Buchanan County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 8 of 12)

was born on the 23d day of August, 1850, in Missouri, and is the son of O. M. Spencer, who emigrated from the State of Kentucky and located on the Platte Purchase in 1846. He passed his boyhood days, until he arrived at the age of eighteen, upon a farm, at which time he laid aside the implements of husbandry and left the labors of the field in order to enter the public schools of St. Joseph, where he fitted himself for college. He afterwards attended Christian University, where he graduated in 1872 with the second honors, and by virtue of those honors was representative of the class. Having chosen the profession of law for his avocation in life, he entered the office of a distinguished attorney in Leavenworth, Kansas, where he pursued his legal studies until he was admitted to the bar. In order to become still more proficient and to gain that scientific knowledge of the fundamental principles of the common law which distingushes the true lawyer, he entered the law department of Harvard College, and completed his education under the instruction of those -venerable and profound expounders of the law. With a mind full of learning and a future full of promise, he returned to his favorite city of the West, and located in the practice of his profession, and shortly after he met the accomplished Miss Lillian Tootle, whom, in the winter of 1875, he led to the marriage altar. ' In 1880 came the interesting election of officers for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit and for the county of Buchanan. Mr. Spencer >vas nominated on the Democratic ticket for Prosecuting Attorney, and after an exciting contest was elected to that position, which he now holds, and the duties of which he performs to the satisfaction of all but the criminals.

C. G. Stall

was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1829. He was the last child but one of a family of six sons and three daughters, all but one of whom, a brother, are living. He was educated in his native county, and soon after leaving school engaged in railroading in Missouri and other western states, and in hotel keeping. April- 16, 1877, he took charge of the Saunders^ House in St. Joseph. The reputation of this well-known hotel he has continued to sustain, and it is now (1881) recognized as one of the best kept and most popular houses in this section of country.

Dudley M. Steele

was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, February 18, 1821. His mother died when he was quite young, and when sixteen he buried his father. By this time he had a good English and fair classical education, and commenced clerking in a wholfesale and retail dry goods house in Lexington, Kentucky. His health becoming impaired, and having heard glowing accounts of the rich Platte purchase, and of Missouri, he in the spring of 1842 started on horseback for the West. At Louisville he took passage for St. Louis and thence to Columbia, Missouri, where he spent several days with a relative, David S. Lamb, and proceeded to what was then Robidoux Landing, now St. Joseph. Captivated by the fertility of the soil, he purchased land five miles east of Savannah, and became a farmer. In August, 1848, he was married to Miss Mary E. Mitchum, formerly of Woodford County, Kentucky. Mrs. Steele died in 1849. In the fall of 1849 he enga.ged in merchandising in St. Joseph. He subsequently determined to visit California, and in the spring of 1850 started with an ox team and small herd of cattle to cross the plains. The Indians were numerous, and frequently troublesome, and emigrants therefore traveled in companies sufficiently strong for self-protection. A company of twenty men and ten wagons, principally from Andrew County, was formed, and Mr. Steele was selected as the manager. They traveled with but few adventures. Mr. Steele, desirous of visiting Salt Lake, arranged a series of signals by which he could join the train west of that point, and in company with a Mr. McClain, started on horseback for the great Salt Lake Valley, where they spent two weeks. They joined their comrades as arranged, having successfully traversed that wild Indian country a distance of five hundred miles. They arrived at their destination after a four months' journey, and Mr. Steele immediately engaged in the stock business. In the spring of 1852 Mr. Steele formed a co-partnership with Messrs. McCord, Nave, and Clark, under the firm name of Steele, McCord & Co. This firm afterwards became one of the most prominent as dealers in and raisers of American stock in Upper California. In 1856 Mr. Steele was elected by the counties of Colusa and Tehama to represent them in the California State Legislature, receiving the largest Democratic vote ever cast in the district. He continued in the California cattle trade until 1857, during which time he crossed the plains three times in a " prairie schooner," and made nine trips across the Isthmus, sometimes by the Panama, and at others by the Nicaragua route. In 1857 he returned to St. Joseph, where the members of the firm of Steele, McCord & Co, entered the wholesale grocery trade, under the firm name of Nave, McCord & Co. In May 1858 Mr. Steele was married to Miss Eliza May, of Washington County, Kentucky, by whom he had two children, who were left motherless by the death of Mrs. Steele in the spring of 186 1. In consequence of the disturbed state of the country during the civil war, Nave, McCord & Co. deemed it advisable to move part of their goods to Omaha, then a small village. Mr. Steele took the management of this consignment, and of the branch house shortly afterwards established there. In the spring of

Steele, McCord & Co., and remained there till September, 1863, when he returned to St. Joseph and again resumed his active interest in the grocery trade, which he continued until 1867. In March, 1868, he was married to Miss Minnie Withers, of Clay County, Missouri. In June of the same year he was elected president of the St. Joseph Fire and Marine Insurance Company, to which position he was re-elected in iS6g-'70. During the same time he was the vice-president and manager of the Merchants' Insurance Company of St. Joseph, and conducted the business of both companies in the same office. In the fall of 1868 Mr. Steele formed a partnership in the wholesale grocery business with Samuel R. Johnson, of Council Bluffs. In 1870 he was elected president of the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad, and re-elected in 1871. The pressure of business was so great that he on September 13, 1870, resigned the presidency of the St. Joseph Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and in November, 1872, after one hundred and fifty miles of the railroad had been built under his management, resigned his position as president. In 1872 he was elected president of the Merchants'. Insuranpe Company of St. Joseph. In 1873 Mr. Steele, W. B. Kemper and others entered the wholesale grocery trade^ under the firm name of D. M.Steele & Co. In 1876 he was elected president of the St. Joseph Board of Trade. The same year he was elected a director of the St. Joseph Bridge Company, and re-elected in 1877. Mr. Steele was born and brought up in the Presbyterian faith, and has been a constant supporter of and general attendant upon the services of that denomination.

N. Steen

carpenter and builder, was born in Buffalo, New York, October 28, 1837, and removed to Wisconsin with his parents at an early age, locating in Waukesha County, where he was raised to manhood, educated and learned his trade. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company F, Fifth Wisconsin,, and was soon promoted to first sergeant. Was at the -engagements of Peach Orchard, Williamsburg, White Oak ' Swamp, Fredericksburg, Antietam, and all the general engagements of the Potomac. Was slightly wounded, and for six weeks was an occupant of Libby Prison. Was in New York City during the riots, going there from Gettysburg. Was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term, and returned to Wisconsin, and after a short sojourn came to to St. Joseph. Was married, in Wisconsin, in 1864, to Miss Susan Sceets. They have a family of five children, Nellie, Susan, May, Ada and William Irving. Mr. Steen has contributed an ample share towards the cause of the Union, and as a mechanic and citizen occupies a front rank.

Fred Steffen, '

carpenter, was born in Prussia, Germany, April 22, 1855, and came to the United States when young, his father, Carl, taking up his abode in St. Joseph. He is well known in this city as a dairyman. Fred was here reared, and learned his trade. For a number of years he was in the employ of the K. C. Railroad, in the capacity of bridge builder. He is among the well known mechanics of the city.

restaurateur and proprietor of fish, oyster and produce market, was born in Monroe County, Indiana, November 20, 1844. His father, David, was a circuit minister of the Methodist denomination, and migrated from Ohio to Indiana at an early day, and was also closely identified with the educational interests of that locality up to the time of his demise, which occurred when J. O. was quite young. His grandfather, John, was a soldier in the war of 18 12, and he was born in Boonsborough, Kentucky, in 1781. He married a sister of Daniel Boone, and migrated to Ohio, in 1801, locating near where the City of Columbus now stands. J. O.'s mother was again married, and with them he lived until fourteen years of age, tilling the soil. Then came west, and located in Nebraska, and after a short sojourn, returned to Indiana for a time. Subsequently he located in Doniphan County, Kansas, residing there until December 12, 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Was at the battle of Shiloh and many other stirring events ; served three years and seven months, when he was honorably discharged, and returned to Doniphan County. For a time he was engaged in merchandising, at Wathena and Troy, and came to St. Joseph in the autumn of 1865. Embarked in the fish and oyster business, afterwards in butchering, eventually turning his attention to his present vocation. In 1866, he married Miss Sarah J. Dinkle. Mr. Stephens has built up a large and lucrative business by sagacity and fair dealing.

merchant, the subject of this notice, is a native of Randolph County, Missouri, and was born April 2, 1842. When three years of age he removed to Callaway County, with his parents, and there resided a few years, when the family located in Andrew County, remaining six years, thence to Buchanan County. During the war our subject was engaged in freighting in the West, and for two years was a resident of Kansas. He engaged in his present business in March, 1880, and carries a well ^elected stock of goods, and by square dealing and his affable demeanor has built up a substantial business. In the spring of 1867, Miss Margaret tarpenter and builder, is one of the leaders in- this important industry. He was born in Gasconade County, Missouri, July 25, 1853, and removed to St. Joseph at an early age. His father, John T., who was a carpenter, here engaged at his trade. Joseph was here raised and learned his trade, and is now an accomplished mechanic. Was married December 31, 1880, to Miss Minnie Breuninger, of St. Joseph.

