Buchanan County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 2 of 12)

Andrew. Burvenich

was born in Cologne, Germany, April 22d, 1826, and was there raised to manhood and learned the trade of cabinet making. In 1856, he came to America, and the same year located in St. Joseph. For a time worked at his trade, when he engaged in contracting and building, and many structures of the city were built under his supervision. At the breaking out of the rebellion, Mr. B. tendered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in Company A, First Kansas Infantry; participated in the battle of Wilson's Creek and other notable engagements; was honorably discharged after serving three years. He was married in Germany to Miss Elizabeth Schseffer. They have had nine children, eight of whom are living : Maggie, Anton, John, Mary, Andrew, Jr., Lizzie, Teresa and Henry. They lost one, Tillie. Mr. B. is a Turner and a member of the German Benevolent Society.

Dennis Burns

grocer. Mr. Burns is a native of Ireland, and was born in County Limerick, July 17, 1833. In 1849, he came to America, taking up his abode in Alexandria, Virginia, where he worked at the plumber's trade and resided until the spring of 18.5-9, when he became a resident of St. Joseph. During his sojourn in the city, he was proprietor of an express wagon nine years, was on the police force several years, and for two years was constable of Washington Township. In 1875, he engaged in his present business. His long residence in the city has given him a wide acquaintance, and his trade will compa.re favorably with any in the place. In 1859, he married Mary Welch. By this union they have had five children, Edward, John, William, Mary and Dennis, Jr. Himself and family are closely identified with the Catholic Church, and among its liberal supporters. He is a meinber of St. Patrick's Benevolent Society.

J. Kate Burgess

proprietor of the Grand Central Livery Stable, was born in Mason County, Kentucky, March 12, 1830. His father, John D. Burgess, was a native of Maryland, and immigrated to Kentucky with his parents in his eighth year. His grandfather, Joshua, was a Virginian, and a Captain in the Revolutionary War. His mother, Lydia M. Wise, was the daughter of John Wise, of Virginia. Kate's early vocation was that of tilling the soil of Mason County, and attending the common schools. In 1853, he opened a livery stable in Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky, which he conducted until 185s, and in that winter came to St. Joseph, engaging in the same trade until 1858, when he removed live miles south of the city. Engaged in agricultural pursuits for five years, and in 1863, commenced the stock trade in St. Joseph, continuing until 1867, when he again turned his" attention to farming. In 1874, we again find him in the livery business in St. Joseph. He is a thorough horse man, and it may be said of him, has been literally bred in the business, and his judgment among horse fanciers is considered conclusive. When a farmer, he gave his attention to the breeding of fine stock, and to him the people throughout Northwestern Missouri are indebted for raising the standard and furnishing them with the finest type of Berkshire hogs. The Grand Centriil, of which he is proprietor, is well stocked with fleet-footed roadsters, which are kept in the best of tone, the "business receiving his individual attention. In 1856, Miss Lucinda A. Holliday became his wife. She is a native of Bourbon County, Kentucky, and daughter of William Holliday, brother of Ben Holliday, of Western stage coach notoriety. Their family consists of seven children - William D., Mary M., Minnie N., W. M., John E., Katie and Guy.

John Burnside

A person who could be a resident of St. Joseph a month and not hear of honest John, would undoubtedly be deaf There are but few men in this, city who have figured more conspicuously in its manufacturing interests in the past two and a half decades. Mr. Burnside was born September 21, 1818, in Glasgow, Scotland. His boyhood days were spent in his native city, and when of a suitable age, he learned the machinist's trade. In 1848, he came to America, residing six months at New Orleans, working for the government in the mint. After this he came to St. Louis, and was for seven years in the emplpy. of Sam. Gaty. In 1855, he took up his abode in St. Joseph, first embarking in trade in a little Cottonwood shop, but being a skilled workman he kept gaining ground, until he was on terra firma. For a number of years he was the senior meinber of the firm of Burnside, Crowther & Rogers. He is a self-made man, and demonstrates the fact that much can be accomplished where there is a will to execute. He was the choice of the citizens of the Fourth Ward for two terms, as Councilman, and while there acquitted himself creditably. He was married in 1844, to Miss Margaret Mcintosh. He is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council Commandery and Eastern Star, also the Knights of Pythias, I. O; O. F., and Encampment.

Anton Burvenich

druggist, is a native of Germany, and came to the United States with his parents when quite young. His father, Andrew, was among the early settlers of St. Joseph. Anton was here raised, educated and learned his profession. He is popularly known in the city and throughout the county, and commands a fair share of the trade.

Butcher & Hummel

fresco and ornamental painters. This enterprising firm embraces two very excellent workmen. Mr. F. G. Butcher is a native of Loudon County, Virginia, and was born in 1848, and there resided until i860, when he came to Missouri, where he learned his trade. After learning his trade, he worked for a number of years in Washington, D. C, Baltimore, and other points. He came to St. Joseph in 1873, and for some time was in the employ of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railway Company, after which he was a resident of Chicago and other points. Returning to St. Joseph in the spring of i88o, he has since been a resident, engaged at his trade. , He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Charles H. Hummel is a native of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and came West in 1867, locating for a time in Council Bluffs. In the spring of 1881, he came to St. Joseph. As a fresco and scene artist Mr. Hummel is unexcelled in the country. Many of the fine halls throughout the Northwest have been fitted by him. He makes a specialty of scenery, and in this branch of the art will rival many whose names are more familiar to the public.

Butler & Clay

manufacturers of hosiery and knit goods. In the manufacture of knit goods these gentlemen have attained a wide and well merited reputation. They established their business in St. Joseph in 1878, and their trade has been one of a continual and solid growth. Senterlow Butler was born in Nottinghamshire, England, April 10, 1832, and was there raised and educated, his father Thomas was a manufacturer of knit goods and our subject adopted and learned that trade. In 1865, he came to America, locating in Massachusetts, and for seven years had charge of the first-class work in the Boston Manufacturing Company, at Waltham, which position required experience and ability. He worked at other points in the eastern states, and in 1878 came to St. Joseph. He married in 1853, Miss Emily Snell. By thisu nion they had four children, Mary A. (now Mrs. J. Burlington), Anna, (now Mrs. Dempsey), Rebecca, (now Mrs. Procter), Elizabeth M., (now Mrs. Gaskins). Mr. Butler is a member of the I. O. O. F. William Clay was born in Nottinghamshire, England, November 29, 1854, and when young, came to America with his parents, and learned the knitting business and factory work in Needham, Massachusetts and other points. He came to St. Joseph in 1878, and engaged in trade. He was married in 1879 to Miss Jennette Archibald. They have one son, William D. Mr. Clay is a member of the church of Latter Day Saints.

was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, October i6th, 1839, ^^^d lived in his native place until 1854, and then came to Missouri, and settled first in St. Joseph, and thence to Holt County, Missouri, where he remained until 185.6. At this time the Kansas excitenient so imbued him that he decided to remove to Kansas and contribute his share towards making it a free state. After a residence in Kansas until 1859, he returned to Holt County, and in 1861, in response to the call for troops to assist in putting down the rebellion of the South, he enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Missouri Infantry as a private,' and for meritorious conduct at Lexington was promoted to second lieutenant, and was assigned to duty in the First Missouri Regiment of Engineers, which was afterwards consolidated with Bissel's Corps of Engineers. In 1863, he was promoted to captain. He served under Grant and Sherman in the armies of the Tennessee and Cumberland, and in 1865 was appointed Adjutant General of the District of Nprthwest Missouri, General W. R- Penick cqnimanding. After the death of Lincoln, he resigned, and engaged in mercantile business, and was in the emplpy of the, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, of which, at the prpsent time, he is a ,stpckholder. . In 1876, he was elected city marshal. In 1874, he commenced the stock business, at first on a small scale, but it has grown to such proportions as to demand his entire time. He married Miss E.Nicholson in December, 1865. She was born in London, England. Their family consists of four children, Frank, Harry, George and Charles J. > a.^riculturist in that country. In 1861, our subject came to America, and made his debut in railroading, on the construction of the New York and Albany Railroad, after which he- went to Cincinnati, Ohio; and was employed in the building of the, Whitewater Valley Railroad, and when the road bed was complete, he had charge of the track laying. He next came to Sedalia, Missouri, and for four /years had charge of the middle division, of the Missouri Piacific Railroad, aftef/which he. was engaged^in the construction of the Missouri, Kansas aijd Texas Railroad, continuing with that company until the road was completed to Dennison, Texas.; He next entered the employ of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railrbad, as roadmaster on the 1 east, end, where he remained oneyear,iand since has been on other divisions. Twenty years of constant experience has made him very competent in the most essential part of railroading. He. was married in 1868, to Miss Kate Sack, of Indiana. By this union they have six children : Mary, Robert, James, Margaret, Ella and Kate.

Cables & Ozenberger

proprietors of a grist mill, better known, as the Corby mill, Section 6. This mill is a substantial brick, building, four and one-half stories high, and contains three runs of burrs and a new and complete set of machinery. The present proprietors took poss,ession in January, 1881. Mr. Cables has been raised to the business and understands it thoroughly, and patrons may rely on their work with safety.

contractor and buildei", one who has been interested in the building interests here, and also in the manufacturing of brick, is our subject. He is a native of Indiana, and was born in Madisori, Jefferson County, March 15, 1840. Was there raised to manhood, educated and learned the bricjc mason's trade. He came to Missouri in 1858, locating in Boonville, and was engaged' in contracting and building until 1869, when he took up his abode in St. Joseph. During the war, he was in the state; militia. Many of the palatial mansions and attractive business houses of St. Joseph have been erected by Mr. Callaway. He was married in i859> to Miss Susan G. Morton, of Missouri. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.

