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Esther  B., 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  709 

who  resides  at  home  with  her  mother;  CHiTord  D.,  resides  at  home  and 
Cordia  R.,  also  resides  at  home. 

Otto  V.  McNelly  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools.  When  the  United  States  entered  the  World 
War  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  navy  and  went  to  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri. From  there  he  was  sent  to  the  Great  Lakes  Training  Station  in 
Illinois.  From  there  he  was  sent  to  Hampton  Roads,  Virginia,  and  as- 
signed to  the  battleship  Maine.  He  served  for  eleven  months  on  that 
battleship,  when  he  was  transferred  to  duty  in  the  navy  yards  at  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania,  and  on  August  16,  1919,  he  was  returned  to  St. 
Louis,  where  he  was  relieved  from  active  service  although  he  is  still  a 
member  of  the  naval  reserves,  his  term  of  enhstment  expiring  in  May, 
1922.  Since  being  relieved  from  the  navy,  he  has  been  assisting  his  mother 
on  the  home  farm  in  Union  Township. 

Mr.  McNelly  is  one  of  the  dependable  young  men  of  Harrison  County 
and  the  McNelly  family  are  representative  of  the  best  citizenship  of  this 
county. 


John  W.  Booher,  a  well  known  and  progressive  farmer  and  stockman 
of  Union  Township  is  a  native  of  Missouri.  He  was  born  August  4,  1860, 
a  son  of  William  J.  and  Lucinda  (Asher)  Booher,  the  former  a  native  of 
Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Indiana. 

When  the  Booher  family  first  came  west,  they  settled  in  Iowa  and 
from  there  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri.  William  J.  and  Lucinda 
(Asher)  Booher  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Martha,  died 
in  1899;  Marguerite  P.,  died  in  1891;  Isaac  M.,  lives  in  Iowa;  Emily  J., 
died  in  1896,  and  John  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

John  W.  Booher  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  has  made 
farming  and  stock  raising  his  life  occupation.  He  now  owns  and  operates 
a  farm  of  180  acres,  carrying  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising. 

Mr.  Booher  was  married  in  1887  to  Miss  Viola  J.  Parris,  a  native  of 
Taylor  County,  Iowa,  and  the  following  children  have  been  born  to  them: 
George  W.,  lives  in  Iowa;  Carrie  L.,  married  John  Rucker,  Union  Town- 
ship; Guy,  deceased;  Paul  H.,  lives  in  Iowa;  Viola  B.,  married  Verne 
Chandler,  Union  Township;  Bud,  lives  in  Washington;  James  E.,  lives  in 
Harrison  County,  and  John  B.  also  lives  in  Harrison  County;  Madge, 
Bethany,  Missouri;  Mary  C,  lives  at  home;  Christy,  deceased;  Virgil,  at 
home;  Charles,  died  in  infancy;  and  one  other  who  died  in  infancy. 


710  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

George  W.  Booher  served  in  the  United  States  army  during  the  World 
War.  He  was  first  sent  to  Camp  Funston  and  after  thirty  days'  train- 
ing, transferred  to  Camp  Pike  and  was  in  the  service  twenty  months  and 
received  his  honorable  discharge  at  Camp  Pike. 

Paul  H.  Booher  enlisted  in  the  United  States  navy  and  was  sent  to 
the  Great  Lakes  and  served  on  the  United  States  patrol.  After  the  close 
of  the  war  he  was  discharged  and  returned  to  Union  Township. 

Mr.  Booher  takes  a  commendable  interest  in  local  affairs  and  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  local  school  board.  He  is  a  dependable  citizen 
and  stands  high  in  the  community. 


D.  A.  Hubbard,  veteran  of  the  World  War  and  one  of  the  well  and 
favorable  known  young  men  of  Harrison  County,  was  born  in  this  county 
April  21,  1894.     He  is  a  son  of  L.  S.  and  Mary  E.  (Roach)  Hubbard. 

L.  S.  Hubbard  who  is  now  the  capable  constable  of  Marion  Township 
is  a  native  of  Missouri  and  has  spent  his  entire  life  in  this  county.  He 
served  as  constable  at  Union  Township  for  eight  years  and  then  removed 
to  Marion  Towmship  and  was  elected  constable  of  that  township  in  1906, 
serving  one  term  at  that  time.  In  1912,  he  was  again  elected  to  that 
office  and  since  that  time  he  has  been  elected  each  consecutive  term  and 
still  holds  that  oflSce.  He  has  fulfilled  the  duties  of  his  office  efficiently 
and  has  won  a  wide  reputation  as  a  capable  officer. 

Mary  E.  (Roach)  Hubbard  is  also  a  native  of  Missouri  and  her  par- 
ents were  early  pioneer  settlers  of  Iowa.  However,  they  later  removed 
to  Missouri  and  spent  the  latter  part  of  their  lives  in  this  state.  To  L. 
S.  and  Mary  E.  (Roach)  Hubbard  have  been  born  the  following  children: 
Rosa,  died  in  1902,  and  is  buried  in  Atchison  County,  Missouri ;  Elva,  mar- 
ried James  Hale  and  they  live  in  Hamilton  Township,  Harrison  County ; 
Annie,  married  William  Bensyl,  Hamilton  Township;  Hattie,  married  Ben 
Lacy,  Eagleville,  Missouri ;  D.  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Pearl,  mar- 
ried Lloyd  Hewitt,  Eagleville,  Missouri ;  and  Goldie,  married  Ralph  Camp- 
bell, Eagleville,  Missouri. 

D.  A.  Hubbard  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  when  the 
United  States  entered  the  World  War,  he  entered  the  United  States  army, 
October  2,  1917,  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston.  Kansas,  where  he  re- 
mained in  training  until  February  10,  1918.  He  was  then  transferred  to 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  about  four  weeks  later  sailed  for  overseas,  landing 
at  Brest,  France.     He  was  at  the  front  for  about  five  months,  during 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  711 

which  time  he  served  with  the  engineers.  He  remained  in  the  army  for 
about  seven  months  after  the  armistice  was  signed,  when  he  was  re- 
turned to  the  United  States  and  received  his  honorable  discharge  and 
came  home. 

D.  A.  Hubbard  was  married  June  23,  1917,  to  Miss  Pierce  of  Eagle- 
ville,  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children :  John,  who  is  three  years 
of  age  and  Harriet,  who  is  one  year  old. 


W.  S.  McCollum,  who  is  successfully  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and 
insurance  business  at  Eagleville,  was  bom  in  Tennessee,  January  24,  1850, 
a  son  of  Alexander  and  Susanna  (Maltsbarger)  McCollum,  both  natives  of 
Green  County,  Tennessee. 

Alexander  McCollum  came  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1852, 
and  entered  160  acres  of  government  land,  six  miles  north  of  Bethany, 
and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  on  that  place.  He  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  early  life  of  Harrison  County  and  served  as  county  surveyor  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  was  married  in  Tennessee  in  1846  to  Susanna 
Maltsbarger  and  the  following  children  were  born  to  them:  John,  Beth- 
any, Missouri;  David  A.,  died  in  1914,  and  is  buried  in  Harolds'  Cemetery; 
W.  S.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Michael,  Huston,  Texas ;  Martha  J.,  Beth- 
any, Missouri;  Rachel,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  and  Phillip,  who  lives  on 
Kinghill  Avenue,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Mary,  died  at  the  age  of  three 
years;  Susanna  B.,  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  and  Sarah,  died  at 
the  age  of  thirteen  years.  By  a  former  marriage,  Alexander  McCollum 
was  the  father  of  the  following  children:  Isaac  B.,  who  came  to  Har- 
rison County,  and  was  killed  here  during  the  Civil  War;  James,  who  also 
came  to  Harrison  County  and  died  at  the  age  of  fifty  years  and  one  died 
in  infancy  at  the  time  of  the  mother's  death. 

W.  S.  McCollum  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in 
the  public  schools.  He  attended  the  McCollum  District  School  and  re- 
ceived an  excellent  mathematical  training  under  the  private  instruction 
of  his  father,  who  was  an  exceptionally  good  mathematician.  Mr.  Mc- 
Collum taught  school  for  a  number  of  years  in  early  life  in  Harrison 
County  and  he  was  then  engaged  in  the  banking  business  in  Eagleville 
for  some  time,  but  for  the  past  several  years  he  has  conducted  a  real 
estate,  loan  and  insurance  business.  During  the  course  of  his  business 
career  he  has  loaned  large  amounts  of  money  for  eastern  concerns  in  this 
section. 


712  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

W.  S.  McCollum  was  married  in  1881  to  Miss  Lewella  K.  Hoylman,  a 
native  of  West  Virginia,  bom  near  White  Sulphur  Springs.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McCollum  have  been  born  the  following  children:  Susanna,  Edith, 
Blanche,  Matile,  Laui-a,  Glade,  Lewella,  Allegra  and  William  Alexander. 

Mr.  McCollum  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  he  and  Mrs.  McCollum 
belong  to  the  Methodist  Church  South.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial 
citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


I.  A.  German,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  stockman  of  Union  Township, 
was  bom  in  Iowa  in  1876.  He  is  a  son  of  William  and  Lavina  (Much- 
grove)  German,  both  natives  of  Ohio  who  came  to  Harrison  County,  Mis- 
souri in  1893  and  they  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives  here.  They 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Edward,  died  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years;  William  A.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  Sarah,  married  Bert  Shain 
and  died  in  1903,  is  buried  in  the  Blythedale  Cemetery;  Nettie,  married 
George  Sample,  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  Laura,  married  John  Fish;  I.  A.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  Mary,  married  C.  B.  Hobbs,  and  died  in  1920  and 
is  buried  in  the  Hobbs  Cemetery. 

I.  A.  German  recevied  his  education  in  the  district  schools.  He  was 
reared  on  a  farm,  thus  became  familiar  with  farm  life  and  farming  and 
stock  raising  at  an  early  age  and  has  followed  farming  all  his  life.  He 
is  now  the  owner  of  200  acres  of  land  which  is  one  of  the  valuable  and  well 
improved  farms  of  the  county.  He  has  a  good  eight  room  residence  and 
other  commodious  and  substantial  farm  buildings  on  the  place.  He  carries 
on  geenral  farming  and  stock  i-aising  and  is  meeting  with  success. 

Mr.  German  was  married  January  7,  1900,  to  Miss  Villa  Dixon,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  veiy  early 
pioneer  families  of  this  section.  Her  grandfather  entered  160  acres  of 
government  land,  four  miles  west  of  Eagleville  and  Mrs.  German  was 
reared  on  that  place.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  German  have  been  bom  five  chil- 
dren as  follows :  Roscoe,  died  in  infancy ;  Lorn,  who  resides  at  home ; 
Gladys,  Lottie  and  Elden,  all  of  whom  reside  at  home. 

Mr.  German  has  always  taken  an  interest  in  public  affairs  and  has 
held  the  offices  of  justice  of  the  peace  and  member  of  township  board.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  one  of  the  depend- 
able citizens  of  Harrison  County  and  the  family  stands  high  in  the  com- 
munity. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  713 

J.  W.  Todd,  a  successful  and  well  known  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of 
Union  Township  is  a  native  of  Missouri.  He  was  born  January  18,  1872, 
and  is  a  son  of  Edward  and  Rosanna  (Baugh)  Todd,  both  natives  of 
Kentucky. 

The  Todd  family  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Gentry  County  in 
1879  and  the  father  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in  that 
county  until  1895,  when  he  came  to  Harrison  County  and  here  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  in  1897  and  his  remains  are  buried  at 
Brooklyn. 

To  Edward  and  Rosanna  (Baugh)  Todd  were  born  the  following  chil- 
dren: James  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  David,  who  lives  in  Union 
Township ;  Patsy,  mamed  Newton  Hunter,  and  they  live  in  Rooks  County, 
Kansas ;  Capitola,  died  in  November,  1920,  and  is  buried  in  Holt  Ceme- 
tery; one  died  in  infancy;  Mary,  lives  at  Ridgeway;  Joe,  who  has  served 
in  the  United  States  navy  since  1906;  one  died  in  infancy;  Bert,  lives  in 
Union  Township;  and  John  lives  in  Jefferson  Township. 

Mr.  Todd  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  early  in  life  began 
farming  and  stock  raising  on  his  own  account  and  has  met  with  success. 
He  owns  a  valuable  farm  of  200  acres  in  section  33,  Union  Township. 

Mr.  Todd  was  married  in  1916  to  Mary  0.  Kennedy  and  to  them  have 
been  born  three  children:    Leonard,  Frances  and  Mary  Evelyn. 

Mr.  Todd  is  a  public  spirited  and  progressive  citizen  and  takes  an 
active  interest  in  local  matters  of  a  public  nature  and  has  served  as  school 
director  of  his  district  and  has  also  served  as  township  trustee.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 


John  E.  Wyant,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  of  Jefferson 
Township,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  was  born  in  1879.  He  is  a 
son  of  J.  R.  and  Martha  (Shain)  Wyant. 

J.  R.  Wyant  came  from  Iowa  to  Missouri  with  his  parents  in  1867 
and  was  here  married  to  Martha  Shain  in  1872.  She  was  born  in  Harrison 
County.  Her  father  was  a  very  early  pioneer  settler  in  this  section  and 
upon  coming  here  he  settled  on  the  land  where  the  town  of  Eaglesville  is 
now  located. 

To  J.  R.  and  Martha  (Shain)  Wyant  were  born  the  following  chil- 
dren: Ollie,  married  L.  J.  Nible,  of  Eagleville;  Anna,  married  John 
Franklin  and  they  live  in  Oklahoma ;  Liew,  married  Josie  McCoy  and  lives 


714  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

in  Jefferson  Township;  John  E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Arthur,  lives 
in  Union  Township;  Mrs.  Stella  Hillyard,  Grant  Township  and  one  child 
died  in  infancy. 

John  E.  Wyant  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Hannson  County.  He  has  been  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock  raising  practically  all  his  life  and  has  met  with  uniform  success. 

Mr.  Wyant  was  married  to  Miss  Elma  Edson,  a  native  of  Harrison 
County  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  very  early  pioneer  families  of  this 
section  of  the  state.  To  John  E.  and  Elma  (Edson)  Wyant  were  bom 
the  following  children :  Lloyd  R.,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  Clare,  Nellie,  Ivan, 
Loah,  Claude  and  Gerald,  all  residing  at  home.  The  mother  of  these 
children  died  March  11,  1921  and  her  remains  are  buried  in  the  Morris 
Chapel  Cemetery. 

Mr.  Wyant  is  a  substantial  citizen  and  is  a  member  of  the  Christian 
Church. 


F.  M.  Wheeler,  who  has  been  identified  with  the  development  of  Beth- 
any, Missouri,  for  a  number  of  years  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  De- 
cember 18,  1861,  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Irene  (King)  Wheeler. 

Isaac  Wheeler  was  a  native  of  Indiana  and  came  to  Missouri  with  his 
parents  in  1855.  They  settled  in  Harrison  County  on  what  is  known  as 
the  James  Gillespie  place,  east  of  Bethany.  Isaac  Wheeler  moved  to 
Bethany  in  1873  and  died  here  July  24,  1884,  and  his  remains  are  buried 
in  the  Dale  Cemetery.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served  in  the  Home 
Guards  for  six  months.  Irene  (King)  Wheeler  came  to  Hamson  County 
with  her  parents  from  Virginia,  in  1853,  and  her  father  bought  land  of 
John  S.  Allen,  which  Isaac  Wheeler  later  bought. 

To  Isaac  and  Irene  (King)  Wheeler  were  born  the  following  children: 
F.  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mollie,  married  Mitchell  Thompson,  of 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Hattie,  married  Jasper  Long,  of  Bethany,  Missouri; 
Eliza,  married  George  Bartlett;  Rebecca,  married  John  Skinner  of  Beth- 
any ;  and  Fred,  is  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Bethany ;  Tom ;  Hiram ; 
and  an  infant,  deceased. 

F.  M.  Wheeler  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  during  most  of 
his  life  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  brick  and  in  building 
lines.  However,  he  has  also  been  interested  in  farming  and  is  the  owner 
of  a  valuable  farm  of  120  acres  in  Bethany  Township.  He  also  owns 
property  in  Bethany  besides  his  home  there. 


HISTORY   OP   HARRISON   COUNTY  715 

F.  M.  Wheeler  was  married  in  1887  to  Lou  Noll,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Noll,  and  four  children  have  been  born  to  this  union  as  follows :  Joe,  who 
is  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business  in  Bethany;  Ross,  who  served  as 
a  soldier  in  the  World  War  and  was  in  France  about  eight  months,  is  now 
instructor  in  agriculture  in  the  King  City,  Missouri,  schools;  and  Madge, 
who  is  a  teacher  in  the  Bethany  High  School ;  one  child  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Wheeler  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Harrison  County  and 
the  Wheeler  family  is  representative  of  the  best  citizenship  of  this  county. 


Dr.  C.  H.  Robertson,  a  prominent  physician  and  surgeon  of  Eagleville, 
Missouri,  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  Harrison  County  for  the  past  twenty-eight  years.  He  was  born  near 
Gentryville,  Gentry  County,  Missouri,  and  is  a  son  of  Ellis  and  Abigail 
(Hardin)  Robertson,  both  natives  of  Kentucky,  the  former  of  Brecken- 
ridge  County,  and  the  latter  of  Hardin  County. 

Ellis  Robertson  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1820  and  in  1840  came  to 
Gentry  County,  Missouri,  and  entered  government  land  near  Gentryville 
and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  where  he  was  successfully  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising.  He  died  in  1877.  His  wife  is  also  deceased. 
They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  D.  T.,  who  now  resides 
at  Albany,  Missouri  and  is  one  of  the  successful  educators  of  Gentry 
County,  having  taught  school  for  over  thirty  years;  Elizabeth,  married 
John  Misimer  and  died  in  1902;  and  Dr.  C.  H.  Robertson,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch. 

Doctor  Robertson  spent  his  boyhood  days  on  the  home  farm  in  Gentry 
County  and  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  and 
then  attended  the  University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia.  He  was  engaged 
in  teaching  until  1891,  when  he  entered  medical  college  and  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1893.  He  then  located  at 
Washington  Center,  Harrison  County,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  until  1900.  He  then  came  to  Eagleville,  where  he 
has  since  practiced.  Doctor  Robertson  is  an  able  physician  and  has  a 
large  practice  in  Eagleville  and  the  surrounding  country.  He  has  always 
been  a  close  student  of  the  advances  which  are  constantly  being  made  in 
the  science  of  medicine  and  he  has  been  uniformly  successful  throughout 
his  professional  career. 

Doctor  Robertson  was  married  in  1883  to  Miss  Emily  G.  Patton,  who 
is  also  a  native  of  Gentry  County  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  prominent 


716  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

pioneer  families  of  that  section  of  the  state.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Robertson 
have  been  born  the  following  children:  Carlisle,  who  lives  in  Montana; 
Chloe,  married  J.  C.  Barber  of  Eagleville,  Missouri;  Ruby,  died  in  1907 
and  is  buried  in  Eagleville  and  one  child  died  in  infancy. 

Doctor  Robertson  is  not  only  a  capable  and  successful  physician  but 
one  of  the  substantial  and  dependable  citizens  of  Eagleville  and  Har- 
rison County. 


Edgar  B.  Barnett,  of  Jefferson  Township,  is  a  World  War  veteran 
and  is  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  early  pioneer  families  of  northern  Mis- 
souri. He  was  born  December  5,  1892  and  is  a  son  of  Shely  and  Emily 
(Parker)  Barnett,  natives  of  Worth  County,  Missouri.  They  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  Ellen,  resides  at  home;  Simon,  who 
lives  east  of  Bethany;  John,  lives  in  Nebraska;  Edgar  B.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Snow,  married  James  Booher;  and  Hazel  lives  at  home. 

Edgar  E.  Barnett  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  When  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War  he 
entered  the  United  States  army  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston,  Kansas, 
for  training.  After  remaining  there  for  eight  months,  he  was  sent  to 
Camp  Mills  and  ten  days  later,  June  4,  1918,  he  sailed  for  overseas,  landing 
at  Liverpool,  England,  June  11th.  From  there  he  was  sent  to  South- 
hampton, England,  and  thence  to  La  Harve,  Fi'ance,  and  after  a  period  of 
six  weeks'  training  there  was  sent  to  the  front  and  participated  in  the 
battles  of  St.  Mihiel,  Argonne  Forest  and  the  Meuse-Argonne.  In  the 
latter  engagement,  Mr.  Barnett  was  wounded  by  shrapnel,  being  struck  on 
the  shoulder  and  on  the  knee.  He  was  then  sent  to  Base  Hospital  No.  19, 
and  after  remaining  there  about  a  month  he  was  sent  to  Brest,  France 
and  from  there  to  New  York  to  Hospital  No.  2.  From  there  he  was  sent 
to  the  general  hospital  in  Iowa.  He  was  honorably  discharged  from  the 
service  September  12,  1919  and  returned  to  his  home  in  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Barnett  was  married  April  10,  1920,  to  Miss  Ella  M.  Harris,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barnett  have  been  born  one 
child,  Lee  Franklin. 

Cecil  Harris,  the  brother  of  Mrs.  Barnett,  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Argonne  Forest,  March  16,  1918. 

Mr.  Barnett  is  a  member  of  the  American  Legion  and  one  of  the 
progressive  and  enterprising  men  of  Harrison  County. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  717 

Harry  C.  Miller,  a  successful  and  widely  known  merchant  of  Eagle- 
ville,  Missouri,  conducts  an  up-to-date  grocery  store  at  that  place.  Mr. 
Miller  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  was  born  December  5,  1884  and 
is  a  son  of  Jacob  A.  and  Ada  V.  (Bonner)  Miller. 

Harry  C.  Miller  was  reared  near  Eagleville  and  attended  the  district 
school  and  also  the  public  school  at  Eagleville,  Missouri.  He  then  at- 
tended business  college  at  Maryville,  Missouri,  and  upon  completion  of  his 
course  there,  he  came  to  Eagleville  and  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
in  1913.  He  carries  a  complete  line  of  fancy  and  staple  groceries  and  has 
built  up  a  large  trade  and  his  business  has  been  a  success  from  the  start. 
He  has  a  large  patronage  in  Eagleville,  which  also  extends  over  a  large 
scope  of  the  surrounding  country.  He  also  has  a  lunch  department  in 
"connection  with  his  store  which  is  patronized  extensively. 

Mr.  Miller  was  united  in  marriage  in  1911  with  Miss  Rose  Ingram,  a 
native  of  Nodaway  County,  Missouri,  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  early 
pioneer  families  of  that  section  of  the  state.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  have 
been  born  two  children:  Elden  L.  and  Gilbert  E.,  both  of  whom  are 
students  in  the  Eagleville  school. 

Mr.  Miller  is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen  and  ranks  among 
the  leading  business  men  of  Harrison  County. 


F.  M.  Davis,  owner  and  proprietor  of  Cedar  Lawn  Stock  Farm,  is  a 
prominent  farmer  and  large  land  owner  of  Washington  Township.  He 
was  born  in  Ohio  in  1850  and  is  a  son  of  Cornelius  and  Matilda  Davis. 

Cornelius  Davis  was  born  in  Virginia  and  early  in  life  removed  from 
that  state  to  Ohio  and  in  1856  came  to  Missouri  nad  settled  in  Harrison 
County.  He  bought  160  acres  of  land  about  two  miles  north  of  Wash- 
ington Center  in  Washington  Township  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock  raising  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  During  the  Civil  War, 
he  served  in  the  State  Militia  and  was  on  duty  at  Weston,  Missouri,  for  a 
time.  Cornelius  and  Matilda  Davis  were  the  parents  of  eight  children, 
three  of  whom  are  living  as  follows:  Hannah,  married  Joshua  Ayers,  of 
Washington  Township;  Charles,  lives  in  Washington  Township  and  makes 
his  home  with  his  sister,  Mrs.  Ayers ;  and  F.  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

F.  M.  Davis  was  reared  amidst  the  pioneer  surroundings  of  the  early 
days  in  Washington  Township  and  attended  such  schools  as  there  were 
in  those  days.     The  first  school  which  he  attended  was  in  an  old  log  build- 


718  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

ing  and  the  furniture  was  of  the  crude  primitive,  pioneer  type,  with  which 
the  schools  of  those  days  were  provided.  The  benches  were  made  of  split 
logs  and  the  desks  were  attached  to  the  walls,  and  when  the  pupils  were 
in  their  positions  they  sat  with  their  backs  toward  the  center  of  the 
room.     Mr.  Davis  recalls  Bill  Sundusky,  a  Kentuckian.  as  his  first  teacher. 

Mr.  Davis  began  farming  in  early  life  and  has  been  successfully 
engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  practically  all  his  life  and  by  his 
industry  and  good  management,  he  has  met  with  more  than  ordinary  suc- 
cess. He  is  now  the  owner  of  440  acres  of  land  which  is  one  of  the  best 
farms  in  Harrison  County.  The  place  is  well  improved  and  is  known  as 
Cedar  Lawn  Stock  Farm.  A  part  of  this  land  has  never  been  out  of  the 
family  since  it  was  entered  from  the  government  and  Mr.  Davis  has  in 
his  possession  the  original  land  patent  which  was  issued  by  the  govern- 
ment for  160  acres. 

On  August  11,  1875,  F.  M.  Davis  was  married  to  Louisa  Henderson, 
a  native  of  Ohio,  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  early  pioneer  families  of 
Caldwell  County,  Missouri.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  was  bom  one  child, 
who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Davis  has  served  as  school  director  and  takes  an  active  interest 
in  local  affairs  of  a  public  nature.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge 
and  belongs  to  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  Church.  He  is  a  public  spirited 
man  and  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Harrison  County. 


Wiilard  A.  Dale,  proprietor  of  a  popular  and  up-to-date  cafe  at  Beth- 
any, Missouri,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  descendant  of  one  of 
the  very  early  pioneer  families  of  this  county.  He  was  born  three  miles 
east  of  Bethany  and  is  a  son  of  Allen  E.  and  Lucy  A.  (Fuller)  Dale. 

Allen  E.  Dale  came  to  Harrison  County  with  his  parents,  who  were 
among  the  very  early  settlers  here.  Lucy  A.  Fuller  Dale  came  to  Har- 
rison from  Iowa  with  her  parents  who  were  also  early  settlers  in  Harrison 
County. 

Allen  E.  Dale  and  Lucy  A.  Fuller  were  married  in  1858  and  two  chil- 
dren were  born  to  them,  who  are  now  living:  Emma  R.,  who  married  J. 
C.  Hefner  and  they  live  in  Wichita,  Kansas;  and  Wiilard  A.  Dale,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch. 

Wiilard  A.  Dale  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  educated  in  the  district 
school  of  the  township  and  the  public  schools  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  In 
1899  he  went  to  Noel,  McDonald  County,  Missouri,  where  he  was  in  busi- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  719 

ness  for  five  years.  He  then  returned  to  Bethany  and  for  some  time  has 
conducted  a  cafe  here.  Mr.  Dale  conducts  a  first  class  place  and  has  a 
large  patronage. 

Mr.  Dale  was  married  August  16,  1899,  to  Miss  Minnie  Bartlett,  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Susie  Bartlett,  both  natives  of  Missouri.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Dale  have  been  born  one  son,  John  J.,  who  resides  at  home  with 
his  parents.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Bethany  and  in 
1920  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ruth  Leazenby,  of  Mount  Moriah,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Dale  is  one  of  the  well  known  citizens  of  Harrison  County,  and  is 
progressive  and  enterprising. 


Simon  P.  King,  Sr.,  an  honored  pioneer  of  Harrison  County,  now  liv- 
ing in  Bethany,  who  has  reached  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-four  years,  is 
one  of  the  oldest  men  now  living  in  the  county.  He  was  a  pioneer  mer- 
chant of  Bethany  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  public  affairs  and  in  the 
early  day  development  of  this  section  of  the  state. 

Simon  P.  King,  Sr.,  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  is  a  typical  repre- 
sentative of  that  class  of  sturdy  pioneers,  who  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
great  West.  He  was  born  October  7,  1827,  in  Green  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania, the  son  of  William  and  Cecelia  (Bailey)  King,  both  natives  of  Penn- 
sylvania.    They  were  married  in  1826  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1854. 

To  William  and  Cecelia  (Bailey)  King  were  born  thirteen  children, 
five  sons  and  eight  daughters,  and  the  following  members  of  this  large 
family  are  now  living:  Simon  P.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Irene,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Wheeler,  of  Bethany,  Missouri ;  Jacob,  lives  in  Oregon,  Missouri ; 
F.  M.,  Bethany,  Missouri ;  and  Hannah  0.,  married  John  Oxford,  Broken 
Bow,  Nebraska. 

Mr.  King  entered  government  land  in  Harrison  County,  five  and  one- 
half  miles  west  of  Bethany,  March  31,  1854.  This  place  is  now  known 
as  the  Bert  Allen  farm.  In  1869,  he  located  in  Bethany  and  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  and  conducted  a  store  here  for  thirty  years.  He 
was  one  of  the  pioneer  school  teachers  of  this  county  and  taught  school 
here  for  many  years  during  pioneer  times.  He  served  as  county  treasurer 
of  Harrison  County  for  four  years,  and  during  his  active  career  he  always 
took  a  leading  part  in  the  public  affairs  of  Bethany  and  Harrison  County 
and  contributed  his  share  to  their  betterment  and  upbuilding. 

Mr.  King  was  married  July  22,  1847,  to  Miss  Ruhanna  Dunlap,  who 
was  also  a  member  of  a  very  early  pioneer  family  of  Harrison  County. 


720  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Three  children  were  born  to  them  as  follows :  Deliah,  Bethany,  Missouri ; 
William  J.,  died  in  1899  and  is  buried  in  Oakland  Cemetery ;  and  Mary  J., 
who  lives  in  Bethany. 

Simon  P.  King,  Sr.,  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  in  which  he 
has  held  membership  for  many  years.  He  makes  his  home  with  his 
grandson,  Samuel  King,  of  Bethany. 


W.  T.  Dearing,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  who  now  resides  at  Beth- 
any, is  a  son  of  H.  B.  and  Jane  (Connell)  Dearing.  His  father  is  county 
engineer  and  surveyor  and  the  biographical  sketch  of  him  appears  in  this 
volume.  W.  T.  Dearing  was  born  June  8,  1891  and  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Bethany. 

On  February  16,  1917,  W.  T.  Dearing  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
navy,  at  Portland,  Oregon,  and  was  sent  from  there  to  Mare  Island,  Cali- 
fornia, and  then  to  Goat  Island,  where  he  was  in  training  until  May  2, 
1917.  He  then  shipped  on  the  U.  S.  S.  McKee,  a  torjJedo  destroyer.  He 
passed  through  the  Panama  Canal  and  went  to  Boston  harbor  and  from 
there  to  New  York.  He  was  then  transferred  overland  back  to  the  Mare 
Island  navy  yards  from  where  he  shipped  on  destroyer  No.  136  and  went 
to  Kodiah,  Alaska,  and  from  there  sailed  to  Japan  by  way  of  Honolulu, 
and  sailed  from  there  through  the  Panama  Canal  again  to  Newport  News, 
Virginia,  and  then  to  Liverpool,  England,  and  from  there  to  Brest,  France. 
On  May  24,  1918,  he  sailed  from  Brest  on  the  U.  S.  S.  Leviathin  for  New 
York.  From  there  he  shipped  on  the  U.  S.  S.  Xacca  and  from  there  to 
Ne\vport  News,  Virginia.  He  then  shipped  to  Honolulu,  with  a  load  of 
mules  and  from  Honolulu,  back  to  San  Francisco  on  the  transport  Sher- 
man. In  June,  1918,  he  was  assigned  to  the  destroyer  Shaw  and  went  to 
England  for  convoy  duty  and  made  fourteen  trips  across  the  ocean  in  that 
capacity.  He  was  rated  as  chief  commissary  steward  and  remained  in 
the  navy  until  September  12,  1919,  when  he  received  his  honorable  dis- 
charge at  Mare  Island  navy  yards. 

Mr.  Dearing,  after  his  discharge  from  the  navy,  was  employed  at  the 
Union  Iron  Works  at  San  Francisco,  and  came  to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri, 
February  13,  1920. 

On  July  6,  1921,  Mr.  Dearing  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Marks, 
of  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Dearing  is  a  progressive  young  man  and  favorably  known  in 
Harrison  County. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  721 

John  T.  Rupe,  a  pioneer  settler  of  Harrison  County  was  born  April 
21,  1837  and  is  the  son  of  William  P.  and  Hannah  (Tussing)  Rupe.  Wil- 
liam P.  Rupe  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  his  wife  was  bom  in 
Virginia.  The  family  came  to  Missouri  in  1857  and  here  the  parents 
spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  William  P.  Rupe  died  in  1873  and  his 
wife  survived  him  for  a  number  of  years.     She  died  August  21,  1895. 

V.^illiam  P.  Rupe  and  Hannah  (Tussing)  Rupe  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:  John  T.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Susan  R., 
died  in  1919  and  her  remains  are  buried  in  Meriam  Cemetery ;  Andrew  P., 
died  in  1899;  Amanda,  died  when  young;  George  W.,  also  died  at  an  early 
age;  Caroline,  lives  in  Bethany;  Jesse  W.,  deceased;  and  Nancy  Almyra, 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma. 

John  T.  Rupe  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  having  enlisted  at 
Bethany  August  3,  1861  and  become  a  member  of  Company  E,  23rd  Mis- 
souri Infantry.  He  participated  in  a  number  of  important  and  hard 
fought  engagements  of  the  Civil  War.  He  was  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh 
and  also  took  part  in  the  Atlanta  campaign.  He  received  his  honorable 
discharge  from  the  service  September  22,  1864. 

John  T.  Rupe  was  married  in  1866  to  Mary  C.  Collins  and  the  follow- 
ing children  were  born  to  them :  Thomas  N.,  Franklin,  Nebraska ;  James 
W.,  Bethany,  Missouri;  John  L.,  died  in  infancy;  Alfred  L.  Bloomfield, 
Iowa;  Bertha,  Bethany,  Missouri;  Estelle,  Bloomfield,  Iowa;  Hattie,  de- 
ceased; Mattie,  Bethany  Township;  Lulu,  North  Dakota;  Hazel,  King  City, 
Missouri;  and  Andrew  P.,  Bethany,  Missouri. 

James  W.  Rupe  was  born  near  Bethany,  Missouri,  May  3,  1869  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  In  early  life  he  learned  the  carpenter's 
trade.  He  became  a  member  of  the  State  Militia  in  1889  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  that  organization  when  the  Spanish-American  War  broke  out.  He 
went  with  his  company  to  Jeiferson  BaiTacks  where  he  was  sworn  into 
the  United  States  military  service  April  27,  1898.  He  was  a  member  of 
Company  D,  4th  Regiment,  United  States  Volunteers  and  served  under 
Capt.  J.  F.  Slinger,  of  Bethany.  He  entered  the  service  as  a  corporal  and 
was  with  his  command  at  Camp  Alger  in  training  and  later  they  were 
sent  to  Camp  Meade,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  granted  a  sixty  day  fur- 
lough on  account  of  sickness  and  later  returned  to  his  regiment  which  was 
then  at  Greenville,  South  Carolina.  He  received  his  honorable  discharge 
February  10,  1899  and  returned  to  Harrison  County. 

James  W.  Rupe  was  married  February  28,  1895,  to  Sarah  P.  Glenn, 
a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  to  them  were  born  two  children:  Archie 
(41) 


722  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

N.,  who  died  April  10,  1897  and  is  buried  in  Meriani  Cemetery;  and  John 
C,  who  was  bom  July  20,  1897.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  hav- 
ing enlisted  in  June,  1917  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  He  was  a  member  of 
Battery  A,  Coast  Artillery  Corps  and  after  his  enlistment  was  sent  to  St. 
Louis  and  from  there  to  Fort  Monroe.  After  the  armistice  was  signed 
he  was  discharged  at  Camp  Taylor,  Kentucky,  and  later  returned  to  Mis- 
souri. 

Andrew  P.  Rupe  was  a  member  of  Company  G,  4th  Regiment,  Mis- 
souri Infantry  and  during  the  border  ti'ouble  was  stationed  at  Laredo, 
Texas  and  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  service  February  19,  1917. 
He  then  returned  to  Harrison  County  and  engaged  in  carpenter  work. 

James  W.,  Andrew  P.  and  John  C.  Rupe  are  all  carpenters  and  skilled 
mechanics  and  members  of  the  Rupe  family  have  been  carpenters  for 
four  generations.  They  are  well  known  as  successful  carpenters  in  Beth- 
any and  vicinity,  and  the  Rupe  family  stands  high  in  the  community. 
John  T.  Rupe  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
Andrew  P.  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  J.  W.  is  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

Don  0.  Rupe,  son  of  Thomas  N.  Rupe,  was  a  member  of  the  Medical 
Corps  in  the  World  War.  A.  A.  Rupe,  son  of  Alfred  L.,  served  in  a 
motor  transportation  company.  William  Rupe,  also  son  of  Alfred  L., 
served  in  the  navy  during  the  World  War.  Ber.  Cregger,  son  of  Hattie 
(Rupe)  Cregger,  sei-ved  in  the  navy  during  the  World  War  and  then  re- 
turned home  and  remained  here  a  short  time,  then  enlisted  in  the  navy 
and  is  still  in  the  service  of  his  country. 


Charles  R.  Lawrence,  a  well  known  carpenter  and  builder  of  Bethany, 
who  for  many  years  has  worked  at  his  trade  in  Bethany  and  vicinity,  is  a 
native  son  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  in  Bethany,  February  17, 
1857,  and  is  a  son  of  Richard  and  Mary  A.  (Goucher)  Lawrence,  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  New  Jersey  and  early  pioneer  settlers  in  Harrison 
County.  They  came  here  in  1856  and  the  father  bought  land  here  and 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  this  county.  He  died  in  November, 
1888,  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  the  Dale  Cemetery.  His  wife  died  in 
1899  and  her  remains  also  rest  in  the  Dale  Cemetery. 

To  Richard  Lawrence  and  wife  were  born  the  following  children: 
Richard  G.,  Belton,  Missouri ;  Sarah  A.,  Cedar  Springs,  Missouri ;  Harriet, 
married   John  Wilson,   and  they  live   in   Bethany   Township,    Harrison 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  723 

County;  Hettie,  married  Lon  Rakestraw,  Hardy,  Nebraska;  two  children 
died  in  infancy;  and  Charles  R.,  whose  name  introduces  this  review. 

Charles  R.  Lawrence  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  received  his 
education  in  the  district  schools  of  this  county.  Early  in  life  he  learned 
the  carpenters  trade  and  became  an  expert  workman  in  this  line.  He  has 
worked  at  his  trade  all  his  life  chiefly  in  Bethany  and  vicinity  and  has 
done  work  on  nearly  all  the  principal  buildings  of  this  city,  including 
churches,  school  buildings  and  many  of  the  best  residences. 

Mr.  Lawrence  was  married  in  1889  to  Emma  (Kenison)  Stafford  and 
to  them  have  been  born  four  children  as  follows :  Stella  M.,  who  married 
George  Goble  and  they  reside  in  Spokane,  Washington;  Inez  P.,  who  died 
in  1914  and  is  buried  in  Dale  Cemetery ;  Hazel,  married  William  Milburn 
and  they  live  in  Denver,  Colorado;  and  Abbie,  married  Roe  Towns  and 
they  live  in  Richmond,  Kansas. 

Mr.  Lawrence  is  a  dependable  citizen  and  the  Lawrence  family  ranks 
among  the  representative  people  of  Harrison  County. 


H.  B.  Bearing,  the  popular  and  efficient  county  surveyor  of  Harrison 
County  is  a  native  of  Missouri  and  belongs  to  one  of  the  pioneer  families 
of  this  state.  He  was  born  in  Sullivan  County,  November  30,  1854,  a  son 
of  Jacob  M.  and  Eunice  C.  (McGee)  Bearing,  both  of  whom  were  natives 
of  Tennessee. 

Jacob  M.  Bearing  came  to  Missouri  in  1851  and  entered  government 
land  in  Sullivan  County  and  lived  there  until  1890.  He  was  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  War.  Eunice  C.  (McGee)  Bearing  came  to  Missouri  with  her 
parents,  who  settled  in  Jackson  County  in  1841.  Jacob  M.  Bearing  and 
Eunice  C.  McGee  were  married  in  1852  and  to  them  were  bom  the  follow- 
ing children:  the  eldest  died  in  infancy;  H.  B.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Nancy  A.,  married  Tobe  Campbell,  of  Pollock,  Missouri;  Nellie  F.,  mar- 
ried James  May,  Humphreys,  Missouri;  James  J.,  Chillicothe,  Missouri; 
Sarah  M.,  married  Henry  Milan,  Missouri ;  William  N.,  died  in  1871 ;  John 
M.,  lives  in  California;  Cora  E.,  married  Luther  Bales,  and  they  live  in 
Missouri ;  Hattie,  died  in  infancy,  and  one  other  child  who  died  in  infancy. 

H.  B.  Bearing  was  reared  and  educated  in  Sullivan  County,  Missouri. 
In  1916  he  was  elected  county  engineer  and  surveyor  of  Harrison  County 
and  re-elected  to  succeed  himself  in  1920.  Mr.  Bearing  was  first  elected 
by  a  majority  of  forty-four  votes  and  his  second  election  was  by  a  major- 
ity of  2,028.     He  is  a  capable  officer  and  in  this  era  of  constantly  increas- 


724  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

ing  activity  in  road  improvement  and  other  progressive  and  constructive 
activities  the  office  of  county  engineer  and  surveyor  of  such  a  county  as 
Harrison  carries  with  it  much  responsibiUty  and  Mr.  Bearing  is  putting 
his  best  efforts  into  his  work  with  very  gratifying  results. 

Mr.  Bearing  was  married  November  8  1877  to  Miss  Jane  Connell,  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  born  February  26,  1855.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bear- 
ing have  been  born  eight  children  as  follows:  Robert  M.,  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington; Marguerite  E.,  Bethany,  Missouri;  Bertha,  Bethany,  Missouri; 
Virgil  M.,  Seattle,  Washington;  Cora  E.,  Survey,  Nebraska;  James  E., 
died  in  1890;  William  T.,  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Navy  during  the 
World  War  and  was  in  the  submarine  chaser  service;  and  Mary,  lives  in 
Nebraska. 

Mr.  Bearing  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  Harrison  County  and 
the  Bearing  family  is  highly  regarded. 


William  J.  Taylor,  deceased,  son  of  James  and  Charlotte  Taylor,  was 
born  in  Bloomington,  Illinois,  Apiil  10,  1838,  and  died  at  his  home  in 
Bethany,  Missouri,  February  9,  1921,  age  eighty-two  years,  nine  months 
and  twenty-nine  days.  When  a  very  small  boy  his  parents  came  to  Har- 
rison County  and  took  up  government  land  close  to  where  is  now  known 
as  Bowman  Station,  near  Bethany.  Later  they  sold  out  and  bought  land 
near  the  Star  school  house  and  there  William  J.  Taylor  grew  to  manhood. 

In  1861,  Mr.  Taylor  joined  the  Home  Guard  Militia,  serving  for  some 
time  and  in  1862  he  reenlisted  becoming  a  member  of  Company  I,  1st  Mis- 
souri Cavalry.  He  again  reenlisted  in  1864  in  Company  M,  13th  Regi- 
ment, Missouri  Cavalry  and  served  his  government  until  1866,  when  he 
received  his  final  discharge  from  the  army  January  11,  1866. 

William  J.  Taylor  was  married  to  Beliah  King,  January  19,  1868.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Simon  King,  Sr.,  a  biographical  sketch  of  whom  ap- 
pears in  this  volume.  To  this  union  were  bom  eight  children,  five  sons 
and  three  daughters.  Two  of  the  sons,  Charles  and  Edward  R.,  passed 
away  before  the  death  of  their  father.  The  others  are:  Clara  J.  Neal; 
James  R.  and  Leslie  C.  Taylor,  of  Bethany,  Missouri ;  Rosa  Hall,  of  Cham- 
berlain, South  Bakota;  Ida  May  Williams,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  and 
John,  of  Redfield,  Kansas. 

Mr.  Taylor  was  converted  and  united  with  the  Christian  Church  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  years,  remaining  faithful  until  death  relieved  him 
of  his  obligations  on  earth.     He  was  a  devoted  and  loving  husband  and 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  725 

father,  a  kind  and  generous  neighbor  and  a  friend  with  all  who  knew  him. 
He  left  to  moui-n  him,  his  wife,  six  children,  twenty-three  grandchildren 
and  nine  great  grandchildren;  two  brothers,  James  R.,  of  Kansas  City, 
Missouri;  and  Irvin  Taylor,  Kansas  City;  one  sister,  Margaret  King,  of 
Washington. 

Funeral  services  were  conducted  from  the  home  at  2 :30,  Friday  after- 
noon, February  11th,  by  Rev.  C.  V.  Pearce.  The  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  held  a  brief  burial  service. 


Evert  Tilley,  a  popular  and  well  known  mail  carrier  out  of  the  Beth- 
any postoffice,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  descendant  of  a 
family  of  early  pioneer  settlers  of  this  county.  He  was  bom  March  10, 
1881,  and  is  a  son  of  James  F.  and  Venitia  F.  (McCray)  Tilley. 

James  F.  Tilley  was  bom  in  Harrison  County,  his  father  having  set- 
tled here  at  an  early  day  and  homesteaded  government  land.  Venitia  F. 
(McCray)  Tilley  was  also  born  in  Harrison  County  in  1861.  Her  parents 
were  from  Ohio  and  came  to  Missouri  with  a  colony  of  twenty  families 
in  1858.  :-:>^0, 

To  James  and  Venitia  F.  (McCray)  Tilley  were  born  six  children  as 
follows:  Evert,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Charles  E.,  who  lives  in  Beth- 
any; He,  married  W.  0.  Ricketts,  White  Oak  Township;  Hazel,  married 
Dick  Linch,  of  Bethany,  Missouri ;  Grace,  married  Lester  C.  Taylor,  Beth- 
any, Missouri;  and  Cora  J.,  married  Barton  France,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Tilley  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  On  March  3,  1903,  he  entered  the  United  States  mail  service  as 
rural  carrier  out  of  the  Bethany  postoffice  and  has  constantly  been 
engaged  in  the  service  since  that  time.  He  has  a  good  record  of  faithful 
performance  of  duty  to  his  credit. 

Mr.  Tilley  was  married  April  10,  1907,  to  Miss  Lillie  E.  Wilcox,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  early  pioneer 
families  of  this  county.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tilley  have  been  born  two  chil- 
dren: William  B.  and  Edward  E.,  both  residing  at  home  with  their 
parents. 

Mr.  Tilley  has  held  membership  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge 
for  sixteen  years  and  been  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood  of  American 
Yeomen.  He  is  a  public  spirited  and  enterprising  citizen  and  has  an 
extensive  acquaintance  in  Bethany  and  vicinity  where  he  is  highly  re- 
spected. 


726  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Joseph  D.  McDaniel  is  the  editor  and  sole  owner  of  the  Cainsville 
News,  a  Democratic  paper  that  has  been  built  up  by  Mi-.  McDaniel  to  its 
present  subscription  list  of  almost  a  thousand.  The  rapid  increase  in  the 
number  of  subscribers  attests  to  the  success  of  the  editorial  policy  of  the 
paper. 

Joseph  D.  McDaniel  was  bom  at  Pleasanton,  Iowa,  May  24,  1863,  the 
son  of  Thomas  B.  and  Catherine  (Clark)  McDaniel,  who  were  the  parents 
of  four  children,  two  of  whom  are  living:  Joseph  D.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  and  Mrs.  W.  E.  Moreland,  of  Bethany.  Thomas  B.  McDaniel  was 
born  in  Guei-nsey  County,  Ohio,  and  went  to  Iowa  and  in  1876  he  came 
to  Cainsville,  Missouri.  In  Pleasanton,  Iowa,  he  married  a  widow,  Mrs. 
Catherine  (Clark)  Burns,  mother  of  the  subject  of  this  review.  She  was 
a  relative  of  Abraham  Clark,  a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress  and 
was  a  descendant  of  John  D.  Goff,  noted  lecturer  and  reformer.  She  died 
at  Pleasanton  about  1871  and  four  years  later  her  husband  married  Eliza^ 
beth  McBee,  a  native  of  Iowa.  By  his  second  marriage  Thomas  B.  Mc- 
Daniel had  two  children:  Bertha,  now  Mrs.  Newton,  of  Miami,  Missouri; 
and  Audra,  also  married  and  living  in  Miami.  Thomas  B.  McDaniel  was 
a  farmer  and  plasterer  and  came  to  Cainsville  where  he  worked  at  his 
trade  for  many  years. 

Joseph  D.  McDaniel  was  reared  in  Cainsville  and  attended  the  public 
schools  there.  He  later  went  to  the  Teachers  Normal  and  Business  Col- 
lege at  Princeton,  Missouri,  and  after  leaving  that  school,  he  taught  in 
the  schools  of  Mercer  County  for  three  years  and  in  Harrison  County  for 
two  years.  He  taught  his  last  school  at  Akron,  Missouri,  in  1890.  In 
March,  1890,  he  bought  the  Cainsville  News  from  S.  P.  Davidson  and  has 
made  of  it  an  excellent  paper. 

Mr.  McDaniel  was  married  October  24,  1887,  to  Delilah  A.  Willis,  who 
was  born  in  Mercer  County,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Smith) 
Willis,  both  natives  of  Tennessee  and  early  settlers  of  this  state  and  both 
now  deceased.  To  the  marriage  of  Joseph  D.  and  Delilah  A.  (Willis) 
McDaniel  two  children  were  born :  Harvey  C,  now  deceased ;  and  Cecil 
G.,  bom  at  Cainsville.  February  6,  1896,  and  now  in  business  with  his 
father. 

Both  of  Mr.  McDaniel's  sons  were  in  service  during  the  World  War. 
Cecil  G.  enlisted  and  was  in  Companj'^  G,  l.S9th  Regiment,  35th  Division. 
He  sailed  for  the  front  April  24,  1918  and  was  in  reserve  during  the  Saint 
Mihiel   drive.     His    company   led    the   advance   in    the   Argonne    Forest 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  727 

offensive.  He  returned  to  the  United  States  April  24,  1919  and  received 
his  discharge  at  Camp  Funston,  May  8,  1919.  Harvey  C.  IVIcDaniel,  the 
older  of  the  brothers,  was  inducted  into  service  for  the  war  and  placed  in 
Jefferson  Barracks  at  St.  Louis  for  training.  Here  he  took  pneumonia 
and  died  on  October  12,  1918  at  the  age  of  thirty-two.  He  was  a  tele- 
grapher by  occupation.  He  was  married  to  Winnie  Omer  of  Cainsville 
and  left  a  family  of  three  children,  Joe  Dale,  Lillian  and  Katholeen,  all 
living  with  their  mother  at  St.  Francis,  Texas. 

Mr.  McDaniel  has  served  on  the  council  of  Cainsville  and  was  ap- 
pointed to  fill  an  unexpired  term  as  mayor  of  the  city.  He  was  elected 
justice  of  the  peace  of  Madison  Township  and  served  two  terms.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  and  is  a  trustee  and  the  chairman  of  the 
board  of  deacons  of  that  organization.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and  has  filled  all  the  chairs  of  Lodge  No.  328 
of  Cainsville.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Order  of  Eastern  Star  and  is  at 
present  the  worthy  patron  of  that  lodge.  Mr.  McDaniel  is  a  progressive 
and  energetic  citizen  of  Cainsville,  a  man  who  can  be  relied  upon  to  do  his 
part  in  building  up  the  interests  of  the  town  and  in  furthering  all  civic 
improvement. 


Harvey  Nally,  a  prominent  physician  and  banker  of  Cainsville  and  a 
resident  of  Missouri  since  his  early  childhood,  was  born  November,  1854, 
in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  the  son  of  William  and  Patsy  (Gillespie)  Nally, 
early  settlers  of  Missouri. 

William  Nally  was  born  in  Westmoreland  County,  Virginia,  and  when 
he  was  eleven  years  old  he  went  with  his  parents  to  Jackson  County,  Ohio,, 
where  he  farmed  until  the  fall  of  1865,  when  he  came  to  Missouri  and 
settled  for  a  time  on  a  farm  four  miles  north  of  Chillicothe.  In  1869,  he 
moved  to  Harrison  County,  where  he  bought  a  farm  seven  miles  south- 
east of  Bethany.  He  lived  on  this  farm  until  his  death  December  31, 
1888  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years.  Mr.  Nally  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics but  never  held  any  offices.  His  wife.  Patsy  (Gillespie)  Nally,  was 
bom  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio,  January  22,  1818  and  died  in  1887.  Their 
children  were:  Lucinda,  now  Mrs.  Barlow  of  Bethany;  Sarah,  now  Mrs. 
Gibbons  of  Chillicothe;  Susie,  now  the  wife  of  Edward  Poor,  Jackson 
County,  Ohio;  W.  J.,  now  deceased;  W.  S.,  a  resident  of  Morton  County, 
Kansas;  Moses,  died  in  Harrison  County  at  the  age  of  thirty-one,  leaving 
a  family;  0.  H.,  living  at  Blue  Ridge,  Harrison  County;  Harvey,  the  sub- 


728  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

ject  of  this  sketch;  and  Frank  H.,  died  in  Harrison  County  in  1914,  leav- 
ing a  family. 