William Stewart

foreman for J. W. Ambrose & Co., was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, June 21, 1814, and, upon becoming of age, he went to Wilbraham, Massachusetts, where he received the benefits of a good education. After this, he went to Pittsford, Vermont, and learned the moulder's trade, and then went to Plymouth, Vermont, and worked at his trade seven years. Thence to Providence, Rhode Island, remaining about two years, having the management of the shops. He next returned to Vermont, and for ^ight years had charge of the shops at Windsor. For six years he was foreman in the foundry of Hartshorn & Ames, at Nashua, New Hampshire, after which, in company with two other gentlemen, he engaged in the foundry business at South Reading, Massachusetts. It was finally converted into a joint stock company, and Mr. Stewart continued in the capacity as foreman for six years. He next went to Connecticut, staying for a time, after which he entered the foundry of Morrison & Colwell, at Troy, New York, as foreman, remaining three years. He filled the same position with Wager & Fales for several years ; that company eventually dissolved, and he continued to hold the same situation with Mr. Fales for five years. Subsequently he came to Rock Island, Illinois, and for one year was foreman in tbe stove works, in that city. Returned to Troy, and, in 1878, came to St. Joseph, and entered the employ of J. W. Ambrose & Co. as foreman. Mr. S. has been a forensan for thirty-five years, and is thoroughly conversant with the general details of foundry work. He has been twice married : First, to Miss Clara Pollard, of Vermont ; she died June 11, 1879, leaving two sons, W. J. and Ge,orge P. In the autumn of 1880, Mrs. Mary J. Reed became his wife. He is a Master Mason.

Christof Steinbrenner

farmer, section 26, post office St. Joseph, was born in Germany, November 16, 1833, and received a good education. He came to America, April 15, 1853, locating in Cleveland, Ohio, where he learned the black- smith trade and followed it for a livelitiood. In 1861, he emigrated to Buchanan County, since which time he has farmed. By his own industry he has secured seventy acres of land, all under fence and in a good state of cultivation. Was married, October 17, 1858, to Miss. Lizzie Wiess, who was born in Germany,- December 31, 1834. They have a family of five children : Phillip, born September 18, i860, died May 21, 1868; George, born October 25, 1862; John A., born November 30, 1864; Frederick and Lotta, twins, born June 22, 1866; William, born April 19, 1871! Mr. S. is a member of Humboldt Lodge No. 130 L O. O. F., and also belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is a school trustee. His mother-in-law lives with him. She was born in Germany, November 10, 1800, and had a common school education. Was married in 1824, to Jacob Wiess. They had five children: Amos, Charlotta, Phillip, Elizabeth and John. Her husband died in 1876. They lived a happy life and celebrated their golden wedding before his death. The old lady is healthy and active and would walk to St. Joseph if the family would let her.

Theodore Steinacker

County Surveyor, was born in St. Louis, in May, 1853, and came to this city in 1858. Attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N. Y., in 1873, ^i^d received a finished education in civil engineering and surveying, and in 1880 was elected County Surveyor. His superior qualifications and strict attention to business of the county is a guarantee that the people's interests will not be neglected.

Philip Stimmel

manager of the St. Joseph branch of B. D. Buford & Go's agricultural implement works, is a native of Pennsylvania, and originally did business in Philadelphia, where he received an excellent commercial education. He has been twelve years in the agricultural implement business, a calling in which he is thoroughly versed. He was formerly connected with an agricultural house established in St. Joseph in 1870, and conducted under the firm name of Buford & Warren. On the death of Captain Warren, which occurred in a railroad accident, September, 1875, this firm was dissolved,- but the business has since continued to be conducted by the original house, and managed in St. Joseph by Mr. Philip Stimmel, whose excellent business qualifications, and great personal popularity have contributed in no small degree to extend the territory of its patronage. Basic D. Buford, the head of the firm of B. D. Buford & Co., Rock Island, Illinois, one of the largest manufacturing concerns in the West, is a member of the well known Kentucky family of Bufords. He moved to Rock Island when a small boy, and is now about forty-five years of age. Th« establishment of which he constitutes the head does an annual business of one million and a half of dollars. Besides the branch house managed in St. Joseph by Mr. Stimmel, and which alone does an annual business of two hundred thousand dollars, there are other branches of this immense business in St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Paul. The celebrated Rock Island plow works of D. B. Buford & Co., turn out Clipper plows, Buford-Brown sulky and gang plows. Black Hawk and Defiance cultivators, etc.

architect, a pioneer in this branch, is the subject. Was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1817, and when young migrated to Ohio with his parents, where he was reared, educated and learned the carpenter's trade, at Mt. Vernon, Kent County. Followed his vocation there until 1844, when he came to St. Joseph, and rented a residence' and commenced business as a builder. Drafted the plans and built the Patee House, and many other buildings which to-day are old landmarks. For a time he was in partnership with F. R. Bcettner, and a fair specimen of their architectural skill is the Market House, Saxton & Russell's building, occupied by Baldwin, the jeweler, A. N. Shuster's residence and numerous store buildings and residences. Mr. Stigers superintended the erecting of Asylum No. 2. In the private and business walks of life he commands the respect of a large circle of acquaintances. Was married on the 28th of November, 1840, to Miss Harriet Gooding, of St. Clair County, Illinois. She was born June 11, 1815, and died May 25, 1874, leaving five children, of whom four are living - Mary E., born September 24, 1841 ; Robert G., born March 16, 1845 ; Laura B., born June 14, 1849, and died September 21, 1850; Qrren and Warren, (twins), born June 4, 1852.

James A. Storm

was born in Emmittsbufg, Fredericks County, Maryland, June 26," 1823, and was there reared, educated and became proficient in architecture, his father, James, being a prominent member of the profession in that state. In 1846, James A. removed to Baltimore, where he remained engaged in his profession and building until 1850, when he took up his abode at Berkeley Springs, Virginia, where he followed contracting and building, and he also became proprietor of a livery stable. To him much credit is due for giving the locality of Berkeley Springs the reputation it > afterwards attained as a watering place. There he constructed and operated swimming pools and a ten-pin alley, and was general manager of amusement. Mr. David H. Crawther, well known as a correspondent for Harper's Magazine, under the nom de plume of Port Crayon, was associated with him for a time in this business. In 1857, Mr. Storm settled in St. Joseph. He drafted the design and superintended the building of the Pacific House. Was also superintendent of construction of the Buchanan County Court House and other important structures in St. Joseph. For a considerable length of time he was a partner in contracting and building with John C. Evans, the style being Storm & Evans. In 1862, they dissolved partnership, and Mr. S. turned his attention to the manufacture of ox yokes, tents, and necessaries for outfitting adventurers for the West, j His establishment was what is known as the St. Joseph planing mill. Also manufactured extensively the old-fashioned spinning wheel, looms, etc. In 1865, he sold out to DeClue & Shivel, and for one season, in company with W. Angelo Powell, conducted a real estate and architect's office. His next move was to engage in the fruit and produce business, which so rapidly increased that he was obliged to open a branch house at Omaha to accommodate his western trade. During one summer he shipped upwards of 30,000 bushels of apples and other products in proportion. In 1867, he opened a house and made a specialty of buying and selling game. He has done much toward improving the breeds of fowls, and in this important branch has achieved a wide reputation. Is the inventor of a fountain for the benefit of the breeders of fowls that will keep water from freezing in winter and keep it cool in summer. On this he was awarded the highest prize at the Centennial. Is a member of the State Horticultural Society and of the Missouri Valley Horticultural Society. Mr. Storm is a man of considerable taste in antiquarian curiosities, and is the possessor of a rare collection of ancient coins. and fossils. Was married in 1844, to Miss Margaret A. Baumgardner, at Emmittsbiirg, Maryland. They have had seven children - John F, (now Deputy Assessor in St. Louis), James A., Joseph A., Charlie K., William M. and Louisa M., living ; and Mary A., deceased.

William Striblen

was born in the City of Cassel, Electorate of Hessen-Cassel', Germany, on the i6th of May, 1837, where his father held an official position in the civil service. After receiving a liberal education, William set out for the United States, arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, on January i, 1850. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri, and at once entered the drug business, paying close attention to pharmacy and chemistry. In March, 1853, he removed to Cincinnati, clerked several years in the drug business, in that city, afterwards at Indianapolis, Indiana, Covington, Kentucky, and Chicago, Illinois, until January, 1857, when he started West, landing in Keokuk, Iowa, where he established his own drug store. He continued to practice his profession until the war of the rebellion broke out in 1 86 1, when he enlisted in the United States army, was promoted to hospital steward Twenty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, afterwards to Lieutenant Sixty-third Regiment U. S. Colored Infantry, and finally to Captain in the Sixty-ninth Regiment United States Colored Infantry. While in the army he was at various times dangerously wounded, in the head, a bayonet thrust in right lung, and shot in the instep of right foot. On the 5th of May, 1865, he was honorably discharged from the United States service by reason of wounds received while in duty. After his discharge, he traveled to regain his health, which had suffered from the effects of his wounds. A strong and robust constitution helped him to recuperate his former good health. In April, 1866, he arrived at St. Joseph, where he engaged in clerking until he established his own drug store in January, 1867, and has been carrying on the same business ever since. He was married December 21, 1866, to Miss Martha L. Walker, of Highland County, Ohio. She died in February, 1869. Mattie W. Striblen, born on December 15, 1867, was the fruit of this marriage. William Striblen, on the 21st April, 1870, was married to Miss Sallie B. Tracy, his present wife. There were born unto them Lena, April 17, 1871, died October 14, 1872 ; Frederick, born January 7, 1873; Nellie, born November 28, 1875; Laura, born September 30, 1877, died March 24, 1880; Stella, born December 25, 1879.

