Audrain County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1884 (part 16 of 17)

Martin C. Flynt

section 34, is a man of rare integrity and ingenuity, whose worth as a politician, citizen and farmer is greatly appreciated as they have shone forth. He has been appointed on several terms to act as road overseer bv the county court, and now holds the position of justice of the peace in his district. Besides filling these positions, he is still on the lookout concerning his farm and stock. He has 120 acres under cultivation* a beautifully arranged and splendid yielding orchard. Mr. Flynt trades in horses and cattle of the highest grades. He has a number of thoroughbred hogs. M. C. Flynt was born in Boone county, Mis¬ souri, March 4, 1844. His father, Thomas Flynt, of North Caro¬ lina, married Miss Susan Fulkerson. Both were of Scotch-Irish descent, but she was born in Virginia. They had seven children ; Sarah, James W., Richard M., Ann L., Martin C., and two who died in infancy. Thomas Flynt and wife came to Missouri and settled in Boone county in 1831, where he died in 1858. His wife died in 1866. At the age of eighteen Mr. Flynt entered the Confederate army, 3d Missouri battalion, Col. David Todd Samuels, in Cockrell's 1st Mis¬ souri brigade, French's division, Polk's corps, army of the Tennessee. He enlisted in August, 1862, and served until the close of the war. In the latter part of 1862 and beginning of 1863 he had the small¬ pox while in prison, but was treated very well. During the war he took part in several engagements and ever so many skirmishes. He was wounded three times and finally disabled in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864. Being sent to the hospital at Frank¬ lin, Tennessee, he was obliged to remain there for five months, not being able to stand. While in the hospital he fell into the hands of the Federal forces, who, at the surrender, sent him to his home in Boone county. For the first year after his return he was not able to attend to farming, but the next year commenced farming at Boone county, where he remained until 1867, when he moved to his present home in Audrain county. Before coming to his new home an attach¬ ment sprang up between Martin and a bright and comely farmer's daughter, Miss Mary E. Turner. Their course of " true love ran smooth," and in May, 1867, the happy pair was married. Since then their household has increased by degrees until at the present time they have seven little mouths to feed and seven little children's needs to look after. The names of the children are as follows : Wella E., born November 3, 1869 ; Virginia V., born June 21, 1871 ; Mi¬ nerva P., born June 14, 1873; William M., born January 4, 1877 ; Robert W., born March 29, 1880 ; Spencer T., born August 18, 1881, and Laura Edwards, born February 19, 1883. Mrs. Flynt is the daughter of Jackson Turner, who was born in Kentucky and came to Missouri as early as 1820, where he married Miss Jane Davis, of Mis¬ souri. Mr. and Mrs. Turner had eight children : Christopher, James H., William T., Mary E., Sarah A., Martha J., Squire J. and Davis A. Mr. Flynt is a member of the Methodist Church, as is also his wife. He has been an active member of the Masonic fraternity for the past seventeen years, and is also a Democrat of the straightlaced kind.

Thomas R. Gant

section 17, one of the most influential and popular citizens of this town¬ ship, has served in the capacity of constable and justice of the peace. He also enjoys the reputation of being one of the largest and most successful farmers and stock raisers of Wilson township. Mr. Gant is a native of North Carolina, born in 1806. He came to Missouri in 1838 and settled on his present farm, which is one of the largest, best watered and improved in the county. Salt river runs through the place and affords an excellent watering place for his cattle, which are of a good, high grade. He also has a number of good hogs. This worthy man is the sixth child of Isam and Sarah Rippey, natives of Noith Carolina. Ihe names of his brothers and sisters he gives as Jane, Levi, Josiah, Jessie, William and Isam. After Isam Gant's death his widow married James Gant, by whom she had two children, James and John. On August 20, 1840, T. R. Gant married Miss

Christina, the second daughter of Thomas and Mary (Fancette) Hurdle, who were natives of North Carolina. Mr. and* Mrs. Hurdle had eleven children, viz. : Nancy, Christian, Edward, Hardy, George W., John E., Rachel W.,Mary Ann, Josiah T., Margaret D. and one died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Gant have eleven chil- . dren, all living, except one who died January 12, 1881, Thomas Jeff¬ erson ; Edward G., born June 30, 1841 ; William P., born January 25, 1843; Minerva Jane, born November 22, 1844; Rachel A. F., born November 16, 1846; Martha E., born November 5, 1848 i Thomas J., bom October 2, 1850; Sarah Belle, born October 16, 1853; Isam, born November 17, 1855; Louisa Malissa, born January 20, 1858 ; Mary Eliza, born August 23, 1860 ; James H., born Januaiy 30, 1865. The parents of this family and six daughters are members of the Christian Church. The parents have been members of the Grange.

Henry Gerard

farmer, was born in Rochester, New York, September 15, 1843, and at the age of eight years was left a poor boy with his own way to make in the world as best he could. But nature endowed him with the qualifications that make industrious men and woythy citizens, and notwithstanding his early misfortunes he has come up through life 54 ° until he has reached a position that entitles him to great respect and to no small degree of credit. While still a small boy he hired himself out to farm-labor at four dollars a month, his employer to board him and to have his washing and mending done. Such was the character of boy he was, that he stayed with one man for six years, and came out to Illinois with him. At the age of fourteen he and his older brother, Lewis J., engaged in farming together in Cook county, and ran a farm of 160 acres for about three years. Young Gerard remain¬ ed in Illinois until 1870, residing in Will county a large portion of the time previous to coming to Missouri. On the 1st of January, 1861, he was married there to Miss Julia A. Taylor, who was born in that county July 22, 1845. She was a daughter of James H. and Caroline Taylor. In 1870 Mr. Gerard moved to Missouri and bought his present farm. He has a neat farm here of 80 acres and has it fixed up in a convenient and substantial way, including good buildings, fences, etc., it being one of the choice homesteads of the township. Mr. Gerard is an industrious, hard working man, and is well liked by his neighbors and acquaintances. He and his good wife have not been favored with any children of their own, but remembering the day when he was a poor boy, he has taken a couple of orphan boys to rear and is trying to give them a better chance in life than he had himself. Obeying the injunction of the Scriptures that one must be a father to the fatherless, he is striving to fill this place in a becoming and proper way to these boys whom Providence has placed under his care. Their names are : John and Edward, the former taken when he was but two years old, being now a young man nearly grown, and the latter now about six years old. Mr. G. and wife and their eldest son are earnest members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Abraham Gerard

farmer. Mr. Gerard is of Canadian parentage on his father's side, but his mother's family, the Sharlahs, had long been settled in New York. Her Christian name was Angeline. They were married in New York in 1822, and years afterwards the family came to Illinois, the father having died of cholera in New York in 1859. The mother survived her husband many years and died at her soil's residence in this county in 1880. Five of their family of eleven children, includ¬ ing Abraham Gerard, are living. Abraham Gerard was born in Buffalo, Erie county, New York, April 6, 1847, and after he grew up was married in Will county, Illinois, October 23, 1865, to Miss Eliza

J. Nichols, a daughter of Warren 0. and Angelina Nichols. Four years afterwards Mr. Gerard removed to Missouri and settled in Wilson township, where he has since resided. Mr. Gerard had to make his own start in life and had none of the advantages either of wealth or influential friends to help him along. He has literally fulfilled the command of the Scriptures - "In the sweat of thv brow shalt thou eat bread;" for all he has was made by his own honest toil. Mr. Gerard has a good home of 160 acres and is otherwise comfortably situated. He and his good wife have long been members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. They have seven children : Arthur S., Ida L., Elva J. and Rhodie E. (twins), the latter of whom, however, is deceased; Walter J., Warren E. and William Wallace, who was born July 22, 1879, and died July 29, 1879. Mr. G. is a member of the A. O. U. W.

Joseph H. Greer

section 6, farmer and stock raiser. Mr. Greer has long ranked with the best farmers and stock raisers of this county. He claims the Old Dominion as the state of his nativity, but has been a resident of Mis¬ souri since boyhood. He was born in Franklin county, Va., on the 5th of April. 1824. His parents, Samuel W. and Frances D. (Pol¬ lard) Greer, were natives of the same State, where they lived until 1838, when they emigrated to Monroe county, Mo., bought, improved and settled on a farm, where they reared their family, which consisted of six children: Joseph H., Susan C., Mary E., Sarafina E., Moses C., Frances S. Mr. and Mrs. S. Greer both lived at this old home¬ stead. The mother died on October 15, 1846. Miss Nancy R., daughter of Hiram Kelly, of Kentucky, became Mrs. Joseph H. Greer. Of this union there is one child, William T., born Novem¬ ber 1, 1847. February 1, 1849, the Angel of Death entered this happy little home and carried away the young wife and mother. Three years and nine months after this he married his present wife, Mrs. Agnes Barnes, widow of B. F. Barnes, daughter of Samuel Read, of Virginia, a lady of good and amiable qualities, who became the mother of four children : Benjamin W., born August 7, 1853 : Hiram S., born May 1, 1855 ; Joseph P., born March 30, 1857, and John F., born January 7, 1860. Mr. Greer owns a neat farm of 80 acres, all under fence and splendidly improved ; it contains one of the finest orchards in the township. His stock of cattle and hogs are among the best grades. He received his education in the district schools of which he has since been director. Joseph H. Greer was in the Confederate service, where he served for one month in Col. Poindexter's regi¬ ment. He was wounded in the fight which took place January 8, 1862, at Silver Creek, Mo., and taken a prisoner by the Federals, and surrendered to his own command the next day. He was lieuten¬ ant in the Missouri Militia in 1846. He is a member of the Mission¬ ary Baptist Church and claims sanctification as a second work of Grace. He has been a member of the Grange.

