Buchanan County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 4 of 12)

engineer on the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad, is a native of New York, and was borp in Canajoharie, Montgomery County August II, 1,842. His father, Henry, was a stone mason by trade, but followed farming. The family emigrated to Illinois when our subject was quite young, and after a short sojourn removed to Galesburg, Illinois. In; 1865, he commenced railroading on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy as fireman, and in 1867, took charge of an engine, continuing with this company until 1870, when he came on what is now the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad, and has since been in their employ. During the war he was a soldier in the One Hundred and Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company D., and participated in sixteen hard battles and numerous skirmishes; served until the close of the war when he was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C. Mr. C. has a versatile and inventive mind, and has recently invented a packing for locomotives, which promises to revolutionize the old system, being a great improvement. It is highly indorsed by all railroad men and will no doubt come into general use. Was married, March 17, 1861, to Miss Mary M. Keller. By this union they have five children, Ida L., Mary L., Ellen A., Hattie and Charles K. He is a Master Mason, Knight Templar, and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive" Engineers.

Peter Habig

manufacturer of stoneware and terra cotta goods. An important industry, is operated by this gentleman. He is a native of Germany and was born on the 24th of May, 1836, and was there raised until he attained his 19th year, when he came to America, locating in St. Louis. In i866, he removed to St. Joseph, engaging, in the manufacture of terra cotta in a small way, and has been gaining until now he has one of the largest institutions in Northwestern Missouri. In sewer and drain pipes he has a very extensive trade. On the i8th of March, 1866, Miss M. A. Miller became his wife. She is the daughter of D. and Mary Miller, pioneers of Andrew County. Her grandfather Miller, in his time, was a prominent politician of Virginia, and a personal friend of Cabe Jackson. The Millers are among the leading families of Virginia.

T. H. Hail

commercial job printer, was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, May 18, 1838. His father, Micajah, and mother, Elizabeth, nee Vaughan, were natives of Virginia. T. H. spent his youthful days in farming, receiving the benefits of common schools. In his fifteenth year he entered the Somerset Gazette office, where he received his primary knowledge of the printing business. He eventually came to Muscatine, Iowa, worked at his trade about a year and then came to Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, and became the editor and publisher of the Democrat, which he published until 1861. The strong prejudices which were existing at that time in this section culminated, and Mr. Hail found his sanctum, one morning, minus the requisite paraphernalia for operating a first-class newspaper. After this serious loss he tendered his services to the Confederate army and fought for the cause he advocated with his pen. After returning from the army 'he went into the employ of the St. Joseph Herald. He spent one year in Montana, and after returning became foreman on the Herald, which position he held until he engaged' in the job printing business. In 1868, he was one of the members of a new job printing company, which is now the Steam Printing Company, and after- wards was associated with C. P. Kingsbury in the book and job printing business. During A. Beattie's administration as Mayor, Mr. Hail was President of the City Council, and to him the city is partly indebted for cheap gas, for througn his instrumentality the second gas company secured the privilege of laying pipe.

a representative physician of the City of St. Joseph, was born in the State of Pennsylvania, whence he emigrated to Ohio, in 1858. He read medicine three years, under the direction of Dr. W. R. Cowden, and, during the winter of 1853 and 1854, attended medical lectures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also attend lectures at the Cleveland Medical College, under Professor Weber, in the winter of 1857. He subsequently took a complete course in the Homeopathic School of St. Louis, Missouri. He was graduated in both these institutions. After careful investigation of the respective merits of the two systems, he adopted the Homeopathic, which he continues to practice to-day. In August, 1864, he left Ohio, and moved to Quincy, Illinois. In February, 1865,. he again moved, settling permanently in St. Joseph, Missouri. During the civil war. Dr. Hall served in the Army of the Cumberland as surgeon of the Tenth Ohio Cavalry. He is a prominent member of the Masonic Order, and at present (1881) Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of the State of Missouri. He is also a member of the thirtysecond degree of A. A. S. R. In recognition of his valuable official services, the members of St. Joseph Commandery presented the Doctor an elegant gold badge. His professional visits are confined to the city, only visiting points beyond its limits which may be reached by rail. He has strong faith in the virtue of electricity, the application of which he considers indispensable in the treatment of certain diseases. His laboratory and dispensary are amply supplied with every appliance of modern excellence, and his library is one of the most complete to be found in a Western city. Dr. Hall and his wife are both members of the M. E. Church South.

bridge superintendent on the, St. Joseph and Western Railroad, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Canada West, and was born February 28, 1841. He was partly raised in that country and learned his trade in Saginaw, Michigan, where he resided several years. In 1864, he enlisted in the Second Michigan Artillery ; was taken prisoner near Nashville, Tennessee, but effected an escape soon after, and served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. He returned to Michigan, thence to Pennsylvania, and in the spring of 1866, came to St. Joseph and commenced bridge work with the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, after which, for four years, he was in the employ of the Missouri Valley Company, and has since been on the St. Joseph and Western Railroad. To Mr. H. much credit is due for the excellent condition which the bridges on this road are in. He married February 8, foreman of car and building department for the St. Joseph and Western Railroad, is a native of Germany, and was born in Prussia, April 29, 1846. He came to America with his parents when young. His father, Henry, was a cabinet-maker, and located with his family in Chenango County, New York, where our subject was raised, educated and learned his trade. In

1869, he came West and located at Netawaka, Kansas, and was in the employ of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific until 1872, when he came to this city, and has since been with the St. Joseph and Western Railway. He is among the excellent mechanics of the country, and well up in car building and genbral railroad work. In 1870, Miss Beatrice E. Bibb, of Nemaha County, Kansas, became his wife. They have three children - Joseph, Arthur and Victor. Mr. H. is a Master Mason of Polar Star Lodge, No. 31, of Netawaka, and a member of the Druids.

Joseph Hansen

Assistant General Freight and Passenger Agent of the St. Joseph and Western Railroad, was born in the City of Cologne, on the River Rhine, in Prussia, April 19th, 1840, and emigrated to America September 13th, 1853, landing at New York, where he remained but a short time and then settled in Chenango County, where he attended school for one year and then entered as an apprentice in the establishment of Haysj Lattin & Co., manufacturers of pianos, and remained until the outbreak of the war. He enlisted as a private, April 19th, i'86i, in Company H, Seventeenth New York State Volunteers, Colonel Lansing commanding. May loth, 1861, he was appointed sergeant major, and in 1862 was transferred to Company G, Fourteenth United States Infantry, and served through the Peninsular campaign, and participated in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Malvern Hills and others. He was wounded at the latter place, and being disabled, he learned the art of telegraphy, and after his recovery was ordered to report to the United States Military Telegraph Corps at St. Louis, and served until the close of the war, very efficiently, in this branch of the service, in Missouri and Arkansas. At the close of the war he remained at Weston, Missouri, as agent and telegraph operator of the Missouri Valley Railroad. In- 1870, he left the employ of this company and was in the employ of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad in different positions, at various stations, until 1873, and then came to St. Joseph, where he has been connected with the St. Joseph and Denver, now St. Joseph and Western, first as General Agent, then Master of Transportation and Superintendent of Telegraph. In 1878, he was appointed General Freight and Ticket Agent, and also has charge of the telegraph department. He now holds the position of Assistant General Freight and Passenger Agent and Master of Transportation and Superintendent of Telegraphs. In 1879, he raised a company of State Militia called the St. Joseph Light Infantry, and was soon after elected Major of the Second Battalion National Guard of Missouri. Mr. Hansen married Miss Rebecca Thompson, of Van Buren, Arkansas, August 15 th, [864.

painter, is a native of Missouri, and was born January 6, 1854. His father, Michael, was an agriculturist, and W. P., until he was thirteen years old, spent his days in farming. He then went to Kansas City and learned his trade and resided there until 1874, when he became a resident of St. Joseph, and has since applied himself diligently to his trade, in which art he stands among the foremost. He was married August 26, 1877, to Miss Nettie Dennison. By this union they have one son, William Arthur.

merchant tailor, stands among the popular cutters and fitters of St. Joseph. Was born in Springfield, Ohio, January 14, 1842. His father^ J. M., was one of the pioneers of that city, and well known in commercial circles. For a number of years he was in partnership with James Leffel, of turbine water wheel fame. The subject of this sketch, in 1861, enlisted in Company B, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for the three months call, after which he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close. After the war he went to Muscatine, Iowa, and assumed the management of a tailoring establishment, a business he had become familiarized with in his native state. In 1869, he came to this city, and has since been recognized among its most enterprising business men. He is one of the patentees of Harrison's kitchen safe, an article of furniture that has won a well merited reputation. Was married, in 1872, to Miss Abby Sanderson, a native of Springfield, Illinois. They have two children, Francis and Charles. ' * foreman of the paint shops of the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad Company, was born in Leeds, England, December 24, 1845, and when young, came to the United States, with his parents, his father, B. F., locating in Aurora, Illinois, where the subject of this sketch was principally raised. He learned his trade in Aurora and Galesburg, and in the latter place was a resident for eleven years, being in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company. On the isth of August, 1878, he took charge of the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs shops. His long experience has made him proficient in the various details of railway painting, and few. in the profession have a more enviable reputation. He was married in 1869, to Miss Mary Stockdale, of Ohio. They have four children, Frank, Minnie, Lillie and Edith. Is a member of Blue Lodge of Masons.