Charles W. Campbell

was born in Winchester, Virginia, February loth, 1827. His father, Thomas B. Campbell, alsb a native of Virginia, was, by occupation, a goldsmith. The subject of this sketch was one of five children, two of whom were boys. He received an excellent education in a private academy of his native town, and embarked in mercantile pursuits, selling goods first in his native city, for a period of abbut three years, to 1846, when he started for the West, and landed in Louisville, Kentucky ; from there he came to St. Joseph, February, 1849. His first business experience in this, then embi'yo city, was in the capacity of clerk for Donnell, Saxton & Duval, dry goods merchants. He remained in this house for some time, when, in partnership' with William T. Duval, he opened a general stock of merchandise in St. Joseph. He remained in this business about thi-ee years. About 1855, he moved to Rock House Prairie, in Buchanan County, where he engaged in general merchandise, first in partnership with Duval, and afterwards alone. He also, ab'out this pei'iod, purchased and operated a farm in the neighborhood of his store. He subsequently received in partnership in his mercantile business his brother, T. Ed. Campbell, a Well known business man of St. Joseph, and now (1881) of the wholesale dry goods house of R. L. McDonald & Co. In 1857, he traded his stock of merchandise for a plantation in Clinton County. In 1 86 1, being a heavy loser by change of times at the breaking out of the war, his plantation was disposed of, and he returned to St. Joseph, where he engaged in business with Tootle, Fairleigh & Co., wholesale dry goods dealers, and as an active partner with Tootle, Craig & Co., wholesale dry goods dealers, and, subsequently, in the same capacity with Tootle, Hosea & Co., in the same line of business, of which firm he is now (1881) an active member. In 1854, Charles W. Campbell married Miss Sarah Jones, daughter of Harvey Jones, an old settler of Buchanan County, and niece of Robert W. Donnell. The result of thjs union was eight children, seven sons and one daughter. Of these, all but two sons are living. Mr. Campbell has been, all his life, an active public spirited citizen, and for several years past an influential member of the City Council. His effort has ever been to promote the interests of the city of his adoption. Among the number of beneficial acts of which he is the author, are the ordinances changing the city warrants to what are known as ones and twos, creating a circulating medium, which at once caused the floating warrants of the city to advance from eighty-five, interest bearing, to par,, non-interest. As chairman of the Water Works Committee, he was influential and active in securing to the city its admirable system of Gravitation- Water Works. He is also (1881), as chairman of the City Finance Committee, successfully engaged, in connection with the Mayor and the committee, in exchanging the bonded indebtedness of the City, bearing interest from six to ten per cent., into twenty-year four per cent, bonds. This was, at one time, deemed impracticable, but nearly $1,000,000 have been exchanged, and the matter is now pronounced a complete success. In politics, since the death of the old Whig Parly, Mr. Cartipbell has been, and is now, a staunch Democrat, and, as such, is frequently called to preside over its city and county conventions and central committees.

Lucian E, Carter

attorney, was born, in Jefferson County, New York, April 25, 1836. He determined at an early age to acquire a thorough education, and embraced every opportunity to study. After becoming sufificiently advanced he entered Union College, and after four years of close applioation, he graduated with honors in 1859. The sameyear he graduated at the Law School in Albany. In i860, he removed to Yazoo, Mississippi, and taught, school and studied law until the war broke out, when he came to Montgomery County, Missouri, and was employed in the Danville College: to teach Latin, and Greek. After remaining a few months, he returned to Watertown, New York, and entered the law office of Hon. M.- H. Marvin, who is now a Supreme Judge of the Court at Utica. In the spring of 1862, he left the office and raised a company of one hundred and fifty men, in Jefferson County, for the Tenth New York Artillery,, and- was appointed Lieutenant. The command was sent to Sfiaten Island, where they were thoroughly drilled in all branches of artillery service. They remained at this school of drill for one year, and were then- ordered to the fortifications at Washington, D. C, remaining there on duty for nearly a year. Lieutenant Carter was detailed on special duty to accompany deta,chments of soldiers Irom New York to duty in the field. Early in June, 1864, they were ordered to Cold, Harbor, where they arrived just in time to participate in a portion of the battle. For his heroic conduct at Cold Harbor, he was promoted to a Captaincy, They were ordered to Petersburg, in time to participate in the five day's battle, June 15th. He also participated in the battles, at Bermuda Hundred and in the Shenandoah Valley. In January, 1865, he was ordered on detached service as Division Judge Advocate at Bermuda Hundred.- March 31, 1865, he was ordered to report to his command, and was rnustered out of service in July, 1865, and returned home. He immediately entered the office of Judge Marvin, and studied with him until December, when he was admitted in Syracuse to practice. In January, 1866, he came to St. Joseph, and entered the office of Samuel Ensworth; Esq., with whom he formed a partnership. . B,y his strict attention to business, his good legal judgment as an adviser and genial ways, Mr. Carter has won the genial esteem of all and built up a very large practice. He married Miss Eliza G. Overall, of St. Charles, Missouri, April 27, 1870. They have three boys - Edwin O., John O. and Marvin G.

William S. Carver

foreman of buildings for the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad Company. He was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, December, 15, 1848, and was there raised to manhood, educated, and learned the carpenter's trade. In 1868, Jie came West, and from 1871 until 1874, during the season, he was in the employ of the K. N. Line Packet Company, as clerk. His father, Mr. J. M. Carver, at present resides in Des Moines, Iowa, and is engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds. The subject of this sketch, for a time after coming to St. Joseph, was in the employ of R. K. Allen, and also worked in the car department for the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad Company. In 1876, he took charge of the building department, a position he has retained, discharging the duties creditably to himself and to the satisfaction of the company. He was married in 1878, to Miss Annie Newell, of St. Joseph. They have one daughter. Lulu Belle. Mr. Carver is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

publisher of the Good Way, was born in Cabell County, Virginia, August 2, 1832. His father, John, was a teacher, and when J. W. was young, removed with his family to St. Louis, where he was raised and educated. At an early age our subject manifested a desire for the ministry, and in 1857, took charge of the M. E. Church in St. Joseph, which was then in its infancy. In i860, he went to Savannah in the same capacity, and, until 1879, was at Macon, Hannibal and Mexico. During the rebellion, Mr. C. was First Lieutenant in the Fifth Missouri State Militia. In 1879, he established and commenced the publication of the Good Way and Temperance Bugle in Savannah, and in 1880, removed the office to St. Joseph, discontinuing the Temperance Bugle. The Good Way, under his supervision and management, has obtained a wide spread reputation and is numbered among the leading non-sectarian religious newspapers of the day. Mr. G. has devoted many years to the cause of religion and temperance, and has always been found a. successful and stalwart worker. He was married in Savannah, Andrew County, in 1858, to Miss Jane Miller, of that place. By this union they have six children, Charles W., N. L., Mary D., Fred W., J. W., and Helen V.

Chapman & Cornell

real estate brokers, negotiators of loans, and collecting agents. M. B. Chapman, the senior.member of this firm, is a native of Lousiana, where he was born October 22d, 1846. He has been all his life a member of the M. E. Church South, and is recognized as a preacher of ability. He is at present (1881) minister in charge of the church in Weston. During ' the civil war, he served in the Confederate army, enlisting as private in the Washington Artillery of New Orleans. In the following year, he was promoted to the position of chaplain in his regiment. , He is also a member of the Masonic order.. He afterwards moved to Missouri^ settling in St. Joseph, where he married Miss Maggie Harris. Mr. Chapman was the founder and for four years editor of the Evening Chronicle, which was afterwards consolidated with the Gazette, and for some time published as the GazettC'Chronicle. H. N. Cornell was born in the State of Vermont, November i6, 1828, and at the age of seven years his parents moved West, stopping for a short season in New York and Pennsylvania. He served in the United States navy, and was, from 1844, two and onehalf years on the steamer Michigan. He then learned the saddle and harness business. In 1850, he passed through St. Joseph on his way to California, in an overland trip, returning to old. Fort Kearney, now Nebraska City, where he carried on for several years the saddle and harness business. April 14, 1861, he -married Miss Mary H. Deneen, a native of Indiana, by whom he has had six children. In 1864, he crossed the plains to Idaho, with his own freight train, a venture in which he lost all he had. In 1867, he returned to St. Joseph, and the following year, again engaged in business. In 1880, the present partnership of Chapman & Cornell was formed.

Chambers, Marney & Co

wholesale and retail dry goods dealers on Felix, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, rank with the eminently successful men of this country.' Commencing in 1866, with exceedingly limited capital, they soon succeeded in building up a retail trade second to none in their line in St. Joseph. Exclusive of their wholesale trade, they did, in 1880, a retail business of $175,000. Their store, in one of the most elegant blocks in the city, is one of the most attractively arranged and substantially stocked in St. Joseph. Till 1 881, the firm was Chambers & Marney. R.H.Chambers, the senior member, a native of Canada, was born in 1838; he has resided in the United States from early boyhood, and was educated in the dry goods business, a calling which he has pursued all his life with unfailing success. He was married to Miss Alice C. Wheelock, in Ogdensburg, New York. By this marriage he has three children, two boys and a girl. E. L. .Marney was born in Rouse's Point, New York, in September, 1841; here he received his early and subsequent business education. From 1857 to 1859, when he embarked in his present business, Mr. Marney was 1 actively engaged in railroading. In 1873, he married Mrs. Columbia Williams, in Atchison, Kansas. There is no more popular business man in St. Joseph than E. L. Marney. The Co. of the concern is Mr. C G. Sampson, formerly a clerk in the establishment. Previous to his becoming a meniber of the firm in 1881, Mr. Sampson had been engaged in mining in Colorado.