George Strop

brick manufacturer, was born August 5, 1837, at Tuscarawas, Ohio, and from there he went, when eight years old, with his family to the State of Kentucky, where he was raised, and remained up to 1865. He then came West, and located in this city, and worked at different brick yards. After three years, in 1868, he was enabled to open a brick yard on his own account, and carried on the same successfully. In 1877, he purchased a farm of 120 acres in Andrew County, Missouri, where his family resides. This he improves, besides tending to his brick yard at St. Joseph. In 1861, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Conrad, of Kentucky. They have had ten children, seven of whom are living.

Stuppy & Reichard

proprietors of the Central Green Houses in St. Joseph, bear the reputation of skilled florists. L. J. Stuppy, the head of the firm, was born in Saint Genevieve County, Missouri, in September, 1849. He came with his parents to St. Joseph in the spring of 1850. His father, F. X. Stuppy, was one of the pioneer druggists of the place. L. J. was raised in St. Joseph and, in due time, educated in his father's calling. In obedience to the promptings of a natural taste, in 1875, he engaged in his present business, of which he has made a success. In 1876, he married Miss

Annie Schiesl. They have two children, F. X., Jr., and Annie E. David M. Reichard, his partner in the business, was born near Martinsburg, in Berkeley County, Virginia, August 8, 1830, and, at an early age, moved with his parents to Maryland, where his father engaged in the nursery business. Brought up in his father's avocation, he early acquired a taste for floriculture. On attaining his majority, he moved to Washington, D. C, where he remained engaged in the nursery business till 1865, when he determined to try his fortune in the West, and settled in St. Joseph. In 1858, he married Miss Rebecca Boyd. They have four children, Milton, Walter, Howard and Willie. Mr. Reichard and family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Jacob Stussi

and dairyman, Riverton, was born October 9, 1832, in Switzerland, and was reared at his birthplace and received the benefits of an education. It might be said that he was literally brought up in the dairy business. He understands it thoroughly and has followed it through life. In the spring of 1863, he emigrated to the United States, and landed at New York city. He first settled in Brooklyn, where he remained two years, and then came west to St. Louis, where he resided three years, and afterwards moved to Andrew County, and engaged in the dairy and cheese making business. Remained there six years, and came to Buchanan County in 1878. He first settled east of Platte River, and moved to the place he now occupies in the spring of 1880. He was the founder of the town of Riverton, which formerly existed under the name of Bridgeport, but it had nearly died out. Mr. S. bought several pieces of land there, and started the town anew. He built a two-story hotel and other buildings and is erecting a dwelling house for himself The town is situated on the line of the Narrow Gauge road, and has the prospect of becoming a lively place, and it is due to Mr. S.'s untiring efforts. He commenced life a poor boy and has been the architect of his own fortune. Was married, in 1862, to Miss Frances Mier, a native of Switzerland.

carpenter, is a native of Shelby County, Indiana, born August i, 1846. His father. Woodward, was a carpenter by trade, and migrated with his family to Illinois in 1857. In 1858, they came to Missouri, locating in Colunibia, Boone County, where our subject resided until 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, 9th Missouri Cavalry. He passed through the usual routine of warfare, and was honorably discharged July 14, 1865. In 1866, he came to St. Joseph and engaged in working at the carpenter trade, having adopted the proiession of his father. During his sojourn in the city he has been classed among its first class mechanics. He was married in 1869 to Miss Charity Brainerd, of St. Joseph. They have four children, Stella May, Birdie, John Franklin, and an infant. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., King Hill Lodge.

Conrad Tanner

was born in Switzerland, May 5, 1834, and when seventeen years of age came to America, and after a short sojourn in Ohio, removed to St. Joseph. He here learned the wagonmaker's trade, and in 1866, opened a shop, the style of the firm being Tanner Bros. He afterward erected the present shop. His long sojourn in this county, and his reputation for first class gives him a reputation that is well merited. Some specimens of Tiis work are the wagons of the St. Joseph and New Ulm breweries. He -was married in 1857, to Miss Genevieve Harman. They have had ten six of whom are living, Conrad, Adolph, Edward, Pauline, William and Clara. Mr. Tanner is a member of the Druids, German Benevolent Society, Greeklie Verein and Swiss Verein.

Theodore Textor

liquor and cigar dealer, was born July 13, 1839, at Hofgeismer, Germany, and after having received his education at the high -school, he went to Rassal, Hessen, where he studied at the Polytechnic School, and graduated with honor in 1853. Then accepted an offer as superintendent of the distilleries and general management of large farms, which occupation he held for five years, when he served three years in the Prussian army. When discharged he returned to his old work. Having had for a long time the desire to go to the United States, he left Europe and arrived in 1863 at New York City, where he only stopped a few weeks, and then came to St. Joseph, where he arrived in July, 1863. Obtained a situation as clerk in a hardware store, which place he filled two years, and afterward became clerk with Diedmann & Fuelling, cigar dealers. In 1868,' he opened the cigar business on his own account, and removed September i, 1880, to 310 Felix Street, and opened a store for the sale of liquors, cigars and smoking articles. Was married December i, 1868, to Miss Minnie Deichmann. They have had four children - Oscar and Hermann, deceased, and Mathilde and Charles, living.

Louis Theip

Principal of the German-English School, was born in Prussia in 183 1, and came to the United States in 1866. He received a good education in his native country, and afterwards taught for fourteen years. Since coming to this .country he has taught fourteen years. Thus teaching has been his ambition and life work. He lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for twelve years, and in San Antonio, Texas, one year. In 1880, he came to St. Joseph, and was soon employed as Principal of the German- English School, a position he continues (i 881) to fill satisfactorily. Married Miss Lizzie Blummoth in Germany, in i860. They have two children, Emil and Jonathan. Emil is at the naval school in Annapolis, Maryland, in his fourth year, and about. to become an assistant engineer. Mr. Theip is a fine scholar, a successful teacher, and a man whose moral character is above reproach.

General M. Jeff Thompson

was born at Harper's Ferry, Va., January, 1826. His father Capt. Merriweather Thompson, a prominent citizens of that place, was a native of Hanover County, Virginia. He was for years in the paymaster's department of the United States Army at Harper's Ferry. The proper name of the subject of this sketch was Merriweather. The appellation " Jeff" was a nick-name applied in childhood, and constitutes one of the very many instances of the absurdity of applying to children such names with the expectation of their remaining only temporary designations. The manner in which he acquired his middle name is somewhat amusing. It appears that in early life, the future General was anything but a studious child, indeed, was sorely addicted to playing truant, and having in numerous instances of desertion from school been found perched on the top of a scavenger's cart driven by an ancient darkey, who rejoiced in the name of Jeff Carlyle. By way of shaming the young runaway and reclaiming him from his objectionable habit, his friends called him " Jeff Carlyle." Whether or not this had the desired effect we are not informed ; the name, however, clung to him through life, and after he had attained to manhood, and emigrated from his native home to St. Joseph, many who knew him as "Jeff," and were ignorant or oblivious of the fact that it was but a nick-name, continued so to address him. Powers of attorney were made out to him in this name under which, of course, he could not act, and in consequence he obtained an act of the legislature granting the additional " Jeff" to his name. On Leaving home in 1846, he stopped in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, where he clerked in a store about a year, at the end of which period he moved to St. Joseph and engaged as a clerk in the house of Middleton & Riley, remaining in the store till 1852, when he went in their interest to Great Salt Lake City. Returning in the fall, he started, in partnership with Major Bogle, a grocery store in St. Joseph. He subsequently closed out his store and accompanied, in the capacity of commissary, the surveyors of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. He afterwards returned from Hannibal in charge of a surveying party,, having acquired during his trip by close application, a competent knowledge of practical surveying. He was entrusted with the task of constructing the. western division of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, and remained in that position up to the period of its completion in February, 1859. In 1858 he filled the office of City Engineer, and in 1859 was elected Mayor of the city of St. Joseph. In i860 he constituted one of the real estate firm of Harbine & Thompson, and was engaged in this business at the breaking out of the civil war. He was at that period, under the old state law, a Colonel of militia. He cast his fortunes with the South, and was among the earliest and most active to engage in the great struggle. He attained the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate service, in which he acquired, among other appellations, the name of " the Swamp Fox." His career in the great struggle is now a part of our national history, and even an outline of its recital would exceed the limits of such a notice as this. At the close of the war, through the influence of General A. L. Lee, an officer of the Federal service, and formerly a banker of St. Joseph, General Thompson obtained the appointment of Chief Engineer of the Board of Public Works of the State of Louisiana, with headquarters in the city of New Orleans, which position he continued to retain up to the period of his death. A short time previous to this, he had started a commission house in Memphis, Tennessee, but the venture proved a failure, and he went to New Orleans with the above mentioned results. M. Jeff Thompson married in Liberty, Missouri, in 1848, Miss Emma Hays, a native of Baltimore, Maryland. By this marriage they had five children, two of whom were boys. The General was the fourth of a family of six children. The eldest of these, Broaddus Thompson, formerly a representative citizen and prominent lawyer of St. Joseph, was for many years widely distinguished for his refined culture and polished refinement of manner. Charles M. Thompson, the youngest, at present (1881) Deputy Circuit Clerk of Buchanan County, was for years a popular and well known newspaper man of St. Joseph. In the fall of 1876 General Thompson retured to his old home, St. Joseph, and died at the Pacific House in that city. He was certainly a remarkable character, and in spite of his many eccentricities, it must be said that few men have lived in the world and filled as prominent positions as he did with as many fast friends and as few enemies. Peace to his ashes.