John S. Harkey

carpenter and builder, was born in Montgomery County, Illinois, December 30, 1850, and when sixteen years of age, his father, Daniel V., who was a carpenter, removed to Gentry County, Missouri. John S. was raised and learned his trade in Missouri, and resided in various places till he finally located in St. Joseph in the spring of 1881. He married May 22, 1869, Miss S. R. Shaffer, and by this union, they have five children, Dora S., John D., Mary E., Thomas E. and Lillie M.

Major Henry R. W. Hartwig

of the firm of H. R. W. Hartwig & Co., was born at Niedermoellrich, near Cassel, Province Hessen, Germany, April 11, 1837. Here he received his education. At the age of seventeen years, actuated by a restless spirit of enterprise, he determined to leave the home of his fathers and try his fortune in the New World. Embarking at Bremen, he, in due time, landed in the city of New York. After a short stay, he proceeded to Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained till the fall of 1856. Eager to see , the West, he visited the states of Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, and, in the fall of 1857, landed in St. Joseph, where, one year later, he engaged in active mercantile business. His first experience was in the retail grocery business, in which he met with highly encouraging success. In 1863, he engaged in the grain and produce trade, shipping largely up to 1864, when he embarked in the wholesale grocery and liquor business. In 1870, he abandoned the grocery trade, and confined his attention exclusively to the sale of wine and liquor, engaging largely in importing. In 1869, his brother, Ernst F., engaged in partndkship with him, creating the present firm, which by well directed energy and scrupulous integrity, has achieved merited success. Mr. Hartwig has always taken an active part in public affairs, and has at dif- periods, held several important positions, both civil and military. At the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted in Captain Harbine's company of Missouri militia, and August 2i, 1862, was promoted by Governor Gamble to the grade of First Lieutenant. October 7, 1864, he was commissioned by Governor Hall Captain of Hartwig's Independent Artillery Company. June 29, 1865, he received from Governor Fletcher a commission as Major in the First Regiment of Buchanan County militia. His merits as an upright and competent business man were fully recognized by his fellow-citizens, who elected him in April, 1870, to the Collectorship of the City of St. Joseph, a position the duties of which he discharged acceptably to the close of his two years' term. He is now (1881) First Vice President of the Board of Trade. He is also a Director and First Vice President of the St. Joseph Exposition Company. He is also a Director of the St. Joseph and Northwestern Missouri Immigration Society, of which association he holds the office of Treasurer. In 1867, Governor Fletcher showed his personal regard for Mr. Hartwig by appointing him one of the Commissioners to represent the State of Missouri at the Paris Exposition, an honor which, however, in view of the sudden illness and subsequent death of his child, he was prevented from accepting. Mr. Hartwig married March i, i860. Miss Carolina Kuechler. He has had two children - George Henry, born in i860, and Ernst born January i, 1864. The former died in 1867.

of the firm lof H. R. W. Hartwig & Co., was born February 20, 1844, at .Niedermoellrich, near Cassel, Province Hessen, Germany, where he was reared and employed in the grocery business. In 1862, he followed his ibrother and emigrated ,to America, arrived in New York City, and came to St. Joseph in April, 1862. There he was employed as clerk and bookkeeper in the dry goods house of Stix & Eckhart for seven years. In J869, he joined partnership with his brother, and opened a wholesale husine&s under the firm of H. R- W. Hartwig & Co., and helped, by industry and energy, to bring the business to the high standing it now occupies. He married March 18, 1868, Miss Emma Friedrich, of St. Louis. They have four children, Henry Oswald, Emma, Metta and Xatharina.

Philip Hauck

carpenter and builder, was born in Germany. His father, Theo., was a cooper, and before Philip attained his majority came to America, locating in Buffalo, New York, where he learned the carpenter trade, and became proficient in architecture. During the war, he was a soldier in Company A, looth New York, and during his term participated in twenty-four engagements, among which were Nashville, Lookout Mountain and Pittsburg Landing, where he was severely wounded. Was honorably mustered out as Orderly. After his discharge, he traveled through Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and other portions of the West. His party consisted of eighteen, Mr. Hauck owning several teams and a large amount of provisions. They were captured by the Sioux Indians, and detained eight months. He received an ugly arrow wound on the hand,, and a severe scalp wound from a tomahawk. His weight at the time of capture was 165 pounds, and when released was 105 pounds. For days his sustenance was a small portion of raw buffalo meat. In 1870,. he came to St. Joseph, where he has since been engaged in working at his trade. He married Miss Carrie Christensen, by whom he has four children : John, Christena, Charles, A. S. He is a Druid, and member of the A. O. U. W.

Jacob Hauck

of the firm of Hauck & Bro., millers, is a native of Germany, born June- 10, 1820, in South Germany. When eleven years old he came with his parents to America, and landed at New York. After a short rest they went to Cincinnati, where his family settled. Jacob assisted his fatherin the butcher and lard oil manufacturing business until 1844. Hearing" of the prospects offered at the growing city of St. Joseph, he came tothis place in 1852, and formed a partnership with his brother-in-law in the business of manufacturing soap, candles and lard oil. Two years, later, in connection with this business, engaged in packing, which they continued with great success until 1865. In this year he went into the milling business with his brother, George M. Hauck, by opening the: Excelsior Mills, first working on a small scale. With great industry, and giving all their attention to the business, they had an increase everyyear. Now having four runs, they are able to turn out one hundred barrels of flour per day. They ship to St. Louis and the States of Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. He married June 23, 1846, Miss Christine Pinger, at Cincinnati, Ohio. They had eight children, George William,, born April 2, 1847 ; Mary, born August 28, 1849 ; Lydia, born March 8,. 1853, died in January, 1873 ; Emilia, born June 4, 1855 ; John P., born April 6, 1859 j Charles and Wesley, twins, born February 10, 1862,, Wesley died when six months old), and Emma, born July 12, 1864.

St. Joseph is not deficient in having inventors who have contributed tothe world's machinery implements to facilitate labor, and one who ranks.

imong the first in this class is S. R. Hawley. In the invention of the check rower and corn planter, he has placed before the agriculturists a want long felt. It is simple and durable in its construction, can be operated by one person and it checks and drops the corn with rapidity and uniformity. It is adapted for rough ground and triangular fields, a feature that has always been a drawback to other implements in this line. The testimonials Mr. Hawley has received from prominent farmers in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and other states, is prima facie evidence of the satisfaction it gives. Mr. H. was formerly a resident of Illinois, where he patented the check rower and planter, November 19, 1878.

David J. Heaton

was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December i6th, 1808, and with his parents moved to Butler County, Ohio. When ten years of age he lost his mother by death, and was then apprenticed to learn the cabinet trade in Maysville, Kentucky, and served seven years. After working for five years in different places, he located in Ripley, Ohio, and remained three years. He married Emily Donovan, of Augusta, Kentucky, July 31, 1832. They had seven children, three of whom are living: Mary Ann, Augusta C, and Elizabeth H. In the fall of 1834, Mr. H'.. went to Mississippi, and remained there until the spring of 1845, at which time he came to this city, and started a cabinet shop. St. Joseph at that time contained about three hundred inhabitants. He commenced here very poor, but immediately started a good business, but by the signing of a sheriff's bond had $3,000 to pay. In 1857, he lost a warehouse by fire, losing $6,000. He kept at work enlarging his business and was very successful. He was the first undertaker in the city,, and continued in the business until 1881, when he sold out to his son,. David E. He was the first City Marshal, and in 1858 and 1859 was elected City Councilman from the Third Ward, and was chairman of that body. In '1876, he commenced keeping a boarding-house, and in 1877 he built additions to his house, and opened the Heaton House, on. Sixth Street, now the St. James. Mr. Heaton has always been a Democrat, but when the rebellion broke out he was a strong Union man and assisted in every way to do his duty as a loyal citizen. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1839. I" 1849, his wife died, and in 185 1 he married Miss Lucinda King, of Boone County,. Missouri. They had five children, four of whom are living: Laura, David E., Bell and Melsonia.

Edwin Hedenber

carpenter and builder, was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, July 5, 1840,. and was reared, educated and learned his trade in that city, there reside ing until 1870. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Orte Hundred and First Illinois infantry, and participated at the sieges of Vicksburg and Atlanta, and many other stirring events. He was honorably discharged May 25, 1865. In 1870, emigrated to Salina, Kansas, and engaged in building until 1880, when he became a resident of St. Joseph. As a mechanic he has few competitors. He was married December 24, 1869, to Miss Annie T. Underwood, of Ohio. They have a family of six children living, Walter E., Annie C, Mary L., Reuben C, Ellen E. and Milton D. Lost one, Charles U.

attorney at law and abstractor, is a native of Illinois, and was born in 1843 ; received limited school advantages up to the age of fourteen, and then commence4 working on a farm, where he resided until 1863, at which time he went into the army. He was Orderly Sergeant, and was detailed in the Commissary Department for two 1 years. Came to St. Joseph in January, 1866, and read law under Parker & Strong, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1869, and has been a successful practitioner for many years. He is a member of the I. O. O. F, and was married, in 1871, to Miss Mary S. Reeves, a native of Pennsylvania. By this union they had two children. Mr. Hedenberg has been in the abstract business since 1869. He has a complete and thorough abstract of titles for the County of Buchanan, and is the oldest abstractor in the county now in business. He is a thorough going, active, energetic man, having secured his present condition in life by industry, economy and strict attention to business.

born in Preble County, Ohio, February 14, 1828. His father was a Tennsylvanian, and his mother from South Carolina. He.received his literary education in Cincinnati, Ohio, after which he prepared himself for the profession of medicine at Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia. Immediately after receiving his diploma. Dr. Heddens began the practice of medicine and surgery in Barboursville, Kentucky, where he remained three years, but desirous of securing a wider field of usefulness, he removed to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he has since continued to practice with satisfactory success, both professionally and financially. He is a member of the Royal Arch Masons and of the I. O. O. F.; also, a member of the International Medical Congress, a permanent member of the American Medical Association ; also, a member of the Medical Association of the State of Missouri, and has served as Vice President and was President of the Medical Association of Northwest Missouri in 1875 and 1877, and in 1877 President of the St. Joseph Medical Society. His whole time IS given to his professional studies and practice, and as a citizen and physician is held in high esteem by those who know him best. He has been twice married - first to Miss Katherine Adams, of Barboursville, Kentucky. She died June 6, 1874, leaving six children. He niarried for his second wife Miss Mattie D. Offutt, of Shelbyville, Kentucky.