Edward M. Halloway

farmer and stock raiser. It was in 1818 that Mr. Halloway's parents left Orange county, Va., in which State the families of both had long been settled, and came out to Kentucky. They located in Clark county, in the Blue Grass region, where they lived for about twenty years. They then came to Missouri, and after living in Monroe and Adair counties for a number of years, finally settled in Randolph county, where the father, now closely approaching the age of four score and ten years, still resides. His first wife, the mother of Ed¬ ward M., the subject of this sketch, died in 1857. The father then married Mrs. Parmelia Watts, a widow lady, of Randolph county. This was in 1861. There were seven children by his first mar¬ riage, as follows: Angeline, now the wife of William Farrell, of Monroe county; James S., also of Monroe county; Edward M., the subject of this sketch; Silas N., of Adair county ; Simeon, now deceased; William A. and John D., who was named for his father, and is now a resident of Adair county, Mo. Their mother's maiden name was Frances Halloway. Edward M. Hall¬ oway, now one of the prominent farmers of North Wilson town¬ ship, was born in Kentucky, April 26, 1826. He was, therefore, twelve years of age when his parents removed to Missouri. He be¬ came a farmer by regular occupation on reaching manhood, but later along engaged in merchandising. On the 24th dav of December, 1849, he was married to Miss Caroline Lee, a daughter of Henry and Elmira Lee, of Monroe county. Mrs. Halloway was born in Shelby county, Ky., August 16, 1833. Mr. Halloway had to make his own tart in life, and a couple of years after his marriage was able to buy a small tract of land in Randolph county. He made a good farm on that, a tract of 120 acres, but soon afterwards sold it and bought a place of 240 acres in Adair county. He continued farming in that county with good success until 1859, when he sold his place and en- o-ao-ed in merchandising at Milton, in Randolph county. Mr. Halloway continued merchandising at that place for many years, and became one of the leading merchants in his part ot the county. But in 1877, desiring to return to a farm life, he disposed of his mercan¬ tile interests and bought the place where he now resides. This is known as Walnut Grove Farm, and is one of the handsomest and best places in the township ; it contains nearly 400 acres of line land, and is neatly and conveniently improved. Mr. Halloway raises large quan¬ tities of grain, principally corn, and deals somewhat extensively in cattle, hogs and mules. In a word, he is one ol the leading larmers and stockmen of the township. Mr. and Mrs. H. have nine children; Laura B., now the wife of John E. Campler, ot Moberly ; Thurston J., now of Monroe county; Emma W., now the wife of James R. Adams, of Randolph county ; John W., JuliaN., now at¬ tending college at Camden Point, in Platte county ; Robert L., James E., Willard H. and Lizzie. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Christian Church, and Mr. H. is a prominent member of the A. F. and A. M.

John F. Harrison

farmer and stock raiser. Mr. Harrison was a son of William P. and Nancv Harrison, now deceased, both old and time-honored residents of Audrain county, well known by the early settlers of this county, and esteemed and respected by all who knew them. Mr. Harrison's grandfather, James Harrison, was one of the pioneer settlers of Phelps county, having come there from South Carolina as early as 1819, and at a time when St. Charles county extended nearly to the Arkansas line and included what is now Phelps county, where he set¬ tled. William P. Harrison was but two years of age Avhen the fam¬ ily came to Missouri, having been born at Greenville, South Carolina, on the 28th of March, 1817. He was therefore reared in what was then St. Charles county (but now Phelps), and in 1840 came to Cal¬ laway county, coming thence to Audrain two years afterwards, where he lived until his death, which occurred on the 22d of November, 1856. He was twice married. His first wife, who became the mother of John F. Harrison, the subject of this sketch, was of the Harrison family of Callaway county, a history of which appears in the " His¬ tory of Callaway County," published a short time ago. The Harri¬ sons are well known to be one of the best families in this country. Prominent representatives of this family (all of them related), are to be found in nearly every State of the Union. President Harrison came of the same family. Mr. Harrison's father, after his first wife's death, which occurred in 1852, was married to* Mrs. Lucy J., the widow of Richard P. Adams. She died in 1866. There were five children by the first marriage: James T., now of Laclede county; John F., the subject of this sketch ; Mary C., now Mrs. S. I. Smith, of Callaway county ; Eliza, now Mrs. G. R. Pool, and William H. By the second marriage there were two children, both of whom died young. The father was one of the first merchants of Mexico, and carried on business there in partnership with J. P. Clark, still of that city. He subsequently became a prominent agriculturist of the county, and at his death, left a large estate, including nearly 1,000 acres of land. John F. Harrison was born on the farm in Salt River township, on the 27th of December, 1843, and was there reared. After he grew up he was married January 24, 1869. He, of course, became a farmer, and has been so successful in his chosen calling that he is now one of the prominent agriculturists of North Wilson town¬ ship. His place at first contained but little over 100 acres, but by industry and good management he has added to it until it now num¬ bers 345 acres. He raises about 200 acres of grain and from 50 to 80 acres of meadow. The balance is used for pasturage in stock rais¬ ing. He handles principally cattle, mules and hogs. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are blessed with seven sons : Emmet P., Crockett I., Albert P., John S., Samuel A., Frank K. and Joe Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are members of the C. P. Church, and Mr. Harrison of the A. O. U. W. Mrs. Harrison's maiden name was Miss Mary Belle Crockett.. She was a daughter of John D. and Marv A. Crockett, of this county, and is a descendant of the same family from which sprang Davy Crockett, the hero of San Antonio de Bexar.

James W. Harrison

of section 36, farmer and stock raiser. Among the many excellent Virginia families that settled in this State in the early days of the country there were none more worthy and respected than the parents of our present subject. They emigrated from the place of their birth to the then lonely and far West farms of Missouri, in 1817. Boone county is where they settled and remained for fifteen years, when they removed to Audrain county and bought the place where James W. now resides, the father and mother having died. The mother died July 20, 1863; her husband survived her until October 2, 1875, when he, too, left this world of woe for abetter land. James Harrison was engaged during the War of 1812 as teamster; he was put in service at Richmond, Virginia. James W. Harrison and Miss Fannie Daw¬ son, the only child of Christopher C. and Frances M. (Martin) Daw¬ son, natives of Callaway county, were married on the 26th of March, 1873. She has since that date become the mother of his five children, viz. : Frances R., born January 12, 1874; Samuel C., born April 12, 1876 ; Vinnie R., born May 11, 1878 ; Carl June, born June 17, 1881, and Verdie, born March 26, 1883. They have a farm of 460 acres of well improved and watered land. He has some good thoroughbred cattle and hogs, in which he does considerable trading.

Thomas B. Hill

farmer. All old citizens of Missouri remember the days now gone forever, when every road that wound its way over the prairies and through the forests of this State, was lined from day to day with those white-covered videttes of civilization, mover's wagons, the pre¬ cursors and sure harbingers of a populous and mighty State. But they, like the wigwam of the Indian which preceded them, have passed away, at least in this State, to be seen no more. The comet-like lights of the locomotive flying through the State, like the shower of stars that shot through the heavens in 1833, have taken their place, and now the emigrant whirls through space about as fast as light, instead of contenting himself with a season's journey from the parent States to the West. Amono- those who came out to this State in those early days in what later came to be called the " prairie schooner," wTere the parents of Thomas B. Hill - John Hill and wife, nee Frances Tatum. They came to Callaway county from Virginia, away back in 1833, and settled about four miles north of Fulton, where they re¬ sided for over forty years. Thomas B. Hill was born in Callaway county, April 15, 1840. Reared on his father's farm in that county, in 1862 he was married to Miss Abbie Deens, of Callaway county, and continued to reside there until 1872, when he bought a tract of land on Young's creek, in Audrain county, and improved a farm. Mr. Hill resided on his Young's creek place for nearly twenty years, but in 1875 sold it and bought the tract of land on which he made his present farm. He has a good place of nearly a quarter section of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising in a general way. Mr. Hill's first wife died in 1874, leaving him four children ; Ida F., Emma M., Alfred T. and Minnie B. Nearly two years after his first wife's death, Mr. Hill was married to his present wife. She was a widow lady at the time, having previously been the wife of William D. Keith, of St. Louis, who died leaving her two children : William H. and Cora M. By their second marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hill have one child, William B. Sallie E., their second child, died in 1881, while a pupil in Hardin College, at Mexico. Mrs. Hill's maiden name was Margaret E. Stinson. She was a daughter of Lorenzo T. Stinson, formerly of Virginia. Her mother was previously a Miss Nancy Ferguson.' Mr. Hill's parents both died in Audrain county at venerable old ages in 1880. Mr. and Mr. H. are both church members.