Charles M. Thompson

was born at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, October, 1830, and came to St. Joseph, in 1849. He learned the printer's trade in Virginia, and his first business here was a position in the Gazette office. When but sixteen years old, he enlisted in the First Virginia Volunteer Infantry, for the Mexican War, and remained until the war closed. In 1863, with Mr. J.

T. Childs, he started the Evening News. This he afterwards sold to parties who changed it to the Tribune. In 1869, he was elected City Recorder, a position which he filled six years. He is now (1881) Deputy Circuit Clerk, and a very, capable officer. In 1853, he married Miss Jane Lyon, daughter of A. B. Lyon, one of the old merchants of this city. They have six children living - Sally D., John H., Laura A., Betta L., Mary L. and Charles M. May 3, 188 1, Sally D. married Professor Richard M. Proctor, the distinguished astronomer and author of England, when they immediately left for their home in London, England. Louis M., their eldest son, married Miss Jennie Hundley, daughter of J. B. Hundley, and moved to Hastings, Nebraska, where he died in 1878, aged twenty-five years. Before going to Nebraska, he was for many years -engaged as ticket agent in the Kansas City railroad office. While in Nebraska he was engaged in merchandising.

Isaac B. Thompson

was born in Pennsylvania, July 3d, 1838. Learned the marble business in Pennsylvania, and on coming to St. Joseph, in January, 1864, established himself there in that business, purchasing the shop of E. K. Bedwell, a representative marble worker in that city. This he has enlarged to meet the demands of his increasing trade. By his skill as an artist and the aid of the best workmen he is enabled to turn out a superior of work, as many of his beautiful monuments attest. He was elected councilman of the second ward in 1879, ^.nd also in 1881, and is among the most useful and intelligent aldermen on the board. As he is enterprising and successful in his own business, so he is in advancing the interests of the city, ably advocating those measures which are calculated to promote her advancement. Married Catherine Coleman, of Iowa, in January, 1865. They have four children living, Edgar, Charley, William and Minnie.

Robert H. Thomas

was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1839. In 1844, his father, Robert B. Thomas, moved to Jackson County, Missouri, and thence in 1846 to Buchanan County, where he bought a farm and raised his family to work. The country being new, the facilities for obtaining an education were limited. Robert H., however, succeeded in obtaining a common school education. His father is one of the respected old settlers of the county, and was married to Miss Mary Ann Ewalt, of an old and highly respected family of Bourbon County, Kentucky. Not long since he moved to Platte County, Missouri, where he purchased a fine farm. ^Robert H. married in 1863, Miss Rebecca Foster, daughter of Thomas Poster, Esq., of Platte County. They have six children - Amon, John

W., Emma, Henry L., Franklin Everett and Kelley. Mr. Thomas purchased a farm of 160 acres in Crawford Township, and for the past fifteen or twenty years has been improving this property and dealing largely in live stock. In 1880, he was elected by a large majority Sheriff of Buchanan County, a position the duties of which he continues (1881) to discharge with ability.

A. D. Thomas

carpenter, was^ born in Ross County, Ohio, January 9, 1825, and was reared and learned his trade principally in Sciota County. His father, Nathan, was a chairmaker by trade. In i860, our subject moved to St. Louis, residing there until 1865, when he took up his abode in St. Joseph. For a number of years he was a burner of charcoal, was a contractor on the St. Joseph bridge, the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad, and did a large amount of city work. Was married, in 1847, to Miss Ann M. Long, of Kentucky. They have four children, Kate, Rebecca, Rosa and Belle.

William Tibbetts

of the firm of John Tibbetts & Son, contractors and builders. A well known builder of this city, and one who is deserving of special mention, is Mr. John Tibbetts. The city hall, and many of the imposing edifices in the city are specimens of his work. William, the subject of this sketch, was born in New York City, December 22, 1859. Was raised to manhood and educated in St. Joseph. He also became proficient in the trade of building brick structures and as a manager and contractor. Mr. John Tibbetts located here in i860, and few contractors have contributed as much to the upbuilding of the city. Tibbetts & Son are thoroughly skilled workmen and have a large trade.

Elias Timerson

engineer on the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad, is a native of New York, and was born in Auburn, October 22, 1841. He was educated in his native state, and at an early age became news agent on the New York Central Railroad. In 1863, he came to St. Joseph, and entered the employ of Luke Benham, as wagon master, and for seven years continued in this capacity, superintending freighting across the plains. We next find him in this city with the United States Express Company, as deliverer. The duties of this position he discharged satisfactorily to his employers and the public until 1870, when he commenced railroading on the K. C. St. Jo. & C. B., as brakeman. For some years he was conductor on a freight, then a fireman, and eventually engineer. Mr. Timerson fully realizes the responsibility which rests upon him, and uses the utmost care and discretion in handling his locomotive. In 1875, Miss Dora Amos became his wife. They have two children, Delbert and Carrie. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and an Encampment member of the I. O. O. F.

proprietor of the Inter-Ocean boot and shoe store, was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, September 18, 1847, and when quite young he was deprived of the care of a father by death. Came from Weymouth to Chicago, Illinois, where for a number of years he was engaged as a salesman in the well known boot and shoe house of Bullock Bros. In 1872, he embarked in business in St. Louis, and in 1874 he came to St. Joseph and engaged in his present business, in which he has been emi- ' nently successful. His stock embraces the product of the leading and best manufacturers in his line, and the liberal treatment of his patrons and his fair dealing have secured for him a large and constantly increasing patronage.

W. J. Todd

grocer, is a native of Andrew County, Missouri, and was born July 29, 1849. His father, Zaphnath Todd, was a native of Southern Missouri, and one of the first settlers of Andrew County, and was closely identified with its growth and prosperity until his death in August, 1878. W. J. was raised to manhood and educated in his native county, spending his boyhood days tilling the soil, with the exception of a short time spent in DeKalb County, where h* was engaged in the general merchandise business, and followed farming in Andrew County, until 1880, when he engaged in trade in St. Joseph. In 1869, Miss Zarilda Thornton, of DeKalb County, became his wife. They have two children living, Edna and Nellie. Himself and family are active members of the Primitive Baptist Church.

Milton Tootle

a merchant whose name is so familiar throughout the West, Northwest and Southwest, was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 26, 1823, and received a good common school education in his youth. In 1836, his father removed to Jersey County, Illinois, and here the subject of our sketch commenced his mercantile experience, in which he has been so eminently successful. Entered the employ of Mr. George Smith, and in 1842 accompanied him to Savannah, Andrew County^ Missouri. In 1844, Mr. Smith opened a store in Atchison County, of which Mr. Tootle had entire charge, and after remaining in this capacity one year he returned to Savannah, and took charge of the house at this place, Mr. Smith hav- ing removed to St. Joseph. In 1848, he embarked in business for himself in Oregon, Holt County, and here he evinced that tact, ingenuity, integrity and industry which have been marked features of his commercial life. In 1849, at the request of Mr. Smith, he came to St. Joseph, and was given an interest in the house that subsequently became Smith, Bedford -& Tootle. Soon after this arrangement Mr. Smith died, and Mr. Tootle, in connection with his two brothers and W. G. Fairleigh, purchased the stock and commenced business, under the firm name of Tootles & Fairleigh. In a short time Mr. Tootle established dry goods houses in Omaha, Sioux City and Council Bluffs, the two former at the present time being among the prominent and successful houses in the West. In i860, his brother Joseph died, and soon after his brother Thomas withdrew from the partnership. The business was conducted under the name of Tootle & Fairleigh until 1873, when Mr. Fairleigh withdrew his interest. Other partners were admitted, and the firm style became Tootle, Craig & Co., under which title it continued until 1877, when a change was again made, and the firm of Tootle, Hosea & Co. was formed, and are at the present time conducting a heavy trade. They have recently erected a building for their business that is one of the largest and most conveniently arranged houses in the country. Mr. Tootle is a man of active enterprise, and has done much to enlarge, improve and beautify the city of his residence. In 1872, he erected a costly and magnificent temple of amusement, known as Tootle's Opera House, a building which is a pride to St. Joseph, and would be a credit to any city of the East. Was married in January, 1866, to Miss Kate O'Neill, daughter of James L. O'Neill, at one time Cashier of the Western Bank of Missouri. Mr. Tootle's success in life is largely due to the care with which he has superintended and directed the minutest details of business, and the constant and close attention he has given to everything connected with his numerous enterprises. He has been especially fortunate in attracting and retaining faithful and capable employes, whom he has inspired with his own indomitable courage and perseverance. Is financially interested in many business houses in St. Joseph, and his connection with any enterprise is a sure guarantee of success. He is a liberal, public spirited and enterprising citizen. The name of Milton Tootle and St. Joseph are inseparable.