Thomas Heenahen

policeman, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, September 22, 1839, ^"^ was there brought up, making it his home until he attained his nineteenth year, when he came to the United States. In 1859, he came to St. Joseph, and during his sojourn here, has been in numerous pursuits, for a number of years was engaged in boating on the river, and since 1878, he has been on the police force, and ranks as one of the best guardians of the peace in the city. He was married in Ireland to Miss Bridget Knight. They have had eight children, four of whom are living, Margaret, Bridget, Catherine and Thomas. Lost four, Mary Ann, Mary, John and Thomas.

J. B. Hein

was born September 7th, 1820, at Girzhagen, Prussia, where he was reared. In 1832, his father moved to Oettershagen and bought a farm, J. B. assisting him with its cultivation. May 9th, 1849, he emigrated to America, landing at New Orleans, and from there went to St. Louis, where, for nine yearshe was engaged at different occupations. In 1858, he came to Jefferson City, Missouri, and for three years he and his wife had charge of the residence of Governor Robert M. Stewart. Hearing of the favorable reports of the good prospects of St. Joseph, he came here in May, 1861, and commenced work as a carpenter. In 1862, he enlisted in the Missouri militia and was detailed for hospital duty ; first, at the military hospital, in the Allen House, on Fourth Street, St. Joseph, and afterwards transferred to the general hospital at Jefferson City. In 1865, he returned to this city and was employed for over ten years on the Missouri Valley Railroad, now known as the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs. He was married at St. Louis, August 24th, 1856, to Miss Anna Geek.

James Herson

of the St. James Hotel, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, March 31st, 1852, and came to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1855, and to St. Joseph in 1864. He received a good education in Dr. Huffaker's seminary, in Gallatin, Missouri, and commenced his eventful career as a hotel keeper while very young, occupying every position, from a waiter boy to an accomplished landlord. He became a favorite of the railroad officials and the traveling public as the keeper of the Kansas Pacific dining hall at Lawrence, Kansas, and at Hago, Colorado, where he remained for several years. He also was the popular clerk at the Otis House, at Atchison, Kansas. In all these positions he gained hosts of friends by his kind and affable manners and uniform courtesy to all. He conducted a restaurant in this city for two years. At the Exposition of 1880, in this city, he managed the main dining hall, which he conducted with marked success, giving general satisfaction. In October, 1880, he leased the old Heaton House, on Sixth Street and changed its name to the St. James, and has opened a house which is a credit to St. Joseph and its worthy proprietor. He married Miss Mary E. Fuller, in Atchison, Kansas, Nov. 28th, 1877. They have two children : Maud and James.

Louis Herwig

was born in Germany in 1850, and emigrated to America in 1867, landing at New York. He came direct to St. Joseph. Had a good common school education ; was married., June 6, 1868, to Miss Rosa Zillas, a native of Germany, and by this union they have two children. He is a member of the Mannaerchor, and German benevolent societies.

M. E. Herbert

of the firm of M. E. Herbert & Co., was born in Chicago, Illinois, August 15, 1 85 1, and there was educated, raised to manhood and learned the trade of plumbing and gas fitting. He came to St. Joseph in January, 1880, engaging in trade on Market Square. His business soon increased to such an extent that he was obliged to remove to the comr modious store he now occupies, which is well filled with a line of gas fixtures, lamps, etc., that will compare favorably with any in this vicinity. His trade extends into Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. He is one of the most thoroughly skilled gas fitters and plumbers in the West.

Ignatius Herbert

carriage trimmer, was born November 11, 1841, at Fladungen, Bavaria, South Germany, where he was raised. In the spring of 1854, his'family emigrated to America, and settled in Utica, New York, where they resided six months. September i, 1854, they came to St. Joseph and located. Here Herbert served his apprenticeship with Alexander Doeff. In 1861, upon the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in the First Nebraska Infantry, and served three year's. In 1864, after being honorably discharged, he returned to St. Joseph and followed his trade, and in 1876, he opened the Herbert House, which he carried on successfully, and rented it in order to give his whole attention to his business as carriage trimmer. Was married, June ii, 1865, to Miss Clara P.Walter. She died August 19, 1880, leaving one child, Flora Matilda, born September I, 1866.

George Herbst

contractor and builder, was born in Baden, Germany, September 6, 1825, and was there raised and learned his trade. He came to the United States in 1853, his father, Matthias, locating with the family in St. Joseph, where he was a constant resident. Our subject engaged in working at his trade, and to-day in St. Joseph there are many specimens of his skill, among which are the St. Joseph and New Ulm breweries, the canning factory, and others. In 1873, he met with a severe loss. He constructed the Exposition building, and as it neared completion, a cyclone demolished the entire structure. It crippled his finances to an alarming extent, but with an energy characteristic of a German, soon recovered his losses. He was married in Dubuque, Iowa, to Miss Tris Waldenspul. They have two children, Anson and Herman, a promising young man, and a carpenter.

Joseph Hermann

brick manufacturer, was born in Baden, Germany, March 10, 1842, and in 1857. came to America with his parents, the family taking up their abode in St. Joseph, where our subject has since been a constant resident, with the exception of a few years spent in the far West. He here learned the brick making trade, which he has given his entire attention. He has been closely identified with the building interests of the city, furnishing the brick for many of its substantial structures. In this important branch of industry, he is numbered among the largest manufacturers in the northwest. He was married in 1867, to Mary Weidberger. By this union they have three children, Emma, Phena and Eliza. He is a member of the German Benevolent Society.

book binder and paper hanger, has been a resident of Buchanan County for twenty-four years, and was born June 4, 1825, at Zweibrucken, Rheinflake, South Germany. There he was raised, and learned the trade of book binding. In 1847, he opened his business, which he carried on successfully until 1849, when the revolution broke out. Having nourished for a long time liberal ideas, he joined the Republican party and took an active part in their fights and struggles. When his party was conquered, his property was confiscated, and he had to leave his birth-place. He went to Strasburg, France, where he was employed for about one year ; then eniigrated to America, and arrived in 1850 at New Orleans, and after a short time went to Cincinnati, Ohio. There he remained for two years ; and having accumulated a fair fortune, came to Hannibal, Missouri, where he opened his business, and continued it for five years. In 185.7, he came to St. Joseph and opened immediately after his arrival a book bindery and paper hanging establishment, which he carried on, aided by his two sons, with great success. He was married in 185 1, to Miss Katharina Kiefer, who died six months after. In 1852, he married Miss Augusta Sauppe. They have four children - John Friedrich, born August 2, 1856; was married to Miss Ottilie Neuendorfer, and settled in Peoria, Illinois; Gustav Adolph, born October 6, i860; Emma Louise, born November 23, 1862; Wilhelm August, born December 6, 1864.

Hesse & Wickenhgefer

manufacturers of carriages, buggies and spring wagons. This firm established their trade in the spring of 1881. They are both accomplished workmen, and in first-class work and general repairing, promise in the future to rival the older establishments. Fred. Hesse is a native of Saxony, Germany, and was born October 30, 1840; was reared and learned his trade in his native country, and came to the United States in 1868, locating in St. Joseph. For a number of years he was in the employ of Conrad Tanner. In 1877, erected the shop now occuped by John Haflinger. His wife was formerly Miss Mary Brombecker. They have two children, Minna and Hprrman. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F. Encampment, and Foresters. Jacob Wickenhoefer wa3 born in Hessen, Germany, March 25, 1855, and came to the United States in 1 87 1, locating in Farmington, Iowa, where he learned the wagon making trade. After this he worked in different points in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, coming to St. Jt)seph in the spring of 1877. Until 1881 he was in the employ of William Pape. Mr. W. is one of the accomplished workmen and popular young men of this city ; is a member of the Turner Rifles.

John Hill

of the firm of W. W. Scott & Co., roofers, was born in DeKalb, Buchanan County, Missouri, August 25, 1852. His father, Thomas Hill, was a farmer, and in 1865 went to Montana, engaging in stock raising. John accompanied him, and returned during the autumn of 1867. In 1874, he again went there, remaining three years, and later visited the western country, spending a few years in Texas and the Cherokee country. In the spring of 1881 he formed a partnership with Mr. Scott. He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow.

F. Hens Haw

native of Prussia, Germany, and was born March 25, [826. In 1845, he came to the United States. After a short sojourn in New Orleans he removed to St. Louis, where he resided for a time, engaged in the jewelry trade, and in 1849, came to St. Joseph. For a number of years he Worked on the river between St. Joseph and Omaha, in the capacity of steward, after which, for seventeen years, he was employed in keeping the eating house at the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railway depot. Was at Cameron in the same capacity for some time. Few men of St. Joseph were more closely identified with the early steamboat trade than Mr. Henshaw, or of latter years as a business man. In 1880, he engaged in his present business. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Knight Templar.

