Buchanan County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 3 of 12)

Colonel John Doniphan

is descended from a Scotch family who emigrated to Virginia soon after the t^attle of CuUpdon. His grandfather, Joseph Doniphan, at the age of eighteen was with Boone, at Boonesborough, and taught the .first school in Kentucky at that fort, in the summer of- 1778, and was a. volunteer at- the siege- of Y.orktowri, in 1781. In 1783, he married Ann Smith, a desqendpnt of Captain John Sniith, who settled Jamestown. In I790.;he mo,yed to Kentucky, and resided, until his death, in Mason County. He left three sons. Dr. Thomas S. Doniphan, surgeon of the Third Kentucky , Volunteers, comnianded by .Colonel Payne, during the war of 1812, and the father of John; George Doniphan, and General A. W. Doniphan, of the Mexican War and a distinguished lawyer of Mis- souri. In 1818, Dr. Thomas S. Doniphan married Rebecca Frazee, the daughter of Samuel Frazee, who was a companion of Simon Kenton in Northern Kentucky, at Washington, in Mason County, in the year 1775. He reihdved to Brown County, Ohio, where John was born in 1826, and educated at the Franklin Academy; in Kentucky. After the death' of his fathei',' in 184I3, he entered a printing office at MaysVille, Kentucky. In 1844, through the kindness of Colonel Marshall, of Kentucky, he got a position in the clerk's office in Mason County. He came to Clay County, Missouri, in 1846. In 1848, he tobk'a degree at the University of Louisville, and returned to' Missouri. In February. 1849, he commenced to practice law in Platte County, where he continued to practice law until 1872, when he remdved to St. Joseph. He had, however, practited law in Buchanan County since 1849, ''"-^ w'as engaged' in some of the most sensational trials in this county, among others the State vs. Doy, for stealing slaves; the State vs. Hardin, and the State v^. Jenkins, each for murder. In 1854, he was elected to the Legislature from Platte County, as a Whig, against a Democratic majority bf over 60b, where he was instrumental in .passing a bill to remove the Branch of the State Bank from Fayette to Weston, which Governor Price refused to sign; and in chartering, with one and a half millions of state aid, the Weston & Randolph County Railroad, vetoed by Governor Price. This was the revising session, and likewise memorable for thdtHangular contest for Seiiator between Benton, Atchison and Doniphan. In 1862, Colonel Doniphan was elected to the Senate from the Platte District, and served as an active Conservative Democrat during the next four years. He was a bold opponent of the Drake constitution and the registration laws, which disfranceised so large a portion of the best citizens. In 1866, he canvassed the Tenth district, denouncing these iniquities at grea!t personal hazard, and wrote the Democratic addreks foW the state committee in 1866, setting forth the enormities of such' legislation, and which did much to aid the revolution of popular feeling in 1870. While in the Senate, he was a member of the Judiciary and Internal Improvement Committees, and aided largely in shaping the revision of 1866, and examined and passed upon, by section, the statutes of that year. His is the only solitary vote ajgainst the act authorizing the Governor to sell the Iron Mountain & Southwest Branch of the Pacififc Railroad. He declai-ed the act was a fraud on the state, to whom the prbpferties were indebted several millions, and that they were worth every dollar of it, but the bill would jeopardize it. His words were prophetic, as the state got practically nothing for the road, while the properties are rtow worth more than five times that sum, and the state is paying the debt by taxation. In 1861, being a Union man, he was offered the command of a regiment by General Lyon, which was declined, as well as several othef posiin the army, but in 1862, from the necessities of the times, he was com- pelled to join the. militia to prevent Platte County from being destroyed "between the bushwhackers and Redlegs, who were alternately swarming around her, ready to swoop down upon the non-combatants. After serving two months as a private, Governor Gamble appointed him Lieutenant Colonel of the Thirty-ninth Missouri militia, and afterwards Governor Hall appointed him to a like position in the Eighty-first Missouri, he served, when on duty, until after the Price invasion in 1864, when he resigned. It was through his personal intercession with General Rosecrans, who was a friend, that Jennison's Regiment was taken &om Liberty Landing, to Fort Leavenworth, by steamboat, and thus -saved Clay County from being pillaged and burned. In 1867, he was again elected to the Legislature, without opposition, and afterwards was elected Judge of the Weston Court of Common Pleas, during his absence, and without being a candidate. These facts show the estimation in which he was held by those who knew him well. He has always been prompt to serve the public without pay or reward, and has devoted much time to advance the cause of education and benevolence in the In 1848, he joined Phoenix Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Weston, and remains a member of the lodge and Encampment there, having devoted much time to advancing the order, and has been honored as Master and Grand Representative, has instituted lodges, traveled over the state instructing in the work, lecturing and giving his personal aid to the cause, and invariably refused to accept of compensation in any form for these services. In 1852, he married Miss Fanny Thornton, of Clay County, a daughter of the late Colonel John Thornton, and a sister to Mrs. General A. W. Doniphan, Mrs. Captain O. P. Moss, Mrs. William Morton, Mrs. R. W. Donnell, Mrs. James H. Baldwin, and Mrs. L. M. Lawson. In 1872, he was appointed attorney of the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, which position he has continued to fill since to the satisfaction of the company and its patrons. In '1859, in connection with Judge James N. Burnes, he organized the Weston and Atchison Railway Company, and together paid out of their means the expenses of surveys, plats, etc., and having been elected the first President of the company. Colonel Doniphan gave a year in hard work to make a success of the project. In i860, he assisted in the organization of the Missouri Valley Railroad Company, from Weston to Moberly, and was elected attorney of it, and had surveys and estimates made largely at his own expense, all of which were lost hy reason of the war. Colonel Doniphan has never been a seeker for position or place outside of his profession, and those he has held have been more the result of solicitation than from any desire on his part to secure them. He is domestic in his habits arid tastes, and has often said he would rather receive the "Well done," of his wife, than the plaudits of the multitude. As a practicing lawyer for more than thirty years, a member of the Legislature for seven sessions, and an active hard worker of great practical common sense, he has done much to shape the law and political economy of his county and state, arid takes a great interest in public enterprises calculated to ameliorate and elevate his fellow citizens ; he is a trustee of the Lunatic Asylum No. 2, having been appointed by Governor Phelps, without his solicitation or knowledge ; also the professor of medical jurisprudence in the St. Joseph Hospital Medical College, and several other positions of trust for the public good. Colonel Doniphan was attorney of the Weston and St. Joseph Railroad, and its successor, the Missouri Valley, for ten years, and obtained the right of way and assisted in the construction from Kansas City to Hopkins and Forest City, resigning in 1870. He built from Atchison to Edgerton, thus making the Atchison bridge and Winthrop necessities, and additions to the wealth of Buchanan County. In 1879, as agent of Jay Gould, he built the Hastings and Grand Island and Blue Valley Railroads, as tributaries to St. Joseph. As a lawyer he has been successful in defending over one hundred and sixty cases of felony; he has never had but three clients ultimately convicted, and these were a part of those where he was defending under opposition from the court, and out of over thirty murder cases he has never had a client convicted capitally. Colonel Doniphan is an eloquent and forcible speaker, a compact and close reasoner, but seems to use pathos and logic only as ,a means of conviction. Perhaps the best illustration of his reserved powers as a public speaker was given in opposition to the sell-out bill introduced into the State Senate by Hon. David Wagner, afterwards Chief Justice, in January, 1864, by which the State sold the Missouri Pacific Railroad to John C. Fremont for seven millions State bonds, then worth twentyfive cents on the dollar. Fremont was then in the zenith of his fame, a favorite of the Missouri Republicans as against Mr. Lincoln for the Presidential nomination of 1864. He was in Jefferson City with a large hotel and restaui-ant run full, with many talented followers and lobyists, to aid in passing this bill. He had secured the promise from a majority of the Senate to favor it, and had it presented suddenly by one of the ablest members in a forcible and clear speech. Immediately upon Judge Wagner being seated. Col. Doniphan arose, and, in a speech of half an hour in length, dealt the proposition such fearful blows, and denounced the measure as one so fraught with peril to the State, that the Senate refused to receive the proposition. The Missouri Republican of the next day, says of the speech: "Thanks to John Doniphan when Wagner, of Lewis County, yesterday, introduced a bill to sell out the Pacific Railroad to John C. Fremont and others at seven millions of State bonds, the first installment of one million to be paid in 1864,, John Doniphan, in the right way and on the instant, hit it just in the bull's eye, and Wagner may be thankful to our friend Bush that the fraudulent thing ever kicked afterwards. The Senate refused to receive the bill, but the good nature of Mr. Bush had it so far reconsidered as to refer to a committee. We have seldom seen remarks more pertinent and killing to any measure than those submitted by Mr. Doniphan. He exposed with an effect which must have been electric upon the Senate, the infamous character of the proposition. Introduced at an unexpected moment, for it had been understood that the House was first to be favored with the bill, he seems to have comprehended at a glance the enormity of the provisions of the bill, the sacrifice of State, county, city and individual interests, and the disregard of State honor and State independence, and to have denounced it with a vehemence and a sense of the injustice even in entertaining such a proposition, which commands our admiration. We have no fear of the adoption of a sell out proposition while he stands ready to expose it, and we are quite sure he will." Col. Doniphan seems contented in the devotion of one of the noblest of women, and in humbly aiding in the development and advancement of the country.