Prof. T. C. Chapman

of the St. Joseph Normal Business College, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Hiram, Portage County, June 27, 1842. His primary education was received in the common schools, and he also attended the Western

Reserve Eclectic Institute, when, the now President of the United States, J. A. Garfield, was principal. He completed his classical course at Geneva, Ohio, and graduated in penmanship at the Cleveland Business College. On the 17th of August, 1862, he tendered his services to the Union cause, and enlisted in Company D, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participated in the Georgia campaign, and many noted engagements of the rebellion. He was honorably discharged at Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1865. Returned to Ohio, residing there until 1871, when he became a resident of St. Joseph. For about a year, he was instructor in Bryant's Business College- and, for a time, was bodkkeeper for the St. Joseph Building and Loaii Association, and three years teacher of penmanship in the public schools. ' On the 20th of December, 1880, he opened the St. Joseph Normal Business Institute. Mr. Chapman has established a i-eputation in St. Joseph as a successful teacher of penmanship, bookkeeping and an instructor on commercial law. He has had a varied experience, is a close student, and has received the commendations of the press and the people. The Normal Business Institute is in its infancy, but with Pfof. Chapman, as its Faculty, it is destined, in the near future, to figure among the leading educational institutes of the Northwest. Our subject married December ist, 1 880, Miss Cassie Brunts, of St Joseph.

F. A. Chase

Master Mechanic for the K. C, St. J. & C. B. R. R., is a native of Ashtabula County, Ohio, and was born August 18, 1836. At an early age he removed with his parents to Windsor, Vermont, where he was raised and educated. His father, John F., was a native of New Hampshire, and his mother, Mary Cummings, was born in Vermont. F. A. commenced to learn his trade when thirteen years of age, in the machine shops of Robbins & Lawrence, his wiages being forty cents per day. He remained in this establishment eight years, and became thoroughly proficient with all the details of machinery. As he advanced in the knowledge of his adopted profession, so likewise did his salary increase, and before his quitting the place he filled the most responsible position and commanded the largest salary. He eventually drifted West, and for several years was in the employ of the Detroit Locomotive Works, at Detroit, Michigan ;' after which, he worked with the C, B. & Q. Co. as machinist ; afterwards as fireman, and eventually as engineer, continuing in the latter capacity about ten years. As engineer, was for a time on freight, thence to passenger,' and finally was placed in charge of pay car and specials. For about. three years he had charge of the round house at Aurora, Illinois, for the' same company. In the autumn of 1880, he accepted his present position. Mr. Chase has had a broad and varied experience as a machinist and railroad man, and is one of the most thoroughly proficient to be found in the United States. He is prompt, methodical, perfectlyreliable, and resolute in all his undertakings. He married in 1861, Miss Fannie B. Cummings, of New Hampshire. They have one daughter - Nettie.

G. ,B. Chase

builder of engines and general iron worker. Of the proficient and skilled machinists in the northwest, Mr. Chase occupies a prorninent position. He is a native of Portspjouth, New Hampshire, and was born March 5, 1848. When 16 years of age, he went to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he learned his trade in the establishment of Nat Colyer, after which he migrated to Syracuse,, New York. For . three years he was in the rivet, department of Frazier & Byrnes, resided in Syracuse seven years and then removed to Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and after a ten years' sojourn came to Ottumwa, Iowa, residing there one year, thence to SL Joseph, and for a time was foreman for Burnside, Crowther & Rogers, and afterward was one of the Lincoln Manufacturing Cornpany^ In August, 188.0, he became one of the firm of Chase, Riblet & Co. This co-partnership existed until the spring of 1881, when Mr. Chase embarked in trade alone. He is a close observing man and combines the practical with the theoretical. In 1864, he enlisted in Company E., First Maine Heavy Artillery, passing through the usual routine of warfare, and was honorably discharged in 1865. His wife, who was formerly Miss Elizabeth Warner, he married in 1869. By the union they have five children, Inez, Frankie, Charles, William and Leo.

Major T. J. Chew

was born in Columbus, Ohio, in the year 1838;, he was the oldest of a family of three children, besides a halfrsister older than himself Anthony S. Chew, his father, was a native of Connecticut, a distinguished graduate of Yale College, and a law;yer by profession. In 1836, he moved to Ohio and settled in Cincinnati, where he formed a law partnership with the celebrated Thomas Corwin, who afterwards achieved a national reputation. The style of the. firm was Corwin & Chew. The subject of this sketch received a liberal education, first in Heron's Seminary, and afterwards in Brooks' Preparatory Classiqal School, both private institutions of. high order in Cincinnati. At the age of sixteen he visited Iowa. From 1858 to 1861, he was engaged in the insurance business in the city of New York. In the latter year he moved his residence to St. Joseph, where he permanently located, pursuing, for a brief period, his old calling, the insurance business; he then embarked in the wholesale grocery trade in partnership with several others, the style of the firm being Koch, Chew & Co. In this he continued till 1 874,, when he embarked in the brokerage business. In 1861, he married Miss K.. M. Forbes, a native of New York. The fruit of this marriage was one child, who died in infancy. He served during the civil war on the staff of General Hall and of twelve other generals; he also served as quartermaster of the department of St. Joseph, with the rank of major, from 1862 to 1865. He has long been recognized as an enterprising and public-spirited citizen. During the years 1872 and 1873, he filled, to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, the position of President of the Board of Trade of St. Joseph, and has been uniformly identified with the best interests of the city.

dealer in standard farm machinery, wagons and grass seeds, general agent for manufacturing company's goods, Buckeye grain drills. Barley's reversible tooth harrow, D. M. Osborne's goods, Minnesota Chief thresher,. Garr, Scott & Go's, threshers, engines, etc. Mr. Ghesmore established this business in 1878. He is a native of Massachusetts, and emigrated to Missouri in 1863. He was raised a farmer, and was married in i864_ to Miss Lucy E. Brown, a native of New Hampshire. They have six children. He is a Mason and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. By a fire, in 1879, ^^ sustained a severe loss.

Gharles Ghesnut

of the firms of Chesnut & Son, dealers in stoves and tinware, G. & P. E. Chesnut, grocers, and G. & P. E. Ghesnut, livery. Few of the representative business men of St. Joseph have been more actively engaged in various branches of industry than Gharles Chesnut. He is a native of Laurel County, Kentucky, and was born in 1834. His father Abraham,, was among the early settlers of that state, and died when Gharles was young. In 1850, our subject came to Missouri, locating in Chariton County, where he was raised to manhood and educated. His boyhood days were spent in tilling the soil. In 1863, he became a resident of Buchanan County, farming one year, after which he located in Platte County, residing there until 1865, when we find him in St. Joseph, engaged in the grocery trade,, which he still pursues with a considerable degree of success. In 1876, he became the senior member of the firm of C. & P. E. Chesnut, liverymen. In 1851, Miss Mary E. Blakely, a native of Kentucky, became his wife, and by this union they have one son living, William, a promising young gentleman, and the junior member of the firm. Mr. Ghesnut is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Master Mason and a member of the Chapter, and also a Forester.

rank. He was born in Laurel County; Kentucky,:ApriL4, 1840, and was raised in the agricultural district, his father, Abraham, being a farmer- In 1859, he removed to Platte , County, Missouri. Here he remained until the breaking out of the rebellion, when, his sympathies being with the South, he tendered his services in defense of the Confederate cause, and enlisted as. Second Lieutenant in General' Parson's Brigade,' Tenth Missouri Infaritry, participated .in many of the notable events of the memorable, conflict, being honorably discharged at the close. In 1865, he engaged in the grocery business, and, in 1876, became the junior member in the livery business of C. & P. E. Chesnut. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council. His wife, formerly Miss Allie Kirby, of. St. Joseph, he married in December, 1877. They ha,ve one son, Guy.

James T. Churchill

one of the pioneer and first-class artists who for twenty-seven years has been catering to the wants of th^ St. Josephites, is our subject. He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, March 6, 1829, and was there, raised and learned his trade. He came to St. Joseph, in 1853, and has done much of the superior sign and ornamental painting here.

A veteran printer and painter in St. Joseph is found in the person of W. B. Churchill, who was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, February ^3; 1837. In early life he learned the printer's , trade, and came to St. Joseph in 1855, arriving on the 19th of May; he commenced to learn the trade of painting with his brother, James T., which profession he followed until 1861. When the St. Joseph Herald was established, he took the foremai][ship of the office, and was in that employ at different times for over five years. Aside from that he has, confined himself to painting. He has been twice married. On the 25th of February, 1858, Miss M. A. Williamson, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, became his wife ; she died August 15, 1857. Mr. C. was again married, in 1875, to Miss Mary J. Fulton, of Shelbyville, Kentucky. By his first marriage he had one daughter, Lenora. By the latter union, he had three children, Fulton, Willie and Virginia.