William Hindennach

the premium boot and shoe man, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, September 3rd, 1840, and received instructions in his trade at London and Paris. In 1872, he came to the United States and located at once in St. Joseph, in a short time establishing himself in his trade, which has been very successful. In 1877, he married Rosa Craps. They have one daughter, Hellaman. Mr. H. well merits the title of the " Premium," as can be shown by the number of diplomas and silver medals which he has received for the finest workmanship on boots, shoes, etc. Such workmen as he are few and far between.

George T. Hoagland

retired banker, etc., is a native of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, and was born February, 7, 18 14. His father, Cornelius H. Hoagland, was an old resident of that state, and died in 1832. His mother, formerly Catharine Brown, died in 1880. The subject of this sketch came West in 1837. In 1838, he located .in Boonville, Missouri, and opened the first lumber yard at that point, remaining until 1852, when he located in St. Joseph, opening a yard on the corner of Fourth and Edmond Streets. He also opened the first regular yards in pine and domestic lumber, at Council Bluffs and Omaha, the latter, his son, G. A., now operates. He also opened a yard a:t Hannibal, and afterwards became one of the organizers and is now President of the Badger State Lumber Company, their wholesale point being Hannibal, and their mills are located on the Chippewa River, Wisconsin. In that state they own extensive tracts of pine lands. For a number of years Mr. H. was President of the Buchanan County Bank, and he has been a member of the City Council, and has been closely identified in all matters pertaining to the city's interest. Owing to failing health, of late years, he has been obliged to retire from active business. Religiously Mr. Hoagland's sympathies are with the Metho-

and in that cause has been an active worker, and also a local minister of that denomination. He was originally a Presbyterian,, having "been united to that faith in 1832. To him much credit is due for establishing the Presbyterian Church at Boonville, of which he was an elder several years. He was married in February, 1842, at Elizabethtown, ISie.w Jersey, to Miss Nannie Gale, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. She is ;an estimable lady. They have had three children, George A., Theodore B., and Emeline B., wife of Benjamin R. Vineyard, one of St. Joseph's .attorneys.

John A. Horn

was born in Germany, November 25, 1808, and emigrated to America in 1835, locating at Baltimore, Maryland, thence to Wheeling, Virginia, Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, and in 1847, located permanently at St. Joseph, where he has resided ever since. He was married to Louisa Hornung in 1841. She was born August 18, 1826, in Germany. They had five children, Louis, born November 26, 1843; John, born March 23, 1845 ; August, born September 18, 1853 ; Bettie, born June 15, 1856 ; and Charles, born August 20, 1864. All the children are living. In early life Mr. Horn learned the trade of a baker, and afterwards became a farmer. In 1856, he was shot through the head by a colored man, but fortunately nothing serious resulted therefrom. The bullet in front of the left ear, ranging upward, passing out between the upper portion of the right ear and temple. The assassin, whether a colored man in reality or imitation, was in pursuit of money, but -owing to the report, became frightened and made a hasty retreat without securing anything of value. Mr. Horn lost considerable property by the late war. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church.

William E. Hosea

of the firm ol Tootle, Hosea & Co., St. Joseph, one of the largest dry goods jobbing "houses in the West, was born in Sussex County, Delaware, April 26, 1846. He was the youngest of a family of ten children. His father, John Hosea, was a farmer. He died in 1852. His mother's maiden name was Nancy T. Jefferson. Young William was raised on his father's farm, from which he attended school in the winter season. In 1862, he, determined to seek a wider field for the development of his energies, and starting West, he settled in St. Joseph, Missouri. He first secured a position as porter in the house of Tootle & Fairleigh at a small salary, which was increased from year to year till, by the year 1867, he had rendered his services of sufficient value to secure an interest in the business. He was the first salesman from St. Joseph to go out upon the road with samples of dry goods. He continued, for five years, to fill the position of traveling salesman, meeting during that period with excellent success. January i, 1877, the firm name was changed to Tootle, Hosea & Co. Since that time he has devoted his attention -entirely to the management of the business and making purchases for the house. In 1873, he married Miss Jennie Smith, daughter of the late George Smith, one of St. Joseph's early, as well as most reputable merchants. They have a family of five children living, Jeannie N., William Edwin, George Smith, Lenora and Katie B. One daughter, Edna May, died in infancy. Mr. Hosea, in his success in life, is a living evidence of what pluck and perseverance, coupled with sterling integrity, may accomplish.

J. B. Howel

grocer, among the first settlers of the Platte Purchase, and a man who has figured conspicuously in the pioneer days in Northwestern Missouri, is our subject. He is a native of Washington County, Kentucky, and was born December 1st, 1816. At an early age he removed to Indiana with his parents, and afterwards to Illinois. His father, Benjamin, died when J. B. was quite young. The latter subsequently returned to Indiana, and in 1839, came to Missouri, locating in what was known as Jimtown, Andrew County, five miles northeast of the present site of St. Joseph. Here he engaged in the furniture trade, continuing until the autumn of 1841, when he removed to Savannah, where he was interested in trade for a number of years, and at times was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In September, 1867, he established himself in trade in St. Joseph. For forty-two years Mr. Howel watched the development of the Platte Purchase, and to that development he has contributed amply, and few residents at the present day are more widely known. He is a gentleman, unassuming in his demeanor, and popular with the masses. In 1850, he went to California by the overland route, and was gone about a year. Was married in 1 848, to Miss Elizabeth Carroll, of Kentucky. They had two children, one of whom is living, Benson A. Prince Edward is deceased.

was born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, on the i6th day of December, 18 19. His parents, John H. Howard and Sarah Mafrifield, were most excellent persons, but very poor. His father died when he was but eight years old, leaving his family, consisting of a (vife and eight children in very destitute circumstances. He was fortunate enough to be able to attend a seminary for a short time, and became so well versed in the rudiments of English that he afterwards taught schools, successfmlly, in the' same neighborhood and also in Washington County.

When twenty-three years of age he began the study of medicine in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and continued his studies four years and nine months before he commenced the practice. He was wholly without means and had to struggle hard to make a living for himself and his mother's family. A young friend of his, Mr. E. H. Haycraft, a young apothecary, having determined to come to the then promising town of St. Joseph, he concluded to accompany him. His business flourished and he prospered. His advice and prescriptions became so popular that he was compelled to resort to the practice of his profession, and very soon he had a large and lucrative practice, and, in 185 1, notwithstanding his immersion in the mysteries and labors of his profession, he felt a restlessness and disquietude which he could not cast off, and for which he could not account. A fair girl, a Miss Herndon, had recently come to St. Joseph, and the Doctor was accidentally thrown into her association. He found her image constantly rising upon his mental vision wherever he might be, and he could only be satisfied when in her presence. He had been so platonic and reserved in ladies' society theretofore that no one suspected that he could ever have awakened in his bosom a tender sentiment, but that cunning little god, who takes delight in discharging his arrows everywhere, saw fit to shoot one straight into the Doctor's heart, and, like all others who receive the fatal shaft, he had to succumb, and the consequence was he married Miss Sarah Herndon, of Richmond, Kentucky, April loth, 185 1. They have five children living : Kate R., Martha, Ann M., Dixie and Leo P.

James Hoy

of the firm of James Hoy & Son, ice dealers, was born in County Louth, Ireland, and came to America with his parents when seven years of age, locating in Maryland, and was there raised to manhood, and educated, and came west in 1855, locating at Sioux City, Iowa, where he resided a few years. He owned one-half the land, and assisted in laying out the town of Covington, Nebiaska, and in 1858 came to St. Joseph. For a number of years he was engaged in trade, and for two years has confined his attention to the ice business. In 1861, he was married to Miss Ann Shea. By this union they have had eleven children, five of whom are living : James H, John, Annie, Will and Kate ; lost six : Ellen, Peter, Michael, Rose, Richard and Joseph.

Christian A. Hubacher

in 1849, where, after having received his education, he was employed in a bakery and grocery until 1863. Having had the desire to see the Far West, he went to Montana, where he opened a store, which he kept with great success for three years and a half In 1866, he returned to St. Joseph^ and was in the employ of Hartwig & Brother until 1873, when a partnership was formed with C. N. Mayer, in the boot and shoe business. From this Mr. H. retired in October, 1873. In June, 1874, he became business manager of the Eagle Milling Company, which responsible position he still holds. The company are able to turn out one hundred barrels of flour daily. Was married May 3, 1869, to Miss Hannah L. Schmidt. They have five children - Theodore Rudolph, born May S, 1870; Charles Edwin, born July 6, 1872; Albert Wilhelm, born November 14, 1875 ; Eda Fredericka, born January 6, 1878 ; Clara, born April 19, 1880.

Dr. Clarence G. Hubbell

was born in Clay County, Missouri, December 13, 1845, and was raised a farmer, receiving a common school education in youth, which he supplemented by a three years' course at Bethany College, Virginia, making choice of the practice of medicine as a profession, and attended lectures at the St. Louis Medical College, from which he was graduated. At Columbus, Boone County, Missouri, in 1868, he commenced the active duties of his profession, and continued his residence there until 1877, when he came to St. Joseph. For several years he has given a great deal of attention to the study of the eye and ear, and he has become very sjiccessful in their treatment. The Doctor is connected with the College of Physicians ;and Surgeons, and is Professor of Chemistry, and also lecturer on the eye and ear; is a member of the Northwestern Medical Soci- - ety, and while living in Boone County was one of the organizers of the Boone County Medical Society. Miss Marian Russell, daughter of Col. F. T. Russell, an able attorney of Columbia, is his wife. They have one daughter, Carrie.