Edwin Toole

was born on the 23d of February, 1808, in Shelby County, Kentucky, is now in his seventy-fourth year, and perhaps looks as young and feels as stout and active as most men at the age of fifty. Between the ages of eighteen and twenty-three he taught several schools in both Shelby and Henry Counties, and at Newcastle, in the latter county, studied law and was admitted to the bar when about twenty-four years of age.. Was married to Lucinda S. Porter, at Owenton, Kentucky, on the memorable I2th of November, 1833, the night of which day will ever be remembered as of star shooting notoriety, or rather of meteoric showers. About the ist of April, 1837, they left the State of Kentucky with two children - boys, one about three and thq other aboilt one year old - and embarked at Louisville for St. Louis by steamboat, thence up the Missouri River to Liberty Landing, at which place both of the children died and were there buried. They were detained at said landing some four or five weeks, and finally reached the point at which they located, at that time (loth of June, 1837) about two miles south of where the city of Savannah now stands. At that time there were not exceeding fifteen or twenty families within' the limits of what now constitutes Andrew County, who had preceded them, and most, if not all, of them were living in tents and camps, but the country began to fill up very rapidly, and all the country lying west and northwest of Clinton County, including what now forms Andrew, Holt, Nodaway, Atchison and possibly Buchanan Counties, being attached to Clinton County for civil and military purposes. He was, during the following fall or winter, elected as a justice of the peace of his township (Washington), which then included all the territory now forming Judge Kelley's circuit, and possibly no inconsiderable part of Judge Sherman's. Soon after this, however, Platte and Buchanan Counties were organized, and the territory now constituting Andrew, Holt, etc., was attached to Buchanan, and orders for the election of county officers made and published. Although now a citizen of Buchanan County, yet living in the territory attached to her, Mr. T. became a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, and was elected, William Fowler at the same time being a candidate for both Circuit and County Clerk, and was elected to the latter. At the next succeeding session of the Legislature, Andrew County was organized, and not being a resident and citizen within the chartered limits of Buchanan County, and having no desire at that time to change his residence for the sake of said office, he let it slide, feeling assured chat the offices of both circuit and county clerkships in Andrew County were at his service, both of which he filled for many years, and resigned the former in the spring of^i8s8. Then removed to St. Joseph, where' he resided until the spring of 1875, at which time he settled on a farm two miles east of Troy, in Kansas. In April, 1878, Mrs. T. died, and was buried in the cemeteryat Troy, leaving him alone. In the month of August, following, he visited the city of Helena, Montana Territory, where he has two sons (E. W. and J. K.,) practicing law, and 'have been there engaged for a number of years. His two daughters (Mrs. Dr. Atchison and Mrs. R. P. Stdut,) have, with their families, both followed him, and are settled there, and his two other sons (Ben. W. and C. B.,) may, ere long, do likewise. His youngest son (Oliver B.,) died at Helena in October, 1877, of brain fever, soon alter his admission to the bar. Mr. Toole is a man of large fraine. He has all his life enjoyed excellent health, and now (1881), in the seventy-fourth year of his age, is as stout and active as most men of fifty. During the period of his long and active life no man has enjoyed a higher degree of respect and of personal popularity.

Judge W. C. Toole

was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, March 28, 18 18. In 1834 he moved with kis father to Alton, Illinois, where he continued to reside till the year 1838, when he went to Buchanan County, Missouri. In 1841 he married in Weston, Missouri, Miss E. Wiglesworth, of Greenup County, Kentucky, by whom he has had ten children, Kittie, Dickie, Octavius, Alice, William, Lizzie, Laura, Emma, Alpha, and Edwin. In 1848 Mr. Toole was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law in St. Joseph. In 1852 he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, a position which, after holding three years, he resigned. In 1856 he was appointed Register of the City of St. Joseph, and held the office uninterruptedly for nine years. In 1864 he was elected City Recorder. This office he shortly after resigned, and during the same year was elected on the Republican ticket Circuit Clerk, serving in that capacity two years. In 1871 he was elected on the Liberal ticket Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, which office he continued to hold till its abolishment by the Legislature of 1875. Judge Toole first made his permanent home in St. Joseph in 1852. He has, in the years that have since elapsed, been prominently active in all public enterprises calculated to advance the interests of the city and county, and in the building of churches, school houses, and charitable institutions has ever been among the foremost to lend a helping hand.

John Townsend

was born in McLean County, Illinois, in 1837. In 1841, his father moved to this county. Young Townsend worked on the farm till fifteen years old, in the meantime acquiring a limited education. At fifteen he entered the store of I. & J. Curd, then one of the first firms who located here. He remained until Mr. Curd sold out and then, at the age of twenty-one, he went into the employ of Mr. McDonald, with whom he remained several years. He spent two years in Montana. Returning to St. Joseph, he commenced business in the spring of 1866, under the firm name of Townsend and Lowell. He finally purchased Mr. Lowell's interest, and Mr. William H. Wood engaged in partnership with him under the firm name of Townsend & Wood. In 1873, the firm of Bailey,

Townsend & Co. was formed, when they commenced the wholesale trade, continuing three years. Mr. Townsend then withdrew from the concern. After one year of recreation, in 1877, the present firm of Townsend, Wyatt & Co. was formed. This has become one of the leading retail dry goods houses of St. Joseph, being to St. Joseph what Stewart is to "New York. Their sales having increased from $75,000 per year, to one quarter of a million. Mr. Townsend was also largely instrumental in establishing in 1875, the cracker and candy manufacturing house of F. L. Sommer & Co., of which he is one of the Co. This is one of the largest of the kind in the West. Mr. Townsend commenced life without means, and with nothing but his good health, willing hands and hopeful heart, with which to pave his pathway to success. He has achieved an enviable reputation as a business man and public spirited citizen. He married Miss Anna R. Banes, of this city, in 1863. They have three children.

Col. Frank M. Tracy

present (1881) postmaster of St. Joseph, was born in Ralls County, Missouri, January 3, 1838. He is the fifth born and fourth son of a family of six sons and three daughters. His father, Lewis Tracy, long a representative citizen of St. Joseph, but now deceased, was a native of Jessamine County, Kentucky. His mother's maiden name was Sarah Krigbaum. She was also a native of Kentucky. In the sixth year of Frank's life his parents determined to move, and repaired to Platte City, Missourii where they resided till March 12, 1S47, when, moving to St. Joseph, he entered the office of the Gazette, then edited by General Eastin. Here he remained until he had mastered the art of printing. He then went to St. Louis, where he worked at his trade in the offices of Republican and the Democrat. In 1859 he established in St. Joseph, Missouri, the Free Democrat, an ably conducted journal, which he published successfully till the breaking out of the civil war in 186 1. At this period he moved to Kansas, where he enlisted in the First Kansas Infantry, in which service he was shortly after promoted to the grade of Second Lieutenant. He was afterwards transferred to Company I, of the same Regiment, with the rank of Captain. He was almost constantly in active service during the war of the Rebellion. At the battle of Wilson Creek he was severely wounded, being pierced through the right lung with a ball which he still carries in his body. On account of disability consequent on this wound he was mustered out of the service. Returning to Doniphan County, Kansas, he afterwards raised a regiment of militia, consisting of ten companies of infantry and two of cavalry, of which command he was commissioned Colonel. This regiment did efficient service during Price's raid. He continued in command till the close of the war, when he returned to Kansas, and settled in Troy, where he engaged in milling and merchandising. He is a member of Troy- Lodge, No. 55, A. F. and A. M. In 1864 Colonel Tracy was elected to the office of Treasurer of Doniphan County. At the expiration of his term in 1866, he was again elected, serving with ability and to the unqualified satisfaction of his constituents. He subsequently filled by appointment, an ad interim term of the same office. In September, 1876, he moved to St. Joseph, and in company with others, purchased the Morning Herald, a journal long recognized as the leading Republican paper of the Northwest. The high character of this able sheet has since continued to be successfully maintained. In recognition of his services in behalf of his party. Colonel Tracy was appointed by President Garfield, May 28, 1881, postmaster of St. Joseph, a position which he continues to fill to the satisfaction of all interested. June 30, 1862, he was married in Massachusetts to Miss Victoria Melvin, a native of Vermont. Their family includes one daughter, Veva Tracy.

Lewis Tracy

was a pioneer in the settlement of Missouri, and one among the early residents of St. Joseph. Was born in Kentucky, in 1808, and married Miss Sarah Krigbaum, of the same state, and came to Missouri, settling in St. Louis when that place was comparatively a small town. From there he removed to New London, the county-seat of Ralls County, where he established himself in successful business; but in 1842, shortly after the opening of the Platte Purchase to settlement, he removed to Platte City, conducting the same business, that of a cabinet maker, for five years, whence he came with his family to St. Joseph, arriving here March 12, 1847, 3-^d during the spring of the same year purchased a lot on the west side of Market Square, and erected thereon his furniture shop and salesroom. Up to this time the business of the town was altogether confined to Main Street, and Lewis Tracy's furniture shop was the first business establishment of any kind located east of Main Street. Lewis Tracy was elected Justice of the Peace shortly after he came to St. Joseph, which office he filled for twelve years, settling nearly all the cases of dispute arising between the citizens of Buchanan County during this time, and the writer is informed by an attorney who habitually practiced before him, that although his court was nearly continuous, cases being tried almost daily, his decisions were invariably sustained, not a single reversal having been made by the higher courts during the entire term of his official service. He was for several years one of the Town Trustees St. Joseph, and was President of the Board. The subject of this sketch was a Democrat of the old school, and was a strong supporter of Thomas H. Benton. When the war of the rebellion was inaugurated, he said, " If

I must give up Democracy or the Union, I will give up Democracy." Five of his six sons did service in the Union army, the sixth and youngest being incapacitated by lameness. He made an effort himself to enlist under the first call for troops, but being over age, was rejected by the mustering officer. Undaunted, however, he succeeded in passing muster a few months later, upon the organization of the Tenth Regiment of Kansas Volunteers, which was recruited mainly in Doniphan County, in that state, and he passed through several hard-fought battles, among which were Cane Hill, Pea Ridge, etc. Was discharged after about two years' service, and later, in 1864, was called into active service again as Major of a Kansas militia regiment, of which his son, Frank M., was the Colonel. Lewis Tracy died at the residence of his son, John M., on a farm, near Elwood, Kansas, on October 21, 1864, his last sickness and that which caused his death being flux. He was a man of remarkable, constitution, possessing great physical strength ; was very energetic, and made it the rule of his life "to never put off till to-morrow what can be done to-day." He was a member of the Christian Church and of the Masonic fraternity, and was honored and respected by all who knew him, and lived and died without a blemish on his character, having performed his duty to his family, to his neighbors and to his country faithfully and well. His family consisted of six sons and three daughters, all except one (his second daughter) now living, four sons and the two surviving daughters being at this time residents of St. Joseph, and two of his sons living in Kansas. Mrs. Sarah Tracy, his wife, died on March 12, 1858.