Doctor  Nally  came  to  Missouri  with  his  parents  when  he  was  eleven 
years  old.  He  attended  the  public  schools  here  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen, 
entered  the  Missouri  State  University  at  Columbia  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  1876  with  a  medical  degree.  On  January  1,  1877,  he  came  to 
Cainsville  and  began  the  practice  of  medicine  which  profession  he  has 
continued  ever  since.  He  was  in  the  drug  business  for  twenty-five  years ; 
first  with  I.  B.  Woodard  as  his  partner  and  later  with  Mr.  Shaw  in  the  dry- 
goods  business.  Doctor  Nally  has  been  interested  in  the  promotion  of 
several  enterprises  in  Cainsville,  some  of  which  have  now  gone  out  of 
existence.  The  Enterprise  Manufacturing  Company  and  the  Handle  Fac- 
tory no  longer  do  business.  Doctor  Nally  was  one  of  the  men  who  secured 
the  right  of  way  for  the  Narrow  Guage  Railway  here  and  in  company  with 
J.  H.  Burrows,  he  brought  the  first  railroad  surveyor  to  Cainsville  to  look 
over  the  route.  As  they  came  down  from  Iowa  the  three  men  mapped 
out  in  a  general  way  the  route  for  the  new  road  which  was  later  built  but, 
after  going  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver,  was  sold  to  the  Keokuk  and 
Western  Railway  Company.  This  company  made  a  standard  guage  road 
of  it  and  finally  sold  it  to  the  Burlington  system. 

Doctor  Nally  served  as  a  director  on  the  Cainsville  Board  of  Educa- 
tion for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  He  has  seen  the  Cainsville 
school  grow  from  a  little  frame  building  with  two  teachers  to  the  present 
commodious,  well  managed  high  school.  Doctor  Nally  maintains  an 
interest  in  every  phase  of  civic  life.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Harrison 
County  Medical  Society,  of  the  Missouri  State  Medical  Society  and  of  the 
American  Medical  Association.  He  is  the  local  surgeon  for  the  Burling- 
ton Railway.  Not  only  has  he  kept  up  professional  and  civic  duties  but 
he  has  always  been  interested  in  all  propositions  that  tend  to  build  up  the 
town  in  any  way.  He  was  one  of  the  farseeing  body  of  men  who  organized 
the  Cainsville  Bank,  and  save  for  a  year  or  two,  he  has  been  a  director 
of  the  bank  ever  since. 

The  Cainsville  Bank  was  organized  in  1883  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$13,000.00,  later  increased  to  S20,000.00,  and  again  to  $30,000.00  and  in 
1914  to  $50,000.00.  The  surplus  of  the  bank  is  $12,000.00.  The  present 
officers  are:  S.  N.  Glaze,  president;  H.  T.  Rogers,  cashier;  Doctor  Nally 
and  P.  O.  Wickersham,  assistant  cashiers;  and  Grace  TuiTell,  bookkeeper. 
The  official  board  of  the  bank  is  composed  of  the  following  members: 
S.  N.  Glaze,  M.  F.  Oxford,  P.  0.  Wickersham,  Daniel  Smothers,  H.  T. 


HISTORY   OP   HARRISON   COUNTY  729 

Rogers  and  Harvey  Nally.  The  stockholders  are  scattered  about  over 
Harrison  and  Mercer  counties  and  a  few  shares  are  held  in  Des  Moines, 
Iowa. 

When  the  Cainsville  Bank  opened  its  doors  for  business,  Samuel  H. 
Glaze  was  the  president.  C.  B.  Woodward  was  the  cashier  and  book- 
keeper and  did  all  the  work  of  the  bank  for  years,  filling  these  positions 
until  his  death  twenty  years  after  the  opening  of  the  bank.  The  first 
bank  was  operated  in  an  old  frame  building  on  the  site  of  the  present 
building,  which  was  erected  in  1897.  In  1913  the  building  was  remodeled 
and  refitted  with  marble  furnishings  which  give  the  bank  a  metropolitan 
appearance. 

Doctor  Nally  was  married  at  Cainsville,  November  29,  1881  to  Char- 
lotte E.  Pickens,  a  daughter  of  Enos  and  Charlotte  Ann  (Earle)  Pickens, 
natives  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  and  early  settlers  of  Harrison 
County.  To  Hai-vey  and  Charlotte  E.  (Pickens)  Nally  the  following  chil- 
dren were  born:  Enos  Clifton,  a  graduate  of  the  Cainsville  High  School 
and  of  the  Northwest  Dental  School  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  now  practicing 
in  Decatur,  Illinois;  Hortense,  now  the  wife  of  F.  D.  Lawhead,  of  Cains- 
ville; Bronna,  married  to  Dr.  Scott,  of  Cainsville;  William  H.,  a  farmer 
near  Cainsville;  and  Eugene  Field,  living  at  Cainsville. 

Doctor  Nally,  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  is  a  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist Church.  He  is  a  member  also  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
Lodge.  Doctor  Nally's  tall  and  erect  figure  is  a  familiar  sight  on  the 
streets  of  Cainsville.  His  varied  interests,  his  high  ideals  of  citizenship 
and  his  indomitable  energy  have  made  him  one  of  the  wdely  known  men 
of  the  county. 


George  E.  Girdner,  prominent  business  man  of  Cainsville,  was  born 
in  Mercer  County,  two  miles  southeast  of  Princeton,  June  23,  1874,  the  son 
of  John  R.  and  Mariah  Isabelle  (Granlee)  Girdner,  the  parents  of  five 
children  of  whom  George  E.  was  the  oldest. 

John  R.  Girdner  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  November  28,  1848,  the 
son  of  James  and  Anna  (Prichard)  Girdner,  natives  of  Kentucky,  who 
came  to  Mercer  County  and  settled  in  the  early  days.  John  R.  Girdner 
operated  land  in  Mercer  County  in  early  life  and  came  to  Harrison  County 
in  the  spring  of  1876.  He  owned  a  large  farm  here  which  he  operated 
and  was  also  an  extensive  cattle  feeder  and  was  well  known.  He  was 
one  of  the  men  who  organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Cainsville.     He 


730  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

married  Mariah  Isabelle  Granlee  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  January 
21,  1854,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Jennie  (Maple)  Granlee,  both  natives 
of  Pennsylvania  who  came  to  Mercer  County,  Missouri,  about  the  time 
of  the  Civil  War.  Mr.  Granlee  was  a  farmer  and  owned  the  land  which 
was  later  owned  by  John  R.  Girdner.  John  R.  Girdner  and  his  wife  now 
live  in  Princeton,  Missouri,  which  has  been  their  home  for  the  past  twenty- 
five  years. 

George  E.  Girdner  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  Harrison  County  and  at- 
tended the  Ross  district  school  and  the  Cainsville  High  School.  He  later 
spent  nine  weeks  as  a  student  in  the  old  Grand  River  College  at  Edinburg, 
Missouri,  and  took  a  business  course  of  ten  weeks  at  the  Stansberry  Col- 
lege. He  went  on  the  farm  in  Trail  Creek  Township  with  his  father  and 
when  the  father  moved  to  Princeton  in  1896,  George  E.  Girdner  took 
charge  and  conducted  the  farm  until  1904  when  he  began  to  farm  for 
himself  on  his  own  land.  He  remained  on  this  land  until  1907  when  he 
traded  it  for  the  home  place  which  he  sold  in  1916.  He  still  owns  several 
acres  of  land.  In  1915,  Mr.  Girdner  bought  a  lumber  yard  at  Cainsville 
with  his  brother,  Charles,  as  a  partner.  In  September,  1916,  the 
brothers  traded  the  lumber  yard  for  a  farm  in  Iowa  and  a  little  later 
George  E.  Girdner  bought  out  his  brother's  interest  in  the  land.  In  1918 
he  again  bought  the  lumber  yard  at  Cainsville  and  has  conducted  that 
business  ever  since.  He  has  a  large,  well  equipped  yard  and  does  an  ex- 
cellent business. 

Mr.  Girdner  was  married  on  February  26,  1899  to  Elizabeth  Leazen- 
by,  who  was  bom  in  Ohio,  the  daughter  of  William  V.  and  Sarah  (Keys) 
Leazenby,  both  natives  of  Ohio  who  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1881 
and  located  on  a  farm  south  of  Cainsville.  Mr.  Leazenby  now  lives  on 
a  farm  in  Marion  Township.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Leazenby's  first 
wife,  Sarah  (Keys)  Leazenby,  he  married  Mary  Harrison.  To  George 
E.  and  Elizabeth  (Leazenby)  Girdner  the  following  children  were  born: 
Forrest  W.,  Charles  Dorrel,  Lois  May,  and  Elizabeth  Lee,  all  living  at 
home.  Forrest  W.  and  Chai'les  Dorrel  are  students  at  Baker  University 
at  Baldwin,  Kansas. 

Mr.  Girdner  is  a  Democrat  and  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church 
where  he  has  been  the  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  since  1915. 
He  belongs  to  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Modem  Woodmen  of  America,  and  the  Yeo- 
man Lodges.     He  was  the  trustee  of  Trail  Creek  and  Madison  townships ; 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  731 

for  six  years  he  served  in  Trail  Creek  and  for  two  years  in  Madison.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  at  Cainsville,  acting  as  the 
president  for  the  past  five  years.  He  is  the  secretary  and  treasurer  for 
the  Harrison  and  Mercer  County  Drainage  •  District.  This  is  a  corpora- 
tion organized  for  the  purpose  of  straightening  Grand  River  for  a  dis- 
tance of  about  twenty  miles  with  a  view  of  preventing  overflows  and  to 
this  extent  reclaiming  about  twenty-two  thousand  acres  of  land.  The 
district  was  organized  in  1916  and  the  actual  work  of  excavation  was 
begun  in  August,  1921. 

Mr.  Girdner  is  a  progressive  man  who  can  always  be  relied  upon  to 
aid  in  anything  for  the  public  welfare  or  the  community  improvement. 


S.  C.  Mossburg,  a  well  known  farmer  and  successful  stock  trader  of 
Harrison  County,  lives  in  Clay  Township  where  he  was  bom  July  14,  1868, 
the  son  of  Phihp  and  Mary  (Collins)  Mossburg. 

Philip  Mossburg  was  born  in  Ohio  and  later  came  to  Iowa,  where  he 
married  Mary  Collins,  a  native  of  Jones  County,  Iowa.  In  1868  they  came 
to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Clay  Township,  Han-ison  County,  where  they 
engaged  in  farming.  Philip  Mossburg  died  a  few  years  ago  at  the  age  of 
seventy-seven  and  his  wife  died  in  1918  at  the  age  of  eighty-two.  The  re- 
mains of  both  are  buried  in  Akron  Cemetery.  Mr.  Mossburg  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics  and  both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  Their  children  were:  S.  M.,  a  resident  of  Mullens,  Idaho;  Fred- 
erick, of  Coeur  d'Alene,  Idaho;  Frances,  the  oldest  child,  who  is  now  de- 
ceased and  who  was  married  to  J.  N.  Edwards;  Charles  W.,  living  at  Cains- 
ville; S.  C,  the  subject  of  this  review;  Cora  and  Carrie,  twins;  Cora  mar- 
ried to  W.  L.  Riley  of  Davis  City,  Iowa,  and  Carrie,  deceased ;  and  Floyd, 
living  at  Riverton,  Wyoming. 

S.  C.  Mossburg  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  has  followed  that  occu- 
pation all  of  his  life.  He  has  been  a  trader  and  has  owned  various  tracts 
of  land  at  different  times.  He  at  one  time  owned  600  acres  and  at  present 
has  a  farm  of  205  acres  in  Clay  Township.  For  the  last  thirty-five  years 
he  has  been  a  live  stock  buyer.  In  the  fall  of  1920  he  left  his  farm  and 
moved  to  Gainesville  where  he  continues  in  the  business  of  stock  trading 
in  which  he  has  been  very  successful. 

Mr.  Mossburg  was  married  on  March  1,  1888  to  Lena  Riley,  a  native 
of  Ohio  and  the  daughter  of  W.  E.  and  Sidney  (Frazier)  Riley,  both  natives 


732  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

of  Ohio.  Mrs.  Mossbuig  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  was  a  school- 
mate of  her  husband  in  the  district  school.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mossburg  have 
one  child,  Clayton.  He  married  Nellie  Brower  of  Cainsville  and  they  now 
live  at  Rosette,  Wyoming.  They  have  five  children  as  follows:  Maudie, 
Samuel  Clair,  Kenneth,  Robert  and  Lena  K. 

S.  C.  Mossburg  served  as  the  assessor  of  Clay  Township  in  1918.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  Lodge.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  Mr.  Mossburg  is  a  reliable 
and  substantial  citizen  of  his  community. 


W.  Pelikan,  reliable  hardware  merchant  of  Cainsville,  was  born  in 
the  part  of  Europe  now  known  as  Czecho  Slovak,  July  12,  1858.  His 
parents  were  W.  and  Antonia  (Hlinecky)  Pelikan,  both  of  whom  were 
bom  and  lived  in  Europe.  The  father  died  in  his  native  country,  Bohemia. 
He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  W.  and  Antonia  (Hlinecky)  Pelikan 
had  two  children  born  to  them:  W.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  and 
Joseph,  now  deceased. 

W.  Pelikan,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  learned  the  tinners  trade  in 
his  native  land.  In  1881  he  left  his  old  home,  came  to  the  United  States 
and  settled  in  Racine,  Wisconsin,  where  he  remained  for  five  years  work- 
ing at  his  trade.  In  1886  he  came  to  Cainsville,  Missouri,  and  began 
working  for  Burrows  and  McKiddy  Hardware  Company.  Later  he  worked 
for  Moss  and  Rogers  Hardware  Company  and  continued  in  this  position 
for  several  years.  In  1905  Mr.  Pelikan  went  into  business  for  himself 
and  opened  a  hardware  store  in  connection  with  which  he  has  a  tin  shop. 
His  son,  Ted,  is  a  partner  in  the  business  with  him.  The  store  is  located 
in  a  good,  modern  building  owned  by  Charles  Girdner.  Mr.  Pelikan  and 
his  son  carry  a  good  stock  of  goods  and  conduct  a  substantial  business. 
Mr.  Pelikan's  early  training,  as  well  as  the  practical  work  he  did  after 
coming  to  Cainsville,  have  contributed  to  his  later  success. 

W.  Pelikan  has  been  married  twice.  The  first  time  was  in  1884  to 
Katherine  Repa,  who  was  born  in  Bohemia,  November  26,  1864,  and  died 
in  the  United  States,  May  17,  1895.  To  the  union  of  W.  Pelikan  and 
Katherine  (Repa)  Pelikan  the  following  children  were  born:  Mary,  now 
the  wife  of  Charles  Dolecheck,  of  Ringgold  County,  Iowa ;  Edwin,  now  a 
resident  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  a  pharmacist  by  trade;  Oldrich,  de- 
ceased ;  Martha,  now  Mrs.  Alva  Rake  of  Ringgold  County,  Iowa ;  and  Fred, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  733 

now  a  druggist  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  Mr.  Pelikan  was  married  the  second 
time  to  Mary  Jane  Zeycheck,  a  native  of  Bohemia,  in  1897.  To  this 
union  three  children  were  born:  Florence,  living  at  home  and  a  teacher 
in  the  public  schools;  Ted,  in  business  with  his  father;  and  Esther,  at 
home. 

Fred  Pelikan  is  a  veteran  of  the  World  War.  He  enlisted  for  service 
at  Sterling,  Illinois  and  was  first  sent  to  Post  Hospital,  Ward  F,  Fort  Sher- 
idan, Illinois.  Later  he  was  sent  to  the  Signal  Corps  in  Camp  McArthur, 
Texas,  and  from  there  he  was  sent  to  the  Aero  Squad  673,  Morrison,  Vir- 
ginia. He  was  next  put  in  332  Air  Service  Squadron,  Hempstead,  Long 
Island,  Aviation  Field  No.  2,  and  a  short  time  later  he  was  sent  overseas. 
He  returned  home  in  1919  and  went  back  into  the  drug  business  in  Chi- 
cago.    All  of  his  war  service  was  done  in  the  medical  corps. 

W.  Pelikan  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Yeo- 
man Lodge  and  of  a  Bohemian  lodge,  the  C.  S.  P.  S.  Mr.  Pelikan  is 
well  known  in  his  community  where  he  has  the  esteem  of  his  associates. 


T.  S.  Duff,  a  well  known  and  successful  physician  and  surgeon  of 
Cainsville,  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  since  he 
was  twenty-one  years  old,  and  was  a  graduate  of  a  medical  college  before 
he  was  of  age.  He  was  born  in  Hancock  County,  Illinois,  July  26,  1878, 
the  son  of  J.  F.  and  Mary  A.  (Rockhold)  Duff.  Three  children  were  born 
to  this  union  as  follows:  T.  S.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  Lee,  now  a 
mechanic  in  Los  Angeles,  California;  and  Boise,  deceased. 

J.  F.  Duff,  father  of  Dr.  T.  S.  Duff,  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1852  and 
died  at  Mountain  Grove,  Missouri,  in  1905.  He  was  a  graduate  of  the 
Law  School  of  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan  and  practiced  law  in  Illinois  for  a 
time.  He  also  farmed  and  at  different  times  engaged  in  various  occupa- 
tions. After  he  came  to  Missouri,  he  practiced  law  in  Princeton.  His 
wife,  Mary  A.  (Rockhold)  Duff  was  born  in  Wayne  County,  Iowa,  in  1858 
and  now  lives  in  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Dr.  T.  S.  Duff  attended  the  school  at  Lineville,  Iowa.  He  took  two 
years  of  high  school  work  and  then  entered  the  Kansas  City  Medical  Col- 
lege at  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1899.  He 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri.  He 
settled  at  Cainsville  in  1905.  Here  Doctor  Duff  has  worked  hard  and  has 
built  up  a  good  practice.     He  is  always  keenly  interested  in  the  advances 


734  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

made  in  his  profession.  He  has  taken  post-graduate  courses,  one  of  them 
polytechnic,  both  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  He  has  a  good  home  within  the 
city  limits. 

Doctor  Duff  was  married  in  1901  to  Clara  Bowman  of  Davis  City, 
Iowa,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Emma  (Arnold)  Bowman,  both  natives 
of  Iowa.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Duff.  They 
are  Ethelyn,  Madelyn,  and  Darrel,  all  at  home. 

Doctor  Duff  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 


David  E.  Bain,  a  farmer  of  Madison  Township,  is  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War  who  has  been  a  resident  of  Harrison  County  since  he  was  thir- 
teen years  old,  when  his  parents  drove  overland  from  Indiana  to  Missouri. 

David  E.  Bain  was  bom  March  10,  1846  in  Morgan  County,  Indiana, 
the  second  of  eleven  children  born  to  his  parents,  John  and  Nancy 
(Bryant)  Bain,  natives  of  North  Carolina  and  Kentucky  and  both  early 
settlers  in  Indiana  where  they  were  married.  When  John  Bain  was 
thirteen  years  old  he,  with  his  sister  and  his  mother,  walked  from  North 
Carolina  to  Morgan  County,  Indiana.  He  with  his  wife  and  children  came 
to  Harrison  County  in  1859  and  settled  in  Madison  Township  on  a  farm. 
Later  John  Bain  became  superintendent  of  the  County  Home  and  retained 
that  position  for  seven  years.  About  1872  he  opened  a  hotel  at  Cainsville 
which  he  conducted  successfully  for  several  years.  At  the  same  time  he 
carried  the  mail  from  Princeton  to  Blythedale.  He  died  at  Cainsville  and 
his  wife  died  in  Mercer  County,  in  August,  1891,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine. 

David  E.  Bain  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  worked  as  a  farm  hand,  re- 
ceiving as  payment  twenty-five  cents  a  day.  As  he  was  a  better  worker 
than  the  average  his  wages  were  raised  to  sixteen  dollars  a  month.  When 
the  Civil  War  broke  out  he  enlisted  at  Eagleville  in  the  Forty-third  Mis- 
souri Volunteer  Infantry,  Company  E.  This  company  was  captured  by 
Price  at  Glasgow,  Missouri,  in  October,  1864,  but  was  later  paroled.  The 
company  was  then  put  on  duty  to  guard  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad 
between  Kansas  City  and  St.  Louis  and  was  stationed  on  the  Big  Blue 
River  in  Jackson  County.  The  company  was  discharged  from  service  in 
August,  1865,  at  St.  Louis.  Mr.  Bain  returned  to  his  work  on  the  farm 
and  in  1869  he  bought  the  eighty  acres  that  is  now  his  home.  He  moved 
onto  this  place  about  five  years  later  and  built  a  log  house.  He  fenced 
the  place  with  rails  which  had  to  be  hauled  a  distance  of  eight  to  ten 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  735 

miles.  There  were  practically  no  improvements  and  many  times  dur- 
ing each  year  the  roads  were  so  muddy  that  they  were  impassable  for 
horses.  Since  those  early  pioneer  days,  however,  the  county  has  been 
developed  and  Mr.  Bain,  who  has  been  road  overseer  for  years,  points 
proudly  to  the  good  roads  of  the  township  now. 

David  E.  Bain  was  married  in  October,  1870,  to  Elizabeth  Wilcox, 
a  native  of  Ohio  who  came  to  Harrison  County  with  her  uncle,  Reece 
Preston.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bain  have  thirteen  children  as  follows:  William 
Franklin,  living  in  Decatur  County,  Iowa;  Deliah,  wife  of  Grant  Hadley, 
of  Cainsville;  John  A.,  a  contractor  and  carpenter  of  Lake  Andrews, 
South  Dakota;  Harvey,  a  farmer  living  near  Grand  Forks,  North  Dakota; 
Nancy,  deceased,  who  was  married  to  Tony  Baker;  Samuel,  a  farmer 
living  in  Trail  Creek  Township;  Oscar,  in  the  oil  fields  of  Oklahoma; 
Pearl,  living  at  home;  Delia,  wife  of  Sherman  Casebolt,  of  Iowa  City, 
Iowa;  Dorothy,  wife  of  Everet  Baker  of  Madison  Township;  Benjamin 
Harrison,  Houston,  Texas;  Oren  Earl,  who  served  in  the  World  War. 
He  was  inducted  into  service  and  assigned  to  Company  D,  134th  United 
States  Infantry,  at  Camp  Cody  and  was  there  when  the  annistice  was 
signed.  He  is  now  living  at  Sheridan,  Wyoming.  One  child  who  died 
in  infancy.    Pearl  and  Oren  Earl  are  twins. 

Mr.  Bain  is  a  life  long  Republican  and  was  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  in  this  part  of 
the  county  and  his  recollections  of  the  hardships  and  privations  of  his 
early  life  in  the  county  and  of  the  perilous  days  of  the  Civit  War  are 
interesting  reminiscences. 

J.  G.  Buis,  an  enterprising  farmer  of  Madison  Township  and  the 
owner  of  120  acres  of  land  in  Harrison  County,  was  born  in  Trail  Creek 
Township,  April  28,  1885,  the  son  of  James  Franklin  and  Marcella  Jane 
(Smothers)  Buis. 

James  Franklin  Buis  was  born  in  Indiana,  March  14,  1854,  the  son 
of  Henderson  Greenbury  Buis  who  came  with  his  wife  and  family  to 
Missouri  in  early  days  and  settled  on  a  farm  four  miles  east  of  Ridgeway 
where  they  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  James  Franklin  Buis 
left  Missouri  in  1894  and  went  to  western  Kansas  where  he  now  lives. 
His  wife  who  was  born  in  Mercer  County  about  1857  is  also  living.  To 
the  union  of  James  Franklin  Buis  and  Marcella  Jane  (Smothers)  Buis 
the  following  children  were  bom :     Ida,  now  the  wife  of  R.  D.  Taylor,  of 


736  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Des  Moines,  Iowa;  Ella,  now  the  widow  of  Samuel  Bridge  and  living  on 
her  home  place  in  Madison  Township;  John,  deceased;  J.  G.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch;  Frances,  now  the  wife  of  Alva  Crabb  of  St.  Joseph,  Mis- 
souri ;  Rosa,  living  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa ;  Lola,  married  Leonard  Larson 
of  Mercer  County,  Missouri;  and  Roy,  deceased.  Lola  and  Roy  Buis 
were  twins. 

J.  G.  Buis  attended  the  White  Oak  district  school  and  was  reared 
on  a  farm.  He  began  working  for  himself  as  a  farm  hand  when  he  was 
nineteen  years  old  and  continued  until  he  was  twenty-one.  He  then 
rented  some  land  in  Harrison  County  south  of  Ridgeway.  He  farmed 
on  rented  ground  for  five  years  when  he  bought  his  present  farm  in 
Madison  Township.  He  has  made  extensive  improvements  on  his  farm. 
He  breeds  Spotted  Poland  China  hogs  and  sells  by  public  sale  and  in  the 
private  markets.  He  is  a  careful  dealer,  although  liberal.  He  is  known 
as  one  of  the  successful  young  business  farmers  of  his  community. 

J.  G.  Buis  was  married  on  March  24,  1907,  to  Anna  Mary  Wyant 
who  was  born  in  Madison  Township,  November  14,  1891,  the  daughter 
of  P.  A.  and  Margaret  (Wright)  Wyant.  To  J.  G.  and  Anna  Mary 
(Wyant)  Buis  the  following  children  were  born:  Delia  Delores,  Dorrel 
Dean,  Deva  Delane  and  Darrel  Dee.  It  will  be  observed  that  both  the 
names  of  all  the  children  begin  with  the  letter  D. 

Mr.  Buis  is  a  Democrat  and  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Christ. 
He  is  serving  at  present  on  the  school  board  of  district  No.  59.  Mr.  Buis 
is  a  progressive  young  man  who  merits  the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held 
by  his  fellow  citizens. 


Frank  Peshek,  a  well  known  and  successful  farmer  and  business 
man  of  Madison  Township,  was  born  in  Austria,  December  8,  1879,  the 
son  of  Joseph  and  Frances  Peshek,  who  came  to  the  United  States  and 
settled  in  Harrison  County  in  1882.  They  bought  land  in  Madison  Town- 
ship and  farmed  for  many  years.  Frances  Peshek  died  in  1911  at  the 
age  of  sixty-seven  and  her  husband  died  in  1917  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight.  To  their  union  six  children  were  born,  only  one  of  whom,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  now  survives. 

Frank  Peshek  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  attended  the  rural  schools 
of  the  county.  He  farmed  at  home  until  1903,  when  he  moved  to  Cains- 
ville  and  bought  a  partnership  with  his  brother  Joseph,  in  a  grocery  and 
meat  market.     He  remained  in  this  business  for  three  years,  when  he 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  737 

sold  his  interest  to  his  brother  and  went  into  the  hardware  business  with 
George  Burris.  This  firm  remained  in  business  until  they  sold  out  to 
Smith  and  Hall  and  in  1909,  Frank  Peshek  bought  the  old  home  place 
of  120  acres.  The  farm  which  is  called  the  White  Oak  Stock  Farm  is 
well  kept  and  has  been  improved  steadily  by  Mr.  Peshek.  The  owner 
handles  high  grade   stock  and  conducts   a  scientifically   managed  farm. 

Frank  Peshek  was  married  in  1904  to  Julia  Roubinek  who  was  born 
in  Diagonal,  Iowa.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peshek  have  no  children  but  they  are 
rearing  as  their  son,  Virgil  Gereaux. 

Mr.  Peshek  is  a  Democrat  and  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
Joseph  Peshek  helped  to  organize  the  First  National  Bank  of  Cainsville. 
In  1910,  Frank  Peshek  became  a  stockholder  in  the  bank  and  in  1919  he 
was  elected  to  the  position  of  vice  president  of  the  bank.  He  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  for  five  years.  Mr.  Peshek  is  one 
of  the  successful  farmers  and  business  men  of  the  county.  His  varied 
training  has  fitted  him  for  tlie  position  of  trust  he  holds  in  the  bank  and 
his  integrity  and  business  insight  have  given  him  the  excellent  standing 
he  has  with  his  fellow  citizens. 


Joseph  Klesalek  is  a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Madison  Township, 
where  he  owns  150  acres  of  well  improved  land  and  handles  high  grade 
stock  and  is  known  as  an  enterprising  and  substantial  man. 

He  was  born  at  Cainsville,  August  9,  1883  and  is  the  son  of  Joseph 
and  Frances  (Golias)  Klesalek.  There  were  four  children  in  the  family 
as  follows:  Anna,  deceased;  Antone,  deceased;  Mary,  deceased;  and: 
Joseph,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Joseph  Klesalek,  Sr.,  was  born  in: 
Bohemia  in  1847.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and  came  to  the  United  States 
about  1874.  He  settled  at  Cainsville  and  worked  there  at  his  trade  until 
1893  when  he  began  farming  on  the  land  now  owned  by  his  son,  the 
subject  of  this  review.  Here  he  died  in  1906.  His  wife,  Frances 
(Golias)  Klesalek,  was  born  in  Bohemia  in  1851,  was  married  there  and 
her  two  oldest  children  were  born  there.  Mrs.  Klesalek  is  now  living 
at  Cainsville. 

Joseph  Klesalek  received  his  education  in  the  Cainsville  public 
school  and  the  St.  Joseph  Business  College  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  After 
completing  his  work  in  school,  he  began  farming  on  his  father's  land  in 
Madison  Township.  In  1906  he  bought  eighty  acres  of  land  and  in  1915 
he  added  more  until  he  owned  his  present  tract.  Mr.  Klesalek  has  made 
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738  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

a  great  many  substantial  improvements  on  the  land  and  has  been  suc- 
cessful in  his  work. 

Mr.  Klesalek  was  married  July  10,  1915  to  Rosa  Lisa.  Mrs.  Kle- 
salek  was  born  in  Madison  Township,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Frances 
Lisa  who  are  now  living  in  Madison  Township.  To  the  union  of  Joseph 
and  Rosa  (Lisa)  Klesalek  one  child,  Clarence  Edward,  has  been  born. 

Mr.  Klesalek  is  a  Republican.  In  1921  he  was  elected  trustee  of 
Madison  Township  and  is  now  serving  on  the  school  board  for  District 
No.  59.     He  is  an  enterprising  young  man,  well  liked  in  his  community. 


Porter  Reeves  is  a  prominent  farmer  and  land  owner  of  Harrison 
County.  His  land  holdings  consist  of  743  acres,  240  acres  in  Madison 
Township,  160  acres  near  Lomani,  Iowa,  103  acres  south  of  Leon,  Iowa, 
and  240  acres  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri. 

Porter  Reeves  was  born  in  Schuyler  County,  Missouri,  July  26,  1861, 
the  son  of  John  and  Lucenda  (Hulen)  Reeves.  John  and  Lucenda 
(Hulen)  Reeves  were  the  parents  of  six  children:  an  infant,  deceased; 
Porter,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Anna,  now  deceased,  who  was  mar- 
ried to  Charles  Lynch ;  Effie,  now  Mrs.  Sheets,  of  Cainsville,  Missouri ; 
E.  S.,  now  a  resident  of  Lawrence,  Kansas;  and  Wilham,  of  Olathe, 
Kansas. 

John  Reeves  was  born  in  Fairfax  County,  Virginia,  in  1832  and 
came  to  Missouri  when  he  was  eight  years  old  with  his  parents,  Hiram 
and  Anna  (Halley)  Reeves,  both  natives  of  Virginia.  They  entered  the 
first  eighty  acres  of  land  ever  taken  up  in  Schuyler  County  and  spent 
the  remainder  of  their  lives  there.  John  Reeves  and  family  came  to 
Harrison  County  in  1875  and  bought  a  farm  three  miles  east  of  Eagle- 
ville.  In  1892  Mr.  Reeves  retired  from  active  farming  and  moved  to 
Cainsville  where  ihe  died  September  16,  1912.  He  was  a  prominent 
farmer  and  stockman  in  the  county.  He  bought  and  fed  cattle  and  at 
one  time  owned  1500  acres  of  land  near  Blythedale  as  well  as  land  south 
of  Cainsville.  His  wife,  Lucenda  (Hulen)  Reeves  was  born  in  Schuyler 
County  in  1842  and  died  in  1917.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reeves  were  mem- 
bers* of  the  Christian  Church.  Their  remains  are  buried  in  Oak  Lawn 
Cemetery. 

Porter  Reeves  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools  of  the  county.  In 
1887  he  went  into  the  livery  business  at  Blythedale  and  later  left  that 
to  enter  the  hardware  business  in  the  same  town.     He  also  conducted  a 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  739 

hardware  store  at  Cainsville  and  has  dealt  in  farm  and  commercial  trad- 
ing for  several  years.  In  1903  he  moved  to  Cainsville  and  has  devoted 
his  time  to  the  management  of  his  farms  since  that  time.  In  1909  Mr. 
Reeves  moved  to  his  present  home  at  the  northwest  part  of  the  city 
limits. 

Porter  Reeves  was  married  on  October  14,  1880  to  Carrie  Scott  who 
was  born  in  Harrison  County,  a  daughter  of  Moses  and  Mary  (Graham) 
Scott,  both  natives  of  Indiana  and  early  settlers  of  Harrison  County. 
Moses  Scott  was  a  well  known  farmer  of  the  county.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  are  deceased.  To  Porter  and  Carrie  (Scott)  Reeves  the  following 
children  were  born:  Guy  E.,  a  clothier  with  Frank  French,  of  Cains- 
ville ;  and  Lora,  now  the  wife  of  Arthur  Brann,  of  Tulsa,  Oklahoma.  They 
have  one  child,  Mary  Reeves  Brann. 

Mr.  Reeves  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  Modem  Woodmen  of  America 
lodges.  In  1916  he  was  appointed  presiding  judge  of  the  First  District 
in  Harrison  County.,  In  his  work  as  a  farmer  and  as  a  cattle  man,  in 
his  management  of  the  various  farms  which  he  owns  and  in  his  per- 
formance of  his  public  duties  Mr.  Reeves  has  been  successful.  He  has 
high  ideals  of  citizenship  and  always  stands  ready  to  forward  the  com- 
munity interests  and  civic  welfare. 


James  Parrish,  deceased,  was  a  well  known  farmer  of  Madison 
Township,  where  he  spent  many  years  of  his  life.  Mr.  Parrish  was 
born  in  Coshocton  County,  Ohio,  November  28,  1828.  His  father  was 
Pausley  Parrish,  a  native  of  Illinois,  now  deceased.  James  Parrish  left 
Ohio  in  1860  and  went  to  Illinois  where  he  remained  for  several  years. 
In  1879  he  left  his  old  home  at  Bennett,  Illinois,  and  came  to  Harrison 
County  where  he  bought  a  farm  of  240  acres  of  which  he  later  sold  120 
acres  to  his  brother  who  was  also  a  farmer.  Mr.  Parrish  was  a  practical 
man  in  his  work;  he  thoroughly  realized  the  value  of  progress  and  put 
many  improvements  on  his  farm. 

James  Parrish  was  married  July  4,  1881  to  Samantha  Light,  who 
was  bom  in  Shelby  County,  Illinois,  November  10,  1853.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Cynthana  Light,  both  natives  of  Pennsylvania. 
She  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  has  always  been  a  woman  who  worked 
hard.  To  her  union  with  Mr.  Parrish  no  children  were  born,  but  Mrs. 
Parrish  took  a  little  girl  into  her  home  and  reared  her  to  womanhood. 


740  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

The  child  was  Stella  Parrish,  now  the  wife  of  Mr.  Beeson  of  Ridgeway. 
She  has  a  family  of  ten  children. 

James  Parrish  died  at  this  home  on  his  farm  near  Ridgeway,  Janu- 
aiy  11,  1908,  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine  years.  He  identified  himself 
with  the  Baptist  Church  in  1850,  and  his  funeral  service  was  conducted 
by  the  Baptist  minister,  Rev.  V.  M.  Harper.  The  remains  of  Mr.  Par- 
rish are  buried  in  the  Lilly  Cemetery. 

While  he  lived  in  Illinois,  Mr.  Parrish  was  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  was  an  industrious,  energetic  man 
who  held  the  high  esteem  of  his  neighbors. 


Anthony  Skroh,  a  retired  fanner  of  Madison  Township,  is  now  liv- 
ing at  Cainsville  where  he  moved  after  his  retirement  from  active  work 
on  his  farm.  He  has  six  acres  of  ground  and  a  good,  well  kept  home 
in  the  northeast  part  of  Cainsville  where  he  is  enjoying  his  freedom 
from  active  business  cares. 

Anthony  Skroh  was  born  in  southeast  Bohemia,  June  11,  1854,  the 
son  of  Joseph  and  Anna  (Fiala)  Skroh.  Joseph  Skroh  was  born  in 
Bohemia  in  1813  and  was  married  in  1848  to  Anna  Fiala,  a  native  of 
Bohemia,  born  in  1826.  They  left  their  native  land  in  June,  1865  and 
came  to  the  United  States  where  they  settled  in  Madison  Township, 
Harrison  County.  Joseph  Skroh  was  a  tanner  by  trade  but  he  bought 
140  acres  of  land  in  Madison  Township  from  Peter  Cain  and  made  im- 
provements on  it.  This  land  is  now  held  by  his  son,  the  subject  of  this 
review.  Joseph  Skroh  died  July  19,  1875  and  his  wife  died  in  Septem- 
ber, 1876.  To  their  union  three  children  were  bom:  Joseph,  deceased; 
Anthony,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Anna,  deceased. 

Anthony  Skroh  came  to  Harrison  County  with  his  parents  and  re- 
mained on  the  farm  where  they  settled  until  his  retirement  in  1916. 
After  the  death  of  his  father,  he  made  extensive  improvements  on  the 
farm  and  added  to  the  original  holding  until  he  owned  380  acres  of 
land  which  he  later  divided  among  his  children.  Mr.  Skroh  also  owns 
land  in  North  Dakota.  Several  years  ago  he  began  breeding  Holstein 
and  Shorthorn  cattle  and  Percheron  horses  in  which  work  he  made  a 
success. 

Mr.  Skroh  was  married  November  6,  1881  to  Mary  Stocklasa,  born 
February  2,  1862  in  Bohemia,  the  daughter  of  Wencil  and  Anna  Stock- 
lasa, early  settlers  of  HaiTison  County,  having  left  Bohemia  in   1876. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  741 

Mr.  Skroh  was  married  in  Mercer  County.  To  this  union  seven  children 
were  born:  Anna,  wife  of  Joseph  Posler  of  Madison  Township;  Fred 
v.,  who  with  his  wife  and  three  others  were  killed  September  24,  1921 
on  their  farm  at  Monte  Vista,  Colorado;  Matilda  M.,  married  to  Joseph 
Jezek,  of  Diagonal,  Iowa;  Adolph,  living  on  the  home  place;  Edwin  H., 
hving  in  North  Dakota ;  Charlie,  the  fifth  child,  who  was  killed ;  and  Tressie 
M.,  living  at  home. 

Mr.  Skroh  is  an  independent  voter  in  politics  and  is  a  member  of 
the  C.  S.  P.  S.  Lodge,  a  Bohemian  organization  which  has  held  a  charter 
in  St.  Louis  since  1854.  Mr.  Skroh  says  that  his  success  has  been 
achieved  because  of  his  hard  work.  He  has  been  an  energetic  and  in- 
dustrious man  and  a  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  his  community. 


Samuel  H.  Glaze,  deceased,  was  a  man  whose  name  is  connected 
with  the  pioneer  days  in  Harrison  County.  He  had  large  land  holdings 
and  was  interested  in  commercial  enterprises,  in  politics,  and  in  lodge 
work.  He  was  born  in  Wood  County,  Virginia,  November  13,  1816,  the 
son  of  John  and  Annie  (Wolf)  Glaze  of  German  and  English  descent. 
John  Glaze  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  later  a  farmer  of  West 
Highland  County,  Ohio,  where  he  died  in  1879  at  the  age  of  eighty 
years. 

Samuel  H.  Glaze  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  West  Highland  County, 
Ohio,  and  farmed  on  a  small  tract  of  land  which  he  owned  until  1857, 
when  he  sold  out  and  moved  to  Harrison  County,  where  he  bought  more 
than  2,300  acres  of  land  near  Cainsville.  He  improved  this  land  which 
was  later  divided  among  his  children.  Mr.  Glaze  helped  to  organize  the 
Cainsville  Bank  and  was  the  first  president  of  the  bank,  holding  that 
office  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics  and  served 
as  the  justice  of  the  peace  of  his  township.  He  was  a  devoted  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  worked  faithfully  in  that 
order  until  his  death  which  occurred  May  13,  1907. 

Samuel  H.  Glaze  man-ied  Sarah  Milburn,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
bom  August  22,  1815.  She  died  September  6,  1885.  To  this  union  nine 
children  were  born,  four  of  whom  are  now  living:  Samuel  N.,  of  whom 
a  sketch  appears;  Sarah  A.,  wife  of  W.  C.  Baker,  whose  sketch  appears 
in  this  volume;  Lydia  L.,  married  to  John  H.  J.  Summers  and  living  at 
Blythedale;  and  Daniel  R.,  a  review  of  whose  life  appears  in  connection 
with  the  sketch  of  his  son,  Dr.  L.  A.  Glaze. 


742  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Samuel  Nelson  Glaze,  prominent  citizen  of  Cainsville,  belongs  to  a 
family  whose  name  is  well  known  in  Harrison  County.  The  Glaze  name 
has  been  connected  with  farming  interests,  mercantile  pursuits  and 
commercial  enterprises  for  many  years. 

S.  N.  Glaze  was  born  in  West  Highland  County,  Ohio,  March  9,  1843, 
the  son  of  Samuel  H.  and  Sarah  (Milburn)  Glaze.  Data  on  the  life  of 
Sainuel  H.  Glaze  appears  elsewhere  in  this  volume. 

Samuel  N.  Glaze  came  to  Missouri  with  his  parents  in  1857.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  43rd  Missouri  Volunteer 
Infantry  under  Colonel  Harding  and  served  from  August,  1864,  until 
June,  1865.  He  returned  to  Harrison  County  and  operated  a  sawmill 
on  Grand  River  with  his  brother-in-law,  W.  C.  Baker,  from  1869  to  1876. 
After  then  he  farmed  and  then  conducted  a  flour  mill  in  connection  with 
his  farming  for  a  number  of  years. 

Mr.  Glaze  was  married  April  3,  1893  to  Mary  E.  Kinion,  a  daughter 
of  John  Kinion,  a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Madison  Township,  who  came 
to  Missouri  from  Wapello,  Iowa,  in  1856.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil 
War.  To  the  marriage  of  Samuel  N.  and  Mary  E.  (Kinion)  Glaze  the 
following  children  were  born:  Oscar  L.,  now  living  in  Canada;  Bertram, 
an  implement  dealer  at  Cainsville;  Carl  E.,  a  farmer  in  Madison  Town- 
ship; and  Carrie  Austin  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Glaze  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  the  president  of  the 
Cainsville  Bank  which  his  father  helped  organize.  Mr.  Glaze  is  one  of 
the  leading  citizens  of  Cainsville,  a  man  whose  integrity  and  high  ideals 
in  business  have  brought  him  the  trust  and  esteem  of  his  community. 


Wesley  C.  Baker,  who  has  been  a  farmer  and  stockman  in  Harrison 
County  since  1860,  was  born  in  Van  Buren  County,  Iowa,  April  20,  1845. 
His  father,  Jacob  A.  Baker,  was  a  native  of  Maryland  and  came  to  Indiana 
in  his  early  manhood  and  became  a  farmer  and  plasterer.  In  Maryland 
he  married  a  Miss  Hall  who  died  and  later  in  Indiana  he  married  Mary 
Ann  Hite  who  became  the  mother  of  Wesley  C.  Baker.  In  1845  Jacob  A. 
Baker  came  to  Iowa  but  did  not  like  the  country  and  soon  returned  to 
Indiana  where  he  died  in  Monroe  County  in  1850.  His  wife,  Nancy 
(Hite)  Baker  died  in  1857.  Jacob  A.  Baker  was  the  father  of  thirteen 
children  by  both  marriages.  By  his  marriage  to  Ann  Hall,  Jacob  A. 
Baker  had  four  children  as  follows:  Eliza  Ann,  Sarah  Jane.  John  Wes- 
ley and  Joseph   Henry,  all   deceased.     By  Jacob  A.   Baker's   marriage, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  743 

March  5,  1835,  to  Mary  Ann  Hite,  the  following  children  were  born: 
Samuel  H.,  Jacob  A.,  Charles  G.,  Daniel  R.,  Wesley  C,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Cathrine  G.,  Ann  B.,  Margaret,  Isaac  W.,  all  of  whom  are 
deceased  except  Wesley  C. 

Wesley  C.  Baker  was  reared  in  Indiana  and  after  coming  to  Mis- 
souri with  his  half  brother,  Joseph  Henry  Baker,  he  worked  as  a  farm 
hand  on  the  brother's  farm  receiving  his  board  and  clothes  for  his  work, 
n  1862,  he  left  home  and  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Civil  War  in  Com- 
lany  E,  3rd  Missouri  State  Militia  Cavalry.  He  served  for  six  months 
and  then  was  discharged  on  account  of  disability.  In  1863  he  helped 
his  brother  raise  a  crop  and  again  in  1864,  he  enlisted  in  the  army  at 
Cainsville,  in  Company  C,  48th  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was  on 
guard  duty  at  Rock  Island  and  was  discharged  in  the  fall  of  1864. 

After  leaving  the  army  Mr.  Baker  came  back  to  Harrison  County 
and  in  1865,  made  an  agreement  with  his  brother  by  which  he  obtained 
the  ownership  of  118  acres  of  land,  paying  his  brother  $400.00  in  cash 
and  working  by  the  month  and  trading  for  the  remainder  which  was 
$100.00.  In  1866  he  left  the  farm  and  learned  the  plasterers  trade. 
For  three  months  that  winter  he  attended  the  district  school  at  Eagle- 
ville.  In  1860  and  1861  he  attended  school  in  a  log  cabin  which  was  the 
school  building  of  that  day.  Here  he  had  as  teacher,  Henry  Carson.  In 
1867  Mr.  Baker  went  back  to  his  farm  and  began  work  there.  This 
place  was  north  of  his  present  farm.  He  sold  some  land  and  traded  for 
other  land,  conducting  his  business  of  general  farming  from  1869  to 
1874  in  partnership  with  S.  N.  Glaze,  his  father-in-law  from  whom  he 
borrowed  money  for  part  of  his  enterprises.  In  1873,  Mr.  Baker  moved 
to  his  present  farm.  Here  he  built  a  log  cabin  and  a  stable  of  logs  and 
at  once  set  about  making  improvements.  No  such  thing  as  barbed  wire 
was  known,  the  fences  being  constructed  of  rails.  Mr.  Baker  bought 
some  land  from  Mr.  Glaze,  paying  ten  dollars  an  acre  for  part  of  it. 
Other  people  around  him  wanted  to  sell,  so  from  time  to  time  he  bought 
more  land.  His  wife  also  inherited  land  and  altogether  they  had  over 
eleven  hundred  acres  in  Madison  Township. 

Wesley  C.  Baker  was  married  November  24,  1867  to  Sarah  Anna  Glaze 
who  was  born  March  11,  1849,  the  daughter  of  S.  H.  and  Sarah  (Mil- 
burn)  Glaze.  To  the  union  of  Wesley  C.  and  Sarah  Anna  (Glaze)  Baker 
the  following  children  were  born:  Anna  M.,  married  to  L.  D.  Cochran 
who  now  lives  at  Kirksville  and  are  the  parents  of  four  daughters,  all 
teachers ;  Samuel  H.,  a  farmer  living  southwest  of  the  home  place  in 


744  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Madison  Township  and  the  father  of  one  child;  Charles  W.,  a  farmer 
living  west  of  his  father's  farm  and  with  three  children;  Harvey  N.,  a 
farmer  living  six  miles  southeast  of  Cameron  with  four  children;  Coy  E., 
a  resident  of  Madison  Township  with  three  children;  Mary  Cordia,  at 
home;  and  Manly  V.,  conducting  the  home  place,  has  one  child.  All  of 
Mr.  Baker's  children  had  a  good  common  school  education.  He  has 
sixteen  grandchildren  and  three  great  grandchildren. 

Mr.  Baker  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
Before  the  Civil  War,  he  was  identified  with  the  United  Brethren  Church, 
but  later  went  into  the  Mt.  Pleasant  Methodist  Church  and  was  a  class 
leader  in  it  for  many  years.  He  belonged  to  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  and  always  took  an  active  interest  in  the  work  of  that  organ- 
ization. Mr.  Baker  is  a  citizen  who  can  always  be  depended  upon  to 
further  the  cause  of  community  improvement,  a  man  with  high 
standai'ds  of  citizenship  and  one  who  has  been  successful  because  of  his 
energy  and  perseverance. 


J.  0.  Reed,  a  druggist  and  well  known  business  man  of  Blythedale, 
was  bora  in  Union  Township,  March  29,  1870.  His  parents  were  George 
O.  and  Jennie  (Shirtz)  Reed. 

George  0.  Reed  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  November,  1842.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  came  to  Missouri  with  his  parents  very  early  in  his  life. 
They  settled  in  Clinton  County  and  George  0.  Reed  remained  there  until 
after  the  Civil  War  when  he  moved  to  Union  Township,  Harrison  County 
and  farmed  there  until  his  death,  March  19,  1894.  His  wife  was  born 
in  Clinton  County  in  1849.  She  now  lives  at  Ridgeway.  To  the  mar- 
riage of  George  0.  and  Jennie  (Shirtz)  Reed  the  following  children  were 
born:  Cora  G.,  now  Mrs.  Albei't  Garrison  of  Ridgeway;  Mary  V.,  mar- 
ried to  F.  L.  Cowperthwaite  of  Dighton,  Kansas;  J.  O.,  the  subject  of 
this  review ;  and  Lydia,  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  J.  J.  Winningham,  of  Blythe- 
dale. 

J.  0.  Reed  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  remained  in  farm  work  until 
1886.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  and  the  Eagleville  High 
School.  In  1892-1893  he  attended  the  college  at  Stanberry  and  then 
taught  school  for  eight  years  in  the  rural  schools  at  Ridgeway,  at  Eagle- 
ville and  at  Blythedale.  He  clerked  in  a  drug  store  for  a  while  and  then 
went  to  Highland  Park  College  in  Des  Moines  where  he  took  a  course  in 
pharmacy.     In  1896  Mr.  Reed  entered  the  drug  business  at  Blythedale 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  745 

which  busmess  he  has  conducted  ever  since,  and  in  which  he  has  been 
successful. 

Mr.  Reed  was  married  May  6,  1896  to  Mamie  Winningham  who  was 
born  in  Harrison  County,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  F.  M.  and  Ehzabeth 
(Woodward)  Winningham,  both  now  deceased.  No  children  were  born 
to  Mr.  Reed's  marriage.  In  1921,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reed  adopted  a  son. 
Jack  C,  who  was  born  June  11,  1921. 

Mr.  Reed  is  identified  with  the  Democratic  party  in  politics  and  is 
a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  Lodge.  He  helped  organize  the  Citizens  Bank  of 
Blythedale  and  has  been  on  the  board  of  that  institution  since  its  organ- 
ization. He  is  a  stockholder  in  that  bank  and  also  in  the  Fanners  and 
Merchants  Bank.  Mr.  Reed  is  a  progressive  business  man  and  a  reliable 
citizen  of  his  community. 


Dr,  J.  J.  Winningham,  a  successful  physician  and  surgeon  of  Blythe- 
dale and  the  owner  of  363  acres  of  land  in  Union  Township,  belongs  to 
a  family  that  has  been  favorably  known  in  Harrison  County  for  many 
years.  He  was  born  at  Brooklyn,  Missouri,  March  3,  1870,  the  son  of 
Dr.  F.  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Woodward)  Winningham.  His  birth  place 
was  the  same  farm  where  his  mother  and  his  son,  Archie,  were  born. 
The  tract  of  176  acres  is  now  owned  by  Dr.  J.  J.  Winningham. 

Dr.  F.  M.  Winningham  was  born  March  3,  1846  on  a  farm  two  miles 
northeast  of  Bethany.  He  received  his  medical  training  at  the  Cincin- 
nati Medical  School  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  graduated  in  1874. 
He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Martinsville  and  came  to 
Blythedale  in  1896  where  he  built  up  a  practice  and  remained  until  his 
death  in  1912.  He  was  also  interested  in  the  drug  business.  Doctor 
Winningham  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
His  parents  were  Sharp  and  Malinda  (Miller)  Winningham,  natives  of 
Indiana.  Sharp  Winningham  was  one  of  the  memorable  group  of  men 
who  went  west  in  1849  in  search  of  gold.  He  was  killed  on  the  way  to 
the  gold  fields.  Elizabeth  (Woodward)  Winningham  was  born  in  1850, 
the  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Sarah  (Robinson)  Woodward,  both  natives  of 
Virginia  and  early  settlers  of  Harrison  County  where  they  o^vned  land 
in  Union  Township.     Mrs.  Winningham  died  in  1912. 