Daniel J. Hubbard

farmer. Section 27, post office St. Joseph, was born in Virginia, November 7, 1822, and had a very limited education. He emigrated to Missouri, in 1847, locating in Buchanan County, and has followed farming all his life. Was married December 5, 1861, to Miss Mary E. Adams. She was born in Caldwell County, Missouri, March 8, 1844. By this union, they had four children. Smith, born October 16, 1863, died August I, 1865-; William, born July 17, 1865 ; Katie, born November 17, 1868, and Mattie, born April 4, 1871. By his own assiduity, he has saved 160 acres of land, mostly under fence, with a good house and barn, and in a good state of cultivation, with ten acres of orchard, and three and one half acres of vineyard. He also has valuable property in St. Joseph. He has been school director for several years.

Louis Huggins

of F. L. Sommer & Co., is a native of Kentucky, and was born February I, 1843, and is the son of James and Mary Huggins, pioneers of that state. When Louis was in his fifteenth year, the family removed to St. Joseph, where he was raised to manhood and educated. It may be said that since he came to this city, he has been constantly identified with the business circles, as for a number of years he clerked in different houseSj and was also engaged in the notion trade. In 1874, he embarked in the soap manufacturing business, in which he continued until 1877, when he became one of the firm of F. L. Sommer & Co., cracker manufacturers.

W. A. Hunter

of the Vulcan Iron Works, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1837, and was raised to manhood, educated and learned his trade in that city. Upon immigrating west, he located at Jacksonville, Illinois, pursuing his trade for five years. In 1880, he came to St. Joseph. His specialty is in making steam boilers, oil and water tanks, bank and jail vaults, etc. He is an accommodating gentleman, and is doing a lucrative business.

H. H. Hughes

General Agent for the St. Joseph and DesMoines Railroad, one of the popular railroad agents in St. Joseph, and one who is deserving of more than a passing notice, is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Plymouth, Devonshire, England, January 7, 1841, and there received his education and spent his boyhood days. At the age of eighteen, he became cashier in the Law and Fire Insurance Company of London. The duties of this important position he discharged creditably to himself and the satisfaction of his employers for ten years. At the same desk worked Mr. Charles Cushman, brother of Charlotte Cushman, America's favorite actress. The lineage of the Hughes family is traced back to the Norman conquest, as per De Brito Baronetage. His father, William, was a barrister, and a son of the Rev. Sir Robert Hughes, baronet. In the spring of 1869, Mr. Hughes came to the United States, taking up his abode in St. Joseph, and for five years was with George Olds, the General Freight Agent for the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad. On the ist of November, 1878, he accepted his present position. Few men in railroad circles stand higher or have a larger circle of appreciative acquaintances than Mr. Hughes. He has been twice married. First to Miss Elizabeth Howell, daughter of Rev, H. Howell, an Episcopalian minister of Hampshire, England. By this union he "had one daughter, Beatrice. Mrs. Hughes died in her native country. His present wife was formerly Miss P. H. Wilson, of London, England, whom he married in 1869.

A. L. Hunt

the Market Square painter, is a native of Platte County, Missouri, and was born February 19, 1847 ; was there raised and educated, learning his trade principally in Kansas City. In 1875, he took up his abode in St. Joseph, and worked as journeyman until 1878. For a time he conducted business in Platte City. In 1878, he engaged in trade. He married, in 1 87 1, Miss Clara Wardtfager, They have a family of five children -.'Minnie, James, Emma, Jennie and an infant. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and the Foresters.

James Hunter '

is a native of New York and an old bachelor, consequently never tells his age. He had a fair education, and emigrated to St. Joseph in 1857. In early life was raised on a farm, and at the age of twenty-three read law under S. A. Goodwin, of the firm of Larned & Goodwin, of Chicago, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar. In i860, he was appointed Justice of the Peace by the County Court. He enlisted in company A, Twentyfifth Missouri Regiment, under Colonel Severance. Was elected captain and served one year as captain of company A, then promoted to major, after which he was on detached duty on General Hall's staff. In 1864, he was elected City Attorney at St. Joseph ; served one term and was re-elected, and continued until the Legislature abolished the office. In

1869, he was commissioned postmaster. In 1871, commenced the practice of law with C. A. Mosman, but his health failed and he abandoned the profession. Mr. Hunter, in connection with James T. Beach, Wm; Fowler, Jr. and Judge Lock, were first to organize an anti-slavery organization in Missouri and the Northwest.

Hugh M. Hutchison

carpenter and builder, was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, August 2, 1848, and when thirteen years of age emigrated to Wisconsin with his fJarents, . his father, John Wesley, locating in Fond du Lac County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. , Hugh was here educated and learned his trade; his early days were spent in tilling the soil. In 1868, he came to St. Joseph, and has since pursued his trade. In March, proprietor of the Hutton House, is a native of Illinois, and was bo^n in Sangamon County, March 13, 1824. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Henry County, Iowa, where his father, Samuel, Sr., engaged in agricultural pursuits, and the subject was there reared and educated. After attaining his majority, he opened a farm in Henry County, comprising a section, and was identified with the interests of the leading agriculturists of that county. After leaving the farm, he built and opened the Wiggins House, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. In 1866, Mr. H. came to St. Joseph, engaging in the lightning rod and pump business, in which he continued until his embarkation in hotel keeping. In 1850, he married Miss Rebecca J. Cole, an estimable lady. They have had nine children by this union, five of whom - Allie, wife of Dr. O. B. Estes, Cora, Belle, Clara and Marry - comprise an interesting family. They lost four - William, Sylvis, George and John. The Hutton House was erected in the spring of 188 1, and is a substantial three-story brick, containing forty rooms, well ventilated, lighted and complete in all their appointments. The furnishings are new and first-class.

farmer and stock raiser. Section 32, post office St. Joseph, was born January II, 1819, in Bath County, Kentucky. His father was a native of the Green Mountain State, and his mother of Massachusetts, and both were among the pioneers of Kentucky. A. C. was taken to Greenock County when quite young, and lived on a farm and received a limited education in the schools of that vicinity. He emigrated West in the fall of 1840, and settled in this county, upon the claim where he now resides. He may truly be called one of the pioneers of Buchanan County, for the settlers were few and far between. They built cabins and improved their farms, facing many privations and hardships, and it is to such sturdy pioneers as Mr. Hyde, that the rising, generation are largely indebted for the present growth and prosperity of the county. He has never been an office-seeker, but has always preferred the quiet of his legitimate business. During the war he displayed his patriotism by shouldering his musket and going to the front, to defend the lives and property of the citizens. He belonged to the famous Pawpaw militia, and served some six months. His landed estate consists of 456 acres of fine farming land, and is well adapted to stock. He has been twice married, first in 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Whitlock, a native of Clay County, Missouri. She died in 1846, and he was again married to Miss T. Cure, a native of New York State. They have had a family of nine children, J. L., Eliza J. Mrs. H. S. Martin, of Augusta, and Mrs.

George W. Conner, William, James, Cassia, Charles and Calvin. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of King Hill Lodge No. 376, and has been six times elected Master of the lodge.

Joseph H. Igler

was born in Germany, Jan. 17, 1846, where he was raised to manhood and educated. In 1866, he crossed the ocean and took up his abode in Norfolk, Virginia, where he remained until 1870, when he came to St. Joseph. The trade of boot and shoe making he learned in his native country, and for a number of years he was connected with Messrs. Morgan & Fink, and latterly with F. Wenz. In the spring of 188 1, the ;St. Joseph Boot and Shoe Company was established, of which he is a member. The company comprises Mr. Igler, F. Wenz and Christian Frenger. This enterprise is in its infancy, but under the auspices of the above parties, it is designed to figure prominently in the future whole- interests of St. Joseph. Mr. Igler is thoroughly schooled in his profession. In 1 876, Miss Mary Keshel became his wife. Their union jias been blessed by two children, Ida and Fannie, He fs a member of .the I. 0. O. F.

-carpenter and builder, is a native of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, and was born December 7, 1849. His father, William, was a millwright by trade, and when our subject was in his fourth year, the family migrated to Knox County, Illinois, where he resided until August, 1862, when he tendered his services to the Union cause, and became drummer boy in the Seventy-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and passed through all of Grant's campaigns on the lower Mississippi, being honorably mustered out in August, 1865. After the war, he returned to Knox County, Illinois, and commenced to learn his trade. In 1866, went to Franklin County, Kansas, where he resided two years, and, in 1868, ' at lola, in Company C, Nineteenth Kansas Vol. Infantry, served months in the Southwest, and, after his discharge, he returned to Coffey County, Kansas, where he pursued his trade for a time. He also resided temporarily in Texas, Colorado, and other portions of the West, and for two years lived in Wichita, Kansas. After a sojourn in Illinois, he returned to Missouri in 1875, locating in DeKalb County, near Stewartsville, where he pursued his vocation three years. Thence to Nodaway County, and in January, 188 1, came to St. Joseph. He is a skilled workman, and has had a varied experience in mechanism. In 1877, Miss Maggie E. Bradbury, of Illinois, became his wife.