Colonel John Donovan

of the firm of Donovan & Saxton, real estate agents, was born in Dorchester County, Maryland, February 28, 1828. He is the son of Captain John Donovan, a native of West Virginia. His mother's maiden name was Pattison. She was a native of Dorchester County, Maryland. Young John Donovan was one of a numerous family of children. He received the advantages of the best schools and academies of that country. His first business experience was in the capacity of Deputy Circuit Clerk in his own county. In 1857, he was elected Register of Wills for Talbot County, Maryland. In this capacity he served six years. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867. He afterwards engaged in the real estate business and in farming. In 1868, he left Virginia for the west, and, arriving in St. Joseph, settled there in the practice of his profession and in the real estate business, in which he has since continued. December i, 1851, Colonel Donovan was married to MissEvahnaM. Robinson, daughter of Thomas Robinson, Esq., a farmer of Talbot County, Maryland. He has, by this marriage, five children, three of whom are sons. He is a member of Christ (Episcopal) Church, and of Zeredatha Lodge, A. F. and A. M., in St. Joseph, and is regarded as a representative citizen.* conductor on the St. Joseph and Des Moines Railroad. This genial gentleman is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Allegheny County. His father, Hugh Donaldson, was an agriculturist, and George spent his youthful days in tilling the soil. In 1863, he tendered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served fourteen months. In 1873, he came West, and made his debut in railroading on the C, R; I. & P. R. R. in Iowa, and was in the employ of that company about six years. During three years he acted as conductor. He next became an employe of the K. C, St. J. & C. B. for a time, and in the autumn of 1879, became connected with the St. J. & D. M. Co. He is thoroughly proficient in railroading, and commands the confidence of his employers. In 1873, at Stuart, Iowa, Miss Clara Warner became his wife, and they have had three children - Pearl, Laura and Birda.

Dr. Edmund A. Donelan

was born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, April 5, 1824, and is of Irish parentage. He obtained a common school education, and in 1839, removed to Wayne County, Indiana. For two years he was a student in the Beach Grove Academy, and then taught school for two terms. In 1844, ^^ commenced the study of medicine at Liberty, Union County, and subsequently attended ' a course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College in 1847 and in 1848. Dr. Donelan first began practicing at Abington, but after six months he removed to Missouri, locating at Amazonia, and removed to Savannah in 1850. Returning to college in 185 1, he graduated in the winter of 185 1-2. In the fall of 1852, he was first elected to represent his county in the State Legislature, and was re-elected in 1854, and served two full terms. In 1857, he removed from Andrew County, and located in Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska. In 1858, he was elected a member of the Nebraska Legislature, and the succeeding year (1859) was elected to the Territorial Council, a body corresponding to the present State Senate. During the session of 1859 ^^'^ i860 he served as presiding officer. In the spring of i860, Dr. Donelan removed to St. Joseph, and at once entered on a successful practice of his profession. During the winter of 1870-71, he visited New York, and attended Bellevue Medical College and the various hospitals of New York city. He has filled several public positions, among them those of county physician of Buchanan County and city physician of St. Joseph. He was elected Treasurer of the Missouri State Medical Association in 1873, and served as President of the St. Joseph Medical Society. In November, 1876, he was chosen Representative in the Twenty-ninth General Assembly, and was re-elected to the Thirty-first General Assembly from St. Joseph. He was one of the founders of the College of Physiciansi and Surgeons, of this city, and was one of its lecturers. He has filled the chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics for two years. In 188 1, he was elected Pro- of the firm of Dougherty, Ray & Co., lumber dealers, was born in Kentucky, October 17, 1833. In 1834, Tfie immigrated to St. Joseph, Missouri. He was raised a farmer, but afterwards learned and worked at the carpenter trade. In 1858, he engaged in the livery business, continuing in the same till the breaking out of the civil war. Inspired by a conviction of right, he united his fortunes with the South, and enlisted in Company A, of John Morgan's regiment of Confederate cavalry. By the fortune of war, he was captured at Buffington Island, near New Lisbon, Ohio, in July, 1863, and was incarcerated in a Chicago prison during the remaining days of the war, at the close of which he returned to St. Joseph and engaged in the lumber business. Three years after this, the present company was formed, of which he became the head. In common with many others, he sustained severe loss during the civil war, his own amounting to not less than eight thousand dollars. By energetic action and well directed enterprise, he succeeded in recovering his losses and now ranks with the successful business men of St. Joseph. March 17, 1867, he married Miss Celia PuUens, a native of Kentucky, born January, 1845, and a daughter of Judge Pullens, a prominent citizen of Buchanan County. The result of this union was three children, William, born February 14, 1868; Sarah, born August 17, 1870 ; and John, born January 5, 1872. Mr. Dougherty is a member of the Christian Church and an energetic and public spirited citizen.

Dr. Thomas H. Doyle

was born in Doylestown, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1840, and received his literary education at the St. Francis Brothers' College. His taste led him to make choice of the practice of medicine as a profession, and he at once commenced reading with a prominent physician and attended lectures at the University of the City of New York, from which he was graduated in March, 1865, and it was the last class taught by the famous Prof. Mott. He afterward had the benefit afforded by practice in the Bellevue Medical Hospital, of New York. In March, 1869, he came to Missouri, and settled in St. Joseph, and at once took a front rank as an able and skillful practitioner. He is Professor of Principles and Practice of Medicine in the St. Joseph Medical College. He is a prominent member of the American Medical Association, also a member of the Northwestern District Medical Association. He was Health officer of St. Joseph for the years of 1877 and 1878. He married Miss Margaret G. Sheehan, of this city, October 12, 1871. They have two children living - Agnes and John M. In his religious preferences the Doctor is a Catholic, believing that the principles of the Bible applied to the hearts of men is the essential doctrine, rather than the sectarian idea - that I am right and you are wrong. As a citizen he is highly respected ; as a practitioner he is very able and skillful ; as a lecturer practical and progressive.

Joseph Dreis

who devoted the best part of his life to the education of the children of the first German settlers of St. Joseph, and to whom many citizens are indebted for their knowledge, deserves specially to be mentioned. He was born April ii, 1828, at Bremen, on the Mosel, Prussia. When eighteen years of age, after having had his primary education, he went to Trier, where he visited higher schools and studied to prepare himself for the duties of a teacher. From 1850, he served three years as a soldier in the King's Body Guard of the Prussian Army. In 1853, he was honorably discharged, and immediately emigrated to America, arriving at New York City, which place he left after a short rest and went to Jefferson City, Missouri, where he was employed for three, months. In 1854, he came to St. Joseph and immediately opened a German school. He was successful and soon had thirty pupils, a large number for that time. In 1855, he married, and in 1856, left St. Joseph, but returned in i860, when he again opened a private German school, and as his great merits as a teacher were known and acknowledged by the Germans, he soon had more than one hundred pupils. By the request of the directors of the German school, who had erected a school building, he accepted the position of teacher of the Deutsche Verein Schule. By his high qualities as a teacher, and his energy, he was so successful that in 1868, the old school house became too small, and a new and larger one was erected, which soon after was visited by one hundred and fifty pupils. In 1869, he resigned his position as teacher and opened a hotel opposite the narrow gauge railroad depot. In 1871, he added to the hotel a grocery business, which he carries on with great success. He was married August 22, 1855, to Miss Magdalene Elizabeth Bode. They have had eleven children, of whom four are living, Carl August, born August 5, 1863 ; George France, born January i, 1866; Johanna Sophia, born February 23, 187 1 ; Johann Philip, born October 9, 1877.

Duffy Brothers

grocers. One of the prominent business houses of the eastern part of of the city is the establishment of Duffy Brothers. Mr. Daniel Duffy was born in County Donegal, Ireland, September 10, 1837, and was there raised to manhood and educated. In 1863, he came to America, living tempora- rily in different parts of the country until 1865, when he took up his abode in St. Joseph. For a time he was in the employ of J. D. McNeely. In 1869, he engaged in trade and in the spring of 1880, he commenced the manufacture of brick, in connection with their business. In this branch of industry they do a flourishing trade. During the year of 1880, their entire business footed up $20,000, and the year 1881 promises to far excel this. Bernard Duffy, the junior member of the firm is a native of Ireland, and was born in County Donegal, May 15, 1850. He became a resident of St. Joseph in 1869. He is numbered among the sterling and live young business men of the city.