P. W. Trent

contractor and builder, was born in Patrick County, Virginia, where he was raised, educated and learned the trade he now pursues. This he followed in his native state until the spring of 1872, when he became a resident of St. Joseph. He is a mechanic of the highest type, possessing natural elements of ingenuity, and his record and progress in this city he may well be proud of of the firm of Tucker Brothers, plain and ornamental plasterers, is a native of Morris County, New Jersey, and was born near Dover, in February, 1843. Was principally raised in Newark, and in 1862 enlisted in Company E, Eleventh New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to First Sergeant. Served to the close of the war, participating in the engagements of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and other notable battles. After the war he returned to New Jersey, and worked at his trade there and in New York until 1877, when he became a resident of St. Joseph. During his sojourn here he has done the work on some of the finest buildings in the city, such as those of R. L. McDonald, J. G. Englehart, J. W. Bailey, etc. Was married in 1871, to Miss Lizzie Hall, daughter of Prof. Hall, of the Polytechnic Institute, of Orange, New Jersey. They have three children - Willie, Harry and Clarence.

St. Joseph Trunk Factory

is conducted by F. Endebrock, a native of Prussia, Germany, who came to America in 1844, locating in Cincinnati, where he learned the business of trunk making, working at his trade in that city for a number of years and then removed to St. Louis, where he lived for ten years. In 1870, he came to St. Joseph and established his present business of manufacturing trunks, valises and satchels, and his business is the largest of the kind in the Northwest, extending into the adjoining states and territories. He gives the establishment his undivided attention, and he has built up a business alike creditable to himself and the city of St. Joseph.

S. T. Turner

car inspector and outside repairer for the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad, was born in Richmond, Virginia, November 14, 1850, and was there partially reared and educated. In 1867, he came to St. Joseph, with his parents. His father, William, was a policeman in Richmond, and is well and favorably known in St. Joseph in the same capacity. S. T. commenced to learn the carpenter's trade in his native city, which he finished in St. Joseph. In 1871, he entered the employ of the K. C, St. Jo. & C. B. Co., as car builder, and in the autumn of 1879, accepted his present responsible and well merited position. He was married April 5, 1871, to Miss Eliza E. Hall, of Richmond, Virginia. They have two children, MoUie N., and Willie R. Mr. Turner is a Mason, of the Blue Lodge and Chapter, and an Odd Fellow.

H. N. Turner

was born in Rochester, New York, October 24, 1819, and with his father's family moved to Marshall, Michigan, in 1832, where he remained four years. He then moved to Connersville, Indiana, residing there until 1856, when he went to California, and in 1857 went to Omaha, Nebraska. In 1859 he came to St. Joseph and engaged in trade on the corner of Eleventh and Penn streets, building up a fine business which he continued until 1876, when he sold out. He then was elected city collector, which office he held four years. He is now (1881) the oldest member of the city school board, having been continuously re-elected to the same for the past sixteen years. He has been a Mason for many years, and is now a Knight Templar. He married Miss Matilda Newland in Connersville, Indiana, in March, 1847. They had two children, Mary Ellen and Ira N. Mrs. Turner died in 185 1. Mary Ellen married William Morrison, and died in 1866, leaving two children, Mary Agnes and John. Ira, his son, is bookkeeper for Messrs. Kieffer & Co., and is a good business man. In politics Mr. Turner has always been an enthusiastic Union man and a member of the Republican party. He raised and commanded a company of State militia during the war.

T. H. Turner

foreman of tin and copper shop for the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad, is a native of Missouri, and was born in Hannibal, October 26, 1846. He was reared, educated and learned his trade in his native city, and for a time was a resident of Iowa and Minnesota, remaining two years in St. Paul. He took up his abode in St. Joseph in the employ of the K. C, St. Jo. & C. B. R. R. Co., in 1878. He was married in 1873, to Miss Emma Disbrow, of Smith's Landing, New Jersey. Mr. Turner is a Mason, and belongs to St. John's Lodge, Hannibal. Himself and wife are members of the Episcopal Church.

Judge Henry Tutt

was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, in February, 1803. The family are of Welsh and Irish descent. Judge Tutt was the third of a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters. His father was a prominent citizen, having for many years filled the position of sheriff of the county, and other important offices. The judge was educated at Front Royal Academy. Resided, up to the year 1835, in Culpepper, and at Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County. In 1824, he married Miss Anne Gatewood Conner, daughter of Uriel Conner, Esq., of Culpepper County. He had, by this marriage, six children, four sons and two daughters. Of these but two survive: John S., the eldest, born in 1825, and present (1881) assessor of Buchanan County, and Miss Lou. While still a resident of Virginia he was elected captain of a militia company noted for the precision of its drill. In the spring of 1835, Captain Tutt moved West with many relatives of his own name. He first settled on Prairie Fork, and afterwards at Portland, in Calloway County, Missouri. Here he engaged at different times in various pursuits, teaching, surveying, farming, etc. In 1840, he represented the county in the State Legislature. He was soon after commissioned major of militia, and was finally elected brigadier general in the same service. In 1844, he moved to Platte County, locating in what was known as the Miller settlement, where, at first, he engaged in farming. He was, shortly after, admitted to the bar.

and continued for many years to devote his time to the' practice of law. In 1849, he moved to DeKalb, in Buchanan County.and the following year was elected from the same to the Legislature. In 1859, he was elected Judge of the Probate Court of Buchanan County, a position he has continued to fill uninterruptedly ever since. In person Judge Tutt is a man of unusual stature and commanding presence. Courteous and affable withal, few men have achieved with as little effort a higher degree of popularity than he enjoys. Though advanced in years he is still in full possession of his faculties, and is still the capable, efficient officer he was when first elected.

Col. John F. Tyler

was born in Lee County, Virginia, September 12, 1838.- His father, Henry C. Tyler, was a merchant of Jonesville, and also operated stores at other points in Lee County. His mother's maiden name was Fulkerson. John F. was their only child. He was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, at that time superintended by Gen. Francis H. Smith. He was graduated here ninth of a class of twenty-nine in 1859. In the same year he moved to Missouri, settling first at Lexington, where he engaged in teaching till the breaking out of the civil war. During the period that he was teaching he studied law in the office of Hon. John F. Ryland, of Lexington. He was a staunch Union man, and as such rendered himself so unpopular with the dominant party in that town that he was forced to enter the army. He enlisted in the Fourteenth Missouri Volunteers, commanded by Col. White. He was almost immediately after elected Major in that regiment, and was subsequently captured with Milligan's command in the battle of Lexington before being mustered into service. On being exchanged he was appointed Aid-de-Camp, with the rank of Major, on Gen. Schofield's staff In 1862, he was promoted to the grade of Lieutenant Colonel of the First regiment of infantry of the Missouri State Militia. He was afterwards promoted to the rank of Colonel of this regiment, and remained in the service till near the close of the war, when he moved to St. Joseph and engaged in merchandising. He afterwards farmed for a short time. He has, for some time past, and is at present (1881) engaged in the practice of law and largely in the real estate business in St. Joseph. He was married November 9, 1862, to Miss Jane E. Spratt, of Lexington, Missouri. They have had four children, all of whom are dead. Col. Tyler is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been, for many years, an active Sunday School worker in the same. He has superintended some of the largest and most prosperous schools of this character in the city ; and it was through his efforts that the present flourishing Mission Sabbath School of South St. Joseph was organized. In politics he has always been a Democrat.

one of the most prominent men in his line in St. Joseph, is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Pennsylvania, August i, 1824, and was raised in Philadelphia. When very young, he commenced working at the butchering business, and has followed it, in connection with dealing in stock, all his life. In 1857, he decided to "go West," with the intention of going to San Francisco, but after reaching St. Joseph, he concluded, to remain. He married Miss Jane Besard, who died in 1877, leaving three children, John, William and Emma.

Rudolph Uhlman

photographer, was born April 5, 1829, at Chemnitz, Saxonia, where, after having reqeived his education, he visited the weaving school. There he had occasion to develop his talent for drawing, which he had shown already when a child, and after having graduated, he accepted an offer as designer in a weaving factory, which position he kept up to April 12, 1853, when he emigrated to America. He went from New York to New Haven, Connecticut, where he was employed for three years as designer in a suspender factory. In i8'56, he concluded to go West, and on his way he met the Massachusetts Aid Society, who went to Kansas. He joined them, and under General Jim Lane, took an active part in the skirmishes and battles fought during 1856 and 1857. Then he went to the mountains, where he kept with success for two years, a general merchandise store. In i860, he came to St. Joseph, and opened a photograph gallery, which he has carried on successfully, as he endeavors to execute his work in the most artistic style, and ever took hold immediately of any new improvement or invention in his line of business. He is an active member of the National Photographic Association of America. He was married in 1863, to Miss Lisette Doll, a native of Baden, Germany. They have four children, Willie, born September 30, 1865 ; Fred., born April 28, 1868; Emma,' born May 4, 1870; Louis, born September 17, 1873.