Amer Jackson

farmer and stock raiser, Section 3, postoffice Saxton, was born August 28, 1843, in Surry Couqty, North Carolina^ and was reared there until twelve years of age, spending his boyhood days on a farm. Came west with his parents in 1855, ^nd settled in Buchanan County, where he remained up to 1864, when he engaged ih freighting to Colorado. This he continued until again engaging in farming. In 1870, he commenced the mercantile business at Saxton, and also held the position of postmaster. His was the first permanent store kept in the place. In July, 1880, he turned his attention to farming and stock raising, and owns 160 acres of land, well stocked and improved. lie has filled the position of school director and road overseer several terms. During the late war he served for six months in- the famous Pawpaw militia, assisting in defending the lives and property of the citizens. Was married, July 8, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Jackson, a native of Missouri. They have seven children living: Louisa E., Jacob, Robert Lee, Alexander, Susan v., Nellie M, Alfred and Arthur B. They lost one. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which he holds the office of trustee, Is also a member of the Masonic chapter at Saxton.

Seymour Jenkins

was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in October, 1826, and emigrated to St Jbseph in 1856. He engaged in brick making and followed the business of a mason, and has always ranked among the' best of his trade in the city. In 1 87 1, he was elected member of the City Council, and his record as an official, for ten years, is without a stain. He was married in April, 1854, to Miss Frances Groves, of Delaware County, New York.. They have three children, Albert E., Alice H. and Cora A.

John M. Johnston

engineer, with F. L. Sommer & Co., was born in the Lowlands of Scotland, October 10, 1840, and was. there reared to manhood, educated and learned his trade. In 1866, John came to the United States, and took up his abode in St. Joseph. During his residence here has been in the employ of John Burnside, J. W. Ambrose and K. C, St. J. & C. B. R. R. Co. He is a close observer in mechanism, and keeps pace with the progress of the scientific world. He married in Scotland, Miss Agnes - Welch. They have a family of three children - James, Mary and. David. Mr. Johnston is a Master Mason.

John W. Johnson

is the efficient Secretary and Treasurer of the St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, and was born in Highland County, Ohio, March 9, 1843. He received his education in his native place, and was reared with a mercantile experience. He commenced as a clerk in his father's store, and after arriving at manhood, engaged in business on his own account. In September, 1869, he decided to avail himself of the wider 'field of the West for his operations and selected St. Joseph and formed a partnership with Captain F. M. Posegate, under the firm title of Posegate & Johnson. After a short time he sold his interest and engaged in the mercantile business at Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri, with satisfactory results. He sold out his business here during the year, and once more returned to St. Joseph and assisted in organizing the St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, and has been its Secretary and Treasurer from its organization, a fact that is very complimentary to him for the manner in which he has discharged his duties. He has been twice married, first in September, 1863, to Miss Annie M. McClure, of Ohio. She died in 1868, leaving one daughter, Sallie. His second marriage occurred in 1871, to Miss Annie E. Milner, a native of Highland County^ Ohio. Their family, by this union, consists of one son, Ralph.

of the firm of J. B. Johnson & Son, marble dealers, was born in Tuscarawas- County, Ohio, in 1831, and many of his early days were spent in tilling the soil. He learned his trade at Zanesville., residing there three and a. half years, after which he removed to Indiana, and remained until 1857. He then came to St. Joseph. Johnson & Son deal in American and Italian marble, and one account of their long sojourn iA the county is their first-class workmanship, which have thus secured them a lucrative trade. He was married in 1857, to Miss H. M. Albertson, a native of Orange County, Indiana. They have four children - H. B., J. M., Mollie and B. Mr. Johnson is a Master Mason.

contractor in plain and ornamental plastering, was born" in Woodford County, Kentucky, November 29, 1832, and was there raised and educated. Learned his trade principally in Louisville, residing there threeyears. Lived in Shelbyville several years, and other parts of the state.. In June, 1858, he took up his abode in St. Joseph. He did the work on many of the old landmarks, one of which is the Sixth Street Baptist Church, and on a host of the fine structures, more modern, among which are the Hax and Michau buildings. Was married in Shelbyville,. Kentucky, December 23, 1857, to Miss Hattie Boland. They had five children by this union, three of whom are living: John B., Maggie and Clarl They lost two, Lula and Albert C.

John J. Johnson

carpenter and builder, was born in Covington, Kentucky, December 23rd, 1823. At the age of twelve years he removed to St. Louis with his parents, residing there until 1844, when he became a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, there learned the trade he now pursues and resided there until he came to St. Joseph, in the spring of 1849. His hammer and saw have done much toward converting the small town he found it, in 1849, to the booming city of 1881. In the years 1858 and '60 the city found 3iim an efficient councilman, he being always on the right side in all questions that would have a tendency in advancing the city. He married January 24th, 1850, Miss Martha Bancroft, a native of Missouri. They Jiave six children by this union : John P., William F., Robert T., Luella, Sydney L. and Georgia.

farmer and stock raiser, section 35, post-office St. Joseph, was born in Cooper County, Missouri, January 31st, 1824. He has followed farming all his life. Was married February 27th, 1845, to Mary E. Stephens, a native of Kentucky. She was born January 20th, 1823, and they had nine children; Sarah Ellen, born December 15th, 1845, died June, 1848; William D., born February 6th, 1847; Elijah A., born September ist, 1848 ; Mattie A., born September 26th, 1850 ; Mary A., born April 2nd, 1853; Samuel, born January 15th, 1855; Nancy, born December 19th, 1856; John F., born January 12th, i860; Emma B., born June 26th, 1864- Three are married. He has lived in Buchanan County since March 1st, 1845. By industry he has saved 160 acres of land, which is mostly under fence and in good state of cultivation ; has six acres of orchard and two fine never-failing springs. He was a defender of his country by being a member of the Pawpaw militia. He is a member of the old Hard Shell Baptist Church, and has been School Director for years. His father, Samuel Johnson, was born July 18, 1796, and was one of the first Territorial Judges. It was he that proposed and named Andrew County.

dealer in dry goods, notions and groceries, is one of the leading merchants on South Sixth Street. Was born in Prussia, February 26, 1828, and was there raised, educated and resided until 1854, when he came to America, locating temporarily in the East.^ In 1855, he came to Missouri, engaging in trade at Richmond, Ray County, and afterwards in Chillicothe. He came to St. Joseph in 1861, and has since stood prominent among its business men, and has been in trad? at his present 16ca- tion for ten years. Mr. Juda has been twice married - first in 1858, to Miss J. Straus, whose death occurred in 1866. In 1867, Miss Hannah Bear became his wife. By this union, they have three children - Millie, Charlie and Lena. He is a charter member of the B'Nai-Brith Society.

Winslow Judson

Among the prominent attorneys of Buchanan County, may be mentioned the subject of this biography. He was born in Ogdensburg, New York, on the 2 1st day of February, 1845. He received good educational advantages in youth, and entered Hamilton College, from which institution he was graduated in 1865. His father. General R. W. Judson, was an attorney of prominence, and the son early formed a preference for the legal profession, and with his father as preceptor, after the most thorough preparation, he entered the Albany Law School, and graduated in 1866. He then came to this city and entered upon the active duties of his profession. His prominent characteristics are energy and perseverance. As a lawyer he is attentive to his cases, examining the minutest points that may present themselves in the final trial, and as a careful, pains-taking attorney, has an enviable reputation. His social qualities are admirable and his moral character irreproachable. He married Miss Emily Carpenter, of Providence, Rhode Island, November S, 1868. Their family consists of four children.

Frank R. Judson

was bom in Ogdensburg, New York, April 20, 1849. Received a good education in the city schools, and in 1865, entered Hamilton College, and received a thorough course. He studied law in his father's office, and graduated at the law school in Albany. Was engaged in the lumber business for some time. Then entered his father's office and practiced law for four years. In 1879, he came to this city and entered the employ of the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad Company, where he remained for eighteen months. His father was R. W. Judson, a celebrated attorney, and during the late war raised the One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment New York Volunteers, and became its colonel, and for meritorious conduct was breveted brigadier general.

George S. Karns

farmer and stockraiser, Sec. 32, Postoffice Saxton, was born December 23, 182 1, in Bedford County, Virginia, and was taken to Lee County, Virginia, by his parents when about four years of age, and remained there until twelve years old, spending his boyhood days on the farm, and has made farming his occupation through life. In the fall of 1837, he emmigrated West, and settled in Buchanan County, Missouri. The- Indians were just leaving the Platte Purchase, and he had his full share to contend with. It is to such as he that this county is indebted for the position she now occupies. Mr. Karns took up a claim, and commenced improving a farm. His landed estate consists of i,2Cxd acres of fine land, most of which is improved, and he owns some of the best stock farms in the county. Commencing in life at the bottom round of the ladder, he has worked his own way to the position he now holds. He i-s no office seeker, but always gives his attention to his business, and well merits the esteem in which he is held by his many friends. October, 1850, he was married to Miss Matilda Watson', a native of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. She died in the fall of 1872, leaving a family of nine children : Mary, now Mrs. Williams Yager ; Elizabeth, now Mrs> L. JeiiFers ; Sarah ]., now Mrs. F. Winn ; Pasal W.; Abigal B., now Mrs. Wm. Gilpin ; John N., Carrie, Margaret and Matilda. He is an active member of the M. E. Church. A few of the first sermons preached in. this vicinity were preached in his house. He has always been a strong Union man, and cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln.