Rev. E. S. Dulin, D. D. Ll.D.

was born near the banks of the Potomac, about five miles from Mt. Vernon, in Fairfax County, Virginia, January 18, 1821. On his father's side he is descended from the Huguenot family of Dulon, which in the latter part of the seventeenth century, settled in Maryland- His mother belonged to the English Quaker family of Shelton, which settled in Loudon County, Virginia. In 1823, his father moved to Washington, D. C, where he died when the subject of this sketch was nine years old, leaving his family in limited circumstances. Thus early the battle of life began. Hard work during the day, diligent study far into the night and at all leisure hours, was the rule and practice of his early days. He enjoyed the blessing of a Christian mother, and in 1839 united with the Calvert St. Baptist Church, Baltimore, and soon after determined to go as a missionary to Burmah. He entered Richmond College in 1841, where he remained four years, earning each vacation the money to pay the expenses of the following term. Upon his graduation, he was recommended by Dr. Ryland, and elected principal of St. Bride's Academy. Here, from overwork, etc., his health gave way, and he accepted the professorship of ancient languages in the Hollin's Institute. A year in this institute found his health improved, but his hope of going to Burmah was abandoned. He spent the next year in taking a special course at the University of Virginia. He was ordained as a minister in Baltimore, in August, 1848, and came to Missouri in the following October, settling as pastor of the Baptist Church in Lexington, March, 1849. August 28, 1849, he married Miss Sarah R. Gilkey. He was a member of the convention at Booneville, which, in 1849, located WiWiam Jewell College at Liberty; was elected its president the following October, January i, 1850,, he organized the college. In the spring of 1856, he was recalled to the pastorate of the Lexington church. Two months later, the Baptists of Lexington bought the Female College property, and in the following- September he became its president. The previous session had closed with about Jthir.ty pupils. At the expiration of the second year Dr. DuHn had two hundred and eighty-six, but the labor was too great for his health and he resigned his position. He became pastor of the Baptist Church in Kansas City in 1858, and, in 1859, waa called to the First Baptist Church in St. Joseph. He remained here for six years, and again accepted the management of the Female College at Lexington. The college building had been destroyed during the war and the school closed. He soon restored the college to its former prosperity. In 1870, he founded Stephens College at Columbia, which flourished-with increasing patronage during his six years' management. Dr. Dulira removed to St. Joseph in 1876, and became the founder of St. Joseph Female College, intending to make this the crowning effort of his life work. Dr. Dulin ranks among the ablest preachers in the state. Hissermons are carefully prepared, with sufficient rhetorical ornament to interest and please, and delivered with impassioned earnestness. He makes everything subserve in enforcing the sweet truths of the Gospel, as they affect the hearts and lives of men. These truths he enforces with keenest logic, and a fervid and fearless eloquence that makes nocompromise with error. His literary and theological abilities have been fittingly acknowledged by the proper scholastic institutions^ conferring upon him the degrees of A. M., D. D., and LL. D.

E. J. DUNFORD, proprietor of hotel. Contrary Lake, was born in Burke County, Georgia^ February 15, 1827. He had limited educational advantages in Georgia and Florida. He moved to Alabama, and clerked in a dry goods store for three years. In 1852, he emigrated to Missouri, and settled in Buchanan County, and followed farming for nineteen years. He married Miss Phebe Ogle, in 1855. Mrs. Dunford died in 1869, leaving four children : A. Josephine, Edward, Ida and Lizzie. He was again, married in 1870, to Mary Shields, a native of Indiana. By this marriage there are two children, Willie and George. Mr. D. is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a School Director. In 1871, lie built the Lake- Shore House, a large frame structure, with ample stabling in connection. He also keeps boats, fishing tackle, minnows, and all the paraphjernaliffl necessary for pleasure seekers, and at reasonable prices. He has made his house a popular place of resort by his genial and affable disposition, and in always anticipating the wants of his guests. During the flood of 1 88 1, he lost 150 tons of ice, and sustained other damages,, in all amounting to at least fifteen hundred dollars. Water stood one foot deep' on. the lower floor ; had to move everything up stairs. The door yard andfields were one broad sheet of water, all around looking like an angry niver..

Henry Dunn

HENRY DUNN, engineer on the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffe Raiilroad. Of the old stand-bys of this company Mr. Dunn occupies a prominent place. He was born in Genesee County, New York, February 22, 1839, and when sixteen years of age came to Missouri, locating in St. Joseph- In 1864, he commenced railroading, for the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company, in the capacity of fireman, continuing for a time,, when he retired and engaged in other pursuits. He was in the employ of the Western Stage Company, and for two years with the famous Ben Halliday. His next departure was in the capacity of fireman on the oldi Council Bluffs and St. Joseph Railroad, and one of the oldest employes; with the present Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad Company, and was one year in the employ of the Burlington and Missouri. He is a skilled and careful engineer, and is favorably known tO' the traveling public, and patrons of this popular line feel perfectly securewhen Henry is at the throttle.

Street Commissioner, was born in. Lee County, Virginia, April 9th, 1838'. His early days, until he attained his nineteenth year, were spent in tilling the soil, his father, John Dunn, being an agriculturist. In 1857,. the family migrated to Buchanan County, locating near Agency, where his father died, October 20th, 1859. In 1859, the subject of this sketch removed to Kansas, residing there until 1861, when he returned to Agency, remaining until 1865, thence to Page County, Iowa, sojourning one year, when he became a resident of St. Joseph. For twelve years he was engaged in street sprinkling, after which, for a number of years, he was Deputy Street Commissioner. In the spring of 1 881, he received the appointment to the position he now occupies. His wife. Miss MaHnda Reese, of Agency, he married July 4th, 1861. The union has. been blessed by nine children, eight of whom are living : Franklin P.,, Mattie D., Charles H., Bertha E., Otie M., Fred. A., Nannie L., Jacob P. John L., the third eldest son, met his death on the 24th of May, 1877,. by being drowned in the Missouri River. Mr. Dunn is a member of the A. 0. U. W. - Select Knights - and the I. O. O. F. He is known, throughout the city from the smallest urchin to the oldest inhabitant as, "Commissioner" Dunn.

President of the Durand Organ Company, and manager of sales in the Chicago Temple of Music, was borh in the state of New York, March 8th, 1833. At an early age he removed from that state, locating in. Boston, a city famous for producing the finest musical talent in this, land. Mr. Durand was designed to figure conspicuously in the musical world, and at an early age manifested a strong interest in that direction. In Boston, he learned the piano building trade and became proficient in the art of tuning, and all the essential features connected with the business. After operating successfully in Boston, Worcester and other eastern cities for a number of years he traveled through the western states, engaged in piano tuning and selling musical instruments, eventually locating in St. Joseph, in 1874. He embarked in the' musical merchandise business, which has been steadily on the increase. An estimate of his business may be inferred from the fact that in six years time his sales in organs amounted to over fourteen hundred. In 1880, his sagacity and live business qualifications came to the view of Mr. W. W. Kimball, of Chicago, who saw in Mr. Durand the right man to manage successfully a branch of his extensive industry, and as a result, in 1880, he entered the employ of W. W. Kimball, of Chicago; as manager of sales and placed in St. Joseph a stock of pianos and organs. Mr. J. L. Reeder presides as business manager, and Prof Frank Glazier, who, as a manipulator of the ivories, is a success in showing the merits of the instruments to the visitors and patrons. Miss Hattie Thorp, a lady of culture, and an accomplished pianist and teicher, is a member of the corps of ushers in the Chicago Temple. The Durand Organ Company was organized and incorporated under the State Laws of Missouri, in 1879, with E. Durand as President; John A. Read, Secretary, and John F. Tyler, Treasurer and Attorney. The. Western Cottage Organ Company, of Mendota, Illinois, manufacture their organs, and, although in existence but a short time, it has attained a wide reputation and promises a bright future. The salesroom of the Temple of Music is the first floor, where a large supply of the Durand organs, Chickering, Emerson & Hale and Kimball pianos, and all the standard makes of instruments, and also a full line of the latest popular sheet music of the day is kept. The third floor is used as the store room, where is kept a large surplus stock. The second floor, or music hall, is where ye refined St. Josephite delights to linger and hear discoursed instrumental and vocal music. Mr. D. has attained considerable celebrity as a vocalist, and to meet a long-felt want in St. Joseph had the music hall fitted up appropriately and seated, where the lovers of select music can enjoy a pleasureable feast. Regular levees are held here by the best musical talent in the city. In conclusion we would say, revising the immortal Shakespeare somewhat, he that hath no music in his soul had better attend one of them, and if his adamantine heart is not softened he is a fit subject for any -ofiice his enemies see fit to inflict.

Miss Carrie A. Dutzschky

a native of St. Joseph,' and the youngest of a family of four children, is a daughter of the late Charles E. Dutzschky, Esq., who died April 9, 1854, while Postmaster of St. Joseph, of which city he had been for many years a representative citizen. He had, previous to his appointment as postmaster, held various positions of honor and trust under the national and state government, and served in the commissary department of the army during the entire period of the Mexican War. He was a native of Dresden, and son of an officer who served with distinction in the armies of the first Napoleon. He was an active and prominent member of the Masonic order, and at the period of his death, an officer of St. Joseph Lodge, A. F. and A. M. He was also a member of the Baptist church. He married his wife (then Miss Eliza Greason), in Michigan. In 1850, they moved to St. Joseph, where the subject of this sketch was afterwards born, as above stated. Miss Carrie was graduated in the class of 1871, in the St. Joseph High School. She 'early determined to embrace the profession of teaching. Some time after her first experience in Iowa as a teacher, she accepted, in 1874, the appointment as principal of the Avenue Primary School, the duties of which position she has ever since continued to discharge acceptably. She has long been a member of the Baptist Church, in St. Joseph, the religion of both her parents.

was born Oct. 18, 1825, at Ober Mossan, Grossherzogthum Hessen, South Germany, where he was raised and learned the trade of cooper^ with his father, Leonhard Egly, working at it until 1846. Then he left his home and went to Colmar, France, and, in 1847, went to Fredburg, Switzerland. After being employed there four months, a religious war broke out. Egly and his countrymen were ordered by the government to leave Switzerland, when he returned to his home, where he remained until 1849. At the outbreak of the German revolution, he went to Frankfort-on-the-Main, and worked there without interruption until 1852, when he emigrated to America. He landed at New York, and worked as cooper up to 1857. Becoming ill, he returned to Germany, to recover his health, and again came to New York, in May, 1858. After a short stay there, he got a situation at Detroit, Michigan, where he worked four months. Thence to St. Louis, and afterwards to Leavenworth, Kansas, working in each place a short time. Attracted by the favorable news which he had heard of St. Joseph, he came here May 29, 1859, and opened his own cooper business, which he carried on successfully , but becoming sick in i860, he went to Colorado by team. After four months, he was able to return to St. Joseph, and again opened his business. At the outbreak of the civil war he joined the militia, called out to protect the city of St. Joseph, and did his duty as long as his services were required. In 1875, he paid a visit to his fatherland, where he remained one year and returned, in 1 876, to St. Joseph, when he sold out and retired from business.