Dr.  J.  J.  Winningham  is  one  of  three  children  bom  to  his  parents. 
The  others  are:    Allie,  now  the  wife  of  Porter  Buntin  of  Blythedale; 


746  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

and  Mamie,  now  the  wife  of  J.  0.  Reed,  a  sketch  of  whose  life  appears 
in  this  volume.  All  of  the  children  grew  up  on  the  farm  and  J.  J.  Win- 
ningham  attended  the  Marion  Sims  Medical  College  at  St.  Louis  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1897.  He  began  practicing  at  Brooklyn,  Mis- 
souri and  remained  in  that  location  until  1907,  when  he  came  to  Blythe- 
dale  where  he  has  established  a  good  practice. 

Doctor  Winningham  was  married  October  30,  1890,  to  Lydia  Nevada 
Reed,  bom  in  Harrison  County,  the  daughter  of  George  0.  and  Jennie 
(Shirtz)  Reed.  To  this  union  two  children  were  born:  Archie  J.,  a 
veteran  of  the  World  War  who  served  in  France  for  a  year  in  the 
Engineer  Corps  and  now  living  at  Eastland,  Texas;  and  Bonnie  Lee, 
now  the  wife  of  Vern  Trotter  of  McPherson,  Kansas.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Trotter  have  one  daughter,  Catherine. 

Doctor  Winningham  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  belongs  to  the  Harrison  County 
Medical  Society.  He  is  a  substantial  citizen  and  a  progressive  man  in 
his  profession. 


Thomas  Brinigar,  a  practical  farmer  and  stockman  of  Harrison 
County,  is  the  owner  of  196  acres  of  well  improved  land  and  has  his 
residence  one-fourth  mile  from  the  city  limits  of  Blythedale. 

Mr.  Brinigar  was  born  in  Lafayette  County,  Wisconsin,  June  23, 
1852,  the  son  of  Michael  and  Emily  (Kreamer)  Brinigar,  sketches  of 
whose  lives  appear  in  connection  with  the  review  of  the  life  of  W.  J. 
Brinigar  in  this  volume.  Thomas  Brinigar  attended  the  district  schools 
of  Wisconsin  and  came  v/ith  his  parents  to  Missouri  when  he  was 
eighteen  years  old.  That  was  in  the  early  days  when  Harrison  County 
was  still  a  part  of  the  wild  frontier  and  Mr.  Brinigar  tells  that  the 
country  abounded  in  deer,  wild  turkeys  and  prairie  chickens.  He  had 
all  a  boy's  zest  for  hunting  and  used  to  shoot  the  prairie  chickens  from 
his  father's  doorway. 

Thomas  Brinigar  became  heir  to  forty  acres  of  land  and  later  added 
to  that  tract.  He  improved  his  land  and  sold  it,  buying  it  back  in  1921. 
He  does  general  fanning  on  his  land  and  is  a  successful  stock  raiser. 

Mr.  Brinigar  was  married  the  first  time  February  16,  1872  to 
Lucinda  Bandy,  a  native  of  Knox  County,  Illinois.  To  this  union  four 
children  were  born:  Rosa,  the  wife  of  Jacob  Walton  of  Colfax  Town- 
ship; George,  living  in  Marion  Township;  Alta,  married  to  B.  M.  Troxell, 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  747 

of  Wyoming;  and  Grace,  wife  of  Benjamin  Briggs.  Mrs.  Brinigar  died 
February  12,  1918  at  the  age  of  sixty-one  years.  On  March  4,  1920, 
Mr.  Brinigar  married  the  second  time,  Mrs.  May  (Bell)  Smith,  widow 
of  Norman  Smith,  of  Lamoni,  Iowa,  who  had,  by  her  first  marriage, 
one  daughter,  Ruth,  now  married  and  living  in  Montana. 

Mr.  Brinigar  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints  Church.  He  is  much  interested  in  the  problem  of  better  roads 
and  has  served  as  road  overseer  for  his  township.  He  has  also  served 
on  the  grand  jury  at  Bethany  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  petit  jury 
five  terms,  one  term  at  St.  Joseph.  Mr.  Brinigar  is  a  reliable  citizen, 
industrious  and  enterprising. 


J.  E.  Harper,  the  popular  and  efficient  cashier  of  the  Citizens  Bank 
at  Blythedale,  was  bom  in  Colfax  Township,  February  29,  1888,  the  son 
of  S.  M.  and  Eldora  (Richardson)  Harper  to  whom  three  children  were 
born:  J.  E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Telore,  living  in  Colfax  Town- 
ship; and  W.  I.,  a  resident  of  St.  Joseph. 

S.  M.  Harper  was  born  in  Colfax  Township,  in  January,  1867,  the 
son  of  W.  B.  and  Nancy  (Bridges)  Harper,  the  former  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky and  the  latter  of  Illinois.  They  were  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Harrison  County,  coming  here  in  1848  and  homesteading  land  in  section 
22  of  Colfax  Township.  W.  B.  Haiper  died  on  the  land  which  he  took 
up.  He  owned  other  land  in  Missouri  and  also  in  Kansas  at  the  time 
of  his  death  in  1894  when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  ninety-four  years. 
His  wife  died  in  1906  at  the  age  of  seventy-two.  Eldora  (Richardson) 
Harper  was  a  native  of  Clay  Township  and  died  when  only  a  young 
woman.  S.  M.  Harper  now  lives  with  his  son,  the  subject  of  this  re- 
view. As  a  young  man,  S.  M.  Harper  was  a  farmer,  later  conducting  a 
butcher  shop  and  still  later  engaging  in  the  drug  business  at  Blythe- 
dale. He  went  to  St.  Joseph  and  was  in  various  lines  of  work  until 
1920,  when  he  came  back  to  Blythedale  to  live  with  his  son. 

J.  E.  Harper  was  reared  on  a  farm,  attended  the  district  school  and 
began  life  for  himself  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  when  he  began  farming  on 
a  farm  with  his  uncle,  John  A.  Harper.  Mr.  Harper  continued  to  farm 
until  1911,  when  he  began  to  carry  the  mail  on  Route  No.  3  and  later 
on  Route  No.  1  from  Blythedale.  In  1919  he  accepted  the  position  of 
cashier  at  the  Citizens  Bank  and  has  continued  in  this  place  ever  since. 


748  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

The  Citizens  Bank  of  Blythedale  was  organized  in  1910.  The  first 
pi'esident  was  Christopher  Canaday.  The  present  officers  are:  W.  J. 
Brinigar,  of  Marion  Township,  president;  M.  B.  Officer,  of  Blythedale, 
vice  president;  J.  E.  Harper,  cashier;  and  R.  F.  Richardson,  J.  M.  Gill, 
J.  O.  Reed,  E.  M.  Dale,  W.  J.  Brinigar,  and  M.  B.  Officer,  directors.  The 
capital  stock  surplus  and  undivided  profits  of  the  bank  is  $37,000.00. 
The  bank  is  located  in  a  building  owned  by  the  organization  with  furni- 
ture and  fixtures  valued  at  $1,750.00. 

Mr.  Harper  was  married  January  2,  1910  to  Mattie  Jones,  born  in 
Clay  Township,  the  daughter  of  S.  P.  and  Malinda  (Cason)  Jones,  early 
settlers  of  this  county.  Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Harper;  Creta  and  Cleo,  the  latter  deceased. 

Mr.  Harper  is  a  Democrat  and  is  identified  with  the  Christian 
Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  Mr.  Harper  is  a  capable  busi- 
ness man  who  brought  a  wide  experience  to  the  bank  and  has  therefore 
been  a  marked  success  in  his  line  of  work.  He  has  assisted  in  building 
up  the  Citizens  Bank  and  that  institution  is  now  one  of  the  efficient 
banking  organizations  in  the  county. 


H.  W.  Beeney,  formerly  a  farmer  and  stockman,  has  now  retired 
from  active  life  but  still  lives  on  his  farm  of  eighty  acres  in  Clay  Town- 
ship. Mr.  Beeney  is  of  English  descent,  his  parents  having  been  among 
the  people  who  saw  greater  and  better  opportunity  for  prosperity  and 
improvement  in  the  new  land  of  America  than  in  their  native  country. 

H.  W.  Beeney  was  born  in  Knox  County,  Ohio,  February  8,  1846, 
the  son  of  Joseph  and  Anna  (Wright)  Beeney,  both  natives  of  England 
where  they  were  married.  They  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children  of 
whom  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  tenth  child  born  and  is  now 
the  only  surviving  one.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beeney  came  to  the  United  States 
in  their  youth  and  settled  in  Knox  County,  Ohio,  where  they  operated  a 
farm  and  where  they  both  died. 

H.  W.  Beeney  was  reared  in  Ohio  on  his  parent's  farm.  After  his 
marriage  he  came  to  Labette  County,  Kansas  where  he  conducted  a 
farm.  In  1869  he  moved  to  Harrison  County  and  rented  land  in  Clay 
Township.  He  farmed  and  worked  in  Princeton  for  six  years  and  about 
1883  bought  his  present  farm.  He  has  improved  this  land  extensively 
and  was  successful  in  his  work  on  it. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  749 

On  September  26,  1867,  Mr.  Beeney  was  married  in  Knox  County, 
Ohio  to  Mary  Riley,  born  in  that  county,  August  5,  1848,  the  daughter 
of  Lewis  and  Mary  (Holland)  Riley,  a  review  of  whose  lives  appear  in 
this  volume.  To  the  union  of  H.  W.  and  Mary  (Riley)  Beeney  four 
children  were  born :  Lewis  C,  deceased ;  Owen  L.,  living  in  Phelps  County ; 
Gracia  G.,  now  the  wife  of  H.  F.  Thomas  and  living  with  her  father, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Joseph,  a  resident  of  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri.    Mr.  Beeney  has  four  grandchildren. 

Mr.  Beeney  is  an  adherent  of  the  democratic  party  in  his  political 
views  and  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  has  the  esteem 
and  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens  because  of  his  life  of  integrity 
and  industry. 


Wallace  W.  Kurd,  deceased,  was  a  prominent  farmer  in  Harrison 
County  for  many  years.  He  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  in  Lorain  County, 
February  22,  1846. 

Mr.  Kurd's  parents  were  Seneca  M.  and  Ellen  (Hubbard)  Hurd,  the 
former  born  in  Ohio  and  the  latter  a  native  of  Illinois.  To  their  union 
five  children  were  born,  the  oldest  being  Wallace  W.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  The  only  child  surviving  at  present  is  a  daughter;  Emma,  now 
Mrs.  Turner  and  living  at  Harvard,  Nebraska.  After  the  death  of  Ellen 
(Hubbard)  Hurd,  Seneca  Hurd  married  Maria  Derby  and  to  this  union 
two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter  were  born. 

Wallace  W.  Hurd  was  a  miller  by  trade  and  he  worked  at  this  occu- 
pation in  Wisconsin  and  Iowa.  In  1870  he  came  to  Harrison  County  and 
bought  a  farm  of  sixty  acres  in  Marion  Township.  He  added  to  the 
original  holding  until  he  owned  over  230  acres  of  land.  He  operated  his 
farm  successfully  and  in  the  course  of  time  began  to  breed  pure  bred 
cattle.  He  handled  only  the  pure  bred  stock  and  raised  Herefords.  This 
business  he  continued  to  conduct  in  connection  with  general  farming 
until  his  death. 

Mr.  Hurd  was  married  December  13,  1868,  to  Ellen  Brinigar,  born 
in  Lafayette  County,  Wisconsin,  August  23,  1850.  Her  parents  were 
Michael  and  Emily  (Kreamer)  Brinigar,  mentioned  in  connection  with 
the  review  of  the  life  of  W.  J.  Brinigar  in  this  volume.  To  this  union 
of  Wallace  W.  and  Ellen  (Brinigar)  Hurd  eight  children  were  born,  two 
of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Those  living  are:  Hattie  Belle,  wife  of 
John  Copper,  a  farmer  in  Chase  County,  Nebraska;  Myron  H.,  living  at 


750  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Kinsley,  Kansas;  Oscar  E.,  a  resident  of  Meeker,  Colorado;  Harvey  W., 
of  Meeker,  Colorado;  Ross,  address  unknown;  and  Ella  Maud,  now  Mrs. 
F.  J.  Allman,  of  Blythedale.  A  sketch  of  the  life  of  F.  J.  Allman  ap- 
pears in  this  volume. 

Wallace  W.  Hurd  died  at  his  home  in  Blythedale,  Missouri,  P'ebru- 
ary  15,  1918,  and  his  widow  is  now  living  at  Blythedale.  Mr.  Hurd  was 
a  Republican  in  politics  and  was  an  adherent  of  the  Church  of  the  Lat- 
ter Day  Saints,  of  which  church  his  widow  is  a  member.  Mr.  Hurd  was 
a  member  of  the  school  board  of  his  district,  serving  in  that  capacity 
with  efficiency.  He  was  a  man  of  energy,  strong  purpose  and  industry. 
In  his  business  affairs  he  was  ever  upright  and  fair  and  in  his  work 
as  a  citizen  he  was  the  upholder  of  high  standards. 


Ii-a  Caldwell,  a  retired  farmer  of  Marion  Township  and  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  War,  is  living  now  in  Blythedale.  He  retains  the  owner- 
ship of  eighty  acres  of  land  in  sections  11  and  12  in  Marion  Township. 

Mr.  Caldwell  was  bom  in  Fayette  County,  Indiana,  May  12,  1839, 
the  son  of  Train  and  Jane  (McClure)  Caldwell,  both  natives  of  Ohio. 
The  parents  of  Train  Caldwell  were  natives  of  Kentucky  who  migrated 
to  the  northwest  in  the  early  days.  While  on  their  way  to  their  new 
home,  they  stopped  near  Cincinnati,  then  a  village  of  four  little  log 
cabins  to  negotiate  a  treaty  with  the  Indians,  and  while  waiting  there 
Train  Caldwell  was  bom  in  the  block  house  where  his  parents  stopped. 
Train  Caldwell  was  a  farmer  all  of  his  life.  He  died  at  Connersville, 
Indiana.  Jane  (McClure)  Caldwell  was  a  native  of  Adams  County, 
Ohio,  and  she  also  died  at  Connersville,  Indiana. 

Ira  Caldwell  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  Indiana.  In  1870,  he  went 
with  his  family  to  Cole  County,  Illinois  and  farmed  there  for  four  years. 
In  1874  he  came  to  HaiTison  County  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Marion 
Township  where  he  bought  land  until  he  had  200  acres.  He  improved 
this  land  and  remained  on  it,  conducting  a  successful  business  until  May, 
1920,  when  he  gave  up  the  active  work  of  the  farm  and  came  to  Blythe- 
dale to  live. 

Mr.  Caldwell  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  in  August,  1862,  when 
President  Lincoln  called  for  500,000  men.  Mr.  Caldwell  was  in  Company 
I,  84th  Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry  and  remained  in  active  service 
throughout  the  war.  He  served  under  Major  General  Thomas  and  was 
in  sixteen  battles. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  751 

Ira  Caldwell  was  married  October  10,  1867  to  Margaret  J.  Kelsey, 
who  was  born  in  Rush  County,  Indiana,  February  7,  1841.  Her  parents 
were  Joab  and  Sallie  (Broadway)  Kelsey.  Joab  Kelsey  came  to  Har- 
rison County  in  1855  and  homesteaded  land  in  Marion  Township,  but  left 
that  same  year  and  returned  to  Indiana  where  he  remained  until  1869 
when  he  came  back  to  Harrison  County.  He  died  here  and  his  remains 
are  buried  in  Hugh's  Cemetery  near  Ridgeway.  The  remains  of  his 
wife  are  buried  in  Indiana.  To  their  union  six  children  that  were  bom 
grew  to  maturity.  There  are  only  two  living  at  present:  Mrs.  Cald- 
well and  Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Moore,  a  widow,  living  at  Blythedale. 

To  the  union  of  Ira  and  Margaret  J.  (Kelsey)  Caldwell  two  chil- 
dren were  born:  Hester,  for  several  years  a  teacher,  now  married  to 
C.  B.  Harrison  and  living  on  a  farm  in  Marion  Township  and  Sanford, 
deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Caldwell  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church  and  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Post  551  at  Blythe- 
dale. He  is  one  of  the  hardy  and  intrepid  men  who  met  the  difficult 
days  of  the  country's  history  with  courage  and  fortitude.  To  such  we 
owe  much  credit  and  praise. 

Mr.  Caldwell  has  in  his  possession  a  solid  silver  cup  inscribed  "Indi- 
ana State  Fair  Premium,  1857",  which  was  awarded  him  for  exhibiting 
the  best  fat  cow  shown  at  the  Indiana  State  Fair  that  year.  He  also 
has  a  pipe  bowl  which  he  whittled  out  with  a  pocket  knife  while  he  was 
in  the  army  in  1863,  from  a  laurel  root  which  he  got  on  Lookout  Moun- 
tain, Tennessee.  The  bowl  is  as  perfect  as  though  it  was  moulded  by 
modern  machineiy. 


R.  C.  McNelly,  a  retired  farmer  of  Colfax  Township  and  the  owner 
of  180  acres  of  land  there,  is  of  Irish  descent  and  is  a  veteran  of  the 
Cvil  War.  He  was  born  near  Jefferson  in  Clinton  County,  Indiana,  the 
son  of  John  and  Jane    (Thompson)   McNelly. 

John  McNelly  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  August  18,  1816.  He  was 
a  wool  carder  by  trade  but  later  in  his  life  became  a  farmer.  He  came 
to  Decatur  County,  Iowa  in  1854  and  died  there  July  30,  1890.  His 
wife  was  bom  in  Pennsylvania,  February  25,  1821  and  still  lives,  al- 
though more  than  a  hundred  years  old,  at  Ridgeway.  She  was  mar- 
ried in  Indiana  and  to  her  union  with  John  McNelly  six  children  were 
born,  two  of  them  now  deceased. 


752  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

R.  C.  McNelly  was  the  second  child  of  his  parents.  He  was  reared  on 
a  farm  and  came  with  his  parents  to  Iowa  when  he  was  eleven  years 
old.  He  married  there  and  in  1876  came  to  Harrison  County  where  he 
bought  his  present  farm  which  he  at  once  began  to  improve.  He  did 
general  farming  and  stock  raising  in  both  of  which  industries  he  achieved 
success. 

Mr.  McNelly  was  married  April  27,  1870  to  Catherine  Asbach  who 
was  born  near  Bonne,  Germany,  July  24,  1848  and  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1853  with  her  parents,  John  and  Veronica  (Proff)  Asbach. 
They  settled  at  Brunswick,  Missouri  that  same  year  and  operated  a 
farm  there,  later  moving  to  Decatur  County,  Iowa  where  they  also  con- 
ducted a  farm.  To  the  union  of  R.  C.  and  Catherine  (Asbach)  McNelly 
four  children  were  born:  William,  now  living  at  home;  Mary  F.,  the 
widow  of  Mark  Stanley  of  Lamoni,  Iowa;  Ida,  deceased;  and  Gertrude, 
living  at  home.  Mr.  McNelly  has  three  grandchildren,  Everett,  Vernon, 
and  Gertrude  Stanley.  Mrs.  McNelly  died  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa,  while 
there  being  treated,  November  26,  1901. 

Mr.  McNelly  is  a  democi-at  in  politics.  He  enlisted  for  service  in 
the  Civil  War,  October  8,  1864  in  the  16th  Volunteer  Infantry,  3rd 
Brigade,  4th  Division,  17th  Corps,  Company  G,  which  was  made  up 
at  Dubuque,  Iowa.  He  saw  service  in  the  south  and  was  with  Sherman 
on  his  famous  March  to  the  Sea.  He  participated  in  the  final  Grand 
Review  at  Washington,  and  was  mustered  out  of  service  in  1865  at 
Davenport,  Iowa.  The  lives  of  such  men  as  Mr.  McNelly  mean  much 
in  the  growth  of  a  county.  By  their  adherence  to  high  standards  of 
citizenship,  by  their  indomitable  perseverance  in  the  face  of  difficulties, 
and  by  their  appreciation  of  the  needs  of  the  community  they  have  made 
possible  the  highly  organized  civic  body  that  makes  the  county  today. 


William  Whittig,  a  retired  farmer  of  Colfax  Township  and  the  owner 
of  400  acres  of  land  there,  is  a  man  whose  name  belongs  in  a  record  such 
as  this.  He  is  the  oldest  living  settler  now  in  the  township  and  the 
history  of  his  life  since  he  came  to  Harrison  County  is  the  story  of 
the  development  of  the  county  itself. 

Mr.  Whittig  was  born  five  miles  from  Dayton,  Ohio,  December  25, 
1827,  the  son  of  Frederick  and  Barbara  Whittig,  the  former  a  native  of 
Germany  and  the  latter  born  in  Maryland.  They  were  the  parents  of 
six  children  of  whom  Mr.  Whittig  is  the  only  one  surviving. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  753 

Wiliam  Whittig  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Civil  War  at  Bethany 
in  1862  and  was  placed  in  the  Provision  Corps.  He  participated  in  the 
mihtary  movements  around  Lexington.  After  the  war,  Mr. ;  Whittig 
returned  to  his  home  in  Harrison  County  and  has  lived  here  ever  since. 
He  lived  in  Whiteside  County,  Illinois  for  a  time  when  he  was  a  young 
man  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1856.  He  settled  in  Colfax  Township  and 
homesteaded  160  acres  of  land  for  which  he  paid  the  government  two 
dollars  an  acre.  To  enter  land,  it  was  necessary  to  make  payments  in 
gold  coin,  a  rare  commodity  that  was  difficult  to  obtain.  The  Missouri 
banks  refused  to  accept  Iowa  money,  and  in  turn  the  Iowa  banks  refused 
Missouri  money.  Mr.  Whittig  says  the  old  "shin  plasters"  were  the 
ordinaiy  medium  of  exchange.  Fortunately  he  had,  put  away  some 
gold  coins  while  he  lived  in  Illinois  and  these  coins  he  used  to  make 
the  payments  on  his  land  in  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Whittig's  reminiscences  of  life  in  the  early  days  in  the  county 
are  worthy  of  a  repetition  here.  They  make  a  phase  of  history  that 
we  can  get  only  through  the  men  and  women  who  were  an  integral  part 
of  those  pioneer  days.  Mr.  Whittig  built  a  log  cabin  on  his  land,  and 
being  a  poor  man  with  a  large  family,  he  and  his  wife  worked  practically 
day  and  night  to  improve  the  farm.  The  cabin  set  in  the  midst  of 
prairie  grass  as  high  as  a  horse  and  when  Mr.  Whittig  bought  cattle  he 
kept  them  in  the  yard  around  the  cabin  with  bells  tied  to  them  so  he 
could  find  them  in  the  mornings.  Otherwise  they  would  have  ibeen 
lost  in  the  thick  prairie  grass.  He  used  oxen  to  break  the  prairie  land,  a 
slow  and  arduous  task.  He  received  corn  from  St.  Joseph  and  then 
took  it  to  a  grist  mill,  worked  by  horses,  where  it  was  ground  into  meal. 
Flower  was  so  expensive  that  it  was  used  only  rarely  in  the  family. 
When  the  busy  season  came,  Mr.  Whittig  often  broke  prairie  all  day  and 
then  cut  corn  until  midnight.  It  was  a  life  of  privations  and  hard 
work  but  it  laid  the  foundation  for  the  well  improved  farm  that  belongs 
to  Mr.  Whittig  now. 

William  Whittig  was  married  to  Elzabeth  White,  born  in  Elkhart 
County,  Indiana,  who  died  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  at  the 
age  of  thirty-six  years.  To  this  union  nine  children  were  born,  six  of 
whom  are  still  living:  Frances,  deceased,  married  Frank  Smith;  Albert 
D.,  living  on  the  home  place  with  his  father;  Harvey,  living  in  Scotts 
Bluff  County,  Nebraska,  Martha,  deceased,  was  married  to  Albert  DeLong; 

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754  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Charles,  living  in  Idaho;  Leander,  a  resident  of  California;  Joseph,  liv- 
ing in  Idaho;  Ulysses,  deceased;  and  Rose,  at  home  with  her  father. 

Mr.  Whittig  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  and  is  a  member  of 
the  United  Bretherni  Church.  To  men  such  as  Mr.  Whittig:,  we  of 
today  owe  much.  They  braved  the  dangers  of  frontier  life  and,  by 
their  work,  made  possible  the  industrial  and  civic  growth  that  have 
built  up  Harrison  County. 


W.  C.  McKiddy,  a  resident  of  Cainsville  where  he  is  the  o\mer  of 
property,  has  been  a  merchant,  a  farmer  and  a  school  teacher  in  this 
county  and  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War.  He  was  born  in  Knox  County, 
Kentucky,  February  3,  1845,  the  son  of  John  H.  and  Bersheba  (Fuson) 
McKiddy.  Of  the  eight  children  born  to  them  only  two  are  now  living. 
They  are:  W.  C,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  the  sixth  child  born;  and 
Rachel,  the  wife  of  Charles  Hunter  of  Mercer  County. 

John  H.  McKiddy  was  born  in  Whitley  County,  Kentacky  in  1810, 
the  son  of  John  and  China  (Rose)  McKiddy,  the  former  a  native  of 
Scotland  and  the  latter  bom  in  Whitley  County,  Kentucky  of  English 
decent.  John  H.  McKiddy  died  in  1849.  His  widow,  a  native  of  Knox 
County,  Kentucky,  born  in  1819,  brought  her  family  to  Mercer  County, 
Missouri,  in  1858  making  the  difficult  overland  trip  driving  a  team  of 
oxen,  braving  the  privations  and  hardships  with  pluck  and  a  hardy 
endurance  that  were  characteristics  of  the  enterprising  families  who 
came  to  the  untried  frontier  in  those  days.  She  and  her  family  all 
settled  on  a  farm  which  they  began  to  improve.  Mrs.  McKiddy  had 
six  sons  and  four  who  served  in  the  Civil  War.  Thomas,  John,  and 
Jonathan  all  served  in  Company  M,  Missouri  State  Militia  Cavalry.  W. 
C,  the  subject  of  this  review,  served  in  Company  D,  44th  Missouri 
Volunteer  Infantiy.  Mrs.  McKiddy  died  in  February,  1865.  The  county 
may  well  be  proud  of  such  pioneer  women  for  to  their  indominable 
perseverance  we  owe  much  of  our  present  stability. 

W.  C.  McKiddy  was  reared  on  a  farm.  He  enlisted  in  the  war 
at  Princeton,  Missouri,  August  2,  1864  and  was  discharged  from  service 
at  St.  Louis,  August  15,  1865  having  seen  service  in  some  of  the  late 
battles  of  the  war.  He  went  back  to  Mercer  County  after  the  war  and 
began  farming  in  1867.  He  sold  his  farm  in  1876  and  entered  the  teach- 
ing profession  in  which  he  remained  until  1883.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  rural  schools  and  attended  a  select  school  but  was  prac- 


HISTORY   OP   HARRISON  COUNTY  755 

tically  a  self-educated  man.  He  taught  in  Mercer  County  and  the  two 
years  from  1881  to  1883  in  Cainsville.  On  March  31,  1883  he  opened  a 
hardware  store  at  Cainsville  which  he  continued  to  conduct  for  twenty 
years.  On  April  6,  1903  this  store  was  burned  and  Mr.  McKiddy  then 
went  into  the  real  estate  business,  continuing  to  conduct  this  enter- 
prise until  1916  when  he  retired  from  active  business  life. 

Mr.  McKiddy  was  married  May  10,  1883  to  Ida  B.  Chambers,  of 
Cainsville,  who  was  born  March  31,  1863  and  died  March  2,  1918.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  John  Quincy  and  Margaret  E.  (Bishop)  Chambers. 
Her  father  was  a  blacksmith  and  an  early  settler  of  Harrison  County. 
To  the  union  of  W.  C.  and  Ida  B.  (Chambers)  McKiddy  four  children 
were  born :  John  H.,  editor  of  the  Enid  Sunday  News  at  Enid,  Oklahoma ; 
Addie  Belle,  wife  of  E.  C.  Mullins  of  Princeton;  Sylvia  M.,  married  to 
D.  L.  Oliphant  and  now  living  with  her  father;  and  Harry  E.,  acci- 
dently  killed  at  Hutchinson,  Kansas.  Mr.  McKiddy  has  nine  grand- 
children. 

Mr.  McKiddy  is  a  republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church 
of  which  organization  he  is  a  deacon.  He  has  been  a  notary  public  for 
twenty  years.  Mr.  McKiddy  is  a  man  whose  variety  of  pursuits  have  kept 
him  keenly  interested  in  phases  of  social  and  business  life  and  he  main- 
tains  this  interest   since   his   retirement  from   business. 


Chailes  A.  Kopp,  enterprising  farmer  of  Colfax  Township  owns 
220  acres  of  well  improved  land  and  raises  graded  stock.  He  is  a  native 
of  this  county  where  he  was  born  in  Colfax  Township,  January  29,  1876, 
the  son  of  John  M.  and  Sarah   (Hoffman)   Kopp. 

John  M.  Kopp  was  born  in  Wurtenberg,  Germany,  January  27,  1831. 
When  he  was  a  boy  of  eleven  years  he  came  to  the  United  States  with 
his  parents  and  settled  in  Iowa.  When  he  was  thirteen  years  old  he 
started  to  work  for  himself  and  became  the  owner  of  a  good  farm  in 
Iowa.  He  came  to  Harrison  County  about  1858  and  settled  in  Colfax 
Township.  He  married  Sarah  Hoffman  of  Indiana  who  was  born  in 
January,  1836,  and  grew  up  in  Morgan  County,  Indiana.  To  their  union 
seven  children  were  born.  Three  of  them  are  now  living;  I.  L.,  living  at 
Bethany;  Hettie  E.,  now  Mrs.  Poush  of  Riverton,  Nebraska;  and  Charles 
A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

John  M.  Kopp  died  November  7,  1909  and  his  widow  died  October  19, 
1917.     Mr.   Kopp   was   a   Republican   in   politics   and   a   member   of   the 


756  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Christian  Church.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  Post  at  Eagleville.  He  served  in  the  23rd  Volunteer  Infantry, 
Missouri,  during  the  Civil  War  and  was  in  the  Battle  of  Shiloh  where 
he  was  wounded.  He  was  then  assigned  to  hospital  duty  and  was 
discharged  as  disabled.  He  came  back  to  Harrison  County  then,  where 
he  married  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

Charles  A.  Kopp  has  always  lived  on  a  farm.  He  has  therefore 
been  connected  in  a  very  practical  way  with  farm  problems  all  of  his 
life.  He  bought  his  first  land  in  1899,  improved  it,  and  added  to  his  hold- 
ings as  he  could  until  he  has  acquired  his  present  well  located  and  nicely 
improved  fann. 

Mr.  Kopp  was  married  to  Ida  M.  Hutton,  September  13,  1899.  Mrs. 
Kopp  was  born  in  Colfax  Township,  the  daughter  of  Marcellus  T.  and 
Anna  (Graham)  Hutton.  Mr.  Hutton  was  born  in  Bedford,  Indiana 
and  Mrs.  Hutton  was  a  native  of  Galesburg,  Illinois.  They  were  early 
set^jtlers  of  Harrison  County.  Both  are  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kopp  have  two  adopted  children;  Josephine  E.  and  Roy  N. 

Mr.  Kopp  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Reorganized  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints.  Mr.  Kopp  is  a  reliable  and  sub- 
stantial member  of  his  community,  a  man  known  for  his  integrity  and 
progressive  ideals. 


W.  W.  McFarland,  deceased,  was  a  well  known  farmer  in  Colfax 
Township  for  many  years.  He  was  born  in  Winneshiek  County,  Iowa, 
October  29,  1870,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Sarah   (Rutledge)  McFarland. 

Mr.  McFarland  was  a  farmer  all  of  his  life.  He  was  reared  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Iowa  and  after  he  grew  to  manhood  he  bought  land  for 
himself  in  that  state.  In  1895  he  came  to  Harrison  County  and  rented 
a  fai-m  near  Eaglesville.  That  same  year,  however,  he  bought  the 
present  McFarland  farm  in  Colfax  Tovniship.  This  was  at  first  a  tract 
of  eighty  acres  but  Mr.  McFarland  added  to  the  original  holding  until 
he  owned  200  acres  all  well  improved.  He  did  general  farming  and  raised 
graded  stock  attaining  marked  success  in  both  lines  of  work.  He  died 
April  2,  1918. 

W.  W.  McFarland  was  married  at  Fredericksburg,  Iowa,  December 
27,  1893  to  Bertha  Farnum.  Mrs.  McFarland  was  born  in  Marengo,  Iowa, 
where  she  grew  to  womanhood.  Her  father  was  William  C.  Farnum, 
born  in  Allegany  County,  New  York,  July  5,  1826.    He  moved  to  Henry 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  757 

County,  Illinois  in  1844  and  there  he  married  Laura  L.  Burt,  December 
5,  1850.  Mrs.  Famum  was  born  in  Niagara  County,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1832.  To  their  union  eight  children  were  bom,  six  of  them  still 
living:  Willis,  Frank,  and  Lemuel  live  at  Canby,  Minnesota;  a  daughter, 
now  Mrs.  Fred  Swale,  lives  at  Fredericksburg,  Iowa;  another  daughter, 
Helen,  is  now  Mrs.  Monroe,  living  in  South  Dakota;  and  the  youngest 
child.  Bertha,  is  the  widow  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

William  C.  Famum  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  in  which  he 
served  two  years  and  four  months.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic.  In  1878  he  moved  to  Iowa  and  in  1885  he  went  to 
Fredericksburg,  Iowa,  where  he  died  November  29,  1898.  Mrs.  Farnum 
died  August  11,  1900. 

To  the  union  of  W.  W.  and  Bertha  (Farnum)  McFarland  four  chil- 
dren were  born:  the  oldest  child  died  in  infancy;  Fola  L.,  died  in  1918; 
Zatha  D.,  living  at  home ;  and  W.  Wyane,  also  living  at  home. 

Mrs.  McFarland  is  a  member  of  the  United  Brethern  Church.  Mr. 
McFarland  was  identified  with  the  Baptist  Church  and  was  a  republican 
in  his  political  views.  He  was  an  enterprising  and  progressive  man  in 
his  vocation  with  high  ideals  of  his  civic  duty,  a  man  who  was  highly 
esteemed  for  his  integrity. 


J.  D.  Miller,  well  known  as  an  enterprising  farmer  of  Marion  Town- 
ship, is  now  retired  from  active  life  and  lives  at  the  north  edge  of  Eagle- 
ville.  The  Miller  name  is  well  known  in  this  county,  the  parents  of  Mr. 
Miller  having  been  early  settlers  here  and  Mr.  Miller's  two  sons  being 
attorneys  in  Bethany  and  Eagleville. 

J.  D.  Miller  was  bom  in  Lowell,  Indiana,  September  19,  1868,  the 
son  of  Jacob  A.  and  Melissa  Ann  (Hill)  Miller  to  whom  nine  children 
were  bom.  Only  three  of  them  are  now  living:  J.  D.,  the  subject  of 
this  review;  a  sister,  Mrs.  Gatley,  of  Louisburg,  Kansas;  and  J.  A.,  liv- 
ing in  Geddes,  South  Dakota. 

Jacob  A.  Miller  was  born  in  New  York,  August  21,  1842.  He  was  a 
farmer  all  of  his  life  and  has  now  retired  and  lives  at  Eagleville.  He 
enlisted  for  service  in  the  Civil  War  at  Joliet,  Illinois,  in  1863  and  was 
placed  in  Company  A,  156th  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  received 
his  discharge  in  1865  and  in  1877  came  to  Harrison  County  and  settled 
in  Union  Township.  Mr.  Miller  with  his  wife  and  children,  made  the 
trip  from  Indiana  to  Missouri  by  wagon.    They  were  twenty-one  days 


758  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

on  the  road,  fourteen  days  driving  in  the  rain.  Milissa  Ann  (Hill) 
Miller,  born  in  Lowell,  Indiana,  November  12,  1845,  died  September  25, 
1880  and  Mr.  Miller  married  the  second  time  in  1881.  His  second  wife 
was  Addie  Bonner,  born  in  Vicksburg,  Mississippi  and  to  this  union 
three  children  were  born:  Lloyd,  living  four  miles  west  of  Eagleville; 
Harry,  a  merchant,  a  review  of  whose  life  appears  in  this  volume;  and 
Iva,  wife  of  Frank  Matthews,  of  Fayette,  Missouri. 

J.  D.  Miller  attended  the  rural  schools  in  his  boyhood  and  later  was 
in  Stanbery  College  at  Stanbery,  Missouri,  for  six  months.  He  farmed 
on  rented  land  for  three  years  and  then  bought  a  farm  of  120  acres 
three  miles  southeast  of  Hatfield.  He  later  sold  that  place  and  pur- 
chased land  six  miles  southeast  of  Hatfield.  He  remained  on  this  farm 
until  1910  when  he  moved  to  Eagleville  where  he  owned  a  farm  of  eighty 
acres.  This  he  later  sold  and  moved  to  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  but  in 
1918  he  returned  to  Eagleville  and  has  made  that  place  his  home  ever 
since.     Mr.  Miller  has  owned  and  sold  320  acres  of  land  in  this  county. 

J.  D.  Miller  was  married  February  7,  1889,  to  Myrtle  B.  Fletcher, 
born  at  Civil  Bend,  Missouri,  and  to  this  union  three  children  were  born: 
Charles  A.,  prosecuting  attorney  of  Harrison  County,  at  Bethany; 
Le  Roy,  deceased;  and  George  R.,  an  attorney  at  Eagleville.  Both  of 
Mr.  Miller's  sons  were  teachers  in  the  Missouri  schools  before  they  were 
admitted  to  the  bar. 

Mr.  Miller  is  identified  with  the  Republican  party  in  politics  and  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  Hamilton  Township.  He  has  always 
been  a  man  of  enterprise  and  ambition  and  is  a  reliable  citizen. 


George  A.  Powell,  president  of  the  Citizens  Bank  of  Eagleville  and 
a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Colfax  Township  where  he  has  land  holdings 
of  480  acres  has  been  a  resident  of  Harrison  County  for  many  years  and 
is  a  well  known  citizen  here. 

G.  A.  Powell  was  born  near  Galena,  Jo  Daviess  County,  Illinois, 
October  14,  1857.  His  parents  were  G.  B.  and  Eliza  (Saucer)  Powell 
to  whom  four  children  were  born.  All  of  them  are  dead  except  G.  A., 
the  subject  of  this  review.  G.  B.  Powell  was  born  in  Hardin  County, 
Kentucky,  March  31,  1830.  His  parents,  Abel  and  Miss  (Turner) 
Powell,  both  natives  of  Kentucky,  came  to  Illinois  in  1835  and  settled 
in  Jo  Daviess  County  on  a  farm.  They  both  died  in  Illinois  and  their 
remains  are  buried  there.    They  were  the  parents  of  three  sons:    Wil- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  759 

liam,  deceased;  G.  B.,  now  living  with  his  son,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
and  Milton,  deceased. 

In  1870,  G.  B.  Powell  came  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  in  Lin- 
coln Township  where  he  farmed  until  his  retirement  from  active  business 
life.  He  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  lodge.  He  was  married  in  1854  to  Eliza  Saucer  who  was 
born  in  Jo  Daviess  County,  Illinois,  in  1834.  She  died  in  1911  and  her 
remains  are  buried  in  the  Eagleville  Cemetery.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Church. 

George  A.  Powell  attended  the  district  school  in  Illinois  and  was 
reared  on  a  farm.  When  he  was  thirteen  years  old  he  came  with  his 
parents  to  Missouri  where  he  has  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
owned  a  farm  in  Lincoln  Township  which  he  operated  in  partnership 
with  his  brother,  Fred,  for  five  years.  This  land  is  now  owned  by  Earl 
Powell,  a  nephew  of  G.  A.  Powell.  In  189-3  Mr.  Powell  bought  the  Heze- 
kiah  Herring  farm  of  360  acres  where  he  is  living  now.  He  has  made 
extensive  improvements  on  the  place  and  has  engaged  in  stock  buying 
and  selling  in  connection  with  general  farming.  In  both  lines  of  busi- 
ness, Mr.  Powell  has  been  both  enterprising  and  successful.  His  home 
is  located  on  the  Jefferson  High\vay  two  and  one-half  miles  north  of 
Eaglevile. 

G.  A.  Powell  was  married  October  21,  1893  to  Ida  Gilbert,  born  in 
Tazewell  County,  Illinois,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Martha  (Taylor)  Gil- 
bert, both  natives  of  Indiana.  Mr.  Gilbert  is  dead  and  his  widow  now 
lives  in  Tazewell  County,  Illinois.  Mrs.  Powell  was  a  teacher  in  the 
rural  schools  of  Illinois  for  several  years  before  her  marriage.  To  the 
union  of  G.  A.  and  Ida  (Gilbert)  Powell  two  children  were  born :  Lenore, 
a  graduate  of  the  State  Teachers  College  at  Kirksville  and  a  teacher  for 
a  number  of  years,  is  now  married  to  Myrh  Magee,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia; and  Fred,  a  graduate  of  the  Eagleville  High  School,  now  em- 
ployed in  a  bank  in  Los  Angeles,  California. 

George  A.  Powell  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  In  1900  he  assisted  John  Barber  in  the 
organization  of  the  Citizens  Bank  at  Eagleville.  He  is  a  stockholder  in 
that  institution  and  is  also  its  president.  His  wide  acquaintance  in  the 
county  and  his  varied  interests  have  made  him  a  valuable  officer  in  the 
bank.  Mr.  Powell  has  always  been  a  progressive  farmer  and  a  far- 
sighted  business  man  and  is  reckoned  as  one  of  the  efficient  and  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  his  community. 


760  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

William  Warren  Little,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  of  Col- 
fax Township,  is  the  owner  of  two  farms  and  has  a  new,  modern  house 
on  Jefferson  Highway.  He  has  240  acres  of  land  in  Missouri  and  60 
acres  in  Decatur  County,  Iowa.  Mr.  Little  belongs  to  one  of  the  pio- 
neer families  of  the  county  and  has  lived  here  since  he  was  one  and  one- 
half  years  old.  His  father  and  mother  were  pioneers,  first  in  Mi«souri, 
and  later  in  Iowa  and  the  family  name  has  been  well  and  favorably  known 
in  these  two  states  for  many  years. 

W.  W.  Little  was  born  near  Madison,  Wisconsin,  April  25,  1855.  His 
parents  were  James  M.  and  Elizabeth  Daliah  (Forster)  Little.  They  had 
eight  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living.  James  M.  Little  was  born 
in  Monroe  County,  Ohio,  June  25,  1830.  He  went  to  Wisconsin  in  1854 
and  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1856  and  rented  land  in  Colfax  Tow- 
ship  for  several  years.  During  the  Civil  War  he  bought  a  farm  in  De- 
catur County,  Fayette  Township,  Iowa  which  he  operated  until  his 
death,  February  11,  1896.  His  wife  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  April  10, 
1832  and  died  in  California  in  1912. 

William  Warren  Little  attended  the  district  school  and  grew  up 
on  the  farm.  His  father  was  a  invalid  and  had  little  to  give  his  chil- 
dren. Mr.  Little  therefore  started  as  a  poor  boy  and  began  early  to 
make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  He  helped  break  up  the  wild  prairie 
land  and  worked  hard  for  his  success.  He  bought  forty  acres  of  land 
from  his  father  in  the  fall  of  1876  and  added  to  this  as  he  could  until 
he  completed  the  work  of  purchasing  his  present  holdings.  Mr.  Little 
has  been  raising  stock  for  many  years  and  he  attributes  much  of  his 
success  to  that  line  of  work. 

W.  W.  Little  was  married  on  November  8,  1877  to  Martha  C.  Graham, 
bom  in  Wisconsin,  March  11,  1859  and  to  this  union  five  children  were 
born:  Mabel  G.,  wife  of  Harry  Wilcoxson  of  Colfax  Township;  Letha  D., 
married  to  James  Hart  of  Colfax  Township ;  Nora,  wife  of  Henry  Brooks, 
also  living  in  Colfax  Township;  James  Otis,  living  in  Decatur  County, 
Iowa;  and  Glenn  G.  of  Colfax  Tovsmship.  Mrs.  Little  died  September  14 
1916.  On  October  15,  1919  Mr.  Little  married  Mae  Lillian  Graham,  bom 
in  Wayne  Wisconsin,  a  cousin  of  Martha  C.  (Graham)  Little.  Mrs.  Mae 
Lillian  (Graham)  Little  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  University  at  Madison, 
Wisconsin  and  was  a  teacher  for  a  number  of  years  before  her  marriage. 
She  was  the  head  of  the  department  of  mathematics  in  the  Wausau 
High  School,  Wausau,  Wisconsin,  for  several  years.     Her  parents  were 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  761 

Charles  W.  and  Margaret  (Hay)  Graham.  Mr.  Graham  was  a  native 
of  Jefferson  County,  Missouri  and  Mrs.  Graham  was  born  near  Glasgow, 
Scotland.  They  lived  in  Warren,  Illinois  for  many  years  and  are  now 
dead.     Mr.  Little  has  six  grandchildren. 

Mr.  Little  is  a  Democrat  and  is  identified  with  the  United  Brethern 
Church.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  boai'd  of  District  No. 
11  for  twenty  years.  He  is  a  man  who  has  made  a  marked  success  in 
life  by  his  own  efforts.  He  was  ambitious  and  determined  and  these 
qualities  added  to  his  integrity  made  possible  the  carrying  out  of  his 
enterprises. 


R.  F.  Richardson,  well  known  as  an  enterprising  farmer  of  Colfax 
Township  where  he  owns  240  acres  of  land,  is  a  native  of  Harrison 
County.  His  family  for  three  generations  have  been  successful  farmers 
here  and  Mr.  Richardson  received  therefore  a  most  efficient  traning  in 
all  of  the  work  that  pertains  to  the  successful  operation  of  a  farm  while 
he  was  growing  up. 

R.  F.  Richardson  was  born  in  Colfax  Township,  July  24,  1864.  His 
parents  were  John  B.  and  Abigail  (Bridges)'  Richardson  whose  chil- 
dren were:  Charles,  deceased;  Mary  E.,  wife  of  Silas  Dale  of  Dallas, 
Texas;  Albert  L,  deceased,  a  review  of  whose  life  appears  in  this  vol- 
ume; R.  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Nettie,  married  to  W.  A. 
Fulkerson  of  Boise,  Idaho. 

John  B.  Richardson  was  born  in  Hart  County,  Kentucky,  in  1841 
and  came  to  Harrison  County  w'hen  he  was  a  lad  of  thirteen  with  his 
parents,  Paschal  and  Miss  (Wardup)  Richardson,  both  natives  of  Hart 
County,  Kentucky.  John  B.  JRichardson  married  Abigail  Bi'idg'es  in 
1860.  She  was  bom  in  Indiana.  They  lived  on  their  fann  in  Colfax 
Township  and  were  successful  in  their  work.  Mr.  Richardson  was  a 
republican  in  politics  and  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  the  township. 
He  died  in  1919  and  his  widow,  now  eighty-one  years  old,  is  living  at 
Blythedale. 

R.  F.  Richardson  attended  the  district  school  and  was  reared  on 
the  farm.  He  rented  land  from  his  father  for  the  first  two  years  after 
he  started  to  work  for  himself.  After  his  marriage  he  went  to  Eagle- 
ville  where  his  father-in-law  gave  Mrs.  Richardson  seventy  acres  of 
land.  This  land  Mr.  Richardson  sold  two  years  later  and  bought  eighty- 
three  and  one-half  acres  in  Section  Seventeen  in  Colfax  Tovioiship.    Five 


762  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

years  later  he  sold  this  farm  and  in  1894  he  bought  his  present  farm  of 
240  acres  of  land,  eighty  acres  of  which  is  timber.  Mr.  Richardson  has 
made  extensive  improvements.  He  has  operated  a  handle  factory  on 
his  farm  for  several  years.  He  installed  a  lathe  which  he  uses  to 
make  the  handles  for  axes,  hammers  and  such  tools,  using  only  native 
timber  for  the  handles.  Mr.  Richardson  has  achieved  success  in  this 
work  and  now  ships  his  products  to  many  states  in  the  union. 

R.  F.  Richardson  was  married  December  25,  1887  to  Lana  Dale, 
born  in  Kentucky  in  1867,  the  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Shir- 
ley) Dale,  early  settlers  of  this  county  and  both  now  dead.  To  the 
union  of  R.  F.  and  Lana  (Dale)  Richardson  the  following  children  were 
born:  Earl,  living  in  Colfax  Township;  Clair,  also  of  Colfax  Township; 
Ruth,  at  home  with  her  father  and  the  oldest  child  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Richardson  is  identified  with  the  Republican  party  and  is  a 
member  of  the  United  Brethern  Church.  He  was  cashier  of  the  Citizens 
Bank  at  Blythedale  from  1911  to  1915  and  is  now  a  director  of  that 
institution.  He  has  served  his  community  in  various  official  capacities 
and  the  fact  that  he  has  been  frequently  reelected  attests  to  his  effi- 
ciency. He  was  township  collector  in  Colfax  Township  for  six  years; 
clerk  and  assessor  for  four  years ;  trustee  for  four  years ;  and  is  now 
serving  as  clerk  and  assessor. 

Since  the  death  of  his  wife,  February  9,  1919,  Mr.  Richardson's 
daughter,  Ruth,  has  kept  house  for  him.  He  is  a  man  who  has  versatile 
abilities  and  wide  range  of  interests,  and  in  all  of  his  activities  he  has 
been  successful. 


E.  E.  Raskins,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Colfax  Town- 
ship, is  of  English  parentage  but  has  lived  in  Missouri  for  practically 
all  of  his  life.  He  was  born  in  Canada,  February  22,  1874,  the  son  of 
Myron  J.  and  Helen    (Simpson)    Haskins. 

Myron  J.  Haskins  was  born  in  New  York  State,  September  13,  1844 
and  moved  to  Canada  with  his  parents.  On  December  19,  1865  he  was 
married  to  Helen  Simpson,  born  in  Prince  Edward  Province,  Canada, 
March  16,  1848  and  they  came  to  Missouri  with  their  family  in  1880 
and  located  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  their  son,  E.  E.  Haskins.  They 
were  the  parents  of  six  children:  Mabel  C,  wife  of  J.  T.  Whittig  of  Cald- 
well, Idaho;  Charles  E.,  of  Lamoni,  Iowa;  Melvin  E.,  living  at  Skiatook, 
Oklahoma;  Mary  H.,  died  January  29,  1892;  E.  E.,  the  subject  of  this 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  763 

review;  and  Roy  E.,  now  living  at  Lamoni,  Iowa.  Myron  J.  Haskins 
was  a  republican  in  politics  and  was  a  member  of  the  Reorganized  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints.  He  was  highly  esteemed  by  the 
community  where  he  lived  and  was  elected  to  serve  in  various  official 
capacities  in  the  township.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  a  while  and 
was  a  member  of  the  township  board.  He  was  also  an  elder  in  the  church 
with  which  he  was  identified.  He  died  January  17,  1896.  His  widow 
died  December  21,  1920. 

E.  E.  Haskins  was  only  six  years  old  when  his  parents  came  to 
Harrison  County.  He  attended  the  district  schools  and  began  work  for 
himself  when  he  was  twenty-two  years  old.  He  operated  a  part  of 
the  estate  for  his  mother  for  a  while,  then  rented  a  farm  for  a  few 
years.  In  1916  he  bought  120  acres  of  land  and  later  became  heir  to 
some  land  so  that  his  holdings  are  now  319  acres,  all  well  improved.  Mr. 
Haskins  raises  Duroc  hogs  and  has  been  successful  in  that  work. 

On  December  13,  1896  Mr.  Haskins  was  married  to  Mabel  Earley 
who  was  bom  in  Kewanee,  Illinois,  February  4,  1881.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Whitehouse)  Earley,  both  natives  of 
England  who  left  their  native  country  in  1863  after  their  marriage. 
They  settled  first  in  Illinois  but  moved  to  Decatur  County,  Iowa  in  ISS*^* 
They  also  lived  in  this  county  for  a  short  time.  They  were  the  parents 
of  thirteen  children,  Mrs.  Haskins  being  the  twelfth  child  born  to  them. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earley  are  dead  and  their  remains  are  buried  in 
Andover,   Missouri. 

To  the  union  of  E.  E.  and  Mabel  (Earley)  Haskins  seven  children 
vere  born:  Malcolm,  trained  for  service  in  the  World  War  at  Camp 
i^unston,  Kansas  and  later  was  in  training  in  Detroit  when  the  armis- 
vice  was  signed,  now  living  in  Colfax  Township;  Iva  E.,  married  to 
Garland  Wendell,  of  Bethany;  Miriam,  wife  of  Everett  Wilcoxson  of 
Colfax  Township;  Clayton  Boyd,  died  in  infancy;  and  Velton,  Crystal, 
and  Arlo,  are  living  at  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haskins  have  one  grand- 
child. Fay  Louise  Haskins. 