Abraham C. Hitt

of section 16, one of the most popular citizens of this county, is also ranked among: the largest land owners and stock raisers of this section. He was born in Oldham county, Kentucky, on August 1, 1827, and was the fifth of a family of eleven children. His parents, Joel Hitt and Sarah Kellar, were natives of Kentucky. Mrs. Hitt was the daughter of Rev. William Kellar, a noted - Baptist preacher, and a soldier in Harrison's army, operating among the Indians. Mrs. Hitt, nee Kellar was born on the 13th of March, 1800, and died in Oldham county, Kentucky, in 1867 ; her husband died in 1881, in the same countv, having reached the age of 83 vears. Abraham Hitt's grandmother Kellar was married in Virginia at the age of thirteen years. She died at the age of 95, leaving a large family to cherish her memory. Abraham C. Hitt and Caroline Amanda Netherton were married April 5, 1849, in Oldham county, Kentucky. She was a daughter of John Netherton, of Kentucky, and Margaret Johnston, daughter of Pierson W. Johnston, of Virginia, and a relative of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the distinguished Confederate soldier. Abraham C. Hitt and wife have had five children : Lucretia L., born January 8, 1850 ; John 'C., born September 18, 1851 ; Orlando, born January 23, 1853 ; Joel J., born May 24, 1859; Jennie Lee, born March 31, 1868. Mrs. A. C. Hitt was born December 29, 1828. Mr. Hitt was not connected with either army during the war, but was in prison for nearly two years in McDowell College, St. Louis ; was confined in a dungeon with ball and chain, for some time, but was finally released without a trial ; he had been first lieutenant in the State service. The farm contains 625 acres, all under fence but 20 acres. It is nicely im¬ proved and has some splendid out-houses. He owns and trades in stock of a good high grade. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to the Grange.

J. E. Holeman

owns ;i farm of 310 acres, one of the neatest and most substantially improved in the county. He has devoted a large portion to pasturage, as it is without doubt one of the best natural stock farms in Wilson township. Along with being a thorough farmer he handles and trades considerably in the finest grades of stock. He was born on July 8, 1837, in Callaway county, Missouri. On the 9th of January, 1861, he married Miss Elizabeth J. Black, who, like himself, was born and reared in Callaway county. They have had eight children : Samuel H., born February 19, 1862; John B., born October 18, 1863; William J., born December 10, 1866 ; James Oscar, born April 24, 1868 ; Mary E., born April 16, 1871; Maggie M., April 9, 1873; Wallace W., born July 4, 1876; Susie P., born August 26, 1880. Of these, seven are still living, James Oscar having died April 10, 1869. Mr. Hole man served for eight months as a Confederate soldier in Wood's battalion of cavalry. He was in no general engagement but took part in several skirmishes. They surrendered with the command at Shreveport, Louisiana, when the war was de¬ clared closed. He then returned "to home and friends" by way of the Mississippi river. J. E. Holeman is the youngest son of Henry Holeman and Eliza Jones, who claim the Blue Grass State as the place of their birth, childhood, courtship and marriage. Between the years 1820 and 1825 they emigrated to Missouri and settled in Callaway county, nine miles south of Fulton. Seven children were the fruit of this union, viz. : Mary, Margaret, Emily, America, Catherine, William and J. E. Holeman, the subject of the present sketch. Henry Holeman was enlisted in the War of 1812, but did no actual service. Mrs. Holeman's parents, Samuel and Margaret ( Lynch) Black, came to Mis¬ souri and settled in Callaway county in 1839, where they reared their family which consisted of three girls, viz. : Mary, Isabelle and Eliza¬ beth J., and five boys, William, John, Hugh, Samuel and Oscar. Mr. Black died in October, 1881, at the venerable age of seventy-seven years. His widow still resides in Callaway county. Mr. Holeman's children are receiving a good common school education in the district school, which is about a mile distant from their home. Mr. and Mrs. Holeman and the three eldest sons are members of the Presbyterian Church, congregation of Concord.

Joseph C. King

farmer, and of an old Callaway county family, was born in that county on the 23d of March, 1837, and continued to reside there continuously up to 1882, when he removed from Liberty township to his present place in Wilson township of this county. Mr. King bought this place on coming to the township, and it is one of the better class of farms in this part of the county. Mr. King's farm includes a quarter of a sec¬ tion of nne land and is improved in a substantial and convenient man¬ ner. He raises corn principally, growing usually about 100 acres, and also handles mules to some extent as well as cattle and hogs. Mr. King was married on the 22d of April, 1858, in Callaway county, to Miss Susan M. McKamey. Five children have followed this union : Martha A., now the wife of Stephen T. Arnold, of Moberly ; James H., William E., George R. and Joseph M. Mr. King was one of a family of nine children of George King and wife, nee Nancy Evans, of Wythe county, Virginia. They came to Missouri in an early day and settled in Callaway county, where they lived until their death. George King was an industrious, upright man, and became comfortably situ¬ ated in life, and was highly respected. But two of their family of children are now living, the other besides Joseph C., being Mar¬ tha A., the wife of Harvey S. Hubbard, now of Callaway county. Mr. Joseph C. King and wife are both members of the Old School Presbyterian Church.

physician and surgeon, Rowe. Dr. Kirkland, who has had an active experience in the practice of medicine for about fourteen years and is a thoroughly educated physician, is a native Missourian, but comes of an old Kentucky family. His parents, Abraham Kirkland and wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth J. McGee, were both origin¬ ally from the Blue Grass State. The father was born in Mercer county, December 25, 1796, and the mother in the same county, January 25, 1799. They were married in that county in the fall of 1817 and continued to reside there until 1822, when they immigrated to Missouri and settled in Cooper county. Eight yejirs afterwards they removed to Monroe county, and located near Paris, where the father carried on a tannery for many years. He died there April 3,

1847. She died August 18, 1876. Their family of children consisted of five sons and two daughters: John P., who was a school teacher for five years prior to his death, which occurred in 1844; Mary J., now the wife of David McGee ; Margaret A., who was married twice ; Robert M., now of California, and a minister of the M. E. Church; Jacob J., who resides in Hannibal, Mo. ; Justinian W., now of Polk county, Oregon ; and Dr. James I., the subject of this sketch. James I. Kirkland was born in Monroe county, Missouri, March 7, 1834, and was educated in the schools of that county. On reaching man¬ hood he followed farming and continued that up to about 1865. But in the meantime, having a natural taste for the practice of medicine as well as for the science of the healing art, he had determined to devote himself to the medical profession and had studied it with great diligence for some time. Qualified to enter medical college, in 1866 he became a matriculate in the Medical Department of the University of Iowa, at Keokuk, where he continued as a student through one term. Returning to Monroe county, he continued his studies there* and in 1869 attended the St. Louis Medical College, graduating from that eminent institution with marked honor in the class of 1870. Imme¬ diately following his graduation Dr. Kirkland entered upon the prac¬ tice of his profession in Monroe county, where he continued it until 1879. However, he had practiced in Monroe county after attending college in Iowa for about two years prior to entering the St. Louis Medical College. From Monroe county Dr. Kirkland came to Rowe, in Audrain county, where he located and has since been engaged in the practice. Dr. Kirkland has been very successful as a physician, and occupies an enviable position in his profession in this county. A man of great natural aptitude for the healing art, and thoroughly devoted to medicine as a science, he has pursued his studies and the practice with that zeal and intelligence which could not but place him in the front rank of practitioners in any part of the country. He has a large practice in this section of the county and is highly es¬ teemed as a citizen. Dr. Kirkland has a good farm of 133 acres and is otherwise comfortably situated. On the 30th of July, 1856, Dr. Kirkland was married to Miss Sarah F. Woolridge, a daughter of David Woolridge, of Monroe county. This has proved a long and happy union, and is blessed with three children : Prudy E., now the wife of Thomas J. Hess ; Mary E. and John E. Three are deceased : Elliott M., David P. and Cornelia. Dr. Kirkland and wife are mem¬ bers of the Christian Church.

Peter Leorens

of section 1, enjoys the reputation of being among the oldest and most highly respected citizens and farmers of this county. He was born in New York in 1827, being a son of Jeremiah Leorens, of New Jer¬ sey, and Elizabeth Wright, of New York. After their marriage they made their home in Ohio, where Mr. J. Leorens still lives at the age of 79 years. He buried his beloved wife in 1838, in Ohio. She was the mother of the following children : Peter, Rachel, Archibald, Libiel, Catherine, Perrielia, and one that died in infancy. Peter Leorens was married in Ohio to Miss Eliza H. Perry, of Virginia, on December 11, 1851. The following year they emigrated to Missouri and settled in Scotland county, where they have a well improved and watered farm of 82 acres, most of which is cultivated. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Leorens have eight children, viz. : Mary E., born September 21, 1852 ; Alenda Ann, born February 6, 1854, Amanda J., born October 30, 1856; Samuel P., born November 25, 1859 ; William J., born September 30, 1863; Minnie, born February 24, 1869. Mr. Leorens himself was educated in the common schools of Ohio, and has served as school trustee in Scotland county for ten years. The district school is at a very convenient distance from his farm. Their family are all members of the Christian Church. They have been connected with the Grange.