dealer in live stock, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1844. He emigrated to Illinois in 185 1, and remained there until 1861, when he enlisted in the Thirth-seventh Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and was in the service three years, under General Herron Totten, entering as a private and returning as Sergeant. He was raised on a farm, and engaged in the stock business in 1868. He came to St. Joseph in 1873, and took charge of the stock yards until 1877, and since then has been in the commission and forwarding business. He is a Mason and. a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Samuel Ensworth

who for the past twenty years has been closely identified with the city of St. Joseph, was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, in February, 1816. He had good educational advantages in youth, and at the age of sixteen he taught a school near Providence, Rhode Island. The following year he followed a cherished plan of visiting the South and West, and traveled for some time in Kentucky, selling clocks. He formed the acquaintance of J. S. Henderson, a prominent attorney of Mount Vernon, Kentucky, who induced him to enter his office and study law. After reading with Mr. Henderson, he attended the Pennsylvania Law School, and was graduated in 1840. He at once commenced the active practice of his profession, and remained in Kentucky for seventeen years, doing a large business. In 1857, he became impressed that St. Joseph offered a wider field for his talents, and he came to Buchanan County, and formed a partnership with Governor Woodson. The firm did a large legal business, and dealt to some extent in real estate. This relation existed until Governor Woodson was elected Circuit Judge. Mr. Ensworth continued his practice until 1873, when his private business demanded his entire attention, and he abandoned active practice. He has large landed interests outside of the city and county, in Holt, Atchison, and Andrew Counties. His time is mostly spent at his farm in Andrew County.

Frederick C. Ernst

of the firm of Ernst & Brill, booksellers, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, December 5, 1843, and came to this country in 1843, and, with his father's family, settled in West Virginia. He came to St. Joseph in 1862, obtained a situation in the Postoffice, where he remained for twelve years, in the meantime starting a news stand in the Postoffice on a small scale. In 1870, he formed a partnership with Henry Brill, and since that time the firm of Ernst & Brill have been doing a very large share of the book and stationery business of the city. Their stock is large, choice and attractive, and the firm richly merits the success which has attended their career. He married Caroline E. Decker, of thi'S city, May 12th, 1867. They have four children : Mary M., Frank R., Eda May and Emma L.

was born in Lafayette, Indiana, November 25, 1859, and .came to St. Joseph in 1874. He married Miss Addie Schaufert, of this city. May 18, 1880. They have one son, Freddie. He early developed a natural taste for hunting, and is an expert with a gun. In 1880, in St. Joseph, in a trial with the celebrated Bogardus, he beat him 93 to 83. In June of the same year, at Easton, Pennsylvania, he won the shot of Bogardus, by 50 to 47. These games were for large sums of money. At St. Louis, May 28, 1881, he shot with W. T. Mitchell, for $200, 100 birds each, English rules, killing 93 to Mitchell's 85, which is the best score on record by seven birds, using a Purdy Gun, English make. He has had trials with many of the professionals, and almost always was the victor.

magnetic physician, is a native of Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, and was born April 28, 1854. His father, Woodson S., was among the first settlers in the Platte Purchase ; his grandfather, Joel, was a native of Kentucky, and his great grandfather, Peter, was one of the pioneers of that state. Mr. Woodson S. Estes was also an early settler in Oregon, Holt County, and in 1847, was engaged in the hardware trade in St. Joseph. In 1861, the family removed to Illinois, and in 1862, located in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, a;nd that same year the senior Estes oraganized a company for the Union army and went in the service as its captain. O. B., in early life, conceived the idea of choosing the medical profession, and adopted the magnetic theory. He received the benefits of a good education, at Mt. Pleasant, and commenced the study of magnetism in Chicago, and in a short time became very proficient. He commenced and practiced several years at Riverton, Iowa, and in September, 1876, established in St. Joseph. His success in curing acute diseases of any description has been wonderful. His operating rooms contain one of the finest vitalizing electro-therapeutic cabinets for giving electric haths that is in use. The doctor has built up a good reputation in St. Joseph. Many of his patients are from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Texas and other states. Since coming to St. Joseph he took up the regular study of medicine and is a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. His wife, Mrs. Allie Estes, is an accomplished electrician. Her maiden name was Hutton, and in December, 1878, married Dr. Estes. They have one daughter by this union - Pearl. They are members of the First Baptist church.

James Fahey

one of our pioneer contractors, was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1829; was raised to manhood and educated in his native country, and in 1853 came to America. For two years he resided in New York; then went to Chicago, remaining a few years, and in 1858 came to St. Joseph. He engaged in working at his trade, that of a mason, on the Patee House, and has since been identified with the building interests of the city. His specialty has been basement work, and in this branch he has built the foundations of a large number of fine structures; was also foreman on the construction of the Cathedral. For a time Mr. F. was in partnership with Judge Patton, and at an early day was associated with C. Arnhold. He has been interested to a considerable extent in railroad contracting during his sojourn in St. Joseph. Mr. Fahey has a well stored mind, and when once made up it takes pointed and reasonable arguments to change it. In 1861, Miss Jane Burns, a native of Indiana, became his wife. They have seven children, Bernard, James, Mary, Annistasia, Susan, Belle and Jane.

William G. Fairleigh

one of St. Joseph's most successful merchants, was born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, February 9, 1830. In 1843, he removed to ^yeston, Platte County, Missouri. In the spring following, he made his first attempt at merchandising by selling apples on the streets, and to the numerous passengers who, in those days, arrived and departed on the steamboats frequenting that port. In the spring of 1845, he went to Savannah, in Andrew County, and entered a hotel as clerk. He soon after assisted Felix Robidoux in his store. The latter may be termed the initial point of his business experience. In the spring of 1846, then a lad of sixteen, he went in quest of a fortune, to St. Joseph. His first experience there was in cleaning out a new store for Smith & Donnell, by whom he was afterwards employed as clerk. In 1848, Mr. Donnell sold his interest to Milton Tootle, the new firm being Smith, Bedford & Tootle, and continuing so till July, 1849, when Mr. Smith died. The succeeding firm was Tootle & Fairleigh. This continued to exist till January i, 1873. In 1853, this firm was the first west of St. Louis to start an exclusive jobbing trade. They continued in the business some twenty-five years. In the meantime, in view of declining health, Mr. Fairleigh determined to temporarily suspend business, and engage in traveling. In 1873, he sailed for Europe, visiting England and the Continent. Returning to the New World, he visited California, Colorado and Canada. His travels occupied six years of his life. In 1879, he was again in St. Joseph, when he entered into partnership with Bailey & Weil, in the wholesale dry goods business, constituting what is now the firm of Bailey, Fairleigh & Weil. Mr< Fairleigh married, October, 1867, Miss Alice O'Neill, daughter of James O'Neill, deceased, and a sister of^ Mrs. Milton Tootle. They have four children : J. O'Neill, Jennie, Mary and William G.

inventor of the Boss Water Sprinkler, was born in Illinois in 1837, and received a good education and learned the trade of stone cutting. In 1866, he went to St. Louis and engaged in the street sprinkling business with the Shureman Bros., with forty-five wagons. Mr. F., after experiencing the inconvenience of using the common sprinkler, set about the improvement of it. In 1880, he matured his plans, made a working machine, got it patented, and now has a carriage and tank which is not only admired by all, but its work is perfection itself It has been adopted here, and in Keokuk, Iowa, Oskaloosa, Atchison, and some other cities, giving great satisfaction. He expects by another season to be able to supply the large increasing demand. He is now running five of his wagons in this city, which are not only in appearance a credit to the city, but their work is more natural than a shower itself Such improvements reflect great credit upon our inventor, and gives character to a city and the whole Country. Mr. F. has chosen this city for his future home. He is a man of energy and enterprise, and is a worthy acquisition to the business enterprises of this growing city. He married Miss Matilda Mooney, daughter of Jonathan Mooney, a merchant of St. Louis. They have, by this happy union, seven children: Ida May, Florence Belle, Mary Louisa, Laura Emma, John Arthur, Louis Charles and Herbert Davis.

blacksmith, is among the early settlers of St. Joseph, coming here in 1855. He was born in Perry, Allen County, Indiana, in 1844,. and settled in this county with his father, Shepperd Fales, in the above year. His father was well and favorably known in the county for a number of years, and now lives in Ft. Pierre. Dick was raised to manhood and learned his trade in this city and has a large acquaintance. As a blacksmith he ranks among the first. He was married, in 1865, to Miss Mary F. E. Striblen. By this union they have five children : Eva, Charlie, Alfred, Nora and Gus.

Patrick Farrell

carpenter and builder, was born in County Meath, Ireland, where he was reared and educated. In 1848, he came to America, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resided for a number of years. After spending some time in'the southern states, in the fall of 1859, he became a resident of

St. Joseph, where he has since been actively engaged in working at the jcarpenter trade. He married, in 1855, Miss Mary A. Lonergan. They "have ten children living : Edward, Kate, Richard, Annie, Nellie, Mary, Joseph, Thomas, Frank and Agnes.