Herman W. Kastor

editor of the St. Joseph Volksblatt, daily and weekly German newspaper, was born at Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany, October 26, 1838. He studied in college at Bamberg, and came to New York in 1854. Was married May 6, i860, to Miss Theresa Rudolph, of Magdeburg, Prussia. They had nine children, of whom eight are living. Mr. K. was in the Sixth Regiment, N. Y. S. M., when President Lincoln called out the first 75,000 men, and was one of them. He came to Leavenworth Kansas, in 1862. Was Second-Lieutenant of the First Kansas State Militia, and was in active service at Price's raid, etc. In 1864, he was in Kansas City, Missouri; in 1865, at Wyandotte, Kansas, where he edited a weekly German paper called "Die Fackel." This he moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1867. He came to St. Joseph, in 1868, as editor of the Volksblatt, and became, in the same year, one of the proprietors of that paper, in the firm of C. Eichler & Co., and afterwards, when this firm was dissolved, in the firm of H. Briinsing & Co. He has been editor and one the proprietors of the Volksblatt, with the exception of six months; in 1869, ever since he came to St. Joseph, in 1868. His eight children are Benjamin, Louis, Amalia, Ernst, Fredric,, Richard, William and Gertrude.

Harry Keene

of the firm of H. Keene & Co., manufacturers and bottlers of soda and vinegar. Mr. K. is a native of Bristol, England,, and came to the United

States in 1864. After residing in Chicago for a time, he took up his abode in St. Joseph in 1866. For ten years he was employed on the K. C, St. J. & C. B. R. R., as engineer ; also, for a time, was engaged in the restaurant busines. In 1878, he commenced his present trade, which is the largest of the kind in the Northwest. He is a Mason, belonging to the Royal Arch Chapter and Commandery. His wife was formerly Miss Elizabeth Dunstan.

is a native of Daviess County, Missouri, and was born April 24th, 1849. There he was raised as a farmer, his father having been one of the early settlers of that county. In 1874, he came to St. Joseph, engaging in the livery business with M. I. Couch, and was afterward of the firm of Ireland & Keene, and later of Keene & Moore. For a time he was employed in buying horses for the government. He is numbered among the best norse fanciers in the country. He is a member of the Temple of Honor.

Identified with the carpenters, builders and first-class mechanics in St. Joseph is the above firm. Mr. Scott Keller was born in Bedford, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania, April nth, 1845, and at an early age removed with his parents to Maryland. There his father, W. V., engaged in farming, and there Scott was raised, educated and learned his trade. In 1862, he enlisted in the Confederate army and passed through many stirring events, under General Stonewall Jackson. He served until the close, then came west and located in Urba'na, Illinois, following his trade for fifteen years. Also for a time was in Chicago. He came to Moberly, Missouri, in 1877, and to St. Joseph, in July, 1880. . In 1868, Miss Annie Myers became his wife. They have three children : Charlie, Willie arid Harry. E. B. Merlatt is the son of George Merlatt, one of the pioneers of this city, and one well known among the early settlers. E. B. was born here, May 2Sth, 1846, and was here raised and educated, and has made it his home, with the exception of twelve years, spent in the south. Mr. Geo. Merlatt has seen the growth of St. Joseph, from its infancy to a large and prosperous city.

contractor for plain and ornamental plastering. A pioneer plasterer who was well and favorably known in this county, was Arthur Kelley^ who took up h'is abode in this city over twenty-two years ago. Here he resided until the time of his demise, November 20, 1877. His son, J. A., was born in Omaha, Nebraska, November 9, 1858, and came to St.

Joseph with his parents when six months of age. He was here educated and learned his trade. He is a young man of sterling business qualifications and a skilled workman, has a large trade, riot only in St. Joseph and Missouri, but also in Kansas and Nebraska.

Simeon Kemper

one of the oldest citizens of Buchanan County, in point ot residence and years, was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, February S, 1799. He moved to Missouri with his family in 1837, and to what is now St. Joseph in 1840. He made a claim and worked some land which is now a part of the city. In May, 1843, when the land came in market, he entered 160 acres and built a double log house, where he lived for several years. This place he afterwards sold to a Mr. Highly, who called it "Highly Springs." In i860, he built the house that is now the residence of James McCord, Esq. The 160 acres he entered in 1843, has been laid out in lots and mostly improved with residences and business houses. Mr. Kemper surveyed the city and laid it out in lots, and was the first to fill the office of County Surveyor dfter the organization of the company. He married Miss Jane A. Shortage, of Kentucky, in 1835, and of a family of ten children born to them, only one is left to cheer his declining years. This a son, Charles S., is connected with the firm of John S. Brittain & Co., wholesale dry goods. He married Miss Mary Robertson, of Danville, Kentucky, October 22, 1843, and has a family of four children, James R., Charles S., Simeon, and Mary Lee. Few men have lived in the community as long as Mr. Kemper, and no one has enjoyed in a greater degree the respect, esteem and confidence of the community than this sturdy pioneer, who has now passed his four-score and two years. He has long been an earnest and consistent member of the M. E. Church (south), and his sterling qualities of. mind and heart and his Christian graces will long live in the memories of the citizens of St. Joseph who are favored with his acquaintance.

John Kenmuir

was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parentage, February 14, 1831. His father, William Kenmuir, was a watchmaker and manufacturing jeweler, and bred his sons to that business. In 1827, W. K. established himself in Ballynahinch, County Down, Ireland. The firm name was Kenmuir & Sons. The reputation of the house was soon established, and a vast flow of patronage followed. This firm is yet extant, and the venerable William Kenmuir, now (1881) in his eighty-third yeart still continues to give personal attention to the supervision of the concern. John Kenmuir, the subject of this sketch, is one of a family of seven children, four of whom were boys, all bred to the trade of watchmaking. James Kenmuir, a brother, is a representative watchmaker and jeweler of Kansas City. August 17, 1850, after having served his seven years' apprenticeship, John left his native home for the West. Landing in the city of New York, he immediately established himself there as a manufacturing jeweler and watchmaker. His marked ability and strict attention to business soon achieved for him a reputation which commanded for him an immense business. Seized with a desire of visiting the West, in 1863, he determined to leave New York, and finally landed in Leavenworth City, Kansas, where he established, on Delaware Street, between Third and Fourth, a retail business in clocks and watches, which at one time amounted* to $80,000 a year. In 1873, he moved to St. Joseph, where he established himself on Felix, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, moving from Leavenworth City to that point his immense stock of goods and fixtures. He also established in St, Joseph the Bell telephone, a full history of which enterprise will be found in the body of this work under its proper head. Mr. Kenmuir sustained serious loss by the unauthorized compromise, on the part of his attorneys, of a law suit in which he was engaged. The effect of this compromise was to temporarily cripple his resources. He is, however, (188 1 j again established in business on Felix Street, three doors above his former stand, where he is rapidly recovering his losses. At every fair and mechanical exposition at which his work has been displayed, his ability has received substantial recognition in the way of diplomas, medals and premiums. At one Kansas State Fair he was presented with a gold medal valued at fifty dollars, and at another a silver pitcher of similar value. Other associations in Canada and New York have recognized and similarly honored his skill.

Captain F. B. Kercheval

stands among the first settlers of Buchanan County, and is thoroughly conversant with the first commercial transactions done at Robidoux' Landing. He is a native of Montgomery County, Tennessee, and was born near Nashville, July 9, 18 17, was there brought up, and received his education. John, his father, was a native of Virginia, and settled in Tennessee when a young man, and was extensively engaged in the manufacture of iron, in that state. Our subject came to Missouri in the fore part of 1841, engaging in business at Fredricktown, and in the spring of 1842, came to St. Joseph. Mr. Kercheval brought with him a stock of general merchandise, with the intention of engaging in trade, but abandoned the idea and engaged in farming, a short distance from this place, in Washington Township, and he took an active part in laying out the wagon roads, building school houses, churches, and develop-

of the township generally. In 1852, he embarked in the hardware business in St. Joseph, continuing until 1856, when he commenced steara- At Louisville, Kentucky, he had built the steamer Omaha, which he placed between St. Joseph and Gmaha. In 1857, he built the Hesperian, which was burnt opposite Atchison, a few years later. Cajjtain Kercheval is an old steamboat man of the Missouri River, he having established the lines between St. Joseph and Omaha, and St. Joseph and Kansas City. After the war broke out, he embarked in the wholesale -grocery trade here. The firm was known as Kercheval & Donovan, and afterwards F. B. Kercheval & Co. In 1864, an enterprise was successfully carried out by Messrs. Kercheval, Joseph Kinney, J. C. Ogden, Thos. Tootle and Powell & Levy, which eclipsed any previous commercial undertaking in St. Joseph. They fitted out forty-six wagons, loaded with general merchandise, and had 220 yoke of oxen, which they drpve through to Virginia City, Montana, and established a wholesale grocery house, the style of the firm being Kercheval, Kenny & Co. In 1865, Mr. -Kercheval withdrew, and established a wholesale grocery house at Helena, Montana, continuing until 1868, when he returned to St. Joseph, and engaged in the milling business, he building 'the Kercheval Flour Mill, and, in connection with this branch, was extensively engaged in grain buying, with which interest he was identified until the memorable crisis of 1873, when he was obliged to succumb to the pressure, and lost heavily. In 1839, ^^ ^^s married to Miss Helen Kay. They have^ by the union, four children : Sarah Ann, wife of Judge A. H. Gambrill, of Alton, Illinois ; Minnie, wife of F. M. Long, Civil Engineer, at Altoni Illinois ; John K., and Fanny, wife of J. H. Thorp.

born in Buchanan County, Missouri, December 15, 1848, and is a son of the veteran pioneer. Captain F. B. Kercheval. J. K. was raised and educated in St. Joseph and received the benefits.of the University of Columbia, Missouri. He was associated with his father in trade in the western country, and later in this city. He is a young business man and one of St. Joseph's popular citizens. He was married on the 14th of May, 1872, to Miss Ella M. Sites.