merchant and stock dealer at Thompson, and farmer. Mr. McDonald, one of the leading business men of this part of the county, like most of the descendants of the pioneer families of this county, is of Virginia ancestry. His grand-parents, Osborn and Elizabeth (Murphy) McDonald, emigrated from Culpeper count}^, Virginia, with their family of children to Kentucky, in 1815, where they lived for over twenty years. There Barnett McDonald, the father of Mason B., the subject of this sketch, was married to Miss Eliza Arnold, who was also from Virginia. She was born October 10, 1809, in Culpeper county. Her husband's birth was January 31, 1810, in the same county. Her parents also removed to Kentucky, where she was married February 13, 1833. Five years after their marriage, Barnett McDonald and wife came out to Missouri and settled in Wilson town¬ ship, of this county. He is believed to have raised the first crop of corn ever grown on a prairie in Audrain county. Their place was on section 24, township 51, range 10 of this township. Barnett McDon¬ ald's parents came out to this State with him, and his father died here July 5, 1842, and his mother ten years afterwards, April 1, 1852. Barnett McDonald was a farmer and blacksmith, and followed these occupations in this county with success for many years. He became comfortably situated in life and left a good estate. He died June 8, 1858. His wife now resides with her son on the same farm where she settled with her husband in 1838. Of her family of eight children, but two are now living: Thomas A. and the subject of this sketch. But two others lived to reach maturity, Eliza and William H. Mason B. McDonald was born in this county the following fall after his par¬ ents settled here, October 22, 1838. Reared on a farm, farming be¬ came his regular occupation on reaching manhood and he followed it without interruption and exclusively, including of course stock raising and dealing in stock to some extent, up to 1874. On the 11th of August, 1869, he was married to Miss Mary F. Harrison, a daughter of Thomas J. Harrison, who was a son of Judge Harrison, another pioneer settler of this county. This union has proved a happy one and is blessed with three children : Mary E., William E. and Martha S. Two, preceding the youngest, Jefferson H. and Mason B., are deceased. A man of good business intelligence, and having a natural taste for merchandising, in 1874 Mr. McDonald established a general store at Thompson, which he has since been conducting. In 1880 Dr. M. M. Scott became his partner in business. They carry a large and well selected stock of general merchandise, and have an excellent and steadily increasing business. They also deal quite extensively in stock, shipping large numbers of cattle and hogs annually to the wholesale markets. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald are members of the Christian Church.

Daniel H. Mildred

of section 34, the son of the subject of the following sketch, is a thrifty, energetic, well-to-do farmer of Wilson township. He has taught for a number of years in the district schools, and is considered a very pop¬ ular, influential citizen. His father, as is mentioned below, was an Englishman; his mother, Miss Nancy Rodkins, of Pennsylvania, daughter of Robert Rodkins, an Irishman, who married a Scotch girl in America. They had ten children, viz. : Elizabeth, Mary, Daniel H., Amos, Thomas, Sarah, Nancy, Martha, Albert and John Rodkins. Robert Rodkins was the only one of his family who came to America ; he was also blessed with the longest life. He died in Ohio, his wife in

Greene county, Pennsylvania. Daniel Mildred, the original subject of this sketch, was born in Virginia, June 16, 1827. On May 27th, 1852, he married Miss Tabitha T., of Kentucky, daughter of Alfred Barnes and Helen Lackland, both natives of Maryland. Alfred Barnes was born June 1, 1790 ; his wife March 15th, 1794. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes had ten children : Oretta, Thomas, Altem, Richard, Tabitha (who died in infancy), Mary, Tabitha, Anna, Fannie M., John G. Mr. Barnes buried his beloved and faithful wife in Kentucky, where she died on October 9th, 1849. He himself is hale and hearty and resides with his daughter, Mrs. Daniel H. Mildred, surrounded by his eight grandchildren : Anna R., born June 7th, 1854; Oretta M., born January 16th, 1857 ; Charles A., January 28th, 1859 ; Martha Belle and Mary Bertie, twin sisters, were born on May 1st, 1861 ; Albin G., July 22d, 1863; Alpha H., December 5th, 1865. Mr. Mildred buried his eldest child, and a little baby, Thomas H., March 24th, 1870. Mr. Mildred's farm and homestead contains 160 acres of well-improved land, a good orchard and a splendid pasture, and he is the owner of some of the best graded stock in the county. Daniel H. Mildred took part in neither of the wars, but was a prisoner for two weeks in Mexico, Missouri. He finally took the oath and was released. Mr. D. H. Mildred is a member of the M. E. Church South, and has been a member of the Grange.

Charles Mildred

an Englishman and a British soldier, wishing to try his fortune, and hearing of the " Grand Republic " in the west, determined to set sail for America. After arriving he spent some time in Pennsylvania, where he met and married a young lady of kind and gentle manners, who became the mother of 12 children, viz. : Elizabeth, Daniel H., Sarah T., Thomas J., Amos B., John H., Mary, Nancy, Albert, Martha, they and a little twin boy and girl who died in their infancy. Mrs. Charles Mildred is still living in Waynesburg, Green county, Pennsylvania. Two of the sons have settled in Missouri, where one daughter resided for awhile, after which she returned to Pennsylvania, where she has since died. Her son, William J. Brown, is a resident of Callaway county.

Jefferson H. Miller

Rush county, Indiana, a son of William R. Miller, of Virginia, and Minerva Clark, of Ohio. Wm. Clark and family emigrated from In¬ diana to Iowa, but not being satisfied with the country, he removed to Audrain county, Missouri, in 1869. Mr. Clark and wife had fourteen children: Jefferson H., Alfred M., Rebecca A., William R., Tibestus C., Christian, James A., Leroy, Elizabeth, Harriet, Elitha, Jane, Sarah, and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Clark buried the lover of her youth, the loving husband and kind father of her children, in Au¬ drain county in 1877. She still resides in Cedar county, Missouri. J. H. Miller and Miss Amanda Smith were married on December 9, 1860. Of this union there are five children : Mary J., born November 26, 1861 ; John F., born February 23, 1863 ; William A., born April 11, 1865 ; Adda M., born August 23, 1869 ; Jefferson Lee, born Novem¬ ber 19, 1875. Their farm contains 259 acres, most all of which is cul¬ tivated, and has a good orchard and pasturing; he has good graded stock and thoroughbred ho«;s. Mrs. Miller was a daughter of Alexander Smith, who was born in 1807, in Virginia, and Mary Hussey, of Ohio, who had seven children: Elizabeth Ann, Amanda J., John E. T., William H. S., Adam A. and Mary E., twin brother and sister, and James L. Mr. Smith came to Missouri in 1838, and settled in Scotland county. He now resides with his daughter, Mrs. J. H. Miller.

Peyton Shumate Morris

farmer and stock raiser. Mr. Morris was the fifth in the family of thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters, of whom twelve are still living, reared by John B. and Julia (Shumate) Morris, both originally from Kentucky. The parents were early settlers in Audrain county and the father followed farming in this county with satisfactory success. He was a man of sterling character and great firmness and was highly respected by those who knew him, for his personal worth. The mother belonged to the Shumate family, well known in Kentucky, several representatives of which are now resi¬ dents of Audrain county. Their children who are now living are George A., a salesman in a wholesale house in St. Louis ; Joseph D., of Mexico, this county ; Peyton S., the subject of this sketch ; Thomas T., a resident of Texas; Albert T., of this county; Charles O., of Texas ; Eliza, the wife of Robert Arnold ; Lucy, the wife of Robert Graham ; Alice, the wife of James McGee, of Texas ; John B., now of St. Louis ; William A., of this county, and Mary E., who is the oldest, now the widow of Thomas Spires, and a resident of California. Belle, the fourth child, died early in life. The father died in this county on the 29th of December, 1875, but the mother is still living. Before com¬ ing to Audrain they resided a few years in Callaway county. Peyton

S. Morris, the subject of this sketch, was reared in Audrain county, and brought up to the occupation of a farmer. On the 4th of Sep¬ tember, 1856, he was married to Miss Mary Ann McIntyre. This union has proved a long and happy one and has been blessed with twelve children, ten of whom are now living: Earl, Mary S., now the wife of Daniel Moarning, of Mexico ; John L., Charles O., Thomas

T. , Dannie, Linnie, Belle, Julia F. and Fannie S. Two are deceased, Linnie and Luther. Mr. Morris, the father of these, has been en¬ gaged in farming in Audrain county from youth. He has a good farm in Wilson township, numbering 361 acres, which is well improved, in¬ cluding good buildings, fences, etc. Besides raising grain and the like, as other farmers do, he makes something of a specialty of rais¬ ing cattle and hogs for the market. He is a man of industry and in¬ telligence and stands well among his neighbors and acquaintances. Mrs. M. is a worthy member of the M. E. Church at Mexico. Earl Morris, the eldest of his sons, is now engaged in the mercantile busi¬ ness at Thompson's Station, in this county. He was born on the 7th of May, 1858, and was reared on the farm. He had good common school advantages, and after he grew up, having a taste for business pursuits, he turned his attention to merchandising. He now carries an exceptionally good stock of groceries and produce, and commands an excellent trade. A young man of good business qualifications, his career thus far as a merchant has been entirely successful. He is very popular in and about Thompson, and indeed, wherever he is known.

William W. Northcutt

farmer. It was in 1873 that Mr. Northcutt emigrated from Kentucky to Missouri. He located first in Boone county, but the following year came over to Audrain county and settled in North Wilson township, where he has since resided. Mr. Northcutt has a good farm of 120 acres substantially improved, and is engaged in grain raising in a general way, and also raises some stock. He is an industrious, ener¬ getic farmer and good citizen. He has been district clerk for several years, and having a family of children of his own, he takes quite an active interest in educational matters. Mr. Northcutt was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, November 4, 1831. His father's family was originally from Virginia, where his ancestry may be traced back through several generations. His father, however, William Northcutt, came to Kentucky with his parents in an early day, and was married there away back in 1809. They had a family of nine children, William W. Northcutt being the seventh. He was reared on the farm in Kentucky, and September 15, 18(13, was married to Miss Kizia, a daughter of William and Sallie Boardman, of Bourbon county. She was born in that county July 25, 1841. They had four children : Sallie J., Lucullus A., William T. and Mary I. Robert E. Lee is dead. He was born March 5, 1875, and lived only a little over four¬ teen months. Mr. Northcutt's father died February 27, 1866, but his mother is still living, and resides on the old homestead in Montgomery county, Kentucky.