H. C. Paris

son of Dr. Wm. Paris, ex-Deputy Sheriff, was born in Martinsburg, Berkley County, Virginia, March 25th, 1825. He came to this city in 1 October, 1856, and was engaged in contracting and building for years. In 1861, with Mr. G. M. Venable, he bought a saw mill, which they operated until 1874. He then sold out, and the same year was appointed Deputy Sheriff by Col. Gates, the Sheriff, and served under him and also throilgh the term of James L. Spencer, his successor. He was married to Miss Rachel J. Darling in Berkley County, Virginia, December 24th, 1845. They have six children living, John W., Robert M., Alexander N., Catharine R., Virginia Berkley and Mary Thompson.

machinist, with Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad, is a native of New York, and was born in Port Jervis, July 4, 1853; his father, M. J. Finn, was one of the first conductors on the Erie Railroad, and was killed a number of years ago in a collision. G. W. spent his youthful days in the place of his birth, receiving the benefits of a good education. He is a graduate of the Port Jervis public school. His trade he learned in the shop of the Erie Railroad, serving four years, after which he worked as journeyman one year. He next went to Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, and worked in the shops of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, remaining three and a half years. In 1877, he drifted West, taking up his abode in St. Joseph, and has since been in the employ of the K. C, St. J. & C. B. Co. As a machinist Mr. Finn has but few equals in the West. As a citizen he has a large acquaintanceship, and is always found genial and companionable. He is among the leaders in society with the younger class of St. Joseph £lite.

Joseph Fisher

In an humble, low roofed cabin, near the spot where the Blacksnake Creek empties its bluish waters in the Missouri, resides the subject of this sketch. Mr. Fisher was born in a small village in Germany, and emigrated to America in 1830, landing at the Crescent City, which was at the time sorely stricken with the Asiatic Cholera. Taking a boat, he ascended the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and disembarked at Evanss " * 'J, ville, Indiana. After remaining here for several years, he removed to Vincennes, Indiana, where he married Cerilda Brown, having by this one daughter. He shortly afterwards settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, and finally moved to St. Louis, Missouri, from which place he came to St. Joseph, Missouri, in March, 1843. Here he has lived for thirty-eight years, being one of the earliest pioneers of St. Joseph. He has lead a quiet, unobtrusive life, at all times, earning his bread by the sweat of his brow. He is respected by all who know him, as a kind neighbor, and as an industrious and honest man.

Charles Fitzner

carpenter, architect and builder, an able representative of St. Joseph's mechanics, is our subject. He was born in Prussia, Germany, November 4th, 1850, and when a year and a-half old was taken to Canada, where he was educated, raised and learned his trade. In 1870, he took up his abode in St. Joseph, and has since been a resident, with the exception of eighteen months spent in the Black Hills. He has been a contractor for three years, and has designed and erected many attractive and solid busihouses and residences. He was married in 1873 to Miss Dortha Kachle, a native of Hanover, Germany. They have three children, Charlie, John and Willie. Mr. Fitzner is a member of Enterprise Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is numbered among the best workmen in the city, and as a draughtsman has attained considerable celebrity.

one of St. Joseph's railroad men, who is deserving of special mention, was born in Sydney, Ohio, February i6th, 1841. When quite young he removed, with his parents, to Sandusky, where he was raised to manhood and educated. His father, William Flaisig, was a merchant. In i86i, he commenced railroading, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, continuing with that company, as freight conductor, for twelve years, after which, for five years, he was with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, in the same capacity. For three years he has had charge of the Hannibal & St. Joseph yard. He has served a long and continuous time .at the business, and is one of the most efficient hereabouts. May 2nd, 1865, Miss Jennie Stevenson, of Xenia, Ohio, became his wife. They have two children : Nannie O. and William R. Mr. Flaisig is a member of the A. 0. U. W., Select Knight.

Lewis V. Fleming

well known in St. Joseph, is a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was born April 13, 1817. His father, Benjamin, and his grandfather,

Benjamin, were natives of that state. His mother was Raphel Bowman, and her father, Henry Bowman, was an officer in the revolutionary war. Lewis was raised in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. His father was a ship carpenter and died when our subject was quite young. After receiving the benefit of a limited common school education he went to Philadelphia and learned the coach finishing trade, and in 1838, went to Cincinnati and worked as journeyman, after which he took up his abode in Madison, Indiana, and there fitted up the first coach that ran on the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. He was engaged for«i time in conducting a shop at Georgetown, Kentucky, after which he located in Worthsville, Kentucky, where for nine years he was engaged in merchandising. In 1855, he came to Missouri, locating in DeKalb County, and was engaged in stock raising, until 1866, when he became a resident of this city. He first commenced steamboating, purchasing the ferry, and acted in that role until after the completion of the bridge. There were but few residents in Buchanan County, and in Doniphan County, Kansas, but what became acquainted with Captain Fleming. He was married at Madison, Indiana, in 1840, to Miss Amelia, daughter of James H. Wallace, an official on the Madison and Indiana Railroad. By this union they have had eight children, Ben W., Louis F., James W., Henry B., George, Edward and Charles S.; lost one, Robert. Mr. Fleming is a member of the I. O. O. F., and was a charter member of Washington Lodge, No. II, of Madison, Indiana. During the nine years stay at Worthsville, Kentucky, in connection with his business, he held the position of Postmaster. He was one of the prime movers and directors of the St. Joseph and Denver Railroad. His sons, Ben W., and George B., the hatters; are among the sterling business men of St. Joseph.

S. L. Fleming

the popular representative of the new American sewing machine, is a native of Canada, and was born February 23, 1845. When twelve years of age, he removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he- was raised and educated, commencing the sewing machine trade when young. He was a resident of the Buckeye State until 1880, when he took up his abode in St. Joseph. Although but a short time in the city, he has made hosts of friends, by his affability, and business qualifications. He married in 1876, Miss N. F. Bond, of Ohio. They have two children by this union, John B., and Annie A. Mr. F. is a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight of Honor.

M. K. Fleming

freight agent, of the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad Company, is a native of Ohio, and was born in 1841. In 1861, he was married to Miss Mary Northup. Mr. Fleming was for four years in the army, serving in four different Ohio and Indiana regiments. In i87i,he emigrated to Nebraska, and in 1875, was transferred to Missouri, being all the time in the employ of railroads. He is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Ancieiit Order of United Workmen.

James Fleming

farmer and stock raiser. Section 34, Washington Township, postofifice St. Joseph, was born February 2d, 1830, in County Tipperary, Ireland, and was there reared and received a common school education. On the 8th of March, 1848, he emigrated to America, and landed at Quebec on the 20th of May. From there he went to Franklin County, New York, thence to Fleming County, Kentucky, in the spring of 1849 and from there to St. Louis, arriving in St. Joseph in the spring of 1850. He worked at odd jobs until 1857, and on the 22d of June of that year he married Miss Lydia Miller, a native of Athens County, Ohio. They settled in St. Joseph and remained for 12 years. He was in the employ of Nave, Mc- Cord & Co. for some time, also with Andrew L. Kerr & Co. and others. He went West in i860, and spent 7 years among the territories. He purchased the farm he now resides on in the spring of 1868, commenced improving it, and is now the owner of 1 14 acres of well improved land. He has a handsome residence, and a fish lake on the farm. He has filled the office of school director several terms. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have five children, Mary, Margaret, (now Mrs. John Smith,) Agnes, Elizabeth and John D. Himself and family are members of the Catholic church.

Hon. Nicholas Ford

member of Congress, was born in Ireland, in July, 1830, and came to the United States in 1848, and to Saint Joseph in 1859. He has been a merchant for twenty years. As a business man, he has always won the confidence and support of the community.

Captain William Fowler

was born in the State of Delaware, in 1798. At an early age he removed to Indiana, where he was married to Miss Comfort L. Alley, who survives him (1881). In the early history of Indiana, his name occupies a bright page, he having served six years in the Legislature of that State, five in the House and one in the Senate, only retiring with his removal to Missouri. He came with his family to Missouri in 1836, settling in Crawford Township, Buchanan County, on the quarter section of land now occupied by the town of Wallace. In 1839, ^^ was elected Circuit and County Clerk of Buchanan County, which position he occupied till '852. In 1846, when the county seat was changed from Sparta to St.

Joseph, he removed to this city, where he continued to reside up to the period of his death, which occurred at a few moments past two o'clock, on Tuesday, November 23d, 1880. At the breaking out of the civil war. Captain Fowler was commissioned and assigned to the Quartermastership of General William R. Penick's regiment, and, at Mr. Lincoln's second election, was made Postmaster of St. Joseph. In all the positions of trust, filled by Captain Fowler, he invariably acquitted himself with credit, and honor to the state and government. He left, at his death, an aged wife and four children : Mrs. Benj. F. Loan, of St. Joseph ; Mrs. W. W. Guthrie, of Atchison ; Theodore A. and Miss Louisa Fowler. Captain Fowler was a man of great force of character, and during the period of his long and useful life achieved the. reputation of an eminently honest man, loved by many and respected by all.

Henry C. Fox

foreman for J. W. Ambrose & Co., is a native of Missouri, and was born in St. Louis, July 15, 1841. Was there raised and educated, and learned the machinist trade in the shop of Gatey & McCune, after which, for three years, he was foreman in McCoard's foundry, and, for eight years, was steamboat engineer on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. In 1870, he came to St. Joseph, and, for eight years, held the responsible position of pattern maker in the shops of the K. C, St. J. & C. B. R. R. He then went to Terra Haute, Ind., and held the same position in the car works in that city, until his return to St. Joseph, in September, 1880, with the exception of a temporary sojourn in Chicago. He has been with Ambrose & Co. since the autumn of 1880, and occupies a prominent place in the mechanical world. He was married in 1862 to Miss Lettia Newell. They have two children, Charles and Ada. Mr. Fox is a member of St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, A. F. & A. M., and has been Master of the lodge.