E.  E.  Haskins  is  a  republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Reorganized 
Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints  in  which  he  is  an  elder. 
He  is  serving  his  third  term  as  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  member  of 
the  township  board.  Mr.  Haskins  is  a  reliable  and  substantial  citizen 
and  an  eflticient  officer  of  his  township.  He  is  enterprising  and  pro- 
gressive in  his  work  and  can  always  be  depended  upon  to  further  the 
cause  of  civic  welfare. 


764  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

J.  0.  Ballew,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Hamilton  Town- 
ship, is  the  owner  of  Hillsdale  Stock  Farm,  embracing  280  acres  of  well 
improved  land.  Mr.  Ballew  belongs  to  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  the 
county,  his  grandparents  having  entered  land  here  from  the  government 
in  early  days.  Mr.  Ballew  was  born  in  Hamilton  Township,  March  8, 
1881,  the  son  of  George  W.  and  Emira  E.   (Allen)  Ballew. 

George  W.  Ballew  was  born  in  Howard  County,  Missouri,  April  19, 
1846  and  followed  the  vocation  of  farming  all  of  his  life.  His  parents 
were  William  W.  and  Mary  Ann  (Taylor)  Ballew,  both  natives  of  Mis- 
souri. They  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1883  and  took  up  land  in 
Union  Township.  This  was  unbroken  prairie  then  and  the  land  had 
to  be  broken  up  with  teams  of  oxen.  It  meant  a  life  of  untiring  effort 
but  the  pioneers  were  inured  to  toil  and  privation  and  found  their  happi- 
ness in  their  successful  work  on  the  land. 

Geoi'ge  W.  Ballew  was  married  on  December  4,  1870  to  Emira  E. 
Allen,  born  August  8,  1853  at  Bethany,  the  daughter  of  Alston  and 
Emily  (Duncanson)  Allen,  the  former  born  in  Overton  County,  Tennessee 
and  the  latter  in  Livingston  County,  Kentucky.  Mr.  Allen  was  a  car- 
penter and  lived  in  Bethany  where  he  and  his  wife  reared  a  family  of 
four  children.  One  son  is  now  dead.  Mrs.  Ballew  is  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church  and  now  makes  her  home  at  Eagleville.  George  W. 
Ballew  died  May  28,  1910. 

To  George  W.  and  Emira  E.  (Allen)  Ballew  six  children  were  born: 
N.  B.,  a  garage  owner  at  Eagleville;  J.  0.,  the  subject  of  this  review; 
Lewis,  living  in  Union  Township;  Walter  W.,  of  Hamilton  Township; 
Clarence,  deceased;  Bessie,  wife  of  Jess  Barrett  of  Independence,  Mis- 
souri. 

J.  0.  Ballew  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  has  been  connected  with 
farm  affairs  all  of  his  life.  He  obtained  his  education  in  the  rural 
schools  and  in  1902  bought  his  present  fai*m  where  he  has  made  ex- 
tensive improvements.  He  has  built  a  new  house  which  is  equipped 
with  electricity.  For  the  last  eight  years  Mr.  Ballew  has  been  inter- 
ested in  the  breeding  of  Percheron  horses  and  jacks.  In  this  line  of 
work  he  has  achieved  a  marked  success;  the  jacks  that  he  showed  at 
the  Harrison  County  Fair  in  1919  won  the  first  prize  and  the  grand 
champion  prize. 

J.  0.  Ballew  was  married  in  February,  1901,  to  Grace  Hunsicker, 
born  in  November,  1884,  a  daughter  of  Charles  B.  and  Jemima   (Loy) 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  765 

Hunsicker,  of  Hamilton  Township.  A  sketch  of  the  hfe  of  Mr.  Hun- 
sicker  may  be  found  in  this  volume.  To  the  union  of  J.  0.  and  Grace 
(Hunsicker)  Ballew  five  children  vi^ere  born:  Clyde,  deceased;  Mabel, 
Lucille,  Carl  and  Roberta  May,  all  at  home. 

Mr.  Ballew  is  a  Republican  in  his  political  views  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  is  a  reliable  young  man  who 
is  making  a  success  of  his  undertakings  because  of  his  spirit  of  pro- 
gressiveness  and  his  business  foresight. 


D.  H.  McLain,  a  substantial  farmer  and  stockman  of  Hamilton  Town- 
ship and  the  owner  of  265  acres  of  well  improved  land,  is  a  native  of 
Harrison  County  where  he  has  spent  all  of  his  life.  He  was  born  in 
Clay  Township,  December  17,  1871.  His  parents  were  D.  F.  and  Mamie 
(Sylvester)   McLain. 

D.  F.  McLain  was  born  in  Knox  County,  Ohio,  July  26,  1846  and  was 
engaged  in  farming  all  of  his  life.  After  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  he 
came  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  in  Clay  Township  where  he  bought, 
fed  and  shipped  live  stock  in  connection  with  his  general  farm  work. 
He  became  a  well  known  stockman  of  the  community.  He  was  married 
the  first  time  in  1870  at  Albany,  Missouri,  to  Mamie  Sylvester,  born  in 
Meigs  County,  Ohio,  April  19,  1852.  To  this  union  three  children  were 
bom:  D.  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Hortense,  deceased;  and  Finley, 
deceased.  Mamie  (Sylvester)  McLain  died  in  1881  and  Mr.  McLain 
was  married  the  second  time  in  1884  to  Theodosia  Sylvester,  a  sister  of 
his  first  wife.  Mr.  McLain  was  a  Democrat  and  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  died  May  30,  1898  and  his  widow 
now  lives  with  D.  H.  McLain. 

D.  H.  McLain  was  reared  in  Clay  Township  and  came  to  Hamilton 
Township  in  1900  where  he  bought  his  present  farm  on  which  he  has 
made  several  improvements.  He  has  operated  his  farm  with  success 
and  has  dealt  in  stock  also  with  success. 

D.  H.  McLain  was  married  March  21,  1900,  to  Eva  Greenwood,  born 
in  Clay  Township,  the  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Hester  (Marshall)  Green- 
wood. Daniel  Greenwood  was  born  in  Indiana  and  his  wife  was  a  native 
of  Kentucky.  They  were  the  parents  of  thirteen  children  of  whom  eight 
grew  to  maturity.  Mrs.  McLain,  the  eighth  child  bom,  was  a  twin. 
Daniel  Greenwood  and  his  wife  were  early  settlers  in  this  county.     They 


766  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

lived  on  the  Grand  River  and  it  was  necessary  to  work  hard  to  make  a 
living  for  the  family.  To  the  union  of  D.  H.  and  Eva  (Greenwood) 
McLain  four  children  were  born:  Dwight  D.,  Ned  N.,  Hugh  H.,  and 
Paul  D.,  all  living  at  home. 

Mr.  McLain  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  at  Eagleville.  He  has  served  as  col- 
lector and  trustee  of  the  township.  Mr.  McLain  is  a  man  who  is  highly 
esteemed  in  his  community.  He  is  an  enterprising  farmer  and  an 
efficient  citizen. 


George  I.  Huitt,  farmer  and  stockman  of  Hamilton  Township,  is  the 
owner  of  140  acres  of  well  improved  land  and  is  well  known  in  the  town- 
ship as  a  man  of  integrity  and  industry.  He  was  bom  in  Union  Town- 
ship, this  county,  January  10,  1872.  His  parents  were  Israel  and  Susan 
Rebecca   (Davis)   Huitt. 

Israel  Huitt  was  born  in  Ohio,  March  29,  1850.  He  was  a  hard 
working  farmer  all  of  his  life  and  always  rented  the  land  which  he 
fanned.  He  lived  in  Iowa  for  a  short  time  and  came  with  his  parents 
to  Harrison  County  later.  His  father  was  Jefferson  Huitt  and  he  mar- 
ried a  Miss  Maxline.  They  settled  in  Washington  Township  and  re- 
mained there.  Israel  Huitt,  however,  went  west  in  the  70's  and  home- 
steaded  land  in  Nebraska  but  soon  returned  to  Harrison  County.  He 
married  Susan  Rebecca  Davis  who  was  bom  in  Union  Township,  April 
2,  1853.  To  their  union  eleven  children  were  born,  two  of  whom  are 
now  dead.  George  I.,  the  subject  of  this  review  was  the  oldest  child. 
Israel  Huitt  died  in  Hamilton  Township,  January  19,  1914  and  his  widow 
now  resides  at  Eagleville. 

George  I.  Huitt  attended  the  district  schools  of  Iowa  and  Missouri. 
His  first  school  was  at  Davis  City,  Iowa,  where  his  parents  lived  for  one 
year.  He  began  work  for  himself  as  a  farm  hand  at  ten  dollars  a  month. 
He  continued  to  receive  this  salary  for  two  years.  In  1896  after  his 
marriage  he  began  operating  rented  land  and  in  1901  he  moved  to  Hamil- 
ton Township  where  he  bought  his  present  farm  in  1904.  He  has  im- 
proved this  land  and,  besides  conducting  a  general  farai,  has  raised  stock 
with  success. 

Mr.  Huitt  was  married  September  1,  1895  to  Belle  Harrold,  born 
in  Marion  Township,  May  21,  1878.    She  was  the  daughter  of  Jesse  and 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  767 

Sarah  C.  (Preston)  Harrold,  the  former  a  native  of  Indiana  and  the 
latter  born  in  Ohio.  They  were  married  in  Missouri  after  the  close  of 
the  Civil  War.  Mr.  HaiTold  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and  now  hves 
on  a  farm  in  Marion  Township.  To  the  union  of  George  I.  and  Belle 
(Harrold)  Huitt  six  children  were  born,  four  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 
The  remaining  two  are  Gladys  L.  and  Garland  L.,  both  living  at  home. 
Mr.  Huitt  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge.  Mr.  Huitt  is  an 
enterprising  man  who  has  made  his  success  in  life  entirely  by  his  own 
efforts.  Such  men  are  always  an  asset  to  a  community  which  they 
have  helped  build  up. 


R.  L.  Martin,  the  owner  of  three  farms,  comprising  480  acres  in 
Hamilton  Township,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County,  where  he  was  born 
in  Colfax  Township,  April  27,  1858.  The  Martin  name  appears  in  the 
annals  of  the  county  in  the  early  '50s  when  William  D.  Martin,  father 
of  the  subject  of  this  review,  homesteaded  land  here.  The  Martin  his- 
tory is  therefore  the  story  of  the  growth  of  the  county  from  pioneer 
days  to  the  present. 

William  D.  Martin  was  born  in  Tennessee,  June  14,  1821.  Upon 
coming  to  Harrison  County  he  took  up  eighty  acres  of  land  in  Colfax 
Township,  later  buying  forty  acres  more.  Here  he  fanned  until  his 
death  in  November  20,  1898.  He  was  a  well  known  man  of  his  time 
and  served  his  township  as  constable  and  road  overseer  for  many  years. 
He  was  married  twice,  the  first  time  to  Sarah  Owens,  a  native  of  Barnes 
County,  Kentucky.  To  this  union  seven  children  were  born:  Lucinda, 
was  married  and  is  now  deceased;  John  W.,  deceased;  Singleton  W., 
deceased ;  Nancy  Jane,  now  Mrs.  McCormick,  of  Pleasanton,  Iowa ;  a 
daughter  who  died  in  infancy;  R.  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and 
George  W.,  deceased.  Mrs.  Martin  died  in  1865  and  Mr.  Martin  then 
married  Anna  Owens,  a  cousin  to  his  first  wife,  and  to  this  union  five 
children  were  born:  Emmett,  now  living  in  Kansas;  Fannie,  now  Mrs. 
H.  Young,  of  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma ;  Lena,  married  to  Dean  Creamer, 
of  Eagleville ;  Clara,  deceased ;  and  Clarence,  accidentally  killed  at  his 
home  in  Iowa,  near  Lamoni,  October  11,  1921. 

R.  L.  Martin  grew  up  amidst  the  privations  of  the  early  life  on  the 
frontier  and,  during  his  life,  has  watched  the  country  pass  through  the 


768  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

various  stages  of  transmutation  up  to  the  present  highly  organized  civic 
body  that  makes  up  the  county.  Mr.  Martin  is  a  practical  and  pro- 
gressive farmer.  Of  his  three  farms,  he  chose  as  a  residence  the  one 
nearest  a  shipping  point,  Blythedale.  He  raises  high  grade  Jersey 
Duroc  hogs  and  Hereford  cattle  and  has  been  successful  in  this  line  of 
work. 

Mr.  Martin  was  married  to  Minnie  B.  Miller  on  April  2,  1892  and 
to  this  union  four  children  were  born:  Murryl,  Ralph,  Ray  and  Harry, 
all  living  at  home. 

Mr.  Martin  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  modern  Wood- 
men of  America  lodge.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Blythedale  Creamery. 
He  is  a  reliable  citizen  who  is  highly  esteemed  by  his  fellow  citizens  in 
the  township. 


Charles  Girdner,  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Cainsville,  is 
a  member  of  a  family  whose  name  has  been  well  known  in  Harrison 
County  for  three  generations.  His  grandfather,  Joseph  Girdner,  was  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  and  came  with  his  wife,  Anna  (Prichard)  Girdner, 
to  Missouri,  settling  here  when  the  country  was  still  wild  prairie  land 
and  rearing  a  family  of  five  boys  and  three  girls  on  their  home  place 
in  Mercer  County. 

John  R.  Girdner,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Anna  (Prichard)  Girdner,  was 
born  in  Mercer  County  and  grew  to  manhood  on  the  farm.  He  owned  a 
great  deal  of  land  and  farmed  for  many  years  in  Trail  Creek  Township. 
He  also  fed  cattle.  He  married  Mariah  Isabelle  Grandlee,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania.  They  are  living  now  in  Princeton.  Their  children  were: 
George  E.,  a  lumber  dealer  of  Cainsville,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in 
this  volume;  Jennie,  deceased,  was  married  to  Stoton  Boxley;  Bessie  M., 
now  the  wife  of  Fred  Clements,  of  Princeton;  Cleo,  living  with  her  par- 
ents at  Princeton;  and  Charles,  the  subject  of  this  review,  who  was  the 
third  child  born  to  his  parents. 

Charles  Girdner  was  bom  in  Trail  Creek  Township,  Harrison  County, 
five  miles  south  of  Cainsville,  September  14,  1878  and  was  reared  on  the 
farm.  He  attended  the  Ross  district  school  and  the  Princeton  High 
School  and,  in  1904,  he  entered  the  Eastman  Business  College  at  Pough- 
keepsie.  New  York,  and  later  graduated  there.  He  came  home  and 
farmed  until  the  organization  of  the  First  National  Bank  when  he  ac- 
cepted a  position  in  it. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  769 

The  First  National  Bank  of  Cainsville  was  organized  September  13, 
1906  with  a  capital  stock  of  $25,000.00.  The  bank  has  maintained  the 
same  capital  stock  and  has  a  surplus  of  $20,000.00  and  undivided  profits 
of  $7,000.00.  The  building  in  which  the  business  is  done  is  owned  by 
the  bank  and  the  stockholders  are  farmers  of  Harrison  County  and  busi- 
ness men  of  Cainsville.  The  officers  were:  J.  R.  Girdner,  president; 
A.  J.  Bush,  vice  president;  R.  W.  Boeger,  cashier;  Charles  Girdner, 
assistant  cashier. 

Charles  Girdner  was  made  the  cashier  of  the  bank  in  1907  and  has 
retained  that  position  ever  since.  He  owns  lands  in  Harrison  County 
and  also  in  North  Dakota.  His  land  interests  combined  with  his 
thorough  training  in  business  have  given  him  an  unusual  opportunity 
to  help  build  up  the  institution  with  which  he  is  connected. 

Mr.   Girdner  was   married   on  September   18,   1908   at   Cainsville  to 
Daisy   G.   Wilson   who   was   born  and  reared   at   Cainsville.     She   is   the 
.  daughter  of  George  R.  and  Rhoda  B.    (Woodward)   Wilson,  pioneers  of 
Harrison  County  and  both  living  now  at  Cainsville.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gird- 
ner have  no  children. 

Mr.  Girdner  is  an  independent  Democrat  in  politics.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  the  Modem  Woodmen 
of  America  and  of  the  Yeoman  Lodge.  He  is  an  enterprising  young  man 
who  is  proving  successful  in  business. 


O.  S.  Baker,  an  enterprising  and  reliable  farmer  of  Marion  Town- 
ship has  lived  in  Harrison  County  since  his  childhood.  He  was  born 
in  Edgar  County,  Illinois,  January  30,  1881,  the  youngest  of  five  chil- 
dren born  to  Thomas  J.  and  Rosa  (Sifl'erman)  Baker.  The  other  chil- 
dren were:  Low,  deceased;  Oil,  retired  and  living  at  Ridgeway;  Minnie, 
wife  of  Henry  Lindsey  of  Marion  Township;  and  Harvey,  now  living  in 
the  southern  part  of  Missouri. 

Thomas  J.  Baker  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Pickaway  County,  Ohio. 
He  was  later  a  farmer  in  Edgar  County,  Illinois  and  in  1893  he  came 
to  Harrison  County  and  located  three  miles  south  of  Eagleville.  He  was 
a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  enlisted  in  Ohio  in  the  volunteer 
infantry.  He  was  vdth  Sherman  on  his  famous  March  to  the  Sea.  Mr. 
Baker  retired  from  active  life  on  his  farm  and  went  to  Ridgeway  to 
live  about  three  years  before  his  death  which  occurred  in  1914,  when 
(44) 


770  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

he  was  sixty-seven  years  old.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  Rosa 
Sifferman  Baker,  a  native  of  south  Missouri,  whose  death  occurred  when 
she  was  thirty-two  years  old,  Mr.  Baker  married  the  second  time.  His 
second  wife  was  Alice  Drake,  a  native  of  Indiana,  now  living  at  Ridge- 
way.  To  this  second  union  four  children  were  born:  Ethel,  married  to 
Burr  Pointer  and  living  in  New  Mexico;  Lavilla,  wife  of  Hersey  Good- 
win, of  Ridgeway;  Howard,  a  resident  of  Ridgeway;  and  Elsie,  living  at 
home. 

0.  S.  Baker  was  reared  on  a  faiTn  and  attended  the  district  schools. 
He  started  work  for  himself  when  he  was  a  young  man  and  bought  land 
southeast  of  Eagleville  in  1906.  He  improved  his  land,  going  into  debt 
for  the  eighty  acres.  After  he  paid  out  on  the  land  he  sold  it  and  in 
1915  he  bought  his  present  farm  of  120  acres  which  he  has  now  im- 
proved.    He  has  ten  acres  of  his  farm  in  orchard. 

Mr.  Baker  was  married  December  25,  1904  to  Flora  Buntin,  a  native 
of  Harrison  County,  the  daughter  of  Greenburg  Buntin,  a  farmer  who 
was  prominent  in  the  politics  of  the  county,  now  deceased. 

Mr.  Baker  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  substantial  young 
man,  industrious  and  capable,  who  is  making  a  success  of  his  farm. 


R.  J.  Goodrich,  one  of  the  public  spirited  men  of  Cainsville  who  has 
devoted  much  time  to  matters  pertaining  to  community  improvement, 
was  born  in  Grundy  County,  September  10,  1869,  the  son  of  Martin  and 
Amanda   (Johnson)   Goodrich. 

Martin  Goodrich  was  born  in  Missouri,  his  parents  having  moved 
from  Vermont  to  Macon  County,  Missouri.  Here  Martin  Goodrich  was 
reared  on  a  farm.  He  died  in  Grundy  County  at  the  age  of  thirty-five. 
His  wife,  Amanda  (Johnson)  Goodrich  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England 
and  came  to  the  United  States  when  she  was  only  a  child.  After  the 
death  of  Mr.  Goodrich  she  married  John  Williams.  She  died  at  Beloit, 
Kansas.  To  the  union  of  Martin  and  Amanda  (Johnson)  Goodrich  the 
following  children  were  born:  Carrie,  married  to  Henry  Maxey  and  now 
deceased ;  R.  J.,  the  subject  of  this  review ;  and  Nellie,  deceased. 

R.  J.  Goodrich  grew  up  in  Grundy  County  and  near  Lansing,  Mich- 
igan. He  attended  the  public  school  at  Trenton,  Missouri  and  took  a 
business  course  at  Moberly.  Later  he  was  a  student  in  the  Kentucky 
School  of  Medicine  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  graduated  there  in  1893. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  771 

He  located  in  Mt.  Moriah,  Missouri,  and  practiced  his  profession  there 
for  twelve  years.  In  1906  he  moved  to  Cainsville  and  went  into  the  drug 
business  which  business   he  has   since   conducted   with  marked   success. 

Doctor  Goodrich  was  married  June  16,  1894  to  Addie  Jones  whose 
home  was  near  Moberly,  Missouri.  To  this  union  the  following  children 
were  born:  Gladys,  now  the  wife  of  Raymond  Allison  of  Quincy,  Illi- 
nois; Wilbur  J.,  now  with  his  father  in  the  drug  store;  and  Charles  R., 
living  at  home. 

Doctor  Goodrich  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Christian  Church  of  which  he  is  the  treasurer.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  helped  promote  and 
organize  the  P'armers  Telephone  Company  of  Hari'ison  County  and  is 
now  the  vice  president,  auditor  and  a  director  in  that  company.  He  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  and  the  township  board  and  has 
given  freely  of  both  his  time  and  financial  aid  to  the  good  roads  move- 
ment in  the  county.  Doctor  Goodrich  merits  the  esteem  in  which  he  is 
held  in  the  town  and  community  thereabouts. 


Frank  Sobotka,  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  of  Madison  Town- 
ship, is  the  owner  of  179  acres  of  land  and  all  of  it  is  well  improved. 
Mr.  Sobotka  is  a  dairyman  and  a  breeder  of  Jersey  cattle  and  has  been 
successful  in  his  enterprises. 

Frank  Sobotka  was  born  in  Madison  Township,  Harrison  County, 
January  14,  1869,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Anastazie  (Klubka)  Sobotka. 
Joseph  Sobotka  was  born  in  Bohemia  in  the  Austrian  Empire,  August 
16,  1836,  the  son  of  John  and  Annie  (Santrucek)  Sobotka,  both  of  whom 
died  in  their  native  country,  February  19,  1848.  Joseph  Sobotka  became 
a  butcher  and  on  December  25,  1858  he  opened  a  meat  market  in  his 
native  land.  He  left  Bohemia  and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1867. 
Here  he  settled  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri.  He  rented  land  near 
Cainsville  and  later  conducted  a  meat  market.  Afterwards  he  bought 
land  and  at  one  time  owned  400  acres.  He  died  at  Diagonal,  Iowa,  July 
3,  1892.  Joseph  Sobotka  was  married  twice:  the  first  time  was  in 
Bohemia  to  Anastazie  Klubka  in  1859.  To  this  union  seven  children 
were  born,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  others  are:  Emanuel, 
living  at  Diagonal,  Iowa;  Joseph  F.,  near  Diagonal,  Iowa;  John,  Little 
Rock,  Arkansas;  Frank,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Charles,  living 


772  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

near  to  his  brother  Frank.  Anastazie  (Klubka)  Sobotka  died  in  1888 
and  Joseph  Sobotka  married  the  second  time  Mary  Rychonovsky,  now 
deceased.     To  this  second  marriage  no  children  were  born. 

Frank  Sobotka  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  attended  school  in  Lin- 
coln, Nebraska,  and  Shenandoah,  Iowa.  In  April,  1898,  he  enlisted  for 
service  in  the  Spanish  War.  He  was  assigned  to  Company  I,  First 
Nebraska  United  States  Volunteers  Infantry  and  went  to  the  Philippine 
Islands.  He  remained  in  the  service  for  eighteen  months  and  was  dis- 
charged at  San  Francisco,  California  in  1899.  He  was  in  the  following 
engagements  during  his  service:  Capture  of  the  city  of  Manila,  August 
2-5;  the  Philippine  Insurrection,  August  13,  1899;  Santa  Mesa  and  De- 
posito,  February  4,  5;  Santolan  Pumping  Station,  February  6;  Mariquina 
Road,  March  5,  6;  San  Francisco  del  Monte,  March  25;  Novaliches  River, 
March  26;  Marilo  River,  March  27;  Grugunto  and  Santa  Maria,  March 
29;  battle  near  Malolos,  March  30,  1899;  capture  of  Malolos,  March  31; 
Quinga,  April  23;  Bagbag  River,  April  24;  San  Tomas  and  San  Fern- 
ando, May  4,  1899.  Mr.  Sobotka  was  a  corporal  from  April  27,  1898 
until  December  25,  1898  and  was  a  quartermaster  sergeant  from  De- 
cember 26,  1898  to  August  23,  1899. 

After  his  return  from  the  war,  Mr.  Sobotka  taught  school  in  some 
of  the  Nebraska  counties  and  for  a  time  was  principal  of  the  Imperial, 
Nebraska,  High  School.  Several  years  before  this  time,  in  1894,  he  had 
taught  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  and  in  1901  he  came  back  and 
taught  a  district  school.  That  same  year,  however,  he  began  farming 
and  improving  land  and  in  1914  he  began  the  breeding  of  pure  bred  Jer- 
sey cattle. 

Mr.  Sobotka  married  Rose  Brower  on  September  15,  1901.  Mrs. 
Sobotka  was  born  in  Madison  Township,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Beardsley)  Brower,  the  former  a  native  of  North  Carolina  and  the 
latter  of  Ohio.  Elizabeth  Beardsley's  father  was  from  New  York.  She 
was  born  in  Medina  County,  Ohio,  1845.  In  1852  the  family  moved  to 
Tazewell  County,  Illinois.  In  1864,  she  moved  with  her  father  to  Har- 
rison County,  Missouri,  by  wagon,  she  driving  one  of  the  teams  all  the 
way.  John  Brower  was  born  in  Randolph  County,  North  Carolina,  in 
1838  and  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  came  to  Missouri  and  enlisted 
for  service  in  the  Civil  War  on  October  15,  1861  in  Company  I,  Twenty- 
third  Regiment  Infantry,  Missouri  Volunteers.  He  served  for  three 
years.     He  was  with  Sherman  on  the  March  to  the  Sea  and  was  dis- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  773 

charged  at  Savannah,  Georgia,  December  29,  1864.  He  reenlisted,  but 
was  discharged  shortly  afterwards.  Mr.  Brower  was  at  Washington  for 
the  Grand  Review  at  the  close  of  the  Civil  War. 

To  the  marriage  of  Frank  and  Rose  (Brower)  Sobotka  the  follow- 
ing children  were  born:  Esther;  Mark;  Paul  was  accidentally  injured 
in  his  thirteenth  year  by  a  horse  and  died  six  days  later;  Ralph,  Helen, 
George,   Elizabeth;  and   Randall  and  Russell,   twins. 

Mr.  Sobotka  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  township  board  and  is  now  serving  on 
the  School  Board  No.  59.  Mr.  Sobotka  is  a  reliable  man  who  has  the 
esteem  of  his  community. 


Lowell  A.  Glaze,  osteopathic  physician  and  ophthalmologist  of  Cains- 
ville,  belongs  to  a  family  that  has  been  well  known  in  Harrison  County 
since  the  early  days  when  his  grandfather,  Samuel  H.  Glaze,  took  up 
land  here. 

Samuel  H.  Glaze  was  born  in  Virginia,  November  16,  1816  and  mar- 
ried Sarah  Millburn  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  August  22,  1815. 
She  died  September  6,  1885  and  her  husband  died  May  13,  1907.  They 
were  the  parents  of  nine  children  of  whom  Daniel  R.,  the  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  the  youngest.  He  was  born  in  Harrison 
County,  February  8,  1860,  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  later  in  life 
entered  the  commercial  field.  He  owned  a  drug  store,  a  grocery  store, 
and  a  hardware  store  in  Cainsville  at  various  times.  After  handling  the 
last  named  for  several  years  he  retired  from  active  business  and  now 
lives  at  Cainsville.  He  still  retains  the  old  home  place  first  owned  by 
his  father.  Daniel  R.  Glaze  was  mairied  twice;  the  first  time  to  Mary 
Elizabeth  Cochran,  a  native  of  Madison  Township  in  this  county.  She 
died  in  November,  1888.  To  their  union  three  children  were  born: 
Erben  F.,  deceased;  Lowell  A.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  and  Ti-uman 
D.,  a  teacher  in  the  schools  of  Columbia,  Missouri.  Daniel  R.  Glaze  was 
married  the  second  time  in  1890  to  Amelia  Clayborn  and  to  this  union 
two  daughters  were  born:  Chloe  A.,  deceased;  and  Joye  I.,  married  to 
Hall  Baker  and  living  on  the  home  place. 

Lowell  A.  Glaze  was  born  at  Cainsville,  February  5,  1885,  was  reared 
here,  attended  the  public  school  and  later  went  to  Missouri  Wesleyan 


774  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

College  at  Cameron,  Missouri.  He  was  at  home  for  a  while,  conducting 
the  work  on  700  acres  of  land.  In  1911  he  went  to  Kirksville  and 
worked  for  an  uncle,  L.  D.  Cochran,  in  the  implement  business,  remain- 
ing there  about  two  years.  He  then  accepted  a  position  as  manager  of 
a  garage  at  Kirksville  and  in  1914  he  entered  the  American  School  of 
Osteopathy.  The  next  year  he  entered  the  Waggoner  School  of  Oph- 
thalmology and  graduated  from  both  schools  at  Kirksville,  July  2,  1917. 
He  located  at  Cainsville  and  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
He  has  built  up  a  large  clientage  and  is  successful  in  his  work. 

Doctor  Glaze  was  married  March  29,  1909  to  Harriet  Biddison,  who 
was  born  at  Leon,  Iowa,  the  daughter  of  Albert  and  Miss  (Richardson) 
Biddison.  Mr.  Biddison  was  a  merchant  at  Cainsville  for  a  number  of 
years,  having  located  here  when  his  daughter  was  about  thirteen  years 
old.  He  was  intensely  interested  in  the  betterment  of  Cainsville  and 
worked  hard  for  all  civic  enterprises.  He  is  now  living  retired  at  Leon, 
Iowa.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Glaze  had  two  children:  the  older  died  in  infancy; 
the  younger  is  a  son,  Wilbur  C,  born  April  6,  1912. 

Doctor  Glaze  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America, 
and  the  Yeoman  lodges.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  an  order  in  which  his  paternal  grandfather  was  much  interested. 
Doctor  Glaze  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  popular  young  men  of  Cains- 
ville, an  asset  to  his  profession  and  to  the  community. 


Earl  C.  Young,  an  enterprising  farmer  and  stockman  of  Madison 
Township,  is  the  owner  of  210  acres  of  land  on  which  he  does  general 
farming  and  breeds  Spotted  Poland-China  hogs  and  Hereford  cattle.  Mr. 
Young  was  born  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  October  18,  1893.  His 
parents  were  Caleb  and  Clara  (Lilly)  Young  to  whom  four  children  were 
born,  as  follows:  Rosa  Anna,  now  the  wife  of  Francis  Johnson  of  Madi- 
son Township;  Cora,  deceased,  was  married  to  Leonard  Francis;  Lilly, 
the  wife  of  Wesley  Hallock  of  Grant  Township;  and  Earl  C,  the  subject 
of  this  review. 

Caleb  Young  was  born  in  Madison  Township,  the  son  of  Frederick 
and  Jerusha  (Stoner)  Young,  the  former  a  native  of  Germany  and  the 
latter  of  Ohio.  They  were  early  settlers  of  Harrison  County,  where  they 
homesteaded  land,  adding  to  the  original  holding  until,  at  the  time  of  his 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  775 

death,  Frederick  Young  was  the  owner  of  several  hundred  acres.  Caleb 
Young  died  in  1895  at  the  age  of  forty-five  years,  and  his  wife,  who  was 
also  a  native  of  Madison  Township,  died  in  1917  at  the  age  of  fifty-one 
years. 

Earl  C.  Young  received  his  education  in  the  district  schools  and  spent 
three  years  in  the  Ridgeway  High  School.  He  has  always  farmed  on  the 
home  place  which  he  bought  in  1914  in  partnership  with  his  sister,  Lilly. 
In  1916  Mr.  Young  bought  his  sister's  interest  in  the  place,  and  has  made 
some  improvement  on  the  farm  since  that  time. 

Mr.  Young  was  married  February  17,  1917,  to  Fay  Smith,  who  was 
born  in  Grant  Township,  the  daughter  of  Lynus  and  Mollie  (Rakestraw) 
Smith,  now  living  on  their  farm  in  the  northeast  corner  of  Grant  Town- 
ship.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  have  one  child,  Gerald  E. 

Mr.  Young  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  is  a  member  of  the  Christian 
Church.  He  is  an  industrious  and  progressive  young  man  who  is  making 
a  success  of  his  work. 


Charley  Sobotka,  well  known  over  Harrison  County  as  a  successful 
farmer  and  breeder  of  Jersey  cattle  and  Duroc  Jersey  hogs,  is  the  owner 
of  280  acres  of  well  improved  land  on  which  he  farms  and  raises  stock. 

Mr.  Sobotka  was  born  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  February  24, 
1876.  He  was  the  seventh  child  of  Joseph  and  Anastazie  (Klubka) 
Sobotka,  sketches  of  whose  lives  appear  in  connection  with  the  review 
of  the  life  of  Frank  Sobotka,  a  brother  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Charley  Sobotka  has  always  lived  on  the  farm  where  he  now  re- 
sides. He  attended  the  district  school  of  the  county  and  later  was  a 
student  in  the  Western  Normal  at  Shenandoah,  Iowa.  When  he  was 
twenty-two  years  old  he  went  to  work  for  himself.  His  father,  a  well 
known  farmer  of  Madison  Towaiship,  gave  him  eighty  acres  of  land  and 
on  this  land  Charley  Sobotka  at  once  began  making  improvements.  He 
added  land  to  the  original  tract  from  time  to  time,  the  last  addition 
being  in  1917.  In  1918  he  built  a  two  story  house  which  is  modern  in 
equipment.  He  began  handling  pure  bred  cattle  in  1910  and  had  begun 
breeding  Duroc  Jersey  hogs  two  years  before.  Mr.  Sobotka  and  the 
three  sons  who  are  with  him  are  all  energetic,  industrious  men  and  are 
making  a  marked  success  of  their  work. 

On  September  30,  1899,  Mr.  Sobotka  was  married  to  Anna  Rouse  of 
Princeton,  Missouri,   daughter  of  John  and  Anna    (Mlika)    Rouse  both 


776  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

of  whom  were  born  in  Bohemia  and  are  residents  of  Princeton,  Mercer 
County,  Missouri.  To  this  union  three  children  were  born:  Edward  E., 
Walter  J.  and  Arnold  C,  who  are  all  living-  at  home  with  their  father. 
On  September  3,  1914,  his  wife  Anna  departed  to  the  world  beyond  and 
was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Bohemian  Cemetery.  On  October  22,  1915,  Mr. 
Sobotka  was  married  to  Lillie  Rouse,  of  Princeton,  Missouri,  a  sister  to 
his  first  wife. 

Mr.  Sobotka  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  is  known  as  a  good  citizen, 
ready  to  help  any  movement  for  the  public  good.  Mr.  Sobotka  has 
conducted  several  private  sales  of  his  stock  and  has  been  very  success- 
ful in  this  enterprise. 

Mrs.  Sobotka  has  charge  of  the  poultry  business  of  the  farm  and 
has  been  very  successful  in  breeding  up  a  large  flock  of  pure  bred  White 
Wyandotte  chickens  and  also  Bourbon  Red  turkeys. 


H.  T.  Rogers,  cashier  of  the  Cainsville  Bank,  is  a  member  of  one 
of  the  pioneer  families  of  Missouri.  His  father,  T.  G.  Rogers,  was  born 
in  Clay  County,  Kentucky,  in  1841.  His  parents  were  George  H.  and 
Nancy  (Robinson)  Rogers,  both  natives  of  North  Carolina.  They  were 
among  the  intrepid  men  and  women  who  came,  in  the  trying  days  of 
1847,  to  build  homes  in  the  practically  unpeopled  state  of  Missouri.  They 
settled  in  Daviess  County  and  helped  found  the  stable  community  that 
soon  existed  there.  Their  son,  T.  G.  Rogers,  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  began  working  for  himself  by  clerking  in  a  store  belonging 
to  his  brother-in-law,  M.  Moss.  The  two  men  continued  in  partnership 
in  various  towns  in  Missouri  and  in  1879,  Mr.  Rogers  came  to  Cains- 
ville and  entered  into  a  business  partnership  with  John  Hall.  The  firm 
was  later  known  as  Rogers  and  Wilson. 

T.  G.  Rogers  was  married  to  Eleanor  0.  Chambers  of  Mercer  County 
in  1861.  She  died  March  4,  1902  at  the  age  of  fifty-four  and  her  hus- 
band died  June  15,  1910.  They  had  only  one  son,  H.  T.,  the  subject  of 
this  review. 

H.  T.  Rogers  was  reared  in  Cainsville;  he  attended  the  Cainsville 
High  School  and  the  Bryant  Commercial  School  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 
He  was  a  clerk  in  his  father's  general  store  at  Cainsville  until  1887, 
when  he  went  into  mercantile  business  independently  at  Cainsville.  He 
later  sold  this  business  and  accepted  a  position  as  assistant  cashier  in 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  777 

the  Cainsville  Bank  where  he  succeeded  to  the  position  of  cashier  after 
the  death  of  C.  B.  Woodward.  Mr.  Rogers  was  one  of  the  group  of 
men  who  organized  the  Cainsville  Bank  in  1883.  He  owns  400  acres 
of  land  in  Harrison  and  Mercer  counties  and,  because  of  his  varied  inter- 
ests in  mercantile  pursuits,  in  farming,  and  in  business,  he  has  been 
more  than  ordinarily  successful  in  his  work  in  connection  with  the 
Cainsville  Bank. 

H.  T.  Rogers  was  married  May  12,  1887  to  Maggie  C.  Burrows  who 
was  born  October  28,  1867  on  a  fann  near  Cainsville  in  Mercer  County. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Joseph  H.  and  Mary  A.  (Shaw)  Burrows.  Her 
father  was  bom  May  15,  1840,  in  Manchester,  England,  the  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Pendlington)  Burrows,  who  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1842  and  settled  at  Keokuk,  Iowa.  Mary  (Pendlington)  Burrows  died 
on  the  trip  up  the  Mississippi  River.  Joseph  H.  Burrows  worked  for 
his  uncle  in  the  latter's  brick  yard  in  Quincy,  Illinois,  for  a  while  and 
later  became  a  clerk  in  a  general  store.  In  1862  he  came  to  Cainsville 
and  in  1867  he  was  ordained  a  minister  in  the  Baptist  Church.  In  1870 
he  was  elected  a  representative  to  the  State  Legislature.  After  hav- 
ing been  reelected  several  times,  he  retired  from  political  life  and  took 
up  his  duties  in  the  church.  He  was  a  very  fluent  speaker  and  a  suc- 
cessful minister.     He  died  April  28,  1918. 

Two  children  were  born  to  the  union  of  H.  T.  Rogers  and  Maggie 
C.  (Burrows)  Rogers;  Eva,  now  the  wife  of  0.  R.  Booth  of  Cainsville; 
and  Burrows  living  at  home. 

Mr.  Rogers  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  He  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  He  is  one  of 
the  successful  men  who  have  helped  to  build  up  Harrison  County. 


C.  I.  Jincks,  farmer  and  stockman  of  Madison  Township,  was  born 
February  17,  1857,  on  the  farm  which  he  now  owns,  the  son  of  Elisha  H. 
and  Phoebe  (Taylor)  Jincks.  The  Jincks  name  appears  early  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  county,  where  Elisha  H.  Jincks  came  when  the  land  was  in  the 
hands  of  the  Indians  and  before  there  was  any  evidence  of  the  present 
highly  developed  industrial  and  commercial  life. 

Elisha  H.  Jincks  was  born  near  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  migrated  first 
to  Livingston  County,  Missouri,  and  then  came  to  Harrison  County,  where 
he  entered  the  land  which  now  is  comprised  in  the  farm  owned  by  his 


778  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

son,  C.  I.  Jincks.  Elisha  H.  Jincks  was  a  versatile  man  who  adapted  him- 
self well  to  the  trying  times  of  the  pioneers  when,  in  oi'der  to  succeed,  one 
man  must  do  many  things.  Mr.  Jincks  studied  law  and  was  a  justice  of 
the  peace;  he  was  a  physician  before  the  Civil  War;  and  was  an  active 
minister  of  the  United  Brethren  Church.  He  belonged  to  intrepid  stock; 
his  ancestors  also  were  pioneers.  His  father,  Ichabod  Jincks,  was  born 
in  the  New  England  States,  the  son  of  parents  who  were  natives  of  Ire- 
land. Ichabod  Jincks  was  a  soldier  and  captain  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
and  came  west  and  entered  land  in  Madison  Township,  where  he  later 
died.  Ichabod  Jincks'  wife,  Elizabeth  (Herrington)  Jincks,  was  a  native 
of  Virginia  and  her  parents  were  born  in  England.  Ichabod  Jincks  and 
his  wife  made  the  trip  from  Ohio  to  Missouri  in  a  wagon,  bringing  with 
them  their  son,  Elisha  H.  Elisha  H.  Jincks  died  in  Madison  Township  in 
1897  at  the  age  of  eighty  years. 

Elisha  H.  Jincks  was  married  to  Phoebe  Taylor,  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky, who  was  born  May  28,  1834,  and  died  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  Jan- 
uary 2,  1912.  To  this  union  the  following  children  were  born:  C.  I.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  William  W.,  deceased;  Benjamin  B.,  deceased; 
John,  deceased;  Betsey  Jane,  deceased,  married  twice,  the  first  time  to 
Andrew  Stiner  and  the  second  time  to  William  Baker;  and  an  infant,  the 
oldest  child,  deceased  in  infancy. 

C.  I.  Jincks  has  always  lived  on  a  farm  and  has  worked  occasionally 
at  carpentering.  He  attended  the  district  schools  and  later  inherited 
some  land  to  which  he  added  from  time  to  time,  until  he  now  owns  185 
acres  all  well  improved.  He  has  made  several  exhibits  of  farm  products 
at  the  Harrison  County  Fair  and  is  known  as  an  enterprising  farmer. 

Mr.  Jincks  was  married  in  1878  to  Susan  Rake,  who  was  born  in 
Kansas  and  died  at  her  home  in  Beaver  County,  Oklahoma,  in  1906,  and 
is  buried  in  the  Guymon  Cemetery.  To  this  union  twelve  children  were 
born:  Phoebe  L.,  deceased;  Margaret  L.,  deceased  in  1913,  had  been 
married  to  S.  E.  Richardson  and  left  a  family  of  seven  children ;  Gertrude 
L.,  now  the  wife  of  George  Richardson,  living  in  Madison  Township; 
Calvin  Clifford,  at  home;  Fred  E.,  married  to  Julia  Harper  and  living  in 
Mercer  County;  Irvin  H.,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War  living  at  home; 
Stella,  at  home;  Dennis,  a  brief  account  of  whom  appears  later;  Lyman, 
was  at  Camp  Funston,  married  to  Ruth  Harper  and  now  living  in  Mercer 
County  near  Cainsville;  and  Josie,  Mary,  and  Viola,  all  living  at  home. 
Dennis  Jincks  entered  the  service  for  the  World  War  on  October  2,  1917, 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY  779 

and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston  and  assigned  duty  as  a  cook.  He  was 
trained  here  until  October  13,  1918,  when  he  went  overseas  and  was  in 
service  there  until  his  return  to  the  United  States  on  July  4,  1919.  He 
is  now  living  at  home. 

C.  I.  Jincks  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church 
and  is  a  deacon.  Mr.  Jincks  is  an  energetic  man  who  stands  well  in  the 
esteem  of  his  neighbors  and  fellow  citizens. 


R.  E.  Johnson,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  of  Madison  Town- 
ship, has  120  acres  of  land  on  which  he  farms  during  the  season,  and 
has  property  in  Ridgeway,  where  he  spends  the  winters. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri,  August  16,  1864, 
the  son  of  Joseph  and  Nancy  (Stanley)  Johnson  to  whom  nine  children 
were  born,  six  boys  and  three  girls,  R.  E.  being  the  youngest.  Both  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Johnson  were  born  in  Virginia,  grew  up  there,  and  were  married 
there.  They  came  to  Mercer  County  after  their  marriage  and  settled  on 
a  farm  where  they  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  Joseph  Johnson 
died  in  1865  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  and  his  widow  afterwards  married 
Samuel  Hammock.     They  are  both  now  deceased. 

R.  E.  Johnson  attended  the  district  schools  of  Mercer  County,  helped 
on  his  father's  farm,  and  began  farming  for  himself  on  rented  land  in 
Mercer  County.  He  continued  this  work  until  1892  when  he  bought  his 
present  farm  in  Harrison  County.  Mr.  Johnson  has  been  successful  in 
his  work,  his  land  is  highly  productive,  and  has  been  well  operated  by 
the  owner. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  married  in  March,  1889,  to  Anna  M.  Young,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Fred  M.  and  Jerusha  (Stoner)  Young,  mention  of  whom  appears 
in  the  sketch  of  Earl  C.  Young  in  this  Volume.  To  the  union  of  R.  E. 
and  Anna  M.  (Young)  Johnson  the  following  children  were  born:  Grace, 
deceased ;  Fred  D.,  mentioned  again  at  the  close  of  this  sketch ;  Ruby  F., 
living  at  home ;  Clarence,  and  Charles  R.,  both  at  home.  Fred  D.  Johnson 
is  a  veteran  of  the  World  War.  He  enlisted  and  was  in  service  on  the 
Mexican  border.  Later  he  returned  home  and  was  transferred  to  the 
navy  and  was  sent  to  the  Great  Lakes  Training  Station.  He  has  crossed 
the  ocean  seventeen  times  and  has  seen  most  of  the  world.  On  one  occa- 
sion his  ship  was  torpedoed  at  sea;  he,  with  three  of  his  mates,  were 
the  only  survivors;  they  drifted  in  the  lifeboats  for  twenty-one  days,  and 
were  finally  picked  up  off  the  coast  of  Ireland,  after  the  most  intense  suf- 


780  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

fering  from  the  lack  of  food  and  water.    Fred  Johnson  now  lives  in  Shan- 
non County,  where  he  is  a  farmer. 

R.  E.  Johnson  is  a  Democrat  but  votes  independently  of  party  affilia- 
tions. He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  and  has  been  a  director  in 
the  White  Oak  Church  of  the  Baptist  denomination  for  many  years.  Mr. 
Johnson  has  succeeded  in  life  because  of  his  energy  and  determination 
in  the  face  of  difficulties.    He  is  an  estimable  citizen  of  his  community. 


Jerry  Posler  is  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  of  Madison  Town- 
ship who  has  achieved  success  in  the  breeding  of  Shorthorn  cattle.  Mr. 
Posler  was  born  in  Madison  Township,  July  30,  1883.  His  father,  John 
Posler,  belonged  to  sturdy  Bohemian  stock  and  was  one  of  the  men  who 
migrated  to  the  United  States  during  the  turbulent  period  of  Austrian 
history. 

John  Posler  was  born  in  Luze,  Bohemia,  November  1,  1823,  the  son 
of  Wencl  and  Annie  Posler  of  Bohemia.  Wencl  Posler  was  a  soap  manu- 
facturer who  died  in  his  native  land  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight  years.  His 
widow  came  with  her  son,  John,  to  the  United  States  and  died  at  the  age 
of  seventy-one  years.  John  Posler  was  a  carpenter  but  never  followed 
that  occupation.  He  clerked  in  the  city  court  in  Bohemia  for  six  years 
and  served  in  the  rebellion  against  the  Austrian  Empire.  After  he  came 
to  the  United  States  he  went  to  Wisconsin  in  1850  and  to  Iowa  in  1857. 
He  came  to  Harrison  County  shortly  after  and  made  his  home  here  until 
his  death  on  March  2,  1911.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War  for  one  year  as 
a  member  of  Company  F,  27th  Missouri  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was 
under  Captain  Clark  and  was  in  the  siege  of  Vicksburg  and  the  Battle 
of  Jackson.  For  nearly  two  years  he  was  a  veteran  of  the  Reserve  Corps. 
After  his  transfer  he  began  farming  and  in  1866  he  returned  to  Europe 
to  get  his  mother  and  sister,  Josephine,  whom  he  brought  back  to  the 
United  States.  They  are  both  deceased.  John  Posler  was  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Post  No.  216,  at  Cainsville.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  was  a  student  of  the  languages,  speaking  English, 
Bohemian  and  German  fluently,  and  having  a  reading  knowledge  of  French 
and  Latin. 

John  Posler  was  married  in  1872  to  Anna  Skakal,  a  native  of  Bohemia. 
She  died  September  18,  1900,  and  her  husband  died  March  2,  1911.  The 
remains  of  both  are  buried  in  the  Bohemian  Cemetery  in  Madison  Town- 
ship.    To  John  and  Anna    (Skakal)   Posler  the  following  children  were 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  781 

born:  John,  now  a  resident  of  St.  Louis;  Joseph,  now  living  on  the  old 
home  place  in  Madison  Township;  and  Jerry,  the  subject  of  this  review. 

Jerry  Posler  received  his  education  in  Cainsville  at  the  public  school 
and  in  the  Banner  District  School.  He  farmed  his  father's  homestead  for 
eighteen  years  and  then  bought  eighty  acres  of  his  present  farm.  He 
added  to  the  first  tract  from  time  to  time  and  now  owns  a  farm  of  102 
acres  on  which  he  does  general  farming  and  raises  stock.  In  1910  he 
began  breeding  Shorthorn  cattle  and  usually  has  sixteen  head  on  hand. 

Mr.  Posler  was  married  February  12,  1907,  to  Anna  Lisa,  who  was 
born  in  Harrison  County,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Frances  (Dostalj 
Lisa,  both  natives  of  Bohemia  and  early  settlers  of  Missouri.  They  came 
to  Harrison  County  in  1882  and  now  live  in  Madison  Township.  To  the 
union  of  Jerry  and  Anna  (Lisa)  Posler  three  children  have  been  born: 
an  infant,  deceased;  Pauhne,  born  February  20,  1911;  and  Glen  L.,  born 
January  6,  1918. 

Jerry  Posler  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Madison  Township  Board  and  is  the  president  of 
the  School  Board  of  District  No.  4.  Mr.  Posler  is  an  industrious  young 
man  who  is  making  a  success  of  his  enterprises. 


C.  A.  Francis  is  a  well  known  dairyman  and  farmer  of  Madison  Town- 
ship, the  owner  of  136  acres  of  land,  and  a  resident  of  Harrison  County 
since  his  early  childhood.  He  was  born  in  Davis  County,  Iowa,  November 
29,  1873.  His  parents  were  Calvin  and  Susanna  (Baker)  Francis,  who 
became  the  parents  of  nine  children,  all  but  two  of  whom  grew  to  maturity. 
C.  A.  Francis  is  the  youngest  of  the  children. 

Calvin  Francis  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  in  1835,  and  was 
reared  in  Licking  County,  Ohio.  He  married  Susanna  Baker  in  Ohio. 
She  was  a  native  of  Licking  County.  They  moved  to  Iowa  and  settled 
in  Davis  County  before  the  Civil  War  and  in  1877  they  came  to  Harrison 
County  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Marion  Township.  Mr.  Francis  retired 
from  farming  and  went  back  to  Iowa  to  live.  He  died  in  1910  while  on  a 
visit  in  Harrison  County.  His  wife  died  in  1901  at  the  age  of  seventy 
years. 

C.  A.  Francis  attended  the  district  schools  of  the  county  and  grew 
to  manhood  on  the  farm.  In  1901  he  registered  for  land  in  Oklahoma 
and  improved  two  claims  there,  a  homestead,  and  a  school  claim.     He 


782  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

stayed  in  Oklahoma  for  seven  years  and  sold  his  land  there  in  1908.  He 
returned  to  Harrison  County  and  bought  his  present  farm  upon  which 
he  has  put  improvements,  building  a  house,  a  barn,  and  other  farm  struc- 
tures. He  cleared  off  thirty-five  acres  of  heavily  timbered  land  and  the 
tract  is  now  producing  corn  and  other  grains. 

Mr.  Francis  has  been  married  twice;  the  first  time  in  September, 
1894,  to  Clara  Landis,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Landis  of  Harrison  County. 
To  this  union  two  children  were  born :  Glen,  now  living  in  Mercer  County ; 
and  Willis,  of  Harrison  County.  Mrs.  Francis  died  in  June,  1898  and  Mr. 
Francis  was  married  the  second  time  in  1899  to  Luvena  Milburn,  born  in 
Harrison  County,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Martha  (Johnson)  Mil- 
burn,  now  living  in  Boise  City,  Idaho.  To  this  second  union  seven  chil- 
dren were  born,  only  three  of  whom  are  now  living.  They  are:  Marie, 
the  wife  of  Elijah  Thompson  of  Mercer  County ;  Edity,  married  to  Harvey 
Sharp  of  Harrison  County;  and  Alva,  living  at  home. 

Mr.  Francis  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church. 
He  is  a  reliable  and  efl[icient  member  of  the  community  and  has  the  esteem 
of  his  fellow  citizens. 


C.  R.  Bain,  farmer  and  stockman  of  Madison  Township,  has  been  on 
a  farm  all  of  his  life  and  is  now  the  owner  of  160  acres  of  well  improved 
land. 