Milton M. Claggett

was born October 2, 1827, in Maryland; was raised a farmer, and received his education in the common schools of «the county. He came to Missouri in 1858, and to this county in i860, settling in St. Joseph in 1864. He bought a farm, partially improving it until 1879, when he sold out and went into the grain business with Mr. Willis, forming the firm of

Willis & Claggett. They had large contracts: with the Government in furnishing grain, and were also largely engaged for many years in freighting to Denver, Montana,.' Salt Lake, etc. They clos'ed the business in 1867. In 1868, he associated with him Mr. C. Evans, and contracted to build one hundred miles of the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad, which they built in 1870 and 1871. In 1876, he was elected County Collector, and served two years. He has been one of the Directors in the Merchants' Insurance Company for many years. Mr. Claggett is a descendant of Bishtip Claggett, of Maryland, who was one of the most distinguished in the church. In 1879, he was appointed Coal Oil Inspector by the Governor. He married Sarah E. Boteler, in Maryland, in 185 1. They have four children living - Clara B., Edith E., Henry M. and Sarah' E: In 1863-4, Captain Claggett commanded Company D; Eighty-first Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, for thirteen months. ' of the firm of G. W. Clayton & Co., junk dealers, is a native of Virginia, and was born in Petersburg, September 3, 1847, His father was a cousin of Henry Clay, and a gentleman favorably known in that country. G. W. was educated, and resided in his native state, until the breaking out of the rebellion, and then, a mere boy, he shouldered his musket and went to the front in defense of the Confederate cause, and served faithfully until the close. After the war, he went to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and for seven years was one of the overseers and managers of the State Insane Asylum, after which he was connected with the State Insane Asylum,' at Jacksonville, Illinois, for three and a half years. He then came to St. Joseph, and^fbr four years was an employe in Asylum No. 2. . Mr. Claytori is a man of clear judgment, and has a peculiar adaptability for managing the unfortunates - while associated with the different asylums he was eminently successful in his management. In the autumn of 1879, he engaged in his present business, which has steadily increased. In 1869, Miss Lucy A. Sturtevant, of Illinois, became his wife. She is the daughter of Colonel C. C. Sturtevant, a prominent citizen of that state.

John Clark

contractor, is one who has been interested in macadamizing our streets, and has done the larger portion of the work in this city. He is a native of Liverpool, England, and was born January 27, 1818. He became proficient in stone and brick masonry in his native country, and there resided until 1849, when he came to America, locating in Hartford, Connecticut. There he pursued his vocation until 1857, when he came West and engaged in agricultural pursuits in Dakota County, Nebraska, and in 1859, came to St. Joseph, where he has since been actively engaged in contracting/ He married Miss Mary Ann Jennings, on the lOthof February, 1840. They have had nine children, five of whom are living: James, John, Joseph M., George B. and Rose A. The four deceased are: William H., Charles, Elizabeth and an infant.

Neal Clifford

dealer in staple and fancy groceries. Mr. James Clifford, took. up his residence here in 1853; he pursued the vocation of draying, and for upwards of twenty years was employed in this capacity by W. R, Penick; his demise occurred December 9, 1880. His son, Neal, was born in Independence, Missouri, April 4, 1857 ; when two years of age he came to St. Joseph, and was here reared and educated. In 1870, he went South, locating temporarily at different points, eventually becoming a resident of Leadville, Colorado, when that place was in its infancy. For a time he was engaged in the restaurant business; also mining, and, in the charcoal and wood trade. In 1880, he returned to St. Joseph, arid, in the spring of 1881, engaged in his present business; he is one of St. Joseph's popular young men, and has a fair share of the trade.

Charles H. Cliff

produce and commission merchant, - is a native of Missouri, and was born in St. Louis County, May 27, .1844; he came to St. Joseph with his parents in 1852; his father, Mr. Robert H. Cliff, was closely identified with the commercial interests of this city until the breaking out of the rebellion. Charles was raised to manhood and educated in Buchanan County; he was one of the first riders of the historical pony express, being on the division between St. Joseph and Seneca. For fifteen years he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1881, he engaged in his present business. Mr. Cliff has seen the growth and development of St. Joseph, and has been closely associated with its commercial interests. He is a gentleman in every sense of the word, and a business man of great ability. Was married, in 1867, to Miss Elizabeth Peltier, of St. Joseph. By this union they have had four children, Agnes, John, Charles, and an infant. Mr. C. is a member of the Foresters.

J. H. Collins

was born in Lewis County, New York, December 19, 1847. He was raised on a farm until he attained his fifteenth year, and then commenced to learn the trade he now pursues in Boonville, of the Empire State, working in other towns before completing it. In 1868, he came to St. Joseph, opened a shop, and has since been spreading white lead, distemper colors, etc., with a considerable degree of success. He is a finished workman in the artistic line, and in paper hanging he is the ne plu^ ultra. In 1873, becoming aware that in order to be successful in any calling it was requisite to have a partner, he married Miss M. Mclntyre. They have had two children, one of whom is living, Alice, and William, deceased. , wife of C. C. Colt, Esq., of St. Joseph, is a daughter of Elisha Sibley, of Henrietta, Monroe County, New York, and here she was born February 27, 1839. After receiving a fair business education at the common schools, she entered the Wesleyan Seminary, of Lima, New York, and was in due time graduated from this Institution, with honor. In 1864, she married in Monroe County, New York, C. C. Colt, Esq. They have by this marriage two chilren - Gertrude Agatha and Irving Sibley. In i865i they went West, and settled on a farm near Easton, Buchanan County, Missouri. In 1872, they moved to St. Joseph. Endowed with an excellent education, and inspired with an ardent desire of devoting the means afforded by litetary and scientific opportunities, to the benefit of suffering humanity, Mrs. Colt determined to qualfy herself for the profession of medicine. She accordingly devoted the energies of her intellect and two years of her titne to the pursuit of his study, under the guidance of a skillful physician of St. Joseph. She afterwards attended the lectures of Hahnemann Homoeopathic Medical College, ChicagOi from which institution she was graduated with high honor and the degree of M. D., in February, 1881.

Thomas Conrad

an early settler of St. Joseph, was born April 20, 182 1, and came to Buchanan County in May, 1844, where he remained but a short time. The great flood which occurred at that time led many to believe that Savannah would be the future metropolis of the northwest. He engaged in business at this point with his brother, the relation existing until 1849. During the year 1848, he was teacher of the public school at this place. In 1849, he went to California and remained until 1852, when he returned to Savannah and embarked in business with A. G. Clark, who was associated with. him until his death. In 1858, the firm removed to St. Joseph, and A. C. Craig became a member of the firm. In 1863, Mr. Conrad went to Montana, where he was interested in ^ business until his death, which occurred in September, 1880. He was a man of strong will, very presevering and upright in all his actions. His message to his children, when dying, was for them to be true to themselves, their country, and their God.

j^ards notorious AafOn Burr. He participated in the famous Sandy Hook engagement in 1812. After the war, he located in Ohio, and for a number of years was identified with politics in the Buckeye State, and was a member of the legislature. He was the instigator of the Muskingum River improvement. The Conklin family are of English,J Scotch, French and German extraction. J. B. spent his boyhood days in his native state and Virginia, securing the benefits, of; the common schools. He clerked. . in a general merchandise store two years, and afterwards was employed on the river for a niiniber. of seasons. He eventually located at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where for four years he clerked in the merchandise establishment of Solomon Benjamin. During this time he acted, as fog pilot when required,, his familiarity with the river, which he obtained during his clerkship, giving him this insight. In 1861, the distant West attracted his attention, and for five years he devoted his time to mining in California arid Arizona. On returning, in 1867, he stopped at St. Joseph, engaging as bookkeeper for Bell & Lowell, lumber dealers. Subsequently he took charge of the yard, remaining in their employ until 1876, when he opened a yard in connection with Mr. Wiltz, of Chicago, which, partnership continued until December, 1880. Mr. D. M,, McDonald then became a partner. Mr. Conklin is well known in Buchanan County, his career during his sojourn in this city being that of an active business man. Miss Lucy APatterson, a native of Fairmount, Virginia, became his wife in 1867. They have had four children, two of whom are living, Emma Blanche and Estelle.

boot and shoemaker, was born in County Cork, Ireland, November 5, 1830, and was raised and educated in his native county until he attained his twentieth year. Then came to the United States, taking up his abode in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he conimenced to learn his trade, finishing it in St. Louis. In 1853, he removed to Lexington, Missouri, and in the autumn of 1854, came to St. Joseph. He pursues the ev6n tenor of his way, is unassuriiing, commands hosts of friends, and he does a thriving business. He married January 20, 1856, Miss Catharine Jordan, who died January 26, 1872, leaving three children - James, Michael and Annie. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Church, and he also belong to the St. Patrick's Benevolent Society.