B. B. Frazer

of the firm of Smith, Frazer & Co., manufacturers and jobbers of boots and shoes, was born in Pennsylvania, March iStTi, 1826, and emigrated to Clark County, Ohio, February 15, 1845. In April, 1846, he came to Missouri in the employ of Wm. Sloan for the purpose of selling goods at St. Joseph. After investigating the situation, and not being pleased, he decided to locate at Weston. At that time, and for many years, Weston was the leading town on the river of Northwestern Missouri. Continuing business there for two years, he exchanged his goods for cattle and drove them to Philadelphia, which, at this time, seems impossible. After his return, through the kindness of Mr. A. P. Goff, who was then clerking at Fort Leavenworth in the commissary department, a situation was obtained, where he remained four or five months, after which he was employed by Young & Belt, of Weston, remaining with them until they sold out, and was retained by the new firm, C. A. & E. Perry. In 1854 and '55, great excitement prevailed over Kansas and Nebraska lands. Mr. Frazer and R. Brown bought land and laid out the town of Brownsville, Nebraska. Mr. Frazer remained there for two years, improving and selling lots and at the same time managed a small stock of goods, which was the first in the town. Returning to Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, in 1856, he was elected mayor of the city, and afterward he was elected County Commissioner. The war then breaking out, and demoralizing business, in the fall of 1861, he, with R. E. Turner, loaded ten or twelve ox and mule teams with goods, which they took to Denver, Colorado, and remained until the following February. In the fall, Mr. Frazer visited his old home in Pennsylvania, and while there, in January, 1863, he married Miss Annie E. Sterrell, daughter of Hon. Robert C. Sterrell, of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. By this union they have had seven children, five of whom are living. In March, 1864, he returned to Missouri, and a partnership was formed by R. E. Turner, H. L. Williams, J. M. Frazer and B. B. Frazer. - He and Mr. Williams took charge of the business at Forest City, Holt County, Missouri, and R. E. Turner and J. M. Frazer established a wholesale grocery trade at St. Joseph, the firm name being Turner, Frazer & Williams. The business at St. Joseph increased so rapidly that it was decided for the best interests of all, for Frazer & Williams to move to St. Joseph, which was done, and the business continued for two years, at which time Messrs. Williams & Frazer sold their interest to Turner, Frazer & Co., which firm still exists. The subject of this sketch has always been interested in Holt County, and is now a partner in retail business in Craig, and is President of the Frazer & McDonald Bank, at Forest City, which was established in 1873. He has been a member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1864 and an elder in the same, and has always contributed liberally to churches and educational institutions, and every good cause receives his hearty support.

was born in the District of Columbia, in 1841, and there received his literary as well as his professional education, and was graduated at the Georgetown Medical University. In 1873, he moved westward, and settled in the practice of medicine and surgery in St. Joseph, where he soon achieved a reputation which ranked him with the first men of the profession in that city. He has held, at different periods, the positions of City and County Physician. The latter office he has held uninterruptedly since 1877. He is (1881) a member of the State Medical Society, and of the District Medical Society, of Northwest Missouri. He also is a mem- ber of the faculty of St. Joseph Hospital Medical College, filling the chair of materia medica, therapeutics, and medical and surgical clinics in that institution. He is also secretary of the faculty of the college. Dr. France was married to Miss Lida Sheed, a native of New York. She died in 1873, leaving one child, a son, Duncan Eugene.

fruit grower, section 25, post-office, Saxton, was born March 6th, 1855, and is a native of St. Joseph. He was educated in the German and public schools of this city, and was principally engaged in the grocery business till the spring of 1876, when he moved to his .present location. His farm contains over forty-eight acres. He was married September 21st, 1876, to Miss Eliza ShoU, a native of New York, but of German ancestry. They have two children, Clara L. and George L.

John Adam Fredrick

upholsterer, was born March 28, 1824, at Wertheim, Baden, South Germany, where he was raised and learned the trade of upholsterer. Having always nourished liberal ideas, he took an active part in the movements of the republican party in South Germany, against the government. He was president of a working men's association, and did active service. When the revolution was suppressed he was condemned to imprisonment, but was successful in making his escape. He left his fatherland in 1849, ^^'^ emigrated to America, settling in Chicago, Illinois, where he worked as a carriage trimmer for four years. There he opened his own upholstering business, which he carried on for five years. In 1858, he moved to Davenport, Iowa, where he was employed as trimmer for three years, and thence removed, in 1861, to Muscatine, Iowa, where he remained two years. In 1863, he came to St. Joseph and commenced his upholstery business, which he has carried on successfully. His experience in this line enables him to turn out some of the best work done, and is securing for him a large patronage. He married, in 1849, Miss Susanna Kapper, who died three months after their marriage. He married again October 11, 1850, Mrs. Anna Kebekop, widow of Mr, Funk, who had two children, George Funk, born October 4, 1848, and Friedrich Funk, born September 28, 1850. The fruits of the present marriage are eight children, of whom four are living, Christine, born March 13, 1852, died November 11, 1854; Marie, born November 4, 1853, died December 14, 1856; Anna, born November 15, 1855, died April 25, 1856; Emilie, born April 29, 1857, died August 20, 1859. Those alive are Edward, born December 22, 1858 ; Charles, born September 12, i860; Margaretta, born January 14, 1866; Ottilie, born June 2, 1871.

of the firm of Fredericks & Morrison, contractors and builders, was born in Spain, March ist, 1833 ; was raised, educated and learned the bricklayers trade in Carroll County, Maryland. The first work he did after his apprenticeship was on the Capitol, at Washington, and the Armory, at Harper's Ferry. In 1854, came to Dayton, Ohio, sojourning for a time. In 1856, took up his abode in St. Joseph. The first work he did was on the Dr. Martin School Building, on Fifth Street, in May, 1856, after which he built the residences of A. Vories and Major Burrows. In 1863, went to Denver, Colorado, and was interested in erecting the first first-class work at that place. A large number of the finest buildings in the city have been built under his supervision. He also has had contracts in Iowa, Nebraska, and other states, building schools, court houses and private buildings. Among these is a female seminary, at Malvern, Iowa, and a banking house, at Creston, Iowa. Mr. Fredericks has worked at his trade in twenty-two states and five territories. He is one of the most efficient workmen of the day. Is a member of Zeredatha Lodge 189, A. F. & A. M. ; St. Joseph Chapter No. 14, R. A. M. ; St. Joseph Council No. 9, R. & S. M.; and St. Joseph Commandery No. 4, K. T.

E. H. Fudge

attorney at law, is a native of Missouri, and was born in 1850, received a good education and graduated at Missouri University. He read law iinder General William Skeen, of Virginia, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1874; married June 30th, 1880, to Miss Katie Stone, a native of Missouri. He is at present associated with L. R. Lancaster, the firm being Lancaster & Fudge, and they are securing a remunerative practice.

druggist, has been prominently connected with the commercial interests of St. Joseph. He was born in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, October 9th, 1839, and was there raised and educated. His father, Dr. F. A. H., was a practitioner in Clay County for thirty years, and was also of the firm of Garlichs & Hail, druggists, at Liberty, where H. M. learned the business. In 1857, he removed to St. Louis, where his father engaged in the foundry business, under the style of Garlichs, Beck & Fisher, known as the Monroe Iron Works. This enterprise proved very disastrous to Mr. G. financially, and in i860, he came to St. Joseph with his family, where he was well known. His death occurred in 1865. The drug house of H. M. Garlichs was established twenty-one years ago, and is one the substantial institutions of the city. The proprietor understands his profession and under his careful supervision it has attained more than local notoriety. He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. In 1864, Miss Emma Minturn, a native of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, became his wife. They have three children : Frederick, Ellis and Hartley M, engineer, with R. T. Davis, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1832, and was there raised to manhood, and educated. He came to America in 1859, locating at Madison, Indiana, where he made his home for fourteen years. In 1863, he enlisted in Company C, i88th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, passing through the usual ordeal of warfare. At Wartress, Tennessee, he assisted in constructing and operating a saw mill, for making bridge timbers. Was honorably discharged in 1865, and returned to Madison, Indiana, where, for a number of years, he was engaged in a starch factory. He came to St. Joseph in 1873, as an employe in the starch factory that was there established, and continued in that work during its existence. He is an accomplished engineer and a worthy, unassliming man. He married in Ireland, in 1855., Miss Susan Gil- Ian, daughter of Aleck Gillan, a prominent millwright in that country. They have had twelve children, eight of whom are living : Jane, John, James, Nellie, Mollie, Charlie, Aleck and Eddie ; lost four .; James, Elizabeth, Annie and Charlie.

John G. Geiwitz

is a native of Germany and was born in Wurtemberg, October 3, 1827, was there reared to manhood,xeducated and learned the miller's trade, and also became proficient in the mechanical department of mill building, wood, iron, stone work, etc. In 185 1, he came to the United States, locating in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was engaged at steamboat building. In 1858, he came to St. Joseph and engaged in working at his trade. He worked on the line of the overland stage route in building the stations between Fort Kearney and Julesburgh, and for a number of years was engaged in contracting and building many substantial and attractive buildings in this city. He has but few equals in the general branches of mechanism. The position he has filled with the St. Joseph and Western Railroad for several years - that of liaving under his control the wood work of the machine department - requires great care and is a responsible charge. He was married in 1853, to Miss Barbara Weymiller. They have by this union nine children, William, Emma, Charles, John G., Rosa, Henry, Edward, Clara and Oscar. He is a member of the Druids, Wallhalla Grove.