Mr.  Bain  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  February  6, 
1867,  the  son  of  Manlove  and  Margaret  (McDaniel)  Bain  to  whom  eight 
children  were  born,  only  four  of  whom  are  now  living.  They  are :  Rebecca, 
the  wife  of  D.  L.  Roberts  of  Blythedale;  Eli  S.,  living  with  his  brother, 
C.  R. ;  Oliver  M.,  with  C.  R. ;  and  C.  R.,  the  subject  of  this  review.  After 
the  death  of  Margaret  (McDaniel)  Bain,  Mr.  Bain  married  Mrs.  (Roberts) 
Pitzel  and  to  this  union  three  children  were  born,  as  follows:  Walter  A., 
on  the  home  place;  Charlotte,  deceased,  married  Ernest  Still;  and  Guy, 
deceased. 

Manlove  Bain  was  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  where  he  was  born 
September  21,  1828.  He  came  to  Harrison  County  just  at  the  close  of 
the  Civil  War  in  1865,  and  located  on  a  farm  in  Madison  Township.  He 
died  in  1899.  His  first  wife,  Margaret  (McDaniel)  Bain  was  bom  in  Mor- 
gan County,  Indiana,  and  died  in  Missom'i  in  1877. 

C.  R.  Bain  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  the  county  and 
grew  up  on  the  farm.    He  began  working  for  himself  when  he  was  young 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  783 

and  rented  land  for  farming  for  seven  years.  In  1894  he  bought  his 
present  farm  and  has  made  all  the  improvements  on  it.  He  has  been 
much  interested  in  the  education  of  his  children  and  lived  in  Cainsville 
so  they  could  attend  school  there. 

Mr.  Bain  was  married  in  1891  to  Mary  E.  Hall,  a  daughter  of  William 
and  Elizabeth  (Elliott)  Hall.  William  Hall  was  a  native  of  Maryland  and 
his  wife  was  born  in  Kentucky.  They  came  to  Madison  Township  and 
lived  here  many  years.  They  both  died  here.  To  the  marriage  of  C.  R. 
and  Mary  E.  (Hall)  Bain  the  following  children  were  born:  Hazel  L., 
graduated  from  the  Cainsville  High  School  with  high  honors  and  is  now 
a  teacher  in  the  Harrison  County  schools ;  Flossie,  deceased ;  Manlove  0., 
living  at  home;  Claude  W.,  graduated  from  the  Cainsville  High  School 
as  valedictorian  of  the  class  of  1920,  and  began  teaching  in  1921 ;  Lois  G. 
and  Charles  Lee,  both  at  home.  Claude  W.  Bain  rode  a  pony  to  school, 
a  distance  of  six  miles,  during  the  entire  time  he  attended  school  and 
was  tardy  only  once  in  the  four  years. 

C.  R.  Bain  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
He  is  now  serving  on  the  Madison  Township  Board.  Mr.  Bain  is  a  citizen 
who  stands  well  in  his  community,  both  for  his  enterprising  disposition 
and  for  his  high  standards  of  civic  welfare. 


Coy  E.  Baker  is  an  enterprising  and  practical  farmer  and  stockman, 
living  in  Madison  Township.  He  was  born  February  17,  1883,  the  fifth 
child  of  W.  C.  and  Sarah  Ann  (Glaze)  Baker,  sketches  of  whose  lives 
appear  in  this  volume.  Both  the  Baker  and  the  Glaze  names  are  con- 
nected with  the  early  history  of  Harrison  County  where  the  families 
were  early  settlers  and  helped  materially  in  the  rapid  development  of 
their  respective  communities. 

Coy  E.  Baker  received  his  education  in  the  school  of  District  No.  58 
and  received  practical  training  on  his  father's  farm  where  he  remained 
with  his  parents  until  the  time  of  his  marriage.  His  father  deeded  him 
280  acres  of  land  for  a  gift  and  together  they  built  a  new,  modem  house. 
In  1921,  Coy  E.  Baker  started  a  dairy  business  in  which  he  has  been  suc- 
cessful. He  bought  pure  bred  Guernsey  cattle  from  Whitewater,  Wis- 
consin, to  start  his  herd  and  the  strain  has  been  kept  pure.  He  is  a 
shareholder  in  the  Blythedale  Farmers  Cooperative  Creamery,  an  organ- 
ization which  has  been  promoted  and  maintained  in  a  very  successful  way. 


784  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

Mr.  Baker  was  married  March  18,  1915  to  Nellie  V.  Hefner.  Mrs. 
Baker  was  born  in  Jefferson  Township,  October  26,  1884,  the  daughter  of 
S.  H.  and  Mary  (Milligan)  Hefner,  the  former  a  native  of  West  Virginia 
and  the  latter  of  Tennessee.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hefner  are  now  living  on  a 
farm  five  miles  north  of  Bethany.  To  the  union  of  Coy  E.  and  Nellie  V. 
(Hefner)  Baker  the  following  children  have  been  born:  Virginia  Reah, 
Ferris  Coy,  and  Frances  May. 

Mr.  Baker  is  identified  with  the  Republican  party  in  politics  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Church.  He  is  a  young  man  who  has  carried 
on  worthily  the  ideals  of  progress  and  civic  improvement  established  by 
his  ancestors  in  earlier  days. 


William  Grouse  is  the  owner  of  160  acres  of  well  improved  land  in 
Lindley  Township,  Mercer  County  and  is  well  known  as  a  successful 
breeder  of  Shorthorn  cattle,  Belgian  horses  and  Mammoth  jacks  which 
phase  of  farming  he  began  in  1920. 

Mr.  Grouse  was  bom  in  Madison  Township  in  Harrison  County,  April 
15,  1872,  his  birth  place  being  the  old  log  cabin  on  the  Grouse  farm.  His 
parents  were  Calvin  and  Christine  (Greenwood)  Grouse  of  Indiana  to 
v/hom  eleven  children  were  born,  two  girls  and  nine  boys,  William,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  being  the  seventh  child. 

Calvin  Grouse  was  born  in  North  Carolina  in  June,  1830,  the  son  of 
Martin  and  Susan  (Wagoner)  Grouse,  both  natives  of  North  Carolina  who 
migrated  to  Clay  County,  Indiana,  in  the  early  days.  Martin  Grouse 
freighted  by  wagon  to  Louisville  where  he  had  worked  previously.  He 
was  a  strong  Union  man  in  the  struggle  between  the  states  and  identified 
himself  first  with  the  Whig  party  and  then  with  the  Republicans.  Nine 
of  his  sons  fought  in  the  Civil  War.  The  tenth  son,  Andrew,  was  chosen 
to  stay  at  home  and  care  for  the  family  in  the  absence  of  the  other  men 
of  the  household.  Calvin  Grouse  served  in  Company  F,  46th  Illinois,  from 
January  1,  1862  to  June  of  that  year  under  Col.  John  A.  Davis.  He  was 
in  the  battles  of  Fort  Donelson  and  Shiloh.  In  the  last  named  battle  he 
was  wounded  i;.  the  face  and  lost  one  eye. 

Calvin  Grouse  who  was  born  after  his  parents  moved  to  Indiana,  was 
reared  in  that  state  and  became  a  farmer  there.  In  1853  he  went  to 
Jasper  County,  Illinois,  and  later  to  Richland,  Illinois,  where  he  mf.rried 
Christine  Greenwood,  a  native  of  Washington  County,  Indiana,  born  Janu- 
ary 14,  1839.     In  1863  he  came  with  his  family  to  Mercer  County  and  in 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  785 

1865  he  moved  to  Harrison  County  where  he  later  had  large  land  hold- 
ings. 

WiUiam  Grouse  grew  up  on  a  farm  and  bought  his  first  land  in  1898 
in  Clay  Township,  Harrison  County.  Here  he  made  many  imnrovements, 
built  a  good  house  and  barn  and  put  up  farm  buildings.  He  sold  this 
farm  in  1910  and  bought  two  farms  in  Mercer  County  which  he  later  sold 
and  purchased  his  present  farm.  This  was  in  1906  and  Mr.  Grouse  began 
at  once  to  improve  this  farm  and  has  been  steadily  improving  it  ever 
since.     He  does  general  farming  and  stock  breeding. 

Mr.  Grouse  was  married  December  2,  1894  to  Alice  Merfield,  a  native 
of  Harrison  County,  the  daughter  of  Otho  and  Anna  (Preston)  Merfield, 
the  former  born  in  Illinois  and  the  latter  a  native  of  Missouri,  both  early 
settlers  of  this  state.     No  children  were  born  to  Mr.  Grouse's  marriage. 

WiUiam  Grouse  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  man  who  can  always  be  de- 
pended upon  to  further  community  interests,  a  substantial  citizen  of 
Mercer  County. 


W.  J.  Booth,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stock  breeder  of  Lindley  Town- 
ship, Mercer  County,  was  born  and  reared  in  Missouri  where  his  parents 
were  among  the  farsighted  men  and  women  who  were  not  afraid  to  ven- 
ture into  a  new  country  and  build  up  a  home.  Mr.  Booth  was  born  in  a 
log  cabin,  October  23,  1868,  on  the  site  of  his  present  well  improved 
farm.  He  was  one  of  seventeen  children  bom  to  Andervill  and  Mary  A. 
(Robertson)  Booth.  Seven  of  the  children,  four  boys  and  three  girls, 
are  still  living. 

Andervill  Booth,  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in 
Cabell  County,  Virginia,  in  1828,  the  son  of  Jonathan  and  Gelia  (Walker) 
Booth.  Jonathan  Booth  was  a  native  of  Cabell  County,  born  in  1805.  In 
1839  he  brought  his  family  to  Mercer  County  where  he  entered  land  in 
Harrison  Township.  He  owned  large  tracts  of  land  and  was  one  of  the 
successful  men  of  his  time.  He  was  of  English  descent  and  his  wife 
was  the  descendant  of  English  and  German  settlers  in  this  country. 
Andervill  Booth  was  one  of  five  children  born  to  them.  Jonathan  Booth 
died  at  Burlington  Junction,  Missouri,  February  9,  1887  and  his  wife  died 
many  years  earlier,  March  12,  1865.  Andervill  Booth  was  married  to 
Mary  Ann  Robertson,  October  22,  1847.  She  was  born  in  Breckenridge 
County,  Kentucky,  in  1831,  the  daughter  of  Carter  T.  and  Polly  (Suse- 
(45) 


786  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

berry)  Robertson.  She  died  in  1902  and  her  husband  died  in  1904.  Their 
lives  are  worthy  of  mention  in  a  record  of  the  achievements  of  men  and 
women  who  make  history.  It  was  such  as  they  who  converted  the  wild 
and  unbroken  wilderness  of  early  Missouri  into  the  present  highly 
organized  state  of  that  name. 

W.  J.  Booth,  born  in  a  pioneer  cabin,  educated  in  the  old  time  district 
schools  and  knowing  all  the  hardships  of  the  trying  early  days  in  Mercer 
County,  is  typical  of  the  best  that  was  produced  from  those  times.  He 
learned  farm  work  and  management  from  practical  experience  and  went 
to  work  for  himself  in  1890,  having  worked  as  a  farm  hand  for  his  father 
prior  to  that  time.  He  rented  land  from  the  home  place  and  in  1891  he 
became  heir  to  forty  acres  of  the  old  place  upon  which  he  immediately 
began  extensive  improvements.  He  added  to  the  original  forty  acres  as 
he  could  and  now  holds  II21/2  acres  of  well  improved  land.  The  farm 
buildings  are  all  good  and  the  entire  place  shows  the  good  effects  of  Mr. 
Booth's  methods  of  farming.  In  1907  Mr.  Booth  began  breeding  the  big 
type  Poland  China  hogs  and  is  making  a  marked  success  of  this  line  of 
work.  He  makes  extensive  shipments  into  various  states  and  for  the 
past  few  years  has  been  holding  public  sales  of  his  stock. 

Mr.  Booth  was  married  September  11,  1889  to  Rosa  Hart  of  Mercer 
County,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mary  A.  (Clamonds)  Hart,  the  former 
a  native  of  Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Missouri.  No  children  were  born 
to  this  union. 

Mr.  Booth  is  identified  with  the  Democratic  party  but  votes  inde- 
pendently. He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church.  Mr.  Booth  has 
achieved  success  in  life  because  of  his  standards  of  good  business,  his 
community  loyalty  and  his  industry  and  determination.  He  is  a  citizen 
of  whom  the  community  is  justly  proud. 


Herbert  Lindsay  Jeffries,  a  farmer  and  stockman  living  on  140  acres 
of  land  in  Marion  Township,  is  the  son  of  a  pioneer  citizen  and  judge  of 
Missouri,  Greenbury  Jeffries. 

Greenbury  Jeffries  was  born  in  Henry  County,  Kentucky,  September 
15,  1834.  He  was  the  son  of  George  Washington  and  Eliza  Jeffries. 
Greenbury  Jeffries  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  on  October 
4,  1853,  he  was  married  to  Mary  Catherine  Lindsay,  who  was  born  in 
Henry  County,  Kentucky,  August  25,  1834.     In  1853  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jef- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  787 

fries  moved  to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Macon  County  for  a  while  and  then 
moved  to  Gentry  County.  Later  they  lived  in  St.  Joseph  for  a  year  and 
then  went  back  to  Gentry  County  where  they  remained  until  1866,  when 
they  came  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Jefferson  Town- 
ship. Here  Judge  Jeffries  farmed  for  over  forty  years  on  the  265  acres 
which  he  owned.  Judge  Jeffries  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  who  did 
much  toward  making  Harrison  County  what  it  is  today.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  county  court  for  two  terms, 
winning  the  respect  and  admiration  of  both  his  own  party  and  his  op- 
ponents by  his  equitable  handling  of  public  affairs.  He  served  his  party 
in  various  other  ways  but  he  invariably  voted  the  prohibition  ticket  and 
was  one  of  the  staunch  supporters  of  the  temperance  cause.  He  identified 
himself  with  the  Methodist  Church,  but  made  no  profession  of  being 
religious  beyond  his  daily  practice  of  the  Golden  Rule.  His  needy  neigh- 
bors never  sought  his  help  in  vain  and  he  was  always  ready  to  care  for 
the  sick.  He  belonged  to  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and  was 
a  worthy  member  of  that  organization  to  the  day  of  his  death.  Judge 
Jeffries  died  at  his  home  at  Ridgeway,  April  20,  1908.  His  wife  died  at 
the  same  home  three  miles  west  of  Ridgeway,  December  17,  1907.  The 
remains  of  both  are  buried  in  Morris  Chapel  Cemetery,  north  of  Bethany. 

To  the  union  of  Greenbury  and  Mary  Catherine  (Lindsay)  Jeffries 
eight  children  were  born,  as  follows:  Retta,  now  the  wife  of  John  McCol- 
lum  of  Bethany;  Julia,  the  wife  of  David  Greybill  now  living  at  lone, 
Oregon;  Leonard  D.,  deceased;  Nannie  J.,  married  to  Henry  Lundy  of 
Marion  Township;  J.  T.,  of  Ridgeway;  Sylvia,  married  to  Elmer  Oxford 
and  living  at  Manitou,  Oklahoma;  Eliza,  living  at  Ridgeway;  and  H.  L., 
the  youngest  child  and  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Herbert  Lindsay  Jeffries  grew  to  manhood  on  the  farm  and  began 
work  for  himself  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  He  obtained  his  educa- 
tion in  the  district  schools  of  the  county.  Mr.  Jeffries  is  now  renting  a 
farm  owned  by  Mrs.  Frank  Brock.  He  does  general  farming  and  handles 
graded  stock. 

Mr.  Jeffries  was  married  in  1896  to  Clara  B.  Hefner,  born  in  Marion 
Township,  the  daughter  of  W.  J.  and  Anna  E.  (Kemp)  Hefner.  W.  J. 
Hefner  was  a  native  of  Virginia  who  came  to  Missouri  and  farmed.  He 
died  in  1914  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years  and  his  widow  now  lives  in 
Laken,  Kansas.  To  the  marriage  of  H.  L.  and  Clara  B.  (Hefner)  Jeffries 
the  following  children  were  born:  Marie,  married  to  Clarence  J.  Henry 


788  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

and  living  at  Ridgeway ;  Ruby,  wife  of  Roscoe  Guess  of  St.  Joseph ;  and 
Lillian  Mabel,  at  home.  Mr.  Jeffries  has  one  grandchild,  Herbert  Le  Roy 
Henry. 

Mr.  Jeffries  is  a  Democrat  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
He  also  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  Lodge. 


George  C.  Maroney,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Harrison  County,  now  re- 
tired from  active  farm  life,  lives  in  Cainsville  where  he  bought  land  in 
the  north  part  of  town  within  the  city  limits  and  erected  a  bunga'ow, 
comfortable  and  modern  throughout.  Here  Mr.  Maroney  is  enjoying  his 
well  earned  freedom  from  business  cares  although  he  continues  to  oversee 
the  operation  of  his  farms.  Mr.  Maroney  is  an  extensive  land  owner, 
his  holdings  including  500  acres  in  Harrison  County,  490  acres  of  which 
is  in  one  tract  in  Clay  Tovniship  and  1440  acres  in  Hand  and  Potter 
counties  in  South  Dakota. 

George  C.  Maroney  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri,  January 
24,  1857,  the  only  child  of  John  and  Martha  (Smith)  Maroney.  John 
Maroney  was  born  in  Indiana  and  died  in  that  state.  His  wife  was  born 
in  Mercer  County  in  1837  and  died  there  in  1911.  After  the  death  of 
Mr.  Maroney  his  widow  was  mamed  to  Abraham  Branaman,  now  de- 
ceased. To  this  union  two  daughters  were  born:  Nettie,  now  the  wife 
of  David  Milner,  living  on  Mr.  Maroney's  farm  in  Clay  To\vnship;  and 
Etta,  deceased. 

Mr.  Maroney  has  been  intimately  connected  with  farming  all  of  his 
life.  He  lived  with  his  grandfather,  William  H.  Smith,  at  Leon,  Iowa, 
until  he  was  thirteen  years  old  when  he  was  bound  out  to  a  Scotchman, 
Mr.  Alex  Gordon,  in  Iowa,  to  leam  farming.  Mr.  Maroney's  reminiscences 
of  his  life  with  old  Mr.  Gordon  are  very  interesting.  He  had  a  thorough 
course  in  farm  work  and  the  management  of  a  farm  under  the  tutelage 
of  Mr.  Gordon  and  when  it  was  time  for  Mr.  Maroney  to  leave,  Mr.  Gordon 
gave  him  a  horse,  a  saddle  and  a  bridle.  After  leaving  Mr.  Gordon's 
farm,  Mr.  Maroney  married  and  rented  some  land  in  Decatur  County,  but 
after  the  death  of  his  stepfather,  he  joined  his  mother  in  Mercer  County, 
Missouri.  He  bought  a  farm  there,  paying  $800.00  for  eighty  acres,  and 
later  adding  more  land  to  the  first  tract.  He  remained  there  for  two 
years.    About   twenty-five  years  ago  he   traded  all  of  his  holdings  in 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  789 

Mercer  County  for  Harrison  County  land  upon  which  he  at  once  began 
to  make  extensive  improvements.  One  farm  of  100  acres  was  accounted 
among  the  best  land  in  the  county.  Mr.  Maroney  sold  it  and  it  v/as  later 
resold  for  $200.00  an  acre.  This  was  a  tract  near  Akron.  In  1916  Mr. 
Maroney  purchased  his  South  Dakota  land  and  his  two  sons  are  operating 
that  farm. 

Mr.  Maroney  has  been  married  twice:  his  first  marriage  occurred  in 
1875  to  Isabelle  Purdun,  who  was  bom  in  Decatur  County,  Iowa,  in  1855 
and  died  in  Harrison  County  in  1890.  To  this  union  seven  children  were 
born:  Bertha,  the  wife  of  Wesley  Booth,  of  Clay  Township;  Charlie,  de- 
ceased; Le  Roy,  living  in  Clay  Township;  Melvin,  a  resident  of  South 
Dakota ;  Hosea,  deceased ;  Harvey,  living  in  South  Dakota ;  and  Roley,  liv- 
ing on  the  home  place  in  Clay  Township.  Mr.  Maroney  was  married  the 
second  time  in  1896  to  Mrs.  Emma  Putman,  a  native  of  Harrison  County, 
the  daughter  of  Daniel  Hart,  an  early  settler  of  the  county  and  the  widow 
of  Clarence  Putman.  Mrs.  Putman  had  seven  children  by  her  first  mar- 
riage, but  none  by  her  present  marriage  to  Mr.  Maroney. 

Mr.  Maroney  is  a  Republican  but  votes  independently.  He  is  identi- 
fied with  the  Methodist  Church.  Mr.  Maroney  is  one  of  the  men  of  whom 
Hart-ison  County  is  justly  proud.  He  is  a  substantial  and  reliable  citizen 
who  has  made  a  success  in  life  by  virtue  of  his  energy,  his  progressive 
ideals  and  his  enterprising  methods  in  his  business. 


W.  J.  Brinigar,  a  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of  Marion  Town- 
ship, has  lived  in  Harrison  County  since  he  was  seven  years  old  and  has 
spent  practically  all  of  his  life  on  his  present  farm,  one  and  one-half  miles 
south  of  Blythedale. 

W.  J.  Brinigar  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Lafayette  County,  Wisconsin, 
August  29,  1863,  the  son  of  Michael  and  Emily  (Kreamer)  Brinigar  who 
were  the  parents  of  four  children:  Ellen,  now  the  widow  of  Wallace 
Hurd,  living  at  Blythedale;  Thomas,  of  Marion  Township;  W.  J.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch;  Luella,  wife  of  William  Wilson  of  Blythedale. 

Michael  Brinigar  was  bom  in  Lawrence  County,  Indiana,  the  son  of 
Thomas  and  Barbara  (Stipp)  Brinigar,  the  former  a  native  of  North 
Carolina  and  the  latter  born  in  Virginia.  They  were  early  settlers  in 
Wisconsin  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1870  with  their  son,  Michael,  and  his 
family.    Michael  Brinigar  was  a  farmer  all  of  his  life.     He  bought  the 


790  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

land  that  is  now  a  part  of  W.  J.  Brinigar's  farm  and  remained  there  until 
he  retired  from  active  farm  Ufe.  He  died  on  this  farm  December  19, 
1910.  His  wife,  Emily  (Kreamer)  Brinigar  was  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
November  22,  1830,  the  daughter  of  Michael  and  Elizabeth  (Armstrong) 
Kreamer.  Mrs.  Brinigar  died  March  9,  1919.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brinigar 
were  worthy  people  who  were  assets  to  their  community.  Mr.  Brinigar 
was  a  staunch  adherent  of  the  Democratic  party. 

W.  J.  Brinigar  received  two  months  schooling  each  year  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  the  county  while  he  was  growing  up.  He  had  also  prac- 
tical training  in  farm  work  and  management  in  his  association  with  his 
father.  After  he  started  out  for  himself  he  engaged  in  general  farming 
and  very  soon  began  breeding  pure  bred  stock,  his  particular  interest  lying- 
in  Hampshire  hogs.  Mr.  Brinigar  has  been  very  successful  in  his  work. 
He  has  made  exhibits  at  the  State  Fairs  in  Iowa,  Nebraska  and  Kansas 
for  the  past  ten  years  and  always  won  ribbons.  In  all  there  are  over 
500  ribbons  on  the  walls  of  one  room  in  his  home  where  he  keeps  his 
trophies.  He  took  more  than  half  the  ribbons  on  First  Grand  Champion 
and  Champion  contests.  Mr.  Brinigar  has  eight  silver  cups  which  he  won 
on  his  Hampshire  hogs  at  the  fairs.  All  of  the  prize  hogs  were  bred 
and  raised  by  the  owner.  In  1917  Mr.  Brinigar  sold  a  boar,  "Blythedale 
Jim",  to  Clayton  Messenger  of  Kesswick,  Iowa,  for  $1,000.00.  Mr.  Brin- 
igar feels  that  his  success  in  his  work  has  been  the  result  of  pluck  and 
determination.  He  was  farsighted  in  his  ideas  and  progressive  in  his 
methods  and  these  qualities  added  to  his  determination  have  made  for 
him  unusual  success. 

Mr.  Brinigar  was  married  January  1,  1886  to  Mary  Scott,  who  was 
born  in  Marion  Township,  the  daughter  of  Moses  and  Mary  (Graham) 
Scott,  natives  of  Kentucky  and  Indiana,  who  came  to  Missouri  from  Illi- 
nois in  1858  and  settled  in  Marion  Township  where  they  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  their  lives.  They  ai-e  both  deceased.  To  their  union  ten 
children  were  born,  seven  of  whom  grew  to  maturity.  Mrs.  Brinigar, 
the  seventh  child,  was  educated  in  the  district  schools.  To  the  union  of 
W.  J.  and  Mary  (Scott)  Brinigar  two  sons  were  born:  Hugh  F.,  born 
April  22,  1893,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  enlisted  in  the  navy  in  1918, 
was  trained  at  Seattle,  Washington  as  a  bugler,  but  was  discharged  after 
eleven  months  of  service  and  is  now  living  at  home;  and  William  B.,  born 
August  13,  1896,  married  January  1,  1919  to  Helen  Lindrose  of  Blythedale, 


HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY  791 

and  now  living  on  the  farm  in  Marion  Township.     To  this  union  one  child, 
Virginia  Ilene,  has  been  born. 

Mr.  Brinigar  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political  views.  He  is  not  identified 
with  any  church,  although  he  neither  swears  nor  uses  tobacco.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Mr.  Brinigar  was  one 
of  the  men  who  organized  the  Citizens  Bank  at  Blythedale  and  was 
elected  the  president  of  that  institution  in  1911  which  office  he  now  fills. 
He  is  also  president  of  the  Blythedale  Telephone  Company  and  has  served 
as  president  of  the  American  Hampshire  Hog  Association.  He  is  a  man 
who  is  intensely  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of  his  com- 
munity, practical  and  capable  in  his  views  and  ideals.  Mr.  Branigar  be- 
heves  in  the  practical  value  of  owning  land  and  now  has  holdings  cover- 
ing 430  acres  in  Marion  Township  and  160  acres  in  Oklahoma. 


Porter  Buntin,  a  substantial  citizen  of  Blythedale,  dealer  in  grain, 
seed  and  coal,  is  a  native  of  this  county  where  he  was  born  October  23, 
1866  at  Brooklyn. 

Mr.  Buntin's  parents  were  W.  H.  and  Julia  (Simpson)  Buntin  to 
whom  five  children  were  born:  Dora,  deceased;  Porter,  the  subject  of 
this  review;  Milburn,  deceased;  Alice,  wife  of  Charles  Ashby,  living  in 
the  state  of  Washington;  and  Charlie,  now  living  in  Arizona.  W.  H. 
Buntin  was  born  in  Hancock  County,  Indiana,  twenty  miles  from  Indi- 
anapolis in  1836.  He  was  a  cabinet  maker  by  trade  and  came  to  Har- 
rison County  when  he  was  about  twenty-one  years  old  and  settled  at 
Brooklyn  where  he  operated  a  saw  and  grist  mill  in  connection  with  his 
vocation  of  cabinet  making.  Later  in  his  life  he  became  a  farmer  and 
followed  that  line  of  work  until  his  death  in  1911  at  Douglas  County, 
Washington  where  he  went  some  years  before  his  demise  and  took  up  a 
claim.  This  land  is  still  held  by  his  children.  Porter  Buntin's  mother, 
Julia  (Simpson)  Buntin,  was  born  in  Missouri  and  died  at  Brooklyn  at 
the  age  of  forty-five  years  when  her  son,  Porter,  was  only  a  boy. 

Porter  Buntin  was  reared  in  Brooklyn  where  he  attended  school.  He 
clerked  in  a  general  merchandise  store  at  Brooklyn  for  a  while,  and  from 
1890  to  1892  he  worked  as  the  foreman  of  a  construction  gang  grading  for 
the  Great  Western  and  Oregon  Short  Line  railways.  At  the  end  of  that 
work  he  returned  to  Brooklyn  and  clerked  again  in  the  store  there.  In 
1895  he  came  to  Blythedale  and  ran  a  livery  business  for  fifteen  years. 


792  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

He  engaged  in  the  grain  business  in  partnership  with  J.  C.  Henry  until 
the  death  of  Mr.  Henry  in  1919.  Since  that  time,  Mr.  Buntin  has  con- 
ducted the  business  alone. 

Mr.  Buntin  was  married  in  1901  at  Princeton  to  Allie  Winningham, 
a  daughter  of  Dr.  F.  M.  Winningham,  a  sketch  of  whose  life  appears  in 
this  volume  in  connection  with  the  review  of  the  life  of  Dr.  J.  J.  Winning- 
ham.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Buntin  have  one  child,  Arlyne,  living  at  home. 

Porter  Buntin  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  He  has  served  on  the  township  board  and  as  committeeman 
and  has  also  served  on  the  city  council.  He  was  the  mayor  of  Blythedale 
for  a  term.  As  a  business  man,  Mr.  Buntin  is  energetic  and  progressive ; 
and  in  his  capacity  as  an  officer  for  his  township  and  his  town,  he  was 
fair  minded  and  efficient.  He  deservedly  stands  well  in  the  esteem  of 
his  fellow  citizens. 


Pius  Higdon,  deceased,  a  well  knovra  famier  of  Clay  Township  and  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  was  bom  in  Hardin  County,  Kentucky,  July  23, 
1845,  the  son  of  John  and  Luvina  (Carrico)  Higdon. 

John  Higdon  was  born  in  the  East  in  May,  1811  and  went  to  Ken- 
tucky with  his  parents.  He  married  Luvina  Carrico  who  was  born  in 
Marion  County,  Kentucky  and  six  children  were  born  to  their  union. 
John  Higdon  died  in  Hardin  County,  Kentucky  and  his  widow  died  many 
years  later  in  Harrison  County. 

Pius  Higdon  was  reared  in  Washington  County,  Kentucky.  His 
mother  was  a  widow  without  much  money  so  he  started,  early  in  his  life, 
to  earn  his  own  way.  When  he  was  only  seventeen  he  enlisted  for  service 
in  the  Civil  War  and  sei-ved  in  Company  G,  10th  Kentucky  Infantry,  under 
Col.  John  Harland.  He  remained  in  service  for  three  years,  three  months 
and  twenty  days.  He  participated  in  the  battles  of  Chickamauga,  Mission 
Ridge,  Sherman's  March  to  the  Sea  and  Kenesaw  Mountain.  After  he 
was  discharged  in  December,  1864,  he  returned  to  Washington  County, 
Kentucky,  but  left  there  shortly  afterwards  because  of  the  guerrillas  and 
went  to  Davis  County,  Indiana,  where  he  operated  a  farm  for  six  years. 
In  1870  he  came  with  his  family  to  Harrison  County  and  settled  in  Clay 
Township  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

Pius  Higdon  was  married  twice.  His  first  marriage  was  in  Indiana 
to  Catherine  Shieliff,  who  was  bom  in  Indiana,  June  2,  1848  and  died  in 


HISTORY  OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  793 

Harrison  County,  April  15,  1881.  To  this  union  seven  children  were  born: 
Mary  L.,  deceased;  Annie  C,  deceased,  was  Mrs.  Patterson;  John  J.,  liv- 
ing at  Conception  Junction,  Missouri;  James  J.,  of  Coffey ville,  Kansas; 
Charles  W.,  living  at  Indianola,  Iowa;  Robert  E.,  living  at  home;  and 
Martin  A.,  a  resident  of  Vernon,  Colorado.  Mr.  Higdon's  second  mar- 
riage was  to  Mary  E.  Hill,  born  in  Washington  County,  Kentucky.  This 
marriage  occurred  December  27,  1882,  and  to  this  union  six  children  were 
born :  Clement  A.,  who  was  drowned  in  Grand  River,  June  13,  1897 ;  Cath- 
erine Agnes,  married  to  Leonard  LaFollette  and  living  in  Clay  Township ; 
Richard  L.,  at  home  with  his  mother;  Louis  0.,  living  in  Clay  Township; 
Otho,  of  Mercer  County ;  and  Laura,  married  to  Vincent  WiUis  and  living 
in  Clay  Township. 

Pius  Higdon  died  January  3,  1895.  His  widow  lives  in  Clay  Town- 
ship on  the  old  home  farm  of  250  acres  which  she  owns.  Mr.  Higdon  was 
a  staunch  Democrat  and  was  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church  with  which 
church  all  of  his  family  are  identified.  He  served  as  township  clerk  for 
seven  years  and  was  the  township  assessor.  In  all  the  phases  of  his  life, 
as  a  business  man,  as  a  citizen,  and  in  his  capacity  as  a  tovraiship  officer, 
Mr.  Higdon  was  industrious,  earnest  and  sincere.  He  merited  the  high 
regard  in  which  he  was  held  by  the  community. 


N.  M.  Brown,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman,  has  lived  in  Har- 
rison County  since  his  early  childhood.  He  was  born  in  Muscatine 
County,  Iowa,  March  11,  1850. 

Mr.  Brovra's  parents,  Albert  and  Elizabeth  (Hayman)  Brown  were 
natives  of  Pike  County,  Ohio,  who  went  to  Iowa  in  1849  and  came  on  to 
Missouri  in  1856.  They  settled  in  Harrison  County  near  the  Victor  school 
in  the  south  part  of  Clay  Township  and  homesteaded  160  acres  of  land 
there.  They  later  sold  this  land  and  moved  to  Akron  in  order  to  send 
their  children  to  school.  Albert  Brown  had  followed  the  vocation  of 
freighting  in  Iowa.  He  was  the  first  school  director  ever  elected  in 
Clay  Township  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  thirty  years.  At  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Brown  identified  himself  with  the  Union  cause 
and  in  1864  he  enlisted  in  Company  I,  4th  Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry, 
the  State  Militia  of  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Hayman, 
May  5,  1849  and  to  this  union  seven  children  were  born :  N.  M.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch;  L.  A.,  a  resident  of  Davis  City,  Iowa;  H.  E.,  living  at 


794  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Atlanta,  Nebraska ;  John,  of  Hopp,  Montana ;  Zona,  deceased,  was  the  wife 
of  William  Bunny  of  San  Jose,  California ;  Myrtle,  married  to  Henry  Car- 
son of  Albany,  Missouri ;  and  Zella,  the  wife  of  Ed  Flora  of  Davis  City, 
Iowa.  Albert  Brown  was  born  November  24,  1824  and  died  at  Akron, 
March  3,  1907. 

N.  M.  Brown  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  has  been  in  that  work  all 
of  his  life.  He  bought  his  first  piece  of  land  consisting  of  two  aci-es  in 
1874  and  added  to  it  as  he  could  until  his  holdings  now  comprise  318  acres. 

Mr.  Brown  was  married  December  25,  1875  to  Louisa  Jeffries,  born 
in  Clay  Township,  November  18,  1857,  the  daughter  of  A.  J.  and  Min- 
erva (Rupert)  Jeffries.  A.  J.  Jeffries  was  born  in  Fayette  County,  Ohio, 
October  30,  1830  and  died  October  25,  1920.  In  1849  he  drove  a  team 
of  oxen  fi'om  Ohio  to  California  and  participated  in  the  historic  westward 
movement  of  that  year.  In  1856  he  came  to  Harrison  County  and  home- 
steaded  land  in  Clay  Township.  He  owned,  at  the  time  of  his  demise, 
600  acres  which  still  remains  in  his  name.  He  was  married  to  Minerva 
Rupert,  born  in  Fayette  County,  Ohio,  February  22,  1831.  She  died 
December  27,  1894.  To  her  union  with  A.  J.  Jeffries  eight  children  were 
born,  seven  of  whom  grew  to  maturity.  Mrs.  Brown  was  the  third  child. 
To  the  union  of  N.  M.  and  Louisa  (Jeffries)  Brown  three  children  were 
born:  Otis,  deceased;  Cora  Alice,  the  wife  of  Norman  Morgan  of  Beth- 
any; and  Pearl,  married  to  E.  J.  Hollingsworth  of  Fisher,  Illinois.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Brown  have  five  grandchildren. 

Mr.  Brown  is  an  adherent  of  the  Democratic  party  in  politics  and  is 
a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  has  been  successful  in  his 
work  because  of  his  thorough  understanding  of  farm  problems  and  of 
the  energy  and  determination  he  has  brought  to  the  handling  of  the 
situations  he  has  met. 


H.  N.  Stump,  retired  farmer  and  carpenter  and  the  present  mayor 
of  Blythedale,  has  engaged  in  various  pursuits  with  an  unvarying  degree 
of  success.  He  was  born  in  Stark  County,  Ohio,  August  12,  1844.  His 
parents  were  F.  A.  and  Catherine   (Smith)   Stump. 

F.  A.  Stump  was  born  in  Stark  County,  Ohio,  June  18,  1814.  His 
parents  were  Nicholas  and  Margaret  (Aunspach)  Stump,  natives  of  Hol- 
land who  came  to  the  United  States  when  they  were  young  and  settled 
on  a  farm  in  Ohio  where  they  both  died.     F.  A.  Stump  grew  up  on  a  farm 


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and  spent  most  of  his  life  farming  although  he  learned  the  trade  of  a 
shoemaker.  He  came  to  Page  County,  Iowa,  in  1855  and  lived  on  a 
farm  there  until  his  death  at  Clarinda,  Iowa,  June  22,  1905.  His  wife, 
Catherine  (Smith)  Stump  was  bom  in  Franklin  County,  Pennsylvania, 
February  26,  1816,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Ann  (Winters)  Smith, 
both  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  early  settlers  of  Ohio.  Mrs.  Stump 
died  April  1,  1891. 

H.  N.  Stump  was  a  child  of  eleven  years  when  his  parents  came  to 
Iowa.  He  attended  the  rural  schools  there  and  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  as  a  farm  hand  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  He  enlisted 
for  service  in  the  Union  army,  January  16,  1862  at  Davenport,  Iowa  and 
was  assigned  to  Company  E,  16th  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was 
under  Sherman  and  participated  in  the  battle  at  Shiloh.  On  July  22,  1864 
he  was  taken  prisoner  at  Decatur  at  a  place  then  known  as  Ezra  Church 
and  was  sent  to  Andersonville  prison.  He  was  released  on  February  27, 
1865  and  was  discharged  from  the  army  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  July  5,  1865. 
Mr.  Stump  operated  a  farm  after  the  war  until  1874,  when  he  began  to 
woi'k  at  the  carpenter's  trade  which  work  he  continued  until  1919.  He 
lost  the  sight  in  one  eye  and  after  that  retired  from  active  work.  Mr. 
Stump  has  lived  in  Harrison  County  for  many  years.  He  came  to  Eagle- 
ville  in  June,  1874,  and  moved  to  Blythedale  in  1895  where  he  owns  an 
acre  of  land  upon  which  his  home  is  located. 

Mr.  Stump  was  married  August  13,  1865  to  Mary  Ann  Lee,  born  in 
Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  June  26,  1846,  the  daughter  of  Richard  W.  and 
Nancy  (Ward)  Lee,  both  natives  of  Virginia  and  belonging  to  families 
of  Revolutionary  fame.  To  Mr.  Stump's  union  seven  children  were  bom, 
two  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  remaining  five  are:  Fannie  C,  wife 
of  H.  L.  Miller  of  Bethany;  Frank  L.,  a  resident  of  Muscatine,  Iowa; 
Minnie,  wife  of  J.  E.  Williams  of  Colfax  Township;  Fred  A.,  of  Musca- 
tine, Iowa ;  and  Charles,  also  living  at  Muscatine.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stump 
have  fourteen  living  grandchildren. 

Mr.  Stump  is  a  staunch  Republican  and  is  identified  with  the  Baptist 
Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Post  No. 
551  at  Blythedale  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at  Omaha.  He  has 
always  been  interested  in  political  affairs  and  has  several  times  been 
called  by  his  community  to  serve  in  an  official  capacity.  He  was  the 
mai-shal  of  Eagleville  and  the  constable  of  Marion  Township  for  a  time. 


796  HISTORY  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY 

In  April,  1921,  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Blythedale.  In  all  of  these 
offices  Mr.  Stump  has  served  faithfully  and  efficiently.  He  has  an  unusual 
memory  for  historical  dates  and  events  and  his  recollections  of  his  own 
contacts  with  history  in  the  making  are  most  interesting. 


J.  W.  Dale,  a  retired  farmer  of  Harrison  County  now  living  at  Blythe- 
dale, has  been  known  for  years  as  a  successful  breeder  of  Aberdeen  Angus 
cattle  on  which  he  has  won  several  prizes  at  the  Bethany  Fair.  He  has 
conducted  two  public  sales  of  his  cattle,  receiving  $265.00  for  one  cow. 
This  was  h's  record  price.  Mr.  Dale  grew  up  in  this  county  and  is  one 
of  the  many  men  who  have  achieved  success  here  and  so  are  in  every 
sense  an  integral  part  of  Harrison  County. 

Mr.  Dale  was  born  in  Colfax  Township,  May  18,  1859,  the  son  of 
Abraham  and  Martha  (Mastrus)  Dale,  natives  of  Kentucky,  who  married 
there  and,  in  1852,  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  on  a  farm  one  and  one- 
half  miles  north  of  Blythedale.  To  their  union  eleven  children  were 
born,  three  of  whom  died  in  infancy,  and  only  four  of  whom  are  now 
living.  They  are :  Mrs.  John  Canady,  a  widow  living  at  Eagleville ;  Lewis 
J.,  a  Civil  War  veteran,  now  living  at  Springfield,  Missouri;  Nancy,  wife 
of  William  Kieser,  of  Oxford,  Nebraska;  and  J.  W.,  the  youngest  child 
and  the  subject  of  this  review. 

J.  W.  Dale  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  and  attended  college 
at  Avalon.  He  began  to  work  for  himself  when  he  was  a  young  man  and 
worked  by  the  month  for  five  years,  receiving  thirteen  dollars  a  month. 
He  bought  his  first  land  in  1884.  He  purchased  the  old  homestead  and 
added  steadily  to  his  holdings  until  he  now  owns  600  acres  and  more  in 
three  farms  besides  the  ten  acres  at  Blythedale  upon  which  his  home  is 
located.  His  farm  in  Clay  Township  is  especially  equipped  for  the  breed- 
ing of  cattle.  He  has  bought  and  sold  both  cattle  and  mules  for  years 
and  it  was  in  this  particular  phase  of  farming  that  he  made  his  success. 

Mr.  Dale  was  married  on  October  15,  1884,  to  Rosa  Booth,  born  three 
miles  north  of  Cainsville,  the  daughter  of  Evermont  and  Susan  (Reeves) 
Booth,  the  former  bom  in  Virginia  and  the  latter  a  native  of  Kentucky, 
early  settlers  of  Harrison  County.  Evemiont  Booth  was  one  of  the  vast 
number  of  men  who  joined  the  westward  movement  in  1849  in  search  of 
gold.  To  Mr.  Dales  union  with  Rosa  (Booth)  Dale  two  children  were 
bom:  Glenn,  now  a  salesman  for  a  St.  Joseph  glass  and  paint  house  and 
living  in  Topeka,  Kansas;  and  Earl,  living  in  Colfax  Township. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  797 

Mr.  Dale  votes  the  Democratic  ticket  and  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  He  has  always  been  interested  in  enterprises  other  than  farming 
and  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  and  of  the 
Citizens  Bank  of  Blythedale.  He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  both  banks.  Mr.  Dale  is  a  man  of  varied  interests,  marked  business 
acumen,  and  progressive  ideas  and  methods.  These  things  have  contrib- 
uted to  the  marked  success  which  he  has  made  in  life. 


F.  J.  Allman,  the  efficient  manager  of  the  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber 
Yard  at  Blythedale,  was  born  in  Marion  Township,  September  18,  1876, 
the  son  of  Pierce  and  Dora  (Ingram)  Allman. 

Pierce  Allman  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Iowa,  July  25,  1854.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  settled  in  Harrison  County  in  1868,  where  he  farmed 
until  his  death,  August  8,  1881,  when  his  son,  F.  J.,  was  a  child  of  five 
years.  Pierce  Allman  was  the  son  of  Jackson  Allman,  bom  in  Stark 
County,  Ohio,  and  Jane  (Geist)  Allman,  born  in  Venango  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania. Jackson  Allman  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Civil  War  in  Iowa  and 
was  in  the  16th  Volunteer  Regiment,  Infantry.  He  was  captured  by  the 
Confederates  and  was  in  Andersonville  Prison  for  one  hundred  days.  He 
and  his  wife  came  to  Missouri  from  Iowa.  They  had  two  children,  Pierce, 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  a  son  who  died  in  infancy.  Jack- 
son Allman  died  April  24,  1908,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years  and  his  wife 
died  in  1918  at  the  age  of  ninety-three.  They  were  efficient,  sturdy  people 
highly  respected  in  their  commounity.  Dora  (Ingram)  Allman,  mother 
of  the  subject  of  this  review,  was  bom  in  Mills  County,  Iowa,  August  8, 
1855,  and  is  now  living  at  Blythedale.  The  children  of  Pierce  and  Dora 
(Ingram)  Allman  were:  Effie,  now  Mrs.  Lesh  living  west  of  Eagleville; 
F.  J.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Maud,  deceased ;  and  Frank,  deceased. 

F.  J.  Allman  was  reared  by  his  grandparents,  Jackson  and  Jane 
(Geist)  Allman,  on  a  farm  and  attended  the  district  schools  of  the  county. 
In  1907  he  began  work  as  a  mail  carrier  on  Route  3  out  of  Blythedale 
and  continued  this  work  until  1910  when  he  was  appointed  postmaster  at 
Blythedale.  He  operated  the  office  until  August,  1913,  when  he  resigned 
and  went  on  a  farm  which  he  conducted  until  1918  at  which  time  he  began 
working  for  the  Miner  and  Frees  Lumber  Company.  He  was  made  the 
manager  of  the  yard  at  Blythedale  in  February,  1920,  and  has  been  very 
successful  in  his  work. 


798  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

F.  J.  Allman  was  married  September  19,  1903,  to  Maud  Hurd,  born 
in  Marion  Township,  the  daughter  of  W.  W.  and  Ellen  (Brinigar)  Hurd, 
natives  of  Wisconsin.  Mrs.  Hurd  is  now  living  at  Blythedale.  To  the 
marriage  of  F.  J.  and  Maud  (Hurd)  Allman  five  children  were  bom,  all 
living  at  home:  Gladys,  Doris,  Elsie,  Jack  and  Roy. 

Mr.  Allman  is  a  Republican  and  is  identified  with  the  Christian 
Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  is  an  efficient  business  man,  pro- 
gressive and  thorough  in  his  methods,  and  a  substantial  citizen. 


W.  E.  Riley,  farmer  and  owner  of  120  acres  of  land  in  Clay  Township, 
has  been  an  intimate  factor  in  the  life  of  Clay  Township  since  the  Civil 
War.  He  was  a  teacher  here  for  eighteen  years,  has  operated  a  farm 
successfully,  raised  stock  profitably,  and  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War. 

Mr.  Riley  was  born  in  Knox  County,  Ohio,  June  22,  1842,  the  son 
of  Lewis  H.  and  Mary  A.  (Holland)  Riley,  to  whom  three  children  were 
born,  Mr.  Riley  being  the  second.  Lewis  H.  Riley  was  married  three 
times ;  to  the  second  marriage  one  child  was  born.  To  the  third  marriage 
no  children  were  born.  Lewis  H.  Riley  was  born  in  Westmoreland  County, 
Virginia,  July  8,  1813,  and  died  in  Clay  Township  in  this  county  on  October 
7,  1902.  Ho  came  here  in  1868  and  bought  a  farm  of  220  acres  which  he 
improved.  He  was  a  farmer  all  of  his  life,  achieving  success  in  that  line 
of  work.  He  was  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
When  he  was  still  a  young  man,  he  left  Virginia  and  went  to  Knox  County, 
Ohio,  and  it  was  there  that  he  married  his  first  wife,  Mary  A.  (Holland) 
Riley,  a  native  of  Knox  County,  Ohio.    She  died  in  1857. 

W.  E.  Riley  was  reared  in  Ohio,  came  to  Missouri  in  1868  and  settled 
in  Clay  Township,  but  returned  to  Ohio  that  same  year  and  was  married. 
Shortly  afterwards  he  came  back  to  Harrison  County  and  farmed  on  a 
part  of  the  farm  owned  by  his  father.  His  father  gave  him  fifty  acres 
of  land,  built  a  house  for  him  and  improved  the  farm  but  Mr.  Riley  began 
to  teach  school  in  1868  and  continued  in  that  work  for  many  years  in 
Clay  Township  and  one  term  at  Pleasanton,  Iowa.  Mr.  Riley's  teaching 
was  the  direct  result  of  his  experiences  and  observations  during  the  Civil 
War,  for  it  was  while  he  was  in  service  that  he  found  the  advantages  to 
be  derived  from  an  education,  so  after  his  return  from  the  army  he  con- 
sulted his  father  and  as  a  result  went  to  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio,  and  com- 
pleted his  education.    Mr.  Riley  enlisted  August  8,  1863,  in  Company  I, 


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2nd  Ohio  Heavy  Artillery.  He  was  in  Tennessee,  Kentucky  and  Georgia, 
and  became  sergeant  during  that  time.  He  was  discharged  from  service, 
August  23,  1865,  and  returned  to  Ohio. 

W.  E.  Riley  was  married,  June  12,  1868,  to  Margaret  S.  Frazier,  born 
October  26,  1846,  in  Muskingum  County,  Ohio.  To  this  union  five  children 
have  been  bom:  Lena,  wife  of  S.  C.  Mossburg  of  Cainsville,  a  sketch  of 
whose  life  appears  in  this  volume ;  Edwin,  living  at  Corning ;  Robinson  F., 
farming  the  home  place;  Olive,  deceased,  was  married  to  C.  L.  Squires; 
and  Georgia,  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Riley  have  thirteen  grandchildren, 
and  have  taken  Mr.  Riley's  granddaughter,  Annie  Laurie  Squires,  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  Olive  (Riley)  Squires,  deceased,  to  raise. 

Mr.  Riley  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  Post  at 
Bethany.  He  is  a  Republican  and  is  identified  with  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  township  board  and  has  been 
justice  of  the  peace.  Mr.  Riley  is  a  man  who  has  always  been  interested 
in  everything  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of  a  community.  When  he 
was  teaching  school,  he  organized  a  base  ball  team  which  became  one  of 
the  well  known  local  teams,  playing  practically  all  of  the  nearby  teams. 
In  a  base  ball  tournament  this  team  won  a  "silver  ball"  as  a  trophy.  This 
ball  is  now  kept  at  Bethany.  Mr.  Riley's  recollections  of  those  early  games 
are  interesting.  He  assures  us  that  in  those  days  a  pitcher  either  threw 
the  kind  of  ball  the  batter  asked  for  or  the  ball  was  not  counted.  Mr. 
Riley  was  the  pitcher  for  his  team  and  he  retains  all  of  his  old  time  interest 
in  the  great  national  game  of  America.  Mr.  Riley  is  among  the  men  who 
wrested  success  from  the  hardships  of  the  days  when,  in  order  to  succeed, 
a  man  must  be  versatile  and  adaptable. 


Harry  Phillips,  a  well  known  farmer  and  stockman  of  Clay  Township, 
is  now  renting  and  farming  405  acres  of  his  father's  land.  He  belongs 
to  a  family  whose  name  has  been  connected  with  successful  farming 
operations  for  many  years. 

Harry  Phillips  was  born  in  Madison  Township,  August  7,  1879,  the 
son  of  S.  C.  and  Amanda  (Baker)  Phillips  to  whose  union  six  sons  were 
born:  Harry,  the  oldest,  and  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Claude,  living 
in  Clay  Tovmship ;  Clifford,  also  living  in  Clay  Township ;  Fora,  deceased ; 
Ernest,  deceased;  and  Nort,  now  living  in  North  Dakota.  S.  C.  Phillips 
was  born  in  Illinois  and  came  to  Harrison  County  with  his  parents  in  his 
childhood.    He  has  been  a  practical  farmer  all  of  his  life  and  established 


800  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

himself  as  a  land  owner,  holding  at  present  530  acres  of  land,  all  in  Clay, 
Township  but  divided  into  two  farms.  Amanda  (Baker)  Phillips  was 
born  in  Mercer  County,  east  of  Cainsville.  She  died  July  6,  1821,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-nine  years.  Her  husband,  who  is  now  sixty-five  years  old,  is 
living  with  his  children. 

Harry  Phillips  attended  the  rural  schools  of  the  county  and  received 
practical  training  in  farm  management  and  work  on  his  father's  fai-m. 
He  began  work  for  himself  in  1900  when  he  rented  land  from  his  father- 
in-law  in  Trail  Creek  Township.  In  1920  he  came  to  the  farm  which  he 
is  now  operating. 

Mr.  Phillips  was  married  February  17,  1900,  to  Ina  Ross  of  Trail 
Creek  Township,  a  daughter  of  W.  S.  and  Eva  (Sisney)  Ross,  a  sketch  of 
whose  lives  appear  in  this  volume.  To  the  union  of  Harry  and  Ina  (Ross) 
Phillips  two  sons  were  born:  Ross  and  Clarence,  both  living  at  home. 