J. W. Northern

one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of Wilson township, was born in St. Louis county, Missouri, December 5, 1846. On the 18th of November, 1880, he married Miss Nancy Y. Edmonston, who was born and reared in Callaway county, Missouri. Her father, Winfield Edmonston, came from Maryland, and was one of the oldest and most widely known of the early settlers of Missouri. Her mother, whose maiden name was Christina Moots, was born in Ohio. Mr. Northern's residence and farm is one of the finest in the county. The farm con¬ tains 300 acres of good improved and watered land. They are adding a new attraction in the shape of an orchard, which is to contain the choice fruits of the seasons. His farm is especially adapted to stock raising, being well watered and supplied withan abundance of pasturage. He has some of the best graded stock in the township. In politics he is a Democrat. In religion he and his wife are esteemed and worthy members of the M. E. Church South. His father, J. Northern, a native of Tennessee, was married to a young lady of Missouri, Miss Martha, a daughter of William Patterson, of Virginia. After marriage they settled in St. Louis county, where they lived happy and pros¬ pered well. Two bright children gladdened their hearts and brightened their home until December 10, 1846, when the mother of this happy little home was called away in that sleep that knows no waking, and the father realized that J. W. Northern, the subject of this sketch, and his sister, Belinda, were orphans. After some time he married Miss Ellen Frances Patterson and removed to Polk county, and from there to Audrain county in 1878. In 1883 Mrs. Ellen Northern died, leaving six children : S. S., Martha R., Thomas, Elliott, Jennie and Mintie. John Northern still resides in Audrain county, Missouri was born in Warren county, Missouri, August 11, 1839. His parents, Joseph C. and Aleatha M. (Clagett) Offutt, were the son and daughter of old and respected families of Maryland. In 1836 or 1837 they came to Missouri, settled in Warren county, where they remained until the spring of 1846, when they removed to Audrain county. They had ten children, viz. : Laura, William A., John B., Clagett, James, Ellen, Susan A., Nathaniel, Mary A. and Joseph. Mr. J. C. Offutt died in Audrain county. Mrs. Offutt still resides in Mexico, Missouri, greatly respected and spoken of as a good, kind neighbor. In 1863 Mr. Clagett Offutt distinguished himself by marrying Miss Pinkey J. Buckner, an attractive and greatly admired young lady of Callaway county, and youngest daughter of Robert R. Buckner, of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Offutt have five children : Mary A., was born January 6, 1865 ; Ernest, born January 18, 1867 ; William A., born July 14, 1869; Walter J., born January 27, 1874; Robert J., born April 23, 1876. Like his father, he follows farming and stock raising Among his cattle will be found some of the best graded stock. His farm contains 240 acres of land well improved, with a first-class orchard and splendid pasturage. He was a Confederate soldier, served six months in the State Guard and was then transferred to Wood's battalion, Confeder¬ ate service, and served eight months. He surrendered with his com¬ mand at Shreveport, Louisiana. The family lost ten slaves by emancipation. Mr. Offutt, who is the director, says that the school in this district is well graded and has a very good attendance. The term lasts for six months. The family are members of the Presby¬ terian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Offutt were members of the Grange.

James B. Pool

one of the prominent citizens and leading agriculturists and land holders of Audrain county, has been a continuous resident of Wilson township for the last thirty-three years, and is widely and well known over the county for his high character as a man and his great energy and thorough going enterprise. Mr. Pool has one of the largest and best stock farms in this section of the county, and is extensively en¬ gaged in stock raising, particularly in handling cattle and hogs. His lands aggregate over 1,000 acres, most of which lie in a solid body. Mr. Pool, like so many of the foremost farmers of this county, is a native of the Blue Grass State of Kentucky. He was born in Wash¬ ington county, on the 3d of January, 1831. His father was Abram Pool and his mother, before her marriage, was a Miss Malinda Brock, originally of Knoxville, Tennessee. Mr. Pool was one of fourteen children and came with his father's family out to Missouri in 1841, at which time they settled in Boone county, from which, however, they removed five years afterwards to Wilson township, in this county, where the father died in 1872. The mother died in 1860. The father was married after her death to Mrs. Mary Hunter, the widow of Daniel Hunter, deceased, of Boone county. James B. Pool, the sub¬ ject of this sketch, grew to manhood in Wilson township, and early entered upon the activities of life for himself as a farmer. On the 8th of March, 1853, he was married to Miss Eliza A. Haley, of Audrain county. This union has been followed by a worthy family of children, six of whom are living: Mary J., now Mrs.. J. P. Edwards; John H., Anslem G., Harriet A., now Mrs. Winfield Ridgeway ; Eliza B. and Edmond P. One, besides, is deceased, Malinda B. As is indicated by what has been said above, Mr. Pool's life has been one of abundant success. A man who was reared to know what work is and not to fear it, he entered upon the labors of farm life with that resolution and courage which faltered at no hard¬ ship or shrunk from no difficulty. Going forward in his industry and managing his affairs to the best advantage, he has steadily advanced in life until he has reached the enviable position he now occupies in the agricultural affairs of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Pool are both connected with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

George R. Pool

farmer and stock raiser. Mr. Pool, a brother to James B. Pool, whose sketch precedes this, and in every way a worthy representative of the old and respected family of which he comes, was born in Fentress county, Tennessee, August 15, 1837. An outline of his parents' family has been given in the sketch of his brother. The other children of the family were as follows : Matilda, who died at the age of twenty-six in 1844; Elizabeth, who died in tender years; Mary, now the wife of John D. Crockett, of Audrain county; Malinda, now the wife of Levi Barton, of Howard county; Anslem, who died at the age of twenty-two, in 1848; James, who died in infancy; John Q., now of this county; James B., the subject of the preceding sketch; Mildred, who died in infancy; Melvin P., now of Bourbon county, Kansas ; Elizabeth, died January 18th, 1875; Pleasant M., row of Centralia, Missouri ; Margaret Ann, the wife of J. W. Fox, of this county. , George R. Pool, the subject of this sketch, after he grew up, was married to Miss Annie E. Harrison, a daughter of William P. and Nancy Harrison, of Audrain county, on the 22d of April, 1874. However, Mr. Pool had been engaged in farming a number of years before his marriage, being at that time well advanced toward the meridian of life. As a farmer he has been satisfactorily successful, and has one of the choice farms of Wilson township. His place contains 280 acres, and is well improved. Mr. Pool gives con¬ siderable attention to stock raising and handles principally mules, hogs and cattle. Mr. and Mrs. Pool have four children : James Weaver, Mary E., Frank H. and Samuel A., the latter being the eldest. The history of the Pool family having been given in the sketch of James B., nothing is necessary, therefore, to be said of it here, thus rendering it unnecessary to extend this sketch on that account. Of Mr. Pool, the subject of this sketch, it may with truth be said, that he is one of the substantial men and worthy citizens of the township, a man who has lived such a life that he has won, as he deserves, the confidence and esteem of his neighbors and acquaint¬ ances.

Joseph A. Potts

one of the most prominent farmers and stock men of Wilson township, and a leading, influential citizen of this section of the county, is a native of Audrain county, and was a son of John Potts, one of the old and wealthy citizens of the county. Mr. Potts was born in Salt River township, on his father's farm, about nine miles south of Mexico, on the 17th of September, 1846. His earty years were spent much the same as the boyhood of other youths of that vicinity. Reared on the farm, his education was acquired in the district and private schools of the neighborhood. In the country, of course, the majority of young men who grow up become farmers, and young Mr. Potts formed no exception to this general rule. Indeed, the Potts family, both the branch to which he belongs and the other branches of the family, have for generations been farmers with but few excep¬ tions, and it is a fact of family records that the representatives of this family are generally prominent in their localities as farmers. On the death of his father, which occurred in 1862, Mr. Potts came into possession of 120 acres of good land in Audrain county, where he improved a farm and began his career which has since proven so successful. In his farming operations he displayed such a degree of industry, energy and foresight, that it was not difficult to predict what his future would be. Recognizing with practical good sense the fact that stock raising and dealing in stock constitute one of the most profitable branches of agricultural industry, he early engaged in handling stock, which he has since followed, and with marked success. We have not the space here to give all the particulars of his farming career. Suffice it to say, that he now has a fine place of 800 acres of land in North Wilson township, 300 acres of which he runs in corn and meadow. A large portion of his place, in fact, the balance of it, is devoted to pasturage, and is used in connection with stock raising and his stock business generally. He ships annually over 150 head of cattle and other stock in proportion. On the 26th of October, 1869, Mr. Potts was married to Miss Lizzie F. Simms, a daughter of William M. and Frances A. Simms, of this county. Mrs. Potts was born on the 24th of June, 1849. Her father was one of the wealthy and influential men of Audrain county. Mr. and Mrs. P. have five children: Willie S., born March 8, 1871; Lela F., born April 2, 1873 ; John W., born October 29, 1876 ; Annie May, born December 6, 1879, and Joseph T., born May 8, 1881. Their third child, a son, died in infancy. Mrs. Potts is a lady of singular strength of character, and presides over her home with a grace and dignity that would adorn any household however exalted. A lady of culture and refinement and ot a gentle mind and heart, she is much valued as a member of society and of the church in the community where she lives. She and her husband are both members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Potts is one ot the leading members of the Masonic order in this part of the county. Mr. Potts' mother was a Miss Margaret J. Spence, formerly of Georgetown, Kentucky. She and her husband were married in 1837. Six of their children are still living, five besides Joseph A., the subject of this sketch, as follows: Dr. John S., now of California ; Sallie A., America R., Robert A. and William H. Two are deceased, Nannie E. and James B. The father, John Potts, was originally from Virginia, but when quite young his parents immigrated to Tennessee, and afterwards, in 1819, came out to Missouri, settling in Boone county, where he grew to manhood. He subsequently married and came to Audrain county. He became one of the wealthy men of this county and at his death left an estate of about 1800 acres ot land, besides a large amount of other property.