Dr. Jacob Geiger

Jacob Geiger was born in Obernarie Province of Wurtemberg, Germany, July 25, 1848, and is the son of Anton and Mary Geiger, both natives of the same place. His father died May 2, 1851, leaving a widow and five children, of which the subject of our sketch is the youngest. In 1857, in company with his mother, his sister and her husband and brother, he emigrated to America, and on the 2d of May of that year landed at New York. They first settled in Champaign County, Illinois. During his stay in Illinois, Jacob attended the country schools, and soon learned the English language perfectly. In 1858, they removed to Brown County, Kansas, where they purchased a farm. On the loth of November of the same year, Mrs. Geiger died, and the subject of our sketch, with an- older brother, came to St. Joseph. In i860, his brother and family having returned to Illinois, Jacob followed them, and during the summer months assisted his brother in order that he might goto the Homer Seminary in the winter. In 1865, he returned to St. Joseph, where he took a course in Bryant's Business College. While pursuing his studies he became acquainted with Dr. Bishop. At this time Mr. Geiger had a very delicate operation performed on his foot by Dr. Bishop, requiring much time and the greatest skill. This required him to be away from his studies much of the time, and after a year's continuance at the college he left and entered his brother's store. He early formed a desire to study medicine, and soon commenced the study with Dr. Bishop as preceptor, but being unable, both financially and physically, to devote his entire time to that study, he entered the drug store of Penick & Loving, where he remained nine months. During this time he did not cease his study of medicine, his only opportunity being the latter part of the evening, two o'clock in the morning often finding him at his books. After leaving the drug store, he resumed reading with Dr. Bishop,, and at the same time getting considerable practice. He had by this time accumulated sufficient means to enable him to attend lectures at the Medical University at Louisville, Kentucky, where he went in 1871. Here he passed a successful examination and received a diploma. He then returned to St. Joseph and opened an office, and has succeeded in building up a large, successfiil and profitable practice. In the fall of 1879, the College of Physicians and Surgeons was organized, and Dr. Geiger was chosen to fill the chair of Professor of the Principle and Practice of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, which he still holds. The, Doctor possesses a talent for surgery, and h,as turned his attention almost exclusively to that branch. He has performed nearly all of the major operations in surgery, and the profession and people are a unit in giving to him the honor of being the leading surgeon in the Northwest. He has figured prominently in all of the medical organizations of the state; was one of the founders, and, for five years, the Secretary of the District Medical Society of Northwest Missouri; was Vice President of the State Medical Society of Missouri, and Secretary of the St. Joseph Medical Society, and is a member of the American Medical -Association. The Doctor has been very successful, and has accumulated a large amount of city property, and has an elegant residence and office. Dr. Geiger has been favored in obtaining everything to make life happy, with the exception of a wife, he being yet unmarried.

Stephen Geiger

was born in the Province of Wurtemberg, Germany, December 25tH, 1838, and came to this country in 1852, settling in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He came to this city June i6th, 1858, and immediately commenced the dairy business and cbntinued in it for five years, when he engaged in the dry goods and grocery business and this he has since followed. In 1862, he was awarded a contract to furnish the army hospital with milk and other articles, which he continued for two years, to the great satisfaction of the government. He has always been a true Union' man and a Republican, but was so reasonable in his views that he has always maintained an honorable position with those who differ from him in their political views. Mr. G. began business very poor, but by great energy, enterprise and economy he has accumulated a fine property and enjoys the respect and confidence of the entire community. His education was very limited, but he has closely applied himself and is a scholarly business man. He was elected councilman from the First Ward in 1880, and a better and safer officer for the proper care of a city could not be found. He is a self-made man and his life has been a suc- -cess. He married Nannie A. Carroll, in this city, January loth, i860. They have five children : Delia, Wm. H., Emma, Veta and Ole.

William Gernandt

wholesale dealer in hides, leather and wool, was born June 18, 1833, at Gundersblum, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, and, after being educated, he learned the trade of barber. In 1852, he went to Liverpool, and thence came to the United States, and landed at New York City. After having been employed there for nine months, he left for Auburn, New York, to work with his brother, Jacob. After a time, he felt desirous to work for himself, and made his desire a reality by going to Binghampton, New York, and carrying on his own business for one year there, and, afterwards, three years in Indianapolis, Indiana. Then he kept a barber shop at Syracuse, New York, for one year, and at Leavenworth, Kansas, for three months. He came to St. Joseph in March, 1858, where he at once opened and carried on for years a barber shop. In 1862, he paid a visit to his native home. There, at Gundersblum, he married Miss Charlotte Loos, and returned with her on the Great Eastern, and arrived at New York City, July 13, 1862, coming directly to St. Joseph, Missouri, and to carry on his old business. In 1869, he discontinued this, and went into the tanning business. One year later, he connected with this a wholesale hide, leather and wool business, which enlarged every year. By his energy and integrity, he has gained a high standing in commercial circles. Mr. and Mrs. G. have two children : Wilhelm Frederick, born September 24, 1863 ; George Otto, born October 18, 1865.

H. E. Gibson

was born September 30, 1842, and was among the iirst born in the county. He was educated in the schools of St. Joseph, and until 1874 was a farmer. In that year he came to this city, and engaged in merchandising, and continued it for five years, when he entered the employ of S. H. Rice & Co., and there has since continued. For many years Mr. G. has been interested in the fire department, and in 1878 was appointed Assistant Chief, and in 1880 was elected Chief. His judgment and prompt action at fires and command over men has won for him hosts of friends. He married Miss Mary L. Cross, of this city, December 24, 1868. They have three children - Annie Estella, Edward R. and Jessie May.

Thomas J. Gibson

farmer and gardener, section 15, post-office St. Joseph, was born in Clay County, Kentucky, November 13, 1828, and when about eleven years of age his parents moved to Grundy County, Missouri, and came to Buchanan County in the spring of 1840. He was educated in the common schools and Maj. Ramey's College and the Academy of St. Joseph. From 1846 until 1847, he acted as assistant wagon master, his father being general wagon master. In 1850, he went to California and remained till 1858, and was there engaged in mining, farming and freighting. His landed estate consists of fifty acres, containing a fine orchard and a small vineyard. He was married November 4th, 1858, to Miss Sarah J. Payne. She was born in Spencer County, Kentucky, June iith, 1839, and died March 2nd, 1881. They have had ten children, seven of whom are living : Wm. D., MoUie, Eliza O., Frank, Henry T., Katie T. and Josie.

Martin Gill

of the firm of Gill & Son, dealers in staple and fancy groceries, is a native of Ireland, and was born in the County Galway, November 8th, 1831 ; was there reared and educated, and in 1852 came to America, residing in different places, until 1858, when he became a citizen of St. Joseph. For a time he was in the employ of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, and for a number of years was car inspector of the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad. In 1877, he engaged in his present business. His trade, which is large and increasing, is a sufficient testimonial of his popularity. He married, March 4th, 1854, Miss Maria Winston. By this union they have five children: John T., Martin J., Michael F., Charles P. and James H.

Elisha Gladden

was born in Franklin, Howard County, Missouri, October 3, 1818. He came to this city in 1834, when there was no other man here but J. Robidoux. Young Gladden went into Mr. Robidoux' small store as clerk, all their customers then being Indians. He remained with him until January 1838. He made a claim and sold it to Mr. Highly, and was helping Mr. Robidoux more or less until the county organization. He has been in various kinds of business, speculating in anything he could make pay. He is and will always be known and remembered as " Lish Gladden." His recollection of events connected with early life are fresh in his memory, and we are indebted to him for many early reminiscences. He married Miss Eliza Jane Bailey, of Ohio, January 27, 1848. They have two children,. Corinne, who married W. L. Pappan, of this city and Mabel, wife of J. L. Haggett. He lost one son, Elijah, who died in August, 1850.

Michael Gleason

City Weigh Master, was born in County Galway, Ireland, in November, 1843, and came to this country and city in July, 1863. He engaged in the grocery business, and then commenced running an express .and hack line, and for six years has been Weighmaster at the city scales. By his faithful and upright course he has won the' confidence of the public. From an injury received on one of his limbs at eleven years of age, in 1877 he was obliged to suffer its amputation. He married Bridget Ryan in June, 1869. They have five children, Mary, John, Patrick, Michael and Agnes.

jeweler, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, July 26, 1838, and there was raised and learned the jeweler's trade. His father, J. Goodlive, Sr., was a hotel keeper in McConnellsville and other points. In 1858, he came to St. Joseph, engaging in the wholesale grocery trade, which he continued until 1861. The subject of our sketch was engaged in business at various localities until 1871, when he purchased his present site.