Daniel Conway

is a native of Dearborn County, Indiana, and was born October 11, 1820; his father, William, was also a native of that county, and his grandfather, Daniel, was among the first settlers there, coming from Kentucky with

Daniel Boone. In 1840, our subject came to Platte County Mo., with his father, where he resided for a time, after which he engaged in trade in GentryCounty. There continued until 1851, when he engaged in trade at Barry, Clay County, remaining until 1855. Thence to <Stewartsville, DeKalb County, pursuing merchandising for several years, \yhen he returned to Clay County, and engaged in farming; In early life, he adopted the legal : profession and was admitted to the bar of DeKalb County in. 1 8 56. While in Gentry County, he was a member of the Legislature in 1850, and in Clay County was magistrate for four years. > In 1863, he came to St. Joseph and. commenced practicing his profession. For four years he was clerk for R. L.'McDonald, and was with William Eckhart for the same length of time ; he was also magistrate for four years. Mr. Conway has a well-stored mind and isa rban of quick comprehension. He was married, in 1846, to. Miss Elizabeth A. Woods, of Clay County. They have seven children: Sarah, Helen M. (wife of Mr. F. McCoun), John Wilson, Charles Edwin, Lulu, Cora Lee, and- James W. The latter is generally known as one of St. Joseph's promising young men, and- has been in the employ of A. N. Schuster for several years. Charles E. has been in the employ of different houses as clerk; he embarked in the grocery business in the spring of 1881. Mr. Daniel Conway is a Master Mason, and James W. is a member of the I. O. O- F.

Abner Copeland

farmer, section 35, postofifice St. Joseph, was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, August 27, 1818, and when about eleven years of age his parents moved to Tennessee, and in 1839 came to Buchanan County, Missouri. Mr. C. has made farming his occupation through life. His landed estate consists of 252 acres, his home farm containing 21,2 acres, all of. which is improved, having a fine house and bam. He came to the county in debt, and now is in as commodious circumstances as any one could wish. He was married October 9, 1848, to Miss Mary Wright. She was born in Surry County, North Carolina, October 16, 1828. They have had one child, which died in infancy. They have raised one orphan child, Julia Taber (now Mrs. Dr. Woodson). He is a Mason and a member of Zerad^tha Lodge, No. 189. His father, John, was a native of North Carolina, and died in this county in 1874, in his 105th year. He was baptised when 100 years of age as a member of the Baptist Church. He and wife lived together 65 years; had a family of ten children, and never had a death in the farhily during their life.

the subject of this sketch, for many years one of the representative men of North Missouri, was born in Limerick, Ireland, June 24, 1808. At the age of twelve years, he left his parental home and came to the shores of America, residing first in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. His education he derived principally in Ireland and by his own exertion on his arrival in the Union States. His first experiences in active life were in the capacity of railroad contractor. In this pursuit he assisted in building many of the great lines east, south and west. In 1843, Mr. Corby immigrated to the Platte Purchase,, and settled on the site of the present city of St. Joseph, and determined to make it his home. His fir^t venture in St. Joseph was in general merchandising, and with an abiding faith. in the growth and ultimate prosperity of the city, he made large investments in real estate which resulted in large returns. He subsequently engaged in the banking business, which he continued until his -death, which occurred May 9, 1870. Absorbed in the pursuit of his personal affairs, he took but little active interest in the politics of the day, and was never a geeker of office. In 1856, he was elected Mayor, a position he filled for two years to the unqualified satisfaction of his constituents. He was for many years before and after this a leading member of the City Council. Politically he was a Democrat, and in his religious preferences a Roman Catholic. He was married May 30, 1852, to Miss Amanda Musick, of St. Louis. Mr. Corby died May 9, 1870.: His vast landed and personal estate he left to his widow, who has erected -on his burial place, about two nriiles from the city, a memorial Chapel known as St. John the Baptist. It is a stately, gothic structure of stone 55x50 feet, costing $40,000.

Judge Samuel D. Cowan

the present Clerk of the Circuit Court of Buchanan Courity, was born near Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, January 25, 1825, his ancestors being among the earliest who emigrated from Virginia. His father's name was John W. Cowan, and his mother's maiden name Fannie Dysart. He was brought up on his father's farm, where he lived till about twenty years of age, when he entered the Circuit Clerk's office of Pulaski County, in which he was employed about a year. In 1846, he entered the volunteer service, and became Second Lieutenant of Company H, of the Fourth Kentucky Regiment, with which he left for Mexico, in October of the same year. He served in this command till the close of the war, and was in the City of Mexico when the news reached the army that peace had been declared. In 1848, he returned home. Two yeai-s after, he went to California, where he spent four years in the gold mines of the Pacific Coast. In 1854, he returned to Kentucky, and the same year emigrated to Missouri, settling on a farm in Washington Township, Buchanan County. He filled the. position of Deputy under Sheriff Morgan, and afterwards under Ainsworth. December 24, i860, he married Miss Bettie Langford, by whom he has had a family of four daughters and three sons, all but one, a son, living. In 1865, he crossed the plains, and the following year visited Montana, where he engaged in freighting on his own account. Returning to Missouri, he resumed the business of farming. In November, 1874, he was elected a member of the County Court of Buchanan County, which position he filled acceptably during the period of two terms of two years each. In 1878, he was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of Buchanan County for the term of four years, which position he now (188 1 ) holds.

engineer on the ,K, C, St. J. & C. B. R. R., was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 28, 1842, and, when quite young, his father, J. D., went with the family to Walworth County, Wisconsin, where they resided several years ; thence to LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, whei*e the subject of this sketch resided until 1861, when he enlisted in the Fourth Minnesota Volunteers, and was afterwards transferred to the First Minnesota Rangers, serving eighteen months, when he was honorably discharged. In. 1 863, he commenced railroading on the M. & St. P., as fireman, continuing several months. He was then employed on the Hannibal and St. Joseph, remaining three years, braking and firing; thence on the K. C, St. J. & C. B. for two years, after which he was' in the employ of the C. B- & Q- six years. Since th^n he has been with the K. C, St. J. & C. B. Co. He is genial and affable in his demeanor, and few railroad men with headquarters in St. Joseph are more popular. He married, in 1865, Miss Esther I. Jones, of Minnesota. They have three children : Luella, Charles and Georgie. He has been a member of the B|Efitberhood Locomotive Engineers for thirteen years, and is corresponding secretary. He now runs No. 13, passenger.

Superihtendent of the Union Street Railway. Among the early settlers of Buchanan County, was Mr. Cyrenus Cox, who took up his abode in St. Joseph in 1849, and for a number of yeafs was engaged in the manufacture of brick. His deith occurred a few years ago. His son, James E., was born in Moritgpinery County, Missouri, his boyhood days being spent in farming near Danville. He came to this city in 1849, with his pireilts and passed on through to California, residing there twelve years, four of which were spent in mining. Returning to St. Joseph in i86r, he tendered his services to the Confederate cause, receiving a Captain's commission, and serving four years. Two years he spent in Texas. Aftidrig the engagements he participated in were Springfield, Kirksville, and Lexington; After the war, he returned to St. Joseph, engaging in

1877, he became Superintendent of the Union Street Railway. He was married in 1865, to Miss Mary T. Harris, daughter of William Harris,, one of St. Joseph's pioneers. They have five children: Maggie, Willie, James, Nellie and Jennie.

E. M. Crandall

foreman machinist of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad shops, is a native of Ashland County, Ohio, and was born March 16, 1833; was raised to manhood arid learned his trade at Mt. Vernon, Knox County. His father, Nathaniel, was a tanner by trade, and died when E. M. was in his fourth year. At the breaking out of the rebellion our subject enlisted in the first three months call in Company H, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. For a number of years he was in the employ of the Pittsburg & Fort Wayne Railroad, and was located at Crestline, Ohio, and. at Richmond and Indianapolis, Indiana, and other points; he came to St. Joseph in 1869, and has since been. with the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council. Bluffs Company, with the exception of two . years, when he was engaged as engineer on the construction of the bridge, operating the punips. ' Mr. C. is numbered among the accomplished workmep in the country and stands high in railroad, circles. He was married, in 1861, to Miss Nattie Biger, who died in 1879. He was again married, in 1880, to Mrs. A. E. Myers, of St. Joseph. He is a Master Mason and also a member of the chapter and commandery.

General James Craig

was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1817, and when only two years of age was taken by his parents to Richland County, Ohio, where his father, James Craig, engaged in working at his trade, that of a tailor. The subject of this sketch was obliged to work hard, never attending school more than ten or. twelve months in his life,, and at the age of twenty-two he entered the office of, Harris & Brown, to study law in Canton, Ohio. After leaving that city, he settled at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, continuing the practice of kw,. and . in 1844, moved to Oregon, Missouri. In the summer of 11846, he was elected to the Legislature, as a representative from Holt County. At about the close of his term, the Mexicari War broke out, and, by order of the Governor, he organized a company which was ordered to the, west to protect trains and emigrants. They took part in many exciting : engagements with the several tribes of Indians. In the spring of .1849, Captain Craig crossed the plains to California, and after being successful in the rich gold mines of that .state, he returned to St. Joseph in the summer of 1850, and, in company with Mr. Lawrence Archer, he engaged in the practice of law. On the first year of his return, in the contest for

District Attorney, Mr. Craig, then, as now, a Democrat, was elected. In 1856, he was elected to Congress, and at the expiration bf his first term was re-elected. He declined a third term. Soon after the breaking out of the war, he was commissioned a Brigadief General, by President Lincoln. He was ordered, by the Commander-in-Chief, Halleck, again among the Indians. He took charge of the trbOps at Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie and all the district lying between the Missouri River' and Utah, including that territory. In the summer of 1863, he resigned his commission in the United States Army and was appointed Brigadier General by the Governor of Missouri, which position he accepted. He was then placed in command of the troops in Northwest Missouri. After a faithful discharge of his duties, late in 1864, he again resigned, thus closing his military career. Since 1861, General Craig has been extensively engaged in building and operating railroads ; fpr fifteen years he was connected with the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, part .of the time as President. In August, 1843, he was married in Wayne County, Ohio, to Miss M. Pfouts. The result of this union was was five children. One daughter married Captain Wilcox, of the Fourth Cavalry ; his oldest daughter is the wife of Major Samuel A. Garth, of St, Joseph ; his oldest son, Louis, is a Lieutenant in tfie United States Army.