George W. Ridgeway

farmer and stock raiser. Audrain county, being largely on the high prairie between the Mississippi and Missouri, was not settled as early as the counties nearest either river, and it was many years before its fertile lands were made available by railroad transportation. The result was that when at last it was made accessible by the railroads, the other counties in the meantime being comparatively thickly pop¬ ulated, the people of those counties moved over into Audrain in large numbers to avail themselves of the cheap lands to be had here. Hence, a very large proportion of the settlers of this county are from ad¬ joining counties, and many of them now middle-aged men are the sons and grandsons of the early settlers of the other counties. Mr. Ridgeway, the subject of this sketch, is one of the thrifty farmers of the county of the class mentioned above. He was a son of Thomas B. Ridgeway, and wife, nee Miss Jane Gordon, both representatives of old Boone county families. Mr. Ridgeway was born in that county on the 12th of December, 1842, and was reared there near Columbia. His father died in California in 1851. His mother died the same year at Columbia. His father went to the Pacific coast during the California gold excitement, and lost his life in the far-off land beyond the Cordilleras, as stated above. There were but two children of their family who reached maturity: George W., and Laura, now the wife of Joseph Pearson ; the other, a sister, died in infancy. George W. Ridgeway, after he grew up, was married to Miss Isabella Butler, of Boone county. This was on the 27th of April, 1862. Mr. Ridge¬ way has made farming his only occupation in life and has been satisfaetorially successful. Although he commenced without anything to speak of, he now has one of the better class of farms of Wilson town¬ ship. He settled on his place in 1880. It contains 320 acres, and besides farming in a general way he handles stock to a considerable extent. He ships annually from 50 to 100 head of steers and from 150 to 200 hogs. Mr. Ridgeway is well respected as a man and citi¬ zen. In the family of children of his and his good wife's are four sons : Thomas B., George W., Charles N., and William W. ; four are deceased, John G., Laura P. and two infant daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Ridgeway are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Jehial Rowe

although he was one of the pioneers in these counties, he has been dead for nearly thirty years. But in that early day he was well known, for he was a man of marked character, and of considerable prominence. He was a native of New York, where he was reared and received a somewhat advanced education. He subsequently studied dentistry, and became a skilled and scientific practitioner in that pro¬ fession. He came out to Missouri in about 1830, and first located in Randolph county, where he subsequently became a large landholder and a successful agriculturist. He was married there in 1847, to Miss Phoebe Waldron, who survived her marriage, however, less than two years. Jehial Rowe, the subject of this sketch, was born of this mar¬ riage, the date of his birth being the 17th of September, 1848. The father was subsequently married to Miss Elizabeth F. Summers, of Randolph county. Five children followed this union, four of whom are living. In the fall of 1856, Dr. Rowe came to Audrain county, locating in North Wilson township, but he lived only a year afterwards, dying the following June, 1857. He left a comfortable estate, includ¬ ing, besides other property, 960 acres of land in this county and also a large tract in Monroe county. Jehial Rowe was brought up a farmer, and with but little interruption has since followed farming up to the present time. On the 25th of January, 1872, he was married to Miss Martha S., a daughter of Simpson Gorham, of Randolph county. Mrs. Rowe was born in that county on the 27th of Novem¬ ber, 1850. Mr. Rowe has been substantially successful as a farmer and has a good place of 291 acres of land. He is a man of industry and enterprise, and carries on his farming operations with energy and intelligence. In 1881 he became interested in mercantile business, but his farm affairs requiring all his personal attention, he soon with¬ drew from merchandising and has since devoted himself exclusively to his agricultural interests. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe have a familv of three children : Edgar G., born May 3, 1873 ; Ada L., born April 28, 1876 ; and Luther J., born February 26, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe are both members of the M. E. Church South.

physician and surgeon, Thompson. It was in 1827 that Dr. Scott's grandparents (his grandfather being Reuben Scott) come out to Mis¬ souri from Kentucky and settled in what is now Calwood township of Callaway county, but then a part of Nine Mile Prairie township, where they lived respected and useful lives until their death, and reared a worthy family of children. Of their children, James G. Scott was born before the family left Kentucky, August 27, 1817, and, there¬ fore, grew up from boyhood in Callaway county. In early manhood he was married to Miss Mary J. Moore, who was born and reared in that county. James G. Scott became a successful farmer and an in¬ fluential, prominent citizen, and now, in his old age, still resides in Calwood township, enjoying the respect of all who know him, where, with the exception of a few years, his whole life, thus far, has been spent. A man of broad intelligence, and ambitious to accumulate property only that he might be the more valuable to those for whose success in life every father is to a large extent responsible - his own loved ones - and of more usefulness as a citizen, he strove to acquit himself of his responsibilities as a parent and a man by a worthy course and in a worthy spirit. His children he gave good educational advantages, and his duties to the public he has ever discharged with the fidelity and public spirit worthy of the high character he bears. Dr. Scott, the eldest of his family of children, was born on the 25th of January, 1852, and spent his early youth on the farm and in the schools of his vicinity. In 1871, then nineteen years of age, he entered Westminster College, where he took a thorough general and scientific course, graduating with distinction in the class of 1874. After teaching a few years, he entered upon the study of medicine, the profession for which he had a marked inclination, and pursued his studies with diligence and energy until he was prepared to enter a medical college. In 1878 vouns; Scott became a matriculate in the Missouri Medical College, at St. Louis, in which he continued until the completion of his regular course in 1880, at which time he grad¬ uated among the best in his class. Immediately following his gradu¬ ation, Dr. Scott located at Thompson, in Audrain county, where he engaged in the active practice of his profession. Nature did not a little for Dr. Scott as a physician, and his advantages have been such, which he has improved with credit, that he has become qualified for the duties of the sick chamber to a degree of excellence equaled by but few young physicians in Audrain county, or in this section of the State. Possessed of agreeable, popular manners, these, in connection with his skill and ability as a practitioner, have made him more than ordinarily prominent and successful, considering that he is still young in experience in his profession. He has a large practice and stands high, both as a physician and citizen. On the 1st of September, 1875, Dr. Scott was married to Miss Mary E. Atkinson, a daughter of Thomas Atkinson, a worthy and respected citizen of Callaway county. The Doctor and Mrs. Scott have two children : Ella May and Edgar Lyle. Both parents are members of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Scott, as stated in the sketch of Mr. M. B. McDonald, is the latter's partner in the mercantile business at Thompson.

Francis M. Sentell

of section 11, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Henderson county, North Carolina, June 26, 1843, being a son of Samuel Sentell and Elizabeth Gray, natives of North Carolina. Francis M. Sentell and his brother, Hampton P., came to Missouri in the fall of 1868. The brother was engaged by the C. R. I. & P. R. R., where the poor fellow met an awful death. While coupling the cars he fell and was crushed. There was a sad romance connected with the accident. In one week he was to have been married to a young and amiable lady. The subject of this sketch engaged in farming and has been in a man¬ ner successful. . His farm contains 100 acres, all in cultivation, and splendidly stocked with stock and cattle of good grades. He does considerable trading with traders and shippers. Francis M. Sentell was married on June 6, 1873, to Mrs Susan Thomas Baskett Hard¬ man, who had one son, Alonzo, who was born May 11, 1858. She was the sixth child of a family of nine children. Her father, Jesse Baskett, was a native of Virginia. Her mother, Charlotte Williams, belonged to Maryland. Mr. Baskett was married and had eight children by a previous marriage. He died in Nicholas county, Ken¬ tucky, in 1834. His wife, Susan Charlotte Williams, died in the same county October 20, 1881. F. M. Sentell entered the Confed¬ erate service in 1862, in the 6th North Carolina cavalry, commanded by Col. G. N. Folk, in Company D, commanded by Capt. Cortes W. Gillespie. He was captured at Mills Springs, Kentucky, in 1863, and was confined in prison for twenty-one months, first in Camp Chase, then on Johnston's Island, and then was sent to Point Lookout, in Maryland. Here he was paroled and sent home. He has been a member of the Grange, and has served one term as Master of Beaver Dam Grange.