His store is conveniently situated and very complete in all its appointments. He was married in i860, to Miss S. E. Miller, a native of Missouri. She is a daughter of Isaac Miller, one of the first settlers of Buchanan County.

farmer. Section 25, Postoffice Saxton, was born in Surry County, North Carolina, August 10, 1820, and when eighteen years of age he went to Shelby County, Kentucky, In 1842, he came to Buchanan County. Was raised on a farm, and when twenty-two years of age he learned the carpenter's trade, and has worked at it more or less during life. He has also dealt quite extensively in stock, and he now owns one hundred acres of land. But a few years ago he was a heavy landholder in this county. Was married May 9, 1 861, to Miss Violet Jackson. She was born in the same county as himself, in 1833. They have four children - Lucy J., Andrew L., Harden G., Jr., and Murray.

was born in Nelson County, Kentucky, November 27, 1823, and moved to Paris, Monroe Couitty, Missouri, and practiced for nine years, and then to Gentry County and practiced seven years. In April, 1861, he came to this city, where he has since been in the actiye practice of his profession. He married Elizabeth E. Davis, of Bloomfield, Kentucky, in January, 1846. She died twenty-two months after her marriage. In October, 1848, he married for his second wife, Zuelda Vaughn, of Kentucky. They have three children living: Thomas A., Annie E. and Walter Ogden. He received a good education at the St. Joseph College, Beardstown, and studied medicine with Drs. Merrifield and Beemis, of Bloomiield, Kentncky, and attended the medical course at Louisville, Kentucky. He was appointed Health Officer of this city in 1870, and again in 1878-9. He is a inan of good judgment and of great experience in his profession. He is a member of the State Medical Society. Dr. Beemis, his honored preceptor, is now a Professor in the Medical College in New Orleans, and a member of the National Board of Health. , carpenter and builder, was born in Vigo County, Indiana, June 3, 1831, and was there raised and educated. In early life his vocation was that of a farmer. His father, Jehu, was an early settler in the Hoosier State, locating four and one-half miles northwest of Terra Haute. He was a carpenter by trade and Samuel adopted that profession. He there resided until 1856, and then came to Worth County^ Missouri, engaging in agricultural pursuits. In 1859, he came to St. Joseph, and during the summer season he has principally followed his profession. During the winter season, for thirty-four years, has worked in pork packing houses, and is very proficient in this important branch. During his residence here he has worked in all the leading houses, and as a carpenter and builder is a success. October i, 1857, he was married in Indiana to Miss Rhoda Ransdell. They have four children, Isabelle, David, Eddie and Frank.

William Goulding

carpenter and builder. A typical mechanic and a skilled workman is our subject. He was born in Manchester, England, August 14, 1837, and was raised, educated, and learned his trade in his native city. In 1861, he came to the United States, and for one year resided in Buffalo, New York, after which he returned to his native country, sojourning there for eight years. He again came to this country, and for a number of years worked in Chicago, Illinois, and Manistee, Michigan, when he again visited England, remaining a short time. After returning, he located in Kansas and worked at his trade, and during the winter of 1879 came to St. Joseph. He was married in England to Miss Mary Harrold.

D. B. Gray

architect, contractor and builder, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, April 7, 1837, and in 1848, removed to Iowa, his father, Samuel, locating with his family at Des Moines. He is ^till a resident of Polk County. D. B. was there raised and learned his trade. For a! time he pursued his vocation at Leavenworth, Kansas, and for two years was in the employ of the Rock Island road as bridge builder. In the spring of 1877, he took up his permanent abode in St. Joseph, and has since been recognized among its prominent builders. Samuel Gray was identified with the early history of Polk County, Iowa, and in 1849 l^^'d the office of county judge, and was well known in political circles. Our subject was married, in 1861, to Miss Sarah A. Brown, of Des Moines. By this union they have four children, Clara, William, Florence and Robert.

W. S. Grant

lessee of Contrary Lake Club House, was born in Connecticut, February 3, 1843, and received a good common school education. Emigrated to Indiana in 1871. Was married to Mary A. Bruder, a native of Indiana. She was born March 3, 1854. By this union they had one child, which died when four years old. Mr. G. removed to Chicago in 1877, and thence to St. Joseph May 24, 1881. He has been connected with hotels, etc., for twenty-five years. Mr. J. W. Bailey owns the above described property, and Mr. Grant devotes his tinae and talent to the enterprise. He has a large and attractive house, refurnished throughout. The Club House has two ten-pin alleys, billiards, croquet, lawn tenis, archery, lawnette, grace hook&, DeSoto, rolette, and all new games suitable for ladies and gentlemen. Bath houses and ample stabling in connection with the hotel. He has fifteen fine boats, and one twenty-five feet cedar boat, upholstered in gorgeous style, suitable for the most fastidious.

dealer in general merchandise, was born in Edgar County, Illinois, September 23, 1830, and when quite young, removed with his parents to Vigo County, Indiana. He remained in that state until August, 1862, when he tendered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in Company

E, Seventy-first Indiana, and served two years and ten months, when he was honorably discharged. In 1865, he came to Missouri, and engaged in trade six miles east of St. Joseph, continuing there for several years. After this he was in the employ of A. A. Mclninch, for five years. Mr. Greer carries a very complete stock of goods, and being favorably known throughout the city and county for square dealing, does a lucrative business.

_grocer, is a native of New York, and was born in Berlin, Rensselaer County, November 10, 1839. His father, Nicholas, was a son of John Green, a general of note in the Revolutionary War. The former died when A. S. was in his ninth year, and his educational advantages were limited, his early days being spent in tilling the soil. When he attained his nineteenth year he went on the road with a notion wagon, in the interests of D. B. Darrow, of Syracuse, New York, continuing one year, after which he entered the employ of Bordwell & Hopkins, of New York City, and was their representative for eight years. He was engaged in different pursuits in New York, New Jersey and other eastern states, and a large portion of the time was in the patent right business. In 1870, he came West, and located in St. Joseph, on the 4th of July, of that year, and soon after engaged in trade at his present location. Mr. Green commenced life in very meagre circumstances. He is of a liberal and sympathetic nature, and has had some heavy losses financially, by accommodating other people. He has been twice married, first at Watertown, New York, in 1867, to Miss Azelman Van Pelt, her death occurred in St. Joseph, in 1871. In 1878, he married Miss Mattie Nelson, of Platte City, Missouri. Mr. Greene is a Master Mason, and a member of the I. O. O.

A. D. Green

attorney-at-law, was born in Andrew County, Missouri, in 1855, and was raised on a farm.. He was educated in the schools of St. Joseph .and the State University at Columbia, Missouri. He made choice of the practice of law as a profession, and graduated from the Law Department of the State University in 1876. Since that time he has been actively engaged in the duties of his chosen occupation.

William Grill

musician, was born July 12, 1828, at Grossen Rhueden, Hanover, Germany, and when only one year old his mother died, and his father was shot by accident and died when W. was twelve years old. His uncle then took charge of him and sent him to school. After his education, having shown much talent for music, his uncle gave him permission to join a musical combination, iV^hich went to Russia. He was with them for one year, and returned to his birth-place to secure a thorough musical education. In 1843, he was sent to Salzgitter, and became a pupil of Otto Schmidt, the leader of the city musicians, where he served his apprenticeship for five years. Then went to Hanover and joined the citizen's military band for one year and a half Returning to his first teacher, he played with his orchestra at different watering places for several seasons. In 1853, he was a member of the First German Marine Band of the manof-war, Ernst August, which made a concert tour for two years through Northern Germany. Having had the desire to see Americaj he formed in 1855 a musical band and came to New York. He performed there and at Baltimore. In 1855, they dissolved, and Mr. Grill enlisted as a musician in the United States marines, on the man-of-war, Merrimac, which was dispatched on a long trip. They visited England, France, Spain and the West Indies, and returned, after a stoppage at all the principal commercial points there, to Boston, Massachusetts, where the musicians -were transferred to the frigate, Roanoke, which made a trip to Key West, Havana and Aspinwall. As the ship was damaged in a storm, they returned to Boston, and Mr. Grill was discharged. He went to New Orleans, where he stayed one year, and from there to St. Louis. In i860, he enlisted as musician in the Third Infantry Regiment for three months, and August 17, 1861, he became leader of the music band of the First Regiment Missouri Volunteers, which position he retained until March, 1862, when he returned to St. Louis. To recover his health and to take advantage of the good prospects St. Joseph offered to a musician, he came to this place in 1865, and joined the St. Joseph Band. By his fine qualities as a rawsician and his great experience, he succeeded in bringing his band to a high standing, and found his troubles well paid by the acknowledgement of the public. He has been twice married - in 1858, to Miss Emilie Grill, who died in 1867. In 1868, he married Miss Elizabeth Knoth. They have five children - Mina Emilie and Elise, twins, born March 29, 1869, of whom Elise died when fourteen months old; Johann Fleinrich, born October 28, 1870; Henrietta Ottilie, born May 17, 1873 ; and Elise Wilhelmina, born October 25, 1879.

Heinrich Groneweg

dealer in cigars and tobacco. Mr. G. is the pioneer in this line in St. Joseph, and was born April 24th, 1821, at Lemfoerde, Hanover, Germany, where he was raised. After having received his education he was employed as clerk in the revenue collector's oflfice at Lemfoerde, which position he filled until 1848, with the exception of a year and six months, which he served as soldier. In this year he emigrated to America and went from New York city to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained two years, then removed to St. Louis and was employed until 1852, when he came to St. Joseph and engaged in the cigar business. One year after his arrival he opened his own cigar manufacturing and tobacco business, which he carries on very successfully. He was married April 26th, 1857, to Miss Catharine Becker. They have six children : Heinrich, Carolina, Charles, William, Emma and George.

August Gross

cooper. This enterprising workman was born in New York city, March 27th, 18154, '^nd when ten years of age came to Missouri with his parents, his father and the family locating in Weston, Platte County. There our subject was raised, educated and partially learned his trade. He worked as journeyman at various points, eventually locating in St. Joseph in 1874. He is well up in the business in all its branches and does a large amount of work. In 1880, Miss Lizzie Veosteen became his wife.