William Ullman

is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born November 16, 1855. He received a good education, after which he came to St. Joseph, in 1857, March 29, 1880, he engaged in his present business, and has been doing a prosperous trade.

William Valentine

brick manufacturer, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 16, 1850, and at an early age removed to Galena, Illinois, with his parents, where he was raised to manhood and educated. He learned locomotive engineering, and from 1868, to the present, has made St. Joseph his headquarters. For several years he engaged in different employments, and in 1877, engaged in his present vocation, which has proven successful under his skilled management.

was born in Abbeville, South Carolina, September 16, 1845. His father, James Kincaid Vance, was a cotton planter. The Vance family are of Scotch-Irish extraction, and are among the earliest settlers of the county. Dr. Vance's great grandfather being a well known planter in the State before the Revolutionary war. His mother was a daughter of Dr. Watson, also of South Carolina. The doctor is the eldest of a family of thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters. Of these ten survive. He received an excellent education at the State Military Academy in Charleston, and during the last three years of the war served in the cadet corps in the Confederate army. He early resolved to make the profession of medicine the pursuit of his life, and determining to acquire a knowledge of the science in the first medical school of the world, he visited Scotland, arid in 1866 entered the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of Edinburgh. After four years of unremitting application, he was graduated in 1870 with honors in a class of one hundred and fifty. He then returned to the United States and located in Greenville, South Carolina, where he practiced with great success for several years. In i88o he moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, his present (i88i) home where, establishing himself, he was soon in possession of a lucrative practice. Decenjber 2, 1866, Dr. Vance was married to Miss Susan Shelby Vance, daughter of William L. Vance, Esq., of Memphis, Tennessee. They have one child living, a daughter, Leta. Mrs. Vance is known in the literary world as the authoress of a popular satire on New Orleans and Memphis society entitled "Lois Carroll; or Her Two Selves," besides many poems of acknowledged merit.

Augustus Vegely

wholesale confectioner. Among the many successful business men who have made their home in Buchanan County no one is deserving of special notice more than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Alsace, on the 9th day of June, 1826. His father was a contractor, and the son assisted him until 1847, whem he determined to avail himself of the advantages that America offered to men of energy and economy, when coupled with sterling honesty. He landed at New Orleans, where he remained only a short time, .amd then went to Galveston, Texas, and after a residence there of a few months, settled in St. Louis. In 1852, he came to this county and engaged in his present business, and is the pioneer in his line now doing business, as well as one of the oldest firms in the city. His business at first was on a small scale and has grown year by year, and Mr. V. is a good illustration of what an industrious man can accomplish by giving his attention to one subject and bending his energies in one direction. He is eminently a self-made man, commencing with but little means, he has gained wealth and a prominent social position by preserving a straight-forward, true, honest and upright course, and has been eminently successful in all his undertakings. He has always shown a worthy public spiritedness and has heartily sympathized with all local improvements and enterprises. He built the first business building on Felix Street, on the corner of Fifth Street, on the lot where Baldwin & Co.'s jewelry store now stands. He has never been a political aspirant, preferring the peace and quiet of his legitimate business to the strifes and turmoils of public life. Was married to Miss A. Augustine, March 24, 1855. She is also a native of Alsace, and was born December 16, 1833. Their family consists of five children: Augustus, Adel, now Mrs. H. M. Ramey, Emma, Oliver R. and Norman O. They lost one son, Edward.

B. R. Vineyard

attorney-at-law, was born upon what is known as the Platte Purchase, July 31, 1842. He was raised on a farm and educated at Pleasant Ridge College, near Weston, and at William Jewell College at Liberty, Clay County. In October, 1864, he began the study of law with Judge Henry M. Vories, at St. Joseph, and was admitted to the bar March, 1866. He established himself in the practice of his profession at St. Joseph, and in 1868, formed a partnership with Silas Woodson and S. A. Young. He was married on the 19th day of May, 1868, to Miss Emma Hoagland, daughter of Hon. George T. Hoagland, President of Buchanan Bank, and by this union had three children. He is a member of the M. E. Church South, and was for two years member of the City Council. Since 1873 Mr. Vineyard has been alone in the practice, and has achieved an enviable rank among the best lawyers of St. Joseph. Politically he has always been a Democrat.

Heinrich Voss

dealer in wall paper, window shades, manufacturer of mattresses, etc., was born August 9, 183 1, at Pinneberg, Holstein, where he was raised and learned the trade of upholsterer. In 1854 he emigrated to America and landed at New York city September i, from there going to Cincin- nati, Ohio, where he remained several months. Then went to New Orleans, and after seven months came to St. Joseph in April, 1855. Here he was employed at his trade for some years, and in 1862 established himself in business, keeping a full line of wall paper, window shades and baby carriages. Being an upholsterer, he added the manufacture of mattresses, to which he paid his full attention. He married November 22, 1863, Miss Kathrina Ketzel, of Nebraska City. They . have had seven children, Calvin, born in 1864, died July, 1865 ; Rose, born in 1867 ; George, born in 1869; Frank, born in 1871 ; Oscar, born in 1873 ; Katharina, born in 1875, died when three weeks old ; Adolph, born in 1876, died in 1881.

Egid Wagner

was born in Bavaria, September 5, 1843. ^^ 1^59 he moved to the United States, and settled in St. Joseph, Missouri. Poor in purse, but rich in that indomitable spirit of enterprise and perseverance which always commands success, he started a bakery, and by strict attention to business soon built up the lucrative trade he still continues to enjoy. By industry, economy, and judicious management, he has acquired valuable property in the city, and now owns the substantial block in which the Atlantic Hotel, which he formerly kept, and his bakery are located. A self-made man, he has succeeded, without effort, in impressing his fellow-citizens with a sense of his personal judgment and ability in business affairs, and was elected by a large majority to the office of Councilman from the Fourth Ward. May, 1866, he married Miss Theraca Von Arx, of St. Joseph. They have seven children living : August, Josephine, Mary, Flora, Emma, Agnes and Rosa.

Captain George Weckerlen

was born August 18, 1823, at Siblingen, Canton Schaffenhausen, Switzerland, where he was educated. March 24, 1852, he left home, went to Havre,, and .took passage on a sailing vessel to New Orleans, .which place he reached after fifty-six days' journey. Resting for two days, he went on to St. Louis, and thence to St. Joseph, arriving May 28, 1852. He accepted the first offer of work as laborer. In 1857, he. engaged in the grocery business, and in 1859, opened a saloon, which was burned out in 1861. When the war broke out he raised a cavalry company and wa& commissioned Captain, and attached to Colonel Peabody's regiment, which was captured at Lexington, Missouri. Weckerlen, being cut off with his company, was successful in making his escape, and to reach Springfield and Sedalia, where thirty-five men of his company served as a body-guard of General Sturgis. January i, 1862, he returned to St. Jos- eph, and his company was mustered out. Then he. raised a new company and joined Colonel Penick's regiment, in which he served up to September, 1863, when he was honorably discharged. For about two years he bought horses and mules for the government. In 1865, he started a train of wagons loaded with general merchandise for Denver, Colorado. On the plains the news of the assassination of President Lincoln and his death, reached them. The people in the far West were discouraged, no business was transacted, and Weckerlen had to dispose of his goods with great loss. When he returned, he commenced to deal in live stock, and has been very successful. He married February 3, 1848, in Germany, Miss Salomina Rueddi. They have had eight children - Jacob, born March 18, 1849; Louise, born in 185 1, died in three months; Heinrich, born in 1853, died in 1855 ; Adelheid, born in i860, died in i86g; Lilly, born in 1862, died in two months; Lizzie, born July 24, 1855 ; George, born June 27, 1865 ; Heinrich, born April 3, 1867, died in 1869.

Philip Weckerlin

was born March 21, 1838, at Siblingen, Switzerland, where he was raised. In 185S1 he emigrated to the United States, and went from New Orleans to St. Louis, where he was employed as a baker for four years. In 1859, he came to this city, and found employment at his trade, at which he worked for three years. In 1862, he commenced business for himself, which he carried on with great success, and in 1865 opened a boarding house and saloon. By his industry he accumulated wealth and made good investments in real estate. He married, in 1862, Miss Elizabeth Knoth. They have had three children - Emma, born January 17, 1863, died October 9, 1863 ; Anna, born July 29, 1867; and Philip Ferdinand, born May 29, 1871.