Mr.  Phillips  is  an  independent  voter  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  He  is  enterprising  and  energetic,  a  man 
whose  business  integrity  and  ideals  of  citizenship  have  given  him  the 
esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


I.  D.  Purdun,  an  enterprising  and  reliable  farmer  and  stockman  of 
Clay  Township  and  the  owner  of  190  acres  of  land,  was  born  June  3,  1876, 
in  Decatur  County,  Iowa,  the  son  of  H.  B.  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Turpin) 
Purdun,  to  whom  three  children  were  born,  of  whom  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  is  the  only  one  living  at  present. 

H.  B.  Purdun  was  born  in  Hancock  County,  Illinois,  in  1832,  and  went 
to  Iowa  with  his  people,  before  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  He  was  a 
farmer  all  of  his  life  and  came  to  Harrison  County,  in  the  fall  of  1885, 
where  he  settled  in  Clay  Township,  near  Akron.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Turpin  in  Decatur  County,  Iowa.  She  was  a  native  of  Indiana,  born  in 
1841.  She  died  in  May,  1915,  and  her  husband  died  August  24,  1902.  The 
remains  of  both  are  buried  in  Akron  Cemetery. 

I.  D.  Purdun  attended  the  Victor  district  school  and  was  reared  on 
his  father's  farm.  He  inherited  233  acres  of  land  which  he  has  since  sold 
and  bought  his  present  farm  in  1915.  It  is  located  one  and  three-fourths 
miles  west  of  Akron.  Mr.  Purdun  has  improved  the  place  and  operates 
it  as  a  general  farm  with  marked  success.  He  also  raises  and  sells  stock 
successfully. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  801 

Mr.  Purdun  married  Martha  Ann  Oxford,  November  22,  1896.  Mrs. 
Purdun  is  a  native  of  Clay  Township,  the  daughter  of  William  R.  and 
Mary  (Zimmerman)  Oxford.  To  the  union  of  I.  D.  and  Martha  Ann 
(Oxford)  Purdun  ten  children  were  born:  Lloyd  Oxford,  living  at  home; 
Mabel,  the  wife  of  Void  Shoots  of  Colfajc  Township;  Oscar,  deceased; 
Velma  Ruth,  married  Benjamin  Clark  of  Clay  Township;  Hosea  Blue, 
William  Robert,  Lawrence  Dale,  deceased;  Mary  He,  and  Ona  May,  and 
Harvie  Woodrow,  deceased. 

Mr.  Purdun  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  is  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge.  He  served 
as  township  treasurer  and  trustee  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  township 
board.  Mr.  Purdun  is  a  substantial  citizen  who  has  built  up  a  successful 
farming  business  by  his  integrity  and  progressive  methods. 


William  Perry,  an  enterprising  fanner  and  stockrHan  of  Colfax  Town- 
ship, is  a  native  of  Staffordshire,  England,  where  he  was  born  October 
11,  1862. 

Mr.  Perry's  parents  were  William  and  Sarah  (Boswell)  Perry,  both 
natives  of  England.  William  Perry  left  his  native  land  in  November, 
1868  and  came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  Kewanee,  Illinois  and 
worked  in  the  coal  mines.  In  1869  his  wife  and  three  children  joined  him 
and  the  family  later  moved  to  Decatur,  Iowa  and  located  on  a  farm  of 
eighty  acres.  There  was  a  large  family  of  children,  only  six  of  whom 
grew  to  maturity.  William  Perry  died  at  Lamoni,  Iowa,  in  1906  at  the 
age  of  sixty-eight  years.  His  widow,  now  eighty-three  years  old,  is  now 
living  at  Lamoni.  .| 

William  Perry,  the  subject  of  this  review,  was  the  third  child  born 
to  his  parents.  He  grew  up  on  a  farm  and  worked  as  a  miner,  paper 
hanger,  and  painter  at  various  times.  He  was  educated  in  the  rural 
schools.  He  rented  land  for  farming  at  Decatur,  Iowa  and,  in  1894,  moved 
to  Harrison  County.  In  1913  he  bought  his  present  farm  of  160  acres  in 
Colfax  Township  and  has  been  improving  this  land  steadily.  In  1914  he 
erected  a  large  barn  and  has  added  sundry  other  buildings  since  that  time. 

William  Perry  was  married  in  What  Cheer,  Iowa,  to  Bertha  Rhodes 

and  to  this  union  nine  children  were  born:    William  H.,  living  in  Decatur 

County,  Iowa;  Mattie,  wife  of  Ross  Thompson,  Topeka,  Kansas;  Earl, 

residing  at  Mount  Ayr,  Iowa ;  Charles,  of  Shenandoah,  Iowa ;  Bert,  living 

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802  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

at  home ;  Zelpha,  now  living  at  Topeka,  Kansas ;  and  Lee,  Carl  and  Virgil, 
all  living  at  home.  Three  of  Mr.  Perry's  sons  are  veterans  of  the  World 
War.  William  H.  was  in  the  supply  train  and  sei-ved  in  France  for  four- 
teen months.  Earl  entered  the  government  service  and  was  assigned  to 
duty  driving  and  transfering  trucks  from  Detroit  to  the  ships  docked 
close  by.  Charles  was  trained  at  Detroit  eight  months  for  navy  service 
and  was  at  sea  for  ten  days. 

Mr.  Perry  is  an  independent  voter  and  is  a  member  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints  Church.  He  is  a  man  who  through  pluck  and  industry  has  estab- 
lished his  present  success  in  his  work. 


G.  W.  Bishop,  owner  of  127  acres  of  land  in  Clay  Township  and  re- 
tired farmer,  is  one  of  the  group  of  sturdy  and  enterprising  men  who 
came  to  Missouri  in  the  days  when  it  was  a  frontier  state  and  by  virtue 
of  pluck,  foresight,  and  determination  achieved  success  in  the  new  land. 

Mr.  Bishop  was  born  in  Knox  County,  Ohio,  November  29,  1844,  the 
son  of  Daniel  and  Johanna  (Larison)  Bishop,  the  former  born  in  Rhode 
Island  and  the  latter  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  Daniel  Bishop  was  born 
July  5,  1814,  and  died  December  29,  1884.  He  was  a  farmer  all  of  his 
life  and  made  a  success  of  his  work.  His  wife  was  born  June  23,  1821, 
and  died  September  18,  1890.  To  their  union  ten  children  were  born 
only  three  of  whom  are  now  living :  Mary  Ellen,  wife  of  Edward  Robertson 
of  Knox  County,  Ohio ;  Orin,  a  resident  of  Fredericktown,  Ohio ;  and  G.  W., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

G.  W.  Bishop  grew  up  on  a  farm.  He  left  Ohio  in  the  fall  of  1868  and 
came  to  Harrison  County  where  he  settled  near  Akron.  The  next  spring 
he  moved  to  his  present  farm  in  Clay  Township  and  has  lived  here  ever 
since.  He  has  improved  his  land,  its  value  having  been  enhanced  greatly 
since  the  time  Mr.  Bishop  bought  it. 

Mr.  Biehop  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War.  He  enlisted  for  service  in 
1863  as  a  "Hundred  Day"  soldier  at  Camp  Delaware,  Ohio.  He  served  in 
Company  A,  142  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was  discharged  in  September, 
1864. 

G.  W.  Bishop  was  married  March  11,  1868,  to  Martha  Elizabeth  Tur- 
ner, who  was  bom  in  Newton  Township,  Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  June 
26,  1841,  and  died  in  Harrison  County,  October  20,  1919.  To  the  union 
of  G.  W.  and  Martha  Elizabeth    (Turner)    Bishop  seven  children  were 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  803 

born:  Estella,  deceased,  was  the  wife  of  James  Cline;  Etta  Ellen,  mar- 
ried to  Canby  Beebe,  living  in  California;  Arthur  T.,  living  in  Idaho; 
Frank,  deceased;  Bertha,  deceased;  and  Walter  G.,  a  resident  of  Los 
Angeles,  California;  and  Amy  Ruth,  living  at  home  where  she  keeps  house 
for  her  father.    Mr.  Bishop  has  seven  grandchildren. 

Mr.  Bishop  votes  the  Republican  ticket  and  is  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons.  He  is  a  man  who  weighs  a  question  with  due  care  and 
from  every  angle  before  he  makes  up  his  mind.  Having  espoused  a 
cause  however  he  is  wiUing  to  uphold  it  vigorously.  He  is  a  reliable  and 
substantial  member  of  his  community. 


W.  S.  Dale,  a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Colfax  Township,  has  been 
intimately  connected  with  the  occupation  of  farming  all  of  his  life.  He 
belongs  to  a  family  that  has  had  in  it  successful  farmers  for  three  genera- 
tions. Mr.  Dale  therefore  grew  up  amidst  the  problems  that  he  has  met 
in  his  later  life. 

W.  S.  Dale  was  born  in  Hart  County,  Kentucky,  January  1,  1865,  the 
son  of  James  J.  and  Amy  Elizabeth  (Shirley)  Dale.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  three  children:  S.  R.,  living  in  Dallas,  Texas;  W.  S.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch;  and  Maud  L.,  deceased,  married  to  R.  F.  Richardson,  a 
review  of  whose  life  appears  in  this  volume. 

James  J.  Dale  was  born  in  Hart  County,  Kentucky,  September  17, 
1831,  and  was  engaged  in  farming  all  of  his  life.  He  was  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  War  in  which  he  served  three  years  and  six  months.  He  enlisted 
in  Company  I,  26th  Volunteer  Infantry,  July  1,  1862,  and  was  discharged 
June  13,  1865,  after  being  wounded  in  the  left  shoulder.  After  the  close 
of  the  war  he  brought  his  family  to  Harrison  County.  They  drove  through 
from  Kentucky  in  a  wagon  and  located  in  the  northeast  part  of  Colfax 
Township  where  they  remained  for  a  while.  During  the  winter  of  1865, 
Mr.  Dale  built  a  log  cabin  on  a  farm  near  Eagleville  to  which  he  moved 
his  family  in  the  spring  of  1866.  In  1896  he  moved  again  to  a  house  near 
his  farm  and  remained  at  this  place  until  the  death  of  his  wife  when  he 
made  his  home  with  his  children.  Mr.  Dale  was  a  Republican  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Christian  church.  He  belonged  to  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  Post  Reuben  Dale  at  Eagleville.  This  post  was  named  for  a 
brother  of  James  J.  Dale,  Reuben  Dale,  killed  in  the  Civil  War.  Mr.  Dale's 
wife,  Amy  Elizabeth   (Shirley)   Dale,  died  May  30,  1897,  at  the  age  of 


804  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

sixty-seven  years  and  James  J.  Dale  died  May  9,  1908.  The  remains  of 
both  are  buried  in  the  Masonic  Cemetery.  W.  S.  Dale  attended  the  dis- 
trict school  and  was  reared  on  the  farm.  He  began  working  for  himself 
when  he  was  a  young  man  and  i-ented  land  for  a  year.  Then  he  bought 
100  acres  east  of  Eagleville,  made  improvements  and  farmed  there  until 
he  traded  with  his  father  and  got  the  home  place.  He  has  added  to  his 
holdings  until  he  now  owns  220  acres  of  land,  140  acres  of  which  is 
located  in  Colfax  Township  and  eighty  acres  in  Trail  Creek  Township. 
In  1918  he  bought  a  farm  from  Mrs.  Kate  Brown  and  built  a  bungalow 
which  is  modern  throughout.  Mr.  Dale  has  raised  stock  for  several  years 
and  he  attributes  much  of  his  success  to  that  particular  line  of  work. 

W.  S.  Dale  was  married  September  8,  1889,  to  Sarah  A.  Mitchell, 
born  in  this  county,  June  18,  1872,  the  daughter  of  David  S.  and  Eliza 
(Matthews)  Mitchell.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mitchell  were  natives  of  Indiana  who 
settled  in  Harrison  County  after  the  Civil  War.  They  are  both  now 
dead.  Mrs.  Dale  died  Januaiy  16,  1921.  To  her  union  with  W.  S.  Dale 
four  children  were  born,  only  one  of  whom,  is  now  living;  Lora  R.,  mar- 
ried to  Gladys  Riley  and  living  on  the  Dale  farm.  Mr.  Dale  has  two 
grandchildi'en,  Creighton  R.  and  Jack  S.  Dale. 

VV.  S.  Dale  is  a  republican  and  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  in 
which  he  is  an  elder.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Citizens  Bank  of  Eagle- 
ville. He  is  a  man  who  maintains  an  active  interest  in  his  various  lines 
of  activity.  In  his  farm  operations,  in  his  stock  raising,  in  his  connection 
with  the  bank,  and  in  his  relation  to  the  church  of  which  he  is  an  officer, 
he  has  put  energy,  thought  and  time.  He  merits  the  marked  success 
which  he  has  made. 


Albert  Richardson,  deceased,  was  a  well  known  farmer  of  Colfax 
Township.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  owned  200  acres  of  land  where 
his  widow  now  lives.  He  was  a  native  of  this  county  and  spent  all  of 
his  life  here  so  he  was  an  integral  part  of  the  community  where  he  was 
known  as  a  substantial  and  reliable  man. 

Mr.  Richardson  was  born  in  Marion  Township,  February  20,  1852. 
His  parents  were  John  and  Abigail  (Bridges)  Richardson  to  whom  eight 
children  were  born,  Albert,  the  subject  of  this  review  being  the  third 
child.  John  Richardson  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  an  early  settler  of  Har- 
rison County,  an  account  of  whose  life  may  be  found  in  the  sketch  of  the 
life  of  R.  F.  Richardson  in  this  volume. 


HISTORY  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY  805 

Albert  Richardson  grew  up  on  a  farm  and  engaged  in  farming  all  of 
his  life.  He  was  married  February  20,  1892  to  Ora  Hutton,  born  July  18, 
1873  in  Clay  Township.  Her  parents  were  Marcellus  and  Anna  (Graham) 
Hutton,  natives  of  Indiana  who  came  to  Harrison  County  when  they  were 
mere  children.  To  the  union  of  Albert  and  Ora  (Hutton)  Richardson  six 
children  were  born:  Blanch,  now  the  wife  of  Clarence  McCoy  of  Colfax 
Township;  Morris,  living  in  Colfax  Township;  Lawrence,  at  home; 
Charley,  a  resident  of  Idaho ;  Jewell,  living  at  home ;  Marie,  also  at  home. 
Mrs.  Richardson  has  three  grandchildren.  One  of  them,  Morris  Richard- 
son, is  a  veteran  of  the  World  War.  He  was  trained  at  Camp  Funston, 
remaining  in  training  for  eighteen  months. 

Mr.  Richardson  died  October  27,  1916.  He  was  a  Repubhcan  in  poli- 
tics and  was  identified  with  the  Baptist  Church.  He  was  a  man  of  in- 
tegrity and  strong  business  acumen,  a  believer  in  progressive  methods 
in  his  work  and  always  ready  to  support  the  best  interests  of  his  com- 
munity. 


B.  B.  Sharp,  farmer,  land  owner,  and  business  man  of  this  county, 
is  a  native  of  Colfax  Township,  born  November  15,  1858,  in  an  old  frame 
house  that  still  stands  on  the  Sharp  farm.  The  house  was  built  of  lum- 
ber native  to  Harrison  County  which  was  sawed  up  for  building  purposes 
by  horse  power,  twelve  head  of  horses  and  mules  being  used  to  operate 
the  mill.  It  is  one  of  the  few  early  homes  now  left  in  the  county,  although 
it  has  not  been  occupied  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Sharp's  parents  were  Preston  and  Elizabeth  (Nunns)  Sharp  to 
whom  four  children  were  born:  Jacob  H.,  living  at  Pawnee  in  Hamilton 
Township;  Mary  E.,  now  Mrs.  Arthur  Brown,  a  widow  in  Canton,  South 
Dakota;  B.  B.,  the  subject  of  this  review;  and  Augusta,  deceased,  was 
married  to  Oscar  Brown.  Preston  Sharp  was  bom  in  Tennessee,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1831,  and  was  left  an  orphan  at  an  early  age.  He  was  raised  by 
an  uncle  in  Jacksonville,  Illinois.  He  grew  up  on  his  uncle's  farm  and 
was  married;  then  in  1855  he  came  to  Missouri,  driving  through  from 
Illinois  in  a  wagon.  He  settled  in  Harrison  County  where  he  bought  160 
acres  of  land  in  Colfax  Township  for  which  he  paid  six  dollars  an  acre. 
He  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Civil  War  in  the  12th  Missouri  Cavalry  and 
was  made  lieutenant  and  later  a  captain.  After  the  close  of  the  Civil 
War  he  was  sent  to  Wyoming,  Dakota,  and  other  western  points  to  quell 


806  HISTORY  OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Indian  uprisings.  He  was  one  of  the  fearless  and  efficient  officers  of  his 
time.  About  thirty  years  before  his  death  he  went  to  Hot  Springs, 
South  Dakota,  and  lived  there  for  years.  He  died  at  Yankton,  South 
Dakota,  August  27,  1915. 

Elizabeth  (Nunns)  Sharp  was  born  in  Pontefract,  England,  January 
15,  1830.  She  left  her  native  country  when  she  was  ten  years  old  and 
came  with  her  parents,  Thomas  and  Mary  (Bohee)  Nunns  to  the  United 
States.  They  located  in  New  York  where  they  remained  for  a  while.  Mr. 
Nunns  was  a  tinner  by  trade  and  shipped  all  of  his  tools  and  tinware  to 
New  York  from  England,  paying  more  to  get  the  goods  across  than  new 
tools  and  supplies  would  have  cost  in  this  country.  The  family  soon  left 
New  York  and  came  to  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  and  from  thence  to  Harrison 
County  where  they  lived  in  a  little  log  cabin  on  the  farm  now  owned  by 
their  grandson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Their  recollections  of  their 
life  in  England  and  of  their  passage  to  the  United  States  were  interest- 
ing. They  came  across  from  the  old  country  in  a  sailing  vessel  which 
took  sixteen  weeks  to  make  the  trip.  To  hardy  and  venturesome  spirits 
such  as  these  the  county  owes  much  honor  and  praise.  Their  daughter, 
Elizabeth  (Nunns)  Sharp  died  July  18,  1886. 

B.  B.  Sharp  attended  the  district  school  of  the  county  and  grew  up 
on  the  farm  which  he  now  owns.  This  place  of  240  acres  has  been  much 
improved  by  the  present  owner,  who  has  always  believed  in  the  efficacy 
of  new  and  progressive  methods. 

Mr.  Sharp  was  married  September  12,  1888,  to  Ida  A.  Jones,  bom 
July  20,  1869,  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  the  daughter  of  Enoch  and 
Eliza  (Whitehead)  Jones,  natives  of  Lancastershire,  England.  They 
came  to  the  United  States  in  the  early  days  and  later  settled  in  Missouri. 
This  was  after  the  Civil  War  in  which  Mr.  Jones  enlisted  for  service  in 
Philadelphia.  He  served  as  a  mariner  for  two  years  and  two  years  on 
land  duty.  In  1870  he  settled  in  Marion  Township  in  this  county,  locat- 
ing on  a  farm  two  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  Blythedale.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones  are  now  living  at  Hot  Springs,  South  Dakota. 

To  the  union  of  B.  B.  and  Ida  A.  (Jones)  Sharp  the  following  children 
were  born :  Flavins  J.,  Grover  C,  and  Oscar  G.,  all  living  in  Colfax  Town- 
ship; Nellie  B.,  wife  of  Edwin  Bonner  of  Ringgold  County,  Iowa;  Glenn 
I.,  and  Ruby  J.,  both  living  at  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sharp  have  three 
grandchildren:  Neva  and  Rex  Bonner,  and  Donald  Sharp. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  807 

B.  B.  Sharp  is  an  adherent  of  the  democratic  party  in  politics.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge  at  Eagleville  which  chapter 
he  helped  to  organize.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Citizens  Bank 
at  Eaglesville  and  has  been  a  director  of  that  institution  ever  since.  He 
has  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board.  Mr.  Sharp  by  inheri- 
tance and  by  training  is  a  man  of  varied  interests.  His  foresighted  policy 
in  conducting  his  business,  his  high  standards  of  citizenship,  and  his 
interest  in  every  movement  that  pertains  in  any  way  to  the  development 
of  the  community  have  made  him  a  man  who  stands  high  in  the  esteem 
of  his  fellow  citizens. 


John  J.  Grabill,  now  operating  the  R.  L.  Martin  farm  in  Section  20 
of  Hamilton  Township,  has  lived  in  this  county  practically  all  of  his  life. 
In  his  boyhood  during  the  70's  the  entire  western  part  of  Harrison  County 
was  unbroken  prairie.  Mr.  Grabill  often  herded  cattle,  bareheaded  and 
barefooted,  on  these  plains  and  he  says  that  in  those  days  when  a  person 
went  to  visit  the  neighbors,  he  simply  "cut  across  the  country"  as  there 
were  no  roads  laid  out.  Mr.  Gi-abill's  father  and  grandfather  also  were 
men  who  saw  the  possibilities  in  the  development  of  the  frontier  land 
and  were  among  the  courageous  early  settlers. 

John  J.  Grabill  was  born  near  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  November  11, 
1866,  the  son  of  J.  A.  and  Oregon  (Smith)  Grabill,  to  whom  nine  children 
were  born,  John  J.  being  the  oldest.  J.  A.  Grabill  was  born  in  Clay 
County,  Missouri,  in  1845,  and  came  to  Harrison  County  with  his  parents, 
John  and  Sallie  S.  (Woodward)  Grabill,  when  he  was  four  years  old. 
They  were  natives  of  Lee  County,  Virginia,  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1844, 
settling  in  this  county  in  1849.  Here  they  homesteaded  100  acres  of 
land  in  Hamilton  Township  and  set  about  to  break  up  the  new  land.  This 
had  to  be  done  with  oxen  and  was  slow  and  arduous  labor.  Their  nearest 
market  at  first  was  St.  Joseph,  later  they  could  trade  at  Brooklyn  and 
Eagleville.  John  Grabill  died  on  this  old  home  place  twenty-three  years 
ago  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years  and  Sallie  S.  (Woodward)  Grabill  died 
at  the  same  place  in  1911  at  the  age  of  ninety-two  years.  Their  son, 
John  A.  Grabill,  lived  on  a  farm  all  of  his  life  and  died  in  1896.  His 
widow,  the  mother  of  the  subject  of  this  review,  was  born  four  miles  west 
of  Bethany  and  is  eighty-one  years  old.  She  is  still  living  on  the  old  home 
place. 


808  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

John  J.  Grabill  has  always  been  a  farmer.  He  improved  a  farm  in 
Hamilton  Township  which  he  sold  in  January,  1919.  He  then  began 
operating  the  farm  he  is  now  on  where  he  has  been  successful. 

Mr.  Grabill  was  married  March  17,  1890,  to  Emma  G.  Choat,  who  was 
born  in  Cumberland  County,  Illinois,  and  came  to  Harrison  County  with 
her  parents  when  she  was  thirteen  years  old.  To  John  J.  and  Emma  G. 
(Choat)  Grabill  five  children  were  born:  Bessie,  deceased;  Andrew,  liv- 
ing in  Hamilton  Township ;  Charlie,  was  in  camp  for  six  months'  training 
for  service  in  the  World  War,  now  living  in  Hamilton  Township;  Birdie, 
wife  of    Ralph  Stilwell,  of  Hamilton  Township ;  and  Mary,  at  home. 

Mr.  Grabill  is  a  Democrat  and  is  a  member  of  the  United  Brethren 
church.  He  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  four  years  and  is  now  the 
road  overseer  for  District  No.  3.  Mr.  Grabill  is  interested  in  the  raising 
of  Rhode  Island  chickens,  in  which  line  of  work  he  has  achieved  success. 
He  is  an  enterprising  farmer  and  a  man  with  high  ideals  of  citizenship. 


Samuel  W.  Grabill,  an  enterprising  farmer  and  stockman  of  Hamilton 
Township,  is  the  owner  of  160  acres  of  well-improved  land  and  is  a  suc- 
cessful breeder  of  Shorthorn  cattle. 

Mr.  Grabill  was  born  January  19,  1877,  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Oregon 
(Smith)  Grabill,  data  concerning  whose  lives  appear  in  connection  with 
the  review  of  the  life  of  John  J.  Grabill  in  this  volume.  Samuel  W. 
Grabill  was  the  sixth  of  nine  children  born  to  his  parents,  seven  of  whom 
grew  to  maturity.  These  were:  John  J.,  mentioned  above;  Effie, 
deceased,  was  the  wife  of  John  Belden ;  Mary,  married  to  W.  A.  Smalley, 
of  Hamilton  Township ;  Belle,  now  the  widow  of  John  Ragan,  of  Marshall 
County,  Texas ;  Margaret,  wife  of  Jess  R.  Thompson,  of  Ridgeway ;  Samuel 
W.,  the  twin  of  Margaret  and  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Fred  V., 
living  in  Hamilton  Township. 

Samuel  W.  Grabill  attended  the  district  school  and  was  reared  on  the 
farm.  He  is  a  member  of  a  family  that  for  three  generations  has  farmed 
in  this  county.  He  therefore  grew  up  in  the  midst  of  the  problems  which 
the  farmers  of  Harrison  County  meet.  Mr.  Grabill  rented  land  until  1913 
when  he  bought  his  present  farm  from  his  grandfather,  John  Grabill's 
heirs.  At  that  time  the  farm  had  only  a  log  house  on  it  but  Mr.  Grabill 
has  made  many  improvements.  He  has  dealt  in  stock  all  of  his  life  and 
has  been  successful. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  809 

In  1901  Mr.  Grabill  was  married  to  Bertie  E.  Thrailkill,  born  in  Fre- 
mont County,  Iowa,  the  daughter  of  Gus  and  Lettie  (Luke)  Thrailkill,  the 
former  a  native  of  Kansas  and  the  latter  of  Ohio  and  who  settled  in  this 
county  in  the  early  days.  To  Mr.  Grabill's  union  with  Bertie  E.  Thrailkill 
seven  children  were  born:  Opal,  at  home;  Oregon,  married  to  Vird 
Hobbs,  of  Hamilton  Township ;  Hazel,  at  home ;  Mary  Belle,  deceased ;  and 
Garland,  Margaret,  and  Leland,  all  living  at  home. 

Mr.  Grabill  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  at  Hatfield  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge  at  Eagle- 
ville.  He  is  a  reliable  citizen  of  his  community,  a  man  who  believes  in 
progressive  movements  both  in  his  occupation  and  in  civic  affairs. 


C.  J.  Elliott,  a  well-known  farmer  and  stockman  of  Hamilton  Town- 
ship and  the  owner  of  160  acres  of  land,  has  lived  in  this  county  since  he 
was  a  lad  of  thirteen,  when  he  came  here  with  his  parents.  He  was  born 
April  20,  1865,  in  Mason  County,  Illinois,  the  son  of  J.  M.  and  Sarah 
(Swick)  Elliott,  to  whom  eleven  children  were  born,  three  of  whom  are 
now  living:  C.  J.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Allie,  now  the  widow  of 
Mr.  Oiks,  of  Los  Angeles ;  and  S.  G.,  living  in  Colfax  Township. 

J.  M.  Elliott  was  born  in  Franklin  County,  Pennsylvania,  April  13, 
1832.  In  the  fall  of  1849  he  went  to  Chicago  where  he  worked  as  a  farm 
hand  in  Cook  County,  Illinois.  He  later  moved  to  Mason  County,  Illinois, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1877  he  came  to  Worth  County,  Missouri,  and  located 
on  a  farm  near  Allendale  where  he  remained  until  1896,  when  he  came  to 
Harrison  County  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Colfax  Township.  Here  he 
lived  until  his  death,  October  22,  1902.  Mr.  Elliott  was  a  Democrat  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  J.  M.  Elliott  was  married  March  6, 
1856,  to  Sarah  Swick,  born  in  Wheeling  County,  West  Virginia,  March  15, 
1836,  and  died  March  3,  1909.  The  remains  of  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elliott 
are  buried  in  the  Masonic  Cemetery  at  Eaglesville. 

C.  J.  Elliott  has  been  a'  farmer  for  twenty-one  years.  He  bought  his 
first  land  in  Colfax  Township  in  1901  and  made  improvement  on  it.  This 
land  he  sold  in  1916  and  purchased  his  present  farm.  He  moved  on  to 
this  new  place  in  1917  and  has  improved  it.  In  connection  with  general 
farming,  Mr.  Elliott  handles  high-grade  stock. 

On  March  11,  1900,  Mr.  Elliott  was  married  to  Annie  Hon,  born  and 
reared  in  Colfax  Township.     She  was  the  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Martha 


810  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

(Brooks)  Hon,  the  former  born  in  Indiana  and  the  latter  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky. They  were  early  settlers  of  Harrison  County.  Both  are  now 
dead.  To  the  union  of  C.  J.  and  Annie  (Hon)  Elliott  nine  children  were 
born :  Ethel,  at  home ;  Nora,  at  home ;  Jay,  deceased ;  and  Alta,  Charles, 
Wayne,  John,  Dennie,  and  Ralph,  all  living  at  home. 

C.  J.  Elliott  is  a  Democrat  but  is  independent  in  his  politics.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  lodge.  Mr.  Elliott  is  a  self- 
made  man  whose  education  was  obtained  largely  through  experience.  He 
is  a  man  of  keen  foresight  in  business  and  is  optimistic  in  his  outlook 
on  life. 


A.  C.  Jones,  for  many  years  a  farmer  in  Harrison  County,  is  now  the 
owner  of  220  acres  of  well  improved  land,  a  part  of  which  came  to  him 
through  inheritance  and  the  remainder  by  purchase. 

Mr.  Jones  was  born  in  McHenry  County,  Illinois,  September  20,  1861. 
His  parents  were  Charles  H.  and  Margaret  (Stowe)  Jones  to  whom  five 
children  were  born,  two  of  whom  are  now  living:  A.  C,  the  subject  of 
this  review;  and  Frank  H.,  living  at  Scammon,  Kansas. 

Charles  H.  Jones  was  born  in  Clinton  County,  New  York,  August  5, 
1833.  He  was  a  farmer  and  also  did  carpentry  work  for  eight  years 
thei'e.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Reorganized  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of 
the  Latter  Day  Saints  in  which  church  he  was  a  minister  for  thirty  years. 
He  came  to  Iowa  in  1871  and  in  1880  moved  to  Harrison  County  where 
he  located  on  a  farm  west  of  Pawnee.  This  was  the  land  now  owned  by 
D.  H.  McLain.  In  1888  Mr.  Jones  came  to  the  farm  in  section  32  of  Ham- 
ilton TowTiship  now  owned  by  his  son,  A.  C.  Jones.  Here  he  continued 
nis  work  in  the  church  and  was  in  St.  Louis  as  a  missionaiy  for  six  years. 
He  died  September  20,  1912.  His  wife,  Margaret  (Stowe)  Jones,  was 
born  in  Clinton  County,  New  York,  February  26,  1836  and  died  in  1916. 
The  remains  of  both  are  buried  in  Hamilton  Township. 

A.  C.  Jones  has  made  all  the  improvements  on  his  farm  and  has 
been  successful  in  his  enterprises.     He  does  general  farming  on  the  land. 

Mr.  Jones  was  married  March  25,  1888  to  Ada  Duke,  born  in  Barren 
County,  Kentucky,  and  reared  in  Colfax  Township  of  this  county.  Her 
parents  were  James  and  Rebecca  (Owen)  Duke,  natives  of  Barren  County, 
Kentucky.  To  the  union  of  A.  C.  and  Ada  (Duke)  Jones  four  children 
were  born:  Nellie,  deceased;  Earl,  living  in  Hamilton  Township;  Clara, 
married  to  Merry  Butler  of  Ringgold  County,  Iowa;  and  Charles,  a  high 
school  student  at  Hatfield. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  811 

Mr.  Jones  is  an  independent  in  politics  and  is  a  member  of  the  Re- 
organized Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  Mr.  Jones 
is  a  man  of  integrity  and  industry.  He  is  one  of  the  reliable  and  sub- 
stantial men  of  his  community. 


Earl  J.  Powell,  now  farming  the  Powell  estate  of  520  acres  in  Lincoln 
Township  and  dealing  in  live  stock,  was  born  on  the  fanm  which  he  now 
operates.  The  Powell  name  is  well  known  throughout  the  county  where 
members  of  the  family  have  been  progressive  farmers  and  business  men 
for  three  generations. 

Earl  J.  Powell  was  born  January  12,  1896,  the  son  of  Fred  J.  and 
Laura  Jane  (Ballard)  Powell  to  whom  two  children  were  born:  Inez, 
now  the  wife  of  Otto  Eidimann  of  Topeka,  Kansas;  and  Earl  J.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review.  Fred  J.  Powell  had  large  land  holdings  in  this  county 
and  was  a  successful  farmer.  He  died  in  1899  and  his  widow  now  lives 
at  Ridgeway. 

Earl  J.  Powell  grew  up  on  the  farm.  He  attended  the  Eagleville 
school  and  later  was  in  school  at  Mexico,  Missouri,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri, 
and  Chicago,  Ilhnois.  He  remained  in  school  until  1911  when  he  began 
operating  the  Powell  estate.  He  has  made  a  success  of  this  work  and  is 
both  enterprising  and  progressive  in  his  methods  of  farm  management. 
Mr.  Powell  is  a  veteran  of  the  World  War.  He  entered  the  service  in 
February,  1918  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Funston  where  he  was  assigned  to 
the  89th  Division,  354th  Regiment,  Company  M.  June  3,  1918  he  sailed 
for  France  and  was  at  the  front  in  the  battles  of  the  Argonne,  Meuse  and 
St.  Mihiel.  He  landed  at  Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  on  June  3,  1919  and  re- 
ceived his  discharge  from  service  at  Camp  Funston,  June  8,  1919.  He 
at  once  returned  home  and  again  took  charge  of  the  farm  where  he  now 
lives. 

Mr.  Powell  was  married  July  27,  1917  to  Florence  C.  Nelson,  who  was 
born  in  Lincoln  Tovmship,  the  daughter  of  0.  J.  and  Ella  Nelson.  No 
children  have  been  born  to  this  union. 

Mr.  Powell  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and  of  the  Modem  Woodmen  of 
America  lodges.  He  is  a  young  man  of  ability  whose  varied  experiences 
and  practical  training  give  him  a  keen  business  insight  and  a  broad  under- 
standing of  the  problems  with  which  he  comes  in  contact. 


812  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

S.  M.  Sheets,  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  and  the  owner  of  305 
acres  of  land  in  Colfax  Township,  belongs  to  a  pioneer  family  of  Har- 
rison County.  His  parents  were  of  the  intrepid  and  venturesome  stock 
who  came  to  this  county  in  the  early  days  and  invested  their  laboi-  in 
the  uncertain  future  of  the  frontier  land.  Their  courage  and  toil  made 
possible  the  success  that  is  the  guerdon  of  their  children. 

S.  M.  Sheets  was  born  in  Colfax  Township  in  the  house  where  he  now 
lives  the  son  of  Andrew  J.  and  Artemissa  (Shirley)  Sheets  to  whom  eight 
children  were  born,  only  four  of  whom  are  now  living:  George,  a  lumber- 
man at  Cainsville;  Nora,  wife  of  John  Scott,  Ensign,  Kansas;  John  H., 
living  in  Colfax  Township;  and  S.  M.,  the  subject  of  this  review.  Andrew 
J.  Sheets  was  born  in  Holmes  County,  Ohio,  September  11,  1832  and  died 
in  Harrison  County,  June  3,  1907.  He  was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Phoebe 
(Winslaw)  Sheets,  the  former  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  the  latter  a 
native  of  Rhode  Island.  Samuel  Sheets  was  a  farmer  and  butcher  who 
moved  to  Iowa  in  1852  and  later  died  there.  He  and  his  wife  had  eight 
children  who  grew  to  maturity. 

Andrew  J.  Sheets  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1854  and  located  on  a 
farm  of  160  acres  in  Colfax  Township.  He  entered  this  land  from  the 
government  and  paid  for  it  with  a  land  warrant  to  his  father-in-law.  He 
set  about  improving  his  land  at  once.  He  lived  in  a  log  cabin  at  first  and 
broke  up  the  wild  prairie  land  with  ox  teams.  He  used  to  go  five  miles 
to  Hammer's  Mill  to  grind  his  feed  and  meal.  The  family  used  corn  meal 
instead  of  flour  both  because  of  the  scarcity  and  the  expense  of  the 
wheat.  When  Mr.  Sheets  built  the  house  in  which  his  son,  S.  M.,  was 
born  he  hauled  the  pine  lumber  for  the  building  from  St.  Joseph.  Most 
of  the  lumber  used  in  the  finishing  of  the  interior  is  native  walnut  and 
all  of  the  doors  are  of  walnut  and  were  made  by  hand.  The  lumber  for 
his  barn,  Mr.  Sheets  hauled  from  Princeton.  He  was  a  successful  farmer 
and  a  farsighted  man  of  business,  one  of  the  sturdy  citizens  of  the  county. 
In  politics  he  was  an  independent  Democrat.  He  was  identified  with  the 
Christian  Church  and  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons. 

Andrew  Sheets  was  married  to  Artemissa  Shirley,  December  10, 
1854.  Mrs.  Sheets  was  born  in  Illinois,  August  10,  1837  and  died  April 
26,  1874.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Moses  and  Jerusha  (Hancock)  Shirley, 
both  natives  of  Kentucky.     Her  father  was  a  soldier  in  the  Black  Hawk 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  813 

War  who  settled  in  this  county  in  1853  and  entered  land  from  the  govern- 
ment. He  died  here  many  years  later  on  the  farm  where  his  son,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  now  lives. 

S.  M.  Sheets  grew  up  on  the  farm  where  he  had  practical  training 
in  farm  work  and  in  business  methods  under  the  efficient  tutelage  of 
his  father.  His  father  gave  him  the  160  acres  on  which  the  house  stands. 
The  patent  to  the  land  was  never  recorded  in  Harrison  County  until  1911, 
when  the  present  owner  had  it  done.  Mr.  Sheets  has  added  to  his  land 
holdings  from  time  to  time  and  has  been  breeding  Shorthorn  cattle  for 
the  past  fifteen  years.  In  this  work  he  has  achieved  success.  He  is 
interested  in  both  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  and  the  Citizens  Banks 
at  Blythedale,  holding  stock  in  both  institutions. 

S.  M.  Sheets  was  married  November  8,  1907  to  Bess  Van  Hoozer, 
born  at  Albany  in  Gentry  County,  the  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Susannah 
Jane  (Woodward)  Van  Hoozer,  the  former  born  in  Tennessee  and  the 
latter  a  native  of  Virginia.  To  the  union  of  S.  M.  and  Bess  (Van  Hoozer) 
Sheets  seven  children  were  born,  all  living  at  home.  They  are  Andi'ew 
J.,  Hugh  v.,  Nora,  Margaret,  Harry  R.,  Norma  and  Henry  L. 

Mr.  Sheets  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Blythedale.  He  is  a  man  who  has  car- 
ried on  well  the  traditions  and  ideals  which  were  a  part  of  his  inheritance 
from  his  worthy  ancestors.  Harrison  County  is  justly  proud  of  such 
citizens. 


Blaine  Powell,  well  known  farmer,  stockman  and  business  man  of 
Lincoln  Township,  was  born  and  reared  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives. 
He  has  holdings  of  160  acres  of  land  and  operates  more  than  730  acres 
on  which  he  does  general  farming.  He  also  feeds  cattle,  shipping  at 
least  a  car  load  each  year.  Mr.  Powell  holds  the  responsible  position  of 
the  president  of  the  Bank  of  Hatfield  and  attends  to  the  details  of  this 
position  in  connection  with  his  various  other  pursuits. 

Mr.  Powell  was  born  September  16,  1883,  the  son  of  Riley  W.  and 
Villa  (Heaston)  Powell  to  whom  two  children  were  born:  Myrtle,  mar- 
ried to  William  Humphrey  and  living  at  San  Francisco,  California;  and 
Blaine,  the  subject  of  this  review. 

Riley  W.  Powell  was  bom  at  Elizabeth,  Jo  Daviess  County,  Illinois, 
July  19,  1855,  the  son  of  Greenberry  and  Eliza  Powell,  a  review  of  whose 


814  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

lives  appear  in  connection  with  the  sketch  of  the  Hfe  of  George  A.  Powell 
in  this  volume.  Riley  W.  Powell  was  a  successful  farmer  and  stockman 
all  of  his  life  and  owned  600  acres  of  land  at  the  time  of  his  death,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1912.  He  was  the  president  of  the  Bank  of  Hatfield  from  the 
time  of  the  organization  of  that  institution  until  his  death  and  served  it 
most  efficiently.  He  was  identified  with  the  Christian  Church  and  helped 
to  organize  and  build  the  church  at  Hatfield.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodges.  He  was  a  man  who  did 
much  for  his  community,  maintaining  a  deep  interest  in  various  activities 
and  possessing  high  ideals  of  civic  welfare.  He  was  married  in  1878  to 
Villa  Heaston,  who  was  born  in  Decatur  County,  Iowa,  in  1860.  Since 
the  death  of  Mr.  Powell  she  lives  at  Hatfield. 

Blaine  Powell  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  and  later  attended 
the  Grant  City  High  School  and  the  normal  at  Stanbeny,  Missouri,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  the  commercial  course  in  1902.  In  1908  he  entered 
the  State  University  at  Columbia,  Missouri  and  took  the  course  in  agri- 
culture. He  came  home  in  March,  1909  and  entered  his  present  line  of 
work  in  which  he  has  achieved  a  mai'ked  success. 

On  October  6,  1909,  Mr.  Powell  was  married  to  Dale  Haas,  a  native 
of  Worth  County,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Sadie  (Ross)  Haas,  both 
natives  of  Ohio  and  early  settlers  in  Missouri.  They  are  both  living.  To 
Blaine  and  Dale  (Haas)  Powell  two  children,  twins,  have  been  born,  Glee 
Haas  and  Helen  Gail,  born  August  30,  1917. 

Mr.  Powell  is  a  Republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  lodge  at  Allendale.  Upon  the  death  of  his  father,  Blaine 
Powell  was  elected  to  succeed  him  as  president  of  the  Bank  of  Hatfield. 
His  wide  acquaintance  with  people  and  his  varied  experience  which  has 
put  him  in  close  touch  with  numerous  problems  in  farming,  stock  raising 
and  business  make  him  a  valuable  asset  to  the  bank.  He  is  a  man  of 
keen  business  foresight  and  of  progressive  ideas. 


The  Bank  of  Hatfield  is  an  institution  that  has  most  successfully  met 
the  needs  of  the  community  which  supports  it.  It  was  organized  on 
February  17,  1903  by  men  who  with  two  exceptions  were  farmers.  The 
first  stockholders  were:  D.  L.  Heaston,  of  Topeka,  Kansas;  Oscar  A. 
Curry,  attorney  at  Eagleville;  and  the  other  organizers,  all  farmers,  Riley 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  815 

W.  Powell,  of  Lincoln  Township;  Henry  C.  Heaston,  of  Lincoln  Town- 
ship; E.  L.  Donelson,  of  Hamilton  Township;  and  George  A.  Powell,  of 
Colfax  Township.  The  bank  opened  for  business  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$10,000.00,  and  with  the  following  officers:  Riley  W.  Powell,  president; 
E.  L.  Donelson,  vice  president;  and  J.  H.  Gatley,  cashier. 

In  the  year  of  1910  the  capital  stock  was  increased  from  $10,000.00 
to  $20,000.00  while  under  R.  W.  Powell's  management,  he  thinking  the 
business  justified  the  increase. 

In  the  years  of  its  existence  the  bank  has  justified  the  faith  of  the 
men  who  organized  it  and  has  served  a  valuable  purpose  in  the  county. 
The  present  standing  of  the  institution  is  indicated  by  the  official  state- 
ment of  June  30,  1921  which  ran  as  follows : 

Resources. 

Loans  and  discounts,  undoubtedly  good  on  personal  or  collateral_$57,631.15 

Loans,  real  estate 9,445.00 

Overdrafts    49.50 

Real  estate   (banking  house)   1,600.00 

Furniture  and  fixtures 2,295.00 

Due  from  other  banks  and  bankei's  subject  to  check 8,986.36 

Cash   items   153.13 

Cash  on  hand  (currency,  gold,  silver  and  other  coin) 2,105.93 

Other  resources:    Customers  bonds  5,800.00 

Total    $88,066.07 

Liabilities. 

Capital  stock  paid  in $20,000.00 

Surplus   fund   5,000.00 

Undivided  profits,  net 4,068.62 

Individual  deposits  subject  to  check 31,992.95 

Time  certificates  of  deposit 16,201.34 

Demand  certificates  of  deposit  and  cashier's  checks 3.16 

Bills  payable  and  rediscounts 5,000.00 

Other  liabilities:    Bond  deposit  5,800.00 

Total $88,066.07 


816  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

The  present  officers  of  the  bank  are :  Blaine  Powell,  president ;  E.  L. 
Donelson,  vice  president;  and  G.  H.  Adair,  cashier.  The  directors  are: 
Blaine  Powell,  E.  L.  Donelson,  J.  R.  Hunsicker,  J.  L.  Schardein  and  George 
A.  Powell.  These  men  are  all  efficient  officers  and  have  proved  their 
loyalty  and  worth  to  the  institution. 


W.  C.  Humphrey,  an  attorney  at  Hatfield  and  a  teacher  in  District 
No.  33,  is  one  of  the  oldest  teachers  in  Harrison  County.  He  has  served 
the  schools  in  various  ways  and  in  many  places.  He  taught  at  Martins- 
ville and  other  places  and  was  the  principal  at  Allendale,  Denver,  Hatfield 
and  Brooklyn.  He  has  always  been  reckoned  one  of  the  successful 
teachers  of  the  county. 

Mr.  Humphrey  was  bom  on  a  farm  near  South  Boston,  Washington 
County,  Indiana,  and  was  educated  in  the  Salem  Academy  at  Salem, 
Indiana. 

W.  C.  Humphrey  taught  school  at  and  near  New  Philadelphia  and 
was  principal  at  Philadelphia,  Indiana,  for  four  years.  In  1886  he  came 
to  Harrison  County  and  settled  near  Washington  Center,  Washington 
Township  and  again  took  up  his  life  work  of  teaching.  While  he  was  in 
Denver,  Missouri,  he  began  the  study  of  law  with  Mr.  Miller.  In  this  he 
became  proficient  and  in  1895  he  went  to  Bethany  to  appear  before  a 
committee  for  examination  in  law.  Judge  Wanamaker,  the  editor  of  this 
volume  was  a  member  of  the  examining  committee  which  admitted  Mr. 
Humphrey  to  the  bar.  Mr.  Humphrey  now  combines  his  teaching  with 
his  legal  work  and  is  successful  in  both. 

Mr.  Humphrey  was  married  in  1888  to  Addie  B.  Smith,  daughter  of 
Solomon  and  Nancy  Smith  and  to  this  union  four  children  were  born: 
Two  children  who  died  in  infancy;  Chauncey,  now  living  at  Kirk,  Colo- 
rado; and  Laura,  deceased.  She  was  an  efficient  teacher  before  her 
marriage. 

Mr.  Humphrey  attended  the  State  Teacher's  Training  School  at  War- 
rensburg,  Missouri,  in  1891  and  1892  and  was  licensed  to  teach  in  county 
institutes.  He  taught  in  Worth  County  institute  in  1891  and  Mercer 
County  Teacher's  Institute  in  1892.  He  is  the  type  of  man  who  means 
much  to  a  county,  for  he  has  practically  devoted  his  life  to  the  work  of 
building  up  the  county  educationally.  To  such  men  we  owe  much  of  our 
present  efficiency  in  citizenship. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  817 

Andrew  J.  Knott,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  who  is 
now  living  practically  retired  after  a  successful  career  as  a  farmer  and 
stockman  in  Harrison  County,  is  a  native  of  Indiana.  He  was  born  at 
Winchester,  Randolph  County,  December  4,  1852,  and  is  a  son  of  William 
and  Margaret  (Clark)  Knott. 

William  Knott  came  to  Harrison  County  in  1884,  and  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  here  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  died 
November  1,  1899.  His  wife  was  bom  March  19,  1824,  and  died  June 
18,  1888.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Smith  A., 
who  died  in  1904;  Mary  E.,  died  in  1918;  John  L.,  mairied  Mary  Rich- 
mond, and  they  live  in  Lincoln,  Nebraska;  William  C,  married  Anna 
Smith,  of  Harrison  County  and  they  live  at  Shreveport,  Louisiana; 
Charles  H.,  married  Emma  Hass,  and  lives  in  Ringgold  County,  Iowa; 
Frank  E.,  died  in  infancy ;  and  Andrew  J.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Andrew  J.  Knott  went  to  Illinois  with  his  parents  when  he  was  quite 
young.  They  located  in  Tazewell  County  and  here  he  grew  to  manhood 
and  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  attended  high  school 
at  Delevan,  Illinois,  for  two  years.  He  followed  farming  and  stock  rais- 
ing for  a  time  in  Illinois  and  in  1876  came  to  Missouri  and  settled  on  a 
farm  in  Harrison  County.  Here  he  carried  on  general  fanning  and  raised 
stock  extensively,  making  a  specialty  of  Poland  China  Hogs  and  Shorthorn 
cattle.  His  farm  consists  of  320  acres  of  well  improved  and  productive 
land  which  he  still  owns.  He  retired  from  the  active  operation  of  his 
farm  in  1900,  although  he  continued  personal  supervision  of  the  place. 
In  1919,  he  bought  a  comfortable  home  in  Ridgeway  and  has  since  resided 
here. 

Mr.  Knott  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  LaBee,  a  native  of  Delevan,  Illi- 
nois. She  is  a  daughter  of  Wilham  and  Eliza  (Holmes)  LaBee,  the  former 
a  French-Canadian,  and  the  latter  a  native  of  England.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Knott  have  been  born  the  following  children:  Charles  W.  married  Clara 
M.  Gruver  and  they  live  at  Hatfield  on  his  father's  farm ;  Myrtle,  mar- 
ried George  D.  Heaston,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  Gertrude  G.,  married  T.  W. 
Peterson  and  they  live  near  Ridgeway;  Walter  R,,  married  Eunice  Hop- 
kins and  he  died  November  11,  1918,  and  his  widow  now  resides  in  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri;  Mary  B.,  married  C.  A.  Butler,  Decatur  County,  Iowa; 
and  Clyde,  died  February  20,  1894,  at  the  age  of  five  years. 

Mr.  Knott  is  a  Democrat  and  has  always  taken  a  good  citizens  interest 
in  public  affairs.     He  served  as  tovniship  tinistee  for  a  number  of  years 
(47) 


818  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON   COUNTY 

and  for  twenty  years  was  a  notary  public.  Mr.  Knott  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  Lodge,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Mod- 
ern Woodmen  of  America  at  Hatfield,  Missouri.  He  and  Mrs.  Knott  are 
members  of  the  Christian  Church  and  are  highly  esteemed  members  of 
the  community. 


D.  P.  Moore,  whose  parents  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Har- 
rison County,  was  born  in  Wapello  County,  Iowa,  March  3,  1861,  the  son 
of  Jasper  and  Mary  (Stuttsman)  Moore. 

Jasper  Moore  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1833  but  left  that  state  when 
he  was  only  a  lad  to  go  with  his  parents,  Samuel  and  Mary  (Sears)  Moore 
to  Illinois  where  they  settled  near  Bloomington  and  the  father  followed 
the  vocation  of  a  tanner.  Jasper  Moore  later  went  to  Iowa  and  in  the 
fall  of  1867  he  came  to  Missouri  where  he  settled  in  Harrison  County  and 
bought  120  acres  of  land  in  Washington  Township.  He  was  married  in 
Lee  County,  Iowa,  to  Mary  Stuttsman,  born  in  Iowa,  June  30,  1833  and 
to  this  union  five  children  were  born:  Ella,  wife  of  J.  H.  Murphy,  of 
Daviess  County;  S.  A.,  living  at  Stanberry;  D.  P.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  G.  W.,  living  east  of  Ridgeway;  and  Emma  Sarah,  the  wife  of 
G.  C.  Rice  of  Arizona.  Mrs.  Moore  died  in  1914  and  Jasper  Moore  died 
August  7,  1919  at  his  home  in  Washington  Township.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat and  was  a  member  of  the  Church  of  God  which  he  helped  to  organize 
in  his  community. 

D.  P.  Moore  came  to  this  county  with  his  parents  and  remained  with 
them  until  the  spring  of  1882  when  he  was  twenty-one  years  old.  He 
bought  his  present  farm  of  3I6I/2  acres  in  Washington  Township  and  has 
made  all  the  improvements  on  it.  Mr.  Moore  is  a  practical  farmer  who 
had  excellent  instruction  in  farm  management  when  he  was  growing  up 
by  meeting  the  practical  questions  that  arose  on  his  father's  farm.  He 
therefore  came  to  the  work  on  his  own  land  well  equipped  with  valuable 
information. 