Joseph S. Shock

section 6, is a native of Audrain county, Missouri. He was born before the organization of the county, on June 6, 1830. His father, Henry Shock, was born in Kentucky in 1802. He came to Missouri in 1820. He and his wife, Mary Shock, nee Jackson, had sixteen children: John, Thomas P., Jos. S., Permelia Ann, Mary Jane, James H., Lucinda, William D., Daniel P., Lydia M., Sarah, Alonzo V., Emily, Theodore, Robert A. and Milton P. Mr. Shock is one of the most successful and energetic farmers of Wilson township. As a man and citizen he has ever held a high place in the esteem and con¬ fidence of the people. Public spirited and enterprising, he is looked upon as a leader in the community in all movements designed for good. He has served for a term as constable. On January 13, 1857, he married Miss Martha Mayes, of Missouri, daughter of Beverly S. Mayes, of Kentucky. Her character was singularly amiable and gen¬ tle, but God had ordained that she was not to be of this world, and called her to her happier home on November 16, 1857. She left one little boy, Zachariah T., born October 14, 1857, to the care of her beloved husband. Mr. Shock was married the second time on the 28th of February, 1861, to Miss Belina Mayes, of Audrain county, Missouri, daughter of William W. Mayes, a native of Kentucky, and Elizabeth Barnes, of Randolph county, Missouri, who had six ohildren, Mrs. Shock included. By this last marriage Mr. Shock became the father of six children, viz.. Mary E., born July 16, 1864; Annie Eliza, born September 6, 1867 ; Martha E., born March 6, 1871 ; Robert F., born March 17, 1873 ; Julia F., born August 26, 1876, and Joseph Elmer, born May 29, 1880. This happy family reside on the farm, which contains 300 acres ; 240 are improved, with good orchard and out-door buildings, Mr. Shock trades in and owns some thor¬ oughbred stock. He served for six months in the militia service during the late war and lost property to the amount of $500 during that period, for which the government failed to compensate him. Mr. and Mrs. Shock are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

William D. Shock

section 5, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Audrain county Missouri, March 4, 1843, being the son of Henry Shock and Hannah (Lee) Shock, a short sketch of whom is given on a preceding page. Mr. Shock was married on February 21, 1867, to Miss Nannie T. Gay, a native of Boone county, Missouri, and daughter of John and Rebecca (Bratton) Gay, natives of Kentucky, who had fourteen children, viz. : James, Elizabeth, Mary, Dunlap, Curtis, Martin, Ann, Robert, Sarah, Lucinda, Margaret, William, David and Nannie. Miss Nannie was in every ivay worthy to be the wife of such a man, a sympathetic assistant in the struggles of life and a happy participant of section 25, farmer and stock raiser of Wilson township, was born in Audrain county, Mo., November 25, 1859, where he received a good common school education. Milton was the youngest son of Henry and Hannah (Cox) Shock, both of whom, when speaking to their six¬ teen children of the time of their childhood, spoke in warm terms of Kentucky, from which place they emigrated in 1820. The names of this family are as follows : John, Thomas, Permelia, May J., Joseph, James, William, Lucinda, Lydia and Sarah, twin sisters, Daniel, Alonzo, Emily, Theodore, Robert and the subject of this sketch, Milton P. Shock. The wedding day of Milton P. Shock and Miss Mary E. McDonald dawned on the 24th of March, 1882. Miss McDonald was born and raised in Audrain county. Her father, Sam. McDonald, was from Long Island, N. Y. Her mother, Jane Larul, was born in Virginia. God blessed their union by entrusting eleven precious little souls to their care: John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Nancy J., Alex¬ ander, Jacob R., James, George, Mary Ellen, Charles, and Lettie, who died in infancy. They have 80 acres of nicely improved land, one-half of which they have under cultivation ; the rest is used as a pasture for the use of his stock, in which he does considerable trading.

James Lewis Smith

of section 1, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Scotland county, Mo., June 12th, 1846, a son of Alexander Smith, of Virginia, and Mary Jane Hussey, of Ohio, who came to Missouri and settled in Scotland county in 1838. Seeing a better prospect in Audriau county, he re- moved there in 1871. Alexander Smith and wife have had seven children, viz. : Elizabeth Ann, Amanda Jane, John Edward, William H. T., Adam Alexander and Mary Eve, twin brother and sister; James L. J. 'Lewis Smith and his wife, Isadore, whom he married December 29th, 1870, and three children, Mary Catherine, born Janu¬ ary 6th, 1871 ; John Irvin, born July 29th, 1876, and Curtis Gay, born September 5th, 1880, live on a farm of 120 acres. There are some splendid buildings on this farm, which is all cultivated. He is the owner of some fine stock. Mrs. Smith is a native of Boone county, Mo., and a daughter of Curtis P. Gay, of Kentucky, and Catherine Holmes, of Tennessee, who had nine children; Susan H., born Janu¬ ary 25th, 1851; Brookhaven, born February 16th, 1853; Isadore, born August 16th, 1855 ; Mary A., born February 28th, 1858 ; Holmes, born September 8th, 1860; William S., born November 9th, 1862 ; Sarah F., born July 25th, 1864 ; Kate, born December 11th, 1868, and Curtis Ella, born August 15th, 1872. Alexander Smith entered in the Confederate service in August of 1861, in Green's regiment, where he served for 16 months, came home, but was not allowed to remain, went to Illinois and then to Indiana, where he remained for five years. He was never taken as a prisoner ; was in the Athens' fight between Col. Greene on Confederate side, and Moore of the Federal. The orders from Federal headquarters were, not to make a prisoner, but to shoot him on first siijht. He never surrendered and never was paroled. Mr. Smith is now nearly 77 years of age, and is lively and active. The day this sketch was taken he walked from Centralia out to his home, a distance of six miles, and carried his saddle bags, a good load for a much younger man. This old gentleman is and has been for the last 34 years a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Alexander Smith died on July 6th, 1846, in Scotland county, Mo. Mrs. J. L. Smith is a member of the Christian church.

David A. Sneed

of section 4, farmer and stock raiser. Mr. Sneed, like most of our first-class farmers, is the descendant of Virginians. His parents, N. Sneed and Mary Harpman, were the parents of thirteen chil¬ dren, of whom the subject of the present sketch was the eldest. N. Sneed and family emigrated to Missouri, and settled in Audrain county, in 1876, where they still reside, surrounded by all the com¬ forts of farm life. David A. Sneed was married on February 11, 1877, to a young lady of Virginia, the daughter of Hugh and Mar- garet Smiley, natives of Virginia. The bride, Miss Elizabeth, was the eldest of a family of eight children. She was of a kind and loving disposition, and has proved to be a model wife. Mr. Sneed's farm contains 160 acres of well improved land, and is stocked with stock of the highest grades.

John G. Strode

section 19. Mr. Strode, formerly a merchant of Boone county, now owns a very nice farm of 100 acres in this county, to which he has devoted his undivided attention for the past eleven years. If not among the largest, it is certainly one of the neatest, best improved and stocked farms in the county. A good orchard and vineyard forms two of the many attractions of this home-like place. Mr. Strode has met with success as a cattle raiser and trader. John G. Strode was born in Platte county, Missouri, November 20, 1837, and was a son of John S. Strode, of Kentucky, and Mary Ann Young. John S. Strode and wife had five children : James E., John G., Mary F., Ste¬ phen J. and Ambrose C. They came to Missouri between the years 1825-26 and settled in Callaway county. Mr. Strode died in Andrew county, his wife in Boone county. On the 15th of December, 1863, the marriage bell was rung in Audrain county for J. G. Strode and Miss Mattie A. White, who was the daughter of William W. White and Elizabeth Shergart, both natives of Pennsylvania. They had nine children, four of whom died in infancy. The others are: Lucy J. B., born July 21, 1835 ; William H. R., born September 5, 1838 ; Theodore, born March 31, 1843; Mary E., born December 3, 1847 ; Mattie A., born April 24, 1849. Miss Mattie has become the good, Christian mother of the following seven children : Ambrose, born De¬ cember 25, 1864; Endora A., born June 29, 1867 ; James H., born October 19, 1869; Ella, born January 12, 1876; Laura R., born January 15, 1880 ; Mary Jessie, born June 19, 1883, and one died in infancy. During the war he was second lieutenant in the Missouri State troops, Federal service, and served for twenty-two months. He was -mustered out in March, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Strode are worthy and esteemed members of the Christian Church.