A. C. Craig

retired merchant, was born in Jackson County, Indiana, April 24, 1822, and lived in Jeffersonville, Indiana, until his 12th year, and then removed to Kentucky, and remained nine years. He ma^e his home in Nashville, Tennessee, four years, and then came to this county in 1848. His education was received mostly in Kentucky, at the common schools. His early ambition was for a store, so that he spent several years as clerk. When he came West, he went into the general dry goods business with his brother, in DeKalb, in which they remained until 1858. He then came to this city and commenced in the dry goods business with Messrs. Clark & Conard. In 1862, they sold out their business, Messrs Clark & Conard going to Montana. . In 1864, he went to Montana, and again embarked in the; same trade, and remained until 1866, when he returned to St Joseph> and ientered into the wholesale business with Tootle, Farleigh & Co., and also Tootle, Craig & Co., remaining with them until 1876. Since that period his time has been occupied in attending to his private interests. He married Miss Ellen I. Christopher, daughter of Major Christopher,, of Richmond, Kentucky, March 27, 185 1. They have one son, living. Dr. William B. Their eldest son, Thomas, died in January, 1877, in this city, aged twenty-five years. Mr. Craig is one of the many successful business men of this city.

Dr. W. Bedford Craig

was born: in, DeKalb, Missouri, September 17, 1855. He graduated at the city high, school, in 1873, and studied medicine with Dr. J. D. Smith, for two years. Attended the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, for one term, and he was graduated from the St. Louis Medical College, and the following year re-entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, and received an addendum. At the opening of the. St.: Joseph, Hpspital Medical College, he was appointed Professor and Demonstrator of Anatomy, and also of Ophthalmic Surgery, and he has been a successful practitioner five years.

William L. Craig

a sturdy son of Kentucky, was born in Rock Castle County, in that state, December 19, 1823. At the age of seventeen he moved to Crab Orchard, where he learned the blacksmith's trade. Four years after, he went to Madison County, settling near Richmond, where he worked at his trade eleven years. In 1855, he moved to St. Joseph, of which city, with the exception of an interval of five years spent in farming in Andrew County, he has since been a constant resident. An experience of forty years at the Tbrge has earned for Mr. Ci'aig a reputation for excellence in every detail of his calling which few men enjoy. In 1844, he married in Washington County, Kentucky, Miss Elizabeth Shoemaker, a native of that part of the state. They have a family of eight children living - Sarah E., James Y., William M., (of St. Louis), Robert A., Aggie, Lottie, Fannie attd Thomas J. Mr. Craig has been a member of the Masonic Order for thirty years. He is a Knight Templar, arid, in Kentucky,' was a member of the Grand Lodge of the state.

Enos Craig

City Marshal, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, April 27, 1829, and came to St. Joseph in September, 1850. He married Emily M. Barnes, ifl this county, April 4, 1852. They have four children : Coryddn F., Morton H., Lilia M. and Lulu A. Mr. Craig was a hard Vorking man, living in Iowa when work was the order of the day. He operated 1 a large breaking team for awhile, but became a victim of the California fever in 1852, and, with many others, remained in the land of gold until 1.859, vvhen he returned to this place, and accepted a position in the Eostoffice. Remained there until 1862, when he was elected Sheriff of the county, and held the office for the term of two years. In 1865, he was; appointed mail agent on the Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R. In April, l866, he was elected Marshal, etc., of the city. The changing of the city charter vacated all officers then acting, so he stepped down and out.

but, in 1870, he was again appointed mail agent, and served faithfully for nearly four years ; then ticket agent for the H. & S. J. R. R. one year, and, in 1877, was again appointed mail agent on the St. J. & W. and again, in 1878, was appointed to a position in the, Postoffice as general delivery and forwarding clerk. This position he held two years, and was for the second time elected City Marshal, etc.

James Y. Craig

horseshoer, is a native of Kentucky, and was born November 3, 1849. When six months of age, with his parents he remoyed to Andrew County, Missouri, where his father, W. L., resided until the autumn of 1863, when they located in St. Joseph. James Y. learned the trade from his father, who is numbered among the best in the country. He was married, in 1869, to Miss M. F. Baxter. ; By this union they have a family of two children, James Arthur, and Helen Francis.

Enos J. Crowther

City Attorney, was born in England, September 24, 1853, and while, yet a child his father came to this country and settled in St. Joseph in 1865. He received a good education at the High School in this city,;cirid graduated in 1873, at the head of his class. He taught school in Holt County for some time, and studied law with the present judge of the Circuit Court, W. H. Sherman. He attended the law course at the University of Michigan, and after receiving his degree he returned honje and was admitted to practice before Judge Grubb, March 4, 1875. After , being admitted, he spent a year or more in traveling in Mexico for a large mining company. On his return home, he was very soon elected to fill a seventeen months vacancy in the City Register's office. At the next election he was renominated and elected for the full term. After faithfully discharging the duties of Register for nearly four years, to the entire satisfaction of his constituents, he was nominated by the Republican party for City attorney, and over his popular competitor, William Fitzgerald, was elected by a large vote. He is one of the rising young attorneys of the city. He married Miss Effie G. Barrett in February, i88o. She was the daughter of Dr. Barrett, late surgeon in the United States army.

George Crowther

of the firm of Crowther & Rogers, foundry and machine shop, was born in Derbyshire, England, March 16, 1824, and was there educated and raised to manhood, and learned the machinist trade. In 1854, he came to America, locating temporarily in New York. After a time he became a resident of Chicago, residing there ten years, then removed to Davenport, Iowa, and, one year later, he migrated to DesMoines, where he was engageid in the foundry business for a number of years, and furnished the material for the old state capitol. After leaving DesMoines, he remained for a time in Nebraska, and then came to St. Joseph, where he has been closely identified with the manufacturing industry. For several years was of the firm of Burnside, Crowther & Rogers, and in 1880 the firm became Crowthers & Rogers. He is a man of sterling merit, and commands the respect of a large circle of acquaintances, is a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the I. O. O. F. He was married, in 1843, to Miss Harriet Johnson, of England. They have four sons by tHis union : Thomas J., Geo. C, Enos J. and James O.

Thomas Culligan

the subject of this brief sketch, is a native of Ireland, cind'was born December 21, 1827, and received his education inhis native country. In 1849, he emigrated to America, arriving in June of that year. In September, 1856, he carrie to this city and entered the employ of the late John Corby, one of Buchanan County's early and most respected citizens, as well as one of St. Joseph's most prominent business men, and by his straightforward, upright course, and sterling business talents, he received the confidence of his employer in a high degree. At the death of Mr. Corby, his large estate was left to .Mrs. Corby, who, sharing the confidence of her husband in Mr. CuUigan, entrusted to him the management of the entirfe property. This trust he has so executed as to commend him to the entire business community, and his private character and business record is without stain. He is no political aspirant, preferring the peace ahd quiet of his legitimate business. He married Miss Maria L. Blake, of this city, in 1853. Their family consists of seven children, Mary L., Margaret, Henrietta, Eddie, Millie, Joseph and Birdie.

Colonel J. H. R. Cundiff

is a native of Hampshire County, Virginia, and was born November 11, 1832. His ancestors were Residents of that state from a period previous to the Revolutionary War, a contest in which both his maternal and paternal grandfathers took part. In 1840, his father emigrated to Missouri, coming directly to Buchanan County, and settling east of St. Joseph., In 1846, he returned to Virginia, and while there died. The subject of this sketch was about eight years of age when he came to Missouri. At sixteen, he began to learn the printing business. He entered the Adventure newspaper office in St. Joseph in 1848. Working four years on that paper, and thoroughly mastering the printing business, he left St. Joseph in 1852, and worked in St. Louis, New Orleans, Memphis and Cincin- nati. He returned to St. Joseph in 1853, and with P. S. Pfouts bought the Gazette, conducting the same as a weekly till 1857. The proprietors then started the Daily Gazette, the first daily newspaper ever published in St. Joseph. The paper remained in the control of Messi-s. Pfouts & Cundiff until June, 1861, at which time it had become firmly established and was in a prosperous condition. Towards the close of the year 1861, its publication ceased on account of the opposition it met Vith on the part of the Federal authorities, by reason of its political sentiments. From 1861 to 1864, Colonel Cundiff was in the Southern army, serving in all ranks, from lieutenant to colonel. For two years and a half after the war he was in Mexico, connected with the Vera Cruz & Mexico Railroad, of which he for a time had charge. He returned to St. Joseph in the fall of 1867, and in June, 1868, re-established the Gazette. He managed it successfully, and disposed of the paper in October, 1873. In November, 1874, he Was elected Circuit Clerk of Buchanan County. Subsequently Colonel Cundiff left St. Joseph and removed, to St. Louis. In 1879, he' purchased the St. Louis Times, published it for one year, and is now (1881) on the staff of the St. Louis Republican. He was married, in 1855, to Cecelia Keedy, the daughter of Dr. D. G. Keedy, a leading physician of St. Joseph. ' dealers in staple and fancy groceries. This reliable house was established in the spring of 1881. Mr. E. L Cutler, the senior member of the firm, was born in Delaware (now a portion of Morrow) County, Ohio, October 8th, 1842, and when twelve years of age migrated to Michigan, his father, S. B., locating with his family in Hillsdale County. There he engaged in farming, and the subject of the sketch made it his home until 1862, when he tendered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in Company F, Eighteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Was in the Athens engagement, and other notable engagements of the war; was honorably discharged after serving three years and two months. In 1866, the family removed to Atchison County, Kansas, where the father, Mr. S. B. Cutler, resided until 1878, when he took up his abode in St. Joseph. In 1870, E. L. engaged in the manufacture of brick, at Troy, Kansas, continuing until 1873, when he became an officer in the penitentiary, at Leavenworth, in which capacity he acted seven years, and during three years he was yard master. He married, in' 1866, Miss Mary Putnam, of Hillsdale County, Michigan. They have three children : Jennie M., Cora E. and Mabel May. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. C. W. Cutler, the junior of the firm, was born in Morrow County, Ohio, February, 18, 1854, and when quite young, removed to Hillsdale County, Michigan, with his parents; residing there until 1866. Then the family migrated to Atchison County, Kansas, where our subject was raised to manhood, and educated. His early days were spent in tilling the soil. In 1874, Mr. Cutler received the appointment in the penitentiary, at Leavenworth, as an officer, the duties of which; he discharged until embarking in mercantile pursuits, in St. Joseph. He is, a member of the I. 0.0. F.