John T. Warburton

was born in Bury, Lancashire, England, on the 22d day of November, 1845, and lived in various parts of England until nearly ten years old. About May i, 1855, he sailed with his parents from Liverpool, England, and after a voyage of five weeks, landed at Boston, Massachusetts. Leaving that port two days after, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, remaining there until September, 1856, when he came with his parents to St. Joseph, Missouri. In the spring of 1857 the Warburton family moved to Elwood, Kansas, and dufing the summers of 1857 ^^'^ 1858, John T. peddled apples on the ferry boat running between St. Joseph and Elwood. During the year 1859 he commenced work on the Elwood Free Press as an apprentice at the printing business. Here he worked until in 1861, when the paper was suspended on account of the war, the proprietor and editor both enlisting in the Union army. John T. being too young to enlist, the publishers of the Free Press insisted on his going with thetn, anxious to have it said that the whole office had joined the army. After remaining with their regiment about six months and being with them during the raids through Jackson and Bates Counties, Missouri, and while his command was in camp ^t Lawrence, Kansas, young Warburton, not being an enlisted soldier, left and came home. During the months of July and August, 1862, he worked on the St. Joseph Morning Herald, and on the 1st day of September, of that year, enlisted in Company I, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry Volunteers, at Elwood,' the regiment being mustered into the service at Atchison, and immediately after was ordered South in General Blunt's command to the State of Arkansas, where he participated in several engagements. In consequence of his extreme youth he gained the designation of " the boy of the regiment." During the last eighteen months of service he was detailed clerk at regimental and post headquarters at Fort Smith, Arkansas. His regiment was mustered out of service at Little Rock, on 26th day of June, 1865, and he returned direct to St. Joseph. In the year 1866 Mr. W. commenced work in the Herald job office, of which the present St. Joseph Steam Printing Company is the out-growth. He has been steadily employed here for the past sixteen years. On the 20th of July, 1871, he mai-ried Miss Margaret E. Long. The fruits of their marriage are four children : Thomas, deceased, Katie L., Mary Jane and Nellie Elizabeth. He is a member of the following orders : St. Joseph Typographical Union, Knights of Pythias and Endowment Rank of same. Subordinate Lodge and Encampment of I. O. O. F. and U. A. O. D. Mrs. Warburton is Noble Grand of the Rebekah Lodge I. O. O. F.

is a native of Virginia, and was born at Faulquer's Court House May 29, 1823. At an early age he removed to Henry County, Kentucky, with his parents, and was there reared and educated. In 1843 he came to Missouri, and was the first settler in the town of New Castle, Gentry County. He engaged in merchandising and resided there eighteen years, was postmaster, and for four years Justice of the Peace, and also for a number of years practiced law. In 1865 he came to St. Joseph, and for a time was engaged in trade, and has since been in the employ of different firms - R. L. McDonald, James Sanders, Kahn & Schloss, F. G. Hopkins & Co., and others. Mr. Waters is a gentleman of wide experience in business, and is favorably known in commercial circles of St. Joseph.

John Warfield

grocer, was born on the 8th of October, 1825, in St. Louis County, Missouri, his father, John, Sr., being among the early settlers in the Territory. He was a farmer by vocation,- and young John spent his early days in tilling the soil. In 1841 he commenced to learn the tinner's trade in the establishment of David Andrews, at Boonville, Missouri, remaining six years, after which he went to St. Louis and worked as journeyman for a time. On the 5th of July, 1848, he became a resident of St. Joseph, which at that time was in its primitive state, and Mr. W. has since been a resident. He kept pace with its progress and grew solid like the city. He commenced as a journeyman with Messrs. Conner & Love, dealers in stoves and tinware. The_iirm was afterwards Kercheval 81 Welch, and later Kercheval Bros. In 1856 in company with R. F. Maxwell, he bought out this establishment, and the firm was well known until 1872 as Maxwell & Warfield. In that year Mr. W. engaged in his present business. He has been twice married ; first, in 1849 to Miss Elizabeth Johnson, who died, leaving one son, William H. Mr. W. was again married in 1866 to Louisa Johnson, by whom he has one son, Lawrence E.

Fred. Weddle

farmer, section 26, postofifice St. Joseph, was born May 31, 1830, and is a native of Denmark. Was reared in his native country, receiving a collegiate education. In 1846, he came to America, landing at New York, and from there to Weston, Platte County, Mo., and in a short time to Buchanan County. In 1849, he went to California, and was there engaged in mining and trading till 1854, when he returned to Buchanan County. His farm contains 150 acres. Was married May 22, 1861, to Miss M. C. Nelson, who is a native of Norway, and was born May 18, 1834. They have seven children - Fred A., Peter N., Charlotte, Martha E., Valdemar, Harold and Nettie.

John Weekly

carpenter and builder, is a native of Hendricks County, Indiana, and was born at Danville, September 2, 1839. Was there a resident until he attained his eighteenth year, when he emigrated to Winterset, Iowa. In 1859, he came to St. Joseph, and in 1861, tendered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in Company D., Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He passed through the usual routine of warfare; was taken prisoner by General Price. Served three years when he was honorably discharged. Returned to St. Joseph and has since lived here with the exception of eight years spent in Kansas City. In 1870, Miss J. Julius farmer, section 25, postoffice St. Joseph, was born in Germany, July 24, 1832, and had a good common school education. Emigrated to America in 1850; stopped at Economy, Pennsylvania, for six months, and then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained nine years, following railroading most of the time. . Came to Missouri in i860, locating in Buchanan County, where he bought a farm of twenty acres, which is all under fence and in a good state of cultivation. Was in the state militia during the war. Was married in 1865, to Catharine Schickanc, a native of Pennsylvania. She was born August 20, 1844. By this union they had eight children - Philipp, born January 18, 1866; Albert, born October 9, 1867; Mary, born May 13, 1869 ; Walter, born June 31, 1870 ; Viola, born May 10, 1872; Lena, born September 12, 1873; Christian, born January 21, 1875 ; and Clara, born February 21, 1878 - all living. He is an Odd Fellow, School Director, Road Overseer, Clerk of School District and President of Directors.

Isidore Weil

of the firm of A. N. Schuster & Co., wholesale clothing dealers, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 30, 1843, and lived in his native State until 1856, and then removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and after a residence of one year went to Newark, New Jersey, where he lived for four years. He was raised with a mercantile experience, and in 1861 came to Illinois and settled first in Monmouth, Warren County, and lived there four years and, thence tc Peoria, Illinois, and in 1866 came to St. Joseph, and for the greater portion of the time has been engaged in the wholesale clothing trade. He was one of the founders of the firm of A. N. Schuster & Co., and he has contributed a full share in sustaining and building up the enviable reputation the house enjoys. He has been twice married ; first, in 1868 to Miss Amanda Houser. She was a native of Europe. Mrs. Weil died in 1878, leaving four children, Carrie, Jacob, Emil, and Herman. His second marriage occurred in November, 1879, to Miss Rosa May. Their family by this marriage is one child, Seymour.

collector on St. Joseph bridge. One of the first settlers in the Platte Purchase, and a man with an unlimited acquaintance is Captain J. B. Wells. He erected the first house in, Weston, Platte County, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits, and for a number of years operated the steam ferry at Riolta. His son, L. M., was born in Platte County, January i6, 1842, and was reared and educated in his native county. For a number of years he was interested with his father in the ferry business. After the Leavenworth bridge was built, in 1874, he took the steamer to Bismarck, Dakota Territory, and disposed of it. He is thoroughly conversant with the details of steamboating, having been engineer, pilot and captain. In 1874, he located in St. Joseph for a time, and was engaged in the steam printing business. On the 27th of May, 1878, he took his present position with the Bridge Company. Mr. Wells has a keen literary taste and keeps posted with the progress of the times. He is engaged extensively in stock herding in Nemaha County, Kansas, where he owns 320 acres of land. In 1869, Miss Elizabeth V. Ingram became his wife. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and the National American Association.

John S. Welch

of the firm of Studebaker & Welch, wholesale and retail dealers in carriages and wagons, is a native of Ashland County, Ohio, and was born April I, 1844. He was raised to manhood and educated in South Bend, Indiana. In 1865, in company with the Studebaker Brothers, of wagon manufacturing celebrity, he established a repository in St. Joseph which Mr. Welch managed until 1871, when, in company with Studebaker Brothers he opened a factory, which for five years constituted one of the leading manufacturing industries of the city. They then ceased manufacturing in St. Joseph and now have all their stock built at South Bend. Their repository is the largest in the Northwest, and their trade of corresponding magnitude. Mr. Welch was married in 1867 to Miss Hattie Rathburn, of Missouri. They have four children : Philip, Edith, John S. and 01iv,er. Mr. Welch is a member of the Masonic Order.

Lawrence Welch

engineer on the St. Joseph and Western Railroad, was born in County Wexford, Ireland, October 8, 1835, and came to America with his parents when quite young, his father, Edwad, locating with the family in Loraine County, Ohio, engaging in agricultural pursuits. Lawrence spent his days in tilling the soil, until he attained his seventeenth year, when he became a brakeman on the old Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, in which capacity he continued for about two years, and then went in the employ of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, and afterwards was with the Chicago and Fort Wayne Company. In April, 1858, he became connected with the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, which at that time had but sixty miles of track, and remained with this company until 1866, working in different capacities. Next went in the employ of the Union Pacific, and was in various departments for that company a considerable length of time, when he went on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad as conductor on a construction train. Remained one year, and then was in the employ of the St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad, continuing until December, 1869, when he went to work for the St. Joseph and Western, then the St. Joseph and Denver. Mr. W. has been a railroad man for over a quarter of a century, and is thoroughly familiarized with the business. In February, 1881, Mrs. Margaret Garey became his wife. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

carpenter and contractor, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 20, 1850, and was reared, educated, and learned his trade in his native city. In 1870, he became a resident of St. Joseph, and during his sojourn here has worked on a large portion of the finest buildings in the city. Was assistant foreman on the interior work in Tootle's Opera House, and for Herbst & Wiehl, on the Exiposition building. Was married, May 9, 1873, to Miss Julia Leibig, of St. Joseph. They have three children, Adolph, Willie and Lotta.