Hon. Abram B. Tinsley

their characters on the times in which they live;" in other words, that history is but a relation of the chief events to be found in the biographies of men of more than ordinary character or achievements. Accepting this as a correct definition, it would not be possible to present a worthy history of Audrain county without mention of the name of the subject of the present sketch. As an early settler, farmer and private citizen, and as a public servant in the affairs of the county and State, Mr. Tinsley's name is intimately interwoven with the events of the people among whom he has lived for nearly forty-six years. Abram Buford Tinsley was born in Madison county, Virginia, March 31, 1815, and was a son of Caleb Tinsley and wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Medley. Abram B. was a twin brother to a sister, following the third child in the family, which con¬ sisted of five children, he being the only son. While he was still in infancy, in 1817, his parents emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, and settled in Franklin county, where he grew to manhood and was married to Miss Rachel Gains, of that county. This marriage was in 1836, his wife having been born on the 12th of January, 1816. Mr. Tinsley's mother died in 1837, and the same year his father and him¬ self and family with several of his relatives came to Missouri, and settled in Callaway county, about five miles west of Fulton. Soon afterwards, however, Hon. Abram Tinsley came to Audrain county and settled in Salt River township, where he resided for about thirt}^-seven years, and until a few years ago, when he came to his place in Wilson township. His father remained in Callaway county and never married after his wife's death. He became quite wealthy, and was for many years one of the highly respected citizens of that county. During the latter years of his life he made his home with his son. Hon Abram B. Tinsley is one of that class of strong, vigorous men, physicallv and mentally, who grew up in the early days of the country, and bv the force of their character and native ability impressed their lives upon the times of their active manhood. These men had little or no educational advantages, yet the history of the first half of the present century shows that in the domain of thought, and in the practical achievements of the brain, many of them rose to an eminence which the representatives of later times have not been able to equal. In legislation, at the bar, in medicine, and in the pulpit ; in agriculture, in the trades, and in every department of life, names of the last generation shone out with a splendor that few, if any, of the present age can hope to rival. And if the value of experience is to be judged bv results, it remains yet to be decided whether the new systems of education and refinement will prove superior to the old methods of letting every one rise or fall according to his own exertions and the virtues of his own character. Hon. Abram B. Tinsley possessed in the days ot his activity, and they are still preserved to a remarkable degree in his old age, many of the stronger and better qualities that characterized the sturdy men of his period. As a farmer he was abundantly successful, and before the war had accumulated a large estate. As a citizen he was public spirited, and occupied a prominent position in the affairs of the county. In 1840 he was appointed sheriff of Audrain county, and was subsequently elected and re-elected, holding the office for six years continuously. He was then elected to the Legislature, and represented the county in the House with marked ability and with fidelity to the best interests of the people. In 1848 he was re-elected to his position in the law-making branch of the State government. He then retired from official life, and was afterwards occupied with the duties of managing his large estate. In the events preceding the war he took no active part, but, although Southern in his sympathies, he was opposed to secession and to breaking up the Union. During the war he remained at home and was a heavy loser by depredations from both sides - one of the heaviest losers, indeed, in the county. In recent years Mr. Tinsley has to a certain extent retired from the activities of life, and still has a comfortable estate. Mrs. Tinsley is a member of the Christian church, and he is a timehonored and prominent member of the A. F. and A. M.

Charles D. Wade

farmer. Mr. Wade, though himself a native of this State, is a repre¬ sentative of an old Kentucky family. The Wades were among the first settlers of the Blue Grass State from Virginia, and Mr. Wade's father was born there away back in 1819. In an early dav, however, Will¬ iam H. Wade, the father, came out to Missouri, and was married here to Miss Harriet Carter, of Boone county. But before coming to this State, he lived for a short time in Indiana, making his home in Boone county in 1837. His marriage occurred in 1841. Subsequently he re¬ moved to Audrain county where he has since resided. He is one of the well-to-do and substantial farmers of West Saling township. Charles D. Wade, the subject of this sketch, was one of his father's family of ten children. He was born in Boone county, February 16, 1850. The others were : Mary E., James K., Eliza, John (now de¬ ceased), Kittie, Thomas H., Annie, Price and Eva. Charles D., after he grew up, engaged in farming in Boone county, where he followed it with success until his removal to this county. He was married there to Miss America Mars, in 1872, who survived her marriage, however, less than two years. There is one daughter by this marriage. On the 15th of December, 1881, Mr. Wade was married to his pres¬ ent wife, whose maiden name was Mattie W. Cobbs. She was a daugh¬ ter of Thomas and Lucy Cobbs, of Boone county, and was born November 24, 1859. Mr. and Mrs. W. have one child, a daughter, Lucy L. Mr. Wade has a comfortable farm in this county, and con¬ sidering that he is still a young man, is fairly well fixed. Mrs. W. is a member of the Baptist Church.

William H. White

one of the principal farmers and stock raisers of Audrain county, and one of its prominent and influential citizens, is a native of the county, and comes of one of the oldest and best families. His parents, Will¬ iam White, and wife, nee Elizabeth Shugart, emigrated from Pennsyl¬ vania to this State in about 1834, and settled in Audrain county two years afterwards, where they lived long and useful lives and were fol¬ lowed to their graves by the regret and sorrow of all who knew them. William White, Sr., was extensively engaged in farming in this county, and also followed merchandising at Mexico in an early day. He became quite wealthy, and when he died left a large estate. Of the family of children, three are now living, - besides William H., Mary E., now the wife of Hon. James M. Proctor, of Boone county ; and Martha A., the wife of John G. Strode, of this county. William H. White, the subject of the present sketch, was born on his father's homestead in Salt River township, September 9, 1838. Reared on his father's farm, he was educated in the schools of Mexico, and early embarked in farm¬ ing for himself, the occupation to which he has been brought up. As a farmer, Mr. White's career has been one of marked success. Left by his father with a comfortable start in life, he has shown himself to be worthy of it by the manner in which he has managed his affairs and the success which has crowned his industry and enterprise. Mr. White has increased his possessions in this county until now he has some 1,200 acres of fine land, the major part of which is improved and either in active cultivation, meadow or pasturage. He raises over 300 acres of grain, principally corn, and harvests annually about 250 acres of meadow. Mr. White is extensively engaged in stock raising and handling stock, and ships to the wholesale markets yearly about

200 head of cattle and the same number of hogs. A man of broad and liberal ideas, he is known to be one of the public spirited citizens of the county, and contributes freely by his efforts and, wherever neces¬ sary, of his means to all movements designed for the building up and best interests of the county. Mr. White has been married twice. On the 7th of November, 1858, he was married to Miss Julia Violet, ot Monroe county. She died six years afterwards, June 13, 1864, leav¬ ing him two children : William M. and Olay Price, the former a res¬ ident of this county, but the latter of Paris, Arkansas. To his present wife, formerly Miss Mary C. Holliday, a daughter of William Holli¬ day, of Bourbon county, Kentucky, he was married November 22, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. White have five children : Lizzie Lee, Abner C., Louella, Charles H. H. and Marion. One besides, the second child, Nannie, died in tender years. Mr. White is a member of the A. F. and A. M., being a brother in the Royal Arch Chapter. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W.

Isaac J. Williams

of section 12, farmer, stock raiser and trader of this county, was born in Boone county, Mo., April 8, 1848, the son of one of the earliest and most respected settlers of Missouri, James H. Williams, of Maryland. After arriving in this land, of the then far West, he married Miss Elizabeth Stone, of Virginia, who proved herself an ever loving, kind and true mother and wife. Her children's names we give as follows: George W.,Mary J., Permelia A., Isaac J., Will¬ iam Henry, Sarah F., Harrison T., John C., Rice T. I. J. Williams was married on the 12th of May, 1867, to a young lady of Kentucky, Mi ss Lucretia D. Adams, the daughter of Giles J. and Martha A. Denham Adams, an old and respected family of Kentucky, who had seven children: Margaret Ann, Sarah J., William D., James T., Mary E., Lucretia D., Lucy A. I. J. Williams and wife have four children : George Lee, born August 24, 1868 ; Gertrude Maude, born June 12, 1871 ; Ruth Ethel, born February 1, 1879, and Charles Joseph Garfield, born June 9, 1882. Their farm contains 120 acres of land, well fenced and improved in every department ; all of this is cultivated, and upon it is a good orchard. Mr. Williams has some good graded stock, i i which he does a good deal of trading. I. J. Williams' name appe irs on the list of those who served in the Confed¬ erate army. He enlisted in the fall of 1862 in Col. Porter's Missouri battalion, which was afterwards consolidated with an Arkansas reo-i- ment, serving twelve months ; he was in Marmaduke's division, and took part in a number of skirmishes, but no general engagements. The family are members of the Christian Church. They have been pi the Grange.

John H. Wilson

farmer. Mr. Wilson, one of the substantial and respected citizens of this township, is a native Missourian, born in Platte county, April 8, 1853, and was a son of Joseph R. and Elizabeth A. (Glass) Wilson, both also natives of this State. The father is a relative to Hon. R. P. C. Wilson, of Platte county, a distinguished lawyer and able State Senator of that section of the State. Joseph R. Wilson and wife, with the young children of their family, now reside in Vernon county. John H., the subject of this sketch, was the eldest of nine brothers, there being also four sisters in the family, and was reared in Audrain county, to which his father had removed from Platte county. He was brought up to the occupation of a farmer, and has since followed it with substantial success. In 1875 Mr. Wilson bought an eightyacre tract of land in Salt River township, to which he added forty acres by subsequent purchase, and upon these tracts he made a good farm. Having an opportunity, however, to sell his place to good ad¬ vantage, he disposed of it in 1882, and bought the farm where he now resides. This is a good place of over a quarter section of land, and is largely devoted ^o grain raising and pasturage for cattle. Mr. Wilson raises about seventy acres of corn, and has about 100 acres in pastur¬ age, the latter used in connection with stock raising. He ships an¬ nually about two car loads of cattle and 150 head of hogs. On the 25th of November, 1875, Mr. Wilson was married to Miss Susan M. Threlkeld, daughter of William G. and Mary A. Threlkeld, of Monroe county. Mrs. Wilson was born in that county, October 14, 1853. Heaven has blessed this union with a worthy family of children, as the best benediction upon the marriage vow. Three of their children are still living: Omar G., Lula B., and Mary G. John C., their youngest, tarried in this life only a short month, when his infant spirit was wafted to the Heaven above. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are both piembers of the Christian Church.