Danckmeyer & Sebus

dealers in staple and fancy groceries, flour, feed, etc. Charle,s Danckmeyer was born in the Province of Westphalen, Germany, September 24, 1830, and was there reared and received the benefits of, a good latin education. For several years he pursued the vocation ^of school teaching. In 1859, he came to America, locating temporarily in New Orleans, and soon came to Missouri, and for a considerable length of time was clerk in a dry goods and clothing house in St. Louis; foi; one year clerked in a store at Louisiana, Missouri. In i860, he removed, to Hannib^}, Missouri, and engaged in the grocery trade, and was identified with the commercial interests of that city until 1865, when he came to St. Joseph. For several years he was a member of the fii^ of Kahn & Danckmeyer, broom manufacturers. In the summer of 1879, he engaged in his present business with John Sebus. He was married in December, 1869, to Miss Mary Thinnes. Mr. D. is a Master Mason, and a member of the Chapter, Council and Commandery; also an Odd Fellow and Encampment member, and Knight of Pythias; also the Foresters and , Geirnian Benevolent Society.

Randolph Truct Davis

was born December 26, 1837. It is claimed that, hie, was the first child of white parents born within the limits of what is now Buchanan County. His father, Ishmael Davis, was a native of Maryland, who emigrated from home and settled in Louis County, Kentucky, when a young man. He there married Miss Nancy McDaniel, a daughter of John R. McDaniel, a native of Scotland. Soon after their marriage they moved to Missouri, settling first in Hannibal, and, as soon as the Pla|te Purchase was effected moved to that portion included in what is now Buchanan County, where he laid claim to a half section of land on Rock House Prairie, on which the subject of this sketch was born, as above mentioned, he being the fourth child of his parents. The eldest , of these, Robert P., died in infancy. Rev. John C.i C. Davis was a minister of the M. E. Church South, and a member of thg . Missouri Conference from 1852 to the period of his death, in 1874. No man was more beloved in life by those who knew him, and he died regretted by all. The third child was Edney Ann, who died at the age of twelve years ; and the fourth, the subject of this sketch ; Wm. Frank Davis, now of Clinton

County, was the fifth ; Ishmael Davis, of St. Joseph, the sixth ; Huinphrey Marshall, who died in infancy, the seventh, and Nannie, the eighth and youngest. R. T. Davis received the advantages of a common school education, and, at the age of sixteen years,, entered the Weston High School with the view to taking a regular collegiate course. He was, however, forced to forego this opportunity, in consequence of the financial embarrassment of his father, who haj)pened to be a bondsman, in 1854, of a defaulting sheriflf. Young Davis left school to encounter the struggle of life, with no resource save industry and determination to succeed. He first engaged in farming and live-stock dealing, which business he pursued about five years. He then purchased the Union Mills, of Platte County, Missouri, which he operated with such ability and success as to achieve for him the reputation of a first-class mill, man. His marked success in the enterprise determined him in the choice of a calling, aind he resolved to make milling the business of his life. Appreciating the fact that, the Union Mills were inadequate to the acconiplishment of his ideas of excellence in the manufacture of flour, he disposed of them, and moving to St. Joseph, purchased of William Ridenbaugh a half interest in the City Mills there. Engaging in partnership with Isaac Van Riley, the mill was soon in successful opera,tion, and the firm of Davis & Riley known for the excellence of the flour they manufactured. In November, 1869, A. Beattie purchased Mr. Riley's interest. In 1873, Mr.. Davis bought out Beattie, and since that time has conducted the business alone. During all this time he never lost ,sight of his aim to produce a quality of flour not to be surpassed in the United States, and his unremitting energy finally accomplished this end, overcoming all prejudice and establishing beyond all question the superior character of his flour. In compliment to his successful perseverance and energy, the citizens of Buchanan County presented Mr. Davis with a magnificent gold watch, inscribed with the words : " Presented to R. T. Davis, April 23r 1877, by the citizens of St. Joseph and Buchanan County, Missouri, in appreciation of his fancy brand of flour, St. Joseph No. i, as being the best flour ever sold in St. Joseph, Missouri." At the St. Joseph Exposition of 1879, Mr. Davis was presented by the ladies of St. Joseph with a similar testimonial in the shape of a cane. For the past six years his flour has taken the premium wherever exhibited. In November, 1878, R. T. Davis was elected on the Democratic ticket Collector of Buchanan County. He was re-elected in 1880 by a larger majority than that of any other man on the ticket, thus eyincing his efficiency and popularity as a public officer. February 7, 1859, he was married to Miss Louisa C. Boydston. She died March 6, 1861, leaving one child, a, daughter, Mattie E. June 30,, 1863, Mr. Davis married Miss Mary I. Boydston, a sister of his former wife, who still survives, aqd by whom he has had six children : Emma L., H. Clay, Middleton Randolph, R. T., Jr., Nannie May and editor of the Catliolic Tribune, was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1839, and moved with his parents to Chilljcothe, Ohio! He studied' at the Jesuit College of St. Joseph, at Bardstpwri, seven years, and St. Xavier's, at Cincinnati, Ohio. In tSsS, he went to Europe and traveled for five years in that country. While at school l^e received the first medal for Christian doctrine and penmanship. He entered the service of the United States and remained for three years ; Was mustered out after a hard campaign in Arkansas, being badly used up. He participated in five engagements during the war ; was at Wilson's Creek with General Lyon, and was by his! side' when he spoke his Ust words to his men before the battl,e. Mr. D. went from St. Louis to Kansas City, Missquri, in 1878, and with William A^ Maynard started the Catholic .Tribune. After two years' publication, he moved the establishment to St. Joseph, where he has built up a good paper. ,Mr. Davis' connectioiji and succe.ss with the Tribune shows what energy is necessary and how much it has taken in bringing the enterprise to where it now stands. He is a good writer and is erititled to success. . i was born June 9, 1844, at Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York, and M^hen four years old (1848) hi^ parents reinoved to Poughkeepsie. His early education was received at the Dutchess County Acadeniy and the collegiate school of Poughkeepsie. Afterwards he entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, taking a course in civil engineering. In the year 1862, he enteired the United States navy, and served in the Mississippi River engagement and in the blockade at Mobile, attached to the personal staff of Admiral D. G. Farragut, as Fleet Ensign and Senior Aid. In 1864, from partial (at the time considered permanent) blindness, the result of injuries received in, the service, he was discharged. In 1866, he was married to Mary Estelle, eldest daughter of John P. H. Tallman, Esq., of Poughkeepsie. In 1867, he commenced the practice of his profession. From 1869 to 1880, was engineer, and after the completion of the works, he was superintendent of the department of water works and sewers of the City of Poughkeepsie, and at the same time City Engineer. The works, in his charge, were recognized by the profession as the standard on the subject of filtration of potash waters, and took rank with the most economically managed public works. In November, 1880, Mr. Davis removed to St. Joseph and to his present position, as superintendent of the St. Joseph Water Com- pany. Was' one of the charter members of the Poughkeepsie Society of Natural Sciences. In military affairs he has occupied the positions of Brigade Engineer and Inspector of the Eighth Brigade of the National Guard of the State of New York, to which brigade staff the world known riflemen Colonels John Bodine, and Henry A. Gildersleeve, and Henry F. Clark were formerly attached. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was Master of Poughkeepsie Lodge, No. 266, in 1874, '7S. 76, '^]^ and '78 ; District Deputy Grand Master of the Ninth Masonic District, 1878; a meniber of, and for six consecutive years, P. S. of Poughkeepsie Chapter, No. 172, of Royal Arch Masons, and also a member of King Solomon's Council of Royal and Select Masters. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have three children, Angle W., William T. arid Charles G.