D.  P.  Moore  was  married  March  5,  1882  to  Ara  Hogan,  who  was  bom 
in  Union  Township,  the  daughter  of  J.  J.  and  Nannie  (Fancher)  Hogan, 
both  natives  of  Missouri.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  thirteen  children  were 
born:  A.  C,  Washington  Township;  Charlie,  residing  in  Iowa;  Blanch, 
married  C.  M.  Ayers  of  Washington  Township ;  Ocy,  wife  of  R.  A.  Snethen, 
of  Winner,  South  Dakota;  Ed,  of  Lincoln  Township;  Scott,  living  in  Kan- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  819 

sas  City,  Missouri;  Chester,  at  home;  D.  P.,  Jr.,  at  home;  Ruth,  Hving  at 
home;  Helen  Eva,  died  at  the  age  of  six  months.  Mr.  Moore's  second 
marriage  was  to  Sylvia  A.  Meeker  to  whom  he  was  married  March  15,  1899 
at  Stanberry,  Missouri,  and  to  this  union  one  child,  Albert  L.,  has  been 
born. 

Mr.  Moore  is  a  Democrat  and  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  God. 
His  recollections  of  the  early  days  in  Harrison  County  are  very  interest- 
ing. He  says  that  it  was  simply  all  "out  of  doors"  in  his  boyhood.  Mr. 
Moore  is  an  industrious  and  reliable  man  who  well  merits  the  esteem  in 
which  he  is  held. 


Dr.  B.  R.  Treasure,  a  well  known  and  successful  physician  and  sur- 
geon of  Bethany,  Missouri,  is  a  native  of  Gentry  County.  He  was  born 
March  23,  1871,  a  son  of  Jacob  D.  and  Catherine  (Gibbony)  Treasure. 

Jacob  D.  Treasure  was  born  in  Woodford  County,  Kentucky,  in  1818 
and  came  to  Harrison  County  from  his  native  state  about  1844.  He  first 
settled  on  a  farm  about  four  miles  west  of  Ridgeway.  Later  he  ex- 
changed that  farm  with  Judge  Jeffries  for  a  farm  in  Gentry  County  and 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  Gentry  County  where  he  was  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  learned  the  blacksmith  trade  and 
worked  at  it  in  early  life  but  later  devoted  his  entire  attention  to  farm- 
ing. During  the  Civil  War  he  served  in  the  state  militia.  He  died  July 
8,  1897.  His  wife  was  also  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  died  in  Gentry 
County,  Missouri,  December  30,  1910. 

Doctor  Treasure  has  one  brother,  Charles  L.  Treasure,  who  lives  In 
Mercer  County,  Missouri.  Doctor  Treasure  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Gentry  County  and  the  Stanberry  Normial  School  at  Stanberry, 
Missouri.  He  taught  school  for  a  time  in  Gentry  and  Harrison  counties 
and  then  entered  Central  Medical  College  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri  and  was 
graduated  from  that  institution  in  1902  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine.  He  then  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Mercer 
County  and  later  removed  to  Gentry  County  where  he  successfully  pi-ac- 
ticed  medicine  until  1920.  He  then  located  at  Bethany  where  he  has  a 
large  general  practice.  While  Doctor  Treasure  has  been  a  resident  of 
Bethany  for  a  short  time  he  has  been  well  known  as  a  successful  physician 
in  Harrison  County  throughout  his  professional  career,  having  been 
located  in  adjacent  counties  his  practice  has  extended  into  this  county. 


820  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Doctor  Treasure  was  married  in  1895  to  Miss  Deborah  Clark,  a  native 
of  Harrison  County,  bom  in  Butler  Township.  She  is  a  daughter  of  John 
T.  Clark  who  was  an  early  pioneer  settler  of  that  township.  To  Doctor 
and  Mrs.  Treasure  has  been  born  one  child,  Doctor  Charles  B.  Treasure. 

Doctor  Charles  B.  Treasure  is  a  successful  practicing  dentist  of  Beth- 
any and  he  and  his  father  occupy  the  same  suite  of  offices.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  the  State  Teachers  College  at  Maryville, 
Missouri.  He  then  took  the  course  in  the  Kansas  City  Dental  College 
where  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery. 
During  the  World  War  he  served  as  first  .lieutenant  in  the  Dental  Corps 
and  during  most  of  the  time  was  stationed  at  Ft.  Sill,  Oklahoma. 

During  the  World  War,  Dr.  B.  R.  Treasure  was  commissioned  first 
lieutenant  in  the  Medical  Corps  and  was  stationed  most  of  the  time  at 
Camp  Henry  Knox,  Kentucky. 

He  is  a  capable  physician  and  has  always  been  a  close  student  of  the 
advances  made  in  the  great  science  of  the  medical  profession. 


Z.  T.  Melvin,  a  well  known  citizen  of  Ridgeway,  who  is  now  living  re- 
tired, was  bom  in  Morgan  County,  Ohio,  in  1848  and  is  a  son  of  George 
P.  and  Mary  Ann  (Brown)  Melvin,  both  natives  of  Ohio.  The  father 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  serving  in  Company  D,  18th  Wisconsin 
Infantry.  The  parents  are  both  dead.  The  father  died  in  Tennessee  and 
the  mother  in  Wisconsin.  Z.  T.  Melvin  is  one  of  the  following  children 
born  to  his  parents:  John  P.,  married  Armilda  Beck,  deceased,  and  he 
lives  near  Bloomingdale,  Wisconsin ;  Winfield  Scott,  married  Lucy  Roberts 
and  they  live  in  La  Farge,  Wisconsin ;  Mary  L.,  married  John  Brow,  Viro- 
qua,  Wisconsin;  George  W.,  married  Allie  Showen,  deceased,  and  he 
lives  in  Mesby,  Wisconsin;  and  Z.  T.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  A.  L., 
died  in  Montana. 

Z.  T.  Melvin  removed  to  Wisconsin  with  his  parents  when  he  was  a 
child  six  years  old.  They  settled  in  Vernon  County,  that  state,  and  there 
he  grew  to  manhood  and  attended  the  public  schools.  He  came  to  Har- 
rison County,  Missouri,  in  1889  and  engaged  in  fanning  and  stock  raising 
at  Lorraine.  He  was  successful  in  his  undertakings  and  actively  engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits  until  1920,  when  he  sold  his  farm.  He  then 
bought  a  home  in  Ridgeway  where  he  is  now  living  retired  after  a  suc- 
cessful career. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  821 

Mr.  Melvin  was  married  in  1872,  to  Miss  Jane  Silbaugh,  of  Vernon 
County,  Wisconsin,  a  native  of  Perry  County,  Ohio.  She  is  a  daughtef 
of  Edward  and  Catherine  (Aker)  Silbaugh,  the  former  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  the  latter  of  New  York.  Mrs.  Melvin's  parents  spent  their 
lives  near  Viroqua,  Wisconsin,  and  are  buried  at  Asbury  Cemetery.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Melvin  have  been  born  the  following  children:  George  E., 
died  November  13,  1913 ;  William  H.,  married  Lizzie  Shroff  and  they  live 
in  Union  Township,  near  Eagleville;  and  Addie  G.,  married  Fred  Hillyard 
and  they  live  near  Bethany  in  Jefferson  Township. 

Mr.  Melvin  has  been  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  Lodge  for  over  forty  years  and  is  one  of  the  dependable  citizens 
of  Harrison  County.     He  has  always  been  a  Republican. 


George  F.  Perkins,  a  Civil  War  veteran,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  who 
for  many  years  was  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  is  now  living 
retired.  He  was  born  in  Belmont  County,  Ohio,  December  25,  1847,  and 
is  the  son  of  Louis  and  Lucinda  (Forest)  Perldns,  the  former  a  native  of 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  the  latter  of  Guernsey  County,  Ohio.  The 
father  was  a  carpenter  and  died  August  5,  1864,  and  the  mother  survived 
him  many  years.  She  died  in  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  in  1913.  They  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Jennings,  died  at  Parsons,  Kansas, 
in  1911;  John  A.,  died  in  California,  in  1918;  Mary,  died  at  Ridgeway, 
Missouri,  in  1917;  Minerva,  resides  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  and  George 
F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

George  F.  Perkins  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Illinois,  where 
his  parents  had  located  when  he  was  young.  When  the  Civil  War  broke 
out,  he  was  too  young  for  military  service.  However,  he  enlisted  in  the 
Union  army,  December  28,  1864,  and  sei^ved  until  after  the  close  of  the 
war  and  received  his  honorable  discharge,  September  13,  1865.  Mr.  Per- 
kins began  life  as  a  bridge  builder  and  later  worked  at  the  carpenter 
trade.  When  he  came  to  Harrison  County,  he  settled  on  a  farm  of  forty 
acres  where  he  remained  for  eight  years.  He  then  removed  to  Ridge- 
way, where  he  has  a  six  acre  tract  of  land.  He  has  been  interested  in 
contracting  and  building  all  his  life  but  for  the  past  six  years  has  been 
living  practically  retired. 

Mr.  Perkins  was  married  March  12,  1868,  to  Margaret  Henry,  and  to 
this  union  has  been  bom  the  following  children :     Emma  I.,  married  Ruf us 


822  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY 

Hopkins  and  they  live  in  Montana;  Albert,  a  Spanish- American  War  vet- 
eran, who  is  now  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  at  Akroii,  Ohio; 
Josephine  married  Dr.  W.  E.  Merrihew,  D.  D.,  and  they  now  live  in 
Nebraska;  William  L.,  a  civil  engineer  and  architect,  of  Chariton,  Iowa, 
married  Jessie  Yeater. 

Mr.  Perkins  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  and  has  been  clerk  of 
the  Ridgeway  Lodge  for  twelve  years.  He  is  a  Republican  and  sei-ved  as 
township  collector  for  ten  years  and  was  census  taker  of  Grant  Township 
in  1900.  Mrs.  Perkins  is  a  Democrat.  They  are  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Church. 


Wesley  Bowman,  a  prominent  fanner  and  stockman  of  Marion  Town- 
ship, and  a  former  county  judge  of  Harrison  County,  is  a  native  of  Illi- 
nois. He  was  born  in  Logan  County,  Illinois,  December  28,  1867,  and  is 
the  son  of  Isaac  and  Mildred  (Kampmann)  Bowman.  Isaac  Bowman 
came  to  Harrison  County  in  1869  and  here  followed  farming  and  stock 
raising  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

Judge  Wesley  Bowman  was  reared  in  Harrison  County  and  educated 
in  the  Round  Grove  district  school  and  the  subscription  schools  of  three 
months  taught  by  Prof.  H.  S.  Birgon,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri.  He  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock  raising  in  early  life  and  has  met  with  success.  He 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  county  court  of  Harrison  County  in  1912, 
and  held  that  office  until  1917.  He  made  a  good  record  as  a  public  official 
and  always  gave  the  closest  attention  to  the  duties  of  his  office  and  per- 
formed the  public  business  in  the  same  careful  and  conscientious  manner 
which  has  always  characterized  his  attention  to  his  own  private  affairs. 
He  gave  the  people  of  Harrison  County  a  good  administration  as  county 
judge. 

Judge  Bowman  was  married  in  1898  to  Miss  Lillian  M.  Pittman,  a 
native  of  Ohio,  and  to  this  union  were  born  the  following  children :  Cecil, 
married  S.  F.  Booth  and  they  live  in  Trail  Creek  Township;  Nada  R.,  mar- 
ried Earl  Chapman  and  they  live  in  Marion  Township;  Audry,  died  in 
infancy ;  Faye,  died  when  nine  years  old ;  and  Marion  A.,  died  in  infancy. 

Judge  Bowman  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  and  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  Democrat  and  has  been  an  active  worker  in 
the  ranks  of  the  local  organization  for  many  years.     He  has  always  taken 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  823 

an  active  interest  in  local  affairs  and  has  served  as  township  trustee  of 
Marion  Township  and  has  been  justice  of  the  peace  for  twelve  years.  He 
is  a  public  spirited  man  and  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  in  Harrison 
County. 


Noah  Snell,  a  well  known  and  highly  respected  citizen  of  Ridgeway, 
who  is  now  living  retired  after  a  successful  career  as  a  farmer  and  stock 
raiser  in  Harrison  County,  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  and  a  member  of  a 
pioneer  family  of  this  state.  He  was  born  at  Snell's  Mills,  December  16, 
1852,  and  is  a  son  of  Noah  and  Mary  A.  (Jobe)  Snell. 

Noah  Snell,  the  father,  was  born  in  Greenbriar  County,  now  West 
Virginia,  in  1805,  and  his  wife  was  a  native  of  Daviess  County,  Missouri. 
Noah  Snell,  Sr.  came  from  Virginia  to  Missouri  and  settled  near  Liberty, 
Clay  County,  in  1840.  He  was  a  trapper  in  early  life  and  later  operated 
a  saw  mill  and  conducted  a  general  store.  He  died  in  1854  and  his  widow 
departed  this  life  in  1902. 

Noah  Snell  was  first  married  in  1874  to  Anne  Bonner,  a  native  of 
St.  Louis,  Missouri.  She  died  in  1910,  leaving  one  daughter,  Claudia  M., 
who  married  Charles  Buzzard  and  they  now  reside  at  Long  Beach,  Cali- 
fornia. Mr.  Snell  was  married  the  second  time  to  Mary  B.  Cook,  a  native 
of  Andrew  County,  Missouri.  No  children  have  been  bom  to  this  mar- 
riage. 

Mr.  Snell  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  in  Harrison  County,  and  is  a 
highly  respected  and  substantial  citizen. 


Henry  A.  Rinehart,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Marion  Township,  is  a 
member  of  a  pioneer  family,  of  Harrison  County.  He  is  the  son  of  Peter 
and  Eliza  (Johnson)   Rinehart. 

Peter  Rinehart  settled  in  Marion  Township  in  1856  and  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  had  a  successful  career  and  he  and  his 
wife  now  reside  in  that  township.  They  are  the  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing children:  Harvey,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years;  Frank, 
lives  in  Marion  Township ;  Elmer,  who  also  lives  in  Marion  Township ;  and 
Henry,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Henry  A.  Rinehart  was  reared  to  manhood  on  the  home  place  in 
Marion  Township  and  began  his  independent  career  as  a  farmer  and  stock- 
man at  an  early  age.     He  first  started  with  fifty  acres  of  land  and  has 


824  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

increased  his  acreage  from  time  to  time  and  is  now  the  owner  of  190 
acres  of  well  improved  and  valuable  land.  He  carries  on  general  farming 
and  stock  raising  and  is  one  of  the  successful  men  in  his  line  in  Harrison 
County. 

Mr.  Rinehart  was  married  in  1895  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Taylor,  of  Ridge- 
way,  Missouri,  where  her  parents  now  reside.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rinehart 
have  been  born  the  following  children:  Letha,  married  Carl  E.  Bone  and 
they  reside  in  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  and  Garland  A.,  who  resides  on  the 
home  place  with  his  parents. 

Mr.  Rinehart  has  always  been  identified  with  the  Republican  party 
and  has  served  as  township  trustee  of  Marion  Township  for  four  years. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  and  holds  membership  in  the 
Masonic  Lodge,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  American  Brother- 
hood of  Yeomen.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Commercial  State  Bank  of 
Ridgeway  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  that  institution. 
He  is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  citizen  and  is  known  for  his  integrity. 


J.  T.  Jefiferies,  popular  manager  of  the  Farmers  Produce  Company, 
at  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Union  Tov^^^ship,  Harrison  County, 
Missouri,  December  23,  1866,  the  son  of  G.  B.  and  Mary  (Lindsay) 
Jefiferies. 

G.  B.  Jefiferies  came  to  Harrison  County  from  Kentucky  in  1862. 
His  wife  was  a  native  of  Henry  County,  Kentucky.  Their  children  were : 
Herbert  L.,  now  married  to  Clara  Hefener  and  living  in  Marion  Town- 
ship; L.  D.,  died  of  heart  failure;  and  J.  T.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

J.  T.  Jefiferies  was  educated  at  Lorraine  in  Jeflferson  Tovraship.  After 
he  completed  his  schooling  he"  rented  a  farm.  He  continued  to  rent  for 
fifteen  years  when  he  bought  the  sixty  acres  known  as  the  old  Bain  place. 
He  farmed  this  place  for  twenty  years  then  moved  to  Ridgeway  and 
worked  for  O.  P.  Bennett  for  ten  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  he 
bought  the  Bridges  grocery  store  and  ran  it  for  a  year,  when  he  sold  the 
store  and  took  charge  of  the  Farmers  Produce  Company,  which  position 
he  has  filled  capably  and  efficiently.  Mr.  Jefiferies  owns  a  ten  acre  tract 
of  ground  on  which  he  has  a  nice  home. 

J.  T.  Jefiferies  was  married  in  1866  to  Anna  Briggs,  a  native  of  Iowa, 
in  which  state  her  parents  lived.  To  J.  T.  and  Anna  (Briggs)  Jefiferies 
the  following  children  were  born:    Bertha,  now  married  to  Homer  E. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  825 

Gutridge  and  living  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Clarence,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  ten;  and  Truman  D.  Leo,  thirteen  years  of  age  and  now  in  the 
seventh  grade  of  the  Ridgeway  public  school. 

Mr.  Jefferies  is  a  member  of  the  Yeoman  Lodge  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church 
and  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  Mr.  Jefferies  is  one  of  the  men  who  by 
pluck  and  energy,  succeeded  in  the  days  when  Harrison  County  was  being 
built  up. 


Mark  L.  Belden,  an  enterprising  business  man,  of  Ridgeway,  who  is 
engaged  in  the  grain  business  there  and  conducts  the  Ridgeway  Elevator, 
is  a  native  of  Michigan.  He  was  born  March  24,  1868  and  is  the  son  of 
Francis  J.  and  Helen   (Mabie)  Belden. 

Francis  J.  Belden  was  a  native  of  Vermont  and  his  wife  was  born  in 
the  state  of  New  York.  Early  in  life  they  removed  to  Michigan  and  in 
1884,  when  Mark  L.  Belden  was  sixteen  years  old,  the  family  came  to 
Missouri  and  settled  in  Lincoln  Township,  Harrison  County,  and  here  the 
parents  spent  the  remainder  of  Hieir  lives. 

To  Francis  J.  and  Helen  (Mabie)  Belden  were  born  the  following 
children:  John  S.,  who  married  Effie  Graybill,  and  she  is  now  deceased, 
and  he  was  married  again  and  now  lives  at  Anthony,  Kansas ;  Frank,  mar- 
ried Lizzie  Clouse  and  lives  at  Cambridge,  Kansas;  Ella,  married  0.  J. 
Nelson  and  is  now  deceased;  Clara,  married  G.  A.  Lloyd,  of  Hillsdale, 
Kansas ;  Kate,  married  A.  C.  Nelson,  Ford  City,  Missouri ;  and  Mark  L., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Mark  L.  Belden  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Mich- 
igan and  early  in  life  engaged  in  farming.  He  owns  150  acres  of  land 
and  followed  farming  and  stock  raising  for  a  few  years.  He  then  engaged 
in  business  at  Eagleville,  where  he  remained  seven  years  and  was  after- 
wards located  in  business  at  Hatfield  for  five  years.  In  1917,  he  took 
charge  of  the  Ridgeway  elevator  and  has  conducted  the  grain  business 
there  to  the  present  time.  This  elevator  affords  a  good  market  for  the 
farmers  in  the  vicinity  of  Ridgeway  and  Mr.  Belden  does  an  extensive 
business. 

Mr.  Belden  was  married  in  1892  to  Miss  Lillie  Armstrong  and  the 
following  children  have  been  bom  to  them:  George  mamed  Gertrude 
Adair  and  lives  in  Bethany,  Missouri;  Lois,  lives  with  her  father;  Lee, 


826  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

who  served  in  the  aviation  section  of  the  navy  during  the  World  War,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1920,  he  was  connected  with  the  Donelson 
Motor  Company,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Belden  is  a  Repubhcan  and  has  always  taken  an  active  interest 
in  local  affairs.  He  served  as  collector  of  Lincoln  Township  for  three 
terms  and  served  in  the  same  capacity  for  two  terms  in  Grant  Township. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America  and  the  Brotherhood  of  America  Yeomen  and  holds 
membership  in  the  United  Brethren  Church. 


John  Alfred  Lilly — The  country  home  of  John  Alfred  Lilly,  now 
deceased,  is  located  four  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  Ridgeway  in 
Harrison  County  and  still  the  home  of  his  widow,  Emma  B.  Lilly.  It  has 
always  been  a  home  which  once  visited  is  not  soon  forgotten.  The  name 
was  identified  with  this  section  before  the  war.  It  has  been  associated 
with  some  of  the  most  progressive  features  of  farming  enterprise  and 
as  home  makers  and  people  of  intrinsic  value,  culture  and  morality  and 
high  ideals  few  families  in  northwest  Missouri  have  a  better  record,  if 
any. 

John  Alfred  Lilly  was  born  in  Livingston  County,  Missouri,  April  the 
15,  1860,  but  lived  in  Harrison  County  since  1861,  and  the  present  fami 
contains  land  that  was  entered  by  his  grandfather  as  early  as  1856.  The 
family  came  to  Missouri  about  1850  and  located  in  Livingston  County. 
Grandfather  John  Lilly  had  lived  in  several  states  before  he  came  to  Mis- 
souri. He  was  born  in  Maryland  in  1796,  was  reared  in  Virginia,  and 
when  a  young  man  moved  to  Park  County,  Indiana,  where  he  married 
Rebecca  Storms,  moving  later  to  Ross  County,  Ohio,  and  thence  to  Han- 
cock County  where  his  wife  died.  In  that  state  he  married  for  his  second 
wife  Rebecca  Mathews  and  in  moving  out  to  Missouri,  they  came  with 
teams  and  wagons,  the  only  mode  of  travel  in  that  day  and  attended  with 
many  dangers.  They  located  at  what  was  known  as  Muddy  Lane  in  Liv- 
ingston County.  The  grandfather  died  there  in  1863  and  his  wife  died 
later  at  the  home  of  her  son,  P.  H.  Lilly,  at  Jamesport.  The  old  Lilly 
Church  still  stands  by  the  cemetery,  near  Jamesport. 

The  children  of  the  first  union  were  Joseph  M.,  who  died  in  Livingston 
County  and  with  his  wife  sleeps  in  the  home  burial  grovmd;  Allie  Rose, 
left  a  large  family ;  Elizabeth,  married  John  T.  Carnes  and  died  in  Jasper 
County,  Missouri;  Mary  A.,  married  John  Browning  and  died  in  Hancock 


HISTORY   OP   HARRISON   COUNTY  827 

County,  Illinois;  their  only  child,  John  Polk  Browning,  departed  this  life 
about  a  year  ago  at  the  Browning  homestead. 

One  of  the  venerable  and  highly  respected  citizens  of  Harrison 
County  was  John  Lilly,  son  of  the  above  John  and  father  of  John  Alfred. 
He  was  born  December  14,  1833,  in  Ross  County,  Ohio,  and  died  in  Ridge- 
way,  Missouri,  August  the  4,  1916.  Most  of  his  youth  was  spent  in  Han- 
cock County,  Illinois,  where  he  attended  the  country  schools.  He  was  one 
of  the  best  informed  men  in  the  county.  In  early  life  he  became  a  farmer 
and  followed  it  all  through  his  vigorous  career.  He  grew  to  manhood  in 
northwest  Missouri  and  in  1861  enlisted  in  the  army  at  Bethany,  in  Capt. 
John  A.  Page's  company  of  the  Sixth  Missouri  Infantry,  under  Col.  E.  C. 
Catherwood.  His  command  saw  service  in  Arkansas,  Missouri  and  Indian 
Territory,  was  at  Fort  Smith  when  it  was  captured  from  the  enemy,  and 
was  in  the  fight  at  Newtonia,  Arkansas.  He  was  mustered  out  at  the 
close  of  the  war  with  an  honorable  discharge  and  escaped  wounds  or 
capture.  Although  he  spent  the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  in  Ridge- 
way,  living  a  life  of  quiet  and  retired  from  the  farm,  yet  he  achieved 
many  things  to  his  credit.  He  had  a  knack  of  succeeding  often  where 
others  failed,  and  came  to  own  and  control  600  acres  of  land  and  at  one 
time  was  the  largest  fruit  grower  in  Harrison  County.  He  planted  ex- 
tensive orchards  of  apples,  pears,  peaches,  plums  and  cherries  and  also 
derived  revenues  from  stock  raising  which  at  that  time  was  a  very  re- 
munerative business,  as  the  country  was  all  free  range.  His  father  before 
him  was  of  Whig  affiliations  and  he  regularly  gave  his  own  support  to  the 
Republican  party. 

John  Lilly  married  Artimissa  Westfall,  who  was  born  at  Quincy,  Illi- 
nois, and  daughter  of  Alfred  Westfall.  She  died  at  the  old  Lilly  home- 
stead in  Harrison  County,  October  21,  1892.  The  children  born  of  this 
union  were  Angeline,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Lycurgus  Edwards,  of  Howell 
County,  Missouri.  She  was  first  married  to  Newton  Beeson,  who  was  the 
father  of  her  children ;  Jane,  man-ied  Joel  Harrold,  of  Blythedale,  Mis- 
souri ;  Elizabeth  is  the  wife  of  Alfred  C.  Sellers,  of  Ridgeway ;  John  Alfred, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Joseph  Milton  died  at  Ridgeway,  leaving  a 
widow  and  children ;  Clara  R.,  married  Caleb  Young,  of  Ridgeway ;  Cath- 
erine, married  Woodson  Baber,  of  Jamesport;  Rose,  married  Norman 
Johnson,  of  Ridgeway  and  lives  on  the  old  homestead,  and  Charles  died 
in  childhood.  At  the  death  of  their  son,  Charles,  they  platted  and  deeded 
to  the  public  a  portion  of  ground  at  the  northwest  corner  of  the  home- 


828  HISTORY   OP   HAKRISON  COUNTY 

stead  and  he  was  the  first  to  be  buried  there  at  the  Lilly  Cemetery  in  Har- 
rison County.  For  his  second  wife  John  Lilly  married  Alice  Burwell,  who 
is  the  mother  of  one  child,  Mrs.  Vesper  Ann  Dodd,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

John  Alfred  Lilly  grew  up  on  the  farm  he  bought  from  three  genera- 
tions of  heirs  and  spent  the  thirty-seven  years  of  his  mamed  life  there. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools.  The  home  quarter  section  where 
the  buildings  are,  being  a  part  of  the  original  Lilly  homestead  but  when 
passing  into  his  possession  became  known  as  "Lillyhurst  Hereford  Farms." 
Mr.  Lilly  lived  with  his  parents  until  of  age  and  the  day  after  his  mar- 
riage at  Ridgeway,  moved  to  the  place  which  was  to  be  the  scene  of  his 
successes  and  failures,  with  which  all  the  memories  and  associations  of 
his  mature  life  were  identified.  The  land  when  first  occupied  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Lilly  was  a  piece  of  wild  prairie.  It  had  never  produced  a  crop 
under  cultivation,  and  the  house  they  lived  in  for  several  years  was  a 
single  room  14  x  15  feet.  All  their  children  were  born  while  they  lived 
there  except  one. 

As  a  farmer,  Mr.  Lilly  was  both  a  grain  and  stockman.  By  purchase 
and  additions  his  farm  came  to  contain  460  acres;  he  also  owned  town 
property.  Like  his  father  before  him,  he  planted  large  orchards.  One 
plat,  containing  twenty-five  acres,  had  all  varieties  of  fruit  that  would 
grow  in  this  locality,  and  in  one  respect  was  the  most  interesting  feature 
of  the  homestead.  The  family  always  made  a  specialty  of  flowers,  both 
annuals  and  perennials,  and  their  home  was  always  a  place  of  delight  to 
flower  lovers.  Shrubs  and  trees  also  grew  in  profusion.  The  lawn  is 
shaded  with  maple,  elm,  box  elder  and  the  beautiful  redbud,  while  in  the 
garden  are  found  the  chestnut  and  white  walnut,  the  latter  a  disappoint- 
ment as  far  as  fruiting  is  concerned. 

As  a  stockman,  Mr.  Lilly  bred  Herefords  for  over  twenty  years;  his 
cattle  were  all  registered  stock  and  he  held  a  membership  in  the  Here- 
ford Association.  The  old  "Defender"  blood  headed  his  herd  in  the  be- 
ginning and  in  later  years  he  bought  the  prize  winning  blood  for  the  sires 
of  his  herd.  The  poultry  yards  of  the  farm  at  one  time,  not  only  con- 
tained geese,  turkeys,  guineas  and  ducks,  but  nine  different  varieties  of 
chickens  which  were  kept  in  separate  yards  and  sold  for  breeding  pur- 
poses. They  were  among  the  first  people  in  Harrison  County  to  have  a 
revenue  of  from  five  to  six  hundred  dollars  from  their  poultry  in  a  single 
year,  while  at  the  present  time  that  amount  would  be  a  common  average 
over  the  country,  Harrison  County  being  first  in  the  state  in  poultry. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  829 

Mr.  Lilly  was  always  a  Republican,  though  voting-  for  Roosevelt  in 
1912.  He  declined  the  nomination  for  representative  in  the  legislature, 
believing  his  work  at  home  worth  more  to  the  people  and  his  home  than 
elsewhere.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  Christian  Church  for  many  years  and 
for  many  years  was  janitor,  chorister  and  superintendent  of  the  work  at 
the  Midway  Church,  close  to  his  home.  Some  years  he  paid  three-fourths 
of  the  minister's  salary. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lilly  were  married  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  November 
25,  1883.  In  addition  to  the  cares  of  a  home  and  a  family  Mrs.  Lilly  has 
shown  her  ability  in  acquiring  a  more  than  local  reputation  as  a  journalist. 
Money  was  not  plentiful  in  those  days  and  she  took  to  writing  for  those 
periodicals  which  they  so  much  wished  for  but  had  not  the  money  to  pay. 
From  that  she  became  ambitious  to  have  the  checks  mean  more  than  the 
price  of  the  papers  and  began  contributing  to  such  magazines  as  Mc- 
Clures,  The  Century,  McCalls,  the  Brown  Book,  the  Christian  Evangelist, 
Standard  and  many  others.  Mrs.  Lilly  was  formerly  a  school  teacher  and 
for  many  years  a  deaconess  in  the  church.  She  is  a  graduate  of  the 
White  Cross  School  of  Nursing  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  of  the  military 
sisterhood  and  like  every  other  mother  during  the  war,  worked  incessantly 
to  alleviate  in  any  way  the  suffering  here  or  abroad.  She  wrote  hun- 
dreds of  letters  to  those  who  were  without  mothers,  the  homey  letters 
that  make  a  boy  wish  he  could  live  a  better  life  and  go  home  to  those  he 
loved  with  a  clean  record  and  as  a  reward,  the  home  legion  boys.  Com- 
pany G,  and  especially  the  old  National  Guard  honored  her  by  asking 
her  to  dedicate  a  war  song  of  which  she  is  the  author  to  them.  Their 
major  (Maj.  Randal  Wilson)  wrote  the  words  which  dedicated  the  song 
to  the  home  boys.  The  title  of  the  song  is  to  "My  Sweetheart  Sue"  and 
is  full  of  the  heart  throbs  of  a  soldier  boy  on  Flander  field,  written  by 
Mrs.  Lilly  because  a  buddie  was  afraid  his  sweetheart  would  forget  him 
while  he  was  away. 

Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lilly  belonged  to  all  temperance  movements  and 
Mrs.  Lilly  has  been  in  the  secret  service  for  that  organization  for  many 
years.  Mrs.  Lilly  was  born  December  25,  1862  at  LaFayette,  Wisconsin, 
her  maiden  name  being  Emma  Burwell.  Her  parents  were  Jediah  Bur- 
well  and  Lucinda  Wilcox  Denton  Burwell.  The  former  was  born  in  West- 
moreland County,  Pennsylvania,  September  1,  1826;  in  1850  went  to 
LaFayette  County,  Wisconsin,  where  he  married  and  ten  years  later 
moved  to  Missouri,  locating  in  Daviess  County  at  old  Civil  Bend.    In  1872, 


830  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

he  moved  to  Harrison  County.  A  cooper  by  trade,  he  followed  farming 
in  Missouri.  He  was  an  ordained  exhorter  in  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
Church,  but  finding  none  of  the  organization  in  his  locality,  he  joined  the 
close  communion  order  but  never  lived  up  to  that  tenet  of  their  church, 
claiming-  for  himself  the  right  to  commune  with  all  Christian  orders  and 
work  with  all  churches  for  the  welfare  of  mankind.  He  never  amassed 
wealth  but  left  to  his  children  a  far  greater  inheritance;  he  schooled  all 
so  they  were  able  to  take  their  place  among  the  teachers  and  scholars  and 
left  them  a  memory  of  a  life  filled  with  good  works.  He  died  January 
25,  1891  and  is  buried  in  Cedar  Hill  Cemetery  at  Blythedale,  Missouri. 
His  first  wife  was  a  Miss  Haver,  of  Pennsylvania  and  their  children  were 
Sarah,  who  married  John  Ethridge,  of  Monroe,  Wisconsin ;  Anna,  who 
married  Edmond  Opdyke,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri ;  Henry  C,  of  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas;  Ella,  who  married  J.  T.  Travis  and  lives  at  Lincoln,  Nebraska; 
James  H.,  who  married  Ida  McCoy,  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska  and  where  they 
make  their  home.  Lucinda  Wilcox  Denton,  a  widow  with  one  son,  Jason 
Denton,  was  his  second  wife  and  was  born  at  Pittston,  Pennsylvania, 
September  12,  1832.  Mrs.  Burwell  died  at  the  home  of  her  daughter, 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Lilly,  December  22,  1912,  near  Ridgeway  and  sleeps  beside  her 
husband  in  Cedar  Hill  Cemetery  at  Blythedale.  By  her  marriage  to  Jediah 
Burwell  there  were  the  following  children:  John,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Lilly,  of  Ridgeway ;  A.  G.,  of  Lane,  Kansas,  who  married  Emma 
Brown,  of  Kansas ;  Melissa,  who  married  George  Jones  of  May,  Okla- 
home;  Ira  B.,  who  married  Minnie  Roper  of  Civil  Bend,  Missouri,  and 
whose  home  is  at  Excelsior  Springs,  Missouri ;  Lewis,  who  died  in  infancy 
and  Charles  H.,  who  married  Sarah  Jones  of  Ridgeway  and  whose  home 
is  Laverne,  Oklahoma;  the  j'oungest  child,  a  son,  died  at  birth. 

The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lilly  are  John  Ralph  Lilly,  a  farmer 
near  the  old  home,  married  Ida  J.  Reeder  and  their  children  are  Clarence 
Leroy  and  Ernest  Raymond  (the  first  time  in  six  generations  that  the 
first  son  in  every  generation  had  not  been  named  John)  ;  Nellie  is  the 
wife  of  C.  M.  Reeder,  of  Ridgeway,  a  Baptist  minister  and  their  children 
are  Esther  Charlotta,  Esta  Claire,  Charles  Washington,  John  Wilbur,  Wil- 
liam Paul  and  James  Lawrence;  Charles  Burwell,  married  Lelie  Henry, 
of  Ridgeway  and  their  child  is  Elizabeth  Mei'lin,  Flag,  Arkansas ;  Jeanne 
is  the  wife  of  G.  W.  Newell,  of  Richlea,  Saskatchewan,  Canada,  and  their 
children  are  Helen  Emily,  Georgia  Ann,  and  William  John;  Joseph  West- 
fall,  married   Hazel  Arvin,  of  Blythedale  and  their  daughter's  name   is 


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Kathalene  Irene ;  and  an  infant  son  died  at  birth ;  they  too  are  farmers 
and  live  near  the  old  home.  The  daughter,  Mrs.  Reader,  was  educated  in 
the  Bethany  High  School  and  was  a  teacher  until  her  marriage.  Mrs. 
Newell  finished  the  four  year  course  at  Ridgeway  and  the  Warrensburg 
Normal  and  was  also  a  teacher  until  she  married  and  moved  to  Canada. 
The  sons'  schooling  quit  with  the  Ridgeway  school,  as  they  all  returned 
to  the  farm  and  all  have  good  homes. 

Mr.  Lilly's  health  was  failing  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  his 
health  failed  so  rapidly  that  death  came  to  him  unexpectedly  in  a  stroke 
of  paralysis  and  he  departed  this  life  September  6,  1920,  just  one  week 
after  the  stroke  came,  but  never  was  at  any  time  able  to  make  known 
a  single  want  or  wish  in  any  way.  He  was  buried  September  9,  1920,  in 
the  home  cemetery  beneath  the  pines  he  loved. 


E.  G.  Kemp,  an  enterprising  farmer  of  Grant  Township,  was 
bom  in  Henry  County,  Kentucky,  March  14,  1853,  the  son  of  John  and 
Fannie  (Hutchinson)  Kemp,  both  natives  of  Kentucky.  They  were  mar- 
ried in  Kentucky  and  came  to  Harrison  County  with  their  two  children 
in  1857.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kemp  drove  overland  from  Kentucky  along  with 
four  or  five  other  families  and  the  grandfather  of  the  present  subject. 
They  settled  on  the  Old  Trail  and  John  Kemp  preempted  forty  acres  of 
land  southwest  of  Lorraine.  He  later  bought  other  land  and  carried  on 
farming  and  stockraising  most  successfully.  He  died  in  1910  and  his 
wife  died  in  1918.     They  are  buried  in  Morris  Chapel  Cemetery. 

E.  G.  Kemp  was  one  of  twelve  children.  The  others  now  living  are: 
Eliza,  now  Mrs.  Ramey,  living  near  Lorraine;  James  Taylor,  deceased; 
William,  living  in  v/estern  Kansas;  Jefferson,  of  Harrison  County;  Perry, 
deceased;  Henry,  living  in  this  county;  Thomas,  a  resident  of  Oklahoma; 
Lestie,  now  Mrs.  McDougal,  of  Jefferson  Township;  and  Rose,  living  in 
this  county. 

E.  G.  Kemp  grew  to  manhood  in  Harrison  County.  He  attended  the 
old  McCollum  school,  one  of  the  pioneer  schools  of  the  state  with  the  old 
slab  benches  and  desks  around  the  outer  walls.  He  began  to  plough  at 
the  age  of  eight  years,  doing  a  man's  work  driving  four  yoke  of  oxen  and 
breaking  the  prairie  land.  When  he  was  twelve  years  old,  he  worked  in 
the  harvest  field  along  with  the  men.  His  father  reached  Missouri  with 
only  seventy-five  dollars  as  his  cash  asset,  and  his  family  experienced  all 
the  hardships  that  were  the  heritage  of  the  sturdy  pioneers  who  built 


832  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

up  homes  in  Missouri  in  the  early  days.  The  family  lived  in  Missouri 
during  the  Civil  War  and  experienced  all  the  vicissitudes  of  that  trying 
period.  In  1880,  E.  G.  Kemp  went  out  to  the  mountains.  As  a  young 
man  he  had  gone  to  Kansas,  but  did  not  remain  long.  In  1883,  he  went 
to  Kingman  County,  Kansas,  and  took  up  a  homestead  which  he  farmed  for 
five  years  when  he  returned  to  Harrison  County  after  selling  his  Kansas 
land.  He  was  at  Lorraine,  Harrison  County,  for  a  year  and  then  bought 
eighty  acres  of  his  present  place,  later  adding  to  it  until  he  now  owns 
1521/2  acres.  He  has  improved  his  farm,  remodeling  the  house  and  add- 
ing to  the  farm  buildings.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock 
raising,  keeping  mostly  black  Poll-Angus  cattle. 

Mr.  Kemp  was  mamed  in  1881,  to  Rosetta  Rakestraw,  now  deceased. 
To  this  union  six  children  were  born,  four  of  whom  are  now  living:  Mary, 
married  Oscar  Baker,  of  Grant  Township;  Charles,  a  resident  of  Kansas 
City,  Kansas ;  Minnie,  married  to  Nelse  Hahn,  of  Grant  Township ;  and 
EfRe  May,  married  to  John  Morris  of  Salt  Lake,  Utah.  After  the  death 
of  his  first  wife,  Mr.  Kemp  married  Alberteen  Bridges,  whose  first  hus- 
band was  Lon  Eaton.  Mrs.  Alberteen  (Bridges)  Kemp  was  a  resident 
of  Ridgeway  at  the  time  of  her  second  marriage.  A  son,  Elza  Eaton, 
was  born  to  her  first  union,  now  living  at  Holly,  Colorado. 

Mr.  Kemp  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  has  been  a 
Democrat  all  of  his  life.  Mr.  Kemp  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of 
his  community. 


Harry  Thomas,  a  progressive  and  enterprising  farmer  and  stockman 
of  Grant  Township,  is  one  of  the  successful  men  of  Harrison  County.  He 
began  life  as  a  poor  boy  and  by  hard  work  and  close  attention  to  business 
he  has  become  one  of  the  well-to-do  men  of  the  county.  He  is  the  owner 
of  280  acres  of  valuable  and  productive  land. 

Mr.  Thomas  was  born  in  Monroe  County,  Indiana,  May  2,  1875,  and 
is  a  son  of  James  Benjamin  and  Amanda  (Foreman)  Thomas.  The 
father  was  a  native  of  Indiana  and  the  mother  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  both 
spent  their  lives  in  Indiana.     They  were  the  parents  of  six  children. 

Harry  Thomas  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Indiana  and  came  to  Mis- 
souri in  1904,  and  located  in  Harrison  County.  He  first  worked  as  a  farm 
hand  for  Mr.  Ines  and  was  thus  employed  for  two  years.  He  then 
operated  rented  land  for  eight  years  and  in  1914  he  bought  160  acres  of 
land  which  constitutes  his  home  place.     Later  he  bought  120  acres  more 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  833 

and  now  owns  a  splendid  farm  of  280  acres.  His  place  is  well  improved 
and  he  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  usually  has  on 
hand  about  twenty-five  head  of  cattle  and  now  has  forty  head  of  sheep 
and  forty-five  head  of  hogs  and  keeps  nine  horses  and  mules.  In  addition 
to  operating  his  own  place  he  operates  some  rented  land  and  the  past 
season  he  raised  twenty-five  acres  of  oats  on  land  which  he  rented. 

Mr.  Thomas  was  married  in  1904  to  Miss  Pauley,  of  Indiana,  and 
three  daughters  have  been  born  to  them:  Edith  Merle,  Nellie  Agnes  and 
Nora  Belle,  all  of  whom  reside  at  home  with  their  parents. 

Mr.  Thomas  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
He  is  a  dependable  citizen  and  is  well  known  and  highly  respected  in 
Harrison  County. 


Dr.  E.  L.  Stoughton,  a  prominent  physician  of  Harrison  County,  who 
is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  is  a 
native  of  this  county  and  a  descendant  of  early  settlers  here.  He  was 
born  in  Trail  Creek  Township  about  three  miles  west  of  Moriah,  Febiiiary 
16,  1881,  and  is  a  son  of  N.  N.  and  Emma  (Stodden)  Stoughton.  both 
natives  of  Ohio. 

The  Stoughton  family  is  an  old  American  family  of  English  origin. 
N.  N.  Stoughton  was  reared  in  Ohio  and  served  in  the  Union  army  in  the 
Civil  War.  Shortly  after  the  close  of  that  conflict  he  came  to  Missouri 
and  settled  in  Trail  Creek  Township,  Harrison  County,  where  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  However,  dur- 
ing the  last  fifteen  years  of  his  life  he  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  at  Mount  Moriah.  He  was  a  Democrat  and  took  an  active  part 
in  local  politics.  He  served  as  Democratic  committeeman  of  Trail  Creek 
Township  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic.  He  died  June  11,  1904  and  his  wife  preceded  him  in 
death  a  number  of  years.  She  died  in  1886  when  Doctor  Stoughton,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  about  five  years  old.  They  were  the  parents 
of  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  now  living. 

Doctor  Stoughton  was  reared  in  Trail  Creek  Towaiship  and  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools.  After  acquiring  a  good  public  school 
education  he  entered  the  Keokuk  Medical  College  at  Keokuk,  Iowa.  After 
studying  medicine  in  that  institution  two  years  he  entered  the  College  of 
Physicians  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  he  was  graduated  with  a  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1903.  He  then  entered  the  Kansas  City  of  Pharm- 
(48) 


834  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

acy  and  Natural  Science  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in 
1904.  He  then  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Mount  Moriah  and 
at  the  same  time  conducted  a  drug  store  there.  He  continued  the  practice 
there  until  1906  when  he  removed  to  Ridgeway  and  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice and  conducted  a  drug  store  until  1917.  During  that  year  he  dis- 
posed of  his  drug  business  and  since  that  time  he  has  devoted  himself 
exclusively  to  his  large  and  growing  practice.  He  is  a  capable  physician 
and  has  won  the  well  merited  confidence  of  the  public  by  his  exacting 
devotion  to  his  professional  duties. 

Doctor  Stoughton  was  married  August  31,  1904  to  Miss  Edna  Mae 
Riley,  of  Kansas  City,  and  a  native  of  Chicago.  To  Doctor  and  Mrs. 
Stoughton  has  been  born  one  son,  Riley. 

Doctor  Stoughton  is  a  progressing  and  enterprising  citizen  and  has 
a  number  of  interests  outside  of  his  profession.  He  was  one  of  the  five 
citizens  of  Ridgeway  who  built  the  new  Ridgeway  Hotel.  As  a  matter 
of  civic  pride  and  public  convenience.  He  is  a  director  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Moriah  and  takes  an  active  part  in  all  movements,  the 
object  of  which  is  for  the  betterment  and  upbuilding  of  the  community. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  lodge. 


William  S.  Walker  a  well  known  merchant  of  Bethany  and  pioneer 
of  this  county,  was  born  in  Rockingham  County,  North  Carolina,  October 
16,  1842,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Jane  (Edmonson)  Walker,  who  came 
to  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  in  1843,  driving  through  by  wagon  and  were 
three  months  on  the  road.  When  they  first  settled  here  the  postoffice 
at  which  they  received  mail  was  Liberty,  Missouri,  more  than  100  miles 
south  of  here.  They  located  one-half  mile  east  of  the  present  site  of 
Matkins  in  Butler  Township  and  entered  160  acres  of  land,  which  he  im- 
proved, but  later  sold  and  bought  the  Edmonson  farm  adjoining.  He  died 
there  about  1864  and  is  buried  in  Matkins  Cemetery.  His  wife  died  in 
Andrew  County,  Missouri  and  is  buried  at  Flag  Springs. 

Daniel  and  Mary  Jane  (Edmonson)  Walker  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  William  S.,  John  G.,  of  near  Matkins,  Missouri; 
David  N.,  who  died  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut;  and  James  M.,  who  died 
in  Clay  County,  Missouri. 

William  S.  Walker  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  this  county 
and  engaged  in  farming  until  forty  years  of  age,  when  he  bought  a  store 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  835 

at  Flag  Springs  in  Andrew  County,  going  in  partnership  with  John  L. 
Yates.  He  was  there  for  eight  years  and  sold  out  and  moved  to  King 
City,  Missouri,  where  he  was  in  business  for  eight  years.  He  came  to 
Bethany  in  1898  and  opened  a  general  store  on  the  south  side  of  the 
square  and  moved  to  the  present  location  in  April,  1916. 

William  S.  Walker  was  married  the  first  time  November  1,  1866  in 
Concord,  Kentucky,  to  Catherine  Calvert,  a  daughter  of  Clifton  and  Mary 
J.  Calvert.  Mrs.  Walker  died  April  30,  1902  and  is  buried  in  Bethany, 
Missouri  in  Miriam  Cemetery.  Their  children  were  Mary  J.,  the  wife  of 
J.  B.  Slemmons  of  Bethany;  Robert  L.,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  James 
M.,  a  partner  of  this  firm;  and  George  P.,  also  a  partner.  By  a  second 
marriage  in  1903  to  Emma  Hubbard,  a  daughter  of  E.  L.  Hubbard  and 
wife  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  Mr.  Walker  had  two  children:  Walter,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  seven  years  and  Ralph,  a  student  in  the  Bethany  High 
School. 

Mr.  Walker  was  postmaster  of  Bethany,  Missouri  for  seven  years 
under  Woodrow  Wilson's  administration,  being  appointed  in  1913.  He 
made  an  excellent  official.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows. 

William  S.  Walker  served  three  years  in  the  Confederate  army  dur- 
ing the  Civil  War.  He  enlisted  from  Harrison  County  with  Company  G 
under  Captain  Patterson.  This  company  was  reorganized  at  Springfield, 
Missouri,  at  which  time  Mr.  Walker  was  put  in  Battalion  No.  1  under 
Captain  Chiles  and  later  was  under  Colonel  Gates.  He  was  wounded  in 
the  neck  at  the  Battle  of  Corinth,  Mississippi,  by  a  grape  shot.  At 
Champion  Hill  he  was  taken  prisoner  and  a  month  later  escaped  while  at 
Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  on  his  way  to  Point  Lookout.  While  at  Har- 
risburg  he  met  an  Irishman  who  came  to  the  train  and  asked  the  prisoners 
if  they  wished  a  drink.  The  Irishman  indicated  to  Mr.  Walker  that  he 
would  assist  him  to  escape  if  he  and  one  other  could  manage  to  get  out 
of  the  car  that  night.  Mr.  Walker  and  a  Mr.  Lynn  climbed  out  as  the 
train  was  leaving  the  yards  and  lay  down  on  the  track  until  the  train  was 
out  of  sight  and  then  met  the  Irishman  at  a  nearby  hedge.  He  took 
care  of  them  in  his  home,  procured  clothing  for  them  and  assisted  them 
in  getting  out  of  town  and  also  in  getting  work.  After  the  war  closed 
Mr.  Walker  returned  to  Bethany,  Missouri,  where  he  has  since  lived.  He 
has  many  friends  throughout  the  county  and  is  one  of  the  highly  re- 
spected and  honored  citizens. 


836  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

The  Slemmons-Walker  Department  store  occupies  three  floors  and 
carries  a  Une  of  dry  goods,  clothing,  ladies*  ready-to-wear,  groceries, 
queensware  and  is  one  of  the  fine  stores  of  northern  Missouri.  James  B. 
Slemmons,  James  M.  Walker  and  George  P.  Walker  comprise  the  present 
firm,  the  brothers  being  sons  of  William  S.  Walker. 


George  P.  Walker,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Bethany,  and  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Slemmons  and  Walker,  leading  merchants  of  this  city,  was 
born  in  Andrew  County,  Missouri,  December  5,  1875,  the  son  of  William 
S.  and  Catherine  (Calvert)  Walker.  George  Walker  was  educated  in  the 
King  City  grade  school  and  spent  one  year  in  the  high  school  there.  At 
the  age  of  fifteen  he  began  working  in  his  father's  King  City  store  and 
has  been  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  all  of  his  life.  George  P. 
Walker  is  in  charge  of  the  dry  goods  department,  Mr.  Slemmons  the  cloth- 
ing department  and  James  M.  Walker  is  head  of  the  grocery  and  queens- 
ware  department. 

George  P.  Walker  was  married  April  3,  1910  to  Lois  E.  Barnes,  a 
daughter  of  C.  S.  and  Emma  Barnes  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  Mrs.  Walker 
was  born  near  Bethany  and  was  educated  in  this  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Walker  have  a  daughter,  Emma  Nadine. 


Jackson  E.  Walker,  with  the  Slemmons  and  Walker  Company,  of 
Bethany,  was  born  in  Bethany  November  14,  1898,  the  son  of  R.  L.  and 
Bettie  Walker  of  this  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Walker  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Catherine,  the  wife  of  Kenneth  Robinson; 
Fred,  Robert  Lee  and  Bert,  of  Bethany,  Missouri. 

Jackson  E.  Walker  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Bethany  and  enlisted  January  29,  1914  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  the  Mis- 
souri National  Guards,  and  served  until  February  4,  1919,  being  mustered 
out  when  a  member  of  the  69th  Infantry  of  the  10th  Regiment  at  Camp 
Funston,  Kansas.  He  went  to  the  Mexican  border  with  Company  G 
under  Capt.  Randall  Wilson  and  on  January  29,  1917,  was  furloughed  to 
the  reserve.  He  reenlisted  in  Company  G  May,  1917  and  went  ovei-seas 
ahead  of  the  division,  leaving  in  March,  1918.  He  attended  the  musket 
and  bayonet  school  at  Chauta  Sur  Seine  and  was  transferred  back  to  the 
35th  Division  and  was  with  them  in  the  Alsace  Lorraine  sector  and  was 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  837 

in  a  trench  raid  while  on  duty  there.  He  was  transferred  back  to  the 
United  States  in  August,  1918  as  an  instructor  at  Camp  Funston,  where 
he  remained  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Since  then  he  has  been  with  the 
present  firm. 

Mr.  Walker  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Bethany  and 
is  well  known. 


William  Thornton  Templeman,  member  of  the  firm  of  Cuddy  and 
Dunn  and  a  director  of  the  Bethany  Trust  Company,  is  well  known  in  the 
business  circles  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  at  Bethany,  December 
27,  1872,  the  son  of  William  A.  and  Emeline  (Allen)  Templeman.  His 
father  is  now  deceased  and  his  mother  lives  at  Bethany. 