Kessler & Shale

dealers in dry goods, groceries, notions, etc. Frank S. Kessler was born in Marion Township, Buchanan County, Missouri, November ist, 1853. His father, Fidele Kessler, was one of the pioneers of that township, and took an active part in developing its agricultural resources, until his death, which occurred several years ago. Frank was here raised to manhood and educated, his early days being spent in farming. That

he pursued until 1877, when he took up his abode in St. Joseph. In the autumn of 1878 he engaged in trade. Henry B. Shale, the junior member of the firm, was born in St.' Joseph, Missouri, September 9th, 1854. His father, John Shale took up his abode in this city at an early day and was closely identified with its progress. At the breaking out <!)f the rebellion he tendered his services to the union cause and did good work as a recruiting officer, for a time, after which he was an orderly in Company H, Thirty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was killed on the Fourth of July, 1863, at the memorable conflict at Helena, Arkansas. Henry received his education in this place, and here has always resided. For five years he was in the employ of George P. Shaeffer, as clerk. On the 25 th of December, 1877, Miss Sally Whitman became his wife. She is the daughter of Mr. David Whitman, of this county.

dentist, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Easton, Northhampton County, February 9, 1835. His father, Charles J., was a native of that county. The Kesslers are of German extraction. His mother, .Martha Johnston, was a native of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and his grandfather, Johnston, was born in the same county. The Johnstonsare of Scotch extraction. Our subject was raised, educated and learned his profession in Easton. In 1855, he came West, locating temporarily in Chicago, Illinois, and afterwards at Elgin, Illinois, where he did a prosperous business for several years. Was also for a time at St. Charles, Illinois. In 1865, he came {o St. Joseph, and has since been a citizen here. Dr. Kessler is a dentist of twenty-five years continual practice, has been a close student, and keeps pace with the accepted and new theories pertaining to the profession. During his sojourn in the city he has represented the first ward in the City Council, and was one of the directors of the St. Joseph bridge. In 1857, Miss Mary Frittz, of New Jersey, became his wife. They have one son, Samuel.

dealer in staple and fancy groceries, has figured conspicuously in the developmenl of the state and county. He is a native of Sullivan County, Tennessee, and was born January 2, 1819. When young he removed to Overton County, Tennessee, where he was raised and made his home, until 1840. His father, John Keywood, was an old resident of Tennessee. In 1840, our subject came to Missouri, locating in Andrew County, where he engaged in farming. The country at that time being sparsely settled, he had many difficulties with which to contend. In 1850, in company with D.. M. .Steele and others, he went to California by the overland route, remaining eighteen months ; then returned to Andrew County, and in September, 1862, took up his abode in St. Joseph. For several years, he was engaged in teaming and trading, and in i860 engaged in his present business'. Mr. Key wood has been twice married. In 1843, Miss Celia LaNeir became his wife. She died in 1855, leaving two children - Matilda J. and Isabelle. In 1855, Mrs. Cordelie Reno became his wife, she being the daughter of William Nave, one of the early settlers of Northwestern Missouri, and was married in 1846 to Jefferson Reno, who died in 1847, leaving one son - William J. Mr. and Mrs. Keywood have two sons - Alfred Tinsley and Isaac T.

John Kieffer

wholesale liquor dealer, may be numbered among the most successful b.usiness men of St. Joseph. He is a man who owes his success to his own energy and industry. Without having any schooling when he was young, he had a hard struggle with life. But he overcame all difficulties, improved himself, bent all his energy to one point and reached it. He was born July 9th, 1837, at Hesperingen, Luxemburg. When ten years old, his parents died, and John left home and went to France, with an object to get work, and this he obtained from a farmer, who paid him a mere trifle. He worked for five years, and in 1852, returned to his home, where he served his apprenticeship as a blacksmith, for two years, with his brother-in-law. Then again went to France and worked at his trade up to 1858. His brother, Peter, who had been in Califdrnia, had paid a visit to Europe, and when returning to America, persuaded John to accompany him. This he did March iSth, 1858, and arrived, May 7th, at New York City, when, after a few days he started west. He visited Chicago, Dubuque, Iowa, St. Louis, and finally, July 4th, 1858, came to St. Joseph, where he settled and worked for three years at his trade. In 1861, he opened a blacksmith shop on Frederick Avenue, which he carried for four years. To recover his failing health he made a trip over the plains to Elenver, in 1865, and returned in the spring of 1866. He then paid a four months visit to Europe and returned in July, 1866 to St. Joseph, where he started a hotel and saloon, in which business he was engaged up to May, 1868, then opened a summer garden at Corby's Grove, which he managed for one year. He then engaged in the ice business, and in 1876, formed a partnership with Christ. Mast and Joe Schreiber and started the St. Joseph Ice Company, and of which business he is now sole manager. October 20th, 1880, he opened, with Mr. Koenigsmann, under the firm, Kieffer, Koenigsman & Co., a wholesale liquor and wine business. Mr. Kieffer married December loth, 1861, Miss Katharina Ohler. They have had four children: John Peter, born September 13th, 1862, died July 20th, 1876; plasterer, one of the pioneer plasterers of St. Joseph, is a native of Marion County, Indiana, and was born January i, 1826. His father was Zenas, and his mother's maiden name was Isabelle Drum. When our subject was in his ninth year, he removed with his parents to La Porte, Indiana, where he was raised, educated and learned his trade. In 1854, he came to Iowa, locating at Panora, Guthrie County, where he followed his trade until 1859, when he took up his abode in St. Joseph, where he has since been engaged in his profession of plastering. He married in 1848, Mrs. Hoagland, a native of Sweden. They have two children, Candee, now Mrs. P. McGregor, and Emma, now Mrs. Hiram Hershberger. Mr. Kimberly is one of St. Joseph's popular and most respected citizens, and in his profession stands among the most proficient.

George E. King

was born on the 29th of May, 185 1, in the town of Milford, Decatur County, Indiana. His early education was very liberal, and was received at the Hartville, Indiana, University, and the Missouri University of Columbia. Taught school about seven years in the States of Indiana and Missouri, devoting his leisure hours to legal and literary studies. Attended law lectures at Columbia University in 1873, and was admitted to the Andrew County Bar in 1874. Practiced law with W. S. Greenleaf, Esq., at Savannah, during 1874-5. ^^ the spring of 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Lilly A. Cook, daughter of Wm. Cook, banker, of Savannah. He entered journalism in 1875, and edited the Adams County Union, of Iowa, till August, 1876. Was associate editor of the St. Joseph Chronicle in the fall of 1876. In December, 1876, he purchased the Andrew County Republican and merged it into the Andrew County Advance. From Savannah he came to St. Joseph, and established the St. Joseph Saturday Democrat, of which he is now (1881) the editor and proprietor. The history of the Saturday Democrat in St. Joseph is worthy of more than a passing notice in a work of this character. It was started on a highway strewn with the wrecks of many a like venture. It was forced to contend with the suspicions, distrust, and indifference of the reading public, rendering its first days especially trying to the endurance and perseverance ©f its enterprising proprietor and publisher, but by a steady and fearless course in the cause of honesty, as well as by purity of utterance in its political and social statements, and by its general excellence as a family newspa- per, it has forced its way to the front rank which it now occupies in the estimation of the intelligent reading peoplre of the state. The paper is an elegantly printed eight-page fifty-six column journal, and is already firmly established financially, and in the esteem of the reading public. George E. King, its founder and present editor and publisher, enjoys the merited reputation of the most fearless, pointed and most forcible writer on the newspaper press of this section.

Thomas Kincaid

farnier and stock raiser. Section 32, postoffice, Saxton; was born October 12, 1821, in Adams County, Ohio, and was taken to Montgomery County, Indiana, when about twelve years of age. There he was principally raised ; his father was a blacksmith, and Thomas worked considerable at that trade. He received the benefits of a common school education, and by self application has obtained a thorough knowledge of the events of the day. In 1851 he emigrated to Fayette County, Iowa, and remained there for twenty-three years engaged in agricultural pursuits. He came to this county in the spring of 1874 and settled where he now resides; his farm consists of one hundred and sixty acres, improved, containing three good springs. He also owns three hundred and forty-four acres in Tremont Township. During the late war he espoused the Union cause, and twice enrolled his township. He has been married three, times : first, in 1843, to Miss Margaret Banner, a native of Ohio. She died December, 1846. His second marriage was in 1848 to Miss Catharine Danner, a sister of the former wife, whose. death occurred in December, 1875. She left six children, Frederick, Franklin, Margaret (now Mrs. George Cliff), Horace G., Ida, arid Ella. He was married again June 14, 1877, to Mrs. Elizabeth Bedford. She has seven children by her former marriage. By the last union there is one child, Thomas. They are members of the M. E. Church, in which Mr. K. holds the office of Recording Steward of the St. Joseph circuit. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.

carpenter and rriillwright, was born in Hebron, Toland County, Connecticut, June 6, 18 18, and was there raised until he attained his seventeenth year, and partially learned the carpenter trade. He then removed to New York, remaining until 1848, when he came West, locating in Columbia County, Wisconsin. For a number of years was on the improvements of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. In 1864, he went to Montana and engaged in mining, and became a resident of St. Joseph in 1865. During his sojourn here, he has been closely associated with the progress of the city, and has contributed amply towards its development. As a mechanic he is among the first in the country. Was married in 1844, to Miss Mary Gay, of Monroe County, New York. Mr. K. is a Royal Arch Mason, becoming a Mason in 1844.