carpenter and builder, a popular and accomplished mechanic, is our subject. He is a native of Mahoning County, Ohio, and was born in Fred- .ericksburg, February i, 1836. His father, Thomas Henry, was a blacksmith. A. J. was here raised, educated and learned his trade. In .1854, he came to Iowa, locating in Moscow, Muscatine County, and pursued his trade for four years, when he removed to Clinton County, Illinois. In 1862, he enlisted in Company. B, Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in' the battles of Vicksburg, Atlanta and Champion's Hill ; was with Sherman on his march to the sea ; was honorably discharged April 17, 1865, at Raleigh, North CaroHn?t. He returned to Trenton, Clinton County, Illinois, remaining for a time, when he migrated to Kansas, and in 1873, tbok up his residence in St. Joseph, where he has since been closely identified with the building interests of the city. In 1867, Miss Nancy E. Sweeney became his wife. They have seven . children, Mary E., Charles A., Matilda M., John H., Joseph A., Peter B., and Annie E. Mr. Dawson is a Master Masori.

proprietor of the St. Joseph planing mill, and the subject of this brief sketch, was born in the city of New York, in 1821, was educated, raised to manhood, and learned the carpenter trade in his native city. In 1848, he came to Illinois, and after a residence of four years, returned to New York, sojourning until 1859, when he drifted westward, and became a resident of St. Joseph. Here he engaged in carpenter work and building, and has done much in this important branch of industry, In 1868, in connection with contracting and building, he established and opened the St. Joseph planing mill. His trade in sash, doors, blinds, etc., has been steadily increasing, and extends not only in Missouri, but also in Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Texas, and other states. Many fine edi- fices of St. Joseph were constructed under his supervisoii, aniong which are the Court House, which is conceded by all to be the finest in the West, the Christian and: Presbyterian churches, W. M. Wyeth's residence, and others ; also, throughout the states of Kansas, and Nebraska, he is well known as a sphqolhouse and bank builder. Athome there are few men who are more respected than John DeClue. Religiously he is a Presbyterian. .

Felix Defonds

steward, assistant superintendent of the city hospital, and secretary of the Board of Health, was "born in France, February 28th, 1848.; He received a good education in his youth. He came to Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1866, and to this city in' 1870. Was employed by Herman Garlichs, and remained with him until appointed by the City Board of Health to his present position; he has performed his' duties well' and with universal satisfaction. In 1875, he was appointed clerk of the Board of Health. He married Miss' Jennie Marsee, in this city, December 24, 1873. They have two children, Adele and Eddie.

proprietor of the Charleston House, was born in Germany, December 17, 1844, and received a good education, ^migrsited- to America May 15, 1867, landing in New York, and from thence went to Sandusky City, Ohio, where he worked on a farm, remaining ten months. Then located in St. Joseph, working in a soap factory for nine months, then clerked in a grocery store; he afterwards leased a farm and raised grapes ai^d vegetables fqr eight years, after -v^fhich he engaged in business for one year, then returned to the farm and^ remained for two a half years; then rented the Charlestpn House for four years, buying all the furniture and fixtures belonging' to the hotel. He was married August 21, 1 87 1, to Caroline Beck, a native of Missouri. She was born March 14,. 1848. They had by this union four children: Mary Tracy, born May 31, 1872; Charles F., born March 25, 1874; Anna E., born Decfember 11, 1877, and Mary A., born July 20', 1879.

Newton Dishon

farmer and dairyman, Section twenty-six, post office St. Joseph, was born in Grayson County, Virginia, September 15, 1827. , In the fall of 185 5,. he came to Buchanan County, Missouri. He was raised on a farm, and has followed the same during life. He came to this county in rather meagre circumstances and now has about 285 acres of land, 265 of which are in a home farm, and is lately directing his attention toward the raising pf stock and the dairy business, keeping at the present time twenty to postmaster, notary public and dealer in general, merchandise, Elwood, Kansas. , Although not a resident of Buchanan Qounty, Mr. Disque has been so clgsely connected and identified with; the , business men of St., Joseph that he. is deserving of special mention. He >vas bom on the Rhine, in^B,av^ria, Gerinany,.May 12, 1828, and is of French extraction;, his father, George lyiichaei,, was a mechanic and (apm^r ; his grandfather, J. Adam Disqvie, furnished the French army wi^h provisions, under the Old Napoleon, during the war with Germany ; the grandfather, of J. Adam was aqiong thejHugenots who were obliged to fle^ frpm France, over tljree hundred years ago, on. account pf ,their jeligious views. The . subject, of this sketch was always a strong, advocate of a republican form of government, and in 1848, came to t|he United States, locating tempo- , rarily in Cincinnati, Ohio, and other points, eventually taking up his abode in Louisville, Kentucky. There he resided until 1857, when he came to St. Joseph, and a inonth after .his arriyal, Ipcated in Elwood. He is a man well read and his comprehensive faculties well developed, and has held all the important offices in the town, discharging rthe dyties satisfactorily to his constituents, During the war Mr. Disque was a strong Union man, and advocated the principles openly and defiantly. He was notified at different times by the proTslaveryites to leave. To this he paid no attention. .Was in the rhilitia,,and w;ent to Kansas City in.the exped(tion after General jPrice. He owns considerable land, in the vicinity of Elwood, the most of wljich was abpve the high water-mark of 1881. He married in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1855,, Miss Ann M. Schmidt. They have one son, G. A., He was formerly a student at. the high school in St. Joseph, and is now a prosperous merchant in ChiUicpthe, Ohio. Mr. Disque was made a Master Mason in Lou,isville, Kentucky, and is a member of iWathena Lodge and St. Joseph Chapter. i was a native of New Jersey, and was among the early settlers of the Buckeye State. John A. was educated and resided in his native place until 1844, when he located in St. Louis, Missouri, and was engaged in the real estate business until 1854, when he becantie a resident of St. Joseph and has pursued the same vocation principally since. He laid off and sold the greater portion of the southern part of -this. city. As an official he has figured conspicuously hereabouts. Has been City Assessor;, for three years, was City Recorder; for two years; City Register; and has been a member of the Council several years from the Third Ward, and for six years has been a member of the School Board. Was Coroner of the county for two years. In 1862, he was appointed Captain of the old 25 th, 3d Provincial Missouri State Militia. A greater portion of the time was mustering in for NorthWfestern Missouri, and recruiting officer for Buchanan County. He servfed until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. During the Legislative session of 1881, Captain Dolman was docket clerk.; He has a wide and popular acquaintanceship. He has been twice married, first in 1845, to Miss Susan Murdock, of Zan'esville, Ohio; she died in 1857. He again married 1858, Mrs. D. H. Banes, of Zanesville, Ohio. By the first union he had one ' son, James C, now in the insurance' business in Chicago.' By the latter union there arfc three sons, Johh A., Jr., Samiiel Russell and Willie A. He is a member of the Ma:sonifc order. Blue Lodge, Chapter Council and Commandery. In 1880, was Grand Illustrious Master of the Grand Council for the State of Missouri.

Dr. George K. Donnelly

was born March 31, 1821, in the City of New York. His primary education was received in New York City, Canajoharie| Montgomery County, New York, and Detroit, Michigan ; and his medical education he obtained at Toluca, Mexico, and Chicago, Illinois. On account of ill health he was sent to Toluca, Mexico, in 1841, to be treated and to pursue the study of medicine. He was cured of his catarrh in less than two years and continued his studies until the end of four years,' and graduated, receiving the diploma of the " Colegio de 'Medicos y Cirujdhos de Toluca, Mexico" (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Toluca, Mexico) on the 2dth day of February, 1845. He commence'd the practice of medicine, as an allopathist. May' i, 1845, in the City of Mexico, and continued there until war was' declared by the United States against Mexico, in 1846, when he made his way to the Texan frontier and joined the American United States Army, as a private, at Fort Defiance, afterwards known as Fort Brown. After the close of the Mexican War, he returned to the United States. In 1852, he met a friend who had graduated in the allopathic school, but had become a homcEopathist. Through his influence jhe was led to investigate its merits, and was so well satisfied with the results of the system that he de,cided to adopt it, and he has since been a disciple of Hahpemann. Sometime after this he went to California and reniained there four years? and then returned tp. Detroit, Michigan. In i860, he wentj to Kidder, Caldwell County, Missouri,, at 1 the ,so;licitation of the late George S, Harris, to be physician for the, great New England Colony to be established there. The, spring of i86i,.founc} the people ^roui^d Kidder takr ing sides for and against thp, government of the Union,, As his heart beat for, his own .country entire, and as he had feceiypd a number of leaden receipts for th,e,,dear,old stars and , stripes in Mexico, he could not see it trailed in, the dust without striking one, blow to redeem it from the dishonor intended to be heaped upon it by its enemies, He, raised a cpmpany of Union men in Daviess Courity, Missouri, and joined- Colonel Everett Peabody's, regiment at St. Joseph, Missouri, in July, 1861. He was in the Platte River disaster September 3, 1861, where he was so badly mangled that he was taken to St. Joseph for, dead.^and laid out in the old .depot, He was,reportedki,lled by the, disaster to his regiment, and was buried by proxy, with military honors at. Lexington, Missouri, just before the.bafctle at that place, September 20, 1861., He was in the battle of Shiloh, near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee ; was ,, Acting Assistant Adjutant .General of the ; First Brigade of General Prentiss' Di,vision of the Army of the Tennessee. He resigned July 2, 1862, at Corinth, Mississippi, on account of ,reopening^f wounds .received in the Mexican War, "and returned to, Kidder, Missouri, , where he remained until 1874. - He then went to Chicago, Illinois, and attended the winter course of lectures at the Hahnemann l^edical College, and graduated iri the spring of 1875. He then located at Quincy, Illinois, and ,<'emained there until the fall of ,1879, He then came to St. Joseph- He is a member of I. O. O. F and M, E. Church North. , . , .