Mr.  Templeman  was  educated  in  the  public  school  of  Bethany.  He 
has  served  in  various  capacities  in  coimection  with  the  business  world, 
beginning  as  a  delivery  boy  for  the  Cornelison  grocery  when  he  was  only 
a  boy.  Later  he,  with  his  brother  John  A.,  bought  the  Bethany  Demo- 
crat which  they  conducted  for  some  time.  While  he  was  working  on  the 
paper,  Mr.  Templeman  was  appointed  a  messenger  in  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  held  this  position  for  two  years  and 
was  then  made  the  private  secretary  of  Hon.  Alexander  M.  Dockery, 
Representative  from  the  Third  Congressional  District  of  Missouri.  Mr. 
Templeman  remained  in  this  position  for  four  years  when,  in  1899,  he 
returned  to  Bethany  and  took  up  work  with  the  Cuddy  and  Dunn  depart- 
ment store.  His  business  experience,  as  well  as  his  broad  knowledge  of 
commercial  affairs,  made  his  services  valuable  to  the  finn  and  in  1906, 
he  was  made  a  member  of  the  well  known  and  historic  company.  He  is 
now  the  head  of  the  clothing  department  in  the  store. 

His  father,  William  A.  Templeman,  was  born  February  14,  1835,  in 
Fauquier  County,  Virginia  and  was  brought  to  Moniteau  County,  Mis- 
souri in  1839  by  his  parents,  Thornton  Hume  Templeman  and  wife,  Har- 
riet (Patton)  Templeman.  In  1851,  the  family  moved  to  Grundy  County, 
Missouri  and  in  1854  to  Bethany,  Missouri. 

William  A.  Templeman  was  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  Bethany 
for  many  years  and  in  the  early  sixties  conducted  a  newspaper,  the 
"Weekly  Union",  which  was  afterwards  sold  to  Henry  Howe.  Mr.  Tem- 
pleman was  also  county  collector  of  this  county  for  a  term  of  two  years. 
He  died  at  Bethany,  Missouri,  September  11,  1909.  On  August  9,  1855, 
William  A.  Templeman  was  married  to  Emeline  Allen,  daughter  of  John 


838  HISTORY   OF    HARRISON  COUNTY 

S.  and  Nancy  (Childress)  Allen,  of  Bethany,  Missouri.  Of  the  life  of 
John  S.  Allen  and  his  part  in  the  pioneer  business  and  official  life  of  the 
county  frequent  notice  appears  elsewhere  in  this  volume.  The  family 
of  William  A.  and  Emeline  Templeman  consists  of  the  following  named 
children:  Mrs.  Rosa  A.  Vandivert,  deceased;  Bessie,  wife  of  George  W. 
Wanamaker,  of  Bethany;  John  Allen,  of  Austin,  Texas;  Harriet,  wife  of 
Taylor  E.  Stone,  of  Bethany;  Nancy  Elizabeth,  who  died  in  childhood; 
Mrs.  Emma  Oxford  and  William  Thornton  each  of  Bethany,  and  Marion, 
wife  of  Virgil  E.  Yates,  of  Bethany. 

Thornton  Hume  Templeman  was  born  in  Fauquier  County,  Virginia, 
May  20,  1806.  He  was  the  son  of  Fielding  Templeman  and  his  wife,  Han- 
nah (Hume)  Templeman.  He  came  to  Bethany  in  1854,  at  which  place 
he  resided  until  his  death  in  1873.  Here  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  with  his  son,  William  A.  Templeman,  and  also  held  the  office  of 
postmaster  for  fourteen  years.  At  one  time  he  held  the  office  of  mayor 
and  also  served  the  county  as  probate  judge  for  four  years.  He  was  a 
man  of  excellent  education  and  at  an  early  day  was  president  of  Bethany 
Collegiate  Institute.  He  was  married  to  Harriet  Patton  December  17, 
1833,  in  Stafford  County,  Virginia. 

Fielding  Templeman's  father  was  Edward  Templeman,  who  was  a 
Revolutionary  soldier  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Yorktown.  He  also  was  a 
soldier  in  the  War  of  1812.  The  Templemans  were  an  English  family  and 
the  Humes  were  Scotch. 

Harriet  (Patton)  Templeman  was  a  daughter  of  William  Patton,  a 
soldier  of  the  War  of  1812  who  died  of  camp  fever.  His  father,  Sgt. 
George  Patton,  born  in  Inverness,  Scotland,  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier 
and  was  in  the  battle  of  the  Brandywine. 

William  T.  Templeman,  the  subject  of  this  review,  was  married  to 
Mary  Smith,  November  9,  1898.  She  is  a  daughter  of  William  and  Emma 
Price  Smith,  both  deceased.  William  Smith  was  a  son  of  Robert  and 
Mary  Smith  and  was  born  in  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  April  20,  1845.  He 
came  with  his  parents  to  the  United  States  when  seven  years  of  age,  liv- 
ing at  Akron,  Ohio  until  about  1870,  when  he  came  to  Missouri.  During 
the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  in  Company  I, 
11th  Regiment  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry.  After  coming  to  Missouri  he 
was  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  almost  continually  until  his  death  in 
1897;  at  one  time  he  and  William  A.  Templeman  were  business  partners. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  839 

William  Smith  was  married  November  5,  1873  to  Emma  Price,  a 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Maria  (Jackson)  Price.  She  was  born  October 
28,  1854  in  Wabash  County,  Indiana  and  died  in  Bethany,  Missouri,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1891.  Their  children  are  Mary,  wife  of  William  T.  Templeman; 
Blanche,  wife  of  B.  P.  Sigler  and  two  sons,  Ross  and  Charles,  both  of 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri 

The  children  of  William  T.  and  Mary  Templeman  are:  Alexander 
Dockery,  born  October  5,  1899,  now  a  student  at  the  American  School  of 
Osteopathy  at  Kirksville,  Missouri,  and  Robert  Smith,  born  August  7, 
1901,  now  a  student  at  the  University  of  Missouri. 


Jacob  J.  Francis,  deceased,  was  a  native  of  New  York,  where  he  was 
born  near  Buffalo  in  Erie  County,  May  22,  1833,  the  son  of  George  and 
Lucy  (Earl)  Francis.  He  was  a  descendant  of  an  English  lord  whom 
the  English  King  had  chosen  to  colonize  a  coloney  in  America  near  where 
Buffalo,  New  York  was  afterwards  built. 

Jacob  J.  Francis'  father,  George  Francis,  was  born  May  4,  1799,  of 
English-French  and  Irish  descent  and  a  native  of  New  York  colony.  He 
died  near  Plymouth,  Indiana,  February  22,  1875,  at  his  old  homestead. 
Jacob  J.  Francis'  mother,  Miss  Lucy  Earl,  was  born  September  24,  1806, 
of  Dutch-Scotch  descent  and  a  native  of  New  York  colony.  She  died  at 
her  son  Jacob  J.  Francis'  home  near  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  January  2,  1879. 

Jacob  J.  Francis  was  three  years  of  age  when  his  parents  moved 
from  New  York  to  Indiana,  near  where  Plymouth  was  afterwards  built. 
Here  they  took  a  government  homestead.  His  playmates,  when  a  child, 
were  Indian  children,  for  out  of  their  seven  neighbor  families,  four  were 
Indians.  His  parents'  association  and  friendship  with  the  Indians  saved 
their  lives  in  many  Indian  massacres. 

He  lived  with  his  parents  in  Indiana  until  manhood,  helping  to  culti- 
vate the  old  homestead.  And  at  the  age  of  about  twenty-three  he  went 
to  Illinois  where  he  met  Miss  Violet  A.  Brock,  to  whom  he  afterwards 
was  married. 

Violet  A.  Brock,  deceased,  was  born  near  Atlanta,  DeWitt  County, 
Illinois,  October  23,  1841,  the  daughter  of  Francis  Marion  Brock  and 
Mary  Ann  (Ackerson)  Brock.  Her  father,  Francis  Marion  Brock,  was 
bom  in  Ohio,  February  6,  1819,  of  German-Irish  descent  and  a  native  of 
Ohio.     He  died   January  4,   1901,   near   Ridgeway,   Missouri   at   his   son 


840  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Charley  Brock's  home.  Her  mother,  Miss  Mary  Ann  Ackerson,  was  born 
in  Ohio,  November  22,  1822,  of  Irish-German  descent,  and  a  native  of 
Ohio.  She  died  October  24,  1864,  at  her  home  near  Atlanta,  Illinois. 
Violet  A.  Brock  grew  to  womanhood  near  Waynesville,  Illinois,  in  the 
neighborhood  where  her  parents  first  settled  after  marriage.  They  moved 
but  once  during  her  youth  and  that  less  than  one-fourth  mile  from  their 
old  government  homestead.  She  remaining  at  her  home  with  her  par- 
ents until  meeting  Jacob  J.  Francis,  to  whom  she  was  afterwards  married. 

Jacob  J.  Francis  and  his  wife,  Violet  A.  (Brock)  Francis,  followed 
farming  in  Illinois  for  about  ten  years,  then  moved  overland  to  Indiana, 
where  they  followed  farming  as  before  until  about  1873,  or  four  years, 
when  they  again  moved  overland  to  Illinois.  Here  they  followed  farming 
and  stock  raising  until  1876  when  they  moved,  as  before,  overland,  bringing 
about  six  horses  and  about  eight  milch  cows  to  Harrison  County,  Missouri. 
When  first  reaching  their  destination  in  June,  1876,  they  rented  a  small 
house  and  some  land  on  the  north  side  of  the  road  from  what  was  called 
the  old  Buckley  Farm,  about  three  and  one-half  miles  south  of  Eagleville, 
Missouri.  Here  they  lived  until  the  following  March,  when  they  moved 
upon  a  240-acre  farm,  known  as  the  old  Hunt  Farm,  about  two  miles 
east  of  Lorraine  and  two  and  one-half  miles  southwest  of  where  Ridge- 
way,  Missouri  was  afterwards  built.  At  this  time  their  family  consisted 
of  five  girls  and  three  boys.  The  oldest  about  sixteen  and  the  youngest 
less  than  one  year  of  age.  The  entire  family  having  quite  good  health 
and  ready  to  take  part  in  the  farm  life  of  such  a  primitive  country  as  it 
was  at  that  time.  One  could  stand  near  the  house  and  see  and  hear  wild 
turkey  gobblers  as  they  would  strut  along  the  bank  of  an  old  buffalo 
wallow,  less  than  three-fourths  of  a  mile  west  of  the  house.  Besides  the 
wild  turkey,  there  were  many  other  wild  animals,  such  as  the  antelope, 
panther,  wild-cat,  gray  and  brown  wolf  and  fox,  besides  many  smaller 
animals  which  are  plentiful  in  the  country  today. 

Jacob  J.  Francis  and  wife's  home  consisted  of  a  log  house  of  one 
large  room  and  a  large  garret  above  it.  Also  a  frame  kitchen  attached 
to  the  log  house.  Soon  after  locating  here,  they  built  a  large  one  and 
one-half  story  frame  room  joining  the  old  log  house  on  the  east.  This 
house  they  lived  in  for  many  years  until  about  the  time  Ridgeway,  Mis- 
souri was  started,  when  they  built  the  nine-room  house  that  is  now  on 
the  farm.  The  old  log  bam  was  large  enough  to  hold  four  horses  in  each 
end  and  contained  a  space  between  to  store  away  grain.     The  barn  also 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  841 

had  a  hay-mow  large  enough  to  hold  about  eight  tons  of  unbaled  hay. 
This  barn  was  used  until  about  1890,  when  a  frame  barn  36x40  feet  and 
containing  mow  room  for  about  sixteen  tons  of  unbaled  hay  was  built. 
The  other  improvements  were  very  scant,  a  few  light  poultry  houses, 
only  about  seventeen  acres  of  land  broke  and  about  the  same  number  of 
acres  fenced,  some  of  the  fence  being  what  they  used  to  call  brush  fence, 
a  row  of  brush  piled  quite  high,  expecting  it  to  serve  as  a  protection 
against  stock.  The  entire  farm  was  fenced  and  cross-fenced  in  a  few 
years,  there  being  seven  miles  of  fence.  The  blue  grass  sod  and  hazel 
brush  gave  away  to  the  plow,  until  there  was  about  200  acres  in  cultivation. 
Jacob  J.  Francis  was  a  successful  farmer  and  stockraiser.  He  was  a 
horticulturist  of  local  fame  and  had  one  of  the  largest  orchards  in  this 
part  of  the  state  at  that  time.  Mr.  Francis  and  family  took  great  pride 
in  the  orchard  and  constantly  improved  it  by  the  use  of  progressive 
methods. 

Jacob  J.  Francis  and  wife  moved  to  Ridgeway,  Missouri,  in  1908  and 
made  their  home  the  remainder  of  their  lives,  she  dying  there  January 
26,  1916,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years,  three  months  and  three  days. 
He  dying  at  the  same  house  March  31,  1917,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three 
years,  ten  months  and  nine  days.  They  were  buried  in  the  Ridgeway 
Cemetery.  To  them  were  born  ten  children:  Mary  L.  Francis,  deceased; 
Mrs.  Lillia  B.  Rakestraw,  of  Prosser,  Washington;  Orren  W.  Francis,  of 
Lakin,  Kansas;  Mrs.  Alice  A.  Peters,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  George 
M.  Francis,  of  Ridgeway.  Missouri;  Mrs.  Edith  J.  Tuggle,  of  Ridgeway, 
Missouri;  Oscar  S.  Francis,  of  Ridgeway,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Maud  B.  Hefner, 
of  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma;  Mrs.  Jeanette  G.  Korte,  of  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  and  Dr.  Harry  H.  Francis,  of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  Before  the 
death  of  the  parents  a  part  of  the  old  farm  was  sold  to  Mr.  Dick  Glenn, 
a  neighbor,  Oscar  and  George  Francis  buying  160  acres,  Oscar  Francis 
now,  December,  1921,  living  on  the  old  farm. 

Dr.  George  M.  Francis  was  reared  in  Grant  Township,  where  he  at- 
tended the  rural  school,  later  attending  the  Ridgeway  High  School  and 
also  attending  college  at  Stanberry  and  Business  College  at  Bethany,  Mis- 
souri. He  taught  in  the  rural  schools  for  a  while  and  then  went  to  Kear- 
ney County,  Kansas,  where  h  homesteaded  land  and  taught  school  in 
Lakin  and  Hartland.  His  services  as  a  teacher  covered  nineteen  years  in 
Kansas  and  Missouri,  two  years  of  which  time  he  taught  shorthand  and 
typewriting  in  the  Merwin  Normal  College  at  Merwin,  Missouri.     He  was 


842  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

a  student  in  Carver  Chiropractic  College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the 
three  year  D.  C.  course  in  December,  1920.  Since  that  time  he  has 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Ridgeway. 

Doctor  Francis  is  a  member  of  the  Modem  Woodmen  of  America  and 
attends  the  Methodist  Church.  He  is  a  thorough,  capable  man  in  his 
profession  and  is  building  up  a  good  practice.  As  Ridgeway  is  his  old 
home  town,  he  has  an  extensive  acquaintance  both  there  and  in  the  sur- 
rounding community,  and  he  has  the  confidence  of  the  public.  He  is  a 
worthy  son  of  his  father,  Jacob  J.  Francis,  who  was  one  of  the  highly 
esteemed  men  of  his  day  in  the  community  where  he  lived. 


Charles  L.  Osmon,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War,  whose  home  is  in 
Union  Township,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  July 
21,  1892,  and  is  a  son  of  Charles  L.,  Sr.,  and  Lucy  A.  (Peasley)  Osmon. 
Charles  L.  Osmon,  Sr.,  served  in  the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War, 
having  enlisted  in  1862,  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

Charles  L.  Osmon,  Jr.,  entered  the  United  States  Army  during  the 
World  War,  April  1,  1918,  and  after  a  period  of  training  at  Camp  Fun- 
ston,  Kansas,  where  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Depot  Brigade,  and 
on  April  24,  1918,  he  was  transferred  to  the  89th  Division.  On  June 
4,  1918,  he  sailed  with  his  command  on  the  United  States  Transport, 
Coronia,  and  landed  at  Liverpool,  England,  June  18th.  Shortly  after- 
wards they  crossed  the  English  Channel,  landing  at  La  Harve,  France. 
From  that  point  they  went  by  train  to  the  interior  of  France,  and  soon 
after  took  a  position  at  the  front. 

He  was  in  the  Beaucouville  Xavier  trenches  from  August  8th  until 
September  19th  and  afterwards  on  the  Verdun  front.  Mr.  Osmon  was 
at  the  battle  of  Argonne  Forest,  the  Meuse  River  engagement  and  St. 
Mihiel.  When  the  Armistice  was  signed  he  was  at  Bueford,  not  far 
from  Sedan.  He  then  went  to  Germany  with  the  American  Amiy  of 
Occupation.  On  the  march  into  Germany  the  army  traveled  thirty-five 
miles  per  day.  He  was  in  a  hospital  from  December  29,  1918,  until  Febru- 
ary 19,  1919.  He  then  joined  his  old  outfit  and  remained  with  the  Army 
of  Occupation  until  April  1,  1919,  when  he  returned  to  France,  and  after 
taking  a  course  in  Agriculture  in  one  of  the  Universities  there,  he  went 
to  Marseilles,  France.  He  embarked  at  that  port  for  the  United  States, 
sailing  through  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  along  the  coast  of  Africa  and 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  843 

after  a  fourteen  days'  voyage  landed  in  America.     He  then  returned  to 
his  home  in  Harrison  County,  where  lie  has  since  resided. 

He  is  one  of  the  progressive  young  men  of  Union  Township,  and  has 
a  wide  acquaintance  and  many  friends. 


E.  H.  Frisby,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Bethany  who  has  extensive  in- 
terests here,  is  a  native  of  Harrison  County.  He  was  born  at  Bethany, 
Missouri,  October  17,  1862,  and  is  a  son  of  Jonathan  C.  and  Sarah  (Briggs) 
Frisby,  both  natives  of  Ohio  who  came  from  that  state  to  Harrison  County 
in  1858.  They  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives  in  this  county  after 
coming  here. 

E.  H.  Frisby  was  one  of  a  family  of  eight  children  born  to  his  par- 
ents. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Harrison  County  and  the 
University  of  Michigan  where  he  was  graduated  in  1883.  He  then 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  at  Bethany,  and  has  practiced  here  since 
that  time. 

Mr.  Frisby  has  various  other  interests  besides  his  extensive  law 
practice.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Harrison  County  Bank 
in  1888  and  has  been  one  of  the  directors  of  the  bank  since  that  time; 
he  has  also  been  secretary  of  the  bank  all  these  years.  He  is  also  a 
director  of  the  Bethany  Savings  Bank,  president  of  the  Bethany  Printing 
Company  and  president  of  the  Harrison  County  Abstract  Company.  Dur- 
ing the  course  of  his  practice  he  has  specialized  in  real  estate  law  and 
dealt  extensively  in  land,  and  is  a  large  land  owner  in  Harrison  County.. 

Mr.  Frisby  is  a  republican  and  has  served  as  prosecuting  attorney 
and  state  senator.  He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  development  of 
highways  and  was  one  of  the  promoters  and  organizers  of  the  Jefferson 
Highway,  having  served  as  vice  president  of  that  organization  for  a 
number  years  and  has  been  president  since  January,  1921. 

Mr.  Frisby  was  married  April  20,  1885,  to  Miss  Eva  M.  Tucker,  a 
native  of  Harrison  County  and  a  member  of  a  pioneer  family  here.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frisby  have  ben  born  three  children:  Lane,  who  teaches 
music  in  St.  Louis  School  for  the  Blind;  Frank  M.,  an  attorney  at  Bethany; 
and  Lottie,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty. 

Mr.  Frisby  is  a  Knights  Templar  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  lodge. 


844  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

Genevieve  Bazan,  Red  Cross  Nurse  of  the  Department  of  Public 
Health  of  Harrison  County,  is  performing  a  service  of  vital  importance 
to  Harrison  County,  although  a  field  that  has  long  been  neglected.  Her 
work  is  more  especially  directed  to  the  schools  of  the  county,  although  not 
exclusively  so,  as  more  fully  set  forth  in  another  chapter  of  this  work. 

Miss  Bazan  is  a  capable  young  woman  and  a  thoroughly  schooled 
and  skilled  professional  nurse,  with  a  thorough  training  and  broad  prac- 
tical experience  in  this  field.  She  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  bom  at  St. 
Louis,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  L.  A.  Bazan,  a  well  known  and  successful 
physician  who  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Moberly, 
Missouri. 

Miss  Bazan  had  the  following  brothers  and  sisters:  Thomas,  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri ;  Helen,  died  in  childhood ;  Lieut.  Theodore  B.,  was  killed 
in  the  Battle  of  Argonne  Forest;  L.  Marion,  married  Robert  Caldwell, 
Mobei'ly,  Missouri ;  Francis  A.,  Moberly,  Missouri ;  and  Margie  J.,  at  home 
with  her  parents,  Moberly,  Missouri. 

Regarding  Miss  Bazan's  brother,  Lieut.  Theodore  B.  Bazan,  the  follow- 
ing is  taken  from  Waller's  History  of  Randolph  County: 

Lieut.  Theodore  B.  Bazan,  in  whose  honor  the  American  Legion  Post 
No.  6,  of  Moberly,  Missouri,  was  named,  will  long  be  remembered  as  one 
who  gave  his  life  to  his  country  and  died  a  heoric  and  self  sacrificing 
death.  He  was  bom  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  July  29,  1895,  and  attended 
the  school  there  for  five  years.  After  the  family  removed  to  Saline  County 
he  also  attended  the  school  there  and  later  at  Salisbury,  Missouri.  He 
then  attended  the  public  schools  of  Clark  and  Moberly,  graduating  from 
the  high  school  at  Moberly.  He  then  entered  the  State  University  at 
Columbia,  Mo.,  where  he  took  the  medical  course  for  two  years  and  when 
the  United  States  entered  the  World  War  he  entered  the  OflScer's  Training 
School  at  Ft.  Riley,  Kansas,  in  May,  1917,  and  after  a  period  of  training 
he  was  commissioned  a  second  lieutenant  in  August  of  the  same  year  and 
assigned  for  the  138th  Infantry,  and  on  April  20,  1918,  he  was  promoted 
to  first  lieutenant.  In  May,  1918,  he  went  to  France  with  his  command 
and  was  stationed  in  Vosges  Mountains,  and  also  participated  in  the 
engagement  at  Verdun.  He  also  participated  in  the  great  drive  in  the 
Argonne  Forest,  and  as  that  great  battle  raged  on  September  27th,  he 
was  mortally  wounded  during  the  evening  between  six  and  ten  o'clock. 
His  death  was  due  to  the  explosion  of  a  high  power  shell,  which  tore  away 
the  right  side  of  his  abdoman.    As  he  lay  mortally  wounded  a  detail  of 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  845 

soldiers  came  to  care  for  him,  and  he,  knowing  that  he  was  mortally 
wounded  and  that  he  could  not  live  long,  requested  the  detail  to  not  give 
him  any  attention  but  ordered  them  to  direct  their  attention  to  others  less 
severly  wounded,  that  their  lives  might  be  saved,  and  while  waiting  there 
he  died  and  was  buried  on  the  field  of  honor.  Lieutenant  Bazan's  re- 
mains were  brought  to  America  in  1921  and  buried  in  the  National  Ceme- 
tery at  Jefferson  Barracks,  near  St.  Louis. 

Genevieve  Bazan  graduated  from  high  school  and  received  a  good 
preparatory  education.  She  then  entered  training  as  a  nurse  in  Woodland 
Hospital  at  Moberly,  Missouri.  She  was  afterwards  employed  at  that  in- 
stitution as  night  supervisor  for  a  time.  She  then  engaged  in  private  duty 
for  awhile  and  then  took  a  post  graduate  course  of  six  months  in  the  Cook 
County  Hospital,  Chicago,  Illinois.  From  there  she  went  to  the  Toledo 
Hospital,  Toledo,  Ohio,  where  she  held  an  institutional  position  about  a 
year.  She  then  returned  to  her  home  at  Moberly  and  was  engaged  in 
private  duty  until  the  United  States  entered  the  World  Vv^ar.  Miss  Bazan 
then  entered  the  service  as  nurse  and  was  stationed  at  Jefferson  Barracks 
until  after  the  close  of  the  war  when  she  was  discharged.  She  then  re- 
turned to  Moberly  and  after  being  engaged  in  private  work  for  a  time,  she 
took  a  post  graduate  course  in  Public  Health  in  St.  Louis.  This  course  is 
given  in  connection  with  the  University  of  Missouri. 

In  May,  1921,  Miss  Bazan  accepted  her  present  position  as  Red  Cross 
Public  Nurse  of  Harrison  County.  She  is  thorough,  earnest  and  con- 
scientious in  her  work  and  is  accomplishing  good  results.  This  is  prac- 
tically a  new  field,  and  much  of  the  work  is  of  a  constructive  nature  which 
requires  energy  as  well  as  ability,  and  Miss  Bazan  possesses  both  of  these 
requisite  qualities. 


Charles  B.  Adams,  of  Trail  Creek  Township,  Harrison  County,  Mis- 
souri, is  the  famous  baseball  player  known  as  "Babe"  Adams,  the  noted 
pitcher  with  the  Pittsburgh  Pirates.  He  was  bom  May  18,  1882,  at  Tipton, 
Indiana,  and  came  to  Mount  Moriah,  in  Harrison  County,  Missouri,  with 
his  parents,  March  1,  1898.  On  March  2,  1909,  he  was  manied  to  Blanche 
Wright,  of  Mt.  Moriah,  Missouri.  They  have  two  children:  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, born  June  19,  1916,  and  Virginia  Lee,  bom  June  21,  1918. 

Charles  Adams  is  the  son  of  Samuel  Adams  and  his  wife  Nancy 
Jane  (Tower)  Adams.    The  father,  Samuel  Adams,  was  born  in  Switzer- 


846  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

land  County,  Indiana,  March  11,  1846,  and  was  married  to  Nancy  Jane 
Tower  in  1870,  who  was  born  in  Switzerland  County,  Indiana,  April  9, 
1852.  Of  this  marriage  thirteen  children  were  born;  Zella,  Aaron,  Eva, 
Delcina,  Minerva,  Carrie,  Charles,  India,  Grace,  James,  Elbert,  Alonzo  and 
Edna. 

Mrs.  Blanche  (Wright)  Adams  is  the  daughter  of  George  W.  Wright 
and  his  wife  Emza  Jane  (Gray)  Wright.  He  was  bom  June  2,  1850, 
at  Rockford,  Illinois,  and  she  was  bom  January  13,  1847,  at  Morgantown, 
Virginia.  He  came  to  Mt.  Moriah  from  Iowa  in  1870.  They  were  married 
November  25,  1875,  and  have  four  children:  Joseph  Wright,  now  de- 
ceased; Marie  (Wright)  Wanamaker,  wife  of  Ernest  Wanamaker;  Eliza- 
beth Jane  Gellispie,  wife  of  Charles  Gellispie ;  and  Blanche  Adams,  wife  of 
Charles  B.  Adams,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

George  W.  Wright,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Charles  Adams,  was  the  son 
of  Jesse  Wright,  who  with  his  father,  David  Wright,  in  1844,  come  from 
Kennebec  County,  Maine,  to  Boone  County,  Illinois.  David  Wright  mar- 
ried Polly  Briggs  Pettingill  and  Jesse  Wright  married  Elizabeth  Remick. 
He  was  born  February  14,  1821,  and  died  January  7,  1894,  at  Glenwood, 
Iowa.  Jesse's  wife,  Elizabeth  Remick,  was  born  in  Maine,  February  7, 
1826,  and  died  January  3,  1908,  at  Glenwood,  Iowa. 

The  Wright  family  came  from  England  to  Massachusetts.  An  ances- 
tor of  George  named  Josiah  Wright  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  his 
son,  Silas  Wright,  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812. 

Elizabeth  Remick  was  the  daughter  of  Phillip  and  Abigail  Remick, 
and  was  born  in  Maine.  She  was  a  descendant  of  Christian  Remick,  born 
in  1631,  who  emigrated  from  Holland  to  Old  Kittery,  Maine.  The  Rem- 
icks  for  four  generations  were  shipbuilders,  and  they  built  the  "Ranger 
and  Kearsarge." 

Eniza  Jane  Gray,  who  became  the  wife  of  George  W.  Wright,  was  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  Gray  and  Jane  (Lindsay)  Gray.  Joseph  Gray  was 
bom  at  Morgantown,  Virginia,  January  15,  1785  and  was  married  July, 
1822,  to  Jane  Lindsay,  who  was  born  in  1803.  They  came  to  Harrison 
County,  Missouri,  in  1855  where  they  resided  until  their  death.  He 
died  in  1890  at  the  age  of  105  and  she  in  1894.  He  was  commissioned 
a  lieutenant  in  the  War  of  1812,  but  peace  was  declared  before  he  reached 
the  field  of  action.  His  father  William  Gray  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier 
and  was  buried  at  Morgantown,  Virginia.     His  wife  was  Ann  Austin. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  847 

Charles  Adams  began  playing  professional  baseball  in  1904  with 
Parsons,  Kansas.  In  1906  he  was  given  a  trial  with  St.  Louis  Nationals 
and  sent  by  them  the  latter  part  of  1906  to  Louisville,  Kentucky,  in 
the  American  Association.  In  1909  he  was  sent  to  Denver,  Colorado,  in 
the  Western  League.  In  1908  Pittsburgh  Nationals  bought  him  and  later 
farmed  him  out  to  Louisville,  Kentucky.  He  was  recalled  and  on  April 
27,  1909,  began  his  National  League  career.  He  played  with  Pittsburgh 
for  twelve  years,  with  the  exceptions  of  1917-1918,  when  he  was  re- 
leased from  Pittsburgh  and  played  in  the  Western  League  and  the  Amer- 
ican Association,  when  Pittsburgh  again  bought  him  in  1918,  and  he  has 
been  with  them  since. 

The  following  is  from  the  Philadelphia  Press: 

Last  season  this  remarkable  athlete  stood  second  in  the  pitching 
averages  of  the  National  League  and  he  fairly  won  the  honor.  With  con- 
trol that  was  marvelous,  perhaps  the  like  has  never  been  seen  on  big 
league  diamonds,  for  of  the  1035  batsmen  who  faced  him  last  season  only 
18  were  permitted  to  walk  to  first  base  and  in  the  last  two  seasons,  or 
since  he  staged  his  comeback,  some  2052  faced  Adams  and  only  41  were 
granted  free  passes. 

Adams  always  possessed  good  control,  during  his  entire  career  in 
the  big  leagues  he  issued  but  328  passes  in  2476  innings,  or  equal  to  275 
full  games  that  he  pitched.  In  his  full  career  in  the  National  League, 
"Babe"  pitched  256  games  that  counted  in  the  won  and  lost  columns  and 
his  percentage  in  games  won  stands  .600. 

A  colorful  and  an  exceedingly  brilliant  career  on  the  diamond  has 
been  his  allotment. 

Adams  gained  fame  in  1909  when  he  beat  Detroit  in  the  World's  Series 
and  his  pitching  during  the  season  of  1921  was  equally  marvelous.  Harri- 
son County  is  justly  proud  of  "Babe"  Adams. 


A.  F.  Woodruff,  now  a  resident  of  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado,  was 
for  forty-one  years  a  citizen  of  Harrison  and  Mercer  counties,  Mis- 
souri; twenty-six  of  which  were  spent  in  Bethany.  He  removed  to 
Colorado  Springs  May  31,  1899.  He  was  born  in  Scioto  County,  Ohio, 
December  11,  1848;  his  father  was  A  S.  Woodruff",  and  his  mother 
Martha  (McCall)  Woodruff.  On  the  date  of  his  birth  his  parents  were 
living  on  the  north  bank  of  Ohio  River,  about  nine  miles  below  Ports- 


848  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

mouth,  Ohio.  He  is  of  Scotch-English  descent.  His  Woodruff  fore- 
bears came  to  the  United  States  several  generations  back  from  some 
place  in  England  and  settled  on  Long  Island,  New  York,  near  South- 
hampton. From  that  place  some  of  the  family  removed  to  Camden, 
New  Jersey,  among  them  being  his  grandfather,  Benjamin  Woodruff. 
While  Benjamin  Woodruff  was  living  in  Camden,  and  on  March  24, 
1793,  he  married  Jane  Shepherd,  who  lived  at  the  time  of  the  marriage 
in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  From  Camden,  New  Jersey,  Benjamin 
Woodruff  migrated  about  the  year  1810,  to  the  southern  part  of  Ohio, 
and  settled  in  Adams  County  in  a  neighborhood  called  the  Irish  Bottoms, 
near  the  town  of  Buena  Vista.  Here  he  lived  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred about  twenty  years  later.  He  is  buried  in  the  Sandy  Springs 
burying  ground,  near  Buena  Vista,  Ohio. 

A.  F.  Woodruff's  maternal  grandfather,  Solomon  McCall,  migrated 
from  Argyleshier,  Scotland  about  the  year  1773.  His  father  was  op- 
posed to  his  sons  going  to  America,  and  refused  to  give  them  aid  in 
the  way  of  passage  money.  On  account  of  this  refusal  Solomon  McCall 
apprenticed  himself  to  a  ship  captain  to  pay  for  his  passage,  and  after 
reaching  America  he  worked  for  a  considerable  time  for  this  captain, 
a  man  named  Barton,  whose  daughter,  Sarah,  he  married  on  March 
18,  1789.  His  descendants  have  always  spoken  of  this  apprenticship  as 
his  having  "sold  himself"  to  the  captain  for  his  passage.  He  landed 
at  some  point  on  the  eastern  coast  of  the  United  States,  and  gradually 
worked  his  way  West  to  Scioto  County,  Ohio. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  left  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  five 
years  by  the  death  of  his  mother,  his  father  having  died  three  years 
before.  In  1858,  at  the  age  of  ten  years,  he  removed  to  Harrison  County, 
Missouri,  in  company  with  his  brother  of  the  halfblood,  A.  J.  Tucker, 
in  whose  family  he  grew  to  womanhood.  He  was  without  an  estate,  and 
the  relatives  with  whom  he  lived  were  not  forehanded,  Ihence  wei'e 
unable  to  give  him  good  educational  advantages,  but  he  managed  to  get 
some  education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  neighborhood,  and  on  arriving 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  he  went  to  Leon,  Iowa,  where  he  took  a 
course  of  three  years  in  the  Leon  High  School.  The  course  of  study  in 
that  school  was  neither  broad  nor  deep,  but  is  served  as  an  excellent  foun- 
dation upon  which  to  build  in  after  years.  Having  completed  this  course, 
he  taught  school  in  the  country  districts  for  three  years,  but  disliking 
this  business  very  much  he  abandoned  it,  and  in  the  spring  of  1872 


HISTORY   OP   HARRISON  COUNTY  849 

secured  work  in  a  lumber  yard  in  Princeton,  Missouri,  and  never  after 
attempted  school  teaching. 

In  the  year  1872  he  began  the  study  of  law  at  home,  and  after- 
wards continued  the  study  to  better  purpose,  first  in  the  office  of  Hyde 
&  Orton,  and  subsequently  with  C.  M.  Wright,  attorneys  at  Princeton, 
Mercer  County,  Missouri,  where  on  September  14,  1878,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Mercer  County  Bar  in  the  Circuit  Court,  presided  over  at  the 
time  by  Judge  G.  D.  Burgess,  who  later  became  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Missouri.  The  firm  of  Hyde  &  Orton  was  composed  of  Ira  B. 
Hyde  and  Hobart  G.  Orton.  The  last  named  is  now  deceased,  but  Mr. 
Hyde  is  still  living,  and  is  father  of  the  present  Governor  of  Missouri, 
Arthur  M.   Hyde. 

Mr.  Woodruff  was  married  on  October  7,  1878,  to  Alice  E.  Lewis,  a 
native  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  a  daughter  of  Wm.  G.  Lewis,  deceased, 
formerly  an  attorney  of  that  place,  who  had  at  one  time  held  the  oflSce 
of  probate  judge  of  Harrison  County.  He  commenced  the  practice  of 
law  in  Mercer  County  in  partnership  with  Millard  F.  Robinson,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Woodruff  &  Robinson.  This  partnership  was  continued 
until  November,  1879,  when  he  removed  to  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  there 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  D.  S.  Alvord,  then  one  of  the  prominent 
attorneys  in  that  section  of  the  state;  the  firm  name  was  Alvord  & 
Woodruff. 

On  February  24,  1890  his  wife,  Alice  E.,  died,  and  on  July  12,  1893, 
he  was  married  to  Isola  Lee  Buckles,  his  present  wife,  who  was  then 
a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  in  Bethany.  She  is  a  native  of  Illinois, 
and  had  fitted  herself  to  teach  by  attending  the  State  Normal  School  of 
Illinois,  the  Normal  School  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana,  and  Shurtleff  College 
at  Upped  Alton,  Illinois.  Prior  to  her  marriage  she  had  taught  for  a 
period  of  eight  years. 

In  1890,  the  partnership  of  Alvord  &  Woodruff  was  dissolved  by 
mutual  consent,  and  in  1897  Mr.  Woodruff  formed  a  partnership  for 
the  practice  of  law  with  A.  S.  Gumming,  who  is  now  one  of  the  leading 
practitioners  in  Harrison  County.  This  partnership  was  dissolved  in 
May,  1899. 

Mr.  Woodruff,  while  a  Republican  of  the  old  school,  has  never  been 
a  partisan,  nor  has  he  been  given  to  office  seeking  or  office  holding,  al- 
though he  has  held  some  minor  offices.  He  was  deputy  assessor  of  Har- 
rison  County   in    1872,   under  the  then   assessor,   Jos.   Bi   Dill,   deputy 


850  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

sheriff  in  1873,  under  Sheriff  George  S.  Graham,  and  deputy  collector 
under  James  C.  Baker  in  1874-75.  In  the  spring  of  1886,  he  was  elected 
one  of  the  councilmen  of  Bethany,  Missouri,  and  held  that  office  one 
term.  He  was  also  city  attorney  in  Bethany  for  eaveral  terms.  In 
April,  1890,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Bethany  School  Board,  and 
re-elected  from  time  to  time  until  1899,  when  he  left  the  state  on  May 
31st  of  that  year.  While  a  member  of  the  school  board  he  did  much 
to  improve  the  Bethany  schools  by  maldng  a  search  all  over  the  state 
to  secure  the  very  best  teachers  that  could  be  had  for  the  salaries  his 
district  was  able  to  pay.  This  action  greatly  improved  the  corps  of 
teachers  and  added  much  to  the  success  and  reputation  of  the  Bethany 
schools.  As  a  school  director  he  attended  some  of  the  state  meetings 
of  school  directors,  which  was  inauguarated  and  carried  out  by  John 
R.  Kirk,  then  state  Superintendent  of  schools,  and  wrote  some  papers 
which  were  read  before  these  meetings.  Some  of  these  papers  were  pub- 
lished in  the  American  School  Board  Journal  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and 
also  in  the  Missouri  School  Journal. 

While  not  a  politician  in  the  narrow  sense  of  that  term  he  has 
always  been  interested  in  public  affairs,  and  has  shown  this  by  attend- 
ing elections,  both  primary  and  regular,  and  voting.  He  was  a  pro- 
hibitionist many  years  before  prohibition  became  popular,  and  in  1866, 
in  connection  with  J.  H.  Burrows,  John  Woodward,  J.  Q.  Chambers 
and  others,  protested  successfully  to  the  County  Court  of  Harrison 
County,  against  the  granting  of  saloon  license  in  Cainsville,  where  he 
then  lived.  He  also  took  an  active  part  in  connection  with  D.  J.  Heaston, 
G.  W.  Wanamaker,  D.  S.  Alvord  and  others  in  securing  the  adoption, 
by  the  people  of  Harrison  County,  of  the  first  local  option  law  passed 
by   the   Missouri   Legislature. 

Mr.  Woodruff's  rating  as  a  business  man  for  promvness,  integrity 
and  fair-dealing  has  always  been  high.  He  has  never  taken  pride  in 
this  rating,  and  in  the  further  facts  that  he  is  almost  entirely  self- 
made;  that  he  has  by  industry,  energy  and  the  careful  handling  of  his 
resources  placed  himself  in  the  well-to-do  middle  class.  He  has  at 
all  times  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  his  clients  in  respect  to  their  financial 
affairs,  and  a  large  part  of  his  business  since  his  admission  to  the  bar 
has  been  that  of  assisting  clients  in  the  matter  of  making  investments. 

As  a  lawyer  he  possesses  the  faculty  of  eliminathig  unnecessary 
elements,  and  of  grasping  salient,  governing  principles.     He  is  a  coun- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  851 

selor  and  office  lawyer,  not  a  trial  lawyer.  His  briefs  are  made  with 
much  care  and  after  painstaking  examination  and  analysis  of  the  author- 
ities, and  they  have  always  been  given  the  careful  consideration  of 
the  courts  before  whom  he  practices.  His  specialties  in  practice  are 
real  estate,  probate  and  commercial  law.  He  readily  admits  that  he 
is  not  an  all-round  lawyer,  such  a  lawyer  as  is  able  to  try  a  murder  case 
one  week,  and  an  ejectment  suit  the  next,  and  handle  each  with  equal 
skill.  In  his  dealings  with  other  attorneys  he  is  trustworthy  and  de- 
pendable. His  parole  agreements  are  sacredly  kept.  He  never  resorts 
to  underhanded  measures  or  tricks  to  win  cases,  preferring  honorable 
defeat  to  dubious  victory.  He  has  a  detestation  of  over-reaching  in  the 
matter  of  fees,  and  it  is  his  boast  that  he  has  done  more  work  for 
less  pay  than  any  of  his  contemporary  lawyers. 

Although  he  has  never  had  a  large  appellate  practice,  he  has  been 
employed  in  some  important  cases  in  the  Supreme  Courts  of  Missouri 
and  Colorado.  One  such  case  was  Allen  vs.  White,  98  Missouri,  55;  10 
S.  W.  881.  This  was  a  suit  in  which  the  validity  of  a  statutory  tax 
deed  issued  under  the  Missouri  Revenue  Law  of  1872,  was  an  issue.  The 
deed  was  sustained  by  the  Court,  it  being  the  first,  or  among  the  first 
cases,  where  a  statutory  tax  deed  was  sustained  by  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Missouri.  Another  case  was  Russie  vs.  Brazzell,  reported  in  128  Mo. 
92 ;  30  S.  W.  526 ;  49  Am.  St.  Rep.  542.  This  case  involved  primarily  the 
title  to  a  house  and  lot  in  Eagleville,  Missouri,  used  by  the  church  as 
a  parsonage,  but  finally  it  involved  he  title  and  disposition  of  all  the 
property  of  the  United  Brethern  Church  in  the  State  of  Missouri.  The 
case  was  a  contest  between  factions  in  the  church  growing  out  of  a 
change  in  the  rules  of  the  church;  the  faction  favoring  the  change 
caled  themselves  "Liberals"  and  the  faction  opposed  called  themselves 
"Radicals".  The  Liberals  won.  In  Callahan  vs.  Whitehead,  44  Colo- 
rado 396;  99  Pacific  57  (  he  was  employed  by  the  plaintiff.  This  was  an 
ejectment  suit  to  recover  possession  of  twenty-eight  hundred  acres  of 
land  held  by  the  defendant  under  a  tax  deed.  The  Court  held  the  tax 
deed  void.  He  represented  the  defendant  in  the  case  of  Turner  vs.  McKen- 
zie,  31  Colorado  274;  72  Pacific  1075.  This  suit  involved  the  construc- 
tion of  a  contract  for  the  sale  of  a  mine  in  Cripple  Creek.  The  decision 
of  the  Court  was  in  favor  of  the  defendant. 

He  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  pays  his  dues,  but  he  lacks  enthusiasm; 
as  he  expresses  it,  he  is  as  lukewarm  as  the  church  at  Laodicea.     His 


852  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNI  V 

membership  is  in  Pikes  Peak  Lodge  No.  38,  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado. 
He  has  never  been  a  member  of  any  church.  In  the  clash  and  confusion 
of  creed  and  dogma  he  has  chosen  to  remain  neutral. 


Gen.  Benjamin  M.  Prentiss. — For  many  years  one  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished citizens  of  Missouri  as  well  as  of  the  nation  was  the  late  Gen. 
Benjamin  M.  Prentiss,  who  for  twenty  years  lived  at  Bethany,  where  his 
death  occurred  on  February  8,  1901.  General  Prentiss  was  a  soldier  of 
two  wars,  rose  to  the  rank  of  major-general  U.  S.  Volunteers  during  the 
Civil  War  and  was  the  hero  of  the  great  battle  of  Shiloh.  In  his  political 
career  he  was  an  associate  of  Lincoln  and  other  distinguished  leaders  of 
Illinois,  and  in  the  later  years  of  his  life  was  one  of  the  most  admired 
orators  and  leaders  in  the  Republican  party  of  Missouri. 

Benjamin  M.  Prentiss  was  born  at  Belleville,  Virginia,  November  23, 
1819.  He  was  a  direct  descendant  from  Valentine  Prentiss  who  came  to 
America  from  England  in  1620.  Another  direct  ancestor  was  the  noted 
Elder  Brewster  of  the  Mayflower  colony. 

General  Prentiss  spent  his  early  childhood  in  Virginia  and  from  there 
his  parents  moved  to  Quincy,  Illinois.  His  education  came  from  the 
countiy  schools  of  Virginia  and  afterwards  from  a  private  military  school. 
Migrating  west  in  1836,  he  located  in  Marion  County,  Missouri,  and 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cordage.  In  the  spring  of  1841  he  went 
to  Quincy  and  established  himself  in  the  same  business  with  his  father. 
During  the  Mormon  excitement  at  Nauvoo,  Illinois,  he  was  in  the  service 
of  the  state  and  at  the  opening  of  the  Mexican  War  he  was  appointed 
adjutant  of  the  First  Illinois  Infantry.  With  this  regiment  he  served 
through  the  entire  war,  first  as  first  lieutenant  and  aftenvards  as  captain 
of  Company  I,  which  he  commanded  under  General  Taylor  at  the  battle 
of  Buena  Vista. 

After  his  return  to  Quincy  and  also  after  the  war.  General  Prentiss 
was  engaged  in  business  as  a  commission  merchant  and  also  as  a  manu- 
facturer of  cordage.  With  the  outbreak  of  hostilities  between  the  North 
and  South  he  was  one  of  the  first  to  respond  with  the  offer  of  his  services. 
At  the  first  c^ll  for  troops  he  sent  a  telegram  to  the  governor  of  Illinois, 
tendering  two  companies  and  has  the  distinction  of  having  been  the  first 
officer  commissioned  by  the  state.     Beginning  as  a  captain  he  was  pro- 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY  853 

moted  to  major,  from  that  to  colonel,  and  then  to  the  rank  of  brigadier- 
general  before  reaching  the  actual  scene  of  hostilities.  General  Prentiss 
was  placed  in  command  at  Cairo  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  estab- 
lished a  blockade  of  the  Mississippi  River.  While  there  he  was  waited 
upon  by  a  delegation  of  Kentuckians,  who  protested  against  the  landing 
of  troops  on  Kentucky  soil.  This  delegation  reminded  him  that  Kentucky 
was  a  sovereign  state,  the  peer  of  Illinois,  but  to  this  General  Prentiss 
replied  that  when  the  President  called  for  troops  to  defend  the  Union, 
Illinois  promptly  furnished  her  quota,  while  Kentucky  had  failed  to  re- 
spond and  consequently  her  wishes  were  not  entitled  to  the  same  con- 
sideration. 

After  leaving  Cairo,  General  Prentiss  was  ordered  by  General  Fre- 
mont to  Jefferson  City,  Missouri,  to  take  command  of  all  North  and  Cen- 
tral Missouri.  He  fought  at  Mount  Zion  and  a  number  of  other  minor 
engagements  in  the  state.  Subsequently  being  ordered  to  the  field  by 
General  Halleck,  he  proceeded  to  Pittsburg  Landing,  Tennessee,  where 
he  arrived  April  1st  and  organized  and  took  command  of  the  Sixth  Divi- 
sion, Army  of  the  Tennessee.  It  was  there  that  his  reputation  as  a 
military  leader  was  secured  beyond  all  peradventui'e.  The  historians  of 
that  great  battle  have  all  united  in  giving  General  Prentiss'  command 
credit  for  maintaining  the  integrity  of  the  Union  position  during  the  first 
day,  and  thus  insuring  what  amounted  to  a  virtual  victory  for  the  Union 
arms.  It  will  be  recalled  that  the  other  Federal  generals  in  council 
doubted  that  the  Confederates  were  massed  in  force  at  Shiloh,  and  at 
his  own  request  General  Prentiss  was  permitted  to  send  a  small  force 
forward  to  ascertain  whether  the  enemy  was  not  there  in  force.  Five 
companies  from  General  Prentiss'  division  were  selected  for  that  task 
and  these  troops  while  reconnoitering  received  the  first  onslaughts  of 
the  enemy,  arrested  their  charge  and  thus  gave  the  Union  army  time  to 
form  the  line  of  battle.  The  Confederates  attacked  in  such  force  and 
with  such  energy  that  General  Sherman's  corps  and  all  the  other  com- 
mands were  compelled  to  give  ground  and  General  Prentiss  himself  had  to 
retire  to  a  better  position.  At  his  command  his  troops  finally  took  posi- 
tion in  the  old  Sunken  Road  and  there  their  resistance  was  so  deadly  that 
the  Confederates  called  the  place  the  "Hornet's  Nest",  and  there  the  most 
sanguinary  struggle  of  the  day  was  centered.  It  was  while  General  Pren- 
tiss was  holding  this  line  that  General  Grant  came  up  and  requested  him 


854  HISTORY   OF   HARRISON  COUNTY 

to  hold  the  road  until  sundown  at  all  hazards.  General  Prentiss  gave  his 
promise  and  he  afterwards  stated  that  again  and  again  he  looked  for  the 
setting  sun  and  was  almost  convinced  from  the  slowness  with  which  that 
luminary  moved  toward  the  western  horizon,  that  it  had  surely  caught 
upon  a  snag.  No  reinforcements  were  sent  to  his  hard  pressed  troops 
and  at  5:30  in  the  evening  General  Prentiss  and  his  2,200  soldiers  were 
captured.  For  the  following  seven  months  he  endured  the  rigors  of 
Confederate  prisons. 

After  being  exchanged,  General  Prentiss  was  commissioned  a  major- 
genei-al  of  volunteers  for  his  gallantry  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh.  He  served 
on  the  court  martial  in  the  case  of  Gen.  Fitz  John  Porter,  and  he  was  the 
last  member  of  that  court  to  pass  away.  At  the  close  of  this  trial  he 
was  ordered  to  report  to  General  Grant  at  Milliken's  Bend,  by  whom  he 
was  assigned  the  command  of  the  eastern  district  of  Arkansas,  with 
headquartess  at  Helena.  Here  on  the  4th  of  July,  1863,  he. commanded 
the  Union  forces  in  the  battle  of  Helena,  gaining  a  decided  victory  over 
the  enemy,  whose  forces  were  equal  to  four  times  his  number. 

During  his  residence  at  Quincy,  General  Prentiss  was  appointed 
United  States  pension  agent  by  General  Grant,  and  filled  the  office  eight 
years.  In  1878  he  moved  to  Missouri,  spent  a  short  time  in  Sullivan 
County  and  then  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  at  Kirksville.  After 
moving  to  Bethany  in  1881  he  continued  the  practice  of  law,  and  in  1888, 
after  the  election  of  President  Harrison,  was  appointed  postmaster  and 
received  the  same  honor  from  President  McKinley.  In  1880  General 
Prentiss  served  as  a  delegate-at-large  to  the  Republican  national  conven- 
tion which  nominated  General  Garfield  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  national 
convention  of  1884  which  placed  Blaine  and  Logan  in  the  field  as  the 
national  Republican  candidates  and  seconded  the  nomination  of  John  A. 
Logan  for  president.  He  frequently  attended  the  Missouri  conventions 
of  his  party  and  was  one  of  the  most  influential  and  popular  leaders  in 
the  state. 

The  first  wife  of  General  Prentiss  was  Margaret  Sowdosky.  Their 
children  were:  Harrison  Tyler;  Guy  Champlain,  who  marched  with  Sher- 
man to  the  sea  and  died  in  Quincy ;  Jacob  Henry,  who  spent  his  last  years 
in  Bethany,  where  his  family  survive  him;  Ella,  who  married  Doctor 
Blackburn  and  still  lives  in  Bethany;  Benjamin  M.,  Jr.,  of  Colorado;  Clay, 
of  Bethany.  The  oldest  of  these  children,  Harrison  Tyler,  known  better 
as  "Tip",  was  a  drummer  boy  at  Shiloh  under  General  Sherman. 


HISTORY   OF   HARRISON   COUNTY  855 

General  Prentiss'  second  wife  was  IMary  Worthington  Whitney,  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  Ingram  Whitney,  who  came  from  Maine.  Mrs.  Pren- 
tiss was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  December  16,  1836,  and  died  in  Bethany 
July  28,  1894.  Her  children  were:  Joseph  W.,  of  Bethany ;  Arthur  Ogles- 
by,  who  died  in  California;  Edgar  Worthington;  and  Mrs.  Mary  Cover,  of 
Harrison  County.